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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-20
DIR. ROBERTS GIVES SKETCH
OF CHURCHES IISunu

The visitors ut o'clock yesterday
afternoon were taken for q visit to the
Union Theological Seminary. t;in,cr
Park. Here Rev. John NJ. Wells. II. d.
OF Wilmington y. G.. moderator Of the
southern Presbyterian General .\ssom-
bly,. a graduate OF tho Richmond ins,i-
tuition introduced Rev. William H.
Roberts. ID. D., OF Philadelphia stated
clerk Of the Northern PRESBYTERIAN
General Assembly. DR.. Roberts gave
AN interesting address of thirty min
utcS dealing with tho church history.
ana outlining the origin Of tho Pros
bNtcrian denomination in America
Among The prominent churchncn i'm
attendance upon the conference are
Scv j. Ross Stevenson. D. D.. prcsi-
dent of the Princeton Theological som,
mary the oldest and largest Presb,.-
terrain seminary in the United States
ana Rev. Charles X. Erdman. H. n. n
member of the faculty OF the same
institution
fcN. j. Wilbur Chapman H. -
moderator Of the Northern assembly
was prevented from taking active part
IN the days proceedings by sudden
'liheSS. due 10 an operation which he
underwent several months ago at his
nome. Jamaica Plains. y. y He re-
manned in his room at the Richmond
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-20

IreTrFEVU I'UdTU--"UI 10 80, INCLUSIVE.
j. {. Nunnally aud W. j.. Miller. Of
south Richmond. have agreed 10 open
their Offices. rooms 10 and IL Man
chester National Bank Building every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday night
from s to 10 o'clock, for the purpose
OF accommodating those rcgistrants
who need assistance in completing their
w. t.. Duval. clerk Of
Court. Part H.. also has Of
Tered his services TO those resistrants
who are in doubt as 10 the correct
method Of answering numerous Ques-
tions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-20
MORE QUESTIoNNAIUES
WILL. 60 FORTH TODAY

Qucstonnaircs will be sent by the
various boards to-day TO men holding
the following order numbers:
No. 1-S@l to $50. inclusive
No. TIRE TO S46. inclusive
No. 3-66a 10 ,e5. inclusive
No. 4--65S TO 5Sj. inclusive.
No. N--,S3 20 80. Inclusive
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-20
.PRESBYTER|ANS TO END
REPORT ON UNION TO-DAY
Conference Looking Toward Merger
Of Northern and Southern Di-
vision Draws to Close.
VISITORS AT UNION SEMINARY
liear Historical ADDRESS by Rev.
William II. Roberts, ID. d., OF
Philadciphia-Dr. Chapman Sud-
denly III at Hotel Richmond.

Representatives OF the Northern and
southern branches of the Presbyterian
Church. who have been in session at
the Hotel Richmond since Tuesday. will
to-day put the finishing touches on tho
draft OF their report looking toward 9,
federation Of these two great divisions
OF the denomination. Morning. after
noon and evening sessions were held
at tho Richmond yesterday. and will
be resumed this morning.
There has been no hint made as TO
the probable contents of the report
being formulated. All work Is being
done behind closed doors. and the COM
pete draft VIII not be made public
until after II has been submitted to
the church courts. which appointctls tho
committees acting in behalf OF the two
div iSionS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-20
For Tobacco Fund

n" following contribution was re.
ceiNed Yesterday by The TimesDis-
patch for Our Boys in France Tobacro
Eund''. ''""ISo
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-20

Mi11er& Rhoads

This Is Red Cross Week.
week of mercy. that is thrice blessed; a week that
shouldn't leave any one the greatest Stacker OF all
VINO wlthholds dollar that may restore wounded
shattered bodies to health again.
We are members Of the Red Cross and everybody
with 4 heart will belong before the week Is over
Memberships dollar. will be issued at the
He'd Cross Booth Main Floor, Central.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

new competition, nor the competition
of mail order houses There are some
stores in Paris-some big ones-that
have not had an ad in the papers for
60 or 80 days. Just think of it, Is
that good business?
This paper is going to continue its
fight in the "buy-at-home" movement
and its fight against mail order hous-
es, but we want and must have heir
from the merchants who want to pro
fit by this fight. And this paper is
going a step farther in 1917, 1t is
going to boost the advertising mer-
chant with the view to helping him
We are going to insist upon our read
ers buying from the merchants who
advertise merchant who is not
afraid to jump through the ropes and
fight straight from his corner. This
means fight against the non-adver-
tiser. Get us, Mr.. imp ?2Paris Post
Intelligencer.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12
BAREBACK" EFT AIS.

