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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
STORY OF CREATION" AS TOLD BY PHOTO-FILM

identified with the movement says that the value of moving pictures as means of educating the people is most impor- tant.
 'There is no question" he observes. 'as to the popularity of moving picture houses. The leading teachers in every line are agreed that within few years nov ing pictures and stereopticon slides will be used in every country in order to bring all people into a general knowledge Of the truths of education Reports say that Q movement Is now on foot on the part of picture houses on certain topics to high school classes. In order to make this work successful manufacturers are pro- ducing films under the direction of edu- cators which in an hours time can con vey to the students mind those same lessons which hitherto have necessitated many long hours of arduous study.
 While l was in Singapore and other oriental cities the managers of public halls called attention to the fact that the tents and halls used for moving picture exhibitions were the only places where the rich and the poor people of all castes gather at the same time to witness the same performance The films used in China Japan. Africa and India were almost entirely of
 
 matter accompanying the pictures was in French Scarcely any one in those countries could read the descriptive matter yet all were receiving similar impressions and were being educated along certain lines by the pictures. This emphasizes the fact that pictures talk and that pictures constitute the only available universal language of the day.
 Machine Talks the Films
 A lecture is given with each exhibi- ton by talking machine which has been accurately geared to accompany the representation on the screen. The apparatus sings and talks with re- markable precision and so we'll are the tones and the films synchronized that many who witness the exhibitions be- lfeve the discourse is being delivered by some famous orator of rare ability.
 The International Bible Students as- sociation is supported through volun- tary contributions, and it is announced that not only will there be no admis- sion fee charged but that no collec- ton will be taken after the .exhihi- ton has begun. The projectors of this new method of reaching every man with religion are confident that it will prove of the greatest efficiency in spreading the great truths of religion.
 The International Bible Students as- sociation holds its meetings in public auditoriums, opera houses, etc., where persons of all nationalities and creeds, as we'll as skeptics. may assemble without prejudice. Nearly every city in America as well as in other countries, has it's International Bible Students class Annually conventions are held in America and Europe. where matters of interest to religious workers are discussed and expounded by leaders of religious thought.
 The entire work of the International Bible Students association is for the purpose of encouraging individual Bible study and the fact that all meetings are free and no collection taken af- lords sufficient evidence to prove that the work is not actuated by mercen- ary motives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

IL IS the largest cate In the world. TO nearly all Americans it is known by a days sojourn here and nights rest there, few meals and memory, but there are many Europeans and small sprinkling of our own nationality who devote an entire summer for the en- Joyment of gilded season, 8 round of pleasure, at the resorts of that land of soft meadows foaming cataracts and eternal snows
 l have frequently been asked to name the most charming section of Switzer- land and am always unable to comply with the request as each locality pos sesses its individual charm so that it is difficult to designate pre-eminence. For subimity and majesty, Zermatt at the foot of Matterhorn, takes pre- cedence; for soft arcadian beauty the prize goes to the lakes that constitue the Como group; In wild witchery Lau- terbrunnen excefs, and so on ad in- hnitum, but for combination of charms that never surfeit and spot for spending the summer I would un- occasionally name the Engadine, a country known to the Romans for it's
  hords as a pass when they poured down into Italy, praised by Paracelsus for its wonderful medical springs, and frequented every season in our own era by the wealthy, the pleasure seek ing, the romance loving and the health desiring visitor.
 The jewel of the Engadine is St. Mo- ritz and we'll does it deserve it's popu- iarity and prestige, for the physical characteristics and the hygienic en- vironment of the spot the purity and inVigorating quality of the atmosphere and It's astonishing freedom from micro organisms; the incomparable drinking water in addition to the mineral springs the cheering influence of the flower strewn meadows and the majestic beauty of the mountains clad at their base with fragrant forests of pine larch and fir and the constant oppor- tunities for social intercourse combine to render this summer resort spot of surpassing attraction.
 St. Moritz is situated in the chief valley of the loftiest plateau in Eu- rope and that part of 1t which Is known as the Dorf is the highest village in Europe dwelt in the whole year through, winter and summer alike.
 5 Perched upon steep slope at an s altitude of over 5000 feet above the icNei ol tHe Sei, IL SdzeS uoWn upon an emerald lake of the same name and : commands a superb vista of appar- 3 ently the whole of Switzerland. Be- , cause of it's rich meadows. sylvan sur roundings and arcadian aspect of en- ? vironment, it is difficult to realize thai : IL in higher than the summit of the Riri and again though the encirclinp . mountains average a height of iO.00t feet above sea level none of them arc over soo0 feet above the floor level ol P the valley; they have none of the op- z pi's ssive and imprisoning effect upor 3 the ina gination which heights of equa 3 alJtude oftsn exercise upon visitors iI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

