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THE ATLANTA WEOKUIAN OU'NKWS. Eh*lDAY, MAY 1(>. 191H.
Four Great Presbyterian Branches
Reject Movement Because
Time Is Not Ripe.'
All doubt was dispelled as to the
possibility of union this year of jthe
four great branches of the Presbyte
rian Church when their representa
tives for the first time in the history
of the world gathered in a monster
mass meeting at the Auditorium
Thursday night.
Speculation, rife as to the combi
nation of the four groat bodies since
the opening r.i the meetings, was
quickly turned into realization. The
verdict was: No organic union will
be consummated at this time.
The vast audience fairly bristled
with stand-patters, those who could
never part with their own doctrinal
beliefs. And yet. even at this his
toric assembly there was indicated
far out on the horizon of future ac
tivity the union which now is im
possible. ,«. T.
At present the unanimous desire is
for union of spirit and the chief
topics taken by the many speakers
at the meeting was this.
Throughout the addresses the
building rang with praise as world-
famous Presbyterians took the pul
pit for short addresses. Intermit
tently hymns were sung by the
thousands present.
Atlanta Pastor Presides.
The Rev. R. O. Flinn. of Atlanta,
presided. Dr. \V. P. Jacobs, of Clin
ton, S. C., pronounced the invoca
tion, after which Dr. G. A. Beattie, of
Atlanta, presented the famous gavel
made from the wood of four of the
oldest Presbyterian theological sem
inaries to the Assembly.
“In case there is ever a union be
tween the four churches, this gavel
will be prophetic,” said Dr. Beattie
In presenting it.
J. K. Orr. welcoming the Presby-
terfr.ns in the name of Atlanta, said:
"'While some of you haven’t been
down here*"since the war. .still, now
that you are. we welcome you. We
are glad to know that the prodigal
has returned.”
A strong plea for a national Chris
tian movement was made by Dr. T. S.
Clyce, retired moderator of the
Southern Assembly. Dr. Clyce urged
tWat the great Presbyterian Church
be the force behind such a project.
•\Ye should have greater power for
religion in the national life of the
world,” declared Dr. Clyce. “Our na
tion should wield a moral force for
good over the ^lobe. It remains for
those who believe that God controls
the nation to save America and the
world.”
Organic union was the subject
taken by Dr. Hugh H. Bell, of San
Francisco retired moderator of the
United Presbyterians. Dr. Bell’s ad
dress was a strong argument in favor
of such a combination.
“We are not disagreed on the deity
of Christ,” said Dr. Bell. "We are
not disagreed upon the importance of,
missions. We must not crucify a
Christ because of our doctrinal dif
ferences.”
Future Union Predicted.
Following on the heels of Dr. Bell’s
address came that of Dr. Mark A.
Matthews, retired moderator of the
Northern Assembly, which prognosti
cated with emphasis an organic union
ir. the near future.
Immense enthusiasm greeted James
MacDonald, of The Toronto Globe,
when he arose to speak. Mr. Mac
Donald spoke on the international as
pect of the church.
Reformed Synod to •
Hold Daily Meetings
The first meeting of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Synod com
missioners will be held Friday morn
ing at 11 o’clock at the Associate Re
formed Church at Whitehall Street
and Whitehall Terrace. Dr. J. C.
Galloway, of Gastonia, N. C., chair
man of the board of home missions,
will preside. Following this meeting
there will be a series of conferences
Friday and Saturday mornings, the
Rev. J. G. Kennedy, of Charlotte, N.
C.. presiding.
The church finance committee will
meet Monday, led by E. C. Stuart, of
Bartow, Fla. Tuesday there will oe
a conference on home missions, with
the Rev. Ira S. Caldwell, synodical
evangelist, of Charlotte, as leader.
The closing conferenee will be held
on Wednesday on Sabbath school
work. The Rev. W. A. McAulay, of
Spartanburg. S. C„ will preside.
Titanic Wreck Cuts
White Star Profits
LONDON, May 16.—The report of
the White Star Company for 1812 says
the results for that year showed
very much reduced profits, owing to
the loss of the Titanic. Much money
had to be expended on the Olympic
because of the Titanic disaster, and
the big liner had to be withdrawn
(turn serviie while the changes were
bemg made. Costly labor troubles
were also blamed.
According to the report the profits
for the year were $4,331,460. The
final balance showed $302,675.
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Dr. John T. Stone Described by
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Intensely Dramatic Scene at His Nomination
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Of Rome Wrecked
High Tribute Is Paid to New
Head of the Presbyterian
Church, U. S. A.
