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Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
THE TOMBSTONE CENSOR
Important EmpIoye in Most Of the Big
City Cemeteries


From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
A tombstone censor is employed by
most large cemeteries. 1t is the duty
of this man to see that nothing un-
seemly in the way of a tombstone is
put up. A young engineer in a Nor
ristown mill was killed by the explosion
of boiler and the family of this young
man, believing that the mill owners
had known all along that the boiler
was defective, actually had carved on
the tombstone the sentence, Murdered
by his masters" The tombstone CEN
sor, of course, refused to sanction such
an epitaph.
on the death of a certain noted prize
fighter the surviving brother of the
man wanted to put in a glass casa
beside the grave a championship belt,
four medals, a pair of gloves and other
trophies of the ring. But the censor's
negative was firm. A widow who be-
Iieved that the physician was respon-
sible for her husbands death wished
to put on the tomb "He enjoyed a
cheap DOCTOR" but the tombstone CEN
sor showed her that such an inscrip-
tion would lay her open to heavy dam
ages for libel Atheists sometimes di-
rect In their Wills that shocking blas-
phemies be carved on their monuments.
The censor, however, sees to It that
these blasphemies do not disngure the
cemetery.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

er. There is this to remember. however
everybody is actuated by one Of two
motives-love of self or love of man
kind. The man who loves self is the
man whose actions are constantly tend
ing to dry up the milk of human kind
love of SELF which means the accumu-
lation Of wealth and power, leads him
to drive close bargains, get everything
at the market rate or under it, If posi-
BILE, and steadily becomes meaner and
meaner in his dealings and feelings to-
ward his kind as his wealth and power
accumulate. By and by he will find
that his natural benevolence has all
shriveled up and wasted away. He
has starved his best instincts to death.
His real charity has become anaemic
and enfeebled from lack Of exercise.
"It so happens that this sort of man
Is pretty sure to accumulate a large
fortune. When he has accumulated
that fortune it occurs to him that 1t is
his duty to his country, to mankind,
or maybe to his own personal reputa-
ton, to give large sums away for vari-
Gus commendable purposes. So then
he endows colleges and churches or
founds Libraries or hospitals or estab-
fishes this, that or the other fund.
They are all very good things, mind
you I don't deny them in the least"
~ In, ind @A
how very wealthy people could better
dispose of their surplus wealth."
"Oh, no, none at all. And besides,
what would be the use? I believe ev-
cry man has perfect right to do with
his money as he pleases. They say I
am not business man. Probably I am
not. So these millionaires would prob
ably not come to me for advice as to
how to spend their wealth. The fact
that they have made great fortunes
is proof that they are smart men.
If they are smart enough to make the
money they are certainly smart enough
to spend it or give it away"
Clerk and Employer
"What then is your complaint against
the present millionaire methods of be-
nevolence?"
"As l said. I would like to see them
spend some of their money while they
are making it. 1 would like to see the
poorly paid clerk and moderate sal
aried employe receive a little more
practical attention from their employ
ers. That appears never to enter the
calculations of the rich merchant or
manufacturer or business man of any
kind.
For instance. and this is a case that
occurs thousands of times over every
year. there is a poorly paid clerk, say.
in some commercial establishment, the
head of which is a millionaire. This
poorly paid clerk, who gets SIS, $50 or
s25 week. as the case may be. has
possibly and probably wife, with
three children. and quite likely the wife
has consumption. That clerks strug-
gle in life is absolutely heroic. Does
he get any help in his hard path of self
denial and privaton from the rich em-
ployer? Not bit of 1t.
1.-THE rich employer may know and
probably does. all about the clerks
daily problem of existence. And what
does he do? Why, he gives him $40 at
Christmas. and with that little gift the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

