The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 46, Ed. 1 Monday, May 20, 1918 Page: 8 of 12
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HOUSTON DAILY FOJT:.
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J OP RED CROSS
DOITED GOOD ACTS
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Kihta at AatorimL
1 General Petals Oat Bed Cmu
Credit for Frertmtt Jo
sible Victory by : - t
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With a big Milbt' a tkeocktM-bol
hsstastie crowd the Re Cross drive
s given . a preliminary Bandar
ht when Major Georgs W. Simmon of
. Louta ad of tb Southwestern dl-
.loa of th Crows brought to tn
opt oT Houston a message (ram th
oat lino trenches where th Americas
va ara doing their. share.
Major . NamoM opened his iaj. by
.nun what ha called tba lateat Francb
.Mens.' Ha' than donned tba UtOa
.nrk hat and the stsel helmet which
. au-iaa d Britiah soldiers wear.
alao demonstrated tba uaa of tha pi
.-.asks. 'Tha aadtence. waa much im-
..eed with tha exhlottlon.
' uassing la not a one-aldsd game.
Joe Simmons I ssplalned altar ha had
.wn bow tha gas mask waa worn and
w -the alllea ara using mora and
re powerful and daiuraroua gasses than
n Germane Over had- . ..
The.spesavsr' told or the attitude of tha
nerioaa soldier their csre-free. laugh-
manner and how the French were not
that they regarded tha arar In tha
per manner and therefore when the
.Mtrona took their position .on the
.it .trenches two Brigades of Kronen
pa ware stationed juat In the rear sp
-i if the AmerlcAVa were not able to
a the enemy . tha rYench would nor al-
v the Una to be broken. "Soon alter
i entered the trenchea" aaM the
rabw "tha Onnau made an attack.
e Kranch watched the Americana drive
m Met lor a time ana men mvr
. iied .and inarched back home
ait. TO UNOKRSTANO
itRldAN SPIRIT.
Not ewfjr are the French unable to
retand aha attitude of the Americana
t t.he- Germane have even more diffl-
.ty. aeaorttlng to Major Simmons. While
ey have to be driven to the fight by
a and nlatola In the handa of their
evwvavvawaafWfWAiajwAaMMMaMaaaaa
a hi peat of duty In liatet
who bid
esoopt that the man
would ear that the snan who htdea hla
atooay ahouM be Wt at sunrise only
wa should not Walt till suaits to do It.
he said.
Ha old of' tha ramnaaa that' bad.' al'
ready been anada J tha appeal for fane
area aafora tba drrv starts. ne seas
one man had wrltteei to enter hla suh-
arHpiion for ' llt0. aaTerml mora for
llea aad nur mora for tl.taa but added
that the roacioa to tha appeal to give
a Oar-a pay bad mat with wonderful aue
cess tram the workmen of tha country. .
Not enlr the city of Houaton win re
spend aaid Mr.. Wharton but In every
part of the county proparatlona ara beuif
med to do their share. Ho predicted
that Harria county would be one of tha
earlmet countlea to ralae Ua quota. He
oonoiuded hla ahort addram -- ptcturffic
the actuation If Oermanv ahould win tha
war. "But tr tha Almichty Ood takea
aav Intereat In the affalri of men our
irmlaa will ha vie tortoua." ha amid.
The meeting waa prealdea over Djr-jorjn
T. Scott and tha mualcal numhera were
furaiahed hv the Tth field artillery band
and Qeorte Doacaer aans two aaeaa.
flip
loan and la some caeea even a creep-
g baitaaa behind them to force them
tha the Americana eater the
ht baisbfns. '4aJkinc cheerlns and
achmc each other Jnat aa if they were
i a reotaafl or baaahan game.
