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

time during the session of the confer
ence, Ordination services are usually
held on Sunday. Prior to receiving
deacons' orders, no minister in the
Methodist Church has the right to ex-
ercise the clerical functions in the per-
formance of marriage ceremonies, adj
ministering the sacrament, etc. Mem
bers of the class of the second year,
who show proper proficiency in the
prescribed course of study, are also al
lowed to pass the probationary period,
and are admitted into the travelling
connection with the understanding that
they ere to complete the remaining
two years of the prescribed course of
study
The Glass of the Third Year, com
posed of the following ministers, j. W.
Bridges, P. W. Ellis, o. X. Hopkins,
D. B. Merritt, G. D. Moses, j. N. Pea
coed and r. D. Sowell reported at Sun
day school room No. yesterday, and
were waited upon by their committee,
constituted as follows: Revs. M. T.
Beals, J. C.Parker and S. ". Rogers.
Revs W. N. Ainsworth, T, Y. Lang,
and Whitley Langston, Committee on
Glass of Fourth year, were in session
yesterday, at the church in Sunday
school room No. T. The personnel of
the Glass of the Fourth year is as fol-
lows: ReYs. Ell. B. BardwelI, A. G..
Brewton, M. W. Carmichael, @. w.
Curry, Thos. f. Drake. VIM. s. Heath,
I. r. Kelley, s. S. Kemp, J. D.
Matthews, @. A. Norton, r. B. Ross,
H. P. Stubbs, Jno. N. Tippins, L. w.
Walker, and G. NJ. Woodward. Mem
bers of the Glass of the Fourth Year,
who pass an approved examination on
the prescribed course of study, and have
completed the Under-g graduate Course
and, unless they have received their
orders as elders while local preachers,
are accordingly ordained elders, which
is a commission to exercise full minis
terial functions, as it has been unique
ly exposed, "TheY are then pre-
siding elder and bishop timber"
The Board of Missions of the Con-
ference convened yesterday morning
at 10 O'Clock in the main auditorium of
the church and reports from the various
charges were received and tabulated,
showing that the enthusiastic mission
SuI oh
parallel in Southern Methodism has
lost none of its far-famed gospel dis
seminating zest.
Many churches and charges of this
Conference, in addition to paying their
regular assessments to the Conference
collections for missions, support one
missionary and few charges several
missionaries in the foreign field.
There are 1913 members of the South
Georgia Conference, twenty-nine un-
der-graduates, and with four lay dele
gates from each of the ten districts
and fifty members of the various boards
and correctional agents and represen-
tatives, the conference at it's present
session Will represent delegation ap-
proximating 1926 clerical and lay dele
gates who will be entitled to deliberate
in the sessions.
Since Sunday these delegates and
visitors have been arriving and receiv-
ing cordial welcome. and the major
portion of the body is already within
our gates. ThronRs of visitors from
every section will contine to congregate
throughout the entire session of the
conference. Americus for the next
week, will be at home TO the Metho-
dists of South Georgia during which
time IN the. phraseology of a lamented
journalist, ''Many fowls are expect ed
to enter the ministry"
Bishop Wallace W. Duncan, of Spar
tanburg, s. @. who had been presiding
over the North Georgia Conference at
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