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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
State Sunday School Con-
VentiOn.

The Thirty-Second Annual West
Virginia Sunday School convention
will be held IN the city of Hunt
ington on Wednesday, Thursday
aud FRIDAY, April s 9-lO.
PROGRAM
A program of rare quality has
been prepared. Ten specialists from
the various parts of the United
States have been secured to give
instruction on the different phases
of Sunday School work.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS.
Among the special features will
be Missionary Pageant by large
mum Der of children in costume.
An Organized Adult Bible Glass
Parade of 5000 men on the second
day headed by brass bands.
Three institute sessions and ten
conferences.
Two Secondary Specialists from
New York and Brooklyn will be
present and give those who teach
boys and girls help.
RURAL CHURCH CONFERENCE.
An entire session will be given
over to the consideration of the
Rural Church Problem.
MUSIC.
The music will be under the di-
rection of Prof. K. .. Excel and
Prot. Alvin Roper.
ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainment will be on Harvard
Plan-lodging and breakfast free.
DELEGATES.
Schools should elect delegates
and apply to Eustace Adkins, Coun-
ty Secretary, Ceredo, w. Va, for
credentials.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
Written for the Kenova Reporter.l
If You Were Only Mine.
Dear.
BY EUGENE HOOD.

Let noe tell the story, though old
it's surely true,
l would like to have a sweet heart.
like the other fellows do.
l don't want to sing ofDolly l don't
want to sing of Sue,
l want some one to love me, some
one that will be true.
Now you have heard my story, you
have heard my plea,
Won't you tell me that you love me.
and cast your lot with me?
Then tell me the old, old story.
that reminds me Of dream,
When | dreamed Of a sweet voice
singing, down by the old mill
stream.
l would settle down forever, no
more would ' roam,
If you we're only mine dear, i'm the
harbor Of home, swt ct home
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
Look TO Your PlUmbin0.

You know what happens in house in
which the plumbing is In poor condition
every body in the house is liable TO
contract typhoid or some other fever
The digestive organs perform the same
functions in the human body as the
plumbing does for the house, and they
should be kept in first-class condition all
the time 1t you have any trouble with
your digestion take Chamberlain Tab
lets and you are certain TO get quick re-
lief. For sale by all dealers. adv.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
Bantfst.

REV. BIS. AKERs, PASTOR.
Regular meetings, first and third
Sunday Of each month at IL a. m.
and p. M; Sunday School 9:45 a,
m, every sunday, w. /. Clardy.
superintendent prayer meeting ev-
cry Wednesday evening at o'clock;
Baptist Young Peoples union meet.
ing Friday evening at o'clock.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
Strengthens Weak and Tired Women

~ was under great strain nursing
relative through three months Sickness"
writes Mrs. J. @. Van De Sande of
Kirkland, Ill. land Electric Bitters
kept me from breaking down l will
never be without it," Do you feel tired
and worn out? No appetite and food
won't digest? 1t isn't the spring wealth.
er. You need Electric Bitters. Start a
months treatment today nothing bet
ter tor stomach, liver and kidneys. The
great spring tonic Relief or money
back. SOC and $1.00 at your druggist
FAdVsrtirPnns'
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
Found a Cure Tor Rheumatism.

81 suffered with rheumatism for two
years and could not get my right hama
to my mouth for that lcngth of time. 8"
writes Lee J.. Chapman, Mapleton, Ia.
81 suffered terrible pain so / could not
sleep or Tie still at night. Five years
ago began using Chamberlain Lini-
ment and in two months was well and
have not suffered with rheumatism
since For sale by all dealers. adv.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
Straight at lt.

There Is no use beating around the
bush. We might IS well out with 1T
nrst as last. We want you 70 try Cham.
oerlaln's Cough Remedy the next time
you have Il cough or cold. There is no
reason so far as we can see why Won
should not do SO. This preparation by
Its remarkable cures has gained a world
wide reputation, and people everywhere
speak ofit in the highest terms of praise.
1t Is for sale by all dealers. adv.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

are additional territory and consumers
clamoring for extensions of the serv-
Ice. these cannot be made except by a
special appropriation. Consequently,
1t has been the experience that under
public ownership extensions are not
made with nearly the liberality or
the promptness that exists under pri-
vate ownership.
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Presbyterian.