chose who have hitherto been indifferent in religious matters.
 The photo-drama of creation begins with the earth being without form and void, the ages of the nebulae and then 10 the formation of the globe and the waters on which rested the darkness. The creation of the animals, the coming of man, the story of the Garden of Eden follow, and then comes the great process sion of events, which brings man to the year of grace 1914.
 Here Is the resolution adopted by the convention from which the idea of the temple was evolved:
 Resolved, That the unprecedented suc- cess of the American newspapers in mold ing public oIxinion by the aid of cartoons and illustrations in their news and maga- zine sections has fully demonstrated their worth and. we believe, fully Justi- fies us as progressive preachers and Bible class teachers in giving our unqualified indorsement of moving pictures and stere- opticon Slides as an effective and desir- able method for evangelists and teachers.
 ''It is further resolved, That in order to conserve all our interests and make a general harmonious work all motion pie lures and stereopticon slides passed by us shall be eatalogued under one special title of The Photo-Drama of Creation and receive as wide publicity throughout the world as possible
 One of the teachers of Biblical truths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

erything and after he has managed to get the ship of the desert safely through he drags the packs and cloths and saddles after him and reloads the beast.
 It is difficult for the creature to enter the needles eye, but he does, and the teaching of the Master was that frequently men of great wealth are un- duly absorbed In the affairs of this world. The moving picture of the struggling animal and his final nego- tiation of the difficult point of entry is in itself a demonstration of the saying which philosophers and min isters have often discussed
 The Ordeals of hte Martyrs
 Some of the most graphic repre- sentations of the films have to do with the. early struggles of the Christian church. Many stereopticon slides are also introduced, bearing reproductions of famous paintings. One of these in- eludes Gerome's grewsome picture, After the Exhibition depicting the lions being driven from the sands of the arena after an act of fiendish cruelty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

The International Bipie students as- sociation operates under a British char ter and has offices at Lancaster Gate w., London. Its American headquar- ters are at No. IT Hicks street, Brook lyn. The association Is supported by voluntary contributions. It has large staff of lecturers, and it's activities eX- tend to all the principal cities of the United States and Europe. The object of the association is, through various means, to encourage Bible study. and in the moving picture exhibitions it hopes to be especially helpful in this regard.
 Careful investigation made by public librarians who have given picture shows in connection with their work has shown that attendance at moving picture exhibitions stimulates the de- mand for literature.
 Experiments with the moving pictures reveal the interdependence between the films and study of secular affairs It is the belief of the promoters of this novel enterprise that the witnessing of repre- sentations of Biblical events will stimu- late interest In the Book of Books among
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
By c. F. MARKELL

