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CHANGES DUE JULY |
. BASED ON EFFICIENCY
Shake-Up in Post Office Department
Not Expected to Be
Serious.
Failure to Fill Recent Vacancies E1-
pected to Make Dismissals
Unnecessary.

A large number of changes in the
salaries of the 1.400 employees OF the
Post Office Department proper will be-
come effective after July ], in accord
ance with efficiency ratings of the en-
ployes for the last six months. Just
how great a number of changes there
will be has not yet been learned. said
NJ c. Chance, chief clerk of the de-
partment TODAY. He added. however.
that he did OF look for as big shake
up as occurred last January, following
the announcement of the ratings for
the six months previous to that date.
In having these efficiency ratings
kept. and in making changes upon
these ratings every six months, the
Postmaster General is merely carry
ing out the law enacted August %.
1912. the legislative. executive and ju-
dicial appropriation act for the fiscal
year 1913" said Mr.. Chance.
Text Of the Law.
The law says:
The civil service commission shall.
subject to the approval of the Presi-
dent, establish a system of efficiency
ratings for the classified service in the
several executive departments in the
District of Columbia based upon rec
ords. kept in each department and in
dependent establishment with such
frequency as to make them as nearly
as possible records of fact. Such sys-
TEN shall provide a minimum rating of
efficiency which must be attained by
an employe before he may he promot-
ed: it shall also provide a rating below
which no employe may fall without be-
ing denoted; it shall further provide
for a rating below which no employe
may fall without being dismissed for
inefficiency. All promotions. demotions
or dismissals shall be governed by pro-
visions of the civil service rules. Copies
of all records of efficiency shall be
furnished by the departments and in
dependent establishments to the civil
service commission for record in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
section, provided that in the event of
reductions being made in the force in
Evening star., 1915-06-04

The swiss minister and Nine. Ritter
will leave about June - for Buena
Vista. Pa, where they have leased
cottage for the summer
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued
to the following:
Charles A. Siff and Daisy E. Gold
berg
Beverly Cole and Alice Bolden.
Castleman p Boss and Mabel A. Mar
Nicholas D. Baron and Ida K.Miller.
Charles H. Cooke and Bertha G
Wright.
T. Maurice Rabbit and Caroline 5
Conn both of Dunn Lor1ng, Va
Rernard H. Hardesty and Florence e
Abram ]. selbowitz and Rose Aron'
clarence Case and Virginia P. Embrey
both of Purcellville. Va.
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EVENTS Of INTEREST
IN AND OUT OF TOWN
Washington Bellies Prominent at
First Glass German at
Naval Academy.
Marriage of Miss Hilleary and DR..
Grenfell-Dinners-
Summer Plans-Personals.

Miss DOROTHY Aleshire. Miss Mildred
Cameron, Miss Doris Farran, Miss Janey
B. Tautum. Miss Anne Meany. Miss Lois
A. Sprigg, Miss Lillian Wardorf Miss
Marian Shipley. Miss Eleanor Collins,
Miss Julia Easter, Miss Hannah Nc
Cormick and Miss May Guthrie were
among the Washington girls who at
tended the first class german held at
the Naval Academy. Annapolis, last
night
Dancing was limited to the members
of the graduating class and their part
ners There was a marked departure
from former years in the number or
figures and favors. there being but
one of each.
The favor presented by each partner
to his lady was gold bracelet.
Midshipman r. R Adams. president
of the class. led. with Miss Rhoda Full
lam. daughter of the superintendent or
the academy.
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Princeton for the commencement week
festivities.
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Ratings Carefully Kept.

In accordance with this law there may
be many promotions and demotions
following July ], and also a number Of
dismissals. All this will depend upon
the ratings OF the employees themselves
The ratings each employe are care
fully kept Precautions are taken also
to prevent favoritism being shown in
the emclency reports submitted by the
chiefs of divisions. etc. The entire sys-
tenn has been worked out as carefully
as possible.
Whlle the appropriation act for the
next fiscal year calls for a reduction
of about eighty employees in the depar rt-
menf proper. Mr. Chance said today
that he did not believe this would mean
the dismissal of any employees now at
work. since no vacancies had been
hlled in recent months. He indicated
That sufficient number of vacancies
mad occurred to take care of the re-
quired reduction in the number OF tho
force.
Evening star., 1915-06-04

Miss Sarah Herman of Baltimore is
visiting her cousin, Miss Esther SOLO
mon, al her home on 9TH street north
west
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June Meeting Tomorrow.

