THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1921. -Where A. To Worship To.ay r. p. ll11t,,s Memorial Meeting House. t o"th and East Boulevards, At v V Griffith, pastor. Preaching T-ev' y''. and 8 p. m. Intermediate 11 atv 5 p. m. Y. P. C. U 6:30 p m Wc.l crvlce Wednesday 8 p. m. fMh hool after morning worship A First A. R- P. Church. B. Lindsay, pastor. Preaching ii aid 8 o'clock. Sabbath school : J rnv're M. Brown, superintendent. I nion ui o.iu " t;ivuiv. a lajci EPISCOPAL. METHODIST. PRESBYTERLAN. fC ; t n cnn1-" vrinesdav nisht at 7:3(1 m ociccK- Thp Tabernacle. , viT Orr. D. D., pastor. Preach '.Ma m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath n q m. Pr. Ueo v Tessiy, su- rr;; "rcet at 6:30 p. m. Congrega ion si rravor meeting every Wednesday at S 1 North Charlotte Chapel. tat.' ' ' Eighteenth stre? Sab . i'h ...nool at 3:30 o'clock with Lieut ij Vr "kjoi-prs as superintendent. Villa Hpic'nts A. R. P. Church. t.vv ' W. s Boyce. pastor. Sabbath ,vo'' ' a. m. Morning service 11 a. f,"r'l' '". I'- P- m- Evening ser- ' - p. in. Wednesday evening livr'r" v --. ting 8 p. m. 'statpsviilP Avenue A. R. P. Church. pv C. 0. Williams, pastor. Sabbath c l-pol rt a. m. W. r. Kyaw, su 5 ti n ru Worship at 11 and 7:30. KPv.' Willing Helpers and Jun- V r "t 6. rrayer service Wed ;:,;:,,v ' 7:"". Y. P. C. U. Friday at ClU RCH OF GOD. Covw Fourteenth and Caldwell TV. .u. Mai'i'igs pasior. oun- day V'-o.-.l 10 o'clock. Preaching 11 a. ni. an-. :m p. m. Prayer and praise :v..,!nrslay 7 "0 p. m. Chapel of Hope, Seventeenth and C!nlrlwfll etroeta Rev. Lewis R. Anschutz, minister in charge. Sunday school every Sunday ' at o p. m. evening prayer and ser mon at 7:30 p. m. All are welcome. Special services today. The Holy Communion full choir at 10:45 a. m. Special song service in the new Chapel at 3 p. m. Church of the Holy Comforter. Bishop Atkinson Memorial. South Boulevard. Rev. R. 3 Owens rec tor. Holy communion 7:30 a. m. (First Sundays 11 a. m.) Sunday school 9:45 a. m. C. V. Palmer, superintendent. Morning service and sermon 11 a. . m. Evening service and address 7:30 p. m St. Andrews, Seversville. Clarkson Memorial. Rev It. B. Owens priest in charge. Sunday school, 10 &. m. Mr. J. D. Ball superintendent. Holy Communion second Sundays, 11 a. m. Evening prayer and sermon on first and third Sundavs nt 4 n. tt. St. Martin's Episcopal Church. Seventh street, -aear Havrthorne Lane. Sunday school 9:45. Holy Communion and sermon by rector, Rev. John L. Jack eon at 11 n. m St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church Corner Tryon and West Seventh street Rev. E. A. Penick, jr., rector. Holy Communion 7:30 a. m. Church school 9:45 a. m. Morning prayer ard sermon 11 Holy Communion first Sunday 11 a. m. Evening prayer and sermon 7:30. Vested choir. Strangers are cordially In vited to attend the services. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. West Trade and North cedar streets, Sunday school 9:45 o'clock. Regula servico 11 o'clock. Wednesday night metlnf 8 o'clock. Reading room hourg 12 noon to 5 p. m., except Sundays and legal holidays. Reading room at Room 405 Realty building. Hawthorne Lane Methodist. Hawthorne Lano a id Eighth street Rev. Li. D. Thompson pastor. Sunday school at 9::45 a. m.; J. B. Ivvy, super intendent. Preaching- zx. 11 o'clock and 8 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Senior and Junior Epworth League. 7 p. m. Seversville Methodist Church. Rev. 5. F. Hargett. pastor. Sunday school 3 o'clock. W. U Frazer, supr Intendent. Preaching 7:30 o'clock. Chadwick Methodist Church. Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. Epworth League 6 p, m. Preaching 7 n m. R. L Forbls,. F C. Tryon Street Methodist Church. Tryon and Sixth streets. Kev. H. G. Hardin nastor. Sunday school, 9::45 o'clock. r. e. Henderson, superintend' ent. Preaching at 11 and 7:30 o'clock. by tho pastor. Devotional meeting ol Epworth League 6:45 o'clock in the Junior room. Prayer meeting Wednes day evening at 7:30 o'clock. White Gift Service at 11 a. m.; 7:30 p. m. Christmas Music Service. Trinity Methodist. Tryon and Second streets. Dr. J. E. Abernethy, pastor. Sunday at 9:45 o'clock with E. R. Bucher, superinten dent. Regular services at 11 and 7:30 o'clock. Epworth League Devotional services 6:30. Junior and Intermediate League 3:30 o'clock. Wednesday pray er service 7:30. Belmont Park Methodist. Sunday school 9:45 o'clock, with Li. Rev. Second Presbyterian. A. A. McGeachy, pastor. Ser. vices at 11 and 7:30 o'clock. Sunday school and Bible classes at 9:45 o'clock. Young People's Society meets at 6:45 o'clock. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. First Presbyterian Church. Rev. A. S. Johnson, D. D., pastor. Sabbath school at 9:45. Services 11 and 7:30 p. m. Strangers and traveling men cordially invited. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Kev. Charles G. Lynch pastor. Sab" bath school and menj Bible class 10 a. m. Morning worship 11 a .m. Jr. C. E. 3 p .m. Y. P. C E. 6:30 p. m. Ever ins worship 7:30. Teacher training clasl Wednesday 7:45 p. m. Tenth Avenue. Rev. Daniel Iverson pastor. Services 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Senior and Junior Christian meeting Wednesday 8 p. m. Session meets 30 minutes before each service. The public is cordially invited. Wilmoore Presbyterian Church. Mint and Bland streets. Sunday school ct 10 a. m. Christian Endeavor at 3 p. m. and preaching at 7:30 p. m. Thomasboro Presbyterian Church. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m. Knox Presbyterian Church. Tra'-is avenue and East Fifth street, Rev. G. F. Bell, pastor. Sunday school PRICE OF BONDS IS NEARLY PAR Liberty Bond Holders Get Present of Nearly Two Billions of Dollars. GO TO CHURCH TODAY This is the Lord's Day in a two-fold sense. The 1 Fa 5e0MrresDYtenai!Uif!ren INVITES YOU 13 . P V v A. A. McGeachy, Pastor J. T. McCutchan, Ex-Sec. Preaching at 11 :00 A. M. Christmas Concert un der direction Mrs. Coral Hayner Baker at 7:30 P. M. Executive Committee. MAY HAPPINESS AND COUNTLESS GIFTS BE YOURS ON THIS FESTIVE OCCASION. COULD THERE BE ANY BETTER WISH? The Period Furniture Co. 18 K. Fourth Phone 5024 M. Smith as superintendent. Regular g:so o'clock, Sunday services 11 and 8 o'clock. Junior C. E. 6 o'clock, in termediate C E. 3:30 o'clock. West Avenue Presbyterian Church. Preaching 11 and 8 o'clock by th pastor. Rev. C. C. Anderson. Sunday school 9:45 o'clock. D. H. Johnston, bu perintendent. E. C. Society at regular hours. Prayer meeting Wednesday S o'clock. Westminster Presbyterian Church. Rev. W. B, Mcllwaine, Jr., pastor. Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sun day school 9:45 a. m. . McGee Presbyterian Church, Hoskins. Services first and third Sundays. Sunday school at 3 p. m. Preaching at 4 p. m. second and fourth Sundays. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. Pegrani Street Presbyterian Church North Pegram and St. George streets. Rev. John E. Wool, pastor. Sunday! school at .10. Clyde Stewart, superin tendent. Services at 11 and 7:30. services Sunday at ll o ciock ana i o'clock. Rev. W. B Davis is pastor Senior League meets at 8 o'clock. Pray er meeting Wednesday night at 1 o'clock. Calvary Methodist Church. Preaching 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. by Hie pastor, Rev. J. A. Sharp. Wednes day evening prayer meeting at 7:30. Sunday school 9:45 a m., George Dooley, superintendent. Junior League Sunday 3 p. m. Senior League Sunday evening 6:45. Senior" Epworth League prayer meeting Sunday 3 p. m. Brevard Street Methodist. Tenth and Brevard streets. Publi worship at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Rev. W. R. Shelton. pastor. Sunday school 9:45 o'clock. M. W. Evans, superintendent. Mid-week ser vice Wednesday at 7:45 o'clock. Ep noon at 3 o'clock. ' Dilworth Methodist Church. Corner Cleveland and Worthington avenues. Rev. L. A. Falls pastor. Sunday school 9:4! o'clock. lames F. Clark, superintendent. Preaching at H o'clock and 8 o'clock- Prayer sen vice at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. Duncan Memorial. Fourteenth and Urevard fire-ts. Rev. J. A. Smith, pastor. A. A. Short, super worth League services Sunday after intendent of the Sunday school. Sunday school services at 10 a. m.r preaching service at 11 o'clock. Seversville Wcsleyan Methodist. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. A cordial welcome is extended to all. H. W. Hawkins, pastor. Spencer Memorial Methodist. Sunday school 9:45 a. m L. E.. An derson, superintendent. Preaching by the pastor, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Epworth League 7 p. m. J. H. Arm brust, pastor. Everybody cordially invited. ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH. East Trade find McDowell streets. Sunday school 9:45 o'clock, with J. E. Elrod, superintendent. Preaching at 11 and 7:30 p. m. Rev. J. A. Downs, pastor. BAPTIST. First Baptist Dr. Luther Little rastct-. Sunday school at 9:30. Classified for the entire family. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service 7:30. Morning subject: "The First Christ mas"; 7:30 p. m.: "Virgin Mother." West Oaks Baptist, Churc. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. and preaching at 11 a. m. by the pastor. Rev. J. P. Brock. Alien Sireet Baptist Church. Charlotte avenue. Rei P.. D. Car roll, pastor. Phono 1520-. Service ll and 7:30 o'clock. Sanday schooi ::4S o'clock. Sr. and Jr. B. Y. P. U. 4:30 o'clock. Prayer service 7:3(J o'clock Wednesday. Ninth Avenue Baptist. Rv. L. R. Pruette pastor Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school meet a.t 9:45 a. m. Sr. and Jr. B. Y. I TJ-'s meet at 6:15 p. nv Prayer ser- ic and teachers' meeting Thursday 7:30. You are invited to attend these services. Chadwick Baptist Church. Rev. P. A. Hicks, pastor. Sunday school . at 9:45, J. W. Rodgers, super intendent. Preaching at 11 and 7. B. Y. P. U. at 6. Teachers' meeting. Wed nesday evening at 7. Sunbeams second and fourth Sundays at 4. Pritcliard Memorial Baptist Church. South Boulevard and Templeton ave nue. The pastor, Rev. W. A. Smith, wi'l preach at both hours. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., J. M. McMichael, superintendent. Morning subject: "Thoughts of Christ." The evening hour will be giv en to the rendering of Christinas carols by the choirs. The Sunday school will have its Christmas entertainment on Monday evening at 7:30. CANADAWATCHES TREATY DEBATES Likely to Have Pronounced Effect Upon All British Commonwealths. LUTHERAN. St. Mark's Lutheran. Rev. John Fielding Crigler. pastor. Preaching services 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. J. V Sutton, superintendent. Luther Leagua 7 p. m. 6:30 a. m. Matin's Carols by vested choir, story of the Nativity; 11 a. m. sermon by the pastor. Subject, "Good Tidings of Great Joy"; 7:30 p. m. Ex ercises by the Sunday School. The free will offerings will go to Missions, Min isterial Relief and the Near East Re lief. . Holy Trinity Lutheran. Central and Thomas avenues. Rev. W. A. Lutz. pastor. Services 11 and 7 o'clock; Sunday school 9:45 o'clock. W. L. Dixon, superintendent. Communion at 11 a. m.; Christmas celebration by the Sunday school at 7 p. m. Public cordially invited. BY J. A. STEVENSON. Canadian Parliamentary Correspondent. Staff Correspondent of The News. Copyright, lO.'l, by News Publishing; Co. Ottawa, Ont. Dec. 24. Canada is watching the Irish debate with keen in terest for the outcome of the Irish set-: tlement is likely to have a pronounced effect upon the Dominion as well as the other British commonwealths. Already there is a demand here among a consid erable political element for pressure on the Impeiial Government at London for a constitutional conference to define thet exact status of the Dominions. Canada'3 constitutional position has been taken as a basis for an .Irish, set tlement, but as a matter of fact in some respects the relations between the Dominions and Great Britain are very indeterminate and, if the settlement comes to full fruit, they will have to be accurately defined. The late government here agreed