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George Merriam the present pastor,
beloved not only by the members of
his own denomination, but by those
of the other churches of Skowhegan
as we'll The special services really
began June 80, when Mrs. Herbert
l. Gale of Medford, Mass, daughter
of the late Rev. c. V. Hanson, d. D.,
addressed the Sabbath school.
THE HELEN CoBURN MISSION
CIRCLE.
The anniversary of the Helen Co.
burn Mission Circle was held Friday
and was a delightfully."- entertaining
affair. Miss Louise H. Coburn, the
president of the Circle was the host
ess, and those in attendance were the
members of the Circle and the ladies
of the Bethany congregation.
The beautiful Coburn home and its
attractive grounds were at the free
disposal of the guests, and during
the afternoon Mrs. Annie Pepper
yarney of Newton Center, Mass,
gave an address of much interest up
on Missionary Questions of the Day.
Miss Coburn spoke on Our lmmi-
grants" and read the poem, Scum
9 the earth" There was singing with
Mrs c. NJ. Lambert as accompanist,
and Mrs. F. G. Nye played a piano
solo.
refreshments of ice cream, cake,
waters, nuts, confections and punch
were served by an efficient corps of
young lady walters. The house dec
orations were very attractiyely ar
ranged with an abundance of flowers,
and the hours of this charming func-
ton were from 2.30 until o'clock.
THE CHURCH ANNIVERSARY.
The anniversary for the church it
self was held Sunday morning and
evening The morning services were
presided over by the pastor and the
principal speaker was Rev Harold
Libby Hanson of Rumford, the son
Of the late Rev c. V. Hanson, d. d.
The subject of his sermon was The
Reality of the Spiritual Life" and his
text was taken from 1st Corinthians
2tg-i0 The following was the order
n
vocation and Lords Prayer; Anthem;
Responsive Reading and Gloria;
Hymn l26; Scripture; Solo, Mrs. E
I Duuton; Pastoral prayer and re-
sponse; Announcements and offering;
Anthem, Quartet; Sermon, by the Rev
Harold Libby Hanson of Rumford
hymn Bethany Home" written by
Mrs. Nellie Brakeman Donovan and
dedicated to the Reverend Charles
Eeranus Hanson, D. D., the first pas
tor Of this church; Benediction by
The preacher of the Anniversary SER
mon; Postlude.
The church organist is Mrs. C. NJ
Lambert and the quartet is composed
ol Mr. and Mrs. Albert Watson, Mrs
c. Dunton and Fred Nye.
At the evening service the congre-
cations of the other Protestant
churches of the town were invited
The speakers were Rev. Mr.. Hanson
and Rev George w. Hinckley ol
uood Will Farm. The theme of Mr.
hanson's address was Gods Master
piece and Mr.. Hinckley's was ar
anniversary address, The program
was; Prelude; Anthem; Responsive
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Card-Oi Thanks.

We wish to express our appreciation
and thanks to our kind neighbors ant
friends who came to our assistance
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mahoney.
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Card of Thanks.

We wish to publicly express our
sincere thanks to our dear neighbors
and friends, whose love and sympathy
were shown in our great sorrow, and
for the beautiful floral tributes so
generously contributed, also TO our
pastor for the comforting words spok-
en- by him.
Mrs. Sarah Jones,
Ernest ". Jones
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When a man sings a lullaby it nat
urally sounds rocky.
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1HF TWENTY-F|FTH ANNIVERSARY Of THE
BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH
Services of Much Importance Commemorated
the Event special Speakers Banquet

Reading and Holy, holy, holy" 209;
Scripture; Anthem; Prayer, Rev. ].
G. Osborne; Announcements; Hymn
521; Address, Rev. H. L. Hanson;
Anthem; Address, the Rev. George W.
Hinckley; Hymn 502; Benediction;
Postlude.
ANNIVARSARY BANQUET.
Tuesday evening occurred the an
niyersary banquet, in the parlors of
the church. The committee in charge
were: Mrs. E. T. Goodrich, Mrs. FIRE.
mont Homsted, Mrs. Van Nelson, Mrs.
Harriet Thompson and Miss Emma
Antil. The tables were very hand
somely trimmed with cut flowers and
the viands thereon were most tempt
ing to the palate.
At the conclusion of the repast,
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Gard OF Thinks.