The Home Economics Association isl
to hold its June meeting tomorrow
morning at 1890 o'clock at the bureau
of standards.
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any of the executive departments no
honorably discharged soldier or sailor
whose record in said department is
rated good shall be discharged or
dropped. or reduced in rank or salary"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03
Kelley Sells Richford Hotel

James F. Kelley, for Twenty-Five years
proprietor of the American House at
Richford, has sold the same to F. N.
Pike of New York. Mr. Kelley has been
in the hotel business about forty years,
conducting the old American House at
Hyde Park several years, then later the
Lamoile House at the same place. Sell
ing out at good figure to the late DR..
Randall, he went to Swanton and there
conducted hotel several years, going
from that place to Richford. A natural
hotel man, Mr.. Kelley made success of
the business from the start. In each
place he built up splendid hotel trade
by his genial ways and thorough know
ledge of the hotel business. He is not in
the best of health and his many friends
b ope that cessation from hotel activi-
ties aud responsibilities will restore him
to good health. He goes out of the hotel
at Richford April 1st.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03
CONGREGATIONAL Church

Last Sunday Mr.. Baker took for. bis
theme, Hitch your Wagon to a STAR
In the development of the subject. the
speaker gave the following reasons for
the call to follow this injunction. The
Stars are the highest things we know,
and life requires high and worthy aspi-
ration: to hitch our wagon to star de.
mands an effort of the will, and this is
one of the essentials of greatness and
worth; because we thus become associat-
ed with something that is going some
where, that is we become actuated by a
definite and worthy purpose; because by
doing this we are associated with finity
and find our true place. No person ever
finds himself or is true to himself until
he recognizes the voice of God speaking
in him, until he discerns that the real
part of him is divine.
The union meeting held in this church
Sunday evening in the interests of tenn
perance was we'll attended and was ex-
ceedingy interesting. After brief adj
dresses by the local pastors, a number of
the members of the congregation gave
their reasons why they were so anxious
to vote mo- on the question of license
Prayer meeting on Thursday evening
Camp Fire Girls Council Fire on Satur-
day afternoon.
Next Sunday the pastor will speak on
,he subject ''Eyerv CIoud has a silver
ining."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03
Advent Church

Services last Sunday were conducted
by Rev. p G.. Lord OF Waterbury. The
morning subject was Goods Care for His
Creation" Peter 81. Care for the ami
m ais and for man, likened to the father
and mother for children, and in Matthew
to a hen for her chickens. The preach
ing was followed by testimony meeting
Loyal Workers. meeting was led by
Mrs. J. NJ. Bidwell.
The evening lesson was from Psalms
81, and followed by a social service.
During the Sunday School hour the
superintendent gave IA account of the
recent revival meetings held at the A. G.
church at North HYDE Park; also the
church attendance "beatitudes" copied
from Rev. J. E Lary's note book, taken
from church calendar as given by Rev.
Herbert Macy. We pass it on.
Blessed are those who rise up early
Sunday morning, for they get to church
on time.
"Bl essed are those who get to church
oh tiho; Aoi Ihoy alAlF0 III Iuo splIl1 VI
worship.
BLESSED are those who are never late
for they cause the minister and the choir
to love them.
blessed are those who must be late,
who do not enter during the scripture
lesson or prayer.
"BleSsed are those who come even at
the eleventh hour. but church begins at
quarter before eleven'
Reu @ W Ia hnr and Miss L Grnnn
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03
MORRISVILLE

Geo. Norton, who has been quite i'll
the past week, is able to be out.
Mrs. Alice Stevens and Mrs. Ernest Page
leave next week for visit to Boston and
New, FORK.
Master William Bassett Lilley is visit
ing his grandfather, J. E. Wheeler, in
North Wolcott.
Miss Oma Thomas of Woodbury. was a
guest the first of the week of her aunt
Mrs. Ollie Greene.
The regular meeting of the w. c. T. U.
will be held this week Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. If weather is favorable it
will be held with Mrs. A. N. Terrill,
Cadys Falls. Mr.. Terrill will meet all
who can go, at Mrs. Marion Tillotson's at
1850 sharp. If weather is unfavorable,
meeting will be held with Mrs. C. S.
Wilder.
Mrs. Delphia D. Hill, who resides with
her SOD, Noble Hill, in the west part Of
town, was the recipient of large show
or of post cards last week Tuesday, upon
the occasios of her SOth birthday ami
versary. The cards came from Iowa,
Wisconsin, Illinois, California and Flor
ida, besides those received from friends
in Burlington, Willston, Cambridge.
Fletcher, Hardwick, East Fairfield and
Morrisville. Although "a shut in,
Mrs. Hill feels that she is not shut out
from the membranes of her friends.
She received 80 cards.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03
GEORGE P. DROW NE

