The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
DR.. H. A. BOAz OF
DALLAS CHOSEN .
FIFTH BISHOP.
Head of Southern Meth
odist University Was
Selected At Today's
Session Thereby Com
pleting the List of New
Officials


Hot Springs, Ark. May 1.-THE
General Conference OF the Southern
Methodist church completed the cleo
tiOn of five new bishops 10 be named
at this time by electing this morning
DR. H. \. BCaZ. president of the South
ern Methodist University OF Dallas,
Texas. -Four Of the new bishops were
elected Yesterday.
Conservation on Sunday.
Hot Springs. Ark. May IL (By
Associated Press. Tho general con.
ference OF the Methodist Episcopal
church. South, in session here, re-
sumed balloting today in an effort
to name the last OF five new bishops
TO be elected at this quadrcnnial Sos
sion
Although Dr.. II. A. Boaz, president
of Southern Methodist University, Of
Dallas, Texas, and DR.. 0. E. Goddard
Of Nashville, Tenn, secretary of the
home department of the board of mis-
sions, were regarded as chief conten-
ders by virtue of having received the
highest vote on the fifth ballot, the
last taken at yesterdays session
friends of others mentioned Were
active as the conference met and
there were reports that Il dark
horse" might come to the front be
fore the fifth man finally is obtaine;.
On the fifth ballot DR.. Boaz receiv-
ed 143 votes and DR.. Goddard 140. A
vote of lS9 is required for election.
Announcement was made today thai
the conservation OF the new bishops
would take place Sunday morning.
The four men elected i'll yesterdays
ballo;ing are:
Doctors j. f. Dickey, Griffin. Ca;
w. Il. Beauchamp, Nashville. Tenn,
Sam r. Hay, Houston, Texas, and
Hoyt NJ. Dobbs. of Admission. Ala.
Doctors Dickey and Beauchamp won
on the second ballot, DR.. Hay on the
third and Dobbs on the four tn.
DR. Dickey was born in Jefferson
Vile. Va. in 1864, and entered the
ministry in 1891. From that time
until 1899 he was a professor at
Emory University, Atlanta, and was
president of Emory from 1902 until
1915.
DR. Beauchamp was born at Far
ham, Va. in 1869 and was ordained
mond, Newport News, Va, and Dan
Vile. and Louisville. Ky. until 1917
yhen he was elected secretary of the
Laymen's Missionary Movement. He
also acted as director general of the
centenary movement and has been
foreign secretary Of the board of
missions in charge of work in FL.
rope.
Because of his familiarity with the
European situation it was said today
that he would likely be given a for
eign assignment probably with head
quarters in Brussels.
Dr. Hay has held numerous pastor
ates in the church since his Ordina-
ton and has served in several
states including Missouri.
He has been pastor of the First
Methodist church at Houston for the
PAST eight years.
Dr. Dobbs is the youngest of the
first four bishops elected being bora
at Spring Garden, Alabama in 1878.
Ordained in 1904, he has held pastor
ates in Birmingham, Ala, Kansas
city, Mo, and Fort Worth, Texas.
He also was dean of the Theological
department of the Southern Metho-
dist University at Dallas but was
compelled to leave the latter posi-
ton in 1920 because of i'll health and
was assigned to his present station
that of pastor OF the First church. of
Admission, Ala.