REV. J. y. WALLER, PASTOR.
Sunday School 9:45 a. M, f. f..
Way, superintendent; Preaching IL
a. m, and 1880 p. m, by the pas
tor; Young Peoples Christian En-
deavor Friday evening, 8 o'clock;
prayer meeting Wednesday evening,
1880.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

We have heard a good deal recently
IN regard to Government ownership
OF tho telephone and telegraph. We
do not believe it to be our duty either
TO champion that plan or violently to
oppose 1t. When the people of this
country decide that 1t is their wish
that the Government of the United
States own the telephone and tele-
graph then the Government of the
United States will own them. There
Is no doubt about that.
We do not intend to set ourselves
up In opposition to the expressed wish
OF the people-that isn't our plan or
our policy-but we are going this far:
II will be our policy to present the
salient facts; we do believe II is our
duty to let the people OF this country
know just what is involved in the
proposition of Government ownership.
II you will compare the progress of
the telephone business where II is I'M
der the direct ownership and opera
ton by governments with the prog
ress OF the telephone business in this
country, you will be convinced that
there is an underlying difference OF
some sort.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
Government Ownership Of
The Telephones
BY M. n. BuehIer.

Second and General Chesapeake
1eephone Company; address
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PIREULES for the Kidneys
30 DAYS TRIAL FOR sLoo.

Local agents needing superior insurance sup
plies for their Office or customers should cor
respond with the RoUcH Norris COMPANY, In.
diauapOls, Publishers OF ROUGu Norris, the
leading Insurance Journal of the West, aud
other publications
Yours truly, II. c. MARTIN,
Rough Notes Co
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
BaDtist.

REV. a. O.. GRASS, PASTOR
Preaching at ID a. m. aud 1880 T..
m on the second and fourth SUN.
days In each mouth. Sunday school
At $3.50 m. Prayer meeting
every Tuesday evening at 700 D..
m. Teachers meeting every Fri
day evening
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
M.hNTalooU.

To Rah! Rah! Rahi many checks
from his Pa,
Freakish clothes. and socks Of bright
yellow,
Add an upturned hat, Greek letter
Frat
And behold this pert college fellow.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

enterprises are skillful men. men anX-
ious to do a good job. able to do q
good job. but hampered. as they them
selves will tell you, by the fact that
they are working for a Government
and not for a commercial enterprise.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

In the European countries appro-
priations required for the extension
and improvement of the business have
not been forthcoming. The managers
see the opportunities for extending
the development OF the service and
cannot take advantage OF these oppor-
tunities because the decision as to the
appropriation for the telephone serv-
Ice has rested with administrative
and legislative bodies. only remotely
interested in the possibilities Of the
service. not correctly informed as to
the real need for the appropriation.
The result Of the arbitrary cutting OF
appropriations, the inability of those
responsible for the service to get funds
at the time needed, Is plainly shown
In the figures that l gave you . few
moments ago.
We apply the term privately own
ed" to enterprises conducted by cor
porations such as ours from those
owned and operated by some form of
governmental agency, which, on the
other hand. we call publicly owned {"
But when we apply the term private
O"heISulp Without thinking lttle OF
really what the ownership means, we
are apt to be led into mistake.
In the first place, our business, al
though we speak OF it as privately
owned, is really owned by the public.
The American Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company has $4,000 stock
holders.
Although we speak OF it as privately
owned, the regulation of telephone
companies by the various States and
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion insures thorough control of the
enterprise at every vital point in the
public interest Telephone companies
are subject to the regulation of the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
Of State Commissions in Al out of the
as States in the Union.
Although the line between the pri-
vately owned public service corpora
ton subject to public regulation and
the governmentally owned and oper-
ated utility is by no means so hard
and fast as one is first apt to think of
1t. there remains, of course. the essen
tial difference which justifes the two
terms.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01
KENOVA CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal.

