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 VOL. II. NO. 11 
 
 GIBSONVILLE, N. C. THl'RSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1921 
 
 TWO DOLLARS A YEAR 
 
 : Fricdcn's Lutheran Church : 
 
 To understand th« causes thai 
 brought the i .'i I) ■ Itlii ■ to North 
 
 Carolina whose e(l u I toll ihed 
 
 i-,,,..i,i r . i hun ii wi inui I m back to 
 
 I. I--. m history, I rm iew thi 
 
 struggle known n- the Thirtj Ifeai 
 War, Religious hatred, and trouble* 
 
 over church lands in the reg 
 
 known ai the Pajattnntc, cau 
 number* ol liberty loi Ins people to 
 !!«■ to America, Tholr native land* 
 
 in i hi opi n en di sol I, and bj I hi 
 
 French invaaic ( the Rhine region 
 
 ih,- iplendid homee of the Palatinci 
 were laid waste, The new world of- 
 fered an asylum The Swiss, French, 
 and the natives «f the Palatine region 
 poured Into Pennsylvania, and then 
 turned on to the South 
 
 1722, and taught Hchool and preached 
 
 in vi un pnrU nf Virginia, Can 
 
 i i Georgia, Maryland and Pann 
 
 ylvnnin In I 7**n ho unn piem-hing 
 In Hi klenburg county, N. C, ami 
 wa In full sympathy with those whn 
 
 ii n, .1 the Mecklenburg i'cclaration; 
 he was *n ardent patriot, nnH greatly 
 
 ■..,!,. I I.-, thi !■ I 
 
 The Lutherans ami the Reformed 
 people wen ii" 1 orjgtnal joint owners 
 of the church property nt Friedens. 
 and aaeh denomination either cont- 
 ducd it" »wn Mnrtces separately or 
 held i"ini service*, as desired. A* 
 inc. Reformed people developed theli 
 interests »t Brick church, and latei 
 !.i Hi Hope they gave tea* and leu 
 inflin 'M. ii in their interests at Fried. 
 
 I., . .,,, ,,i,.,..m |Q88 ;> rut up I" 1775 the 
 
 :,i, I,.,. ,,f thai imu- iho« m 
 30,000 in. i who bin! 
 
 .-unic ovei ompany the 
 
 immigrant* to Worth Carolina targr- 
 I] i .,,,!.■ The Lord proprietor* of 
 Carolina were ailxioui for these 
 
 , ,.ii, red mil term. I lace disintegrated. H was during this p*> 
 
 ery fan, 
 
 r South. This 
 fni the fact that almost 
 
 nties m PennayWanto, such 
 as Berks. Schuylkill and ol ■ 
 t„ . , ,,, i , four ■ ■ 
 linn ... North Carolina Alamance, 
 Guilford, Davidson, Poraptfa and oth 
 ■ ii thin sec- 
 ■Hue the homes of these peo- 
 pli 
 
 The name Friedens comes from thi 
 arord Fried-e(n) .whose plural Ii 
 i , , .... ,i.i, the meaning Pence, 
 
 tranquility, pacific. 4c. 
 
 Prtedburg, which is thi 
 old ii.i historic church of the Mo 
 
 in IB28 Rev John ll. Crawford 
 
 mi. 'ii. Hi nk Church paster, and 
 
 remained until into. Purine these 
 twelve yean the Reformed rongrega- 
 tlon at Friedens was allowed t<> ba> 
 . ...... . altered and the organisation 
 
 of the Reformed people at this place 
 
 rlod .1 ' i- 10 to 1840, t Kj.t the 
 
 of the foreign language wm dropped 
 in thi' pulpli service* altogether, «n<l 
 all the service" wire cond acted in 
 f i, rii h 
 
 During this period of about seventy 
 
 rean these two de dnal held 
 
 i i r... i in ■ linn Ii and parson- 
 age property; often united in joint 
 ml frr.iu.-nHy Wttt mlnil 
 tend hj the same pa-tor regnrdles- 
 of denomination, when either pulpit 
 won vacant In IBB6 under the leud- 
 
 nhtp ..f Rev. <;. W. Walker a Re- 
 formed minister, the connection of the 
 Reform* il members wai altogether 
 
 BVered from Friedens and .they w< 
 
 ■»■ ™ <«»""' I """"•' '?";,", "''l, c ,-k ^ ih k ^,"k'^■"' , »•"» "><- »■■ ■"■■■' '"■''■ J - 
 
