New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1917, Page 5

4 3 A T Higk i REV. SAMUEL ROCKWELL. SOUTH GHURCH AT 1aTH MILESTONE (Continued From First Page). “ souls, his flock grew asteadily and upon his leave had doubled. Rev. Mr. Rockwell was succeeded by Rev. Constance L. Goodell, D. D. Rev. Dr. Goodell, who was known as the wan pastor 1" " : occupled the pulpit from 1859 to 1872, which was ~ during the period ~¢ ‘he Civil war, be- came known throughout the United States as a leader in Congregational- ism. He was a very able man and beloved by his parishioners. During his ministry the flock more than doubled and the first parsonage of the church was built. His wife was a remarkable woman and took an ac- 5 tive interest in church and commu. nity affairs. Rev. Henry L. Griffin, D. D.,, who dled last summer, succeeded Rev. Dr. Goodell as pastor. He was a broad- mipded man and advanced in learn- ing. He was the minister .of the church for five years and was fol- lowed by Rev. James W. Cooper, D. D. Rev. Dr. Cooper 'held the longest ) pastorate of any of his predecessors. administering to the needs of his members for a quarter of a century. He was ordained on March 20, 1878, and retired on March 20, 1903. Rev. Dr. Cooper was an excellent preacher, a fine administrator and a business .man. He was beloved by all the peo- ‘ple with whom he came in contact. During his pastoraté the church made its greatest gains. When he accepted the call in 1878 there were 670 mem- Bers in the church and upon his leave thiy number had doubled. Rev. Dr. Cooper insugurated many ideas which | still prevail. He was especlally in- strumental in building up the Sun- day school, devoting a large amount ot his time and energy to this brahch of church work. He introduced the 4 home 'department whereby Sunday mchol/ literature was taken to the homes and distributed to the mothers who could not attend the services. Through his activities Rev. Dr. Cooper tecame known nationaily and re- oelved numerous calls. He was prom- dnent in the councils' of the congre- gational churches of tho country. He was greatly interssted in all branches of education and was a member of * the corporation at Yale University. He was wanted for many of the larger national offices of the church and, at last after considerable pres- sure was brought to bear, he resigned from the pastorate of the local church to become secretary of the American Missionary association. Rev. Osoro 8. Davis, D. D, suc- ceeded Dr. Cooper. Ho was an €n- tirely different type of man than his predecessor. He was much younger and full of vigor and energy. He in- augurated a series of stereopticon lec- tures. These became #o popular that it was necessary to turn hundreds away from the church on Sundays be- cause of the lack of seating capacity ! in the church. His Blble classes al30 became popular and interested a large number of men in his parish. Rev. Dr. Davig was an eloquent speaker and received invitations from all parts of New England to deliver ad- dresses. FHe resigned his pastorate in April, 1909, to accept the presidency of the Chicago Theological seminary. * He oame to this city In September, 1904. Rev, Herbert A. Jump succeeded Rev. Mr. Davis being ordained in November, 1909. Rev. Mr. Jump was a man of resource and was highly re- garded by a large element of the + elty. He took an active interest in municipal as well ag church affairs. It was greatly through his efforts that the Blthu Root celebration was s'ich 8 success. Rev. Mr. Jump resigred in September, 1911. During the next two rears the church was without a pastor. Rev. Frank G. Woodworth, who was for 26 years president of Tougaloo univer- sity, Tougaloo, Miss., performed the duties as minister. Mr. Woodworth, who was a native of Berlin (Conn.), had devoted a large part of his life toward educating the negroes of the South. Growth Under De. Ziill. Rev. Dr. George W. ?. Hill, present Dastor, came t® New Britain in September, 1918, fruM the North church, of St. Jehnebury, Vt. Since his arrival the membership of the church has grown from 1.200 until it now mnumbers 1550, The Sunday school classes also increased in size and boasts of a total of 1,300 pupils. The men's work has heen rearganized by Reéy. Dr. Hill, ana the brother- Bood is now doing efféetive work. The the R \\L\Nf | T i REV. J. W. COOPER. women’s societies have also been un- dergoing reorganization. The women recently united into one soclety, known as the Women’s association. The church has just completed some very extensive repairs in the' two | chapels and adjacent rooms. New electric wiring has been installed, the plumbing repaired and the walls deco- rated.. The cost of the alterations will total about $5,000 or $6,000. The South church is today the largest church af its denomination in the city and in New England and is the eighth in size among the Congre- gational chyrches of the country. The | first house of worship was bullt in | 1842 and stood at the corner of Main and Arch streets. It was used for 25 Years and then moved in the spring of 1864 to the place where the Parter and Dysan building now stands to make room for the present church building. The church was completed in 1868 and the new chapel was added in 1890 