The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-07

because have been to Wichita, Kans,
to attend conference held by Bishop
II. Blanton Parks, d. D., of Chicago
who is doing some real good for all of
his people and the whole country. He
must do some real riding in order to
cover his district believe me.
In Wichita the 41st session of the
Kansas Conference was held. It
opened on Wednesday morning, Sep
TENDER 81, and it was a fine opening,
then followed the annual address of
Bishop Parks. He said something
about opening a new century. 1 think
it was the first session of the confer
ence in the second century of his
church, and believe me that man did
make some talk.
There was introduced to the confer
ence one of the most successful lawyers
in that section of the country. He is
man who is doing things up right,
and he was Lawyer E. P. Blakemore.
He made a few remarks and invited
the whole conference to join him at
one O'Clock in an automobile ride
This was accepted.
All the dinner was served right in
the church, and 1 partook of it my
self, and when it was over there were
on the outside 80 real automobiles
ready to take the conference This
was headed by Lawyer Blakemore in
his private car, and following him was
one containing Mayor Bentley, of the
city of Wichita, one of the City Com
missioners, Bishop and Mrs. Parks, and
in the next was to be found Presiding
Elders J. T. Smith, J. C. C. Owens, and
H. w. King, and 1 was invited to take
seat in the same car with them big
elders, which 1 accepted, and then in
the other cars followed the elders and
members of the conference, and there
was room for a number of the women.
1t was a great ride.
Wichita is a growing town, but now
will you stop and think what hap
pened. The mayor of big city join
ing in showing the conference his
town. I have never seen or heard Of
anything like it in my life. No one
would ever take Bishop Parks for q
White man, yet he rode right by the
side of the Mayor, and the biggest man
in this town was not ashamed to be
with one of US.
After it was all over, he delivered
us at the church and at night returned
and told US just how welcome we were
to the city, and said that he stood
ready to do anything in his power for
the comfort and happiness of the con-
ference, and 1 believe he meant it.
God bless such big men as this. He is
Just a man every inch Of him.
Well, the conference was well at
tended and the men are getting ready
to get down to business. They are
just pushing things to the front, and
it is hard to tell where they will end.
I reached the city and was assigned to
stop at the home of Mrs. Covington
with a number of other preachers.
One of them Rev. H. n. Jones, demand
ed that he be given a room to himself
as he never slept in a room with any
one. Well, We were all happy during
the week except that one preacher, and
1 was glad to see him that way. They
were all preachers, and don It see why
he would refuse to stay in a room with
his brother ministers.
Rev. J. R. Ransom, D. D., of Kansas
City, Kans., was some pumpkins in the
conference, and they declare that they
are going to get behind him during the
next annual or general conference and
make him a bishop. Well, he has won
the place and will be proud to see it.
Rev. R. H. Singleton, of Georgia, is on
the same shelf, and I think they will
find him when they get to making up
the states. He is a deserving man.
But this is not time to talk about
General conference and making bishops,
but let us see where 1 have been and
what I saw there. Well I had the
pleasure of meeting DR.. H. T. Healing,
A. NJ, president of the Western Uni
versity, Quindaro, Kans., who is some
educator Now that man came along
and he did make some real speeches. I
had the pleasure of hearing him speak.
1t was just one of those speeches you
read about. He left for Texas. Then
there was Prof. John r. Hawkins.
Prof. Hawkins is financial secretary
of the A. NJ. E. church, and he was one
of the speakers there. He just picked
them people up and carried them
around, so to speak. He was right at
home. I was delighted to look into
| the faces of these good people I want