for Mr. Carnegie. think he has done
great deal of good. If 1 had his
wealth, however, don't believe I
should dispense IL exactly as he has
done and as he is doing, but do think
that his fund for the support of broken
down and wern out teachers is very
excellent idea indeed. Another thing
negie is that he is a man of peace. He
decries war and as far as I am able
to learn is deeply interested in trying
to abolish it.
War is great and horrible mistake.
This present war was absolutely un-
necessary. For that matter, all wars
are unnecessary. There is no reason
why two nations cannot settle their
disputes in an amicable manner the
same as two gentlemen would settle
theirs.
More Quakerism Wanted
"I know that we are a warlike and
military nation. We are so optimistic
now that we think we have license
to do almost anything, and on the
slightest provocation the enthusiasm of
the people would rise to such state
that the country would be forced to go
to war. | know l am very much out or
the fashion in talking this way, but
thoroughly believe it. I am thoroughly
convinced that we need more of that
Quaker spirit throughout the land.
"Also, I do not believe that we as a
nation have yet seen the last of the
trouble in the far east. A day of reck-
oning may come to us before we finally
settle down to a normal and peaceful
tranquility.
"All nations are immoral. Personal
morality and national morality are two
very distinct things. The ideal of per-
sonal morality should be what we
should strive for as nation in the
conduct of national affairs, and we
should not try to emulate the standard
of morality as set by the most victor
ious nations in history. 1t is singu-
lar thing that in a country of seventy
million inhabitants, where every one
may possibly have high personal NOR
atty, when they are brought together
to handle national topics the result is.
national immortality. Every nation
strives for aggrandizement, for power,
for territorial acquisition, for an in
creased zone of control, for domination
of the high seas and for monopoly of
trade.
"If any single individual conducted
his personal and business affairs on the
same standard of morality that nations
are conducted he would find himself
amenable to the law and end his days
in Jail. Somehow we overlook all that
when it is done under the sanction of
the flag and by the authority of the
powers that be. We seize upon terri
tory and trade, we ruin the business
and property OF other nations, and then
hurrah for the flag and think ourselves
good patriots"
"Can you suggest any remedy"
mo; only to keep talking about it. /
don't want to preach against money.
Money is a good thing, but it's also a
dangerous thing. The country couldn't
get on at all unless there We're rich
men in It. The accumulation of large
fortunes is absolutely necessary to the
progress and we'll being of the commune
ity. am no socialist. l do not be-
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rich employers heart swells UP with
the great pride of doing good, and he
pats himself on the back and thinks
how generous and thoughtful he is.
Possibly 1t never occurs to him that his
miserly $40 is not drop in the bucket
of the clerks needs. What would it do
toward supporting the three children
for the year or how many doctors bills
would 1t pay in the struggle to save the
wife's life? That is the kind of benev-
olence-that infrequent, set and miser-
ly benevolence-that does not suit me.
Whenever man comes to me with
a hard luck story I help him all I can
in my small way. I don't consider 1t
duty, but pleasure. If some poor
fellow is here in Princeton, say, strand
ed. broke and comes to me and says,
L want to go to New York I would
always say to him, We'll, here is a
dollar. Somebody else will proba bly,
give you the other so cents Possibly
the man Is a fraud. Quite likely he is.
L presume that the majority of them
are. but I would rather give my little
mite to six unworthy objects of charity
than to feel that one deserving man had
been turned from my door empty hand
ed. I would rather take my chance in
a, lottery of humanity than to wrap
myself up in the cold blanket of skepti-
cism and unbelief in my fellow beings.
Not Hypocrtes
Il don't mean to say that I think the
rich are hypocrites as class and that
they drive hard bargains on week days
and do things which are not sanctioned
by the law of mans justice to man.
while on Sunday they pose as good
Christians, but 1 do mean to say that
a great many of them probably do not
think of the injustice and unnecessary
hardships their lack of consideration
entails. The spirit of commercialism
is so strong that it dominates even
men who mean to do the very right
thing.
For instance, how many churches are
there whose congregations include a
number of millionaires? These Million
aires rent their pews and sit in them
re -ularly every Sunday. / suppose they
think their duty is done then and that
they have nothing on their conscience
to reproach themselves with, either III
their obligations to God or man. The
minister that breaches to them gets.
say, five thousand dollars or six thou
sand dollars year salary. These same
millionaires will tell the minister that
If he was only a lawyer he could easily
earn thirty thousand dollars a year.
Why, then, don't they give him ten
thousand? Did you ever hear of their
doing it? never did. It's because they
can get him for six thousand. It's the
market price"
Did you refer to Mr.. Rockefeller
when you spoke of a man worth forty
million dollars driving the hardest bar
gains he could within the reach OF the
law during week days and teaching
Sunday school on Sundays"
mo. l didn't think of Mr.. Rockefeller
att all. II / had meant him should
have said leading Bible class and not
teaching in Sunday school. There are
a great many millionaires besides Mr.
Rockefeller who teach Sunday schools.
Nor did l mean to insinuate anything
against Mr.. Carnegie's methods of dis
posing of his money. On the contrary.
1 have a great respect ana admiration
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25

