Evening journal., 1920-03-25

district Superintendent w. n. Now
rev. In the course OF his report OF
last years activities Of Dover district
said:
.rhe results havo not been ali we
cou,d wish. but they have been some
hing worth while, and The greatest sal
sfaciion OF the hour lies In the FAC,
nat we have sincerely tried. Whiie
,,n,e of us have been sorely pcrplexed
a times IN tho effort, we thank Tie
Lord that we have been permitted TO
labor. TO sperd and be spent, and az a
result there aro some sheaves.
we are profoundly grateful for tho
r.et that none OK our working force
on the district has fallen permanently
out during THIS year. There have been
no centenary fatalities.
The weather again and this tlNe In
lead earnest. No man under flfty years
,f age has ever seen. all In all, such a
>Ninter as the one Just passing into
History. Peace be to It's memory: wo
have had none while it lived. The
weather man has put on program
which IN execution has out-dlstanocd
anything for general unrelentinE, un-
yielding severity over known % us.
Consequently. all work which depend
Ell upon golng-g0ing anywhere, any
distanoe-has been practically at stand
stll for more than two months Many
country churches within this district
have had no services. or at least, only
one or two during the months OF Janu-
ery and February. and at this writing
neer thu middle OF March--the embargo
is still OH. Roads Roads We art by
10 means proud Of II. but Delaware
pan boast III one can rise 20 boast OF
such things) the worst roads IN any
so-called modern and progressive COM
monwcaith But there are better days
ahead, thanks TO gn awakening public
sentiment and The libcraiity OF certain
public-spirited citizens to the north
" US
We are st'll confronting the probom
OF finding sufficient men to supply our
pulpits, and the situation Is more ak
gravated than Il was a year ago. This.
condition Is likely to grow worse so
long as The cost OF living scars and the
cllurches refuse to put the spirit OF
Christ IN the payroll
''rhe Rev J. l.. prcttyman. at his own
request was released from Mlllsboro 10
-+NN W. n AAtl'A ftt t'ftit'l ~ tttUIlils
The Nfiilsboro charge has been very ac-
ceptably supplied BY lhe Rev. j. ".
Hudson, a local elder, residing at that
i,iSce
Not feN 0f-ihc charges have fallen
IN liuo aud advanced thc salaries OF
thclr pastors. though none perhaps
iaNo reached position in keeping with
he demands which have arisen out OF
.ie ev~r-incroasing. eVcr-s0sring cost OF
Twins Tho most 4 sircsslns feature OF
siie sltuaiou Is that the advances have,
been Tor The most part conilaed TO the
larger charges The larger salaries
have bcc0m afger, a i.itle. surely not
enough. while The smaller and MIDDLE
class o. appointments have only adj
Nunccd a iiitlc--not en0ugA TO relieve
The siress--or have been at a stand
.lu There are fofty-sevrn charges on
This district IN moro or less active
operation. Of there, twenty-one pay
less tnan St0o0 salary. and of. the
lvcntY-0nc there are eleven which pay
less Than ,So0, anil ranging an The way
ff0m 500 10 S,Jn. IN most cases there
IS a f3mily TO feed and cl0ihe and
foi, vance to maintain. How the pas
Tors on some OF these charges can stay
~ 10 not say live--ls more than l can