during the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Cooper. The erection of the new chapel was made possible largely through the gifts of C. B. Erwin. Many of the members of the church left large bequests to their house of worship upon their death. Among the largest benefactors was Mr. Er- Wwin, who gave his home on Wash- ington .street to be used as a parson- age and also left a fund of $25,000, the income of which is used to keep the praperty in repair. The house oc- cupied by the Judd family on Frank- lin square was used as a parsonage until this time. Among the other men who Temembered the church were: Dr. Lucius Woodruff, who left a large fund to be used for library purposes; Charles S. Landers, who bequeathed money to be used for the poor, and Philip Corbin, who left a fund to in- stall the magnificent organ. Among the men who were prominent in pub- lic life of the city and were members of the church were: Charles Peck, John B. Talcott, Willilam 8. Booth, Frederick North, J. M. Tuck, John H. Peck, William H. Hart, D. O. Rogers. David N. Camp, John P. Bartlett and Martin S. Wiard. John Wiard, who was one of the most highly esteemed members of the church, was one of the greatest factors in building up a large REV. O. 5. DAVIS. from the pastor, Rev. Dr. Hill: “This little token is sent you by your church as an especial expression of remembrance and affection. You% are one of our Honor Roll of over elghty boys who bave gone out from our parish into the service of our country. -Other names are yet to be added. We look upon you with real pride and honor as giving yourself for the defense of our lives and the lives .of those dear to us, and for the preservation of our national ideals. | Again I say, we are proud of you! “As you are away from home and friends and church and their steady- ing and inspiring influences, and as you meet physical and moral dangers, i the most insidious and powerful of any that beset men, remember that ' we here at home are thinking of you and praylug for you. Wherever vou may be, you may know that every Sun- | day morning at 12 o’clock and every Thursday evening at 7:30, we shall pray that you be kept faithful to duty, brave, clean and true in your living, and that you be given a safe return, strengthened and ennobled by your ex- periences. “You will often think of home. You will realize more than ever before what your dear ones mean to you. Let your thoughts also go back to your church where you have worship- ped and have been directed to the ‘Way of Lite. Remember Jesus Chriat, your Savior, ‘Watch ye! Quit you like men, be strong.’ “In common love of our country, and united hope and work for a safer and better world, , “Your true friend and minister, “GEORGE W. C. HILL.” | Oldest IAving Member. The oldest living member of the church today is Henry C. Bowers of Maple street, who is over 90 years of age. Mr. Bowers united with the South Congregational church over 70 vears ago, becoming affillated in 1847 In spite of his advanced years he still takes active interest in church affairs. The South church possesses an or- gan which is one of the finest in the country. The main organ was bullt in 1896 by George S. Hutchins, the ac- accompanied. by the following letter | | Sunday school. He was of a con- genial disposition, of a kindly person- ality, and was greatly beloved by both young and old. The growth of the church and its at- tainment of its important place in the life and history of the city are due, to a large extent, to the able assistants that the church has been fortunate in securing. ] During the ministry of Dr. Cooper it was found necessary to secure the first assistant. The men who have acted in this capacity since that time are: Rev. Stephen G. Butcher; Rev. Herbert C. Ide, now pastor in Red- lands, Cal.; Rev. Watson Woodruff, ! son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Wood- ruff, of Berlin, now pastor in Lynn, Mass.; Rev. Howard S. Fox, now pas- tor in East Providence, R. I, and Rev. ‘ Franklin C. Thompson, who is at { present capably performing his duties | at the local church. The South Congregational church has been very prominent in mission- | ary work. Many of its members arc now represented in missionary work both at home and abroad. Among the best known missionaries from the | local church was Rev. Miner Rogers, | who died a martyr on the fleld. Rev. Mr. Rogers was killed in Adana, Tur- key, during a persecution of Arme- nians by the Turks. His sister, Ger- trude Rogers, is also widely known as a missionary worker. At the out- break of the present war, Miss Rogers was obliged to fiee $o this country. The church carries on missionary work in this city among the Itallans and Assyrian-Persians. The work which was formerly carried on amang the Armenians has been turned over to the First church. The work among the Italian people is being conducted by the new pastor, Rev. Aurelius Sofla. The work among the Assyrian-Persians is flourishing under the leadership of Rev. E. E. Adams. The mission was particularly active in raising money for their fam- ilies and friends in Persia during the massacres in Uramia. Although the mission is composed largely of a working class, over $2,600 was raised to alleviate the sufferings