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AS1IEVILLE, N. TITUUSDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS,. I CONFERENCE SESSIONS BEGIN WITH FULL ATTENDANCE OF About Done For. i Is mmm rnn .VOL3XVL, NO, 196. -- . - -J ,-.. iniinnnnnrn - WeJWe)slWeJl il :.' W 21 !';" m coTTon suit - ,t, -" ",; " ' ; ' ; Prosecution ts Usurpation of Authority Not Given Gov- THE CLERGY AND DELEGATES first, Day's Meeting Given Over To ! formal Organization And The v : V Episcopal Address COHLjlTTEES REMAIN PRACTICALLY INTACT Suggestion For Changing Method Of Selection And Hew Committees , Not Adopted By Conference There Is always special .Interest at taching to the opening session of any great legislative body, secular or re ligions; and the session of the general conference of . th$ Methodist Kplsco pal, church, south, held yesterday mom Ins; was no exception to this rule. Long before the time for the opening 'dev'otkmm ' servlc delegates and vis Itors had assembled In the Audito rium and' the' time was spent pleas antly In " renewing old acquaintances and forming new onea A short time before the hour for the session to begin the College of Bishops;' with the exception of Bishop O. P. FlUsrerald, who is not able to be? present,' tboR their seats on the platform.'' Those present, in the or der iof, aeniiortty, were the following flawed: Bishops Alpheus W. Wilson, Eugenie R. Hondi-lx, Joseph 8; Key, Warren A. Candler, Henry C. Mor rison, E, Smbree Hoes and Jamesi Atkins, - Btahop Wilson Opens Session. la the- course of his opening re piark to 4h conference. Bishop Wil son made touching re murks concern ing tK liWiojWHirha have t passed , away since the meeting of the general-eonCeremce,-hld in. Birmingham four years agw.'r He 'called attention to ' the fact' that' mora, of the mmt who recognised as leaders In the church., nave -passed away during, this quadrennlum than ever before in the history of the church. During this timet one bishop who was super annuated; Bishop John C. Cranberry, rev. Frank iuchahdsox, u. d. ' Hobtlon. if V l EPISCOPAL ADDRESS CONSERVATIVE IN TONE The Episcopal address . covered carefully every phase of the work that is eing done by the church, and emphasised the need of alt of the Interests which tend to the ex tension arid upbuilding of Southern Methodism., i Ki Bishop Nelson's request It was read by Bishop Hendricks. The following are the leading facts that were brought exit In the address: The Methodist Episcopal church, south,- Is now the second largest Methodist church In the world, and the third largest J"rotest ant church Jln America. The quad rennlum 'has : been marked by the greatest prosperity in the history of tiie church. Every year of the'quad rennium has. Shown a net Increase or members larger than Increase In the whole quadrennlum showed from 1898 to 101. The net of membership during the '.Quadrenlum Just closed 1 202,754. The total membership of the Church now, not Including the 11,570 traveling and local preachers, Ik 1, 122,402, and with the addition of the 2SJ.H1 members of the colored Methodist church, this total Is in creased to more than 2.O5S.OO0. The numpeB of iraevlllng preachers la Hp 1,1.0, and the aumoer ut locai preach ers 4.&2. After deducting ail idebtedness hNprh ahi not leu than S7&.- 600.000 In property. During the quadrenrllum the church has contributed J,07S.000 for educa tion; 2824.000' for church 'extension, and $2,m7 to foreign ttilsslons. and five bishops Jn the active service of the church have did, those in ac tlve service being Bishops John J. Tlgert, A, Coke Smith, William W Duncan, Charles B. Galloway and Beth Ward. Reference was made In the eplsco pal address to all of the questions which have been the subject of prom lnent before conference comment, -and owing to the fact that It la not often that the general conference takes ac tion contrary to the carefully ex pressed opinion of the bishops,. It Is not likely, when these questions come to the vote of the body now assem bled, that this opinion will be disre garded. .'':..