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rvtm ■*“*■■■ ... . , y tf!|||[ fnrij, ■■ yfrMlw-.ftwariViiinrtiint'rr-y _ L . a . j f ~<U. ■■ First Baptist Church To Be Dedicated Tomorrow mortgage will be Brief History of Congrega tion Also To Be Present ed In Program OLD PASTORS RETURN p, 11. Kills To Preach In Morn- j Dedicatory ami Rev. S. I Morgan Will Deliver N’lglil Sermon it.* entire debt paid and the (it l, the Fir-d Baptist church p . ;n will be formally dedi- V t , H j jn services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 ... ~, u aiorrow. and elaborate pre i.ii;iiK'.'.' tot the program have been werked iiiii by the members. ( will be two services, with the h :ai. dedicatory sermon preached al the meaning hour by Dr. H. A. El)i ,, | -a r of the First Rapt is* cinue'i in Wilson, and for ten years p a ..:. hest 1 until September. 1933. In ,V evt-Mip' the sermon will be by ErV s L. Morgan, of Creedmoor, who % . if , pa ;or ten years, prior to the ser vice of Dr. Ellis. St,, a.l music has :een arranged fen the' vceaskm, with the regular choir h! vhtifge* at the morning hour, and the Junior Choir functioning in the j evening. A feature of the forenoon service i will be the burning of the mortgage, j Several members will participate ini this event, in which the paper that j fei many years represented a lien on j the church property will be set fire! ti> ;oid consumed, and the ashes will j be caught in an urn. Mrs. J, H. L. Missillier. one of the four eldest liv ing members of the church, now a ■ -.-mi-invalirV. will be brought from j Maria Parham hospital in a rolling; chair to participate in the burning of the mortgage. j The chuch was erected shortly! after the World War, and the Sunday Kho 1 department wa* occupied In j 1921. It was five years later, in 1926, when the main auditorium was com pleted and put into use. The present membership of the church is 575, it was stated today by the pastor. Rev. Albert S. Hale. Mr. Hale is in charge of the pro gram for the services Sunday, and will preside at both meetings. In the ; evening he will read a brief history of 1 the church. Former members of the church who I will be l ack for the services are to be I recognized at one point during tlioj servic. Fince it was organized in 3856, the! church has had 34 pastors. There have 1 teen three church buildings. The first; was a frame structure, which was lo cavd on North William street on a part of the site now occupied by the Henderson high school. In ISBS a new brick building was completed and was ns. 1 for the first time in December of that year. It also was located on the same spot now occupied by the high school. The frame building was pu hed back and was used for Sun day school quarters until the entire property was abandoned for the transfer of the congregation to the! present large quarters at the corner of Winder and W.vche streets. The first formal service in the pre sei.i church was on June 19, 1921, and it was in September, 1926, that the pit ent church auditorium was used for the first time. The congregation began planning for a new church as early a? 1919, and l from time to time from then on va-{ lious stages were passed. Property was bought, and sold at a profit and furnished much of the funds for the werk to proceed. When the new auditorium was com pleted, a debt of $30,000 was incurred, payable in installments annually un til liquidated. Some $29,000 was paid in the ten-year period, and when a few weeks ago it was decided to pay <hf the entire remainder, the congre gation raised $11,600* for the purpose. Large congregations are expected L-: both the services at the church tomorrow, and the membership has invited the general public to join with them in the exercises of dedication, hoth morning and evening. CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSEMBLY BE DEC. 9 Chapel Hill, Dec. s—Final arrange ments were completed today for an tibr.ual General Alumni Assembly to be held here December 9. The occa sion is the annual business meeting r ’s the Univors’ty Alumni Associat ion. ■he program ;ets underway next A Inesday with a luncheon meeting* •' Carolina Inn of officers of varsity alumni classes scheduled