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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

Top left is the Front Street Methodist church, forerunner of
the Grace Street M. E.. Church destroyed by flames Friday
night. The Front street structure was destroyed by fire Feb. IL,
1886, shortly after Sunday services. Inset is the Rev. Wahst S.
Greasy, ID. ID. pastor of the present church from 1838-1892. Top
right is a picture of The Sunday school room taken yesterday
following the catastrophe. The sun through the window CO the
nndamaged room only a few feet from where tn the fire started.
watched the conflagration: Bottom right is a picture of the
church taken before it had been leveued by flames. Photos BY
Perry James, Carolina Camera and by courtesy of the Whining
ton Printing COMPANY,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

Roman farmers gave rnueh =.
tention to the breeding OF animals
for special purposes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

How would you mark q snake,
so that when he is recaptured
years later you can still recognize
him? This problem of wild snakes
apparently is solved by two Swed-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-10-29

ty cents, and it became a habit
with me to stoop and whisper
ingly inquire, els everything
going all right, sister Clancy?"
Invariably her reply was, ut is
thank God"
Once when I so inquired, she
added, ut is amazing how kind
the neighbors are since I be-
gan to 1.-THE. They bring me
in things - so many things.
And they never used to do it.
And do you know, pastor, that
somehow my ninety cents
seems to go farther and buy
more than ever my dollar and
a half did? All pastor, the
good Lord can be relied upon
to fulfill His blessed Word"
Months later she came into
my study where it was always
pleasure to have her, squar-
ed her shoulders, gave her
head bit of shake, and I said,
"Tell me about it,
1--WE had my wages raised"
"That nephew of mine by
marriage wrote me a letter.
Here tits. And he tells me in
it that his income has increas-
ed, and as he thought of how
to use the extra money, it was
borne in on him that I might
not raise any protest if, from
now on, he sent me ten dollars
a week, instead of six dollars.
And here is the first ten dollar
payment. And now, praise be,
my 1.-THE goes up to one dollar
and instead of having ninety
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-10-29

cents a week to live on, I now
have four dollars and a half. I
dunno, l dunno whatever I'm
to do with all my money. All,
pastor dear, how faithful the
good Lord is to do all His
promises!"
God promises to bless the
faithful tithe-payer, and Gods
blessing upon our lives is i'm
portant. You may learn for
yourself that nine-tenths of
your income, with the blessing
of God upon it, will go much
farther and do much more than
ten-tenths of your income with
the curse of God upon it.
Faithfulness in 1.-THE paying
is Gods ancient recipe for i'm
munity against financial dis
aster. God invites us to a test.
Shall we not test Him on the
tithe-paying, not for the pur-
pose of getting more money,
but that we may be in union
and harmony with our Maker.
Then all the agencies under
His control will work for us.
When God is for us, who can
be against us?
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CONSIDERATION OF CHILD

The following-named child
was Consecrated to God by FL
der A. J. Smith. Officer-in-
Charge of the Christian Catho-
lie Church in Australia, on
Lords Day, June 20, 1947:
Susan Mary McHattie,
Melbourne, Australia.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-10-29
The Evangelical Christian


preached me. She said that all
Gods children should pay one
tenth of their income to Him."
Yes, that is, | read it from
the Bible"
That's what I mean. Now,
I want to know if you think I
should pay tithe."
"Why, surely"
'Wait minute. You don't
know about me yet. Wait until
I tell you. And then say wheth-
er God expects me to pay Him
one-tenth of my income.
81 am alone in the world. I
have no relatives but one niece.
She lives in Boston and is mar
ried. I have no income, no
pension from any source. [
am beyond the age when I can
work. And my sole support is
furnished by this nephew by
marriage. He sends me six
dollars week. He doesn't
need to send it, but, bless God,
he does. That is all I have in
the world"
"Well-"
"Wait a bit longer until you
hear more, and you will be bet
ter able to tell me what I ought
to do. The cheapest room I can
get costs me four and a half
dollars a week, and it remains
that low because [ lived there
long time, and a good-heart-
ed landlord has never raised
the rent. And so I have a dol
lar and a half week to live
on, and that's all I have. Now,
if [ pay 1.-THE on my income of
six dollars, or sixty cents a
week, I will have, after pay
ing my room rent, just ninety
cents a week to live on. So now
you know all about me. Do
you think God expects me to
pay tithe?"
[ confess there never was a
time when I wanted so much to
say, "No, you poor soul, God
can get along without your six
ty cents a week. You can keep
it and feed yourself with it."
But who was ] to change the
eternal requirements of God?
Looking down into those SER
ious, earnest eyes of the dear
old Irish lady, I told her that
it was my understanding that
she should obey God and pay
1.-THE, and that while God did
not need her money, she need
ed Gods abundant blessings
that faithfulness in 1.-THE pay
ing would bring. And she re-
piled contentedly. every
we'll, pastor. If Gods blessed
Word says so, I'll pay 1.-THE. He
has never failed me yet, and
I've walked with Him many
years. He will not fail me
now"
The next week she brought
me her sixty cents. How I did
want to return it to her, and
tell her that Gods cause would
somehow manage to struggle
along without her sixty cents!
But I did not dare to interfere
with Gods arrangements. So
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-10-29
Does Tthing Pay?

