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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
MAKES Plea FOR
UNITED CHURCH
PRESIDENT SMITH. or W. AND r.
SPEAKS AT wEsrMrSsTER
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
THIS SPIRITUAL AGE
THE AGE OF MATERIALIsM PAS
SING, HE SAYS. AND MEN ARE
GOING BACK TO THE
OLD FAITHS.

DR.. Henry Louis Smith, president
of Washington and Lee university
and former president of Davidson coli
lege, North Carolina. spoke to large
congregation at Westminster Presby-
terrain church yesterday morning. his
subject being The Twentieth Cen
tury's Call to the Men OF the Church"
There Is an intense earnestness
about DR.. Smith when he speaks which
impresses all who hear him. His adj
dress yesterday was not only instruc-
tive and scholarly, but inspirational
and eloquent.
DR.. Smith divided hts address into
five heads, touching briefly, but very
forcefully, upon each.
The Two Ages.
First, he said, the twentieth CEN
fury will be an age of spiritual things
as the nineteenth was an age of dis
covery--a wonderful century, the like
Of which will probably never be seen
again But these wonderful dis
coveries OF man, he said, turned his
thoughts away from spiritual things
teriaIisn. That lis now passing away.
he declared, and men are turning back
to the old faiths and seeking after
the things that cannot be found In the
chemical laboratories or the en-
gineer's shop. 1t Is an age of moral
leadership. He held that no man can
stand long as leader of the people
unless he Is sincere, unless he Is g.
| preacher and teacher Of righteous
ness.
The speaker cited men like Bryan.
I u f{av, ~
| Germany. who were regarded as lead
ers. not because of their political.
| economic and military views. but be-
| cause In spite of themselves they
| were preachers and teachers of right
eousuess.
| The twentieth century, as It opens
| now, Is an age when right conduct and
service to God and man counts more
than formal acceptance OF creed
TT will not do for a man to say that
| he subscribes to this or that creed
and then fall short in conduct and
| practice" ne said.
RI IL century I'm which the spirit
OF cooperation !s at work. the speaker
! continued. Among the churches men
| are finding common ground on which
to stand and work. rather than seek
ing for points Of disa greement.
Church Should Unite.
The last point made by the speaker
was the great power for Righteousness
that the church Of Christ could be-
| come In this century. He drew 9
| be done IL the church would move for
ward as one great army and not as
divided hosts. Then" he said. ''th.s
fair land of ours would become In
reality EmanueIs land
MADDEN 6. watkins sang two solos
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
DIR. WICKER breaches
ANNIVERSARY SERMON

Rev John J. Wicker. pastor OF
Leigh Street Baptist church, observed
the second anniversary of his pas
tnrate yesterday, by preaching at the
morning and evening services. His
anniversary sermon was preached in
the morning. when he took as his
subject "a Preachers JOY" PROFIT
and Loss was the subject Of his
sermon iast night. Al large cnngre-
cation was present. especially at the
morning services.
During Or. Wicker's twoyear ser
vice at Leigh Street church extensive
improvements have been made. The
congregation has grown rapidly and
ally church societies are In flourish
ing condition. About two hundred
members have been added to the
church during DR. Wickers passionate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
LIES ON TRACKS;
FOOT IS CRUSHED
MoTORMAN BRINGS CAR TO STOP
ALMOST OVER PROSTATE
MANS Hopy.

