NAMES AND BOUNDARIES OF CONFERENCES.
Alabama Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Southern Railroad,
running from Meridian, Miss., to Selma, Ala., and thence on a straight
line to Georgia; on the East by Georgia; on the West by Mississippi, and
on the South by the Gulf of Mexico and Florida.
Arkansas Conference.—Bounded by the State lines North of the Arkansas
River, with an imaginary line running to the Indian Territory and to
Perry County. The Arkansas Conference includes all territory in the
Northeastern part of the state not included in the Little Rock
Conference.
Central Alabama Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad from the line of Mississippi to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, thence
along the Alabama Great Southern Railroad to Birmingham, thence along
the Southern Railroad to the State line of Georgia; on the East by
Georgia; on the West by Mississippi, and on the South by the Alabama
Conference; Northport to be included in the Central Alabama Conference.
Central Georgia Conference.—Bounded on the North by the southern
boundary line of the Georgia Conference; East by the State line; West by
Flint River; South by the South Georgia Conference.
Central Texas Conference.—Beginning at the Northeast corner of Rockwall
County, running thence East on parallel 33, across Hunt County, thence
Southeast to the M. K. & T. H. R. R. (including South Greenville and
Lone Oak in the Central Texas Conference) down to the T. & P. R. R.,
thence East on the T. & P. R. R. to the 95th meridian, then South to
Troupe leaving out the Winona Circuit. Thence North from Troupe, up the
I. & G. N. railroad to Longview, thence Southeast down to Tenaha,
leaving Beckville Circuit, Carthage Circuit and Post Oak in the East
Texas Conference; thence East to the Louisiana state line, beginning
from Logansport, La., running West along the Northern boundary lines of
the Shelby and Nacogdoches counties and an imaginary line running across
Chewokee County to the Naches river (including Lynflat Circuit) thence
up to the Naches river to the I. & G. N. R. R., thence South on the I.
G. & N. R. R. to Galveston (Houston, Galveston, Trinity and Sunnyside
Circuit not included in the Central Texas Conference.) The Southern
boundary shall be the Gulf of Mexico and the Rio Grande. The Western
boundary of the Central Texas Conference begins at the Northeast corner
of Rockwall County and follows the Eastern boundary of the West Texas
Conference to Corsicana, thence along the Southern boundary of the West
Texas Conference to the Rio Grande River.
East Texas Conference.—Bounded on the North by Oklahoma; East by
Arkansas and Louisiana to the H. E. & W. T. Railroad; West by the H. E.
& W. T. Railroad to Lufkin, thence West by an imaginary line to the East
boundary line of Anderson County to Trinity River. Texarkana is not
included in the East Texas Conference. The H. E. & W. T. Railroad shall
not include any part of Timpson circuit.
East Florida Conference.—Bounded on the West by the Aucilla River, and
including all that part of the State East of said river.
El Paso-Pacific Mission Conference shall include the following territory
to wit: The Pacific Slope from Canada to Mexico, Nevada, New Mexico,
Arizona and such portions of Texas as lies West of the line beginning at
the northeast boundary of Winkler County, and extending East on the
eastern boundary line of Ward, Reems, Jeff Davis and Presadion counties
to the Rio Grande River.
Florida Conference.—Includes all that part of the State of Florida West
of the Aucilla River.
Georgia Conference.—Bounded on the North, East and West by the State
line; South by the southern boundary line of the following counties:
Richmond, Warren, Hancock (except Sparta), Putnam, Jasper, Butts,
Spalding, Coweta and Heard.
Illinois Conference includes that part of Missouri South of St. Louis,
the State of Illinois and Lake County, Tennessee.
Kentucky and Ohio Conference.—Bounded on the North by the northern
boundary line of the State of Ohio; West by the L. & N. Railroad,
running from Bowling Green to Elizabethtown, thence to the I. C.
Railroad to Cecilia, thence to the I. C. Railroad to Louisville; East
and South of the State line.
Louisiana Conference.—Bounded on the North by Arkansas; on the East by
the Mississippi River; on the West by Texas; on the South by an
imaginary line beginning at the mouth of Red River and running West
across the State.
Little Rock Conference.—Bounded by all that part of Arkansas South of
the Arkansas River, with an imaginary line running to Oklahoma and to
Perry County; also including the city of Texarkana. Little Rock
Conference embraces all other territory of the state not included in the
Arkansas and Southwest Arkansas Conferences.
Memphis-Jackson Conference.—Bounded on the East by the Tennessee River;
on the South by the State of Mississippi; on the West by the Miss.
River; on the North by a straight line running parallel with the general
course of the L. & N. R. R. to the Tennessee River.
