03 Oct 1913
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
1
A discussion on the scope and influence of Episcopalian power and intellectual leadership will gather in New York, featuring prominent church figures and scholars. The event aims to illuminate the churchs role in public affairs and theology.
In New York City the 43rd triennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church begins next Wednesday with about 110 bishops and 600 deputies from 68 dioceses and 22 missionary districts, plus 10 foreign jurisdictions. The two-house body will pass canons and resolutions, meeting at the old Synod House and the new Synod Hall funded by Morgan and Cutting. The Right Reverend Dr. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle will preside, with Rev. Dr. Randolph H. McKim leading until a president is elected.
A large church convention opens next Wednesday with a communion service at the Cathedral of St John the Divine. Bishops and deputies assemble at Synod Halls, form a processional march led by the Cathedral choir under Miles Farrow, and the sermon is to be given by Bishop William Lawrence. The following day a women’s auxiliary service plans to place 275000 on the altar for missions.
Reports indicate chapters active throughout the state with daughters involved in ongoing sessions. Details on locations and outcomes are limited in the available text.
The report highlights a crowded social agenda at Monroe with banquets at Masonic Hall and Riverside Pavilion drawing large crowds during the reunion. Daughters of the Confederacy meetings at City Hall discuss children’s scholarship plans and credential standards, while plans for 1914 meetings unfold.
Dr. Fred J. Mayer president of the State Medical Society visited Monroe and praised its Ouachita location and hospital. He urged subsoil drainage paving and a saltwater artesian natatorium to attract tourists and boost health recreation.
Six years after a split at a Louisiana Division UCV reunion in Monroe, charges against Gen. T. W. Castleman were investigated. A special committee found Behan’s accusations unfounded, exonerating Castleman. the report was adopted with no dissent.
A brief notice reports Senator Broussari ending his term as investigations relate to GPS formation and PPAR details. The piece references a transition and ongoing inquiries.
A Wilson administration letter from W M McAdoo states that in the absence of dereliction charges, New Orleans collectors and officials will finish their appointed terms. The note confirms tenure extends to March 1, 1915, and names Bernard Leonhardt Borah Kemper Hebert and Marshal Loisel as allowed to remain.
The Monroe project offers a chance for growth as officials praise the salt water natatorium. Mayer lauds the facility as a key community asset and potential draw for residents and visitors.
A lively morning business session features a call to recognize third day Davis as a busy figure. Debate centers on the Gettpy’s Burg peace monument with a strong resolution emerging.
Arcadia band leads a Veterans parade through city streets while the Daughters of the Confederacy march behind them. In Atlanta, Leo M. Frank faces execution for the murder of Mary Phagan, 15, with a motion for a new trial under consideration and no ruling expected soon.
Richmond Va Oct 2 The foot ball season in the South will start tomorrow with major games. Georgia meets Citadel at Athens Alabama Polytechnic plays Mercer at Auburn Clemson and Davidson clash at Clemson Georgetown vs Randolph Macon at Georgetown Virginia Medical versus Washington and Lee at Lexington among other contests set for the day.
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