“AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL HAKE YOU FREE/’--John vi'ii. 38
CHARLOTTE, N. C., THURSDAY,
ARY 20,1927
VOL. XLIX.
in AND OUT AND ROUND AND ABOUT IN
IN YADKIN PRESBYTERY
By Geo. R. Marsh. S. S. Missionary
Beginning November the 28,
1926, Rev. F. C. Shirley and I
began our Sunday school Insti
tute campaign in Yadkin Pres
bytery. On Sunday, the 28th,
we visited the John Hall church
at Carthage. At the morning
service Rev. Shirley filled the
pulpit and delivered a splendid
message from God’s word. And
I assisted in the devotionals and
contribution. At the Sunday
school hour each of us taught a
class.
On Monday, the 29th, we held
our first Institute session with
Shady viroVe Sunday school,
Carthage, Route 3. We held
two sessions which were well at
tended, with some members
from John Hall Sunday school,
the average attendance being 67
pupils.
Our next Institute was held
with Emanuel Sunday school of
Southern Pines, on December 1
2. We did not have a large at
attendance as there were oth
er meetings of importance be
ing held here during the time
of ours. But we are satisfied to
state that we had a very inter
ested corps of workers who
proved to us by their interest
shown that they were anxious
to get all the information ob
tainable on the Sunday school
xand church program. We thank
Fvof. J. F. K. Simpson and those
of his teachers who found it
convenient to attend our second
session; also Mrs. Collette, the
community welfare worker, who
is rendering a splendid service
here among our people.
On December 3rd we were at
^Laurel- HiU. N,. CL for. the samfj
cause as heretofore mentioned,
with Marsh’s Memorial Mission.
The interest shown here from
every angle was most encourag
ing, the sessions being well at
tended. Our beloved pastor,
Dev. J. B. Francis, and the mem
bers entertained us royally. On
Saturday at our leisure we had
a nice long drive far back in the
county tnrough the unlimited ef
forts of Rev. Francis ti visit
some of his members.
Sunday, the 5th, was spent as
follows:
In the morning Rev. Shirley
filled the pulpit for Rev. Fran
cis at Bowers’ chapel in Laurin
burg. Rev. Francis filled the
pulpit at Silver Hill. I assisted
them in the Sunday school ser
vice.
At 3:30 P. M. we were back
at Marsh’s Mission for the Sun
day school which was followed
by another splendid sermon by
Rev. Shirley.
Our Sunday program was ar
ranged by the pastor, Rev.
Francis, wno is sparing no pains
to make his work for God and
man a success. All three of his
pulpits were filled on this Sun
day, ana despite the very disa
greeable day, encouraging con
gregations were present.
We feel very grateful to Mr.
and x.irs. Clark, Mr. and Mrs.
Brown, and Mr. and Mrs. Mal
loy, and Rev. and Mrs. J. B.
Francis for our royal entertain
ment while in Scotland Coun
Our next engagement was with
Oakland Sunday school at Bear
Poplar, x.owan County. Our
good friend and brother, the
Rev. J. A. Ramseur, is the shep
herd of this flock. We found
the Sunday school and church
workers here anxious to have us
conduct an Institute, which
proved very satisfactory. It was
gratifying to us to see the un
limited interest manifested by
the school and friends. We also
met the very kindest hospitali
ty among these good people who
impressed us with their desire
to have us come back again at
the earliest convenience.
Our last appointment for this
itinerary was with Sfocksville
church and Sunday school of
Pa vie County. Rev. L. M. On
que and his good wife are ren
dering a splendid service here.
The Sunoay school, under the
supervision of Mr. John A.
Smoot, is progressing nicely.
The Institute was what these
workers had been anxiously
looking to be conducted in their
church for the inspiration and
instruction they would derive.
The same desire to give the best
in entertainment was found
here.
Rev. Shirley and I were made
to feel very happy at each of
the places mentioned, with un
surpassed entertainment and a
deep interest shown in the
cause we were representing.
The ambition of the mission
aries is to render the most help
ful service possible; to have all
the Sunday school officers and
teachers present makes the ef
fort ideal. We have been able
to reach the majority of such
workers. Still we have a pitia
ble few of such workers who fail
to find it convenient to attend,
but “will be present next time,"
whicii may be never.
We are very thankful to Al
mighty God for health and
strengtn, for food and raiment,
and the commission to labor in
His vineyard. I have always
felt that reading matter of this
kind might be classed in the
same order with other divine
services, and we are using the
words, “Praise God from whom
all blessings flow."
Soutnern Pines, N. C.