Sears, Roebuck & Co, have just an
nounced that they pay their EN-.
ployees bonus of $1,O00,0OO for 1916
services. Montgomery, Ward & Co..
another big mail order" house, will
pay $25O,OOO.
Paris, Tennessee & Co., have not
announced that they will pay any.
bonus, How can they when aforesaid
majestic firms have sucked goodly
portion of the said bonuses" RICH,
from Paris, Tennessee & Co. How did
they do it? Well, you who read this
very article know how They adver.
tised for'it, for sure. They sent out
that great big catalogue to lay on the
table Of the people in Paris, Tennes.
see & Co.'S territory, and when Paris
Tennessee & Co.'S advertisement did
not appear in Paris, Tennessee & Co.'s
own home town paper those with the
1,5O0-page catalogue just referred ia
the catalogue. There you have the
answer.
The merchants in Paris who are adj
vertising are stemming the tide Of
the mail-order COLLINS to a considera-
bic extent, with the aid of the newspa-
pers in the great fight that has beer
waged upon them in the past two
year, and in the advocacy of the "buv
at home" movement But there are
some merchants in Paris who do not
advertise, and some others that are
not advertising nearly sufficiently.
Notwithstanding the greatest pros
perity in the history Of the country
some merchants do not seem to get
the idea" insofar as advertising is
concerned. Because they are doing as
big business as last year, they seem
satisfied, and don't feel the effect of
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12
Intelligencer.

81 call that man educated, with a
liberal education, who has been train
ed in youth so that his body is the
servant of his will, whose intellect is
an engine with all its parts in smooth
running order, whose nature is filled
with the knowledge of the facts of
nature and the laws of her operation,
who is full of life, wLo has earned to
love all beauty in nature and in art
and to respect others as himself -
Huxley.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

the farm. But they are not on the
farm and probably no one has ever
mentioned farm to them.
For years We have been robbing the
farm to feed the cities. and the farm
has just about reached the point where
it can no longer be robbed.
1t is time for our leaders to ret to-
gether and outline a plan whereby
we can rob the citias to feed thefarm-
with men.
Everybody would be the gainer-the
farmer most of ALL
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12
LET OUR BEST FRIENDS
BE BOOKS

BIZ BOOKS.
In the passing days of our lives
when the fires of passion have been
well burned out; when we have corac
face to face with the vicissitudes Of
life and find out that we have eli her
won or lost the battle, let our hest
friends be books.
We can commune with them so long
as we please, and whep we are tired,
we can shut them up. This is more than
we can do with our friends of the hu-
man family.
When man comes home at night
harrasser and hacked with the wor-
ries and vicissitudes OF life, he wants
not only rest for the body; he wants
rest for the soul, for his heart, for his
mind.
The wife who helps to develop in
the home perfect atmosphere of con-
tent, will study her husbands moods.
When he is worried; when his mind is
a bit distraught and h, desires mental
rest, he will read. There is wonder
full amount of consolation in our books.
Sometimes he may yield to light lit
erature. At other timfi he will place
his thoughts on more sincere and hea-
Wy topics.
Some men bury their thoughts in
stimulents of less potent kind. Some
read without thinking, it is true, but
when man is physically and mentally
worn out and picks up fiction, even if
it is unworthy, it distracts his thoughts
for the time being, from the real prob
lens of life. He al least has moment
of mental rest.
Our books are our real friends. 1t
does not make bit of difference how
sick man may be, if he will have read
to him chapter or two of "Pickwick
Papers" he will smile. Read your lit
tie ones Just q page or two of LIT
Men, or i.Little Women" and see the
rest chat viii spread over the face
that beautiful expression of soethed
pain. Let anyone who is in trouble,
and who has no friends, gather him
self in solitude with a good book. There
is much consolation in it. 1t has that
unexplainable source of relief. 1t is
like the tender touch of a woman's
hand on a parched and fevercd brow.
1t rests the mind it brings for the time
being at least surcease to SORROW
Commercial Appeal.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12
4 FATAL BLOW TO BooZ-.

