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The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-09-10
POPULAR RELIGION

The effort to popularize religion
has in some instances been carried
to ridiculous extremes. One congre-
cation has gone so far, it is said, in
the attempt to make religion popular
that it has introduced dancing as a
SEQUEL to the Friday Eve service.
That the efficacy of prayer will
thus be enhanced by the efficacy of
dancing no one who is at all familiar
with the taste and trend of the pres
ent time can doubt or deny. But
little skepticism as to the devotional
value of services that are partici-
pated in by those who come to dance
and stay to pray might be pardon
able. While there is not any reason
to decry all dancing as wicked. the
Tripping of the light Fantastic" can
hardly be brought into line with di-
vine services which should at all
times be sacred and even solemn.
We do not at all object to the social
activities that form part of congre-
gational life. We do not object to
dancing or any other social and
sociable feature that helps to cement
Jewish solidarity. We do not at all
share the philosophy of those who
want us to do everything for Juda-
ism and nothing for the Jew, a phil
osophy which some rabbis at the
Rochester Conference a few weeks
ago urged their colleagues to accept.
We believe that all Jewish activities
have both place and value in the
economy of Jewish life. While it is
true that the Jew would have no
raison d'etre without Judaism, it is
equally true that Judaism without
the Jew is impossible and inconceiv-
able. The religion of the Jew is an
important and integral part, perhaps
the most important part and integral
part, of Jewishness. Yet, it is only
a part of it and not the whole of it,
and it is Jewishness in all it's forms
combined that makes the religion of
the Jew so valuable. Were this not
so, were there nothing else to be
done but to keep UP the customs and
traditions of our faith, there would
be no reason for maintaining Jewish
institutions other than the synagogue.
There would be no reason, for in
stance, for building and maintaining
Jewish homes for the orphan or the
aged, or Jewish hospitals, which are
Jewish in no religious sense, many
of which are indeed Jewish only in
name, or of Y. M. H. AS in most
of which religion hardly ever finds
formal expression.
But we must guard against drag
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-03-14
FL PLEBISCITO De LUXEMBOURG
La gUvENTUD, IA eRAcIA Y e AMOR TRIuNFANTEs

de los cuales ell Gran Ducadc, cuya
organization V modo de ser pohtl-
con eran va distintoS, queto del to-
do independence del pals merriam
des.
Al lanZaISe Alemania como una
tromba marina, sobre el ceste, con e!
deliberate prop6sito de veneer a
Francia V despu9s a Albion, por sor-
presa, rompi6 la neutralidad de Lu-
xemburgo, al igual que Ia de Belgi,
ca. sin respeto a la fe jurada y sir
otra idea que Ia de satisfacer 81 am
bicion, a c~ualquier precio.
Al proceder de csc mcdo, retroce,
do a los tiempos aquellos en- que
prevalecia el principle de que la
fuerza hace ia ley, y Ia desbarata
cuando lie convene" o sea al SINH
lar ~desarrollado en- Sci Principe" de
que lei soberano puede quebrantar
Ia fe jurada cuando lie ~convenga,"
que constituyo Ia grandeza del Du-
que de Valentinois, asesino, entire O.
tres mas, de ViteIlozo, Oliveiro, Pa,
COLO ' el Duque de Orsini, o re
Fernando el Catolico, hoy puestos
en- sus dimensiones propias, por el
buen sentido moral Y la critica his
t6rica contemporaries.
Que hizo la Gran Duquesa AIDE
lima, soberana de LuXemburgo, al
darse cuenta de cue la neutralidad
de su pals estaba siendo pisoteads
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AsPECTOS ECONOMICS DE,
PROBLEMA

