Hickory daily record., 1922-09-26

West Hickory, Sept. 26.-The gospel
singing convention held at the Saints
auditorium in West Hickory Saturday
night and Sunday under the leader
ship of Prof. Joe Humphries of CAT
fney, S. c., assisted by Prof. Wade
Humphries and Judge l.. w. Stroup.
was grand success in every way.
All the quartetJes as had been pre-
viously announced in the Daily Record
were present and several others were
added to the program. The convention
convened on Saturday night and con-
tinued all day Sunday. There were
about 1000 persons present Saturday
night to hear the slnIlng start and
on Sunday the seating capacity 0t the
auditorium was filled and Il large
number on the outside. The congre-
cation was estimated at 1000 and l
am satisfied there was that many and
probably more as there were people
mere trcm all sections OF the state anu
quite a number from South Carolina.
The quartettes present were the
Gaffney quartctte of South Carolina,
Setren's Guartette OF Asheville. Pret.
Hilton's quartette OF Hudson, Prof.
Philips Quartette of LongvleW, Prof.
H. Simmon's, quartette OF Lemon,
the Buff Guartette of Casar and the
Valdese quartette, Prof, Deals quar-
tette of Connolly Springs and probably
others. AS a matter of fact the-cholrs
and many good singers of West iilck-
ory were also present to take part
in the singing.
We would De more than pleased to
give full details OF all the fine sing
ing done by all the cholrs and ouar-
tettes present, but that would take too
much space and we will have to be
satisfied with saying that the progras
consisted of songs by the chors and
solos. auartettes and duets and we
want to say that each one whether
song, solo. or quartette. was just
simply elegant each one taking part
in these songs showing that he was
well trained in music and all dong
themselves great honor in delivering
their songs. All the choirs and quar-
tcttes were highly complimented hy
the large audience Everyone made
the remark the work was complete
and that they could not see where
any Improvement could be made any
where in the singing.
| think it was generally admitted
without a dissenting voice that tins
was a great deal the best singing
convention that has ever been heia
here. All Nesent were Immensely
pleased with the fine style III which
Prof. Joe Humphries conducted the
service. Uncle Joe, as he is usually
known here by his friends knows
just how to conduct singing con
vention to get the best results. He
SAYS he has been doing this kind CT
work for about IS years and during
that time has held between 800 and
400 conventions and he reports that ne
has never held sirging convention
anywhere that was any better than
the one held in West Hickory.
OF course Rev. Mr. and Mrs. U.
II Pve, pastor of the church, were
present aiding and helping in the
work and the other ministers present
helping in the work, were Rev. w. r.
Walker, Rev. Mr.. Freeman, Rev.
Brown, Rev. Harris, Rev. r H L
Pendleton and the ministers and all
others present agreed that this was
the greatest singing convention that
had ever been held here.
lhe large audience then gave a vote
of thanks to Prof. Humphries for his
good wcrk done ii conducting the
service. The vote was unanimous. This
compliment was highly appreciated
BY Prof. Humphries.
Several nice talks were made dur
ing the convention by Prof. Humphries
and all the ministers present made
short talks, all stating that they were
greatly pleased with the entire pro-
gram.
While we feel in this meagre state
ment one half has been left untold,
we have space for no more.
But we must say in this connection