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- i ' L- THE MORNING STAK,vWIIJ!0iGTON,,;.CM SUNDAY, DECEMBEB U EMBER -8, 1918.:.- -, ; - ;. - . . ' I I) 1 I J. n v r -"Y 11 ' " V EXPLMHSMFOSE : (LUTHERAN MERGER Rev VG.V W. ; McClanahan Tells xAbout the Project. terser Meeting in York Recently .' Wi One of the Most Sfotnble , Gatherings of Lutheran Ever Held. v." "Ir.-wflis the most notable gathering f Lutherans ever held in this coun try." stated Rev. G. W. McClanahan, .stpMxi St. Matthew's Lutheran church a days ago in speaking of the Lutheran Merger meeting held in Xew York recently and attended by Mr. Mc l . Clanahan. "And," continued Mr. McClanahan, "the significance of the occasion is for ' reaching and world-wide in effect. This union of the General council, General -ynod,and United synod in the south i does not bring into one b,ody all the Lutherans of the country but it is a forward movement to that end a con summation devoutly wished for. "In -this newly united body there are nearly 8,000 ministers and nearly 1,000, ,000 church members. While this is mbou. one-third of the membership vt this country, the others are divided into various synodicai groups, each ' paying its own theological seminary, - publication houses,-orphan homes and also separate home and foreign mission boards. All the general bodies and in " dependent synods, however, have held io a common doctrinal basis in the .historical Augsburg confession of 1530 ' and theTseveral symbolical books ex toressing' the Lutheran faith. "The organization of the United Luth eran church is a 'get-together project,' as Dr. Thomas E. Schmank says. It is 'to get together what belongs in Christ. It is to make effective over incidental ; issues of territorialism, culture, langu age or other historical factors, -one-common conviction, trust and faith in the Gospel as we eee,it in its world- conquering power. It is to knit into a common organization of active life all those who are in the unity of the faith. But this is not to be . a mechanical consolidation, inspired by economic or other secondary motives. Nor is it to extinguish the freedom cf the Chris- - tjan man. "The most delicate flower of indi viduality as God has created it in us and as Christ has nourished it by His Holy Spirit, is not to be destroys dby the mechanisms of uniformity. Dr. Tussler puts it this way: " 'Our merger is to be a conscious girding of .action, a s'etting up exercise do view of a task now understood to be divinely given us' and recongnized - as intended for the American Lutherans of this generation. It ought to be a aummons of liability of Ameria's need and the world-call, and of Lutheran competency through its splendid his toric legacy to meet, and cope with Just such a day as this.' "There were over 500 -delegates from the various district synods represent ing all parts of- the; country. The meetings of the convention were very enthusiastic and harmonious. The gen eral feeling expressed by many dele gates was why have they waited so long for this most happy consumma- . tion, Unity must come from within rather than from without. Nature t- must open the bud; if we atempt it i we will spoil the rose. fv , "A prominent American divine has; ; called the merger of the -English-! -- speaking bodies of the Lutheran church $- 'the swiftest unification movement on a. large scale in the history of the Christian church. To three prominent laymen must be given the credit for the r chrystalization of the Union: William V. Hager, of Lancaster, Pa.; John L. Zim j' merman, Springfield, Ohio; and E. 5. Clarence Miller, of Philadelphia, Pa. ? merchant, lawyer and banker. They said it could be done at once and the machinery was set in motion and in I about IS months their furpose was J- accomplished. I 1 "During the sessions of the conven- - tion greetings were received from many -J governors of states and from several A; religious organizations. -:- 'The following significant cablegram was received at the office of the na ' tional Lutheran commission in response S ' lo the message of the Lutheran church 'I' In America transmitted through its j-Y representatives, Dr. Smith and Mr. Hiter: V. "The members of the Lutheran church v; of France at a -general assembly held :.l at the Church of the Redemption, Oc- t .tober 27, 1918, after having heard 'the .1 message of the Lutheran church , of j.