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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-24

MIssoURIANs may take courage as
they read Of the damphool things 9TH
er State Legislatures are credited
with doing. In Nebraska an anti-danc-
ing statute which makes it unlawful to
dance on S~undays-all over the State,
except in Omaha-is under Legislative
consideration. The exception is ex-
planned by the Lincoln Journal, 'be-
III that city has an ordinance regu-
lating dancing and has a Public We'll
fare Committee to see that all Sunday
dances are properly danced" 1 copy
from the Omaha World Herald:
Perhaps this singing legislative re-
buke Of the country girls and boys Of
Nebraska may bring them to- a reali-
cation Of their sins and their heather
way Of living. Hereafter when they
gather on a platform in some grove
on a Sunday, after q weeks hard
work, to sing their joy of living with
their toes, let them know that they
are lawless and accursed. They may
not know the shimmy, the foxtrot,
the bunny-hug, the bear, the tango
and all the modern improvements as
danced, with the changing years, in
Omaha; they may confine themselves
to the good, honest, old-fashioned
dancing; they may have two or three
score admiring mothers for chaper-
ones-but nevertheless their dancing,
under the arching vaults of Gods
first temple, is a sin dangerous and
damnable because they have not an
ordinance to regulate them and a
Public Welfare Committee to inspect
them as they play. Plainly what is
needed in Nebraska is just coolies of
policemen, az the World Herald has
pointed out before. There is no
practice, no diversion, no outward
and visible manifestation of the spir-
itual life that is within, that is safe
and seemly to indulge unless there is
police authority at hand to inspect
and regulate it. There should be a
policeman, a censor, a committee,
some sort of agent of Gov. Nickel
vie's supreme State, present in every
home. Who knows what may be GO
ing on behind that closed door? Free
dom is dangerous, for the flesh is
weak and the spirit intirm. What we
need is regulation, official regulation,
enforced by agents with gold stripes
and hickory clubs and long noses and
peering eyes, who will have Jul every
act under surveillance. Thus may we
hope to grow to be a moral, righteous,
sinless people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-24
METHODIST MENTION.
REGULAR SERVICES.

Fort HiU-Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Prayer Meeting, Tuesday, 1880 p. NJ.
Preaching LIST, Sd and 9th Sundays, at
11:00 A. M.
Union Mmch-Sunday s., 9:45 A. M.
Midweek Prayer Service, Wednesday,
1880 P. NJ.
Epworth League-.-.7:15 p. M.
Preaching, 11:00 A. M. and 500 P. NJ.
Teachers' Training Glass w ednesday
night after prayer meeting.
Church Conferences, Thursday,
April Oath. March Conference, 1880;
April Conference, 8. Musical pro-
gram with April Conference. Please
have your reports in writing.
II. e. STONE, Pastor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-24

THE POST Dispatch is thoroughly
Disguised with Missouri, calls it 1.-THE
Bsckwood State" and with ready
cartoon gives the world a delineation
of the average citizen of the State.
He is presented assested "hunked up"
on a convenient boulder with his back
against the body of an overhanging
oak. He is clad in hickory shirt,
'~gallus"less breeches, rawhide boots
and a "oefore-the-war'' felt hat, en-
joying a corn-cob pipe, and medita-
lively contemplating the typical
hound dog lying at his feet. Looking
at this artistic effort, it is difficult TO
determine which is the more poten-
tial factor in the economy of back
woods aimless, doless, care-free
existence-the animal biped or quad
ruped. AS stated above, the Post
Dispatch is disguised with the condi-
tions creating the picture itself has
drawn, and vents that disgust in two
columns of double width editorial. I
am sorry for the P.-D. in that its lines
have been cast in such unpleasant
places and hope there may yet be
found balm-if not in Gilesd, in other
more favored bounds-fori its laeerated
soul. If the worst come to the worst
which Heaven forefend! there are
steel highways leading to happier
realms, east, north, west and south,
where hound dogs are not and back
woods only a memory. But their gain
would but lily compensate for our
loss. Cheer up, P.-D,! when the fit
passes the sun will shine for you
again, for
Beyond the clouds the sky is blue,
And God his face is everywhere.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-24
Annapolis News.

