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SEMI-WEEKLY rrr rVOL XXVI, NO 39. $1. PER YEAR. REIDSVILLE, N. C JULY 29, 1913. ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS we iittnii r Y I If . f ' If II II f I If REV. MR. RAPER SUBMITS . STARTLING STATISTICS, Facts are stubborn things and you can't get around them: You need not pick ywir town or -city. To' actual count and you will find' the . ma jortiy do not attend church. Another alarming fact, comparatively few Sunday School children stay for preaching. Children 40 years old and down to 6 leave church, after Sunday Sdhcol as if a lien would "be turned loose or the air was lull of poison, to Tilde, visit, play, see, hear and indulge in worldly amusement and pleasure. To the prayerful, meditative, consecrated Christ ion it is almost heartrending. Now. a few statistics: In our county for the past three years, the gain In church membership has been small as to call forth expres sions of surprise and discontent. The gain did not average two to the preacher the last year,, leaving no gain per church member. That puts us a long ways off from the Apostolic church, where there were ladded daily such as should be saved.? '. ' . ' The Methodist statistics are not alone in this unsatisfactory exhibit. The Congregatiionalists can credit that church with a gain of only 4,- 2S5 for the last year. A member ship of 738,761 with Its 6,125 minis ters can hardly foe satisfied with such a showing. But that is better than some, which show no cain at all. With all the explanations, excuses and apologies that can be made we .are forced to admit that the re turns are not sufficiently adequate to justify the amount of men and money Invested. It cannot be de nied that the churches of almost J1 denominations are doing their jvork in an atmosphere thoroughly charged' with materialism, that the average man today does not put a high valuation upon" actual mem bership in a christian church, that while Christianity exercises jundoubt i d!y a wholesome and strong In fluence in the community, it is more "persuasive than it Is concrete and outstanding. Even many ' who are touched by the christian Ideals and who cherish respect for tihe teaching a Jesus Christ are slow to connect Ithemselves with the organized churdh, and many who do, think but little of the solemn vows they made when tiliey joined the church. We are living in a commercial age. - The uppermost question is, does it pay? Will It add to my pile of dollars? Brains don't count . un less they can be turned Into dol lars. Religion don't count unless it helps to extend our bank account. Morality is of no value only as it predicates financial asset What we want, what me must have, wfaat hio are willing to labor for, ' to sell ourselves for, is money, and the church necessarily suffers from this perpetual impulse. A. woman, Janimated by the spirit of the times, with all the evils, ' extrava gance, loose domestic relations, polite gambling, drinking, etc., In-n-olved In it said recently: "By Geonge, I've got to have money; If my husband can't make it honest ly, he must make it otherwise. I've got to have money." A man mar- Tied to such a woman had better have a millstone around 'his neck A Popular Summer Resort 'Right here io your midst today! ATTRACTIONS: CLEANLINESS, COOLNESS, ECONOMY. Why should you gi away? Our de licious Ice Cream and Ice Cold Summer drinks will Keep You Cool! i PIEDMONT GROCERY CO. r NEW METHODIST PROTESTANT and 'be cast into the Bea so far as any satisfaction is concerned. But that woman represents the spirit of Vhe age in which we live and is called the "smart set," and that set in its methods, habits an,d con duct wields a powerful Influence ov er the' rest; And It Is a shame to say, many of that set have their Lnames on the church roll. If I ever make up my mind to to hell I will get out of the ohurch. I am sorry to say there is but little discipline used in the church any more. It is by some, made easy to get in and do what they-, will, they can stay In. I am opposed to such worldw business. That cpirit isi not only fatal to religious; charac ten Men