The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-15
Wesley Sunday School
Class Entertainment,


The Hotel Read was the scene of
much enjoyment on last Friday evening
when Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Eaves enter
tained the Wesleyans in their second
Anniversary Meeting. The hotel was
brilliantly illuminated for the occasion,
and the lights cleaning from every
window gave a glad welcome to the
guests who long before the appointed
time began to come, some singly and
some by twos and threes. They were
received at the door by Mr.. and Mrs.
F. C. McGaugny and ushered up stairs
to be relieved of their hats and wraps,
and upon their return were taken in
| charge by Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Pound
! and shown to an alcove in the hallway,
where they were served to a most de-
lightful frappe by Mrs. John Moore,
| Misses May Dayis and Charlie Boggan.
From thence they were conducted to
the dining-room, where they were most
graciously received by their host and
hostess. The parlor, hall and dining
room were made beautiful with golden
rod, while from every nook and corner
great tall ferns and stately palms nod
ded a welcome to the guests. Prof H.
c. Wristmyn's orchestra from Nettle-
ton, discoursed sweet strains of music
during TIE seating of the guests, and at
intervals all through the evening. This
orchestra was composed of five must
clans, and we would be unappreciative
indeed, did we not mention especially
two members of same, Osborn and
Hubert Lowe, who were quite small
boys, and yet performed skillfully on
the cofnet and violin.
Theprogram for the evening was pre-
!, sided oyer by the class President Mr..
r O. Perkins, and consisted of reports
from the various officers and chairmen
of committees, i~nterspersed with timely
talks by Messrs. R. O. Perkins, j. H.
Ledyard, E. C. Kinds and w. T.
Reeves.
l. idSiloo VI wiz, WiouoliI, iSpdl am
~eloquence played throughout the ever
ing; yet an undertone of deep spiritual
ity pervaded the whole. From the
va rious reports was revealed the fact
that while the primary object of al
Sunday School classes is the study OF
, the biblt yet the secondary object OF
: al; orcanizod clacces iS tho traininv ir
Christian service. From the reports
the following facts were CLEANED: That
the band of IL Or Is who met at the
home of the teacher On Oct. 9th, 1907
and organized for work, had grown to
= present enrolment Of $50, thirty OF
! forty of whom however are travelling
< statesmen. who can only attend oul
: Sunday School when spending Sunday
in u city; that ,68 visitors had been ir
the class during the summer; that
many visits and beautiful flowers had
cheered the homes of the sick and TIE
sorrowing; that 1898 90 had been con-
= trlbuted and expended for class work
dUIlliS tlC PaSt oiA IiiOIIltiT, p -u.pJ Vi
which had been sent to jackson for
the support of two orphans in u home
there. By a unanimous vote the stand
ing officers were reelected to serve an
other 6 months viz Mr.. r. o. Perkins,
President; Mrs. w. w. Woodland,
! Secretary; Mr.. F. L. Spight, Treasurer;
Mr.. j. w. Began, Post master; and
!, Miss Lowe Walker, assistant POST
6 mistress.
Mrs. Pledge Robinson was elected
chairman of Flower Mission Committee;
Mrs. w. g. Raymond, Chairman of
Visiting Committee; Mrs. F. c.. Nc
Gaughy, Class Reporter; Mr., E. c.
/; Kinds and Mrs. S. A. Ford, Class
Ushers; Mrs. James Finley, Glass His
torian: and Mrs j. B. Marmon, Assis-
tant Teacher.
: The following gentlemen werk ap-
pointed division commanders: Mcssrs.
! j. S. Yates. C. w. Hall, w. l. Brown,
w. T. RaiforG, d. w. Robins, A. DAl-
ton, j. B. Marmon, John Witt, George
Heslop and S. A. Ford, Mr.. and Mrs
S. b. Kinds We're given charge of the
visitors and Messrs. F. C McGaughy
j.. W. lIoyle, w. A. Monaghan and j..
FL. caves were appointed a hotel com
mlttee.
At the close of the business a most
enjoyable reading was rendered by
Mrs. j. B. Marnlon, and then a guess
ing contest, arranged by the Social
Committee, was conducted by Mrs. E..
G. Kinds. An ice course was then
served by the hostess, and followed by
cheese straws and coffee. A large
crowd enjoyed the hospitality of Mr..
and Mrs. j.. H. Eaves upon this oc-
%casion, and each sand everyone were
loud in their praises of the host and
hostess for the elegant manner in which
they had entertained. This was de-
eidedly one of the most enjoyable
entertainments ever given for this
class.
The store of A N. Clayton & Co., of
Ripley, was destroyed by fire Tuesday
night with practically all Of its con-
tents. The second floor was used as a
Woodman hall and by E. E. Ray as a
photograph gallery, and sleeping apart
ments. Mr.. Ray lost his life in the
flames, his body being found in tho
ruins. The Woodmen lost all their
paraphernalia. The stock Of goods of
A. N. Clayton & Co. was valued at
about S., 900, with no insurance. The
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