Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-03
CHURCH CENSUS FOLK
GIVEN SOME SHOCKS
Need Great For Missionary Work
In Darkest Annapolis. ! Ac-
cording TO The Reports
SOME AMUSING CASES

That the heather Chlnee VINO, lot
ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain. is peculiar isn't the only
heather that needs christianizing. but
that Annapolis has. heathen IN her
very midst was made manifest yes
tarday al the taking Of the religious
census. one man oh Block street who
said he had seven children. didn't
know the age Of any of them
il woman lit Germantown said she.
would give the information desired
hui she wanted ii distinctly under
stood that IL she gave it no preacher
was 10 visit her house, as she didn't
like churches or church people any
way. and didn't want anything 70 do
with them. she said al have no use
for them
A man on lower King George street
Opened the door about wide enough to
put toothpick through. and asked
the canxasser If she had come for.
money for the churches. because If she
/ had. there wasn't cent of his money
any church was going To get
1 Still another man on Lincoln Place
| thought the census taker had come to
lcut out his booze. and he said:
See here ma III If you've come here
i to cut out my booze, you can get away
pretty quick. don't intend you or
anybody else. to interfere with my
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you or your church schemes
Some people. do not read the
papers and had n0 lsiea of What the
canvass meant, thought The coal cen-
sus was being taken. others thought
the 2ood census was intended, and still
others thought the canyaasers we're
trying to find out how much booze was
in the house
In one house twelve people we're liy-
ing, and tt was small house, too.
Three Of these were Catholics. the
other nine said they were Know
Nothings. As there is no such re-
Iigious denomination. an inQniry was
made to ascertain just what religious
inclinations these people had and the
result fosAad vas they have none.
Here is case of carrying Goals to-
Newcastle First christianize your
own town. said one OF the canvass
ers, before taking the gospel into
foreign lands there's work a-pIenty
to do right here in Annapolis and its
environments. "
a number OF Congregation
were found, but there is no church Of
this denomination here Several Of
The Church OF Christ, were recorded,
but these will probably have to 60 To-
Baltimore or Washington to attend
service There were no Holy Rollers
enumerated IN yesterday 3 canvass
but there was probably no other com
Eplexion or religious color not to be.
found in this bailiwiek during the cen-
( sus taking Of the churches
However, taken ali IN all, yesterday
was day OF days in religious Annapo-
lis. for 1t was the first occasion so far
as known, of the taking Or d religious
census. which. despite few draw
backs. was complete success. and is
expected to be of great advantage to
priest clergyman and rabbi
Results cannot be made known. Of
ficially. nor can there be tabulated
statement given out for some days
The work was thoroughly systematic
I ed andIhe committee andteams TAX
ing part were 30 thoroughly organized
that the work iii Annapolis 40 appeal
ed to visitor he will have similar
work done In Frederick. Hagerstown
and Cumberland
This visitor was the Rev DR.. Morris
Ferguson, superintendent OF the Mary
land State Sunday School association.
who came here from Baltimore yes
ferday especially to watch the work of
the church census He was highly
pleased, and will proceed to have a
similar work conducted In the western
Maryland cities and towns
Only 100 canvassers we're asked for,
but many more responded at the AS
sembly Rooms at $50 They received
instructions from Father Toohey. rec
tor OF st. AIarys and DR. Burgan. after
which they reported TO their captains
of whom there were five, and received
printed matter All left the hall AT
o'clock. and most Of them had com
Ipleted the work before, or at 5. AL.
though the last one didn't report until
shortly before s O'Clock Those can-
vassers who had districts near the
Assembly rooms. naturally completed
their work first
The work among the col0red people
was supervised by Rev Maurice s.
Waite. of the Presbyterian church, and
that At Eastport. b. the Rev. j =.
walsh
All work IS reported 70 have been.
most satisfactory, and tho clergy are
unanimoun ID the statement that Il
cannot fail toprove helpful ID this.
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