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The Raymer enterprise., 1916-04-20
Should a Preacher
Labor for Mopey?
BY Rev. John T. Brsbner Smith. Editor Of vetsrsn
Preacher. Chicago

question Shoud monmkr preach" The would be- No
That would be the general answer rich have been preachers
and preachers have made But moneymakng and preaching
clearly two different professions onmakng not be
feson and often preaching far than profession and sometimes
far less
The average salary paid the United States $57S The
salary Of the street sweepe S642 The Episcopal church.
of the strongest and weah pays crgymen average Of $500
The last general assembly of the Northern Presbyterian church
reported there 1900 churches this country paess because Of
poor salaries
Preachers with salary and preachers with small salaries may be
tempted to make money.
The trouble be that preachers primarily troubled with
their vast needs and not with their salaries
preacher does not expect to make he to make and
not "caled to moneymakng but to go preach the gospel
But what of those responsible for the preachers salary? From the
of thirty three Christ the Great Preacher cared for by
those who believed the word The preacher should have living
and should have retiring competency when he res his widow and
dependent orphans should be cared for and the preacher himself should
be free from Hsm and with the church should have of the
spirit of John Knox John Wesley Luther savonaroa and Christ
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-04-20
Garden of God" in
Life Pictured
byREv. DR.. C. E. DRAPER. Pastor Of ST.
Stephens Methodist Episcopal Church. Chicago

look upon him farmer this world his farm In the great
geologic ages of the past he preparing for He ferzed the
soil after producing it. and he irrigated this old world with mighty rivers
and rains
Truth eternal God is still grinding his job Of making
this world all right The commonplace things after ALL the real
things of life
Things that and sometimes regard ordinary,
when really they the things which divine.
Too many people like kinds of SOIL They and
heed sweeenng Some like dry soil that needs wetng And
souls like what call ng SOIL They need to be titled and
the weeds Of them Farmers had appeal the
them from the scae" An imported bug drove out the bad bugs
That's wh need this city and in this land Good things drive
the bad.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-04-20
American Influence in
the Philippines
By DR.. H. A. HOPEWELL, Manila

rolled the public schools of the Philippines The children are unusu
ally bright until they reach the fourteen when they usually
school regardless Of the marital state
Many Fpno dress like Americans whereas decade ago the cloth
ing of the consisted of pair of white trousers and
shirt usually outside the
One of the striking features Of Filipino life the home Often three
four generations reside under the roof Family ties
strong The old destitute and crippled usually cared for by the
younger prosperous members the family Christian pno
every morning breakfast and the afternoon they
indulge baseball games in witnessing cockfght The fights
held under municipal supervision but allowed only Sundays and
holidays
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-04-20

The American influence
in the Philippines is in no
manner more widely felt
than in the extension of ed
ucational facilities.
There are about five hun
dred thousand children en-
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-04-20

Every clergyman will find
in the question, "Should
a preacher labor for mon
ey?" a puzzling problem.
The laymen will easily an
swer the query. 1t is partly
answered by changing the
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-04-20

That parents are bIam-
able for the lawless charac-
ter of the baby bandits is
beyond question. But it is
also the fact that the whole
community is equally to
blame because of the faulty
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-04-20

What you get out of the
Bible depends largely on
your viewpoint. When l
read this story of the Gar
den of Eden and the rivers
that flowed out of it, / come
to view God as an agricul-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
THE HOUSE
Morning Session.

An effort was made by Delegate
Gordon, of Louisa, Immediately after
the House convened to have adopted
a rule providing for appointment OF
House committees by a steering COM
nittee instead OF by the Speaker. The
opposition was led against the Gordon
resolution by Messrss Slant, Myers
Willis Houston and Davis. Only two
votes in It's favor were given the reso-
luton these being the votes of Messrs
Gordon and El3rman, and 1t was lost
Under provisions of Joint resoiu-
ton, In which the House concurred
the General Assembly In Joint order
at / o'clock elected the caucus nomi-
nees-Rev. J. Sidney Peters. Prohibi-
ton Commissioners, and w. L. De-
vary, Jr.. judge of the new Hopewell
Corporation Court,
Resolutions authorizing the clerk OF
the House 10 employ an assistant clerk
TO help clear up the volume Of work
the session. and TO employ a. jan!tor,
were adopted.
The Cocktail Reed bill, exempting
from the drug store provisions of the
Mapp prohibition bill. the city and
county OF Norfolk, Portsmouth. Suf-
folk and the County of Nottoway. was
passed.
The merchants license tax bill,
amended by the Senate so as to re-
store the rates OF taxation. as under
the present law, was objected to and
passed by. Thirteen other House bills
carrying Senate amendments were
agreed TO.
House bin ss5. Of which Mr.. Brewer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12
'10v[RAOR WILL sigh
vOTING-bY-hA BILL
And Post A, II. Y. g.. Win Frame and
Preserve Pen Used In Historic
Act

