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VOTj XLV NO 88 NEWBERRY. S. O.. TUESDAY. NOVEM BER 3. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR ' f j __ . .?- I ; Associate Refoi Pre shy tc MEETS IN NEWBERRY ! DURING THIS WEEK. !? CONGREGATION JUSTCOMPLET- ~~ ED NEW CHURCH. Will Meet in Newberry Thursday? , Something About the Denomination a.tid its Work. ?. Again il is 11 pleasure jiiuI good , fori tine of llie citizens of Newberry! I {I: \ . D. (I. I'lllLLII'S, I). !).. I'astoi A. R. i'. ('liureli in Newberry. .1 to have in nur miilsl ;i noble ami con- :l seerated bo.ly ul" ('hrisiian inen, i t- ' gel her willi several .>!' the good wo- <" men who are members of the < 1 e 1 -.<?111illation thai is being representeil. ' On Thursday, November .*>th, the ' one humiretl ami fifth session of the Associate Reformed IYesbyteriau Sy- ' nod of (he South will convene in the beautiful and newly finished church ' of this denomination in K.isi Main street. This is the annual meeting 1 ol the A. R. I*. Synod of the South. Within the domain of the Synod are embraced all the Southern Stales from Virginia lo Texas and from Missouri t 1 Florida. In the connection there are about 1'2"> ministers and about l."?,0l)0 communicants; and the representation is made up of all the 1 ministers and one elder from each | congregation. It is estimated that 1 I he delegat ion here will be about j 3(50. The gifted Moderator :> Rev. \ \V. li. Milieu, of R >se:uonl, Tenn. B T!:ere will be two popular sessions , each day at eleven o'vu*!\ in the morning and at 7.."'.i) o'clock in the evening. *1*1 oilier sessions will be f given up I< 1 business ami tSic public is cordi.'lly invited to all of the sessions. T'i" work of the pi.-t year will be reviewed at these sessions 1 end l' ? v?oi!: of i'h> coning year will ' be planned outlined along the best ^ plan-' feisible and looking to the ^ greatest good of extending the Ki''". ' ' ' xr. ' . ' I'RKSKNT IIANDSO.MK CIU RCI B TION IN NKWHHRRY IN W -med sidt *rian Synod. * ii IV rch and the kingdom of Clod. V'MI 'he Associate Reformed lYesbv- 'ru aii church has done much in the of foreign missions. Their chief ,'u' I'si nol ?KY. I'., r. Mci LI N"|'( H'K, I). 1)., iN( Thiry-fiv.. Year-. I'as'.op A. \l. I'. < "!iu;-c!i in NewliiTry. i 1' ' - l"i' I >:i !i< I Ml 1? X: co ;i In I I ll- j ' ^ ' In i"-' m is>ion work ;i|s.i ii r< 1 " t:. i\4 ! I ' ii I; ( ; i 111T? l ? - * 11< | till' ' "I'!\ ' ! sill- 11 *I? I !'i lil'll! I'.Xl I'!111 * '' i! I ':? >;.,!! is.-r-., i ISynod will Ik- j !! tiic ? iii^iiliT iii >11 of < 'hris- i ';l l! educa; ioj. at \\ hbdi t i!>i? hot !i .!( colleges in.lie and female. a> well | * s the theological seminarv will be . cvii*wcil. The.-e institutions are lo- j ated at D ie West. S. and Dr. .1. j >. Moll i",i is president of t!:e male | J ollege; and Rev. dames Koyce, of|. !:e female college. While Dr. K. Y. Yi'ssley is at the head of t!ie theolo:ieal seminary. 'I'here are about 200 t :ulcnh< :i! Lrskiue colleye and also <b mj 2(H) a i Dm* West Ke:nale col"H\ and about six students in the 1 hcological department. All of the heads ol" the departments will be here unless providentially hindered. The chief departments as before mentioned are the l'??reii?n missionary depart incut, of which Hew (). Y. Homier is chairman: and the home missionary department, of which Dr. J. ('. Galloway is chairman. The publishing department of the! Synod will also be represented. The religious oriran of this denomination is known as "The Associate Reformed IYesbyternu." and is edited by l.Vw (I. ' 1. Parkinson, at Due West, S. ('. Kor nimy years the strength of the A. If. I'. chnivh lay almost entirely in | lie country and with the country chnrche.