The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-08-08
THE METHoDIsrs.
District Conference of the M. E.
Church, South.
SwEETwArER, TENN, Aug. A, 1877.

Cnurcns SOUTH
SwEETwATER, TENN, Aug. A, 1877.
To the Editor of the Morr4stosn Gazette :E ~
The District Conference for the
Athens District met at this place
on yesterday. Bishop Wightman
presided, and Rev. j. ii. Braner,
was elected Secretary. The Con-
ference adjourned this afternoon at
about 80, after an active session.
Business of considerable Importance
to the District was transacted. The
District High School located here
was taken charge of by the Con-
ference, and Board of Trustees ap-
pointed to manage it. 1t has been
supervised heretofore by the Quar-
terIy Conference. The Methodist
people appear to be wide-awake in
regard TO education. Rev. j. H.
Bruner presented the claims of
Hiwassee College and urged upon
the member of the Conference the
Importance of sustaining that school,
1t had done we'll in the past, but the
desire was that it should do much
better in future. The Rev. E. K.
Hoss, of Martha Washington Col
Iege, was present as visitor to the
Conference. He spoke of the many
advantages possessed by his school
for the education Of girls and young
ladies, and will doubtless do a good
work for " Martha Washington in
this section. The school grows in
popularity, and is regarded as among
the foremost in our Southern coun-
try. You are aware that it is located
at Abingdon, Va.
Among the visitors to the Con-
ference is the Rev. James A. Lyons,
one of the editors of the HoISt0n
Methodist. In aspeech before the
Conference he gave some excellent
reasons why .torty-One thousand Me-
thodists should support one religious
paper. He gave some statistics
which opened the eyes Of the blind
to the situation. 1t appears that
there are forty secular newspapers
within the bounds of the territory
occupied by the Holston Conference
of the M. E Church, South. The
proprietOrs may not all be Roths-
childs or Vanderbilts, but they man
age to live somehow. Mr.. Lyons
made a convincing speech which
must profit The paper.
An admirable discourse was
preached this morning by the Bishop.
He has had he harness on for fifty
years, and has been a laborious
teacher all the time. There are few
better preachers than Bishop Wight>
man. sEs5
An election for delegates to the
Annual Conference was held to-day,
which resulted as follows: e. z.
Griffith, V. G. Allen, DIR. James
Mahoney and James w. Clark. AL
ternates p. S. Moody and John
Burger. The next Conference is to
be held at Decatur. in Meigs coun-
ty. 1t was unanimously selected.
Have you seen anybody that
knows anything concerning the
weather? Please enquire whether
it is hot outside of Sweetwater. It
has been suggested that the red hot
Methodists may have warmed up
this place, and that there may be a
spot where it's not hot. Can you
tell me where that blessed place il,
where q fellow will not have to put
on two paper collars day in order
to appear decent?
1t is thought that all the brethren
and the sisters will be here TO NOR
row. The opportunity to see ''liye'' 4
Bishop does not occur. every day,
and the sovereigns will take advant-
age of the chance. Thompson will
feed all not otherwise provided for
and there will he fragments enough
to fill many baskets. 81 1eg a
It is hardly necessary to ask
whether you know Joe Bean, editor
aud proprietor of the Democrat. Joe
is all right politically, and win make
all right in another respect
before very long. Please keep quiet
in regard to his marrying prospects.
Yours, TRAMP.
I.