Cool nights, warm days and high
winds.
Peaches and apples. 80 far, are all
right, as we'll as other small fruit. II
is generally supposed Their 9 will be all
kinds Of fruit this year.
Mrs. Mathina Bolch distributed Eas-
ter eggs to the children Of Annapolis
Sunday morning, which was greatly
appreciated and win long be remem-
bered by the LITTLE folk.
Chas %. Bolch has spent most ofthe
past week in st. Louis and elsewhere.
d. A. Worley is still in Piedmont at
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-24
Salesman Wanted.

Lubrieating Oil, Grease, s~pecialties,
Paint. Part or whole time. Com
mission basis. Man with car or rig
preferred.
RIVERSIDE REFINING Co.,
Cleveland, Ohio,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-24

AN esteemed contemporary in
North Missouri wants the public pool
rooms closed and suggests that they
be taken over and run by the
churches. Yes, and 1 presume he
would open the game with prayer
and close with a benedietion. How
wonderfully pious we are becoming!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-04-24
FOR EXCHANGE.

DeLaval Cream Separators, Stoves
Ranges and Flows for Liberty Bonds.
I. E. WENTWORTH.
The sun., 1919-09-21

the vestry of Trinity. Kings College
had preceded it and stood a little to
the north and west of ST, Paul's, near
the city of New York, on the bank
OF Hudsons River" In 1875, the first
Trinity Church was destroyed by fire
and for twelve years thereafter st.
Pauls served as the parish church.
That is how 1t happened that Wash
ington went to st. Pauls for the re-
ligious ceremony that completed in
1893 his Inauguration as President, a
ceremony carried out by the Right
Rev. Samuel Provost, rector of Trim
ity and the first Bishop of New York.
With the growth in wealth, num-
bers, knowledge of the citizens of the
ten counties enumerated the Episcopal
diocese kept pace. To-day as then the
problems which the State is forced to
face belongs equally to this vast
organization. These are the problems
which are now being felt poignantly,
although they are not new, problems
which grow out of unrivalled pros
perity and from our unparalleled mix
ture of races. Early in its life on this
continent the Episcopal diocese was
forced to choose between adherence to
tho mother church of England and
independence. It's choice was wisely
made and its vast growth in riches,
membership and territory has fol.
lowed. In 'the present age the two
chief glories in buildings of this
diocese, Trinity and st. Paul, show
that the power of money is really
limited. Here are two sacred edifices
which all the wealth of the United
States cannot purchase nor the grasp
ing hand of "big" business threaten.
They stand as, monuments to the
vitality of this church.
In the Office to which Bishop Burch
Is TO be formally indicted seven veneer
able men preceded him, for each of
whom the church had reason TO be
grateful. The first Bishop, Samuel
Provost. was consecrated in Lam
beth Chapel, England, in 1881; he
died in 1915. His successor, the Right
Rev. Benjamin Moore. was consecrated
in this city in 1901 and he ruled the
diocese but one year, dying in 1915.
Following Bishops OF New York were
John Henry Hobart, Benjamin Tread
we'll Onderdonk, Jonathan MaShew
Wainwright (provisionaD, the Right
Rev. Horatio Potter was the fifth Bishop
and the sixth was the Right Rev.
Henry Goldman Potter. who died in
July, 1905, and was followed in office
by the Right Rev. David HummeIl
Greer.
The sun., 1919-09-21
Sayings of the New Bishop.

MY heart is full and my hand
~ will be active for Church Ex-
tension work.
& May live to witness the COM
pletion of the third greatest ca
thedral Of the world, st. John the
/ Divine.
?. There is nothing extravagant in
my hopes, and my plans are sane.
/ am not a radical.
.s To do the work of the Lord as
ones conscience tells one it should
h be done will be the test. ! aim
TO keep politics far away from
,church policy.
T. Many say this church fails to
reach the masses and comes dan
gerously near to being the church
of the classes. We shall prove
this false by our service.
Failure to reach up to the full
measure of it's duty, it's oppor-
tunity, has marked each step in
the church's development, but is
not this the history of all institu-
tions committed to human agen-
cies?
True religion must face and
will profit by criticism.
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Charles Sumner Burch Only Thirteen Years in Episcopal
Priesthood, Large Man Physically and Mentally With
Wide Experience Model Administration
After Bishop Greer's