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houses "a wv e..,,. ,,,,'i ,-c oner.
signed by the Governor, WI De 0p''
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12

IS instead OF being placed Mt SIC. ~
in the bin whom Il passed the House
The House also concnrred In the
Senate amendment 70 House bin SIS.
which sets the date ~ December
for adding penalty to unpaid taxes.
cember 81, but the Senate amended IL
so as to leave the limit December 4.
as under the present law. House bin
81, relating TO dismissal on technicalf-
ties of cases In the State Supreme
Court of Appeals. amended by the
Senate to apply to criminal cases only,
was. after considerable argument,
concurred IN.
Senator Garrett at $50 o'clock APP
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12

pearsd ffoui the Senate with that
body's substitute for the APPROPRIATION
bilI The total added by the senate
Sto- the appropriations was about soeo.-
Gee. The House refused TO concur IN
the amendment and asked, for q COM
mfttes on conference. The conIerees
named from the House were: Messrs.
Brewer. Pitts and Hobson,
To Protect Valuable Papers.
Senate bill %. appropriating $4,000
for the purchase OF steel fiies for the
State Library that precious historical
and other documents OF the Common
wealth might be protected against fre
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12

Continue. on Fifth Page.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12

the effect that the amended report o
rhc Conference Committee had beet
agreed 70, and on motion ~ Senate
Mapp the Senate concurref-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-12

senator Quinn aEdht bppFoiFb A'A
the augmentation. aging the protec-
ton or the priceless archives and
relics OF the state was involved. The
matter hal been pending before the
Senate Finance Committee for some
slime. He thought II his duty TO call
attention 70 the matter. The Senate
rejected III" amendment.
Farm Demonstration Work.
Senator Mapp introduced an
amendment to increase the appro-
pr3at'on ror farm demonstration work
from see ora nv adding SIS 600. He
said that his work was doing more
For tho innprovefn ent Of agriculture
than the roorle were aware The
Federal covernm ent made an appro-
1r}atfor ~ an equal amount and he
Thought Il " Guild be a wise move 10
enlarge this work
c-rafor GraYatt advocated the
amendment. saving that as a result or
the farm demonstration work.
~ ef+c6s In virginia had advanced
and there had been an increase in
~ LAST faw wears OF close on to
81 noN 200 THO amendment was
ndo0ted
Girls Homo Approximations
The appropr ration for the virginia
Norne and Industrial school For
Girls was stricken out. The reason
for this wa~ explained nv the state
rrent that TIM coramtssiou 10 co.
: ordirate several Of the@e institutions
would report at the next session. and
IN view - The accepted belief that
the p'sCe wou1N 10 merPeh with an
other irs''' lticn 1t waS deemed In
expi5ieut tu provide for an outlay OF
) S8t eco for b@tterments There Is
apparently l.ttle reason to believe that
the. home Will not be-removed within
few yeaIa 10 place some distance
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06
The Farm Inventory.

The business farmers like buSl-
ness men in other lines take inven-
tories regularly Spring or late
winter is the best time for taking
the farm inventory as there is US
nalIy less feed on hand
The inventory is the first step in
any good system of farm accounts
and will give more information in
proportion to the time spent on ii
than any other record The cash
balance alone is a poor indication
Of the success Of the years bust
ness. but when the inventory Is
added it is possible to tell great
deal about the success OF the year,
operations.
Boys ON the farm should help in
making the farm inventory every
year as it establishes a good habit
and makes them watch the finan-
cial side more carefully and offers
one Of the very best possible lessons
in practical arithmetic. R. NJ.
Green. Missouri College Of Agricul-
turp
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06
Mr.. and Mrs D. K Vowel were
Quincy visitors Saturday.

