The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-28
SECRETARY BRYAN
 WILL VISIT CITY
ACCEPTS INVITATION TO MEET PRESBYTERIANS HERE AT OC-
 TOBER CONVENTION
Rev. pr. F. M. Wyle Secures Very Notable Gathering For This City While in Memphis.

When the Church Efficiency Board of the Presbyterian church in nine southern states meets here next Oc. tober, among the guests of honor who have accepted invitations to speak in Hot Springs before that gathering are Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, Robert F. Spears of New York, secretary of foreign missions. and Lilly White the gentleman who inaugurated the 'mens forward move ment, which has attracted so much attention in church circles throughout the country the past few months.
 The convention will bring no less than 2000 delegates and it is antici. pated that with William Jennings Bryan booked to deliver an address here that there will be several thou sand other visitors who will desire to hear this distinguished statesman.
 The securing of this notable gather ing is due to Rev )r. F. M. Wylie, pastor of the Orange Street Presbyte- rian church, who attended meeting of the executive committee of the Church Efficiency Board which was held the latter part of the week il Memphis Rev Dr Wylie did not overlook the fact that Hot Springs was an ideal convention city, and the mere fact that the committee had ap- pointed another committee to name the next place of meeting and that said committee made report recom- mending Little Rock, did not stop him from pointing out the advantages of Hot Springs as an ideal convention city. He made an address to the committee, in which he requested that they reconsider their selection and he immediately won converts among the cAurchmen.
 One of the members who wrote the report recommending Little Rock stated that he would be willing tO change and come to Hot Springs and, | taking this lead, other members of the committee also showed a preference | for "the valley of yapors,' so that when vote was taken Hot Springs | won the convention. The committee l concluded it's deliberations by request
 ing J. M. Patterson to come to this l city Wednesday to confer with mem
 bers of the executive committee of | the Business Mems League, at which 1 time minor details of the convention will be arranged MT Patterson is
 the general publicity man and it will be through him that the church peo pie of the south will be first notified
 of the convention In fact, the ques 1 ton of publicity played a very impor tant part in the selection of Hot | Springs. some of the delegates calm
 ing that newspapers of other cities
 did not give the amount of space to their deliberations they thought their
 sessions deserved. Rev Dr. Wylie l assured them that any news carrying i a Hot Springs date line was certain 10 find publication and guaranteed the widest publicity on the part of the | local correspondents,
 The Church Efficiency Board com- prises the states Of Alabama, MissIs- sippi. Teuuesee. Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma. Texas. Louisiana and Ar kansas. The last meeting was held in Texas with more than 2.oo0 dele
 gates and it is believed the 1915 meet ing will be still larger.
 The news of pr Wylle's success was the chief topic of conversation ln church circles yesterday and he was the recipient of many sincere con | gratulations.