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Home My WebLink AboutBarium Messenger, 1934 ° * *. * * * * a * o 7 * * * * . 21.000 Copies of this * * Printed by Vocation- Issue Mailed to * * al Department, Pres- ° Presbyterians in N. * * byterian Orphans’ * ‘Cc. * * Home 6 * * * + + * * * ° a ae ee, Se aa * * ALBEMARLE PRESBYTERY HAS DISTINCTION — | OF MAKING GREATEST ANVANGE Nl YEAR That Presbytery Jumped From Sixth Place to Second Place and Today Are Eight Cents Behind What Was Asked as Compared to 24% WHOLE SYNOD IS 25.8 CENTS BEHIND Fovr Presbyteries Make Good Records, One Is Mediocre, And Other Four Fayetteville and Wilmington Tied for Bottom Are Far in Arrears PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S HOME For THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS BARIUM SPRINGS, N. C©., JANUARY 193 , Cents a Year Ago passed the 1932 otal 910.35. The excess date was $23.20. The 33 Thanksgiving Offering Qver 32 On January 1th, the 1933 Thanksgiving Oftering for the Presbyterian Or s-hans’ Home on tal of the 1933 '‘hanksgiving of $27,- that final to- 719 CHURCHES HAVE El ‘SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFERING GREATER THAN NOVEMBER: THER EQUALLED OR FXCFEDED AMOUNTS CONTRIBUTED IN 1992-93 COME INCREASES NOTED This Has Been Accomplished in Three-Quarters of the Church Year TWO GAVE THE SAME Roster Includes 41 Churches Which Made No Report Last Year Presbytery December Offering will not be known This Was Contrary To What| Most gratifying to Barium author- uss Receipts until the books tre closed on Had Been Expected ities is the knowledge that 219 of March 31st, for Thanksgiv- By Authorities the churches of the North Carolina g 2 ing receipts cont nue to arrive _ = Synod have already either, equalled 3 oy 8 g ; I 5° ; NEW ONE STARTS or gone beyond their 1932-33 giving 2 2b me Re ne Pag Ur ns Mg : at ae ee eee to the ingtitution. This is wen the = 82 2s ords a arium ‘how that 4 af p= eee nar Bic end of the third quarter, an one a ‘a ask gr en churches, whic. reported Others Notting Dees That Regular additional quarter remains in the & “4 a S s Mic nanteairet Seated x ah Amovnts Begin In Januar: church year before it closes. As Z 2 pt pH ps Thanksgiving ‘fferings in ee eer r k be : “eG che oe” 1932 totaling ‘652.94, had Contrary to expectations of Bar- chur “ae cross shelt previous eee g a an a2: 48 nie : oe ‘ Pek ; . “| they will be added to the roster be- fa E a Re 4 2 5 not sent in a rej ort for 1933, || ium officials, the December regular low. Early January reports clearly Winston-Salem $599.83 $2709.82 Te 1384 ¢ 90c 44 ¢ ahead|| and if these rcvort similar eee oj TP eyed ; os ndicate that the number of trens- P Albemarle 300.14 1642.20 45 ¢ 883%ec 90c 6%4c behind|] amounts, the (¢ fferings for or a an ig on pyfeomige a fers will be large at the end of Jan- e Kirgs Mountain 161.50 1960.78 29%4¢ 82 ¢ 90c 8& e behind!] +99 should be that much in | ella ype Pag nag cat ae i be [Uaty: The aim is to have every one , Concord 497.27 5089.60 8%c 81% 9e 8%ec behind|| “YG eaiaas ne OS ao would Pe}o¢ the churches in this category be- Mecklenburg 686.09 4946.31 S31%¢ 69%e 90e 20%e behind excess. Some caurches, too, || even fess than that repo ted in t e fore the final financial chapter is Granville 137.34 2040.53 37%e 56%e 90c 33%e behind will send in sipplementary || De: ember issue of The Messenger, | written on the current year. Oranee 1923 389638 ©=—-87%e 55%c 90¢e 34% behind|| Thanksgiving r ‘sponses. Cee Ee ican believed that the reg" | ‘Two of the churches, Eagle Springs Fayetteville 2399.39 221%be 41%4e 90e 48%c bheind Ten of the larger city pel Se eho aad be included In|.n4 Four Oaks, in Fayetteville Pres- Vilmington 254.28 1255.30 19 c 4h4c 90c 48%c behind churches showec an aggregate Ho ee poy ere vintifut bytery, have given the exact amount TOTAL $3152.03 $25,949.31 26.9¢ 64.2¢ Me 25.8¢ behind line of 82702 greg’ AN RSET) i is mon a Cen in 1933-84 that they gave in 1932- One year ago $2903.68 20654.00 30.6c 69.2¢ decline of i $27(2.04 in the that the — trie, and t ~ 33. They are not included in the list Two years ago $3040.88 25102.00 87.5¢ 72.4¢e Thanksgiving Offering as ohild: en we ae Ks es below, which contains the names of Three years ago — $3574.33 34439.87 50.6¢ 98.3¢ compared with hat of a year {I * pa ie acue os —_ Garan th he 1517 churches Which have shown some Hour years ago 2563.99 30424.53 43.2¢ 89.5¢ | ago. Had these ten churches a a. aie ‘that an UDw rd jexcess: In many instances, ee Five years ago $31,213.42 43.2c 88.9e been able to gi-e at least the pana _ es rena. ik ey ees o chat creases over the previous year were Six years ago $33,146.54 46.7¢ 111.7¢ pee ee 199° one er ~ ened S > atte Atl unusually small, but there’s another ven years ago $31,541.35 42.8¢ 83.1¢ seme amount a: in ‘32, the} the regular Sunday * of a nae three months yet, and these may be Eight vears ago $33,401.11 {7.le 86.8¢ Orphanage wou d now be Able | coMeaee to ae . ~ a ey reach | oniarged as the year progresses. Nine years ago $5583.92 32206.68 53.2c 98.9¢ to announce a Thanksgiving See ee eal eae Some people may consider it bad There’s mingled joy and sorrow in int ar Hunnure FA lain increase In the neighborhood September, and it will not take such batts ee ee churches. Tiere ming Jor and ore 0] (GT AE CHURCHES FAILING|| of $3:000.0. Th faling down | ern: ”incrace in she Sumy rout of them that, the impuie f as recorded above. There's particu- 1 : of these ten crurches repre- | School giving to supe ‘cede that. te : eee : : : Ate ; ee t ; , ‘ do so cannot be restrained, and they lar oy me ee See hich four <ents the differ: nce between a || | An encouraging element of the | are publishing th. -nersrran the of the Presbyteries of the | Synod substantial increase and a |} -Une?y School response lately has) heory that a little encouragement to have responded to date, bu; the sor- : been the adoption of the plan of |) 0..° churches will make the final row and wegretfulness arisies from small increase. giving a Sunday’s offering per month caeuis pos “better : _ hassnee - ae ae DECREASED THIS MONTH hy three Sunday Schools that have |" It is an ” interesting observation far behind, especially four of them, LIST GIVEN OF CHURCHES that 41 of the 217 churches did not -_ - - - = - - w e o m o w n e 16 = : . . ‘hares ; se > Sunday School of Bt Aw. and particularly two. There's addi- | The Sunday , ; : :, 2 ‘ aeak tik sopenti 3 ‘ * ; 5 Church in Mecklenburg Pres- report anything to Barium in 1932- tional regret in the ao that Number Now is 98 Which Had i = - o obo — . || ie Nene anything they sent this year re sue | Noms ow ne 4 WHY WIRE NOT EAGHED| SS"? tics oc'e e= (me eae eee che la t vane ik Was ThOd rht that it on December 31st day Schools which follow the plan || one. Tat actuatly leaves 176 a a vont fac it ed ee ahi Til eT Ir sp A of siving one Sunday of | churches which have given more than was as luW as } was ever going vw - 7 be ant stain tn : : sa. BETTER NEXT MONTH ill vi CAN Wa | “vies fist | last, yous, sehen this. paint consid Comfort is found in the thought v us ert iy Th baie . : . " re . san tt \ ' e distribution of these 219 that there’s another quarter of the Quite a Few Will Re Stricken From ; ; RSS : hurches, according to their Pres- chuvch year ahead, and a bank holi- List After January 31st Amounts" Needed to Equal Pre- | - RS | a: ae te Sater: hatweet Albe- day like the one experienced in — vious Year’s Aggregate Are | 1 ee ord 20; Fayetteville March of last year will not occur] When the books were closed on Also Recorded Below : é 7 yville 17; Kings Mountain 15; Wil- to cut deep inroads into the amounts December 31, 1933 at Barium, 98 of that ordinarily come to the Orphan- the churches of the Synod of North SOME ARE CLOSE 25; and Winston-Salem 18. urg 29; Orange ton 34; age as the year closes, and which| Carolina had not made any financial Sc aaaae ! rie list of churches which have Lkewise made the ficst quarter of| vepo:t to the Orphanage | for the] One Quarter Remains in Which Those urht great joy to Barium people the current year almost $4,000.00} urrent fiseal year of 1933-34. This Churches Can Show an Excess | tse of their excess response is behind that of the previous year. s a much better report than that of “ follows: Winston-Salem has a habit of go-| 2 year ago, but it is yet far from In contrast wth another list of Albemarle what the Orphanage would like to ing ahead after the Thanksgiving ; churches. in the North Carolina] not'fied the authorities here, and n Ahoskie, Ballards Mission, Calvary, Offering arrives and this year was] Sec. The lst at the end of January| synod is the one appearing below.| doubt there ave others whose notifi- | Falkiand, Fountain, Howard Mem- no exception. It is the orly one that) sll be decreased somewhat through| ‘Eisewhere in The Messenger is re-| cation will come in the form of ajoial, Jason, Kinston, Macclesfield, has that honor. It will not take aj ‘he arrival of Thanksgiving Offer-| .orded the names of 219 churches | contribution. Mayo Mission, Nahalah, Pinetops, great amount of giving on the part) ngs mm January from a number of! which have either equalled or gone Many of the Sunday Schools, too, Robinson, Rocky Mt. Second, Wilson. of Albemarle, Kings Mountain and| these. When the year ended last! beyond their giving to the Orphan-| have heen contributing regularly, it Concord Concord Presbyter.es to also be March 31st, there were 70 churches] age jn 1932-33, while the churches} has becn learned, but the amounts| Bayless Memorial, Bethany, Bethes- placed in that category, for their to- tals at the end of the third quarter lacked only a few cents of equalling what was asked. A year ago Win- in the Synod which did not report a thing to the Orphanage during 1932- 33. It is hoped by Barium authorities) hat individual members of these year. below are those which have one more quarter to increase their giving this | This number is 281. Some are close have been coming to Us through the Presbytecial treasurers, and no de- signation was made that it was from the Sunday Schools. These are being da, Cleveland, Clio, Concord Iredell, Concord Second, Elmwood, Frank- lin, Harmony, Kannapolis, Landis, Marion, Mooresville Second, Morgan- ston-Salem Presbytery was 65 cents] ‘ : ‘ ¢/ to a transference from this to thé/rapidly clarified, and most of the|ton, Newton, New_ Salem, Park ahead. This year they are 44 cents nurc hes will see that something is) other list, and others are a long way Sunday Schools have decided to send! Place, Patterson, Salisbury First, ahead. sent to Barium before the year) from it, but there remains three|these special gifts directly to Bar- | Salisbury Second, Sevier, Shearer, The most phenomenal climb has I ses. Quite a few of them, it is} months in which they can all equal) jum (as they should be sent), thus | Sherrill’s Ford, Shiloh, Statesville goon made by Albemarlz Presby- hought, took Thanksgiving Offer-| the 1932-33 amount and the great) avoiding the possibility of a division | First, Stony Point, Tabor, Third tery. A year ago that Presbytery was| @S5)_ and it is asked that individual majority of them should do it. As|of these Barium cHerincs tall [Crest J 2 in sixth place, but it shot forward| em vers check up on these and see|the months pass by, those which! causes, as so often occurs, and also Fayetteville this year until it now serenely oc- ihat they are sent to the Orphanage] exceed their previous year’s mark] having them thus properly credited. Antioch, Ashpole, Benson, Bethel, cupies second berth. As recounted be-| -mme diately. will have the honor of being recorded Meals which could have been served | Buie’s Creek, Bunnlevel, Cameron fore in these pages, it is believed If your church has given some-| among those which in nine months of] ¢> the children here during the cur-| Hill, Cape Fear, Centre, Comfort, that the accomplishment of this] thing, it hasn’t been received at Bar-]| the twelve months of the year, went] ront fiscal year (based upon an aver- Culdee, Elise, Ephesus, Erwin, Fair- Presbytery this year is largely due} ‘um, unless it has arrived since Dec-| altead. age of ten cents per meal per child) | mont, Flat Branch, Galatia, Gibson, to the energetic efforts of a group] ember 3lst, and centributions dur- It is hoped that individual mem-| follow: Hope Mills, Iona, Jackson Springs, of people in New Bern, who have! ing January will appear next month,| bers of the various churches below June 8,252 Leaf'et, Lumber Bridge, Maxton, been “scouring” that territory, talk-] with a hope that elimination of many| will extend their efforts during the July 9,425 Midway. Mile Branch, Parkton, Pem- ing Barium to all of the churches.) names of chuszches from the list be-| final stzetch of the church year. A August 13,238 broke, Philadelphus, Providence, Rae- A year ago Albemarle Presbytery | low will be possible. little extra effort in the regular September 13,419 ford, Sherwood, St. Pauls, Verona, was 2434 cents bebind, and this year Th 98 churches follow: Scnday School giving, that of the October 12,678 West End. are only e‘ght cents behind. Albemarle Auxiliary, and appropriations from November 10,717 Granville Kings Mountain Presbytery occu- Anderson, Berea, Bethany, Hender- the regular church budgets will do} December 11,519 Buffalo Vanguard, Center Ridge, pies the same position as a_ year! }ite Memorial, Hollywood, Morton, much toward a hasty transfer from) January . setae iealiatan =e Pellcwship, Fairview, Fuller Memor- ago, but their 1933-34 record is bet-| Parmele, Roanoke Spring Hill, Snow} one list to the other. FebreGry ...-006.00- 2 ? ial, Geneva, Goshen, Gruver Memor- ter. Today they are 814 cents behind;| HiI1. Here’s the 281 churches and the} March ? (Continued on Page Four) a year ago they were 1142 cents be- Concord amounts they need to give between (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Four) now and March 3ist = oven their|| Treasurer, previous year’s aggregate. eep in sis taeplaek er | t maind that this includes only those Presbyterian Orphans’ Home, HOW AGH fio You) NG THE MESSENGER? contributians ae amvived ee Barium Springs, N. C. ‘ December 3ist, and not after that)] pear Sir: Di tort ? date. Those will be subtracted next ; Presbyterian Orphans’ Home month. Enclosed vou will find $ , to be used in the Barium Springs, N. C. Albemarle : Dear Sir: Anderson a 4.20|| Orphanage work. You can expect a similar amount from me Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to i = core cn each month. me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- || cann Mem. 43.31 OR tion toward the publication of these 20,000 monthly copies, |} Parmville . %& This is to authorize you to draw a draft upon me for and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $ for this || Goldsboro 130.00 a all particular phase of the work at Barium. Greenville 72.72 | | $—— on the nn eee : Henderlite Memorial 5.00|] until further notice Name LaGrange ‘ 6.50 ; ; Mitchiner Memorial . 84 Signed Address “a yt New Bern _ ~~ 19.65 Address Rocky Mount Ist 175.37 = Runnymeade ee 8.6" (Continued on Page Four) Page Two BARIUM MESSENGER January 1934 B ARIUM MESSENGER UE Oe ee York tie _ tséellaneous Gifts Laurel Hill Aux. Circle 2, 1 quilt. : Kings Mt. Ist Aux. Young } TERIAN ORPHAN 8 OME THe Ta efferson S. 2. Pri. Dept., cloth, dis dies oe 5 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PRESBY WOVETT sen coat eat ates’ | towels, otc. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sadler, Mt. than toys and gifts for the child- Mrs. Wilson, Chadbourn, canned Holly ds 15.00 JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Bditer ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor Alice K. Thompson, Yellow Springs, Ohio ; ses: WE Aa seine sc GRAND TOTAL ...... $1,267.20 CUOUUEEECELTUUTTET DEERE DEA EETEESEOEETEbbO tad ete toe ee Clothing Meneu strawberries. Raeford Aux., 12 qts. canned fruits & jellies, 1 pk. sweet potatoes. Salisbury ist Aux., canned goods, groceries, puzzles. Shearer Chnrch, 8 qts. fruits, 1 pr. ren and we have failed to list it, please let us hear from you about it. Tell us just what was sent and the organization sending it. To our many friends who sent Christmas gifts to the children, WStered as sveckd-Class matter November 15, 192%, at the posveffiee at Barium Springs N. @., under the act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage previded for in Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized, November 15, 1923. BOARD OF REGENTS: we send our most sincere thanks. trousers, COLEUTERLEOEUSEUTEESEEUAELELEEEEAELDERIDbpeaanennas min cae... See Some of you we will be able to L. Banks Holt, Graham, 1 bale shirt- Bethpage (C) Aux. 15.00 MW. NORFLEET ---- - Vice-President write to personally, but many ing. ; Back Creek Aux. 1.50 MRS ‘2 V. TURLINGTON -.- - > = Secretary others we can not reach for lack | Broa¥s Todd, Hickory, 1 bu. peanuts. Burlington 2nd Aux. Circle 1 3.00 . ee z hae of proper addresses. To each of | Mr. Frank 0. Shamburger, Aber- Comfort Aux. 2.00 Rev. W. M. Currie - - - - Belmont, Mrs. W. E. White - Graham eS Pe more than =~ one 1 o. owe Concord 1st Aux. Circle 5 17.00 i - Tarboro| Rev. R. C. Clontz, - Wilmington undre . & 1 ren we sen a Ja lain LUX, qui t. : Cis O- _ 15.00 ‘. an Beet i fori ot i 2 etna, - ed 2 big wish for a happy and Jackson Springs Aux., 3 quilts. ce AG > i: fk Charlotte ev. J. Kh. ’ ae prosperous New Year. Laurinburg 1st. S. S., Jr. Girls, scrap-| Dallas Aux. Last year’s balance Mes. J. E. Drisco ese. sie Mrs. John Harper - - Wilmington beoks for Baby Cottage. ee es re ce Rev. W. M. PAR ooo 28 maichehs Mr. W. B. Bradford - Charlotte} Olney Aux., Home Circle, 6 quilts. | Nut Bush Aux., 1 cake. Dallas Aux. year 1933 __ 4.88 K. G. Hudson ------- . = Mrs. H. A. Rouzer - - - - Salisbury| Siloam Aux., 1 quilt. Mt. Pisgah Aux., 8 pillow cases. | Ellenboro Aux. Girls’ Circle 2.00 Rev. Eugene Alexander - Manches er a = Meloni - aed Galatia Aux., 1 quilt. Carthage Aux., Home Circle, 1 quilt. Erwin Aux. Kelly Circle 2.00 Mrs S. A. Robinson - - - - Gastonia) Mrs. L. A. 3 : aurin, N. Wilkesboro| R°Cky Point Aux. 1 quilt. VONEDESSTALOTLAATAEE TET EELHEEETEEETEEUNNENE | Poison Aux. 15.00 Mrs. W. T. Clarke - - - - - Wilson) Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro! Central Steele Creek Church, 35 cans Clothing Boxes Gastonia Ist Aux. 3.50 ‘DIRECTORY: fruity 3% gal. syrup; 48 Ibs. of} saseeensnereneeeisnennneiTattenieninmnannay | Goldsboro Aux... 2.50 G a] Manager flour; 100 lbs. meal; 10 Ibs. salt;} Rowland Avux., 2 Highland Aux. 5.00 Jes. B. Jonansion ues J. HK. Lewrance Seite Maxton Aux., Circle 2 Maxton Aux., Circle 3 3 bu. sweet potatoes; 4 chickens; % bu. grits; 44 bu. corn. High Point 1st Aux. Coble Assistant Circle _ 3.00 Ernest Milton 7 Mies Lulie E. Andrews Miss Maggie Adams See T. L. O’Kelley ____ cocina imiccnctaae Bookkeeper and Clothing _. Head Matron Head ef Schoel (FORM OF BEQUEST.) “I give and bequeath to the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ HOME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of North Caro- lina, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) Picnics would be glorious affairs if it were not for the ants and the gnats. Summer time would be a much more enjoyable occasion were it not for sunburns and mosquitoes. There seems to always have to be a “fly in the ointment”. So it is with us. In the midst of our grateful acknowledgments of the many fine things that come to us during the Thanks- gi’ z ord Christmas Season, there are still a few headaches intermingled. For fear these headaches might remain with us and become a chronic condition, we are passing them on to you. We think we will all feel better by having given them the air. Here are a few: As you knew, we have made an extra effort to enlist the aid ef every church, every pastor, every officer in making this Thanksgiving a real worthwhile occasion that would see us well on the road out of debt. One of our representatives visited a minister and was discussing this situation with him. In the con- versaton, this minister spoke proudly of the fact that his people had just made the largest contribution to one of the other church causes that they had ever made at any time, and just a little while later, in the same con- versation, he said that he “would not think of asking his people to give as much for the Orphanage as they once did”. Now, why the difference of the viewpoint? One pastor made this report to Barium: “We have seven elders, nine deacons, and 248 members. At Thanksgiving, one elder, three deacons and _ twenty-one members responded to the Orph- anage, leaving six elders, six deacons and two hundred and twenty-seven members who did nothing”. If the campaign for Barium in that church had been conducted in a hap-hazard sort of way, such a response might not have been so significant. As it was, however, the minister wrote the name of a member on each env.'ope and the deacons distributed them to each member, and the minister made repeated appeals from the pulpit. And that happens to be the church that we have recently received a large number of children from. In fact, one of the largest family groups that we have in the Orphanage at this time. The total amount contributed by that church would not take care of the children from that church for three days! One of the Presbyterial Orph- anage Secretaries wrote in that a certain minister stated that he had “had no notice from the Synod about an offering at Thanksgiving for the Orphanage, so he preached a sermon on a different topic altogether and no appeal was made for the Or- phanage”’. 5 ; If there are many ministers like that in the Synod, maybe we had better put on our Stewardship Committee again. Of course, that Committee was expensive, but it got literature out to the minis- cers at different times, notifying them of special collections. Of course we get our literature too, put it is not in the nature of an official order from Synod as this | Just A Few Headaches | good friend seemed to be waiting Tor. Another church from whom the Orphanage has received quite a number of children in the last fifteen years, has reduced its giv- ing until it averages less than ten cents per member per year; and we can’t even get a_ reply from a letter to the church as to why. Ten of the strongest church- es in the Synod reduced their giving at this Thanksgiving be- low that of last year (also a poor year) by practically $3,000. No, they were not bankrupt sec- tions. Three of them were in towns where the church has not accumulated a debt, nor had any bank failures in some time. In fact, the material prosperity of the church or its membership doesn’t seem to have any effect on this list of churches. Some of the churches in the worst plight, looking at it from a purely ma- terial standpoint, have made the largest advance in their contri- butions, and the church that leads the Synod and has led it for some years in per capita contributions, could hardly be found by a rambling Rolls-Royce! In another church where spec- ial effort was made to interest all of the members in a_ real every-member contribution to the Orphanage, the effort was suc- cessful. The contributions were made and turned over to the treasurer; and everything seemed to be all right. But the treasurer sent the entire gift to the treas- urer of the Presbytery, and for- got to specify that it was a special offering, and the entire amount was divided up and sent to the various causes, with orly 7%% coming to Barium. (Why, oh why does a special contribu- tion ever have to go through the hands of the Presbytery’s treas- urer?) So much for the headaches! Now here’s headache powders: more churches contributing than ever contributed before. A defi- nite increase in the smaller churches. More Barium Alumni contributing than ever before. We have no way of ascertain- ing just how many individuals had a part in the Thanksgiving Offering but we believe that more individuals took part this year than ever before. Here is another powerful head- ache powder: it does not have to do with money, but it certainly makes up for a good many disap- pointments in other respects. We have just finished our mid-year Health Clinic. A doctor from Sanatorium was up to check over tubercular suspects. Dr. Herman, our own physician in Statesville, has been checking up also. The children are weighed and meas- ured at this time; and we believe there is the greatest increase in weight of any time in recent years. Certainly, we have never had a more satisfactory check- up than at the present time. Some of the children showed re- markable improvement over a year ago, and if you get to thinking about this you will find that money headaches are in- clined to disappear. Next month we want to give you some figures, and if we can, compare just what activities seem to produce the most gains | Back Creek, Jr. Mission Band, 2 gals. Sharon (M) Aux., 2 quilts. Rowland Aux., 3 quilts. Thyatira Aux., Circle 5, 1 quilt. Alamance S. S., Beg. & Pri. Depts., 1 quilt, Thyatira Church, 7 bbls. flour; 350 Ibs. corn meal; 20 cans fruit; 1 bu. petatoes; strawberry plants; 1 bu. peanuts and magazines. Blacknall Mem. S. S., West ham, 60 cakes. Burlington ist, Y. P. League, 52 cans fruit; 30 Ibs, sugar, ete. B. H. Finch, Lexington, 1 bbl. candy, Miller’s School Church, 1 quilt. Dur- stick fruit and veg. canned, 1 bu, sweet potatoes; 1 bu. Irish potatoes; 8 chickens; 340 Ibs. flour; 5 yards of cloth. Salisbury Ist. Aux., Cirele 4, 1 blan- ket. Mrs. C. B. Morrisette, lizabeth City, 1 heavy coat, pr. trousers and sox. Carolina Absorbent Cotton Co. in Charlotte, steril gauze; adhesive cottoon, ete. McDowell Church, 4 bags peanuts; 1 bag dried apples; 4 bu. potatoes Columbus Aux., 4 pillow cases and 2 sheets. Olivia Aux., 4 sheets, 1 quilt, 1 tow- el. Statesville Aux., Circle 3, table nap- kins, cloth, buttons, thread, ete. Albemarle Ist Aux., 5 quilts. East Burlington S. S., 28 qts. fruits & vegts., 7 pts. jelly, 4% bu. I. po- tatoes, Bixby Mission, 13 qts. fruits, 2 qts. vegts. 1% gal molasses, 10 Ib meal. Hickory ist S$. §., 1 gal. syrup, 19 qts. canned frujts & vegts., 46 cakes, 1 box colts. Mrs. F. R. Sadler, Mt. Holly, candy. A Charlotte Friend, 1 coat. A Charlotte Friend, 1 pr. shoes. Monroe Church, jigg-saw puzzles. Reidsville Ist S. S., Int. Girls, 1 quilt. Geo. Halli, Hickory, 300 Ib flour, 8 doz. cans salmon, 4 cs. prunes. Mrs. Louise Phaeler, Greensboro, 1 heavy all-wool blanket for J. B. J. Rockfish Aux., 4 quilts. Black River Church, 1 quilt, 20 qts. fruits & vegts., etc. Mebane S. S., Pri. Dept., 18 pencils. Eno Aux., 6 sheets and 6 pillow cases. Waldensian Bakery, Valdese, 3 plain cakes, bu. noodles. Miss Margaret McArthur, Fayette- ville, 1 quilt for Baby cottage. Kenly Aux., 1 quilt. Olney Aux., Cirele 1, 2 quilts. Asheboro S. S., buttons, tape, thread, etc. Vicks Chemical Co., 600—.10e car- tons cough drops. Laurinburg Aux., 32 cakes, 1 box cookies. Graham Aux., 35 cakes and 8 boxes cookies. Graham Aux., Harrop Circle, 1 quilt ete. Salem Aux., soap, towels, dresses. Calypso Aux., 2 quilts. Sanford Church, 15 qts. coat hangers. Mrs. L. H. McLeod, Fayetteville. 1 box each grapes and raisins. Raven Rock Aux. & Y. P., 2 quilts. West Avenue Aux... Charlotte, coffee, prunes, grits, baking powder. A Friend, 1 bu. basket oranges. Kings Mountain Aux., 1 quilt. Salisbury 2nd Church, rag dolls. Bethesda (F) Aux. Circle 5, 1 quilt. Mrs. W. S. Barney, Greensboro, Cov- enant Aux. 1 leather coat and Puz- fruit, 42 in stature. Another thing that always helps to do away with head- aches is the expressions of good will that come to us at the Christmas season. We wish we could acknowledge all the Christ- mas cards that come to us, but it would take up all the month of January to do that. They come in by hundreds and thousands. We are listing in the Alumni Column, the cards from old Bar- ium Springs boys and girls, and this is just a small part. We started out to fill up this column with headaches and got switched off after mentioning only three or four, and we sup- pose it’s just as well. There are so many more pleasant things to think about than the unpleasant that we believe you had rather read about the pleasant ones. Goldsboro Ist Aux. Ellenboro Aux., Girls’ Cierle Gulf Aux. Erwin Aux., Kelly Circle Oakland Aux. POURRA CEE tscellaneous HAL ARH tad MISCELLANEOUS REGULAR F. P. Tate, Morganton 6.00 Rev. James Appleby, Maxton 1.00 4. E. Scharrer, Hickory 5.00 4 Raleigh Friend 5.00 A Friend 50.00 A Wilmington Friend caiesg pe Aca eee . $69.00 MISCELLAN. THANKSGIVING J. C. Arrowood, Lincolnton 15.00 Roy Wade, High Point 2.50 Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Murvin, Seven Springs J. W. Shook, N. Wilkesboro E. S. Bee, Charlotte 5.00 5.00 10.00 A Roanoke, Va., Friend 1.00 J. Rowan Davis, China Grove 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Baucom, Rae- ford 5.00 Marshville School 2.84 Miss Bonnie Jean Shore, Rural Hall 1.00 Wm. F. Davis, McDonald 2.50 Dorothy B. Davis, McDonald 2.50 Mary Elizabeth Davis, Me- SRNR ices Seed 2.50 Charles T. Davis, Jr., McDonald 2.50 C. A. Spencer, Morganton 5.00 Mrs. Hattie K. Rowan, Char- lecte 3.00 Mrs. J. M. Brown, Mooresville 5.00 Cc. M. Gunn, Sanford 5.00 A. F. Sams, Jr., Statesville 10.00 Miss Leta Christian, Winston- Salem . 10.00 John D. Spinks, Winston-Salem 10.00 Herman Wailace, Statesville . 10.00 R. Z. Johnston, Newport, R. I. J. C. Fowler, Statesville Mrs. J. A. Kellenberger, Greens- boro , 20.00 Mrs. S. B. & Annie M. Smith, Rockingham __. 3 Mrs. T. W. Abbott, Charlotte J. Bailey Owen, Henderson Mrs. W. A. Spencer, Drexel 2.00 5.00 5.00 2.00 100.00 1.00 J. D. Cochran, Statesville - 5.00 Frank L. Johnson, Statesville _ 50.00 Iredell County Prison Camp 46 Mrs. Harriett W. McCall, Win- son-Salem ‘ . 206 R. T. Nesbit, Barium Employee 5.00 Mildred Warner, Charlotte, a former Barium student 5.00 Miss Katherine Wiggins, Weldon __. aera 2.50 Harmony High School 2.50 Mrs. T. A. Leeper, Elkin 5.00 Ethel F. Boozer, Greensboro. 5.00 Mrs. Cathleen Moore Radcliffe, Raleigh, a tormer Barium student eaniaioniecs 5.00 W. B. Bradford, Charlotte _.-. 10.00 Miss Hannie Cowan, Morganton 1.00 Presbyterian Jr. Coi., Maxton. 3.40 Linda M. Johnson, Seven WI ciate Gin encs 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Tate, Charlotte oka. 100.00 E. P. Walker, Reidsville 5.00 C. G. Pepper, Hamlet _. 1.00 J. M. Cracraft, Charleston, We Wie oS Mrs. W. E. Bizzelle, Seven ON kccecce os oe J. W. Matthews, Rocky Mt 5.06 Ruby Pickler, Charlotte, a former Barium Student —_ sais EO Mrs. Thelma Fraley Lentz, Charlotte, a former Barium MMR es tenclriintacs® ie 50 G. H. Hipp, Charlotte, a former Barium Student ake 50 James H. Jackson, Clinton 100.00 Mr. & Mrs. D. St. P. Du Bose, Durham __. 50.00 Frank Stronoch, Raleigh 2.50 Geo. A. Battle, Jr., Concord 5.00 A Graham Friend _.._ . 10.00 A. J. Hoffman, . Lenoir 25.00 FOR MESSENGER Mrs. J. W. Massey, Barwick, Ga. 1.00 Miss Mary L. Lea, Greensboro 1.00 Mrs. E. C. Stowe, Washington, dD. C. catia sonics, RD Fre Be secs. ane -... --. $3.00 CHRISTMAS FUND A Morganton Friend 25.00 A Friend to Little Children in Lincolnton ___ eli Mrs. M. H. Wooten, Clayton 5.00 Mrs. Cameron Morrison, Char- lotte since Mrs. John Sprunt Hill, Durham for Annie Louise Cottage 20.00 M. L. & Jos. C. Shepherd, Wil- mington Miss Annie B. Payne, New 2.00 10.00 Howard Memorial Aux. Mrs. Mabry Hart saeecieeaamncacia: =a Mrs. Cobb & Mrs. Holderness 16.50 Kings Daughters, Salisbury 5.00 Leaksville Aux. — . 15.00 Lexington Ist Aux. 20.00 McPherson Aux. 9.06 Marshville Aux, _._ 7.00 Maxton Ist Aux. Circle 3 2.50 Maxton Ist Aux., Circle 2 _. 2.00 Dr. & Mrs. Mel Thompson, Me- pene: Buk... ee BO Mooresville 1st Aux. Wharey Mlemorial _... _.. .... 10.00 Mt. Airy Ist Aux. - 15.00 New Bern Ist. Aux. _._._._.. 20.00 Paw Creek 8. S. Class 7 _._.. 19.00 Philadelphus Aux. ae Pinehurst Aux. a Red Springs Aux. 75.00 Reidsville Aux. 2.00 Rowland Aux. .. 10.50 Shelby Aux. . 15.00 Smyrna Aux. 15.00 Sprunt Memorial Aux. 36.00 Stony Creek Aux. _ 2.00 Sugaw Creek Aux. 7.25 Wadesboro Aux. 15.00 Warsaw 30.00 Beg. & Pri. Depts. Washington ae ee Mrs. Miriam W. Moore, Waynes- TE ee oe a TOTAL . $512.38 SABCOPALUSDUNSURUGUEUEUAGERGLGUDUEUEUGEAHRDAdGaEAeR Support Fu CEESOURSESPOOUERCUGTT EEE EEEEEEEAEEES EEE SS URCHES REGULAR Alamance eaisinns: a Badin 7.50 aes... 2.00 Bethany (C) ~ 1.52 Bethpage (C) 4.67 Brittm Liesosligeaes 3.46 Broadway _. inte <epineinn Buffalo (G) - ioe Buffalo (L) — a Burlington 1st , Charlotte 2nd _. ‘ Clinchfield seins 1.00 Cooks Mem. Special 10.38 Covenant (KM) . Cross Roads __.. Davidson nie eta Duncan’s Creek _ A Elmwood Dele idasasGe seckinegs 1.62 First Vanguard ..........._ 2.88 Flat Branch 2 14.00 Franklin : 68 2 i, eee <a Gastonia ist, Fred L. Smyre Memory E. G. McLurd __.. 5.00 TN signi ecnednciaie a. Se Glen Alpine 2.00 IRR seer acti inns. ~ sessions A Grassy Creek __ ne | Greenville __ . 4.00 MI cept uplecies, ie 9.92 Jefferson 88 Kannapolis 2.85 nanny... om ee Lenoir, A Friend _. 20.00 Lincolnton 1st _ 13.50 McGee _ RaeweoNee. | McKinnon _ ieee Maxton 1st inane Se Mebane ___ aiiaioa J Mocksville — 2.27 Mt. Vernon Springs — 300 Mulberry, Special _. iia New Hope (KM) __. iain) N. C. Bank Dividend from Gran- ville Presbytery _ 17.38 North Wilkesboro _ .. 62.33 Nut Bush 1.78 Oakland ‘ Oxford 4.39 Parmele, Kinston, Washington 13.43 Paw Creek Special ss s«14.88 Paw Creek Regular. == —s«d18.00 Pearsall Mem. (for year) _ hone, ee IO TI Prospect (C) —...... Quaker Meadows Raleigh 1st _ Red House . Reidsville _._. Rocky Mt. Ist - St. Andrews (G) St. Andrews (M) _ St. Andrews, Nov. St. Pauls (F) St. Pauls (M) - Salisbury 2nd Sanford Shiloh (C) - Sugaw Creek Taylorsville Thyatira Union (KM) ‘ SD Sec ce Washington 1st Special MI MIU siinidtdegensccac Wilmington ist . 64.10 siibiatsasneinaaaiicsiien A (Continued on Page Three) Page Three Continued ee fro Williams M m Page Two) B Willams Mem. °) ag tet = ARIUM MESSENGER Albemarte S. REGULAR 221.45| Little Joe’s 10.00 Geo. WW We, shpole 40.27 | Madison 25.00| Gibson ebb Mem. 16.00 Pri . 27 — eS ast Belmont = Matthews eonernreemonenn ie ‘75 | Gilead ~ ; : - 4.00 Siedes Hill January 1934 Bethel (0) a1.88 Mebane 7.00 Giees ~ 30:00] Quaker. Me 1.00 Chadbourn Bethesda (C y a. 73 | Glade V 1.00! Raeford — eadows 3.43 i aiaiae te B ) Specia .30 ) alle d 16.36 e Ist, T 3 ethesda (F) al 2.00 Mitchiner Mem. 1.25| Gle . y 5.00] Raleigh ; 6.36 Clung B , The J. W. Me 25 Burlington a . a oe Seemann ae 5.76 sine 8.75) Ramah Ist poop Charlotte ALS o. iat ee ° well Mem. Oct. - sae) ere Sasuke 6.56| Goldsboro 1.30| Red Springs 8.30 Cherryville 116. shen 6.46 Mt. Airy 1st & b Special. 82.87 Goldsto: .. 17.85| Red Sprin on. 30 Church-b id - ‘omcord 1st om Mt. Holl a «39.00 | G ne 105.00] Rey gs 96.49] 1-by-side-of-road F Cencord Iredell ’ welae oat ine — ae er (o fat ox 2 on = 4.00 Guwmiltus . Newell, O vy. & Dec. - Triend 910| M s. Senah C. Kent o4.44| Comfort 97.7 Cramerton ca North W = boro ee feo — Church & S. S. 5.00 oe ae wee 200.00 Cooleemee Ha Hanean Ce . Olivia kesboro _....... a raham - "18.1 <_ e Lindsay 100.00| Coo*#zemee 21. eek 5.70 se - 2.2 | Grass 16, I. S. Bull & . 25 Cone ; 1.70 Durkan Ist Oct. and Nov. 2.42 ese Hill 2.00 Geaon — | Miss sg My asig a sae gga piekskeer ne “re obi 0 <= G Mrs. B. P. Smith 56°70 gg Delphine Salis Covenant (F) 338 as 00] Raleigh ist. 4 Specia .70| Greensboro 1st, B. ~ » B. Martin j| Covenant (O 5. 4.87 pe 350| J. A. T W. Glen 00} Chas. M. N Zz. N ) 5.46 — Street 2.32 os Serings ae 10.00] E. A. eral es nn = Rani na ae 0 aoa . a Stecie int tie 62| fexecke’ Rapids” 16-00 W. Stanley Davis” — —— - Rebecca B. M 16-45 Se ae Gr wes Rockingham ene: 10.00 oe So scultemamersee = J. wart Warken 20 a ae 10.09 iraves Memori: aan 6.92 ocky Mt. Ist Mr 2.70} M Glenn... 600.00} Roanok Johnston oanaat ane een Greensb :orial ___ o. P. Th rs. ee * —L,., B. la : ~"95,00] Rober e Rapids 200.05 akotah ee 11 Greenw oro 1st Men’s B. C. 6.41) Rock Mt i e Lizzie fet . 10.00 oon 35.00| Davidson Jr. D ae Canes Tw) anise -. 10.40 nae = 1st Dec. Special - 10.00] L. Richardson 5.001 R ee Chapel 10.2 | Durham Ist., a a a a. jen’s B. C. . 10.40) Rocky Mt. Ist Nov. : ™ . a 200 , * eorene ieee a 250 — Mt. 1st ee, Pen ; 13.00 Crt i: Richardson - ——— Rocky: Mt let eae <i Jones oS Clags — 11.90 ecernber see _ 8.88 ay — nny-s -a- Greenvi acc eee .00| Rocky Mt. 00) Ik St : _. 6.00 Hallsville e Rocky M a ville ""'g08.96| R. C. E Ist. Mr. & Mr 110.62| Etkton 59.0 = 99 | R t. Ist —- Greenvill i ; . C. Brake Mrs. Ellenb = Harmony (C = Tio] BELA ah | Grove Tad |Ratherforion Church, 8.” Elmwood - re 00 ; Bi “ rove (W 4 ‘ 2 ux. 2 2 we =phes id woe an 4.92 rome 2nd. Dee. - 57| Gulf 2 as s . St. Andrews (G) 51.25 meat Mp tt Mi 77 oo wo ea TP. 13.88 Shelby (M) — x —. a > (W) 9.90 | Faison yatt Mission a em. 17 ———~ : amlet C .. 4h aats m. H. Sp 78,19) Flat Branc : ’ Jackson Springs 7.00 ee aaa $6) itarmony (6) 1.00] st, Andrews (W) Ms. & wooac| Forest Cty “rae ia nme EAGT Thyetins ” pecial . eS an armony (C) "——"— "Beo| St. Paul me rs. Poster hai = f e 5.43 a - 22.00 | Harmon St. Pauls (F) 10.00| Four, O ; : ees ae 6.92 Tryon (Quarterly) 2.10 oe) Church & S. S. _ Se =e an .. 46.98 ae ‘ = ae = : a = Behoce oo san oy ist, W. J. Swink 3.0! es Street 7a pee 5 end paged isbury Ist oes 10.0 | Fulle . V ‘ enderso 7 0 rM Laurel Hill _ ee : 30.00 ' Hickory a ange Salisbury 2nd 536.33 Gaienia int a - xington __. : Feabington i. 15.08 | Highland st. oe Saluda 69.0. | Gastonia = Men’s B. C. 10.00 JS riegine zit ; oe one (M) oe 4.00} High Point Ist. a — 4.75 Geo. W oe er wi oe ; ve 7. 15.46 SARE : 2 , em. - Long mae On and Nov... 6.30 ha (Ww) a. a cbteye Gace 1887 et iyiaga Mem. - 21.8 umber Bridge __ 2371 wie minster (M a : 5 earer me “nn | Gre eee M. a = N : ) ‘ ls _. eiseneeen 5.00) “ree ensbo eee a 2.70 Remereree 501 10.00) Hilsdbyre ime Saree tt, © i oe a ee Sees ©. S. ey Marion 1s sive Bocnag 9 ik oe os'55| Shelby @ 2732] Tovalty Cla B.C. 76.83 ao ern Saree Sap] Winston-Salem ist : ~ Gaines We pop Shiloh (C) ~ 5.48 ao "7 are Hint - 18.08! Hope er © Piece — ee Hopewell (M) - it Sparen s ~ a - : » ca Mocksville — = Paw Creek J 1.50 —e 17.48] Siloam (C ze — M 50 r. & Sr. S oward M 2 ) Churct 8.00) STIEFs een f 15.16] A CHURCHES inesen 3.00 | Howard Mem, fe Py Smithfield - ch & S. 5. _ 18.99] Grevet Mom Montpelier ct] Brive GIVING Huntersville Thad Hussey - menace i0'12| Hamlet mite it 6.88 1e : 6.00 | Immanue ‘ ithfield 1.00 | Harrisb oot 2nd, 3rd vn LS — 10.50 | Iona l — Smyrna (F) 2.00 iii : : Nove Oct. quarter ~ 1238 Antioch (F as = Jackson Springs 33.00 Seed River Church & A 18,87| Henderson & ov ree - e ux. 7 Mt. saga 3.86| Antioch (F) . = Jefferson a4 aa) Seles well 75| High Point Ist, The ive 7.16 (WwW) 6.70 | Kanna es 5.01 | High P e Glean Mt. Pisgah 8.0! Ashpole Church 640|K polis _ 11.80 | Spindale oa | High oint Ist - ers 500.00 Nahalah = os on mama & Aux. _. 85.00 porte - $683 Spring Hill = Holly gfe aa 52.06 \< i ‘nha? Oe r -———---__----- is fiat eae Waa cela 23) Honan, en 7 ‘ ern Ist 3.41 ission _ cae ke W. cNeill - : em. 19.75| Indian Trai : ; New Bern ist B. Prt sige os Salama Chepel 250| Jean E. Rose 29.46| Io _ ed Ne Ee ae '58| Beattie Mem. i ndis Chapel 13.50| Stat ose ——- 29.46} pon 6.45 anes (W) Nov. and D 6.50 — ee 1.10 aera 1st, Karl Sherrill _ 6.00] fenton 5.50 0 Wilkesboro ec. 6.09] B 10.00| Laurel Forks 6.00|S sville Ist : 20.00 | Jacksonville 7.10 ~—-————----— 9. is : : , ville 1 177.32) 2enes : - Olivia Rees fees Bessemer feou I acct 6.55 Steele Cre uL 10450 oo Mer : : st 36. ; ; uri ek, La 50| Kenly Gi Paw Creek Oct. and _ 28.62 Bessemer City oars By Steele Creek ura Williams _ 10.00| Kinston ee 6.18 Philad “Nov. Bethan Wes 0.33 | Stone a wu 5.10 Poi —— Bethel (hy x — ie 20.03 car Ge So oo 4 a. a ae : illingt: 247. reek ~ 15.00 | Lakeview a ’ Ralsieh x Bethesda a a 47.46| Sugaw eae - 193 Raleigh ist Moment Cage 4] Bert (F) eae eat) Taber (C) Bee] katsinborg Bio tocky Mt. ist Men’ oe Foloeee vee D. “a1| itt! oo 00] Third Creek -g.65| Leaflet Ss : een” Men’s B. C. Oct. 3.61 Betheods (0) - I. McKeithen 5.00 Little — Joe Clark - — Thyatira g1'59| Littleton ae Rocky Mt. 1 + Zio Aas - 20.00] Littl - - 00} Topsail —~ gogo | locust —— - oe B. C. st, Jennie K. Hill . Sg ne 41.00 Satie = - nee a Trinity Ave 12.07 Loggins Sa = Rocky River ~ Sa 5 RS Sc. q 17.26| Lo ver . .00 a te gis L Sec 4 # eet _... 5.00] Brai — ; a J. 36.35 - #ones 66.06 owell Mr. & Mrs 2.00 Hovland 25.00] Bridgewater serra — fide] Mis. Pera A. Sloan sh oe —— - . * * bs w . . orth is € ac St. Andrews (M 5.23 Brittain ee eae 9.15 eae Bride 17.66] Union (KM) - . i - ee McGee a Jr. Boys: 9.86 St. Pauls (F) , 13.25 a Marsh _. 21.70 Neill, Bridge -—- od Union Mills ~ 18.74] McLean gauge 8.10 Salisbury ist Rumpt ee see Vanguard» 5.00} Mrs. J W. Hall - 150 aa Willie Tate 9.95 | Macclesfield : Salisbury 1st W’ ple B. C. 5.00 uies Creek _ 18.80| Thos. S - Hall — , _Mark Kate Hark 5.00| Marston Selisbury 2nd woke BO. — Bei Bataan tn, 4 Deiend —— Siltenea an amet & - 5.00! Matthews 7 haron (M) ee 3 ington 1st _.. 2.00] McKinn ——— 125, - - a 56.2. | Mayo te Shelb —~ Se ee nd —— qh00| Mallard Crook §.00| Wadesboro .. 26.00 | Mid . Sherwood = ie Caldwell Mem. 15 rt eck . pa ~ 18.66 | Waldension “ ne Mile Bi “) Shiloh (KM) “Tele Ba ~ 65.26 | Mario : $7.48) Wenece — oe ee Shiloh eM Nov. 6.00 ar 24.67 avon Wis lain knee an Wenbingien * 96.82 Milton a expe a Youn “Men's 5.00 Coane 29.95| Maxton Ist _ 1.00 West _____. 105.00| Mitchiner Mem peta aes “on cN g Men’s fee aii 39.50 a ahane eo onetl Wane Jefferson os 9 Holly os enth A gic aa ee .00 ae Br : ; aleigh - 3.00] Mt. H cearaeah ala Class ve. Ms. Mitchell's 5.91) Candor 3.10 3. §. White ago Wont Ealcteh, iis. Ann How, o5.33| Mt — Thyatira _ SN Cape Fear re 10.00| Midway hit» _ 25.00} Jule B. Waves . nn Nash. 10.00| Myers Park + ea a gs : oats ae 2.13 aan Se ry eae (M) 5.00 eae . ni ae tral St ——— =: ' — : yestminst 67.32] 2 ene Union (KM) Centre Steele Creek 3h Mooresville 1st, — siz Wostminster oy) ene) aoe eee were Ce? .54| Mor : 10] White Hill - 7.35| Newton ee ad Chatbourn li hicy Ist .. ‘an an 17.00! North Vangua Verventen pri ‘through Aug. 25.00 oe Ist - “55| Mt. Gilead __ a gua 17.48 we Bust td ce e rlotte 2 i a ae —— laa’ 5.85} Oakb sorta (0) . __ 2.50] Charlotte mM : Sara P. White - ____.. 45.20| Wm. & Ma 18 >| Oak ep iison —__ _ 10.92] Ch rs Mt. Holly ao 8.00| Willi ry Hart .64 dale S. S. & he Winston- Salem ist ee .. BAT C arlotte 2nd 5.00 Ruth Cherry __ - 26.00 Wi liams Mem. 20.77 Oak Plains ux. a 1.00 ke ba eae | Gorin earl” Gade... “1.00 ue 26.50 Piney indnnin cae Neal i nquapin 1.85 | Mt. renee , limcore 12.50 | Park Pl ne { Wins Andersan B. C., Nov. - 22.32/ Cleveland C ..... 14,00 Pisgah - 9.09| Wilson ist Ww acer ee e 18.55 | Parkto ae ——— - 20.00 rere -Salem 1st, Neal 21.80] Concord oo and S. 8. 42.27 Mt. ba (F) - 6.60| Wilson oh Se T. Clark - 500.00 | Pears il Men. . — is erso be ern ci : ae ” sa 1 ————__—_—. 16! witild napa C. Special } Sica aon Caen ae 1000.00} Myers Park, Deon ths 8.00 | Wirt mermaids. 191.06 Philadelphia Se ae inston- duniina : nd . .67| M M ae eynold 75.06 isip sis ‘ Dept. _— csinee 1.80| Conley Mem. —. 8.58 Eres Pest - Miller. 26.00) Wins Serre Pine Hall a Yanceyville ottage _.. 5.00 enant (F. _. st antismecincia ee ee a 7 Eggleston : . ittsboro Chu: ; - 5.00) Covenant é ern Ist 50.00} Winston-Se P urch & S. 8. 8.91 AUXI ‘ 3.2 nt (KM) 2.00| New H in aoe . alem 1st 1.00 ocket, ae Auanencen ”| Mary Rs i 2508] New Salem (C) Church @ 8.8 Se a ay 2 Toe nt y K. Dani a .05| N ure ille By ‘95 | Rex : Antioch (F) Circle 4 _— Covenant we a 5.00 a oe & 8. S. ig 26 Mrs. John TF ohhine a a : ao Beattie Me pe 52 weer saaee 207.72) Norman oe 140. Mrs. Jane Hutchen r 1.00] Robinson . 22:00 Bethan SE Sorin aed Culdee ‘sesl Neth Chan 3 00} Miss Laura Rey . 10¢| Rocky Mt. Petey () oc ——> Se 11.00 | North Charlotte pepe Yanceyville — 1.001 Rocky Mt. Ist Y. P. ao Bet! — * VerORe sciciiaacisacisecs AE ee se 50| Young Mem. 6.17| Rock n : — & Ect, January ist 1880 Dallas ——————_ FBI" 6. eikeeee = eS TEA 10.00 Rocky River ——— 4 = . < SKLe acy etaeen Se anes : - Dansan Crock ua98 oe Stanback . 2.00} Armstrong Mem 8.78 lane Ch ‘ Charlotte Memorial le Dundarrach 9.98 Obids | I cae —— F ” 97'06| Rowland apel ; Special er - ue a To. Ist - 4.00 Oxford. ~ ” on desi Mem. 6.0, oy iin ©) 41.47 Cherryville ‘ 26.001 F s Hill 71.50 « Beth n 15.0. St. Pauls (F) . --- 14.00 Cove - agle Sprin 100.00| Oxford _. 96.35 | pe el (O) 4.5 | Salisb ——- com (KM) 60 | Ebenezer ” "2.00| _ Patterson ” ee iecon ‘an ie leaned” Ist 2 ae Datei cnee Elizabethtown 9.31 | Patterson 25.07 Bethel (WS) ~ 43.34 | Sherwood oa Durham — acer | acy : 19.00 | Paw Creek — 1.00 Peace ace (F) Pe sae ae pecial Fairview ~~ “Rg | Peak Creek —. isi 9.36| Shiloh (F) pe an “.....— airmont — 9.00]. Rev. J. W. L - 2301 Bic, ahville _. 6.16 | Siler eu ak Goldsboro ist Pe ae Faison 3.45 | Pearsall Mem. uke — Ce 13/94 | Southard’s Missi ia a Special st Penny-a-day ns ere 12.00 | Pee Dee —— 46.00 oe Mem. 3.25 | South ie: es 5.00 Grecnsboro 1 2.24 ‘armville (0) _ 16.00| Pembroke —_ _ 9.57 ladenboro 65.88 | Southpor, 3 i ug. 6 Greensbor = i elt > 3.00] Philadelphus - diel 1.15 | Boys’ ee — m7 Greenvill ‘0 ist Nov. 19.00 Fayetteville ist ~ 43.66| Philadelph _ 5 Brookston 9.39] _ Girls’ fei SEES 7.29 ille Special Sollowehi : 25 Pied us .60 | Burgaw e100\2 s’ Class ee Greenville 14.31 | Fifth fede 4 Pineht wer 5 7.33 | Burlington 1 ee pean sips ; - 2.69 . - d urs t 6.00 | Pre See ee p sooangete pp a in . 24.15 oh cSt ‘7? . shee Caldwell ‘Mem. 66.60 Spindale i - . ranch 1.00} {ine Rid 3, rs. . Ww. “ 9.00 | Spray - & Hopewell (M) - 3.00 | Foster Mem. 17.25| Pinetops ge --——----..---- a Caldwell Mem 2s Class Heed tie 1 5.00 tment i, 9.25 | Fount: ; lner: ; - 1.68! Caldw . Ist, Jr. De ; ille Ist Yo 25.00 H Re ck: ain Church & 1.00| Pineville . 141 ell Mem. Pri pt... 5.50) B ung Men's seam ed es eee cas Front Street am. 46.51) Pink Hill ee cae eset » Pri. Dept. 1130| F. > Sh cuntein ist 18.00 — pine _ 18.10 — 2.50 | Cameront Hill 1.50 | Statesville errill — — ms it _ 97.78 — Hill 12.30 | Cartha ian 2.00|Stony Creek ___ 00 anneneieT0! P inspects 3.35 Carrol’. 13.00 Sugaw Creek Pri 25.00 ey 8.00 | Caswell ag ne —, Dept. “ss — 24.27| Centre Ridge 1485 |Teachey, i bcliassteacabeabbeiemnaga ae Dili sees 6.00 (Continued on Pa: . 10.46 Page Four een s. S. THANKSGIVING oe ‘onti » One) ; 1 from Page Three) (Continued from Page 3 F Cont! Th — - . 16.35} jal, Kenly, Littleton, Oakland, Pre | | Spring Hill nn 4.00 | gressive, Southard’s Mission, Spring Snow Hill Varina 4.00) hill, St. Andrews, White Oak, 77 Mi s f vt left . wanes Varina 3.70) Memorial. oo tale 8 een Gack ae tae Waldensian 5.21) Kings Mountain a . ; ne demon- | Win Mary Hart Sasseuhes _ 7.31| Armstrong Memorial, Bessemer nee : . : Pe. aa - a ua ; ae Concord Waxhi ‘ 15.00) city, Cherryville, Duncan Creek, | Herse oe Ra enon COMnSy bee” EGC Creek West "Avene (KM) 21.38] Gos Hepzibah, Iron Station, Long grt mn ane ls considered one | erie tected West End 22. 6 2k, Macpelah, Olney, a eo hs . a aa ne ~ ‘he | Bethpage West Raleigh 4.67| Spindate, Tryon, Unity, est ST tenia tx aia 5 ae Bridgewater Westminster (F) 00} np 2 acai pi ee ; } | Centre White Plains 9.00} Mecklenburg 5: S i = ‘) a e pected | Clinchfield i Wildwood 4.00] Badin, Bethlehem, Biscoe, Camden,| Mone Oy. We are all hoppy with | Gone, ee Wilmoore 8.£5| Candor, Central Steeel Creek, Ham- ee SET hes ah ene ARPPY WIT!) Davidson Winston-Salem Ist 255.35) jet, Indian Trail, Locust, Matthews, ee : cy Drusilla ee Yanceyvilke 15.56! Mt. Gilead, McLean Memorial, Mul- eee ee Fairview Mission S. S. CHRSTMAS FUND | berry, Nevin, Norman, North Char- eaatet tale ee zi o’ Fifth Creek Greensboro 1st, Young Men’s lotte, Norwood, Rill, Rai nee Edna Jackins to Ellis “Hn Cie Ailes. oS .00| plaza, Pleasant Hill, Ramah, ‘own | as viagra GRE vey yy Glen Alpine AUXILIARIES THANKSGIVING bw Robinson, Rockingham, —_— ee eee inced W i Gipwosd La aie 5.00| Chapel, Sharon, Thomasboro, ee. eee ; Harrisburg Acme Jan ry We Mi Hi kory First ‘ “e Circle 6 6.00} moore. atl ik a dak ats Olnavlnt ‘ v Armstrong Mem 8.00 Bethel. Bethesda, Broadway, Bur- Edn Bia Ava ane ealt a ee oa Little Joe's -: Sallees ‘hen 5 15.00] lington Second, Community, e hal, ee ae al : ti] _s eee First yless Mem. : tt M-Bethel,| What the husband is tik McDowe rsale ° 8.00! mock, East Burlington, El-Bethe McD en a 25.00| Farmville, Griers, Horseshoe, at William Tudson of the class « , ee ay Bethesda (F) 18.85| boro, Little River, New Hope, Pied} ee we da not know t ne | Cette Brittain Cirele 2 8.00! mont, Pleasant Grove, Pockett, Spray, : Bei : a . S : | Old Fort de ay 6.00| Springwood, St. Andrews, Speedwell, y stints et oe “a oT ee ! Poplar Tent Buffalo iL) 5.00| Stoneville, Stony Creek, White Hil, William eee re ; a mt ao oie 18.56] Yanceyville. : Juaker Meadow —" 18.00 Wilmington — Scene Nasek aad Meee Os non River J's Cire “me ioch, Ashewood, Beulah =e bd eee np OES pire : ‘S-' Siloam Caldwell Mem. B. W's Circle a a ne, Lee cag tt el aoners kill paid us a brief visit durins the Spencer see 5.00 ane Calypso Carrol’s Chapel, Cha: he " ays. Ruth uh: tet 3 who — Taylorsville aswe ’ Bn, Were Jeado. Eliza-| in Morganton at the telephone office, phyatira vr 11.10| bourne, Chinquapin, Delgado, “t a Pra ais Thya Charlot 2nd 923.30| bethtown, Elkton, Faison, Geo. W ne ame to see Us, Unity Cl cand 6.00| Memorial, Graves Memorial, Halls seuas ® ad Sadie i, Meee cas Ww aldensian ian 250; ville, Harmony, Hebron, Holly Greve) & eRe eee wee na Or _ Fayetteville Columbus = _ I anl % senegay, Mt. Horeb | * wm are married, visited the caM- ga rhoeue ‘ovena ° 2. Jacksonville, Ke ay, Mt. tore : ivi haidavs Wado ioe tat Coens as 38.59] Oak Plains, Pink Hill, Six Perk . ah vanes = gi thowt: Zeasalom Cenmerton 25.00| Chapel, Smiths, South River, ; es ‘alli deities ieee sega i “ae 10.00] saii, Wallace, White Plains, ris. sw we ar ecalling them by their] Big Rockfis ym 2.00| wood, Winter Park a ae ee LE ee Dallas 4.00 Winston-Salem a | Cameron ; Duncan Creek 1.25 Bethel, Beulah, Dacotah, Eb mer ae eae eek ae a | C2mpobellgon Durham Ist, Circle 3 5.78| Foster Memorial, George. we ae sree visit. He is located in Shreve- bse lee Mills Circle 5 13.30! Memorial, Gillespie, Glade Valley, oe te charles | Mills Durham Ist, Circle 1 10.00| Hills, Lansing, Laurel Fork, Lox ! —— joan ines El-Bethel 12.00 Millers, Obids, —_ ae ” 1} ron News has been received from Ber- Geueia Elmwood — Memorial, Waugh) ee tie Craig Walker, She is living in’ nundarrach wi - es eprprt Terrace, Penn Fairfield 5001 ALBEMARLE PRESBYTERY| Terrace, Penn, Dann : amt? age () | , : Surek Fellowship 5.15 | (Continued from Page ¢ Mary and Leah Hill are both mar- So tteeilis Frist Flat Branch Py hind. ried and living in Kinston. Gédein, Geo. Webb Mem. -75 | Concord eccup } aoe ; : 2 + Grove Graham, Harrop Circle oq’ AO| berths Ta it Beulah HU is now Mrs, J. M.\niohiand Grvenville eae ig Davis and lives in Couneil Bluffs, ; prenron Grove (W) 2. a ! Pre iH BS ae Lakeview Howard Mem. 61.25»), vat vi Howard Mem. 8.00 Salisbury First, ana it hallenge tol ov and Mrs. Marvin E. Woodward ee ah Howard Mem. 2.00 rs hac MET (1 MeMillan), Chapel Hill, an-] pop: 8.36 ! ; +} : ae dng | Lillington Immanuel 15.0 | 4 » the bieth a daughter, Mdnat! tamberton Iona 5.00! ared ST on December 27, 3 iar er ; 1.59 ) wsty j Manly aia Waylon Bennett 25.00 : bois | MeMillan —- me. a oe aon nd i Christmas caras were received from j McPherson LaGre 5.00 Firat, in| (he, foltowines I Me. Pisigah LaGrange oraa | Rutherford (Buddy) Hewitt. Nor-(\) Tabor Laurinburg —— ni era ‘Trcik, Va: the Cable Family, Greens Sontpelier Leaflet 6.00 nd en $10 ath cro; Grover Miles, St. Louis, Mos;Ngomi Lite fore pape d I Mir. & Mrs. Hal Clarke (Nettie Mil- 1.200" pin Va. Hall Circle 37.38 As matters stand, Concord] j./) Bufola; Walter Beattie, Charlie | ppitippi B. W’s. Circle Sh his year i onl Si cents) aos 7 W. West. Davids . uy ce Long Creek 7.40): compared with 17 cents] — Syl Maideade Werte Sag o Marshville 3.00] :chind last year | Mrs. Ed Kyles (Rachel Moore) eae Marston ord ; | Statesville; Dennis A. Boyette; Ruth Pax: aoe Mt. Pisgah 4.49) 5 att Lexin n ; Mrs. Addie Olivia Morven 21") {Wilson at { -wd; Matoa- Rowland Mulberry Circle 3 1.00) ' | ia, 3 Bilis : ahs Byes Set ee waa . jx Joi Hunt, a? Myers Park Circle 5 we less iB” Cre hace Miss Robinson 25 . , ce yehn i ton; Margue-| Qo Nevin 6.00 t 1s ly ce behind ke Havel Sirs Smyi = New Hope (W) 5.00 ery foll Me 2 i sti ac oe North Vanguard 6.65 ipts per me? x a Geriatr fee Nut Bush 2.00 |. sad story to th a 1 & Elsie West aweeare Oak Hill 2.50 f After December 31 all: \ scien, (Mas lo nic ’ Oak Plain 2.0 ville Presbytery was only Mavk). Muncie, Ind: Mr. & Mrs. Wm cee coe Pee Dee, Frank Little Aux. >. ats behond; today they are Ratcliffe, Raleigh; Edna Jackins, | warjwood. Piedmont 5.00 behind. Charlotte; I Zachary: Mae Belle ne a re 1.00 vachvtery dropped a notch : : a eee iranville ne Pine vill 38.76 r = ‘ a ; et ale than EnOX, ie a mi Pat = = roe | Blacknall Memorial Pineville » and drop : Kurd an & Family, | Winstor Salem; | Brookton Providence (M) 10.00 n giving per member this| juu:c @ Abbie Roper; Mn & Mrs.[rre — Raleigh 59.00 Last year they were 22% cents) bf Kipka, Harmony; Louise Slu- Manos ; Fi Ramah 1.00! hind: this year it is 34% cents be- p rh : ee A eae, mee Durham First c . ” sale fied er, romasville; Joe Keenan. Gra-| prnest Myatt Rex 6.00) . - “a . ham; Lewis King, Kannapolis; Geo.| Grassy Creek Rockfish 11.00} Wiimington and Fayetteville Pres-| qyres, Charlotte; James — Fowler, Hender Rocky Mt. ist soe) t are tied for the bottom place,’ Rok Hill. > Lucile Mizelle, Westt | fitchell Chapel Rocky Point 6.10) «hough the latter’s giving is slightly idk: Macy & Alice Graig ah 66 rand | Mitel Wapncund St. Andrews (O) 11.00 etter than a year ago. Fayeitevilit lst. NYG: Mr. @ Mire: John bs Bibl oe mock St. Pauls (F) 27.67 jast year was 49 cents behind; this) (yojicie Wade), High Point; Robert ee cee Salem (0) 5.35! ear it. was 4834 cents behind—a) Pitman & Wife, Durham; Annie] Qygorg Salisbury Ist 153.58 quarter of a cent better. Wilmington | 3) McKee, Clarkton; Paul Pittman, | Raleigh Fire Sardis 2.50 was 4434 cents behind jast year; t0-! novidson; Jarrell Nor _ 415 New | aks Rapids Shiloh (F) 25.60 day it is 4834 cents behind. ys Jersey Ave., Washington. D. C.; Ray Roxboro Shiloh (KM) 7.00 ‘And the whole Synod is 25.8 cents! cyafer, Charlotte; Hannah Eliett.| seima ) Stanly 6.25| hehind the askings, as compared to) Cleveland; Marian McCall, Winston- | Siithfield Steele Creek 116.85 | ich better mark of 20.8 cents) cajam: Macy Lee Kennedy, Taylers- meet me Stony Creek ; 6.00) peuind a year ago. ‘ ville; Iris Henry, Box 422, Graham; | vanguard First Sugaw Creek, Circle 1 9.00} That’s the story the Presbyterians Sdward ‘Todd. Wesilunton,. Doc. ~~ . — 2 a of the Synod dictated this year: Annie (Hair) Mcleod & Fauily,| warrenton , greetz 25| —_________-—--~— | Fayetteville; Nellie Mark Martin; | West Raleigh Thomasville 14.00} O# CHURCHES FAILING [7 °}) Lackey, Georgia Tech, Atlanta,| ings kyle Troy 10.00 (Continued from Page One? 1Ga.: Walter Fraley, Winchester, Va.; : a 3.00} Drusilla, Fairview, McDowell, Oak-| (°)"/. Beck Wright, Washington, D.| Beane™ Tryon 3.00) wood. ‘ 1C.; Margaret (Jones) Jackins, Sam]; es: Union (KM) 12.70 Payettevitle tant hove, Shreveport, ‘La. Brittain Unity (KM) 5.00! Campobellton, Charles Mills, Coats,| Sa. 5S Columbus Wallace 7.15} Elrod, Horseshoe, Longstreet, Naomi. | Memorial, Midland, Midway. Page-| Covenant West Avenue (KM) 45.46; palestine, Sandy Grove, South Fay-| land, Peachland, Rehoboh, Salem, | Cramerton Westminster (0) 15.75 | etteville, Summerville, Union, Wild-| s Mile Creek, Stanfield, Star, Dallas Winston-Salem Ist. Circle 8 5.00' wood. | Stephenson, Wire neile, Turner, Milesibore Cirele 10 5.00! Granville ; ){ueratrs, Wadesville, Walkersville. Forest | ty. Yanceyville 15.00 Community, Hebrah, Mitchell Orange Gastonia First. AUX. CHRISTMAS FUND Chapel, Mizpah, Mt. Pleasant, Nor Etiand, Euphronia, Farmville, Hay-] Kings Mountain Greensboro Ist Circle 13 5.00| lina, Oak Grove, Willow Springs. jwood, [rving Memorial, Midway, Lincolnton Lincolnton 1st 5.00 Kings Mountain North Eno, Pleasant Garden, River-| Lovaell Macclesfield 2.50 Restic, Castena. |view, Saxapahaw, Smyrna. Mt. Holly Y. P. THANKSGIVING Mecklenburg i Wilmington New Hope -ciigeiaieaiad 5 344 ; 20 Atlan, Bethany, Beulah, Camp) feth Car, Bethel, Bolton, Bowden, tutherfprdton Cameron ee 1.00 Green, Ellerbe, Lee Park, Lilesville, | yoatan, Maple Hill, Mt. Williams, Saluda Conwell Pr 3.00 | Macedonia, Mt. Carme!, Morgan} pleasant View, Sweet Home. Shelby Covenant (F) 1.45 - 2.00 | Winston-Salem Shiloh ee Glade Valley 1060 Union (KM) Jr. -.—- 200 | Asbury, Bixlev, Carson Memorial,| Stanley Creek Griers Group 2 200 Intermediate 100 Clark’s Memorial, Collinstown, Dan-] Union Henderson 3.00 Yanceyville Little Folks —. an >|bury, Dan River, Elkin, Fiat Rock,! Union Mills pcg tei 3.00] “REGULAR for December $3,152.03 | 5... Hall, Pine Ridge, Rocky Ridge,| | Mecklenburg Long Creek 4.34| THANKSGIVING Dec. $25,940.30 en eee eee ice Pine, Wilkes-| Albentarle McPherson —....--—------_ 400) GRAND TOTAL for Dee. $29,092.34}; Pitas - - 100! CORRECTION: The $5 listed in Pou _ | Banks conan 15.00 | the November issue from Salis- “Give an example of period furnm- Bethel ee 3.00/ bury 2nd S. S., W's. B.C. should | ture.” __ Beulah Saree (EE) oe 200| have been Salisbury Ist S. S., “Well, I should say an_ electric Brainard vu fee (KM) Sr. 535, W's. B.C chair, because it ends # sentence.” | Caldwell Mem. nion *- = wv, a Ww einen CHURCHES AHEAD i BARIUM MESSENGER CHURCHES THAT LACK (Continued from Page One) ! 68 — 620 36.93 . 18.67 19.63 53.06 8.98 63.91 3.68 42.61 1.77 . 75.99 256.26 60 2.63 . 14.465 25.52 4.33 48.26 .. 58.28 249.56 264.55 148.23 111.09 3T 13.02 5.16 8.76 11.77 33.28 11.18 22.50 6.00 46.78 12.62 61.26 47.31 11.04 2.00 3.68 67.58 4.28 1.66 71.40 . 4.29 31.69 17.26 23.91 32.59 1.20 1.00 76.65 22.14 230.21 32.95 8.10 101.08 §.27 16.83 113.50 12.79 15.16 42.72 8.80 718.85 _ 28.50 ~_.. 19.84 30.85 44.41 18.60 8.84 $4.95 121.39 _ 7.89 . 16.09 : 8.76 ..358.28 .. 25.86 _.. 68.25 . 11.60 . 6.68 _. 14.30 . 85.31 4.26 59.20 19.41 18.54 16.51 22.67 . 31.33 4.00 14.34 6.00 188.15 January 1934 Cameronian icinineigiteetabiccndias: Am Charlotte First 1028.29 Charlotte Secoud 730.34 Cooks Memorial —...... icp ae NN idiots ciecaeiien: ae Ellerbe ios Hopewell each . 14.55 Huntersville 12.64 Lilesville ck Mallard Creek -............- slots a Marks Creek SS", Marshville jeaiics aan Marston nny ae Morven diasaas oa Monroe © 67.22 McGee 3 .. 32.34 Myers Park 933.46 Newell 9.04 Paw Creck 46.07 Pee Dee 3.18 Philadelphia _. 77.34 Pineville _. 13.65 Polkton ee 36 Providence anuesee hee tae St. Andrews 2, ee Siler 1.50 St. Pauis 166.00 Steele Creek 221.29 Sugaw Creek sin ltiluis tao 179.60 Tabernacle 2 dita Tenth Avenue 196.13 Troy Silene ee Wadesboro Pea Waxhaw .. 22.54 West Avenue ...124.10 Westminster 461.87 Williams Mem. 4.75 Orange Alamance 86.16 Asheboro 25.56 PE oS canteens ena 28.51 Bethany 65 a Bethlehem peu RiGee 1G) 2 Se ae Pe EY ons asec ee Burlington First 141.38 Covbnant Sa abs .. 82.97 Church-by-side-Road . 16.16 Cross Roads ‘ .. 20.40 Efland 8.00 Eno . 6.74 Fairfield . 14.62 SRI. ares oe a es ae 1.10 Glenwood 5.52 Graham 372.76 Greensboro First —............1573.74 Greenwood Goldsten Gulf Hawfields Haywood High Point Hillsboro Leaksville Madison Mebane Milton Mt. Vernon Springs sf ee Pittsboro Red House Reidsville Riverview Salem Sanford Shiloh Smyrna ‘ Sprunt Memorial Westminster Wilmington Beth Carr Bolton Pergaw Caswell Clarkton Covenant Croatan Currie Grove Hopewell Immanuel Lake Waccamaw Mt. Olive Mt. Zion New Hope Pearsall Pike Pleasant View Pollocksville Rockfish Rocky Point Southport Stanford | St. Andrews Teachey Warsaw Westminster Whitevil® Wiilard Wilmington First Woodburn W'nsten-Salem Asbury Rixley Coaleemee Collinstown Danbury Dan River Flat Rock Jefferson Lexington Low Gan Mocksvi'le Mt. Airy North Wilkesboro Pine Ridge Reywrolda South Lexington Thomasville Wilkesboro Winston-Salem First West Jefferson Memorial 3.50 -.1347.23 22 When Farmer Wheatley saw an ad in the paper: “For $5 we will tell you how to cure your horse of slob- bering,” he sent in the money. A few days later he received the infor- mation: “Teach him to spit.” | line, but refused Two Scotchmen went fishing with an understanding that the first one to catch a fish was to buy the “soda.” One got a bite that almost broke his to pull up. The other was fishing without bait. * * o ° 7 * * . * * = 21.900 Copies of this * * Issue Mailed to * Presbyterians in uN. * °c * * = * 7. * * * - PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN BARIUM SPRINGS, ORPHAN’S HOME For THE | ALBEMARLE PRESBYTERY HAS DISTINCTION OF MAKING GREATEST ADVANGE IN YEAR D That Presbytery Jumped From Sixth Place to Second Place and Today Are Eight Cents Behind What Was Asked as Compared to 2434 Cents a Year Ago WHOLE SYNOD IS 25.8 CENTS BEHIND Fovr Presbyteries Make Good Records, One Is Mediocre, And Other Four Are Far in Arrears: Fayetteville and Wilmington Tied for Rottom Presby ( December Receipts a 5 r 2 as % = oe 2 & as as = % 2 . i ac SS 5 =e Pa & os 3 e= p™ 2 be sé g inl e BS &3 Eo. ee 4 A a <3 Winston-Salem $599.83 $2709.82 90c 44 ¢ ahead Albemarle 300.14 1642.20 90¢ 614c behind Kirgs Mountain 161.50 1960.78 90c 8 ce behind Coneord 197.27 5089.60 9M 8%4ec behind Mecklenburg 686.09 4946.31 90c 20%e behind Granville 137.3 90c 33%c behind Orange 249.23 90c 34%%c behind Fayetteville 266.35 90¢ 48%ec bheind Wilmington 254.28 90c 48%¢c behind TOTAL $3152.03 $25,949.31 90e 25.8¢ behind 30.6¢ 287.5¢ $2903.68 20654 00 $3040.88 25102.00 $3574.33 34439.87 Ore vear 2¢0 Two years ago Three years ago ).6¢ Four years ago 2563.99 30424.53 9.6 Five vears ago $31,213.42 8. | Six years ago $33,146.54 46.7¢ 111.7¢ Seyen years ago $31,541.35 42.8c 83.1¢ bt vears ago $33,401.11 i7.1lc 86.8¢ Nine years ago — $5583.92 32206.68 53.2 98.9¢ seat of eset fo ceaer| {ST OF CHURCHES FAILING | TO REPORT PERGEPTIBLY 33, Thanksgiving I Offering Gver 32 Thanksgiving Offering for the Presbyterian Or -hans’ Home passed the 1932 .otal of $27,- || 910.35. The excess on that || date was $23.20. The final to- || tal of the 1933 *hanksgiving || Offering will not be known || until the books tre closed on March Bist, for Thanksgiv- ing receipts cont nue to arrive up until that tire. The rec- ords at Barium show that 41 | whic i reported |} Thanksgiving ‘Mfferings in | 1922 totaling '-652.94, had || not sent in a rej ort for 1933, and if these report similar amounts, the ( fferings for 22 should be that much in | excess. Some caurches, 100, }} ev will send in sipplementary | churches, Ish | pr e o 2 P e e Z G ) o S x ORMATION OF [Ts FRIENDS N. C., JANUARY 1934 Others Notified Barium That Regular Contrary ium offering of he December 7 * * . * * 7 Printed by Vocation- al Department, Pres- * byterian Orphans’ : Home ” *« * * * . * v CHURCHES HAVE EITHER EQUILLED OR = EXCEEDED AMOUNTS CONTRIBUTED IN 1999-94 dean on ooo QUNDAY SOHODL OFFERING |"™* Hosta Acorp'et PREATER THAN NOVEMIBER:| nwo cave rams sant SOME WREASES NOTED», rm. This Was Contrary To What| Most gratifying to Barium author- Had Been Exnected | ities is the knowledge that 219 of Ry Anthorities j the churches of the North Carolina ’ {Synod have already either equalled [or gone beyond their 1932-33 giving hw J IT A NEW ONE STARTS to the institution. This is true at the ee jend of the third quarter, and one Amounts Begin In Janusry additional quarter remains © the ner ves + ere church year before it closes. As ee a a a churches cross their previous mark to expectations of Bar-|they will be added to the roster be- the December regular |iow. Early January reports clearly : f the Sunday Schools} indicate that the number of trans- owed an increase over those of the fers will be large at the end of Jan- evious month. It had been thought aie The sim is re have ever hess re that possibly the total would be { se saiietee “An this totam 2 ie en less than that reported in the} co. 4 fh = fis kat ne . }fore the final financia chapter is issue of The Messenger,| written on the current year. officials, because it was believed that the reg- ular offerings would be included in those of Thanksgiving. However, it is most gratifying that the contrary was true, and that Thanksgiving r -sponses. Ten of the larger city churches showec an aggregate decline of $27(2.04 in the children here last month through the Two of the churches, Eagle Springs and Four Oaks, in Fayetteville Pres- bytery, have given the exact amount ‘h 1933-34 that they gave in 1932- 33. They are not included in the list more meals could be served t eo : more meals could be served to the|) low, which contains the names of Thanksgiving Offering as compared with hat of a year | ago. been able to give at least the seme amount a: in 732, the CGrphanage wou d now be able} “< to announce a Thanksgiving T increase in the neighborhood | of $3,000.00. The falling down | a of these ten crurches repre-| 5 cents the differ: nce between a DECREASED THIS MONTH of the Presbyteries of the Synod have responded to date, but the sor- Number Now is 98 Which Had Not Been Heard From row and wegretfulmess arises from the knowledge that five of them are on December 31st far behind, especially feur of them. BETTER NEXT MONTH and particularly two. There’s addi- tional regret in the observation that Quite a Few Will Re Stricken From List After January 31st the giving per church member is st.ll lower than that of a year ago, when last year it was thought tha; it Wap as poi t | going to| De. | Comfort is that there’s low as it Was cvec found in the thought another quarter of the chuvch year ahead, and & bank holi- day like the one experienced in -———— March of Jast year will net occur When the books were closed on December 31, 1933 at Barium, 98 of inroads into the amounts the churches of the Synod of North to cut deep to the Orphan- that ordinarily come age as the year closes, and which] Carolina had not made any financial L.kewise made the ficst quarter of| ~epo.t to the Orphanage for the the current year almost $4,009.00} urrent fiseal year of 1933-34. This s a much better report than that of behind that of the previous year. | Winston-Salem has a habit of go-| a year ago, but it is yet far from ing ahead afier the Thanksgiving what the Orphanage would like to Offering arrives and this year was ee. The Ist at the end of January no exception. It is the orly one that| wll be decreased somewhat through has that honor. It will not take a} the arrival of Thanksgiving Offer- reat amount of giving on the part | ngs in January from a number of ff Albemarle, Kings Mountain and hese. When the year ended last LIST GIVEN OF CHURCHES THEIR LAST cAR'S MARK Amounts Needed to Equal Pre- vious Year’s Aggregate Are Also Recorded Below SOME ARE CLOSE One Quarter Remains in Which Those Churches Can Show an Excess | In contrast wth another list of which have either beyond their giving to the Orphan- ‘oncord Presbyter.es to also pe| March 31st, there were 70 churches laced in that eategory, for their to-| in the Synod which did not report a tals at the end of the third quarter lacked only a few cents of equalling 33. what was asked. A year ago win. it is ston-Salem Presbytery was 65 cents nat individual ahead. This year they are 44 cents ahead. r € I members of | sent to Barium before the The most phenomenai climb has goon made by Albemarle Presby- hought, tery, A year ago that Presbytery was ngs, and it place, but it shot forward until it now serenely oc- recounted be- in sixth this 3 cupies second berth. As mmediately. given thing to the Orphanage during 1932- hoped by Barium authorities | these narches will see that something is year} from it, loses. Quite a few of them, it is| aes took ars Pi att the 1932-33 amount and the great is asked that individu aembers check up on these and see hat they are sent to the Orphanage some- age in 1932-33, while the churches below are those which have one more quarter to increase their giving this year. | This number is 281. Some are close to a transference from this to the other list, and others are a long way put there remains three in which they can all equal} months majority of them should do it. As the months pass by, those which! exceed their previous year’s mark will have the honor of being recorded among those which in nine months of sunday School regular offerings than Had these ten churches} swing has occurred, it is thought that the regular Sunday School gifts will The Sunday “School of St. An- WiC HAVE NOT REACHED | 217 churches Which have shown some excess. In many instances, the in- creases over the previous year were unusually small, but there’s another yatinue to mount until they reach three months yet, and these may be : a ” "\enlarged as the year progresses. new high peak for the current year. tne necnla me anataer ft bad he largest amount was received in Some people ! ay co : ; ysychology to list these churches. eptember, and it will not take such : : . rent Re ‘a the. Sunday lowever, officials a¢ Barium are 80 a ease } S a) ee iy : chool giving to supercede that woud of them that the impulse to A noone and a the do so cannot be restrained, and they nie 2 i >i e ¢ . * Aka Se a . lately has {*"? publishing th. -se™ sr: 40 the Schooi ately s sovember. Now that an upwar substantial ingease and a ney ee ; | theory that a little encouragement to ni been the adoption of the pian Of te heel Tl ea the fnal small increase. giving a Sunday’s offering per month | - ese churches will make the ‘na by thr 2e Sunday Schoc ls that have querter even better. iy Canee: BUORy: Pe ee bees. It is an interesting observation Ne e r en n ee ne e ES jthat 41 ef the 217 churches did not Barium in 1932- d-ews Church in Mecklenburg Pres- | report anything to : byterv, in December ‘oined the | [833 hence anything they sent this year arks of the large 1 Ler of Sun- | was an increase over the previous day Schools wh f ; , tone, “Tat actustly leaves 176 | ' churches which have given more than ol vin on ‘ ‘ ‘ lgct year when this noint is consid- . . . co y Tuct ‘think || ered. ‘ his ¢¢ will mean! || The distribution of these 219 5 by ‘churches, according to their Pres- c bytevies, is tlvided-« between Albe- 15: Concord 29; Fayetteville syanville 17; Kings Mountain 15; jenbure 29; Orange 25; Wii- ton 34; and Winston-Salem 18. Tle list of churches which have neht great joy to Bariura people ise of their excess response it follows: Albemarle Ahoskie, Ballards Mission, Calvary, churches in the North Carolina| not’fied the authorities here, and ut Synod is the one appearing below. | doubt there ave others whose notifi- | Falkiand, Fountain, Howard Mem- Elsewhere in The Messenger is re-| aticn will come in the form of ale:.al, Jason, Kinston, Macclesfield, “orded the names of 219 churches | contribution. | Mayo Mission, Nahalah, Pinetops, equailed or gone Many of the Sunday Schools, tov, | Robinson, Recky Mt. Second, Wilsen. Concord Bayless Memorial, Bethany, Bethes- da, Cleveland, Clio, Concord Iredell, contributing regularly, it learned, but the amounts ng to us through the have been has been have been comi Presbytecial treasurers, and no de-| Concord Second, Elmwood, Frank- signation was made that it was from | lin, Harmony, Kannapolis, Landis, the Sunday Schools. These are being} Marion, Mooresville Second, Morgan- rapidly clarified, and most of the]}ton, Newton, New Salem, Park Sunday Schools have devided to send} Place, Patterson, Salisbury First, these special giits directly to Bar- | Salisbury Second, Sevier, Shearer, ium (as they should be sent), thus | Sherrill’s Ford, Shiloh, Statesville avoiding the possibility of a division | First, Stony Point, Tabor, Third of these Barium offerings to all | Creek. causes, as so often occurs, and aiso Fayetteville having them thus properly credited. Antioch, Ashpole, Benson, Bethel, Meals which could have been served | Buie’s Creek, Bunnlevel, Cameron to the children here during the cur-|Hill, Cape Fear, Centre, Comfort, fore in these pages, it 1s believed if your church has that the accomplishment of this thing, it hasn’t been received at Bar-| the twelve months of the year, went) ront fiscal year (based upon an aver- Culdee, Elise, Ephesus, Erwin, Fair- Presbytery this year 1s largely due| ‘um, unless it has arrived since Dec-} altead. age of ten cents per meal per child) | mont, Flat Branch, Galatia, Gibson, to the energetic efforts of a gzoup| ember 31st, and edntributions dur- It is hoped that individual mem-| follow: Hope Mills, lona, Jackson Springs, of people in New Bern, who havel ing January will appear next monrth,| bers of the various churches below June 8.252 |Leaft, Lumber Bridge, Maxton, been “ ouring” that territory, talk-} with a hope that elimination of many | will extend their efforts during the July 9,425 Midway, Mile Branch, Parkton, Pem- ing Barium to ail of the chuzches.| names of churches from the list be-! final stretch of the church year. A August _ 13,238 | broke, Philadelphus, Providence, Rae- A year ago Albemarle Presbytery | low will be possible. little extra effort in the reguiar) September 13,419 |ford, Sherwood, St. Pauls, Verona, was 2434 cents bebind, and this year Ths 98 churches follow: Senday School giving, that of the October 12,678 | West End. are only eight cents behind. Albemarle Availiary, and appropriations from) November 10,717 | Granville Kings Mountain Presbytery occu- Anderson, Berea, Bethany, Hender- the regular church budgets will do| December 14,519 Buffalo Vanguard, Center Ridge, pies the same position as a year! jite Memorzal, Hollywood, Morton, much, toward a hasty transfer from! January .... agen Hellcwship, Fairview, Fuller Memor- ago, but their 1933-34 record is _bet-| Parmele, Roanoke, Spring Hill, Snow) one list to the cther. February . 2? jfial, Geneva, Goshen, Gruver Memor- ter. Today they are 814 cents beMind:) Hill. Here’s the 281 churches and thel March ? (Continued on Page Four) a yeer ago they were 1142 cents be- Concord amounts they need to give between (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Four} now and March 31st to > their)| Treasurer, previous year’s aggregate. eep in|! p..pchyteri @? } ' nr mind that this includes only those Presbyterian Orphans Home, HW MGH fii YOu LIKE THE MESSENGER? mivcribucidns witich arpived before|| Barium Springs, N.C. 3 December 31st, and not after that|| Dear Sir: 9 ical e date. Those will be subtracted next . resbyterian Orphans f ; P sbyterian Urpha s’ Home month. Enclosed you will find $— to be used in the Barium Springs, N. C. albemacle Dear Sir: Anderson ake _. 420|| Orphanage work. You can expect a similar amount from me Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to en Breas om cu each month. me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- || Gann Mem. ” 43.31 OR tion toward the publication of these 20,000 monthly copies, Farmville ——...—---—_—-—_-—- 1.33 This is to authorize you to draw a draft upon me for and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $ for this || Goldsboro _.180.00 partienlar phase of the work at Barium. — oe a $———— on the —_—_—_——— Bank of - nae: enderlite Memoria ‘ : 6 : i rthe ice. Name caomaee 6.60 until further not ce Address “oe ee Eek a ae an Signed aa on Address Rocky Meunt ist 175.37 i Runnymeade ss iitcnasiipoaiteiaacn: “OT (Continued on Page Four) _— - w ~ e w e w e m e w r e 1e 6 = Page Two BARIUM MESSENGER BARIUM MESSENGER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S HomeE JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Bditer ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor as seovhd-Class matter N. @., under the act of August 24, 1912. previded for in Section 1103, Act of October 3 November 15, Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage 1924, at the posveffiee at Barium Springs 1917. Authorized, November 15, 1923 BOARD OF REGENTS: REV. J. R. HAY - = M. W. NORFLEET_ - MRS. Z. V. TURLINGTON Rev. W. M. Currie - - - - Belmon' Mr. Stamps Howard - Tarboro Mes. I. F. Hill - ------ Durham - - - - Charlotte Mebane Raleigh Mes. J. E. Driscoll Rev. W. M. Baker K. G. Hudson Rev. Eugene Alexander - Manchester Mrs S. A. Robinson - - - - Mrs. W. T. Clarke Jes. B. Johnston ia J. BH. Lewrance icone Ernest Milton a Miss Lulie E. Andrews Miss Maggie Adams T. L. O’Kelley ___ Gastonia} Mrs. Wilson} - - President Vice-President - Secretary Mrs. W. E. White . Graham Rev. R. C. Clontz, Wilmington Rev. J. R. McGregor, - Lexington Mrs. John Harper - - Wilmington Mr. W. B. Bradford - Charlotte Mrs. H. A. Rouzer - - - - Salisbury L. A. McLaurin, - Rowland Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro IRECTORY: oe Genera] Manager oe ee __.___Treasurer “Beokkeeper and Clothing _. Head Matron Head ef School (FORM OF BEQUEST.) “I give and bequeath to the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ HOME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of North Caro- lina, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) | Just A Few Headaches Picnics would be glorious affairs if it were not for the ants and the gnats. Summer time would be a much more enjoyable occasion were it not for sunburns and mosquitoes. There seems to always have to be a “fly in the ointment”. So it is with us. In the midst of our grateful acknowledgments ef the many fine things that come to us during the Thanks- ers Christmas Season, there are still a few headaches intermingled. For fear these headaches might remain with us and become a chronic condition, we are passing them on to you. We think we will all feel better by having given them the air. Here are a few: As you knew, we have made an extra effort to enlist the aid ef every church, every pastor, every officer in making this Thanksgiving a real worthwhile occasion that would see us well on the road out of debt. One of our representatives visited a minister and was discussing this situation with him. In the con- versaton, this minister spoke proudly of the fact that his people had just made the iargest contribution to one of the other church causes that they had ever made at any time, and just a little while later, in the same con- versation, he said that he “would not think of asking his people to give as much for the Orphanage as they once did”. Now, why the difference of the viewpoint? One pastor made this report to Barium: “We have seven elders, nine deacons, and 248 members. At Thanksgiving, one elder, three deacons and twenty-one members responded to the Orph- anage, leaving six elders, six deacons and two hundred and twenty-seven members who did nothing”. If the campaign for Barium in that church had been conducted in a hap-hazard sort of way, such a response might not have been so significant. As it was, however, the minister wrote the name of a member on each envelope and the deacons distributed them to each member, and the minister made repeated appeals from the pulpit. And that happens to be the church that we have recently received a large number of children from. In fact, one of the largest family groups that we have in the Orphanage at this time. The total amount contributed by that church would not take care of the children from that church for three days! One of the Presbyterial Orph- anage Secretaries wrote in that a certain minister stated that he had “had no notice from the Synod about an offering at Thanksgiving for the Orphanage, so he preached a sermon on @ different topic altogether and no appeal was made for the Or- phanage”’. : If there are many ministers like that in the Synod, maybe we had better put on our Stewardship Committee again. Of course, that Committee was expensive, but it got literature out to the minis- cers at different times, notifying them of special collections. Of course we get our literature too, put it is not in the nature of an official order from Synod as this ate ara good friend seemed to be waiting tor. Another church from whom the Orphanage has received quite a number of children in the last fifteen years, has reduced its giv- ing until it averages less than ten cents per member per year; and we can’t even get a_ reply from a letter to the church as to why. Ten of the strongest church- es in the Synod reduced their giving at this Thanksgiving be- low that of last year (also a poor year) by practically $3,000. No, they were not bankrupt sec- tions. Three of them were in towns where the church has not accumulated a debt, nor had any bank failures in some time. In fact, the material prosperity of the church or its membership doesn’t seem to have any effect on this list of churches. Some of the churches in the worst plight, looking at it from a purely ma- terial standpoint, have made the largest advance in their contri- butions, and the church that leads the Synod and has led it for some years in per capita contributions, could hardly be found by a rambling Rolls-Royce! In another church where spec- ial effort was made to interest all of the members in a _ real every-member contribution to the Orphanage, the effort was suc- cessful. The contributions were made and turned over to the treasurer; and everything seemed to be all right. But the treasurer sent the entire gift to the treas- urer of the Presbytery, and for- got to specify that it was a special offering, and the entire amount was divided up and sent to the various causes, with only 7%2% coming to Barium. (Why, oh why does a special contribu- tion ever have to go through the hands of the Presbytery’s treas- urer?) So much for the headaches! Now here’s headache powders: more churches contributing than ever contributed before. A defi- nite increase in the smaller churches. More Barium Alumni contributing than ever before. We have no way of ascertain- ing just how many individuals had a part in the Thanksgiving Offering but we believe that more individuals took part this year than ever before. Here is another powerful head- ache powder: it does not have to do with money, but it certainly makes up for a good many disap- pointments in other respects. We have just finished our mid-year Health Clinic. A doctor from Sanatorium was up to check over tubercular suspects. Dr. Herman, our own physician in Statesville, has been checking up also. The children are weighed and meas- ured at this time; and we believe there is the greatest increase in weight of any time in recent years. Certainly, we have never had a more satisfactory check- up than at the present time. Some of the children showed re- markable improvement over a year ago, and if you get to thinking about this you will find that money headaches are in- clined to disappear. Next month we want to give you some figures, and if we can, compare just what activities seem to produce the most gains January 1934 UPC UUEESSEAUAS EAS UHEUAATEEDETGEO AANA tscellaneous Gif ts UU NOTE: If you sent a gift other than toys and gifts for the child- ren and we have failed to list it, please let us hear from you about it. Tell us just what was sent and the organization sending it. To our many friends who sent Christmas gifts to the children, we send our most sincere thanks. Some of you we will be able to write to personally, but many others we can not reach for lack of proper addresses. To each of you from the more than three hundred children we send a great big wish for a happy and prosperous New Year. Olney Aux., Home Circle, 6 quilts. Siloam Aux., 1 quilt. Galatia Aux., 1 quilt. Rocky Point Aux., 1 quilt. Centrai Steele Creek Church, 35 cans fruit; 34 gal. syrup; 48 Ibs. of flour; 100 lbs. meal; 10 Ibs. salt; 3 bu. sweet potatoes; 4 chickens; % bu. grits; 4% bu. corn. Sharon (M) Aux., 2 quilts. Rowland Aux., 3 quilts. Thyatira Aux., Circle 5, 1 quilt. Alamance S. §., Beg. & Pri. Depts., 1 quilt, Thyatira Church, 7 bbls. flour; 350 Ibs. corn meal; 20 cans fruit; 1 bu. potatoes; strawberry plants; 1 bu. peanuts and magazines. Blacknall Mem. S. S., West ham, 60 cakes. Burlington ist, Y. P. League, cans fruit; 30 lbs, sugar, ete. B. H. Finch, Lexington, 1 bbi. candy, Miller’s Schoo! Church, 1 quilt. Back Creek, Jr. Mission Band, 2 gals. fruit and veg. canned, 1 bu. sweet potatoes; 1 bu. Irish potatoes; 8 chickens; 340 lbs. flour; 5 yards of cloth. Salisbury Ist. Aux., Circle 4, 1 blan- ket. Mrs. C. B, Morrisette, lizabeth City, 1 heavy coat, pr. trousers and sox. Dur- 52 stick Carolina Absorbent Cotton Co. in Charlotte, steril gauze; adhesive cottoon, ete. McDowell Church, 4 bags peanuts; 1 bag dried apples; 4 bu. potatoes Columbus Aux., 4 pillow cases and 2 sheets. Olivia Aux., 4 sheets, 1 quilt, 1 tow- el, Statesville Aux., Circle 3, table nap- kins, cloth, buttons, thread, ete. Albemarle Ist Aux., 5 quilts. East Burlington S. S., 28 qts. fruits & vegts., 7 pts. jelly, 4% bu. I. po- tatoes. Bixby Mission, 13 qts. fruits, 2 qts. vegts. 144 gal molasses, 10 Ib meal. Hickory ist S. S., 1 gal. syrup, 19 qts. canned frujts & vegts., 46 cakes, 1 box waite Mrs. F. R. Sadler, Mt. Holly, candy. A Charlotte Friend, 1 coat. A Charlotte Friend, 1 pr. shoes. Monroe Church, jigg-saw puzzles. Reidsville Ist S. S., Int. Girls, 1 quilt. Geo. Hall, Hickory, 300 tb flour, 8 doz. cans salmon, 4 cs. prunes. Mrs. Louise Phaeler, Greensboro, 1 heavy all-wool blanket for J. B. J. Rockfish Aux., 4 quilts. Black River Church, 1 quilt, 20 qts. fruits & vegts., etc. Mebane S. S., Pri. Dept., 18 pencils. Eno Aux., 6 sheets and 6 _ pillow cases. Waldensian Bakery, Valdese, 3 plain cakes, bu. noodles. Miss Margaret McArthur, Fayette- ville, 1 quilt for Baby cottage. Kenly Aux., 1 quilt. Olney Aux., Cirele 1, 2 quilts. Asheboro S. S., buttons, tape, thread, etc. Vicks Chemical Co., 600—.10c car- tons cough drops. Laurinburg Aux., 82 cakes, 1 box cookies. Graham Aux., 35 cakes and 8 boxes cookies. Graham Aux., Harrop Circle, 1 quilt etc. Salem Aux., soap, towels, dresses. Calypso Aux., 2 quilts. Sanford Church, 15 qts. coat hangers. Mrs. L. H. McLeod, Fayetteville. 1 box each grapes and raisins. Raven Rock Aux. & Y. P., 2 quilts. West Avenue Aux... Charlotte, coffee, prunes, grits, baking powder. A Friend, 1 bu. basket oranges. Kings Mountain Aux., 1 quilt. Salisbury 2nd Church, rag dolls. Bethesda (F) Aux. Circle 5, 1 quilt. Mrs. W. S. Barney, Greensboro, Cov- enant Aux. 1 leather coat and Puz- fruit, 42 in stature, Another thing helps to do away with head- aches is the expressions of good will that come to us at the Christmas season. We wish we could acknowledge all the Christ- mas cards that come to us, but it would take up all the month of January to do that. They come in by hundreds and thousands. We are listing in the Alumni Column, the cards from old Bar- ium Springs boys and girls, and this is just a small part. We started out to fil! up this column with headaches and got switched off after mentioning only three or four, and we sup- pose it’s just as well. There are so many more pleasant things to think about than the unpleasant that we believe you had rather that always read about the pleasant ones. zles. Laurel Hill Aux. Circle 2, 1 quilt. Jefferson S. $., Pri. Dept., cloth, dish towels, etc. Mrs, Wilson, strawberries. Raeford Aux., 12 qts. canned fruits & jellies, 1 pk. sweet potatoes. Salisbury Ist Aux., canned goods, groceries, puzzles. Shearer Chnreh, 8 gqts. fruits, 1 pr. trousers. L. Banks Holt, Graham, 1 bale shirt- ing. Brooks Todd, Hickory, 1 bu. peanuts. Mré. Frank O. Shamburger, Aber- deen, 1 quilt. Oak Plain Aux., 1 quilt. Jackson Springs Aux., 3 quilts. Laurinburg Ist. S. S., Jr. Girls, scrap- books for Baby Cottage. Nut Bush Aux., 1 cake. Mt. Pisgah Aux., 8 pillow cases. Carthage Aux., Home Circle, 1 quilt. COUODE DGS OOTEDECREEUSEDEEDEEOELSOEDEREA SEDGE atta Clothing Boxes HOU Ue Rowland Aux., 2 Maxton Aux., Circle 2 Maxton Aux., Circle 3 Goldsboro Ist Aux. Ellenboro Aux., Girls’ Cicrle Guif Aux. Erwin Aux., Kelly Circle Oakland Aux. PUT Chadbourn, canned Miscellaneous CUOPUELSFUERITERU SETS MISCELLANEOUS RE ee ‘ge ¥. P. Tate, Morganton 6.00 Rev. James Appleby, Maxton 1.00 4. E. Scharrer, Hickory 5.00 4 Raleigh Friend 5.00 A Friend 50.00 A Wilmington Friend aa TOTAL _.... $69.00 MISCELLAN. THANKSGIVING J. C. Arrowood, Lincolnton 15.00 Roy Wade, High Point 2.50 Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Murvin, Seven Springs ; 5.00 J. W. Shook, N. Wilkesboro 5.00 E. S. Bee, Charlotte 10.00 A Roanoke, Va., Friend 1.00 J. Rowan Davis, China Grove 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Baucom, Rae- ford Marshville School Miss Bonnie Jean Shore, 5.00 2.84 Rural Hall 1.00 Wm. F. Davis, McDonald 2.50 Dorothy B. Davis, McDonald 2.50 Mary Elizabeth Davis, Me- ae: a 2.50 Charles T. Davis, Jr., McDonald 2.50 C. A. Spencer, Morganton 5.00 Mrs. Hattie K. Rowan, Char- lotte 3.00 Mrs. J. M. Brown, Mooresville 5.00 Cc. M. Gunn, Sanford 5.00 A. F. Sams, Jr., Statesville 10.00 Miss Leta Christian, Winston- Salem - 10.00 John D. Spinks, Winston-Salem 10.00 Herman Wallace, Statesville — 10.00 R. Z. Johnston, Newport, R. I. 2.00 J. C. Fowler, Statesville 5.00 Mrs. J. A. Kellenberger, Greens- boro ; 20.00 Mrs. S. B. & Annie M. Smith, Rockingham __- am .. 5.00 Mrs. T. W. Abbott, Charlotte _ 2.00 J. Bailey Owen, Henderson 100.00 Mrs. W. A. Spencer, Drexel 1.00 J. D. Cochran, Statesville _...._ 5.00 Frank L. Johnson, Statesville _ 50.00 Iredell County Prison Camp 46 Mrs. Harriett W. McCall, Win- son-Salem - ; ee R. T. Nesbit, Barium Employee 5.00 Mildred Warner, Charlotte, a former Barium student 5.00 Miss Katherine Wiggins, Li, ag anise a ‘on 2.50 Harmony High School 2.50 Mrs. T. A. Leeper, Elkin 5.00 Ethel F. Boozer, Greensboro. 5.00 Mrs. Cathleen Moore Radcliffe, Raleigh, a tormer Barium student - pues js 5.00 W. B. Bradford, Charlotte __- 10.00 Miss Hannie Cowan, Morganton 1.00 Presbyterian Jr. Col., Maxton. 3.40 Linda M. Johnson, Seven ONIN enc penis Bs 5.00 Mr. & Mrs. John A. Tate, Charlotte - BD cise nti ince SO E. P. Walker, Reidsville _ 5.00 Cc. G. Pepper, Hamlet _ 1.00 J. M. Cracraft, Charleston, WEE TR ie es, SOD Mrs. W. E. Bizzelle, Seven BI cencctidiatioes seeneinsae 5.00 J. W. Matthews, Rocky Mt. 5.06 Ruby Pickler, Charlotte, a former Barium Student -_.__....... 19.50 Mrs. Thelma Fraley Lentz, Charlotte, a former Barium eee Sods actin G. H. Hipp, Charlotte, a former Barium Student - peste 50 50 James H. Jackson, Clinton 100.00 Mr. & Mrs. D. St. P. Du Bose, Durham 50.00 Frank Stronoch, Raleigh Geo. A. Battle, Jr., Concord A Graham Friend A. J. Hoffman, . Lenoir FOR MESSENGER Mrs. J. W. Massey, Barwick, Ga. 1.00 Miss Mary L. Lea, Greensboro 1.00 2.50 5.00 10.00 25.00 Mrs. E. C. Stowe, Washington, D. C. ‘ iniempeae: ee FEARS nn ics suas -nw $8.00 CHRISTMAS FUND A Morganton Friend ___ 25.00 A Friend to Little Children in MIR Sie iitcrmcarccs 2.00 Mrs. M. H. Wooten, Clayton 5.00 Mrs. Cameron Morrison, Char- lotte 100.00 Mrs. John Sprunt Hill, Durham for Annie Louise Cottage 20.00 M. L. & Jos. C. Shepherd, Wil- mington 10.00 Miss Annie B. Payne, New York 5.00 Kings Mt. Ist Aux. Young Ladies B. C. 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sadler, Mt. Holly bn 15.00 Alice K. Thompson, Yellow Springs, Ohio ee TRAM sonsecn a -... $192.00 GRAND TOTAL ...... $1,267.20 CUGUEAPECEAESUEECEGECLADEL CUTAN TEE DE ROR Sa rea oo eee othing Meneu CODCERCETEEDEL SEE EE UT TEE EE ees Bethpage (C) Aux. 15.00 Back Creek Aux. 1.50 Burlington 2nd Aux. Circle 1 3.00 Comfort Aux. 2.00 Concord Ist Aux. Circle 5 17.00 ine 9... i - 15.00 Cs AOR teense ee Dallas Aux. Last year’s balance ee eI ek: Dallas Aux. year 1933 _ 4.88 Ellenboro Aux. Girls’ Circle 2.00 Erwin Aux. Kelly Circle 2.00 Faison Aux. ; . 15.00 Gastonia ist Aux. ; 3.50 Goldsboro Aux. eae 2.60 Highland Aux. sae High Point ist Aux. Coble Circle wile ae Howard Memorial Aux. Mrs. Mabry Hart 4.09 Mrs. Cobb & Mrs. Holderness 18.50 Kings Daughters, Salisbury 5.00 Leaksville Aux. . 15.00 Lexington Ist Aux. 20.00 McPherson Aux. 9.06 Marshville Aux, —.. _. 7.00 Maxton Ist Aux. Circle 3 2.50 Maxton ist Aux., Circle 2 _. 2.00 Dr. & Mrs. Mel Thompson, Me- bane Aux. 5.00 Mooresville Ist Aux. Wharey Memorial _... Mt. Airy 1st Aux. — New Bern ist. Aux. ..—........ Paw Creek S. 8S. Class 7 -........ Philadelphus Aux. Pinehurst Aux. Red Springs Aux. Reidsville Aux. Rowland Aux. Shelby Aux. Smyrna Aux. Sprunt Memorial Aux. Stony Creek Aux. - Sugaw Creek Aux. Wadesboro Aux. Warsaw lec vesh tel cealeie Beg. & Pri. Depts. Washington mm 8, 5; —.. Mrs. Miriam W. ville _ Moore, Waynes- TOTAL _ sep $512 APUSPUUEREOGSEEDELEUEUAT TEASE EET upport Fund CEL UHUOPOE LETTE CHURCHES Alamance Badin Banks _._ ... Bethany (C) Bethpage (C) Brittain Broadway —._ J ere Buffalo (L) ~~... . 8.50 mere tet 12.00 Charlotte 2nd __.. 150.00 Clinchfield - os 1.00 Cooks Mem. Special f Covenant (KM) Cross Roads Davidson isa d Duncan’s Creek J Eimwood vacaciones F Firat Vanguard —......... : Flat Branch _ patna J Franklin seats rene wae. Gastonia 1st, Fred L. Smyre Memory E. G. McLurd _.__. 5.00 NRE fo ees | ae Glen Alpine 2.00 PAE te |“ ecceee Grassy Creek 1.84 Greenville 4.00 Hickory — 9.92 Jefferson _ 88 Kannapolis —__ 2.85 MM Seo cee eclsecs 24 Lenoir, A Friend - 20.00 Lincolnton 1st _. 13.50 acGe =... 15.60 McKinnon _ 1.65 Maxton ist _. 18.97 Mebane _.__. 4.83 Mocksville _ 2.27 Mt. Vernon Springs - 2.00 Mulberry, Special 3.56 NOW ape {EM os N. C. Bank Dividend from Gran- ville Presbytery _....__.._—s-:7.38 North Wilkesboro _ 62.33 Nut Bush a 1.73 Oakland . 13.28 Oxford sisdhiaticenes ee Parmele, Kinston, Washington 13.43 Paw Creek Special 4.83 Paw Creek Regular ss s«16.00 Pearsall Mem. (for year) 16.00 I etcspenaicaccLicntte 7.00 Pinetops 7.00 Prospect (C) _.. 2.43 Quaker Meadows Releigh Ist —_ 4.50 Red House 8.00 Reidsville — 23.98 Rocky Mt. lst - St. Andrews (G) __.._. 23 St. Andrews (M) _. 12.30 St. Andrews, Nov. $2.00 St. Pauls (F) A St. Pauls (M) _. Salisbury 2nd __ Sanford __. Shiloh (C) _ Sugaw Creek Taylorsville Thyatira —_ Union (KM) ‘heidie AR OIE sdoctantiet naiciaun 8 Conese Washington Ist Special _ TE TN acini dslaads Selena Wilmington ist _...s«104.28 (Continued on Page Three) Page Three BARIUM MESSENGER Continued from Page Two) en ee oe 6.00 Winston-Salem Ist 221.45 S. 8S. REGULAR Albémarle __ stats . 40.27 Ashpole 4.00 Belmont 21.85 Bethel (0) 4.30 Bethesda (C) et d . 2.00 Bethesda (F) —... on . 10.68 Burlington ist 8.75 Caldwell Mem. Oct. - 6.46 Clarkton —_ sae Concord 1st . Ta Concord Iredell 4.20 I eae sentneamsnisaien RC SS aad 5.70 Duncan Creek ___. oa 2.42 Durham Ist Oct. and Nov. 26.50 Elise (Dept.) 2.00 Elizabethtown 4.87 Fountain 2.32 Front Street —._.... 6.82 Front Street : . 9.06 Gastonia Ist Men’s B. C. . 18.13 Goldsbore ist .._.. Kieniens ee Graves Memorial __. . 541 Greensboro 1st Men’s B. C. __ 10.40 NO asec Grove (W) Logis ne November __. . 8.38 December 2.99 Hallsville — 2.00 Harmony (C) ~......... 2.00 Harrisburg . 4.92 Hope Mills . Seer Pee Ae). ee ee =. Oe Jackson Springs —.—_........ 7.00 Jackson Springs - ee Jacksonville __. 6.92 Jonesboro Oct. —.... . 48 November _... 3.33 Kannapolis _ 12.40 Laurel Hill - 4.58 Lexington _.... 29.00 Lillington - 6.77 Little Joe’s Oct. and Nov. 5.30 Long Creek - as << Lumber Bridge oc ancien Macpelah __... Marion Ist - Maxton 1st Nov. I I i ceeititetiemenenimieniene Mayo Mission .- Mocksville [ ——— ee aes 5... Mooresville 1st — ee Mooresville 2nd, 3rd_ — = a 32 Morven Oct. . 3.86 November 7.76 Mt. Olive 8.00 Mt. Pisgah 2.00 Nahalah 2.00 Newell 3.41 New Bern Ist _ 4.58 New Bern ist B. C. 6.50 New Hope (W) Nov. and Dec. 6.00 North. Wilkesboro -......... 49.62 Olivia : - 36.06 iva —.._._. 28.62 Paw Creek oct. ‘and Nov. _ 15.91 Philadelphus ‘ 1.59 Pineville __ . 14.00 Raleigh 1st, Moment Class _.. 6.75 Raleigh Ist Moment B. C. ..._ 6.75 Rocky Mt. ist Men’s B. C. Oct. 3.61 November 4.15 Rocky Mt. my Jennie = ‘Hill B. C. Rocky ite se ; Rowland 10.32 Rowland 5.23 St. Andrews (M) St. Pauls (F) Salisbury Ist Rur nple. B.C. 5.06 Salisbury Ist W’s. B. C. 5.00 Salisbury 2nd — _ 31.82 NE RUE ieee tie 16.69 Shelby ——~ . 20.42 Sherwood ‘ 1.60 Shiloh (KM) Nov. 6.00 Shiloh (KM) - . 5.00 Statesville ist, Young “Men's” B. C. Nov. om re Tenth Ave. Mrs. Mitchell’s RS sect ae sii 6.00 hyn... __. 12.65 Trinity Ave. _ 11.00 Union (KM) — . 4.75 Toon Bus ...___ 2.86 Vass — 6m Wadesboro April ‘through ‘Aug. 25.00 Yemen —_.._...._. 2.50 Westminster (0) . 10.92 Wilson . 35.47 Winston- Salem 1st Oct. _. 52.25 Neal Anderson B. e Oct. _. 22.32 Neal Andersan B. | Nov. - . 21.80 Winston-Salem Ist, Neal Anderson B. C. Special Nov., one child for one month _______. 21.80 Winston-Salem 1st Nursery Dept. for Baby Cottage —. 5.00 Yanceyville 3.29 AUXILIARIES REGULAR Alamrnce i 3.75 Antioch (F) ‘Circle a - Back Creek —..-- : Beattie Memorial __- J Bethany (QO) Special - E Bethlehem (A) —......__— 1.00 Bethesda (F) to weer > 1st .. 15.50 Blacknall Mem -—- . 9.87 Buffalo (L) ian 2.50 Caldwell Memorial _ 10.00 Charlotte Ist. Regular - =i 22.50 Special _...___ 26.00 Cherryville . 60 Covenant (KM) - 1.00 Covenant (0) — 7.50 Duncan Creek .— ’ Durham ist. Special -—. Front Street ~~~. oe Gastonia 1st —_— onan Goldsboro 1st Penny- -a-day Special 2.24 Grecnsboro Ist annie 7.50 Greensboro ist Nov. ——. 19.00 Greenville Special 14.31 Greenville 6.00 Greenwood 1.00 Grove (W) 3.00 Hopewell (M) 9.25 Howard Mem. . —. 2 fadewiis Kings Mountain lst ————— _ 18.00 REE een Gastonia _. 16.00) Priest Hill Lenoir 10. 00 Geo. W. Webb Mem. ——«é«S4«ODOD Progressive Little Joe’s 25.00} Gibson 80.00] Quaker: Meadows a waie e e el RR reesei peed Matthews 7.00 | Gillespie 5.00| Raleigh Ist Mebane __ ‘73 | Glade Valley 8.75| Ramah Midway (F) — 1.25| Glen Alpine 1.30| Red Springs Mitchiner Mem. 5.76| Godwin eS ne ae 17.85| Red Springs Morganton 6.56} Goldsboro 105.00] Reynolda Myers Park Regular 4 & t Special. 82.87| Goldston | 2.40| Mrs. Senah C. Kent Mt. Airy 1st ; __ 80.00 | Goshen Chapel (G) 2.10} Mrs. Lucy B. Critz Mt. Holly . — Fg en ene 5.00! W. S. Lindsay Mt. Pisgah Nov. & Dec. 1.00| Goshen Church & S. S. . (KM) . 18.16 1. S. Bull & Family Newell, Oct. & Nov. —.—.—-- 4.00| Graham "468.69! Miss Etta Carter North Wilkesboro —.. 22 | Grassy Creek : 5.00! Miss Delphine Carter Olivia - ae 2.00| Graves Mem. _ 66.70} W. R. Martin Pleasant Hill __. 5.00} _ Mrs. B. P. Smith _. 5.00} Chas. M. Norfleet Prospect (C) — ~~ 170} Greensboro Ist, R. W. Glenn _ 25.00} Mrs. Ruth C. Gray Raeford Circle 4 ‘Special - ee ane, a. a tate _. 2.00] Reynolda : Raleigh Ist. .......... : E. A. Ranson 5.00] Stuart Warken Red Springs : W. Stanley Davis _. —.. 10.00] J. Edward Johnston Reynolda See aad ' C. ¥. Carlson _.___ __.600.00| Roanoke Rapids Roanoke Rapids 10.00} Kate H. Glenn ... 25.00] Roberdeil Rockingham 2.70| Mrs. L. B. Leftwich - _ 10.00' Robinson Chapel Rocky Mt. ist Mrs. A. Lizzie Stewart _...._.__._ 5.00| Rockfish Rie a foe a 10.00| L. Richardson _._..__.__..100.00] Rocky Mt. 1st Rocky Mt. Ist Dec. Special —.. 11.00} | Mrs. L. Richardson 106.00] Rocky Mt. 1st. Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Mt. ist Nov. 13.00} Greensboro Ist _._.. __525.26] R. C. Brake ‘ Rocky Mt. 1st Dee. - Penny- a- Greenville 16.34 | Rutherfordton Church, S. S. day _. sere __ 6.25 | Greenville 6.00] and Aux. Rocky Mt. Ist _- _. 11.09] Grove (F) —__.. 2.40] St. Andrews (G) Rocky Mt. 1st, Dec 13.00] Grove (W) _. _ 8,88] St. Andrews (W) St Pauls (F) 3.87] Gulf —.. 5.55} Wm. H. Sprunt Salisbury 2nd. Dec. .00| Hallsvilie 10.00] St. Andrews (W) Mr. & Mrs. Sharon (M) .00| Hamlet Church & 5. 8. 68.43] D. W. Ormsby Shelby ——-- i Harmony (C) 5.60| St. Pauls (F) Men Sugaw Creek Ren .00| Harmony (C) —.__ . 34.40) Salem : Thomasboro Special 3 22.00; Harmony (W) Church & S. 8. 11.50 Salisbury Ist, W. J. Swink Thyatira - . 2.10} Hebron (F) . ee ares 2.00} Salisbury 1st fryon (Quarterly) 8.85) Hebron (W) 2.00] Salisbury 2nd Wadesboro 2,00| Henderson... 100.00] Saluda Wallace 30.00" Hickory Ist. $32.74! Sardis Warsaw _. ae 15.08 | Highland : ae Berens Washington 1st 4.00] High Point Ist 164.60) Lloyd Summerviile West Avenue (M) —...... 7.00| High Point Ist _.---.- 18,03] Shearer West Avenue (M) 5.00) Hills - meal ‘00| Shelby 1st, R. T. LeGrande - Westminister (W) ~~~. . 2.00] Hills — Bee ; Westminster (M) _. 10.00} Hillsboro °56| Shelby —___._.. Westminster (0) ...................... 12.00 L. E. Beard 10.00} Shiloh (C) - Williams Memorial 2.00 | Holly Grove 20.00; Shiloh, Men of the Church Winston-Salem Ist - _ 20.75] Hope Miils 11.50 (KM) ee Winston-Salem ist —- _.. 25.00} Hopewell (M> 1748| Siloam (C) Church & S. S. Y. P. REGULAR Horseshoe fa 2.20| Smithfield - ; Hope Mills _ 1.50] Howard Mem. ae _ 49.40] Smithfiel Paw Creek Jr. & Sr. Special - 3,00] Howard Mem. Thad Hussey 59.00] Smithfield CHURCHES aaa re Huntersville i 13.82 | Smyrna i (F) Acme 6.00 | Immanuel _.. 25.00] Seuth River Church & Aux. Ahoskie 10.50 | Iona — __... 38.00] Speedwell Albemarle _ 85.20| Jackson Springs 25.50; Spies Alamance 48.75 | Jefferson 11.86 Spindale > Pe | een 26.76| Kannapolis 56.93 Spring Hill Antioch (W) Ca 6.40] Kings Mountain 91.75 | Springwood Ashpole Church & Aux. _ 35.00] Kinston _....... 14.85] Sprunt Mem. sis Ashwood . eas _ 12.50} Lakeview, Pearl McNeill 2.50} Jean E. Rose a Badin : 7 Lake Waccamaw ee 13.50} Statesville ist, Karl Sherrill Ballard’s Mission | i Toe Cees! ...._.... 1.10] Statesville 1st Bear Grass _ 3 Lansing 6.00| Statesville 1st = Beattie Mem. i Laurel Forks _ 6.65 Steele Creek, Laura Williams _ Belmont 3 Laurel Hill 82.89! Steele Creek Bensalem 00| Laurinburg 140.33 | Stoneville Reassmer 27} Leaksville 20.03} Stony Creek Bessemer City Pas leass .45| Lenoir _ 247.46| Sugaw Creek a Bethany (C) . .73| Lillington ia 6.91 Tabor WN ass Bethel (F) : H. T. Atkins _ 6.06] Third Creek - Bethesda (C) i Lincointon _.. See 100.17} Thyatira Bethesda (F) i tittle Joe’s, Joe “Clark : _ 2.00} Topsail Bethesda (F) D. L McKeithen 6.00! Little Joe’s —._..__. _..119.90] Trinity Ave Bethesda (0) . L 20.00| Little Jos’s —..-— 1.00} H. D. Jones Ecthoege —...._ 41,00] Littie River _ 36.35| Mrs. Perry A. Sloan Biscoe __ 17.26| Locust — 3.90 Alex. M. Worth - ..... 9.60| Long Creek _. 17.66} Union (KM) - Brainard — 15.88; Low Gap —____- 1.00} Union Mills ; F Bridgewater 9.15 | Lumber Bridge —_- 7.50| Mary Willie Tate _. Brittain Bas Sct a 21.70| Neill MeKinnon _ 1.50] Mark Kate Harkett Brown Marsh _. 5.00} Mrs. J. W. Hall _. . 10.00 ert Ist ffalo Vanguar 18.80} Thos. Stamps —— . 25.00} Vass - . aa apeiaae Buies oak * 11.72] Lumberton _- 125.00 Wadesboro Burlington Ist, A Friend _ 2.60] McKinnon _ 13.05 | Waldensian Burlington 1st _....... 17.00| MaHard Creek 17.10} Wallace Burgaw _ 15.45 | Manly has ore coca ae 5.33 Washington Caldwell Mem. _ 65.26) Marion 1st 48.50 West End Calvary J Marion aPece 1.00 West Jefferson Caivary .95| Maxton ist 93.31) West Raleigh —._.____ - Calypso a Mebane —— 94.61) West Raleigh, Mrs. Ann Nash Cameron - sieoie : J. S. White — _ 25.00 Sule B. Warren Cameron Hill _ : .?. ee 25.00) Westminster (M) Candor as . 10. Midway —... 5.50 Westminster (0) Cate Tee a> Monroe __. 51.25 Westsseatat (W) Carthage ; _ 75.40| Mooresville Is¢ — 226.10| White Hill - Central Steele Creek - _ 91.81] Mooresville 2nd _ $9.19] Whitevill& Centre (C) ian _ 64.54| Morganton Ist - 236.83 ot dwood Centre (F) 3 Mm. Aly ....... _ 102.08 Willand : Chadbourn _ 6.56| Mt. Gilead _ cass ce Wm. & Mary Hart Charlotte Ist - : Sara P. White - _ 8,00] Williams Mem. Chariotte 2nd re .34| Mt. Holly — ~~ 26.60| Williamston Charlotte 2nd - . 6 Ruth Cherry 1.00} Wilmoore ~~ - Charlotte 2nd ae. | SS pe eee 9.09 | W ilson 1st, W. T. Clark - Cherryville J Mt. Pisgah - 6.60 Wilson ist ; Chinquapin o_ — rot () ae W ge ord rch and S _ 42.27; Mt. Vernon, ssie Heri ge - a _W. N. ie cet . 1000.00| Myers Park, Dr. 0. L. Miller 25.00; Winston-Salem Ist, Mary E. Concord Iredell —....._-.—.._—- 69.67| Myers Park - ere Dein 121.00] _ Eggleston : Concord 2nd os See _ 50.00 Winston-Salem ist Conley Mem... 2.25) New Bern let -—... . 81.00] Winter Park - Covenant (F‘ 2.00| New Hope (0) __________ 15.41| Yadkinville By pt Covenant (KM) -—. 25.08! New Salem peond Church & S. S. 12.25 Mrs. John 7 ree r. Covenant (O) os 170.05 | Newell Esetvaccniinca 6.60 Mrs. Jane utc - Mary EK. Daniel - 5.00} Newton 140.00 Miss Laura Reynolds Covenant (W) —- . I a i n, ccceaioeneiniceen 6.80} Yanceyville Cross Roads North Charlotte... 9.50] Young oan” cea viNG Culdee ee North Wilkesboro __. 175.15 . THANKSG Cummock _. eee Norwood, Rev. J. W. Stork ... 1.00| Ahos skie’ Cypress Kate S. Winchester .00| Armstrong Mem. Dallas Pauline Stanback _. Barbecue Davidson - W. T. Stanback —_. Bayless Mem. Duncan Creek Obids iedeeanlitinieaineitint erety (0) Dundarrach Oxford Bethel (M) PWatts Hil Oxford Bethel (WS) Eagie Springs Patterson —- Bethesda (F) Smear - Patterson ——____________._ Bethlehem (M) Elizabethtown Paw Creek -. Beulahville Elmwood Peak Creek ——__._. Black River Fairview Rev. J. W. Luke 00| Biacknail Mem. ea Pearsall Mem. 5 Blacenboro Faison Pee Dee ere . Broadway Falkiand Pembroke ~~. 5 Brookston Farmville (0) Philadelphus -50 | Burgaw Farmville (A) Philadelphus .33| Burlington 1st Fa etteville ist 325.29| Piedmont - 00 | Caldwell Mem. Fellowship 5.00| Pinehurst Community (F) 19.62| Mrs. W. W. Kale’s Class Fifth Creek 24.15| _ !shom edge __. ; 3.00 | Caidwell Mem. Ist, Jr. Dept... Ida Niblock _.............. 1.00] Pine Ridge ——— 1.68 | Caldwell Mem. Pri. Dept. Flat Branch See en Pee 17.25 Pinetops 14.10 Camden : Foster Mem. - ; 1.00 Pineville soneee 4.24)}Cameron Hill Fountain Church & Aux. 46.51 Sl Hill —.. “as —— az i age Front Street 18.19) Pleasant Hill 3.35 |Carrol’s Chapel Galatia a 27.78| Pelkten — 3.00 |Caswell Mem. ee Poplae Tat ———..__—. _ 24.27 Gate Ride - 13.00 - 46.98 536.33 ~ 19.75 ~ 20.00 . 15.00 . 69.806 _. 81.60 ~.. 12.07 66.00 .. 50.00 _ 18.74 _ 22.79 __. 105.00 _ - 10.00 _ 27.00 1.00 3.43 16.36 85.86 406.00 8.30 96.49 1.50 24.44 200.00 100.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 10.0 50.00 25.00 14.00 20.00 200.05 35.00 10.8 4.34 110.62 12.09 51.25 9.00 78.12 100.0( 10.00 3.0! 10.04 69.0 4.75 4.90 18.87 5.00 3.87 27.32 113.45 5.48 15.9% 8.00 13.00 10,12 1.00 2.00 18.37 8.75 5.01 1.23 2.45 29.46 5.00 177.32 104.50 10.60 116.90 15.06 6.65 60.00 5.0. 1.06 9.95 5.00 3.00 56.2 26.00 21.5! 26.82 4.92 3.00 10.00 5.00 67.32 23.40 7.35 17.00! 17.48 5.85 18.64 20.77 26.50 12.50 18.55 500.00 191.08 675.06 500.00 1.06 86.00 25.25 1.00 1.06 1.06 6.17 8.78 6.0, 15.0. 4.50 11.00 . 13.34 5.00 9.36 6.16 _. 18.94 3.25 65.88 1.15 9.89 21.00 6.00 66.60 9.00 8.00 5.50 11.30 1.60 2.00 13.00 15.05 . 485 11.00 1,13 January 1984 Chadbourn $3.25 Charlotte Ist, The J. W. Me- Clung B. C., F. A. Shoaf _.. 5.60 Charlotte 2nd 115.08 Cherryville 6.6 Church-by-side-of-read 4.00 Clarkton 97.77 Comfort 6.19 Cooleemee 21.70 Coollemee 1.05 Concord 2nd 15.30 Cornelius 5.25 Covenant (F) 5.46 Covenant (O) 36.44 Z. N. Holler . 10.00 Cramerton 16.46 Rebecca B. Moore 10.02 Currie 5.68 Cypress ; 11.09 Dakotah 8.00 Davidson Jr. Dept. 1.74 Durham Ist., Big Bro. Class 11.70 mG: Jones - sie —. 6.00 Durham Is¢ 59.00 Elkton 6.08 Ellenboro 16.66 Elmwood 3.33 Ephesus 7.7% Ernest Myatt Mission 102.55 Faison 31.96 Flat Branch 7.82 Forest City 3.08 Foster Mem. 1.00 Four Oaks 5.08 IS 7.28 Front Street 18.98 Fuller Mem. 10.06 Gastonia Ist Men’s B. C. 70.00 Gastonia Ist aici 155.50 Geo. W. Lee Mem. _____..___.. 21.72 Geo. W. Webb Mem. 5.62 Glenwood 6.80 Greensboro Ist, Men’s B. C. _138.00 Greensboro Ist ‘ a a Mrs. Myer’s B. Cc. Loyalty Class Greenville Greenville Greenwood Griers Gruver Mem. Hamlet Harrisburg Hebron (W) | Henderson : High Point 1st, The Gleaners’ 500 60 High Point Ist. Se ee 2.06 High Point Ist —_ Tapes Holly Grove _. 5.00 Howard Mem. a _ 12.67 men TS TH .... . 6.46 Tona - 5.50 Ironton i 7.10 ave: 7.04 Jonesboro ___. 6.18 Kenly 5.10 Kinston - 3.00 Kornegay 1.91 Lakeview 5.75 Lansing 5.00 Laurinburg 28.66 Leaflet coe 5.31 ence 456 Locust 5.88 Loggins —._- 2.00 Lowell Mr. & Mrs. J. G. Davis 2.50 Lowell 9.86 Lumberton Jr. Boys | ; McGee ; e McLean Mem. Macclesfield Marston Matthews ‘Mayo Mission Midway (F) Mile Branch Millers Milton ; Mitchiner Mem. Mt. Holly - Mt. Horeb _.— Mt. Zion pereate Myers Park __ Nahalah i as New Hope cw) Newell Newion - a | North Vanguard - Nut Bush Oakboro Oakdale S. S. & Oak Plains Ulney Nd Park Place iieniaciionss shai: Parkton ek ae _____. 16.5@ Pearsali Mem. _ 8.66 Philadelpnia _. 11.26 Phidippi 2.2% Pine Halil i ; . $01 Pittsboro Church & 8. 8. . _ 18.86 Pocket ies — 6.00 Reidsville . 15.00 Rex - . 7.04 Roanoke Rapids 22.00 Robinson - 11.66 Rocky Mt. Ist Y. P. Class _. 6.00 Rocky Mt. 2nd “ _. 9.50 Rocky Point entice pial 4.00 Rocky River — Sidenote? a Roxboro se Rourk’s Chapel ie 3.16 Rowland __. «enced dank St. Andrews (0) - eae 14.00 St. Pauls (F) —- 10.45 Salisbury 1st 111.29 Sanford 12.06 Sherwood 3.60 Shiloh (C) ~~. i _ Aes Shiloh (F) __ RT Siler Sag 5.0@ Southard’s Mission -» $29 South Lexington 8.23 Southport S. S 7.29 Boys’ Class . 6.06 Girls’ Class . 2.69 Bpedwell ... a . 241 Spies . 2.39 Spindale . 6.00 Spray 25.00 Statesville 1st Young Men’s B. C. ssid bialan iain Fr. A. Shertill _._....__... 10009 Statesville 1st 54.69 Stony Creek —. 25.60 Sugaw Creek Pri. Dept. _ 426 Sunnyside 2 iC«*T:«CS’ Teachey acl sn aleenscniace” ae Tenth Avenue —. ____. 10.48 (Continued on Page Four) Page Four CHURCHES AHEAD B. ARIUM MESSENGER e 6. TH ANKSGIVING (Continued from Page Three) (Continued from Page One) | Thomasboro 16.35} jal, Kenly, Littleton, Oakland, Pro-} g Tryon 4.00 | gres ve, Southard’s Mission, Spring: | Varina 4.00| 311. St. Andrews, White Oak, Younr ~ Varina 3.70) Memorial. - Ml I atterson who left Waldensian 6.21 | Kings Mountain o tal 1s home d 1 Warrenton 7.31) Armstrong Memorial, Bessemer , a ! ea nan : Waxhaw 15.00) sity, Cherryville, Duncan Creek, rsé Wa ne ounts I West Avenue (KM) 21.38] Goshen, Hepzibah, Iron Station, Long es d. She ynsidered « West End 22.66| Creek, Macpelah, Olney, Riverbend, i ent he West Raleigh 14.67) Spindate, Tryon, Unity, West Ave \ i " rks is viii < Westminster (F) §.00) jue. a ne : people with whom White Plains 9.06 Mecklenburg Se eNeK yee pected Wildwood 4.00 Badin, Bethlehem, Biscoe, Camden, Pune oN est from a person ef Wilmoore 8.25) candor, Central Steeel Creek, Ham-| her character, We are all happy with Winston-Salem 1st 255.35) jut, Indian Trail, Locust, Matthews,} her in her success Yanceyville 15.56) it. Gilead, McLean Memorial, Mul- S. S. CHRSTMAS FUND berry, Nevin, Norman, North Char ( hristmas always brings news of Greensboro 1st, Young Men's lotte,. Norwood, Oakboro, Peachland, wedd ng bells. Phe engagement of B. C. 10.00! piaza, Pleasant Hill, Ramah, Rober- Edna Jackins to Ellis Marsh i AUXILITARIES THANKSGIVING | dell, Robinson, Rockingham, Rourk’s oe anno nen. Edna Acme 5.00| Chapel, Sharon, Thomasboro, Wil pee = yo _— er id | s Alamance Circle 6 et moore. ‘ ’ ae = = Sein . a at es vemarle 1s 50.15 range ai nay aes a = eae ’ a, _~ Be 8.00} Bethel. Bethesda, Broadway, Bur he : wn - a s — ulations, Bayless Mem. 15.00} lington Second, Community, . yin EC > a we re 4 vai ing ‘ e Bensalem (F) 8.00! mock, East Bertingtee. El oe) t isbana i k ethel (F) 25.00| Farmville, Griers, Horseshoe, Jones ee ae ; ce ae (F) 18.85| boro, Little River, New Hope, Pied- . ogg mn _ ~ class of 29, Brittain Circle 2 3.00! mont, Pleasant Grove, Pockett, Spray, a : toe se a ag i \e am Rroadway 6.00 Springwood, St. Andrews, Speedw ell, th Hat my pe a “4 4 a Buffalo (L) 5.00] Stoneville, Stony Creek, White Hil! Ww sian NOTCH. EINE, He e Us, Bunnlevel ed Yanceyville. oe iLINe surgaw 18.0 ilmington es, 5 gas ea Selkesn Mem. B. W's Circle 20.00 Acme, Antioch, Ashewood, Beulah . z = Re po _ Marg x ‘ ~ ae Carthage 16.25 | ville, Black River, Bladenboro, Brown . i a _ ‘ be vial, i a E re Caswell 5.00} Marsh, Calypso, Carrol’s Chapel, Chad-)” re AYE: re = re va — ks Centre 11.10} bourne, Chinquapin, Delgado, FE La " borgante ; a re telephe fice, Charlotte 2nd _— bethtown, Elkton, ow = Webt ae to see us Clevela 6.00| Memorial, Graves Memorial, Halis 4 : ae ze Satie 2.50) ville, Harmony, Hebron, Holly Grove.) Abbie Roper es Essie, bee of Covenant (F) 2.50] Jacksonville, Kornegay. Mit. Hor I BRL: ar a _ ‘ eee : _— Covenant (O) 38.591 Oak Plains, Pink Hill, Six | ork . ce ey idays e ~ Cramerton 25.00| Chapel, Smiths, South River, Tor he mi o oe - a St Culdee 10.00} saii, Wallace, White Plains, a ve ar ¢ wT eI ry ace Currie 2.00! wood, Winter Park ron ae int we are further Dallas 4.00 Winston-Salem ned Duncan Creek 1.25 Bethel, Beulah, Dacotah, Eb 1 = ae : : Durham Ist, Circle < 5.78| Foster Memorial, George W ly é ar dint ie ag with us _ a Circle 5 15.301 Memertal, Gillespie, Glade Valley.| short wisit. He is im eS Durham Ist, Circle 1 10.00| Hills, Lansing, Laurel Fork, Loggin:.| Por 4A El-Bethel 12.00} Millers, Obids, Peak Cecek, RK: Elmwood Erwin Fairfield Fellowship Flat Branch Geo. Webb Mem. Graham, Harrop Circle Grbenville Grove (W) Howard Mem. Howard Mem. lioward Mem. Immanuel Iona Jonesboro Jonesboro, Dr. Kenly LaGrange Laurinburg Leaflet Litt'e Joe’s Va. Hall Circle B. W’s. Circle Long Creek Marshville Marston Mt. Pisgah Morven Mulberry Circle 3 Myers Park Circle 4 Myers Park Circle 5 Miss Robinson Nevin New Hope (W) North Vanguard Nut Bush Oak Hill Oak Plain Waylon Bennett a) Pee Dee, Frank Little Aux. Piedmont Pike Pineville Providence (M) Raleigh Ramah Rex Rockfish Rocky Mt. 1st Rocky Point St. Andrews (0) St. Pauls (F) Salem (0) Salisbury ist Sardis Shiloh (F) Shiloh (KM) Stanly Steele Creek Stony Creek Sugaw Creek, Circle 1 Circle 2 Teacheys Thomasville Troy Troy Tryon Union (KM) Unity (KM) Wallace West Westminster (O) Winston-Salem Ist. Circle 10 Yanceyville AUX. CHRISTMAS FUND Greensboro Ist Circle 13 Lincolnton Ist Macclesfield Avenue (KM) Circle 8 Y. P. THANKSGIVING Cam@fion —.........— Caswell Covenant (F) Glade Valley Griers Group 2 Henderson Jacksonville Long Creek McPherson Rex Jr. Senior Runnymeade Shiloh (KM) Jr. Tryon ‘ Union (KM) Sr. 2.75 2.50 2.00 5.15 1.35 1.75 46 20.00 2.50 61.25 8.00 2.00 .36 15.00) 1.59 25.00 2.25 5.00 75.00 6.00 63.00 37.38 15.00 7.40 oo 3.00 | 1.1 4.40 | 21.00 1.0 4.0 30 25 Of OU .65 U0 50 20 4.0 5.0 1.00 wm H m w a w H t r s 19.00 59.00 1.00 6.00 11.00 6.29 6.10 11.00 27.67 §.35 153.58 2.50 25.60 7.00 6.25 116.85 | 6.00 | 9.00) 3.00! 1.25 14.00 19.00 3.00 3.00 12.70 5.00 7.15 45.46 15.75 5.00 5.00! 