Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-19
FIGHT
WILL Be WAGED
BYNETHODI5T5
Woman Question To Be lmpor-
tant Issue at South Georgia
Conference in Macon.

MACON, oct IS-The suffrage
question will be one OF the prime
issues Of the annual South GruTglt
Methodist Conference when that oe-
clesiastiCal convention meets in Ma
con during the last week Of NOygW
Der Women leaders Of numerous
churches of the conference are de-
manding that the women members OF
the church be vested by the confer
ance with all the rights Of laity-thlt
is, that they be allowed to vote in the
church conferences and 90 have lay
representation at the General Confer
ence.
At the conference last year this
proposition was defeated after d con-
test that lasted several hours. The
leaders OF the opposition claimed that
the project was only an outCrOppiug
of the votes for women movement
and they fought 81 on that ground
the vote was sufficiently close, how
& ever, to give the women and their
advocates encouragement Consc-
quently they have planned a spirited
fight for the 1913 session.
Church Name an Issue.
There VIII probably be 400 minis
tiers and laymen at the conference,
the meetings Of which will be held
partly in the City Auditorium ana
in 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 VIII Doe held IN
Oklahoma City next May, viii be ono
OF the liveliest features Of the CON
ference.
Another interesting contest wili
center on the proposal 10 eliminate
the word Episcopal" from the name
. ~. 10. -
ference gave the authority TO the va
rious annual conferences 20 vote N
this change and Il is probable that
the South Georgia McthOdists will IA
vor n. However, some Of the older
members of the conference are op-
posed TO a change now. after having
been known by the title for so many
years and will vigorously resist it,
Bishop Gambler to Preside.
Bishop Warren A. Gambler, Of Al
lanta, will preside over the confer
ence. In the matter Of fixing the ap-
pointments for another year he VIII
be assisted by the following presiding
elders Macon District, the Rev. y.
p. McFerrin, Savannah District, the
Rev W. Il. Smith. COrdele District,
the Rev J. 7. Wardlaw. Americas
y strict, the Rev. G.. A. Jackson, Co
lumbus District, the Rev DR., A. NJ.
williams Naldosta District, the Rev.
w. n, Budd, Thomasvllle District.
the Rev. J, VI. Cutler; Waycross Dis
trict, the Rev. T. W. Ellis. McRac
District. the Rev. /. a. HIN, and
Dublin District. the Rev. Bascom An
thcny.-
A number Of important changes
VIII be made this year I'm the assign
ment Of the pastors, owing to the fact
that many Of tSe ministers haze
served four years in their present
charges. In fact, the largest shaking
up in the history OF the conference is
expected. al II is likely that many Of
the clergymen who have served two
years win be shifted also.
Serve Time Limit
The following preachers have been
at their charges as long as the law
Of the church win allow them to re-
main The Rev. DR.. T. d. Ellis, Yves
ley Monumental Church, Savannah;
the Rev W. F. Smith, presiding elder
of the Savannah District: the Rev
w. II. Scruggs, Valdosta; the Rev. J.
B. Thrasher, Trinity Church. Way
cross; the Rev. w. @. Allaben, Heie-
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 five
weeks distant, the local ministers and
laymen are preparing to accommodate
and entertain the delegates. Usually
there Is a great chicken killing on the
occasion Of Methodist conferences
hut as this year the conference viii
assemble during Thanksgiving week
turkeys instead Of chickens will era "a
the tables. '..'..