The Brunswick news., 1917-05-02
Local Delegates to Episcopal
Convention viii be Guest of
Savannahians.
,7G DELEGATES TO GO
Questions of irnportances For
Chprch Organization W;il be
Settled and Work Outlined for
Coming Year in Diocese.

nus pl.dillN dJldu55SiHcnlS dIt bS-
ing fast arranged for the ninety-fift:t
annual convention Of the Episc ,pai
diocese OF Georgia whose sessions will
! be held at st. Paul's church ii. Sa-
vannah May and 10. and to which
rs delegates will attend Brunswick
ian lay and clerical delegates viii be
guests of Savannahians as foilcWs;
Rev. R. E. Boykin with Rev. W. 7.
Dakin Rev w T. Winn with hrs
C. H. Meldrim; j. E. duBignon. viii.
r. T. Walters; c. Downing at Hotel
Savannah; j. NJ. Ralston With NJ s.
Hopkins.
Questions of importance to the
churchIand diocese will be >ettied ut
the convention and thcrt will he
notable speakers. the annUAl sd-
dress OF Rt. Rev F. p. REESE, }. D.,
Bishop of Georgia, will oe 'livere6
on The opening morning of the con
vention
Perhaps the most important bust
nes will be amenlhS the canor5 ol
the diocese so as to admins 'er and
maintain the operation OF the pension
fund for Episcopal clecgymen To
do this. a new off ce will have to be
! created and an officer elected to have
charge of collecting the pension pre-
miums and to be agent of the central
office in New York city.
The report of J. Randolph Ander-
son. OF Savannah. chairman of the
committee which had chacse OF ais
ing the diocese's share f pensi IT
fund, will be read. The Diocese Of
Georgia was asked to raise $4,000 OF
this fund-it raised $33, 3,904.05. the re
port will show. The amount aimed at
for the funds which provides for pen
sions for Episcopal clergymer all over
the United States. was S5.000,0O0
ub dIipltitL t-Cltdllg diNtu Nuc Pp'-
100000 This money. Bishop Reese
pointed out. will not be used as n
capital fund to pay pensions from the
accured interest thereof. hut will be
used to provide for accured liabilities
and for the pensions of the older mem
bers Of the clergy from whose sala
ries premiums have not been taken.
The whole $65O0,000 fund will be used
up in a generation; the other pen
sions after the fund is exhausted will
. be paid indefinitely by being collect
ed at the rate Of 1-2 per cent year
from the salaries Of the clergy. It
les to collect these premiums in this
diocese that the new officer will be
elected at the convention.
The proposed amendments to the
Episcopal PRAYER book tentatively
adopted by the General Episcopal
Convention at st. Louis last Octobe'
and to be finally acted upon by this
general convention in 1919. will come
! up for adoption or rejection by the
diocese Also. the proposed amend
ments to the constitution of the ger
eral Episcopal convention of the Uni
ted States will come up for vote.
I Officers and committees will he elect.
! ed for the following year.
There will be three notable speak
ers for the first night of the conven-
I ton: Rev r. L. Patton, D. D. CT At
lanta, provincial secretary OF tho
Board Of Missions and also agent for
! the American Church institute fof
negroes will outline the work of this
! institute. This institute helps tc
maintain the normal and industrial
school for negroes at Brunswick The
/ second speaker will be Rev Gardner
; L. Tucker, Of Houna, La.. secretary
of the Provincial Board of Relieioue
education. Rev Charles l.. Pardee
D. D., Of New YORK city. secretary OF
the American church hhuiGing fun4
commission. will speak on the work
OF this commission.