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TJIK AT LA .\ 1 A ULUL'UIAA AM) MAYS, DU. I TT HEINSEVANGELISTS CITES HITS RAPPED AS fir or Ministers To-day Inclined To Be Indolent, Declares Moderator of Northern Church. The Rev. Dr. Mark Allison Mat thews, famous Georgian and pastor of the largest Presbyterian church in Ameri^, if not the world, will ar rive iii Atlanta Wednesday to take charge .as moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbytery which U. S. A. (Northern church) holds its first formal session Thursday. Dr. Matthews, who is at the head of the chmvh in Seattle, is a native of Calhoun, Ga., where lie was born September i24. 1867. Since ordained at Ringgoll at the a^e of 19, his ca reer has be*;n meteoric. 'Being of an analytical mind. Dr. Matthews has devoted much of his time to assertaining the weaknesses of his chut?h and with the opening of the present assembly it is ex pected he *ill make strong recom mendation?: which will tend to bring about vdst fhanges in the system of work carri«t on by Presbyterian ec clesiastics.' i Minsters Faults Cited. In an extended interview published in the Net York Sun, tho noted ' ibes the following weak- church: are indolent. They 8 to see that they at- preachtT a«r t o \i> nesses “Minister: haven’t boa tend to l>ui ness. "40,000 e; ers of the Presbyterian church n* g ct their duty. "Minister; dictate two sermons each wee* md throw them in the fire once tmr ar preached, having decided yea ago to have a ’barrel.’ “Minister have ‘doubts’ and at times need l dvice , . . "They ‘If not teach love of work at home a' 1 at school. "PreaehaJ should Instruct parentE to b:T up their children.” The Sun irticle quotes Dr.* Mat thews in aplanation of the state ment as fofws: " ‘A preailer gets up in the morn ing when h; pleases and goes to bed at night w$n he feels like It. No whistle renpds him of his coming tasks. Oi of my assistants one time rook fir hours ir. which to at tend a filnejl. I attended one later In 20 mini* 6 though the distance i overed wa Just th^ same as the other.” 'We ha\ 40,000 elders in the efiurch Justly they loaf. They don't do ap ruling these days. If a member ii caught taking a cock- tall. we dot haul him before the ruling eldersbut we say: 'Brother we ask you ot to do it again.' In this*‘way thlelders do not rule. “Eldet Do Not Work.” " ‘Presbytoanism would grow eas ily if the tiers worked. If the ihi.oeo t.-am-brought in one mem ber each wee even, the elfcirch would grow* at thetate of 80,000 converts a month. . 1912 only 73,000 per sons joined e Presbyterian church. " ‘Preacher l heard when 1 was a hoy. kept ieir sermons in a bar rel. 1 hav been afraid to trust myself with i barrel. I knew that I would dip jto it occasionally and later dippingvould become a habit. Before one H>vvs it. sermon writing becomes a htl labor and is shirked whenever poible.’ ” Dr. Matthth declared it his opin ion that the cnblnation of all Chris tians into apmmon church would never be aonplished. ” 'The worn's growing better. Hu manity's sennent Is improving. 1 saw a Unitefitates judge Impeach ed a short, t.e ago., A few years ago he woulhave gone, unwhlpped for his crim. Yet I do not think it would be good idea for religious work to be itibined. 1 think that all Presbvteip churches should come togethetthough.’" Dr. Matting is a man of giant stature. Hisjiurch in Seattle has a tnembershirf 7,000 persons. There are fifty usls on the main floor and in the siery of the building. Seventy-one Sers are In the choir. Among the fmbership of the con gregation arlinduded Japanese, Chinese and iireans. Since 1902, the church h paid off a debt of $25,600. Hr. ktthews’ first congre gation numbed 16 persons. BLAST ROCS COUNTRYSIDE. (Til BERT,,p. MD.. May 14.—A great ixplosioif dynamite occurred rAEckhart. nt. here, this morning, kfiling two pelns, demolishing sev eral houses aTbreaking windows in houses within radius of half a mile. i!L! !