The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Meetings Were Very SuccessfuI-
Farmers Organize.
Especial TO The Messenger.)

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Goldsboro. y. c., August 31.-The
Wayne County Sunday School owen
ton which was held at Salem church,
last Saturday and Sunday, was as
usual a great success and largely at
tended. More Sunday school workers
We're present than ever before. The
programme was carried out as printed.
Saturday morning Professor a. J. Bar
wick gay a talk on the Sunday school
as business investment. This was fol-
lowed by Professor T. r. Foust, who
Lesson Help to the teacher and scholar.
M. H. B. Parker, Jr., then a Y q
chalk talk, in which he eXemplified the
unseen but powerful love Of Jonathan
for David by the use of a magnet.
showing that it vas a type of Christ's
love for US. He used several other il
Illustrations, which claimed the close at
tention Of all present.
The most important numbers on the
programme for the afternoon was the
solo, One SWeetly Solemn Thought
by Miss Ivey, of Seven Springs, and the
address by Rev. Eli Reese, of High
Point, on the Value of Child. This
was a very mastery and interesting ad-
dress. He then sang a solo, Moment
by Moment" Then followed short
talks on the conditions of the Sunday
school work in the county by Messrs
]. n. Mitchell, T. R. Foust, G. W. Ed
gerton, n r. P. Raiford. Rev. Height
c. Moore, of Chapel Hill, gave a valua-
BILE and scholarly address on the Bible
Reader and his Bible. which a great.
ly enjoyed by all.
The following officers for the ensuing
year were then elected:
President. H. B. Parker, Jr.; first vice
president, ]. w. Thompson, secretary
j.. w. Bryan; treasurer, J. II. Mitchell,
executive committee, j. E. Patterson
j. w. Thompson, r. P. Raiford, G.. w
Edgerton and George S. Pritchard.
The time and place for the next con
vention was named for the third Sat
urday and Sunday of October 1904 a
Daniels chapel. The committee or
statistics reported All now enrolled il
the Sunday schools of the county, {
gain over last year of 230, and a gain il
average attendance of 62S. This does
not include several schools that CLOSED
NiC the puUllC SCIlOOIS ulu last SpIlIS
There are now Ga active schools in the
county with 466 teachers and officer.
and 1905 scholars. There are in the
county 6,036 children between the ages
of 5 and Il. Grantham's township
made the largest gain and Brogden the
smallest.
The convention sermon by Rev. Ell
Reese, of High Point, vas the feature
Of the exercises on Sundy.
The farmers of Wayne county are
thoroughly aroused on the subject O.
organization. There are seven town.
ships in the county which have branch
organizations of the State Farmers
Protective Association. These branch
organizations sent delegates to this
city last Saturday for the O
establishing a county branch of the
state association. The meeting was
held in the our house was very
harmonious. There seemed to be only
one object in view and hat was to or
ganize. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year.: President
j. w. Thompson; vice president, Geo
w. Britt; secretary, E. t. Atkins
treasurer, A. T. Uzzell.
The convention adjourned to NEE
again in this city on the second Sat.
urCay in September.