Evening journal., 1920-03-24

Tho new church on Kent Island. va
= ued at $1,000 has been completed, an
The cost Over-subscrlbcd and nlmo,
paid. IN spite OF the world-var hr
: dronces, The high price OF mnieriI
: and labor, The heavy centenary tax lpi
= upon that people. and score of othc
} drawbacks. including the recent l0ct
; bank embarrassment. by which IN
: savings OF many Of our people, TO
ge'hcr with some OF the centenary nn
other funds Of the church were place
! In jeopardy. the pastor and his peopl
persisted and happily won out ogalrs
the odds
Through unusual tact and well d!
rected skill new church edIfice ap
pears at Henderson. A master me
chnnlc himself, Pastor Sharpless as
sumed the role 0; architect. stone
mason, carpenter. painter, plumber
electrician. eto. An old shaking shacl
OF building was taken 10 pieces. every
availsble foot OF material was salvaget
and beginning at the foundation foot
Ing, q neat, adequate and substantially
constructed chapel, valued al $4,000 was
erected upon the old site, modernly
lighted, heated, and far better vent!-
lated than 90 per cent. Of our larger
and more expensive churches and with
no blanket covering the structure
Besides this achievement, Bridgetown
and Busic, the other churches on dhis
| charge, have been re-roofcd and other
wise improved.
Prices, on Church Hill ohsrge. has
been very greatly transformed. s25oO
was the amount thus invested. all Of
which was easily obtained on Sunday,
August 81. the date Of the re-opening.
Denton recently took the initial step
looking toward the construction OF a
enw church home. by securing : large
and desirable plot Of ground on which
to erect a model structure that Will
prove more IN keeping with the pres
ent-day needs OF our Methodist con-
stituency in the Caroline county seat.
The lot with 8 frontage OF ITS feet FOR
which $1,000 was asked, on which s2oOO
has been paid, is centrally located al
the corner OF Fifth avenue and Frank
lin street. and is perhaps the finest OBJ
iainable for the purpose in the entire
town. Il Is TO be hoped the prospec-
five building Will not long be deferred.
"Centreville has taken their pastor
out OF cold storage and moved MIN 70
more desirable and comfortable quar-
iers. The old red brick parsonage on
South Liberty street has been traded
for a desirably located frame house on
Broadway, which. after few suggested
and prospective changes are made, add
ing both TO the value and attractive
ness OF the newly acquired property,
will forever put to an end certain dis
agreeable annoyances TO which former
occupants OF the old parsonage were
dstresslngly subjected.
"Twice during the year the pastor
OF Queenstown circuit sdvised his dis
trict superintendent that he was all
dressed up with no place TO 60 The
wave OF frenzied rent raising and the
unreasonable imitation OF property
values, took the roof from over the
heads Of this pastor and his little ones.
Recently, however. the circuit has OBJ
tanned an option on a suitable and con-
ivenient property In Queenstown. for
which It is confidently expected by the
time possession can be had, there will
be a sufffcient sum In hand with which
to meet the consideration asked.
"Betterton, led by her optimistic and
tactful pastor, placed $1,000 in cash
upon the altar Of the church With
which TO paint the exterior and
iiquidate the last dollar OF indebted
ness resting on that beautiful church
building by the bayside. The Ladies
Aid Society there has purchased a
splendid lot adjoining the church, evil
dently to be employed for parsonage
purposes, and that In the not distant
future.
AT Cecilton the year has been crowd
ed with new and taking innovations.
The officials OF the two churches there
last year unanimously resolved to
undertake larger things for the king
dom OF God and their immediate com
munities An old church building st
Earlville has been converted into
neat community hall, with another
larger and better adapted 10 the COM
munity needs, planned and prospective
at Cecilton, and $500 in reliable sub
scriptions has already been secured for
the latter. The pastor reports so con-
versions and "a accessions. Surveys
covering a circle Of twelve, miles have
been carefully prepared. The pastors
salary has been advanced from $500 &c
si,5OO.
Last June the district was believed
TO be, and consequently reported to the
area Office as having gone over the TOP
with its S5i,252. The pastors OF eC
charges advising the writer that they
had covered their quotas BY actual car
vass included those az Bsys,,ic. Cec.i-
ton, Centreville, Chestertown, cheswold.
Church Hill, Cordova, Crump ton, Den
ton Easton, Galena, Greensboro, Hills
boro, Kent Island. Middletown, Mill
ington, Pomona, Queenstown, Ridgely,
Smyrna. Smyrna Circuit. St'll Pond Sud
lersville, Tilghman, Townsend Trappe
WIKI Bozman, Bursviile, Concord. Fair-
Ice, Odessa oxford. Preston, R0y5i
Oak. Salem Circuit and Wye Mills fall
ing but slightly short OF their desired
goals. To the pastor at Cnmpton be-
longs the two-fold honor OF being the
first to put his charge over the top
with the canvass, and first TO pay in
fun the annual quota. Remittances
made to the New York Office. together
with cash in hands OF local treasurers,
aggregate s5O,05i.
Charges having raised their first
years quotas and all other apportion-
ments IN full are: Bayside, Church Hill.
Crumpton, Galena, Hlllsboro, Smyrna,
Sudlersville, Townsend.
Those advising that Centenary
quotas in full or as much TO 1912 or
more had been paid to date are: Ches-
tertown, Easton, Greensboro, Ridgely,
Still Pond. Middetown, Millington.
From data furnished by the several
pastors for this report the indications
are that advances will be made in the
six General Conference apportionments.