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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 6. 1916
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February
Is Designated
Biblical Recorder Month
Convention Votes for Co
operation of GPastors and
Laymen in Support Of
Denominational Paper
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' JOHN 1 OATES AGK1H PRESIDEHT
And Other Officers of the Conven
tion Elected at Opening Meeting
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This morning's session of the Thompson stressed the
itfonvenilon opened with appoint- tupport at this crisis of
need of
'sa Incur
red by discontinuing patent medi
cine advertising and the increased
cost of print paper. Attention
was called to the fact that while
the denomination has grown vastly
in numbers the subscription list of
the denominations! paper has dwln
d'ed. Pastors and laymen from many
-sections voiced their . appreciation
of the value of the Biblical Recor-
and training
icnts of committees and reports
from various branches of the de
. nomination's work.
Dr. R. T. Vann, secretary of the
Education Board, spoke for a few
minutes of his work during the
past year, expressing warm grati
tude for the support which he had
received from men, - women, cniUty
-ren, rich Xnd Pr educated and
Ignorant throughout the State.
Dr. Vann has often been called er in evangeliaing
-the best loved man in North Car- 'or Christian service, agreeing that
ollna" as he has gone east and through this means more people
-west, north and south presenting ; could .be reached and" influenced
the oause of education to the Bap- j than through any other medium.
- tist denomination. In his speech ;. and' the Convention voted to set
this morning he emphasized the apart February as Recorder month,
' fact that great movements are built , aging an act ive rampalpn. with
"up s:owly, adding in hi character- the coop-ration of pastors and lay
" istic wav "Of course, a man can men. for the support of the paper.
' luilcl a chicken coop in a day." i 1th a direct canvas -'for rucrlp
Of the Baptist ministry of North Hons.
Carolina Dr. Vann said "We havn't , "
got many fools, and v(. have pot
!j, no rascals."
' Continuing he said. "Do not be
Impatient. We are too fond of
talking about hustling. . The Bible
doesn't Fay a man went forth to
hustle, but to sow. The men with
reputation of continually being in
' the limelight are not ?:enera!ly the
v.jnen of real accomplishment. We
say that we must make things hum.
Well, probably our little exertions
, do make a sort of humming noise.
but the sun and stars move noise
' lessly under the direction of Al
mlghtiy Ood. God is working in
us to jJ0 la,Pe things, and we need
not worry abnut making a nolso."
REPORT ON THE RECORDER
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M L KESLER
Superintendent ThomatvilU Baptist
Orphanage
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"Since I have been here as pas
tor 1 have baptised more than sev
en hundred members into this
church, and the city now has more
than 1850 white Baptists.
Mayor Sawyer spoke as follows:
This gathering which owes its be
ing to the cause of religion is typi
cal of the Baptist creed. It is, in
deed an honor and a pleasure to be
afforded the opprtunity to address
von and to welcome you to this
Commonwealth and to greet you of
ficially and personally. I bid you a
hearty and a most sincere welcome
to our midst, and hope that the
time you speDd with uB will le a
source of profit and delight. Eliza
beth City is honored by your pres
ence. Every soul that lingers here,
rejoices that we are to have you
with us. The business which bring
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WALTER N. JOHN80N
Co'"resp3nulng Secretary
EDITOR, I -ICHT C. MOORE
Of The Biblical Reeord,sr, Raleigh.
Tiie rci.orit on the Biulteal iiccof
de;1 wan read by Editor I Up lit C.
Metro, givlnt,' ' the history cf tho
.der.omb itictaT 'paper and 0 um-,
mary cf ! work and phce in the
strte,. . Fol!ow!rs. V.r. Moo- Rev.
J. u3. r..rnrr t-i.-i P.:T. ' C. "J,
Dr. MulMna next addressed the
Convention on 'Our Baptist Heri
tage", which subject, he began by
saying. Is distinctly Baptist and trie
rermon a resume of hlB book, 'The
Axioms cf Religion.'
. MONDAY'S NIGHT'S SESSION
Tha Baptist State Convention
held Its opening sesrion Monday
flight, effecting organization, fol
lowing an eloquent aermon on "The
Unsearchable Riches of Christ" by
Ca'.vln B. Waller of Aahevllle. The
scripture, leaf on was read by Dr.
