The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-18
CHOSEN
BY THE CONFERENCE
TO SUCCEED HIMSELF.
HAS BEEN SECRETARY OF LAW
RENcEBURG DISTRICT A SCI
RIES OF YEARS.
Collections for District Over . Cor
responding Period Shows Sub
stantiaI Increase in All Depart
ments-Prominen Visitors.
Fridays Daily.)

kriludy DdiyJ
At the opening Of the Lawrence
burg distric. conference at Bigbyville
the devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by Rev. w. H. Baird, of Elk
ton, formerly psstor at Bigbyville.
| Presiding Elder w. L. Jackson, of
Lawrencepurg, was present and pre-
sided over the meeting. A. A. Patter-
son, of Henryyille, who has been Sec
rotary of the district SO long that the
memory of man runneth not to the
contrary, was chosen to again svc-
coed himself. Lon Patterson, as he
is familiaryl known, is one o. the
best known men and Methodists in
Middle Tennessee and always has
just the data desired at the end Of
his tongue. Systematic and cautious
he has made enc among the best II
not the best, secretaries ~ the Ten
nessee conference. Rev. F. d. Cox,
pastor of the church at Hohenwald,
was chosen as assistant secretary.
The reports from the pastors were
taken up ard these showed an in
crease of $1,000 in the collections over
a corresponding period for last year,
with a similar increase in the benev-
oelnt collections
| At night Rev. A. e. Clement, d. D.,
commissioned of the Galloway Memo
rial Hospital, preached great SER
mon to a congregation that filled the
house to overflowing.
Friday morning the opening SER
vices were conducted by Rev. w. R.
Wilson, of Linden.
Following the opening service the
reports on missions was taken up.
Mrs. w. L. Jackson, of Lawrenceburg,
secretary of the Woman's Missionary
Society of the district, was present.
R. B. Eleazer, representing the Ep-
worth League, and VIM. Hughes, of
Spring Hill, secretary of the board of
education Of the Tennessee Confer
ence, was also pres.nt.
The sermon tonight viii be preach
ed by Rev. T. A. Kerley.
Among the visitors in attendance
on the conference are Rev. R. J.
Craig, presiding elder of the Colum-
bia district, Rev. w. T. Haggard, pas
tor of the First church., of Columbia,
and Rev. John Durrett, of Nashville.
Rev. s. NJ Cherry, is the host Of
the conference and is proving him
self one Of the best the conference
has ever had He is making II a
point to see that every one Of the
large number Of visitors in attend
ance gets the hest possible attention,
and 1t is matter Of comment by all
that they will rot soon forget Cherry
and Bigbyville.
President w. T. Wynn, OF Martin
College, addressed the meeting today.
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