-, America transmitted by her delegates, idessrs. Smith and Riter, hereby ex press their gratitude to the. Lutheran church of America and beg the dele- agates to convey the expression of their fraternal-sympathy to the national ;tv Lutheran commission for soldiers' and 'v sailors' welfare which have had the - noble and generous idea of sending tnem on a visit to Europe and we hail with joy the hope that affectionate re- i Y- Rations may be established between the , Lutherans in America and thosq in ' . France with a view to fertile collabora- V ion i nthe future and we hereby ask . God to bless the American people, their . Ulustrious president and the armies . which have flown to the help of France , in prder to assure the triumph of liberty ,and justice in the world." If- i : : IHIOCKS OUT PAN THE FIRST ROUND Comforting relief from pain makes Sloan's" the - ! World's Liniment 'Cr: TiuVfamou reliever of rheumatic -t llJ?? rct than the mag ' -Caches, sorenew. stiffness, oainful ly? transformation .by return- 4 I sprains, neural etc pains, and most J , 'other external twinges that humanity suffers from enjoys its great sales "because it practically never fails to .fring speedy comforting relief. ' Always ready for use, it takes little 4 to penttrata vritkoui tubbinzpxd produce -fl: results Qeaa, refreshing. At all drug stores. a large pome .means economy. 73 r Vc fi SOUTH PLACE FOR RETURNED SOLDIER Diverting . Colonization ; South ward is Advocated. H. T. Cory, Prominent Engineer, After Inspecting: Conditions In Wilming ton and ElseWhere, Says South A'eeds Advertising". Being a westerner and having trav eled extensively through the north and middle west and lastly, having made a tour of the southern states, espe cially the coastal areas, H. T. Cory, a man termed by the Manufacturers Re ord as one of the leading engineers of America, is in position to know whereof he speaks. Consequently, it must be taken as a matter of ' fact when, in referring to the movement of population in times past to the west and the reasons therefor, and why there has not been a heavy movement of population to the south,, he says: "For this and other important rea sons it is to the national interest to divert colonization southward, so far as that can be done without running afoul of population ambitions and per haps political antagonisms of other sections." . . It will be remembered that Mr. Cory is one of the members of a commission appointed by Secretary of the Inter ior Lane to make an inspection of the southern states, paying particular at tention to the coastal area of North and South, Carolina, Georgia and Flor ida with the idea in view of settling returned soldiers on farms after they are demobilized. Mr. Cory, it will also V be remembered, paid Wilmington a visit some weeks ago. He was shown over the undeveloped, as well as the developed lands in this vicinity by President Finkenstaedt, of the North Carolina Land Owners' association, and while in Wilmington he stated that he was favorably impressed with the ag ricultural possibilities of this section. In commenting editorially on f the significance of the address, which was delivered in Savannah, at the recent land congress and which is published in full in a recent issue. The Record had the following to say: "The fact that Mr. Corey is not a southern man, and has ,riever been identified with southern work, but nas confined his operations almost wholly to the far west arad to the Pacific coast, adds greatly to the strength of the remarkable statements made by him. "Mr. Corey takes fhe ground that it would be unfair to the south for the government to adopt a system atH the present time having in view per manently keepfhg vast areas of the south in forestry, which he says would be to penalize the south because of the transient conditions in which it happens to be at present, and to this he adds: "The discrimination against the south which would result from chang ing the forest policies just at this time impresses me more and more with its unfairness to that region and to its undesirability from a- national stand point. It would seem fairer-that the southern cutover lands having the best soil be cleared and put to agrl- cultural use, and that the poorer areas" jof Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, etc., be segregated and returned to foresta tioiV' Discussing the population question as it relates to the south and to the country, at large, Mr. Cory says: The south needs and should