The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-07

" 80 VAAV AStooou dhI tui Sbop hay VI tAV
camp. The heat came with the breaking
OF the morning and the crowd after noon.
The hot air has transformed the roads into
clouds of dust, which ascend and fall in
showers on tho villagers This with the
heat has made life far from pleasant.
Everybody Is praying for rain before
Sunday, and II 1t does not come there will
not be satisfied man, woman or chila on
tho ground. Every camp season is mark
cd with excessive hot weather, and al
though several previous years have: been
exceedingly warm none have equalled this,
Why it is that the grove Is always cool
before and after camp no one knows. But
such Is fact and very unpleasant one
at that.
The tabernacle was veritably an oven.
While preachers spoke and worshippers
gave attention they sweltered But 1t did
not dampen the ardor Of Ell or. Rev. S.
M. Morgan first braved the heat at the
service, The audience was not
such large one but it was highly enter.
tanned by the popular PASTOR who took his
text from Corinthians 10, 10. After the
sermon the invitation was extended to
seek God, which five persons aoceptc'.
Two professed conversion.
The temperance cause ruled the services
of the afternoon and evening. The eXer-
C1SGo WoIG uuuGI viz utlJDultl VI VIC w
G. T.U., and Mira. Ella Boole and MissMay
Thompson were the speakers. In Mrs.
Bodies talk she said TINT the financial or
tariff question was not half SO important
as the liquor question. She condemned
the present method Of licensing tho So
looms, and said that liquor is the greatest
enemy man has. Some people, she said,
Contended that in other countries liquor
does no harm, rs the people do not get
drunk. She said that the harm is done
Just the same, as the strong drink makes
the people stupid and dull In closing she
called upon the people to rise up in their
might and wipe out this evil.
In the evening an evangelstic talk was
given by Mrs, Boole, after which several
persons knelt at the altar.
CAMP MANAGERS.
The association has elected these mana
gers:
For St. Paul's avenue VIM. II. Foulk
and James G. Morrow; for north side of
circle, Thomas Wilson and James Foulk;
for Scott avenue, Thomas McCrea and John
Banks; for Asbury avenue, Lewis Maxwell
and A. M. Price; for east side of circle, W.
J. Brown, Albert Wilson and Harry G.
Morgan; for Bethel avenue, J. X Handy,
John r. Hartmann for Summit avenue,
James Il. Saville, Samuel Mcdaniel and
Gorge +. Vernon; for head of grounds,
w. H. Robinson and q. Fl. Groves; for
south side of the circle, J. r. Kllmer, II.
j. Everson, n. A. Grubb ard Willard Z.
Mnhlon Hilles and William n. Meow.
mick; for ELAN avenue, ]. Elmer !
aud George Reed; for west side Of Gil ~
Lewis ashley, Harrison Hilc&son and
George w. BooEc.; FIR Lebanon avenue,
William r. McClans and Howard May;
for Brandywine avenue, |. N. Eaton, &C.
Pepper, and f. NJ Linton; for west side
Of grounds, Daniel Morris, Vernon Robin
son and Robert Liddoll; president, John
W. Day; treasurer, Thomas johnson,
secretary, William N. Mccormick. and
trustees, Samuel II. Baynard, l. Elmer
Perry, Daniel Husbands, William A,
P, Taylor, Lewis Y. Grub and Daniel
Husbands are, cx-officio, managers at
large.
George L. Miller Of i'randywine hun
bred came to camp to-day with ex Deputy
United States Marshal Watson MI
Miller is So years of age and has attended
every camp of the past thirty years. He
was an interested listener at the services
and was SO enthused that he expressed the
desire that he might attend many more Of
the services.
Campers are still threatened with II
water famine and managers are stationed
at the pumps to prevent waste of water
by the visitors. Unless it storms there
will be no water on Sunday. True it is
there arc several spring, Oh the outskirts
of the grove, but the water from sonc is
fit only for horses to drink.
There will be no change i'll the head Of
the grounds as was contemplated by the
managers at tho opening Of camp The
entrance will remain as 1t is until next
spring.
There isprobably no better friend to the
tenters and those who come out to the
camp than is Mrs. Talley, who occupies
the farm on the left hand side Of the road
coming out. Mrs. Talley makes delicious
Ice cream and as she dispcnses it more
lavishly than anyone within miles of the
camp grounds, she gets The hulk Of the
trade.
While the sanitary condition of the
grounds is good it might be better The
woods is full Of decayeu vegetable matter
which will decay under the suns warm
rays, thereby causing disease The man
ayers should see to it that the rubbish and
vegetable matter is picked up and that in
the future none be thrown about the
grounds.
There is ole land mark about the
FL
ecence is missed by the tenters. IL is the
tent at the head Of the grounds. For years
1t did service rs an overflow tent, but
while services were not being conducted it
proved q nuisance to those who lived nsar
II. Children.rumped in and about it during
the day and III the evening the disorder
was such that manager had to keep
watch until midnight
Superintendent Naudrg ut performs his
duties with complete efficiency. Nightly
he walks through the village uuietiug the
young people Mhu may bu having too lnurh
Innocent am Isnmtnt in their tents but
which disIugbs adjoining tenters. The
superintendent is not harsh in his com
mand, but only hns TO speak and all is
quiet. RUwdics who occasionally wander
into camp have sough, to abuse hmm, but
when threatened with arrest they leave
the grounds
Boarding table mattresses are already
preparing lor big Sunday The Union
people are INA liking he greatest prrpa'a.
tions. They always i"rI he largest mum
ber and as their food is lh" bes, that is to
be found old customers return year after
year Those in charge of the tables expect
to feed 1000 people.
Bicycle riders are not SO numerous, the
road out being 50 bad ana the nights hot.
Should rain fall before Sunday there Viii
be thousands of wh1clmeu within the
grounds.
Among those who came out tonight
were William Robinson, William Kirk,
Louis Fell, Daniel Farra, Jr, William
Taylor, James tiinns, George Morris uto
MGrelaud and Willie Woodward.
Next Thursday will he known us Poiti-
Clans Day, but from tho politics talked On
the ground to-day onr not familiar with
tho customs Of tn camp would have
thought that to day was Politicians
Day Tho silver question was the main
topic u conversation and there were many
heated arguments
Ho sc Sergruu, England, Mrs E'innheth
Mccoy, Miss Ksnc, Rev T. B. Short NJ RS.
Samuel Blackestou, Mr. and Mrs. Angus.
tus Cloves, West Morgan, John White,
Frank Petit, the Misses Gregg, J Wilson
Tally, George II Tindall Mrs Y D.
Brown, Miss Ella Brown Mr. and Mrs
I, T. Price and Mrs Cranstun Of Newport
were among the visitors to-day,
Soft shell crabs and clans every day at
Spicer's.