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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-10

of it's members today are descendants
of its founders and point with pride
to the development OF the church
under the influence OF their leader
ship.
Its first pastor was Dr. James A.
Duncan. who served from 1857 to
1851. A tablet to his memory adorns
the walls OF khe interior OF ,thie
church. He was one Of the greatest
pulpit orators In the South at that
time and prominent men from every
ants OF the church during his pas
tnrate. General Robert E. Lee Ind
President Jefferson Davis also fire.
quently visited his church. DIR. Dun
can was one of the few who were
invited by President Davis to oc-
cupy his private cacr with him when
he was compelled to leave the city of
Richmond for safety at the end of the
War Between the States
Pastors Of the Church.
The second pastor was David s.
Doggett. who served from 1851 to
1853. He was succeeded by DR.. James
A. Duncan in his second term The
following nHmes appear In the order
Of their appointment as pastors Of
this church: George W. Yanghorne.
John E. Edwards. John c. Granher-
ry. 8. A. Steele. W, G. Starr. Adam c.
Bledsoe. s. S. Lambeth. W. W. Tudor,
j. T. Whitley, w. G. Starr, second
term, W. B: Beauchamp. George H.
Spooner, G. c. Kelley. Samuel
Hatcher and Revs. Frank Wells. John
W. Shackford and Fred r. Chenault,
the present pastor.
The names OF these able divines
are sufficient to show that this church
has always been rated among the
are sufficient TO show that this church
foremost in Virginia Conference and
that its prestige as a Methodist in
stitution has all through its history
oeen widely felt throughout the
Spire Given BY stephen pptnex
The graceful spire donated bv
Stephen Putney. prominent leader IN
MS time. added richly to the original
architecture OF the church. Members
OF mis- family ara still active and
prominent In the present member
ship. Other donations to the church
were. q handsome parsonage on Nar-
shall Street, by one Of its most rcn-
erous members and spacious. rear
eno ADDITION by I. N. Vaughan. also
prominent In the history OF the
church Of years ago.
1t was proposed about three years
ago to sell this property and build 4
church In the West End, but after
a moro careful consideration BY the
membership 1t was decided that the
church remain on that. historic cor
nor to meet the growing demands OF
a Methodist church In that commun.
ity.
To this end extensive plans are be.
ing made by Its pastor and member
ship. Rev. Fred r. Chenault. ono OF
the most active and able young men
In conference dnce his appointment
TO this church last year, has accom-
plished remarkable results. Inspired
by his enthusiasm. tho present. board
Of stewards under the leadership Of
Major l. r. Christian. Ia alert to tho
very best interest Of tho church and
there y every good reason fore the
optimistic views of the membership
toward = greater and more useful fu-
tara
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
JOIN TO-DAY.

The corn rate victory, which VIII result
in greater agricultural development Tor
West Florida and new industry IN the
form of an elevator for Pensacola, was due
almost entirely to the local Chamber OF
Commerce. which has already begun to
prepare for its next battle with the railroad
to have the rate discrimination on Pensa-
cola naval stores removed.
tt is impossible, in our restricted space,
to mention everything the Chamber OF
Commerce has done within the past few
years. It's successful efforts towards bring
ING conventions here, developing the avia-
ton station, lowering railroad rates, and
removing railroad discrimination, nor is it
necessary, for even the children know how
unremitting its work has been to build up
Pensaco1a-and how successful.
Support the Chamber of Commerce that
the good work may go on. If Pensacola
goes forward, your business increases, il
Pensacola goes backward, your business
peters out-simply peters out People who
will not be interested in reading your name
on a tombstone will be glad to see it en-
rolled among the live members of the
Chamber of Commerce. Put it there today
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
MONEY IN THY PURSE.

