The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-11-14

oS""ioh IL ENpcctcu 10 Bc an Interest,"
ing OnC-DiscusSicn OF Division of
conference One of Chief Interest,"
bishops Denny and Wilson to be
Hcrc-Bishop to Prcsidc-Outlinc
= Of Sessions.
( An event of great interest to Sum-
ter is the annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, which
will be held in this city this year.
The conference will open on Wedncs-
day morning, November 25th, and
will probably adjourn Oh the following
Monday. More than four hundred
and fifty visitors are expected for the
conference and preparations are being
made for their entertainment in the
homes of the citizens of Sumter, all
denominations having come to the
aid Of the Methodists at this time in
extending the we'll known hospitality
,of the Game Cock city
The conference is expected to be a
Merry interesting one from the stand
point Of members of the Methodist
,,Church. Several very interesting and
lmportant questions concerning the
Church arc expected to come UP at
the conference. The chief Of these is
the matter Of division of the confer
|ence, which will arouse much atten-
ton. This matter was brought up at
the last conference at Rock Hill and
was sent from there to the General
conference and now comes back to
sthe South Carolina conference for
iinal decision. The state is composed
Eof one conference now and the propo-
Esition will be whether it will be divid-
Jed into two conferences or not
Two bishops Of the church are eX-
|pected at the conference, Bishop Will
[son> Of Baltimore, who is the Oldest
bishop of the church at the present
|time. He presided at the conference
Fat its Rock Hill meeting last year.
|BishOp Collins Denny of Richmond
will preside at this conference. A fea-
|ture Of his visit will he Thanksgiving
.sermon to be perached by him on
Noysmber,. 26th. .Thanksgiv-
ing day.
However, before the meeting Of the
conference there will be Il number of
meetings, connected with, but not a
part of the conference. The Histori-
cal Society Of the conference will hold
IL meeting on Tuesday night, preccd-
ing the meeting of the conference,
when an address will 'be made. On
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock there
will be q meeting of the Board of
Missions and OF the examining COM
mittee. The conference opens at $50
o'clock on Wednesday morning.
The meetings of the conference will
he held each night, in the interest Of
some special object. There will be
preaching at each OF afternoon meet
inSS which will be held at o'clock.
All the sessions Of the conference will
be held at Trinity Methodist church.
AZ present practically all arrange
mcnts have been made for the enter
tainmCnt of the visitors and Trinity
and IrOad street churches wish TO
thank the members OF churches OF
other denominations for the assist
ance which has been rendered them
in providing homes tor the guests.
The committees Will make Il fall re-
port later of what provision thcy have
made for each OF the visitoyS and q
full program of the sessions OF the
conference will he given out later.
y question always of main interest
to many of the people of the church
tors is that Of where they will be To-
Gated fer the following year. Only two
Of the pastors i'm the Sumter district
will have to bc moved because OF the
limitation Of their terms at this con-
ference. These arc Rev. II. o. Spires
OF the Matcrcc Circuit and Rev. -.
NJ Mcleod of the Trinity Methods:
church. These have served four
years at the churches and will be
moved. only three Of the pastors
have served three Years and tic 9th
ers have served their churches onlt
one or two years. The congregation
of the Trinity Methodist church will
regret cXCcednGly to los" Mi Mcleod.
who has been their pastor t"r the
PAST four years.
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