Evening journal., 1920-03-24
SUPERINTENDENT WISE TELLS
or YEAR ONEASTONDZSTRICT;
DECREASE IN 1SLZNDAY SCHOOLS

tertown sif20, ChesWold stsi ClaytOl
s42O. Concord sic6, Cordoya 500
Crumpton 5000. Denton s92 Fairbank
sTO0. Falrleo si22, Greensboro $3.50
Henderson $3.50. lIillsboro s37, Maryde
$3.50. MlIllnglon t592, Odessa s33 OK
ford si75. Preston $1,000, Queenstown
si25, nidgeiy s2i2. Rock Hall s790
Royal Onk 800. ST. Michaels $500
Salem s26, Smyrna 5000, Smyrna CT.
$3.50, Sudlersvile sii00. filshman 1894
Troppe, e57. WTorion, s7l0; total, s2i.67s
"Old indebtedness IS reported paic
as follows; Cecilton 800, Clayton 800
EGston 5000, Hi,lsbOr0 $50 oxford $500
Rock Hall Si75. 81. Michacls fi0o, Smyr-
ma $50, Stll Pond $3.50; total, s32i0.
~By the death OF Mrs. Mary e. Price,
highly member OF our
church at Cumpton, brought TO the
trustees OF that church a bequest TO
the amount Of 5000.
'Cecilton, ChestertOwn, Cheswold and
Royal Oak have adopted more sat,sfac-
tory and effective plans for meeting
The financial obligations OF those
churches, and now they too, along
with 20 others. already reported SIS on
the roll OF honor, pay as they go.
Last year. previous 20 the issuing
OF the official minutes, the average
support for the district was thought
TO be $3.50. The published facts, how
ever, show It TO have been 1886. This
years Quarterly Conference estimates
brings the average up TO si0ss. These
figures represent cash support and are
independent Of any (home or domes-
tic) missionary allowances. More than
500 OF the charges estimated increases
this year as follows Salem Circuit s25,
Wye Mills 500, Royal Oak s75. Burrs-
Vile, Crumpion, Hillsboro, Oxford, Po-
mona, st. Michaels, Trappe, 800 each
Rldgely. Church Hill. Kent Island, $500
each; Queenstown s220, Easton, Ga
lena. Smyrna, still Pond. Sudlersville
$500 each: Fairlee $3.50, Chestertown
Greensboro, 800 each; CecIltonsf6Gt
Total. $3.50. At least I-3 OF the charges
have announced their intention OF es-
advance in the coming Con-
ference year.
",rhe status OF the Sunday school Oh
this district, 10 say the least, is quite
unsatisfactory, IN fact the situation
borders on the serious. Considerable
OF the general loss reported by the
Conference one year ago for some
reason wac trsceable 10 this district.
and the hope was expressed then that
The district might recover some OF its
former good record; but the figures |
when obtainable served only TO increase
our embarrassment, and cause the
writer TO wonder all the more what
Jhe secret OF our steady decline might
be. In 1917, we reported 90 schools 1
with a total membership OF iI,793. |
IN 1918, So schools with membership |
1f 1886, loss OF two schools and f.
IN members. In 1919, our report
shows but SO schools. and a member |
ship OF but 9,75i, further loss OF five
schools and S62 members. A careful I
comparison OF our 1919 statistics with |
those OF 1918, discloses the fact that
EastOn District lost out In every item
Of Sunday school activity. except In
that OF expense, where the Increase
was S703. Ten OF the charges made
some growth in this work one year
ago; one has made no change either
for better or worse during quite a !
period OF years, while 81 OF the dis
trict's list figure consplcuously in the
lost column as indicated.
"Epworth League interests have not
been neglected.
THE grand total Of funds reported
70 the writer as raised this year on the
district for ministerial support, s4s,-
345; contingent relief s3i9; Centenary,
s5O,O5i; other benevolences, $500; i'm
provement and old indebtedness, s24,-