The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-04
ME- ETHOD|ST
CONFERENCE
At Al 7 j s
FORMALLY OPENED BY BISHOP
MURRAH. MANY NOTABLES
PRESENT. ARDMORE PASTOR
PRESENTS GIFT.

AItus, okla, Nov. 3.-The West Ok
lahuma Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, was called
TO order in the Methodist church here
Wednesday morning by Bishop w. B.
Murrah, of Memphis, Tenn.
Eyery train for the past two days
has been crowded with ministers and
delegates and Altus is busy taking
care of the Meth0dists.
z. s. Satterfed OF Pauls Valley,
was elected secretary for the fifth
time at the morning session and the
organization of the conference was
completed by the noon hour. One of
the featlrea OF the morning session
was the address OF welcome by G.
T.. Hail. county attorney Of Jackson
county. !t was chiefly through Mr.
Halls EFFORTS that the conference was
arranged 60 meet here Bishop Muf-
rah made the response. Various
standing committees were elected up
on nomination Of the presiding elders
These committees do a large part of
the hard work OF the conference
threshing out the knotty questions
that come up and doing an immense
amount of routine work.
Drn1rhpc
Wednesday afternoon Rev. Wilmore
Kendall of Arcadia preached the ser
mon to a large audience Although
Rev. Kendall is blind he is mag
netic speaker DR.. Frank Barrett OF
St I.uke's church, Oklahoma City, de-
livered a sermon of great power on
Christian education. The bishop and
his cabinet were in session Wednes-
day afternoon working on the appoint
ments. A large part of the ministers
are lust completing their first year
and are not expecting to be trans
ferred,
A pleasant feature of the morning
session was the presentation to Rev
John d. Salter, presiding elder OF the
Ardmore district, of handsome ira
Yelling bag. This gift was from the
twenty odd preachers in his distric'
and was presented by DIR. NJ. l.. But
Ter of Ardmore.
Notableo Present
Among the visitors attending the
conference are DR. q. f. Sensabaugf
of TNlas. formerly presiding elder o.
the Oklahoma city district: Rev. Eh
nett Hightower of Georgetown, Tex.
field secretary of the general Sunday
school board of Nashville, Tenn; Mr.
Lewis glaylock, publisher of the Tex
as Christian Advocate at Iallas, anC
Rev. j. w. Rogers, presiding elder OF
the Ninita district of the East Okla
hom1 conference.
Bishop Murrah announced Nednes
day morning that Bishop Edwin u
MOuSoOU o. ldlAdS, iNNoS' h''' 49,
TO preside at the East Oklahoma con
ference which meets in Muskogee
next week. This arrangement was
made because Bishop Murrah's WORE
at this time is particularly heavy
tie presided over the Memphis con
terence beginning November Il. Bish
on Mouseon is well known and much
loved among the Oklahoma Metho
dists. having visited the state often
during his two years episcopal super
vision of the oklahoma conference.
In spite Of the late cotton cor
which il was thought would material
IL affect finances, the ministers re
ports indicate considerable gains over
last wear. Ministers salaries are
largsr and have been more nearly paid
ana the contributions to other causes
show an increase over former years
The seven presiding elders made yer
bal reports Of their work to ihe con
ference at the morning session and
every district showed gains along all
. lines.