Did you know that you were going to
get up an hour earlier and go to bed an hour
earlier next summer, and that you-
meaning the people of the United States
were going to save s40.0OO,O00 in illumina-
ton bills in consequence?
We really don't understand lust how it
going to be done. but Professor Harold
.Iacoby of Columbia University, says that
the daylight saving plan of setting the clock
forward one hour from May 1 to Septem-
Der 80, will do it. Professors are quite too
vogue lately. It was a college professor
who startled the nation a few weeks ago
with the Mystery of the Disappearing Post
script and now comes the Mystery of the
Vanishing Light Bill
Probably the details haven't all been
worked out, but this deficiency will no
doubt be overcome at the Daylight Saving
Conference that is to be held in New York
from January 80 to 81.
Mind. we are not saying it can't be done;
maybe people do look at clock to find out
if they are sleepy, and maybe by Juggling
with the hands of old Ironsides, the faithful
alarm, they would awake in time to meet
the nlilkrnan and discuss the submarine
issue with the paper boy.
Whatever else NAV be said of tie pro-
lessons agitation, it is interesting That it
will succeed IS the great hope of the Ameri-
can nation, because with the cost of living
so high, we all recognize the supreme neces-
sity of saving forty cents in a season-oi
increasing the pay roll by ten cents week
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
WIRELESS TO Japan.

Direct wireless communication established
with Tapan-how easily the words ripple
out How vast the miracle they cover
this FIVE thousand mile leap across the
Pacific in the wink of an eye-this almost
supernatural power to guide message over
the rim of the horizon, through uncharted
space, annihilating time itself, to the one
spot in the entire universe for which it was
intended
Japanese and American statesmen are
tossing messages of good will at each other
through heaven, as it were, and it was o-lv
little over century ago that Japan fought
against any intercourse with the outside
world whatever Japan has shared the
e eatest miracle of the day with the United
States, yet it was only in 1853 that the
Japanese were terrified at what they
thought was manifestation of witchcraft
when Perry's ship steamed into the harbor,
against head wind, and with no sails set
The first direct wireless communication
between Japan and the United States was
made on July q of last year; regular com
mercial service has now been established
between the two countries, however, and
President Wilson signalized its opening
Wednesday with message of good will to
the Emperor of Japan and he responded in
kind
The miracles Of which mans brain
are capable seem to have no limit It was
only few years ago that Mrconi was ex-
perimenting across country lots. land his
first claims were hardly received with the
creduility of an Arabian Nights tale Send
q message through space without wire to
hang on? Why. it couldn't be done-and
if it could, it would lose itself AS well be-
heve the story of the rug which, if a person
sat upon it and wished himself at any place
on earth, would convey him there in a flash.
All, but the wireless did work-and who
knows but what some inventor is right now
working on just such rug?
But whether he is or not, the next thing
we can expect (unless something more won
derful happens, which is Just as likely,l is
to talk directly with Japan Wireless tele-
phony on September 90 1915, was estab-
lished between Arlington, Va, and Hawaii
and another year ought to put our voices
themselves in the kingdom Of the rising
sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
THE SCRATCH PAD
By THOMAS EWING DABNEY.


Advice to lovelorn girls: Try to
make guinea shut up.
The more they count the less
Hughes gets.
True, the campaign cigars have
been smoked up, but what about the
Christmas cigars?
War having been declared on Eng
lish sparrows, we suggest that they
be infected with German measles.
Until Germany stops discussing
why the war began, we will never be-
lieve that she is interested in peace.
Cotton is twenty cents; and if this
keeps up, people will be wearing
shirts made out of thistles.
Pessimist: A man who isn't satified
with the silver lining to a cloud and
wants gold.
The high living cost is to be inves-
tigated by the federal trade commits
sion; but it viii be paid by the plain
people.
There's blessing in everything
even in this cold weather. Ice water
is bad on the teeth, and now we don't
have to make ice water.
Late election news: Hughes has
not congratulated; New Mexico drops
into Wilson column; Wilson beats Doc
Grayson at golf.
If President Wilson does contem-
plate any cabinet changes, we are
hoping that Parker of Louisiana, will
get place in the official family.
There won't be another election un-
til June, so it will be a good many
months before we will hear the voters
singing that pathetic ballad, Chow
Dry I Am"
"When we enumerate," says the
Tagliche Rundschau, "the men most
hated in Germany, Wilson's name
comes first" Four more years OF
enumeration-it's sad story, mates
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
IIEALTHY CHILDREN.

