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THE MILLE-CEVIL-E NEWS
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BAPTISTS REPORT
IN LAST 14 YEARS THEY HAVE
ADDED OVER MILLION MEM
BERS IN SOUTH.
WILL MEET IN CHATTANOOGA
diip of tlni local churches as reported
was 2,981 "48, or a gain of 1,109,561.
The ret urns for this year are not yet
available, but inasmuch as it is known
there were practically 175.000 addi
tions to the local churches last year
by baptism alone, there is every rea
son to believe the showing for 1021
will be even larger.
Many Matters Related to Future Work
Will Come Up for Cons deration
at the Annual Convention
May 12 to 18.
Growth shown in All Linea.
At the same time there has been a
marked in< rease in the membership
of the churches, there lias been a dis-
tinet advance in all departments of
local and denominational work, it is
ret on*. The total number of local
j chnrrlici has grown from 20,129 in
| 1906 to 25,302 in 1920; the total num
ber of Sunday Schools from 11,332 to
17.086; and the number of Sunday
School pupils from 857.214 to 1.835.-
920. an increase of mere than 100 per
cent. The value of local church prop
erty lias mounted from $4 501,122 In
1906 to $74,273,728 in 1920, a:i increase
of more than 1600 per cent, while con
tributions to missions and benevo
lences in 1906 were $1,501,369.67, as
compared to $7,331,266.55 in 1920. an
advance of practically 500 per cent.
Fourteen years ago the contributions
to all purposes in a year were $5,941,-
282.11, as cTjainst $21,227,146.07 for
1920.
DR. E. Y. MULLINS
President Sfcuthern Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary, Who is Touring South.
Following the close of the second
year of the llaptist 75 Million Cam
paign April 30, several thousand mes
sengers from the local churches are
expected to assemble at Chattanooga,
Tenn., for the seventy-sixth annual
session of the Southern Baptist Con
vention. The Convention met in
Chattanooga last in May, 1906, and
during the interim there has been a
marked growth in every department
of the Convention's activities and in
the numbers and work of the local
churches ai well. The total number of
Baptists reported to the Convention in
1906 wns 1,855,784, while last May,
fourteen years later, when the body
met in Washington, the total nvnber-
Next Meeting Important.
The approaching session of the
Convention is regarded as vitally im
portant to tlie future of tlie denomina
tion's work. It is hoped that by the
Convention two-fifths of all subscrip
tions to the 75 Million Campaign will
have been paid in cash and that the
program for the completion of the
remainder of the campaign task can
he formulated at this time. Dr. J. B.
Oambrell, president of tlie Convention,
and Dr. E. Y. Mullins. who recently
completed a to;ir cf Europe, where
they carried frate''u..l pireilngs lo the
Baptists o.' that continent, will give
their impress-oils of ID-p'ist opportu
nity in tha’ couniry. while l)r. George
\V. Trip l and Dr .1 F Love, who rep-
reseni *J tho Fo-eign Mission Board
at the i ondon Confe-ence last sum
mer whi it the mission fields cf Europe
were < onsidered, will tr 11 of the now
territory of Spain. Jugo-SIavla. Hun
gary, Kounmnia and Southern Russia,
whieh Southern Baptists are asked to
occupy. This territory is as large as
the Southern States and has a popu
lation of 128,000,000.
All th > hoards of tho Convention
will report the largest year's accom-
plismments in their history, the Home
Mission Board being scheduled to re
port tho completion of Its million dol
lar loan fund for chur.di building, In
addition to the aiding of a thousand
churches during the year with gifts
and loans for the erection of new
houses o f worship. The Sunday School
Board will icnort more than $1,000,090
In sales for the year and with collec
tions as well as sales better than at
any previous time its history.
SEA OF CALCIUM
IS SKY MISTER?
Cornell University’s New Dean of
Astronomy Is Studying
Big Puzzle.
SOiENCE'S VIEWS CHANGE
Theories cf CvoluUon of Heavenly
Bodies Reverie of Few Years Ago
—Spectroscope Astronomer’s
Greatest Aid.
Seattle, Wash.—S. L. Boolliroyd. pro
fessor of astronomy at tlie University
oi' Washington, who leaves tills June
io heroine Hie dean of astronomy ut
• oi iiell university, lius been adding Ids
hit. and an important hit it may prove,
io man's knowledge of ills earth's big
hrothers. tin- stars.
Many stars’ which to the naked eye
or through -small telescopes appear as
single stars are in fact two stars, cir
cling about each other.
Ii Is these double stars that Profes-
■ or Boolliroyd lias Been Investigating.
Bart ot his work lias been done at the
University of Washington and part at
the Dominion government observatory
near Victoria. 11. C.
Studies Double Stars.
Professor llonthroyd has been study
ing the spectra of two double stars just
barely visible to the naked eye. One
Is known ns "Boss No. 4(102" and the
idler as "11. it. No. 8803." They are
so far away that even big telescopes
cannot separate the two stars that com
pose them. The two stars which ap
pear ii' one and are called tlie Bos." No.
