Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-23

TO be appointed pastor OF the Jump
ing or place MS soon ms Brother
Dashicll can be persuaded to yacate
the premises.
at Dagsboro. Rev. j. 8. Eldrldge.
pastor. the Dagsboro church has been
painted and cement walk laid In
front at cost OF $3.50. At the parson-
age an engine has been installed TO
pump the water, aud steam heating
plant repaired, 40 thatcity convent
cnces are now enjoyed in this village
parsonage. Budget system adopted
by the charge and Sunday schools
have increased 25 per cent In attend
ancc and offerings. Best OF oil, n graci-
Gus revival has swept the charge:
10s conversions. and total OF 81 ac-
cessions during the year. The charge
has paid It's full quota 10 district par
sonage, and pastor and people are
mutually happy.
"Delmar. Rev. j. w. Jones. pastor,
has had most successful year. Much
or the time has been spent In perfect
Ing the church organization, which
was badly needed. Prayer meetings
and class meetings so long abandoned.
have been revived: s526 paid on i'm
provements at the church, and 500 at
the parsonage, and 5000 on church
debts; Is conversions during the year.
and 81 accessions. No wonder Del
mar advanced the pastors salary 5000,
and unanimously ask for his return.
Rev. r. N. Faulkner, who year
ago was granted the privilege Of a
| sabbatic year. makes his home at Del
mar. and has Loyalty supported the
pastor In every way. His health has
Improved, but not sufficiently 10 en-
able him 10 take active work and he
| requests me TO ask for him the super
/ numerary relation. I request. there
! fore. that the case of Brother Faux
( ner be referred 20 the committee on
conference relations. with my recon
! mendation thar tho relation b.
! granted
] Rev. Chester l.. Marsh. appointed
/ TO Gumboro a year ago. II working
I faithfully 10 organize that dlnaculi
field on modern church lines A man
/ ~ less courage and tact would have
given NJ the task long ago. and al
lowed things tu drif, IN the same old
demoraliyed way. Hot with consIrn-
F. mate patience and skin. not going far
enough IN advance 20 lose touch with
his people. nor yet being slow enough
70 be I'm The way when they moved
he has beckoned and plead and coun.
seized until some of his people are be
ginning 90 see the giinmcr u a new
star IN the east. o that II may prov,
the morning star ~ new day a
Gumboro. lie reports 81 conversions
80 acCsssions. sig3 paid on parsons "
improvements. and 1925 FOR distric
patsonage--iine. when one consider
the field whore the cleaning was done
Rev. " A. Hearn AZ Newark ha
had another year rich in accomplish
ments. a I've Woman's Foreign Mis-
Sionary Society has been organized
and the pastors wife has been sp
pointed district secretary for IN
Maryland portion of Salisbury district
The outstanding feature or the wor'
at'Newark has been the Improvement
at Bowen Chapel. the village church
fIeatin gand lighting has been tn
trouble at Bowen's, as at so man
. other churches: so they dug out
basement, installed a Delco clectri
light plant with fixtures compiet
!, also pipeies- heater, a brussels cai
pet, painting inside and out, at a TOT
cost Of s2.100; and on the day OF r,
opening the writer and r. f. Powe
: assisting. without cent from Cer
i tenary, s2,fs7 were subscribed.
which $3.50 has been paid. Quite a
!, achievement, when circumstances a.
! considered.
d, Ocean View and Millville contin,
r. to advance under the leadership
o Rev. Il. c. Hallman, pastor; wit
- eight accessions during the yea
: Woman's Foreign Missionary Socie
K organized. parsonage painted. boug
a and paid for an upright piano for OF
of the churches. installed electr
lights. and paid of every debt. Not
Ing now outstanding but what is co
y cred by reliable subscriptions. Sala
r advanced $500 this year.
- Notwithstanding Pittsxille adsan
= ed the pastors salary $500 last yea
- at the fiSst Quarterly Conference tn,
u advanced another 800 as a thank @
y fering because Brother Strickland W
. returned to them. To show his a
: probation of this truly noble a
vance, the pastor set about beautif
ing the churches with his own hanC
/, Brother Strickland is an artist wi
. the brush, as we'll as with speech. a.
skillful TO a degree with his hanC
,e So by system Of panelling and pair
inR hp has sim NV fro, 81 .
. church at Pittsville. and greatly bea
= titled Wango and Nelson's. These II
s. provements to churches cost ST.
v all OF which has been paid, and $
is paid on parsonage improvement
re With all debts paid, the parsona
~ comfortably furnished, all thr
IS, churches beautified, and a salary
r. Sl,600, all of which has been q
k complished in the two years pastors
a Of Brother Strickland, Pittsville TAX
rank as one of our most desiral
IS, circuit appointments.
NJ I'm two years also Rev. e. w. NJ
rs Dowell has put a new face on Poe
be moke City. The old face was d
OF figured by a troublesome, cancero
IN growth in the shape of an old a
r. constantly growing debt. Last We
the debt was paid in full. This ye
as zoos pastoral visits succeeded In wi
c. ming 26 accessions. S240 paid in chur
I" improvements and S25i on parsonag
re 1S new subscriptions secured I
nV Christian Advocate; S23S.3S paid
- district parsonage: all Conferer
Y benevolences in full and $3.50 advar
~ over last year for Centenary.
~ Notwithstanding continued ilin,
~ has handicapped Rev. W. f. DAVIS,
~ pastor at Princess Anne, he is a
% t. report 13 accessions, Sunday sch
~ advance of 33 per cent and an q