Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-29

Yesterday marked very busy day
in the preliminary work of the thirty
ninth annual session of the Sonth G or
gis Oonfere nee, which will be formally
convened this morning at o'clock by
Bishop Wallace W. Duncan, of Hpar-
itanburg, s. G., president of the Eccle-
siasticsl Conference.
The various boards, committees and
classes convened at their respective
rooms in the First Methodist church
and entered heartily into the dispatch
of their work preparatory to the formal
opening of the Conference.
The Committee on Applications, Revs
E. E, Cook, H. M Morrison and o. b.
Chester, met at O'Clock yesterday,
in Sunday school room No 1, and the
following class of fourteen applicants
for admission on trial into the South
Georgia Conference appeared before
them:
Reese Griffin, of Milford; Ohio P.
Simmons, of UnadilIa; A. w. Reese, of
Brewton; Fl. S. Allen, of McRae; Fl. @.
Ewing, of Dexter; J. f. Yancey, of
Mystic; J. 7. Mallette, of Moultrie; J :
E. Summer, of Sunset; o. S. Smith, of
Homerville; E. B. Sutton, of Savan-
nah; B. G. McMichaeI, of r. F. D.,
Americus; Chas. E. Pharr, of Mt. Pleas
ant; A. M. Smith, of Moultrie, and Jos.
E. Parker, of Reidsville.
In the above class of applicants are
some young men who give evidence of
careers of great usefulness, and those,
who are accepted by the examining
committees, will receive warm well
come into the itinerant ranks.
Methodism demands that those who
enter the folds of her ministry shall not
only evince mental and moral attain
ments, but that her clergy must be
schooled in her polity, her standards
and her history.
To this end, well selected course of
study, embracing a period of four years,
has been prepared, which every minis
ter who is received into the full travel
ing connection of any Methodist con-
ference must master, hence every con-
ference in Methodism has four classe 8
of under. graduates, which are deslg
mated classes of firsr, second, third and
fourth years.
Committees on these various classes
were in session yesterday in their re-
spective rooms at the church.
The committee on Glass of First
Year, ReYs. J. M. Glenn, F. McCul-
Tough and T. E. Davenport, met in
Sunday school room No. 4, at O'Clock
yesterday morning, and their class COM
posed of the following young ministers
appeared before them: j. FL. Allen,
Walter Anthony, G. S. Bridges, J. G
G.. Brooks, j. P. Chatfeld, J. p. Dell,
o. l.. Evans, Fl. J. Graves, G. W. Jor-
dan, T. E. Pharr, B. @. Prickett, A.
P. Segars, A. NJ. Spray berry and A. B
Wall. Rev. s. e. Turner, assistant pas
tor of the Americus station, whose IN
timely demise we chronicled in these
columns several weeks ago, was also
an honored member of this class. Ii
is presumed that all members of this
class will be promoted to the class oi
the second year, although. it frequent
Iv occurs that members of the various
classes fail. because of illness or other
proyidential hindrance, to complete the
prescribed course for particular year
and are continued in the class of the
same year, while the other members oil
the class are advanced to the class o.
the succeeding year.
! The Committee on Glass of Second
Year, Revs. j. A. Thomas, W. w
5Seals and o, E. Cook, convened at
Ia. m. yesterday,in Sunday school room
INo. S. The members of the class of the
Sseeond year are as follows; w. Ct. Al
FIaben, Moody Booth,J P. Bross, I. K
Chambers, O. E. Cook, G.. A. Davis, G
tC. Ingram, W. s. Johnson N. S.Kemp
IW. M. Kitchens, I. E. McKellar, G. M
Meeks and w. F. Quillisn, Jr Mem
hers of the class of the Second Year
who stand a satisfactory examination
an the prescribed course of study fol
Ithat wear, and who haye not received
Ideacons' orders as local preachers, arr
ordain ed by the presiding bishop som
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