Thursday, February 8, lJiy i
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RALEIGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
News and Correspondence.
(Under this head we wish short, crlap
news ItertiH from the field. It Is not de
signed that the writer's name should
apprar In print, hut his name should al
ways accompany the Items. Signed let
ter. from the preachers will continue to
he published on this page. Editor.)
At the M. E. Church, Sunday
morning, there were 169 men in the
Baraca Class. This is something
most unusual in any Church, or any
community, to see 169 men in a
class at one time. The Baracas had
to move out of their class room into
the main auditorium of the Church
and they nearly filled the Church. It
was an inspiring sight and speaks
well for the community and reflects
honor upon the men who are work
ing faithfully to get others interest
ed. Roanoke News.
Immediately following the sermon
at the Methodist Church last Sunday
night a Church conference was held.
Perhaps the most interesting ques
tion that came before the conference
was concerning the completion of the
Cnurch building. The conference by
a unanimous vote indicated its wish
that the buildinsr should be complet
ed without further loss of time. The
finance committee was instructed by
the Conference to call a meeting very
soon, and devise means for going for
ward with the building. Dunn Dis
patch. The contest now on between the
' reds" and the "blues" in the Wesley
Bible Class of the Methodist Church
has already succeeded in bringing
out a great number of men who had
not been in the habit of attending
any Sunday-school. So far the "reds"
are well in the lead, but the "blues"
look wise and say, "Just wait for the
home stretch, and we will show you
something." Certainly the scores of
men who now attend the meetings of
this class inspire the teacher, D. H.
Hood, to his best efforts, and every
one who knows him knows that he
measures up to a high standard.
Dunn Dispatch.
1 X ST A XTLY I M I 'OUT A XT.
The Hoard of Missions at
Conference requested the
Treasurer to pay the first
quarter due to the domestic
missionaries February 15 if
possible.
lie will not have sufficient
funds unless remittances are
made to liini immediately by
all pastors who have collected
any amounts for this cause.
Send what you have in hand
to .T. T. Flythe, Treasurer,
Jackson, X. C.
X. If. I). WILSON',
Conference Missionary See.
who are laboring in these needy
fields.
Furthermore, the Treasurer is in
structed to publish as of February
10, and quarterly thereafter, the
name of the charges and the amounts
received from them by him on For
eign and Home Missions. In this
way the Conference will be kept
fully advised as to the money paid
and by whom.
Finally, let me urge in the light
of the demand at home and the need
abroad that every dollar possible be
collected early in the year and sent
at once to the Treasurer that he may
relieve the needs at home and help
to meet the demands abroad.
Sincerely yours,
M. T. PLYLER,
President of Board.
TO THE PRKACHKHS OF THE
XORTH CAROLINA COXFEHEXCE.
My Dear Brethren: This is to re
mind you that the report of the
Board of Missions adopted by the
Conference at Durham instructed the
Treasurer to pay the appropriations
on February 15 and quarterly there
after if possibly.
To do this the Treasurer must
have the money and to get the money
he has to depend upon the pastors to
send it in. So it must be apparent
to any one that we must make early
collections and send in all money col
lected at once if we are to carry
out the order of the Conference and
ab-o meet the need of our brethren
XOTICE!
The Executive Committee of the
Board of Church Extension will meet
in Tarboro, N. C, March 15, 1917.
All who contemplate making ap
plication to General Board for aid,
either donation or loan, will please
have your applications in the hands
of the secretary a week before the
executive meeting. Write Brother
J. E. Holden, the secretary, for
blanks, and prepare your applica
tions at once, as none will be con
sidered after the adjournment of
committee.
H. M. EURE, Chairman.
TO THE PREACHERS OF
ElfiH DISTRICT.
RAL-
We will hold our annual preachers'
meeting in Edenton Street Church,
Kaleigh, on February 14 and 15. Let
every preacher be present. We will
discuss, in an informal way, the va
rious problems that confront us in
our wrork.
On Wednesday evening there will
be a missionary sermon preach Qd by
Rev. N. H. D. Wilson, of Louisburg,
N. C.
It is very much desired that ev
ery preacher be present, and that
all take part in the discussions that
may arise.
J. E. UNDERWOOD.
Raleigh, N. C.
TO THE MIXISTERS OF THE
XORTH CAROLINA COXFEREXCE.
Dear Brethren: By reference to
the report of the Board of Missions
at last Conference, you will observe
that the Treasurer of the Board is
requested to pay the first quarter of
appropriations to domestic mission
aries by February 15. To do this
requires more money than the Treas
urer has. Can't you help us to help
these brethren in need of taking col
lections at once and sending in? We
haven't enough money to pay the
first quarter by about two thousand
dollars, and have received only one
remittance since Conference. Breth
ren, please help us out. Act at
once.
J. T. FLYTHE,
Treasurer, North Carolina Con
ference Board of Missions.
Church or parsonage. Only those de
siring to apply to the General Board
need put in applications now, as
those wishing to deal with the Con
ference Board will have until fall
to get in their applications. Please
attend to this matter promptly, and
save trouble.
J. E. HOLDEN.
XOTICE.
Tennessee has just enacted bone
dry prohibition. Oregon and Arkan
sas did so recently. These, with
West Virginia, make four States that
exclude liquor entirely. Let North
Carolina be the next State to do so.
Many ecclesiastical bodies have
asked for this. The Social Service
Conference has asked for it. And
the Anti-Saloon League is working'
for it. The passage of House bill
No. 802 will give it.