and women can afford to b poor and do without much that is coveted in these days, but they can not afford to be rich when the price s a dlshonst character and a de bauched life. And the church can ibetter afford to be fe-wi in number than compromise with a spirit of worldliness and gin. We are with those who believe that the growth o' the church is in exact ratio wdth the spirit of chnistianity that it man ifests and practices a spirft whlchi shuns the very appearance of evil. Next to getting money at any cost is the spirit of pleasure . ... seeking, from the world! God ignored, Sab bath desecrated, high society toler ated, It is ft shame on civilization ta sav nothing of Christianity, the few that remember the Sahbath day to keep it holy. Also the outland ish expenditure for pleasure seek ing and riotous living. Some are tfl- ijeady near the swine pen, and oth ers are going at a rapid rate to the same gate. The preacher in change must preach a palatable gospel, or the critics will try their hand, and if they fail the dignitaries will demandi l is pulpit. It seems to me if Christ 'were to come to earth today to spend a while, and then return, he would; come with a whip - of - cords. All in love as he did before. ' The crowds do not go to church even on Sunday, and as for mid-week prayer meetings, they are fast being num bered with the "has-beens." Statis tics bear up this sad truth one- tenth of the church members only, including ministers, are working at vital and Godly religoo today. Many times I tihink of our blessed Saviour when He looked over Jerusalem and wept. If you take them, personally- O, we must have recreation; ho harm in a social game of cards, or dance, or Sunday rides not miuch hell any more man, Is not Immortal till he is changed from nature to grace. The rich man did not talk any such foolishness when he woke up In hell. Neither will you. This is written because I love God, His cause and humanity, and I have my little work to do. Fraternally, C. E. M. IUPER. Tteldsville, N. C, July 28, 1913. Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro gressive Farmer, has .been elected .president of the North Carolina Tresis Association Si - - 'a v UiJt CHURCH, Rey. C. E, M. Raper, Pastor COMING AND GOING OF THE PASSING THRONG. Misss Sallie Salzman is at Pied mont Springs. Miss Dora Bice is visiting friends at Stokesland. Miss Maude Anderson is visiting frends in Wilmington. iMrsi Wm. Giles was a week-end visitor to Greendboro.! '""Mfte. -N. O. Thompson t apemdlnff Ifuls week in Danville. I iMUss jMabel White is a guest of relatives at Wayneslboro, Va. Miss Edna Graves, of Burlington, is visiting Miss Elizabeth Craig. Miss Cora Harrelson, of Ruffia, is the guest of iMlsa Cora Johnston. , Mrs. J. G. Staples has returned ifroon a Visit to relatives at Gra ham. . t.. : ' Miss Treva Rapetr : is spending a week with Miss Berta Stallings at Forsftiee. .. Mr. A. 'G, Walters has returned to Jackson, Miss., after a visit to his people here. Mrs. C. C. Butler and .daughter, littlei Miss Virginia, are guests of relatives in Norfolk. Miss Maggie Mae Mitchell is at home from Eievard where she has .been: teaojhing school. ' MOrs. N. A. Hodtgjes has returned to her home near Pelham after a visit with relatives here. Mr. Lindsey Ellington is at home after a month spent' most delight fully at Piedmont Springs. I Mrs A. C. Hanie,win.okiel is here from Baltimore for an extended visit wCtob her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. ;N. Wlhite. Mr. and Airs. J. N. Watt and son and Mr. Williamson Mills spent the week-end at Phoepho . JLithla Springs, Va. Mrs. Daniel and daughter, Miss Josephine, and son, Robert, of Cjhape.1. Hill, are the guests of Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Robertson, of Paducah, Ky., are guests of the former's brother, Mr. W. T. Robert son, near Reldsvllle. Mr. and Mrs. Frank , Whlttemore have returned from Vade Mecum and Piedmont Springs, where they have been spending some time. Mss Jospehine Hutledge. from JSan Anton la, Tex., is here for a vfisirt to her sisters, Airs. Myrtle R. Wottou and Mrs. T. H. Burton. Mrs. M. A. Tesh