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GREENSBORO, N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 5, 1910.
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PLAN G1PAII
OF iSSIOil
EDUCATION WORK
Pastors And MissionT
ary Committees Will
Get Busy.
As Result of Two Days' Conference It Is
Decided To Push Every Member Can
vass, Have Special Sermons by Pas
tors and Addresses by Laymen and To
Hold Anniversary Service Next Janu
aryAlso Decided To Put Secretary
in Field Closing Session of Confer
ence. A a result- of the two days' confer
ence of pastors and missionary commit
tees held in this city, which closed last
night, it has been decided to push the
every member canvass with the view of
enlisting every church member in the
city in foreign mission work
and to conduct.- a large amount of
educational work between the present
time and the first of the year, when it
i? planned to hold an anniversary con
ference. It was also decided last night
to put a secretary in the field, nearly
$600 having already been subscribed for
this work.
As was announced yesterday morning
the subject last night was "The Best
Method of Missionary Education.'' This
wa taken up and a large numler of
the laymen and pastors present made
frugge-it ions as to the things a member
of a missionary committee should know
in order that he can do the work assign
ed him. After a short "discussion Mr.
J. Campbell White "1U -Tr C. H.
Pratt to take charge ,and he brought
out many interesting faets. these, com
ing largely from the men present. The
work this year is one of education. Mr.
Piatt -aid. and we must make this work
more productive than the work of last
yen. He compared the work of the
great conference" as with the fallowing
of ground piparatory to the planting
of the crop, the educational work being
likened to the tilling of the soil after
the crop has been planted in order to
Mvure the largest possible yield. We
hae L'rtt to get this matter wedded into
the heart and life of the church if we
Would make it a success, he said. He
took up the matter of holding monthly
mioionarv meetings and after a discua
sion practically every one present agreed
t" i: . lea vor to convert one prayer meet
ing each month into a missionary meet
in):. It was also decided to try to or
j;1. ie mission study classes and to hold
(jc.ineriy meetings conducted by lay
men in all the churches. He then took
up the several kinds of literature to be
used and manv suggestions were made.
Mr. Pratt urged that each church pat
ronize the church publication and also
use -Men and Missions."
It ua- pointed out by one of the lay
men that one of the fundamental prin
cipii in the work is that one must be
acquainted with the subject he is speak -ii.cr
about and must have the conviction
that what he is saying is true. An-f-riier
great principle is that of prayer,
-'nr-ther thing was that he must prac
tice what he preaches. Then the use of
charts is a great advantage for. said Mr.
Vhite. men are taught a great t deal
tiuv-uah the eye. The charts andnaps
carried by the workers were suggested
a ;i forcible means of enlightening the
p'nple.
The executive committee here made its
r. :,vt. which was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Sam Browne suggested that it would
t- a rood idea to have several laymen
s1 from here to nearby towns to tell
t laymen of those churches what had
1,vn learned during the conference here.
Mv. White then spoke tfew words of
fncr.uraM-pment to the wooers, laying
p-!j.f-iM stres? on the importance of
pveiyr,,. cr0jn2r about the work prayer
fully, j, p conference was closed with
? I'rW prayer by Mr. White.
The r. port of the executive committee
f"-bws:
The O'Tif.-.-enoe of Pastors and Mis
f r nary-romn,ittee Men to the number
Tie:irlv opf. hundred, assembled for
y ronideratifT, of the best methods of
ling and extending the missionary
't nmong our churches, record our
Ju T' eratitude to God for" his signal
vln? our efforts during the past,
and solemnlv resolve1 to continue
us wisdom
ymen's Mis
.Greensboro increase in the
subscriptions of our churches to Foreign
Missionary; work from $7,304 per year
to "over "$20,000 per year, or from "an av
erage of $1.20 per church member to an
average of. $3.28 per member. Alongside
of this nearly trebling of the offering
to this work there has been splendid
increase in the contributions to various
other causes. We believe that the Lay
men's Missionary Conference also pre
pared the way for the remarkable suc
cess of the canvass for. a new Y. M. C.
A. building in Greensboro, for which
$65,000 was subscribed within a single
week. This one object has thus secured
more than three times the total amount
contributed by our churches for Foreign
Missions annually, and illustrates afresh
the principle that with an enlarged mis
sionary spirit every Christian enterprise
is substantially benefited. In view of
the fast that the churches of Greensboro
expend annually for Christian work in
America about $100,000, we reiterate
our conviction expressed at the conven
tion that their contributions to the
evangelization of the vast non-Christian
world should be still further increased
until they are equal at least to one
fourth of the total amount contributed
for all church purposes.