Expressing the hope that some day soon
Florida's death rate would be reduced from
15.5 per 1000 of population per annum, to
10 or IL, which would make it one of the
healthiest places in the world, a.recent bull
letin of the State Board of Health contains
this paragraph, and it should be written
upon the four walls of our minds:
f ss ss' Is aas r s9ssS q sEo
Unhealthy to srgina Hin in
dian the sndness united
cautions at birth 9sss' : 9''Ds
Did it ever occur to YOU as strange that
people who would not attempt to raise
poultry, pigs, or livestock without studying
methods of scientific feeding, treatment and
care. are willing to trust their childrens
rearing to blind and deadly chance? Is there
any wonder that of the total deaths in the
United States, 238 per cent are of children
under five years of age?
It is to prevent such wastage that schools
for mothers and prospective mothers are
being established throughout the country.
In the school established in Los Angeles,
for instance, every problem relating to child
life up to six years q age, is discussed; sani-
tation is special study, and babies are ex-
amined and their development discussed.
The result on race improvement can hardly
be overestimated.
Because in the greater care in looking
after mothers and children, the French
babies born since the war are uncomonly
fine and strong, and will mean permanent
betterment to the French nation.
More schools of the Los Angeles type are
needed; measures such as have been adopted
/ in France should be adopted in the United
States-in Florida The fact that the entire
death rate in the United States has shown
a steady diminution during the past forty
years, shows that although science has not
yet advanced to an absolute control of all
diseases, nevertheless classified knowledge
which is the concrete product of science, is
enough to stop the awful wastage in child
life. So much disease is preventible Their
/ causes known, their method of transmission
ascertained, their treatment established
the death rate on nearly every disease has
been decreased; on typhoid and diphtheria
and pneumonia, on yellow fever and plague
and on tuberculosis.
a ten-per-thousand. death rate is by nc
means impossible for Floridaaf the mists o.
neglect, ignorance and carelessness through
which childhood struggles, are dispeled
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
State Press Comment
Hard on New York

Speaking of the high cost of living
Benjamin Deerson, New York gro
GER, had this to say: Honesty of the
old-fashioned variety compels the adj
mission that the principal reason for
the high cost of living in New York
is that New York's retail grocers are
a lot of thieves" Mr.. Deerson seems
to have the same opinion of his
"hone town" that Federal Judge
Sheppard, of Pensacola, has of it,
Tampa Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17

Rejected for the United States marine
corps because his trigger finger was
missing, an Oklahoma man went to a
shooting gallery nearby and made twenty
five straight hits on moving target
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
Big Profits

Big Profits
Cows that few years ago were
selling for eight and nine dollars on
the range are now selling for fifteen
and sixteen. IF the farmers do not
swell their bank accounts now it will
be because they fail to take advan-
tage of apparently the best oppor-
tunity ever given them.-Ocala Ban
ner.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
Tangible Name


Much credit is due the United
Daughters ofzthe Confederacy for
having chosen to drop the term "Civil
War"-a title which has so little
meaning when applied by the young
er generation to the trouble of half
a century ago-and in lieu thereof
to use the term "war between the
states" Precisely why someone did
not make this suggestion years and
years ago is one of those things that
cannot be explained; but upon the an
cient principle 'better late than
never" the change made at this time
is acceptable. And the United Daugh-
tiers should have an extra star added
to their diadem for the adjustment
of the term that never did mean any
thing-and the selection of a phrase
that gives one an understanding Of
something that should and will be
| forgotten as time passes.-Palm
Beach Post.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17

Iron safes and cash boxes are in demand
nowadays among native merchants of Indo-
China, and Chinese doing business in the
far away region of Asia.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17

Haiti is not much of a customer of auto
mobiles, only twenty being reported re-
Gently around Port an Prince the capital.
OF these more than half were operated as
public conveyances.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17

Utilizing in his own way principles dis
carded years ago by well-known cleo
sTicians, young Los Angeles inventor has
achieved remarkable success with new
wireless telephone and fog signal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17

fore, to say that the Telegram is rec
ognized by the state press as one of
the best papers in Florida and its
editor, M. F. Hetherington, as an
ornament to journalism and a man
whose citizenship would be an inval-
liable asset to any community.-Pun-
ia Gorda Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
One Of the Best

