The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-02-13
I,attar from Manchester District.

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IniN New York city women candi-
dates gave tea parties to win votes
Cor themselves In the late election.
II may be less expensive than the
Enasculine way, If it produces the re-
suits. Election time reminds me- Of
the day, several years ago, when l
began, conversation with Conteder-
ate man, In Bridgewater, Va, who
had seem service In more than one
battle with the blue coats. After ne
learned That was a Northerners and
when we began talking about the
Civil War, saw his fists clench, az
he Began to get warm on the sub
1ect. Even il he was f0ur-score, ]
did not prolong the argument as ne
) began to flourish his fists around my
head, bit pleaded hurry for my
excuse to get away from tho full
blooded Rebel"
1t seems that the Government, for
good reasons, is spending much
money for experimenting. About
two months ago, convoy OF "
army trucks started from New YORK
city and in exactly 81 days they COM
pleted the 5000 mile run, entering
San francisco, having a record OF
breaking 100 bridges an route.
I. have always been interested II
the cause Of education, believing thai
we should improve thu talents the
Lord gave US. Someone is con-
tinuaIly devising new means OF re-
curing knowledge in a quick, sys'
tanatic manner. At a teachers con
ference. / saw demonstrations with
Grafanola before class Of boys and
xirls. One that impressed me won.
derrully was the forming OF letters
ON paper or board to the time and
music. which does not seem to be 9
difficult undertaking.
Verify, these are times or money
making, regardless Of the narosnps
and sacrifices Of the innocent. he
Gently I was in town OF perhaps
5000 Inhabitants. Purchasing some
pork steak, sliced at a meat store al
40c per pound, I was greatly sur
urised to find at another store, two
or three squares away, ON the same
street the same kind and quality Of
meat at soc per pound. "a laboreI
Is worthy his hire" but "the hire
seems to be unreasonable in many
instances.
go ye and preach the Gospel to
all nations and people," is a Bible
Injunction. Up in Maine, Gospel
Ship" in the form of an automobile,
was built, it being large enough to
accommodate an organ, organlst, a
minister, and four singers, two ladies
with soprano and alto voices and
two gentlemen, acting the part OF
tenor and bass. This Gospel Ship
attracted attention wherever it went
and many souls wer5 won for Christ.
The body of the machine was letter
ed with bright Scripture texts.
Tearing down and building up "
Is In evidence everywhere, even on
the farm, in storing the, enormous
corn crop.
Is it little wonder that the death
rate in the thickly populated coun-
try of India, is so much above nor
NAL? A missionary writing from
India says the heat is 104 in the
shade, with a warm wind blowing
A party of missionaries, travelling
across part Of the great country,
found their supply Of water ex-
hausted, and none in sight. Coming
to an old well, by tying together
belts and suspenders, they got sup
ply Of water from a well, in their
canteens. 1t was cool and reviving
so no questions vera asked as to
whether it was clean or pure.
When we read of starvation in the
far East, we hardly can realize what
it means. OF course, soma Of ms
know what it means to lose the bene.
f1t Of a meal or two, but picture an
emaciated child, not able to walk,
caused by hunger and lack Of nu-
triton! How thankful we should be
that our loved ones do not suffer
thus, with no brightness ahead.
We will not need to go to foreign
countries to see people starving, ac-