and daughier, Miss Eunice Tesh, and Mrs. T Frank Tesh, of Wiaston-Salem, and Mrs. J. Fred Tesh and children, of HIglh Point, have been,' visiting Ulr. J. M. Tosh's familv. ' I ' Miss Katlbjrene Henley, of WH .PamiVburg, Va., stopped over in Reldsvllle to spend Saturday. She was en route to Asheville, where 17'jie .will spend the rest of th enjmmeT, Mr. W. Spencer Henley, of Atlan- tar-GT--"tol,ped over- last week with his sister, Mrs. Eu genie Irvln. He was returning from a pleasure trip to New York and Atlantic City. ' , : ! , WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE .OUR LAST ISSUE. Net" York Barbers Union :lalms twelve thousand of their members are on strike. The men are seeking improvement in working Lours and wages.' '..'.".." The Chinese government professes to view the revolutionary movement in) lie South without alarm, The government declares the navy will sink every ship engaged in trans porting the Canton, expedition if it ever starts. The will of Edith Rogers Gelatly, who died a few days ago atWestport Conn., and who owned a half inter est in the Holland House property, makes provision for the care of her home and dogs by directing tihat th Income from certain railroad stocks be devoted to that purpose. She directed tjhat the stocks be given1 to her husband and her ister "for tCie joint and several interest of such) horeea and dogs as I may be possessed of at my death." Secretary of the Treasury "cAdoo received a touching letter a day or two ago frcm one who signed him eelf a "North Carolinian," He said he; was in the far South, broke and wanted to get to Raleigh, his home. He asked the secretary if he couldn't lend him $20 out of the ample fund, which the guardian of uhe country's wealth has under his supervision. But the letter went unanswered despite the promise to pay the twenty dollars back very soon. " . The proposed treaty between the United States and Nicaraugua would make impossible the projected union of Central. American republics, ac cording to President Melendez, of Salvador. Inquiries of Central American Presidents elicit general disappoval of the proposed treaty. A storm of protest has been, arous ed,' by tihe sale of the Glen Riddle manuscripts of Robert Burns by the Liverpool Athennaeum. The manu scripts were sold to a Loudon dealer iBorl not less than $25,000. It was re ported' the dealer was acUng on be half of an American millionaire. Xck of social opportunity, ably enforced 'by prying old' maids and long-nosed women, who spoil inno cent love-making in Y. W. C. A's. rind otflier institutions" is one of the biggest causes, of the downfall of) girls, according to Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, national president of the Florence Crittendom League o Compassion, who is In Baltimore to study social condiltions. "Practi cally the only way, under existing conditions, for a poor girl to get ac quainted with young men Is to deck herself out in the latest featfber and the highest heels" and the greatest number of puffs and curia she can afford, and hang around for a chance acquaintance," Bald Mrs. Bar rett. "Young people need some su pervision, lut they need to be themselves." Dissolution of the alleged tele phone monopoly on the j acidic coast ,by . theAmericanTelephone and Tele graljjj Co. is sought by Attorney General McReynolds in a civil anti trust suit filed In Portland Oregon, liine government charges the giant corporation and its subsidiaries with absorbing independent telephone companies to destroy competition and create a monopoly In violation of thle Sherman law. It is declared that this suit will not interfere wit)hi the sweeping investigation proposed by the Interstate commerce com mission into the general telephone situation to determine whether the Sherman law should be Invoked, gen erally with the purpose of enforcing competition, or whether monopoly should be permitted or encouraged .under regulation similar to that of railroads. The latest scheme to puncture the prohibition law has developed. An Ohio firm is adverleing an agent's sample of a powder wfilch will pro duce five gallons of beer