have a greater influx than the country in gen eral. This means that some positive and spectacular stamp of approval must be placed upon the region by an authoritative agency, so that the un fortunate psychology existing in the rest of the United States respecting the south be shattered." And he advises that the national government should establish three or four colonies in each of the southern states, and place its stamp of approval upon them, announcing that it recom mends them as homes for its returning heroes as freely as it recommends colonies in every other state of the union. This action, says , Mr. Cory, would go far toward breaking up the unfortunate attitude of the general public about the south vastly, farther, he thinks, than any other thin which he can suggest. This would give to the south great publicity, something like that which has been given to the western sections of the country from the work of the reclamation service in the arid regions. Mr. Cory very correctly says: "The south has never had anything like the systematic advertising of the West." And as illustrating this, he adds: "For example, about 10 days ago a party of four of us sat down to din ner in the cafe of the Hotel Wilming ton in Wilmington, N. C. On the bill of fare were five California products new California lettuce, new California celery, new California tomatoes, Cali fornia olives and California prunes. In vestigation was instituted by one of the party who was nettled, and I was later informed that as a matter of fact neither the lettuce, celery nor toma toes came' from California, but from the south. Ponder carefully upon the psychology right in your midst that utu a. lumg snouia occur witmn a! few miles of Hugh MacRae's colonies, which ship north large amounts of truck. "The plain fact is the south needs advertising not of its possibilities, but of its output. Descriptions of each of the many United States reclamation service irrigation projects in the west have appeared in all kinds of popular, serious and technical Journals to such an extent as to alone constitute a very important amount of advertising. This has indirectly resulted in other afti-. cles about the general "region, having a total advertising value of . almost equal extent. "It is always the spectacular things about which people most read. What ing soldiers of southern swamps, wet lands anS cut-over lands into the very highest and bet types of rural com munities whichat is 'possible to plan? "It is an Interesting fact that the railroad administration, by . its unwise work, halted the .-campaign of the rail roads of .the south and southwest, which was beginning to make known to the country at large"? the -resources of the south. For many years the In dustrial and agricultural departments of southern railroads had been devel oping bureaus; limited : In their scope by lack of money.-it 4s true but still doing a ..great work in making, known to the country the advantages of the south ' tor agriculture , and Industry The railroad administration, with - an exceedingly '-narrowly isloiv tof i the alts REDEEM PLEDGE IN M. S:S. CAMPAIGNS Government Expects Every Per ' son to Pill Promise. ; All Pledge Cards Signed 1 in Jnn ;Or August Campaign BelnT Placed. With Agents for Redemption Last OaU. 5 V December is the last month for the buying of war-saving)s stamps, - and every citizen is asked to redeem his or her .pledge-card, before the month is put. The plai for redemption is as follows: AH pledge-cards signed In the June or in the August campaign are being rapidly placed with the agents whose names are found on the cards. In cases where there-are but few cards to an agent, the cards ere grouped with others of a similar nature and plaoed in the care' of a responsible person. For Instance, cards bearing names of school children as agents will be found either at the office of the board of- educatlon or at the store of the coun ty chairman, George Hon net. Noti fication cards will be sent but inform ing the citizens where their cards may be found. ' x Until you have received your jioti fication card' it. would be unwise to try to redeem your pledge-card: how ever, remember that the government expects these pledges fulfilled to the cent.." mi may buy beyond .Jhelr -value, but woe -be to j'ou if you Tail short. If your notification card is slow In reaching you. it will be because there are not enough volunteer workers perhaps