15.00 5.00 5.00 2.50 V 2.60! 1.00 3.00 1.45 10.59 2.00 3.00 4.34} 4.00) 50 1.00 15.00 | 2.00 2.00 | 5.85, Memoriay, Waughtova, Ya j Mr. & Mrs ALBEMARLE PRESBY PRY (Continued from Page + } hind. ‘ ‘ ‘ [ ‘ I 4 \“ | i 0) | n Si at \ naite tand, ( ord) tt iris only 8 ent ! { pered with 17 cents| n | | ’ “5 { } ce behno, a ' yehind ‘ i Vid i p | ad story to th Afier December 31, U 32 ; ile Presbytery was only 22 nts behond; tous they are 35" 1 Presbytery dropped an tch i dropped more than n giving per membe this tast year they were 2242 cents nd: this year it is 3442 cents he- : ’ Wil ton and Fayetteville Pres hyt re tied for the bottom place, h the latter’s giving is slightly setter than a year ago. Fayetteville last year was 49 cents behind; this vear it was .4834 cents behind—a ¢ “er of a cent better. Wilmington was 443, cents behind last year: to- day it is 4844, cents behind. ‘And the whole Synod is 25.8 cents hehind the askings, as compared to a much better mark of 20.8 cents behind a year ago. That’s the story the Presbyterians of the Synod dictated this year! TS Of CHURCHES FAILING | (Continued from Page One! Drusilla, Fairview, McDowell, Qak wood Fayetteville Campobellton, ¢ harles Mills, Coats Elrod, Horseshoe, Longstreet, Naomi, | Palestine, Sandy Grove, South Fay-| etteville, Summerville, Union, Wild wood. | Granville Community, Hebrah, Mitchell Chapel, Mizpah, Mt. Pleasant, Nor lina, Oek Grove, Willow Springs. ly Kings Mountain Restic, Castena. Mecklenburg Atlan, Bethany, Beulah, Camp Green, Ellerbe, Lee Park, Lilesville, | Macedonia, Mt. Carmel, Morgan | Union (KM) Jr. ; 2.00 | Intermediate 3.00 Yanceyville Little Folks -~ 1.00 | REGULAR for December $3,152.03 | THANKSGIVING Dec. $25.94 31 GRAND TOTAL for Dec. $29,092.34 | CORRECTION: The $5 listed in the November issue from Salis- bury 2nd S. S., W's. B. C. should have been Salisbury Ist S. S., W's. B, C. ‘ News has been received from Ber- tie Craig Walker, She is living in rerrace, Penn Mary and Leah Hill are both mar- ried and living in Kinston. Beulah HiIl is now Mrs. J. M. Davis and lives in Council Biuffs, “a and Mrs. Marvin E. Woodward 1 MeMillan), Chapel Hill, an- » the bicth of a daughter, Ndna bb aber 27, Ui" Christm ards were ret ved irom lowing Rutherford (Buddy) Hewitt, Nor-| k, Va: the Cable Fannly, Greens Grover Miles, St Hal Cla Louis, Mo.; iNettie Mil- ler), Eufola; Walter Beattie, Charlie | Sears, Charlotte; J. W. Wes David- | son; Sylvia Brown, Valdese; Mr. & My Ed Kyles (Rachel Moore). | Statesvill Der \. Bevette; Ruth | anaon, | me Mrs. Addie on and { { rd; Matoa- Porrence M 1 «& Billy, oe Mr. & Mr John Hunt, be Spencer, Mors m; Margue- Gask H t llazel Sim- Esther Ai Charlotte; Mr. M John Cap, Jt The Bernar- (ters, ( na tte Cane 4 Elsie We st- ul; Mrs. Jo lonts er) (Mary Mark), Muncie, Ind.; Mr. & Mrs. Wim Ratcliffe, Raleigh; ia = Jackins, Charlotte; Lula Za Mae Belle Knox, Charlotte; Pauine Shaver Kurdan & | Winston-Salem; & Abb toper: Mr. & Mrs. iE. Kipka, Har Louise Slu- r, Thoma e; di eenan, Gra- ham; Lewis King. & apolis; Geo. \ s, Charlotte; James Fowler Rock Hill. S. C.; Lucile Mizelle, West End; Mary & Alice C ¢, 45-56 42nd St., NY ir. & Mrs. John L. Bean (Johnsie Wade), Hig Point; Robert Pitman & Wife, Durham; Annie Lou McKee, Clarkton; Paul Pittman, Davidson: Jarrell Norman, 415. New Jersey Ave., Washington, D. C.; Ray Shatfer, Charlotte; Hannah Elliott, | Cleveland; Marian McCall, Winston- Salem: Macy Lee Kenn ady, Taylors- ville; Iris Henry, Bo 22, Graham; Edward Todd, Washington, D. C. Annie (Hair) Mcle & Family. Fayetteville; Nellie Mark Martin; J. D. Lael Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Ga.: Walter Fraley, Winchester. Va.; Fisie Beck Wright, Washington, D. C.: Margaret (Jones) Jackins, Sam » Shreveport, La. \ rial, Midlar Midway, Page- fland, Peachland, BR hoboh, Salem, is Mile Creek Stanfield, Star, Stephenson, Tabernacle, Turner, Unionville, Wadesvill Walkersville. Orange Eland, Euphronia, Farmville, Hay- yood Irving Memorial, Midway, North Eno, Pleasant Garden, River- |view, Saxapahaw, Smyrna. Wilmington Beth Car, Bethel, Bolton, Bowden, Croatan, Maple Hill, Mt. Williams, Pleasant View, Sweet Home. Winston-Salem Asbury, Bixley, Carson Memorial, Clark’s Memorial, bury. Dan Riv ollinstown, Dan- Flay Rock, ( r, Eikin, tial Pine Hall, Pine Ridge, Rocky Ridge, indy Ridge, Spruc Pine, Wilkes- S054 “Give an exampl period furni- ture “Well, I should say an electric chair, because it ends a sentence.” CHURCHES THAT LACK (ontinued from Page One) Spring Hill Snow Hill Washington Williamston Wm & Mary Hart Concord ©! Back Creek | Beattie Memorial | Bethpage Bridgewater (#ntre 'Clinchfield . Concord First Davidson Drusilla Fairview Mission Fifth Creek Front Glen Alpine Cilwood Harrisburg Hickory First Lenoir Little Joe's Mooresville First McDowell McKinnon Oakdale Old Fort |Poplar Tent Prospect Quaker Meadow Rocky River Siloam Spencer Taylorsville Thyatira Unity Waldensian Fayetteville Barbecue Bensalem Bethasda Big Rockfish Bluff | Cameron | Campobelloon Carthage {Charles Mills Church-in-Pines Covenant Cypress Dundarrach Dunn Eureka Fayetteville frodwin Grove Highland , Hebron Lakeview Laurinburg Laurel Hill Lillington ! Lumberton | $ , lan McPherson iMt. Pisgah Street Frist | em lit. Montpelier Naomi *riest Hill Philippi Pinehurst | Raven Rock Red Springs Rex Olivia Rowland Sandy Grove Sardis Shiloh Smyrna | Spenee Spies Sunnyside Unien | Vass | Westminster | Wildwoed Granville | Blacknall Brookton | Community {Durham First |Ernest Myatt Grassy Creek Henderson {Mitchell Chapel North Vanguard Nut Bush }Oak Hill Memorial | Oxford Raleigh First | Roanoke Rapids | Roxboro Selma 3 Smithfield Trinity Avenue Vanguard First Varina Warrenton , West Raleigh Kings Mountain Belmont Bostic Brittain Columbus Covenant Cramerton Dallas Ellenboro Forest City Gastonia First Kings Mountain Lincolnton Loveell Mt. Holly New Hope Rutherftrdton Saluda Shelby Shiloh Stanley Creek Union Union Mills Mecklenburg Albentarle Amity Banks Bethel Beulah Brainard Caldwell Mem. 256.26 _ 14.45 " 249.56 264.55 - 31.69 230.21 11850 110.46 "134.95 . 13.65 ~ 60.07 _ 16.29 _. 28.60 . 34.95 19.84 60 2.63 25.52 4.38 48.26 58.23 148.23 111.09 8.76 pb es 33.28 11.18 22.50 6.00 46.73 12.62 61.26 47.31 11.04 2.00 3.68 67.58 4.28 1.66 71.40 4.29 17.28 23.91 32.59 1.20 1.00 76.65 22.14 32.95 3.10 101.08 §.27 16.88 12.79 15.16 42.72 8.80 32 90.13 1.00 4.50 4.55 1.40 5.25 10.79 4.52 43.93 9.86 11.17 4.00 .20 24.08 22.31 93 5.35 8.38° 3.87 2.66 2.50 14.00 2.21 8.45 100 625.68 28.38 20.54 1.00 11.88 18.04 4.41 66.05 802.51 87.78 3.05 78.85 1.80 30.85 44.41 18.60 8.84 84 121.39 7.89 16.09 | line, but refused January 1934 Cameronian pe re Charlotte First 1028.29 Charlotte Second 730.34 Cooks Memorial 4.59 Cornelius 88 Ellerbe aaa _. 13.18 Hopewell se ction _ 14.55 Huntersville 12.64 Lilesville . 6.00 Mallard Creek - 16.89 Marks Creek ieee Marshville oe. So Marston 3.20 Morven 6.30 Monroe 67.22 McGee _. 82.34 Myers Park 933.46 Newell 9.04 Paw Creek 46.07 Pee Dee 3.18 Philadelphia - ; 3 Pineville 2 See Poikton ; el 36 Providence gles tae St. Andrews te Siler _. 1.50 St. Pauls 106.00 Steele Creek 221.29 Sugaw Creek Priest 179.60 Tabernacle a Tenth Avenue 196.13 Troy oe Wadesboro Be | Waxhaw etn 22.64 West Avenue 222 eee Westminster 461.87 Williams Mem. 4.75 Orange Alamance Asheboro Ieeossemer Bethany Bethlehem Buffalo (G) Bupa tir)... Burlington First Covenant ; Church-by-side-Read — Cross Roads Efiand 8.00 Eno amc ee Fairfield _.. 14.62 Gilead 1.10 Glenwood wn eae Graham 372.76 Greensboro First _.... 1573.74 Grizenwood 1.40 Goldston . 249 Gulf siete ae a 5, ee Hawfields : cane 101.15 eon cae High Point 168.14 Hillsboro ee re Leaksville - 22.87 Madison . 35.51 Mebane Baio oh aa Gees Milton ois me ae 7.15 Mt. Vernon Springs 36.75 Pittsboro 13.59 Te OR oe i ee 15.54 Reidsville 56.03 Riverview 6.55 Salem . 4.65 Sanford 186.05 Shiloh Se . 26.45 Smyrna ; mes 2.2 Sprunt Memorial — 27.88 Westminster _ 88.78 Wilmington Beth Carr Bolton Bprgaw Caswell Clarkton Covenant Croatan Currie Grove Hepewell Immanuel Lake Waccamaw Mt. Olive Mt. Zion New Hope Pearsall Memorial Pike Pleasant View Pollocksville Rockfish Rocky Point Southport Stanford | St. Andrews Teachey Warsaw Westminster Whiteville Willard Wilmington Fiist Woodburn Winston-Salem Asbury Rixloy Coaleemee Collinstown Danbury Dan River Flat Rock Jefferson Lexington Low Gap Mocksville Mt. Airy North Wilkesboro Pine Ridge Rewrolda South Lexington Thomasville Wilkesboro Winston-Salem First West 3.50 1347.23 Jefferson ’ 22 When Farmer Wheatley saw an ad in the paper: “For $5 we will teil you how to cure your horse of slob- bering,” he sent in the money. A few days later he received the infor- mation: “Teach him to spit.” Two Scotchmen went fishing with an understanding that the first one ‘to catch a fish was to buy the “seda.” One got a bite that almost broke his to pull up. The other was fishing without bait. ! ee so *¢+ * @ 8 * e * 21,000 Copies of this * * Issue Mailed to * * Presbyterians in N. * * G. * * » 7 . > . a . 047 CHURCHES ENCED LAST YEAR'S TOTAL AND 287 ARE YET TO EQUAL THEIR SUM During the Month of January 27 Churches Were Transferred to the Positive Side of the Ledger.—This is Encouragement to Officials TWO MONTHS REMAIN IN FISCAL YEAR The 257 Churches Are Behind $14,569.71—Seventeen Are in Arrears a To- tal of $8,783.50; Other 240 Are Behind $5,785.67 CHURCHES AHEAD Almost half of the churches in the North Carolina Synod, 247 of them, to be exact, had equalled or exceeded their giving to Barium during 1932- 1933 when the books were closed at the Orphanage on January 3ist. This was an increase of 27 over that tabulation prepared for the previous month, and in that 27 were three churches which did not give anything during last year and one which ex- actly equalled its total for 1932-33. As matters stand now, there are three churches which have reported identical amounts for the two years: Eagle Springs and Four Oaks in Fay-~- etteville Presbytery, and the new on® this month was Henderlite Memorial in Albemarle Presbytery. In last month’s Messenger, it was stated that 41 churches, new-comeis to the support fund this year, were included in those which had exceeded the pre- vious year, and the addition of three others this month brought this totai to 44. Granville Presbytery was the only Presbytery without a church being transferred to this list this month, while Wilmington Presbytery had seven transfers for the largest num- ber. The distribution of these 247 churches according to Presbyteries is as follows: Albemarle 18; Concord 31; Fay- ettevilie 40; Granville 17; Kings Mountain 16; Mecklenburg 34; Orange 29; Wilmington 41; and Win- ston-Salem 21. Following are the churches, with the exception of the three named above, who have given more in 1933-! 34 than in 1932-33: Albemarle Ahoskie, Baliard Mission, Bethle- hem, Calvary, Falkland, fountain, Howard Memorial, Jason, Kinston, Macclesfield, Mayo Mission, Mitch- iner Memorial, Nahalah, Pinetops, Robinson, Rocky Mt. Second, Wilson. Concord Bayless Memorial, Bethany, Bethes- da, Cleveland, Clio, Concord Iredell, Concord Second, Elmwood, Fairview, Franklin, Harmony, Kannapolis, Lan- dis, Marion, Mooresville Second, Mor- ganton, Newton, New Salem, Park Place, Patterson, Salisbury First, Salisbury Second, Sevier, Shearer, Sherrill’s Ford, Shiloh, Statesville First, Stony Point, Tabor, Taylors- ville, Third Creek. Fayetteville Antioch, Ashpole, Benson, Bethel, Buie’s Creek, Bunnlevel, Cameron Hiil, Cape Fear, Centre, Comfert, Culdee, Elise, Ephesus, Erwin, Eure- ka, Fairmont, Flat Branch, Galatia, Gibson, Hope Mills, Iona, Jackson Springs, Leaflet, Lumber Bridge, Max- ton, Midway, Mile Branch, Parkton, Pembroke, Philadelphus, Providence, Raeford, Sherwood, St. Pauls, Union, Vass, Verona, West End. Granville Buffalo Vanguard, Center Ridge, Pellowship, Fairview, Fuller Memor- ial, Geneva, Goshen, Gruver Memor- ial, Kenly, Littleton, Oakland, Pro- gressive, Southard’s Mission, Spring- hill, St. Andrews, White Oak, Young Memorial. Kings Mountain Armstrong Memorial, Bessemer City, Cherryville, Duncan Creek, Forest City, Goshen, Hepzibah, Iron Station, Long Creek, Macpelah, Ol- ney, Riverbend, Spindale, Tryon, Unity, West Avenue. Mecklenburg Badin, Bethlehem, Biscoe, Camden, Candor, Central Steel Creek, Ellerbe, Hamlet, Huntersville, Indian Trail, Lee Park, Locust, Matthews, Marks Creek, Mt Gilead, McLean Memorial, (Continued on Page Four) CHURCHES BEHIND When the books closed at Barium on January 31st the record showed that 257 churches in the Synod of North Carolina are yet to equal their 1932-33 totals, and the composite sum which these 257 churches are behind is $14.569.17. Even if a penny was not sent by those churches which are already ahead and these churches that ace behind could give the above arrount, the 1933-34 total would be more than in 1932-33. It was a joy to Barium officials tu transfer 27 of the churches listed ast month as being behind to that other list of churches which have either equalled or gone beyond their previous year’s figure. That was a goodiy number, but the joy would have been much greater had this been at least a hundred Seventeen of the churches of the Synod, whose amounts today are ai least $200.00 less than 1932-33, are sebind a total of $8,783.50, which is over half of the total for the 257 churches. In other words, 17 churches lack $8,783.50 of coming up to last year’s mark, and 240 others lack a combined total of $5,785.67. Among those 17 are two churches who are behind a total together of $2,690.29. it is perfectly evident from this that ihe decrease in income at the Or- phanage is largely due to those -hurches which give large amounts zach year, the larger churches, and not to the smaller ones in the Synod. Churches in Mecklenburg Presby- tery are behind the greatest amount, 33,654.10. The amounts needed by hurches in other Presbyteries are Albemarle, $399.32, the lowest; Con- cord, $1309.74; Fayetteville, $1126.~ 70; Granville, $1705.28; Kings Moun- tain, $781.74; Orange, $2910.31; Wii- mington, $1011.94, and Winston-Sal- em, $1671.04. Following are the churches and amounts necessary in the last two nonths of the church year to equal heir 1932-33 total: Albemarle Anderson Bear Grass Cann Mem. Farmville Goldsboro Greenvijle LaGrange New Bern Rocky Mount 1st Rannymeade _ spre Ha Snow Hill Washington Williamston Wm & Mary Hart NG oentimece season $399.32 Concord Back Creek 8.45 Beattie Memorial _._..__..._ 3.98 Bethpage iia 61.71 Bridgewater 3.65 CORON ec i is le, RN Oo pees” EE Concord First 17.09 Davidson 199.81 Drusilla __ ee a Fifth Creek 8.25 Front Street 17.87 Gilwood 22.22 Harrisburg - _. 68.28 Hickory Firs¢ 236.31 Lenoir 200.31 Little Joe’s 110.23 Mooresville First 101.11 PURINE 8 ec cliiaes : McKinnon ; 6.52 CORON Sis GG ane 8.76 Poplar Tent 9.52 Prospect 15.17 Quaker Meadow . 11.18 Rocky River 14.50 (Continued on Page Four) Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: Address HOW MUCH DO YOU LIKE THE MESSENGER? Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 20,000 monthly copies, and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $ particuiar phase of the work at Barium. RU aii tan crates rd rorsoc- dads dances ee for this PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S Howe For THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS > = 5 = c 1/ 2 ) = S = = = om Q. HARLLEE BRANCH —Courtesy Charlotte Observer. Old-time residents of ihe Presby- terian Orphans’ Hoine were greatly interested last month in a news dis- patch from Washington, D. C., which told of the appointment of Harllee Branch as_ second assistant post- master general of the United States. It was those studeuts among the first to be enrolled at Barium who remembered Mr. Branch as a 13-year old boy who entered the Orphanage in October, 1893, and left here in 1896. Mr. Branch entered Barium from Morven, in Anson County. After leaving Barium he became interested in newspaper work, first in the mechanicaj side, and later in the re- portorial and editoria! end. He served on several newspapers in North Carolina before becoming affiliated with ee Joarna!, where he Tose the st of gssoci edi hendlng the political sae os” ‘oe editorial work of that paper, whic kept him in the nation’s cgpite! = ing congressional sessions. His familiarity with political affairs led to his appointment last year to a position in Washington, and culminated in his recent eleva- tion to the post of second assistant postmaster general. He has resided in Washington since last March and has his residence at the Wardman Park Hotel. ANNUAL REPORT {9 MADE TO DUKE FOUNDATION Every Phase of Orphanage Life Is Covered—General Re- view Is Given Below The month of January is so full of report making that if you would wake any of us in the middie of the night we would commence to rattle off statistics and tables just like it was the Shorter Catechism! Don’t get it into your heads that it is Income Tax that’s worrying us. It’s reports that have to be made. This year there was a report that had to be made through the State Department of Public Welfare for the benefit of the federal government, giving details on every child in the Institution. Something even more in detail than a census. And then there is the report to the Duke Endowment which has to be made out every Jan- uary. It is interesting to compare these reports. Our per capita costs reduced further this year. Down be- low 99 cents now. At one time it was $1.16. And when it was $1.16 we had the largest number of children here of any time in the history of the institution. It is down quite a bit from that high peak, both in num- bers and costs. We are almost afraid to state about this present reduction. It is not altogeher due to any brains and efforts on our part. We still seem to be miraculously shielded from so many of those calamities and acci- dents that everybody seems to fall heir to. During the past year, we had no major calamity of any des- cription. No storm to destroy crops or buildings. No fire to destroy pro-| perty. No epidemic of such a nature that it entailed extra expense. No unusual hospital expense; and while during the year we had one death, the iliness of this little boy was of such short duration that it did not add much to our expense budget. Our ARIUM MESSENGER However, the Synod Is Still $2 Period of 1932-323, Be STATISTICS PREPARED ON WEIGHT GAINED NA YEAR Other Interesting Facts Are Compiled on Health of En- tire Orphanage Group The old belief that “walk and grow thin” was knocked for severa! somer- saults at the Presbyterian Orphans’ Home during the past year, when statistics were compiled upon the average gain in weight of the nine cottages here. Those girls who live in Rumple Hall, and whose duty lies in the dining room, necessitating several miles of walking each day, averaged the greatest gain in weight YOM et IPmanth opestcd 2545 pounds per person Not far behind them, however, were the Howard girls, whose next promotion will send them to Rumple Hall. Their average gain of weight was 12 pounds. Their major work is housecleaning. Lees Cottage boys, who work on the truck farm, aver- aged 11% vounds per person this year, followed by Alexander Cottage, made up of the dairy boys, with 11% pounds. The Woman's Building girls gained an average of 9% pounds. Jennie Gilmer cottage, made up of the older hoys who work largely on the farm, gained an average of 9 pounds, and, were tied by the Annie Louise girls with a similar gain. Synod’s Cottage boys, who are not old enough for heavy work, gained 7% pounds as an average, and the smallest gain was an average of seven pounds per child at the Baby Cottage. The entire population of the Or- phanage increased almost a ton and a half—-2812 pounds to be exact, and n the compilation were the children who had been at Barium for a year, and not included were those of a shorter period. The greatest gain in weight by any one child was 27 pounds, credited to an Alexander Cottage boy. Only seven failed to gain at all, and these were practic- ally grown. Nine boys and six girls gained over 20 pounds each—in the neighborhood of 350 pounds for hese 15 children. One of the biggest factors in their gaining, it is believed, is the milk consumed. During the 12-month per- iod, 172,000 quarts of milk were served the children. Statistics are not £20) 6 8 Oe ew * Printed by Vocation- * al Department, Pres- * * byterian Orphans’ * * Home e . 2.3 Se Ss * @ THAN DURING THE SAME MONTH & YEAR AGO 5624.85 Behind Same 10-Month cause of a Decline of Over $3,800.00 in First Quarter CONCORD PRESBYTERY INCREASES MOST Thanksgiving Offering on January 31st Had Exceeded Last Year's by $403.92.—The Total Was Much Less Than Expected Presbytery January Receipts a SE o skh sa > 9 > 2 = — o ; ” . & ae oh. Gt s od = & 3 4 fs =f, = ' } ase “ & <n <3 <4 Winston-Salem $301.41 $155.85 10%c 144%c¢ 100¢ 44%c ahead Albemarle 168.96 15.10 44%4ec 88 ¢ 100¢ 12 e¢ behind Concord - 440.61 193.20 54ce 87%c 100c 12%c behind Kings Mountain 202.86 3%ec 85%e 100c 14\%¢ behind Mecklenburg 535.74 610.68 64%e 75%e 100c 24%c behind Granville 267.12 23.00 5 ec 61%c 100c 381gc behind Orange ‘ 129.49 149.26 54ec 86961 ¢ 100c 39 e¢ behind Wilmington 329.06 390.73 9 c 60%e 100c 49%c behind Fayetteville 365.46 78.84 3%e 45 ec 100c 55 ec behind TOTAL 3040.71 1516.66 5.8¢ 70 c¢ 100c¢ 30 e behind There was a@ little encouragement at Barium over the January, 1934, re- eeipts as compared with those of January a year ago. The total re- ceived from the Presbyteries last month, regular and Thanksgiving, was $4557.37, while it was $4,092.02 in January, 1933. This gives a month’s increase of $465.35 over the same month the year befove. This increase has served to de- crease the whole amount that the Synod is behind for the first ten months of 1933-34 as compared to a similar period of 1932-33. The re- eord to date stands, $2624.85 less than the ten months of the previous year. As has been mentioned before, the Synod fell behind slightly over seneo-08 the fae quarter of this church woos, hut thie j S gradually decreased Sestiie-las cage in the ten months. It is hoped here that this $2624.85 will be more than made up in the two remaining months of the fiscal year. On January 12th, the 1933 Thanks- giving Offering exceeded that of 1932, and on January 3lst the in- crease over 1932 had reached $403.92. The total Thanksgiving response in 1932 was $27,910.35, and with be- lated Thanksgiving Offerings yet to arrive and with supplementary amounts that will be received from some of the churches, this final in- crease should be in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars. As for the standing of the nine Presbyteries the only changes this month were the swapping of places between Concord and Kings Moun- tain, and Wilmington breaking the knot with Fayetteville. The former went up to third position with the January receipts, while Kings Moun- tain now occupies the berth tormerly held by Concord in fourth place. Wilmington and Fayetteville last month were even-Stephen in the bot- tom position, bug Wilmington went ahead of Fayetteville this past menth, though Wilmington is not seriously threatening Orange Presbytery, which is a notch higher. Looking backward through the file copies of The Messenger, and com- paring the cents “behind or ahead” with the same period, it is found that while Winston-Salem is leading the Presbyteries, she is 21% cents be- hind her total of a year ago. The other comparisons show: Albemarle is 9% cents ahead. , Concord is 10 cents ahead. each month. $—— on the until further notice. Address (Continued on Page Four) OR This is to authorize you to draw a draft re a. available for the tons of food cooked Kings Mountain is one-half cent in serving a thousand meals a day. behind. The number of bed patient days Mecklenburg is three-fourths cent (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Four) Treasurer, Presbyterian Orphans’ Home, Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find $—-——-——, to be used in the Orphanage work. You can expect a similar amount from me upon me for — Bank of ————— Page Two BARIUM MESSENG ER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S Home JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Editer ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor ” t 5 923, 2 7 ice at Barium Springs as seeund-class matter November 15, 1923, at the postoffice a r N. @., under the act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance tor mailing at speoial rate of pees. provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917 Authorised, November 15, 1923. BOARD OF REGENTS: President “BARIUM MESSENGER February 1984 the larger churches, —P. 0. H.— There won't be another bank holi- day this year to affect tremendcusly the income at Barium. We were get- ting along splendidly last year until the bank suspension, and we have not recovered yet. That last quarter ef 1932-33, and the first of 1933-34 hit us rather heavily, but we hope the “pay-up” at the close of the year will do a lot to ease the added finan- cial troubles that but naturally fol- mobiles, or Chevrolets or Dodges, and see what they have to say. About the only thing they are worrying about right now is deliveries. One rather pessimistic dealer told us some time ago, in a most confidential way, that they had sold more cars from the first to the twentieth of January than they sold during January, February and March of last year. Consult statistics on the sale of radios, electric refrigerators, and such household semi-luxuries as that, Bay, 6. Bae eee Por : lowed this big drop in income dur-| and you will find that the sales have M. W. NORFLEET ies ee —— ing those (Bi Ml increased three to four hundred per MRS, Z. V. TURLINGTON §- <--> - Saeremry a. w. cent over the same period last year. Rev. W. M. Currie - - - - Belmont, Mrs. W. E. White - Graham| we believe tha, the workers at Note the statement coming from Mr. Stamps Howard - Tarboro) Rev. R. C. Clontz, - Wilmington! Barium give more than the tithe. oe barge days Bs ‘. whieh Ms. I. F. Hill ----->--> Durham] Rey, J. R. McGregor, - Lexington; There are less than 40 members of feainey Se ab ae » Fn Mes. J. E, Driscoll - - - - Charloste| Mrs. John Harper - - Wilmington sane aoe ek chtke Teoule have made| 2head of last January! Rev W. M. Baker ~~~ 7 Raleigh|Mr. W. B. Bradford - Charlotte! special offerings this year of $271.28] |, 1 You don't like te think in millions Rev eae Alexander - Manchester| Mrs. H. A. Rouzer - - - - mann, te the Otphanegs; $110.00 to Heme a oy abn “dite dst Geek, ; to c ; i a Missions; $101.40 foreign Mis- 3 : ’ Mrs S. A. Robinson - - - - Gastonia) Mrs. L. A. McLaurin, Rowlan ont, aa ae - wiiniaeeeta Re-| Step into a popular picture show— Mrs. W. T. Ciarke Jes. B. Johnston J. BH. Lowrance __.. Ernest Milton Miss Lulie E. Miss Maggie Adams T. L. O’Kelley Wilson} Mrs. J. R. Finley - See lief. These specials totaled $517.31, DIRECTORY: and in addition to these, regular ______..___.._ General Manager contributions are made. Last year, mae ines st al contributions to all causes and cur- oo rene epee Tika siieee rent expenses for Little Joe’s Church Se incense ee ae ie aed totaled $3132.00, stemming 2252 a oak Bookkeeper and Clothing we nies eerie ene ee ee One source of income for the Or- - N. Wilkesboro (FORM OF BEQUEST.) “I give and bequeath to the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ H@ME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of North Caro- lina, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) The entire staff at Barium and the children here join together in expressing their deep sym- pathy to Miss Frances C. Steele, case worker of the Orphanage, in the death of her father in Washington, D. C. last month. Friends throughout the Synod of North Carolina will also sym- pathize with Miss Steele in this irreparable loss. “A little more in 34” should be the slogan of each Church, Auxiliary and Sunday Schoc! of the Synod dur- ing the current year. —P. 0. H— It’s been pleasing and gratifying at Barium to notice an increase in the miscellaneous contributions—people who are sending their gifts directly te Barium. —P, 0. H.— The Synod contributed more to Barium in January, 1934, than in the same, month. of 1933, but that first <<. oa <£ $20v-... tween 1¥32-35 and 1933-34 hasn’, yet been completely vanquished. -—P. 0. H.— It won’t be long before 22 boys and girls will finish at Barium and will be ready to start upon their life’s work. These boys and girls need jobs and if you know of any, write us shout the first of April. —P. 0. H.— Our hope is that before the year ends those 82 churches of the Synod which have not yet reported a gift wili send in one, at least $1.00. The aim is to have something given by everyone of the 539 churches of the Synod. —P. 0. H.— Some very interesting facts have been compiled following the annual health examination at Barium. You will find them elsewhere in this is- aue, and no doubt you will marvel at the weight gained by these child- ren ai Barium. —P. 0. H.— We'd like for some one to analyze why certain Presbyteries are so far ahead of others in contributions to Barium, and why another group is so far behind. It’s quite interesting te make these comparisons from one month to another and from one year te another. —P. 0. H.— We're mighty glad to welcome ex- actly half a dozen Sunday Schools into the fold of regular contributors. Several have recently adopied the plan of an offering-per-month, and several more are expected to make reports of the inclusion of this in their program next month. P. O. H.— Another set of twins has been ac- cepted at Barium. That brings the total to nine sets. Three of them are in one cottage. The matron has enough to do ordinarily in keeping the clothes mended, et cetera, but this means an additional task of try- ing te figure out which one is which. —P. 0. H.— The new Synodical Orphanage Secretary started off her work with a compreignsive and definite pro- gram and wrote the individual local Secretaries abou; this. Mrs. Hob- good’s letter is being published in this issue of The Messenger, for what she says is applicable to all organi- zations in the Synod. —P.'0 Our Messenger this month carries almost haif a dozen sums given as memorials to deceased friends and leved ones, this plan being followed in liew of flowers for the funeral. This procedure is growing every year and we believe that such memorials would meet with the hearty approv- al of the deceased ores. —P. Oo. W— We s@aie Hime before the books for 1933-34 close at Barium, but treasurers are being asked far ahead of time to send in their final quarter gifts as soon as possible af- ter March 31st. The books will be held open a few days to include these con- tributions that do not arrive until the final quarter is ended, P. O. H.— Of all of the ministers written last year, asking for aid in revising the mailing list of The Messenger, all but 30 of them responded with eliminations, corrections and addi- tions. Those 30 ministers were writ- ten again last month, and it is hoped that everyone of them will forward to us the information requested. —P. 0. Hi— We're mighty glad that the Thanks- giving Offering exceeded that of the previous year. We wish the excess could have been more, Those ten large churches which decreased their Thanksgiving Offering with a com- News from the various cottages at Barium was crowded cut of last month’s issue because of the space that was devoted in listing contribu- tions, but these are being printed in the current issue, along with the latest news. The former included: the thanks which the children expressed for their gifts, and we want our readers to have these before them especially. —P. 0. H.— There are 136 receipts in the desk of the treasurer of Barium, which are on file here because treasurers of Churches, Sunday Schools and Aux- iliaries and individuals have said it is not necessary to send _ receipts. This alone has saved a postage cost of over $4.00, besides other costs in- volved in aknowledging gifts. Four dollars saved means much to the Or- phanage, too. —P. 0. H.— Congratulations are in order to those churches which have already exceeded their 1932-33 total to Bar- ium, and there are yet two months in the church year in which the others can do likewise. There were a lot of tranfers from the tabulation of those behind to the list of those ahead this month, and the former should dwin- die down to virtually nothing by the end of the fiscal year. P. O. H.— Hardly a week passes, but that someone writes us that two Messen- gers are coming to their home. We do our best to avoid these duplica- tions, but when families of different names live in the same house, the sending of two copies oftentimes oc- curs. Every such notice will be cor- dially received, and our mailing list will be purged of one of the names as soon as the notice arrives. —P. 0. H.— Sa far, 21 of our friends have con- tributed a total of $36.51 toward pub- lishing The Messenger. We are most grateful for those gifts. Our hope is that there are many others among the 20,000 to whom we send the paper who are likewise appreciative of the periodical and will express their gratitude in the concrete manner in which these 21 have voiced them- selves. That blank is on the front page. —P. Oo. H.— If every church had set a definite goal last Thanksgiving and worked toward its attainment like the Sai- isbury First Church, then the 1933 Thanksgiving Offering would have been the greatest in history. The Salisbury First Church almost doubled their contribution. Their goal was $1000.00, and they came mighty close to it. Many of the smaller churches did double their giving, but the thought behind this is in regard to phanage—at least that which builds up the endowment, has been negli- gible this year; in fact, for almost two years. The item referred to is legacies. There have been two no- tices of estates left to the Orphan- age, but both of them are tied up in closed banks, and there isn’t much likelihood that the banks involved will liquidate for any appreciable amount of the tied up deposits. Con- sequently, there hasn't been any al- teration in the endowment of Bar- ium—no increase or decrease. It re- mains at $137,000.00. The income from this is around $8,000.00 per year. —P. 0. H.— We're mighty afraid that the eight months’ school, presribed by the state, is going to be detrimental to the Orphanage this year. The full schedule of the day, and the enor- mous amount of territory to be cov- ered in textbooks cach day of teach- ing does not allow for any special work with the boys and girls, and the number. of subject failures isn’t encouraging. No allowance is made for extra work in their behalf, and from present indications there are going to be a number of “repeaters” in school next year. Each year re- peated means additional cost to the Synod for the year or years a child remains here. aod the total of these 17 is $8783.50, well ever half of what all of the other 240 churclids lack of equalling last year’s aggregate. The combined amount for two of the churches alone is $2690.29. We hope that all of these 257 churches will make a strenuous effort to at least equal last year’s sum; if they do, then there is assurance of a substantial increase over 1932-1933, for exactly 247 churches have given more to date than all of the 12 months of the pre- vious year, and most of these are still increasing their totals. - O Did you ever stop. to think that $1.00 per month for twelve months from 10,000 of the 78,000 Présbyter- ians of the Synod would pay off Bar- ium’s debt, and give the Orphanage a nice surplus over and. above its present obligations? Or $5.00 a month for twelve months from 2,- 000. of the Presbyterians would do, the same thing. Several friends con- tribute regularly now, permitting the Orphanage to draw drafts upon them or sending monthly gifts. How en- couraging it would be for a host of others to join these few! There’s a blank on the front page which would bring rejoicing to us if utilized by several thousand friends for what- ever amount they could give monthly#- —P. 0. Hi— WHICH WAY IS THE | CHURCH LOOKING? It’s refreshing to interview people this day and time. it was fine to drop in on a merchant at inventory-tak- ing time just after the Christmas sales, and ask him how he came out. The replies were something like this: “We sold more stuff in one day than we sold in a month last year. Our customers seemed to be in a good humor. Business is picking up,” and all this in spite of the sales tax and other irritating things. We drop in on a banker, and you know yeu can only find conservative bankers this day and time. Those that were not conservative are doing something else. Some of them even “doin’ time”. So when you interview a banker these days, you can rest as- sured it is one of the conservative kind you are interviewing; and as soon as this banker is assured that you are not interviewing him for the purpose of borrowing money, he will open up and tell you things. And he will begin to tell you that things are looking up. He will admit that he has more money in the bank than in years, and that business really looks good. Interview the dealers - of such staple commodities as Ford auto- most any day—-and see how soon you can find a seat. You will be surprised how long you will have to wait, and how far you will have to walk from the place that you park your car, to the theatre! It just leoks like there is evidence of prosperity in every line of human endeavor. We no doubt can find lots of things to worry about, as to how long it will last, who is going to pay the bill finally, and all that, but as a matter of fact, more money is in circulation and in more different ways right now than in any time, even way back behind 1929. However, there is one place you can still hear gloomy predictions, and that is in the church courts. These same men that are engaged in businesses mentioned above, may be church officers, and when they meet in a church court, be it Session, Pres- bytery, Synod or General Assembly, somehow they lay aside this 1934- business feeling and again take up the 1930-garment and begin to tell you that “We must retrench, we must conserve, we must reduce our army and our efforts, because times are hard and money is scarce”. Right now, as this is written, Home Missions workers are still at- tempting to carry on the Lord’s work in fields that are ripe for the harvest, and trying to live on intermittent salaries that would be absolutely condemmed in any industry, trade or profession. The Church of the Living God certainly can not apply for the Blue Eagle, when it thinks of the way it treats its servants in the field. Foreign Missions have been cut to the point that means disorganization bined decline of $2656.10 would have —P..0. H.— and demoralization of the entire made our feelings soar if they could On January 3ilst, 257 churches Foreign Mission set-up. The Church’s have attained their previous year’s| were behind last year’s total by! onools and other institutions are figure $14,968.49. Of beg | number, 17 of the labormg in debt, and the church is pO Re ae hurches are behiid $200.00 or more;| a noarently seeking every oppor- tunity to sheve off on to some other shoulders the burden of caring for these institutions. What is the matter with us? Has the worship of our God become a cheap thing, and is our service to our Maker something in the order of a gesture, and do we try to soothe our consciences after spending all we have on ourselves, by tossing a used and soiled article to the beggar at the gate? We can read repeatedly in the Bible where a man or a nation, on being delivered from a great danger, ofitered a sacrifice of thanksgiving of his most valuable possessions—in the case of Jephtha, his only daugh- ter, being the sacrifice. We, as a nat- ion today, have been delivered from a terrible situation. We have to get a little distance away from it to realize how terrible that situation was. And what are we doing in the way of thankfulness? What are we offering to our God, as an evidence of our gratefulness? Well, just think about it a little, and I believe we will tind that about all we are offer- ing to the Lord is a lot of cheap and rather shop-worn excuses, and very little of the things that have any value, There are exceptions. Here’s one: A young couple came to Barium some time ago. They had_ two children. One of these children had been des- perately sick-—so sick that for months his life was despaired of. His final recovery seemed to be through an act of Providence. That couple, without making any display of it, came to Barium and left a substantial offer- ing. Barium Springs was one of the enterprises that they fel; sure was the Lord’s work. It might have been Foreign Missions or Home Missions, just as well; but this fine young couple made a thank offering, and we believe that their lives will be the happier for that as long as they live. How many of us think to do that? Those of us who have children who have never been visited by dan- ger’? Did we ever stop to think if their successful bringing up was altogeth- ¢r our doings, or whether the Lord had anything to do with it? We all have so many things to be thankful for, if we just stop and think, and we believe that if we think long enough and seriously enough, that the urge to make a thank offering would be too strong to be resisted. Shouldn’t our Church today, in all of its activities, be revived and fresh-, ened by the flood of thank-offerings coming from the hearts of our people all over the country! “Seek ye = = Kingdom of God.” —P. 0. H.— A fee in the hand is worth two in the book. SEDATIVES In last month’s issue of The Mes- senger, quite a few “headaches” were recorded, and toward the end of the article some “headache powders” were given the readers. We'll term these “powders” as “sedatives” to- day, and will devote this column to these, which is much preferable to recounting “headaches” experienced. In writing last month, we felt that many of our friends would be inter- ested in some of the things that cause those dull and wearisome pains, and would do what they could in their respective communities and organizations to bring us some relief. As the first soother, here’s an ex- tract from one of the letters we re- ceived: “I was disappointed at the amount (Thanksgiving Offering) contributed, and am frank to say, we are not doing what we ought to do. i am a farmer 68 years old, do most of my work, have contributed $20.00 to the Thanksgiving Offering of the Church each year for the past 15 or 20 years.” The church of which this man is a member has a congregation of 150 members, and their total 1933 Thanks- riving Offering was $38.60. This means that one member of that church contributed $20.00, and the re- maining 149 gave $18.60. This might be termed a “headache” too, but the sedative part of this is the know- ledge that the Orphanage has one very liberal supporter in that con- gregation and that he does by him- self, more than all of the other 149 members put together. Some of the staunchest and most loyal supporters of the Orphanage are members of other than Presby- terian organizations. The January issue of The Missenger cchtained the names of many such friends. Here’s a letter from one of these friends: “Enclosed you will please find check for $—, which you may use as you see fit fer the Or- phanage. “Since I am a Methodist, I do not have an opportunity to con- tribute through the regular channels. “This small amount is my way of endorsing the personnel and policies of Barium Springs Orphenage.” And while this friend does not say so, we believe that his major im- pressions of the institution have been gained through his contact with Barium boys who have been to Davidson, for he was in school with some of them. Along the same line we recall a conversation with a man who isn’t a Presbyterian, but who is a close and constant friend of the Orphan- age (this man, by the way, recent- ly expressed his appreciation of The Messenger with a fine contribution to that publication). He was laugh- ingly telling us how the moving pic- tures of Barium had cost one man $50.00—a man who wasn’t a Pres- byterian. Here’s the story: The moving pic- ture was to be displayed in a North Carolina city. The man’s wife was a Presbyterian, but he wasn’t. She urged that he go with her to the church to see the picture. He went. And that night, or the next day, pledged $50.00 to Barium. “I have paid $30.00 already and will soon pay the other $20.00,” he told our friend and the latter said he detected ex- ultation in his tone. Just a word here or there—seed- sowing—may bring a rich harvest to the Orphanage. We have two in- stances of this lately: First: There’s a merchant in Statesville with whom we do con- siderable business. After the regu- lar closing hours, an out-of-state salesman wag in his office to solicit business, and in the course of con- versation, this merchant began tell- ing aboug Barium Springs Orphan- age and what we are trying to do. This appealed to the salesman, and the conversation hadn’t advanced very far before he said he wanted to do something for Barium, and left a $20.00 bill. Second: A North Carolina lady, who is keenly interested in the Orphan- age, was entertaining an out-of-state houseguest. She wrote that “in the course of conversation I casually mentioned my interest in Barium to a houseguest. Enclosed yuu will find a donation he wanted Barium te have.” The donation was $20.00. Our reply wen, back to her, "If you can casually mention the Or- phanage and get a gift of $20.00, we believe that it might be advisable for the Orphanage to eniis‘; your ser- vices as a permanent staff member to go out into the highways and by- way and loudly proclaim informa- tion about the institution.” If everybody did as these two friends did, then it wouldn’t be long before the plan of the Synodical Or- phanage Secretary to make peopie “Barium Conscious” would be fully realized—-not only within th: con- fines of North Carolina, but in other states as well, as positively testified by these two instances. A t $500.00 \. recen| os Kors The . February, 1984 BARIUM MESSENGER Page Three iscellaneous 6 UT Marion Ist S. S. & Aux. 12 towels, 4 pr. socks; toys; books; 42 qts. fruits; 12 qts. jellies & preserves; 2 pkgs. cereal; 151> sugar, crack- ers; 100 yds. white cloth from Mr. Morris of Clinchfield Mills. Burlington Ist Aux. Circle 3, 1 table cloth Miss Irene Basseux, Richmond, Va., cuddle toys for Baby Cottage. Montpelier S. S. Jr. Class, 1 quilt. Community Aux., Ringgold, Va., 3 small quilts White Hill Aux. 2 quilts Philippi Aux., 1 quilt. Hickory 1st., Lower Int. Y. P., 1 counterpane and materials for an- other. Hopewell Aux. (M) Mary Torrence Circle, 1 quilt, 30 qts, fruits Mrs. Clyde & Miss Laura Arrowood, Lincolnton, 1 quilt. Davidson Aux. Circle 1, 2 quilts * Milton S. S., Beg. & Pri. Depts., 2 scrapbooks. Mt. Olive Aux., 1 quilt for Thelma Robards Mrs. F. M. Goodnight, paper cut-outs. Raeford S. S., Martha & Mary B. C., 1 Dutch Girl quilt Mooresville, Galatia Aux. Circle 1, 1 quilt, 4 tubes toothpaste and 4 tooth brushes. Cameron Hill Aux., 1 quilt North Wilkesboro Aux., 10 gallons fruit. AEMCUOSSRUUUEUEEOUEUETTEEETEE LUT CT TREE ET EET Clothing Boxes ARUREEARSEUERESGSDEGAGES U0 ESTEETELEGRESSOREECETEUSED Maniy Aux. SUUUGEUUPASUUEEUOTIOUERUERESUGUL GER GEECGDPRREOR Clothing Meney GEDRRASUQUSETEDRULEOGEAESEDESEUEAUEA DEERE DOOR ROR ROEEE Greensboro Ist Aux., Wharton UI aS ee een oes 5.20 Mrs. Jessie Keenan Wise, Wil- NII 8nd | nen osu etiam ace 200.00 Greenville S. S. Kate Lewis B. Howard Mem. Aux. Mrs. Mabry Wert Sa ae Mrs. Cobb & Mrs. Holderness 16.50 Pinteis Aas Kings Daughters, Salisbury _. 5.00 Covenant (0) Aux. ____._.. 25.09 Miss Cora Richards, Tenth Ave. 8) (ears 15.00 Tenth Avenue S. S., Flora RONNIE Bi ORES Tica Reynolda Aux. — _ 30.00 OA a eh ae QELGSUCULATEUREATERUELUETGENGEEE DUELS REN SEER GEEES EH iscellaneous it UECEETREGELUAG ROOT THAT LPR ae ee EIT Cn F. yer ew York 150.00 F. P. Tate, Morganton —. 6.00 A. E. Scharrer, Hickory —— ss = aa Rey. James Appleby, Maxton A _Wilmi i Dr. & Mrs. S. W. Hofman, States- ville, In Memory Mrs. F. A BI iss os Chas. M. Norfleet, dr- ~~~ Sse v 2.00 \_Winston-S pre ene. e Isadore Waliace, eae In oof Memory Mrs. F. A. i 00) “Raleigh Friend ...._.___ 8.00 Entre Nous Club, Statesville, In 1 Memory Mrs. F. A. Sherrill 5.00 i Tee. _....._.500.00 W. A. Barden, New York _.. 20.00 i MS epi cia ae” ace as SO The Steele and Rankin Families, Statesville, In Memory Mrs. W. L. Gilbert and Mrs. F. A. ae Graves Mem. 3rd Halisville Hickory - Highland Immanuel Kannapolis Laurinburg Dec. _ Lenoir, A Friend -~ Lincolnton 1st McKinnon McPherson Mebane - Milton . Monroe _— an Mooresville 2nd Mm Clive Mt. Zion (W) -. New Hope (KM) ee ee Os eee oe ae Prospect (C) Basted: Red Springs - Reidsville Kaci a Shi oS Rutherfordton Rutherfordton Salisbury ist Salisbery 2nd ——-......... Sivem 16). occ BE ais carctnenie= Steele Creek Tenth Avenue pone een coceee Unien Mills Unity (C) warns Westminster (W) - White Hill Wildwood Sie en Wilmington Ist Winston-Salem ist —.— 8. S. REGULAR iia concerminner as Albemarle Ashpole Belmont Bensalem Oct November _.. December I oe rere Bethel (F) Last Quarter ee Oe Bethesda (F) i Brittain — Broadway ._... MI Oates Bunnlevel 3rd quarter _ Calypso, Dec. —____._- ; ee ane Chadbourn -_.... Crartette ist —..___- Cherryville, Jr. Dept. ; Church-in-Pines —.......... GClarkioa . —.—-.. ae 1 oo Concord Iredell Bag, Covenant (F) 8rd quarter —_- ite EI a acs catenin’ i eee Bevin Nov. & Dee. — y Igado steel Dunn S. S., Ladies’ B. Dunn, Vanguard Class urham ist Quarter ke Se a a, Elizabethtown - se ener (Ellerbe — i re Coe ee lee Eureka, 3rd Quarter __ Farmville Beg. Class - Fifth Creek, Dec. - es eee Fuller Mem. Special Birthday, 147 2.01 - 40.00 25.54 _ 121.78 ~ 18.25 29.31 4.40 3.83 5.42 ... 20.00 . 22.13 1.50 6.00 2.92 5.00 13,18 _ 10.00 _ 1146 21.18 Sherrill _____. ____ _.... 6.007 Nov. & Dec, —-__.__ 3 Jas. Sloan, Redlands, Calif. — 200.00|Gastonia Ist, Jr. Dept. Hr Mr. & Mrs. Edwin K. Kyles, States- Glenwood Cr nent ae ville, Thanksgiving ________ 10.00 Godwin, 3rd Quarter oa ¥. A. Sherrill, Statesville, in Mem- |Goldsboro 1933 —— a eee Te ie, 5.13 Oe tae Bean 1.00 at Ist, Loyalty Class vas i mma “3 NORE a ee — a ee 3.00 |Greensboro Ist, Men’s B. ©. &. Pepper, Hamlet 1.00} _©., Dee. —— - oe Bibridge Robinson, Gastonia _ 200.00 | Hallsville -— ~ Te FOR MESSENGER Harmony (C) - yy . J. Alex McMillan, Charlotte —. e aay teow a re Mw .R. ee ee. ‘- Hope Mills, Oct., Nov. & Dec _ 12.21 Jas. Sloan, Redlands, Calif. _. 1.00|Hopewell (M) ———--—. -——- oo Mise Bertha Corl, Greensboro .51|Howard Mem., Jan ...... we 3. R. Kenion, Hurdle Mills 1.00 | Huntersville —._. i Walter Culbreth, Statesville _ 5.00} Huntersville ~ ce : Mrs. J. P. Russell, Lumberton 1.00| Kannapolis Ist, W’s. B. nin Mrs. I. W. Faison, Charlotte _ 3.00! Special —.. ——— 7 Mrs. Emma Ball, Elkin 2.00 | Lakeview io Mrs. Lela M. Meadors, Homer, Laurel Hill = : > 5 a BOO earners 20.81 . aa _ $19.51 | Lexington _.____. —— GRAND TOTAL __....$121051| Lumber Bridge Ses 7 aa ee eee eke cAiInN Ss distinc oi - aetnincionts a upport wu McPherson —_- 5.00 HAM IHRE HEMEL | Macpelah 1.00 CHURCHES REGULAR Mallard Creek 13.33 RIIAGNO Ci) sedan COU SOON ol 5.85 Albemarle Presbytery, undesig- Mayo Mission, Jan. : 2.60 PEE cis tls BOO ONRNE sali os. 8.35 Back Creek —. Mocksville 12.34 Bayless Mom PR isco es 12.92 Bessemer — Mooresville 1st — —--....... 9.98 Bethany (C) -- New Bern 1st & B. C. 10.50 Bethany (0) New Hope (KM) —— 4.05 Bethesda (QO) - New Hope (0) 2.00 Bethpage —. N. Wilkesboro 31.76 Brtteia NN on, Seiestt 5.00 Buffalo (G) Dec. Cc , — 31.40 Caldwell Mem. —- Philadelphus — 38.40 Cameron __-. PAS 7.00 Charlotte 2nd —.... Pittsboro Parana © Chinquapin —. Providence (F) .... -... 3.00 Clarkton. .. Raleigh ist Moment Class —. 6.75 Concord Iredell Ti RN Ss ie ds ncaa Concord 2nd -—.. Red Springs Thru Dec. 31 _. 5.20 Covenant (W) Rocky Mt. ist, Jennie K. Hill Cross Roads —- ‘ nC, De. & Jam... 10.00 Devideot ...... -15| Rocky Point Dec. —... sac a Duncan Creek 88} Rocky Point Jan. 2.20 Durham ist -—--. 00} St. Pauls (F) —....._... 5.44 Durham ist —.. ols. Pook COE) a .00| Salisbury ist. W’s. B. C. ... 5.00 in ae 1.94! Salisbury ist, Rumple B. C. 5.00 i cee eee SUID ON tase cs Forest City Special _...... 10.00) Shiloh (KM) — 6.00 Spencer, Oct., Nov., & Dec. _. 16.50 iin ee : a Statesville Ist, Dec. _ : 9.32 Steele Creek, Mrs. Choate’s Class — me ... 5.00 Taylorsville eed gcc 6.87 Tenth Avenue, Flora Grady oo... 6.01 Tenth Avenue ne Tenth Avenue . 18.94 Topsail 2.75 Trinity Ave. é _. 8.50 Union (KM) eine 4.60 Vanguard lst, Birthday 6.72 Vass ; oc waciaeeeeas 1 Wadesboro Sept, Thru Dec. —.. 20.00 West End 5 ‘ecccamitas West End ebacmaaiieciieins:. peimineac: an Westminster (M) Nov. & Dee. 12.34 Lydia B. C 6.00 Westminster (QO) ee 13.30 Winston-Salem ist, Juniors 7.60 AUXILIARIES REGULAR Bethkhem (9) ee 5.00 Bethesda (0) ; 58 Burlington Ist, Circle 3 Special 5.00 Burlington First 3rd Quarter _ 18.00 Caldwell Mem. : _. 10.00 Cann Mem., Dec. 1.00 Cann Mem. Jan. 1.00 Charlotte I1st., Reg. 11.25 Special 10.00 Clarkton —. 6.30 Covenant (KM) 1.00 Covenant (0) 3.75 Covenant (O) Nov. : 8.00 Covenant (O) Dec. & Jan. 16.00 ne. : 13.05 Eureka ..... 9.00 Special _- 4.80 Fairview (C) 5.00 Fuller Memoria! 2.00 Gastonia Ist 12.60 Gastonia lst Special 25.00 Gilwood 1.87 Glenwood — Scbee 3.00 Grassy Creek : 8.00 High Point ist, Dec. - 7.00 High Point ist Jan. 7.06 Hillsboro 6.00 Howard Mem. Penny-a-day Special 1.00 Howard Mem. 6.00 Immanuel - 2.56 Jonesboro — 50 Jonesboro Special 2.10 Kannapolis Special 6.25 Lake Waccamaw 3.00 ae ee Leta 1.30 Lincolnton, Circle 3 Special 12.00 Mebane _. . < 1,21 Mitchiner Mem. 6.00 Morganton ——...... ine a Newell, Nov. & Dec., B’s Girls’ POM ae ee Ee N. Wilkesboro, 3rd Quarter Special 27 18.75 Olney —.._-. 21.00 Raeford _... 6.75 Raleigh 1st Regular 10.00 ee a Red Springs Special - = 11.85 SATA alee st ae 37.60 a Be es 90 Rocky Mt. ist., Mrs A. P. Oe Rocky Mount Special ee eee A Penny-a-day 8.08 Rocky River 8.00 Salisbury Ist 10.78 meee 966 62. 5.00 Sanford 18.75 Shelby is eect ok 5.87 Statesville ist, In memory Mrs. F. A. Sherrill eaikics ck a a Steele Creek : 14.50 Teacheys 1.00 Thyatira 2.00 Waldensian Ss einieinin wes Oe Washington Ist Special . 18.00 Waughtown ik aie 4.33 West Avenue (KM 4.00 West Raleigh -—_... 10.00 Westminster (O) —.--._... 12.06 Westminster (W) 9.38 Westminster (W) 2.50 Wm. & Mary Hart 6.00 Wikiamston a... ie 6.00 Wilson ist, Penny-a-day - 2.00 Winston-Salem 1st ———_..._... 23.00 Y. P. REGULAR Salisbury 2nd _...-.-.--_._ 5.00 TOTAL REGULAR ............ $3049.71 CHURCHES THANKSGIVING Asheboro “ie . 19.44 Back Creek 28.85 Beth Car ial 15.00 Bethlehem (A) ~~ 6.10 Buffalo (G) The Kingdom High- ways ES th redone 3.00 Carson Mem. — Be Charlotte ist —......... 184.00 Charlotte Ist 109.25 Charlotte 2nd - Clio Clio side celdasniicin Concord Iredell! Davidson saiees Ellerbe Eureka Fairfield - Gilwood Sie a 14.76 Henderlite Mem. 5.00 Hopewell (W) Ralph Hall 5.06 Be ci as ec 5.00 Hopewell (W) 2.50 Laurinburg 6.00 Lee Park 1.60 Lenoir 44.24 Lexington _ 91.85 Lincolnton . 10.00 Tete @0es 6k... . 18.00 Little River . 2.25 ePherson ; . 40.80 Maxton 1st — . §.00 Mocksville . 50.00 Mt. Olive ie ae _.. 80.00 i AIRE So ie nine ee Myers Park _. . 8.00 New Bern Ist — . 4.00 Pieasant View ——__.- . 8.75 Pocket, E. Q. Matthews 2.00 Pollocksville 12.00 Prospect (C) 15.58 Reidsville 56.76 Roxboro -—....- 15.00 featen ....... a 41.00 Tayieevile nw . .... FGI Letter From Synodical Secretary Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, of Farmville, was elected Synodical Orphanage Secretary at the annual meeting of the Synodical at Rocky Mount last October, and below is her first communication since assuming her new duties. The letter was mailed January 18th, and was directed to the local Orphanage Secretary of each Auxiliary, or to the president of the Aux- iliary, and clearly sets forth the plan of this important body of people during the coming regime of Mrs. Hobgood. All that she says is so per- tinent to various organizations of the church that the letter is reproduced below in the hope that many will read it and give heed to her suggestions: eee Farmville, N. C. January 18, 1934 Dear Friends: Nineteen-thirty-four stretches out before us “as clean as a new, green leaf”. It presents to us an opportunity to write upon its untouched pages a marvelous record in OUR Barium work. Your Secretary, also, is as Green as a new leaf but is thrilling with joy as she anticipates the twe years of work with you in behalf of Our Fatheriess Ones. Having been associated with so many of you in Church and Club work, I know that you will stand by me and compensate for all my mistakes. As we take up the Synodical Orphanage Work together, I want ws to set 2 goal AND STRETCH EVERY NERVE TO REACH THAT GOAL BY NOVEMBER 1935! __Let’s lay aside all little catchy, hit-and-miss plans for inspiring gifts to Barium and plan to carry forward the great program which Mr. Johnston, Mr. Milton and the Buard of Regents have outlined. This program will not require half the time and en ‘rgy—and will place our work on a certain, dignified basis. In the following paragraphs I am submitting to you an outline of this program and I ask that you will consider it prayerfully and go to work on it. Firstly: Let’s try to make every Church in our CONSCIOUS, Out in Portland, Oregon, there is a very pretty little cere- mony, by which you are inducted into “The Order of The Rose’. After being duly sworn in, with hand held aloft, the candidate promises that “hereafter, when speaking of, or writing, Portland, Oregon, I will add ‘The City Of The Rose’ ”. Good boosting, isn’t it? Well, iet’s educate our Churches into The Order of Barium, so that hereafter, when speaking of, praying for or writing of Barium, they will add “Our Own Barium”. And let’s educate them so that they will speak of, pray for and write about Barium constantly. Secondly: Let’s educate our Churches to give SYSTEMATICALLY. You will agree with me that bread and butter every day is better than lots of cake occasionally. Most of us are housekeepers and I do not have to convince you of the necessity of knowing in advance what your, housekeeping budget is to be. Let’s not be like the woman who said that she didn’t see how people stood toe comb their hair every day—that she combed hers only once a month and then it nearly killed her! Regular, systematic givin is less straining on the indivdual and Church pocket- book than spasmodic draining. Thirdly: The following items are suggested for use in our program. That one Sunday School offering per month be sent to Barium. This was recommended by Synod last September. Only about half of our Sunday Schools are doing this, but I feel certain that a little prodding (with tact— not tack) from the women of the Church will bring this up to one hundred per cent. The second item is that we endeavor to have every local Auxiliary in- clude in its 1934 budget, “a dollar per circle per month for OUR OWN BARIUM.” The third item is that one recommended by Synod several years ago and observed by a great many Churches—-that of sending to OUR OWN BAR- TUM 742% of the benevolent budget. Check up on your church and see if it is being done—and use your best. effort to see that it is done in the future if not now. Mr. Milton writes that there are stili forty children at Barium for whom no clothing provision is made. It costs $30.00 per year to clothe a child. If your Auxiliary is not helping in this way, won’t you either clothe a child or iry te contribute part of a wardrobe? Send the money direct to Barium. Of course we would not minimize the great benefit of the Thanksgiving Offering—and I know that no Church would feel satisfied to do away with it—but let’s put our work on a business basis. Systematic giving is of Divine origin. God sent manna daily—not in periodic lots. Enclosed you will find a statement of the way your Church stands on the Barium ledger, on December 31, 1933. Will you please read the statement carefully? If unrecorded gifts have Fen made, trace them and see where they fell by the wayside. : Women of the Synodical Auxiliary, we can do this job if we will! We can, through earnest prayer, hard work, great faith, come to the 1935 har- yest with our program completed. LET’S DO IT. It is our Father’s work-— He will give the desire of our hearts if we have faith—if we work. I beg that you will write me when you feel so inclined. I am very new, very green in the work but if I am unable to solve your probiems, I will never stop until I have found the solution among the Higher Ups-- and I promise to reply to every letter you write me. May God bless and keep you each one. May He bless our work te gether for His Little Ones at OUR OWN BARIUM. May He bless, ten- derly, each of your own little ones in your homes all during this New Year. Our motto for the coming two years “Systematic, Adequate Provision for OUR OWN BARIUM.” Synod BARIUM Lovingly yours, MRS. J. M. HOBGOOD, Synodical Orphanage Secretary SEDATIVES ar Oe 7.74 Margaret McQueen 5.00 (Continued from page 2) West Avenue (M) 43.71 panied by the following letter: H. M. Irwin 10.00 “I am happy to be able once Whiteville ist 5.00] again to send an offering te Wimington ist - 179.3) help the work of taking care of Walker Taylor 12.50 the boys and girls ai the Pres- Sue McQueen . 5.00 byterian Orphanage. Margaret H. Hall - 10.00 “As requesied last year, when Mrs. P. R. Albright 25.00 I made a donation, I will ask F. A. Matthews 5.00 you to please keep this matter R. Pearsall - . 5.0€ confidential; and list it in The S. 5S. THANKSGIVING Barium Messenver as coming Bethany (0) . 27.00 from ‘A Friend’.” Dunn Ist 4.65 The thing that impresses us with Fairmont ‘ 7.00|this gift was the request to keep the Greensboro ist Men’s B. C. 35.00 | name confidential, and this often- Hawfields 6.66|times occurs. The same thing was Marks Creek 5.00 |true not so long ago when we re Riverview 4.00|ceived a gift for $1,000.00, and a Spencer - ; 10.00 |similar quotation would have been Sugaw Creek 30.00; made of that letter at the time if AUXILIARIES THANKSGIVING |we had been printing this column of Bethany (0) 10.00 | “sedatives” Burgaw Saas 1.50 Katherine McMillan 3.00 “I'm tickled pink,” said one in- Charlotte 2nd 25.00 | dividual in a letter to us, “that our Covenant (0) 1.06|Sunday School has decided to give Fairfield 2.25!one offering per month to Barium,” Hawfelds _. __ 23.00}and similar statements have been Hopewell (W)} Circle 2 §.00| written from half a dozen Sunday Circle 3 5.00; Schools, though the phraesology Jonesboro - 1.00| might not have been so cclored as Raleigh ist - 5.00 | that. Anyway, the knowledge that so Salisbury 1st . 16.00|many more Sunday Schools are tak- PON ed. tetdincctinscee : 3.00 |ing up the plan of regular giving is Tenth Avenue —.............. 14.66]a very powerful “sedative” and is Waughtown — ~~... -_...... 12.00} doing wonders in casing the “pain in Westminster (O) — _.... 1.00] the head” that found expression in Thanksgiving Totals __.... $1,516.66 last month’s Messenger. Y. P. THANKSGIVING —P. 0. H.— Covenant (O) Sr. Y. P. ..... 2.25) Waitress: “And how did you find Wilmoore Jr. C. E. ........._.. 5.00| the apple pic, sir?” GRAND TOTAL __......$4,557.37| Diner: “I moved the bit of cheese —P. 0. H.— A Scotchman was leaving on a business trip, and he calfed back as he was leaving: Goodbye all, and dinna forget to take little Donal’s glasses off when he isna looking at anything. aside and there it was.” —P. 0. H.— Dentist’s epitaph in a Cannecti- cutt cemetery: “When on this tomb you gaze with gravity, Cheer up! I’m filling my last cavity.” Page Four CHURCHES AHEAD (Continued from Page One) Siloam 6.00 Spencer 21.23 Thyatira 59.26 Unity 46.66 Waldensian 6.04 TOTAL $1309.74 Fayetteville Barbecue —- ies 2.00 Bensalem 86 Bethesda 58.21 Big Rockfish 4.28 Bluff ea 1.66 Cameron 21.40 | Campobellton - : 4.29 Carthage “ 31.69 Charles Mills -— ue - 17.25 Church-in-Pines 20.58 Covenant 24.59 Cypress : oe Dundarrach aia ee Dunn 48.35 Fayetteville First 230.21 Godwin 26.50 Grove 3.10 Highland 1.77 Hebron - ecient aD Lakeview 14.93 Laurinburg 81.27 Laure! Hill 8.97 Lillington 15.16 Lumberton 20.65 Manly ee a iin... 32 McPherson 88.33 Mt. Pisgah —.-—-.- icc tae es I ctienk ers . 4.50 Montpglier a 110.46 Nini 22... eee Olivia 103.55 ?riest Hill tire: Philippi —- ._ §.25 Pinehurst _. _- 10.78 Raven Rock ivesie tue <a Red Springs 15.70 Wek Beene | a ee ~~ see Sandy Grove - eR aan NR Stee ; =e Shiloh 24.08 Smyrna Dearie we Sok Spence __- Soe re a ae Spies 4.91 SanOWINE: 38. ee Westminster —.._.__...--.._ 2.50 Wildwood ace TOTAL $1126.70 Granville Blacknall Memorial _—-_-_.__ 2.21 Brookton ——. 8.45 Community 1.00 Durham First 130.68 Ernest Myatt _..____.________. 28.38 Grassy Creek 12.54 Ra@eeen <2. Te Mitchell Chapel . 1 North Vanguard —_......___. 11.35 Net Dak. ee Cee Tee 2 ; 4.41 RiaB oo en ee Raleigh First 770.76 Roanoke Rapids _...____-__. 87.78 Roxboro - ; 45.07 Selma ‘ a 05 Smithfield — 16.29 Trinity Avenue 70.35 Vanguard First 21.78 TN a ee Warrenton “12.84 | West Raleigh 20.85 TOTAL $1705.28 Kings Mountain Belmont 19.28 WS 6555 Sa Brittain 2.29 Columbus 84 Covenant 33.95 Cramerton 121.39 i ee Ellenboro 5.88 Gastonia First ; _.315.45 Kings Mountain —._....__. 25.88 Lincolnton 24.12 Lowell __ eee Oe Bele Sa eee New Hope 8.06 Rutherforditon 79.7 Oi oe ee Shelby ; aan: Shiloh 14.41 Sih CHM oe ee Union 13.94 Union Mills 14.41 TOTAL $781.74 Mecklenburg Albemarle 2.15 PR oe ce ee Se Die a i oe Bethel 10.49 TUG ics cc mein | IR a is cite Caldwell Mem. 152.99 COUR OPORIOR © ant Charlotte First 613.79 Charlotte Second 539.34 Cooks Memorial — Konvesue. IE sai it ee Hopewell 8.13 Te se Maliard Creek 3.56 Marshville Marston wii Morven -.- osama ei Monroe McGee —... Myers Park Newell Paw Creek Pee Dee , ae Philadelphia =; saosin: 9 a Pineville 6.65 WR oi. ie ea Providence . St. Andrews St. Pauls Siler __.. Steele Creek Sugaw Creek CHURCHES BEHIND (Continued from Page One) Mulberry, Nevin, Norman, land, Plaza, Pleasant Hill, Ramah Roberdell, Robinson, Rourk’s Chapel, Sharon, Thomasboro Wadesboro, Wilmoore. Orange Cummock, East Burlington, El-Bethel Eno, Farmville, Glenwood, Griers Horseshoe, Jonesboro, Little New Hope, Piedmont, Pleasant Grove. Pockett, Reidsville, Spray, ville, Stony Creek, White Hill Yanceyville. Wilmington bourn, Chinquapin, Clarkton, orial, Hallsville, Harmony, Williams, Oak Piains, Pink Chapel, Smiths, South River, sail, Wallace, Westminster, Plains, Wildwood, Winter Park. Winston-Salem Dacotah, Ebenezer, Foster Memorial, Geo. W. Lee Memorial, Gillespie, Glade Valley, Hills, Lansing, Laurel Fork, Loggins, Millers, North Wilkes- boro, Obids, Peak Creek, Pine Hall, Rogers Memorial, Waughtown, Yad- kinville. STATISTICS PREPAIRED {Continued from Page One) at the Infirmary totaled 2196 and was more than usual in 1933, because of a persistent sojourn of measles. All told, there were 90 cases. During ihe year there were 11 tonsil opera- tions, 562 teeth filled, and 138 teeth }| pulled by dentists. “No telling how many more were pulled that we knew nothing about,” said an official. One child, who came to the Orphanage during 1933, was sent to the State Sanatorium with tuberculosis. A ri- gid examination was given every child, and this was the only active case at the Orphanage. One death occurred at Barium dur- ing 1933—the first since the summer of 1926, which means that there was TRON i i Tenth Avenue 134.38 ca nscaceniiens aa Waxhaw West Avenue 70.39 Westminster 443.53 Williams Mem. in 4.75 TOTAL _..... $3654.10 Orange Alamance . 1.92 Asheboro i a period of seven years in which no North] occupy the top as we Charlotte, Nerwood, Oakboro, Peach-| last two years in the rating in the Rockingham,| During the year, we | Bethel, Bethany, Bethesda, Eroad-| variety of the fruit grown for the way, Burlington Second, Community, | Orphanage, and the ‘truck-farming. River,' due to the liberality of our physician, Spring-} lay. wood, St. Andrews, Speedwell, Stone-| Acme, Antioch, Ashewood, Beulah- ville, Black River, Bladenboro, Brown! Calypso, C , 21, Chad- Messh, Cavees, wig ire cade from school; but those gado, Elizabethtown, Elkton, Faison, Geo. Webb Memorial, Graves Mem- Hebron, Holly Grove, Hopewell, Jacksonville,| > Cae F Kornegay, Mt. Horeb, Mt. Olive, Mt. They will not be promoted. Hiil, Pleasant View, Rocky Point, Six Forks Top-|. cae White ing for that individual child? A year Bethel, Beulah, Carson Memorial,| end the church year without a fur- lrepairs to our dormitories, we feel sure, will be reflected in our rating as an institution; and we may not have for the ,| two Carolinas. iave not been ,; able te make any improvement in the | buildings as to safety or comfort. | We have increased the amount and . We have made some improvements jin our health program, but this is ,| more than it is to an increased out- We feel that in our school we have s}made a distinct step backward. The endeavor to crowd in eight months what we had been doing in nine pre- viously, is not working any particu- {lar hardship on the well prepared child who has not had to be absent who were just clinging on, and who have had to lose from two weeks to a month on account of illness, are due to re- ceive a bump a; the end of the year. All this is reflected as a saving in the financial! column, but we wonder kow it will stack up in the bookkeep- of opportunity lost! and there’s noth- ing we can do about it. The indications are that we will ther deficit, and that certainly is a cause f preparing for mid-term exams Last month we had Miss Steven- son for our matron while Miss Miller was w.th her sick brother in Cam- den, S. C. We enjoyed having Miss Stevenson. Miss Miller yeturned a short time ago to resume her work here. Agnes and Grace Coppedge LEES Christmas vacation is over and we have started back to school. Many thanks for all of the nice presents we received. We have cer- tainly enjoyed them. During the holidays some of the boys almost wore out the sidewalks skating with the new skates they re- ceived. All of our apples have been eaten so we are having popcorn instead. We have a good time popping it. Some of the boys still have some of the candy they received at Christ- mas. We don’t see how they make it iast so long. What we received, and what was given most of the other boys, disappeared a long time ago. Jessie Koper, who graduated last year, visited Mrs. Lackey for a time during the Christmas season. We were glad to see her again. William Cranfill’s aunt see him Christmas. The mother and sister of Julius Kinard came to see him. Others who enjoyed visits from their mothers included Clarence Ro- perts and Watt and Horace Mills. came tv for rejoicing. If our thankful- ness over this condition results in increased liberality and a determina- tion to restore to our institution some of the things of which ig has been deprived in the years of stress, then it will truly be a time of thanksgiv- ing. Bu: if cur response to the re- port is a tendency to fix the income at the present low point then we need to view the present situation as a calamity. A calamity even great” er than the accumulation of further debt. : death was recorded in this closely segregated group that has averaged 825 children during that period of time. RECEIPTS IN JANUARY (Continued from Page One) ahead. Granville is 29 cents behind. Orange is 13% cents behind. Wilmington is 2% cents ahead. Fayetteville is 1 cent ahead. The whole Synod is 4% cents be- HOWARD January We hope your Christmas was as enjoyable as ours. Old Santa came and brought us skates, dolls, tams, scarfs, etc. We are making good use of them. You should have seen us skating Christmas day. Some had new skates and some had the skates which San- ta brought them last year. Altogeth- er there was quite a crowd going up and down the sidewalks. We were glad to have several of the teachers at our Christmas tree this year. Some of them were late getting away for the holidays. Miss Greene, our musiq teacher, taught us some new songs and played them hind. From the above, it is seen that Concord has the distinction of being farther ahead of any others by an increase of ten cents per church member, dias y , BARIUM MESSENGER February 1984 Bessemer 27.01 | Bethlehem ey | Sun da Buffalo (G)} “ y * h l Buffalo (L) ee “Por Cc 00 S 3urlington First “ 7 5 ; ; psa n Fir 4301 Evidently many of the treasurers BABY COTTAGE 1932-23, while Granville is further Church-by-side-Road 16.16 | of the Sunday Schools are holding How did the month of December] behind, the giving of this Presbytery Cross Roads 18.90| the contributed funds until a later and Santa find you? It found us with being 29 cents less than what it was Efland 3.00] date, to send several offerings at one|Very much joy and laughter. Santaj on January 31, 1933. Fairfield 2.87|time for both the number of Sunday certainly was good to everyone at} ior us at our tree. Gilead 1.10} Schools and the amounts were less the Baby Cottage. Mama Girt, her We thank the folks who gave us Graham 347.22] this month than previously. The total two sisters and aon went to Florida} fruits and candies for Christmas, as Greensboro First 1518.79| which arrived from this group during |the week before Christmas to spend well as all the other things that Greenwood ae _ 1.40 | January was $1,058.26, about one-|9 few days. We missed her very much made our day a happy one. , Goldston wes ~~" g.18| third of the total regular receipts. but were glad to have Miss Mary Miss Wood’s sister sent a@ radio Gulf ~~... $79] Generally the Sunday Schools give Brown for our matron while she was|for her Christmas present, and we Hawfields 56.74| around 40°¢ of the monthly income. away: a all have been enjoying it. Haywood .... Rotini Offsetting this small decrease in -nere were many visitors at our Ernestine Garrett's mother spent High Point 154.14} Sunday School giving, as compared|9ttage during Christmas. Among | Christmas day with her. Hillsboro 19.79| to that of December, was the wel-;t2em were Mrs, L. M. Coffey, Mrs.|_ We thank Mr. Sams for the two orate ~~ gggticoming of a half-dezen Sunday Mills, Mrs. R. ; L. Setzer, Ruth] pictures to which he invited us dur- l wradieon $5.81| Schools into the folds of regular Spencer, Mrs. W. A. Spencer and|ing the Christmas holidays. We are Mebane 38.89] givers. Last month, a contribution | M@ny others. 5 : always glad to have the opportunity Milton 2.75|had been received from one new Just a little while before Christ- of secing a picture. 5s Mt. Vernon Springs _ 86.75) Sunday School, and announcement mas Mr. Jackins was real kind to Sadie Mills, Thelma Roberts, Glenn Pittsboro 12.29| was made that three others had make two trips to town for the pur-| Linsday, Lucile Johnston, Lilly Me- ;Red House (2.64| adopted the plan of a Sunday-per- pose of taking us to see Santa Claus Donald, Flora May Newmah, and | Riverview 2.55| month offering. |and all the town decorations. The| Vittoria Salvaggio all enjoyed visits Salem gt hohe er ence = 7 Two of those three mentioned rxe-| first time he took the boys and the from some of their relatives during Sanford 126.30| ported for the first time this month, |"e¢Xt time, the girls. the holidays. s : Shiloh _. a 26.45) and in addition to these two, four While we were up town, Mr. Cul-| , We have enjoyed popping and eat- cereus ” *S'$8| others sent in offerings, most of them breth invited us to come in and see) ng the popcorn which Mr. Clark Sprunt Memorial 27.88| stating that this plan would be a reg- him for a few minutes. He enter- brought us, —The Skaters | Westminster 62.48} ular procedure with them. (And on tained with ice cream and also February TOTAL $2910.31] February Ist another arrived, but|Weighed all of the boys. Another month of school has pass- Wilmington you will be told about this one and]. During the holidays all of the Bar_|eq and there are just three more to Beth Carr i9.00} others next month.) ium folks were invited to the movies.| go! Unless some of us make better Bolton esos can ee New Sunday Schools giving this Since the big girls didn’t get to see) reports next month, we will be in the Burgaw : 5.382] month were Fifth Creek, McKinnon, Santa Claus we stayed at home and| same grade this time next year. Caswell = 8.00] and Taylorsville in Concord Presby- let them Bo. Somebody had better get to work. Covenant 215.42| tery; Glenwood and Mebane in| , There are two cowboys at the Baby Mrs. Hay and her Sunday Scnovi 'Croatan Pat a and 7.10; Orange, and Holly Grove in Wilming- Cottage now, and do they have a big) class of Hickory made the Howaru Currie ; a oe aes time lassoing and shooting! girls an applique counterpane ane ai- Grove 4.90! Last month the question was Our cottage has some apples and] so sent us some goods to make an- Immanuel 10.2i! asked, “Are there any more?” That | Popcorn which Mr. Clark and the! other one. Each of the larger giris Lake Waccamaw 11.50 | is repeated this time in this manner, truck farm boys brought us. is going to have a part in making it. Mt. Zion 9.08} ARE THERE ANY MORE? Some ladies from Hickory brought |Grace Shroyer likes to do hand work, New Hope __.... 8.00; The record of the meals served by | 4S bath towels and a five-pound box}She made an applique counterpane Pearsall Memorial : 5.63 the Sunday School gifts so far are ef chocolate candy, for which wej}iast summer and is embroidering one Pike 7 4.36! as follows: thank them very much, now. Pollocksville 8.20! June 8,252 Annie Lou McKee, one of the for-| | Mr, Sams invited us to see “Alice Rockfish July 9.425 |mer Baby Cottage girls, was over to]in Wonderland.” We thank you, Mr. Southport August 13,238 j5ee us Saturday. Sams. We always enjoy going to the Stanford September 13,419 Mr. Johnston and the doctor from | Playhouse. St. Andrews October 12,678 | the North Carolina Sanatorium) Miss Woods’ sister, Miss Lena of Teachey November 10,717 “punched everyone for tuberculosis |Chariotte, spent last week-end with Warsaw Hiecember 11,519 who had never been punched before. | per, Whiteville January 10,583 |About six of us little enes had to —Francis Morgan. Willard February Qo _ 2? |have this done to us, but only two Wilmington First | March . ; "9 |of_us cried because it hurt so much. INFIRMARY 4 ondburn Riis ote = =. the Seaneaon — = Hope all of you had a nice Christ- Raia $1011.94 Sacer <i “* {ithe Olivia Presbyterian Church foi 8 . ; : ra ' | ANNI AL REPORT IS MADE the pretty sunbonnet quilt they sent a =< a year Degen ie . ue (Continued from Page One) ;—The Babies y ¥ Asbury : - 1.07) : Pe ee ee i Ee. Santa was rather good to all of Bixby §.06| crops were not so good as usual, due Ee a us, and we appreciate, very much, Coaleemee _... 18.72] to the extremely Oey. sunamer, but ANNIE LOUISE the lovely gifts that were sent to Collinstown 2.21| to offset that, our winter has been Happy New Year to the readers [all of the girls in the Infirmary. . j unusually mild, and it has taken less] 77) : r s : a Danbury Sia . 15.00) 4 as sod |of. Lhe Barium Messenger! We have enjoyed having Mrs. Nash Dan River a a keep our stock in good)" 7 hone you had as happy a Christ-|with us this fall while Miss Moore Flat Rock iF phe aries ae g.ep; condition, : mas as we did. Que Christmas tree}has been away on vacation. Miss Jefferson...” 117| The Lord has been good to us, and}; beautiful with all of its toys|Moore has returned from her home Lexington 46.59/as a result, our per capita cost 1S|inq presents. Santa Claus was good |!” Nebraska, where she stayed about be ae oe ee '52| less, and we are just afraid that|t, ys. He remembered everyone of|three months. She reported that she Mocksville 96.36| the fact that this cost is down to its]. We are all taking sewing lessons had a nice time. We are giad to have Mt. Airy 60.33] present low level, will in the future |hocause of the sewing boxes we re- her back with us. |Pine Ridge ae: 07 | work a hardship against us. In the} wciveg, At present, we are making Mrs. Nash’s daughter, Mable | Reynolda 217.47| future it may be a question whether] 44) dresses. We got up real early on Claire Nash, who is a_ student at South Lexington eee ““y19| or not we can aiford to spend more|Ghristmas morning and sang some | Mitchell College in Statesville, spent | Thomasville 17.80| money on health than we did this] o¢ the Christmas carols. a week-end with us recently. We were | Wilkesboro : 3.50} year; more money on food, or cloth-| "wre have all started back to school | Very glad to have her and hope that | Winston-Salem First 1171.50] ing, or any of these various items|,nq are studying real hard, trying she can come again. West Jeiferson pee .22| that we were so successful in ca7TY-|¢9 get on the honor roll from now un.| Hurrah! We're through with the TOTAL ee $1671.04! ing through at a low level this year! til school is out. We studied mighty measles at last. At least, we don’t GRAND TOTAL —<..... $14,569.17| Our failure to keep up the routine j)ard before Christmas, when we were have any cases while this is being written. We've been holding the annual health clinic. Dr. H. F. Kasom, of the State Sanatorium was here for a few days, and Dr. Heyman, our physician, has been a mighty regu- lar visitor during the mornings for several weeks. We enjoyed having voth of them with us. | Questionnaire | Editor’s Note: Do not look at these questions until you have read all of The Messenger. How many can you answer? 1. What old belief was knocked for several somersaults at Barium last year, and why? Ans. Pg. 1, Col. 4. 2. What should be the slogan of all organizations this year? Ans. Pg. 8, Cel 1, 3. What’s the three-fold aim of the Synodical Orphanage Secretary and when it is scheduled to reach its peak? Ans. Pg. 3, Cols. 4 & 5. 4. What portion of the total regular receipts at Barium last month did the Sunday Schools contribute? Ans. Pg. 4, Coil. 3. 5. How much did the Barium mov- ing pictures cost one man who wasn’t a Presbyterian? Ans. Pg. 2, Col. 5. 6. How did the diner tind the piece of pie? Ans. Pg. 3, Col. 5. 7. How many churches must give Ans. Pg. 1, Col. 2. 8. Which way is the church ing? Ans. Pg. 2, Cols. 3 & 4. 9. How much money and how many friends gave toward publishing The Barium Messenger last month? Ans. Pg. 3, Col. 1. 10. What would happen if 2,000 Presbyterians gave $5.00 a month to Barium for a year? Ans. Pg. 2, Col. 11. What are treasurers asked to do immediately after March 31st? Ans. Pg. 2, Cols. 1 & 2. 12. What Presbytery has shown the greatest increase in giving per church member during 1933-34? Ans. Pg. 1, Col. 5. 13. How many Sunday Schools started giving regularly to Barium last month? Ans. Pg. 4, Col. 3. 14. What department at Barium has taken a distinct step backward? Ans. Pg. 4, Col 3. (article starts on Pg. 1, Col. 3.) 15. For what are the two boxes on the front page to be used? The look- answer is up to you. $8,783.50 to equal last year’s total? . ~ aa p 78 ii a ha e ee e . ie ; a PA E PO S . . . * . . * 21,000 Copies of this * Issue Mailed to * Presbyterians in N. * Cc. . eo s e e v en e VOL. XI . os . . . e * a R: al Department, Pres- * A * byterian Orphans’ * * Home » * * + . - os ° PUBLISHED By PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S Homg For THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS eee e BARIUM SPRINGS, N. C., MARCH 1934 No. 6 Synod Is $3100 Behind Its Giving Of Year Ago MANY TRANSFERS MADE TO LIST OF EXCEEDERS There Are Now 268 Churches Which Have Equalled or Exceeded ’32-33 Total Twenty-one churches in February either equalled or exceeded the total amount they gave to the Orphanage during the previous year. In that 21 was one church which has given the same amount for the two years, and there were six others which responded this year and gave nothing last year, meaning that 14 churches were trans- ferred from the other tabulation last month headed “Churches Behind”, and that some could be eliminated from an article in this issue of the paper which is headed “No Report From These.” | Adding the above to those which were recorded in the January issue of this publication, it brings the total to 268 churches which are privileged to be placed in that category of those who have equalled or gone beyond last year’s mark. Four of these 268 have contributed identical amounts. These are Eagle Springs, Four Oaks and Mt. Pisgah in Fayetteville Pres- bytery and Henderlite Memorial in Albemarle Presbytery. No churches in Wilmington Pres- bytery had the privilege of being transferred to this roster this month, while the greatest number making the change in February were from Fayetteville Presbytery, four ex- ceeders and one equal amount. Fay- etteville is leading all others in the number of churches in_ this list. Those which have exceeded number 44, and equal amounts have been given by three. The distribution of the 268 churches is Fayetteville 47; Wilmington 40; Mecklenburg 37; Concord 34; Orange | 30; Winston-Salem 22; Granville 20; Kings Mountain 19, and Albemarle 19 With the exception of the four named above which have given an equal amount in 1933-34 as in 19a | 33, the following are the churches exceeding according to Presbyteries: Albemarle | Ahoskie, Ballard Mission, Bethle- hem, Calvary, Falkland, remmtain | Howard Memorial, Jason, Kinston, Macclesfield, Mayo Mission, Mitch- | iner Memorial, Nahalah, New Bern, Pinetops, Robinson, Rocky Mt. Sec- | (Continued on Page Four) Barium Springs Day Staged At Davidson At the instigation of alumni of Davidson College, a Barium Springs Day at Davidson was planned for Saturday, March 3rd, the object be- ing to familiarize Davidson people and friends with the Orphanage and to raise funds for the Barium stu- dent loan fund, for boys and girls at college. A full day’s program had been planned for the third, but in- clement weather caused a_ post- ponement of it, and the program was only partially carried out the follow- ing Tuesday, March 6th. The original program called for a chapel program, wholly in charge of Barium students. Included in this was to be the devotional led by a Barium boy, a mixed sextette, and a representative from each of the nine cottages at Barium, who were to tell what the occupants of each cottage did in their work and play. The stage was going to be decorated in “‘dupli- cate”—that is the nine sets of twins now at Barium were going to be sit- ting on the stage. An afternoon feature was to be the presence of all children at the 27 SUNDAY SCHOOLS HAVE GIVEN OVER $100 Almost 300 Others Have Con- tributed Lesser Amounts There Will Be Others There are 27 Sunday Schools in the Synod of North Carolina which have given as much as $100.00 to the Orphanage through regular channels this year, according to the records at Barium. This was on the basis of the books as of February 28th, and does not include these amounts which have arrived since the first of March; otherwise, the list would be longer. It is called to the attention of the readers that this is “according to the records at Barium.” No doubt, there are others in this classification, too, but their gifts come to us through Presbytery treasurers and have not always been designated as Sunday School offerings, consequently we could not record them as Sunday School gifts. Too, a few of the Sun- day Schools report through church treasurers, and these amounts are not designated, but are sent to Bar- ium simply as coming from the church budget. In addition to these 27 there are hundreds of other Sunday Schools in the Synod which give amounts of a substantial nature, and the sum to- tal of all the contributions from the Sunday Schools is an excellent one. After the close of the year, there will be a detailed report of what each church and organization has done in the Synod and you will then see what amounts. other Sunday Schools have contributed. One of the objects in publishing this is to bring this matter to the at- tention of many churches, particular- ly some of the larger ones, which Ten More Sunday Schools Are Added Ten Sunday Schools last month joined the ranks of that large number which have been giving regularly to @arium for some time, and one Sunday School no- tified Barium «authorities that the plan would be started in their or- ganization next month. Wilmington Presbytery led in the Sunday Schools incorporating this plan in their program. Those sending gifts from that Presby- tery were Ashewood, Beulahville and Winter Park. Macclesfield Sunday School in Albemarle Pres- bytery said they were giving the fifth Sunday aad sent a contribu- tion for three fifth Sundays of the pas; ftw months. Elinwood and Shiloh Sunijay Schools in Con- cord Presbytery have started giv- ing regularly o Barium. Ironton and Stanley Cr+ek in Kings Moun- tain have done _ likewise; the Ladies Bible Class of Badin sent a regular gift, and Bethesda in Orange has started the Sunday- per-month plan. Cross Roads Sunday Schov} in Orange Presbytery notified Bar- ium that it had been decided to adopt this plan, beginning in the month of April. How many more will there be to start it next month as the new 1934-35 fiscal period‘ FEBRUARY RECEIPTS WERE EXCEPTIONALLY VOW AFTER AN EXELLENT JANUARY REPOBT Rarium Officials Find Comfort in the Knowledge That There Is No Bank Holiday This Year—Close Race Be- tween Several Presbyteries Presbytery February ‘ e. §. Be & && Aaa WE . os + ° — 3 gm OE te 8 e H mo ee ws a “< = é ~~ | | & oc 3 5 “i “a & <p <2 <% Winston-Salem 348.56 8 c¢ 152%c ile 42%c ahead Albemarle 160.46 1866 4 c 92 ce 110¢ 18 ¢ behind Concord 52121 650 4%e 91%c 110¢ 18%e behind Kings Mountagn 249.67 die 90%4c 110e 1¢%e behind Mecklenburg 221.72 ‘75.00 1%4¢ W7Mme 110c 32%c behind Granville 184.73 3 ec 64%e 110e 45%e behind Orange 314.54 15.00 38 c 64 ¢ 110c 46 ¢ behind Wilmington 239.41 4.00 3 ¢ 53%c 110c 56%c behind Fayetteville 263.65 60.00 2%ce 47%c 110c 62%e behind TOTAL 2503.95 179.10 24¢e 734¢ 110c 366c¢ behind After reviewing the Table of Re- 14 GHIACHES HAVE ceipts for February, officials at Bar- ium are inclined to believe that it | doesn’t pay te “play-up” any in- NOT CONE (WER VET crease in giving. The February issue of The Messenger, which carried an account of the income from the oe _| Synod for January, had an optimistic ation aa yno a y: Pp Albemarle Presbytery Does Not note, for the January receipts were begins? CONSIDERABLE DAMAG INFLICTED BY STORM Campus Was In Sad Looking Plight for § gveral Days— have not yet adopted the plan, ap- proved by Synod, of devoting one Sunday’s offering per month to Bar- ium. It is hoped that the pastors, when they review these figures, will see the amazing possibilities of an /increased income to Barium, and will incorporate the plan in their res- pective Sunday Schools. As a guide as te how much some of these Sunday Schools are doing for Barium, the second column of fig- ures shows the membership of the Sunday School, according to the 1933 minutes of the General Assembly (Continued on Page Four) Iredell County Civic Clubs Honored Here Following a custom of many years’ standing, the Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs of Iredell County jointly gathered at Barium Springs Friday night, March 9th, for their annual supper. These affairs at Barium were started over 12 years ago and brings together five clubs which are located in Statesville and Mooresville. Thi is also an open night for all the or- ganizations, when they can bring guests, each club member paying for his supper and those of his guests, just as they would if they were hold- ing a private gathering. The attendance at Barium this year was better than for the past three years, many of the members bringing their wives and children with them. So great was the number that all could not be seated and a table had to be set in the center of the dining room for belated arrivals. The procedure followed is for all of the guests to be seated and after this, the Barium children fill in the vacant places. Every vacant place was filled, and when a few late visi- tors came in a special table had to (Continued on Page Four) Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: Although I know that Th OO. intention HOW MUSH DO YOU LIKE THE MESSENGER? me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 20,000 monthly copies, and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $———— for this particular phase of the work at Barium. I acces ceicecnnmnneesemmnancennane (Continued on Page Three) e Barium Messenger is sent to Is Slowly Recovering It will be some time before the Orphanage recovers from the devas- tation wrought by the ice and sleet storm the latter part of February. Those readers of The Messenger who live in the western part of the state and as far toward the central part as Greensboro have some idea of why this is true, bug those who reside in the eastern sections will probably have only a hazy conception of the damage done. Newspapers some time ago de- picted what occurred to those outside of the belt of the particularly cold area, but only a visit to this sec- tion at the time could leave @ mind's picture that was adequate. Earmarks of the results of the over-burdened and ice-laden trees are still in evi- dence and will be for some time, for hardly a tree passed unscathed. Al- most all of them were “topped” and the crashing of the limbs and their tumbling to the ground with their (Continued on Page Four) Gastonia Auxiliary Is Clothing Eleven When any particular ehurch or organization within the Synod is recognized in The Barium Messen- ber for its successful efforts in be- half of the Orphanage, there is possibility of resentment arising in other organizations. However, if one is singled out and mentioned it does not mean that the Orphan- age isn’t aware and fully con- scious of all that is being done by every organization and every church. The risk involved is being run Have a Church Behind As | $465.35 more than for the same Much As $100.00 month a year ago. Whether this information caused Albemarle Presbytery has the dis- friends of the institution to decrease tinction this month of not having a their giving last month isn’t known, single church in its confines which is| but it is a known fact that the income as much as $100.00 behind in the giv- for February was $512.82 less than ing to Barium, as compared with the| for February 1933. The Synod went total giving of all 1932-33. Another; into reverse and the speed with distinction for that Presbytery is| which the reverse started had tell- that fewer churches have failed to| taling effect upon the receipts. equal last year’s total than in any| At the close of the books on Janu- other Presbytery. Fourteen ehurches| ary 21st, the Synod was 35 in Albemarle Presbytery are yet to behind its total for the ten Treonths egual last year’s mark, Kings Moun-| of the previous year, and the decrease tain and Winston-Salem having the| now stands at $3137.67 for eleven next best record with 18 yet to at- months of the 1933-34 fiscal year. tain their totals. Thus, the Synod enters the final When the books closed at Barium month of the year that mych under on the eleventh mouth of the fiscal| the mark of a year #go, and @ year year, there were 240 churches within| ago the situation was bad enough. the North Carolina Synod which need| The only comforting thought to the to contribute $12,604.28 in the last} Barium authorities is that there is month to equal their giving of a year| no bank holiday this year, end yoth- ago. The far greater raajority of| ing should interfere with @ great these, however, lack only small “paying-up” of the churches this amounts of equalling last year’s sum, month. The effects of last yeer’s bank for 29 of the 240 are behind a total] holiday not only had much to do with of $9,355.37, leaving the other 211 be-| the 1932-33 decline, but continued on hind a total of $3,248.91. into 1933-34 for the first quarter. If every one of these churches,| Since then, the situation hes meen which have given lesser amounts so better, but far from what ig was far than their 1932-33 aggregates,|some few years ago. could send in the sums that they are Albemarle Still Leads in arrears, the income at Barium Albemarle Presbytery continues to from the Synod this year would belhave the distinction of having given more than it was for 1932-33, even |more to Barium this year then lest if those which are already aheadtyear, on a per membership basis did not send a cent between now and{when compared to all of the other the closing of the books for the year. Presbyteries. Concord is pressing The amounts the various Presby-|close behind. Granville Presbytery teries are behind and the number of} has not relinquished her claim to churches in each follows: having shown the greatest drop in Presbytery Number Amount |income during 1933-34, but Winston- Churches Behind |Salem Presbytery is not far behind, Mecklenburg 38 $3479.72 | despite the fact that Winston-Sglem Orange - 35 2623.38 }is the only Presbytery which hgs ex- Granville : 22 1530.02 }ceeded the askings. Winston-Salem 18 1392.14 Compared with February 8 yeer Concord : 27 1031.64 ]ago the following comparison is evi- Fayetteville -— 42 857.58 | dent: Wilmington ———...- 26 809.20 Albemarle Presbytery is 7% cents Kings Mountain 18 600.89 | ahead. Albemarle i4 279.71 Concord is 6% cents ahegd. —— -_—— Kings Mountain is 2% cents ghead. SYNOD _ 240 $12,604.28 Fayetteville is 1% cents ahead. Mecklenburg is 2% cents bebind. As stated above, 29 churches are (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Four) No Report from These today in recounting what the Auxiliary of the Gastonia First Church is doing for Barium. It is thought that the accomplish- ments of this particular group will be an inspiration to other Auxil- jaries to expend additional efforts in behalf of the Orphanage. There are 11 circles in the Gas- tonia Auxiliary and each circ}ye has assumed the responsibility for clothing a child—11 children are being clothed by this Auxiliary alone! Each of the circles send money for clothes, instead of the latter, which is perferable at the Orphanage. In addition to the amount of money involved in out- fitting the 11 children, the Gaston- ia First Auxiliary last year con- tributed $317.41 to the support | Meals Served by S. S. The cold, wintry biasts of Febru-| On shige 4 28, 77 — of ary had its effect upon the income atthe Synod ha not sent anything to Gariom teem the Bis Schools of Barium toward the support fund, a number that decreased quite @ bit the Synod—maybe the fathers and]jover that roster published in the mothers would not let their children | January issue of the paper. There are go out into the disagreeable weather |22 churches in Mecklenburg Presby- to Sunday School, and the pennies, tery which have not reported, which nickels and dimes which they usually) is by far the largest number. Kings give on Barium’s Sunday were not Mountain has only two churches, the contributed in February. smaliest number which have nog re- February’s (otal from the Sunday ported anything this year. Schools was $905.31, which was about The number of churches in the one hundred dollars less than that| other Presbyteries failing to report which came to the Orphanage from|are Albemarle 9; Concord 3; Fay- this source in January, but it is not|etteville 11; Granville 5; Orange 8; believed that this decrease would| Wilmington 5; and Winston-Sslerm have occurred if every Sunday Schoo! 12. treasurer had dispatched immediate-| Following is a list of the delin- ly the offerings that were made. | quent churches: Despite the decrease, the Sunday Albemarle Schools gave more than a third of the| Anderson, Berea, Bethany, Hoily- fund at Barium. total from the Synod last month, for| wood, Morton, Parmele, Roanoke, (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Four) a we r a March 1934 BARIUM MESSENGER BARIUM MESSENGER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S HOME JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Editer ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor Bleed 2s second-ciass mm W. @., wader the act of Augus cepta. 3, 1917 ), at the pestoffice at Barium Springs. for mailing at speeial rate of postage, provided for in Section 1103, Act of Octot Authorized, November 15, 1923 BOARD OF REGENTS: REV. J.B. HAY. 3. os 2 = Bee M. W. NORFLEET fe ange - Vice-President MRS. Z. V. TURLINGTON - - - + + Secretary Rev. W. M. Currie - - - - Belmont, Mrs. W. E. White - Graham Mr. Stamps Howard - Tarbore| Rey. R. C. Clontz, - Wilmington Mos. I. F. Hill ------- _Durkam | Rev. J. R. McGreger, - Lexington Mes. J. E. Driscoll -- Charlotte | Mrs. John Harper - - Wilmi Bey. W. M. Baker - - - - - Mebane | 3 ington ete eden - Raleigh Mr. W. B. Bradford - Charlotte Rev. Eugene Alexander - Manchester; Mrs. H. A. Rouzer - - - - Salisbury Mrs S. A. Robinson - - - - Gastonia’ Mrs. L> A. McLaurin, - Rowland Mra. W. T. Clarke - - - - - Wilson; Mrs. J: R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro DIRECTORY: Jes. B. Johnston J. HB Lewrance Ernest Milton aac Migs Luiie E. Andrews Mies Maggie Adams T. L. O'Kelley _Géneral Manager ___._._.__ Aseistant ari ttn SOE Bookkeeper and Clething as _._.... Head Matron pent Head ef School (FORM OF BEQUEST.) “I give and bequeath to the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ HG@ME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Ineorporated Under the Laws of the State of Nerth Caro- lima, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) What The Presbyteries Have Done The tabulation below covers an eleven-month period for four years PRESBYTERY 1930-1931 1931-1982 1932-1933 1933-1934 Albemarle $ 4,238.35 $ 3,230.03 $ 3,187.59 $ 3,947.49 Concord 2,878.35 10,760.66 9,655.59 | 10,533.67 Fayetteville 8,523. 6,069.02 5,366.50 5,690.87 Granville 6,817.11 3,692.45 5,107.68 8,766.19 Kings Mountain ,659.24 4,125.55 4,622.70 4,893.05} Mecklenburg 16,410.97 14,784.17 18,121.35 10,818.36 Orange 18,578.72 } 8,392.60 7,056.63 Wilmington 5,287.13 3,915.78 4,178.55 Winston-Salem 8,498.38 7,101.59 6,503.09 TOTALS $80,891.91 $60,470.79 $57,387.90 eaeneaea There has been considerable sadness at Barium recently in the death of loved The ones, brother of Miss Beattie Lackey died at his home in Hiddenite, and the latest was the death of the mother of” Miss Mildred MoseJey in Oklahoma. Barium joins these three in the sorrow of these inestirnable losses. and offers to each of them a sincere [and deep sympathy. When all of the limbs and trees which were brought down by the ice are sawed up we will have about 100) cords of wood. —P. 0. H.— Twenty-one boys and girls are get- ting excited over the approach of their graduation. They will be ready for whatever task confronts them after Monday, April 23rd. | —P. 0. H— | | There are 77 churches which have not reported anything this year. We! can’t help but believe, though, that! most of them will send something} between now and the end of the fiscal year. —P. O. A.— | | father of Mrs. H. L. Thomas died || | at his homie in Burlington; the {| year’s total. Won’t some one person 'in these churches send in a dollar or more, so that we can transfer them to that other list of churches ahead? —P. 0. H.— Our receipts from the Sunday | Schools, in considerable measure, de- pend upon the weather, If it’s pretty and warm on the Sunday when the offering is taken for Barium we know the offering will be better. Let it be | raining, eold and disagreeable, and a decided decrease in almost all gifts that particular Sunday. FP. 0: & Barium considers herself fortunate in obtaining Dr. Walter L. Lingle, of Davidson, and Dr. J. R. McGregor, of Lexington, as two of the com- mencement speakers. Both of these men are excellent speakers and will have worthwhile thoughts for the 21 boys and girls who finish at the Or- phanage néxt month. —P. 0. H.— Is Wilmington Presbytery going to remain as the only one in which no Sunday School gives as much as 3100.00 to Barium? We're mighty glad that ‘Wilmington Presbytery has recently led in the number of Sun- day Schools adopting the Sunday- per-month plan, and hope that some there’s “Business is better” is heard on all| Of the iarger ones will do likewise sides, but it seems as business must wait. There’s an obli- | gation to the Lord that supercedes; anything we might owe to our earth-| ly friends. —P. 0. H.— More churches have equalled last year’s total than haven't accom- plished this feat. It would be thrill- ing to be able to announce that every church gave more in 1933-3 than they did in 1932-33. -—P. 0. H— It was thoughtful of Davidson alumni to suggest that a day at the college be designated as “Barium Springs Day.” The total receipts of $120.00 to.the loan fund that day was most cordially welcomed. ie: Prices on many of the commodities which are absolutely necessary at Barium have jumped 50% lately, and some of thein are Imost 100% higher in cost than a y ago. This isn’t helping the financial situation at Barium. —P. 0. H.—- We felt good in January over the income, but we felt terrible in Feb- ruary. What will be our feeling in March? That depends upon all of the} churches and organizations which in- elude ali of our friends in the Synod. Pr. 0. H— Happy New Year. Some think that’s belated, and a few more may say that it’s previous, but it is! extended now because the new church year starts in April. We hope it oe} be a happy and prosperous year for! the churches and all church causes. | oO. In looking over that churches which are behind last years} sum, we find 16 of them that lack less than $1.00 of equalling last| activeness in our behalf when they} if the Lord’s; 500. —P. 0. H.— Barium was a woeful looking place following the ice and sleet storm. The damage hasn’t been definitely estimated, but it was considerable. Some time between now and April ist we hope to have telephone con- nections with the outside world and soon thereafter, fully restore the lo- cal telephone system which was nil after the storm was over. —P. 0. H.— Anyone looking in on the Iredell County Civie Club supper at Barium this year would have said that pros- perity has returned—at least, from the standpoint of the number attend- ing. For several years most of the members have attended these sup- pers unaccompanied, but™-this year wives and children and sweethearts were in large attendance. We were mighty glad to weleome everyone. —P. 0. H.— Some people in the Synod, it has been found out, believe that some of the money they contribute regularly goes into the college education of boys and girls who have been at the Orphanage. This is most decidedly incorvect. No money received here goes into that loan fund unless it is specifically given and designated for it. The Synod’s responsibility is may| over when the children finish at Bar- ium. —P. 0. H.— The Orphanage population is now 311. Do what we can to keep the number down, the intake exceeds the outgo. We wish every Presbyterian had to make decisions as to whether list of 240! we would or would not accept certain children inte the Orphanage. There wouldn’t be any question as to their had to decide “against” the admis-} sion of some applicants. We take on- ly the most neediest of the needy cases. —P. 0. H.— We do, wish that those large churches which are behind as much as $100.00 would be able to “pay up” in full this month. It would make a big difference in our year’s income. The record shows that 29 of them are behind a‘ combined total of over $9,000.00 while all of the other 211 in the Synod, who have not reached last year’s mark, are behind a com- bined amount of only slightly over $3.000.00. —P. 0. H.— In addition to the $107.00 recently given in a special offering to foreign missions by Little Joe’s Church, the Sunday School here contributed $120 during the past two months to a native worker which this Sunday School supports in- China. The boys’ class gave $50,00 of this $120.00. This clasf& also gave $50.00 last fall toward the support of: an orphan, and will soon give another $25.00 to- ward this support. +. —P. O. Hi— We’re just as anxious at Barium as anyone else to make reductions in the debt obligations, but when Synod each year continues to contribute less to our cause, it is not possible to do this. Except for drastic reductions at Barium, ‘the Orphanage would have been plunged considerably further into debt. When the Synod shows an increase in its giving, then it’s a certainty that the debt will be | reduced here. —P. 0. H.— Look at that char; on what the nine Presbyteries have done for the 11 months of the past four years. It will be found that Kings Mountain is the only one which has given more during the first 11 months of 1933-34 than was given four years ago, 1930- 31, for the same period. Congratula- tions! There are only two churches in Kings Mountain which have failed to make a report this year.. More congratulations! : —P. 0. . H.— Not very much Thanksgiving Of- fering was received during Febru- ary. The excess... over 1932 was | $588.02 on February 28th. We are| mighty afraid that the increase will | not reach $1,000.00. Of course, we know of a number of organizations which reported after Thanksgiving, 1932, but have not responded for 1933. Whether they took Thanksgiv- ing Offerings for Barium, we do not know. However, we hope they did and that these will arrive soon. —P. 0. H There was. somewhat of a ‘relieved feeling last year. when President Roosevelt declared.a national bank holiday. The whole economic scheme was so topsy-turvye that” théy ~wel- comed this moratorium and felt more secure after the holiday had passed. There might have been a personal feeling of security, but there wasn’t that feeling among the Orphanages. Their problem was made more acute and has remained so during the past year. —P. 0. H.— We are sincerely and ~ honestly hopeful that some of the larger churches will read carefully the ar- ticle headed “27 Sunday Schools Have Given Over $100.00.” We hope the time will come when every Sun- day School in the larger churches will have a place in that list. Synod has recommended it—the recommen- dation was made years ago and was re-affirmed at the fall meeting. Some few have carried out that recommen- dation, but the great majority who weren't following the plan have not yet adopted it. —P..0. H.— Barium Springs Orphanage opened its doors to a little boy from Morven, Anson county, in 1893. The little boy’s name was Harllee Branch. He is now The Honorable Harllee Branch, second assistant postmaster general of the United States. He did not re- main in Bariuni many years. He went there a thirteen and finished at six- teen. They were crucial years and habit-forming years. Had it nog been for Barium Springs the story of Harllee Branch and thousands of others would have different endings. —Charity and Children. —P. 0. H— Ten more friends of the institution last month contributed $22.00 toward the publication of The Barium Mes- senger, This is appreciated. There are thousands of others who receive the paper, and we hope that their appreciation of it will receive simi- lar expression as that which 31 people have indicated to date. The total gifts toward the paper are $58.51. A thousand or two friends who would give a minimum of $1.00 to The Messenger would contribute an amount which would take care of its: publication and mailing. —P. 0 In the month of February, 21 re- ceipts were not mailed to friends and treasurers because they had written that none was necessary— the cancelled check was a sufficient receipt. The saving was small, but was most worthwhile to us, and it also enabled us to concentrate our time upon another matter of impor- tance to the Orphanage just now. The saving to Barium is more than a dollar and cents value over the period of a year. One person keeps busy a large portion of the time ac- knowledging gifts, and when acknow- ledgment isn’t necessary, that time can be put upon something else. Page Two RUMPLE HALL It’s just eight weeks until school is out, and by the time you read this, it will even be less than that. We are looking forward to a long vacation. That is, it will be nice and long if we all make our grades. If we don’t it'll simply be long. We'll have four months’ vacation now because of the eight months’ school. Ruth Morgan enjoyed a nice visit from her sister recently. We hope she will come again soon. We are all looking foward to the annual supper for the civie clubs of Statesville and Mooresville. It means more work for us, but this is offset by the pleasure of having them here. Mary Penn Lindsey has come to Rumple Hall -to live, while Grace Roberts has moved to the Woman's Building. We are enjoying Mary Penn, but miss Grace very much, The father of Miss Long, our kitchen matron, sent us two bags of hickory nuts. We thank him very much. We had a good time cracking them and also eating them. Dorothy Weeks Nan Daniels LEE’S Only one of our boys is sick now, but we are hoping that he will soon be well. Our boys lost out in the state Orphanage tournament, but the girls won the championship. We congrat- ulate them. We thank Dr, Heath Nesbit, of Charlotte, for all the nice candy he sent us at Christmas. 