Please write or wire your Repre
sentative and Senator at once and
ask each to support this measure and
use his influence to get others to do
so. The House is likely to enact
this bill any day. Therefore early
action is necessary
R. L. DAVIS.
Superintendent, North Carolina
Anti-Saloon League.
XOTICE!
The Executive Commitee of the
Board of Church Extension of the
North Carolina Conference will meet
not later than March 15, and all
applications to the General Board of
Church Extension for aid must come
before this committee at that time for
consideration. I will be glad to fur
nish blanks for application, but
in asking for blanks always state
whether aid is to be asked for a
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
The following are the apportion
ments of new subscribers to the Ral
eigh Christian Advocate for the sev
eral charges of the Washington Dis
trict: Aurora 10
Ayden 7
Bath 5
Bethel 5
Elm City 5
Farmville 9
Fairfield 5
Fremont 7
Greenville, Jarvis Memorial. ... 10
Mattamuskeet 9
McKendree 5
Mt. Pleasant 6
Nashville 9
Rocky Mount, First Church. ... 15
South Rocky Mount &Clark St. 5
N. Rocky Mount and Marvin . . 5
Stanstonsburg 9
Stokes 4
Spring Hope 8
Swan Quarter 5
Tarboro 5
Vanceboro 7
Washington 10
Wilson 15
1JELHAVEX AXI) PAXTEGO.
When the Bishop announced Pan
tego and Belhaven as my charge for
this year quite a few of the preach
ers told me it was one of the best
charges in the Conference. It is a
scacoast appointment and for years
I had coveted such a work.
The Saturday after Conference I
performed the marriage ceremony
of a very clear niece, Miss Lucile
Alsbrook, of Spartanburg, to Mr. A.
F. Fowler, of Columbia, S. C. I re
mained over Sunday in Spartanburg
with my sister. Some other daya
were devoted to visiting other rela
tives in South Carolina.
My wife and I reached Belhuvei
Thursday in time to enjoy a delight
ful supper which the ladies had pre
pared. We were given a most cor
dial reception and found the parson
age ready in every respect for house
keeping. The parsonage is one of
the best and most convenient in th'i
Conference, and the ladies are
thoughtful and generous in their at
tention to the parsonage and its oc
cupants and the men are equally
so.
Belhaven has about 3,500 popula
tion and is delightfully situated on
Pamlico Sound. There are six white
Churches in the town. The Meth
odist Church is centrally located and
DISTRICT COXFEREXCE l)lKc.
TORY.
Fayetteville District, Pittsboro
April 26-29.
Elizabeth City District, Hertford,
July 5, 6.
HOXOH ROLL.
The following charges have se- '
cured the number of new subscribers
to the Raleigh Christian Advocate
apportioned to them for this year,
and we herewith give them place on
the honor roll in the order in which
they have come in:
Dunn J. A. Hornaday, pastor.
Person Street and Calvary L. jj.
Joyner, pastor.
Leasburg Circuit J. A. Martin,
pastor.
its membership consists of as iins
people as can be found anywhere.
They believe in education, in mis-
sions, and in vital religion. A number
of our young people are attending
colleges. The town has a well at
tended public school of eleven
grades. Not a few of our members,
both men and women, pray in pub
lic. It is the spirit of the people to
love their pastor and show him their
appreciation in many ways. Xo mis
take was made in saying this is one
of the bct charges in the Confer
ence. Pante-go is a town of about 400 in
habitants, on the railroad, four miles
from Belhaven. There are four
white Churches in this town. Every
tihng said of Belhaven is equally
true of Pantego. I preach at Pan
tego each second Sunday, morning
and night, and at Belhaven twice
each of the other Sundays.
There is also another appointment,
Leechville, a village about seven
miles from Belhaven, at which I
preach the third Sunday afternoon
of each month. This is a new ap
pointment, just organizing, ami
while the membership is small in
number it is excellent in quality.
The charge is well organized in
Sunday-school and missionary work.
The stewards fulfill Disciplinary re
quirements. They have system in
their finances and pay their preacher
monthly.
My first official act was to mavry -a
couple, Mr. Clarence Sears and .
Miss Julia Wfhite, Saturday, Decem
ber 2 3rd. Then I had another mar
riage ceremony January 4, in Colum
bia. P.. C, when my son, Joseph L
Nettles, and Miss Harriet Gille
were married. .
This section is a country of hug?
possibilities. In addition to the
fish and oyster industry, saw-mills,
and other business enterprises, tin1 ,
swamp lands are being drained an-'
brought into cultivation. As an in
stance, some Northern capitalist
have purchased a swamp jungle
45,000 acres, which they am hav
ing prepared for cultivation. A
main canal about fifteen miles ion?,
thirty feet wide, and twelve feet
deep is being cut. Two large lx'-1'
are floated on this canal for tii-' ;
dredging. The fall is only about tw
feet a mile. From this main f ''K!l
lateral canals of neariy the snnv'
size, and a mile apart, are extc'idP'
through the body of the land. Tl'
timber and jungle is then cut li'0"1 ,
the land and burned thereon,
small ditches are then dug, and 1 '''
told it costs about fourteen dolla'"
an acre to dig these small dit"';r': ,.
and get the land thus prepared.
first year, and sometimes the sc'"11 ,
year, the corn is planted by "s-ii-ii'"'"
ing." This is the aboriginal m"ie
of farming and is necessary be-'a"
the ground is too soft for driving i,n
amiml over it to plough. A shni'l1'
eiied slick is stuck into the grotir.l
and Hie giv.ii: of corn in d','M'ry'1
c.
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