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.tie r;c73 to o: tuzsday r.:orj;;G, august n, 1:11 RVEIV ThejNcvs and Observer . Biliajh, If. ft ' ' . . '' MhM Bar at aha Test Bp Tti kiwi and oBmrn ruBLisiixa ,. compact . mi axs otfiim uium , UMll West sTsrtm I WtoW Bssmsx .,.et M Hews Dw. ,.,.M ttosrCMni Cnishlhn ,.Mf Dept. ...in aumxfe or nu assooutxd ntm tar saoetHattoei W mi I it e4Jat to H os M eiaenrWe erWISrS I Ihfc M nwd ate Mm Waal w. tfWefcea fim Abstains W snjsHlii MtiA ttf 4psMgtWa dsBpfltcsaV fcsWtm JmWQ mmnmsr Mirii4 rnx associated rxns beports ' MrBaanrnoai rucii . ItotMsm. One Taw tIN fta Month, . M Then iwatsa ..... Ml .ee nan mat Mawk ee Tar H N la MMks ....... .Ct One Meata ... it Oaa Taw ........MM Su Month ...... .11 4t IW Hew 4 wtnw.w k dJvind essstws la SteMtsa m4 ri M If MM aMa Bar wk Dattr MORNING TONIC (Alfred Sussell Wallace.) Truth l born into the world only with pangs aat tribulations, and every fresh truth it received uswillingly. To expect the world to receive a sew troth ar even an old truth, without challenging it, it to look (or one of those miracles which do not occur. UNCLE WALT MASON COURAGE. foaetimes thins teem all disjointed, la thla wwary path wa tread; we are gafled and disap aviated, aad wa wish that we war dead. Aad H tl foolish habit, letting brlajr teardropa stall; ' aua shosld never he a rabbits he shoald have a lies) heart. If the Ilea heart Is lacking, he can etill pretend It's there, aad hie harden slithery Baching, - ahew ao symptoms af despair. I am prenl ta vala repining, when I strike a vela at grief; It's my assure ta be whialag. aad ta yaw aroaad sad beef; bet by long aad esraeet practice I've acquired cheerfal front, 'aad I chortle whea, the fact w, tears wsnld acem the proper stent. Lot the tin bora griefs aasemble, thry will think I'm not afiaid; theach m rabbit heart auy tremble. 1'U fretead I'm aadiamayed. Aad the blaf will work, Ttt bat rent aad 'twill warh aa wall far yeni eWt 1st wociy oeere ar I ret yeel face the beset, aad matter "Shoo! Nervea a thing thai asm Inherit, easily all Ills they've dared; bat wa show greater merit who preload we art aat atared. , ' EKOW TOUB NEICHBOIt." y , The Xaleigh Chamber of Commerce can very preperly felicitate itself aa tha occasion which it eeaiummated last night Balelgh,. Wake eounty, tha Btatt, will beneit from it at af tha ebjeett . . m..L.. -.4 !..... u It. arAinata aaafal aad helpful ideas sad tha sentiments preached by an tha spaVkara at fast night's dinner at tht City Auditorium are aaatimeata la which are wrapped up, a tha Vice-President , wall said, tha'fature of mankind. -: ' - , ; The people af Balelgh lava aever thought vary mack about Jhe problems, tht aeeds aad tha am bltlons of the people of tba outlying districts af tha eounty. Aad the converse of tha proposltioa baa beea eqoally vtra. Yet the eity aeeda the dBuaty aaddba souaty heeds tha eity. Tha eounty will help build, a rjeat eity here if tha eity will do its part toward tha erectiaa af a greet county, Tha danger is that Individual tad eellective selfish ness will rule both city tad eounty. la trying te see that this menace shall be removed the Cham ber af Cemmered-le doing work of fuadameatal importance. ' '" s ? Those were neelUnt speeches made by Professor Moser and Mr. Holding. It was well that there were so many Balelgh folks there to hear them. LA better ehance for the womea and children of hte rural preeiacta, Professor Moser urged. Lat Ba lelgh prepare to be the market piste of its chief farm product, was the practical advlee of Mr. Holding. Tins "thoughts, both of then, aad they will bear fruit beyosd any question. Vice-President Marshall's address wss fulff wisdom aad wholesome philosophy. Hs inter preted the aeeds of the hour ia a manner that indicated lha mast searching thought, and there Js ao question that hs Interpreted them aright. It was very signiftesnt that he closed his address with a tribute to the greatest aristocrat, Jesusgreatest because Re was greatest ia service aad sacrifice. Mora aad mara lbs world is seeing that It la la His tesehings that ths paaaeea for ha world's maladies is to be found aad only there. Service