 ■t -hat sin known 
 gration, and the name Priedburg Station, a pel about 
 
 nd gathered thnba into the fold. tli« 
 work «rew so thJU Rev. Jacob Orler- 
 
 Ires i . 'u Mi oneed u is 
 
 tlstenl pis tor ami did much to lighten 
 the heavy burden" of the wide field. 
 Rev C i. Rettsel was a laborer in 
 Rot l.ibn D, Mch.nk originally from 
 tho south Carolina .synod after fine 
 work In Itowan county came to thin 
 Held. At some loter time there iney 
 
 be irl tv to prepare s complete 
 
 lint of the pastors who have served 
 
 in thli field, 
 
 Some nf lbs -dder people will re- 
 nil the Old church that llood in what 
 u now the present cemetery. There 
 I • '.mi imH Borrarmad incident con- 
 nected with taking down one nf the 
 old i.i lni.ii.-.l ,l, ulil, folding doors 
 nml maklnii u«e of same to carry off 
 ii wounded snldirr in days of war. 
 It i -ti.i that the atnin was there for 
 year* Some «lill livlnR will rvrall 
 the old arbOI Uaed for outdoor mret- 
 Inga. Many n tale of "ye old time" 
 cluster* around that old arbor. It 
 was a atronirly framed and well roof- 
 ed affair and was sold after the late 
 civil war to n citlscn ,.f Gibsonville. 
 who moved it snd had n rebuilt Into 
 a livery stable isorage bam. 
 
 The present handsome brick ItrUi 
 lure stands as a monument to th.- 
 liberality and Christian enterprise of 
 
 the late I.udwick Summer., Blflieon 
 
 Wagoner sn.l others who were ami.tiK 
 the leaders In Its erection. 
 
 At one time the . tiurch nttrmpii'd 
 to cmiilue' ■ ■■ knpl snd sr» ted ■ 
 
 leKooln on tril* irruunds, ami f.ir 
 
 several terms It did very good work. 
 but finally the effort was dropped, 
 
 Priedens Church history will al 
 ways be inlercl *inv to the student. It 
 is wrappe.1 up in tbr story of the eur 
 
 i ilay of their oriir- 
 inal coining to this section. The land? 
 have twin handed doirn hi fomlles 
 
 • Soon! i 
 
 i creat similarity to that of 
 rriedena and comes from the same 
 ords in it- native language. 
 
 These Moravians had much in com- 
 mon with the early nettler^ along the 
 banks of the Haw River. Reedy Fork. 
 unit all this section, ami their histo- 
 ries often interweave as the student 
 truces out the several lines of devel- 
 opment. They were nil nnlmated by 
 the same spirit and alt were.driven to 
 this new world by the same common 
 resulting from the European 
 Thirty Years War and the persecu- 
 
 r that followed. The I 
 
 William Penn, of Pennsylvania., and 
 Queen Anne, of England, stand as the 
 names of friends of these people in 
 tTii-e dark days. 
 
 Friedeni historic church stands to- 
 pay as one of the most interesting 
 spots in all this section. It is located 
 about two miles north-west of Gib- 
 nonville on the nriKinal church 
 grounds. Its origin goes hack to the 
 riming into thin state of the first 
 
 the-.- early comers settled they soon 
 began the erection of chu»ch houses 
 for rejrular worship. In these earlier 
 doys the church houses were general- 
 ly built by the united efforts of both 
 both the Lutherans und the Reformed 
 people. Such was the case with what 
 we flow know as Frtcrtens Church/ 
 It was n union church and wns or- 
 ganized about the some time as Brick 
 Church, which is located six miles 
 south of Gibsonville, and it ia not Im- 
 probable that both churchcH were or- 
 gunined by the same minister. It wan 
 first known us "Stahuker's Church," 
 or "Sahnakcr's Church" and older 
 will recall that it was often called 
 . ns if spelled Shoemaker's Church; 
 this comlnir an the modern pronun- 
 ciation from the original spelling— 
 "Stohmaker'a." 
 
