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Thursday, April 25, 1907. RALEIGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. S The date of the quarterly meeting on the Gran ville Circuit has been changed from May 1 1th and 12th to May 17th. Rev. L. B. Jones is conducting a meeting at Cen tral Church, Raleigh, this week. He is assisted by Rev. P. L. Kirton, of Lumberton. "I usually spend the blue Monday visiting and putting in some work for the Advocate, generally with good results." Rev. J. M. Benson. It was Rev. D. N. Caviness and not Rev. S. E. Mercer, as was reported in the Advocate who made the address at the educational meeting at Biscoe. On Saturday, June 1st, there will be an Orphan age picnic at Cedar Grove, on the Haw River Cir cuit, and on the following day memorial exercises will be held. Rev. R. L. Davis, State Temperance Lecturer, is preparing for a vigorous campaign. His heart is in his work, and he may be expected to accomplish great things. At the New Orleans District Conference recent ly held, a resolution inviting the next General Conference of our church to meet in New Orleans was unanimously passed. Knoxville, Tenn., with a population of sixty thousand, has decided for prohibition by a vote of 4,194 to 2,253. Every precinct in the city went dry but two negro sections. Rev. W. F. Sandford and his little son Frank, were appreciated callers at the Advocate office on last Monday. They were en route to Rockingham County for a visit of a few days. Rev. F. F. Eure writes: "The church confer ences we have held since I have arrived here has resulted in the addition of about fifty names to our church roll, and others to be added." "I am past my sixty-sixth year, but send mo your paper as long as I am living, and then to mj children, and I will pay you as long as I live, and I hope they will do the same." T. M. Sanderlin. Our church at Wilson and by the way, there is none handsomer in Southern Methodism will be dedicated on the first Sunday in May. Dr. Kilgo vill preach at 11 a. m., and ex-Governor Jarvis will deliver an address in the afternoon. g We have had a great deal to say about the Quiet Hour organization. We are glad to say that its or gan, The Quarterly, has now over 2,000 subscrib ers, if you need any information concerning this important movement, write to Rev. J. L. Cuning SiJii, Nashville, Tenn. "Greenville has had good preachers for quito a number of years and Brother Plyler is not an ex ception; he preaches fine sermons, and last night his sermon on Samson was indeed good. So with our new church and a good preacher we should go ahead." d. D. Haskett. At the recent session of the New York Confer ee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a resolu tion recommending that the next General Confer ee so change the constitution of the church as to make the Presiding Elders' office elective. The solution passed the Conference by a vote of 183 C. The object of the movers of the resolution ls unquestionably to modify the power of the Bishops. At the monthly meeting of the "Anti-Can'ts" of the Edenton Street Methodist Sunday-school, (1 last week, the following officers were elected: D. Riggan, teacher; Geo. Bagwell, president; rydon Jones, vice-president; W. E. Brown, oasurer: TT t? rr ,,!,.. . ,. m T tji v.n secrelar'- This organization of young men aa fou ndei in the latter part of 1906 and has l)(Wn considerably, having now twenty-five mem-rs- All visitors are cordially invited. News Observer. "My work is moving along nicely. A delight ful spring except rather too dry. Vegetation is in full blast. Looks like the first of May. Fine prospect for fruit so far. They say we are past the danger line as to the frost, etc. But I fear." Rev. L. L. Johnson, Mangum, Okla. Rev. L. M. Chaffin, who is Grand. Prelate of the Knight of Templars in North Carolina, passed through Raleigh on last Monday on his way to YTinston where on Tuesday he inspected the Cora mandery at that place. As usual, he visited the Advocate office and left a substantial token in the shape of funds for new subscribers and re enwals. Rev. H. M. North has our profoundest sympa thies in the death of his mother, Mrs. J. W. North, of Laurinburg, N. C, who died last week. She was the wife of Rev. Dr. J. W. North, deceased. She formed one of that band of faithful self-sacrificing Methodist preacher's wives whom we delight to honor. Rev. R. C. Craven, of Henderson Station, made the office a pleasant visit on Friday last. He re ports all collections in full. The church will soon have a magnificent new organ. Brother Craven says that in a few days he will make a grand rally for the Advocate. He is a pastor who attends faithfully to all interests of the church. The next religious convention of National note to meet in Atlanta and the South is the coming of the Baracas, whose motto is, "Young men at work for young men; all standing by the Bible and the Bible School," who are to meet in their eleventh annual convention at the Wesley Me morial Church, April 16th to 18th, when dele gates from all parts of the United States and from Canada are expected. Wesleyan Christian Advo cate. Wide regret will be felt at the news brought by mail from Brazil that Rev. E. A. Tilly, one of the most efficient missionaries of our church in that field, Presiding Elder this year of the Minas District as well as pastor of Bello Horizonte, was