We wish 10 express our sincere
thanks to the friends and neighbors
who assisted us SO materially during
the illness and death of our wife and
mother.
y. W. Clark,
Mrs. c. f. Norcross.
II. y Clark.
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North Anson, July 6.
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Pittsfield, Me-, July 8, 1912.
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At the next meeting there will be
a musical program conducted by Miss
Margery Morrison, who is spending
several weeks here
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FRIENDS attend
GOLDEN WEDDING
COLONEL AND Mrs. JOHN DE
HART ROSS CELEBRATE FIJI
TIETH ANNIVERSARY.

LEXINGTON. VA. April l0--Mar-
ried in Lexington. April 7. 1852.
Colonel John De Hare Ross. of the
Virginia Military Institute faculty
and Miss Agnes ]. Reid. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Mcdowell Reid.
Rev. w. S. White. ID. D., officiating.
The fiftieth Anniversary Of this mar
riage was celebrated Saturday at the
charming country home of Colonel
and Mrs. John De Hart Ross, Sun
nyside.' near Lexington. when fully
zoo friends and relatives gathered
to extend congratulations in the H.
brary. and with charming hospitality
the couple entertained their friends
for several hours Among the guests
oniy two were present at the marriage
They were Mrs. Nelson. widow Of Prof
Alexander l.. Nelson, long professor
OF mathematics at Washington and
Lee University. and General Scott
shipp. former superintendent OF the
Virginia Military Institute. and class
mate at that institution with Colonel
Ross.
Colonel Ross left his bride for SER
vice in the Confederate army as first
lieutenant of engineers on the staff
OF General Longstreet. He settled
'ffs' 'FsJckhrfdKes near lexington after
the war. and has been citizen OF en-
terprise in county and town affairs.
Among the guests from distance
Saturday were DIR. George Ross and
Mrs A. s. Buford. of Richmond.
brother and sister OF Colonel Ross;
Mrs. Frank A. Nelson. Of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. daughter; Mrs. A. w.
Gaines. Of Chattanooga: A. s. Buford.
Jr.. and l.. T. Myers. OF Richmond
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LAST RACES TAKE
PLACE ON FRIDAY
WARRINGTON HUNT CLUB WILL
CLOSE SEASON WITH SrEEPLE-
CHASE EVENTS.

WARRINGTON. VA. Arpil 10
The annual pointpoint races OF tho
Warrenton Hunt Club. which Is the
closing event ~f the hunting season.
will take place at the regular course
on Clifton Farm near Warrenton
Friday The great success OF the
races and horse show held Monday.
have induced a number Of visitors
and exhibitors to remain In Warren
ton for this event.
The entry list. which closed today.
Is larger by several numbers than
for any season heretofore and a splen-
did afternoon of racing ls confidently
counted on. The course Is second to
none in the State and IL In excellent
condition. Four races have been
scheduled for this event and the
entry list includes number Of we'll
known horsemen from all over Virgin
la and out Of the State.
The first race II the Maiden Hunter
steeplechase for hunters owned aud
ridden by members Of a recognized
hunt that have never won a steeple-
chase. A private sweepstake Is Of
ferec the winner. Tho Warrcnton
Hunt Cluh steeplechase for hunters
owned by 4mAmiseEs ct the WArranten
and Casanova hunts IL the second
event. lHe tnlTu TucG IN 0NeCRte-
chase for qualified hunters four, years
old and upward. duly registered I'M
err the rules of the National Hunt
an Steeplechase Association. A cup
ana private sweepstake Is the prize
In this race. The last race Ii far
mers steeptechase for horses owned
ny farmers or the cons of. farmers
over whose land the Warrehton Fox
and drag hounds have hunted In
1sll-12. "A cup and cash prize II
offered the winner In this event.
such riders AZ T. L. Evans, Chiffon
Glasscock. n. G. Daniell. Jr.. and
Louis Leith will enter these. events
The race COMMITTEES IL composed Of c.
HI. Smith. J. G. Keith. J. 6. Gaines, n.
Wallach. and w. r. Wilbur.
r. r.. w. Barker will be tho judge.
The stewards OF the races are J. w.
Graves. Richmond. ]. A. Deveronx..
philadelphia end ~. p. Hall, WASH
ington. n. w. Daniell In the starter
In the events and r. r. Satterlee. clerk
OF the course.
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CONTRASTS IN Mob VIOLENCE.

