fill TEARS M A NEW FIELD. !
III. J. C. Hitkli Wfttw IMinitmlf
•f lit W«l u Puttr la Seitlitf.
Only once in a long while do I ,
burden your render* with any* ,
thing from my work. 1. there
fore. may be pardoned for writ
ing of the results of ths ft/ st four
years of ths Caledonia charye.
Four years ago the name of Cal- (
edonia charge made its appear
ance in the journal of oar Con- j
ference. When I came to the i
work, located in what to me was
a strange country, l found it to
consist of the Caledonia ehureh.
formerly with ths Maxton charge.
Oak Grove church, formerly with
the Rowland charge, and a
preaching point In East Laorin
burg, which bad been served by
the pastors of the Laurinburg
charge. At this latter point we
had no organised society and no
church property. Ths entire
membership of the tfork num
bered 209. I found two Sunday
Schools with a total membership
of 75. The entire value of church
property was only 13.600. There
was no parsonage, except a half
Into rest ip the Maxton parson
age. which was not available un
til ths latter part of the first
year, and tbs preacher lived in a
rented house, and paid a high
rent for nearly one year.
No greet things have been ac
complished yet, certainly not
what we hoped to accomplish,
but the work is in mueh better
shape than four years ago. We
now have a nloe parsonage, with
all modem conveniences, valued
at 33,600. with no debt on it, a
nice church building In East Lau
rinburg, whieh lacks but a little
of being computed, easily worth
92,600 when complete and fur
nished, a new ehureh building in
course of erection at Johns, a
station on the Coast Line Rail
way, afidalmost rmaway Detween
Caledonia and Oak Grove church
es, which when completed end
furnished will cost about 86.000^
end ^houliMte completed
m». at the present stem of the
churches in oburoe of erection, a
net increaae in value of~ehureh
property for four year* of more
than 200 par cent and when com*
pletad of over 800 per oant
There have been 170 sdditiooa;
to the membership of the ehurch1
in four year*, which gives us a
net increase of thirty-three and
onethlrd per cent. The mem-*
bership of. the 8unday Schools
hae also increased from 76 to 860.
e net increaae of over 800 per
cent. Our Sunday Schools have
several organised elaaaea which
are doing good work, considering
the present accomodation* for
apodal class work.
The Idea now is, wben*he new
church at Johns is completed, to
absorb the Caledonia and Oak
Grove churches aa nearly aa pen
sable, making one strong ehurch
and keeping the other planes as
occasional preaching places, but
to have the entire membership
centered at this one logical point
This wiD be done as soon aa pos
sible after the eboreh is complet
ed, bat the old placet will not be ,
(abandoned. Tho Pamooage,
which (a located in Learinbyrg.
'will bo sold and one built at
Johns, which will pot tha paster
in the oenter of tha membership.
When this final arrangement la
made, which we bad-hoped toao
f compllsh and would have but
far tha financial situation ranssrt
by the war, the Marion point in
Bast Laortnbury win ofnccaash
ty be datatehed from tha work
and asrvad as ah Independent
k charts or otherwise arranged
A far.
& While the asoeeamenta for pas
W ***** aalary have bean small, the
I «««• amount received far the
ZT!
which indodee above tbeeeeem
®*»t, the amaunl appropriated
by the Board of Mlaeiooaiuidtho
mm
'
r ** 4,, , . 9
. • . * ‘ . ' ‘
be above $1,100.
Along with this steady growth
he missionary spirit has grown
no, and when we get Into our
lew church we will have some
good socistes and be able to mar
ihalt the young people mom eaa
ly, which we have not been able
m do satisfactorily with church
es located in sparsely settled
scmmunftlee.
On account of eicknees and
building and other things, no rc
rivals have been held this year
ind the increase fur this year
will, therefore, be small. While
me have In our membership sev
eral well-to-do people, we have
many really poor and a good
many are only average farmers,
10 that a four-year average of
114 per month is not a bad show
ing.
