Sfnsby, March 28, 1324' THE FRANKLIN PRESS Pa 2 2 Thrc-2 PII51 1S51IS GREftTLY EXTEE1DED THE WORK ON FOREIGN PIEL09 SHOWS LARGE EXPANSION FROM FORWARD MOVEMENT NEW COUNTRIES ENTERED Southern Forces Now Have Mission $ ,ry Fields on Every Side of. Globe With Audience of 800,000,000.; DR. J. F. LOVE, " Sec. Foreign Mission Board Indicating the extent to which the foreign mission work of the Southern Baptist Convention has been set for ward by the larger proceeds that have come to it from the Baptist 75 Million Campaign, Dr. J. F. Love, secretary of the Foreign Mission Board, reports that since 1919, when the Campaign was projected, the following increases in the work of that board have been made: Number of foreign mission- arles on the field has increased fromk,,.,, wkh a ,ikene's of the pHnce 328 to 540, number of native work ers from 627 to 2,820, number of churches from 505 to 891, number of church members from 49,659 to 103,328, number of self-supporting churches from 143 to 211, number of baptism per year from 6,635 to 12,611, number of Sunday schools from 760 to 1,447, number of Sunday school pupils from 36,115 to 67,407, 'number of day schools from 512 to 796, number of pupils in day schools from 15,722 to 32r789, and contributions per year ,vfrom $173,372 to $437,568. Baptisms Gain Rapidly ' Nearly' as many persons have been baptized by the missionaries on the foreign fields since the Campaign be gan' as had been baptized during all the seventy-five years of missionary operations prior to the inception of this movement, Dr. Love reports. This does not include Russia, where more than one million members have come , into the Baptist churches in recent years. Nearly one-fourth as many persons were baptized on theforeign fields last year as there were mem bers, all told, on the foreign field3' when the Campaign began. At the time the Campaign began Southern Baptists wore operating only In MexlcB, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, China, Japan, Africa and Jtlay.' As a result of the larger pro ceeds made avatfble from the Cam paign the board has b?en enabled to enter the new fields of Spain, Jugo Slavia, Hungary, Roumania, and Rus sia in Europe, and Palestine and Si beria in Asia.' This gives to Southern Baptists a total missionary audience of 900.000.0CO, or more than .one-half the total population of the globe, '. Older Fields Ra-Enforced . - But of moro significance than the entry into these new fields is the re inforcement that has come to the Work in the older fields, in the esti mation of the officials of the Foreign Mission Board. This reinforcement consists not only ia sending out many new workers but providing largei equipment in the way of church , houses, .mlssicr residences, schools), hospitals, orphangos, publishing houses and the like. Summarizing the growth that has come in the forces on the older fields since the Campaign began the following results are pointed out: Number of churches, 76 increase; number of church members, 108 in crease; number , of church buildings, 45 Increase; number of schools, 3 increase; number of pupils, 108 increase; number of residences for . . missionaries, 94 Increase; number of foreign missionaries, 63 increase; number of native missionaries, 264 Increase; number of hospital build ings, 21 increase; number of treat- meats given, 61 increase; number of hospital beds, 104 increase. Much Remains To Be Done . With all the increases" that have come io the foreign mlHgiou work onjv a portion of the program that was con templated for foreign misslonsas a result of the Campaign has been ac complished as yet. It Is in the hope Of comploting this program through more effectively equipping the wor' and, workers on both the older fields and the new ones that, the represent atives of the Foreign Mission Board are cooperating with those of, the 75 Million Campaign in an effort to com plete the payments of all subscription! to this movement at thia time. New Half -Dollar Issue Greeted With Protests Claimed That William and Coligny Were Not Concerned With New York Founding. Atlanta, Ga., March 26. Street car conductors', in Atlanta, bank clerks and all other mortals whose unen viable lot it is to' handle that medium of exchange described in the Bible as the root of. all evil, are hjereby forewarned that within a few days somebody may present a half dollar on which there will be not a trace of the American eagle nor the curly head of the maid of liberty There are 500.C0O such half dollars in circulation now, and