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'r s THE MORNING STAR, WILMIN C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER-27, 1920 SIXTEEN V ' t - - & ; ' J . - 1 f 1 I 'I t : - 4 A - 3 15 J 1 x r SESSION OF STATE SYNOD OPENS HERE; ELECTION IS HELD Dr. J. R. Bridges of Charlotte, Is Chosen As Moderator for , , Ensuing Year TWO HUNDRED MEMBERS ATTEND ANNUAL MEET Presbyterians Will Be in Ses sion Through Friday; Two Meetings Today : The 107th session of the Presby , terian synod of North Carolina held its Initial meeting last night at the Church of the Covenant, Rev. W. C. Brojvn of Raeford addressing the as sembly for the retiring moderator. Officers were elected for the coming year. According to count, 138 ministers and 79 elders were in attendance. After the sermon, the pulpit was yielded to J. W,. McLauchlin, of Rae ford, retiring moderator, who opened the synod to nominations for the new moderator;' After Rev. W. S. Wilson, ' of Lincolnton, and Dr. J. R. Bridges, of Charlotte, editor of The Presbyter ian Standard, had been nominated, Dr. Bridges was elected, the vote being 106. to 96. Dr. Bridges immediately assumed the duties of moderator, being " conducted to the rostrum and intro duced to the synod by his nominator, Rev. J. N. H. Summerell. - - Rev. J. R. Herndon, of "Winston- Salem, was the sole nominee for read ing clerk and was unanimously elected. The program for the session arranged by the committee on orders was ac A cepted. After the business of the evening had been completed, ten min utes was allotedio Dr. I. Cochrane Hunt, secretary of the Lord's Day alliance, and he delivered ah earnest appeal for the consecration of the Sab bath. Takes Text Prom Joshua As minister of the church in which the retiring moderator, is an elder, Mr. Brown delivered the sermon of the , evening. Taking as his text, Joshua 24:15, "As for me and ny house we will accept the Lord," delivered a strong sermon urging worship within the family. Deploring the ,small per- centage of ministers and church mem bers of the Presbyterian faith in thks state who still adhere to the good old '. custom of family worship, Mr. Brown stated his belief that the matter should : be one of grave concern to representa tives at the synod. Reverting to his text, the minister declared that. In ac cepting the Lord for his house, Joshua, 4 the leader of Israel, was exercising his proper rights. Just so today, family r heads should accept the Lord and con duct worship within their homes, he stated. Mr. Brown explained that the family should be a religious unit within itself. .Just as religious as are the families that make up a congregation Just so v religious the church, so it will be. The minister stressed the great influence which parents wield over children and the importance of conducting home worship in order that the characters of the children might be moulded in' .he right way.' Prayer Guide Children He pictured what an inspiration and help it was to children to hav parents who prayed with them and sought to direct them along the right paths of life, and how discouraging and hard it . was for children to lead Christian lives when they knew their parents were sinful. He pointed out that the memory of an earnest Christian parent was a more precious heritage to children than broad acres or much gold. The usual excuse for the abandon ment of family prayers, the minister stated, was the fast-moving times. This should be an argument in favor of them, he pointed out, for a man who is engulfed in his business needs to take time for morning prayers and thereby refresh and stimulate himself for arduous rigors of the day. -The necessity for so many societies for young people in the churches is brought about by the lack of'proper re- llgious instruction in the home, was the belief of Mr. Brown. Both the de crease in ycandidates for the ministry and' the tendency toward Sunday amusements are partially the result of the discontinuance' of family worship, he believed. , The synod reconvenes this morning at 9 o'clock with a full program scheduled for the day. The recess for lunch, it was agreed on last night, will be taken at 1 o'clock. The address of the morning will be delivered by Dr. A. B. Johnson. One of the features of the ... afternoon will be a special musical program given in First - Presbyterian 5hurch. Supply Slow Fuel Delays Seaplanes; Now At Southport Planes Will Leave