Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1926, Page 21

METHODIST CHURCH DEDICATION TODAY Bishop Canuler of Atlanta to Conduct Mount Vernon Place Exercises. Seventy-five y geous band numbes (the exact number uraie record) h property bome for thelr religious a < nd - committee ul their mem ptered into s cons ci for the v church tiian stan0iA 3 Today this welled now to a total in exc 200. a thousand of whom have % in the past two vears, meets lo dedi- cate, free ble structure at \uxlh street ana Mas ed at more than a monument the original few < the representative church of all Southern Methodism. Ceremony at 11 0'Clock. ‘ The dedication ceremony will be held this mornin; lock with Rev. Dr. W, A. 1 = and with Mount Vernon Place Methodist hl)m'|)nl‘ll Church bon"l Ninth street mul‘ Massachusetts avenue. Upper inset: Dr. Th . A. Lambeth, pastor. Lower inset: Rev. W. [ THE SUNDAY STAR, ul!l to the p: ndler of Atlanta, Ga., who head «d the committee of the General Con- | ¢ fons were begun for the purchase of pell served the n-hurvh pntil January WASHINGTON, D. Choir, the League the | is MARCH POLITIGS IN PARIS CAUSE FRANC DROP Cabinet’s Power Doubted. Budget May Not Be Passed by Easter. By the Associated Pross PARIS, Easter n without having the nation's financial problem ¢ such uneasiness in business ¢ today that the franc declined t low record for the Paris e market. It was the dollar and 137.85 to the pound sterling, as importers rushed to buy American apd British exchange to cover payments coming due in the next few weeks. 'The effect of an announcement by *| Finance Minister Peret that he would ask the Chamber of Deputies to begin discussion of measures to balance the budget on Monday was offset by the fact that the chamber's discussion of e ministerial declaration presented Thursday left g doubt as to whether the cabinet has a safe ma- orit i of it K sult of Thursdiy's sensational . climaxed by the collapse of lvy, minister of the interlor, «d"to be an intensification of inciden Louis M 1926— PART the discussion can be terminated be- fore the usual Easter recess which will be followed by sessions of the depart- mental general coumcils, to which a large proportion of deputies belong and thus will necessitate adjournment for at least two weeks. This will take Parliament into_ the middle of April before final action can come. Meanwhile it will be necessary to vote provisional appropriations for two more months to keep the adminis- tratfon goin, MOVE IS MADE TO TRY SCOTT FOR ROBBERIES By the Associated ‘Press. CHICAGO, March 20.—Robert Scott, | pardoned from a California prison so that he could be tried for murder in 150, indirectly pleaded not guilty controversy immediately arose between prosecution and defense when Assistant State’s Attorney Em- met Byrne declared that Scott would first be tried on seven robbery charges. Scott’s attorney, William S. Stewart, who saved Scotts brother, Russell, from the gallows by a last-minute in- anity trial, declared it would be a violation of the agreement by which Scott was returned to try him on the robbery charges before the murder trial. ‘No trial date was set pending the settlement of the dispute. Scott is charged with the murder of Joseph Maurer, 4 young drug clerk, who the State contends s killed in a hold- up, ('om_mn((\d by the Scotts. SELLERS Kitchen Cabinets Through our purchase of a full carload of these Famous Kitchen Cabinets we will give Absolutely Free—a Set of Dishes and a Cream Whipping Set—with every Kitchen Cabinet pur- chased during March. TuaoMpsON -BROTHERS LT TR T T the land on which the stands. The greater portion of the land was | velous Increase in membership. purchased for the church | 1pancy of the new build Coon and W. W. Milan for ing the vhuuh has been a leader in | wlly plans for the building were| the religious life of the Capital. It ompleted and the contryet awarded. ‘hlfl llluup.uruted Sunday school sy Much of the money for the finaneing | the country and a of the work was pledged and given 1 ndard training course for teachers Southern Methodist Churches at has drawn students from many the South. | of the other churches of the city. | T acations of shay Ve dun Construction work actually got under | A system has heen established | Hel" vacations or may live during “hurch, entered | way on March 26, 1917, when Mrs. W. | whereby the Sunday school children | "8 FORFACE oL oty shurch | V. Tudor, wife of the pastor of the old occupied until after the adult | coiciners has been operated for 16 |cemice eet be- [ M Street Church, broke the ground. | services have heen concluded. vears, The pupils are chiefly y tinyously tween 1 and T streets, now the site | The corner stone was laid October 8, | A department of music is also con. | FOSTR TS DUDIS re chlefly v woe of a Hebrew temple, to Charles A.