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yoL xxix
MARSHALL, N.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1930
4 Pages This Issue J
STATE MISSIONS
Interesting Paper' Giving
' HUtory. Of Miasiona In
'. North, Carolina
READ SEPTEMBER ,8, 1930 .BY
MRS. ANNIE MAY WHITE BE
FORE BAPTIST .MISSIONARY
SOCIETY IN MARSHALL AND
p PUBLISHED .BY -REQUEST OF
SOCIETY ''V. " , 4
EARLY HISTORY OF BAPTIST
WORK IN" NORTH ; CAROLINA.
Morgan Edwards '"say" there J were
some Baptists in North Carolina from
the first settlement which he sup
posed to have ' been Tn I695;but
which was about 40 years earlier.
As nearly as can be determined it
was about 1720 when the first Bap
tist preacher came to North Caro
lina. This was Paul Palmer. He
marjrfed Mrs.-Joanna Peterson,; wid
ow of Thomas Peterson, who, F"
man of wealth and who .gave the
land on which Edenton was built.
Palm.er did ret Baptist work.
A petition under, English Tolera
tion Act bearing date April 5, 1729,
seeking the privilege for a Baptist
congregation to have worship in ye
dwelling' house of William Burgess,
was signed by Pau, Palmer and sev?
en others. Palmer- gathered ' the
first rBaptfat, church ; jn North Caro
lina about twelve miles north oia
denton in the year 1727. Two years
later Palmer joined with William
Burges nd others in the establish
ment of a church which is now JShi,
loh. This" has remained until this
day and is the oldest survivmg
church in North Carolina.
shows the
organization of churches at Sandy
v . j xt . in
AUUl ' . . .
Onslow. On a paper Manns
. of 1741, are found the, - names, of
, 4 thiy Japtial' l9rh9JfS
Hart, William Fisher, and George
Graham. In the year 1742 Rev.
William Sojourner and a company of
Baptists came from Virginia to es
tablish the Kehukee Church. By
1752 the number of Baptist church
es was raised to 16, making Baptists
more numerous iri the province.
Chief of all who brought in the
North Carolina Baptist State Con
vention was Martin ; Ross, and he was
the father of the, Convention. He
preached and taught .Missions. The
action in i avbr ttf Foreign Missions
was proposed by Martin Ross and a
dopted by the asscoiation. This was
the first official action to .be
taken iri behlf of Missions to the
heltheLi- RosS' imd ptrs organiz
ed thi T-first Missionary-;.nwv
ary Societies in that year. ...
- - In 182? n Bosa -Inttroduced
f of ia BaptistStata tConvention. and
:Soion.effect.A
March 26, 1830 the.BaRt uStaW
' CoSventi0 organized just W
' C.ri" airo -Fourteen' men", organic.
- ... . th.M ;ar' 16.860 TBap-
tlsts. 272- churches-;.ndn4:gs
AaaociationS. V; . . t
fvtlfmlSS S-God to
ins th nri-'a
. ma ino i the'prgamzaiton of
the,niinistry. Pvn". . o1891i The firstaBnua mepting was
-V. was arealty concerned about
ning was '-' L , r,,iln
. ning wa. grealty
. tl. dotoyf on ffrjjggy The
c0mptWj5M
' Convention Mnt jattt
1 l ia ha a iuiu " w t ; I
aa Missionaries in our fetate.
Two
were to receive, W, , TJ?iiFl
5.00 a month; ana on. -v -
work SstatiMissions, haa
imany way We, have now
loo year, of Baptist progress upon
which to bufld an.dnless put
some sacrificial service that our
great Baptist leader, put-into the
work, we will not measure up to the
aWdaroV -If we believe Baptist .In-
vestments of the 100 years past have
been good, then we must support and
maintain them.
Prayer must have a i largo place
in our lives. Just how far would
the work of my Church be promoted
by my efforts or, my gutaT ;
A' Handrd Tear la Woman's Work
Thehilanthropic Baptist Mission
anr "Society was' organized In 1805.
