The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-12
PAID UP THE DEBT
kethodsts Reopened the Church Sunday
and Subscribed Over 81 800 to
RelisVs Debt
Mrs. n. |. DAWSON Entertained Largs
Numbsr Of Ladies in Honor Of
Former Resident.
County Commissioners Made the Tax
Levy for the Coming Year
Will be $t7,1OS.
RAISED ENOUGH MONEY
Methodist People Had a Very Sue
cessful Day With Re-opening
of the Church Sunday.

ceSSlul Udy Will Re-OpenlnS
of the Church Sunday.
Sunday morning the Methodist
church, which has been closed for
several months for the purpose of
making extensive repairs, was re-
opened to the congregation and public.
The church auditorium was practi-
cally filled with people, and the ser
vices from beginning to end were en-
joyed to the full, Notwithstanding
the last part Of The service when the
money was being raised with which
to pay off the Indebtedness.
Rev. A. D. Traveller, of Chicago,
was secured to deliver the sermon
and make an appeal for sufficient
money to pay for the improvements.
His sermon was directed along the
lines of giving to the Lord and was
very interesting.
Then came the report of the
finance building committee, Rev. T.
Fl. Youngman, Jos. T. Morrow and
Jos. Harker, which was to the effect
that the improvements cost about
$1,000. Mr.. Traveller sent his aides
through the audience to secure
pledges. The people responded with
willingness and before the service
was closed 2,404 was raised, this
sum being increased at the evening
service to 50, sos. The extra sum was
secured with which to paint the
exterior of the church and to lay
cement sidewalk in front OF the
property.
The day was splendid success for
Methodism, and now the adherents
/ have one of the most attractive
churches in the city. 1t is seated
with very comfortable opera chairs,
a pretty carpet covers the large area
of floor space, and the paint and
paper add to the general attracti ves
ness of the interior. The church is
4 lighted with large chandelier Of "a
/ lights in the center of the room, with
sufficiet drop lights in other places
to add to the brilliancy.
i The pulpit and altar have been
changed from the south Ito the..west
end Of the room and makes much
more convenient place for them. The
pastor stands to the south of the
recess and can be seen from all parts
OF the large room and prayer rooms.
An addition was built to the south
j east corner for the prayer meeting
room and this can be opened into the
J auditorium. The Methodist people
certainly ought to be proud of the
: improved edifice, and Pastor Young
: man and the building committee are
entitled to much credit for carrying
on the work that. has been completed
5 and turned over to the church.
MI. Traveller is well known ovel
South Dakota. He was resident
for seven years, two years pastor al
Watertown, and five years as presid
ing elder. When he was appointed
presiding elder of the Aberdeen dis
trict it covered territory 100 by 20(
miles. on which there was but ont
small chapel. During the first tive
years of his presiding eldership there
were twenty-seven Methodist church
eS erected on his district. In Octo
ber, 1889, he was transferred to the
! Rock River conference in Illinois
and appointed superintendent of th,
Chicago Home Missionary and Churcl
Extension Society, which place ht
: has held ever since. During thi
period eighty Methodist churche
have been erected through his .agenc,
y in the city Of Chicago, in which ar
5 between twenty and twenty-f fou
J. thousand Sabbath school children
and eleven Thousand church mem
Z bers. The seating capacity Of tn
I Methodist churches in Chicago ha
more than doubled during the pas
q twelve years. These young chruch
es under Mr.. Travellers care ar
vigorous branches religiously an
! financially, having paid last yea
49, 900 more than one-ha]f of all th
J, salaries paid the Methodist minister
J. on the three Chicago districts, one
= third Of all the benevolent collection
on these districts and one-third til