Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-11
METHOD|STS MOVE
To GIVE INSURANCE
To ALL MINISTERS
Commission Created to Me-
gotiate $1,000 Policies at
Tuesdays Session of An
nuaI Conference

authorized to negotiate a $1,000 pol.
icy for each member Of the North
Georgia Methodist Conference, was
created under a resolution passed
Thursday morning by the conference
in session at the Wesley Memorial
church.
The resolution, which was offered
by John A. Manget, prominent At.
lanta layman, directed that $4,000 be
placed in the annual budget to care
for the insurance premiums, and
named the following on the commits
sion:
R. J. Quinn, Sam Tate, Miller S
Bell, c. Whiteford Smith, II. Y. Nc
Cord, Addison Maupin, M. M. Davies,
Arthur Brooke, Rush Burton, J. I.
Duncan, John A. Manget and w. I.
Bennett.
The commission, it was stated,
will provide $1,000 insurance policy
on the life of each of the 323 active
ministers and the 68 superannuated
preachers in he North Georgia con-
ference. Creation of the commission
mar :, rudical change in the con.
ference policy Of caring for it's wild.
oWs and orphans, an assessment
plan agains- the pastors and laym n
formerly having been employed.
Short Debate
Introduction of the resolution by
MIR. Mango provoked sp- rited but
short debate. Among the preach
ers who opposed the group insur.
ance plan was Rev. J. V. M. Nor
ris, the oldest Methodist preacher in
Georgia, who sad that ministers
who believed in God and lid their
duty would be cared for in ~ end.
The Manget resolution was passed
after a motion to table it had been
defeated by a rousing chorus Of
mays" Mr.. Manget announced a
meeting Of the commission for 8
o'clock Friday afternoon at room 101,
Wesley Memorial building, to work
out details of the plan.
DR.. j. H. Fakes, presiding elder of
the South Atlanta district, said he
was not opposed to passage of the
L SooA0bAOAA IL IlAS ia LllC GULF
mission would agree to underwrite
the amount of the premiums. should
this item be confronted by a deficit
in the conference budget. Mr.. Man.
get announced that the laYmen were
willing to do this.
Bishop Introduced
Another feature of the morning
session was the introduction IF
Bishop W. B. Beaucnamp, of Nash.
vile, Tenn, and Bishop William F
McMurry, OF st. Louis, Mo. Bishop
Warren A. Gambler, of Atlanta, was
introduced at the Wednesday session
and Bishop w. B. Murrah. of Mem
phis, Tenn, is presiding Bishop H
NJ. DuBose, of Berkeley, Cal, and
Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of Wash
ington, also are expected to atten
the conference. comprising what is
probably the greatest coterie of bis'l
ops ever assembled in Atlanta.
At II o'clock Thursday morning
the regular order of business was
dispensed with and the conference
was given over to a discussion Of
the centenary movement, which/wa4
marked by rousing addresses by
Bishop Beauchamp, Bishop McMur
ry, DR.. w. G. Cram, Of Nashville,
Tenn, and Rev. w. T. Hunnicutt, of
Atlanta.
The conference applauded wheo
Bishop Beauchamp referred to for
mer Premier Lloyd George, quoting
him as stating that the Turk should
not be allowed in Europe If his COM
ing meant war.
DR.. Cram made rousing plea for
the payment Of Centenary pledges,
declaring that the North Georgia
Conference was asked to pay $780,
600 within the next two months. The
sum of $668,000 of the amount
pledged has been paid, he said, leav.
ing deficit of approximately 1884,
355 standing against the conference.
PrOyidential Movement
He described the Centenary move
ment as "a great providential move
ment," and said that in later years
it would be recognized as one of the
great erochal undertakings Of the
church. He asked the pastors and
laymen to cooperate in meeting the
emergency"
The Centenary movement was
launched at the general conference
which was held in Atlanta little
more than four years ago.
Five preachers were admitted on
trial as itinerant pastors, as follows:
Walter M. Dean, A. B. Elizer, H. A.
King, J. H. Kelly and R. j. Broyles'
while the following preachers were
located at their own request: G. j..
Tyler, L. w. Neft, and M. K. Patillo.
DR.. r. L. Russell. home mission
secretary, and DIR. f. S. Parker, Sec
rotary of the Epworth league board,
both Of Nashville, Tenn, were intro
duced to the conference Thursday
morning.
Pastor Given Gift
Rev. John f. Yarbrough, retiring
presiding elder of the Dalton dis
trict, was notified Thursday morning
by Bishop Murrah that the pastors
and laymen of his district have
purchased a handsome silver serv-
ice as a token Of their esteem for
him, and that the gift is being held
for him by Mrs. Sam P. Jones, Of
Gainesville.
The conference got down to bust
ness Thursday morning and great
deal of routine business was trans
acted. Reports from the under
graduates were hear dand their char
acter passed, the men being advanc-
ed to the next years class.
The conference is being widely at.
tended. the man auditorium being
comfortably filled at eac'. session.
Many women are attending the ses.
sions.
At o'clock Thursday afternoon
pr. Walt Holcomb, general evange,
list of the conference, who recently
returned from an extended evange-
listic tour through central Europe,
was to preach at the Wesley Me
mortal auditorium.
Lay members Of the conference
together with lay members of all
conference boards and committees