The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-27
THEY SLANDER I HE SOUTH
THOSE WHO ARE GUILTY OF
SUCH BARBARITIES.
ATLANTA THRONGEO WITH S. S. WORKERS
The international Lessons Committee Will
Present Their Report to the Convention To.
Day. The Schedule Of Lessons for
1902 Has Been Arranged.


Atlanta, Ga, April 26.-The Ninth In
ternational fourteenth nationaD Sunday
School Convention met in Atlanta at s
o'clock tonight, the sessions to be held
at the Grand Opera House, continuing
until Saturday evening, with special ser
vices and mass meetings throughout the
city churches on Sunday.
Attending the convention are many of
the most prominent Sunday school work
ers in the United States and the Old
World, and while there are only LOCO
authorized delegates, the city is throng-
ed with visitors.
The opera house was crowded to
sulrocaton when. the second vice presi-
dent. Hon. John Nj. Green, of Atlanta,
called the assemblage to order. Cover
nor Allen ID. Gambler, of Georgia, well
coined the delegates to the State, and
former Governor VIM. j. Northen eX-
tended the greetings on behalf of the
churches and Sunday schools of Atlanta.
To these addresses of welcome, re-
sponses were made by the following
gentlemen:
For the North, Il. A. Beard, Massa-
chusetts.
For Canada, Hon. S. n. Blake, On
tario.
For the West, S. II. Atwater, Colo
RADIO.
For the South, James l. Vance, ID. d.,
Tennessee.
For the colored people, Prof. NJ. w.
Collier, Florida.
There was a reference to the Newman
affair during the evening, and it was
received with cheers. DIR. Vance, of
Nashville, who spoke for the South i'll
response to the welcoming addresses,
said on this subject:
"As | stand here tonight, South
erner, speaking for my section and adj
dressing an audience from all sections,
there is one foul blot upon the fair fame
of the South, at the bare mention of
which the heart turns sick and the
cheek is crimsoned with shame. | want
to lift my voice tonight in loud and
long and indignant protest against the
awful horror of mob violence which the
other day reached the climax of its mad
ness and infamy in deed as black and
brutal and barbarious as can be found
in all the annals of human crime.
iect and | propose to he heard. The
time has come for every lover of the
South to set the might of an angered
and resolute manhood against the shame
and peril of the lynch demon These
people whose fiendish glee taunts their
victim as his flesh crackleS in the
flames do not represent the South. They
slander the South. | have not Il syla
bic of apology for the sickening crime
they meant to avenge. But it is high
time we were learning that lawlessness
is no remedy for crime. For one, | dare
to believe that the people of my section
are able to cope with crime however
treacherous and defiant, through their
courts of justice, and | plead for the
masterful sway of a righteous and eX-
allied public sentiment that shall class
lynch law in the category with crime.
Among the arrivals of the day We're
/, DIR. John Potts, of Toronto, and Dr Il.
T.. Jacobs, of Chicago, who have been
identified with Sunday school work for
many years.
Marion Lawrence. of Toledo. Ohio, Il
prominent Sunday school worker and
Secretary of the international Associa-
ton came in at noon at the head of the
Toledo delegation. He is superintendent
of school in Toledo, and was paid
$4,000 IA year for his services. He is
one of the few men in the world who
have ever received salaries for super
intending Sunday schools.
A strong sentiment is noticeable
among the delegates in favor of Hon.
Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, for the next
president of the convention.
The international Sunday School Les
sons Committee to-day decided upon its
report to the convention, and it will be
presented to the convention tomorrow.
The schedule of Sunday school lessons
for 1902, has been arranged and will
be sent to England at once for the APP
proval of the corresponding committees.
1t will then be returned to the United
States for approval.
1t was decided that the next annual
meeting of the international Lesson
Committee will be held in ST. Louis.
April 18th, 1900.