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jANIELS PRAISES WORK OF METHODIST LAYMEN Laymen's Day Speech At Columbui, Ohio, Remlndfl Hearers That Women Are Included in Term Laymen and Telia of Their Wonderful Work For the Church. IltriaU from Aadreea of Hon. Jooe pnug Danish, Beerttary of tin Kfttf, deWe! on Layatn'a Dy U tbi ltettodlst 4 Centenary Celebration, j fclMabu"s, TJllo, July 8, 119.) . ' For weeks, it thU capital ef a aoble 1 lmntonwealta which fnralaned two tethodlet preaidenta, the militant tree of. Methodism here gathered to 5 lefcrete the missionary centennial of merlant wealeyana. Great leaden el it ftltn and great Bit of other treedt irel brought here etengei of cheer id ngmtlatioa en faith, Whamer it Methodists ia or ia not, it la ai xr and everywhere Christianity 1 rnett Men of robust faltb, of bony i optimism, of tonldenee. la the up t Of auaklnd lad always a welcome mm. two or three Method late are gate ed together. The only taaeeeptnble test in any of our meetings la the who laehi viaioa, preaeaea pesai and look into the past rather as. nine confidently to meet the orer iter future. Inthuslaam. teal, earn- tneet aad consecration are wordt do- rlptlre of old time aad new tine ethtdUM. AgaotUelta nakei ao ap al to a people who know in whom ey hnye believed. Hopelessness and epticum asiail this ehureh with no ore effect than the wares dashing oa rock. lam glaiTto speek at this eentennlnl . Xaymen'a Day. the day particularly t apart to dutUM the duty and terr of thoto ia the pew. The thorehes o too of tea itood ttlu because the ymea were aV ease la Ztoa, leering the faithful minitlert the task of iihing forward the wagoa of calve jinV No ehureh eta be Wcaleran un m iti membership il at work, wholly objured and in harness. The early atnodists understood this better than membership of most other churches, -eaebere were few and laymen cached aad held elasses and were tea the entire spiritual leader. The ly ml church i one with all the mbtrt busy, all at work in the M.i- -'s vineyard. Is it too much to My it Btlt to the Wesleys aad WhilnVWl, 1 thslr true yoke-fejlpws in the gos- '!, it was the abundant labors and it" of the laymen, men and women made Methodism the mightiest oteltant agency in arousing Imlir eat people to the imperative claim religion T The Centenary Fund There are more Methodists in Amer- than there ,ars Christians of any ier Protestant faith. Numlxri count ly if they are active and alive. The ent campaign for the Centenary fund which much more than an hundred d fifty million dollars was raised for thodist missions and other forward irements attests the fart that when vmes to the grace of giving Method s nun in the traces, it iv a raei inai that notable achievement the mini found lhymcn on the Bring line leading in providing this founds- n lor tho great work the chlirco is delinking. This Centennial marks a long step in ) accomplishment of church union 0 time has come when Methodists of arato divisions sre keeping step to atme music and we see the day near hand when Methodists of tho' North I the Bouth snd the East snd tho it Will compose one compact army der one direction and organization that which roeh led to victory. As j at each allied army looked for dl Uoa to its own general, the forces freedom lacked the energy and the gloness of aim which insured sue t when they became one army fol ing one leader and following one omaad. That lesson leaves no room doubt that all branches of Method i see the need and are hastening to ipltte one perfect unity, V anilk nf what th lavmen ti.. . . w -r . liught. It is but an earnest thnt 1 eh they must garner for the world Uerment in tho fields ripe to the har r But it is not always understood w Irt.i. t t uvnl that . 