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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 8, 1916
The Only Democratic
' Newspaper
Published in Elizabeth
City
NOU9
x Baptists Adjourn Session
J
Eighty Sixth
Convention
to th time in which ho, lives It
is lmposs.o ior a man 10 live a
Ufa that ta not known. Men are
like acrostics. Read them ' up and
down and across and they "read the
same way. i A man's business life,
his social life and his church life
must spell Christian or the world
1 I wilT tee that he is Insincere .. '
I I ' eMinJ Via must h- m fwt rltl.
wyvwM - . w i
sen. Clein, flno men should give
tViuaulni olvln Ufa Ttia tamnta..
God Be With You Till We Meet ETlkVZ
A an in " Snna on the Stroke of
Third, he must be a good church
O , J . . . -W V
Noon When One Ut uest ses
sions in Baptist History Came to
Close To-day
DELEGATES HI RETURNIHG
And With Them Go Sincere Farewells Of Old
Friends and New
HOi
The Baptist State Convention
closed its 86th session when that
body adjourned shortly after noon
today.
Dunns' the proceedings prellraln-
'. ary to taking up the morning topic
of social service the Convention dl
' rected the president to appoint a
i press committee to use such means
e might be necessary to insure full
'reports of its proceedings in the
daily and weekly newspapers of the
! atate.
" The first subject taken up under
: , the topic of social service wa8 min
isterial relief. That this work shou a
te put on such a basis that recipients-should
hive no feeling th-it
they are objects of charity was the
main subject of discussion of the re
port on this work submitted by Rev.
J. M. Arnette find spoken to by
Rev. C. C. Smith of Durham.
That the delivery of ' liquor by
public carriers and the advertising
of liquor in the public prints be pro
fit hibited and that the Baptists of the
'F fnr Mntlonal Prohibition
dale yicoo
were provisions embodied in the a
dopted reccommendatlons of the re
port on this subject.
Following the report on the Or
phanage Superintendent Kesler wag
directed to provide two swimming
pools at that institution; one for
boys. one for girls. Dr. Johnson com
mented on the of homelike quiet
prevailing at ' the orphanage and
said that under the management of
Mr. Kesler boys and girls there
were being given the right sort of
training training in body. Jtilnd
and spirit.
Memorials to ministers and prom
inent laymen ot the convention, or
members of their families. who
have died during the year, followed
the teport on the Orphanage. Those
named wre J. W. Watson pastor
et Manteo. who died in Rex hospi
i tal at Raleigh; R. B. Thomas. Rev.
Charleg F. Hooper, Mrs. Martha
Holloman. Mrs. Carey J. Hunter.
A tefegnm of sympathy was sent
t0 Mrs. J. M. FroBt.
The! delegates returned to their
! homes this afternoon, most of them
lejvlng on the southbound .train at
; ' onoS4,ock
t?5SDAY NIGHT'S SESSION
V The Baptist State Convention In
the session of Thursday night put
.'- Its at-nip or approval on a resolu-
tion offered by Baylus Cade t0 the
effect that a memorial to John
Hayne, Mills shall be 'rtd by
U the children on the grounds of the
tj- .Orphanage at Thomasvllle. The
V memortal will take the form of a
. 1'ttatue In heroice broonise represen
ting this great benefactor of tno
i
appointed to take charge of this
movement.
The Convention also adopted
last night unanimously by a rising
vote -resolutions exprecoing appre
ciation to Elizabeth City, Its Clum
ber of Commerce, the press, the
rai'road, 4o First Baptist Church,
and to Blackwell Memorial Church,
Its pastor and choir for hospitality
and kindness expended the Conven
tion during its session here.
Editor Hight C! Moore reported
that North Carolina's apportian
niept cf th& Judson Memorial Con
tennisl Fund hB3 been raised in
full.' The report was discussed
by Braxton Craig who led the eam
pai.un and raised $91,000 of the ap
pcrtionment. Mr. Craig s:id
that his efforts could not have met
with success but for loyal support
given him by the pastors of the
state. j
Editor Moore also presented the
report on the Lrymen'g movement.
The report stated that the Lay
men's movement had proven prac
ticable and had rectified the mis
takes made in the beginning of Its
inauguration, that it bad aroused
and stlmu'ated men to stewardship,
promoted weekly giving and Inspir
ed more widespread activity In
missionary endeavor. The com
mittee recommended tint the mpve
ment be endorsed by the denomina
tion, that John A Oatee lie appoint
ed chairman of the laymen's
'Movement Committee, that men's
mission study classes be organized,
and that laymen should be urged
attend the Laymen's Convention ih
Ajhnire this tprlng.
