Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-09-11
ASSOCIATION.
94TH SESSION OFTHEEDGE
FIELD ASSOCIATION
Met With Little Stevens Creek
Church Last Week.

past and present, and to-day holds
within it's membership some OF
the best and noblest and most hos
pitable of all Edgefeld.
The officers of this Association
have proven themselves so .capa
BILE and so worthy, thatt1ey were
unanimously reelected, viz; 0
Sheppard Moderator, S e. Free
land Clerk, L.. F. Dorm Treasurer
"A few items of especial Interest
are the following: The Edge6eld
Association is entitled to but one
delegate To the Southern Baptis
Convention; that delegate is to be
Rev. J. T. Littlejohn, alternate
Hon. w. A. Strom.
The delegates to the State Con.
vention are G H Burton, F N K
Bailey, DR. L R Gws.ltnay, 0 Shep
pard. ] E Johnson, P B Lanham
J P Mealing.
On Wednesday, the topics Of
Temperance. Periodicals, Home
Missions and Orphanage were dis.
cussed. To the latter object the
Edgefeld Baptist church pledged
$25.OO, Rehoboth, Bethany and
Parksville $1,000 EACH:
Quite q large number of repre-
sentative men we're p re e Il t.
Among them, DR. A P Montague
President of Furman University
DR. E G James of the Greeuville
Female College, A McA Pittmau
of tie South Carolina Baptist, MI
Keys of the Baptist. Courier, MI
Edwards of the Connie Maxwell!
Orphanage, and DR. T NJ Bailey OF
the State Mission Board.
The visitors from Edgefeld on
Wednesday were Messrs Horde
Allen, Paul Quattlebaum, Trapp
iTcManus, Alex Watson, and J [
Minis, Mr. and Mrs P B Mayson
Misses Effie Allen and Virginia
Addison, Mr. and Mrs P P Blalock
and Mr. Marion QUITS, the latte,
two brethren being dslegatess
from the second Baptist church OF
Edgefeld. On the same day thi:
church made application and was
made a part of the Association
having been organized since the
last meeting of the body.
The missionary sermon wa!
preached by Rev. J E Johnson
pastor of Mountain Creek church
SECOND Days PROCEEDINGS.
The devotional exercises on this
occasion we're conducted by Re'
G Fl Burton of Liberty Hill. The
singing was very inspiring. having
not only an excellent choir com.
posed tor the most part of the
members of Stevens Greek church
but having q skilled organist il
the person of Miss George Dorm
who manifested ~attha. nrrsc sa.r
net in the hands of Mr. James +
Reese, of Roper's, was also a grea'
addition to the music.
The f st iterl of business OIL
the mornings program was the
subject of Ministerial Education
DR. Gwaltney was requested to ad-
dress the body on this importan'
subject, which he did, and in such
a way as to impress upon the con
gregation the worthiness of this
object. Prof F N K Bailey follow
ed with short and practical sug
gestions in relation to the work
1t is understood that hereafter
gratuitous aid is not to be bessow
ed upon students of Furman Uni
versity, but that those gaining en-
trance as benefciaries, must give
their note promising to return all
money used for their benefit, al
soon after graduation as possible
This is a wise, precautionary de.
cision on the part of the Ministe.
rial Board.
The report on Sunday Schools
was made by ] B Mathews Of Ste
ms Creek church. This subject
was fully discussed by the breth.
rem as follows: ] B Mathews, F N
X Bailey, DR. T M Bailey, DR. A
P Montague, G Fl Burton and J
P Mealing, the latter of whom
moved that resolutions be drafted
by a committee Of the Association
in memory of DR. R H McKie, who
was such a faithful and Jealous
lover of the Sunday School.
The report on State Missions
was read by Prof F N K Bailey
DR. 7 M Bailey, the Secretary Of
the State Mission Board, made an
eloquent argument and appeal fol
this great enterprise, and received
the promise of $4,000 from the
Edgefeld Association. Rev P T
Blalock as one of the Missionaries
of the State Board spoke by To-
quest of his field of labors IN the
Mill section of EdgeGeld.
After the brethren and sister;
had partaken of all this good
spiritual feast, feast 80 full of
all sorts of food for thought anc
heart, a recess was given, during
which the ladies of Stevens Greek
church were given an opportunity
to evidence their famous hospitali
ty. The magnificent tables full
of all the dainties made to temp
the appetite, were presided ovel
by some of South Carolina's mos
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