1002 are at least 3,000,000 miles apart,
perhaps much further, and still they
are so lar away that they seem one
Mur in tlie telescope.
Tlie spectroscope is perhaps the as
tronomer's greatest aid. It Is a simple
little coutrivunco of lenses and a three-
cornered hit of glass that makes a beam
of light into a rainbow. The rainbow
Is divided by dark lines, and these dark
lines are the pots of the astronomers.
Each combination of lines tells the
story of some one of the eighty-odd
chemical elements present In the body-
producing the light. The brilliance of
tlie spectrum and its lines indicate the
heat radiated hy the star, Professor
Boolliroyd states.
“One of the double stars I have been
observing," explained Doctor Booth-
roytl. "is lloatlng in u seu of calcium.
Calcium is a rare metal on eurtli. Im
agine an atmosphere of metnl so hot It
Is vapor and extending more that) 3,-
000,000 mllesl I am paying close at-
t» »C* /•.«» p..,. [.
may give us the clue to tlie solution o.
several mysteries in connection with
double stars."
Theories come and go on I lie birth
and life of stars, according to Profes-
sorltoothroyd. Today's best hypothecs
of the evolu ion of the stars is almost
the exact reverse of the one wl|lL'li held
sway a few years ago.
Only Hazard a Guess.
"The best astronomers hardly have
n theory." said tlie Seattle astronomer.
"They dare not. They.only hazarij.n
guess as to the order of certain things
Iri the life of a star. The most likely
story of u star's life has it horn of
nebulous vapor and (lead us u tiny,
shrunken old sun.
“We now believe I lint somewhere hits
mid scraps of cosmic (hurt, the remnants
of old stars and all the litter and trash
of the universe collects and, after mil
lions of years, becomes a nebula. A
nebula looks like a knot of cotton to
rlie eye anil like a cloud in tlie tele
scope. It is made up of tiny asteroids
from the size of a brickbat to perhaps
,:•« size of a miniature planet.
"Why tills universal rubbish collects
to form a nebula no man can even
guess. But when tlie nebula lias be
come large, gradually the hits work to
ward tlie center. Heat Is generated
Its generation might he said to result
from tlie friction of the particles. llu|>-
idly the beat Increases and tlie whole
mass becomes hot. In tlie course of a
few million years we have a great bias
ing sun, huge beyond man's best and
biggest dreams."
FLAGS TRAIN WITH MATCHES |_IKES JAIL; WILL NoT
Injured Man Saves His Life in Wash
ington by Desperate
Expedient.
Man in a Pennsylvania n„.,
uiates Ball Law !o 1
Freedom. ^
Bnscn. Wash.—By flagging a fast
train with matches before daybreak
George Burns, aged 83. probably (ire
vented himself from bleeding to dentl
after both legs hail been cut ofT be
death another train.
Burns, who told hospital attendant'
'here ttint lie wns beating IBs wav oi
an east hound Northern Pacific freight
fell between two cars about mldiiigh
and his right leg was severed close t(
the hip and h!s left leg at the ankle
Improvising tourniquets lie stopper
the flow of blood, and when he le'iiri
Northern Pacific passenger train No. *
approaching he waved lighted matclu-i
and attracted the attention of the en
gineer.
UoiJ
Pullets Wakened Early.
St. Mary’s, ().—Boused ut 4:110 n. in
hy an alarm clock which automatically
turns on tlie electric light In u coop
37 pullets belonging to Albert Bubli
laundry-man. ure kept nt work*for 11
hours out of 24, regnrdless of day
light or darkness. During the montl
of November the chickens laid 42f
eggs. The number lias since reachet
as high ns 25 dally. The poultry
shows no ill effecis of working beyom
union hours.
Bloomington, Ba.—ti„,
county Jail lias n prisons , ,
the hostile so well h,. u " llu l
although Ills , time is ", 1
Kck Of Berwick, who
to ten duy-ft In jull r.,,- h . .. M ' lu 1
a fine of $10 for ruilurt- H
license for his dog,
lCck knew it was time t Q ,. j
so lie asked Sheriff Hldluy /]
an appeal for him. He wns q,, l
for ball, and would not funZ J
lie will remain In Jui|
the May term of court, st
. “Sure I want to stuy i„ „ I
said. “1 get three good
and the sheriff treats lm ,
out of work, anyway, and |\
know where tny next ine U l would j
from if I did go home, Su | „, J
satisfied to stay here. Ir«
nights than sleeping in n | 1(IUS( , a
out any fires, too."
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Mother Applies Hot Poker to Di u ,
Quincy.—Asserting she \ Vas
to tench her nine-yenr-olil
to tell the truth, Mrs. Efl) e x vr ^'
arrested for applying a rwl-'hnt
poker to tlie child's tongue. Xh*
inane society preferred chargi-s
VET OF '63 COUGHS UP BULLET
Shot in Eye at Vicksburg, Alabama
Man Carried Slug In Head
Fifty-Eight Years.