For nine years my work was
largely in our chapels in the Tombs,
the penitentiary, on Blackwell's Island
and Wards Island, and this work is,
as II always has been. very near to
my heart. Every possible impetus to
give 1t the right direction and to OBJ
tain real results will be given by the
church. This was true Of Bishop
Greer's direction and hope it may be
as true of mine.
Wants to Finish Cathedral.
Another project in which 1 am
wrapped up is the completion of the
cathedral. Five millions Of dollars are
Leeded to bring this church to a finish
merely in construction work. 1t will
then be the third largest church of the
world, st. Peters in Rome ranking
first and the Primate Church Of Spain
in Toledo, the ancient capital of that
country, being second. st. John the
Divine with its nave $40 feet long will
be s. noble church, uuequalled in Amer
lea, and it is my dream to see 1t in a
completed state. How long will it
ldhe! EVEN were the money available
to-day probably the architects them
selves would hesitate to fix the time
It may require ten. twelve, fifteen
years-they cannot say to few years
but 1t is wonderful finish to look
forward to with delighted expectation
by the clergy Of the diocese, as,
think, also by the laity
you will see nothing extravagant
or radical in my hopes, and l believe
they are sane and far from being radi
ca. 1 could not be of that nature and
have sat so long and happily at the
feet of Bishop Greer. His attitude was
not one Of radicalism; he was open to
argument and persuasion when can
didly given as no man before him ever
has been. To persuade was his forte,
anG when he felt seriously about any
The sun., 1919-09-21

THE American Committee for
Devastated France. Inc, of 16
East Thirty-ninth street is Of
fering for sale a medal which Is prob
ably unique for the reason that the
diverse and reverse were struck in
different years, the former In 1916,
about one year before the United
States became involved in the great
war and commemorative the sympathy
OF the American people for the Allies,
and the reverse was struck when our
Government declared war on Ger
many. Both are the work of the med
allist Theodore Spioer- Simpson.
The medals are in sterling silver and
in Government bronze. They are two
and a half inches in diameter and
each Is mounted in a velvet lined
morocco case. The diverse bears the
motto do Right and Fear No Man."
from the inscription on one of George
Washington's swords. The reverse
carries the shield OF the United States
with the Stars and Stripes framed in
laurel. Across the bar of the shield
Is inscribed the date. April 6. 1917,
when the United States Joined the En-
tente Allies In the struggle for civil
liSation. 1t is work OF art highly
priced by collectors and keepers of
coins and medals in the museums. It
Is also permanent token OF Ameri-
can ideals and patriotism that will
grow in value with every year as the
great war recedes into history
The proceeds of sales from this
medal are used by the American Com
mittss for Devastated France for ra-
The sun., 1919-09-21

ITO demonstrate the reliability Of
its machines, a scales manu-
featuring firm has placed q
large platform scales outside of its
ONCE on Chambers street, near Broad
way, on which the public can weigh
itself for nothing. And how that part of
the public which daily passes through
Chambers street avails itself of the
opportunity to get something for
nothing! 1t makes no difference what
minute of the day an observer hap
penis to pass he will always see large
crowd gathered about the scales watt
ing to weigh themselves. The average
New Yorker will not let a chance like
this slip.
1t is an ideal place to study human
nature, II one has the time he may
stand back from the crowd for ten or
fifteen minutes and hear interesting
comments and see funny sights. There
are all sorts of persons in the crowd
from the prosperous looking business
man to the down and out There are
thin girls waiting to learn from the
teltale dial II their efforts to increase
their weight are proving successful.
While the buxom maids are just as
anxious TO find out If their avoirdu-
pois is decreasing.
The line forms on both sides and
there is a great deal of maneuvring
to get on the platform without losing
time. But in spite of the efforts OF
some to push their way through with
out taking their place In line the rule
Of women first" is observed at all
times.
The sun., 1919-09-21

but forceful methods carry on his
work, shall have no higher ambition.
Under me there shall be no harsh
discrimination between high church
and low church ceremony, To do the
work of the Lord as ones conscience
tells one it should be done will be the
test And to preserve that test in
state OF purity it shall be my aim to
keep politics far away from the church
policy"
The election of Bishop Bureh is sub
ject to confirmation by the House Of
Bishops and the House of Clerical and
Lay Delegates of the General Conven-
ton of the Episcopal Church, which
meets next month In Detroit. Bishop
Burch was consecrated on the occasion
of his appointment as Suffragan Bish-
op in 1910. Therefore the only cere-
mony which will mark his assumption
of office Is an installation service, and
this is optional. The new Bishop will
waive this ceremony unless it is urged
by the members of the diocese He
said in this regard:
II would prefer to start my work
with the new title as the continuing
labor that it virtually is. Bishop
Greer had a simple wish in regard to
any personal ceremonies; he liked to
avoid them. He had no enforcement
when he was chosen Bishop and 1
should like in this as in other ways
of simplicity 90 follow his excellent
example"
Extracts From His sermons.
Bishop Burch is a simple speaker In
the pulpit, persuasive indeed by his
very candor, but without any of the
art Of the orator. In the various oc-
casional sermons, delivered as the bac-
calaureate at various colleges. he usu-
ally has chosen to take the opponents
of the church and religion as men who
had something to say and whose argu-
The sun., 1919-09-21