iioid reunions at the 1937 Com bi m.cement. Tc Ik able to laugh at oneself ' ■ me right to laugh at others. Prof. Raynard Von Weisenfluh Teacher of Violin udio located on second floor over Woodlief’s Clothing Store. Garnett Street Phone 61-W B, H. Mixon Contractor and Builder "Builds Better Buildings” All kinds of Building Wall Papering Painting— Roofing and Interior Decorating. PHONES • Residence 4TW This Church Will Be Dedicated Tomorrow L'n, " . —— -I V 4 v s ' * l :■ . $& ' 1 . iv<: * .. ■ '• 4 - • ' ' * FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF HENDERSON First Baptist Church History Spreads Over Long Period Os Years BY REV. ALBERT S. HALE, Pastor, First Baptist Church The history of the First Baptist church of Henderson dates back ta the middle of the past century, or a period of some SO years. Early History. We do not have access to authentic records with reference to the organi zation of the church. It is generally believed to have been organized in the year 1858. This is the year which is listed as the date of organization in the historical tables of the Tar River Association. Tradition has it that the services of the. church were held in the dining room of the Deb nam hotel for a period of possibly two years. The number of the charter members is unknown. In 1881 there were eleven white members and seven colored members. The clerk was S. J Parham. According to the history of the Tar River Association written by Dr. Thomas J. Tavlcr the church was re ceived into the Tar River Association at the meeting at Poplar Springs church, Franklin county, on August 17, 1858: “Franklin ton, Henderson, Sharon and Wake Forest churches were received at this time. The first three were newly constituted chur ches.” Factors of Church. According to the best available in formation, the following list contains the names of those who have served as pastors during the eighty years of the life of the church: Dr. T. B. Kingsbury. No authentic record. Dr. Taylor in his History of the Tar River Association writes: In 1835 Dr. Kings’;ury was pastor of the Methodist Church in Warrentcn. He changed his view’s concerning Chris tian baptl m, was baptized in the First Baptist Church, Raleigh. Soon afterward he was ordained as a Bap tist preacher. He accepted a call to become pastor of the Baptist Church in Warrenton and served the church two or three years—Sometime in 1868, Dr. Kingsbury left Wlarrenton to become the pastor of the First Bap tist Church in Memphis, Tennessee. In bis article, in the Henderson Daily Dispatch September 11, 1926, Judge j Tiiomas M. Pittman wrote: “At the; close of Dr. Brook’s ministry in 1877, Dr. T. B. Kingsbury, of Oxford—was called to the pastorate. He came only two or three times and for some rea son withdrew —’’ Dr. William Thomas Walters. Some think he was the organizer of the church. This remains a matter of un certainty. Dr. G. W. Paschal makes numerous eferences to Walters in his History of Wake Forest College, but never mentions his name in connec tion with the Henderson Church. He says for instance, in speaking of Wal ters: “He was greatly interested in the work of the Gospel ministry and to this and farming he devoted much energy in the later years of his life — and was very successful in the estab lishing of new churches, those of Lit tlaton and Weldon being due to his ministry.” Dr. Taylor likewise makes no mention cf Walters in connection with the Henderson Church. Dr. W. T. Brooks. Graduated Wake Forest College 1839 and was for many years a professor in that institution. He was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the College for a num ber of years. “Pastor of the Hender son Baptist Church twenty years.” Taylor, in History Tar River Associa tion. Dr. Paschal says: “He had the chief part in building up the Baptist Church in Henderson.” History of Wake Forest College. Dr. R. H. Marsh. It seems that his pastorate continued until the close of 1881. Dr. M. V. McDuffie. The second house of worship, a. brick building was erected during his ministry. He resigned the church in Henderson to accept the pastorate of the Livinkston Avenue Church in New Brunswick, N. J- Dr. Robert Van Deventer. He came to Henderson