Blackwell Memorial Is
Daughter First Church
From Lilth' ('hum1! t'laulnl I J V Dr. Blurkut'll
I'- l ir-i i -l ('iistur Tlii* <'hurch Hiu.
(irnvin Into a l.iirjjo \\ < r!.ii;u (irtiauizuiion
t Living drugs are not nu- is- '
Kn-ti l?y tiai. < No man"* lift*.
i*>r th?< of a 11 v oiKJiiiZtt' lou
?utn lio measured inertly liy the
years. So It is v.-jiji i>luck wc II
Memorial Hap: 1st Chur:.h. 1'
mutters tun ;?.! what date
ctuiMii was* founded- but It mat*
'ters tremendously what it ha?
'den-. There w:is a time In the
Jiistory of Klizabei h Clt v wh?-n
there was liu: one llaptlsi organ
Ijation within h?-r limits. Willi
foresight and vigor that organ
ization looked forwaid and
H-achi'il out. (in one end of
the town under the leadership of '
Dr. Calvin S. Bluckwell, at the
fnr end of lliver>id" Drive n
chapel wa< planted. At the other
end on North Road street, one
of similar design wag erected. I
Theve \\?re but- mission points,
but each destined to play i> 1
port In the future of the religious J
life of the city.
Uut this story conn* eta itself.
Intimately with the chapel at the
end of Road street. % Soon in'
place of a mission station there
was formed a church nrisanl/a-i
tlon. and Rev. Joseph Ferebe**
was called as pnst.?r. Brother:
Fere bee did a fine work, and ,
was succeeded bv Rev. W. A.,
J^y'TB. This pastor is still re-:
inhered affectionately by the
?on probation, an*| It was under'
Ills pastorate that the main audi
torium was erected. I'pon Mr.
Ayers departure there cn:ne the
short pastorate of Rev. Josiah
Cruilup. SiKKedltiK Mr. f'rudupt
came the Rev. I. N. Loft in. per-'
haps the most loved of all Mack
well's pastors. Under his ener
getic leadership the church grew
rapidly, and two .additions were
mad*- to the building. In labors
Uieessant. he finally wore himself!
out and passed to Ills reward I
after a pastorate of ten years.
'?*or three months the congre
? Ration was without a pastor, hilt
finally secured Dr. George AV.
Clarke. Dr. Clark-' had a vig
orous pastorate of four years and
it was in his day that the church
tearhed its proatest numerical
strength. It was also during
this pastorate that niackwel!
Memorial Hee tired the chapel on
?Riverside Drive and organized it
Into a church, called Calvary.
Upon Dr. Clarke's departure the
church called Dr. James II.
Thayer from "North Augusta.'
South Carolina. For the past
OPTICAL SEI'.VIC E
rn. j. w. selic
OPTOMETRIST
521 Main St.*;El!xnbc1b City
Thin CltriftlltlftH t It ? ? fclft for
f rl?-n?lH fur awny, anil for-tlio
folks at lioiiir m your plio
tOKrnith. Why not nil now
and avoid Die holiday ruffli.
ZOKI.LKIIS ST! I1IO
The rifdii place to liny
Stoves
Ranges
Heaters
.Stiiiidnrsl make*, litr?i
cr liner, lower price*,
belli t service.
QIJINN KUHNITtJIU;
COMPANY
(-liming by man'* faith in what
t'hrUt on the crow dic<| for htm.
To theae grout, fundamental doc
trine* 1 most earnestly subscribe.
"I can Kay also ihat these
nit-eiing* have don** our church
great Rood. About fotty have
alieadv come into our fellowship.
titor?' will folluH. and the body
a* a whole has revived. Th**
? oiiKreKution has supported the
meetiuKM. and have derived rnufii
help from (hem. Evorythiu*
BLACKWELL MEMORIAL BAPTIST
1 1? r* ?? yt*aif8 the work lias gone
steadily forward. particularly
along the 1 i tic of bettor organ
ization. Shortly after the pas
tor'* arrival t lie church planned
ami liuilt a third addition, which
houses a mod<*rn Junior depart
ment, ? two large adult class
rooms and a modern kitchen.
"I most heartily Rive my sup
port to the Evangelistic meeting
being hold by thd Ham-Ramsay
party in our city. Dr. Thayer
B?t id . "Through these meetings
m:: r.y have come to a knowledge
? ?r the Christ, backsliders have
been, restored, ami saints have
be 11 uuirkened. iNo such results
could have been obtained save
through the preaching of God's
love, His eternal wrath on Bin,
redemption alone' through the
blood of Christ, and salvation
j points in a heller nn?1 larger #cr
? vice ?ui tin* purl of Ihe people us
a result of tli?*Kn nicptinxi."
Dr. Jamos II* nry Thayer was
roPutlnYoui
Fruit Cake
Kni?i??, ( 'iirrnnfft,
I'ltf*. < 'rysfali/eil Cherry.
rinr:i|i|ilc, Ix-mWii niul Or
aiik'p I V?'l, Almonds. Will
nuts, anil llriuJI N'uls. Tlicsf
arc nil fresh comN.
M. P. Gallop Co.
' Phones It ami 57
NOTICE!
The Ta\ Hooks arc
iioh open for I In* col
lrclion of Cily and
(flailed School Taxes
for tin* year 192 I.
