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It has been accepted for inclusion in Official Journal of the Kentucky Annual Conference by an authorized administrator of ePLACE: preserving, learning, and creative exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH One hundred and third Session HELD IN Union Methodist Episcopal Cliurch Covington, Kentucky September 25-29, 1929 [5] PRICE, 35 CENTS Whether You Are Using The Improved Uniform Lessons The Closely Graded Lessons or The Group Lessons in sronr CHURCH SCHOOL Tonr TEAGHEI&S and OFFICEBS Should be provided with The Church School Journal ^ in all grades above the Junior. The Elementary Magazine in all grades up to the Intermediate. Every CHURCH SCHOOL STUDENT ^ Should ba given one of the g3 Weekly Story Papers for home reading. �fj The Classmate to Intermediate Boys and Girls, Young People and Adults. ^ The Target to Jimior and Intermediate Boys. ^ The Portal to Junioi and Intermediate Girls. Paper to Little Children. ^ The Picture Story The PARENTS and HOME DEPARTMENT WORKERS ^ will profit by the use of ^ First Steps in Christian Nurture G The Home Quarterly a The Home Visitor M And Your ORGANIZED BIRLE CLASSES AA will enjoy the magazine especially prepared for their own use� ^ The Adult Bible Class Monthly ^ Write tor SAMPLES OF THESE PERIODICALS ^ and Terms of our SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER The Methodist Book Concern (Founded I 789) Cincinnati New York Chicago Kansas City Boston Pittsburgh Detroit San Francisco Portland, Oregon Methodist Hospital of Kentucky j PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY | The Kentucky Conference, together with our friends in � Ohio, have been answering the "Macedonian Cry" for help ( which came to them from the mountains of Kentucky in a / most practical way. The Hospital pictured above has been jl administering to the bodies, minds, and spirits of thousands | of people during the past five years. ^ We have come to the last, long hard pull in our efforts ^ Ken- to retire the bonded indebtedness of the Institution. j tucky's part of the balance to be raised is $18,500.00. j The Conference accepted a program which calls for the / raising and sending direct to the Hospital this fall the j in amount of 15 per cent of the cash salary of each pastor j the bounds of Ashland, Barbourville, and Covington Dis- s tricts. In addition to this, one -third of the World Service ( apportionment from each church in the entire Conference / is to be sent as a special designated gift to the Board of } Hospitals, Homes and Deaconess Work, 740 Rush Street, ^ Chicago, lUinois, to be applied on the above $18,500.00. ? For further information address, i S. K. HUNT, PikeviUe, Kentucky | I Institute HELD AT UNION COLLEGE Barbourville, - - Kentucky A Faculty which will be the best ever, so Watch for our July date C. E. VOGEL, Business Manager JOHN L. TILTON, Dean OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE Kentucky Annual Conference OF THE Methodist Episcopal Church One Hundred and Third Session held in Union Methodist Episcopal Church, Covington, Kentucky, September 25 to 29, 1929. Presiding Bishop: H. LESTER SMITH, D.D., LL.D. Edited by the Secretary: W. W. SHEPHERD, Louisa, Kentucky. Published by the Publishing Committee: J. H, Lyon, W. C. Stewart, W. S. Peters, S. C. Rice, H. S. Baumgardner, John Venn. H. E. Trent, CINCINNATI THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN PRESS 1929 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Officers of the Conference. II. Boards, Commissions, and Committees. III. Daily Proceedings. IV. Disciplinary Questions. V. Appointments. VI. Reports� (a) District Superintendents. (b) Standing Committees and Boards. (c) Special Committees. (d) Conference Statistician. (e) Conference Treasurer. (f) Other Treasurers. (g) Miscellaneous. VII. Memoirs. VIII. Roll of the Dead. (a) Members of Conference. (b) Widows of Deceased Members; Wives of Members. IX. Historical. (a) Sermons and Historical Addresses. (b) .Former Members and Probationers. (c) Conference Sessions. (d) General. X. Miscellaneous. (a) Plan of Conference Examination. (b) Conference Rules of Order. (c) Supplies and Local Preachers. (d) Lay Associations. XL Pastoral Record. XII. Index. PAYMENT FOR CONFERENCE MINUTES THE PUBLISHING COMMITTEE takes pleasure in sending forth the Conference Minutes this year at the same reduced price. THE PRICE, if paid to the Treasurer within sixty days, is 25 cents per copy; after that time the regular price of 35 cents per copy will be charged. ALL PASTORS are expected to present the Minute Account at the FIRST Official Board Meeting following the receipt of the Minutes. Payment