The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-11
POINTS ON PAWTUCKET.
The Anniversary Meeting Of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
IT'S IN A GOOD CONDITION,
What Two Years OF Faithful Work Have
Done-The Mule spinners' Anniversary
The Annual Il Report of st. Mary's Par
ish-The Funeral of william Warbur-
ton.

The second anniversary of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Pawtucket
and Central Falls was observed in Music
Hall yesterday afternoon. The hall was
filed with friends of the association, who
proved interested and attentive listeners
throughout the entire program. The ex-
ercises opened with an invocation by the
Rev. j. j. Woolley, pastor of the Park
Place Congregational Church, followed by
the anthem, Il am Alpha and Omega"
by the boy choir Of st. Pauls Episcopal
Church, Scripture reading by the Rev, j.
Il. Jordan of the First Free Baptist
Church, prayer by the Rev A. s. Coats of
the First Baptist Church, and the anthem,
Awake, thou that sleepest," by st. Paul's
choir.
A. ID. Nickerson, the president of the
association since its Inauguration two
years ago, then addressed the assemblage
in it's behalf, appealing to the parents
especially to give due weight TO the inn
portance of morality and character in the
development of their boys He was fol-
lowed by the general secretary, "A. II.
Stratton, who presented his report of work
done for the past year. The results, he
said, cannot be explained in figures, as the
object aimed at is the moral, social and
physical elevation of young men, and the
hope of financial gain was precluded from
the first He showed that the association
was securing n stronghold i'm the country
and in spite Of the fact that the institu-
tion could never he self-suppOrting Busi-
ness men. corporations. and the like were
freely supporting it, He gave n tabulated
report of the attendance at the Sunday
afternoon meetings, evening prayer meet
ings, educational classes. practical talks
and debates, receptions, gymnasium, and
other branches of association work, the
result showing that the interest in such
matters is kept up very satisfactorily.
The Womens Auxiliary has been
formed during, the. year, and now
has a membership OF 40 This depart
ment has rendered valuable assistance
in the decoration OF the rooms, and re-
Gently presented the association with n
fine piano. Steps are being taken TO form
junior department for the benefit Of
younger boys, and the prospects are good
for its success The membership has
fallen off some from last Gear, but the
reason for this is that the association was
started on n large scale and the member
ship doomed the first year. The secretary
closed by thanking all who had, finan.
cially or otherwise, aided the association
in it's work, after which the hymn,
Stand Up for jesus was sung by all
under the leadership of j. r. Trafton.
President Andrews, of Brown Universe
ty, was then introduced and spoke in high
terms Of the work of the association. He
no conflict between it and the churches.
He encouraged the association TO keep up
its good work, and gave as his belief that
the time would soon come when people
would be more religiously inclined as
whole than Mt the present day. People
never before so felt the Importance of char
acter as now. In banking institutions, in
the office Of corporations, the character of
a man was coming TO be more and more
taken into consideration. Men We're
wanted who could not be bought, rather
than men of mere brilliancy. But there
could not be this solidity of character
without faith. This character must
be based upon a religious view
People are beginning TO see that the
object of Christianity is to make society
better, instead OF simply making ind ivid
lials better. He believed that the time
was coming. when society as a whole
would be imbued with religious tenden-
cies, and that il would be MS much the
fashion TO be Christians as il now seems
TO be the fad to be otherwise In that day,
mans love for man would be asserted. The
relations between employer and employe
would be regulated by a Christian affinity,
and people would be brought closer to-
gether and have an interest in one another,
beyond mere curiosity and the aiming at
personal advantage.
The exercises closed by singing "All
Hail the Power of Jesus Name" and the
a. y
4. Rich, pastor of Embury church.
Mule Spinners' Anniversary.
Saturday evening the Pawtucket Mule
Spinners Association observed their first
anniversary by meeting in Sarsfeld hall
In large numbers. William Burke pre-
sided and called upon Samuel Ross, who
is member of the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature from New Bedford, as the first
Ia nf ha nrls h,t
had been done in Massachusetts, to shorten
the hours of labor. and thought the work
in one State would affect that in another.
lie hoped the local organization would
grow until IL got TO be the biggest branch
OF all. Remarks were made by the pre-
siding officer and Frank Mullarkey, trg-
Ing the spinners TO unite and all join the
association who had not already done so.
Following the speaking hot coffee and
sandwiches were served, and the rest of
the evening was given TO sociability.
Annual Report of st. Mary's Parish.
The Rev. Father lTalligan, pastor of 1T.
Mary's Church, yesterday morning read
his annual report of the condition OF the
parish, from which the following facts
are taken: During the year there have
been 4 marriages; lSs infants baptized and
adults; number of pupils registered in
the school, 1l5, with an average attend
ance Of $50. There are 200 families in the
parish, or about 5000 souls. Amount CON
tributed by Pensioners during the year,
s22.OOO. The receipts for the year were as
follows: Pew rents, $40, 40 45 collections,
$3.50 50; entertainments. 81 .O61; cemetery,
VI, ia, miscellaneous sources, 1906; charit-
able aud diocesan collections, S6lS. 50: bor-
rowed S20, 900; total, 42,652.Sj.
The expenditures wore rs follows
School, s29,S4 salaries, choir. priests.
school, sanctuary apd labor, S5.g15.4s, re
pairs and painting, Sl,0i650; interest and
taxes, sl,66i.ss. fuel, gas and water,
s711.52; cathedratican, orphans support
and insurance, 81 ,5922l new tomb and
diocesan collections, SS33.S9 sundries.
$3.50. ~ balance on hand, $32S.G0: total,
S42, ,652 S.
The statement OF the cost OF the new
school shows that IL cost complete $50, ,O33.
while the total debt on the school is
$50 45O and on the church $4,000
The Funeral OF william warburton.
The funeral services over the remains of
William Warburton were held in Trinity
church at o'clock yesterday afternoon. 4
large number of relatives and frieuds Of