Evening journal., 1897-06-22
GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
Large Party of Delawareans
Getting Ready to Leave
FOR THE GREAT FRISCO MEETING
PLANS FOR THE MAMMOTH
WORLDS CONVENTION OF THAT
MOST REMARKABLE MOVEMENT.
THE YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETY
OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.


THE YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETY
OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR.
Fourteen Delawareans. representing
fully as many Christian Endeavor So |
cieties, in company with a party of
forty-twO Marylanders, will leave VIII |
mington next Monday to attend the
great '97 convention of the Worlds |
Francisco, Cal.
Chairman L. NJ Wright, of Dover, !
and Assistants George NJ Jones, oil
Dover, and Harry l.. Guthrie, of viii
mington, have done excellent planning |
for the pleasure and comfort of thol
Delaware tourists. They have on their
lists these Delawareans, who will
probably bathe in the Pacific next
week
Mrs. Enoch Moore, Mrs. Alfred Rus
sell, Mrs. Victor Sterling, Miss May
Booth, Mrs Maria B. Heacock, Miss
Emma Bicta, all of Wilmington, who
will go under the guidance of tac Della
ware committee.
Howard D. Ross will probably go
with the same party.
J. Milton Davidson will start from
Baltimore with a party of Maryland
Endeavorers.
Preston w Yeager, Miss Helen r.
KatSs, Miss Marion Crozier and others
of Wilmington will start next Tuesday.
A Dover physician will start with al
private party Of five On Tuesday at
ternOOn.
Rey. William II. Guy, of Whining
ton, will leave over the Baltimore and
Ohio road next Monday.
There will be 12O Endeavorers and
friends in the Maryland party.
Rev. Ezra Tinker. ID. D., pastor of
Asbury Church, will leave Wilmington
for California at 4.13 next Monday
morning. Dr. Tinker will probably
speak at the Methodist denomination
al rally at Howard M. E. Church,
again in Salt Lake City, and again in
! Nashville.
OPENING OF THE BIG CONVEN
TION.
The convention will open on We'd
nesday night, July Z, with prayer meet
ings in eight large churches in San
! Francisco, one in Oakland, and one in
Alameda The subject for these meet
ings will be The Life Filled With the
! Spirit" and the San Francisco churches
/ selected are:
Calvary Presbyterian, corner Powell
and GeaTy streets.
First Congregational, corner Post
4 and Mason streets.
First Baptist, Eddy street near
Jones.
Plymouth Congregational, Post street
| near Webster.
Simpson Memorial M. E.. Hayes and
Buchanan streets.
Central NJ. E., Mission street near
Sixth
Trinity Presbyterian, corner Vau
Ness avenue and Sacramento street
COMMITTEE c OF 500 WILL RECEIVE
While every Endeavorer in Califor-
MIA will do his utmost to make the
Eastern visitors feel that they are most
welcome on the Pacific coast during
their stay yet upon the reception COM
mittee, numbering over nine hundred
members, led by a staff Of thirty-tive
officially devolves the dutyof giving at-
tention to this matter. The ladies and
gentlemen of this committee Will wea.
white caps with purple band and the
designation Reception Aid" Those
Of the executive staff will have extra
bands over the tops. These caps vii
be worn both indoors and out. The
duties Of the committee are as follows
The railroad section will meet dele.
gates coming by the northern and cen
> tral routes at Sacramento, about TO-
miles, and on the southern routes a
Fresno, about 200 miles from San Fran
/ cisco. At both Of these cities a larg'
local reception committee will be il
waiting, and delegates may alight from
the tram and get foregleam of th'
welcome awaiting them in the conven
ton city. When the trains proceed
they will be accompanied by member
n of the reception committee for the pur
n pose of giving any desired information
i All necessary data will be collecte'
y and wired on to headquarters, so tha
!, all may be in readiness for their com
fort.
r. SATURDAYS EXTRAORDINARN
= PROGRAM.
y Saturday is the red-letter day OF tn
n convention. In the morning, in Wood
a. wards pavilion. the state secretarie
are to be heard from in a symposium
B. on the topic, How May We Make tn
Is Committee Work in Local Societie
b More Effective?" In the Mechanics
81 ,,o,-iIire, c-ta 70 rrpsidents will be invite