The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-26
CITY IN BRIEF.

Two couylcts were brought in from
Rowan county yesterday. The SherlH
was IN charge.
At the Tabernacle Baptist church the
hand OF fellowship was extended TO four
persons Sunday morning.
Last Sunday five years ago Rev. W.
M. Clarke preached his farewell SER
mon as rector of the Church of the
Good Shepherd.
Several Raleigh Methodists will attend
the Western N. G. Conference, which
convenes at Reidsville next Wednesday,
Bishop Duncan presiding.
The Baptist State Convention meets
in Greensboro December 5th; the day
before, Dec 4th. the young peoples So
cleties meet at the same place.
Rev. Alvin Belts, Rev A. D. Hunter
and a number of lay workers, are hold
ing an interesting revival at the Swain
Street Baptist chapel. There have been
several conversions.
Father Marion, in his sermon at the
Church of the Sacred Heart, Sunday
morning, spoke especially of the PERM
cious effect of bad literature on the
minds of the young.
Six convicts were brought in from
Lenoir county last night. They were in
charge of two deputies. All were con-
yicted and sentenced at the term OF Kin
ston court, just closed.
Thanksgiving day there will be SER
-, ~ 41o Cathedral 0f
the Good Shepherd. The regular Of
fering viii be for the Thompson Or
phanage, and the voluntary offerings
for the poor and needy.
The Raleigh Baptist Association will
meet at Hepzibah church, fourteen miles
east of Raleigh, next Thursday. The
Tabernacle and Swain street churches
are members of this association.
The Epworth League Of Edenton
Street Church viii this afternoon give
to its members an Acquaintance So
cial." There will be music, Rotations
and original papers by the members.
Rev. Alvin Belts has conducted a Sc
ries of meetings at Swain Street
during the past week, and will con-
tinue during this. Seven conversions,
with five penitents at the altar Up to
Sunday night.
There have ceen fifty FIVE conversions
and seventeen accessions at Central
Methodist Church Rev. d. II. Tuttle
has conducted these services alone. They
will be continued this week With services
at 1880 o'clock eaea av-.ni.ne
uer,,uty J. A. Thomas destroyed a
forty-fiv gallon Illicit distillery in full
blast, in Harris township, Franklin
county, some twelve miles from Louis
forty-five gallon illicit distilery in full
stroyed. The owner could not be
found.
Next Saturday is st. Andrews Day
and there will be two services at the
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd that
day, the regular service at 10 o'clock
and special service for the members
of st. Andrews Brotherhood, at 7:30
o'clock a. m.
At Christ Church Rev. DR.. Marshall
preached sermon peculiarly appropriate
10 the close of the ecclesiastical year.
Next Sunday is the First Sunday in Ad-
vent. The day before is st. Andrews
day, and the annual meeting of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew will be hold,
at which time the election of officers will
take place.
VIII Wynne, Raleigh's champion BIZ
cyclist, has returned from Atlanta. The
cyclists in that live town went wild over
Wynne's unusual trick riding. In At.
lanta Wynne accomplished twice the
most daring feat ever attempted on a
bicycle. Herode down the lightning
speed included "chute" into the water,
and made faster time than the chute
cars. The speed was nearly a hun
dred feet a second.
Rev. Junius Horner, of Oxford, will
preach the last in the series of prepar-
atory sermons at the Cathedral OF the
Good Shepherd next Sunday evening,
The mission at this church will be
gin Tuesday, December 3rd, the first
regular service being held at 7:3Q
o'clock that evening. At O'Clock
that afternoon there will be a prepar-
atory service, when DIR. Bradley will
met those who have consented to lend
him their aid in the Mission"
Editor j. William Bailey. Of the Bib
heal Recorder, has returned from At.
lanta He was temporary secretary OF
the meeting OF Baptist editors, and was
elected treasurer of the newly organized
Southern Baptist Press Association. and
was elected yice-plesident of the Young
Peoples Society of tho Southern Baptist
Convention. There were representatives
of thirteen States at the Press Associa
ton, 'and the number was so unlucks
that we kept an extra man in the room
nearly all the time,' said Editor Bailey
The young people of all the States in
the South we're represented at their con
vention A constitution and plan of or
ganization was adopted and the move
ment set in full swing. Rev. L. 0. Daw
on, of Alabama, is president.