"We find on careful examination that
even now, after the special efforts of the
past year, not over 60 per cent, of our
church members are systematic contrib
utors to the work of missions. For the
sake of our church members themselves,
as well as for the sake of Christ and the
needy world, we believe that our efforts
should be earnestly and prayerfully dir
ected to securing definite subscriptions
from the- remaining 40 per cent of our
church members, together with as many
adherents of our congregations as can
be enlisted. We call very serious at
tention to what we regard as a great
and fundamental mistake, viz: for the
heads of families to subscribe for their
whole families, instead of each member
of the family being led to make a 'defi
nite personal subscription, to the work
of evangelizing the world. The grace of
giving and the habit of giving should be
cultivated and developed in every indi
vidual life. This grace and this habit
bp dpveloned far more easilv in
1 childhood and vouth than in maturer
vears. We therefore set before our
selves the purpose of enlisting absolute-
! lv the whole church membership as in
dividual, systematic and proportionate
givers according to the Scriptural princi
ples enunciated in 1 Corinthians 16:2.
"Out of our experience during the
past year, we 'desire to endorse strongly
the characteristic features of the Stand
ard Missionary church as emphasized by
the Laymen's Missionary Movement,
viz:
"1.
"2.
"3.
"4.
"5.
"6.
A missionary pastor.
A missionary committee.
A missionary Sunday school.
A program of prayer for missions.
Systematic missionary education.
An every-member -canvass for
missions.
"7. The weekly offering for missions.
"As an immediate working policy, we
recommend
"(1). That a serious attempt be made
by the missionary committees of all our
churches to complete their canvass for
I individual subscriptions to missions, with
I the definite aim of enlisting every mem
ber as a subscriber.
"(2) That as a preparation for this
work, a farther campaign of education
be conducted in all our churches, before
the anniversary of the convention in
1911, including sermons by pastors, in
terchange of pulpits where practicable,
public addresses by laymen, midweek
services for conference and prayer, dis
tribution of literature, etc.
"(3) That this conference recom
mends most earnestly to men the mis
sion study clasa method of becoming in
formed aboutmissions, and undertake
to organize at once as many men's mis
sion study classes as possible.
"(4) That we emphasize anew the
importance of each missionary commit
tee spending one evening every month
in the prayerful discussion of the work,
including not only the missionary fi
nances of the congregation, but the pro
motion Of missionary" intelligence and
habitual prayer for missions among the
whole church membership.
"(5) That three times a year, at
times to be selected by the executive
committee of the Laymen's Missionary
Movement, a conference be arranged of
all pastors and missionary committees,
with carefully arranged programs, for
discussion arid prayer concerning the su
premely important interests committed
to our leadership.
"(6) That a suitable anniversary of
the, great convention of .last January.be
arranged by the executive committee.
thework as God may
and strength - ' - t
1 --Jf
' "(7) That an executive secretary be
employed to assist in extending the
methods and spirit of this movement -in
North Carolina, and that at least $600
be contributed by Greensboro to the sup-,
port of this extension work, the hope
being that other cities will join in. mak
ing the work continuous for at least
one year."
The Pastor's Conference. -
At the pastor's conference yesterday
afternoon the chief topic for discussion
was regarding the kind of .literature the
pastor should read in olCejto better
equip himself in the work futhering
the cause" of missions. Tbr was a
general discussion in whichipactically
every pastor took part, some suggest
ing the bestbook on the subject and
other suggesting other ways of educat
ing the ministers in this work. Before
the meeting closed the following resolu
tions were uanimously adopted by the
ministers:
"That we, the ministers who have
been identified with the work of the
Laymen's Movement from its beginning
in this State; who have followed closely
the development and have seen the re
sults of this movement in the lives of
individuals and in our church life, wish
with the utmost emphasis possible to
declare that the fears entertained by.
some that the Laymen's Movement will
impair the influence of the ministry and
tend to supplant the- minister in his
legitimate sphere of activity are with
out foundation and not warranted by
the facts ascertained by our experience.
On the other hand we believe that the
full and more perfect development of
lay activity is at once one of the chief
aitns of the church's life on earth and
the greatest present need. We further
more assert our conviction that the Lay
men's Movement is one of the best
means that we know of to reinforce the
efforts of the minister in accomplishing
this end."
ENJOYABLE SOCIAL GATHERING.
Ladies' Aid Society of Friends' Meeting
At Home To Westminster Ladies. .