The samyeaf: the Chowan Baptist
Missionary Society was organises
In. 1816 there, was a Female Baptist
Missionary Society organized near
Fayetteville and -'another, the Hyco
Female Cent Society. , The Society
near, Fayetteville reported! a gift of
$98.38 H. .5, I;
In a report . Luiier Rice made
.when, he .returned from India, ; he
mentions a visit to Raleigh in 1818,
where a cent or mite society may ere
this be instituted. The earliest rec
ord of any Society is a church at,
Raleigh, bein in the year 1835. An
other Society of the flat ; kock
Church datesits beginning possibly
in " tiSiitiSf-orgaftisatiori
by women of Edenton was made at
about the same time.
At .this time, but few women
handled, much, money, and their gifts
were small and much of the money
was raised by sewing,,, and for many
years making of garments f 6r the
poor' was the usual program of &
Society meeting. .. .
Woman's 'Missionary work 100
years ago, .that antedates .any mis
sionary organization was done By
Southern Women for negro slaves
on their plantations.
,Jn 1877 a Central Commitee of
Missions with headquarters at Ra
leigh "was organized. ; Mrs.' J. ' M.
Heck was chosen as President of this
Committee! Several. Missionary So
cieites were organized that year.
j The contributions received from
these organizations amounted to
I A n j
$342.16.
There was a lot of opposition by
some ol Uie Ministers to uie wore
TirVKTZiMmSrTti
some of the Ministers to the work
mittee to disband and there is no
. u.. xi.- o-
recora oi ine worn aonv uy uie ou-
cieties, organizd by the Committee
durinsr hte period from 1877 to 1886
when the present Central Comraittee
or Woman's Missionary Union, as it
is now called, was organized.
Dr. Theodore Whitfield, pastor at
New Bern, srave much time and
thought to the organization of wo
men of North Carolina ana select
ed the first officers, Miss ranme
S Heck, President; Miss Sallie Ba-
ley, , Corresponding secretary; , and
Miss Lida McDanial, Secretary
Treasurer. ' Miss Heck served as
president of this committee con
stantly until her death in 1915. , Dur
ing 1,5 Years of this, time she was al
so president .of , Women's Missionary
Union i AuxiUary, f Ijo hte ..Southern
BaDtist Convention. .......
ye'JdawSiCphjmjttee found only
ten Missionary. Societies in tne state
actively at worir ana were giving
onlv about T1500.00J a r'
entv-five abcietieii were I organized
ihe .tot4yea and. the contributions
' " ' The Woman's "Missionary Union
Convention was organised in ; 1888.
There were no" prepared programs,
no mission study books and very lit
tle Missionary iuformaitpn could be
obtained from a,ny :' source. . Miss
RV k,nn the toiihllcation of a lit-
t.iot .nllol TVio Miasinluirv Talk..
Theorth Caroling Upion:became
nartf of itha- Southern Union in
held in Goidsboro, to 4,1891 i in Sfc
Paal'a"MethodistCimrch;-- Fourteen
Treasurers-reports showed a gift of
first bttia ooa fchristma. 4iffekng
Union asked for $20000 for this
r . . . s
-t. . v. xi rv;. mid
L. 'Bii !.a iurn.. u... i(t . 1
a much needed furloug h. $80000.00
was given our Union givingl$256.28i
Christmas pffering 01.7,976.87 -and
' tv I
Last year Nprtn Carolina gave u
the entire gift from women of the
South amounted to $235,274.31.,
In 1894. Association Superin.
