Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-23
BIG CAMPMEET|NGS
WILL OPEN SUNDAY
Peninsula Groves Will Stir With
Fiery Religion. Fashion Pa
radcs and Courtings.

Georgetown, July 23-The Delmarv'a
Peninsula will open the annual camp
meeting season Sunday, when three of the
most popular camps, those at Bivalve,
Wicomico county. Md; Camden, near
Dover, and Holiness Camp. in Pcnticostal
Grove, near Denton, Md, open.
Tindal's camp, between Georgetown
and Scaford; Concord, on the Concord,
Md Circuit; Shiloh. under the direction
of the Maryland Annual Conference, VIII
start on July 81 while James between
Georgetown and Laurel, and Sound, IN
lalt.m re- district, Sussex county, Will
open on August =
Owing 90 the construction OF con-
crete highway leading 20 the famous
laurol-Bothcl grounds, between Laurel
and Scaford, no meetings VIII hc held III
that grove this year, but the manage
ment ~ making extensive preparations
for the three weeks outing next summer.
IksatIsr of Disagreement among mem
Nkcrs of the committee Of historic Ioan
camp. hctwecn Georgetown and Mills
horu, Il has been decided 20 abandon the
sorvlccs for thus year. Residents Of Frank
ford bccause of the antagonism of the
pastors for the past five or siy years, have
abandoned the camp at lambs woods.
Other noted camps ON the Delmarvia
lfnlN~ltiN are NlEliinNnt A'iiV,htif f-Nit'f
Nelson's. Salem, Bethel, Carey, Wheatloy,
Elwood. Naltersvillc, Hebron, Parsons
burg. Woodland. Dorchester. Mary-del,
Willards. Bockwith, Penticostal, Fenwick
Island Furman's Grove and Harmony.
MANY VI. IRONS FROM CITIES.
Thousands ~ people from Now York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Chester. and
Wilmington, come down tn attend tho
meetings.
Camp meo'ng SEASON rs time Of the
ycar % which lower Dolswareans and
residents of the Eastern Sho' look for
ward with much interest, a season for the
''city COUSINS to come down for weeks
vaoation 20 get sniff the good old
Delmervia Peninsula air" and get their
faces and arms tanned IN make pretensc
that they have been to the seashore or an
outing
for tho young girls Of the rural 500
iions. tho campmect,ngs serve as pla ces
Co display fincry, and weeks before he
opening dates they keep dre-smaker, In
their localities busy making the toGs that
they propose TO wear during the ten days
IN the groves.
Camps serve az places for recreation
for that class Of PEOPLE who are the back
bone If tho nation n-the farmer. They also
are plao.ss of rest for the tired business
men ~ the towns aud villages.
some of the towns are like dcNrted
Villages, and ,t is difficult matter to find
most ~ the farmers who live within two
and ,hrce mules of the groves at their
homes during the evenings, especially If q
wave of wvivalism IL sweeping over the |
amrs.
those tented spots they well serve the |
rsrpcsa for which they were instituted. |
that Is, the bringing of the unchurchcd into |
the chswch.
eaRvvrW TIA psypurAW.
Tw display of religious fervur, tho |
tvo mret prominent osmpr IN lower Della |
wssre are historic Zoar, located eight miles |
from Go or,ceto~n, and Cerey's, four mules |
from Millsboro, ON the Gumboro Circuit. |
James Camp, also called Epworth, and |
'riniall'.. arr noted for their great revival
meetings. At these four camps the old |
time " lesley meetings are held, and often
the evangelistic services continue until
,layhrcak with much religious fervor
1indals Camp is located along the ,
main highway from Georgetown 10 Sea-