Our immediate section is hit
pretty bard as well as other sec
dons, by the situation brought
do by the European war, this be
ing an all-ootton county, but still
we go on with our church build
ing enterprises and hope to be
able to carry op a full report to
Conference. We shall leave this
work with not a dollar of Indebt
sd ness on any church property
and feeling at least that we have
accomplished something in this
part of the field.—J. C. Humble,
in Raleigh Christian Advocate.
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Pip Ml Eteathp, m4 Pip ul Oitti.
Tuakegee Institute, Alabama.—
Our race is in constant search of
meant with which to provide bet
ter homes, schools, colleges, and
churches, and with wbteh to pay
debts. This is especially true
during the bard financial condi
tions obtaining on account of the
European War. AU of this can
not be done at once, but great
program can or made by a good
strong pull together, in a simple
direct manner. How?
inere are i.euu.uw colored
f ami lie* who live on farm* or in
i, or small towna Of thia
at the present time.
'• Pi* title fan. jmSn
“o" Pi*» are *Jre*dy
I want to ask that each
ly r^jie one additional pig
thiafalL
Aa eoon aa poaaible, I want to
*ak that this plan be followed by
the organisation of a Pig Club in
every community where one does
not already exist I want So ask
that the matter be taken up at
once through families, schools,
churches, and societies, Fam^’
Ins itales, Rufuses Leagues,^
The average pig la valued at
about 16.00. If each family adds
only One pig, in n few months at
sir for ***•• ua.
00 would be added to the wealth
of the owner, and *14,000,000 to
*®w®»Kh of the colored people,
[f each family adds two pigs, it
^*4 bav® i® • few months
120.00 mors wealth, and 628.000,
900 wobld be added with whfefa
to Promote the welfare of the
wee during the money stringen
ty created by the European War.
Let ua not pot It off, but or
tanixe Pig Clubs everywhere,
ilve each boy and girl an opport
unity to own and grow at least
one p * fir -
Bookmr T. Washington.
. Mmm Fin.
Mecere. White end Gough sold
the Eli Wtshert farm, near- Ai
lenton, last weak to Mr. W. M.
Glbeor of Scotland county. The
tract contains 50 acres. Mr. Orb
eon paid each for the land, which
■hows that all the money la not
out of circulation and times don't
I*t too “wariah” for ftnhsson
lend to aalL Mr. Gibson will
nova with hie family to the farm
sbonhjhe first of the year. —Lum
bertoa Robamdan.
Boy problems: By all means
marry the girt Beeaasa She Is
wealthy Is as vsasoa why she
should not make yon a good wife.
And an early wedding will lo
me yea with*mssna of eettiing
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• GROWING OLD.
A littk more tired at eke* of day,
A Utttk Veea anxious to hare ear way,
A lit tie kee ready to eaoM aad blame,
A little more ear* far a brothername;
And eo w# are rearing the journey'*
end
Where lime and eternity meet and
Mead.
A little ken ear* for bond* aod gold.
A little more seat In the day* of old,
A broeder vkw aud a aaner mind.
And a little more lor* far ail mankind;
A littk lea* time un earth 'o atay.
And eo we are faring adown the way.
A little more luvo for the friend* of
youth,
A littk lest seal for "eatattishdd"
truth,
A Hi tie more charity In oar views.
And little lata thirst (or the daily
aatrai
And so w* are folding our teat* away
And passing in silane* at (loss of day.
A liuk mors l si ante to ait and dream,
A littk mors real unseen thing* teem,
A Nttk more near bo those ahead.
With vision* of those loo r-loved ard
dead ;
Thrice happy, then. If some goal ear
aay
"1 Uve becmia* he has pasted my
way I” _
Wlj lari CMh.
Cbtof of Police Charles M.
Walter*, of Raleigh, aav* he ex*
periencea a great deal of troabto
over the sale of. dder la the
ctreete—these floe looking oodn
tryraen bringing in dder foraato.
and the Raleigh official wondera
if eider to making pebble drank.
Of eooree the Chief of Police
of Raleigh ought to know, but if
he doemi't we will tell him that
good old bard cider will make a
man more eonapfeiously and uni
formly drank than any oth£<
beverage in the world—seve its
Father, New Jersey Apple Jack,
which baa' been aptly termed
"Jersey lightning."