tendpnta were aDPointed in a num
ber of associations. Mrs. May Gage
ber of associaUons. Mrs. Mary Gage
Hudgijis was our first Supt, and at
THE PUBLISHER'S COLUMN
ABOUT VARIOUS MATTERS
BAD WEATHER AND SCHOOL CHILDREN
' Elsewhere ini' thir taper be found an artiele by
Mr.; C, 'H. .Reeves, a meraber- .of the Bard of Education;
which calls attention to a proWem that has not yet been
orvdn'thematter 'of iransporting pupils irom a distance
to the consolidated ;schopJ As Mr. Reeves says, it
is, to say the least, unfortunate that children very often haye
to i wait .on the side of the roadin all kinds of weather for the
school bus. Especially is thiSjUnfortunate, as he says, when
rains are descending; or the"grbund covered in snow and the
winds freezing cpjd. We have not yet seen a solution to this
problem, but in our opinion is matter will have to be solv
ed by the parents of the children, and not by the county. If
-the county.: equipment and transporta
tion facilities, we are of the opinion that the children should
be properly, clothed and carefor, as far as possible, by the
parents. ?t is a fortunate provision of Nature that children
do not suffer from cold and dampness as do older people;
otherwise the average attendance of our schools would not
be as great as it now is, even with compulsory attendance
laws. However, children Should be provided with raincoats
and sufficient clothing to keep them comfortable in all kinds
of weather, and if possible arrangements should be made so
that children may wait at cerlain points under the shelter of
people living near the road' If the children are properly
trained at their homes sothjfct they will not damage other
' people's property or bother jlhe housekeepers, they should
. be weflcome at any place to await the coming of the school
bus. We are glad to have this and other problems con
fronting the public discussed, through the columns of this
paper.
. ..iA,. ., .
SHOULD- BR NAMED...
Rfrnno- tn av. hut it seems to be a fact now with US.
DC '
that the streets of Marshall have never been given definite
names. For quite a while it was considered that Marshall
had only one street the main thoroughfare through the
business section and this has been commonly caWed Main
Street. And this is in reality the main street of the town,
whether it is named Main Street or not. The question has
recently arisen as to which is Hll Street. A sign near the
Free Will Baptist church recently read "No Parking on
Hill Street" This is the principal highway leading toward
Tennessee and was formerly known as Frisby Branch. An
pther sign reading the same as the other is now posted on
the street leading up, from the Masonic Temple., It seems
therefore that two different streets in Marshall have been
called Hill Street Investigation brings out the fact that the
'streets have never been given official names. Recently the.
street leading up from the Masonic Temple by the old school
building was called i"Corkscrew Avenue," named, from its
rapid windings, up, and we understand that Dr. Knox has
the honor Of first' calling it Corkscrew Avenue. We under
stand that the street across the. mountain along Mrs. Fowler
tsiielton'si Mr: E. Ri' Tweed's and others, has been called
Gudger Street We allso understand the back street next to
the river has been called Clingman Avenue. Really the
streets should be given official names and a record made of
it, so that property boundaries - coufld be designated by
streets. Especially is this true since several of the streets of:
Marshall have been naved. We woUld suggest that the Town
appoint a committee whose duty it would be to, receive sug .
-i.s i. i i-i IV. .X A .
of Marshall be giten official tfames.
her death, Mrs. R. L Moore was an
notated to suceeed Mrs. Hudsrins.
'". Tn 1SQl,; Mnrth 'Wt-nlina woman
raised a fundto send out two Mis-
:uri,fT.j-i r- r"" t- ,
aionaries as a memorial to Dr. and i
MraMatthew TYates. Mr. and
i.14rV.hDnnpn were sent to ioni-J
na;and,ln.ilS9ft-M Lottie Price
was sent .rrom
?'';',r!f" ";w :-f:r
In.pgoJIias Elisabeth Briggs w
Raleiarh." took : charsre oft children'
work and gave twenty years of un-
tiring Service
:- Dr. Livinirsl
Dr., Livingston Johnston gave loy
support, sympathy ; arid co-opera-
tion to the women. From 1886 to
1911, a period of 25 years, the work
none Dy women oustuuupry '
done by Women's Missionary Unions
wae entirely a labor oi love, tne on.
ESJ
! - "
ly cost to the denomination being
f -. 7" iiwuw mui .m gchOOla. i Aire . ..
small .amount, each year for priniu 'ici 6 the achoobj funds, as possible,
ing and postage. cnt the tax' rate last Uyear
.M!o RiiKch. t i..a v-'.'navpig cu , wftr
uh
hurt HieA nn ivimr hv tn
fcal mission work of the ?ort
Field, but God called her home with
Uj, nnlled ,he had
served tor nve yeara as correspond-i"..
m aecreiarv oi . m. u. union. in
memory of her services the Union,
-uama .imm w jfi iii in iiii Tn t na .
the
Duuuing w buibc iivu i
nection with the Baptist Hospital at
Wlnston-jsaiem, .- v . "
Blanche Barrus Home. , . - .- '
The North Carolina Union gave
to ne woiman.