His thick, waving hair is now slightly
tinged with gray and falls over thin,
smoothly shaven face. Some time
since DR.. Patton sacrificed his side
whiskers that he wore always in the
early part of his life.
His mouth is large and mobile, and
he has trick of constantly twisting
down one corner of it in humorous
expression. Although very few people
suspect it, the president of the Prince
ton Theological seminary is natural
born humorist. He enjoys fun and good
stories and witty quips as much as did
Abraham Lincoln. Like his great pro-
totype, he does not hesitate to make
use of humor to point moral.
"This sermon" continued DR.. Pat
ton, "was entirely extemporaneous. In
the course of it I interjected some re-
marks about personal morality in a
very impersonal way. My references
to rich men were not to individuals,
but to the multi-millionaires as class.
To try and make my points little
stronger and better appreciated made
a few semi-humorous comments and
some that were not humorous at all.
but very earnest. 1 do not remember
exactly the words 1 used, but I have
no doubt they were pretty strong and
outspoken. It's way l have. Any
one who knows me will tell you that
do not hesitate to say what l think.
whether am preaching a sermon or
talking onversationally,
Sometimes, you know. you can see
what you have said in print and IL
doesn't sound at all the way you meant
it to sound when you spoke. That's
the way with my sermons. 1 never
preach sermon to be read, but to be
heard. ! do not strive to attract the
eye, but to hold the ear"
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IsTT DOES not suit me that a
man should make a great for
tune and then try to square him
self by giving large bequests to chari-
table institutions. / would like to see
him give some of it away while he Is
making it to the poorly paid people
whom he employs. That would be a
much more real and effective benevo-
lence than the endowing institutions or
swelling the funds of organized char
ity" So said DR.. Francis l.. Patton,
president of the Princeton Theological
seminary
Dr. Patton preached a sermon to the
students of the theological seminary
on christian Morality" In the course
of his sermon he took occasion to in
terject some remarks on multi-million-
aires who spend their week days schem-
ing to add to their fortunes while on
Sundays they pose as devout Chris
tians. One sentence he was credited
with using was that he disliked to see
a cold blooded, right living rascal who
has $40,OO00O0 teach a Sunday school
class and drive the hardest bargain
within the range Of the law on week
days.
DR.. Patton was just preparing for
his departure to his summer home in
Bermuda, when reporter called upon
him to ask for further expression of
his views upon the possibility or i'm
possibility of combining wealth and
Christianity.
Looks Like a Lawyer
In personal appearance Dr. Patton
does not suggest the minister so much
as he does the lawyer or the college
professor. His white necktie is the only
badge OF his religious office. To be
sure, there Is the black frock coat that
one finds before the bench in a court
Of justice or behind the table on lec-
ture platform II is not the frock coat
OF the pulpit He is tall and spare,
with black trimmed eyeglasses that only
partly conceal good naturad gray eyes.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-25
Two Motives

What then, Or, Patton, is your open
and frank opinion as to the combina-
tion Of great wealth and Christianity ?''
"oh, ! suppose they might 80 togeth-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-21

passed and the case may 60 up to the SUI
prsnie court on exceptions to portions OF
the judges charge.
In tho case of state vs.. Fred q. Barnard
of Nsrgenncs. who was charged with sell
ing Intoxicating liquor ILLEGALLY in Yer
gennes during 1909, the jury got the cas-"
at $50 O'Clock this afternoon and ut 60
came in with a verdict OF not guilty,
whcrcupon the respondent was dis hatsed.
NO other business being ready recess
was then taken to two O'Clock Monday
afternoon.
In the case of Paul ShaChett VS.. George
w. Wilcox, in which the plaintiff claimed
$50 for back rent on his farm in Addison.
The jury awarded the plaintiff sl3 - and
costs and there is no probabi of an
appeal.
Frank Bushway. young l'-Near-oid lad
from NerGsnnes, Thursday afternoon
pleaded guilty To an amended informa-
ton charging him with petit larceny
After some good advice the court SEN
fenced the lad to pay fine OF $40 ana
costs with the alternative sentence 20
the House of Correction. but the sentence
was suspended and the lad was put IN inc
custody of the newly appointed PROBATION
ofiicev for the county, oin A. smith OF
Addison.
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MRS. BURGESS WINS WILL CASE.

