The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-23
GROUND OFFERED
To METHODISTS
Big Tract of Land to Be Used
for Church Meetings
is AN IDEAL LOCATION
Permanent Camp Grounds Will Be Sc
cured-land Near Chattanooga
Has Been Bought by State
of Georgia.
is AN IDEAL LOCATION

the committee appointed by the north and
south Georgia Methodist conferences to
report upon a permanent meeting place
for the two conferences, and for other
Methodist assemblages, comes together at
Chalybeate Springs, in Meriwether coun-
ty, on August 3d. it will have offered to
it for the purpose stated what is consid-
cred an ideal tract upon which are al
ready several of the buildings needed free
of cost to the church.
This tract of 104 acres is the old Warm
Springs camp ground, situated in Meri-
wether county, almost on the line between
the two conferences and midway between
two famous Georgia resorts, Warm
Springs and Meriwether White Sulphur
The committee from the two confer
ences which has this matter in charge is
composed of the Revs. s. P. Virgins of
Jackson John S. Jenkins of Rome and
II. B. Mays of Gainesville, representing
the North Georgia conference, and the
Rev. T. d. Ellis, w. II. Budd and j.
A. Smith of Macon and A. W. williams
of Thomasville for the South Georgia
conference.
This joint committee has under consid-
Grafton several tracts for a proposed per-
manent meeting place, but so far as is
known this is the only one of conse-
quence which has been offered free of
charge. The tender will be made when
the committee meets by the committee
from the trustees of the Warm Springs
camp ground, consisting of J. Frank ogle-
tree, ]. M. Barnes and H. Fl. Tigner,
all of Meriwether county.
The members of the joint committee
will then make report to their respec-
tive conferences which will, no doubt
promptly ratify the committees choice of
a permanent meeting place for all future
Methodist gatherings of statewide inter-
est to be held In Georgia.
In addition to the regular conference
meetings a chautauqua and other conven-
tions of general interest to the church,
such as the Epworth league meetings and
a summer school, are contemplated.
The Warm Springs camp ground is To-
Gated in Meriwether county, Just north
of Pine mountain. on an elevated plateau
and in fertile section of the state. 1t
has been owned and used by the Metho-
dists of that section of the state for camp
meetings since 1854, and is known through
out the south. 1t is admirably located
for the proposed assembly grounds. being
accessible from every direction. 1t Is
reached by four lines of railroads.&c.
Central of Georgia at Stinson, the At
lanta. Birmingham and Atlantic at the
camp ground, the Southern at Warm
Springs and the Macon and Birmingham
at Harris.
Its elevation is about 1000 feet and ap-
proximately one-half of the tract of 104
acres is original oak forest, on which is
one Of the finest mineral springs in the
state, having a flow sufficient to supply
thousands of people. The other half Is
now In high state of cultivation and is
a source of considerable revenue.
This tract has been approved for the
prominent Georgia Methodists, and in all
probability the generous offer of the trus-
tees of the property will be accepted,
which will mean the development of this
site into one of the most attractive and
prominent chautauqua grounds in the
south.
With the acceptance of this property
and a small expenditure for the erection
of such buildings as may be needed to
make 1t complete for the purposes stat
ed, the Methodists of Georgia will have
a permanent meeting place that cannot
be excelled.
In addition to its other attractions it
will be surrounded with splendid roads,
many of which in it's vicinity are now be-
ing worked by the county authorities.
1t will also be right on the line of the
proposed improved roadway between At
lanta and Columbus, so that 1t may be
easily and comfortably reached by auto
mobile or even by the "deacon's one-hoss
shay" should he care to drive to and
from the meetings.
Governor Brown has formally notified
the owners of the three tracts of land
lying just outside the limits of Chatta-
nooga, the purchase of which was author
lied by the legislature, of the acceptance
of the options which the state holds upon
this property and as soon as the titles
can be properly examined and passed
upon the trades will be closed.
So far as is known the titles to this
property are all right. One of the options
expired yesterday, another is up Mon