John Jeter Hurt of Durham.
Addresses of welcome were made
by M,ayor P. O. Sawyer and Rev..
I. N. Loftin, pastor of Blackwell
Memorial Church, the Convention's
host.
Mr. Loftin sppke of the remark
able growth of the Baptistdenoml
nation in Elizabeth City from he
ytry small number of 192 in 1874.
"When the Convention ment here
In 1904" Bald Mr, Loftin"thIs num
hefw'h"d .incrTOSod to about ntid
tne nrst .part or this church was
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WHERE THE BOYCOTT FAILED
Earl Frank. 17 years old, who
has recently escaped from the
Stonewa'l Jackson Training school
?t Concord, was brought before
.lud-'c Sawyer this morning on th
chirrp of having stolen a crate of
eg5s from the cargo of one of the
Louts lying at the dock. He was
turn;d over to Sheriff Held, who
wrs Instructed to see that he had
rate custody lark to the reforma
tory f'om whence he ORtne,
Frank was Intercepted In the act
of celling the spoils of his robbery
by one of the police officers.
SOUL WIN
turns
IS CIFESTiM
WlLMI'GTO; PASTOR SAYS
CHURCH IS IN DANGER OF
FORGETTING PRIME PURPOSE
Board Holds
First Meeting
ThP new bnard of County Com
mla'doncrp held their first meeting
Monday with the following mem
bers present: J 0 Fearing, J. p.
JimeB Jr. Elinu Ownley, W F Jen
p'n '. V. BMht and J. VP.
Jennings.
Mr N. O. Grandy is III In ,a Nor- '
folk Hospital and could not be pres
ent. Mr. J. O. Fearing was elected
chairman. The cath of office was
edmlnlstered to the following ooun
ty officers: H. P. Williams, con
stable; Charles Reld. sheriff;
J". P. Thompson, . auditor. ' Ca
leb W. Ive was elected stan
dard keeper for the year, O. J.
Bailey was re-elected keeper of the
county home, Ellas Alhertson was
appointed assistant jail keeper.
The allowance of 40c per day for
each prisoner was Increased to 45c.
Mr. H. C. Bright was e'ected keep
er of the court house clock. Hon.
J. B. Leleh was appointed assist
ant trial justice.
8lm the county officers have
been plnce' on a saliry by the leg
fflaMire undone office of treasurer
abolished It was necessary to desig
nate one 01 the city's ba-.fts as
county custodian of funds; The
Savings Bank and Trust Company
,yh chosen.
The necessary $500 snproprintlon
for Moire Demonstration work wm
made,, an excellent report of. the
mst year's work having been-made
by Miss Albettson. . Thosfl votlnsr
Vr this appropriation were: Messrs
FeorlnT, Jamci, Ownley, .lennlnr.
At a late hour Tuesday afternoon
the Pastors Conference adopted e
Klutions pledging themselves to
more earnest effort to enlist church
members In the work of Soul Win
ning. Their action was taken In,
response t0 the paper read by J.
A. Sulivan Tuesday morning on
The si'l Winning Church' and to
his plea that this vital insue be
given more than perfunctory atten-'
tion. Mr. Sullivan's paper was
received by the pastors with much
favor and was regarded ns onP of
the most thoughtful studies rf the
Conffrenc:'. It follows in part:
In these days of multiplied agen
cies for the administration of the
complex affHirs of God's Kingdom,
there seems to me to he h grave
danger of forgetting the prime ser
vice which Christ demands of His
church. These varied forms of ac
tivity in our churches are' all in
tended ultimately for ttie accom
plishment of this service, yet with
a manifest tendency to magnify the
crganlzations and to minimize fhat
for which the organizations were
created. A single Illustration will
suffice. Take the word "missions."
The average church member cannot
think of. mission, except .la terms,
of dollars and ennts. Nor is he al
together to blame for this blunder.