One aeeai Ion." aaid the Bed Croaa ex
nitaa. whtfa tha Germane made aa at-
tha Americana did not wait for
m to get 'to their trenchea. but went
t tab 'Nox'Man'a land' to meet them
t a German reached thd American
-nchea aatt not. one got back to tha
'man treoxlbee. Tha bora finished them
than. ' Then the Americana went
to the oecond Una trenchea kuid there
-y carnerea a group oi nuaa. . i ne amy
am waa to sou-render or die fiabUn. but
4mn- Germanav went down their own
encbee and aroeaed orer to aurrender to
Fraach tnlhat aector. They aaid they
.iiM ana traat thoae craar.
aa waa.wecut Into battle laiurtilng
i be apeak er told of a Tftaa boy who
a mtally wonnded by a German aheil
i waa brooyht to a dreaaing station
u- the Unea tUe was told that be oould
t ti-ra and thai enlr regret be
could not even the score with the Bun.
a a companion aaM that the
ti!4 not hawa been in such baa
ue bad not dressed the Injuries of an
compajuona before being hauled away
ra the trencn.
t-OIAN prtPHANS
tTHKTIC SIGHT.
Oaa of tba most pathetic sights which
ijor Btmmons saw on bis trip was tha
una for tba arpaans of tba Belgian sot-
sra who bad died that Europe might be
ve from German nomination. "Bel-
om wan offered a good bargain If they
oust let too Hons pass" said Major
nmsns "but they said that their oons.
r was not a tboroughfara bat n nation.
oca I Tisitad this place tha UtUa cfail
-a feaao 'Amnrica for aa poononnetng
. words As well as their little Flemish
"uaa - oanld pronounce the 'Kngiish
.us they did not understand. And the
a masks an. very crib told tba story
the danger to which ther wars still
tected."
eneral Fetaln of the French army told
for Bimmona that without the work of
Bed Croaa in helping the civilian pop-
ioa of Franca the war might be over
this time bad with victory on the side
the Germane. There was a time whan
niaiiua and children of Franco were
mx food and without fuel in the cotd-
. winter that France ever aaw. The aoi-
ra on ten days' leave aaw tula and re-
d to leave Choir familiea to starve and
-aa preferring to stay at home in such
inaa. "But things are different" said
major "tha wives and children of the
-och soldiers are being cared for. Bed
a doctors are stationed In towna
ere for three years there has been no
e-todied doctors and the French sot-
rs show the difference In tha way they
to the workmen In the
varda to work bard in the work of
.oing ships because without them all
men the United States can raise will
of 'no value. "We must have ships
-airy over equipment for without this
ars ara worse than useless. Accord-
to saw wo have the right to ask the
t between 21 and 31 to go over there
i fight for 3 a month and wa have
: right to say to the men in the ship-
d. 'Ton must work aa long houra as
t ara physically capable of working in
r that- thoae boys- may be properly
rted in their work.' "
H AIRMEN
DEFENSELESS.'
rm dastardly work of tha Hon aero-
ea was told by the speakers. Dis-
ing of breaking through the lines
ia allies and unable M cope with the
d airmen they are raiding the lle-
pleas towns all over France in an
t' to frighten the people of France
making a peace. ' "But they have
'"ken the spirit of the French people."
Major SUmnona. "They will never
a up till they hsve won a peace by
ory." :.-. .
ie speaker aaid that the "Gott" of
German kaiser was not the God of
French the English and Americans
waa mora like Allah the god ot the
imtnedana. only that in this case ln-
1 of Mohammed being the prophet
German emperor took hla place
e duty of Americans in stopping
.an propaganda waa pointed out. The
Cross speaker said that the woman
complained because she could not
a wheat flour was spreading German
acanda oven if she did not know iL
oreads a feeling of dlaaatlaf action
a might do a lot of damage be said
.a Germans are telling the people of
ne that the allies will get no effec-
i aid from the Americana because the
mans have friends here who will pre-
t muctt work being done. "And they
-e frienda" aaid Major Bimmona. ."but
4 must find them out and awe that they
not allowed to do any damage. When
nries ara Mown up as one was In
kburg this -week it snows that Ger-
n spies are at -work
ILO COLLECT
wkMNITY FROM U. S.
"Germany wants to collect tba cost of
e- war from America and if they over
t the chanca the aacrlnces yon are
ked to make now win not bea drop
tba bucket. We should not T-'"
a people of England ara not doing It
1 they have endured many times mora
in we have for . tha. past ' foor years
I they are atm working as hard as
r were at first-" . .
