Evening journal., 1919-03-27

swept the district. Churches were
closed by various Boards Of Health
from three TO twelve weeks. Some were
visited by three separate outbreaks Of
the dread disease sunday schools were
stopped dead for weeks. congregations
not allowed TO assemble. Salisbury
which lost Norman l.. Williams and
Raymond X. TruitL two fine young
members Of the official board, whose
already useful lives promised increas-
ing usefulness for many DAYS 90 come.
Even our parsonage homes were not
exempt. I cannot report the long list
Of sufferers, but the Rev. j. C.. b. Hop
kins, pastor Of DagsbOrO and ST.
Georges, was dangerously i'm for weeks
with double pneumonia, following an
attack Of influenza. Am thankful TO say
Brother Hopkins is convalescing finely
and will be able 20 take up his work
next year. The Rev. j. p. Outien, pls-
tor Of Deals Island, was sick Tor some
weeks. lie, too, is now fully recovered.
"The heaviest blows. however, were
reserved for The Reys. w. p. Taylor, of
Grace Church, Salisbury, and w. f.
Dawson, Of Sayne Memorial Church,
Tangicr.
Brother Taylor's son, Cadet William
p. Taylor, Jr., a fine speclman of
physical manhood, just graduated from
Dickorson College, volunteered his ser
vice 90 his country as an aviator.
Graduating with honors from. e.
twelve weeks course at the Cornell
Training School, Ithaca. ~ Y. he was
sent TO Ellington Field, Houston,
Texas, to complete his course as an
expert bomber. lie was becoming quite
skillful, receiving marks Of o. 60 q
per cent. for his work, when he was
stricken with influenza, developed
bronchial pneumonia, and in nine
days from his first attack, died I'm the
hospital on the field, on October 40.
1918. The United STATES Government
sent the remains home 90 his father,
escorted by a classmaie. Funeral SER
vices were held i'm Grace parsonage, IN
charge OF the writer assisted by Dr.
Joseph T. IIerson and n. s. Dulany.
and interment took place at Bethel
Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Nd, Oc-
tober 81.
"On the same day that Brother Taylor
was at the station waiting for the re-
mains Of his son from The camp. the
Rev W. +. Dawson passed through
Salisbury enroule 90 Newark. ~ j..
whence he had been summoned 90 at
tend the funeral of his daughter, who
also had died from the scourge. Miss
Dawson was a most esiimablc young
woman, a trained nurse by profession,
but who for some years past had de-
voted herself 60 social welfare work.
"And then 20 crown our difficulties,
as though smallpox, camp-mectinns and
influenza were rot enough, early in de-
cember. over the unanimous protest of
the superintendent OF Salisbury District.
President Woodrow Wilson snapped
his fingers in the face of Congress,
packed his grip, turned the key in the
White House door, and left the cOun-
try. o tempora! o morcs.
but even while the epidemic was
raging, with scores Of deaths weekly
and hundreds lying sick an over town
and countryside, with churches closed
and all services abandoned, some OF our
pastors made even these adverse con-
diiions inure 60 the grip OF the church
on the hearts Of the people. Throwing
fear TO the winds, without a thought
OF their personal danger. but with a
sincere desire 30 do what they believed
the Master wanted them 90 do i'm That
trying time, men like Drs. Wilbur T..
Corkran and Joseph r. HersOn. Frank
\. Faulkner, /. L. Pool and John L..
johnson went from house 30 house like
angels Of mercy. They visited the sick.
comfortcd the dying. consolcd the be-
reaved. They aided i'm securing nurses,
and in not a few instances did the
actual nursing, standing by even until
dealh-Brother Faulkner actually haV-
ing a young man die in his arms, and
he assisted i'm removing the remains
TO a room downstairs for dressing. One
brother. John L. Johnson, went 20 the
limit Of sweeping the rooms and even
washed the baby's faces. some. Ike