1m. do the women of the church. It glory of Methodism that its pulpits rO tarly opea to consecrated women oao hearts flamed with the love of la. ladeed if we ever begin to make ata ia our church, the first one to eaaoaized will be Busaanah Wesley her thaa her illustrious sobs. Hhe p the iaspiratioa of their consocra l, their sermons, and their s.mcs, all fiction there a no finer character fx that of the Methodist woman tt d by George Eliot. The great wo novelist hss depicted in Dinah rrU the best type of the early Meth t ia that noble woman who lost light of self in the loving service Ul about her, for Dinah MorrU life tho fragrance of the fairest How that grows in God's out-of-doors. Itbo day that has lately dawned of laa't full partnership with men i leramcnt at wsll si ia church and ety, thero it belated appreciation Jail tho great and helpful work of I thouaaada of Dinah Morrises who It tbaped the lives of men With such Iression of self that neither tbey I those they helped understood how linf were their ministrations. "ho recent lamented death of Dr. Aaaa tard Shaw, recalls the fact that the t woman was trained ia MethodWt rrpundings aad first stirred the hearts I' ssaa nat mm A SaAMSs km kai sal m mmmm tmasis wvswvai ww aavri viuuuTlictj pattor of a Methodist church. She ei with immortals, tho pride of her untry which mournt her dtath la the Uf when full suffrage to women will Pa trow a aer life t devotion. The thodist church failed ia extending U fellowship to this singularly gifted man. Wbat it lost for Us com Lnlon, the world and the church gain. it ber wider devotion to a cause lich will blest all tho world. A ProhiMtien Chnreh. Ours a a Prohlbitioa Church" ig been the record aad tlaim of the thodist Church. Those who hail tioaal prohibitioa at a blessing 'tly giro the Methodists credit for eir long Sgbt against the evils uakenness aad their largo share $ adoDtioa of tho latest eonstitu nal ameadmeat Those who doubt I wadom aad have opposed its pas ;a equally agree in placing the Une largely upon our church. Praise J blame, Methidiite were among tht emoet IB tbt long and. tncotoaful i ks whieh-p reeoeded-TatiScatioa- try rty-ivo pf tho fortyight fiutot. They were salted, tealout tad alert for tho canst dear to their hearts. Tho twin evllt that turtt our drill tstioa are Druakktaness aad Immor ality. With tht coming of aatlonal pro hlbltioB tho former will grow tteadily and iaereaslagly lest, aad with redue- Uoa of tho oU of iatempersnct tht tall it laid upon tho churehet tad upon all social Workers to ooaeeatratt their tffortt for reform upon a trusadi against tho destructive evil of prostl tutioa. Houttt of ill .fame, wherever sanctioned er wiaked at, art tho ten tret of natioaal crime aad physical de eadeneo. They mutt bo wiped out root aad branch. Ia this crusads good men aad women will have tho eo-opratloa of all who wish to protect home, aad maay who doubted tht wisdom of na tioaal prohibition will swell the ranks of militant TSffer htlfith"toe1It erlL Too long the people and the prest and to their shame, the churches too have shied from the plain presents tatioa of this tvil of evils. It is detd- lier than tuberculosis and etneer. It adds the blight of tin aad transmits disease to helpless Infaatt. The truth must bo impressed upon the youths that if they sow immoral conduct they will reap blind babies and destroy the sa- eredness and health of the home. The war gave ut a rude awakening. We wew or most of us were indif ferent or ingerant of the client of these Infectious diseases from immoral con duct until we mobilized our young mtahood to fight for freedom. We then found thnt tight per Vent of tht total population of tht United States was fflicted by these preventable and sin ful diseases. The report of the Prnvot Marshal General on the first draft startled the country which was shocked by the prevalence of this disease. His computations showed that there were 441,000 svpliilltics ami SW.fKX) men in fected with gonorrhea among the reg istered men who were not called to the colors in tht first draft. The report of physical examination of the first nat ion recruits who were called into ser vice shows that fS,79.1 wers infected with venereal diseases when Inducted. Diseases of Immorality. "j'lie army and navrVkuthoritiea have waged unrelenting warfare upon this blight to military efficiency and has re duced the evil. Iteforc the war the army bad reduced the number infected from 14.1 per thousand in 1911 to M per thousand in lfll l and the reduction was much greater during the war in mili tary eervice than in civil life. During 1916 men of the navy Inst Ml ,.178 woik Ing d.iys from those loathsome dtseascn This means thnt in every day in that year an average of 456 men were dis abled by a contagious disease contracted by their own volition. Add to this number those required to care for tho self-disabled and we have enough men to man a scout cruiser. One ship in the far east Inst year reported that 44 per cent of the crew become