The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-11-21
THE SOUTH GEORGIA
METHODISTS TO MEET
CONFERENCE WILL CONVENE
AT WAYCROSS IN FIFTY
SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION.
LOCAL MINISTERS HAVE LEFT
Bishop Ainsworth Will Preside for
The First Time Since He Was Ele-
waited. Five Hundred Preachers to
Attend. Former Pastor Is Host.

Tomorrow, November 22nd, at a.
m. in the First Methodist church OF
Waycross, Ga, OF which Rev: r. r..
Morgan is pastor, Bishop w. \. AIMS
worth will call the 56th session OF the
South Georgia conference to order.
Rev. E F. Morgan, former pastor
OF the Dawson Methodist church, and
Rev. ]. R. Webb, the hosts OF the con-
ference. assisted by Rev. ]. {. FlanA
ders, presiding elder OF the Waycross
district and a committee OF the Way
cross Methodist churches have every
thing in readiness for the coming OF
the Methodist hosts numbering Jour
or FIVE hundred.
DR.. w c. Lovett presiding elder
OF this district, and Rev. Reese Griffin,
pastor of the Dawson Methodist
church, left Monday for Waycross
and today are meeting with important
committees Of which they are mem
bers. Both have taken with them to
the conference splendid reports. As
usual, the Dawson church has met all
OF its assessments in full,
For many years before his elevation
to the episCOpacy Bishop AinsWOrth
served with signal success a number
of the leading churches in the South
Georgia conference.
Bishop to Preside.
He comes at this time to preside
over conference that he is more in
timatcly acquainted with than any
other bishop in the college OF bishops.
In the work of stationing preachers
for the incoming year the bishop will
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elders: Americas district, Rev. w. c. !
Lovett, D. D.; Columbus district, Rev.
]. n. Peacock; Cordele district, Rev.
J. NJ. Dell; Macon district, Rev P. w.
Ellis; McRae district, Rev. ]. NJ.
Glenn; Dublin district, Rev. ]. P. Cut
let; Savannah district, Rev. Bascom
Anthony, d. D.; Thomasville district,
Rev. c. R. Jenkins, D.. D.; Valdostat
district Rev !. c. G. Brooks; Way
cross district, Rev. J. M. Flanders.
OF this number only one, Rev T.
w. Ellis, is completing his fourth
year Under the law OF the church
he will be removed to another field.
Conference Has Lost.
During the year the conference has
lost heavily by the death and transfer
OF several ministers.
Rev. L. A. HILL pastor Of Trinity
church. Savannah, died early in the
year. Rev. ]. B. Thrasher, pastor OF
Douglas, Ga, passed away after a
brief illness, and in midsummer Rev.
B. c. Prickett, pastor of the White
Oak circuit, was killed in an automo-
bile accident.
Rev. Z. T. Johnson was transferred
l. II. I PaT- l
D. Ellis was elected church extension
secretary, and moved 10 Louisville,
XIV. Rev. w. NJ. Bitch who, after the
death of the Rev. Thrasher, was re.
moved from Vidalia to take charge of
the church at Douglas, has been call
ed to Louisville to assist DR.. Ellis in
the establishment OF an insurance
branch OF the church extension board.
Rev. |. L. Llewellyn, after three
years in the Helena and Scotland
charge, has been transferred to the
Virginia conference, and Rev. +. w.
Gray, pastor at Smithville, accepted
position in the Boy Scout movement.
The year just--closing has been
most successful one throughout the
conference. Hundreds have been add
ed to the churches on profession Of
faith, and by certificate. A large numk
Der OF new churches have been or
gained and new church buildings
erected.
Evangeistic Services.
At the approaching conference the
committee on evangelism will suggest
the means OF three new evangeEsts to
work under the direction of Bishop
Ainsworth and the presiding elders in
the mission and sterile points OF the
conference. This will increase the
number OF evangelists to six. Three
have been engaged in district work
during the year, Rev. c. B Mcdaniel,
Cordele and Valdosta districts; Rev;
F. A. Radcliffe, Dublin district. and
Rev. H. ~ Benton, McRae district.