-. It i; onlv recently that j their miirsters and members have I endeavored to establish (diurches in ! the cities. In fact only within the last 20 years has this been the case. Many are the strong, useful, and II lii lLDIXt! A. I,'. I*. ('OXr.JfKG II ICII SYNOD WILL M MKT S WKKK. cl.v known A. K. I1. churches that son scattered throughout tin1 country Ma in this our Southland, exerting mo uplifting the Christian influence Mu its members hol.h old n-,d in middle ren and most espeeiiJIv on the | 1111 of the church as they gather |,n in Sunday to Sunday and listen :)n, the strong sermons preached by |ts* ir pastors and sing the sweet Mil ihns of the Bible. un A'e should be glad t<? have these c|j >le men in our midst us they rep- |l(.| ent the one church that is most Si tinctly Southern. c|j REV. D. G. PHILLIPS, D. D. wl . in? st for the A. R. P. Synod of the ! Sontli Which Meets in Newber- ; Ml ry This Week i cr . K. Dr. I). 11. Phillips, the genial, popu- :?? beloved pa>tor ami cloi|uent I.. eachcr <>l" the A. K. I'. church in is city i- a native of Georgia. j Iii Me is a son of the late |{ev. I >. lillips, who I'm* many years was a I m uling minister in the same deiiomin- , ii ion. Dr. I *hi 11 i j>- is a graduate of , M rskine college. and also completed a hi leological course at Princeton 1'ni- p rsity. lie has now been in N"\\ber-j ahont two years and is cou-idered a ie of the be-.! preachers as well as : h lie of the nio-t con-ccrated Mien in!' ie city. I ?e I'm re coining liel'e lie -<r\- < I several churches anions them l ie' 1111rc11 at I Yo-peri!y. S. (; at llar-i'i w. !'la.: I '.radley. S. ami Atlan(la. lie eame from Atlanta here ml wliile in t ha: cit\ lie did much oi-d in t lie home mission field- of:! hat city, ami no doubt hi- work there ^ 111 result in much lasting good toj hose with whom In* labored, and will j, >e the cause of his having won -Mars', 'or his crown in the world to come. Ixecenlly the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by l\rskine college at Due Wot. Rev. E. P. McClintock. D. D! Kev. I1',. I'. McClintock served the A. H. I'. congregation in Newberry as a faithful pastor for thirty-five years. Me saw the congregation grow from a half dozen members to one of the strongest congregations in the city. Mi1 was a faithful pastor who at all times held the love of the members of his own congregation and commanded the respect and confidence of the entire community. Me is a native of Laurens county. When the War Between the Stales came on he was a student, at Krskine | college at Due West and volunteered I as one of the boy soldiers in that j great struggle. Me was true to the cause and when the .fames D. Nance Camp was organized in Newberry he was chosen chaplain and has held the position since. Dr. McClintock has always evinced a lively and active interest in everything that was for the industrial and moral uplift of this community. It must be a source of ph asant satisfaction to him in his retirement t< see the results of his years of toil ii the flourishing congregation and tin handsome, new church building ii which will be held the synod of hi: church this week. NEWBERRY A. R. P. CHURCH. j Something of the Old Building?Onl; Three Pastors?Handsome New Building Just Completed. | It will be interesting to note tlui I the Associate Reformed I'rcsliyteria j church was organized in Newberry i j 1 lie year IS">0. Dr. Thomas V | Thompson gave the |.>|, and tl j friends of the cause generally assis j cd in erecting a very neat and sill islaiilial "difice. The fir.-1 ordain* j elders were Dr. Win. Mc.Morries mi Dr. Thomas \V. Thompson. ami I these I 'rof. \\ m. Mood was subs j<|iieiitlv added. This church, known the Thompson Street church, unit with King'?, ('reek in calling l?Vv. ; I-. Murphy. Me accepted the call a was ilnlv in-! ailed as pastor at Nc berry in 1H.">.'!. Mr. Murphv was ' good preacher ami a good pastor a he served his congreg.it ion \vi ^ great acceptance until the clo<e ^tlie war in 1K(>.