from Edenton, North Carolina, and served as pastor of the church from 1886 until 1894, when he went to Hawklnsvillo, Georgia. His was the first full-time pastorate of HENDERSON,, LN. Q PAIIY DISPATCH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1936 the church. Dr. Junius W. Millard. Pastor 1895- 1896. Accepted a call to become pastor of the Eutaw Place Baptist Church, Baltimore, Maryland. During his min istry the Carey’s Baptist Church was orgarized by tw'enty-three members from the Henderson Church. Dr. J. D. Hufham. Pastor 1896-1903. Affectionately called “The Baptist Bishop of North Carolina.” This was his last regular pastorate. Rev. J. D. Larkins. Pastor 1964-1906. Hu resigned to accept a call to a pas torate in Georgia. Rev. J. R. Doan. Pastor 1907-1910. It w'as during his ministry that the movement, for the present fcuslding was begun. Reverend Mr. Doan re signed July 10, 1910. Prior to this time the Committee on Location had re ported purchase of Tucker lot for $9,- 000 00. Rev. John W Morgan. Call extend ed to him to become pastor of the church A.ugust 2d 1910. He was pas tor at that time in New Albany, In diana. and doing graduate work in the Southern Baptist Theological Sem inar". Louisville. Ky. His pastorate continued until September 8, 1912. Rev. Samuel L. Morgan. A brother of John W., was called to become pas tor on September 29, 1912. His minis try continued until June 4, 1922, when he resigned to become pastor at Ram seur. North Carolina- Under his min istry the congregation was led into the Sunday School auditorium. Dr. Hugh A. Ellis. His ministry be gan on Sunday, February 4, I£|23, and continued until his resignation to ac cept the call of the First Baptist Church in Wilson, N. C., August 8, 1933. The main auditorium of the church was occupied for worship ser vices for the first time on September 12, 1926. Reverend Clarence H. Patrick. Dur ing the period in w'hich the church was without a pastor between the close of the ministry cf Dr. Hugh A. Ellis and the beginning of the min istry cf Rev. Albert S. Hale, Reverend Mr.* Patrick was supply pastor of the church. He served quite acceptably in this capacity. He is at present pastor of the Baptist Church of Shelburne Falls, Mass. Rev. Albert S. Hale. Began his min istry with the church July 1, 1934. First Baptism. The first person to be baptized in the second building was J. Hill Par ham. The second building was used for worship services for the first time early in December, 1885. The church has available records for lets than one-half its history. We are now in our eightieth year. We have not found any records from the date of its organization to 1882. We have one book containing records from 1882 to 1884. Then another pe riod follows from 1884 to 1908 without any records. We have practically com plete records from 1908 to date. Furnishes Three Ministers. The ministers of the gospel who have gone out from our church seem to be three in number: Dr. Archibald Cree, and Dr. Archibald Cunningham Cree, Dr. Raymond Nelson. Formally Named. The church wa.s not formally and officially designated “The First Bap tist Church of Henderson” until March 7, 1917, when the following re solution was adopted: “Resolved, that this church shall hereafter be known and designated as the First Baptist Church of Hen derson, and that the deacons be and are hereby declared ex-officio trustees of the church, and as such, vested with the title of all property of the church. Those baptized at the first bap tismal service in the present church: June 19, 1921: & B. Morgan, Jr., Fer rell Joyner, Roma Hines, J. Randolph Teague, G.| Durwood Roysttar, Jola The present membership of the church 875. Date of entering Sunday school au ditorium January 16, 1921. Four Early Members. As far a« we know there are only Roster of Former Baptist Preachers So far as records can be found, pas tors who have served the congrega tion of the First Baptist church of Henderson since its organization 80 years ago are as follows, with the dates of their pastorate: Dr. W. T. Brooks, 1856-1877. Dr. R. H. Marsh, 1877-1881. Dr. M. V. McDuffie, 1581-1887. Dr. R. Van Deventer. 1887-1895. Dr. J. W. Millard, 1895-1896. Dr. J. D. Hufham. 