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THE ATLANTA OEORGT\N AND NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 15
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nj!l CHURCH ASSEMBLIES
DOWN TO REAL WORK
Continued From Page 1.
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nu*t*tit
in th<»
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k»-• ;tr< public. and an* merejy
naturr of "grl-together" gath-
of value* for the spirit of fel-
nd friendship which they
Dr,
Maitland Alexander, of Pitts
burg, Makes Religion a
Daily-Life Affair.
engender.
The Rev Richard <>rmo Klinn, pa»-
tor of tlie North Avenue Presbyterian
(’Lurch, will serve as chairman of tho
Thursday night meeting. J. K. Orr,
chairman of the local committee on
arrangements, will deliver a "Word of
Welcome" to the visiting commlsslon-
Make the church take the plac
of the dance halls and other ones
tionable places of amusement.
?rs.
Fight-minute talks, under the head
tings," will be de-
S. Clyce, of Hher-
J. H. Preafly, of
Dr. Hugh Bell, of
Dr Mark Mat-
of "Fraternal Gre
llvered by Dr. T.
man, Texas; Rev
Statesville, N. C.;
San Franeinco, and
thews, of Seattle.
The feature address of the evening,
and one that It awaited with consid
erable interest by the Presbyterians,
will be delivered by J. A. McDonald,
managing editor of the Toronto (Pan
ada) Globe. Mr. McDonald will speak
on "The Church’s Responsibility for
International Peace." Mr. McDonald
takes the place of Secretary of State
William .1 Bryan., who was unable to
come to Atlanta.
We Sett Lonsdale Bleached Domestic iOc Yard
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Executive Committee of Southern
Assembly Declares Growth of
Work Calls for Big Increase.
FRIDAY
Make the church a seven-day-
a-week Institution.
Make the church supply some
of the needs In the bare lives of
the working girl and the working
man. j
Make the "right hand of fel
lowship” more than a sounding
phrase; make It a helping hand.
Make religion a human, tangible,
daily-life affair—not a mass of
theology and dogmas of which one
may think only on Sundays, if at
all.
These are some of the precepts fol
lowed by Rev. Dr. Maitland Alexan
der in building up one of the fore
most and most; successful institution
al churches In America, the First
Presbyterian Church of Pltlshurg.
Dr Alexander is one of the promi
nent figures at the Presbyterian As
sembly in Atlanta. He had been men
tioned as the leading candidate lo
succeed Dr. Mark A. Matthew** as
moderator of the Northern Assembly
for days before the Presbyterians en
tered Atlanta. Hi* represent* the con-
•ervatlve element in the doctrinal di
vision.
What He Has Accomplished.
And here are some of the things
that he has accomplished in ois
church:
Organized elubs in the church
of between 500 and 600 depart-
Hope of Union of Three
Seen in Joint Assembly
It is considered probable that the
feeling of good fellowship engendered
by the Atlanta meeting will ultimate
ly result in the uniting of all the fac
tions and divisions of Presbyterian
ism into one great body the dream
of Presbyterians for years.
The commissioners who will meet
in Atlanta, however, have no power
to effect th«» union of the South
ern and the Pnited Presbyterians,
according to Dr. J. K McClurkin, of
Pittsburg, Pa., chairman of the com
mittee on union.
"The commissioners to the two as
semblies,’’ said T>r. McClurkin today,
"can only indorse the proposed union.
While it is possible that the union
! will, In time, be effected, it can not
! be done at the Atlanta meeting, and
can not'possibly be done in less than
year.
The
•ommlssloners who are here
now must indorse the movement, and ;
then II must go to all the presbyteries
in the United States affiliating with |
either of the divisions of the church
for discussion and consideration. The j
commissioners to the next gathering i
probably will bo Instructed by their
presbyteries how to vote on the prop
osition.
The first meeting of the United
Presbyterians was held Wednesday
night at 8 o’clock, at the Central j
Presbyterian <’hurch. Dr. H. H. Bell,
of San Francisco, moderator of the
United Presbyterians, preached the
opening sermon, and the remainder
of the evening session was devoted ro
the organization of the assembly, the
receiving of commissioners, election
of a moderator and routine business.
