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-
frict is not decreasing if w. may
Judge By what can be seen IN one OF
the churches 4in Manchester
An Adult Mems Bible Class recently
organized has nearly go members an
average attendance OF AL And TO-
majority. if mot all, attend church ser
vices both morning and evening. me
minister greets large congregation
at alI the services except during very
disagreeable weather. The Bible class
now has more than 100000 members
all over tine United States, wearing
the red and white button emDlemarc
of purity and truth
During the heavy snow fall, When
every outdoor object was laden Win
snow, a tramp was sleeping sounuly
in IA barn near York, Pa-, when 3d.
roof broke I'm, burying him under the
cold wet snow He dug his way out
and remarked, It 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
fhe MANY years OF savage state and
IIR @A~MA
boast. in proportion To their popula-
ton, larger per cent OF church at
tendance than the civilized American
raared in luxury ana pleasure let
us think Of these things.
la correspondent i'm Pennsylvania
writes. From early in January until
now We have had nearly six weeks OF
continuous sleighing. Last night II
M rN%
Verify one state does not know how
much winter the next state has ex-
perienced.
Does Prohibition prohibit? In an
advertisement we. see the following;
iaWanted, men for steady work
TWENTY-FIVE men for stone quarry
work, wages rs cents per hour. None
brit steady men need apply" For
many years responsible positions
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 Oh potato a. payment for
even reserved seats And ii ID claim
into currency satisfied the manage
Ment
Recently, I had a conversation with
a gentleman in Hanover, Pa-, who An
well informed o. the topics or inter
est in the town Speaking Of raising
sufficient funds to- erect a $4,000 Y.
M C- A. building, he said: we did
not know how many milliOnaires we
- -~-sl I'D ~ is dor
full enterprise was accomplished in
ten days. There are at least score
of men who gave large sums and yet
not Dc the poorer for doing AZ"
In some states men who hired on
farms by the month, are offered SIS
Der month and board. This ~ moth
ing unusual, considering the fact that
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 its experimental
stages. Carroll county, with its roll
ing land, was selected from among
the thousands OF counties in this great
Republic, as test 0f its efficiency
under adverse conditions. The result
is Rural Delivery which il a great
convenience u Tie suldJUTllyt DuLs uUE5
not serve all, as many who live in re-
mote parts OF our land can testify
There IL some rumor Of the CONSOLE
dated school system being tested in
Carroll county as soon a. it IL con-
venient. Several years ago we had
the privilege of seeing how it was
tested and how successful 1T proved To.
BE- In a county OF another state.
For example, an eight-room school
house was built in a town at cost
or nearly $4,000 Teachers were
employed with salaries from 800 to
SIZE per month Tn radius of two
Oh three miles there were four coun-
try school houses going to decay No
auto-trucks carried the boys and girls
To the Consolidated Schoolhouse. The
majority walked, and the faithful ami
NAL that the automobile is trying to
Danish from the public highways IL
called upon to help the children to
gain an education under the new
system, Whether the system could b.
made a complete success in good old
Carroll remains to be tried and seen
J. ALBERT ZEPP,
Manchester Md
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