-.. .: .' "So Rights for Women,. The deliverance of the bishops re garding the request for the rights of the Mty for the women of the church, as expressed In the memorial from the Woman's Horns Mission society. In all Vrobabiltty, sounds the first note f.r the defeat of this request. , The flex.iolJs time limit recommend ed In the' address- wUl no doubt be heartily recommended by many .of the members of the conference when this question comes to the Vote. i viiiir m it lit ink noimrein tiijlt Vanderbllt university will continue to be "our Vanderbllt" so far as the ownership and control of the church Is concerned, and the agitation on tMs subject will probably end whim It has been voted on at this session of the conference. r- No Cliange of Name. Notwithstanding much has ben Written .ID A SlVtlrjin In ntrnnrtAtr nf I ... w... uv.u. j ... , the 'change of name of the church. I after the utterance In the episcopal address, agitation on this subject nlac will likely cease, and the Southern Methodist church, as It is familiarly known, will continue to bear the namf which has been hers since 1844 and around which centers much thaUif ; dear' to thousands who assumed the j'vows of church membership under the banner of the Methodist Episcopal j church, South. f The conference will meet promptly t o'clock this morning and Items of business of the body will be con sidered from this time until the con ference adjourns. Morning Session. Promptly at I.JO o'clock. Bishop Wilson dropped his gavel and called the conference to order. He an nounced as the opening hymn No 80 h the Methodist Hvmnal and t beginning with the familiar words. The Woman's Foreign Missionary so ciety has contributed 2041,898. .The M. E. church, south, was the first Methodist church to give a com plete . example of lay representation alike in the annual and general con ference, and Was followed only in part by the Weslyan Methodist and the Methodist Episcopal churches. The M. ,E. Church, south, has maintained cordis relations with the nero Methodists, Vho were for so long organically connected with' this church. This negro church has grown from a membership 6t less than 20, 000, in 1870, to a membership of 233,000 in 1910, and possessing church property valued at more than 23,000.000. He recommended' the tak ing of steps looking to preparation for missionary work for the negro both at home" and in the Dark Con tinent. . The demand of the ralty for better equipped and more efficient preach' ers must be met in part hy the laity in providing greater facilities for ministerial education. Only the edu cated man has the ear of the edu cated, and the church cannot sustain a greater loss, next to losing the ear of the poor, than to lose the ear of the educated, , k It was this church thaj. first estab lished training schools for mission aries, and the first to recognise and welcome, through the .board of mis sions, the Laymen's Missionary (Continued on pace three.) BISHOP "And are we yet alive, And see) each ooher's faceT CJlory and praise to Jesus give For His redeeming grace." Bishop Key read the hymn,, after which it was sung in the old time style, without' the Wading of a mu steal Instrument, the - tune . being 'rttilsd" by one of the delegates, and the conference Joined heartily In the singing, i i :' ' ' At the conclusion of the hvmn Bishop Mrtrrlson led the opening praver. . Bishop Key read the scripture les son from tht Old Testament, which was the Second Psalms, and Bishop Atkins read the second chapter of the Epistle to the Kpheatana, as the scripture lesson from the New Tes tamkint. , Bishop Candler read the second hymn. No. 188, IwglnnJng: "O, Spirit of . the Uvlng Ood! In all Thy plenitude of grace, Where'er the'foot of man hath trod -DoVTuifa on our apoetaUe race," , and led " the'sirtKlng. -Rev. Frank' Richardson, D. D., a delegate from the Holaton ponferencs, and one of 'the oldest rawnbfri of the gpntral conferonee, led the con ference In the Bticond prayer. Rev. A. K. Watkins, D. D., a dele Kate of the Mississippi conference, who was the st-crutary of tKe last ses sion of the general conference, called the roll of the delegation, and a large pfr cent of the mem hers answered o their names. -i -i The first buslnoHs to enme before t V. -.,,.,,.... ,., 1 1 . 1 I 1.1147 .1,171 :i,JM W(M lllB CIVUIIIU VI ft secretary for this session. Rev, Dr. Watkins was nominated first, then Rev. J. M. Barciis, D. D., of the Northwest Texas conference, and also Rev. Gross Ah-xandtr, D, D., of the Louisville conJ).