aad eecrihVe were the big thoughts of ths Vies- President's address. Bis condemnation of money- getting and money-holding were tha words' fitly spokes which are 'Iks apples of gold ia pictures of silver. Selfishness which seeks the best and the most for one's self and one's klnfolks without earing a hang for the rest of thcr world received hammer blows in Mr. Marshall's magnificent effort anf wherever his ringing words ars read they will make for a baiter type' of eltiaeuhip and a better type of maahood aad womanhood. The Vire-President spohe a great truth when he said that Balelgh aad Wake county in their efforts to get together were shewing America and the world the way. to eempoas ths troubled situation now so widely existing. Misunderstanding aad Is complete naderstaadiog ara at ths bottom of moat of the differences which divide mea. Knowing the neighbor aad being kaowa by hba will go a long way toward fedaerhg the anhappineae aad the disconteat now so widely prevalent. Ashsvills is shy of sugar and lee. About the nly thing left ap there to make a julep ie mint, nd while it is all right as aa ingredient it ia mighty helpless by itself. - If It seme aatiefaetiea that the House af Rspre eatatives has- waked up to the f aet that there ;s omethiag tv lie done is stead of patting la five wfli f Idleness whits the eoaatry is ia ae of tha most frying times fit its history. ' Mr. Tsrher Anderson says the editors at VrighUvllle Beach didn't know anything much bout ths League of Nations.' Yet it is perfectly apparent that theje were several of them there ' that knew more about Article X than Mr. And?r MI did. Oaa thing about the aoisa ia the Beaate ie that ta eoma exteat it drowns out the noise of the boose gang which heeps up a persistent yammer about Ita rights to violate tha law because it has always beea remorseless sad Inconsiderate of anything but ths money it waats from ths trsffle. Ths order at the poatol&re wladow ia a couple of weeks will be a enppla two-cent stamps, three pound tia of roast Iteet, half a dozeh postal cards, . aia caaa af tomatoes, money order for two dollars aad tea seats, half a doles eanned eora and a few trimmings to make out the change. I II MM Ths' Association Opposed to Prohibition ssys the text mora la te be aa organised campaign sgslast i tabaeeo. Bat the opposition to prohibition has made for Itself such a rsDutatiOa ia this country that nobody pays ajya-ntteatioe te earthing It sly anlev snmehorty knowa ta be reliable says ths ihlnu. Hiirh hsa not so far been JUe esse. Get a name for beiag aa aaergetie liar aad you hi,, .u.ng wiu'h weight ia your community. The visit of Hugh MseBae, of Wilmington, Mon daj te .Charlotte and Oaatoaln to discuss ths . arganitatioa of tha North Caroliaa unit of the leuth Atlantic Export Company Indicates thst the movement Is under way ta asa tht stupe the gov trnmeat hat allotted to-the Southern ports for ' direct fwmmeree with Soath America aad other aeetioaa.- The Shipping Board is doing whit it ea,u ta areata closer foreign relatioaa betweea North Carolina aad the country south tf as, and it d pisai oa tat people or ina state aow rar aai . . a Sua . - 'v ma - -m a . mtvtmeaitwiu m a saceeaa.. air, auenae is good missionary la the cause, and It should be eueaurnged by hearty ergnnlaatioa. M ... i Vn . - . ' ' The summer school at the Tnlvtrsity jast closed had tlmest a -tbouuad students. It is doubtful if auy school work does mora good in tha time it .lastsaad la tht faage of atteadaaecMhaa the Korth Caroliaa summer schools, including thnt at tlit Valvcrsity. Tha attendance la aot long, all weeks "or so, and tha instraetioa it not at cont preheaeivt aot profoand ts.ia tha exteaded courses, but tha little lesvea extended ta maay ageaclet excrta aa Influence aa wide aad-e stimulating that it reaches over a wldt area aad Into many quartan ' IW might aet otherwise be tffeTited.