Yesterday afternoon in the Bible
school rooms of the Friends' meeting
house, Asheboro street, the Woman's
Missionary, and Aid Society "of the meet
ing entertained the ladies of Westmins
ter Presbyterian church as an expression
of appreciation of the hospitality ex
tended the Society of Friends when they
were without a home by Westminster
church.
Golden rod and autumn leaves and a
number of beautiful mountain beauty
roses were used in decorating the rooms
for the occasion, this being under the
direction of Mrs. S. A. Hodgin.
Mrs. Priscilla B. Hackney, president
of the society, greeted the guests at the
door and ushered them into the rooms.
Here a delightful program was carried
out, consisting of songs and a study of
SAith American missionary work. This
was most interesting.
Each guest was made to feel perfeetly
at home and the event proved to be a
most enjoyable one to each one present
to partake of the hospitality of the la
dies. Following the regular program refresh
ments, consisting of cream, cake and
coffee, were served.
BOYS' EXHIBITION.
Interesting Affair To Be Held At Library
In November.
The public library will have an exhi
bition of a novel variety early in Nov
ember one that will be open to all
ages as visitors, but only boys from
10 to 16 years old will be invited to con
tribute exhibits.
These exhibits will consist of collec
tions of various kinds owned by boys
such as minerals, natural history, Indian
curios, etc., and also of articles made by
boys, the latter to include among other
things any piece of scientific appartus
which they have been able to construct.
Boys interested are asked to call at the
library for further explanation and as
soon as plans are in definite shape
prizes will be offered by several friends
of the enterprise.
The committee in charge of the exhibi
tion will be: Mr. E. P. Wharton, chair
man; Prof. W. C. A. Hammel, Mr. A. T.
Vernon, Mr. J. W. Armfield, Miss Bettie
Caldwell.
Dedication Deferred.
The new Lutheran church at Burling
ton will be dedicated on the fourth Sun
dav of October, instead of the second
Sunday as previously announced.
All New York and other papers on
Sunday 5 cents. Week day papers 3
cents at Tuxedo Cigar Store.
All New York and other papers on
Sunday 5 cents. Week day papers 3
cents at Tuxedo Cigar Stoip. -
ERADICATION
OF UOOlfOl
Educational Grus a de
AgainsJ: Disease.
County Medical Society Tenders Services
To Superintendent of Education In
Work Hearty Cooperation of Coun
try Teachers Pledged by Supt. Foust
Able Discussion of Disease by Medical
Men Yesterday Afternoon.
Hookworm was the subject for dis
cussion at yesterday's meeting of the
Guilford County Medical Society and for
more than two hours the disease was
discussed from all viewpoints. In addi
tion to the members of the society
there were present a number of promi
nent citizens, including Messrs. Stern
berger, Ceasar Cone, Prof. T. R. Foust,
and a number of the teachers. The ses
sion proved quite interesting and all
present, even the laymen, gleaned a store
of information that will no doubt prove
useful to each one in the future.
As a result of the meeting County
Superintendent- of Education Thos. R.
Foust pledged the hearty co-operation of
the public schools of the county in the
work of eradicating the disease and the
medical ' society by a unanimous vote
proferred the services of each member
to Prof. Foust to visit the schools, make
lectures at any of the schools and to
examine any of the children if necessary.
This means that from now on there will
le a vigorous crusade against this dis
ease throughout the entire county by
edueating the people tothe necessity of
ridding the county of this infection that
is sapping the energies of a fourth of
the citizenship, according to carefully
collected statistics. Already this edu
cational wave has been commenced as
will be seen from a letter being sent out
by Supt. Foust" and -there is" no doubt
but that great good will result.
Dr. John A. Ferrell, assistant secre
tary of the state board of health for the
eradication of the -hookworm disease,
was the first speaker and before deliver
ing bis steereopticon lecture made a
short address in which he outlined the
causes of the disease, the manner in
which the body becomes affected by the
disease, some of the symptoms and the
cure and prevention of the disease. Four
waves are spreading over our state, he
said. The first, the wave of educafn.
began when Aycock was elected g6V
nor. Then there was the wave of tem
perance and the wave of good roads
building. Then came tne wave of health
and sanitation. While. all of the waves j
were productive of great good and their j
effects are being felt more and more
each day, he said, the wave of health
and sanitation, in his mind, would be
productive of more good than any of the
other three. He then pointed out the
fact that the hookworm disease has been
discovered in all but two counties in the
State and thes two have not yet been
entered. He spoke of the work already
done bv the Rockefeller commission and
what it hoped to do in the future. A
number of slides were used in the stere
opticon. showing the worms and eggs in
various phases and situations. The lec
ture was thoroughly entertaining as well
as instructive.
