Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-12-18
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Closed Successful Session at Column
bia Monday.

The 1O1st annual session Of the
Mississippi conference Of the NJ, +.
Church, South, came to close at Co
lumbia last Monday afternoon. The
centennial session was held at Nat
chez last year, the first conference
having been organized near Natchez
in 1918. The next session after that
was held at Columbia in 1914, just one
hundred years ago. From that small
beginning the Methodists in Mississip-
pi have grown to be mighty host.
At the session just closed at Colum-
bia the reports were generally good,
Notwithstanding the hard times. Va
TOO City was able to send its pastor
with full report, with all its claims
paid in full.
Rev. N. B. Harmon was appointed to
the Gulfport pastorate, much to the
regret of the church and the people
generally in Yazoo City. 1t is in the
nature of a promotion, however, as
the salary there will be much larger.
They have a new, large and handsome
church, and we understand that it was
the request Of the retiring pastor and
three of his board Of stewards, that
influenced the Bishop in sending Mr..
Harmon to that charge. 1t was sur
prise to the church in this city, who
expected and desired his return.
Rev. w. M. Sullivan was appointed
to Yazoo City, and viii be heartily
welcomed. He is one of the leading
ministers of the Conference, is chair
man of the Conference Board of Mis-
sions, and is a good preacher, faith
full pastor and a most, lovable minis
ter of the gospel. He is antive Mis-
sissippisn, the son Of poor parents, and
by his own exertions fitted himself
for the ministry, and has steadily
worked his way to the front. We are
sure the church in this city will be
pleased with him. They have habit
anyway of becoming greatly attach
ed to their pastors, and Mr.. Sullivan,
like Mr.. Harmon, will merit their love
and esteem. He comes from Shubuta
to Yazoo City, and has served some
of the largest churches IN the Confer
ence.
IN RsT. J. w. Price, Of Benton, Rev. j.
&l9 Foreman, of Silver City, and Rev
J. B. King; of Vaughans, were all
returned for another year, to the great
pleasure of their congregations. All
have had successful years and are held
in high esteem by their people.
Rev. R. H. Kleiser was appointed
to the Satartia circuit, and is a new
man on the district. But he is a gooC
preacher and pastor, stands high in
the conference, and is a most estimablt
Christian gentleman. We are sure the
Satartia people viii be pleased with
him.
The following is the list of appoint
ments for the jackson District:
Jackson District Presiding Elder
P. D. Harden; Benton, j. w. Price
Bolton, J. w. Dawson; Brandon ant
Pelahatchie, R. P. Fixes; Camden, II
N. McKibben; Canton, M. M. Black
Eden, A. S. Oliver; Edwards, W. G
Forsyth; Fannin, ]. T. McVoy; Flora
M. L. White; Florence, R. E. Rut
ledge; Harrisville, H. c. Castles; Jack
son, Capitol Street, w. 81. eLwis; Jack
son, Galloway Memorial, W. G. Henry
jackson, Millsaps Memorial, J. O
Ware; Jackson, Rankin Street, B. E
Meigs; Madison, w. A. Terry; Men
denhall, W. B. waldrop; Satartia, +
II. Kleiser; Sharon, R. A. Sibley, Jr.
Terry, M. w. Hopper; Vaughan, ]
B. King; Yazoo City, W. M. Sullivan
and one to be supplied by R. 7. Nolan
Mississippi Orphans Home, w. N
Williams, Galloway Memorial Q. c.
Millsaps College, A. F. Watkins, pres
ident Galloway Memorial Q. c.; stu
dent in theology school at Atlanta, Y
C. Chisholm, Rankin Street @. C.