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RELIGIOUS BODIES SHOW BIG GROWTH \Y . hi- pt March 31.? Anu ri a appar itly is pr p ret? pi oF:pvees made public today by f)r E. O. Wat oru statistician of tb* Federal Council of <'hurches. sHom that tnv religions bodies in the I n t ed States made their creates growtl doring: last. year. The increase i? l.J'JO. mti" ers over the previo^.year , Th?- present merv*-. rship of all rv ligiou bodies. according to the latest available figures. :s -17,461,55^ This increase - ip proximately 5( poi great r the average for the preceding * ears. Thert wa> a pain of congregation; and 15, ' >2 m - The total number >f c-'Ogrcpa' r- is now 243.590. They are I lt.553 ministers Accordi i<r t o-.lu-si figures, churcr repreM :'al :ve> v out that each day im 1922 uv< :;?< of 3,345 pelsons joined the \ :i > religious bodies: 12 '?: . ordained or hrjncfird: .ration? wert orva.. v.. d T5-v >%}' : J not H* gr . - the : there are 29.007 iftov nr ^jhtions than minister \e- Many 4.-?tor>. es-n* r;<r'\ . > -trict-. have chne : or . coirgri irat:*-" and >-:;rai - rvetl by Uy. rat i'. ' acti tlv u the part iaync-n - oi<< of feature of the year Hard t< Make Co"tpaHion. Ov. \._ ' IPods adap ed ''V the vHri'c:- bodies >.n computing " mcm - t is hard to mak> . ' rnpa: -is. The Kornan Catho:ic chur. -h? , s a membership of IS.104.S04 persons. Its figures n pn - mated church pppalaicr and including al! baptised persons. k'vang. . - al Protestant churches -how a membership of 27.454,oso. They coun- communicants only. The o'.i 1 i<i' . related to the Fcdea? Council <?t' ? 'I rhes report a to i.tl mcmben-hi;) o! 20,722.142 persons. They have i U . 136 congregations, serv ed by 11 077 minister.-. Their g- i nn ?n'n-r-hip over. la -t year : 2?';. Th>. :r total cousin-1 uopcy 11 r.i 5if.02l.71X persbtis Tht ' it.;; r> eonstlfSier.ojr of thi cm. pi: :.t 0> ,S7>. " >TI I>er.-n-.,-. r .! :! fieiuis <3of fie VtilJ ? . : apti -eti sen.-. a I :.iiher '.' . and all rho.-v who. ? tie : of : rnufitprt. ggffei *?hy of the various I ib.ie ..-a "-i a. a comparable '.?asr;'t: ch: ugh r?u-thoda agreed upoi: I/v ii and iLovorunu m officials. ; he . onstitiuraw of tilt great boo , .? I <1 Is - *' !lo\V.~ : fe e -t ant. TS.lOglB Kituwu ' a tin lie, 1 vU' i.SOJ Cater l>a> Saiat> (10 nm.ns Raster Or;h.:ii>\ ttiye.-k and Russian ? ; To*.03 1. The .I'-vij-i'i fh are,- a**?. tlti; as] used la-i year. They a ouvputed or. a 0.ifferent basis from ii. various Christ;:,: trduie- heoau e of their great variation in methods of counting: membership. The -Jewish authorities estimate the Jewish population of the Cr.ited State- a. n,. -. hail M.oOO.mi.t. Raise $505,052,978. The groat increase ni membership is dut ny . to the gains of the lie man > .-uln-h church, which -howin increase of SjlihloS; the Methodist, ripi. i?a. haivh. L-J.'cTo; the South"m Ba| :i.-t convention. ' 7,H0;j and the National Baptist or:ver.tibh j woem 7 4,5 *7 u. The Roman ( atholic figure* itidi-j cat.e a decrease in the rate : caai! as comp<ircvJ with the annual Average | for the preceding five .wars. which j wa, : i.T'oh Tin M Lndisi church^ have the i largest cor.stivuvStv in the country.? their figures* shoe, ru .l h2r>"\s>5 i per-; sons. Th.- Baptist form the ?ecn)mn latest group an-.i are pressing the f Method V .y with a cor.siituer.cy of "_2.s"'i'1 person*. The Ri -1 mar Catholics are third v ith 1'-.-: ] 0-4. S * * p. i :is. Sio' Luther;.!,-, makeup the fourth body with 7,013,854* con.-' .5.. -.'cy a rid tr.e Presbyterians ! arc- : fth - it.n 'L72'-.?riJ8 eons: \ ami the Lrcsio rerians are fifth with 6.726^'S com titui-ncv. Probably the most remarkable team of the year is that of the eastera orthodox . hurch. which -h v.