2 School will be over in two more months. We hope every member of our cottage is promoted to the next grade. Lee’s and Alexander are going to have a wrestling match soon. We all hope that Lees will win. We’re proud of our boys for win- ning the state wrestling champion- ship. WOMAN’S BUILDING It seems as if it were only a week ago that we were asked to write the news for last month. We keep so busy all the time that time goes by in_a hurry, or maybe time stands still and we go by. You tell us which. We are in sympathy with the friends and relatives of Miss Belle Smith, has bug recently died. Miss Smith was at one time our music teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Grier were in Florida during the month of February. We missed them very much. By the ecards and letters they sent, we knew they were having a good time, and learned more about those good times when they returned to Barium early in March. Lorena Brown has had her tonsils lremoved, but is back in school. It @>esn’t seem to take the Barium boys and girls long to recover from these operations. There are about a dozen operations every year. We have had some colds at the cot™ tage, but Lilly McDonald was the only one who was sick enough to go to the Infirmary. Grace Caton recently represented our cottage on a program that was given at the Front Street Presby- terian Church in Statesville. All of us are looking foward to the annual gathering of the Iredell County Civie Clubs at Barium on March 9th. HOWARD The bluebirds, robins and other birds are coming from the south, which we believe is a sure sign that spring is coming soon. We are mighty glad to see the birds, and will be equally pleased with spring, particularly after that period of cold weather not long ago. We have two more months of school. All of us are hoping to make our grades this year, and are work- ing toward that end. We hope to suc- ceed. Mr. Sams invited us to see “Alice in Wonderland.” We enjoyed it very much. Miss Woods went home recently and stayed with her father for a few days. We all enjoyed having Miss Nash\ fg¢ our -matron whlle Miss Woods was away. We are working on an _ applique counterpane that Mrs. Hay and her Sunday School class of the Hickory First Church sent us. - While Mr. and Mrs. Grier were in Florida we missed them very much, and we are mighty glad to see them back on the campus. —Grace Shroyer NEWS FROM SOME OF THE COTTAGES BABY COTTAGE Since we last wrote you, Herman and Scott Blue, two little twin boys, have been warmly received into our home. While everybody elyz was in school one morning, Mr. Johnston came over and took all of us smaller ones to ride. We certainly did have a grand time. We will be glad when spring is here again so we can work in our flower beds. One of the boys re- ceived a rake, shovel and hoe for a Christmas present and he is very anxious to use it. Maybe after a little while he'll be glad for some of the rest of us to use it, too. Anne McDonald, Herman and Scott Blue have had their tonsils re- moved during the last month. Right after the operation they had some dif- ficulty in eating, but they are get- ting along fine and can eat as much as anyone else. The Playhouse manager invited all of the Barium folk to see “Alice in Wonderland.” Mr. Johnston and Mama Girt arranged it so thag all of us little ones could go. Some people might say that we didn’t understand the picture, put nearly everybody, even down to Betty Jo, the baby, could tell about something that he or she saw. Some kind friend sent us a box of p'aythings including clowns, ele. phants, and nice story books. For these we are very grateful. Mrs. Earl McCauley and her little boy were here to see us not long ago. Tris Spencer, one of our large girls, was invited to spend the week end with Miss Faye Stevenson not long ago. While she was away we were delighted to have Maude Inman to come over and take here place until she returned. Maude used ta live over here with us until she went to the Woman’s Buildine. so we felt very much at home with her. Rev. W. C. Brown conducted prayers for us not long ago. We are always glad for Mr. Brown to have prayers for us. We hope he will come again soon. Mama Girt enjoyed a short visit from her sons, John and Hugh. They came and took Mama Girt’s ear for Murphy, her other son, to use. Valentine Day was an exciting time for us. We received many Val. entines and cards. Mrs. Coffey, the mother of Betty and Peggy, sent each of us a card and some candy. The sister of the twins sent them a box of valentine candy, which we all had a good time eating. One afternoon about 4 o’clock Miss Mary Brown had everyone of us packed like a can of sardines into Mama Girt’s car, and we had a scrambled ride to Troutman and back. It wasn’t far, but it was certainly fun. All of the beds are looking real pretty, all dressed up in new quilts. These quilts were sent to us by some friends. Guess what? We're moving—but not away from the Baby cottage. It’s from downstairs to upstairs. Every- one is going to sleep upstairs and we have two nice playrooms down- stairs—one for the girls and one for the boys. Miss Carson, who was a Kinder- garten teacher here once, came and brought her basketball girls to see us one night when Statesville played Barium, but we didn’t get to see them because we were asleep. We hope they'll come to see us when we are awake. Mr. and Mrs. Grier have been missed by everyone since they have been in Florida, and especially by us because Mrs. Grier is our Sunday School teacher and Mr. Grier is sup- erintendent of the whole Sunday School. They were away during the month of February, and we were glad when they returned. During the basketball tournament some of the players came by to visit us for a little while. The month of February has been a month during which nearly all of the members of our cottage were sick with colds, but now everybody is well and happy again. Miss Beattie Lackey, the kitchen matron of the Infirmary, has our sincere sympathy in the death of of her brother, who died recently at Hiddenite. —The Babies We wish we could tell those ten new Sunday Schools which started regular giving last month exactly how much this has meant and is go- ing to mean to us in years to come. The gifts are valuable, and the en- couragement to our despondent feel- ings beggars of description. Six new ones in January, ten new ones in February, and as this is being writ- ten, we've already received notices and gifts from two others, the no- tices saying that a monthly offering will be sent to the Orphanage. As the new fiscal year starts in April we are hoping that many others will include this Sunday-per-month offer- ing in their program for the coming year. Albemarle Presbytery is to be con- gratulated. That Presbytery in- creased its giving per member more than any cther this year; that Pres- bytery is not as far behind the 1932- 33 total as any of the others, and there’s not a single church in that Presbytery which is behind as much as $100.00. They have reason to be proud of this accomplishment. Whether they will retain this leader- ship depends upon the Presbyterians in that Presbytery, and upon the lib- erality of Barium’s friends in other Presbyteries. Concord Presbytery is pressing Albemarle rather closely for the honor of having increased its per member giving more than last year. BARIUM MESSENGER Page Three March 1934 TCU Prospect 8.65 iscellaneous Gifts | Raleigh ist 13.50 CUDERUAUAUEEEAAAAUT EEDA tata eneanataeneaaaneneaniene Reidsville 10.50 ae CORRECTIONS Rocky River 7.44 Shelby Auxiliary sent 8 qts. Re fruits and jellies at Thanksgiv- Rutherfordton 6.74 ing time which were not listed in | St- Andrews (QO) 2.25 The Messenger. St. Andrews (W) 45.00 The $15 listed in the Febru- St. Andrews (W) 28.50 ary issue as coming from Flora Salta ee ‘ Grady Bible Class, Tenth Ave- ea emia = or nue S. S. for clothing should | 22 ‘a a " 3.00 have been from Miss Cora Rich- ae Pere 6.23 ards, Tenth Avenue S. S. Shil _ C 1:20 The quilt listed as coming ¢ ithf "5 from Mt. Olive Auxiliary should | Smithfielc aa have been Stanford Aux. for Pe ka! saree . : tatesville 1st Church Special by Thelma Robards. the Toeatane 25.00 The $6.01 Tenth Avenue S. S. Tabor meee : ; 60 Flora Grady B. CC. regulary Ta No svill "5 should have been from Miss Thy Oreville te Cora Richards hird | Creek 3.12 oi : ae as a 9 | Thyatira 6.63 6 aatie 2nd Aux. Circles 1 and 2, Washington 1s¢ 9.66 AN. Wilkesboro Friend, 4 quilts, |_| Willow ba onan Hopewell (W) Church, 27% quarts Wi eee h ae - ey . ilmington 1st 31.00 fruits and vegetables; 3 shoulders Winston-Salem 1st 116.67 pork; 1 quart canned sausage. OS ee : . ~ oh ee S. S. REGULAR : oi ing on Alamance an haieceeas 6.2 eaeenecengcaucetsseesnuiticaeasinniziiitursanse | Alamance on Farmville (A) Aux. 5.00] 4 car rs Howard Mem., Mrs. Mabry SNEWOOE —————— 1, Hart 4,09| Badin Ladies’ B. C. 10.00 Mrs. Cobb 8.00| Belmont 22.55 : a Bethel (M) 3.39 Mrs. Holderness 8.50 Beth 0 Kings Daughters, Salisbury 5.00| Bethel (0) 5.00 Kings Mt. Ist Aux. 17.50] Bethesda (F) 5.79 Lenoir Aux. 30.50| Bethesda (O) liebe 1.85 Tennis Ans 3.00 Bethpage (C) Men of the Mebane Aux., Dr. & Mrs. J. Mell | 5 Church 4.00 Thompson 15.09, Beulahville ne 1.00 Mooresville Ist Aux. Wharey Remenvitie 1.22 Mem. 13.00} Brittain 1.08 Morganton Ist Aux. 15.00 prasaway Jaa. & Feb. : Hem New Bern Aux. 10.00| Buffalo (G) 10.6 Philacelphus Aux. 2.00) Chadbourn ————___ rr Shelby Aux. 15.00} Church-in-the-Pines 4.07 Smithfield Aux. 15.00] Concord 1st 5.7 > at : 6 Covenant (O) Jan. - : 10.38 Statesville Friends 12.50 Tacs Crack J 75 Sugaw Creek Aux. B. W’s. pean ‘reek Dec. & Jan. 2 3. ads Jurham Ist Feb. 19.00 Circle 15.00 Eli 2/50 Warrenton Aux. 10.00 Elizab h 175 Washington Ist S. S. Beg. & wiizabethtown 7 Pri. Depts. _. 6.00 Elmwood — 1.10 Wilson 1st Aux. 30.00 eee 1.13 Yanceyville Aux. 2.50 —" Jan. oa aaa $241.50 . = —- 2 ASUALUEASUOADNEUAUAGUANAGOANAAFANGUEOEEAOMNGGEEREA ran ~ cn “ C. . ry M tscellaneous Su ie, V. in te a CUDTRGOESGRDEEARECGCUUEGUEEOEAROEEE Can caged EOOnes Birthday Gift 6 mo. 4.00 F. P. Tate, Morganton 6.00) Glenwoed Be: seus 3.01 A. E. Scharrer, Hickory 5.00] Graves Mem. ieee Rev. Jas. Appleby, Maxton 1.00] Greensboro Ist Men’s B. C. A Wilmington Friend 2.00! Jan. ___ ioe A Friend ___ - 5.00! Greensboro 1st Special _ 11.40 F. A. Sherrill, Statesville, : Greenwood Quarterly 3.00, Memory J. Graham Spurrier, VHallsville a ee 2.00 Charlotte 10.00 Harmony (C) . 2.45 C. G. Pepper, Hamlet . 1.00! Hickory 1st. _. 30.66 Miss Lily E. Mitchell, Cary, 7 Holly Grove _. 1.00 re - 5.00] Hopewel p A Friend . 20.00 ie ‘Semel ri A Friend - : - 50.00] Huntersville __ sae 9.85 Chas. G. Yates, Greensboro 100,00 Iron Station 1.75 Mrs. Elizabeth Harrell, Raleigh 1.00 Jackson Springs _ 6.00 Mrs. John Belk Doughton, Jefferson 1.30 Statesville 100.00 ‘Kannapolis 11.54 Statesville Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Kings Mt. 1st 15.34 Frank L. Johnson, In Memory Lakeside 5.17 Junior Owens, Washington, D. Li ee 1.93 Cc. 10.00] Laurinburg Feb. . 19.76 N. C. Bottlers Assn., Frank L. Lexington 11.00 Johnson, Statesville, Secty., In Lillington Jan. 3.97 Memory Junior Owens Washing- Feb. 4.02 ton, D. C. 20.00) Lincolnton ee 5.30 James H. McClintock, Charlotte 15.00 Little Joe’s, Dec. & Jan... 6.90 F. A. Sherrill, Statesville, In Mem- J Long Creek ; ate s 2.38 ory Geo. M. Foard 5.001 Lumber Bridge 1.70 FOR MESSENGER McKinnon : 7.00 Chas. E Barnhardt, Charlotte 5.00 Macclesfield July 3.78 Chas. P. Separk, Raleigh 1.00 Oct. 68 A Raleigh Friend 1.00 Dec. 1.18 Miss Portia B. Mengert, pete. - Macpelah _ 1.00 Ohio Marion ese aee 6.14 Mrs. W. P. Baker, Lumberton 1.00 Maxton 1st 10.45 Kate W. Lewis, Greenville 1.00] Mayo Misston 5.26 A Friend ol Moeviie 2 19.55 Mrs. J. M. Baker, Tarboro 5.00 Monroe _. 17.00 Mrs. H. L. Gwynn Yanceyville 1.00 Montpelier 3.63 Lucy Dowless, Wilmington aeenee Mooresville ist 8.00 TOTAL ........ i psa ee Mt. Oliv : ; COU OHNE LECH UTTL TTT wan co Support Fund Nahalah ee dn HAHN | New Bern ist 4.76 CHURCHES REGULAR B. sceaeiink ne 5.49 Alamance _ 3.75] New Hope (O) Feb. 1.50 Alamance 6.08| New Hope (W) Jan. 3.00 Bayless Mem. .90| N. Wilkesboro - ; 26.74 Beattie Mem. .75| Olney 10.00 Bethany (0) 1.26] Philadelphus ine: ae Bethesda (0) 1.65| Prospect aero eter Bethpage (C) Saat meeevine we 7.00 Blacknall Mem. 1.88} Rockingham Jan. 8.12 Burlington, Rev. W. R. Potter 1.00 Feb. oan ae Burlington 1st 15.00] Rocky Mt. ist, Jennie K. Hill Calvary . .73 B. C. iuinieelinies Church-in-the-Pines 19.73] Rocky Mt. 1st, Men’s B. C. Concord 2nd - 1.59 Dee, = ptedbni acu empte lis 3.25 Cross Roads 1.37} Jan. 3.26 Cross Roads 1.51} Rocky Mt. 1st 16.81 Davidson 22.50|} St. Andrews (M) - 10.13 Elmwood -756|) St. Andrews (M) __ a Fairfield (O) 1.95] Salisbury First, Woman’s B. C. 5.00 Falkland -73| Salisbury 1st Rumple B. C.. 5.00 Fayetteville 1st 101.79 |Shelby Jan. .. 20.53 Front Street 1.88 February 23.62 Front Street Special hr an ths oa Gilwood __ i a. Shilo c] ‘ Harrisburg 4.73 | Southport 5.00 Hawfields 7.30| Stanley Creek Jan. 1.50 Hebron (G) 1.00 4g ee piivldenhsinatce Hickory 16.37 | Statesville ist, Jan. - sie 9.56 Jefferson 1.71} Statesville Ist, Young Men’s Kannapolis 2.80 B. C . Dee. & Jan. 11.83 Kannapolis Special pe a oo 3.48 Kenl 3 enth Avenue - 21.64 cae 1.13; Thyatira Jan. & Feb. 9.10 Laurinburg Jan. 5.11|Trinity Ave. 7.60 Lenoir, A Friend 20.00} Union (KM) 4.30 Lenoir ‘ 47.00|Union Mills 1.15 Mebane 5.31 | Union Mills 2.72 Mebane 94' Unity (C) 10.50 Mooresville 2nd 29 | Vass . ; a, O28 Mt. Pleasant 3.61 Warrenton Jan. ale, New Hope (0) 86! Feb. 1.49 Nut Bush ‘98 Warsaw Regular, Dec.; Jan.; Oak Hill 3.82| Feb.; March ae 20.00 I cai cei 6.11; Christmas Special - 15.00 Waughtown Jan. 5.00 ,; West End os 3.70 Westminster (0) 9.96 Winston-Salem Ist Dec. _._ 29.38 Neal Anderson B. C. Special Dec. ee crest ow SaaS een Yanceyville Jan. & Feb. 6.38 AUXILIARIES REGULAR SS itbsieeaal cs: | Alamance ice 3.00 Asheboro fi (eiedecaia . 3.00 Badin, Sr. Girls Special _ . 25.00 Belmont Regular ss s_— . 30.00 Special a ~ St Bethesda (O) _ 7 Bethlehem (0) Buffalo (G) ___ * Caldwell Mem. «10.00 Cann Mem. February _. 1.00 SIMON) on 10.00 Charlotte ist _. : Concord Ist _ ‘ Cooleemee _... | 2.25 Covenant (KM) Feb. —s«éd2:«c0 Covenant (O) Feb. & March . 16.00 Crome monies Duncan Creek, Ladies’ B, C. December and January __ 1.25 een at CR Durham Ist 4 ae ae. ‘ Ephesus (F) _._ = : Gastonia. ist _§. = st Geo. W. Lee Mem... —s«100.00 Greensboro Ist Deec., Jan., Feb. and March rosacea TR epee - 1.88 Henderson Regular ___ 18.00 Ree High Point 1st Feb. 7.00 Howard Mem. poet 6.00 Tonesboro Special _ 2.25 Lavona Special 3.50 nae 1.50 McPherson - 7.00 Madison _... a Madison __ 1.50 Mebane eftiataiy taicaekeinedieags eo. Monroe (Balance Pledge) ___ 11.25 oo) | iis 2.81 Mt. Holly _._ a= 3.79 a oo awe Mt. Pisgah Jan. & Feb. 1.00 New Bern, Balance $1.00 per- month-per-Circle ss 21.00 Pee oe 2.00 North Wilkesboro = sa. North Willsshoro, Final Pay- eee 18.75 Parkton __ 5.00 Pinehurst _. 33.00 Prospect ___ ss 59 , Raeford Circle 2 _ 3.00 ‘Raleigh Ist 10.00 | Rocky Mt. 1st Feb. «18.00 | Rocky Mt. 1s¢ Special, Feb. and ae ae | Penny-a-day _.. _.§.+=ssss——“‘és7T£;S Rocky Mt. 1st, Mrs. A. P. NS it Salisbury Ist — 14.06 Salisbury 2nd Feb. - 8.00 Shelby Ist, ...__ te Smithfield ___ ~~ Benne Woks st 1.40 | Thomasville, Memory Mrs. Eleanor Logan, Enterprise, TN i ee ee Sale Quilt 2.50 Thyatira os 2.00 Turner Specia’ _ 1.25 Union Mills __ 5.00 Vanguard Ist ____ 1.43 Washington Ist Specia 5.00 West Raleigh _ . 18.00 West Raleigh ____ - an Westminster (M) .. 10.00 Westminster (M) 10.00 Westminster (0) _. .. 12.00 Westminster (W) Special - 1.50 Winston-Salem ist oe TOTAL Regular $2,503.95 CHURCHES THANKSGIVING Bethlehem (O) «18.00 Cann Mem. __ . 18.60 Dunn Ist —. ; -.- 60.00 Hickory Ie 2... — =a AUXILIARIES THANKSGIVING Charlotte 2nd Bontenvil 8S. S. THANKSGIVING Croatan ie TOTAL Thanksgiving __ $179.10 GRAND TOTAL .____._ $2,683.05 FEBRUARY RECEIPTS (Continued from Page One) Orange is 12% cents behind. Winston-Salem is 27% cents be- hind. Granville is 29% cents behind. The whole Synod is 6.4 cents be- hind. The standing of the Presbyteries did not alter one whit this month, though Concord and Kings Mountain both pulled up mighty close to Al- bemarle Presbytery, which is tena- ciously holding on to second place. Up until the last i¢ is going to be a close race between these three for the second, third and fourth places. Mecklenburg Presbytery will pro- bably stay where it is until the end; Orange and Granville may play hide and seek with the sixth and seventh positions, but it is doubtful if there will be any alteration in the rank of Wilmington and Fayetteville. The latter has a staunch and steady hold on the cellar, and seems loathe to part with this distinction—if such it can be called. —P. 0. H.— Teacher (looking over Teddy's home work): “I don’t see how it’s possible for a single person to make so many mistakes.” Teddy (proudly): “It isn’t any single person, teacher, father helped me.” —P. 0. H.— Pegrew— What do you think of the League of Nations. Cashew—I don’t like the idea. I’ve just succeeded in learning to sing “My Country "Tis of Thee,” and I could never learn to try ‘Twas of Those, ALUMNI NEWS Sadie Harris is married to Luther Pridgen. They live in Snow Hill, N. C. She has a baby nine months old. Annie Lou McKee spent the week end with us a few weeks ago. She stayed at Mrs. J. D. Lackey’s. We hope she will return soon. She is in school at Clarkton. We saw Elmer Little a few days ago. She is working in High Point. Clifton Vann, who now lives in Raleigh, paid us a short visit a few days ago. We were glad to see him. News from Miss Ruth Johnson is that she is well established in her neve job and likes it very much. We hope she will come by and see us soon. Mildred Warner, who is a saleslady in Charlotte and a Barium graduate of a few years ago, and Esther Ar- cher, a recent graduate from one of the Chelotte hospitals, visited us Sunday, March 4. Pear! Bostian, who works in High Point and who graduated last vear was also by here the same day. We were all much grieved to learn of the death of Miss D. Belle Smith. She died in a hospital in Columbia, S. C., and is survived by one brother who lives in California. Miss Smith was a native of Alabama and was at one time a member of the faculty at Barium. She was a missionary prior to her coming to Barium, and engaded in teaching in Columbia at the time of her death, HONOR ROLL FOR 4TH MONTH Second Grade Tommie Lindsay Third Grade Daisy Caton Myrtle Mills Annie Sue Wilson Fourth Grade Emma Eudy Ruseel] McKenzie Sixth Grade Henri Alessandrini Edward Cole Seventh Grade Alice Jones Eighth Grade Leila Johnston Lacy Bryant Tenth Grade Bonnie McKenzie T. L. O’Kelley, Jr. Eleventh Grade Herbert Blue Helen Briley Leonard Fort Myrtle Johnson Graham Long Wilson Lowrance Cathryn Norman Bruce Parcell HONOR ROLL FOR FIFTH MONTH Grade Joe Denson Tommie Lindsay Third Grade Daisy Caton Myrtle Mills Fourth Grade Ruth Cole Emma Eudy Fifth Grade Henry Pittman Seronth Grade Alice Jones Charles O Felley Eighth Grade Leila Johnston Lucy Bryant Ninth Grade Louise Wilson Tenth Grade T. L. O’Kelley, Jr. Eleventh Grade Leonard Fort 00} Bruce Parcell HONOR ROLL FOR FIRST TERM Sixth Grade Henri Alessandrini Seventh Grade Aliee Jones Eighth Grade Leila Johnston Ninth Grade Louise Wilson Tenth Grade T. L. O’Kelley, Jr. Elerenth Grade Leonard Fort Myrtle Johnson HONOR ROLL FOR SIXTH MONTH Seeond Grade Mabel Billings Tommie Lindsay Joe Denson Pleas Norman Fourth Grade Ruth Cole Emma Endy Sixth Grade Edward Cole Seventh Grade Alice Jones Charles O’Kelley Eighth Grade Leila Johnston Tenth Grade T. L. O’Kelley, Jr. Eleventh Grade Herbert Blue Leonard Fort Graham Long —P. 0. H.— Father—“My boy, why are you so far behind in your studies?” Son—“So I may pursue them, sir.” —P. 0. H.— “Now,” said the speaker who had been selected to start the new drive, “I'm not going to talk very long but sing, “My Coun- ; if you can just get what I say in your head you'll have the whole thing ta a natekell.” IREDELL COUNTY (Continued from Page One) be arranged for them. After the supper, which largely consisted of foodstuffs raised at the Orphanage, a_ short program was presented by some of the Barium children. Mable Billings and Jack Weeks, attired in a bride and groom costume, sang a duet, “We've Just Got Married,” which was followed by a doll play, “Flippety-Flop.” Some Barium children were dressed to represent various kinds of dolls and when al! had taken the stage and recited or sang their parts, the little mistress, Virginia Cranfill, came out. She expressed her particular feeling regarding each one and then selected flippety-flop, the old rag doll, as the one she liked best. Flippety-Flop was Jackie Newnam. Other “dolls” were Louise Williams, who was Kate, the mechanical dall; Ruth Cole, Mademoiselle Finette, the Parisian doll; Stanley Smith was John, the sailor-lad doll; Smoky- Cloud, the Indian Chief, was Henry Pittman; Pat, the Irishman doll was Vance Smith; Rachel Mills took the part of Dinah, the negro doll, and the Japanese doll was Joyce Weeks. “Palatable Edibles for Mastica- tors,” which in ordinary English was the menu, read like this, “Squealy and Squirmy, Baa-Baa and Yam-Yam, Knify and Mumpy, Hoop-la-la, Sau- cer-ale abd Barrels. Interpreted it meant sausage and grits, roast lamb and sweet potatoes, peas and pickles, pie a la mode, coffee and rolls. Mr. Johnston, superintendent of the Orphanage, closed the affair with a brief talk in which he thanked the clubs for the privilege of entertain- ing them. He said that his observa- was that there were only six people at Barium that night who attended the first civie club supper and that by a strange coincidence there were only six children at Barium now who were here at the initial gathering. “Our population changef,” he said, “but our hospitality remains the same.” —P. 0. H— A little girl from Boston whose name was Halliwell was spending the night with the Cabots. She knelt at Mrs. Cabot’s knee to say her evening prayer. “Our Father who art in heaven,” the little one began devoutly, “Cabot be Thy name.” “What? That is not right, dear!” said the startled lady. “Oh,” said the child, “of course at home I say, ‘Halliwell be Thy name,’ but here I thought it more polite to say, ‘Cabot’. ”—Ex. —P. 0. H— INNOCENT STOWAWAY A Scot was engaged in an argu- ment with a conductor as to whether the fare was 5 or 10 cents. Finally the disgusted conductor picked up the Seotchman’s suit case and tossed it off the train, just as they passed over a bridge. It landed with a splash. “Man,” screamed Sandy, “isn’t it enough to try and overcharge me, but now you try to drown my little boy?” 0 —P. 0. H.— DOBBIN DEMORALIZED The old man dozed off in his rig, leaving the horse to take care of it- self. He woke up suddenly to find himself in a ditch. Crawling out of the buggy, he went up and grabbed the horse by the bridle. “Shy,” he said, “you’ve been ’sociating with them automobiles, ain’t you?” —P. 0. H— OLD NICK WAS SPRY A man caught a boy in his garden stealing apples, and handed him to the police. As it was the boy’s first offense the judge let him off, but told him never to yield to sucH temptation again, adding: “Ye should have flown from the evil one.” “So I did, sir,” replied the boy, “but he caught me before I got over the fence!” —P. 0. H.— DEAD LETTER BARITONE “Yessah, Ah’s a great singah.” “Wheah did you-all learn to sing?” “Ah graduated from a correspond- ence sc&ool.” “Boy, you sho’ lost lots of your mail.” —P. 0. H.- Murphy, a new calvary recruit, was given one of the worst horses in the troop. “Remember,” said the instructor, “no one is allowed to dismount with- oug orders.” The horse bucked, went over its head. “Murhpy,” yelled the instructor, “did you have orders to dismount?” “Oi did.” “From headquarters?” “No, from hindquarters.” and Murphy —P. 0. H.— APPEARENCES DECEPTIVE Dinner was being served in a Lon- don boarding house in which an American was lodged. The proprie- tress, bringing in a dish of soup for the American, remarked, “It looks like rain.” “Yes, it does,” replied the Ameri- can, but it smells a little like soup.” —P. 0. H.— A REFUGEE Judge: “I cannot conceive a meaner, more cowardly act than yours of deserting your wife. Do you realize you are a deserter?” Prisoner: “Well, if you all knowed dat lady as I does, boss, you sho’ wouldn’t call me no deserter. Ah is a refugee—dat’s what Ah is.” Page Four 27 SUNDAY SCHOOLS (Continued from Page One) published last summer You canjice was an t out which Sunday easily figure “- BARIUM MESSENGER CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE (Continued from Page One) neessant occurence, As this is being written, Barium has been isolated from the outside School has contributed more Pe?) oid for a ten-day period, insofar member. Wilmington Presbytery is the only] cerned. Offici one within the Synod that does not} telephone connections are con- als are hopeful that a line will soon be opened with States- ville, but it will take a month to re- as have ¢£ , & av Se le i i have any Sunday School contributing store the telephone system of the as $100.00 to Barium. burg Presbytery leads as much Meckl campus, for wires are still down by alll the wholesale and are being put up with five Sunday Schools. Concord,| a, fast as possible. Fayetteville, Kings Mountain and Lights at Barium went off Sunday Winston-Salem Presbyteries all have] night at eight o'clock, and the cam- four each. There are three Sunday Schools from Orange in this classi- pus Was without electricity until 6:40 Monday night and then only partial- fication; two from Albemarle Pres-}}, It was mid-afternoon of Tuesday bytery and one from Granville. The record of the Sunc before all of the buildings here had lay Schools electricity. The power people in which have contributed the largest) Statesville concerned themselves with amounts to Barium so far this year! petting electricity to the hospitals in is as follows: (This is regular contri- Statesville first and then detailed | butions and does not include Thanks- | ‘workmen to get a line “through” to giving offerings.) : | Barium. Other electricians worked on Church Amount Number] j;e Barium campus with the boys é ae Contri. Mower here to get up poles and make the Concord First $741.28 465| proper connections. Winston-Salem First 679.54 790 The water supply at Barium was Gastonia First 415.07 914 exhausted by noon Monday, and Durham First Salisbury First Olivia North Wilkesboro Greensboro First Belmont Tenth Avenue Albemarle Shelby Rocky Mt. First Statesville First Laurinburg Kings Mountain Lexington Monroe Ruffalo (G) Westminster (M) Hickory First St. Pauls (F) Mocksville New Bern Westminster (0) Bethesda (F) 104.08 1 Charlotte First 100.00 502 NO REPORT (Continued from Page One) Spring Hill, Snow Hill. Concord Drusilla, McDowell, Oakwood. Fayetteville 535 neither of the two pumps were work- 643] ing. This was the most serious pro- 130] plem of all, but it was solved when 135 one of the boys here suggested that 237) 4 tractor be used, One was promptly 364] }rought to one of the pumps; the 597) proper belts hitched on, and it be- 400 gan to work. The tractor was kept 291) coing steadily until seven o'clock 382 Monday night, when the first con- - nections were made, and the tractor 184] water needs up until that time. 491] There was, of course, damage to 264 410] as largely dealt to the older trees oe which had already passed their per- 250 liod of usefulness. All through the 214] night limbs could be heard crashing kept the campus supplied with its the fruit trees at Barium, ‘but this 80}to the ground and some of the work- 189 ers at Barium said they could not 352| sleep because of the continuous 33 | noise. : Even on into the early hours of Tuesday morning, the limbs were breaking. A crew of boys started around with long sticks to knock off some of the ice on the lower limbs and relieve them as much as possible. Fortunately for this whole section, the sun came out bright and warm Campobellton, Charles Mills, Coats,| ghout mid-morning, and the ice Elrod, Horseshoe, Longstreet, Naomi,| melted quickly. By noon-time most Palestine, South Fayetteville, Sum-] o¢ jt was off the trees, but for a merville,, Wildwood Granville Community, Mitchell Chapel, Miz- pah, Norlina, Oak Grove. Kings Mountain Bostic, Cestena. Mecklenburg Atlan, Bethany, couple of days the lower part of the trees were imbedded in ice. It took a week at Barium to clear the major portion of the debris of broken limbs off the main part of the campus, and crews are still work- ing on various parts of the property Beulah, Camp|on this task. Visitors at Barium the Green, Lilesville, Macedonia, Mt. Car-| early 8 bemoan- mel, Morgan Memorial, Midland, Mid- og gente. Io te the tree, way, Pageland, Peachland, Rehoboh,|pyt those who have had similar ex- Salem, | Six Mile Creek, Stanfield,|periences such a8 this one recently Star, Stephenson, Tabernacle, Union-| passed through say that ig will not ville, Wadesville, Walkersville. Orange Euphronia, Haywood, Irving Mem- take but a year or two before the trees will have a normal appearance. About the only group that was orial, Midway, North Eno, Pleasant|not affected by the catastrophe were Garden, Saxapahaw, Smyrna. Wilmington the dairy boys. “The cows didn’t freeze up,” they said “kinder” re- Bethel, Bolton, Bowden, Maple Hill,| gretful-like, and were consequently Sweet Home. Winston-Salem down at the dairy barn early Monday morning to perform their . usual Asbury, Bixby, Clark’s Memorial,| duties. Collinstown, Danbury, Dan _ River, Fikin, Flat Rock, Rocky Ridge, Sandy Ridge, Spruce Pine, Wilkes- boro. MEALS SERVED (Continued from Page One) the aggregate from the Synod was BARIUM SPRINGS (Continued from Page One} in the neighborhood of $2,000.00 less than for the first month of 1934. Last month the Sunday School re- Orphanage at Davidson for the final] sponse was about one-third of the football scrimmage of the spring sea-| reguiar receipts, which did not inh- son, this event to be preceded by an| clude belated Thanksgiving Offerings. athietic program in which Barium would, participate at 1:30 in The record of new Sunday Schools the| which contributed to Barium in Febru- Alumni Gymnasium at Davidson. Ad-| ary was much better than that of mission to all of the events was be $1.00. to] January, for ten Sunday Schools no- tified officials here last month that As it turned out, the only thing] regular amounts were being devoted Saturday was some exhibition wrest-|t,. Barium, and one other wrote that ling matches between High Point and] this plan would be started in April. Barium high schools and some box-| Last month, six new Sunday Schools ing among the smaller boys of Bar-| were welcomed, making a total. of ium. It was decided to have the foot-| 16 in two months, with another to ball scrimmage on Tuesday, and the] start next month. The names of change of date made it impossible to| these will be found elsewhere in The have the chapel program, because] Messenger this month. most of the Barium children sched- uled to be on the program were school that morning. ( Throughout the year there has been in| a total of 30 or more Sunday School§ to adopt the plan of giving one Sun- However, the game was staged on| day’s offering per month. A few of Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and| them, unable to give this much, trucks carried about half of the Or-| have been devoting the fifth Sunday. phanage population to Davidson. Ad-| There are still many Sunday Schools mission of $1.00 was charged to wit-| which are not following this plan, ness the scrimmage, and the David-| but efforts are being made all of the son_ students made voluntary contri-|time to enlist them. It is believed butions as they went in at the gate.| that many others will inéorporate The proceeds were $120.00, which has] this in their program during 1934-35, been sent to Barium by Davidson] and if so, the total receipts from this authorities and deposited in the Bar-}source should be larger next year ium Savings bank to the loan fund] than the fiscal period which is near- for Orphanage students at college. | ing an end. —P. 0. H.— BRIGHT MIND According to the chart of meals which could have been served by the “Now this plant belongs to the Be-| Sunday Schools, 9,553 meals’ could gonia family.” _ Visitor—“‘Ah yes, and you're look-| and girls last month. The record) ing after it for them while they are|since June is as follows: away on a holiday.” —P. 0. Hi— Diner—“What on earth is _ this broth made from, waiter? Surely it isn’t chicken broth?” Waiter—“Well, sir, it’s chicken broth in its hinfancy. It’s made out of the water the heggs were boiled in.”—Tit-Bits. BEAN HIM A teacher called for sentences using the word “beans”. have been served the Orphanage boys BO ics sassintia ne _.. 8,262 eer a Seas eid cceesiia August . 13,238 September . 13,419 October .... . 12,678 November ...... _ 10,717 December -_...... _ 11,519 January 10,583 February ee Dea nnn ccs cece ? ny mongrel pup): “What kind of a “My father grows beans,” said the dog is that, my boy?” bright boy of the class. “My mother cooks beans,” came from another pupil. Then a third piped up: “We arc all human beans.” Boy: “This is a police dog.” Pedestrian: “That doesn’t look like a police dog.” Boy: “Nope, it’s in the secret ser- vieo.” March 1984 Two Commencement Speakers Selected The 1934 commencement of the high school of the Orphanage is not far off. An eight months’ school will make the graduation period a month earlier this year. The dates for the exercises have been set, two speakers have been chosen and accepted invi- tations, and a third one will be in- vited soon. April 22nd and 23rd, Sunday and Monday, are the dates for this year’s final exercises for the Barium boys and girls. The exercises will be open- ed on Sunday morning with the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. J. R. McGregor, Th. D., pastor of the Lex- ington Presbyterian Church. Rey. Walter L. Lingle, D. D., presi- dent of Davidson College, has ac- cepted the invitation to deliver the literary address, which will be on Mondav morning. in. conjuncion with the final program. The speaker yet to be selected is the one for the sermon to the Young People’s Societies on Sunday night. Details of the graduation program are likewise to be worked out by the senior class, but these will be ready for announcement by the next issue of The Messenger. Twenty-one boys and girls will finish at the ‘local high- school next month. The girls are Helen Briley, Margaret Brooks, Nellie Culp, Myrtle Johnson, Phyllis Morgan, Lois Mott, {Cathryn Norman, Margaret Pittman Dorothy Thomas, Lillian Wicker, and Helen Wood, , Boys who are seniors this year are | Herbert Blue, Aubrey Clark, Harry East, John Elliott, -Leonard Fort, Morris Freeman, Graham Long. Wil- son. Lowrance, Edward | Oliver and 3ruce Parcell. eee ere nn MANY TRANSFERS (Continued from Page One) lond, Wilson. Concord Bayless Memorial, Bethany, Bethes- da, Cleveland, Clio, Concord First, Concord Iredell, Concord Second, Elmwood, Fairview, Franklin, Har- mony, Kannapolis, Landis, McKinnon, Marion, Mooresville Second, Mor- ganton, Newton, New Salem, Park Place, Patterson, Prospect, Salisbury First, Salisbury Second, Sevier, Shearer, SherrilPs Ford, Shiloh, Statesville First, Stony Point, Tabor, Taylorsville, Third Creek. Fayetteville Antioch, Ashpole, Benson, Bethel, Buie’s Creek, Bunnlevel, Cameron, Cameron Hill, Cape Fear, Centre, Church-in-the-Pines, Comfort, Culdee, Dunn, Elise, Ephesus, Erwin, Eure- ka, Fairmont, Flat Branch, Galatia, Gibson, Hope Mills, Iona, Jackson Springs, Lakeside, Leaflet, Lumber Bridge, Maxton, Midway, Mile Branch, Parkton, Pembroke, Phila- delphus, Pinehurst, Providence, Rae- ford, Sherwood, St. Pauls, Union, Vass, Verona, West End. Granville Buffalo Vanguard, Center Ridge, Fellowship, Fairview, Fuller Memor- ial, Geneva, Goshen, Graver Memor- ial, Hebron, Kenly, Littleton, Mount Pleasant, Oakland, Progressive, Southard’s Mission, Springhill, St. Andrews, White Oak, Willow Springs, Young Memorial. Kings Mountain Armstrong Memorial, Belmont, Bessemer City, Cherryville, Duncan Creek, Forest City, Goshen, Hepzi- bah, Iron Station, Long Creek, Mac- pelah, Mt. Holly, Olney, Riverbend, Spindale, Stanley Creek, Tryon, Unity, West Avenue. Mecklenburg +, Albemarle, Badin, Bethlehem, Bis- coe, Camden, Candor,: Central Steele Creek, Ellerbe, Hamlet, Huntersville, Indian Trail, Lavona, Lee Park, Lo- cust, Matthews, Marks Creek, Mount Gilead, McLean Memorial, Mulberry, Nevin, Norman, North Charlotte, Norwood, Oakboro, Peachland, Plaza, Pleasant Hil, . Ramah, Roberdell, Robinson, Rockingham, Rourk’s Chapel, St. Andrews, Sharon, Thom- asboro, Turner, Wadesboro, Wil- moore. 3 ‘ Oran, Bethel, Bethany, Bethesda, Broad- way, Burlington Second, Community, Cummock, East Burlington, El-Bethel Eno, Farmville, Glenwood, Green- wood, Griers, Horseshoe, Jonesboro, Little River, New Hope, Piedmont, Pleasant Gfove, Pockett, Reidsville, Spray, Springwood, St. Andrews, Pedestrian (to boy leading a skin-' Speedwell, Stoneville, Stony Creek, White Hill, Yanceyville. Wilmington Acme, Antioch, Ashewood, Beulah- ville, Black River, Bladenboro, Brown Marsh, Calypso, Carrol’s Chapel, Chad- bourn, Chinquapin, Clarkton, Del- gado, Elizabethtown, Elkton, Faison, Geo. Webb Memorial, Graves Mem- orial, Hallsville, Harmony, Hebron, Holly Grove, Hopewell, Jacksonville, Kornegay, Mt. Horeb, Mt. Olive, Mt. Williams, Oak Plains, Pink Hill, | Pleasant View, Rocky Point, Six Forks Chapel, Smiths, South River, _Top- sail, Wallace, Westminster, White Plains, Winter Park. Winston-Salem Bethel, Beulah, Carson Memorial, Dacotah, Ebenezer, Foster Memorial, Geo. W. Lee Memorial, Gillespie, Glade Valley, Hills, Jefferson, Lan- sing, Laurel Fork, Loggins, Millers, North Wilkesboro, Obids, Peak Creek, Pine Hall, Rogers Memorial, Waugh- town, Yadkinville. —P. 0. H— Judge (in dentist chair): “Do you | swear that you will- pull the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the | tooth ?”—Log 240 CHURCHES (Continued from Page One) behind $9,355.37 of the above total for the Synod. These 29 lack as much as $100.00 equalling their 1932-33 to- tals. The division among these, ac- cording to Presbyteries, with the number of churches behind as much as $100.00 and the total is as follows: Presbytery Number Amount Churches Behind Mecklenburg 8 $2986.24 Orange 5 2135.10 Winston-Salem 2 1150.35 Granville 2 1097.44 Wilmington 3 663.94 Concord 4 596.73 Kings Mountain g 386.75 Fayetteville 3 338.82 Albemarle None None TOTAL <a 37 It is hoped at Barium that this month will be a red-letter one in the financial history of the institution, insofar as “paying up” is concerned. Last year the bank holiday drastic- ally affected the final month’s re- ceipts, but with no such holiday this March, it ought to be a_ different story. Listed below are the churches which are behind, and the amounts they are in arrears. It will be noticed that a paltry sum from some of them would put them in the classification of having exceeded their 1932-33 ag- gregates, It is suggested that indi- viduals in those churches send suf- ficient amounts to enable this trans-| ference and to reduce the number of! ‘ 240, Albemarle Anderson 4.20 Bear Grass ——- a ae Cann Mem. oe Farmville eS ie Goldsboro 79.718 Game LaGrange 9 —------—-——---—_——---- 6.50 Rocky Mount Ist ; 42.09 Runnymeade -—.---------— .. 8.67 Spring Hill - = Snow Hill ae a Washington Williamston 7 cana Wm & Mary Hart _ 18.53 TOTAL ee $279.71 Concord Back Creek 8.45 Beattie Memorial - 3.23 Bethpage 55.58 Bridgewater —_....----—----—-- 3.65 Centre 32.61 CRemyGOR occ ee Davidson ; 177.31 Drusilla os eee ee Fifth Creek wars os. ae Front Street cae re ae Gilwood ; ; 20.38 Harrisburg 53.50 Hickory First aa 182.7 Lenior 133.31 Little Joe’s 103.33 Mooresville First " 93.11 McDowell - a ae Oakdale — Gn Fen oa es Poplar Tent ae _. 9.52 Quaker Meadow use Rocky River es $$$ << 6.00 Spencer 15.27 Thyatira 41.53 Unity 36.16 Waldensian a 6.04 TOTAL $1031.64 Fayetteville I a see 2.00 Bensalem —_.-.. a cS Doe Bethesda 52.42 Big Rockfish - 4.28 Bluff cou me Campobellton Carthage -—- Charles Mills Covenant Cypress Dundarrach —.- Fayetteville First ; 128.42 Godwin - eset ene 26.50 Grove i. Highland Hebren Lakeview Laurinburg Laurel Hill Lillington Lumberton PE cine McMillan McPherson Mt. Tabor Montpelier Naomi Olivia *riest Hill —- Philippi -——- Raven Reck Red Springs a Rowland Sandy Grove Sees... Shiloh deo Smyrna Spence Spies Sunnyside ——- Westminster TOTAL Granville Brookton —— ee 8.45 Community Benest Myatt —.. Grassy Creek Roxbere - Selma - Smithfield Trinity Avenue West Raleigh Gastonia First Kings Mountain Rutherfordton Caldwell Mem. ee ee ae _ $.80 Charlotte First Charlotte Second : Cooks Memorial —...__.___ _. 4.59 Mallard Creek Myers Park Paw Creek Steele Creek Sugaw Creek Tenth Avenue Pik West Avenue Williams Mem. NE TEE okies Burlington First Church-by-side-Roa Greensboro First - Mt. Vernon Springs re Sprunt Memorial Lake Wacca aw Pearsall Memorial Pollocksville Winston-Salem. : Blacknall Memorial —-....--- 33 ten First ___________900.18 South Lexingto Henderson seitoieien Mitchell Chapel ———-----—-—- 1.00 Nerth Vanguard ——.._—__--- 11.35 Nut Bush -.. . 17.06 Oak Hill Loic cicicaene Oe Oxford oe _. 59.94 Raleigh First So cee Reaneke Rapids ——-——---__-— 87.78 08 Winston-Salem West Jefferson ___ GRAND TOTAL .... : 8.54 ie 10.41 3.97 .. $1530.02 Feiner 1.21 a $2.95 <n ao .. 5.88 265.36 10.52 18.82 adeno. ae 8.06 73.04 iaeee es 3.97 1.41 9.56 5.54 ...$600.89 nn 42.12 a SRTRTS ceca Se . B12 27.01 x2. as oe .. 20.94 iain 102.38 seine a tipalciccis 14.15 3.00 Wilmington First “First cove $1392.14 =e e B ¥ et oe iD ™ * 21,000 Copies of this * Issue Mailed to ; dain in N. *_ f+ © e+ 8 @ . BARIUM MESSENGER . . . > ° e s . * Printed by Vocatien- * al Department, Pree- * * byterian Orphans’ * * Home e . . * + 7 a . a. VOL. XI GRADUATION EXERCISES TOBE HELO THls MONTH ‘Rev. J. L. McBride Selected as Third Speaker for the Young People Valedictorian and Salutatorian An- nounced.—Complete Program Last month two of the speakers for commencement were announced, and since that time the third one has been invited and has accepted the in- vitation. He will be Rev. J. L. Mce- Bride, pastor of the Front Street Presbyterian Church, of Statesville, who will deliver the annual sermon to the Young People’s Societies. The others announced last month were Rev. J. R. McGregor, Th. D., pastor of the Lexington Presbyterian Church to deliver the baccalaureate sermon, and Rev. Walter L. Lingle, D. D., president of Davidson College, who will give the literary address at the final and graduating exercises. The initial event of the commence- ment exercises will be on Friday night, April 20th, featured by the class program. This will include the reading of the last will and _ testa- ment, the prophesy of the class, the history and poem, and other things generally connected with this particu- lar part of the graduation program. On Sunday morning, April 22nd, Dr. McGregor will deliver the bacca- laureate sermon, and the night of the same day, Rev. Mr. McBride will speak to the graduates and others at Barium. The final event will night, April 23rd. Prior to the awarding of diplomas, Dr. Lingle will make the literary address. The audience will be welcomed by Her- bert Blue, second high honor man among the griduates, who is saluta- torian. Dr. Lingle will speak, the diplomas and special awards will be made, and the 1934 exercises will close with the valedictory, delivered by Leonard Fort, firs, honor man, who is also president of the class. Fred Cole, a member of the Baby Cottage, has Leen selected by the class as its ma ‘cot. An outline of the program follows: Friday night, April 20, Class Ex- ercises. Sunday Morning, April 22nd, Bac- calaureate sermon by Dr. J. R. Mc- Gregor. Sunday night, April 22nd, sermon to Y. P. Societies by Rev. J. L. Mc- Bride. Monday night, April 23rd, Final ex- ercises, with Dr. W. L. Lingle de- livering the literary address. There are 21 n the graduating class this year, two of them being children of local workers. This means that the Orpharage population will be 19 less after April 23rd. | Meals Served by S. S. For the past two months there has been a thought in the minds of the officials at Barium that offerings had been contributed to the Orphanage and they had not been promptly dis- patched by the local treasurers. The report for March verifies this ex- pressed statement in the last two is- sues of The Messenger, for the re- ceipts from the Sunday Schools this month were almost twice as large as those in February, and the total was the largest amount that has “come to Barium from the Sunday Schools during any month of the past twelve. The sum received from Sunday Schools last month was $1,838.27. That for February was $955.31. The former amount includes the third quarter reports of many of the Sun- day Schools, and in some instances it contains the yearly report of those whose monthly offerings are small and it is thought advisable by the local treasurers to send them in one annual amount. In addition to the above, there are other reasons why it was larger, too, and that was because of the adoption of the plan of one offering per month by several more Sunday Schools in March. Notices have continued to ar- (Continued on Page Three) be Monday Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: and am therefore enclosing a particular phase of the work Name PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAW’S Home For THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS BARIUM SPRINGS, N. C., APRIL 1934 Nine Additional Sunday Schools of the Synod continue to align themselves with the plan of devoting one offering per month to Barium, or setting aside definite amounts for the Or- phanage. There were ten report- ing in March or notified Barium that gifts would be coming to the Orphanage in the future. The nine joining the ranks in March, or will start giving regu- larly in April, are Barbecue and Raeford in Fayetteville Presby- tery; Men’s Bible Class of the North Vanguard church, West Raleigh, and Varina in Granville; Thomasboro in Mecklenburg; Bur- lington Second in Orange; Blad- enboro in Wilmington, and Foster Memorial in Winston-Salem. WHAT SUNDAY SCHOOLS ARE _NEXT? Athletic Head | 20 CHURCHES ARE NOW tributed Sums to Equal 1932-1933 Amounts On March 31st 320 churches in the North Carolina Syned had either equalled or exceeded their 1932-33 giving to the Orphanage. Of the 320, 318 had gone beyond their pre- vious year’s aggregate, and two of them had given exactly the same amounts. This splendid total of churches which have attained this accomplishment represents a major- ity of churches in this Synod, for elsewhere in The Messenger it is seen that 189 of them have not yet reached this distinction. increased 53, for that many churches had the honor last month of being transferred to the list below. Meck- lenburg Presbytery substantially led all the others in the number of trans- fers with 12 churches, followed by Wilmington with nine; Fayetteville with eight; Orange with seven; Kings Mountain with six, four from Albe- marle, three each from Concord and Granville Presbyteries, and one from Winston-Salem. The two churches which have contributed an equal amount for the two years are Four Oaks in Fayette- ville, and Southport in Wilmington. Three of the churches in this category in February contributed mcre funds in March and thus could be classified among the “exceeders”. From present indications, two- thirds of the North Carolina churches will give more to the Orphanage this year than during the twelve months prior. The final roster of the churches in this classification will be published in next month’s issue of The Messenger, after the books are officially closed and the closing sums for 1933-34 recorded. The —_ distribution churches is: Fayetteville 55; Meck- lenburg 49; Wilmington 48; Concord and Orange, 37 each; Kings Moun- tain 25; Granville, Winston-Salem and Albemarle 23 each. Following are the 318 churches which are ahead, the two which have equalled their amounts not be- ing included below: Albemarle Ahoskie, Ballard Mission, Bethle- hem, Calvary, Falkland, Farmville, Fountain, Henderlite Memorial, Holly- wood, Howard Memorial, Jason, Kinston, Macclesfield, Mayo Mission, Mitchiner Memorial, Nahalah, New Bern, Pinetops, Robinson, Rocky Mt. Second, Washington, Wilson. Concord Bayless Memorial, Bethany, Bethes- da, Centre, Cleveland, Clio, Concord First, Concord Iredell, Second, Elmwood, Fairview, Frank- lin, Front Street, Harmony, Kannap- olis, Landis, McDowell, McKinnon, Marion, Mooresville Second, Mor- ganton, Newton, New Salem, Park Second, Ford, Salisbury Sherrill’s First, Shearer, (Continued from Page Three) HOW MUCH 00 YOU LIKE THE MESSENGER? Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 20,000 monthly copies, special gift of $———— for this at Barium. Address GLASSED AS EXGEEDERS During March 53 Churches Con- The number at the close of March} of the 320 Concord Place, Patterson, Prospect, Salisbury Sevier, Shiloh, Statesville First, Stony Point, Tabor, Ad POTTER - GUARD A. J. Potter, former Barium stu- dent, who has been elected president of the Davidson College Athletic Association for 1934-35. DISTINGT HONOR GIVEN FORMER BARIUM STUDENT Charles Fort Also Accorded An Unusual Honor-—Other Barium Boys Nominated Welcomed and most gratifying was the recent news that A. J. Pot- ter, who finished at Barium in 1931, had been elected president of the Athletic Association at Davidson College for the ensuing year of 1934- 35. Potter was selested from a field of 15 candidates, «very letter man who will be a senicr next fall being automatically nomirated. On the initial “@allot all eliminated except Potter, Charlie Harris, of Welch, W. Va.; Dewey Hutchins, of Lexington; J. D. Siewers, of Winston-Salem, and Joe Wingfield of Reidsville. Harris and Hutchins were dropped on the second ballot; on the third, Siewers was eliminated, leaving the final and fourth ballot to be cast between Wingfield and Potter. On the initial ballot were two other Barium boys besides Potter. These were J. B. Lee and Chas. T. Fort. Potter has been prominent in stu- dent body activities at Davidson ever since his entrance in 1931. As a freshman, he was elected captain of the football team, and was also a member of the freshman track and wrestling outfits. He has continued in these sports for the past three years. During the present 1933-34 fiscal year he was one of the two vice- presidents of the Davidson student body. A former Orphanage-mate, Julian West, acted as _ president. Potter is a member of Sigma Delta Psi, honorary athletic fraternity, and a member of the “D” Club. He is a first sergeant in the R. O. T. C. His position on the football team is at guard, where he was a dependable regular throughout the 1933 season. Another distinction accorded a Barium boy at Davidson recently was the re-election of Charles Fort as captain of the 1935 wrestling team. Fort had the unusual honor of captaining an athletic outfit at Dav- idson as a junior, and his team-mates honored him further by selecting him to lead the mat performers for the second year in succession. 34 Sunday Schools Now In $100.00 Class The response from seven Sunday Schools last month enabled them to advance to the “$100.00 Class”, meaning that their totals for 1933-34 have been as much as $100.00. This now brings the number to 34 Sunday were Believe It Or Not The day of miracles is not over. Testimony of this is the follow- ing letter which recently reached Barium: “Enclosed is check for $— which makes the 13th for this year. In 1932 (I think it was) Thad to skip a month, soI am now making it up.” What a glorious letter to receive at Barium, when the great major- ity of churches and organizations never make up the decrease from year to year! And on top of this, this treasur- er wrote some time ago that re- ceipts were not necessary! Furthermore, officials at Barium are not superstitious about 13. Are svNOD MADE EXCELLENT REPORTS DURING MURCH Receipts at Orphanage Were $3017.47 Better Than Same Month A Year Ago Books Held Open Until April 16th— Final Report in May For a while during March, it looked as if the Thanksgiving Offer- ing was arriving at the Orphanage, for the mail was extremely heavy over a ten-day period, during which time the churches and other organi- zations were sending funds in the final month of the year. The total receipts were $6868.63 for the month there any more 13th checks? MINORITY OF CHURCHES BEHIND 1902-dd MARK Only 189 Have Not Yet Equalled Their Totals for the Pre- vious Twelve Months Fifty-three churches in the Synod of North Carolina had the distinction of equaling their 1932-1933 totals during the past month—the largest transference that has been made at any time since this tabulation orig- inally appeared in the pages of The Messenger. This was the record on March 31st, and leaves a minority of the churches in the Synod which have not reached their previous year’s total. The number in this classification is now 189. The books at Barium are now be- ing held open the first two weeks of April to receive the final gifts on 1933-34, and when the May issue of The Messenger is published, it will contain the final record of what churches failed to give as much dur- ing the 1933-1934 fiscal period as during the previous twelve months of 1932-1933. At the time this is be- ing written during the early part of April, in the neighborhood of a dozen churches could be transferred to that other list on the basis of gifts re- ceived after March 31st. No doubt, only 150 churches will fail to attain the mark of the previous year. These 189 churches lack $7555.31 of reaching their former year’s total. he largest amount in arrears in Orange Presbytery, and the small- est amount is Albemarle Presbytery. The number of churches in each Pres- bytery, and the amount they are be- hind follows: Presbytery Number Amount Churches Behind Orange _.._.- 28 $2108.83 Mecklenburg 27 =1906.35 Granville ice eas 897.28 Concord . 24 787.09 Wilmington ; 17 695.47 Fayetteville 33 389.48 Kings Mountain . a8 872.64 Winston-Salem 17 274.68 Albemarle oe 123.49 NN Se 189 $7555.31 Last month it was reported that 29 churches were in arrears as much as $100.00. That number has been re- duced to 20 by March 31st, and these 20 lack $5,276.82 of the above total of $7555.81 for the 189 churches This leaves $2,278.49 that 169 churches need to give the early part of April to equal their 1932-33 totals. The distribution of these larger churches and their combined sums they are in arrears are as follows: (Continued on Page Three) which was quite a contrast to March, 1933, when only $3851.16 was re- ceived from Synod. Consequently, the income during March was $3017.47 better than the same month a year ago. This last-minute drive almost brought the total of the Synod to the sum that it gave during a_ similar period of 1932-33. Last month’s Mes- senger announced that Synod was $3,137.67 behind its contributions of a year ago, but this unusually good response in March brought down the difference to $120.20, which is the amount that the Synod is now be- hind the previous year. During the first half of April, 1933, the books at Barium were held open to credit all belated amounts, which totaled over $3100.00 for that per- iod. The books are again being held open this year for the first two weeks of April, and it yet remains to be seen if the final report will show an increase. Even a nominal increase will be greatly encouraging to Bar- ium, in view of the repeated declines of the past several years. Presbytery Number Amount Churches Behind Orange : pansion, & SERS Mecklenburg 6 1598.03 Wilmington oe 630.93 Granville 2 609.96 Concord 2 290.75 Kings Mountain 2 243.97 Winston-Salem ‘ - 123.62 Albemarle None None Fayetteville None None Totals ecient 20 $5276.82 Albemarle Presbytery was the only one last month which did not Schools, as compared to 27 last month, which have this distinction. New Sunday Schools gaining this honor were Wilson First, Front Street, Raleigh First, Trinity Ave- nue, Huntersville, Paw Creek and Clarkton. This is not the final tab- ulation for reports were yet to be received on March 3ist for the final month or fourth quarter gifts, and others might be in this classification when those gifts are received. The books at Barium are being held open for a few days, and the report of these Sunday Schools, as i¢ will ap- pear in the May Messenger, will have the final standing and amounts. Winston-Salem First Sunday School has the distinction of leading (Continued on Page Three) Some 1933 Thanksgiving Offerings continue to come in, as attested by the arrival of $311.44 during March. Some of the larger churches have members who make pledges covering a period of a year, and the Thanks- giving Offering now being received is largely made up of the payment of these pledges. Albemarle Presbytery last month strengthened its advantage of show- ing the largest increase per church member per year. That Presbytery is now 1244 cents ahead of its con- tributions of a year ago, but they are still 19% cents behind the asking of ten cents per member per month. Close to Albemarle is Concord Pres- bytery, whose giving is ten cents ahead of its standing of one year ago. Four other Presbyteries are ahead of their reports for March, 1933. Kings Mountain is 7% cents ahead; Mecklenburg is 6% cents ahead; Fayetteville is 3% cents more, and Wilmington is one-half cent more than last year. This leaves three Presbyteries which have not given as much per church member this year. Granville Presbytery continues to cling to its position of falling off the greatest amount. That Presbytery is 21% in arrears of 1932-1933. Winston- Salem was 27% cents behind its previous year’s record at the end of February, but the response was exceptionally good in March, and so their record now stands at 12% cents behind a year ago. The other Pres- bytery is Orange, which is 10% cents behind. The only change in standing this month was the swapping places be- tween Concord and Kings Mountain Presbyteries. Kings Mountain now ranks third, with Concord in fourth place. Winston-Salem handily main - tains its substantial lead over all others. They are 72% cents per church member ahead of the nearest rival, Albemarle Presbytery. Fay- etteville continues to occupy that last position. They seem loathe to part with it. The Table of Receipts follows: Presbytery March Receipts # 2 os to 3 ag ag S 58 o e 5 4 yP && 5 be & § Be A +: £2 he a B <a <2 <% Winston-Salem $985.34 20%c 173%c 120c 53%e ahead Albemarle .. 374.13 8%e 100%c 120¢ 19%e behind Kings Mountain 484.77 9 c¢ 99%c 120c 20%c behind Concord 743.00 6%c 98%c 120¢ 21%c behind Mecklenburg 1506.27 270.00 16 ec 98%c 120c 26%c behind Granville 687.72 11%c 76%c 120c 43%c behind Orange 682.43 6 c 70 ec 120c 50 c behind Wilmington 274.13 3.25 3%c 56%c 120c 638%c behind Fayetteville 819.40 38.19 7%c 55 e¢ 120c 65 c behind BOE: crverienesews $6557.19 31144 8.7¢ 821¢ 120¢ 37.9¢ behind ~< Pace Two BARIUM MESSENGER PysLIBHED MONTHLY BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S HOME JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Editor ERNEST MILTON, Associate Edito 5 fice at Barium rate of pestage ember i s2 at the posto A for mailing at Batened «s seeund-clas: mativr » ; NM. @., wader the act of August 24, ivi eptance Speeial Springs provided for iu Section 1103. Act ol ber % Auth sed, November 1 1923 BOARD OF REGENTS: REV. J. R. HAY ata eo President M. W. NORFLEET ie oe Vice-President MRS. Z. V. TURLINGTON - - Secretary Rev. W. M. Currie - - - - Belmont ;Mrs. W. E. White - Graham Mr. Stamps Howard Tarboro|Rev. R. C. Clontz, - Wilmington Mos. I. F. Hill - - - - - - - Durham) Rey. J. R. McGregor, Lexington Mas. J. E. Driscoll - - - - ‘ — Mrs. John Harper - Wilmington ae = Boker - - - " Raleigh (Mr. W. B. Bradford Charlot ? fudson <- - tale : io Fea Alexander - Manchester |Mrs. H. A. Rouzer ese Salisbury | Mrs S A. Robinson - - - - Gastonia|Mre. L. A. McLaurin, Rewland Mas. W. T. Clarke - - - - - Wilson | Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro| DIRECTORY : Jes. B. Johnsien General Manager J. BK. Lowrance Assistant Treasurer Ernest Milton Mias Lulie E. Andrews Miss Maggie Adams T. L. O’Kelley Bookkeeper and Clothing Head Matron Head of Schoel Ce (FORM OF BEQUEST.) “I give and bequeath to the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ M@ME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Froorporated Under the Laws of the State of North Caro- téma, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) | No Editorials Better Than These Seeretary LOIS DIXTE Wilmington, President FRANCIS LEONARD Oxford, N. C. FOR MOTT Nw. C. HELEN GRACE BRILEY AUBREY CLARK Greenville, N. C. ; Tarboro, N.C. HERBERT LEROY BLUE NELLIE CULP Mooresville, N. €. Greenshore, N. C. MARGARET BROOKS HARRY EAST Greensboro, N, C. i Winston-Salem, N. C. ’ BARIUM MESSENGER ELLIOT Ny. €; JOHN WESLEY Marion, JOHNSON NA. MYRTLE Hickory WILLIAM MBERIS FREEMAN Charlotte, N. ¢ CATHRYN ELIZABETH NORMAN Winston-Salem, N. C. | GRAHAM Charlotte, N CLARISSA PHYLLIS MORGAN Shelby, N. C. ' PITTMAN C, MARGARET LEE Durham, N. | | | WILLIAM WILSON LOWRANCE Barium Springs, N. C. DOROTHY MAE THOMAS Rarium Springs, N. C. CE PARCELL veland, N. C, HELEN COLEMAN WOOD Durham, N. C, EDWARD OLIVER Charlotte, N. C. April 1984 LILLIAN VIVIAN WICKER Raleigh, N. C. | Cottage News BABY COTTAGE Everybody has been having just lots and lots of fun during the last month and we feel real happy since spring is here. On March 9th the civie clubs had their annual meeting at Rumple Hall. A big supper was prepared for the guests and a program was given by several of the children. We were proud to have several from our cot- tage in the performance. The Easter bunny made a visit at uur home Saturday night and left hree eggs and two toys in each of sur chairs. The next morning no one could have kept us in bed. We were supposed to sleep until 7 o’clock but all of us scampered out of bed about six to see what the bunny had brought him or her. On Easter Monday all of the child- ren, from three years to nine, were nvited to an egg hunt at the Ameri- ‘an Legion C.ub House in States- ville. The eggs were hidden in lots of funny places, but was worlds of fun finding them. The kind friends gave away real live rabbits to those who found prize eggs and to the persons who found the greatest num- ber of eggs. One of our little girls, Mae Allan Barrett, happened to be one of the lucky ones who found a prize egg so she was presented with a white bunny with pink eyes. We are very proud of the bunny and al- most love it to death. We wish to ex- press our thanks to the kind people who made this egg hunt possible for us. Some ladies visited us not long ago and they brought us candy suck- ers and mints which we had a good time eating. Miss Carson spent one week-end with us last month. While she was here she told us stories and We sang songs just like we used to do when we went to kindergarten. Miss Faye Stevenson spent 9 few days with her last month. Some of the visitors who have been mn the campus lately are: Ruth Ger- don, Virginia Edwards, Leona Mor- } ran, Mildred Warner, Esther Archer ind Hazel Cartrett. All of these girls are alumnae and we were very giad to have them come by and see us for a few minutes. Mama Girt has fixed pretty new curtains in our playrooms and has also fixed many pictures on the walls. This makes our playrooms very attractive. School will soon be everybody is glad. It will soon be time for us to play on our playground in the woods. Fred Cole from our cottage, has been chosen for the senior class mas- cot this year. Fred is all excited about it and can hardly wait until graduating time. Mrs. Coffey came last month and brought us all some candy and mag- azines which we appreciate very much. It has been so nice and warm since the first day of April that Mama Girt decided that we must take off our ragged shoes and let our feet go pitter, patter over the ground. HONOR ROLL FOR 7TH MONTH Third Grade— Daisy Caton Virginia Cranfill Myrtle Mills Fourth Grade— Emma Eudy Fifth Grade— Henry Pittman Sixth Grade— Edward Cole Seventh Grade— Nellie Johnson Alice Jones *harles O’Kelley Eighth (A) Grade— Leila Johnston Ninth Grade— Louise Wilson Tenth Grade— . L. O'Kelley, Jr. Eleventh Grade— Leonard Fort Graham Long Bruce Parcell —P. 0. H.— SIX CURES FOR DISCONTENT Consider how many blind folks there are while you can see. out and most Remember how many are sick while you are well. Be assured that someone has a heavier load than yours, Try to find someone with whom you would trade troubles. Walk down the street and watch the lame folks go by. Listen to some man who wants to tell you a story of hard luck. April 1934 MINORITY OF CHURCHES (Continued from Page One) have a church as much as $100.00 behind, but this month Fayetteville joined her in that distinction. Of the 189 churches; 24 of them lack $1.00 or less of equalling last year’s sum. These churches are Bear Grass, Spring Hill, Drusilla, Cypress, Dundarrach, Sandy Grove, Sardis, Spence, Community (G), Mitchell Chapel, Selma, Varina, Columbus, Lowell, Banks, Marshville, Polkton, Fairfield (0), Mt. Zion, Pike, As- bury, Low Gap, Pine Ridge and West Jefferson. Following are the 189 churches and the amounts that they are be- hind. Those which lack $1.00 or less =e been combined under one to- tal: Albemarle PE iene rncgeren Cann Mem. _ 1.21 Goldsboro sane i Greenville — nwcinnic: WE ROree Rocky Mount ist scsarcites ae Rennymeade . 8.67 Snow Hill v Williamston _ Wm. & Mary Hart Ss Two churches less than $1.00 Sea $123.49 TOTAL... Concord Back Creek Beattie Memorial Bethpage _..__ Bridgewater Clinchfield ___ Davidson _.... Fifth Creek Gilwood - Harrisburg Hickory First Lewmir —.. Little Joe's Sichaate Mooresville First Oakdale Old Fort - Poplar Tent ——.. Quaker Meadow i Le OE ences Spencer —._._.__... Thyatira | Unity - 4. | Ea | One church less than $1.00 50 (7) ; $787.09 Fayetteville Bethesda i a 32.00 Big Rockfish vincwiia SEE in <a Campobeliton _— ———, CE vriiismriss ahansiesnomion 17.69 Charies Mills acess. A Covenant... : 1.84 Fayetteville First 42.34 Godwin __.. Grove —.. Highland ae PE isc cincccasiconctSiaanteuane: Sa Lakeview - a sa Se Laurinburg __. sie 16.26 Lumberton __.... aed —_ TI aiciciccscnisinseatelieniniacialaecceans: McPherson . ‘ mete, Ge Mt. Tabor _._.. _. $50 Montpelier —..... . 47.39 Naomi _ See | Cos... <<. Seca, SHIN WOE nt eee INE oreciiiercce | e TIE seceincccireneremiiins ia . 3.09 Smyrna ‘ 2.06 a 4.91 Sunnyside _ 2.38 Westminster iO Five churches $1.00 or less 3.33 TOTAL ae ...... $389.48 Granville SS ae Durham First ..--124.24 Grassy Creek —........ ak ae ae enon North Vanguard —................. 1.99 Nut Bush ein coiniita Lae CD See.) Staines 21.94 ee. TE oo ae 485.72 Roanoke Rapids wie 4d TI aii cteeccn, | cence Smithfield. ...... cilioavaeesera ae Trinity Avenue _ ie .. 48.62 Vanguard First a Se Warrenton __.... 3.62 Weel EN 2.09 Four churches $1.00 or less _. 2.85 TUL AD a. = sains ansneses QOD Ea Kings Mountain ES RNS. TOG | desc nritiecnmsne anaes 30.90 Cramerton 102.80 DRS. c. . B89 Ellenboro . 6.88 Gastonia First —.......... 141.17 New Hope -—. . 4.46 Rutherfordton .-. 67.57 Saluda _... ensiccenieemnindgaas” PE ID 5 cic sncie a Two churches less than $1.00 91 NII a iectosccinnsesiacii eacaneliee ace Mecklenburg DS ecaien mone sie me 14.23 Bethel _~ cabin 2.54 TI eects 5.08 Braii a 8.07 Caldwell Mem. ....... Charlotte First Cornelius Lilesville Marston McGee ....... Myers Park - A FD ins: teerrnteersnaemmmniat Philadelphia js Providence => 828.78 BG SIE nienenninienidcdes: st .. 62.11 I oi cs cecccsiciiencennstnietan: ee Ce oe Sugaw Creek s giesandiiomessci anata Tabernacle CD Troy ei 7.00 WT ite SE West Avenue -....-... . 67.09 Westminster —. 317.31 Witees Mem... 4.76 Three churches $1.00 or less —. 1.60 TOTAL . Orange Alamance _ Bessemer —..... Bethlehem —.. Pe Alumni News Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nesbitt an- nounce the birth of a daughter, Jer- olyn Curee, weight seven and three- fourths pounds. Mrs, Nesbitt was formerly Daisy Belle Torrence and finished at Barium in the class of 1928. They are living in Salisbury at the present time. Several of the Davidson boys were here during their spring holidays. They returned to school today. Virginia Edwards was on the cam- pus Sunday. Frances Miller, who is married also came by Sunday. Two old-timers, the Parnell boys, visited the Home a few days ago. We were glad to see them and hope they will not wait so long before visiting us again. Geneva Player Batson, graduate of 1928, lost her baby, who was sev- eral years old, last Saturday night. All of the folks here who knew Gene- va extend to her their deepest sym- pathy. She is living in Pennsylvan- ia and her address is 3301 N. 5th St., Philadelphia. Herman Clark was married sever- al weeks ago to Phyllis Lackey, of Statesville. They are living on Race street and Herman works for the Coca-Cola company in Statesville. Paul Pittman, J. B. Lee, Lamont Brown and Jim Johnston visited Barium this week-end. Matoaka Torrence and William Hudson came by for a few minutes Sunday, A. J. Potter has recently been e‘ected president of the Davidson Athletic Association, We are proud of A. J. and wish to congratulate him on the receiving of this honor, TO TEP erences 4.95 Burlington First — ... ..- 64.38 Church-by-side-Road _.__._. 18.16 Efland _.... oe Gilead Graham cme Greensboro First Goldston 2 Gulf Hawfields - High Point Hillsboro Leaksville Mebane ; ae Pittsboro Red House Smyrna Sprunt Memorial — Westminster -. ae . -. 20.00 One church less than $1.00 _. 92 TOTAL _ < aeeeeensennenenenne LOB 83 Wilmington Beth Carr . a 14.00 Se Caswell __ ‘ Covenant i, Croatan : NN esate cand as Lake Waccamaw ? 6.50 PelssiGs: cc ee Rockfish -...... ao St. Andrews ...155.02 Teachey 2.32 Warsaw Scaiemulahies 8.29 Wildwood —...... -_. . 4.56 Wier... 3 ia Wilmington First —.........260.49 Two churches less than $1.00 _ 1.53 Ter Ae oe Winston-Salem Bixby —.. §.34 Cooleemee 5.47 Collinstown 1.21 Danbury 5.00 Dan River - 5.07 Flat Rock _. 6.69 Lexington -......... inc Mocksville —...-.... lic ae, BR end Sees aoe ere South Lesiagten ...........— Li Thomasville : _. 14.30 Wien ne” oe Winston-Salem First _............123.62 Four churches less than $1.00 88 SEPA aos cen, _.--..--- $274.68 MEALS SERVED BY S. S. (Continued from Page One) rive at Barium that this has been included in the Sunday School pro- gram, and every such notice and ini- tial gift is the occasion for great re- joicing because of what these con- tributions will mean to the institu- tion in years to come. Nine new Sun- day Schools either reported in March or reported that gifts would follow at the beginning of the new church year. Before the next issue of The Mes- senger is published, a tabulation will {be prepared for the entire 12 months, and during the coming year there will be two columns of figures to see how the years compare. It is pre- dicted that almost without exception every month’s offering from the Sun- day Schools will be larger during the coming twelve months. This prediction is made on the basis of many increases recently ob- served in the Sunday School re- sponses, plus the knowledge that in the neighborhood of 40 more Sunday Schools will be contributing regu- larly during 1934-35. No doubt, there will be many others to join this reg- ular and systematic plan to further increase the monthly total. Three months of the past ten the Sunday Schools have contributed less than $1,000.00, but it is not thought that it will fall below that mark during the coming twelve months. The meals which could have been served by the Sunday Schools for the various months are as follows: 5 ESE August Soisaneeniniiaiin din BARIUM MESSENGER 34 SUNDAY SCHOOLS (Continued from Page One) all others in giving during the past 12 months. Complete reports from this church and Concord First, run- ner-up, have all been received, and the standing of these two wil! not be altered and the closest competitor does not have a chance to overtake them. For many years, Concord First has had the distinction of giving the largest amount to Barium through their Sunday School, and it will be} interesting to watch the competition between the Winston-Salem First and Concord First for leading honors during 1934-35. Every Presbytery now has a Sun- day School giving as much as $100. Last month, Wilmington Presbytery could not boast of such a Sunday School, but Clarkton came through to put that Presbytery in the run- ning, Mecklenburg Presbytery main- tains the lead with seven Sunday Schools listed below; Concord has five; Fayetteville, Kings Mountain and Winston-Salem four each, and Albemarle, Granville and Orange three each. Officials at Barium wish that the church treasurers would report the} amount contributed by the different organizations, so that each could be properly credited. Under their present system, a repor; comes to Barium in one lump sum, _ without designation, This would add a few Sunday Schools to that list below. In the midst of 1933-34, many of the Sunday Schools changed their former plan of sending their gifts through their church and Presbytery treasurers, by reporting these direct Cottage News FARM AND CAMPUS Here we are again telling of our spring days. The campus is looking fine now since we sawed off all the broken limbs, hauled all the limbs off and raked the whole campus, We have cleaned up our new- grounds and cut all of the trees, split the stove wood and have hauled a lot of wod to the boiler to be burned, The wheat is looking fine since so much rain. The alfalfa is growing fast and will soon be ready to cut. The oats and barley are growing in the same manner as the wheat and alfalfa. This year we have more wheat planted than usual, and hope to get more than we did last year because we need it, We got a rock crusher from some man on the other side of Statesville for we had to have some cinders crushed which were getting in the way at the boiler room. We got the ruck crusher but it was broken. We had it fixed and began to work on the cinders, The cinders came in handy on our new track field for we needed something to run on. Now it is fixed up and will be in use very much because we always need a good track field. Fixing the track field up was very hard work but we farm boys can do most anything. _ Our sheep are looking good now. They were taken out the other day to the Orphanage, which is more pre- ferable because these Sunday School offerings are specifically for Barium. Had these reports reached the auth- orities for the entire 12 months, then other Sunday Schools would also be! added. { A prediction is made that there will be 50 Sunday Schools in the North Carolina Synod contributing| as much as $100.00 to Barium during 1934-35. That’s 16 more than is listed today. Maybe that is too conserva-! tive an estimate. Upon — second) thought, that estimate will be changed to 55, for there are so many Sunday Schools in the neighborhood of $100.00, that with a little extra effort on their part they will reach that sum, Again, it is called to the attention of the readers that the fine gifts of smaller amounts made by the two hun- dred or more Sunday Schools is not forgotten by preparing this tabula- tion. Their gifts mean just as much to the Orphanage. It just so happens that these are larger Sunday Schoois and can give larger amounts. Too, look at that second column which contains the Sunday School member- ship, and you can readily figure out which one is giving more to Barium per member. The 34 Sunday Schoo!s follow: Winston-Salem First. $837.34 790 New Bern 118.07 189 Rocky Mount First 180.65 382 Wilson __. 115.43 361 Concord First 814.57 465) Front Street 100.81 382 Hickory . 127.73 250 Salisbury First 508.28 643 Bethesda (F) 110.32 188 Laurinburg 189.86 474) on 857.11 130 St. Pauls (F) 129.51 214 Durham First 382.19 535) Raleigh First 105.76 947 Trinity Avenue 101.93 323 Belmont 286.17 364! Gastonia First 499.12 914 Kings Mountain 191.66 184 Shelby - 243.07 291 Albemarle 257.82 400 Charlotte First 100.00 502 Huntersville 108.49 232 Monroe -_. 178.09 264 Paw Creek - - 113.96 267 Tenth Avenue 267.38 597 Westminster (M) 126.38 511 Buffalo (G) 142.50 410 Greensboro First 360.47 1237 Westininster (O) 113.96 352 Clarkton 105.88 224 Lexington 175.75 491 Mocksville 128.43 80 North Wilkesboro 256.79 135 Statesville First 211.64 423 How do you feel? “Corking”, said the bottle. “Rotten”, said the apple. “Punk”, said the fire-cracker. “Fine”, said the judge. “Grand,” said the piano. “Ripping,” said the garment. “Keen,” said the knife. “Balmy,” said the weather. “Nutty”, said the almond, “Green,” said the olive. “Yellow”, said the banana. “Cookoo,” said the bird. —P. 0. H— A Scotchman was leaving on a trip and asked for one spur. “What use is one spur?” asked the man. “Well,” replied Sandy, “if I can get one side of the horse to go the other one will have to come.” —P. 0. H— Stubbornly Backward Being told to write an essay on the mule, a freshie turned in to his teacher the following effort: “The mule is a hardier bird than the geese or turkie. It has two legs to walk with and two more to kick with, and wears its wings on the side of its head. I; is stubbornly backward about going forward.” for the first time this year. And, boy we had a big flock of little ones who went out to the football field for their first spring practice. Of course we meant that they went out to see what grass they could find. We have a big flock which will be tasting good about next fall. We ordered some clover seed about three weeks ago which we have planted in with some of our wheat, oats and barley, We hope everyone had a fine East- er and had plenty of fun. The colored men didn’t have to work Easter Monday, but the boys did, We won't have the seniors much longer so we are going to make them work harder between now and the time they leave. After they leave we don’t know what we will do for we will not have but a few big boys left with us, but we ought to be able to do the work on the farm. The other day we got about a dozen shovels, for after those big rains it left a lot of our terraces in bad condition. It took us about a week to fix them because the major- ity of them were broken. We have them fixed up for the summer now. Mr. Nesbit is still at his old job of fixing window panes, chairs and putting handles on tools. We are now working in the new- grounds, cleaning up and_ plowing. We will start spring planting soon. We hope all of the crops turn the Page Three 320 CHURCHES (Continued from Page One) "| Taylorsville, Third Creek. Fayetteville Antioch, Ashpole, Barbecue, Ben- salem, Benson, Bethel, Buie’s Creek, Bunnlevel, Cameron, Cameron Hill, Cape Fear, Centre, Church-in-the- Pines, Comfort, Culdee, Dunn, Eagle Springs, Elise, Ephesus, Erwin, Eureka, Fairmont, Flat Branch, Ga- latia, Gibson, Hope Mills, Iona Jack- son Springs, Lakeside, Laurel Hill, Leaflet, Lillington, Lumber Bridge, McMillan, Maxton, Midway, Mile Branch, Mt. Pisgah, Parkton, Pem- broke, Philadelphus, Pinehurst, Pro- vidence, Raeford, Raven Rock, Red Springs, Rex, Sherwood, Shiloh, St. Pauls, Union, Vass, Verona, West End. Granville Blacknall Memorial, Buffalo Van- guard, Center Ridge, Ernest Myatt Mission, Fellowship, Fairview, Fuller Memorial, Geneva, Goshen, Gruver Memorial, Hebron, Kenly, Littleton, Mount Pleasant, Oak Hill, Oakland, Progressive, Southard’s Mission» Springhill, St. Andrews, White Oak, Willow Springs, Young Memorial. Kings Mountain Armstrong Memorial, Belmont, Bessemer City, Brittain, Cherryville, Duncan Creek, Forest City, Goshen, Hepzibah, Iron Station, Kings Moun- tain, Lincolnton, Long Creek, Mac- pelah, Mt. Holly, Olney, Riverbend, Shelby, Shiloh, Spindale, Stanley Creek, Tryon, Union, Unity; West Avenue. Mecklenburg Albemarle, Badin, Bethlehem, Bis- coe, Camden, Cameronian, Candor, Central Steele Creek, Charlotte Sec- ond, Cook’s Memorial, Ellerbe, Ham- let, Hopewell, Huntersville, Indian Trail, Lavona, Lee Park, Locust, Matthews, Marks Creek, Mount Gilead, McLean Memorial, Mallard Creek, Morven, Monroe, Mulberry, Nevin, Newell, Norman, North Char- lotte, Norwood, Oakboro, Paw Creek, Peachland, Pineville, Plaza, Pleasant Hill, Ramah, Roberdell, Robinson, Rockingham, Rourk’s Chapel, St. Andrews, Sharon, Tenth Avenue, Thomasboro, Turner, Wadesboro, Wilmoore. Orange Asheboro, Bethel, Bethany, esda; Broadway, Buffalo (G), Bur- lington Second, Community, Cove- nant, Cross Roads, Cummock, East Burlington, El-Bethel, Eno, Farm- ville; Glenwood; Greenwood, Griers, Horseshoe, Jonesboro, Little River, Madison, Mt. Vernon Springs, New Hope, Piedmont; Pleasant Grove, Pockett, Reidsville, Riverview, Spray; Springwood; St. Andrews, Speedwell, Stoneville, Stony Creek, White Hill, Yanceyville. Beth- Wilmington Aeme, Antioch, Ashewood, Beula- ville, Black River, Bladenboro, Brown Marsh, Burgaw, Calypso, Carrol’s Chapel; Chadbourn, Chinquapin, Clarkton, Delgado, Elizabethtown, out all right. INFIRMARY On a bright and sunny day like this it is hard to make our minds work. We would rather be out in the flower garden or out in the woods looking for flowers and watching the birds, Lee Donaldson and Robert Blue are home from the Davis hospital after operations for appendicitis. Any child in the home would willing- ly give up their appendix to spend a week in Dr. Davis’ hospital. Very few are sick these days. The largest number of patients is about the hour they should go to study hall. They come pouring in then. We had a visit from Mae Belle Knox, one of our best and most re- liable girls, a few days ago. She was on her way to the Davis hospital where she was operated upon. We are glad to say she is much better and will spend a few days with us before returning to her work in Charlotte. Miss Moore had a visit from Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Davidson, of Ports- mouth, Va. They are old Nebraska friends and were most welcome. Monday evening, the Infirmary girls had an egg hunt. The seven girls found 28 eggs. Bessie Kennedy find- ing the most. The way she found them, we would have thought she was an eye witness to the hiding, had we not known that she was safely in school when they were hid. At the end of the hunt ail of the girls had four eggs dressed in all the colors of the rainbow. On Easter Sunday we all had a pleasant surprise from Miss Lackey who had decorated the table very beautifully in Easter eggs and flowers. We had as our guest that day Miss Irene McDade, who made her home with us for three years while she was teaching. Miss Eugenia Patterson called Sunday afternoon. She, too, was one of the Infirmary for three years, and we feel that one of “us” has come back when we see her. She now has the position of welfare worker in Washington county, North Carolina, Thelma Johnston's sister and fam- ily visited her Easter Sunday. They enjoyed a visit to the chicken farm as well as seeing their sisters. Ed Flowers had his appendix taken out about a week ago. By the time you read this, he should be a guest at the Infirmary. LEES We are glad that spring is here. The grass is getting green and the trees have buds on them. September _............__. 13,419 October .... . 12,678 November . . 10,717 December - 11,519 January — — 10,583 February ..... ‘ee 9,553 TE einen Tae Some of the mothers of the boys Elkton, Faison, Geo. Webb Memorial, Graves Memorial, Grove, Hallsville, Harmony; Hebron; Holly Grove, Hopewell, Immanuel, Jacksonville, Kornegay, Mt. Horeb, Mt. Olive, Mt. Williams, New Hope, Oak Plains, Pearsall Memorial, ink Hill, Pleasant View, Rocky P@m&, Six Forks Chapel, Smiths; South River, Stan- ford, Topsail, Wallace, Westminster; White Plains; Whiteville, Winter Park, Woodburn. Winston-Salem Bethel, Beulah, Carson Memorial, Dacotah, Ebenezer, Foster Memorial, Geo. W. Lee Memorial, Gillespie, Glade Valley, Hills, Jefferson, Lan- sing, Laurel Fork, Loggins, Millers, North Wilkesboro, Obids, Peak Creek, Pine Hall, Reynolda, Rogers Memor- ial, Waughtown; Yadkinville. came to see them Easter. We all had a good time. Hugh McCrimmon, one of our boys, is in the hospital with a sore knee. We hope he will be well soon, School will be out in 13 more days. We hope that every one will make their grade. Track season has started Barium has won most of the tests so far. Our matron, Miss Nash, has gone to her home in Goldsboro to spend Easter. We hope she has a_ good time. Miss Ford is taking her place while she is away. —Tommy Adams HOWARD This is Station H. C. Our flowers are blooming and are verv pretty. A robin has decided to build her nest on our front porch since there are no leaves on the trees. I suppose she wanted to build ker nest under some shelter Thelma Roberts, Louise Martin and Flora May Newnam had a visit from their mothers Easter. We are glad to have Martha Adams from Gastonia come to live with us. Martha had a visit from her aunt and grandmother Easter. When China Grove came to play basketball with us, Hattie McKee said, “Oh, I want to see the girls of China play.” Gertie Smith, Vittoria Salvaggio and Elaine Faircloth were in the In- firmary a few days, but are back in school now. The smaller girls are going bare- footed. “Some happy bunch”. We have three more weeks of school. We are working hard for fear of not passing. Mr. Johnston took us on a_ long walk recently and we certainly en- joyed it. —Grace Shroyer now, con~ . , » April 1934 BARIUM MESSENGER ‘Sees : Page Four AQUEUERGDUEENDBGEARAGUASEAED LA UPEU ESRC EBSA A Mrs. Clarence Hobson, East Rutherfurdton - 7.07| M Mi eous Geena, N. J. : 500.00} Rutherfordton 8.48 meee [ * rere * Hamlet Regular -..... - 15.00 SUONDSUUNREROGUNGUUAUNUNGEONORATUEDNOODEU EE ROR HEHE Miss Charlee Hutchinson, Char- St. Andrews (M) 9.50] Mocksville ~....... a asi eee 70 St. Andrews (0) Aux. Hornet Hill lotte 7.00| St. Andrews (M) _.. 12.40] Monroe oo nr, | Hawfields 6,00 Circle, 1 quilt. Mrs. L. B. Wilson, Mooresville 10.00] St. Andrews (O) 2.77| Montpelier _.. oe Hawfields 1.00 Oakland Aux. 1 quilt and 1 coat. J. W. Matthews, Rocky Mt. §.00| St. Andrews (W) Feb. 33.00} Montpelier z 7.00 | Hawfield Bethesda (F) Aux. Circle 3, 1 quilt. A Wilmington Friend 2.00 St. Pauls (M) 36.74] Mooresville Ist j ; 8.63 an . . e 2.00 Fountain Aux., 1 quilt. A Friend 5.00 Salisbury im 37.89| Morven, Dec., Jan, and Feb. 12.00 € Polat ist March 7.00 Parkton Aux., 1 quilt. MEMORIALS — | Salisbury 2nd 2.72) Morven ue ee High Point Ist 26,37 Godwin Aux. Cirele 1 and Home| Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Cooper, Sintes- Seated 5.84] Mt. Pisgah . name Point 1st 3.30 Circle, 1 quilt ¢ach. ville, Memory Mrs. A. cadich (C) -38| Nahalah 2.00} Hopewell (M) 2.00 Soke Aux. Circle 2, 1 quilt. Chaffee, Morganton 4.00 . ‘lo (F) 15.00 New Bern S. S. & B.C. 10.12| Howard Mem: 6.00 W. J. Smithwick, Blounts Creek, 2| F. A. Sherrill, Statesville, Memeny Shi oh (O) 2.25| New Hope (KM) Jan. __- 3.60| H - y boxes fish. Osborne Brown Smyrna (F) 3.00] New Hope (0) 1.00 Huntersvie Special 2 North Wilkesboro Aux. by Mrs. W.| Frank L. Johnson, Statesville, Spray 2.21| New Hope (W) Feb. & Mar. 6.00 ca rings Bat C. Grier, 38 half-gallon and 27| Memory Osborne Brown ,00| Stanford 2.00| North Vanguard, Men’s B. 7.51 Tae . 5.00 quarts canned fruits. FOR MESSENGER —paeny Crome 7.50) Olivia . : noth Wilkesboro Aux. Circle 3, 1! Mrs. A. L. Bullock, Charlotte. 25 pet yea a Olivia -. __.----- 28.18] Jonesboro ee wee quilt. Mrs. M. D. McCrary, Raleigh 1.00] *p "loraville 00) Olney a _.. 10,00] Kings Mountain -- 2. Oxford Aux. Home circle, 1 quilt. Mrs. M. J. Grierson, Moores- Tayloreville 88] Paw Creek __ a 35.19] Kinsto se: Ephesus (F) Aux., 1 quilt. ville rrierson, 25 Tenth Avenue 121.00} Pearsall Mem. : 3.76 —— _ ————— 1 Back Creek Church by H. L. | Mc-| Mrs. [Katie W. White, Char- | ne So 3.44) Pembroke 19.00| Leaflet £00 Laughlin, 1 hind quarter beef. lot ' ’ 1.00 Thyatine | 8.44} Philadelphia ; . $.161 Lancer 248 Mrs. R. S. coin, Henderson, 1 Af-| wits Mande MePhareen, Onte- ae in i yueepias 4.51| Lexington tr ghan. ' : ineville Feb. F oa ‘ ° . Olney Axx. Circle 3, 3 quilts; Circle | Mise Fl lgrence L. Boni 2, Wilming eee _ Special phe * — . pene g He poe lah m Speciat Mee 2, 1 quilt. . n Is .85] Pittsboro ; é = Lincolnton Ist Aux. Ci i, | quilt. ¥ 0 TAL ; e srikee coer: (M) 96.22 Raeford __. et Rs oie oo arrtre Be 4 iit mocarr erties cere illar : 2.25 : . cing mange PT Wu. & Mary Hart eed boersey ee 6.75| Madison - 10.00 g es upport Wissen dates “aa 622.81 g oment Class Special ‘adinan 113 QaueeueanenyaueeeeMeUgULETADGtAUgRSUERETEIUELEOIGT! , maeeeee---- 82281) 15| Mallard Creek 547 Yanceyville Aux. peeeeespecpeceeROC UHUVGNSLONSUARISERELTETEEG SEGUE CHURCHES THANKSGIV a Raleigh Ist, ‘Four, ‘Square | B. C. Matth ‘gv Salisbury 1st. S. S., Rumple B. C. CHURCHES REGULAR Charlotte Ist —. 47.00} Special : en Mab ews -...--- 5. Varina Aux. Ahoskie 7.42| Charlotte 2nd 145.00 Raven Rock, ne oe ee seachins ho ee Pasay a 6.18 Wilmington ist S. S., Young Ladies’} Alamance 23.96, Charlotte 2nd 65.00} January : : 15) Mit clenburg, age yterial Spee. 13.22 B. C. Amity 1.87| Montpelier 38.19 February - i Mock om A one 5.76 Roanoke Rapids Aux. Antioch (F) 4.00 S. S. REGULAR March _. ‘60| M Se mem Kinston Aux. Back Creek 4.34] Albemarle 26.07 Reynolda —- : ee aL aan * St. Andrews (W) 5S. 5. Euphian| Bank Dividend (6) . 95] Amity 6.35 Rocky Mt. 2n Quarterly - 3.00} Mor, ee * Class Bethany (O) - canon 8.40] Amity 8.00 Rocky Point — "Bool mw —_ _ eee ad Broadway S. S., Friendly and Men’s| Bethel (F) : 6.00] Ashpole ~~ 49.908} Rowland q 8.08 oe Park, 7 Ha B. Classes, 1 outfit each. Bethesda (C) 1.50! Ashwood 2.70| St. Andrews (M) is 9.05 virel — ie arrison’s Waxhaw Aux. Bethesda (0) 1A3| Barbecue Jan, Feb. & Mar. — 860|5° Fouls <7) 2 ee es 108 Vass Aux. Bethpage _.... 4.80] Belmont ——~ ~~ g9.65| Salisbury 1st, Rumple B. C. __ 5.00] Mt. : ie a —_ ees 3.0 Maxton Aux., Circle 1 A Bixby _ 42\ Bensalem, Feb. — 1.01 | Salisbury Ist, W’s B.C. 5.00] Mt. Holl, : — Caldwell Mem. S. S., Class 1A Brittain : 2.34 March . “54| Salisbury 1st, Brotherhood B. C. Mt Pi a i Mt. Olive S. S., Berean Phi. Class Broadway (0) 2.00| Bethany (C) Jan., Feb., Mar 8.11 By a Friend a 2000 Mt. Ziow (W mg Hope Mills Aux. Buffalo (G) 2625| Bethel (F) » Mar. 311) salisbury Ist Brotherhood B.C. | Ney pled Amity C. E. Buffalo (L) .99| Bethel (M) 456| Regular 100.00 ao ga ae Reidsville S. S. Class Burgaw i $.82| Bethesda (F) 6.24| . Birthday ; _e. 18.24 Sows Burlington 2nd Aux. Circle 1 Caldwell Memorial 30.91] Bethesda (O) 1.35. Sharon (M) :, - 11.70 Noch Wi ilk Pee Mebane S. S., W. W. Class Calvary : .75} Beulaville 1.92 Shelby ; ~ 11.40 Nor I esboro <i -~ 1ORE Highland Aux., B. W’s. Circle Cameron ‘ _ 40.00 Bladenbaro z 50 | She eekenk ace 3.92 iad —— Special a "oa Fayetteville 1st S. S.. Senior Dept.| Cameronian 14.00] Mrs J. B. Vaught “BO Shiloh (C) 1.00 — an Circle 1 Feb. : poe he 1st, Junior Y. P. Cann tm _ 7.50] Black River 2.37 ae (F) Nov. throwgh Mar. 12.50 aor : _ owe ( ‘entre te J y © Ss 1 . re ee . TanUUdeQed4u 1a NdN0Q0400000 0050040010 EEHLHEEENIIANE | Centre is) ar — oe S _- ay —~ ae = = lothing Money Centre (C) Mrs. Thos. J. Buffalo (G) March . 16.07, Southport =. 18.00| oa Fort | MEOHUUEGNOLEGLALEOEEUUEUTEUUELILLU LET Enea Les eaee Williams 25.00| Bunnlevel 4th quarter 5 5.00| Spray - oie Reynolda Aux. .00| Charlotte 2nd 110.00] Burlington 2nd —. 5.00) Statesville Ist Young M. B. C. 0 ford meee | nena Hickory 1st Aux. Evening Cir. 5.00 Charlotte 2nd - 80.00] Camden ee 00 | _ Feb. & March ~* 48.00 rcs ee eet Cramerton Aux. 11.00} Concord Iredell 10.50| Cann Mem. 12.00 Statesville Ist Feb. & Mar. 13.31 Paw C eek Westminster (0) Aux. Business Cross Roads nt. — 4.00| Tenth Avenue - 25.00 a © a Girls’ Circle 2.25) Cypress - 1.00| Charlotte 2nd “Philipps Fidelis” Trinity Avenue 8.50) Pembroke a Lincolnton Aux. 30.00| Dallas by Rev. C. G. Brown 5.00] Class Special 5.00| Union (KM) 5.00| Philadelphus _ Washington Ist S. S., Beg. & Danbury 5.00| Charlotte 2nd, Boys’ Club “| Union Mills , SS Pike eS it ag 9 3.05 | Davidson 15.00] Special — 5.00| Varina March = 1.00| Pinetops Charlotte 2nd Aux. Business Dunean Creek -... 1.26] Church-in-Pines - 3.00| Vass oe 6.57 Pittsboro | Woman’s Circle 15.00| Durham 1st - 125.00} Clarkton 7.29| Warrenton March 6.79| Raeford — Burlington 1st Aux. Circle 3 by Eagle Springs - oe 1.00] Clarkton y3o| Westminster (0) —_8.52| Ciel ee _Mrs. Jesse Holt 5.00| Efland .15| Concord 1st. March 74.24| Wilson — 22.09] Raleigh Ist one Salisbury 1st S. S., Rumple Ernest Myatt, Dividend “Closed Concord Iredell - ~- 4.65] Winston- Salem Ist, Neal Ander- “oe Bat . C. _ 3.50| Bank 37.88] Concord Iredell - 4.95) Son B. C. Feb. & Mar. -..... 66.39) Raven Rock - Salisbury King’s Daughters 5.00| Eureka 1.00} Cooks Mem. —- 21.90| Winston-Salem Ist, 4th quarter 91.41) Red S Regul 8. —— —— Aux. oe Falkland 2.48] Covenant (F) Jan, Feb. “| Yanceyville 3.12 p= ye esa 10.91 uldee Aux. 50) Farmville 5.62 & Mar. Y Roanoke Rapids Aux. 3.50] Fayetteville Ist - 84.08 seu (0) - ee REGULAR na = “ ics cetaceans oemeaie 4.00 Bethesda (F) Aux. 15.00] Flat Rock 1.00] Covenant (O) Covenant ‘B.C. 10.00] Amity iS = iamitnses 36.00 Meoresville 1st, Wharey Mem. Foster Mem. 60] Covenant (O) ——.--——-— _ 8.80] Antioch Regular 1.20 Ticccke iaoi ide... = Aux. : Fountain 4.00] Cramerton 11.84] Special is 5.85 esky Mt. ‘ist, “Mi A. P aS eee s — Mem, Aux. Mrs. Franklin 1.50] Davidson Jan., Feb. & Mar. —. 30.38] Alamance Circle 4 OCT ola] ‘Tharpe oe 10.00 — 400 Fuller Mem. 75] Dunean Creek Feb. & Mar. 2.59| Asbury-Collinstown oe ~ 2.00] Rock Mt. "Te Meek ce - a ae = a Mem. ‘= Durham 1st March 3.00} Asheboro 5.25 Rocky Point . ‘ yeneva : : 8 ° 5 ou ae Westminster (O) Aux., Ida Gilwood 2 2.63 Siewoed a ——. tes E Feb. March. 226 — _— : Wharton Circle 5.00| Graham 95.81| Eno (Past three “months) | 5.35| Bayless Mem. - % St. Pauls (F) Spray Aux. 7.50| Grassy Creek 3.69| Flat Branch 6.30| Belmont socal ; S i oa Salisbury Ist Aux., Circle 10 15.00] Greenville 10.00| Flat Rock 1.00| Bessemer sas laaitcbere a Gastonia Ist Aux. 186.70| Hallsville 1.70| Foster Mem. 1.00] Bessemer City oe 1. Sh _ ~ Raleigh 1st Aux. 12.00| Henderlite Mem. 1.57] Front Street 6.89| Beth Carr ry Shelby = Z : Varina Aux. penne 3.50| Hickory ae 11.13] Front Street - ~~~ - g'gg] Bethel (F) 3 Smithfield Seat 5 W ilmington Ist S. S., Young Highland : 26.70| Fuller Mem. (Birthday) __..._ 2.51] Bethesda (F) Jan.; Feb. & ie a ‘ _Ladies _B. Cc. 2.50) Hollywood ie 18] Fuller Mem. Feb. & Mar. 2.00| March : 14.18 Stanfor : Winston-Salem Ist Aux. 45.00| Hopewell (M) 10.25| Gastonia Ist, Jr. Dept ~~ 4'05| Bethesda (O) _ mee Stanford “nae =... Kinston Aux. 3.00) Immanuel (W) 4.44) Gastonia ist, Men’s ROG, -00| Bethlehem (A) Se wees 1.00 Statesville ist Special ae —_ ist S. S., Men’s Jackson Springs 5.00| Gastonia Ist Special as ‘00| Blacknall Mem. ae ay 1s See oo _ aoe Ne 80.00 | Jonesboro : 15 7 ’ 4 wean oe ee St. Andrews (W) S. S., Euphian Kannapolis Sancti 2.7 73 Souder Feb. & Mar. : Block River Je koe ES . 2 Cirele 1 Special Le Class eee 3.50] Kenly .69| Graves Mem. : Broadway (0). — ml eat ee Antioch (F) Aux. - 15.00| Kings Mountain 1st 50.00| Greensboro 1st Men’s B. C. 8.28| Buffalo (L) 12 Tent 5 ey eee - Maxton ist Aux. Circle 4 15.00} Kinston 10.96] Greensboro Ist, Men’s B. C. - Bunnlevel =. ar _—— — ——- . 15.00} Laurel Hill 3.6Y| Greensboro Ist, Jr. Dept. Spec. 5.00| Burgaw 2 : ca oo. Cc a 17.50| Laurinburg, Feb. ——. 6.76| Greensboro 1st, Mrs. Myers’ Burlington 1st, “4th quarter ' Thentira Tees 00 ircle 7 15.00) Laurinburg 18.00} Class 9.00| Burlington 1st, Special T a —— 2 Circle 8 © enue 15.00] Lenoir, A Friend — 20.00! Nursery Dept mmm “0°91 Caldwell Mem. ro — rinity Avenue -..... 5.63 —., Rapids Aux., Business Lillington 11.00 Primary Dept. 31.54 Cameron tae (KM) > Spat 2400 » Circie Lincolnton 1st - . 2. : : ee ena Meh, mannnnennenenennncncncennncns SEH ee S. S., Flora Grady Lumber Bridge ‘ ey") vouak People eee yn aoa 3 ; 831 Vangha Pit oh ce 1500 15.00| McDowell —- 2 ee ee , — ! - ———- 164 Sugaw Creek Aux. _ 28.61) McGee 750 joe é' 00. Charlotte and ooo Regular wr Philadelphus Aux. - - 16.00| McGee _. 7.50| Hallsville laa 7 1 Tenth Avenue S. S. W’s. B. C. 10.00] McMillan — , 2.00| Hamlet W. B. C. Si ecial 2.83 Cherryville aa 00) West Avenue (KM) ——— 400 Sanford Aux._ : 30.00] Madison Church & Ss. S. 25.39) Harmony (C) in 1.94] Church-in-the- Pines . ree fee ae Mt. Olive S. S. Berean Phi. Mallard Creek —- deen 3.75| Harmony Ch. 4a.8 “(W) - 5.00| Clarkton : ee 1 aime ar By Mebane 2.91| Harmony (W) Church & S. s 5.00| Columbus i ; "2. Circle 1 and Girls? 5.00 y 1st Aux. aaa er Mitchi ; ? 47| Circle —_..----.----------- id Fayetteville 1st S. S. Senior a —— an ae Tice _ Lee tees eee .00| West End, Circle 3 - . 1.00 Department 3.00] Mooresville 1st -—------.-----—- 27.05 ‘tops Mills Jan, Feb. & are... 11.92 eee uy one . .15| Westminster (0) 12.00 Maxton Aux. Circle 2 2.50] Mooresville 2nd — sae .55| Hopewell (M) 172| Covenant (KM) Mach. . .05 | Westminster (M) - - 10.00 Vass Aux. TN We occas cc ccna 1.40| Hopewell (M) 160 Covenamt (0) are .00 | Westminster mw) ‘Special ~ 1.00 ay Cla Men's B. C. a oer concen 5.00| Howard Mem, March... 4.20} Covenant (0) Gero : oe re = 1009 ass . A Mulberry eh 4 J E ci 7. , . Rowland Aux. ai a. 80| Bunvesville 5. a (00|Wm. and Mary Hart Feb... 6.00 Hope Mills Aux. 3.00| Myers Park 150.00] Iona &- Pe acer 4.00 Cross Bt Pg ° Wilmoore -.--........ ------- - 2.00 Raeford Aux. 17.50| Mt. Pisgah 1.00| Jackson S ial Galiee oc— ee ee oe Highland Aux. Circle 4 3.00; Mt. Tabor (F) a 1.00 cae eee . Da Ri immengeie J Wilson ist Special —......- 3.00 oe ae S. S. Pri. —_ 15.00] Mt. Vernon Springs _. 45.00 Seckunvile 1 Duncan Creek, Ladies! Bt Tee Wurcle 7 — Circle 2 sae yatira ux. _ 13.50 yo se ica . . irc. cinnihia enasctenencinewebass u Mebane Aux. 2.50 a an te “a a oe .74| Durham Ist ~~... — - 20.44 Wouee-Belom ist 18.25 Hickory i? i 2 2.50] New ne ee 7 annapolis —. .05| Durham Ist —... _.. 67.50] Winter Park ——---- 5.00 TOTA $904.86 ee (O) - 1.58| Kings Mt. 1st —.. -40| El-Bethel ~~ 935] Woodburn 124 conan nsiniunuNNM oe 1.53) Kings Mt. 78| Elizabethtown Special 15.00 AUXILIARIES “THANKSGIVING, us Oak Hill Special -23) Lakeview .30| Eureka Jan.; Feb; March site 3.00| Banks —- cna a ill Special - 6.00] Lake Waccamaw 5.00| Fairmont - 12.00| Charlotte 2nd_ etn oe Bil 4.23| Laurel Hill - 9.40| Flat Branch . ~= “Zo0| Hopewell a or 3 , a ains 2.6 ; 7 A. E. Scharrer, Hickory 5.00| Oxford ie aus March _... e = Flat Rock Gi aia 1.00] Newell Rev. James Appleby, | Maxton. 1.00] Parmele 4.72] Lillington, March ~~ '32| Galatia irs! Cisele > A Friend 2.00| Paw Creek _ 17.81] Lincolnton Jan — -7.21| Gast nia ist Re lar - ~ Se cee Creek Special es A Friend 5.00| Paw Creek — “9801 Febrose , : ; aoe oa egular ... .. 18.14] Graves Mem. Mrs. R. M. Bruton, Wadeville Philadelphia _ 10.00 nin ees a 7 G pecia er ~ .. 27.00 Immanuel (W) Special | (Thanksgiving) 1.00] Philadelphus - 3.86| Little Soe's ae , poe a 1.87} TOTAL Regular ——_... Mrs. Chas. H. Ross, Burlington 10.00] Pike = ——- pinalee bee 2.51| Long Creek - alnemein A= 900) TOPAL Thanksgiving | > Gaskill, Hickory, PP. - Respects ~ 221] Long Creek - Tpe| Goldsboro ist, Regular ne GSAnD bi hy = ormer Barium udent J Raeford ——S— ty ° a ¢ pm Pearl Bostian, High Point, a Raleigh ist --- ‘ot — Dec., Jan. and Feb. _. “7.20 oat Sncdahdie 10.75| Little Boy: “Mother, do cows ‘and - former Barium Student 1.00| Raleigh 1st ~—"sanel Lacaber Beldas jal — 23 = Os uc 3.92| bees go to heaven?” , A Charlotte Friend 30.00] Red Springs : ~~ 99'39| McPherson te. . éinnee 5.00 G — 1.00 Mother: “Why, child, what a J. Rowan Davis, Salisbury _ 5.00! Reidsville _ ~ 36.83] McPherson. ‘ - 6.00 aati eons _. 24.50] strange question! Why?” Harry P. Deaton, Mooresville. 5.00) Rex 16.00] Macpelsh ________ 195 an je Regular Boy: “Because if they don’t, the > oe P ~ iti Hamlet aa an ee 2.85| Mallard Creek last quarter _. 11.92 antage sae eo ot ae ean es — rien : : ockfish _. _.... 1.72] Marion, March ~~ "§.27| Grove (W) Regular — just be all cant : " oe gular - and I’ve h A Friend . _..100.00] Rocky Point ————__ ——- 3.90| Mebane S| an =. and I've ad enough of such "i ae s eo n GT B te SO p r y e Se ee * 21,000 Copies of this a. a oe ae ee Printed by Vocation- . : : * Issue Mailed to * ° $ : 7 eninee in N. : ° a eae ° ene es eT Oo es ba VOL. XI ARIUM MESSENGER PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S H oME For THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS BARIUM SPRINGS, N. C. MAY 1 BARIUM BOYS AND GIRLS FINISHED HERE ON MONDAY APIL 2 Initial Exercises Were In Charge of Class On Friday Night—Two Encouragements ‘BOARD OF REGENTS AT BARIUM RECENTLY FOR courage Barium officials are: | Churches: Many throughout the | Synod have decided to send the loose collection of the Sunday morning church offering once a Some of the many things to en- | Fifteen of 19 Members Attended SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING 1934 Great Distinction Looking back over the records of those churches which have been contributing regularly to the Orphanag’e since 1925-1926, it is found that 33 churches in the Synod had unusual and notewcrthy distinction of contributing the No. 8 45 CHURCHES MET THE ASKINGS OF TEN GENTS PER MEMBER PER MONTH Sixteen Other Churches Aver- month. Deliberations on Monday !} greatest total of any vear in the#! aged Between $1.00 and $1 Sermons On Sunday Sunday Schools: Nine new Night -and Tuesday |} past eight years, and one other oad a ae =? » : ; Schools have reported gifts or aed ‘| ‘exactly equalled its best mark . e 2 Car AWARDS MADE said regular offerings would be MANY REPORTS MADE wre Taek pared of Umns, OTHER AVERAGES aes sant since the fiat of April ao ee fo Wilmington Presbytery goeS AVERAGES Ace Medal, Highest Award of All, Presented to Bruce Parcell Twenty-one boys and girls finish- ed their careers at the Presbyterian Orphans’ Home, when their stay Board Decided to Cnange Present Hours of School Attendance Bessemer City and Thomasboro in Kings Mountain and Mecklen- burg Presbyteries, respectively, notified officials some time ago The semi-annual m that they were going to do this. First gifts from these two recent- y eting of the Board of Regents of the Presbyte- rian Orphans’ Home met at Barium the honor of having most churches in this classification. Six churches |f'in that Presbytery established new peaks and one equalled its highest total. Orange Presbytery was next With six churches. Gran- ville Presbytery was the only one Concord Pisbytery Led Others With 11 of the 45 Churches Only 45 of the 539 churches in the Synod of North Carlonia met the the askings for the Orphanage dur- —, — saree wr gl eonang ly came, Ahoskie in Albemarle; ]| for their first sessien at 8 o'clock | in which no churches attained this ing the 1933-1934 fiscal year, accord- th Pua aouduetionns = rsh aca -~ ae = Granville; Ramah 7” Monday night, May 7.5, and coneclud- } unusua) distinction. The distribu- ing to the records in the treasurer’s e 1954 gr ing class on Monday|] Mecklenburg and Pleasant View }j)ed their business ata session the | tion of the others according to office at Barium. The Orphanage night, April 23rd. The closing affa‘r was featured by an address of Dr. Waiter L. Lingle, president of David- son College, who talked on the sub- ject, “Trying to Live a Successful Life.” Dr. Lingle was introducted by Jos. B. Johnston, manager of the Orphan- age. The Davidson president launch- ed into a discussion of four element’ which he considered essential to a successful life, namely: character, courtesy, work and purpose. He was roundly applauded in his discussion of character when he made reference to Julian West, president of the in Wilmington were among recent newcomers. One class in the Farm- ville Sunday School in Altemarle has been giving regularly; here- after the entire Sunday School will join in the offering per month. Salem in Orange Presbytery and Midway in Fayetteville Presbytery have reported that beginning in May, monthly offerings will be sent. Auxiliaries: One Auxiliary in- creased its monthly gift from $10.00 to $15.00; another Auxiliary took a child to clothe and sent the first-half of the necessary yearly following morning. Fifteen of thr 19 present members of the board were here for the deliberations. Considerable part of the meetings was taken up with the hearing of the annual reports of the manager and treasurer of the Orphanage, and reports from the various committees. The manager’s repor: dealt with the manifold phases of the institution’s operations and was prepared on the basis of conditions existing as of March 31st. At that time there were 311 children enrolled at Barium. The peak of enrollment for the year is generally reached in March. Presbyteries was Kings Moun- tain, five; Concord and Fayette- ville, four each; Mecklenburg and Winston-Salem, three each, and Albemarle, two. Those churches’ meriting this special mention are as follows: Albemarle Presbytery—Calvary, Kinston. Concord—Bethesda, Harmony, Patterson. Fayetteville—Covenant, Flat Branch, Lillington, Pembroke. Granville—None. Kings Mountain—C herr y ville Duncan Creek, Ellenboro, Ironton, Centre, asks for an average of ten cents per month per church member, or a total of $1.20 per church member for the year. Of the remaining 494 churches, there were 16 which averaged be- tween $1.00 and $1.20 per member, and 112 others which gave as much as 50 cents per member. Below 50 cents per church member are found 296 chuches, while there were 67 with zero averages, for no financial report was received from these throughout the year. The latter are all very small churches, it is true, but a small gift from each of these ee ee eee yew amount; another definitely asked The treasurer’s report disclosed Union Mills, 68 would have helped. @eclared was ene. sila hig h — for a child; several other Aux-]|that the operating income last year Mecklenburg—Eladin, Camden, It is rather interesting to minutely : — 2 Pig iliaries have made inquiries about f {exceeded the operating expenses by |{ Huntersville. examine the list of 45 churches not %ecause of his athletic prowess, nor because of high grades, but be-| cause the 600 students gathered from} all over the south recognized the; things for which he stood—like a stone wall against that which wee! wrong, and like a stone wall for that} { | $4,070.33. The sources of income showing increases were the produc- tive enterprises, investments, gifts from individuals and cash for cloth- ing. Decreases were noted in gifts from relatives and friends, the Duke clothing children; one circle which said the members had not been able to give to Barium regularly for several years has started send- ing a monthly amount. Bible ClasSes: Anotler Men’s Orange—Bethany, Eno, Milton, New Hope, Spray, Yanceyville. Wilmington—Graves Memorial, Grove, Harmony, Hebron, Rocky Point, Southport (equalled best amount), Woodburn. which met the average. All types are included. There are the larger churches and the small churches; city churches and rural churches; churches with some wealthy members and churches with poor ones; churches that are debt-free and which was right. Bible Class has set aside af|Endowment and from the North Winston-Salem—Ebenezer, North 9 | © ‘ he t-tre “Character is just what you are— definite rzonthly amount for {{|Carolina Synod. The main source of Wilkesboro, Rogers Memorial. eet are heavily in debt. just what you are when nobody is| {| Barium to join the many classes income is from the Presbyteries, A similar list will be prepared } |: nd . wou a be peg ony interest- looking, just what you are in the; | now doing this. Another Men’s and the giving of the Synod de-|j one year hence. It remains to be ing - * — of t -_ congrnaee. dark,” he said at the outset, and aed Class has announced to the entire f {clined $371.32. seen whether these churchs will a skim _ iS yt — tributes combining together to build! J Sunday School that the Class will Committees reporting were tkp |} be in the classification after March, oo oo why so many of the character he declared to be honesty,| truthfulness, sincerity, templearance| and purity. “You may cheat your way through high school, you might do likewise through college, and even through life, but all in all you are cheating yourself and nobody else,” he vehemently declared. “Only what you are gives worth to what you do and what you say.” In discussing courtesy, the David- son president said that this involved more than mere politeness and good manners. It includes consideration and thoughtfulness of others, he pointed out, with resultant devel- opment of kindness. He maintained that only when we are dealing with the lowliest does our true measure of courtesy come to the forefront. “Work, and a whole lot of it,” he continued, “is another element in leading a successful life. This often- times means working behind the scenes when nobody knows what et- fort you are exerting.” He recalled how a little girl wanted a musician to teach her how to play the piano in one morning, but it was only through years and years of diligence and patience that the musician had reached the point when she could ac- ceptably and beautifully play. The final point developed was for the graduates to have a purpose in life. “You need not only power, but also direction—an aim in view.” Sev- eral illustrations were used here to forcibly impress upon his hearers the dire necessity of having a goal ahead, and not merely to drift along through life. “It’s a great thing to be alive,” he said in closing. “There is a wonder- ful opportunity in a wonderful world, and consequently there is a give 50c for every $1.00 the Sun-f | farm, educational, intake and outgo, house and finance, The educational committee recommended that the pre- sent school system of half the child- day School gives. ren attending the school in the morn- COMMANDING MAJORITY ing and half in the afternoon be aban- (if CHURCHES INCREASE doned in favor cf the hours generally followed by all schvols of the state. This recommendat' y,..vas adopted by the board and will go into effect next Final Report Shows That 343 fall. Equalled or Exceeded Last M. W. Norfleet, elected by Synod Year’s Giving as a member-at-large, submitted his resignation in writing, and this was Throughout 1933-1934 a command- accepted with regret by the Board. ing majority of the churches in the | Mr. Norfleet was likewise vic.-pres- North Carolina Synod gave more to ident of the body. Dr. J. R. MeGregor, preceding months. The exact number which exceeded their previous year’s ! giving was 341, while two gave identical amounts to bring the num- went beyond OF REGULAR RECEIPTS The April issue of The Messenger listed 320 churches in this category, half of last month made it possible] Which Does Not Include for the authorities here to happily : oe . transfer 23 additional churches to Thanksgiving Offering if all treasurers had promptly for-| . During = e et Toned warded sums: contributed during} sec > <_ os Meh | are 1933-1934 there perhaps would have from the Synod of North Carolina. a | Of this amount, $57,844.89 was sent feat. | hc as hes. § y Sc s Four Oaks in Fayetteville Presby-| 2 Jan re re tery and Southport in Wilmington SERTeS Oe oe dg : | aim is te give as much in the Thanks- ; sf » fiscal | — amounts for both of the fiscal} the rest of the year, but Synod was a heocting to Presbyteries, the shy of this attainment last Novem- Fayetteville 60; Mecklenburg 53; This article is dealing solely with Wilmington 52; Concord and Orange, | the regular income “ nice eee with 40 each; Kings Mountain 98: and the distribution of it according the Orphanage than during the twelve (Continued On Page Four) ber to 343 which either equalled or but sums received during the first-| This Deals With $37,844.89 this group. As expressed elsewhere, been other churches to attain this) to Barium as regular or special gifts were the two churches to give the) giving Offering as throughout all total of 343 is distributed as follows: ber by over $8,000.00. Albematte| £2 sources. A careful check up from 1924, and whether new ones will be added. ONLY 108 CHURCHES OID NOT EQUAL 1300-04 MARK Of the $6,112.54 They Were Behind, 11 Churches Lack- ed $3,566.72 of The Total The fiscal year of 1933-1934 is over, the books at Barium have been finally and definitely closed, and a comparative review of records of in- dividual churches for the past two years show that 168 churches in the Synod failed of equalling their pre- vious year’s giving to the Orphanage. The total amount these 168 churches fell down was $6,112.54, which sum would have made a vast difference in the financial report of the institution Concord Presbytery had almost one-fourth of the 45 churches, for 11 congregations in that Presbytery had averaged as much as $1.20 per church member. Granville and Meck- lenburg Presbyteries had three churches each for the smallest num- ber attaining this accomplishment. The churches, according to Pres- byteries, which merit this distinction follow: Albemarle—Ca lvary, Rocky Mount First, Washington, Wiilson. Concord—Concord First, Davidson, Harmony, Hickory, Lenoir, Little Joe’s, Morganton, Newton, Patterson, Salisbury First, Statesville First. Fayetteville— Cameron, Gibson, (Continued On Page Four) FINAL REPORT REVEALS 06 5. 5. GAVE QVER S100 if these churches could have done what the majority accomplished, | i. e., increase their gifts to Barium. In the April issue were listed 189 churches, but during the 16 days the books were held open at Barium) 21 of these sent in amounts which | enabled the Orphanage to drop them from the list of those in arrears. It is definitely known that if alll treasurers had reported their 1933- 1934 gifts before April 16th that other transfers would have been made. Of the $6,112.54, 11 churches in the Synod were responsible for $3,566.72 of it. In other words, while 11 churches lacked $3,566.72 of equalling their 1932-1933 sums, the other 157 were behind a combined These Sunday Schools Arranged According to Amount Given Per Member Reports received the early part of April enabled officials at Barium to add two other Sunday Schools to the list of those previously pubiished as having contributed as much as $100.00 to Barium throughout the past twelve months. The new ones are Maxton and Lumberton, both in Fayetteville Presbytery. This brought the final total of Sunday Schools accomplishing this to 36. It was stated in The Messenger of Apri! that this number would probably hover between 50 and 55 when 1934- 1935 comes to close. wonderful responsibility. I would) Winston-Salem 24, and ip irom! amount of $2,545.78. Futhermore, 23 , like to state the most serious and ny ooeettie 23 i | the budget channels shows, $18,466.42 of the 168 churches lacked less than} Amounts were received before the tremendous problem that faces us:] With the exception of the two! ftom the Sunday Schools; $9,239.10] 31.00 of equalling their previous books closed from six of the other 34 Here I stand, an immortal soul.