19 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1903
Page
1
The report covers ongoing sessions of the Methodist conference with updates on talks, debates, and keynote remarks. Delegates discuss church governance, social issues, and plans for future meetings, highlighting committee work and anticipated resolutions.
A Valencia mission meeting notes strong progress in Ladies Home Missionary Society chapters in Roswell Lordsburg Albuquerque San Marcial Pecos City Morfa and other towns. Reports praise charity work building parsonages visiting the sick aiding the poor and shoring up church missions with a net gain of 345 during the year. Dr Lambeth and Bishop Key headline tonight while tomorrow visiting pastors fill pulpits.
A Dasen list invites attendance at the Adventist tent near the courthouse for a millenium discourse Sunday at 7 30. The Methodist Society reports Sabbath services in the opera house on the ground floor with sermons at 11 am and 7 30 pm, Sunday school at 9 45 am. The fourth Quarterly Conference adjourns Thursday evening at six, with reports for the Albuquerque annual conference next month.
The Christian gatherings under the tent on Oak Street persist with nightly topics on running the Christian race and universal salvation. A question box will be available for Bible inquiries as meetings extend through next week with plain, scriptural preaching inviting all to attend.
Don A Sweet reports special one way fare arrangements for New Mexico points to Albuquerque for the Territorial Fair and Masonic meeting in September 1903. Tickets go on sale October 10 and 15 with final return limit October 25, pricing from Carlsbad 29.65 Roswell 26.65 and Portales 23.05. Local outlets Florence and Malage offer earlier sale dates.
Roswell health officer Dr W T Joyner reports school children in Chaves County presenting vaccination certificates will receive official proof. The letter notes service at St Andrews Hall with sermons and a discussion on Christ and vaccination questions.
Citizens and visitors to Roswell are cordially invited to these services with all seats free. Certificates must be presented to verify vaccination status. Pastor George Hinson urges vaccination lists be shown to authorize entry.
Public notice states new school furniture has arrived and Mrs. Peacock with assistants will receive pupils at the opera house Monday morning. Parents sending children to the Kindergarten should ensure arrival by nine. School sessions mirror those at the Central building and two ward room spaces should be ready by midweek.
Sunday school at 9 45 a m preaching by Bishop Ney at 1 00 p m talk to the children by Arthur Marston at 2 50 p m a Love Feast led by Rev J C Trage at 4 80 p m Epworth League Rally led by Mr Reedy at 6 40 p m preaching by Dr Latmuth at 7 30 p m
Rev. I. J. Collie preaches at 11 a.m. and Rev. Mark Hodgeson at 7 30 p.m. in a pair of worship services.
Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m with 11 o clock sermon by Arthur Marston. Evening preaching at 7 50 p m by P D A Williams. Ministers attend the M Ek Conference and fill pulpit by invitation. Lord's Supper to be celebrated at morning service.
Prominent local voices urge extending the Santa Fe Central from Torrance to Roswell. They predict shorter travel, cheaper trips, and stronger commerce between Roswell and Santa Fe, with ten hours for the direct route and hundreds of miles saved. The extension is hailed as essential to Pecos Valley development and regional prosperity.
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