Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1910-09-29
HOlStOn Conference.

The eighty-seventh session of the
holston Conference of the M E. Church.
South, will convene in Chattanooga
Tenn, on Wednesday, October 5th'
Bishop Warren A. Gambler, of Atls nts.
Ga, will preside, this being the first
time in its history that Bishop Car dler
has presided over the Holston Confer
ehce.
DR.. J: A: Burrows will be secretary
OF the Conference. This is in recogni-
ton of his service in that cap4city
during the past ten sessions. and il IS
conceded that DR.. Burrows is undCubt-
edly the best secretary in all the forty
seven conferences within the Church.
10 prophesy what a Methodist coz
ference will do is about as uncertai n as
saying who will be elected on an off
year.
There are some changes, however.
that are so reasonably certain that The
Republican ventures to foreshs dow
them. There will be two presiding ell
ders transferred from their present
charges. Rev. r. A. Kelly, of the
Chattanooga district, and Rev. ] w.
W. Shuler, of the Harraman dist -ict.
having each served the full four wears
IN their respective districts, will be
sent to other fields of labor.
Among the ministers there will be an
unusually large number transfe red
this year for the same reason. Usually
there are only four or five to be rams
terred on account of the time limit, but
this year about a score have to be trans
ferred on account of the four year Ii nit.
The Republican is able to state on un-
usually good authority that four of the
leading ministers of the Holston Con-
ference will be this year transferred to
other conferences, they being: Rev. J.
A. Baylor, Centenary church, Chatta
nooga, Tenn. Rev. d. E. Hawk, Band
Street church, Bluefield. w. Va Rev.
Frank Y. Jackson, Centenary church,
Knoxville, Tenn, and Rev. S. T. Sen
ter, Cleveland. Tenn.
Rev. f A. Shugart. of Mary Street
church. Bristol. will probably be trans
ferred on account of his health.
Locally it is hoped, not only by the
members of his church but by the peo-
pie generally, that Rev. E E. WILEY
will be returned to Tazewell, but as one
of the strongest churches in a cont'gu-
Gus district is making determined eff
fort to secure his services there is 2
possibility that he may not be returned
here.
Few people reelize the age or ext ent
of the Holston Conference. AS far
DSck as 1903 organic HOiston mctl cd
ism began IN the Holston circuit, the
germ of Holston Conference. In 1924
Holston Conference began. The cir
cult started with one preacher and sixty
six members; the Conference began
with forty three preachers, l3, ,444 white
and .49l colored members, a totsl of
Ia, ,935.
The first Conference convened on No
vember q, 1924. at Knoxville, TEN,
with Bishop Roberts in the chair and
John Tevis as secretary.
In extent, the Holston Conference
runs from West Virginia to Georyia,
running from northeast to southw sst,
and following the general trend of the,
Appalachian system. 1t includes part of
four states-West Virginia, Virgi lia.
Tennessee and Georgia, with one charge
each in North Carolina, Alabama and
Kentucky.
From Rising Fawn, Ga to East Rad
ford, Va, is distance of 375 miles and
the longest move possible in the Con
ference is from Pikevilie, Tenn. to
Williamson, W. Va, a distance of 542
miles Truly a large and interesting
Conference, and one whose history il
closely interviewer with that of the Dso
pie living in the broad valleys betw cen
the Cumberland and the Great Sn oky
Mountains.