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Presbytery Meets Viiii Polls Church
Chinquapin Minister Named Moderator
Approximately 125 churchmen
ministers, elders and deacons met
at the Potts Memorial Presbyterian
Church of Penderlea on Tuesday,
January 10th, in the 169th State
: Meeting of Wilmington Presbytery.
The opening worship featured an
address by Dr. W. C .Mebane, the
retiring moderator, and special mu
sic by the Penderlea High School
Glee Club under the leadership of
Mrs. McSweeney, director,, and
Mrs. Dunnigan, Pianist.
Assisting Dr. Mebane ia.the con
duct of worship service was his pas
tor. Rev. A. K. Dudley, of Winter
Park Presbyterian Church. Dr.
Mebane is an elder in this church
and one of the leading surgeons of
Wilmington. He spoke on the prob
lem of suffering in its relation to
the Christian faith. He pointed out
that the Christian faith does not
guarantee aginst the ills and suf
fering of this world, but gives one
the grace and strength to meet ev
ery situation. He pointed out some
of the Biblical teachings on this
subject, and drawing from his own
experience as a doctor, he forcibly
Do You Want To Cut
Your Federal Taxes?
Slash Government Cost
If your personal or business ex
penses go up and your income and
efficiency come down this year at
the same rate as that of the Fed
eral Government, you will be in the
hands of the sheriff at an early
date.
Workers, farmers, and business
men from Maine to California know
this. The answer is in the Report
of the Commission on the Organi
zation of the Executive Branch of
the Federal Government. This
twelve-man, bi-partisan Commission
was unanimously created by Con
gress with the approval of the
President. At the suggestion of Mr.
Truman, former President Hoover
was made its Chairman and Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson, Vice
Chairman. The late president
Franklin D. Roosevelt long had ad
vocated such a reorganization of
the government.
There is a two-fold purpose
behind the effort to reorganize the
Executive Branch of the Govern
ment: One the elimination of in
efficiency caused by overlapping
and duplication; two this should
lead to a reduction of your taxes.
If our Government can save from
three to four billion dollars a year
by more efficient methods of con
ducting our business, failure to act
is stupid short-sightedness.
Action, however, depends upon
the President and Congress. The
President has already submitted a
number of reorganization recom
mendations. The Congress has
adopted several of these, most im
portant having to do with the
housekeeping of the armed forces,
which save the taxpayer more than
$500,000,000 a year. But these are
only first steps. There will ba more
ahead if Congress is made to realize
Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer want more
tax-saving economies. Congressmen
and Senators will vote for just so
many of the Commission's recom
mendation as you, their consti
tuents, demand.
What can you, as an individual,
do about it? The answer is to write
your Congressman and Senators.
Tell them you want the Recommen
dations of the Commission on the
Organization of the Executive
Branch of the Federal Government
made the law of the land. Join
the non-partisan Citizens Commit
tee set up to obtain the necessary
action to make the Commission's
report work. Write to the Citizens
.Committee for Reorganization of
the Executive Branch of the Gov
ernment, 1421 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia 2, Pennslyvania, for
mora information about tha Com
mission Report Tell your neigh
bora about it. Make speeches I
Make your representatives in
Washington act nowl
showed that from the crucible of
suffering comes redemption.
The Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper was observed. Rev. D. A.
Bowles of the First Presbyteriar.
Church of Whiteville and Rev. J.
M Newhnld of the Warsaw Presby
terian Church officiated in this
service, being assisted by the elders
of the Potts Memorial Church.
The Rev. James F. Garvin of
Chinquapin was elected the new
moderator and served ably through
out the day .Rev. W. B. Hood pre
sented the report of the Permanent
Committee on Finance, covering
the budget for the new church year
beginning April 1, 1950, the Every
Member Canvass, and other mat
ters pertaining to the stewardship
of one's abilities, time, and material
possessions. In connection with this
report Mr. John Diefell, a deacon
in the Wallace Presbyterian Church
spoke on the importance of teach
ing stewardship to young children
in the home and in the church.
