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thenceforth held in the chapel and has
! fiourished apace. In 1859 John Perkins
/ and Lemuel Purnel established Sun
day School in the "Barrens," about two
and ahalf miles from Elkton. 1t was
held in James II. Smiths barn, rude
benches on the threshing floor serving as
| seats. \ lot was bought and cleared for
a chapel but the plan was abandoned
upon the outbreak Of the Civil War.
! Bouden'S Chapel was built later and
managed by the church at North East.
| West Amwcll Sunday School was organ
! lied in 1860 by John Perkins, who served
as its superintendent until his death.
Many conversions occurred there.
Members Of the Elkton Church started
| II sunday School ut Frazcr's school-house
| about two miles south Of the town. Thos.
| {. Crouch was its superintendent until
| Il short time before his death. About
! 1872 revival services led to a number of
! conversions and II church class was or
| ganiZcd. This led to the building of q
! chHpcl upon Il lot donated by Mr.. George
! W. Roulden. Il member of the Presby-
terrain Church, at Chesapeake City. Mr..
| Crouch bore the major part of the build
ings cost. and it bears his name. 1t was
dedicated in 1876. In 1877 Daniel Har-
vey, ST., started the Wilma Sunday
School near Leeds, which has tlourished
| from the start. A Sunday School was
! started on High Street, about 1878. by
the Elkton Church, but it later grew into
the Free Methodist Church, which first
occupied the original NJ. e. Church and
later erected the building now known as
Wesley Chapel on West High Street.
COLORED CHURCHES.
The colored members of the NJ e.
| Church withdrew in 1919 and formed a
society of their own, worshipping at first
| in Il building that stood on the hill over
looking Water street. They formed the
A. T. NJ. =. Church and. about the close
of the war. they with the assistance of
sympathizing whites erected for Il church
what il now the colorcd public school at
the head of Collins Lane. Later the con-
gregation obtained control OF the pioneer
! white church, which has been repaired
and improved. Wrghts church is a neat
| brick structure located on Ellis Avenue,
| in North East Elkton. 1t connected with
the Baltimore Conference of the African
| NJ. +. Church.
| FACING THE FUTURE.
Methodism started in Elkton almost
with the closed century, in private
house. with eleven members, and has ex-
| banded with the flight of the years. The
congregation is the strongest numerically
| within the towns limits and is steadily
growing. Besides the revivals already
! noted are to be mentioned those occur
ring during the pastorates of NJ. ID.
kurtZ, l.. c. Matlack, ID. c. Ridgeway,
Walter f. Avery. The congregation has
always been generous with gifts for local
and missionary needs, and. housed as it
is for the indefinite future. it can help
spread the light of Truth and forward
the work of Grace with confidence and
constancy.
1.-THE above historical sketch was made
up largely from review of the records
written by the Rev. j. p. Otis, former
pastor Of the Elkton VI. T.. Church. now
stationed in Newark. INSTRUMENTATION
Cecil Wing
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METHODISM IN ELKTON.

