The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-11-20
A new PASTOR IS
SENT TO DAWSON
REV. T. H. THOMSON SENT HERE,
REV. STANFORD TO CORDELE.
REV. CHESTER RETURNED.

The people of Dawson were both
surprised and disappointed when it
was learned Monday that Rev. T. B.
Stanford had not been returned to
Dawson, but had been assigned to
Cordele. He has served this church
only one year, was universally be-
loved and the entire city will give
him and his family up with regret.
They will leave for their new home
next Monday. There is much salts
faction at the return of Rev. o. B.
Chester as presiding elder of the dis
trict.
Rev. 7. H. Thomson comes to
Dawson from St. Paul church, Co.
lumbus. He is one of the strongest
and most popular preachers of the
conference, and will be given a cor
dial welcome here.
Appointments For This District.
The appointments for this district
are: o. B. Chester, presiding elder;
Americas, First church, Paul W. FL
lis; Americas, Lee street, S. E. Jen-
kins; Americas circuit, j. w. Patter-
son; Arlington, w. G. Allaben; Blake
ly, N. T. Pafford; Blakely circuit, to
be supplied by Mack Pearce; Bron-
wood circuit, J. B. Griner; Cuthbert,
W. A. Huckabee; Dawson, T. H.
Thomson; Edison circuit, W. C.
Glenn; Ellaville circuit, J. E. Samp-
ley; Fort Gaines circuit, Moses Reg
lister; Leary circuit, E. P. Drake;
Leslie circuit, C. T. Clark; Parrott
circuit, j. E. Summer; Plains circuit,
]. w. FINLEY; Sasser circuit, A. W.
Quillian, Jr.; Shellman, j. T. Ryder;
Shellman circuit, George F. Erwin;
Springvale circuit, H. H. Heisler;
Smithville circuit, Marvin Vincent;
President Andrew College, ]. W. Ma
lone, Cuthbert @. c.; missionary to
Cuba, j. o. Elkin.
Preachers well-known here, IN
Guiding former pastors, were assign
ed as follows; J. B. tombstone, st.
Paul, Columbus; W. F. Smith, pre-
siding elder Cordele circuit; T. A.
Davenport, Ashburn; J. H. Scruggs,
Hawkinsville; T. D. Ellis, Mulberry
street, Macon; L. W. Colson, presid-
ing elder McRae district; o. F. Cook,
presiding elder Savannah district;
j. NJ. Cutler, Trinity, Savannah; E.
F. Morgan, presiding elder Waycross
L. j. Ballard, Brunswick; J.
z. McFerrin, Waynesboro; C. A.
Jackson, Waycross.
Conference Statistics.
The statistical secretaries, one of
which was Rev. J. E. Summer, of
Parrott, compiled and submitted to
the conference the following inter-
esting statistics:
Number of infants baptized dur
ing the year, 1895; adults baptized,
1905; number of Epworth leagues.
II; league members, 4,846; number
of Sunday schools, 878; Sunday
school officers and teachers, SOB;
Sunday school scholars, 59,525; as
sessed for superannuated preachers,
widows and orphans, $23,970; paid
to claimants, $23,597; contributed
for foreign missions, S34,769; home
and conference missions, $685.;
for church extension, S13.551; for
c }ucation, $15,878; for the American
Bible society, $12,O22; paid presid-
ing elders, $28,58O; paid pastors,
$244,980; for support of bishops,
S4,081; number of societies, SIT |
of houses of worship, 1877;
value of houses of worship, $2,443,-
500; Indebtedness thereon, $66,383;
number of pastoral charges, 244;
of parsonages, PIT; value of
parsonages, 1882, O64; indebtedness
thereon, $17189; number of dis
tricts, 10; number Of district parson-
ages, 10; value of district >parson-
ages, $4,000; insurance carried, ST.
O28,035; losses sustained, $13,073;
premiums paid, S8,OO8; copies of
general organ taken, 248; copies of
organ, 5,110; grand total