One Of the Best
The Lakeland Daily Telegram has
recently completed the fifth year of
its existence. 1t is hard to pay that
paper a deserved compliment without
using language that would seem ex-
trayagant. It should suffice, there
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
Drainage System

Drainage System
The great drainage and dyke sys-
TENS on Fellsmere farms are rapidly
nearing completion and many fertile
acres that are awaiting cultivation
to produce enormous yields of citrus
fruits and vegetables. Fellsmerians
do not anticipate any further incon-
venience from overflow water, as the
dyke system will keep off floodwaters
from the surrounding section, while
the huge drainage canals will easily
care for the local rainfall ST. Lucie
County Tribune
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17
CURIOSTTIES.

Bedford, n. Y, Nov. 16.-Peeved
by the comment of the man his auto
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17

missed by twelve inches, Leo Brown
returned and started to whip him. The
man happened to be County Judge
Dufrane. Poor Leol
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17

when we enumerate," says the
Tagliche Rundschau, "the men most
hated in Germany, Wilson's name
comes first" Four more years Of
enumeration-it's a sad story, mates !!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-17

q. r. EDAUNDsON.
sc9 south Pa1afox Street Phone 3e4
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-12-08
COMPANY re" RETURNED
WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON

Unions soldier boys returned We'd
nesday afternoon about 3:45 o'clock.
They came from Columbia on a spec
ial train, which brought the Spartan
burg and Greenville boys also. The
First regiment, to which Company e
belonged, arrived at Camp Moore
three or four days ago and as rapidly
as possible the companies were mus
tered out.
The Union boys. commanded by
Capt. j. Frost Walker, were in fine
shape. Capt. Walker says that the
aggregate weight of the individuals
of the company showed an increase in
weight of an average of 16 pounds,
and they look it. They certainly ap-
peared to be eft"
Quite large gathering of Union
citizens assembled at the station here
to greet the soldiers upon their arrival.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-12-08
EDUCATIONAL WORK OF U. d. c.

Last week, in Union, the State U.
d. G. delegates were royalty enter
tanned in the home of the local men,
bers of the William Wallace chap
ter U. D. c., D. A. R. chapter and
ohter club women of the community.
The social side of the meeting was
planned on an elaborate scale and
among the most notable receptions
was the one rendered to the visitors
by the D. A. R. chapter of which Mrs.
Hames is regent. Mrs. Hames, as
Miss Annie Sarratt, was considered
during her girlhood days, one of Gaff-
ney's brightest and most charming
girls. She married brother of
Messrs. Charles and Boyd Hames, of
this city.
The South Carolina u. d. C. chap
ters rank high on account of their
educational work, having educated
many descendants of Confederate Vet
Grams and they are still turning more
and more to education work by Civ
ing scholarships, etc, to needy de-
scendants of Confederate Veterans
Gaffney Ledger.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-12-08
OUR YOUNG FOLK AT COLLEGE.

Is it as source of great qualification
to the Union people to see the stand
the boys and girls from this town take
in college.
Bill Wallace is president of his class
at Clemson College; Herndon, Thom-
son is president of his at Cornefl uni-
versityt Harold James lis, one, of the
DaditoFsso OF the coll smaea ) zifSies at the
University oftSouth Carolina. y
The Union girls at Winthrop are
among the bright, particular stars at
that college and in fact all our boys
and girls are leading lights.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-12-08
LARGE CONGREGATION
- TO WELCOME NEW PASTORS