it would not be surprising if some of them floated down sou'th. It is also not unlikely that the appearance of such coins may be the reason of some disagree able consequences. It docs not re quire the imagination of a Balzac or O'Henry to picture oneself , in. alter cation with one of the uniformed giants in charge of the Georgia Rail way and Power Company's chariots see the car come .to' a' stop; witness the approach of a policeman and to picture oneself before a federal judge answering to a charge of coun forfeiting. K .' Let it be known tnen to all and sundry who foster hopes' of having jingle in their pockets within the next few weeks such a portion of xfk nation's aggregate wealth commonly known as a half dollar, that the gov ernment of the United States in its infinite wisdom has caused to be is sued one-half million dollars' worth of shining new half dollars on which will appear the words: "Nieu Neth of Orange on one side and Admiral de Coligny ofrthe reverse The occasion fdr the issue of these coins' is the forthcoming celebration of the tercentenary of the founding of New York City by Dutch and Wal loon families in the seventeenth century. By placing on the coins the effigies of William the" Silent and Admiral de Coligny, the government of America honors the memory of the two out standing leaders "of Calvinism, who pqth died by the hands of assassin: while leading the forces of Pfote.s tantism against the power of media eval Spain and the intrigues of Cath erine de Medici. Opposition is developing in New i ork. and other cities against the placing of these' particular figuers on the coins, however. And basing an inquiry upon unbiased historical rec oras me opposition does not seem V'hoivt .ground. vviiltam the Silent was born in 15.5.1 lie; was murdered , at Delft, br. Bal thazar Gerards in 1.584, an assassin in the pay of King Phillip II, of Spain During his tenancy of the staliolder- sliii) oi Holland, the. Dutch province started-' their . war - of independence and were -within sight of victory when the great scion of the house of Orange paid for his devotion to the cause or lrecuom ot religion am liberal thought, with 'his life. ' But William ot Orange had nothing to do villi "the founding-of Nieu Amster dam on Manhattan island bv the 40 Dutch 'families.-' , He may have been their -great hero, whose memory they venerated above all others. They may have viewed him in 'the light of tho,se later generations of Hollanders,, who crpctcd in the city of the Hague a statue to W imam, Prince of Orange a "father of his. fatherland," but he had been dead 42 years when the D.utch came to what is now known ?s New' York. ' It is also true .that . among the first settlers were some. Huguenot's. -Hol land, was the -great refuge place fof the. Huguenots, after, the blood v.. mas sacre in- France . of the majority, o their fellow religionists on the eve.o St. bartholdmcw in 1572. But the admiral had neither anvthin;? to. do with the founding of New .'York, -and the Dutch, not the French strain was predominant among the settlors, else we may. be certain that the new town would have been called: New . Paris and not Nieu Amsterdam. There are many peopls'- who would like to have seen the jovial counte nance of Peter Sfuyvesant, "the ruler of the Dutch," or .Henrik Hudson with his half moon crest pictured on rive new coins. But the director of the United States mint probably had his reasons, and a3 he. has promised ah explanation, we may well wait the result of t this ,' interesting, historical dispute In the meantime: "Forewarned is still forea'rmed." And don't call the baker or the iceman a counterfeiter if he happens to include one of these new half dollars in the change. At lanta Constitution. ' Ml GET DOTII EAT' AMD LIGHT Jersey Poultryman Reaps Prac tical Benefit From Modern Luxuries for His Chicks. Comfort for the hens! And, al though they probably don't realize !t. an Inducement to scratch harder, ex-, rcise more, lay a larger number of KSaJn the dull season of the year. Thia Is what has been accomplished on the Maplewood Poultry Farm of Henry M. Reeve, at Maplewood, N. J., by the use of electric lights and steam heat in the hen house. The hen house 1 20 by 20 feet and provided .with, a team radiator tor use during the ' Ja4 IP' Electric . Lights and Steam Radiator in Scratcfi Pen ' arly spring brooding period. This prevents the newly hatched chicks from catching cold before they have begun to approach maturity., Mr. Reeve does nbt contend that' by using