■ I ■ ■ SHIRKERS Rev. W. C, Crofts Arraigns the ern Methods of Revival Work at Pre-Assembly Meeting. A scathing arraignment of the modern methods of evangelistic work was delivered by the Rev. W. C. Crofts before the joint meeting of delegates to the General Assembly of the Presbytery in the North Avenue Presbyterian Church at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. The gathering formed the pre-as sembly of the visitors to discuss evangelism and was attended by many other noted speakers. The church was thronged. The Rev. Mr. Crofts, who is from Rock River, took the place of the Rev. William Russell, of Pittsburg, who was scheduled to deliver the principal address, but failed to arrive in Atlanta in time to be present at the meeting. Charges Actual Shirking. Mr Crofts, on taking the pupit, opened his address with a denuncia tion of the half-hearted manner in which evangelistic work was carried on. He accused evangelists of lack of energy in soul-saving and in some instances charged actual shirking of the duties which they had assumed. Dr. Crofts then took up the work of the Presbytery at its Rock River conference, detailing the various methods that assembly had pursued, and ended in recommending that such tactics be applied to the evangelistic work throughout the country. "The majority of evangelistic work ers are half-hearted.” declared Dr. Crofts. "They do their work in a makeshift manner and in some cases I have discovered dowrmght shirking of the duties which lay plainly before them.” Sees Room for Improvement, "At present the majority of evan gelistic committees, from what work they are now doing, are accomplish ing mighty little in comparison with the vast amount of good they could do if they really worked. "At the Rock River conference an effort was made to ameliorate these conditions. For 27 weeks the meet ing held forth and at the end of that 3,000 Arrive for Great Presbyterian Assemblies STAflVAHON PI! +•+ • •4'*+ +•+ Delegates in Pre-Convention ‘Get-Together’ Meet ORSVES Atlanta Homes Thrown Open to Thousands of Visitors From All Over United States. Continued From Page 1. actually. The so-celled radicals or Progressives, whichever they choose to call them. «re merely creatures of the minds of that branch of the as sembly which would keep in vog-ue the practices of 50 years ago. There is not the slightest chance that the work of our home board will he cur tailed, and I look for a complete vic tory of the Progressive forces.’’ Dr. McKlbbin is regarded as strict ly a conservative, being the head of Rev Charles Scanlan, temperance lecturer and prominent figure in the Presbyterian Assemblies ^. , a* r DANGER MEAT EATING ,/lVledicaI R®ps Show That Peo- ? pie Who t Much Meat Ape ' Susceptible Typhoid Fevec. Tlte death.tt ; nf Typhoid has been 10 per It for many years. Even if path recovers, there is danger—weiied constitution, languidness, f of energy' and other after-ifcts. In a majot of cases typhoid I fever is dirtv traceable to an inactive liveritjch itas refused to clear away t masses of meat particles leiundigested in the alimentary oil. This mass pu- i trefies and s) s out death-deal- 1 ing poisons, • result" in typhoid 5 fever. J JACOBS’ *ER SALT 16 the ■greatest kn,. liver stimulant. Its action ishtle, yet effective. It draws waito the alimentary tract, fiushethe stomach and bowels, was: away the undi gested meat tides-and removes the danger icrmentation. The blood is purl through the re newed activitt tlte liver. JACOBS' I£R SALT does not cause nausemd vomiting, and there are nangerous after-ef fects as withlomel. Don't take an inferior stitute; many imi tate the narrbut can not pro duce the sal natural, hushing - action of iVfenulne JACOBS' J LIVER SAL At all druggists, i 25e. If your dgist can not sup- ply vou. we ■ mail full size jar " upon receipt rice, postage free. ! Made and gunteed by Jacobs' | Pharmacy Cdtianta. HUMAN SIDELIGHTS ON PRESBYTERIAN MEET Radicals and Conservatives Getting Together, Says Stelzle—No More Heresy Trials. REV. time plans for a veritable campaign of soul-saving were inaugurated. Schools for this purpose were cre ated and the graduates are now be ing sent all over the country 10 churches that can not afford to se cure evangelists in choir revival meetings. Already the Rock River conference is planning for greater and far-reaching work *0 be done at its meeting next year. Others who spoke at the morning meeting were Dr. C. W. McGuire, of Indiana; Rev. George E. Raitt, of Pittsburg, chairman of the commit tee of the United Presbytery of Pitts burg, and the Rev. C. R. William son, of Chester, Pa. Christian Education Conference Is Begun The pre-assembly conference on education which is being held under the direction of the executive com mittee of Christian education and ministerial relief, will continue in session throughout Wednesday. The conference is being held in the First Baptist Church, but the closing ses sion will be held Wednesday even ing in Harris Presbyterian Church, and in that session representatives of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., and of the United Presbyterian Church will be present, as