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VOL XLV NO 88 NEWBERRY, S. 0.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR Associate Ref Presby y MEETS IN NEWBERRY DDRING TIF' WEEKS CONGREGATION JUST COMPLET ED NEW CHURCH. Will Meet in Newberry Thursday Something About the Denomina tion and its Work. Again it is the pleasure and good fortune of the citizens of Newberry . . .. . R YV. D. G. PHILLIPS, D. D.. Pastor A. R. P. Church in Newberrv. to have in our midst a noble and con secrated body of Christian men, to gether with several of the good wo men who are members of the denom ination that is being represented. On Thursday, November 5th, the one hundred and fifth session of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Sv nod of the South will convene in the beautiful and newly finished church of this denomination in East Main street. This is the annual meeting of the A. R. P. Synod of the South. Within the domain of the Synod are, embraced all the Southern States from Virginia to Texas and from Mis souri t. Florida. In the connection there are about 125 ministers and about 15,000 communicants; and the representation is made up of all the ministers and one elder from each. congregation. It is estimated that the de!egation heie will be about 160. The gifted Moderator is Rev. W. H. Millen, of Rise-nt, Tenn. Tl:ere will be two popular sessions eneh day at eleven o \oek in the morningr and at 7.3(0 o'elock in the evening. The other sessions will be given up to business and the public is cordiAlly invited to all of the ses sions. The work of the past year will be~ reviewed at these~ sessions and tco wonk of te c*o:n:ig year will be p1:uned or outlinedi along the best plan.v feasible and looking to the greatest good of extending the . .. 1 .""/f'sT W5hld .Y59 ....EWH ME PRSN HANSOE.HIRC TION N NE BERRYIN W ..... .~.THIS~ ormed terian Synod. church and the kingdom of God. The Associate Reformed Presby terian church has done much in the line of foreign missions. Their chief IM, RiEV. E. P. McOLINTOCK, D. D., Fr Thir-five year Pa stor A. R. P. (imren Im Newberry. f:.1 are found in Mexico and In dia. In bw:: mission work also it 1 has taken mI(Vi interest znd tile !ood work of thi-1 dep.I r-Iment extends iu u(t1 te SVI1mbern Stat es. O)ne mession of th?e Synod will be e to the coniisideration of Chris ian edie:uion ~at which time both the colleges male and female, as well as the theolgical seminary will be reviewed. These institutions are lo cated at Due West. S. C.. and Dr. J. S. Moffatt is president of th,e male college: and Rev. James Boyce, of the female college. While Dr. F. Y. Presslev is at the head of the theolo gical seminary. There arc ab-out 200 stuzdents at Erskine college and also ab:ut 200 at Due West Female col lege. and about six students in the theological department. All of the heads of the depart inents will be here unless providen tially hindered. The chief depart ments as before mentioned are the foreign missionary department, of which Rev*.' 0. Y. Bonner is chair man: and the home missionary de partment, of which Dr. J. C. Gallo way is chairman. The publishing department of .the Syniod will also be represented. The religious organ of this denomination is known as "The Associate Reform ed Presbyterian."' and i.s edited by Rev. G. G. Parkinson, at Due West, S. C. For mny years the strength of theI A. Ri. P. chnreh lay almost entirely in the country and with the country -hurc'hes. It is; only~ recently that their mnin;ters and members have endeavored to establish churches in the cities. In fact only within the1 last 20 years has this been the ease. Many are the strong, useful~ and Ih ILDING\ A. I. (. UONREGA-. WEEK.O)WIL EE widelv known A. R. P. churches that s< are scattered throughout the country " side in this our Southland, exerting n ind uplifting the Christian influence m its members bot.h old aLd in middle r ife and most especially on the vouth of the church as they gather p from Sunday to Sunday and listen a to the strong sermons preached by I their pastors and sing the sweet 1,N Psalms of the Bible. u We should be glad to have these C .ioble men in our midst as they rep- 1) esent the one church that is most S listinctly Southern. C REV. D. G. PHILLIPS, D. D. - a ir Eost for the A. it. P. Synod of the South Which Meets in Newber- E ry This Week. el E Dr. ). (I. Phillips. the genial. popu- : ar. beloved pastor and eloquent L 1reacher of the A. R. P. ehurch in his city is a native of Georgia. Il He is a smn of the late Rev. D. G. s Phillips. who for many years was a eading minister in the same denom- iii ition. Dr. Phillips is a graduate of Frskine college. and also completed a Ib, lheological course at Princeton Uni- p ersit v. He has now been in Newber rY about Iwo years and is considered a me of the best preacuiers as well as 1) ,me of the most colnsecrated men in