i. ". rriddy. ortyfve years OLD, 81
Ashland. was struck by chr OF tae
Hichn,cnd and Henrico Railway com y,
ran. ON the Fulton tresile al -sIv
d ,eloct yesterday nsornins, aud ms iett
foot was mashed. He Was On his way.
faa said. To- u camp near F,uisoa, wncn
fhe accident occurred. When Motor
man NJ. f. Hughes observes him ne
Was lying near the tracks. with posn
feet over the right-hand rail. the
mosoru,an reversed his car. and came
TO halt with the car standing Almost
over the PROSTATE body.
Sergeant j. W. Sheppard, who was
m the car at the time. ran out. ana
removed Priddy to a place OF safety,
afterwards taking him to the railway
car harms. where he was attended ny
Or. Taylor Hawkins. OF the CITY nss-
Dital. He was taken to the virginia
hospital, where 1t was said last nisEs
that his condition was not serious
Relatives In Ashland We're notified
yesterday morning Of the accident. and
sayeral called at the hospital
nj. r. Hughes, motorman. was In
charge OF the car, and T. p. Swank
WAS conductor. The quick action OF
the motorman. 1t was said. probably
snved Priddy from fatal injury.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
SUICIDE HOTEL
IDEA Of COUNT
BAD FORM TO USE ORDINARY
ONES; SHOULD HAVE ONE
FOR THE PURPOSE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Count Au-
gust Schaefeiysky De Casteilane Sey-
more, cosmopoiite. searcher for an
American Hife. with which to win a
legacy OF $780, 600, has made elaborate
plans for suicide hotel as an al
tentative Count Seymore hints very
strongly that IL he does not find the
right woman he may be the first guest
Of his ordered hotel
The count has drawn plans himself
Of the hotel He has included gas
room, a chloroform room and sound
proof room for those who may pre-
fer the pistol as a mean OF exit from
this vale Of tears.
According to the count, there will
be nothing dismal about such an in
stitution. He believes firmly in the
personal right to take or keep ones
life, but considers it very bad taste to
commit suicide in an ordinary hotel
The count, outlining his marriage
of reason, advocates ten cardinal
rules:
No liquor, no chewing tobacco. nc
gambling. truthfulness. no high life
no gossip. kissing. spooning. holding
hands or 'calf-eye sentimentality.
There is no boss in the marriage
OF reason. according to the count. II
Is a partnership Of capital, talents and
experience
The count admitted he had never
found a man and a woman who would
try out his theory. He said he had
found two women who thought II wa,
fine. but negotiations went no fur.
Their He left Washington tonight or
what he termed secret mission.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
YOUNG BElM0NIS
WILL GO TO WORK
Papa WILL RDCEIvE HIS son,
BuT NOT HIS sHow-GIRL ].
BRIDE.

NEW YORK, Nee. Ethel To-
arnina Belmont, the chorus girl pride
I a Raymond Belmont. Ii going back
ia work In the Merry Merry. ac-
cording TO authentic reports
Not 10 be outdone In industry ray
rnOnd. himself. has tried for . week
10 obtain position In orokerags
~ ~. curb concerns In Wall Street.
Thst young Mrs. Belmont was
aenin TO resume the profession she
deeerted for Belmont was verined IN
kUo places. At the Shubert head.
Guarters It was said that ner org
Dosition was open to her at any time.
From this one Of two deductions
nay Sc made Either the YOUNG
folks have determined TO defy tne
ssnior Mr.. Belmont in his EFFORTS %
he4parate them. or they have decideu
That matrimOny without pasr'Moiiy
h insufferAble.
bridS9roou, II said TO have made
1inAl plea for the reception Of Kay
s1ona and hts bride. To this the
father - alleged 70 have replied:
- = entirely unnecessary TOR Kay
mend u nuffef from lack Of FUNDS
GInshAs ! home with me. any time ne
xEnoeee Is come to n Likewise. ~
kAy 20 q work u my once wnen.
0Vor a. Aanares. Bnt whsn ~ comes
ess y saest ssns i Msss. e Iore,nl
AaolnroA toAny that theTe was abso.
3ntAly 10 truth n the fact that the
paaf were separated. She declared
fhak the youns man would not con-
liae ~ efforts 70 New York IN his
ecaf6h Tor em ploymenG She SAID
NJ u 49, uufte likely that he might
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
SUNDAY SCHOOL
| TO MISSION BOARD
|WEsTMiNsTER CHURCH SCHOOL
IN SCOTS ADDITION TURNED
OVER WITH APPRo-
PIRATE EXERCISES.

With appropriate exercises the West
minister Presbyterian church yester-
day afternoon turned over to the
home mission board the new Sunday
school building in SCOTS Addition.
q year and naif ago.
Rev. James Y. Fair. ID. D.. pas
|tor OF Westminster church, matie the
address Of presentation, and the sun
day school building was accepted on
behalf Of the mission board by owsley
Sanders. A. r. Lassiter, a student OF
THE theological seminary. who has
| been preaching in the Sunday school
| for some time, opened the meeting
with prayer. and read passage tom
the Scriptures. The final prayer Was
I&ieiivered by r.. w. Leckie. the ietir-
ing assistant superintendent of The
5ochool. An address on the history OF
1.-The school was made by Oakley Mitch
Fell, the retiring superintendent. and
| DIR. A. w. Picker, the new superin-
ftandent made a short address. accept
ing the position. Mr. Smith, an ener-
getic Sunday school worker of the
church. told the new officials of the
school how to help I'm raising money
with which to pay the remainder of
the debt. In addition to the regular
choir those present had the pleasure
Of hearing Miss Bushell render colo
In q most pleasing manner. The eol-
lection resulted In raising good
sum fer the work Of tn. school
DR.. Fair, on behalf Of T. r. gill,
presented the school with an old ram
lily Bible which had been In possess
sion of his family for many years.
The new, Sunday school building ~as
rebuilt recently from the old West
minister church which stood on the
corner of Grove avenue and Elm
street, and which was recently va :
Gated by the congregation for tho
new chn1 IN building on Park avenue,
THE Sunday school was established IN
Ia factory in Scotts Addition, where
services were held until the new
building was erected The school h:ts
prospered greatly since Ii was csiah-
Nshed about eighteen months ago.
ana has Increased rapidly in m>mner-
shin. A br ght future under the su-
pervislon OF the state mission board
Is predicted.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
RED Cross SEALS
on YOUR sOLEs
DONsr NM SURPASSED WHEN Y0U
DISCOVER rHE CoBBLER HAS
soINED rRn CRUSADE
IN EARNEST
YOUNG LADY DISCOVERS HIM AT
HIS WORK AND HE DIS
COVERS THE BRIL-
LIANT IDEA.