In the story from Aiken. South Carolina, OF
the issue Of a warrant for F. o. Beach. charg-
irg him with telonious assault upon his wife,
there is nothing, in one way, beyond the sordid
sensationalism of which the news is often a
reflection
In another way, the story is worthy of com.
ment going to show the basis Of Southern
action In those deplorabe instances where a
mob resorts to lynching In lieu of legal remedy.
Lynching, Of course IS not common to the South,
although the impression has been created that
II Is characteristic of this section. Instead,
there is one cause which is practically the ex-
element Of every southern instance of mob JUS
tice; while similar outbreaks in the North and
West are directed at crimes which In the old
slaye-holding States would be permitted with
out question. TO be settled by the courts.
Taking the Beach incident as an illustration,
the woman In the ease, wealthy and a member
Of the fashionable colony at Aiken. seriously
wounded by knife. She told a story seeming
It implfcate certain negroes. As has so often
Of the culprts. Had suspected negro been
captured, lynching might well have followed
But one thing and another tended to negative
the womans story An Atlanta detective has
finally procured evidence to inerminatc not a
negro. but the husband Extradition Is asked
That justice for which red-handed negro might
have pleaded In vain Is now invoked against
the man and woman who, apparently. were not
| above putting innocent life to well.known risk
for the sake of hiding their own shame
There are several lessons in this incident
which happily seems to be tending toward exac,
and discriminating Justice One of them Ia for
the South, the duty OF cool-headedness even In
the face OF events which outrage community
sentiment. II shows graphically the nexcusable
quality of mob violence, however excited For
the country at large. 1t goes to show the com
parative restraint which the South finds itself
capable of. even when at first blush the historic
| crime Is one that calls for a vigilance commit
tee and a rope-end, instead of the orderly pro
cesses OF indictment. trial, and conviction, II
should so to show the North, that has had the
audacity to overlook It's mobs and its anarchy
to cast reproach at Southern lynchings tina,
violence of this character In the South la strictly
specialized; and 1t should show the West Of
horse-thef and summary execution traditions
that In the South there Is restraint of which /,
knows nothing,
| The point In this story is, that although the
people of Aiken took the woman at her word
TO hunt the supposed negro assailant. they are
row proceeding to bring to trial the suspected
millionaire. Recent events, in New York. for
instance. make q contrast. which 1t is charitable
not 10 sketch In detail.
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THURSDAY APRIL IL. 1912.
CHILDREN OF THE CoNrEDERACy.

Occasionally some writer tlne aatrst unender
is Cora Harris. who discovered power to
srcn only 10 exhaust it, undertakes gentle
irony at the expense of the southern devotion TO
The Cause" Of the Confederaey
The South can stand all this ridicuie that 1t
inspires. a ridicule by the way that it instinct.
lively tender on account OF the sincerity Of the
emotion which it seeks TO satirze The South
can look back on forty years and more Of rev.
erence for the men who tonight its battles in the
field and builded it's waste places after they had
been worn out with strife The associations
.simentat value. They give, In addition, edn.
cation in the important matter OF of
values which goes to the core OF sections be-
Ing. They show us what counts. what liz deep
snd abiding. what il superficial and transitory
The sConfederaes, In new South that has for
gotten all it's bitterness and despair, all the
things for which 1t fought and which 1t lost
II yet miraculously the most permanent thing
In Southern life.
II is because we believe 40 heartily in the prae
LiId4 pdIlbtfSEH OIL lnuse "Euet %HuitS are given
10 the perretuation OF Confederate memories
that welcome ar thing of great Importance
the organization OF the childrens auxiliary &c
the Richmond Chapter OF the United Daughters
OF the Confederacy. The time has come when
not living in the atmosphere where the history OF
the old South near enough for instructive
absorption. the children OF the South need just
that flip to the imagination just that reverentia
education which their association with "A body o
women such as The Daughters will give them
What was done for the daughters of the Confed
eracy will now be done for the grand daughters
and their daughters. 1t Is the women who keel
fresh the Southern epic OF sentiment. NOTHING
than that very sentiment has been, or Is, Of
more real practical value In the making OF the
modern Southland,
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NNT-opT1ON LAWS.