REV. WIN. FALLEN, PASTOR.
Prayer meeting Thursday at 1880
p. IN.
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Preaching at IL a. IN.
Everybody welcome.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

no you want to purchase
" a splendid new Sew
ing Machine? Then call
at the Advance Office, Ce-
redo, w. Va. We will sell
you one for about one-haIf
tine price agents ask. If.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

We may take the figures in vet an
other way. Roughly speaking. there
Is one telephone for every nine Ameri-
cans. Remember this ratio in the
United States, one telephone to every
nine persons. If the same proportion
obtained in Europe. Denmark would
have times as many telephones as
she actually possesses; Sweden. 80
times; Norway. Az times: Switzer.
land, times; Germany. 6h times;
Great Britain. 71a times; the Neither
lands, II times; Belgium. nearly 1s
times as many; France, 10 times: Aus
tria. all but 30 times Hungary. ct
times Italy. SIS times: Portugal and
Spain, about 90 times: Russia. 1O5
times, and Greece. Servia and Bull
garia, from 40 to 204 times as MANY.
Think Of London with a population
OF over 100000 souls eerved by a
telephone system OF about 245 900 sta
lions; of Manchester, with a popula-
ton Of 100000 and 294OO stations.
Why, Baltimore has half as many peo-
pie and twice as many telephones as
Manchester. Glasgow, with a popuIa-
ton Of 1,15O.000 and $4,000 telephone
stations; OF Birmingham, with a popu-
latiOn OF O69 900 and only. about
$4,000 telephones OF Liverpool. with
a population OF 1000. 900 and only
about $4,000 telephones.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

II has long been the opinion OF great
economists that public utilities calling
for more or less high degree OF tech
nical ability and the employment OF a
great many men, such as transporta-
ton, telephone. telegraph, etc, can
best serve the people when privately
owned and publicly regulated.
We all know that the United States
is the best country to live in and that
our form OF government Is the best
form OF government. But at the same
time we know that the Government
has never been remarkable for its
ability to do things economically, and
IL 1t can furnish the telephone-tele-
graph service OF the country cheaper
than private enterprise can furnish
IL, II will be the first time that the
Government accomplished such a
thing. And, too. our Government is
no more forehanded than most gov
ernments In its appropriations for the
needfui things.
In so vital a matter as the public
defense we find the admission by Sec
rotary OF War Garrison to a Congress
sional committee several days ago
that the Withholding OF appropria-
lions by Congress had brought about
a condition where II would take, with
every available facility and unlimited
money. two years to get, the ammuni
ton and armament stock OF the army
to point where we could go to war.
OIn
the question OF taxes. During 1913
the Bell System alone paid $4,000. 900
In taxes to the Federal Government in
the various States and municipalf-
ties. The Government pays no taxes
even on its real estate. Government
ownership would mean that the s12.-
100000 now contributed by the Bell
telephone companies alone to the
Government in the various States.
cities, towns and villages would have
to be raised by additional taxation OF
the whole people. whether they are
telephone subscribers or not.
Take roads. 1t Is the common ex-
perience Of almost all OF our States In
road building, where the State itself
has charge OF the building of the
roads, that the waste has been enor.
nous and that there is hardly a time
when the necessary repairs TO the
road are done at the time they are
necessary but actually after the road
Is worn out
There Is no more Justice in compar-
Ing telephone conditions and tele-
phone service and the telephone prob
lem In this country and in Europe
than there would be in comparing the
service of street railway of 25 years
ago. with. horses for motive power,
with the service Of our New York sub
ways.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

- AAAAi'l EilL III Allb man
agement Of all Government enter
prises and would itself be sufficient
to wreck the service Of Government.
owned telephone system
or the second one Of the most i'm.
portant and vital problems OF the
telephone or any other business is the
securing OF money to be used i'm Dur.
chasing and building the permanent
equipment necessary for conducting
the business In the telephone bust.
ness this problem IS a continuing one
In most other lines Of business the
Investment once made requires no
addition, or additions comparatively
small IN amount. but I'm the telephone
business the construction account is
never closed, and there IS the continu.
Ing need for new money. During the
construction Of the Panama Canal the
Bel System expended more on tho
extension Of the telephone system
than the Government did on the con.
struction OF the canal Sixty million
dollars will be required this year in
the companies OF the Bell System.
Under Government ownership. n the
city or territory served by the Gov
enment-owned plant grows after It's
frst installation to a point where there
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

