The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-07
DLCIDE LOCATION TO-DAY
State Agricultural Commission Vii!
Cho0~c Site for Soil Truck Te~s
Earm-Work of the Sunday ScI.n.,i
Convention.
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Raleigh, N C.,Aprii 5.-Professor v.
F. Massey of the Agricultural and Ne
chanical College. will represent Ii a.
the installation OF Professor Alderman
as president Of The University of Nir-.
ginia, this ceremony taking place On
Thursday of next week. All the great
colleges will be represented. All me
representatives of colleges will wea-.
caps n gowns. Every room n.
Charlottesville has been taken and the
installation will be a memorable at
fair.
AS yet the soil test farm for track
and berries has not been selected,
though Wilmington seems to be conf
dent OF being chosen as the locati IN,
Professor Hume having received today
a telegram hat the money. $1,000, for
the purchase of a very fine farm there
had been raised. Tomorrow morning
the committee of the agricultural de-
partment will meet and will most prob.
ably decide upon the location. The
committee is composed of Commission
er of Agriculture Patterson, William
Dunn and j. w. McCallum, State Chem
ist kilgore and Professor Hume.
The regular session OF the North
Carolina Sunday School Association
began this morning in the Presbyte-
rian church. There was an opening
service of song. The executive com
mittee, Of which n. B. Broughton is
tho nroCid0nf mot nnynftnpn | nxa--
cises were conducted by Rev. DIR. D. A.
Long whose theme was yourselves for
service as exemplified in the Divine
Law of Beneficence." The roll Of coul-
ties was called and it was found that
% were represented. 1t was further
shown that in all only So counties are
| organized, some only nominally. The
report of the work of the year was
made that $4,000 was raised and that
there is a deficit OF s1,400. The reports
as o work were made. n. 3. BoruSh-
ton for the executive committee; Cen
| eral Secretary l.. NJ. Smith; Field sec
rotary G. L. Story; Treasurer George
| Allen. The next feature was address
! by William Cliff Pearce, the Internal
ional training secretary whose subject
a Training Workers for the SIN
day School, and Mrs. Mary Foster
Bryner, International field worker
whose theme was Teaching Through
the Eye"
For the afternoon, after a service
of song, Mrs. Bryner led a conference
regarding the work for beginners, in
the country and city schools, both pri
mary and junior, and the habits whict
should be favored in this department
A conference ON distinctive work fol-
boys and young men followed, with an
address by Neil Johnson of Raleigh
ON how to hold the boys between !he
ages IA and IS; By Robert N. Simmons
of Raleigh, on class organization;
George H. Crowell of High Point or
winning men, and T. B. Eldridge OF
Raleigh on teaching men. George ?
Pell of Winston Salem made a forfna.
address on "The Sunday Schools Cal
for Men"
The evening session began with 6
notably fine service Of prayer and wor
ship, led by Professor A. c. Jackson
the choir-master of Christ Episcopal
church. There are "a members of the
choir, all carefully selected from va.
rious churches here. Rev. J.. c.. Masse7
pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, led
the devotional services. Two set ad'
dresses were delivered, one by Rev. DR.
John G. Kilgo, president Of Trinity
College, Durham, on "~Spiritualizin5
the Sunday School," and the other 10y
w. c. Pearce on Sunday School Evan.
gelization." There was a general dis
cussion of plans for extension of rhf
work and evangelization. 1t is ,ht
purpose to do much work during I'M
present year Much is to be done, since
only by this is the state SO far reached