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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
CHURCHES FIND RACE PROBLEM
NATIONAL IN SCOPE

New York.-The Negro migration
has brought new problems 10 both
white and colored churches in the
North. The migrants, tho church
members at home, are not easily as
simulated by the colored churches
at the North: and this failure TO
form new ties creates problems for
both the white mission boards and
the colored organizations.
A committee OF the Hame Missions
Council, body representing profess
tsnt America. has made a general
survey OF several states in both sec
tions. Their report shows that in
three western states - Michigan,
Ohio. and Indiana--there are $780,
600 Negro migrants, sixty percent
OF whom are estimated as church
members at home: hut only ~ per-
cent have united with northern
churches. They are mostly country
folk. used TO emotional preaching
and haphazard methods OF finance.
Northern Negroes consider them
ignorant and shiftless, while TO the
migrant Northern Negroes lack true
religion. White churches have
done practically nothing" to coun-
tcract the serious conditions follow
ing this lack OF understanding,
either by missionary endeavor OF
their own. or by cooperating with
The colored churches in meeting the
urgent need.
The report gives housing condi-
tions as bad, clean recreation hard
TO find. the night schools unprovided
for. In the cities the race feeling
is rarely acute; but in many small
towns previously without cOlored
population race bitterness is rapid
ly developing.
The committee recommends united
work by the Northern white
churches TO collect information and
TO arouse local white churches and
UNCONVENTIONAL boards 10 COOP
crate with the colored churches In
programs TO be worked out 20 meet
local needs. Among these commu-
nifty centers colored people are rec
ognized as pressing. These would
be operated by the colored churches
with the moral and financial back
ing OF white organizations, as has
been so successfully done at some
points in the South by the Southern
The Council proposes a conference
OF all its constituent boards. North
and South, 10 consider the race ques-
tiOn from a national standpoint. as
IL affects the Christian churches OF
beth races.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
COMMISSIONERS SALE


b. p. Hoskins, Admx. Plaintin
vs..
Southern National Bank & Co. De-
PENDANTS.
Pursuant Of judgment and order OF
90 the South
sale entered in the above styled ac-
ton. by the Madison Circuit Court
al its October Term, 1919, the un-
dersigned Commissioner will expose
10 public sale TO the highest and
hest bidder, at the hour Of 1880, on
Saturday. December 81, 1919, at the
Courthouse door in Richmond, Ky,
the following described property:
A tract or parcel Of land in Madi-
son County, Kentucky, on the waters
OF Jacks Creek and described as
follows: Bounded on the North by
the lands Of T. H. Collins, on the
East by the lands Of John Crawford,
on the South by the lands OF Pryse
Nrnm and on the West by the
" of George Perkins and Jacks
lands I'd containing ii6.4s acres.
Creek' a. q described land is in Q
Inc anoVt cultivation; splendid
high state OF :. raises fine hemp
sand stone land; = said premise.
CT tobacco, and Oh ling and twr
there is a good dwel. that vii
splendid tobacco barns ,oS
house twenty acres Of Tobacco :, ian,
There is very little Of such An
on the market in this county. y
the judgment in this case is hel
referred to for 015re 'partiouin
description Of this land and rart
thereof.
Terms: Said land will be cold on
credit Of nine, sixteen and twenty
four months, the purchaser being re-
quired TO execute sale bonds paya.
bic TO the Commissioner with ap.
proved security and bearing 6 per-
cent interest from day Of sale un-
til paid, with lien retained on the
land until said bonds and interest
are fully paid.
r.. B. TERRnL
Master Commissioner. Madison
Circuit Court,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
DIR. ROSS ADDRESSES
tcon,inued From psos ons)