>. Becoming discot aged after the close of the war | account of the death and removal u? good men. Capt. Spence, Patrick i*lin. and Dr. Thompson. Dr. Mcrris moved to I he country. Mr. rpliv surrendered liis charge and Hived In West Tennessee, few 10. 1*. Mc('Unlock began t?i aeh regularly at Thompson Street 1 King s ("reek churches in Mav "0. and was installed pastor ii i.v, 1871. That pastorate continue* til 1H8.-J. At that Time Mr. Me lock moved tu the town of New ry ami hecaine pastor of Thompsoi reel ehureh exclusively. Pr, Me intoek continued to serve the con nation until about three years ag< leu lie resigned on account of Tail : health. I lie ollicers oi the church now are dcrs?M. A. ('arlisle, (Jco. S. Mow . lames ! '. rodd. Joseph II. Iluntei C. !ones, I-'. X. Martin, .1. C. Ilall re. Deacons .1. I). Davenport. I Parr. R. M. Kennedy, S. H. .lone The first church building stood : e corner of Main and Thompsn reels w here Mr. K. C. Sonnenbei iw cuidncU his bakery. That I mi 1< i ? was destroyed in I lie fire i larch. l!Mi,. ihoiivrh I he property Ii: en so 111 hy i he coiiirregHt ion and ll resent 1..j purchased before the fit Mr. Prank P. Mulhiiru was | rchilcd for the present cliur uildinu : . I ii \va- eivcied li\ \ Davis. ! ic work lieiiej compli I <Iui i11u' I in* present year. Ii i- '>mc <if j }n? haudsomesl cliui iui111 iu _!> in the Stale and i-- well a ii'i-laniiallv Ir.iilt. h co>i s 1 "i.lldi Program. I lie l'i>l!nw iivj i- i lie program he -i ? i..n- of S \ nod : Thursday Morning. I c|iick Opening Sermon - T? I. A. While, Pdackstock. S. P. h' all. fntroducliou of the Modcral Rev. \\ . II. Milieu. Roscmark, Tc .'! o'clock p. in. Devotional > vice?Rev. ,1. M. Hiffham, IImili ville. N. C. A. 1?Husiness session. Thursday Evening. .8 o'(dock?Popular meeting on I eign Missions. Sermon by Rev. \ liam Duiiciin, Charlotte, N. ('. Friday Morning. !) o'clock? Devetlional servii Rev. .1. P. Knox, Columbia, S. f !). 1 ?Business session. II o 'clock-? Sermon by Rev. S Patterson. Monticello, Ark. ;{.()() p. in.?Devotional service, R. A. Ltwumus, Richburg, S. C. '5.I.V?Business session. Friday Evening. 8 o 'clock ?Popular meeting Home Missions. Sermon by Rev K. Hough, Charlotte, N. C. Saturday Morning. H o 'dock ? Devot ional service. S. W. Iladdon, Raphinc, \'a. 0.l.">?Business session. 11 o'clock?Sermon by Rev. I Henry. I). I)., Oak Hill, Ala. .'I.HO p. in.?Devot ional service, .T. M. White, Lancaster, S. C. Jt.l.i?(ireetings from the P Presbyterian Church. Address ' Rev. .). T. McClurkin. I). D., 1 bnrg, Penn. 1 Response bv the Moderator, W. H. Milieu. * Saturday Evening. 8 o'clock-?Popular mectinp Christian Kducation. Address b\ R. P. Robinson. Camden, Ala. Sabbath Morning, y 11 o 'clock?Sermon by Rev. Presslv, Tims-, Tenn. Coniinunio vice, conducted by Rev. R. ('J. ] D. D., Sardis, N. P. 'I Sabba.th Afternoon. " .'{..'HI o'clock Memorial servii ii Preside, Rev. ('. S. Viniii!,', Pan S. ('. 'I'ributes lo Rev. J. p. .' bv Revs. .1. S. Mills and 1,. I. I I-J Tributes lo Rev. W. C. pwai I'- J Revs. .1. P. Kinix and .). P. O.a I ! Sabbath Evening, id j 8 o'clock Sermon by Rev. t ' | Met 'lurkiii. I). I Pit tsburg, I ' I Monday Morning. !,s I !' o'clock Devotional servici '' I :''. P. Kerr, M illershnrg. Ky. H. J !). lo Business session. '"I Monday Afternoon. u" o.OII p. >n. I )e Vol i o r |; 11 a I Rev. W. M. Hunter. Little Roc ml I .'{.lo Badness session. itaj Monday Evening, ol | 8 M due! Devotional servii ir-j-1. R. Me' 'orm:ck. Briscoe, Mn on] 8.1.*??Business session. <d Roll call. Ad journment. South Carotin, Luti , MEETS IN PROSPERITY ll DURING THIS WEEK, i CONGREGATION JUST COMPLET- 1 ' ED NEW CHURCH. I ' I ? Synocl Will Convene on Wednesday? Missions, Education, Will Receive Attention. The Lutheran Synod 1" South t'ari", "lina will convene thi> week with' ;(,,n nkw inn.niNti (ii;.\ci-: litiiki; 'irace cli h i"i * 11 at I ,r?i>|n,rii \, K'e\. M " ). K reps. pa>t<?i*. i'lit* S?