- a 30 per cent increase, jumping from' 411,054 to I5i>,054 member -. This is apparently due the fact :ha: the Greek orthodox china h is mure effectively organized and is reaching the Greek immigra:. - :n America. The1 Methodist Protestant church turned a loss during the preceding five yours into an increase of 8,000 members. rnie tuc Disciple* of Christ and the Congregational churches both had a reduction ;r. the number of confreggtions, they gained respectively 8,826 and 1 9,0 i0 members. The Episcopalians doubled their increase of the preceding year, making a gain of 26,818. The Unitarians show a gain of 4.621, which is not quite four per cent. This brings their total membership to 108,560. No Mcmber*hip Figure*. The Christian Science church reports 1,711*9 congregations and 3,598; readers, but gives no figures as to i membership. The .-.tatistics of the! Adventist bodies indicate a loss of 2,507 members, their present membership being 133,666 against 136,233 reported last year. The Latter Day Saints (Mormans) show a constituency gain of 16,164. The last available figures regard MOON GOD SHRINE I FOUND IN OLD CITY i PIi ladelphia. March ?Interesting rv ports arc beios: received here on the archaeological excavations being: made in i r of the - Chaidets. the ancient city that is * being1 explored by the joint expedition of the University Pennsylvania and the British Mu>cum. I.ett? - fr.-iti C. L? VVoolley, head of the expediion Mesopo? -, nua describes the progress of the j excavation, where digger into the ' I misty past have uneari": d a portion of the wall of t'n? temple of the Mocn God, said by >! Woolley to be the oldest and lat-cst temple of Babylonia. While it - too soon ' to give details, it is wed that th? excavation of this -iple will undcubtediy show coi t reus serv' dedicated to the M- God covring several thousand ears. and reaching backward puss y beyond the third millennium B C ?fMj w:t:is snows . . reccnstdifForcr.t p ds. On i i.i*; a ?s .-5-. u \va< 1 giv.ug the nuint behuch.iiv y: as : ne restorer the upm-r . whip* :. ? *; :?art was : :<> I r Kt uur ; " ":ii rcl nr.!- . rvr vm. |> <' 11 i.-hii f intere-t r *i' i" Cm <: . s from Ik fact th it is ttten: -d in tht? ' ' 11i> as : thplac1 nd even It-rests n: tva its history I. ward th1 milieu uin that preceded - >raham whose date was abet t L\? 1 B. C. The joir t expedition the Brit; - h Mu.Huni and the diversity\Iu-eum v. as organised -t sum-' :iK r and reached Me- amia in \evcm1 "i r. Work proe- ded until the present time, as th ovate has been particularly favor.r for exj cava*ion. One hundr? tnd fifty 1 natives ha. been kept n: work, a light railmad has een red down. I and a house erect* ?i accommoI date the members ->f expedi| tion. which consists of Mr Wool* | b-y. Join- N -wt"- . a: :i gist, and architect. and Sidney nr. 1:. reader1 I of - in. ,form writing. 1 " e- or. r n- : . Syrian 1 ; 1 ni. f: "n tl-.t i phrat.es ; : are' - it far from fhe I ?'. of the' I IV r? . point of ! ! 1 to " -xoav.t ; i - - a- anS i.eat ' ! about th*. j x.t \r5i i_-. c?np}-..yin;: r >rii 1 .Vdl , to men and utilising as much! .jvuic:- . nhu . r\ :.> - .-Mc in; I n-:u!;i? .uia-.U'w it nciievcd j iliit* ....tin i :iu ;uo . m port am j ; parts of iht . y. and furnish an; ; r 1 andatict of materia! "or histori eai ini'-rpreta&K?n. rh'!\ way an ' >?>< ate ritual: v tb : i:? u .?rks"ri|? of the i . Moon A large number of j pi ii s*s woiv employed under the ;iu< f tb- high prelate and. ;'c . ording to :m on. i v.- -r ^cripton. the i in>t king of Babylon. Xabonidos, wi.m . i i! in the mM h eoritury B. < .. ? >nr.rtd hi*- daughter as high priest < li'-.d p.- pht-t--> m the temple at j Ur The inscription tells ht>\\ sh -j in hei owr house close b\ th? tempi*', where u guard stood per-; pet.ually on watch. .She was not aly 'he high priest ss, hut the living' oracte oi tbgrjgod. --YS Hit cai'.nrtar was based on '-co* moor it is r jppo (1 that the study it astr<?::omy was one ?