White County record., 1922-07-20

?. D. Drake; Sec'ys Miss Lois Vim: .organist, Miss Winnie Marsh, Asst. .0rganist, Miss Leila Herndon.
 Pastor E. C. Lie rendered his res ignation to take effect July II, 1897.
 Rev. E. J. A. Mckinney was called as pastor and accepted at a salary of @450. This was Oct. 2, 1897. Bro. Me Kinney resigned Nov. IT, 1897
 March 10,, 1898, Rev. Mics accept ed a call as pastor of the church. On May. 15, Bro. R. w. Best was ordain- ed. Bro. J. s. Thomas preached the ordination sermon.
 On motion by Bro. Miller, April 23, 1899, Bro, Thompson was made a deacon, as he had been an ordained deacon in a former church,. Pastor Miles having resigned, the church elected Rev.R. Mahan Feb. 1, 1900, at salary of $550. The minutes of Oct. 6, 1900, refers to committees to confer with those members who have not attended services regularly.
 During this year, 1900, the church purchased of Bro. c. Miller property for a parsonage. Minutes of May 31, 1902, refer to 9 committee appointed to see a certain member of the church who had been dancing The guilty party made acknowledgement to the church and was unanimously voted in full fellowship. Minutes of Arg. 9, 1902 refers to member of the church who Was guilty of working in a sa- loon. After proper Bible steps were taken said brother was excluded from the church fellowship.
 Bro. Mahan resigned and the church remained pastorless fol. few months. finally they secured Bro. M. T. Webb, as pastor, Oct 3, 1909.
 Dr. farrell of Texas conducted a two weeks meeting for our church in December, 1905. This was a great meeting.
 Bro. Webb resigned as paStol Sept. l5, 1907. In Dec, 1907, Bro. Charles Kimberlin conducted q very success ful meeting. Following this meeting Bro. Kimberlin Was elected pastor for an indefinite time.
 The church began a series of meet ings October 14, 1908. Bro. Walker of Mississippi assisting. This was a great meeting, resulting in 20 additins to the church. March 21, 1909, Pastor Kimberlin offered his resignation. A pril 4th the church voted not to ac- cept it. July 19, 1909 the church was called upon to give up one of it's most loved members, Sister Eliza Browning Sept. 1, 1909, the church voted to grant Bro. A. L. Best a license to preach. Bro kimberlin offered his resignation which was accepted
 Oct. 10, 1909, Bro. Curl of Jones' boro began a series of meetings, re- sulting in 10 additions to the church. Dec. ,, 1909 the church elected J. H. Browning and ". W. Gill deacons. Bro. Borough preached.
 Feb. 6, 1910, Bro. Chas. Kimberlin was elected pastor. A series of meet ing were conducted in our town from June 16 to July '. 38 members were added to our church. Bro. A "A. Fox of Marianna, accompanied by his singer, Bro. J. A. Brown, began ser ies of meetings Sept. 5, 1910, which lasted two weeks. 13 were added to the church. Bro. Kimberlin offered his resignation to take effect Nov.1, 1910, which was accepted.
 Nov. 9, Bro. N. B. Williams was chosen pastor. He accepted and preach ed his first sermon Nov. 20. March 1, 1911, Bro. Seeley Kelley and Dr. R. L. Little were elected deacons. March 12, 1911, Bro. FIG. Briggs was elect ed deacon.
 It had previously been decided to elect five deacons which resulted in the following: pr. R. L. Little, F G. Briggs, J. H. Browning, W. w. Gill and J. s. Kelley. !
 Sept. 20, 1912 the parsonage burn ed. This seemed to be a very severe blow to the church, because of other financial conditions being considered at this time. Nov. 10, 1912, Bro. N B. Williams preached his last sermon
 At business meeting Jan. 5, 1913 1t was voted to sell the parsonage lot. Jan. 26, 1913 Rev. A. K. Williams was elected pastor, salary 5000 ano parsonage. Aug. 3, 1913, the church voted Pastor Williams thanks for thC nice work which he had done on tht interior of the church building. Rev