Thursday morning the United Pres- j
byterians got down to active busi
ness. Several important committee
reports and the naming of the assem
bly committees were scheduled for
the Thursday sessions.
ment store* girls.
Gathered more than 400 of
Pittsburg's laborers every Sun
day at his weekly workingmen’s
meetings.
Organized 350 of the working
married women into sewing and
social clubs.
K.tablished a nursery with
trained nurses in attendance to
take rare el' the children while
the mothers have a chance for a
f«*w minute** rest and recreation.
Founded an industrial school in
connection with the church and
has more than 400 children en
rolled.
Organized classes in millinery,
dressmaking and domestic science
for the girls and industrial classes
for the boys.
opened the church between It
o’clock and 2 o'clock every day
during which time the girls from
the department stores and fac
tories may flock in there for their
rest hour and to eat their noon
luncheons. 9
Installed reading rooms for tho
working girls and young men.
Taken care that a religious ele
ment is co-ordinated with each
and all of the human service ac
tivities.
"I believe that the church not only
should preac h the gospel of helping
one’s fellowman. but that It should
set the example before tile world by
going out Into the highways and by
ways and lending assistance and sym
pathy wherever possible,” said Dr.
A lexander
Devctes All His Time.
He was asked how much time he
had been compelled to demote to his
work lo bring these tilings, to pass
in his Pittsburg church
‘It tak^s work,” lie replied. "I
have worked >’ week* to tho year.
7 da> s to ; week an! I wouldn’t
dare tell you how many hours to
the day
We have membership in the
church of about 1,700. We have an
enrollment of 1.400 in our Sunday
school. Wo naturally feel somewhat
proud of the rapid growth our church
has enjoyed. 1 ascribe* it to the ex
panding interpretation of the real
duties of the church. The church has
not only to preach, it must do.
The time has passed v hen it is
sufficient for a preacher to mount
his pulpit on Sunday, expatiate on a
fe\v„ doctrinal points of his particular
creed, make >*omc pastoral calls dur
ing the week and call his work well
done
This is tin* era of service to one’s
fellowman The sooner the churches
of the world appreciate this, the more
rapidly they will grow "
Sermon Opens Assembly
Of Southern Presbyterians
By MAMIE BAYS.
The fifty-third General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church In tho
United States, familiarly known as
the Southern Presbyterian Church,
opened this morning at II o’clock in
North Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Rev. T. S. Clyce, D. I of Sher
man, Texas. retiring moderator,
preached the sermon, which marked
the opening of the Assembly. The
text upon which the sermon was
hos«‘d \\#is 1 shall he satisfied when
1 awoke with Thy likeness." Psalm
xvii: 15.
Dr. Clvce dealt first with the mis
taken Ideals of many men as the
source of happiness and showed how
impossible it
Georgia Man Heads
Laymen's Movement
The officers of the Daymen's Mis
sionary Movement of the Southern
Presbyterian Church elected for rhe
coining year are the following
Charles A. Rowland. Athens. Go
chairman; K. H Scharrlnghau
Knoxville, vice chairman; M. McH.
Hull. Atlanta, recording secretary; H
H. Linton. Athens. Gu.. treasurer.
The executive committee elected a*
his time consists of seventeen men,
Is for things sensual
and purely temporary to bring happi
ness. The reason he assigned for this
is that liic soul Is made for God and
the world can not fill its desires, be
cause the very consciousness of im
mortality cries out for God. and only
that conception of life which takes
into consideration fhe unending years
beyond the grave is worthy an im
mortal being, for the soul possesses
possibilities for growth and happi
ness that can not be conceived In this
world.
Foundation for Love.
"The soul must have some founda
tion,” he said, "on which to build its
faith a foundation which is not it
self subject to mutation, but some
thing ns enduring as its ow n iinmor
talttv And ns satisfying as Its own
capacity for humpiness.
"God alone is the soul's infinite
necessity an.d its eternal satisfaction.
