Evening journal., 1920-03-29

work In this congested neiglDOrhoou
where there is no place for the chill
dren except IN a small room occupied
by six or eight persons, or In the pub
lic street filled with trucks, autos and
wagons. We expect to. convert The
land into "a playground for the little
folks who now in many cases are left
by their mothers who have to work for
living, to rove the streets all day
and sometimes never reach home alive.
The two dwellings which are now rent
ed for 500 per month, Will be used for
the Goodwill industry, which we hope
TO put In operation soon.
"Our Sixth Avenue Mission, which is
The Oldest one we have, has done good
work during the year, with one hun
dred constituents with an average at
tendance OF flfty-flve. There have been
nineteen conversions and nineteen ac-
cesslons. IL has cost $3.50 TO run this
mission one year, and S2s3 OF this
amount was paid by the constituents
Of The mission leaving s507 to be paid
by the Missionary Society.
"our italian Mission. at Eighth and
Grant avenue, has been under the
care OF the corresponding secretary
and two missionaries, with two classes
week in Bible training and industrial
work, with the regular Sunday School
and frequent evening service showing
Bible pictures. There are great possi-
bilitles In this field Fourteen chill
dren over twelve years Of age have
been converted. one of that number.
girl OF fifteen, has also expi essed a
desire TO be a missionary among her
people. She is now doing efficient
work at the mission. Our experience
Is that more can be accomplished with
consecrated American missionary
among the Italians than with an Ital-
ian minister. one Of our missionaries,
having left the work, made 1t neoes-
sary to appoint another worker. We
have been successful in placing the
Rev. John e. Hill and wife In this field,
"The Society has been able TO lend
a helping hand in building a church
at Bellefonte, by employing a con-
tractor and standing responsible for
the money until the day OF dedication,
when the people at Bellefonte rallied
to the situation, paying the entire bill
In cash and subscription. which was
$500 The lot, 100 feet square, on
which the church is located, was
bought by Or. Robert Watt, Rev. II. B.
Kelso and TIE writer at a cost OF 81 800.
This transaction was effected by plac-
ing our personal note In bank until the
church was completed.
"The following churches assisted in
The Christmas treat: Harrison Street,
McCabe, Aladeley, Mt Salem, st. Paul,
Eastlake, Sllverbrook and Asbury.
This enabled the society TO give each
child small bag Of candy and an orange
and also provisions for the poor.
Bibles were given 10 those who were
converted and Scripture booklets to
the regular attendants.
We are glad to report forty-three
conversions during the year and
twenty-five accessions % the church.
This is larger number than any pre-
vious year.
Your society has four mission
workers on the staff II has property
valued at s26,0OO Its indebtedness Is
$4,000. showing an equity Of $4,000"
Declaring the proposed bill before
this Legislature should be defeated,
DR.. Wayne B. Wheeler, Of Washington,
at the anniversary meeting of the Anti
Saloon League Saturday afternoon,
pointed out what he declared were
'jokers" in the bill 1T purports TO
provide for the prescribing and sale OF
liquor for medicinal USE" said Mr..
Wheeler. 1T does more than this. II
repeals your existing prohibition laws
and enacts nothing in its place. This
bill was drawn by the attorney OF the
liquor dealers OF Wilmington. The
doctors legislative committee rejected
an amendment to the Klair law, drawn
by Prohibition Commissioner Boyce,
which gave them what they contended
for. But this was turned down by
vote of II 10 1. with an ultimatum that
they viii stand for their bill only. This
puts the doctors, either through ignor-
ance OF the nature Of their bill, or
through deliberate intent. In the posi-
tion of not fighting their own battle.
but that OF the liquor trafllc. We are
sure every reputable doctor will resent
this"
Rev. E. G. Prettyman, who presided
at the meeting. in introducing Mr..
Wheeler, denounced the attitude OF GER
tain physicians who, he said, were
being used by the liquor dealers TO pull
the wool over the eyes of the people
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