The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-18
JACKSON DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Preachers and Laymen Have Met
with Sunday School and League
Workers in Bolivar and
Returned Home.

nual meeting of the Memphis Con
ference, as some are lead to suppose;
it was only the annual meeting of
the Jackson District Conference, in
which there are but twenty pastoral
charges, with some eighty churches.
There were over one hundred lay
delegates, local preachers, Sunday
School and Epworth League work
ers present at the meeting in Boil
var TO represent the many different
charges and churches, superintendent
by twenty regularly ordained trav-
cling preachers, making total of
$50 visitors in our town last week.
And right royalty did our people
entertain them. Nearly every home
in Bolivar was thrown open to the
conference, and good fellowship
prevailed everywhere, with every
one, and so cordial was the recep.
ton of our Methodist guests that
revival at the Baptist church
gave way through courtesy to the
conference.
The Jackson District Conference
embraces half dozen counties, and
the following charges are in Harde-
man county:
Bolivar station Rev. j. M. Scott
| pastor, two churches and three APP
pointments.
Salisbury and Grand Junction
Rev. L. J. Simmons, pastor; three
churches and three appointments.
Whiteville and Mercer-Rev. J.
r. Hardin, pastor; two churches
and appointments.
Middleton circuit-Rev. T. F.
Maxeaon, Lastor; four churches and
appointments, including Kramer.
New Castle circuit-Rev. J. L.
Hunter, pastor; four churches and
appointments, including Hickory
Valley and Sardis.
Concord circuit-Rev. j. w.
Brooks, pastor; four churches and
appointments, embracing Hickory
Grove.
Gainesville church is on Bethel
circuit, Lexington district, Rev. A.
n. Walker pastor.
Middleburg circuit is also in the
Lexington district, Rev. A. L. Dali
las pastor.
The several churches in Harde-
man county were we'll represented in
the conference.
According to the programme pub
lished in this paper, the first day,
Thursday, July 10th, was devoted
to Sunday School and League work,
which was opened with prayer by
Rev. J. w. Blackard at $50 a. m.
Rev. M. +. Leake pastor of Camp
bell-street church, Jackson, one of
leading League workers of the con-
| ference was made secretary of the
convention.
Miss Leila Pritchett, vice presi-
dent of the District League and
one of the most enthusiastic League
workers in the connection, was pre-
vented from attending by the illness
of her father, Rev. A. Pritchett, of
Jackson, an aged superannuated
preacher, who is near deaths door.
A large number of preachers,
SundaY-school superintendent and
lay delegates took part in the dis
cussion Of the several topics before
the convention. One of the most
interesting was a valuable and high
ly instructive paper on "Primary
Work in the Sunday school" read
by Mrs. j. f. Still, First Church,
Jackson. She was rendered thanks
of the convention.
Rev. L. d. Hamilton, of Somer-
vile, preached at l l a. m. upon the
"Young Life in the Church," Rev.
J. G. Clarke, Hayes-avenue church,
Jackson, delivered the usual open
ing conference address at p. m.
The district conference proper
convened at the Methodist church
Friday morning, July IL, at $50,
with devotional exercises by Rev.
r. E. Humphreys, pastor Fayette
Corner circuit.
Rev. J. w. Blackard, presiding
elder, took the chair.
Mr.. r. w. Haynes, the big Jack
son lawyer and leader of the First
Church choir, was elected secretary,
place he has filed for twenty-one
years. Rev. M. f. Leake was made
railroad secretary.
Rev. r. E. Humphreys moved
that the business of the conference
be transacted through the customary
committees.
The afternoon was given to hear
ing reports from the various pasto-
raj charges.
The chair called the names of the
following superannuated preachers
in the district:
Rev. A. L. Pritchett, Rev. B. A.
Hayes. and Rev. j A. Fife.
Some very touching remarks in
regard to these aged and wornout
preachers were offered and after the
inspiring and beautiful song "Never
Alone" led by Rev. d. l.. Hines,
was sung as only Methodist con-
ference can sing it, DR.. A. B. Jones
led in prayer for special blessings
upon these failing ministers.
Rev. S. B. Love, pastor of Mid
dle-avenue Church, Jackson, was
compelled to be absent owing to ILL
health. He broke down the past
spring and winter.
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