- Korth Csr " Una tammtr arhooU are' earning their tost many timet over tad they desrrrs tt be bscked ap to t Hill broader work. ' :,. : Tht THE MEGBO IN TBI NOITH. race affairs la Washington, Chicago aad New Tork need ao give aerloas alarm. . There is not in any section of the United States any real prospect ot t race war, for to begin with there it no reason why such a thing should be andertaketf. Ia the Boatb, ia spite of occasional differences. aad sometimes en exhibition of hostility, the two races arc on a friendly basis. This is aot believed at the North, which is too far away from tha large argro populatioa to y realise the relations that actually exist betweea the races. There is fsr more actual bitterness ot feeling between the two in the North then ia the South, regardless of what say .oaa nayt, Tht recent migration of colored folks from the South to the North in the last half doaea years has materially laercased tho negro population in some of the Industrial centers. Thsre blacks nnd whites find themselves fscsd byrslatloaa not familiar to either of them. Northern white folks have a loag-raaga theoretical sympathy for the negro, but mighty little ahert-raaga friendliness, and when the colored maa becomes aa actual neighbor the Northern white will not give him aa square a deal as be gets back home in the South. Mare out breaks betweea the racer are going to occur la the North until the increasing number of negroes ,'n thst part of the country ara better acquainteJ with the negro stranger. It it doubtful If black aad white will ever be tt hiadly and eonaidtrate of. each other in the North as theyare la tht South, which is aafortuaate, for the negro will centinac ta move aorthward in probably larger sumbers, aad hs will need friends there ia greater numbers than he will find. la tha South tha negro is t negro, but ho Ie I resident, aad hs has friesds, and be has rights. Ia the North besides beiag a negro hs is a strangor, and unloaa hs hss friends ar can make friends a trsager in any community is unfartuaste. Ia the South wt art still more of a rural people, whluh' means that ws are of tht community and kaow each ether. Ia tha North tht population is sluster ing mart la tha eltiet aad people have lost ac quaintance with vone another. The negro. stranger, does aot make tke acquaintances he bad la tha South and ha does aot make the white friends,' the reel friends who are I e tercet ed in bbn He eaa atir up a fuss just as quickly, but ha can. not quiet tt as quickly. And there Ie tho trouble. and that la what la going to make thin queetiea annoying ta tke North at It growt there. A large number of the aegroee who go North deserve well at the haadt of the white folks, bat being arrangers they ara condemned la a mass for what a a odd aat doet because they are aot acquainted. The North la getting Ita rata problem, aad will bavt it tt fact, but it la belter far whites and blacks both to fact It la the South, where. It It faced with mora of commoa friendliness nd toleratioa for the Individual. ' - "v VT.;-VV.:';-. Mac. ; 'r:;' A aewspaper article from" Germany says that Essea, the neat of tha great gua, works af tha trnpps, ia la idleaeee. What a transformation) There was aothlsg ander tho aua like Essea. It waa oaa of tba greatest maaafaetnring asattra ta etrth. Other lad net rial ceaUrs ara aa big at Essea. Gary, tha Industrial eity af tha steel corporation, ia groat meaufaeturing ccater. Pittaburgk it marvelous manufacturing region. Detroit, with ita automobile Industries, is e wonder among tha hirot of mankind. But Essea waa alone It being a great group of lig factories devoted to the pro ductloa of instruments of deetruetioa. It waa tba foremost spot ia tba world with the enc tola par post of killing "njen aa tht most colossal aad e(B- cleat acsle. As Germany waa tha apostle and tho devotee af slaughter 'of humaahind ia war, Eaaaa was the creator of ..tha implement of 'butchery. At Esaea wart assemulsd all tba cuaaiag nucliinery thnt could f ashioa engincc at battle. ..Giant cranes and instruments were there ta toss about like matehea big gnat thst could mow down mta- thirty ilea distant. Braiay mea built delicate laatra- menu to direct tho operatioa of artillery la battle. aad akillful baada wrought for accuracy ia target epcratioa. Essea waa tha homt of tho groat devil of blood- shsd, tad tht moot capabla af tht mea of Germany wart tht employee af tha big factory. War waa Germany's