The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-14

forty addresses, connrHeu 100 PERSONS.
baptised twelve adults and seven infants.
officiated at three funerals and six mar
riages.
The decrease in these totals, as COM
pared with Episcopal ministrations OF
former years. the report explains. is due
partly to the fact that the Bishop had
| to cancel his engagements in
the midst of his most important visitation
this spring and devote his time to the
business of ST. Mary's School; but it is
chiefly owing to the decreased size of
the Diocese since the creation Of the Mis-
| sionary Jurisdiction of Asheville, cou-
| pied with the fact that, being still IN
! charge Of that Jurisdiction the Bishop
is unable to hestow any greater time
or labor upon the smaller field.
During the year covered by his adj
dress the Bishop made very thorough
visitation OF the Missionary Jurisdiction,
devoting to that work almost the whole
OF HIS time from the middle OF June to
the first of October with special vista
tons at other times. During the year
the Bishop has ofiiciatcd In number
OF times beyond the limits of his own
Jurisdiction.
| THREE churches were consccratcd dur
! ing the year. and four mission congrega~
tions were organized. Two candidates
Rev Sidney $. Bost and Robert II.
owens-werc advanced TO the priest
hood The candidates for the priests or
! ,9ers at present are: The Rev. CASTOR
1 Battle, deacon: the Rev, John III. Grif-
/ fifth, .lr.. deacon: William Il. Critten-
den. Royal q. Shannonhouse. Candidate
4 for tleaconis orders, Simeon jeremiah
Michael Brown. The postulants are:
Isaac Nortieet Neal, William Thomas
Bost. Benjamin Turner Thompson,
Thomas Lee Trott.
| The attention of the clergy is called to
/ the requirements of the canon that all
: lay reader licenses should be renewed
. annually. An licenses in this Diocese
expire on Easter Monday. Since Easter
Monday. 1897. only twelve have been
renewed for the whole Diocese.
| The address recommends that the
whole of the Ravenscroft property be
conveyed to the Jurisdiction of Asheville.
on the ground that this property is held
for purely local purposes and therefore
should be divided with East Car
DINA.
/ Touching St Mary's School the Bish-
OF says in his address: 1--WE are all
agreed that no matter of mere legisla-
ton can be comparable in Importance
! with this practical work of securing the
continuance and prosperity of this in
stitution. trust that this convention will
put above every other duty that of eff
feeting this purpose which it has set
before the church people Of North Caro-
lima. AT the request of the Board of
Trustees laid aside my proper Episcopal
duty. broke off from my work in the
midst of my most interesting and I'M
portant visitations of the year, and spent
more than month in endeavoring to
arouse the interest of the people in this
cause. We should raise not
less than 100000 for the purpose of
providing an endowment and proper
grounds and buildings. / propose to APP
peal to our people generally for one-half
of this sum- When the trustees are
prepared to say definitely what they
propose to do in the matter of grounds
and buildings, l believe that our people
will enable them to do what is needed
In the meantime | have appealed to the
women of North Carolina, and especially
to those trained in ST. Mary's School, to
raise $4,000 for an endowment to be
known as 1.-THE st. Mary's Alumnae As
ISOLATION Fund" In order to stimulate
and concentrate the interest of the
women in this scheme l have instituted
the Order Of the Patrons and Daughters
of st, Mary's.' / desire to find fifty wo-
men who will give $500 each, either in
cash or within some specified time
agreed upon, who shall in consideration
of this gift be enrolled as Patrons Of
St. Mary's,' and desire to find two hun
'dred and fifty women to be enrolled as
Daughters of St Marys' in considera-
ton of similar gifts of 500 each"
In reference to the Thompson Orphan
! age the Bishop says: II can give my
testimony from personal observation that
its good work goes on with increasing
blessing for the State and for its INDECENT
orphans
At the conclusion of the reading Of
the address the Bishop assumed the chair
and on motion of Rev. Mr.. Averitt the
address was referred to the committee
on State of the Church.
TO CONFER WITH ASHEvILLE
, JURISDICTION.
The following commissioners were ap-
pointed to confer with a similar commits
sioners from the Jurisdiction If Ashe-
vile in regard to the Bishops salary:
Rev. Dr. Pittinger. Rev. Mr.. Bronson,
Mr.. r. III. Battle, Mr. Chas. NJ. Busbee.
Mr.. Jos. b. Bachelor.
MR. BATTLE WON.
: The matter of time required for resi-
| dence of clergy in the Diocese before al
lowing them to vote came up as unhn-
ished business, the vote was taken with
, out further discussion. The vote re-
suited in the adoption of the amendment.
This amendment having passed at the
) last two conventions is now a canon of
the church.
On motion of Mr. S. s. Nash, Mr.. r..
) w. Patton, of the Jurisdiction of Ashe-
ville who was present, was invited to
an honorary seat on the floor of the con.
yention.
: The report of the st. Augustine School
: was presented by the principal, the Rev.
Mr.. Hunter
A special invitation was extended to