(rence. When the vote was taken. Dr. Watkins receiv ed 149 votes, Dr. Barcus 44, and Dr. Alexander 89, Dr. Watkins having re ceived a majority of the votes cast was declared elected secretary of the inference. Dr. Watkins requested the appoint ment of assistant secretaries and nominated the following namied mem bers of the conference to serve In this capacity, and their nomination was coiflrmed:. Revs. Gross Alexander, J. A. Burrow, C. H. Brlggs, K. O. Wat son, H. C. Burcus, J. E. Harrison, R. A. Meek, J. H. McKay and F. A Parker. . ' ' The substitution of alternates In thte place of principals, in several of the conferences, was the next business transacted. On motion of J. O. Wilson, th4 rules of order which prevailed dur ing thta last session of the general conference, were adoptd for this ses sion. n motion of W. N. Alnsworth, the arrangement for seating the dele gation followed, in this seeelon was adopted as the permanent arrange ment. Committee Assignments, A resolution , was adopted recom mending that the standing commit tee on colportngiH be changed to a committee on church relations and that the number of committees be fourteen as heretofore. These com mittees are to elpct thMr own chair men. The resolution also recom mended that committees on episco pacy, - rowisttls, education, missions, mural and social questions, and n nancejneet on the afternoons of Ion days, Wednesdays and Fridays, and that all other committees hold their meetings on the alternate days half after three o'clock to be the meeting hour. - . Til's resolution was adopted. ' A resolution was adopted recom mending that the name of the com church relations, and the name of the committee on temperance br changed to social and moral reforms. A resolution was adopted which recommended that the roll of the conference be called during the ses sion, of the conference this session. In order that memorials and petitions might be presented, to be considered at the session of Thursday morning. A resolution was. adopted recom mending that every resolution to come before the conference, be pre sented' in writing, and signed by two members at least, arso that evsrj J. 8. HEY I, (Conttaaed on page three.) DUIIESH A VE TO FORECLOSE TOXAWAY COMPANY Control Majority of Bonds ' fT0" Receiver With Authority to Sell The Broad Plans For Development, In the OnJted States Olroutt court at Richmond yesterday,- Judge J. C. rritcnara appointed A. H. Burroughs trustee of the Toxawey company, re ceiver ot that concern after hearing tn petition of the complainants In the case of A. If, Burroughs, trustee, and H. B. Arrlngtoit against the Tox- away compney and George A. Bhuford The R. B. Aldington mentioned In the complaint Is the holder of a majority of the bonds IseuedS by the company ana t a repreeeMaUvs of the Dukes, who own the-Southern Power com pany. It, Is rumored thai the Dukes will be the nlghcs bidders. at the sale which will be held ae soon as certain defective title have been clead'. " u " Allegation t Bllls In the bill of complaint which was (lied with the clerk of court at Ashe vllle last Saturday the following alle gations ere sot forth: That there are some 2273,000 worth of outstanding bonds, of which $120,000, or mors than two-thirds, are held by K. B. Arrington, that the company owns some 30,000 acres of.) valuable ' lands Editor Daniels Has Raised Rumpus Jto Oet Place- on Bench for Relative. RALE1QH, N. C, May 4 In dis cussing the "true Inwardness" of the pending bitter conflict between the reform" e tern en t t the Wake county democratic party, and what they term the "machine"' faction of the party, which wne fully launched in the sen sational mass meetings of last Sat urday, there are many who are attrib uting the: whole difficulty to the im pending contest in this Judicial dis trict between C. ('. Daniels, of Oolds boro, and J. r. Clifford, of Harnett county, for the nomination In the district Judicial convention for the udgshlp. They point out that Charles Daniels Is a lrothr of Editor Jose ph us Daniels, who ih trading the "re form" crusade; that the Wake county organization, headed by Chairman Armlelead Jones, Is sure to return a set of Judicial convention delegates committed to Clifford for (he nomina tion for JudxiH if It Is not overthrown or Its Influence broken Into. On the other hand, if the "reform" faction ran succeed In dominating the con vention dVlegailoriK, a Daniels delega tion for the Judgs'ilp can taw assured, j In this way the argument Is that the1 sixth Judicial district Judgshlp-con test Is really responsible for all this contest and political bloodthirstiness1 that Is stirring Wake county. WASHINOTON fon North CarolInaT Fate Thursday, proceeded by shower near the coast;! Friday (air; light tu moderate north- wind. I Ma i.f-Vorecast! I RECEIVER APPOINTED and on Their ' Petition Judge Pritchard Names A. H. and water powers In Transylvania and Jaokeon counties; that there are sev eral large hotels and three magnificent lake on the property! that there has neen no interest paid by the company for the post fix months! that