Have you seen Mon Reve" the
dress fabric par excellence Of the
season? 1t has the lovely lustre of
silk and the durability Of wool. 1t
is just the right texture for prevail.
ing fashions A wonderful range
of cOlOrs at KespOhl Mohrenstecher
in Quincy. 1t is AZ inches wide
and 81 so per yard
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06
To John McNelis and Whom 1t May
Concern:

To John McNelis and Whom It May
Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
Probate Court of Monroe County.
Missouri, did. on Monday March
9th, 1916 upon hearing of the
matter and in accordance with the
legal notice therefore given find
that John McNelis was formally
resident of and domiciled in Mon.
roe County Missouri: That he has
been absent from said residence
and domiciie and non resident
of the State OF Missouri for more
than seventeen years ConSeCutively.
! That he has not been heard of or
! from for seventeen years And that
after dlligent inquiry aud careful
search by his relatives and friends
during said period no trace of lin
has been found; And said Court
did then and there adjudee and
decree that the legal presumption
Of the death of said John McNeIlS
was established; And that the said
John MCNeliS was dead.
And the said John Me ;elis or
any person or persons for him are
hereby required to produce t. the
Probate Court Of Monroe County,
Missouri, within twelve weeks from
the 9Th day of April 1916. salts
factory evidence Of the fact that
John McNelis is still living.
Penn Brace. Judge
of Probate Court of Monroe CO, No
Meriwether & Meriwether.
Attorneys for estate. i27
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06

Mrs. Ed SOrreli. of Hunnewell,
went to Keokuk yesterday where
she will undergo an operation. Her
daughter Mrs. R L. Robinson of
this city has been in Hunnewell
with her mother. Mr.. Robinson
had planned to start to Montana at
once but will postpone the trip for
a time.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06
Glbtoas.

born at Kirkhaueh Northumber-
land. England. Oct. 23rd. 1885
Came to Canada when five years of
ago Was married to James Glib
bons at lneorScl, Canada Oct. 9Th
1857. She was the mother of SIX
children. Mrs. Sarah Magee deceas.
ed, John. Walter A and Robert F
of Ephrata. Washington. Mrs Mar
garet } Shaw. of Corona, California
and William Gibbons, of Marion
County. at whose home. the old
family home. she died She leaves
also eleven grand children to mourn
her loss. She came from CalifOr.
MIA only three weeks ago 10 be at
the bedside of her son William who
was then seriously vi. The funeral
services were conducted at the
home April 4th at 2'30 p. III. by DR.
E. McNair of the Presbyterian
Church. Monroe City. Mo, her pas.
tor and friend for many years.
Her husband, James Gibbons
preceded her to the heavenly home
just eighteen months ago. his funer-
al being conducted from the same
home. by the same pastor and with
the same pail bearers
1t is privilege to bear testimony
TO this mother who had walked
with God in loving union for more
than eighty years A member Of
the Presbyterian Church and Mis-
sionary Society. She was ever
faithful to duty. loyal to loved ones
and friends and to her Masters
cause. BY her loving disposition
she won the affection and esteem
of all with whom she came in con.
tact In 1859 the family moved to
the farm in Marion County, coming
direct from Canada. Her father.
John Neitch came with them lived
and died in her home. A home
known far and wide for its hospital
ity and for the integrity and upri 2ht
living Of all its members. The
house was crowded with people
from all walks in life who were
there to pay tribute to their depart
ed friend One Who has sweetened
many cup Of sorrow, gladeneI
many a mourning heart. winning
more than an ordinary place in the
hearts of all who knew her. and
while mourning the dissolution of
earthly ties they look forward to
a joyful reunion in d House not
made with hands eternal in the
heavens"
Our hearts 60 out with yearnlng
tenderness TO those her nearest and
dearest kindred, who sorrow most
and we pray that the same tri.
Umphant faith that sustained and
kept her to the end of her earthly
pilgrimage, may abide with them
throughout the years Of their life
lone loneliness. May the high
ideals she cherished live in our
hearts forever and the fragrance of
her beautiful spirit rest as a bene.
dlctiOn on US all.
Rest in peace tnou gentle spirit,
Throned above,
Souls like thine with God inherit.
Life and Love"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06

Mrs. Paul MCGEE, of Paris, was
the guest of her parents Mr.. and
Mrs Evan Smith from Friday to
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs, Chas Smith
of Palmyra, were also guests at the
Smith home Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06
Indian Greek.