Reports of other permanent
committees giving reports at this
session of Presbytery were the com
mittee on Sabbath and Family Re
ligion by Rev. N. P. Farrior of Pink
Hill, and the committee on Foreign
Missions by Rev. H. Reid Newland
of Castle Hayne. Various ministers
and elders spoke of the result of
the Preaching Missions held in a
number of centers of the Presby
tery last fall. The reports on Vis
itation Evangelism were most en
couraging. Mr. G. L. Gilchrist, an elder in
the Myers Park Presbyterian Chur
ch of Charlotte, spoke in the in
terest of Queens College. He point
ed out that this college, supported
by the Synods of North and South
Carolina, sends 20 per cent of its
graduates into definite Christian
work. He challenged members of
the Presbytery to support this great
school which is giving a definite
program of religious education.
Dr. James M. Carr, secretary of
the Department of Town and Coun
try Work of the Southern Presby-'
terian Church spoke on the impor-
tance of the small town and country
church. He gave the recent study
of all the Presbyteries and found
that the city churches grow by
members by letter. whiJo th .'
try churches receive more upon
profession of faith. Since the spirit
ual birth rate of the small churches
is greater, and because the church
es in the urban centers depend up
on those who leave these churches
for their growth, he urged that
Presbytery not only be interested in
the small town and country church
but give it help where needed Dr
Carr is a native of Burgaw and was
received by Wilmington Presbytery
?La eandidate for the ministry in
1921 in his home church of Bur
gaw. Dr. Carr now resides in At
lanta where he directs th ..,
and country church work through
out the Assembly.
Commissioners were elected to
the next meetine nf th n ,
Assembly which will be held at
Massanetta Springs Conference
Ground near Harris
June 8-14. Each of the 87 Pres-
Dytenes send commissioners to the
General Assembly, the highest
court of the church, in proportion
to tneir membership. Wilmington
Presbytery sends three ministers
and three elders. Those elected to
represent the Presbytery this year
are as follows: Ministers - Rev. E.
D. WitherSDOOn. nastnr nf tha at
Andrews Covenant Presbyterian
Church of Wilmington; Rev. Frank
Hall, pastor of the Pearsall Memo
rial Church near Wilmington; and
Rev. James F. Garvin, pastor of the
Chinquapin group of churches; and
elders Clarence E. Clark of Clark
ton, J. K. Bannerman of Wilming
ton, and Litchfield Huie of War
saw. Rev. H. Reid Newland was elect
ed Permanent Clerk of Presbytery
succeeding Rev. W. H. Allison who
had served in this capactty for the
past three yeajss. Rev. J. D. Withrow
of Leland was nominated to be
moderator of the next meeting of
the Presbytery. Presbytery accept
ed the u Invitation of i' the First
Church of Whiteville for Its next
meeting place.
The ladles of the Potts Memorial
Church provided a delicious meal
which was served in the school
cafeteria. They were assisted in the
serving of the meal by Miss Mfc
Gowan and some of her Home Eco
nomics Class. The resolution of
thanks, given by the chairman of
the Committtee on Thanks, Rev. M.
G. Stlmpson of Burgaw, was read
and adopted following the meal.
Members of the Penderlea Boy
Scout Troop No. 33, directed traf
fic during the noon hour.
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ADDMSSi DIPT N .
Typographical errors as well as
printed statements susceptible of
different interpretations often get
into the paper to the horror of the
editor who discovers the blunder
only after the edition has been
mailed out. But such embarrassing
accidents happen occasionally in
the best regulated offices where the
proof-reader is not too alert.
For instance a newspaper in re
porting a wedding nad this:
"She had tight bridesmaids at
the ceremony." i
Here a "t" where an "e" was
meant, caused the blunder.
Another paper printed a letter
from an irate suscriber who was
criticising a political speech, made
the writer say:
"And them asses believed him."
Of course it was intended to say
"the masses."
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"No date has been set for the
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The correct word, of course, was
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fective in the police force."
This was a typographical error.
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Two or three years ago a paper
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"For sale Young dressed birds.
Absolutely clean and ready for
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A New York daily in reporting a
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missing pretty Winifred Stanley
of Buffalo. Her seat disappeared in
the New York re-districting."
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So it is with all men. As children of God, all mankind is equal, one
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