The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-10
AGAINST REMOVAL OF
LEGEND FROM COIN

Yesterday a Great Day for Ncthodism
In North Enthusiastically OPP
posed 20 the Army Canteen-RccoTn-
mend. Appointment of Rev. X. l..
Davis State Organizer OF Anti-Sa-
loon Leag1ic-Passcs Resolution Ex-
pressing Itself i'll Regard TO Re
moyaI of .In God We Trust" from
Gold Coin-Unprecedcnted Re
ports Of Financial Prosperity in the
C,urcb-Scxt Session of the Con-
ference TO BE Held in Durham.
BY EDWARD L.. Conn.
New Bern, \. c., Dec. 7.-Confer-
ence will probably adjourn tonight as
the work has been completed ana all
that remains are the services tomor
row and the appointments or preacn-
ers and there charges Inc assign.
ment would be tonlght II
it were not feared that
ton and confusion WOuld result there
by. These will doubtless be read al
ter Sunday evenings m
New Bern, n. G., Dec. WITHOUT
a dissenting vote, the North Carollna
Methodist Conference TO-DAY deciarea
itself in favor of State Prohlp1tloh-
The resolution was as follows:
Your committee r~ejoices at the
many and Splendid victories acnlcNed
Ibis wear by temperance people every
where throughout this nation II the
State of North Carolina. we most
heartily commend the work OF any IN
diyiduaI church. society or orgaHlZa-
ton thai has assisted III DflbSihS
about this result. In North Caroltha
the advocates of temperance nave "on
some notable victories, but we Wouid
direct the attention of this Confer
ence to the fact that i'm a number OF
localities within our bounds there Is
need for q strong. vigilant, ana acti'e
service In a crusade against the WINS
key traffic, and we most earnestly
hope that this warfare will continue
mill this nefariOuS business has Deen
completely ov~crthrown.
.'We urge the moral and Christian
forces of this State TO stand united as
one man against this ruinous evil and
we n,edgc ourselves To work and pray
for the accomplishment of this END.
We believe that the manufacture ana
sale of liquors by any
method is a menace to society ana an
evil 10 Church and state, ana lIiat Iie
membership of this church not
10 use the same as a beverage in any
w t'~
manner.
I'VE stand against the a of
alcoholic stimuiantS as 81 beverage
anywhere in the State OF North carr
linn and in favor of State prohibition.
we most earnestly hope that our law
makers will procure the enactment OF
such laws as viii fully protect us
against importation into PROMPTED
territory of any alcphollc
from points without as well as within
the State.
we ote with pleasure the TACT
that many of our officers of the law,
true to their oaths, arc enforcing the
law. We urge that all be equally
faithful in this line OF work and we
believe that the proper enforcement
of the prohibitc>y laws will be won
dersully beneficial to church ana
state. We are unalterabiy opposed
TO the army cantcen.
We recommend the appointment of
Rev. *. l.. Davis as State Organizer
OF the Anti-S Saloon League"
Conference also expressed itself IN
regard to the action of President
Roosevelt in removing the motto, In
God We Trust from certain new coin.
The utteranCe was as follows:
Whereas, the motion. In God We
Trust has been suTnmarily removed
from the new ten-dollar gold piece by
order of President Rooseyelt-that,
100. when there was no protest
against the lHScTlptloh, DIS IHc puoiiC
is informed;
Whereas. also there is no provision
of law TO keep the motion on the
coin. and the removal of 1T from all
Our coins seems to be a matter of
executive discretion only, judging
from the statement of the President,
Therefore
..ResoIved. First. That with respect
for the President of the United States,
we. members of the North Carolina
Conference, express our regret at the
mOy of these words.
Second. That we urge the retain
ing of the motto on all our coins, even
though legislative action on the part
of Congress be necessary 10 secure
this end"
Never before in the history of the
North Carolina Conference has there
been such a large number of preach
ers reporting a surplus of salaries n
Conference collections. 1t seems that
the people have taken God into their
business. Every cause of the church
has been able cared for, every interest
advanced and the scope of its activi-
ties ~broadened and more thoroughly
vitalized by the Holy Spirit. The no.
table Laymen's Movement that has
been given great emphasis here means
that a vastly important step has been
taken to utilize the vast material that
had been going to waste.
A resolution adopted today to ap-
point a Sunday School Secretary to
travel through Conference and hold
training institutes is of unusual signf-
cance and if the Bishop appoints the
minister recommended in the resolu-
ton a phase of church activities that
has not received the attention that
Conference is now in a position to
give it, Will be materially benefited.
Conference will meet next year with
Trinity Church Durham.
IEDWorth LcaoJIc.
Rev. r. L. Hunt submitted the re-
port of EpWOrth League Board, which
recommended that the presiding ell
ders and pastors use their influence to
organize a league in every charge. that
at the Conference the presiding ell
ders appoint one day for the league.
and that an annual league conference
be held. The report was adopted.
Education.
Rev. l.. S. Massey submitted the re-
port of the Board of Education. The
report Indicated the continued pros
perity and growth of the magnificent
Methodist institutions of learning in
North Carolina, most of them being
nearly oVerrun with patronage. The
Board asked hat the officials of the
several schools and colleges be reap
pointed and recommended the follow
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