to be immediately forwarded to the Treasurer, Mr. John Venn, 420 Plum Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, and thus save the increased cost to the local church. EVERY CHARGE throughout the Conference re ceives a pro-rata supply of copies of the Minutes. Retired Ministers and Widows have mailed to them a copy of the Minutes free of charge. For the Publishing Committee� Jas. H. Lyon, Chairman; W. W. Shepherd, Secretary of Conference. I 0iiittti of tijt Conference PRESIDENT H. LESTER SMITH, D.D., LL.D... .352 Derby Circle, Chattanooga, Tenn. SECRETARY W. W. SHEPHERD Louisa, Kentucky ASSISTANT SECRETARIES T. B. Ashley, J. H. Lyon STATISTICIAN S. C. RICE 316 Prospect Street, Bellevue, Kentucky ASSISTANT STATISTICIANS 0. J. Polley, G. M. Haggard, S. A. Matthews, W. A. Humphries, Charles Mitchell, R. M. Harrison, Russell R. Patton, W. F. Cochran TREASURER W. S. PETERS Ill East 6th Street, Newport, Kentucky ASSISTANT TREASURERS E. M. Rose, O. W. Robinson, I. S. Pineur, J. Ralph Wood AUDITOR W. H. MUNCY Mt. Olivet, Kentucky REGISTRAR H. C. SIMS 231 Farley Street, Paducah, Kentucky DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS E. R. OVERLEY Ashland, Kentucky C. E. VOGEL Barbourville, Kentucky H. E. TRENT Covington, Kentucky JOHN L. TILTON Louisville, Kentucky 93 II poarirs;, Commissiiong, Committees (a) BOARDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES W. H. Davenport, Chairman; W. W. Shepherd, Secretary; E. P. Hall, Treasurer; E. R. Overley, J. O. Gross. BOARD OF EDUCATION First Class�E. R. Overley and Harry C. Bullock. Second Class�W. W. Shepherd and Alvis S. Bennett. Third Glass�C. E. Vogel and A. S. Morgan. Fourth Class�John L. Fort and James D. Black. Fifth Class�J. R. Wood and A. M. Decker. Sixth Class�E. P. Hall and A. B. Cornett. UNION COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Bishop H. Lester Smith and President J. O. Gross, ex-officio First Class�E. R. Overley, H. E. Bullock, and C. B. Nordeman. Second Class�W. W. Shepherd, Alvis S. Bennett, and Jakie Howard. Third Class�C. E. Vogel, A. S. Morgan, and John W. Potter. Fourth Class�J. L. Fort, Jas. D. Black, and Henry Payne. Fifth Class� T. R. Wood and A. M. Decker. Sixth Class�E. P. Hall and A. B. Cornett. BOARD OF MINISTERIAL TRAINING E. P. Hall, Chairman, Ashland, Kentucky H. C. Sims, Registrar, 231 Farley Street, Paducah, Kentucky W. C. Stewart, J. R. Wood, F. H. Larrabee, J. B. Kenyon, J. H. Lyon, J. L. Fort, H. C. Sims, L. B. Phifer, S. K. Hunt, T. B. Ashley, S. C. Rice, W. W. Shepherd, John O. Gross, and A. S. Godbey. BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS District Superintendents, and J. L. Williamson, A. S. Bennett, C. S. Wilson, Robert McKeag, District Epworth League Presidents, and District Missionary Secretaries. DISTRICT BOARDS OF FOREIGN MISSIONS Ashland District.�District Superintendent, and T. B. Ashley, Garland H. Rice; District President Epworth League, ex-ofiicio. Covington District.�District Superintendent, and W. S. Peters, Robert McKeag, J. R. Coppin; District President Epworth League, ex-officio. Barbourville District.�District Superintendent, and O. W. Robinson, C. S. Wilson; District President Epworth League, ex-officio. Louisville District.�District Superintendent, and J. L. Fort, A. S. Bennett, G. A. Giles; District President Epworth League, ex-officio. 94 19291 Methodist Episcopal Church 95 DISTRICT MISSIONARY SECRETARIES Ashland District.�J. R. Wood. Barbourville District.�C. R. Garland. Covington District.�Ivor G. Hyndman. Louisville District.�J. F. Arnold. BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION Ashland District.�District Superintendent, and W. W. Shepherd, A. S. Morgan. Barbourville District.�District Superintendent, and D. C. Johnson, S. L. Renfro. Covington District.�District Superintendent, and W. S. Peters, John Venn, L. H. Wilson. Louisville District.�District Superintendent, and J. L. Fort, C. B. Nordeman. BOARD OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS W. E. Cissna, E. N. Early, O. W. Robinson, J. T. Martin, S. C. Rice, W. A. Humphries, W. C. Stewart, and T. B. Ashley. BOARD OF STEWARDS First Year.�O. W. Robinson, A. S. Morgan, and J. M. Literal, Secre tary-Treasurer. Second Year.�J. R. Coppin, W. W. Shepherd, and A. H. Davis, President. Third Year.�W. H. Muncy, C. E. Vogel, and J. H. Richardson. BOARD OF MANAGERS PREACHERS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION Officers.�E. R. Overley, President; L. H. Wilson, Vice-President; J. R. Coppin, Treasurer; J. T. Martin, Secretary and Financial Agent. John H. Miller, term expires, 1930; W. C. Stewart, term expires 1931; George E. Engel, term expires 1932; John R. Coppin, term expires 1933; E.