A FATAL BLOW ~ bONA'--'
The supreme court struck the death
blow to the illegal sale of whiskey IN
the United States when it declared the
Webb Kenyon law 10 be constitutional
1t is a far-reaching opinion. Two
members of the court dissented. Chief
Justice White and six other members
agreed that the act was in no way out
of line with the constitution of the
land.
Briefly, under the Webb-Kenyon law,
if state has declared against the i'm
portation of liquor it will be unlawful
to make a shipment of liquor into that
state. In other words, one can no lon
ger ship liquor from Kenucky into Ten
nessee. if the state of Tennessee has
passed an act in line with the Webb
Kenyon act,
Just now we do not know whether
there is a law on the statute books in
Tennessee supplementing the Webb
Kenyon law, but if there is not, it is
probable that the legislature will
quickly pass one, If such law is in
effect, it win be unlawful from today
on to ship liquor into Tennessee which
is to be sold in violation of the law.
The liquor interests gave the Webb
Kenyon bill hard fight from the be-
ginning. 1t has been in the supreme
court for more than two years.
The complete affirmation of the law
stunned the advocates of liquor and
the enemies of prohibition.
At the same time the supreme court
affirmed the West Virginia law, which
forbids the Importation of liquor into
that state for any other than medici-
nal or sacramental purposes.
1t does look ps if Old John Barley
corn's day in the land is about over.
We are mighty close to national pro-
hibition Va q
John Barlcycorn has fought heavy
fight for Is years, but for the last six
years he has been constantly beaten.
1t now may be possible to make the
drinking Of liquor an unlawful act on
the part of the drinker
When the Webb Kenyon bill was in
the United States Senate its chief adj
vocate was Senator Newell Sanders,
then a member from Tennessee, Mr..
Sanders brought all of his energies to
play in behalf Of the bill, and more to
him than to anyone else was the sue
cessful passage Of the bill through the
senate due.
1t must have been exceedingly pleas
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

seat with good roads, she doesn't de-
serve anything better than to lose
them. As man takes care of his
family SO a county should take care
of her people, even in the remotest
sections, by giving them good roads,
good schools and churches.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12
REPLY OF ENTENTE
is EXPECTED SOON

London, Jan. 9.-The reply of the
entente nations to President Wilson's
note may go forward today or tomor-
row, but its publication is not expect
ed until forty-eight hours after its
receipt on account of plans for stimuli
taneous publication.
The delay in the preparation of the
note is taken here to mean that it
has undergone considerable changes
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

ant to the ex-senator, who is now an
active business man in Chattanooga,
to know that the highest court in the
world has put the seal Of approval up
on the legality of the measure.-Com-
mercial Appeal.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

Alleging. that the hours-of-seryiee
law had been violated and that the in-
lures ne had sustained while alight-
ing from his train resulted directly
from his being so tired, James Wilson.
a Baltimore & Ohio conductor, who
was hurt sometime ago, sued the rail
road for damages. The Chicago courts
where the case was first tried awarded
the plaintiff damages amounting 10
$4,000. The defendants appealed the
case and it was carried to. the supreme
court where the decision Of the lower
tribunal was upheld.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

Every boost you give to better roads
is a boost to higher and better civili-
cation. Good roads mean good schools
and the value of good schools cannot
be estimated.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

from the first draft, and the near east
ern question is expected to figure more
largely in the completed document
than IN any previous discussion of it
had been considered probable.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12
REDEEM THE WASTE
PLACES-AND MIN.

One great, supreme question is con
fronting the American people today
. a question that overwhelms all 9th.
ers of the moment, and that is the
much discussed question of how to re-
duce the cost of living.
There is but one answer.
We must redeem the waste places
of our country-and the waste men.
Food spectators are responsible for
much of it, but waste places and waste
men are responsible for even more.
Is it a matter for wonder that food
supplies are held at almost famine
prices when we are confronted with
the spectacle of hundreds of thousands
of men tramping the streets of cities
and towns, doing nothing and produc-
ing nothing, while within a few hours
walk of any of them lie broad acres
of land that are idle because there are
none to cultivate them?
Let us stop hanging the high cost
of living onto the war. 1t may have
had something to do with the sky
rocket rises, but very little, because
we are exporting less than heretofore,
hundred million dollars worth less
in 1916 than in 1915.
We may twist and squirm and WIG
gle all we please, but we cannot es-
cape the fact that the law of supply
and demand will regulate the cost of
that which we consume.
And, equally, we cannot escape the
fact that millions of acres of land lie
idle because hundreds of thousands of
men would rather go hungry in a city
than live on the fat Of the land on a
farm-would rather beg at the back
doors of city dwellers than to ride in
their own automobiles on country
roads.
Harsh words, but true!
We read of congress appointing
committees to Investigate the high
cost of living" But about the only
Investigating" that is done is to see
just how much money can be extract
ed from the public till IN the shape of
Committee expenses" W
If every idle man in the state could
be put to work on a farm during the
coming summer the increase in the
yield of foodstuffs for the state would
be so staggering as to be almost be-
yond belief.
And yet, we sit around and blame
politics, and the poor old over-burden-
ed war, and every other thing except
the right thing
We repeat, food spectators are
partly responsible and they would be
in Jail if we had the energy and the
courage to put them there. But we
have neither.
Thousands and thousands of men
and women are in squalor and want in
the cities of our immediate section of
the country. They are strong men,
capable of enduring any hardships on
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