A change of Heart is absolutely nec
essary to this blessedness. Kven the
soul which has experienced the won
! derful change of regeneration is not
j satisfied until it Itas the assuranc *
j of God.
“Christ came to lift the world out
of sin and to bring it hack to God.
The soul in which Mich a change is
J wrought by the new birth restlessly
pursues greater blessedness. The
foretastes of Heaven already received
Have awakened new desires. The child
of God is progressive; he never
reaches his journey’s end’ until he
gets to Heaven.
Happiness at Death.
"At death tin* child of God will be
superlatively happy, but this will not
be the time when the soul shall say,
1 am satisfied.' The resurrection
will he the time when the redeemed
I sold shall realize its eternal satisfac
tion.
'Elds blessedness is limited to thoso
I who behold His face In righteousness,
j It remains for the banished soul to
! f-. *1 and thus know what it means to
j be lost. It shall never be satisfied
— never at rent.
“Simple indeed is the lesson. Men
I may work hard and long to draw up
riches, pleasures and joys from the
deep and dark sea of life; but it will
be-a night of failure and disappoint
ment until they see Jesus revealed in
heavenly light on the shore.
"The folly of the ages Is an immor
tal soul in the search for happims.-
rushing madly beyond Christ. What,
supreme folly when the church of
Jesus Christ preaches another gos
pel or offers another remedy lor th»*
fearful restlessness of the sinner.
"There in nothing for the race this
side or beyond Christ. Christ is the
soul’s infinite necessity, tlie soul’s
eternal satisfaction.
"And every soul is restless and must
forever remain re&»tles» until it rests
in Hint. I shall be satisfied when
awatie with Thy likeness.’ ’’
The sacrament of the Lord’s Sup
per was administered immediately af
ter the sermon.
A request that $440,000 be appro
priated for home mission work dur
ing the coming year is contained in
the annual report of the executive
committee on home missions of the
Southern Assembly, made public
Thursday. The report places the
amount expended last year at $151,-
799.61, and declares the. growth of
tin* work necessitates the increase.
Particular attontion is paid by the
report to the work in the Southern
mountains, !n prisons and among the
negroes and alien races.
The prison work is a new depart
ment, in charge of George Crabtree,
prison evangelist. A number of mis
sions have been established in
Southern prisons.
The report takes up the work in the
mountains in detail. During the past
year, because of the falling health of
the Rev. JO. <). Guerrant, this work
has been in charge of the Rev. \V. E
Hudson. Forty-two mountain schools
and missions have been maintained,
with 129 teachers and 3,250 pupils.
The church owns mountain property
valued at $411,000.
"In Arkansas, Oklahoma. Texas and
New Mexico." says the report, "the
Southern church has only 40,000 com
municants, or one to every 200 inhab
itants. The doors rtf opportunity are
open wide in this field, and the only
need is men and money to make the
largest use of the opportunities.’’
The work done among the negro**
and alien races is told in the report.
Missions have been established for
Italians. Cubans, Bohemians, Hunga
rians, Russians and Germans, and
the work is meeting with success.
There are 22 churches in the Mexican
Presbytery, with 1,200 communicants,
served by four American and six na
tive pastors.
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ewewy- mmmtm
ol Wash Goods
Begins at 8:30 Friday
10c Dress Ginghams, 1 choice
12‘c Dress Ginghams,
15c Cotton Serges,
15c 32-inch Madras,
15c Figured Sateens,
15c So id Sateens,
15c Striped Tissues,
15c Solid Tissues,
DR. CRAWFORD STUDYING
WITH VIENNA SPECIALISTS
Dr. .1 F. Crawford, prominent At
lanta physician, is in Vienna for
six-month stay, studying under sev
eral renowned European specialist's.
He left Atlanta two months ago t*>
tour Europe as a recreation, but op
portunity to work under celebrated
brain specialists was prosen Led and
Dr. Crawford abandoned pleasure for
study.
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Absorene
Best Man Deserts
Groom-To-Be; Weds
DOUGLAS. GA . May 15, Wlou!