species of trout that exist nowhere else upon this earth. In fact, documents that are centuries old speak of the fish take of this remarkable species and the ordinary trout range in size from the river catch of half a pound weight to the lake product of 30 pounds
 While pleasure, recreation and pas time are offered in every phase at St. Moritz two charms of the Engadine ap- pealed to me most They were the simple warm-hearted peasantry that still speak the Romanish language and the many melifluent names of the com munity bespeak the music of their tongue. It Is difficult to find a prettier group of appellations than Isola, Sil- vapiana, Sils- -Baseglia, Maloia, Pom tresina, Celerina, Cresta, Bernina, Cam brena and Niavolezza. The peasants love their moutain home with devo- tion that Is ennobling though they speak of their climate as mine months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

valleys less near to the skies. It is in consequence of the relative lowness of it's barriers that the Upper Engadine receives the suns warmth all day long and were it not for the tenuily and iafcfaction of the atmosphere and al- most total absence of deciduous trees it would be well nigh impossible to believe that the laughing valley were not playing joke in it's claim as to It's altitude.
 ' The Bad (bath) lies upon both sides of the Inn as the river enters the lake and though 1t is about a mile from the Dorf the two form practically one community. The waters of the Bad are chalybeate and their virtues were known as early as the bronze age, implements of that far-off epoch hay ing been found in excavations around the springs. The great Paracelsus in the year 1925 praised the properties of the water and in the lakes are found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

people to the fliekering portrayal of the doings of border outlaws, may seem un- conventional to many persons when bent to the purpose of stimulating religion. But why may not the Lord employ the works of man, His creation, to further His pur poses?
 Several of the large moving picture con cerns, indeed, have prepared impressive photo-dramas dealing with the life and works of the great Teacher of men, who called as His disciples the lowly fisher men by the Sea of Galilee.
 The moving picture has long been con fined to the theatre, and now comes the first opportunity to use it as part of the worship of a non-sectarian temple
 Staged in the Holy Land
 The preparation of the films used in the exhibitions has involved a consider able expense and activities conducted in all parts of the world The cameras have been carried into the Holy Land and there the Mount of Olives and in Jerusalem have been found the back grounds for re-enacted tragedies. Nature has not changed the face of the land of Palestine much for so many centuries, and the houses and the customs and dress are much they were before .t1e Christian era. Men of many nations Have participated in the acts of tht' great photo-drama, showing to thSse of this present day how the people of old lived. acted and died. as they 'pIayed their parts in the great sco-!ess of the ages All the accessories for'' the production of the rhoto-drap'n of Creation have been carefully arranged
 N have Noah building the ark of go- plTr wood Here actual beams The yodly patria rch supervises the construc- toin. His sons aid him. The unbelievers come to jeer. All is carried on with all the realism which one would see in ship building of this age. Then approaches the sine for the animals to enter two by two, and they do, as though they were going into the great vessel as they did In days of old. The best geological collec. tions have been brought into requisition for the spectacle. Then the rains de- scend and the floods come and the Great Deluge sweeps the earth and destroys the lives of animals and of men who are not within the protecting walls of the floating ark.
 of Egypt. where the children of Israel worked in bondage under the scourges of the Pha roahs. A convincing represen- tation it is when the Hebrew slaves al.a grinding at the mill and the plaques fall upon the stricken land
 Among the rocks. Saul. the king, is shown holding converse with the Witch of Endor Again David attunes his harp tc the songs of Israel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
DigestibiIity Not Necessary

From IxppfncOttS Magazlne.
 At the first meal on board the ocean liner Smythe was beginning to feel like casting his bread upon the waters. HIS friends had told him that when he began to feel that way he should stuff him. self He tackled a outlet first, but it didn't taste right. He observed to the waiter: Waiter, this outlet isn't very good.'
 The waiter looked at his whitening face then replied: ''Yes, sir; but for the length of time you'll lave it, sir. hit won't mat ter, sir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

w W1TZERLAND has been face
 tiously, and correctly, termed
 the biggest boarding house in
 Europe and in some respects
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

iOEVER will may now, without money and without price, see and hear the panorama and the
 story of mans life an earth.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-01
NEAL M'LAUCHL|N
 GRANTED APPEAL
WAS SENTENCED TO DIE
GIRL WHOSE TESTIMONY CON- VICTED HIM NOW RETRACTS
 CHARGE.
srecia. to the Log Cabin Derocrat