 The first congregational group ia 
 supposed to hove been formed about 
 1771; (he date is not exactly clear. 
 Rev. Samuel Suther was then preach- 
 ing in a small lojf house built by the 
 tithe rang and the Reformed people on 
 tin- spot wuherc the present I-ow'n 
 Lutheran Chrch now stands aobut ten 
 miles south of Gibsonville. It is prob- 
 able that this same Rev, Samuel Su- 
 iln-i held thi 
 grounds of what Is now Frludons 
 Church. Suther was a SwIeb, bom in 
 
 ■ tnl Hon College, where 
 they still worship, It was many 
 r howgver, before their 
 financial claims of interest in the 
 property of the Friedens pastorale 
 wen- fully and finally ndjuate-l 
 salisfncli 
 It ii 
 
 The church afvt section have always 
 moved towards nrw Ihine* with much 
 prudence, and lhanga ha* come only 
 iifi.-i much though) 
 
 To properly uppreciate the present 
 
 age and to plm> wisely for the com- 
 
 ih,. Ing times one .nu*t know lomething 
 
 ■ i the history of the past. Upon the 
 
 gating to recall that many Past the present U builded, snd upon 
 the present the future must grow. 
 For this reason there oui:ht to be 
 more attention given to the arory of 
 the post, and more general' informa- 
 tion upon its fart- snd incident*. 
 
 Hou few toilty know anything of 
 the labors of Rev. Adolph Nuaemann 
 and of the Rev J. G. Arndt, and yet 
 the seeda of the present Lutheran 
 Church in North Carolina were scat- 
 tered widely by these two faithful la- 
 borers of the olden days in their mis- 
 sionary tours over Davidson, Guil- 
 ford, Orange, Stokes and Forsyth 
 counties. For fifteen years during 
 the storm of the ".evolutionary period 
 the^e two heroic souls labored ulone, 
 and all Lutherans Ism west of the 
 Catawba river; Spas foonded t.y the 
 efforts of Rev. \. G. Amdt. Chrla- 
 topher Rinttcmunn and Christopher 
 Layrle journeyed oil the woy to Eu- 
 rope, journeying first to London and 
 then to Hanovei- for the purpose of 
 securing "one pastor and preacher" 
 for the work in North Carolina, and 
 secured by this lonir and tedious jour- 
 ney the two men mentioned, Rev, 
 Adolph .".» .ill '■■■ and Rev. J. G. 
 Arndt, the latter of whom wns both 
 a school teacher and a preacher. In 
 1767 these two were joined by Rev, 
 Christian Eberhardt, of Stuttgard, of 
 the kingdom of Wurtenburg. Rev. 
 Bernhardt wias in Guilford county 
 during a period of about ten years, 
 from 1790 to 1B00. 
 
 The people were liberal In those 
 olden daya. Read this: "As soon as 
 wo arrived the Deacons visited 
 they brought (lour, corn, hams, 
 sages, dried fruit, chickens, turkeys, 
 geese, Ac, so that there has been no 
 occasion for us to spend one farthing 
 for housekeeping to this time," 
 
 But this sketch must draw to o con- 
 clusion. We need to awake to the 
 rich atoros of our paHt history; we 
 we need more interest in the great 
 events of the days gone by (tint wo 
 may be inspir-d to even greater 
 
 of ii"' earl lea I ministers of both the 
 Lutheran and the Reformed . hurch 
 poke 'In- foreign tongue. The first 
 English Lutheran preacher in North 
 Carolina was Rev. Robert Johnson 
 Miller, ■-■ native of Kaldovia, Angus- 
 Dundee, Scotland, bom In 
 1758, reaching this country in 1774. 
 ith with General Greene's 
 army during the Revolutionary War 
 and remained here to preach after 
 pence was declared. The first ecclesl- 
 embly of the Lutheran 
 Church in North Carolina was held 
 in Salisbury In May 1704, and this 
 the Rev. R. J, Miller was the 
 first minister ordained by what is 
 known as the [■-■'"■ -*- Vinisteriui 
 
 n Virginia Conference held inlfl08 
 in Rockingham county, Va., we find 
 his reference to FriedonB Church: 
 In that region which lies partly in 
 Orange and partly in Guilford coun- 
 ties there ore three Lutheran 
 ehurehse, three Reformed churches, 
 and one joint church named Friedens. 
 In 1R01 Rev. Philip Henkle was called 
 to servo as Lutheran pastor, who re- 
 mained until IROrl when he accepted 
 a call to Lincoln county." 
 
 In the minutes uf the Synod held 
 in 1810 at Orgon Church in Rowan 
 county there is this interesting state- 
 ment : "Rev. Mnrkurt's pastorate: 
 Pilgrim's, Beck's, Schwelssguth 
 (Swicegood), now Sandy Creek, Lou's 
 (now Low's), Friedens, Graves (now 
 St. Paul's)." Certainly the field whs 
 large enough to claim the energies of 
 any man. 
 
