Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-07-06
THE A. N. e. SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION OF THE IOWA
DISTRICT OF THE IOWA
CONFERENCE.


DISTRICT OF THE IOWA
CONFERENCE.
The twenty-second annual session
of the Iowa District Sunday School
Convention and Normal Institute con.
vened at Clarinda last Thursday
morning and was called to order
promptly at o'clock by the district
superintendent, Miss Lydia Bartlett
of Mt. Pleasant.
On account Of the absence OF the
secretary Miss Florence Downey of
Ottumwa, Miss Susie Lee of Clarinda
was elected secretary and Miss Aus
tralia Carey of Buxton assistant Sec
retary. Mrs. Matte Warricks Of Des
Moines and Rev. e. G. Jackson Of
Buxton were appointed committee
of credentials; Rev. Geo. w. Jones
of Davenport, Mrs. s. Joe Brown of
lies Moines and Miss Phalbia Lounier
of Clarinda, committee on resolu-
tions; Rev. s. Mcdowell of Boone and
Rev. J. H. Bell OF Abba, committee on
coincidence; Rev. Jas. L. Wharton,
Mr. S. Joe Brown of Des Moines and
Miss Phoebe Lucas of Bedford, com.
mittee on public press. :.
The committee on bylaws appoint.
ed by the last convention and consist
ing of Rev. Jas. l.. Wharton of Cla-
rinda, S. Joe Brown OF Des Moines,
Miss Hattie London Of Buxton. Mrs.
Ruth Bright of Davenport and w. l..
Lowery of Cedar Rapids, reported a
completely new set Of bylaws which
after much discussion and few
amendments were adopted by the
convention.
The principal new features of the
bylaws are as follows: The change
of the name of the organization to
that of District Sunday School Con-
vention and Normal Institute" l.
stead of simply District Sunday
School Convention; the limiting of
the membership to pastors, superin-
tendents and teachers; the extension
of the length Of the session from two
to three days and the raising OF the
assessment from three to five cents
per capita.
The afternoon of the first day was
largely taken up by the lecture on
bible Study" by S. Joe Brown Of
Des Moines, president of the Normal
Institute.
At o'clock on Thursday afternoon
the convention adjourned and ths
members were conveyed by Mr.. L. +.
Montgomery and son (Clarinda's lead
ing liverymen who by the way are
negroes) to the spacious resldenc2 Of
Mr.. Thomas Gordon Jones, another
Negro, who is one Of Page county's
most prosperous farmers, where Mrs.
Jones served the entire party, about
fifty in number, to most sumptuous
banquet and seemed to have Deen
prepared for as many more.
On Thursday evening at s o'clock
the Clarinda church and school ten
deYeti ar elaborate reception to the
members of the District Conference
and Sunday School Convention at
which welcome addresses were made
on behalf of the church and schoo,
by Rev. J. L. Wharton, pastor, on be-
VIM. Orr; and on behalf of the sister
churches by the Rev. DR.. Noble Of
the Methodist Episcopal church and
Rev. DR.. Fisher of the Christian
church.
Responses were made on behalf OF
the conference by Rev. E. 6. Jackson
of Buxton and on behalf of the con-
vention by 8. Joe Brown of Des
Moines and Presiding Elder Rev. Geo.
w. Gaines.
The greater portion Of the second
day of the convention was devoted
to papers and discussions chief among
which were papers on How May we
Keep Young Men in Sunday School"
by Miss Australia Carey OF Buxton
and on Sunday School Friendship"
by Miss Phalbia Lounier of Clarinda;
and the discussions of THE Teacher
Outside the Sunday School," led by
S. Joe Brown of Des Moines; Shall
Unconscerated Persons be Allowed to
Teach in our Sunday Schools led
by Rev. Geo. w. Jones Of Davenport.
How May We Run a Sunday
School so as to Win Souls for Christ,
led by Rev. S. Mcdowell OF Boone,
and Are the Members of the A. M.
E. Church Doing Their Duty toward
the Sunday School," led by Mrs. Mat
tie Warricks of Des MOines.
During the afternoon Rev. $. Bates,
pastor of the Second Baptist church
of Clarinda and DR.. VIM. Gibson. a
Negro, and, who is the leading Vet
erinary surgeon Of Page county, were
introduced and addressed the conven.
ton, after which the convention
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year:
For the Convention.
C.-..,,.Ao.aon< NF;., ,d}, port-
lett Of Mt. Pleasant.
Secretary-Miss Susie Lee OF Cla.
rinda. -
Assistant Secretary-Miss Australia
Carey of Buxton.
Treasurer-Mrs. Sarah A. Wright
of Marshalltown. ......-
Publisher-Rev. Jas. L. Wharton Of
Clarinda. .@.- .. y.
Marshals-Rev. ]. H. Bell OF Abba
and Rev. r. b Manley of Colfax.
Sub-District Superintendent, Des
Moines Sub-Dist., Mrs. s. Joe Brown.
Sub.District Superintendent, keo-
kuk Sub-Dist., Mrs. Belle Bannister.
Sub-District Superintendent, Daven-
port Sub-Dist., Mrs. G. H. Marshall.
Sub-District Superintendent, Ottum-
wa Sub-Dict., Mrs. Hattie Claybrooks.
Sub.District Superintendent, Aioux
City Sub-Dist., Mrs. Julia Smith.
For the Normal institute. .-
President, Mr.. S. Joe Brown OF Des
Moines. ,.
Vice Presidents, Revs. S. Mcdowell
of Boone, E. G. Jackson OF Buxton
Geo. w. Jones of Davenport, M. /.
Gordon of Ottumwa, T. w. Lewis Of