Training School at wuisvuie, .-y-,t
S15.00O.00. in memory of Miss Heck.'
Deen in the hearts of North Carolina
Baptist , women is the recognition of
how much we owe the wise planning
and splendid learship of Miss Fannie
E. S. Heck, who for 29 years put
her life into this work.
From the small aift of S1000.00.
in 1886,. our ..annual , contrftmtiphs
increased to more,, than f 300,000.00
a year during the years of the $75,-
000,000.00 campaign. . ,,).
? During the entire period . of our
hjstory, we have contributed to our
denominational causes $3,810,-
801.79.
From ten societies on our rolf Hi
the time of our organization, the
number has increased to- 2,692, with
a membership of nearly 50,000.
Our motto in the- beginning is,
"For Ye Serve The Lord Christ,"
and that has been our motive power
through the years.
This is taken from a pamphlet,
'The Growth of a Hundred Years
In Woman's Work." written by Mrs.
Wesley N. Jones, who is now Pres
ident of Woman's Missionary Union
of North Carolina, having succeed
ed Miss Heck.
Let each of us plan to make a
costly gift, a precious gift of ser-
vice and means to our ivora ana rus
work this vear. There are those
who are not as interested as we, by
lack of opportunity of being well
informed. Let's talk of our Fa
ther's work to others.
May we make Carey's motto our
motto. Undertake ereat things lor
God, expect great things from God.
Let's' go forward together with
Christ for a lost world.
SOME SCHOOL
PROBLEMS
There are some school oroblems
tftat are not readily adaptable to the
monthly grmo-TSfnvBoai1ff-Ed.
oation. To meet the need cf these
problems which are peculiarly local
or personal, the Parent-Teacher As
sociation came into being. When
anv school is large enough to have
many local problems, it should have
M.Ton7iitinn rIso. The sym-
The
nathetic touch and the unifying of
interest and their directioning by the
-i . . , k-
P. T. A. is sometimes quite m
ficial to the community life as to the
school itself. Of such a problem 1 settled, ine caw w -
wish to call atteniton to the panic, to a certain boundary of land own
.. . ... . j .j iv. t -r a Lj hr, rt J A. Wallin estate, and
as well. That is the hardship ana
diifferinir occasioned by those chil
dren who are far removed from the
bus line on which they aro carried
to aMiool. When there is a contin
uous downpour of rain, like the one
this morning, while I am writing,
and these children have to stand on
the roadside, without shelter, wait
ing for-the bus which is almost al
ways late at these times; or, worse
still, when the snows ome ana
piercing cold winds : diow ana iw
v... U trvine. manimiy, i
be on schedule;-but juat cant make
it and these children wait and chill
and shiver without protection. By
all means, these little children should
have a shelter somewhere,' somehow.
Let -the interested members of the
P T A seek out these through the
bus drivers. Winter will soon be
Sometimes timidity,, bora of the
environment in which the parents of
these children live will keep them
from ever mentioning their need to
your Board has liitlo, funds, ex-
eept lor the .. major, (i .-, --.
Vh - oi - They are being as econom-
w ., the . major
. Ol cents tO , 7"
lroul TT Rnrinff
tJvS.vooL-toloa i
r ' - ,mVn "balance; Again
"H? W cental nd
white, Bock scnooi
.,OCK scno r":;-; the children. ; The
So thew proMemat to carry au tn
. -
Jhm worked "out mostly by local
the" prei
Tr - - - - r -
. . -
heart of. your r.
xne inve'0"' "" I .iln
j a. ahould be as Jarge and woaa
A. ahould .be as WJ";'
aa the boundary line o
(district. , - ,
. "T . were the wordi of our
v..-iens' were
. . ''us. t 1.V -. J 1
;..H. REEVE3.
great leacnoi.
