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c. w r* nr I5ALL 1 golden o COME! Necessity Kno No Law a METHODISTS APART ON DIVIDING LINE Bishop's Ruling K/lls Hope of Those Oppomg D/Yis;on of Present Body. Sumter, Nov. 26.?When the Methodist conference met this morning the absorbing question was t':e ruling of Bishop Denny on t'he questions of law propounded at yesterday's session. The Rev. P. B. Wells had asked for Bishop Denny's ruling as to the right of the general conference to delegate y its prerogative to the annual conference in the matter of fixing a dividing line bet wen the two new conferences to he made of the South Carolina conference. It was hoped by the element t opposing division that the bishop would rule that the general confer ?- ' ? J n-r\rt f lVl O-Vl + V) 1 C /It*. 1 ilice 'JdU ci i cu auu i wu8u v.^ cision defeat the division. Interest was intense as the bishop proceded with his ruling. He ruled on a question touching the constitutionality of an act of the general conference; that only the college of bishops might rule on such questions. l As to whether the conference might this line his ruling was that it' might or might not, as it chose. T?r \V T rimv a lavman of Lau rens, introduced a resolution referring f the division question back to the general conference, and made a speech vigorously advocating his resolution. Ke was answered by the Rev. D. M. McLeod, the author of the division idea, in an earnest address in defence of Lis idea. (Several speeches pro and con were made and toe vote on Mr. Gray's reso' - . lution was taKen viva voce. mi. uia? lost by eight votes, the count being 122 for the Gray resolution and 130 against. This really settled the quesi tion of division, or had the Gray resolution carried the conference would not have been divided. i Upon the settlement of this phase of P the question the fixing of the line was entered into. Mr. IMcLeod advocated |l his line as proposed yesterday?a line giving t":e eastern and southern por tions of t:e State to one conference, and the Piedmont section to the other ^ Mr. Turnipseed argued the advantages otf another line dividing the State north and south. i The arrival of the special order for I T2 o'clock, the Thanksgiving sermon by Bishop Wilson, put an end, for the \ day, to the division question and this w'll be taken up tomorrow morning I and finally disposed of. Tonight tie mission board bad its; anniversary and was addressed -by Dr.! t Pinson, missionary secretary. The following is the text of the tvo I propositions introduced for the division of the conference: L D/Wsz'on Proposition. Whereas, The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South L at its session in Oklahoma City in 1914 divided the South Carolina conference and made it the duty of the said conference to fix tee line of division at tois, its coming session: Therefore be it resolved, That Thursday, 10 a. m., November 26, be made a special order for fixing l the line of division and agreeing upon all details made necessary by such dihvision. Resolved, further, that the following resolutions be taken up under tha? special order as a plan of pro 1 ) c-edur.e. Resolved, first, That the line of di. vision >Nf the South Carolina confer[ ence be,^ind is hereby, fixed as follows: Beginning at the North Carolina line follow the line between Csester\ field and Lancaster counties, between Kershaw and Fairfield counties, t'hence across Richland county in a direct line from the junction of Kershaw and Fairfield counties at the Richland line Bfo the junction of the S^aT>oard Air . Pud the Southern railways, in a direct line !o Ridgewood, following the troll-v lines to Park, thence in :t <r :'0ct line to Station on t\e A?i- atic Coast ilwav, thence in a direct line to tion of Calhoun and Lexington at the southern Richland line, from thence the line be EN DAYS LC pportunity to c! Look for the ws I tween Calhoun and Lexington counties, between Orangeburg and Lexington counties, between Orangeburg and Aiken counties, between Barnwell and nniintiop f r\ i Vi a Coronntlll riVPT" -TXIIVCJI tUUllCl^O tu tilt uuiuiumii A * ' - , except that Smyrna and E-benezer churches in Kershaw county shall remain in the upper conference and Kershaw and 'Salley cihurches shall remain in the lower conference. Resolved, second, That the name of t\:e lower conference shall be "The South Carolina conference" and that said conference shall retain the historical records, the session number and the chronological roll; that the name of the upper conference shall be "T^e Uprver South Carolina conference." Resolved, tcira, mat wonora college, Wofford Fitting school, Carlisle school, Cokesbury conference school. Columbia college, lender college and fee Epworth orphanage shall be the property of the two conferences jointly. The upper South Caro- j lina conference shall elect seven of 15 | thirteen trustees of Wofford college, i Wofford Fitting school, Carlisle school and Lander college. 'The South Carolina conference shull elect seven and t*:e upper South Carolina conference shall elect six of the thirteen trustees of Columbia college, The South Carolina conference shall elect eigO.t and the upper South caro- j lina Conference shall ecelt seven of 1T> ; trustees of Bpworth orphanage, j The upper South Carolina conference shall elect four and the South j Carolina conference shall elect three 1 of t" e seven trustees of the Cokesbury ! conference* school. That the quota of trustees elective for each conference oli-all Tic rnminotor) timp hv flip I Oliaii UV IlUUliiiUtVU uv w j V?