The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-28
EIGHT HUNDRED AT A PICNIC.
Primary and intermediate Depart
ments of the Baptist Tabernacle
Sunday School Have Their
Outing.

Pullen Park was filled yesterday
by a crowd of 500 of as happy children
and pleased parents as ever played on
it's green lawns or enjoyed the cooi
shade of its green trees.
1t was the annual outing of the Bap-
tist Tabernacle Sunday Schools prl-
mary and intermediate departments.
This school is the largest in the South,
having an average attendance of over
1000 pupils the year around. When
ever the Tabernacle undertakes any
thing it is on large scale and is 1nva-
riably a success. The picnic yesterday
was no exception to the rule.
The service of the street car system
was taxed to it's utmost capacity, car
rying and bringing back the throng
that filled the park.
The picnickers went out while the
morning air was still fresh and whole
some, and returned at supper time.
Everything was informal, and every
body made everybody else enjoy them
selves. And the children and the pa
rents voted it delightful day.
At ! o'clock dinner was spread in the
big pavilion and under the trees and
at the stone spring, and all kinds of
dainties were handed around and en-
joyed.
Almost every game that ingenuity
has devised for the entertainment of
children had a place in the days pro-
gramme. There were no formal speech
as and no set affairs of any kind, but
the children sang a number of the
songs they have learned in the Sunday
School, and sang them in a joyous,
hearty way.
Mr. y. h. Broughton, the superinten-
dent, and the teachers were there, and
dozens of parents and brothers and sis
ters came with the children.
Mr.. and Mrs j. H. Weathers are in
charge of the primary department, and
Mr.. j. j. Bernard and Miss Rosa
Broughton have charge of the interme-
date department.. MeSsrs. a. b. For
est and f. c. Holloman are assistant
superintendents of the school There
are siXty-fiye pupils in the interme-
diate department, with two teachers;
this department is we'll managed, and
is one of the most successful in the
State.
The primary department has 1913
pupils and II teachers. A very hand
some room has been recently built es-
pecially for this department, arranged
With every, convenience and prettily
furnished in attractive style. All the
most modern appliances, for infant
class work are included i'm, the equip
ment. Under Mr.. and Mrs. .Weathers,
who devote a large portion of time TO
the work, this department has become
noted all through the South as very
model of it's kind. At the recent Bap-
list State Sunday School Chatauqua at
Morehead City, they gave examples OF
practical work that were highly com
plimented by Sunday School workers
from all over the State.
The teachers in the primary depart
ment are Misses Matte Simms, Ber-
nice Ellington. Emma Love, Alice Love,
Carrie Broughton, Mary Broughton.
Linnie Terrell, Iva Upchurch, Gertrude
Upchurch.
The intermediate department is soon
to be divided into two parts, one divis-
ion for boys, the other for girls.
This Sunday School, already the lar
gest in the South, is constantly inn
proving it's methods, and reaching out
for wider fields.