|churches which gave the same| from the Auxiliaries and $86.64 from} year’s total. Sunday Schools recorded last month Eternity stretches out with all pos- ibilities. I have one life and only one, and will never pass this way again. How, then, can I so live my life for time, eternity, for God and humanity.” The Monday night exercises were opened with the invocation by Rev. W. C. Brown, pastor of Little Joe’s church at Barium, followed by the amounts, the following is a list of the! the TOuns a “3 ow — _ 341 which exceeded, bemg recorded remaining $15,052./3 from the chur¢ aaeording to Peet tevlek: budgets. Remember that this is only according ‘iinoentiie = \the regular income, and does not in- 3 hil _| clude Thanksgiving. Fountain, Henderlite Memorial, Helly-| crepancy i this report and that of wood, Howard Memorial, Jason, Kinston, Macclesfield, Mayo Mission, Mitchiner Memorial, Nahalah, New }Jocal treasurers of various orgam- izations, but this is compiled on the basis of records at the Orphanage. Orange Presbytery fell behind the greatest amount, while Fayetteville Presbytery had the largest number of the 168 delinquent churches. The; smallest combined amount behind, was Albemarle Presbytery, though | Kings Mountain had the smallest | number of churches. The tabulation’ according to the number of churches and amount in arrears is as follows: However, there was no alteration in the largest and next-largest amounts contributed, the lead standing as recorded in April, Winsten-Salem First Sunday School on top, and Concord First runner-up. Although two other Sunday Schodls in Fayetteville Presbytery were added to the list this month, it did not alter the lead in the standing. salutatory address given by Herbert in s, binson, Rocky Some Auxiliaries and some Sunday) presbyter Number Amount) Mecklenburg Presbytery still main- Blue . Mrs. John Q. Holton, principat ~ tnd ‘cn eg nal cocoa, Schools sent their gifts through _ Churches Behind| tains this with seven Sunday Schools of the grammar school, presented | Washington, Wilson. church treasurers, and these are for-) (1 25 $1,943.86) OBt of 36; Fayetteville ranks second, certificates to those who have suc- Concord warded in a lump sum as coming Mecklenburg 33 1541.33 though, with six; Concord, five; | cessfully concluded work in the sev- ‘ cM ais smorial,| rom the church, without designation} ( v aos) Kings Mountain and Winston-Salem, i - y Back Creek, Bayless Memorial,| |. o stizations contributing) Granville 19 794.78] ¢ -. Ate te. Goanvill 4 (Continued from Page Two) (Continued On Page Three) pf ee ‘ IDULINE | Concord 21 479.01 San eae ‘th “enc Pi oa Wil f : Throughout the major portion of Wilmington 16 $92.40 raington "Feakooag ‘with = an ' Ch 9 the past year, a tabulation has been sdb at tai v pp cludes the distribution. i ‘ appearing in The Messenger as to| Kings Destin ¢ 287-32| Following is a list of these 36 ‘ : 5 the number of meals the Sunday wobn Seen ' “g9 4u| Sunday Schools and the amount Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Schools could serve the Barium boys Albemarle il _ 80.40| trey gave: ' Barium Springs, N. C. and girls, on the basis of ten cents TOTALS 168 $6,113.48] Sunday School Amount Number ( Dear Sir: per meal per child. According to the} Of the 168 churches in arrears, the Members ; k me a 4 final compilation, the Sunday | 23 which lack less than $1.00, and| Winston-Salem First. $837.34 790 ¥ Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to ||Schools would have served 134,664| which are not recorded in the tabu- Concord First 814.57 465 i 508.28 643 meals to the children here. The total] lation were Bear Grass, Spring Hill,| Salisbury First —- days of care over a twelve-month] Drusilla, Fifth Creek, Dundarrach,| Gastonia First -- period were 112,400, meaning that] Sandy Grove, Spence, Community| Durham First 337,200 meals were necessary. The| (G), Mitchell Chapel, Selma, Varina,} Greensboro First Sunday Schools therefore served less| Columbus, Lowell, Cornelius, Marsh- Olivia . than half of the meais. ville, Polkton, Fairfield (0), Gulf,| North Wilkesboro It is rather interesting to see the} Collinstown, Pike, Low Gap, Pine] Belmont number of Sunday Schools which had] Ridge and West Jefferson. The other Tenth Avenue a part in giving over one-third of| 145 churches are as follows: Shelby 243.07 291 the regular income and the amount Greensboro First - ‘ 277.67] Albemarle 257.82 400 (Continued on Page Four) (Continued On Page Four) (Continued On Page Three) me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 20,000 monthly copies, and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $———— for this particular phase of the work at Barium. I isc itecicsmenbiiewsicintieniine tamination chicane Address is ; 499.12 914 482.19 535 360.47 12387 357.11 130 302.40 135 286.17 364 267.38 597 May 1934 f BARIUM MESSENGER BARIUM MESSENGER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S Meme JOSEPH B. JOH ERNEST MILTON, NSTON, Bditor Associate Editor Wtered as seeond-ciass matier November 15, 1923, at the posteffice at Barium Springs M. @., under the act of August ‘ 1y12 Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage previded fer ip Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917 Authorized, November 15, 1923 BOARD OF REGENTS: REV. I. R.HAY == -.- = 55 = «5 Bees M. W. NORFLEET oe Vice-President MRS. Z. V. TURLINGTON - - - - - Secretary Rev. W. M. Currie - -- Belmont | Mrs. W. E. White - Graham Mr. Stamps Howard - Tarboro|Rev. R. C. Clontz, - Wilmington Mes. I. F. Hill ------- aeeens | Sew. J. R. McGregor, - Lexington Mes. J. E. Driscoll - - - - Charlotte|,, _ Se t oo Ae Deke ke Mebane | !T®- John enper er aor Ko 6 Hidsin a ee Raleigh |Mr. W. B. Bradford - Charlotte Rev. Eugene Alexander - Manchester | Mrs. H. A. Rouzer - - - - Salisbury Mrs S. A. Robinson - - - - Gastonia|Mrs,. L. A. McLaurin, - Rowland Mrs. W. I. Clarke - - - - Wilson'Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro ‘DIRECTORY: Jos. B. Johnston ciccilat General Manager J. BR. Lowrance a samineprestnert clarence abst Ernest Milton : _. Treasurer Mias Lulie E. Andrews Bookkeeper and Clothing Miss Maggie Adams . Head Matron T. L. O’Kelley ee ; Head of School (PORM OF BEQUEST.) “I give and bequeath to th K@ME OF Ireorporated Under the Laws lima, (HERE NAME THE BEQ THE PXESBYTERIAN SYNOD UEST. ) e REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ OF NORTH CAROLINA, of the State of Nerth Caro- |The Measure of One Orphanage Man In the fall of 1930, Julian West,] who had but recently finished at} the Orphanage at Barium, was enroll- | ed as a student at Davidson College. | Like all of the Barium boys and girl5 | who go to college, he went there en- tirely dependent upon his innate ability to make good, and not becasue ot his merits by re- of any advocacy latives or friend Early in his care he became ac- | tive in the life of campus in} manifold Ways This continued | throughout three years, when the 600! or more students at Davidson voiced | their opinion and timation of him} when they ch him as president of the student b for 1 He has come to the of his | tenure of office in that capacity, and} the editor of The Davidsonian, Kenneth | D. Weeks, of Rocky Mount, recently | wrote an editorial in that college} 33-1934. | dy ciose publication ipon the distinctive | qualities that dovetailed together to make Julian West a good student body president, admired and honored by all students and held high in their esteem. | The editorial is as follows: Nothing so utterly reveals the inherent stuff out of which a man is made than a tenure of office at the head of any body politic, and this Student Body in partie- ular. With his election, he is at ence catapulted from the ranks to a place of me elevation. The facet of his ction tion of nothing than that a hazards the residual in is an indica- more substantial _Vvoting majority guess that there him a capacity intelligent leadership. But the assumption, as such, that lifted him up, that singled him out, short-lived. Very shortly it loses 1s for its quality of conjecture, crys- tallizing into a positive convic- + L | tion which either corroborates or contradicts the hypothesis at the basis of his election. About a year ago, Julian West was installed as President of this Student Body. In the oath he took there was nothing but an earnest profession of his will- ingness to accept a challenge. Now, in all - human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. His tenure finished, it is the proper time for an evaluation of his ef- forts and an appraisal of their consequent results. Six hundred men have watched him in his work. Where his aptitude for leadership was once untried, it is now, as a result of experience, common knowledge and the de- gree of its effectiveness can reasonably calculated. Retrospect reveals that in sub- stance he was equal to the de- mands of diplomacy and exec- utive technique which were duties incumbent upon him. He with- stood the infinity of pressures to which the fact of leadership necessarily exposed him. He answered the challenge of com- mitment by taking an uncom- promising stand for principle. In the recital of these qualities there resides the quintessence of adequacy. And yet, in them, we have still not touched the signal characteristic whieh guve the man distinction. Julian West was singular in this, that whatever he said came straight from the shoulder. He spoke what he thought without equivocation. With full faith in the primacy of idea over words he never played upon the latter in the role of a demagogue, al- though to a weaker man _ the temptation might well have been irresistible. He attached a great- er import to the unvarnished substance of what he had to say, and less to its embellishment. In these noisy, strenuous times with claptrap and balderdash everywheve abounding his in- tellectual honesty was refresh- ing, and in it lies Julian West's peculiar merit. 21 BARIUM BOYS AND Continued from Page One) | enth grade. George Neal, principal | at Troutman, delivered the diplomas| with.appropriate and timely remarks, | and the acceptance of these was acknowledged by Leonard Fort, président of the class. After Dr. Lingle’s address, Rev. Mr. Brown made a short talk to the graduates upon the use of s Bibles, and then followed the award- ing of medals. Bruce Parcell was given the highest award of all, the Ace medal, and was selected by a vote of the teachers, matrons, offi- cials and high school as one who had made most of his opportunities at Barium and had shown a great im- provement during his stay here. The high school scholarship medal went iwila Johnston, and Alice Jones won a similar one for the grammar school, these two have have made the highest averages. Maud Inman was given the music improvement medal for her advancement in this work. Leonard Fort was awarded the Bible medal, and the runner-up was Cath- ryn Norman, who was given another award. | Coach Ralph MeMillian officially} presented a number of trophies and| indWidual medals which had been} won by the Barium athletic teams the past year. Certificates were pre- sented to athletes at supper twol hours earlier. The junior class marched from the rear to the stage, and standing be-| hind the seniors they sang, “Good- bye, Dear Seniors.” After this Leon- ard Fort gave the valedictory and Dr. Lingie pronounced the benedic- tion to conclude the exercises. Sunday's Program Two splendid and provocative ser- mons were preached at the Prebyter- te _ian Orphans’ Home on Sunday, April 22 to the graduating class. In the morning Dr. J. R. McGregor, of Lexingtor, delivered the baccalau- reate on “Investments in Life,” and at the evening sermon, Rev. J. L. Me- Bride, of Statesville, spoke to the Young People’s Societies, using as his central theme the passage of Scrip- ture, “Study to show thyself approv- ed unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed.” Before a packed auditorium Dr. McGregor advised his hearers that the interest returns on their life in- vestment would be large or small according to each individual's efforts. Some of the investments he suggest- ed that the seniors make were the power of thought, consciousness, resistance to evil and the power of will. A full development of these powers, he contended, would lead to a day by day service to mankind, as well as developing the individual’s personal life. The four things in life in which he urged his hearers to wisely invest were work, play, love and worship. He pointed out by timely and appro- priate illustrations the returns of each, which were dependent upon the interest that a person displayed. He touched up-n sports, the esthetic sense, art, the affectionate realm, the home life, and finally led up to the spiritual life. He considered wise investment in a properly attuned spiritual life to be the most important of all investments, and felt that the initial step in the attainment of this would be a famii- iarity with the secrets of the Bible. “The Bible is our lamp and light,” he said, “but it can’t shine unless we in- vest. The Bible has no secrets for us unless we diligently search the Scrip- Pe, Page Two What thePresbyteries Have Done For Past Seven Years | 1927-28 Albemarle $ 4,954.05 Concord 17,789.44 Fayetteville 12,600.42 Granville 7,817.09 Kings Mountai: 8,789.72 Mecklenburg 26,658.89 Orange 13,048.08 Wilmington 8,232.84 Winston-Salem 9,481.50 Totals 9,372.03 tures for those secrets to know,” he urged. fhe second step he outlined was the prayer life. Put nothing into averred, “and you'll get Christ set the ex- before day to praying all night 1 to be able to rayer, it’s costly. a life of seryice prayer,” he nothing out of it. ample by going « pray, and also by long. If we are g call upon Ged in We must invest i and prayer,” ng His final point was that the gradu- ates should invest in the church of the Lord Jesus ( st, putting noth- ing ahead of the service involved, church and other n what being irist’s name, with such as presence a exercises, Interest said and done in (¢ is a resultant service that makes tre- mendous returns upon the investment. He closed with t pertinent ques- tions, “How are you going to trade in your life? How and where are you ” going to invest it Nighy Service “How can we be a workman that needeth not be a hamed?” was a question which M McBride asked and proceeded to ld ways in which be- early in his sermo point oug the mani this could be acc uplished. He lieved that this uld be a holy ambition of eve graduate, and that since “God \y s us to climb to the summits, we can go just as ind life can take nine the friends ves we live.” in which he said high as our ability us. We alone dete we make and the Some of the way closed, and the tapering off with be- lated receipts the first 16 days of April was not sufficiently strong to enable the Synod to increase its giv- ing over 1932-1933. The books at the Orphanage were held open for al- most identical periods for the two years, and when “finis” was written across the receipts ledger, Synod lacked $371.82 of equalling the pre- ceding year’s aggregate. This is the first time in four years that the decrease in Synod’s giving uld develop their that the graduates would lives so that they ashamed would be to watch their company, be careful of what they read, abstain comp'etely from alco- hole beverages, cevelop an innate desire not to be ashamed, know where ihey are going, stick to the tasks ahead with grim cetermination, and development of the r characters. “Most people fa he said, “be- cause they leave God out. No matter what ability you,may possess, nor what the opportunity, you are al- ready doomed to failure if God is not accorded a prominent place in your life. Do your best, and you'll never wear out like shoe leather,” was his parting advice. Initial Event A novel, interesting and entertain- ing class program was presented here on Friday night, April 20 by the 21 boys and girls who graduated from Barium Springs the following Monday night. In attendance were the entire orphanage population, workers and a number of visitors from Statesville and nearby points. Before the curtain rose, Fred mascot selected from the walked out and deliv- Cole, class baby cottage ered the welcome address “like a man,” inviting the audience to join with the class in their last official gathering as a unit. The curtain rose upon the entire class sleeping “peace- fully” on cots, and they leisurely arose as they joined in unison in singing “Roll Out of Bed with a Smile.” One of the class members, Phyllis Morgan, “slept” through the song, the class gathered about 50 the song, “Good Morning Glory.” In entertaining order followed the prophesy of the class by Phyllis Morgan who was flipped from Wash- ington to Hollywood to New York and “ack to Hollywood by the magic wand waved over her, enabling her to see the roles of the members 20 years hence; the history was given by Bruce Parcell. At this juncture the class sang two numbers, “In the Valley of Yesterday’ and “You're Gonna Lose Your Gal.” Continuing, the last will and testa- ment was given by Wilson Low- rance, the members willing what they did and didn’t have to brothers or sisters or close friends who re- mained at the Orphanage after the seniors departed on Tuesday. “Bless Your Heart” was a solo by Tom Clark, who accompanied himself on the guitar, and he responded te the encore with “Stormy .Weather.” Ap- propriate gifts were presented by Margaret Pittman to each individual and the class mascot. The program ended with songs by the class, “Caro- lina,” and “Going, Going Home.” Chief marshall was Cheek Free- man, who was assisted by Leone East, Irene Shannon, Irene Fort, Ralph Spencer and Fred Elliott. These served during the remaining exercises of the graduation program ~ Those ‘graduating from Barium this year were Helen Briley, Mar- garet Brooks, Nellie Culp, Myrtle Johnston, Phyllis Morgan, Lois Mott, Cathryn Norman, Margaret Pitt- | man. Dorothy Thomas. Lillian Wick- jer, Helen Wood, Herbert Blue, Au- jbrey Clark, Harry East, John Elliott, Leonard Fort, Morris Freeman, Gra- ham Long, Wilson Lowrance, Ed- ‘ward Oliver, and Bruce Parcell. never be; her and she awoke to the strains of! has not run into the thousands. The total of $67,106.45, it is believed here, {will be the all-time low ebb, for it is | confidently expected that receipts \during 1934-1935 will be consider- ably larger because of better con- ditions and the increased number of organizations which have definitely stated they would give regularly to Barium during the coming 12 months. The Orphanage had asked for $1.20 per church member per year, but Synod fell shy of this by 33.4 cents per church member. Last year the askings were for a like amount, and Synod was behind 30.9 cents per church member. Of the Presbyteries, Winston-Salem was the only one which gave more |to the Orphanage. They finished 58 jcents ahead of the $1.20 asked, but a year ago that same Presbytery was 1754 cents ahead, a decrease of 17% jeents per member for that Presby- 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 4,008.65 5,050.56 4,483.46 3,626.65 3,524.56 4,392.62 13,769.91 15,703.26 14,783.64 12,558.48 10,722.04 12,001.78 9,636.12 10,376.25 10,376.38 7,405.28 6,152.91 6,813.85 6,169.25 7,405.83 17,722.07 4,283.36 5,390.15 4,556.41 6,152.48 6,549.00 7,652.19 4,795.69 4,912.26 5,537.65 20,620.34 20,938.65 20,634.86 17,520.87 15,110.91 13,351.27 10,901.95 11,341.18 15,176.55 9,741.81 9,389.67 8,012.25 6,541.50 7,447.94 6,566.49 5,652.44 4,558.09 4,824.72 8,337.76 10,190.57 9,668.11 8,459.41 7,717.18 7,615.91 86,157.96 95,096.24 97,063.75 74,043.99 67,477.77 67,106.46 Final Report On Belated Gift Late PRESBYTERY Returns a2 FE 3 . as kt, oy y 3 Pi gat 3 & at a 3 2 £6 Ga ae a Winston-Salem $1387.48 3 c 178 ¢ 120¢ 58 ¢ ahead Concord 738.21 6'ee 105 c 120¢ 15 e behind Albemarle 81.00 2 ¢ 102%e 120¢ 17%e behind Kings Mountain 159.83 3 e¢ 102%c¢ 120e 17%c behind Mecklenburg 751.64 4%ec 85 c¢ 120c 35 ec behind Granville 102.50 14¢ 78%e 120c 41%e behind Oana. 235.09 2%e 72%c 120¢ 47%c behind Wilmington 367.79 4%¢ 61%e 120¢ 58%e behind Fapetievitle 2%e 57%e 120c 62%c behind TOTAL 3.6 ¢ 86.6 ¢ 120¢ 33.4 ¢ behind The fiscal period of 1933-1934 has] tery. Granville Presbytery showed the greatest decrease in 1933-1934 over 1932-1933, with 2034 cents less per member than a year ago. The largest increase over the previous year was made by Albemarle, whose giving was 12% cents greater per church member. The differences between the two years in all of the Presbytery is tabu- lated below: Presbytery Increase or Decrease Albemarle 12%e more Concord ile more Kings Mountain 9%e more Fayetteville 5%ec more Wilmington 2e more Mecklenburg 8%ic less Orange 13%c less Winston-Salem 18%ec less Granville 20%c less The final reports in early April caused a juggling of positions among three Presbyteries - Albemarle, Kings Mountain and Concord - but other- wise the positions of all others were the same as appeared in the April issue of The Messenger. In April, the three above-mentioned Presbyteries were in second, third and fourth places respectively. However, Con- cord spurted forward from fourth place te second, shoving Albemarle Presbytery back to third and putting Kings Mountain one notch further back to fourth place. ! Slow Start; Maybe Strong Finish | April }PRESBYTERY Receipts } Albemarle $146.93 Concord _ 193.62 Kings Mountain 92.73 Wilmington 134,78 Fayetteville 115,50 Mecklenburg . 180.44 Orange 81.80 Winston-Salem 34.05 Granville 30.13 ' TOTAL $1009.98 Amount Amount Received Expected Amount Per Member Per Member Behind 3hee 10¢ bee 1%e 10¢ 8%e l%ec 10¢ 8%e 1%e 10¢ S%4e i: ¢ 10c oC lee 10¢ 9 ¢ %e 10c 9%e 4e 10e 9%ec lee 10¢ 9Mbe 1.3¢ 10¢ 8.Te Among those here for different parts ot the graduating exercises were: Ruth Shannon, Lexington, Va.; Luzon Cook, Mooresville; Charlie Sears, James Hannon, Helen Drye, Ruth Freeman, Lucile Long, Ray Shaffer, Jasper Oliver, Violet Oliver, Lilly Jackins and Mae Bell Knox, all of Charlotte; Guy East, Roy Warlick, Lester King, and Mrs, Rachel Moore Kyles, of Statesville; Julian West, Ben and Charles Fort, Paul Pittman, J. B. Lee, Sam Bernardo, John Lee, and Jim and Joe Johnston, all of Davidson; Winnifred Wicker and Clifton Vann, of Raleigh; Louise Wilson, Kannapolis; Billy Martin, Lumberton; Jarold Norman, Wash- ington, D. C.; Sylvia Brown, Valdese; Marion McCall, Winston-Salem, and The 1934-1935 race has started, and/ $3200.00 will be received at Barium. while the beginning was not aus-| Many increases have already been picious, it is a better report than/ noted in the giving during the early that compiled at the end of April,| part of May. ’ 1933. The total receipts a year ago The comparative standing of the were $783.97, while the sum for April,| Presbyteries for the two years 1934, was $1009.98. The average per!/ follows: church member in the first month Presbytery Amount Behind of 1933-1934 was only one cent, but 1933-1934 1934-1935 it is slightly better at 1.3 cents for] Albemarle 8e 644e the initial month of 1934-1935. That} Concord 8%e 8c average is a long way from the 10] Kings Mountain Qe 8%e cents per member asked each month. Wilmington 9i4e 8%c At the close of the first quarter Fayetteville 9%e 9c of 1933-1934, the Orphanage had re- Mecklenburg: Ste 9e ceived only $4,250.30 from the Synod.} Orange 8%c 9%e It is reasonable to believe that dur-] Winston-Salem 10¢ 9%e ing the next two months over Granville &e 9%e . . . | Alumni Visitors and Other News Commencement always brings, Mary Lee Kennedy, Taylorsville. numbers of our old students home.| Mrs. Dawson, nee Annie Bell Williams, and little daughter, Chris- tine, were recently with us for a few . days. May Bell Knox, of Charlotte, spent two or three weeks at Barium, recup- erating from an operation perform- ed at the Davis Hospital in States- ville. She is now visiting in the east- ern part of the state and will return again for a short visit before resum- ing her work in Charlotte, We hear that Ruth Bobbit and Ruth Freeman are both married. We wish to congratulate the lucky men and wish them much happiness. We would be glad if these two would furnish us with information regard- ing their husband’s name and give us their new addresses. BARIUM MESSENGER Page Three May 1984 Fifth Creek . 6.17 Franklin 1.05 | Old Year Gastonia Ist 50.00 Gillespie 1.13 CURUAUCSORCEEETDERDOUTEDEDEADETAEEEDEOEUETER MEME | Gilwood 6.92 Miscellaneous Glade Valley 1.20 TUES | Goldsboro 24.00 CORRECTION: The clothing | Graham 26.35 and $2.50 for shoes coming from | Greenwood 92 Mebane should have been listed Griers .23 last month as coming from the | Gricrs 2.25 Willing Workers Class and not Gulf 3.00 from the Auxiliary. Harmony (C) 4.12 Belmont Aux., Business W’s Circle|Harmony (C) 2.62 13 bath towels, 2 hand towels. Harrisburg 14.46 Bethel (M) Church 78 quarts fruit | Hickory 1st 23.23 and vegetables. Hope Mills 1.35 Clarkton Aux. Circle 1, Mrs. C. S.| Indian Trail 3.25 Clark, Chairman 1933-34 1 Dutch | Ironton 1.57 Girl quilt. Jefferson 15 Dakotah Aux. 3 quilts, 43 pillow | Kannapolis 3.16 cases, 2 towels about 100 yds. | Lansing 1.13 prints, 17 gts. canned fruits and | Leaflet 5.00 syrup Lenoir /3.00 Gaceust) (W) Aux., 1 quilt Lincolnton Ist 44.29 Jos. C. Shepard, Wilmington 1 keg} Little River 3.67 fish. McDowell i Mallard Creek Aux., 2 quilts. McKinnon 1.50 Thomasboro Aux., 1 quilt. Mallard Creek 3.56 W. J. Smithwick, Blounts Creek 2 Maxton Ist 55.23 boxes fish. Mebane 4.75 ATUOUUDEAOLATOUSUAUUUEUUSTESUUIUNEREBREROEALENEHO ere ar oa ‘ Mooresville 1s 2.77 Clothing Boxes Mooresville 2nd 76 OREECELEGEIGUEHOOGEERSELEDLAROTICSTHEOROISSETENEEEEE | yr ven - 5.00 oe poid - E Mt. Zion G. M. Houston Estate s Aux. 8. - nao Covenant (KM) Aux. ween eat 60.00 Dunn Ist S. S., Ladies B. C. New Hope (KM) 2.34 Geo. W. Lee Mem. S. S., Class 15. Newton 21.75 Hickory 1st, Jr. Y. P. (Balance) North Wilkesboro 30.97 Mt. Olive Aux., Evening Circle » Oakdale 1.00 Manly Aux. Olivia 16.11 Oakland Aux. atte 3.00 Olney Aux. (3 outfits). Patterson 242 Providence (F) 8.8. Don, Nan 1.00 Raleigh 1st S. S., Bettie Penick B. C.| Philadelphia 6.10 ene Point Aux. Poplar Tent 2.62 = é ° Prespect 4.13 re Ist Aux. Quaker Meadows 3.75 ae Reidsville __- 20.47 Williams Memorial Aux ae See it 40.09 : utherfordton . OUUULECUOUDUCEEASUALELT DUAL HLTH EOORSOERTRESH | St. Andrews (W) 56.60 Clothing Money Salisbury 1st J. F. Hurley, Sr. COVUEUEDDEENEEOUEEEEATECGNTUETaT Evan eERseounnenea | SPecial 20.00 Amity C. E. 3.50 | Salisbury Ist 48.96 Bethesda (O) Aux. 3.50 Salisbury 2nd ‘i 3.88 Burlington 2nd Aux. Circle 1 3.00} Sanford 346 Calvary Aux. 2.25 Sardis 2.00 Cameron S. S. 15.00 Sherwood 3.40 Carthage Aux. 15.00| Shitoh (C) 1.80 Centre (C) Aux. 15.00] Siler 2.8 Charlotte Ist S. S., Pattie Morris | South River 7.8 Cole B. C. 10.00| Speedwell Al Charlotte Ist S. S., Lee Witten Spencer . 14.28 Goodwyn Mem. Fund 15.00] Statesville Ist 133.33 Charlotte 2nd S. S., Spencer Steele Creek _- 60.00 5 6. 15.00 Sugaw Creek . 11.90 Chinquapin Aux. 3.00} Sunnyside - 5.00 Columbus Aux. & C. E. 2.50| Tabor —. ard Comfort Aux. 3.00 | Taylorsville 1.88 Covenant (KM) Aux. 3.50] Third Creek 2.40 Dunn Ist S. S., Ladies’ B. C. 3.00] Thyatira 4.52 Fayctteville 1st S. S. Miss Maggie Union Mills 3.37 Rose’s Class 2.00] Unity (C) 3.45 Fayetteville Ist S. S., Goodwill Unity (C) - 3.58 B. C. 10.00] White Hill 40 Geo. W. Lee Mem. S. S. Class 15 | White Plains -.. . 2.07 3.50] Williams Memorial 12.00 Hamlet Aux. 15.00| Wilmington 1st 79.60 Highland Aux. 25.00 CHURCHES TH ARORET ENT Kings Daughters, Salisbury 5.00! Covenant (F) 4.46 Laurinburg Aux. 45.00} Little River 3.00 Little Joe’s Aux. Circle 1 1.00 SUNDAY SC OLS Little Joe’s S. S., Boys’ B. C. — 25.00 k UNDAY SCHO 00 Lowell Aux. 3.00 | Banks wae Manly Aux. 3.50 | Bessemer (O) . 23.26 Monroe Aux. 30.00 | Bethany (C) a Monroe S. S. Ladies B. C. 10.00 | Burlington Ist : Mooresville 2nd Aux. Circle 1 6.00 | Charlotte Ist 4th — 32.00 Morganton Ist S. S. _ 15.00 Fem Sigg ry "a a 3.09 | Covenant (O) Covenant Class _ 10.00 Oakland Aux 3.50 | Cramerton 3.30 Olney Aux. f 9.50| Durham Ist, Big Bros. B. C. Piedmont Aux. 15.00 | _ Special 100.00 Prospect Aux. 9.30 | Ellenboro Jan., Feb. & Mar. 18 Providence (F) S. S. 3.00 | Eureka 4th quarter 2.93 Raleigh 1st S. S., Bettie Penick Godwin __... - 5.06 B. C. 3.50 |Grove (W) 8.10 Rocky Mt. 1st Aux. 55.00|__ Birthday a“ = Rocky Point Aux. 2.50 | Harrisburg St. ‘Andrews (W) Aux. 30.00 Hickory Ist 4th quarter a 28. 64 St. Andrews (W) S. S. W.H.S. | Little Joe's anu Class . - 15.00 Lumberton : a Salisbury 1st Aux., Circle 2 3.00 | Milton Special a 0 Shiloh (F) Aux. 3.50 | Mooresville 2nd 4th quarter i3.9 Third Creek Aux. - 14.50 | Mulberry Int. & Sr. Depts. <i 1.17 Special ‘ J Soca in aoe: 300 |New Hope (KM) March 5.45 Washington S. S., Beg. & Pri. North Wilkesboro 45.61 Depts. 7.25 | Patterson Jan., Feb., Mar. 3.00 Waxhaw Aux. 3.50 | Prospect. a. SA Westminster (W) Aux. 3.50| Rocky Mt. Ist, Jennie K. Hill i Williams Mem. Aux. 3.00|_ B. C. ene ee 5. TOTAL __..$222.25 | Rocky Mount Ist Men’s B. C. on QUNUDUUOEUUUUOAUOUTEGENLOLENANETUHEONOR HoRaCEtC EEE Feb. “ 3 Support eke Ri 39.20 APOOOEGSRDOCERDOGTTUESULESULGUGUSUUNEHOUOE EEE HOME Rocks Point. March 200 GULAR . a _ CHURCHES RE Sherrill’s Ford - 2.11 Antioch (F) aa Spencer Jan., Feb. & Mar. 11.50 Ashpole - iayé Spies 4th -quarter 1.34 a Creek ~ 13.05! Thyatira March 4.95 — 95| Topsail 50, Beattie Memorial =| Washington 1st 5.00 Bessemer (0) 3 47| West End 3.56 Bethel (0). am) Weeree, 2 e "TE ydia ‘ Bethlehem (0) wi Wildwood (WwW) 11.00 snag ae Bea o30| Willard, Jan., Feb., Mar. 5.00 Britain... 2.95 AUXILIARIES : Broadway .94| Asbury-Collinstown 37 Burlington Ist 22.50) Banks 3.00 Burlington 2nd 90| Bethel (0) 10.62 Beulah (WS) 1.43] Bethpage (C) 7.00 Center (C) 1.19| Buffalo (G) Circles 1, 2, 3, 4, 8.00 Charlotte 1st 500.00} Buffalo (G) 6.00 Cburch-in-the-Pines 34.73} Camden _ 1.00 Cleveland 2.60] Chapel Hill 10.39 Clio 1.89] Cleveland 10.00 Collinstown .90| Columbus AT Concord 2nd 3.78| Concord Ist 60.00 Cook’s Memorial 5.00] Cypress 2.25 Covenant (F) 8.02; Dan River s 37 Covenant (KM) 8.55| Elizabethtown Special 5.50 Covenant (W) 79.27) Front Street 1.88 Davidson 64.20| Gilwood 2.62 Duncan Creek 3.94] Glenwood 3.00 Dunn 44.00| Greensboro Ist 30.00 Elmwood 1.60] Harrisburg ——.-. -—- 5.80 Fairfield —.—-- rt Ee En | Kannapolis 7.50| Sugaw Creek, Jr. Dept. Special 1.00). Lexington 5.25] Tenth Avenue 28.17 Marion 3.00} Thyatira 5.00 Mooresville 1st 5.00] Trinity Avenue 9.25 Mt. Holly 8.00] Union (KM) 4.15 New Hope (KM) 20] Union Mills 2.79 N. Wilkesboro 2.20] Vanguard Ist, Birthday Spec- Olivia 1.65 ial 1.58 Poplar Tent 45] Varina 1.00 Prospect -75]| Vass 5.04 Reynolda 16.68] Wadesboro, Jan., Feb., Mar. 15.00 Sardis 2.50] Washington Ist 20.00 Sherwood 2.00] Westminster (M) Men’s B. C. — 19.50 Steele Creek 10.00] Westminster (O) 10.78 Thomasville 6.50} Willard 3.09 Tryon quarterly 2.90] Yanceyville 5.11 MS A ee 2.00 AUXILIARIES Westminster (W) Special 1.00] Caldwell Memorial 15.00 Winston-Salem 1st 18.25] Charlotte 1st 11.25 YOUNG PEOPLE Cherryville 2.80 Bethel (W) Special 33] Covenant (KM) 1.00 Henderson Ist C. E. Special 259} Duncan Creek, Ladies B. C. 69 Lansing 1.00] Gastonia Is¢ 17.2 McPherson Children’s Mis, Society | Glade Valley Special 4.00| Goshen Chapel (G) TOTALS Thanksgiving . 7.46] Greenville last year TOTALS Regular 2831.47 : Circles GRAND TOTAL Old Year $2838.93] Special Penny-a-day High Point Jonesboro, Special | New Year | Little Joe’s, By a Friend Mt. Holly eRUALADANUNDAUNNAUAUEGOELUOUGUEGuEGueAueNaeOeGiaa ee iscellaneous Support | Roanoke Rapids oe COU | Rocky Mt. Ist, Mrs. A. P. A. E. Scharrer, Hickory 5.00 Tharpe 10.00 A Friend 50.0¥| Rocky Mount Ist 13.00 A Raleigh Friend 5.00 Special 11.00 A Wilmington Friend 2.00] Penny-a-day 9.10 C. G. Pepper, gen 1.00] Salisbury Ist 11.15 F. L. Fuller, New York 150.001 Salisbury 2nd F. P. Tate, Morganton 6.00) Shelby Jas. Sloan, Redlands, Calif. 200.00) Waughtown Feb. Lynn R. Chapin, New York ~ 250.00! March Mrs. A. T. Graham, Charlotte 5.00} Westminster (M) Rev. James Appleby, Maxton 1.00} Westminster (O) FOR MESSENGER } Williamston Mrs. D. weet Ruffin 2.00 YOUNG PEOPLE Mrs. J. L. Henry, Winnabow, of lWieh Poi ‘i PB Hanne New Hope (W) S. S. 1.00 io 1st, Y. P. Council ao = oe Ed. J. Lackey, ‘ia Pageland 5.00 7 TOTAL $1,009.98 J. T. Pritchett, Lenior 1.00 . G. A. McKay, Red Springs 1.00 ““\I r co iene Miss Callie Brown, Davidson 1.00} COMMANDING MAJORITY W. Roy Robinson, Gastonia 1.00 (Continued from Page One) Dr. C. K. Brown, Davidson 1.00 Bethany, Bethesda, Centre, Cleveland, Mrs. Plato Monk, Farmville 290] Clio, Concord First, Concord Iredell, MEMORIALS Concord Second, Elmwood, Fairview, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Slane, Statesville |Franklin, Front Street, Harmony, Memory J. F. Benbow, Oak -| Kannapolis, Landis, McDowell, Me- Ridge Z i 5.09| Kinnon, Marion, Mooresville Second, TOTAL: ...: ‘ $693.00 Morganton, Newton, New Salem, CHURCHES Park Place, Patterson, Prospect, ae =p} Rocky River, Salisbury First, Salis- Bethesda (F) Special ia bury Second, Sevier, Shearer, Sher- Beulah (M) ; ; 5.00] sills Ford, Shiloh, Spencer, — Graves Mem. By J. H. Jackson | vilie First, Stony Point, Tabor, Tay- pee a: Saas 108.90 | Jorsville, Third Creek. re 4 Fayetteville McPherson 7.50 Antioch, Ashpole, Barbecue, Ben- Statesville Ist, The Deatons, ss salem, Benson, Bethel, Buie’s Creek, Special 25.00 Bunnlevel, Cameron, Cameron Hill, Sugaw Creek, R “M. Adams, Cape Fear, Centre, Church-in-the- Special 1.00) pines, Comfort, Covenant, Culdee, Winter Park 4.54 Cypress, Dunn, Eagle Springs, Elise, SUNDAY SCHOOLS Ephesus, Erwin, Eureka, Fairmont, Albemarle 22.01| Flat Branch, Galatia, Gibson, Hope Ashwood 1.50} Mills, Iona, Jackson Springs, Lake- Barbecue 1.00} side, Laurel Hill, Leaflet, Lillington Belmont 26.00! Lumber Bridge, Lumberton, MecMill- Bessemer City, Jan., Feb. & an, Maxton, Midway, Mile Branch, Mar. : 6.78! Mt. Pisgah, Parkton, Pembroke, Bethany (C) .75| Philadelphus, Pinehurst, Providence, | Bethel (M) 3.85 Raeford, Raven Rock, Red Springs, | Bethesda (F) 9.70 Rex, Sardis, Sherwood, Shiloh, St.! Bethesda (0) 5.00 uls ors Union, Vass, Beulaville 1.20 Verona, West End. | Black River 1.40 Granville Bladenboro i: 43 Blacknall Memorial, Buffalo V: an- | Buffalo (G) 19.00] guard, Center Ridge, Ernest Myatt | Chadbourn 2.80| Mission, Fellowship, Fairview, Fuller Church-in-Pines 6.68| Memorial, Geneva, Goshen, Gruver Clarkton 6.62| Memorial, Hebron, cee oe -veland 8.00| Mount Pleasant, Oak Hill, Oakland, eee lst 65.11! Progressive, Southard’s Mission* Concord Iredell 3.21] Springhill, St. Andrews, White Oak, Covenant (O) Covenant B. C. 2.00) Willow Springs, ae Memorial. avidso 8.12 Kings Mountain ean Crock 2.61 Armstrong Memorial, Belmont, Elise 2.21 | Bessemer City, Brittain, Cherryville, Farmville Beg. Class 1.88} Duncan Creek, Ellenboro, Forest Fifth Creek 2.88] City, Goshen, Hepzibah, Iron Station, Foster Memorial 1.00| Kings Mountain, Lincolnton, Long Fountain, March 2.72| Creek, Macpelah, Mt. Holly, New April 3.61| Hope, Olney, Riverbend, Shelby, Shi- Gastonia Ist, Jr. Dept. 7.28] loh, Spindale, Stanley Creek, Tryon, Gastonia 1st, Adult W’s B. C. Union, Union Mills, Unity, West Special 10.00} Avenue. ? 00 7.86 Mecklenburg Goldsboro 7.90 Albemarle, Badin, Banks, Bethle- Hallsville 1.80} hem, Biscoe, Camden, Cameronian, Harmony (C) 2.80} Candor, Central Steele € reek, Char- Howard Memorial 6.12| lotte First, Charlotte Second, Cook’s Huntersville 10.60} Memorial, Ellerbe, Hamiet, Hope- Iron Station 1.85} well, Huntersville, Indian Trail, La- Lakeview 2.23} vona, Lee Park, Locust, Matthews, Lexington 12.25| Marks Creek, Mount Gilead, McLean Long Creek 2.50} Memorial, Mallard Creek, Morven, Lumber Bridge 2.46| Monroe, Mulberry, Nevin, Newell, McPherson 10.00! Norman, North Charlotte, Norwood, Macpelah 1.00} Oakboro, Paw Creek, Peachiland, Marion +--+ 6.62 | Pineville, Plaza, Pleasant Hill, RKam- Maxton Ist Feb. 8.99} ah, Roberdell, Robinson, Rocking- March 4.75 | ham, Rourk’s Chapel, St. Andrews, Mayo Mission, March 3.00 | Sharon, Siler, Tenth Avenue, April 1.50} Thomasboro, Turter, — Wadesboro, Mebane 5.40 | Williams —— Wilmoore. roe 13.59 range Seoreeville lst 10.98 | Asheboro, Bessemer, Bethel, Beth- Mt. Pisgah 2.00 | any, Bethesda, _ Bethlehem, Broad- Nahalah 3.00| way, Buffalo_ (G), Burlington Sec- New Bern Ist 10.66 |ond, Community, Covenant, | Cross New Hope (0) 1.39 | Roads, Cummock, East Burlington, New Hope (W) 3.00 | El-Bethel, Eno, Farmville, Glenwood, North Vanguard 5.00 f wear on : ea ae y s B. C. 2.30 | Jonesboro, Little iver, Maidson, ome S 1.00 | Milton, Mt. Vernon | Springs, New Olivia 28.60 | Hope, Piedmont, Pleasant Grove, Patterson April & May 2.00 | Pockett, Reidsville, Riverview, Spray, Philadelphus 3.32 |Springwood, St. Andrews, Spee sdwell, Pittsboro 2.00 ie Stony Creek, White Hill, Red Springs, Jan., Feb., Mar. 4.12} Yanceyville. nie K. Hill Wilmington — ae a's way 10.00 Acme, Antioch, Ashewood, 3eula- Rocky Mt. Ist 11.44| ville, Bethel, Black River, Bladen- Rocky Mt. 2nd 3.00 | boro, Brown Marsh, Burgaw. Calyp- Rowland 9.85} so, Carrol’s Chapel, Chadbourn, St. Andrews (M) 10.72) Chinquapin, Clarkton, | Delgado, Salisbury 1st Rumple B. C. Elizabethtown, Elkton, Faison, Geo. April & May 10.00} Webb Memorial, Graves Memorial, Salisbury ist, W's. B. C. 5.00 | Grove, Hallsville, Harmony, Hebron, sito | Meals Served by S. S. Sunday Schools in the North Caro- lina Synod have started off the year in a splendid fashion with an amount which is over twice as large as that which was received from them for the first month of 1933-1934. The ; total one year ago was $289.30; that {for April, 1934, was $620.53. One year ago 35 Sunday Schools reported in the first month; last April the total was 76. Elsewhere in The Messenger it is noted that an aggregate of 225 Sun- day Schools contributed regularly to Barium throughout the past twelve This means that 149 of them did not report their offerings in April. However, many of these wait report in quarterly amounts where gifts are small; others report wice a year and. a very small minority do not report but once a year. The monthly report is much preferable. Following the monthly months. the plan of last year, a tabulation will be given of meals which could have been served by the Sunday School offerings. The gifts of Apri, 1933, would have served meals for about three days. Those in April, 1934, would have served meals for almost seven days. The meals which could have been served follow: Month 1933-1934 April 2,895 FINAL REPORT REV 1934-1935 6,205 TALS (Continued from Page One) Statesville First . 211.64 423 Rocky Mount First 192.65 382 Kings Mountain 191.66 184 Laurinburg 189.86 474 Monroe 178.09 264 Lexington 175.75 491 Hickory 156.37 250 Buffalo (G) 142.50 411 Westminster (M) 142.21 6511 Charlotte First 132.00 502 St. Pauls (F) 129.51 214 Mocksville 128.43 80 New Bern 118.07 189 Wilson 115.43 361 Paw Creek 113.96 267 Westminster (O) . 118.96 352 Bethesda (F) 110.32 188 Huntersville - 108.49 232 Clarkton 105.88 24 Raleigh First 105.76 947 Maxton 104.98 181 Lumberton 102.74 141 Trinity Avenue 101.93 323 Front Street 100.81 382 However, it is believe that an index to the giving by these 36 can best be gleaned from an arrangement of them according to the amount which they contributed per Sunday School member. On this basis, there is a con- siderable amount of juggling in the order, for Olivia Church in Fayette- ‘i le Presbytery takes the lead with 2 per Sunday School member. CO lose on her heels is North Wiikes- boro in Winston-Salem Pi esbytery with $2.24 per member. When it comes to this arrangement, Concord ranks in third place, while Winston- Salem First is in fifth, with Mocks- ville in between the latter two. Other Sunday Schools are asked to keep in mind that the tabulation below deals only with the 36 which gave over $100.00. It is known that many Sunday Schools had better -per }member averages than some _ of these. The object of what is recorded below is to contrast the sum with the average per Sunday School mem- ber. Average Per Member Olivia 2.75 North Wilkesboro 2.24 Concord First 1.75 Mocksville 1.61 Winston-Salem First 1.0€ Kings Mountain 1.04 Durham Ist 20 Shelby 84 Belmont 9 Salisbury First -79 Lumberten 73 Monroe 67 Aibemarle 64 Hickory 63 New Bern G2 St. Pauls (F) 61 Bethesda (F) 59 Maxton 58 Gastonia First 55 Rocky Mount First 00 Statesville First 50 Clarkton AT Huntersville AT Tenth Avenue 45 Paw Creek A3 Laurinburg 40 Lexington 36 Buffalo (G) 35 Trinity Avenue oo Westminster (O) 32 Wilson 32 Greensboro First .29 Westminster (M) .28 Charlotte First 26 Front Street 26 Raleigh First Al Holly Grove, Hopewell, Immanuel, Jacksonville, Kornegay, Mt Horeb, Mt. Olive, Mt. Williams, Mt. Zion, New Oak Plains, Pearsall Mem- Pleasant View, Rocky Point, Forks. Chapel, Smiths, South Stanford, Topsail, Wallace, White Plains, White- Winter Park, Wood- Hope, orial, Six River, Westminster, Wildwood, ville, burn Winston-Salem Bethel, Beulah, Carson Dacotah, Ebenezer, Foster Geo. W. Lee Memorial, Glade Valley, Hills, Jeffer- Asbury, Memorial, Memorial, Gillespie, Laurel Fork, Loggins, North Wilkesboro, Obids, Creek, Pine Hall, Reynolda, Memorial, Waughtown, Yad- Lansing, son, | | Miiiers, | Peak Rogers kinville. 1 1 May 1934 a BARIUM MESSENGER Page Four ee . IN Re ONLY 168 CHURCHES DISTRIBUTION, —, RURCHES Bet ae mae t 50)ized churches and some missions See rae : ‘ontinued from Page One ontinued from Page One Average Less Than Fifty Cents | ; we 5 ital eke : (Continued from Page ~— is wa cach Presbytery. Pembroke, Olivia, oo ) Maas Gaia ah a. and chapels which also gave to Myers Park 6 “| Presbytery Number Amount Granvill¢—Durham First, Warren-|less than fifty cents per member, Barium, but their memberships are Raleigh 1st 485.72 S.S. Given | ton, West Raleigh. and their respective averages are a not available. These were: Westminster (M) 301.48} Concord 31 $2664.80] Kings Mountain—Belmont, Cram- | follows: Ballard Mission, Bear Grass, Mayo Graham 221.14) Fayetteville 46 2056.02 | erton, Gastonia First, Kings Moun- Albemarle Presbytery Mission, Robinson, Runnymeade, Grahan <i 180.89 Mecklenburg 34 2020.84} tain, Lincolnton, Shelby. Ahoskie, .27; Bethlehem, .32; Falk-| Conley Memorial, Landis Chapel. Wilmington First a oo| Kings Mountain 23 1755.23} Meckl*nbur'g—Charlott« First,|land, .25; Farmville 42; Henderlite} Park Place. Lakeside, Mile Branch St. Andrews (W) 119.02] Winston-Salem ll 1563.16| Charlotte Second, Morven. Memorial .26; Hollywood .01; Jason| Verona, Buffalo, Vanguard, South- Hickory First 116.95| Orange 27 1177.29] Orange—Graham, Greensboro 08; Kinston .39; LaGrange .23;|ard’s Mission, Riverbend, Lavona EES Tena 112.40 Granville 9 774.05 First, High Point, Mt. Vernon Macclesfield .47; Parmele .39; Rocky} Community (O), Horseshoe, Paicnie = Se 110.17, Wilmington 29 763.00 Springs. Mount Second .20; Williamston .16;} Loggins, Millers, Roger’s Memorial, High Point - 15.97| Albemarle 15 695.03 Wiimington—Covenant, Graves | William & Mary Hart .42. Chapel, Kornegay, Six Fork’s Chapel Winston-Salem First 109.64 —_—~ — Memovial, Hebron, Jacksonville, Concord Presbytery South Lexington. : Caldwell Mem. 102.78 TOTALS 225 $13,466.42) Southport. Bayless Memorial .41; Beattie No Report - No Average Cramerton ire Since 225 Sunday Schools gave W inston-Salem—Mocksville, | North Memorial 26; Bethany 47; Bethesda There remained 67 churches. in Little Joe’s 91 17| regularly to the Orphanage during Wilkesboro, Reynolda, Winston- | .255 Bridgewater 23; Clio .23;|the Synod which made no financial Gastonia First 91.10 3 : se | Salem First. Clinchtield .03; Concord Iredell .42;}repert to Barium during the current Sanford 81.77 the past year, i¢ leaves slightly over Average Between $0.59 and $1.00 Cencord Second .49; Elmwood .44;] year. : Steele Creek 81.29 300 which do not respond. If these} Immediately following in tabulat- Fairview Mission .10; Fifth Creek| Mecklenburg had the largest Roanoke Rapids 17.78 could be aligned in regular giving, ed form are those churches which!-89; Franklin .13; Front Street .48;| number of churches which did not West Avenue (M) ip: the above handsome total of over arenes - as 50 cents per eres — -08; aig .22; Harris-} report—22 of them. Fayetteville Philadelphia Set ase : ? : church member: surg 43; Marion .33; McDowell .05;) was next with 11 churches faili een 57.75 $13,000 would just about double, for Salisbury Second $1.15 | McKinnon .11; New Salem .20; Oak-| report, and the fae whe Mt. Airy _ 54.71] there are some unusually large Sun-| Lexington 1.12{dale 08; Old Fort .07; Poplar Tentj others is: Albemarle eight; Orange St. Pauls (M) - 52.11| day Schools which do not follow th | Wadesboro - — 1.12]-17; Prospect 39; Shearer .09;} eight; Winston-Salem six; ‘Granville Henderson oo Oe Sunday-per-month-off ering plan. oar. He: veda ia Bd a —_— bogs i sogg four; and Con- Trinity Avenue 7 a6 , 2 hic ae tne “ “B45 oh; ylorsville} ¢ and Kings Mountai yi Montpelier 47.39 Among that 225 which do sive, 10, Oxford “~~ y'99|.94; Third Creek 43; Unity .17;| each. g ountain with two Rutherfordton 46.87| are a number of Sunday Schools} Ferest City — 1.08 | Waldensian .32; The churches from which no re- Highland 45.07] where only one or two classes con-| Wilmington First ao ae Fayetteville Presbytery ports have come are as follows: Fayetteville First 44.34] tribute, or where a percentage is| Centre (C) 1.07| Antioch .13; Barbecue .09; Ben- Albemarle a Hawrfields 39.44) given Barium after all expenses are Yanceyville as 1.07} salem .18; Benson .13; Big Rockfish} Anderson, Berea, Bethany, Merton Covenant (W) 36.15] paid. If these could definitely _set| Eno 103|.20; Bluff .09; Buie’s Creek .35,| Parmele, Roanoke, Spring Hill, Snow Mocksville 35.04) aside all of one Sunday’s offering,| Lumberton 1.03 ,;Cameron Hill .09; Cape Fear .04:} Hill. é ne Mooresville First 34.66 the total would climb stil! more. Montpelier 1.03| Centre .18; Comfort .08; Culdee .13; Concord Bethpage 54.26 Auxiliary Regular Giving Reidsville ; 1.03 }Cypress .18; Dundarrach .05; Eagle} Drusilla, Oakwood. Bethesda (F) $2.0 There will be a great discrepancy] Raleigh First 1,00) Springs .12; Elise .41; Ephesus .16; Fayetteville Olivia - 28.33 between the report below for the Westminster (M) 1,.00|Erwin .30; Eureka .27; Flat Branch} Campobellton, Charles Mills, Coats Burlington First 27.58] Auxiliaries and that eompiled from] Fayetteville First ‘98 |.82; Four Oaks .42; Galatia .15;| Elrod, Horseshoe, Longstreet, Naomi, Roxboro 26.07 reports made to Presbyterial Sec- Pittsbere _ 98}Grove .03; Hebron .04; Jackson] Palestine, South Fayetteville Sum- Unity (C) . 25.85 retaries, partly for reasons pre- Highland .96|)Springs .45; Lakeview .15; Leaflet | merville, Wildwood . Lenoir 24.51 viously outlined, and again because) McPherson .96 | .35: Manly .04; Midway 16; Mc- Granville Durham First 24.34 the Auxiliaries will include as regular | Dunn .95| Millan .05; Mt. Pisgah .15; Mt. Tabor| Community, Mitchell Chapel, Miz Shiloh (OQ) 24.20 giving the money which is sent to Laurinburg _ 951.05; Parkton .14; Priest Hill .02;]pah, Norlina, Oak Grove , . Greenville 24.07 Barium for clothing purposes. This| Cherryville 94) Philippi .15; Philadelphus .35; Pine- Kings Mountain Covenant (KM) 23.35 | money is given for the specific pur- Elizabethtown 4 {hurst 23; Providence .14; Raven{ Bostic, Castena. Leaksville pose of clothing children assigned,| Mitchiner Memorial 94}Rock .35; Sandy Grove .12; Sardis Mecklenburg Providence (M) and not to the general support fund;} Burlington First 931.22; Spence .02; Sunnyside .35; Atlan, Bethany Beulah, C Waxhaw 54) hence its non-inclusion as a regular| Covenant (0) .93|Union .11; Westminster .11. Green, Lilesville Macedonia Mt Gane Oxford 94] contribution, However, the recards| Fountain an 93 Granville Presbytery mel, Morgan Memorial Midland, Mid. Alamance -42/ at Barium show the following num-{St. Andrews (W) .93| Blacknall Memorial .49; Brook-|way, Pageland Peachland R i boh, Westminster (0) 20.00] her in each Presbyterial which gave| Ernest Myatt Mission 92\stoun 42; Centre Ridge .03; Fellow-|Salem, Six Mile Crock . a field. Hillsboro 19.79| something regularly and the total} Buffalo (G) 91{ship 13; Fairview .15; Fuller Mem-|Star, Stephenson Tabernacle Us Monit Harrisburg 19.65 amount. St. Pauls (F) $1jorial .26; Goshen .27; Grassy Creek | ville, Wadesville. Walkersvill — Thyatira 19.62| Presbytery Number Amount} Hope Mills .90}.36; Gruver Memorial .11; Hebron Orange - Bostic 18.60 Aux. Given |Smyrna (F) 90.06; Kenly .10; Littleton 10; Mt.| Euphronia, Haywood, Irvi M Godwin 18.44 | Mecklenburg 40 $1650.88] Cleveland 88 {Pleasant .03; North Vanguard .20; | orial, Midway North Bn "bie = Carthage 17.63} Albemarle 18 1525.51| Red Springs ‘88|}Nutbush .19; Oakland .26; Oak Hill}Garden, Smyrna _ Sprunt Memorial 17.44 Orange 34 1511.93] Harmony (W) .87|.39; Pregrezsive .07; Roxboro .44; : Wilmin ‘ai : MeGee 17.34) Concord 33 985.41| Ashpole ~~ [g6|Selma .07; Smithfield’ 33; Springhili| Bolton, Bowden, Maple Hill a Charles Mills 17.25 Winston-Salem 18 952.52) Geneva - aos ta ‘86 |.03; St. Andrews .21; Vanguard First}Home. ’ » ae ES, Swee McPherson 17.13] Kings Mountain 22 759.77| McGee _ me .86|.26; Varina .13; White Oak .32; Wistien-Gdinie Laurinburg : 16.26) Fayetteville 50 75758) MOOS ie es 86 | Willow Springs .07; Young Memorial] Clark’s Memorial, Elki R ; Church-by-side-Road 16.16} Granville 18 732.66| Mooresville First -— -86 | .17. Ridge; Sandy Rides, & a — Goldsboro 15.58 | Wilmington 36 364.09 | Warsaw es 86 Kings Mountain Presbytery Wikcucs: ge, Spruce Pine; Nut Bush 14.56 — ———-| New Hope (W) .85| Armstrong Memorial .20; Bessemer ; Amity 14.23) TOTALS 269 $9239.10 | Union Mills '84|City .15; Brittain .34; Columbus .36; Beth Carr 14.00 There is a total of 387 Auxiliaries] St. Andrews (M) .83| Dallas .31; Duncan Creek .49; Goshen | Excell t Vanguard First 13.69 within the Synodical, which means} Howard Memorial 821.23; Hepzibah 44; Lowell .41;/} en x Williamston 12.57| that 118 did not give anything re-| Ilona 5 .82 | Machpelah .35; Olney .36; Saluda .16; : Red House 12.54 gularly. Many of these sent Thanks- Myers Park ; _ .82|Stanly Creek 14; Tryon .31; Unity The varsity track team of the Lakeview 11.70} giving offerings and some of them| Albemarle ‘ 81.13. Barium Springs has concluded its Danbury ; 10.00 clothe children, but, as stated before, Church-in-the-Pines — 81 Mecklenburg Presbytery most successful season in its history, Grassy Creek 8.85} this is dealing only with regular} Henderson 81 Amity .12; Bethel .30; Bethlehem|having passed through a series of Manly : 8.80 monthly income for the support fund) Maxton .81].06; Biscoe 49; Brainard .31; Cald-|duel meets undefeated, and having Runnymeade 8-67) to the exclusion of all else. Bethesda (F) 794well Memorial .43; Camden .11;/ranked high in competitive state-wide Brookton 8.45 = — {Paw Creek .79|Cameronian .30; Candor .25; Central|meets at Chapel Hill, Durham and Warsaw 8.29 BOARD OF REGENTS AT | West Avenue (KM) .78|Steele Creek .32; Cook’s Memorial | Greensboro. Gilwood 8.21 {Continued from Page One) Jonesboro .77|.45; Cornelius .37; Ellerbe .12; Ham-| Victories were won over the high Pollocksville 8.20| of Lexington, a member from Win-! Pineville .77 | let .43; Hopewell .33; Huntersville .42;|schools of Charlotte, Winst a 1B Pittsboro ‘ -- 8.07 ston-Salem Presbytery, recently} Tenth Avenue .17|Indian Trail .07; Lee Park .03;|and High Point this He ape on-Salem, Thomasville 7.80! accepted a call to the Burlington| Goldsboro Gallant it Mekert Geek J0 des ser cs the Oe ee Quaker Meadow 7.38 First Church in Orange Presbytery,|Trinity Avenue .76|Mark’s Creek .08; Marston’ .10; ae ee bes a In Troy 7.00\and this transfer would mean anj|Thyatira -..._ eee. «75}Marshville .06; Mt. Gilead 383! sprin : toe at Chapel Hill, Barium Flat Rock 6.69} automatic vtirement from the Re-}Clarkton = epee, &4|)McLean Memorial .10; Mulberry .43; ane 7 1 ta ae Charlotte for LaGrange 6.50] gents. The Board selected Dr. Mc-|Mt. Holly we «14]) Nevin .27; Norman .13; North Char- ae eee n the Duke invitation Lake Waccamaw 6.50| Gregor as a member-at-large to re-|Rutherfordton 73 |lottle .11; Norwood .13; Oakboro .11; — Barium Spring was leading Poplar Tent 6.45| piace Mr. Norfleet, and also made{Shiloh (F) .73|Pee Dee .25; Philadelphia .10; Plaza until the last event, when Durham Waldensian 6.04] him vice-president. They chose Dr.} West End 73: .05; Pleasant Hill .24; Polkton .12; took enough places in the broad Siloam 6.00) W. H. Sprunt, of Winston-Salem, to|Cann Memorial 71 |Providence .16; Ramah .08; Roberdell me 4 to win by a four-point margin. Smithfield 5.54| fill the vacancy in Winson-Salem|Mt. Olive _ 11.17; Robinson .11; Rourk’s Chapel urham had previously won the state Cooleemee 5.47} Presbytery caused by Dr. McGregoY’s | Rockingham _ .71}.08; Siler .09; Sugaw Creek .48; meet, and was likewise winner of the Old Fort ; 5.46) departure. These vacancies are filled}Westminster (0) .71|Thomasboro .23; Troy .45; Turner Civitan meet in Greensboro. In the Bixby - 5.34) by the Regents until the annual meet- | Greenville .70).03; Waxhaw .14 West Avenue .19; latter, Barium was third, High Point Hebron (F) 5.27| ing of Synod. Mebane : ‘ze | Williams Memorial .39; Wilmoore .18.| Setting second place. Philippi 5.25! Those at Barium for this meeting}Mt. Airy BS Orange Presbytery Oliver took a first place in the Beulah (M) 5.00} were Rev. John R. Hay, of Hickory, | Banks '69| Alamance .49; Asheboro — .35;|State meet; Oliver, Fort, and Morris Lilesville 5.00} president; Mrs. Z. V. Turlington, of | Broadway '69| Bessemer .36; Bethany .47; Bethel | freeman captured a first place apiece Snow Hill 5.00 Mooresville, secretary; Mesdames {Lumber Bridge '69|.28; Bethesda .32; Bethlehem .30;|in the Duke affair, and Oliver took Buffalo (L) . 4.85) 1. F, Hill, of Durham; John R. Har-|Spindale . : 69 | Buffalo (L) .07; Burlington Second|two first places in Civitan Meet. Dan River 4.70 per, of Wilmington; J. R. Finley, of | Ironton ; .68|.44; Chapel Hill .89; Church-by-the| Barium came along strong in other Salem (0) ’ 4.65! North Wilkesboro; Sam A. Robinson, | Bethpage 67 | Side-of-the-Rosd .04; Cross Roads |places to garner a sufficient number Naomi 4.55| Gastonia; and W. T. Clarke, of Wil-|Mooresville Second .67|.29; Cummock .04; East Burlington | of points to make it hot for all other Tabernacle - 4.5 | con; and Dr. McGregor, of Lexington; |Steele Creek .66 |.03; Efland .23; El-Bethel .18; Farm’ | eompeti sionifi : 4.34] 3, 5 : . ce : : ‘on, peting teams. A significant oc- Lexington . ‘sal W- B. Bradford, of Charlotte; Rev. | Carthage _ .65|ville .19; Gilead .04; Glenwood .22;| currence in the Duke ¢ titi Campbellton . 4.29) w. M. Baker, of Mebane; Karl G. | Shiloh (KM) .65|Greenwood .30; Griers .24; Gold-}that Barium seat 76%, aula as ae Saluda 4.25! Hudson, of Raleigh; Rev. W. M.{Stony Creek .65|ston 11; Gulf .18; Hawfields .31;|,,; hist thin 4 eas . ng Anderson 4.20] Currie, of Belmont; Stamps Howard,|Union (KM) 64] Little River .34; Leaksville 28; .. ake possible in the pole vault. Oakdale 4.15) of Tarboro; R. C. Clontz, of Wil-]Grove (W) '63 | Madison .36; Piedmont .09; Pleasant | 10 this event the Orphanage per- Bridgewater . 8.65} mington; and Rev. Eugene A. Alex-jLake Waccamaw _. ,63}Grove .07; Pocke¢ .06; Red House aa aii seor excell, for at David- Warrenton 3.62 ander, of Manchester. Pearsall Memorial .63'.15; Riverview .07; Salem .14; San- son this spring the two regular pole Spies 3.57 a halen <<... gee 'g2ford .44; Shiloh 31; Springwood .27;!Va@ulters have been John Lee and Mt. Tabor 3.50| Teacher (looking over Tyeddy’s |Covenant (KM) _. .62{St. Andrews .12; Speedwell .15; Paul Pittman. John Lee established Wilkesboro 3.50] home work): “I don’t see how it’s | Fairmont eee 62} White Hill .09. a new record in the pole vault for Mebane 3.49] possible for a single person to make |Sharon aes See Wilmington Presbytery Davidson by clearing the bar at 12 Willard 3.45] :9 many mistakes.” Long Creek ‘60| Acme .23; Antioch .13; Beth Carr | feet. , Marston . 3.20 Teddy (proudly): “It isn’t any|New Hope (KM)... .60}.23; Bethel .004; Beulaville .25; —P. 0. H.— Goldston ono 3.15 single person, teacher, father helped Laure) Hil) een .59|Black River .44; Bladenboro .12; A REFUGE Croatan ; 3.10] me.” Rowland 6.69] Brown Marsh .29; Burgaw .32; Cas- Judge: “I eannot conceive a meaner, Grove (F) . 3.10 —P. 0. H— Ellenboro ~ 58 |well .18; Chadbourn .43; Chinquapinj-nore cowardly act than yours of de- Rowland 3.09 OLD NICK WAS SPRY Spencer '68|.14; Croatan 31; Currie .15; Delgado |serting your wife. Do you realize you Brainard 3.07] A man caught a boy in his garden| Badin '57|.17; Elkton .20; Faison .38; George] ire a deserter?” Caswell 8.00] stealing apples, and handed him to] Willard 57 |Webb Memorial .28; Hallsville .27;| Prisoner: “Well, if you all knowed Dallas 2.89) the police. Calypso pa ee _. .6]HoHy Grove .29; Hopewell .19; dat lady as I does, boss, you sho” Beattie Memorial 2.55/ As it was the boy’s first offense, Lillington ~ ‘sg}Immanuel 34; Mt. Horeb .49; Mt.|wouldn’t call me no deserter . Ah is Bethel (M) eed _... 2.54] the judge Jet him off, but told’ him, New Hope (0) si ~~ °56| Williams .23; Mt. Zion .41; Oak Plain|# refugee—dat’s what Ah is.”—The Westminster (F) ‘ 2.50|never to yield to such temptation) Thomasville '56|.45; Pike .06; Pink Hill .20; Pleasant | Furrow. Teachey 2.32/again, adding: “Ye should have | Godwin : _ 65} View .09; Pollocksville .16; Rockfish —P. 0. H.— Efiland 2.25) flown from the evil one.” Raeford _ .5B}.24; Rocky Point .46; Smiths .14; BEAN HIM Smyrna (0) 2.25] “So I did, sir,” replied the boy,} Spies _ 56 [South River .36; Stanford .07; Tea-| A teacher called for sentences using Pee Dee 2.18|“but he caught me before I got over| Spray ‘ _... Afcheys .14; Topsail .26; Wallace .28; the word “beans.” West Raleigh 2.09 ithe fence!”"—Border Cities Star. Stoneville , _ 54} Westminster .28; White Plains .38; “My father grows beans,” said the Smyrna 2.06 —P. 0. H.— Bunnlevel ‘53 | Whiteville .31; Wildwood .31;|bright boy of the class. Bolton 2.00] “Yesseh, Ah’s a great singah.”| Hillsboro _. 58] Winter Park .26; Woodburn .43. “My mother cooks beans,” came Pink Hill 2.00] “Wheah did you-all learn to sing?”| Milton eee ee Winston-Salem Presbytery from another pupil. North Vanguard 1.99} “Ah graduated from a correspond-| St. Pauls (M) —_.... 538} Asbury .02; Bethel .09; Beulah Then a third piped up: Wm. & Mary Hart 1.92] ence school.” Matthews ~ ‘521.06; Bixby .01; Carson Memorial .17;| “Weare all human beans.” Big Rockfish 1.78] “Boy, you sho’ lost lots of yo’| Nahalah _. $2]Cooleemee .21; Collinstown — .15; —Cincinnati Enquirer. Clinchfield 1.77 | mail.”—-Florida Times-Union. Rocky River sis _... 52} Dacotah .05; Danbury .36; Dan River —P. 0. H.— Bluff — 1.66 —P, 0. H.— Shiloh (C) ~... 62].03; Ebenezer .12; Flat Rock 03; DOBBIN DEMORALIZED Currie 1.57 APPEARANCES DECEPTIVE | Bethel (F) ~~~ ‘51 | Foster Memorial 29; Gillespie .20;} The old man dozed off in his rig, Priest Hill 1.40} Dinner was being served in a Lon-| Fairfield __....... 1]Glade Valley .24; Hills .14; Jeffer- leavixg the horse to take care of it- Cann Mem. 1.21{don boarding house in which anj/ Kannapolis ~~ ‘B14 }son 42; Lansing .19; Laurel Fork}self. He woke up suddenly ‘to find South Lexington 1.19] American was lodged. The proprie-} Newell __.... 14.31; Lee Memorial .13; Low Gap .02; himself in the ditch. Haywood ; 1.15} tress, bringing in a dish of soup for] Pinetops _... 51]Obids .12; Peak Creek .10; Pine Hall Crawling out of the buggy, he went Gied 1.10|]the American, remarked, “It looks| Roanoke Rapids __.. 614,09; Pine Ridge .09; Waughtown .31; | UP and grabbed the horse by the Rockfish a snniaian: “sa . 1.04/like rain.” Back Creek See Sonet '5O}West Jefferson .06; Yadkinville .15. j bridle. “Shy,” he said “you been 23 churches $1.00 or less 12.40] “Yes, it does.” replied the Ameri-| Quaker Meadow Se Other Contributors associating with them automobiles GRAND TOTAL $6,112.54] can, “but it smells a little like soup.”| Rex — a: 150] There were several recently organ-|ai«’t you ?”—Cincinnati Enquirer, . 2 2-9 en e e e ® § & & 6:5) 6 6 ee === BARIUM MESSENGER =: PUBLISHED By PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN 8 ’g Hon IE For. THE INFORMATION OF ITs FRIENDS BARIUM DISCLOSURE MADE AS 1934 ‘SP RINGS, N C., JUNE Barium Boys Who Finished at Davidson on June 5th TO WHAT BECOMES oF ORPHANAGE GRADUATES Detailed Renort Is Made On These Who Compl>ted Work Last April JOB S sc AR CE Rarium Boys and Girls Noted for Doing Their Work Well We are so inn asked the question “What that it might be you what has become cf the las rraduating class by way of a sample. ! A good many of the jobs held by the recent graduating class ave make-shift jobs which we cons‘der stepping stones to something better. Helen Briley is living with a relative and working in a store in Tarboro. It is one of those “Sat- urday jobs” tha; eventually lead to full time work, and we have no doubt that Helen will soon be doing full time work. Margaret Brooks is with relatives near Greensboro. We have not heard | from Margaret as to whether or! not she has landed work. Aubrey Clarke is at present chap- fs L eroning a barbecue and fruit stand for Algernon Sydney in Statesville. Sullivan Award Nellie Culp is with the family of os Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Guthrie, at Mill Bridge, helping raise a flourishing product of the family of little Presbyterians. ‘ ; Harry East has the distinction of | Phans’ Home of Barium already having had two jobs. The|¢can be classified as the outstanding | first was with the Sky-Land Post} graduate in the class of 1934 which at Jefferson, N. C. with the Beam Printing Company | -, ae : in Statesville. Harry is a linotype 5th. This statement is aye operator, and does not seem to have| his recognition by fellow-students, | much trouble landing a job. the honor bestowed upon him by the | John Elliott is at present assist-|faculty and his general leadership ! ant dairyman at Barium. He will} participation in manifold affairs at continue in this capacity as the/the institution. becomes of the graduates? well just to tell JULIAN WEST GREATLY Presbyterian Or- Springs, based dairyman has been given other duties | Honors in great quantities had which necessitate his having an|been heaped upon Julian by his ass’stant. ;classmaies and college-mates, and Leonard Fort is looking for|recognition given throughout his | summer time work, only, hoping to|four years to his leadership qualities. | in enter college this fall. He has not;The faculty~ distinction was accorde@ yet landed anything. him at commencement time, ¢ Morris Freeman is working for |he was singled ou, from among the | hopes to enter Dav:dson this fall. Algernon Sydney Sullivan award for Myrtle Johnson is with relatives|his unselfish service to his fellow- in Hickory, and has one of those} man. time work. nually to that student whose untiring Graham Long is with his sister,|efforts in universal service to the who graduated from Barium several | college and students stands out above (Continued on Page Three) to an alumnus or outsider whom the | college considers worthy of this dis- tinction. A bronze medallion, <¢ Rev. Thomas C. Cook * . of the man who made these awards Leads Fine Services possible are given to the chosen individual, whose life more nearly Rev. Thomas C. Cook, pastor of py Algernon Sydney Sullivan. the Second Presbyterian Church at The highest honor in the hands of Salisbury, was at Barium for the students was placed upon Julian spring evangelistic services. He president of the student bo dy, cpened the series on Tuesday n:ght.! upon him developed the tas k of ad- May 8th, and continued them twice] ministering justice in student affairs the following Sunday night, with the] the institution among the 600 or exception of a Saturday night! more students. By successive stages assembly. (Continued on Page Four) was worthwhile in many respects. It ild A ] it d was valuable to those already within Chi ren Lc uvi e the church, and undoubtedly resulted ir the silent and personal reconsecra- To Movies T hree Times estimable value was the acceptance : ‘ of Jesus Christ as their Savior by Three times during May the entir eighteen of the young people here -| Orphanage as F. Sams, Jr., An invitation was extended on Sun-} manager of the two theatres in day morning by Rev. W. C. Brown,| Statesville, to see pictures as guests those who were not members of the vitations came with n the same we ek church, and this was supplemented] to see films on display at the Play- with remarks from the visiting min-| house, and the other was an_ as to when a child could join the Theatre. ; ss +} Mr church, but both pastors emphasized] It is quite frequently that Mr. the importance of the children know-| Sams extends infvitations — to the The children were urged to consult} kid picture is booked or one with their matrons and any other of|is humorous and will be interesting the workers to talk over the matter|to the children a letter is promptly NEER? Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Barium Springs, N. C. Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 20,000 monthly copies, particular phase of the work at Barium. Name I ec ieicenn caer ereticeinnenicntin se mesitemccnientiniaiainn the Stettesville Wlour Mills, and |98 graduates to be awarded the “Saturday jobs” looking toward full Only one of these is given an-| years ago, and mother in Charlotte.|all others. A similar award is made| certificate and a book upon the life is eke conforms to the exemplary one lived days in May, conducting the annual a year ago when he was selecte as daily through the vesper mecting on] and upholding the honor system of The visit of this Salisbury pastor tion of many lives. Besides this in- population was extended ten girls and eight boys. an invitation by Mr. A. pastor of Little Joe’s Church, to all] of the management. Two of the in- ister. No ironclad age limit was set| tion to see a picture at the Crescent ing the step they were taking. Orphanage, for every time that a (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Three) Dear Sir: and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $———— for this HONORED BY DAVIDSON | He Was Selected from 98 Others | Without equivocation, Julian West, | and the second | finished at Davidson College on June | when | which * ao Encoura seme ents be encouraged t the 2 por the Sunday Schools and es. | Officials at “Ra ‘ium conti Sunday Schools: C | Sunnyside in Fayettevill bytery reported — gift first time; fre - them Rapids of Gran first regular contrib Reads in Orang wrote some |] time ago that the plan of ly gift was and two months’ Offer in in May. A chiss in othe ary each month ition, a month- || 1ugurated, rs came being ins Burl- ington in Orange the fifth Sunday Offeri sent || the first one. Springwood, also in (¢ * reported their first |} t gift in June. aw in Wilmington has | 1 sending a small amount anjually, but these gifts are now con ing every month. Auxiliaries: @* Suxiliary in- creased its menwniy appropri- | . ss & : ation from $10.00 to $18.00--which will be $105.00 more for the year. |} Another one with two circles has decided to send $1.00 per month per circle. Three or four set aside they formerly have definite amounts, whe s gave spasmo dicaily 10S, 8 JOKWSTON HEADS. DAVIDSON ALUMNY ASW. hanage 38 ene Is Also Placed On Alum Athletie Council Jos. B. Jol 1, superintend of the Pr an Orphans’ Home it Barium is the next pre zs ae ident of the Davidson College Alu -| ni Association This honor ee hestowed n the Orphanage hez i| at the recent meeting of the Alum nil Association at Davidson on June 5th, and is the culmination of years of active interes; and leadership lis organizatic He succeeds Dr. Ben R. Lacy, resident the Union Theological inston made hree memb< of the Alu (Continued on | Changes Ace Made / in Church Se i rape |} In the past it hi been customary to shen a Young People’s | Society meetings at the Orphanagx during the summer months, these being placed by a Sunday © night service in the church, which is not of Little Joe’s Church, at Sloan Field, the hour being set so that the meet- ings concluded just down. These are ores effective. The singing, though, was nothing held during the regular school term at Barium. However, it was decided by the session of the church a short time ago to continue the various Young People’s assemblies through- out the entire summer, the meetings | to last hour and to be follow- ed imme by a vesper service. The ve ices are being con ducted by Re W. C. Brown, pastoi about sun-/| | load during the regular sessions. Pe. | this \ ' their | that their minds are capable of carry- | possess an 'the expressed monthly || el | | the 22 students in the graduating cla who were graduated with cum | lau honors, which merits an aver- (Continued on Page Three) “BEN FORT COMPLETES COLLEGE IN d YEARS He Was Graduated With Cum Laude Honors.—-Fine Record Ben Bullock Fort graduated from Davidson College on Tuesday, June 5th, and had a distinction unaccorded | to only one other member of those | who finished their careers at David- son this month That distinction was the comple- tion of the full college course in three an attainmen; that rarely eecurs at Davidson. He was enabled o do this by taking two summer years’ time, TERRIBLE CONDITION OF BUILDINGS NECESSITATES MANY SUMMER REPAIRS No Major Repairing Has Peen Done On Buildings Here In Last Four Years N ARROW ESCA PES Injuries Closely verted by Falling Plaster —Roots Leak If ra‘ny or cloudy days were a cod time to take moving pictures, ‘he camera man would have plenty to record on his film. If there is a hreatening cloud on the horizon, »ucket brigades start getting busy, and if the shower comes up unexpect- edly without any great amount of forewarning, there’s plenty of scut- tling about to be done. Tt isn’t to get water for the swim- ming pool that these bucket brigades Zo into action, even though the water supply at Barium is rather low for all purposes. Neither are the girls trying to catch rain water - softer than the water obtained from the pumps at Barium - to wash their hair. The reason for the speedy activity is to place those buckets, tubs or any other kind of receptacle available under those places in the roof of buildings through which the water pours when it rains. For about four years there have been no major repairing at the Orphanage, due to a lack of funds. The good condition of the buildings has aeteriorated to such an extent, however, that it will be imperative to do a lot of this work during the sum- mer months. It would be false econ- omy to turn a deaf ear to the rain- drops, falling plaster, and a lot of other noises engendered by creaky buildings which are in terrible con- chool courses and carrying a heavier officials grant special privilege rarely, and mly to those who proved during initial stay a+ the institution Dav dson College increased load of study, and ambition sufficiently insure the fulfillment of} intention at the out- . Ben Fort measured up and justi- ‘ied the belief of college authorities ing the trong to '| when this decision was reached two ye _ ago. Ben was not content with just ‘gett - by” at Davidson, which m ight have been the lot of a less am- bitious student particularly in — the increased amount of work hich was necessary. He was one of | | age of between 90 and 95 to be thus| classified. His diploma was a bach-| ior of science degree in biology, ch subject he intends to teach, ind later hopes to put it to further yractical use in the sion. Having concentrated on his studies during the three years he was at Davidson, Ben did not have’ the leisure for participation in outside (Continued on Page Four) medical profes- »| Distribution § Shown Of Income To Date month’s issue of the Mes- article dealing received at with In last r, there was an the regular income liarium throughout the year, \ aan the exception of the hanksgiving £ -| Offering, and the channels through | which it was sent - either the church Sunday School. prepare a udget, Auxiliary or It is now planned_ to monthly —— on this. During 1933-1934, the total regular i was 37,844.89, being divided church budgets with $15,- Sunday Schools with $13,- Auxiliaries with $9,239.10, ind Young Pecple’s Societies with $86.64. In first two months of the 1934-1 year a total of $3,047.88 has been weceived. Sunday Schools = ontinued On Page Three) dition. If this repair work is not done this summer, the cost of it will be over double a year or two hence. | Nobody knows where the money is coming from for this necessary | work. If the Presbyteries show a good increase in giving during the remaining ten months of the year, it can be provided for in the regular budget. If the income, though, fails to increase it looks like an addition to the debt. For the past two years Barium has operated within her in- come, but has done this to the det- riment of repair work and because of drastic curtailments in many de- partments and the abolishment of (Continued on Page Four) Eight Young People at Davidson Affair At the time that you will be read- ing this article, eight residents of the Orphanage - five girls and three boys - will be attending the annual Young People’s Conference of the Synod of North Carolina at David- son College. This conference started on June 12th, and will conclude on June 19th. The Orphanage representatives are Misses Margaret Moore, Irene Fort, Laura Smith, Lucy Byrant and Lomse Wilson, and Messrs. A. D. Potter, Ed Burney and Ed Flowers. “Four of these havg scholarships for the conference, which means that they are waiting on tables or doing jother tasks assigned to them. This gives them the advantages of the conference without any expenses. Officials arranging this annual gathering of the young people throughout the Synod are kind enough to disregard the limited number of delegates allowed each Young People’s League. Ordinarily the local Society would be represented by on® delegate, but these eight have been permitted to go from Barium. The scholarships, too, make it possible for more of the Barium boys and girls to go. Another splendid array of teachers, speakers and directors for the con- ference this summer is assurance that these eight boys and girls will will be benefited individually and that etrsatestenscte on Page Four) Please turn to the back page for the answers. 1.—When and where was the first movement started toward the es- tablishment of an Orphanage by the Presbyterians of North Carolina? 2.—When was the Home moved to | Barium Springs? —How many children were on| the * original roster? 4.—What catastrophe happened} Barium building during the first 5.—What is year at the oldest Questions For the Month now at Barium Springs, and which one was built shortly thereafter? | 6—What is the name of the church jat Barium? 7.—Briefly recount the history of its beginning. | 8&.—Tell about the progress of the | Orphanage from its beginning un- ee 1920. -What auspicious program was aeeien for the Orphanage in 1920? 10.—\What were the results? (To Be Continued) June 1934 BARIUM MESSENGER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S Home JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Editor ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor Batered as seeond-class matter November N. C., under the act of August 24, 1912. previded for in Section 1103, Act of October Accep 1924, at the postoffice at Marium Springs, tance for mailiag at special rate of pestage, 3, 1917. Authorized, November 15, 1923. 16, BOARD OF REGENTS: REV. J. R. HAY ae Se ee President DR. J. R. McGREGOR - - - - - Vice-President MRS. Z V. TURLINGTON - - + = - Secretary Rev. W. M. Currie - - - - Belmont, Mrs. W. E. White - Graham . ; ! Tarboro| Rev. R. C. Clontz, Wilmington Mes Pan: - Durham] Dr. W. H. Sprunt, Jr, - vie pecan Salem is - - - - Charlotte oe _ < ae ae a rs. John Harper - - Wilmington + og ga ean | Wr. W. B. Bradford - Charlotte Rev. Eugene Alexander - Manchester| Mrs. H. A. Rouzer - - - - Salisbury Mrs S. A. Robinson - - - - Gastonia, Mrs. L. A. McLaurin, - Rowland Mrs. W. T. Clarke - - - - - Wilson | Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro pineciunt. Jos. B. Johnston J. H. Lowrance Ernest Milton : Miss Lulie E. Andrews Miss Maggie Adams T. L. O’Kelley HOME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN Incorporated Under the Laws General Manager _____ Assistant i Bookkeeper and Clothing __. Head Matron Head of School (®ORM OF BEQUEST.) “I give and bequeath to the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, of the State of Nerth Caro- lina, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) Once more death has visited and brought bereavement into the home of one of the workers at Barium. This time it was the mother of Miss Mona Clark. Miss Clark’s mother died in Statesville last month. Miss Clark in charge of the sewing room at Barium. Everyone at the Orphan- age unites in extending to her deep sympathy in the loss of one who was so close and dear to her. is The various working crews have been ighty busy at Barium since school was out—the big farm, the big truck farm and the orchard boys. P. ©. It looks now as if we will have a good peach crop at Barium this year, as well as a good hay crop. Both of these were short last sum- and mer, a good crop of both is needed for usage here. -P. 0. H.— The Infirmary has not been over- taxed with work for some time, be- cause the health of the children is fine. During the summer there will be very few patients. No doubt these will be some when school starts! —P. 0. H.— Everybody at Barium was greatly benefited by the services which Rev. Thomas C. Cook, of Salisbury, con- ducted here in May. It is universally hoped that there will be other occasions when he will visit with us) and speak to us. P. O. H.— Anybody visiting the dining room at Barium nowadays would be served a meal cons of food raised al- most entiely on the Orphanage property here. A few staple things have to be bought, but in the sum- mer time the supplies are largely raised at Barium. P. O. H. Quite a few Auxiliaries have re- cently increased their ‘regular monthly giving to the Orphanage, while a few others have started the plan of sending monthly sums to the institution. do not get ag- gravated when such information and gifts arrive in our mail. P. O. H.— It is a thrilling experience to see eighteen and girls accepted into the church at one time on pro- fession of faith in Jesus Christ, and We boys that is what happened at Barium recently, following the spring ser- vices conducted by Rev. Thomas C. Cook, pastor of the Second Presby- terian Church at Salisbury. P. O. H.— individual and two organiza- tions remembered the Orphanage with Mothers’ Day gifts—contri- butions which were taken, in the latter two instances, on the Sunday set aside to commemorate the name of mother. We thought these gifts were most appropriate. Our hope is that this idea will be put into effect by many others next year. —P. 0. H.— Not long ago we had three appen- dix operatigns within a period of two weeks. They say that when one member of the Orphanage has his cr her appendix extracted that two more will quickly follow. Perhaps our quota for the year has been filled now. One —P. Oo. H.— We have had the pleasure of en- tertaining several delegations at Barium recently, and know of others which are to follow. This is fine. We are always glad and delighted to have friends visit Barium. Seeing is believing, isn’t it? The groups have been from Auxiliaries and Sunday Schools. P.O. H The Barium campus is one of beauty just now. The fences paral- leling the highway are covered with red and white roses, and the flowers which each cottage cultivates have brought a lot of joy and delight to everybody. The ravages of the ice storm in February are not so the trees Occasionally a all are leaves. evident now since covered with jagged spot can be discerned in the top of some of them. —P. 0. H.— | After every commencement at | Barium, the applications for en- trance come flooding in to the i } papers applications filed some time ago, or in new ones. “Can’t you take I wanted to get read one recent send jin the two children lin two years ago?” | letter. | —P. 0. H.— We miss all the seniors who grad- | uated in April. One naturally becomes |attached to those with whom they )are in constant contac, Over a | period of years. It’s like a member jof the family leaving home for a | long, long stay. Some of them have |already been back to see us for a | short time, and we hope that they will frequently visit their home at Barium. —P. 0. H.— There was a state dentist here for two weeks in May. He was here for three weeks last year, and because of his work at that time, the dental work this spring was not as great. He found the greater majority of the children’s teeth in good condition. Every child’s teeth were examined. In January every child was given an exhaustive medical examination, }too, as is customary once a year. —P. 0. H.— At the rate the new Sunday Schools are adopting the plan of sending one offering a month to Barium, it won’t be long before we will be able to briefly tell you the names of the ones which do not follow this plan. For the first two months of the year, the Sunday Schools have given Barium over We have no objections to adding others to that ever-growing list. -P. 0. H.— Several people asked us if we had an epidemic of measles at Barium last year. The answer is in the nega- tive. We had a total of 73 cases, but not in epidemic form. As soon as a case was detected, that person was segregated in one part of the Infirmary. Someone said that per- haps-it might have been best to let all those who were not immune have them at one time. As it was the cases lengthened over a_ period of several months. —P. 0. H.— Vacation time is near at hand, and there will be many boys and girls going and returning from two- week vacations duting thie next three months. There will be a hun- dred or more, however, who will not receive invitations and the usual procedure is planned for these—to have a four-day outing somewhere nearby. A few years ago friends made it possible to take these boys and girls on a vacation some dis- tance away, but for the last two years the encampments have been within 25 miles of the Orphanage. A boy or girl can be given this four- day outing for $2.00 each. yO. Be During the past few months, 51 of the 20,000 people to whom The Barium Messenger is sent have ex- pressed their apyreciation of that publication by sending us $83.01 to- ward its issuance. We hope that there are many more who like our paper and will give vent to their feeling in this manner. Just think what it would mean if half of those on our mailing list would send $1.00 toward the publishing of The Barium Messenger. That would be $10,000.00. That sum alone would provide for the cost of issuing this paper month- ly for a period of about five years. —P. 0. H.i— Work continues in | Synod. BARIUM MESSENGER ing with over 20,000 names. We are! constantly getting names for The Messenger. If know of interested parties who are not receiv- ing the publication, kindly forward their names to Barium and they will| be promptly added. Also, keep us in- formed as to your own change of address. Local Orphanage Secre- taries are asked to make a careful) check of the members to see that | there are no duplications and to also furnish us with additional names, —P. 0. H The Barium boys and girls will be having the same chance in school next year as any other boy and girl in the public schools, under the changed system of attending school during the hours generally followed by all others. During the 1933-1934 session, the Orphanage population started the day at 6 a. m., and were either working, going to school or attending study hour until 9 o'clock that night, with an hour’s time out for play. The change of hours for 1934-1935 means a_ considerable change in the system always followed at Barium, bug it is being enacted for the betterment of the child, , O. H- We are still displaying the moving picture of Bar’um, t! ugh not as ex- tensively or intensively as during the past fall. In May they were dis- played before — th: Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs of Siatesville, and in June we are scheduled for a few engagements at churches in the There are quite a few re- quests on file which yet remained unfilled, but all of these will be visited during the coming year. En gagements have alr idy been mace at several places for the fall. In the summer time many church members are away on vacations, so perhaps new ou lit will be best to wait until fall for | | | | | manager. People read in the news-) ahout : that 19 members are grad- ing for the first two months of 1933- \ : ce f |uating, and promptly write in about! 1934. This is fine, and we hope that | man, half of their income from the Synod.| | | revising The| these the greater majority of the visits. —P, 0. H. The Synod of North Carolina is $800.00 ahead of its giv- reases continue every month of the year. We expected an even larger increase for the first quarter of 1934-1935 over first quarter of a year ago. It is doubtful if the income at the Orphanage ever Teach- these ir the ed the low ebb it dd immediately following the bank holiday. June} giving must show an increase of al- most $3,000 over June, 1933, if the income is to equal that of June, 1932, for at the ciose of the first qua ter last year the Orphanage was $3890.06 behind the year previous =P. -). H. Twenty-five memorial gifts were sent to Barium during 1933-1994 in lieu of flowers to the funerals of friends or loved des. The total sum was $149.00, 'Siné@® the beginning of the new year quite a few friends have sent other memorial gifts to the Orphanage. This is a splendid and fine way to express regard and esteem for the deceased, and one which is growing in popularity each year. Not long ago We read that a who had lived an exemplary fe for others and who was aware that death was near, made a public request that no flowers be sent to his funeral, but that the money which would be used in this manner be contributed to a worthy cause. thus —P. 0. H.— We've d a lot of figures and a lot of atistics in The Messenger for the past few months, but these are going to be curtailed somewhat for a while. We know that there has been some objection to this, but we’ve observed that the greater majority of those which have expressed ad- verse have been members criticism of churches which were far behind their previous year’s giving. In other instances, we know that these facts have decidedly helped in getting some churches to expend their efforts in behalf of Bar‘um. We know we can’t please everybody with the matter contained in The Messen- ger for 20,000 people have that many different trends of thought. P. O. H.— In this issue of The Messenger we are inaugurating “Questions for the Month” on the front page, with the answers on the back page. Our sug- gestion is that the Orphanage sec- retaries of tha local Auxiliaries clip each one of the series out and hold them for use at the Auxiliary meet- ings in the fall. When this series is completed, each reader should have a comprehensive idea about the work of the Orphanage. At a special fall meeting on the Orphanage work, the complete list of questions can be asked of all members, and from the answeis the loeal Secretary will have a good idea as to how familiar her members are with the Orphan- age work. On the basis of these, she will know what phases need further presentation and elaboration before the members of her _ particular group. -P, 0. H.— Tow many of our letters of ack- nowledgment are read? We wish we knew the answer. Some time ago a treasurer sent us an unsigned check and another sent us a check which was returned to us marked “Insufficient funds.” Both of these treasurers were written a letter; there was no reply. Finally, we wrote a postal card which could be read withowt opening; results promptly followed. Our surmise is that none of the letters had been opened by treasurers, but simply laid “essenger mailing list. Every month | aside thinking that it was the re- we have hundreds of | changes to} gijlar receipt. In such cases as this, make, which is natural when deal-|is the cost of an acknowledgment worthwhile? If our letters are read, we want to continue the acknowlege- ments, but if they are laid aside without. even being opened, can’t the check constitute the receipt and save the Orphanage the expense in- volved? —P. 0. H.— For the past several years, many of the Auxiliaries of the Synod have been making special offexings for the Orphanage in July, which is one of the months when the gifts receiv- ed at Barium are unusually low. This has always been over and above any regular giving. It is truly hoped by Barium authoréties that this com- mendable plan will be universally used agafn next month. Officials here are valiantly endeavoring to get through the summer months without borrowing additional sums, and it is through a liberal response in these special offerings that this will be ppssible, Many Auxiliaries have not yet adopted a regular plan of giving to the Orphanage every month of the year, and it is hoped that these will make an exception- ally active effort in our behalf in July. —P. 0. H.— We're rather proud of the record of the two boys who finished a Davidson College early in June, and fee! that friends everywhere will be proud of their attainments. Both of them made unusual and distinctive records, and obtained their back- ground for their college success at Page Two | ‘three years, and the water in the wells has gone down, down, down, until we are getting today only a fraction of the total amount of water that our wells ngrmally pxodoved. Well, we have to have water to drink, and the matrons insist that some water be used for baths, too. Occa- sionally we have to have a little water to sprinkle the lawns, and then, we want water for the swimming pool. So far, we have not had enough to fill that swimming pool! Now what are we going to do about it? It is a calamity when a storm comes along and destroys a crop. It is a terrible calamity when a fire breaks out and destroys a building, but it is just an unthinkable calamity when sume- thing stops the swimming pool from being used in the summer time. A number of years ago, we realiz~ ed that our water supply at Barium was inadequate, and an order was passed by the Board of Regents to sink an additional well “When and if the way be clear.” Well, the way has been clear lots of times. The place is picked out, the plan for dig- ging that well is all ready. In fact we are on the mark, and we are all set, ready for the crack of the pistol to go on that well digging proposi- tion, but the means have not been available. There has not been a time in the last five years when we have the Orphanage. The Synod, except as songe individuais cotitributed to the loan fund, did not have a part n making this college education nossible, but that is no deterrent o a feelng of pride which they uieht have in the accomplishments of hese two yeung men. One Orphan- age has set aside $35,000 endow- ment for the eollege edudation of their boys and girls, but nothing like this is avvailable at Barium. It s solely a personal matter with Mr. Johnsten, the superintendpnt, who has, by private solicitation, obtainec the necessary funds for the further ept en ot worthy boys and girls who finish here. —P. 0. H— During the past 4:veral months many of our individual friends and treasurers who regularly send funds to the Orphanage have said that re- ‘pts are not ‘necessavv—that the returned and cancelled check will be efticcent. This has meant a saving f over $10.00 to the Orphanage. You can figure how many receipts are in the desk of the treasurer. This is the actual saving in postage. There has been additional saving ‘n stationary, and many hours have been spent in doing other tasks that ord'narily would have been expended in writing these letters of thanks. tach of these treasurers or in- dividuals can rest assured that every one of their contributions are always cordially and warmly wel- comed, even though we do not write them every time. Another way of saving would be to acknowledge gifts by pestal card. This, of course, won't be done unless requested; we will continue the usual procedure of thanking by letter. —P. 0. H.— YOU NEVER CAN TELL One of the troubles in getting out a monthly paper is putting the pro- per date line on the articles that are written. It not exactly like a daily paper, and still it is not like a mazagine, where articles are pre- pared months in advance. Back in February, we wrote an editorial in which we stated that “On account of the mild winter, our live- stock had not needed so much hay, so part of the damage done by last summer’s drought was off-set.” Be- fore that appeared in print, we had had more winter than we had had the, whole time previous this season: When that article was written, we were congratulating ourselves on the amount of hay in the barn loft, corn in the crib, and coal at the heating plant; and just three weeks afte7 that time, the barn, the crib and the bins were as bare as Old Mother fiubbard’s cupboard, because we had had every kind of weather that is disagreeable during that time. The coal which we thought would carry us through the summer and well into next fall was entirely burnt up; the corn which we thought we could dribble along and care for the livestock during the mild spring weather, was all eaten up while the livestock was snow-bound! And the same was true for hay, and instead of be ng well prepared, we wound up the winter just about as thread-bare as it was possible to be. When our € is spring alfalfa was ready for cutting} and was hauled to the barns, it had been so long since the cows had seen anything like that, they hardly re- cognized it as something to eat; but — the first taste, they remember- ed! Just now, the spring rains are mak. ing up for that bad February and March, and it won't be long until w® will ail forget that we ran out of hay and corn, and maybe coal. It is going to entail additicnal expense later on, buying coal earlier for thc fall use. In the mesintime, we are go” ing to burn wood that the sleet storm pulled down, in an attempt to make up part of the loss on the coal. We are writing this article so that our readers may know that things did not turn out quite so well as they seemed: to be when that article was written. Now that is here is something really serious. You know it has not rained nearly enough for the last had the money available to dig that w4ll, and now this terrible calamity has come upon us. Summer is right on top of us; our bathing suits are all patched up, and there is no water in the swimming pool! Think about that folks, and if any of you all have a well, or the equivalent, in your pocket or in your pocket-book, communicate with us! It is just possible that by start~ ing now, part of the summer may bse saved from being a total loss, —P. 0. H.— HONOR ROLL FOR’ EIGHTH MONTH 1933-1934 Second Grade— Mabel Billings Joe Denson Tommie Lindsay Pleas Norman Third Grade— Daisy Cayton Virginia Cranfiil Myrtle Mills George Lewis Fourth Grade— Ruth Cole Emma Eudy Fifth Grade— Sailie Farmer Henry Pittman Sixth Grade— 2d Cole Seventh Grade— Nellie Johnston Alice Jones Charles O’Kelley Margaret Willis Eighth “A” Grade— Lelia Johnston Sighth “B” Grade— Lucy Byrant Tenth Grade— Bonnie McKenzie Miriam Sanders T. L. O’Kelley, Jr. Eleventh Grade— Herbert Blue John Elliott Leonard Fort Graham Long Bruce Parcell Myrtle Johnston Helen Wood HONOR ROLL FOR SECOND TERM 1933-1934 Second Grade— Mabel Billings Joe Denson Tommie Lindsay Pleas Norman Third Grade— Daisy Cayton Myrtle Mills Fifth Grade— Henry Pittman Seventh Grade— Nellie Johnston Alice Jones Charles O’Kelley Margaret Willis Eighth “A” Grade— Leila Johnston Ninth Grade— Louise Wilson Tenth Grade— T. L. O’Kelley, Jr. Eleventh Grade— Leonard Fort Bruce Parcell —P. 0. Hi— REV. THOMAS C. COOK (Continued from Page One) if, in their hearts, they recogn'zed | themselves as sinrjrs and wanted to publicly acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and Master. Eighteen met with the session afterward and the following Sunday they were baptized and became members of Little Jcle’s Church. All of the weekly sermons preach- ed by Mr. Cook were preceded with an illustrative blackboard talk. Hle would take a letter of the alphabet and make some human face, or animal out of it, and would then «raw some other object on the black- board around which he would cen- tralize a few preliminary remarks. At the conclusion of these, a song was sung, and he then preached ihe thgular sermon. Practically all of the children at Barium as old as ten years of age are members of Little Joe’s Church. There are some smaller ones at the Orphanage and others recently ac- cepted into the Orphanage, who are not members, June 1984 BARIUM MESSENGER > « Page Three NEWS FROM SOME OF THE COTTAGES WOMAN'S BUILDING Hello everybody! This is Station RBC (rats, bats, cats). How is every- one enjoying themselves - as well as others, too - this summer? As for ourselves, we are having a mighty fine time, with some work along with it. It certainly is lonesome «ince the seniors and some of the other girls left, but we’re trying to make the most of it. The first floor has been closed up, and there are 21 girls in ths big building just now. We guess everyone will soon be enjoying the swimming pool, for it’s in the process of being filled just now. We hope that there will be enough water to keep it filled all summer. We have been enjoying the straw- berries, but most of them are gone now. Some of the girls went to Davidson on Tuesday, June 5th, to the gradua- tion exercises of Davidson College. Two of our boys, Julian West and Ben Fort, graduated. We have been to see several good pictures since school was out, thanks to the kindness of the manager, Mr. Sams. At the present, we have a new matron, Mrs. Nash, who is in charge wh.le Miss Adams is away on her vacation. We girls are all eating green apples these days, and seem to like them better than when they are ripe. Maybe, though, some of us might be transferred to the infirmary for ob- servation if we keep this up very long. Our tennis court has been lined off, and it looks lots better. We en- joy playing on it, and are using it a great deal more lately. We wish every one of you a happy and delightful summer. RUMPLE HALL How is everybody feeling this fin® weather? Not long ago we were invited to two movies in the same week, “Melody {n Spring” with Lanny Ross, and “Wild Cargo” with Frank Buck. We certainly did enjoy both of these films. Quite frequently some of us go around to the kitchen to pick chickens raised on our chicken farm, and almost every day now some of us have to go to the kitchen to cap strawberries raised on the truck farm here. We don’t mind these jobs, because we usually eat some of the chickens and strawberries. The swimming pool has been open for some time now and we have been in three or four times. It, does seem good to go in swimming after work- ing in the kitchen and dining room. Most of us are getting brown already. Everyone is counting the days until thir vacations. Four of our girls have gone home to stay, and one more, Hazel Morrow, is leaving soon. We miss them all. We are expecting a visit from Phillipina Salvaggio Sunday. She has been to see us once since she left for her home in Valdese, where she wil remain in the future. Miss Fannie Foust, who was fourth grade teacher for most of the girls and also in charge of the library last year, left us a few weeks ago. Her little niece, Betty John, also went with her. We miss them both very much. zely Nancy Stafford enjoyed a vistt from her mother. We all got ac- quainted with Mrs. Stafford and hope she will come back. j There is so much good music on the radio that we seldom go down- stairs, except when our dut#s de- mand that we be there. There is not much to do after we finish our work, Lorena Clark, a Barium girl who finished here three years ago and who is completing her education at Flora Macdonald College next year, arrived recently, and will be at Barium during the summer. We are lad to have her with us. : ons —Rumple Hall Girls ALEXANDER ; We are having cold weather again and good rains which will help crops wonderfully. : Vacation time is here again. Eu- gene Bosworth, of this cottage. and his brother, Bobbie, who lives at Lee’s, left this week to visit re- latives. Lafay2tte Inman has_like- wise gone on his vacation. Others will be going soon, but we'll always have a large enough crowd to milk the cows. Mrs. Privette, our matron, has re- turned from Danville, Va., where she spent a few days with her sister. We are sorry to give up Carmet Sigmon, one of our larger boys. He has obtained work in Martinsville, Va., and will not be with us any more. Carmet was a good worker and we feel sure that he will make good with his employers. 5 We are having lots of fun going fishing. Really, though, we catch more frogs than we do fish. The swimming pool has been opened for two weeks, but it’s only half-filled with water just now be- cause of the shortage of the water supply. We hope there will be enough water to soon fill it and keep it filled throughout the summer. That’s one of our greatest pleasures during the summer months. During this cold weather the pool has been used very little, but it won't be long be- fore it will be real hot and a dip in the pool will be just the thing. —Chin Williams INFIRMARY _ We have finished our spring clean- ing and now are spending our spare time in the flower garden, chasing ; aa and chickens. This is so much un. Since the green apples are on the trees we have laid in a big supply of castor oil! We have had a number of cases of poison oak. Our worst case is Walter Mott, who has been with us several days. Lesiie Smith has a sore foot which keeps him in bed most of the time. Thelma Johnston has gone to Hickory to spend her vacation. We hope she has a pleasant one. Sallie Farmer had a nice visit with Martha Clark Friday. Dr. Buie, the state dentist, stayed with us for two weeks. He examined every child’s teeth at the home and found most of them in good condi- tion, for which we are glad. —Sallie Farmer LEE’S We have been having a good time, going in swimming and fishing. Everyone is looking forward to their vacations. One of our number, Bobb’e Bosworth, is now on_ his vacation. We have been enjoying the straw- berries raised on our truck farm. A lot of us have heen helping pidk them. Everyone is glad that Mr. Low- rance is back from the hospital and is getting better. By the time you read this, he’ll be back working regularly. We amex sorry to lose one of our boys, Daniele Salvaggio, who has gone home to stay at Valdese. We miss him very much, —Rooster Robards HOWARD Since school has closed we have lost one girl and gained two. Vittoria Salvaggio, of Valdese, has a new mother and has gone home to stay. We miss Vittoria’s smiles. We are glad to have Mavis and Marjorie Bolton, of Wilmington, come to live with us. Judging from their express- ions they are liking us and their new home. We certainly did enjoy the services by Rev. Mr. Cook, of Salisbury. Ten of our girls joined the church. They were Lilly McDonald, Louise Martin, Lilly Byrant, Millie May, May and Mable Shoaf, Lorena Brown, Hattie McKee, Rhoda Daniels and Martha Adams. Grace Shroyer, Martha Adams and Grace Cayton are each making an applique counterpane. Miss Woods is back from her va- cation. She spent two weeks at her home near Mooresville. We were glad to have Mrs. Holton as our matron while Miss Woods was away. Flora Mae Newman has been at the Infirmary for several days on account of having hurt her leg in playing. We thank Mr. Sams for inviting us to see “Melody in Spring” and “Wild Cargo.” We enjoyed both of these very much. —Martha Adams SYNOD’S We are glad that summer is here, and hope that everyone is going to have a good time. Miss Kate Taylor, our matron, sail- ed for Scotland on May 25th. This i8 the first visit Miss Taylor has made to her home since coming to Amer- iea ten years ago. We hope that she will spend a most pleasant two months and a half in her native coun- try. Miss Thompson is our matron while Miss Taylor is away. We wil] be glad to have her with us. They have cleaned out the swim- ming pool and we are going in swim- ing soon. Mr. Sams, the Playhouse man- ager, invited us to several shows this month, and we greatly enjoyed them. ; Jimmie Stafford, Milton Daniels and Gwyn Fletcher enjoyed visits from their mothers recently. James Shroyer, Hugh Norman and Joe Denson left us and have gone to stay at Alexander Cottage, where the dairy boys live. Joe Ben Gibbs is going to Iyee’s, where most of the truck farm boys stay. Hugh and Pleas Norman have re- turned from their vacations and William Billings and Tommy Lind-| say are going scon. Henry Pittman and Thomas Morgan went to Lenoir to spend the week-end with the people who clothe them. We made some carts out of boards and skate wheels and have been hav- ing lots of fun riding on them. We also made some tents out of old sacks, but the heavy rains tore them down. So long, until next month. —36 Wigglers ANNIE LOUSE Dear friends of The Messenger: We are sorry that we have not written you in two months, but we are thinking of you just the same. We ‘have enjoyed having Miss Mary Brown stay with us_ while Miss Miller spent two weeks with her mother. Several times this month we have been invited to the movies. We en- joyed the ones we saw very much and are mighty grateful to Mr. STILL RUNNING IN LOW GEAR May PRESBYTERY Receipts Albemarle $247.18 Winston-Salem 294.46 Kings Mountain Concord - Wilmington Mecklenburg Granville 33.89 Fayetteville 148.79 Orange 155.78 TOTAL $2,931.13 For the second month in succes- sion, Albemarle maintains its lead of other Presbyteries in the standing according to the amount which they| contributed per church member, but even their lead over all the others! doesn’t mean that ‘they havi: met} the askings for the two months. They! are over ten cents behind what is needed from each Presbytery to carry on the work at the Orphanage. Concord Presbytery led at the end of May, 1933, but that Presbytery now rests in fourth place. Concord was second last month. Winston- Salem pushed forward from eighth place to second, while Kings Moun- tain maintained its third position. Wilmington was _in fourth position last month, but now ranks fifth, while Mecklenburg did not alter ‘ a ee oo OB Eo = SE oo 2 » Ro Bb Az §y = o “a aa Pry _* a6 8-5 BS Sy 82 5% <5 ea i 9%4e¢ 20¢ 104, ¢ Tie 20c¢ 124%c¢ 6 ¢ 20¢ 4 fe 4\%e 20e 15%4e 44e 20¢ 15%¢ S ¢ 20¢ 17 ¢ 2%¢ 20¢ 17%e 2%e 20c 17%e 2%ec 20c 17%c 3.8 ¢ Ve 16.2¢ her standing, keeping sixth plare to herself. Granville was on the bot- tom last month, but surged ahead to seventh, while Fayetteville tum- bled from fifth to eighth. Orange like- wise did a backward march, going from seventh place to that oellar berth. The total receipts for the month were $2,031.13, or an average of 2% cents each from the 78,000 Presbyterians of the Synod. Added to that of April, the Synod has con- tributed only 3.8 cents per church member; in other words, they are 16.2 cents in arrear of the askings. The actual monetary increase over the same month of 1933 was $505.98. Last month the increase was $261.78, giving the Synod an increase over a corresponding period of the first two months of 1933-1934 of $767.76. DISTRIBUTION SHOWN (Continued from Page One) are now leading with $1,687.76; church budgets are next with $720.86) the Auxiliaries have given $631.76,) and the Young People’s Societies, ' $7.50. The report below each month will deal with the three largest sources of revenue within the Synod. The tabulation to date follows: Month Churs. S. S’s. Aux. April $185.76 $ 621.82 $201.67 May 535.10 1065.94 430.09 Sams for the invitations. Vacation time is here and we are all happy. The three Billings girls will be the first to go. We are help- ing them get ready now. When they go that will leave us only thirty girls. The music pupils had a_ club meeting and two of our girls, Agnes Coppedge and Nancy Parcell, played a duet. We have been having a hard time keeping the rabbits out of our flower gardens. We had some visitors on the campus last week from Greensboro, and enjoyed having them. We enjoyed having Rev. Mr. Walk- er, of Virginia, visit us. He was once the superintendent here. We also enjoyed having Rev. Mr. Cook, of Salisbury, preach to us fo¥ a week. His talks and sermons were mighty fine. For the past several days we have had rain, but the sun is shining now, so we must close and go look at our flowers. Agnes Coppedge Nancy Parcell BABY COTTAGE All of us babies have certainly been having good times since school was out. THe big girls cleaned up our playground in the woods for us and all of us are enjoying playing in it. About the first of May we were delighted to have a visit from the Regents. Mrs. John Harper, of Wil- mington, brought her little grand daughter, Katherine, to play with us. We hope Katherine will come next tinfe the Regents meet. Rev. J. R. Hay and Rev. W. M. Baker, two of the Regents, spent the night at our cottage. We hope they will come back again. Beginning May 8th and continuing through that week every one enjoy- ed a series of sermons preached to us by Rev. Mr. Cook, of Salisbury. Everybody at Barium certainly did regret to see him leave. Since last month our family has been increased from _ seventeen to eighteen members, Mattie Pearl Denson is the newcomer. Betty John Foust, who used to stay with us, has gone to stay. We certainly do miss her and hope she will come to see us often. Mama Girt has been away for quite a while. She is resting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Richard Breece. All of the children miss her. We are glad to have Mrs, Mabel Nash as our matron while Mama _ Girt is away. Betty, Peggy and Marion Coffey had a nice visit from their father last week. He brought them a big bull dog, but he’s not a live one. He sits on the table in the sitting room and looks as if he is ready to eat anyone who would dare bother us at night. Our flower gardens are real pretty since the flowers started blooming; our pot plants are also pretty. Mrs. L. F. Hill, of Durham, brought us some lovely scrapbooks made by the young people of her church. The Mitchell College girls had a picnic down at our spring recently. They came around to visit the dif- ferent cottages. We were very glad ~o have Mabel Clare Nash from Mitchell College AMOUNT GIVEN PER CHILO AT ORPHANAGE FROM PRESBYTERIES Albemarle $18.30 Kings Mountain 14.06 Mecklenburg 11.84 Wilmington 10.14 Concord 9.62 Orange 8.79 Granville 8.63 Winston-Salem 7.64 Fayetteville sienna) AVERAGE ieee etek Se AMOUNT DUE $42.00 From time immemorial a monthly Tabie of Receipts has appeared in The Barium Messenger, which gives the amount which each Presbytery contributes per church member. How- ever, @ new tabulation has been pre- pared this month ~ a report on how much the Presbytery contributed toward the support of the children who are at Barium from that par- ticular Presbytery. In the final analysis, this partic- ular monthly report will determine how well the Presbytery is caring for its own children at the Orph- anage, It is rather interesting that Albe- marle leads ‘both tabulations. They have contributed more per church member for the two months, and have likewise given more per child here from that Presbytery toward its support. To date they have’ given $18.30 per child toward the children at the Orphanage from Atbemarlie. Kings Mounta'n ranks _ second; Mecklenburg third; (Wilmington fourth; Concord fifth; Orange sixth; Granville seventh; Winston-Salem eighth, and Fayetteville ninth, The average for the nine Presby- teries is $10.27, while the amount needed has been $42.00. CHILDREN ARE INVITED (Continued from Page One) dispatched by Mr. Sams to Mr. John- ston. Upon receipt of the letter arrangements are immediately made for various cottages and work groups to attend. It’s quite a sight to see them piling into the trucks to go to town for this purpose, and if anyone has an idea that they don’t enjoy these great treats, they ought to “stick” around when one of those invitations come. Almost invariably will be found expressions of appreciation in the cottage news each time that the children have been guests of the theatres, but the children would find difficulty im adequately expressing all that this means to them. It so happened in May that two pctures of interest to the children were carded for the same week - “Melody in Spring” and “Wild Cargo.” The film at the Crescent Theatre was one in which Jackie Cooper had the leading part. Just as often as pictures of this type come to Statesville, in the same frequency ave invitations entended te Barium. It is a courtesy that is deeply appreciated by every one who wit- nesses these pictures. Sometimes a month may pass when there are no pictures scheduled which Mr. Sams thinks would be of interest to Barium boys and girts, but this period of of the proper nature were to come a solid week in succession, Mr. Sams boys and girls would be invited. with us on Mother’s Day. DISCLOSURE MADE AS (Continued from Page One) Between them, Graham is pretty apt to land work soon, because he no doubt has to wash dishes while waiting for that job to materialize. Phyllis Morgan is living with a brother who was formerly at Bar- ium. We have not heard, but we are pretty sure that Phyllis already hae work. Lois Mott is in Charlotte with her aunt, looking for work. Kathryn Norman is with her moth- er and brother in Washington, D. C., looking for work. Ed Oliver is planning to enter Anpaiachian College this fall. In the meantime, he has a political job, folding ballots for the coming June election. Bruce Parcell is with his mother at Cleveland. He has no work yet; hopes to enter Davidson this fall. Margaret Pittman is working in Kress’ at Durham. Helen Wood has work in Phila- delphia, where her older brother and mother now live. Lillian Wieker is in Raleigh, taking a course in Beauty Culture. : Herbert Blue is looking for work in Washington, D. C., where he has an older brother. Of the class of 1933, Pearl Bostian is with the Dillon Vitt Company in High Point; Marguerite Gaskil! with Montgomery-Ward at Hickory; Joe Keenan a big cottonmill man in Graham; Lester King with the Statesville Flour Mills; Marion Mce- Call going to a business college; Frank Purdy at Davidson College; Ray Shaffer with the American Trust Company, Charlotte; Marvén Stone has been going to Mitchell College; Clifton Vann is with one of the CCC Camps; Ruth Shannon is helping feed the hungry in Lex- ington, Va., and Mildred Thomas haS been at Flora Macdonald College. It has been a little hard getting jobs the last few years, but Barium youngsters seem to stand -pretty well in the getting and pretty well in the doing of the jobs after they get them. You would be surprised in how many walks of life you will run across them. They are pretty good folks, too. They are always ready to give a helping hand and to do their part in whatever comes along. The girls of the tenth grade at Barium usually secure work during their last vacation, and this is a big help toward landing permanent work after graduation. At the present time three of the rising senior class have ‘gone out from Barium to work for the JOS. B. JOHNSTON HEADS (Continued from Page One) letic Council. This group of three alumni work with a college commit- tee upon all athletic affairs of the institution. Other members of this committee are Irwin P. Graham of Cooleemee, and Dr. Oren Moore, of Charlotte, who were re-elected to suc- ceed themselves. Mr, Johnston algo a member of the Alumni Council at Davidson, and serves on the executive com- mittee of that body. For the past year he was chairman of the pro- gram committee for the annual meeting of the Council and Alumni Association. These numerous honors have been accorded Mr. Johnston by the Alum- ni Association. A year ago, it will be recalled, he was honored by the college when he was selected as the individual to be awarded the Alger- non Sydney Sullivan award for un- selfish service. Elsewhere it is re- counted that Julian West, a grad- uate of the Orphanage, was given this distinction at the 1934 Com- mencement when he was elected as the student who merited this award. Mr. Johnston géAaduated from Davidson in 1901, and except for a period of time when he was living outside of the bounds of North Carolina he has been a most inter- ested party in the affairs of the institution. One of his sons has al- ready been graduated from Dav- idson, and two of them are now in coijlege there. CHANGES ARE MADE (Continued from Page One) like as good as when in the church at first, but a piano has been moved down to the closed refreshment stand at the field and has made the situation different. This is kept lock- ed throughout the week. A new feature started last Sunday is one special song by the members of the various cottages, and this will be continued throughout the summer. Annie Louise Cottage girls rendered the number Sunday, and Howard Cottage girls are scheduled for next Sunday, to be followed by the Synod’s Cottage boys, ete., until Annie Louise starts again. The schedule of Sunday services includes Sunday School at 10 a. m., church at 11 a. m., young people’s meetings at 6:15 p. m., and vespers at 6:45. The hours of the latter two will be correspondingly changed as the days lengthen. The pastor of the church is not holding a combined midweek prayeT meeting, but is continuing the plan of summer. is has demonstrated that the Barium hour | o'clock. the winter months of visiting one cottage each Wednesday night, rotating in order. The regular prayer time is infrequent. And, if pictures| service for everybody at the Orphan- age could not be conducted during _the school session because of study each night from 7:30 to 9 Page Four BARIUMMESSENGER OUCUOROEEETLTCITEUEETELOLSUA LUTE M iseellaneous Mitchiner Mem. SUULESEOUOEOEORUDEDEREDOCHEUSEODODGDRORGORERORERORED | Mooresville 2nd CORRECTION: In the May Oak Hill issue of The Messenger, under Obids contributions on the old year, | Oxford the Cypress Auxiliary was listed | Peak Creek as having contributed $2.25. Prospect this was an error. The amount Raleigh 1st should have been recorded as Raleigh 1st, A Friend 33.25, St. Andrews (W) rd Ist Aux., Circle 10, 8 pts. Salisbury 2nd wed fruits. Shiloh (C) Ist Aux. Circle 7, 10 large Spencer books for Annie Louise. Unity (C) Ist S. S. Pri. Dept., 12 small Wilmington 1st books for Baby Cottage. Winston-Salem Ist 1 Aux. 1 quilt. is +f SUNDAY SCHOOLS Sm) » Aux. Circles 1 and 2 - | I Ss a Ahoskie Mrs. W r. Clark, Wilson, Sewing | Albemarle Materals for Howard Cottage. | Amity \ Durham Friend, Dresses. | Ashwood F. i. Hashagen, Gastonia, 37% bags | Belmont - ed Bliss Seed Potatoes. Bethany (C) tacford S. 8. Sunshine Sowers Bethel (M) Class, | Embroidered Bed Spread.