Infected with tonereal disease of soma character during the cruise. In the navy during the first year of the war (1P17) thero were 81, TIM new cises of venereal diseases acquired after enlistment resulting in a loss of 23154 sick days involving loss of service to the government. This gave a rate for new eases of 88.7 per thousand men, and it should be remarked that these figures are really low compared with previous years, since the average rate for the V calendar years from 1909 to 1917 in clusive was 137.H. 1 Hiring the first n months of liIH there were 12,253 new cases of venereal disease in the navy involving a loss of service amounting to 83,WW sick day. The rate per thousnnd for new ease, during thi period was Ci.tifi, a consid erable reduction even be lew the rate fur 1917 and yet tho figures show how ser ious the problem continues to be. During the last six mouths of 191A there were 3d,4."2 new eases of venereal disease Ki'ng a rate nf 74.36 per thou sand men. f rom Janunry first to July first this year (1919) there were 18,066 new ctses of those diseases in tho navy making a rate of H..'i per thousand men. Congress established sn Inter-Departmental Hcx'ial Hygiene Board to wage warfare by education and instruc tion and other ways. Ths Army and Navy authorities ire vigilant, but their effort! mutt bt supported by tht civil ian population if they art to tavt fight ing men from tht ravages of thlt in fection. Tho Inter-Departmental Board hat broad functions relating to law-enforcement work by providing fof tho treatmeat and malateaanee of person! found tt bo etrriert of vener eal diseases and legally committed to detention hospital! t ia promoting, ex tending lad endowing better eduet tioaal methods and facilities! and in stimulating aad financing teleatifit in vestigation aad research into the causes methods of spread aad cure of these diseases. It is safe to say that mors progress has already been made along thoto lines than could havo been tt' turtd la a quarter of a century with out awakening to tht lessons which mobilisation taught and without tht in strumeatallty of b Federal organise tlon possessing tht resources aad e'o ordlnatlnf powers of the Board. War persistent, war continuous by officials and civilians, churches and orgsniza tlnnt. men snd women must be waged natii no red light district it tolerated anywhere. More than that: EJiict tlon, mornt and physical, In schools and colleges, in hornet snd Industrial plants must be tmphtslzed until every youth gows1hrjtTtir oMht voll. Higher Still l the gotl is to preseh continence si the only effective and complete snd worthv life to lead, the only way tn tht best efficiency, tht sane protection of the family. The church must lead in standing for the single ttandard of morality alike for men and women, The Vision of John Wesley. Methodism was founded en the declaration of John Wesley "the world is my parish." His conception of his call was bounded by no parochial lines, He was of the mould of the apostle who heard aad answered the call "Come over Macedonia and help us." To him the duty was as imperative to Cross the sons and carry the gospel o the In dians in Georgia as to preach to miners IA Wales. Those of his. faith have followed his etample, and in every land hte mionnriea of the Methodist church are found as broth ers and friends of those who had not hitherto felt the uplift and benedic tion which nothing hit the religion of Christ can Impart. WJl Wesley de clared "the world is ).v parish," he did not even have a church in which to preach, but sought his congregations In the lanes snd streets. But when the people saw that he rnme with a burning real and a glowing faith and had a message that transformed their lives, they hesnl him gladly. He pro foundly stirred the people of his day, Woke up the sleeping established church, and the least of the influence of the early Methodists ia the organised church which followed their preaching Its converts are found in every com munion and the influences set in mo tion by Methodism revolutionised much of the thought and more of the action of men like ftpurgeeu in other creeds and of no creed Wesley's broad conception of duty to mankind, which leaped over mountains und aens, enil raced in the world is my parish" is the dominating nnd driving force of all Christian churches today The church that does not send out he warmth