was ever issued to young men in any
age than that which calls them to-
DAY.
AT this point the practical question
presents itself Is there any type or
form of religious life which approves
Itself as being adapted to the age In
which we live and the people among
whom we move? Is there a religion
voicing its impelling appeal as against
new and old paganisms to the meh and
women of this twentieth century,
Who shall say that the conspicuous
moral victories of Christian civilization
have not been won by men fired with
the message of Jesus, the men whose
hearts God has touched, rather. than
by goddess men of unfaith and I'M
stableness? Who shall say that his
tory is to be reversed at the beginning
OF the twentieth century and the great
moral achievements of the future
wrought by followers of any kind of
paganism or by preachers of moral
laxity and moral vagueness? .
For the world. for our brothers in the
world, for ourselves We cling to this
great hope:
"Nor is he far away who deems
That every hope which rises and
grows broad
In the worlds heart by ordered i'm
pulse streams
From the great heart Of God"
Where the New PreIate Reigns.
The diocese OF New York (Episco-
pal) was organized In 1855 and COM
prises the counties of Duchess, New
York. Orange. Putnam, Richmond
Rookland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westches-
ter and Bronx in the State OF New
York. The realm of Bishop Burch
covers about $500 square miles. The
history of the diocese is bound up in
that of the State.
Ten years before the signing of the
Declaration of Independence or 1853
years ago next October occurred the
opening OF st. Paul's Chapel on the
and Vesey street. That event and
the conspicuousness Of members of
the Episcopal Church, George Wash
ington among them, is singled out
from many TO show the important part
this church played in laying the foun-
dations of this republic.
New York then had but 90 900 in
habitants and the building of an
"ornate" chapel. as this OF st. Paul's
was called, these people judgcI to, be
wild and exravagant on the part OF
The sun., 1919-09-21

/" HE Right Rev. Charles Sumner
Burch sat in his accustomed
- office in the Synod House at
10th street and Amsterdam avenue
the day after he had been elected
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
New York. From sentimental rea-
sons he had never occupied the office
OF the late Bishop Greer, although as
suffragan bishop pending the election
OF successor 1t was his right to do
So The cares of the diocese weighed
apparently no heavier upon him than
before his election In open conclave,
but at noon on the day after his eleva-
ton he held service in the Cathedral
of st. John the Divine, presiding under
his new title.
"A big man physically is the new
Bishop; he stands 6 feet 3ik inches and
his figure is proportionately massive.
So is the drawing of his bead; It is
square and full featured. with chin
indicative of decision Of character. His
large eyes are gray and they smile
simultaneously with his lips and when
the latter part they show a set of firm
~ - u's my p"' ho'
Aus.erllS' win ueep rich voice IN
ppea ,ee anu .lailher BISHOP hurch
'ns hsure no'ehst ike
nons itunope hheu 10 picture IN
- wv" oi'i oi0es'
The New bishop, the Man.
,rna na,r had =,
a;oc.s. ~ 49, =, a., .s
thirteen wears ne uas 49,
smau viii. a north 80
Mich and raceived his ad,,oa 80, =,
that Mace p,cknev and ~ tho ~;
yersitv Of Nichipap a, ,ns,i,,t;or
which has carried the nap,e NJ An
Arbor over the world His father MO =
a writer in his latter vears hut Law
renee ID. Burch. which Was his name
is best remembered as a sohoolma ster
Of the fine old serious and enthusiastic
type. After the son graduated with
q. degree Of A. B. at the university he
taught school for two years in Detroit.
and there he met and married the lady
who is his wife.
t.F'rom the school rostrum he passed
70 newspaper work for which he had
SHOWN some talent in college and he
did reporting and editing on papers
OF Grand Rapids. Michigan and Chi
cago. In the latter place also he
The sun., 1919-09-21
NEW YORK'S NEWLY ELECTED BISHOP FACES
GREAT TASK WITH A CONFIDENT HEART