C [he citv. Before coiniig here he serv- el d several chnrehes among them the :hurch at Prosperity. S. C.; at Bar- b w. Fla.: radley . (. and Atlan-. ha. Ga. He came from Atlanta here an1d while in that city he did mcli )(d(in the home mission fields of p hat citv. and 110 doubt his work there will result in much lasting good to those with whom he labored, and will J be the eanse of his having won stars e for his crown in the world to come. R Recently the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by v Erskine college at Due West. v Rev. E. P. McClintock. D. D: Rev. E. P. McClintock served the A. R. P. congregation in Newberry e as a faithful pastor for thirty-five li Years. He saw the congregation grow from a half dozen members to one f the strongest congregations in the 1 city. He was a faithful pastor who at all times held the love of the members of his own congregation and I ommanded the respect and confi dence of the entire community. F He is a native of Laurens county. When the War Between the States came on he was a student at Erskine college at Due West and volunteered I as one of the boy soldiers in that I great struggle. He was true to the cause and when the James D. Nance Camp was organized in Newberry he was chosen chaplain and has held the position since. Dr. McClintock has always evinced I a lively and active interest in every thing that was for the industrial 'and .j moral uplift of this community. It must be a source of pleasant sat- l isfaction to him in his retirement to I see the results of his years of toil in t the flourishing congregation and the handsome new church building in 3 which will be held the synod of his church this week. NEWBERRY A. R. P. CHURCH. I Something of the Old Building-Only Three Pastors-Handsome New y Building Just Completed. It will be interesting to note that the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church was organized in Nebryi I the year 1850. Dri. Thomas W. ): mpson gave the lot, and the I riends of the cause generally assist- '] ein er(erting~ a very neat and sub- 1' si 1tntal edifice. The first ordained .lder5 were D)r. Wmi. McMorries and Dr. Thoma W\. Thom~pson, andl( to these Prof. Wmn. ITood was subse gnenlyl addedI. Th is church. knowvn as he Thomnpson Street (church, united ( wit King's (Creek inu calling Rev. H. L. Murphy. lHe ac'cept ed the call and was duly injstalled as past or at New berry in 1 85:L. Mr. Murph was)I a f5~ 1 goodi~ preacher and a god p)asto)r and le served hiis cong regationu w-it h greait accentan1ce until thie close of the war in 18(65. Becoming discour agedl after the close of the war on me good men. Capt. Spence, Patrick [artin, and, Dr. Thompson. Dr. Me torris moved to the country. Mr. [nrphy surrendered his charge and moved to West Tennessee. Rev. E. P. McClintock began to reach regularly at Thompson Street Id Kings Creek churches in May, 370, and was installed pastor in [ay, 1871. That pastorate continued ntil 1883. At that Time Mr. Me lintock moved to the town of New ?rry and became pastor of Thompson treet church exclusively. Dr, Mc lintoek continued to serve the con -egation until about three years ago hen he resigned on account of fail Ig health. The officers of the church now are: Iders-M. A. Carlisle, Geo. S. Mow - James F. Todd. Joseph H. Hunter. C. Jones. F. N. Martin, J. C. Half 1re. Deacons-J. D. Davenport, H. .Parr. R. M. Kennedy. S. B. Jones. The first church building stood at ie corner of Main and Thompson reets where Mr. E. C. Sonnenberg 1W conducts his bakery. That build ig was destroyed in the fire of zarch. 1907. though the property had ?eI sold by the congregation and the resent lot purchased before the fire. Mr. Frank P. Mulburn was the rhitct for the present church ulding ,n( it was erected by Mr. . C. D fvis. the wowk being complet I during the present year. Tt is (ne of the handsomest church aildings in the State and is well and ihtniitially built. It Cost .915,000. Program. The folllin: is the prograi for 1:e,sions, of Synod: Thursday Morning. - 1 o'clock-Opening Sermon-Rev. A. White. Blackstock, S. C. Roll ill. Tntroduction of the Moderator, ev. I. H. Millen. Rosemark, Tenn. 3 o'clock p. m.-Devotional Ser ice--Rev. J. M. Bigham, Hunters ille, N. C. 3.15-Business session. Thursday Evening. 8 o 'clock-Popular meeting on For ign Missions. Sermon by Rev. Wil am Duncan, Charlotte, N. C. Friday Morning. 9 o 'clock-Devdtional service ev. J. P. Knox, Columbia, S. C. 9.15-Business session. 11 o'clock-Sermon by Rev. S. J. atterson, Monticello, Ark. 3.00 p. m.-Devotional service. Rev. .A. Lummus, Richburg, S. C. 3.15-Business session. Friday Evening. 8 o 'clock-Popular meeting -on [ome Missions. Sermon by Rev. R. . Hough, Charlotte, N. C. Saturday Morning. 9 o'clock-Devotional service, Rev. .W. Haddon, Raphine, Va. 9.13-Business session. 11 o'clock-Sermon by Rev. H. M. enry, D. D., Oak Hill, Ala. 3.00 p. m.