for one dollar. The company Is attempting to obtain business in Kansas by ad vertising for agents. The agent can have a sample package for one dollarr end as soon as tflie agent sends in the dollar Che com pany comes back with a smooth let ter saying that the powder may be sold In Kansas without violating the prohibitory law. A farmer sent In a dollar and carried the package to he county attorney to examine. The directions said the package I contained enough powvier compound and yeast to make five gallons Df real beer. To get the product, all one has to "do Is to mix the powder ftpttyri WeryiaraRraTl ITlbnttlSXH a CCrT"BcrtaTrTrTwtl any COlTCgo-Ta! tain number of days. . llr. A. J. Davis la a clerk now for tha Bttrtoa-Caian.ee-Walker Co. AN APPEAL FOR HELP FOR A JAPANESE MISSIONARY. Dear Editors: I have pledged for the Ruffin circuit fifty dollars for the -support of a native missionary In Japan. Rev. Z. Hlnohora. HEV. Z. HINOHORA. Mr. Hlnohora is one of the most successful missionaries in Japan. He is a graduate of Trinity College of thisi State. For the last two years, until last spring, he has been study ing mission work in New York city. He has now gone back to take uP bis life work. The young people of the Ruffin circuit are expected to raise this amount for the support! of Rev. Mr. Hlnohora. He spoke JnReldsville last winter, a few weeks before departing for his home. Those who have seen hJm will rec ognize his picture which appears in this column. . L. P. BOGLE. Miss Pattle Wray Womack was the hostess at a charming bridge- party given to a number of her friend Friday aftennccou Four tables were arranged on the veranda, wfilch was beautifully decorated with pink crepe myrtle and asparagus fern. The highea. score was ' made , try Miss Mary Womack,"whf was award -a, dainty pair of pink boudoir slip pers. ' Delicious refreshments were eemed in two courses, the) first consisting of sated. The second was an ice course,.each loe being crowrv edj'with a tiny -Cupid favor bearing a scroll announcing the date of the marriage of the hostess' sister. Miss Luoile Womaok, to Mr. Chas. Jl. Fogle, of Winston-Saiam, N. C, August 14, 1913. The guests were as follows: Airs. it. u. uapen, airs, J. B. Balslay. Misses Lucy Wray, Marguerite Peran, EUzabetfli' Johnson, fJliaabeth Mills. ' Edith Pipkin, Hel en Wray, Marion and Mary Womack Marion .Wray, Susie Stokes, Edna King, Annie and Emma Jones, Ade line Neal. ' Among the interesting people spending the summer at Piedmont Springs is Dr. Brittaln, of Reldsvdlie. Dr. Brlttain is distinguished for hds wit, his cordial and cheerful disposi tion, and his great fund of Jokes. He is of German descent, and can talk fluently In tihat rich brogue. But his syuitpathdes as well as his Ideals nre, American He la , a true-blue Carolinian, and a loyal son of old Rockingham, thougJh having been bon in RiohmoKd some 40 years ago. Dr. Brittaln Is a natural born phUo oplher, very esthetic In hda tastes, and is of a decidedly literary turn of mdnd. -; He treaaurea some rare paintings, and owns the first organ ever played in Rlchmod, Va. All In all. Dr. : Brittaia Is a deligWful personaalJty,:""an4 a favorite at Piedmont. He fits in. Laugh; and he laughs witibj you. Weep, and he makes you laugh. Such, people are of great use In the world. Danbury Reporter. Charles Page, a Tulsa, Okla., mil lionaire, reputed to be worth $5,000, 000, has adopted 300 children and jotopes to Increase the number to 1,000 beforo he dies, He has pro vided that the bulk of his estate sjhall go toward aiding poor chil dren and in maintaining a home, whkh he has built at Sad Springs, a suburb of Tulsa. Page has built a street car. line whdeh runs from the vUllage to the home and carries fchd Children, who are picked up daily from the poor homes of the city. He has a canning factory and a farm where the boys and girls work to their off hours, and be has . 