Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-19
SUFFRAGE FIGHT
WILL BE WAGED
BY NETHOD|STS
Woman Question To Be Impor-
tant Issue at South Georgia
Conference in Macon.

MACON. oct Is-The suffrage
question will be one Of the princN Z
issues Of the annual South GeOrglt
Methodist Conference when that &C.
clesiastiCal convention meets in Ma
con during the last week OF Novem
Der. Women leaders Of numerous
churches Of the conference are do
nnanding that the women members 81
the church be vested by the confer
ence with all the rights OF laity-thlt
is, that they be allowed 10 vote in the
church conferences and TO have lay
representation al the General Confer
snce.
at the conference last year this
proposition was defeated after a con
test that lasted several hours The
leaders OF the opposition claimed that
the project was only an outcropping
OF the votes for women movement
and they fought il on that ground
the vote was sufficiently close, how :
ever, 10 give the women and their
advocates encouragement COnsc-
Quently they have planned a spirited
fight for the 1918 session.
Church Name an Issue.
There will probably be 400 minis
ters and laymen at the conference,
the meetings Of which will be held
iii Mulberry Street Church. The cleo
ton Of six clerical delegates and six
lay delegates to the General Con
ference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, which will he held IN
Oklahoma city next May. will be ono
Of the livelieSt features Of the con
ference.
Another interesting contest VIII
center on the proposal to eliminate
the word Episcopal" from the name
Of the church. The last General CON
ference gave the authority TO the va
rious annual conferences to vote n
this change. and It is probable that
the South Georgia Methodists viii IA
Vor IT, However, some OF the older
members Of the conference are on
posed to a change now. after having
been known by the title for so many
wears, and will vigorously resist II,
Bishop Gambler TO Preside.
Bishop Warren A Gambler, Of At
lsnts, will preside over the confer
ence. In the matter Of fixing the ap-
pointments for another year he will
be assisted by the following presiding
elders: Macon District, the Rev. d.,
2. McFerrin; Savannah District, the
Rev W, r Smith. Cordele District
the Rev. J. p Wardlaw. Americas
l.
lumbus District, the Rev Or. A. NJ
williams: Valdosta District, the Rev
W. II. Budd Thomasville District
the Rev j. NJ. Cutler. WayCross Dis
trtct the Rev. +. W. Ellis; McRae
District. the Rev. L. a. Hin, and
Dublin District, the Rev Bascom An
tkOny
A number Of important changes
will be made this year in the assign
rsnt Of the pastors, owing to the fat
thai many Of the ministers hu'c
served four years in their present
charges. In fact, the largest shaking
up in the history Of the conference is
expected, as II is likely that many Of
the clerRymen who have served two
years will he shifted also.
Serve Time Limit.
The following preachers have been
AZ their charges as long as the law
OF the church viii allow them 10 re-
main The Rev. Or. T. ID. Ellis. Yves
ley Monumental Church. Savannah.
the Rev. W F. Smith. presiding elder
OF the Savannah District; the Rev.
VIII. Scruggs, Valdosta. the Rev j.
B. .Thrasher, Trinity Church. Way
cross. the Rev. W. G.. Allaben. Hele-
ma, and the Rev. $. c. OHM, Bacon
ton.
The Rev. DR., W. y. AInsworth. pas
tor Of Mulberry Street Methodist
? Church of Macon. will undoubtedly
be one of the leading men OF the con
ference He is regarded as next in
line for the first vacancies in the col
lege of bishops
Although the conference IS Ave
weeks distant, the local ministers and
laymen are preparing to accommodate
and entertain the delegates. Usually
there is a great chicken killing on tn
occa sion Of Methodist conferences
bet as this year the conference vii
assemble during Thanksgiving week
turkeys instead of chickens will era "a
r41e tables.