it enjoys to others who sit in darkness have no kinship with Wesley. Hut ths big thought uttered by Wesley has especial significance for us today ss eitltehs ns well as Christians. The world is the parish to the minister, speaking in the language nf the pulpit. The world is equally the field of duty and oppor tunity to all men of all, faiths. Any less horiton narrows ami dwarfs and starvesthe soul of every mnn and eery nation. The World One Brotherhood. Who is wivneiglil)or ( That age-eld question was wisely answered by the few in the early days of Christianity. It has been left for this generation snd this hour to declare that tho world is one brotherhood, and that everv man I in every nation is neighbor. Not only j has this old truth Ix-en re-bom and revitalized, nut it has heon incorpor ated in the noblest covenant the world hat known, a patriot! Bermoa on tht Mount, adopted by til tht tilled nations of every clime and every tongue and tvtry faith.. Itt pnget giow win in song of tht angels ia Bethlehem, and summon men to rise above the fog of seif-interest and ascend to the heights of tht fsllowshlp and comradeship whtro wt can hear tht bells Ylaging in "a thousand yenrt of peace... The war-worn world hat Deen waiting for this covenant. On Monday our President will return to tay before the people of t! t Republic the gre .test doc anient of history a treaty in b;d tmhr in friendship all fret peo- ilet and fulfill tho prophecy or oio peace oa earth aad good will toward men. it a tht ntung culmination u. thit Centennial that I' it held concur rently with tht dawning o.' tht day when ttatesmea In practical diplomacy have enuiht the larte vision which caused Wesley to regard tht wno wpnu a ha parish. Statesmen no longer rrgtrrd tht seat tt created to separate men, but at set to unite men, and in the cove nant we have tfie rainbow of promise that spans the new sky in the new heaven tnd the new earth when wars shall be no more. MOTON SCENTS EFFORT TO MISREPRESENT-HIM Glad That Others Art Btfinning To Ses That There ! Plot Against Him New York, July . At a banquet ten dered, Dr. H. . Mutnn, of Tuskegeo Institute, hero be made a speech in which he said: "After a rigid inquiry conducted for wenks I ran say without fear of contradiction that false rumors put in circulation relative to the advy e I gave colored soldiers In Prance wre the result of a propaganda launched tn discredit me. It Is gratifying to me to know that the colored .people through- out the country are beginning to j realize that there has been a well de- i fined plat to misrepresent and vilify me. As to what 1 said and did in France I have no apologies to make. I I have no desire to be the leader of 12,000,000 people as often has been charged but I am ambitious tn mass , Tuskegee Institute the influential, virile l Institution that Booker T. Washington j intended, and 1 furthermore want to , Serve my race the best I can. 1 do not come North to condemn lynching. I ipeak out la the Bouth whtro these awful crimes gre committed. I talk against the reign of mob law directly to tht white people of the Bouth. By this method I hope to get results. Criticizing the Southern white man up North does not make him disposed to do the right thing, aad It require more courage to pursue my policy than by indulging in condemnation many mile away. I confese it i!made easier aad more agreeable for nt to do the popular thing! but the popular thing, which might give yon "a great deal of pub licity, ia not always productive of the results you wish to attain. You will always find' Mot on standing straight on the race question, no matter what you hear to the contrary. - V Hat Whole Cootie Ftmlly. Klnstoa, July . A returned soldier being capable .of most anything, Jack Temple, a local druggist, brought bark with hlnf from f rsart, where he served with Ambulance Company 317. a rootle family embalmed la alcohol. Temple is eihibitlag a vial containing the suiwi mens la n window, where they have at tracted a lot of attention. Bt hat the history ef the bugs down ptt, and classi fies them at of French origin, Templt claims that tht two ltrgest of tht eootiet are tht partate of tht o the ft in the bottle. . ' 1 Belgium Honor- Henry Clowe. Henry Clews, bsnksr, wae notified yesterday that he has been named by King Albert an offleer in the Order of Leopold II. "at token of hit tpprtea tlon of