StcSAoi Io tHc A<o& SoDln DeIIOCr1G
 Little Rock, Dec. 1.-The supreme court at noon today granted an ap- peal to Neal Mclaughlin, white, of Franklin county, sentenced to be cleo trocuted at the state penitentiary to- morrow, after Governor Hays had re- fused to interfere with the sentence.
 Mclaughlin, who lived a few miles from Ozark, in Franklin county, was convicted in October of having assaulted Miss Martha Byford, 20 years old. Mclaughlin is 34 years old and is married. His wife and two children resided also in Franklin county. Mclaughlin had not lived with his family for several years Neither his wife nor children have visited him at the penitentiary, where he has been confined since his convic- tion in October.
 The Byford girl came to Little Rock last week and retracted the charges she had made, endeavoring to persuade Governor Hays to commute the sentence of Mclaughlin.
 The girl is said to have declared that she did not fully understand the gravity of the charges against Me Laughlin and, that through her ig- norance of the meaning of some of the questions asked her during the trial, parts of her testimony were in error.
 Mclaughlin spent yesterday nerv- ously pacing his cell at the peniten- tiary. He and the girl whose testi- mony resulted in his conviction and sentence to death talked for some time Saturday morning and both felt confident at the time that the death penalty would be commuted to life im- |prisonment.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-01
BLOUNT FORMALLY
 PUT UNDER ARREST
WAVES EXAMINATION
SLAYER OF OSCAR l.. HONEA CHARGED WITH MURDER IN
 FIRST DEGREE.

A warrant charging Lee Blount with murder in the first degree for killing Deputy Sheriff Oscar l.. Ho- nea near Mayfower on October 22, was formally served on Blount by Sheriff w. w. Bishop and Deputy E. l.. King at the state penitentiary at Little Rock yesterday. Blount sign ed written waiver of a preliminary examination before a justice of the peace and was held without bond to await the action of the Faulkner county grand jury, which will con- vene on the second Monday in Janu- ary, 1915.
 Blount was arrested on Thursday of last week and taken to the peni- tentiary for safekeeping by w. E. Cli- bourn, C. o. Payne and J. s. Johnson. but no warrant formally charging him with the crime had ever been served upon him. The warrant was issued by Justice of the Peace G. M. Easterwood, upon information filed by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney P. H. Prince.
 So far as is cnown here, Blount has employed no counsel nor made any arrangements for his defense. The officers who saw him yesterday state that he looks healthy, all traces of the hardships he underwent in elud- ing capture having been removed. He is apparently contented and does not seem in the least worried over his fu- ture, they state.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-01
FARM CAMPAIGN HERE TOMORROW NOTED SPEAKERS COMING P. G. HOLDEN, FAMOUS AGRI- CULTURIST, HEADS CREW
 OF EXPERTS.

The profitable farming campaign will be on in Faulkner county tomor- row, when 38 meetings will be held, reaching practically every community in the county. The crew which will visit this county is headed by P. G. Holden, director of the agricultural extension department of the Interna- tional Harvester Company. Prof
 Holden has full recovered from his recent illness and will continue in the campaign until it's close, the middle of December. The members of his de- partment in the northern crew are J. G. Haney, A. E. Chamberlain, J. E. Waggoner, Edgar Green and G. H. Hathorn. The other members of this crew are w. R. Wheelock, w. A. Den-
 man, R. M. Cow, E. N. Plank, H. E. Traux and J. H. Mcleod of the state
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-01

