Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-06-15
THE GREAT SUNDAY SCHOOL
Meeting at Rock Hill-Grcat Work
is Being Accomplished.

Rock Hill, June 9.-Special: The
annual report OF Leon G. palmer,
general superintendent of the South
Carolina lnterdenominational Sun
day School Association, submitted to
the State Convention at it's morning
session Thursday at Winthrop Col
lege, proved OF especial interest to
the more than 400 delegates present.
Giving full credit to r. D. Webb,
former State superintendent Of the
Association, he included in his re-
port the statement that, "Due to the
sound leadership given the associa-
ton during the past year by our
friend and brother, r ID. Webb, and
the solid organization which he built
up, we have been enabled this year
to make: substantial PROGRESS in spite
'of many dffffoultfes 49, More settings
have been held, more Sunday schools
represented, more pastors, superin-
tendents and teachers reached in
Sunday school association meetings
than before; and 1T has SCENE, that
the very things which confronted us
as difficulties have turned out to be
blessings, by constraining us to put
forth greater effort, attempt larger
tasks and depend more wholly upon
our Heavenly Father, who has led
and guided us in the way"
The report showed that every
county in the State except Allendalc
now has County Sunday School AS
socia ton. Charleston county. Bcrkc-
ley and Greenville counties have at
tanned the Gold Star Standard for
the first time, and Hampton and
Spartanburg are also Gold Star coun-
ties-a distinction bestowed for at
tanning the highest degree OF Sunday
school excellence Of any counties in
the State. DR.. J. +. Townsend Is
president Of the Charleston County
Sunday School Association; G.. NJ
Virgins is president Of the Berke-
ley County Association; George r.
Rooster leads the Greenville county
branch; e. NJ. Peoples is president
Of the Hampton County Association,
and Dr.. Guy T.. Snavely heads the
Spartanburg association.
Attended Many Meetings..
The State superintendent reported
that during the year which had just
come to a close he attended 125
meetings, at which 1913 Sunday
schools were represented by 274 pas
teachers and total OF 20,6i1 dele
gates and visitors. He made 17S
speeches during the year, wrote 200
newspaper articles and travelled a
total Of 20.444 miles.
Credit to Volunteers.
Invaluable work was done during
the year by volunteer workers, who
were referred to by the State super
intendent in his annual report as fol-
lows:
'"The work accomplished by our
employed STAFF is only a small frac-
ton Of what the association Is do
ing. We have a large corps Of VOL
unteer field workers, who gladly give
their time without salary to attend
ing county and district conventions
for us. Among these are Prof. VIM.
S. Morrison, Of Clemson College,
Rev. A. F.. Driggers, also Of Glenn
son College; George .R Koester Of
Greenville, and Mrs. S. n. Burts, Of
Spartanburg, with a host Of others,
all Of whom | wish I could mention.
1T would be difficult to over-estimate
the amount and the value Of the SER
vice they are rendering"
a committee on evangelism was
organized the past year, with DR.. w.
l.. Ball, Of Spartanburg. as chairman.
Prof. VIM. S. Morrison, Of Clemson
College, vice-chairman, and Rev. A.
e. Driggers, secretary.
summary Of the activities Of all
the Sunday school field agents, Miss
Holland and Miss Alverson, Mr.. and
Mrs. palmer and Rev. C. r. Lamar
included in the report, shows that
during the year they attended 353
meetings. with 2,227 Sunday schools
represented; 512 pastors, 1,10S SUI
perintendents and 4,465 teachers
present.