The Elkton VI. Z. Church is the oldest
religious organization in the town. AS
far back as 1140 the celebrated George
Whitfield. cn-wol.Eer with the WeSlcyS
visited "Nrld of Elk" and preached
inlrr an OIE tree then standing short
distance west Of Bow street. and about
hundred yards from the creek. The ill
terest awakened in religion by his mar
vcllouS preaching led to the organiza-
ton of Il Presbyterian Church. which,
however. failed to prove permanent. Me
thodism had gained Il strong footing in
the surrounding country for in 17S5 an
effort to build IL Protestant Episcopal
Church in Elkton failed partly on ac-
count of the wide prevalence of Mctho-
iiSn. In 1897 Bishop Asbury came to
Elkton and preached to Il large congre-
cation. lie was Hospitality entertained
Ivy the Rudolph family, who were EpiS-
c"paiians. In 11SS Cecil Circuit. Chcsa-
penkc District. Philadelphia Conference.
was instituted with Richard Whatcoat
as Presiding Elder. but it WAS not until
1879 that regular organization was
formed in Elkton. The following minis
tiers rode the circuit in the intcrval-.Iohn
Smith and George Wells, 17SS: George
Moore and Benjamin Roberts. 1888;
Emory Pryor and Walter Fountain,
1870: Joseph Wyatt and John Beard.
l19l: Robert Sparks and Joseph Wilson.
| T92: benjamin Abbott and Frederick
Carp. 1874: Isaac Robinson and Joseph
Moore, lT95: William Hunter. G. Haw-
key and John Smith. .Tr 1897: William
Hunter l79S. In 1899 Thomas Jackson
and William L. Chandler were assigned
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at Elk Chapel in 1915. He had little
hope for the infant church for he wrote
of Elkton-"It may be visited by the
Lord in the fourth or fifth generation"
The church was enlarged in 1912 and
marks on the wall visible some years ago
showed its original size to have been
quite small The enlarged church was
used until 1860, afterwards becoming the
public school and later passing to the
use of the Free Methodist congregation
formed by SecederS from the parent
church and others: later it passed To the
control of the A. L. NJ. =. congregation,
who have improved it and considerably
changed its appearance. Mcthodism'S
growth was slow in Eikton tending to
verify Bishop AShury'S forecast. In 1921
there were bat about twenty members of
the church I'm 1896 there were from
Thirty - forty. about Il dozen of whom
We're ""."iri people. In tnat year there
was - Z" bic impetus given to the
church. Ncighhoriool meetings were
held in .iGguSt which Were transferred to
the chuch and continued during the fall
and winter. resulting in over Il hundred
conversions The earliest church record
existing ll::;3I shows one hundred and
fourteen white and twcnty-four colored
mrinbrr%. Tn last survivor of these
waa Mrs. Adcline NJ. Torbert. who join
Cd by letter. in 1889. having just been
married tn William Torbcrt the late vet
vr,n Superintendent of the Sunday
School. The next great lasting work of
Grace was the revival in 1910 under the
first passionate of Rev. William IL. Ell
lott. In 1888. rs elsewhere stated Rev.
ia. f. Hurn preached the suggestion of
Il new and modern church ediicc which
suggestion was adopted and executed
with the space of two years. Following
is the list of pastors from 1900 down to
the present day:-Daniel Crouch and
David Jones. 1900: James LatomuS and
Luther Taylor. 1901: A. Foster. &.
Moore and &. Wilbank. 1902 Edward
Larkins, J. Everard and &. Best. 1903;
Richard Sheath and David Ireland,
1904: Richard Sheath and William Early
1863: Joseph Aydclott and William Fox,
lSM: Asa Smith ana Thomas Walker.
1907: William McLcnahan and Thomas
Roaring. 1908: Asa Smith and George
Sheets. 1909. In this year the circuits
name was changed to Bohemia. Cecil
Circuit rcnppearS in 1910 with Thomas
Smith and George Sheets rs pastors:
Jas. Atkins and William Torbcrt. 1911;
Thomas Miller. 1872: James Moore and
Thomas Miller 1918; Thomas Walker
and John Price, 1914; John Goforth and
Samuel Lewis 1915; John Sharpley and
+. Scott. 1916: John Sharpley and ID.
Ireland. 1917; William Torbert and John
WoolSon. 1S1S--1S19; Samuel Griffith and
T. Miller. 1920: ID. Fiddler. 1921; John
Smith and William Lummus. 1922; Will
liam Rider and Jesse Thompson, 1923;
William Rider and james Long 1924;
Thomas Miller and John Tally, 1925;
Edward Page and John Goforth, 1896;
Solomon Sharp and ]. r. Ayrcs. 1927;