>f the* ai" vi-; Ties f the p- ' ?d of the temp.., i"' ji' S ' tHj^jpch i o of the In rarer ch'.ar. - a: i iVieir < ?' losses during ! *u year a?*e: Advent -t -.d: - 13:;.666. loss 2. 5G7: \\ .-'.hern Baptist convention, 1.27 t !"o. 1 :;,s-!3; Southern Ban; * convention 3,37 1.165; Ijpun '7.1 It',; - al Baptist convent ; 1 ogr< 27-' i. gain 7 1,570; or or Baptist bodies 265,3^7, loss 65>;! Brethren -Germai Baot\$t (Dui \ors 1. 1-. c.2. tram 2,322: Christian church (Genera: Christian convention! 1.17 : 1 iiss 22*3!; Church of the Xa::arL-?K\ 47,942 (no sain indicated i : Swedc-nborgian bodies, 7.G66. irain 77G. Congregational churches, 83S,27l,! -..on 10,046; Disciples of Christ, i,,2 Id,si;4, sea in >.826; Eastern orth- - ! iox church 17>G,o51. gain 45,000: Evangelical church (merger ot Evangelical association and United ; Evangelical church) 250,117, gain 9,-( 321; Evangelical Synod of North America. 137,98**. gain 43,126; Evan- 1 crcjical associations 15,70S, gain IS*; Friends 106,548. gain 930; Latter Day Sa;rts (Mormon?! 604.082. gain 16.16-1; Lutherans 2,515,662, gain 49.01 7. Methodist Gam 122.975. Mennonite bodied 91,603, gain ->21; Methodist Episcopal chuch, 4,279,586, gain 122,975; Methodist Episcopal church, south, 2,105,257, gain of 59,190; Methodist Protestant church, 186,275, gain 8,000; other white Methodist bbodies 85,297, gain 109; African Methodist Episcopal church (negro) 551,766; African Methodist Episcopal Zion church (negro) 412,328; Colored Methodist Episcopal church in America, 266,315; Moravian bodies 32,820, gain 597. Presbyterian Church U. S. of i America (north) 1,722,254, gain 34,557; Presbyterian church United , States (south) 41*1,854, gain 14,796; other Presbyterian bodies 268,284, j gain 3,120; Protestant Episcopal t church 1,118,398, gam 36,818; Re- I formed bodies 525,161, gain 14,256; 1 Roman Catholic church, 18,104,804, s "nHt W A I AUC , FARMER'S SUCCESS SETS NATION S PACE Washington. March 31.?The urgent need for a bettor understanding between th important groups of citizens engaged ni agriculture, in industry and in general business is forcefully pointed out by Henry C. Wallace, secretary of agriculture. in a statement discussing their relationship. More complex/* he declares "the relationship between agriculture, industry and general business becomes more and more intimate What hurts the one will certainly hurt the others. In general, what helps one will help the others. They must work together for the common good. "There has always been a tacit recognition #of our national dependence upon agriculture. We have given an intellectual assent to such statements as. "The farmed i the backbone of the Nation.* *A prosperous Nation depends upon a prosperious agriculture,* "Agricul are the tia^ ol national lifand so on. The 'ruth of ssch start mer - has never beer driven hon.to a- -a effectively as during the last two years. i he drop >n puces which began . ar'\ ir. 11'L' ; familial history. Farmers were tin- first to suffer arid -ufferod re-. t. Taking1 price ' * 1:; as rep re.-a rig 1 no. the r'-i-- of farm products in May. 1920, stood at "J-'s Daring that moi'M th'.-y bega" to 11 and Jh for. the decline c mid be arrested the;. had hopped below the 191:' ;ce<standmg at ! I :u December. 