The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-02-25
Travels Over State and
Create Great Sen
tirnent
FOR GOLDEN RULE BENEFIT.
CIAL AND ENDOWMENT ASSN
Hold Executive Board Meeting in
Charleston Where Much Busi-
ness Was Transacted.

Brsm~ell, w. Va. Feb. n. Mr.. Ed
it"r. pleas allow us a little space in your
nr~-y sheet to speak oi a lew things
III which W. have seen and heard m th,.
last lew days.
We left home Monday morning at y
o'clock Tor kaymoor. W. Va, to attend
the Ministers aud Drscon-' Union of
the New River District We wcn. ioin-
e'i at Crystal 10y Rev. W. q Clements
ID ID, president of the Flat Top VI. and
ID union. Arrived at Kaympor about
: =" where Ne we're joined at the station
by Rev l.. =. Saunders ot B-ury. ".
Va, Who conducted u- Ia the chur.h
There We met the "~stor, Rev. 4. A.
Harris Who took us to Deacon Robin
son" i"r supper. After eating "a hearty
supper Ne returned o. ae church. which
Vas crowded. In the crowd We .sx
many familiar facs.s, such a. Rev-. R
w. Meadows. q. y. Harris, n. q. tinx-
Dry, ID. q. Hunter AMI others Then
W. li-t"ned Ito n very profound, intsllect-
nal AMI spiritual sermon. preach-d by
tes. j. j. \Icker-'n. pastor of tl,. S..c-
md Baptist church Of Hinton. A gon.;
collection VA lifted, WELCOME a.iin-..r-
delivered and re-ponis.i to. Then a mo-
tion prevailed that Ne preach ON Tues
iay morning at ~ O'Clock.
INVITATION ACCEPTED.
Tuesday morning another large crowd
s~sembIei. and the program wss taken
ny IN ordsr until IA O'Clock. Al the call
OF the President. Rev. ID. q. Hunter. ID.
ID We went to the pulpit and spoke a.
b<-t we could u q crowded. hou.e. All
-eemed to have b~en plcA-ed with our
effort. Rev. w. q. clements preached
an able sermon Tuesday night u a crow
de'i house, the people bring highly pleas
eel with his effort.
THE GOLDEN RULE ASSOCIATION
An appeal wa- made by Prof N. B.
kice of Charleston, -antioned by Rev.
X. ID. W Meadows for u- u have an
opportunity to present our work tn the
Feople. Rev. Hunter kindly gave time
at . o'clock, aud ~ We told Of the s,oleis,
Rule iieneiirial snd Endowment a.-oci-
alton, being chartered under the Law. of
the STATE of West Virginia. having been
operating eleven years, having meu-
ier-hip OF nearly six thousand. own.
eight thousand dollars worth of real 49,
tatr, hal pail slO.GIG ~ IN sick t..ns,,,-
and VI .6l'sO in death claims and hal
a substantial bank srcount and Wa now
Offering the rn~ni,rr- ~ or race An On
Oortunity ~ Join for o. -, they "a. tened
With rapt attention. At the conclu.io,
oi our remarks Rev. D G.. Hunter ,r.--
Eient 81 the union, expressed himself A.
beiRg willing and ready 10 unite with M
IN making tins association one of IA.
str ing Negro enterprises IL West V,rgip-
IA We received encouraging expre--;oo.
and promise of co operation from n num-
Ter OF the substantial lea,Ier- Of the state
such men a. Rev. q. y. Harris of Alder
-on, president "a the w. Va. H.nt;.t
Stste convention: Rev. ID. q. Hunter
president ~ the VI. and -. union: Rev.
,. y. Ncker-pn, pastor at Hinton; Rev..
W. q. Gregory. y. A. Saunders. PIP
Holland, y. A. Harris and many otber-
We appointed Rev-. Holland and Hsrr;.
A. agents. They will start the work AZ
once and when we meet in June we will
have so'ne representatives from the Ner
River district and other places over there.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING.
We left K-ymoor Wednesday morpipg
IN company with Kev-. Hunter. Grexory
Holland. Meadows. Clements and H.r.
ris Tor Charleston. arriving about N m
We met Revs .. y. Pryor. w. n
Mitchell, George v. Fountain. w. w
Hicks, T.. Dsbney, D W. Strstton and
Pastor y. X. Red. -. u. After lunch
se s--ernble'i in the church and held /.
very important board meeting. Mnch
bn-ine-- of Importance % the denomi-
nation and the race vs- transacted. We
left Thursday morning in company with
kevs. Clements and Dsbuey, arriving
home at night Having gained mpcb
inspiration and hope for my race from
tins trip.
Yours for succe--.