Formal recognition was extended
to the pastors who hive come into
the state or have become patorn
during the past year. These were:
Fred D. Hale of Lexington, W.
H. Carter of Hertford, W. K.
White of Greensboro, J. H. Filler
ofNWest Durhsm, W. C. Moore of
Mount Holly, J. M. Kester of
Wilson. C! D. Graves or Wake
Forest, R. K. Redwlne ()f Walnut
Cove, E. B. Jenkins of Washing
ton, andiA. J. Taylor Of Ramsour.
Dr. Mullln's address on 'The Mo
del Laymen, closed the evening's
session, emphasizing the impor
tance of the Laymen's work, tell
ing of Its marked growth In recent
years and predicting a more rapid
growth' In the next few years. '
Dr. Mullins beit.m by saying that
In speiklng of a model laymen ho
was not usln the definition which
the man whonc wife who had col'-
II" ' ' w , 1 " i
nine In a pnyer meeting
consu tinp me niniomry. viz; n
small Imitation of the real thine."
.vi.i,iit desolate , hut that ha was descrlh'rr the mn.i
'fhild. A committee composed ot I with a real purpose
T . f Tatnr V. V. AvdlCtt, ChaS. I . ' . ' ,, ....
I- rirBi oi an. bbiu us. ii.m
F., Brewer. Hlsht t C. Moore, Gil- javnen muBt Ut0 b ciean,: " upright do in a few of our. churches
fcert Btenvenson. k. . for this is the greatest con-
tke,acd Livingstone Johnson , was .irtbutlon'whtch a 'man . can make subject tskeo up . , for. discussion
ularly. Men do not realise what reg
nlarity end steadfastnesa mean In
jtheir raligious life. An unbeliever
once saw a Christain pass his home
every Sunday for thirty year8 on
his way( to church and was finally
so impressed by this steadfastness
that he himsc'f 'was led ,to become
a believer. '
Fourth, he must be a man of
prayer. The principle of prayer
r.utst govern tffc life. Prayer must
lo a factor In his business. Happy
la the man who doqs not get dis
inurpppd in his Draper. Men are as
I.izy as their circumstances will al
low. Some men aro intcMectua'ly
l:zy though physically energetic,
some are the reverse, somo aro en
ergetic enough physically and men
tally but are spiritually lazy. A man
can't pray un'ess he girds up his
loins and fights hjs way to victory.
Fifth, he must h0 a liberal giver.
He must help his paBtor to develope
the giving spirit in the congrega
tion. Teaching people to give la a
long process, line upon line and pre
cept upon prccert. When 1 was a
young preacher a man told me hat
1 spoiled my sermons talking about
money. Well, the Bible Is spoiled
thaiC T
Dr. Mullins set forth the needs of
the laymen r.s'fol'ows:
" 1. A great horizon. Not tho hori
zon of a worm or squirrel but of an
eag'e. Men arc wasuro'l by their
horizons, and men . re needed in the
kingdom who will take Into their
heaits a'l tht srtvt interests Of the
kingdom.
2. The abollt'on of the distinction
between laymen and clergy. It is
the preogative of every ChriHtaln to
te'l the glad tidings
3. Team work. A min can't
stay on a baseball team who will
lie down on his job.
4. Initiative. Thought Is need
ed In the problems of the church as
well as energy In the business of
the church.
5. The spirit of conquest and
achievement vmust be put by 1 ay
men into the church. A man
needs to put.the same qualities into
his church work that he puts into
making his business a success.
In closing Dr. Mullins spoke of
the ipcreased number of active lay
meu during the past few years and
said th1. in a few more years he
expected to see a great host of
these helpers cooperating with the
pastors in the work of the church.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON'S
SESSION
Woman's work was t'iken up at
the afternoon session Thursday.
J. .Clyde Turner said that the
women are due highest honor In
that they have Instilled the misHlon
spirit into the heart of the young
peop'e of the church, have kept
rlive In the churches a spirit of
prayer Hiid have been leaders In
disseminating missionary informa
tion and in fostering mission stud
Hon and in fostering mission study
'nsse. All this hHS been done,
h" ild "with womanly modesty.
Christian humility and with whole
hearted and supreme loyalty to
the Master. As to the Impor
tance of prayer In mission work,
Vr. Turtier said: "Fvery pr:,at mis
tnnnrv enterprise had Its bogln
Rumanian Army
r Is Still Intact
London, Dec. 8. Fresh " detail
ot the German occupation of Buch
arest have added to th belief that
Rumanian retirement was master
full executed with mlnlmun losses.
The Rumanian army Is still lntack
and with reorganization and ', re
equipment may again become a for
mldible force.