to postpone tho accurate definition of the various British states, but the new gov ernment is likeiy to urge the constitu tional conference, which is being de manded by the progressives. One very important question involved is the right of secession. Can any of the Dominions sever their connection with the British Empire? Legally the answer is "No", but an affirmative re ply was given such a question in the British House of Commons on March 30, 1920 by Mr. Bonar Law when he as serted the right to secede was in herent in the Dominion's present sta tus. This would be good news, undoubt edly, to some of? the Irish elements just at this time, but authorities as high as General Jan Smuts have cast doubt up on the validity of this dictum. GOVERNMENT DIFFICULTIES. SEVENTH DA'S ADVENTISTS. Services now held in the new church at 215 North McDowell street. Sabbath school (Saturday) at 9:45 a. m. Preach ing at 11 a. m. Young, people's meet ing at 4 p. m. Prayer meeting Wed- ! nesday evening at 7:30. Elder Charles E. Ford, pastor. Subject at 7:30: "The Meaninng of Christmas And Its Origin." Welcome to all, CATHOLIC. St. Teter's Catholic Church. First and Tryon streets, Rev. F Anthony, O. S. B., pastor. First mass at 8 a. m. High mass and sermon at 0:30 a. m. Sunday school at 3:30 p. m. Devotions and Benediction at 4:30 p. m. Confessions on Saturday at 4:30 and 7:30 p. m. Daily mass and Holy Communion at 7:30 a. m. Allare wsl-come. FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT. Central avenue and Hawthorne Lane. Rev. George L. Curry, minister. Regu lar services Sunday at 11 and 7:30 o'clock. Sunday school at 9:30 o'clock with Charles H. Daughtry as superin tendent. Prayer meeting Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. CHURCH OF CHRIST (Disciples). Worshipping in Y. M. C. A. C. B. Mashburn, minister Sunday school 10 a. m., C. C. Thomas, superintendent. Preaching 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Come. A hearty welcome awaits you. FIRST REFORMED CHURCH. East avenue and Myers street. Rev. Shuford Peeler, pastor. Sunday school 9:45 o'clock, with B. J. Summerrow aS superintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m Christmas finds Canada In difficulty in the organization of her new Govern ment The defeated Meighen Govern ment is still in office and Mr. William Lyon King, the liberal leader, is still uncertain about the character, and com position of his Cabinet. Mr. King is well known In the United States through his connection with the Rocke feller Foundation and ihs work as an industrial mediator during the war years- The new leader has found his posi tion has many weaknesses. His main support is from the French Canadian Catholics and he evidently senses the quite probable danger that at . the next election the Protestant elements will not be hard to mobilize against a gov ernment largely composed of Catholics. So Mr. King has entered into negotia tions with leaders of the progressive party for their support and has proposed an alliance on the basis that a large part of tho progressive program will be carried into effect and certain seats in the . Cabinet allocated to progressive leaders. But public opinion in the Province of Quebec, which furnishes the chief strength of the Liberal party, is not prepared for such a radicar program as the progressives are demanding as the price of their co-operation and Mr. King may expect a number of bolters. What apparently he aims at is the transfor mation of the Liberal into a radical party and the negotiations which are now taking place may have important results in determining the future course of Canadian politics. Among othr things they may well promote the revival of the conservative party, whose fortunes are at very low ebb, for the liberal elements who dislike an alliance with the progressives, are like ly to secede and join Mr. Meighen, the outgoing Premier, who will be provided with a Parliament seat ih the near fu ture. Tho chief motive urging the progres sives to contemplate an alliance is the