electric lights the egg yield of each hen is Increased pe'r year, al though this may be the case, but he does find that the egg yield is more evenly . distributed throughout the year, so that at no season is he short of eggs. The lights are turned on beginning about October 1 and are continued every evening until about me miaaie or Marcn. He keeps the hens on a regular twelve hour schedule by means of the electric lights. Whatever period of time the natural day lacks of being twelve hours he makes up with the eleclric lights. If there are only ten hours of natural light he turns on the electric lights for two hours. If day light lasts eleven hours, then he turns on the lights for one hour,- The effect of the lights, he has found, is apparently to shorten the moulting period of the hens and thus prolong the-egg laying period. Chick ens which would ordinarily be in a heavy moult by October 1 have con tinued laviner ecas through December 1 i V ' . - I have this Week bought the interest of my brother, Geonge, in the firm of Jos. Ashear and Bro., and must turn some of the stock into Gash at once in order to raise some money which I am compelled to have, and to. reduce the stock so that I can handle it. . ' Now is the time to buy your merchandise as ; 1 am making special prices on every article in. -my store. : ; ; - ;' Space will not allow me to list the many bar: gains I am offering, but a visit to my store will convince you that you can make a big saving by ' ..buying now...- V; ".- -': '-':' ',-. Yours for Service, J OS If placed in a hen-house lighted by electric lights. Before making use of olectric lights Mr. Reeve estimated his egg yield on January l of each year as about 33 13 per cent. With the aid of electric lights he estimates that his egg yield on November 1 Is now about 40 per cent, which continues throughout the winter season, whea normalppduc tion would be low. If the egg yield In the summer remains normal, he se cures a certain increase in produc tion for the year and also a steady rate of production, the egg yield in the winter, tending to approach that of the summer. ', The lights In tile scratch pen con 1st of two fifty.-watt Mazda lamps with shallow dome porcelain enamsl reflectors. Then He Quit. The wife of ' a sailor handed the pastor of a-church the following note : "Peter Bowers having gone' to sea, his wife desires the prayers of the congregation for his safety.". "" The minister glanced over it. hur riedly and then said, "Peter Bowers having gone to "see his wife, desires the prayers of the congregation for his safety." LIFE INSURANCE . . Sold hy liie New York Life "Insurance - Company (the largest instioi;tion in the-world) is the BEST and CHEAPEST, M.tainable. A comparison of financial ability and rates will convince you. ALLEN & JAMISON LOCAL AGENTS YOU CAN'T KEEP FARMERS DOM '-.. Why is it that Farmers keep riglt on being successful in the fact of adversity? , ' . It is not "luck." It is the use of plain horse sense, enduring pluck, and hard work. His horse sence leads him to buy the most modern implements obtainable.-' His pluck and. his hard work enable Jiim to use them t best advantage...... . We are showing a wonderful line of modern implements for the farmer. They are the means of wresting success from adversity, and the price is within the reach of all. . Have you seen these implements? Drop around ami get "an eye full' on your next trip to Franklin. MACON COUNTY SUPPLY CO. 1 B BIG STOCK OF GOODS .-ASHEAR Successor to Jos. Ashear & Bro. " Gold Min- Items. Rev. Bamr.garncr filled his appoint ment lici'e last Saturday and Sunday, lie preached two interesting sermpns, There were large crowds present. Mr. I. M. McCoy 'made'a twp to Walnut Creek, and traded for a fine mule.', Mr. Homer McCoy lias bought a fine team' of young mules. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dendy we're the guests of M. Joseph Dendy last Saturday night. . " ; Mr. I. N. McCoy made a trip to Highlands one-day. last week. Revs. D. L. Miller and Frank Baumgarner were the guests of Mr. J. T. McCoy last Sunday. Mrs. A. M. 'Holland spent several nights, with her daughter, My s. J. F. McCoy, last week. . Mr. Pritchard Peek took supper with Mr. 1. N. McCoy last Saturday evening. Mr. Oscar Nix. of Satnlali. Ha.. was visiting here last Saturday night. Mr. Bill Keener spent Saturday night with Mr. S. E. McCoy. bettie; LanJ Deed, Mortgage Daedi Chattel Mortgages for sale at The Praia office. Sale

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