reliftee. Tt kill waa her one Idealized sacrament. Esaea supplied the sacred instruments, aad to Essea was devoted the plch of t Gormen intelligence,, the pick of Germaa akill and tha ac cumulated wealth of tba empire. Essea waa the Mecca, tba temple af tha Germaa cult that wor shipped tba theme of tha mythology .that defied war. It waa tha tabetraeture of tho throne aad (tt smbltloa. Esaea waa tha strong arm af compul sion, tha force that was ta avertrhalm tha world and place Germany, oa a commanding eminence that by tha force of gua power should dominate all of mankind. ..Today, ao the story tayt, Esaea la a cemetery. The" gua works are dead, . Tha smokestacks art rnstlsg. - Tke big eagiaes ara aileat Tha ma- chtaery it silent The mills ara deserted. Deso lation has overtaken the home af calculated de etruetioa. The devil has overtaken hit owa. For ditioa hat fallen victim ta ita ewa type at data- aatioa. NowrjPtlso oa earth ia aow such a rest ruin, tneh vast disappointment of atercileaa am bition. It is tha irony of war that thla greatest scourge of maa has raiiea a vreum to ua owe methedt and arms, aad la tha monumental wreck of war. , STATE FAIB A PACE-MAKER. Tke North Caroliaa State Pair ia a pa ee-maker for tho various county and community fairs cf North Carolina. It la where stockmen aad agricul turists art getting ribbons that may have aa la flueaoa at all atber fairs. This la pre-emineatry a great lives rock shew and also where the farmer can look over aad select what ia best suited for bis purpose from tho large dlaplayt of agricwl tural Implements and farm machinery generally. The fair aeeds the patronage ot toe people at North Carolina and aeeda ita educational advan tages. Borne tain ara better ia oa line tba aa- othsr bat each hat tha chance at bavteg tba boat agricultural exhibit. What haa beea doad oaght ta be ta lnsplntioa to greater effort . Tha beat this year'aaa he excelled. This ia open eompetitioa aad is what makes for agricultural advaaeemeat and fnrm products and machinery. The educational features of tha State Fair have been gradually increased aad developed until then is bnrdly aay place where the farm people eaa get as much good, practical information and na many new ideas in the same length of time aa at the Stale Fair. The best part of it is thst tho infor- matiea-is gi vea, by demoest cartons so that it takes a minimum of effort to acquire it Every person who can should attend his local and State Fair. AUTOMOBILE NOISES. A Person street resident complains to tha News and Observer thst hs and his family ten not sleep nt sight because of the nelao of passing aatomt- biles. Ths police authorities aay they taro doing tht best they enn both te enforce the traffic Uws and to keep down unnecessary soiree, but they point out tba difficulty of keeping aa eye oa auto niobilitta all over the city anv4t all times of the nlglit. The mystery is that automobile drivera should have to little consideration for nervous, delicate people, maay of whom there an ia every com- muaity. Aad that being aa, ia aot a part of tho remedy to be found in tha eultrvatioa ot mon thoughttalaost for ethers thta tht lata driving aatoMobilistt shew Why ahoaldat aa automobile driver, eapoeially tf he ehsaeee to be a person who has had some train ing in ths ordinary ameaitiea ot life, remember that at fight maay people ara trying to Bleep and that aomt of them actually ge tt bed aa earl at 10 o'clock, aad remembering all Out frr to have some considerstioa for themf Beme ot tho noise whieh alBicta tht can of tho people perhape is acces-iary, bus, murk of it is absolutely aaaeeeesary. Let the tutomoblle people think shoot other felht a little. Bow the New Dattrlae Spreads. New York World. Tha Nitti government declares Itself favorable to woman tuffratw and tho tight af womea to eii la the Italiaa Parliameat, bat asha that tach measures be separately considered. 