At Nine This Morning for Jacksonville and Havana May person Will Sing 7o ( J Large Audience MODERN LIFE CAUSE OF DIVORCE, JUDGE AVOWS Twenty-Eight Divorces Granted by Court Tuesday , . Out of the 31 divorce cases tried be fore Judge F. , A. Daniels, of superior ' court, yesterday, 28 verdicts granting divorce were rendered. Those suing i for divorce included both white peo ple and negroes. Many of the cases .were dispensed with in a very short time,. some of them taking hardly more than 10 minutes. . Judge Daniels in his charge to the ' Jury spoke of the Increase in divorce suits in this state. Three years ago " divorce suit in this state was rare, he stated. He enumerated many things including moving picture shows and modern dancing, which he attributed to be the causes of the ever-increasing . lumber of divorce suits in this state. PARENTS AND PUPILS 'i ENJOY MUSIC COURSES ,New- Feature in City Schools Is Well Received r ' The courses in music lately lnstl tuted In the schools ; of the cityhave been well received by pupils andVpar ' ents, it was announced yesterday aftthe educational office. 'Miss Famine vyll- 'liams, an experienced s teacher, Is di recting the Instruction in grades- trfym ' the first td the sixth. Paris M. Myers, orscanist -for St. James - -Eplacopft church, is in charge of the Instruction , In the seventh and eighth grades. , . Mir. Myers is emphasizing gjtee club an8 1 choral tinging. He has been' particu4 Because the residents of the Carolina coast country were "so slow" in sup plying them with gasoline, according to Capt. T. L. Tidds, of the Pin ta, the two seaplanes flying from New York to Havana were 24 hours late in reaching-Southport, where they alighted at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon. Captain Tidds stated last night that his plane and the Santa Maria, Captain j Roseman, stopped at- Manteo yesterday ; afternoon for fuel. Gasoline happened,! to be at a premium in that town, which ; is located on historic Roanoke Island, the birthplace' of' Virginia Dare, first English white child born in America, and it took nearly all nigrht and a good jpart of today to accumulate the needed quantity of gas. Laden with three more passengers picked up in Manteo,- the seaplanes, sailing through what Captain Tidds termed "beautiful and delightful weather," passed Wrightsville Beach at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Residents there telephoned that they, "looked, as bitr as houses." Sailing leisurely along, they came to rest in the mouth of the Cape Fear river, at boutnpori. Captain Tidds said last night that the planes would resume their journey, with Jacksonville as their next Stop, at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. He added : that he expected to be in the cuDan ranltal bv Friday morning. .Not the' slightest mishap marred the trip fromi Norfolk to Soutnport, me capiam i stated. The passengers ana crews spent the night at Miller's hotel. South-port. VICE COMMITTEE EXPECTS BIG JOB Rotarians See Enor mous Task Ahead J. C Williams, chairman of the Ro tary committee making investigations of the vice conditions of this city, an nounced at the regular weekly meet ing of the club yesterday that the deeper the committee delved Into the local situation the more they became convinced of the enormity of their work and that all he could officially report at the present time is progreas. He said, however, a letter is Deing framed which will be mailed to au parents in Wilmington, asking certain questions concerning their sons and daughters of the younger generation. Upon request of Rotarlan w. a. ura- ham. President Carl Folvogt appointea a committee of Ave to co-operate with the Boy Scouts of Wilmington in the annual drive for funds early in No vember. Rotarlan J. Lawrence Srpunt, chair man of the concert committee, an nounced that to date 3,479 had been realized from j the sale of tickets for the high art entertainments to be given under the auspices of the Rotary club. Rotarian Sprunt announced that the May Peterson concert would begin promptly at 8:16 this evening, and tnat he hoped all ticket holders would be seated at that hour. Klrby Smith, general manager of the Newport Shipbuilding corporation that recently located here, was admitted as member of the club. He assured the Rotarians of the intention of himself and his company to do everything pos sible to help' Rotary and Wilmington. Mrs. Henry M. Ware, soprano soloist of Grace Methodist church, delighted the Rotarians with several vocal selec tions. She was accompanied on the piano by Rotarian Ed Munson. Resolutions of respect were adopted by the club on the recent sudden death of Henry Jay MacMillan, a Rotarian. They were offered by Rotarlan James H. Cowan .on behalf of a resolution committee composed of Rotarians Fei delson, Graham and himself. - i' I ADYENTIST PASTOR 50 YEARS IN PULPIT Sixth Street Church Honors Rev. J. P. King's Jubilee in ' Its Ministry Commemorating the fiftieth anniver sary of Rev. Joseph P.