Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-02
MONEY FOR CONFERENCE ACADEMY.


Tho $4,000 to be Raised by Whining
ton District Apportioned Among the
Churches. lF
This Wilmington M. Z. Conference
having decided, at lis recent session,
TO pay off tho debt OF tina Conference
a cademy at Dover, amounting to
s35, 100, by the Both Of next june, the
5000 to be raised by Wilmington dis
trict has been auportioned among the
churches Of the district as follows:
City OF Wilmipgton--Asbury, $500;
Brsndywine, $500; Cooku an, Sl25; Ep-
worth, $500; Grace, $1,000; Harrison
Street, $3.50; Kineswood, 500; Madeiey,
500; Mt. Salem, 1900. ht. Pauls, $50 |;
Silverbrook, s150; Union. $500; Wesley,
500; Scott, $3.50; Eastlake. $40; Els
mere. s25; Edge Moor, SIS; total,
S5,8l5. --l
Remainder of the district Bethel,
500; Charlestown, 500; Cherry Hill,
$50; Chesapeake City, s150; Chester,
$3.50; Christisna, 500; Claymont, $50 !;
Colora. 800; Delaware City, 5160 Elk
Neck. el0O Ebenezer, 800; Elkton,
$500; Hockessin, 500: HopeweIl. $50 I;
Kirkwood, $50; Marshallton and Stan
ton, 500; Mt. Lebanon, $50; Mt.
Pleasant, $3.50; Newark, s200; New
Castle, $3.50; Newport, $500; North
east, $500: Perryviile. $3.50; Port De-
posit, $500; Port Pom, 625; Red Lion,
SlOQ; Rising sun, 5000; st. Georges.
slb0; st. Johns, $50; Zion, 1926 i;
total, "a, 1876.
The committee having charge of the
matter for Wilmington district COM
prises Presiding Elder Watt. chairman /;
the Rev. William W. King, D. r.,
the Rev. W. l.. s.. Murray. d. D.,
George W. Todd and William r.
Finn. Immediately after the APP
portiopment was made the committee
notified all OF the churches and some
have already, raised the money. The
first two to report are Ebeneezer Of
Pleasant Hill, S100, and Port Deposit
Church, $500, the total amount having
been subscribed In both Of the churches
last Sunday. All of the other chuIches
are at work and 1t Is expected that
there will be no difficulty in raising
the amount In most instances the
work ia being done quietly among the
members. q
Mr.. Todd is the treasurer OF the local
committee The money raised in this
district is to be turned over to him and
he will send Ii to John s. Collins OF
Dover, the treasurer for conference, and
II will be applied by the trustees in
paying off the debt. The s35, COO repre-.
sents the full amount, aud as soon as
it is paid off the Cor ference Academy
will, 1t Is believed, take on new life and
become self-supporting. Presiding Elder
Watt. while In Milford yesterday, had
talk with Prof. E. L. Gross, now
principal OF the Milford High School,
who has been chosen principal of the
Conference Academy, and Mr.. Gross
took very encouraging view OF the
situation. He believes that with the
debt paid OF in the summer the instr
tuition will be plaood Upon paying
basis and next fall will have twice the
number of students now enrolled there
The debt against the institution is al
follows:
There 10 due and unpaid on the first
mortgage, s8, TOO; second mortgage
SIS, 600; the unfunded debt amounts
IN the aggregate to about sl2, 600; tota
debt, $50, 700.
The bonds secured by the first mort
gage have been due for number o.
years, and, the holders thereof are ap
parently willing that the said deb
should remain unpaid, being satisfied
with the security of their lien. Tht
holders of the bonds secured by tn,
second mortgage, however, which fel
due on January let 1901. expect t.
| receive their money, and already severa
Ut them have demanded payment
| thereof.
All this indebtedness il interest bear
ing at the rate Of six per cent, requir
| ing an annual interest charge of mori
than 81, 100 and while this has re
Gently been generously met by the col
lections In the various churches Of thu
conference, yet this does not reduce tn,
| principal to any extent whatever.
II the second mortgage Ia not paid i
is feared that the holders Of the bond
which 1t ia given 70 secure will fcroe
foreclosure, and that the holders OF tb,
unfunded debt will likewise institut,
| legal proceedings tn protect their in
| terests. The limit OF accommodation
which the First National Bank o
Dover is willing to give has beef
reached, and in the present tipanoia
condition no loan could reasonably b,
expected from any other bank.
| Conference, at its recent Hcsslou, b,
unanimous vote, ordered that tn
entire amount of the debt 1885, 700l q,
carefully apportioned to the severa
charges of the con erence, and that
supreme effort be made to raise th,
amount in each charge on the first o.
second Sunday of June next, 1901, {,
be known as Conference Academ,
Debt Paying Day The money to b,
paid to the treasurer of the academy oil
or before July LIST, 1901. The following
committee was appointed to appoitioi
the debt and superintsnd its collection
The presiding elders-Rey. q. s
Baker, d. d., Rev. W. +. Corkran
d. D., Rev. T. e. Martiudale, D. d.
Rev. Robert Watt, D. ID. Dover dis
trict, DIR. A. Smith, J. L. Carroll, W
Salisbury Easton district, Rev. j. A
Arters, Dr. A. T.. Sudler, Joseph ii
Barnard; Salisbury district, Rev. q
A. Hill. Hon. W. H. jackson. u. }
Fools; Wilmington district, DR.. W. l.
s. Murray, q. W. Todd, W. r. f linn. Tn
commission organized by electing Hon
W. II. jackson president and the Rev
I. Z. Martindale secretary. Ihe distric
committees have also organized and tn
work is progressing satisfactorily.
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