Haywood county has no territory to
give away, but if she isn't willing to
tie the remotest sections to her county
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

Il want a hero-well, that wish is
wise,
Who hath no hero lives not near to
God;
&For heroes are the steps by which we
rise
To reach the hand who lifts US from
the sod"
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12

The king of Spain has made colIee-
IT,! OF objects which have placed his
life in danger.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-09-22
new DIRECTORS
OF RED CROSS
ARE SELECTED
Mrs. E. w. Shirk, George E.
Seidel and ]. T. Giles
Elected to Vacancies.

Three vacancies on the board of d.
rectors of the Red Cross were 1llieo
Friday by the election OF Mrs. Ebert
w. Shirk, George Il. Seidel and j. t.
Giles.
The executive committee composed
of Dr. Louis i. Ross. Mrs. Burton
Carr. Ebert w. Shirk, Miss Margaret
Starr, Mrs. Paul Comstock, Frederick
Bates and Mrs Ebert w. Shirk, was
given charge of all business OF the
chapter In the interval between the
meetings of the board of directors.
The directors are as follows:
Term ends October 81. 1917-Mrs.
Olive Allison. Burton J. Carr. Joe T..
Giles, George e. Seidel.
Term ends October 81. 1918-Miss
Elizabeth Comstock. Ebert w. Shirk.
Phillip Starr, Mrs. Ebert w. Shirk.
Term ends October 81. 1919-Miss
Margaret Starr. Frederick S. Bates,
Mrs Paul Comstock. Mrs. Edgar F.
Hiatt
Ex-officio-Paul Comstock, Louis F..
Ross, Mrs. Burton ]. Carr, VIII H.
Duning. Jr.
The departments with their direc-
tors and chairmen are as follows:
Department of military relef-Di-
rector. Mrs, Paul Comstock; chairman
for surgical dressings, Mrs. Olive Alli-
son; chairman for hospital garments,
Miss Anna Lough; chairman for knit
ted garments, Mrs. John w. Clements;
chairman for comfort kits, Mrs. Frank
Critchett.
Department Of civilian relief-Direc.
tor. Mrs. Elbert w. Shirk: chairman
for Richmond, Miss Margaret Starr.
Department Of emberships-Dfrec-
tor, Mrs. Burton j. Carr.
Department OF finance-Director for
women. Mrs. Albert D. Gayle; director
for men, Ebert w. Shirk; auditor, Ed.
win G.. Crawford; assistant auditors
Frank D. Nser. A. j. Feeger. Jr.; treas.
urer Of receipts from war fun, Wilbur
G. Hibberd.
Department OF junior Red Cross-Di
rector. J.. T. Giles
Nomination ommittee-Chairman
George E. Seidel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-09-22
Drafted Quakers Must Choose
Between Being Called SLackers
or Patriots, London is Told

Quakers of conscription age in
America must choose between being
called patriots" or seek exemption
and be called "slackers" the report of
the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
to the London General Meeting of
Friends declared
But If they are true to their prin-
ciples they will seek exemption as a
Friend and become "reconstruction-
ist," the report further sets out.
The report tells of the men who left
Richmond Friday for the army train
ing camp at Louisville, KY, and says
that the stern necessities of war are
becoming more apparent day by day"
viii Have to Choose
Young Friends will have to choose
between enlisting and accepting the
draft, as do thousands of others of
good morals and conscience, and take
up arms. or seeking exepmtions a
Friend and seek work as reconstruc,
zionist and may be called Stacker .
I'VE are thankful. the report is be-
gun, that in national interests our
nations are side by side. The flags
of England float here as we'll as the
flags Of the United States float In
England"
Regarding the present meeting the
report says that it has mot been self
centered" this year Our obligations
to the warld have received earnest at.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-09-22
QUITS COMMITTEE
after 81 YEARS