many have misunderstood the words,
misunderstood and misinterpreted the
teachings of Jesus, and to-day millions
ignore or misread the Christ. Many
reject the church and many more,
even within the bounds Of the church,
claim. with some justice, that It is not
as effectively preaching and living forth
it's message as II might; many say II
has outgrown its usefulness and is a
failure. Many lay to this church that
II fails to reach the masses and comes
dangerously near being the church of
the classes. We read this indictment
in our prints and magazines. :.
This is not the first age or this the first
people rejecting or misreading the
churchs religion and charging that
religion with failure. Confessedly
failure to reach up to the full meas
ure Of Its duty, its opportunity, has
marked each step In the churchs de-
veIopment. But is not this the his
tory of all institutions and undertake
ings committed TO human agencies,
In a world in which the idea of de-
velopment controls. whether in the
sphere Of nature, of science, of phi
losophy, of religion? TRUE re-
ligion must face and will profit by
criticism, both of its faith and adj
ministration, whether that criticism be
scientific or unscientific, tempered and
moderate or exaggerated and churlish.
The miracle of the centuries is
the persistence of the Christian re-
ligion in spite of the many grievous
errors and failures of it's adherents
and supporters and in spite of the I'M
renting efforts of its enemies to read
it out of being"
The Call to Service.
An undercurrent OF Bishop Burch's
sermons is what flows from his own
work among the poor and submerged
classes. 1t constantly comes to the
surface.
Back to sound, vigorous. young
manhood which asks seriously what
the religion of the prophet of Nazareth
can do for us in this real and busy
world is the clear call to action. to
initiative, to power. This religion asks
us TO advance and not to retreat. Now
comes the call to a life of service-to
what we in these days are pleased to
cali social service'-the type of SER
vice taught and lived by the founder
OF this religion. No higher summons
The sun., 1919-09-21

ing in which, among other gossip, II
was told that some one had left open
a chicken house door and the result
was a raid on the garden: The seri-.
BUSINESS Of the catastrophe depended
upon whether the peeps" or the "lay-
ers" had got out. as there is a large
difference In their power of destruc-
tlveness.
The sun., 1919-09-21

ments were worth refuting. He has
not stood on the impeccability of the
church, but, admitting that 1t is a
human institution. he has candidly
granted that it was liable to human
errors. For an instance of what once
would have been considered appal-
lingly like hefesy he said this at Co
lumbia June 4, 1911:
IAN down through the centuries
The sun., 1919-09-21

lief work in villages of the Depart
ment Of the Aisne, which have been
assigned to them by the French Gov
eminent. The cost of the large silver
medal is $50. and Of the bronze medal
Of the same size is $50. A medal one
half the size in sterling silver is sold
for $3.50.
The sun., 1919-09-21

corner, and when he sees a group OF
children come along he rushes up be-
hind them. at the same time giving
them a gentle tap on their legs with
his cane. Children who are not famil-
lar with the experience scream and
run away, while he has hearty laugh,
Sometimes when the youngsters see
that the man enjoys his prank their
fear turns to mirth, and they scamper
away.
Sometimes when a mother comes
along with her children she does not
think 1t so much OF a joke to have
her children whacked over their legs
with a cane. When this occurs. the
old man changes the, situation with a
hearty laugh, which in most instances
averts real row between him and the
mother.
The policemen in that section of the
town are familiar with the old mans
face. and when they come upon him
enjoying his pranks with the Riddles
they do not modest him.
The sun., 1919-09-21
NEW YORKER was showing

~ AOAhAFHAh VeAo
~ the city's sights to his mother
in-law from the Middle West
and they stopped in City Hall Park to
gaze at the Woolworth Building. tower
ing $50 feet in the cir.
The visitor became quiet and ap-
peared to be carried away by the
grandeur OF the worlds largest strurt-
ure used for unitarian purposes as
she stared penslvely upward. Believ-
ing the impression had overwhelmed
the sightseer, her escort asked:
What are you thinking OF. mother ?"
81 was just wonder ing" was the re-
ply, III II was the little chickens or
the big ones that got into the lettuce
beds"
Then the New York man remem-
bered that his wife's mother had re-
ceived a letter from home that morn