The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-11-03
FNDFAv0RS MEETING
BEGINS FRIDAY
Second Annual Convention
of State Society
OVER TWO HUNDRED
DELEGATES TO COME

tend Big Convention. Homes Of the
City Have Been TbOwn Open and
Every Visitor will be Warmly Vel
coined.
Beginning next Friday evening the
second annual convention of the South
Carolina Christian Endcavor Union will
be held in the First Presbyterian
church Of this city. The convention
will last through Sunday evening,
closing with the installation of new
officers and q consccratiOn service led
by Karl Lchmann. Local leaders Of
the movement arc working hard to
make this meeting an immense sue
cess. Everything is being done to
bring as many delegates here as pos
sible and at the present time it is OK
pectcd that about three hundred will
be present.
A special train on the c., n. e l..
railroad, which will be called the
Christian Endeavor Special will
bring most OF the delegates to I.au
rens. This train will arrive here
about $50 in the afternoon. The dele
gates will be taken from the train di-
rect to the church, where they will
enroll their names on the register.
AS the first session begins shortly af-
ter their arrival, the local committee
has arranged to give all Of the dele
gates supper at the church. the visi-
tors not reaching their assigned homes
until after the evening services Del
egatcs coming III on trains other than
the Special" arc a. 20 invited to take
supper with the others at the church.
Special Request to Singers.
All the Laurcns men, women and
children, big or little, who can and
will help in the singing during the
convention arc requested to meet at
the Presbyterian Church on Thursday
night at o'clock to practice some OF
the songs. The selections are all
well-known hymns and so everybody
who can sing at all can help. Mem
bers of all denominations are invited
to help in this department.
The Program.
The following general description Of
the program has been sent out from
Columbia by the president OF the
State society, Mr. Wyatt Taylor:
On Friday evening OF the Chris
tian Dndeavor convention there will
be addresses by A. r. Corcoran OF
Charleston, A. G. Todd. OF Laurens, w.
Anderson Clarkson and w. A. Taylor
Of Columbia and Miss Agnes Ravenel
of Spartanburg. The main address
of the evening will be by Karl Leh-
mann on the subject, "The History
and Principles Of Christian Endeav-
or" The Rev. Charles II. Rankin Of
Laurcns will load the Friday evening
devotional exercises. ,.--,~-.-
r,-.,w Thrce-Minnte Talks.
The Rev. X. G. Finlay of Columbia
will lead tho Saturday morning de-
votional services, which will be fol-
lowed BY snappy thrcc-minute talks
on the 10 different aims OF the Chris
tlan Endcavor organization the world
over for the next two years, making
up what IS known as the campaign
for millions" These will be cone
Million New Endcavors," by E. 4.
White OF Sumter; "One Million New
Converts" Ey w. f.. Davis, Columbia;
zone Million New Dollars for Mis-
sions," by w. Kirk Allen, Grecnvillc;
"One Million New Members of the
Christian Endcavor Peace Union" by
John n. Moore, Columbia; "Ten
Thousand New Christian Endeavor En-
perts," by William T.. Jacobs, Clinton;
Twenty Thousand New Comrades OF
the Quiet Hour" by the Rev. Asa
Watkins, S.partanburg; Ten Thous-
and New Tenth Lcgionarics," by Nor
wood l.. DuRant, Alcolu; "Tcn Thous-
and New Christian Endcavor Socic-
ties" by Robertson Paul, Charleston;
Five Thousand New Life Work Re-
crults," by Lance Swlndler, Ncwberry;
Twenty Thousand New Subscribers
ITO The Christian Endeavor World" by
William Jones, York. The remaining
part Of the Saturday morning session
Will be devoted to convention business
Saturday afternoon of the convcn-
tion there will be big junior rally,