Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
LAX ENFORCEMENT
OF LAW SCORED BY
METHODIST PASTORS
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ference is more than $100O,0O0 in
arrears on it's pledges for missions
and he urged that every effort be
made to reduce these unpaid obl1'
cations.
Fraternal greetings were sent to
the South Georgia Methodist con-
ference now in session at cambridge,
and the conference paused for
few moments while two of the pre-
siding elders who have served four
years on their districts and under
the rules of the conference must be
moved this year, were presented with
handsome gifts from their brethren
throughout the district. DR.. j. W..
Quillian, presiding elder of the Au-
gusta district, and DR.. S. r. Eng
land, presiding elder of the Marietta
district, We're the ones thus honored.
A special feature of the session
was the address of DR.. Charles G.
farrell, general secretary OF the hos
pital board of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, south. Basing his adj
dress on the. parable of the Good
Samaritan" Dr. FARRELL made a
strong appeal for a larger support
of this latest general interest of the
church He also told of the achieve
ments of this board since it's organl-
cation in 1922.
Hospital Work
DR.. farrell stated that already hos
pital property worth more than 81,
900, 900 has been offered to the
church, that in the hospitals now
operating from 10000 to 1000 pa
| TENTS are being treated annually,
and that the total hospital property
of the church amounts to more than
$5,000,000. Hospitals are in opera
ton, according to DR.. farrell, at
Montgomery, Ala; Houston, Texas;
Dallas, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas;
Memphis, Tenn; st. Louis; Hatties-
i burg, Miss, and Atlanta, Ga.
The Golden Cross society is a spe-
cial feature of the hospital board,
the annual roll call opening on
Thanksgiving and closing Christmas,
and the membership dues, ranging
from 25 cents to $4,000. Last year
marked the first annual roll call,
and the North Georgia conference
led the entire church in the number
of members enrolled
SuDerannuates Presented
Inc Superannuate endowment
work was presented Thursday bv
Frank l.. Wells, of st. Louis, lust
before the roll call on superannuates
veteran ministers who have retired
from active service. Mr.. Wells out
lDed the plans for the endowment
Tor superannuates urging that the
North Georgia conference set aside a
larger amount to be invested by the
endowment fund directors to provide
annuities for these retired preachers.
More than a score of white haired
veterans of the Methodist itinerancv
responded to their names when the
roll of superannuates was called
some of them speaking briefly of
their service. Among these were the
Kew. j. V. Morris, of Athens, ninety
five years old, the oldest member of
the North Georgia conference. who
interested his hearers for several
minutes with a brief description of
his service and with advice to young
preachers
Mrs. w. II. FELTON,, of CartersviIle.
Ga, the only woman ever to be
named United States senator, was
presented to the conference during
the morning and was given Il rousing
reception. Mrs. FELTON, is a lifetime
member of the Methodist church and
her late husband was for many years
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