The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-01
BARACA-PHuATHEA
Grand Rally to Make Ready for Con-
7ention to be Held Tonight in
Rooms Chamber of Commerce

ing Baraca-Philathea convention IS
urged to be present at the meeting to
be held at eight O'Clock sharp in the
chamber Of commerc Tusday vening,
March the first. The chairman Of
each committee is expected to hold a
business meeting with his committee
land make a definite and clear cut re-
port of the progress made toward
the great work to be if this eonven-
tion is to receive the greeting and
hospitality that this town is able to
give and hopes to extend to these
delegates from all over South Caro-
lima.
The fact that there was recently
held a State convention of laymen IN
Columbia is no excuse for not throw
ing ourselves enthusiastically into
this great Baraea-Philathea- con7en-
vention. The blessings had at the
lavmen's convention were SO. marked
that if we only do our duty in this
convention to be held here it will be
all the easier to make it grand. sue
cess. 81, =,
The people Of Newberry have got
the biggest and newest State move
ment to take care of April 8thy. 9th,
10th, that any city in the entire State
has ever had to take care Of. Do we
fully realize the full significance Of
what this convention, the first: of its
kind and State wide in movement,
means to use .'. :. ~. = -
+ Not only are all the different COM
mittees, numbering about sixty-fve
men and women, expected to be pres
ent Tuesday night; but all Sunday
school students in the town are invit-
ed to be present as far as the. room
will accommodate. ..-. .
The pastors Of the town are also
invited, and the following ministers
viii speak on these topics: ==.&
Rev. Fulenwider, "In what way
can the pastors of the city help in
making the coming convention great
success?" ...~,s
Rev. Banks, elbow may we make
every delegate feel that a wise choice
was made in selecting Newberry for
the first Baraea-Philathea conven-
tion?" .e. ",
Rev. James, .tHow is the best way
to make our town enthusiastic about
this convention 90 -....>...s=
Rev. Todd, 'FIs the magnitude =lof
this convention fully understood and
appreciated by the people Of Ne#ber-
ry?" ~. -
Rev. Kelly, t'In what way will
the destiny of the proposed Ba-
raca-Philathea union depend upon
the success Of this first convention?"
Rev. j. D. Shealy, "How may we
interest the country people IN !: this
great movement ?''
There will be other speeches and
other business to attend to. None of
the speeches will b. long. There will
be no time to get tired.
Only a few days over a month re-
mains for Us to get ready to take
care Of one Of the most important and
most enthusiastic conventions that
has ever been, held. in this State, and
We urge that every man and woman
in the city WHO can in any way help
in this great work please feel free to
fall in line. ...,. +, :. >
Mr.. S. S. Cunningham is employed
as permanent local secretary to carry
on the business Of the various COM
mittees so far as it relates to cor
respondenee, etc., and he will also be
delighted to convey any information
desired by our people relatives to the
convention. He may be found in the
chamber of commerce where he Is en-
gagged in his work Of the convention.
Mr.. NJ. L. Spearman is chairman Of
all the local committees, and will al
so be pleased to give any information
desired. r e..
The convention promises to be in
teresting and helpful from start to
finish. Some Of the best speakers in
the State will appear on the program.
While it is distinctly a young peo-
ple's movement yet it has hundreds
of men and women Of mature years
standing in front and behind and all
through its ranks. No. eulogy Of Mr..
Hudson, the founder Of the Baraca
movement in Syracuse, N. Y, is need
ed here to convince those who know
Of his work that a rare treat is in
store for US as he is scheduled to be
with us in the convention.