James Wimsatt Of Monroe Civ
spent Sunday with the homerolks.
Felix Carrico is paperine Father
Fux's residence this week.
Miss Huberta Muid was hostess
TO number of girl friends Sunday
Miss Bernie Martin visited friends
IN Monroe the latter part of the
week
Miss Hazel Pierceall of Monroe
City was the pleasant guest Of Ella
Hays last Thursday and Friday
Miss Beulah Smms, of Monroe
visited her sister Mrs. George Mont.
gomery the latter part Of the week
EuGeLe ODlniel Is sporting" a
new driving horse In trade
with Mr. Sol Bono he gave S25
difference.
/ Mrs Eiitha Yates who died at
her home in Stoutsville Sunday
morning was buried at Indian Creek
Monday afternoon
Mrs Agnes Conley and little
daughter of Hannibal returned to
her home Sunday after a two weeks
visit with her mother Mrs. Susie
Ryan
Mrs. Paul Adam who returned
the first of the week from Hull. Ill.
after visit with her son. Albert
reports the arrival of a fine son at
their home Sunday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06

Kespohl Mohrenstechers new
curtain and drapery department Is
irresistible. Investigate the hne
assortments of lace curtains anu
draperies.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to make the
following announcements of can
dldates for Office in Monroe County
subject to the action Of the Demo
cratic voters at the August primary
For Representative
James R. Chowning
For Prosecuting Attorney
Roy B Meriwether
" W Crockett
For Sheriff
R. V Delaney
Ralph W, Nolen
For Assessor
c Dana Ragsdale
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06
VARIETY SALE
Saturday April 18th

On the above date the p Z q.
society will hold a sale Of adveTtlS-
ed articles, also bake sale and
plant sale in connection.
There you will see a variety Of
widely advertised articles Just
the ones you read about every day
in your magazines. They are too
numerous and varied to mention
here. You had best come TO the
sale and see the very article you
perchance have been wishing for.
The place of sale will be anmounc'
ed later.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-04-06
For Sale.

For Sale.
Several good residence proper''e'
at bargains, good terms.
A. S. Jayne & Son
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-19
Soldier Boys to
Leave for Norfolk
for Game Tonight

The Richmond Howitze~s will this
afternoon leave for Norfolk. where
they will meet the strong Light In
fantry Blues basketball aunt tonight
Reports emanating from the Ttdewater
CITY have it that the Norfolk infantry
men are expecting a walkoyer In to-
days battle, but the local artillery
men are planning to spring a surprise
on the home team.
The soldier boys will be more Grip
pied in tonight's encounter than at any
previous time this season. There Will
be two star-players out OF the game.
they being Wayne Metcaif, center. and
Punk" Pendletoi1, forward. Metcalf
is out with ap injury he sustained some
days ago, while Pendleton Will be away
with the John Marshall High School
quint, This will neceSsitate several
shifts in the lineup, ana several Spf
the reserves will have to be pressed
into service. Undaunted by this bit
of misfortune. however, the How
ltzers are expecting to put up a good
game against the Norfolk soldiers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-19
SOLDIER BOYS LOSE
TO CAROLINA CUNT
Wake Forest College TriHmps Over
Richmond Howitzers BY II to
~ Count.