ARKADELPHIA PRESBYTE
By C. N. Shropshire
No doubt many are wondering
how our school was affected by
the great tragedy. I am glad
to say that since Rev. L. W. Da
vi 3 came the school has been
moving along nicely. There are
125 students, including day pu
pils and boarders.
General work and improve
ments are going on. Barn sheds
are being covered and the 30
acre farm is being straightened
up and put in readiness for
planting. Garden fences have
been built and Rev. Davis is
planning a nice, early garden.
The campus has been cleared
off and a modern laundry is be
ing erected.
There are crowded class
rooms. I am informed that the
school is to have an administra
tion building soon. This is
needed, for Rev. Davis has his
goal set i or an accredited high
school. The only shortage is in
the library and the laboratory.
There is a fine spirit of coop
eration on the part of the teach
ers and Rev. Davis. All of the
faculty except two are young
teachers and they have “com
mon sense” or “horse sense,”
says Rev. Davis. There is also
a fine spirit of congeniality ex
isting among the students and
teachers.
Friends and parents are all in
accord with the work, and, with
new pupus coming almost every
day, I am sure that the school
cannot -.elp but succeed.
Mrs, Davis is a great friend
maker. She is right by her hus
band’s side.
Dr. Gaston was a recent vis
itor, and I understand that he
was well pleased with the push
and zeal that Rev. Davis is put
ting into this work.
Just a word about our “Week
of Prayer.” We had good meet
ings—two services each day.
The students joined in heartily.
Three united with the church
during the week.
We also organized a Teacher
Training class wth an enroll
ment of 33.
Let us all hope and pray for
continued success at this place.
WRITE YOURSELF UP
"‘Write yourself up,” is what
Dr. Metz says. And I say if you
can not write yourself up, write
up some of your worthy friends.
Many of us never think of our
friends to speak complimentary
words or do a kind act until it
is time to speak at their graves.
I believe a worthy man needs
cheering. “Gvie honor to whom
honor is due.”
We have in mind just now the
Rev. J. D. Stanback and his most
efficient wife who have the su
pervision and administration of
our only school in this Presby
tery, Alice Lee Elliott Memorial
and Industrial Academy at Val
liant.
This is a Presbyterian school
for boys and girls beautifully
situated in the Southeastern'
comer of the State of Oklahoma.
It is the only thing of the kind
under the auspices of our
Church in the State. It has
made most wonderful progress
under the present regime. Rev.
J. D. Stanback, A. M., has been
superintendent for the last six
years. Under his supervision
this academy has come to the
front and stands second to none
in our Synod. When MrT Stan
back took charge of this school
six years ago, there were only
three teachers; now the faculty
is composed of 10 of the best
teachers that could be secured.
The music teacher needs special
mention. She is a genius. A
young lady in her teens, she can
look at a piece of music, having
never seen or played it before,
lay it aside and walk to the pi
ano and play it perfectly.
There has been erected a new
building known as Dimmick Hall
in which is a large auditorium,
four recitation rooms, one large
room used for sti^dy, hall an$.
class room. "
Rev. Stanback has installed
water works by means of which
water is furnished to each floor
of the buildings. This is done
by means of a gasoline engine, a
pump and a tank.
The buildings and campus are
beautifully lighted by electric
lights, by the means of the Del
co-lighting system.
A cream separator has been
placed in the pantry where the
butter fat is separated from the
milk. A nice bake-oven has been
recently put in which is a great
help to the cooking department.
The soil is being cultivated
now by means of disk plows
drawn by an auto tractor. An
auto truck has, been secured for
rapid transportation to nearby
shipping points.
The dining room has been
made two-thirds larger and all
the buildings have been painted
and made to look new. The girls’
building has been re-covered and
a print shop has been built.
There are two barns and a mod
ern bath room for girls and one
for boys. A sick room nas been
neatly fitted up with modern
conveniences. There are concrete
floors in the cellar so as to keep
out seep water and make the
cellar dry and comfortable.
Rev. Stanback has raised the
school from an eighth grade to
a twelfth grade academy and
made great improvements on
the grounds.
Rev. Stanback came to us from
Fountain Inn, S. C. After eight
or more successful years of ser
vice there he resigned, feeling
that he could be of greater ser
vice in the Middle West. He
turned his face toward Oklaho
ma. His parish, on his depart
ure, presented him with a gold
watch and chain and a small
purse.
Since he has been here he has
made a multitude of friends. He
is very kind, charitable and ap
proachable, and is making his
way through life—a credit to
himself, to the Church and to
Johnson C. Smith University.
