Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-12-28

at the time, Ne publish it at this date by request
OF . number of oar readers.l
The County Sunday School conven-
ton held At Philllpsburg was one OF
the most successful ever held in the
county and especially was it so in
attendance fron the different parts
OF the county delegates and sunday
school workers from every point
were there to help, and to learn in
this great work, and the interest tax
en- IL the we'll read papers and DIS
cussions on the questions, show how
the work is being taken hold of. The
frst day Was spent in the arrival of
delegates and their assignments and
every one trying to get settled down
to convention work. Owing to the
long distance some had to drive the
first day, it crowded the work of the
second day, but everyone was there
to tell what they knew and to find
out what rybody else knew and
the time was we'll filed in. Sumner
township was the banner township in
the number OF delegates and others
in attendance, and the number of pa
pers prepared for the convention It
speaks we'll for the township prssl-
dent in arousing such interest in the
work, bat Sumner has always been
one of the foremost in the cause.
The welcoming address by F. Morse
was we'll received, and If Mr.. Morse,
az he said in his address, was sur
prised to see some there who he had
no IDEA was interested in sunday
school work, the convsntlohlsts were
as sgrsesbly surprised to hear euch
hearty words of welcome and advice
from one whom everyone knows is q
very busy business man, and did take
the time to stop ont of his business to
welcome the sunday school workers
of Phillips county to the city of Phil
lipsbuYg. Everyone thoroughly ap-
preOiated his remarks. The papers
b. Hrs. Monk. Mrs. MHythena, Miss
Brandenburg, 4. f. Walker. Mrs.
HAhnenkrstt we're excellent and COM
mented on by all who heard them.
The bible study Was responded to ex-
Oeliently by Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. e.
Pomeroy and Mrs. j. Tracy The
paper by Father Quanz, entitled.
sOor Country" will be preserved as
en historical record for sunday.school
purposes and kept with the secre-
tars's books The letters sent by L.
J. Adams and Miss E. Norton from
Manhattan, Ksns., the general ssore-
taries of the T. MO. A and Y. w. O
4. and read ct the convention, show
WHIST is being done by those societies
ek our State Agricultural college
Mrp. A. Tracy held an interesting
primary teachers session and made a
strong plea for a primary teachers
union in Phillips county, SO let all
the primary teachers who wish TO be-
come more efficient and know the
strength of a primary union, address
Mrs. A. Tracy, Logan, Kan, and help
by doing whatever you can to effect
such an organization in Phillips coun-
ty; also every sunday-sehool worker
help TO organize home department.
in every neighborhood- Let Us find
out those who cannot go, those who
will not GO, and those who would go
II they were invited to become mem
Der Of some sunday school. The
home department. and the house to
house visitation are, az Prof. Hamill
of Normal fame, said at our state
convention at Hutchinson last May,
ga pair OF yoke fellows" One is in
complete without the other and they
are almost one and the same, SO let us
ses what can be done more in that
line this year and help out our re-
elected officers. HRS. O. Whitney,
Miss Ella Taylor. The Normal talks
by Secretary J. 81. Engle we're In
structivs and ali gained new ideas in
the art of teaching, also his lecture
Monday evening was veil listened to
by an attentive and appreciativs
sudisncs.
The financial standing of the ssso-
ciatlon is coed, al bills paid and
some in the treasury, as soon as the
schools send their remittance, which
We hops they will do soon so our
treasury will show 8 good balance to
begin on nsxs yesr. Mr Coles rec
pert wss explicit and kept in a busi-
nsssliks form, SO that al easily I'M
derstood 1t. The sscressrs'1 report