1896-1903. Rev. J. D. Larkins, 1904-1906. Rev. J. R. Doan, 1907-1910. Rev. J. W. Morgan, 1910-1912. Rev. S. L. Morgan, 1912-1922. Dr. Hugh A. Ellis, 1923-1933. Rev. A. S. Hale, 19-34. four still holding membership in the j church who were members in the first! building. It is honed to have three of the four in the dedication services to- I morrow. One of these, Mrs. J. H. Mis-! sillier,H will be brought to the church I from the Maria Parham hospital, i where she has been a semi-invalid for i the past two years. From her wheel j chair she will participate in the cere- i mony of burning the mortgage on the! building. Another member Mr. W. D. I Horner has been unable because of j poor health to attend the services for j a number of years. The remaining two (Miss Eugenia Thrower arid Mrs. Kate Watkins are regular attendants upon the services of worship. Third House of Worship. The building to be dedicated tomor- ! row is the third house of worship. I The first and second buildings were, located on the property now occupied ! by the new Henderson High School j on William Street. These two build- J ing; stood until torn away to make! ready for the building of the high \ school building. The first of the build ings was a frame building. The next! one was brick and the third one is of j Ml. Airy granite. Selecting Site. There were three sites suggested J when the possibility of a new building j was presented. There were those who! favored building on the old property where the first and second buildings •stood. Another site was the property now occupied by the Asa Parham heme and the Henderson Vulcanizing station, corner of Garnett and Spring Streets. The third site was the Gar nett Street site extending from the Post Office Building to the present site of the Busy Bee Case. This site was purchased in 1910 for the sum of $9,000.00. The first mention made in the re cords concerning the movement which resulted in the present building, seems to be under date of February 9. 1910, when the deacons made the following suggestion: “That we begin active operations looking toward the erection of a new building." This suggestion, together with sev eral others made at the same time, were unanimously adopted. The com mittee on Design was instructed “to secure plans or design for a church building to cost not less than $20,000 nor over $30,00.” At this meeting the following com mittees were named: Location: A. T. Barnes, W. W. Par ker, J. I. Miller, J. T. Elmore, Mrs. C. M. Cooper, Mrs. W. B. Waddill, Mrs. W. H. Wester. Design: T. M. Pittman. J. S. Roy ster, J. L. H. Missillier, T. G. Horner, J. C. Kittrell, Mrs. J. T. Alderman, Mrs. R. L. Wester, Mrs. W. D. Horner, 'Mrs. J. R. Doan. Finance: J. T. Elmore, J. H. Par ham, W. W. Parker, J. A. Kelly, A. T. Barnes. The personnel of these committees may have changed as well as other committees named during the course of the building history. But these con stitute the committees and members as named, when it was decided to launch out on a building enterprise. The following is taken from the re cord of May 13, 1914: “The church lot committee through J. C. Kittrell reported that Mrs. W. H. Tucker had made a price of $lB,- COO ou 180 feet frontage on Wyche Street and approximately 185 feet on Winder Street of her home site—’’ In July, IM4, a recommendation was adopted that the Tucker resi dence property, consisting of the whole Wyche alley front from Winder to Orange streets, running back 180 feet and as much farther as might be necessary to embrace the large oaks —at the price of $21,000. This was ac- PBRIWO PROGRAMS " Sermons and Music Have j Prominent Place In Bap- j tist Ceremony Order of services for the dedicatory j programs at the First Baptist church j 'emprrow follows: 11 A. M. i Organ Prelude, Meditation, by Le- j more. Doxelogy and Invocation. Response by choir, “Just for To- j day.’’ Bowles. Hymn, “The Church’s One Founda-I tion.” Scripture Lesson. Prayer. Recognition of Guests and Former Members. Hymn, "Faith of Our Fathers.” Offertory Anthem, “The Lord Is' : Exalted,” West. Burning of Cancelled Mortgage. Sennen of Dededication, Dr. Hugh | A. Ellis, pastor of First Baptist j church, Wilson. Hymn, “How Firm a Foundation.” I Benediction. Organ Postlude. 