THE CUMBERLAND CONFERENCE.
By Smith Sharp
The first annual session of the Cumberland Conference convened according to appointment, at Graysville, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1902. Besides the Conference laborers, Elders A. G. Daniells, W. C. White, and R. M. Kilgore, and Brother E. R. Palmer were present. Eight churches, having a total membership of four hundred and seventeen, were represented by thirty delegates. There has been an increase of thirty-seven members, and a small increase in tithe during the year. Brother Geo. W. Wells, who has held license for several years, was ordained, and received credentials. The Executive Committee was increased to seven. Three of its members (Elder O. C. Godsmark and Brethren Osborn and Brice) live in Kentucky; and the remaining three associated with me on that committee92(Elder G. W. Wells, Professor Tenney, and Dr. Hayward) reside in Tennessee. On account of the Southern Union Conference, which was appointed to convene at Nashville, January 3, our session was brief, and much important business was left for the Executive Committee to transact. Brother E. W. Carey, 46 Lexington Ave., Lexington, Ky., is Treasurer of the Conference and Secretary of the Tract and Missionary Department, and Mrs. Mary Eldridge, of Graysville, Tenn., is Secretary of the Conference. The tithe was sufficient to settle the accounts of all the laborers, and the debt on the tract society is rapidly decreasing.