The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-08-17
Missionary Bsptist People Give Their Beautiful
Church Free and Lend Every Courtesy
1000 PEOPLE PRESEMT--FROM EVERYWHERE
Great Baskets s Coed 1hss Fat We're Spread The Ground Fer
Everybody Cssd Preaching. Singing and General Hand
shaking Make 0cessies q Real love Feast. Large
Collection Crewn Efforts With Success Elder
Muse to Be Congratulated For Success

lerhaps this statement ~ not to he
contrsdicted when We say th. most IL
terestina, anxious and Jealous crowd OF
men women representing an eccle~iAsti-
cal body that has ever been seen i'm th,.
county in years met last Friday, Sstur-
day and Sunday IN AN annual a--ocis
ton meeting Of the we'll known religions
sect called the "Old Iron side" Eapti-t-
They met and held their sessions ir Nj
Cspcl Baptist church which was tender
ed them by Rev. T.. A. Watkins AMI h,-
Deacon Board gratis This H. one of the
finest and mo~t Handsomely built church
90 IN the coal fields IL ~ in the great
city Of Keystone and IL 80 situated that
everybody can see H. IL - churrh
Whose light cannot be hid setting on
hill accessible and convenient for every
body.
Under the direction of Elder : M
Muse. the pioneer of the Primitive Ban
lists In this state. tins association wa.
called IN their second convocation. 30
veil has Elder Muse conducted him-elf
ard - succe~=fuily has h- fostere,i the
work of this faith till he 10 to.iay held in
the highest ssteem by both white and
coiored people ~ . man doing thing.
Ample and special preparations we're
made prior ~ the convening of the asso-
citation To take good care Of every me--
senger and elder. The good men and
women both in Northfork CLARK a. we'll
~ IN Keystone Burke and Eckman were
ON hand early with willing hearts to re-
oeive and take care of every visitor and
b. lend any other assistance To make the
meeting . succes- and to give absolute
comfort and welcome t. every stranger.
Thursday night ON No. ~ s,ecisl car
brought near fifty preachers all of whom
were met and properly placed by Elder
Muse and his able and willing commit-
tse. Every train thereafter brought great
loads OF men and women to the a--oci-
alton. The streets of Keystone were
crowded from o'clock sunday morning
when No. II ran I'LL late at night.
Most of the preachers came from Hen
~ county, hut there were some from
Patrick. Pitt~ylvsnia, Franklin and a
lew from Win-ton-Salern, ". g. The
Moderator, Elder Winston Penn, VS.
the'e from Patrick County, Va. They
met early Friday morning, organized and
went right into business.
One singular feature about thi- body
OF preachers and church goers. that
while they come from old disfrsnchised
Virginia. yet these old men have lecn
industrious. economical and thrifty
enough for all Of thertto represent homes
OF their own and - snnch unlike most OF
the younger element, they all have their
own homes and are independent. They
didnt come beggiDg st all. Another
thing about them, they are well thought
OF and highly re-rected by the hest whits
and colored people Of their community.
Their word 10 ~ good A. their bond. and
when one ri them speaks for you. should
you be in trouble. rest assured that the
authorities always and mos. invariably
peg the most and best attention TO what
10 said.
Elders Csney Turner. Louis Mitchell
and a.. y. Mitchell. Of Msrtin.ville, Va.
and Henry Bs--ett, Of Winston n-sslem.
n. O., wsre gne a the principal work
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