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FOR Y. M. C. A. BUILDING. Mr. A. C. Jones Reviews His Sugges tion That Old Court House Be Put to That Use. To the Editor of The Herald and News: In January last. after going fbrough the new building of ile Young Men's Cristian Association at Charlotte. N. ('.. with Mr. David L. Probert. tie General Seeretarv (I that Association. I wrote you from Charlotte telling you of this building and what had been done by the Char lotte people: that the work there had wutzrown their old building; that the old building and lot had been sold for $49,000, and that in twelve days time they had raised by subscription eighty thousand dollars more and that last fall they had gone into their new building which cost them $128,000. And that it was one of the very best equipped buildings for its purpose in the south. That its rooms were fitted tp for young men and that these rooms with the privilege of the uses of the reading room, writing room. bath rooms. swimming pools, could be had at a cost of three to ten dol lars a month; that the rooms were kept comfortable, neat and clean and were out of the reach of temptation and surrounded by influences for good. I stated further. that my pur pose in writing you was to show what C(ha)rlott.e had done for her young men and the young men who might in the future choose Charlotte as a home and if Charlotte, with a popula tion of forty thousand people, could raise $128,000 for this purpose. that Newberry cou.ld raise $10,000 if the cause was properly presented. That the year of 1908, had been the .greatest _ year of all in the histor', of the Association: that there had been ten million dollars paid out dsr ing'190S for eighty-one new buildings and those now under construction and provided for will cost nine mil lions more, proving conclusively that 'the people appreciate in the highest degree the value of this organization. I also called your attention to the fact that I had suggested some time ago that the best disposition that could possibly be made of the old court hous e was to use it for a build .Jng for a Young Men's Christian As sociation in Newberry and as the general assembly would convene in a few days that the members from this county could be asked to introduce a bill turning this building over to the Interstate Committee of the Caro linas for tihis purpose. Nothing was done and "The Id ler's'' reference to the condition of the court house last week has remind ed me of the suggestion I have made twice as to the best possible use that could be made of it. And believing that it must commend itself to you and every father and mother in the county who have children, especially those who have boys, I beg your per mission for the third time to appeal to the Christian men and women of Newberry to take steps to enable them to get the county to turn it over to a commission representing the dif ferent churches in Newberry county. As soon as a subscription list of ten, fifteen or twenty thousand dollars (the amount to be named before the subscription lists are turned over to the members of the Legislature in this county.) These subscriptions to e made .payable in one, two and three 'ears and to be used for tihe improve ment and equipment of the building and the support of the Association. As the first step, let me suggest that a mass meeting be called by the pastors of the churches of Newberry o take into consideration the organi zation of a Young Men 's Christian Association for Newberry and as soon as they have organized let them write Mr. Geo. C. Huntington, Charlotte, N. C.. Interstate secretary of the Carolinas, and ask him to meet wit'h them and advise them what is neces sarv and how to raise the money for this important work. I believe in the next five years there will be city associations and buildings in several towns of this size in South Carolina. Newberry. if she c-a secure the court house property for this purpose will have the advan t:e of all of them. And if Newberry will take the lead yo will find An derson. Greenville. Greenwood and other counties following. South Carolina is behind North 'arolina and several other Southern .tates in this work. And it behooves is to be up and doing because our boys are suffering today for the need of an Association. I don't believe I would have heard as I have since I have been at home during the past ten days of its being a common thing for y oung boys, js growving up. to b found gambling wi: older men of e ownl who shouild know better than ie c.iation in Newberrv several were brouIlt in t active Christian work by t:at Association are active Christian workers in their churches to-day. I don't dhink anyone will question for a moment the needs of an As sociation. and its advantages to every young man in the city and county of Newberrv will be very great. Willie Whitla's father, when he was kid napped a few months ago. offered $10.000. for the return of his boy. What is your boy worth to you? As poor as I am. if we can secure the court house property for a Young Men's Christian Association for New berry, I will subscribe for the im provement of the building and its support, provided twenty-thousand dollars is raised, payable in one, two and three years of -equal amounts, $200; that is $66.66 a year; if $15, 000, $150; of $10,000. $100. From an experience of thirty years watching the growth and success of the association, I would say thatit is the best investment that the people of this or any other community can make and if Newberry will lead ot.h ers will follow. This spirit of gen trous rivalry was shown *hen New berry built the Fraternity Hall, up to that time the best of any in the state in a town of this size. Since then. Greenwood and Laurens have built larger ones and Greenville and others are preparing to build. Last year. 1908, Westfield, New York. with A population of four thousand people opened a new Young Mon's Christian Association building that cost twenty thousand dollars. We claim a popu lation of at least seven thousand. Do