Pennington. Dec. 1o,-Mrs. II. w. Bur-
CESS the legatee in the Will or Nathan
Wheelock of SALISBURY. was gwen
verdict this afternoon after "A nearing
that has occupied the attention OF couh-
ty court during the past week. rms Is
the third time the case has been tried
twice in county court and once pe1ors
the supreme count. The original case
was an appeal from a decision OF tho pro-
bate court, which threw out the VIII OF
WhcelOck At the first trial the VIII was
sustained, but an appeal was taken by
two heirs to the supreme court winch
sent tho case back The estate willed to
Mrs. burgess is valued at about $4,000
SUICIDE IN EAST MONTPELIER.
Montpelier. Dec. Il. Frank T. wizard
a well known farmer in East Montpeiier
and senior member Of the grocery firm Of
Willard & Dix of Barre, committed sui
eide this afternoon by hanging himself tt
doof knob while alone IN his home Al
Fast Montpelier. He was awe when ais
covered and cut down, but died before g
physician reached him. Mr.. Willard hae
| been in poor health for long time. ant
lit is thought this unbalaVced his mind
se leaves q widow,
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MALLORY IN BENNINGTON.
VIII ne Tried In County Court on
Charge Of Grand Larceny.

Remington. Dec l5-Sheriff Wilson
has returned to-day from Rensselaer,
with James NJ Mallory. who was ar
rested in that city the first of tho week
and held for reuus,ion. Mallory was
for several years in the employ of A.
X Richie & CO.. dealers IN dry goods
and was considered honest and trust
worthy. The firm finally began to miss
valuable goods and Mallory was sus-
pected His house was searched and in
It was found several hundred dollars
worth of goods. quite portion OF
the goods were returned. Mallory left
town but the grand Jury at the June
term OF county court indicted him foi
larceny. When arrested he was work
ing as fireman on the Boston & Albany
railroad. having been employed there
tor some time. His trial will probably
come off on this term of county court
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REOEO|CATEO
Baptist Church Auditorium again
10 Thrown Open for Public
Service.
BUILDING REM0DEl.ED
Sermon by the Pastor in the Morning
Followed by sunday school rally.
.-Evenirg service. with Adj
dress ny the Uc,. VI. 4.
BUILDING REM0DEl.ED


The First Baptist church was lcd'li-
| Gated Sunday with larpcly attended and
Impressive services Tho church has nm
'dersone thorough renovation during the
past few months and was thrown opon to
~orshippers practically a new ediiice, III
both exterior and interior.
SERVICE Or KEDEDlCATlON.
The rededicatory service took place at
1890 o'clock, when the vast auditorium
was filled to its utmost capacity. Many
Representatives, of other denominations
were among those present The beauty of
Me windows and interior decorations
was much admired. 'rl,' order of service
fwas as follows
Prslude.
Call to worship
poxoloEy.
ocation............Rev. w. A. Dawson
Anthem
Responsive scripture.
Rev j. s. Goodall u. u.
Hymn No. 7st.
Scripture .............W. A. DAWSON u. ID.
ANTHEM.
PRAYER of Dedication,
tpnering
flynn No. S0.
Eermon by the pastor The Me1iatoria'
Mission Of the Church"
Hymn No. SOL q. 3. 4, s..
oenedicton.
, Postlude.
At the close Of the re-dedca tory service
IN enthusiastic Sunday school rally wa'
Geld in the basement of the church. lr
,l.
iaren. out of a total enrolment of $40
(which is the largest attendance reported
4or many months Superintendent Thomas
Rose, presiding, opened the rally witt
Srayer after a selection by the orchestra
Ehe school then sang Holy. Holy Holy.
followed by the recitation of the 23r'
psalm. After another hymn. "Ihe Soi
xof God Goes Forth to War; had boer
<ung the third chapter OF Malachi WI
sread by T. O. Stafford and the school re
Sponsvely. The pastor then extended
rordal greeting TO the scholars teachers
parents and visiting ministers. after whicl
tho rol, was called. The Rev. +. NJ
!Fuller was then introduced.
Mr.. Fullcr's address was an inspirini
md thoughtful discourse on "rhc Spring
pf Christian Life.
EVENING SERVICE.
rho evening service was carried ou
according to the following order:
Prelude.
Call to Worship
Responsive Scripture.
Anthem.
Ss,,,,or "rho Worlds Congress ,
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tanned q prccarious existence. The Rev.
Mr. Norris who had been laboring
among them previous to- their organiza-
ton. took his departure soon after
wards. The Rev. John H. Walden. who
accepted Il call to the passionate in June.
lNG resigned in September of the same
year.
In Juno 1879 the Rev. Hiram ID. Hodge
h,came pastor and resigned ut the eX-
pirntlor of riue months: but not without
scring the church doubled numerically by
the reception to its fellowship of l6 by
hartis,n and two who brought letters
from oihor churches.
In Ausust. lSin. The Rev Hiram Stafford
wne chosen pastor Previously the church
had v.orshipnod in IA chapel on Colches-
Tier avenue, hull, for their use by Charles
Eenlv, now house No. 22n one of tho
iron.tttueu members. and rented to them
+, at ~ nominal lricr. y, length in 1872
stimulated BY the earnest encourage
iwort. AVID guid,d Ivy the iudicious coun-
| ell. of Mr.. Stafford. the church purchased
la lot and urdcrtun, the erection of Il
house Of vorslip ON the southwest cor
ror of rmnch and Main streets. Before
hov.cccr. tn. lttlc band were able 10
complctc This enterprise. they wcr"
her,aved of their pastor. who died July
: 2S. i>il aged - years. deeply mourned
hv the church. to whom his ardent piety
and pastoral id,liiy had greatly cndear-
ed him.
pNSToEATE or MIR. PARKER.
IN Janunry isis. the Rcv. H. l. Parker
lbecanlc pasor and entered with earnest
moss urun the work of completing tho
house of worship. This was speedily PC
cn,nplishcd and the dedication took place
the ;'td dry Of April ensuing. Mr.. Parker
nllrd the pastoral office with fidelity Tor
a period Of nearly eight years. the
church being substantially strengthened
under his ministry. The spring of 1As
was especially memorable in the number
of acccssions by baptism. Mr.. l'arker
resigned IN November lSl2
I'm March, lS3. the Rev. Leonard Tracy
bocamo pastor. The protiactod Illness
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Nervous
Worn-Out

