The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-07-13
STREET
BAP. CHURCH
SETS A RECORD
$3.50 Proposed Rally Biggest
Single Handed Rally in State
Viii 0sly Four Months to Work.
Fsarth e July Celebration and
Ceraersts.e Laying Rich in
Feeling and Aetios City Church
e Strsas IN Their Support.

The great 81, 500 rally and corner.t on.
laying OF the magnificent >cott Stree
Baptist church, Bluetjeld, which Wa,
proposed lso days prior to the first o
July. began on the first oi the present
month per schedule and Was conclude,
with . success achieved only by hard
united and persistent fort on the par
Of those directly interested and the liner
al renponse Of . generous public, actuat
ed by . desire 10 help foster the granc
and glorious cause of Christ in the earti
and the establishing OF His kingdom in
hearts OF men.
Beginning With the Sunday >chool on
that bright day under the wise leader.
ship of Dss. :. w. Allen, until the chr
tain was rung down Thursday night.
July 8, enthusiasni-religious enthusiasm
ran high. and the entire memt~rshit
with willing hearts, whose pulse heat in
unsion for the fray, stood solidly behind
Rev. w. h. Mitchell. the energetic pastor
nounced that $i94i. .O2 had been raised
There wss preaching all day the first
sunday and for four nights during the
week, and the membership and friends
showed no let up during the entire ~ rie-
of service
The ministers preached during the ser
vices were Revs. j. ID. Coleman, e.
Horace Jenkins, L. Dabney. J. Is. Evans
and w. 4. Lee, and il is saying It ali
when is said that these able divines
preached sermons that were spiritual and
psacrcal. jet scholarly. full Of the gospel
truth. Each delivered his discourse ~
the deiiehtfuf satisfAcsion of his hearers
and TO the edifying Of the souls of men
The white citizens OF Blueiield were
very liberal in their donations and many
of them attended IN person. Mr.. r.. I.
Tyree, Cashier Of the Flat Top National
Bank, on serversl OCCASIONS, unss lfisbly
rendered the church invaluable sssi--
tsnce and practically made it p. ssibIe
for the officials To lie relieved Of many
embsrrassments for which the entire
church following wish To thank him and
here assure that bank their personal ap-
probation and humble support.
Wednesday, the fourth, Was the big
gest OF the days from numbers and en-
thusiasm. People from every town in
the Flat Top region were here. The Key
-Landgrsn Band Was on hand and
called tie people together at 10 ~ q. m.
and added zest To the days program 10y
their splendid music.
Editor Hugh /. Shott. Of the Blueiield
Daily Telegraph, Was the first speaker
ot the morning n our and right we'll did
he please tine people. He spoke OF the
greatness Of the American Republic ami
the place she occupies in the present
world wide conflict and urged upon all
70 do their bit in this struggle. Mr.. Shott
was followed by Hon. n. Il. Lee, Prose
cutting Attorney Of Mercer county. Of
Bluefeld, whose address Was rich, rare
and racy, bubbling with historical facts
lie declared that ne wss Of the opinion
that in the new order OF things which
would obtain at the close Of the present
var that there would be a better under
standing and better feeling Detween the
American white man and the American
Negro, and that while itmsy he a great
price u pay that great goodwould result
from the war. Mr.. Lee - sples-ing
speaker and he Was roundly spplsded
when he concluded.
Editor VI. t. Whittico. Of Keystone,
was then pre-enteb, and Mr.. whitGico
never appeared on the platform n bet
tier advantage. IIis address va indeed
an appropriate one. He said he Was de-
lighted u he present AZ q cornerstone
laying on the day that marked the lay
ing Of the cornerstone Of the American
liberty Ifl years ago, and he continued
in that happy strain, puncturing his ~
marks With facts concerning the loyalty
Of the Negro lie keep the audience IN
q hspdy mood throughout his address
and closed amid Mid cheering.
In the siteroon, the cornerstone laying
took place. Al 3 O'Clock, large audi
ence assembled 10 listen 10 that brilliant
lawyer, Hon. n. J.. Ospehsrt. Of Key
stone, Who delivered q msstsriy address
10 keeping with the day. The address oi
Mr.. Cspehsrt wss all that one could de-
sire from an orstoricsl and scholarly
standpoint. His every remark bristled
With patriotism and his citations OF the
Neero's loyalty % his eountry's flag va
vivid. Editor ". 7. Whittico lifted the
collection.
Then the cornerstone ceremony ~ss
begun. The task was performed by Cis-
mont Lodge, Of Blue6eId, Keystone,
Brsmvsll and Princsson Lodges. A l..
"A A n Grand Msnosr A. T.. Good