Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1913-10-23
pie of the district Brother Johnston
responded with appropriate words and

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responded with appropriate words an
emotion.
A number of reports from variou
boards were read and adopted.
Rev. s. N. Fitzpatrick, pastor OF tn,
Baptist church, was introduced to tn,
conference.
| w. T. Wynn, president of Martil
College, represented the school in ;
few chosen words.
| Pulaski was put in nomination b,
Rev. T. c. Ragsdale and selected a!
the place of meeting next year.
Rev. r. ]. Craig read a resolution o.
thanks for the hospitality of the peo
pie of Cookeville, the newspapers, an(
the railroads. This reso1utlon was
unanimously adopted by a rising vote
The conference adjourned to mee1
in memorial session Sunday at 3fp. m
Benediction by Bishop Denny.
One of ht egreatest addresses during
the conference was that of Senator W
r. Webb on Friday afternoon on the
subject of temperance, and he spoke
to packed house.
Sunday
Rev. J. A. Molloy conducted the con
ference love feast. The testimonies OF
the older brethren were like messages
from a glory land of triumph. Many
of them had passed through deep wa.
ters, but God had been with them.
Bishop Denny preached from Gala
tians vi. 7, atthe Methodist church
to congregation that taxed the house
1t was great sermon. lasting nearly
two hours. This was followed by the
ordination of deacons and elders. This
was large class, reaching around
the chancel from side to side.
At three o'clock the memorial SER
vice was held, with Rev. H. B. Reams
in the chair. Six OF the brethren had
fallen during the year, and while it
was sad occasion, it was also an Oc-
casion representing victory. Our peo-
pie still die well.
DR.. G. H. Detwiler preached in the
evening at the Methodist church to a
packed house on The Witness of the
Spirit" 1t was a pentecostal hour to
many, and shouts of praise went up.
There was also preaching at the vari-
Gus churches by Revs. ]. S. French,
j. r. Stewart, j. P. Luton, Dow A. En-
sor, w. F. Tillett w. ". Jarratt, and J.
l.. Kellum
Sixth Day
Bishop Denny called the conference
to order at $50. Rev. Felix Coleman
led in prayer Bishop Denny contin-
ued his comment on Eph. iii. 14-21.
Rev. J. R. Stewart represented the
superannuate endowment fund.
DR.. Chappell read supplemental re-
port of the Sunday school board in ref
erence to the Galloway Memorial
Hospital.
Reports of the various committees
who had not already reported were
read and adopted.
Bishop Denny made a statement OF
his experience of mission charts, say
ing the per cent. per member of the va
rious churches was not correct and
was misleading, as some churches had
no poor and others had no children in
their membership.
The report of the Epworth League
board showed a good gain during the
year. Rev. John Durrett
was elected on the league board to fill
the vacancy caused by the transfer OF
Rev. w. M. McClearen.
Conference adjourned to meet at
l 80 p. m.
AT the afternoon session the names
Of the preachers were called by dis
tricts, and the presiding elders ans
wered as ever: Nothing agains,
them"
The conference took a decided step
in advance in appointing the following
on evangelism: Revs. J.J.
J. A. Molloy. We look for larger
things along this line during the COM
ng year.
The appointments for the year were
hen read and the conference had pass
I'd into history.
Following are the appointments for
he Lebanon district:
J. Il. BlackwoOd, Presiding Elder.
Algood Circuit, Fred B. Cox.
Alexandria and Watertown, w. E.
Ooss.
Byrdstown Mission, B. J. Rochelle.
Carthage Circuit, T. H. Hinson.. J.
3. Jordan, supernumerary.
Celina Mission, N. B. Taylor.
Chestnut Mound Circuit, J. M. Horn.
Cookeville, j. F. Tinnon.
Dycus Circuit, j. L. Smotherman. |
elijah Robinson, junior preacher.
Gainesboro Circuit, j. B. Estes.
Gainesville Mission, j. Webster.
Gordonsville Circuit, E. r. McCord.
Jacobs Hill Circuit, j. W. Swami.
Lebanon Circuit, w. F. Springer.
Lebanon Station, D. L. Lyle
Liberty Circuit, w. M. Cook.
Livingston Mission, j. o. Ensor.
(Monterey and Crawford Mission,
l. NJ Chenault
Oak Hill Circuit, Orin Lynch
Rome Mission, S. M. Ensor.