If you arc in this condition,
your nerve force is weak---the
power is giving out, the or
gans OF your body have
Slowed up" and do their work
imperiectly. This failure to
do the work required, clogs
the system and brings distress
and disease. When the nerves
are weak the heart is unable
to force the life-giving blood
through your veins; the stom-
ach fails to digest food; the
kidneys lack power to filter
impurities from the blood, and
the poisonous waste remains in
the system to breed disease.
Nerve energy must be restored.
DIR. Miles Ncrvinc will do it.
because it strengthens the
nerves; it is a nerve medicine
and tonic, that rebuilds the
entire nervous system.
several years ago was all broken
down ! was nervous. worn-Out. could
not sleep and was in constant pain.
| doctored for months. and finally the
doctor said he could do nothing for
Nervine. and used altogether eight
bottles. and ! became strong and
healthy. and now weigh 10 pounds"
II. G. CUNNINGHAM,
los Ellsworth Ave-. Allegheny. Pa
Or. Miiss' NsrvIns 10 sold BY your
first bottle will bensfIt. II Il falls, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind
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TWENTY CROSS HOT SANDS.

Rutland. Dec. i5.-Twenty candidates
crossed the hot sands at ceremonial
session of Cairo Temple \. \. .. n. NJ
:. in Baxter han tonight. The degree
work was witnessed by POO mobiles from
the western part of the state, as wei
as many from outside the State AT the
close Of the work a banquet was served
The annual meeting of the Temple viii
he held Friday afternoon. December ~
In the evening "A concert BAH and re-
ception will he given to the ladies'.
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Of his family constrained him I" resign
in Fvhruarv 1Ni5, to tho great regret
of tic church.
Ite was succeeded In August of the
same year by the Rev. II. II. Burning
ton who was ordained tho 2'ih OF 'he
next December. Ills health proved IN
adequate to the duties dovolNing upon
him. and IT the expiration OF two years
he rolinquishcd tho pastoral oi1ce.
J.t.NINAI. AND NEW CHURCH Ed
lICE.
In January. 1.JS. the Roy. y. +. Foster
accoptcd the pastoral charge OF th'
.,bur,b which he retained eight NearS
His accession was marked by an lh'ei
cs,ine revival in which % were baptiZe'
into the fellowship OF the church, vac
reriod Of this pastoraic was character
ized by n substantial growth in hla'erla
resources, and within one year 'he c""'N'