Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-10
STATE S. S. CONVENTION
Hundreds Of Delegates From Over
State Attending Sessions.
ADJOURNMENT Will COME, TODAY

Convention Began Wednesday-Many
Noted Religious Thinkers and Work
ers Heard-Attenhanc Small Be-
cause of Conditions-Much Interest
In Sessions.
(By Staff Correspondcnt.)
+ Rock Hill, June 9-Coming from
practically every county in South Car
olina. about 400 enthusiastic Sunday
school workers arrived at Winthrop
college, yesterday for the 44th annual
convention of the South Carolina
Sunday school convention. The at
tendance is not as large on this con-
vention as it was at Greenville last
year when there were 750 delegates
registered Depressing f1nahcial con-
ditions, it is pointed out, are largely
responsible for the curtail.1ent Of at
tendance. However the small num-
bers are not lacking in interest and
enthusiasm, Sunday school conven-
tion veterans saying that they do not
remember a convention where there
was a more wholesome and healthy
zeal in the deliberations.
With Horace L. Bonner Of Spartan
burg, president, presiding the conven-
ton opened at $50 Wednesday morn
ing in the huge college auditorium.
Rev. Alexander Martin of Oakland
Avenue Presbyterian church, Rock
Hill, conducted devotional services
and the song service was led by L.
P. Hollis, community worker and re-
ligious leader Of Greenville.
Welcomed by Johnson.
DR.. D. B. Johnson, president Of
Winthrop College welcomed the dele
gates to Rock Hill. The college was
honored, he said, at providing enter
tainrnent for Sunday school workers
who are a strong arm Of the church
which is the hope of the world. He
mentioned the efforts of the faculty of
Winthrop to instill Christian educa-
ton into all Of the students of the COL
lege and referred to the fact that Win
throp was one state institution Of
learning which carried a course of
study in Bible in it's prescribed cur
riculum.
Veteran S: S. Worker.
Responding to the welcome address
Of President Johnson, Prof. w. s. Nor.
rison. of the chair Of history, Clemson
College, mentioned the fact that he
attended the first state Sunday schoo'
convention held in Grcenville IN 1S1T.
FIe had been n constant attendant ever
since whenever possible and il he
lived forty years longer he expected 10
attend He believed III the Sunday
school-in the work Of the Interde-
nomination Sunday school association
and he had lived to see great good
accomplished through its work.
Addresses were heard at the initial
session from Dir. Plato r. Durham OF
the Gambler school of Theology, Emory
University, Atlanta Ga, and DR.. VIII
liam a. Brown OF Chicago, director OF
EVANGELISM Of the international Sun
day school association.
An interesting feature of the pro-
grarlme Wednesday afternoon were
departmental meetings attended by the
delegates. Mrs. S. y. Burts Of Spar
tanburc, presided over the Children $
Division Conference. Miss Irene Hud-
son of Spartanburg directed the
Young Peoples Division conference
and Mr.. George r. Rooster Of Green
vile presided over the conference for
Adults.
Addresses by DR.. j. l.. Mann, SUPER
intendent Of tho Grccnville City
schools and Dr. Plato r. Durham OF
Emory University featured the pro-
sramme last evening. a large num-
bcr Of townspcople attended the scs-
sion.
Tho programme today was given
over largely to departmental conferen-
ccs prayer and praise service Mt the
/ morning session being conducted by
Rev. DR.. +. w. Gregg of the First
Presbyterian church Of Rock Hill.
This afternoon following devotional
services conducted by Rev. a. $. Rog-
ers of the A. r. P. church of Rock
Hill, an address was heard by DR.. Mel
ton Clark OF. the subject, Co. opera
tion on Evangelism" Dir. William a.
Brown again addressed the convention
this afternoon on the subject, "Build-
ing Firmly Upon the Fundamentals.
Dr.. w. J. McGlothin, president OF
rurman University. Greenvillc, was
the principal speaker ut tonight's ses-
sion. His subject was: "The Place Oh
Religious Education in the programme
of Christianity" In the course of his
address he showed plainly that there
was such n place andsthat it was alb
solutelv necessary to provide for such
oducotion I'm order to evangelize the
world.
Tomorrow.
4 number Of noted religious %ork-
crs are scheduled to address the con-
vcnlion tomorrow and the programme
promises to be the most interesting
one of the convention.