 The Lutheran churches in Guilford 
 und what whs then known as Orange 
 counties wen- without pastors from 
 1605 to 1810, In IBID Rev. Jacob 
 Soberer became the poslor of theso 
 churches and did a great -work over 
 a wide territory. He laid great stress 
 upon teaching the young people the 
 Church doctrines, and won large 
 numbers to his membership. In the 
 
 ubBenee of the modem Sunday Hchool , things In the; present. A volume of 
 he saw the need and taught the young 1 rich and interacting history might 
 
 ■osily be written of Fried. -n-, I Hi h 
 
 If there were sufficient Interest to 
 
 mrrani th.. undertaking. The his. 1 
 
 I. iiy p,f the church is wrapped up ill | 
 that of the state and the nation. There 
 were hrnvc and great souln in those 
 days gone by thot we all ought to I 
 km.w They mode [hi hlltOTJI of. 
 those times, and our day is builded 
 upon the day that they fashioned. 
 
 The men of the Friedens Church 
 community played their part in all 
 the stirring scenes nf the Revolution- 
 ary War. The .I'm. .-i.i was largely 
 Whig sentiment, of course, as they 
 had come her* seeking freedom. 
 They were on bond at Wbitesell's 
 Mill on the Reedy Fork; they were 
 well represented at the Battle of Al- 
 amance in 1771, opposing Gov. Tryon 
 in his oppressions, a suot. by the way, 
 only seven miles southeast of the 
 •pot on which Friedens stands. They 
 were at Guilford Court Hun-,- In 17B1 
 when (he bar kl wine of the British 
 power was finally broken. They were 
 willing to pay reasonable taxes nec- 
 essary for the support uf the govern- 
 ment, but demanded o voice in that 
 same government. They were sell- 
 ing forty bushels of wheat for about 
 five dollars and were unwilling to pay 
 extortionate taxes. They were in an 
 undeveloped country, abounding in 
 wild animals, and packs of wolves, 
 •nd they refused to be oppr.-fs.-d de- 
 spite their many difficulties. The his- 
 bjrlanl Wheeler and Coruthers and 
 nthres pay fine tribute lo the spirit 
 that prevailed m this section. The 
 air was vibrating with the strains 
 ,.r hreedorn and liberty Guilford 
 Court House battlefield was distant 
 about fifteen miles only from the 
 church grounds. Gov. Tryon was 
 building at New Bern for In- home 
 the finest house in all the Southern 
 country, a palace for that day. and 
 the brave pioneers of Friedens! to- 
 gether with those of other sections 
 of Goilford, and what is now Ala- 
 mance coonfy, then Ononre. felt that 
 it wai on outrage to allow «uch ex- 
 travagance in that day of struggle 
 and poverty, They were forced to 
 become church militant, thot is mil- 
 itary, whether they so willed or not. 
 The spirit that had brought them 
 from distant homes across the Atlan- 
 tic would not allow them tn tamely 
 submit U> injustice in the royal gov- 
 of that day as administered 
 by the haughty Gov. Tryon. 
 
 Thus it Is that the history of Fried- 
 ens Church in its earlier period 
 history "f all this section, with the 
 government then in operation, with 
 the operations of the Wnr of the Rev- 
 
 THOMAS SCHOOL ITRMH. 
 
 The halth on this route Is good at 
 his wrltine 
 
 Mr. Albert Andrews and family 
 Ipenl Banrfey with Mr. Henry John- 
 
 Thomas wool opened October 24. 
 
 Mr William Rich Is the teacher here. 
 
 He i- liked by all the scholar*. 
 
 Mr. Hilliary Wyrick and Miss Ma; 
 mie Wyrick spent a while at Mr. Ell 
 Clapp's Sunday afternoon and had a 
 
 Mr. .1 H ami L. M. Apple carried 
 tobacco to Greensboro Tuesday. 
 
 Mr. I.ii,. v Dawson visited at Mr. 
 Phillipi's Sunday evening. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Andrei"* end 
 daughter, Viola, moved to Ostppee 
 lust week. Hope them good success. 
 
 Mr. Lucy Andrew* mode n call at 
 Mr. T. G. Rumley's Saturday nlffct 
 
 Mr. Albert Andrews carried tohaaseo 
 to Reldsville Monday and got en »r- 
 erugc price. 
 
 Mr. Perry Michael has been uutte 
 sick for some time. Hope him > 
 speedy recovery. 
 
