Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-07
PROMOTING BIG CONVENTION
%dg' slabsugh and Mr.. Paine Return from
Rally at Belvidsrs.
LARGE DELEGATION TO COME FROM THERE
Workers TO BE sent to state Meetings
In Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and
wisconsin 60 Advertise
Omahs Convention.


Judge w. W. slabsugh and G. s. Paine
have returned from the frst Of the dis
tinctive Christian church convention rail-
lies held in Nebraska. and for the next two
weeks their time will be employed prin-
cipally In visiting other places for the pur-
pose Of bringing before the people the i'm
portahce Of the convention which Is to be
held in Omaha in October.
The rally this week was held at BeIvi-
dere. There was an all-day meeting, with
representatives from ave counties. The
day session was held in q grove and those
who attended brought their dinners. The
occasion was made a municipal event and
all stores Of the town we're closed after
noon and night. There were between 200
and 300 people present at the day session
and twice that many at the meeting which
was held at night. Among the pastors pres
ent were R.. A. schell of Hebron, G. L.
Lyons Of Nelson. Harry Holmes Of Fair
bury, d. @. McGrew Of Chester and De-
Forest Austin of Belvidere. Il was the
NTH anniversary Of the wedding Of Mr..
Austin and his friends presented him with
q lamp and q purse of money. The mem
bers present at the rally reported that a
sufncient number of the members Of the
church around Belvidere had made arrange
ments to come to the Omaha convention to
warrant a special car, and that probably
two carloads would be sent up at the time.
Judge Slabaugh and Mr.. Paine have made
dates for convention talks as follows: Sun
day, September Z, Harvard in the morning
and Exeter In the evening; Thursday, Sep
TENDER IL, state convention at Topeka,
Kan; Sunday, September IA, Pawnee City
In the morning and Humboldt in the even
ing; Sunday. September 81, Beatrice In the
morning and Wilbur In the evening. Other
churches have asked for the presence Of
these speakers, but no dates have been fixed.
Field Secretary is Here. 81
G. H. White. who is field secretary Of the
Church Extension society, is in Omaha
making arrangements for quarters for him
self and family during the convention. He
Is only one Of the many Officers who will
come from the headquarters OF the church
TO remain at the convention until its close.
Other officers are expected to arrive IN a
short time to make similar arrangements
MT. White will occupy the pulpit Of the
First Christian church Sunday.
W. A. Baldwin of Lincoln, state secretary
of the Nebraska church board, goes to Jack
s~onville, ILL.,, to be present at the state con-
vention Of the church from September 8 to
II, and Will devote his time to advertising
the convention. w. b. Crewdson Of Council
Bluffs will attend the state convention of
the Iowa church at Boone on the same dates
for the purpose of advertising the Omaha
meeting. 2. o. Dorward of Grand Island is
scheduled to go to the Wisconsin state con-
vention in the same capacity, but the date
OF that convention is not known at this
time.
Already the general committee Is making
arrangements for assigning visiting preach
ers to omaha pulpits on the Sunday which
VIII fall In the convention week. w. T.
Hilton, pastor Of the North Side church,
the chairman Of the pulpit supply commit
tee. is sending out requests to the pastors
OF other churches Of the city asking them
to signify their willingness to have minis
tiers OF the Christian church occupy their
pulpits and to designate the hour at which
they desire the visitors to be present.