Insur ance premiums to the extent of 22.000 are unpaid and notes. for the same nave been protested; that on Febru erjr 1, 1901, George A. Shuford, at tommy,- recovered a Judgment for 1540 and' as the hotel wit unable to pay tnia an execution was levied on lurniture and furnishings of the ho tele; that taxce are unpaid: that R. H Arrington, the holder of the majority or ttm bond had A, H. Burroughs appointed as trustee and this trnstno lias uiKaa nussneeia. farxl and tm IMWenwnUi; that there are various end sundry clouds on titles of tracts emnracoa in said deed of trusf. The court was petitioned to appoint receiver who will he given power to Ireua 210,000 worth of reed Vers' cer tificates to operate property and pay tuxes, liens and Insurance premiums sna to make a sale of the property, This bill of complaint wae filed by the MEDALS FOR HEROISM -GIVEnMIW Thirty Two Awards Made But Thirteen of Recipi ents are Dead PITTSBURO, Mdy 4, Thlrty-two awards of medals for cast of heroism Were mads by the Carnegie hero fund committee at Its spring meeting today, Seven silver and twenty-flve bronze medals were ordered struck off for the fortunate ones, while monthly pensions aggregating 2120, death benents of 24:220 and special awards to others were made. The cash wards were to liquidate mort gages and other Indebtedness and for -durational purpose. - In thirteen Instances the heroes root death either In the act or ea result of Injuries received. Klv res cue were made from Injuries or from death by trains, two from fire, on from electrocution, fourteen from crowning, four from suffocation in wells and tanks, flvt In a mine cave in, a t d one from e runaway. The awards w-re made among oth ers to the following: John Adrlance, jr., Galveston, Tex as; Geo. K. Hemphill, Anna, Texas: llarley Tomllnson, Norwood, N. C., (died); Frank Forrest, Norwood, N. '.; Wylle Iooney, Duncansvllle. Tex.. (died) A. Albert Richards, Denton, Tcxhh, (died). .VKW CHIEF INHI'tXJTOB. WASHINGTON. May 4. Robert Sherman Sharps today was conduct ed Into office as chief postofflce In spector. Ths oath of office was ad ministered by Chief Clerk Weed, of ! lhj rwtHtriff lf ,lrt rt mnnf In th presence of a company of personal friends of the new chief Inspector, During the last four year, Mr. Sharps was Internal revenue collec tor in the Chattanooga district; and lor eight years prior 10 that time be was postmaster of Chattanooga, FLOOD RENOMINATED. LYNCHBURG, Va., May 4. The democratic committee of the tenth Virginia congressional district in e slon here late today declared H. IX Flood the democratic nominee for re election. Property. Have v plaintiff's attorney, Judge Henry B. Steven of this olty. , Own Vest Tract. -At seen from the above, the.DukM have through Arrington, their rep resentative, a practical control of the Toxaway company, end to protect thtrfr bonds they wilt be active bidders at the sale.' Other hlddersj will prob ably Include the Pittsburg capitalists who own the minority bond holdings and stockholders of the Toxeway company. , The lands of the Toxawuy company extend to, within a mile of the South Caroline, line and ndjoln the tract reonnily conveyed by the Montvale lumber company to the Carolina, Timber company, ,'m this rnnveyance a reservation le.made of the waterpower rights which, are held hy the Southern Power company, on At the present time Judge' Stevens, or this city, and Mr. B. O. Iucas, of i nariotie, are examining the title to tnese watnrpower reservations. It is oeueved that the combined devel (Continued on page fonr.) COLORED METHODISTS 111 SESSION AT AUGUSTA Decline to Take Any Action Limiting Power of Bish ops or Shortening Tenure AUGUSTA, May .The tenth an nual sessslon of th general confer ence of the colored Methodist Rpl copal church opened hsr today with Impressive religious service at which the Bishop Isaac Lane, ' of Jackson, Tenn., preached . the intro ductory sermon on the "Faithful Ministry." Beside senior Bishop I H, Holsey of Atlanta, who presided at ths op ening session and Bishop Lane, Bish ops R. 8. Williams, of Augusta, Qa., Ellas Cottrell, Holiy Springs, Ml., and Charles H. Phillips, Nashville, Tcnn,, are attending. The conference organised by eloct- Ing Dr. I". M. Hamilton of the South' Georgia conference, J, J. Pralther, Texas, O. B. Goodman, A. layman, North Mississippi and Dr. S- C. Cleaves, South Carolina secretaries. The veto power in ths bishops and their election for life were strongly supported and any attempt to de stroy their power or limit their du ties was deprecated as a dangerous Innovation, Greater energy In foreign fields was recommended end Africa was declared the battleground of the twentieth century. A decided stand was taken against Innovation In worship such as silent Invocation and chanting of the Lord' Prayer. The movement to remove the four year time limit on preacher' service In a church was net approved. It would destroy the Itinerant system upon which the church I based ac cording to the bishop. .. -. THE COMET TODAY. May 2: Hal ley's cornet rise today 2.41 a. m.; tomorrow at 2.22 a. m. Sun rise) 4. 