A pair of new rubbers may save
more convenient. Just at present we
shapes and sizes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03

Prior returned from North Hyde Park
Friday after attending the revival meet
ings 10 the A. G. church at that place.
Meetings begun Feb. II and closed the
Goth, conducted by Rev. j. E. Larry of
Beebe, Que. The interest and attend
ance were splendid from the beginning,
the average attendance being 70. Work
ers of other churches harmonized with
those of the entertaining church. The
visible results were that 46 protested
conversion, but only time and eternity
will reveal the real results.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03

MORRIVILLE

Mrs. Hannah Westman went to Jeffei
sonville Tuesday for visit with he
son, &c orge Westman,
Miss Lorna Smith returoed to Mont
peler last Saturday. after a week will
her father G. |. A. Smith.
Wiley Kelley went to Watervile Sat
urday to spend the vacation week will
his grandma Their, Mrs. K. A. Wiley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Spooner moved
Saturday from the Palmer farm to tn,
vacant house on the Fred Small place on
the Randolph road.
Mrs. Arthur Wheeler and Mr.. and Mrs
A. D. Lang were in Cambridge last We'd
nesday to attend the funeral of her
cousin, A. L. Bourn
Miss Florence Chafee, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. O. w. Chaffee, returned
last Wednesday evening from Boston,
where she spent ten days with friends.
Sympathy will 60 out from here TO
Mrs. Cecil Palmer, of St Johnsbury, for
merly resident here, ia the death OF her
mother, who died at Derby Line recently.
Miss Esther Greene, accompanied by
her little cousin, Renwich Eaton, went
to ST. Adams to spend the va.
cation of week with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Max Greene.
X. B. Mcdonald. OF the firm of Wheeler
Mcdonald, accompanied by his broth
.rs, Robert, of Wolcott, and William, of
Greensboro Bend, left Monday for Prince
Edwards Island, where they were called
~ the critical illness Of their mother.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03
Methodist Church

Last Sunday evening the Epworth
League service was ably led by Miss Char.
lotte Camp, Next Sunday evening the
meeting will be led by Miss Alma Bug
bee. Subject, "The Promise of Sonship
to God"
Sunday morning the Sacrament of the
Lords Supper was administered. Seven
Joined the church on probation, five
nuited in full connection and five received
the sacrament of baptism. There we're
It's present at Sunday School.
Don't forget the Missionary entertain
ment which is to be held in the church
this evening. Light refreshments will
be served. Admission Is cents.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03
Universalist Church

The Y. p. G. u. will be led next Sun.
day evening by Miss Doris Burrows.
The pastor will take as his subject
next Sunday THE Leadership of Jesus. -
Does Jesus lead this generation?
The Junior Union will be led nextSun
day by Miss Lillian Stone.
Next Sunday evening there will be a
union meeting in this church, at which
w. @. White will speak, taking as his
subject "The Old Way and the New"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03

Mrs. j. NJ. Kelley, who has been con.
valescing from her long illness. being able
to be out, has suffered relapse-and is
again i'll.
Robert Ellis of Henryville, P. O., who
has been visiting his brother, T. B. Ellis,
went to Wilder Monday, where he is the
guest of his sister, Mrs. David E. Palmer.
Leon Vigeant of Cambridge, Mass, a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Vigeant,
former residents, was recent guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Sherman.
G. E. Borden returned from Woodbury.
Monday, where he has been employed by
C. II. A. Stafford. He visited Worcester
before returning and walked from there
home-a distance of IS miles.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03
West Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Chase are the happy
parents of son, born last Saturday.
The slight snow fall of last week helped
the shedding wonderfully and lumbermsn
are now getting in the logs at a rapid
rate.
Mrs. Silas Chase was operated upon at
the Fanny Allen Hospital. Her eondi-
tion is reported as improving very salts
factoryly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03

