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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
RESULTS FAR MORE PERMANENT THAN LEADERS THOUGHT Churches Deriving Lasting Benefit From "GO-tO-
 Church" Sunday
SALVATION ARMY
 TO SPEND S2,OOO, ,OOO
Will Be Used Chiefly in Erecting New Buildings-Fortieth Anniversary of the Original Chautauqua Is
 Being Celebrated

New York, March 14.-(Speeial) Churches are finding, 1t is said the Go- to-Church Sunday project more perma- nent in it's benefits than any of them dreamed it might be. People brought out by the public hurrah that every body attend public religious worship somewhere on a given day are found to attend on succeeding days. so that from every part of the country, both where the Sundays have been observed and where it has not, church pews are filled in larger proportion than for years. Even Jews report that their at- tendance on Saturdays is helped. A conservative estimate is 15 per cent in- creased attendance in all cities where the Sunday has been kept that seems to be held permanently.
 The plans now are to extend the Sunday to cities not yet keeping It, to select the Sundays nearest to Deco-- ration. Labor, Thanksgiving and Wash ington's birthday. and make them Co., to-Church Sundays, cutting out some measure the special Sundays, such as peace, Bible, mothers and others. which latter are found seriously to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
FAVOR HOLDING PEACE
 CONFERENCE AT BERNE

Christian leaders of America, inter- ested part' in peace problems, are replying to the Swiss churches that they favor, with them, the holding of a world peace congress in Berne this summer Not long since the evange- Heal churches of Switzerland sent out an invitation to the churhcse of Eu- rope to attend such congress, and to give answer not later than April. Soon afterward the invitation was extended to this country. It is learned that so general has been the response that the
 congress is practically certain to be
 held. The fixing of the date rests with
 the Swiss churches, but 1t is known
 that an American delegation of good proportions will attend
 The Swiss leaders charge that the
 churches have not done their duty in the past protesting as they ought
 against war. They figure 1t that Flu
 rope will. during 1914, spend S4,000. .00O,-
 900 because of war notions that prevail, and that 5,OOO,00 men are idle. They
 say that 300.000 men in prime life
 were cut down in the Balkan wars. not
 to mention crippled men. and destroyed
 properties. To call this a civilized age. . Christian age. observe these Swiss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

first summer school in connection with religious and cultural work was that founded by Professor Agassiz of liar yard, on Marthas Vineyard It lasted only a short time. and Chautauqua grew out of it. There are now 2S00 chautauauas in the United States, and some in almost every land under the sun. None have any organic connee- tion with the original, now 40 years old
 This western New York summer school is the largest in the world. with $500 students. 200 courses of study, and about 100 instructors. Alone of all of the home reading agencies it retains the cultural courses and distinguish ed from the vocational ones. These courses have had 60,00o graduates and 750,00o readers, scattered in every part of the world.
 big feature is to be made by this Chautauqua in it's fortieth year of a church expansion week. Moderator Stone of the Presbyterian general as sembly is to have a prominent part, and Raymond Robins will hold up the social service side. The election of Dr. George F. Vincent, who is pres ident of Chautauqua, and also of the University of Minnesota, to be also president of the Religious Education association, will, it is said. add ma- terially to the place which this Chau- tauqua church expansion will hold n religious affairs of the summer that Is just ahead Some changes are immi- nent in the Chautauqua publications, to be definitely announced, 1t is said, sometime next month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE
 DIVIDED OVER BILLY SUNDAY

Billy Sunday. the professional evan gelist, finds himself big enough to divide religious leaders, or those among them who favor revivalist meth ods, into two opposing factions. These factions are facing each other in a dozen cities at the moment where Sun day advance agents are at work cre- ating a public opinion that may result in future Sunday engagements It is an interesting phase of the Sunday situation that daily newspaper editors usually keen to scent boom methods, are almost universally falling before the Sunday advance propogandists.
 Against Sunday two companies of leaders are Joined. One company op- poses the man because of alleged vul- garity. Foremost among these is the veteran Washington Gladden., the con- gresationalist, but it Is known he has many who hold views in common with him. The other company are the eff cheney people. who argue against the reviyalist methods, and in favor Of many small meetings in individual churches, conducted by pastors them selves. The attacks which Sunday makes upon the churches are not re- scented, so far as can be discovered They are held to be professional, to help on Sunday plans, and it is known that they are the same that have been hurled at the churches for 90 years at least.
 Sunday reports engagements tenta- lively made three years in advance, but committees in Baltimore, where an invitation is pending, and in New York, where one seems to be angled for, have been told that dates can be shifted and in exceptional cases earlier dates be promised. In England pressing evangelistic invitations have recently been given to Sunday, but these have been declined in favor of America. In most of the cities now considering the invitations the two fac- tions are active for and against. Sun day Is by all odds the biggest figure in evangelism of the moment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
Where Peril L.urEs