'tor Bimmona was introduced by
oi Winner who told the audience
t the little hey mere asked to give
t not to be compared with tba work
the soldiers who gav up their Uvea
ht . .. -' -r- ... V
i opening address waa made by C.
barton chairman- Of the Ked Cross
. who has gives up all his time for
iat moatb to this work. Ha asked
who nave blood relatives In tha
v to rlsei and fully two-thirds of the
nee responded. -
. Wharton eompared the nan who
tnoney and hidea it i ba goldiar
To Work One Sunday
a Month for Red Cross
(Heartra fVaf JfctoaO
ORANGE Tata. May It Telegram
have been forwarded to President Wilson
and Mr. Hurley chairman of the United
Stataa shipping board notifying them
that an agreement has been entered into
tr the employe and employe ra .of the
Southern Drv Dock and ShlDbulldlnJt com
pany to work one Sunday in each month
the proceeds amounting to about $4000
to ao to tha Red Croaa war fund.
The four-masted schooner. "Southern
Pry Dock No. 1." waa launched Saturday
night at the Weaver at Son shipyard here
and waa christened with a bucket ef Ba.
bine river water. The vessel was built
bv the Southern Dry Dock and Ship
building company of Orange and Is to
ba equipped witn auxiliary gasoline pow
er two loo-horsepower engines ine ves
sel is 17 feet over alL It feet wide: net
tonnage 7M: dead weight carrying cspao
ity 14U0 tons.
A. A. Daugharty at the head of tha
National BhipbuildlMr - company has
turned home from v aaaington. bringing
with him contracts for the construction
of It more vessels for the government
of the type. of the "War Marvel." the
largest wooden steamship In the world.
recently launched here. This brings the
total number of contracts up to M of
these large veaoeta at this yard.
Parade at V oakum. .
Ulsaatae fast SSanaU
TOAKUM. Texas. May 11. The trig
Red Croaa drive waa' tnansurated' bare
Saturday by one of the" beat parades ever
m nare. many avo people too a pan
In the parade lilastrwtirut every branch
of the activities of the Bed Croaa. After
the parade Will Baa-toy Introduced by
Horace Wlrabertr. delivered a patriotic
address In front of Red Cross headquar
ters on Grand avenue. Several precincta
of the Teakum district have already aub-
seribed over their quota and turned la the
money to headquarters.
Bed
Great pared at Center. "
firewiva fast Sro0
CENTER. Texas May II- The
Cross parade -today was the greatest In
tba history of Center. The fathers and
mothers who bad boys In service were
given special automobiles carrying ban'
reading "we have given one
? wnat nave yon
given T" At the end of the parade Judge
a. w. mount or jacognocnes oeovorea a
great oration. Center baa over subscribed
Silsbea Over the Top. '
UfeaxtM SprcimU
SIXSBEE. Texas. May II. Silsbee is
tba too In the second Red Cross
drive as announoed by laocal Chairman
J. A. Turrentlna. Solieltlng committee
started at S o clock Sunday and haw
covered half of tba territory.
Jaapar Exceeded. Quota.
(Baausas Fart Sfasl.i
JASPER. Texas May -At a
acting to start the Rad Cross drive here
L 1.000 waa sbbeeribed today. Jaa
oar'a Quota is S5M and the subscriptions
ara expeeaeo to reacn sift. we Monday. A
nntisa cancer anaresssa the mocting.
s '
Gen. Felix Robinson
Endorsed by Veterans
Tba. candidacy of Gemeral FeUx Robin
son for State commander of tba United
Confederate Veteran wna.lndotasd at the
meeting ot Dick DowttneT camp beld Sun
day afternoon. Invitations ware received
and accepted for the veterans and their
wives to visit tps Prinee theater at I
o'clock Wednesday afternoon and the
Zoe next Friday morning at 1 o'clock.
Comrade P. H. Goodloe was elected a
member of the caaip and a vote of thanks
wss tendered O. M. Roberts chapter.
United Daughters of the Confederacy for
the entertainment furnished last Yi ednes-
day.
