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THE ASHEViLLE CONFERENCE \TTKM>VN( ? AT METHODIST CONFF.Rl \? I Is l\< REASING. McmU r of ( on unit tec on Episcopacy Predicts Interesting Doing* At To? day's Session. Ashevllle. N C. May 12.?The at? tendance on the general conference. of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South. Is Increasing dally and by far j the largest audience of the session was present today. The committee on episcopacy Is j holding aft>rn>M>n and night sessions,' and a member stated tonight that in? teresting developments may be ex? pected at tomorrow s session of the conference. It Is expected that the committee win advocate the election of several new bishops and that two of the pres? ent college will be superannuated. The longest debate of the day cen? tered around the report of the Sunday school committee, especially that part which recommended that In the fu? ture the 10 per cent, of the children's day fund be no longer turned over to the board of education The latter board offered a substitute to the com? mittee report to retain the fund, but, by a vote of the conefrence, the reso? lution of the committee prevailed. It Is almost certain that the con? ference will vete to give the laymen a large representation at the various annual conferences. They have been asking for this at several conferences. The fraternal address of the Rev. O. C. Clement. frat**-- ?1 delegate from the African M. E. Zlon church, at times evoked the loudest applause. He explained that the white preachers show much sympathy for the work of negro churches In the South. Prince Ian or Corea, who resigned a government position to become the bead of a Methodist school In Song do la among the most Interesting vis? itors here and Is being shown much social attention. The Rev. Oeo. R. Stuart, the fa? mous evangelist, delivered a lecture tonight In the auditorium to a pack? ed house. By resolution the committee on episcopacy at a meeting tonight re- | moved the ban of secrecy, allowing1 its meetings to make public Its ac? tion. A report will be made to the conference tomorrow recomemndlng that the characters of all the bishops be passed. It also recommends that Bishop Key be superannuated at his own re- I qnest and It Is thought that Bishop j Morrison was also recomemnded for superannuation. The committee placed the salary of active bishops at $4,500, an Increase of $500; the superannuated bishops at $2,250. an Increase of $2b0. The allowance of widows of bishops la placed at $1,000. UK.II ( I. \ss sMi <;<;i,ERS. ????? I I .rmer <.o\ciuor of New llompshlre. Wife and Son tci'Uscd off Con sperary. New York. Mr) 13.?Frank W. Rol 11ns. former governor of New Hamp- j shire and now a banker, with Boston j offices, his wife, Catherine, and his son. Douglas, were charged today In' the sworn complaint of a customs in- j specter, with "conspiring to smuggle Into the Fnlted States wearing appar? el and jewelry and souvenirs without paying th?. duties legally due there? on." Mr. Rollins and his s? n were ar? raigned this afternoon before a fed- i eral commissioner and released In $2.000 ball. Mrs. Rollins was so aho, ki ll by the .-barges that she took to her bed Immediately on landing. The Rolllnses were first class pas? sengers on the Emltlanla. which ar? rived here today from Liverpool. They brought nine trunks, on which Mr. Rollin? declared only a woman's fur jacket, valued at $800. After their baggage had been only partly check? ed. Mr. Rollins was Informed by a deputy collector that his failure to declare any dutiable goods might re? sult In the seizure of the goods and that his arrest might follow any ac? tion reasonably to be conspued as at tempted smuggling. Mr Rollins hereupon consulted with his wife and son. He then In? formed the customs officer, they state, that his wife had omitted Inadverten*. lv to declare a cheap necklace, g hracelet. three gowns, two su't.s arid minor sundries. With these additions the declaration, he said, was com? plete. Nevertheless the deputy SOfleO? for ordered the lnspe< ttog of the trunks continued and search made of Mr Ibdllns. nr* wife nnd their on. I'nstoms nftVers afterwards ffWors that on the person of the former gov? ernor wer'? found several articles ttt Jewelry, on Mn. Rolll.is a pearl mounted watch and stud, and on Doug:** Rollins more Jewelry it is < barged that none of thi? i< wolf ? bad km I ifcN Inred. but the e?dim . I? 1 ' aim .v as nui liven. Mr Rollins nnd his son were then an. o d j.nd taken before Coinir HP rfcwfM r Shields. One-half of t)>e world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream?Tx?ngfellow. i COL. J. s. NEWMAN DEAD. Prominent l.dueator and Agricultur? ist Passes Away at Walhalla. Walhalla. May 11?.?Col. J. S. New? man. <>ne of the best known educators and practical farmers of South Caro? lina, died at his home here last night about !? oYloek, at the age of 74 years. He had heen In failing health for some time, but the news of his death itne as a distinct shock to