. The Germans along the whole
ot the Monastir front lhave been
ttrongly reinforced and are presum
ably diverted from the Rumanian
theatrs ot war. It li believed that
the Germans are planning a power
ful offensive against the Franc-Serbainftallnn-Brttish
forces Oi
Miceionl.i.
GIVES BIRTHDAY PARTY.
luasitr bid ward xDunstan enter
talncd a number of his little friends
at his home, 101 West Church
st.ejt, Wednesday evening, the oc
c;uijn being a birthday p'rty. Those
pie ent were: Burgess and William
Perry, Charles and Frank Hollo
we 1, Lawrence Aydlett, Wesley
Sheep, William Fearing. Braxton
Dawson, Z'Jck Owens, Edward Old,
Walter Cohoon, Edgar Stevens,
Ralph Wilcox. Travis Turner. Jac.
Thompson, Frank Snowden, Ward
Thompson, Andrew Bailey, William
Harrell, Selden Mann, Frank Hor
ner, Wllliim Drinkwater, TJavls
Spence, Koscoe and Archibald Tur
ner, Johnnie Shaw, Forrest and
Gar'and Dunstan, Margie Bell Carr,
Emily Jennings, Adelaide Dunstan,
Mary Harnay ..Prltch?rd, Anna May
Wlivalow, Ruth Scott, Margaret
Wells, Marg-iret Davis, Margaret
Sawyer, Loulse While. Rebecca
Stevens, Mt.v Gladden Gregory.
M irv Louise James, Mary Horner.
Monterey and Catherine Cartwrlght.
Ressie Drinkwater, Virginia LeRov.
F lzilntli Thompson. Marjorle Skin
ner. Vivian Turner. Francis Mc
Clenny. Margaret Fearing. The nu
merous games played, the funny
stories told, with the good things
to eat served to make the ocoaslon
one of great pleasure to the happy
gathering.
Lloyd George 1
Well Supported
, London, Dec. e. Ali doubt that
Lloyd George would not hiv, com
plete support tor his new govern-
"ment In parllment was swept sway
when the Liberal party members
formally resolved te .support the
new regime In the prosecution of
war. This action means that ' Lloyd
George Is not only , backed by
Unionist and Laborltes, totalling
324 votes out of 670 In the House of
Commons, but s'io by liberal
block of the remaining votes, per
haps 260 or more.
PARCEL POST SALE '
SLAVE QUARTERS BURNED
Of Woman's work In missionary
effort Dr. Walter N. Johnson said:
Tbev have been doing for ysars. in
I th wav of systematic alvln?. what
First of all. said he, this model we are Just beginning the men to
lo In few or our. chorcneg . ,
Sunday School work wis another
Part of ' the old slave quarters on
the HolloweU plantation at "Bep
side" were burned Wednesday after
noon. Thete quarters were built
many years ago, had very large
chimneys and fireplaces.
In these huge fireplaces were
built Iron cranes On which pots,
kettle., and other cooking utenslles
were hnng over the fire In "ye olden
time" wlnn there were no cook
stoves and all cooking was done in
the fire places.
Thursday afternoon, and a numbei
of fliiBgestlons were made for the
Improvement of (Tie Sunday School
literature.
B. Y. P. I work was also dis
cussed at this meeting snd the
discussion whs interestingly led by
several of the denomination's
younper pastors. Through the work
of the Young People's Union It
was pointed out. the young Chris
tlan Is 'given training which makes
him n useful church member and
;ome iire led Into the active work
of the ministry,
A matter that has I een inndver
tently over'ookn'l In this paper's
reports of the Convention was the
appointment on Wednesday of a
committee to lay before President
Wilson the protest of North Caro
lina RiptlRts i.palnst Oenernl Fun
ston'H action In presuming to dic
tste to llnptM preachers how thev
should preach the gospel to Ameri
can soldiers. Of this committee
John . Ontes Is chairmen.
AN ERROR CORRECTEQ
The Convention sermon nexf year
w'11 be preached by Bruce Benton
of,'nocklnghrm.-In yesterday's (re
port the name was printed as Ben-
Belvldcre. Dec. 5. Last Friday
evening' a public Literary Society
and parcel pest sale w?s given for
the benefit cf tbe society.
A ip:clal jrogram ag -rendered
with much s ccessM The debate sub
ject wa8 resolved: "That Military
Schco's, Colleges and Universities
1n the ''h'ted St"te." Afflrrative:
Sidney Chppel and Tim Jessup.
Necative Murray Lane and Harry
Chappel. Two of the judges decided
in favor of the negative.
After the debate the parcel post
sale took place. The proceeds a
mountcd 12.00 which will be used,
to help install electric lights In the
school building.
Washington, Pec. , ..-While or
iflers. to -get Villa" etia stand, the
war department has. let it befknown
that it does not expect General .