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was a stampede toward big. honest
John Stone that was irresistible.
Four candidates had been presents.1
—Alexander. Palmer. McKibbin, John
stone—this was the regularly select'd
group whose names had been hurl?d
back and forth for months in tno
newspaper and in the personal dis
cussions.
Everybody thought that the list had
been completed, and everybody was
getting ready to vote, the chances ap
parently being in favor of Alexander,
of Pittsburg, with Palmer, of Colum
bus, a close second. Jl was thought
by some thut either McKibbin or
Johnstone might prove to be a com
promise candidate, although there did
not appear to be great enthusiasm for
either.
Then the thing happened. Dr. W.
R. King, of Monmouth, Ill., whom few
in the Assembly knew, and whose
name was scarcely heard as the mod
erator presented him, began in a very
unusual way to place a candidate in
nomination.
“I shall present the name of a man
who does not know that he is to be
nominated.” he said
Good joke, thought the commis
sioners, and they laughed.
"There isn’t a man in the entire
Assembly, excepting myself. who
knows whom I am to nominate.” King
continued.
This was rich. Whcvhad ever heard
of such simplicity and such faith in
a Providence: Who could direct the
election of a moderator without hav-
At the top
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Theodore
L.
Jimerson,
a
full-blooded
Indian
delegate
pecial Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, May 16.—Three severe
earthquake shocks wen felt to-day
in the province of Latium, within a
dozen milts of this city.
At Frascati! and CasteNRomann
many buildings were wrecked and
the inhabitants were thrown into
panic*. v
A report from the quake zone stat
ed that a number of other villages
suffered.
It is f feared there was loss of life.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next isstre will soil
goods. Try it!
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Pointing an
admonitory
finger is
Rev. W. M.
Holderby,
the “fighting
parson ’ ’
of
Philadelphia.
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ing the thing set up by expert poli
ticians? And the Assembly laughed
some more.
"This man has no claim upon the
Assembly.”
Remarkable! Most of the other
nominators had told why the Assem
bly would be everlasting guilty of in
gratitude unless it elected their can
didates.
"But the Assembly has claims upon
him.”
Then many a man began to breathe
hard, because there are lots of com
missioners who feel that way about
themselves, and they thought that
maybe the moderatorship lightning
was now surely to strike them.
Lauds His Candidate.
"My candidate is as gentle as John
as fervidly evangelistic as Timothy—”
hut the rest was lost in the tremen
dous applause w'hich followed.
It was something about "Peter” and
a “rock." but the commissioners had
already caught the signifleaftee of the
allusion and the name of Stone was
shouted all over the Assembly.
Dr. John Timothy Stone, pastor of
the Fourth Presbyterian Church of
Chicago, will give the Presbyterian
Church an administration which will
make the church known the country
over as big and broad and yet pro
foundly evangelistic—to those, of
course, who do not already know that
it is that. For those are the things
for w r hich Stone has always stood.
Some time ago I was riding with
a teamster in a country road in
Northern New York. The driver was
not a* church man, but he soon dis
covered that I was a preacher.
"Do you know John Timothy
Stone?" he asked.
"Yes,” I replied,
teamster.
The Teamster’s Tribute.
"Well he’s one man,” remarked the
Dr. Sione had once been a pastor
somewhere in that section and the
whole countryside came to know' him
as the* Presbyterian Assembly knew
him yesterday. This teamster talked
about Stone for an hour as we rode
along.
Dr. Stone was formerly in Balti
more—pastor of Brown Memorial
Church. Then he was called to
Chicago. Now he’s putting up a big
$700,000 church In a downtown sec
tion of the city, where he will work
for Lhe everyday needs of the peo
ple, in the midst of one of the most
difficult fields in America.
When Stone was called from Balti
more to become the pastor of this Chi
cago church -he was frankly told by
his friends that there was no field in
this district in Chicago for the build
ing up of a religious enterprise. He
has amply demonstrated the fallacy
of this prediction. Fourth Church is
crowded at every preaching service
and the unusual thing about it is that
there are hundreds of people upon a
"waiting list” wrho are eager to be
come members of the church. The
group of men who are standing by
Dr. Stone in this enterprise are among
the finest in America.
