Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26

the work of erection must be com
pleted, as the first meeting will be
held in the tabernacle ON Sunday, No
vember l. on Saturday the two car
loads of sawdust will be spread over
the floor.
Census Taken Yesterday
With every volunteer on time and
nearly 500 of them, the work of TAX
ing the religious census of Harrisburg
was begun and finished in a little
more than an hour. The results are
not all in yet, but tomorrow they
will be tabulated at the Slough head
quarters. Several precincts have not
been heard from, but the reports ol
all the Others are encouraging. In all
but a few cases the people responded
to the call of the cenSus-takers and
treated them courteously. Some re-
FUSED to answer the questions.
r. e. Boswell, chairman of the
census committee, said that he is well
pleased with the returns so far and
he expects to hand in a fine report
The names of the persons who do not
attend church will be given to the
Slough party.
Ministers Meet
This morning a meeting of the CO.
operating Ministerium was held in the
Grace Methodist Church and it was
agreed that the ministers would meet
DR.. Slough at o'clock on Saturday
evening for a conference. The pas
tors are considering daily meetings
during the campaign.
The meetings for this week that are
to be held in the shops and factories
at noon are as follows:
Monday, October 20. Race street
cigar factory, Harrisburg Silk Mill
Moorehead Knitting Company; Tues
day, October 27, City Star Laundry
Harrisburg Apparel Company; We'd
nesday, October 2S, Blough Manu-
featuring Company, d. Bacon Com
pany; Thursday, October 29, New Idea
Hosiery Company. Miss Colt and W.
w. Shannon will lead these meetings
together with some members of the
personal work committee. At the
meetings on Wednesday Miss Jane
Kinzer will sing several solos.
The personal work committee will
meet tonight in the basement of the
First Baptist Church, and on Wednes-
day at the Fourth Street Church of
God at o'clock. Names of invalids
and "shut-ins" will be handed in at
this meeting on Wednesday and after
it the ladies Of the committee will
visit these people.
Meetings of the Week
James w. Barker, chairman of the
Sunday school committee, announces
that there will be a meeting of that
committee on Friday night at 7.45
o'clock in the Market Square Presby-
terian Church. A mass meeting of
the young men and women of the city
will be held next Thursday evening at
8 o'clock in the Grace Methodist
Church. Miss Colt and Billy" Shan
non will speak to the young people
present.
Several people who are interested in
the campaign have offered the use of
their autos in the work Of the Slough
campaign are the following: j. B.
Fortenbaugh. B. B. Drum, e. s. Her
man, II. A. Sherk, A. Horner, f. p.
Eby, f. E. Fornwalt, w. e. Koons, w
w. RunSle, E. u. Wallower, j. A. At
fieck and A. w. Swengel
The fifth and last campaign bulle-
tin was issued yesterday in the CO.
operating churches. The result of the
neighborhood prayer meetings shows
u total of LOLA meetings, 13,467 per-
sons present, and 4,S71 prayers.
Many at Mass Meeting
Hundreds attended the big mass
meeting held at the Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church at o'clock yester-
day afternoon. E. +. Weaver, eXecu-
tive secretary of the executive COM
mittee, opened the meeting with a
few remarks relative to the planning
of the campaign. The Central Young
Mems Christian Association quartet
rendered a selection which was highly
appreciated.
Miss Josephine Colt, a member OF
the Slough party, spoke on THE Work
of the Women During the Campaign.
w. w. Shannon, preliminary organ
izer, also addressed the meeting.