The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-04
CoKEsBURY DISTRICT MEETING
Active Part Taken By NeMberrians
In Meeting of Home Mission
Society.

tian Advocat. of May Fl, there are
two articles which will Jbe of especial
interest to the readers }of The Herald
and News in this sect ion, as both per-
tain in part to the pei ople in Newber-
ry and Newberry cohnty. The fol-
lowing extracts are taken from these
articles:
In the hospitaNe town Of Ninety
Six there has ydst closed the second
district meeting Of the Home Mis-
sioa society of Cokesbury district
Every door was thrown open to the
AeIegaves and visitors, and every one
@,resent went :ew;.y with the feeling
What no war,ner-hearted people are
Ia he found il 1ut State than live IN
this historic town.
Mrs. ". L. Wait, the Conference
president, presided, assisted by the
district secretary, Mrs. J. ". White,
Of Newberry. Mrs. White had plan
ned carefully for the meeting, and
only one person who was on duty fall
ed to Get to the meeting. With Mrs
Wait to preside over a meeting tor
which thoug ghtful preparation has
been made, failure is hardly possible
and 50 we had really good meeting.
Every society in the district was rep
resente1 by a delegate and each gave
a GOOD and encouraging report. The
district secretary, in her report, tells
Us that the outlook for the advance
ment of the work in the district Is
promising. Already, since the close
Of the meeting new society has been
ORGANIZED at the Grendel mill IN
Greenwood; and the secretary mas
several urgent invitations to Visit
other points to attempt organization
Our meeting in Ninety Six made a
pleasant beginning in the reception
given on Friday afternoon, May H.
At the home Of Mrs. R. S. Nlchels.
AT the first session Friday night,
the pastor Of the church, Rev. ). A.
Cooke, gave the ladies cordial wei
come to his church, and throughout
the meeting was ever ready to help
Us by his suggestions, wise counsel
and earnest prayers for the work
This welcome was followed by one
from the home society, the foreign
society, representative of the bap-
fist church, and the Presbyterian
church. We think we have never
heard more appropriate and altogeth-
er delightful addresses Of welcome
Mrs White responded to all these IN
q happy manner. A song and pray
er then short talk by Mrs. Wait
concluded the evening service.
Saturday morning at $50 the reg
ular business Of the meeting was tax
en- up, and the reports Of delegates
called for.
At eleven o'clock Rev. J. c. Roper
was invited to take charge OF the
"preacher hour and eonduet IT,
The session of Saturday afternoon
completed the reports OF societies.
and there were two more papers read,
the subject Of the first being, 'sCan
Anv Other Organization, or All COM
hined, Take the Place of the Mission
arv Societv?'' Mrs. White read this
good paper, and informal discussion
followed. Later on the program Mrs
Wooten read paper on "Woman 5
Home Mission Societies as Means
Of Spiritual Development" -" inns
was a very timely paper; tor II the
society stands for any one thing more
than another it is the development
Of Spirituality among its members.
Greenwood was chosen unanimous
" as the place cf meeting for next
wear An earnest prayer was offered
bv Mr.. Kelly for Mrs. E. s. HeroeS~
who is sick, and the sick son OF Mrs.
J. W. Kilgore, our corresponding Sec
retary, who would have been with US
Int for her sons illness.
On Sunday morning Rev. J. {. Rop-
er preached before the society on
"Inasmuch as We have done 1t unto
the least of these my brethren ye
have done it unto me.
A testimony meeting and a mass
meeting for the children were helo
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. White and
Miss Barber spoke to the chlldren'
calling their attention to their own
deoartment of the work, the brigade.
The crowning feature Of the meet
inc the one item on the program most
eagerly anticipated. was the address