8a area ia tha mon eoaservatrVt countries the sew doctrine spreads. ... The aeeossltles thst ths Allies an putting aa Germany will force that natioa tt become aat tt tbt most efficient, frugal tad iadustrioui faeion oa Jha globe tad tht requirement! of pumping or drawaiag will mate Gem-say pump until it will be surprising if tht does mot make ths , rest tf the world hustle tt keep ap with bar after aha geta squared with her enemies aad free tVetsrt uff for herself agala, Wa'an forcing Germany '.a acquire a power that It could be wolf if we could tequlra tt tha asms time la aelf-defease if for ao other raaaoa. Pure Pnuiianjum By SAVOYARD. William Jennings Bryan aever delivered him self ot a grander ubsardity tbaa tht follewiagi ' The day ot the partisan newspaper ia waning. Some day all aews will bo Issued through govern ment channels, and wilt have tha approval af tha proper authorities before it is printed." - That waa charged to Mr. Bryan some tea days ago, aad' aa than bat bee aa disavowal af- it I suppose be said it ia a speech he made aomewherc ia Oregon. It M true, however, thst tha day of the "yeller dog1 partisan aewspaper it waaiag, Nt the aua will aever rise oa the day whea tho gov ernment will go into jourwaliem. ' The Idea is purely Praaaiaa. For generations in that country tha citiaea la his childhood, wat takea la charge by tha government aad tutored what to think aad what te.de. Bo was taagkt that, it waa iahmoat c.t to obey. He became a machine. lie was what hts government made him. Ia England, the other hand, the -fcitiica made tha government, nnd tba government wat tangbt what to think aad what to do. Those two ideis . , . -, . . . A Mighty Significant Cartoon ' ' f," K -Reprinted from the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines National Weekly News.,' recently met la bloody conflict ia a world war, tad tha English idea, after the mightiest struggle ia tha history of men, emerged vietor. And aow comet Mr. Bryan, who! would establish Prusaiaalsm ia oar glorious Union. Why should hs rail I He says tho government must prescribe what I nhnll drink. Why should not the govern ment prescribe what I thall readf It it not new this nonsense Brysn is talking about. Boms third of a century ago Mr. Bider mann, DuPont was the ' owner of The Louisville Commercial. His editor was Young E. Allison, a prodigiously elsver fellow ia botb tht English and the American definitions of the torus. Thsre was aot a more brilliant mlad In tha profession and his Sense of humor wts ss delightful tt it wat eopieoa. : . One day old DuTont came to Allison Kith a stupendous discovery , it Was that The' Commercial have these departments in Ita newt, columns Truths" Lies" aad "Dubious." Allfson, after ht recovered from lus imaxement, told his chief that hia idea was admirable la tha extreme; but that one-half his readers would accept hit truths at lira and his lies as truths, and the innovation waa drooDed. ' s. ' And if tht government were to go into jour nalism tnd hand ant tht newt one-half of the truth aad the other hair people would accept it as ' aa falsehood. Mr. Brysa has a falsa conception of Amerieaa journalism, .'lie eppears 16 think It virions; Home or it is. nut no -depraved newspaper exerts a particle of influence! There ia an instinct, ot n telepathy, or something, that warns the average resilcj that the paper is corrupt when it it cor rupt, that it is honestwken it is honest, nnd the greet majority of them, thank Ood, are 'honest. I have in mind a prominent uasvspaper with un limited mosey aad resources and a very con siderable constituency. When tho world war broke out that paper waa viciously hostile to Germany. Soma six or visht months later, without a moment's warning, it became Intensely pro-German. ' It "rented" Us editorial page to the Germaa am bassador for a large sum of money snd exerted all itn miserable might in behalf of the Oorni.in cause. That paper -did, not change tho opinion af out single reader except that it made every enoaey of Germany who .read its disgusting appeals more resolute in hit sympathy with the .cause of the Entente Allies. Ambasssdor Bernitorff only nerved ta illustrate the sdaie. "A foot aad his money an sooa Darted, when he. rented tbt opinions tt thst disgncs to .the noblest el tut professions, tnd this esse only nerved to show that thv hesee tht counterfeit, the more sterling the genaine. Hornet 6reeley was our. greatest