| B tthesda (EF) HAM Heit | Bethesda (0) ie Bethpage (C) Men of the churel Clothing Boxes March, April & May VORUUEGUDELCGUSOODGRAOONDEOREDEDEDSRERROROROR TORE | Beulaville : oe Aux. Bladenboro | Brittain, April & May | Broadway Mar, & Api | Broadway, May | Buffalo (L) I | Bunnlevel, April & May | Burgaw Burgaw I ( ie (2). 3urlington 2nd Goldsboro Aux, | a ‘aldwell Mem. Jan., Feb., Raeford Aux. Circle 2. | Mosch l Mem. Aux. Chadbourn RE. Cherryville Gedwin Aux. Cherryvillo, Specia: Every nveoeosvagsuuenennceivonsusnangaiononnnanasanay | Cherryville, | Speci mes. Qua’ Clothing Money i Chur h-in-the-Pines PUUCTUCTEETUEUEL CELESTE REE Lee aE we | Clarkton Bb h tyless Mem. Aux. * 1 Concord Ist B ‘mont S. S. Minnie Hall — Concord Iredell i B.C. ok 2 Pier (O) Coyenant B. C. rethesda (C) Aux. 3. Cramerton ; 9 amen = Burlit ates Ist Aux. — | Cross Roads April Calypso Aux. : 9.00 | May j iboro Aux., Girls’ Cirale 2.50 Colds. Erwin Aux., Kelly Circle 2.50] navidson Valkland Church & S. S. 5.00 er ep ‘ : Ist Aux., Mrs, wee Durham Ist, April & May 8 Ne I “| East Burlington, Women’s 2 SS ee eee K oF True Blue B. C. es 19.75 | ise Howard Mem. Aux, Mrs. Mabry 4.00 | Elizabethtown Feb. Mar., aly ; sq] April Mrs. Job Cobb 8.09 | eos. Mrs. G Holderness 8.50 | nae a eo ee y 00} Fuller Mem., Special Birthday 1 : : . ee Cobl g.ov | Gastonia Ist, Men’s B. C. Ma ) obb ds. 1 oh anata Mrs. Geo. Holderness eed peer eee ; ; 5.00 | eldsbo 0 sais eS stk fe ee 19.00 | Graves Mem., April & May 4 enters, SCAEDITY 300 Greensboro Ist, Men’s B. C. : ae 300 | Hallsville = ae Circle 3 200 Harmony (C) ; : : i “a : Mrs. Bi ae | Harmony Ch. & S. S. (W) I be 1ux., Dr. & Mrs. Me er Holly Grove : rig yi , 10.00 | Holly Grove, May, June & July ut sus! AUX, . sea x Paw Creek S. S. Class 7 25.00 | Hope well had Pinet A 14.35 | Huntersville — inetops 4 " ot aL ee aes Raeford Aux. Circle 2 2.50 i a a < ae Reidsville Ist Aux. 15.00 | reper uti 7.2.3 : so velrerson Reidsville Ist Aux. Isobel i eee Craig Circle 15.00 Laurimbure Si: Pacis Thy Ais ¢.ov | Laurimburg ° : 1 pee 32/90 | Lexington eee \ a “2 50 Lincolnton Ist aiteatiadiea 5 00| Little Joe's : 5.00 | Lit Joe's Smy . (F) Aux. 15.01 | stile Jos = ; } ae \ Long Creek : ae | Macclesfield Mission, Mother's ~ LS | ss eg S Mare | Day Special | Macpelah ih Rr us a B. Cc. 15.00 | ort TOTAL sa76.n5 | Marion. Tei) i -idanaes M tscelianeous | Mentuaties WUOTANAUARSSUSEAHA LUT ESOTREDEDEAE EA HAHANINEMEE | 5 he, Kr. P. Tate, Morganton 6.00 Mooveay; \. E. Scharrer, Hickory 5.00 | Nahalah t Appleby, Maxton 1.00 New Bern cae ok ky Mi 5.00 New Bern Ist Special Birth- : LOCKyY Mt., day Gift 10.00 New Hope (KM) April as 50.00 | vo Hoge (0) - Church 3 t00 New Hope (W) ve Norwood ee 16.001 N. Wilkesboro pe wouter Oak Hill, May Philadelphus Pittsboro \ : 4.75 nd 2.00 FOR MESSENGER emai ee Mrs. Ormand, Kings Mt. 1.00 Pinaaint View Mrs. M. M. Bost, Morganton 1.00 Raleigh 1st, Moment Class Mrs. W. E. Allen, Greensboro Raleigh 1st, Moment Class Ist church : Ramah 1933 Mrs. V. P. Shockley, Charlotte Ramah April A Friend Reidsville 1st Roanoke Rapids Rocky Point April 00 00 00 OU et pe t MEMORIALS F. A. Sherrill, Statesville, Henry aLeele : 5.00 St. Pauls (F) April TOTAL : $147.75 St. Pauls (M) VUES ee Galishue 1st W's B.C. Support Fund Salisbury 2.d TUTTE ne Salisbury 2nd, April & May CHURCHES Shelby, April & May Ahoski 1.50’ Shiloh (KM) Bethesda (F) 6.48{Shiloh (KM) Bethpayga 3.47 | Southport < Blacknall Mem 1.05; Spray, Apri! & May Charlotte 2nd Regular 120.00 | Statesville Ist, Young Men's Special 13.00 B. C. April Davidson 22.50! Statesville Ist, April & May Dividend N.C. Bank & Tr. Co. Sunnyside Granville Presbytery 1.32 | Taylorsville Ebenezer -36| Tenth Ave., Ladies’ B. C. Spec- 1.87 ial ot 64!/Tenth Ave. Valley Special Mother's Thomasboro Day Gift 3.00 | Thyatira Grassy Creek 1.22 | Trinity Avenue Greenville 4.50] Union (KM) Hickory 17.85/} Union Miils Hillsboro 13.00 | Vass 90) Warrenton Apr. & May + Farmville Stre Front ( Jefferson Kenly -21/ West End Kinston 1.15| West End Laurinburg April 20.17} Westminster (0) Lenoir, A Friend 20.00 | Willard, May Lexington Ist 8.80 | Wilson 1st Littleton 83 | Winston-Salem ist, Beg. Dept. Lowell 5.00} Special for Baby Cottage McDowell 21 |} Winston-Salem ist Mt. Airy 15.00} Neal Anderson B. C. Mt. Airy Ist, Miss Irene Yanceyville Smith (Thanksgiving) ___ ; June 1934 ide on eee ne sonic a ai Answers | __ Perfect Records | Reading Awards | 67} 1.—In Charlotte in 1883. The move- The following children were nei- jment was led by a few women of| ther absent hor tardy during the .65 | Charlotte, aided by several men Who} schoo! year 1933-34 and were award- 2.88; Were later active in the affairs of ed Certificates of Attendance: 7.50 |the Orphanage at Barium. This was Jean Fletcher, Jackie Newman 04/somewhat of a private enterprise,| Lillie Byrant, Daisy Cayton Rhoda 45.00 | however, for the Orphanage did not Daniels, Polly Garrett, Marie Shoaf 4.27) come under the control of the Synod | Mary Elizabeth Robavds Lillian’ 90 | until later, Sanders. Mabel Shoaf. ’ 5 2.—-On January 11, 1891, Joyce Weeks, Gastone Alessandrini, 1.53! 3.—Before removal to Barium| Wi'am Cranfill, Hugh Norman, 17.00 [there were 25 children on the role;/ Charles Nungezer, Evelyn Billings, 00.00 12 of them came to Barium. Ruth Cole, Emma Eudy, Marjorie 1.—The old two-story wooden} Lail, Flcra Mae Newman, Sara Par- hotel building with a two-story cell, Horace Mills. porch running — the length of the Githe Coppeden, 3ertha McKee, | a, | 2uild-ng which stood on the sight] Hazel Morrow, Henry Alessandr.ni, sag) ot the present Rumple Hall, was Edward Cole, John Ellis, John Cole 29 15 burned one morning in November, Mc rimmon, Norman Lee Potter, “TT5 ISv1. This constituted the extent of Clarence Robards, J. PP. Stinson, eg; the Orphanage at that time and was! Jennie Burgin, Denzil Cartret. yo, (the home of these 12 boys and girls. Mary D. Coppedge, Mildred Fudy, After the burning of. this building,| Helen Moore, Nancy Pareell, Grace the Orphanage population was tem- Shroyer, porarily sheltered in Statesville, fi.—The first bu lding erected after 7{this calamity was Annie | Cottage, given by the late George Noctis, Eleanor _| Watts, of Durham, and was named Kudy, Oscar Clark, John Donaldson, lin honor of his only child, now Mra,| Woliacd Dry, Clayborne Jessup. I. F. Hill, of Durham. The Presby- Clyde Johnston, Ray Norman, terijans of the Synod contributed | Eugene Shannon, Lucy Byrani, Janie ,;/Sufficient funds to erect Synod’s} Lyons, Margaret Hendrix, Grace » | Cottage, construction of which was Roberts, Lugene White, Fred Ea- B-anion Glasgow, DB} Mart'n, Hugh MeCrimmon. Avthur Sigmon, Mart yY Sigmcj, Louise} Wilma Dry, Hattie ichael, Lucik Mikésed = Willis, ie ; Started before Annie Louise was wa.ds, Ben Morrow, Rey Wilson, “™ |eompleted,. Eva Sluder, Bernice Stone, Mar- 10.28 | 6.—Little Joe’s Church. ; Zaret Wilson, Leone East, Thelma 70 j aN On September 1, 1901, Joe Jolmston, ei Maude Inman, Miriam 5 75 | Gilland, BIN years of age, was| Sanders, Ernest Clark, Cheek Free- accepted inte the Qrphanage. His | man, Sidney Parrish, Joy Stone, = ag | dominant idea, expressed quite | Margaret Brooks, Bruce Paveell, "'- 50 |Prequently, was “When I get to be} Helen Wood. 10.00 }a big man, I’m going to build a} —P, 0. HK | churc h with a porch on it.” On Sun- | pinaeineenctiian ean day morning, February 1, 1904, he! : \ Yo idied after only one day's illness, and Meals Served by SS. jafter his death 45 cents were POUT sees 64.53 ‘ 2 ee leholed: Wihas Pe RA ape ete 5.00/18 his possession labeled, “For 8} For the second month in succession, 1.43 | Church, He was nine years od the Sunday Schools of the North 200 when he died, The hope of this little Carclina Synod have contributed |boy was heralded throughout the over half of the income at Barium. 8.ag | 5¥nod, the response was prompt and} 7pe total receipts from Synod for 2) Ue | fenerous, and in 1906 the building April were $1,016.75; the Sunday “jwas started. It was completed in Schools contributed $621.82 of this. 1907, and was named after little The total receipts from the Synod 1. ; si biti *. 2.73/20 Whose e¢hild sh ambition to| for May were $2,031.13; the Sunday build a church at Barium w hen he| School Offerings amounted to $1065.- 14.45 | became a man had become a reality 4. 2 three years after his death. | In the first two months of the | | 8.- After the completion of Annie! 1934-1935 fiscal year, the total in- Louise and Synod’s Cottage, | the} «, me has been $3,047.88, and of this )/next building to be constructed Was! amount, the Sunday Schools have Rumple Hall, which was somewhat! given $1687.76 - or well over one. jsmaller, in the original, than the half. The total regular giving of the | present structure, It was named Sunday Schools during 1933-1934 yg | Rumpie Hall in honor of Dr. Jethro| was over one-third of the receipts 3.00 | Rumple, then president of the Board from Synod, but fro Regents and active in Barium’s| (°™. i] hegents and active aes | acations they will 7 12. lt present in- : do even better In 1900, Dr. Rumple came in during the remaining ten months of LI ( vith Mrs. S. P. Lees of New) the fiscal year. 3.90} York City, who gave the funds for} One hundred and four Sunday 3.1g|tees Cottage. Spurred on by the Schools reported in May. The num- 8.53 | Challenge of the late Geo. Watts that ber listed in the regular tabulation 5.09) he would match dollar for dollar that} is 122, but there were 18 duplicates, 5.42|the Synod would contribute, Boyd! so the actual reports came from 104. 220 Cottage was eventually constructed, Had all af the 250 Sunday Schools 1.45 | Whic h for a long time was the go eh which contribute regularly sent. in! 23.19 !<rintendent’s home. In 1902, the! ther gifts for May, it is reasonable 14.15 | Burroughs building, now the office |. believe that the total for the 15.21 | > Was erected by J. C.| month would have been almost 270 | of Charlotte, in memory j doubie the $1,065.94 reported. In ihe 3.62 | _ daughter, Through a be- corresponding month a year ago 66 1.68 S. P. Alexander, of Charlotte, Sunday Schools sent in $663.26. ier Cottage hes, malts og seed It costs less than ten cents per and in 1903, me tate! meal per child at Barium, but using Howard, of Tarboro, | ten cents as a basis, the following ea war are. al i ae ae possible Howard sa = a! meals could have been served for rial to his wife, Mrs. 4 nna! the first two months of last year and Howard. In 1911, the late McNair of Lanebule wax the the new fiscal session: MeNair of Laurinburg was the 1934 1934-1935 poss ~ 93 ‘ibutor of the funds it 7 199 6.218 s ey of a school building, | Pri € ane 10669 hich is now used for the high school, | “&Y neo itis James and Wm. H. Sprunt of | BEN FORT COMPLETES \ ngton, gave the modern In-| ey . 2 i at Barium in 1916 (Continued from Page One} — in 0, Synod adopted a plan| activities that is available for other rat lof expansion authorized the ex-|studends who do the required 1n oe . vine t sie ri xo, | pend ture of $100,000 each year for| amount of work in the usual period 3.00 | of four years. However, he Was re- Ye va cognized by two of the honorary | AUXILIARIES fraternities at the college for his | Alhem Presbyterial Spec- efficiency in the classroom. 2.64) tal by a Friend 100.00 Delta Phi Alpha, honorary Ger- 2.00) Bethlehem (A) 1.00) man fraternity, and Pi Delta Alpha, 1.00] Burlington Ist. - Ist quarter 18.00! honorary biology fraternity, select- 1.00 | Caldwell Mem. 15.00] ed him for membership in their re- hadbourn, April & May 2.00! spective groups, and his work was larlotte 1s¢ 11.25] further recognized by the college venant (KM) May 1.00/ when he was made an assistant in (O) 7.00 biology, aiding his professor in the ethtowr 2.00 Iem. 3.50| a period of five years. Ist 17.09 10.—Only about half of this amount ' 2 | Greer ro ist, Bethany Business was raised, and much of the sum 30.00 | W's. Civcle Special April 4 | spent came from large individual 5.00 & Mav 2.00; givers. The women of the Synod of 16.29 | Gre le, Regular 8.00} North Carolina built and furnished 12.29 s 2.10| the Lottie Walker Building which 42.68 | Greenville Z 4.04} has a capacity of 66 girls. Rumple 5.10 | Hawfields 3.00} Hall was enlarged to house 43 girls 4.30] Hebron, Pink Hill & Smiths 8.00; who worked in the kitchen and din- 5.00 | Howard Mem. 6.00 ing room and many of the teachers, 16.00 | Howard Mem 16.00 | and the dining room was extended on Jonesboro Special 4.50 | both sides. C. W. Johnston of Char- 8.97] Kings Mt Presbyterial lotte built and equipped the sewing 18.29 | : 41.00/and laundry room building. Jennie 3.00 | a ril & May 10.00} Gilmer Cottage was erected through 7.00 | Littleton . .75| the generosity of C. W. Johns- I Saateres. April & May 4.00| ton, of Charlotte, P. Pearsall, o 5.00 | Mt. Holly ; 2.53| Wilmington, and proceeds from the 19.00 | Mt. Pisgah, April & May 1.00| legacy of Miss Virginia Gilmer of 3.30 | Oxford ties 7.87| Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. §. P. Stowe, 7.00 |Raleigh 1st 10.00| of Belmont, made possible the Baby | 8.00 | Raleigh 1st ; 10.00} Cottage. The Burwell legacy built 2.65 ; Reynolda .75| the manse, and a home was construct- | Roanoke Rapids 5.00} ed for the superintendent. The last Rocky Mt. ist, Mrs, A. P. building constructed was the gram- Tharpe 10.00; mar school, given by W. N. Rey nolds, iby 3.80] of Winston-Salem and was finished hyatira 2.00} in 1926. All of this represented an I Troy 1,00/ outlay of close to $250,000, and 2.69 | Waughtown, April 4.50| possibly the remaining part of the 21.62} Westminster (M) 18.75; $500,000 authorized was to be used | Westminster (O) 12.00 for endownment for the upkeep of 2.00} these buildings, but this Was never 5.00 | Westminster (Ww) 28.78 | Wilson 1st 38.00] raised, and the upkeep has had to come out of the current operating 21.60 | Winston-Salem 1st 18.75 3.50; TOTAL _._ - 2,031.13] fund. The following pupils, having com- pleted the course of Reading, were awarded Reading Certificates by the State Department of Education, Helen Thomas, Mary Penn Lindsay, Norman Lee Potter, Mary D. Cop- pedge, Nellie Johnston, Phillippina Salvaggio, Alice Jones, Mary Eliz- abeth Sanders, Cleo Sluder, Marie Smith. Dorothy Weeks, Margaret Willis, Miller Blue, Eugene Bosworth, Nel- son Farmer, David Flowers, Brandon Glasgow, James W. Martin, Ernest Morrow, Arthur Sigmon, Marley Sigman, Bryson Stinson, Robert Stinson. eerste sess dsndsye TERRIBLE CONDITION OF (Continued from Page One) other phases of the Orphanage work. Th’s is the preperty of the Pres- byterians of the North Carolina Synod, and it is not believed that any business men would let his per- sons! property depreciate and get into the condition of the Presbyter- fan prcperty at Bavium. However, ‘f he doesn’t have the money to make those repairs, he has no other recourse than to wait and hope that the roof won’; fall in or the plaster fall down upon him some night, in- ilicting serious injury to his bodily person. Such has been the situation at Barium. Some wlaster fell a year or two ago, but it’s beginning to fall now in large quantities. The beds in the cottages are moved about to differ- ent parts of the rooms above whieh there is no break in the plaster, There have been some narrow escapes because of falling slabs. Therefore, repair work will be started. The funds are not in sight to provide for this, so it will be done on faith, And yet, officials at Barium would not. be proper local trustees of the property here unless this repair work is done immediately. he regents, when they visited | Barium for their semi-annual meet~ ing in May, recognized the condition and authorized this to be done. JULIAN WEST GREATLY (Continued from Page One) the was elevated to this post, having served as secretary-treasurer of the student body as a sophmore, and as one of the two vice-presidents as a junior. He was a member of the | student council for the past two years. His other qualities were recogniz- ed when he was selected as a member i0f the Y. M. C. A. cabinet, having the particular post of directing the self-neip and vocational guidance of the students, in which he was a capable exponent because of his own successful efforts in working his way through college and meeting the larger portion of his expenses dur- ing the four years. He Was also one of the directors of the students’ store, a project operated at the in- stitution by the student body. His leadership was early recog- nized in several ways at Davidson. As a sophomore he was a member of the Beaver Club, which is a group of ten boys selected by the Omicron Delta Kappa honorary leadership f aternity who show promise of leadership during the re- | maining years. He fulfilled their |belief in him, for he later became a member of that important 0. D. K. fraternity as a senior, Then, too, in athletic he was re- cognized, for he captained the fresh- man football team, and for the three remaining years at Davidson was a member of the varsity aggregation. He never played baseball at the Orphanage, a sport which is not par- ticipated in here, but he became a candidate for the Davidson varsity team his sophomore year, and was a hurler there for three years. He won letters in both of these sports, and this entitled him to membership !‘n the “D” Club. His classroom ability was also re- cognized, for he was an assistant in both English and Bible, and those who are capable to do So are chosen to help the professors in this work. This was likewise one of the num- erous methods he utilized in assist- ing himself financially. He was man- ager of a boarding house his senior |year, and worked in some capacity in boarding houses throughout most of his stay at Davidson. Julian was awarded the bachelor of science degree in business, and hopes soon to become affiliated with some business concern. grading of papers and notebooks of other students at Davidson. This carried with it some renumeration, jand this combined with his other }efforts to work his way through college, made it possible for him to bear the major portion of his ex- penses, He was manager of one of the several boarding houses at Davidson during his last year at the college and worked at boarding houses in | Various capacities all the time he was at college. Fort was also a | participant in freshman football, but |set his heart upon finishing in three years, and was forced to curtail his Possibilities along the athletic line. EIGHT YOUNG PROPLE (Continued from Page One) all others at Barium will in turn re- |ceive the benefit of their experience land inspiration at Davidson. This will also give them a contact with many other people of their own age fron, all parts of the Synod. me i di w r e n a y a - % 5 ee ee Bh i eee et 8 8 #+/B ARIUM MESSENGER VOL, XI PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN A NARRATIVE ON THIS AND THAT AND. THEN AND THOSE IN SUMMER Contradictory News Reports In Last Month’s Messenger Are Explained MUCH ACTIVITY Recounting Given of All Which Trans- pires In Way of Summer Work Anyone reading the BARIUM MESSENGER may get a rather dis- jointed idea about our doings here. In last month’s MESSENGER we wrote about our inability to fill the sw'mming pool with water, and in the same paper, in the letters from the cottages, there was most extra- vagant expressions about the fun that they were having going in swim- ming. Now, it wouldn’t take even a Sherlock Holmes to find a very grievous discrepancy there, buy here is the explanation. The weather was so dry and the water in our wells so low that we were unable to fill the swimming pool. We just half filled it, and that was just exactly suitable for the smaller kids, and they had a high old time, even while we were writing aboug “no swimming pool” and then, before the paper actually went to press, we had four or five days of extremely wet weather. So wet that we could save water on a number of things that we had been using it, and by this saving, were able to fill up the pool. So that the big children had a few days of real fun in the swimming pool before the paper went to press. This accounts for their exuberant expressions about the swimming pool appearing in the same paper that our doleful predict- ions about no swimming pool took place. Since that time, we have emptied the pool and have managed to get it refilled a second time, (although it took ten days to get that done) and are hoping that we can get this much good out of it during the summer, even if it is a sort of a half-time arrangement. We haven’t any complaint to make whren have been sext in te the Ory) : ‘about: the weather. No doubt some ppanage from church budgets, ORPHAN'’S 4 OMB FoR THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS -—BARIUM SPRINGS, N. C., JULY 1934. | Those Who Will Be Dignified Seniors In September | } Reading from left to right: Freeman, Carson Wood, Sidney Par Seat. 8 Front Row: Leone East, Iris Spencer, E}s'e Brown, Bonnie McKenzie, Mirian Sanders, Irene Shannon, Ed. Burney (Inset) Historian. Second Row: Thelma Johnston, , Lane McKee, Joyce Stone, Hattie Morris, Ernest Clark. Third Row: T. L. ish, A. D. Petter. Laura Cheek Maude Inman, O'Kelly, Jr. Eston Lackey, VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE Ii INCOME CISTRIB! TICK Sunday Schools Are Still Sub- stantially Leading Church- es And Auxiliaries The Sunday School giving for the first quarter of the fiscal year is| almost twice as large as the funds and | ‘of the news letters in this paper will) s over twice as large as thay whith | speak of the very hot, sultry weather | has been received we are having: Others may speak of | fund froni the Auxiliaries. for thé (support Sunday the rain thag:'we had. Altogether, it Schools were leading ‘at the end ‘of} saited’us just the ‘same as if we had ordered it that way. Listen to how it all turned out: : This year we have the largest wheat crop of recent years. Also an unusually. large acreage in alfalfa! Well, b harvest; it rained and rained! So much so that you heard ‘about the boll weevil, marching, through Georgia worse than Shermar did, .and about the South Carolina farmers getting in the grass and Mecklenburg Cowgnty in just about the same plight. Well, we had all that rain, too, and it was on our minds so much that we thought we would wheat ripened, it stopped raining and stayed stopped long enough for us to cut ‘every bit of it, and then it rained some’ more! About two days, we had a nice’ solid down-pour, and we had all lined up our worrying machines over the alfalfa, wondering how we could ever save it, and then it quit raining, and for.five solid days there didn’t even any dew fall. that terribly hot, sultry weather that some of us may complain about, but which enabled us to cut over 100 tons of the very finest alfalfa that you ever saw, and that is all safely stak- ed away in the barn, and if you want to see anybody put on dog and walk like théy owned the earth, just notice our dairy cattle. Every time they. pass that barn, they commence te get stylish! | Just - three hours after the last load of alfalfa was safely in the barn, it rained again—a good solid rain that put a smile on the face of the truck farmers and all the rest of us! And now as I write this, we are just as busy as can be plowing the corn, hoeing the corn, doing all the thous- and and one necessary things to the vegetables, which ipicjudes fideding Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: duarter: | | have ‘to get the neighbors to come in} the peaches, and help us' worry, but just as the here and. there ! | HOW AUCH DO YOU LIKE THE MESSENGER? . | Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 20,000 monthly copies, || and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $——— for this particular phase of the work at Barium. oe 3 | two months te the extent; that they] had conttributed over half, of all| monies which had been received ‘at! Barium from Synod, but they rel n-| quished , that distinction py Hy Howevél, they aré’ not far fom th record, ,at © the lose of the first In the first three months of 193 4- 1935, the tofaf sam received from the nne Presbyteries has been $5,376.28. "(Cont nued on Page Four) the bean’ beetles -and, potato bugs a little special diet that we give them about this time of year, gathering doing a little spraying in. thé peach orchards, and altogether staying tremendously busy’ trying to catch upon all of these jobs to start in the big job of threshing. | 4934 Class Mascot Fred Cole, of Baby Cottage Sa eee ceevtne| TYPHOID INDGULATION has worked our way just fine, and | we are commencing to get ready te | thresh. , In placing the big threshing That was | machine back ‘of the dairy barn where we do most of our threshing, some- thing happened that looked like it | was,going to be mighty serious: One of tHe’ men was drving the tractor) pulling the threshing machine up on a knoil, getting ready for the thresh- ing’ job. The coupling between the { threshing machine and th tractor | came loose, and that threshing | machine, possibly, having observed the boys coasting down that hill aur | ing the winter tine, decided it would | try something like that on its own | account, and started cut on a more | or less leisurely trip down that nice | hillside! When it was about half way | down, it noticed that a lot of folks | were running after it, so it imme- | Giatély picked up speed and finished that: trip down that hillside better (Continued on Page Three) | s+: Se | GIVEN TO POPULATION Some Children Were Sick Fol- lowing First Injection But Quickly Recovered These were some mighty — sick child-en at Barium one day not long ago; in fact, it almost reached the point where work had to be discon- tinued in the arious dpnrtments | for a fow hours. But, don’t be alarm- ed. It was nothing serious. The Orph- anage physician had_ visited Bar- um fer less than an hour early one vorn'ne and had inoculated all of the children here against feve The effects “floored” or “‘pedded’ many of them, but by morning of the next day, those who worked were ready for their tasks and those who are so small that they spend their time playing’ were ready for this, .too At peesent there is a type of fever prevalent in North Carolina, and so the initial shots given the Barium bhavs and girls were twice as strong as the usyal inoculation. This accounts for the bad after-effects. Ordinarily, the insertion of the needle would have made no difference to the boys girls, but the increased dose made a different status. No doubt the Orphanage population was quite surprised when some of them had to and 7 = 7 ee ee itake to their beds. lion : Ad@rees —-——-..—» ——. , The usual greeting among the 7 ann a 4 * “i¢hildren for a few days was the ee are, we : ising of their sleeves to exhibit . ‘ , (Continued on Page Four) SUNDAY SCHOOLS SLOW UP IN THEIR OFFERINGS lowever, They Have Contribut- ed Over $800.00 More In First Quarter Thirty-five more Sunday Schools “ported gifts in June, 1934, than re- sorted in the same month of 1933. Tm June, 1983, 75 Sunday Schools sent in gifts which totaled while 1210 last month sent in $970.47. The June a increase over $145.20 monetary year ago was The monetary increase .n Sunday School giving was not as proportion jately great as In the first two months of the though every ] | current ay so far has been on th« year, “up and up”. At the close of the first qua-ter, the Sunday Schools had contributed $880.36 more than they sent dur.ng the first three months of 1938-1934 It is pred.cted that July will show 1 more substantial increase than any month of the year, and that the Sun- w.ll be $1,000.00 day Schools over | | | | } | ) friends do now | NO. 10 MONEY SEEMS TO STICK TO POCKETS IN SUMMER ACCORDING TO RECORD | At Least No Great Portion of It Finds Its Way to the Orphanage Treasury SLIGHTLY BETTER June, 1934, Receipts Were A Small Amount Ahead of June, 1933 T’ore is the June Table of Receipts. We have come to the conclusion that in hot weather people do not like to think about money. It must be that doar bills gez all sweaty in your «kets, and that coins just heat up } to the poing that you just can’t keep them in your pockets, and for this ason, money during the summer dc2s not seem to be a pleasant sub- ject to think about. Evidently, our want us to think wvcut it either, because we notice that the higher the thermometer, the lower the contributions, June this year averaged a total of Saree cents per member from the ntire Synod. We need ten cents per member. Still we are managing to eet along. We don’t know what the peop.e that we owe money to are do- ing about it. If they could be made to forget money for these months, that would just be fine! We have been so busy harvesting wheat, mak- ing hay, cultivating corn, and look- ing after the fruit, ete., that our minds have gotten off of money, for | the time being, but Oh you First of the Month! The Fourth of July is ‘Independence Day, We just wonder $825.27, if our Revolutionary forefathers didn’t have their patience strained beyond the breaking point over the July bills that rained in on them the first of the month, se that they just upped and declared their indepen- dence on the Fourth! We always feel like doing that way ourselves. However, this June is some better than last June. Albemarie is leadi the procession, and is six cents ahe of last year. Winston-Salem is three and a half cents ahead of last year. Kings Mountain, three cents ahead. Concord just a little behind last year. Wilmington about one cent ahead of last year. Fayetteville two cents ahead of last year. Mecklenburg a little ahead of last year. Orange be- hind, and Granville exactly the same. Remember now, that last year the first quarter of the church year was during the “Bank Holiday” when the contributions were at an extremely low ebb, so even being ahead of last year, isn’t anything to brag about. The year before, 1932, the contribut- ions for the month were practically five cents per member. So there is plenty to do in this month of July to make us just a little bit more com- fortable in our financial matters. If thinking of money worries you ahead of last year’s giving at the end! too much, just send us a check and (Cont.nued on Page Four) forget it! June 3s ES 2 es > ~ ve PRESBYTERY Receipts gE 5 B = } Z as at 5S | cs am tz <3 3 S e <@ | <a es <p a | | Albemarle 5 « 14%c 20¢ 15% | Winston-Salem ax 11% 30c 18%e i ngs ‘saa Siac 9ga 30c 20%ee oncore g1 . 7 a ool | Wilmington : 7 me ae 2%c Fayetteville 3M 534 ¢ 30¢ 24%c Mecklenburg 2 5 ¢ 30¢ 25 +c A 2%c S ¢ 30e 25. ¢ iranville 1 « 3% ¢ 30¢ 26%e | TOTAL $2,328.29 3 ec 6.8 ¢ 30c 23.2 ¢ — i ealiedis seaslalldines \E | | Encouragements Questions | There isn’t such a great amount} 1 How many cottages are there has been plenty of other encourage- officials at Barium by the giving develop ment for adoption of regular plans of 'There have been pleasing | |ments in the three sources of income from the Synod. Churches: Two other churches in the Synod are setting aside a)}l of the loose offering one Sunday morning each month for Barium, and these two, by the way, already have Barium ir. their pegular church budgets. The adoption of this plan by has been in those which give regularly, so the fact churches which already have apportionments for Barium are | doing this in addition is rather -—- ant and gratifying Sunday Schools: The response of % Sunday Schools continues to he a earlier churches ; did not ) that two (Continued on Page Four) typhoid | of money coming to the Orphanage jat Barium? Name them. Other build- , | during the summer months, but there ings? 2.—-How many acres in the Orphan- age property? 3.--What is the and properties? 4—What is the ment at Barium? 5.—What is the capacity? 6.—Why isn’t i¢ filled to capacity? 7.-What is the ratio of Presby- terians in the Synod to the Orphan- age population? 8.—-In its 43 years of service, approximately how many children have been given a home at Barium, and how many during the past de- cade? value of the land present enroll- a—What amount is necessary from every Presbyterian in the North Carolina Synod to properly provide for the ehildren at Barium? 10.-Through what channels does the Synod contribute tq Barium, and what are the plans use@ by eagh? July 1934 BARIUMMESSENGER ah ‘ , ft ‘ .- Page Two BARIUM MESSENGER PUBLISHED MONTHLY) KY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S HomME JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Editer ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editer November iviz Ae of Ob toteer Ratored an second class mated No © wader the act of August 24 Previded for tn Sectron thot Act lo, LY24, wt tke postetfies at Bariuuw Springs, cepiance for mathag at speeml rate of peatage, b 1MtT Authorued, November 15 1923 BOARD OF REGENTS: REV. J. R. HAY - - +. +5) Beeesdent DR. J. R. McGREGOR - - - - - Vice-President MKS. Z V. TURLINGTON - - - - Secretary Rev W. M. Curr Belmont, Mrs. W. E. White - Graham Mr. Stamps Howard Tarboro | Rev. R. C. Clontz, Wilmington Mrs. LF. Hill Durhaw| Dr. W. H. Sprunt, Jr, - — , i : Salem Mre. J. E. Driscoil - Charlotte . malen Rev. W M. Raker Mebane| Mrs John Harper - - Wilmington «CG Huda Raleigh| Mr. W. R Bradford - Charlotte Kev Hugene Alexander Manchester| Mrs H. A. Rouger - - - - Salisbury Mrs S. A. Robinson - - Gastonia! Mrs t. A MeLaurin, - Rowland Mrs WoL) Clarke Wilson | Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro DIRECTORY: Jos. Ko Johnston General Manager J. H Lawrance Assistant Ernest Milton : Treasurer Miss Lulie K. Andrews ns Bookkeeper and Clothing Miss Maggie Adams Head Matroa T. L. O’Kelley Head of Scheol worth Bhetes tt, “l gine and heanenth ta the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ HOME OF THE PPFGRYTFRIAN SYNOD Or NORTH CAROLINA, Ineerporated Under the Laws of the State of Nerth Care- lima, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) OUR CONTRACT WITH YOUTH “Twenty years from now the effective people of the United States will be boys and girls of today grown up. Their effectiveness will depend ipon the environment and opportun- ty with which we now surround them and the wholesoment of the feel- ings and opinions which are now reneraied in them the society of which they are a part and to whose hand they must look, both for guid- ance and for hel; “Jane Addams has said we have n right to break our contract with youth. That contract is that we shell make possible for boys and girl to have a basis upon which they can build strong, It-re nt haracters and a love for their intry which make hen Villing to serve it i sacrifice for it.” Newton D. Baker (Radio address, October 15, 1933.) roo Quite is few Young People’s Societies ar ibuting regularly to the Orphanage these days, and this is mighty fine and encouraging to Barium. We think they are going to give us twice as much during this year as in 1933-1934 ro We are now in the process of can- ning a two-yea ipply of peaches The « good ths year, and not be ng © about next year’s outcome, ve aren’; taking any chances, and so will pr le for two years. It takes about eight gallons of peaches fo a meal at Bariur Bo. 8 Mor in ni exXpressior of appreciation The Messenger are coming t bariul uch contri- bution from = interested friends What irther encouraging are the fine tha accompany these gift We are » glad that many have shown tl regard so far, and are looking forward to other gifts from time to time YO. & The moving of Barium were displaye« sville, Spray and at Thomasboro Churches last month with favorable results. So in- terested were the Spray people that a delegation 15 men came down to the Orphanage one Sunday not long ago and speny the day with us These pictures are beginning to show the wear arid tear of showings for a year and a half, but they are still in pretty good cond.tion when all things are considered P, & & In touring about over the = state, pastors and church officers are al- most universally optimistic over the outlook for their own work and for all causes. They say that the every memiby canvass was unusuaily good this year, as compared to previous ones N great effect has ye been seen in gifts from church budgets to the Orphanage but this will probably show p later after the lean summer period is over. Pr. ae For a while in June, the Auxiliary contributions were coming to us Im large numbers, and we were begin- ning to think that maybe their giv- ing would lead th churches and Sunday Schools during the past month, However, this seemed to be a temporary spurt, and these organi- not abl o merit zations were honor in June. We're looking forward to many gifts from them this month, | al offerings! for s many pen though, this} Auxiliaries throughout the Synod. —P. 0. H.— The North Carolina Syned has liven $1,135.85 more to the Orphan- age in the first quarter of 1934-35 than during the similar period of } 1983-34, but this increase, while | freatly appreciated, has not corres- jr ndingly increased according to the decline, A year ago, the Synod was lover $3,800.00 less than for the same | quarter of 19: seems that the Presbyte have to con- these increases to it formerly 3, so it rians_ will monthly }come abreast of what contributed to Barium. -P. 0. H.— Something of great use to us at jall times is canned goods of every |kind. These can be used in the in- \firmary and also used when supper s served in the cottages on Saturday ae de and Sunday nights. We seldom get such a quantity of any particular ~ommodity that it can be used for |the entire Orphanage at a meal, but they are valuable in the above-men- |tioned usages. The cupboard is just }about bare at the moment, but we're jhoping that it will be filled before ! fall P. 0. H.— The Sunday Schools can’t claim | | | nen that they have given over half lof all that was sent to Barium dur- ef ng the first three months of the church year, but they are so close to giving half of the total sum_ that ihey might make the claim without such a varying dispute. Of the $5,- 76.22 sent to Barium so far, the Sunday School total is $2,658.23 Maybe they are going to spurt for- ward in July and positively regain that distinction held during the first two months. P. 0. H.— They say the reason the weather is such a frequent topic of conversa- t-on when people meet on the streets is that either person can say “Ain't t hot?” and know that there will be perfect agreement. They can pass each other by with a feeling of equality as well as common misery. Also, there’s nothing to disagree about on this item, and both can run along to their respective designa- tions without having to stop to argue the question. —P. 0. H.— We are adding several hundred names to our mailing list for The Barium Messenger this month, and want to add many more if our paper not reaching each Presbyterian home. During the past year and a half, the additions run into many thousands, while the roster has n purged of many duplications of names the family, many who have died and many who have | moved elsewhere. The revision goes be and on. This is inevitable with a | | is | bee m same total mailing list of over 21,000 | names. P. 0. H.— sake of easy figuring, say that the meals at Barium ten cents per child. On _ that the Sunday Schools would have served 17,778 meals during the first quarter of 1933-34, while during the first quarter of 1934-35, the total meals would have been 26,582. The | difference is an increase of 8,804, | which means that the Sunday Schools have given $880.36 more in the three months of the current For the | we'll | cost basis, are being taken for us in July ee igen than in the same period one year ago. That’s a great increase, which we believe will proportionately continue for the remaining nine months. —P. O. H. We received $1,500.00 more in March than we have received during the past three months of April, May and June, and that certainly makes a great big difference in operating income, In that final pay-up month of the year, $6,899.63 was sent us, while the total for the initial quarter of 1934-1935 has been $5,376.22. If we could have a few months during the year like March, our burdens would be about 100f% easier. Never- mind, these summer months are go- ing to end one of these first days, and after that, we think our fin- ancial troubles will end, to some de- gree, because of increased giving. —P. 0. H. Delegations are coming to see us thick and fast nowadays, and the more that come, the better off do we Expressions of enlightenment, increased loyalty and renewed zeal almost invariably are uttered after a group has toured the campus. We are confident that the interest in the Orphanage will be much greater after one of these visits. We hope that many others will plan picnic pilgrimages to Barium during the remaining months of the summer. Some come and have lunch at the spring, and other groups arrive in mid-afternoon and have a_ picnic supper in this cool spot at Barium. —P. 0. H.— Several other new Sunday Schools adopting the Sunday-per-month plan, quite a number of Auxiliaries adopt- ing the dollar-par-month-per-circle plan or taking offerings each month, and two other churches sending Bar- ium the loose offering one Sunday morning per month are some of the things which are most gratifying to Barium officials. There are still a number of the larger churches which feel. are not giv-ng one Sunday School offering per month, but these are expected to align themselves soon with the program that is receiving such Synod-wide ac¢laim, and with such favorable results for the Or- phanage. —P. 0. H.— We have pictures in this month’s issue of The Messenger, which show you the development of the 1934 senior class over a period of several years. We wish that all of the cuts were perfectly clear, but we think they are clear enough for you to recognize some of the children § as they advanced from year to year. You perhaps will glance at these hurriedly, but we want you to stop for a moment and think of all that has gone inty the lives of these boys and girls while at the Orphanage. They are now out in the world to give their bes; to it, and others will be ready from year to year to begin their life’s endeavor. —P. 0. H.— FOXY GRANDPA Boss—“It seems pretty strange to me that your grandfather should be seriously ill every time there’s a big football match on.” Boy—“Yes, sir. | sometimes won- der if he’s shamming.” —The Rail. —P. 0. H.i— PAGE ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS Mess Cook-——“Did you say you wanted those eggs turned over?” Hard-bitten Gob—“Yeah, to th museum.” —Virginia Mountaineer. P. 0. H.— Kind Old Gentleman: “Well, my little man, what would you like to be when you grow up?” L.ttle Man: “I'd like to be a nice old gentleman like you with nothing to do but walk about asking little boys questions.”—Ex. —P. 0. H.— SAFE He held her in his arms and gazed into her sweet blue eyes. “What would you do if I tried to kiss you?” he asked heavily. “Yell for father,” she quickly re- torted. He sprang away gulped nervously. “Great Scott!” he cried. “I thought he was in India.” “That's right, he is,” replied. —P. 0. H.— “And you don’t know gnything about religion?” queried the mission- ar from her and she sweetly vy. “Well, we got a little taste of it when the last missionary was here,” replied the cannibal chieftain. —P. 0. Teacher— How cld would a person be now who was born in 1897? Bright Pupil— Do you mean a man or a woman?” —Ex. —P. 0. H.— The Teacher, after talking to the history class for half an hour on the aids to help civilization, asked the) two, rather peculiar happened while we! following question: “What things are helping mankind to get up most in the world?” Bright Pupil: “The and the step ladder.” alarm clock NEWS FROM SOME OF THE COTTAGES LEE’S COTTAGE How are you feeling these hot days? We get mighty warm working out in the fields. Every boy has a good sun-tan. We don’t have to go to the beach to get a sun-tan. We get it without the asking or without any effort or expenditure of funds. If you don’t believe it, come to see us and go out with us for a few days—if you can stand it that long. Everybody is well at our cottage except one boy, who had the mis- fortune of getting a pitchfork stuck in his leg. We are through threshing now, and we got a total of 3,129 bushels of wheat, oats and ‘barley together. The swimming pool water is mighty refreshing these days—what little bit there is in the pool. Boys on vacations now are David Flowers, Clarence Robards, Donald Bolton, Ray Clendenin, Osear New- man, John Ellis and Nelson Farmer. James Martin went to see his mother Sunday moring. We have a new matron. Miss Tur- ner has come from Rumple Hall to hve with us. We have started canning fruit for the winter. We are working on a radio fund, and hope to save up enough money to g@ t one for our cottage. It may take us a mighty long time to do it, but that’s our goal. —William Cranfiil. INFIRMARY Vacation days are upon us, and two have taken advantage of it, Sallie Farmer is at her Uncle’s at the McDonald Farm, where she will spend gost of the summer. Mai¥ Duffy Coppedge is in South Carolina with cousins, and will en- joy the heat of that state for a while. Thelma Johnston has had _ her vacation, and was promoted to the Woman's Building when she returned. The Infirmary is rejoicing over the nice gifts that were brought to t from a Wilmington Church that has Rev. Myers for pastor, though we do not think that he made the gifts as they were beautiful sun bonnet baby quilts and pillow cases, from the girls of the D. V. B. S. and not to be outdone the boys sent loads of toys to us from the same school. Miss Moore spent the week end in Valdese visiting friends she had spent several years with in the Indian Mission work in South Dakato and Arizona. We know pretty well about the sick, but do not hear much about the well until we saw the number that were not absent or tardy from school last year. Then we thought it would be well to see whether the girls or boys held the highest mark, and this is what we found out: Annie Louise Cottage had the highest number 13, Rumple Hall and Lees tied with 12, Jennie Gilmer and Woman's Building tied with 10 each, Howard Cottage came out with one ahead of Alexander 7 and 6 were their numbers. The (Infirmary had 4 out of 6 who did not miss a day. We have had four new children this month. One of them four years old, tried to take good care of Miss Moore. It was rest hour for the little ones, and she did not want to lie down. To get her to, Miss Moore said she would lie down with her. She was still for a little while and then said, “When you snore may I get up?” The health of the Orphanage is better than it has been for seven years. In June we had 15 in bed and nothing worse than peach and green apple ditis. On July 2nd. Elwood Carter cam? to see us from Wilmington and has such a good opinion of us that he will make his home here until he grad- uates. Miss worker, is also a Infirmary family. FARM Here we are again telling of what happened since our last time of writ- ing and since our new boss has been w.th us. Our new boss is Mr. Linviile, from Troutman. He taught school there and was also a cow doctor. Now since school is out and we have to work all day long there is a lot of things that can be done in a day. We planted corn and peas in our new ground, and planted about thirty- five acres ef corn besides. The corn is already up and we have hoed it. We made hay out of part of our oats which were too smooty to cut.and thresh, but what we cut and threshed was about forty acres which gave us about nine hundred and fifty bushels. Our barley which wasn’t much, we threshed and got about one hundred bushels. We reaped wheat next with two reapers. We reaped a little over two Carpenter, the new case member of our hundred acres in about a week and! a half. Alfalfa was then ready to be cut. It was a very big cutting, it fill- ed up the cow barn and the horse barn. Alfalfa had to be cultivated so the big tractor went along behind us taking up the alfalfa and cultivated it. The next job to tackle was wheat threshing which everybody dteads. Most boys try to go home when wheat threshing time comes around because they don’t like it. Something! were getting the thresher to the dairy barn to fix it and get it ready to thresh. We got it to the barn and there is a hill behind it, and i thresh our wheat on top of the hill. Well we were taking the thresher around there and it) brok& loose from the tractor and’ rotled down the hill, through a fence and turned over into the branch. There wasn’, much damage done to it only one of the main belt wheels‘ broke, but it was soon replaced by, sending to Char- lotte for a new one. We have been threshing for about four days and aren’t through yet. We have a little more than twelve hiwndred bushels now and still have about forty acres to thresh. We were stopped on account of rain, but want to finish this week, Robert Mills, one of our boys who broke his arm cranking the hay hoister has been made shepherd. Our sheep are looking good. We kill- ed vight of our little lambs the other day for mutton. Bob Templeton, one of our workers, has been sick for about a month and a half but he came back to work with us. We have been needing help and one of Mr. Stimson’'s boys has been helping us and also Eston Lacky has been working with us. We have told you all there is to tell. We hope everyone will have a good time on the 4th of July. I think we get off that day. And we also hope that everyone has or had a fine vacation. —The Farm Boys ALEXANDER This is station A. C. We are hav- ing hot weather now. Most of the boys are on their va- cation and some have already come back. The threshing machine broke loose from the tractor the other day and went all the way down the hill and nearly tore up, but they fixed it and have it running now. We are having plenty of peaches these days. Everybody is going in swimming now, Montieth Hendrix went on _ his vacation today and we hope he will report a good time. : We were sorry to hear of Mrs Fulwood’s death. She was formerly our matron. The boys have been picking black- berries in the day and busy scratch- ‘ng jiggers at night. Brandon Glasgow one of our boys went home a week and is going to go another week in August. Capt. Jackins came back from his vacation yesterday evening. John Elliott was our dairy boss while he was gone. ‘ —Dallas Williams SYNOD'S We are all glad that summer is here and we can go in swimming nearly every day. Billy MeCall and Henry Pittman have been standing on the outside watching the rest of us enjoy it for the past few days be- cause they have bad sores on their feet. We hope they will get better so they can go in with us in a few days. The peaches and plums are ripe now and we enjoy them, too. The apples are not ripe yet. On Sundays Mr. Johnston some- times takes us to walk. He has a little puppy over at his house, and we like to stop there and play with it. We thank Mr. Sams for inviting us to the “Playhouse” to see “Holly- wood Party” one day last week. We are glad that Miss Thompson is our matron while Miss Taylor is visiting her home in Scotland this summer. ; Some of our boys are away on their vacations. Some have come back and some are getting ready to go soon. Tommy Lindsay, Dick Parrish, Paul Burney, and Vance Smith are away now. Lacy Beshears and Henry Pitt- man hope to go next week. Jack Weeks and William Billings have just come back. Some of our big sisters at Rumple Hall have gone to Mitchell College to a conference this week. Some of us have been helping to do some errands and other work for Miss Stevenson while her girls are away. The boys and girls of the conference came out here and had a picnic at cur spring yesterday. We enjoy hav- ing them come up on the campus and visit us. Thomas Morgan is still enjoying some of the candy and gum which the members of Circle number 20 from the Greensboro First Church sent him for his birthday. He has been lucky, because a lady from Lenior sent him 9, box-of candy not long ago, too. The people : from Greensboro sent him a fountain pen and a pencil for his birthday. : y—Billy McCall BABY COTTAGE Summer is here, and oh boy are efjoying-the peaches and swimming pool. .:. 4 Tris Spencer is away, for the sum- mer and we miss her very much. Fred Cole and Net?® Pearl have returned from a two weeks’ vacation. Mrs. Coffey spent a few hours with -her children a few weeks ago, and brought Marian a lovely birth- day cake and we enjoyed it very much. We had a picnic a few weeks ago at Allison’s Lake, and we all had a good time. Mildred Eudy left Saturday for a three weeks’ vacation at Concord. We are so glad to have Bettie Lou Davis of Wilmington with us. She (Continued on Page Three) we the July 1934 BARIUM MESSENGER FE ae d Page Three 1934 graduating class during their stay at Barium. The top photo is the group as it appear- ed in 1928-1929 as sixth graders. The next two pictures were taken when they were in_ the eighth grade—two sections, one in the morning and one in the evening. The bottom picture is he s..me Class in 1932-1933, the year before they graduated. In- dividual pictures of the same boys and girls recently appeared ° A NARRATIVE Explanation {Contimued from Page One) < | han any T-model Ford could ever | of Pictures | do, and came to a sudden and some !what disastrous step in the branch To the left you see the develop-| at the bottom of the hill! ment of a class at the Orphan- Now, that was just too bad! And age. The four pictures show the| ¥¢ couldn't even blame it on the “care.essness of a boy.” There wasn’t anybody but menfolks having any hing te do with that particular job. Even the tractor has had a good many years to its credit, and the threshing machine is at least six y old! So we all just sat around and lis 1s tened to the boys say that “that was just too bad!” However, as this is written—just twenty-four hours after this accident the threshing machine up where it should be, wearing a more or less contrite look. It doesn’t exactly have a black eye, but it does have a cauli- flower ear, and it will soon be busy threshing out what should be some- thing like 3,000 bushels of wheat. Possibly we should not begrudge the faithful old machine this one little spree, seeing as how we ail go in swimming ourselves occasionally, or cut up some other sort of a dido! The farm boys are ending up thei¥ extremely busy season, and you ought to see the tan these boys have ac- quired. If there anything the Orphanage should save money in, it in work shirts, because nobody seems to wear them any more. The boys go out inte the fields and hang their shirt on a hickory limb, and proceed to let the sun do its work, and they have tans that shine and can almost be seen in the dark. Well, the farm boys have gotten in two crops of alfalfa hay. They have harvested the oats, barley and wheat, and they will soon be through thresh- ing. They have the corn all worked Is is Is wer, and they will soon be able to take things a little bit easier, and watch those orchard boys get busy for awhile. The orchard boys haven’t had it quite so hard, but we in The Messenger. COTTAGE NEWS Contunued from Page ‘lwo) n with us about a month now é s Hardy, Staniey Smith, Al bert May, and Herbert McMasters a#Ve boua sent to Synod’s Cottage. So we have only fifteen at the Baby tta.e now Rachel Millis TRUCK FARM We ave now in the midst of grub- bing Irish potatoes, and believe me we have the prettiest potato crop | that we have had in years. So far we {have got 100 bushels and are only la third through. Our sweet potatoes are growing beautifully. We “ad them set out early and all c¢’ them had started growing before the hot weather struck them, so now the runners reach from row to row and judg.ng by their size now we should have an excellent crop. We have been gathering string beans, cucumbers, beets, carrots and many other truck products, but be-| ‘ause of the jiate spring our bigger | rops are a few weeks late, but now everything is ripen.ng fast and we are just a little behind We have three acres of corn that are ready to pull, our tomatoes are} coming on and when I say coming} n I mean just that, we should pull} them today only we haven't time. The early water melons are grow- ing fast and it won’t be long until we get our st load. Although it means nore work for us we are looking | forward to their ripening with great- 1r interest than the others. Cantoloupes? Oh! You should see urs, We are going to gather them I vefore this news reaches you, can ust see your mouths watering as you read this. Many people do not know that it is possible to grow celery around here. We have been growing it successfully for the past few years and I don’t mean little scrawny sickly stuff, I’m talking about this big healthy celery, just like that you get from f| Florida. Come this Fall and see for | yourself. Many who read this will think I am boasting. Maybe I am but I have a reason, and still there are some who will say “That’s nothing I've been getting this, and that, for weeks from my garden.” We have also been getting a little of this and some of everything, but until now not enough to boast about, and still there are those who will come and see for themselves that we have a fine crop of everything. You are always wel- come ; Come up and see us some time. A Little Truck Farmer RUMPLE HALL How is everybody this hot weather? We don’t know what we would do without our swimming pool. We have such good times in it, lots of us can dive off the top board One of our girls is going home io live with her mother. We will miss her when she goes Several of our girls are away on vacations now. Hazel Miller, Martha Kina:d. Nan Daniels, Alce Pittman, | De ris Slate, Dorothy Weeks and i} Nancy Stafford have just return | from their visit home, and both r port a nice vacation. We have been having some nice ip aches and plums to eat. We surely jad njioy them | We appreciated very much the in- | ation Mr. Sams gave us to see the l picture “Operator 13°. We went to lcee “Dr. Monica” also ; Rumple Hall Girls NO CONFESSION { Tcaches—“Correct this sentence: 1 It was me that spilled the ink.” Pupil—“It wasn’t me that spilled the ink.” Answers P. Oi3 | NOT THE LIGHT NOTE, THOUGH } A recent society bride had s°x | bridesma in hyacinth blue silk land two pages in rich crimson vel- vet with gold lace. A pale bride- oom completed the color s¢ heme London Opinion fe | 1929-1933 Get my broker, Miss Jones.” Yes, sir, stock or pawn?” Everybody’s Weekly oO 2 DOESN'T JIBE MeGowan-- “I wish Savonaria had been a Spainard.” No'an—“Why ?” McGowan-—-“Well, that’s what he was on my examination paper.” have one of the heaviest peach crops n history coming on, and these boys will have to gather the ten bushels a day that we eat, and then enough idditional to can about 150 gallons a day, and this will keep up until we iave a two-year supply on hand. It seems that our peach crop acts just that way. One year we will have just barely enough to eat, and then the next year we will have such an abun- dance that we will can enough to last two years, and we just finished up this last winter, the fruit that we canned in 1932. As soon as this is over, there will be a lot of vegetables to can. The orchard boys looks after this too. Then, there that truck farm crowd. They haven’t had anything to do so far, but set out tomato plants, potato plants, and to hoe the beans and to gather the okra, and do all the thousand-and-one things that people ean think to do around a garden, but their heavy time is coming, and that \is when they dig potatoes. It is just surprising how many boys kave head- aches along about that time of year. ; You know the truck farmers are about the smallest in size of any of the working groups, and most of us grownfolks can remember how hot the sun does shine on your back when you are stooping over gathering Irish potatoes on a hot summer day! A potato will have to taste awfully good to justify any such punishment as that. The dairy boys. They have their busy times too. In the spring of the year it is fixing up fences, and a cow just seems to have a sixth or seventh sense tkat will tell her exactly where a weak place in a fence is. That fence may five miles long, and the pasture may be full of perfectly good grass, but if there just a piece of a weak place somewhere in that fence, some crazy cow will locate it before the day is over! So there is a big job just getting that is be Is pasture fence fixed. Then, there is another one: There is a weed that traveled up in this part of the country from Mississippi. It looks pretty, if you don’t get too close to it. It looks like a yellow daisy, but if you leave it alone, it will absolute- ly take the pasture, and if the cow eats it, it makes her milk so bitter at even a fly won't drink it. So ere is nothing else to do but get right out and pull that weed up as soon as it makes it appearance, and it is one of the most persistent weeds that you ever saw. You pull up one stalk and next week, there is likely to be ten right where you pulled that one up. So go out next week and pull the ten up, and maybe by winter time, it will become discouraged Well, are glad to say our boys have managed to win a fairly success- ful fight against this Mississippi Bitter Weed We haven't time in this article to | tell of the things that the girls are |deing. The girls’ work in the summer time is, as a rule, lighter. There is not as much to do in the laundry. There are not as many folks to cook we for. Most of the frying size chickens [have been eaten up, but there is lots lof fruit and vegetables to prepare |for the table and for canning, and all jin all, the girls stay busy, but not so busy but that they notice the hot weather a good deal more than the boys do Our existence is a pretty happy one |when the swimming pool is running. When is is not running, we are just liable to dry up and blow away. We jknow that the Sahara Desert |couldn’t be any hotter than Barium Springs is without a swimming pool! That’s how come We want an extra | well so desperately. | July 1934 CUDeSOORU AE REETULTULUNTAUETACLAODUED LUETSAHOLLLEETT Miscellaneous OUUUCRUEROUEOOULDEOOAEOSUSEOEAUEOT URES CUE EOGA SOR0OG0 Delgado D. V. B. S. For Infirmary, 3 pillow cases, 5 sunbonnet baby quilts, 100 toys, 6 gingham dogs. Gastonia 1st Aux. Circle 9 - 50} Children Books. | Gastonia Ist Aux. Circle 2, 37 books, Jigg-saw puzzles, Magazines. Hopewell (W) Church, 1. gallon blackberries Mrs. S. P. Alexander, Durham - 10 Jigg-Saw puzzles. Mrs. Harvey Moore, Charlotte, 1 box used garments. QRDDDDDDADNNNDADEREGEDSSSEASAAESENEADERSSSUMALEEEEL } Clothing Boxes eRaneagseegsUUeUNCOTEHASSOCEEROO EER ET ORO SRURORS Covenant (W) Aux. 3 outfits. Ellenboro Aux., Girls’ Circle Fellowship Aux. Gulf Aux, High Point Ist Aux. Coble Circle. Kinston Aux. (Replacen)ntst Plaza Aux. Reidsville S. S., Busy Bee Class. UCeESeee THOU TUUTUTELETULERUELED HETERO ES OORT Cloihing Money SUNDAY SCHOOLS Acme Special Albemarle Alamance S. Ashwood Barbecue May & June Belmont Belmont D. V. B. S. Bethany (C) May Bethel (F) Bethel (M) Bethesda (F) Bethesda (0) Beulaville Black River Buffalo (G) May Buffalo (G) Chadbourn Church-in-Pines Clarkton Concord Ist Concord (1) Covenant (0) Covenant B. C. Culdee Duncan Creek Ellenboro Ist quarter Fairmont Ist quarter Fayetteville Ist Flat Branch S. & Church POCUOUEEROEEGEOAUCOUEGESUTODEDSEUNESTEETRORABOEREM | JoOcter Mem. Covenant (W) Aux. 10.5¢ Foster Mem, Covenant (F) Aux. 27.05] Fountain Fellowship Aux. 3.00) Pront Street : - Gilwood Aux. 15.00] Gastonia 1st, Junior Dept. Goldsboro 1st Aux., Mrs. W. H. | Glenwood Griffin, Jr. Circle 10.00) Godwin Ist quarter Highland Aux. 5.00 Goldsboro Howard Mem. Aux. Mrs. Mabry Ciaccs Mem. - June Hart *-| Greensboro Ist, Men’s B. C. Mrs. Job Cobb 8.00 Greensboro 1st, Men’s B. C. Mrs. Geo. Holderness 8.50 Greenville Jackson Springs Aux. 15.00] tralisville Leaksville Aux. 15.00) Harmony (C) Lumberton Aux. 30.00| Harmony Ch. & S. S. (W) Marion Aux. 12.50] tropewell (M) MacPherson Aux. 7.50! Hopewell (M) Oak Plains Aux. 10.09 Howard Mem. May Tlaza Aux. 3.00 June Rocky Mt. Ist 12.50 Huntersville Rocktfish Aux. 500] Tron Station Salisbury Kings Daughters 5.00) jacksonville April, May, June Stanford Aux. 3.00 Jonesboro 2nd quarter Trinity Avenue Aux. 15.00 Kannapolis Washington S. S. Beg. & Pri. Lakeview Depactments 3.00 21.43 23.24 2.73 2.00 25.00 t a mo o n ] Nm N m a A oe - oo t po R u N S MS PS E N R S Z S E R i Po OT N Do ND OT N Co oa se ee e me © 2.70 2.76 3.83 3.71 11.62 2,07 11.64 11.61 44.29 2.25 6.17 | Lake Waccamaw - April, May, West End Aux. 15.00) “June 4.00 TOTAL $245.72 | * : 28.57 | Laurinburg, May 28. PRRLADAGEDADAGEEETAEEADEOSSSEASESTACSUCSEA ERO EEEEERE | Lexington 10.60 Miscellaneous Support Lillingston Arvil 4.97 SUGROERORESA EEDA ESET! May 3.86 A Friend 50.00 June 5.09 A Friend 10.00] Lincolnton 6.91 A Friend, Winston-Salem 25.00) Little Joe’s 2.84 A Salisbury Friend 10.00 Long Creek 2.05 A Wilmington Friend 2.00) | umber Bridge May 217 A. E. Scharrer, Hickory raat eee. 58 C, G. Kepner, Haast — 1.00! McKinnon April & May 15.00 Col. Fr. 3. ¥ uller, New York 200.00} \iePherson 10.00 Flora Macdonald Christian uc ee Carmel 2.19 P Association 31.90 Mt. Pisgah : , 1.00 F. P. Tate, Morganton 6.00 \i¢. Olive March & April 10.20 J. W. Matthews, Rocky Mt. 5.00} ac pelah 1.41 Miss Emma P. Hunter, | Marion, June 751 Matthews : . 5.00| Mayo Mission May 2.50 Mrs. Lizzie Rice, Woodleaf 20.00 June 2.00 Ottis Ritchie, Kannapolis 25.00) ny ebane May 5.35 Rev. James Appleby, Maxton 1.00 June 5.35 W. L. D. Johnston, arium 1.60] \ocksville 8.76 FOR MESSENGER Mooresville 1st — 10.50 A Salisbury Friend 1.00} Monroe 20.55 C. C. Murphy, Wilmington 1.00} Montpelier 10.00 Mrs. Callie Jobe, Whitsett 1.00} Nahalah 3.00 MEMORIALS New Bern Ist 8.50 The Bradys, Statesville, Memory jew Hope (KM) May -.. 3.25 Henry Steele 5.00| New Hope (KM) isle 3.75 TOTAL $259.95 | New Hope (O) June 1.03 SAMUSLECUELUULUAULECUEUUUUEL ELE cette || New Hope (W) 3.00 Support Fund N. Vanguard - 5.00 HEE) North Vanguard Men’s B.C. CHURCHES : 110 avle > 19 June . _ a ag ee N. Wilkesboro 23.56 ethany (C) 30 Mei : Bethesda (F 5 1¢| Olivia 29.33 vesda (FF) 5.16 oo i Bethpage 2.26] Olivia 29.17 Brittain 1.50| Olney —— 5.00 Ne ae “s9| Philippi 3.25 Caldwell Mem. 18.72) : PI 30 Charlotte 2nd Regular 100.00} Pinev.lle 11.3 Special 3.00| Pittsboro ‘ . 2.10 Clarkton 255) Providence (M) ist quarter — 10.00 Cross Roads 1.23| Raleigh Ist, Moment Class 6.75 Davidson 11.25| Raven Rock April & May 1.50 rook | Red Springs April, May, June - 20.42 Duncan Creek 60} ¥ £ priul, ys Falkland 38 | Rocky Mt. Ist, Men's B. C. : Farmville 1.52} April * 3.21 “avetteville s 5G 25 May 4.0 ee 0-74 | Rocky Point May 3.00 Front Street 38 Rowland 3.62 Gilwood = 'bD Rowland 5.35 Harmony (W) 1.42| Rutherfordton - May 7.07 Hickory 8.45) Rutherfordton, June 6.19 Highland 28.41) St- Andrews (%) = Immanuel (W) 3.78} =e cae (F) May i Kannapolis 6.61| St. auls (F) 12.90 Laurinburg - May $.77| Salisbury Ist - Rumple B. C. Lenoir, A Friend 19.90| . June. July —_ 10.00 Lincolnton Ist 9.00 ee Ist W’s B. C. re »Pels 5) Dherwooc 4 ee yr Shiloh (F) April-May-June 14.50 Mebane 2.91} Spencer Junior D. V. B. 5. 49 Morgantoim 3.49) Spray - June 7.00 Mt. Airy 15.00] SPringwood —. 5.00 Mt. Horeb 1.50) Sprunt Memorial 5.00 Mt. Williams aa) coe ee 10.00 Parmele ‘ag ° unnyside 2.60 Polkton 4.00 Tenth Avenue 19.00 Prospect 2.31| Trinity Avenue 8.50 Raven Rock 5.00 + ae rt Py Reidsville Special 12.66| Union (KM) 3.65 Rockfish ‘AB Union Mills 3.30 Rutherfordton 4.32 — = St. Andrews (W) 30.00 | Wan eed cm Salisbury Ist 88.83 | Varrenton 66 Salisbury 2nd 2.981 Westminster (0) 11.71 Shiloh (C) oe Plains on Spray Special ‘so a “ Goring wood 101 AUXILIARIES Stanford .§2| Ahoskie ‘ 1.00 Teachey 75| Bayless Mem. 3.00 Thomasville 454| Belmont Circles 1-2-3-4 April, Thyatira 1.46) May, June 12.00 Union (KM) 9.16| Bethesda (F) April, May, Unity (C) .90| June 15.05 Unity (KM) 4.50| Bethlehem (A) 1.00 Wallace 10.00| Caldwell Mem. 15.00 Washington Ist 7.50| Cann Mem. April, May 2.00 Wildwood (W) 1.57; Charlotte Ist 22.50 Willard 75. Cherryville 1.00 Wilmington ist ; 30.00. Covenant (QO) 3.75 Wilmington Presbytery N. C. | Covenant (O) 9.00 Bank Dividend 1.07 Duncan Creek Ladies’ B. C. 60 Wilmington ist 71.00! Durham Ist 24.00 Winston-Salem Ist 100.00| Erwin Circle 1 —--._---_ 2.00 BARIUM Answers 1.—There are nine cottages at Bar- ium. Named in the order of the ages of children which occupy them they are the Baby Cottage for boys and girls; Annie Louise, Howard, Rumple Hall and the Lottie Walker Building for girls; and Synod's, Lees’, Alex- ander and Jennie Gilmer for boys. There is a total of 16 brick buildings used in the operation of the Orphan- age. Besides the nine cottages there is the Infirmary, two school build- ings, the laundry and sewing room building, Little Joe’s Church, the office, and the steam plant. Besicos these there are three brick resi- dences, a number of other woocen residences, several barns and numer- ous outhouses, 2.—-There are approximately 1200 acres at Barium. Some of the acreagé is used as campus and for the build- ings, some in truck farming, some in orchards, some for the big farm, some for pasture, and some of it is still woodland. The wooced area is being gradually cleared for culti- vation, mast of this work being done in the winter time during a slack period. 3.-The Capital fund value is slightly dbove $860,000.00; you might say, close to a million dollars. However, the value of the proper- ties have not been “written down” during the past several years when values declined to such an extent, and neither has depreciation of the buildings been “written off”. 4.—At present there are about 300 children at Barium. The population fluctuates considerably between May and September. In April there is the graduation when about 20 boys and girls leave the Orphanage. Some homes are re-established or are able to take care of the children and the children are returned, At the samc time, new ones are being accepted from time to time. The number en rolled is largely stationary from September through April, and aboui the middle of September a figure could be announced which would virtually be true for the next eight months. 5.— The capacity is 360 children. Some few years ago there were 380 here for a while. This was at the peak of income, when this number could be cared for in the budget. The conditions were crowded, and homes were opened to take care of the overflow, 6.—Because the Presbyterians of the Synod are not contribut.ng enough funds to provide for tho. which are enrolled. It is certainly not filled to capacity because of a lack of applications. There are over 350 applications made annually, while the Orphanage can accept only approximately 10 per cent of them. Only the most destitute of cases ar: accepted. 7.—There are 260 Presbyterians in the Synod of North Carolina to one person enrolled at the Orphanage. 8.—Approximately 1,500 in 43 years, and almost 600 of these in the last decade. 9.—Ten vents a month from each of the 78,000 Presbyterians of the Synod would amply care for the children at Barium. 10.—Through church budgets, Sun- day Schools and Auxiliaries regular- ly and gifts from all of these organi- zations at Thanksgiving. The Synod allows Barium 7%% of the benevol- ent budget of each church. The majority of Sunday Schools give Barium one Sunday’s ofivring per month, though there are a few which devote only the fifth Sunday’s offer- ings to the Orphanage, and a few others which set aside definite month- ly amounts. Many of the Auxiliaries follow the regular budget plan of 714%, and in addition to this make a special contribution of $1.00 per- month-per-cirde. The Auxiliaries, too, play the major part in clothing the children at Barium, mostly through sending money specifically designated for this purpose. The Synod is supposed to give an amount in the Thanksgiving Offering which equajs all that is sent to Barium regularly during the twelve months of the year. In 1933-1934, the Synod lacked over $8,000 of accomplishing this. Circle 2 3.00 April, May & June Gastonia ist _.... 17.50 Greensboro Ist 15.00 Greensboro ist, Bethany Circle _ 1.00 Greensboro Ist —.- _... 76.00 Hawfields nee 7 F Sa 3.00 High Point Ist - bbs ; 7.00 High Point ist - . tee Howard Mem. 6.00 Immanuel (W) Regular - 1.50 Special scien 2.15 Jonesboro Special —-.—-- 2.60 Kings Mt. Ist April, May, June oe Sed cace 12.00 LaGrange ; i 8.85 Lillington (District 8) ——- 4.90 Little Joe’s $1 per month per circle April, May & June Little Joe’s 744% Manley Girls’ Circle, April & May ne Mooresville ist, Wharey Mem. — 25.00 Morganton . * 3.75 Mt. Holly 3.39 Mt. Pisgah sce 1.00 Newell Business W’s Circle - 8.00 Olney Aux. Circles 1-2-3-4 Ist quarter saci ‘ . 12.00 Prospect (C) Bi Red Springs Regular ~~... 5.80 Special . ney Re 10.82 Roanoke Rapids iat sa . 5.00 Rocky Mt. Ist Regular ___ 13.00 Special - MESSENGER SUNDAY SCHOOLS SLOW (Continued from Page One) of the fourth month. This rise in the Sunday School re- sponse has largely been made pos- sible by the increased number of Sun- day Schools which are setting aside one offering per month to the Or- phanage cause. On the basis of the firs, quarter, the final report will show that the Sunday Schools will increase their giving this year by over $3,500.00. If the Churches and Aux:liaries correspondingly increase their regular contributions, and the Thangsgiving Offering turns out to be substan- tially larger, the whole financial yeas w.ll be the best since 1930-1931. Figuring on the basis of ten cents per meal per child, the following is a comparative tabulation of the meals which could have been served the Barium children for the past two years: Months 1933-34 1934-35 April 2,893 6,218 May 6,633 10,659 June 8,252 9,705 duly 9,425 ? August 13,238 ? September 13,419 ? October 12,678 ? Nov. mber 10,717 2| December 11,519 7 January 10,583 ? Feb: uary 9,553 ? Maoh 18,383 2 VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE (Continued from Page One) Of this amount, the Sunday Schools have sent in $2,658.23; church bud- gets have allowed $1,481.89; the Auxiliaries have contributed $1,212.- 44, and there has ‘been $23.66 re- ceived from Young People’s Socic- ties. The receipts in June aggregated $2,328.34. Sunday Schools led for the month, but not in the proportions or April and May. They sent $970.47; the Church budgets appropriated $761.03; the Auxiliaries gave $580.68, and the Young People’s Groups, $16.16. When the July receipts are record- ed in the August issue of The Mes- cenger, possibly there will be some decided change, for so many churches and Auxiliaries report quarterly, while the greater portion of the Sun- day School gifts are sent monthly. tt cemans to be seen what the status will be a month hence. For the three months so far, the following is the record for the Churches, Sunday Schools and Aux- iliaries: Month = Churs. S. S’s. Auxs. April $ 185.76 $ 621.82 $ 201.67 May 535.10 1065.94 439.09 June 761.03 970.47 580.68 Totals $1481.89 $2658.23 $1212.44 ENCOURAGEMENTS (Continued from Page One) point of -mgh lation at Barium. Greenville in Albemarle Presbytery has set aside monthly amounts for the Orphanage. Mt. Carmel, Phillippi and Union, all in Fayetteville, re- ported gifts in June. Union _ said the.rs was a special, but it is hoped that others are to follow. Salem and Sprunt Memorial in Orange Presbytery sent gifts. Salem had written some time ago that they were going to give regularly, and their first contribution came in June. Sprunt Memorial said they had a surplus in the treasury and de- cided to send it to Barium. Acme and White Plains Sunday Schools in Wilmington made respons- es during the past month, Neither of these wrote that they were send- ing an offering a month, but it is hoped that this will be true. Watch The Messenger next month for some more new Sunday Schools which have already reponted since July started. Auxiliaries: One Auxiliary of five circles is taking a special offering for Barium every month. A Girl’s Circle of another Auxiliary is send- ing $1.00 per month. Two other Auxiliaries, both of which are un- usually small ones, are sending 1.00 per month each. Many Auxiliaries, which have been in the habit of letting their funds accumulate, are now sending their amounts in month- ly, which is so much preferable at Barium. How much more gratified will Or- phanage authorities be as the months progress? The answer is with YOU. Rocky Mt. Ist, Mrs. A. P. Tharpe 10.00 Rocky Mt. ist Regular June 13.00 July adeiiieae Sciniiicdticeeies Sa Rocky Mt. Special Penny-a-day OU op ‘3 10.16 Special June — 11.00 July 11.00 August ain teal eine 11.00 Salisbury 2nd Aux. io 6.00 US | Sen eee 3.47 Saute Ee 1.00 Statesville 1st Special ........ 18.24 Thyatira eet, Trinity Avenue Circles 1-2-3 . 6.00 Washington Ist Regula 5.00 Special ee ene anes .. 6.00 Westminster (O) - +... 12.00 Westminster (M) in. Jae Wilmoore : . 1.00 Wilmoore Cirele 1 — 1:34 Winston-Salem ist 18.75 Wm. & Mary Hart April, May June YOUNG PEOPLE Buffalo (G) Y. P. Kingdom Highways April & May 2.00 Leaflet Special ——. . $3.50 Page Four | More Cottage News | HOWARD Vacation is about all one hears these days. The following are away now: Rhoda Daniels is in Charlotte, Margie Lail in Marganton, Glenn Lindsay and Thelma Robards in High Point, Flora Mae Newman in Spray, Thelma MeIntyre in Winston-Salem and Elaine Faircloth in Fayetteville. “We appreciate Mr. Sams inviting us to see “Hollywood Party” and we enjoyed it greatly. We are glad to have Myrtle Howard and Louise Russell come to live with us, Myrtle comes from Wil- mingtan while Louise cdmes feom Lillington. Six girls have recited the Child’s Catech'sm since school closed. They are: Lillie Byrant, Mabel Shoaf, Lorene Brown, Flora Newman, Lilly McDonald and Millie Mays. Grate Shroyer is almost ready to recite the Shorter Catechism and some others are work’ng on it. Mr. Thomas and the boys are bring- ing us some good peaches these days. We have been enjoying the swim- ming pool these hot days. The Howard girls enjoyed a truck ride to Miss Woods’ home June 23rd. Miss Woods remained for the week- end. Miss Lorena Clark wos our matron and we enjoyed having her. While Miss Woods was at the Auxiliary meeting Monday night, Mr. Grier took us for a ride. He had to make three different trips to take us all. We had a good time. —Martha Adams WOMAN’S BUILDING “How’s Tricks,” Folks, This is station L. W. 2. Womans Building,’ announcers below. This hot weather has just about got us, but maybe we will pull through, because it has been raining here lately. Mr. Sams, the manager of the theaters in Statesville, invited us to the “Playhouse,” to see “Hollywood Party,” last week. It was good, and very amusing. Lots of our girls have left for their vacations; others will go next week. Two have returned, Lindy Culp and Grace Roberts. Some people sent us some picture puzzles and we have been entertain- ing ourselves by putting them to- gether, although it is rather tiresome. Our regular matron, M.ss Adams is stil on her vacation. We hope she is enjoying herself. Mrs. Holton, a teacher here, is our matron while Miss Adams is away. Announcers—Irene Forte & Ollie Gaskill —P. 0. H.— INOCULATION (Continued from Page One) the effects which the inoculation had had upon them. It seemed si mewhat of a contest among them to ‘ind out which one had the largest amount of highly colored flesh around the spot where the needle inserted. The winner was never determined. The smaller children seemed to want all workers and officials to see theirs. It might have been simpler f they had lined up and all workers filed by to inspect their arms. At first some were inclined to think that psychology had a lot to do with this temporary illness, that when one becomes sick, the others reacted similarly. This theory was quickly d.spelled, though, when 15 of the Synod’s Cottage boys -emain- ed in bed rather than get dressed and go to dinner. Barium beys and girls don’t. feel well at all when this happens. This was one particular instance, but is typical of the other menwers here. This is the first of three injections. Maybe the next two won’, have the same effects, but even if they do, the Barium children will bear it man- fully, after which they will be safe in the knowledge that they will be im- mune from the ravages of typhoid for a period of three years. With the aid of several people, the physician was able to inoculate 210 people in 45 minutes, and of the 219 only one little child cried when the needle was inserted. Many of the boys and girls are absent on vacation just now, which accounts for the small number, but these will be given attention when they return to the campus from their sojourn elsewhere. was “TACT’—OR SOMETHIN’ Judge: “This Lady says you tried to speak to her at the station.” Salesman: “It was a mistake. I was looking for my friend’s sister, whom I had never seen before, but who’s been described to me as a handsome bionde with classic feat- ures, fine complexion, perfect figure, beautifully dressed, and—” Witness: “I don’t care to prosecute the gentleman. Anyone would have made the same mistake.” —P. 0. H.— Aunt Hetty: “Sakes alive, I don’t believe no woman could ever be so fat.” Uncle Sy: “What y’ reading now, Hetty?” Hetty: “Why, this paper tells about an Englishwoman that los, two thousand pounds.” Salisbury ist, Int. +, iy Special« 5.00 Thomasboro Special ; 5.66 GRAND TOTAL _.....$2328,29 at , AO I as a re ae rs ay e, He, ne le ito m “o e r @a s r e ' ’ a wn oe i] S eh oe 7 er ee e @ 22} ARIUM MESSENGER Printed by Vocaties- al Department, Pres- * byterian Orphans’ * Home . ee e n e t r e VOL. XI PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S Hous For THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS ol BARIUM SPRINGS, N. C., AUGUST 1934 NO.11 JULY INGOME LESS THAN REGEIPTS OF A YEAR AGO Winston-Salem Presbytery As- sumes Lead Over Albemarle —Other Facts Given For the first time in the new fiscal year, Albemarle Presbytery has relinquished its leadership in pet capita giving, and gave way _ to Winston-Salem Presbytery which assumed the leadership this month. Aibemarle had tenaciously held on to ths lead for three months, but a much smaller than usual giving in July brought them down, while Winston-Salem spurted ahtad with a more liberal response to take the top position. These two Presbyteries swapped berths in July. K ngs Mountain, Co'ncord, Wil- m ington, and Fayetteville Presbyteries -emained in their respective third, fourth, ffth and sixth positions, but Orange and Mecklenburg duplicated the stunt between Albemarle anfl W.nston-Salem by swapping places. In June Mecklenburg was seventh, but now they are eighth. Orange is just vice versa for the two months. Granville Presbytery nemained un- disturbed in her cellar occupancy. Six of the nine Presbyteries are ahead of their giving of a year ago but the other three are in arrears. Wilmington is leading in the increase, being ahead by 2% cents. Kings Mountain and Orange Presbyteries are both ahead by 1% cents. Winston- Salem is 1% cents ahead, Fayette- ville 114 cents, and Concord is ene cent ahead of last year. Mecklenburg is the furthest be- hnd as compared with a year ago. They are 11 cents in arrear of their giting of 1933-1934. Mbemarle is 3% cents behind, and Granville is 144 cent in arrear of July, 1933. Quite interesting, too, is another comparison which deals with thir positions today and a year ago. Wincton-Salem leads at the end of July; she was third in 1933. Albemarle is second today but was on top a year ago. Kings Mountain was fifth last year, but now is third. Concord is at the same place for both years - fourth berth. Wilmington is f.fth this year, and was sixth a year ago. Fayetteville is now sixth, but was seventh last year. Orange is seventh today as compar- ed with eighth at the end of July, 1933. Mecklenbuvg ranks eighth now, but was second a year ago. Granville had the bottom honors for both years. The table of receipts this month has been prepared on the basis of membership as appeared in the 1933 Minutes of the General Assembly. However, the 1934 membership re- port will be used next month, though the changes will not be as great as they were one year ago, for it is noticed that the increase in member- ship was rather nominal for Synod in 1933-1934, while it jumped about 3,500 in 1932-1933. All in all, the giving of the Synod today is $760.77 gveater than it was as the close of the fourth month of 1933-1934. For the first three months, Synod showed an inerease each month but interrupted that splendid record by show ng a decrease of $407.30 for July. Until last month’s report, Synod was over one thousand dollars ahead, but this $407.30 brought them down to a lead of $760.77. July PRESBYTERY Receipts Winston-Salem iiuaian $324.43 ee __.....160.08 Kings Mountain —..______-. 183.02 Comiend od ........§42.68 | Eero onnreneren 277.47 Fayetteville 330.13 Oran®. 380.87 Mecklenburg —..... -------- 549.54 Granville Saag ere _. 46.31 BN vectra. nn $2,749.53 NEW SUNDAY SCHOOLS It’s becoming quite a hab‘t to write a monthly article about new Sunday Schools which have joined the ranks of many others in giving one offering per month to the Orphanage, and it’s a habit that is commendable and worthy. The decision of other Sunday Schools to send something reg- ulavly to Barium = determines this, and the hope is entertained that this series of articles will remain uninterrupted until every Sunday School has decid:®. to give Bar.um an offering per month, or the f.{th Sunday, if the former is not possible. There were four new ones which reported in July, They are Third Creek in Concord Presbytery; Nundarrach in Fayetteville Pres- bytery; Myers Park in Mecklen- burg, and Caswell in Wilmington Presbytery. These gifts were wel- comed jnc:e corcpaliy, and the further comforting thought is that other gifts are to follow. TWO TABLES OF INCOME DISTRIBUTION GIVEN There are two types of tables given today about distribution of income eceived at the Orphanage to date. Ine of them is exactly similar to hose which have previously appear- od in The Barium Messenger, show- ‘ng how much the church budgets, Sunday Schools and Auxiliaries had ziven to Barium. The new one, however, deals with the same figures, but breaks the lump sum received from these three sources into the amounts’ which have been contributed by the church budgets, Sunday Schools or Auxil- iaries in the nine Presbyteries of the Synod. In July that which was apportion- ed to Barium from the church budgets, that which was contributed in Sun- day School offerings, and that which was sent the support fund by the Auxiliaries was the largest amount of any of the four in the new fiscal year. Both the churches and Aux- iLaries have been steadily increas- ng their giving from respective low starts of $185.76 and $201,67, until whey reached the sums of $898.05 and $622.92, respectively, last month. While the Sunday School response, which continued to be the largest of any of the three, was the largest total of any of the four months this year, the rise has not been steady, put has been of a fluctuating nature. the Sunday Schools lack $324.15 of having given as much to Barium in four months as the church budgets and Auxiliaries combined. The Sun- day Schools gave the impressive total of $1,273.56 last month. The total sum which the Synod has sent to the Orphanage in four months is $8,170.55. Of this amount, church budgets have apportioned $2,400.16; the Sunday Schools have sent $3,911.37; the Auxiliaries have given $1,835.36; and Young People’s Scvieties have conjaibuted $23.66. No report was received from any Young People’s group in July. The response from the latter was good (Continued on Page Four) : a a $s Eo = > 8 ~ mek es a as a = at ot c$& au fy EE <3 as es <a Te 19 c 40c 21 ec 3%c | 40c 22 ec 3%ec 12%¢ 40c 27%ec 4%e 12%e 40¢ 27% ¢ 3c 10%c¢ 40¢ 29%ec 2%c 8c 40c 31i%e 3%e 8i4ee 40¢ Blwe 3%e 8%c 40c 31%c %ec 44c 40c 35%e 35 ¢ 10.3¢ 40¢ 29.7 ¢ Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: Name HOW MUCH DO YOU LIKE THE MESSENGER? Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 20,000 monthly copies, and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $———— for this particular phase of the werk at Barium. Address AUXILIARIES THROUGHOUT SYNOD SHOW LIBERAL Some of the Encouragements Afforded Orphanage Are Given In This Article From time to time, some of the encouragements afforded those who work at the Orphanage by the Aux- iliaries of the Synod have been men- tioned, but today some very concrete examples, with the names of those enlivening the outlook at Barium are going to be recounted. The object of this is to familiarize friends through- out the Synod with what a few of the Auxiliaries are doing for the Orphan- age in 1934-1935, as against their contributions in !933-1924. It is also hoped that others will duplicate what these have done. All that is written herein is dealing with gifts to the regular support fund, and does not include anything that is done toward the clothing fund or at Thanksgiv- ing. Ahoskie Auxiliary sent a regular total of $1.00 last year, but a recent gift of $1.00 was accompanied by the statement, “We are in hopes that we can continue sending this amount quarterly.” It looks as if they will send four times as much this year! A uttle later we received another letter from another member of the Ahoskie Church, extracts of which are, “We are trying hard to do more for Barium this year than before, as through the little Messenger we see your needs are greater than we had realized. Our Auxiliary sends $1.00 every quarter and our new Sunday School Superintendent often tells us of Barium’s needs. We have pledged to send every fifth Sunday collections to you, as well as the Thanksgiving offering. Our collection on the fifth Sunday is always about three times any other, so you see the interest our people take in your work.” LaGrange Auxiliary sent an amount in June which was over twice as large as all the regular giving of that organization last year. They did not say that more was to follow, but the belief is that it will before next March. (A few days later: Another contribution game in August!) Centre Auxiliary in Fayetteville Presbytery did not report a regular gift in 1933-1934, but sent the Or- phanage $5.59 in July. Erwin Auxiliary contributed a reg- ular total of $5.10 last year, but their giving will be almost five times as great in 1934-1935, as shown by the extracts of a letter received from them not longago. It read, “It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the two circles in our Auxiliary have pledged $1.00 each circle per month to Barium. Enclosed find check for $5.00 - $3.00 from Circle No. 2 and $2.09 from Circle No. 1. Was a month later presenting cause to Cirele No. 1, so that is why it is a dollar short. However, hope to make the full amount next month.” Too bad that the Krwin Auxiliary doesn’t have a dozen or more circles! Laurinburg Auxiliary sent a_total of $2.09 regularly last year; in July a check was received from them for $33.00. Manley Auxiliary did not make any regular financial report in 1933- 1934, but a gift of $2.00 was receiv- ed not long ago, accompanied by this letter: “The Girls’ Circle of the Manley Auxiliary has decided to send the Orphanage $1.00 each month this year.” This is going to mean $12.00 (Continued on Page Four) LEADING CONTRIBUTORS I PRESVTERIES.ISCLOSED At the close of the fourth month of the fiscal year an “inventory” has been taken of what has been contri- buted to date through church budgets, the Sunday School offerings, and through Auxiliary giving. It_ is found that Winston-Salem First Church is leading all others in church budget giving with a total of $300.00; the Concord First Sunday School is ahead of all others with $215.87 and the Rocky Mount First Auxiliary leads the Auxiliaries of the Synod with a contributed amount of $170.62. Runners-up of these leaders are the Charlotte Second Church with $236.00 given through the church budget; the Salisbury First Sunday School with $133.77, and the Greens- boro First Auxiliary with $95.00. From a comparison of the figures of the leaders and runners-up, it is seen that quite a difference exists between the two amounts. The leaders in the various Presby- teries are rather interesting, and are recounted below with the amounts that have been contributed through the three sources mentioned above: Albemarle: Church budget giving is led by Washington First with $37.85, while Rocky Mount First Sunday (Continued on Page Four) ALL THREE At the end of four months of the fiscal year, the records at Bar um were carefully checked, and it is found that 21 churches of the Synod have contributed to the Orphanage in 1934-1935 through the regular church budget, Sun- day School offering, and Auxiliary appo. tionment. There will be many more than this at the conclus.on of the fifth month, but those having this di-tineton on July 31 t are: Albemarle Presbytery—Ahoskie, Greenville. Washington. Coneord—Mooresville Ist, Salis- hury ist, Salisbury 2nd, Thyatira Fayetteville—Bethesda, Laurin- burg, Rad Springs. Granville—Oak Hill, Raleigh Ist. Kings Mountain—Duncan Creek, Kings Mounta:n. Mecklenburg—Albemarile, Cald- well Memorial, Steele Creek, West- m nster. Orange-—Alamance, Buffalo (G). Wilmington—None. Winston-Saleva—W inston-Sal e m ist. MISS REBEKAN CARPENTER NOW HERE AS CASE WORKER Miss Rebekah Carpenter, formerly acsistant at the First Pres- hyterian Church of Lexington, is a new addition to the Orphanage staff, aking up her duties here as case worker on July 1st. Miss Carpenter replaces Miss Frances Steele, who had been with Barium for five years n this capacity, but who resigned several months ago to accept a posi- tion with the federal relief agencies n Georgia. For the past five and a half years Miss Carpenter had been assistant to Dr. J. R. McGregor, pastor of ty First Presbyverian Church of Lexington, who recently accepted a “all to the Burlington First Church. nastor’s ONLY SMALL HUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS. REPORT Many Churches, Sunday Schools and Auxiliaries Have Not »Responded Some understanding of the dis- tribution as well as the amount of the income received at Barium so far this year is clearer when con- sideration is given to the number of organizations throughout the Syno4 which have made respenses. This article can be read in conjunction with that which shows how much the church budgets, Sunday Schools ‘and Auxiliaries have sent to the Orphan- age. pons Sunday Schools are leading. in amount contributed, and 195 Sunday Schools have had ‘a part in this. Church budgets are next in total given, and 132 churches have made some report to Barium through their budgets this year. Finally, the Auxfl iaries are trailing in the amount viven to the support fund, and are ‘ikewise trailing the others with 95 Auxiliaries of the Synod reporting to date. This leaves a rather large number of organizations which have not been heard from this fiscal year. It means that 405 churches have not reported gifts in their budgets, that 347 Sunday Schools have not re- ponded, and that 292 Auxiliaries are yet to report. Concord has the greatest number of church budgets reporting. There are 31 in that Presbytery, while viecklonburg is second with 24. Only cven churches have reported bud- retary gifts in Granville, for the ‘owest total. In Sunday School responses, Fay- etteville Presbytery is far in the lead with 40 Sunday Schools report- ng, while following some distance behind is Concord with 27. Only even Sunday Schools have sent gifts from Winston-Salem Presbytery, to give that one the distinction of the In this capacity, she worked ex- tensively at the two mission churches at Dacotah Mills and South Lexing- ton, and aided those churches in their religious and other activities. Prior to becoming Dr. McGregor’s assist- ant she directed the recreational work at Lexington for two years. Miss Carpenter is an A. B. grad- uate ef Flora Macdonald College, and after completing her work there she went to New York, where she btained a bachelor of science de- gree in physical educat‘on from Teachers College, a branch of Colum- ‘ia University. Since assuming her duties at Barium in July, the new case worker ‘as been exceptionally busy investi- gating applications and catching up (Continued on Page Four) smallest number. Mecklenburg leads in the number of Auxiliaries giving, with 16, while Albemarle and Orange are tied for second honors with 12. Again, Winston-Salem has the smallest number of Auxiliaries reporting, only six having sent responses to date. Following is the tabulation dealing with this: Albemarle 11 14 12 Concord 31 27 10 Fayetteville 9 40 10 Granville 7 10 9 Kings Mountain 9 21 1l Mecklenburg 24 26 16 Orange 16 24 12 Wilmington 16 26 9 Winston-Salem 9 7 6 Totals 132 195 95 Meals Served by S. S.| The prediction made in last month’s issue of The Messenger about the July giving of the Sunday Schools came to pass. It was asserted that it was believed after the July responses were made, the Sunday Schools would be over $%,000.00 beyond their total giving for the first four months of 1933-1934. This belief was more than justif.ed, for the Sunday Schools are ahead by exactly $4,191.10. This looks like a most substantial ‘nerease, if this continues, by the close of 1934-1935. Last month’s issue of the paper also predicted that the Sunday Schodls would be $3,500.00 ahead on March 31, 1935 or the middle of next April, when the books of the year are officially closed. Con- tention is still made for that pre- diction, and the record in July sub- stantiated it. In July, the largest amount yet contributed by the Sunday Schools was received. The total was $1,273,56, and this was given by 122 Sunday Schools of the Synod. A year ago 87 junday Schools had a part in giving (Continued on Page Four) | On Camping Trp | At the time you will be reading this article, over 100 boys and girls will have just returned from the annual camping trip, which vir- tually concludes the vacation perictl. There will be a few children yet to return to the Orphanage from sum- mer absences and pretty shortly everybody wil! be back and ready to start the new school year. The children who have’ been on this camp from Monday, August 13th, through Friday, August 17th, are those which did not have an invita- tion to leave the campus during the summer. The other members of the Orphanage population have eithbr spent their vacation-time with rel- atives, clothing people, or friends of the Orphanage who wanted to have some of the boys and girls in their homes for a while during the sum- mer. This year, the camp is being held at Swannanoa, which is a little further away than usual, for the last iwo camps have been within 25 miles of Barium. However, the splendid Four- (Continued on Page Four) QUESTIONS FOR THE MONTH | Continuing the plan inaugurated two months ago, a list of ten per- tinent questions about Barium are herewith presented for August. A series has previously appeared in the June and July issues. How many of these can you answer? The answers of all questions will be found on page four column one of this issue: 1.—What is the greatest and smaltest anfour¢s contributed to Barium by the Synod of North Caro- lina during the past ten years? 2.—How much does Barium receive from the Duke Endowment? 3.—How much endowment does the Orphanage have? 4.—How many meals are served at Barium every day, and when are the only times that meals are not served in the dining room? 5.—What proportion of the food used is raised at the Orphanage? 6.—How many gailons of milk do the children drink every day? 7.—What are the age limits usually governing the acceptance of children into the Orphanage? 8.—Approximately how many ap plications are received at the Orph- anage a year? _ o- What is the annual “turnover in population? 10.—Who was the first superin- tendent of Barium, and how long did he serve? (To Be Continued) ” es 6 © 8 © OM, August 1934 BARIUM MESSENGER BARIUM MESSENGER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHAN’S Home JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Editor ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor as seeond-class matter November 15, Acceptance for mailing at special rate of pestage, Panred BW. @., wader the act of August 24, 1912. provided fer in Section 1103 Act of Ovtwber 3 19245, at the postoffice at Barium Springs, viz Authorized, November 15, 1923. BOARD OF REGENTS: REV. J. R. HAY - - - - - - - - President DR. J. R. McGREGOR -~ - - - ~- Vice-President MRS. Z. V. TURLINGTON - - - - - Secretary Rev W. M. Currie - - - Belmout, Mrs. W. E. White Grahan Mr. Stamps Howara Tarboru | Rev. R. C. Clontz, Wilmington Mes. |. F. Hill - - Durhaw| Dr. W. H. Sprunt, Jr. - vive 1 Sale - oe a - = — Mrs John Harper Wilmingto: EG es a ee ee Raleigh| Mr. W. B. Bradford Charlott: Rev. Eugene Alexander - Manchester| Mrs. H. A. Rouzer - - - - Salisbury Mrs S. A. Robinson - - - - Gastonia} Mrs. L A McLaurin Rowlane Mrs. W. T. Clarke - - + + Wilson} Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro DIRECTORY: Jos. B. Johnston Sistecar: e General Manager J. H. Lowrance BS a - Assistant Ernest Milton ee Treasurer Miss Lulie E. Andrews oa Miss Maggie Adams T. L. O’Kelley Sait 5 aes alae Pe oo = Bookkeeper and Clothing Head Matron Head of School Keo rst, “ft give and hequeath ta the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS HOME OF THF PRESRYTERIAN SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of North Care lina, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) FACTS, FIGURES AND FANCIES Since January 1, 1934, exactly 50 Sunday Schools, which did not con- tribute during 1933, have made con- tr.butions to the Orphanage. Of the 50, the greater majority are devoting one Sunday’s offering per month to Barium, while a few of the number are giving the fifth Sunday. In the past year and a half, Z%8 others, bring ng the total to 78, have started making contributions to Barium. We know of several who are setting aside one Sunday's offering, in addition to these 78, and others a report from them should be re- ceived shortly. These 78 Sunday Schools have sent $1,119.35 to Barium in that time, and when it is remembered that the greater majority have started their regular giving the past seven months, it is seen that the increased income from this source will be quite sub- stantial over a year’s duration. More churches are putting Barium in their budgets for gifts, or are making special offerings once 4 month through the loose collection one Sunday. Nineteen churches have reported such contributions in fcur months which have passed in 1934- 1935, said churches failing to report any budgetary gifts during the pre- vicus twelve months. The total that these have given to date is $157.42. While it is true that funds are not reaching Barium as officials here wish they would arrive, nevertheless, it is a very healthy sign that more organizations are contributing to the institution than ever before. This means a wider interest, and ex- panding income in the future years. an We hope that some church or churches in Granville Presbytery will try to better their record to date. It is noticed elsewhere in this issue of The Messenger that the leading giver through church budgets is the Raleigh First Church, and their sum contributed in the past four months is $7.54. By the way, the smallest leading Sunday School amount, when compared with the sums of the lead- ing Sunday Schools in the other eight Presbyteries, is also reported Granville. from We challenge any member of the fraternity to name an issue of any institution magazine that comes more nearly being what it ought to be than the June 1934 issue of The Barium Messenger. There is news about Barium; there is comment up” on the progress and management of the work; there is just what we im- agine any member of its constituency would welcome. It is difficult to know how to select and put out just such information as the people want and We are ready to congratulate our friends on having at least _in this case told just what we believe its people want to know.—The Connie Maxwell. : When we read that in The Connie Maxwell, we went to our files to look over the June issue of The Messenger, to see exactly what we had in it. We'll do our best to follow it as much as possible. Many thanks for those kind words; they are mighty help- ful. While Wilmington Presbytery Icads all others, according to our re- s, in the amount which has been given through church budgets, we wonder much of that total of $537.72 has been contributed by other organ‘zations within the churches of that Presbytery. Treasurers of a number of churches report all gifts in a lump sum, and we never know how much comes from the budgets proper, how much from the Auxiliar- from the Sunday probably get a flare-back on statistics in other columns of this issue, but we can’t prepare re- ports except the basis of what our records disele..o. how les, or Schools. We'll some on Four Sunday Schools in the Synod contributed as much as $100.00 ‘in the first four months of the fiscal year. Concord First is leading with $215.87; Salisbury First is second with $133.77; Olivia is third ith $116.45, and the other Sunday Schvol in this Winston- Salem First with $105.06. There are is classification several others within ten or fifteen dollars of this amount, and when the year closes there should be close to 50 giving this much. The Spray Sunday School was de- voting one Sunday’s offering per month to Barium. Officers decided they couldn’t give this much and meet other expenses, and so they an- nounced to the Sunday School that half of a Sunday’s offering would be sent thereafter. The day set aside for half to go to Barium promptly jumped to double the normal amount, so Barium’s portion was the same usual. The members must have argued, “Well, if they are going to g.ve only half to Barium, I'll have to double my gift on that Sun- day.” as just McPherson Sunday School in Fay- etteville Presbytery sent a total of $57.51 to Barium during 1933-1934, but the treasurer wrote some time ago that “We are going to do our best to send you on an average of $10.00 per month this year. We may skip a month, but we'll make it up if possible, as collections get better Just wish we could double and double again.” And, so a great increase fq" them. Two del us visited Barium not long ago, and their visits accom- plished a little more than usual. One person remarked, “Our Auxiliary has some money for Barium, but we're go'ng to wait until Thanks- giving to send it.” Was that an opening for us! We recited a few of the financial trials of the summer, and they promised to see that it was sent to us now. It was. In the other delegation was a member of a Class which sets aside a fine monthly amount for Barium. He mentioned this. “Yes, that’s fine,” said the con- ductor of the party, “but we haven't received anything from that class since the new fiscal year st-rted.” He was quite surprised, for he — he knew the money was there. He was invoked to hint to the treasurer were available that whatever funds would be mighty useful to us just now. He went back and did that very thing, and because of it some obli- gations could be met with what that Class gave to Barium. We do wish that every treasurer would send all the money they soon as possible. We futher knew how to get them to do this. Any sug- gestions? have as wish we Our record shows that gifts from 132 church budgets, 195 Sunday Schools and 95 Auxiliaries have been received. What about the other 427 church budgets, 30) or more Sunday Scheols and 292 Auxiliaries? We hope they all don’t wait until Thanksgiving to remember us, Too bad that the July receipts trom Synod fell below those of July, 1933. That’s a setback after the record for the first three months of the year. The decline wasn’t so great, but any decrease, no matter how small, is vital to us. Perhaps they were wait.ng until August to make a great showing! Fifty-one Sunday Schools which reported contributions in 1933-1934 haven’t sent in a report for 1984-1935 yet. Better hurry up, you treasurers of these Sunday Schools, and join the parade. You’re in a great min- ority on this. We are all the time receiving mis- cellaneous gifts from friends over a wide territory, and these are greatly appreciated. Unusually large gifts were received during the past month from C. W. Johnston, of Charlotte, who sent us dress-good cloth; Chas. A. Cannon, of Concord, who © sent sheets and towels, and the Amer- ican Limestone Company, of Knox- ville, Tenn., which contributed lime- stone. The value of all these gifts makes a tidy sum. Last month we told about the bum- per wheat crop, but were disappoint- ed that it didn’, pan out as good as we expected. The total harvesting was about 500 bushels less than we had anticipated. This makes a_ big difference, when we had been count- ng upon the 50? -yasheis. Since June Ist, 64 receipts for gifts have accumulated in the desk of the treasurer at Barium, because those who sent the funds said that no re- ceipts would be necessary - that the cancelled check would be looked upon as the:r receipt. Combined with the large number of others that had been stacking up over a few months, the total unmailed receipts is well over 300. You figure out the saving. Every time that a contvibution is received for The Barium Messenger, we feel greatly encouraged, because this indicative of the appreciation of that publication. Several came in July, and others have arrived in August. The latter will appear in the September issue of our paper, reader’s is We'll be glad to write another ar- ticle in the September Messenger similar to that this month on what the Auxiliaries are doing for us in the way of increased giving. It gives us great pleasur to write such articles. We do hope that every treasurer will send us all the funds he or she on hand about September 1st. Our obligations in September are unusually heavy, and coupled with those which have necessarily been accumulating during the lean sum- mer period, we'll have a lot of wor- rying to do next month unless the response from Synod is most gener- ous. has In the June issue of The Mess- enger, we told of 18 children joining the church afgsr the — evgingelistic services conducted by Rev. T. C. Cook, of the Salisbury Second Church. Two weeks after that, 11 more professed faith in Jesus Christ, and there have been three others since. That is a total of 32 children joining Little Joe’s church on pro- fession of faith in a few months’ time. The knowledge of this is thrilling. One of our boys who finished at Davidson in June has started repay- ing what he borrowed for his educa- tion at the rate of 33 1-3 per cent of his salary. We wonder how many boys and girls consider such obliga- tions so seriously that they will de- vote one-third of their debts. their salary to One of the former Barium boys proved himself in splended fashion near Charlotte on July 4th. A man wading in the Catawba River, step- ped into deep water and went down. Willard the former Barium stucent, was passing in a car, and see'ng the commotion, stopped, took off his shoes and dived in to rescue him. In 20 minutes, Ayers drew the body to the surface, but was physic- ally exhausted from the rescue. He collapsed on the bank after he had pulled the drowned man from the water, and was revived after a Charlotte fireman worked over him Ayers, for approximately 45 minutes. He was taken to a hospital and very shortly completely recovered from the experience. We feel rather proud at Barium of the manner in which W Hard acquitted himself, and re- joiced that his heroic efforts did not prove fatal. BELMONT COVENANT PLAN (From The Christian Observer) By Rev. Smiley Williams. The First Presbyterian Church, of Welch, W. Va., has just completed the initial period of fifteen weeks unter the Belmont Covenant Plan. This plan, ‘n brief, is a mutual agree- ment between the subscribing mem- hers of the church, in which they pledge themselves to pay one-tenth of their income weekly into the va- rious treasuries of the church budget for the current church year, covering the items of benevolences, building debt, and current expenses. After areful preparation, a Volunteer Day. and a thorough follow up, one hundred and forty — subscriptions ‘e secure’, tctaling approximate- lv $5,000. W'th a deficit from former vears of $1,800 and a _ prospective ‘eficit of an additional $4,000, the new church year looked dark. Then, following a vis't of Rev. G. lL. Whitely, pastor of the Belmont Presbyterian church, Roanoke, Va., who explained to the congregation the operation of the plan as origin- ated in his church, the officers of this church endorsed the plan anl commended it to the members of the congregation. Twenty of the twenty- four officers signed the agreement, and thirty-six other members of the congregation added their names to the list. Ne intensive effort was made to secure the names of all the members with incomes, but enough to make a real demon tration of the effectiveness of the plan. Beginning the first Sunday, April 1, there was a ‘ecided increase in the budget. A rompar’son of the accounts of the three treasurers covering the same veriod, April 1—July 10, for 1933 and 1934 follows: Total Receipts 1933. 