well as those of the Southern Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Knox Montgomery. D.D., president of Muskingum College. New Concord. Ohio, and Rev. T. S. Clyce, D.D.. of Sherman, Tex., pres ident of Austin College, will be the speakers. The subjects to be pre sented in the addresses are “The Bi ble in the College” and “Comity and Co-operation.” The two sessions of this conference held on Tuesday were occupied with the discussion of questions: “How best to asuist poor boys and girls of the church to secure a higher ed ucation" and “How to maintain a thoroughly Christian atmosphere in the Christian (Church) College.” Both sessions were occupied for the most part with free, informa: discussion and open conference fea tures in which many of the delegates took part. The principal emphasis was placed upon the necessity for giving the Bible and religious services promi nence in all of me educational work of the church, and also to secure mm of positive Christian character as members of the faculty. To Pay Fair Claims. COLUMBUS.—To wind up the af fairs of the Georgia-Alabama Fair Association for the yast year Presi dent Brooks, of the association, has announced that he will pay all claims against the association and begin ©reparations for the 1913 fair. White City Park Now Open Ponce DeLeon Rink Now Open. Lane Seminary, jpst as Dr. Alexan der is regarded as an exponent of the most conservative element. laTgely because of his atfliliations with Princeton, and the fact that he is a Princeton graduate. There will bo approximately 900 commissioners at the Baptist Taber nacle Tuesday afternoon when the balloting for moderator begins. From every direction special trains are rolling into Atlanta bearing dele gates to the Presbyterian joint as sembly. In addition to the specials, each regular train carries extra coaches to accommodate the heavy travel Atlantaward. The delegates come from every State in the Union and practically every country in the world. Probably 400 delegates had reached Atlanta by Wednesday morning. Be fore night this number was expected to have passed the 3.000 mark. Fully 4,000 delegates will be in attendance when the joint meeting begins Thurs day morning. To accommodate this influx of visi tors the people of Atlanta have thrown open the doors* of their homes, and every visitor will be accorded true Southern hospitality. The local committees, almost entirely laymen, were worked day and night to pre pare for the convention. Every de nomination in Atlanta has joined with the local Presbyterians, and delegates are being entertained in the homes of people of every doctrine. When the pre-assembly conference convened at 10 o’clock Wednesday in the North Avenue Presbyterian Church, the greatest convention in the history of the Presbyterian Church began. This conference was under the direction of the Evangel istic Committees of the General As semblies with Ghairman Rev. Charles L. Huston, of the U. S. A. Committee, presiding. All-Day Conference. The conference has no bearing at all on the actual work of the assem blies. and the discussions were to a great degree informal. As only a small number of the delegate? have yet arrived in Atlanta, but will be reaching here on practically every train during the day. this conference is an all-day affair with both lumh and dinner served in the church par lors. A buffet luncheon was served at noon Dinner will be at 6 o’clock After dinner there will be a “free- for-all” discussion. Afternoon speakers were the Rev. Robert R. Bigger. Presbytery of Cleveland; Rev. W. R. Dobvns, U. F. Assembly, St. Joseph. Mo.; Rev. George Gordon Mahy, recording sec retary, U. S. A Assembly’s evan gelistic committee, and the Rev. John R. Davis, Presbytery of Philadelphia- The conference is a get-together meeting. While each speaker has been assigned a subject, still ea h subject has been selected with the idea of developing free discussion along the lines of general church work in connection with evangelis tic work. The fact that the three great as semblies of the Presbyterian Church are meeting here at once has caused a wave of iaik relating to the three branches uniting into one compact body, and such a union in the near future is being freely pre dicted by men high in the church. Presbyterian Merger Likely. “Union of the branch of the Pres byterian Ghurch int* one huge body is something which we may undoubt edly look for in the next few years,” said the Rev. George Gordon Mahy, recording secretary of the U. S. A. Assembly’s evangelistic committee, to