Solomon Sharp and William Cooper.
1928.
ELKTON BECOMES \ STATION.
Elkton now became Il station, and the
line continues rs llOwS:-frauciS Hold
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work was finished, and the audience
| room dedicated on the 9th Of September
| of that year by Rev. ID. w. Bartine, who
preached from l Corinthians, III :: p, D.
%. Rev. ]. Mex endree Riley preached
in the afternoon and evening. The church
| cost $S,623.2S, which was met by the
three hundred members then living, the
subscriptions ranging from $3.50 to 81.
OF the then members, John e. AleXan-
der, George Ricketts,, William III. Elder,
Miss Mary j. Ricketts,, Mrs. William X.
Wright John q. Elder, Hyland ID. Mar
Gus. Mrs. Martha Brown, and DIR. John
Ill. lamar of the Presbyterian Church
who contributed, are among the few who
survive. The lot upon which the church
stands was the gift of Mrs. Francis \.
| Ellis and Miss Jane Torbert. daughters
# Rev. William Torber. a former hon
ored pastor. and grand-daughters of
Tobias Ruduph who cordially and hos
pitahly welcomed Bishop Asbury upon
his first visit to Elkton i'll 1887. Miss
Jane Torbert further testified her Low"
for the church by bcqucst Of 81 600 to
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L. Houston, 1885; ]. V. Potts, 1886;
JAS. III. Mcfarland, 1887; J. B. Hagany,
1889; John d.. Curtis, 1910; Edwin
l.. James, brother of the Bishop 1871
H.; David Shields, 1S43-44; George Bar
ton, 1915: Levi Storks and Il. Kennard,
1916: \. w. Mildly and f. Kennard,
1877: William Ii. Elliott, 1913. In this
year Elkton headed n new circuit made
up of Elkton. Bethel, Bohemia Manor,
and Chesapeake City. The pastors were
w. ii. Elliott and w. II. Brisbane,
1910; Thomas 4. Fernley and J. II.
Lightbournc, 1850: Thomas a. Fernley,
and Il. Snowden Thomas, 1851: j. ID.
| Onions and ii. f. Hurn, 1852. The cir
cult arrangement was not satisfactory,
and Elkton the next year was again
| made II station-J. +. Way served in
| iSl3-14; J. Flannery, 1865; j. Flannery
and J. l.. Houston (supcrnumcraryl
1SN; j. f. Boon was appointed but did
not serve. being succeeded by II. +.
Iiurn. 1878; J. S. Cook, 1S53-G0; w
II. Elliott. 1S61-G2; John ID. Curtis, 1868
| "a; Michael ID. Kurtz, 1SG5-6G l.. c.
Matlack. 1SGT-GS; b. +. Price (recom-
| mcnded to the Philadelphia Conference
in the spring of 1896 by Elkton Quar-
| tcrly Conference 1S69-70; III. S. Thomp-
JntI,,.l, s,nnnod;n,, - 1919. El;;ah ,t;,
iar 1eT,7I. canr, nhoaI',r ,o-H
~. n ~ p;daa,rn,. 1s-@ 70. Ton,rt',,
smith 1870 and n,rt ~ $3.50. wo,tor ~
,,,ar, 1880 o. %. r. y Sho,,hona 1000
II. u Oti. 1ee5 ee- o.. Eho,,a, nan
1909 90. WI 1000 o. g.
,Jn,,.hr,, 1so- 90. ~ II rorr,. 1000
1on0. d S+o,,I,a,n, 100, 1000
sinon 1901 ~, o,trr bnn,, h,. Lao,, w.,
,;a, =. mn, ,, ,,.,', o.,
~
"uhu"! Hrh"oi W"rN III nlNtoh was
| s'"r'cu III inc SprihS ol To- by MISS
Ann ilolililSS"or'h' VINO hau oeeh CON
Nerle" III ,he summer Oh the previous
year ohe began us nome missionary
s"tiier'is III an t,e 'siiiuren snr coulu
''n W, "hi'' an" I','re". iH""' iho'',aS'
wen ,e''i'nlperen ny oiuer Town loikS'
VIM "ir" iuii ol years Ill 1000 tausht
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Mrs. Evelyn :. Tome. aud McsSrs Adam
Peoples and T.. T. Stephenson. of Port
Deposit, which were announced by Rev
\. s. Mowhray, Mr.. Strph"ISon's popu-
lar predecessor. now pastor Of Tome Nc
mortal Church. All who shared in the
good work frnn the youngest Sunday
School scholars to the oldest member.
and especially tn" ladies whose zeal and
efforts never Tagged. may rejoice in its
prompt and happy completion. levi O..
Cameron drew the plans for the improve
mcn.s. Jacob Rambo superintendent the
carpenter work: II. NJ. Larzalcrc the
brickworl: William Mercy did the out
side painting; Otto NJ. DuBrnu. of Bal
timorc, the interior painting and freSco-
ing aud the granting. Henry Ninsngcr
supplied the carpets and mating.
HISTORY OF THE EDlFICE.
The church was planned during the
pastorate of Rev. ii. f. Hurn. in 1858,
with whom the idea of Il new building
originated, but work was not begun till
September 1859, when the cornerstone
was laid during the pnstoratc of Rev.
Joseph :. Cook. Bishop Scott dedicat-
ed the lecture room June II, 1860. The
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STRIKING IMPROVEMENTS.

