Arizona republican., 1912-03-16

| I 1 ards) Located on 1923 Grand Ave Sunday school 800 P NJ. every Sun day Revival meetings begin Sunday March 17th, at S:00 r. NJ, conducted by Elder Jacob Witmore. Everybody invited to come out and hear plain gospel sermons.
 BROTHERHOOD MEETING There will be a joint meeting of the Church
 Brotherhoods ot the Central Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 9 o'clock.
 to dedicate the 800 Gideon Bibles. Ad-
 dresses will be given by Professor
 Stabler. president of the Laymen's
 Federation. and Professor Stout. who
 will also sing A cordial invitation is
 given to all men.
 OPEN-AIR SERVICE-There will
 he meeting of the men of the Bap-
 tist congregation on the city plaza
 this evening at 1:30 o'clock. Pastor
 J Harvey Deere will speak and Pro-
 lessor Stout, the notable vocalist. who
 has been assisting in revival service
 in the church. will sing some of his
 was attended by the largest congre-
 gation that has yet assembled.
 DEATH OF MRS. SMITH.-lIrs.
 Lima NJ. smith died Thursday even ing at o'clock at the family home.
 No 324 North First avenue, the re
 suit of q complication of diseases due to stomach affection. She was 6I years old and a most estimable Wom- an. She is survived by her husband. w T. Smith. and her son. Carl. who is cashier of the Wells Fargo office in this city The funeral will be held this afternoon at g o'clock Tn the chapel of Easterling x Whitney.
 SUNDAY AT THE CHRISTIAN
 CHURCH-The pastor F.. \. Philips
 will speak Sunday morning 1l:OO
 o'clock from the topic "Ye Must Be
 Born Again" The subject of the ev-
 ening sermon 'Israers Common
 wealth Its Formation" Complete
 catalogue of services for the day is:
 Bible school, 9:45 A. NJ. ?. M. Stew
 ard supt Church service 10. 90 A. NJ.
 Y P. S C. F.. 6: 30 P. M. C. F.. Carter
 president. Evening church service
 7:SO o'clock Good music under charge
 of D. Littlejohn.
 SCHOOL LAND MEETING-There will be d meeting of all interested in school land legislation at 10 o'clock this morning in the Water Users building. IL is expected that many members of the legislature will be present and it is hoped there will be full attendance of the school land holders. The two proposed bills. the Ling measure and the kibbey measure. so-called, will be discussed and it is likely the meeting will take final action on which plan the school land holders prefer to see enacted into law
 PRESIDENCY OF w. U. A.-For several days there have been rumors that Dwight B. Heard and B. A. Tow Ter would be candidates for president of the Water Users association at the election to be held April ?. So far as could be ascertained last night MT. Fowler has made no statement in res pect of the matter. It IS known that MT Heard has been approached by quite d number of the members of the | and that he told them positively that he would not be can | didate J. P. Orme and (. B. wood | have both announced their candidacy. i
 GOING TO THE ORlENT.-C. RI Belsher has received letter from his friend. c. F.. Engstrom, in san | Francisco. telling of the latter's plans i for the next two years. that will be 1 of interest to many, as MT. Engstrom, ] who is now 20 years old, was a resi- | dent here for a couple of years and | has many relatives and friends m Phoenix. He has been employed by | the Southern Pacific company as | since leaving here, but | has now accepted d position as ticket | agent and stenographer for the Pa cific Mail Steamship company, in it's | Yokohama office at a munificent sal ary He expects to stay there for | two years. He was to have sailed | on the 5th He expects during his | stay there to have an opportunity to visit most of the Japanese and Chi nese ports.
 DEATH OF FLOYD STONER -l Floyd Stoner, one of the hardest workers and best hearted boys in the nigh school, died yesterday afternoon at o'clock He had been sick only eight days, but from the first there was little chance for his recovery His many friends in the high school nave been hoping against hope, but the sufferers struggle with pneu- nona was losing fight from the first MT. Stoner was working his way through school and his aims were the highest He planned to continue his studies in college and school until he had pre- pared himself for the medical pro- 'ession. He was d member Of the junior class of the high school, and F If the Baraca Bible class of the Bap- ist church His friends were legion n school and city and there are many to mourn his loss. '