The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-11-22
Jackson District Appointments.

The Memphis Annual Conference
of the M. E. Church, South, closed
its sixty-second session at Dyersburg
Monday evening. The next session
will be held at Paris next fall. The
Conference embraces all West Ten.
nessee and West Kentucky, having
over 400 clerical and lay delegates
and eight districts of charges. Fol
lowing are the charges and preach.
ers in Jackson district
j. w. Blackard-Pl esiding Elder.
Jackson-First Church, w. f.
Hammer. Hayes Avenue, John q
Clarke. Campbell Street, NJ. f.
Leake. Middle Avenue, S. B. Love.
Jackson circuit, E. B. Graham;
Whiteville and Mercer, J. r. Har-
din; Fayette Corner circuit, r. E
Humphrey; Bolivar, j. NJ. Scott;
Montezuma, r. G. Douglas; Con
cord, l. w. Brooks; Henderson,
Cleanthe Brooks; Pinson circuit, J.
B. Pearson; Claybr circuit, D.
l.. Hines; Medina circuit, B. f.
Peoples; Denmark circuit, I. H.
Davis; Salisbury AIT; Grand JUNG
ton, t. j. Simmons; New Castle
circuit, J. L. Hunter; Somerville,
l.. d. Hamilton; Middleton circuit,
L. f. Maxedon.
Rev. J. w. Blackard, the new
presiding elder, is one of the best
preachers in the Conference. He is
fresh from Central Church, Mem
phis, socially and financially the
strongest In the connection.
Rev. G. w. Wilson, heretofore
Presiding Elder, is stationed now at
Martin, Tenn.
Rev. A. n. Walker is the new
preacher at Gainesville.
Rev. w. D. Pickens goes to a
new charge, Woodville, Ky.
Middleburg circuit, a new charge
in the Lexington district, has for its
pastor Rev. A. L. Dallas
Rev. W. A. Russell, formerly a
pastor of Bolivar church, is now on
Millington circuit.
Rev. T. P. Ramsey goes TO Bart
lett and Raleigh,
Rev. J. II. Felts is returned to
Murray, Ky.
Rev. J. f. Carl, former pastor of
Whiteville, is stationed at Gadsden.
Rev. S. L.. Jewell, who married
a daughter of Mr.. w. J. Redd, and
who was returned to Trenton station,
is elected as one of the delegates to
the General Conference, which con-
venes next May at Dallas, Texas.
A splendid compliment
Following is summary of the
showing made in various reports as
submitted to the Conference: Mum
Der of travelling preachers, 18e; To-
cal preachers, ia; members of the
church, SO, 40; infants baptized
during the year past, 7O4; adults
baptized, 2, 449; NUN Der of Epworth
Leagues, 10Y; number of Epworth
League members, 8. 500; number of
Sunday Schools, 4S5; teachers 81
$50; scholars, 81, 973; total money
raised in Sunday Schools, $13, O4S;
total raised In Conference for aid of
uperannuated preachers and widows
and orphans of deceased preachers,
So, 742; raised for foreign and do
nestle missions, $l2, 16i.33; church
extension. S2,7s5 81; American BIZ
BILE Society, $2l6 43; raised on Pre-
siding Elders salary, O,161.25;
Pastors salary, $50, 521.75; Bishop,
S1,732 SO. Number of congrega-
tions organized into churches, $50;
number of houses of worship, $50;
value of churches, 1857, 673; indebt-
edness on churches, S94, 222; num-
Der OF psrsonages 1877; their value,
S164.447.75; Indebtedness, s11,-
1885; number of district parson-
ages, 6; value, SIS, 900; indebted
ness, 81, $50; amount of insurance,
1903, 500; premium paid, 2,I14.23;
damages collected, 50, 900. Institu-
tons of learning, Z; pupils, SO.