Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-08-28
The Corner Stone.

There were perhaps a thousand
visitors here Wednesday from the
county and elsewhere, to witness the
ceremony of laying the corner stone
of the new Methodist Church and to
partial e of the barbecue which was
spread in the park. Theweather was
unpropitious for the occasion. 1t was
threatening most all day, and when
the sun did shine out for a few min
utes at time it was disagreeably
hot. A light shower fell about 1
o'clock in the afternoon, while the
crowd was cOngregated around the
new building, watching the derrick
place the great stone, which weighs
over 5000 pounds. The tables were
spread for the barbecue at this time,
and it looked for time as if a good
deal of the food would be spoiled.
Fortunately, however, the rain
ceased, and held up until about four
O'Clock, when a good heavy rain fell.
a temporary floor had been laid
over the new building, and it was
designed to hold the exercises there,
but after the opening song the heat
was found to be toogreat for comfort.
DR.. Stainback kindly offered the use
of his church, which was accepted.
When the doors of the church were
opened it filled up very rapidly, and
not more than half of the crowd sue
ceeded in getting in. Drs. McFerrin
and Fitzgerald both made interesting
addresses, the local and other visiting
ministers assisting in the exercises
AT the close Of the addresses dona-
tons were called for and something
over one hundred dollars raised tC
apply on the building fund. After
these exercises the crowd assembled
at the new building again to witness
the corner stone laying, or rather the
laying of a cap-stOne over the corner
stone, which had previously beer
placed in position.
Among thearticles placed in the re
ccptacle in the corner stone cut fol
that purpose, were a copy each of thu
Bible, the Book of Discipline of thu
Methodist Church, the Christian AID
vocate, the Sunday School Literature
of the church and the Southern Stand
ard, together with list of the living
members of the Methodist Church a
this place, list of the contributors t.
the new building, a historical sketch
of the Presbyterian Church of Nc
Minnville, and of the Masonic ant
Odd Fellows Lodges here, and sever
al other manuscripts. This corne
stone was not placed in the corner O
the building, but in the center of tn
front wall. The cap stone place,
over it is about IL inches thick b,
two feet wide and seven or eight fee
long. The front of this stone bear
the simple inscription "August 18th
1885,"
The barbecue feature was not alto
gether a very gigantic success finar
cially. The receipts from this sourc
were less than a hundred dollars
while from the ice cream, cake an
lemonade, during the day and night
the sum of $l15.5O was realized. Th
total financial result of the day, il
Guiding subscriptions, will foot u
about five hundred dollars. Goo
order was preserved throughout tn
day, and everything passed off plea;
antly without jar or friction. Thel
were people here from all parts I
the county and from most of the az
joining counties. Everybody SCENE
to be in good humor and appeare
to enjoy the day with much zest.
The church people and crowd
attendance are indebted to the youn
men of the Warren House Band fl
much Of the pleasure of the day. TT
. sweet music they furnished at II
church, in the park, and in the SUI
per room at night, supplied by I
means a small portion of the day
T enjoyment. We heard the your
men complimented on all sides f
their kindness and efficiency, all
which was well merited.
The stone work on the new churC
is now nearly completed, and we III
derstand that the brick work will
commenced as soon as this is don