The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-08-29
BETTER WORKING
METHODS URGED
And Prohibition Amendment
Endorsed by Sunday
School Association.

School Association.
Resolutions. as follows, wer,
adopted by the Harrison County
Sunday School Association at its an.
snual convention Just closed at shinn.
ston:
Resolved. That we extend to the
good people OF shinnston and vi.
cinity our thanks for their hospital.
ity in entertaining this convention,
and to the members of the shinnston
Methodist Episcopal church for the
use Of their beautiful new building
for the convention.
Resolved, That we record our ap-
probation OF the services Of Laco
Young, president, and Howard Post,
secretary, and all other officers who
have served with them during The
last year; also our appreciation of
the services rendered by Mrs. Charles
Ridenour as musical director during
this convention.
Whereas the Sunday school Is the
training school for the boys and
girls that Will later fill the responsi.
Bile positions in our churches, ana
to the officers and teachers Of the
different schools is committed, in a
large measure, this training for
Christian service, be it
Resolved, That we ask each school
in Harrison county to employ the
best methods and use all means pos
sible to bring about the desired re-
suits in the training of the youth OF
our county.
Whereas the liquor question is the
most important question before the
people of West Virginia today. be It
Resolved, That this association
pledge its hearty support to the
movement for the elimination OF the
traffic with all its connected evils,
and do all it can towards the adop-
ton of the prohibition amendment
at the polls in the November cleo
tion.
Being of the belief that there
should be a more scystematic and
up-to-date method for the compiling
of Sunday school statistics then that
now being used in the state of West
Virginia. be 1t
Resolved, That the president and
secretary of this association be, and
are, hereby instruced to present this
subject to the next convention OF
the state association and urge the
adoption of an order, or rule, to con-
form with the rule now IN force in
Harrison county, to-wit: "That all
Sunday schools shall close their ac-
counts on March 81 of each year
and that all statistical reports be
compiled for the twelve months end
ing on that date: that all district
conventions be held as soon thereaf-
ter as 1t q practicable and before the
county convention is held"
Resolved, That the said president
and secretary be further instructed
to ask the state association to hold
Its convention in the month of oc-
tober or November, following the
county conventions, in order that the
statistics may be for the year imme-
diately preceding publication instead
of being from one to three years old
as is now the case.
On the Death of II. II. Gordon.
The Harrison County Sunday
School Association in convention as
sembeld at shinnston, w. Va, this
2srd day of August. 1912, having
learned of the death at Salem, w.
Va, of Robert T. Gordon, who for
period OF ffty-five years had been
identified with the Sunday schools or
Harrison county in the capacity of
superintendent. be 1t
Resolved, That We record our
appreciation of the services which
he rendered to the various schools,