Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-19
PRESBYTERY ENDS
STATED MEETING
kdjourns After Selecting Frank.
ford. Sussex County, for lts
Autumn Session.

Tho ao9th stated meeting OF the
RPrcsbytery of New Castle. which was
held In Eastlake Presbyterian Church.
yloscd last niyht with appropriate ex-
scises, including an address by Rev.
n. Y. McMlllin OF Philadelphia on
David and Goliath" Eastlake Church
Ind it's pastor. Rev. William Leisham,
tvcrc voted thanks for courtesies. The
10th stated meeting OF the Presby-
!ery will be held at Frankford. Sussex
bounty. six months hence.
Tho Presbytery yesterday afternoon
elected Rev. David A. Reed OF White
Clay Creek. Rev. Thomas s. Armen-
| rout of Lower Brandywine. Elder +.
Leonard Wales of Salisbury. Md. and
Elder Morris ID. Crossan of Whining
ton commissioners TO the Presbyterian
General Assembly and Rev. Thomas
Kerr of Grecnhill. Rev. J. NJ. l..
Eckard OF Smyrna, Elder ]. Frank
Mccoy OF Wilmington and Elder
Frank Martin Of Dover alternates.
Balloting for commissioners resulted
~ follows: DIR. Reed. 81; DIR. Armen-
trout. 20; Elder Wales. SO: Elder
Crossan, 20; DIR. Kerr, 23 DR.. Eckard,
Mt&tN, ~ I,
number of votes cast. 46; necessary
10 choice. "a. Rev. AQuilla Webb de-
clined nomination for commissioner.
DIR. Armcntrout was n commissioner
10 the General Assembly of 1889, DR..
Kerr and Elder Crossan 1905. DR..
Ecksrd 1918. Elder Mccoy 1919 and
Elder Wales 1921.
Explaining the REMEMBERING OF the
Prcshytery's stated meetings. Rev.
Joseph Brown Turner said the Pres
bytery was organized in 1i17 and con-
Vened twice each year. with one ex-
reption. In the last 205 years. In the
excepted year one meeting was held.
The Presbytery congratulated Man
ckin Church, Princess Anne. Nd, on
the celebration of the 2b0th anniver-
sary of the first Presbyterian services
held i'm its vicinity.
Desiring to give his entire services
e. White Clay Creek Presbyterian
Church. OF which he is pastor. Rev
David A. Reed requested that he be
discontinued as stated supply OF
Christiana Presbyterian Church. His
request was referred to the committed
on sustcntation and home missions.
The pastoral supply committee oi
West Presbyterian Church was grant
ed permission to continue its func.
tions.
Rev. William G. Little, pastor a
Port Penn and Odessa, declined
pastoral call to st. Georges Presby
terian Church. and Rev. II. G. Pitzer
pastor at Delaware City. was appoint
ed moderator at st. Georges
Rev. T. 4. Mckee was appointed
moderator at Rock and Zion. Md.
Clerk Eckard reported that tn
Preshytery has "a churches. 50 min
listers and one licentiate.
Reporting for the committee ol
religious education. Rev. Charles II
Rohner said the Presbytery has 81
Sabbath schools, with 576 officers an'
teachers. 5.22s scholars. a total en-
rollment Of 5,sos. an average atten
dance OF 2,a21. a cradle roll OF <ss ans
q home department of Sl6. One thou
ssnd, two hundred and eighty-fou
Sabbath school scholars are church
members. and $50 pupils united witt
the church recently. In the younj
peoples division there are 50 organizes
classes. with an enrolment Of 4SS, 81
the adult division 3S organized class
es. with an enrolment of sel, and tn
teachers training classes have an en-
rollment OF A.. To the Board of Publ
cation and Sunday School Work tn
sum OF s2.307.s7 has been contributed
20 other boards sl.27S.66, to othe
benevolences s7sl.s2 and for self-sup
port s7,3el.O4. The Presbytery has 5
bership OF 1.479,
One OF the most remarkable phase
OF this countTy's history is the prog
rcss of the Negro race IN the littl
more than so years since emancipa
ton, Rev. John ID. Blake reported fc
the committee on freedmen. There ar
now in the United States 10000. .0o
Negroes. They constitute one-sevcnt
Of the working force of the countr.
OF the 3.000.0 900 men 100000 are farm
ers and / ,00o. 900 farm laborers. Eight
per cent Of the women are IN neces
sary home and Industrial life. In 1se
the Negroes in the United State
owned 10000 houses, operated 1000
farms. conducted 81 900 businesses ar
had s2o.o0o,o00 of accumulated wealtl
In 1916 the number of houses had IL
creased TO 100000. the operated farm
20 $4,000. the businesses to $4,000 ar
the accumulated wealth to sl,1lo
o. 10000 Seventy banks are direct'
by Negro flnanciers. Forty periodical
are owned by Negroes. -Four hundr'
thousand Negroes were called to Il
colors during the recent war, ar
100000 saw service over seas.
After Rev. Leonard White. past,
Of Mt. Salem Methodist Episcop
Church. had outlined the plans f.
Law Enforcement Week the Presb.
terry indorsed the campaign.