Dr. J. R. Smith, a leading Douglas
physician, arrives here with his bride
from Bladen, N. C.. where he was
married this week, he will find Dr. ll
M. Turrentine and his bride happily j
settled in their new home enjoying
the novelty of housekeeping.
Dr. Smith and Dr. Turrentine loft
here together last Sunday night for
Bladen. Dr. Turrentine to be best
man at Dr. Smith’s wedding. How
ever, when they reached Atlanta, Dr.
Turrentine deserted the bridegroom
to-be. called on Miss Emma Wofford,
of 26 Alaska Avenue, escorted her to
Justice Orr’s court, where they were
married, and returned to Douglas
with his bride, leaving Dr. Smith to
continue his Journey to Bladen minus
a best man.
Dr. Turrentine is a prominent den
tist here. IBs bride was formerly aj
clerk with the Pittsburg Plate Glass j
Company in Atlanta.
CHILDREN’S HAT SALE
With Prices One-Hall and Less
Emphatic price cuts upon
every trimmed hat in our
Children’s and Misses’ Sec
tion.
Beautiful Hats that ^ P*
have been $10 and
$12.50, in this sale
Fine Hats for little tots, also sturdy AA
smart School Hats—to $4.00
In all the latest
Wasil styles for ages 1
through G years—
50c
Hats
Ratines, Piques and
Reps
UP =
10c Huck Towels, 7 l-2c Each-Dozen, 90c
“A White Sale
99
Children’s Muslin Underwear. Save
Money and Buy BEST Garments.
GOWNS FOR 2 THROUGH 12 YEARS.
Made in low, high or V neck styles of soft
est nainsook and nice cambric—em- /flj O/-'*
broidered and lace trimmed. jff C§(f
Snecial at
DRAWERS FOR 2 THROUGH 6 YEARS.
Fine Cambric 25c drawers trimmed with em
broidery ruffle. Special at,
pair
i9c
Smart Little French Dresses =
Por ages 2 through 6 years.
Surely there is'no reason
for “making up” the little
girls’ white dresses when we
will sell you these lovely
French styles so very cheap.
&t any rate you ought to see
them! _
Prices $1.25, $1.50 and $2.50
New “Gretchen” Dresses
A delightful collection of
dresses for ages 6 months, 1,
2 and 3 years, fashioned of
extremely fine lawns and
batistes trimmed with Bebe
embroideries and laces.
Prices $1.25, $1.50 and $2.50,
Yoke Dresses for “Shorts”
The baby’s first short
dresses are usually made in
yoke style because so easily
laundered. We present
dresses in the nicest quali
ties of nainsook, lawn and
batiste, beautifully made.
Prices 50c to $5 each.
t *
the Money
Saver
CAN or two of Absorene
will often save the cost oi
repapering or redecorat
ing. Besides the same can will
clean window shades, art objects, etc., in
fact, it will remove the dirt and
grime from anything cleanable.
Wall Paper Cleaner
works different than the other cleaners—
it is a sponge-like substance that has a
wonderful power of absorbing dirt. It
literally eats dirt. No hard rubbing, no
preparing, and it makes no litter. It can
not injure either the hands or the most
delicate fabric. Just try Absorene. Try
it today. Try it on the smoky ceiling or
to remove dirt spots from the parlor window
shades just as n test. A lprge cau only 15c.
For Sale by
JACOBS’ I’HAkMACY CO.
If you have anything to sell adver
se in The Sunday American. Lar-
10 Stores
tise in The Sunday American. Lar- » « »mf o Makers
gest circulation of any Sunday news- AbSOrClie Mlg. §t. Louis, Mo.
paper in the South.
Maker}i of H It H Point ('leaner— tied ('edar Meal
•■e presenting six State
COURT INJUNCTION ENDS
ICE WAR iN CHATTANOOGA
White City Park Now Open
< HATTANOOGA. TENN . May 15.
'h< action of Uhanoeilor T. M. Me-
’ornell in granting an injunction to
•■strain tho Southern Ice Company
ini the Atlantic ice and Goal For-
■oration from selling ice below cost
as ended the local ice war. The po-
ition was filed by th< Ridgedale Ice
ompany
Graduating exercises,
Southern ■ Dental College,
Grand Opera House to
\\ night at 8 o’clock. Public! 1
'invited.