of their brethren in Asia Minor. ‘When this country entered the great conflict the men of the church re- sponded gallantly to fight for Uncle 8am and democracy. There are to- day over 80 members of the parish in the army and navy. Those left be- hind have not forgotten the boys who offered themselves on the altar of patriotism. A small leather-bound copy of the new testament and a let- ter from the pastor accompanied by a small silk flag. has been sent 1o every church member now in service. An honor roll fellowship has also been organized at the church to keep the boys well-informed of the news from home and to let them know that although they are away they are not forgotten. The gifts were sent to the soldiers tion being the invention of Ernest M. Skinner, who at the time was asso- clated with Mr. Hutchings. In 1913 the antiphonal organ was built and a modern consol¢ of four manuals in- stalled by the Ernest M. Skinner com- pany. The case was designed by J. Cleveland Cady of New York. The entire organ was the gift of Philip Corbin. The instrument has 96 stops. Organ recitals, which are free to the public are held at the church every Wednesday afternoon. The officers of the church are follows: Minister—Rev. George W. C. Hill, D. D. Director of Religious Education— as Rev. Franklin C. Thompson. Parish Visitor and Church Secre- tary—Mrs. Laura M. Johnson. Assyrian Minister—Rev. Elisha E. Adams. Itallan Minister—Rev. Aurelius So- fla. Board of Deacons—W. A. House, E. H. Cooper, A. W. Upeon, P. K. Rogers, B. H. Wood, E. B. Eddy, E. A. Moore, F. N. Wells, G. S. Talcott, E. W. Pel- n. wS(n,nd(nK Committee—Pastor, Dea- cons, Clerk, Treasurer, Sunday School Superintendent, Herbert H. Wheeler, F. R. Gilpatric, R. Clifford Merwin, Ray W. Leach, J. C. Moody, R. C. ‘Twichell. - Clerk—Truman L. Weed. Treasurer—@G. Ernest Root. Assistant Treasurer—C. F. Scott. Head Usher— G. H. Dyson. The Eoclesiastical Society. Society’s Committee—E. B. Eddy, H. D. Humphrey, I. A. Searle, W. L. Hatch, Howard S. Hart. Treasurer—W. L. Hitch. Sexton and Collector—Wm. Chapman. Department of Music. Music Committee—P. Corbin, F. A. Searle, J. E. Cooper, Mrs. J. B. Tal- icott, Mrs. W. F. Brooks. Organist and Choir Master—Joseph Clair Beebe. Quartet—Soprano, Simpson; contralto, Mardil; tenor, John T. Spencer Terry. E. Miss Josephine Miss Elizabeth Dowd; bass, PURCHASES ANOTHER CONCERN. ‘The Metal Specialty company of this city, located in Belvidere, has pur- chased the business of the A. S. Ford company, of Bristol, including all stock and fixtures, as well as con- tracts. The local concern, while only a young industry, is daing well and the owners expect to enlarge their plant next spring. The New Britain Board of Fire In- js\lrl\nca Underwriters met vesterday when Building Inspector A. N. Ruth- erford and Chief R. M. Dame of the fire department gave talks on steps taken for the increased fire protection of the city. ) REV. HERBERT A. JUMP. GO FROM SALOONS FED WITH TURKEY Salvation Army Woos Willing Weary Willies From Barrooms New ' York, Dec. 1.—Here's the latest: ? Tom *Gray lay down on ‘the barroom floor, Having drunk so much he could drink no more. So he fell asleep with a troubled brain And dreamed that he rode on hell-bound train. the “Amen,” groaned the boozers in the Salvation Army barracks on Four- teenth street as Major Winchell of Jersey City tore off the first verse of his merry little Thanksgiving anthem. True, many of them had been picked by him and Col. Willlam Meclntyre from their favorite corner, of thelr favorite ‘“skelly,” where they had been waiting all day for some one to buy them a drink, but that didn't matter. They just hated booze when they thought of that turkey down- stairs waiting to be eaten. It was the annual Thanksgiving roundup of the boozers by the Salva- tion Army, and despite the high cost of liquor it was just about the same crowd as it always had been—dirty and unkempt, crushing their caps in their hands. They waited jerkily in their seats until they got the word to go down and stuff themselves. Not So Joyful. There were fust about them as the year before, 700, it ex- perienced observers noted: that they weren't quite so drunk. The major started again: as many of An imp for fuel was shovelling bones, Which roared and cracked with a thousand groans. The boller was filled with lager beer | And the devil himself was engineer. Then the major, who is quite a per- sonage in the Salvation Army, having gone to Belgium for that organiza- tion on relief work, told them how he had tended bar in Jersey City for fifteen minutes the other night and had showed those leaning on the brass rail the way people drink whiskey in Belgium these days. He half filled their glasses and then put in water, half emptied them and filled again with water, until it was mostly water, with a coloring of whiskey. “That’s the way to drink it, if you must,” sald the major. Billy Johnstone, an old convert, who used to be a pickpocket in the good days of the old Fourth ward, and a |Staff found themselves handicapped | baseball umpire later, then got up and told the crowd how much better it is to hit the trail and behave and get three square meals a day than to follow the Demon Rum about and live on handouts. Billy