The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-23
Around the Triangle.
State Sunday school Con-
ventiOn. Prohibition,
&c.
Up the o. IL. II. and Around
the ii. a. d.

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er Valley.
At Williamstown we waited an
hour for Barnum's circus to get
all the peoples money and let
them go home to growl about the
times being so hard that they have
to "stop their papers"
Just above Sistersville note was
made of the wonderful avalanche"
we have been reading about. The
whole hillside, acres of land, with
huge cliffs of rocks and timber, is
slowly settling in an awful mass,
threatening to sweep away or en-
gulf the railroad track when it is
reached
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
At Wheeling the State Sunday
School Convention was found in
session, at the Fourth st. M, E.
Church, with Rev. ]. S. Pomeroy
in the chair.
The Convention was largely at
tended, with many prominent Sun
dy School workers present, among
whom Mr.. William Reynolds of
Peoria, H., and Rev. S. .Barnitz, of
Des Moines, Ia, besides those from
various sections of our own State.
During the two days and even
ings, able and interesting addresses
were made by Mr.. Reynolds, Bishop
Peterkin, Rev. S. B. Barnitz, J. W.
Carter, S. B. D. Prickett, L. E. Pc
tiers, J. H. Flanagan, Hons. Wait
man T. Wiley, Frank Woods, G.
W. Atkinson, Mrs. Annie Sweeney
Fleming, Prof. Jones, (colored) and
others.
The paper by Mrs. Fleming on
GLOW to Feed the Lambs" was one
of the richest contributions of the
Convention.
Over $500 was pledged for the
work of organization during the
next year.
The good people of Wheeling
entertained the delegates with a
hearty and royal generosity.
The sessions were held, daytime
in the Fourth St. M. E. Church,
evenings, in the First Presbyterian
Church. The choirs of both
churches delighted the Convention
with choicest music; and altogeth-
er it was remarked by all, that 1t
was the best Convention ever held
in the seven years history of the
organization.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The following officers were duly
elected for the coming year:
President, George w. Atkinson,
Wheeling.
Vice Presidents, Rev. L. E. Peters,
Clarksburg; Rev. R. A. Gibson,
Parkersburg; Mr.. S. K. Jacob,
Worthington; Rev. John w.
Hampton, Kanawha county.
Recording Secretary, Prof. U. S.
Fleming, Grafton.
Statistical Secretary, Mr.. Robert
E. Lindsay, Hancock county.
Members Of the Executive Com
mittee, to take the place OF retir-
ing members, Mr.. H. D. Boughner,
Clarksburg; Rev. J. 0. Thompson,
Keyser; Rev. D. M. Sleeth, Cairo.
After a mass meeting, Thursday
evening, addressed by Rev. S. B.
Barnitz, of Iowa, and Mr.. VIM.
Reynolds, of Illinois, the Conven-
ton adjourned, time and place of
next meeting to be fixed and an
nounced by the Executive Commit
tee.
ON TO CAMERON TO A PROHIBITION
RALLY.
Wheeling has a great deal more
time than eternity. She has Sun
time, B. & O. time, Standard time,
Central time, behind time, ahead
Of time, and all other sorts of time,
while Judging from the cordons of
saloons that line the streets, she
takes little note of eternity.
This variety of time explains how
The FREEMAN scout left his hotel
ahead of time and got to the depot
behind time, and was compelled to
take through freight" with two
huge engines fore and aft to pull
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