7:30 P. M. Organ Prelude. Hymn, "Day is Dying In the West.” Scripture Lesson. Prayer. Brief Resume of History of First Baptist Church, by the pastor, Rev. Albert S. Hale. Hymn, “Savior, Blessed Savior.” Offertory Anthem, “The Lamps in the West,” Speaks. Sermon, Rev. Samuel L. Morgan, pastor Creedmoor Baptist church, Creedmoor. Hymn, “The Lord Be With Us.” Benediction. Organ Postlude. U. S. Can’t Settle Southern Regions I 'Continued from Page One) phones and radios. They are removed j by days, from mail communications. ! The settler must build his own house from bricks of his own manufacture. He must dig his own well. Sanitary plumbing?—ha, ha! Lighting, of an evening?—candles! Doctors? —I sur vived an attack of anthrax, which kills 95 per cent of its victims, with out one. PIONEERS NEEDED It takes genuine pioneers, such as we haven’t had since covered wagon days, to brave such experiences. We, of today, are far too soft for such experiences. Europe, and especially southern Eu rope, which we are in the habit of speaking of quite scoffingly, produces some of the human raw material equal to defying these hardships. But heavens! —we can’t do it. Italians, Spaniards and Turks are building up the Southern American back-country. In my time in early post-war South America three ambit.ous attempts were made at North American coloni zation . All fizzled. IN HOSPITALABLE REGIONS Their promoters might have ex pected it, from a similar attempt made jus*: after the Boer war, by the beaten South African Dutchmen. Those boys were pretty hard boiled. They should have been able to stand the gaff if any one could. Howevei\ they were dumped into an exception ally inhospitable region—Patagonia. Maybe they should not be blamed for having petered out as they did. They all went back to South Africa, any way. But North America colonization was tried out in a favorable region— the Chaco, scene of the recent clash between Paraguay and Bolivia. Now, the Chaco has been described as a “green hell.” It isn’t. It is a friendly country—fine, virgin soil, well watered, not unreasonably hot, rot much pestered by hostile Indians. I have traversed it and know it. It is at least as kindly as our own west was in the pioneer period. We, however, have not the crust that our own pioneers had. Married Women On Payroll May Lose (Continued from Page One.) various State departments here, es pec.ally since the meeting of the leg islature is now only about three weeks distant. The married women employes always hate to see a legisla tive session approach, since a move ment is usually started in every leg islature to bar married women, whose husbands are employed, from the State’s payroll. Legislative efforts in this direction have always failed be cause any law passed barring the em ployment of married women by the State would be class legislation and hence just as invalid as a law prohi biting the employment of red-haired women or those who wear glasses is agreed. But the elected heads of depart ments are absolute in their authority to fire and hire, and may make any arbitrary rules and regulations they may desire to, it is agreed. So if Commissioner Scott wants to fire all the married women in the Depart ment of Agriculture, or all the red haired women, he has the authority to do so. But this talk and agitation about the firing of married women is caus ing those employed in other depart cepted conditioned upon the eaie of SCxIGO feet of the Garnett street pro perty for not less than $20,000. The Garnett street property was sold for $21,000 and comprised the purchase price es the present property. The re mainder of the lot bought in 1910 for $9,000 was sold to the telephone com pany and the Masonic order for $5,- 0000 and SIO,OOO. respectively. Present and Former Baptist Pastors Hf -4- jgSa • is- »ssggg3Bßraßßi^%a lEk i, TMiggH REV..ALBERT S. HALE, Present PaKtor. • .* WtafsDomq CONGREGATIONAL - CHRISTIAN. . Rev'. J. Everette Neese, pastor. Sunday school 9:45 a. in. John H. i Hall, superintendent. Morning service at 31 a. m., sermon, by the pastor, subject, “The Prodigal! Church.” Evening service at 7:30 p. m. with the pastor bringing his message on the topic “Consecreation.” FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT. Rev. T. J. Whitehead, pastor. 