The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-03
me- HODISTS Begin
PREPARATIONS FOR
Big CONFERENCE
SOUTH GEORGIA BODY WILL
CONVENE IN ALBANY NOVEM.
Der q - EVERY AVAILABLE
HOME WILL BE NEEDED.

| Albany, Oct. 1.-The Albany Meth
odist church has begun preparations
for entertaining the South Georgia
Conference, which, will convene here
November Il. More than 400 dele
gates are expected to attend About
100 of this number will be laymen
who are delegates from their districts
or members of the quadrennial
bOadrs. There are ten districts in
the conference and each one sends
four lay delegates. The different
conference boards have ten lay mem
bers. There will be several official
visitors representing different inter
ests of the Methodist church in the
South.
It has always been the custom for
all these members and delegates to
be given entertainment by the peo-
pie where the conference meets, thee
other denominations joining with the
Methodists on the principle of
swapping work" The town that this
year entertains a Methodist confer
ence may soon have to care for
convention Of Baptists, Presbyteri-
ans, Episcopalians, or some division
Of the religious army All the
churches in Albany joined in the in
vitation that brought the conference
here, as did the the Chamber of Com
merce and the citizens generally.
One among Albany's many fine traits
is the manner in which her churches
work together. Naturally the great
ar part of the work OF caring for the
conference will be done by the Meth
odists, but all the people should and
will be glad to do their part.
This is the third time the South
Georgia Methodists have held their
annual meeting in our city. They
met here in 1868 when the Rev.
Henry Moore was pastor of the
church. Bislc3 ;'cc7To F. Pierce pre-
sided. He was The friend Of Toombs,
Stephens, Hill and the Cobbs and was
| the greatest orator of them all. His
reputation as an eloquent speaker ex-
| tended even in those days from ocean
| 70 ocean.
Again in 1882 the conference met
| horo Nv nT JXv;l1;o,o,o l,o;,-. H.
! pastor and Bishop II. H. Kavanaugh
presiding. Bishop Kavanaugh was an
other one Of the giants of that peri
cd.
The conference convenes on We'd
pesday, November IA, and will close
On the next Monday morning. From
start to finish it will be acked full
ct business, so those say who have
seen the body in action. Business is
! conducted with the minimum of fric-
ton and delay, yet the time allotted
IS full short for all that must be done.
The South Georgia Conference is
ane of fifty such bodies in Southern
Metliodism, including five mission
conferences. It is said that none of
these will fail to mee1 his year. All
will be held in the sUal way and all
will be entertained by some town CT
city, as Albany people vii car for
til South Georgia delegation.
Among eX-Albany pastors who will
lake prominent part in the proceed
ings are, Rev w r. Smith, who has
been chief secretary for several
years; Rev. T. II. Thomson, assistant
s2cretary and treasurer for home
missions; Rev. l. P Tyson. one Of
The ten presiding elders; Rev. L. j.
Ballard, chairman Of the joint board
Of finance; Rev. J. H Harmon, COM
missioner for Emory University, and
Dr. Rascom Anthony, pastor at Val
dosta and one Of the leaders on the
conference floor.