Upon nearing tn" church one notes irst
the new vestibulr which harmoni1rS in
construction with the man "aifrr One
enters through double doors of artistic
ally grained oak with Gothic panels. over
which is Il handsome stained glass Gothic
window. The walls are wainScottc,l with
oak. The old right-haud stairway has
been removed and replaced with II broad
and easy fight OF steps. Banked by wal
nut newell posts and ratings. The steps
are covered with rubber mats with brass
protection. The old icrt-hand stairway
was left in position for the convenience
Of people driving to church the entrance
for teams being on that sid" To the left
Of the main stairway cutraucc is had to
the lecture and class rooms on tn" first
floor, the walls and ceilings of which
have been reprinted il. = restful and
pleasing shade of green. The whole first
floor is laid with new c0:,.i uniting. and
the furniture brushed NJ. The infant
snono ooer,,,nJ h., tIa ,, ,,'., ,"'
Ihe general effect * b"ty striking and
pleasing.
Ascending the ne" stIirway one
reaches the audience ro"." and is struck
with the revolution wro":nt there. The
walls are stippled in u. n Il beautiful
shade of green vanishing INTO gray with
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ELKTON BECOMES \ STATION.

line continues as follows: Francis Hold.
son. 1S29-3O; William Barnes. 1881
BENZ. Benson, 1892; J. r. Hagany. 1888
William Spry and u. CoombS, 1884: Jas
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former Pastor who made address re-openng of
the Elkton NJ f. Church. He is at Tome Memorial NJ
E. Church, Port Deposit.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-18
REFINED SUGAR
ON THE JUMP

SAN FRANCISCO, December 10
Another big advance in the price of
sugar yesterday made total increase
to the consumer of the refined product
of so cents on the hundred pounds
within fortnight Two weeks ago the
rise of 20 cents a hundred was an
nounced by the jobbers, and on Decem-
Der 4 the commodity jumped 40 cents
without warning. Yesterdays advance
of 20 cents bids fair TO lead the way
for further rises, as the San Francisco
price on raw sugar Is still a point be-
low that ruling in New York.
Warning of the impending advance
was received yesterday by Edward
POLITE from Logan & Bryan in a dis
patch which prophesied' 5-cent sugar in
the immediate future. The prophecy
was more than realized before night
fall, as many sales were recorded at
SIS, with prospect of still higher rates
to follow. AS the price stands now it
means an additional expenditure fo'
the saccharine necessity of about
81, 000, 600 on the Pacific Coast alone.
The stiffening of the sugar market
was anticipated last SuLllHeI when
LIGHT, the German expert statistician,
issued an estimate of a shortage in the
beet-sugar crop next spring to about
/ 200, 600 tons, or over TO per cent of
the crop, which furnishes nearly 20 per
cent of the worlds supply The sharp
ness of the rise when it came was due
to the scramble of the principal opera
tors to prepare for the higher prices
which all knew<were bound TO come.
The extent of the increase on refined
sugar, however. only keeps pace with
that on the raw product, which has
gone up merely because of the Euro
pean shortage.
During the past year the price of
sugar has been abnormally low, even
allowing for the influence of heavy
crops. But now that the governments
of Europe have agreed simultaneously
to remove the bounty on beet sugar a
large proportion of the farmers across
the water will devote their beet land
to raising potatoes, which are in de-
mand for the manufacture of alcohol.
Sugar-Raw, steady; fair refining,
7-16c; centrifugal, SO test. 3 15-16c;
molasses sugar, 3 3-16c; refined, firm.
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JAPS AVERSE TO BARRETT

WASHINGTON, December 9.-Kogo-
no Takahira, the Japanese minister,
called on Secretary Hay at the State
Department today and asked many in
teresting questions about John Barrett,
whom it was officially announced
would be appointed minister to Japan.
Minister Takahira was the soul of
politeness. His questions, neverthe-
less, regarding Barrett's age, diplomat
ic experience, prominence in American
politics ETC.. were such as to convey to
Secretary Hay in the most delicate
manner imaginable that Japan would
much prefer the appointment of some
other man. Minister Takahira did not
go to the extent of making a protest
and gave Secretary Hay to understand
that if Barrett were appointed his gov
eminent would make no objection. But
the hint was sufficient.
WASHINGTON, December AT
the State Department it is stated that
Minister Takahira of Japan was ex-
pressly asked if his government would
object to John Barrett if he were ap-
pointed Minister, and that Takahira re-
piled that the Government would re-
ceive Barrett cordially. If Barrett
accepts the appointment it is practic-
ally certain that the President will
stick to his original purpose and ap-
point him. Senator Bard said tonight
he would see the President in the in
terest of DIR. Rowell of Fresno, if Bar
rett is not appointed.
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DEATH Of THOs. B. REED