But what about the situation that
this church with its enlarged oppor
tunities will be compelled to deal
with? Its big job will be that of
Christianizing the conditions in a
community which has in it every
problem confronting any church in
any great metropolitan district. If
Fourth Church can make an impress
upon the life of this community, and
if ft can lead the way in demonstrat
ing that a thoroughly evangelistic ap
peal may be coupled up with a dis
tinct social message, it will perform
one of the greatest services for the
church at T^rge that have yet be*»ri
rendered. This, it has been deter
mined, shall-ibe done.
CHAMBERLIN-JOHNSON-DuBOSE CO.
ATLANTA NEW YORK PARIS
Take the Dining Room End of
This Furniture Store—
as an example of how it is prepared to help you. Here are:
—Mahogany Sheraton Sets.
—Mahogany Colonial Sets.
—Fumed Oak Sets, wliic h include the Mission, the
Craftsman, the Jacobean Sets.
—Mahogany William and Mary Sets, with their quaint
lines and oddly paneled china cabinets.
—Mahogany Chinese Chippendale Sets, parodoxical as
it may seem, in a new antique finish.
—And other and other Sets—all of which point to the
fact that we have gathered here this spring such a compre
hensive stock of furniture that it would seem that every one
would find here .just what one wanted.
This is true for those who seek inexpensive but sub
stantial furniture and those who want none but the finest.
Prices begin on these dining room sets at $250.00, and
go gradually up to over the thousaml-dollar mark.
Do you not think it worth your while to see such a
magnificent stock as this ?
“Over the Hills and Far Away”
There is many a quiet and restful little spot tucked away
among the mountains or down by a cool, clear lake, that would he
an ideal summer vacation place—if you only knew where such a
spot was.
Mr. Foster
These people know, the chances are they have been there, that
they can give you first-hand information about it.
Hut whether you would spend vour vacation ip a quiet spot
or a .gay summer resold, The Ask Mr. Foster will be of help to
you. They have all the facts about traveling, and there is no
charge whatever, there is no obligation incurred—just ask ques
tions.
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Saturday Extra Specials
Hats 98c
Worth Up to
$3.©0arid $4.00
Dresses, $4.90
Worth Up to
$12.50 and $15.00
o’clock Saturday
$1.00 Shirtwaists
at . . . 39c
Bleached Sheets;
full size; each 29c
Yard-wide
Blaching; yd. 5c
English Long-
cloth; bolt . 55c
Other Extra Bargains
Ladies’ Long Silk Gloves; white
and colors; per
pair
69c
Ladies’ Silk Hose in black and col
ors; May Sale;
pair
25c
Men’s Porous Knit Underwear; per
^r’U, 25c
Men’s White Hemstitched Hand
kerchiefs; May Sale
price
3c
Refrigerators
and
Ice Boxes
A carload of new Refrig
erators and Ice Boxes to
sell at bargain prices quot
ed below. All are standard
makes and warranted to
give satisfaction:
REFRIGERATORS—
30-lb. ice capacity. $ 6.90
40-lb. ice capacity... 8.90
50'lb. ice capacity... 9.90
75-lb. ice capacity... 11,90
100-lb. ice capacity.. 13.90
ICE BOXES—
50 -lb. ice capacity...$ 4.90
75-lb. ice capacity... 6.90
100-lb. ic* capacity.. 9.90
Maga
zine
Stands
60c
Large
Size,
4-Shelf
Style;
Like Cut
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Great Purchase and Sale of
PORCH FURNITURE
We have just secured 687 Porch Chairs
and Rockers at LESS THAN AC
TUAL COST OF MANUFACTURE. They
go on sale to-morrow at $1.98 for choice.
They are just the same as you will see
priced elsewhere at $4.00*and $5.00. Come
early!
Porch Chairs
Solid Oak Porch Chair, as
illustrated, Early English,
Flemish or" green finish;
extra strongly made ....
Porch Rockers
8olid Oak Porch Rocker,
as illustrated, Early Eng
lish, Flemish or green
finish; extra strongly
made
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Solid Oak Porch Swing, Mis
sion Oak style; complete with
chains and hooks;
May Sale price .
$1.98
8xl2-foot Jap Matting Art
Squares; worth $5.00;
May ffcQ
Sale * . <$£,90
Full double bed size 120-coil
All-Steel Spring; sold elsewhere
at $2.50; our price
only
Babies' Go-Carts; all
Eteel and leather; one-
motion collapsible
“style;” $10.00 value;
this
sale . .
$4.95
986
Shades on Best Spring Roll
ers;
lers;
only
18c
We Give
Green
Trading
Stamps
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Mitchell
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