Las actuales dificultades edu-
c~acionales Sc dehen, practicamen1e-
en- todos sus aspectos, a los insult
cientes salaries cue Sc paga a los
maestros en- TODD ell territorio DE los
Estados Unidos.
Ell costo de Ia vida Sc ma du-
plicado en- los ultinos tres amos, en-
tanto que los salaries de los profeso-
res solo han aumentado I'M y por
ciento. Por consiguiente, mas de la
mitad de los maestros tienen que
gastar mas de 10 que ganan.
3.-Los maestros, 10 mismo que O.
tros trabajadores asalariados, no
han tenido en- sus salaries el mismc.
aumento que otros obreros. Por con
siguiente, los professors estan cons
tantemente obiigados a vivir con eS-
trecheces, Y por Ia mismo, d TRAFALGAR
deficientemente, porque no pueden
haccr f,ente n las atlas cNigcrclas
de renta, alimcnto, vsstido, llbros,
etcetera.
4.-Por los estudios de presupues.
tos de varias ~ocupaciones, en- rela-
ci6n con Ell costo de la vida, Sc juz-
ga que el salario de $4,000 anua-
les debe establecerse parn TODD Ell
pals. Pues bier, muchos p~rofesores
viven con III salario mucho menor.
Centenares de ellos devuelven ell
QUESTIONABLE que Sc les envio, anota-
do con estas palabras: "yo trabaJo
en- una drogueria durante el seranoH.
"yo trabajo en- mi casa para pagan
mi cuarto Y mi asistencia', 'yo ira
bajo en- Ia costura para cubrir mis-
gastos", "mi familia paga mis- gas
tos durante el veranO."
5.-Los maestros reciben salaries
inferiores q los de otras profesiones
como los ministries. los abogados, ME
dicos, ingenieros, etc. Los salaries
medios no solo son mayores, sino q Ia
esca!a de salaries es mucho mayor
ofreciendo asi a los mas capaccs, q
los trabajadores y q les Que anhe-
Ian aventajar en- su profession, gran
des alicientes, 10 cual falta a los
maestrcs.
6.-Se paga q los maestcos sala-
rios muciln memories que a una gran
parte de :os nhrer.:S sin preparac::' i
alguna Y Iue por 10 mismc no tu-
rieron que iacsr estuiio algunu, y
cnyas eXigelc:as para el sas:"rmAion
10 de ST. dec son mUcho memories.
Los salaries que actualmente Sc paga
. los maest,1s, parecen mas bien a
Sigos por Ia adecuada preparation.
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te. sin embargo, Sc agreg6 q Belgica,
Ia que tiene por capital a Arlon,
mientras cue Ia otra qued6 indie
peudiente, con 81 capital Luxembur-
go, plaza fuerte hasta 1867, ano en-
que fUe desmantelada.
FL actual Ducado tiene una super
ficie de $500 Kilometres cuadrados
: 81 rededor de doscientos sesenta
mil habitantes; 10 que cuiere decir
cue cabria 81 veces dentro del Ests-
do de Chihuahua, que cuenta con
una superficie de POI. 500 kil6me-
tros c~uadrados, aunque 81 poblacion
no sea sino la de aquel, POGO mas o
menOs.
Luxembourg domino Ell vale del
Mosela; lie atraviesa la cadena de
montahas que Sc llama Ardenres
or~ientales, rico en- zinc, hero Y hui
la; es pals agricola, bien cultivsdo,
que pro- zee cereales, vid, canamo;
Y posee no d~espreciable industrial
manufacturers.
Monarquia constitutional, regida
por Ia rama directa de Ia casa de
Nassau, eStuvo ligada al RENO de
los paises bajos hasta 1890. aun-
que unicamante con lazo de union
personal, por haber sido Gran Du-
que el mismo rey holandes. A Ia
muerte &c Gu:llerno III. hubo ARE
CLOS dinasticos entire las ramas de la
casa reinante holandesa, por virtud
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Debido q IA musica Juguetona '
oicaresca de Offembach, autor de q
opereta la Gran Duquesa de &C.
rolstein," en- Ia que puso en- sofia Ia
seriedad de una corte minuscula,
p~rovocando IA risa universal, e. Gran
Ducado de Luxemburgo es consioe-
RADIO generalnlente como foco de
placer ' de friyolidad, sin mas i'm
portancia ' sig~nihcacion, cue las De
rivadas de 81 u6icacion.
NADIA. sin embargo, mas apartado
de Ia realidad, cue semejante con-
cepto d~espectivo. Y aunQue el Lu-
xemburgo es IN pals Pequeno por So
extension territorial Y 81 nunero de
habitantes, tiene 81 historic, que eS
curiosa; Y paso despues de IA gran
guerra o una grave crisis, de Ia
cue Sc saIv6 gracias a Ia magnanl-
rlidad de los aliados, 81 buen senti-
do de los Iuxsmburgueses Y a Ia en-
cantadora beldad que como soberana
dirise actualmente dos destinos del
Gran DucadO.
Antigua dependencia del Fiejo I'm
perio, ' estado de IA Confederation
Gern1anica, fue consCituido Gespues
como entidad neutral, a amparo de
las gandes porencias, . causa &c
hallarse en- Ell canine de las invaSio-
mes de Francia Y Aleman;a, Y como
para servir de garantia q "a segu-
ridad de ambas n~acicnes. Una par
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La Situation de los
MaestrOs en- los
EE. Un1dos