Your anticiparions are completely falsi- fled. You have expected to find yourself hemmed in on all sides by furiously whirl- ing machinery that threatens at each rev. olution to lop off one of your arms or legs. Instead you see before you a per fectly clear little deck, or working space, some by 30 feet square.
 Tho machines and engines you have been looking for are at the stern, far in the background. You can descry them nova maze of shining steel and glitter ing brass. It is all so compact, so closely damned, that it seems impossible the va rious parts should find room to turn with out obstructng each others motion-im- possible, too, that human hands should ever succeed in squeezing through that menacing tangle to oil the works.
 The very walls surrounding you arc huge ballast tanks, which can be filled with water fsom intake cocks or emptied by compressed air from within. As these are filled the hull of the submarine sinks till only the periscope is visible; as they are emptied the boat becomes light and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

ministers, in view of such facts, 'is an insult to the name of Christi" they say.
 The plan of the congress Is not one of protest, not one of register the views of Christians on war, but to get down to exact methods by which the influence of churches of Europe and America can be brought to bear directly upon government officials to causes them to put an end to present condi- tions. The other part of the plans is 10 publish literature that will cause the peoples of all nations to rise and declare that not only war must cease. but that these vast expenditures of money and men stop. The congress $ to be attended by officials of the churches, not .by volunteers. So far as heard from every official of every im- portant religious body in America fa- yors the congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
BIRMINGHAM'S NEW CITY
 BEAUTIFUL" DEPARTMENT
For Information Help Advice Address City Beautiful De
 partment City Hall


 If the flower bed has not been worked up ready for the plantin gof the seed between the middle ana last of March, it would be we'll to give this your first at tention after the ground dries out suf- ficiently to be worked. Melting snow pen etrates deeply into the ground and it will require a little longer for it to dry sufficiently to be worked. Fork the beds deeply clean out all rocks, sticks and coarse trash of any kind, and do not for get to work in a layer of two or three Inches of well routed stable manure. In the absence of that, use a pound of bone flour to each square foot. well forked Tn. See that it is thoroughly well mixed with the soil, as great harm can result to plants when this is not properly done.
 + you prefer buying your vegetable or hawer,Bg plants from the local florist or plantsman to growing them, you have not planted anw of these seeds. IL Is rot only a delightful pastime. but the habit is one that will grow on you if once you try it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
In Many Directions

it's coming tower, surrounding super structure and portion Of the hull. ap- pear above the water.
 In Many Directions
 This periseope, a table some b feet In length, projecting upwards. is the subma- rines eye. It is a kind of combination of a telescope and a camera obscure. At the top of 1t Is fixed q powerful lens, and in- side. at intervals, all the way down, is a series of mirrors, which carry the re- feetion till 1t reaches prismatie lens at the bottom. On this the picture of what is going on outside is thrown n full view of the navigator, who watches over 1t and navigates accordingly.
 The steering of the submarine Is a much more intricate matter than the steering of the ordinary boat. The ordi nary ship steers to right and left only. but the submarine steers upwards and down wards, too.
 In the nose of the boat, below the tool boxes and hinged hunks in which tho crew sleep, are tucked away the death- dealing torpedoes. lashed end to end in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