yourself among them to pre pare them for mailing. Workers for this purpose are great ly desired. The cards are being pre pared In the feedral court room on the second floor .of the post office build ing, and even a half-hour given when; you come to mail that package at th parcel post window would be e decid ed help and would increase your sum of patriotic activities. The room will be open each afternoon of the coming week from 3:30 to 6:30. During this .week every citizen in New Hanover county should complete the buying of his stamps. Buy, them where you please, then take them with you and receive your receipt In the form of your pledge card, or cards with the words written on it, or on them, "Redeemed In full." These cards will be a valued souvenir for your children and grandchildren when the great world, war has passed into his tory. o tne pledges mentioned ahova should be added the additional pledges made during the drive Just closed. See that you are given credit for the sum total on the record kept by the agent. Do not expect the postman to come af ter you to sell you stamps. Go to him. or una a aown-town booth where thev are sold and be ready to prove that you nave done your nart in th vur Hanover war-savings campaigns. i EMPLOYMENT BUREAU PLANNING TO MEET WORLD FOOD NEEDS Decrenne Food Shortage by Endeavor, ing to Sopply Farms wjth Laborers While definite action can not be taken until the government's full pol icy of reconstruction" is announced, the farm service section of the employ ment service is laying far reaching plans for meeting the problem of world food shortage, according to the employment service bulletin. Supply ing farm labor Is certain to be one of the most important functions of the employment service during 1919. All Europe looks to America for food. Famine stalks through Russia, Germany, Austria and the Balkans. Food shortages are bringing on serl. ous crises in Scandinavia, Swlt2erland. and Holland. The release of territory until recently held by the German arm ies, together with the populations of the. , former enemy eotfhtries. has thrown responsibility for the lives of 180,000,000 persons very largely on the shoulders of the farmers of the United States. The cereal grain production of the United States in 1918 was 225.000.000 bushels short of that grown in 1917. An increased production of 268 million bushels of. wheat for instance, wac far overbalanced by a 442 million bushel decrease in corn production. .The significance of these figures is inescapable. - Yet in spite of the pres ent situation America has promised the allied powers to ship to Europe in the year ending July 1, 1919, 50 per cent more foodstuffs than were export ed in the year ending July 1, 1918. pn addition to pledges to the allied na tions the United States, through re cent statement by President Wilson, has practically promised to .feed .the defeated peoples of the central powers as well. f The fundamental step In" .salving the problem arid' preventing a world-wide calamity as great as the war itself will be tb secure adequate supplies of. farm labor for the farms of America. Food production fell off this year because farm labor was lacking. The- wheat crop, the really bright Item in this year's food ledger, was saved in full chiefly because the United States em ployment service, co-operating with the. department of agriculture, made heroic and successful ' efforts to pro vide the necessary harvest armies. The situation now, however, is far more serious than it was last summer. ; Rem edial measures On a far larger scale are essential. Cape Fear Camp Meets. " Cape Fear Camp, No 254, United Con federate Veterans, will have the regu-' lar monthly -meeting today at 4 p." m. at the W. Hi. I. armory. All members are earnectly desired to be present to arrange for- the celebration,. , of " the' birthday of Gen. R. E.; Lee, and transact- other matters. It -has been some time since the camp -held a session! uatlpn- practically cut out this work, and sought to change it, in such a way as to discourage the railroads of the south from this broad work, resulting in the virtual abandonment of many of these railroad bureaus. -Jt 'will take &" long time to reorganize the land and industrial departments of southern railroads and to . put them Jn as good a state of efficiency as they were a year ago. v , But with, such a ; statement ? as this by Mr. "Corey,- whose investigations have been made under the direction of ;the department of the interior, we feel sure that the railroad administration will ; in V the near future give to - the railroads of the south and 'southwest the opportunity of resuming and pushv ing with greater vigor' than ever their campaign -to -. attract vsettlers . into ' the south;- f ,".