themselves on several acres OIL
land where there were two
houses. One house faced one
road, the other another road,
and the land ran between these
two roads. 1t was the same
kind of land throughout, with
not even a fence separating the
two plots. One family farm
ed half of it, the other family
the other half.
The two men worked at the
factory and farmed their land
after working hours. Neither
man was a processing Chris
tan, but their wives were
Christians who believed in
tithe-paying. Both men learn
ed from their wives and the
Bible that they should pay
1.-THE. AS a result one paid the
1.-THE, the other did not.
They purchased their seed
from the same place, the fact
DRY store. They planted the
same crops. They cultivated
the same amount of soil. They
used the same amount of fer
tilizer. They put the same a.
mount of labor on their crops.
It was as fair and equal dem
onstration as [ have ever seen
or heard of during all the years
of my life. I watched it all, for
[ lived near by for whole
summer.
One mans farm prospered.
The other mans farm failed.
The sun shone on them both.
The same rain fell on both.
They had the same attention,
but the tomato worms and po-
tato bugs and corn borers and
cut worms seemed almost to
know that one man was a 1.-THE
payer and the other was not.
They seemed to have discover
ed which was which. At any
rate, these devourers molested
the growing things of the nom
tither, and the tithe-payer was
not troubled greatly by them.
The result was astonishing. The
non-tither complained lnces-
sanity that nothing would
grow on the land. The tither
exhibited his products. as the
prize products of the region.
There before my eyes for an
entire summer [ saw displayed
in an unforgettable manner
what it means to have God
working in behalf of man. No
one can convince me that it
does not pay, even in temporal
ways, to serve the living God
faithfully and make His SER
vice first in everything. Yes,
lives of devoted faithfulness do
have connection with material
safety and temporal welfare.
Some years ago I held a SER
les of evangelistic meetings in
New York city. Among those,
who attended was an elderly
spinster who later came to be
known affectionately among
us as "Sister Clancy" I need
not add that she was Irish. She
attended the Bible lectures
with the deepest interest. 1t
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
Hazlehurst News

Roosevelt Strong, Reporter
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Dodds hao
as their dinner guests recently, Miss
Anna Tillman and Mr., Stevie Hunt
er of Chicago and Miss Corean
Washington of Vicksburg, Miss.
Rev. Willord Leake will render
service at Wesley Chapel A. NJ. E
Church, beginning January IA. Here
this gospel preacher
Miss Johnnie B. Tanner was hos
tess to very tasty luncheon dur
ing the Yuletide season for an at
tractive group of students home for
the vacation. Covers were laid for
Mr.. Hugh Porter Tanner, Miss Myra
Wynn, Mr.. John Elson Tanner, Mr.
Heran Ball and Miss Elizabeth
Hunter.
The lovely home of Mrs. Myrtle
Daley was also the scent of gay
entertainment for the out-of-town
students. After dinner was serv-
ed, the hostess invited the guests
into the living room where games
and music were enjoyed Those
enjoying the affair were: Mr.. Her
man Ball, Miss Elizabeth Hunter
Mr.. Hugh Porter Tanner, Miss Myra
Wynn, Mr. John E. Tanner, Miss
Louise holland. Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
tin Hunter TANNER and Mr.. and
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
Mrs. Fen Allen Tanner.

