The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-15

~ ''S pace OF the nunnDleSC
worker In the ranks of the organiza-
tlon. When raw and undeveloped
youth he was fired with zeal for the
work his father began, and at no time
has his ardOr cooled. He had. all a D..
young mans enthusiasm. But he mad
the mental poise and perspective of
well-balanced student of human ma
ture, and he has always insisted that
nothing less than the best will do"
Although the new general has never
been In America before, he is in close
touch with everything that is occur
ring on this side of the Atlantic. He
has always been deeply interested in.
the progress of the war" as he terms
it, in the United States. Through his
sister, Commander Eva Booth, he is
kept constantly informed of all the>
current events in Army circles here.
Like his father, the new general looks
to the United States and Canada for
big accomplishments in the future.
- "Sh-hho"H puuiiClsI mas SalU
that as a man Of business acumen.
Bramwell Booth would be worth to a
corporation at least $1,000 a. year.
Calm, cool, methodical and sy stematic.
he is able to attend to large business
affairs of the organization and dispose
OF an immense amount Of work in a
short space of time. In addition to
overseeing the spiritual enterprises of
the movement, he must take an inter-
est in hundreds of other matters,
which, while not exclusively spiritual
in their nature, depend for their exist
women. These enterprises include a
bank, an insurance company, an i'm
migration company, and scores of 9TH
er industries
The Insurance company is largely
the product of the brain and heart Of
Bramwell Booth. He is said to have
conceived the idea many yers ago.
The matter was submitted to his faith
er, discussed by heads of departments,
and finally adopted. The British gov
ernment has approved the organiza-
ton and officially testified from year
to year that it is a sound and -four
ishing institution. He co-operated
with his father in the production OF
I'm Darkest England" book that un-
folds a vast and worldwide plan for
the social, moral and material better
ment Of the submerged one-tenth."
While all the schemes evolved by the
founder of the organization and pre-
sented to the world in that book have
not yet been made practically effec-
tive, step by step the officers ara
translating into beneficent action what
many critics 20 years ago denounced
as the ''fiimy product of a dreamer"
The materials for this work were
gathered under the general direction
of Bramwell Booth, who commanded
trained an efficient staff.
He was largely instrumental in for
mulating plans for the restoration to
society Of discharged prisoners In
England this branch Of the work Is
more difficult than in the United
States, Australia, Canada and other
Anglo-Saxon countries. 1t is more
difficult because the established
Church Of England has the entree to
all the prisons, and, because it is es-
tablished, has legal standing In tho
prisons which enables it to take prece-
dence Of any other religious organiza.
ton. Nevertheless, the Salvation Ar
my has not only succeeded in securing
standing in the penal establishments
of Great Britain, but, through the ef-
forts of Bramwell Booth and his staff
it is able, with the hearty consent OF
that organization, to cooperate with
the Church of England.