Rev. Mr. Stanback also pas
tors one of our churches. Since
going there he has built a new
edifice, and increased the mem
bership three times their num
ber. His church was the first in
oht Presbytery to pay its quota
last year. fiev. Stanback is a
magnet in qur section of the
State. I believe every member
oftheSynod loves him. His slo
gan seems to be “Not what I
ca^ do for toy self, but what I
cat do for pothers,” and many
otqer things he has done and
said, which if they were written
ev^ry word, $rould fill many col
umns in thii paper.
Ian alumnus.
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ENGLISH IN MINISTE
RIAL EDUCATION
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Py Rev. E. U;D. Goring, S. T. B.
is essei#ial that the indi
vidual who expects to hold any
prctninent position should be
able to speak and write good
English. Whenever he speaks
attention will be given to
wh|t he may: have to say. Cul
tivated people hearing him
wiW, be led to'remark that such
on is educated,
large percentage of people
not been to school. They
not the opportunity of do
ing; so. Some were confined
to tjheir occupation on the farm
or other industrial duties which
presented them from attending
schbol, and others were hindered
by ftheir parents and guardians
who! were not at all interested
in Jtheir education. However,
we jnust not blame those who
had: the care of children, because
many children are indifferent,
unconcerned apd lazy with re
gard to their future welfare.
When the child is sent to
school he takes delight in
his studies, thjit he might excel
which he
is pursuing. We gather from
these facts that it is advisable
that the individual should be
encouraged to attend school at
all costs.
The child who is sent to school
would be qualifying himself for
a good situation in life. The
child would learn to do things
in the proper way—things that
he ought to know. Not only
will he learn the art of speak
ing and writing correctly, but
his manner would be improved.
Such training makes for effec
tiveness among business men,
prominence among professional
men and success in society.
These advantages should be cov
eted by the child's parents so
that the child might acquire
such training. He will certainly
discover the necessity of a good
education in order to make pro
gress in the various walks of
life. He would not have known
this fact had he not been sent
to school. So we learn from this
the benefits one derives by at
tending school.
While in school he realizes the
actual meanin gof an English
education. He is being informed
in history, economics, psycholo
gy, chemistry, geology, biology,
logic and so forth, coupled with
the arcs and languages. All these
he will find very useful in his
life-work Whenever such
1- nowedge is acquired the same
can be imparted to others to
great advantage.
So others are benefitted by
persons who know how to com
municate instruction. Of course,
persons who are being taught
will observe that their instruc
tors can teach and eventually
the pupil will obtain such knowl
edge as will serve him in good
stead.
We know that it is very im
portant that anyone who is am
bitious should attend school at
an early age, because the differ
ent branches of studies are eas
ily mastered at that period. Not
only speaking and writing
good English, but things of
every day life will be executed
in a far better manner than
when the person has not attend
ed school.
These realities should be the
stimuli to parents or guardians
in considering the education of
their children in order that they
might not be accused by their
offspring in after days. What
parents would like to heat
j words of disgust from their
I children with regard to their
; negligence i.i not sending them
to school? I would say to par
en'.s,“Wake up!” and see to it
that your children have a liberal
education.
J. C. S. University,
Charlotte, N. C.
FOR ENFORCEMENT
OF PROHIBITION
Washington, Jan. 15.—Chal
lenging the forces opposed to
the observance and enforcement
of the prohibition amendment
and its enabling acts, the An
nual Meeting of the Citizens’
Committee of One Thousand in
Washington on January 6 was
most significant.
Held at a time when the coun
try faces a peculiar crisis be
cause of the insidious and dan
gerous campaign for the nullifi
cation and disregard of the pro
hibition laws, the meeting was
in reality a great mobilization
of the forces for decent citizen
ship.
“A challenge to both political
parties to deviate from prohibi
tion at their peril” was a news
paper description of the gather
ing. Practically every Washing
ton correspondent somewhere in
his article spoke of it as “a chal
lenge.”
Official Washington took note.
President Coolidge sent a letter
on law observance and expressed
regret at his inability to be pres
en. Senator William E. Borah,
a leading Republican, and Sen
§jkoj_ Morris, Sheppsr&j an out
standing Democrat, kfiown as
“the father of prohibition,”
spoke at the closing banquet.
All the speeches were put on
the air and many officials lis
tened to them in their homes.
The guests of honor at the clos
ing banquet were Secretary of
the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur, As
sistant Secretary of the Treasu
ry, Lincoln C. Andrews, and
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor.
Before and during the gath
ering “wet” forces kept up a
barrage of disparaging publici
ty trying to destroy the effects
of the meeting. Their heaviest
shells were “duds.”