we tihink less of our boys than they do of theirs? To test the sentiment of the Christian people of Newberry I will ask the pastors of the city to call a meeting of the Christian men of Newberry to meet immediately after the union service on Sunday evening. Jly 25th. for t ;e pur pose of taking into considera-tion the organization of a Young Men.'s -Christian Association for Newberry, and I would request the pastor; of the churches to give this notice in their pulpits, both next Sunday morn mg:. I am not willing to let the opportunity of securing a building and lot pass without an effort to secure it and I ask the cooperation of all of our citi zens to assist in accomplishing this purpose. A. C. Jones, Member of t:he Interstate Committee Young Men 's Christian Associa tion of South Carolina and North Carolina. Newberry, S. C., July 19, 1909. \SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Interesting and Helpful Meeting at Smyrna Church.-Large Attend a,nce and Good Addresses. '(By Miss Vista Wood.) 'On Wednesday morning, July 21, the County Sunday School convention 'of Newberry county convened at Smrna Presbyterian chu-rch, about Ifive miles west of this city. A large number of Sunday School wokers and others interested in Sun day School work gatihered for the opening of the meeting, and later in the day this number was increased until the church was comfortably filled. The devotional service was opened by Mr. JIohn C. Goggans, followed by a song service, one of the pleasant features of which was a solo by Miss Annie Green, of this city, "Face to Face,'' which .she rendered in her round, sweet voice and t!he piece was much app:eeiated by the audience. Mrs. Williamson played her accompa niment. In the afternoon Miss Green also delighted the congregation with another solo, "One sweetly solemn 1thought.' After the devotional exercises were 'over Dr. E. C. Jones took the chair and presided with much ease over tihe entire deliberations of the day. By *rone spoke in high words of praise of the manner in which Dr. .Jones con ducted the convention. Mr. John H. Wieker, the effieient sereay o-f the countyV convention. va- present, and under his manage ment the enrolment and organization only consumend a short while. altlioughi this being an important part of the work. sufficient time had to be g iven to t :is routine business. In this con ction is given the list of delegzates who responded to .roll call the first day. Others doubtless eam~e in on Thursday. Rev. Mr. Sheely led in prayer and the address of welcome a made hy Miss Chappell in a few well ehosen wvords. .andl in suclh a sin eer e manner that everyone felt the word-.c enme from the heart. Dr'. Jo nes g BASE 0c BATS ( MITTS Sold at Red Now Is the 1 MAYES' B HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT PREPARE FOR THE WO] BY INSURING AGAINST FIRE AM STO 3. A. BU RT. For Some of the Rates too cheap for you to wakening.'' Mr. Way is thorough ly alive to his work, to its import-, anee, and to the responsibility attach d to it. He discussed a number of oints some of which were, "The rganized mSunday School move ent,'' "Interrest and efficiency in Bible study,'' "Securing methods f management and teaching,"" "Per eting Sunday School literature and quipment,'' "Of linking the home o the churc,' "Increasing at endance on all chure:h service,'' "Of extending the benefits~of the Sunday School to every man, woman and cild,'' "Of securing the conversion f schools and developing them in Christian service.'' Of some of the ethods towards accomplishing good esults along these lines he mentioned the cradle roll, t!he home depa'rtment. rading, teacher training, Internation al Bible reading department, statis is, home visitation. And still fur ther along this line he talked and it as indeed deeply insfructive. The pirituality~ of the man impresses ev rone with what he says, and he has -omvlete control over his listeners. Mr. Way was followed by Mliss race W. Vandiver. State superin, tendent of the elementary department. MIiss Vandiver is one of the best vor kers in the Sunday School depart nent, having been a teacher of elo (-ution in one of thle colleges in the State, and being naturally gifted in holding the attention of her hearers she has much advantage in presenting her themes. At the morning service she discussed "The men and women of the future, what shall they be?'' Miss Vandiver said that our churches were just awakeningQ to the g-reat fact o whijh the (ai holie chur1f(h had so BALL }LOVES. SHOES uced Price rime to Buy 10k( STORE RST JD RMS WITH ON, Agent Best Companies. carry your own insurance. of God. Col. W. H. Hunt was on the pro gram to discuss "What the church owes to the Sunday School,'' but not being present, Rev. Edward Fulen wider was called upon, and although unexpected to him, he made exceed ingly appropriate remarks and sug gestions on thlis subject, stating that to 'him the church and the Sunday School were one. Mr. James F. Epting gave the re port of the State convention, and al though exceedingly brief, it was to the point and was one of the most en joyable talks of the morning. At the (close of the morning service everybody was invited to 'repair to the grove on the side of the church, w!here 'a table 80 feet long had been erected, which was almost "groaning'' under t-he weight of good things prepared by the gracious ladies of the .Smyrna congregation and others in the imme diate neighborhood. At two o'clock Dr-Jones called the people into the church and devotional exercises were conducted by him. Miss \andiver conducted the " 'Round tab)le on primry wvork. '' anid gave out mnany helpful suggestions. This was followed byV a discussion of "What b ooks should he in the Sun dar schlt teacher's library and why ?'' At thbree o'clock Mr. J. . Way (Pondtetedl tbe '"Round table. Thue Sunday school teacher.'' Rev. J. E. James was on the program for the afternoon, but being unable to come, his subject was left over for the next day. 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