The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-02-28
OKLAHOMA GETTING READY Fos
THE CONGRESS.

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to be known as Sunday-Schooi Con-
gress Headquarters. This action was
taken by the Ministers Union Of Mus
kogee last week, when the real and
active work for arranging for the
entertainment Of the thousands OF
visitors who would be here on June
4th in attendance upon the eighth an
nual session of the Sunday-School
Congress, was begun. The meeting OF
the ministers Monday a week ago was
perhaps one Of the most largely at
tended since the invitation that had
been extended by the State Of Ok
lahoma to the Sunday-School Con
gress was accepted. The busy prepa'
rations that have been under way
since it was announced that the meet
ing was awarded to Muskogee as
sumed larger proportions at this meet
ing last week from the fact that forty
ladies who will work as an auxiliary
to the general committee were Sc
lected by the Minister'S Union. In
connection with these, plans for look
ing after other phases of the comfort
and entertainment and the work OF
the Congress were launched. The
first big move made was as it is stated,
the opening Of a headquarters in the
heart of the city of Muskogee. These
headquarters are located in a build
ing down town where will be domi-
ciled the Baptist Informer, which
has been ordered to move in these
headquarters. There will be chairs,
desks, registration books, stationery,
stamps, local and long distance tele
phone service and every modern con-
venience in order to facilitate the
preparations for the Sunday-School
Workers. The next plan launched
was a booster campaign whereby
every Congress worker in every city,
town, village, hamlet and cross-road
of Oklahoma might begin from now
to work up an interest in their re.
spective communities for a large de-
legation during the first week in
June. The third plan was the an
nouncement of q mass-meeting. BY
this it is calculated that the entire
populace might come into n great
big gathering to hear the virtues OF
this modern Sunday-sohool movement
eXtolled.
Fourth, an official letter was or
dered sent out to all religious or
CARNATIONS, societies, leagues, com.
mercial clubs and corporations iden'
titled with the race and Of all pro
spective supporters of the movement
that they might know what plans
Muskogee was making for the enter
tainment Of the meeting. The climax
of all, however, was the preparation
for and the announcement Of a ban
quet that is to be held On Saturday
night, March LIST. 1t will really be
the first function of a social nature
in connection with the 1913 meeting
The chairmen of the half dozen &C
tive committees held a conference
after the meeting of the ministers
and it was decided that the Congress
headquarters would be operated and
that the photos, as far as possible
of the leaders of the denomination
should be displayed at headquarters
with bunting and national colors. A
hurry-up message was SEN to Nash.
vile for several of the large pictures
of Drs. R. H. Boyd, Director; G. H
Clark, Chairman; William Beckham
Field Secretary; E. c. Morris, Presi'
dent of the National Baptist Conven
ton; w. S. Ellington, Editorial Sec
rotary and Congress Arbiter,; ]. F
Thomas, the Chicago live wire an6
representative, and many others thai
the Oklahoma Baptists might become
more thoroughly acquainted and ia.
miliar with them before the meeting
is called to order.