Evening star., 1900-10-23
LAUREL AND VICINITY.
EpwOrth Rally at Centenary Church
General News.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

General News.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LAUREL, Md, October 23 1900.
Centenary NJ. E. Church has been the
rallylng point the past several evenings for
visiting Epworth Leaguers from Baltimore
and the adjacent towns of Howard, Prince
Georges and Montgomery counties, the
event being a meeting held under the aus
pieces of the local Epworth League of Gem
tenary Church. All of the sessions have
been largely attended. The following pro-
gram of exercises was carried out: Satur-
day evening at 4:15, welcome service,
The address of welcome was delivered by
Rev. T. Wood pastor of Centenary. Miss
sponded; 1870 pm, song service, b. H.
Bealer; roll call; ten-minute papers; Mercy
and Help Work" Mss Nellie Logan; jun
ior League Work." Miss Julia Jones; open
parliament; devotional service, George w.
Harrington. Sunday, 9:30 am, r. L.
Reamy; 1870 am, preaching, Rev. ChaS.
service, Mrs Evelyn Tmanus; $3.50 pm,
platform service, twelve-minute talks, Il
Will Instruct Thee" No Good Thing Will
He Withhold" 'sAnd I Give Them Eter-
nal Life song service; evangelistic serv-
Ice.
The funeral Of Mrs. Sarah e. Snowden.
the widow Of John Snowden, will take
place from ST. Philips P. E. Church of
den died at her residence, Snowden Hall,
near this town. last Sunday. She had been
sufferer for many years from heart trou-
BILE and dropsy, her Illness terminating IA
tally, as stated She was the eldest daugh-
ter of the late Basil B. Hopkins of the firm
of Hopkins & Hull, a. firm well known in
business circles in Baltimore city for many
years, and a near relative of the late Johns
Hopkins Her husband was of the we'll
known Snowden family, the original pro-
prietors OF the country in and around
Laurel who died in 1872 Mrs. Snowden
leaves one daughter, Margaret s., the wife
of Charles H. Stanley of Laurel, anC two
sons, John Snowden. who lives at the old
homestead. and Basil H. Snowden, book
National Bank of Baltimore, and eight
grandchildren.
The final arrangements for the mass meet
ing to be held at the Academy of Music
here under the auspices of the local repub-
lican club have been completed. Every
thing points to a most successful gathering,
and it is feared that the building will not be
large enough. Should this be the case an
overflow meeting has been arranged for
and everything is in readiness for the han
ding Of large crowd. Arrangements have
been made with the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad to stop the express due at Laurel
at 1O:W pm, so that those wishing to leave
for distant points can get off earlier. Re-
ports were read at the meeting last night
of the club of the feeling among the demo-
Gratis in the lower part Of Anne Arundel
and st. Mary's counties. From all ac-
counts a very large number of the demo-
Gratis Of those counties will support the re-
publican nominee for Congress.
The Laurel High School foot ball team
opened the season on the local grounds Sat
urday with the strong Park Athletic team
from Baltimore, the students losing to the
tune of to O. The visitors made their
only touchdown after tumble by the local
boys. and during the rest Of the first half
the visitors were the aggressors. The Sec
ond half Of the game was harder fought.
as the lighter players Of the school gave
way to heavier men. The local boys tried
hard to retrve themselves, but the half
ended with the bail near the 25-yard line
Of their opponents