acute depression now prevailing In many farming communities, especially in tha West. The seriousness of pres ent conditions is without parallel. Not only are thousands of .farmers unable to meet their obligations to the banks, mortgage companies and storekeepers, but large numbers are unable to pur chase bare necessities of life. A movement) is now on foot to obtain Federal credits which will carry over the struggling farmers until the next crop and the activities or the American War Finance Corporation are cited as a precedent. BY HARDEN COLFAX, Staff Correspondent ot The Siers. Copyright, 1021, by Kei Publishing Co. New York, Dec. 24. A Christmas present of nearly one and three-quarter billion dollars has been laid in the laps of liberty bondholders by the year of 1921. Since the first day of January, liberty bonds have risen in market value an average of nearly nine points for all issues. The lowest in value, selling last New Year's at 84, is selling today i.t approximately 96 1-2; the high est in value sold last New Year's at 89.60, it is selling today at approxi mately 93.30. Paradoxically, the lowest market 1 value bond of last New Year's is the highest in value this, Christmas. That is the bond of the . fourth loan. The highest in market value last year, the first loan bond, is selling today at a lower price than any other issue. The first has become the last and the first last within the space of the year. The foregoing quotations do not take into consideration the Victory loan. That issue was selling last New Year's at 94 and 95 for the 3 3-4 and 4 3-4 securities, respectively. Recently both securities crossed par and are sell ing' at identical figures. The increase in market prices adds $200,000,000 to the value of those securities over the 'counter. There are outstanding at the pres ent time more than 15. billion 'dollars in Liberty bonds and nearly four bil lion in Victory bonds. Originally more than 20 million persons owned them. Countless numbers of the bonds have been sold and re-sold, however, espe cially the tax-exempt bonds of the first issue, so that the number of per sons ."lolding liberty bonds today is materially less than it was originally. ; To the man who held onto his bonds, : however, 1921 has been more than gen- J erous. The year started with his hold-1 ings at the lowest figure they had reached. The values went still lower . though fractionally in most issues during the first few months of the year, then remained stationary with al most imperceptible fluctuations, and slowly began to rise. They have been rising now for the past six months. The bonds of the first loan have risen from 89.60 to 93.30; those of the second loan from 85 to 96; those of the third from 87 to 96; fourth from 84rto 96 1-2 and Victory notes from 94 and 95 to 100. EVERYTHING ELSE LOWER. And during the year, everything else of value stocks, manufactured goods, fuel, clothing, food, wages dropped downward and still downward as the process of readjustment wrung out the inflation of war prices. Bonds alone went up. There is one chief reason for this, there is no inflation in a Lib erty bond. Treasury officials believe the bonds are going to rise still higher; that ev ery issue of Liberty bonds is going to cross par before next Christmas. While lack of inflation is the prime reason for the gain in the value of bonds, there are two secondary consid erations, "financial authorities here say, which have contributed greatly to the rise in quotations. First of the reasons is the quieting down of business generally; its shrink age in volume, thereby releasing funds for investment and enhancing the value of Government securities. Second is the drop in interest rates. Since the first of the year, there has been a heavy reduction all along the line in the cost of borrowing money. Lenders are not able today get the high ntes they got a year ago. The gilt-edge 8 per cent bond at par is no longer seen in fresh issues among the brokers' wares, as it was early in the year. In the realm of investment, the