The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-08-06
District Sunday School
Convention at Baker

ON Sunday. August ]. your scribe
Was awakened BY the pattsr OF rain on
the roof Ordinarily. sounds OF falling
rain luiIs me to sleep again. but on
this. particular morning my FIRST
thought was This j. Visitation day. =
and ( rolled out Of bed. kurri@d out 10
the barn. gave Bird a god feed %
oats. and while she was eating her
Breakfast ate mine. and We started
for Baker
For weeks the good people ~ that
neighb0rhOod have been adverttsing
the District Convention 10 b. held
there on this day. and ! Was on my
way | took with me q rain-coat. !
should have taken an umbrella. gum
IegEinEs rubber gloves. and a Are
mans helmet. but did NOT When !
arrived a the head of Hargis bTanca
I vas wetter than Gsv Edwards hut
i coated GA to Carter bridge and there
was almost as much water on the
bridge as there was running under ~
After draining awhile ! Started on and
just as ! arrived at the O.toylile High
school building the Foods deseeuded
and sought shelter under an Old mill
she'd. and took n look at myself ! had
on my ier-cr,am clothes and looked
like Chinese laundry Finally the
rain rsilnsd all The rain there vas 10
rain. and proceed "a on nay journey
BY this time the rsaf =. ssrfs - moss
that about every step the horse made
the mud -squshed- and quite a large
per cent OF Il seemed 10 50 up my
-briches leg and Il was cold mud. AZ
that
At about teu-thirty ] came in sight
q Baker school house and I could tell
by the number Of horses. bnEgfe< and
machines parked around that there
was a big crowd present. - ! began
70 look for = man Of my own color TO
help and a place for my horse. Pretty
soon ! found J. X Woods. he fiiied
the bail % a dot and besides i one
% the cieyerest mea In Lawrence
county. He soon bad me comfortably
dxed. and Ne went inside 20 sc how
everything was going. One Of the first
men saw was v y. ShoEtridEe who
has the very areat distinction Of be-
lag the only man in Lawrence county
who l. superintendent Of two Sunday
Schools. and as a sample OF what the
folks out there think OF him they
E-As7NatA' MN - 'rAAAHAAA % AA-A 1AH@A -
q e AZ once appointed Miss Myrtle
Queen secretary.
Right here I am going 10 tell the
Feader about tie music do not know
where the Green Valley and Baker
choirs received their instruction m
singing. but wherever IL was. II ras
sufficient and efficient. and I want 10
confess how I enjoyed Il.
James Prince county secretary, told
the object Of the meeting. and Mr..
Shortridge welcomed the vast crowd.
ssponse being made By that tne old
citizen. W. c. Quisenberry. and then
ISAAC Cunningham. in his inimitabfe
Kay. talked on the subject Of The
, or'-fn o. Power
The good women. God bless them.
had prepared 10 feed the hungry, and
whsst bountifuI provision they made
saw chicken in three languages. sal
ads. pickles (and Milt Bromfield had
enough hne mutton TO feed camp
meesingl. roast beef. ham, ripe tona-
toes. salmon -croquets baked and
mashed potatoes. and o pshaw. what's
the USE ! can't begin 70 tell all the
good things they had TO eat II Mill
ConIey and Judge Cisco had been
there they would have foundered till
their toe nails dropped OF.
After dinner some bright eyed girls
entertained N with beautiful and ap-
propfiate Rotations. Revs. Dock
Woods and Roland Hutehison httingiy
closed the program Of what was 10
your scribe one % the most enjoyable
days Of his life The talented Miss
Graham presided az the organ
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