The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-05-20
METHODISTS HOLD
DISTRICT MEETING
Sessions OF Greenvil1e Con
ference at Clinton.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Visiting Ministers Occupied the Different
Local PuIpits on Sunday..DeIegates
TO Annual Conference.

this community and their friends enl
joyed the sessions of the Greenville
District Conference from Wednesday
to Sunday. The opening sermon was
preached by Rev. j. j. Cook, of Greer,
Wednesday night. The business ses-
sions were opened on Thursday morning
at o'clock, At II on Thursday Mr..
P. A. Hodges spoke in behalf of the
Columbia college. On Friday morning
the Rev. Mr.. Holroyd, of Greenville,
preached and on Friday evening the
Rev. j. l.. Harley, of Spartanburg.
The business session closed on Saturday
and most of the visitors returned to
their homes on the Saturday trains.
On Sunday morning Presiding Elder
w. M. Duncan, of Greenville, preached
in the Methodist church, the Rev. W.
A. Massabeau, of Greenville, in the
Baptist church, and the Rev. j. D.
Crout, of Laurens, in the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church. The
Rev. Mr.. Anderson, of Greensboro,
Alabama, was to have preached in the
Presbyterian church but was prevented
by the serious illness of his daughter.
The Rev: Mr.. Crout preached for the
Presbyterians Sunday night, the Rev.
Mr.. Massabeau for the Methodists and
the Rev. Mr.. Justus, of Greenville, for
the Seceders.
\At 4.30 on Sunday afternoon dele
ssatcs were elected to the Annual Con-
ference in December. These delegates
are Mr.. j. G. Harris, of Greenville,
Mr.. Y. } Mauldin, of Pickens, Mr.. w.
M. Mcmillan, Of Clinton, and Mr.. j. F.
McKelvey, of Fountain Inn.
Following is list of delegates and
the homes where they were entertained:
j. A. Cook and j. r. Armstrong,
with E. C. Briggs.
r.. w. King and j. M. Turner, with
l.. A. Barrow.
A. w. Grovely and B. D. Mauldin,
with j. M. Finney.
The Rev. d. d. Jones and w. G.
Fricks, with E. Lee Pitts.
S. j. Blackburn and A. S. Powell,
with d. M. PlttS.
A. M. Doggett and j. A. Wood, with
w. M. Mcmillan.
II. A. Gross and L. P Hollis, with G.
r. Davidson.
j. 0. Hughes and S. A. Curry, with
l.. II. Davidson.
The Rev. j. P. Attaway and j. A.
McHugh, with r. r. Owens.
G.. K. Wilson and w. G.. Beacham,
with r. j. Copeland.
j. b. Bruce and w. N. Hackney,
with A. b. Blakeley.
N. G. Bellinger and George H. Wad-
dell, with John Griffith.
S. A. billiard and G. A. Ellis, with A.
D. Cooper.
j. u. Crout and John F. Bolt, with
r. Il. Wright.
w. E. Mccain and A. l.. Henderson,
with Mrs. S. G.. Leak.
w. A. Massebeau and w. B. Whar-
ton, with G. G.. Bailey.
j. w. Godfrey, with d. T. Godfrey.
b. f. Zimmerman and S. II. McCarty,
with r. p. Adair
j. n. lsom and j. r. Walker, with j =.
b. Boyd.
w. b. Justus and M. S. Burdette,
with j. b. T. Scott
John O. Wilson and II. B. Brown,
with W. H. Workman.
A. l.. Johnson and r. j. Ellis, with
Hugh McCarter.
w. M. Curry, with M. A. Bass.
j. M. Whitmire and w. F. Wright,
with G. G.. Young.
r. A. Sizemore, with John B. Wright.
r. l.. Gray and S. A. Nettles, with
IL. d. Henry.
w. C. Curry, James Wham, r. M.
DuBose and j. F. Leslie, with j. G..
Wham.
AW. M. Duncan, P. A. Hodges and H.
= Snyder, with w. H. Hodges.
j. l.. Harley and w. C. Pickens, with
r. II. HattoA.
}. f. McKelvey, w. F. Medlock and
a. y. Driggers, with w. E. Nash.
4. j. Mauldin, r. E. Babb, H. l..
Sealy and A. S. Gresham, With b. l..
King.
j. D. Harris and j. T. Austin, with
w. E. Bell.
r. l.. Holroyd and j. w. Speake
with b. II. Boyd
A. A. Merritt and R. @, Hairston
yvith r. G. billiard.
j. G. Huggin, with j. D. Dillard.