Richmond people who receive from
their cobbIers repaired shoes on tho
soies Of which are strange green and
red labels need not be apprehensive
that the shoemakers have formed a
new union. but should rather under
stand that the shoemakers of thI
city have Joined In the red cross seal
campaign. and are sealing their soies
with these tokens OF good cheer.
The announcement Of this purpose
was received yesterday at the Nurses
Settlement when one Of the agents
reported that q leading shoemaker Of
the city had purchased Red Cross
seals, and had announced that he
would place seal on the sole Of
every shoe repaired In his shop be-
tween now and Christmas. The idea
was SO original and so indicative OF
the general demand for seals that a
committee will endeayor to enlist all
the cobblers of the city In the move
ment.
The Cebbtsrs' Crusade.
Indeed, the "cobblers' crusade was
the sole topic Of conversation among
the agents for the seals yesterday.
and the young woman who discovered
the shoemaker who began the move
ment was called on repeatedly TO de-
tail her adventure.
TT was so interesting she said to
Virginian reporter. ave were going
down the street, will not give its
name because that would be adver-
Using the good shoemaker-when
told the girl with me that maybe the
shoemaker across the street would buy
| some seals, so we went in and found
| him at his liace--a dear old man,
with a kind, patient face and oh-well,
a romantic looking shoemaker, you
know.
Gets the idea.
And when we told him about the
| seals, he seemed interested, and said
| he would be glad to help. but that ne
! didn't. write many letters. and had
| nobody TO whom he intended sending
a Christmas package. We explained
to him that this did not matter, and
that there must be some way he could
use the seals.
studied a moment and then the
idea came to him. TIL put one on the
sole of every shoe repair from now
till Christmas.' he said. and really. ne
was as much pleased as we were.
think II was. a fine idea and nex'
week we're going to see all the nice
lshoemakers we can. and ask them &c
use the seals. Are we selling many
certainly--who can resist the appeal
| We're going to sell more this winter
than ever before. You see IL we
don't
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
MRS, vANOERB|LTTO
HELP BIG SISTERS
WILL ENDOW MOVEMENT WITH
HALF A MILLION AND BUILD
FINE HOME.

NEW YORK, Dec. t.-Mrs. william
X. Vanderbilt. ST.. has expressed her
intention Of making tho Big Sisters
movement . permanent organisation.
by settling 100000 upon It at the
next meeting Of the directors.
Al the same time Mira Vanderbilt
will announce the fact that she has
set aside separate $4,000 for the
erection Of = home for the girls under
the care Of the Big Sisters. The
home will be erected either, ON Long
Island or In West Chester county. It
will accommodate about $50 girls.
At the same time that the gifts
are announced, the plans for wider
development of the movement which
Nrx Vanderbilt h4D In mind. will be
made known. Heretofore the work
Of the Big Sisters has been confined
to taking care Of unfortunate girls
who have come into the children's
court Under the plans now to be
adopted. the work viii extend out
side the court room
NrA Vanderbilt conceived Of the
idea o. the Big Sisters movement TO
take cara OF homeless and maynard
girls Of protestant fniths when the
success Of the Big Hrothers move
ment became 10 apparAnt.s with her.
In the original movement. were Miss
Dorothy whitney. now Mrs. willard
D. Straight MrA Lewis Morr4s. Mra.
William Nay N.rlxht. Mr. s~-r.ci s.
Sands r., and Mrs.. ~. w. MvanA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
|HOGE PREACHES
PERSONAL DEVIL
THERE 10 ONn DEVIL AND UNDER
HIM MANY DEMONS. DECLARES
BAPTIST rAsron.
RUSSELL HAS "IsMs"
COMBINATION or THE WORST FEA-
TUREs or THE WORST or THEM.
HE TELLS EMMANUEL CHURCH
CONGREGATI0N