Dr. G. F. Ross, of Greensboro, read a
paper on "Symptoms, Diagnosis and
Treatment of Hookworm," which was
heard with interest. He had four sub
jects before the society and the effects
of the disease was plainly visable to
the trained eye. In one case even a lay
man could discern something radically
wrong with the patient.
"Personal Observation of Hookworm
Disease in Richmond County," was the
subject of paper by Br. W. F. Cole,
of this city, and this was quite instruc
tive, the physician citing a number of
cases that had come under his care dur
ing his professional career.
Dr. C. S. Grayson, of this city, read a
paper on "The Significance of Hookworm
Disease." He pointed out among other
things that hookworm augments other
diseases, especially mentioning typhoid,
pellagra and tuberculosis. The disease
does "more harm in the South than the
cotton boll weevil, he said, taking the
question from a viewpoint of dollars and
cents. He caused an uproar when he
said: "Why is it that the South has
had -no presidential timber for the past
several years? It is because the timber
is wormeaten."
Then followed a round, table discus
sion, led by Dr. W. P. Beall. He point
ed out the fact that the people have
got to be educated to the fact that
there is such a thing as hookworm; that
many yet hoot at the idea. In this
work the country school teacher and
the country doctor have got to act as
missionaries, he said. Mr. Ceasar Cone
was called on and he said " that he had.
learned many things regarding the dis
ease by coming to the meeting and he
was sincerely glad he had been given an
invitation. Everyone should feel an in
terest in the eradication of the disease,
he said, not only from the standpoint
of humanitarianism but from a business
standpoint as well. Prof. Thos. R.
Foust made a short talk telling of what
the Board of Education was already do-N
ing and what it proposed to do. He
pledged the hearty support of the county
teachers. Dr. M. F. Fox thought a phy
sician should be deputized to visit the'
schools with the county superintendent.
Father Vincent Taylor thought it would
be wise to enlist the aid of the minis
ters. Before adjournment it was moved that
the members of the society tender their
services to Prof. Foust as stated above.
Following the meeting the nurses of
St. Leo's Hospital served a delightful
luncheon to the doctors nd visitors.
At the next meeting of the society in
November "Well Water" will be the
subject discussed. In December "Pel
lagra" will be the subject.
PLEA FOR MORE LIBERAL
GIVING TO FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Able Address By J. Campbell White
Yesterday Afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the First Baptist church J. Campbell
White, secretary of the Laymen's Move
ment, delivered an impassioned appeal
in behalf of more liberal giving to for
eign missions. He was introduced by
Rev. Dr. Edmund Harrison.
It is very rarely that one gets the
opportunity to hear a speaker of Mr.
White's power. A man of fine physique,
he has a commanding presence. He is a
real orator, his eloquence being the best
and most moving kind of all, the elo
quence of intense earnestness and con
viction. - x
i He began his address by showing that
there, js, but one adeouate religion afrd
that is the Christian religion. Hiscom
parison of the Christian religion with
the Mohammedan. Hindu and Buddhist
religion was masterly.
' The platform of the Laymen's Move
ment the evangelization of the world
in this generation was explained by the
speaker. This did not mean, he said, the
conversion of the world, but the giving
of every person in the world a chance
to accept Jesus as his savior. It was no
chimerical scheme, he declared. He cit
ed the instance of missionaries in India
saying that if their number were quad
rupled they could reach aU of India in
this generation and similarly that . it
would only be necessary to treble the
number of missionaries in China.
Now was the time to act not one of
the millions in darkness could afford to
wait.
Greensboro had done nobly, he said,
better in fact than any other city, other
things being equal and he congratulated
this city, but there should be no spirit
of self-satisfaction. This city had pledg
$20,000 to foreign missions. It was giv
ing $100,000 to other benevolences. He
said he thought that one fourth of
everything given should go to foreign
missions.
Mr. White was a lay missionary in
India from Ohio for ten years, but came
to the conclusion that he could be more
effective in America.
He made a deep impression. At times
he is dramatic and at all times when he
is speaking, his audience listens with
the intentness which ability and fervor
combined 'with oratorical gifts of a high
order invariably command.
MOTHER OF JUDGE BYNTJM
DIES AT GERMANTON
Was In Her Eighty Fourth Year and
Had Been In Feeble Health For Some
Time.