tht devotloa thowa to the cause of Belgium." Mr. Cltwt wat active in Belgian ttUtf work. , Telephone395 Send Your CLEANING and DYEING to FOOTER'S ALWAYS SAFEST AND BEST Agency at Lindley's Raleigh, N. C. . II Weet tQgett Street Corner Btllsbary TELEPHONE 395 Worth More Than A World of Money Mrn. Raspberry Gains Thirty, fiv Pounds on Taking Tnnlac. "I had rather set my wife well and j happy like the is since taking Tanlac than to htvt til the money in the I world." declared Henry Untpberry, of ! ion vampoeu nr., rvansas i ity, Mo. Mr. Raspberry, who has recently been em ployed as a foreman by the Armour racking Company, was formerly in the service of the Missouri, Kansas aad Teiat Ballroad. "Before my wife took Tanlac," con tinued Mr. Kaapberry, ''she had rheu matism in her limbs so bad she couldn't even drees herself. I would havt to help her out of bed in tht mornings and put her clothes on for her. Her ttomteh was in such a bid condition that she r nu Id lianllv il;..t ...il,;.. T w . . I J .... .uc yus on her atomtch would csutt intense paint in her tide nnd tueh awful spells of palpitation of the heart that shs could hardly stand it. Bhe wae ex tremely nervous, her breath was short and very offensive, nnd one had fallen off in weight until tht wat hardly mora than t, f ramt. "At tht timt tht began taking Teniae the only weighed eighty-seven pounds and had not been nble to do any of her housework in four years. But she now weighe one hundred nnd twenty-two pounds has actually gained thirty-flvt pounds and it at healthy and active at tht waa thirty years ago. The rheu matic paint havt nil left her end the caa do all her work and look after tht family without tht least troublt. 8ht can oat meat, pickle, all kinds of vege tables and anything else tht wtntt tnd never have a tiga ef indigestion. Bat it not tht least nervous any more, aleepa like a child every night and it at well at the ever waa. I eaa1! find wordt to express my thankfulness for what Ttalae hss doae for her. It la nothing thort of wonderful." Teniae: ts told by leading drugglsti everywhere Adv, o. l io?n INCORPORATED Specials for the Second Day of Our July Clearance Sale Offers some unusually attractive values for the shrewd shoppers,, including special , reductions on Skirts and Petticoats $L98 Silk PETTICOATS One lot Hettherbloom Petticoats, with Silk Flounces. Especially Priced One lot Silk Petticoats, in solid colors and "Rpvelty stripes, that sold regular for $3.98 and () AO $4.95. Sale Price $L,ijO A specially good assortment of light colored Petti coats in Satins and Taffeta, that sold regu- AO larly for $4.98 and $5.95. Sale Price tjae70 SEPARATE SKIRTS One lot of Wash Skirts, stripes, tans and white, sold regular for $2.98 and $3.98. Sale J gg All Wash Skirts that sold for $4.98. Sale Q 00 Price PJ,70 All Wash Skirts that sold for $5.95. Sale Price One lot of Wool and Silk Skirts, especially good styles, gold for $5.95, $6.95, $7.95. Sale gg All Wool and Silk Skirts that sold at $9.95. Sale Prie. , T.... All Wool and Silk Skirts that sold regular for $12.95 and $13.95. Sale Price $4.98 ally good $4,98 :-95:$8.45 $9.95 A HOT WEATHER JOY ple&singtotta reM from the livefandto Biscuit with berries and other fruitiTry this wholesome food combination for &few d& and notice the return of mental buoyancy and physical alertness. Shredded Wheat is reaiy iooked-no kitchen work or wr(y. fciB&&tirm - 'l.-ih' -"r,"1- .. 1 i "ly I , a are not made like a DEPTH BOMB-to dis charge at a certain time but the actual mileage of a Kelly-Springfield Tire is often 3 times more than the guarantee, and then some AUTO TIRE REPAIR COMPANY Steam Vulcanizing, Tires and Accessories E. 8, JENNINGS, Manager ICS W. Dawie) Street Phone 1230 ft t R3 NORTH CAROLINA'S farm products In 1918 amounted to $537,438,000.00, which repre sented a gain over the farm products of 1917 of mdre than $103,345,000.00. Art you getting your share of this prosperity? Advertise in Tho News and Observer, which has paid-in-advance subscribers in every one of North Carolina's one hundred counties. It has the largest circulation of any daily newspaper in the State. We are anxious to co-operate with you to make your advertising produce 'maximum results. Address: SUte Adrertiting Department, THE . NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N. C. 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