The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-10-05
BAPTISTS HOLD
GREAT Meeting
Association at Poplar Springs Snid to
Have Been One Among Greatest In
tho History OF tho Association.

Have Been One Among Greatest In
tho History OF tho Association.
Mt. Olive, Oct. 1T may be put
down as a matter Of record that the
twcnty-fifth annual session of the Lau-
rens baptist Association held at Pop
lar Springs church Tuesday and We'd
nesday of last week was one among
the greatest in its history There
have been SO many good meetings of
this body that it would be difficult in
deed to point out the greatest, but
This one can easily be placed among
the best both in point Of attendance
and in the Importance OF the work ac-
comDlishcd, as well as the spirit which
pervadcd all deliberations. The dis
cussions were all full Of thought and
had ring Of religious progress. DR..
w. j. MCGlothlin, president OF Fur
man, and Rev. Jas. p. Coleman. Of the
county, who wrote inc Report on Edu
cation, delivered addresses perhaps
the bets on this subject ever heard
in this body. DR.. c. l.. Burts, secre-
tary-TrcaSurer Of the State General
Board, DR.. G. a. Jones, secretary Of
Education Commission; DR.. u. II.
Cody, editor Of Baptist Courier; Sec
rotary Thos. J. Watts, Of the Sunday
School Commission; 'Dr Jester, Of
Greenwood; Supt. w. e. Whitesidcs,
of the Baptist lIospita' and several
speakers of the count" 'clivcrcd ad-
dresses on the various pics OF the
program which must be classed anon,
the best on such occasions. The spirit
that prevailed throughout all the de-
libcrations was fine and especially
marked by unanimity and enthusiasm
The Association sermon was preach
ed Tuesday morning by Rev. George
Hopkins, OF Gray Court All former
officers were reelected. together with
two additional officers, Vice Modera-
tor and Auditor, provided for by the
new constitution and bylaws adopted
at this meeting. G, b, Bobo, Modcra-
tor; w. c. Wharton. Vice Moderator;
w. p. Culbertson and w. A. Baldwin,
Clerks; G. III. Roper and Nj. j. Ow-
ngs, Treasurers; Clyde T. Franks,
Auditor. The next meeting is to be
held at Highland Home church Sept.
26 and 81, 1922.
Among the progressive stops taken
at this meeting may be mentioned The
two campaigns put on for this month
October, one to secure 200 new sub
scribcrs to the Baptist Courier, the
state denominat!onal paper, the other
to enlist the Baptist membership in
Still q third movement for
ward was an effort called for in the
report on Sunday Schools. presented
by b. Y. Culbertson to build up the
the standard adopted by the Sunday
School Board OF the Southern Baptist
This work was placed in
the hands Of u committee composed
Of 3G members, one member from each
of the "a churches, with b. Y. Culbcrt-
son chairman, and w. S. Power. sec
rotary The campaign to secure new
subscribers to the Courier is under
the direction OF S. II. Tcmpleman,
while that to enlist titherS will be
managed by C.. b. Bobo as organizer
and B. Y. Culbcrtson publicity direc-
tor. The Report on Education pre-
The report on Education prepared
and read by JAS u. Coleman was one
OF the best If not the best, ever pre-
sented to this body. Deep in thought,
strong in its appeal, the report went
to the very core OF the subject. In
connection with the report resolutions
were adopted making a strong appeal
to the State Legislature for our COM
mon schools and committee was ap-
pointed to present the same to the
Laurens delegation in that body.
The church and people Of Poplar
Springs were happy In their generous,
hospitality looking after the social
side OF the meeting In their usual ex-
ccllent manner, for which a unani
nous vote OF thanks was extended by
the association.
Hotel to Change Hands