The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-11
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

| The annual election of Topeka
camp No. 14S, Royal Neighbors, will
be held tonight at the hall. 116 West
Sixth avenue.
The children's classes of the Swedish
Bethel Mission Sunday school Sunday
| contributed $S1.10 which will be given
to the Children's Christian Orphans
Fhomes at Holdredge, Neb.
Secretary J. T. Crawford, of the
Kansas Baptist convention, left to-
day for Concordia, where he will hold
a conference with officials of the Sum-
| set Home and Hospital.
B. V. Edworthy, boys work secre-
| tary of the state Y. M. c. A, will ad-
| dress the district older boys confer
ence at Mankato. Friday, Saturday
and Sunday.
The Rev. John D. Zimmerman, sec
rotary of the Kansas Christian Mis-
sionary society, returned today from
Claflin, Kan, where he conducted
evangelistic services for one week.
Jonathan NJ. Davis, governor-elect.
Will speak at a 6 o'clock dinner to-
morrow evening given by the Mems
club of the First Methodist church.
The dinner will be held in the church.
The members of the choir of the
First Methodist church will give a
sacred Christmas cantata, "Mess,ah's
Advent" by Adam Geibel, Sunday eve
ming. Paul Lawless is the choir di-
rector.
The monthly entertainment of the
Central Y. NJ. c. A. will be held De-
cember 20, according to E. B. Brett
haupt, social secretary. The boys de-
partment of the association VIII fur
nish the program.
A nominating committee to select
candidates for new officers of the
Central Park Christian church, COM
posed of E. E. Brown, Milton Shut,
f. B. Cronemeyer, N. F. Fouch and
H. R. Keeler was appointed Sunday,
A meeting of the members of the
China department of the Central Y. NJ.
c. A. will be held Wednesday noon
at the association building to arrange
for raising the budget of the depart
ment for 1923. More than $4,000 Of
the $4,000 budget has been pledged.
The annual Woman's Missionary
day was observed-Sunday at the Cen
trail Park Christian church. The pas
tor delivered a sermon on 'Woman's
Contribution to the Church" During
the day twenty-four new members
were added to the Missionary society.
There were eight fatal and 655 nom
fatal accidents in Industrial activities
in the state-in November, according
to a report of the Industrial court.
Four of the eight fatal accidents oc-
CURED in construction work. OF the
non-fatal accidents 1913 were due to
railroad work.
New officers of the First Methodist
church recently elected are as follows;
Fred Reitzer, president; marion Beck,
first vice president; Everett Jones, en-
rollment secretary; Edwin Parker,
membership secretary; Orville Clark,
treasurer; Sara Hazel Slaughter, Choir
lister; Lois Linney, pianist.
Guest-membership cards in the To-
peka Chamber of Commerce have been
mailed to GoVernor-elect Jonathan NJ.
Davis and to each member of the state
which will entitle the state
officers to all the privileges of mem |
bership in the chamber during the
coming session of the legislature.
The Industrial court has granted an !
order permitting the Carr Coal COM
pany of Leavenworth. to close it's
mine. A showing by the company re-
Gently was to the effect that its out
put could not be marketed at a profit |
and that the mine is now being OPP
Grated at loss.
A Shildrens class will be conducted |
at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the Sew
ard Avenue Baptist church by Prof.
4 part of the evangelistic services of
the church. Prayer meetings are be-
ing held at 2 o'clock each afternoon
and evangelistic services at 1880
o. clock each evening.
A committee of five boys represent
ing the Hi-Y club of Topeka high
school gave a report of the older boys
conference at Manhattan, December
1, at the evening service of the High
land Park community church Sunday.
The boys were: Ralph Martin. John
Carter, Donald Myers, Fred Reitze and
Edward Parker.
Another complaint affecting strik-
ing railroad shopmen has reached the
Neodesha states that striking Frisco
shopmen in the town have recently
attacked workers employed by the
railroads after the strike began. The
complaint-was referred to the at
,orney generals department.
The members of the Shawnee
County Medical society will be the
guests Monday evening of the Topeka
Dental society at a dinner at Pelle-
-ier's tea room. DR.. John C. Meisser,
will be the principal speaker of the
evening. He will lecture on Focal
and Its Relation to Systemic
Diseases"
Pendleton A. Miller, life underwrit-
~ was the speaker at turday's regu-
)eka Life Underwriters association at !
he Chamber of Commerce. The Gus
ON of taking up and discussing vari-
JUS hypothe tical, but specific life in ,
urance problems has resulted in an I
Increase in attendance at the weekly
meetings of the association. {
1T can't understand why it is that
women like to drink their sodas at I
table that has not been cleaned OH
ince the last person used it, Alfred ]
IcCIoskey, waiter in a Kansas avenue {
rug store says. at is true, tho, that
, there are fifteen clean tables in the ]
tore and one table that has not been 4
leaned off. a woman will sit at the q
irty table, 7
The every member canvass of the
central Congregational church met Z,
nth great success upon the initial day
f the canvass, $18,700 of the total =
GAL of $4,000 being raised Sunday. =
he canvass still has a week to run :
nd. according to the Rev. John Wells
sahill, pastor of the church, more =
money has already been raised than =
ne total church budget of last year. u
Members of the Christmas commit "