The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-11
GREENVILLE LADIES AT WAR.
The Old Feeling Still Exists in h
Linden Avenue M. E. Church.

Linden Avenue WI. Il. Church.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Linden
Avenue M E. Church has since It's organi-
cation made many efforts to wipe out the
heavy debt resting upon the church, but the
many discussions that have taken place in
the congregation during the past two years
have almost made impossible the success of
their noble undertaking. The row between
the Ladies' Aid Society and the Helping
Hand Society, which was fully reported in
THE JERSEY Cry News, and which re-
suited in the disbandment Of the latter or
| ganization, has had much to do with the
failures attending all the suppers and enter
tainments of the Ladies, Aid Society. The
Helping Hand Society included In its MEM
bership. nearly all of the wealthier member
of the congregation and that the members Of
the Ladies' Aid Society made a mistake in
antagonizing them has been shown on more
n one occasion. At every. entertainment
given by this society the absence of the
wealthier and more liberal members of the
congregation made itself felt, especially
when the report of the proceeds of tho affair
was prepared.
Last night the Ladies' Aid Society held a
japanese bazaar and supper in the church,
and. like the former affair of the society, it
was a failure There were no members of
the defunct Helping Hand present, and, as q
result, the proceeds were not up to the ex-
pectations. During the entire evening there
were not more thar thirty people present,
and, as the society CAV a supper. with a
souvenir thrown in, for twenty-five cents.
the profits were not more than q few dollars.
The ladies. of course, were crestfallen at the
result, and-it is doubtful IL they will enter
into another entertainment with much en-
thusiasm or hope of success. The ladies
spent much time and labored hard in deco
rating the supper room with Japanese Ian
terms, bunting and other paraphernalia, and
a umb of them declared that the result
hardly warranted the labor and trouble
they experienced.
One of the member of the organization
present said to a reporter of THE JERSEY
CRY NEwS:-'sIt's too bad that our ladies
cannot agree. The discussions have made it
almost impossible to raise the amount neces-
on the church. 1t is useless for the ladies to
hold entertainments, as the harmony neces-
sary for success does not prevail in the
church. The trustees also seem to be. max
ing love to apathy, and are not making any
effort to raise money. At present it looks
as though the church will be financially en-
barassed before long. The wealthy members
have withdrawn their support. and I think
it is about time that an effort were made to
restore harmony. Until that Is done the
church will not be able to meet its obliga-
tions.n
The condition of the church is nc secret
and Is known TO almost every resident Of
the Greeuville section.
The booths at the bazaar and supper last
evening were presided over by the following
ladies:-Fan booth, Mrs. Brownell; flowers
and plum pie, Mrs. j.. Cheseman: supper
room, Mrs. T. E. Feree, Mrs. G. Cheseman.
Mrs. Hampton, Miss Emma Feree, Mrs,
Braden, Miss Lucy Parks and Mrs. Water
bury; lemonade, Miss Amelia Waters and
Laura Krall: package booth, Misses Nellie
and Mrs. Fnrrell; apron booth, Misses ida
Lewis, Mamie Smith and Edith Jones; cake,
Mrs. Waterbury and Mrs. Stuart. Miss
Annie Armstrong otficiatsd as cashier and
distributed the souvenirs.