The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-03-19
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION ~ NEWBERRY
Great Gathering OF Talented Speakers
and Workers April 2O-22.

| eraly of the city of NcWberry, the
State Sunday School association 1n-
erGenominational) will this year hold
its annual convention in Newberry,
| April 20-22. These conventions in
| the past have always been occasions
of deep and lasting interest, and Lave
! given mighty impetus to the life
! and work of the Sunday schools and
churches of the community where they
are held.
The convention at Newberry prom
| ises to take an honorable place among
Il e great gatherings of South Caro-
lima. AS Napoleon counted over his
great battles-iNagram, Gena, Auster-
| litz-so the Sunday school leaders
count their annual conventions as
milestones in the life of great Or
ganization and as eliminating periods
of great endeaTor and historic achi We
ment. On the roll of honor stands
Union, Orangeburg, Spartanburg,
Greenwood, Sumter, Anderson, and
now Newberry. T-ese shall mark his
toric records in the life of this great
association, which represents all the
churches of the State.
The headquarters of the State asso-
citation is room 5O4 Chapman building,
! Spartanburg. Tie general secretary,
Rev. John c. Carman, with his Office
secretary, Miss Cora Holland, conduct
the business of the association at this
Office Major T. T. Hyde, of Charles
ton, is president of the association,
and will preside at the convention to
be held in Newberry. Rev. W. H. K.
Pendleton, Spartanburg, is chairman Of
the executive committee, witch is COM
posed of. fifty-four leading business
men, ministers and educators from all
other sections Of the State.
Among the speakers who nave al
ready been secured for this convention
are the newly elected governor, Hon.
Richard l. Manning, Rev. w. A. Brown,
of Chicago, international missionary
superintendent; DR.. Joseph Broughton.
president of tie Georgia Sunday School
association; Mr.. J. NJ Way, divisional
field secretary Methodist Sunday school
board, South, and Rev. Thomas J.
Watts, secretary of the Baptist Sunday
school board. Many names Of men and
women distinguished far and near will
be added to this list.
Music is always an especial feature
Of the convention, and the splendid
singing Of a great trained chorus will
add wonderfully to the power and en-
usiasm Of the convention.
The chairman mas issued the fol-
lowing call:
To the pastors, churches and Sunday
School workers of South Carolina:
Tae city of Newberry, through t
Ministerial association and churches
of that city, has extended an invita-
ton to the State Sunday School asso-
citation to ho,d its annual convention
this year in Newberry. This cordial
invitation as been gladly accepted by
the executive committe, and the tairty-
eighth convention of the South Caro-
lima State Sunday School association
will be keld in NeWberry, April 20-22.
call upon churches and Sunday
school workers to see t at t2elr coun-
ties are properly represented at this
convention by official delegates, who
shall be able to speak authoritatively
for the counties which they represent.
All persons interested are referred to
their own county officers for informa-
ton. In case the county is not Or
ganized, they are referred to tie State
headquarters, at Spartanburg, S. c.
Under the direction Of our new State
superintendent, Rev. John c. Carman,
We are inaugurating a new era in
Sunday school development, and it is
hoped that wherever possible counties
at their annual convention nave pro-
yided or will provide, for official dee
gates to the convention, instructed or
advised with regard to t-eir action
upon tie important questions which
shall come before the convention, and
prepared to make definite pledge
from their county for the support OF
the work during the next year.
Beyond ttis, your chairman begs to
call you to prayer for the work of the
convention and the proper conduct
of the business of the association,
with its mighty opportunities and its
far reaching responsibilities. Brethren,
pray for us and pray for the great
Sunday school movement designed to