The meeting was most dis
couraging to the wets and those
urging nullification and disre
gard for law. Arrangements
were made for 150 at the lunch
eon. Two hundred persons
came. The banquet was attend
ed by many more than six hun
dred persons, many from out of
town. New England, the East,
the South, the Middlewest were
all weH represented.
Many Congressmen and Sen
ators were at the banquet. There
was but little mincing of phras
es and polite quibbling at the
three sessions of the meeting.
Throughout there was a stern
demand that officials enforce
the laws, because they are more
under fire than any others. The
leaders were determined that
the position of the forces they
represent should be plainly un
derstood.
MT. PISGAH PRESBYTERIAN
CHUKCti, KUCHY MOUNT,
N. C.
By Miss Marguerite C. Person
On Sunday morning, our pas
tor, Rev. W. D. Burgess, chose
for his subject, “I Ought.” At
v:30 Rev. W. M. Spaulding
preached for us. He was ac
companied to our church by his
choir.
Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Burgess
are receivir g congratulations
on the birthlof a son, Cain D,
Burgess.
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety win meet at the home of
Mrs. ^ula Parker, on Goldleaf
Street, on Tuesday evening at
7:30 o’clock.
Miss Eunice Bryant, of Golds
boro, spent a few days in the
city last week as the guest of
her cousin, Mrs. S. C. Basker
ville, on Atlantic Ave.
Mrs. S. C. Baskerville and
Mrs. Lyda C. Tfllery were called
to Goldsboro on account of'rhe
death of Mr. Whitaey, Mra.
Baskerville's brother-in-law.
Mr. Edward Hargett, of
Washington, D. C., spent several
days in the city recently as the
guest oi his mother.
Tiiorpe- Atwell
On Wednesday, December 28,
at 3:30, Miss Cornelia Thorpe
and Mr. Clarence Atwell were
quietly married at the home of
the bride’s mother, Mrs. Sarah
Thorpe, on Oak Street.
Mrs. Atwell is quite an ac
complished young lady. She was
graduated at Albion Academy,
Franklinton, and for the past
five years has held a responsible
position in that ins ilutiori. Mr.
Atwell is a resident of New York
City where he and Mrs. Atwell
are making their home.
The many friend; of Miss
Lucy Armstrong will regret to
know that she is in Parkview
Hospital where she has under
gone a slight operation.
Mrs. Annie Lyttle spent sev
eral days in the city last week,
the guest of her mother on Park
Ave.
Misses Thurke, Armstrong
and Townsend, and Mr. Joseph
Jones have returned to Shaw
University to resume their stu
dies after having spent their
holiday vacation in the city with
relatives.
Mr. Charles H. Bynum spent
a few hours in the city on Sun
day enroute to Lincoln Universi
ty, Pa.
By Ruth Little
Sunday morning, January 16,
our pastor, Rev. H. Wilson,
spoke to us from the 19th chap
ter of tne Book of Kings and
the 13th verse, “And it was so
when Elijah heard it, that he
wrapped his face in his mantle
and went out, and s!.oo l in the
entering of the c«tve, and, be
hold, there came a voice unto
him and said, What doest thou
here, ’Elijah?”
The speaker emphasized the
point that we must first .be
true servants of God if we wish
to rejoice in the brightness of
the Father’s face. This was a
very inspiring sermon, and was
enjoyed by all present.
One of the prettiest and sim
plest home weddings ever wit
nessed here took place on .Dec.
23rd, 1926, when Miss Birdie
Bost and Mr. Winfred Galloway
were united in holy matrimony.
The house was beautifully
decorated, carrying out the color
scheme of green and white. A
large, white arch and white pe
destals, encircled with green
ferns marked the place where
the bridal party stood./' /
Just before the bridal party
entered, Mr. J. R. Roscoe Bang
“Until,” accompanied by Miss
Pearl Lemmons, of Asheville.
Following this song-the strains
of Mendelssohn’s Wedding
March was heard.
The groom entered with his
best man, Mr. Banks Foote. Next
followed the bridesmaid, Miss
Louise Spencer, wearing a pea
cock blue georgette dress
trimmed with gold lace and rose
buds over gold satin with, gold
slippers and hose, carrying a
bouquet of sweet peas.
The bride entered, leaning on
the arm of her father, wearing
a white crepe de chine dress
trimmed 'ffith white silk lace and
beaded qjfiaments and carrying
bride’s roses and lilies of the
valley. After the ceremony a
course of ice cream was served.
The many friends that, the
bride and groom have was
shown by the many useful as
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