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Asbury Theological Seminary ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange Minutes of the Kentucky Conference Methodist Episcopal Church 2017 1914 Minutes of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church: The iE ghty- Eighth Annual Session Methodist Episcopal Church Follow this and additional works at: http://place.asburyseminary.edu/mechurchminutes Part of the Appalachian Studies Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, and the Genealogy Commons Recommended Citation Methodist Episcopal Church, "1914 Minutes of the Kentucky Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church: The iE ghty- Eighth Annual Session" (2017). Minutes of the Kentucky Conference. 37. http://place.asburyseminary.edu/mechurchminutes/37 This Periodical/Journal is brought to you for free and open access by the Methodist Episcopal Church at ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Minutes of the Kentucky Conference by an authorized administrator of ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Eighty-Eighth A nnual Session Kentucky Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Covington, Ky., September 2-7, 191 4 Price, Fifteen Cents 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 arl .. 11 .... 'Effj Union College The Kentucky Conference School -:- BARBOURVILLE, KY. NION COLLEGE deserves a loyal support of Kentucky Methodism. It is a well-equipped, U progressive and efficient school. The Faculty is com posed of Christian men and women. The variety of courses offered gives an opportunity for a wide range of 'III work. The two dormitories provide excellent homes for m boarding students. - ill An unusual opportunity is afforded by our branch of III the well-known BRYANT & STRATTON BUSINESS COLLEGE, which offers regular or special business courses. Catalogs cheerfully furnished on request. Apply to B. C. LEWIS, Business Manager, BARBOURVILLE, KY. MINUTES OF THE KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE Methodist Episcopal Church Eighty-Eighth Annual Session Held at Covington, Ky., Sept. 2-7, 1914 Official Journal CINCINNATI: METHODIST BOOK CONCERN PRESS 1914 CONTENTS. Anniversaries. .. ...... 186 Appointments .................................................... 187 Certificate of Ordination .......................................... 181 Conference Boards ................................................ 156 Conference Boards of Church Location .............................. 156 Conference Committees. .. 158 Conference Societies. .. 157 Conference Sessions. .. 164 Daily Proceedings .............................................. " 168 Disciplinary Questions.. ......................................... 165 J oint Report of Board of Stewards and Treasurer of Preachers' Relief Association. .. 210 List of Our Honored Dead ......................................... 228 Memoirs. .. 221 Missionary Appropriations ......................................... 209 Note of Advertisements. .. .. 154 Official Certificate. .. 161 Official Journal. .. 168 Officers of the Conference. .. 155- Organization ..................................................... 155· Plan of Studies ................................................... 162 Register and Directory. .. 159' Report of Treasurer of Board of Education .......................... 212 Report of Treasurer of Preachers' Relief Association .................. 211 Report of Treasurer of Conference Trustees .......................... 220 Reports of Various Committees .................................... 215 Statistics. .. 190 Treasurer's Report. 200 Trustees of Kentucky Conference ................................... 156 We would call the attention of all our friends who receive a copy of the Minutes to the firms and institutions whose advertisements appear herewith. They are well known for their reliability. Anyone patronizing them will confer a lasting favor if they will refer to the Minutes as the place where they learned of the business or institution. PUBLISHING COMMITTEE. 154 ®rgani?ation. OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE. PRESIDENT. REV. BISHOP F. D. LEETE, D. D., LL. D. SECRETARY. GEORGE W. BUNTON. ASSISTANTS. E. R. OVERLEY. A. H. DAVIS. O. J. CARDER. STATISTICAL SECRETARY. C. B. PLUMMER. ASSISTANTS. D. W. BROWN. W. H. DAVENPORT. J. U. BROWNE. T. M. DAVIS. H. W. SEIFERT. HOWARD TRENT. L. O. CARDER. TREASURER. F. W. HARROP. ASSISTANTS. J. M. LITERAL. W. W. SHEPHERD. S. K. HUNT. G. N. JOLLY. 