-V present board of education and elected ?or two years: thereafter the trustees for each conference shall be nominated by the hoard of education of the j conference they are to represent and | elected by the conference. Resolved, fourth, Thai all property he'd by the original South Carolina 1 conference other than herein other-1 wise provided for be held intact by the ! present board of managers of the le- j gal conference and administered for the benefit equally and jointly of t'.ie ' two conferences until such time as the two conferences shall be duly incorporated. When t'.ie two conferences j have been duly incorporated said | property shall then he equally divid- j pH oc pnnitv nnrl rpnnirpmpnf s ! appear between t:.e two conferences. Resolved, fifth, That a commission of three Methodist laymen from within j the bounds of each conference be ap- J pointed upon nomination of the board j of managers of the present legal con- i ference to determine all legal ques-1 tions involved in making legal and j proper transfers of property as re- j quired by division of t'he conference,! said commission to take such steps as 1 may be necessary to amend the char- ( ters of the several institutions involv- ! ed so as to conform to the requirements of the division. Resolved, sixth, That the presiding elders of this session of conference as j a board of nomination of boards after the appointments for 1915 have been fixed and immediately before the announcement thereof bring in nominations for the several boards required by each conference under the division. Resolved, seventh, That the Southern Christian Advocate shall be the organ j of the two conferences, equally and jointly. The Southern Christian Advocate shall be controlled and directed by a board of eight managers, tour to be elected by each conference. This board shall be elected quardrennially! upon nomination of the board of education of each conference, and shall have power to cntract for the publicatin of the paper, elect the editor and, as trustees of t(';ie conference, direct and control the affairs of the paper. Resolved, eighth. T^at the division or' the South Carolina conference and I nil provisions as to division herein made shall not so into effect until the announcement of the appointments for the respective conferences and the adjournment sine die of this session of )NGER. Stock lothe yourself a red "FORCE! . MC IBBWBEKmBH <mm?c?r MM ? . j the South Carolina conference. D. M. McLecd E. 0. Watson. Tum/pseed Resolution. The motion of the Rev. Turnipseed 1 was practically t..e same as t'.'.at of the Rev. McLeod, with tie exception; of the names of the two conferences j and the di.ision lines. Mr. Turnip-j seed's resolution provided that the j western conterence snouia oe Known ; as the "South Carolina conference," j and the Eastern conference as the "Pee Dee conference," or other such j name as the conference chose. The : l division line was fixed as follows: j From t'.ie Xort'J Carolina line to fol- . low tie line of division between I Greenville and Spartanburg counties to its meeting with the Enoree River thence down the Enoree River to the Broad river, thence down the Broad : river to the Congaree river, thence ! down the Congaree river to the Santee river and thence to the Atlantic ocean. There was also some slight change, as to the folding of the property of * J *1 ^ ~ J I i:.e cumerence aim uie vaii cramp auu j control of the Methodist schools and colleges in the State. ???????? METHODIST AT SUMTER AGREE ON DIVIDING LINE Upper Soutli farol/na Conference to Meet in Spartanburg Next Year. Sumter, Nov. 2S.?T:ere are now two Methodist conferences in South Carolina?the South Carolina and the tipper South Carolina. This question was settled this morning after a vigorous fig'.it which has gone on for a year. The 191") session of the Methodist conference will be held in Trinity church. Charleston, w';ile the upper South Carolina conference will meet next year in Bet':el church, Spartanburg. The Rev. W. C. Kirkland has been named as editor of the Southern Christian Advocate by the board cef managers of t'^at publication. T:is afternoon's session of the conference practically wound up the business o:' the session of 1914, and the appointments will probably be announced (Monday afternoon. Fixing D/v/d/ng Line. T~e question of dividing the conference was a special order for 1 o'clock this afternoon. It had been determined by yesterday's vote that there would be a division, but the line of division was the matter for adjustment. The Rev. P. B. TVells, for the antidivisionists, made one final effort to prevent division by the introduction of a resolution proposing postponement of division until a committee might consider certain legal questions and report its findings a year hence. This resolution was laid on the ta'ble by a large vote. Mr. Turnipseed then made 1 an argument for the line which he }iad proposed. He was followed by Mr. McLeod, for his line. The two lines were voted on separately in an aye and nay vote. The vote on the Turnipseed line stood 52 :or and 211 against. The vote on the McLeod line stood: Aye, 174; nay, SO. The bishop declar-i ed that Mr. MoLeod's line was the line I of division. Mr. W. 3. Gray, of Laurens, who had been an ardent supporter of the fight against division, moved to make the vote for the McLeou line unanimous, and this was done. The fight has been spirited, but the defeated take their # # defeat in good spirit and a good feeling prevails. (iOTernor-EIect Talks. Governor-elect Richard I. Manning was on the conference floor this morning and was invited to address the body. Mr. Manning was enthusiastically received and made a happy speech of ten minutes. He expressed his ap- I preciation of the support whic'h had been given him by the Methodist ministers o:' t":e State and begged for their continued support