1934. Building Debt _ $ 258.50 $ 856.75 Benevolences 177.78 413.26 Current Expenses 1,118.59 2,096.63 Totals $1,554.87 $3,666.64 With an increase of $1,811.77 in ~eceipts for the fifteen weeks, over that of the same period of last year, the ucual summer slump failed to appear. The treasurers have been able to pay all current bills when due, and to date $1,200 has been paid on the $1,800 deficit which had ac- cumulated during the previous ¢wo vears. The pastor has had his salary in full (including arrears) and on t:me for the first period of three con” secutive months “before the crash.” The gloom which had been steadily deepening for four years is being dis- sipated; the attendance at all the serv- ices has been better than in any pre- vious year, and for the first time in vears the services are to be continued throughout the entire summer. There is a spirit of optimism prevading the ongregation and a renewed interest in the whole work of the church is ev_dent. At a meeting held at the close of the period it was unanimously de- cided to continue the plan for the re- mainder of the church year, and members are signing up individually every day. The long heralded “cor- ner” has apparently been turned, so far as this church is concerned, and we rejoice. Since the Belmont Covenant plan has been in operation in this church, inquiries have come from many sec- tions of the Assembly, and the pas- tor has received a number of in- vitations to present the plan to other churches and Presbyteries. This brief report is written for the benefit of these and any other churches that since Page Two may be interested. A copy of the Cov- enant as used in this church can be found in the 1934 minutes of the As- sembly, pages 52-53 or a copy will be mailed to any one upon request. In using the Belmont Covenant plan, the tithe has not been stressed as a law, but as fine Christian prin- ciple, providing a practical working basis, adequate for all the financial needs of the church. No effort has been made to determine for any in- dividual the specific amount he should pay, nor has the amount of his giving been made a matter of discussion by the board of deacons. A statement has been handed to each covenanter each month showing how much he has paid, and announcements have been made from the pulpit each Sunday touching the importance of being faithful and regular in the pay- ment of that which was promised. We believe that a great spiritual advancement awaits the entire South- ern Presbyterian Church if the Bel- mont Covenant Plan is adopied by the churches according to the rec- ommendation of the General As- sembly. Welch, W. Va. The following are the stipulations of the plan referred to above: Having taken Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, 1 realize that by that decision I became His subject; and being His ser- vant, Iam to be faithful in serv- ing every way I can; therefore. ist. In gratitude to Him for what He has done for me in the past, and for what He has promised to do in the future; and 2nd. Feeling my dependence upon Him for the needs of my body, mind, soul and family; and 3rd. Recognizing the many blessings that come to me in being a part of the congrega- tion of the Church; and 4th. Grateful for a beautiful Church building which He has enabled me to have; and 5th. Feeling that I do not want others to carry their own part of the work and mine also; and 6th. Since there is a crisis and an emergency in the financial needs of my Church, I join with my fellow members in doing my part by giving one-tenth of my income weekly for thirteen weeks, beginning Sunday, sand ending Sunday, , inclusive. I feel that this is my part of the work, and that in doing this I do my part. I will attend Church cach Sunday and bring my offering, unless providentially hindered, and if I do not get to church to bring my offering, I expect a deacon to call at my home or place of business and receive it for my Church, Usher (at wedding to cold, dign:- fied lady)—‘“Are you a friend of the groom?” The Lady—“Indeed, no, I am the bride’s mother.” —TIllinois Siren. —P. 0. H Visitor: Weren’t there mills here before? Boy: Yes, but there wasn’t enough wind for both so they took one down. two wind- —P, 0. H.— Colonel (inspecting barracks): Suppose the barracks caught fiz, what order would you give? Sergeant: Cease fire! —P. 0. H.— After looking over the new tele- phone directory the 8-year-old son exclaimed. “Say dad, I can read all the names on three of these pages. Wanta, hear me? ‘Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith---’”, —P. 0. H.— Customer: Are these shoes worth repairing? Shoemaker: Oh, yes, I can put new solias and heels on them, and also new uppers. The laces seem to be all right. THE LIMIT Fraternity Man (to the caterer of any fraternity house)—“I can stand having hash every day in the week, but when you put raisins in it and serve it on Sunday as mince pie, I draw the line.” —Bucknell Belle Hop. . Oo. H.— PROFITABLE LOITERING The head of the store was passing through the packing room and saw a boy lounging against a bex whis- tling cheerfully. “How much do you get a week?” he asked. “Ten dollars, sir.” “Here’s a week’s pay—get out.” When he next saw the foreman, he asked, “When did we hire that boy?” “We never hired him; he just brought in a package from another firm.” —Annapolis Log. Page Three BARIUM MESSENGER ~ August 1934 B e = | Graham Ame. ae e Holt Burgaw 4.30) Calypso Mebane Circle 17.50) p on > died ease : arium Boys And Girls At Play Graham Aux. Dr. & Mrs, Mell par tington and 7.00} Center (F) Thompson Camden 2.00) Chadbourn June, July Graves Mem. Aux 25.00| Caswell 1.20/ Charlotte 1st Grove (W) Aux. : 12.50 Chadbourn : Cherryville —— Mem. Aux. Mrs. Mabry ai ( nauenehe 2nd-Phillips Fidelis Community (O) 1.00 Mrs. Job Cobb 8.00} Church-in-the-Pines Cooleemee 12.00 Mrs. Geo. Holderness 8.50| Clarkton Covenant (KM) 1.09 Kings Daughters-Salisbury 5.00] Cleveland |; Covenant (KM) July 1.09 vlooresville 1st-Wharey Mem Concord Tredell Covenant (O) 8.00 Aux. 25.00} Concord Ist Covenant (0) 1.88 Mt. Airy 1st Aux 15.00! Cornelius Duncan Creek Ladies B. C. 1.51 N. Wilkesboro Aux 37.50} Covenant (F) Erwin Circles 1 - 2 2:0 Rockfish Aux. 3.00| Cramerton May & June Fuller Mem. 3.00 Mr. & Mirs. Clyde L. Taylor, | Cross Roads June & July Gastonia Ist 14.16 Greensboro 10.00! Culdee 1.48| Godwin Circle 2 3.00 Wash ngton Ist 8. S., Beg. & | Davidson, June 7.98| Graham Regular 2 Pr.. Depts. 5.00 July 3.63 Special Westminster (O) Aux. Business | Duncan Creek 2.39] Greensboro Ist, Bethany Girls’ Circle 10.00 Dundarrach 1.00 | Circle 1.00 Winter Park Aux 8.25 Foster Mem. “ 1.00| Grove (W) May, June & Total Clothing $276.25| Front Street 5.61 July 3.00 vuQuocesgeeouOUeeeeHAOUUeuauatangeanaaaa ntact roe Mem. Special Birth- pores — ; es Ad, day 3.00| Jonesboro Regular 25 M tscellancous Support | Gastonia ist, Jr. Dept. 5.50|_ Special 3.15 HUGPOUEAEASHTU EGET N STEEN Aenea atta eene: | Geo. W. Lee Mem. Beg. Dept. Laurinburg 33.C0 \ Friend 50.00; Special Birthday 3.00] Lenoir June & July 10.00 A Friend on 4.00] Glenwood . 1.3) | McGee 10.00 A. FE. Scharrer, Hickory 5.00) Golesboro 6.76| Mt. Pisgah June, July 1.00 A Raleigh Friend 10.00 Canina Mica 418] Mt. Zion 6.25 \ Winston-Salem Friend LODO i Gsgcnnhinns: tat Mrs. Mvbest nt Mulberry 785 C. G, Pepper, Hamlet 100} BC ; : 39,00| New Bern April through at ham Iriends 10.00} Greenville 1.09' August 15.00 F, P. Tate, Morganton ‘ 6.00! Grove (W) 1st quarter 8.33) N. Wilkesboro 30.00 Jas Sloan, Redlands, Calif. 200.00 | Hallsville 2 2.00| Philadelphia 1.50 Miss Stephanie Bragaw, Lex- _ | Harmony (C) 3.10| Raleigh 1st 10 00 IRONS ; ; 00) Tarmony (W) Ch. & S. S. 5.00} Revnolda 50.00 Miss Annie B. Payne, Char- __| Harrisburg 6.35| Roanoke Rapids 5.00 lotte ne . 2.50] Hickory 1st, Ist quarter 29.42| Rocky Mt. Ist, Mrs. A. P. re & Mrs. L. R. Crutchfield, i Hickory Ist 214 Thorpe 10.00 Gcaham, RFD 1 =o 10.00) Hope Mills’ 10.43! Rocky Mt. Ist Special Penny-a- drs. R. S. Abernathy, Winter i Suntarsville 7.40 day : 4.36 Haven, Fla. 5.00) tackson Springs June 6.28| Rowland 24.00 Mrs. Henry W. Bagley, Fishers | Kannapolis ; 13.31! Salisbury 2nd June 5.00 Island, N. Y. 500.00] Kings Mt. 1st 10.80) Sharon : 15.60 aiph S. Robinson, Gastonia 100.00 | alain ee 28 | Shelby 4.17 Rev. James Appleby, Laurinburg June | Spindate 2.00 Maxton 1.00) Lexington 10.00} Steele Creek 10.00 FOR MESSENGER Lillington 3.96| Thyatira 2.00 Mia W. Cater. Mi, 1.00} Lineolnton 8.61 | Tryon April, May & June 8.00 Mrs. J. L. Kirchin, Salis- Little Joe's 3.53 ho gy Ist Regular 1.00 bury 1.00] Long Creek 1.86 Specia 15.09 ‘irs. J. A. Stanford, Willard 1.00} Lumber Bridge 2.52| Waughtown 3.75 Mrs. Ida Williams, Lumber- Lumbertcn Ist quarter 32.41] West Avenue (M) 5.70 ton 1.00| Macpelah 1.95) Westminster (O) 12 00 Total Miscellaneous $923.50| Mallard Creek 10.45 | Westminster (M) 18.75 cee sUeUHUDEGHERELLULUUUVLU UU LE DAE eet ee ou oa = Mebane F ams Mem. 2: Support Fund McPherson June 10.¢00| Wilmoore Circles 1-2-4-5 6.18 TEE | focksville June 10.00| Winston-Salem Ist 55.00 CHURCHES Monroe 14.50} Total _. .. $2,794.53 Alamance Mooresville Ist 8.00 Albemarle Mooresville 2nd 10.33 | Asheboro Mt. Olive, May & June 7.00 Some Cottage News Back Creek Myers Park June 50.98 ; Back Creek Nahalah 3.00 > COTPTACR Badin New Bern Ist & Men’s B. C. Oe e ee BABY COT TAGE Bethany (C) New Hope (0) .55|_ This is from the Baby ¢ ottage and Bethesda (F) abies April, May & June 5.59 ‘ a unis a to tell — of ri Rathoxia. 7O Narwood 4.36| of the many things we have been Bethichem (A) Oak Hill 1.00} doing. Bethpage Olivia 29.33} One of our babies went on her va- Bensalem (F) ist Quarter Patterson June, July 2.00| cation this morning and two will re- Buffalo (G) Paw Creek 21.08 | turn Saturday. Burlington 1st Philadelphus June 2.12 Betty Lou Davis had her tonsils Burlington ist July 3.24] removed last week, and Rachel Mills Central Steela Crock Pittsboro 2.95| had her adnoids removed. Both of Goncaml tredatl Pleasant View June, July 2.¢Q| them have returned to us and are ‘ovenant (W) Ist quarter 5| Raeford 25.00| getting along fine. Rachel was the ‘ake’ Manda taleigh Ist - Moment - ge ame above who has gone 2 ney . Class 6.75; on her vacation. | Freakin Red Springs April, May, & | Mrs. Nash, - a og off a ace eae | June 5.25! merry-go-round and broke her hip. ee. en | Rocky Mt. ist, Jennie K. Hill io is now in the hospital, and we're (anlduhaeo | B.C. June 5.00] afraid she will be there for a long Graham | Rocky Mt. Ist 16.13 | time. Miss Mary Brown is our matron iraves Mem. Rocky Mt. Ist Men’s B. C. now. Miss Brown’s mother fell and esmony (Ch June 5.20| sprained her ankle and hurt her hack . July 3.46| last Sunday. We certainly hope both Hawfields Harr'sburg Hickory Ist Hopewell (M) Kannapolis Mrs. Nash and Mrs. Brown will be well soon. We have been taking the typhoid inoculation and most of the babies Rocky Point Salem (O) Ist quarter +? | them: it was lots of fun. A few of Rocky Riv Rowland Rutherfordton July | Kines } ak atte Salisbury Ist, Brotherhood B. C. them became sick, but they soon got Lenoir, A Friend Regular April. May, June 75.06! over it. ; Mallard Cre:k Birthday Offering Special Mr. Johnston took the babies for | McGee April, May, June 18.77, a nice long ride which they enjoyed | Mebane Salisbury Ist - W’s. B. C. 5.00 | very much. Monroe Salisbury 2nd June 7.19 | Cantaloupes, watermelons and Mooresville 1st Salisbury 2nd 5.96| rapes are ripe, and the members Mooresville 2nd Shelby Ist June & July 14.09) of this cottage are very glad of it. Paw Creek Shiloh (C) 4.56 The babies have been going in Piedmont Shiloh (KM) 1.00| swimming, which is very refreshing Pineville a Shiloh (KM) 4.10, in this hot weather. : Plaza Smyrna (F) 6.61| We have a new tube for the radio, Pleasant Hill | Southport 10.00) and will enjoy some music before Poplar Tent 7| Spencer April, May, June 12.75| going to bed Mildred Eudy, one of the larger girls who is helping in the Baby Cottage, returned from her vacation | St. Andrews (M) St. Andrews (M) St. Pauls (F) Prospyet Raeford Rockingham Satshuvy. ist 57.10| Stanley Creck March yesterday, oa we know she enjoyed i : ril | it very much. Salisbury 2nd April , deahad’ : May | May Allen and Charles’ Barrett Shaders June 1.19! spent a few days in Statesville with ona e | thair er ¢ » Shiloh (C) July ; 1.15| their mother and brother. Spray | Statesville Ist, Young Men’s | Sarah Fort St. Andrews (M) 7.15| _B. C. May & June rl ee ete | St. Andrews (W) 30.00| Statesville Ist_ June-July 16.52) SYNOD'S | St. Pauls (M) Rae] Meste Creek, ees. Peer Dear Folks: Steele Creek 55.00} Class 9.00 David Burney has gone on his va- Steele Creek, Miss Laura Sunnyside 2.89" cation, : : Ww lliams Special Thanks. 10.00 Tenth Avenue 25.00 Pleas Norman went to Salisbury av a Creek sete . ~— a to spend the week-end with some Tabor hyatira June »O’ friends there. Y ners lu > . Taylorsville ¥ Ju y an We have been having watermelons Third Creek rrinity Avenue o land are enjoying them very much Thomasboro Union (KM) °-<9 | We have had lots of peaches, grapes a —_—_—— | Thyatira Varina June 1.00 | and cantaloupes, too. ORORORAROSEDEROANNUELAAGACRALAPRERGASSeeeaTANtIEAD Dress Goods. Wadesboro July 1.00 We have been picking weeds in iscellaneosss {s Washington Ist S. S.-Int. Dept.| Washington Ist, Special Vass 5.84 the pasture so that the milk won't aungvenvcevenscvnnenensasnnnaveanagusneatgnsiesiay | = Girls - 1 bed spread. Westminster (M) | Warrenton 7.06 | he hitter. CORRECTION: The $20.42 list- CUECUERORAUUEEEOUGUUAEEOEOEEEEEOUE ESTEE Winston-Salem Ist | West End 3.55 | Miss Thompson went home on va- ed in the July Messenger as hav- Clothing Boxes SUNDATSCROOILS ae SS 13.50) cation, and Miss Letha Copeland is ing been contributed by the Red | sesssasavsvrsaensurnsrcersticscrssteentiitim | Alamance oa! a. See or ag (OW. Matron now. Springs Sunday School should Charlotte Ist Aux. Circle 9. Ashwood ee “7 3 We have been in swimming many have been credited as caming | Fellowship Aux. Barbecue ¥en ae tone & Tuly G99 umes this summer. from the Red Springs Church. VOROROGAASROALTALELSLSTETEETEUEIEIENAEEENEMONE | Bethany (C) June Bibeticiin Phaser tos Be aa y : "| We will all be glad when Miss Tay- American Limestone Company, 43 Clothing Money Bethesda (F) AUXILIARIES lor returns from her vacation. tons of limestone. AOUOEGOEDEDEREANAUOEGENUN Teng oseRE ' Bethesda (©) Alamance Circle 4 1.00| Lots of the boys have sore arms Amity D. V. B. S., Intermediate Girls,] Albemarle Ist S. S., Ladies’ Bethel (M) Albemarle 14.62 | Tight now, and those same arms are 11 Towels. B.C. 12.50] Bethel (0) Badin 1.80 |Ted from the “punch” they received Belmont D. V. B. S. Junior Girls -} Back Creek Aux. 3.00} Beulaville Bethesda (F) 20° Deposit at the Infirmary when they were 36 kitchen towels. Bethpage (C) Aux. 15.00} Black River June & July Page Trust Co. 8.67 inoculated against typhoid. C. A. Cannon, Kannapolis, generous| Charlotte Ist Aux. Circle 9 3.00] Bladenboro June & July Rethlehem (A) 1.00| Before Miss Thompson left she donation of large and small sheets] Faison Aux. 15.00| Brittain June Buffalo (G) 14.75 | Made us some bases and Capt. Jack- and towels. Fountain Aux. 15.00} Broadway Burlington Ist Cirele 4 Special jins gave us bats, so now we Can play Charlotte 1st Church Friends, Used! Goldsboro 3.50 | Broadway 2nd quarter 18.00 | baseball ‘til our hearts’ content. Clothing. Goldsboro Aux., Mrs. W. R. Bunnlevel June, July & Aug. 3. Regular 5.00 | Billy McCall C. W. Johnston, Charlotte 497 Yards} Taylor’s Circle " 10.00} Burgaw - . ~ OTS) Caldwell Be cc See 15.00 Dick Parrish Page Four BARIUM MESSENGER August 1934 TWO TABLES OF INCOME ee ee | Answers (Continued from Page One) the month previous. Aux. $201.67 430.09 580.68 622.92 by the Synod was reached in 1927- Month 1928, when $109,372.03 was received. April The lowest amount came last year, | aray when the sam was $67,106.46. Tilson difference in receipts from Synod in} jiiy the peak and lean years 15 $42,265.57, . This is about a 40% drop in income from Synod between 1927-1928 and 1933-1934. breaking them up into the amount 2 There is no definite set amount | which has been given by the Presby which is sent to the Orphanage by | teries, it is seen that Wilmington the Duke Endowment. It varies. In | presbyter leading in budget giv- April 1934, a gift of $6,773.40 Was | ing with $ eceived, and this was $1,357.85 less | Mecklenburg with $5 than it Was In April, 1933. There 1s In the Sunday School giving, Con only one check annually received at) cord Presbytery ‘s almost one hun- the Orphanage from the Duke En-| dred dollars ahead of Fayetteville dowment., This comes tn April. Gen- | presbytery. Concord has given $807.- rally in November an article appears }45 jin four months, and Fayetteville in the newspapers about what the} sunday Schocts have contributed Duke Endowment has done for the | 3709.37 Orphanages, but this Is a re apitula- Albemarle Presbytery is ahead in tion of what was done in April and the Auxiliary giving with a sun of does not mean that Barium receives |¢433.11, and is trailed by Orange another check in November. |Presbytery with $348.73. :—-The March 31, 1934 report of Granville Presiyytery has piven the auditors shows that Barium’s {the lowest amounts threugh Sunday ndowment stands — at $142,148.31.| Schools and church budgets, while This is invested almost entirely in} Wilmington Pifsbytery has contri- fiest morgage real estate. The only |buted the lowest total through Aux- tocks and bends which Barium | iliaries. possesses are those which have been It is interesting to study the donated by friends. following report of what the churches Over 1,000 meals are served | have sent according to Presbyteries: at Barium every day. To the children according to Presbyteries: Totals $2,400.16 $3,911.37 $1,835.36 themselves the meals number a little Ch. _ Aux, over 900 a day, but the matrons, a Albemarle : f $433.11 few of the workers and most of the Concord f 118.95 teachers, when school is in session, | Fayetteville 17.74 eat in the dining room. The only | Granville 97. 2 times meals are not served in the | Kings Mtn. dining room are on Saturday and Mecklenburg Sunday nights. They have what is Orange Kinown as “cbttage” supp rs then, | Wilmington Food is sent to the nine cottages for | Winston-Sal. sandwiches, and these are served to a re rare the respective groups. It is then that Totals $2,400.16 $3,911.37 $1.8 the canned goods sent to the Orph-|—Z ayo SERVE ee og anage are put to good use. Generally M BALLS SERN fD BY 3. 3. a supply of one canned commodity is } as ontinued from Page One) nsutficient for the entire popula- $942.51. Prior to duly, the best sum tion, but it is a sufficient quantity came from the Sunday Schools in to be sent to the cottages for these | May, with a combined total of $1,0 suppers . 195. The best months for the Sunday a , : Schools are yet ahead, it is thought. 5 0 »-tenths he food : oe ites a Al ae spit ee. ’ he August giving by the Sunday used at Barium is raised on os Schools a year ago was $1,028.80, It - al prow = r —* saa is seriously douptful if the August, ae ge ani Oe to lose sight 134, giv.ng will be that much, for oa fi . chat jhore has beet Bin August, 1933, this fine sum inelud- at tae a cr valine all of the ed a special gift of almost $275.00. CUS) aN er a ree . Vhat special contribution is not ex- products. é pected this August, so a decline will 6.--When everybody is back rox | mon likely be recorded in next | 242.99 vacation, the children drink approx!- | month’s Messenger. mateiy 125 gallons of milk a day. With the Sunday School responses There is no limitation upon the nuM-)}}),911 more meals could have been ber of glasses that a child may|<seryed the Barium boys and girls in Yicink. The milk is served as whole |the first four months of the fiscal milk, the properties of the milk be-| year, taking ten cents a meal as a ing more valuable than the butter |}pasis. A compar:son of the months which might be made if this was at-|for the two years is as follows: tempted. , Months 1934-35 j.—Few children are accepte®l into] April 6.218 Barium under two years of age OF! May 10.659 over 12 years. This rule isn’t ironclad, | June 9501 of course, but is generally followed | July 12.736 except in rave instances. August ? 8.-The applications average about September 5 one a day, or something over 350 al October 9 year. Many of these do not reach the | November 9 point of complete investigation by } December 9 Barium, for some disposition may | January 10.583 ° be made of them before this 1S) Fepruary 0.553 necessary. . {March — 18,383 “—The annual “turnover” 18]. = about 30%. Some of the children} [TRADING CONTRIBUTORS rraduate, some of them are return- (Continued from Page One) cr to re-established homes, and work | school and Auxiliary have the other s obtained for a few of them before |jeads with respective amounts of they complete high school. This, of | 358.45 and $170.62. course, varies. Some years prac-| Concord: Church budget contribu- tically no children leave except those |¢jons are led by Salisbury First with who graduate, while on other occa-| 4145 Concord First Sunday School sions a large number are sent out. has contributed $215.87, and the 10.—The first the Orphanage was Rev. R. W. Boyd,] others with a gift of $25.00. who acted in this capacity from the Fayetteville: Through the church time the Orphanage was startcH at lpudget, Fayetteville First leads with 7.72, closely followed by} FOOTBALL CANDIDATES TC | area og peters emcee © =) START PRACTICE, SEPT. | It's mighty hot weather to be thinking abbdut fectball, but that’s exactly what millions of people throughout Amerida are begirining to do in mid-August, for in about Below are the same figures. After) states will go inte one month teams all over the United aetion, Within the limited realm of the Orphanage, thoughts about the coming season are beginsIng to centifiize them- selves, and are being expressed. Naturally, there is considerable \speculation about the prospects for the 1934 eleven, On September Ist, the candid: will report to the football field, and they have three weeks for training before their initial game on the home grounds on lriday, September 21st, Because of theis strenuous work in the fields this summer, most of the aspirants will be in tip-top shape when uniforms are issued, and the conditioning period will be set for 1 minimun = duasatits They will quickly get inte the fundamentals and will be given plays shortly after their appearance, Barium has an. eleven-game eard ahead, concluding their playing n Saturday, December Ist, with their annual game with Winston-Salem high school at Winston-Salem. Before that time, they will have met eight members of the South Piedmont con- ference, and two Orphanage agere- gations. The latter are Children’s Home and Mills Hom Barium will nog be eligible far the varsity championship in Orphanage football this season, for the requ_re- ments are that thre. tilts be played with opposing Orphanage teams. Surium has only two The Orphanage Champ nship will be dctermined by other teams this year. Barium has been consistently win ning this honor over a period of years. Each fall the chances, on paper, ook as if Barium will have a poor team, when such a small number of letter-men are available, but every year the results of their games dis- proves this early sutlook. While here are only five seasoned veterans con tap for the foot eleven this fall, nevertheless there il be plenty of candidates who will come forward from the 125-pound crew and who will dispert themselve with distine- tion. The 125-pound team of the Or- phanage was undefeated last season, and quite a few of these men will be Jevated to the varsity this fall. Letter men on hand include Capt. Cheek Freeman, tackle; Ralph Spenc- er and Eston Lackey, guards; A. D Potter, end, and Ed. Flowers, halfback. The coaches have a nucleus of four linemen with which to begin perfect- ng the forward wall, but there is just a single bac kfield man. It would seem that there will be plenty of work to be done molding a back- field into shape for the coming campaign. Nobody is pessim’stic at Barium over the prospect neither are they being wnduly opti istic. If these who come forward live up to the usual 2? | performance of men elevated to the 2 |varsity in the past, there will be no uestion but that the Orphanage | | \ateven will come through the season i | | Abbey Junior superintendent of | Mooresville First Auxiliary leads all | | \t with a majority of victories. There wel one or two minor changes in th chedule this year, but essentially it does not vary much |} from the pa he biggmest change wr the elmination of Belmont College, which has yuite a long period Point is not on the . bat replacing these ile and China Grove. @hoadst Co phanage was been played fo n the past. Higl card for 1% Moe rh ile >. uu 1 Barium in 1891 until 1908. His period) 356.25: Olivia is ahead in Sunday |the Orphanage tcam dropped. Barium of service was 17 years. One of the| School contributions with $116.43 is living up to the reqauiveme nts about buildings at Barium, which is NOW| while Laurinburg Auxiliary has the|conference games, having scheduled occupied by the school superintendent, |ponors in her field with $33.00. is named Boyd Cottage in his honor.| Granville: Church budget giving is eae 7 TD led by Raleigh Firs with $7.54; Trin- ON CAMPING TRIP ity Avenue seasiaw School leads (Continued from Page One) others with $34.25, while Roanoke Hl facilities were available at Swan- | Rapids Auxiliary has contributed the sanoa for the Barium children, and| most of any other Auxiliary, $30.00 aside from tlhe bettev-than-usual | being her total. comfort was the change in scenery! Kings Mountain: Through the and a much better climatic condition| church budget, Kings Mountain because of the higher elevation. Church is ahead with $11.58; Belmont Heretofore, the Barium children| Sunday School has given $87.93 to have camped in tents, which is per- lead the others, and Gastonia First fectly satisfactory im pretty, clear| Auxiliary is in the forefront with weather. But the rain just seems to | $65.80. concentrate about the time these Mecklenburg: In church budget camps are staged, and that isn’t so}contributions, Charlotte Second is good. But, this year they had houses! leading with $236.00; the Tenth Ave- available. Some of those who help in| nue Sunday School is ahead of others, the preparations annually were heard| with $96.17, and the Westminister to remark that they hardly knew) Auxiliary has given $75.00 to lead how to go about their preparations | this department. this year, because the facilities were Orange: Church budget giving is going to be so much better than the| led by Burlington First with $40.00; average. e while the Greensboro First Sunday A detailed account of the camping} School and Auxiliary are jeading trip will appear in the September| their fields with respective amounts ‘csue of the paper, and you'll then} of $83.22 and $95.00. learn about the varied experiences Wilmington: In budget giving, hal by the children. _ | Wilmington First Church leads with The cost of an outing like this is} $148.00; the Clarkton Sunday School about $2.00 per child for the five| is ahead of others with $36.74, while days, and this includes every expense| the Calypso Auxiliary has contribut- involved. Some people have already| ed $9.38 to be ahead of all other provided funds for some of the] Auxiliaries. children’s vacations, and other gifts} Winston-Salem: The Winston- yet to arrive are expected to take! Salem First Church leads all others care of all expenditures. in that Presbytery in the church --- budget, Sunday School and Auxiliary giving, with respective sums of $300.00, $105.06, and $92.50. —P. 0. H.— Head Cook—“Didn’t I tell you to She (seizing the menu)—“Let’s} notice when the soup boiled over?” order something rich.” Assistant—“I did. It was half past —Boston Transcript-| ten.” P. 0. H.— GETTING RICH EASILY He (in hotel dining room)—“A scientist says that what we eat we become.” | ight with South Piedmont confer- nce members. For four years the varsity goal line on Sloan Ficld here has remain- ed uncrossed, but there’s going to be ome difficulty year in main- inne thi remavkable eco. feams which play on the Barium lot will ke Mooresville, Concord, Chil- events Honse, Kannapolis, Monroe, Statesville and Hickory. The game with Hickory on Friday, November 23rd, will bo Home-Coming. Unless otherwise specified in the schedule below, the Barium games will all be played on Friday. The cayd follows Sept. 21, Mooresville at Barium. Sept 28, Lexington at Lexington. Oct. 4 (Thursday) Concord at Bar- yum, Oct. 11 (Thursday), Home at Barium, Oct. 19, Kannapolis at Barium. Oct. 26, Mills Home at Thomasville. Nov. 2, Monroe at Barium. Nov. 9, Statesville at Barium. Nov. 16, China Grove at China t Children’s Grove Nov. 23, (Home-Coming), Hickory at Barium. Dec. 1 (Saturday), Winston-Salem at Winston-Salem. tniismiaiiati So MISS CARPENTER (Continued from Page One) on the work of that office, which had been necessarfly accumulating since Miss Steele’s departure to Georga. The applications continwe to reach Barium in large numbers, The work of this office is rather detailed. It consists of an exhaustive investigation of ail applications and a minute report upon the investiga- tions. In this office are also kept the ey hedulad. | AUXILIARIES THROUGHOUT (Continued on Page Four) for the year. What cbout the other ircles of the Manley Auxiliary? Won't they join the Girls’ Circle in this? Yrinity Avenue Auxiliary con- tributed a regular sum which totaled $12.51 in 1933-1934, but early in June ja $6.00 gift from three of the circles jarrived. It looks as if they are re- jinstating their former plan of $1.00 | per month per circle. Spindale Auxiliary sent a total of $4.00 last year, but a first-quarter gift of $3.09 has arrived. That looks uke a total of $12.00 this year, or | three times as much as in 1933-1934. | Tryon Auxiliary gave a regular i total of $6.25 to the Orphana in 1933-1934, but their firstequarter contribution of 1934-1935 was $3.00. | They are headed toward a total al- most twice as large as last year. Caldwell Memorial Auxiliary —in- creased its monthly gift from $10.00 ‘to $15.00. That means $60.00 more this year! McGee Auxiliary did not contribute anything regularly in 1938-1934, but a $10.00 gift from them arrived in duly. Mulberry Auxiliary sent the Cr- phanage a total of $2.00 in 1933- 1934, but it is going to be many, many times that amount this year, as indicated by the extracts of 4 letter which came on July 31st: | im enclosing herewith for support ‘and of Barium Springs Orphanage Cashier’s check for $7.85. Please c.edit this to the Woman's Aux- diary of Mulberry Church. There ire four regular circles in our Aux- iliary and two of these (Nos, 1 and 13) have promised to give to Barium jan average of a $1.00 per month this \year; the other two promising to do |the very best they can.” What a j joy to receive such a letter as that! Newell Auxiliary’s Business Wo- man’s circle sent an aggregate of $3.09 in 1933-1935, but sent an $8.00 gift in June. They are already far ahead! Westminster Auxiliary in Meck- lenburg Presbytery regretfully found t necessary the last five months of 1933-1934 to reduce their monthly gift from $25.00 to $10.00, but at the beginning of 1934-1935 the monthly appropriation went to $18.75. Fine vo k! Maybe before the current year closes it can go back to the former amount! Wilmoore Auxiliary Sent a regular |total of $8.67 last year, but the sum iat the close of 1934-1035 will be many times that amount, for a letter from the treasurer says “Enclosed you will find check for $6.19 from Wilmoore Auxiliary. The money this month is from Circles 1, 2, 4 and 5. Offerings are taken each month for this cause and we have decided to send it to you as we get it, rather than wait until the end of the year. Two commendaphe things in that: The decision to take monthly offer- ngs and to forward it promptly, rather than let it accumulate. Graham Auxiliary sent a regular amount of $63.92 last year; in July a gift of $77.00 was received from them. Greensbcro Fi'st Auxiliary’s Beth- any circle sent a check with the following letter, which is self{-ex- planatory: “Attached is check from Bethany Circle (Business Women), First Presbyterian Church, Greens- boro. For the past two years we have been unable to contribute a regular amount, but hope to send a dollar each month of this church year.” If there are other circles in ithe First Church which don’t do this, jwon’t they “jine in” with the Beth- any Circle? Jonesboro Auxiliary contributed $30.43 all last year; in the first quarter they sent in $13.35, Looks like almost doublg an amount for 1934-1935. Chadbourn Auxiliary contributed nothing in 1933-1984, but are send- ing $1.00 per month now. These are just some of the in- stances of renewed interest and in- creased giving by the Auxiliaries. Quite a number of such organizations had notified us before the old year closed on March 31st of the things they planned to do for the Orphan- age during the twelve months of the current year. In all likelihood, too, there are other Auxiliaries which have reached similar decisions, and reports will be coming from them shortly. ANNIE LOUISE Dear Friends of The Messenger: We are still having a lot of de- licious peaches. We are enjoying the grapes and watermelons, too. We go in swimming every day and have worlds of fun. Many of our girls who have been on vacations are coming back now. We have been inoculated for ty- phoid fever, and some of the girls have been sick since we have been taking “punches”. Nancy Parcell, the largest girl over here, has gone on her vacation and we miss her a great deal. They are now cutting watermelons, so we will close and help the other members of our cottage eat them. —Agnes Coppedge Flora Mae Smith. permanent records of the childven, while at the Orphanage and after ther departuge. The physical and chool records are likewise tabulated in this office. Every bit of the corres- nondence in reference to any child is filed in a separate “jacket” and a clear picture of the child’s recoryl ic easily obtainable from the up-to- minute data recorded about him or her, | "Twas Only A Dream | One of the workers at the Orph- anage has been needing a salary check mighty, mighty bad, and has been into the treasurer's office on more than one occasion to see if it was obtainable. Each time, the till was empty, the banking account hav- ing been drawn up to the hilt, with <yveral thousand degllars worth of salary checks in the vault and held there because funds were not avail- able to cover them. Perhaps this werker’s frequent trips had something to do with a dream he had a few nights ago, or maybe the look upon the treasurer’s face was so sad that the dream shaped itself as it did. Anyway, here’s what this worker dreamed: He dreamed that he was driving through a wooded area and suddenly he came upon a barrel that was crammed full of greenbacks of every denomination imaginable. He prompt- ly took possession of the _ barrel and hastened back to the Orphanage to see the treasurer of the institu- tion. “How much do you need to clear up your debts?” was the question he asked of the still woe-begone look- ing treasurer. “I don’t know to the penny; I'll have to do a little figuring,” was the reply. “Never mind about that,” said the worker, “just take what you think w.ll cover the indebtedness. There’s mo:2 than enough in that barrel.” It was then that the worker awoke from his dream - far before the usual time, and the first occasion when he has awakened ‘before daylight in a long, long while. “I was sorry that I woke up,” he added as an after- thought, and the ‘“Amen” of the treasurer was audible throughout the office. And, the sad, sad part about his dream is that he didn’t tell it before breakfast, but waited until 2:11 P. M. in the afternoon before he disclosed the content of the subconscious work- ing of his mind. “I wouldn't have objected,” said the treasurer, “if you had called me by telephone before daylight to tell me of this dream.” The till is still empty and this night-dreaming worker is still com- ing back for his check. Sletten | Some Cottage News | ALEXANDER The printers are asking for news again. It has not been long since we wrote for the July issue of the paper. It really is a little hard to write when there is nothing new which has happened in the last four weeks, We have a few boys to go on va- cations yet. Most of those who are going have been and returned. They reported a good time. Eighteen of our boys are to go on the camping trip. Some of us will have to do double duty in milking, for it is about that number who or- dinarily milk in the morning and the same number in the afternoon. We are having watermelons and how goo’ they are! We are about through with sore arms. On August the Ist the last “shot” for typhoid fever was given us. John Ellictt, our assistant dairy boss, has returned from the World’s Fair at Chicago. He reports a grand time. He made the trip there with ome friends. We are having ice cream once a week for everyone, as we are getting plenty of milk. We are enjoying lots of nice peach- es from our orchard. The grapes are now getting ripe. This is not a bad place to live at all, with all of these good things to eat. HOWARD The Rumple Hall girls, a few How- ard girls and some Synod boys gave a play at the football field Saturday afterncon. The name of it was “Peggy of the Circus.” Everyone emed to enjoy it. ; Some of our girls have returned from their vacations and others are vet to go. Those who have no place to go nor receive any invitations to visit in homes are looking forward tc the “camping trip”. We are enjoying the watermelons, cantaloupes and fruit. Some people from Albemarle visit- ed us last week, We are always glad to have visitors. ; We are enjoying the swimming pool these hot days. We all have a nice coat of tan from being out in the sun. Miss Adams, the head matron came back from her vacation a few days ago and we were glad to see her back. Since our last letter, Martha Ad- ams, Grace Shroyer and Ernestine Garrett have moved to Rumple Hall. We miss them, but we know they will like their new home. The dry weather has kept us from having many beans to string. We enjoyed having Rev. Mr. Arrowood and his quartet from Con- cord to hold our vespers on July 22nd. We would like for them to come back again. We also enjoyed the talk made by Dr. Raynal, of Statesville, the following Sunday night. Gertie and Gladys. e y 21,000 Copies of this * ce oe ee eee * Issue Mailed to * * Printed by Vocation- Presbyterians in N. : . ie aon ; ; . @ 6 '% . . ° Home . are se ees ME ae ae - eS - . » . PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPH ANS IfOME For THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS BERS the on nr: VoL. Xi ___ BARIUM SPRINGS, FC, SEPTEMBER 199 _________------ SYNOD ADOPTED SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUPPORT OF ORPHANAGE Have Requested Cc hurches_ to Take Home Mission Offering Not Later Than Nov. 4 STRONG -RESOL UTION Dr. L. G. Greer, Superintencent Of Mills Home, Made Great Address Elsewhere in this The Messenger, a report of the proceed- ings of Synod, as prepared by the publicity clerk, is given, but an elaboration of the Orphanage _ pre- sentation is not amiss and is given below in conjunction with the actions issue of of Synod, as told in the box article immediately to the right of this column. On Wednesday afternoon there was a popular meeting on the Orph- work, the feature of this be- anage ing a stirring address by Dr. I. G. Greer, superintendent of the Mills Home, Baptist Orphanage located at Thomasville. Synod _ listened at tent.vely and spellbound to the eloquent appeal of this Orphanage head to support their work, not from the standpoint of reponsibility and duty, but entirely from the stand- point of pure joy in helping the boys and girls who are entrusted to their institution at Barium care at their Springs. Dr. Greer’s theme was practical Christianity, and he felt that there was no greater ev.dence of this than the caring for fatherless and mother- fess children. He recited numerous instances to appropriately illustrate this, which showed that it was not the man of wealth spending a miser- ly sum, but the one with virtually nothing but who gave freely and willingly of his meagre possessions that wore the crown at the end. The speaker appealed to his hear- ers to do everything within their power to maintain the private home intact before ever makiag applica- tion for the admittance of children to an Orphanage. He felt that the greatest tragedy in America today is the wanton breaking up of homes, and contended that no matter what the surroundings and lLving con- ditions, nothing could ever replace the touch of a mother’s hand. Prior to Dr. Greer’s address, Rev. John R. Hay, of Hickory, president of the Board of Regents, made an annual report to Synod, reviewing the general situation at the Orphan- age. His report, the treasurer’s summary and the auditor’s report made by Haskins and Sells were placed in the hands of the Standing Committee, and they brought in a recommernfdation tife ’bllow.ne day that Mr. Hay’s report be adopted. Concluding the popular meeting were brief remarks by Mr. C. S. Hollister, of New Bern, who told of the plan so effectively used in Albe~ marle Presbytery in getting the Orph- anage before the people of that section. In substance, it was that a committee of New Bern people came te Barium for a day and night, went over the institution thoroughly, and after returning to New Bern mapped out a series of visits to every church in that Presbytery, presenting the cause of the Orphanage. While Mr. Hollister d.d not give the figures, the record shows that Albemarle Predbytery gave $868.06 more in 1933-1934 than in 1932-1933, and it is believed that the work of this New Bern committee was instrument- al in this. Albemarie, too, is generally considered a home mission Presby- tery. On the following day, the report and recommendations of the Standing Committee were heard and adopted. Synod at first approved the report Recommendations Report of the Standing Committee on Orphans’ Home The Standing Committee on the Home has carefully examined the Annual Report of the Regents, the Treasur- by Haskins the written report of er, and the audit made and Sells. We recommend the adoption of the report of the Regents and its two recommendations. And further, we find upon a careful study that the total in- debtedness of the Home is $107,- 490.74; therefore, we recommend that Synod authorize and direct the Board of Regents to im- mediately take steps for the re- ttrement of this debt. Also, that Synod request the several Presbyteries at their Fall meeting to appoint a strong com- mittee of interested laymen and ministers to secure contributions at Thanksgiving from every mem- ber of every church and Sunday School, and also to assist in carry- ing out later plans looking toward the complete removal of all the indebtedness Regents’ The two Recommendations. recommendations of the Regents, which were adopted, and which are referred to in the above report of the Standing Com- mittee, follow: “We recommend that Synod re- quest all churches and their various organizations to complete the Home Mission Study Courses and Self- Denial Offering by the first Sun- day in November, so as to allow some time to prepare for the Thanksgiving Offering.” “We commend the method so successfully used in Albemarle Presbytery to secure offerings for Barium, and recommend its use ali over the Syned.” Resolution Passed by Synod. The Synod of North Carolina resolves that it will not co-operate with any plan of the General As- sembly’s Stewardship Committde or its Executive Committees which calls en our churches for any free- will or special offering in Novem- cAMP TMP WAS ONE REPLETE WITH THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT FOR ALL Partv of 115 Spent Four Days at Swannanoa and Other Nearby Points | PLENTY OF RAIN Montreat and Mt Went to Ashe While Away Mitch. The camp'ng trip which — takes j place in Augus conversation yy at he orms the subject of} st) 3s thre months of vacetion, and when it i ;over we are definitely ready for| school to ¢omiwuwe. Possibly you need to have explained to you | a little bit. Weil here is ation: the explan-| |} we had managed thx It has been ¢ custom from time| immemorial fer children to visit relatives, and most of the one at Barium do get a chance ty Visit} relatives or friends. However, there are always sot left-overs, and is just too bad to start up se moog without them h: any sort of an outing. So a number of years ago,| the practice wa tarted of having| a camping trip, and the whole bus- iness—boys an girls—light out and spend about a week in some place. The firist trip that we made was a rather ambitious trip. It was the way to Myrtle Beach, some 208 |miles an? about 15 blow outs! But when the whole trip was summed up, camp for some- thing like $2.00 per child. Ninety-two children made that trip. | The next year, Lake Waccamaw was the place selected, and it every day we were there, but we had a good time. After that, it was Lake Lure; and then just seven- teen miles from Barium on the Ca-| tawba River at Lookout Dam a year ago, I| s rained |} still ber on any date later than the first Sunday of November of each year. PROCEEDINGS OF SYNOD ARE RECOUNTED oELOW Annual Session Held at David- son—Dr. B. R. Lacy Elected As Moderator Garth) Sept. 4-6. (By Rev. J. G. met at Davidson held in the Building, the church. Synod Business were aucjtoevium of C and popular meetings in sessions ambers The college and church entertained; jointly. The opening sermon was} preached by Rev. H. M. Moffett D. D., pastor of local church at the Moore McConnell, the retiring moderator who is a mem- faculty and of the request of Prof. J. ber of Davidson local church session. Rev. B. R. Lacy D. D., of Union Seminary, Richmond, Va. was made moderator by acclamation. Dr. Lacy also reported on the Seminary. He said indications showed a decrease in college men entering ministry. Davidson College, Queens- Chicora, Flora Macdonald, Mitchell, Men’s Junior College, Glade Valley and Elise High Schools all expected increase in attendance. Rev. P. Cary Adams, p-esident-elect of Maxton Men’s Junior College, reported a new gymnasium built. Addresses on Christian were made by Drs. W. L. Davidson and W. H. Fr Queens-Chicora. Publication of — the« president Education Lingle of Tr, ot of the Work Committee that the} latter’s address was requested by Home Missions dates be left, as} Synod. originally scheduled, but when the Synod gave to benevolence $583.-| Orphanage report came up, a recon-| 709 an increase of $8,555 over last sideration was called and this pre-| year. Synod’s Home Missions receiv-| (Continued on Page Four) (Continued on Page Four) HOW MUCH DO YOU LIKE THE MESSENGER? ' Treasurer, Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to Name _._____. me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 21,000 monthly copies, and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $———_ for this particular phase of the werk at Barium. TO in ostii fifty i that is, the 3 | two |in the This year we tried out a Camp at Swannanoa, N. C. rental of this camp cost us about cents per person. We did not try to borrow any trucks to get there. | We sent all of the kids who were| under twelve years of age on a train; and in spite of these charges, 4-H C tT The we ended up with about the lowest cost ever. There were 115 on this party altogether. And now we will] you about it. | On Monday, August 13th, we start-| ed out. At 9:00 A. M., a truck loaded with provisions and boys left; at] 10:09 o'clock, a truck loaded with bedding and girls; at 3:00 o’clock a train loaded with the aforementioned} youngsters, and several automobiles with the “leavings.” These all arrived at Swannanoa about the same time; :00 o’clock crowd. Going up the mountain it rained nicely, and thoroughly soaked the girls and the quilts; so that when we finally anded in camp, it seemed perfectly natural. We had houses to sleep in, but the quilts were all wet so that we knew we were on a camp! We were so busy for the next three days that we did not have time to eat but meals a day. But don’t let that of you believe that we ate That second meal was make any any the less. just a postponed dinner and supper ombined. On Tuesday, right after breakfast, the whole party went over to Mon- treat. We thought Montreat was aeserted. Nobody was in sight, and it was a good while before we i out the trouble. It was only 8:30, ev dently they do not commence to stir in Montreat until about 9:30. Any- how, it was against the law to go in wimming until 10:30, and that was a mighty long two hours, and our party—Just to pass away the time went up on Lookout and one party actuaily went up there twice, just to prove they could do it, and to get up a nice perspiration for that wi] lake! The lake was cold as usual, but was not quite as clear. One of the signs had blown down up the creck, and allowed it to become mijldy! Dr. Anderson, of course, wilt soon correct that, because mud is not allowed in that lake. After a glorious swim for every- one who had the regulation bathing uits, we drove back to our camp, and after an early but very substant- al supper, Wwe went over to the Mountain Orphanage and had a game of baseball. The game was played in the cow pasture, and in addition to the cows, most of the children of the Mountain Orphanage and of our party were spectators! The game wes a most interesting one and the} pitcher on the Mountain Orphanage Horn’s big brother, and he all but whipped us single- handed! The score was finally 9-8 (Continued on Page Two) team was Paul | and New Sunday Schools Add the day Schools names of six more Sun- to that ever-inereas- ing list of which such organizations are doing something regu- larly and every month for Barium Two of these Sunday ported in August, gifts Schools re- and four of the arrived in the early part of September, but all of them are be- ing listed in this issue of The Mes- senger, In all likelihood several others will report the latter part of September, and make possible the continuation of this series of articles in the October copy of this publication. Those reporting recently were Cameron Hill in rayetteviile Pres- teiy; the Bible Class of the Wal- wens.an Sunday School in Concond Presbytery; Beulah in Meckien- burg; Madison and Pleasant Grove sin UVrange, and Low Gap in Win- ston-Swiem Presbytery, All in all, there have been 81 Sunday Sschoois, which includes ine tour which arrived the early part of September, which have adopted a regular plan of giving io tne Orphanage since June, 1933, In other words, in the past 15 months, this number ot Sunday Schoois have been added to the role oF regular contributors. Quits a number of these had given reg- Wlariy In times past, but had been temporarily torced to discontinue the pian, but have now re-instated Il. ne gilts trom these 81 approxi- nates $1,500 in that time. Elsewhere in The Messenger, it is shown that 207 Sunday Schools have reported gifts on the new year. Reports have not been re- ceived from 32 treasurers, whose Sunday Schools gave regularly in 1935-1954. These treasurers are urged to send in all that has been contributed to date, for the Orph- anage is so dependent upon the gifts which are available each month. They are still about 259 Sunday Schools which do not send Barium an offering each month. WHICH ONE WILL BE NEXT? ADDRESS BY MOORESVILLE MINISTER OPENS SCHOOL: De Ri A. White Spoke Subject of “School Days And Religion.” The formal 1935 graded s¢ opening of the 1934- hool at the Presbyter- ian Orphans’ Home _ here Friday, | August 31st, was featured by nn address delivered by Dr. R. A. White, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Mooresville, at exercises held in the auditorium at 11 o’clock. Dr. White used as his subject, “School Days and Religion,” and developed the theme that to live a beautiful and symmetrical life that resulted in a glorious fruitage a well-rounded development of the physical, mental spiritual being was necessary. While the minister said that he was not going to preach a sermon, never- theless he quoted the 40th and 52nd erses in the second chapter of Luke which tell that Jesus grew in stature and in wisdom and in favor with God and man. He pointed out that these are the onlv two verses in the Bible which tell anything about Jesus’ school days. “Our school days are days in which there is the most freedom and fullest of happiness, when no great responsibilities are resting on us,” he said. “You may think that you have great responsibilities, but they are not as great as they will be in later life. You may also think that (Continued on Page Four) | ld ‘CHANGE IN SCHOOL HOURS | | | | | | | | | REQUIRED ADJUSTMENT WMOST ALL DEPARTMENTS | Details Are Given As to Work Of Various Departments Under New System SOME ROUGH SPOTS Saturday Suggeste; Visit As Best Day to The Orphanage A word about our school. We starting up a new system in our school this year. It has caused changes in every one of our depart- ments. Here is the way it is run: We have eee in the morning at the usual time :30. Immediately ifter breakfast in ee boys rush to the dairy barn to milk the 60 cows The Rumple Hall wash the dishes, At 8:30 everybody is ready for school. The other boys and girls, outside of the dairy and the Rumple Hall group, are not so busy between are girls breakfast and school time. They have their rooms to look after. and some housekeeping to do. At 11:45, thapel is held in Little Joe’s Church. At 12:15, there is dinner. The Rumple Hall girls belonging to the sixth and eighth grades, put mn dinner and wait on tables. The seventh grade Rumple Hall girls re- main out of school an hour longer than the others at noon, in order to clean up the dining room and wash the dishes. Everybody goes back to school in the afternoon until 2:30, with the seventh grade girls ‘oing until 3:30. Immediately after school, the girls go to the Sewing Room and to the Laundrv. and the Kitchen to do such work as they can in the afternoon. The boys go out to the Farm, the Truck Farm, the Orchard Groups, Mechanical Department, Shoe Shop, Printing Shop, and work for two hours. It takes mighty close conn + to get anything done at all, and we have had to employ ten extra people to carry on the work after a fashion. In order to get any practice for athletics, the boys are excused al- ternate afternoons. That is, for two afternoons the football team will have a long practice, and two after- ice in what recreation just a short prac otherwise be their ng We are attempting to have [recreation hours betv¢-en five and o'clock although some of the ohibiois notably the Rumple Hall ower Upon |girls will have their recreation hour from 3:30 to 4:30, and will have study hour from then until supper time. This is because they have ishes to wash after supper. noe, there are lots of things about th's plan that are not working as smoothly as our old system. We are trying desperately to live up to the | schedule set by the State, and still {give the children the same oppor- tunity that they would have in any other school. Last year, we attempted to have double sessions. That is, part going in the mornings and part in the afternoons, and it just did not work The children had to stay in school too late in the afternoons and were not through with classroom work and study hour work until 9 p. m. Now, this is the way it is going to affect our friends. Quite often people visit Barium and want to see a par- ticular child. This is especially true if they are relatives. We hate to say “No, you can’t them”, especially when they come from a_ distance; and yet, we don’t see how we can arrange for visitors to see individual children during the five school days see of the week. We just haven't the time to spare in’ school, and the little work time that we have is in- convenient. For instance, suppose you would want ty see one of the seventh grade girls during the noon hour. This would mean that the other (Continued on Page Four) QUESTIONS FOR THE MONTH In the past three months The Mes- senger has carried Questions and Answers about the Orphanage, deal- g with its history, operation, etc., and the fourth series is now publish- ed in the September issue. The last question in the August copy of The Messenger was, “Who was the first superintendent of Barium, and how long did he serve?” Continuing this line of thought, the following are presented, answers for which will be found on Page 4, Column 3. 1.—-In its 43 years of service how many superintendents has the insti- tution had? 2.—Who is the present superin- tendent and how long has he been head of the Orphanage? 3.—Name the other three super- intendents and the length of their terms. 4.—What was the greatest Thanks giving Offering, and in what year was it given? Also, what was the total Thanksgiving Offering in 1923 and how did it compare with 1932? 5.—What action was taken by Syn- od at its recent meeting to increase the 1934 Thanksgiving Offering ? 6.—What is the total indebtedness of the institution, and what are the assets against this indebtedness? 7.—What was the interest cost of carrying the indebtedness last year? 8.—How and at what rate is the indebtedness being retired? 9.—What was the difference _ be- tween the operating income and ex- pense in 1933-1934? 10.—If the Thanksgiving Offering averaged $1.00 per Presbyterian in the Synod this coming Thanksgiving, it would mean an Offering of $79,- 208. If this should occur, what would happen? Page Two BAR PUBLISHED MONTHLY By JOSEPH B IUM MESSENGER PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANS’ JOHNSTON, Editor ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor BARIUM MBSSENGER HOME Ralered as scend-class matier November at the postoifiee at Barium Spriags, 1925 a " ” ne! August 24, 1912 Acceptance for mailing at speeial rate of pestage, Srartiel ter . Boe 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, Authorised, November 15, 1423 BOARD OF REGENTS: REV. 2. 3B. HA - President DR. J. R. MeGREGOR a Vice-President MRS. Z. V. TURLINGTON - - Seeretary Rev. W. M. Currie Belmont ,Mrs. W. E. White - - - - - Graham Mr. Stamps Howard - cubere Ree. t. C. Clontz, - - - Wilmington ae I. F. Hill - ; on ia W. Moore - - Winston-Salem Mrs. J. EK. Driscoll - - irlotte - Rev. W. M. Baker Mebane|Mrs John Harper - - - Wilmington kK. G. Hud -- - Raleigh| Mr. W. B. Bradford - - - Charlotte Rev, Eugene Alexander - Manchester|Mrs Hi. A. Rouzer - - - - Salisbury Mrs. S. P. Stowe - Belmont | Mrs. L. A. McLaurin - - - Rowland Mrs. W Clark - --- Wilson! Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro DIRECTORY: Jos. B. Johnston - - - - - - - General Manager J. H.Lowranee - - - os Assistant Ernest Milton - - ao - Treasurer Miss Lulie EK. Andrews” - - Bookkeeper and Clothing Miss Margis Adams - - Head Matron Tr. L. O'*BRelley = - - - - - Head of School (FORM OF BEQUE “ET give and bequeath te th HOME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN Tneorporated Vide } the laws of the State of North Caro- lina, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) oT) REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE BIBLE LEADS It will be of interest to Bible read- ers to learn that according to figures just given out by the American Bible Society the Bible outsold all other books in 1933. Last year 7,800,765 Bibles, testaments and portions of the Bible in 155 languages and dialer were distributed. In Japan| the distribution was greater than at any time since 1876. In America there was a big increase, too, although in a recent survey of 8,000 American home was found that 40 perent | is of them were without Bibles. It still] has ne near competitor and still re- pudiates the argument that the world | bu ! | jto be done to it yet, but the pastor and the folks that use that church are not downhearted. They know it j ward is growing worse instead of better. It still provides the greatest romance and the most thrilling adventure of | any beck in all the world. It still ranks as the only one ever published that brings to the human heart solace and comfort and hope it needs to Weather the storms of life.—Moores- ville Enterprise. r, .; A GOING CONCERN When travel around the country and see churches with window you lights out, chimneys falling to pieces, and evidence that the church is no used more than once a month, it becomes a Lttle discouraging. So often you fin] a little bit of a church and a great big graveyard, and most of the occasions that the church is used is when there is a funeral. It makes you think that the church of the Living God is petering out liere is something to make you forget that picture: I took a vaca- tion last month for eight days, and went up into Ashe County to enjoy that vacation with Rev. R. H. Stone, and his folks. I remembered a visit I made up there twelve years ago. At that time there were four churches in Ashe County. cbenezer, Peak Creek, Obids and Jefferson. All of them were frame buildings, and one old lady said that the best place to set a in the vestibule of the Jefferson Church disturbed until well hatched! in twelve years what is hen was --she wouldn’t be the chickens Now, just the picture? I to de scribe what is happening the south slope of the mountain in the cular group of churches head- ed by Ebenezer and Peak Creek, nor will I attempt to describe what is were won't attempt on part happening at Obids. That is all too big a subject, but the things hap- pening there are right in line and keeping with what is happening from the Jefferson Church. In _ fact, the Jefferson Church is the only frame building in the big grouping that now includes Jefferson. There a stone church at West Jefferson, with a separate pastor. There is one of the most beautiful country churches at Lansing, and the membership there is well a hundred. The ladies have recently done over the interior, putting in new seats and this church is over would grace any community Then you can take your life in your hands and tear out into the mountains proper, and way up under the foot of White Top you will come to anotliter beautiful stone church: Foster Memorial. It not entirely completed; there are lots of things is the} is going to be completed in a short space of time, Then, off in another direction to- this time, into one of the beautiful to be found That had every- thing in it, but religion. And now it s beginning to have that. A beauti- the Tennessee line until you come on most valleys anywheite! vailey ful brick church this time—Gillespie the name. It is not near finished as Foster Memorial. In fact, you e to climb a ladder to get in it, one of the most enthusiastic jcommunities that you ever saw is boosting that church. Those people up there actually believe that the Church of the Living God is a going concern, and that God is not going out of business next year or the year after! They are not putting up temporary struc- j(ures to Worship in—they are putting jup real buildings. in Ashe County they keep two ‘ents busy all summer, running what they casl “Christian Chautauquas.” There will be two weeks at a church. i my good fortune to have a part in the Jefferson Chautauqua. it was lke this: For two weeks that the tent is there, a Daily Vacation ible School is held during the morn- t was ing. Busses are used to gather in the children from a_ radius of about liftcen miles. Then every night, there is an evangelistic service, and ja, these evening services, grown folks and children gather in great numbers, and occasionally a few dogs and cats. i am mentioning this last fact be- of one night that it was my privilege to speak, a cat insisted on vcupying the pulpit platform with me. She felt that she was perfectly safe there and could call the dogs n the congregation almost any sort The dogs naturally re- sponded with vigor! Twice the pastor carefully removed the cat from the pulpit platform and thought that he had fastened it up safely. The first time he did this, however, the meekly came in, climbed on a seat beside a little boy and was preparing to go to sleep. The l.ttle thinking that he cat was falling down on the job, picked the cat up and very gently cause of names. cat very boy, however, brought it up and placed it on the pulpit platform again. Now, ail of this performance would absolutely have demoralized a con- gregation most anywhere else in the ‘ountry. Bug that congregation there to listen, and apparently enjoyed what was being said, in spite of the more interesting show being puy on by the cat and the dogs! They mountains, ‘ontinued are kind people in these and it puts new hope and into anyone who will stay there for a time and look into these good peoples’ faces. They seem to use their religion all week, and enjoy it, and they seem not to be afraid that God will be unable to fulfill His promises. If you are low in your mind, go up into Ashe County; find out where they are hold- ing their Christian Chautauqua, and sit and listen and observe. It will do you good. courage | Some Cottage News | FARM We have finished preparing acres of land for alfalfa, which is to 33 be sown this fall. The preparation of this soil was as follows: Disked, plowed, limed, disked, manured, disked and then we ran the drag and cultivator over it. We will plant Grimm’s alfalfa, using both artifical and soil inoculation. The planting date will be between the Ist and 15th o: September. Two 125-ton siloes have been filled and we still have 18 acres of corn to stand for hard corn, The last two cuttings of alfalfa have been only fair, athourh we will have enough hay to last through the winter. This is quite different from what it was one year ago. We have ground and mixed 4,800 pounds of 18% dairy feed and 2,000 pounds of hog feed, Two uew Hampshire rams have been added to our herd of sheep, the object be§ng to improve the lamp crop next spring. Most of the farm boys went on the camping trip and came back with new vigor and vim, TRUCK FARM : We write you now for the last time before we begin school. After school starts our work may get just a little behind, but at present we are well up with everyth.ng. Up to date we have gotten over 2,000 watermelons from our patch. This is many more than we expected, but our luck has changed and we should get at least 1,500 more. Our main trouble every year is getting the folks here to Barium to save seed. We can’t seem to make them realize that in order to raise melons next year that we must save this year’s seed. Our cantaloupes are all gone, but ask those who helped share them if they weren’t fine. Our sweet potatocs are looking fine and it will soon be time to start grubbing. We have a larger crop this year than ever befod, but we estimate the yield to be about the same as last year’s crop, as they lidn’t get the rain when they needed it most. Now that we are having a wet spell it may cause them to crack and burst and, therefore, we may leose a few this winter. The crew is. back to normal, as everyone has gine and returned from their vacations. So far as we can learn each member of the gang had a swell time, and seem to enjoy working once more. We picked oveg.50 bushels of beans in the last few days and b~ the end of the week we are figuring on hav- ing over 200 bushels picked. We experimenied on ra’sing broom corn this summer. We didn’t plant but a couple of small patches and it turned out great. We should get over 15 dozen brooms from it. —A Truck Farmer SYNOD'S : We are having a good time playing baseball, although the baseball sea- son is almost over. Pleas Norman came back from Salisbury and the people he went to see sent us som: crackers. Some of Smythie Smith’s folks sent him some cakes for his birthday and he had a party ond invited us. David Burney came back yesterday from his vacation, We have two new boys now. BABY COTTAGE There is lots of work for us, and there are not so many of us, but we will try to take their places. First thing, our big sisters, Iris Spencer and Mildred Eudy, have been moved to other cottages. Iris went to the Woman's Building and Mildred to Rumple Hall. We're going to miss them very much, but we think that Margaret Moore and Sarah Fort will try to take their places. Myrtle Howard, a new girl, spent a while with us. She, too, has gone to Rumple hall. Two of us have outgrown our clothes, so they are moving us to Annie Louise Cottage that we can help wear out theirs! Our names are Rachel Mills and Ann McDonald. We are all glad that school is beginning. We are going to try hard and see who can make the honor roll first. Mama Girt has been home for vacation and has returned. We are glad that she is back, but we were pleased to have Mrs. Nash to take her place until she was hurt on our merry-go-round. After her %mjury, we enjoyed having Miss Mary Brown as our matron. Mable Claire Nash, Mrs. Nash's daughter, has been with us during the summer. She left the last of August for a short visit of two weeks. After that time she will return to Mitchell College in Statesville to continue her studies there. We are so gald that Mrs. Nash is improving steadily and will be back with us before long. Scott and Herman Blue’s people came to see them and to bring their sister, Geraldine, to stay at Barium with the other girls at Howard Cot- tage. We hope she enjoys being one of us. Mr. and Mrs. O'Kelly had a visit from some of their relatives from Georgia. They came to see us while they were here and we hope they so September 1934 Are Presbyterians Striking? nn & & & a me y ~ ’ i | 5 z EI Presbytery s < Winston-Salem 1433 $312.94 Albemarle $129 112.55 Kings Mountain 5430 278.01 Concord 11498 431.738 Wilmington 7912 225.13 Mecklenburg 17010 854.68 Orange 10977 225.79 Fayetteville 11915 98.20 Granville 5904 $1.78 TOTAL 79208 $2720.81 We are computing the Table of Receipts this month by the new mem- bership sent out by the and contained in their Minutes, Over the entire Synod, there has been a gain of 459 members, and this gain is shared by seven of the figures General Assembly nine Presbyteries. Two Presbyteries show a decline: Orange Presbytery dropped back 22 members; Albemarle 122 members. Mecklenburg showed the greatest gain with 241 members, followed next by Winston-Salem with 166 members, and Granville with 92, Wilmington 52, Fayetteville 44, Concord 41, Orange 22, Kings Mountain 17. The Table of Receipts is not so encouraging. Hardly in keeping with the high price for tobacco that is \ 3 a oe, | Ee ee ee a. ee. Ue CG mS Aa a. ee oe Poe 2G # as By g & <a <3 <3 <« 7 ¢ 26 ¢ 50e 246s. 2%e 20%e 50c 29%6e 5 ¢ 17%\c¢ 50c 32%e 3%e 16 ¢ 50c 34 ¢ 8 ec 13%¢ 50c 36%c 5B ec 13%e 50c 36% ¢ 2e¢ 10%e 50¢ 39%ee le 9%e 50c 40%ec 3 ¢ Tee 50e 42%e 3.4¢ 13.7¢ 50e 36.3 ¢ being received, and the high price for cotton in prospect. Maybe people’s minds are more on the textile strike than they are on these other things. Anyway, the amount received from ail the Presbyteries ranges from seven cents per member in Winston- Salem to one cent per member in Fayetteville, with an average of 3.4 cents for the entire Synod, which is just a third of the amount needed for the month. The total giving for the year, commencing April Ist, amounts to 13.7 cents per member— just a little over a fourth of the amount needed for the same period of time. Still, we are getting along— thanks to abundant crops. and vege- tables, and most kind creditors. Those creditors are not all Presbyterians cither. CAMPING TRIP (Continued from Page One) after seven innings of play. Back te camp just at dark, with some of youngsters running into a hornets’ nest and Jack McCall wong the prize sting of all right square on the end of his nose! How- these ever, this didn’t do anything but make heroes of a few of the little one and everybody was happy 1 we gathered around the camp- fire and disposed of enough marsh- mallows to make everybody look puffed up. By the way, it rained on us at Montreat, so that everybody coming home got wet which made us camp-conscious again. After a rather early breakfast, on Wednesday morning we established a checker champion, and horseshoe pitching champion and then all load- ed up and went to Asheville play ground just eight miles away. That was the most enjoyable day of the trip. The management of the play- ground gave us free admission to the sw.mming pool (and it was a beauty), to the Ferris Wheel, to the Merry- go-around, and to the Zoo, and they were about the busiest until four o'clock that afternoon. Our youngsters cut up so many intics in the water that everybody else just stopped and watched them. Milton Gaskill led the procession and went just a little further, turn- ed a few more flip-flops and did a few more queer things than every- body else in the party, but every- body followed suit as closely as they vould, even down to Tom Morgan! And always in the foam following the splashings of the big boys, could be seen Tom’s little white head bob- bing along. The girls were right the boys when it came turning back-somersets have-you. That night we had a rather late supper, and somehow nobody cared much about staying up late that nght, and the camp was perfectly quiet by nine o’clock, Thursday morning 48 of the larger youngsters in the crowd started out rather early to make the trip to Mt. Mitchell. There was a truck loaded with 36 people. There were two cars with s'x each. We left the gate at 2:00 o'clock, landed at Camp Alice at 11:00 o'clock, and everybody in the party (except four) went on up to the top of Mt. Mitchell, and found along with to diving, and what- wll come again soon, Rev. and Mrs. Mann and their little boy visited us a few days ago. We have had others, including several picnic crowds. We are always glad to have visitors on the campus. Hazel Cartret, one of our girls who left us about this time last year, came back to stay a few days with us. We feel she is still one of us babies. During the summer we have been having vesper services at Sloan Field. We have enjoyed this so much we will be sorry to give it up on account of the cold weather. We have Seen heaving peaches, watermelons, cantaloupes and grapes about every day. We want to thank Mr. Clark and Mr. Thomas for see- ing that we had so many. Mama Girt and Miss Copeland com- b-ned the Baby and Synod’s Cottages and tock us on a fish fry at the spring® We had a fine time, but we were sorry when it was over. Mr. Johnston and other workers on the campus have been very nice to us taking us to ride several times. We enjoyed them very much. Mr. Sams invited us to the Play- house a few days ago to see a picture. It was certainly enjoyed by each one. Babies one of those rare days when it was perfectly clear, when points could be seen at enormous distances away. Morganton, Valdese, and points be- yond were clearly visible, and Lake James was just as though it were spread out right at your feet. Just as soon as. the party came down from the mountain, however, the clouds came down with them, and the top of Mt. Mitchell and the peak were obscur@d. We started back from Camp Alice at 3:30, and the rain then took charge. The parties in the truck were drenched, then allowed to dry off and drench- ed again, three different times be- fore we reached the bottom of the mountain. This made everybody per- fectly happy again, and we don’t mean this in a sarcastic or critical way either. The younger members of the party had stayed in camp and had as their guests a number of the children from the Mountain Orphanage, and they pronounced the day just as gay a one as the party which went on Mt. Mitchell. On Friday morning, after a fairly early breakfast, one truck loaded up with little boys up to the high school age. Another truck loaded up with little girls up to the high school age, and they both started down the mountain. Three cars also left, tak- ing the balance of the girls, and a few of the boys. There wasn’t any food to bring back at all. The quilts were distributed in the various truck loads and did not take so much room. Everybody was taken away from camp before dinner, except 22 of the larger boys. They spent the day, finally deciding the horseshoe pitch- ing champions, and going in swim- ming and eating up all the food that was left. To give you an idea of the tre- mendous job that they had: Break- fast Friday morning, for the entire party of 115, required nine loaves of bread and a pound of butter, be- side other things, of course. For dinner, the 22 boys ate 12 loaves of bread and 4 pounds of butter! The stuff was there, so why not eat it! And, also, different members of the party tried their hand at making biscuits, cornbiread and cake, and they ate most of it and still survived! However, they did not feel it neces- sary to eat any supper at all on Fri- day night! One of the trucks went back up to Swannanoa Friday afternoon, spend- ing the night there and bringing the balance of the party back to Barium in time for dinner Saturday. Except for a little poison oak, the the entire camping trip was pro- nouncefl the “best ever.” Nobody suffered any mishaps; there were no accidents of any kind; nobody be- came sick, and nobody became fright- ened or homesiqk—even whe«p the crickets sang the loudest and the dogs barked most savagely. The big boys took care of the little boys; and the big girls took care of the little girls. Mr. O’Kelly supervised the eats, and everybody behaved. We left the camp feeling even some af- fection for the hornets which we had disturbed so rudely. They waved us a goodbye, withowt attempting to hasten our departure too much. Here is hoping that our camping trip next year may approach this one in all the pleasant features. And it rained on us coming home!! —P. 0. New Office Boy: “A man called here to thrash you a few minutes ago.” Editor: him?” New Office Boy: “I told him I Was sorry you were not in.” “What did you say to Page Three BARIUMMESSENGER~™ ™ September 1934 , So4 | senger along with those which ———— ild d G . er ing Jun@ 30th 9.55 ildren andchildren Clothing Boxes | 200 Cameron Hill 2.00 C e \! SR meee [Cas well é 1 27 More ontributors ninquapin Auxiliary. m ot ary 1¢ ‘harlotte First, Ist Quarter 22 ani One year ago, 400 different organ- | NOTE: Miscellaneous gifts re- i hadbourn 2 wie ations (either the church budget, colved a August will appear in Mastic Sunday School or Auxiliary) had re- the October issue of The Mes- Ich erryville 5.00 _ d 1 . he - phanage, ~ jover the corresponding period o are reecive! in September. Pe ‘larkton %.53] 1984-1925, 471 organizations had WENEREEDEASPRAGLAEDUAGLUGN G9 0USNNRSNEREEENDOEOENE 2 oncord Fast 50.53 | made som mitribution, This is one "Se ‘loibing Money on om d (lredell) ca - =e pe althiest —_ eee es creneeepennnasaganosscsetnnng eee £00 | th 2 ere age Bank ae ene D> Thee C ide en Jurham First, June & July 26,00 | - gifts ere not much greater than Lumberton 15.00 Sast Burlington, Women’s True were a year », but the fact Farmy lle (A) Aux 1800 | ec B. C. 1.00 organizations are helping Fountain Au 10.00 his abethiown, May, June & show up materially before Godwin Aux 3.00 _July 14.76 ar over | Howard Memorial Auxiliary, Imwood, June 1.20 ar reports had been re- atee Cae Voldarnpes ; s.so| uly 1.23 #76 I m church budgets, 153 Mrs. Job Cobb soni = RO | ONE Saye and 115 Auxiliaries, Pte Wad 400 | wots ny July 1.92 Compa eh statistics show this Kings Daughters, Salisbury 5 00 | a aa 2.06 = that 0 sik budgets have Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Taylor, |" ont Street : : 6.84 oe n n rif 2¢ 7 Sunday Schools and Craankhnent ’ 10.00 | .27ton @ First, Men’s B. C. 10.00}114 Auxiliari The church budgets Pearsall Memorial Aux. iD on | re nwe od 657 are 18 =e “ = year, = more Aux. 7.50 ) 101bO - 2.07 Schools have reported con- . a a aves Memorial 1.33] tributions, while the Auxiliaries lack S Gaal Aux qt aves 0 4.33 re J Raries lac Was eanen A an cnsbore First, Men’s B, C. 11.59} ene of equalling last year’s record at varre Aux. - o! -Taillsviile 1g9{the close of the fifth month Washington First S. S inne s bbe. ; Tha A roo : Look who’s here! T ad Primary Pepts a eren 275 | meny (C) \ 2.57 The August issue of the Messenger i = no’s here! The lady with the smile, with the two youngsters on TOTAL CLOTHING. ‘Tee e194 7x | Harmony (W) Ch, & S. S., July showed how many had reported at mt ht is Mrs. Cecil Batson (Geneva Player, to most of you). The little Sea NG GIFTS $124.75 |g August 10,00) the end of July. During August, gifts girl wit the ribbons and with her back turned to that bad, bad boy with no suuuunuyassneseygeussiucasenguggeertanoaenuiiey | Hopewell (Mf) aipiwsee vacsieed tu 3k cash tak aan = is Jerry Lillard, and the ‘boy is Gordon Batson which is Geneva’s Miccellancous Suppor: | Hopewol (M) 2.06 fgets, 12 Sunday Schools and 19 Aux- M. or grinning. CEGTOUOUESTASEORGERELSUGUEAATEASEASEDEEMMEg Hage | ‘Tuntersville R.13filiaries for the first time this new oving a little further over, the next young lady is “Miss” Hilda Ber-| A Friend 50.00} Tackson Springs 6.09 | fiscal year. a No, Hilda hasn’t married, and that isn’t her youngster that she is| A L’ncolnton Friend 1.00 | 'efferson 1.50] Church budgets reporting in Au- olding. That is that same little Batson boy, and next to her is Mrs. Jerr‘ y|A Raleigh Friend 5.00 keview 1.90] gust were Cann Memorial, Calvary ——- and in case you ever saw Barium play basketball four or five years} A Raleigh Freend 5.00} Lakeview 2.60}and_ Henderlite Memorial in Albe- ago, her name then was Louise Gufford, Captain of the team, and one of! 4 Wilmington F 2.00] Uaurinburg, July 18.71| marle; Centre, Concord Second, Me the best is th ay . re oe guards that Barium ever had. She is holding that same little Jerry| A. E. Scharrer cory 5.00} Lexington 11.75, Kinnon and Patterson in Concord; i _ (her daughter) on her arm. F. P. Tate, Morganton 6.00) Lincolnton 7.18| Durham First in Granville; Gastonia x yas Bernardo who works for the Duke Endowment in Charlotte,| Toe H. Robinson, Charlotte 20.69] Little Jce’s 4.13] First in Kings Mountain; Charlotte G ff taking her vacation this year, went to Baltimore, looked up Lou‘se} Rev. James Appleby, Maxton 1.00] Pon Creek 1.96| First in Mecklenburg; Bethany in Th ord, and then they all together went on to Philadelphia to see Geneva.| Thos. R. Sm‘th, Belmont 100.60] Lowell, April 2.03| Orange; Burgaw, Mt. Zion, Oak at is why all these pictures happened. T. T. Holderness, Greensboro 27.50} May 1.88 | Plain and Rocky Point in Wilmington; F eet vith ee hme from Mrs. McLeod (Annie Hare) who lives in} Dr. C. B. Herman, Statesville 1.00; Tune 2.66|and Lansing, Mocksville and Rey- ayetteville, with her three youngsters. We published their pic i > THQQTNT 3 iolda in Winston-Sale , : We pictures in the ESSE ATG July 3.10} ain inston-Salem. Messenger last year. She is looking well, and seems to be able to convince] Paur: a - nt SENGES Lumber Bridge 2.00 First reports in August were re- those children of hers that she is a grown up young lady, and not just one rattle Boa aah W oe ret Oran 7.21| ceived from the following Sunday of the Barium children off on a vacation! Coe i nemesth, Washington, Machpelah 50] Schools: Elmwood and Prospect in Iris Henry, not married yet, but quite grown up, came by to see her Miss Ruth Ton Eaibesten va MePherson 10.99| Concord; Cameron Hill and Spies in old friends at Barium, and spent a few days here. oe foie, Wak fi on 6.0) Mebane 4.00| Fayetteville; Lowell in Kings Moun- Helen Briley, one of our recent graduates, has written in that she wants ao = — Elk ee 9 Mocksville 8.53| tain; Ladies Bible Class, Badin; Char- a seat reserved for her both at the dinner table and at the football field onl p ete a Bolivia 3 Mon=oe \ 16.06 | lotte First and Morven in Mecklen- Home-Coming Day. Helen is rather small. She dees not need a very big seat s F : To Ss Hi 1 P : 1.00 fontpalier 6.00| burg; Eno and Pleasant Grove in reserved for her but we will see to it that all that is done. ee POT, AL “MISCE I ‘Asi ; Mooresville First 10.50] Oreiete; Woodburn in Wilmingtan, aR ‘ Morven Apri < zz and Reynolda in Winston-Salem. : sage re ara ve April, May, June & wie Licata cuter to oe ee M ls S ed b g . ° . ufhort Mi. -Diwe 5.40| time in August were: Edenton in €als serv yo. S. Income Distribution |) usin, nin] Naraia® 2.00 Albemarle; Concord First in Concord; 2 _ CHURCHES New Bern S. S. & Men’s B.C. _ 7.68] Raeford and St. Pauls in Fayette- The Sunday School giving took a/ All honor to the church budget} Alamance _ 8.25] New Hope (KM), July & ville; Henderson and Smithfield in tumble in August - a great big|giving in August. For several| Bethany (C) 41| .. August 5.06) Granvitte; New Hope in Kings Moun- tumble at that. Not only did they|imonths, the lead paragraph of this| Bethany ( “|New Hope (0) 1.63| tain; Charlotte Second, Marks’ Creek, rel’nquished th istincti cole as ae paragraph of this) Betieu <2 1.94] New Hope (W) July & August 6.00| Pleasant Hill, Providance and Ramah rel‘nquished that distinctive honorjarticle has featured the Sunday Bethesda (F) 2.36] North Wilkesboro 9g.8g|in Mecklenburg; Asheboro, Bethany of having led the church budgets and| School cc} tributions, as compared| Bethpage : : 3.50) North Vanguard, Men’s B. C. and Broadway in Orange; Rockfish giving by the Auxiliaries for four|with the reports from church budgets eats pe Conny 1.45 July 1.75; and Teacheys in Wilmington, and ae : ‘ oca 110 4 xing iry i Jinston- epsecutive months, but they also}and Auxiliaries, but this time the] Burgaw ater 1.88 August 90 —— and Mt. Airy in Winston gave one of the smallest totals of| budgetary responses took the fore-| Burlington First 11.82 — oon eas "Church budget giving is led by the current church year. It wasn’t|ground in no uncertain terms. From| Burlington First 43.00] August Sos = 3.05| Concord Presbytery with 35 churches the smallest amount, for that wasjchurch budgets in August came an oe ial™ ae Pittsboro _2.90| reporting contributions; Fayetteville ; 5 ann Memoria 5.39] p» . ‘ > led given the first month of the 1934-1935/amount which lacked only a_ few! Centre “alee 6.34 a ra See “an pte fg gfheend a lend teens @ ‘ : s = - ‘ rs : - > — raspect 5.78 v * v mae fiscal year, but it did fal! below the|dollars of equalling the combined|Charlottle First, Regular 167.24 Raleiwh First, Moment Class 6.75] Sunday Schools, and Mecklenburg is sums of May, June and July. It was|giving of the Sunday Schools and Special 134.00] peynoida ras Be 15.03} well ahead of other Auxiliaries with almost $400.09 less than that which | Auxiliaries. Charlotte Second, Regular 150.90! Rocky Mount First, Jennie K. Hill | reports received from 21 such organ- ‘ ies Specia 6. — ae : : izati 3 was sent the Orphanage the previous This was also by far the best total wre Second 100 re 1 BG, > a — / church budgets, Sunday ai . o iy a : ¢ ¢ : u ats, « ; month. that has reached Barium from this| Cencord Second 6.37 eset fal pr Schools and Auxiliaries have 1 It was not expected that the Au-|source during any of the past five} Cross Roads 811 salisbury Hirst Rumple B. C "sponded in the various PresbyterieS gust giving would approach that of|months. The sum fr | Davidson 42.75] August & Se 1 ack s shown by the following tabulation: os s. Ds rom the budgets} August & September 10.00] is shown i ing ta August, 1933, fer it was recalled that]; a upust was $1 te - ~ aN sad Olek: .< 1.95 eee Fest. TT ahaha B.C. |Presbytery mo 8. 8. nae. a splendid special sum of approxi- ee ms $1,671.09, and the! Dorham Fit 100.00) Regula a 25.00 | Albemarle 14 14 13 mately $275.09 was sent to Barium previous best report was in the pre-| Edenton 285 meus - : OT ceurd 35 ag i eel oe fen é eding r tein Sen fl oe 2 8irthday Special 4.73 yi = os a year ago. But, eliminating that sum, —— _— - at h % the Falkland 4 elas First, Woman’s B. C 5.00 | Fayetteville 9 42 12 it fell below the expectations. How-|o..7,. " eC POURS Here. *Rei Farmville (A) 150 nee a Berea or | Granvill 8 10 11 - « eaviow ggeeas ye Sunday Schools in August assumed] pountain ‘Yq | 5alisbury Second C30) + ( ¢ 9 ever, a review of the record so TOP hn ata of yuanere-up for the fivat Fountain 30) Shiloh (KM) 4.30|Kings Mountain 10 22 12 shows that the Sunday Schools arejiinie in fiv Sa ; ne frst) Gastonia First 125.00) spies 1.50 | Mecklenburg 25 29 21 giving their best respanses in alter- $876. wt 0 The p ecrridsangs they gave! Gilwood 1.70 Spras 4 Friend of “Old” Men’s Orange 17 26 15 nating months. That being the case, in Neer kt oe ee Goldsboro, 18° Dividend Wayne a eh 2.0¢ | Wilmington 20 27 11 Mise eta ace August, anc here were National Bank 20.36 Oo eee Ana | Olinnks Fala ‘ 3 the Septe mber report ought to hit aj. gifts reported by Young People’s _ National Bank 20.36] Spray, July & August 10.09 | Winst m-Salem 12 8 8 new high peak for the entire year. : ; Greenville 6.00] aos 1 Wine 215 - = af poi pr groups, though some have c¢ . vy | Statesville First Even though tile August giving | Jur ne the break dacs if S come in} Harmony (C) 1.05| ct Pauls (F) TOTALS 150 207 114 fell below the expectations, the Sun-|“,.": e first days of September.| trenderl.te Memorial 15] St’ Pauls (M) ae . © ‘ ss : Despite the fact that the Sunday Sl cates .| St. Pauls QO . day Schools are still _substantially|gopools were set back this SY) Hickory 14.06) cunnvyside ; | ; N ahead of 1933-1934. The marginal they are still I 2g ioe a pers suit 86) ‘Penth Avenue 20.00 A umni ews lead last month was almost $1,200.00, | 43, $4,787 56 ty : a er = ynod} Lansing ; 20! at cmashaort 5.16\4 e salou § * wsiae i >4,157.06 Tor the irs 11Vel 7 auyrinhite Her =o see eee) _- Se i . but the decline in August brovght) onths.’ In previous issues of a Juay ’ get Thyatira 9.35 Clifton Vann came by for a short E ql enor 39.10) pity Avenue 8.00 | visit last week. He is doing office this down to about $750.00. The in- Messenger, it has bean recorded i. _ i s Y Lenoir, A Friend 20.00) Union (KM) werk now and likes it. creased number of Sunday Schools |ipat the Sunday Schools w 1 . rye A wns Bp ¢ ay scnoo/s rere se ot > which are constantly joining the|ing half of : il ee sagt ot tel oe April 18.10) Union Mills July Ben Fort, our Barium boy who danke of reediay givers, should| ce, ee received at the) June 1.46 : 7 j : a wenn : & The OrpHanage, but at the close of] = : August fin‘shed Davidson in three years, spent a night here Mary Estridge, Barium student of several years ago. Was on the campus for a short visit a few days ago. Iris Henry, Laura Lee Norman and lengthened this margin to a difference Angust § a c A + : : > snre. *: . August this has to be changed to] Lineginton . b 3 000. ‘ rear is!¢ . - of about $3,000.00 before the year is/four-ninths of the receipts. Church] Mebang ov The to | it b budgets have sent $35,871.25 to date;| MeKir re seems to be quite a nu ie vieed 3 3.89, | Mockaville e q a number! Auxiliaries have reported $2,208.89,| Mocksville Vas Warrenton West End White Plains Willard, June of Sunday Schools which are hitting} .44 Young People’s groups have A oo ‘ ae an i e's ri Ss Vel Wannrecvilla Sac . ee - s ‘ at that $100.00 mark thin year, but sent $23.66 for a Gunes okak oe Mc oresville Second Woodburn, November through : Pauli Pittman have been with us for whether the total for the year is far $10,891.56 for the year. Mt. Zion Fano 27.55 | short visits. - = OU Le yes ak Plains 7 - Pore ) over $100.09 or the mere sum of a|" fhe distribution of this total wiv-| oon Plain Sub-Total Sunday Schools $876.19 P.O. H. few dollars, the appyeciatioh does |; r pera” a! BIV-| Parmele IXILIARIES The preacher’s small son was being . 3 J “ ing by Presbyteries is likewise in-| p . 95 AUXILIA wae I not waver. Some Sunday Schvols!icrosting, The same data is give Patterson 2.21) . neboro ‘ quizze d by an elderly visitor one day. can’t give more than a few dollars to} yng B. iff a ieee c e = given) Prospect 3.67 Bethe io (O) Special “Does your father ever preach the the Orphanage, and it is known that|;), pink tenis Seca ee ; — Reidsvillle 15.00 ge rot = same sermon twice?” he was asked. they are doing all they can for the]. ener Perse) On Ge TM) Rey nolis 100,00 | Fin seen Saat Cipla 4 “Sure he does,” the small boy re- institution of per capita giving, but below arc) Rockfish ea) Peeoeee Fe, ee o| plied, “but he hollers in different ‘a . o the actual amounts from DAC oft > ond Pp Special 5.06 eee re e Ts m _Six Sunday Schools had already as re ~*~ ae et Ee - oe Ro ‘ky Point 2.82 hethwoll Memorial 15.00 | places. given as much as $100.00 at the close ' resbyteries: Salisbury Second 1.54) A Me sai Tune 1.00 of August. All are being led by the| Presbytery Amount] Shiloh (C) 90 juan ee i 11/95 | Mt. Holly 2.45 Concord First Sunday School with | Mecklenburg $2,! Statesville First, Union ae a 6.00| Newell, $2.00. per circle for 5 $266.40, though Salisbury First crept | Concord Service 20.00 eae te ee 60.00 | ., months 10.00 far forward this past month to have Orange St. Andrews (W) 44.00 ees (KM) 1.09 New Hope (KM), One-half of a total of $178.50. Next is Gastonia | Winston-Salem ; 149.09 Thyatira 4.09 seein Arh ' 1.00 | .,2PPortionme nt 6.00 First with $117.01. Olivia follows | Fayetteville 1,114.93| Washington First 7.50 by tia oS ) 8.00 Pleasant Hill (1983-1934 with $116.43, with ‘Tenth Avenue} Wilmington 1,066.09 | Wildwood (W) 1.57 ee (O) 598], funds) 1.00 Sunday School close on their heels|Kings Mountain 983.21 | Willard 1.50 | ° vr te! : 13.13 | Prospect 17 with $116.17, Winston-Salem First Albemarle 880.85 | Wilmington First 45.00 Blizabet Oe 14.50 Providence (M) 22.00 has given $105.06 to complete the list | Granville 458.12] Winston-Salem First 100.00 | Gastonia First 3.0" | Raeford, Circle 1, Special 2.00 g£ p the list Greensboro First 50 : x ; of six. TOTAL $10,891.56] Sub-Total Churches .........$1,471.09 | 27CCDSpOne Tot Bethany (99) Raleigh First 10.00 The comparative number of meals} The tabulated distribution of the SUNDAY SCHOOLS ba se pies oss 1.00) eamah -—— 8.00 which could have been served (calceu-| receipts, according to the three main} Ahoskie 5.00 | Greenville 2.00 eae Rapida = > is 2 “ents |S s ine > are 3 follows: 5 ‘ ne lee aes Ld S| VOC KTISH UE sor inet od andy tilewss or Month : an a8 Ae Albemarle, Jal eae 3.00) Rocky Mount First, iim. AP. ! Bs _ | Mon ur. s. 8. us. | Albemarle, July 15.19 | Henderson 9.00 ec eiais Che Page ae ee _— or 1934-35 April $185.76 $621.82 $201.67| August 16.46 |1High Point, July & August 14.00 shetty io — ans 13228 | May 535.10 1,065.94 430.09} Amity 6.00 | Howard Memorial 6.00 | Smithfield yd J ay ease 9,501 June 781.25 950.05 580.68 | Ashwood 2.75 | Immanuel, Regular 2 28 Statesville Firs 15.00 cae 438 501} July 898.05 1,273.56 622.92} Badin, Ladies’ B. C. 10.00} Special St. Pauls (F) _ 2.00 iain 13.238 12,736 August 1,471.09 876.19 373.50 | Bethany (C) 1.88 | Jonesboro, Special 240) Teachey TR Santen — 13.419 ' : 3 a Bethel (M) 2.28|LaGrange, Quarterly 2.75 | Thyatira 2.00 eptem dAlt : fotals $3,871.25 * 787.56 $2,208. 89 Bethesda (0) 1.55 | Lexington 1.87 | Troy October 12,678 2 > , a9 ani Troy 1.00 ’ ‘ —P. 0. H Rethesda (F) 8.38 | Manley, Girls’ Circle, June & Westminster 75 = : ; : Vestminster (M) 18.75 ovember 10,717 ; : OPTIMIST Beulaville 3.14] July 2.00 | Wilmoore 3.00 December 11,519 2} Maid (having dropped exj¥ansive| Buffalo (G) July 16.00 | Marks’ Creek 5.001 Wm. & Marv He . . Janear 10/583 a - os ¥- oo plod m. Mary Hart, July, August ao 7 OnsS ; vase)—“Those colored bits wili look | Buffalo (L) 2.25 | Matthews, $1.00 per-month-per- & September 9.00 a” 1a a88 ; lovely in the se btn : sori eg ao i Pegs circle, June & July 4.00 Sub-Total Auxiliaries : $373.53 ’ —London Opinion. aldweli Memorial, Quarter End- Mount Airy 2.81 GRAND TOTAL, SYNOD $2,720.81 Page Four - BARIUM MESSENGER September 1934 DISCREPANCY NOTED 1K | In Two Years Synod Has Re- ported Over $10,000 More Than Was Received There is a_ great liscrepancy between the actual receipts of gifts for the support fund at Barium, and what is annually reperted in the minutes of the General Assembly. At least, that is decidedly true for the past two years, for if the Orphan- | age had received all that was report-| ed officially, the debit would now be} a 1 $10,506 less than it is. That is the combined — difference yea "1932 1933, the mirutes ay | would donate $25,000 for library at that $72,146 was sent to Barium.|Montreat if the note were paid. the records her show $67,777 77.| Montreat school is now called Mon- Synod reported an eight hundred| treat College with accredited stand- dollar increase to the Orphanage |ing as a junior college. : during 1933-1934, but — the ‘ecords| Dr, Norman Patterson, of China, here show a decline of $371.31 for}adkhiessed the Synod = foreign the year. For the two years, Synod| missions. ; : reports $145,090, while the auditor's | Memorials of three deceased min- books show $ 584.23, which is alisters were adopted, Rev. W. McC. ce of $10 Tt |W! D. D., of Raleigh; Rev. H. E. lis money actually been con-}Gurney D. D., of Charlotte and Rev. tributed to the Orphanage and gone}|W. S. Harden, of Greenville. astray? Just where is this money A comnission was appointed to Or, how does the difference occur? | ear a complaint of members of the rhere was one Presbytery uniqu in a comparison of the Minutes’ re- ports and the records. That was Kings Mountain Presbytery. In both 1952-1983 and in 1 1934, that Presbytery reported less than was actually received at the Orphanage. | Albemarle Presbytery had this dis- tinction in 1933-1934, but they show- ed more than was received here the previous year The excesses in the Minutes’ re- ports are largely in four Presby-! ivries. Mecklenburg’s combined _ re- port for the two years showed $4,006 more than was received; Con cord showed $2,121 more than was received; Winston-Salem $1,819 more than arrived at Barium, and Gran ville, $1,118 more thar Orphanage. the total for af ; came to the these four was more than arrived at Barium, | # about $1,500 excess for the four Presbyteries, Kings Moun- beng excluded. The minutes’ record and the record at Barium for the two years follows: 1932-1933 | Presbytery MINUTES RECORD Abbemarle 3 3,847.00 $ 3,524.5¢ Concord 11,715.60 6,261.00 5,986.00 Fayetteville Granville Kings Mt. 1,881.00 Mecklenburg 16,666.00 Orange 9,427.00 4330.67 | Wilmington 5,047.00 1.558.009} Winston-Salem 8,316.06 7. 7.18 | 5,390.15 | 1,912.26 | 15,110.91 $67,477.77 | 146.00 1933-1934 Presbytery MINUT RECORD} Albemarie 3 54.00 $ 4,392 s2| Concord 13,120.00 12,001.78 Fayetteville 3,966.00 13.85 | Granville 5 080.00 5 1! i Kings Mt. Mecklenburg Orange Wilmington Winston-Salem 91} 367,106.46 | ; $72,914.00 4 | | | SYNOD ADOPTED SEVERAL (Continued from Page One) vious action wtescinded, paving thie | way for the complete adoption of all) recommendations made by the Regents] and the Standing Committee These] are given in the article to the right Summing Up. | Summing up the recommendations. | though, they include an urgency upon the Board of Regents to take action to retive the indebtedness of the in-| stitution, and means to this end were a request that each Presbytery appoint a strong committce of lay- men and ministers to secure contri-| butions from every Presbyterian (an every member canvass) at Thanks- giving and to assist in carrying out later plans; that all churches be re quested to complete their Home Mis-| sion study and take the self-denial offering by the first Sunday in November, leaving the remainder of that month in which to prepare for the Thanksgiving Offering. It was felt by the Regents and also by the Standing Committee that a thorough canvass of ievery persan at Thanksgiving time would result in a Thanksgiving Offering twice as large as in 1933. So many of the people do not attend the services when the annual offering is made, and consequently do not make any contribution, but a persona’ _ solici- tation by a committee in every church would be a certainty that all people would have a chance to help. One church at Thanksgiving, 1932, gave $567.43, but in working an every member plan last Thanksgiving, their Offering was increased to $932 which illustrates the possibilities of this plan. After the discussion of the change in Home Mission dates, Dr. D. Clay Lilly stated that every year this question of either the Home or the Foreign Mission dates and offerings come up on the floor of Synod, and that previous efferts seemed unavail- ing in getting the General Assembly’s Stewardship Committee to leave all but the first Sunday in November! | | ed $27,084. The }Orphan’s Home $67,106.46. The debt MINUTES AND RECORD jor $1500. Synod adopted a at 60-40 division between Assembly and Synod for thx two] A jnounced that the holder of the note |\colportage work, and raise a fund PROCEEDINGS OF SYNOD (Continued from Page One) churches gave to Home was decreased about budget of $500.000 for benevolence next year Synod approved the plan of the Assembly to lift the debt on its encies of $522,000 by the Belmont that is, each member tithing for 13 weeks for that cause. Dr. G. W. Brown, secretary Ameri- can Bible Society, said a new deposi- tory was opened in Atlanta, Ga. Dee. 9 is Universal Bible Sunday. Synod approved of the effort to $19,000 debt on Montreat tion. Dr. R. C. Anderson an- raise the Associ } Church- by- — the-Side-of-the-Road. Greensboro, against Orange Pres bytery for dissolving the church over the will of the members. Synod adopted a new plan of work, lishinfg the Gdmmitta of 27 which has been in existence six years. Chere will be four executive commit- tees, 10 permanent committees, com- mittees on Synod’s institutions, special committees and standing committees Among the permanent committees is one on Moral and Social Welfare. The four executive committees are Ilome Missions, Stewardship, Relig- ious Education and Stated Supplies. The membership of all the commit- tees was equally divided among the ne Presbyteries. The following were re-elected to Rev. E. E. Gillespie, D. D. itendertt of Honve Missions, Rev. C. M. Gibbs, stated clerk; Rev. Stork, permanent clerk, and Rev. J. G. Garth, publicity clerk: tev. O. C. Williamson, D. D., of Alex- andria, La., was elected Director ot Religious Education for the Synod. Synod took up the problem of un- employed ministers. They decided to urge Presbyteries to use Presbyter- ial authority, ask churches to coop- with the committee, enlarge mission, Suijday School alad no for helping the unemployed ministerS of whom it was said there are 20 %n Answers 1.—-There have been five superin- tendents. 2.—Jos. B. Johnston is the present superintendent, and he has _ been head of the Orphanage since July 1, 1922—a period of slightly over a dozen years. 3.—The other three superintendents have been Rev. R. F. Wakefield, who served from 1908 until his death in 1910; Rev. W. T. Walker from 1910 to 1920, and E. MeS. Hyde, whose term was from 1920 to 1922. 4.-_-The greatest Offering totaled $49,467.73—a few hundred dollars $50.000. The 1933 Thanksgiving Offering totaled $29,261.56, which was $20,206,- 17 less than the peak year, The 1! Thanksgiving response was greater than that of 1932. 5.—Synod has requested all churches Thanksgivine less than to complete their Home Mission study and take their self-ctenial offering not later than the first Sunday in November, leaving the remainder of November open for arousing interest and taking the Thanksgiving Offer- ing at the close. They also requested the Presbyteries at the fall meeting to appoint a strong committee of laymen and ministers to secure a Thanksgiving response from every member of every church (an every member canvass), 6.—The total indebtedness of every description of the institution is $107,- 490.69, and against this indebtednesS the Orphanage has operating assets of $40,228.19. 7.—The interest cost of the in- debtedness last year was $1,705.01. 8.—The major portion of the in- debtedness of the institution is be- ing retired through ten-year life-en- dowment insurance policies. $61,000 of the indebtedness is carried in this manner, the annual premium pay- ments on this being $5,854.35. After the payment of six more annual premiums of $4,877.00, $50,000 of the indebtedness will be wiped out, and after the payment of eight more annual premiums of $977.35, $11,000 more of the inda@btedness will be elim’nated. This is a gradual retire- ment, which is well and good, but the annual outlay for retiring this $61,- 000 calls for premium payments of $5,854.35 plus an interest cost of $3,- 660.00, which totals $9,514.35. This last sum would be available for operation plus the additional interest costs of over $1,000.00 on other Orph- anage indebtedness if there was no overhanging obligations, This means hat the Orphanag would have $10,500 more for annual operation, and this the Synod. Workers among students in state ileges reported work and good re- ponses to their efforts in Chapel fiill, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Green- ville. It was aynounced that Rev. Donald Stewart and Rev. Watt Coop- er were now pastor and assistant in the church at Chapel Hill,, There were said to be as many students in | state schools as in denoniinationsal about 1200 in each. M. F. Ham, evangelist conduct- meeting in Charlotte, addressed he § od, and Dr. I. G. Greer, sup- erindent of the Mills Home, Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, speke at the popular meeting on Orphanage Work, Synod will meet next fall at Flora Macdonald College at Red Springs. leves colleges, Dr CHANGE IN SCHOOL HOURS (Continued from Page One) seventh grade girls would have to do this girl’s work in a very crowded hort period of time. This would not be fair to the other girls, and we ecl that we will have to be rather strict about observing our visiting iours. The children are free from five to six, except some of the sixth, seventh and eighth grade girls. On Saturday, any child will be ex- cused from whatever duties they may have to see relatives and friends. So let's make Saturday visiting day if you want to see special children. It is the only day that suits. Sunday most emphatically does not suit. —P. 0. H.— Engineer—Hi there! Get off the track, you idiot! What do you mean by standing in front of a locomotive? Man—Oh, I just had my life in- sured and I wanted to see whether the company is reliable. —P. 0. H.— A BLESSING “Ever since our baby was born my wife has been forced to abandon her vocal lessons.” “T always said children blessing.” i } were a —P. 0. H.— Little Boy: “Mother, do cows and bees go to heaven?” Mother: “Why, child, strange question! Why?” joy: “Because if they don’t, the milk and honey the preacher said was up be all canned what a there must goods and I’ve had enough of such things.” vacant for the Orphanages. He felt that some strong action was neces- sary, and proposed the resolution which was adopted that the Synod of North Carolina resolved that it would not co-operate with any plan in the future which called for free- will or special offerings after the first Sunday in November. sum would take care of many more children at the institution. The in- terest and premiunis are paid out of the Duke Endowment money and in- come from the Orphanage endowment, and does not come out of the gifts received from Synod. %.—The Orphanage operated within income last year, with a surplus its of $4,070.33. The operating income was $103,242.59 Che operating ex- pense was 172.06. Operating $1,552.11 less 3. costs last year were than they were in 1932-19 10.--We’d have duck fit. Seri- ously, though, such a Thanksgiving Offering, plus the cash surrender val- ue of the insurance policies, would lack only a few thousand dollars of completely wiping out the indebted- ness, and with decidedly reduced in- terest costs, the entire elimination of it could be made the following year, assuming that the regular in- come from Synod did not show a de- cline in either 1934-1935 or 1935- : Our Needs If your Church, Sunday School or Auxiliary wants to do something extra in addition to regular gifts we can use any of the articles listed below to very good advant- age. Canned fruits and Vegetables Table Cloths - 64 x 108 Spreads - Single beds 63 x 89 72 x &9 80 x 89 Three-quarter beds 89 x 98 80 x 107 Sheets - Single beds 54 x 90 63 x 90 63 x 99 Three-quarter beds 72 x 90 72 x 99 Quilts & Blankets - Same dim- ensions as sheets. SATISFYING THE SKEPTIC A woman inquired of a negro por- ter the time of the train to Chicago. She then went to a white man and asked him. The porter went to the white man afterwards and said, with a smile, “Perhaps she will believe it, now she has got it in black and white.” Northern Mail. —P. 0. H.— “I know what's passing in your mind,” said the maiden. “I know, too, why you are calling here night after night, appropriating my time to yourself and keeping other nice young men away. You want me to marry you, don’t you?” “I—I do!” gasped the young man. “I thought so. Very well, I will.” —Ex. astonished GIRL CLAIMING ONE-TIME RESIDENCE HERE FALSIFIED No Such Girl Had Ever Been Enrolled—No Parallel Case On Record Greensboro, Sept. 1.—Sadie Mae Craven, 14 years old, who took French leave of the Barium Springs orphan- age three wecks ago to come to Greensboro, last night was reunited with her mother, Mrs. L. L. Davis, after Mrs. Davis had come all the way from Montana after learning of her daughter’s disappearance the orphanage She had run away from the orphan- are 10 times in all, it was said, and she was assured last night that her home in the future would be with her mother, Sadie was placed in the care of the orphanage after her father died some nine years ago. Her mother, who formerly lived here and in High Point, married again a year or so ago and moved to Montana where she now resides. aa he young girl, who walked and hitch-h'ked her way to Greensboro, had been stiaying here with friends from sinee her arrival. She was recogn'zed, however, and her mother notified that she was in the city. Rarium Springs, Sept. 4.