Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-26

| lHeHt, tHfy HdVe Hiffany hxed s5ypp
salary as the minimum for next year.
Beside all these. Tangier advances 300
next year. going TO 81 500 Princess Anne,
$500 with Venton) 20 81 100. fbau1ovn,
| $500 70 81 800, and Somerset, 800 To
| 81 400, and Ocean View and Dillville
| 800 TO 81 400. So already there has been
| official notification 70 me Of 50 ,Op1 further
| advance for next year, with several hun
| dreds more promised contingently'
Two things have helped me greatly in
the campaign this year for increased
| salaries
1. "The action Of the District Con-
| ference at Snow Hill, which set the min
| imun salary on Salisbury district as
| 81 200 and this 20 he paid monthly.
! While We have not been quite able 20
reach this ideal this first year, We have al
| ready como within striking distance Of II.
| 2. And the more important help was
| the action taken By the Conference last
| year on motion Of Dr. Corkran ordering
| all Conferences appointments 10 IT,
made on the basis used by the General
| Conference Finance Commission, instead
of on a per centage Of pastor salary
basis. For Conference Claimants, for
district superintendent, for bishOns, for
Domestic Missions, for Wilmington City
Missions, for district parsonage, every
thing was appOrti0ned as a lump sum. And
when / went TO quarterly conference and
| told the simple truth that no matter how
high they advanced their pastors salary
II would not cost them One cent more for
Conference Claimants, nor my salary, nor
bishops fund, nor any other appOrtion-
nent, all these being a lump sum; this
simple statement Of fact and explanation
added hundreds, II not thousands, Of
dollars To the incomes of our pastors dur
inp this year
"rhs change Of ratio in apportion-
menta worked out 80 that IN Ii charges
only was there increase for district super
intendent and bishops in three Il was just
the same. and in 30 charges, which werc
least able 10 pay, and where the pastors
most needed increased salary, the claim
Of both bishop and district superintendent
was reduced. 80 on Salisbury district we
are not planning 10 % bark 10 the old per
eentaae basis. We believe that the strong,
rich church ought 70 pay IN proportion To
its ability.
II would like to 90 into details and tell
YOU the wonderful story of the achieve
rnents of these brave men during the try
ing months Of this past year OF Brother
Burkson and hrs hve years success ~
Whitesville. of how Brother Thomas -
gong ahead with the new church st Ocean
City: Of The fine work Of Brother Thomas
s. Dixon, a supply at Ayres' Chapel, who
has stayed longer on mis- charge than any
man on the district, and ~ unsnlnoaisiy
invited back for the ninth year. When he
went there the charge paid but sIOo salary
and $40 vas their total benevolent offer
ing; now they pay 5000 salary for next
year. and more than $500 for heTevoienc-
es. What other single past torate can show
like increase And would like 70 tell you
nf the great work DR. w r. Corkran IS
doing ~ Asbury, Crisfseld A year ago hls
church went up IN smoke; 80 they have
been worshIppmg in q Billy sunday
tabernacle They have bought the tnest
location in the community Tor new
church and parsonage, and are collecting
funds for that purpose. Already they
have SOS 900 in cash and subscriptions,
and they expect To have $1,000 OO0 before
they begin 10 build. DR.. COrkran never
did letter work IN hrs life than ne IS
doing Iust now at Asbury. And ! ought
to tell YOU Of Asbury, Salisbury and the
WIN one campaign which IS nightly
winning men for Jesus It ia just beautiful,
the way the laymen are taking hofd, and
the pastor is the happiest man IN town
I am authorized To announce that IN The
near future q new Sunday school building
will be erected as the Centenary git Of
one of Asbury's sons, building that viii
be . pleasing Monument 10 son s ueVo-
ton 70 a loved father. stockton would
never forgive me If / did not mention the
fact that Rernson' 3 Church has been en-
Iarged and beautIhed, and S4,oOO pad
during the year on the cost Oh the m
provement. The parsonage has also been
improved and heautitied in anticipation
Of IT heir came near telling, but
won't. Suffice it 70 say that the pastor,
Rev NJ " Marine IS planning To double
his efficient working force n the near
future Ia the usual way. Then ImHanuei,
Crs6eld, must have one word When the
crisis IN price Of building material and
scarcity Of wOrkInsn prevented the pas
tor. Rev. J. L. Johnson, from gong ahead
with his parish house, Tor which ne had
secured pledges amounting 70 SlofUoo,
baked In that direction ne hanked the
situation and SAID, Come on, and let Us
finish our beautiful church. And that
noble official board, who VIII follow Bruth-
er johnson anywhere, procesded TO place
the contract TO make ImTn2nuel what It
was originally intended 70 be, VIZ. one OF
the most beautiful churches m the Con
ference. The costs, amounting to $500
were all paid on the day OF re-opealng, and
this without a special collection OF any
kind. Last year the happy pastor recerv-
ed 309 persons INTO church fellowship
and this year he has received 24i more
making a total Of $50 IN the two years,
thus more than doubling the membership
And as the crown Of it all lmu2nuel comes
with cordial invitation 70 invite the
Wilmington Conference TO ho.d It's S'Ssion
OF 1927 IN its beautiful sanctuary And
on the old plan OF free entertainment OF aU
the ministers.
but I must not continue , personal
recital OF GOOD deeds. which would include |
80 many of the good men of the district,
but viii reserve the right 70 make add
lions to this reading IN the urnted account
OF the work Of the district
ga year ago, Bishop. IN the most I'm
pressive service, ever ssw at an Annual
Conferenoe. YOU had the pastors YOU had
assigned 70 Salisbury district, gather
round me in the church at CheStertown,
and YOU solennnly charged US 20 go out m
the name of our Lord and to capture
Salisbury district for Him For 3 whole
year we have made that conquest on one
business and now report TO YOU that so
far Ks the pastors Of Salisbury district are
concerned they Have fought a good fight;
they have kept the faith.
As 10 my personal part M all this holy
work, / have tried TO do AT one man could
do to advance every spiritual and material
interest OF the Kingdom. | have planned,
and travelled and studied, and prayed for
Salisbury district have not Stunned the
hard task. For the second time | spent
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