| mo NdUlUS @ ISlSiLiitSS l" St-S--
| sima condici6n que guardian los macs
ttros de escuela en- Mexico, donde so,
10 comen por Corpus y San Juan
sino a Ia Que guardian en- los Estados
Unidos.
In suplemento del Boletin de Enc,
TO de la Association Nacional de Edu'
caci6n publica IN resumen del lnfor'
me de Ia comision de la misma socie-
| dad. acerca de los salaries de los
maestros y de los prcyectos que hay
para meiorarlos. FL Boletin declara
que el Dr.. E. S. Evenden, emp!eo O.
cho lDeses estudiando y organizando
ell material para dicho informe, y
escribiendo las conclusione5 que de
| 81 Sc desprenden-
Fl informe pide que los maestros
ingistan en- recibir una paga ade-
cuada, para que Ia obra Educational
| satisfaga las .necesidades de la epoca
| actual, pero no rec que sea necesa-
rio emprender canpaHas para au-
mentar los salaries, basadas unica-
mente en- un sentinliento de iusti-
cha hacia una clase o%prinIda, sino
que debe presentarse Ia question en-
ST. aspecto verdadero, como un asun-
to de vital interes para Ia comunidad.
Los siguientes parrafos indican el
argumento presentado por el informe:
Hoy hacemos frente a un probe
ma-educacicnal y secial-que no So
10 pone a prueba Ia d~emocracia, que
nosotros ayudamos a hacer %triunfar,
a salvar Y perpetuar, sino que en- cler-
to aspecto va a poner a prueba Ia
viabilidad misma de Ia civilization.
Tai problema no sera ~resuelto por los
estadistas, nj por los politicos nj por
los financieros, nj por los jefes del
trabaio nj por los agitadores. lam,
poco sera resuelto por Ia presente ge-
neraci6n de ciudadanos, que solo pue-
den fundar instituciones temporales,
o11e seryiran como experimentos. La
real soluci6n solo podra venir hasta
que Sc realic.n tales ex~perimentos Y
scar a~preciados por IN pueblo ense-
1ado a pensar a Ia luz de los nuevos
ideales de servicio Y de valores socia-
les.
"Asi pues, Ia solucion de muchos
problemas de reconstruction toca a
los maestros de la proxima decada,
Nmca una responsabilidad semeJan-
te afect6 a una clase cualQuiera de
la sociedad. Y en- los dltimos Qua
tro amos Sc ha d;cho multitud de We
ces que tai clase esta enteramente
carente de toda preparation para tai
tarea. ST en- tales condolences Sc
ha de hacer frente al problema de Ia
civilization, 4 fin Ge que esta no So
10 subsista, sino que progrese, este
no puede hacerse por profesores sin
experienced, sin preparation y sin Ia
debida retribuci6r. Esta condolences
d-esapareceran cuando los professors,
fernando una unidad compacta, To-
sren i~nteresar al pdblico ilustrado y
hacer que exijan el mas alto grade
de e~ficiencla en- Ia e~ducaci6n, Y Co
mo esencial para obtener tai eficien-
cia, Ell procurar al maestro un salario
decentt Y que lie permita hacer al
gunos aHorros.
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Entire sabios:
-Estoy desesperado porque he per
dido Ia menloria.
-;Por alguna enfermedad?
No; 81 era una Memoria que iba
a ~presentar en- Ia Academia de Medici-
ma.
-iQue l&stima! " de que trataba?
DE las intermediates de Ia me-
MORA.
En- carnaval:
-;De que vas a vestir este ano?
|-preguntaba III eStudiante a otro.
-!Yo! Lo mismo de Siempre, de
fiado.
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first act Of the present administra-
ton, which withdrew under direc-
tions from Mr.. Bryan from the
"six5power loan" It was held that
the bankers might eventually call on
the United States government to
make China pay in the event Of de-
fault. -
1t was stated today that the pres
ent eonsortium to be Of any value
unless forced on China, must be ap-
proved by the Che Fling Office. It is
well known there is party In
China opposed to the loan under the
terms thus far disclosed to them.
: Before accepting China also wants
to know the limits OF. the loan and
on what it is to be based a. imme-
diate security. It-has been stated opn-
oficiauuy that the bankers must
have a first Ten on China's best tax,
the "gabelIe, or revenues from
salt. =: :, - i.. s>,5s
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ROBBERS ENTER @
TRENTON BANK
Liberty Bonds and War Savings
Stamps Missing.