the people of Walhalla, as no one thought his condition was of a critical nature. He had ? een up and about his home dur? ing the day. He had suffered for NM time from llrlght's disease and . . ral months ago developed a can? cer. The former, however, was the immediate cause of his death. Cid. Newman was a native of Vir? ginia, having been born in Orange County, that State in 183G, his par? ents being James and Mary Scott Newman. For many years he was associated with Clemson College, as professor of agriculture and director of the experiment station, which po? sitions he tilled with credit to himself and to that great Institution. Several > cars ago he resigned these positions, retiring from his long service as an educator and receiving from the Car? negie fund set aside for that purpose, an annual pension of $1,200. On his retirement from active service at Clemson College Mr. and Mrs. "New? man moved to Walhalla, where they purchased a small farm just within the corporate limits of the town. This little tract of land stands today as a memorial to the practical knowledge of this great agriculturist, as to all phases of Intensive trucking, farming and gardening. From centre to cir? cumference it is Indeed a veritable garden spot, both in point of beauty and utility. Col. Newman was not only able to do things in practical farming and demonstration, but he was the author of several valuable works on agriculture and horticulture and he was the disseminator of a vast amount of practical knowledge, which has done much to raise the standard of agriculture in Oconee and other counties of the State. He was a val? uable citizen and his death will be keenly felt. Proad In his views, kind in disposition and filled with a burn? ing desire to be of benefit to his fel lowman, he drew to him as personal friend and ardent admirer all who knew him. Col. Newman leaves his wife and several children to mourn his death. C. C. Newman, now associated with ?'lemson College, Is one of his sons. This afternoon the body of the de? ceased was sent to Pendleton, from which place the funeral took place, the Interment being In the cemetery of the Old Stone Church. Col New? man was a staunch Episcopalian and the funeral services were conducted by his pastor, the Lev. Mr. L. E. Hub bard, rector of the Episcopal church at Clemson. Walhalla and Seneca. The Tower of Love. What woman is there, who, if told that her own blood sister was suffer? ing, would content herself with sewing for her? No. she would lay down her needle and her thimble and go to see her, llMj ".l.v <?ne. says The Metropolitan Magazine for April. What mother would rest for a mo? ment If her own son were one who had fallen by the way, and simply try to evangelize him? The story is told, and well authen? ticated, of a lady who was In a degree a social student. She went to lunch? eon with her rather fashionable, bridge-playing relative-in-law. When conversation flagged on various sub? jects, the guest suddenly exclaimed: "Do pray forgive me; I can't concen? trate; I am so staggered by tho book I have Just been reading. I c: Vt get my mind off It. It says that 35,000 homoleei people sleep In summer on the benches and grass In the London parks. Isn't it dreadful!" The bridge devotee looked up and looked down; she was embarrassed and knew not how to answer. At last she said, rather foolishly: "Well .1 don't know; I think it's \ ? ry lucky they have got tho porks to sleep in Will you have a chop?" H I 1 ? aty to "sew for the poor." It so hard to leave one's ease and it ai ?'brist did. doing good. ?Foley Kidney Pllle contain in eon* contented form Ingredients of estab? lished therapeutic value for the relief and . ai' of all iC Iney and bladder ailments. Blbert's i>rug Store. .Mr. Lortmer'i election to the United Btatei senate WOUld have broken the bank at Monte Carlo. com m \\|>| |{ j| l.ns \. |?|? \TI POKT no i |i DEFT, in,, <. \. It. ?Mr. Isaac Cook, Commander of above Cost. 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The first was shown by action looking to the abandonment of the use in Southern Baptist Sunday schools of the International Sunday school lessons, and the second by the upparent intention to admit to fellow? ship in the Southern body churches in territory, hitherto left entirely to the Northern Baptists. At tonight's session the Rev. Geo. W. Daniel, of Richmond, Va., said that the Southern Baptists lack or? ganization and adequate system of missions, and can never, under pres? ent conditions, but rests upon the Lay? men's Missionary movement to save the day. The objection to the continued use of the International Sunday school lessons appears to be that they have not been satisfactory to the Baptists in the matter of Scriptural texts touching on baptism. The Rev. J. M. Frost, of Nashville, Tenn., chairman of the Sunday school board, offered the resolution which, while praising the uniform lesson sys? tem, which has been in vogue in Pro? testant denominations for 40 years, asked that a committee be authorized to prepare for the Sunday school board a system of graded Sunday school lessons. After considerable discussion on the subject, it was referred to a commit? tee. Following an eloquent plea for the completion of the $600,000 endow? ment fund of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., $488,000 of which sum has been raised, approximately $25,000' waa subscribed in the convention today in amounts ranging from $5 to $5,000. To allow for shrinkage on account of death, Rev. Dr. Mullins said that an additional $200.000 would have to he raised. A pleasant incident of the forenoon meeting was the receipt of a telegram of greeting from the general confer? ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in session in Ashevile, N. C. The secretaries of the conven? tion were directed to frame a tele? gram of greeting, to be sent to th* Southern Methodist body. At the 22nd annual meeting of the Women's Missionary union, an aux? iliary to the Southern Baptist conven? tion, which is holding its session in the Seventh Baptist church, the re? port was made that $20,000 has been raised toward the endowment fund for the Louisville training school, con? ducted by the union. Baltimore, Md., May 13.?Home missions formed one of the principal topics of consideration at today'*? ses? sion of the Southern Baptist conven? tion. The Rev. Dr. Burr stated that | there was an Incerase of $13,000 in I ! the home mission fund. The board of home missions strong? ly indorsed the policy of the Southern Baptist convention of having no "en? tangling alliances'' with other Chris? tian bodies that "can in any way en- ! i danger the purity of Baptist doctrines or practices as Baptists." This utterance referred specifically to the labors of the board In Panama and Cuba, where it was stated that the work was progressing rapidly but that difficulties in the way of the work of both the Sunday schools and other phases have developed In the trend towards "so-called church union ef? forts ?and obliteration or disregard of denominational lines." "We regret," the board adds, "that the lives of profesing Christians who go to the canal zone for money mak? ing are ;i hindrance instead of a help to the Baptist church. Then, too, the efforts of some Christian workers to discredit denominational work in tlx- interest of undenominational Christian union are adding to the dif? ficulties of our missions." The report, though not stating spe? cifically, was aimed at the Young Men's Christian Association, accord? ing to u statement made by the Itev. i>r. B. C. Dargan of Macon, Qa., mem? ber of the Cuba and Panama commit? tee, After the session he said: I "I'-. Cuba und Panama tb?- Y. M. c. A. ntands lor undenominational presenta? tion of Christi tiu- Baptist church has slways and will always stand for the] l apt 1st presentation. 1 do not mean to speak disparagingly of the Y. M. c. A. I only mean that the Baptist ; , ? hurch ought not to merge with any? body in work among the missions." An appeal from the Baptists of the North asking that their brethren of the South aid them in taking care of the negroes created a stir in the con? vention. The matter was referred to a committee and w in come up for la ter discussion. The communication name from the American Baptist Home Mission Society, headquarters In New York. It declared that two- ? thirds of the negro Baptist ministers have had no mor? than the merest rudiments of a common school edu- ! cation, "and are deplorahly ?defleient I In qualifications for spiritual edifica? tion and leadership." The Northern Society destlres the co-operation of the Southern Baptists in the management and maintenance of its chools in the South, and pro? poses the establishment of a number of summer school-i there for the ben? efit of the negro Baptist ministers. This afternon Rev, J. H. Shake? speare of London, Eng., British sec? retary of the World Baptist Alliance, who traces his ancestry to the Bard of Avon, made a plea for aid for the poor Baptist preachers of Europe. Mr. Shakespeare is in this country for the purpose of visiting this convention and that of the Northern Baptists, held recently in Chicago. It is his mission to secure $10,000, with which to en? able the less affluent Baptist divines of European countries to attend the meeting of the World's Baptist al? liance, to be held in Philadelphia next year. Of the amount desired $6,000 was raised at the Chicago convention and today the remaining $4,000 was contributed within 10 minutes. In the course of his remarks Mr. Shakespeare declared that by an ac? tual Information for an alliance the Baptists could overthrow many of the faiths in Europe and change the re? ligious map. He said that the Baptist faith would soon be the dominant one of Russia and declared that thousands of the peasants are accepting that be? lief. It was decided to hold the Southern Baptist convention of next year in Jacksonville, Fla. In an address tonight on the work of the home mission board, Rev. Dr. J B. D. Gray, of