college of agriculture; George Ely of the Jonesboro agricultural school, George Cole of the Russellville agri- cultural school and c. O. Carpenter of the Iron Mountain railroad. The school meetings will be taken care of by J. l.. Bond, state supervisor of
 rural schools, Prof. C. w. Farr, J.
 M. Browning and Miss Grace Smith.
 Besides these the party will include
 representatives of all the local col
 leges and a number of Conway busi-
 ness men. The party will be divided Unto eight sections, and will go out over eight routes, each division mak- ling from three to four appointments during the day. All will return to Conway by night and big meeting will be held at the courthouse We'd nesday night
 The visitors will arrive tonight. All
 who have agreed to furnish automo- piles for the trip are requested to have them in readiness at an early
 hour tomorrow morning, as most of the routes provide for appointments from eight to l2 miles from Conway at 9:30 o'clock a. m.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-01

can be secured for addresses during the conference.
 President J. H. Reynolds has al ready begun to lay plans for the con- ference, which will probably be held immediately following commencement exercises next June A preliminary program of the occasion is expected to be announced at an early date
 Another feature of the session of the Little Rock conference which has not yet been published was the an nouncement by pr. James Thomas, commissioner of education for Hen- drix College, of the first gift toward the S400,000 fund to be raised for the institution. The gift amounted to $lO,0O0. Dr. Thomas did not an nounce the name of the donor.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-01
CHURCH GIVES AID TO
 MINISTER'S CONFERENCE
ANNUAL MEETING AT HEN DRIX COLLEGE TO BECOME
 MORE IMPORTANT.

With the aid and endorsement of both annual conferences of the Metho- dist church, south, in this state, the annual conference for rural ministers at Hendrix College, the first session of which was held last June, will take on additional importance. The North Arkansas and Little Rock conferences each voted a contribution of $500 to- ward the expenses of the ministers conference, and with the sum of ST. 900 some of the nations best talent
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-01
STATE FAIR EXHIBITS
 RETURNED TO CONWAY

The Faulkner county exhibits which were taken to the state fair at Hot Springs were returned to Conway yesterday, and the owners may ob- tain them at the Faulkner county fair headquarters.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-01

Howard James has returned to Denver, Colo, after visit to his parents, MT. and Mrs. J. w. James, on Faulkner street.
The log cabin Democrat., 1914-12-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Elvige Brown, 21, and Mary Ar rington, IS, Conway
 Otis Jones, 21, and Dottie Askew, IS, Conway.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-22
ENDS LIFE DURING TRIAL
FOR SLAYING POLICEMAN
Lawrence Robinson, Charged With Killing Boston Inspector
While Resisting Arrest Warrant Accusing Him of Muir
dering Three Men in Grand Rapids, Cuts His Throat.

BOSTON, July 22.-Lawrence Rob-
inson, charged with the murder Of
Police Inspector Thomas J. Norton,
committed suicide during last night
Robinson cut his throat with a steel
shank which he had removed from
one of his shoes. Since the opening
of the trial he had been confined at
night in a room of the court house.
He was accused of shooting Nor
ton while resisting arrest in the Boyl-
ston cafe on June 10. The officer was
attempting the arrest at the request
of the Michigan authorities, Robin
son being wanted in Grand Rapids
for the alleged killing of three clerks
In jewelry store during a robbery.
Letters found in Robinson's effects,
and dated July IS, indicate that he
contemplated suicide before his trial
had begun. In a pathetic and re-
pentent note to his mother and wife,
he said:
''To My Dear Mother and to My Wife,
Dora Alice:
The loving sweetheart of my boy
hood days, the only woman ! have
ever loved and who stuck to me
through all the shame into which
plunged her, / bid last fond good
bye, and If there is God Almighty
and another world / pray that I may
meet you there.
LAWRENCE"
Robinson was placed on trial on
Monday and taking of testimony was
to have begun today. Several wit
nesses from Michigan and Ohio were
on hand to testify for the government
and Judge Keating had before him
a motion of the defense to compel
the prosecution to furnish their
names and state the nature of their
testimony. The district attorney OPP
posed the motion and said that these
witnesses had been called 10 describe