journalist, though he hsd a heap of fault. In no other pro festlea does the adage, ''honesty is the best policy," so vividly tnd ao forcefully apply. It wat aimRly impossible for Greeley to write a line that be did aot believe with his whole heart, soul, miadV aad atrcagth. Admirable at waa hia English, and pewerfal at waa bia pica, it was ths sincerity be hind every word that he penned that made Horses Greeley the wmst powerful individual political factor at America, for several decades. A newspsncr in like an individual.. It must climb by lie own merit and when it haa attained tha aummlt of aa honorable pedestal, nothing but ttt own demerit can take it dowa. Character ia as valuable ta aewspaper as It ia to the Individual Then it a aewspaper printed in a, comparatively Lsmall town of western Massachusetts that exerts more influence for good upon tbc American people thae many a great metro oolitae daily. It has character, aad it haa made ejur entire eitlatashlp aequainted with Springfield, that sesree would havt been heard or but that tt la the noma ei earn Bowies' Bp'riagfield Republican. JThls paper be lietea something, apd hat the courage to aay. whi( it honestly believes on every public qoention, That paper It what Thomas Jefferson meant whea bt eulogized a free ptcsa. , , The attitude of our newspaper's toward thpab---' '-d b miM'' attitude towtrd the newt- papers, five ate the atmoe, confidence la th future au.Hit. A depraved newspaper may prosper, but however able and brilliant ita preach ments, they will ban small, negligible inflaencs apon public opinion. It in almply Impossible for any aewspaper ta exert an influence noon Ita read ers aniens it la aboicutrry nincen la what it advo cates. As I tald, instlnet, ar telepathy, or whit er two vtleorw to call.it, taken an of that. Again Mr. Bryan is -barking op a tree there's 'nothing la whan- ht preachea thil horrid Pru siaNikiu to the American public ' -.'., - Washington, August I, - -, ' . Anawen to Yeeterday'l Ewta. f 1 Senior United 8tatei Senutor from Massachusetts, author, lawyer. S Women who wait upon enstomen la English aad Scotch lant when liquor is served. 3 A nami applied to dirigible bnl lOOBS. v 6 A name applied by British soldisrs in the great war to their homes ia Eng land or elsewhere. 8 Brituh Columbia. 7 Cape Breton. i An Amerieaa mammal with sa ar mor-like covering. fl A pioneer preacher who established the civilization of whites in t wilderaett new the State of Bhoda Island. 10 The tppendis, the function of which ir It hat any, ia unknown to med leal science. New Qeoetleae. v . 1 Who Is Elihu Bootf I What is the mat word ia tha fa miliar phrase "Sly aa a "f Wbni-lt tha maaaing of "U. B. P, O.,"-which ycti tea every day! 4-What it a lesther-neekl 0 Who wrote "Lend Kindly bight f o what it a metropolis! 7 What is a necropolis! 8 Who is June Adamsf What it a palaaqaiaf 10-Why do they call them "Pullman eon I Bij Edar A. Guttt , PREPARATION. Whoa I'm obliged to go away I pay aomt little heed To all tht things from day to day . L Tha- can I love may seed. i ii never ininn ox sianing oui For ariy distant aeeat L'nlcsa I kotw bcyouad a doubt That they were all eereae. I want them hero at homt ta kaow . That they havt naught to fear . That they. may gaily eome ar go .. Aa though I still wen test. '4 I try to leave them well pnpand , To meet .tram day te day The many cares I should have thared .. Were I aot far away ," i -v. w r Thrnk you that X could tura my back Upon them for a day Knowing that they tt home must lack" Life's Joys while Im'twsy! . Think you .that I could ever roam' With any peace of mind , Leaning nn unprotected .home And troubled hearts behind t When I am called to cities far 1 , For brief or lengthy stay I want to kaow any )ovd eaet, art So an wkllt I'a away. Unlest I save provided well - j. For tvery need they'll know Aad they in jerfect peaet may dwell . la aot prrparea to go. God grant when He shall send for ma To cross deoth a chasm black Aad nail thst far aad unknown ara . From-which ao mat comet back That I may leave my loved eaet hen Secure from want and woe And misery and doubt tnd fear . Aad be prepared to go. (Copyright