The baffling matter of anticipation bills Ia
again in the imelight by reason of hearing
before a Congressional committee, to which
john G. F. Merrill. president of the council Of
grain exchanges, gives the benefit of his, opinion.
Quite naturally Mr.. Merrill sees nothing in
fhe proposed bills. which propose to declare Tile
gal contracts In grain cotton based upon
future delivery. except evil both to business and
agricultural interests In fact he holds up the
ancient story of Joseph the FIRST man to
engineer a wheat corner, and contends that the
buying or selling of grain any other com
modify IL matter of business and financial
Judgment which is beyond the reasonable CON
troll of Law. AS to Mr.. Patton. whose operations
In wheat and cotton made the subject OF
Government prosecution he contends that he
formed corner. but simply used his peculiar
means of Information To the laws Of supply
and demand to obtain legitimate p-oft.
The wrongs sought TO be corrected by the
pending bills a matter of fact, not
murh concerned win operators IN foodstnfYs or
other necessities of the people they with
the great army Of inexperienced individuals led
to gamble bndy where Others richer and bet
ter informed, pit their judgment against the
future. And the question resolves itself into
one of comparative values and that solely. II
n the broadened markets afforded by the prac-
tice of exchanges w}err may enter into. u
contract for commodity 10 be delivered to him
at future date, there is benefit to the pro-
Queer which outweighs the hurt TO the specula-
ter, bill which would destroy the exchange
would be unjustihable The whole matter is one
tn which sentiment has had an undue place.
1t Is very much to be doubted whether "a
statute non1fnasihsaS FYfft1t Il esfsrAel sffhg
for future delivery, is legal. 1t would be dini-
eult 10 direrentiate in such case. for instance,
between an option for so many bushels of wheat,
or 10 many bales Of cotton and one for the
conveyance OF so many acres or land. OF
course. II 1t be proved that a necessity OF food
o. clothing Is in the hands OF one or more men
engaged In creating monopoly. what Joseph
did a. q benefactor In Egypt would be against
II. conceptions Of public morals In modern
America But the law OF supply and demand
hrs no far operated to break the back Of every
ambitious individual who thought to corner the
Grain or cotton market from the day Of "Old
mitch" to that Of Joseph Letter. and Daniel
Gniiy. to saT nothing Of Patten. who took his
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pointments. Recall Of decisions Is inherent in

pointments. Recall OF decisions IL inherent In
every legislative body. from Congress down.
every one Of which has the power. when II finds
that what 1t wants to do 10 not consonant with
the law OF the land. to propose and carry through
an amendment to that law. AS Mr.. Roosevelt
haivey says Of the War Between the States, the
recall of the bred Scott decision was effective.
if-which he neglected to add--it was bloody
The objection. then, to the Roosevelt doctrine
depends upon the instability with which he
would invest the constitutions of States by rem
dcring them subject to immediate change. not
In fundamentals. but in particular cases When
the Supreme Court Of State" says he in his
Columbus speech declares a given stxtut, I'M.
constitutional. because in conflict with the STATE
or National Constitution, its opinion should be
subject to revision by the people themselves. v
Observe that It is not the Constitution. even.
which should be made the subject of speedy roll
teal action, hut the decision. In other words,
the power TO construe the Constitution as appli-
cable to particular act is to be taken from the
never went that far, even In his insisteuce on
the infallblity of legislative enactments Yet
II one thing is certain, II is that 1t was the
genius of Marshall in establishing the power OF
TIE courts as superior to everything except the
brute force of the Northern armies, which made
the stability Of the young Republic Of the United
States
We have said all this before, and shall try not
to repeat It, It is somewhat humbling that our
efforts at clarity have been unsuccessful. Our
correspondent asks us for reply, and we make il
III good faith. To our mind, the reply is SO
obvious that we shall not again trangress agains,
patience In making it.
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INQUIRY .AND ANSNEK.

