RtU introduced in Ther
Bshalf? Church Organi
zation Will Aba Give
Practical Aid.
PROMOTE EDUCATION
The Significant Movement oftfaj
Times Is Thatch thfe Cectaaaty
of the Methodiflt Efeiacppal
Church South? Will Speri&Mtf
- lions Among the Uneducated.
tur Hoke Smith, of Ctoorsfc, tor Intro
duced a'biH in the Senate "to promote
the education of illiterate*, of pwiM
unable to understand ani nee the Wag
lish language, and other Undent per
son* of foreign birth," ami the setae
measure has been introduced in the
House by Hon. Willi*.* B. Baathead.
which, because of Its Mjfrdeo and
mountain whites, has lea*1 borne a
reputation for illiteracy oat of proi**?
tlon te that of the reet of the coun
try. Just what steps w? be'immedi
atejy taken ss the result of the passage
of the edaeatton of illiterate* bfll at
.chooli to tt. H?rt <* Mwt??
j-L-tLJt.il a?i ? * ' - - - - ?% mjSt iT ^
u lCUrlBa nm COQUQOtM D6lO{-^
matter of first importance with all eT
them. One of the moot significant
movements of the times In this con
nection is that of the Centenary of
the Methodist Bnfsconal Church.
South, because that denomination . will
expend within the next fire years over
$3,000,000 among the onadaijated J
classes ia the Southern endWqfrteru"
States. The church i* to raise % fond
of *35,<M?,MC In an eight-day drive in
April, the financial csnipalgn being a
part of the Centenary Celebration of
the denomination. The money fi
log raised with a view to putting-the
work of the church on a business
basis, the church considering its ^uty
to the nilteratea here in America to be
smoag the matters of first importance
which It should undertake. A survey
has been made an* the result of the
' PoUtoe?^St7, 676.000 bushels, $475,
711,000.
Hay? 75,459,000 ton?. %lj&ZA~iUm
Tobacco ? 4,Mi,oi>.000 poattds*
$374,318,000. _ _ _ _
Apples? 173,632,000 . barrels, $M9.
*"^1
One* of
FRANKLIN
Ww> Lw BMh. " *
s -t- - ??;???
did the men at German generai head*
quarters," state. Mr Franklin, "bat
the fact thai America was preparing
for a drive on Berlin struck terror to
the general staff.
"And those1 millions and billions of
dollars spent wore far from being
trailed Is an unnecessary preparation.
I feel that the fact that money was
spent and that an enormous output of
munitions was ready was the control*
ling factor in the weakening of the
" German general staff, and that it cans*
ed their message to the kaiser that
they were beaten and that he must
sue for peace. Ard the -way I see ft
is that this money, instead at being
wasted, can he writte* down asThaT
ing saved the fives of hundred of
thousands of American men who
would hare been sacritced had the
war continued another yigjR^c^#'k
"That ia the money we are going
to aak the American people for in ths
Liberty Loan. We a*r going to ask
them for the money to^Jbrtog^our boys
nrtien the people of America realise
patriotism to 'come across."* ^
ingness. Tie other fo^jto fa
to show the weary travels* in '
People go a long, thefr ey.
seeing in dream Lnd;. never no!
^ ta?ow
>"Whero do ve go from KiirilR
"Let's have another round."
"You can go home any time."
"four money's nojKood."
Mfr can't; he bothered witfcv
?mair^Uu^"; . ; /?-;<*? *
"The sky's the limit"
"I'm paying for this."
"Don't be a piker."
"*'S ill in a lifetime."
"'More where this came from."
"Easy come, easy go*" ?;
K "Bat, drink and he merry."
&#?' ' . . r" ?
- - - AA AA A
TlllR ft ***eed
"is it worth seeing?"
"A penny is as goM'in my
jcket."
"This is what I've gotten for
f money." --
"I could, but there are more
seeasarjr things to b* taken
tie
!
because it was Bald that it had no one
at the fighting in the region of Char
<e? ?. Thteny othar diy.Srnest
C. Bsrdwell, a New Yortc man, came
/men ,^ho ontered
t th^ jiornhig'^jc Jul
all day and far into
^hoyswhowerel
ThewoftoftheXM^A^IS^
donia is rapidly ertonfflnj;' over ;&o
cvewly-opened areas, and in the present
atate of Sax heavy mpoaglpnmesJd^
rolve upon C. W. Bates, the secretary
hi charge at Balonlca.^ <fentrep have
/been opened in Serbia at Vranjai
Nish, Monastir and other,. toWna, ihd
In the capital city, Belgrade, the Y.
M. C. A. is now established in a good
building. Percival Whitley, son of
the deputy speaker jaf the English
House of CommonaJTb developing th*
Association's varfc in Northern Bal
earic, (t Alio on Turkish soil l?r. How
ard rradley has planted the Red
triable in Constantinople itaelt -
And the
Wmm
lag Victory Ubdrty 4x?* wjll .6% fa |
voted to caring, for the "doughboys."
Part of it will go into the rehabttita-\
jtton fund for putting the injured sol
oiera back upon their feet .Pa*t of
it wilTgo "for insurance claims.rThe
rest of |t will go to meet the hundred
and one other demands for this great
est of world emergencies since the
dawn of civilisation.
1 Every, mother's son of them did his
;j>art,"heiped Insure liberty and Justice
for the world at large and ir&ftbr*
Uncle Sam to his rightful*, position in
tho estimation of. the nations of
who wojm: They -fought ~\D' the- end.
thresh Are and flood. They nwrer
talked abq|t letting *p. ; tp? W.
This .-Is no time for Americans to
think of letting up. Hie nation must - '
stand by itsguns, by its records'; by
Uncle Saii and must make the next -
loan another bfc su<*e^ V-.
. 'J
' "?;K
that mqjey is ofths
ating nature. ? Buy . War