1921. Then we had a terribly vivid illustration "f our dependence upon agriculture and the intimate relationship between agriculture pi ospcrity and business prosperity. Many farmers could not pay current expenses. The ratio between prices of things the farmers produced and sold and prices of the thnigs they bought was so distorted that they were forced to practice the most rigid economy and reduce their buying to absolute ne-J cessities. Great industries which depend directly upon firm buying were plunged almost immediately! into profound depression. Thousands! of manufacturing plants hud a simi-l lar experience. The railroads suffer evBwHrotnrn reaucncn in iTjigBt on ] things farmers buy. Business of v y r' shared **. i -aste:. Hurt-; of banks f.r'ed I'hou.-alius of ks ' i ' . edge of ittkrup" ry. i' ' oo.ps ti * mi!."-mi1 ?i thrown ou' The1 , i . . t-ion waj o pi-oad. . .. .1 ?yus in the: ; I M&.1-i 922,, ; .rtcr- which imp . i < r. a . ra..'ial in-1 i ii-? - of !..?in pro.i .(is (Jmduaiij^ farmers h..v;j been to pay s'imc of their debts and resume their buying. Vs a result iheif ha. been a steady ini}H' \uiu-nt i business, until now there is general optimism. The ratio between prices of far.n products and prices of other commodities is still abnormal. Until this ration becomes mora nearly normal th? full measure of prosper;-;. Will not he restored. '"While the experience of the last "hree years ago has brough sharply to :.r attention the intimate relationnip between business and agriculture, the existence of such intimate vuitionship. is no new thing. A comparison of the farmer's purchasing; power with business failure during :h? last third of a century tells the !ory in a graphic way. During the 10 years I S9Q to 1900 the purchasing pOityer of the farmer was below the :o year average: the percentage of business failures was considerably rtlmve. Fr.iw 1.900 *?> 1920 there v.:;-', a gradual increase in tin farmer's purchasing* power. From 1901 ! 1908 this purchasing power was almost the average of the 30 vent pcriotf, while from 1908 t-> 1920 i.| wi> considerably above. UTlu per \ coinage of business failures drop j < ?i iviow the 30 year average. fr?>ir. 1899 to 192m with the exception of r.w ? short periods, one in 1908 and the other m 1914 and 1915. "We have about 6,500.000 farms. More than one-fourth of all our people work on the farms. Tfci apltaJ invested ir. fanning is about 7i> billion dollars. The money invested in farm buildings., machinery and live stock, not including j the value of the farm land, "would buy all of the railroads in the; L'nited States arid in -Addition a con- j siderable number of the ruines. "The number of people engaged in ' farming is 80 per cent greater nov. j ;han in 1S70, but the volume of crop 50 GOOD CIGARETTES ioc ^ GENUINE "Bull" T^Va DURHAM Jm i frJtV. TOBACCO I fain 219,158; Salvation Army 52,-1 !91, gain of 6,242; Unitarians 108,' >60, gain 4,6?4; United Bretheren >odics 390,374, gain 7,143; Univer-, alists 58, 566. ;a democrat , production in 1920 was 2-r?6 per cent ei J greater than in 1870. "Business and agricultare are de- tl :? rident upon one another. A pros- ti\ porous agriculture means a pros- at porous nation. It is to the advait::?re of the business man that the s| f farmer be fairly prosperous. Con- J ! \ ? rsely it is to the advantage of i ca , he farmer that business be bfairly' S1 prosperous. It is not t othe ad- ci . .ai:tage of either that either the tl e or the other should be so pros- tl porous that intemperate speculation n< and waste is stimulated because ad? wersity always follows such a period." ri PAYNE'S "HOME SWEET HOME" " (Valdese Enterprise.) | " Butfe-w men live and die in the f i.miatic way that John Howard Payne, author of the immortal Home Sweet Home." did. Born in New Vork city, JuneDth, 1791. his boy. 1'iiod dnv>j were <npnl in a lowlv r*r?t - tage on Long1 Island, where "the birds : iring gavly that came at my call*' v lung to his memory to the time he wrote his song. A - a young mar. Payne lived in V ashington, where for a time he was Ark in the ppension office. His nt> were versatile, -for an actor. \ v. l ight, poet