Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-04
N. E. CHURCH IN
 5. r. ARKANSAS
 GROWS STRONGER Reports of Presiding Elders Show Thousands of Addl-
 tions During Year.
REV. GUY MURPHY
 IN TWO-YEAR CLASS
Rev. J. ID. Hammons. Formerly of He. lena. Is Said to Be Slated for Ap- pOintment to One Of the Leading
 Little Rock Churches.

ness occupied all the time of the Lit tic Rock conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, today. The morning session was called to order at 8:3O o'clock, the devotional ser7 vices being conducted by Rev. w. A, Steel of Benton, after which Bishop Morrison took the chair.
 The discussion of %the question Of
 he purchase of the Western Metho- dist" was resumed, and was finally ,refsrred to a special commission, con- psisfimg ef Rev.. iGdorgs Thornburgn, Rev. James Thomas. Rev. T. D. Scott and Rsv. w. F. Whaley. The com ',a'isslon is expected to return re- per, with recommendations tomorrow morning. t.
 A report is also expected in the morning of tha educational comTlt- tee, on the matter of the Southern Me ho dist university, at Dallas. Reports from several presiding eld- CTS were received. Rev. Alonzo Monk reported for the Little Rock district, showing 11O0 aCcessicns to the church during the past year, two new churches built, six men licensed to
 preach and seven men licensed to ex- hort.f
 Rev. A. Q. Evans, for the Arkadel- phiia district. reported 1.219 conver- sions, 1,O62 accessions to the church, eight new churches built and one new
 parsonage erected during the year.
 Rev. w. c. Davidson reported for 1 the Monticello district, showing 600 1 accessions to the church and 90 per l cent paid on pastors salaries.
 The name of Rev. T. F. Hughes was l referred to the committee on super
 annnate relations.
 Rev. Guy Murphy Advanced. The following young ministers
 passed their examinations and were
 advanced to the class of the second
 year: J. h. Dedman, R. K. Farr, Jess 1 Galloway, l.. C. Gatlin, A. E. Jacobs, i Guy Murphy, Gay Morrison, w. C.
 Martin, r. 0. Rorie, T. D. Spruce, Coy Whitten and J. B. Pickering.
 I Remaining in the class of the first
 year are w. R. Jordan and l.. M
 Harp. l The following passed approved eX- amiuations and were advanced to the
 third year: w. H. Handsford, A. C. 1 Rogers. k. H. Cannon, J. c. NIGEL heny, J. w. Nethercutt, E. B. Hafwell 1 The following passed the eXamlna- 1 tons and were advanced to the elders orders: l.. T. Rogers, w. V. Lewis
 w. l.. Cabe, s. T. Baugh, J. R. Rhodes 1 ]. n. Baker, J. A. Waddell. T. M. Arm 1 strong, D. c. Holmon, and w. F' Rogers.
 l The following were elected to local
 deacons' orders: W. H. Tarver. J. Y l Williams, B. k. Fitzhugh and ". h. 1 Handsford.
 Rev. Hammons to Little Rock. l Rev. ]. D. Hammons, who has been 1 ,u charge of a church at Helena the 1 mast four years, was received by transfer from the North Arkansas ] conference. He was formerly in the Little Rock conference. and is sad to
 be slated for appointment to one oi 1 the leading churches of tho confer l cl.ce. a church at Little Rock. | Rev. Theodore Copeland of Centra | church. at Hot Springs, made an eX' l cellcnt report of the years work al 1 that church. The handsome new 1 building has just been completed. and \ now houses the congregation. LIT i Copeland is a recent transfer iron M the st, Louis conference. having re H turned to Hot Springs upon petition N of Hot Springs business men. II Dr. Copeland preached the sermon N nj 5 o'clock this afternoon. to the con ference. Tonight, starting at ES' Fl o'clock. the board of missions held its
 annniversary AelsbrstioIl, wlth pr
 ". w. sPiuson. secrstary of the boers \ Of missions ot the southern Nethodis