- King, elder of the Sixth Street Advent Christian church, the congregation is celebrating the jubile in a manner that recognizes the -faithful service Mr. King has per formed. - Half a century ago, in October, 1870, Mr. King, who is ,72 years, old, began to preach at the Sixth street church and ever since then he has functioned as pastor of that church. Members of the congregation affectionately call Mr. King "Uncle Joe." In a recent session the congregation of the church' decided to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Mr. King by holding a protracted service that will extend until next Sunday evening, at which time baptism will be adminis tered to a large class. ' The remarkable energy and power i which has characterized the unceasing labors of Mr. King, notwithstanding a half century of mental and physical strain, have been the source of com ment by all those who know him and his many friends are congratulating him on the occasion of his jubilee. Services will be' conducted every night this week at 7 o'clock and at 7:30 the sermon will be preached. The public is invited to attend. Mr. King has the distinction of being the only clergyman In Wilmington who has preached more than fifty years- CAPE FEAR CLUB TO ENLARGE GOLF COURSE The sale of seats for the May Peterson concert at the Academy tonight haa belled the oft-repeated kirock that Wilmington cannot appreciate grand opera concerts. That Miss Peterson will be greeted by a capacity audience was evi denced yesterday by the final report of the arrangements committee. Miss Peterson Is expected to arrive In the elty this morning. She frill be "met at the train by a committee from the Rotary club, and wlU.go Immediately to the Orton hotel. While the program for the concert tonight has not been made public, It Is understood that a number of popular selections will be rendered by the noted slnarer. i Memorial Resolutions Adopted By Presbytery for Late Dr. McClure WAS FIRING AT DIDAPPER WHEN HE HIT YOUNG BRITT Negro 'Explains Rock Quarry Accident to Police Amos Slater, a young negro boy strolled ' into police headquarters last night at 6:45 and announced to Police Lieutenant Lane that he was the per son that fired the shot which painfully wounded Dock Brltt, fourteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrg. George Britt, 619 Chestnut street, Monday afternoon 'at the old rock quarry. He claimed that the boy was accidentally ' hit and the police recognized him for appearance before Recorder Harriss this morning. The charge is assault with a deadly weapon. ' Young Slater claims that he was on the edge of the old rock quarry shoot ing at didappers and that one of the bullets ricocheted on the water, strik ing young Britt, who was standing on the opposite bank. , The bullet passed through the fleshy part of the white boy's leg, causing , a very painful though not dangerous wound. Slater appeared at the Britt. home early yesterday and acknowledged to the mother of the wounded boy that he had accidentally wounded her son and was immediately going to police headquarters and give himself up. 'He did not arrive at the city hall until several hours afterwards, however. Memorial resolutions for the late Dr. Alexander Doak McClure, for years beloved pastor of St. Andrew's Presby terian church, were adopted yesterday afternoon at an adjourned meeting of the Wilmington Presbytery, held at St. Andrew's church. The resolutions were prepared by Dr. John M. Wells, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and read before the meeting by W. R. Sprunt. Rev. J. E. Purcell, recently named as pastor of St. Andrew's ' Presbyterian cliurch, and the Rev. Mr. Dubose, in charge of Church of the Covenant's Delgado mission, were admitted as members otythe Presbytery. The memorial resolutions adopted read as