Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-12
CUMBERLAND AND VICINITY
Democratic Candidates for State Offices Make
Speeches
Session of WOmen's Missionary So
cfety of Lutheran Church-Fire-
man Neff Injured.


sptchi blspdtcu 10 Inc Evening
CUMBERLAND, Md. October IA
large audience greeted John Walter Smith,
democratic candidate for governor, and
Isidor Rayner. candidate for attorney gen.
eral. here last night, yet the Academy of
Music was far from being filed There
were vacant seats in the auditorium and
not person was In the upper gallery. The
candidates were enthusiastically received,
and when the presiding officer, Ferdinand
Williams upon several occasions referred
to Mr.. Smith the next governor of
Maryland the sentiment was warmly APP
plauded. Mr.. Williams was particularly
severe in his castigation of the republican
party. He emphasized that this was a
white mans government and white mans
people.
Mr.. Smith started Off by saying that on
the eastern shore they recognized Allie
gany county as the seat of the state gov
eminent, but. despite the fact that it was
the stronghold of republicansm, he would
preach good democratic doctrine here. He
was glad to know the democrats of Allie
gany county were in such good shape. He
had quarrel, he said, with Gov.
Lowndes. but he could not refrain taking
issue with him on claims of superiority of
government. Col. Smith dwelt at some
length on state issues, criticislng the re-
publican reform measures generally and
Charging extravaganza. lie tnOuSnt a re-
publican administration an incentive for
the lawless colored man to ply his nefar-
ious trade with more avidity as the latter
felt that he would be protected under a
republican administration
This MORNINGS session of the seventeenth
annual convention of the Woman's Home
and Foreign Missionary Society of the
Maryland synod, Lutheran Church, was oc-
cupied with the hearing of the reports of
the various officers and standing commit
tees. The convention committees We're
named. Mrs. P. A. Holman led the devo-
tional service This afternoon Miss Laura
Wade Rice of Baltimore led the discussion
on What Has Been Done" and Mrs Geo.
s. Bowers of Hagerstown on How Shall
We Go Forward"
The report of the president, Mrs w. H.
James, states that the Maryland society is
assisting in the support of nine home mis-,
sionaries and has given in the last two
years $1,SOO for church building and boxes
valued at $1,000. The society is assisting
in the support in the foreign field of eighty
six missionaries, teachers and helpers, one
hospital with nine patients and one dispen-
sary with 54OO patients and 1900 visits
during the past year The report says the
general society reached the highest mark
in 1895. since which time there has been
falling off. and suggests earnest and
faithful prayer and greater loyalty to the
society" as means for recuperation There
are ntnety-eight societies in the Maryland
synod.
There has been a falling off in the free
will offering Of 5000 year for the support
Of a missionary in the foreign field, and
each society is urged to increase it's con-
tributions. The twentieth year thank offer
ing contributed to general society was $3.50
and was one-fifth of the entire amount con-
tributed. while the annual thank offering
was $6O2S7.
The report urges the raising of 81, 900 for
the endowment of bed In India Hospital
at Guntun, India One hundred dollars.
contributed by Mrs. Emma B. Stork of Ger
mantown. Philadelphia. is being used as a
nucleus around which to build this fund.
The report pays especial attention to the
Scranton, Pa, mission. which was under
taken by the society in 1895-and the Or
ganization Of children's bands. The organi-
cation OF a fourth conference Is urged. The
synod Is now divided into eastern, middle
and western conferences
A G. Neff fireman on the Baltimore
and Ohio ballast train. while engaged at
Oakland. yesterday. accidentally fell with
his hand across the track. and that MEM
Der was completely crushed of. Mr. Neff
was to have been married in few weeks
to Miss Clapp, late of Washington. D. c..
daughter Of Pension Examiner c. C. Clapp
Mr.. Nef was brought here.