The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-10-05
BISHOP CARTER
MONEY KING
S,6OO.7O Raised For Christian EduCa-
tion--- COnVOCatiOn Held in Ark.
GREAT, GOOD WORK DONE.
By DR.. W. Conway Smith.


me educational convocation of the
state OF Arkansas with more than
l,sOO delegates and ministers in at.
tendance closed one of the greatest
educational rallies in the history of
the c. M. E. Church, SO far as the
knowledge of the writer goes on Sun.
day. September 3rd, at the Arkansas
haygood Industrial College, College
Park (Pfne Bluff, Ark After listen.
ing to strong, pointy and instruc-
i've lecture from the Rt. Rev. Bishop
X. A Carter, from the subject: Min.
asterial Highness," the conyocation
was organized by electing the follow.
ing officers: DR.. ]. M. Reed. Hot
Springs; Prof. F. H. Brown. Pres
cott, and DR.. A. c. Bailey of Wynne,
secretaries; DR.. R S. Stout, Pine Bluff,
VIM. Redwine, Mrs. Doctor MYERS of
HArl; VIM. Bobo, of Holly Grove
MIS-. Jamie Wolford, of Little Rock
ana RS. Lola Townsend of Prescott,
FINANCIAL Board; and DR.. w. Conway
sm1th, reporter to the Associated
Press, Those who were present.
among the best thinkers of ours AZ
well as the other churches, among
10th colored and white, said that
Bisnop Carter, as scholar and speak
sr mad but few equals among colored
Or white. Bishop Carter is idolized
~ the people of Arkansas regardless
or denomination. He tells the minis
ters and laymen not to praise and
thank him for the work he is doing.
because he said he is doing his assign
ID duty and needs no praise. But
me people of Arkansas think differ.
oot They say that he is a great and
impartial leader, and that thew feel
1t their duty to let the reading pub
lilo know that they have such a great
man as their leader and that they are
proud OF him. The following reso-
Iution was read on Sunday before
l,sOO ministers, delegates and visit.
ers by Dr. W. Coway Smith of Little
Rock, presiding elder of the Texark.
ana district:
10 the ministers. delegates and
visitors of the seventh session of the
Educational Convocation of the State
Of Arkansas: Be it
Resot0ed, That we, the ministers
= iaymen and visitors to the Education.
a. .Convocation of the State of Arkan.
sss extend our thnaks to Bishop K,
A. Carter, and commend him for his
far sightedness, impartial rulings and
Christ-like dealings with the men over
whom he is presiding;
Be it further
RESOLVED, That we, the ministers
ssd laymen Of he state, say to the
G. M. 70. Church, and ito the reading
world, that we style the good Bisho,
as being among the greatest race lead
erw that lives
ReSotued further, That we extend
eur thanks to DR.. R. S. Stout and his
local board of trustees; DR.. C. c. Nea
and his faculty; the local church: the
presiding elder of the Pine Bluff Dis
trfct, Rev. John Brown; and the goot
people of Pine Bluff for the manner il
which they entertained the convoca
ton, and to the Arkansas Gazette o.
Little Rock, the Daily Graphic ant
the Commercial of Pine Bluff for thei,
liberal space"
(Signed) w. Conway Smith, R. s
Stout. W. H. Bell, G. W. Young, G
". Smith and T. G. Carthen.
There was never greater enthusiasm
among Christian workers than wa
seen among the delegation at thi
meeting. The ministers, presidin
elders and laymen wed with eacl
other for first honors. was har,
to tell in the early beginning of tn
rally who would get the first distric
honor. W. S. Davis at that time wa
field marshall; he fought hard, lon
and hard to maintain lule honors ]
looked at one time like the honor, O
! field marshall badge was resting bt
tween S. M. Ballard L. M. Bell an
j. P. Norman. But all of sudden tn
Pine Bluff district rushed and une,
pected Submarine" under sea amids
the financial fighting vessels. an
while the smoke was thick and heav
th1s little submarine unnoticed by an
of the larger "war" vessels, pushe
it's silver painted periscope to the SUI
face, and one shell from this little [
Boat, manned by Rev. John Brown
presiding elder of the Pine Bluff di
trict, sent the big vessel on which IT,
feld marshall, the Rev. w. S. Davi
rode, whirling to the bottom and job
Brown walked off with with the SIS
prize and the field marshall badg
Davis fought hard, but Brown droy
him from the field amidst the shout
OF the loyal supporters of the Pin
Bluff District. The districts reporte
the following amounts:
Little Rock Conference, Little Roc
district, I. p Norman, P. E.. $492.2t
North Little Rock, w. S. Davis, P. +
$257.40; Fort Smith, VIM Herndo
P. E., $553SO; Pine Bluff distric
John Brown, p e., $780,
Arkansas Conference, Searcy Di
trict, L. M. Bell, P. E., $466.21; Wynn
district, Joseph Jackson, P. E.. $35
So; Earl district, S. NJ Ballard, P.
$486.75; BIytheville district, A. Haw
P. E.. $110; Forrest City, R. P. M
Torch, P. e., $43S27.
Southwest Conference, Texarkar
district, w. Conway Smith, P.
1885; Washington district, G.
Young, P. E.. 5000; Magnolia distrit
T. G. Carthan, P. r., s452.13; Cal
den district, G. w. Smith, P. g., $44
and Prescott district, J. Ewing Ku
kendall, p. g., $500. The r. L. Boue
pastor of the local church. won Il
gold medal in class B. and was Civ,
xA6 The Raw C. Bullock mast