Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-11-24
Ministers Believe That
Work Will Have Been
Completed BY
Tonight

The second days session of the North
Georgia Conference at the First Metho-
dist church Thursday was largely taken up
with advancing the ministers to the difa-
cult grades under the four-year course OF
study of the church and in hearing their
reports.
The conference was called to order by
Bishop Gambler at o'clock, after which
Rev. w ]. Cotter, of Newman, conducted
devotional exercises by reading portion
of the seventh chapter Of Matthew
Charge TO Keep Have was sung. fol-
lowed by prayer.
During the course OF proceedings IN
passage OF Characters while the old min
listers were being heard from, Bishop
Gambler took occasion to administer a
very severe reprimand to the conferences
on account of the noise and talking. He
said:
I IF you don't show these old brethren
the courtesy of listening to them viii
show you the discourtesy of calling you
by name You haven't got anything SO
| important to talk about that 1t can't wait
I've been right where you are and know
what you have to do. We've got to have
quiet and I'll see to it that We. have it.
! Within few minutes the bishop again
called for order on account of delegates
changing their seats. He said:
You brethren must not let your po-
likeness interfere with your duty to the
conference. notice that a large number
of ladies are sitting within the confer
ence bar. They cannot vote. The breth-
rem come here to attend to business and
| ought to retain their seats"
For the third time, while passing char
acters, Bishop Gambler rebuked the con-
| ference. saying:
"Sit down both vocally and corporally.
The following ministers passed from
1 he
Mclaughlin, of Ellijay; Thomas H. Dill
/ lard, of Cleveland; Arthur S. Hutchinson,
of Tunneu Hill; Henry Clay Emory, OF
| I.incolnt0n; Joseph Richard Speer, Of
| Young Harris; olin King, of Chicka-
manga.
members of the second year class. passed
into the third grade and were elected
| deacons: j. H. Bailey, of Nacoochee; J.
NJ Grove, of Center; J. H Farr, OF
/ Gainesville; P. A. Kellett Of Battle Hill;
W. A Maxwell. Of Elberton. and @. r.
| Venable, of Rockmart M
The following ministers passed from the
third TO the fourth grade: Elan Franklin
Dempsey, of Turin; Jesse Oliver Brand.
i of Jenkinsboro; David Baine Cantrell, Of
| Centervflle; George Washington Barrett
/ of Alpharetta; John Francis Yarbrough.
| of I.incolnton; Frank Quillian, Of Palmet-
! to; Jeptha NJ Hawkins, of Dalton; Walter
Millican, OF Subligna. and W. w. Gaines.
| of Austell.
/ The folloEing ministers were paEsea osIt
\ Of the fourth grade and were elected ell
ders: ]. J. Watts, of Glendale; Walter
| Scott Robson, of Woodstock; Alvin Z.
| Sansburn of Flowery Branch; e. A.
| Ware, Of Ringgold. and William H. La
Prade, of Kirkwood.
The following local preachers were
elected to deacon's orders: L. L. Lam
drum. Paul w. Ellis, Albert P. segars,
Matthew Lucille Harris. Gustavius A.
Davis, Lucian Roper. William A. Brooks,
Benjamin c. PTickett, William ]. Brooks,
George Robert Kirk and Eugene w.
| Reynolds.
PRESIDING OFFICER PAYS
TRIBUTE TO CONFERENCE
The bishop was evidently pleased with
the good order in the conference Friday In
contrast to Thursday, for at its close he
said:
''They say the North Georgia conference
Is the largest conference in the world.
| / wish to say that the order today is the
best I've seen for day
Conference was opened Friday at
i O'Clock with the singing of the hymn,
Sweet Hour of Prayer" after which Rev.
/ w. A. Dodge. of Rome, invoked the divine
/ blessing on the body.
Presiding Elder Robins, of the Griffin
| district, surrendered the ministerial Gre
dentials Of Rev. Robert A. Hamling, a To-
| cal preacher near GAINESVILLE, who has
Joined the Congregational Methodist
church.
Bishop Gambler announced the appoint
| ment of the special committee on church
| insurance, which was created at yester-
! days session. The members are: Rev.
Joel T. Dawes, of Athens; Rev. NJ L. Tn
derwood, of MilledgeviIle, and Rev. E. L
Newton, of Pennington.
| he North CaorOia conference will send
greetings to the Georgia Baptist conven-
| ton, now in session at Americas.
| The report of LAGRANGE Female college
| was submitted through its president, Ru-
fus w. Smith. According to the report,
1 the attendance the present session TO date
| is better than it was the past year at the
] same time and the prospects for the
/ future are good. The enrolment to date
is 1e6, of which Sc are nonresident and 20
are locals.
In 1892 William s. Witham, of Atlanta.
gave $4,000 to the college. the proceeds OF
/ which were to be expended in the educa-
ton of worthy dependent young ladies.
/ of this amount $500 was invested in mill
| stock, which was sold year ago, and
/ netted $3.50. Also $500 of this amount
/ was reinvested in mill stock, which pays
/ a semi-annual dividend Of per cent, and
! 81 $50 in bank stock, which pays SEMI
| annual dividend of 8 per cent. The balance
/ of the $4,000 was Loaned to poor girls,
/ more than three score of whom have gone
out to bless the world From year to year
! they are paying back this money with in
terest. and increasing benefit to the col
| lege.
| Five ministers were admitted into the
| conference today on trial in travelling
| connection. They were Jackson Lee AL
! good and Matthew Lucille Harris, of the
\ Dalton district; E. A. Ware and ]. Doug
| las Lewis, Of the Griffin district; William
A. Brooks, of the Athens district, and
Rembert G. Smith, of the Oxford district.
| Two ministers were admitted from 9TH
] er church They were George w. Tumlin,
/ from the Protestant Methodist church, of
! the Gainesville district, and Ben Graham
| from the Wesleyan Methodist churchs
| from the Athens district
| MONEY Is RAISED
TO AID MINISTERS
Nearly 5000 was raised by the North
| Georgia conference Saturday for the
| superannuate endowment fund Of the
| Southern Methodist church. The taking
| of this collection was decidedly the