The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-10-20

MI. AUBURN MISSION, w. g. Mathis,
supply; Mt. Pleasant Station, H. M.
Jarvis; l.. R. Long, Supernumerary;
HohenWald and Napier, T. A. Garden;
Savannah Station, ]. R. Parsons. Sa-
vannah Mission, B. j. Stages, suppyl;
Waynesboro Mission, w. c. Charles,
supply; West Point Circuit, T. ].
Clark, supply; Williamsport Circuit,
W. 0. Largen; Tennessee River Mis-
sion, Frank Taley, supply; District
Evangelist, Jno. S. Henley; Commits
sioner Washington City Church, w. O.
Largen.
MURFREESBORO DISTRICT.
W. H. Johnston, Presiding Elder;
Bellbuckle Station, c. T. Carter; Bon
Air and Clifty Mission, G. S. Duncan;
Cumberland Circuit, G. w. Angel, sup
ply; Doyle and Mt. Gillead Circuit, o.
H. Lane; Hickory Creek Circuit, A. L.
Hodge; Manchester and Morrison, W.
A. Stroud; Manchester Mission, R. j.
Tucker, supply; McMinnville Mission,
J. H. Settle; McMinnvilleStation, A.
J. Morgan; Murfreesboro Circuit, R.
A. SHELTON; Murfreesboro Station, w.
W. Alexander; T. A. Covington, SUI
pernumerary; Rockville Circuit, R. E:
Hudson, supply; Smyrna and Hollan-
dale, M. ]. Mabry; Sparta Mission, r.
c. Crosslin, supply; Starta Station, G.
R. Wade; Stones River Circuit, D. r.
Reed; Summitviile Mission, o. L.
Green, supply; Tullahoma Station,
Geo. L. Beale; Walnut Grove Circuit,
T. T. Parsons; Wartrace Circuit, E. W.
Brown; Woodbury. Mission, j. G.
Crocker, supply; Commissioner Wash
ington City Church, w. w. Alexander.
NASHVILLE DISTRICT.
w. B. Taylor, Presiding Elder; Alex
Erwin, G. E. Eubank; Arlington Sta
ton, ]. F. Tinnon; Belmont Station,
B. l.. Lyle; Bellevue and Buffalo, ]. M.
Putnam; Blakemore Mission, M. P.
Woods; Buchanan Street Mission, w.
j. Walkup; Carroll Street, F. E. Al
ford; Centenary, o. A. Kirby, supply;
East End Station, ]. A. Molloy; Elm
Street. w. Weakley, E. C. Atkins, Su-
pernumerary; Hobson's Station, E. P.
Anderson T. A. Mathews, Supernu-
merary; Humphreys and Fillmore
Street Mission, A. e. Prince, supply;
McFerrin Memorial, E. M. Steel; Nc
Kendree, T. c. Ragsdale; Monroe
Street, P. D. Fireman; Park Avenue,
]. F. Baggett, Sixty-first Avenue, T. S.
Cullom, South End, ]. w. Pearson;
Trinity, T. B. Fisher; Tulip Street, W.
r. Haggard; Waverly Place, T. A. Ker-
ley; West End, G. A. Morgan; A. H.
Shannon, Supernumerary; West Nash
Vile, w. V. Jarrett; VIM Chapel, G.
w. Davenport, supply; Woodbine, W.
E. Doss; Chaplain U. S. Navy, w. E.
Edmonson: Professor in Vanderbilt
University, w. F. Tillett; Sunday
School Editor, E. B. Chappell, Agent
Superannuate Endowment Fund, Jno.
R. Stewart: Agent Sunday School
Board, w. M. Green; General Mission
airy Secretary, w. w. Pinson; Secre-
tary Y. NJ. C. A., A. NJ. Trawick; Inter
Church College, J. E. McCullock; Con-
ference Secretary Education, E. P. An
derson; Missionaries to Cuba, B. F.
Gilbert, M. M. Stewart, w. M. Mullen;
Commissioner of Hospitals, A. E. Gle
ment; Assistant Translator, G. B.
Winton; Conference Evangelist H. T.
Allen; Commissioner Emory Universe
ty, E. NJ. Harrell; Commissioner Wash
ington City Church, j. A. Molloy
TRANSFERRED.
G. L. Gilbert to the East Oklahoma
Conference.
The conference was opened this
morning by prayer, led by T. B. Fish
err. After the singing of the hymn the
, minutes of the last meeting were read.
Memorial resolutions on the death OF
prominent laymen were read before
the conference. c. R. Wade read that
of Joe M. Ramsey, the blind evange-
list; P. A. Sowell read that of John
B. Murray; E. P. Anderson read that
prepared by w. R. Webb, Jr. for Will
liam Hughes, the distinguished edu-
Gator.
In place of A. A. Patterson, resigned,
II. V. Brewer was elected On the Board
of Church Extension.
The question was brought up as to
whether the lay leader and the district
lay leaders should be elected ex-offi-
! clio members of the annual conference.
The measure had been voted in by the
geenral conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, at Oklahoma
City. The conference, after heated de-
bate. adopted the measure by the vote
of 142 to H. Dr. ]. ]. Stowe said that
there was no danger of the ministers
being swamped by the laity if the