Mrs. Knotle ws selected ss chairman
of ' the committee to raise funds for a
bust of Mrs. Ba uith. which will be un
veiled at Austin on June 1.
Plumbers Gather for "
Annual Convention
Delegates have beams to attend the
seventh innusl convention of tba Asso-
ciated Master Plumbers and 8 tats Asso-
ciation of Sanitary Engineers which
opens in Houston Monday morning. Busi-
ness sessions will- be held at tha city au-
ditorium starting at I a. m.
Mayor Amerman will deliver bn address
of welcome and a response will be made
by George BoMschung. Iocs! presiednt.
The business sessions will be interspersed
with entertainment feature. Delegates
are expected from all over the State.
Headauarters hare been opened at the
Mllby hotel. W. F. McNsmara national
president of the organisation ia expected
to address the convention Monday after-
Cumberlands Held
No Business Sessions
T ' lAu 'tlmUi Pnt Rt
DALLAS Texas Mar l.'-No session
waa held Sunday by delegate to the
teral assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church which 1 tn annual
convention here. Pulpits in several of
the local churches were turned over to
the delegates. Rev. C. H. Walton mod-
erator preached the consecration ser
mon at the nrst utamberlsnd . presby
terisn church. . . .
The assembly will close he sessions
Tuesday. .... ;
Farm Loan Officials
to Hold Conference
A conference win be beld Monday be-
tween about H secretary -treasurer of
farm loan associations of tha Houston
district with official of the federal bind
bank on matters of importance. Her-
bert Quick of the federal farm loan bank
will be present to attend the meeting.
Meetings of the same nature will ba
held at San Antonio on Tuesday. Waco
on Wednesday and at Dallas Thursday.
Mr. Quick will attend all tha inewtings.
IsiGraafe Edited Honor Hag . -
'- VinaKmPut Sftitti
LA GRANGE Texas. May J. The
raising of tba honor' nag for Fayette
county which subscribed tlit.WO tn ex-
cess of tha quota of SZM of -liberty
bonds was the occasion for a big patriotic
rally bore Saturday aitemoos . m the
court bouse park. The address waa de-
livered by Hon. R. I. Kleberg of Austin.
A large amount for the Ked Cross fund
waa raised and la Grange will be over
the top by tha time that drive begins In
tills county next week. The feature of
the day was tha parade of decorated auto-
mobiles and float headed by the children
of tha pabna school and tha boy asouts.
and tha presence ef Janda's concert band
and the Meeraia orchestra from Flatenis.
which contributed their efforts tar make
tba day. gala sdslr. '- '- .....
DEBTPAYII!GTEST
OF CURISTIAH LIFE
Said Ret-. Abe K&ey Seraoi
- ntttitsaoB. v v
lev. ' Joaa . X. Oreea Iatrodiee4
Tsristio U Sonf "Tbs Old
.. Tim lelifioan-XvlTtl
U CoEtUii. 1
i. '(.': - r
Rav. Abe Mul key preached hla famous
sermon on "Raatituticai" to aa audience
that completely fule4 tha new SL John's
Methodist church Sunday night Citing
several texts from tha ecrtptur to show
what It taught on the subject. of paying
debts thw veteran evangel lat told aneo-
dote after anecdote drawn from hi own
long experience to Illustrate the evil of
defrauding. His purpose throughout was
to snow ins new (.nrunian mat
avid en ce he could .give to toe
hla new life waa the way la
which be bandied hla money. ' .
He told the story of hie awn oon ver
sion and the efforts be made to square
UP all his debts going to such sxtremee
mpia oeaaa to oeiievs ius
mind was affected. But he showed that
aa a. result ot this effort he afterwards
had Influence for good over the Uvea of
men where ptherwwn.be- would have
had none. .
AN KSSKNTIAL
OF CHRISTIAN LIFI.
He made It Tory plain that debt pay
ing waa an essentia! of Christian life
and If any HoXiaton merchant has a bill
against a member of St. John's ichurch
he should feel thsnkful to Rev. Abe Mul-
key. for It Is a safe prediction that the
bill will ba naid early Monday morning.