and succeed. Just for a. trial. procure some tomato, pepper. aster, petunia, alys- sum or such others as your fancy sug- gests, and plant them as had been here tofore suggested. For fear you over looked this portion of the articl., win re- peat: Procure a box foot or foot and half square. about four inches deep. leave the cracks in bottom half inch to an inch wide, but cover them with old pieces of croekery or pots loosely, then fill with good, finely sifted soi but not too rich; firm it well, leaving a smooth surface; with a narrow strip an inch or little more wide, mark out the rows with knife, a quarter to half inch deep, ae- cording to variet yof seed, drop tho seed in the drills not too closely, cover and firm soil on them, then either set the box in a tub and let water come up grad ually from the bottom, or very carefully water from top so as not to disturb the seed. Place in warm window. southern. cover with piece of glass. and let stand until the seed begin to sprout, then water with care until large enough to trans- plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
WHAT A SUBMARINE
 AT WORK IS LIKE
Noise Is Deafening-Steering Much More Difficult Than on an
 Ordinary Vessel

They call il boat. but it is unlike any boat that was ever built says Pearson s Weekly. #
 At first 1t seems to be nothing more than abolical contrivanee specially de- signed to burst your eardrums. The noise is deafening. You have to shout to be heard. When the submarine dives, tho sound is like the chatter of hail on cor rugated iron rsof. A tiny nail dropped on the outside of the steel hull reverberates within like a changing bell. Over all rises the breeding buzz of electric fans and mos tors and tile "pop-popping' Of gasoline and air-driven machinery exhausts.
 As you grow accustomed to the din and dimness you begin to find your way about with your eyes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

interfere with the regular teaching work of the churches.
 Coupling itself with the Go-to- Church Sunday is the church efficiency movement. Christian leaders in most Protestant bodies are now in corre- spondence on both subjects. seeking to agree upon common Sundays. the eli imitation of all other special Sundays. and better business methods in the conduct of local churches and of mis- sionary societies. The last named are being attacked in some parts for ex- pensive expense of money collection. The efficiency cry has struck the churches broadside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
Gallantr-

From the pe1e Mele.
 'The marquise A very thin. isn't she? What would you think our ages were?"
 she Is and she's 10 years older than you. Then you seemed 10 years young e~ than YOU are, so that makes 90 years difference between you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

man 1t would puneture him through and through. and even drill hnie through an inch thick board behind him.
 Such is the modern suhnar.ne- one Of the most dangerous units of navy in time of war. and by far the most danger ous unit of a navy in time of peace, as recent disasters have all too plainly dem enstrated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING
 OF ORIGINAL CHAuTAuQuA

The original Chautauqua is celebrat- ing this year the fortieth anniversary of it's founding by Messrs. Vincent and Miller on the lake of the name in west ern New York. The first named is now bishop and still living, while the latter, an Ono manufacturer in his |day, is many years dead. The very
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15

paids. Here. too, are the steel tubes out of which the gunner sends his proieeties seething under the waters at the rate of 70o0 feet a second against the ansuspect- ing hulls of the enemy's ironclads. The impulse for discharge is secured from compressed air-fiaslxs. Torpedoes vary in size, but they may be over 16 feet long, el inches In diameter, weigh 1o0o pounds. and attain a speed of 50 miles an hour. In appearance they are not unlike min iature model of the boats that carry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
Air in Reserve

Tn case le should be compelled to remain under water for longer period than Is usual the submarine carries an emergency supply of air. This reserve air is com pressed in a steel cylinder. 2eoo pounds per square inch. It is difficult Tor the lay man to realize the terrible concentra- ton this signifies. But he will grasp something of the reality when he Is told that if the cylinder were to spring a leak no bigger than a pinhole. and if the tiny stream of escaping air were to strike a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
Plenty of Tracks

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 T tell you he will leave footprints on the sands of time.
 ''He ought to. Goodness knows he does enough sidestepping."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-15
Candidate for Attorney

Mr. Martins candidacy publicly indorsed by than one third of the members of the bar of Alabama.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-23
DISPLAY Of FOOD
PRODUCTS AMAzES
SPLENDID EXHIBITS PREPARED
FOR OCTOBER $3.50 IN
STUNTON.