on March 3rd stricken with paralysis. Details are as yet meager, but the stroke was sufficiently se vere to cause grave apprehension. His disable ment even temporarily and we trust it will be no more than that is a severe loss to our already de pleted force of workers in Brazil. Nashville Ad vocate. The address of Dr. Crowell here recently on "News as a Factor of Civilization," was such a speech as is seldom heard, being on a subject very little dealt with by speakers inasmuch as newspaper men do not often tell what they have to say on the platform and others are not capable. Dr. Crowell is a newspaper man himself, and the message which he gave is, therefore, one of au thority. Among other things which he said re garding news was that the world could not get along without it in fact, that there could not be any form of popular government without it, for "it is the government." A movement started by the Chamber of Com merce and backed by the Merchants' Association and a majority of the business interests, for later closing of saloons during the Jamestown Exposi tion, has fallen through. An ordinance amending the existing ordinance regulating the sale of liquor in the city so as to allow saloons to re main open until 1 o'clock at night during the Ex positon, with a clause putting the present 11.30 closing hour in effect again after the Fair, has been voted down in the Common Council by nine to seven, and will not be presented to the Board of Aldermen. This was one of the most remark able fights on the liquor question in the history of the city. The saloon men did not appear in the contest at all, the measure in question being drawn, presented and supported by a joint com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce and Mer chants' Association, headed by W. S. Upshur, Superintendent of the Chesapeake and Ohio Grain Elevators, as chairman, and R. M. Lett, as secre tary. Baltimore-Richmond Christian Advocate. Mr. D. A. Pierce, assistant superintendent of the Methodist Sunday-school, is receiving merited compliments for his success in training the chil dren of that school for the Easter service. On account of inclement weather on Easter Sunday, a postponement was made to last Sunday night, when the children reflected credit upon themselves and those who trained them. Mr. Pierce gave the Methodist Sunday-school an egg hunt at Patter son Park last Friday afternoon, much to the de light of the children. Marvin Manus won the first prize and Inez Lide the second. Scottish Chief. Rev. J. L. Rumley, P. C. Fairfield charge, writes: "We are very nicely situated here and have been in the midst of a continuous pounding from the first. Of course the big pounding is well in the past by this time, but the good things are still coming our way. The people have been con siderate of the inmates of the parsonage and do not seem to know how to enjoy the good things they have unless they first divide them with the preacher and his family. For all these favors we are very grateful and shall strive to be faithful in ministering unto the spiritual interests of the flock committed to our care." Our worthy and honored townsman, Bro. F. A. Woodard, is more modest than most men of his ability. His friends by the hundreds, if not by the thousands, have been demanding that he come out for election for the next Governor of North Carolina, but thus far he has appeared almost as modest and timid as a good woman about the sub ject. This is to his everlasting credit and honor. We love to see the "office hunting for the man," and we are glad that our town and country is honored with such a man as Mr. Woodard. He is in every way a gentleman a Christian gentle man, and is so considered by every one who knows him. Besides this, he is a statesman of marked ability in State and National affairs all of which emphasize his fitness for the high office of Gover nor, and would surely guarantee his election in case he should allow his name to be run or con sidered. In Wilson, where he is best known, and in his home county, if Mr. Woodard has an enemy we have not so much as heard of it. Wilson Mes senger. It is somewhat of a coincidence that The Chron icle can report the fact that in two instances, at two of the large universities of the country, whero four men have been chosen to places of honor, two in each case are Trinity Alumni. At a pre liminary held recently at Vanderbilt University, open to all academic, Biblical and law students, out of four men chosen to speak for the Founder's Day Medal, two were gradutes of Trinity. These were Messrs. J. M. Culbreth, class of 1900, and Mr. C. J. llarrell, class of 1900, both now in the liiblical Department of Vanderbilt. In the second instance, of the four men from the South at Har vard University who have been awarded fellow ships for next year, two are alumni of Trinity. One is Mr. E. C. Perrow, mention of whose appoint ment was made last week, and the other is Mr. R. E. Sessions, who took an A. M. degree here in 1905. Mr. Sessions received the highest distinc tion in the Department of Education and was awarded a scholarship worth $2 50. He is in hi3 first year at Harvard. Trinity Chronicle. . V - j - ... . -i r 13 w m4 The New Parsonage at Farmville, X. C. r s d i- d f o n )t it h st it ve il e, r E. Ic E. L. jy n, at- at est icy m, im am tilth-
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