CARD OF THANKs.-W wish to ex-
press our sincere thanks to the neigh
bors, relatives and friends who so kindly
assisted us during the illness and death
of our dear mother, and for the beauti-
full floral tributes so kindly sent.~-H.
Mande MOulton, Fred 2. MoultOn.-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03

Something Borrower May Keep.
de objection about borrowin' trou.
ble," said Uncle Eben, sis dat de real
owner ain never g'ineter bother bout
comm around an takin' it off yoh
hands"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1915-03-03

A hearty laugh aids digestion. 1t is the
chicken pepsin of the soul.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
City Nearing End of the Vacation Schedule of Services
REV. DR.. LATHEM TO Be
AT west PRESBYTERIAN

At the West Presbyterian Church.
Eighth and Washington streets. the
regular services tomorrow will be:
Bible school at 10 o'clock. Miss A. H.
Sheppard is scheduled to teach the
regular lesson to the school from
the desk. The Rev. A. l.. Lathem,
Phi. D., who will again be the mini
sterial guest of the church. will teach
the lesson TO the mems class. DR..
Latham will occupy the pulpit at the
morning service at II o'clock and
again at the evening service at 7.sO
o'clock. Prayer and praise meeting
is held on Wednesday night at 8
o'clock. Each service is for one hour.
Doctor Smiley will return to his
pulpit next Sunday. The winter
schedule of services will go into effect
on the second Sunday of September.
The sacrament Of the Lords Supper
will be administered on the third
Sunday of September.
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continued. as the Prophet had de-
clared until the end of the famine.
Eliiah's Antitypieal Prophecy.
As already suggested, Elijah and all
his doings were typical of greater
things which came afterwards. Eli
jah was a type of the Church in the
flesh-the Church of which Jesus is
the Head. and His sanity followers
are the members. It was of this anti
typical Elijah that God declared,
Behold. l will send you Elijah the
Prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful Day of the Lord;
and he shall turn the heart of the
children to the fathers, and the heart
of the fathers TO the children; other
wise will come and smite the earth
with a curse. Malachi AS, 6.
Jesus, the Apostles and all His fol-
lowers, as members of this greater
Elijah, actuated by the Spirit Of God,
have been delivering a Message to
the world, reproving sin and making
known the righteousness of God.
Had the world needed the Message,
Messiah's Kingdom on the spiritual
plane would eventually have been
ushered in without any great Time of
Trouble, or DAY of Wrath" being
necessary. But the world has not
needed the Message. Hence the smit-
ing of the earth with a curse. the blow
of the great Time of Trouble now
beginning. is the only way by which
Messiah's Kingdom can be ushered in.
The nations, having accepted a form
of goodness merely, without its spir-
I =,
name, as the present great war for
commercial supremacy abundantly
demonstrates. BY this war and by
the great revolution which the Bible
declares will follow it. and by the
worldwide anarchy which will re-
suit from the revolution, all the king
doms of the world will be overthrow
and all the present systems and in
situations ground to powder, that the
, way for Messiah's Kingdom may be
prepared. What did not come
through obedience to the Truth will
come through the overthrow of those
who heard. but who neglected, dis
torted and perverted the Message OF
Peace on earth good will to men.
Fulfllment Of That Prophecy.
That God meant Elijah to be a type
of the Church is confirmed to us by
certain statements in Revelation
The matter is there covertly present
ed. a great religious system being
hguratively described as Jezebel, and
the worldly systems to which this
professed Church of Christ is united
being represented by Ahab. AS Eli.
iah fed from Jezebel and Ahab's
lpower for three and one half years
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CLOSING SUMMER SCHEDULE
AT Central PRESBYTERIAN

Tomorrow will be the last Sunday
for the summer schedule in Central
Presbyterian Church, King street, be
low Eighth.
At II o'clock the pulpit will be
occupied by the Rev. Prof, w. p. Fin
ney, OF Lincoln University. Prof. Fin
ney is well-known in Wilmington and
the church is glad TO welcome him
again.
Miss Ruth Wilson will sing. It wilt
be her last Sunday for the summer.
The Sunday School will convene at
10 o'clock and will be conducted by
]. II. Burns. The attendance for the
summer has been encouraging, prov
ing that It is we'll TO continue Sun
day School even during the summer
months. The evening service on tho
Court House Lawn will begin at q
o'clock. This will be the closing SER
vice.
Evening journal., 1915-08-28
ELIJAH THE PROPHET.