Hard dder will make a man
pleasantly and mellowly drank—
and he can recover. And why a
gnat prhlbidon state, forbidding
theaatoofeven ni-bear, tost it
might get nigher, w.ll tot the
sals of dder go on aa though it
were soda water we cannot un
derstand. Bird dder will make
a man drank aa quick as rot gut
whiskey—and in many towns
where we have lived we know
prohibitionists who drink barrels
aCJ^anjIckfrrik * v
w* Mtw Um C>Uh. ■
Ons story of the Moving pic
ture pose io the Senate chamber
of the United States, which re
•ulted in a sharp exchange be
tween Senator Overman and Vice
President Marshall, as reported
in soother column, to that Senator
Ua, of Tennessee, posed in the
attitude of addressing the Sen
ate while the chaplain, Mr. Pm
trnwa, appeared hi the attitude
raising bis ejee to hear
**• The Senate irsa not in ses
•ton whan this was going on and
we don’t know that it to improp
•r for senators and tha vice pres
ident to pose for the “movies”
if they wanted to. The only
criticism that could be made to
that the performance was undig
nUIed. hot as the movies have
taken bold of almost everything,
even this criticism might be al
lowed to bqm. Bat if it b. true
that Chaplain Prottyaaa. a mtn
toter of the, gospel, went through I
tim mockery of making prayer
Ior movies, it would seem
there is reason for criticism In
his case. Making mockery of se
end things is bad enough for a
layman; it is inexcusable ia a
minister. The Senate chaplain
■ro*t be a pretty man, indeed—
Sutesrflle Landmark.
Allan SUp l*wtld
The people in the Gptro,neigh,
borfaood are greatly excited over
the report that an airship was
Men passing over that eeetfcm a
fewdayiego. Those who claim to
gKJ&SUMUXS
^ °* £} MtomobUe and
made a notes like an automobile
aRgraiests
not 8mm of the colored pojm
■wiiMaCntgmM.D.
I STATE mi.
of hut week bjr the city tax
for its failure to pay tbe
tax.
orth Carolina lead* all save
Kjotockv^ In tbe prod action of
Charles Redman, a farmer of
>tbk** county, was kicked bye
meie at Winston-Salem ooe day
last week and died within a few
ha(urs.
{Because of business depression
thus Wsdesboro Messenger and
Intelligencer, which has teen a
•ami-weekly newsnvwr, will be
(atoed weekly until business re
vives.
Mr. John Thomas and Miss
Tula Powe, two citizens of Dur
ham. were attacked and almost
beaten to death by unknown par
ties Friday night. they were
both severely beaten about the
head and face and left near •
cemetery . Mice Powe was not
found until Saturday morning.
"The feet that Will Worthen’e
pistol contained bad cartridges
probably eased the life of J. B.
Ighlniosh, of the Asheville police
force Saturday night Tbeoffi
eer went to arrest the negro,
who produced a pistol and snap
ped It three times in the officer's
race, the cartridge’s failing to
explode.
CMM Nfl fH WtlltiM.
A camp of Knlghti of Kuhh
is being organised for the boys
of Chestnut Street Methodist
church by Mr. W. Hi Humphrey,
>bo has been appointed superin
tendent general by Rev. W. B.
North, pastor of the church.
This order is to the Methodist
church about what the Bo>
1 Scouts are to the church Hi gen
eral. No boy can join unless be
has t good Sunday 8ehooi record.
Masters Harold Humphrey. Car
lyle Bethea. Coroolius Butler and
Walter Lee Jenkins were accom
panied Friday night of last week
to Laurinbarg by Mr. Humphrey
and Mr. W. J. DnBois and were
initiated in the page's decree of
the order. .There are three de
grees. Mr. Humphrey met a
number of the boys at the church
rceenpy and explained about the
Order* .The. boys are very much
interested and a large number
,will no doubt join the camp. —
| Lumberton Robeson urn.
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