The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-08
METHODIST CONFERENCE
NEXT AT CRYSTAL SPRINGS
interesting Write-Up by Member Re-
fers to Many Ministers Well
Known in Bfookhaven.


Known in BfOokhayen.
The following write-up OF the
Mississippi M. e. Conference by Rev.
e. II. Cunningham appeared in Sum
days Commercial Appeal and will be
of great interest to readers Of the
Leader since so many of the mem-
bers mentioned have been connected
with Brookhaven, or now are in
ministerial or educational capacity;
but read for yourself
The classic little city Of Crystal
Springs viii be the host of the hum
dreds of ministers and laymen who
compose that distinguished body of
religious workers, organized into
what is known as the Mississippi
Conference ever since 1913.
DR.. w. B. Jones. pastor Of the
First Methodist church, and pastor
host of the conference this year, to-
gether with his committees, is COM
pleting the arrangements for enter
tanning the 109th annual session of
the Mississippi Conference which will
convene in the handsome new First
Methodist Church Nov. 20, when
Bishop William Newton Ainsworth
will preside.
The Mississippi Conference COM
prises the southern part Of the state
by an official boundary line running
across the southern boundaries of
Washington. Holmes, Attala. Wins
ton and Noxubee counties.
The cities of Hattiesburg, Vicks-
burg, Meridian, Gulfport, jackson
and Natchez lie within this confer
ence territory.
The following named districts form
the conference divisions into presid-
ing elders districts:- Brookhaven,
Hattiesburg. jackson, Meridian, New
ton, Seashore and Vicksburg.
Mississippi Conference preachers
and laymen. many Of them. are
prominent leaders Of Southern
Methodism.
Such real Give wires" among the
laity as viii Denman Of McComb.
John A. MCLEOD and w. S. F. Ia
tum. Hattiesburg, DIR. J.. M. Sullivan
Webb Buie and Boyd Campbell Of
Jackson, w. d. Hawkins, Meridian,
Uncle George Mars, Philadelphia,
and Judge M. M. Satterfield, Port
Gibson, are making their plans to at
tend the Crystal Springs conference
as usual and to plan for larger things
while there for 1923.
Mfllsaps College, Whitworth Col
lege, Port Gibson Female College and
Seashore Camp Ground School lie
within the bounds of this conference
and will submit their annual reports
through their representative at
Crystal Springs.
The Mississippi Orphans Home,
one Of the largest and best equipped
institutional homes Of the south, To-
Gated in Jackson, is managed by a
distinguished member of this con-
ference. Rev. B. F. Lewis. DR.. Lew
is was honored this year by. being
elected to the presidency Of the
Southern Association of Orphans
Homes.
Rev. John Chambers, Jackson. is
the Sunday school field secretary of
this conference, and has made
things happen this year again in
teacher-training and general in
crease in efficiency work. There are
very few rural schools in the Mis-
sissippi conference, where John has
not been to train and help general
ly.
Then there is Rev. ]. M. Morse,
Jackson, conference secretary of eo
ucation. who always plans we'll,
thinks a proposition clearly through
and executes his plans. Reports from
his office and from the various
charges visited during the year indi-
cate splendid years work in this
important field. M. M. Black is COM
missioner for Millsaps College and
has been untiping in his efforts to
promote the interests of this A grade
college made possible by the muni-
ficence of,the late Maj. Millsaps.
DR.. A. F. Watkins. president of
Millsaps, and DR.. l. w. Cooper. pres
ident of Whitworth, have seen the
steady and substantial progress of
the institutions under their care.
In brief many hundreds have been
added to the church throughout the.
districts, new buildings have been
erected and indebtedness on other
buildings, both parsonages and
church buildings have been .discharg-
ed because Of the faithful efforts Of
pastors and people. The Crystal
Springs conference will be a great
conference. New quadrennial boards
will be perfected at this session.
Crystal Springs is no novice in en-
tertaining great religious bodies.
Four times has she entertained Mis-
sissippi's conference in 1853, 1870,
1882 and 1889.
The last time the conference met
in Crystal Springs (1S89) it was
presided over by that illustrous son
Of Mississippi. Bishop Charles B.
Galloway.
A new r1odern church plant, re-
Gently completed and equipped as one
of the finest anywhere in the state
will open its doors to the members
of the Mississippi conference Nov.
20.