Rev. liulkev la known throughout the
length and breadth of Texas especially
ig Dee
strongest
world of
V
anions' Mathodlst. having been an evan
gelist for more than 15 year. His chief
hobby la the Methodist orphan ago at
Waco which he haa aided in many sub
stantial ways. He never fsila to refer
to the need of dhe child ran and hla Idea
of consummate meanness la that of
man who will not give to aid tba
Dhans. v
Rev. John K. Green nastor of St.
John's church is himself a veteran evan-
geuat in tne Texas Held ana tnie is not
the first time be and Abe Melkev have
been comrades la the "work for the king-
dom." Rev. Mr. Green Introduced a new
variation Into the -hjpnn "Oidtlme Re-
lurion ' Sunday niahr bv romDoaina
stsnsa beginning "And we'll bave It here
In Houston. " The audience Joined heart
ily in in la revised version of tne
song. - ...
TERRY WILSON j.
LEADS SINOINO. '
The music Is a special feature of tba
services with Terry Wilson of Houston
Heights In charge ot tha choir.'. Billy
Sunday's song book la used and the St.
John congregation can put almost
much enthusiasm Into "Brighten the
Comer" and other popular evangelistic
hymns aa can Rhodeaver's chorus of ggM
In a Bunday' tabernacle.
The inside of the church resembles
tabernacle somewhat at the present time.
ss the interior of the building haa not
yet been completed. From trie outaide
it la one of. the -prettiest church struc
tures in ins city ana tne wont on tne
interior shows it will be one of the most
modern and convenient. -The present
meetiha- Is show ins remarkable success
and the renewed strength given the con.
gregafJon la expected to enable It to
complete the building la the splendid style
in wmcn n wss otannea.
Tne revival services will eontmoe forT
a week or id days more and all 'are
Invited to attend. . y . . . -
War and Love .Themes
in "The Unbeliever?
"The Unbeliever" la a film production
portraying much that la beautiful even
In a subject so grim and heart rending
as war. ' Lacking much of the gruesome.
nesa of the average war picture the audi'
is carried through by most later'
eating stage the homes and social ties
of the clean young American who real.
Ixeshie duty to his country hla ex peri
encea In battle.' tba sad plight of Bel
glum tbe passing at caddish beljef -In
class distinction and final conversion to
a true belief in God. Throughout tha
Glsy Is interwdvea a clean beautiful
ve theme and all in all. the picture
can-not help proving Intensely interest
ing ss wen aa inspiring to both young and
old of either sex. To describe the plot
further would mar 'the pleasure of ex
pectancy that holds the audienca apell
Douna irtroujrnout. t
"The Unbeliever" will snow at tne Lib
erty Saturday.-
LOCAL DEATHS
JAMES H. BOWEJiT . -
James H. Bo wen died Sunday morning
at hla residence in Gabert addition. A
wife and a brother survive. For soma 11
or is years ha had been connected with
ine souniy ciera s ornce sod waa prom-
inently known In Houston. The funeral
will be beld Monday afternoon at t o'clock
from the residence. Rev. E. P. West will
conduct the services. Burial will be in
Hollywood cemetery. . . . .
Pi M. RICH. i .
P. M. Rich died suddenly st his homo.
2101 Main street at 11 o'clock Sunday
nigni at tne age oi as year a. ueain re
suited from heart failure. Funeral - ar
rangements were not - completed last
nigbt. bat will be announced later. De
ceased is survived or lua widow and
three sisters Mrs. A. -8. Fox. Mrs. Sol B.
WeU and Mrs. Charles D. Wolf. Mr.
Rich waa Well known in Houston hav
ing neon norn ana raised in this city.
MRS. EfJABETH ZEISS.
Mrs. Elizabeth Zeiss one at tha pio
neer residents or Brenbsm died at a
local hospital Sunday morning at U:S0
o'clock at the age of 71 'years. The re-
mains were shipped to her former noma
by Earthman sV McCarthy Sunday She
is survived by a number of relatives . .
. ' - PAX GAMMON. - ; ..
Pat Gammon. ' age TO. an old emolovw
of the Southern Pacific Unea died at the
railroad hoepital at 10:10 o'clock Sunday
nignr. ins ooay was -removed to wei
helmer' undertaklnjr rooms Funeral t
rangementa will ba announced later.