—-Saide Mae Craven, 14 years old, who claim- ed in Greensbero last week that she had run away from Barium Springs Orphanage was falsifying, said Jos. B. Joknston, superintendent of the Presbyterian Orphans’ Home here, rho stated that a girl of this rame s never been enroiled at Barium Springs, Mr. Johnston further stated that there was no girl on French leave from the Orphanage to adopt an alias. The article stated that the girl, who had run away from the Orphanage 10 times, was placed in the care of this institution nine years ago upon her father’s death, and that she was re- united last week with her mother in Greensboro, who had traveled trom Montana to take charge. There is no case on the records at Barium that in any way correspond to any of the claims made by this girl. “Furthermore,” said Mr. Johnston, “any child who ran away as many times as this girl claims to have gone A. W. Q. L. wouldn't be on the rolls at Barium, for we do not operate a detention home.” The first article above appeared in one of the Greensboro papers, and was reprinted in one or two other newspapers. When the matter was called to the attention of Barium officials, the second article was mail- ed out from the O ‘phanage to those papers which had used the original story As a sequel, it later developed that the girl had ran away from Samarcand, and was using the name of Barium = Springs Orphanage to cover up her identity from the police officers of Greensboro. Friends of Barium are warned to be sure that any individual claiming he or she has been to Bavium Springs is making a bona fide assertion. Several instances are recalled by Orpharfage officials, over a period of many years, when people have claimed that they were once enrolled at Barium, and because of this suceeded in “touching” different parties for gifts. Later investigation has proved they were telling an un- truth. If any boy or girl cliams a one-time residence here, a telegram dispatched to the Orphanage will quickly confirm or deny the claim. ADDRESS BY MOORESVILLE (Continued from Page One) life is hard and tedious and that the teachers are sometimes strict, but ven so your school days are full of memor‘es and are the happiest of your life.” “Jesus, no doubt, had the same sort of experiences as you and I,” contin- ued Dr. White, “and He entered into all activities with the same vigor and enthusiam, for Jesus developed normally. All that Jesus said and depended upon later on in His ministry depended upon what He did as a school boy. So it is with you. What you do and learn as a little boy SEVERAL CHANGES MADE IN ORPHANAGE PERSONNEL There Are Three “New Teachers In School, And Also Other Replacements During the past six months there have been a number of changes in the staff personnel at the Orphanage, all of those leaving the institution having been replaced with the ex- ception of one. Neweomers to the Orphanage staff include Miss Rebekah Carpen- ter, case worker; B. S. Linville, farm manager; Miss Margaret Bell, of Decatur, Ga., teacher of the fourth grade; Miss Laura Northrop, of St. Pauls, teacher of the third, and Miss Minnis Morrison, of Statesville, teach- er of the first grade. Miss Carpenter replaced Miss Frances Steele, who has a welfare position in Georgia; Mr. Linville re- placed T. C. Cavin, who is farming near Troutman; Miss Bell has taken ‘the place of Miss Mildred Mosely, of Duncan, Okla., who remained at her home after her mother’s sudden death this spring: Miss Northrop has replaced ss Mary Belle McKenzie, who is teaching in a Nor- mal School in Asheville, and Miss Morrison indirectly replaced Miss Leon'e Miller, who had been matren of Annie Louise Cottage, but who is remaining home because of her mother’s serious illness. Miss Me- Geogan, who was first grade teacher, is now in charge of Annie Louise Cottage, Miss Morrison do:ng Miss McGoogan’s work, The only old member of the staff who w not replaced was Ralph McMillan, director of physical edu- cation at the Orphanage since the fa'l of 1926, who has accepted a post 2s coach of the Hickory High School. Mr. MeMillan’s duties have been de- tailed to R. E. Jackins, who had helped the retir'ng director in his work, and who has been working at the Orphanage since finishing here ‘n 1927. Mr. Jackins is also in charge of the dairy. This article has dealt only with departures and replacements, and does not take into consideration those workers which have been added because of necessity when the school system was changed this fall. —-P. 0. H.—- SOME DIFFERENCE Johnny was sitting on the curb when Jimmy came along and asked him what was the matter. ‘Oh, I feel bad ‘cause Teddy’s dead, my nice doggie,” he sighed. “My!” said Jimmy, “I guess that’s too bad, but my grandmother's been dead a week and you don’t catch me crying.” Johnny gave his eyes a wipe with his hand and looking up at Jimmy sobbed despairingly, .““Yes, but you don’t raise your grandmother from a pup.” —P. 0, H.— RETORT EXPLANATORY Talkative Lady—“A big man like you might be better occupied than in cruelly catching helpless and inno- cent little fish.” B Angler—‘Perhaps you're right. But if this fish had kept his mouth shut, he wouldn’t be here.” or girl will depend upon what you say and do in later years.” The v:siting minister then touched upon the three-fold development. “The Scriptures tell us that He grew in stature. That’s a simple statement, but if He hadn’t grown, they would have been concerned about Him. He grew like any other boy or girl, and perhaps stood against the wall every now and then to see how much He had grown. He entered into the sports of that day. His fiather was a car penter, and I like to think that He went into His Father’s shop to work. No doubt He knew all about the car- penter’s work, for He probably mend- ed things with tools. It is encourag- ing to think that Jesus did all things just like we do.” Dr. White felt that the capacity and powers of the human body are marvelous, and also felt that the de- velopment of the body was a religious duty. It is a religious duty, he main- tained, to take care of one’s body, not to abuse it, but to feed it the nec- essary and proper’ food, take the right exercises and get the required sleep. Jesus took care of His body, he contended, and was a perfect speciman of manhood. His next point was that Jesus grew in wisdom. “His mental growth was carried along with that of His body. You can’t have a sound mind ‘n an unsound body. If you'll give your mind a good body, it will naturally grow, but that mind must have direction,” and here he pointed out that was why they went to school. “Education today is not cramming, nor simply learning what is in books, but education is to lead out our minds to think. You'll forget a lot that you learn in the classroom, but it will not be amiss to learn, because it will be helping the mind to grow. Shut up a man and his body and mind will both be dwarfed. “The powers of your minds are limitless,” he told them, “and there is no end to the power with'n your grasp. If there’s no limit,” he asked, “isn't it a moral and religious duty for us to cultivate it - to balance both mind and body?” The final thing which Dr, White considered necessary to make a well- rounded man or woman was to grow in spirit. “Christ grew in spirit and the grace of God. Unless your soul is developed you won’t be perfect. We will not be able to meet our needs and the needs of our fellowman. You must feed your soul. If you don’t feed it, it will be dwarfed. Feed your soul on the Bible, which is the bread of life. We know that Jesus fed His soul, because He knew the Old Testa- ment perfectly. His soul was satu- rated with the word of God, and if you are to make or approach a perfect man or woman, your soul must be fed likewise.” He felt that religion and school g&@ together and ti{it schol days should be filled with the spirit of religion. OR R a ft . RO A R AS A So s ne FO L OE MC D Ci s a AB Ni n is p EA B SE 08 Sa o wa s eae eels Sopa to . Vv : Presbyterians in N. * R: al Departancnt, Pree. . ther Way aR ae es ae“ — Orphans’ * . > +. J ° . . . PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANS’ HOME For THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS VOL, XII BARIUM SPRINGS, N. ©., OCTOBER 1934 NO. 1 EVERY PRESBYTERY HAS GONGURRED IN oYNOD'S REQUEST THAT A STRONG COMMITTEE BE APPOINTED These Committees Will Assist In Thanksgiving Offering and Later Plans to Lift Debt Every Presbyterian Is To Be Given An Opportunity to Help All of the nine Presbyteries in the Synod of North Carolina have con- curred in Synod’s recommendation handed down at its last annual meet- ing at Davidson, that a strong com- mittee be appointed in every Pres- bytery to see that every Presbyterian of every church has an opportunity to help the Orphanage in the approaching Thanksgiving Offering, and also to assist in further plans looking toward the complete elimina- tion of the indebtedness of the insti- tution. Jos. B. Johnston, superintendent of the Orphanage, appeared before Concord Presbytery and Winston- Salem Presbytery in behalf of the in- stitution, and Ernest Milton, treasurer, attended the sessions of Fayetteville, Kings Mountain, Mecklenburg and Wilmington Presbyteries. At the meeting of Albemarle, Granville and Orange someone else was asked to present the coming Thanksgiving Offering to those bodies. The method which will probably be followed by all of these nine com- mittees is to see that every church sets up a local organization to personally give every member of that particular church a chance to help with the Orphanage work. It is also hoped that members of the committees will visit among the different churches and present the Orphanage to the people whenever possible. These committees are beginning to work immediately and _ pastors are being asked to appoint these local groups so that their names will be available and material can _ be furnished them about the institution. Within a short time the Thanks- giving Offering envelopes will be in the hands of the pastors and will be ready for whatever method will be employed ‘by the local committees. Later plans for ridding Barium of its indebtedness have not yet been perfected, for concentration will now be placed upon the Thanksgiving Offering, to see how great this will be. A big advancement toward debt elimination is expected to result from the 1934 Thanksgiving response. All of the Regents of Barium are ex-officio members of these Presby- tery committees and will be © avail- able for service and assistance. Mrs. George Norfleet, of Winston-Salem, was also named to help in Winston- Salem Presbytery. It is felt that every Presbyterial Orphanage Secre- tary will likewise be available te help these committees. The Committees appointed by the various Presbyteries are as follows: Albemarle Presbytery: Dr. W. L. SUNDAY SCHOOLS HIT NEW PEAK IN GIVING Only One Month In Last 18 Better Than September Responses Reports from Sunday Schools showed some backsliding in August, but there was a rebound in Septem- ber which sent their reports soaring from $876.19 last month to the im- pressive sum of $1,436.55 in Septem- ber. This was an increase of $560.36 over the previous month, and rep- resents one of the largest reports ever received from Sunday Schools in any one month of the fiscal period. Only one other month in the last 18 has the report been any better and that was in March, the closing month of last year when $1,838.30 arrived from this source. The record for September is run- ning true to form in that the Sunday Schools seem to use alternating months to give their best sums to the Orphanage. For intsance (in round numbers) it was $620.00 in April, $1,065.0 in May; $950.00 in June; $1,275.00 in July; $876.00 in August, and now $1,435.00 in September. According to this, it would seem that October giving wou'd drop down, More Sunday Schools Adopt Regular Plan New Sunday Schools adopting a plan of regular giving continue to report, for there have been five to send gifts for the first t.me since the last issue of the paper. Those sending contributions only recently include Edenton and Fa.k- land Sunday Schools in Albe- marle; Midway in Fayetteville; Mt. Gilead in Mecklenburg and El-Bethel in Orange. It was known some time ago that Midway had started the plan, but their first report at the end of the quarter just arrived. There are three other Sunday Schools known to have instituted the Sunday-Per-Month-Offeri hn g¢ plan in October, but these will not be recorded unti! tle first gifts come to Barium. but the opinion prevails that the Sun- day Schools are going to break into the record established so far and will again report a _ most substantial total for the month. Last October it was over $1,300. This October should be somewhat similar, for better of- ferings are made in the fall months. The Sunday Schools are now close to $900.00 ahead of the sum which they had contributed a year ago at Hand, chairman; C. S. Hollister, Jr.,| this time. Watch that increase be- and H. B. Smith, all of New Bern. Concord PreSbytery: Rev. J. A. Caligan, Valdese, chairman; ie Hurley, Salisbury, and J. Cannon, Concord. Fayetteville Presbytery: Rev. J. F. Menius, Lillington; 0. L. Johnston,| sification R. L. Alexander,| and the prediction was made that Lillington; Rev. Lumberton; J. B. McCallum, Jr., Max- fore the current year is ended! At the end of August, six Sunday Schools had given as much as $100 0 Archie! but this has now jumped to 13 at the close of September. You might re- call that there were 36 in this clas- when 1933-1934 ended, there would be around 50 to 55 do-ng ton; Rev. J. C. B. McLaughlin, Laurel] this in 1934-1935. This prediction has Hill; Mac Cameron, Laurinburg; not altered. There will be others Rev. A. S. Carswell Raeford; Edgar| reaching this sum when October con- Rev. D. L. Jones, Hall, Raeford; Hope Mills; Fayettevills; Rev. E. L. Barber, Aberdeen; Dr. Talbert Johnson, Ab- erdeen; Rev. Dixon McDonald, Angier Dr. A. S. Cromartie, tributions arrive. Those already having done this and the amounts they have sent in are Concord First $315.28; Winston- Salem First $254.40; Salisbury First Granville Presbytery: J. C. Allison, $183.50; Shelby $126.77; Durham First Raleigh; J. T. Marrow, Henderson,} $121.00; Gastonia First $117.01; Al- and J. L. Conrad, Durham. Kings Mountain Presbytery: Rev. W. M. Currie, Belmont, chairman; Rev. A. S. Anderson, Cramerton; F L. Smyre, Gastonia; Rev. W. S. Wil- son, D. D., Lincognton; and J. S. Me- Rev. C. Guy M. Beatty; Rev. Harry K. Holland, and Knight, Shelby. Mecklenburg Presbytery: M. Boyd, D. D., chairman; (Continued on Page Four) HOW MUCH OO YOU Treasurer, Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: and am therefore enclosing a particular phase of the work Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 21,000 monthly copies, bemarle $114.31; Laurinburg $110.27; St. Pauls (F) $105.59, and Greens- boro First $103.07. Fayetteville and Kings Mountain Presbyteries are jointly loading in this with three Sunday Schools a- piece;; Conrord and Mecklenburg have two each in this group, while Granville, Orange and Winston-Salem have one each. Albemarte and Wil- (Continued on Page Four) IKE THE MESSENGER? special gift of $———— for this at Barium. Name Address First Thanksgivin + Offering Is Received On September 2th, exactly two months before the date of Thanksgiving this year, the first Thanksgiving Offering arrived. It was a gift sent from the Second Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, and was presumably made by an individual of that church ahead of time. The sum was $150.00. This is among the earliest Thanksgiving Offerings ever reach- ing the Orphanage, ind has sound- ed for the officials here, and it is hoped for everybody throughout the Synod, a note of encourage- ment that the coming Thanksgiv- ing response is going to supersede snything ‘n the past. te often Otfer.ngs have ar- rived a month before Thanksgiv- ing, but it’s rare for them to reach the institution two months before the appointed time when the Or- phanage is remembered. — Friend Of Orphanage Operated Institution One Hour October 10 October 1, 1934 Mr. Ernest Milton, Treas., Barium Springs Orphanage, Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Ernest: Here’s my check for twelve dollars. This is not to apply on my monthly contribution. I believe I have sent that in for October, any- way. In looking over your questions and answers given out at Synod, I notice that ten cents a month from each Presbyterian would carry the expenses of the Home. This figures about $283.84 a day, or nearly $12.09 an hour; about 20c a minute. ‘Mfiybe you have figured this out for yourself. I should like to “operate” the Home for a day but I can’t quite do that right now, but that is ne reason why I should not have an opportunity to “operate” it for an hour. I know $12.00 will not cover the expenses of an hour at break- fast, lunch or supper, or even while the youngsters are at school, so I'll select ten o’clock at night as my _ hour. Lights should be out and shoes in the corner and the kids in bed, and expenses reduced. Inasmuch as October 10 is my birthday, I'll select 10-10-10 as my time,— tenth month, tenth day and ten o’clock at night. You understand, of course, that this is just a whim, so if you mention it to somebody who can take over the plant for a day, a week, or a month, you can use the facts and leave my name out. I have an idea that there may be somebody else who is as full of whims as I am, and if you can catch the imagination of 8760 Presbyterians, you'll have one for each hour. With best wishes, I am, Cordially yours, Barium Springs, N. C. October 3, 1934 Dear Mr.— Mr. Milton is away on a trip right now, and I am answering his mail for him. I am delighted to reply to your letter and to tell you that we are assigning the particular hour, and day for you to carry the entire expense of the Orphanage. Your idea is fine, and I will use it a good many times. I won’t mention your name as you request me not to, but this very idea, I know, will go over and be used a num- ber of times. I feel just a little bit stingy when I go around and ask people to contribute money. They do not get the kick out of this place that I do, being here where I come in contact with these children every day. I see them grow up from little chaps into _ self-reliant grown people, and I get the pleasure of seeing that develop- ment at first hand. Whereas, when I ask people to send money here, I am asking them to do something—to buy ice cream and let me eat it—so to speak. The idea that you calla “whim” is, I think, a way for a person to get a little more enjoyment out of their contributions here (Continued On Page Four) dd CHURCHES REPORTING THROUGH THREE CHANNELS Mecklenburg Presbytery Leads All Others With Seven Such Churches The midway point of the 1934-1935 fiscal year has been reached and the books at Barium showed on Septem- ber 30th that there were 33 Churches in the Synod of North Carolina con- tributing to the Orphanage through the channels of the church budget, Sunday School and Auxiliary. That number will possibly double during the current month, for many organizations which have not re- ported during the summer period send in their contributions in October. It is recalled that at the close of October, 1933, there were 64 churches in this category and while the number in the immediately preceding month of 1933 was just about the same as the 33 recorded this month. Mecklenburg Presbytery is leading with seven churches in this classifi- cation, being closely trailed by Con- cord Presbytery with six. Granville, Orange and Wilmington Presbyteries have two churches each, for the low- est number. Below are the churches gaining this distinction and meriting this special mention: : Albemarle: Ahioskie, Greenville, Washington. Concord: Mooresville First, Pros- pect, Salisbury First, Salisbury Second, Statesville First, and Thya- tira. Fayettevi:le: Bethesda, Laurin- burg, Raeford and Red Springs. Granville: Durham First and Raleigh First. Kings Mountain: Duncan Creek, Gastonia First and Kings Mountain. Mecklenburg: Albemarle, Badin, Caldwell Memorial, Charlotte First, Charlotte Second, Steele Creek and Westminster. Orange: Alamance, Buffalo (G). Wilmington: Clarkton and Im- manuel, Winston-Salem: Lexington, North Wilkesboro, Reynolda and Winston- Salem First. It can be said, by way of expian- ation, that not all of the Sunday Schools of the above number contri- bute as a body. A few classes in some of them have sent contributions to the Orphanage, which enables the churches to be placed in this group. It is hoped that the entire Sunday School of each one will soon emulate the plan of a few classes. There is no need to call attention to which Sunday Schools this applies, for the local members are aware whether their Sunday School is contributing as a whole, or whether a small part of the Sunday School is helping the Orphanage. MANY CHILDREN PROMOTED DURING SUMMER MONTHS Adjustments Are Rapidly Made To New Matron, Work and Surroundings There are nine different cottages at the Orphanage, the children liv- ing in them being arranged princi- pally according to their ages. Some Orphanages follow the plan of plac- ing boys and girls of varying ages in the same cottage and letting them remain there until their graduation, but officials at Barium consider it more advisable to have children of the same age in the same cottage and advance them from time to time. As each child reaches the proper age they are promoted to the next group, which is quite an occasion in the lives of most of them. Although each advancement means more and harder work, they look forward to “going up” and adjust themselves to the new surroundings and new work rather quickly. They have a new matron, new work and a different set of boys or girls with whom they are to become intimately acquainted. Several may be promoted from one cottage at the same time, and they have these friends as a nucleus from which they readily broaden their range of friendships. Most of the promotions are made during the summer time, and by the school opening everybody has _ been thoroughly adjusted to the new sur- roundings. Below are being published the promotions which were made during the past summer. These are being listed in order that clothing people may know where “their” boys or girls now live. They will learn of this a little later on when the chil- dren write them, but this information is now being given. ‘ From Baby Cottage to Annie Louise: Rachel Mills and Anne Mc- Donald. From Baby Cottage to Synod’s: Amos Hardy, Raymond Jessup, Al- bert May, Herbert McMasters, and Stanley Smith. From Baby Cottage to Rumple Hall: Mildred Eudy, one of the older girls who helped the Baby Cottage matron with the children. From Baby Cottage to Woman's Building: Iris Spencer, another one of the older girls who helped with the smaller children. From Annie Louise to Howard: Evelyn Billings, Helen Billings, Ger- trude Bryant, Vivian Brigance, Ruth Cole, and Elizabeth Robards. From Synod’s to Lees’: Gwyn Fletcher, Joe Ben Gibbs, Billy Lind- say, Oscar Newnam and Dennis Williams. From Howard to Rumple Hall: Gladys Caton, Grace Caton, Lucile (Continued On Page Four) Income Distribution | More Contributors Auxiliaries and Sunday Schools in the Synod of North Carolina last month sent the largest sums that they have sent to the Orphanage during any of the past six months. The total from the Auxiliaries was $667.12, as compared with a former best mark of $622.92 in July, and the Sunday Schools reported $1,436.55 as against their previous best sum of $1,273.56, which also came to Barium in July. A total of $2,939.32 was received in September, and in addition to the sums arriving from the Sunday Schools and Auxiliaries, $825.22 was sent in from church budgets and four Young People’s organizations report- ed $10.45. The lead of the Sunday Schools in- creased in September, after being im- paired after the August reports were tabulated. They are still decidedly ahead with $6,224.11 reported in the first six months of the fiscal period. Church budget giving follows with $4,696.47; Auxiliaries have contribut- ed $2,876.01 to date, and $34.09 has come to Barium from Young People’s groups. : It is thought that the largest sub- stantial increase in October is going to be from the Auxiliaries. So many have not reported to date which had sent in gifts last year that it is be- lieved gifts will be sent in from them in this month. Elsewhere it is seen that 124 of the 387 Auxiliaries have reported contributions to the support fund, and this number, as well as the amount given, should jump to a new high level this month. The distribution of the giving for the first six months (Young People’s organizations are not included in this) is as follows: Month Chur. s. 8. Aux. April $185.76 $621.82 $201.67 May 535.10 1,065.94 430.09 June 781.25 950.05 580.68 July 898.05 1,273.56 622.92 August 1,471.09 876.19 373.50 Sept. 825.22 1,436.55 667.12 Totals $4,696.47 $6,224.11 $2,876.01 During the month of September, 10 churches reported budget contri- butions for the first time during 1934-1935, 13 Sunday Schools sent in their first Offerings for the year, and reports were received from 10 gilditional Auxiliarfes. This brings the total to 504 organizations which are helning regularly in the support of the institution, and continues the good record over that of a_corre- sponding period of 1933-1934. Although the increased number helping the Orphanage is noteworthy, this number represents a little over one-third of all organizations with- in the Synod. When it is stated that there are approximately 200 churches which have not sent anything to the support fund of Barium this fiscal year, it is readily seen that many of these organizations are in the same church; in fact 99 of the 504 dif- ferent gifts came from 33 churches, for these are reporting to Barium through. the three main channels. Church budgets reporting in Sep- tember were Fifth Creek, Marion and Old Fort in Concord Presbytery; Flat Branch in Fayetteville; Hender- son, Nut Bush and Trinity Avenue in Granville; Yanceyville in Orange, and Foster Memorial and North Wilkesboro in Winston-Salem. Sunday Schoois reporting for the first time were the Bible Class of the Waldensian Church in Concord Presbytery; Cameron, the Vanguard Class of the Dunn Church and Mid- way in Fayetteville Presbytery; Beulah and Rockingham in Mecklen- burg; El-Bethel and Madison in Orange; Faison, Beginners’ Depart- ment of Immanuel Church, Pearsall Memorial and Winter Park in Wil- mington, and Low Gap in Winston- Salem Presbytery. ’ Auxiliaries making their first re- ports in September were Clio in Concord Presbytery; Galatia, Lumber Bridge and Smyrna in Fayetteville; Selma and West Raleigh in Granville; (Continued On Page Four) Page Two BARIUM MESSENGER PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANS’ HoME JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Editor ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor ber 15, 1¥28, at the postoffice at Bariam Springs. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage. Authorized, November 15, 1923. as second-class matter Novem wader the act of August 24, 1912 oe ed for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917. BOARD OF REGENTS REV. J. BR. BAY ae el Le oe we) DR. J. R. MeGREGOR - - - - - Vice-President MRS. Z. V. TURLINGTON - - - - - Secretary Rev. W. M. Currie - - - - Belmont, Mrs. W. E. White ----- Graham Stamps Howard - - - - - > - Tarboro| Rey, R. C. Clontz - - - Wilmington Mes. Fe ot St — John W. Moore - - Winston-Salem _ j oe ie ee Mebane| Mrs John Harper --- Wilmington K. G. Hudson ------- Raleigh} W. B. Bradford - - - - - - - Coasseite Rev. Eugene Alexander - Manchester| Mrs H. A. Rouzer - --- Sa isbury — 2 oo thee « 6 ee Belmont} Mrs. L. A. MeLaw in == ~ Rowland ts W T. Clark Sie aie Wilson| Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro DIRECTORY Jos. B. Johnston - - - - - - - - General — J.B taweee = + = + = 6 oe 2 ; 5 - ; ee Ernest Milton - . - - - ° : i Miss Lulie E. Andrews - . - - Bookkeeper and Clothing — « «=. 90 eee: eer Miss Maggie Adams T. L. O’Kelley “ * je et es oa - Head of Schook (FORM OF BEQUEST.) “I give and bequeath to the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ HOME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Incorporated Under the laws of the State of North Caro- lina, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) Looking For Presbyterians Last year the Salisbury First Church set as their Thanksgiving goal the sum of $1,000.00, an amount which was just about double what they had been giving during the past few years. A committee of three, headed by J. F. Hurley, was appointed, and this Com- mittee undertook a personal canvass of every member of the con- gregation, with the result that the final Thanksgiving sum for that church was $932.18 for 1933, as compared with $567.43 the pre- vious year. As part of his compaign, Mr. Hurley prepared a letter, which was used extensively in his own congregation, and which was like- wise published on the editorial pages of many newspapers. That letter is reproduced below, and is just as applicable as the 193 Thanksgiving Offering period approaches as it was a year ago. It was the amazing results obtained in the Salisbury First Church which led to the presentation of this suggestion to Synod, which recommended it and passed it on to the Presbyteries, all of which have in turn recommended it to the local churches. The Orphanage staff commends this letter to the careful con- sideration of every Presbyterian in the Synod of North Carolina: Salisbury, N. C. November 23, 1933 I am looking for Presbyterians. I understand that there are something like 80,000 of them in North Carolina. I am one of the group and want to talk about something in which every one of us is interested—Barium Springs Orphanage, where we have 303 children and a deficit of near 100,000.00. I am chairman of a committee from the First Church, Salis- bury seeking to get $1,000 on November 30th and I would like to speak a word by way of a challenge to the rest of the 80,000 living outside of Rowan county. If Salisbury First raises a thousand dollars on Thanksgiving day, what will the rest of you do? Some weeks ago I was talking to Joe Johnston about Ba- rium and asked him what was going to be done about this operat- ing deficit of $100,000. He replied that it would have to be taken care of by gradual reduction over a period of years. The superintendent has great faith in his 80,000 blue stocking eaglets. Shall we fail him? If, then, that is what we must do, it is high time we were getting down to business, and there are two things we MUST do: First, we must peg the deficit; it must not grow another day. Then we must subscribe and pay in a support fund plus—and a good sized plus, too, to reduce the deficit. If it grows larger we are sunk and might just as well call for the sheriff. This means a real serious, sacrificial offering, not only on Thanksgiving day, but for the eleven months that are to follow. We must get all Presbyterians back to the gift line for many of them are and have been on vacation. Let’s do this—Seek a gift from all who have been ducking, and increase the gifts from those who have stood by during the lean years. Then lets make 1934 a Barium Springs year and in that twelve months wipe out this shameful deficit. After all 80,000 Presbyterians may be wrong, in fact they are all wrong in this matter and the results are disheartening to one who stops and looks the full facts in the face. J. F. Hurley. It was an ispiring sight not long ago To have fair wind and sunny sky and a tight boat is not necessarily] to see 14 of the Barium children re- to be a success, and to have head- : . . 7 : . |ceive Testaments for having recited winds and cross-cut tides and rain e149 . ; 7 the Child’s Catechism. There are and cold and hunger is not of neces- + : others receiving this reward from sity to be a failure; but no matter what the weather does, no matter what the tides,—rain or shine, snow or blow, to steer by stars and with a true heart to keep the course as best I can, is to succeed and be no failure, though my boat goes down and I am no more known till the sea gives up its dead. Failure, then, is never an absolute word—always relative; and the only real failure is inside, not outside. To learn that character is what God is seeking and that it grows out of struggle rather than attainment, time to time. —P. 0. H.i— If the Sunday Schools have mis placed the posters which are to be displayed on the Sunday before and the Sunday of the Barium Offering, kindly drop us a postal card, and we'll be glad to forward you another set or as many sets as you need. —P. 0. H.— The first 1934 Thanksgiving Offer- ing has been received. It reached Barium on September 29th—exactly two months prior to the actual date of Thanksgiving. It was a splendid that is a question of faithfulness check for $150.00 and somehow rather than success, of direction gives us the tooling that it is the rather than distance; that to make) ¢orerunner of a stupendous response the most of one talent, of half al gps fall talent, of a broken sword, if it is all ; ae; oe you have, is all God asks and will] Three treasurers last month wrote win all the recognition He can give] and said that acknowledgment of any one—is to learn a priceless lesson. -—-Maltbie D. Babcock gifts was not necessary. We ap- preciate the saving to the Orphanage. BARIUM MESSENGER There are about 60 treasurers who have said that the cancelled check would answer the purpose of a re- ceipt, so this saving in postage and stationery alone is amounting to a goodly sum each month. —P. 0. H.— Although the Synod of North Ca- rolina is only $108.26 ahead of its giv- ing of a year ago, we are not down- hearteq at Barium. We just think this is going to be one of the best financial years of all before our books are closed on March 31, 1935. We believe the increased number of organizations helping and the enthu- sisam displayed about the coming Thanksgiving Offering will make the remarkably, total increase —P. 0. H.— Once more we want to express our gratification over the responses of friends who have contributed toward publishing The Barium Messengter. It is comforting and encouraging. We have several reporting gifts for this purpose each month, and hope that this will be increasingly so, and that we can later say that many are in- dicating their regard for the paper by sending us sums toward its pub- lication. amp: 2, Ts In traveling about Synod of North Carolina across innumerable instances the come where through we porting; 160 churches have sent bud- 124 contributions Auxiliaries have sent to the fund and nine Young People’s groups have sent gifts. That’s a good record, getary gifts; support and will pe a better one as the year progresses. Of course, almost very organization will help the Orphanage at Thanksgiving, but this paragraph has reference to regular giving. —P. 0. H.— The period of “moving” is over at the Orphanage for the main part. The promotion of the children from coltage to cottage is generally made in the summer months. In this issue of The Messenger we are giving you the transfers which have been made, so that friends of the children will now know in what cottages they re- side at Barium. Of course, the chil- dren have all known one another while at Barium, but each transfer means that new intimacies will be made. —P. 0. H.— “Since we started giving one Of- fering per month to Barium we've had more money in the treasury than ever before, said one pastor last menth, and that assertion was a du- plication of other statements by other nastors. This particular Sunday October 1984 | Some Cottage News | RUMPLE Hello Everybody, But this deesn’t happen to be Kate Smith. Since school has started we have been working pretty hard. But “Daddy Johnston” is making it up to us by letting us go to a ball game or a picture every other Saturday. Wr certainty do miss our girls who went to the Woman’s Building and we hope they enjoy being over there. Qur matron, Miss Stevenson, has gone for a month’s vacation. We miss her but we enjoy having Mrs. Purdy for a matron. We hope Miss Stevenson will enjoy her vacation and will return to us safely. —The Dishwashers HOWARD COTTAGE Dear Friends of The Barium Mes- senger; School has started and we are studying hard to make our grades. Football is here and we are glad. Last Friday we had a football game up here. We played Mooresville High School. During the intermission between halves, 12 of our girls went on the field and did some acrobatic stunts. Saturday we went to the David- son-Elon football game. Two Indians came up here Mon- HALL School adopted the plan shortly after unusual methods are used in show- ing loyalty to, and interest in, the} Orphanage. Not long ago we found a couple whose wedding anniversary is in November, and every year this couple sends to the Orphanage the money which would be used in pur- chasing an present. Your wedding doesn’t necessarily have to be in November to adopt this as your custom! ~—FP. 0. H.— We're filling many requests the moving pictures of Barium now, and will have a rather full schedule anniversary anniversary for before Thanksgiving Day. We are progressing with our plan to take these film to every church in the Synod of North Carolina that has an electric light system of 110 volts. It may take us another year to com- plete this plan, and after that we'll take anothe: and include many of those things that were not in- cluded in the picture made in March, 1933. set -P. 0. H.— Our recora at Barium now shows 86 Sunday Schools have incorporated a regular plan of giving in their organizations since June, 1933. Many re-instated the plan which had been | Thanksgiving time. affirmed its recommendation that this be done, This Sunday School is going to send over $100.00 to Ba- | rium during 1934-1935, which is over $100.00 more than would have come from that church regularly or at ’ —P. 0. H.— During this year we have been sending back, in our acknowledg- ment of gifts to the Sunday Schools, a comparative statement of what that particular Sunday School did in the months of 1933-1934, and what it has done for the months to date. One su- perintendent is unusually zealous in making every offering of 1934-1935 greater than the coresponding month of 1933-1934, and to do this he often- times has to dig down into his own pocket. We happen to know that he personally gave over $6.00 one Sun- day in order to maintain that record. He has our commendation, our ap- probation aatd any other “ations” that are applicable. —P. 0. H.— A prominent physician recently died in this state, and before his fu- neral his widow requested that no flowers be sent, but that the money which would be thus spent be sent to Barium. Ordinarily, it would have nece y dropped for a temporary period, but the greater majority a- dopted it for the first time. It won't which do not can be be long before those give regularly to Barium quickly named, at the rate in which new ones are reporting gifts to the Orphanage. —P. 0. H.— Not long ago we came across little bang of T-year-old girls who have a club all their own, They had some money in the treasury about the time we were visiting their town with the moving pictures of Barium, and when an offering was taken that night after the pictures were dis- played, an enevlope with a substan- tial number of nickels was found in the plate. This little group of girls had given this to Barium rather than use it for their own club activ- ities, or pleasures. a —P, 0. H.— We have been pleased with the united action with which the Pres- byteries have received the sug- gestion that they appoint a strong committee to see that every Presby- terian in the Synod has a chance to contribute this coming Thanksgiving. If this suggestion is universally ac- cepted by all pastors and they, in return, appoint a strong local com- mittee, we won't have any quaims as to the final outcome of the Offer- ing. —P. 0. H.— When we closed our books at the end of the half-year we found 33 churches which were contributing to us through the channels of the church budget, Sunday School and Auxiliary. We think that there are many others doing this, and these will be placed on this role of honor just as soon ag the reports are received. Other churches likewise do this, but their contributions come in one lump sum, with no indication of the amount contributed by the individual organ- izations. —P. 0. H.— A total of 513 organizations within the churches of the Synod have had a part in helping Barium in the first half of the church year. Sunday Schools lead with 220 of them re- been an enormous amount of flowers there, but friends heeded the request and are going to give the money to Barium. An organization of the church is handling this, and when the sum comes in it will be a splendid and lasting memorial to one who lived an exemplary life. This plan is becom- ing more widespread all of the time, and these memorial gifts are proving quite valuable to the Orphanage in its work. —P. 0. H.— The series of “Questions and Answers” about the Orphanage are proving rather popular. We’ve been using these in sets of 10 each month in The Barium Messenger, and the first 40 questions and answers have been printed all together and are be- ing widely distributed throughout the Synod. Many Auxiliaries are calling for batches of 50 and 75 of them and sometimes even larger quantities so that each member of the Auxiliary will have a copy. We'll be glad to comply with requests for as many as are needed in every church. It would be a good idea for Sunday Schools to ask a few questions each Sunday. —P. 0. H.— Three men were standing outside a church one day, and in the group of three were two who had once been students at Barium. One of these former students remarked to the three, “I’ll give as much to Barium today ag you will give.” The other two accepted the challenge, and as a result the Orphanage was given a substantial amount, much greater than it would have been had not this challenge been extended. As they started in the church, the former Barium student remarked, “I don’t care how much you give to Barium; it isn’t enough, and he no doubt was thinking of all that the Orphanage had meant to him. —P. O. H. One of our loyal friends took a pencil and paper and figured out how much it cost to operate the Orphan- age for one hour, and promptly sent us a check to take care of the period from 10 to 11 p. m. His letter, telling of this mathematical procedure, is re- the Synod, at its 1933 Assembly, re-, day night. They told us some stories, and showed us some things little girls and boys made. We enjoyed them very much. | Vivian Brigance had a visit from jher Mother and Daddy. We are having “heaps” of beans to string these days. Offsetting this is a lot of apples to eat. Seven of our girls received a Testament Sunday for perfect reciation of the Child’s Catechism. Several more of the girls are going to try to recite it. and some are working on the Shorter Catechism. Mr. Johnston took us for a walk Sunday aftexnorhh. We are always glad tohavehim take usfor a walk. BABY COTTAGE Well folks, another month has rolled around again, and we are as happy as ever. There are eight of us going to school this year. We are all tickled pink over it. We have a new teacher this year, Miss Morrison. She took Miss MeGoogan’s place, who is now matron at Annie Louise. Although we miss Miss McGoogan, we know Miss Morrison will try to fill her place. Since we are having chapel at school, Mr. CfKelly has made arrangements for each class to give a program once a week. We are now working on ours and are hoping it will be the best. Two new members have been added 4o our family. tly are Bobby and Earl Allen. Bobby has taken Betty Joe’s place as baby of the home. He is two and a half years old. We have had several visitors at our cottage lately. Betty Joe was surprised when her mother walked in on her one Saturday morning. Mr. Lowrance brought two gentle- men to look over our cottage; while Mr. Milton a few days later brought a party from Gastonia for the same purpose. Mrs. Norfleet, her daughter and granddaughter paid us a_ short visit. Mrs Norfleet is so nice to us. We all call her our Mrs. Norfleet. She has let most of us visit her at her home in Winston-Salem several times. Mrs. McCall and Mrs. Sherrill from Unity Churth, where Betty Smith is clothed, came to see us the other day. We always enjoy having visitors and hope everyone is so pleased with us they will come again. Does everyone have the football spirit in them like we do? We saw our first game Friday. We will be sorry when it turns cold, because we can’t go to anymore games then. All of our watermelons are gone, but we truly enjoyed them while they lasted. The apples are taking their place, though. Mama Girt received a large box of scuppernong grapes from her son, Murphy, today. We are all enjoying them with her. Murphy has_ been with us several times. He is always welcome, and we always give him another invitation to come back. We all enjoyed a program’ given by two real Indians one night. They were very amusing as well as educa- tional and we hope they will come back again. Maybe when they do we will be able te speak to them (and you) in the Indian language. They showed us many pretty things which they made themselves. They also sang and danced for us. produced in this issue of The Mes- senger, and we hope that there are many who will want to have an hour all their own as a result of this ini- tial contribution. Wouldn’t it be a great satisfaction to send in a $12.00 gift, stipulating the hour you wanted to be yours, and during that hour think of the great joy and satisfac- tion that is being accomplished through your generosity? On occas- ions we have received checks for $300.00, the individuals telling us that they wanted to know that they were taking care of the Orphanage for one day out of the 365 in the year. 1984 Ws e Kate e have ‘Daddy us by e or a y girls uilding ig over n, has in. We e Mrs. Miss heation shers Mes- e are rrades. glad. game High ission went obatic Javid- Mon- ories, > girls them irom beans tting red a rfect hism. going p are hism. walk ways walk. has ‘e as ry to ekled hcher took now ough know her 1 at ade give now gz it been are has vy of ears at Page Three BARIUM MESSENGER. Questions And Answers About Orphanage The 40 Questions and Answers below have been appearing in The Baitum Messenger in groups of ten for the past four months, but they are being reprinted in the Octoher issue in a composite form. You might have’ missed some issues of the paper, or have overlooked one set of questions when The Messenger arrived, but reprinting these today will give you an opportunity to e%p all of them out and save them for ref- erence. It is suggested that Auxiliaries use this set of Questions and Answers for a course of study in their organizations. Anyone thoroughly familiar with ail the data contained in this will know a great deal about the Orphanage at Barium. Here they are: 1.—When and where was the first movement started toward the es- tablishment of an Orphanage by the Presbyterians of North Carolina? 1.—In Charlotte in 1883. The move- ment was led by a few women of Charlotte, aided by several men who were later active in the affairs of the Orphanage at Barium. This was somewhat of a private enterprise, however, for the Orphanage did not come under the control of the Synod until later. 2.—When was the Home moved to Barium Springs? 2.—On January 11, 1891. 3.—How many children were on the original role? 3—Before removal to Barium ‘hare were 25 children on the role;' 12 of them came to Barium. 4.—What catastrophe happened during the first year at Barium? 4.—The old two-story wooden ho.el building with a two-story porch running the length of the building which stood on the sight of the present Rumple Hall, was burned one morning in November, 1891. This constituted the extent of the Orphanage at that time and was the home of these 12 boys and girls. After the burning of this building, the Orphanage population was tem- porarily sheitered in Statesville. 5.—What is the oldest building now at Barium Springs, and which one was built shortly thereafter? 5.—The first building erected after this calamity was Annie Louise Cottage, given by the late George Watts, of Durham, and was named in honor of his only child, now Mrs. John Sprunt Hill, of Durham. The Presbyterians of the Synod contribut- ed sufficient funds to erect Synod’s Cottage, construction of which was started before Annie Louise was completed. 6.—What is the name of the church at Barium? 6.—Little Joe’s Church. 7.—Briefly recount the history of its beginning. 7—On September 1, 1901, Joe Gilland, six years of age, was accepted into the Qrphanage. His one dominant idea, expressed quite frequently, was “When I get to be a big man, I’m going to build a church with a porch on it.” On Sun- day morning, February 1, 1904, he died after only one day’s illness, and after his death 45 cents were found in his possession labeled, “For a Church.” He was nine years’ old when he died. The hope of this little bey was heralded throughout the Synod, the response was prompt and generous, and in 1906 the building was started. It was completed in 1907, and was named after fittle Joe, whose childish ambition to build a church at Barium when he became a man had become a reality three years after his death. 8.—Tell about the progress of the Orphanage from its beginning un- til 1920. 8.—After the completion of Annie Louise and Synod’s Cottages, the next building to be constructed was Rumple Hall, which was somewhat smaller, in the original, than the present structure. It was named Rumple Hall in honor of Dr. Jethro Rumple, then president of the Board of Regents and active in Barium’s behalf. In 1900, Dr. Rumple came in contact with Mrs. S. P. Lees of New York City, who gave the funds for Lee’s Cottage. Spurred on by the challenge of the late Geo. Watts that he would match dollar for dollar that the Synod would contribute, Boyd Cottage was eventually constructed, which for a long time was the sup- erintendent’s home. In 1902, the Burroughs building, now the office at Barium, was erected by J. C. Burroughs, of Charlotte, in memory of his only daughter. Through a be-| quest of S. P. Alexander, of Charlotte, Alexander Cottage was built almost simultaneously, and in 1903, the late Judge George Howard, of Tarboro, made possible Howard Cottage, a! memorial to his wife, Mrs. Anna Stamps Howard. In 1911, the late John McNair of Laurinburg was the heaviest contributor of the funds for the erection of a school building, which is now used for the high school, and James and Wm. H. Sprunt of Wilmington, gave the modern In- firmary a¢ Barium in 1916. 9,—What auspicious program was launched for the Orphanage in 1920? 9,— In 1920, Synod adopted a plan of expansion and authorized the ex- penditure of $100,000 each year for a period of five years. 10.-—Only about half of this amount 10.—What were the results? was raised, and much of the sum spent came from large individual givers. The women of the Synod of North Carolina built and furnished the Lottie Walker Building which has a capacity of 66 girls. Rumple Hall was enlarged to house 43 gir’s who worked in the kitchen and din- ing room and many of the teachers, and the dining room was extended on both sides. C. W. Johnston of Char- lotte built and equipped the sewing and laundry room building. Jennie Gilmer Cottage was erected through the generosity of C. W. John- ston of Charlotte; P. Peursall, of Wilmington, and proceeds from the legacy of Miss Virginia Gilmer of Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Stowe, of Belmont, made possible the Baby Cottage. The Burwell legacy built the manse, and a home was construct- ed for the superintendent. The last building constructed was the gram- mar school, given by W. N. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem and was finished in 1926. All of this represented an outlay of close to $250,000, and possibly the remaining part of the $500,000 authorized was to be used for endowment for the upkeep of these buildings, but this was never raised, and the upkeep has had to come out of the current operating fund. 11.—How many cottages are there at Barium? Name them. Other build- ings? 11.—There are nine cottages at Bar- um. Named in the order of the ages vf children which occupy them they are the Baby Cottage for boys and girls; Annie Louise, Howard, Rumple Hall and the Lottie Walker Building for girls; and Synod’s, Lees’, Alex- ander and Jennie Gilmer for boys. There is a total of 16 brick buildings used in the operation ef the Orphan- age. Besides the nine cottages there is the Infirmary, two school build- ings, the laundry and sewing room building, Little Joe’s Church, the office, and the steam plant. Besides these there are three brick resi- dences, a number of other wooden residences, several barns and numer- ous outhouses. 12.—How many acres in the Orphan- age property? 12._There are approximately 1200 acres at Barium. Some of the acreage is used as campus and for the build- ings, some in truck farming, some in orchards, some for the big farm, some for pasture, and some of it is still woodland. The wooded area is being gradually cleared for culti- vation, most of this work being done in the winter time during a slack period. 13.—What is the value of the land and properties? 13.—The capital fund value is slightly above $860,000.00; you might say, close to a million dollars. However, the value of the proper- ties have not been “written down” during the past several years when values declined to such an extent, and neither hes depreciation of the buildings been “written off”. 14.—What is the present enroll- ment at Barium? 14.—At present there are about 300 children at Barium. The population fluctuates considerably between May and September. In April there is the graduation when about 20 boys and girls leave the Orphanage. Some homes are re-established or are able to take care of the children and the children are returned. At the same time, new ones are being accepted from time to time. The number en- rolled is largely stationary from September through April, and about the -middle of September a figure could be announced which would virtually be true for the next eight months. 15.—What is the capacity? 15.—The capacity is 360 children. Some few years ago there were 380 here for a while. This was at the peak of income, when this number could be cared for in the budget. The conditions were crowded, and homes were opened to take care of the overflow. 16.—Why isn’t it filled to capacity? 16.—Because the Presbyterians of the Synod are not contributing enough funds to provide for those which are enrolled. I; is certainly not filled to capacity because of a lack of applications. Only the most destitute of cases can be accepted. 17.—What is the ratio of Presby- terians in the Synod to the Orphan- age population? 17.—There are 260 Presbyterians in the Synod of North Carolina to one person enrolled at the Orphanage. 18.—In its 48 years of service, approximately how many children have been given a home at Barium, and how many during the past dec- ade? 18.—Approximately 1,500 in 43 years, and almost 600 of these in the last decade. 19.—Whrat amount is mecessary from every Presbyterian in the North Carolina Synod to properly provide for the children at Barium? 19.—Ten cents a month from each of the 78,000 Presbyterians of the Synod would amply care _ for the children at Barium. 20.—Through what channels does the Synod contribute to Barium, and what are the plans used by each? 20.—Through church budgets, Sun- day Schools and Auxiliaries reguiar- ly and gifts from all of these organi- zations at Thanksgiving. The Synod allows Barium 7%% of the benevo- lent budget of each church. The majority of Sunday Schools give Barium one Sunday’s offering per month, though there are a few which devote only the fifth Sunday’s offer- ings to the Orphanage, and a few others which set aside definite month- ly amounts. Many of the Auxiliaries follow the regular budget plan of 744%, and in addition to this make a special contribution of $1.00 per- month-per-circle. The Auxiliaries, too, play the major part in clothing the children at Barium, mostly through sending money specifically designated for this purpose. The Synod is supposed to give an amount in the Thanksgiving Offering which equals all that is sent to Barium regularly during the twelve months of the year. In 1933-1934, the Synod lacked over $8,000 of accomplishing this. 21.—What is the greatest and smalfest amourts contributed to Barium by the Synod of North Caro- lina during the past ten years? 2i.—The peak of giving to Barium by the Synod was reached in 1927- 1928, when $109,372.03 was received. The lowest amount came last year, when the sum was $67,106.46. The difference in receipts from Synod in the peak and lean years is $42,265.57. This is about a 40% drop in income from Synod between 1927-1928 and 1933-1934. 22.—How much does Barium receive from the Duke Endowment? 22.—There is no definite set amount which is sent to the Orphanage by the Duke Endowment. It varies. In April 1934, a gift of $6,773.40 was received, and this was $1,357.35 less than it was in April, 1933. There is only one check annually received at the Orphanage from the Duke En- dowment. This comes in April. Gen- erally in November an article appears in the newspapers about what the Puke Endowment has done for the Orphanages, but this is a recapitula- tion of what was done in April and does not mean that Barium receives another check in November. 23.—How much entlowment does the Orphanage have? 23.—The March 31, 1934 repor; of the auditors shows that Barium’s endowment stands at $142,148.31. This is invested almost entirely in first mortgage real estate. The only stocks and bonds which Barium possesses are those which have been donated by friends. 24.—How many meals are served at Barium every day, and when are the only times that meals are not served in the dining room? 24.—-Over 1,000 meals are served at Barium every day. To the children themselves the meals number a little over 900 a day, but the matrons, a few of the workers and most of the teachers, when school is in session, eat in the dining room. The only times meals are not served in the dining room are on Saturday and Sunday nights. They have what is known as “cpttage” suprkrs then. Food is sent to the nine cottages for sandwiches, and these are served to the respective groups. It is then that the canned goods sent to the Orph- anage are put to good use. Generally a supply of one canned commodity is insufficient for the entire popula- tion, but it is a sufficient quantity to be sent to the cottages for these suppers. 25.—What proportion of the food used is raised at the Orphanage? 25.—About nine-tenths of the food used at Barium is raised on the local propterties, according to the latest statistical report. However. friends are asked not to lose sight of the fact that there has been a cost involved in raising all of the products. 26.—How many gallons of milk do the children drink every day? 26.—When everybody is back from vacation, the children drink approxi- mately 125 gallons of milk a day. There is no limitation upon the num- ber of glasses that a child may ,dvink. The milk is served as whoie milk, the properties of the milk be- ing more valuable than the butter which might be made if this wag at- tempted. 27.-What are the age limits usually governing the acceptance of children into the Orphanage? 27.—Few children are accepted into Barium under two years of age or over 12 years. This rule isn’t ironclad, of course, but is generally followed except in rare instances. 28._-Approximately how many ap- plications are received at the Orph- anage a year? 28.—The applications average about one a day, or something over 350 a year. Many of these do not reach the point of complete investigation by Barium, for some disposition may be made of them before this is necessary. 29.—What is the annual “turnover” in population? 29,—The annua] “turnover” is about 30¢;. Some of the children graduate, some of them are return- er to re-established homes, and work is obtained for a few of them before they complete high school. This, of course, varies. Some years prac- tically no children leave except those who graduate, while on other occa- sions a large number are sent out. 30.Who was the first superin- tendent of Barium, and how long did he serve? 30.—The first superintenlent of the Orphanage was Rev. R. W. Boyd, who acted in this capacity from the time the Orphanage was starte# at Barium in 1891 until 1908. His period of service was 17 years. One of the buildings at Barium, which is now occupied by the school superintendent, is named Boyd Cottage in his honor. 31.—In its 43 years of service how many superintendents has the insti- tution had? 31.—There have been five superin- tendents. 32.—Who is the present superin- tendent and how long has he been head of the Orphanage? 32. Jos. B. Johnston is the present superintendent, and he has_ been head of the Orphanage since July 1, 1922—a period of slightly over a dozen years. 33.—Name the other three super- intendents and the length of their terms. 33. The other three superintendents have been Rev. R. F. Wakefield, who served from 1908 until his death in 1910; Rev. W. T. Walker from 1910 to 1920, and E. McS. Hyde, whose term was from 1920 to 1922. 34. What was the greatest Thanks- giving Offering, and in what year was it given? Also, what was the total Thanksgiving Offering in 1933 and how did it compare with 1932? 34.—The greatest Thanksgiving Offering totaled $49,467.73—a few hundred dollars less than $50.000. The 1933 Thanksgiving Offering totaled $29,261.56, which was $20,206.- 17 less than the peak year. The 1933 Thanksgiving response was $1,357 greater than that of 1932. 35. What action was taken by syn-| od at its recent meeting to increase the 1934 Thanksgiving Offering? | 35.—Synod has requested church- to complete their Home Mission study and take their self-denial offering, not later than the first Sunday in, November, leaving the remainder of November open for arousing interest and taking the Thanksgiving Offer-| ing at the close, They also requested the Presbyteries at the fall meeting to appoint a strong committee of laymen and ministers to secure a Thanksgiving response from every member of every church (an every member canvass). 36.—What is the total indebtedness of the institution, and what are the assets against this indebtedness? 36.—The total indebtedness of all description of the institution is $107,- 490.69, and against this indebtednesS the Orphanage has operating assets of $40,228.19. 37.—What was the interest cost of carrying the indebtedness last year? 37.—The interest cost of the in- debtedness Yast year was $4,705.01. 38.—How and at what rate is the indebtedness being retired? 38.—The major portion of the in- debtedness of the institution is be- ing retired through ten-year life-en- dowment insurance policies. $61,000 of the indebtedness is carried in thiS manner, the annual premium pay-~ ments on this being $5,854.35. After the payment of six more annual premiums of $4,877.00, $50,000 of the indebtedness will be wiped out, and after the payment of eight more annual premiums of $977.35, $11,000 more of the indebtedness will be eliminated. This is a gradual retire- ment, which is well and good, but the annual outlay for retiring this $61,- 000 calls for premium payments of $5,854.35 plus an interest cost of $3,- 660.00, which totals $9,514.35. This last sum would be available for operation plus the additional interest costs of over $1,000.00 on other Orph- anage indebtedness if there was no overhanging obligations. This means hat the Orphanage would have $10,509 more for annual operation, and this sum would take care of many more children at the institution, The in- terest and premiums are paid out of the Duke Endowment money and in- come from the Orphanage endowment, and does not come out of the gifts received from Synod. 39.—What was the difference be- tween the operating income and ex- pense in 1933-1934? 39. The Orphanage operated within its income last year, with a surplus of $4,070.33. The operating income was $103,242.39. The operating ex- pense was $99,172.06. Operating costs last year were $1,552.11 less than they were in 1932-1933. 40.—If the Thanksgiving Offering averaged $1.00 per Presbyterian in the Synod this coming Thanksgiving, it would mean an Offering of $79,- 208. If this should occur, what would happen? 40.—We'd have a duck fit. Seri- ously, though, such a Thanksgiving Offering, plus the cash surrender val- ue of the insurance policies, would lack only a few thousand dollars of completely wiping out the indebted- ness, and with decidedly reduced in- terest costs, the entire elimination of it could be made the following year, assuming that the regular in- come from Synod did not show a de- celine in either 1934-1935 or 1935- 1936. | —Pp. 0. H.— The minister met Tom, the village ne’er do well, and much to the lat- ter’s surprise, shook him heartily by the hand. “I’m so glad you've turned over a new leaf, Thomas,” said the good man. “Me?” returned Tom, looking at him dubiously. “Yes, I was so pleased to see you at the prayer meeting last night.” “Oh,” said Tom, light breaking in on him, “so that’s where I was, is October 1934 Miscellaneous Gifts AUGUST Alamance Aux., Circle 3, Towels & Sheets. Albemarle Ist Aux., Spreads for Baby Cottage. Henderson, Young Girl's Cirele, 2 scrapbooks. Mrs. G. W. Martin, Wilmington, 2 quilts Mrs. H. M. Van Sleen, Gastonia, used garments. Mrs. Courtney Young, Charlotte, jigg-saw puzzles. SEPTEMBER A Friend, 10 gal paint. Burlington lst Aux., Business Girls’ Circle, 102 table napkins, 1 cloth. Salisbury Ist S. S., Women’s B. C., Mrs. J. D. Freeze, 1 quilt. Clothing Boxes Willow Springs Aux. Yanceyville Aux. Miscellaneous Support A Friend 2.00 A Friend 50.00 A Friend 10.00 A Friend 2.00 A. E. Scharrer 5.00 C. G. Pepper, Hamlet 1.00 F. P. Tate, Morganton 6.00 Flake Sherrill, Statesville, Mem- ory Mrs. W. C. Johnston, Mooresville 256 ~ Flake Sherrill, Stasesville, Memory Mrs. F. A. Sherrill, Statesville . 2607 Miss Annie B. Payne, Washington 2.50 Rev. James Appleby, Maxton 1.00 Rev. R. E. McAlphie, Winston- Salem 5.00 T. T. Holderness, Greensboro — 21.00 T. T. Holderness, Greensboro _ 19.00 GRAND TOTAL $135.00 FOR MESSENGER C. I. Gray, Washington, D.C. 1 Dr. C. F. Carlton, Statesville gj J. W. Summers, Whitsett oc Mrs. J. A. Morton, Salisbury — 1, Mrs. J. D. Freeze , Salisbury — 1 Mrs. Rebacca B. Moore, Camerton eel 7 : Clothing Money Burlington Ist Aux. 30.00 Cameron S. S. 15.00 Charlotte 2nd Aux. Business W’s. Circle : 15.00 Covenant (O}) Aux. 25.00 | Dallas Aux. 5.00 Davidson Aux, 15.00 Fayetteville Ist S. S., Good Will B.C. eee ~ 303 Graham Carrie Holt Mebane Aux. Circle 5 . 17.50 Grove (W) Aux. : 12.50 Hamlet Aux. 15.00 Howard Mem. Aux. Mrs. Mabry Hart J Mrs. Job Cobb ; 8.00 Mrs. Geo. Holderness —. 8.50 Kings Mt. lst Aux. _ 17.50 Laurinburg Aux. 45.00 Lenoir Aux. Beas ...... 30.00 Lexington Ist Aux. - 20.00 Macclesfield Aux. 3.00 Morganton S. S., Pri. Dept. 12.50 Morganton ist Aux. 15.00 Mt. Olive Aux. 25.00 Piedmont Aux. 15.00 Salisbury King’s Daughters 5.00 Statesville Friends 12.50 Washington Ist S. S., Beg. & Pri. Depts 5.08 Westminster (O) Aux. 25.00 Willow Springs Aux. 3.00 TOTAL $429.08 Churches Regular Alamance 13.42 Back Creek - - 1 Bethany (C) 39 Bethesda (0) : canes Bethpage ; . £22 Burlington First —_ te Burlington First, Special 8.57 Charlotte Ist, A friend 17.50 Charlotte Ist, Special 75.00 Charlotte 2nd, Special 12.00 Grassy Creek 2.89 Cross Roads 1.30 Davidson 11.25 Fifth Creek 3.07 Flat Branch 15.00 Foster Memorial ~ ao Gastonia 1st, By Mrs. D. M. Jones, Memorial Dr. H. M. Eddieman 5.00 Gilwood 2.25 Greenville 2.00 Harmony )C) 82 Henderson 37 Hickory First 8.40 Jefferson 98 Kannapolis 4.50 Laurinburg, Aug. 4.30 Lenoir, A friend 20.00 Lexington First Special 5.27 Madison 1.05 Marion 3.00 Mebane 2.48 Morganton ist 3.75 Mooresville 2nd 387 North Wilkesboro 27.98 Nutbush 1.50 Oak Hill 2.85 Old Fort 45 Oxford 5.53 Raleigh First 27.75 Reynolda 100.0¥ Salisbury First, J. F. Hurley 10.00 Salisbury First 78.01 Salisbury Second 2.18 Sanford 10.88 Shiloh (C) 1.13 St. Andrews (W) 30.00 Tabor 60 Thyatira 4.68 Trinity Ave 9.83 Unity (C) 1.12 Wilmington First 16.00 (Continued on Page Four) it?” October 1984 Page Four BARIUM MESSENGER ks se e MORE CONTRIBUTORS Churches Regular Alumni News | (Continued from Page One) (Continued from Page Three) Crainest ag uc in: Hills Winston-Salem 1st 100.00 Se ot aa : | Cramerton in Kings Mountain; Hils- Winston-Salem Presbytery Elsie Westall was married to Cecil] boro in Orange, and Clarkton and Traveling Expenses J. B. H. Thomas, on August 13. They are Lake Waccamaw in Wilmington Pres- Johnston 5.00| living in Chicago, Ill. ata Vannevvilla ‘90| Nell Coxwell True announces the} ?¥*°'y- : . birth of a son, Charles Team True, Concord Presbytery lengthened its Churches Thanksgiving oe ~— pee oe + lead over Mecklenburg in the number e was born July 7. Nell is living in at err Charlotte 2nd 150.00| Augusta, Ga., and also has a little an ee eres -_ -_ arlotte 2n 5 girl several years old. era _— er ~ Ran “ Edith Johnson is married and has| Churches in this class, while Mecklen- Sunday S¢ hools been living in Providence, R. I., for] burg is the next closest with : two years. , Pavisticeiiia® “‘Sicakviery likewile Albemarle == Davidson, Flora Macdonald, and] _ ; ee gag i Pr esby’ ' =. = ; - , Ashwood = au Carolina are opening. We are par-| *dvanced its ead in Sunday Schoo Belmont, July, Aug. & Sept. 1.94 ticularly interested im these open-| giving. There are 45 Sunday Schools jethel (M) . 1.94) ings, because we are sending them| sending gifts to Barium from Fayette- Bethesda (F) 7.00) <ome fine boys and girls. We wish] ville Presbytery, while Mecklenburg Bethesda (O) ; 1.88) cur college students a very success-]and Wilmington are tied the Bethpage, Men-of-the-( hurch, ful year. runner-up position with 31 each. June, July & August 3.00 Mary Beaver is married and was| Concord is close on their heels with seulaville 3.56] living in Charlotte, but has recently| 30. es Beulah (M) 5.30] moved to Statesville. Mary has an| Mecklenburg leads the Auxiliaries, Bladenboro, Aug. 65] ottractive red-cheeked brown-eyed| with 21 such organizations report- _ vent. 40 youngster. ing. The closest to Mecklenburg is Broadway - 2.33 Lafayette Donaldson is married] Orange with 16 Auxiliaries having a bi Aug. ee and living in Statesville. ~ in coukrietliens, nSarO. te . he tabulation of organizations Burlington Second : 5.35 Varina, Aug. & Sept. —~ 2.00] reporting according to the nine Pres- Cameron 12.79 Vass . 5.63] byteries is as follows: Caswell 3.02) Wadesboro, April, May & June 15.00] Presbytery Ch. Ss. 8S. Aux. Chadbourn a 3.88] Waldensian, The Bible Class 3.65] Albemarte 14 14 13 Church-in-the-Pines, Aug. «3.50! Warrenton ee ee 6.97 | Concord 38 30 12 September 5.00! Wes _..----.-- 4.16] Fayetteville 10 45 15 ; West End — eee yett 5 Clarkton 7.41) Westminster (O) Aug. 11.77| Granville ae 10 13 Concord 1st 48.88 Sept. Sui 13.20] Kings Mountain 10 22 13 Concord Tredell 5.60) Wilson ee 27.30| Mecklenburg 25 31 21 Covenant (0), 5 months WORN rites Dave oo 5.00] Orange 18 28 16 en Aug. 3.37 Winston-Salem Ist, June, July Wilmington 20 31 13 ne coe 10.51) & August — = 105.42) W nston-Salem 14 9 8 Incé art ccneeecerenenes o- T B. G. une y cia — a Dunn, Vanguard B. C. 37.24 ey Anan — 2. §8 081 TOTALS 160 220 124 Durham First im | PRA ie orate 3 Sept. 7.00 Durham Ist, Big Bros. Class — 50.00 Yanceyville, = : FRIEND OF ORPHANAGE 8 Faly : — Auxiliaries (Continued from Page One) ’ ceeeak oot 2°03 than by just sending it in. | . September 1.55| Alamance —_ eke ee With best Oe nis me Fais 22.00| Albemarle, Aug. & Sept. —. 9.00 ‘Yours truly, ; Pareayili (A) ~ T1299] Badin 12.00 JOS. B. JOHNSTON Farmville (/ . $8: - - “: ee Flat ais 5.65| Belmont, 4 Circles for 3 Manager. Foster Memorial 1.00] _ months : ogee 18.00 — — Foster Mem. 1.00] Bethesda (F), July - 9.10 Richer 4: 1934 Fifth Creek, past six months — 13.04 ane. —_—- eee pi Mr. Jos. B. Johnston, Supt., ile Sept. 5. ce ech a hanage Goldsboro ~ §30| Bethlehem (A) io aac Greensboro First, Men’s B. C. Bethlehem (A), July & Aug. 2.00! Dear Mr. Johnston: August 8.26| Caldwell Memorial - : 15.00 Thank you very much for your Greenville, Aug. & Sept. 2.90] Cann Memorial —. 1.00) jetter of the third. I am glad Grove (W), July 2.65| Cann Mem., Aug. & Sept 2.0° that you have found my “whim” August 3.32 eae First, Regular - — worth passing alone, and I hope September 2.36) _ Special ores ; . that it may be the means 0 Birthday a 7i3| suggesting to some others a very Harmon: (C) coc ce. tea Clo 286] Beat sof more lasting enjoyment Holly Grove, Aug., Sept. & Oct. 3.00 Covenant (KM) ——-—- 1.00 than playing golf at ten cents a Hopewell (M) : _ 2.25) Covenant (O) ———. 1.88 hole or bridge at a cent a point. I Howard Memorial, July 2.76 ee (0) roe think we have aoe seslty — August 4.50] Gramerton -_--._. we eeeennenne OS fellows who might like to know Sinterahian 5.48} Dunci.a Creek, Ladies B. C. As —" _ - Hickory ist, 2nd quarter 26.20| _Aux., Aug. & Sept. - 1.29 With best wishes, I am, Huntersville 7.43| Elizabethtown iene a 4.00 Cordially yours, Immanuel Beginners’ Dept 7.80 Erwin BUS on 2.00 Secs ticks eee Jackson Springs, Aug. _ ae Circle Pe 1.00 Jonesboro, 2nd quarter - _ 11.60] Circle 2 - 1.00 Kannapolis a yalatia sees 5.00 Our ee S Kings Mountain __ 26.55] Greensboro First Sasi canan 7.50 Lake Waccamaw, 2nd quarter 5.00 Greensboro First, Bethany If your Church, Sunday School Laurinburg ; _ 17.29] Circle ——----. ___-_----_ 1.00] ] or Auxiliary wants to do something Lexington * 140.70] Greensboro First, Aug., Sept., extra in addition to regular gifts Lillington, August 3.88] Oct. & Nov... -—--- 76.00] we can use any of the articles September 3.06 ——— ee ete Spr listed below to very good advant- Lincolnton 10.18 enny-a-day -.. v- age. Little Joe’s 4.26| Grove (W) - 3.00 Canned fruits and Vegetables Long Creek 2.51| Hawfields - 3.00 Table Cloths - 64 x 108 Low Gap 1.00} Henderson 1.88|] Spreads - Single beds 63 x 89 Lumber Bridge _ 1.70} Hillsboro annem 6.00 72 x 89 Lumberton, July & Aug. 15.02] Howard Memorial 6.00 80 x 89 Lumberton 7.69| Jonesboro ...____._ __ . 2.40 Three-quarter beds 80 X 98 Madison 5.76| Kings Mt. 1st, July, Aug., & 80 x 107 Marion 5.56| Sept. oieceie estos - 12.00) Sheets - Single beds 54 x 90 Mayo Mission, July 3.10| Lake Waccama 3.00 | 63 x 90 August 2.65| Lenoir - gk, 10.00} 63 x 99 September 4.00 ao aaa Three-quarier beds e x . Machpelah 1.00 xington : 72x lichens _ 4,00] Lillington — 1.60! Quilts & Blankets - Same dim- McPherson ; _ 10.00 eg Pca ---- eas! ensions as sheet Midway (F) 2nd quarter : 4.00 - Holly, ug. 0. aa Mocksville arter ~~ '47|_ September _. _-- 864 CHILDREN PROMOTED Monroe ___. 15.00] Mt. Pisgah, Aug. & Sept... 1.00 (Continued from Page One) Montpelier _.. 8,00] North Wilkesboro —- 2.35! Johnston, Sadie Mills, and Thelma Mooresville First ... —— 8.55] Olney, Circles 1, 2, 3 & 4, July, Robards. Mt. Carmel eee 5.00| Aug. & Sept. . _... 12.00] From Synod’s to Alexander: Joe Mt. Olive, Aug. - 6.00} Raleigh ist, Ju _ 10.00] Denson, Thomas Morgan, Henry Pitt- Mt. Pisgah (F) 2.00 . a - — si man and James a i Nahalah oo 2.00) Red Spring “ From Lees’ to ennie Gilmer low aan S. S. & Men’s B.C. 8.53] _ Special 11.37] Ray Clendenin, John Donaldson, Wil- Birthday Offering - . 8.00 — oa . ‘aan lard Dry, Arnim hee, sare Faison,| . New Hope (OQ) - _... 1.562] Roanoke Rapids ---..... - 10.00| Julius Kinard, Hug’ ¢eCrimmon, Olivia ener ~. 30.12] Rocky Mount First, Mrs A. P. and Joe Savage. : Olivia ~ 30.03} Thorpe —.._. —_-..-. 10.00] From Rumple Hall to Woman's Paw Creek a . 23.19 “a Mount First, Penny-A- ae Building: Alice Jones, Alice Pittman Pearsall Me ial 5.25 SF a ee COC gad Bimeree Smith, - ittebaee 7 ee ee Rocky Mt. ist —— . 16.00 From Rump'e Hall to Infirmary: Pleasant View, Aug. and Sept. 2.00] Special —_ _. —- 11.00) Linda Culp and Nellie Johnson, who Providence (M), 2nd quarter _. 6.00] Penny-a-day -- 3.77| will help out in the nursing. Raeford ; 20.00] Salisbury First, Sept. - _. 15.50} From Infirmary to Rumple Hall: Raleigh First, Moment Class 6.75 a? Second, July & Aug. oS Mary Duffie Coppedge, who has been Raven Rock, June . 2.50 elby —..---------- --------» - & helping with the sick. _ : ‘ Roanoke Rapids _ 22.65] Selma “® eee . saab From Infirmary Be July 1.80] Smyrna anna 00) ing: Lucy Bryant. who has likewise Anau _ 1.50] Statesville First, Special - 23.95] been helping with the sick, _ Rocky Mount 2nd 1st Quarter. 5.91! Thyptira a ©6200] From Alexander to Jennie Gilmer: Rocky Mount 1st, Jennie K. Hill wea 2nd pooviend . aan Paul Cornett, a Ray Bs _.. 5.00] Washington, Regula’ 00] Norman and Marley Sigmon. Rocky Mt. 1st, Men’s B. C., Special ftrcban haan SNE From Jennie Gilmer to Alexander: Aug. cima — 06 = June re Ralph Spencer, who will act as moni- Sept. .. 429] July —. nen cnnneeeneneneetne -75| tor at the latter cottage. Rockingham ___. 20.00] Westminster (0), Aug. & From Woman's Building to Baby Salem (O) 2nd quarter 1.75] Sept. ...--- -. 24.00] Cottage: Sarah Fort and Margaret Salisbury 1st, Woman’s B.C... 5.00] Special ——__.____ 6.15] Moore, who will help at the Baby Shelby, Aug. & Sept. _ 40.00 ae (M) ——--—- — oS Cottage for the next —_ = Sherwood sciences <a Specia navnnneeenennnnnee + p With so many transfers occurring, Shiloh (F) July, Aug. & Sept. .. 10.85 West Raleigh — 18.00] it may possibly be that one or two Shiloh (KM) —....... —_—_——- 5.00] Wilmoore 3.88] of the children have been missed. If Southport 5.00 Gis ous ss aan so the omission one transfers ie lane 9.00] Winston-Salem First ———..... 10.00] through error, an these om oleniniel 5.00] Winston-Salem 1st, Circle 9 _. 5.00] changes will be recorded in next Statesville 1st m 8.88] Wilson First, Penny-A-Day 7.55] month’s issue of ere: St. Andrews (M), Aug. 8.74 ae Oo a— St. Andrews (M) 10.30 Young People iret Greene Poe St. Pauls (F 17.0 irst Grade—Fred Cole. s ee : 3.09] Amity C. E., Special _...... 4.43] Second Grade—Nakomis Brigance Tenth Avenue 22.42] Buffalo (G), Y. P. Kingdom Jean Fletcher, and Stanley Smith. Thyatira 7.42| Highways, June, July & Aug. 3.00) Seventh Grade—Edward Cole. Trinity Avenue 9.00] Buffalo (G), Junior League _. 1.00} Ninth Grade—Leila Johnston. Union Mills 2.35] Salisbury Second Y. P. League 2.50) Eleventh Grade—T. L. O’Kelley Union (KM) .——- ___.. 4.00] GRAND TOTAL -......_$2,939.32/ Jr., Miriam Sanders. | WAS SEPTEMBER GIVING ALULL BEFORE ASTORM? | 3 w 1 a 2 3 5 a > s s S z 8 = 3 3 = 3 5 S ‘s a fe o's 5” $5 3 g - mo Oa a a @ = 3 a é bo + = ™ 2s 2? Presbytery F < & Aa g 3 & 3 § Winston-Salem 4433 $499.67 11\4e 37%e 60c 22% Albemarle 4129 179.75 4\e 24%¢ 60¢ 35%e Kings Mountain 5430 228.59 4c 22 ¢ 60¢ 38 ¢c Concord 11498 411.85 3446e 19%e 60¢ 40 Mecklenburg 17010 516.05 3 ¢ 16%e 60c ‘site Wilmington 7912 157.37 es 15%¢ 60¢ 41%ec Orange 10977 364.02 3%e 13%e 60c 46%e Fayetteville 11915 368.68 38 ¢ 12%e 60c 47'ee Granville 5904 213.34 3%e iH ¢ 60¢ 49 ec TOTAL 79208 $2939.32 3.7¢ 17.4¢ 60e : 42.6¢ The Table of Receipts shows}of The Messenger, there have been the third successive month that the con- tributions have declined. For the first three months of the fiscal year, they showed an increase over the corresponding months of 1933, but the advantage gained in those first three months has almost been wiped out, for Synod is now only $108.26 ahead of its giving of one year ago. The halfway point has been reached and were it not for the fact that more organizations are helping the Orph- anage, this report would be most discouraging. Very little change has occured in the standing of the Presbyteries in September. In fact, the only altera- tion was the interchange of Meck- another slump for September, lenburg and Wilmington Presby- teries. Mecklenburg is now in fifth position, while Wilmington was shoved back to sixth. ; In looking over the table as_ it appeared in the October, 1938, copy quite a few changes. At that time Mecklenburg was in third place, as against the fifth position now. Kings Mountain and Concord have advanced one notch each over a year ago be- cause of Mecklenburg’s decline, while the other interchange was between Orange and Granville Presbyteries. Orange is today in seventh position instead of the cellar last year, and Granville has dropped from seventh to bottom place. The entire Synod is 42.6 cents behind what was asked. This means that the Orphanage has_ received about one-third of the amount that has been needed to operate the in- stitution during the past six months. Wilmington, Orange and Fayette- ville Presbyteries have shown a better per member averaged than a year ago, but all other six Presby- teries are further behind than they were at the halfway point of 1933-34, SUNDAY SCHOOLS HIT (Continued from Page One) mington Presbyteries do not have any Sunday Schools in this category yet. Assuming that it costs ten cents per meal per child at Barium, the following are the meals which could have been served by the Sunday School gifts for both years: Months 1933-34 1934-35 April 2,898 6,218 May 6,533 10,659 June 8,252 9,501 July 9,425 12,736 August 13,238 8,762 September 13,419 14,366 October 12,678 ? November 10,717 ? December 11,519 ? January 10,583 ? February 9,553 ? March 18,383 ? EVERY PRESBYTERY HAS (Continued from Page One) W. C. Jamison, all of Charlotte. Orange Presbytery: Rev. J. R. Mc- Gregor, Th. D., Burlington, chairman; Rev. W. M. Baker, Mebane; G. W. Denny, High Point; Rev. J. T. Bar- ham, Sanford; Rev. D. J. Blackwell, Leaksville; Harvey Dick, Greensboro; Rev. Roy Whitley, Yanceyville; Rev. C. G. Smith, Th. D., Asheboro, and Rev. Ronald S. Wilson, Greensboro. Wilmington Presbytery: Rev. J. I. Knight, Mt. Olive, chairman; J. R. Maxwell, Calypso; Rev. J. W. Miller, Clarkton; S. W. Newkirk, Magnolia; Rev. J. R. Phipps, Pollocksville; Dr. A. H. Kerr, Kerr; Rev. J. M. Davis, Winnabow; R. C. Carson, Whiteville; Rev. F. L. Goodman, Kenansville; Melzar Pearsall, Wilmington; Rev. J. S. Crowley, Wilmington; 5S. Ww. Thompson, Jr., Morehead City. Winston-Salem Presbytery: Rev. J. W. Witherspoon, Lexington, chairman; A. R. Vail, Jefferson; and John Ww. Moore, Winston-Salem. - scnsstnsiniininsanasialeiiiasneansinainsaisismancctesitisias Murphy, a new cavalry recruit, was given one of the worst horses in the troop. “Remember,” said the instructor, “no one is allowed to dismount with- out orders.” The horse bucked, went over its head. “Murphy,” yelled the inefructor, “did you have orders to dismount?” “Oi did.” “From headquarters?” “No, from hindquarte¥s.” and Murphy An old farmer, with a house full of boys, was one day tugging away at a large piece of timber. Finding it rather hard work, he called his boys ore after another, at the top of his voice, but received no response. Fin- ally, after he had no need of them, they all arrived. “Where,” said he, “have you all been and what were you doing? Did not you hear me yelling?” “Out in the shop, settin’ the saw,” replied one. “And you Dick?” continued father. “Out in the barn, settin’ the hen.” “And you, Jack?” “Up in Granny’s room, settin’ the clock.” “And you Tom?” “Up in the garret, settin’ the rat- trap.” “And now, Master Fred, what were you settin’?” asked the farmer. “On the front door-step, settin’ the still,” replied the youngest son. More Cottage News INFIRMARY Well folks here we are again, and school has begun. We have enjoyed our vacation and hope everyone has enjoyed theirs. We have had two new girls down here. We are enjoying the fruit and vegetables that Mr. Clark and the boys have been bringing us. Are all of you enjoying the football games? We are. f Well folks, the station I. N. F. is signing off its monthly news. Infirmary Quartet ALEXANDER Hello folks, one month of school has already passed. Gee! but time does fly. We received our report cards yesterday and they were very satisfactory but we hope to make better ones next time. We enjoyed seeing Chief Red Wing and Mr. Wheeler put on an entertainment, which was presented in the school auditorium two weeks ago. Miss Lucile Lentz is helping Mrs. Privette, our matron, with the cot- tage work, since she has taken Jen- nie Gilmer cottage to look after. Those boys hardly know where they are since their cottage has been cleaned. Marshall Wilson has just returned from the Infirmary where he has been confined for two weeks with a cut foot. We are glad that football has start- ed and almost everyone is going out. Lexington defeated us, the score being 27-0, but we are not going to let that stop us. The 125-pound team played States- ville and we came out on top, beat- ing them 27-0. Lee Spencer, one of our boys who plays on the 125-pound team, caught a pass right on the goal line for a touchdown. The Dairy Boys SYNOD’S Dear Friends: It has seemed a long time since we have written to you. Football season has now started and we are glad. We play football every day after school. We went to Hickory one Saturday night, and came back about 11 o’clock. We are going to play Concord on October 4th, and we hope we will win. (Later: This game ended 6 to 6) During the half of this game w: are going to do some tricks, which we are working on right now. We are going to wear a white suit with black and gold down the waist and up to the shoulder. School has started now and we are getting along all right. David Burney and Milton Daniels have been play- ing a ukelele for some of the grades. David Burney and Billy McCall —P. 0. H.— USES OF CHILDHOOD Ikey and Rachel took little Moses to the pictures. The attendant warned them that unless the child kept quiet, they would have to leave and get their money back. Halfway through the film, Ikey turned to Rachel and _ whispered, “Vell, vot do you tink of it?” “Rotten,” replied Rachel. “Yes,” answered Ikey. “Pinch de baby.” —Border Cities Star. Pe a k e ea ee n a cs el k Eb e n Py = Bn OE ho l e ic y Rr te | Little Joe’s Church Makes Thanksgiving Offering of $375.20-Greate st In History of Church | <#BARIUM MESSENGER‘: PUBLISHED BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANS’ HOME For THE INFORMATION OF ITS FRIENDS VOL, XII BARIUM SPRINGS, N. C., NOVEMBER 1934 NO. 2 Enthusiasm Shown As Thanksgiving Approaches Great Home-Coming Celebration Is Planned for Friday, November 23rd Many Former Residents of Orph- anage Will Return to Spend Day Here PROGRAM GIVEN This Event. Is Growing in Importance Every Year There is one day in the year that everybody at Barium looks forward to. It is Home-Coming Day. We used to have it around Christmas, and the day was spent in old timers coming back and just renewing acquaintance and looking over the place. Several years ago, however, the Alumni As- sociation wanted the date of the Home-Coming Day set on a day when a football game would be played here. You would think that this request might come from the younger mem- bers of the Association, but it came from the older ones. So since that time, we have been having a rather collegiate Home-Coming Day, one of our big football games being staged for that day. The first time this ar- rangement was made, Belmont Abbey was the team that was played. The game resulted in a scoreless tie. The next year, Greensboro High School was the opposition to Barium, and Barium defeated Greensboro 28-0, under the inspired rooting of the Home-Comers. Last year, Winston-Salem was our fuest, and again victory perched on Barium’s banner to the tune of 7-0. This year, Hickory High School, coached by Barium’s one time coach, Ralph McMillian, will be the other half of tke entertainment. We are looking forward to having the biggest crowd of Home-Comers ever. The Barium team realizes that they will have a harder nut to crack this year defeating Hickory than possibly any of the former Home Coming Day games, but they believe that they can win the victory if enough old-timers are back to cheer them on. The exercises for Day are very brief. Registration will begin at 10:00 A. M., at Rumple Hall. Every one is invited to come just as early as they can conveniently do so. No exercises are set until 11:39 when a chapel period will be made a special program for the Home- Coming Day crowd. No lengthy speeches program, however. Dinner will take place at 12:15, an immediatelv after dinner, the re- gular Alumni Association meeting will be held. The President is Mr. R. E. Jackins of the staff at the Orphanage. The Secretary is Miss Hilda Bernado, of the Duke Endowment, Charlotte. The football game will start at 3:15, giving the Association plenty of time to have a meeting, and to settle such matters as may have come up during the past year. Don’t forget the date—FRIDAY NOVEMBER THE 23RD. Come early and stay late. We hope you will en- joy the day as much as we will enjoy Home-Coming are on the AUXILIARIES SHOW SPURT WHEN OCTOBER RECEIPTS WERE RECEIVED AT BARIUM Twenty-Five Such Organizations Made Their. First Reports Last Week 8. S. STILL AHEAD A Total of 52 New Organizations Sent Gifts In October Watch those Auxiliaries go! Twenty-five of them in October join- ed the ranks of regular givers, far outdistancing the churches and Sun- day Schools in newcomers to this group. In fact, it is believed that the Auxiliaries are going to continue to climb in numbers until they lead the church budgtet and Sunday School giving, unless the latter two put on a spurt very shortly. Although these 25 Auxiliaries were added to the number reporting regu- larly it did not bring the total up to within “shooting range” of the church- ; es and Sunday Schools. There are now 149 of the Auxiliaries which have helped the Orphanage through the support fund. There'll probably be twice that many before long, and this doesn’t mean that the Thanks- giving Offering will be included. There will be even more than that which report at Thanksgiving time. Auxiliaries reporting regular gifts Orphanage Children Contributed $42.75 Little Joe’s Church at Ba- rium Springs took the annual Thanksgiving Offering on Sunday, November 11th, and contributed the largest amount that has ever been given in the history of that church. The amount given was $375- .20, which exceeds the best sum of $345.08 contributed in 1927. When the 1934 Thanks- giving Offering is finally completed Sunday, November 18th, the total will probably be somewhere in the neighbor- hood of $400.00. Of great significance, too, was the fact that the children at the Orphanage contributed $42.75. Twenty-five dollars of this was given by the Virginia Hall Mission Band, a group of Orphanage girls who sell drinks, candies, etc., at the football games at Barium. This represents their profit and they gave it as their Thanksgiving Offering. The remaining $17.75 was given by other childr #4 at the Orph- anage out of their meagre during October were Macclesfield, Goldsboro and Kinston in Albemarle Presbytery; Bethpage, Gilwood, Mar- | ion, Newton, Poplar Tent and Rocky River in Concord; Carthage, Cove- nant, Gibson, Jackson Springs, Lum- berton, Montpelier and Philadelphus in Fayetteville; Warrenton in Gran- ville; West Avenue in Kings Moun- tain; Huntersville, Monroe, Morven, ant St. Andrews in Mecklenburg, and Bethesda, Maidson and Springwood in Orange Presbytery. During the past month 15 churches, 10 Sunday Schools and two Young peoples’ groups reported for the first time, to give a total of 52 ad- ditional organizations reporting gifts to Barium in October. It now shows that 174 churches have reported through their budgets, 231 Sunday Schools have sent in gifts, and 149 Auxiliaries have reported contribu- tions. Church budgets sending funds in October included Pinetops and Rocky Mount First in Albemarle Presbytery; Quaker Meadows in Concord; Cypress, Laurel Hill and Lumber Bridge in Fayetteville; Hebron and Varina in Granville; Mt. Gilead and Rocking- | ham (both special offerings) in Mecklenburg; Bethel, Bessemer and Little River in Orange, and Chad- bourn and Chinquapin in Wilmington Presbytery. : Sunday Schools sending their first gifts in October t{cluded Edenton having you! Income Distribut:on For the second month in succes- sion, the Auxiliaries of the Synod of North Carolina increased their giv- ing, and in October they established another new peak for the year by sending $843.54. The Sunday Schools and church budget giving had only one other month better than October. Last month a total of $1,310.42 was received from Sunday Schools, their better mark previously having been made in September when they con- tributed $1,436.55. The church budget report was best in August when $1,- 471.09 ,was sent by them, while the sum for October was $1,266.02, which is mighty close to the best previous total. In October two young people’s groups reported $3.00 together, for a total income of $3,522.98 for the past month. Throughout the first seven months of the year, the Synod of North Caro- lina has contributed the sum of $17,- 295.68 to Barium, and this is distribut- ed between the Sunday Schools, which lead with $7,536.33; the church bud- gets w.th $6,002.74; the Auxiliaries with $3,719.52, and the Young People’s groups with $37.09. Last month the belief was express- (Continued on Page Four) and Falk'and in Albemarle Presby- tery; Sherrill’s Ford in Concord; Iona and Laurel Hill in Fayetteville; Dallas in Kings Mountain; Mt. Gilead and Sharon in Mecklenburg; Bes- semer in Orange and Mt. Zion in Wil- mington. anes In addition to these organizations gifts were received from two Young People’s groups - the Gibson Young People in Fayetteville Presbytery and the Bessemer City Junior Young People in Kings Mountain. A careful checkup of the books at Barium disclosed the fact that 159 churches which helped Barium in some manner during 1933-34 have not report- ed any gifts during 1934-1935. How- ever, the greater majority of these are churches which send in contri- butions only at Thanksgiving time, and all of these will be heard from, it is thought, within the next two months. It is hoped that many of these will do what they can to help regularly, too. According to Presbyteries, the number of churches which assisted Barium in some way last year and which have not reported to date are Albemarle, 6; Concord 14; Fayette- ville 27; Granville 18; Kings Moun- tain 7; Mecklenburg 27; Orange 22; Wilmington 17, and Winston-Salem 2 21, The tabulation of the number (Centinued on Page Four) earnings in odd jobs about the place. Further significance of this amazing Thanksgiving Offer- ing by the church at Barium is the fact that the number of workers at the institution has been greatly reduced in the past few years and salaries have likewise been cut, while back in 1927, when the pre- vious best total was contribu- ted, many more workers were connected with the Orphanage and salaries were at the peak. This contribution by Little Joe’s Church represents sacri- ficial giving. When the 1934 Thanks- giving Offering is wound up on November 18th, it can also be said that every man, woman and child of Little Joe’s Church has made a gift, carrying out the plan to get a 100% response from every one of the 79,000 and more Presbyterians in the Synod of North Carolina this year. SEMI-ANNUAL GATHERING OF REGENTS AT BARIUM, WAS HELD IN OCTOBER Much Time Spent In Making Plans For The Thanksgiving Offering This Year 16 WERE PRESENT Two New Members Were Attending Their First Sessions Sixteen of the twenty members of the Board of Regents of the Presby- terian Orphans’ Home met at Barium Springs for their semi-annual meet- ing on Monday night, October 15th, and concluded their sessions at 1:30 p. m. on the following day. Two Regents were attending their first meeting at this fall gathering. The sessions were presided over by Rev. J. R. Hay, of Hickory, presi- dent of the Board, with Mrs. Z. V. Turlington, of Mooresville, at her secretarial post. The first session was devoted to hearing and discuss- ing reports made by Jos. B. Johnston, superintendent of the Orphanage, and (Continued on Page Four) Splendid And Efficient Efforts of Committees Will Show Fine Results Unparalled Interest Has Been Displayed Throughout Synod of North Carolin Upon Eve of 1934 Thanksgiving . Offering.—Should Be a Large One EVERY PRESBYTERIAN TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY Many Different Plans, Suitable to Every Church And Community, A , : , t Be Used In Accomplishing Purpose : ae Never before have the people of the Synod of North Carolina been more greatly aroused about the needs of the Presbyterian Orphans’ Home at Barium Springs as they are upon the eve of the 1934 Thanksgiving Offering. Never before in the history of the institution has such a campaign been made as is planned by all churches in the Synod. Never before has there been such demands for material for programs or for a representative of the Orphanage to visit local churches to tell the congregations, Auxiliaries and Sunday Schools about the Orphanage, what it is doing, and what its needs are. This universal and Synod-w ide plan for a great Thanksgiv- ing Offering is the outgrowth of the action of the Synod of North Carolina at its fall meeting in Davidson when it recommended that each of the nine Presbyteries appoint a strong committee to see that every one of the 79,000 and more Presbyterians of the CHURCHES HELPING BAM THROUGH THREE GHNNELS HAS HOM INCREASED TO 49 Sixteen Other Churches Sent In Contributions In October to Be Thus Classified MECKLENBURG LEADS That Presbytery Has Splendid Total of 11 in This Group Forty-nine churches in the Synod of North Carolina are now shown on the records at the Orphanage as hav- ing contributed to Barium this year through the three main channels; namely, the church budget, Sunday School, and Auxiliary. This is 16 more than was recorded in the Oc- tober issue of the paper in this group at the close of the first half of the church year. The report today is based upon the records at the Orph- anage as of October 31, 1934. This is not as splendid a status as existed at the end of October, 1933, for at that time there were 64 churches in this group. It is believed that there are many, many more be- sides this number who are heiping the institution through these three channels, and most of them will prob- ably enter this classification during the month of November. This article, or any subsequent ones, will deal with regular support of the Orphan- age and will not include those churches which give at Thanksgiving through their three main channels. Mecklenburg Presbytery is leading the other nine Prsbyteries with 11 churches under this heading. The closest one to her is Concord Pres- bytery with eight. Albemarle has six; Fayetteville and Orange five each; Wilmington and Winston-Salem four each, and Granville and Kings Moun- tain three apiece. Those churches now sification are: Albemarle Presbytery—Ahos kie, Edenton, Goldsboro, Greenville, Rocky Mount First, Washington First. Concord—Bethpage, Marion, Moores- ville First, Prospect, Salisbury First, Salisbury Second, Statesville First, Thyatira. Fayetteville—Bethesda, Laurinburg, Lumber Bridge, Raeford, Red Springs. Granville—Durham First, Oak Hill, Raleigh First. Kings Mountain—Dundan Creek, Gastonia First, Kings Mountain First, Mecklenburg—Albemarle, Badin, Caldwell Memorial, Charlotte First, Charlotte Second, Monroe, St. An- drews, Sharon, Steele Creek, Thomas- boro, Westminster. Orange— Alamance, Bethesda, Buf- falo (G), Madison, Springwood. Wilmington—Chadbourn, Clarkton, Immanuel, Mt. Zion. Winston-Salem—Lexington, North Wilkesboro, Reynolda, Winston-Sal- in this clas- em First. Synod had an opportunity to help in the 1934 Thanksgiving Offering. All of these committees have been ap- pointed and all have been working faithfully, following whatever plan which seemed best in their opinion. Most of this work has been done by correspondence between members of the various committees and the local pastors, but several of the Pres- bytery committees have gone even further than this. They have been personally visiting every church, some of them making a brief talk at a service; others have personally been meeting with the local com- mittees, imbuing them with enthu- siasm. Other committees have either met at Barium or held meetings elsewhere at which some Orphanage representative was present. All in all there has been created throughout the Synod of North Caro- lina a_ pent-up feeling that should received a positive and convincing expression when the Thanksgiving Offering is made toward the close of this month or in the early part of December. The committees have various ways of fulfilling the task of seeing that every Presbyterian of the Synod is given a chance to help Barium this year. Zeal has not been manifested for any particular method, for various plans fit better in certain communities than others. Here’s some of the ways that local groups will see that everybody has an op- portunity to help: Some of the church committees have divided the church membership among themselves and are going to personally call upon all church mem- bers during the week of Thanksgiv- ing. If unable to give at the time the visit is made, an envelope with their name on it will be left in their possession, to be handed in later. Others are sending out letters, with envelopes upon which the (Continued on Page Four) | Meals Served By S. S.| It was not expected that the Sun- day School contributions in October would equal that imppssive sum which was reported in September at the close of the second quarter of the church year, so the Sunday Schools did not afford a surprise to officials here by running contrary ONE NEW 6S. S. Mt. Zion Sunday School, in Wil- mington Presbytery, was the only new one to start a regular plan of giving to the Orphanage in Octo- ber. They have instituted the plan of an offering every fifth Sunday, expressing a wish that they could do more, but said that this was the best they could do at the present time. It is hoped that it won't be long before they can change te the plan of one offering per month. to expectations. However, the Sunday School reports for October did ac- complish the stunt of being greater than the corresponding month a year ago. : And, that’s a noteworthy and com- mendable attainment. It is another (Continued on Page Four) Page Two BARIUMMESSENGER November 1934 BARIUM MESSENGER ~ PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANS’ HOME JOSEPH B. JO HNSTON, Editor ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor as second-alass matter November M. @., andes the act of August 24, 1912. Ac peevided fer in Section 1105, Act of Octwher lo, 1924, at the pesioffice at Barium Springs ptance for mailing at special rate of postage 1917. Authorized, November 15, 1923. BOARD OF REGENTS REV. J. R. HAY - - DR. J. R. McGREGOR - MRS. Z. V. TURLINGTON - - - =; - President Vice-President Secretary Rev. W. M. Gurrie - - - - Belmont, Mrs. W. E. White - - - - - Graham Stamps Howard - - - - - - - Tarboro} Rey, R. C. Clontz - - - Wilmington ee “opurham) John W. Moore - - Winston-Salem oo W M Sacre ae ak Mahenss Mrs John Harper - - - Wilmington K G arated cM aes oe Raleigh| W. B. Bradford - - - - - - - Charlovte Rev. Eugene Alexander - Manchester] Mrs H. A. Rouzer - - - - 7 Mrs, S. P. Stowe ------° Belmont| Mrs. L, A.“ MeLaurin - - - Rowlan ies We. Clark = = Wilson| Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro DIRECTORY - - «+ General Manager Jos. B. Johnston - - °- ° a, PE Ser ane he Sa sistant J. H. Lowrance - - - - - - Assia an Wennst Milles. 3 «0 se Oe See ees Treasurer Miss Lulie E. Andrews” - : - - Bookkeeper and Clothing Miss Maggie Adams - - - - + »° «+ -» Head Matron pe re ee ee ee ee ae - Head of Schoolk (FORM OF “IT give and bequeath to th HOME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN Incorporated Under the laws BEQUEST.) ¢ REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, of the State of North Caro- lina, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) Letters And Records Which Inspire ~ There has been a very pleasing re- action to the “whim” of one of the of the frienls of the institution who sent the Orphanage $12.00 to operate it for one hour of one day, and who also suggested that this would be a very satisfying personal experience to »ny one who wanted to follow his action. Reproduced below is an exchange of correspondence little six-year-old girl and the manager of the Orphanage. This little girl had a birthday and on the occasion of this milestone celebration sent the Orph- anage 20 cents to operate the in stitution for one minute. An aunt of} hers had a birthday on the same day, 20 cents so that} between a so she added another each of them could celebrate their happy occasion in the knowledge that they had made possible the op- eration of the institution for two minutes of the day on which their birthday occured. But, here’s the little girl’s letter, and Mr. Johnston's reply: Huntersville, N. C. Oct. 1934. Dear Mr. Johnston: I noticed the article in the Ba- rium Messenger this week about the expenses of the Orphanage. I visited you this summer with my mother and aunt and brought little Nell Pauline Lucas home with me to spend two weeks, I certainly did enjoy having her and hope she can visit me next summer. or al, I am celebrating my sixth birth- day tomorrow, Oct. 28, and my aunt also has the same birth- day, so we are enclosing forty cents (40c) and would just love to know that we have helped run the Orphanage for two minutes, one minute each, and hope some- time I can have the pleasure of sending $12.00 instead of twenty cents. I hope lots of little folks will send twenty cents each to the little boys and girls there. I -always' enjoy having my mother read the Barium paper “to me and hope I can send you some money to help on expenses of publishing it sometime. Your little friend, Una Frances Patterson. Barium Springs, N. C., October 30, 1934. Miss Una Frances Patterson, RFD 1 Huntersville, N. C. Dear Miss Patterson: Your letter with the enclosure received, and is most appreciat- ed. I am enclosing a little schedule which tells how your money works, and you can have the sat- isfaction of Knowing that you and your Aunt ran the Orphan- age for twe minutes on your birthday, and we pieked out the two minutes when the sunshine was the prettiest, the flowers looked the sweetest, and every- body was having the very best time. You know that night, the frost came along and killed a lot of the flowers, but not during the time that your money was running the Orphanage. Little Pearl Lueas remembers her visit to you most enthus- You much I did appreciate your giv- iastically. don’t know how ing this little girl a visit. I doubt if she will every get to visit any of her own people, and it is just to bad when a youngester grows up that way, without any home to go to. I hope’ that she can visit you again. I am enclosing a_ picture: of little Pear] and also a picture of uncle, Richard Moore. Did tell about having an uncle here? With best wishes and thanks. Yours truly, Pui Manager. hei she you Something over a year ago a special contribution was received at | Barium, and it was accompanied by a letter which explained its history. The gift, it was found as the letter was read, represented true sacrifical giving on the part of one individual, and a challenge from him also result- ed in a concerted effort in behalf of the Orphanage by one particular class. Perhaps what this individual did will be an inspiration to others, and that the self-denial of this one person may be influential in causing others to make a similar practice in the Thanksgiving Offering that is so to be taken. The letter is re- below, with certain obvious deletions: We have a rather prominent man in our community who spent his early years in Oxford Orphanage. His heart remains tender toward orphans and all he gives to benevolence is given to them. Several months ago, while talk- ing to a member of my Sunday School class of women, he chal- lenged the class to give a dollar per Sunday for six months, that is for the Sunday on which we give our Sunday School collection to Barium Springs. He said that if we would do that that he would give the class five dollars: for Barium. We decided to accept his challenge and more than did our part. Iliness and evil financial days overtook the man and he found it impossible to keep his part. We understood the situation and dis- missed it from our minds but still thankful for the impetus that the challenge had been to us. Sunday after class. period an envelope was handed to me and when I opened it there was our five dollars and a note from this man. I am enclosing it herewith. Kindly credit it to the August collection of the Sunday School. I have written at length be- cause [I knew you would be inter- ested to know. the history of this particular bill. I am sure that it real -sacrifice and a depth of love on his part. We are a very poor community but both our: Sunday School. and Auxiliary have you and = your needs very much in our hearts soon printed represents and in our prayers. Sincerely yours Last January one of the friends of the Orphanage sent 91.00 toward defraying the expienses of sending The Messenger gratis to over 21,000 Presbyterians of the Synod of North Carolina, This was fine. Those who work on the Messenger were glad that appreciation® of the paper was shown in this manner. Just a few days ago that same friend sent another $1.00, to be ap- plied in a like manner, and the in- spiring element of this act was that on two different occasions within less than a year the same _ person sent us two separate pifts. Below are extracts of the letter that was written in reply: We wish every person felt similarly as you do and responded accordingly. We send out 21,000 copies of The Messenger every month. Just think what it, would mean if each person sent us $1.00! We'd revive our childhood belief that there Claus, after all. ie! is santa a There are some v distinctive and unusual records have been made this year. Among them we mention just a few: The Beulaville Sunday down in Wilmington in a class occupied by no other Sun- day School of the Synod. Some have closely approximtaecd it, but none have quite captured the honor which goes to this organization. They have the. honor. of ‘having increased their offering every month since the new fiseal year started in April. Here's how their gifts have increased : April $1.20; May. $1.21; June $1.58; July $3.03; August $3.14; September $3.56 and October $4.06. By the way, the Beulaville .Sunday School instituted the plan of giying Barium an offer- ing per month last January. | ry which School, Presbytery, is Two organizations in the North Carolina Synod pledged definite sums to Barium for the entire fiscal year, and ‘although only seven months of the perjod have passed these have paid up their pledges in full. One of them is the Mathews Auxiliary, That organization pledge! $1.00 per circle. They have two Cireles and the full sum of $24.00 hasgail been paid. The other organizatior? is Pleasant View Sunday School, in Wilmington Pres- bytery. They pledved $1.00 per month. And, now, the $12.00 from them has all been received. This Sunday School didn’t give regularly to the Orphanage during 1933-1934, havmg instituted this plan last April. Maybe both of these organizations are going to do even more than what they have already done before the books are closed at Barium on March 31, 1935. ' Although only seven of the 12 months of the year have passed and even though the Thanksgiving Offer- ing has not been taken, there are 18 churches in the Synod of North Caro- lina which have already contributed more to Barium than they did during all of 1933-1934. That’s most unusual, and an analysis of why this record has been made is quickly evident. In the fiest place, 11 of these 18 churches have recently instituted a p'an of giving regularly to Barium; in the second place, four of the re- maining seven have concentrated on their Sunday School giving this year; in the third place, two are in this category because of Auxiliary ~ giv- ing} aid ‘the: final church’s sum _ is larger because’ of « Increased budget amount? from ‘the charch proper. “Tt is bélieved that: quite, a number of. these. churches will treble or even g¥adraplé their contributions to the Orphanage this church year when the Thanksgiving Offering is added to the continued regular giving. These are being announced to the world as follows: LaGrange in Albe- marle Presbytery; Dundarrach and Mt. Carmel in Fayetteville Presby- tery; Amity, Beulah, Polkton, Provi- dence and Ramah in Mecklenburg; Burlington Second, Community, East Burlington and Spray in Orange; Ashwood, Bladenboro, Pleasant View and Woodburn in Wilmington Pres- bytery, and Foster Memorial and Low Gap in Winston-Salem Presby- tery. Low Gap has exactly equalled what they gave last year; the others are above the 1933-1934 total. —P. 0. H.