The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-29
ALL BUT FIFTY OF
DELEGATES ARE
PROVIDED FOR
Nearly 400 Will Attend Mem.
phis Conference Of Meth.
Odist Church.
Two Paducah Pastors Will Go
Elsewhere.
CONFERENCE LASTS ONE WEEK
CONFERENCE LASTS ONE WEEK

Homes for all but so of the dele
gates to the Memphis conference,
which will convene IN Paducah No
vember 16, have been secured by the
Rev. G.. T. Sullivan. pastor of the
Broadway Methodist church. These
will be found. however as the eiti-
Gems have been generous IN their
offers to accommodate the delefates.
There will be 1875 delegates to the
conference. Several hundred visitors
during the FIVE days session are ex-
lpected. DR.. Sullivan has been i'll for
several weeks. but he has recovered.
and is making the final arrange
ments for the session of the confer
lence.
The Memphis annual conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church
south, will be called to order, in the
Broadway Methodist church. by
Bishop w. A. Gambler, of Georgia. at
. O'Clock, on the morning OF Novem-
Der l6. This Is the smallest confer
ence. i'm territory, of any in the
church, covering ONLY west Ten
nessee and western Kentucky. but
having 70,495 members in its
bounds.
This conference Is composed of
1872 effective preachers, 20 superan-
lnuates, 4 supernumeraries, IL sup
plies and 32 lay delegates, making
in all 24s counting in 32 lay dele
gates, who are expected TO be pres
ent at its coming session in Paducah,
and Il is expected that the people Of
the city win open their doors and
royally entertain Them during the
week
Beside these 249. there Will be
present editors OF church papers,
secretaries OF correctional boards,
presidents OF church schools, connec-
tional officers. and visitors TO the
number of more than 100. SO it Is
expected more than $50 Methodists
will be here to spend about one
week
Among the most prominent Metho-
dist who Will be here, are DIR. T. ~
Ivey. editor of the Christian Advo-
cate; DR.. T. c. Schiller. editor of the
Midland Methodist: DR.. Gross Alex
lander. editor of the Review; DR..
Parker. of the Epworth Leagues: DIR.
w. F. Tillet. and J. II. Stephenson,
OF the Vanderbilt University, and
many others whom the people of Pa
ducah will be delighted to hear.
Organized In 1910.
The Memphis conference was
organized at Jackson, Tenn, in
1910. hence this is the Seventy first
session, five of which have been held
in Paducah, the sessions of 1851,
1S67. 1875. 1885, and 1898. Since
the organization the conference has
had nine secretaries, and the ones
holding the office longest. were DR..
w. Q. Johnson, II years, r. II.
Mahon, d. D., 13 years and A. J..
Meaders. 16 years, and he is the
present encumbent.
The death roll Of the conference
now numbers 1873, besides three who
have Joined the conference above
this year. The minute business of
the conference will be transacted
with open doors, in the mornings
from $3.50 to 10, and the committees
Twill do their work in the afternoons.
There will be preaching every after
noon in the church, and addresses
from the correctional officers at
nights.
During the conference protestant
pulpits will be filed by visiting
ministers.
The Rev. G. w. Banks, of Foun-
tain Avenue church; the Rev. w. j.
lNaylor, OF Paducah circuit, will be
sent elsewhere. having completed
their terms here.