The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-05
Business of Conference
Drawing to ClOse-Many
Reports Submitted
Elk OFFICIO MEMBERS
REJECTED BY VOTE
Visiting Pastors VIII Fill Pulpits in
Bessemer and Birmingham at
Both Morning and Evening
Services Today
BY REV. r.. NJ. GLENN

..Bessemer, November Especial 1.-THE
fourth days session of the conference
began at a. M, with Bishop Denny in
the chair Devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. J. e. Norris.
tThe morning session was chiefly in
hearing and considering reports from
various boards and committees. Judging
from the rapidly with which such char
acter of conference business has been
despatched, in comparison with other
years, the conclusion is easy that the
conference is setting it's face toward an
tfcipated final adjournment Monday fore
noon.
d. w. Ward and r. A. Thompson were
referred to the committee on conference
relations for approximation. S. v. Blythe
was referred for the supernumerary re-
lation.
w. p. Acker of Admission submitted to
the conference specific and concise re-
port as to the several legal phases of
the north Alabama conference, as a
body corporate. The other members of
the committee associated with Mr.. Acker
aye: Rev. w. E. Morris and Rev. F. l..
AIdridge. The work done by Mr.. Acker
as the expert jurist has required labo-
rious and painstaking investigation, it is
said, issuing in clear statement Of the
conference in it's estate as civil body,
and this work, so well done, was heartily
appreciated by the conference.
Samuel p Mccoy from Albertville dis
trict; Monroe B. Malone, from Bessemer
district; Franklin Standifer, from Gads-
den district, local preachers, were elected
to deacon's orders.
William T. Bartee, Decatur district
and Robert M. Wilks. Florence district
were elected to elders orders.
y CONFERENCE MINUTES
DR.. James A. Duncan, chairman of
the conference board of education
proposed such readjustment of the
method of publishing the conference
minutes as would relieve his board
from excessive burden of cost. The
conference took the action desired.
sRev. ]. D. Hunter, secretary to the
board of missions, read report No. !
of that board recommending appoint
1nent of the following:
NR. M. Archibald, conference mis-
sionary secretary; j.. A. May, r. H.
Jones, s. L. Pruett, conference mission
airy evangelists; ]. Q. Haynes. general
evangelist.
Reports were received from the
board of trustees of the orphanage at
selma, from the Epworth League
board, the Sunday school board, the
committee on Sabbath observance and
superannuate homes
/. NJ Stevenson, conference lay
leader, presented joint resolution from
the board of missions and the commit
tee on lay activities providing that on
the first Sunday in March, 1917, there
be conducted in each church in the
conference an every member canvass
for correctional claims.
Mr. Stevenson also presented from
the committee on lay activities request
that the conference designate Friday
afternoon of the session for 1917 as
time for joint meeting of the min
listers and laymen in behalf Of the
better development and understanding
Of the layman's work in the church
Both these proposed measures were
adopted.
: FLAT ROCK SCHOOL
The North Alabama conference some
wars ago, under the leadership of Dr.
L. H. Gardner, projected high school
enterprise In northeast Alabama on
Sand mountain at Flat Rock, in jack
son county, the better to afford ia
cilities Of education for the promising
population of that section. While the