The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-11
66R. THOMAS {. SKINNER DEAD
WAS THE OLDEST BAPTIST MN
ISTER IN THE STATE.
The End Came at Rex Hospital. FROM
an Attack OF Pnenmonia-Work on
the Raleigh and Pamlico Road
Still No Decision Regarding Loca-
ton Of Test Farm-Sunday Schooi
Observation-Disclosures for Nr. q v.
Nafser.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, y. C.. April 6, 1893.

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At 2 O'Clock this morning Rev. Or.
Thomas 4. Skinner. the oldest Baptist
minister in this state, and very widely
known, died at Rex hospital, here, of
pneumonia, which set i'm last MONDAY.
He was apparently quite well Monday
morning. His age was so years and
he was born in Hertford county, his
father being Mr.. Charles Skinner. lie
was a graduate of the University of
North Carolina, and of the Union The
oiogicai Seminary, New York. His
first charge us IA pastor was II First
Baptist church here, which vas built
by his father who was very wealthy.
For several years DR.. Skinner was
pastor of the leading Baptist church at
Memphis. He was twice married, MS
second wife having been Miss Ludlow,
of New York who died two years ago.
Three children survive, Mrs. Snow,
Mrs. McGehee, and Mr.. Charles Skin
ner. All the children are heie. Dr..
Skinner was greatly beloved. For tnir-
ty years he was president of the trus-
tees of Wake Forest College. His fine
library was made a gift to that college.
Last year he had an attack Of preu-
Donia, but apparently recovered en-
tirely. He gave up Raleigh as his
home about two years ago, after his
son, Ludlow, was shot and killed here,
and went to Arden, neal AshevIle, to
1.-Two ,u-ifh 81 Io,v1htnr Hn wnS ON n
visit nere to Rev. DR.. Tyree and Mr..
G. ID. Edwards. 1t is d matter OF com
n.ent that he should have returned to
his old home to die. He was Il won
derful man. and in the midst Of crush
ing sorrows never lost his hope, his
faith, his trust, bis love. His body has
been placed in the First Baptist
church, to remain until the funeral to-
morrow. The burial will be in Oak
VOod cemetery.
The next series of farmers inSti-
tutes will begin July IS, and two par
ties will be in the field, n starting in
Granville and the other in Chatham
and working mainly westward. Each
will cover % counties, and Will 30 as
far west as the foot of the mount
tains. At the end of August another
party will begin the holding Of inst
tuteS across the mountains. When
winter comes the work will be taken
up in the east and by the end of Jan
Uary every county in the state viii
have beer visited
United States District Attorney
Harry Skinner says that moonshlnirpg
is overwhelmingly increasing all over
the DISTRICT or6 fhot If will ~<rfsnatfv III
crease the docket of the various courts
He says people Will have whiskey in
some way. it seems. and that If they
cannot get it straight will get it crook
ed.
Fifty cOnyictS are at work on the
Raleigh and Pamlico railway and are
now grading and building the bridge
across the Neuse river six miles from
here. There will be $50 feet of 20-fCOt
trestle and a steel stand of 100 feet.
The bridge will cost $1,000. Twelve
miles OF the road is graded and ill
thirty Days there will be track down
on that distance. Application has been
made to the penitentiary board for $50
convicts. Ties and timber for 10
miles more of road have been cut.
T. NJ. Mordecai, Benjamin H. Eut-
ledge and H. F. Welsh, very proml-
lei attorneys of Charleston, are here
to see about the Vedder lands, which
embrace a great territory in the south
eastern part of the state.
William Bum, of the board of agri-
culture and State Agr~iculturalist Hume
left today for the southeastern part of
the state to look after locations for
the test farm Of truck and berries. 1t
ppears that the choice has narrowed
down to two points. \ very careful
examination will be made of the soils,
by means of borings with an anger.
At the session of the North Carolina
Sunday School Association here to-day
Rev. Eli Reese. Of High Point. con-
Quoted the devotional service. his
them being Our Opportunity for Ser
vice" Rev. P. H. Gwyn, Of Me"klen-
burg, spoke IN How the organized
work helps the UNCONVENTIONAL work.
President 7. j. Harper. of the Allan
tic Christian College. Of Wilson,
"Shall the Education of the Intellec
Outrank the Conscience" Nh. W. G..
I'earce conducted the round table. and
Mrs. Mary Bryner gave a blackboard
lesson. At he afternoon service Rev.
D.. H. Tuttle, of Fayetteville, conduct
ed the devotional exercises. Mrs. Rry-
rer held a conference on primary and
Junior teachings: Rev. J. C. Leonard,
of the Baptist University for Women,
at Raleigh. or "Giving the Bible 4
Chance The services at the evening
session closed the work of this very
successful conyentioni Prof. y. e..
Jackson led the service of song, Rev.
X. f. Bumpass. of Edenton Street NJ.
e. church, conducting the devotional
exercises. There were special musical
features of great beauty. Rev. (. K.
Blackwell. of Philadelphia, spoke Oil
"A Higher Rating for the Sunday
School, and Mr.. w. C. Pearce on
Gods Plan for the Worlds Con-
quest" There were a numbr Of FIRE
well words spoken by various work.
ers. There was a deficit or debt of
S1,45O, but nearly all of this money has
been raised during this session. colt
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