— “WE MISS YOU, DADDY” Motorists all over the country might profit by reading the editorial which appeared in a recent issue of the Rockville, (Conn.) Journal, and which was circulated over that state by the motor vehicle department as a part of its, “Safety Education” program. The editorial follows: Those whose’ homes are blessed by little children’ know that the chil- dren think the world of their par- énts and no matter whether Daddy is a business success or a flat fail- ure, in the eyes of those little ones he is the biggest and most impor- tant person on earth, except mother. Tuesday morning there was a fatal accident on the Minterburn Hill and when the medical examiner was go- ing through the pockets of the dead man, list what valuables there were, what papers were on the to or body, a telegram was found. It was| 4 not very long, just the ordinary ten word length, but it had a message that would make any father happy. It read: “WE MISS YOU DADDY. WHEN ARE YOU COMING HOME?” That was all. It was a messege sent by one of the children of the man Who had been killed. He had re- ceived the and was home- ward hound. The clothes were minus money but in his pocket he carried that message. Those who have little children, and thease who were once little chil- dren, can think of the great blow to the child when father did return home--DEAD, “Daddy” will be missed by those children in the long years ahead. No will they have his support, message longer his earnings, and jeje important, his companionship. If ever there was a reason for peop'’e driving mose care‘ully on the road, it is that they might get in an vecident and deprive their own child come other child, of their “Dad- ” or dy. More might be written but just let us repeat those words: “We miss you daddy. When are you coming home?” THE MEASURE OF AN INSTITU- TION’S VALUE The measure of the worth of an in- stitution is to be found not in its buildings, grounds and equipment but in the degree to which it fulfills a real need in the child-caring program and gives to that child such care and training will most nearly com- pensaie him for the loss of the spirit- ual, educational and emotional values of a’normal home. Buildings and equipment are only important means to an end. The personalities and ideals. of the Board members, super- intendent, matrons, teachers and all of the institution workers, create the spirit of the institution, and upon that sprit the vital interests of the child depend. New ideals of the physical aspects of child-caring institutions have led to the development of a type of con- struction very different from the ori- ginal congregate form. The small cottages of adaptation of a family dwelling is now generally held to be the most desirable type of bui'ding. and in new institutions group of cottages and other necessary build- ings usualiy replaces the former con- gregate structure. But the really vital progress is not in the changed character of the buildings; it appears in the changed methods of dealing with the children which such a change in construction facilities. The moral and spiritual training of the children, the development of good habits, and the extention of right influences on their daily lives are the matters of greatest importance. To accomplish these ends the institu- tion must make a consistent effort to supply the e’ements of home life in as great a measure as is possible outside a normal family group. Some institutions with the finest equipment may lack the influence that are really vital for the children’s hap- piness and well being. Other institu- tions, large and small, which have not the approved physical equipment may yet give to the chi'dren in good meas- ure the essentials for their develop- ment and for the'r usefulness. There is always danger that overemphasis of the physical features of institu- tional life may result in the substitu- tion of material values for the spirit- ual. This danger is especially great if supervision is delegated through too many channels and if the people who come in direct contact with the daily life of the children lack experi- ence and understanding of child psy- chology and are therefore unable to give sympathetic direction. Attrac- tiveness and convenience of build- ings are undeniably great assets in making possible a good type of service, but the quality of an institu- tion depends far less upon the size of the buildings and upon the equip- ment than upon the personnel and as | Cottage News | INFIRMARY We are having very few patients now. Those children who want to visit the Infirmary so we will not for- get them come in the morning and evening to have their toes, fin- gers, feet, noses, eyes and a’l their sores attended to. From 15 to 39 cail every day. We have had three from the Baby Cottage this week and when the doc- tor said they could go back home we were all sorry to see them go. They said they had had a nice time with Ss. Nellie Johnston was one of Mrs. J. B. Johnston’s class who wa'ked to Statesville. The girls consider this stunt one of the most pleasant things of the year. Linda Culp saw the Davidson-Duke game and while she enjoyed the game she was sorry not to see Davidson win. Prrtha McKee, Bessie Kennedy, and Nellie Johnston are going to play spooks at the Halloween party that Miss Copeland and Miss Bell are giving to the Y. P. L. Miss Moore had a visit from her cousins, Mr. and Mrs Andrew Alex- ander, of Lincoln, Nebraska. While here they visited many of the mills in Statesville and Kannapolis as they had never seen any manufac- turing of cotton before. Miss Lackey visited at Hiddennite last week with her nieces. LEE’S Radio Station L-E-E-S, home of the housecats and truckfarm boys, is now broadcasting. We have been playing a lot of foot- ball, and have won a few varsity games. We have won most of our midget games and are still going strong. Thanksgiving is almost here, and we should all be thankful for the things that we have received. Miss Turner and Miss Long went to Miss Turner’s home in the Blue Ridge Mountains for the week-end, Rex Tewis’ mother and little brother visited us for a few days. Joe Ben Gibbs and Ed Cole will go to the picture show as a reward for being the best students in their grades. Lee’s Housecats ANNIE LOUISE Dear Messenger Friends: Since you heard from us last, there has been a great change in the cam- pus. Most of the leaves have turned yellow and red, Everything looks real pretty. > We were very sorry to loose Miss Miller but we cre indeed glad to have Miss MeGoogan for our matron. Miss MeGoogan, has had a visit from her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MceGoogan, of Raeford. Her neph- ew, Mr. Charlie Howard of Wash- ington, D. C., also came. Miss Me- Googan’s sister brought us a cake and some grapes. Her brother gave us a dollar to buy some candy. We en- joyed their visits and hope to see them again before very long. The pupil in each grade who makes (Continued on Page Four) that each the understanding care child receives. The institutional situation at the present time is constantly changing. Old institutions are becoming out of date in their physical equipment and even more so in their methods of work, and many of them are honestly facing the problem and are under- taking reconstruction. Because of the decreasing need for institutional care in communities with a well-developed child-caring program it is not probable that any large number of new institutions will be organized. Institutions that cannot change their physical aspects very considerably are, nevertheless; giv- ing heed to experiments that have been found practicable in arrange- ments modifying the building, so that the children may be grouped in accordance with the modern ideal of the small units, permitting more individual ‘supervision. than was possible under the old congregate plan. , The purpose and value of an in- stitution is the following: (a) What is the institution’s value in relation to the community? What real need does the institution fill, in view of other existing agencies and the resources that might be made available? (b) What is the institution’s value in re‘ation to the child? Will the child whom the institution serves be cared for better by this institution than by some other agency, or even better than through aid in his own home. {c) What is the institution’s value in relation to the service’ given? What kind of help does it give to the child physically, intellectually, and morally? Is it developing right habits of body and mind with the object of adjusting the child to his future life in the community? —Children’s Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor. Page Three BARIUM MESSENGER November 1934 | Mr. Johnston’s Letter To Committee Members After, each of the nine Presbyteries, of the-Synod-had appointed a committee to see that everyPfesbyterian of: the . Synod had a chance to make a Thanksgiving Offering this year, Mr. Johnston, superintendent of the Orphanage, wrote the following letter and sent a copy to each member. Because its content is applicable to every Presbyterian, it is being re- produced in full below: Barium Springs, N. C., Oct. 20, 1934. To Members of Presbyteries’ Committees on the Orphanage Thanksgiving Offering. Dear Friends: Occasionaly a situation arises where a very small thing can turn the tide, either to disaster or to success. I believe that one of those situations confronts us at the present time, and that the op- portunity for the committees appointed by each Presbytery to do something that will be of lasting good is before you. Let me out- line the situation: The income to the Orphanage has dropped tremendously in the last five years. It has not altogether been due to the depres- sion. Possibly the cause of this failure was back before the depres- sion started, when we relied on the large gifts of a relatively few Cross Roads people to maintain our institution here. were unable to carry on as formerly, we suffered. Maybe When these few people all this will be a good thing for usin the long run by bringing the Orph- anage to everybody. Then the Orphanag upon the few, but upon the entire membership of the its support. Now, this idea h e will no longer depend Synod for as been tried ouf‘iff:one’ Presbytery, and it was so successful that the Synod asked every Presbytery to put it in force. That is why your committee hasbeen formed, i. e., to bring the Orphanage The time is not long until | committee w cause to every member of every church. Thatiksgiving. The work of this ill have to be intense. It should_ not necessarily be hard. You have in addition to! your committee, members of the Board of Regents of the Orphanage within your Presbytery who will be most anxious to work w ith you in making your effort a success. If your work is: well done,, it, will certainly mean a better day for the Orphanage + net. only what* additional revenue may come in this year, but also by enlarging the number of peop!e who feel a responsibility,toward us., Don’t just try this in the big churches a t that a campaign is made in every organiza- er’ ‘small churches, too. See to i tion in your Presbytery, howev be, It .may be news to you, but the Synod for years in individua of less than,100 members lone, but in the small that. organization may the organization which has led 1 giving is a small Sunday School in a rather : poor-section of the state. They have just pulled together-as:a team all the time. We hayen’t many suggestions to offer. We believe that every Presbytery committee may have work out to get this over to the individ wish to send a représéentative; others may respondence. The thing that we are wanting all else, is not to neglect this. If you cauid just come Springs and see what this will m mine would be necessary.-And, if you can send delegates to see us, 80 Much the better. Within the last four years we have had measures. They are things that would be most were emergency detrimental to the Orphanage if its:ownm plan which they want to ual churches. Some may wish to do it by cor- to urge on you, above to Barium am sure no urging of get local churches to ean to us, I to do things here that they had to be incorporated as a permanent policy. We ate not wanting to get extravagant, but we do want to restore to our set-up some of the things proven so necessary for the pro} children. We want:our buildings that have been yer rearing and educating of our to be kept in safe repair, at least. We have had to negleet-repairs so long that some of our buildings are in danger of permanent injury. Our water -supply is inadequate. We are ground water level has lowered until at the present time our wells are furnishing us less wate ago. We have hopedthat this has not, and the only answer seems to be an will cost in the neighborhood of $5,000.00 equip to bring us relief. This is a matter w condition would be told that the under- two furnished us ten years changed, but it additional well. This to dig and properly hich may not seem im- r than one portant, but the continued shortage of water will certainly mean a menace to the health of the chi On the face-of it, it seetns such a simple thing it does seem so simple, We believe that if every member of over, and possibly because seem to take it seriously. every church makes a contribution, be small, that the response from the and will°change our outlook from one be most gratifying, easiness and uncertainty into 6n We look to you-:with -hope,. Your job does not have # high-sc is a big thing in the eyes of Almighty God. We need-your help z so helpless to do these things for this time so.much, and we are ourselves. Please do not fail us. ST seis Miscellanéous A Friend:- 1 quilt. . cee A Friend, .24 pair. men’s. socks. : Antioch Aux...Circle 2.- pair pillow Cases. te age a . Burlington...jst_ Aux.’ - Business Girls’ Cirele--. 2 quilts, 1 blanket, 9 table cloths,,34%% doz. ‘table nap- kins) R * : : Cape ‘Fear Apts.. Wilmington’ - soap wrappers ts 4 Crawford Boyd, Fayetteville - rolls 116 film; 150 feet ‘16 moving ;picture film. Durham ist Ch. - Vases, “pictures, books, sweaters, dolls, toys, cloth- - ing, sheets, pillow cases, 3 rugs for Baby Cottage, 2 toy” wagons for Baby Cottage oy Elizabethtown Aux: - 1 quilt Gastonia: 1st -Aux. Circle 8 - Maga- zines.’ : wh ane at John Luke, Toys, Wagons,. bear bags. * Miss’ Elsie Wilson;, Gastonia. - “sub- scriptoh te. Woman's World Maga- » 12 MM zine : se Mrs. Boyd’s S:.S.Class,, Charlotte - Coat Hangers for, Annie Louise Cottage: *. °= ‘ Mrs. R.°M: Tirrance, Troy - 1 coat. Mré 4 HB. VanLandingham, Sdot- land Neck -°2 coats... s Rutherfordten ist Aux. .- 17 dish “towels. . Sharon D. V. B.S... 1 quilt (M) ldren. to get this plan so few people even though that contribution Thanksgiving Offering will of un- e of hope and security. we foliow you with our punding title, but I believe prayers. that it at Cordially yours, JOS. B. JOHNSTON Manager. Clothing Boxes Bayless Mem. Aux. “Bethesda (C) Aux. Caldwell Mem. S. S. - Class 1 A. Charlotte ist Aux. - Circle 9. Chinquapin Aux. Covenant (KM) Covenant (0) S. S. - Covenant Class. Covenant (W) Aux. (3 iutfits). Erwin Aux. Fayetteville Ist S. S. - Int. Dept. Henderson Aux. Circle 9. Hickory 1st S. S. Hickory ist Young People. High'and Aux. - Business W's Circle. Hope Mills Aux. Lowell Aux. Macclesfield Aux. Mebane S. S. - Willing Class. Mt. Olive S. S. - Berean Phi. Class Olney Aux. (3 outfits) Olney Aux. Bus‘ness W’s Circle. Providence (F) 8S. 8. Raeford Aux. Rocky Point Aux. Salisbury Ist S. S. Rumple B. CG. Salisbury Ist Aux. Circle 2. St. Andrews (W) 5S. S. - Euphian Class. Unity (C) Aux. Unity (KM) Aux. Varina Aux. Vass Aux. Wilmington 1st S .S. Women’s B. C. Worker's Miscellaneous Support 1.20; Little Joe’s - 5.61 3 Cypress 2.25) Long Creek 2.77 A. E. Scharrer, Hickory 5.00| Davidson 28.50! Lumber Bridge 1.87 A Friend, for-the hour 19 to Edenton 1.40] McPherson 10:00 11 p. m. of the 10th day of the __| Elmwood .98| Macpelah 1.00 10th month, 12.00 Falklaiid 38 Madison 10 60 A Friend, Raleigh 5.00 Farmville (A) 1.50! Marion 1.46 A Friend 60.00' Fayettevillé 1st 93.75| Maxton Ist April 9.52 A Friend 20.77| Fountain 1.13| May 537 C. G. Pepper. Hamlet 1.00! Front Street 29} June —— 5.58 Col, F. L. Fuller, New York 150.00 Graham 32.68] July a 9.82 F. P. Tate, Morganton 6.09 Graves Mem. 10.60) Aug. 8.06 Jas. Sloan, Redlands, Calf. 200.00! Hallsville .97| Sept. —- 10.12 Little Miss Catherine Finley, Harmony (C) 82] Mallard Creek 10.36 N. Wilkesboro (Her prize Harrisburg 7.37| Mebane - 4.00 money) -—. 1.00) Hebron 2g} Mocksville 13.47 Marion McCall, Winston-Salem, Henderson 1.50| Mooresville ist 9.20 Former Barium Student 1.00} Hickory Ist 13.91| Mooresville 2nd 8.05 Rev. James Appleby, Maxton 1.00} Highland 28.10 Montpelier 6.00 Una Frances Paterson, Hunt- Immanuel 4.97| Mt. Gilead 3.25 ersville. six years old - to Kannapolis 7.16 Mt. Zion 5.00 operate Orphanage by Una Laurel Hill 5.95| New Hope (W) 3.00 Francis and her aunt 2 Laurinburg Sept. 7'3°| New Hope (KM) 5.00 minutes 40| Lenoir, A Friend 29.99| N- Vanguard 2.00 TOTAL $471.43) Lenoir 50.80 ane B. C. Sept. 1.50 - Lexington 1st Special 2.08PM 2.00 Clothing Money Littleton 150 | Norwood 4.84 Little River 2.26 New Bern Ist & Men’s ae Bayless Mem. Aux. 3.50] Lumber Bridge 7,.00| _ B. ©. 10.00 Bethesda (C) Aux. 3.00] Mebane 2.12| New Hope (0) 1.10 Belmont S. S. - Minnie Hall Mooresville 1st 29.32| N.. Wilkesboro 46.80 B. C. 15.00) Mooresville 2nd ‘64| Oak Hill 1.06 Caldwell Mem. S. S. Class 1 A — 3.00] Mt. Gilead Special §.209| Olney Sept. & Oct. 10.00 Carthage Aux. 15.00] Nutbush 1.66 Philadelphus Aug., Sept., Oct. 6.35 Charlotte Ist 5. S., Young Men’s Oxford 7.83| Pittsboro - 2.01 B. C.-Lee Witten Goodwyn Mem. Patterson 1.99| Pineville Sept. 6.50 Wend 2. __.. 15.00] Pinetops Half year 11.25| Oct. —-... 5.50 Charlotte 2nd S. S., Spencer Pop'ar Tent 6.12 Pleasant View October 6.00 B. C. 7 15.00] Prospect - x v.94 Raleigh Ast, Moment B. S, 6.75 Charlotte 1st Aux. Circle 9 3.00] Quaker Meadows 3.75| Red Springs, July, Aug. & Sept. 4.04 Chinquapin Aux. 3.00] Raeford _ 11.60| Reidsville 10.00 Cramerton Aux. 11.00] Raleigh 1st 11.25! Rocky Point Sept... 2.00 Concord Ist Aux., Young Red Springs - 2nd quarter 18.45, Rocky Mt. Ist Jennie K. Hill Girl’s Circle — 39.00] Reidsville ia.06). &. Bene 50° Covenant (F) Aux. 2.95] Rockingham Special 8.00| Rocky Mt. 1st 13.14 Covenant (O) 8S. S.-Covenant Rocky Mt. Ist 95.00 Salisbury 2nd 8.85 Class 3.00] Rocky Point 1.14| Salisbury 2nd 8.00 Covenant (KM) Aux. 3.00] Salsbury 1st 68.04 Salisbury 1st, Rumple B. C. 5.00 Dallas Aux. Spring 1934 15.00] Salisbury 2nd - 3.95 Sharon (M) Ist half year 26.71 Fall : - 15.00] Sanford 10:48 Sherrill’s Ford - 2.04 Dr. Thos. C. Johnson, Shiloh (C) - 1.35| Statesville 1st : 14.00 Lumberton — ‘ _ 15.00] Spray ; _ 4.68| Spencer July, Aug. & Sept. 10.34 Erwin Aux. Kelly Circle 3.00] St. Andrews (W) 43.00} >PTay ; “- Fayetteville 1st S. S.-Sr. 3.00] Statesville 1st 28,14} St. Andrews (M) 12.23 Front Street Aux. 12.50| Taylorsville 75 St. Pauls (M) 18.50 Gastonia Ist Aux. 195.00] Third Creek 18g] Sunnyside 3.90 Graham Aux. Mrs. Mell Thomp- Thyatira 7.93| Tenth Avenue (M) 30.00 son coe _.. 15.00] Unity (C) 2.97) Thomasboro : - 11.54 Goldsboro -..- 15.00] Varina ~ “"qg| Thyatira ———-. - 8.05 Goldsboro 1st Aux. 15.00] Washington - ~ 45.00| Trinity Avenue 10.00 Henderson Aux. Circle 4 - 3.50} Westminster (M) 37.50| Union (KM) 3.75 Hickory Ist Aux. Evenin Wildwood (W) 1.50| Union Mills --——_—... 2.00 Sane rs =,| Vanguard 1st Special Birthday Circle . nie 3.00, Willard ae 1.50 : P aa Hickory 1st Y. P. ; . 8.00] Winston-Salem ist -— 100.00] _ Offering half year 9.50 High.and Aux.- Business W’s Wilmington Ist - _ 38.00 Vass - — Cire a 3.00] Wilmington 1st 54.00) Waldensian B. C. i+. Hope ‘Mills 3.00 Washington ist 20.00 Howard Mem. Aux. Mrs. Mabry ™ Sunday Schools ao (0) as eS 4. é 3.62 oe Job Cobb £.00| Alamance 7.52 lo (W) 2nd quarter — Mrs. Geo. Holderness i= ‘Alsiutice gg) Lanceyville —. 3.7 Jackson Springs Aux. _... 15.00} Albemarle _ 22.30 “Fe . Jonesboro Aux. SS ae ee 7.50 Auxiliarie Kannapolis Aux. 30.00! Ahoskie 5.00 : Lincolnton Aux. _ 30.00] Ashwood : 2.65| Alamance 2 Lowell Aux, _ 3.00] Barbecue Aug., Sept., Oct.,.. 3.00 Asheboro Saf Marion Aux. —— . 12.50) Belmont _.. mS! 19.36| Bayless Mem. 3.00 Mebane S. S. - Willing Bensalem - ~ 2.60 | Bethpage = Workers Class a 4.50] Bessemer (O) - 19.22] Bethesda (0) an Mr. & Mrs. Clyde L. Taylor, Bethany (C) Augus 1.32 mere) = Greensboro is his _ 10.00] Bethel (M) — “A 3.05 om _— ae — Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Taylor, Greens- Bethesda (F) 8.45 —- bourn ; 2 & ept. aa boro Sek eee _ 10.00] Bethesda (O) 2.25 eee ¢ ; onths) 28.01 Monroe Aux. . _..... 30.00] Brittain July & Aug. 3.39 Sonatee Pom oo ais Mt. Olive S. S. - Berean Phi. Burgaw, Aug. & Sept. 6.50 owe 26 Class eo . 3.50 Burgaw. ; 5.90 7 a ao Olney Aux. ———_—— 9.00] Burlington 2nd 7.65 oe ed red Olney Aux: —..--—- 3.00| Galdweil Mem. 2nd quarter —. 13.70 ee se KM Eee ea 1.00 Providence (F) 8S. 8S. — 3.00] Camden _ F 1.00 + besa ) a. Raeford Aux. ——--—- 3.00] Caswell _ 4.37 os Oo in Raleigh 1st S. S. Bettie Charlotte 1st _ 25.00 eee . 187 Penick B. €. Tepe tet 15.00] Cherryville 4.00 eee — ) Ps Reynolda Aux. abc ch . 40.00] Clarkton. _ SIT ton ist -— a Red Springs Aux. ~~~ lo Coen 10.41 Eliz betht ae ike Reidsville Aux. a 30.00] Concord Iredell 8.84 F ‘lle Mer 5 50 Roanoke Rapids Aux. - 12.50] Concord 1st 63.92 Ge red c ey dent er Rocky Mt. Ist Aux. --- 67.50] Cornelius 3 _ 6.40 cstenis tot sept. ‘795 Rocky Point Aux. ———— _ 3.00] Covenant (F) 2nd Quarter _. 18.00 Saga : aaa Rutherfordton =a 15.00] Cross Roads Aug. & Sept 4.07 Gienod 150 Salisbury Ist Aux. Circle 2 3.00] Culdee Aug. - . 87 Godwit Gizcle 2 *50 Salisbury Ist Aux. Circle 1 15.00} Sept. 1.87 Goldabe meres © 60.00 Salisbury King’s Daughters 5.00} Oct. 1.18 live . a a acheae : Salisbury 1st S. S. Rumple B. C. Dallas pees 7.00 TCt oe oro ist nan) +66 _.. —-------- 3.50} Davidson ; to eer : 7 eG Slelby Aux. eS 15.00| Delgado 5.00 eee ati ist 130 St. Andrews (W) Aux. 30.00] Durham ist 25.00 pte ser . 3.00 St. Andrews (W) S. S. Euphiam Thnaech —..- _——_—— 3.13 a Poles “ant Sept Class 3.00] Edenton ; 4.73 High Point ist ag 35.00 St. Andrews (W) S. S. W. H. S. El-Bethel | ee LOOT Siee Point ist 7.00 Class * """"15.00] Elise June, July, Aug, & Sept... 7.18) Howard Mem. 11.00 Tenth Avenue S. S. Flora Elmwood, August oe SB a peavilie 12.00 Grady B. C hse _ 15.00] Elmwood 72 saver 212 Tenth Ave. S. S., W’s. B. C.— 10.00} Fairmont 5.00] crecial 297 Unity (KM) —------ 3.00 Falkland _. 5.00 can Springs 10.00 Unity (C) Aux. ——— 3.00] Fayetteville Ist - 40.00] Sonesboro Special 275 Vass Aux. 3.00] Fountain Sept. —-------— 2.911 Kinston 8.15 Varina Aux. ieinigaenn aoe 5.00) Oct. 2.94) Texington 12.00 Washington ist S. S., Beg. Foster Mem. . Tae Lexington 1st 187 ee ae 7.20) Front Street ‘ug. & Sept 19.96] Tittle Joe’s July, Aug. & Sept. . 9.00 Wi.mington Ist S. §., Ladies’ Fulie: Mem. « -vcial Birthday - 4.50 tc caenes y, Aug. 700 B. C. 2 _.. 8.00] Graves Memorial, Sept. - 3.77] Macclesfield 4.00 Winston-Salem ist 8. S., Mary Gastonia Ist, Jr. Dept. - 13.04] \adison Th E. Rogers B. C. —— _. 15.00] Gastonia 1st Men’s B. C. Masvion 187 Yanceyville 3-00! Regular 35.00) Matthews Aug. & Sept. 4.00 TOTAL $1,032.65) Glenwood , 3.65 | Mt. Airy 281 Godwin 5.65) Mt. Pisgah 1.00 Churches Regular _| Goldsboro —_. Caan a Greensboro Ist, Men’s B. Cc. Morven _ 5.00 Ahoskie 1.89} September a 18.16 Montpelier 6.00 Alamance 7.50] Greensboro 1st Men’s B. C. 13.75] Monroe 13.00 Alamance 3.75] Greenville 1.00] it. Holly 2.45 Back Creek 2.12] Hallsville 1.90 Mulberry 9.42 Bethany (C) .45| Harrisburg 5.52] Newton 5.00 Bethel (0) 3.96] Harmony (W) Ch. & 5S. S. 5.00] Oxford 28.00 Bethpage 3.68| Harmony (W) S. S. & Church 6.00| philadelphus Circle 1 1.00 Bessemer 2.62 | Harmony (C) 3.45| popiar Tent 53 Blacknall Mem. 7.50| Hope Mills, July, Aug. & Sept 8.95| Prospect "7 Buffalo (G) 15.00} Hopewell (M) 6.08] Raeford oS Burlington Ist — 15.00] Huntersville 10.21) Raleigh Ist 10.00 Burlington 1st Special 12.63} Iona . 10.00] Rocky Mt. ist Mrs. A. P. Burlington eenminen _.. 7.50) Iron Station . 2.58] ‘Tharpe 10.00 Caldwell Mem. —~—-. _ 44.71] Jacksonville 2nd quarter 11.33] Rocky River 2.00 Calvary 1.65| Jackson Springs Sept. 5.60! Roanoke Rapids 5.00 Chadbourn 4.50| Jefferson 1.55| Rocky Mt. Ist Regular 23.00 Charlotte 2nd 150.00] Kannapolis 12.22| Special 11.00 Special ~~~ 3.00} Kings Mt. 25.91 Penny-a-dav 5.88 Chinquapin peaes 1.57] Lakeview 1.16| Salisbury 2nd 5.00 Goneord Iredell - 3.75| Laurel Hill 17.70) Salisbury 1st Concord 2nd jones 4.35] Laurinburg, Sept. 18.63} Shelby Covenant (W) July-August Lexington 16.50) Springwood AE & September - 139.95! Lillington 2.93] St. Andrews (M) 5.50 Cross: ROadS -----w-nee--eeeneneoem win 71| RUUD. cncctecevees semen SONS (Continued on Page Four) Page Four BARIUMMESSENGER November 1984 Treasurer, Presbyterian Orpha Dear Sir: $ 1.00 will run the 5.00 ” - “= 1 12.00 ” ” 9? oe 2 Te How Long W Name___— Address_ My Thanksgiving Offering Barium Springs, N. Enclosed is tay check for $_— a personal Thanksgiving Offering to the Orphanage, to operate the Orphanage for the designated time below; Fall Athletics ns’ Home C. Orphanage 5 Mins. $9 95 %9 ” 50 ” - 1 Hour ”? 5 ” o 1 Day ill You Run It? More Cottage News (Continued from Page Two) the highest average each month gets to go to the movies. This is a free show through the courtesy of Mr. Sams, the manager of the theatre in Statesville. Three of our girls went in September and two in October. HOWARD COTTAGE Hello Friends: This is station HC. Two months of school have passed. Some of us did not make very good reports this month, but we hope to do better next time. Our flowers have been mighty pretty, but old Mr. Frost is stealing them now. We hate to see them go, but we have enjoyed the Dahlias, Petunias and some others all sum- mer and now we have the Chrysan- themums. We appreciate our teacher’s giv- ing us a Hallowe’en party in school Wednesday. We all had a nice time in place of having our lesson. Rhoda Daniels had a visit her mother Saturday. Thelma Robards and Thelma Me- Intyre went to High Point with Mr. from Johnston Sunday. Their people live there. The girls who went to the Junior- Intermediate Hollowe’en party at Rumple Hall reported a fine time. Frances Morgan has moved to Rumple Hall, and Flora Mae Smith has come to Howard from Annie Louise. We hate to lose Frances, but we’re glad to have Flora Mae. We all went to Troutman Fair and enjoyed looking at the exhibits and the fireworks, horse races, etc. Oh yes! we just about forgot to tell you. We don’t have to string beans anymore this year, because the frost came and helped us_ to finish. Mary Adams had a visit from her mother this week-end and her grand- mother and aunt visited her last week and brought us some nice can- ned fruits for Sunday night lunch; also some walnuts. We appreciate these good things from Mrs. Adams. —Louise Martin, BABY COTTAGE Friday, Sept. 27th. We have de- cided to keep a diary for you. We went to see a football game today and won the game 14-0. We played with Mooresville. Sept. 28th: Nothing much happened to-day except the daily routine of bathing and getting clean clothes. Sept 29th Some friends from Philadelphus Church near Charlotte visited us today. They wanted one of us to clothe. We hope the one they took will please them. Sept. 30th: Miss Miller, a former matron here, lost her mother yester- day. Today several of our workers and girls have gone to the funeral at Moeresville. We all extend our sympathy to the family. Oct. 2: Since our matrons been getting half holidays week, mama MrcGirt had hers today and reportel a pleasant afternoon. Oct. 5: A friend sent us a beauti- ful rug today for our playroom. Oct. 6: Rain! Rain! then more rain, so it has been a noisy day at our house, but we have enjoyed playing inside on our pretty new rug. ; Oct. 8th: Mr, Thomas brought us a large box of apples. People might not think we can eat, but just let them see us when there are apples around and they will change their mind. Oct. 9th: Mama McGirt téok us to ride and bought some new curtains for our sitting room. They are mighty pretty. have once 2} Auxiliaries (Continued from Page Three) Trinity Ave. Cfreles 1-2-3 15.00 Troy ‘ 1.00 Thyatira 2.00 Washington ist Regular 4.00 Special Warrenton : Waughtown, Aug. Sept : 4.00 Waughtown . West Avenue (KM) Westminster (W) Westminster (0) Westminster (M) Wilmore ; 6.61 Winston-Salem Ist 10.00 Winston-Salem Ist 37.50 THANKSGIVING Huntersville Aux. oe 18.00 Young People Bessemer City Jr. Special 1.00 Gibson 2.00 FOR MESSENGER Edward Purdie, Dunn 1.00 Herbert Blue, Student . ; 1.00 H. D. Harwood, Winston-Salem 1.00 Isadore Wallace, Statesville _. 1.00 1.00 1,00 Former Barium J. Alex. MeMillan, Charlotte Mrs. P. P Turner, Greensboro Mrs. Lena M, Hughes, Cedar Grove nos ‘i 1,00 Providence (M) Delia Yandeli Circle for Messenger 1.00 MEMORIALS F. A. Sherrill, Statesville, Memory Mrs. Josephine Davis . 5.00 Gastonia 1st, Choir - Memory Dr. H. M. Eddleman 5.00 Young People’s Socitties Gastonia 1st Men's B, C. Memory Dr. H. M. Eddleman s . 80.00 Gastonia 1st - Mr. & Mrs. Paul G, Caldwell and Mr. & Mrs. Norman Morrow - In Memory Dr. H. M. Eddleman 5.00 Mrs. W. C. Galey, Graham, Memory a Friend - 3.00 Grand Total $3,522.78 we have a beautiful day for a foot- lost but they will do better next time. Oct. 12th: We had a visit from four ladies from Gastiona, and hope they will come again. Betty Lou Davis received a nice clothing box from a friend. Oct. 13: Today the Juniors enter- tained the Seniors with a picnic. One of our big girls, Margaret Moore, was fortunate enough to be one of the lucky Juniors. When the picnic was over, the ice cream that was left was given to us. It was so cold, how- ever, that we couldn’t eat it so mama Girt saved it until Sunday. We enjoy- ed it very much and wish to thank Miss Copeland and the Juniors for | giving it to us. | Oct. 14th: Some of Fred Cole’s | People came to see him. Oct. 15th: The Board of Regents | came teday. We were very glad to | have them. Oct 17th: Some of mama Girt’s old friends from Raeford came and , looked over our cottage. Oct. 18th: The big girls went to the fair. Oct. 19th: Mama Girt took we little ones to the fair, Oct. 22nd: Betty Joe Smith’s cloth- ing people came and brought her some real pretty clothes. AUXILIARIES SHOW SPURT (Continued From Page One) org#nizations which hive reported regular gifts to the support fund of the Orphanage in the first seven months of 1934-1935 is as follows: ball game. We are sorry our boys! ¢ This is the first year in quite some rium 27-0, the worst defeat we have ever suffered at the hands of a South Piedmont Conference foe. Lexington is especially strong this year, and this was Barium’s first hard game. On Thursday October the 4th, at Barium Springs, Concord and Barium played to a 6-6 tie. Concord was first to score, and this was the first score made against our varsity team on Sloan Field. This created quite a sensation, especially in view of the fact, that the Concord School deciar- ed a holiday, and a large part of the student body was present to see this scoring done. Concord had one of the best teams in her history, and Ba- rium’s coming back in the second half to tie the score was really a splendid exhibition of football. On Tharsday October the 11th, again on Sloan Field, the Children’s Home of Winsten-MSalem played Barium and defeated Barium 12-0. This was the first time in the history of the games between these two in- stitutions, that Winston has been the victor, It just shews what persistence will do. These good Méthodists start- ed out about eight years ago in quest of a Barium victory. It probably seemed slow at times, but they final- ly arrived at their goal. They have one of the best teams in high school circles, and so far this year, they lave not been scored on. On Friday, October the 19th at Barium Springs, Barium and Kan- napolis played to a scoreless tie. Kan- napelis was one of the two teams that defeated Barium in 1938, They presented a big, hard-playing team, Barium showed a little more strength in offense, but not enough difference to push the ball across the goal. On Friday October the 26th, at Thomasville, Barium played their third tie game of the season. The Mills Home started out rather slow at the beginning of the season, but have come along fine and presented a splendid hard-playing team. On Friday, November the second, at Barium, Monroe was the opposi- tion, and the final score was Barium 13, Monroe 0. For three-fourths of the game Monroe played Barium on even terms, but in the second quarter Barium pushed over a touchdown and just a minute later a second. The first one followed a drive down the field, the final plunge being made by Wood. The seeond touchdown re- sulted from a blecked punt recover- ed by Barium on the one-yard line, and on the next play the ball was pushed over by Gaskill. The 125-Ib. team, as usual, seems unbeatable. They defeated Statesville at Barium 27-0, then defeated Con- cord at Concord 13-0, then Statesville at Statesville 7-6. This game was a thriller. Statesville scored in the first half and it looked like a Statesville victory, but Fred Johnston got away ih the second half to run half the fength of the field for a touchdown. The returr’ game with Coneerd on Sloan Field was Barium 32, Concord The 100-lb team has had some stiff competition. The only games so far played have been in the Or- phanage Conference. The first one, resulted in a victory for Barium over the National Orphanage of Lexing- ton, 6-0. The next one, the game be- ing played at Durham: Oxford 20, Barium 0. Then the Children’s Home at Barium: Children’s Home 6, Ba- rium 0. Then on a return game at oo Children’s Home 7, Barium The final game with Oxford re- egg with Oxford defeating Barium The 80-tb team has played two games, both with Children’s Home. The first resulted in a victory for the | LAST MONTHS GIVING BELOW OCTOBER, 1999 While the October giving of the Synod of North Carolina was the best of any of the past seven months, still it did mot come up to that sum of October, 1933. It was less than a hundred dollars’ difference, though, between the two months. The record shows further that in the first seven months of 1933, Synod sent Barium $17,223.13, as against the $17,295.68 for the same period of 1934, This means that Synod is now $72.55 ahead of last year as the Thanksgiving offering approaches. The Table of Receipts shows little alteration in the standing of the Pres- byteries. The only change was the switching which took place between Mecklenburg and Wilmington Pres- byteries. Wilmington spurted for- ward to depose Mecklenburg from fifth position, which Wilmington Presbytery now occupies, while Meck- lenburg dropped back to the sixth time that Barium has not published : 3 The Scoreboard, a weekly publication a £ ro] which kept up with our athletic ac- a Sx 2s = a cn s ° > v Ss sn e tivities. This little paper was sent to $2 ce os 4 those of our friends that were ¢s- October ee c. a & S pecially interested in this phase of | PRESBYTERY Receipts an oe es es our life, Ee Be = “ —— we do not get that ont, jn <5, <i <S < are herewith s arizing as briefly as possible, ten taaition .. our bee Winston-Salem $268.00 6 e 43%4c 70¢ 26%c¢ ball teams so far, this fall. Albemarle 276.95 64%e 81%e 70c 38% ¢ Our varsity team started its sea-}Kings Mountain 240.61 4%c 26%c 70¢ 43 boc son September the 21st., playing | Concord 562.67 S ¢ 24%e 70¢ 45 ee Mooresville on the Home Field. This | Wilmington 414,20 Bue 21 ¢ 70e 49 ¢ was the first meet with Mooresville | Mecklenburg 651.11 3%c 20 ¢ 70¢ 50 ¢ in a number of years. Barium was |Orange 400.98 i: 17T%e 70¢ 52kee victorious 14-0. Fayetteville 510.11 c 16%¢ 70¢ 58%c On Friday September the 28th, at [Granville 198.30 3%e 14%e 70¢ 55 ke Lexington, Lexington defeated Ba- Total $3522.98 . ane 218¢ Te 4S. Be place vacated by Wilmington. When compared with October, 1933, it is found that four of the Presby- teries are ahead of their per capita giving, while the other five are behind their record of a year ago. Wilmington Presbytery leads those which have shown a per capita in- crease. She is 4% cents ahead of October, 1933. Orange is 3% ahead; reine 3 cents, and Granville Those behind are led by Mecklen- burg Presbytery. Members there have given 13 cents less per member than in the first seven months of 1933. Kings Mountain follows, being 10% cents in arrear of a year ago; Albe- marle and Winston-Salem Presby~ teries are both 3% cents less, and Concord is 1% cents behind. The whole Synod of North Carolina has given .79 of a cent less per capita this year than at the close of Oct- ober, 1933. total of $1,310.42 for the month would have been much less than this, but this month they broke the record of alternating months in which they have been giving their best sums. They conformed to the expressed be- lief in last month’s Messenger that this would happen, and everybody is mighty happy and joyous here that it did. It was mentioned last month that 13 Sunday Schools had contributed as much as $100.09 to Barium, and in the tabulation of these 13 and the sums they had given, three of them were omitted through error. These were Olivia in Fayetteville Presby~ tery; Belmont in Kings Mountain, and Tenth Avenue in Mecklenburg. liowever, they are recorded below at the close of October and to that 13 has been added another - North Wilkesboro in Winston-Salem Pres- bytery. A half-dozen other Sunday Schoo's are on the border line, and should step across into this group next month. Here they are: Concord First $379.- 20; Wenston-Salem First $254.40; Gastonia First $195.05; Salisbury First $188.50; Oliva $176.58; Belmont $172 29; Tenth Avenue $168.59; Dur- ham First $146.00; Albemarle $136.- 61; North Wilkesboro $136.49; Greens- boro First $135.18; Laurinburg $128.00; Shelby $126.77, and St. Pauls (F) $105.59. The purpose of and their sums is to inspire other Sunday Schools which are large enough to likewise give to Barium, and is certainly not meant to be a slight to those 216 other Sunday Schools which have reported contri- butions to Barium this year, Fayetteville and Kings Mountain Pyresbyteries still have the lead in the number of Sunday Schools in this group. Fayetteville has Laurinburg, Olivia and St Pauls recorded above, rand Kings Mountain Presbytery has Belmont, Gastonia First and Shelby in this group. Almost half of the Sunday Schools attaining this feat are from these two Presbyteries. The comparative record of meals which could have been served, at the rate of ten cents per meal, is as recording these Children’s Home of 6-0; the second, The Children’s Home 13, Barium 0. Mecklenburg 27 33 25 Orange 21 29 19 Wilmington 22 32 13 Winston-Salem 14 9 8 TOTALS 174231149 MEALS SERVED BY S. S. (Continued From Page One) notch of success that the Sunday Schools can whittle on their belts, and by having contributed these two excellent totals for two months run- ning, it seems almost a certainty now that they wili make a record of giving more every month of 1934- 1935 than for the same month of the preceding year, with the exception of last August. That month fell far be- low the record of August, 1933, and is the only thirty or thirty-one period which mars an otherwise gratifying record. If the Sunday Schools had followed Oct. 11th: It has cleared off and Presbytery Chur. Aux. §8.S. Albemarle 16 16 16 Concord 39 31 18 Fayetteville 12 48 22 Granville 13 10 14 Kings Mountain 10 23 14 their usual cycle in October, the follows: Months 1933-34 1934-35 April 2,898 6,218 May 6,633 10,659 June 8,252 9,501 July 9,425 12,753 August 13,238 8,762 September 13,419 14,366 October 12.678 13,104 November 10,717 t December 11,519 ? January 10,583 ? February 9,553 e March 18,383 t ENTHUSIASM SHOWN (Continued From Page One) names of the members are recorded, and these will be checked to see that all help. The use of the name on the envelope is certainly not to see how much a person gives, but is simply a method of seeing that all who want to help do so. Other groups will carefully check the names of those who attend the service when the offering is made for Barium, later calling upon the absentee members to give them a chance te aid. Some of the churches have decided to take the offering on the Sunday after Thanksgiving - in fact, the greater majority are going to do this, it is believed. So many people are away visiting relatives on Thanks- giving Day, or making other trips, that it was felt locally that it would be much more advisable to concen- trate on the Sunday following Thanks- SEMI-ANNUAL GATHERING (Continued From Page One) Ernest Milton, treasurer of the insti- tution. At 9 p. m. the Board recessed for committee meetings, the several per- manent and special committees meet- ing that night and continuing their deliberations the following morning prior to the re-opening of the Board meeting at 9:30 a. m. Mr. Johnston’s report dealt with the general conditions at the Orph- anage, being supplemented by reports of departmental heads filed with the committees concerned with the par- ticular affairs. The treasurer’s report showed that the financial situation was virtuglly umaltered from that of a year ago, with the Synod of North Cerolina only about $100.00 ahead of its giving as of the com- parative cate of September 30, 1933. Special attention was devoted to the appro: ching Thanksgiving Offer- ing and practical suggestions were made as t how the Regents could be valuably used in the plan of seeing that every Presbyterian was given an opportunity to help the Orphanage this Thanksgiving. Reports were like- wise made as to the progress which had been made in getting every Pres- bytery organized with Presbytery Committee: for this purpose. Besides the president and secretary, other Regents attending were Dr. J. Kk. McGreror, of Burlington, vice- president; Mrs. H. A. Rouzer, of Sal- isbury; W. B. Bradford, of Charlotte; Mrs. J. E. Driscoll, of Charlotte; Rev. Eugene A’exander, ef Manchester; Mrs. L. A McLaurin, of Rowland; Rev. R. C. Clontz, of Wilmington; Mrs. J. R. Harper, of Wilmington; Mrs. I. F. Hill, of Durham; Rev. W. M. Baker, of Mebane; Mrs. S. P. Stowe, of Belmont; Rev. W. M. Currie, of Belmont; Mrs. J. R. Finley, of North Wilkesboro; John W. Moore, of Winston-Salem, Mrs. Stowe and Mr. Moore were attending their first sessions. INCOME DISTRIBUTION (Continued From Page One) ed that the largest increase would come from the Auxiliaries in October, and that is exactly what happened. It is the contention again that the same thing will be true in November. It is likewise predicted that the Sun- day Sctvols will establish a new high mark in November. The receipts for the seven months, excluding the sum given by the young people’s organizations, is as follows: Month Chur. Ss. 8. Aux. April $185.76 $621.82 $201.67 May 535.10 1,065.94 430.09 Jume 781.25 950.05 580.68 August 1,471.09 876.19 373.50 July 838.30 1.275.36 622.92 Sept. 825.22 1,436.55 667.12 October 1,366.02 1,310.42 843.54 Totals $6,002.74 $7,536.33 $3,719.52 giving. Some of the churches will use three services at which the offering will be made - on the Sundays before and after Thanksgiving, as well as the day when the first fruits are brought. And, if a member does not attend any of these three services, he will be seen afterward for his gift. No matter what the method, the firr belief persists that ‘a united and Synod-wide effort this Thanks- giving will send to Barium one of the largest offerings in the institu- tion’s history. The amrival of it will be anxiously awaited, and treasurers of all organizations are urged to for- ward these sums to the Orphanage just as soon as possible. MM i A Si s 2 ws a me ae aa n ag re a d << : . . . * * 21,000 Copies of th * Issue Mailed to : Peesbyteriane in N. ee n e e e PUBLISHED By PRESBYTERIAN VOL. XII BARIUM SPRINGS, N. C. DECEMBER 1934. MANY ALUMNI RETURNED | AUXILIARIES AGAIN HOLD FOR HOME-COMING EVENT, Representatives Were Here From Time Orphanage Was First Established Way back yonder when’ we first started Home-Coming Day it was always a signal for bad weather. It sleeted the first day we ever had a Home-Coming Day; and rain- ed torrents the next two, but in spite of all this, the number returning steadily increased. Some four years ago, it was decided to have Home- Coming Day earlier in the fall, and to put it on a day when there wou'd be a footbail game scheduled. This is the SPOTLIGHT IN NOVEMBER ['wenty Others Reported Contri- butions Last Month.—Are Climbing Forward Fast Once again, the Auxiliaries of he Synod of North Carolina 1iold the spotlight. They made a great spurt in October when 25 Auxiliaries made their first re- port on the 1934-1935 fiscal year, and they come in for ad- ditional commendation in November, for 20 other Aux- liaries made reports last month. They continue to climb closer up fourth year that such an arrange-!0" the churches which have made re- ment has been in effect, and the weather has been beautiful every year up until this year. On this Home- Coming Day, (November the 23rd) the day started out bad, pouring down rain, and no prospects of a clearing up. However, about eleven o’clock, the clouds commenced to lift, and then it was found that even while it was raining, quite a number of the old boys and girls had return- ed. A lot of them had started be- fore the rain did, and some of them just did not pay any attention to the rain. There were people here from Detroit; from Atlanta; from mington; and did they have a lot to say to each other! As usual, there was a complete tie-up from the very beginning of the Orphanage. George Hipp, again was the oldest Alumnus present, and his stay at Barium overlapped that of J. A. Ferguson from Atlanta; S. W. MelIver from Winston-Salem, and others. There were quite a num- ber here back in the 1912-15 period, and then those of the last ten years were here in abundance. They were especially in evidence at the football game in the afternoon. A good many of the boys were old football players, and they seemed to enjoy that game more than anyone. We did not keep tab as to which Class had the largest representation, but we believe that the Class of 1930 has this honor. Edna MeMillian Woodard, Ruth Freeman Jordan, Matoaka Torrence, Julian West, and Johnson Shaffer are a few of those that we know were here. Of the Class of 1929, only Le‘ta Corpland and Bil? Johnston were present. Of that little Class of 1928, Hilda Bernardo, and Daisy Bell Torrence. A complete list of the ones who registered will be added to this article, but this does not represent the entire number that were present, by means. At the Alumni Meeting = after dinner, the Alumni fees were raised to $1.00 a year, and of this amount one- half was voted to be turned over to the Orphanage as a Thank Offering; the balance to go toward the Athlet- ic Association. The previous year, the Alumni Association assisted with the Student Loan Fund. A picture was made of as many of the Alumni as could be gotten to- gether. We don’t know whether that picture turned out good or not. We know that it would not begin to do justice to that fine lookng lot of men and women that still look on Barium as “Home.” It would do your hearts good to see them face to face. No definite plans were made for next year’s Home-Coming Day. If plans work out as these other years, it will be on the date that Barium plays Lexington High School, _ be- cause Lexington administered the worst defeat to Barium this year. Those here were: Lillie Jackins, Hilda Bernardo, Neely Ford, Matoaka Torrence, Mrs. Cathleen Moore Ratcliff, Mrs. J. H. ports through the church budgets, and should the proportionate trend con- tinue in the December giving, then the Auxiliaries are going ahead of the number which have reported con- tributions through the regular 714% of the individual churches’ benevol- ences, It will be a little while before they can catch up with the Sunday Schools, however. In November seven other churches n the Synod made gifts through the budgetary channels, and two addition- 4 Sunday Schools made their first wi}_!report of the present year. One of the latter has only recently instituted the plan of giving Barium an offering per month, the name of this one be- ing found elsewhere in this issue of The Messenger. To date, 181 of the churches in the Synod of North Carolina have sent he Orphanage contributions through he church budget, a total of 233 Sun- day Schools are helping by giving an offering per month or the fifth Sunday offerings, and 169 Auxiliaries have sent in monetary contributions to the support fund. In addition, there have been 13 young people’s groups make reports, for a combined number of 576 organizations which have helped. Barium regularly to date. The church budgets reporting in November were New Bern and Wilson in Albemarle Presbytery; Bethel and Philadelphus in Fayetteville; Liles- ville and Wilmore in Mecklenburg, and Jonesboro in Orange. Sunday Schools reporting gifts for the first time this year were Greenwood in Orange Presbytery and Obids_ in Winston-Salem. Auxiliaries sending their initial contributions to the support fund this current year were Pinetops in Aibemarle Presbytery; Back Creek, Davidson, Third Creek and Unity in Concord; Antioch, Dunn, Ephesus any/and McPherson in Fayetteville; North Vanguard and Roxboro in Granville; Dallas in Kings Mountain; Central Steel Creek, Hopewell, Norwood and Rockingham in Mecklenburg; Eno and Pocket in Orange; Burgaw in Wilmington, and Mocksville in Win- ston-Salem. At least one new Aux- iliary reported from each of the nine Presbyteries last month. Concord Presbytery maintains a substantial lead over all others in the number of churches which have re- ported gifts through the budget. That Presbytery is ahead with 39, while the closest one to her is Mecklenburg with 29. Fayetteville Presbytery is by far the leader in the number of Sanday Schools helping the Orphanage. There are 48 in that Presbytery which have made reports, and there’s a close race between Mecklenburg with 33, Wilmington with 32, Concord with 31 and Orange with 30. In the number of Auxiliaries helping the Orphanage regularly, Mecklenburg s leading with reports from 29, though Fayetteville is not far behind with 26. The number of organizations help- ing in each Presbytery (excluding the Young People’s groups) are as Nesbitt, Angelina Bernardo, Odessa Warner, Glenna Westall, Mrs. Edwin ' Presbytery Chur. Aux. S. S. Kyles (Rachel Moore), Mrs. Eva | Albemarle 18 16 17 Bustle Falls, Irene McDade, Margue- |Concord ; 39 31 we rite Gaskill, Pearl Bostian, Myrtle Fayetteville 14 48 26 Johnson, Helen Drye, Janie Roberts, | Granville ; 3 10 16 Edna McMillan Woodard, Louise Mc- | Kings Mountain 10 23 15 Millan Pendergmft, Nettie Miller |Mecklenburg 29 33 29 Clarke, Robert Curry, Harold Bustle, Orange 22 30 21 {Continued On Page Four) | Treasurer, Presbyterian Orphans’ Home, Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: each month. $—————_ on the until further notice. Signed Enclosed you will find $——————-,, to be used in the Orphanage work. You can expect a similar amount from me OR This is to authorize you to draw a draft upon me for follows: {Continued On Page Four) Bank of Address _. ORPHANS’ HoME For THE INFORMATION OF ITs FRIENDS 34 Thanksgiving Total Has Passed The Sum of 1933 On Saturday, December 15, the 1934 Thanksgiving total received at Barium exceeded the final 1933 Thanksgiving Offering of $29,261.56, and at Was Received Comparison With it will mean between $3,000.00 and $4,000.00 more, and it is hoped that each one will show an increase like the greater majority of the gifts have been this year, ANNUAL FOOTBALL AFFAIR HELD HERE IN DECEMBER). THROLGH THREE CHANNELS Twelve More Were Added November.—This Deals Only With Regular Income Twelve more churches in the ynod of North Carolina in November joined the 49 others recorded last month as having re- ported contributions to the sup- port fund of the Orphanage through the three channels football the church budget, This Is An Occasion Which Is High Lights In Lives Of Boys At Barium The ninth annual banquet, an occasion which is| looked forw.-d to with eager-| ness each yf by almost every giving. This brought the total to ed in the dining hall at Rumple/@eals entirely with the regular Hal! on Friday night, December |£1¥!08, excluding the -/ ; ae ing 4 who had participated a” football Clothing rs articles now deal this fall were the honor ed iwith the Thanksgiving Offering there guests, along with some friends would be a great many names of from Statesville and this section.'churches added, for at least 25° of On the night of this banquet, which them have reported and will report is served almost entirely from prod- Thanksgiving gifts through these ucts raised at the Orphanage, other three channels. However, the object members here play a part in making|>f singling out these churches is to this possible by foregoing supper in lead others to follow their example the dining room, eating cottage sup- in giving regularly to the institution. pers instead. This is a courtesy that | Once the regular support climbs high is annually followed, and one which jenough, the Orphanage will not be so the boys appreciate, too. jdependent upon the Thanksgiving Of- R. G. Calhoun, a teacher here and fering. occasion. |ing November were New During the evening a sextette of | Wilson in Albemarle Presbytery; Dav- girls rendered a number of vocal{id-on and Third Creek in Concord; selections and added to the liveliness McPherson and Philadelphus in Fay- of the occasion. All told, there were jétteville; Trinity Avenue in Granville; 94 boys at the banquet and the num-j|Hopewell and Rockingham in Meck- ber of other guests brought the total lenburg; Jonesboro in Orange; Bur- to around 125, gaw in Wilmington and Jos. B. Johnston, a of the home, was first introduced|Presbytery did not add any and was assigned the task of making |mame to the list prev.ously recorded. the certificate awards to those; Mecklenburg Presbytery leads the eleven men who were chosen as mem-|nine others with 13 churches on this bers of the mythical All-South Pied- jlist, followed by Concord with 10 and mont Conference team. This was the |Albemarle with 8. Fayetteville has first announcement of those boys |seven; Orange, six; Wilmington and who had been awarded this honor|Winston-Salem have five each; Gran- and all were present except the Lex-|ville, four and Kings Mountain, three. ington delegation of five who were gh all thr being entertained at Lexington that |channels regularly are as follows: night by one of the civic clubs. _ Albematle Presbytery—A hos kie, High school members of the con-|Edenton, Goldsboro, Greenville; New ference making the eleven were wa Rocky Mount First, Washington, rs, Lexington, left end; Leaz-| Wilson. . Bates eft ‘tackle; J. Briggs,} _Concord—Bethpage, Davidson, Ma- Lexington, left guard; Walter, Con- j110n, Mooresville First, Prospect, Salis- cord, center; O. Briggs, Lexington, |bury First, Salisbury Second, States- right guard; Johnson, Lexington, ville First, Third Creek, a, right tackle; Williams, Hickory, Fayetteville Bethesda, Laurin ure, right end; Flowers, Barium Springs,| -umber Bridge, McPherson, Philadel- quarterback; Yost, Hickory, left half- phus, Raeford, Red eet — back; Bratton (Captain, because he Granville ~Durham First, Oak Hill, obtained the highest number of |Raleigh First, Trinity Avenue. was toastmaster of the BARIUM MESSENGER: NOVEMBER TABLE OF RECEIPTS CONSIDERABLY BETTER THAN THAT OF NOVEMBER 1933 Reason For This Was That More 1934 At Orphanage Before Closed On November 30th tecord OF November, 1933 Changes Expected In December *. . 6 Oe ee a Printed by Vocation- ee al Department, Pres- * byterian Orphans’ * ome ® 7 * * - . . . tetera aetasnarsteteessrsinnestasenneieinaimiaseese NO. 3 Thanksgiving Offering Books ORANGE PRESBYTERY MAKES GREAT ADVANCE And Last Month Is Given— the time of going to press on ee ter aoe December 18th, the 1934 E = Thanksgiving Offering was be Fe = . z almost $1,600.00 greater than one i $a @ ° 3 that of 1933. Quite a number | | November Fi o 5 > s . : Receipts . oo aC) a = of churches are yet to send in 2 = s . 5 their Thanksgiving Offerings, | |PRESBYTERY & & + =e 2 and supplementary sums will 2 5 5 <a < also be reveived from Many ||Winston-Salem $477.61 $ 30.88 11%4c 54% ¢ 80¢ 25\e other churches even as late as | /Albemarle 233.90 97.53 8 ¢ 39%4e 80¢ 40% March 31st. It will be toward | |Concord 470.5) 1102.85 13% ¢ 38%c —-80c 41%e the close of January before ram: go | OTE = wae wm Gi ss ale a ee . Cingt Mountain 180.14 69.74 {toc 3 : 80c 9 ¢ sent every church will re- Sarhiiakeae 535 99 458-14 i. ke a mee port. : Wilmington 140.97 89.03 23, ¢ 23%, ¢ 80¢ 56%4c If those churches which are Fayetteville 235.01 249.43 4 ¢ 20% ¢ 80¢ 59%e yet to report send in identical Granville 166.80 192.88 B26 20%ee = 80e Bee amounts as they did in 1933, TOTAL $2,694.39 $4,066.47 8.5 ¢ 30.3 ¢ 80¢ 49.7 ¢ of Re- b| GH ACHES i The November Table U ceipts is presented above, and it is a much better and more en- jcouraging tabulation than for he corresponding month of 1933. The reason lies in the Thanks- In |giving Offering. In November, 1933, only about $1,000.00 | Thanksgiving Offering was re- ceived before the books closed on November 30th, but this year ver $4,000 of the 1934 Thanks- giving Offering came in before the first of December. In general, the Synod of North Carolina on November 30, 1934 was of |52.70 cents behind the askings of ten Sunday |cents per member per month, but on School Offering and Auxiliary |November 30, 1934, the Synod was ‘9.7 cents in arrears. While considerable of the Thanks- boy at the Orphanage, was stag-|®! churcnes in this categury, and giving Offering reached the Orphan- age in November, the regular giving 1 Thanks-|jwas a little less than for the corre- 14th, at which time those boys giving Offering or gifts to the|sponding month a year ago. The dif- > ‘ § ference was almost negligible, how- ever, being only $15.36 less, For the first eight months of the fiscal year, the regular and special responses, all Thanksgiving Offerfng excluded, is now $57.19 ahead of 1933-1934, Winston-Salem Presbytery was the leader of all others for both years, and Fayetteville Presbytery was in eighth place each time, but there have been some other changes in the stand- ing of the Presbyteries, as compared with those of a year ago. For instance, Kings Mountain was second in November, 1933, but has : : : as Churches entering this group dur- {dropped back to fifth place. Albemarle one who has helped in the coaching, |. oe and {Shot ahead to take second place this year, while Concord follows in third instead of fifth in November, 1933. Orange Presbytery has perhaps | Mocksville jit was in fourth place, 5 5 Fe .. c ; ain /four notches s ntendent |in Winston-Sadem. Kings Mountain aes. supers new |ranked sixth last year, and went a made the most phenomenal jump of any, for it occupied the cellar position @ year ago, but this past November jumping up Wilmington Presbytery little deeper to seventh place. Gran- ville was in the seventh position a year ago, but is now on the bottom. Winston-Salem, Albemarle, Meck- enburg, Fayetteville and Granville are in the same places they occupied when the October Table of Receipts Was prepared. These were first, Churches giving through all three /second, sixth, eighth and ninth, re- spectively, but the other four did some changing. Concord Presbytery was fourth last month, but went forward te third. Orange was seventh last nenth, and in November it jumped head to fourth. Kings Mountain was hird in October, but the spurts of Concord and Orange Presbytery sent it to fifth position last month. There might be considerably more shifting about in the Presbyteries when the December Table of Receipts appears in January, for whiie there seems to have been a universal in- i i li i 7: reek, {crease in the Thanksgiving Offering votes . alfback, and; Kings Mountain—Dunean Creek, |crease in ng OC ome’ cua tee Gastonia First, Kings Mountain, | from most every Presbytery, there te wee announced that Shuford,| Mecklenburg—Albmarle, Badin, are some Presbyteries whose com- end of Statesville; Beaver, tackle (Continued On Page Four) (Continued On Page Four) nd, ; , ’ of Concord, R. Spencer, guard, of Barium, and Freeman, tackie, of Ba- rium, all lacked one vote of making the team, or being tied with some member who was selected. Coaches here that night were Jack Wagner, Statesville; Harry Hollings- worth, Concord, and J. L. Dupree, Kannapolis. é Coach Buck Jackins, of Barium, awarded the certificates to the 85 and 100-pound football team members, and S. A. Grier, also of Barium, made the certificate awards to the 125- pounders. Mr Johnston was called upon to present similar certificates to the varsity. He called them for- ward in two groups, Seven of these, Treasurer, Presbyterian Orphans’ Home Barium Springs, N. C. Dear Sir: Name Address HOW MUCH 00 YOU LIKE THE MESSENGER? Although I know that The Barium Messenger is sent to me gratis every month I want to make a personal contribu- tion toward the publication of these 21,000 monthly copies, and am therefore enclosing a special gift of $———— for this particular phase of the work at Barium. who will graduate, were awarded their monograms in a body; the (Continued On Page Four) Page Two BARIUM MESSENGER BARIUM MESSENGER PUBLISHED MONTHLY By PRESBYTERIAN ORPHANS’ HOME JOSEPH B. JOHNSTON, Editor ERNEST MILTON, Associate Editor “BiPewed us second-class matter November 15, 1923, at the Acceptance for mailing at spesiai rate M. @., under the act of Avgust 24, 1912. provided fer in Section 1103, Act of October 3, at Serum, Springs, i917. Autherieed. Mevecaher 18, 1988; BOARD OF REGENTS REV. J. R. HAY - - DR. J. R. MeGREGOR - MRS, Z. V. TURLINGTON - - - - - —— Rev. W. M. Currie - - - ~ Belmont Stamps Howard - - - - - - - Tarboro Mrs. I. F. Hill - - - - - - - Durham Mrs. J. E. Driscoll - - - - Charlotte Rev. W. M. Baker - - - - - Mebane K. G. Hudson ------- Raleigh Rev. Eugene Alexander - Manchester Mrs. S. P. Stowe Belmont Mrs. W. T. Clark Wilson - - = - - + President - - - - Vice-President Secretary Mrs. W. E. White - - - - - Graham Rev. R. C. Clontz - ~ - Wilmington John W. Moore - - Winston-Salem Mrs John Harper - ~- - Wilmington W. B. Bradford Charlotte Mrs H. A. Rouzer - - - ~ Salisbury Mrs. L. A. McLaurin - - - Rowland Mrs. J. R. Finley - - N. Wilkesboro DIRECTORY Jos. B. Johnston - ~- + * J. H. Lowrance - - - - = Brnest Milton -— - Miss Lulie E. Andrews - - Miss Maggie Adams aa 7. ti RS ee a ee General Manager Assistant - - Treasurer - - Bookkeeper and Clothing Head Matron Head of School (FORM OF BEQUEST.) “IT give and bequeath to the REGENTS OF THE ORPHANS’ HOME OF THE PRESBYTERIAN Incorporated Under the laws SYNOD OF NORTH CAROLINA, of the State of North Caro- lina, (HERE NAME THE BEQUEST.) COTTAGE NEWS BABY COTTAGE Nov. 4: Mama Girt was surprised today by a visit from her son Mur- phy and his friend, Miss Graham. Although we were getting ready for bed, we know Mama enjoyed them be- ing here. Nov. 5: Mr. Grier took all of us who were not in school to ride. We certainly enjoyed it. Noy, 6: Mattie Pearl received her clothing box today. She got some rea] pretty dresses. Nov. 8: We now have another little girl at our cottage. Her name is Virginia Pressneld. She is a mighty sweet child. We forgot to mention last month that two other girls came to live with us. They are Hannah Price and Eliz- abeth Johnson. Nov. 9: Some nice friends sent Marian Coffey a clothing box. She is real proud of her clothes. Nov. 10: It has been raining to- day, which means we have to play in doors. We miss playing outside be- tause we can’t play with our wagons inside. Nov. 11: Mr. Caligan preached for us today. He has been with us several times before and we always enjoy his coming. He and his wife came over to our cottage and looked around. Nov. 12: Mrs. Coffey came to see her children, Betty, Peggy and Mar- ian. She brought them some candy and they divided with us. We certain- ly enjoy having Mrs. Coffey with us. Nov. 13: Our good friend Mr. Hipp didn’t forget us to-day because he sent us more funny papers. Nov. 14: Mama bought us some pretty curtains today. You must come over and see them. We had several visitors today. Mrs. Carpen- ter came to see us. We hope she will come again. Nov. 15: We are glad to have another girl to come over and help tend to us. She is Alice Jones. We hope Alice will like us as much as we do her. Nov. 18: Mr. Brown and Mr. Hood of Troutman, exchanged pulpits. We always enjoy Mr. Hood visiting us. Mr. and Mrs. Grier took us for a walk late this evening. We surely enjoyed the walk. Our supper was ready when we came back, It certain- ly tasted good because we were some hungry kids. Nov. 19: Some friends from the First Church of Burlington visited us today. They looked over our cot- tage and told us it was a real nice place. They also brought us some eandy, which was mighty nice of them. Nov. 21: Bobbie Allen received aj birthday cake from his aunt. He gave us all a piece of it. It was real good. The Coffey children received a cell each from their mother. Nov. 21: We were very glad to have visits from Mr. Coffey and Mrs. Barrett. They both brought us some candy. Mrs. Barrett also brought us some bananas and apples. She spent the night with us. Nov. 22: Elizabeth Johnson rec« ed some candy and pecans from her people. She was real sweet about dividing with us. Nov. 22: We had a holiday to-day, as it is Thanksgiving. There was lots of company on the campus. Hannah Price’s mother came to see her. Nov. 23: Home-Coming Day! To- day is a big day for us. Lots of the old Barium boys and girls came back for the day. Some of them came by our cottage. Ruth Spencer spent the night with us. Nov. 24: Some people from Salis- bury and also some from a church near Marion, visited us to-day. Nov. 25: This morning in Sunday school nine of us babies gave a program. A few told us it was real nice, Some kind friend gave us some tea akes, We certainly enjoyed them and thank them very much. Dec. 1 Mama’s_ sons, John and Murphey, came to see her to-day. They are spending the week-end with her. We always enjoy having John «nd Murphey visit us. The Babies ANNIE LOUISE Hello Everybody! We have been having a time these past days. We went to the Movies last month. The name of it was “Wagon Wheels.” Thanksgiving a ladies class sent us some candy. Some of the little girls ate theirs before dinner and so they couldn’t eat all of their ice cream. Miss Patterson is staying with us while our matron is gone home to see a sister of hers that is sick. We mjss her very much and hope she will soon be back. Two of our girls went to Mitchel College to give a program. Christmas is just around the corner nd we hope Santa Claus will get to very one’s house. Your Friends Myrtle Mills and Daisy Cayton good ALEX .\NDER We are getting along fine. Dallas Williams has had his appendix taken out, but he is almost well now. Dallas will not be able to play in the 100- pound game with Hickory Saturday. All of us have already got the Christmas. spirit. The 125-pound team had a night game with Hickory Monday, and we won 19-6. Miss Lucile Lentz our assistant natron spent last week-end with her parents at Stony Point. We enjoyed the show “Wagon Wheels,” that Mr. Sams_ invited us to see a couple weeks ago at the Srescent theatre. Wishing our friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Dairy Boys INFIRMARY This is station I. N. F. proadcast- ing. How is everyone these chilly days? Miss Moore went on her vacation, November 22nd. Some of us on the campus have received a card from her. Miss Beattie Lackey, who is the kitchen chief, is in charge of all the sick folks here while Miss Moore is away. The children of Annie Louise Cot- tage must like to come down here, because we have four now. They are Gertrude Bryant, Betty Adams, Rachel Mills, and Annie Sue Wilson We gave them castor oil and we hope that they will not come again for some more. They had the headache or the stomach ache. Dallas Williams has had his ap- pendix taken out and is staying {down here for a week or two. Football season is over and we are now thinking about basketball. We were glad to see all the alumni who come back on Home-Coming Day. We hope that they and all the others can return next year also. We had a turkey for Thanksgiving but he is hanging on the wall. I, N. F, Quartet Signing Off HOWARD COTTAGE Hello Folks. I am going to tell you what we did Thanksgiving Day. First, we did our house cleaning; then went to church at 9:39 a. m. When we got back we played with our dolls and other things. We had a nice dinner and everyone enjoyed it. We thank all the people who help- ed give us the good dinner. After dinner we got out. Checkers, Parcheesia, Dominoes, Lotto, -and and other games. And played until supper. After supper we did not have to go to study hour so we played our games until bedtime. Evelyn and Helen Billings had a visit from their father Thanksgiving Day; also Rhoda Daniels’ and Glenn Linsday’s mothers were here for the day. We have been having a good many sore toes at Howard but at last we have them well enough to get on our shoes, We know Miss Moore, our nurse is enjoying her vacation in New Orleans because she has had a rest from tieing up sore toes. We will be glad to see her back. We are all looking forward to Christmas as old Santa makes us so happy. Agnes Coppedge WOMAN’S BUILDING How are our friends this month? As for us, we are busy as usval—busy but happy, eh girls? We had a very pleasant Thanks- giving and hope that all of you did, too. We want to thank all of the people who sent gifts to us and we would like to tell them just how much we appreciate them. The ninth grade went to Winston- Salem Saturday to see Winston and Barium play. Winston won 7 to 6, but in spite of that everyone report- ed a good time. Basketball season is here. The girls have been practicing for about three weeks and we hope to have a strong varsity this season. Well, folks, the next time you hear from us mid-term exams, the “Big Bad Wolf,” will be over. Whee! will that be a load off our minds. Here’s wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. RUMPLE HALL Just three more weeks till Santa comes. We hope you are as happy as we. We thank Mr. Sams for the invi- tation to see the picture “Wagon Wheels.” All of us enjoyed it a lot and came home singing the song, Wagon Wheel. Martha Adams had a nice visit from her mother and we hope she will come again soon. We were glad to have Miss Ford visit us too. We eighth graders are playing basket ball now. We will play our first game Januagg 26. Several of our girls are getting ready to recite the Shorter Catechism and we are proud of them. We had Home-Coming Day Nov. 23rd and we were real glad to see so many of our old Barium boys and giris. We have been going to school for three months and now it is most time for our Mid-term exams. We hope we will all make good grades. Honor Roll for Second Month Second Grade—Jean Fletcher. Fourth Grade—Joe Ben Gibbs, Myrtie Mills. Fifth Grade—Ruth Cole. Seventh Grade—Edward Cole. Eighth Grade—Alice Jones, Charles O’Keliey. Ninth Grade—tLelia Johnston. Tenth Grade—Sadie Eudy, Ben Morrow, Eva Sluder, Louise Wilson, Joe White. Eleventh Grade—T. L, O’Kelley, jr. Honor Roll. for Third Month First Grade-~Mary Allen Barrett. Third Grade—Evelyn Coppedge, John R, Lewis. Fourth Grade—Virginia Cranfill, Myrtle Mills. Fifth Grade—Ruth Cole. Seventh Grade—~Edward Cole, Helen Thomas. Eighth Grade—Charles O’Kelley Alice Jones. Tenth Grade—Sadie White, Louise Wilson. Eleventh Grade—T. L. O’Kelley, Jr. Miriam Sanders. Our Needs If your Church, Sunday School or Auxiliary wants to do something extra in addition to regular gifts we can use any of the articles listed below to very good advant- age. Canned fruits and Vegetables Table Cloths - 64 x 108 Spreads - Single beds 63 x 89 72 x 89 80 x 89 Three-quarter beds 89 x 98 80 x 107 Sheets - Single beds 54 x 90 63 x 90 63 x 99 Three-quarter beds 72 x 90 72 x 99 Quilts & Blankets - Same dim- ensions as sheets. Eudy, Joe Yes, sir, I believe that big wars often are caused by the smallest matters,” ruminated Old man Jones. “Why, just the other night my wife was working a cross-word puzzle,, and she looked up at me and said, ‘What is a, female sheep?” and I replied, ‘Ewe.’ And there was another big war on.” ACCOUNT GIVEN OF LAST ~ FOOTBALL ENGAGEMENTS Barium’s Varsity Team Gained Momentum And Power As Season Progressed Our last article on fall athletics brought us up to the eve of the Statesville-Barium game. This is one of the most interesting games of every season, particularly so this year, because Statesville had the strongest team in years, and Ba- rium’s record was not as impressive as in some former years. As a result, most people conceded the victory to Statesville, but when the two teams got together, either Statesville was having an off-day, or Barium was having an especially good day—or both—and the final result was, Barium 19, Statesville 0. In this game Ed Flowers got away for two Ia@ng, beautiful runs for touchdowns, and Clyde Johnson inter- cepted a pass to run for another ane, All three touchdowns were made from the center of the field. Neither team seemd to get very far, when down deep in the other’s territory. The week following the Statesville game, Barium journeyed to China Grove, and found the team rather weak on offense, but plenty strong on defense and for a time it looked as though the game would end as a scoreless tie; but late in the second quarter, Ed Flowers got loose in the center of the field for another one of his beautiful touchdowns runs. The point after was incomplete and the game ended, Barium 6; China Grove 0. The identical score that Statesville defeated China Grove by just two weeks before. The next game was Home-Coming game, and Hickory was the team en- tertaining Barium that day. Home- Coming Day is a real occasion at Barium, and the schedule makers have always picked a team that sup- posedly would be the strongest op- ponent for Barium on that date. Several years ago, it was Belmont Abbey and the game ended in a tie. The year after that, it was Greens- boro. Barium defeated Greensboro 28-0. The next year it was Winston- Salem, and Barium won that game 7-0. Following out this custom, the team chosen for Home-Coming day was the team that defeated Barium by the largest score in 1933, Hickory. They defeated Barium 25-0, But on Home-Coming day this year, it was a different tale. This was another time that everybody thought that the visiting team would be the victors. They were big, they were well coach- ed, and they had practically the same boys composing the team that beat Barium so badly a year ago. But again the Barium team upset all of the dope and pushed Hickory about for three touchdowns, and also earned a safety later on, making the final score 20-0 in favor of Barium Springs. Lackey, Flowers, and Spen- cer scored the touchdowns. Freeman was responsible for the safety. On Saturday after Thanksgiving, Barium closed her football season for the varsity, by journeying to Winston- Salem, and taking on the most powerful team that Winston-Salem has put out in recent years. The game was a see-saw affair. In the first half Barium appeared to be much the superior team by the statistics, and Winston-Salem did not score in the second half until within five minutes of the end of the game; and at that time, the score stood 7-0 in favor of Winston. Barium’s team, although apparently hopelessly defeated, start- ed right from that point, taking the next kick-off and carried the ball en consecutive first downs for a touch- down, but did not complete the extra point which left the score 7-6. A fine come-back, and it rang down the curtain on a very satisfactory season. All in all, Barium lost three games. Lexington, Children’s Home and Winston-Salem. She tied three games: Concord, Kannapolis, and Mills Home. She won five: Moores- ville, Statesville, Hickory, Monroe, China Grove. ; The 125-pound teams have continu- ed their victorious march, defeating Mooresville, 24-0; Cleveland 33-0; and on the return game to Cleveland, where a good many of Cleveland’s varsity were allowed to play, 12-0; finally the Hickory Reserves, 19-6. The 100-pound team defeated the National Orphanage 33-0; and as this is written, has one more game to play with Hickory, and an account of this will be found elsewhere in this aper. peal of the football schedules have been completed at this time, except an 85-pound game, a 100-pound and a i15-pound; all to be with Hickory. This is Barium’s first year with- out a full-time man in charge of athletics. Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Jack- ins have given part of their time to the coaching of football teams, and the boys have co-operated so well that we have had a fine season, and are looking forward to next year with enthusiam. Six regular players of this year’s varsity will graduate. They are: Captain Freeman; Carson Wood; December 1934 Miscellaneous Gifts Mrs. H. M. Wilson, spread. Oak Plains Aux. 1 quilt Davidson Aux. 4 spreads, 1 table Cloth, 16 pints Jelly & preserves. Covenant (W) S. S,-Int. Dept. 11 bars soap, 6 tubes tooth paste and 8 tooth brushes, 19 face cloths, 13 towels, etc. Galatia Aux. Circle 2, i quilt Spray Aux. Circle 3, 1 quilt. Fairview Aux. 2 sheets. Galatia Aux. Circle 1 and 3, 1 quilt each. Lumber Bridge Aux. 1 quilt; Circle 1 wash cloth, towels, pillow eases. Circle 2, 1 blanket. Concord Ist Aux.-4 pints relish, 2 quarts vegetables, 85 quarts fruits and jellies, 2%. Cocoa, 1 pt. peanut butter. Spencer Aux. Circle A 1 quilt bies. Elizabethtown Aux. Circle, 1 spread, 12 pencils, ete. Caldwell Mem. Aux. Buisness Women’s Circle, 2 bed covers for Babies. Laurel Hill Aux. 3 quilts. Erlanger Cotton Mills, Lexington, 1 bale (about 150 yards) white cloth. The Midland Press, Philadelphia 1 Set Human Interest Library. West Raleigh, Mrs. E. W. Gaither canned fruit. W. Y. Preyer, 1 set Britannica Ency- clopedia. Westminster (M) Aux. 10 quilts. Winston-Salem ist, Mrs. Virginia McEver, Member Dorcas Scott Class 1 quilt Proximity Mfg. Co., Greensboro, 1 large bale assorted goods. Campbellton Aux. 43 handkerchiefs. Minneola Mfg. Co., Gibsonville - 1 bundle outings. St. Andrews (O)} Aux. Harnet Hill Chapel Circle 2 sheets. ‘ Faison Aux. Circle 2, 1 quilt New Hope (W) Aux. 4 quilts. McDowell] Ch. Rev. C. L. Rogers 100Ibs. Sweet Potatoes. Salisbury 1st Aux. magazines, 2 quilts, 48 coat hangers, 1 skirt, 185 cans fruit, 92 cans jellies, 1 bag onions. Jackson Springs Aux. 3 quilts. Rockfish Aux. 3 quilts. Hopewell (W) Aux. 2 quilts. L. Banks Holt Mfg. Co., Graham 1 Bundle cotton goods. Elsie Aux. 1 quilt. Lillington Aux. 2 quilts. Beattie Mem. Aux. Circle 1, 1 quilt. Hawfields Aux. Circle 1, 1 blanket; Circle 2, 1 quilt. New Hope (0) Aux. 2 quilts. Cooks Mem. Aux. 3 quilts and 2 blankets. Sunnyside Aux. 1 quilt. Badin Aux, Circle 1, 1 quilt; Sr. Girls’ Circle, 1 quilt. Bluff Aux. 2 quilts, soap, pencils and tablets, hankies, etc. Mrs. I. B. Nicholson, Laurinburg Rt. 3 Soap wrappers. Steele Creek Ch. 114 Chickens, 1 pk. potatoes, 8 quts. fruit, beans etc. Circle 1, 2 quilts; Circle 2, 1 quilt; Circle 4, 1 quilt; Circle 5, 1 quilt; Circle 8, 1 quilt; Mrs. McDowell’s Circle 1 quit; Circle 7, 1 quilt. Cherryville Aux. 2 blankets. Spray Aux. I quilt. Acme Aux. 2 quilts. Junior Class 206, Greensboro 1st S. S. for Junior Class at Barium, toys. Fairfield Aux. 2 towels, 6 pillow cases. Eno Aux, 12 towels, 6 pillow cases, 6 sheets, 1 counterpane. Tnerdia Mills, Winston-Salem 24 knit- ted underskirts. E. M. Holt Plaid Mills, Lexington, 1 box rayons and plaids. Dakotah Church assortment towels, pillowcases, etc. Locke Cotton Mills, Concord 1 bundle cloth. Minneola Mfg. Co., bundle cotton goods. Townsville Aux. Mesdames. F. T. and W. C. Tucker 1 box cookies. Lecust Aux. 1 quilt. Spencer Ch. 15 towels. Mrs. L. S. McNeil, Lemon Springs 5 sheets. Godwin Aux. Circle 1, 1 quilt, Cypress Aux. 1 quilt. Ramah Ch. 54 cans fruit, 19 chickens, 5% bu. potatoes. Blacknali Mem. S. S. 40 large cakes. W. G. Templeton, Statesville, Mater- ials for 1-2-3 grades. Springwood Aux. I quilt. Alamance Aux. 1 quilt. Vass Aux. Girls’ Circle 1 quilt. (Continued on Page Three) Farmville 1 for Gibsonville 1 Old Lady (on train platform): ‘Which platform for the London train?” Porter: “Turn to left and you'll be ‘ight.” “Don’t be impertent young man.” “All right, then, turn to your right and be left.” A Negro was arrested for having a still on his premises. He was asked by he commissioner, “How do you plead?” The negro said: “I pleads yuilty and waives the hearing.” “What do you mean, ‘Waive the hearing?’ asked the commissioner. “I means I don’t wanna heah no mo’ about it.”—San Diego Union. Wife (second inning of second game): “Let’s go, John. This is where we came in!” Eston Lackey; Ernest Clark; A. D. Potter; Sidney Parrish. These boys will be missed, but its just about| the usual number that Barium loses here each year from their varsity line-up. So we are not discouraged. Page Three December 1984 BARIUM MESSENGER g , 58.79 tonia Ist, Building Fund Little Joe’s 168.7 GIFTS [Mr. & Mrs. Clyde T. Tagien, aoe 8 pt ae om a 55.00| Lumberton Harold A. Collins . 5.00 A RROUS Two) Greensboro 2 9.00 | Bethel (0) 18.00 Gastonia 18.00 | WacPherson 42.80 Cc Thin ea 7 Mt. Airy Aux. 11.50 aumeees 3} . on Greensboro 1st, Bethany Circle = McDowell 2.36 u ‘ - . 7.0 Selma Aux. 2 quilts. Mt. Olive Aux. ae 4.06 cone toh HTll-Smiths 9.00 | Midway a.m White Hill Aux. 4 quilts. New Bern ist Aux. _. 15.00 | Black River, past 4 months 120 | Hopewell (Md) 9.00|Mt. Gilead 29,7 Olivia Aux. 4 quilts. Mrs. w. w.|Nut Bush Aux. _ —---- 12.00) Bladenboro, Sept., Oct. & Nov. 4 i pal 6.001Mt Tabor a Caldwell Mem. S. - ao ts jelly.|Oakland Aux. «8.50 Brittain, Sept. 149 | Jonesboro 4.85 | vee Vernon Springs 10.00 Kale’s Class 2 quilts, pints jelly. 11.00} Oct. ltensir. Oct. & Now. 10.00 Si McRae’s Store, Mt. Gilead shoes and|Oak Plain Aux. 10.00 | Broadway 3 months 9.41 indian 7.0) | New Salem 15.00 trousers. no ee? 80.00] Buffalo (G) _. 17.48 aaa Annual Quota 9.00 | Patterson 65.00 Cashion Ch. + eer oe 2 — a on oe 16.00 | Bunnlevel, Sept., Oct., “Nov. & 4.00 | Manly Girls’ Circle Aug. Philadelphus, A Friend 1,00 Pine Hall S nt lass 7 towels is 5 ae : 5 3.00 | Polkton 2.75 Prospect (C) Aux. 12.50 , Sept. & Oct. : a 5 a aes oe Red Springs Aux 87.50 |Burlington 2nd $2 | Matthews . "500 | Raman 1528 Remment Aun. e" ae “Gn Garis sata -Hesiante 15.00 | Church-in-Pines, Oct. = a 2.62 Salisbury 1st 28.0 canned fruits, jellies, oranges. anaes N sheets ce 3 ti 2.50 | Salisb Ist 0.0 Menem Tee Cota Co, 90 gal.| Rockfieh _ a cinta 16.50 ere ae " | helene ist, J. F. Hurley Sr. 50.00 ice cream. - §.00}Concord ist . 1 Serccrn 6.00 | Salisbury 1st, J. F. Hurley Jr. 50.0( Mt. Gilead Ch. 23 quarts fruits, jellies. pee ey Pale sanghers an Cousned Iredall 9.34 eemeed sisics oo Sherrill’. Ford, Mr. & Mrs. E. — in — = = aad 36 aoe hae ~~ “3.09 |Covenant (0) Sept. 7 N. Vanguard 5.38| J. Goodson, Denver 1 glasses jellies, fruits, ete : ’ Oct. , hitadelphi 2.20] Mrs. M. L. Kesler 2. Smithfield Aux. 15.00 a Oct. ace 5.28 | Philadelphia = 10.00 * . . : Smiths . fae Red Cross, Miss Muse’s 1st|Standford Aux. — ea oo Sass Bande Ge : 51 | Pinetops 6.00 Spies 3.50 Grade, Statesville, apples, oranges|St. Pauls (F) Aux. (2) ie = Dallas 4.26 oo 1.50 | Statesville ist, F. L. Johnson — 50.00 candy, toys. Sugaw Crock Aux.-Rusiness 15.00 | Davidson 10.27 — 1st 25.00 |Steel Creek, Laura Williams _ 10.00 Bethel (O) Ch. 2% Gal. Syrup, 2 bags} Women’s Circle 15.00 | Durham 1st 18.00 | Poancke Rapids, Special 10.40 | Taylorsville 30.00 G Tumnioss, 26 Bs. sogar, 18 gis. |Thystirs i 5.00| Fountain —.. 8:76 | “Business Girls’ Circle, Special 9:00 | Weat Raleigh, W. L. Clevenger 25.00 fruits, dried fruit, ™. catia. 4 eo 15.00 |East Burlington, True Blue g9| Roanoke Rapids 5.00| White Plains 5.00 Drusil'a Ch. 19 Bu. otatoes, eS moo B. C. Sept. . . 3.37 bu. corn meal, 14 — r = roe ie ist 8. ‘S-Beg. ® bi Foster Mem. _. 1s eon ag eg ea a Sunday Schools S. Potatoes, qts. fruits, OF gees Segre serene Front Street —. 1 10.00 : Wasa Agr. 15.00 3.39|_ Tharpe : oe syrup. Glenwood —_..... % {t. Ist Regular 10.00 } Ahoskie 7.8 Greenwood Church 26 qts. tomatoes. Westminster (0) Ai ae Goldsboro 520 Wicca = 6.07| Mrs. Beattie Mitchell : 1.00 St. Pauls (M) S. S. Pri. Dept. Irish Willi oan tiene ack .. 8,.00|Graves Mem., Oct. 7.81 Special 11.00/ Albemarle Ist Jim Harris me potatoes, oranges, og jelly, half Soe tas Aux... 30.09} Graves a — Roxboro 24.00 ied : : or gallon can peaches Se re eee eo1Greenville ‘ : r 9 5.00 | Ashwood og A Clinton friend 2 bu. Irish potatoes. "a Aux. Get ce Greenwood ____. 9.00 msg Aa 14.50 | Bakers (Kornegay) . 5.42 Troutman Shirt Co., 12 work shirts. z . | Hallsville 2.20 Shelby 2.22 |Ballard’s Mission 2.00 Waldensian Church. used garments Harmony (C) 3-4 | Statesville ist Regular 12.00 | Barbecue 8.00 canned fruits, etc. | Holly Grove, Nov. & Dec. 2.00 Special 36.82 | Beulaville 12.91 Walkersville, Altan and Rehoboth egu ar Yopewell (M) ~ 5.53) on Pack 10.00 | Bolton 8.87 Churches - 162 qts. canned fruits Huntersville 11.28 St. Pauls (F) 1.25] Broadway Class 1-2-3 1.08 and vegts., % bu. black walnuts, Jackson Springs ae Third Creek, Special 5.00| Buffalo (G) . 43.90 2% bu. peanuts, 1 bu. S. Potatoes, 1 : S t Jackson Springs . 14.52 Thyatira . 2.00 | Burlington 2nd 60.03 pk. I. Potatoes, % bu. peas, 1 gal.| Miscellaneous uppor lekeview - £5 T Pit aca 5.50 | Camden J 0p butter beans, 10 Ib. sugar, 5 ; 2.09 | Laurinburg, Oct. Sal nity (C) Special 10.53 Caldwell Mem. 54.93 e chickens, 7 bu. corn, 8 gal. syrup,|A Friend - ~ gong | Lexington "74|West Avenue (M) 200 l|Caivery - 28.20 ‘@ gal. honey. : = z “* Lillington _ : Westminster (M) 18.75|Columbus . ee stnd* Sloan, Morganton & gal. honey.|A Burlington Friend ~ 12.00 | Lincolnton _ t1| Westminster (O) 12.00|Concord 2nd 38.90 Mrs. R. L. Sloan, Morganton, kin- ; Se ne - ~ “509 | Little an a —- a West Raleigh ee Currie = dergarten suits. . Long Creek ‘ . : i 85|Currie _ . Millers School Church, Miss Mary]A Raleigh Friend . 5.00 lauker Bridie oe a oe. Saas 48.00 | Cypress 12.00 Brown, Vannoy, 1% quilts. i A. E. Scharrer, Hickory ~ ~ Lumberton Oct. & Nov. 20.62 Peimen-der & 2.75 | Darotah 13.10 Bethel (WS) Ch. Mrs. N. C. Miller : - Peper lami ae Fp MacPelah __. — Be Winston-Salem 1st, Expenses E. Davidson Men’s B. C. — PR nna Aux. 1 quilt. J. W. Matthews, Rocky Mt. 5.00 —— — 12.29| Milton : 2.00 Edenton ist as Lowell Aux. 1 quilt. Miss Elizabeth Houston, Greene. Mia | 8.22 Yr People Sind 2.15 Salisbury 2nd Aux. 80 towels, 2] boro (Easter 1934) : 100 | Maxton Ist, Oct - 11.32 Berwin 35.00 quilts, 39 gts. & 10 glasses jellies/Rev. Jas. Appleby, Mazton ~ """ |Mocksville a Bethesda (0), Special 2.00 | Eureka — and canned fruits, 7 face cloths. : MEMO ee |! - 23.0 Plaza, Special 8.30] Four Oaks . ~ Gastonia 1st, Mr. & Mrs S. A. Montpelier 8.00 , Greensboro 1st, Young Men’s Clothing Boxes Robinson, Memory Dr. H. M. a 9.95 oon _ i OOM tn es 5.00 | Morven S. 8. Aug. - eh 4.42 Th k in High Point 1st The Gleaners __ 500.00 Ellenbero Aux. Gaston County Nurses Club, Sept. _ = 5 3.40 an SgiV High Point Class of 11 year i Mrs. C. W. Hager, Davidson Rt. 1. Memory Dr. H. M. Eddleman 2.00 i 4.33 *| old boys ae Maxton Ist Aux. Circle 2. i Mr. 4 Tee ae ae oor Noy; —— Hopewell (My “xem gl Mrs. & Mrs. R. E. McDowe ar-{ vil ory Mr. she Mt. Gilead - - 10. ° rt {Lumberton Pri. & Jr. Depts. . tabs. Craigeville, Va... 5.00 | Mt" Sisesh 2.00 Miscellaneous Suppo one 5.00 Macclesfield Aux. Dr. J BETO, _SOORVING, Nahalah - - : Tach 7 Weiland 10.00 | McMillan ’ ert a ae gS °80)New Bern ata os Suk. Ye teen ie Gas ee Midway od Shiloh (F) Aux. , ~| Special Birthday : a ti Mt. Pisga —— : Spray pal Mrs. Esther Barrett, Asheville _ 100! new Hope (KM). 5.00 "Chariots, former —* Pink Hill, Jr. Girls __ - 91.00 Willams Mem. Aux. Mrs. D. - Spaulding, Charls- New Hope (0) . a Mt ge 8.00 | Pittsboro Ch. & S. S. 10.00 Standford Aux. WB 1.00 New Hope (W) Set. & Nov. aat & tite @ted 5.00 | Pocket 6.02 Centre (F) Aux. CHRISTMAS FUND Wilkesboro — — a . M. Smith, Rockingham 5.00 | Progressive 0 Broadway S. S., Men’s Bible Class. Elizabeth Houston, Greens- Oak Hill . _. 1.00] Annie Va. Fri 1.00|Raleigh 1st Four Square Class 10.00 Boca ae ates OM [Ola recs aaa Son| Ol, od & Nor. 8|A"Recves Ruagem ERLE oe Rowland Aux. (2 outfits) GRAND TOTAL MISC. Pearsall Mem. - oa An unknown friend . 2.70 | Rocky Mt. Ist Men’s B. ” 13.06 Bethesda (C) Aux. (Balance) CONTRIBUTIONS $881.45 Philadelphus Sislinies Atal Aa ie 5.00 1 Aux. Phi m . . 7 i aluda = oa Hickory Ist Y. P. (Balance) Churches Regular Philippi hes 3.50} Col. oe Baxter Davidson seat ae 22.92 Kinston Aux. - Pittsboro - -- 2.00 C. . — lek Walulle _ 10.00| Sanford, McNeil B.C. 5. Geo. W. Lee Mem. S. S.-Class 15. Albemarle 1st, Syerin! . 15.62! Raleigh ist, Moment Class . 6.75 De. © Gaden Davidson . 10.00 Southport, Mrs. Annie O. 2 Bethesda (O) Aux. a 1 Roanoke Rapids Sais . 14.07; Dr. ok ae Statesville 1.00} Robinson . 1.84 Godwin Aux. —- abs Rocky Mt, Ist, Jennie = “Hill 5.00 ee Peiends ; 5.00 | Spies 6.00 Clayton Aux. Mathes ib). Rocky Mt, 1st - - 15.80 Elizabeth Craig, Greensboro 50.00 | Springwood 9.00 Gulf Aux. any ; Rocky Mt. 1st Men’s B.C. Oct. 3.68 | Eliz Stiles ‘Hampden- , {Stony Point onus Columbus C. E. Senet tr) Sept., Oct. & ae 4.63 —* ve. ... 12,00} Tenth Avenue ; Dunn Ist S. S.-Ladies’ B. C. mate . 10.85] Rocky Point — Seat sen ee “ES Tryon 8. S. Aux. & C. E. bil Covenant (KM) Aux. (Balance) agin ist, Special - 9.61| Rutherfordton ";ae|Herman Wallace’ Stamorie . 10.00 Unity (RM) Burlington 2nd Aux. on 3.26 Salisbury 1st, W’s B.C... 5.00 it Maken’ tema _ 15.00 |White Oak (G) . 98,24 Laurel Hill Aux. Soeur” 3.90' Salisbury Ist, ‘Women’ 5. a. a tiie (een. Tendeeuan 100,00 | Yanceyville re Calvary Aux. iat Gak 3.75; Salisbury Ist Women’s : ; : , Cajf. _ 200.00 > eR Brier AS, Charlit iat = 5 115.00, Shelby, Oct... ~~ EA y hee avs, Uaioe 5.00 Auxiliaries Mt. Olive Aux. Circle 1. Davidson _ 24. io (KM) 1.67|Kathrine Wiggins and Mother, mee oa nas 1.13} Spies ‘Ss 7 3. amance : : , Edenton = 10.00| Weldon & Mrs. one i IN eee . + s 3- Albemarle 1st. Mr. & } Clothing M y eed a ov 40. Mem., Student Class i Migs Soanheth Houston, Greens coe - manean 30.00 -Ollie Green 60} Special : . " : idson 5.00| Badin : Aiea S. 8. —_ _. 12.55 oe - - 96g Steal Creek, Mrs. Paires’ Class 4.08 3004 re fe Dee 5.00 tes oo Back Creek Aux. ‘on Gelameere, Regular 17.00 St. Pauls (F) 14.21 he sie J Murvin, Big Rockfish 100 Bethpage Aux, 15.00 ae _. 15.00! Sunnyside _ —-—-—-_ 2.89 a Springs 5.00| Black River 29:00 Bethesda (0) Aux. ae H pe (Cc) “5 - 83 Taylorsville . Res esata -. Callie S. Brown, Davidson 5.00 | Burgaw ee Broadway S. S. Friendly Class _ B00 Goaderiioe 2 eee og gy —— Hp aioe Clarence Hodson, dues SS Mem. Business 25.00 De Sipe, - - 11.80 Trinity Ave. : 400, omen’s Circle een edited 2nd Aux. Circle 2. 3.00|Hickory 1.50, Union (KM) _- 3.55 a Rural Hall 1.00|Charlotte ist jap Calvary Aux. . 6.25 oo ae 1.00] Union Milis 2.36 E. H. Bobbitt, Franklinton 5.00 Mrs. D. M. Young oa Calypso Aux. 3.50 Kannapolis ee 3.64| Varina, Oct. _- - Mrs Hattie K. se Charlotte 3.00 | Cherryville 5.00 ntre : i As onan eos 8 " ~pop La inburg __. 8.75 Charlotte Ist S. S. Pattie tie Morris . 00 Laurinburg, Oct oes - 20.00 coe 8. S. B.C. ; ee Mrs. JN. Horne, Magnale 2.00 ieee 2.00 iauber Sr. C. E. . 3.00 ore aR ea 100 Secantnen he : a o oiat = Lame, site 1.00 Geaubar ist, Mrs. Mary sseae Covenant (W) Aux. . 10.00 9 Pe —- 6.00] West End * on Mrs. M. H. “Wooten, Clayton 5.00 N. Preyer 500.00 Dallas Aux. 3.15 | Mac 5.90] Westminster (M) Men’s B. C. 37. iia. 2 A. Som, ites, L. Richardson aa cae Ist S. S.-Ladies’ B. C. 3.00 ent Ric. 6.00; Westminster (O) —. - 18. r+ a an 5.00| Greensboro Ist - a Ellenboro Aux. ra . 8,00 | Moc Dee ea -73; White Plains 1 sj hn T. Kerr, Durham 5.00|Gruver Mem. 1.00 Farmville Aux. .. 7 tae sn eae 2.85 | Wilson : 5.00 et Bostian, High Point, Former |Hebron, Pink Hill & Smiths aan an i. : ‘S-Maggie . 12.06 Parmele aa - shee eg oe High Point = B00 ae See's O8e ag ie “™ | Patterson - 5 Roy ade, ; ; 8. 8. . 12.37 y ldese, a Locust = ae oe — 4.35 Auxiliaries Wie aaa 2.00| Philippi a40 Aux. ~~ 10. ie 1.00 : . Suther, Barium Prospec : Goldsboro Aux, Mrs. RoW. —— 224] atbemarle Oct. & Nov... 7.00/Mrs. C. W. Su er Barium Raleigh ist 100.80 Goldsboro Aux. 0.00|Prospect . " ie 5.00] Springs, form 1.00 | Sanf 8.70 a 3.00 }Salisbury Ist — ora oe s) al ——— -9'95] Student oa” 2.50 Goon “uk, _....... 5 Cc . ircle re See : ma s a &Ss re a re a — 1.61 . Andrews (O) Aux. i anes Aes .00 | Spencer - =e Bethichem (A) 1.00!|Churches Thanksgiving eres (C) Se 215 A - 1 Creek _. 5.00 ingwood : Mabr Stee 5.00 | Springwoo pe mes Mem. Aux. Mrs. y 400 St. Andrews > — eae Stow. = 1% —— aas 40.00 Thomasville — 7 8.00 ee Mem. _ - 15! a 14.00 } ‘Troy "5 Mrs. Job. — 8.50 | St. Pauls (Mi) Control Stee! Creek . . 5.00]Bethlehem (A) 23.58 | Warrenton Z 16.75 Kinsto oe $00) Sueew — Chadbourn ~ - 2.00 ae pea 4.70! West Avenue (M) Circle 3 5.00 inston Aux. - ; : eS — ; ie i 3.00| Taylorsville a 11.25; Big Roc 2.42 Lillington Aux. = 1.00|Thomasboro Cherryville qatleander 23.00|" ‘Young People ies Acc, . 8.60} Washington aowcnneennnennnne ns ton = andor 1.00 Ppt a .. 80.00| Wilmore, Special ... ~ ae , eee - 70.00/}Cross Roads 4.00| Bayless Mem. a Macclesfield Aux. : sae Wiestsn -Salem ist - Covenant (KM) ing ie Edenton 6.01 | Chinquapin 1.00 se ” Aux. Circle 3 4 Winston-Salem ist qo eu pesne Fn vn 25.00 | Eimwood xis = gg 2nd 200 ire a S : 1.06 15.00 iin SOU Hebron ( k ‘ —— Dallas . - Mem. 1.46 | Eureka Circle 6. - 16.00 Sunday Schools = 18.90|Henderite Mem 17.00 | Pocket — 3.10 ee ee a i aaosoooee \ : i T rsville 7 re chee ete ee ee ee ite ...... 12.50 | Ashwoo ; - od 5.00! Thanks. Tota B. C. 1.00 | Eno 2.00 | Kinston ; ber $6,784.42 Mooresville ist, oe. eee. idee ee Ephesus Cor 1 & 2 Oct. 2.00! Lincolnton, A Friend 20.00! Grand Total for November 5 xX. ee : aces J rwin Ur une W. Hager, 1 Davidson -. 8.60} Bethany (Cc) Sept. ee 1.86 December 1934 BARIUM MESSENGER Page Four Facts and Fancies of Interest of recorded Attention is called to readers The Messenger that the amounts received on the 1934 Thanks- giving Offering, which appear in this for issue of the paper, are only those sums which reached the Or- phanage before November 30th. The bulk of the offering, of course has come to the institution during Decem- ber and will be listed in the January issue of The Messenger. Little Joe’s Final Total The Thanksgiving Offering of Little Joe’s Church was featured in the November issue of The Messen- ger, and readers who saw the record at that time will interested to know that the final Thanksgiving Offering of Little Joe’s Church was $430.03. This meant a Thanksgiving contribution from every woman and child at Barium. The colored workers on the place also made their Thanksgiving Offer- ing of several dollars, which was added to what the others had given for that total sum of $430.30. be man, On December of Thanksgiving receipts, according to Presbyteries, was prepared and com- pared with all that came to the Or- phanage as 1933 Thanksgiving Of- fering. The 1934 Thanksgiving sums are still coming in, and will continue to arrive for another month, though the bulk of it is in the hands of the treasurer here. However, on the basis of that which had been received up 18th, a_ table to December 18th, it is found that three of the nine Presbyteries are already ahead of last year’s total. These are Concord, Fayetteville and Orange Presbyteries. The most phenomenal increase has occured in Concord Presbytery. The churches in that territory have already shown an increase of $2,565.19, and will go beyond the $3,000.00 increase in all likelihood. Orange Presbytery is $824.62 ahead of last year, and Fayetteville has advanced $604.57 be- yond the 1933 total. On the basis of the knowledge of churches’ which have not reported it seems likely that every Presbytery is going to show an increase for 1934 with the exception of one. In that, we may be wrong. We hope we are. On December 18th, the contributions for the two years stacked up as fol- lows: Albemarle $1,675.90 $1,251.98 Concord 5,570.52 8,135.71 Fayetteville 2,706.23 3,310.80 Granville 2,249.29 1,666.07 Kings Mt. 2,043.78 1,897.62 M cklenburg 6,082.63 5457.17 Orange 4,306.93 5,131.55 Wilmington 1,729.54 1,203.89 Winston-Salem = 2,916.47 2,788.80 TOTALS $29,261.56 $30,851.50 Mite Boxes The mite boxes used in many churches seemed to have been quite valuable in the Offering this year, and some very interesting Barium about effectiveness. increasing stories have come to their use and their Every church was offered these mite boxes, for some treasurer was written asking how many were needed. It is hoped that all will use them in 1935, for this is a splendid way for the children to funds, which soon mount into dollars. The treasurer of the Sun- day School wrote about a class of Intermediate girls who worked especially hard to swell their Thanks- giving gift to the Orphanage. As a result, these Intermediate girls had more offering than all of the other members of the Sunday School com bined. From Danbury came the story of a little three-year-old girl, Anne Hall, who trudged all alone through the rain in order that she might bring her mite box with nine pennies te the home of the treasurer. That church doesn’t have a regular pastor, but it had been pre-arranged for the chil- dren to bring their mite boxes to the home of an individual there. Another treasurer wrote that they had a few more mite boxes than were needed for the children and it was announced to the older people that some extra ones were available. “You ought to have seen’ the scramble after the service,” was the comment, “as these older people rushed for- ward to be sure that they would get a mite box.” Some people, too, brought reports back to Barium of these mite boxes being in the homes. In some places a mite box was given to each home and every member of the family accumulate surgaw would drop in their spare change when they found some in their pockets. boxes the year, and mite dis- of pos 12,000 throughout Over were tributed North sibly double that number will be sent out for the 1935 Thanksgiving Of fering. There was an unexpected delay in sending them the various churches this year, but it is hoped that this will be avoided a year hence, and that they will be in the hands of the treasurers considerably earlier. Synod Carolina this to “What Momey Will Do.” Another factor that played a big part in the Thanksgiving Offering was that schedule of “What Money Will Do” which was worked out by one of the friends of the Orphanage. Throughout the Synod, the Orphanage representatives would hear of this class and that class endeavoring to raise sufficient funds to operate the Orphanage one hour, or would hear of individuals who going to operate it just as many minutes ‘as possible. were At one church, four classes of children contributed enough to oper- ate the Orphanage for over four hours, and one class alone gave $16.00, which would pay all expenses here for an hour and 20 minutes. A Young People’s League contri- buted an even $12.00, and asked to operate the Orphanage for the first hour of the New Year—from mid- night, January 1st, until 1 a. m. That hour was given them. Perhaps some of these Young People will be “watch- ing” the old year out and the new year in, and will think, too, of their operation of the Orphanage for that particular hour. Memorial Gifts Before the late Dr. H. M. Eddleman died in Gastonia some time ago, he made the request that flowers not be sent to his funeral, but that money which would be thus spent be forward ed to Barium Springs. As a result of this, a total of $50.00 was forward to the Orphanage by individuals and various groups as memorial gifts. Before Rev. R. C. Wilson, late pastor of Kings Mountain Presbyter- ian Church, died he expressed a similaa desire - that contributions be made to the Orphanage rather than putting money into flowers. Just recently a check for $58.40 came to Barium from Kings Mountain friends because of this request. This is a total of $108.49 that has come to the Orphanage within the past two months, simply because these two men, in the thoughtfulness and love for their fellow man, made requests like this. The lives of both are perpetuated through these mem- orial gifts. Oftentimes, too, we receive similar memorial gifts at Barium, even though such a request has not been made before the death of a loved one or close friend. Already, well over $200.00 as been sent to Barium this church year solely through memorial gifts of this nature. They are always splendid tributes to the lives of the deceased, and constitue a lasting memorial. Drafts We Like We received a fine Thanksgiving check from one church, and included among the offering was an author- ization by one of the church’s mem bers to draw a draft upon him for $1.00 for the next 12 months. We draw upon quite a number of friends now, and there are others, too, who every month send us definite amounts It’s fine that we are allowed to do this monthly, or know that we can expect a positive sum every month from friends. Our hope is that this plan is going to increase, and increase rapidly, in popularity. ANNUAL FOOTBALL AFFAIR (Continued From Page One) others still have some time to repre- sent Barium on the gridiron. The final event was the presen- tation of the varsity captain’s com- mission. This was done by Cheek Free- man, retiring captain, and he present- ed this to Ed Flowers, newly elected captain for 1935. He had been chosen just prior to the banquet. Ralph Spen- cer was selected as alternate captain. Among guests here were Dr. Hoff- man, Dr. Ashburn, Frank L. Johnson, A. Fuiler Sams, John Wall, Robert Collier, R. R. Bennett, Harry Pad- gett, James Gray, Erskine Carson, and Capt. Shuford, leader of the Statesville football team last year, all of Statesville; Harry Barkley and R. H. Kale, of Troutman. NOVEMBER RECEIPTS (Continued From Page One) mittees seem to have been more active, on the basis of reports re- ceived at Barium by the middle of December. These, of course will not be published until the January issue. Meals Served By S. S. The Sunday Schools apparent- ly went into reverse in Novem- ber, or else they were saving up heir pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters for the Thanksgiving Offering. Or, maybe the treas- urers were just waiting to send in the regular report so that it could be accompanied by the Thanksgiving response. Some- thing was the cause of the de- crease in their usual giving this past month, and whén_ that December report is prepared and published. a month hence, no doubt the cause will be evident. total and November was $350.00, and as the Sunday School reports have come in during the early part of December, it was that one or the other of the above several reasons was the cause of of this decrease, and the December report should shaw the Possibly the December contributions New Sunday Schools Obids Sunday School, in Win- ston-Salem Presbytery, was added to that ever increasing roster of Sunday Schools which are helping the Orphanage regularly, for a re- port came from them last month sending in their Offering for the past three months, an accumu- lation ffom the one-Sunday-per- month plan, which they are foliow- ing. Now that the Thanksgiving rush is over perhaps there will be other Sunday Schools which will adopt a regular plan of he'ping Barium, and thus increase’ the monthly income of the institution. will be the greatest of even larger than in September when over $1,400 was contributed by the evident any Sunday Schools. This monthly tabulation, of course is going to deal with what the Sunday Schools do regularly, and will not include what is sent at Thanks- giving time. The latter this year is going to be remarkably better than in Thanksgiving, 1933, though, because of the use of mite boxes in many of them. Some interesting stories have come to Barium about the use of these mite boxes, and the joy and delight the children experienced in taking them home and filling them up. Nineteen of the 233 Sunday Schools twhich are helping Barium regulariy lave now given as much as $100.00. This is five more than were recorded a month ago. Concord First is- still leading with $444.47. The others are Winston-Salem First, $254.40; with Salisbury First, $203.50; .Gastonia First, $195.05; Belmont, $192.68; Olivia, $176.58; Tenth Ave., $168.59; Durham First, $164.00; North Wilkes- boro, $163.19; Albemarle, $156.09; Laurinburg, $151.08; Shelby, $150.98; Greensboro First, $135.18; Rocky Mount First, $122.65; St. Pauls (IF), $119.80; Monroe, $119.28; Buffalo (G), $111.84; Lexington, $100.45; Westminster (0), $100.21, As stated from time.to time, the are doing and join in with them in helping the Orphanage regu‘arly and known that proportionately they are doing just as much as these. The meals which could have been served the children, using ten cents a meal as a basis, by the Sunday School are as follows: Months 1933-34 1934-35 April 2,898 €,218 May 6,633 10,659 June 8,252 9,501 July 9,425 12,753 August 13,238 8,762 September 13,419 14,366 October 12,678 13,104 November 10,717 9,641 December 11,519 ? January 10,583 7 February 9,553 ? March 18,383 ¥ MANY’ ALUMNI RETURN (Continued From Page One) Ruth Freeman Jordan, Letha Cope- land, Carmet Sigmon, G. W. McIver, Marion McCall, J. A. Ferguson, Mrs. Walter W. Kale, Mrs. C. B. Long, Mrs. C. P. Shockly, J. R. Pope, W. M. Murrell, Ed Fraley, Mildred Warner; Nellie Culp, Graham Long, Lucile Long, Bruce Pareell, J. D. Johnston, Samuel Bernardo, Ray Shaffer, Jas- per Oliver, Johnston Shaffer, J. W. West, R. Z. Johnston, .G. H. Hipp, Hazel Simmons, Leonard Fort, J. B. Lee, A. J. Potter, Frank Purdy, Rob- ert Blue, Albert Cumbie, Wilson Low- rance, Walter. Beattie, Martha Beattie Law, Catherine Pickler, Ruby Pick- ler, Jim Gray, Pear] Beaver, LaFay- ette Donaldson, George Savage. Leona AUXILIARIES AGAIN HOLD (Continued From Page One) Wilmington 22 32 14 Winston-Salem 14 10 9 TOTALS 781 -233—S«i69 The decrease between the October about difference, month, Little Joe-A Play At this Christmas season, when people everywhere are thinking about giving, it is appropriate that we reproduce in The Messenger a one-act play which was written and originally published in The Messenger in 1927. It tells of the gift of a little boy—a very tiny gift—but one which led to larger giving by hundreds throughout the Synod of North Carolina. It is the story of the beginning of sittle Joe’s Church, and aside from its worthwhileness as an inspiration at this Christmas season, is the value of the touch- ing story that is ever interesting to friends of the Orphanage. The play could be priately used in Sunday Schools at Christmas time as an evidence of unselfish giving that event- ualiy resulted in greater things. The play follows: “LITTLE JOE” A play in one act. Characters—Dr. Boyd, Superinten- dent; Miss Boyd, his daughter, matron; Little Joe Gilland; Jack, his friend. Time—Sunday morning, 7 o’clock Feb. 1st, 1904. { Place--Siiall- upper room on third floor of Synod’s Cottage. A bed, heavily covered, is on the left side of room, with the head toward the left end of the stage. A window, closed and shuttered, is on the right. Near the bed are @ plain table and straight chair. Upon the table are a Bible, a hymn book and small purse. Little Joe Gilland is lying in bed, with his friend, Jack, on the bedside; when the curtain rises. Joe—I wish I could go to church every Sunday like you, Jackie. If enly I was strong enough to Jack—Huh! If you had to walk to Troutman every Sunday, and get cracked over the head every time you snoozed in Church, maybe you would be wishin’ different. Joe-—But you shouldn’t speak that way of Church, and besides, it ain’t right to snooze in Church, Miss Boyd says. Orphanage officials simpiy list the above to imspire other Sunday Schools which are large enough to be in this classification, hoping they will see what these Sunday Schools every month. The gifts from the other 214 Sunday Schools are appreciated in the same degree as these larger gifts, because it is gifts for the past 20 months Jack—Anyway, we have to save up all our pennies and put ’em in collec- shun. I betcha I'd have at least aj doilar by now had I kep’ it all. Joe—My Testament says, “It is more blessed to give than to receive,” and Miss Boyd says so, too. Jack—(devoutly)—Yep, whatever the Bible says is true, ‘cause Mr. Boyd said so, and he even knows more than Miss Boyd I betcha. Leastways I believe I'd ruther spend my money er terbaccy, tho’. (Miss Boyd enters from right). Miss Boyd—What is that I hear about tobacco, Jackie? Jack—I says to Joe that I don’t see how anybody could stand terbaccy. Miss Boyd—Joe, I must keep you abed today. You coughed — terribly during the night. Joe—-I lay awake las’ night thinkin’ how won’erful the stars was, away up in the sky, and how won’erful God is who made ’em. Miss Boyd—That reminds me, we will have your morning service now, Joe, if you wish. Joe—Yes’m. (They bow their heads for a short silent prayer.) Miss Boyd—What sing, Joe? Joe—(radiantly )—“*When is Called Up Yonder.” Jack—I knew you'd say that. You alluz sing that on Sundays. at this point, hymn shall we the Roll Joe—It makes us feel closer to heaven, don’t it, Miss Boyd? Miss Boyd—(looking away)—Yes, indeed, (They sing. Then there is a pause.) Joe—(shyly)—Miss Boyd, I have a secret. Jack—(eagerly)—-What is it? Hon- est, Joe, I won’t spill it. doe—I won't spill it. Miss Boyd—Surely you will trust Jack and me, Joe. Joe—Well, here it is—I have saved up all my money, nearly half a dollar, to start a church at Barium, where all the children won’t have to walk so far, and I can go to Sunday School, too. Jack—Gee! Miss Boyd—That’s fine of you, Joe. Faulkner, Joe Keenan, Pau! Pittman. You are a real Christain. (Dr. Boyd enters from is a tall, kindly gent!eman.) Jack--Oh! Dr. Boyd, Joe is giving his money to start a church of our own. Dr. Boyd—That is fine, Joe. I real- ly believe you are too good to live with us. Dr. Boyd—(aside to Miss Boyd)— How is his condition? Miss Boyd—He dosen’t know father, but he’s very ill. Dr. Boyd—We must hope for the best. (Exit all but Joe and Jack. Jack starts to leave.) Joe—Stay with me, Jack! (A moment’s pause.) Joe—I feel so sleepy. (He closes his eyes. Later shakes him playfully.) Jack—Wake up, Sleepyhead! Wake up! (No response. Jack calls Dr. Boyd who enters from right and approaches Joe’s bed. When he sees Joe he bows right. He it, Jack appro-} Income Distribution It was a nip and tuck race in November between the church budget and the Sunday School giving to see which one would lead in the contributions to the Orphanage for that month. The church budgets won out by sending in $996.56, though the Sunday Schools were close on their trail with $964.08. The Auxiliaries contributed $721.45 last month and two Young People’s Societies sent in $10.30. This was the first month September that Auxiliaries failed to their contributions rium, These organizations had given a larger amount in September than they did in August, and better sum in October, but tinuous increase was broken in Noyem- ver when their sum was about $120.00 less than it was the previous month. Every one of the three - the church budgets, the Sunday Schools and Auxiliaries - fell below the splendid ‘sums reported in October, the Sun- ‘day Schools showing the biggest drop. Only two other smaller amounts have been given by the Sunday Schoo's, and that was in the first month of the fiscal year and in August. However, the Sunday Schools still lead the others in total giving, for $8,500.41 has been contributed to Ba- rium through the 233 Sunday Schools since increase to Ba- an the von even which give regularly. The churches have given $6,999.30 through their budgets, and the Auxiliaries have sent in $4,440.97. The other $47.39 of the aggregate has been given by 13 Young People’s groups. The distribution of the regular in- come over the months of the present follows: 934-1935 year is as Month Chur. Ss. S. Aux. April $185.76 $621.82 $201.67 May 535.10 1,065.94 430.09 June 781.25 950.05 580.68 July $38.30 1.275.36 622.92 August 1,471.09 876.19 373.50 Sept. 825.22 1,486.55 667.12 October 1,366.02 1,310.42 843.54 November 996.56 964.08 721.45 Totals $6,999.30 $8,500.41 $4,440.97 Alumni News Several of our Davidson boys have visited us recently. They report work and plenty of it. We have also heard indirectly from our girls in college, and they also report hard work. We know that this will mean good re- ports at the end of the quarter. Mildred Morrow, who is now in Charlotte, came by for a short visit the other night. Mildred is looking well and hunting work. We were all distressed to learn that Guy (Hooky) Jackson is in the sanitorium. We know he will appreci- ate letters from the alumni. We wish him a speedy recovery. We have just learned that Martha Beattie is married. We have not been able to get details, but will publish them when we do. Margurite Gaskill and Myrile Johnson came by for a visit Sunday. They work in Hickory. Margurite works for Montgomery-Ward and Myrtle works for Belk’s. We would like to urge the old Ba- rium boys and girls to co-operate with us in making this cclumn_ in- teresting. If you would write in and tell us about yourself or any of the alumni that you know about, it would help immensely. All of us want to hear news, so let’s each do his part to make this a newsy section of the paper. 61 CHURCHES HELPING (Continued From Page One) Caldwell Memorial, Charlotte Second, Hopewell, Monroe, Rockingham, St. .ndrews, Sharon, Steel Creek, Thomas- boro, Westminster. Orange—Alamance, Bethesda, Bui- fula (G), Jonesboro, Madison, Spring- wood. Wilmington—Burgaw, Chadbourn, Clarkton, Immanuel, Mt. Zion. Winston-Salem—Lexington, Mocks- ville, North Wilkesboro, Reynolda, Winston-Salem First. his head, for Joe has answered to his name on the roll up yonder.) Epilogue TIME—Three years later. Scene—In center back, a church, with two entrances, on right and left sides of church, with wooden steps leading up to each entrance. The church has an appearance of newness, of just being finished. A large ban- ner is stretched between the two on- trances with this inscripton: “Little Joe’s Church.” Children are seen marching toward both entrances. They halt in front of Church and Dr. Boyd addresses them from steps of right (or left) entrance. Dr. Boyd— “Children, we have been blessed in having a little brother among us who gave of his little to start this church. He is now laid to rest. We are blessed in having many friends who gave of their means to complete this Church. They were inspired by little Joe. God bless them.” (They enter Church.) Curtain