Perishing to take any fresfc steps
toward hunting the wUl-o-the wisp ,
unlets there Is practically a certain
ty (at victory. The reported killing'
of Americans recently will not af
fect the eipidition unless there is
a general alieratlon of the United
States policy which will come only ,
if the Northern Mexican ituatlorl
Kftecomes intolerable, y .
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Urge Need Of :
Marine Post
VIOLATE TRAFFIC LAW
Four more violators of the traffic
ordinance were given the usual
first offense fine of $10 and cost
each by Judge Sawyer In the police
court Friday morning. They were:
F. E. Scott.whlte, driving automo
bile; Winton Davenport. C. E . Bo
nett and David Ilorton all colored.
For the past week there has been
i steady Incoming of these traffic
vlolatejs to the office of police jus
tice, tlie policemen having come to
the conclusion that force Is the
best me!ns of persuasion after nil.
DELEGATE TO COM-
"MERCIAL CONGRESS
Mr. S. R. Slff, manager of S. R.
Slff Co., of this city has been' des
ignated by the Richmond Millinery
association, Richmond, Va.. as a
delegate from Eastern North Caro
lina to the Southern Commerchl
congress which convenes in Norfolk
next week. Fol'owlng closely upon
this appointment came an invitation
from the city of Norfolk, t0 Mr.
Slff requesting him t0 attend the
merchant's banquet at the Chamber
of Commerce building Monday
night.
Mr. Riff, up to this time, is the
only .delegate appointed from this
city. He will leive Sunday morning
and will remain In Norfolk during
the entire suasions r.f the.rongreKB.
He will have rooms at the Victoria.
MEETIfG EASTERN STAR
The regular meeting of the White
Rose Chapter O. B. S wil' be held
this, evening In the Masonic Hall.
All members aro requested to be
present to attend business of ifnpor
tance.
WANTED Traveling salesmen to
handle an up to data line of trunks
and bags, on strictly commission
basis. No advances. Liberal
offer. Addrcrs
ROGEHS BROS. & KKVAN, Peters
burg. Va. It pd
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
Mr. It M. White was stricken
with paralysis nt hU home on
Polndcxter St. Wednesday after
noon. At the time of this wrltln,;
Mr. White was In a rather serious
condition.
Bargains which you don't find
once In a seeton.. Ladles suits, up
to the minute at startling .prices.
Mitchell', " department Store, adr.
in -mm :
mi iii-o-w
RECENTLY' REPORTED "kiL
UNO ,.OF .AMERICANS WILL
NOT AFFECT SITUATION.
7
Washington, Dec. 8. The eatsh.
lishment of a large marine . corps '
post on the Chesapeake, Bay as a ,
training station for expeditionary. .'
forces was called the paramount;
need of the Vnarlne corpa in the an- : '
nual report today. 1 ..
Find Evidence I
FoodSpeculation
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Washington, Dec. 8. The" govern
ment already has damaged evidence
of widespread I'lesal speculation' In
the food ni'irkets of 'the country.
Till;) 8tatemnnt w-g given to the
United Pr'ets today by an official
Intimately connected with the food
pnce probe. Details were refused
except when this official explained
that investigation tends to bring to
light gro s abuse of transp rtatlon
facilities and that inquiry tend, to
show that certain Interest are able
to control to some extent the move
ments of large numbers of freight
cars and have been acting in vici
ous Illegal collusion to withhold
food suppliea from the large man
kets, notably Chicago.
Sub Question ' !
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Is Complicated!
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Washington, Dec. 8. The admin- '
lstratlon's present Intention in re-',; v
spect to the German submarine sit-- ,1
uatlon Is to get a comp'ete show $
down of Just how far racking Ger
many's pledges really are.
Great Britain has notified Secre- .
tary Lansing that the Marina was-'
not under British requlstlon or chaf f',
ter. Lansing therefore believeg that ''.
the submarine question is seriously
complicated since America's rights
are lnvoled in, l oth the Marina and f '
Arabia cases. ' v'.
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BAZAAR AT WOODVILLE,
Th Woman's Betterment Society v '
of Woodvllle will give a bazsar at '-
the school house on Dcaember 16th
for the benefit of the school. tl- .V ,
mission Is free and the public lS;
cordlallv Invited.
WILL HOLD BAZAAR
7,.
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The Parsonaw and Ep worth ;
League of City Road Methodist
church will hold a fancy bazaar la .
the Hinton Building on the 14th.
15th and Itith of this month. : At
this time they will offer for sale a
number of fancy articles. ",
Mr. Mack Slff. of New York, cou
sin of Mr. 8. R. Buff, of. this city,
spent Thursday here on business. -