155 Kentucky Conference CONFERENCE BOARDS. TRUSTEES. A. Boreing, President; J. D. Walsh, Secretary and Treasurer; E. L. Shepard, G. N. Jolly, F. W. Harrop. EDUCATION. Geo. W. Bunton, President; Joshua Shaw, Vice-President; A. S. Bennett, Secretary; C. B. NOldeman, Treasurer. FIRST CLASS .................... E. L. Shepard, J. W. Henderson. SECOND CLASS ....................... T. Hanford, A. M. Decker. THIRD CLASS .................. Geo. W. Bunton, C. B. Nordeman. FOURTH CLASS .................... Bird Hughes, Joshua P. Shaw. FIFTH CLASS ...................... Alvis S. Bennett, J. D. Walsh. SIXTH CLASS .. " .................... 0. J. Carder, Harold Means. HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION. Geo. W. Bunton,President; L. H. Wilson, Vice-President; John A. Johnson, Secretary; John Venn, Treasurer; L. H. Wilson, W. Jones, E. Walker, Don Weaver, C. C. Chase, W. F. Taylor; ex-officio, the District Superintend ents; G. N. Jolly, J. W. Cantrell, A. H. Davis, E. B. Hill. DISTRICT CHURCH LOCATION. Ashland nistrict.-C. B. Plummer, J. U. Browne, J. A. Williams, H. Means, H. S. Howes. Covington District.-J. G. Dover, Nicholas Feagan, 1. M. Lane, W. H. Davenport, G. N. Jolly. Lexington District.-O. G. Ragan, A. H. Davis, L. R. Godbey, H. A. Brooking, A. M. Decker. Louisville District.-E. L. Shepard, C. B. Nordeman, W. F. Wyckoff, A. C. Hoefflin, J. W. Cantrell. DISTRICT MISSIONARY SECRETARIES. ASHLAND, H. E. Trent; COVINGTON, T. B. Stratton; LEXINGTON, E. R. Overley; LOUISVILLE, S. K. Hunt. TRIERS OF APPEALS. Thomas Hanford, F. T. Kelley, J. F. Hopkins, J. M. Melear, J. W. Cantrell, E. P. Hall. RESERVES: O. J. Carder, W. F. Wyckoff. FRATERNAL RELATIONS. J. H. Anderson, E. L. Shepard, J. A. Johnson, J. P. Shaw. COMMITTEE ON CONNECTIONAL FUND OF CONFERENCE CLAIMANTS. G. W. Bunton, J. A. Johnson, E. B. Hill, J. W. Henderson, T. B. Ashley, E. T. Daniel, W. C. Stewart, John A. Creech. CONFERENCE BROTHERHOOD. E. L. Kemp, President; G. W. Bunton, Secretary. Methodist Episcopal Church 157 CONFERENCE BOARD OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS. Wm. Jones, J. W. Henderson, J. R. Parker, W. F. Taylor, L. H. Wilson, John Venn, Elbert Wesley, A. M. Decker, A. S. Godbey, C. Haswell, E. L. Shepard, S. K. Hunt. ELIZABETH GAMBLE DEACONESS HOME ASSOCIATION. John A. Johnson, O. H. Roetken, H. D. Cooper, Mrs. A. Robson, Mrs. J. S. Simcox, Mrs. P. Youmans, W. F. Taylor, G. W. Bunton. TO PREACH THE MISSIONARY SERMON. E. R. Overley, J. G. Dover. DISTRICT BOARDS OF FOREIGN MISSIONS. Ashland District.-District Superintendent, President; O. J. Carder, Secretary; Judge H. B. Rice, Harold Means; District Epworth League Pres ident ex-officio. Covington District.-District Superintendent, President; G. W. Bunton, Secretary; John A. Johnson, E. R. Nash; District Epworth League President ex-officio. Lexington District.-District Superintendent, President; J. M. Melear, Secretary; A. M. Decker, J. A. Creech; District Epworth League Presi dent ex-officio. Louisville District.-District Superintendent, President; T. M. Ander son, Secretary; C. B. Nordeman, J. H. Peak; District Epworth League Pres- ident ex-officio. CONFERENCE DEACONESS BOARD. FIRST YEAR.-J. R. Howes, J. H. Richardson, Mrs. L. H. Wilson. SECOND YEAR.-A. H. Davis, Coleman Haswell, Mrs. Harold Means. THIRD YEAR.-F. W. Harrop, Joshua Shaw, Mrs. A. C. Berry. OFFICERS.-A. H. Davis, Chairman; Coleman Haswell, Treasurer; F. W. Harrop, Secretary. SOCIETIES. HISTORICAL. J. W. Zimmerman, President; J. D. Walsh, Secretary; E. L. Shepard, Treasurer; G. N. Jolly, Custodian; H. C. Northcott, Conference Historian. MISSIONARY. F. W. Harrop, President; E. P. Hall, Secretary; G. N. Jolly, Treasurer. CONFERENCE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE PREACHERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION. G. W. Bunton, President; J. G. Dover, Vice-President; F. W. Harrop, Secretary; J. A. Johnson, Treasurer. MANAGERS.-G. W. Hamilton, term expires 1915; J. W. Henderson, term expires 1916; A. Boreing, term expires 1917; J. A. Johnson, term expires 1918; G. W. Bunton, term expires 1919; J. Harry Richardson, term expires 1920; F. W. Harrop, term expires 1921; J. G. Dover, term expires 1922; C. C. Chase, term expires 1923. KentuckyConfe'rence CONFERENCE COMMITTEES. Auditing Accounts.-J. F. Hopkins, Eli Wesley, H. W. Seifert. American Bible Society.-E. B. Hill, A. S. Godbey, T. M. Anderson, W. H. Munsey. Book Concern Accounts.-N. H. Young, L. R. Godbey, J. W. Cantrell. Books and Periodicals.-W. W. Shepherd, W. F. Wyckoff, J. T. Mar. tin, J. F. Lewis. Conference Relations.-J. R. Howes, Isaiah Cline, W. H. Davenport, T. M. Davis. District Records.-William Jones. Education.-E. P. Hall, A. H. Davis, A. F. Felts, S. K. Hunt. Epworth League.-J. M. Melear, F. T. Kelly, J. M. Literal, L. O. Carder. Foreign Missions.-J. W. Cantrell, W. H. Morris, R. T. Harper. Freedmen's Aid Society.-J. D. Walsh, L. R. Godbey, G. W. Bunton, T. M. Anderson. Home Missions and Church Extension.-W. F. Taylor, H. D. Cooper, E. R. Overley, W. F. Wyckoff. Missions in the Conference.-District Superintendents. Memoirs.-Amon Boreing,