Scoring Russellism as combination
of the worst features Of many OF tho
worst 'isms' Of the religious world.
DR.. Lacy Hoge, pastor 1of immanuei
Baptist church, preached last might
on '.Is There q Personal Devilr
First answering the question What
Is Russellism?' DIR. Hoge said tnat
It's a mixture Of Unitarianism. Uni
TversalisHa, Observation-Disclosures com.
bination Of the worst features OF an
these ..isms." at dishonors the Son
81 God, he declared. Among the
false teachings Of Pastor Russell he
placed the following:
RuseeIPs Faise Teachings.
1t denies the Incarnation and deity
Of Christ.
It denies the atonement. taught in
Gods word
II denies that The that beIieveth on
the Son OF God hath everlasting iife."
1t teaches that We will have 1t at
some future time upon certain con-
ditions. }
II denies the resurrection Of the
Lord Jesus Christ
1t denies the second coming OF
Christ.
II teaches that death is the exrinc-
ton OF being.
II teaches salvation after death.
1t denies the Bible teachings as to
the future life OF both the saved and
the unsaved. :,
Taking as his text First Peter s-s,
BE sober, be vigilant, because your
adversary the devil az a roaring lion
waiketh about. seeking whom he may
deyour." DIR. Hoge declared his oeliei
In the existence OF Personal Devil.
The Bible teaches that there is
personal devil and tells US many things
about him that we aught to know. We
i will look at some Of these things to-
night"
The devil is very wise. said the pas
| tor. as wise as the serpent, accord
ing 10 the Bible. He gets into peo-
| ple. and uses them to carry on his
work. He seeks to destroy the Bible
| and To destroy the faith Of the peo-
/ ple In the word Of God. He is tbs
author OF all false doctrines and false
| religions. He denies the Bible teach
| ing about hell and has his preachers
preaching that there Ia no hell, ant
| no eternal punishment He Is the
author of the doctrines. that deny tht
I deity OF Jesus Christ. He wen knows
/ that men can not be saved IL they
| deny that Christ Is God"
Devil and Demons.
| +There lis only one devil" said DR.
Hoge. sbut he has under him vast
number of demons. who do his bid
ding and carry out his plans"
| Ia conclusion DIR. Hoge admonishee
! his hearers against the devils sub
tie suggestion of delay. God IL call
Ing YOU now he said. He Is say
! ing Come unto me and be saved.
| VIII you Gomez
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02

chine to throw us out Of power. or TO
make trouble for us"
VIII Hold Up All.
The senator is one OF the leaders
Others today voiced identical senri,
ments. Between now and Wilson's in
aururation the terms OF many col
lectors of Internal revenue, collec-
tors Of customs, United State mar
shals. important postmasters, etc. Will
fail due. Democrats do. not believe
the repudiated administration should
he entitled to fill these offices with
men who would serve the next four
years, and everyone OF them Will be
held up.
Senatorial courtesy Is a wonderful
thing. and when senator an
nounces that a nominee IL person
ally Objectionable to him, that for
ever disposes of the chances OF con-
firmation. "A small group OF senA-
tors can talk the executive" calen-
tiar to death. There will be little
time during the three months OF the
session for executive business. and Il
will be an easy matter to prevent
sction, Just as In the last session
with plenty OF time ahead, a grour
of senators opposed to certain mill
tary promotions held up the calendar
and prevented final action.
Mrs. Lumgstrect stays In.
Following the summary removal Of
Eugene Moline and D. b, Lyon. Roose'
Welt United States mArshals in Texas
the president made arrangements fol
other political reprisais- Mrs. Long
street, widow OF the famous Confed.
crate general. Ii postmistress al
Gainesville. Ga She attended the Bull
Moose convention as delegate. and
sat on the platform when Colone
Roosevelt held meeting In Georgia
Her term expires in December. and
she win not be reappointed. although
the sentiment Of the community
favors her reappointment.
The senate has no power to force
Mr.. Taft TO reappofnt Mrs. Long
street, but II can refuse to confirm
her successor, and until her success
sor Is confirmed she will retain hel
ONCE. The fact that q special SEES;
sion will follow Immediately after tn,
regular session. will give the presi
dent no opportunity to make recess
appointments. and win enable Demo
cratic senators to frustr.je any fur
ther attempt to load the government
pavroiis with purely political ap
pointmentA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
F|REMEN ARE BUSY
DURING NOVEMBER
SEvENTY-SIX ALARMS TURNED
IN AND PROPERTY LOSS
f
is HEAVY.