appealed to them in the argot they all knew, and made a great hit. Nickel Jack. whose real name is Jack B. Brokaw, a natty looking middle aged man, told the crowd how four years ago on Thanksgiving night the Salvation Army picked him out of a barroom on the Bowery and made & man of him. Now he is a depart- ment head in a large grocery store and happy as a lark. The Water Wagon. That is the way the Army gets its crowd for its Thanksgiving booze party. Officers go about in buses, down the waterfront and the Bowery and through Hell’s Kitchen, yanking panhandlers and worse out of saloon back rooms, offering them a good dinner as well as kind words. After the meeting they are invited to re- form, and the big hall is filled with men kneeling before their seats, Sal- vation Army workers beside them with arms about their shoulders. After that comes the dinner, at which they have all the turkey and other good things they can hold, and then take part in the water wagon parade through the neighboring streets. Many of them come back year after year in the same condi- tion and others don’t, but whether they do or not they are all welcome. “You have to appeal to them in the way they feel the most,” said the major. “If that way is through their stomachs what difference does it make? Better to do that than noth- ing at al}” IN ORDNANCE DEPT. Viston Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Knight of Plainville and em- ployed as a clerk at the New Britain Trust company, has enlisted in the U. 8. Army ordnance department at ‘Washington. Sunday Morning, 10:45 o'clock Anniversary Music and Sermon Vespers, 4:30 P. M. Unique Musical Service Old Time Music by Organ and Quartette Anthems and Hymns of Fifty Years Ago A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL An Address, Sunday Evening, 7:30, at V The Methodist Church iy MERRITT A. SARREN Supt. of Boston Sailors’ Friend Society NDIGT TWELVE IN BIG MURDER CASE Sensational Coniession of New New York, Dec. 1—With the prompt assistance of Justice Goff of the Crim- inal Branch of the Supreme Court Dis- trict Attorney Swann compelled the Brooklyn authorities yesterday to give him possession of three witnesses con- cerned in the murder conspiracy as revealed in the alleged confession of Raffaelo Daniello, who told of twen- ty-three murders committed by hired assassins in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Immediately after these men had been interrogated before the additional Grand Jury, that body returned twelve indictments for first degred murder against suspects involved in these crimes. Five indictments had previ- ously been found here against others involved in these murders aggregating the largest number of indictments in any one case that had ever been is- sued in Manhattan. Four indictments have been returned in Brooklyn, mak- ing a total of twenty-dne. Members of the District Attorney’s vesterday morning in running down these suspects because of the absence of witnesses, whose testimony was nec- essary before Issuing bench warrants. 1t was feared that the principal mur- der suspects would escape should the Grand Jury be delayed in considera- | tion of the case, but word reached Dis- trict Attorney Swann that District At- torney Lewls of Kings had announced that the men wanted could only be obtained by one legal method. H. 8. Renaud of the Homicide Bureau of Mr. Swann’s office obtained habeas corpus writs from Justice Goft order- ing the commanding officer at Brook- lyn Police Headquarters to produce Daniello, John Mancini, and John Esposito at the office of the Manhat- tan County prosecutor. Mr. Swann expressed regret that certain parts of the confession of Dan- |iello had been made public, and satd | e feared some of the suspected crim- inals were already trying to get away to Italy, although the police here and in other cities are co-operating with ; the District Attorney’s staff in the ef- forts to apprehend them. In his confession Daniello accused j the murder gang of killing Giuseppe de Marso on July 25, 1916, at 54 James street, when Charles Lombardi was shot down in front of his house. It was also alleged that the gang later killed de Marso's brother, Salvatore, who, with several friends, had sworn vengeance on the slayers of his broth- er. The body of Salvatore, throag cut, was found three months la- ter under the Manhattan end of thé Queensboro Bridge. Investigation was started last n to determine if the Itallan fo! strangled to death in the hafl at 1 Thompson strest yesterday was other victim of the murder gang. This' man had e selective draft regist: 4 card bearing the name of 0messs Gaustella, 115 Harrison street, Breok- iyn, Mr. Swann is also interested reinvestigation of the murder of chasl A. Giamari, a political llent: ant of ex-Sheriff Thomas Foley,. was shot and killed two years ago, developments shug ‘far do not him among the victims of the gang. § Seven other men had been and examined at the Homicide reau late last night. No charges made against them at the conel of the examination, but each was as n materiul witness, as were Dan and his two companions, all of wh ‘were remanded t6 the Tombs in fault of SIS,NMX bail each. = e k- Willlam C. 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