Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-10-16
CONFERENCE NOTES.

j. Il. APlummer, Jordan Moore, ant
delegates s. A. Caldwell, c. D. Rob
erts, and several ladies of our city
1--WE started, 4th INST, for Fayetteville
to attend the session of the TENNESSEE
Conference, which was to convene
there on the 9th inst. At
! GUTHRIE CITY. ky,
we were placed, sardine style, in first.
class box ear, containing a few
benches. well creased with mixture
of something like tar and coal oil. and
proceeded to Nashville. arriving there
about 8 p. M, After seeing young
lady, whom We had under our charge,
safely with her relatives. we took
lodgings at the Nicholson House. pear
the Chattanooga Depot. and received
good accommodations for little money.
Left Nashville at s:15 Tuesday morn
ing, for
DECHERD,
with several cars crowded with preach
ers. and landed in good order at Fay
etteville about 4 o'clock p. m. s. A.
Caldwell and ourself were consigned
to quarters, near the Conference room
at Col. J. w. Newman's with ten
preachers and laymen-the others
were sent to their respective boarding
houses, all well pleased, to be refresh
ed and cared for preparatory to the
opening of Conference next morning.
The ten gentlemen with us az cur board
ing house, were full Of christian zeal,
and as room mates we all enjoyed
great deal Of innocent fun, spending
happy time together, which made us
10th to part with them when they
started upon their work FOR the year.
May they each have prosperous, happy
future.
COL. ]. W. NEWMAN,
and his amiable. intelligent lady, re-
ceived the twelve, and at once made
them feel free and at home. Col.
Newman is prominent lawyer of that
city, aud is a genial, polite and intelli-
gent gentleman, and provided all che
substantials and delicacies upon his
table. at every meal, for the large
crowd who were sent as his guests.
We here take occasion to return the
hearty thanks of all the gentlemen to
this kind household for the unstinted
hospitality extended to them during
the entire session of the Conference
their kind Offices being kept up, with
out the least abatement throughout.
Wednesday morning, the 9Th, the
CID session of the Tennessee Confer
ence was opened in Bright Hall,
BISHOP wIGHTMAN
in the chair, and over one hundred
ministers answered to the roll call.
Lesson from Romans XII; Hymn 272
After roll call, Conference proceeded
to organize by the election of the fol-
lowing officers Il. a. Young, Secre-
tary; 4. T. Goodloe, 1st Assistant
Secretary; John p McFerrin, I'd As
sistant Secretary; w. ii. Morrow, Sd !
Assistant Secretary.
The chair appointed Revs. J. B.
Allison, Z. b. Fiber and John B.
Medley, committee CD Public Wor-
ship The Presiding Elders of the
various districts were appointed COM
mittee to nominate the standing com
mittees.
The investigation of character, on
the question, Are all the preachers
blameless 10 their life and official ad-
ministration ?" was commenced. Be-
fore proceeding with the investigation,
Bishop Wightman arose and delivered |
an eloquent and well-timed address,
which made deep impression on his
auditors. Every wordand gesture indi-
Gated the deep feeling he experienced !
in being called upon TO admonish his
brethren that their lives should be so
spent as to sustain at all times, and un-
der all circumstances, the closest
Warming with his theme. |
he gave way to passionate burst of
which thrilled the heart of |
every minister and layman present.
The address produced deep feeling in
the audience, and at its close many
eyes were suffused with tears.
Having returned home just on the
eve of putting our paper to press, We
are compelled to jot down our notes il a
connection, and can
not, in consequence, do justice to ourself |
or the proceedings, but rather than hold |
over until another issue, We give a
report So that our read
ers may form some opinion of Bishop
Wightman, we append short bio
graphical sketch, taken from friend
Smith, of the Fayetteville Express:
Bishop Whightman is a native of
South Carolina and, although 67 years |
of age, j. remarkably active and |
vigorous. Time has certainly dealt |
kindly with him, for his dark hair IS
but slightly sprinkled with gray and
his compact, well-knit form still re-
tains its rounded outlines.
He was carefully educated in his ma
tive city, graduating with distinction
at Charleston College in 1927, and early !
in the following year joined the South
Carolina Conference. For ten or
twelve years he successfully discharged |
the duties of circuit rider and station
preacher, displaying everywhere those
high intellectual and moral qualities
which afterward secured his promo
ton. In 1910 he was appointed editor
of the South Carolina Advocate and
continued in that position same four
teen years lie was then made Presi-
dent of Wexford College and subse-
quently Chancellor of the Southern
University Of Alabama. He was elec.