At midnight Saturday the fire de-
partment closed one OF the busiest
months Of the year, having answered
seventy-six calls and extinguished
fires which caused considerable dam
age and threatened incalcuiable loss.
There were three big fires. one In
South Richmond and two on the
north side OF the river. the total loss
from the three reaching to more than
a quarter million of dollars. Several
firemen were slightly injured. though
none was seriously hurt. The calls
averaged more than two day. and
in two instances the three skies.
which calls out practically the whole
department, were turned in.
December is usually a heavy month
for fires, and extra precautions will
be taken by both the Are and the po-
lice departments. Bonfires on Christ
mas eve will be allowed only at .cer-
ta'r places. and men will be detailed
to keep especial watch over them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
AN-AMERICANS
ELECT OLD OFFICERS

At recent meeting OF the Italian
American Political club officers for
the ensuing year, were elected. all
those who have been serving being
reelected.
The officers are: Louis Biagi, presi-
dent: Peter Bonini. vice-president:
Louis Corrierri, secretary. and Q,
-p.se,.t,Iee4A. -tFeasssreg-4=.E he=siah Is
In a fiourishing condition. and Is con-
sidered to be one Of the largest and
most influential political organizations
In the city,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
HUTCHINSON ARRESTED
FOR STEALING A COAT

w. B. Hutcneson was arrested yes
terday by Policeman w. G. TAFT on
suspicion Of having attempted to steal
an overcoat belonging to j.. B. Win
ston. Winston was In the Southern
railway station at the time Of the
alleged attempt at theft. and the
police were notified by the train dis
hatcher. HutcheAon was caught while,
Il Is said, he was trying to sell the
overcoat to Charles White. colored.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-02
GAN fUsI; MOORE
But CAN'T REWA[D
FAITHFUL FRIENDS

tcontinued from First Page,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-07-11
THE THIRD PARTY.

The Taft less of the country is
working overtime trying to convince
itself and the country that there is
absolutely nothing in the movement
for third party and that it will die
abornlnS. 1t is simply whistling 10
keep up its courage merely attempt
ing 10 ignore facts. And these facts
are that the party which had it's birth
at Chicago Immediately after Mr.. Taft
became 4 fraudulent candidate upon a
stolen nomination, throws it's hat into
the ring backed by nearly one hun
dred duly elected presidential cleo
tors who will vote for Colonel Roose-
welt. ii tn opportunity is given
them.
Mr.. Taft and his advisers-the noto-
rious Messrs. Barnes, Guggenheim and
the special interests-know that in
Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota,
California, Pennsylvania and other
states the same voters who voted
overwhelmingly for Roosevelt in the
primaries and know their right to
control the Republican convention
was taken from them by open crime
intend to elect Roosevelt electors and
that not even the false pretense of the
president or the debauching influence
of special privilege are likely to pre-
vent
Their efforts to deceive themselves
and the public are futile. The selee-
ton Of Hilles as chairman of the ma
tlonal committee misleads no one. -
was OF piece with the trickerp,
fraud and deception which has been
praciiced since the inception of The
campaign to return Mr.. Taft to the
White House, a campaign which even
Mr.. Taft's stamchest advisers secret
~ confess will end in failure.
1T matters not that those who WELD
"a the black jack and the bludgeon
at Chicago are being actively SUPPORT
lea by Democratic and Prob ibition
yaWpings. 1t is of little concern hat
prl.Y giving IOrimer charges his
downfall to Roosevelt and a southern
con21 essman drags forth the bugaboo
OF tn" Booker Washington lunch, tie
| "a .lOnal Progressive, Bull Moose
o. Nhat@ver-name-you - want-to-cail-i;
gary will positively exhibit as the
Itr-rs posters have tat Chicago All
lGuSt 9TH, 1912. Rain or shine. And
it will nominate Colonel Roosevelt for
President Of the United Stats, al
statements to the contrary notwith.
lsanding.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-07-11
NORTH DAKOTA MERCHANTS.

!, Dickinson, N. D., July 9-The
North Dakota Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION began it's fourteenth an
nual convention here today with a
large and. representative attendance.
Teday's sessions were occupied with
the work Of organization and other
routine business. At the subsequent
sessions, which will continue over to
morrow and Thursday, addresses
Will be delivered by Thomas Coop
er, vice president of the Northern
Pacific road; John w. Lux of St.
Paul, president Of the National AS
ISOLATION of Retail Merchants; Gov
ernor John Burke Of North Dakota,
and John J. Ryan, secretary Of the
Minnesota Retail Merchants% Associa-
ton.