The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06
State SUNDAY scbool convent,on

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The committee on entertainment
of delegates 10 the State Sunday
School Convention TO be held Oct nth,
18th and 18th, have districted the city
and appointed committees to canvass
the districts for entertainment for dele
gates. Alarge attendance is anticipated,
and the committee earnestly hope that
the reputation of our city for hospitali
ty will be fully maintained, and evil
denced by the willing and ready response
of our citizens to the solicitations
of the canvassing committee. Delegates
will commence to arrive on Tuesday
morning. Entertainment will be want
ed for man and beast, so that those being
in situation to care for horses will
confer favor by indicating it.
| There will doubtless be cases where
some can furnish lodging. but cannot
furnish meals, and others who would
| cheerfully board, but for want of room
cannot lodge delegates. Please report
in all such cases how much of either
you can do.
| Parties that will entertain and who
are expecting friends among the dele
gates viii please give the names of such
expected friends to the committee, in
order that such assignments may be
made.
Should any be omitted by the canvass
ing committees please hand in your
name and residence together with the
number you can entertain. to either E.
E. Holmes, E. w. Cunningham, Jno
Bay. j. S. Richardson or s. B. Riggs.
The following are the boundaries oil
districts and committees for each.
LIST. East of Commercial aud north OF
Ninth avenue. Committee-AIrs. s. r
Hall and Mrs. E. w. Cunningham.
I'd. East of Commercial and from
Sixth to Ninth avenues. Committee
Mrs. W. E. Griffith and Miss NettiC
Smith.
Sd. East of Commercial and from
Third to Sixth avenue. Committee
Mrs. Bragunier and Miss Lizzie Jone.
4th. From Commercial 10 UnioI
streets and from Third avenue south
Committee-Mrs. w. ]. Jones.
9Th East of Union street and from
Third avenue south. Committee-Mrs
Scott and Mrs. Fred Stuckey..
i 9th. From Commercial street west u
: Congress and from Third avenue south
Committee-Mrs. Hugh Thomas ant
Mrs H. Hughes.
9TH. From Congress street west an'
!, from Third avenue south. Committee
$ Mrs. j. F. Drake and Miss Minnie Craig
a Sth. State street west, and from Thir
s TO Sixth avenues. Committee-Mrs.J
/ Stotler, Mrs. ]. NJ. Steele.
; 9th Commercial street to State stree
J, and from Third to Sixth avenues. Con
), mitttee-Mrs. ID. C. McMurtrie and Mr.
J. DIR. j. A Young.
d 10th. Commercial street west, betwee
5. Sixth and Eighth avenues COMMITTEE
T. Mrs. l. E. Perlcy and Mrs. j. J. Buci
d 18th. Between Commercial street an
[. State street, and between Eighth an
!; Twelfth avenues. Committee-Mrs.
!; T. Kirkendall and Mrs. Haincs.
8. 18th. West of State street, betwee
| tAll0 hCllbh nhCuACo' NOtAAAAl
d tec-Mrs. DIR. Wright and Mrs. Eas
J. man.
18th. North of Twelfth avenue. Coz
mittee-BIiss Grace Wood and Mi
Shoemaker.
{ 14th. East of Eighth street. Commi
II tee-Mrs. III. Stubs and Mrs. p. p. II
N herman.
y Amongst the cOlored people south
Is Sixth avenue. Committee-Elbert Lo
H. and Emanuel Upton.
&c North of Sixth avenue. Committee
u G. S. w. Lewis and Henry Rogers.
40 1t is earnestly hoped that the comm
III tees will each make careful canva
u of the districts assigned them. CONNER
:" ing their canvass not earlier than Thu
IS day, October 9th, and completing it
Saturday. October 9Th, SO that their
n ports may be in the hands OF the CO.
"a mittee by 8 O'Clock a. m, Monday, DC
- Der 10. Papers for memoranda will
- furnished each committee before t
day fixed to make the canvass
By order of the general committee
entertainment.
E. E. HOLMES, Chairman.
~ S. B. RIGGS, Secretary