The Southern indicator. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1903-1925, 1914-06-13
Editorial Correspondence.

church on "Wednesday. 1t is COM
posed of fine body Of men. The,
program was too full to give salts
faction. S>>oi the visitors. I
among them, ,Wld br given but Il
few minutes to spcal, to the Con-
vcntion. Dividing my time be
tween the Convention and TuEI
SOUTHERN INDICATOR subscribcrs,
have been more than ordinarily
busy. As the Rev. Mr.. Watkins,
The Secretary Of the Convention,
says, he will forward to us for pub
lication a full account Of the pro-
cccdings of the Convention. | shall
omit a detailed statement Of what
transpircd. All the old officers
were reelected This is said to be
one Of the best sessions in the his
tory Of the Convention. 1t was
also one Of the best attended, The
Springfield Baptist church is al
handsome, modern brick structure,
capable of seating comfortably
about go people. 1t looked,
Thursday and Friday nights. as
though 1000 persons were packed
III it,
Woman is becoming quite Il fac
tor in the baptist Convention. more
SO than in any Of the other religious
bodies, except the Prcsbyterians.
One can easily observe that the
Baptists are making rapid strides
along the path Of cducalion The
number Of scholarly as well as clo-
qucnt men is on the increase DIR.
Goodwin. our h9St. appears to be
doing a splendid work in Green
uuli;.lc. Wis ,ente.lTain1neht of the
Fonvcntion seem. to give general
satisfaction The night of my
arrival ] was entertained at the
home Of Mr.. andtNlrs. b. b. Mar
tin and had as my companions orr
Columbia DIR. Goodwin and Deacon
Goode, Of Second Calvary. We
talked one another to sleep. The
next morning my longtime friends
Mr.. and Mrs. "Phil' Parker. whom
had known for 81 years, and to
whose home | had been assigned,
took charge of me till | left. Mr..
and Mrs. Martin are excellent pco-
pie, and entertained us in fine style.
TIE SOUTHERN INDICATOR has been
going TO their home regularly for
some time No one in Grcc,villc
can entertain better than Mr.. and
Mrs. Parker and Miss Parker
Thirty-seven years ago the last Of
this month, Immediately after my
graduation from the South Carolina
University, with no definite plan for
my future. | went to Grccnvillc to
find something to do. found 4
country summer school and home,
III a Baptist family among whom I
found lifelong friends. Two years
later became the principal OF the
Grccnvillc public school. made iii
4 graded school ! took i, with lhOI
pupils Ten wears later. when i
left Grccnvillc to become pastor Of
the Silver Hill NJ. T.. church and
later principal ri the Si>ar,anhurg
public: school also. | lN't two
schools, OF the larger "i which |
WAS principal, and. tl1ink. over 900
pupils. ! want to speak ni inur OF
the teachers Uwu OF whom had
been my pupils alsol whom | had
with me there Mrs. Georgia
Cant Hohnsrn. Mrs. Mamie Poole
Slo Mrs Katie Eair-Goodwin
an1 Emma Johnson. knew
NJ kon when she was Ccnr-
II She vas one OF the
fldA,. P17s'st gilI> in Grccnvillc
county and one OF the most modest
and lad vliLr. She las raised a
family Of boys and girls. ,w" OF
whom, DR.. Charlie Johnson and
Mi~s Lucille Johnson. have nnrc
,h,u a Statewide reputation. Mrs.
Manic Poole Sloan is the daughter
Of Rev. Gabriel Poole. the founder
and frs, pastor of the Springfield
baptist church, II is no flattcrv to
SAY that she was one of the quictcSt
&cltlcst and most plots women |
bad ever had the pleasure OF being
ns~"ria,cd with. Mrs. Slnan still
sings III the church choir and
teaches school,
kaIic Fair was the recognized
leader III social. educational and re
ii@l"us matters IN Grccnvilr |
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