The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-04-23
County Sunday school Convention.

Pursuant to call Of the Executive Com.
mittee, the Lincoln Comfy Sunday
School Convention met at the Methodist
church In Brookhaven ut 8 o'clock Thurs
day evening, April 16, 1891, and was call
cd TO order hy the President. Rev. j. II
Gambrell.
After devotional exercises, conducted
by the President, the program arranged
for the occasion by the special committee,
was taken up.
In the absence of the Secretary Miss
Lou Lowell, b. T. Hobbs was requested Ia
act rs Secretary pro TEN.
The subject of "How to eulist church
members in the Sunday School work, "
was discussed by DR.. r. s. Woodward, L.
T. Fitzhugh and others and the Conven.
ton adjourned until Friday morning at
. o'clock.
Friday morning the Convention met
pursuant 10 adjournment, and after deyO-
tional exercises, proceeded with the fur
Their discussion of the program.
During this portion of the proceedings,
Miss Lou Lowell read an exceptionally
fine paper on 1.-THE Teacher; What man
ner of person !" and by unanimous vote
of the Convention was requested to fur
nish copy to the LEADER for publica-
ton.
1t being announced by the President
that the regular Secretary, Miss Lowell,
would DO absent from the County IL pOr-
ton of the summer, on motion the Exec
ntive Committee was directed to appoint
an assistant Secretary.
1t was resolved to hold Sunday School
Institutes in each Of the beats Of the
county rs soon as convenient; and the
vice. Presidents of tho several beats we're
requested to cooperate with that end in
view.
X. 8. Ricketts,, 8. P. Mckee and u. L.
Hobbs being appointed as q committee to
nominate delegates to the State Sunday
School Convention, which meets in Green
vile April % 80, reported the following !:
J. Fl. Gambrell, L. T. Fitzhugb, j. n.
Cooke, Mrs. NJ. Z. Strickland and Miss
Addie Marshall. The report was adopt
ed.
The President announced that in addi.
zion to the foregoing, each Sunday School
In the county would be entitled to one
delegate in the State Convention.
All Schools represented, as we'll as all
county Sunday Schools not represented,
were requested to forward at once to Miss
Lowell, Secretary, report of their
schools, giving names of officers, Dumber
of teachers and scholars enrolled, aver
age attendance, amount of money raised
duling last year, for what paid out, etc.
All schools were also requested to furnish
with their reports the constitutional as
pessm ept for the State Convention work
as follows: Schools of 100 and over,
$1.50; with so and less than 100, $l.0O;
with less than 90, so cents.
The Secretary was directed to obtain
copies of the proceedings of the last State
Convention as soon as practicable and
distribute same to all county schools
through tho Vice. Presidents.
A call of the roll by the Secretary,
showed the following schools represented
in this meeting.
Brookhaveu (Methodist)-By r.
Woodward, w. II. Huntley, DIR. Wesley
Martin, l.. 7. Fitzhugh, w. b. Murrah,
r. s. Ricketts,.
Brookhaven (Bartist) BY J. ii. Gam
brell, b. T. Hobbs, Mrs. NJ. +. Strickland,
Mrs. NJ. f. Bennett, Mrs. j. II. Gam
brell.
Brookhaven (Presby teriau)-By Miss
Lou Lowell
Mt. Ziou-By Isaac Smith, Mrs. Isaac
Smith.
Matthews Chapel-By j. G. Sessions
New Home-L. F. Chamberlin.
IIenck's Retreat-Perry Smith.
Oak Grove-J. S. Burns, Mrs. j. s.
Burns, N. B. johnson, Mis-. N. B. John
son.
Union.-John d. Bailey, J. w. Bryant.
Topisaw-J. F. Greer, Jr., w. C. Sum-
mers, Miss Sallie Summers.
Beaver Greek and Hard Times-J. c..
Harding.
friendship. Q. Byrd.
New Hopper. r. Applewhite.
Bethel-S. P. McRee, w. W. McLaurin.
Grange IIall-W. F. Smith.
Friday afternoon at 4:30, after most
pleasant, harmonious and profitable ses-
sion, the Convention adjourned, subject
to the call of the County Executive Com
mittee. b. I. HOBBS,
Secretary pro tenn.
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