Mrs Fen Allen Tanner.
Mr.. Myrtle Daley entertained
last Thursday evening at her home
IN Hunters addition with a love
~ dinner party honoring the out
o1-toWn guests home for the hol-
ldays. The dinner table was COW
cred with beautiful lace cloth was
conferred with an arrangement OF
white flowers, fern and tall white
candles in crystal holders. Music
Tor the occasion was furnished by
a combination radio photograph OF
popular current selections. The
guests were: Mrs. Vida Black
burn, Mrs Myral Chambers, Mrs.
Eva Nell Wade, Mr.. Stevie Hunter
all OF Chicago; Mr.. Chauncey Tate
Adas, Mr.. Will Elmer Adams and
Miss Lou Evie Adams of Oakland
California; Mr.. Lonzo Williams of
Hattiesburg, Mr.. and Mrs. Porter
Wynn, Mrs Myrtle Robinson. Mrs
Annabel Jefferson, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Clausell, Miss Agnes Mae
Smith, Miss Pope Washington and
Mr.. John Binn..
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

you had better work class. We wish
you well.
A very interesting picture was
ours to enjoy Monday We look
forward weekly for a helpful show
Effie Ray Nichols. Evil Boyd
Montaria Dixon, and Annie B. Mat
lock are back in school. Guess
they have finished making sau-
sage
The Home Ec girls are doing
very nice work with the dresses
they are making.
The Young Women's Federated
Club sent out New Year boxes to
the very aged who were in dire
need. A very worthy undertaking
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

for this club.
Misses Lucille Nichols. Eunict
Caldwell and Carolyn Carter Wis.
tied our school last week. Also
Messrs Jaes TONNES and JOSEPH
Alfred, all are colleg estudents.
Mrs. Ada NJ. Gathers of Chic.
ago was a visitor in our town dur
ing the weekend She stopped by
to say hello to Principal and Mrs
Rogers. Her visit was with Mrs
Lille c. Prewitt of Chicago who i:
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
George Carmichael
Miss L. E. Brown, a popular
teacher in the city school of Gren-
ada, spent a few hours with Prin-
cipal and Mrs. Rogers last week.
Mr.. w. r. Patton, a former
tradesman here, also his father
from New York, visited our school
last week Mr. Patton is now teach
ing Trades at Magnolia High in
Vicksburg
Miss Virginia Tucker left Sun
day for Winona where she is now
teaching.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

ming the school is the teachers job
r. L. H. says Potsy has no eye
for hi these days, cause he only has
eyes for Lola Lewis.
THETA McClawin would get some
where if she would mind her own
business. SO says her friends.
If Lille v. Williams would stop
trying to run a certain party's bus
mess she could keep her a boy
friend
Earnestine Turner says she will
curl her hair all the year if it
will save Eddie L. Singleton.
Kathleen says don't worry about
the mile going blind, but let Bwi-
nell sit in.
Don't worry about Freddie
Clark's story becaus eshe doesn
want David Levi and Grace SUIT
ton or anyone else can have him.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

Reduction in corn acreage is off
set by increases in oats and. to g
less extent in wheat, rye, barley
and mixed grains.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
CARD OF THANKS

| CARD OF THANKS
The faily of the late Knox Barnes
wish to thank their many friends
for the kindness shown them dur
ing their recent bereavement.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
HUMOR

HUMOR
On broad street car, white
man asked a colored woman to
get up, move back and give him
a seat.
"A colored man asked: IF YOU
and | were on the battle front
would you ask me to move back
and let you have the 'front.'"
1t seems strange all the girls
received fine jewelry for Christ
mas? Are you sure its from youl
brother or cousin?
Street-corner comment: ooh
let's walk. I'm too tired to take the
bus"
Did you know: All of the tickle
girls are crazy about E. H. Jr?
Why? The girls invite the boys
to sit with them in the lunchroom?
The most insane are among, the
girls? We hope some of you will
try to help this condition.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
EAGLE EYE


The inclement weather has not
prevented our students from school
they come daily and new ones are
yet coming in
We are proud to have Miss Love
back in school after an illness of
several days.
We hope Althea Mitchelrs moth
er will continue to improve.
Althea is always missed when out
of school,
The Senior class is scrambling
to make the first term examin-
alton, AS that tells Who's Who
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
CARD OF THANKS

