The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-18
les. REBELS DESTROY PROPERTY LARGE NUMBER At MEETING
COLLECTION OF 1918 RAISED FOR
DISTRIBUTION OF GIFTS.

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at y. NJ. G. A.; Those Who Will
Engage I'm Work from Different
Churches; Mcssrs Barlow Walsh
and w. S. Jones at Head of Conn
mittee-Ffnc Talk by Judge Purly.
The annual mass meeting Of the
Sunday schools was held Sunday af-
ternoon in the First Baptist Church
at o'clock with a crowd present
which filled the church to over
flowing, so that many who came late
We're unable to obtain seats and re-
turned home. The meeting was
most successful one and the annual
collection taken for the purchase and
distribution of Christmas gifts to
those in the city who without this aid
sould have to go without them was
unusually large, although not quite so
iurge az last year. The collection
taken up at the church amounted to
1913 to which $500 was added Mon
day morning and to which much
more will be added during the week.
AS many of the lodges in the city had
not decided on their offerings, it was
requested that the list of contribu-
tors be withheld until later in the
week when all had had the oppor-
tunity to contribute.
An excellent address was made by
Judge r. o. Purdy. who told Of the
origin of this beautiful custom of
bringing JOY to the homes of many
OF the people of Sumter at Christ
mas time, where it would not come
were 1t not for the Sumter spirit
which had originated and carried on
the plan Of having this annual mass
meeting and Offering.
Mr.. Purdy stressed the fact that
Sumter people always carried through
what they set out to do and that this
was the only city in the State where
such meeting could be held,
where the people Of all classes could
come together with this one laudable
tpurpose In view. His address was
most inspiring and was listened to
with the greatest attention and in
terest by his large audience.
The meeting was presided over by
Mr.. $. +. Stoudenmire superintendent
of the First Baptist Church Sunday
School, and the program as already
announced was carried through with
out hitch. Prof. S. H. Edmunds
read as selection from the scriptures
the 18th chapter of First Corinthians,
"one of the grandest Of all passages
from the grandest of all books" as
he expressed it.
The resolutions Of the special COM
mittee concerning the distribution Of
those funds which were not used at
Christmas time in the distribution of
which were as follows, were adopted:
/. That so much of the Xmas
fund as may be necessary to provide
OF the city be used and distributed as
heretofore.
.. That the remainder OF ne Xmas
collection be turned over to a commit
tee Of eight, composed of two from
each ward, to be expended during the
year was worthy cases arise. And that
this committee report annually to the
NmaS mass meeting
3. That this committee be selected
annually by the pastors and superin-
tendents of the various churches and
the city council
The following ladies were then ap-
pointed from the various Sunday
schools to take part in the distribu-
tion of the gifts: First Baptist
Church, Mrs. NJ. \. Flowers and Mrs.
William Yeadon: Washington Street
BAPTIST Church, Mrs. r. c. Hayns-
worth and Mrs Geo. DeMedicis:
Presbyterian Church, Mrs. w. l..
Brunson and vi iss Leila Miller; Trim
ity Methodist Church Miss Lola
Brown and Miss Mary Purdy; Broad
Street Methodist Church. Mrs. ID. w.
Brown and Miss Anna Sanders;
Lutheran Church, Mrs. J -. ShirFr
and Mrs y. &. Kinard; Christian
Church. Mrs c. j. Williams and Mrs
II. III. Huggins; Catholic Church,
Miss Annie Tcichcr and Mrs. Will
lie Eultman; Episcopal Church. Mrs
w |, and Mrs " Ipplyipc.