The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-03-16
Letter From Manchester District.

Interest in Sunday school and
church work here in Manchester dls-
trict is not decreasing If we may
Judge by what can be seen IN one Oh
the churches in Manchester.
An Adult Mems Bible Class recently
organized has nearly 60 members an
average attendance OF %. ana Ihe
majority, if not all, attend church ser
vices both morning and evening. Inc
minister greets a large congregation
at all the services except during very
disagreeable weather. The BlDle CLASS
now has more than 6OO,OOO mempers
all over the United States, wearing
the red and white button emDlematlc
of purity and truth.
During the heavy snow tall, "nen
every outdoor object was laden VIII
snow, a tramp was sleeping Soulluly
in a barn near York, Pa, When the
roof broke in, burying him under the
cold wet snow. He dug his way out
ond remarked, 1T disturbed and
awakened me from sleeping.
We read in one of the leading mag
azines that $1,000 Indians now regu-
larly attend church services. AFTER
the many years of savage state anu
barbarism, the Indian race can no"
boast, in proportion to their populd-
ton, a larger per cent OF church at
tendance than the civilized American
reared in luxury and pleasure. Let
us think of these things.
A correspondent in PennsylVanla
writes, From early in January until
now we have had nearly six weeks OF
continuous sleighing. Last nlght IL
showed to the depth of four inches
Verify one state does not know no"
much winter the next state has eX-
perienced.
Does Prohibition prohibit? In an
advertisement we see the following:
Wanted, men for steady work
Twenty-Five men for stone quarry
work, wages IS cents per hour. None
but steady men need apply" For
many years responsible poSltlonS
have been barred, even the moderate
drinker, and now even the hard labor
Jobs are demanding that men must be
sober, and thereby will be capable OF
doing more and better work.
In New York City the theatres and
places of amusement accepted either
an onion or potato as payment TOT
even reserved seats. And it is claim
ed that the receipts when transferred
into currency satisfied the manage
ment.
Recently, I had a conversation with
a. gentleman in Hanover, Pa, who is
well informed on the topics of inter
est in the town. Speaking of raising
sufficient funds to erect a $4,000 Y.
M. c. A. building, he said: I'VE did
not know how many milliOnaires we
had in our midst until this wonder
full enterprise was accomplished in
ten days. There are at least a score
of men who gave large sums and yet
not be the poorer for doing it."
In some states men who hired on
farms by the month, are offered SIS
per month and board. This is moth
ing unusual, considering the fact that
a family cannot live comfortably on
less than at least One-third more in
come than formerly.
Nearly a score of years ago Rural
Free Delivery was in it's experimental
stages. Carroll county, with its roll
ing land, was selected from among
the thousands of counties in this great
Republic, as a test of it's efficiency
under adverse conditions. The result
is a Rural Delivery which is a great
convenience to the majority, but, does
not serve all, as many who live in re-
mote parts of our land can testify.
There is some rumOr of the consoli-
dated school system being tested in
Carroll county as soon as it is con-
Venient. Several years ago we had
the privilege OF seeing how it was
tested and how successful it proved to
be in a county of another state.
For example. All eight-room school
house was built in a town at a cost
of nearly $4,000. Teachers were
employed with salaries from 500 to
$l25 per month. In a radius of two
or three miles tn re were four cOun-
try school houses going to decay No
autO-trucks Ca"ri2H to 10y" ana girls
to the Consolidated SchOOlhOuse. The
majority walked, and thu faithful ami
NAL that the automobile is trying to
Danish from the public highways is
called upon to help the children to
gain an education under the new
system. Whether the system could be
made a complete success in good old
Carroll remains to be tried and seen.
J. ALBERT ZEPP,
Manchester. Md