Lnnett. Ala.—W. V. Meadows, sev
en! v-clght years of age. of this place,
veteran of tlie Civil war. and shot In
the eye lit the battle of Vicksburg,
July 1. 18(53. recently coughed out the
bullet and is In Ills usual good health,
despite the fact that lie had carried
the slug, weighing approximately one
ounce, In Ids head for 58 years.
Mr. Meadows was n member
Company G. Thirty-seventh Alabama
Infantry.
Ran Away From Fight; Died.
Bellefontaine, <).—Uunnlng home In
i'ear of a group of boys who had
threatened to thrush him after an ar
gument over a game of mnrbles, Bus-
fell Watt, ten years old. fell dead ot.
the steps of hi? home In this city.
I
Sang Babes to Sleep, Then SlewTI
Chicopee. Mass.—After singing
two children to sleep Mrs. John \y
orski. twenty-six years old ( ,r
pee. Mass., took an ax and lo-at tl
heads ns they slept. One died
afterward and tlie other is nnt esi
ed to live. The woman mnde
successful attempt to kill herself.
The News Job Department is Equip
ped for the Best Printing
Airplane Killed Aged Shell Gatherer.
Vermont. O.—Stooping to gather
sea shells. Mrs. A. Woltenkoff. seven
ty yenrs old of Vanwert, O.. was ah
inost Instantly killed nt Pablo bench,
Jacksonville. Fin.', by an airplane
driven by Monte Rolfe of Augusta.
Gn "tin wns attempting to rnsko s
landing on the beach.
Don t let tho army worm destroy
your garden. DIXIE BRAND CAL
CIUM ARSENATE will control them.
For Sale by Culver & Kidd Drug Co.
and Entile Pharmacy.
HEMORRHOIDS positively cured without the use of the knife and wit
the loss of time from ycur business. All other recital diseases succeje(Jlj|
treated. . . Examanatlon free.
DRS. FRANK AND GROVER C. JONES
(Osteopathic Physician*)
354 Second St., Macon, Ga.
Special Sal> of 2U pieces Anioskeag Apron gingham
10c pjr yard
Bell
9
s
5,000 yards of fine lace—See our middle co liter, 10c values
for ......... — 5c.
After Easter sale of silks, dress goods, and colored voils and organdies. Excep
tional va!ues, consistent with the new low prices.
SPECIAL SALE OF FINE SILKS
S'l-rt Bilim In nil the iimv hi;;’’, shades for
. . . , .... $4.50 end 05.00
Baranct Satins in till the new shades! spo
il;’ priced $3.50 and 54-50
teuton (‘r-pc ■■ the heavy pebble quality in
da-, ’m. whites an dt'.i-- 1 ailing s;fcot shades.
$3.25 and 51.30
< repe de Chine- in cl' the new colors -Tomato
a lo end flumo,, u,> well as all tho staple shades.
.! spring t!:o pile - \va.i $2.50 Our prion p lay-
1.7 D 1
T.'f etas in all the new and popular shadings—
<;v.'"i:.l!y pr.ced, $1.98 and $2.50
22.. (i quality fin.' Georgette in all the papular
coloi's, specially pric'd. .... .. $1.43
New Models in
The American
Lady Corset
Special Sale of Ladies’ Fine
Hose
UK<'^vn.
Jag.:
If you want a graceful figure,
if yin want your gown to hang
gracefully, wear the American
I nils- (Vrsot.
i, 53,5810151
m
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>». 6|-Jr
Hi dozen Burn Silk Hose. I
worth $1.50 at _ 98c
i i dozen fine till pure thread
Siilt Hone worth $2.50, in black
whites and cordovans, _. $1.98
Just iti by express—blacks, |
c:-(-ilovuns and whites—in fancy
lace and stripe effects- Kay.
scr's, tlio best that is made;
I | specially priced.
$3.50 and $4.50
\n Opportunity For All Who
Love Silk Underwear
Silk Nightgowns; pure all silk Crepe de Chino, at $3.98
Silk Nightgowns in a superior quality, elaborated trimmed in Val
Dace and Tuclss; specially priced $4.98
Beautiful Silk Enveloped Chemise, ... $249 and $3.49
Silk Camisoles—made from washable satins and combinations of
Georgette: specially priced, $1.19
New Voiles
NEW COLORED VOILES, ORGANDIES AND
LINENS, BEAUTIFUL COLORINGS BOTH
Special Sale of Fine Ginghams
50 pieces, beautifl styles; 32 Inch Gingham that formerly sold at
, 1 ( ami 01 c. put in one special lot to clsoo out fur quick selling 29c
IF YOU WANT THE BEST SHOPAT
E. E. BELL’S
SMALL AND LARGE BATTERNS, SBECIALLY
1
BIHCET)
2.9c, 49c, 59c, 6>Jc and S9c.
WONDERKU A DUES.
SMART NEW
STRAP SUPPERS
( ousins and Selby's—Kids, patents, satins and
suedes, In black, grey and brown; baby Louis and
French heels,._
$7-50- $io and $i2