II we consider only the question of
development. we find that of the
cities possessing 10000 telephones and
over considerably more than half are
situated in the United States
There are at least SO American
towns where there is a telephone to
fewer than every 10 OF the inhabitants.
In Europe there is only one. London,
with population more than three
times as great as Chicago, has fewer
telephones. Paris is twice the size OF
Boston, but possesses little more than
half as many telephones
In the whole of the United Kingdom
there are only about as many tele-
phones as in New York and Chicago:
IN all France there are fewer than in
Chicago alone; in all Russia there
are fewer than in Philadelphia: in
Austria fewer than in Boston: in
Italy fewer than in Los Angeles; In
Spain fewer than in Toledo, Ohio: in
Belgium fewer than In Kansas City.
and in Hungary fewer than in Pitts
burgh
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

We are told that the experience Of
the Postofice Department with respect
to the parcel post is proof positive
that that department would be equally
successful in handling the telephone
and telegraph business. I submit to
you it is no proof at all
What has the Postoflce Department
done In creating the parcel post? Has
1t done anything more than announce
new rate for certain classes of mail
matter and then supply the necessary
force for handling the increase OF
mall matter resulting from the estab.
lishment of the new rate? 1t has not
entered any different line OF business:
1t has not gone into a highly organ
lied technical business: II has sim
ply increased the amount OF business
1t formerly transacted, and I am told
that II has done this so far without
even arranging for adequate compen-
sation to the railways which are hand
ling the increased tonnage.
Now. If you want a real comparison.
1t seems to me you will have to con-
slider that the Postofice Department.
had decided to take over the railways
necessary for handling the postal
business. to equip them with engines
and mail cars, and then to operate
such roads by running the trains. The
Postofice Department has done moth
ing approaching that.
Let us look az a case on this side Of
the water. On January 1. 1908 the
Province OF Manitoba, IN Canada.
purchased the privately owned tele-
phone system. At that time the Hon.
r. p Robin, Premier. and Attorney
General G. II. Campbell promised bet
ter service at half the cost. What
happened:
March 1, 1o08-Rates in Winnipeg
for certain classes Of service were in
creased 25 per cent
February, 1909 inferior party line
service was introduced and a slight re.
duction made.
March, 191O-Chairman Of the tels.
phone commission declared the rural
rates inadequate.
May 1911 - Long distance rates
doubled and time limit decreased from
three to two minutes.
November Chairman Of teIe-
phone commission reported a loss for
the year Of 100000 without making
any provision for depreciation.
December. 1911 Exchange rates for
the whole Province practically dou.
bled
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

But however the telephone business
is to be conducted, the public is en-
titled to expect the same treatment
that is, good service at the most rea-
sonable rates. with a liberal policy as
to extension; and these three things
depend, first, upon an efficient, alert
and as near as may be. unchanging
management and force OF employees:
second, the command OF sufficient
money promptly to make needed ex.
tensions.
or the first, Mr.. Goethals, in his let.
ter of January a. addressed to Mayor
Mitchell regarding the Police Commits
sionershiD Of the City OF New York.
points out the vital weakness Of try
Ing to obtain results without the
power to compel service. He states
1t thus: Attractive as your offer is.
/ would be obliged to decline 1t so
long as the present law remains in
force by which removals from the
police force are subject to review with
decision based on legal evidence. In
public work OF any kind efficiency can
be secured only when the service OF
those engaged in 1t Is satisfactory
to superiors. and while fully believe
In the right OF every man to have a
hearing, the decision OF the superior
as to the character OF the mans sery-
Ice should be final In cases where
man whose services have not been
satisfactory can be reinstated by a
court of review, the effect on disc.
pine and efficiency is most Injurious.
II undermines authority, leads to in
subordination, tends to destroy the
loyalty and cooperation which the
executive authority must have to Sc
cure results and makes his authority
OF office impossible.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1914-04-01