Another very earnest correspondent. flying to
the defense Of Mr.. Roosevelt the recall of
judges, and the recall of judicial decisions =
states. that having read the Columbus speech
he concludes that our opinions on all three of
these subjects must be based on hearsay and
without information. For his benefit. who has
read The Outlook let say In the beginning
that the Columbus speech In pamphlet form has
been at hand for weeks, If not for dedication.
for the curious n,satal phsaangenun IL affords.
The grayamen Of our correspondents complaint
is that Jefferson favored the recall; that dis.
honest judges ought to be turned out of Office
that the recall of judicial decisions has been,
and is. in practice through the medium Of CON
sttutional amendments He quotes Jefferson as
having said that. AS for the safety of society we
commit homes, maniacs 10 Beahlam, NO judges
shosld be withdrawn from the bench whose err.
roneous biases are leading us to dissolution
Was not this statement directed against life ap-
pointments, and was II meant to do anything
else than to favor limited judicial terms with
periodic elections as the cure for judges deemed
by the people to be unsatisfactory? 1t was Jerer-
son. 'aisos sho s..cs &o wh@!s- Eeaesa.~ Judiciary
"sappers and miners" against the liberties of
the people. simply and solely because that judi
oiary had taken the power of itself to declare
void legislative acts which ran counter to the
constitution OF the country. Would our cores
pendent. therefore, declare that John Marshall
should have been the first and most illustrious
victim of the 'recaii'e
Recall In It's broad sense has been practiced
and may be practiced, since the judiciary was
established II exists In the various States
through regular elections, and through impeach.
ment proceedings: 1t exists in the Federal juris-
diction through impeachment and through sort
OF advance recall depending on the power OF the
Senate to refuse to confirm the Presidents ap-
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CURRENT COMMENT
Woman Suffrage in Church Affairs.

The vestries which control the secular af-
fairs of the parishes and congregations OF the
Episcopal church in the Diocese Of Maryland
are elected under the provision OF u general law
Of the State known the .'vestry actr At
the late session OF the Legislature the Church
OF Grace and st. Peter. In this city, received a
spsJial charter which permits the qualified
women of the congregation to vote at the con-
grega tional meeting Easter Monday for the
election of vestrymen. This Is a new departure
for the conservative Episcopal Church. and it
seems to be good one. The churches depend
mainly upon the women for support and life
and there seems to be no just reason why they
should not assume at least part of the respon-
sibility for the conduct of affairs This move
ment will undoubtedly put life into the vestry
and make each vestryman cirsumspect
to how he walks. The fact that only a
small number of women awaited themselves OF
their new franchise at Grace church last Mon
day doubtless he explained 1 &
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Woes of An Egg Merchant

Editor of The Nirginan:
Sir.--Piease do me the favor to publish this,
so that the proper authorities may investigate
and IL they can't get us some relief l have
about 800 dozen eggs awaiting crates for ship
ment. ! have I or empties and coops be-
tween here and Philadelphia. and can't get
single one. Ten days ago / had 2 empty crates
from Richmond and three set filters for same
extra dues) and chicken coops. got one
coop and one crate and no empties Last Sat
urday had crates that left Richmond, and
this Is Monday night and empties. Eggs
have gone down and I think we should have
damages l hope the proper authorities will
look into this and get us some relief One
other merchant here Is in the same AK
Thanking you for your kindness TO publish
this.
]. III. JEFFRESS
Skipwith Va, April 9TH
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CUPID SMITHS PAT
-, BOWLS SECOND ITA3E,

Patrick Bowls. deputy city SER
geant. and Miss Marguerite Theresa
Housch. OF 1920 Taylor street, were
married at her residence last night
by the Rev. J. r.. Hutson. pastor OF
Pine-Street Baptist church. Follow
ing the ceremony, there was q re-
ception at Mr.. Bowls home. GIL
South Pine street. This ID his Sec
ond venture Hsyse nc .sea. n ni&tffthofiy
His bride Is the daughter Of the
late Henry F.. Housch. and IL. quite
an attractive young lady.
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profit without accepting the issue Of his ability
TO do what one else had ever done.
II the evils OF speculation in the great COM
uodities are to be corrected, the method will
no, be one which win throw markets back into
The disorganized state from which they have
emerged. but one which will operate to safe
guard speculation by the small gambler by max
ing II both expensive and difhcult In other
words. tho bills which seek to absolutely pre-
vent so-calied future" trading would seem to
be defective In that they attack sound prn-
ciple In the hopeless effort to remedy the abuses
to which IL has been subyerted
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Danka sue Each Oeher.

Suit for $1,000 was instituted by
tho Seaboard National Bank OF New
York against the Bank Of Richmond
yesterday In the Law and Equity
Court. In the same court. the Plant
ers' National Bank Of Richmond sued
the Main Street Bank for $500. No
declaration has been Med In either
case.
The Overman- Villa maon Company
sued the Early & Daniel Company
tor $500.
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Why should the State Department become so
excited over the catching of rich miner when
rich miners 30 frequently catch individual men,
bers of hoi polloi?
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Gratifying HIS must be the hopes OF a settlement
OF the coal strike 1t must be said that anybody
would make almost any sort of compromise in
order to get out of Philadelphia.