Please recall the heart-rending ap
peals sent out by our Secretary
Johnson during the last week of our
Convention year. And you cannot
lay the blame at his feet. Impend
ing disaster drove him almost to
desperation; And when at midnk'ht.
November 21, the plad t cf vic
tory went out, our whole brother
hood rejoiced. But that whs a vic
tory of dollars that saved from debt. 1
While 1 rejoice with others In that
remarkable achievement, I am bold
to say this shout of triumph l8 mls
placsd emphasis. 1 ask you, how
much gladder wou!d have been the I
heart throes of those who reflect
the Christ-love, If we hid received
tidings not of ddTT&rg gathered, but
of the largt number of souls of
men won for oqr blessed Lord and
for His Kingdom. And we cry "vie
tory." But Is there victory? We
cannot even value one soul in the
sum of all things material; yet with
the teeming hundreds of thousands
of lost men passing us by every day
In our own State, have we won?
Missions contemplates sending, but
our Lord said, "Go." The church
will not be blessed in sending, when
it Is unwilling to obey in going. You
cannot pav another to speak the
words that call to eternal life, when
the Lord gives you that blessed
privilege.
Soul winning is the churches's
chlefest business. Nearly all lines
of activity, fostered by the church
lead directly or Indirectly t0 this
pre-eminent service. It Is true, the
great commission of the Lord to His
disciples Ig to evangelize, but a
sane and sincere evangelization
looks for and rejoices In the very
largest harvest of souls.
Our branch 'of that body of chris
tian people known ,ag Baptists
pride themselves on the appellation
"missionary' It Is unjhinjkable,
abnormal, may I say, monstrous,
that a church rejoices In aendlnsr
the GoBpel to !o3t snujs far awa.
TiTit it not on fire to win those right
at her own doors. And usually, the
church that goes after the. lost in
her own community will not neglect
the'eftort to win others farther
away.
I rrpsaf,' th9 church's, chlc.fesl
business is soul winning. You will
not jtulgr; me presumptuous when I
appeal fo n return to the simple
method pursued by the first ChrlsJ
CorM"url Cn Pit Thrfp
IfflERMElfIG
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING SOLEMN
IZED AT CHRIST CHURCH
AT CHRIST CHURCH EARLY
THJS AFTERNOON
'Dawn-
.1. B.
bride,
Of the many beautiful weddings
which have been' solemnised in
Elizabeth City this fall none have
been of more Interest than that of
Miss Nannie Ixmise , Fearing and
Mr. William Reginald Lambert
which took place today at half past
one o'clock In Christ Church.
The" stately dignity of the tnt..
! lor of the church was enhanced by
: beantifu' decorations of palms
j ftni and flowers of the purest
I white, and the soft light of altar
candles.
i The wedding muyh was beauti
, fully rendered hy Miss Clar, Cov
! ert. on-anlst of the church, and
just bef-re the brldu party enter
ed Mr. H. G. Parks sang
, ing.'
j Tbe UKhera were, Messrs
j Fearing Jr.. brother of the
and Miles Clark; t,P proomsmen
! were, Mes-rs John Harney and
Howard Flora .
i The bridesmaid.:, Mlsves Lillian
Whitehurst and Nannie Mae Long,
cousins of the bride. were gowned
in blue charmeuse and georgette
crepe with silver lace hats and car
ried beautiful arm boquets of long
Htemmed white roses.
t The maid of honor, Miss Mae
Fearing sister of the bride, was
; gowned in brown, georgette crepe
with gold lace hat and brown
shoes and carried an arm bouquet
of La France roses.
The bride, gowned in a handsome
ult of midnight blue chiffon broad
cloth with trimmings of blue fox,
curving a shower bouuet of bride's
roses and 1I'H of the valley, en
tered on the arm of her father,
who gave her In marrlase They
vere met at the altar by the groom
and his best man, Mr. E. M. Grlce,
Jr., cousin of the bride.
The ceremony was performed by
Hev. ('. a. Ashbv, rector of
Christ Church, and the bride and
groom left immediately for an ex
tended trip to Washington. Boston
and Florida. Upon their return
they will make their home in Eliz
abeth (Mty.
