Evening journal., 1921-04-02

ssO.s7; balance on hand. s2os.e5.
total. s15.1G5.62.
Assets-Cash on hand. s20s.65.
property. siS.222.O4. goods on hand.
$500: total. S21.931.6O
Mortgage $4,000. Will
mington city Missionary Society /
$3.50. Security Trust and Safe De- /
posit. s7O0 loans. f562.1s; unpaid /
bills. $3.50.
Number OF bags out. 10000; num- /
Der received. 2.100; number OF GUS
toners. $685.: number OF articles |
sold. ii,34S; labor given to more
than so persons.
The store has been open since
october IL. 1920.
Conference Claimants Endowment.
The Rev r. II. Dashielrs report
as secretary OF the Conference Claim
ants Endowment. was as follows.
"The general financial depression
OF the year has been reflected IN tho
difficulty with which the work OF the
commission has been conducted
But. In spite OF the depression. sub
stantial progress has been made. The
dirgo OF doubt Is lost In the song o
hope and We look 20 the future with
undisturbed confidence.
After the last conference. when
our goal was advanced TO FIVE hun
dred thousand. some OF our iaymel
strongly urged another Intensive
campaign Pursuant 90 their desire.
your secretary. az the commission
meeting In June, presented the only
plan by which he believed such a
movement could succeed. Tn plan
was not adopted. but. after pro-
I longed discussion. a substitute plan
was outlined with request that lt be
put into operation. All summer was
given 10 this matter In an earnest en-
| deavor to get 10 in shape Tor an n
| tcnsive action in the fan. Ru the
plan proved unavoidable. and at the
meeting al Dover. October 10. was
abandoned At that time the voices
of all the district superintrndents
were against another intensive cam-
paign. The secretary also advised
against IL, and the commission. by
unanimous vote. abandoned it for
the present This left only four
months In which 10 directly work
for results. as neither Christmas
Sunday nor the last two Sundays be-
/ florence Conference are ever avail
able Among the churches We wer
confined largely to securing fhe as-
sumption by them Of what remain, 1
rnmet Of their original mlnlmuns.
The pleiges were 90 follows. CLAY
mont. $500; Marshallton. 500.
Hockessin. $500; Cheswold. S399;
Chester Bethel. $500; Ridgely. $500.
Burrsville $500. Newport-Stanton,
$500: Eastlake. Wilmington. $1,000:
/ Concord. $500; Galona. s432. Cherry
/ Hnl. S46O. Crumpton. S469; Cape
| Charles. $50. Fruitland. $3.50.
church Hill. SS4S. Hebron. S926;
eckwith-Spedden. $1,000. In aidi-
ton to these bequests bring the
amount up TO twenty thousand. Had
we been able to have worked the ful
year. as heretofore. we have no doubt
the result. even In the face OF .h'
financial depression. could have beer
more than doubled.
THE cash return this year has
been about seven thousand dollars
the smallest yet; although there has
been no year during which We have
given more earnest attention TO thai
phase OF the work. However IN,
average cash return including tbs
present year, has been twenty thou
sand dollars Cash collected 10 date
10 including original holdings. is a hun
dred and thirty thousand dollars.
AT the October meeting abov
alluded TO the matter OF inducing
our people TO make bequests 10 thl
q fund was discussed at length. MI
, Caleb r. Burchenal suggesting tn
4 advisability Of specializing in tina
field and volunteering TO make an.
change necessary. or draw in full
g without charge. any will in whicl
b FIVE hundred dollars or more wa
1 left TO this fund The commission
was decidedly impressed that this &
/, the one way now 20 complete IN
4 endowment and. upon motion b,
/ Mr.. Burchenal. directed that specia
attention from then on be given q
. securing bequests. During the fiv
| months from that meeting TO thi
O conference, the secretary. IN connec
tion with his other work. has beei
assembling data which shows tina
there are about thirty-five million
. OF dollars held by Peninsula Metho
dists which must soon be left q
7 something or somebody. No littl
Of this is held by persons withou
Immediate heirs Every involvci
3 principle Of the gospel indicates IN
/, bequeathing Of some OF IT TO IN
. aged and retired servants OF IN
. kingdom.
/. I'm studying the field. we hav
!. been surprised TO find the number o
x, preachers and widows who are max