'promised that any boy or girl who completes the course In the free school wMch he conducts at the ther education. He has ikllled teach iejrs wilio conduct all branches of ,manual training and domestic .science. , u. ..; ,J.U. 3 I' CREDITORS HELD A WARM MEETING IN GREENSBORO. The creditors of Robt. Harris and Bro. held a meeting In Greens boro Thursday. The chief issue of the meeting and one over which there was much .discussion, was the question of the continued operation, of the tobacco fcatory under the di rection of the receiver, Judge Ira R. llunuflwys. One set of the creditors, the ma jority, favored continuing the manu facture of "Pride of lleidsville." The reasons given were that the brand "would be worthless if kept om the market SO days or longer, while df it is kept alive in the trade the prestige of hte brand will be worth a big consideration to uhe purchaser of the bankrupt company's assets; and further, that the tobacco couldbe manufactured foe about 35 .cents per pound and sold at more than C6 cents.' It was shown by reports that more m,.,., ton rnn ... n t.i.. v . u uiutu f .u.vvv r i itt&cui lUt Vj its' ceilver at a cost of operation .around $3,000, representing a big profit for distribution among tha creditors. The liabilities of the company are about $700,000, and an other faction of th creditors are la favor of not running the plant any miane,1 but selling out and paying, off the debts as far as the amount received will go. The final vote was for the con tlned manufacture of "Pride of Reldsvllle," to fill orders received by mall. raiud meeting of the creditors was held before Referee G. S. Fer guson and a large number of at torneys were present representing the various interests. 1.e orfcfer for the sale of tha Harris plant has not yet been made. The meeting of the. creditors was adjourned, until August I. Judge Humphreys was also elected) trustee of J. H. Walker and Com pany. The sale of this company made July 18, was not confurmed, the creditors consldertog the price reoeived as too low. The sum at which it was bid ln was. $15,000. An ord.er resell - on August au .. was made. . ' ' s- r. F. Burton, of tihe Reldsvllle Fertilizer Co. was elected trustee to "wind up the fertilizer com pany's affairs. THE MOTLEY CO. PLANT AND REAL ESTATE SOLD II. W. Ilines, receiver of the Motley Co., sold the factory bullld- iiiiigj uAiuren, wiu, 6vu fice furniture and fourteen Duuam loats at public auction Saturday. The court niay confirm the sale when. It meets in Greenriboro this week, un less! theno la a ten per cent bid on the total amount which the sev eral bids amounted to. The factory ibuildlng and fixtures were knocked out to John II. Bur ton foit $8,475. The, 40x150 lot ad joining the building and next to the Piedmont) Hotel brought $525 and was Iboufdht by S. C. Pean. Thte other real estate ran the to tal figures up to $10,717,20, and was ,6ffered as a whole there waa no bid In excess of th is amount. The good will, brands, furniture land office supplies were then of fered publicly. It R. Scott, Jaol.D. Hufflnes, Dr. T. E. Balsley and the Reldsvilla, insurance, aand Realty Co. bought the other real estate, consisting of jtlhree small houses and several building lots located on Harris atreet. .' .JMiss . Betti,Blalr.wllii, give the . following program at the Teachers Institute at Wentworth on. Tuesday evening, the 29tk Inst, fillss Ialr Is an attractive reader and her pro gram la always Instructive and iPleaslng. Sine has had thorough training in her profession, and was one of the most popular readers la her class at Emerson College, do 'irtg much platform work there dur ing her senior year: Herod, Ste rfliea Phillips,' The King of Melos, Peebles; Her First Rehearsal, Ani on; The Pickaninny in the Well; Aunt Katurah'a Visit to New York; Thie Cricket on the Hearth DJokens; Daisy's Practice Hour Phelps. Admission, 15c-' and 25c. ! Rev. P. H. Gwynn, of Leaksvllle, and Mr. John H. Williams, of Relds Vllle, ill address tlie people at Sylvaanla School House In the West- rn part of the county tonight (Fri- day) in the Interest of the Farm Life Schools. These meetings are being held around In different Bac ons of the county. A great deal or. 4jnterest la helng stirred up In be half of this proposed Institution. Let The Re view follow you. J J
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