follows: "In the year 1891, St Andrew's Pres byterian church of Wilmington Presby tery was in need of a pastor. The at tention of the church was called to Rev. Alexander D. McClure, the pastor of the - Maryland Avenue church, of Baltimore, Md. We learned of his past. He was a native of Tennessee. His father had been a Godly physician, a lieutenant-colonel in the Confederate army and a man of influence and stand ing in his county. His mother was of one of ' the best families of middle Tennessee. He had been reared in . a consecrated Christian home and brought up in the nurture and admoni tion of. the Lord. He had been- edu cated at Princeton college. His theo logical training had been at Princeton seminary. He had held charges at Ox ford, Miss., Bardstown, Ky., Louisville, Ky., before eolng to Baltimore. His work had been richly blessed in each pastorate and the churches that he served had grown, in strength and numbers. Unanimous Call "And so after a committee had vislted-i his field of labor, and very -careful and prayerful consideration had been given to the matter, he was extended a unanimous call by St. Andrew's church and came to this Presbytery In the early summer of 1891. "The man who came was above the average height, of rugged kindly face, of keen eye and of very attractive personality. He found when he came to the church a'membership of 226, with four elders and eleven deacons. ' The church-had the year before received 18 members into Its communion, and col lected for all purposes the sum of $4,041. "He round a weak and struggling home mission Presbytery. He at once entered heartily, into the work . of the church and Presbytery. He preached with force and tireless energy. I, He preached , the Word as one who knew and loved and studied it. He held up Christ before his hearers. His central purpose was. to lead, souls to Christ. His longing was - that " through' ; his preaching Christ might be in the hearts and lives of his hearers as their helper WILL HOLD RECITAL IN COMPLIMENT TO SYNOD here, and as their hope ,of glory here after. He wrought as a pastor, with untiring devotion. His tremendous pastoral labors were the wonder and envy of his colleagues. The whole town saw and felt his presence. The sick welcomed him gladly to the sick room. The hospital was constantly blessed by his coming. The sailors In port found him a friend and helper. The fallen were lifted by him and their feet planted again in the path of duty and honor. He visited those in prison and prayed with them. The , poor were helped by him in a. way to lift and not to pauperize. , . Served Faithfully He served faithfully as a Presby ter. As chairman of the committee of home miaslois, as examiner in theol logy, as member of many a commission to settle delicate and trying matters, he did, yoeman service. His Influence con tinually widened. The entire city learned to know and trust and love him. -inrougn the wholo Presbytery his Godly influence and loving personality radiated. And then suddenly, after 29 years' of faithful service, the call came to go up higher. It found him at the post of duty. He was to the very last, among .us as one who served. "We have' told you what he found in the church and Presbytery. When he left them what a change. The church after giving liberally to the organiza tion of other churches, had a member ship of 510. There were 16 elders and 25 deacons. The "last year of his min istry there were added 42 to the church, and its total gifts were $52,457. "The little home mission Presby tery had grown greatly. As the father and the patriarch of the Presbytery his work and influence had its full part in this great growth. From the service here he has gone to the service yonder. He was a man of prayer. "The ef fectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avalleth much." He was a man of faith. "By faith Enoch had this testimony, that he pleased - God." He was a man of consecration. "Show ing forth, the praises, of Him who had called him out of darkness into His marvelous light." "And so his' life has been builded Into the walls of the church of the liv injr God, that temple rising here in symmetry and beauty. And the temple is more beautiful for the polished stone that hath gone into, -Its structure." PLANTAGKJfET COMMANDJERT TO HOLD SPECIAL CONCLAVE A special conclave of the Plahtagehet commandery will te held at the Ma sonic temple at 6 o'clock tonight