Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-21

building and improving are Kent Island.
81 500. SMYRNA, $1,000; Greensboro
$500: Ccrilton, S735: Sudlorsvllc $500,
ChcstcrtoNn and Preston. 800 each.
Still Pond. S.}N5. Rtdgclv $500, Bozman
$226; ROYAL Oak S4I5, Townsend, SI93,
Denton, Sl6S Rav~Idc, $ 10. Henderson
and we Mills. St2l each; lilghman,
500, Odessa, sos; Narvdol and SMYRNA
Circuit. SO each; 1rappc, so. Concord,
S32
On old Indebtedness Middlotown re-
ports having pad Sl.315. lIlgnman.
81 300; Still Pond $3.50; CLAYTON, $500.
Royal Oak, Sl07
Quarterly conferences - tho number 81
20 have favorahlv considered the pressing
needs Of thclr pastors Estimates Of sup
port involving advance tins year arc
Falrlcc. $40 Kent Island Townsend.
Trappc $50, Smyrna Circuit $65. Mary
del, So. Cccilton. Church Hill Concord.
Denton. liIllshoro kcuton, Mlltngton.
Queenstown. SudlcrsyilIc 500. Corloyt.
Preston 5000. CALCIUM SD, smyrna
$500. total. S23I5. whllc cght Other
charges have already Indicated their IN
tcntion Of advancing ~npoprt ncN war
There Is no syStrm Of church finance
known to tho writer that proves uprrar
ii equal. to that of tho Discipline and Wrrr
more az our officials 10 hriicNc his and
permit falr trN out oi that plan. doubtless
questions Of ministerial support heucvo-
lcncc and current expense that now
trouble lis would hc quickly and happily
answered
In tho regular call al Quarterly Confer
Cnrc business appears the question, Who
are the cuStodlauS ot the deeds and other
legal papers affecting tho church prop
crty ana are such documents IN their
hands? All too many Of our Trustees
know absolutely nothing either OF the
existence or whereabouts Of the documents
in question Terms ol deeds and articles
Of Incorporation concern them bnt little
until some bunder Is made affecting
church property. possibly through acuon
taken III sheer ignorance Of tho PROVISIONS
az their charters. Funds bcqueaChcd Tor
investment III behalf Of pastoral support
parsonage tipkccp and other vital Interests
of the church have been placed ~ leo-
par,ly ;hiS year bv failure Of trustees To
Incorporate as advised ~ the discipline
ana obliged bl hc states The lack ot
pure business principle and policy here
~ IN some other particulars. Is quite
glarlng On The Iaston district
The I.ashc- tid society has made is
=
church of the district Is favored with
band Of these noble women. With their
multtudinuu9 care~ IA these latter days,
in some instances, these elect workers are
voted the added honoT> OF making the
every member canvass. collecting the
entire amount needed for Ministerial sup
port, soliciting funds Tor paving of notes
of long standing, sharing their mites with
The ovcr-workcd fathers II Israel 10 paint
and recarpet churches, beside beng elect
cd SUNDAY school SIpcTutcBdentS, APP
pointed class leaders, and doing many
other things for which their Seli-contcred
and Scmi-consecrated brothers apparently
have no conscious fitness or obligation.
But withaI the average Ladies 3ld
Society seldom falteIS, and has never Yet
quite learned how 10 fail Si,1J3 have
been gathered and expended for the care
and needs OF the parsonages, Whllc there
Is scarcely society that does not have Il
neat balance III hand
Two very helpful and we'll attended
meetings were held within the district
lines this wear. the EpWorth League Con
vention at Still Pond, October 1928, and
the Sunday School Institute at Middle
town. November 50 BY the former our
delegates from the various chapters were
given IiGtH F1ttAlt4t i}47H'A az tt''i ana al
spratlon that has qtuckencd the life OF not
q few of our leagues and league workers
while from the latter. something new for
our Methodist circle IN this Conference,
quite "a number Of our schools obtained
visions Of methods and means that were
clearly aud mprcSsIyely brought 10 them
by DR. Harry & Wilson and his two able
associate instructors The leagues and
schools of the district have nevertheless
felt quite keenlv the handicap imposed
by the severity If the winter and the
accompanying shortage of fuel, bat with
tho return of mildcr weather and good
roads the interest in both Of these depart
lncntS has been getting back to something
normal
On November s. last, rural New Castle
joined forces with those Of Wilmington
city for he purpose of freeing the entire
upper county Of the state ol Delaware
from The trcarbcrous grip and withering
traffic of the saloon The we'll known re-
suit Of that struggle mak"s interesting
reading and tells a hopeful story six
Of the churches oi thi, district lie within
the county mentioned: namely Friend
ship, Blackbird Townsend Union, Mid
dlctown and Odessa The members of
these gave an honorable account Of them
selves as the vote III their respective dis
trIcts surely Indicate Yet three months
and Easton district VIII be rid Of its last
lcgaLzed booze Joint Aliddletowns
better citizenship even now wear some
thing Of "the smile that wont come off z
Literally today the atmosphere IN that
long rum-ridden town seems purcr Ger
stainly the odOr that grccts the visitor is
We etcr while lrcady officers Of the law
there have less to do, and aoon the lock
up should be for rent for IN July next
Middletown's notorious saloon IS marked
to close its front and side doors forever
to the rum trade May God hasten he
day when he kncI d The saloons doom
will be sounded also for Delaware. chici
city Wilmington,
" close tins very imperfect recital oi
effort and achievement with ho greet