The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-09-17
Y. NJ. G.. A. WORK

The State committee Of the Young
/, Mems Christian Associations OF South
Carolina, in a recent meeting held at
Columbia in connection with the En-
ployed Officers Conference, passed
unanimously a budget calling for the
expenditure of $50. 600 in extending
the work of the Y NJ. c. a. in South
Carolina in 1920.
This provides for the work of the
international. Committee, Foreign
Work. State work and for the South
ern Training agencies. The State
staff Of the Association in South car
olina at present consists OF q State
general secretary, Mr.. 7. y. Lanhan1
former Edgefield man: Nh. Byron \.
Schnell. State county work orSanlZ-
er: Mr.. James II. Grauel, State Secre-
tary for Boys Work; Interstate In
dustrial Secretary Mr.. w. V. Martin;
and Mr. J. f. Johnson, Interstate
Student Work Secretary.
Il is proposed that a Religious WORK
Secretary shall be added TO the stall
and also a Colored Work Secretary,
and that the Student and IrGustrlai
Secretaries working in both
North and South Carolina shall give
! their whole time to the important
work they are doing in this State.
To raise the money required for the
carrying out of the proposed pro
..ram. it was decided at the confer
ence that South Carolina would en-
Ter with the other Southern States
in n general South-wide campaign in
! October This campaign Will DC
headed up hy Mr.. John y. Egan. OF
Atlanta. and viii include the. work
of fourteen OF the Southern States
South Carolina will raise >her budget
Of $50 ,0Uo at this tin". The State has
been divided. into six districts for the
raising OF this sum. in the Sumter
district. With headquarters at the To-
cal association. are includcd the fol
lowing counties: Lancaster, Lee.
Kershaw. Sumter Clarendon, Will
liamsburg and Georgetown These
seven countess comprising the sum
ger district have a district minimum
! luota OF IS. 900
The Employed Officers Conference.
composed Of the city. industrial and
..on,nu,.ity secretaries of the state
t1lso approved unanimously this for
ward move OF the Association in
South Carolina South Carolina has
only bad q separate state or@anlZa-
ton Il few months. as previous to
i that time The work was carried on
in connection with the North Carolina
state committee
MIR. James H. Grauel the state
2oys' Work secreta1':, arrived in sum
;pr yesterday to direct the organiZa-
! ton for the campaign. 1t is pro-
posed 10 select Sumter m2r. il pos
sible, to act as District chairman. ana
t to then appcint county chairman 1of
each county in the district
\ district convention Will be held
AZ 1ha headquarters later IN ti1e
month ana plans ccInpiored fo; the
jri-e from the 20tn TO tnc 30rh OF
! October The amount 10 be raised i:
Sumter district is the smallest CT an.
! ii the districts IN the State and n
,:-ieT- of the splendi&l response that
.l?ese sa:si~ eount,es made durinG all
of the var driles il Is antie:patrt; that
vit!l concerted effort TIE SUM Viii oe
readily l::i:;ed. particularly since ;aIS
t: largely a Sac effort and this SOC
,on ls well as n" ctilcrS Of the STATE
viii i,eneli. by IL results. Just Whe
h. ,i;;;:rict chairman VIII De- has not
as Vel heen determined Nj. J. \.
Todd, general secretary OF The sum
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