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Conference held In Little Rock,
Ark, in 1916. The other three
places were made by the retire.
mnt of Bishops George B. Young,
Noah W. Williams and Reverdy
G. Ransom. 81 years old, who of
his own accord asked as only he
could ask, that he not be retired
as a bishop of the African Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, but re-
main active without being assign
ed a district.
This move by the veteran pre-
late was not surprise to most
persons present, as 1t was gener-
ally understood h at the aged
churchman would be given the
post of histogropher. acting head
of the Department of Research
and History with headquarters at
Wilberforce University, WILDER
force. Ohio, where he has labored
for many years.
Bishop Ransom has already
done much research In connection
with the history of the A. M. e.
Church and because of the rich
background as minister In the
field before becoming a bishop
and the fine record he has made
since being a bishop. would fit
him for the post as head of the
newly-created department.
A tribute for the fatherly man
ner he has displayed toward all
of his ministers through the years
was given by the Rev. Lutrell
Long of Pittsburgh. Pa. Rev.
Long said it was Bishop Ransom
who organized the Negro regi-
ment which took San Juan Hill.
He was the man who was re-
sponsible for the N.A.A.C.P. He
was the first man to organize the
Protestant churches under one
head, the Fraternal Council of
Negro Churches.
Concluding, Rev. Mr.. Long
said, Bishop Ransom is one OF
the greatest figures who ever
walked across the platform"
Others participating in the trib-
ute were Bishop ]. A. Gregg.
Bishop Frank Madison Reid.
Bishop Tookes, Rev. John S.
Bright, DR.. A. s. Jackson, finan-
cial secretary of the church.
Rev. r. w. Nance. secretary of
the Episcopal Committee. read
the assignment of the bishops as
follows First district IN. Y.
PHILADELPHIA, Bishop d. Ward
Nichols. Second Virginia. Bal
timore, North Carolina), Bishop
l.. H. Hemingway. Third (Ohio,
Pittsburgh. West virginia), Bish-
op A. ]. Allen. Fourth Chicago.
Michigan, Lndiana), Bishop
George w. Bobes. Fifth mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO, California;, Bishop D. o.
walker, Sixth (Georgia), Bishop
h. r. Wright, Jr. Seventh (South
Carolina), Bishop Frank Madison
Reid. Eighth mississippi, Lou
isiana), Bishop M. H. Davis.
Ninth (Alabama). Bishop s. L.
Greene. Tenth (Texas), Bishop
II. Y. Tooker. Eleventh (Flor-
ida), Bishop ]. A. Gregg. Twelfth
(Oklahoma, Arkansas). Bishop
w. A. Fountain. Thirteenth Ken
lucky, Tennessee). Bishop John
H. Clayborn. Fourteenth West
Africa, Bishop Carey A. Gibbs.
Fifteenth (South Africa), Bishop
Joseph A. Gomez. Sixteenth
Sixteenth (South America), Bish-
op William R. Wilks. Seven
teenth (South Africa. Bishop
Isaiah H. Bonner.
Bishop Fountain left the Sixth
district after 20 years of service
there. Bishop d. o. Walker
NEWLY elected), former president
of Wilberforce University. who
won the title of STORMY Petrol"
of the General Conference by
sponsoring much of the reform
legislation passed at the confer
ence, succeeds Bishop Noah w.
Williams of st. Louis, who was
retired by the General Confer
euce.
Foreign delegates at confer
ence: Walter F. Walker Liberia;