The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-06-10
NEWS.
A brief outline of the doings of the differ
ent Christian organizations through
out our State and country-Per-
sonal points, etc.

A new Baptist church OF slxteen
members has been organized at CnaC-
ham, Onslow county.
Rev. A. w. Price, of Laurinourg,
N. c., preached for the Baptlsts OF
Wilson on Sunday last.
The Greensboro District Conference
will be held at Kernersville, and en-
brace the third Sunday of July.
Rev. w. B. Morton has vacated the
church in Littleton and will devote
all his time to his pastorate in Wei
don.
Rev. E. s. Alderman of Kentucky
preached for the First church, VIII
mington N. c., on Sunday morning
last.
It is said that Rev. j. D. Arnold,
of Reidsville, will be president of the
Asheville Female College next SEES
sion.
Bethel passionate, Stanly county, has
called and secured the service Of Rev.
c. G. Lyerly, of the southern Illinois
synod.
Mecklenburg Presbytery has re-
Gently licensed and ordained as evan
gelist, Jno. w. Moore, Jr., and licensed
E. L. Siler.
The District Conference of the Raj
eigh District will meet at Henderson,
N. c., and will embrace the 4th Sab,
bath in July.
Rev. P. H. Pernell, of Winston, bap-
tized two persons into the fellowship
of the Broad Street church last We'd
nesday night.
The Fayetteville Street Baptist
church of Raleigh have arranged to
build a new house of worship. and
have secured a most eligible lot for
purpose.
Rev. W. S. Wright of Reidsville
and his brethren have decided to
greatly enlarge and improve their
house of worship, and have the money
in hand to pay the bill.
In the vote for editor-in chief of the
Nashville Christian Advocate Rev.
Frank L. Reid, editor of the Raleigh
Christian A {VOcGte, received several
votes in the General Conference.
The handsome new house of worship
in Hendersonville, n. c., Rev. DR..
John Mitchell, pastor, was dedicated
on last Sunday, Rev. DR.. J. A. Mundy
of Greenville preaching the sermon.
The Yadkin Baptist church, Cald-
well, is n hundred years old, and on
Sunday, May 9th, Rev: l. w. Thomas
organized the First Baptist Sunday
school ever held in its house of wor-
ship.
Rev. G. A. Wilson was installed
pastor Of x Roads Church last Sunday,
Rev. Mr.. Donnell, of Durham, ~oficiat-
ing. His charge to the pastor and
members was truly grand.-CaSaOeu
NewS
Laurinburg Exchange: A letter
from Rev. A. W. Price at Cleveland
Springs says that he has to be propped
up in bed to write and that he is afraid
he will not be able to preach any this
summer.
Rev. DR.. H. M. Upper, Of Shaw
University, and family left on Monday
last for Cottage ity, Mass, where he
will spend the summer. He takes
with him two of the students from the
Congo.
Rev. T. W. Ebeltoft reluctantly de
clines the call to Shelby. He has
greatly improved in health, and hopes
at no very distant day to be ablt
again to enter upon the duties of the
pastorate.
The Religious Herald of May 29tt
announces that the family of the late
T. G. Williams of Richmond Va, have
given twenty-five thousand dollars t.
endow a professorship of law in Rich
mond College.
Rev. J. S. Dill, of Goldsboro, lef
on Monday last on a trip to his nativC
State, Alabama. He will attend tn,
closing exercises of the Howard Col
lege, his Alma Mater, and deliver tn,
alumni Grafton.
Rev. DR.. G. E. Taylor, of Wax,
Forest college,, ana rev. Dr. II. n
Marsh, of Oxford, were sick last weel
and could not attend the annual ses
of the Board of Trustees of the Bsp
fist Female University.
The District Conference, and tn
District Sunday-school Conference, TO
S~tatesville District, will be held a
Taylorsville, N. c., in connection, an
embrace the 3rd Sunday in July, be
ginning the Wednesday before.
Oxford Day.: The Presbyterian
have about completed arrangement
and will soon begin the erection of
handsome house of worship. TIL
E~piscopalians WI not be long in TO
lowing their example, and Methodist
and Baptists will fall into line befor
another year passes, away.