for failure. When men who nave
amassed great power or wealth die
those who write their obituary no
tees and are anxious to commend
them 10 the favorable judgment OF
the people, seek 10 make prominent
the kind things they have done, even
" they have 10 search diligently to
find these things. For the human
heart, corrupt as il is, is still sound
enough TO refuse the palm Of sue
cess TO any man who has TO his
credit no act Of kindness nor persons
hc has helped. We can see for our
selves in the history Of men like
Rockefeller and Carnegie, who are
shrewd as we'll as rich, that they
perceived In time That wealth turns
To ashes unless a man gives as we'll
M gets. And il is their gifts, not
their wealth. that have redeemed,
as far as they have been redeemed,
mems thought Of their career,
Now. said the speaker, these three
principles Of success are incorpor-
aled in three sayings Of Jesus, to b.
found in John II, in report which
Jesus gave TO His Father, God, OF the
uses 10 which lie had put His life
report given in some eighteen
hours before He died. In this re-
port Jesus says, first, tina, through
ont His life He has consistently as
serted not Himself but God. The
influence He sought over men wa
no, secured by self-assertiveness
hut by the suggestion Of divine
i, power behind. Secondly. He say
that He has passed on TO others tn
words OF God On which He had Him
self lived. II have given them tn
words which Thou eavest Me-" III
shared with others the best judg
ments on life that He knew, an
these He had received from Goo
Thirdly. He says. II have kept thes
eleven men within Thy name; thu
is 10 say, have {. led TO shelte
=, them from evil In other words
Jesus life had been success be
!. cause lie had put the advertisement
Of God before sclf-assertion: becaus
He had very frankly shared wit
His friends His highest thoughts
and He had been concerned abou
: their moral and spiritual life an
had done His best TO protect then
from evil.
These principles are supreme !!
, any right doctrine of success
The speaker concluded by an ap
peal 10 the students to associat
themselves now by an act o, coven
ant las he said. by shaking hands,
with Jesus Christ, making them
selves His servants leaving tn
question of tn power Of their liz
Z 10 Him. II they did so. said tn
speaker, il was simply impossible
n that their lives should fail of sue
\ cess.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
u. 8. NEWS

roads are still controlled by the
Government and that il had resumed
its powers in the coal and sugar af-
fairs.
The Constitutional amendment is
binding on both federal and state
governments, and this amendment
supercedes the state laws.
The court did not take action on
the beer cases." which attacked
the constitutionality of enforce
ment act but confined itself solely
to wartime enforcement act.
All hopes for a wet" Christmas
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
REAL ESTATE
John T. Dean ]. w Hsrndor

We are still selling real estate.
The miners strikes puts no change
to our business. We have some es-
Pecially attractive propositions 10
offer just now-too many 10 give ac-
curate descriptions OF all, but II you
want a farm, house and lot or Va
cant property, come and see us.
John Dean continues at The Bank,
And though he's tall and lean and
lank,
He'll sell your land and write your
deeds
And look after your financial needs.
Herndon keeps up his rambling
round,
Through country side and in town;
But IL you want q house and land.
Just wink at him-hell understand.
Come on 10
DEAN & HERND0N
Berea Kentucky
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
SMALLPOX ON OCEAN LINER
Nearly 1000 on Board the French
Steamer Britannia vaeeInated
After Case 10 Found.

New York. Dec. l0-The French
steamer Britannia arrived from Mar
settles and the Azores with a case Of
smallpox In the steerage.
Nearly a thousand persons. includ-
ing the passengers and entire crew.
were vaccInated by quarantine offici-
ais.
The steamer was held at quarantine
for disinfection. The 500 steerage
travellers we're transferred to Hoffman
island for observation.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
Pacific Mall Adds FreIOhtsr..

San Francisco. Dec 11.-Twelve
s.b00-ton freighters have been allo-
Gated to the Pacific Mail Steamship
company to begin operations II a trade
route from the Philippine islands and
Chinese ports to French Indo-C China.
the Straits Settlements and india. the
company has announced.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
GOOD ROADS HELP SCHOOLS
Before Improvement Average Attend
snee Was Sc IN Eight countles--
rs Afterwards.