A telegram received yesterday by ex
Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., brought news
of the death, yesterday morning at her
home in Germanton, of his mother, Mrs.
Charitv H. Bvnum, widow of the late
B. F. Bynum.
For a, number of years Mrs. Bynum
had made her home with her son,
Dr. W. H. Bynum at Germanton. She
had been in feeble health for some time,
so that her death was not unexpected.
She is survived by four children
Judge Bynum. of ' Greensboro, Dr. By
num, of Germanton, B. F. Bynum and
Mrs. J. L. Hill, the latter of Elon Col-
lege.
She was in her 84th year.
All . New York and other papers on
Sunday 5 cents. Week day papers 3
cents at Tuxedo Cigar Store. "
Six Months' Sentence
For Abandonment.
J. M. Burton Goes To Roads For Lear
ing Family Tom Carr Gets Ten
Years For Killing. . HisSsjster Argu-
- ment In Remarkable Case In State Su
preme Court In Which Man Sues Bail-
road For Being Put Off After Having.
Tendered Mileage Book.
Raleigh, N. Oct. 4. Judge Cook, in
Wake Superior Courtthis morning gave
J. Mitchell Bruton six months on the
county roads for abandoning his wife.
He was brought here Sunday from Ches
terfield, S. C, to answer this charge. HOk.
was for some time a conductor on the
Raleigh street cars. He pleaded today
that he did not abandon his wife, but
went away seeking employment. Furth
ermore that he wrote her to come tfc
him with the. family and he never re
ceived an answer to his letter. He told
the judge that he was married to thia
wuiuau wucu lie was 10 iuiu a 11c o ycM.c
old; that they had three children and
that she had one daughter fifteen yeara
old when he married her. The wife de
nied the difference in their ages, charging
that Bruton .is at least ten years older
than he claims to . be. There was evi
dence that he had left his family with
out support several times before, this
being the special reason the judge had,
for giving him the road sentence.
Judge Cooke sentenced Tom Carr to
ten years in the penitentiary for killing,
his sister at their home several miles irt
the country. Carr pleaded' that he was
playing with his sister at the time and;.
did not intend to -kill her. . .j--
. .JThere was argument in the Supreme
riArf -v a- ir4-a Vvlx annaol in will '
Thomas Harvey, traveling, man, is the'
plaintiff against the Atlantic Coast Ian
involving a judgment in the Wayne
county court in Harvey's favor for hav
ing been put off the train between Wil
son and Goldsboro because he would not
pay cash fare when he had repeatedly
tendered his mileage book at the Wilson
office for ticket, the agent being too busy
to attend to the " matter each time.
Harvey insisted that the conductor roust
pull the mileage for the transporation.
The' jury had rendered a verdict for
$5,000 and the judge cut this- to $2-,500
and still the railroad company appealed.
W. C. Monroe represents the railroad
company and Aycock & Winston, W. T.
Dortch and L. R. Varser "the plaintiff.
The secretary of State .charters the
Waxhaw Furniture Co., capital $6,000 by -H
S. Murrav and others for makins and
selling furniture ofall kinds.
trict for the collection of internal reve
nue the records of the collector's office
here show $278,622 collections frqm alP
sources f6rtJnclg Sam's treasury. '
Ac. that fVio KL.
sistant marshals for the North Caroling
State Fair, October 17 to 22, will b
announced within the next few days
and that the list will include many gf
the most prominent young men in every
section of the State. The list is being
made up by Chief Marshal E. B. Lyon,
who with Mrs. Lyon, has just held a
conference with Col. Joseph E. Pogue,
secretary of the State fair. The social
side of the fair promises to be excep
tionally attractive. j
Rev. Melton Clark To Lecture.
The pastor. Rev. Melton Clark, will
lecture on his trip abroad at the Smith.
Memorial building Friday night at &
o'clock. A feature of the lecture will
be stereopticon slides showing the Pas
sion Play as seen by Rev. Mr. Clark at
Ober Ammergrau. There will be no ad
mission fee and a cordial invitation is
extended the public to attend. The Tele- .
gram is requested to state that no col
lection will be taken. .
Big Auction Sale of Lots In Charlotte.
Messrs. D. A. and Arthur Bodenhamer
Monday in Charlotte auctioned the
Oates property selling $64,535 worth of
lots. They state that this is the big
gest auction sale of real estate ever held
in the State.
The Euterpe Club will meet next Sat
urday afternoon, Oct. 8, at four o'clock
in Miss WooVlall's studio. This is the
first study; meeting of the year. An in-'
terting program is being prepared and
all members are urged., to ; be present.