What Is said OF exchange develop
ment and exchange service can also
be said OF toll development and toll
service. The European governments
for the most part construct such toll
lines as are constructed when they
are forced 20 do 80 by an excessive
demand. Our policy has ever been
TO construct the lines ahead OF the
demand, 20 be ready when the demand
comes TO show the value Of the serv.
Ice and thus help 10 create a demand.
Our policy has been TO build for the
peak OF the load instead OF for the
average load. and there is a vast dif.
ference both IN the amount OF invest.
ment required and IN the convenience
20 the public between these two poll.
cies
In the Bell System I'm the United
States there are 1900 900 telephones
working together 20 take care Of the
telephone needs Of the people OF this
country twice as many telephones
operating under a single system IN
the United States as there are under
oil systems and all companies I'm the
whole Of Europe.
why is Il that the United states
has forged go conspicuously ahead2
Is 70 that the Americans as a people
are reader to adopt new invention
and quicker % perceive IT'S POSSIBLE.
ties2 Partly that no doubt
Now. - is q fact that the men imme.
diately in charge Of the government
ally owned telephone and telegraph
entcrpr in Europe are generally
men of a high type We are well &C.
quainted with LARGE numbers Of these
gentlemen because they spend a good
deal " time in the United states
studying our way OF doing business
They frankly say that they look 10 us
for al that is new and good I'm the
conduct OF the telephone work. These
managers Of Government telephone
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-04
FOR GETTING NEW MEMsERs
Y. M. c. A. Has List of Prizes in
 Campaign

At the beginning of the membership campaign at the Y. NJ. c. A. on We'd neSdaE evening the prizes that are to be given were announced. The rat i Ing for tho prizes is to be based on points. each dollar Of new member ship fees paid over to the officials counting as one point Six points based OF the above rating entitle the boy who secures the memberships to either a pocket knife, pocket flash light ora Mark Cross razor with five extra blades. Nine points gives him his choice 3f either small Brownie ca1nern, pair of gym sneaks Or large hashiigilt. Twelve points and the boy may have either hand some pair of skates or a woolen jer- sey:a Fifteen points entities him to either No. 2 Brownie camera, a hat or pair of skates of extra fine quslI- ity.
 TYen&y-fiy Joints and the boy gets either a S sweater, a complete Gil- lette outfit or r. M. c. A. member ship ticket for one year. Fifty points gives the boy his choice of P cal Remington rifle, shot gun, a round trip ticket to Springfield Training school with about six dollars spending money or a round trip ticket to Bos- ton, Mass. with about four dollars spending money.
 Seventy-flye points entities the hold CT to- the capital prize, either @, fine suit of clothes of a fine bicycle
 In addition to the prizes all who receive six points in the membership fee rating will be entitled to a ban quet on the close of the campaign.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-04
OBSTACLES AS HELPS.
Shown in That Light by Rev. F. !.
 Wyckoff in Shop Talk.

At the noonday talk held at the plant of the Hopkins and Allen com- pany on Thursday, under the auspices of the '. M. c. A., the speaker was Rev. H. J. Wyckofe, pastor of the Sec ond Congregational church. Rev. MT. Wyckons said that many people if ask ed offhahd for recipe for perfectly happy day would say, one without anything to block or hinder or disturb; a day when everything went smoothly: a day without any obstacles to upset temper or try patience. A little hank ing shows he reverse to be true; the happiest days are those full of, the ob- stacles which make music. It takes ob- 'stacles to change moving air waves in to sounds, and if these sounds are ar ranged in proper order they make music.
 Our self-made obstacles may. pro- duce only noises, but when the mas ter Musician has set the frets in their proper places and ordered the notes after his own idea of harmony, these trials and tests of life make music for the soul that win listen and under stand.
 Obstacles ought to set the heart singing; obstacles to selfishness and foFgetfulness and all the rest of the stupid ways we wander looking for happiness Let us learn te interpret character by the sounds from life's impacts.