] Kings 17:1-16-August 20.
A Faithful Servant of the True God.
Elijah a Type Of the Church-The
Antitypical Jezebel and Ahab-The
Atitypical 1860 Days of Spiritual
Famine Reformation by Sects.
The Latest Reform Movement.
Casting all your care upon Him; for
He careth for you."--1 Peter 81.
That Elijah was a great prophet is
evidenced not only by the Old Tesla
ment account, but also by our Lords
words respecting him, and the words
of the Apostle James. Games
5:l6-l8) He comes 10 our attention
as the Lords mouthpiece to King
Ahab, OF the ten-tribe kingdom of
Israel, assuring the king that there
would be neither rain nor dew upon
the land of Israel until Elijah would
pray Cor for It. This meant drought,
famine trouble. Elijah was not max
ing this declaration on his own au-
thority. Il was the Divine program,
and he had been so directed of the
Lord. True prophets OF God are not
boastful, and never take honors or
powers OF themselves. They speak
merely as Divine mouthpieces.
This chastisement coming upon
Israel was intended to be corrective
Additionally. as we shall see, it was
prophetic, or typical. The Israelites
had gone into idolatry, and King
Ahab had co-operated as leader.
Gods prophets had been prosecuted
and Baal's prophets honored. A
great national chastisement might do
them good Accordingly the issue
was plainly stated to the king by
Elijah, who was the directed to 20 10
the brook Cherith.
This brook is in the mountainside
on the road from Jerusalem down Ia
the Dead Sea, near the place where
the Jordan enters It. There. for three
and a half years, the Prophet lived
away from the public. Morning and
evening the ravens brought him
bread and flesh. As the drought con.
tinued, the brook finally dried up;
and the Prophet was directed to the
home of a widow of zarephath, in the
land Of zidon.
Jesus referred to this incident. re.
marking that the sending of Elijah
to this Gentle woman implied that
she was more worthy OF the blessings
he accorded than we're any Of the
widows Of Israel. duke APPS. 26.
The poor widow had but a remnant
of meal whereby to make a few cake.
I for herself and her son: but at the
Prophets suggestion she had faith
enough to share IL with him. TIL,
result was a miracle. The remnan
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so the Church is said to fee into the
wilderness for three and half
Times" or symbolic years, other
wise explained as AZ month, or 1860
days.-Revelation 2:2O-2S; 11:2. 3;
1876; 1875.
That long period marked the time
of great spiritual drought. AS during
Elijahs absence there was no rain,
so during those 1860 years there was
no spiritual rain, no refreshment
from on High. During that long
period the bishops suppressed the
Bible because if the people paid at
tention to the teachings of Jesus and
the Twelve Apostles whom He ap-
pointed (St Paul taking the place Of
Jidas), they would proportionately
ignore the teachings of the bishops
who falsely proclaimed themselves
Apostolic bishops, and arrogated to
themselves the power and authority
which Jesus declared belonged only
to The Twelve.
During that time there was a fam
inc in the land, as mentioned by the
Prophet-Famine for the hearing of
Gods Word. amos S:11-12) Accord
( ing to the Bible those 1860 years of
drought began in 500 A. D., when &C.
clesiastical power attained persecut-
ing ability. and ended in 1899 A. D.,
as its prosecutions ceased at the time
of Napoleons great victory, when the
pope was taken prisoner to France
| In another sense, however, the 1860
years would very properly extend
from 325 A. d. to 1885 A. ID. In 1876
the self-styled apostolic bishops con-
vened under the patronage of EN-
peror Constantine, constituted them
selves the Ecumenical Council oil
Nice, and formulated the first of the
great creeds-the Nicene Greed. From
that time onward for 1860 years the
creeds were accepted as brief and
comprehensive statements of the
Bible teachings. Any one thereafter
studying the Bible was esteemed tC
I be finding fault witt the creeds. anC
was correspondingly condemned. The
creeds were studied, and the Bible
was neglected.
Since the 1860 years have ended
the reform movement has prevailed
mot a satisfactory reformation, ao
cording to the Bible, but a reforma
ton by sects. Misguided by tn,
thought that the church should b,
lone of outward organization. each re
former started a new sect, whici
claimed to be the true Church. II
recent times however. Christian peo
pie are ealizing that done of thest
various denominations is the tru,
Church of Christ; and they gather tC
the Lord irrespective of denomina
ltional lines.