and editor He wrote Hone . Sweet Home" in about year ls2sJ vhile occupying a at t he : < }? " i" ;? lodging -i near the Palais Royal, in Paris, i i?irit <>i h?em >v-kne-< ho uni i tin- i- a .1 -entiineut ef this fanio j> .! Mtiy land sang it at er alio _ 7 years . vhc!! "tables. including dent Film.". Daniel Webster. A y Clay and Gen. Scott, Were . . -in. When the great singer ed her audience with her last ore. which was "Heme, Sweet 1 me." the author was the center of j v i enthusiasm. The song has since ' Seen translated to many foreign tongues. Payne served twice as consul of the United States to Tunis. During his . e- ond apponitment, Payne tiled Ap1, 1852, after a long and tedious ; illness, and he was buried at Tunis. Tiirough the effort of W. \V. Corcoran. a philanthropist, who was stirred hearing the C. S Marine hand ! p \ "Home, Sweet Home." the body j v ! sought to America in 1 883 and I -rr? d at Oak Hi!: ni. ' ry, at i \\ ? hi'.gto.:. the verernnnb-s being atby Prfs.deri A?thi:r and 'i>.t> t.~ of ro?iirtVs>. ; V. I. 'AM J. BRYAN TALK1 ON POLITICS i' Fla . i 1. . '? ?<". ctiou ; Civ fami'T. just taxation and | iv, f iliation of labor and capital tik> iri tlu' I.b mo. rnt'.r |)h;tt?>::u i \\ 1 !i the 1 i pr.'. i.l. :i* ial t .-inWilikau Bryan M^ht at his first 'iddrt on : qu- a oils si;:. < tin- a:i aa anient h\ atVu-qey Central llaught'ity that President Harding: d be a candidate for re-election. Mr Bryan said that the Hard?n?_r admniinistrui ion had done nothing to solve the prohblem <?f labor unrest and thai it had not meted on. justice to tin farmer. "The farmer does not want to borrow money." he declares, "he mereiv wants to til hi- products at a price which will enable him to feed and clothe his family." m Taxation Will lie a vital question in the 1921 campaign, the former secretary of state said. "Every Congress must deal with the question. Harding: was elected with a majority of 7,000,00b votes and two-thirds of the house and senate i.? h T; him. but he couldn't i&lfy This house?one of tb est in Toledo?was painted years ago with Pee Gee Masti Instead of repainting it, the ov it washed at two diffcreut time*. T) surprised even the experienced painte paint stood this rigid test perfectly,. Only a paint that produces a film, such, u Pee Gee Mutis Paint, ca ceaafuliy washed. This exceptional durability of 1 Mastic Paint ia the result of purest an pide materials. A. full 50% of Zinc | genuine Linseed Oil and White Lead | the making of Pee Gee Mastic Paint. Va nl ii is uic most economical paint to use on account of its great covering and long years of service. tor every surface that needs protectio APR'I ?. I " ~~ ~ 1 'list their support," he declared. | A BIRD RECLASSIFIED. The rich are trying: to saddle BORN Ti> Mr. and Mrs. II. Stork, ." taxes 01 the poor and the poor ?? Septemoer -O. a sdW. We niijrht r? fighting against increased tax-; something about the proverbial Llo?- } J* Republicans have taken | long-legged animal, but we shall re.10.000.000 from the rich and from.?The Nevada Lutheran. >read it over the backs of the poor." Mr. Bryan described the Reoubli-1 in if fort to squeeze through the THE R,GHT JOB AT LAST lip subsidy bill and how the Demo- "No, thanks. My husband does^ ats met the issue. Commenting on *he pardoning-?at least he loafs te labor situation, he declared that around and pretends to." le conditions in the United States "Couldn't yer gimme a job 'elping ?ver were grave. 'iro?"?The Bulletin, Australia "One great European nation is ?? iled by class government and every stands in fear and trembling of such ;her nation except the United States a change," he asserted. OPENING 5, 10 & 25c. Department AT Davidson's Dept. Store Tuesday April 10th. 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