for the purpose of. conferring the Order of the Red Cross and Temple upon J. L. Nelson, assistant grand lecturer. Mr. Nelson: Is in Wilmington at the request of Orient lodge and will te at the Ma sonic temple this week to lecture to Blue lodge members. , Improvements to Make It One of Best in State At the annual meeting of the, Cape Pear Country club last night it was announced that the additional nine holes being constructed on the . club's golf links would be completed and opened about November 1. This will give the club an 18-hole course which will be one of the best in eastern North Carolina, The announcement was made by J. Holmes Davis, chairman of the com mittee in charge of the construction of the new addition, and who has been ably assisted in his work by Hugh Mc Rae and Burke H. Bridgers, members of th'e iclub. Decision was reached to raise the club initiation fee from $15 to $25, and to increase the annual dues from $30 to $40. It was declared that the annual maintenance of the larger course made this necessary. Those present at the meeting subscribed $2,600 to a bond issue to pay for the constructIon of the new nine holes. It was announced that Jack Redmond, professional golf player, who for some time has been at Lin ville, has been secured by the club and has arrived. With the single' exception of J. Lawrence Sprunt, president, who haa found it necessary to resign his post, all officers who served during the past year were reelected. They are as fol lows: George E. Kidder, president; Robert Strange, vice president; C. D. Hogue, secretary and treasurer; B. H. Bridgers, chairman of the greens com mittee; A. B. Skelding, chairman of the golf committee; W. D. MacMillan, Jr., and J. Lawrence Sprunt, members of the board of directors. MASKED MARVEL ILL; MATCH IS CALLED OFF Illness will prevent the "Masked Marvel" from coming here for his scheduled finish match with Hanson on Thursday night and because of the im possibility of securing a good man to substitute for him on such short notice this week's match has been called off, the promoter announced last night. The marvel, who was to have reached the city today and unmasked, wired yesterday from Richmond that he was ill and would be unable to keep his engagement. The fact is that there is bad) blood between he and Hanson and it is easily understood why he was unwilling to take a chance unless he was in the best of condition for Han son Is going like a house afire at pres ent. He says he will be glad to have the match go on just s quickly as he recovers. "Securing a substitute for the Mar vel," the promoter said, "would hae been easy, but securing a good man on such quick notice was entirely out of the question and since I am booking only good men I thought it best to let the week go by without a match rather than run in some fellow who would not make a showing." WE BEG YOUR PARDON In yesterday's, issue of The Morn ing Star the trademark of the Ford Motor Car company was inadver tently used in the advertisement, of W. D. MacMillan, Jr. Only author ized Ford dealers are entitled to use this trademark, the Jones Motor Sales company being the sole au thorized dealers in Wilmington. First Presbyterian Church Ar ranges Program for Delegates The choir of ' the First Presbyterian'' church will give a complimentary or gan and vocal recital this afternoon at 5 o'clock to the synod of the state, which Is in annual session "here at , the Church of the Covenant. A cordial in vitation has been extended to any who may wish to enjoy the recital to occu py the seats that ,will be assigned, to them by the corps of ushers who .will be in attendance at that time. - The main ibody of, the. church will , be re served for members of the synod, but there will still remain many seats. The program follows: March of the Magi, DuBols; The Secret, Mr. Munson; Watchman, What of the Night, Sar Jeant. Mr. Brown, Mr. Woodward; Jesus Only, Retelll, Quartet; Prelude to VHoly City." Gaul; Offertoire, Rogers1: Mr. Munson; The Good Shepherd, Barri, Mr. Brown: Sanctus, Quartet, , Gounod; Eventide, Harker; Echo Bells, Brewer, Mr. Munson; Turn-Te .Unto Me, Costa. Huhn larly successful with. Instruction of th!U Mr. Woodward: Festival March, Huhr Here What Dollar Will Do for That Boy of Yours 1 It, will start a Savings Account - with' vus and lay the foundation for future pros perity. 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