A survey made by the government
Of the effects Of good road building on
school attendance In eight counties
shows that before the roads were i'm
proved the average school attendance
was 60. with 76,after the roads were
improved.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
WORLD NEWS
(continusd from Page one,

intend TO recognize the Bolsheviki,
nor do they intend further 10 aid
the opponents. The withdrawal Of
foreign influences will remove the
excuse that many Russians have
given for not taking a stand against
the radicals.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18

are gone. The constitutional amend
ment will be effective January 10,
and IL is probable that the wartime
act will now keep the country dry,
ND to that time. f'
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18

Nhitesburc When the engine head
light showed a possum crossing the
track on No1h Fork the train crew
Joined in a brief possum hunt, losing
their quarry in cave.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18

(irayson.--Lewis Brown, 80, was sho'
through the head and killed by rifle
pullet which Tom Bloomfield, %, under
arrest. says he fired at random.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
LABOR AND CAPITAL
GETTING TOGETHER
Secretary Of Labor Wilson Says
Industrial Peace Near.
CONDITIONS NEAR TO NORMAL
Strikes and Loekouts Are Decreasing
Rapidly ss u Becomes Easier to
Settle Differences-WillH Have
Plenty qf Fuel Soon. --

Washington. Dec. l2.-Strikes and |
lockouts are rapidly decreasing In
number, Secretary OF Labor Wilson
said IN an interview.
with the decision Of the executive
committee os the United Mine Work
ers TO urg' their membership to re-
turn to srk Immediately IN accord
ance Wit. the proposal Of President
Wilson" Said the secretary. the NJ
tional Industrial situation, from the
standpoint Of increased production,
seems to wear better aspect than at
amy time since the period Of unrest be-
gan more than year ago with the
signing Of the armistice.
1T seems likely that within a week
or ten days more men will be Mt their
accustomed daily tasks than at any
time within many months.
Sees Fuel Shortage Overcome.
The returning miners can be count
ell upon to overcome swiftly the fuel
shortage. which, as ! said Ia tele-
gram TO President John l.. Lewis OF
the miners organization. had brought
the country face to face with perhaps
the most difficult Industrial situation
that ever arose. With the mines again
turning out the normal fue. supply,
factories can run full time and pro
duction Will be largely Increased. This
will tend to reduce costs OF necessi-
ties. as President Wilson has pointed
out.
The Cancellation division of this de-
partment now is being called upon to
handle fewer strikes and lockOuts than
during the summer.
in June 80 cases were handled. In
July 43 and In August SO. But in Sep
TENDER the number was reduced to a..
October also shOYed a reduction to 81,
while In November the total was but
II.
ION December I only % Industrial
disputes we're pending MS anndjusted
before the division, while in August
the total war 60.
They're Getting Together.
although the division does not gel
reports on all strikes and lockOuts.
since II can act legally only when re
quested by one of the parties con
\ Ceraed. the cases coming to the d.
vision are representative II the gen
eral situation. Just now they seem to
indicate that employees and Employers
are finding II easier to settle differ
ences peacefully Than through strikes
and lockouts.
Thus in November the division wa
able TO adjust but one case, while In
August the corresponding number was
FIVE cases and In October six.
"The records Of the division also
show that during November the mum
Der Of women affected directly In
strikes. lockouts and controversies In
which the difficulties failed TO reach
the strike stage was 17,439."
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18

Winchester cat occupied by
Louis Klmbrpugh and Forman Frisby
ran into brsshpile in the dark, and
they were painfully hurt in the spill.
Rlchmond.-Charles Shrewsbury,
who drew $500 from the bank ana
disappeared In his auto, was brought
back from Key West, where, enroute
to Cuba, he was intercepted, and is Ill
al his home In the county.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18

Lancaster.--A survey Of tobacco n
Garrard county has caused an estimate
Of 100000 pounds TO be fixed, and
the return is expected to approach
S7,O0OO00.
Frankfort.-Mrs William CROMWELL
author of work on %. uiainentary Ia"
has been advised that "rse o1"e'
has been received from Japa..'
Clay CITY,. ". Cooper, of Bowt
claims local championship honors as q
snake killer, having slain nine rattlers
and four copperheads this fall.
The Washington times., 1919-06-28
AUTOMOTIVE
SECTION
MOTOR TRUCKS FOR
SUBURBAN EXPRESS