ll; by Eilgsr A. Guest.) "Bobby," said the' teacher to a pupil In -the Juvenile elass, "what is tyn- T guess it must be a tax.oa whhv key," replied Bobby. Aad the teacher thought ha waa entitled tt S credit at 100 per tentvSeleeted. ' la ear ambition te rlss some ot at get to the top while others; merely go ap la tht air. - . i .... caU noted scot to . jake jowetts puce Fifth Avenue Presbyterians Ask For Famous Scholar. As Pastor ' . Nsw Tork, Aug. 4. The Btv. Dr. Joha Kelmaa, author of many religious books and pastor of St, George's Free Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, kail beta invited to become pastor of tht fifth Artaue Pnsbyterian Church, at -fifty-fifth street, the largest aad wealthiest con trrcntioa in the presbytery af : New York. The church committee assurance that if the formal call te him ia nnaai mons Dr.' Kelmaa will accept. He is considered the greatest preacher tm the United Kingdom. The feoteh clergy ms a will succeed the Bev. Dr. Joha Heary Jowett, who left the local pastonte ia May, 1918, after serving aevea yean, to become pastor of Westminster Congregational' Chapel, London, England. Dr. Kellmaa ia well knowa here, having preached often ia the Fifth Avenue Church. The latest time waa oa Easter day, " A congregational meeting of the Fifta Avenue Church has beea called for Wed nesday afternoon, July 19, is tht chapel of the church, it which time the formal call will be issued. The pnsiding afft eer will be the Bcv.sr. George Alex ander paetor of the First Church, who ia moderator et the session of the Fifth , Avenne Church. Dr. Kelmaa probably will take up hit work htn in the autumn. . ' A meeting of the Committal Oa Pat tor wat held a few days ago is the office of George BAgnew, formerly State Senator, at No. W William stmt. Mr. Agaew ia chairman of tht committee. Thirty of the forty-four memben of the committee wore 'present and they voted unanimously to recommend te tht congregation thnt Dr. Kelmaa be called. -A aetke ot the coming meeting to elect a pastor waa read last Suadag from the pulpit of the church. Declined Post at First. Fram t-he time Dr. Jowett resigned!, ef fort! bare beea made te got Dr.elmsn. While in Greet Britain hurt wiater Mr, Agnew made a trip to Edinburgh and personally pleaded with Dr. Kelmaa to consider aa invitstW to thil American Cathedral. He declined, toying be. felt hit duty wat to remain) in Scotland aad , help' in tha work of reeenstraetiod. Dr. Kelmaa eamesto the United States last Spring to deliver tht Lyman Beecbor lectured' at Yale University. Ha received a,warm welcome. Later be toured tba eoaatry giving lectures, aad everywhere he was welcomed with opea trme p Pnabyteriant. He also ipoke it the recent Presbyterian Gentrai As- . tembly ia St, Louis. He left for home early last month, saying be hall "fallea In love with America," aad taw it at "the great country ot opportunity." Whea Dr. Kelmaa had arrived bsek.h Edlaburgh, he sent a cable meats go la the committee here, laying that if tht pastorate was stilt vacant aad he waa wanted he would accept a call. The clergyman received tha c-rdcr at officer ef the British Empire oa March a, 1918, for service rendered with the Y. M. C. A, along tha British linet In France. Dr. Kelmaa ia Sfty-Svsf yeare old. He It married and his one daughter, whe b the wife of the Bev. Joha Hay, mts slonnrv ta Chins. - Mrs. Kelmaa was Ellen Baaeern Bell, daughter at Williua Hamilton Bell, at Edinburgh. Dr. Kel maa waa educated la the Boyal High . School, Edinburgh Uaiversity f i4 New College. He broke hit course at New ' College by throe yean' travel la Aae tralla, XIr brgta bit ministerial labrra as aasistant to tht Btv. Dr. -George Adam Smith, aow principal of Aberdeen University. Dr. Kelmaa waa ordained Minister of Petcreulter, Aberdeenshire, la 1890, and for ten yeert waa miilater ot Neve North Chunk (United Free -Presbyterian), Ediabergh. . Dr. Kelmaa ia eoascrvntive la hia tbc ology, and waa the clcrgyxtaa rccom- " mended by Dr. Jowett for hia successor. Those whe have te "suifaia the bar den ef conversation" an by so meant always tha talhere. ' ' f
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