-Devotional service, Rev. .M. White, Lancaster, S. C. 3.15-Greetings from the United resbyterian Church. Address by ev. J. T. McClurkin, D. D., Pitts urg, Penn. Response by the Moderator, Rev. V. H. Millen. Saturday Evening. 8 o'clock-Popular meeting on hristian Education. Address by Rev. L L. Robinson, Camden, Ala. Sabbath Morning. 1.1 o 'clock-Sermon by Rev. T. P. ressly, Troy. Tenn. Communion ser ice, conducted by Rev. R. G. Miller, ). D., Sardis, N. C. Sabbath Afternoon. 3.30 o 'clock-Memorial service. To ~reside. Rev. C. S. Young, Lancaster, . C. Tributes to Rev. J. E. Martin v Revs. .J. S. Mills and L. I. Echols. riutes to Rev. WV. C. Ewart by rers. J. P. Knox and J. L. Oates. Sabbath Evening. 8 o 'clock-Sermon by Rev. J1. K. feClurkin. D. D.. Pittsburg. Penn. Monday Morning. 9 o'clock-Devotional service. Rev. . L. Kerr. Millersburg. Ky. 9.15-Business session1. Monday Afternoon. . 3.00 p. m.-Devotional service. ~er. WV. M. Hunter. Little Rock. Ark. 3.15-)-Business5 sessionl. Monday Evening. S 'loek-Devotijonal service. He'. . R. M& Cormick. Briscoe. Mo. 8.15-Business session. Roll call. Adjinnrnment. South Caroli Lt KEETS IN PROSPERITY DURING THIS WEE] )ONGREGATION JUST COMPLE ED NEW CHURCH. ynod Will Convene on Wednesday Missions, Education, Will Re ceive Attention. The Lutheran Synod of South Ca >lina will convene this week wi I~ A KEW BUILDING GRACE LUTHE jraee church at Prosperity, Rev. 1 ). J. Kreps. pastor. The South 'Carolina Synod is oi )f the oldest district Synods whi< o to make up the United Synod the South. The Lutherans in South Carolh ire doing much work in the missio arv cause-both home and forei, and also in supporting Newberry c< lege. All of these enterprises of t! ehurch will submit reports and t: ork will be discussed. Rev. M. G. G. Scherer, of CharlE ton and former pastor of the LuthE an church of Newberry, is preside of the Synod, and will preach t: opening sermon on Wednesday eleven o'clock. The secretary. Rev. James D. Ki ard, is a native of Newberry, and present is serving a congregation Orangeburg county. The Lutheran congregation Prosperity known as Grace chur, was organized by Rev. W. W. Ber in 1857. Preaching was held in a bu arbor in the summer of that yet The first house of worship was ere< ed in 1858, and was known as t Newville congregation. In the ") nals of Newbi-ry'' is found the f< lowing: "Newville at Prosperity w organized in 1859, and church bu same year and dedicated by R4 Berly. He was succeeded by Rev. H. Bailey, who served the congres tion during a part of the war peric Rev. Bailey was followed by Re Smitdeal. At the close of the w the congregation was small and t.sru gling but owing to the devotion Mr. Davis Kibler, Dr. McFall, M FM2MERRTTTTnTNG I?ACEL na rtheran Synod. L. B. Moffett, and Mrs. M. E. McFall the work was kept up. Revs. J. P. y Smeltzer, W. Eichelberger, and J. A. L. Sligh officiated occasionally, Rev. J. A. Sligh being the regular pastor for two years, also Rev. H. S. Wingard while a student in the seminary. Ja cob Hawkins was pastor in 1871 for ,one year. He afterwards moved up - into Virginia and Rev. H. S. Win gard was invited to take charge of the church which he did. " The Sunday school work was un r- der the supervision of Mr. D. B. Kin :h ard, and under his care and that of '. .f_ w . 4 R AN CHURCH, PROSPERITY, S. C. d. a few other faithful workers. with the cooperation of Rev. J. A. Sligh ie the work went forward. In 1874 this church was separated from pastorate No. 12 and made a separate and distinct charge with ia Rev. H. S. Wingard as pastor. All n- during the early seventies Rev. H. S. n Wingard and Rev. Hawkins, D. d- D., did efficient work here, and the e congregation under the wise and e faithful leadership of suoh men as have been mentioned above had a s- steady growth from the close of the :r- war. at In 1878 the need of a new church I was so urgent that the old building at wa pulled down and a new one erect ed on the original site. Rev. Dr. Hol nland was pastor at the time of the at erection of the second structure. The in name of the church was changed at the time of dedication to the present in name. Grace chr'jrch. Dr. Holland ewas succeeded by Dr. Hawkins the ly second time, and he in turn was suc c eeded by Dr. Holland as supply.. tr. Rev. J. E. Bushnell was pastor for :t- a number of years and was succeeded be 1by Rev. C. A. Marks The pastors tn who subsequently served the congre >1 ation in the order of their service as are as follows: Revs. T. 0. Keister, ilt 1D. D..; S. T. Hallman, D. D.; W .H. v. Hiller; W. A. Lutz; and M. 0. J. J. Kreps. a- A new church had been considered d. jfor some years and under the efficient v. present pastor the work was under ar taken. The cornerstone of the pres - gent beautiful structure was laid Oct. es. I(Continued on page four.) T HERmAN CHUTRCH PROSPERITTV.