The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-17
Reorganize Sunday
School Association
Officers OF the State Organization and Delegates
Sunday Schools of the County Meet and Reorganize
Anderson County Interdenominational Sunday
School Association

Reorganization of the Anderson
County nter-denominational Sunday
School Association, adoption by the
body of resolutions locking toward
the prosecution cf a program OF use
fulness in the Sunday school life of
the county, and the delivering OF a
number OF addresses and the holding
Of several conferences on various
phases OF Sunday school work and
methods are the features or the two
day session Of officers of the State
organization and delegates from tho
Sunday schools of the county which
came to Il close late yesterday after
noon at st. Johns Methodist church.
While Sundays session of the con-
vention was highly interesting, It was
yesterdays meeting that was Of most
importance. for it was then that tho
plan OF reorganization and future
work was mapped ont. and the fonn-
dation laid for Il bigger and better
service to be rendered the men. woe
men and children Of this community
| through the medium of the Sunday
| school Reorganization having been
agreed upon at Monday mornings
session of the convention. the follow
ing officers for the reiuvenated or
ganiZatlon were placed in nomination
by the committee selected for that
purpose and confirmed by those pres
ent: President. DR.. ]. l.. Smathers;
vice president. r. Frank Watkins;
secretary. l.. NJ. Cecil; treasurer, II.
NJ. Cathcart; superintendent elemen-
| tary department. Mrs. ID. M. Dodge;
superintendent secondary department,
Miss May Russell: superintendent
adult department. w. W. Sullivan;
| superintendent home department.. Miss
Jennie Erwin: superintendent training
department. Miss Lila Jenkins; super.
intendent temperance department,
Reuben Cambrell; members Of State
executive committee. ]. 4. Brock.
Monday Morning Session.
Monday mornings session of the
convention was held In the Sunday
school room of st. Johns Methodist
church. and was largely attended by
both delegates and visitors of the Sun
day schools of the county. At $50
o'clock the meeting. which was the
first business session of the conven-
ton, was opened by brief devotional
service conducted by the Rev. w. H.
Fraser, d. D., pastor of the First
Presbyterian church. The session
was presided over by the E,,v. D. w.
Dodge, pastor Of the Central PreEby-
terian church, who introduced the
first speaker OF the morning, the Rev.
w. II. K. Pendleton. rector OF the
church of the Advent. Spartanburg,
who was assigned the subject, .'The
Sunday Schoo; Movement in South
Carolina" The speaker told OF the
Il I.kr- lg.. Il n.
| ment Of the Sunday school work
throughout the State and urged coop
Grafton on the part OF all Sunday
! school workers, as 1t is only through
cooperation that satisfactory results
car be had.
The next number on the proP
called for 81 address by the Rev. ).
Fl. Green OF Greenwood. on the sub
| ject, "The Interdenominational Sunday
Schcr.l Convention at Chicago as
Saw It." The Rev. Mr.. Green was un-
avoitfably detained at home, I'D u
HE stead Miss, Agnes Ravenei of
Spartanburg gave delightfully."- inter-
esting and helpful talk on missionary
Training In the Sunday School," She
was followed by Mrs. s. N. BIrts of
| Spartanburg who gave q spirited and
i iatCi CotihB ou tfif .Ott
and elementary union work In the
Sunday school.
The remainder cs the morning ses-
sion was devoted to the hearing of
Sunday school reports, the adoption
of constitution and system Of points
of efficiency for the convention, the
Ireport of the nominating committee
and the election OF officers. The con-
vention recessed at O'clock for an
hour and q half.
4 Afternoon Session.
Il After brief devotional exercises, the
business of the, afternoon session was
taken up and followed to completion
i with earnestness. Tae first matter
considered was the report OF the new
executive committee, which submitted
the following resolutions for adoptio1
by the conyention:
/. That a part of the goal set for
future work he to secure cradle roll
in every Sunday school in the county
by the time of the State conventioE
in Ancil.