Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-14
FIGURES ON WORK
Of METHOD|STS IN
YEAR ARE GIVEN OUT
BY REV. HOMER THOMPSON


phases of work done this year in
the North Georgia conference were
released late Saturday by Rev.
Henry H. Jones, statistical secre-
tary, as follows:
Presiding elders districts, -; pas
toral charges, 274; churches, S46;
young preachers licensed, 40; num-
Der local preachers, 293; total church
membership, 1925; adults baptized,
1865; infants baptized, 1,247; Ep-
worth leagues, 278; Epworth league
members, 11,757; Sunday schools,
749; officers and teachers, 1892; Sun
day school scholars, 101, 252; mission
airy societies., 1872; members, 1911;
institutions, 6; teachers, 118; stu
dents, 1852; presiding elders paid,
$40,712; preachers paid, $S53,452.
According to the statistics which
have been compiled, gains are shown
in the various departments as fol-
lows: Pastoral charges, 4; local
4 preachers, 20; members, 1,446; Ep-
worth leagues, rs; Epworth league
members, 1850; Sunday schools, 7;
officers and teachers, 1886; Sunday
school scholars, 6,252; members of
missionary society, LOOP; students.
603.
There was a slight slump in the
financial report due to boil weevil
ravages in many sections the grand
total being $1,376,521 against $780,
1893 last year. Even these figures
are gratifying in view of the boil
weevil ravages in many sections Of
the conference.
The Saturday morning session was
marked by the dispatch of a great
deal of routine business, the out
standing feature of which was the
ratification by the legal conference
of the commission on group insur-
ance, authorized to negotiate 81 900
policy on each of the 1923 members
of the conference. active and SUI
perannuate preachers alike.
Bishop w. M. Murrah, of Memphis,
Tenn, presiding over the conference,
preached at II o'clock Sunday
morning at Wesley Memorial church,
and Bishop H. M. DuBose, of Berke-
ley, Cal, who arrived Saturday,
preached at the evening service. The
annual Love Feast was held
7 at the church Sunday morning at 9
o'clock, while the usual Sunday
services were dispensed with.
Visiting preachers occupied the
pulpit of practically every Methodist
church in Atlanta and it's suburbs
at both Sunday services.
Memorial Service
The annual memorial service for
members of the conference who have
died during the last year was
held at Wesley Memorial church Sun
day afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Issuance Of the group insurance
policies will not in any way inter-
fere with the benefits received by
members Of the Widows and Or
phans' Aid association, it was stated
Saturday. The superannuated men,
bers of the conference will receive
a $1,000 policy along with the active
preachers.
The premium on the group policies
will be cared for by an $4,000 item
placed in the annual budget, the i'll
surance commission underwriting
this amount and agreeing to meet
any deficit which may accrue. A
similar plan is expected to be con-
sidered by the South Georgia Con-
ference when it meets.
insurance Approved
The group insurance proposition
was approved by the ecclesiastical
conference last Thursday upon a
resolution offered by Mr. 'Manget,
and the legal conference approved
the following resolution, offered by
Mr.. Bell, by vote of 176 to 10 at
its Saturday morning session.
"Resolved that the president of
q n1th
be authorized to sign a contract
pany to be selected by the commits
sion on insurance. wherein the lii,
Of any member of the North Georgia
conference shall be insured for the
sum of $1,000.
"In the event the insurance COM
pany should reject any member on
account of age then the commission
is authorized to make provision for
such rejected member.
1.-THE following persons, namely:
r. J. Quinn, Miller S. Bell, j. T.
: Duncan. Arthur Brooks. H. Y. Nc
; Cord, Sam Tate, w. I. Bennett, Adj
Olson Maupin, NJ. M. Davies, and
John A. Manget, who were named
by the ecclesiastical conference to
, constitute the commission, snail rep
resent this legal conference.
New Conference Members
At the Saturday morning session,
, it was announced that the follow
4 ing preachers have entered the
, North Georgia conference from 9th
err conferences: Rev. w. S. Nichols,
from the Baltimore conference; Rev.
J. B. Mitchell, from the Florida con-
! ference; Rev. G. S. Fraser, from
$ the North Alabama conference, and
Rev. r. L. Ramsey, from the F'lori-
) da conference.
t Likewise, it was announced that
+ the following members Of the con-
? ference have been transferred; DR..
Walter Anthony, formerly of the
First Methodist church, Athens, to
the Florida conference; Rev. w.
! A. Langley, to the Baltimore con-
ference; Rev. O. NJ. Blackwell,
: to the Virginia conference; Rev.
T. H. Williams. to the Flor
ida conference; Rev. Walter p.
Carmichael, to the West Texas con-
, ference; Rev. f. E. Crutcher, to the
Tennessee conference, and Rev. G..
M. AGREE. to the South Georgia con-
ference.
The present conference has been
notable in that it has been marked
by the attendance of five bishops.
5 In addition to Bishop Murrah, and
: Bishop DuBose, Bishop Gambler, of
! Atlanta; Bishop w. f. McMurray,
. of st. Louis, and Bishop w. B.
, Beauchamp, of Nashville, Tenn,
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