The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-06
SOUTH GEORGIA KETHoDISTS.
RAPID GROWTH OF The CONFER
KNCE SINCE Iss57.

Its First Meeting Held in savan-
nah. Bfshop George P Pierce Pre-
sIdIhE-It Had Then 1885 Mem
bers and Total COLLECTIONS Were
.=s5-In 1900 the H~mber.hiP
Was Sa.Iss and the Total Coliee-
lion. sz3s-so1 or sAG4 Per Capita
All AsEessmenfs for Church Par
po.es 70 Be Based Upon Pastors
SALARY.
8Esoo1 c.. De. 5.-Trs south Ger
gls Conference heI& Is seooa1 session
to-azy. Bishop r. p Gsl9ssT is pre-
siding. Rev. 4 y. Vvta1 q ColU15l-s
opened WITH Devotional serFlc=s- Altar
this the rol vas comp s-=d- Very few
Of the p-eachers o. lzT1e- are absent
There are between IL and 20 preach
erz present. s-5 large lay de-egz~
t5on. Rsy. P L Atkinson q AcLgelrz
Mern1rsl Eet1odls- Church, Jsc kso1-
v1Ile. Rev h 2. Psudlero-- pastor u
ire Fl-st Presbyterian Church. Macon,
z15 Rav George Loehr q ths China
Nilsson Netho5lst Conference. we're IN
trooUeed 70 the conference.
* the conference q $50 special
committee zes appointed 10 make Z
basis for zss@ssr1s-t q al Conference
colllAc1fonx except for the support Of
the ministry. THIS committee reports
~ resolution today that the pastors
szlsry be made z bass for al the
sssesEIue-E necessary. foreign and do
-
education. church extension and biEf-
0pe' fund The resolution excited con
siderable debate. znuch opposition be
irz RAISED against il i vas finally
carried with one anDendment. ~ fol-
fow=r----
5lssolve6. That the respective
boards q the conference BE- request
81 70 distribute the assessments for the
Claims under their charge, approx
Ensteiy on the basis u the amount
paid for ministerial support ln the re-
sDect3Ts districts OF tns conference
This amendment practically nullideG
the original resolution. inasmuch a.
the same liberty II given for making
these amendments se exist At present
Al present all the necessities Of the
charge are taken into consideration
Growth of the Conference.
4aA III F-gNA u AEAfE rtF-IAcA Commit
tee some very interesting facts were
brought out. the most prominent be
ing the increase in the South Georgia
sn membership and finances.
The first session Of the conference vas
held IN Savannah, Ga. 1851, with Bish-
% Pierce presiding the total mem
bsrship then being 1888. and coliec-
tbonE for all purposes being S5i.755, be
ing about $3.50 ger capita Al the SER
sion Of 1900. held - Cuthbert. with
Bishop Hendrix presiding. the confer
enee showed 4 mem DerBfip Of 53.lSs.
and = grand total collection Of s2ss. sG1.
or f4.A per capita An increase Of
from 3z.s5 TO t4s4.
A class of eight young ministers was
called. and each having stood the re-
quired examination and being adyanc-
I'd 20 the class u the third year and
having his character passed. they were
admitted By the Bishop into the full
connection Of the conference. The class
IL az follows: J. p. Game. v. p. SEQ
Vile. T. g. Gardner =. +. Gardner, ".
l.. Wright. j. r. Jordan. Hampton Ste
vens. r. 3. Bsrdwell-
Rev. o. g. Tignor. formerly q MEM
Der Of this class, was discontinued al
his own request. Virgil p. scoyille,
Thomas S. Gardner. Ernest r. Card
dan. Hampton Stevens. Harry 3. Bard
veH we're elected 70 deacons' orders.
The following transfers from other
conferences we're announced. ". K.
Dennis. Kentucky; W. 6. Davis and
Lewis. North Georgia Confer
ence.
The election of delegates. lay and
clerical. was tskeD up. The conference
r. entitled to five delegates. one for
esrh forty-elRht members, the confer
ence having a combined membership
clerical and lay. Of zsO members. The
following lay delegates were elected: s.
p. Adams. J. =. Day. Isaac Hardeman,
VI. =. Austin. O. ". Smith. The fol-
loving clerical delegates were elected:
w. e. I.Ovett. g +. Bowman, J. p. Nc
Gehee. A. ~ Williams. The general
meets IN Dallas, Tex, in
May. 1902.
DIR. W r. I.smbuth. missionary sec
Rotary Of the Southern Methodist
church, was introduced 10 the con-
ference and addressed the members on
behalf Of foreign missions. He stated
that mission collections had advanced
s1s, 600. Last year three conferences
paid their missionary assessments In
full. Already this year six confer
ences have paid out in fun, with a
probability Of one or two more.
The afternoon was given over to Wis
sting the Wesleyan Female College.
where a musical recital was given in
honor Of the conference.
THE DIsPENSARY BILL.