Edgefeld, Oct, 21.-The Bank Of
Trenton was entered and robbed
early this morning. The thief entered
the front door and blew out an ex-
cavation in the wall of the outer vault
sufficient for a man to get through
where the deposit boxes of private
citizens are kept, contents of the
most of them being taken, consisting
largely of liberty bonds and war saw
ings stamps. The inner vault and safe
where the money was kept were not
entered and no cash was taken. While
no official statement of the amount
of bonds and stamps stolen has been
made, it is variously estimated from
fifteen to twenty thousand dollars.
The boxes of several, one of them
Belts Bouknight's, containing $12,-
900 in bonds, were not molested.
Many. of the boxes contained jewelry,
much of which was stolen, besides
considerable amount of liberty bonds.
B.,R. Tillman had taken froms This box
watch formerly belonging to his
father, and very valuable diamond
ring. 'E..
.
The robbery occurred about two
o'clock but nothing was known of it
until 8. The bank carried burglary
insurance to the amount of; thirty
thousand and nothing wilk intimately
be lost by it or it's customers. Blood
hounds were brought to the scene,
about 9 o'clock, but as so many had
entered the bank and place before
this, no trail could be struck. Severa!
strangers were noticed at Trenton
yesterday but no suspicion was arous-
ed. The robbery is thought to have
been the work Of professionals who
made good their escape.
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SUMTER FARMERS
3, =: CALL FOR ACTION

Sumter, Oct. 19.-At meeting of
Sumter county farmers at the court
house today a resolution was adopted
that Whereas the price of cotton did
not permit the continued payment of
the prevailing prices for cotton pick
ing it was the sense Of the meeting
that all farmers be urged to pay 81
hundred beginning Monday Seven
ty-four Of the members present sign
ed an agreement to abide by the res
olution. Mayor Jennings stated he
had instructed the police to see that
all able-bodied menswere: at work.
The rural police force is also enforc-
ing the vagrancy laws.
Another resolution that was passed
by a large majority but not without
much heated discussion was one that
the governors Of all cotton growing
states be requested to call special ses-
sions of their legislatures to pass laws
prohibiting the planting of cotton in
1921 on account of destruction of
boil weevil and as the supply of cot
ton on hnad exceeds the demand for
.
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LOAN TO CHINA
&. AGREEMENT BEFORE
STATE DEPARTMENT

:, Washington, Oct. 21.-The agree.
ment of English, French, American
and Japanese, bankers, by which
China is to be loaned money on the
consortium plan, which bankers re.
Gently worked out in New York, has
been submitted to the state depart.
ment. ra
The details have not been made
public and may not be until after
they have been submitted to the
Chinese government. This loaning
of money to China under govern
ment auspices in a reversal Of the
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II. KING DIES GREKcE ],
MAY BECOME ERPUBLIc