The bride is the very attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Fearing of thl8 city. The social
i functions given to her honor prior
to the wedding, as well as the
large number ,of handsome gifts
presented by friends in and out of
the city. nrP Indicative of her pop
u arity here ana" elsewhere.
The groom is the son o." Mrs.
W VV Lambert of Georgia, prom
inent In the real estate business of
this section fnid a f.ivorite socially
In Elizabeth Cltv.
union
LEAD
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DECIIIIES OFFEI
ANDREyBONAR t LAW TELLS
KIIG GEORGE CANNOT AC--CiPT
THE PREMIERSHIP
London, Dec. 6.That Andrtv
Bonar Law, Unionist leader . who
was summoned to the palace last
night folowing the resignation pf .
Premier Asquith and who was prof- ;
fered the premiership by the King,
narf declined thes office tendered -jhlnit
Is stated to-day on highest -. -authority.
.-.yCf ' "
Later this morning the King sum- t
moned Lloyd George, whose reaig. . '
nation aa War Minister In the flrat
instance forced the cabinet shake
up, to the palace for a Conference, .
The apparent final decision of
the Union leader In declining to
accept the premiership and form a
new British Cabinet ig construed a
meaning that David Lloyd George
will be called to perform the task
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ODESSA GOAL OF
GUI DESIRE
CORRE8PON- ',;J
UNITED PRESS
DENT AYS THAT CITY OaV
JECTIVE OF ROUMANIANCAM- ,
PAIGN
BlackmailCase
Is Postponed
Washington, Dec. fi. Dr. Arra
gaard Graves, i,elf styled interna
tional spy, was to appear before U
nlted States Commisstoner Taylor
tn And whether he will answer a
charge of attempting to blackmail
Countess von Bernstorff, wife of
the. German ambassador, for 3.000
dollars by the sale of letters smug
gled through the British censor
from Germany.
Graves' trial or release depended
on whether German embassy offi
cials were willing or able to tell a
bout the visits of Graves to the. res
TSence of Prlnc- Hatzfeldt, Embas
sy counselor.
Graves tlodav was the samo de
I'onalr flgur? he Was when arrested
noarly four works ago, as he step
ped from tlatzfeldt's residence... Ho
has stoutly majntalned he never
will answer the Jblickma!l!ng
cbnree, ;
(By CARL W. ACKERMAN
With the German Army at Pit
lescl, Roumanla, Dec. 3.- The fate
of Bucharest is a matter of only a
few days.
Desperate resistance by the Rou
manians can ony serve to delay
the German occupation of the capi
tal. To an observer cf this great Oer- -man
achievement In Roumanla It
appears that the goal of the Ger
man offensive in the movement now
approaching Its climax is not Buch
arest alone.
Germany's object. flrsjt, ig the de
struction of the Roumanian army;
but even that Is only preparatory
for a new drive Into Russia with
Odessa as its final goal.
RAISE PASTOR'S SALARY
On Sunday morning the members :
of the First Baptist church voted to v
raise the salary of their pastor, Dr. ,
B. C. Hening, f $3,000 a year. Sun- 4
day luafked the close of Dr. Hen- i
Ing's second year at pastor of this
church, and the past two years have
been years of steady, solid and vsub
stanllal growth.
FINED FOR SPEEDING.
Dr. W. H, Peters was fined 10
and costs In police court Monday
foor speeding. Harry Lyons wa
fined $20 and costs for two viola
tions of the gpeed law
"I never mentioned the Coun
tess's name," he affirmed. He add-a
ed that the letters disclosed Count '
von Bernstorff as a stock gambler.
Around Graves still hangs an air
of - myttery. He admits "Armgaard
Karl Graves" Is an assumed name.
He will not tell his real name. The.
German Em!asy declares he real
ly is named "Melnke", and was ed
ucated at Perlln public schools. He '
claims to have been Intimately as
sociated with the high counsels of ,(
the German goverment.
The author of two widely read
books :on International .spying.'
"Secrets nf the German War Office"
rnd "Secrets of the" Hohensollerjns"
Graves has been 'exposed' frequent
ly by newBpaperi and the German
embassy. His latest composition
is a movlu serial. ....