The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-09-08
SOUTHERN METHODIST
CONFERENCE SEPT. 20
Central City To BE Gathering Point
For Churchmen.


1922 session of the Louisville Con-
ference of the Southern Methodist
Church. always an event of prime in
terest and Importance to the Metho-
dists of a large part of Kentucky,
will be held at Central City, Septem-
Der 20-24 inclusive. This is nearly
weak earlier than the conference
usually convenes. There are over
500 churches in the conference, and
b tween three and four hundred
ministers and delegates will be in at
tendance, and to these the people of
Central City are planning to show
splendid hospitality.
Many matters, such as considera-
ton of centenary, the educational
campaign, the coming drive to raise
100000 for the support of SUI
perannuotes. the raise of twenty-five
per cent ordered by the last general
conference in all of the conference
claims. as we'll as the affairs of the
church, the Epworth League, the
Sunday schools, the missionary So
cieties, the Preachers Aid. the cause
Of temperance and social service, etc.
will be up for consideration.
But the matter to which every
Methodist looks forward, whether he
is otherwise interested or not, is the
assignment of pastors. Under a re-
cent modification of the church law
bishop. under certain conditions,
has the right, if he thinks it best
to exercise it, to return a preacher
TO a charge for more than four years
in succession. And the churches
have been quick to take advantage
of this. In the conference this year
are five preachers who are complet-
ing their fifth year, these being the
Rev. f. C. Cole, at Chapel Hill; the
Rev. c. p. Walton, of the Scottsville
Circuit: the Rev. J. C. Rawlings, of
the First Church at Henderson; the
Rev. C. f. Carter. Of the Highland
Park Church, at Louisville; the Rev.
w. C. Frank, of Greenville.
Those who are completing their
fourth year are the Rev. V. w. Ell
gin, of Adairville; the Rev. j. w.
Cassaday, of Rocky Hill; the Rev. K.
V. Bennett, of Columbia; the Rev.
]. G. Akin, OF Lebanon; the Rev. p.
p. Napier, of Vine Grove; the Rev. w.
H. Archy, of Darlington; the Rev. A
R. Kasey, of Hopkinsville; the Rev.
l.. F.. Piercey. of Hopkinsville Cir
cult: the Rev. A. d. Leitchfield, of
Princeton; the Rev. j. T. Rushing,
of Messick Memorial, at Louisville;
the Rev. P. L. King, of Portland, at
Louisville; the Rev. Carl c. Gregory
of Settle Memorial, at Owensboro;
the Rev. C. G. Prather, of West
Broadway, at Louisville.
1t is probable that the bishop VIII
be asked to return several of these
in one case is this assured for the
Hopkinsville church has already for
mally petitioned that DR.. Kasey D.
| returned to them.
The law with regard to presiding
elders was not modified and still re-
mains arbitrary that at the END oil
four years they must be changed
This will bring changes in four OF the
seven districts of the conference
those affected being the Rev. G. w
Hummell. of tho Bowling Green Dis
trict; the Rev. T. l.. Hulse, of the
Henderson District; the Rev. b. Nj
Currie. OF the Hopkinsville District
the Rev. l.. X. May of the Owensboro
District. One of these has already
been placed, the Rev. T, l.. Hous'
having recently been named as editor
of the Central Methodist, the confer
ence paper. He will assume his du'
ties in October.
Bishop U. V. w, Darlington, OF
Huntington. w. Va, will be the pre-
siding bishop this time and for the
three succeeding years. This Is his
first visit as presiding bishop to the
conference in Kentucky.