Evening star., 1928-05-13
CHURCH NOTABLES
WILL GATHER HERE
Clerical and Lay Leaders to
Be Delegates at 0cto-
ber Convention.

Included in the array of notables
who viii attend the general convention
of the Episcopal Church here in Oc-
tober will be outstanding bishops of the
church and laymen who have won their
laurels in many fields Of cndcavor
Prominent among the bishops will be
Right Rev Thomas F. Gailor, former
president Of the National Council and
Bishop Of Tennessee. and Right Rev. G
Fl Brent. Bishop or Western New York
..oading laymen who Will participate in
-. Eiena.al gathering will include
Eillia.n Cooper Proctor. the manufac-
turer, active in the community chest
movement; Warren Kearny, New Or
leans business man. who took a major
part in the preparations for the general
convention which met in 1925 in his
city, and Richard l. Manning, former
governor of South Carolina.
Bishop Gailor is the son of a colonel
ir the Confederate army who lost his
life in battle. AS churchman and man
Of affairs. Bishop Gailor enjoys the
distinction of having at various times
been the confidential friend and adviser
of Grover Cleveland and William How
ard Taft, AS churchman. he is one
Of the leaders of the house of bishops.
Sketch of Activities.
His activities as ehurchman and citi-
zen are illustrated in the fact that in
addition to serving as Bishop of TenneS-
see and president of the National Coun-
Gil of his church. he is also chancellor
Of the University of the South; has rep
resented his State in the national di-
vorce congress of the Chamber of Com
rnerCe of the United States. of which he
was the virs president; served as a
member of a commission to investigate
q threatened strike of railway employees
in 1917: acted as arbitrator in settling
the street railway strike in Nashville in
1916, and was a member of the commit
tee of Is on foreign relations and ma
tional defense IN the World War
Bishop Brent was transferred TO the
Office of Bishop of Western New York
in 1913. having served for II years as
missionary bishop to the Philippine
Islands.
He was chief of chaplains in the
American Expeditionary Forces during
the World War A native of Canada,
he has an international reputation not
only as a churchman and theologian,
but for his work in the cause of Chris
tian unity. international peace. suppress
sion of the opium trafic and other
humanitarian causes.
Former Gov. Manning will in ali
t1RE UlICSl lay uElcSdLG
point of continuous service at the con-
vention. since he has been a delegate
from the South Carolina diocese since
the convention of 1892. The convention
OF 1928 will mark the thirteenth gen.
eral convention in which he has sat
a total Of 80 continuous years of Serv-
ice TO the church. Gov. Manning is
one of the foremost representatives of
the new South. He is a cotton planter
a bank president, a director in an in
surance company, a college trustee and
was governor from 1915 TO 1919.
known for Church Work
Mr.. Proctor will represent the Diocese
Of Southern Ohio in the general con-
vention He is well known capitalist
and philanthropist of Cincinnati Head
OF the soap concern that bears his
name, MIR. Proctor years ago retired
from active business to devote himself
to church and philanthropic move
ments. He recently made gift of ST.
600 900 TO the Cincinnati Art Institute
and has been heavy contributor to
the support Of ST. Lukes international
Hospital, an Episcopal Church institu-
ton in Toxic. Japan.
Mr. Kearny, who will represent the