 Hi Rueeell Itumley had his corn 
 husking Inst Friday night. Large 
 
 .-.■..I attended. 
 
 llest wishes to the Post and its me- 
 
 ,. lain. 
 
 with all that 
 
 
 moke up the life of th. 
 
 people were by nature 
 
 tance religious, and thei 
 
 often caused them to i 
 
 ship and suffering "for conscience' 
 
 sake." Verily, their works do follow 
 
 Ihem in the heritage they have left 
 
 for coming generations. 
 
 EI.ON COIIECE ITEMS. 
 
 Klon Coltet-e, Nov, 7— Yesterday 
 was a busy day in the college com- 
 munity. In addition to the regular 
 Sunday school, church and organi- 
 zational services of the day at 0:30 
 p. m.t MisB Heller, field secretary of 
 the Y. M. C. A., addressed u mas? 
 meeting of the young women of the 
 
 At 8:00 o'clock the Willing Workers 
 
 of the. village, a missionary organi- 
 sation of the local church, presented 
 a brief program of songs and reeita- 
 
 Foilowlng this brief service on ad- 
 dress on his recent visit to Porto 
 Rico was given by Dr. J. C. Atkinson, 
 missionary secretary of the Southern 
 Christian Convetion. Dr. Atkinson 
 spoke of the Island of Porto Rico 
 form the standpoint of race, natural 
 advantages, education, nnd religion. 
 
 Quite a number of ttie women of 
 the town will ntend the meeting of 
 the Women's Missionary Conference 
 of the Christian church for this state, 
 which is to meet in Greensboro on 
 Thursday of this week. 
 
 Newspaper articles introducing the 
 Conference statesmen, now current 
 Indicate that Blsmarcks, Talleyrunds. 
 Gladstones and Beaconsfields ore get- 
 ting kind of ncarce nowadays. 
 
 More Millions for I'nrnforrement. 0^ 
 
 Congress will be asked for $10,000,- 
 000 for the enforcement of prohibition 
 during the next fiscal year. This is 
 (2,600,000 more than me appropri- 
 ation for the current year, and the in- 
 crease is sought "to enable a more 
 complete and efficient enforcement 
 ■■<f the prohibition laws through en- 
 larged forces and facilities. " 
 
 Where is the assurance that this 
 aim will be accomplished even in 
 part? If S2.5O0.0O0 more is needed 
 '.•• enforce prohibition next year, why 
 is it not logical to suppose that a year <• 
 hence a still greater sum will be re- 
 quired? Instead of becoming easier 
 as the supply of legitimately distilled 
 liquor on haud when prohibition went 
 into effect grows less, the job becomes r>. 
 harder. The conditions of enforce 
 ment should have become more favor- 
 able by this time. If on the contrary 
 they are becoming less favorable, bow 
 big is the final bill for eaforcement, 
 to be? 
 
 J. W. Boring, Jr., Honored. 
 
 Our young townsman, J. W. Bring, 
 Jr., was elected vice-president of the 
 Thirtieth Division (Old Hickory) at 
 the annual reunion at Nashville, 
 Tenn., on November 5t». 
 
 This a great honor, especially as 
 he was not present and had not 
 sought nor expected it. 
 
 Young Mr. Boring was one of the 
 men who received a citation for brav- 
 ery during the world war, an roder 
 being issued from army headquarters 
 as follows: "This young non commis- 
 sioned officer having volunteered his 
 services on first aid station, worked 
 
 heroically for throe -_,... ..Oeving 
 
 the mounded and caring for the dead, 
 under intense machine gun and shell 
 fire without any apparent concern 
 for his personal safety." 
 
 J. W. Boring, Jr., and Joe Riupy 
 left Wednesday morning for Florida, 
 going by outoniobile, where the}' ex- 
 pect to spend the winter. 
 
 Swarthmore Chautauqua. 
 The chautauqua has come and gone, 
 dim perhaps some of our good eitiiens 
 are wiser but sadder for the nonce. 
 The performances, with tho exception 
 of the Greek portrayal, to say the 
 idea of such an aggregation of broken 
 down vaudeville players presuming to 
 ask a guarantee for their oppoarance 
 in n town is preposterous in the ex"- 
 extreme. Gibsonville has much better 
 musical talent and Ediaon con be re- 
 lied on to furnish us superior lectures 
 y bph no graph than "Dr." MeKean 
 dished out to us. . 
 
 The Knurkera Below. 
 
 Probably another reason why there 
 
 is nlwnys room at the top is because 
 
 the fellows below ore always knocking 
 
 the props under tho fellows above. 
 
 It is said thut tax dodging is on the 
 decline, perhaps because there are 
 some things too big to be dodged.