The problem Of good roads is only
one part Of a bigger problem-trans-
sportation- So says R E Fulton, vice
president of the International Motor
Company.
1t is necessary, he continues, to
state this obvious fact for the simple
reason that the obvious is usually the
last thing we see. The other half of
the problem is vehicles plus their mo-
tive power.
Good transportation has resolved
itself into two things; good roads and
motor trucks. A favorable sign Of
the times is the growing recognition
on the part Of good roads advocates
that good roads exist for the use of
better transportation media-the mo-
tor truck and the automobile
The motor truck is not only replac-
ing horse transportation, but in many
cases it is supplanting railroads The
motor truck is the solution Of the
modern transportation problem.
Replacing Railroads.
In addition to the unlimited use OF
motor trucks for delivery purposes,
they are substituting for railroads
where the railroads themselves are
using them to replace spurs, which are
q source of expense and difficulty.
Also, in intercity shipments large
truck companies operate transporta-
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PRODUCER A

perienced even before the railroad
freight congestion became so acute.
Department stores in New York
city and Philadelphia are extensively
patronizing long distance motor truck
freight service. This method of trans
pOrtation insUres prompt receipt Of
goods.
Carry Varied Products.
The products carried by motor
trucks have hardly any limitations.
Recently several tons of finished
leather, valued at $4,000, were
shipped by motor truck from Phila-
delphia to New York overnight. Rail-
road service at the same time would
have required from four to seven
days. Machinery manufacturers and
cotton and wooden mills in New Eng
land cannot we'll afford to await the
arrival of slow incoming freights, so
they have their raw materials deliv-
cred to them by motor trucks In ex-
press time. Heavy machinery is de-
livered direct from shops and foun-
dries in Washington from warehouses
in Baltimore. Tons Of high eEplo-
sives that railroads refuse to- carry
are delivered by motor trucks with
but one handling after they leave the
finitum.
Farmers Use Motor Express.
Farmers, too, are turning to motor
truck transportation. Thousands Of
them are now served by motor truck
express lines, without which they
would hardly be able to ship milk or
farm produce. This service has en-
abled them materially to increase
q n " ~
reaching the market. In Maryland
there are twenty such lines carrying
supplies into Baltimore and Washing
ton. They have a daily capacity OF
1850 ton-miles and haul more than
800 tons day into these markets and
take back an equal amount Of mer-
chandising to farmers and county
merchants. The United States Food
Administration states that one man
with truck can haul as much farm
produce as three men with wagons
and cover three times the distance.
All Of this emphasizes in a general
way the conditions that have obtained
in railroad transportation and ex-
plains why industrial and commercial
interests are turning more and more
from what had been considered short
hauls" to the use of motor trucks for
transportation. Business men first
turned to motor truck service to meet
an emergency; now they are turning
to it to insure against Interruptions
and delays in carrying on their OPP
erations.
Upkeep Less Expensive.
When counterbalanced by their ca
pacity and more extended distance of
travel, the upkeep of motor trucks
=,
the maintenance of horses. One Of
the big Mack trucks of the Callan
feet has been in the service for four
years, and it has never had its en-
CINE taken down for a general over
hauling. It is still in commission,
carrying its rated capacity load every
day.
The following is a schedule OF the
distances and time made by Callan
Brothers seven and one-half-ton
Mack trucks:
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ton service for merchandise, supplies,
etc.
An idea Of the extent of this form
of transportation which is calling for
better roads and the best motor
trucks is given by the example of
Callan Brothers Of New York, who
operate a motor truck transportation
system within a radius of 400 miles
of New York city. They have a fleet
of more than forty even-and-one-half
ton Mack trucks. They have closely
connected their service with the Erie
Barge Canal, which runs from Buff
falo on Lake Erie, across the State
Of New York, joining the Hudson
river at Troy, a distance of SS7 miles.
Link Eight Warehouses.
Callan Brothers have linked their
eight large warehouses, with a stor-
age capacity of 10000 square feet,
and their motor truck service with
the terminals OF the canal in New
York city and important upstate
transshipment points along the canal
The Harlem River Ship Canal is eight
miles long. Callan Brothers unload
freight direct from the canal barges
at their warehouses alongside their
yard for shipment by their large fleet
Of motor trucks and delivery direct
to consignees or to Callan Brothers
warehouses to be held for future de-
livery in New England, New Jersey,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, or other
seaboard States, or to transatlantic
piers in New York city.
These motor truck transport sys-
tens are the outcome Of the inability
of the railroads to handle the great
quantities of freight which have con-
gested railway traffic in all parts Of
the country. This condition is re-
sponsible for the discovery Of the
real value Of the motor truck as a
The Washington times., 1919-06-28