-trttz- AS -v , SUNDAY SERVICES Grace Methodist church, corner Fourth and' Grace 'streets,. Rev. M. T. iPlyler pastor. Services at vll and l7;30 by. the pastor. Sunday school at 9:45. All members pf the church are asked to be present slnice this is the closing' of the conference year. All . visitors an4- strangers have a, cordial welcome, StV Paul's Lutheran church. Sixth and Market streets, Rev. J. C Seegers, D. D., pastor. Church service 11 a. to. with sermon by Dr.' A- . G. Voight, of Columbia, S. C- Sunday-school 3:30 p. m, Inetayation services for pastor at the evening service. St. John's Epriscopal church, . Third and Red Cross streets, Rev. J. Hanckel Taylor, rector-in-charge. 2nd Sunday in Advent, December 8. 1918. Holy communion, 7:30 a. m. Sunday school, 10 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon, 11 , a. m. Evening prayer and address 7:45 p. m. Every, one is Invited and Welcomed to all services. Bladen Street Methodist church. Fifth and Bladen streets, Rev. 3. C. Sell pastor.-Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Rev. J. H. Shore will preach at the morning hour." Sunday school at 3:30 In the afternoon. The public is cordinally invited. A "hearty and homelike welcome awaits all who come. . "- Church o f the Good Shepherd-(Epsi-copal.) Sixth and Queen streets, Rev. F. D. Dean, recotor. Sunday school" 9:45 a. m. Morhing prayer and ser mon by the rector at 11 o'clock. Even ing prayer at. 5 o'clock. Song service and address by the rector,' 8 p. m. Wed nesday night prayer service and choir rehearsal 7:4-5. - All the services will be held in - the parish hall during instal lation of funiture in Vhe church. Visi tors and strangers cordially invited to all the services at this church. Chureli-o fliis Accension (Epsicopal.) Third and Marstellar streets, Rev. F. D. Dean rector. Sunday school 9:45, d H. Huband superintendent. EvenJLng prayer and address 7:45, J. M. Lord, in charere. Tuesday evening praj'er and song service 7:45 Visitors and strang- ers are always welcome to;-the services at this church. :. v 'i -. .- St. James church. Rev, ,Wm. H. Mil ton, D. D., rectorHoly communion at 8; morning prayer and sermon on "The Dream of a Golden Age" at 11; people's service and sermon .at 7:45; special music U the night service. A cordial welcome to all, especially to visitors and . strangers. St. Paul's Episcopal church, Sixteenth and Market, Rev. D. L. Gwathmey rec tor. Second Sunday in Advent,--Holy communion 7:30; Sunday school, 9:45; morning prayer, 11 o'clock." Evening prayer and address, g o'clock. No ser vice Wednesday. Seventh Day Adventitfts, Junior Order hall, Second street between Princess and Market. Sabbath service, 9:30 a. fn. Evening service. 7:30 o'clock. Sub-i ject of sermon: "A Great Famine Ap proaching." Rev. H. Pannkoke, pastor. Advent Christian church, corner-i South Fourth and Church streets, Rev. J. T. Johnson, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.- m. Preaching at 11 o'clock. Subject: "A Little Cake First." Night service at 730. 5 Subject: "the Greatest of All Desires? Communion follow ing. The public -is cordially Invited to attend all these services. ' Special wel come, is extended shipbuilders and 'all strangers in th city. We hape you may find helpful and worthy friend ship, cheer,' comfort, and inspiration. First Baptist church, corner Fifth and Market - streets. . Rev. John Jeter Hurt, D. Da; past&rJPreaciing by the pastor at 11 o'clock "aiid at 7:45 o'clock. Morning sutJoVi'Tfie. One. Thing I Do." Evening subjeet,' "The Funeral of Smug Indifference- to, e World's Bleeding Heart." Atthe-;eve'ntng Jioht- Dr. -Hurt will also discuss -briefly the question of Sunday amusements as they per tain to the petition now before the city council. Sunday school will be led by Superintendent Robert F. Coleman at 9:45 o'clock, fandt the Young Peoples' Union at 6:45 'o'clock. The general public is invited to all meetings. Fifth Avenue Methodist church. Rev. J. H. McCracken1 pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and subject. "The Key to Speeia We have just received a special lot of Serge Dresses priced $16.50 to $22.50, row (Monday). These dresses are ihade-bf ow Monday), These dresses are made of allgpol navy sergeheayy weight, andt are reasonable at theit original value, but in i ordeistdvdispose of the lot of thirty-five garments inhiiriy, we areplacing them on 1 ., .