The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-11

siding elders and there are now on thu
| rolls six who have served their foul
years in their present districts and VIII
| be changed, either to other districts OF
put back In the ranks OF itinerant
preachers and given charges.
Those who have served four years
j. E. Wolfe. Tazewell district; NJ. p
Carico, Big Stone Gap district; d. =,
Hurley, Radford district; j. w. RAIDER
Wytheville district; l. p. Martin, Abing-
don district, and ]. B. Ward, Chatta-
nooga district.
Among the charges where preachers
have served four years and are sub
ject to change unless their charges ask
for their return are counted the most
important churches in the bounds Of the
conference. These are Grace church.
Bluefeld W. Va. William Morrell;
Bland Street. Bluefield w. Va, T. s.
Hamilton; Princeton, w. Va. Thomas
Priddy; Wythoville, Va, G. A. Lambert;
Pulaski, Va, r. A. Standefer; Greene
vile, Tenn, ]. B. B. Ely, and Marion.
Va, R. b. Plat.
In Chattanooga, Centenary church is
to have a new pastor, DR.. +. e. Wiley,
not desire to return here, because the
climate does not agree with his health
Other Changes.
Rev. Roy Early, pastor OF Ridgedale,
may not return, not that he has served
out his four years, but because of per-
sonal desire to be transferred to another
conference, where he has been offered
a larger charge than Ridgedale. This
other church, which has invited him,
is in the NJ. IL. church conference. He
has not decided to accept this call, but
there is possibility OF his doing so,
and hence his name appears in the list
of possible changes.
Rev. C. w. williams. who is holding
the pastorate of the church in St. Elmo
as a temporary pastor. intends to re-
turn to college and finish his education,
and hence that church will have new
pastor.
T. H. Houtz, Of Rossville Avenue
church. has served his four years, and
|. A. Hannah of East Chattanooga, VIII
go to another charge on his own re-
quest.
Or. Z. e. Wiley.
The announcement of the removal OF
DR., L. r. Wiley from the pastorate OF
Centenary church and who will be MS
successor has caused good deal OF
interest and speculation, but so far no
member of the church has had an INK
ling of who it will be.
Under the law Of the church, the
appointment of preacher to a church
is entirely in the hands OF the
presiding bishop, and the identity of
any preacher selected for any special
place is a secret the bishops have
learned to keep to themselves until the
last day of the conference, when the
are read out OF course,
the bishop listens to any suggestion the
church members or any committee
named for the purpose may have to
make, but he is bound by no. law or
rule of custom to heed such sugges-
tions.
But no matter who is appointed to
Centenary, 1t Is safe to say that he will
be accepted without a word of objec-
ton.
Another item of interest which this
conference calls up is the question Of
DR.. Steward French's pastorate at the
Grace Street church, Knoxville. He
was appointed pastor Of this church
four years ago, and under the time
limit rule his term would expire with
the meeting Of the conference, but after
serving three years he was given leave
and went to France in Y. M. c. A. work
during the World war.
He spent a year In this work and
then returned to his charge one year
ago. 1t Is understood that the bishop
holds that when he left for France
this terminated his service as pastor,
and having served only one year since
his return, he is entitled to three years
more. Some Of the preachers do not
agree to the correctness OF this ruling
and contend that he has served four
years, and under the rule should be
changed unless the congregation and