The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-10-25
viii Begin Its Sessions
Wednesday, October 81.
PAYNE CHAPEL IN EAST NASH.
WILLIE WILL ENTERTAIN THE
CONFERENCE = DELEGATES TO
BE ELEcTED-MUcH INTEREST
SHOWN IN EDUCATIONAL MAT
TIERS.

The Tennessee Conference of the At
rican M. e. Church will convene in
this city at Payne Chapel, East Nash
vile, october 81 Bishop B. F. Lee,
D. D., of Wilberforce, o., will preside.
Special interest attaches to this ses-
sion, as it is the winding up of the
present Iuadrennium, and the dele
gates to Jne General Conference, which
meets i'll Norfolk, Va, next May, are
to be elected
Rev. VIM. Flagg will entertain the
coming session He and his congre-
cation have been putting forth their
best efforts to have everything in readi-
ness when the gavel falls next Wednes-
day morning, and to this end they
have succeeded admirably well. The
church has been renovated and pre-
sents comely appearance Homes
have heen secured to accommodate all
who attend the sessions. DR.. Flagg is
untiring in his efforts to make it COM
Portable for his guests.
Every pastor of an A. M. e. Church
in Nashville is now getting ready to
receive the conference.
The election of delegates will prob
ably be held Friday. This will be the
storm center of the session. There are
candidates galore. Not more than six
are to be elected, and there are as
many as twenty-five candidates. DR..
r. w. Haigler and DR.. d. w. Denny are
prominently mentioned in Nashville
They are both able men, and would
represent Nashville creditably at the
General Conference in May.
Rev. H. l.. T. Jones, Presiding Elder
of the Shelbyville District, is a strong
candidate and may lead the delega
ton.
In the Columbia District are Dr.
Q. Johnson, Presiding Elder, Rev. G.
r. Norman of Mt. Pleasant, S. l.. How
ard of Columbia, D. w. Wells and T
w. Hampton, of Columbia.
The man receiving the highest mum
Der of votes is the recognized leade
of the delegation, and all the candi
dates are seeking this honor.
Bishop Lee will be the subject o
many congratulations upon the grea
= work accomplished in the interest o
education during his regime. Unde
his leadership a new college site ha
been purchased at Shelbyville and
new two-story building erected cor
tanning twenty-seven rooms, includin
a girls dormitory, chapel, recitatio
rooms and dining hall. Considerabl
attention will be given to the subieC
of education and much interest wi
center in the report of the Presiden
DR.. ]. A. Jones, formerly the pastor {
st. Paul this city, has been at the hea
of the school during three years {
Bishop Lees administration. The il
stitution has made marvellous progre!
during this period Turner Norm
Institute was born within the bound
of the Tennessee Conference, hence tn
conference feels a peculiar interest
the school although it is now ere
ture Of the three conferences, all
them contributing literally toward i
support DR. W. B. Denny is the lar
est donor to the college of any inc
vidual at one time.
This promises to be an interestil
meeting from many points of view, b
locally the appointment of pastors W
predominant especially so far as &C
Germs the members of A. M. E. ChurC
.es. No church in the city, it is
lieved, will ask for a change, but !
NOR has it that some will be MAJ
Bishop Lee is a very resourceful ms
and is always looking to the intert
of his churches His administrati
has marked a great epoch in the h
tory of African Methodism in Tenn
sec. There is a movement on foot
have him returned for another qu
rennium.
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