Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-05
big MEETING AT TIRzAH
York County Sunday School Breaks
.f i.iih. Il! Record.
NEARLY 1000 DELEGATES PRESENT
Good Talks BY Prominent Leaders
Collections Made Good Showing
Officers Elected For Next Year and
1920 Meeting To BE Held At Beer

With $50 delegates representing fifty
six Sunday Schools of the county III
attendance, the annual meeting of tn,
York County Sunday School Associa
tion was held in the handsome Presby
terian church at Tirzah last Tuesday
The convention was in session from
10 o'clock in the morning until
o'clock in the afternoon and the pro.
gramme for every minute Of the time
included something = Of interest ant
benefit to the second largest crowd
that ever attended an annual ,conyen.
tion of the county Sunday school as.
sociation. While 800 delegates were
registered, it is. estimated that there
were well nigh on to 1000 people a.
Tirzah Tuesday ION account Of the
convention. 1t was crowd represen-
tative Of every section Of York county
There were babies and children and
young people and those Of middle age
and those whose hair has turned gray
! That person who has the idea of Q
theory that Sunday Schools are for the
young folks and that only young folks
have interest In them would have had
his theories all exploded had he visit
ed Tirzah Tuesday for there were
scores of aged people both men and
women in the audience which was too
large for the handsome little Presby-
terian church to seat and which made
itself comfortable in the shade Of the
trees around Olivet Methodist church
and Tirzah school house.
With Mr.. ]. A. Marion of Yorkville'
president presiding, and Mr.. jas. A,
Barrett Of Clover, secretary attending
the functions of his office the conyen-
ton was opened promptly at 10 o'clock
with q song service, directed by Rev,
+. H. Wardlaw, pastor of Bethesda.
The seating capacity Of the church
was filled long before the service
opened and the ushers placed numer-
Gus chairs and extra benches in IL
aisles and other vacant places In a
vain effort to accommodate all.
Preparation for Victory" was the
subject Of brilliant address by Rev,
w. p. Grier. of Glover.
sour Wants or Their Needs" was the
subject Of an address delivered by
Miss Cora Holland of the stan Of the
South Carolina Sunday School Asso-
ciation which was followed with an
address, Challenge to Victory" de-
livered by Mr.. r. d. Webb of Spartan
burg, secretary Of the state associa-
tion.
Following the transaction of miscel-
laneous business, including the ap-
pointment of various committees and
the solicitation of subscriptions to the
work of the state association, adjourn
ment was taken for dinner. 1t was a
typical York county picnic dim II,
gerved by the ladies' under the shade
of the trees around Tirzah school
house. There was plenty for the
hundreds of people present. since most
of the good ladies had brought well
filled baskets. ist8
Reports were received from the
county and district officers on the
work of the past year throughout the
county.
r. D. Webb delivered an address
why Ten Boys Left Sunday SchooP'
in which he made 1t plain to- his
hearers that in order to hold the In
terest of the young people in Sunday
School work and religious matters
generally the teaching and story OF the
Scriptures must be made interesting
to them.
Rev. ]. B. Talbert of Rock Hill de-
livered an address "a Teachers Pre-
narration for His Work." Rev. Talbert
substituting for Prof. f. c. Burts of
Rock Hill, who was unable to be pre-
sent.
Tabulations by Secretary Barrett
showed that fifty-six schools In the
county were represented by total OF
$50 delegates. The Sunday School OF
Glover Presbyterian church had the
largest representation. forty members
of that organization being in attend
ance. Tirzah Presbyterian church
came second with thrty-three. The
sum of s173.S7 was subscribed in. cash
for the work of the state Sunday
School Association and in addition to
this pledges totaling the sum of $76.26
were secured. A total of 123 SUBJ
scriptions to the Sunday School Pro-
moter, the official organ Of the South
Carolina Sunday School Association
were secured at subscription price OF
twenty-five cents, several young
ladies having been appointed, while the
convention was in session, to solicit
subscriptions among the vast audi
ence.
It was ascertained by Secrctary
Webb that there were nine pastors In
attendance upon the convention; thirty
Sunday school superintendent and as
sistants and eighty-four Sunday school
teachers. The number of teachers
present he said, was the largest upon
q county Sunday school convention
held anywhere in South Carolina this
year.
" Let everybody in this house who
ever attends Sunday school once In q
while, stand up" requested secretary
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