Staunton. Va, Oct 2s.---All the ex-
h.hits entered for Food Products Day
will be returned to their owners. So
great is the number, variety and ex-
traordinary quality of the exhibits that
the promoters OF the enterprise ara
amazed at the total.
1t Ia rumored that many. who
shrank from showing their products
at the Valley Fair because they
thought they would be outclassed.
Rave come forward and the articles
~ Aieh thay have salt In reality equal
the best shown at the fair. and in MANY
instances eclipse .hem in size ana
quality. There Is re charge for Gu
tries. All Is as free as the air.
Report has 1t that big potatoes.
Lir pumpkins. big corn. big apples.
pears. and hundred other things
phenomenal in size, will be just a
portion of the exhibits which come
from the farms of Augusta farmers.
All the big and little things add
a touch to the exhibits which show
the very best the county produces.
From the responses, nearly every
farmer has produced something which
hc thinks Is good. and his exhibit Ia
a part OF the big show which runs
through the days OF Octohrr 1879
There In no charge to see the whole.
and 1t will take two days to 60 over
the scores OF exhibits
People Interested In poultry will
have a chance to see what is raised
on the average farm where price
taking birds are not raised for purses.
but because they are profitable.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-23
MEMORIAL CHURCH
HOLDS LEES BODY
FUNERAL AND INT f X NJ r. n r
TAKES PLACE, AT LEXINGTON
THIS MORNING.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Lexington, Va. Oct. 22.-The body
of Captain Robert f. Lee, Jr., who
died at Cpperville Monday night. was
brought to Lexington tonight, and to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock will be
placed in the Lee mausoleum at Wash
ington and Lee University, besides the
bodies of his parents, two sisters,
brother and grandfather. Light
Horse Harry Lee.
The faculty of Washington and Lee
University met the train and escorted
the body to r. f. Lee Memorial
Episcopal Church, where the funeral
will be held Colonel Robert e. Lee.
of Washington, nephew of Captain
Lee, had charge of the party which
was composed OF the widow and the
daughters of Captain Lee, his sister
iu-law, Mrs. w. II. F. Lee, of Fair
fax County Mr. and Mrs Thomas
Carter and Peter Mayo. of Richmond,
and Mrs Rosa Dulaney. of Upperville.
| Captain Lee has number of COM
rades in arms in Lexington as a MEM
Der OF the Rockbridge artillery in the
I War Between the States. In 1890 he
was resident of Lexington, as presi-
dent OF the Irish Creek Mineral and
! Development Company. of Rockbridge
| County.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-23
OEO|CACE TABLET
TO WEBSTtR'S SON
MEMORIAL To COLONEL FLETCHER
WEBSTER UNVEILED AT
MANASSAS TODAY. :.

Manassas. Va. Oct 22.--Former
Union and Confederate soldiers will
participate in the unwilling tomor-
row OF a tablet to the memory of
Colonel Fletcher Webster, a son of
Daniel Webster. who fell in the third
days lighting In the second battle
of Bull Run.
Members of the Twelfth Massachu-
setts Regiment, Colonel webster's
command, and the Fletcher Webster
Post. Grand Army OF the Republic, will
come here In "A special train. They will
he met by Lieutenant @. c. Round
president of the Veteran signal Corps
Association. who Ia in, charge OF the
arrangements for the dedication and
The tablet Is a granite bowlder
taken from the Webster farm at
Marshfield, Mass II has been placed
at the spot where Colonel Webster Is
thought to have fallen on the Hazel
Plain farm, about six miles from Ma
nassas.
One of the speakers at the exercises
will be Colonel Edmund Berkeley.
ninety two years old. ranking Confed-
crate veteran of Prince William County
and who WAS serving under Longstreet
when that oflcer threw his command
OF $4,000 men against the left wing
Of General pope's army near the end
of the second Bull Run battle.
The visiting veterans are expected
here Friday morning. A procession
TO the battlefield viii precede the dedi-
catory exercises. which will take place
at noon. After visiting the battlefield
the Bull Run Chapter. United DauGh-
tiers of the Confederacy. will serve a
luncheon to the visitors at their pa
vilion at at Groveton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-23