' IN MEMORIAM. -rs.
Fssads Wosasny. ass Vlriaa BUs
Aboot bar enaeh Isvlslble avssgels .'...'
xne Traaraea or tne iiettar Mna aaa aaea
For she sad Wanted tba vaapsr sywas sf ns'
Aisut naas s isei I tea sajr jwf pn
dead." ; . ..... .
Tea esriBSTkn sad sssw back sssia. but set
trouble a easdow. was east spaa a sosw wit
dwelt a rooua SMtberwltk her nans sasai
asd nay saba. . Vtvtaa Kllia that awert ysaas
etaer. wire a aoag .spun ser npa sas Baasea
war lets the sreat bevead. fla calm aa Isadat.
a Isriaa. tbea tke waakof Bervelea.la - - 1
forever. Bew IsesiuaailMy aad It ia ta ee lbs
napraa as oeats spos sesoami sieosusg smtiisa
be words ess estst tba traebled hraaat ar
sanowtrlekea aearia ef the faster
of aer wbo was their enlr third ef
yoeag saabaad wbosa life had twined asost
lifa wtth ties auat dear. How aad it W far
ser aid x
thsaxMfal
aanl lead.
friesa an til ansa say wa shall ba fesslred Is
immv raau
Miilntea asd Jor thnaa wss Js .he
genesosify aba belped aleag lira's
We aaaf! sot eeaaa a am ear
SEQVuCE
PERSONAL ATTENTION "
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HEIGE'iJ OWHi:
: "HEARD DR. WEST
Eca!ir::tj Scrssi Drew.Creil
PsiUr TrjJ Toaar Popl U Hoed
Ujrwmrs: Call uU Keep Taeli
- .' Coarse tin Ihs Slonn ' f
X Life.
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con(regatloa that oversowed th Bap
tist temple . after ' every avaiUbls paw
and extra chair kad. bean placed la the
auusa heard the. baccalauraats sermon 'by
Dr. S.: p. Wast Sunday morning. The
graduating class of tba Houaton Height
sigh school wag tba guest af honor and
many members of tba faculty war la at.
. j na eccasKHi aiap a row a
great crowd of young people of Houaton
Heights and Dr. West delivered a sreat
message for young people. -
Ia order to aoeept the Invitation to deliver-
this aermoa to the vouaa oeoole of
the Heights Dr. West abaented himself
from the Southern Baptist convention i at
not Harinaa. Hla church had sracrousiv
made up a puree to aead him and pay
all hla expenses gad It was . the first
Southern Baptist convention he ' haa
14 veers. - Hs la deeply Inter
ested In young people. however and
thought it waa hla.-duty to foreaw the
pleasure of attending the convention and
preach to the . young doodio of hla city
The service proved to be one ef the best
in ail Ma ministry and after the dose the
pastor-aaid he felt amply repaid for
miaaing the oonventlon. .
SUBJECT 'WAS .
THE UPWARD CALL." ..
Dr. West preached from the words of
Paul: "But this ana thing I do forgetting
those things which' are behind and reach
tag forth unto these things which "are
before. I prase toward tha mark lor the
prise of the high calling ot God In Christ
Jesus." and hla theme wag "Tba Upward
Can." - r . . . .v
Paul bad beard tha upward call ef Ood.
Dr. West aaM.. and It made his Ufa
great. - Th upward call sometimes entails
privations aa in ue case oi raut. ne
found he had ta break with his old asso
ciate and to eampletety turn about and
travel In another 'direction out no was
truerto tba osil-and found satisfaction la
answering M. . - .
The upwar eau l a can is progress.
Ufa la ever a process of adjustment
aad readjustment from the smallest
molecule to the highest organism. Life Is
eonstaat Mmm or evolution We Uve
a slope never on a plane. We are either
going up or going down. . Ood 1 con-'
stantly calling aa upward.
