The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-18
n. c. CONFERENCE
OF NJ .P..CHURCH
Its 18th Session Begins Next
Wednesday
WITH HIGH POINT CHURCH
PIT -ConferenCe Story Which
Contains Interesting Infor-
nation of the Denomination
of Protestant Methodists-
Began in 1923 With Three
Churches.
WITH HIGH POINT CHURCH
(By GEORGE S. CURRY.o

(By GEORGE S. CURRY.)
Graham, Nov. 15.-The North Caro-
lima Conference Methodist Protestant |
Church will I'VE in it's eighty
eighth session in the Main Street
Methodist Protestant church. High
Point, N. c.. on next Wednesday.
November -. This will be a gather,
ing Of about two hundred Methodist
people and promises to be a very i'm
portant Conference.
This the oldest conference in the
denomination, had it's birth in Whit
aker's Chapel, Halifax county, De-
cember %, 1928. There were eight
ordained preachers, and twelve lay
that time only three pastoral charges.
While this conference is only eighty
tive years old this is it's eighty-eighth
session. This is to be accounted for
from the fact that there were two
conferences in each of h years 1929,
1886, 1912. This Conference now
embraces h entire State of North
Carolina and a small portion of each
of the States of Virginia and South
Carolina. 1t has a membership Of
about $4,000.
The Conference Church.
The High Point church was organ
ICED with thirteen members. 1t now
mas more IMAM Three Iu1lUIco HlcAII-
bers. When first built the property
Of his church was valued at 100000.
From time to time thousands of dol
lars have been spent on improvements
until now it is a structure beautiful
and with accommodations and on
v%eniences that are equal to every
necessity. The Sunday school de-
partment recently built is the most
modern and will furnish the Confer
ence very necessary accommodations
The Sunday school rooms will be
used by the various committees as
committee rooms. This VIA be the
third session of the Conference en-.
tertained by this comparatively new
church., and every n who has eve'
attended a High Point Conference
feels that he will meet with the same
hospitality which mas SO favorably
characterized other conferences a
that place. Every one is always glac
when High Point invites the confer
ence. Such an invitation IS to %
appreciated. Rev. A. G.. Dixon. tn
pastor, is doing everything possible tt
make every visitor happy and to max
the Conference a success. Rev
Dixon is just finishing his fifth yea
at High Point and there is very lit
tie probability of his changing pas
torates at this Conference. Durln'
these five years he has taken into tn
CnurC lJ4 H1cI1OSIS Will HSS 49,
Of 10. He has done a great WoFi
and is loved by the people OF Higl
Point.
One of the special attractions. q
High Point this year is the new Chi!
dren's home which has been Dull
within the past year al an expense Q
$40. OOO. 90. The Home is being su
perintended by Mr.. H. "A Garrett
And the work done is so satisfactor
thai the institution is becoming
pride to the entire denominat1of
The Conference will perhaps visit tn
Home in a body.
visitors Expected.
General agents representing the va
rio,,s departments Of the church .
large will, as usual, be present an
add very much to the interest OF tn
Conference. Among the visitors wa
h be Rev. Lyman EdWy
Davis. d. D., president OF the Ger
dent Davis first visit to this Contel
ence. His home is in Pittsburs, r
Changes To Be Expected.
It is impossible to know just wn;
the plan Of appointments Will AnAl
be-, but it now seems that there W.
be several IneIe aurr
mans be few, if any, nges alnon
the pastors of the cities and town
president Cecil and Secretary Betns
lii in all probability be re-eiecte
on first ballot as each has JUST seIss
one year in his respective posluo
r. is feared that some Of the regnt
pastors@wiH not be able to lake wo'
And that there will be q Scarcity
preachers.
The Union Question.
Perhaps the most important quS
ton among the affairs OF Metnou'
prntesfantism is that of church unio
The fact that within the past mite
years the Methodist rrot cs"