Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-20
TOCELEBRATE ITS
2OOTH ANNIVERSARY
At THE JUNE SESSION
New Castle Presbytery at rrm-
cess Anne Adjourns to Meet
at White Clay Creek.
RESULTS OF YEARS WORk

cIudcd it's 107th stated meeting yes
terday and adjourned to meet IN Whlte
clay creek Presbyterian Church. juno
when the church will celebrate it's
2nOth anniversary.
Roy William Gibson presented the
renort of the committee on narrative oi
christian life and work To the Pieshy-
terry Yesterday afternoon. The com
nittce could not give accurate stafisncS
because seven churches had failed to
MI narrative blanks.
Results of Past Year.
During the past year churches III the
Prcshytery added 3SS members to their
rolls 23i on confession of faith and l"2
ly certificate. OF this number lOl came
rom sunday schools and Al from
sNauEclistiC services.
Mos, of the churches hold four com
atun.on services during the year and a
lass of instruction preparatory To com
inuuton. with attendance of about
-. pr cent Twenty churches hold
.std week prayer meeting. with an at
!, ndaucc of 3o per cent
Thirteen churches report being with
ort "a pastor for thc whole year or part
of the year yet have held services al
3uc~t every SUNDAY.
SiNtv PEI cent of thc churches have
i Il, clsIon day giving the children or
oltunIts to prot - christ
Thr,, churches report no SUNDAY
anol Is churches report gain IN sun
..t school in.mhcrs oi AL. Three
,aarrh,> lrport Ios~ ~ membership {"
- winch makes j net gain Of 36i sum
u.,l school members. Sixteen schools
port - nome departments with
t.,ul,,rshIr ,f to9 IN the adult
tsS,s 5sf mon are enrolled.
illt,,H ,hur, his report young poo
vorh vitb .iEht Westminster
ld. ot,, IILht I:c.,r,ts Eand ,ight
-~le study GLASSES IT, senior societies
.. ~.N unla societies FortN-nNc
t.t,-lli.risr yauul p,opl, rr M other
~tltuftuu~ sad II it Presbyterian coli
e- ana hoods
r.,>,r churches hold evangelism,
,.fyi,-~ daluG III, ,,ar With 81 con
l,~-l,a,s .f taith
Iw,ut, -thte. ,hur,h, entered the
\,n Ira iuoN,meul with good success
rb, church expenses are fully and
iouIjiy met @.aSa persons contribute
Systematically 81 church support and
$50 ;o bcueNul,u,, tIN, churches
..ul> i mor;gagr indchtodness OF $la.-
an rIvc churches report having ~
,nanse
An U nttIiNF htNflufHt-
rhs cumnls,t., ou N,v FRA reported
IN, noI ement has passed the stage ot
rltl,iSIn and is elective EcConlruenda-
liuus as follows were adopted ~ thu
l.rcsby ytcl! That The New Fra conn
teltt,r bc continued with power tu h!i
uy vacancies which may occur thar
Is, rresbyteI1 express is confidence
the purpose and general plans oi th,
s.luuittcc' and urges upon all thc
aurchvs the wisdom II using theS,
s.ans 10 the fullest rnssIhi. .XtcHt.
that the wisdom and Value of an annual
very member canvass =, urged upon
I'LL the churches.
Installation of Pastor.
Max e. was nNed Tor ia, installation
j. I:,, John Townley as pastor q For
81 Presbyterian church MIddletown.
',,> j " IAcy VIII preside ana pro-
4.l1d thc constitutional questions, Rev.
David Tow1ley viii preach The sermon.
.,, f II Moore viii give the charge
10 thv people. and EtH. ! Richie Smith
viii siv, the charge Ia the pastor.
4 pastoral call from the Eehoboth,
sls church H. Eet Herman Bishop of
tbb.nr.ou presbyt,rz was found
order ana placed on lhe table 10 he
.etcd aI,au al tn adjourned meeting
fune III" church prom Ised 10 pay
a q sal. s ol 5000 I-r annun.
The I,r, sbyterS decided to license
4 Arthur =. T.bbitt as local
anGcIlst .ssI accepted his ordination
hc Primitive Methodist Church as
LIS preliminary yXamiration for hcoE-
III n, adjourned meeting
To go TO General Assembly.
I:c>s. T. ". I.acz ~ Pocomokc city
,;d. and Joseph Brown Turner Of Port
5.,poSit Md ard Elders F. Leonard
WaHos % salisbury. Md. and William
Fuck.tt 81 Wilmington were elected
commissioners t. the General Assem-
by. aud I;c2s. Thomas :. Arrnentrout
d. MoutchauIn and David Reed Of White
,gay Crcek Church and Elders ". O.
lankford of Princess Anne and L II
robertson OF Pocomoke city were
.,ccted aiternates.
Some Business Details.
The Presbytery ordered that IN re-
..iruing minutes and register 10 the
ikton church they be given 10 Henry
H. Mccullough. clerk of the session OF
tne church.
The Presbytery decided TO discontinue
stated meetings in January and June
aud TO hold them only in April and
october.
Rev. l. Franklin Smiley was ap-
pointed moderator Of the session OF
F.astlake Presbyterian Church, vii
liington. Moderators Of sessions OF
other vacant churches were continued
The St Georges church, which has
40 pastor and is losing members, was
referred 10 the committee on home mis-
sIons. One proposal Tor It's welfare was
10 unite it with adjacent churches
Because Of other engagements Revs
Charles L. Candee and Thomas Kerr
and Elder J. Frank mccoy resign ec
from the committee on home missions
The Presbytery resolved 70 Request
the General Board Of Publication u
publish another edition Uf Days oi
Mackenzie"
The Presbytery expressed apprccia-
ton Of Rev J. Il. Miuigans service as
stated clerk for 21 years and thanket
Manokin Church and citizens OF Prin.
cess Anne for hospitality
OPPOSING GARAGE WORK.
Chancellor Charles N. Curtis in ths
,f (rho rcaF1y fffe TDoTpTper laZar