The upward call. nr. west sara. aiso
a call to "tba highest holiness ure
mad to reflect our Creator and.
therein it ahould be without a blera-
isn. nut we ao not get tne oesi uynga
hi Ufa bv accident: we muat attain them.
we must climb upward in answer to the
ealL The beauty of the Alps is re
vealed fully only to those who climb
their steeps. - Bo men ao not aectaentaiiy
slip Into heaven.' they must climb upward
into neaven. ..
C ALU NO NATIONS 1
TO HIGHER LIFE.
Ood Is calling as all upward and b la
calling the natlona ot the earth upward
today i Ha hi oalliag as to higher ground
of boll nesa and brotherhood. Through the
Red Croaa he Is calling us to mora gym.
pslhetio and boiler lives than w hav
uvea Dersre. r.v
:. "I predict that wa will go over tn Top
m this Had Cross drive by o'clock to-
morrow evening" aaid Dr. West In re-
'ening to tha Red-Oross campaign wulcn
amm HnaSsv WMirnlnS.
Only in answering the call to higher
things can life find its Highest aatiatac-
lion ine pasior bsju. i somas iu v"
Anal consummation of hope so that we
may say with the apostle "I have fought
a good fight. I have finished my course I
nave kept too iniin. - - v.
Baptist Sunday7 School
Gave $537695 in ;Year
HOT SPRINGS ' AriL May If. Cask
receipts of evT.CK. an Increase of pi.-
ST4 over th preceding rear were re-
vealed In the twenty-eeventh anpual re-
nort of tba Sunday School Board of the
Southern Baptist oonventlon.maae 'her
today.- - . ' ' '.
The resources of. tba board over and
above an ltatuUties were reported as
about tMO.OOO. From Its earnings more
than alxO.sO waa ex needed In benevol
ent work. Including an appropriation of
llS.aee to the riome ssiasion ooara lor
the Durchaae of the school property In
New Orleana for the new Bible Training
acbool; S10.000 to the Foreign Mission
Board and 1160 to the Southwestern
Theological Seminary for its department
ot religious education.
In the Teacher Training work 17171
awarder were given for book studied and
examinations passed 4114 of. these being
for th Normal Course book.-. The report
bald 1.1 II senior adult claaaee have beea
reslstered In the oraantsed eia-e ttupart-
niriit. with a membership of 74 (1.
.Many new lines of andaavor ware pro
posed for the enaulng yearv on being a
oaiupalsa for rurml Sunday acbol sxttm-
aion. The. board auto will take over the
statistical work whioh for many years
has beea dene nr. 4 r. Lanalng llurrowa
and ia preparing A history of tb baptists
of th syuta. . . - s - . .
200 Hit Trail at" ; ' -Knickerbocker
Meeting
v ( thTxas CbrUtlan AdvocaU)
E peaking of Rax H. D. Knickarbockar!
sermon in Atlanta bust Panda tb Brass
dispatch saysi "Of aU . the aarmona
preached In AtlsjiU today by bkmop. pra-
fassors ot eollegas and leading doctors of
divinity" perhaps the ' most remarkable
and saceeaeful waa tha one preached by
the Rev. Mr. Knickarbockar of Houaton
at . tha Baptiet Tabernacle the' famous
pulpit ot that ' great preacher Lsn
BrougMon . It was psonpuaosd by many
who heard It aa the greatest service they
ever attended. There were more thaa NO
conversions and reclamations and for a
half hour after th preacher had ahlshed
tear siiout and song filled Ui buildr
Ins- while s''M
ting the ti.l. it
dinrs C...'.Mol
ii.fc 'jr ri-n were hit-
1 04 ii.mii bauig sal-
.ng ti"Mrt."i .
PrcL tc:I ri in'.'"
Pulplli cf DiarantJ
tAumtUUi Prfst Jtsyerf.)
DTJBANTv Ok- May I. Dalatas -t
tb annual eonventliss of tb. Southern
Preebytertportensral kaaembly id psasloe
bar took 'A. rest .'-Sunday . Several of
th delegates delivered sermons at local
okurohaa. Ksv. Jamas T. Vance
orator preaohad at tbs Christian church
and Rett Dr. K. tjljlihlth.. eeoratary of
for Ira miasdoma iWrvared the.Uaoca-
laureate aermon at. th Btat Normal
school. I. ' '
- The report of the eqmmltte on union
with the Presbyterian churoh U 8. A
which waa delivered to the assembly Sat-
ordejr is aapecfed to be taken up Mon-
darr The .oommittea report was unfa-
vorable toward a onion Thia Is the
prineipal aubt to come ap during' tb
remaialng day of th oonvantloa. .
