The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-08
Federation EkDs SESSIONS.
q. +. HAMMOND OF SPARTANBURG
HEAD OF ORGANIZATION
FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
New Officers Announced at Final
Meeting This MOrning-Iarge
Number of Interesting Speakers
Place OF Next Meeting to Be An
nOunced Later.


From the Daily Item, July S.
The fourth annual convention OF
the Wesley Bible Class Federation OF
South Carolina adjourned this morn.
ing at the close of very interesting
session and the end of successful
meeting. New officers for the ensuing
year were announced at the morning
session and a number of able talk.
were made. The executive commit.
tee will announce the place of the
next meeting later on. Anderson
Greenville, Columbia and Orangebure
have asked for the convention.
The executive committee recon.
mended the following officers for the
ensuing year and their recommends.
tion was unanimously endorsed. They
are: President, c. P. Hammond
Spartanburg; Vice President. Vance
Brabham. Orangeburg; Secretary, F.
ID. knight, Sumter; Treasurer, o. NJ
Heard, Anderson: Executive Commit
tee, one from each district, Anderson
$. l.. Prince; COkesbury, e. H. Bow
ers; Columbia. H. A. Wise; Greenville
T.. c. Dye; Rock Hill, j. H. Glenn;
Spartanburg, l.. l.. Wagnon: Charles
ton, w. w. SmOak; Florence, j. F.
Dudley; Kingstree. T. c. Easterling;
Orangeburg, j. S. Bowman; Sumter, r.
d. Epps.
During the morning session address
es were made by Rev. r. e. Turnip-
seed and Thos. II. Tatum on ''The
Wesley Bible Class and Missions y
THE Teacher" ]. M. Way; Reaching
Men Through Wesley Bible Class Ac-
tivities." M. v. Martin; Rev. D. M.
Mcleod; Educational Processes in
Religious Work." Rev. John w.
Shackford; THE Significance Of the
Adult Awakening" DR.. Ralph w.
Keller; Putting Energy into the Or
ganization of the Wesley Bible Glass; -
DR.. Chas d. Bulla.
The addresses were interesting and
inspiring and attentively heard by an
audience Of several hundred persons.
Trinity Church was crowded to ca
pacity last night to hear the message
Fofe DR. Henry N. Snyder. president of
Wofford College, who made most
inspiring address. calling for coopera-
tion and purpose in. furtherang the
work of the Wesley Bible Class. His
address was listened to attentively
and seemed to strike a responsive
chord in the, minds of his hearers.
| Tuesdays Sessions.
Despite a blistering hot sun the big
parade of the Wesley Bible Class
Federation convention was held at
noon with about SO cars and about 200
or 800 men and women participating.
Big crowds Of spectators lined the
streets. sitting in cars and standing on
the sidewalks to see the parade,
among them many Of the visitors who
declined to participate because Of the
intense heat. The parade was formed
at Trinity church and proceeded UP
Church to Hampton, to Main, disband-
ing at the postoffice. At the corner
Of Main and Liberty streets photo
graphs of the parade were taken.
The number of visitors as delegates
to the convention was estimated al
about 900 or 700, many of them hav.
Ing come through the country In
cars, so that 1t has been practically
impossible to get a correct estimate
However. the attendance at the meet
Ing Tuesday morning was between
900 and 1000. all of whom listened
with interest to the numerous inter.
esting addresses which were made
Several Of the addresses were strong
and fOrceful presentations Of the work
OF the Wesley Bible class and it's kin
dred organizations. Much good ad-
vice was given and there was a great
deal of instructive information and
many new ideas presented which will
create interest and stimulate work
along the lines mentioned In the fu.
ture. The afternoon session. while
we'll attended. did not attract as large
a crowd as in the morning. Inclem.
ent weather conditions kept many
away.
The meeting Tuesday morning open.
ed with devotional exercises led b,
DIR. II. S. Truesdale Of Trinity Meth.
odist church. Addresses were made
by the Rev. r. w. Munncrlyn of Ora,
Court on "The Wesley Bible Glass ant
the Country Church," "Correlatint
the Church, the Homo and the Sunday
School to Save the Teen age Boy" DIR