WASHINGTON, Dec. I. = Thomas
Bracket Reed, former speaker of the
House of Representatives and for many
years prominent in public life, died here
tonight at 1910 O'clock in his apart
ments in the Arlington Hotel. The i'm
mediate cause of death was uraemia.
A change for the worse was noted in
Mr.. Reeds condition early this morn
ing, AT $50 o'clock he was given a
simultaneous saline TRANSMISSION, in or
der to stimulate his kidneys, which We're
failing to perform their proper func-
tons. At O'Clock this afternoon a
saline solution was again administered,
about three quarts of fluid being used.
The heart became weaker and weaker.
but the patient retained consciousness
until IL o'clock tonight, when COM
plete coma came on. He passed away
without pain.
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He WILL 1--WE ,TIGATE
OUR LABOR CONDITIONS
CONTINUED from Page l.

very sweeping. In my opinion If there
is any change it will be in the direc-
ton of applying some form of restric-
ton against Japanese, perhaps along
lines in consonanee with the qualifica
tions which may be demanded in con-
nection with immigrants from all other
lands. The educational qualification is
likely to be imposed and this will ma
terially reduce the incoming laborers.
My fight for more than a score of
years against race distinctions caused
me to take issue with Prof. jerks over
his recommendations that Chinese be
permitted to enter the Philippines, and
this perhaps was the cause of my selec-
ton for the mission upon which l have
now entered. 1 made the point that
there should be no distinction on purely
race grounds, and L am now going to
study the questions which have been
raised.
Even in the West there is the same
demand for field labor which is felt
here, but the politicians cannot turn in
the face of the sentiment of the labor
men as expressed in their stand. This
was seen in Congress and L believe the
SUCCESS u Tie COdl SlTlhe, III the TGCOS-
aition which was secured by the min
ers, will strengthen the force of their
influence. The feeling seems to be that
there must be no letting down of the
bars raised against labor element
which can live more cheaply than the
American workman, and judging from
the signs of the times the fight will be
along lines which will maintain the in
tegrity of the laws rather than any
loosenIng of their restrictions.
THE discomfort among the Negro
laborers of the South was never greater
The recent constitutional amendment:
have caused much of this and the re
suits have been most extraordinary. II
three states, having six senator's an.
twenty-one members of the House
there were cast only 100000 votes while
in the district which elected w. r
Hearst in New York there were 4S,Gv
votes cast.
IT believe that from 10000 to 800, 90
negro laborers, not the vicious from tn
slums, but men who are workers >al
the time, could be secured to work il
the fields of Hawaii and the Philippine
and that they would prove the best kin,
of labor. The sugar industry of Cub
was built up by black labor as was ST
Thomas. while other labor tried in tn
United States. as the Italians brough
into Louisiana, was a failure.
Il shall make complete inquiry an
have no fixed opinion on the subiec
of the conditions of labor here, bu
come to learn"
Mr.. Fortune is editor of the n. Y
Age, president of the National Afro
American Council, of the Negro Bust
ness League, and is a co-worker c
Booker 7. Washington.
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kTER BULLETINS
TO ADVERTISER
CONTINUED from Page II

action taken is likely to do more harm
than good, since S150,000000 of German
capital is invested in Venezuela. The
United states must feel secret salts
faction at seeing Germany ruin its
dominating position in Venezuelan COM
merce and finance, and must hope to
supplant German by American finan-
cial Influences"
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Thomas Mast, whose death from yell
Iow fever is reported from South Amer
lea, was the man who introduced the
American political cartoon. He was
not the first to undertake it but he was
the first to show its possibilities as a
weapon of reform. His personal vogue
went out when Keppler came into the
field with Puck, but he retained the
good will of his countrymen and died
in office.
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Mad Mullah Asaass,nated

ALDEN, Arabia, Dec. IL A rumor has
reached here of the assassination of the
Mad Afullah in Somaliland. The report
was brought to the coast by a native
runner from Carrereo, via Berbera. The
Mullah is said to have been killed by
q spear thrust in the stomach inflicted
while he was PRAYING.