Especial to The Richmond yirginian)
Ashland, Va, Oct. 22.--At the reg
ular meeting Of the Ashland Won
ans Club on Tuesday afternoon Mrs
John Addison read an interesting pa
per on Colonial Homes Of Virginia .
The Junior Literary Club met on
Tuesday in the home of Miss Annie
Marye. to select a program for the sea =
son. They Propose to study each
week the life and literature OF some
celebrated American short STORY
writer. ana the program, both from a
literary and social standpoint, prom
Uses to be one OF the most interesting
since the organization of the club
three years ago. Miss Kitty Apple
gate, OF Gwathmey, was recently elect
ed "a new member of the club.
When the Young Womans Literary
Club meets this afternoon in the
Hanover Clubhouse, Miss Mary
Halves Tyler will read her paper on
The Meaning and Function of Gov
eminent. Municipal, State. and Fed
eral." while Mrs. w. l.. Foy will lead
the discussion of current events
Rev. VIM, Hedley, pastor of Ash
land Baptist Church, has returned
from Burkeville, where he has been
conducting successful revival ser.
vices.
DIR. Eugene F. Wightman, of Phila-
delphia, spent Tuesday in his former
home. '"Teicourt," near Ashland,
Mrs Bessie Christian has returned
to her home in Richmond after q
visit to her sister. Mrs. A. B. Colonna,
Miss Elizabeth Jones, of Danville
Is the house guest of Mrs. N. S, Hin
ton.
Mrs. II. 4. Crown and Miss Crown
attended the Buck Bruce wedding. in
Richmond on Wednesday.
Miss Willie Walker will leave next
week to visit Miss Belle Pope in
County.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles NJ. Bridges
and children are spending the week
with General and Mrs. james Magill
near Gwathmey.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-23
LOSES PARACHUTE;
FALLS 1000 FEET
AERoNAUT CRUSHED BEYOND
RECOGNITION AT BOTETOURT
FAIR.

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian)
Fincastle. Va, Oct. 22.-Thirty-f1v
hundred person saw Walter Flaxton,
of Gloucester, \. J.. an aeronaut, fall
to death here this afternoon while he
was eudeavorlng to make a parachute
descent from a balloon, while giving
an exhibition at the Botetourt County
Fair.
When the balloon had assembled
about 1000 feet. Flaxton attempted to
give the throng a thrill by making the
drop to the earth by means of his
three parachutes. The parachutes
were in a bundle under che balloon
and Flaxton. was unable to get them
loose. He was seen to be pulling at
the bottom of the balloon for several
seconds then he apparently gave up
the attempt. his hold failed and he
began his fall to death. The specta-
tors saw him turn over several times
with his arms clasped over his head
He fell in front OF the grandsta nd
Hundreds rushed toward him, but he
was crushed almost beyond recogni-
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-23
RETURNS FROM TRIP
WITH PRETTY BRIDE

Charlottesville, Va, Oct. 22.-Cupid
has invaded the post office at the Uni
versity OF Virginia and caused such
a fiutter there that many students at
the great State institution have been
kept busy today sending congratula-
lions to Frank Deane, who has claim
ed pretty Miss Ella Mayhem. OF Gret-
ma, Va, as his bride.
When Mr., Deane. who Is a popular
clerk In the university postofY1ce. went
away Saturday, mono OF his student
friends knew he would soon return
with a fair bride. They have just
learned of his marriage to Miss May
hew, the ceremony having been per-
formed in Washington. and they are
besieSing him with Fluctuations,
Miss Mabel Lane. OF this city, and
George Eandidge accompanied the
couple to Warrington. The bride,
who ID . brunette. and Miss Lane have
long been friends,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-23

west corner of the grounds hogs and
dogs are found on exhibition.
The free attractions are In tho
center of the show ring. They IN
cludc the Bouncing Hay-WAgon
Rubes, Dare Devil Oliver. the high
diver. together with U-No. the high
diving dog. and the Lady Song and
Dance Artists.
The Equal Suffrage League Of AL
bemarle Is ION the job" It has a
booth in the main building, with the
following ladies In charge: Miss We'll
ford. Miss Hubbard, Mrs Harry Mar
shall, Miss Hamilton and Miss Booker.
For the convenience Of visitors the
w. c. r. U. rest room Is to be found
in the rear of the Equal Suffrage
League booth, with the following
ladies in charge: Mrs. S. G. Blakey.
Mrs J. H. Woods and Mrs. L. B.
IeTellfer,