a Georgian reporter. “The fact that we have gathered In Atlanta gives reason foT this belief. It illus trates the fact that the various branches of the church are getting in closer touch with each other. There are but a few of the very small things that cause one branch to dif fer from another at present. Two of the branches sing hymns; the oth#r branch sings psalms. Undoubtedly some agreement could be arrived at in this regard, and I believe that ul timately we will see the entire body of Presbyterians working in unison under the same organization. “As a matter of fact. I believe we are approaching the time when all Protestant churches will be aligned. In Canada the question of all Protes tant churches uniting is being work ed out; the different ideas of faith are being worked into one, and before long we may look for one Protestant churcb in Canada. “Personally, I long to see the day when all Protestant churches will be combined into one huge body working for the welfare of mankind and t.ho progress of Christianity.” Normal Institute to Cease Session Friday The Atlanta Normal and Industrial Institute has announced its closing exercises for Friday evening in Cos mopolitan A. M. E. Church, Vine and Found-ry Streets. The institution, conducted for he uplift of the negro race in this com munity. extends thanks to the gener ous citizens of Atlanta who have con tributed to its support. Rev. Richard Orine Flinn will de liver the annual address and Rev. A. Eustace I>ay the benediction. The occasion will c!orc with an address by Richard D. Stinson, principal of the irritate. M rs. Harriett Loudersky Rolader, 56 vf-ars old. died at her home. 28 How ell Mill Road. Tuesday afternoon. She is survived by her husband, T. A. Rolader; two daughters, Mrs. M. L. Tumlin and Miss Bessie Rolader, and three sons, W. L., T. C. and J. M. Rolader The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Sardis Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Hotels Filled With Visiting Churchmen The headquarter? of the local com mittees is one of the busiest places in the city. Rev. Jere Moore and J. K. Orr, in charge of arrangements, assisted by a number of prominent Atlantans, who, typifying the spirit that has made Atlanta respected wherever her name is mentioned, have shucked their coat? and are working as registration clerks. Every commissioner and delegate registers at headquarters as soon as he arrives. Five hundred commis sioners will be given free entertain ment in Atlanta homes of all de nominations, and the remaining visit ing Presbyterians will be quartered at hotels. Every hostelry in the city it* crowded, and with the large number yet to come, Atlanta hotels probably will face the problem of handling the largest crowd ever in the city. By Thursday morning, when the assemblies hold their first sessions, it is thought that not less than 1,500 commissioners and 3,000 visitors will be here Lucian Knight, chairman of the lo cal souvenir Committee, announced this morning that his work had been completed and the copies of the sou venir booklet can be obtained at the Central Presbyterian Church on Wednesday night. The booklet con tains about 150 pages of information about Atlanta, Georgia and the as semblies, and is profusely illustrated with photogiaphs of Atlanta point- of interest. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NAME STATE OFFICERS SAVANNAH. GA., May 14.— Knights of Columbus of Georgia, in annual convention here, elected of ficers, selected Augusta as the next place of meeting and transacted other business. The State officers are: Deputy, C. Morgan, Macon; treasurer, John J. Powers, Savannah; secretary, J. J. Tarleton, Augusta; advocate, M. C. Garroll, Atlanta; warden, G. J. Burrus Columbus; delegates to national con vention, G. M. Morgan and R. A. Mc Gill, Atlanta; alternates, M. C. Car- roll and M. C. Powers. Rev. H. T. Mitchelmore Declares! Church Faces Problem of Giv ing Pastors Living Wage. “Many minister? of the gosp< %hile showing their flocks the w;i\ Into Hoa\en. are finding it mlght> difficult to provide for themselves a respectable existence here on eath." j This was the manner in wnich the Rev. il. T. Mitchelmore commented Wcdncs kiN nn th© starvation salaries] that are driving hundreds of young men from the ministry. Dr. Mltchei- more is associate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Tacoma, Wa?h., the largest church of the city, and is in Atlanta to attend the Pres byterian Assemblies “How can a minister support a family on a salary of not more than $8 or $10 a week?” be asked. "Ip It any wohder that many young men are appalled by the prospect and fin ally decide to enter some line of bu?i- ness whore a living income is pos sible?” Questions Cry for Answer. The questions asked by the West ern minister are question that are crying to-day with a particular insist ence for an answer. Not only does tin* minister have the actual problem of actually supporting his family on the small sum, nut meanwhile he must try to be absorbed in his work although constantly discouraged • by debt and the hopelessness of file out look. Another serious item is that while grocery bill?, general trade bills, etc., must be met and paid with wmie de gree of regularity, many ministers nre compelled to wait patiently until the church treasurer gets around to pay them. And this $8 or $10 a week salary is given a man after he has obtained a professional education requiring years of study. “The solution must come in an ad justment of salaries about the coun try.” said Dr. Mitchelmore. “A makeshift solution is afforded now* by the poorly paid ministers engaging in some ‘side line.’ but this solution is obviously unsatisfactory. In some instances, loyal wive? have pieced out the slender salaries by rnishiK chickens or by adopting some simi lar plan. “These devices, however, bring us no nearer the needed reform. The • hurrh muBt awake to the fact that it owes its ministry a decent living. There must be a general awakening about the country. 1 am not saying that there has been no improvement. The reform has begun, but it must be hastened. “Neither as I saying that conditions are bad everovherc. On the con trary. in rny pirt of the country the ministers for the most part are fairly | well paid, but in other sections i j know that they get salaries that a day laborer would not be expected to j live upon. And yet the minister ie ompelled to dress better and his family is obliged to maintain a more expensive social life than the day la borer and his family. * Presbyterians Best Paid. “The Presbyterian ministers prob ably have less cause to <*omplain than those of any other denomination. They are known as the highest paid of any of the Protestant ministries. Still I know of opportunities for im provement. “The trouble has been that while the cost of the necessities of life has been mounting steadily, the sala ries of the nation’s preachers have re mained at practically the same level they were fifteen years ago. There has been some increase, but not pro portionate to the rise in the cost of living. “My father got $700 or $800 as a minister in his younger years, but that was equivalent to $1,200 in 1913. Starting man* recently in our re ligious life in the West, we have not been so bound by the small salaries of a half century ago as they have in the East and Middle West. In spite of this I have encountered many min isters who were barely able to sup port themselves and families. “One of my ‘kicks' is that 1 find in so m^iny rural communities that far mers making the equivalent of $3,000 or $4,000 a year force their ministers to live on $300 or $400 and can not understand why the ministers, after a few years of futile endeavor, for sake their calling in absolute despair. It is a crime and a disgrace!” To Thrash Onion Out. That the question of a union will be proposed during the session is re garded as an absolute absurdity. This, it Is expected, will first be suggested in thof Southern Presbyterian Assem bly and committees appointed to meet with committees from the other two assemblies. Whether it will be adopted at this session is regarded as a bit doubtful, many of the prominent ministers in attendance believing it would be* best to go slowly in the matter, and, while favoring union, to thoroughly thrash the matter out and not perfect the union until the next year or so. There are many who favor an immediate transforming into one body and of thrashing out the various problems as a body complete. No Candidate for Southern Moderator. Everything is in readiness for the opening session of the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Ghurch ifi the Fnited States, familiarly called the Southern Presbyterian Church, in North Avenue Church Thursday morning at 11 o’clock. The retiring moderator of the as sembly, the Rev. I. S. Clyce, D.D., cf Sherman, Tex., will preach the open ing sermon. Following the sermon the sacrament of tlie Lord's Supper CHARLES STELZLE. Dr. Mark A. Matthews, na tive Georgian, now of Seattle, “the tall pine of the Sierras”—< he’s about six feet six in height. and weighs not much over, will, he doesn't weigh ns much as a man of his height i3 supposed to weigh —retiring Moderator o f the Northern P r e s b y t erian Assembly, has during the yea*.’ that he’s been Moderator aroused m i*n- gllng emotions in the minds cf Li. men of his denomination Some of them have come to the conclusion that he’s a “common scold,” whPe "thers believe him to be the greatest .Moderator that the church has ever had—so take your choice. But after the last word has been said concerning him everybody will agree that Dr Matthews has gone into more things and stirred up more people than any other Moderator in the memory of this generation This may not be saying very much, but most men will admit that his activity has resulted in a good deal of serious thinking on the part of the church with regard to some pretty big prob lems - and this has been worth while. The solsolidation of the Southern Presbyterian Assembly with the Fnited Presbyterian Assembly seems to hinge very largely upon whether the United Presbyterians can agree upon some kind of a proposition with reference to their attitude toward .‘■•ecret orders, the singing of Psalm? and “« lose communion.” There’s no doubt that n way out will be found by tlie fine big men who are serving on tin- committees representing the two bodies. It's a mighty Interesting thing In looking back upon the history of the church to note how r the positions which were at one time regarded as extremely radical by the church at large were later indorsed and fought for by the conservatives—after the progressives had gone on still fur ther. the conservatives suffering and sacrificing for these former radical doctrines and practices, as though they thenmdves had originated them. There'll be no more heresy trials in the* Presbyterian < ’hurch—this may be accepted as a foregone conclusion. There may be and probably should be differences of opinion among church men with regard to theological ques tions. but more and more these differ ences are coming to be respected, so long as yie common belief of the en tire group of churchmen leans them to the Master whom they unitedly serve. Some day, out of ail this dis cussion. the church will accept as a “Christian” the man or the woman who "accepts the purpose of Jesus, and seek? to bring in the kingdom of God.” For, after all. this is the big thing that must dominate every man who calls himself a “Christian.” and it will take in a good many who are now outside the church, and w’ho will not come into it, because they can not accept some of the doctrines which they fear will be forced upon them by the church. Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, of New York, who speaks to-night at the pre-assembly missionary conference on “City Problems.“ is one of the most influential ministers of any de nomination in the metropolis. He is pastor of what would probably be • ailed “a rich man’s church.“ but the fine thing about it is that Dr. Coffin has got into it many of the kind of folks who are called “working peo ple.” This has been done mostly through the way that he has regard ed these laborer? as Just “folks.” He hasn't segregated them and patron ized them and made them feel that they were an inferior lot of citizens of different blood, but he has suc ceeded in making them understand that they were actually “brothers” working in a common cause, and this, by the way. is no small job. Dr. Cof fin is also a professor at Union Theo logical Seminary, in New York, where he helps train the students to do his kind of a job in real man-fashion. His seven-minute address on social service at the great missionary con ference in Edinburg, Scotland, two years ago, was one of the big features of this gathering nf world lead* Thirty-five negro commissioners are’ in the three assemblies. As 41 invitations have come to the hospital ity committee from local people, ne groes, of course, stating that they wish to entertain "negro commissioners only,” it relieves this committee of some embarrassment, and it ©lao^ means that the negro commissioners will be made comfortable. There’s a very remarkable trans formation taking place in the sub jects being discussed nt these As sembly meetings. In former da /s considerable time was consumed m the presentation of abstract theories, concerning theological questions and matters of law and procedure. Now it must be admitted that theology and law’ are perfectly proper sub jects to be talked about in a church convention, and those now in session in Atlanta