The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-17

pockets and the Smartly clumsy
looking, hand sewn gloves.
en- route it WAS captured by Fed
eral soldiers and rccaSt in the
making Of cannon.
The tcn-ycar period from 1854
to 1894 was 4 time when little
was accomplished beyond keeping
alive some small sparks Of the
church's life. \ rapid succession
Of priests took charge, most Of
them for very short periods.
In the spring Of 1894, the Rev.
Thomas {. Wctmorc. a newl Igor
daincd deacon, was appointed by
Bishop Cheshire to assume charge
of the work at HcnderSonVillc and
Edneyville.
He remained in charge Of the
parish until January |. 1900, dur
ing which time he carried forward
an aggressive work. placing the
parish on Il more solid foundation
than it had ever been before he
came. In 1897, the parish was
host to the third annual convcn-
ton Of the recently organized mis-
sionary district Of Ashcviiic,
which was said to have been the
first convention of any sort TO
have met in the town.
Rclinquishing the first work Of
his early life for the new field Of
his cndeavor at Christ school, Ar
den, Rev. Mr.. Wetmorc WAS sue
ceeded by the Rev. Elijah Ed
wards, DID, who became the first
resident priest since the days Of
Rev. n. Colin Hughes. Being Of
advanced age when he came to
the parish, he remained here for
only two years.
81. With the arrival in 1902 Of the
Rev. Reginald Norton Wilcox, the
work ut st. James entered anoth-
el' epoch, which was marked by
rapid expansion from an outward
and physical standpoint. During
his rcctorship of fifteen years the
parish grew, the Pine Grove prop
erty was acquired, the present
rectory and parish house was
built, and that portion Of the new
church building now standing was
erected.
With his resignation and mOE-
ing away in September, 1917, 5.
James reached the close of its life
as Il missionary parish.
About the middle of Scptem-
Der, 1917, the Rev. Arthur Wads
worth Farnum was chosen as rec
tor. Rev. Mr.. Farnum was born in
Pennsylvania, graduated from
Seabury Divinity school in 1904,
received his BID. degree from
that institution in l915,-coming
to -HendcrSonville. from st. Paul,
Minnesota.
With the beginning Of parish
life under the ministration of the
Rev. Mr.. Falnum, st. James en-
tered upon a new and wider phase
of its usefulness. From a mission
airy parish in missionary district,
it was placed on Il self-Sustalnlng
basis, and where the church had
been receiving aid from the Ma
tional church and interested
friends, it now became an active
participant in the church's work
throughout the world. In the early
years of his rcctorship the Rev.
Mr.. Farnum was one of the priests
active in having the missionary
district of Ashcville changed into
the diocese Of Western North
Carolina, which was done by gen
eral convention in 1922.
The Rev. Mr.. Farnum resigned
his work and left Hendersonville
on April 80, 1928.
The Rev. James Preston Burke.
who had been priest in charge Of
the church's work at Vale Crucis
School for Girls, was elected to
rectorship Of st. James in the
summer Of 1923. Rev. Mr.. Burke
received his early education at
Christ school, Arden; Chapel Hill,
and Chicago. He graduated from
the Western Theological seminary
in 1918, and received his BID. de-
gree from there in 1888. He is 4
native of Lincoln county.