Missouri and Kansas Conference.—Bounded on the East by the Southeast
Missouri and Illinois Conference; West by the western boundary line of
the State of Colorado; North by Wyoming; South by Oklahoma; said
Conference to include the State of Colorado.
Mississippi Conference.—Bounded on the North by 34th parallel of North
latitude and North Mississippi Conference; on the East by Alabama; on
the South by the line beginning at the southwest corner of Kemper County
and running between Lauderdale between Neshoba, Newton, Leake, Scott,
and North between Scott and Leake to Pearl River; then Pearl River due
west to the town of Canton, then west with the south corporation line to
the Black River, then northeast with Black River between Madison and
Yazoo Counties to Holmes County, then on the line between Yazoo and
Holmes to Washington County, then on a line between Washington and Yazoo
counties to Sharkey County, then with the line between Sharkey and Yazoo
counties to Issaquena and Sharkey to the southwest corner of Sharkey,
due west to the post office or town of Arcadia.
Mississippi Mission Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Mississippi
Conference; on the East by Alabama; South by the Gulf of Mexico and
Louisiana; on the West by Louisiana and the Mississippi River.
Muskogee Conference.—Bounded on the East by Arkansas; on the North by
the State line of Kansas so as to include Coffeyville; on the West by
Texas, and on the South by Oklahoma Conference; Spiro to be included.
New Orleans Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Louisiana
Conference; on the East by the Mississippi River; on the West by Texas;
on the South by the Gulf of Mexico.
North Alabama Conference.—Bounded on the North by Tennessee; on the East
by Georgia; on the West by Mississippi, and on the South by the Central
Alabama Conference; and includes all that portion of the State of
Alabama not included in the Alabama and Central Alabama Conferences.
North Carolina Conference includes the State of North Carolina.
N. Mississippi Conference.—Bounded on the North by Tennessee; on the
East by Alabama; on the South by the 34th parallel of north latitude,
which runs with the south line of the corporation of the town of Okolona
in the county of Chickashaw, and between Charleston on the North and
Tillatoba on the South. The former in Tallahatchie and the latter in
Yallabusha, with Sumner in the Mississippi Conference and Dublin in the
North Mississippi Conference to the Mississippi River, and on the West
by the Mississippi River.
Oklahoma Conference.—Bounded on the East by Arkansas; on the South by
Red River; West by Texas, and North by a line beginning at Harrington
and running East to Okafushee to south line of Muskogee Conference.
South Carolina Conference includes the State of South Carolina.
Southwest Arkansas Conference begins at the Northwestern boundary of
Howard County and runs eastward along the Northern boundary of Howard
County to Hot Springs County; thence South along the Eastern boundary of
Clark County to Dallas County; thence across the Northern boundary of
Dallas County to the Saline River; thence Southward along the river to
the Louisiana state line; thence West to the line of Texas.
South Georgia Conference.—Bounded on the North and East by the northern
boundary line of Troupe and Merriwether Counties to Flint River, running
South to Dooly County along northern boundary line of Dooly County to
Oconee River; down the Oconee River to the Altamaha River, along this
river to the State line; South by Florida; West by Alabama.
Southwest Georgia Conference includes all the territory of the state not
included in the Georgia, Central Georgia and South Georgia Conferences.
Tennessee Conference.—Bounded on the North by the State line; on the
South by Alabama; on the West by the West Tennessee Conference; on the
East by the State line.
Texas Conference.—Bounded on the North by the northern boundary lines of
the counties of Shelby and Nacogdoches, and an imaginary line running
across Cherokee County to the Naches River, including Woodville and Alto
circuits, then up the Naches River to the I. & G. N. Railroad; East by
the State line so as to take in Palestine and Wells; South by the Gulf
of Mexico; West by the Colorado River. Simpson circuit included in the
Texas Conference.
Washington and Philadelphia Conference includes the states of Virginia,
West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York
and District of Columbia.
W. Tennessee Conference is bounded on the North by the Ohio River and
Kentucky; on the South by the general course of the L. & N. R. R.; on
the East by the Tennessee River and on the West by the Mississippi
River.
W. Kentucky Conference.—Bounded on the North by the Ohio River; West by
the Mississippi River; East by the Kentucky and Ohio Conference; South
by the State line.
West Texas Conference.—Bounded on the East by Grayson, Collins, Rockwell
and Dallas counties, down to the southern boundary line of Dallas County
to Trinity River, down to Cotton Belt Railroad; South by the East
boundary line of Navara and Freestone Counties to the I. & G. N.
Railroad to San Antonia and Austin (San Antonia to be included in the
West Texas Conference), on the Southern Pacific to Rio Grande River;
North by Red River to northern corner of Grayson County.
=PART IX.=
THE RITUAL