Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-06-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING
HERE THIS week

The Sunday School convention of
the New Lebanon Association con-
vened in the Baptist church here on
Wednesday morning Mt 1890. Three
sessions were held on Wednesday. The
convention adjourned on yesterday at
IL noon, after an interesting session.
MIR. j. M. Newton, President of the
convention, presided. Miss Guile
James, of Graham, was elected secre-
tary. The program as published in
this paper last issue was carried out.
The following ministers were pres
ent: Rev. II. S. Mabie, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, of Bluefield;
Rev. w. r. Hickman, pastor of the
Baptist church at Pocahontas; Rev.
j. Taylor Stinson, Baptist pastor at
Lebanon; Rev. Mr.. Corr, of Buchanan
county, and the pastor of the Baptist
church here, Rev. T. II. Campbell.
Besides these, there were delegates
and visitors-Prof. r. A. Henderson,
President of the Baptist Mission
School, of Buchanan county; Mr.. o.
F. Chapman, Superintendent of the
Sunday School of the First Baptist
church, of Bluefield; w. c. Grigsby,
of Lebanon; Prof. j. C. Hockett, jr.,
field secretary for Southwest Vir-
ginia and n number Of lady delegates
and visitors: Mrs. II. S. Mabie, Mrs.
j. T. ,Stinson, Mrs. w. S. Phelps, Miss
Dora Thornhill Mrs. B. ii. Stegar,
Mrs. Cecil Lilly, and Miss Helen Ma
bic, Mr.. Lambert, of Nemours, and
Fl. w. Riddle. The meeting adjourn
ed yesterday, after profitable and
pleasant session. The addresses, as
rule, were we'll prepared and listen
ed to with close attention. The time
and place of next meeting will be
fixed by the executive committee.
Incidents of the Convention.
A number of those attending the
convention motored to the home of
Mr.. c. II. Reynolds Wednesday after
noon and were much interested in
looking over the farm of fine blue
grass, good crops and fine cattle. The
visitors were charmed with the fine
gardens and crops they saw every
where.
Rev. and Mrs. Stinson's car "buck-
ed" on the road from Russell, which
bucking delayed the preacher several
hours. He didn't have time to wash
his face and hands before coming to
church-a fact that no one noticed
until he called attention to it.
The editor and his family were hon
ored and much delighted i'll having as
guests DR.. Mabie, his good wife and
interesting daughter, Miss Helen. For
the time being were inclined to wink
just n little at brother Hoover and
put both butter and preserves on our
biscuits. Sister Mabie it was noticed,
put buttermilk in her coffee, through
mistake of course, but refused to have
the cup changed, intimating that she
rather liked buttermilk in her coffee.
Maybe so, as cream is very high in
Bluefield.
| Wednesday evening sister O'Keeffe
was called out. OF course she re-
sponded. She believes in prepared
ness" She said the brethren failed to
Strike they keynote" She proceed
ed to strike it. She said the respon-
sibility of failure in Sunday school
attendance and work was due to the
indifference or carelessness of the ia
Tiers and mothers. They started their
children off on Sunday morning, in
stead Of taking them to the Sunday
School. Sister O'Keeffe was feeling
fine and spoke out SO that everybody
could hear what she said, which was
not true of number of other speak
ers by long shot.
Mr.. Newton, the President of the
convention, has three sons in uniform
One is in France, one in the aviation
corps, Pensacola, Fla, and one, the
youngest, ct West Point.