We take this ethod of thanking
our many friends for their kind
services rendered and the beautiful
florals during the illness and death
of our other. Mrs Mary Pope We
constantly thank and bless you for
your every kind act during these
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

our sad hours of bereavement. We
extend special thanks to the friends
of Crystal Springs and of the
neighborhood in which we life for
their beautiful neighborhood flor
al. May the best be your lot. Sig
ned: Mrs Annie Mae Greenlee and
faily.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
HAZLEHURST GOSSIP

HAZLEHURST GOSSIP
Inez Vincent has taken a hint
and changed her hairdo.
1t seems as though the twins and
Earnestine Turner are beating Ina.
Grace and Viola's time in running
the school Take a tip kids. run
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

Veterans Administration now is
operating % former Army and Navy
hospitals to meet veterans needs for
disqualification
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11

To cut down on dish washing
when baking, sift flour and sugar
on to sheets of waxed or brown
paper instead of into bowls.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-01-11
CHURCH NEWS

CHURCH NEWS
The various churches held their
regular services Sunday. All pas
tors delivered excellent messages
The Senior and Junior Steward
ess Boards of hampton Chapel
held very interesting meeting al
the home of Mrs. E.. James on Lee
Street Sunday afternoon.
The carnival is on its way also
the big program given by the adj
ult group of Hampton Chapel. Lis
ten to hear more about this in an
other issue.
Evening star., 1947-12-12

meets the press.
W0P. i0:30-Mel Torms, The Velvet
Fog," Is guest.
Wc, i0:45-Senaior Styles Bridges dis.
tusses an important national issue.
Evening star., 1947-12-12

Z ON the AIR TONIGHT.
VOL, 8:00-Josef Marais and Miranda visit
BurI Ives.
WINK, 8:00-pauI Muni stars In DISPLAYED"
The true story Of Czech yioIinisf.
WT0P, 9:30-Dan Duryea in The Man
Evening star., 1947-12-12

Who Couldn't Lose"
VOL. 930-lsw AWss and Diana Lynn are
guest participants.
WRc, 1o:0o-Hums cronyn plays reformed
criminal in -Four Times Loser"
VOL, t0:00-Senator Homer (. capehart
Evening star., 1947-01-17
Jail Finishes Tennis for 7Iden,
Sentenced on Morals Chorqe

delinquency, but obviously expected
clemency.
TN view Of your tendencies"
Judge Scott told the ashen-faced
athlete, 'T think it would be dan
gerous to let you go free now"
The court denied Tilden's request
for probation and stay of execution,
directing that the former net star
be placed on probation for five years
after his Jail term. Tilden was told
that after his liberation he must
never be in the company of either
male or female juveniles unaccom-
panied by their parents"
The Judge further suggested TIL
den look up a psychiatrist after the
term,
Evening star., 1947-01-17
Horned FrogsWi||W Win
Soon, Predicts Coach
By the Assoeiofed Press

FORT WORTH, Tex, Jan. IT,
Hub McQuillan, Texas Christian
University's basket ball coach, has
stuck his neck out again; he's made
8 prediction.
Hub said several years ago after
he had announced that his Horned
Frogs would take the Southwest
Conference championship and they
finished we'll out of the money that
he wouldn't do any more forecasting
for publication.
But he came out today with this
one: Wen win a game before
long" ,... --..
What troubles McQuillan, how
ever, is whether the Frogs can do
it before setting an all-time record
for consecutive losses in the con-
ference.
They are within four of tying the
mark hung up quite reluctantly by
Baylor in 1945 when the Bears not
only lost 18 of their games but al
lowed the opposition to run up every
sort of scoring record against them
Evening star., 1947-01-17
By the Associated Press

HAMPTON, Va, Jan. 1.-THE
1s47 Middle Atlantic PGA golf
championship will be played over
the 6,250-yard layout of the Hamp-
ton Country Club on Saturday and
Sunday, April rs and 81, Lashley
CRe6 Speigle, Hampton profession
al, said today.
The Middle Atlantic PGA area
includes Maryland, Virginia and
Washington, D. C.
Speigle said $1,000, the largest
amount of money ever given in prize
money in a Middle Atlantic cham
pionship, would be awarded in the
72-hole medal play open event.
First prize will be $1,000.
The Hampton pro said he expected
a field Of around SO, including
British Open Champion Sammy
Snead of Hot Springs, Va; Lew
Worshah of Washington, D. c.;
Chandler Harper of Portsmouth, Va.
and Wee Bobby Cruickshank Of
Richmond, Va.
Par for the Hampton course is
70, IS going out and 81 on the return
nine
Evening star., 1947-01-17

