The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-11-15
Dawson Church Will Make
Usual Splendid Report at
Session to Convene This
Month at ThomasVille.

The semi-centennfal session of the
South Georgia Conference will hold
its opening session in Thomasville No
vember %, at 1880 p. M, with an
address by Rev. W. c. Lovett, D. D.,
of Atlanta, from the timely theme,
Fifty Years and Some Heroes Of
the History"
Rev o. F. Cook, the host of the
conference and former pastor Of
the Dawson Methodist church, is com
pleting his third year as pastor of the
Thomasville church, during which
period most gratifying advancemnt
in the various departments of christ
ian endeavor has been made.
Bishop Warren A. Gambler, of At
lanta, chancellor of Emory Universe
ty, will preside at both Georgia con-
ferences this fall. He will be assist
ed in stationing the ministers of the
conference for the ensuing year by
his cabinet of ten presiding elders, as
follows: Rev. T. D. Ellis, d. D., of
the Americas district Rev. j. P. Chat
field, of the Columbus district; Rev.
J. P. Wardlaw, of the Cordele dis
trict; Rev. n. H. Williams, Of the
Dublin district; Rev. J. NJ. Glenn, of
tn Macon district; Rev. W. F. Smith,
of the McRae district; Rev. j. B.
Johnston, of Savannah district; Rev.
z. F. Morgan, of the ThOmasville dis
trict; Rev, Whitley Langston, of the
Valdosta district, and Rev. l. P. Ty-
son, of the Waycross district.
Many Will Be Moved.
There are just one presiding elder
and nineteen pastors who have COM
pleted quadrennium of consecutive
service in their present appointments
and will be assigned by the bishop
and his cabinet to new fields of la
Dor for the ensuing conference year. /
These ministers are as follows: Rev. ,
j. P. Wardlaw, presiding elder of the
Cordele district, and Rev. W. N. Aims J
worth, D. D., pastor Of the Mulberry
street Methodist church, Macon; Rev, |
o. B. Chester, pastor of St. Luke, /
Columbus; Rev. J. A. Thomas, pastor
of First church, Americas; Rev I. |
B. Stanford, pastor of Trinity, Sa-
vannah; Rev. L. W. Colson, Quit
man; Rev. H. C. Jones, First Street, |
Macon; Rev. 7. M. Christian, St.
Paul. Columbus; Rev. E. E. Rose, Mil
len; Rev. A. B. Wall, Abbeville; Rev. |
J. N. Hudson, Brentwood; Rev. Jason
Shirah, Edison; Rev. c. NJ. Meeks, |
Pelham Rev. Paul Muse, Waverly
Hall; Rev A. C. Brewton, Woodland; |
Rev. j. H. Stanford, Butler; Rev. L. |
W. Walker, Damascus; Rev. j. L. !
Jones, Berlin; Rev j. c. Seville, |
White Oak; Rev. E. c. Dowdy, Town !
send. The above is the largest num-
Der of -four year men, which South
Gorgia has had in the past fifteen or
twenty years.
The Death Roll
The following well known ministers
have died during the year, and APP
propriate memoirs will be read in
their honor at the memorial service
Sunday afternoon during the session
of the conference: Rev. J. S. Jordan,
Of Douglas; Rev. W. F. HiXon, of
Nashville; Rev. H. C. Fentress, of
McRae; Rev. A. H. Bazemore, of Syl-
vester, and Rev. c. W. Littlejohn, of
Gainesville, Fla.
New church edifces have been en-
terprised during the year at Cochran,
Montezuma, Lee Street (Americus),
Abel and Moultrie.
The institutions of learning owned
partially or wholly by the conference
have had unusually large attendance
during the present fall session, and