The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-16
At the Conference at Mayfield---
Have Consum g d the Day.
About 100 Additional Delegates and
Visitors Arrived This
Morning.
NOTES OF THE CONFERENCE.

The End days session of the Mem
phis conference at Mayfield has been
devoted TO the reports of the presid-
ing elders and preachers. These re
ports show an encouraging growth
and uplift. They were taken up inn
mediately after the religious service
and roll-call this morning and We're
still being given at press time. AZ
most 100 additional delegates have
arrived today and the conference
ranks are now about complete.
DIR. II. NJ. DuBose. of Nashville.
Tenn. secretary of the Ersworth
League was present at the session
yesterday and spoke to the conference.
in the interest of his work The Ep-
worth League rally was held last
night at which Dr. DuBose made the
address.
DIR. p. II. Whisner, of Louisville,
secretary of the church extension
work, is another of the correctional
officers present at the first day of
the conference.
The report of the Methodist Pub
fishing House, at Nashville. made at
yesterdays session showed an in
crease in the volume OF business for
the past ~ months that Is most graf
flying. more than $4,000 for the
past 9 months over the same time
previous.
Only two min sters OF the confer
ence have died during the past year,
Rev. ID. NJ. Evans, at one time sta
toned at sr,d street Methodist
church. Paducah, and Rev. Joel B.
knight. of the Newbern circuit.
The work of appointment making
has already begun, and some are fix
ed for the coming year. 1t is said
there will be changes among the pre-
siding elders especially. There are
rumors current here Of an exchange
between Rev. ]. w. Blackard. prcsid.
ing elder of the Jackson district. who
mas completed his tryear term AMI
and Rev. J. II, Roberts of the Padu-
cab district. There is as usual espe-
cial difficulty in, filing the large sta
tions.
Ii is expected that Rev. f. b. Ram
sey. the 70 mel popular pastor of the
Broadway Methodist church of this
city will preach at this church Sun
day morning. If so he viii be greet
ed by large congregation, as he IL
universally beloved here.
The Mayfield Messenger in its
Conference Notes" says:
The gavel used at this conference
was made in Jerusalem and is quite
a beauty.
Bishop Duncan looks to be about
&C years old, is clean shaven, speaks
in a low, but gentle voice. but is
firm and dignifed in all of his words
Rev. H. B. Johnston is one of the
handsomest men in the conference,
but the ugliest man we dare not men
ton his name. at least until after
conference adjourns.
There are eight presiding elder dis
tricts within the boundary of this
conference, with the following NUM-
Der of charges in each: Memphis 22,
Brownsville IS. Jackson 10, Dyers-
burg 30. Paducah 81, Paris 81, Lex
lngton 10, making a grand total of
1862.
This conference pays s2O52 to bish-
ops, $4,000 to conference claimants.
s13,S6O to foreign missions, $5,725
to domestic missions, $4,000 TO
church extension, $4,000 to educa-
ton. 1925 delegate expenses. $3.50 TO
American Bible Society. 1875 print
ing its minutes.
The presiding elders are all very
conspicuous men at this conference.
They are: II. II. Mahon, w. d. Jen-
lIins, j. W. BACKYARD, G.. w. Wilson,
G.. b. Baskerville, j. II. Roberts, II.
w. Brooks and ]. G. Clark
Rev. II. II. Pigue, editor of the
Methodist, at Milah Tenn, and by
the way a prominent member of the
conference, is in the city. He has
made arrangements to move his pa
per to Fulton, where it will be per-
manently located. II now has a cir
culation of about 1000 and is rap
idly increasing.
Among the many good things said
by the bishop I'm his opening sermon