Evening journal., 1913-04-17

ENDSITS WORK
Commend Governor Miller for
Signing Anti Liquor Ship
ment Bill
WOULD MAKE COLLEGE
OF PRESENT ACADEMY
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
ELKTON, Nd. April 17.-After
electing commissioners to the Gen
eral Assembly OF the church, and
disposng Of much other business,
the Presbytery of New Castle ad-
iourned late yesterday afternoon.
Commissioners elected to the General
Assembly. which will meet in Atlanta.
we're the Rcv John McElmoyle.
OF Elkton. and the Rev. j. A. Herold,
Of Lewes, H b. FrnEer, OF Newark,
and l.. A. Bower, Of Wilmington,
principals. Rows. j. l.. Bunstein ana
T. S. Armentrout alternates.
PrcHbytery engaged in a discussion
over a proposition 20 change West
Nottingham Academy. In Cecil county
Md. into a college. Il is a Presby-
/ terian institution. The buildings are
valued at 100000 exclusive of the
fine farm Of ESQ acres belonging to
the old Academy. The Presbytery
urged upon the Presbyterics Of Balti-
more and Washington the need OF
such institutions in this territory, ano
asked their cooperation I'm convert
1 ing the Academy into a college. The
| Presbyteries Of Baltimore and Wash.
ington are expected to take action
this week. and it will come before
tbe Synod OF Baltimore. OF which
this Presbytery is a part, in the fall
The temperance report, submitted
/ by the Rev. r. L. Jackson, Of VIII
mngtOn, and adopted. commended
Governor Million for signing the Haze
anti-shipment of liquors bill. anC
deeply regretted" that the Judges o.
the State Courts OF Delaware had ex
tended the time for the opening o.
saloons in Wilmington to t. o'clocl
att night The report urged tn,
churches OF Wilmington to take ac
tion on the subject. The offerings il
the Presbytery for temperance wer,
1929.
An overture from the General As
sembly Of the Church as to a ma
teral reduction in III number o
commissioners In the General AS
sembly was rejected. The Genera
Assembly now comprises abcNt 100l
members and the proposition woul,
reduct II to about one-third tha
number.
The Rev. Or. Francis H. Moore
of Middletown. read the report OF
ministerial relief. IL showed tina
Sligo had been contributed in Pres
bytery for that purpose. The Genera
Board has received $332,OO0 from
Lady Cartwright. OF England. for
mer American. to be applied to tn
ministerial relief fund. A fund o
one million dollars is being raise
by the Presbyterian Church for tina
cause.
The Rev ]. r. Milligan read IN
general report Of church statistics {
Presbytery.
The Rev. John F. Zaionczkowsk
formerly of the Polish Nation;
Catholic Church, who was expecte
TO present himself yesterday after
noon for examination as 10 his qua
iications for admission into Presby
tery, did not appear. A special meet
ing Presbytery will be arranged 70
his examination whenever he expires
ses his desire TO appear.
The Rev. DR.. f. Hall Young.
missionary to Alaska, addressed
popular meeting about his expeI
fences in that country last night
The Revs. 4. II. Crawford and {
L. Candee, and General Charles Bir
we're named as a committee to Wis
Bridgeville, Del, to confer on th
opening OF the church in that towI
The church has been closed since th
Rev. Or. Egbert. the former paste
accepted the charge at Chesapeak
City, Md. The Rev. ]. II. Crawfor,
the retiring moderator. was calle
away yesterday by the news Of III
death Of his mother-in-law at he
home al Cream Ridge, n ].