The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-10-17
FOR A GREAT
GATHERING
Chamber Of Commerce Starts
General Plans for Meth.
OdiSt Conference

To better impress Amarillo people
with the real Importance and size of
the coming con'srcace here OF the
Methodist church, the Amarillo
Chamber Of Commerce sat In special
mass meeting last night and started
public plans for active cooperation
OF the Chamber Of Commerce and
the citizens at large with the Meth
odst church here IN entertaining the
big gathering,
For Amarillo Hospitality,
'Jts our place 20 take care of all
these visitors at this conference"
said Mayor VIII A. Miller, the first
speaker Of the evening after the
meeting had been called to order by
Vice President h, l., Stringlellow, 81
understand that there are to be six
or seven hundred delegates and as
many more visitors, so we must pre-
pare to take care OF l,iOO or 500
people It behooves us TO carry out
Aur part in accordance with the inyi-
Afytation extended to this conference
last year when It voted for the first
time to come west Of Fort Worth,
II will be a pleasure to entertain
Y these preachers, ! suggest that Rev
Ferguson here be made chairman of
the committee on arrangements and
that he have general direction Of the
plans, our hotel accommodations
are as good as could be expected
considering the size Of tho town and
its growth. but YOU all know that
It is difficult at times even under or
binary circumstances to get hotel
accommodations here We must
throw our homes open to these
preachers and ! would suggest that
the secretary tonight take the names
of all here who can take one or more
Of these delegates and entertain them
in their homes, About the import
ance of this conference, / am sure
that Brother Ferguson, who Is here
with us can tell better than any one
else"
The biggest Conference.
81 want to give in few words
some information about the largest
conference in southern Mcthodism,"
said Rev. c. y. n. Ferguson, who
next took the floor. This confer
ence which we are TO entertain Is
the largest in the South and It is
g,. III.
area. It extends from the northwest
corner Of the state TO Vernon on the
Denver then down the Denver 10 a
point between Fort Worth and pal
las, then south along the Trinity TO
the south corner Of Williamson coun-
ty, then west and north to Pccos City,
then to the New Mexico Une and back
around to the state line. From Tex
line on the north to Georgetown on
the south It is fully seven hundred
miles. 1t includes such cities as
Fort Worth, Corscana, Waco, Tenn
pie and Waxahache
"These men from the rest of the
conference are coming to the plains
FOR the first time. Fully so per cent
Of these men will get their first sight
of the plains on this trfp. They are
coming west of Fort Worth at an
extra expense in railroad fare in
travelling seven hundred miles out of
their way just to visit the plains and
to come to Amarillo. have worked
quietly for two or three years to get
this gathering here. Last fall when
we went down there and presented
the name Of Amarillo before that
conference, Waco, WaXahachie and
Abilene were in the race-and ANA
rillo won by an overwhelming vote.
Those men down there had heard of
the wonderful development of the
Panhandle country, they had heard
OF our town our church and our
people and they wanted to come up
here AMI find out for themselves.
Rev. Ferguson then related the
instance given in yesterdays Daily
Panhandle of the Hill county farm
or, who several years ago, approach
ed him at a conference to get his
opinion of the Panhandle, and who
came out here and was so fayorably
impressed that he has since invested
$4,000 in the panhandle, and has
induced several other members Of
his family to make similar invest
ments.
Max e,Them Rergret to Leave.
"Now want every man that comes
to this conference to regret when
he leaves that he does not live in
the Panhandle" continued Rev. Fer
guson. 81 want every pastor in the
conference to wish he had circuit
in the Panhandle and | want that
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