Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-09-25
FROM WINSTON
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MISSION. N. o.. september 2o

WINSTON, N. o., septic m Der 20
Our churches were well attended all
day Sundsy. Rev. Roberts. ID ID of
shaw University preached TO crowd
ed house at the Mount Zion Baptist
Church Sunday evening, at s O'Clock.
Rev @. W Johnson. pastor of Mount
Zion is still absent from the city. He
left on the 3 30 train on the 14th TO at
tend the National Baptist Convention.
which convened in Boston, Mass. on
the l4th and 18th inst. Rev. Johnson
will visit a number OF northern cities in
interest OF his church to solicit aid in
making some extensive improvements
O his church.
Rev. Roberts also preached an able
ermon at the First Baptist Church
| last Wednesday night.
The First Baptist Church Sunday
School held their 18th annual anniver-
sary commencing last Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. A neat program had
been prepared, which showed that the
xercises would continue all day Sun
day, Monday, and Tuesday nights of
this week.
Rev. J. A Rush, pastor of st. Paul 5
VI. + Church, preached an able sermon
} Sunday morning, at IL O'Clock, at the
Lloyd Presbyterian Church of which
Rev Austin is pastor.
Our city is being blessed with evan
gelistic meetings Rev. Lee. the Irish
evangelist has stretched his big tent
at the old base ball grounds on Liber-
] ty street, a week ygo, which seated
fully 20O0 people and is crowded TO its
utmost capacity every morning and
B evening also Rev. Gray of High Point
T has recently pitched his tent at Sunny
Lake SPECIAL, 216 miles south of the
city. near the terminus of the city
( Electric Car Line and is having grea
{ success SO far as big congregation il
C concerned, hence we lead, but hope
and trust that the meeting may prove
4 a blessing to our community.
:. The murderer, Bill Day, murdered
: Laurie Ellis in our city on the It'll
{ inst f, as was announced in our lette
= last week. has been captured in Rock
: ingham County. n. @ and was brough
}. to Winston last week and placed be
t hind the bars in the county Jail await
: ing Justice at the hands OF the mex
o term of the Superior Court
E, The man Will Holland, who she
Peter Owens on the 18th, is still a
e large
r. Captain r. D. Hewlett. has bee
{. charged by q rumor with being
IS groom, but we have since learned it
RS a mistake. Some of our best girl
st have put on broad smile. yet W
Inow not how soon Capt. Hewlett ma
id make the rumor trud, for he is nc
,e losing any time in the counting bus
ic ness.
TT Rev G. W. Holland, pastor of Fir
s. Baptist Church, baptized number
persons in pond on the North Eas
err suburbs OF the city; also Rev
T Martin Of the Primitive Church bs
tized several in Bellows. Both bapti
ings were about ] 1 a. m Sunday.
MIR Charles Coleman left Sund
q morning, on the 8 30 train for Chic
= 90. TO visit his mother, Mrs. Samu
-. Toliver. who has been some what il
;os disposed for a week, but is much be
% ter at this writing
Very extensive preparations are bC
~ ing made for the coming Tobac'
~ Fair, TO be held in our city on Il
~ first week of November and we hol
to have the Editor of the PLANET vii
our city during the fair
:" The Young Mems Christian Associ
atoms meeting last Sunday evenin
at 40 o'clock was very interestin
They were entertained for 80 minut
by Rev W. H. Bethel. His subje
was chow shall a man get ahead
let bis SINS"
TAR HEEL