market has turned from a buyer's to a seller's market. The buyer is bidding now and he has to bid more and more for the best security on earth, the Liberty bond. A third cause for the rise is the tor rent of gold that has come to this country since last New Year's. Nearly $700,000,000 is the unofficial measure of the gold imports. This mountain of gold hts made money easier, brought about a .cut of from 15 to 40 per cent in interest rates and helped thereby to , send the value of liberty bonds up ward. The greatest increase in market val ue has been given to holders of the fourth loan bonds. Of these, more than six billion dollars are outstand ing. The rise in their quotations has added a.bout $800,000,000 to their mar ket value since January 1. The next main increase comes to the holders of bonds of the second loan, converted and unconverted. Thore the increase ap proximates $364,000,000. Holders of third loan bonds are $325,000,000 bet ter off in market value of their securi ties than they were the first of the year. -Holders of the first loan bonds have benefited about $40,000,000. CADILLAC PRICES REDUCED. Detroit, Dec. 24. A cut in price of ten models of type 61 Cadillac motor car, ranging from a reduction of $790 on the touring car to $940 on the su burban car, was announced by that company tonight. These prices are effective as of January 1. j DAN CUPID SHOWS BURST OF ACTION After a period of discouragement al leged to be due to the new North Caro lina law requiring bride and groom to present health certificates when they apply for marriage license in this State, Dan Cupid showed a burst of activity insofar as Mecklenburg county was con cerned, Saturday, when seventeen mar riage licenses were issued by Register of Deeds W. M. Moore. The seventeen is far in excess of the usual number is sued in one day or many days, but it does; not bring the average for the month up to what it usually is just be fore Christmas, and especially up to the high record made in the Fall months when Camp Green was here. The slump of marriage licenses since the new law; went into effect requiring health certificates in this State is ex plained in Mecklenburg and other coun ties adjoining the South Carolina line t y the fact that many couples, rather than face the red tape and the cost of obtaining a health certificate, leave the "health" law in the lurch and go over into South Carolina to be married. Other North Carolina counties than Mecklenburg are making low marriage records for the same reason, it i3 ex plained. The ten whits couples who obtained marriage licensss Saturday at the regis ter of deeds office here were John M. Russell . and Nettle Hunter Bridges, J. Earl Auten and J. Jessie Dellinger, Charlie E. Bost and Essie McSwain, Floyd P. McCall and Beulah Dunn, Col lie G. Gibson and. Bessie Carpenter, Clyde C. Christenbury and Edna Daniel, Cecil H. Deese and Daisy Vanderberg, William Bock and Mae Garland Charles H. Porter and Hannah Jane Holland, NeaT C. Hunter and Nellie May Simth. There were seven negro couples who teceived marriage license also on Sa cur day which mads seventeen licenses is sued for the day. WEEKS GREETS THE ARMY. Washington, Dec. 24. Secretary of War Weeks tonight sent a Christmas greeting to American soldiers in every section of the globe. It was relayed by wireless to the troops along the Rhine and in the Philippines and to army attaches in every Embassy. Tele graph wires carried it to every post in this country and, in some places, it was relayed to outposts by courier. a THE HOME OP BETTER VALUES ' MATT. 1:21 "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for , he shall save His people from their sins." Today is the birth day of Jesus our Sav ior. All men, every where, should wor ship him on this of all days. GO TO CHURCH i TODAY AH members of this organization ex tend, in this man ner, their very best wishes for a com pletely happy Yule tide to each of the many thousands whose interest in Belk's has made for pleasant days through the year 1921. WE SBLX. IT FOR LB S3 1