Joseph A. Goddard, for thirty-two
years member of the Evangelistic
committee Of the Indiana Yearly Meet
ing Of Friends. resigned Saturday and
George W. Bird, of Greenfield, was ap-
pointed to fill his place.
Mr.. Goddard, prominent business
man Of Muncie, was supposed" to
have resigned because of business and
his long service on the executive com.
mittee.
He was the only remaining member
of the committee, as the terms Of
Emma Hodges and George Bird expir-
ed this year. No appointments to fill
their vacancies were made, and Mr..
Goddard, realizing that he would be
unable to do the entire work of the
committee, which has been done in the
past. rendered his resignation which
was accepted
Rev. Truman C. Kenworthy, who re-
signed Friday as superintendent of the
Evangelistic committee, told the meet
ing that Mr.. Goddard would not have
resigned had it not been for the fact
that his working force was taken from
him
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-09-22
FRIENDS MEETING
WILL END SUNDAY

Hundreds of persons from towns
surrounding Richmond are expected
to come here Sunday, the big day of
the Indiana Yearly Meeting Of
Friends. Delegates to the Yearly
Meeting will return to their homes at
the close of Sunday nights session
The present meeting, the ninety
seventh, has been one of the most sue
cessfuI meetings ever held according
to delegates. Much more business
has been transacted than at former
meetings with better results they say.
Rev Andrew F. Mitchell, new pas
tor of the South Eighth Street Friends
church, and DR.. David NJ. Edwards.
new president of Earlham College,
will be in charge of services at 10
o'clock at the Yearly Meeting House.
Prof Alexander C. Purdy. and Lean
nah Hobson, Of Van Vert, will ad
dress the delegates and visitors al ?
o'clock, and Robert Pretlow Of Seat
tie, Wash, will be the principal speak
er at the evening services which be
gin at 7:15.
John Kitrell will have charge of
the outdoor services Sunday afternoon.
The list of ministerial assignments in
other churches follows:
First NJ. E.-10.30, Zeno Doan; 1880,
George Levering.
Reid Memorial-1o:3o. Charles Hi
att; 7:3O, Fred Seibert.
! First Presbyterian 1890, George
Bird; 7:3o, John R. Webb.
First Christian 7:30, Andrew F.
| Mitchell.
United Brethren-10:3 Charles E
Tebbetts; 1880, Mead A. Kelsey.
! Mt. Moriah Baptist-10:30, Luther
Addington; 1870, .Merl Wilson.
| Grace NJ. E. (at Y. NJ. c. A)-1o: 80,
William ]. Sayres; 1880, Aaron Napier
| Mission Church-7:3o, Miss Marie
Cassell.
Jesse l. Phillips.
Nazarene-1o:30, c. S. Dudley;
,7:3o, Clifford Pearson.
Centerville NJ. E.-7:3o, Herschel
Folger.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-09-22
Charges Fly Thick and Fast
at Tax Ferret Conf ference

the ferret, Commissioner Seaney hav-
ing already affixed his name to the
proposition presented by Van Deer
Veer.
Nusbaum Starts Uproar.
The fullisade of "tongue-shots" be-
gan when Simpson brought up a pro-
position made to the county by another
man, Dr. W. H. Nusbaum, of Indianap-
oils, to collect sequestered taxes for
80 percent instead Of 35 percent, as
asked for by Van Der Veer. Simpson
declared that there was something
crooked somewhere" and his remark
was answered by Van Der Veer by the
statement that "Nusbaum is sore at
me- (Van Der Veer.)
According to Van Der Veer, Nus
baum knows nothing of tax work. al
though he was employed by the Van
Der Veer company some time ago to
secure contracts.
Attorney johnson took up the cud-
gel in behalf of the tax ferret and aft
er much brilliant oratory in which he
declared that the men who were op-
posing the employment of a tax fer
ret were "sneaks and afraid to come
/ before the board" he asked Simpson
if he would sign the contract.
To this Simpson replied: "You will
| be eating a Christmas dinner before
any contract of that kind is signed.
At the close of Johnson's remarks,
Simpson declared that Van Der Veer,
| in explaining the proposed contract
between the board and Nusbaum, had
"said more in few words than you
Johnson-had said in your entire
speech"