' Wstahaa'and Olaaisnds an assy credit
tarraa. .Wtw.Broa. as Csv iOft Main St'
-Adv. r .
1 r "..a "
. . i. n.
' 1 11 a .A 4 iv.. i.
' V. Miodalml rVsar Jtrssiv). -: ; .
HOT BPH1NQS Ark. May ' l.Th
next ' convention af lb Southern Baptist
church will be"hal4 In Atlanta. Oa. be
ginning Wsdnesday after the'aecopd Sua-'
day In May; Ml aosordip to a report
of the committee on tlm and place made
publio hare Suaday.V-. '( vi''-' '
ah ooramHUe aalectad pr. M. JB. Dodd
of Sbraveoort 1 to preach the annual "
sermonwltb Dr. B. J stennle of Elisa-
beth City. N. r. as th sltarrata El '
Paso wss tbs only olbes. opmpetltpr for -the
next meeting plsoe. y
Many af the visiting el r rvmaaf Sundsp
filled ths pulpits of the local churches
or addtessed mast meetings In behalf of .
th Red Cross campaign to begin Monday.
V 400 jUirel Vell Xi v c.
..' ' . (Asailas Pari irMJ ' (
EASTLJtND Texas; S MSy t. Th .
Shook well was brouiht In this evening
nS la now now ins 400 barrels . Tha
Cooper a dry bole is only S few hundred :'
yards north of tha Shook. . . . '
k . V V ! . .s . . . ... '
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n
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' sisTgemanaanV
EACHINQ out het hands across the ea to No Mate's Land to heal
ana comioa tuousanag who must fight and bleed in crawling
V; holes andmtroaked entrenchments where cold 'and wet bite '
aceDer sotnev wflte than bocbe steel or lead. ; . t" ;J. -
JLTVERY heart of America will speak again In the same wonderful .
Ml - voice that poured forth the hundred millions of the first Red
: Cross war fund. These milMofls have foueht the rood firht and '
.the millions in this drive wil continue the good fight - x -
leun ll'it' ..'V:'. - " V'.'H :' '. . '' ''
ivak 10 ine ncari oi American motners are tne boys ovcr'there '
and every mother will watch with interest the work that the Red
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vruss win w lk your auxy toaay ana join tne force of the
v messengers of mercy by contributing liberally to the cause. ' -
ARRY the message to your boys and all the allied nations' that
.' America went "over the-top" id the Red Cross drive and is with
V .. them to tha last trench. -The messengers of love and mercy have
waanaaap- the support of all America. ; t J. . .
-i t . . .-..... -. . vfivyi-. 1. ;
r enmirn .... : .m - . a . ' t
awARu wiu sureiy come id tnos wno nave .sacrificed their all
that you might enjoy the liberties of free Americans and when:
the smoke of battle is settled and victory won the noble women '
of that Red Cross army will'have done their part. -' .
lN every lip today will be the cry of the Red Cross and the Christian
people of a Christian jand wiu rally Jo the cause and subscribe
as long as money U needed if it takes the last dollar in America. .
EEING all things with av mother'sdxth Sense that's blind to jeal-V
ntlfIXy lTlBSnnfbdlgI lgft1tifricy thaw 1 . kATTLa rv1iaVla1 kadmaiL
B aa swww p ff "a) spawap - snmaMW MysHw VI IHMIVU aCawCSUI
iaa Iron band br showina njroy In s healthy hiiman war: rebuildlnic it in '
fact with stone on stone bringing; warmth to hearts too Ions Deflected.
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x -Of TRETCHINO forth har hands to all ih need to Jew or Gentile '
; black or white knowing no favorite yet favoring -alL She's
warming thoutwdavjeeding thousands healing thousands from'
her store. . ' ' '..'''' ' .
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