9:45 a. m. Sundry school. Alvin Nuekles, superintendent. 11 a. m. Morning worhip. Sermon subject: “The Word of God in the Heart of Man.” 5 p. m. Evening worship. Sermon subject: “The Mind of Christ.” Universal Bible Sunday is to be ob served in the morning service, j 21, Faculty Member JR? m N ' “Le 5 • s % ' ' I **• ' I Youth, beauty and knowledge arc combined in Miss Isabella Jane Smiley (above), daughter of Prof, ! and Mrs. Edwin U. Smiley, of A1- . lentown, Pa. Isabella, who is 21. j has been appointed to teach history at her alma mater, Cedar Crest Col- i lege, from where she was graduated at 19. (Central Press) ments to fear that the idea may spread to other department heads or bring the question up in the general assembly again. The unmarried State employes are also finding con siderable satisfaction over the present jitters among the married women em ployes . Labor Program Os Fletcher Outlined (Continued from Page One.) 30 minutes when shift exceeds six hours, and elimination of night work between midnight and 6 a. m. in all mechanical manufacturing and mer cantile establishments. A law to require that employers pay wages in full at least semi monthly in cash or in checks to be payable without reduction; payment to discharge employees within 24 hours of dismissal to enable the com missioner to take assignments of workers’ claims up to SIOO ,and to sue employers in behalf of the employees without cost to the latter; to pro hibit the practice of requiring em ployees to trade at company stores and to live in company houses. To provide for a mine inspector and four assistants to inspect mines. Open Sunday Bring Us Your Prescriptions We have everything you need in drugs and sundries. Kerner Drug Co. Phone 112. PAGE THREE • • • Hv, : £s£j§S DR. HUGH A. ELLIS, Former Pastor. Twenty-six cards giving samples of translations of the Scriptures will be on display at the church throughout the day. FIRST METHODIST Rev. R. E. Brown, pastor. Sunday School 9:45. J. W. Sanders General Superintendent. Sermon by pastor, 11 a. m. Ob servance of National Bible Sunday and Holy Communion. Sermon by pastor at 7:30. Monday afternoon at 3:30 the Lucy Closs Parker Missionary Society will meet with Mrs. T. B. Rose, Jr., on Garnett Street. This will be the closing program of the year and the leadership of the Society has an nounced an unusual program, a play let will be presented, the general theme being "Harvest Day.” All members are urged to be pres ent and pledges for the year brought up to date. Wednesday night prayer meeting. Thursday night young people meet ing. FIRST BAPTIST., Rev. Albert S. Hale, pastor. Sunday school meets 9:45. J. C. Gardner, general superintendent. Morning wtorship service. Dedica tion of Church at 11 o’clock. Sermon by Dr. Hugh A. Ellis, of Wilson, a former pastor. B. T. U. meets at 6:30 o'clock, Miss Loyce Blaylock, general director. Evening worship service, sermon by Rev. Samuel L. Morgan, of Creed moor. HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL Rev. I. W. Hughes, rector. Second Sunday in Advent. 9:45 a. m. Church School, Men’s Bible Class, Young Women’s Bible Class. 11 a. m. Holy Communion. 7:30 p. m. Sacred Cantata, “Peni tence, Pardon and Peace”. St. John’s Mission, North Hender son, 2 o’clock. Holy Communion and sermon. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. James Jones, pastor. 9:45 a. m. The church school, A. S. W’atkins, general superintendent. Ser vices of worship and classes for Bible study adapted to the needs of all age groups. 11 p. m. The morning worship. Sub ject: "A Gift To The Future,” with the sermon by the pastor. 6:45 p. m. The Young People’s Forum meets in the church. We shall conclude our discussion of the theme “The Understanding of the Holy Bible.” * * 7:30 p. m. The evening worship. Sub ject: “Handling Our Hatreds,” with the sermon by the pastor. Big Sale Nursery Stock on Leased Land* _ Best Values Ever Offered In Trees, Shrubs and Evergreens Continental Plant Co. C. M. HIGHT, Mgr. Kittrell, N. C. Phone 4202 “Not Going out of Business But Growing in Business.’*