as he took up tve responsibil.ties of tli^ governorship,; "T" declared that Vethodi?m was one i of the sr-i-ater factors in South Carolina's lif \ He especially commended the chiirch's educational work and assured the con erence t'at during his : must be turr ind family at It D SALE" sign > R RI administration it might count on vis support in everything that looked to J human uplift. Mr. Manning declared j his behalf in answer to prayer and asked the prayers of the conference in behalf of his administration. Dr. John 0. Wilson introduced resolutions expressing appreciation of Mr. Manning's presence; and assuring him of the prayers of the body. The committee appointed to consider ways and means for handling the Southern Christian Advocate made a report through Dr. J. S. Stokes. It nominated the following as a manag* -i* -i r- i. "U- ^ ing Doarct to nave sun ciiarge oi ums paper: Advocate Board. F. H. iSuber, W. C. Kirkland, T. D. Gillespie, J. C. O'Dell and Messrs Lelanc Moore, J. B. Humbert and G. T* Quinby. This board, through Mr. Shuler, chairman, recommended the election of the Rev. R. E. Stackhous-e, D. D., as editor of the Advocate. Dr. 'Stackhouse asked for time to consider. Dr. T. F. Beatty submitted a report :or the Sunday school board, in which ! the bishop was requested to appoint t' e Rev. IW, C. Owen as field secretary of Sunday schools to succeed Mr. J.M. , Way, who ihas resigned to accept work | with the general board. Mr. Way will i have charge of the Sunday school work in several States. At last night's session Bishop Dennv and Dr. H. X. Snyder made eauca- I tional addresses which were of a very high order. The Rev. W. I. Herbert s Work. The board of education made a report requesting the Bishop to reappoint the Rev. W. I. Herbert as educational secretary. Mr. Herbert made a report of this work, which showed collections amounting to $21,000 during the year. At an afternoon session the board or Advocate managers reported, naming the Rev. W. C. Kirkland as editor of the Advocate. Dr. Stackhouse, who was named earlier in the day, refused to accept this work. Mr. Kirkland is now stationed at Mull ins. He is a will-equipped man and has the confidence and respect of all Method*sts. ? BIG WARSHIP BLOW* UP England Loses Vessel and E/ght Hundred Men? Fourteen Rescued. S'heerness, England, via Ixmdon, Nov. 26.?(The British battleship Bulwark was destroyed by an explosion as she lay off tore early today. There are only fourteen survivors from the crew of 700 or 800 men who were aboard. T:e explosion is believed to have occurred in her :orward magazine. Whether it was caused by accident or I design is a question to be determined by a commission appointed to investi- j j gate. In the opinion of naval men it was | an internal explosion that put an end to the battleship which for twelve years has done service at home and abroad, and lately had been guarding Fntriand'c shores. There was no great upheaval of water such as would have occurred if she had been torpedoed or struck by a mine. Instead the ship was enveloped in smoke and flame, and when this had cleared nothing could be seen but wreckage floating on : the water. Terrffic Explosion. Houses in towns seven and eight miles away were shaken by the explosion, and even before men on ships anchored near by could reach their own decks the Bulwark had disappeared. The sea was strewn with wreckage, while pieces of the s'hip were thrown six or seven miles on to f the Essex shore. Considering the size of her navy Great Britain has been singularly free from disasters of this character. Nevertheless, when the French warship Jena was destroyed by an internal explosion in 1007, all cordite ammunition was taken from all the British s-'.ips and carefully examined. Refrigerators "were installed in the ships to keep the powder cool. The Bulwark, which was one of the led into CASH ;ss than wholes at 1008 Mail I Lessons G g JF the child has a 1 |j study by. The ff saves eye strain, 1 U its best?clear, melk If The RAYO does n< ?1 is easy to light, easy Ijj rewick. The RAY H cannot get a better 1 I STANDARD ( lH Washington, D. C. (NEW. Norfolk, Va. ? ? ? m | j Richmond, Va. 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A touch of the dramatic was added to the catastrophe by the fact that the band of the Bulwark was playing when the explosion came. I The disaster occurred while tfte Bui wark was lying at ancnor on tne naval port of Sheerness, near the mouth of the Thames, but the officers of the port scout the public impression that the vessel was the victim of a German submarine. This seems to be supported by the absence of an un'heaval in the water, as the first lord of the admiralty explained. F/iteen Years Old. Although only 1." years old, and no longer on the first fighting line, the Bulwark still was a useful unit. The loss of the ship, however, was nothing JI IF. I [. Your ale cost. 1 Street. Si ^ 'he Store of Satisfaction i IN hilHm.! ;:I,n- -m,|J ome Easier | bier, generous light to H jteyb\ lamp : i t is kerosene light at | )w, and unfiickering. | f Dt smoke or smell. It I to clean, and easy to ?1 0 costs little, but you H amp at any price. U )IL COMPANY I JERSEY) Charloite, N. 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Chappell, of Newberry, was appointed Friday by Governor Blease a magistrate fbr Newberry county, to fill the vacancy made by the election of the incumbent, J. C. Sample, as county supervisor. Mr. Sample was appointed to fill tlfle office of magistral and Mr. C' appell was named several months a?o to fill the unexpired term of county supervisor. It was regarded as a unique incident at the capitol that these two officials should exchange office in this manner. / - / /