I!. WOOD,
Clitv Tax (.olli'etor.
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IHtlKII FMiS
STI KI KI) DATKM
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imiKi> aiti.ks
\i:\V ItAISINS
<:\ix<;akkktt
I'Iioiick 697 or 698
riiom s (di7 or (Mm
This space taken just to ex
press publicly my appreciation
of the service rendered my com
munity and me personally by the
Ham-Ramsay Revival.
Robert R. Taylor
lilt. .1. II. I N WKIt
horn ;ti Charleston. ami tin* num?
that lit* boars. the sunn* ax that
??f his fatliiT, Ii:ik Ihm'ii an hun
<j.fl win* in that Vity -for many
>? ? ??. Ii.> was educated at the
t'ratlel. a nationally known mil i -
t#r\ Mt htHiU at Charleston. where
h? wan graduated w it la the de
|?" <? of U. S. Mi? theological
i: . u:m:h was received at the
S. ;it lo rn Haptist Theological sem
inary at Louisville, whore he re
the degrees of Bachelor of
1 :!:"?t|oisy. Ma sic r of Theology.
I Doctor of Theology.' II*' ha*
u!-- ?? nupleteil -a course in story
t? iliiig at tlie Home t'orrespon
School. Springfield. .Massa
chii^i'tlH. and a* a story t? ller j
li!- won the hearts of the rhll-J
the Elizabeth I'lty puMie !
m1i?k?|s. lie is particularly ac
tiv ? among the young people ?>f
!)>?? ? hurch.
in li?o? Dr. Thayer married I
Mi^s Ktliel Ounter of Louinvllle. I
Kentucky, ulul there is oik* son.
T1IE APOTHECARY SHOP
Phone 400
A <*ood Drug Store
Jhiii >4 |l?*nry Thayer, Jr.
I?r Tiiuvcr cam** to Ellnbcth
C'liy from North Angusta. 8. V .
where wh? |ia*tor ot tile Kir#;
Church.
Christmas
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Fruitful and Beautiful
This is planting -cason for Ims, shriihs and liiilh*. la 1 1 plant*
in;i ii? much prrfrnililc to spring. >\ c urr prepared to supply all
sorts and kinds of phmls proinptlv at lowest prices consistent with
quality. Landscape planning furnished where desired. Why order
nursery stock out of town and |?ay more?
We supply everything that is planted ? complete garden
scr\ ice.
F ARMERS -
TAKE NOTICE
For I li?* past three years, wr have pii-hcd ihc price ?f SOY
BEANS an high as possible, thereby putting several thousand extra
dollars in the (nickels of farmers in this ttcclioii. Vi e will pursue
I lit* same policy tliis year.
Our advicc In growers of Soy Beans is to market their crop
slowl\ litis year, as llie erop is a little shorter than usual and we ex
pert to see prices stronger, hut we are Inlying from all who wunt
to sell, and when >oii are ready, conic to see lis.
Send Us Your Shipments of Truck Peas and Beans
Brock & Scott Produce Co.
Phonr IBt ?!- Eliziilielh (*ity? N. Hurn?-*? Street.
ALBEMARLE FERTILIZER COMPANY
Manufacturers of high grade fertilizer specially adapted
to these soils of these northeastern counties of our state
Phone 659 ?
J. H. LeROY Mgr. ? Elizabeth City, N. C.
We Pay
Highest Cash
Prices
H Hi
Cotton, Cotton
Seed and Soy
Beans
Remember we Sell field Seeds,
Fertilizers or Feed
Produce & Ginning
Co*
WV*I Main Si. I'lmnc .>72
W I l< K 1 K NCKS
All of the wire iiHod In l*ltl#?biir|ci?
I'Vnrwi Im now "Knper-Zllirrd," Mini In, |triH
Ceded iiLfii lii? I riiNt In mi extra he?vy mill
Wll h<)ii(li>il coaling of xiue.
This Improved process o f xliir contlim
wire mark* (ho Miicmfiil result of wvcml
years' efforts to produce fences that would
lust longer au?l ul\r better ser\ Ire. S|ie? in I
effort has Imi-ii made to produce a belter
bond Ih*i ween the steel ami the y.iur, Uiiim
ov ereonihiK the dlsndviintuuc of jieelhtK
and cracking found In ninny f euros.
Our "SupW'Zhirwt" Wire Fence* estnh
llNh n new standard of fonre service and
durability. Ilemember, t hi*, t nil of our
fonccw are "Huper-Zlnced," armoured
against corrosion by the same high stand
ard of rust protection. Vet mi efficient ly
has our liupim cmI process liecn <lc%eln|ied
that we are utile to well our fence* lit no
liinrane In prlre over fences of ?irdhuiry
gnlvanl/iliK tpiallly.
PITTSBURGH STEEI. CO.
WE SELL PITTSBURGH FENCING
Homes for Sale
Also Ittiililiiifi l.ola
IE ITS HEM. ESTATE
? Si-r ?
L. B. Twiford
COME AROUND SUNDAY ANI) GET A
TURKEY DINNER
Prepared in the Finest Style and served Quickly as usual
85c
White House Cafe
Famo and Lebanon Belle Floor
absolutely lloam of (piillty *ol?l by tbn IwHhf gn
? DdTIllllUTKD 11 T ?
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Viilrt Sir**.