Atlanta, secretary of the board, outlined the relations of the Baptists to the missionary prob? lems of the South?the negroes, the Indians, immigrants and the inhabi? tants of the mountain districts. He said that 25 years hence more Immi? grants will be landed annually at both Charleston and New Orleans than are now put ashore at this port. Rev. George W. McDanlel, of Rich? mond, Va., made a plea for justice for negroes in courts of law. Rev. J. W. Porter of Lexington, Ky., spoke for evangelism, deriding many modern methods, pleading for a simple pre? sentation of the gospel. ?A touch of rheumatism, or a I twinge of neuralgia, whatever the j trouble Is, Chamberlain's Liniment I drives away the pain at once and cures the complaint quickly. First I application gives relief. Sold by W. W. Sibert. 1 SEVEN NEW BISHOPS. ! REPORT OF EPISCOPACY TO METHODISTS. Committee on Revlanlg Reoommends Amendment?Probably Will Re De? feated in Conference. AsheviUe, N. C, May 13.?The gen eral conference of the Methodist Epis? copal Church, South, at its session to? day transacted considerable business, the reports of the committee on epis? copacy and the committee on rc-isals being received and acted upon. Report No. 1, as submitted by the committee on episcopacy, contained memorial tributes to the following de? ceased bishops: J. C. Granberry, W. W. Duncan, C. B. Galloway, A. Coke Smith, J. J. Tigert and Seth Ward. By vote of the conference the report was put upon its immediate passage. Report No. 2 of the committee of epis? copacy recommending that seven bishops be elected was carried by a large majority. The committee on revisal recom? mended that the name of the church be changed to the Methodist church and the report was passed to the cal? endar. A minority report was submitted requesting that he name be not changed. This question will come up in a few days for debate and the general im? pression is that the report of the min? ority recomemnding that the name of the church be not changed will he adopted. Should the report of the majority be adopted, the matter will have to be submitted to a vote of the 46th an? nual conference, three-fourths of whose members must indorse it be? fore it can become a law. A resolution was referred to the committee on temperance and other moral and social questions asking that the bishops be requested to appoint a commission to act in conjunction with the national committee on uni? form divorce laws to check the grow? ing divorce evil. The reports of the committee on temperance and other social and,mor al questions on the subject of the use of tobacco brought about considerable discussion. The minority report, which compels young men entering the ministry to abstain from tobacco, was lost by three votes. The majori? ty report, which recommended that young men entering the ministry he advised not to use tobacco, but which recommended no legislation against it, prevailed by a small majority. Many present at today's session ex pected to hear further reports from the committee on episcopacy, espe? cially that part of the report which will recommend the superannuating of Bishop H. C. Morrison. It is stated that the bishop does not desire this relationship and will plead his cause from the floor. Chinaman's Grim Humor. One of the funniest stories about Chinamen is not really Chinese. It was told by a British counsul at one of the treaty ports. He arrested nine delinquents Chinese, intending to turn them over to the tender mer* cies of the native magistrate next morning. Meanwhile he gave them I into the custody of a Chinese police? man, telling him to lock them up? though there was no jail at the con? sulate. But the policeman was equal to the emergency. He solemnly sa? luted, saying, "I obey!" and marched his men off. Soon he returned and announced that they were safely caged. The consul was curious to see hoW and where. He followed his police ? man to the yard. There he saw the nine prisoners dancing round the con? sulate flagstaff, lugubriously chating the Chinese equivalent of "Ring around-a-rosy!" Whenever the dance showed signs of flagging the police? man stirred them up with a long pole. They seemed at first sight to be hold? ing each other's hands, but looking closer, the consul saw that they were handcuffed together. I "Well," said the consul, "if they are chained in a ring around the flagstaff they can certainly not get away! But why do you make them dance?' "Ah!" answered the Chinese police? man, with infinite cunning, "so that they cannot climb up the pole and get away!" The consul broke out into a loud British laugh and tried to explain to the Chinaman that the nine prisoners could certainly not all climb up the pole at once; but the Chinaman had his idea and held to it. So the dance went on.'?'Harper's Weekly. Uncle Joe Cannon believes In as? suming an optimism if you ha*re It not. Roosevelt for Depew's shoes? He couldn't get into them with a shoe horn.?Chicago Tribune. 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