>itt li < *:ii't>1 i11:i Synod is <nu 1 of | lie oldol district Synods whirl -jo in make up t (i<* I"jiiJ i d Synod o tln? South. The liiitheraus in South Carolim ' Yj. it 1*1' iloinu much work in the mission ary eausi?hotli home and I'oreifj and also in supporti11?r Newberry col Icltc. All of these enterprises of th rhiirrh will submit reports and tli work will lie disrnssrd. i j liev. M. (!. (i. Scherer, of ('harle: ton and former pastor of the Luthc i?(,v. an ehureh of N'ewherry, is prcsidei of the Synod, and will preach tl opening sermon on Wednesday i eleven o'rlork. on The secretary, K'ev. .James |). Ki j? aid. is a native of Newberry, and present is serviim a eon^reuati'?ii < )ranuebnr<; county. l>rv. Tlie Lilt lierau roiii-rei-atioii Prosperity known as (Jraee rhur was orirani/.ed by K'ev. \V. \Y. Bei I. M. '^.">7. I 'reaching was held in a hit arbor in the summer of that ye; liev. ' l i>'-"st lumse of worship was erei rd in KS."?H, and was known as I uited Newville eonureifat ion. In the '', ; j)V mils of Ncwbi|ry" is found the f Pitts- njr: " Newvilh- a| Prosperity v organized in I8.">!>, and church bi K'ev. si>u?e year and dedicated by K lierly. lie was succeeded by |{ev. II. Hailev, who served the cnlijrre , lion dnrinu a pari of the war peri Kev. b'e\. I'ailcy was followed by K' Sinil lidral. At the rinse of the \ the congregation was small and l>r |" |> irlini: but owint; to the devotion ,, S(>1/ Mr. Davi- Kiblcr, Dr. McKall, ,\ filler, K | fSPr. Jam H-v. i ' /: - service. k. Ark.. :;*? ;j?f?|jy llillj | , FOKMKK HI" I LI) INC r.K'ACK a he ran Synod. , ,. B. MolVct 1. and Mrs. M. K. McFall lie work was kept up. Kevs. J. P. unell/.cr. W. Kichelherger, ami J. A. >ligh officiated occasionally, Kev. J. \. Sligli being the regular pastor for wo years, also Kcv. II. S. Wingard ri ivliilc a student in I lie seminary. .Ja oh Hawkins was pastor >11 1H71 for mi- >car. lie afterwards moved up into Virginia and Kcv. II. S. W in? gard was invited to lake charge of l lie church which he did. ' The Sunday school work was under the supervision of Mr. P. I>. Kmard. and under his eare ami that of ; ,\N i'IH I,'i ll. IMioSI'KlMTV. S. t few oilier faithful worker-;, with tlie cooperation ol Kev. .1. A. Sli'^ii | lie work w ent forw ard. In IS7I llus church was separated I from pasiorale No. 1J and made a separate and distinct c na rge with i Kcv. II. S. Wingard as pastor. All - during I lie earlv .seventies Kev. II. S. n I Wingard and l?cv. Hawkins, 1). I-I !>.. did ctVicient work here, and the c congregation under ihc wise and e faithful leadership of such men ahave heen nienlioned ahove had a s- steady growth Iroin I lie close ot the r- | war. II I In IK7S the need of a new church ii' i was so urgent thai the old building ;l1 j was pulled down and a new one erect j ci| on the original site. Kcv. Dr. lloln-j land was pastor at the time ol the at I erection >>f lli?' second slrncliire. The ill ' name of l lie church was changed at t lie time of dedicat ion l" I he present i ii J na inc. (J ra ce eh mi'cli. lM'. I U d I a i id cli i was succeeded hy Hi'. Ilaw'kiiis the lv second tinic. and lie in turn was sites'li j reeded In I >r. Holland as supply. ;ir. j Kev. .1. K. I tushiiell w as pastor for i*t- | :i number of years and was succeeded lie j by Kev. i'. A. Marks, The pastorAn , who subsequently served the congreol-jgation in the order of their service ,as ' arc as follows: Kcvs. I . (). Keister. lilt ' I). I).; S. T. Ilallinaii, 1>. D.; W .11. cv. | llillcr; W. A. I.ulz; and M. <>. ,1. .1. j K reps. ga- ] A new church had been considered od. j for sonic years and under the eflicient cv. j present pastor I he work was undervar taken. The cornerstone ol the prcsug cnt beautiful structure was laid Oct. Irs. I (t'oiitinncd on page lour.) II MLTOf \ T'-i ;; j *<V. :(.'y i - , . ' 'J I p I <y>' [/-'li' '''ill 1 1 i ; ; ;L \ I.IT I IKK AN' CIIUKril. PKOSI'KK ITV.