-
ADJOURNED
NOON
The civil cases' on fhn cniirf mImi.v
dar for this term, attn Mnnriatr :
which were given in oui i Tuesday's :
.paper, were disposed of as follows:
P. V. ftnforth " ''
- ,
. Carolina Power & Light Co. ;
Judarment bv aneemenf that tha
plaintiff have $150.00 in full settle
ment of any claim against said :om-
imiiy uf fcosun. iranuinissioa una .
Maude Ross was granted an abso
lute divorce from William Ross. Tha
case was not. contested.
In the case of Cora' McFall against :
Ira Plemmons, the plaintiff failed to
appear to prosecute her action, and
her case was non-suited and ordeft .
ed to pay the costs. !
Jeter L. Franklin -V
vs. j
Tullis Franklin ,
The plaintiff in this case is asking
for absolute divorce. The defend
ant filed cross bill The plaintiff is
ordered to pay S25.00 as attorney
4.1... AAn.4. nliiA I ma .J
done, and this case continued? for
further consideration. I
A compromise judgment was, en
tered against N. B. MeDevitt Co for
the sum of $400.00. Roy L. Gudger,
was asking for the sum of $900.00
for rents due for use of , building.
The case of W., G. Buckner against
the B. M. Safford estate, in which ha
was asking for damage for failure to
furnish title to an automobile.-Tha
jury found that the nlaintiff should -
recover the sum of $340.00. Judg
ment was signed and the automobile
returned to Safford Estate. '
The 3 cases against Fred R. Wild
were remanded to Lee Bryan, J. P.,
and there to be disposed of.
The case of J. C. Cox vs. C. L.
.Henderson was non-suited at. thecost v
..plaintiff, .haUwttia.jft
appear to prosecute his action.
Daisy Kirkpatrick was granted ab-'
solute divorce from Ben Kirkpatrick,.
the parties having been separated
for a period of five years.
The Bank of French Broad was..
trivoTi iudorment for the sum of
, $319.07 against W
inst W. F. Case oi nen-
dersonville.
ti,o of W. H. Wallin against
- . j,. ,
j Hubert Wallin was compromised and
deeded by
V Wallin.
J. A. Wallin and Annie
FROM HOT
Mesdames C. G. and Jack Parris
were 3n Asheyille shopping Thurs
day. ......
: - nAAn ' fcnrAfiv of "Knoxville.
Tenn., is spendipg" few day at
hMiss Clara Blankenship left Mon
for Newnort. Tenn., where, she
is taking training as a nurse. '
Mrs. Honess , oi .Asnevwe w
guesr of he daughter, Mrs. -pavid
Kimberly.' David, Jr.'.and Char es
Kimberly are both improving v tnis ,
Iveek.. " , .0v.uI,V
Born to Mr. ana - .
son, rTreston r umy V"" r" . ...
Mr. EITis Black ol Asnevuie "
Miest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert oai-
I breath. '
Mr Buquo of Black Mountain is
moving his family in his home at
Hot aprimss. , . ...
Mrs. Claud Thcrnburgh and chil- ,,
dren have moved , to S. C this past .
week. v '. . l.i.j
Spring Cre.elt tiign ocuout vjr
H. S High Schopl .Tuesday after
noon. H. S. won, n-i. .j.,,-.-: . ...
HOT SPRINGS rTTlGH
!ff 5' iSCHOO I. .N E.WS :
nicelv
with a good dailjr attendance tn aU
e8-- 'V v: 'C' -Jill i-.v..
The ralnt kock aisirre iuivi
. . , . , m -.Iam fha
a new bus last wee w it""
whieh had, become, inade-
dren. Busses are covering v
-:..w fku poor than last in order t
take care of families in the outlyir?
districts. One new route was esxao-
.liBhed on Boad . No. .i9 running to
the top of the mountain Detwe n
HOt Springs ana tur
bu8 nntt nrming down the river c
.. . .1. .t J . 1 I ,4 .,,4 t
the Paint Rock boat landing,
r .. (Carried to third page).
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