-'"mmmm Marin 'i''',mmmm"!!ZZZ!ZZ!Z From This "Popular I ' Uptown Depart- ::. "' JV : ". :. ment Store " Jp Highest Quality, s $2.00 quality Crepe de Chine and Satins at, per yard, Gillett Vest Pocket SAFETY RAZORST J. 615 $4.98 All Divlne and Human Service" Preaching at 7:3Q, subject, "The Only Freedom Is Soul Freedom." gun day school at 9:30 a. m. Epw$rth League S p. m. Tuesday. This being the last Sunday before conference j the pastor is anxious for a full; attendance of all members. A cordial Invitation to air visitors and strangers. . St. Matthew's Lutheran church, Fourth and Harnet streets, Rev. Q. W. McClanahan. pastor Service at 11 a. m.; there will be no .evening service, the congregation being Invited to at tend, the installation service at' St. Paul's Lutheran churclu Sunday school at- 3:30 o'clock; Luther League. Wed nesday night at 8 o'clock." A cordial invitation Is extended all to attend' these services. Christian Science society, church edi fice 17th and Market streets Services Sunday at 11 a. m., subject "Gol-th? Only Cause ' and Creator." Sunday school at 12:15 p. m. "Wednesday even ing service at 8 o'clock. - Reading room adjoining the church edifice where Christian Science Literature may be read or obtained, open Tues days, Thursday and Saturdays from 4 to CL:30 p. m. The publlV 'cordial ly invited to attend all services and to visit to the reading room.' Calvary Baptist church, J. A. Sullivan 3r GOODMAN'S- The House oryFctsljaon and Quality Ladies9 Garments THE HIGHER I Sale Alterations Extra. , G0ODMAM& f f Mbsi Reasonable Prices Largest Assortments H. RE - 617 - 619 North Fourth pastor Sunday worship, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Semon subjects: "Peace Patriotism"; night, "A Devout Soldier." Sunday school 9:45 a. m. J. W. Hollls, superintendent. Junior B. . Y. P. U. 6:45- p. m. Sunbeams Monday 3:30 -p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Senior B. X.' U. Thursday night Home prayer meeting Friday night. A cordial welcome to ail services. ' Southside Baptist cnurch, eorner Fifth' Avenue and WOoster streets. Rev. W. G. Hall, pastor Morning worship at 11 o'clock and evening service at' 7:30. Morning subject, "Four Steps In One Day". Evening subject, 'JThe Unchanging God." Sunday school 3; p .m., G. P. Holden, .superintendent. Prayer meeting Wednesday night at S o'clock. Young-people's prayer meet ing Sunday 6:30 p. m. The, public is cordially Invited to all services. Trinity' Methodist church, south, cor ner Ninth and' Market streets, V. P. Scoville, pastor Sunday school at 9:45, M. F. Allen, superintendent: Preaching by the pastor at 11 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. Both sermon subjects will be of unusual Interest. All are cordially in vited. This being the last Sunday be fore the annual conference, which con venes in Goldisboro this week, It Is very much hoped that the membership of the church will turn out in full TYPE ONLY or o erge uresses V None Seiit Oiiion Approval $4.50 value Jointed Dolls with real hair, each $2.98 Thermos Lunch Kits $3.98and$4.98 CO. Street. force. All who wish to subscribe to The Christian Advocate will please come prepared. ANOTHER. BANKER TO LEAVE David I,. Gallagher of the Murchiioa National to go to Norllna. While pleased at his promotion thi friends of David L. Gallagher, for the past "ten years connected with th Murchison National bank,rwill regret that he has decided to sever his con- nection with this institution and goto other fields. Mr. Gallagher has ac cepted the position of cashier of th Bank of Warren, Norlina, and assumes his' ,new...; duties on the 15th of the present month. - During, the ten years he has been associated with the Murchison bank he has proven his worth as a banker- and the officers of the institution an loath to give him up, as are hh as so ci ate 8. During the past two years of hi's connection with the Murchison he. has held the position of note tal ler. SEE OUR SPECIALS. for Saturday and Monday. TenDay Shoe Sale. Wilmington Shoe go. (advertisement.) -47 -if - . 4 - to. . . .. V., " r - v,
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