"A large congregation gathered in
Grace M. E. church Sunday evening
when welcome service was held for
Rev. j. w. Speake, the new pastor of
Grace church, and Rev. l.. w. Black
welder, the new rector of the Episco-
pal church. Members of all denomi-
nations, and pastors of all denomina-
tions joined in the welcome service.
Rev. Geo. p. White, pastor of the
First Baptist church, after the sermon
by Rev. Mr.. Speake, acted as chair
man of the gathering, and called upon
several to deliver brief addresses.
Hon. T. c. Duncan welcomed the
new pastors in behalf of the citizens
of Union; Prof. E. A. Fuller extended
a welcome in behalf of the citv
schools; Rev. Geo. p White spoke in
behalf of the Baptists of the city:
Rev. Jno. F. Matheson in behalf of
the Presbyterians of the city and En-
voy McAbee spoke in behalf of the
Salvation Army.
Both of the incoming pastors made
appropriate responses.
The service was very enjoyable and
helpful
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-12-08
He~spapess in That Country
Discuss Possibility of War
Ending at an Early Date
Peace Based Upon Business
Predicted.

London, Dec. 6.-An article predict
ing the approaching peace negotia-
tions has appeared in the Berlin
Tageblatt and is quoted in an Am
sterdam despatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company. The Tageblatt
says:
"The moment is near when busi
ness peace will be possible-a peace
which the allies and the central pow
ers can discuss in view of the secur-
tiles they possess. OF coure those
who consider such proposal must
not be allowed to return home empty
handed. The status quo ante bellum
is impossible since the independence
of Poland is proclaimed but it is re-
markable that the number of Ger
mans who wish to annex Belgium
has shrunk recently to almost moth
ing while many pan-Germans are
ready today to listen to the word
'pacifism' without protest"
The Tagblatt says that the fact
that Germans wants business peace
is sign not of weakness but of
common sense. The NoSSische Zei-
tung also prints an article discussing
the possibility of peace. 1t ays:
"Probably Ambassador Gerad is re-
turning to Germany with some peace
proposal If such is the case. the
paper goes on, America is an insult
able mediator and it warns Germany
TO accept the services of President
Wilson only as a messenger and not
as an arbitrator.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-12-08
ELKS' MEMORIAL SERVICE
Held in High School Auditorium Sun
day-Hon. T. b. Butler Delivers
Address.

Union Lodge, No. 1921, B. P. O.
alElks, held their memorial service Sun
day afternoon, Dec. 4, at O'Clock in
the high school auditorium. The
speaker of the occasion was Hon. T.
B. Butler of Gatfney. The custom of
the Elks is to hold this annual SER
vice in honor of their dead. The local
lodge has never lost member bv
death, but the day was observed any
way as is the custom of the order
IA There was large gathering of peo-
PIE TO attend the exercises, and splen-
did music was rendered for the occa-
SION by Misses Mary Jones, Catherine
Thomson, Kathrin Layton and Mrs. r.
"a. Jones.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-12-08
TO BEGIN INQUIRIES
INTO COST OF LIVING

hatcheries in 20 States to a declara-
tion by Chairman Henry of the rules
committee, after a conference with
the president, that he thought con-
gress would conduct an investigation
of the high cost of living. They en-
braced resolutions bv Representatives
Borland and Dill providing for gen.
eral Investigations, resolution by
Representative Campbell of Kansas,
which would provide for an embargo
on boots, shoes and manufactured
leather goods, and a bill by Repre-
sentative SABBATH of Illinois designed
to aid federal federal yees to meet
to aid federal employees to meet the
situation by an increase from 10 to 20
per cent in salaries of those earning
up to $1,000 annually.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-12-08

authority. He gave copies of<fhe let
ter to the leading officers of the reg
iment and to the press. The letter
follows:
II wish to thank you and the off
GERS and men of your organization
who went to the border in response to
the call of the president for the val
uable service which you have rendered
the country. When the National
Guard was called into the service of
the federal government the lives of
men, women and children along the
frontier were in grave danger, owing
20 the formidable bandit raids from
the Mexican side of the boundary. It
is not too much to say that had these
raids continued there was danger of
International war. From the time of
the arrival of the units of the Ma
tional Guard on the border raids
ceased and the tension between the
two countries began to relax. 1t is
the hope and belief of the govern
ment that the presence of the units
of the National Guard, together with
the units of the regular army, on the
Border and in Mexico, and the pros
Ience in the mobilization camps of the
units of the National Guard in readi-
ness for such service, has made pos
slble a peaceful solution of difficult
and threatening problem"