A Profitable Summer
For Your Boy
The liiverside Naval Academy, in the
Blue Bulge foothills, on placid Lake War
ner. solves tin* loug-varation question.
Life on the water, learning to swim, dive, man a
boat, etc., under direction of a
graduate naval instructor.
Expert coaching in sports of o\
— Enough serious study t
deficiencies or to insurt
standing. Cadets live ir
IS YOUR MEMORY GOOD?
If it is, you haven’t forgotten that SAT
URDAY IS THE LAST DAY on
which you can join our Christmas
hih
Travelers Bank & Trust Co.
to
floored water-proof
tents or in perfectly
appointed dormitories,
as preferred. .Magnifi
cently equipped dining
hall.
Kiglit weeks session
begins .1 u n e 26th.
Charges $100. Uni
forms. $20 No extras.
For eats log. address
RIVERSIDE
vv.i ACADEMY
Bpx ? Vi*’ rlr ’ c Ga.
Sensational Sale! Suits
Best Wool Tailored Suits
From Highest Class Makers
Some $30.00 Suits
Some $27.50 Suits
Some $25.00 Suits
Some $22.50 Suits
Some $19.75 Suits
While they last, Fri
day, one day only
Choice
REMARKABLE SUIT BARGAINS THESE!
Don't come here with the idea that you are getting re
jected, shop-worn suits. Every one of the 96 suits is a
very new, late style; some Balkan Blouses, some cuta
ways, some belted backs, some regulations; materials are
best Ratines, Serges, Bedfords, Shepherd Checks and
mixtures; linings of softest peau de cygne. We have only
96 to sell at this price, so hurry if you want one. Values
to $30.00; while they j r«?£»
last «p.I.‘xe I *9
Juniors’ Reps and
Pique Presses
Sizes 13-15-17. Made in smart, girlish
one-piece models, with colored collar and
cuff's. $4.50 values at each*
$2.98
‘Play lime” Garments for Infants
and Children
Play Dresses With Knickers
Every child from two to six years
ought to have a full supply of
these good-looking and sensible
gjngham and chambray dresses
with knickerbockers attached.
Values sold everywhere at $1.50.
Our price each.
WE CHARGE LESS FOR ALTERATIONS:
A Sensation for Women in Blue Lin-
enc Dresses Embroidered In White
Think of buying at $1.95 a charming dress—
new, fresh, just out of the box, and worth three
times the price! Excellent grade of fast color
linene in new blue shades, embroidered collar,
cuffs and all down the front in white scallops
and flower motifs. They'll sell out as soon as
seen at $1.95 for choice.
Another big shipment of Wool Skirts, smartest j
styles and fabrics. Up to $9.00;
Choice )
Rompers and
Creepers
For ages six
months through
six years, made
of best qualities
of fast color
cham brays,
check ginghams
and of white and
colored seersuck
ers. Special at
50c
Btoenitts, Sizes 2 Through 8
$4.S J <5
Put these colored Bloomers on
the children and let them play,
saving injury to their white pet
ticoats and drawers and labor
for the washerwoman. Special
price
A Silk Glove and Hosiery Dayj
To-morrow, Friday, we place on sale two
Silk
. immense shipments of the splendid
Gioves and Hose for which we are justly fa
mous.
SILK HOSE 47c
G-ordon and Conquer
or brands of pure-
thread Silk Stockings
in white, black, tan.
High’s Special
price, pair
$1 Long Gloves 69c.
Sixteen-button length
heavy, pure silk, dou
ble finger tipped
gloves, white, black,
champagne. High’s
$1 special,
at, pair
Cut-Price
!n Parasols
We held up the manufac
turer and bought beautiful |
new Pongees, Bordered Taf- j
fetas, solid blue and green !
Taffetas in the correct spring
shades, new white linen
Parasols at one-third less
than regular—yours to-mor
row, for choice
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