Bethesda has slim edge over Its
traditional rival, Montgomery Blair,
in the battle for high school basket
ball honors in nearby Montgomery
County, but the highly favored Bar
ons received big scare before they
came out ahead, 31-30, last night at
Ritchie Coliseum.
The excited crowd of $500 saw an
upset in the making as the underdog
Blazers, winners of only one of
seven previous starts, overlook the
front-running Bethesda quint in the
second half. Bethesda's halftime
lead of 21-13 evaporated before an
attack led by Parker Kirby, and with
80 seconds to go Blair had a 1929
lead.
At that point Kenny Poerstel
made the form book right by sinking
long field goal to give Bethesda its
fifth win in seven starts. He was in
dividual high scorer with is points.
The two meet again on February Z.
Evening star., 1947-01-17
Hoyas Battle Bucknel|+ IN. A. Open Golf Meet
In Ring Debut Tonight AT Hampton in April

Georgetown's boxing team, the
Hoyas' first in almost two decades,
was off to Lewisburg, Pa, today for
its debut against Bucknell tonight.
Coach Marty Gallagher thinks he'll
have a pretty good team," and
Bucknell, which lost to Maryland
last week, will be a fair test.
Meanwhile, Maryland and Catho-
lie University tapered of for their
matches tomorrow night with West
Point and Kings Point, respectively.
With Danny Quatrocchio In the
lineup Maryland is considerably
strengthened for what might be its
toughest go of the season, but the
Cadets still reigned favorites.
Catholic u, with Bernie Cody and
Gus Gersin slated to make their
debut, is given slight edge over
Kings Point. Capt. Stan Wheatley,
Kings Point 155-pounder, will meet
Gersin in what shapes up as the star
bout of the program. Wheatley has
lost only one bout during his in
tercollegiate career.
Evening star., 1947-01-17
SnuiI's Pace Time
To Go on Record

The next time you hear of a
snail's pace applied to sports you
may know just how fast that is
courtesy of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service at Col
lege Park.
It seems the snail has been
drilling holes in the shells Of
Chesapeake Bay oysters, SO the
shellf1sh investigating section
wants to know how fast it travels
and when it stops.
Evening star., 1947-01-17
1erps Upset ". and. |.
In Strong Bid for
Tourney Berth
Special pi.paseh 10 The Star

LEXINGTON, Va, Jan. 17.-If
Maryland's Burt Shipley really in
tends to drop the reins after this
season-his Oath OF coaching-his
boys are making his finale some
thing to remember.
Last nights $500 upset Of Wash
ington and Lee, ending the Gener-
ais wining streak of seven games.
was the second double -barreled sur
prise fired by the Terps recently.
Last week they bumped George
Washington at Maryland, and from
here on nothing the Old Liners do
will come as surprise.
Maryland now must be reckoned
d genuine contender for q confer
ence tournament berth, although
the road ahead is rough and treach-
erous. If the Terps bag the garne
with Virginia Tech tonight at
Blacksburg, or one with Virginia
Military Institute here tomorrow,
they'll be in good position to argue
tor a listing. They have some tough
conference games left, but most are
scheduled at Maryland and Ship
ley's teams are notoriously hard to
beat in their own bailiwick.
Steady nerves and a cool hand
under powerful pressure was the
biggest factor in Maryland,s win
last night, for 10 charity shots
turned the tide in its favor, The
Generals outscored their guests
from the floor but it wasn't enough.
Johnny Edwards converted IL of his
free throws and topped the scoring
with 20 points, while Bill Brown
sent seven double -deckers and four
fouls swishing through the hoop
for 18.
Maryland rolled up 36-29 lead in
the first half and after Steve Ulaki
scored four quick buckets to bring
w. and L. within a point OF the
Terms OF dO-AH Sho1, yw,1IoH auov