transportation medium. Motor trucks
were used in connecting the broken
lines of railroad shipping and are
replacing the use of local freight
trains on short hauls" to a consider
able extent thereby releasing freight
cars for the more essential shipments
on longer hauls.
Means Safer Delivery.
Shipping freight by motor truck
means less handling. less damage and
safer delivery. It eliminates at least
five landings of goods as shipped
by railroad: First, from factory or
warehouse to freight station; sec
ond, loading from freight station or
truck to cars; third, unloading at des-
tination from cars to trucks or
freight station; fourth, unloading
from trucks to stores, factories or
warehouses, and fifth, handling in
case the goods are removed from the
car to freight station and held until
the consignee sends a motor truck to
remove them.
Distances considered practical for
motor truck transportation are held
by various authorities to average
from 100 to 300 miles. In special in
stances trips of 400 miles have been
made. An exceptional demonstration
of long distance hauling is the fleet
Of motor trucks which the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company operates
between Akron, Ohio, and Boston for
the shipment Of fabrics and rubber
supplies. These machines make the
round trip of approximately 1850
miles in from six to nine days. de-
pending on the weather and road con-
ditions. They are driven between
terminals with no stops other than
for meals and supplies. Each truck is
manned with two drivers, one Of
whom drives while the other sleeps.
FOrerunner of Big Era.
The establishing of long distance
motor truck service during the emery
enCy of the war is undoubtedly the
forerunner of a continuation of such
service on an even larger scale in
the era of peace. The service is dem
onstrating to manufacturers and
merchants that motor truck transpor-
tation is the only way to escape de-
lays caused by slow moving local
railroad freight trains and the loss
of time that had frequently been ex-
The Washington times., 1919-06-28

transportation has come to stay. The
problem now is to perfect and de-
velop It.
! Engineers See Opportunity.
Engineers who for years have been
engaged in the building of better
roads are now including in their ef-
forts the problem OF better motor
transportation. They realize that
good roads are but a means to an
end-efficient transportation, the get
! ting of things from where they are
to where they are needed in the best,
quickest and most economical man
ner.
within a range of so to 100 miles
the motor truck is today easily a
competitor on better than even terms
ed to widen the limits Of this zone is
the building of smooth, hard surfaced
highways Of adequate strength. Gov
eminent recognition has been taken
Of this fact, and a new Government
department is to be born out of the
stress Of the great war. Its purpose
will be to create a countrywide sys-
tenn of roads that can be used in win
ter as well as summer. This has the
double strategical value of a strictly
military measure and of relieving
railroads.
It is now proposed that Topographic
cal maps be prepared showing our
present loosely constructed and IN
systematic highways. With these as
a basis a plan will be made of an in
terlocking system Of roads, upon
which the products of the nation may
be moved from coast to coast, and
from the Canadian border to the Gulf
of Mexico New and sounder types of
roads than heretofore will have to be
constructed, having as the first con-
sideratiou the greatly increased wear
and tear Of heavy trucks. Even the
best of our existing highways are not
calculated to Withstand continuous
traction of heavy duty trucks.
The best engineering brains Of the
world thrashed out the problem Of
good construction behind the battle
lines in Belgium, France, and Italy.
An approach to its solution was made
when the engineering division of the
French army "metalled" the roads be-
hind Verdun in such speedy fashion
that heavy tractors top heavy with
men, munitions and supplies of all
kinds were enabled to pound over
those roads day and night, thus Civ
ing the Hun a blow that led to his
defeat. This lesson of Verdun has
awakened highway engineers to the
possibilities of automobile truck
transportation in times of peace as
well as war.
The problem Of transportation will
be solved by good roads engineers
and motor truck engineers working
in cooperation to achieve the desired
end. a