The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-20
State Sunday School
9 WCommittee Meeting

conducted two conferences.
County Conventions.
Fifty county. conventions have heen
planned aud held. with an aggregate
attendance OF 22.eS4. an average OF
as to the convention. this being m
average Increase w last year OF rs.
ito the convention. This does not In
4 ciudc the children which numbered as
many as 400 At 1 a single chldren's
meeting held in connection with a
convention ~
TO be held-Ohio. Summers and Har-
dy. Ohio will be held In January that
they may make the adult Bible class
banquet that has been successfully
held for two years n part OF the con
vention. Summers was postponed on
account ora great evsngerstic service
that swept the city of Hinton. ana
Will be held January Land 2. I spent
a Sunday at M~oorefeld. Hardy coun-
". and helped to effect a temporary
organization appointed TO plan for a
convention.
u~norsanised Counties.
There are o unorganized coun-
ties. Pendleton. Mercer, Mcdowell
wyoming. I am planning 10
visit Mcdowell and Mercer and Wy
omng in the near future and hope
With the aid OF the good people OF
these counties TO organize them.
The District Conventions.
The conventions held in our ma as
terial districts have shown marked
Improvement. both In the character
OF the program and In attendance.
This work for the year will not be
completed until March 81. 1912. but
some idea OF the value OF these con-
ventions. held entirely by our volnn.
teer officers in county and district.
may be gained by the fact that In
Is counties reported the aggregate
attendance ut the district conventions
was 1,13s In each.
Outside Help.
We have been favored with the
presence In our state OF Prof. II a
Henline. educational secretary OF the
United Brethren church. who assist.
ed al the M~oundsville camp ground
the Barbour county convention:
DIR. Franklin McElfresh. teacher train
ing superintendent of the Interna.
tonai Sunday School association.
who gave instruction AZ the school
OF Methods" Mrs. Mary Foster Bry.
rfr. elementary superintendent OF
the international Sunday School a.
ISOLATION. who assisted at the Par.
kersburg ~convention: Mrs. Shreve
Durham. visitation superintendent OF
the international Sunday school as.
s~ociation. who visited Wheeling in
the interests OF his department. and
Mrs. \. C.. Grouse OF Ohio. a trained
and forceful worker. who attended
Randolph. Braxton n Gilmer coun.
~ conventions.
Help for coiored Schools.
No hnwa h. e. ~
conventions for the coiored people.
one in Greenbrier. the other Monroe
Mrs Arnold n / also attended the
colored Baptist convention at Hunt
ington.
The Mountain State Bulletin.
The average issue OF our Official
! publication has been 5000 copies.
with an average OF "a pages. or az
times the sire OF the initial issue.
Without doubt q Is a valuable ne
dunn OF communication with the Sun
day school constituency Of our state.
We have striven 10 avoid extrav.
agnnce and TO keep the cost OF publ
cation within the income.
The cost OF the paper FOR the year
closing March 81. 1912. Is s346.ei. the
total income and assets TO date Of
s2S5.32. With three and one-haIf
months OF the hscal year remaining
Teacher Training.
S~eventy-eight have graduated
since the Petersburg convention.
May 6S. making a total OF 700 in the
state.
On December 9Th Mr. Joseph n
Enele. Of Chapel. W Va. finished the
advanced standard course. He Is the
FIRST 10 be awarded an advanced d.
ploma IN West Virginia. Quite a
number are pursuing this course.
Organizes Adult Bible Class Work.
Our organized adult Bible classes
are becoming a veritable challenge 20
Satan. They now number $50. and
We are daily receiving applications for
certificates Of recognition OF charters
Home Visitation.
Some progress f. being made IN
home visitation work. The CITY ~
Wheeling conducted a home visitation
May 18th. and Huntington. with $4,000
people. took a census in two hours on
December 10Th.
Secondary Division.
Dr John G. G%raubcry. the Sccon.
airy Division superintendent. Is in
tensely Interested In his work and is
ably and energetically addressing him
self 20 the ash OF i%nstrucfing our
people.
Shafer Monument.
The memorial monument is now In
place on the top Of the A~lleghenies AZ
Terra Alta.
u is a fitting memorial 20 our de-
parted brother The unwilling oc-
CURED on Sunday. November 5th.
The Next Convention.