|1917, by Bishop Candl ducted in the church that partakes of e 2 Zimmerman, Alpheus | The church was officially opened in nature of a conservatory. In Edwards, Jackson Edmonston, Josiah |2 week of celebration from June 15 to | struction of a high order is given not Melvin, ' Butler Baker, Jaes 22, 1919, in which many former | only in voice, piano and organ, but Crump, William y and Francis of other churches | also in harmony and theory. The trustees of the “Methodixt : Sunday school room |students pay their tuition fee directly 1 Church South of the City s occupied | to the clurch. Several choirs are hington” for $3.630. ! 1918, and shortly after- | trained, including the Mount Vernon he Methodists encountered fnan- | Wan . Dr. Clovis G. Chappell be- | Chorus, number 100 singers: the cial difficulties and it wis not until | came pastor of the church. Dr. Chap- | Mount Vernon Quartet, the Junior July 1, 1857, that the dec v inall —— obtained. At the sume time i al t door which arles L. Colt- nee of the Southern Methodi irch, which author tion of chureh, pr conducting the dedicatory gin of this church d back prior to 1850, but_just how T back no one knows. The first offi the church was the the congregation as 1 Conference 1831, the trus- n then & church now |31, The music | the opposition of the moderates and 1924. During Dr. Chappell's p: Thursday Night Chorus. G tHe NI et potiahndl & miar S St bl 5 the government, |of the church, which has been under | anclal questions the | the direction of R. Deane Shure al- | & sts will cither abstain from most since the heginning of s or. vote agaihat the govern: in the new church, has attained wide Eeduently it remains to be 4 f 3 seen when the chamber is called on HSI8 I the coun to vote on M. Peret's measur The church also has conducted a| !0 2 < camp for several Summers - where | Whether the government has a ma. members of the church may spend | IOty or not. Furniture—Stoves—Floor Coverings 1220-26 Good Hope Road cial record of 2 ablishing of Anacostia, D. tation of the Virgir On June tees of a_chu rch kno Central Pr into an ag then standing on Lincoln 556 lm( ho]le\ed xhat 61b, Josepl D. Campbell 10th St size—complete cord. | . Unlimited Parking Space LT LR L L LT T T T T TR Italian, have been repr This school has been co ]‘mder the dir 1. Matiil dode LTI OO LU LT LT T T T Main 65 On Februapev 1863 the prop was deeded = Joseph H. Henline, Limanual Gut 3an and Moses Seigel as -t e Hebrew Congregation and the Methalists moved to a small frame building on P street between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. In the same year a new church was built on M street between Ninth and Tenth and used by the congregation until 1869, As a result of the Civil War the church remained independ- ent until 1866, the second year of the pastorate of Rev. Dr. W. V. Tudor, &t which time it became & mem| the Alexandria district of the Balti- more Annual Conference. The church continued to grow un- der Dr. Tudor until the 30 members had increased to 200 in 1869, at which time the congregation moved once wore to a. large building erected at the corner of Mount Vernon place and Ninth street. It was at this time that the church received its name of “Mount Vernon Place” Methodist Episcopal Church South, the name being glven by Dr. Tudor. The proposal for the building of a representative church in this city was first broached at Nashville, Tenn., at the general conference held in 1858, but was allowed to lie unnoticed until 1805, when a committee was named by the Baltimore Annual Conference to consider the ques anging the Mount Vernon W into a representative The commit. tee reported in faver of the plan and report was adopted in 1906 and sent to the General Conference at wingham, Ala. The General Confer- ence named a comittee which decided in_favor of the proposul and negotia- For Sale TO CLOSE AN ESTATE | Apt. 605 Five Rooms and Bath “The Netherlands” 1860 Columbia Rd. 100% Co-operative Apt. House Néthing quite so satisfying as reserve power aplenty 126 and 133 inches. Roomy—and comfortable beyond your dreams of what car comfort can be. Long, flexible springs and shock absorbing balloon tires add materially to its riding ease. In appearance — finish — equipment —this fine car is the very peak of perfectlon. 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