41. Comet's Speed today about 1,722 mUea per minute. Com et's distance from the earth 42,200.000 mile. Comet's as tronomical location. Right As cension, 9 hour (sum a sun March 21); Declination, t de grees north. . if if if . crnhrent t ' "i .. . . jHir '.' W " -4B"(rW . MAKRS MISTAKE IN KEEPING PRICES DOWN Did Nothing When Dears At tacked Maiket Some TlmoAao , WASHINOTON, , May . -I speech delheted in the senate today Senator Simmon ot North Carolina attacked th method ot the depart ment of Justice la the matter of it prosecution of th cotton pool. II did not complain because ot the merit of the suit, but because th cotton producer and spinners hud been Involved In th matter. Complaining of partiality In the enforcement of the Sherman anti trust law, Mr, Simmon - declared that in undertaking to prosecute th bull and not the ber, th de partment had undertaken only partial prosecution. He said that th proceeding amounted to ft usur pation tit authority. Senator Simmon mad . bitter oomplalnt against notice which lie aid that th effect of placing Iha cotton men In th light of specula tor when their efforts had been In exactly trie opposite direction. "If the "Jot ton splnnor of the country wilt cooperate In ttm sums Hint which the cottons spinners of' th euuth are pursuing, all the - . changes will be oil a spot basis'1 ha sa'd. 91 contended that contract for future sale of cotton should be fur a real and imt a ahum delivery. Wii-kcrHtjuill's MMiikc. The - attorney g"nrura atlltmle toward the lift o or ni'tnn v , sharply critli Ueit. ilo nu.l Unit ol (Ictal had attacked pi ice not be- cause of the pool but because he considered them ft natlonul evil. "IJ has th whole matter wrong," price are not abnormally thigh," ' aid Mr, Simmon. , "The certainly are hot above the level of price fixed by the tariff and In th inter et of monopoly," ' , . He wtld that there had been no ih wwuv ituih um aum-nny .H general 1 -when the bears -had t snueesed 210 out of the price of cotton - He con- tended that th high price of the" present day was due to short crops ' ahd other national causes. ' He said price were not high enough and 4. A,.. ..'..... . ... ... 1... im tie inougnc iney would, go Higher , "and the attorney general cannot IrVnt that,. Whatavnr ; hrnnaulln . he may Institute In the Interest of forlg buyer,", lis added. , . ' Mr Simmon J refused to concedo the government th right, to-Inter. , fere wUh th bull purchase affect- ' In th price of the staple, "it I a startling a it I unpatriotic and It I a unpatriotic a It I unleii.i able' he declared, speaking of the ' attorney general' course. A our chief article of export he declared that the price of cotton should be kept up. He said that while ths outh always ould be the first to receive tr. benefit of any Increase the whole Vommunity would profit. lf.1'5 D TEB EM 10 OTIC Reported That Bhe Will Marry Man who Designed Memorial to Father NEW TORK, May 4. Mrs Marv Averell Harrlman, Widow Of the late 13. H, Harrhnan, declined tonight to discuss a report that her daughter, Mary, will marry Charles Cary Hum y of Buffalo. When Informed this afternoon that new of such an en gagement was current she sent back word: t will neither confirm nor deny the report". She would add nothing to this laconic statement Mis Mary Harrlman was said to be her father' favorite - daughter. she shared hie love of horses and cattle, his plain spoken way and ca pacity for affulra During hi life h took th greatest pride In her exec utive ability and at hi death, ah succeeded a manager of Arden farm with their . 42,000 acre and hundred of head of cattle. , Kumsey is also a horseman and polo player, as well a sculptor. It waa hi model that was accepted by commute chosen to build a mem orial to Harrlman at Goshen. the county scat of Orange county, la which Ardcn farm are situated In recognition of Harriman's services as a breeder of blooded, horses and a builder of good roads.
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