BY tossing goals apparently at ease
In the closing period. the Wake For
est College basketball quint. cham
pionship winner of North Carolina. de-
feated the Richmond Howitzers last
night by a count of II to 22.
In the opening half the artillery
men displayed surprising form, despite
the fact that they were badly crippled.
owing to the absence of several play
ers, and for a time held the lead over
the invading Down Homers However,
the Tarheels soon located the basket
and when the opening period ended
the score stood 81 to II. favoring the
visitors.
In the last half II was a walkaway
for the basketers from the Old North
State. They passed beautifully and
tossed the baskets almost at will. The
Wake Forest quint is undoubtedly the
best qulnt seen in Richmond this sea-
son, and they played well enough to
win championship in most any State.
Holding was the outstanding star of
the game. basketing the leather no
less than fifteen times, while the work
of the two Carolina guards. Beam and
Rohley, was brilliant. to say the least.
CIeArY. Anderson and Lawrence played
well for the Howitzer qulnt
The lineup and SUMMARY follow:
Howitzers-Pendleton right for
ward; Cleary. left forward Lawrence.
center; Rowe. right guard: Anderson.
left guard.
Wake Forest-Holding. right for
ward Yates. left forward: Franks,
center; Robley, right guard Beam. left
guard
Summary: Goals from feld-w.
Holding. 49, Yates, 6; Franks, 4 Dix
on. B. r. Holding. 8; Robley, 2; Beam.
Feezor. Cleary, s; Lawrence, 2; PEN
dleton, Anderson. Rowe. substitutions
Peters for Lawrence, Dixon for
Yates. r. Holding for Beam. Feezor FOR
Robley. Goals from foul-Pendleton,
/; Lawrence. /: W. Holding l. Referee
--Hargrove. v p. I. Time OF periods
Twenty minutes each.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-19
jess HAS REASONS
FOR POSTPONEMENT
worlds Champion Claims He Did Not
Want to Fight ON Ash We'd
nesday.
BY JESS WILLARD.

Chicago. Feb. fS.--Now that the date
for my fight with Frank Moran has
been shifted from March to March
rs, 1 will furnish a reason for my inS
sistence upon the change.
II may strike many as being rather
fnicky. but it is correct. March s
falls upon Ash Wednesday, a day that
is held in great respect by the Chris
tian world. / have any number of
friends .sho would not attend q hght
under any consideration on that day.
Rather than deprive them of the OPP
portunity of seeing the fight i held
out for postponement. I believe that
there are thousands who will applaud
me for my making the change.
OF course II Mr.. Richard and his
partner, Mr.. McCracken. had insisted
upon my fighting Moran on the original
date would have done so. Though
I had a rather severe cold ! am salts
fed that II 1t were absolutely neces-
sary I could have gotten into shape.
believe that even If a man does
follow fghting for livelihood there is
the religious belief of his friends.
AS many may now remember my
fight with Jack Johnson in Havana
Was to take place on Easter SUNDAY
/ wanted to change the date. but at
that time had no say in the arrange
ments. The date was changed TO the
following Monday. thereby respecting
the feelings of the folks in Cuba, And
believe me / was just as delighted as
they were.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-19

New York. Feb. 1s.--Fred Tenney
former first baseman of the Giants, will
be the manager of the reorganized Ne
wark club of the International League
James r. Price. former boxing com
missioner In New York is president OF
the club. Price has long been identi-
1ed with baseball as writer, and
in recent years has been a sort of a
confidential agent for Ban Johnson,
leader of the American League.
This was the most important an
nouncement made at the close of the
meeting of the international League
at the Hotel McAlpin tonight.
The real power behind the Newark
club Is H. Clay Smith. of Chicago. Ban
Johnson induced him to purchase the
franchise for $4,000. The final dis
position of the club was held up for
nearly two weeks because President
Barrow wanted to give the people OF
Newark chance to organize COM
pany to take over the property.
Joe Birmingham former manager OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-19
CHURCH HILL QUINT WILL
BATTLE CAROLINA CHAMPS

The basketball attraction tonlgnt ~
the game between the Church iul
Athletic Club and the champion WaEe
Forest College quint, which is 10 be
staged promptly at $50 O'CLOCK on
the Richmond Howitzer court
When these boys met the collie
CLANS in North Carolina few days
ago the local quint was defeated by a
narrow margin, and the Green hn'l
White five will exert every available
effort tonight to win out over the
crack DownHome aggregation.
The Tarheels have cleaned up every
thing in the old North State. and now
they are on the warpath in the Old
Dominion. They have been display
ing great form since they left home
IsDyer week ago, having dropped only
two contests on their invasion.
The East Enders will be badly Grip
rled. owing to the absence of three
regulars. Woodward, Wharton and
Ehmig, who will be away with the
John Marshall : High School quint.
However. Captain Bell believes that
his charges will be able 10 put up a
good game against the North Caro-
lima champions.