will spend some time in discussing them. But there’s a disposition to de part not only from these subjects, but also from mere “inspirational addresses.” “We’re tired of inspira tional addresses—we want to know how to get on the Job.’’ was the way a Presbyterian elder put it. And this expresses precisely what the Assemblies are doing. Even some of the laymen and the trained sociologists are being Jolted by the way that -committees and commis sioners of the Assembly taJk about “efficiency experts,” "purchasing agent*,' “survey work,” “publicity campaigns" and similar subjects. The exhibits of the various boards of the Church at this Assembly equal any and excsl most of the purely so ciological exhibitions of recent days in any city in tho United States*. They may not be so extensive, al- , though this is due entirely to the lack ' of space, but in quality they have ) not been beaten. The expert staff j men on these boards in charge of I special departments are recognixed I as the equal of men employed bv z purely social service agencies. In deed. they are often consulted as ex perts by these agencies. All this is a hopeful sign of the times. While warmly sympathetic toward the, more emotional side »f religion known as “evangelistic work,” these men are demonstrating that a religion which is concern.” 1 about the hereafter may at the samr time be Interested in the affairs »f the here and now. Awaiting the Joyful Sound The Wonderful Musie That Bursts Forth When the Stork Arrivss. | That funny little brassy cry that I echoes the arrival of the new baby is RICHMOND’S GRAND JURY FAVORS SALARY SYSTEM AUGUSTA, GA.. May 14.—The Richmond Gounty Grand Jury has recommended that the Solicitor of the City Court and the Solicitor Gen eral of *he Superior Court be placed on salaries of $3,000 each, instead of receiving fees. The county Ls losing at least $10,000 a year, it is estimat ed. because of the fee system in these offices. Lor The modera- - rk will then 1" rament of t will be adtuinistere tor and temporary < elected. Several commissioners are promi nently mentioned for moderator, but there are no candidates. It is likely that at least four cuminissioners will be placed in nomination, and that several ballots will be necessary. Special interest centers about re ports regarding the possibility of the union of the churches and the basis upon which this union might be ef fected. Little rnoie will be done bj this assembly. It is not likely that a positive step toward a merger will be taken at this time. perhaps the most cherished remem- i branoe of our fives And thousands of ! happy mothers owe their preservation to health and strength to Mother’s Friend. This is an external remedy that is ap plied to the abdominal muscles. It re lieves all the tension, prevents tender- j ness and pain, enables the muscles to expand gently, and, when baby comes, the muscles relax naturally, the form is preserved without laceration or other accident. You will find Mother's Friend on sale at almost any drug store, as It is one of the standard, reliable remedies that grandmothers everywhere have relied upon. With Its daily use during the period of expectation, there is no weakness, no nausea, no morning slcknese, no pain. ii»tres8 or strain of any kind. Its in fluence 1s truly remarkable, as it pene trates the tissues and renders them pliant and easily governed by the de mands of nature You will be surprised at Its wonderful effect and w'hat a grateful relief it affords Especially to young women Mother's Friend is one of the greatest of all help ful Influences. You will find this wonderful remedy on sale at the store where you trade, or they will get it for you. It Is prepared by Brad field Regulator Company- 136 Umar Building. Atlanta. Ga write them for a very valuable book to ex pectant mothers. 1 "Law Brothers for Quality" 1 Straws! TT'S hipli time to “get 1 busy’’ and choose yours! A season of “new things” in Straw Hats—this store, as us ual, is ready to meet every demand. Stylish Straws for men and young men. Sennits and Splits $2.01) to $5,110 Bangkoks and Panamas $6.00 and $6.50 Elegant New $1.50 Shirts! \\/E direct special at- ** tention to our window display of gen tlemen^ $1.50 Shirts— a modest price—but a collection of Summer Negligees that are styl ish and worthy through and through, from the world’s foremost shirt- makers. See them and you'll buy them! The New Oxfords A LL the new styles, inclu ding the popular English rubber heel and sole oxfords— the prices range from $4 to $6. , St* Our Window Display,