The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-03
AT THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE
A Gathering Largely Attended and
Enjoyable, AS Were Also the !
Melons.
(Rev. J. w. Wolling, D. d.

this wear was held at Zion church.
four miles out from Prosperity. In
Newberry county there are over two
thousand members OF the Methodist
church and Of these sos persons hold
their membership in Prosperity
charge. In this charge Zion is the
largest church, having a membership
Of nearly four hundred. And so it
was in this thickly settled community
that about fifty pastors and laymen
met, really out in the country, to hold
the annual session. During the daily
sessions the forest around was full Of
carriages and buggies with their i'm
mense number Of horses and mules,
such an array as have not seen in
many day. And it took all of these
to convey the multitudes who came
to attend the services. Others will write
about the conference sessions, [ WISH
to write about the people and other
things.
The singing was conducted with
heartiness and life which was very
refreshing. They fortunately have a
number Of young ladies who can play
the organ and three Of these are reg
ularly enlisted. Miss Connolly and
Miss Marie Counts are always on
hand and play we'll, and just low
Miss Tillie Warner, professoress in
a Georgia college, is at home visiting
her parents who live right near and
helps in the music, while Mr.. Pierce
Harmon and Nj. Pink Cromer and
about twenty young men and ladies
join in and really make fine choir.
Of course once at the church we re-
manned all day, yes, all day until .
'clock in the evening. So dinner was
served on the grounds and such
stacks of fine bread and biscuit you
can we'll imagine, and immense guam
titles of fried chicken and other good
things. The only thing lacking, at
least for me, was coffee. I don't see
why our good people can't understand
that cup Of hot coffee on hot day
is very refreshing.
Church people are models for a
merry, joyful, but peaceable crowd,
and the large numbers who gathered
at Zion church on this occasion fully
sustained this repute.
I was entertained at the pleasant
home Of Mr.. Bennett A. Connolly,
where the whole family joined in
making me feel comfortable. I wish
to thank the son, young Mr.. Connolly,
for conveying me to and from the
station. He drives a fine mule, but
it couldn't measure legs with that
high-headed old gray mule which
raised such a dust and would never
let us get ahead.
One afternoon we went over to Mr..
j. B. Connelly's to eat watermelon,
and such a fine one it was. It was the
first I had eaten this season and put
such a fine taste in my mouth that l
have wanted melon ever since. Mr..
Connolly is a pleasant, smiling gen
tleman and I am sorry he and MS
melon patch Are so far away.
Well, district conferences are all
right, no doubt, but I do remember
that Solomon says that something is
"weariness to the fesh," and if he
were here now he could say, "Of
agents and much talking at District
conference there is no end, and the
whole thing is WEAKNESS to the
fesh.'' Seven regular agents and two
or three extras were before the con-
ference and talked, some very good
and a few missed the mark entirely.
We had two sermons which were
splendid and worthy Of any occasion.
Rev. DR.. Cook, of Ninety Six, and
Rev. DR.. Sled, of Greenwood, did GER
tainly glorify the Gospel OF Christ
and show the fine effects of careful
preparation.
And now note by the way. On
ny return to Prosperity I called at
the home of Mr.. Lee Bowers, where
II had the PLEASURE, after many years,
of meeting Prof. Thcrnwell Haynes,
whose excellent wife is daughter OF
Mr.. Bowers. Mr.. Haynes, graduate
Of Wofford College, has had dis
tinguished career, first as a teacher
in this State and then for number
! Of wears as United States Consul IN
France and in the Orient. He now
returns to his loved vocation as a
! teacher.
I am clad I went to the conterer"e