The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-01
.EpWORTH LEACUfRS
NOW THINKING
ABOUT LAKELAND

Lakeland is the city just now up
permost in the minds of the Ep-
worth Leaguers of Florida, for here
the annual meeting of the Florida
Conference Epworth League of the
Southern Methodist Church will be
held. The conference is scheduled
to begin on the evening of june IA,
and will continue until the 18th.
Rev. J. F. Chapman, State presi
dent, will preside and among those
appearing on the program as speak
ers will be men of high prominence
in the Epworth League.
The social features will not be
lacking, as the Lakeland Epworth
Leaguers have made elaborate prep
arations for this feature of the gath
ering.
1T is earnestly hoped that large
delegation will attend from the Jack
sonville district" said Chas. w.
Dudley, president of the Jackson
Vile District Epworth League Union,
in speaking of the coming confer
, ence to a representative of the Flor
ida Metropolis. For it is our de-
sire to bring the next conference to
the Methodist assembly grounds on
Anastasia Island, St. Augustine
: Should we be successful, large num-
bers of young people from all over
the State will undoubtedly avail
themselves of stopping a day or two
in Jacksonville which is much to be
desired. District Secretary w. c..
White, who has in charge the ar
rangements for the Jacksonville
District delegation, is working hard
to secure representation which will
be a credit to our city and district
and he informs me that already a
number have signified their inten-
tion of making the trip. Special
rates will be granted by the rail-
roads in the event of large enough
party being made up and all regular
ly elected delegates from the Ep-
worth League chapters will be en-
tertained by the Lakeland people
Mr.. White will endeavor to get in
touch with all the chapters in the
district regarding the conference
but will appreciate it if those in
tending to 60 will advise him at the
earliest possible date, as it is neces-
sary that he in turn furnish this in
formation to those in charge of en-
tertainment at Lakeland. His ad-
dress is 1441 Market street, Jack.
sonville.
at might not be out of place to
state that the Epworth League in
Florida and throughout the South
ern States is progressing in fine
shape. New chapters are being re
ported constantly and old ones are
taking on new life. Probably the
most prominent work which the Ep
worth League is now undertaking il
the support of the Southern Metho
dist Mission at Wembo-Niami, ir
Central Africa. The Epwortl
Leagues of the Florida conference
alone pledged something over clever
hundred dollars to this enterpris'
during the past year, this being thu
largest amount of any conference
pledge. The central office of thu
Southern Methodist Epworth Leag
ues is located in Nashville, Tenn.
and is in charge of DR.. Fitzgerald
S. Parker, general secretary, wh'
is assisted by J. Marvin Culbreath
assistant secretary, and Miss AID;
Trawick, junior department secre
tary."
Rev. l.. F. Chapman. of Ke!
West, is president of the Florid;
Conference Epworth League; Gar
field Evans, of Sutherland, secretary
J. A. Bernard Byrd, of Tallahassee
treasurer; Mrs. Maud B. Little, o
Ocala, State organizer and editor
and w C. White, of Jacksonville
district secretary for the Jackson
VILE district. The officers of thu
Jacksonville District Epwortl
League Union are: President, Chas
w. Dudley; secretary, Miss Ann;
Dickinson; treasurer, j. w. Hunt
er.-Jacksonville Metropolis