The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-12-15
CLOSING DAY METHODIST
CONFERENCE FINDS INTEREST
AT ITS HEIGHT; APPOINTMENTS
LATE TODAY Or TONIGHT
YESTERDAYS SERVICES WERE ATTENDED BY TREMENDOUS
THRONGS; WOMEN ORGANIZE SOCIETY CORRESPONDING TO
THE CONFERENCE BROTHERHOOD
(By E. F. Ley.)

This is in all probability the clos
ing day Of the seventy seventh sessio,
OF the Florida Annual Conference. I
mas IN all respects, so far, been on
OF the most interesting and helpfu
sessions of the Conference. Brother
ly love and confidence have been man
ifested from the first day of the ses
sion. Visiting friends have been i'm
pressed with the rotherly atmos
phere, and the devotional spirit tha
has been shown.
The appointments will be mad,
either late this afternoon or tonight
A large number of the wives of tht
preachers and lay delegates have beer
present and have shown as much in.
terest in Conference work as thei,
husbands. One new feature of the
Conference may be stressed, and tha,
is the admission of women delegates
for the first time. So far, these dele.
gateshave not taken part in the dis
cussion of subjects that have been
considered, but doubtless when "t'he
new wears of they will be more in
clined to speak. But this does not
signify that they have not been active
in Conference work, as much of this
is done in the preparation of reports
that are carefully prepared before
they are submitted for consideration
Another thing that has been done
by the visiting women is the organi
zation of society corresponding to
the Conference Brotherhood. This
society is composed of the wives Of
preachers as participating members
and the women of the church general
ly. as contributing members. 1t Ia
believed that such organization will
not only bring about a better ac
quaintance of the wives of preachers
and foster social relations, but will
be of assistance to the Brotherhood
through the increase of comradeship
The officers are: President, Mrs. R.
r. Smith; secretary, Mrs. ]. Lawton
Moon; treasurer, Mrs. Ira S. Patter
son.
Conference came to order at the
Usual hour with Bishop Gambler pro-
siding and Rev. l.. W. Moore offering
prayer.
The bishop delivered another of his
splendid morning talks, which was
one of the best. The fact is, the Con-
ference will look forward to these ad-
dresses next Conference with much
pleasure.
After the reading of the minutes
question 20 was resumed, and the fol-
lowing pastors made their reports and
had their characters passed. H. T..
Gaines, R. H. Barnett, G.. II. York,
I. L. c. Barr, A. l.. Hope, Fl. r.
Partridge, j. H. Daniel, Smith Har-
lin. H. F. Harris. w. J. Carpenter.
B. Reed, j. W. Longacre. J. w
Taylor, R. H. Alderman, F. M. C.
Eads G. E. Gutteridge. r. F. Hod-
lett, w A. Fischer, ] R. Cason, W.
Il. Funk. c. W. White, F. L. Crow
sen. G. W. Stubbs, A. NJ Dagger, ].
). Chapman, C. W. Matheson, A. H.
Hancock. E. K. Denton. ]. l.. Hun
er M. T. Brantley l.. W. Higgs, G.
:. Clark, G. A. Davis, r. E. L. Fol-
iom. G.. P. Hendry, W. G. Strickland
". NJ. Poage. Thos. r. Adams, ]. d.
'ibert. H. G. Davis, s. W. Lawler.
lanes B. Hendry. F. B. Langford. w. |
!. Nease. L. W. Moore. T. W. Tom
lies. Holmes Logan. w. C. Fountain,
\. C. Mccall. W. C. Norton. G.. S.
henderson. W. A. Cooper. ]. s. |
l.. M. Broyls. W. J. Palm
II. T. J. Nixon. B. X. Thrower. Ira
J. Patterson. G. Perez. 1
The following who are supplying
works made excellent reports: RI.
Illen. J. s. crisweII, G. W. Hern-
Ion. W. A. Lowder Homer A. Davis.
7. J. Thompson. ] H. .Koestline.
Fine Sermon by Bishop Gambler
Yesterday was great day with the
florida conference. The love feast at
be Methodist church will be long re-
nembered by the vast audience thai
lied the church and vacant space all
round. The exercises ere led by Rev.
I. E. Partridge and scores of wor-