Athens, Oct. .21.-Keen interest II
the question Of succession to the
Greek throne, should King Alexan
der's illness terminate fatally, is be
ing taken by the people, although
nothing reliable relative to the sub.
ject is as yet known. The throne will
undoubtedly be offered to Prince Pau
King Alexanderss younger brother
but it is almost foregone conclu.
sion that the conditions accompany
ing the offer will render it unaccept.
able. - ;,a,a-h e;---.s' e +.
In case of his refusal, it may be
offered to some foreign prince, and
if he declines the situation may bs
solved by the proclamation Of the Re.
public.
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personal properly. Inc Iolio"ihs -
a copy of bill of sale from James
Richey to John Martin:
Abbeville District 49,
South Carolina.
Know all men by these presents
that I James Richey hath this day
bargained and sold to John Martin
one negro girl (named Catherine
for the consideration of three hun
dred and sixty dollars the red ! I
do hear-by acknowledge TO me in
hand paid for which I do forever
warrant the same negro from my
self my hears and any other person
what ever for to claim the said ne
gro sined seled & delivered this %
day of May 1924.
2.r James Richey a.
Test ..... d.,
Andrew Manly W
Another Of the bills of sale is
from Thomas Wyly to John Martin
conveying negro girl about four
teen years of age named Prudence
for s4OO, August IL, 1926. - -
The other bill of sale is by John
Robertson to John Martin and con-
veys a negro man named Harry. It
is dated January 9TH, 1922, the
consideration being five hundred
dollars. The witness is George PEN
ney. ........ ..., 4
Among the other papers is re-
ceipt of which the folliwing is an ex-
act copy i &
September the 7th 1922
Reed of John Martin one Dollar in
full of all damands agenst him
James Frazier. X,
Another receipt is from Watt
Evans, who is acting for Jno. Hem
derson and acknowledges receipt OF
one pound two shillings and ten
pence in full Of his account to date,
which was 9Th. day Of February,
1861 4.
Then there is a receipted account
due by G. p. Martin to NJ. W. Cole
man for the year 1S45. The account
contains these items: 4 pr. negro
shoes at, 81 IL, $3.50; l pr. Russet
do. e5; pa tacks ~. Payment was
made to Capt. W. s. Harris.
An old account Of John Martin
for the year 1922, the creditor not
being named, shows that box Of
pins sold then for Is cents; a pair
of suspenders for s2 IL cents and
2 hair "comes" for 81 1-2 cents.
Among the remaining papers is
the following: -,
"That the bearer John Martin and
his wife Mary have lived in the
bounds of this congregation for
many years, and. always behaved in
a; christian becoming manner, left US
in full communion with the Church,
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MORE, OLD DOCUMENTS
Col. Pat Roche Shows Us Papers Belonging 10
His Old Friend Martin When They Were Boys
About Cedar Springs-Liquor Did Not
Bring Its Worth in Those Days-Dale
Of Slayes-A Bill of Sale.

Col Pat Roche likes to play set
back, but he likes much more to talk
of the times of long ago and to live
again in memory the days of the
century which has gone. He read OF
the people who were parties to the
deed to old Hopewell Church lot,
and declares to US that he had for
gotten some of the people whose
names are mentioned in that instru-
ment. The article stirred his interest
in other matters of this kind, and he
talked one night last week until 2
a. M, telling his young friend, Col.
James W. Martin, about, old times.
This got Mr. Martin interested, so
he pulled out his old trunk from un-
der the company bed, and went
through the old documents he found
in it, and some of these he turned
over to Col. Roche for his instruc-
ton and entertainment. Col. Roche
has delivered them to us, and asks
that we make a special note of the
price at which liquor and rum sold
in eye olden time," when they made
good liquor. : .sa ......
Among the papers handed US by
Col. Roche is certificate that John
Martin presumably the grand-fa-
ther, or great7gfandfather of James
w. Martin) had become a natural
lied citizen of the United States.
The certificate recites that "John
Martin native of the country Of
Antrim in the kingdom Of Ireland"
Gagged about 26 years" had personal
ly appeared before a term Of the
Supreme Court of Common pleas
held in Newberry village in and for
the district of Newberry aforesaid"
tand by his petition prayed that the
said court would admit him to be a
@citizen of the United States Of A.
merica, agreeable to the Act Of
Congress in such case made and
provided. The court being satisfied
that the applicant had resided in the
district and under the jurisdiction
Of the court the requisite length Of
time and was 80 man of good moral
character attached to the principles
Of the constitution Of the United
States and well disposed Of the good
order and the happiness Of the
same" and order declaring the
said John Martin a citizen Of the
I. United States was duly made. The
order is dated third day of Novem-
ber, 1907, an is signed by Y. J.
Harrington, Clerk Of Court, with the
seal Of the court attached. o.
& Three bills Of sale for negroes are
with the other papers. All are in
substantially the same form. We re-
produce one in order that the read
iers Of this paper may see that these
negro slaves were sold just as other
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As secretary of the North Carolina
Good Roads Association, Miss b. M.
Berry has delivered public addresses
throughout the State in behalf Of the
movement for improved highways.
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The English prayer book has re
mained virtually unchanged since
1852.