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A THOUGHT
I have learned, In whatsoever state I am, there
with to ba content.—Phil. 4(11.
He la happy whose circumstances suit his temper;
but he la more excellent who can suit his temper to
any circumstance. —Hume.
QUIPS: By Robert Quillen
Another food memory teat la the effort to be a
law-abiding citizen.
Conservatism la safer, anyway. The leaves fall
quickly aftor they turn red.
Merely to howl for equality la to confess an In
feriority that Isn't entitled to It.
Don’t pity the missionary. Suppose his task was
to convert the heathen at home.
No country ever goes to the dogs. It Just goes
eventually to those who are treated as dogs.
Another argument against war is the hideous
atatuoe it pereuadee men to erect.
It le possible
to love a elow
thinker unleas he
Is abend of you
in a cafoterla.
The great American voter love* a smart man, it he
doesn't appear too darned einart.
To them that have shall be given. Control of alu
minum seems to provide considerable brass. •
A large part of Husain Is better off than It was
under the Czar. It's the part that Is dead.
It will be too bad If nations must take charge of
China again to get pay for war munltlona.
‘‘Americans will not tolerate tyrants,” declared n
public speaker. There spoke a bachelor.
With her present plane fleet France could lick
anybody If somebody would finance her.
Hi 111 an ash
tray looks about
ns well on a din
ing table aa a
toothpick holder.
There wasn't any patriotism until mankind split
Into two tribes that envied one another.
If malice makes It murder, and accident makes It
manslaughter, what does boredom make It?
Too many Europeans think the millennium will be
gin when America Is reedy to finance It.
To call some flappers ''chickens” Is to reveal con
siderable Ignorance concerning the nomenclature of
adult fowl.
Correct this eoutonce; "My husband,” said she,
"would rather go hunting with me than with men."
Handshakes »y Hai Cochran
AUK you one of the bunch that Is full of the
punch that makes men folks eeem really like
men? Are you full of the pep that haa brought
you a rep which lias aided you time and again?
In the work of the day or In hours of your play,
you your; elf can make everyone see If you're really
a man. None ever will pan any man who's a reg
uktr he.
Can you stand up and fight for the things that are
right. Are you willing to baek when you're wrong?
The right sort of fellow will never show yellow or
quit as he (ravels along. I
Try and hold your head high as the world travel*
by, and you'll find that tt really will pay. The things
that you do, and the thought Isn't new, count fpr
more than the things that you say.
Keek a stiff upper lip and put puneh In your grip
when you're shaking the hand of a friend. Make a
hand-nh: l." a lunge, not the squeeze of a sponge
and you'll come out on top In the end.
Foolish Fings By Tom Sims
Rome is planning a building SO stories high, the
top of which should be fin* for Roman candle shoot
ing
Kerman Kclohatag haa been dissolved. One of
tho i tilings last at long as a lump of sugar In hot
eoL're.
Mexico has elected n president, but not without
a shot.
Crossword puzzle* are popular now, perhaps because
you don't have to apeak Chinese to fool with them.
V.'o object to running around with s long-haired
girl because all ah# can say la "Must I bob It?"
Rite! news from Paris. George Lascelles, author,
la asking the women to dress sensibly. If they do,
they will look foolish.
Chicago woman rays he pawned her ring to buy
booze. Even bo, we refuse to say it was a rum ring.
New York woman of ?2 passed n bad cheek. Some
times witdot.i cemea with nge, and aometimes age
comes alone.
They claim a Wall Street man who stole a million
lost it, but It Isn't the custom.
Chicago Judge rule* a man can't hug a girl whll*
driving an auto; which Is all right, but suppose the
girl can't drive?
The world change*. When a girl quarrel* with her
lover these days she gets drunk instead of cry Ing. •
In Riga, Latvia, peaaants killed the tax collettor,
but we advise against such drastic measures.
A man In St. Louis bit a policeman on the ear. bu*
all of us can't live In Bt Lout*.
SHE FEARS FOR THE HOME.
THE kttchenet apartment la destroying family
life and lntcrests£*Wario G. Merrill warns the
Playground and Recreation Association,
Dlecussing the old-fashioned home, ehe says:
“Mother was not too busy to occasionally make can
dy or popcorn, and father and mother were not
above playing games which the children could en
joy.
“Nowadays a large percentage of our children live
In a place which has not much space between Its
four wall*. They come In at evening time. Mother
kills a couple of cans and they have dinner. A doof
Is opened and a bed drops down. Father and moth
er go out for recreation and the children hunt
theirs.”
Alas! this Is a true picture—but not In as many
homes as Is often feared. It Is temptingly easy to
observe a few homes that are such In name only,
and to Jump to the conclusion that these are typical.
Invention, modern Industry, high rents, changed
customs, the passing of alleys and large yards as
playgrounds—all these, Indeed, have changed home
life.
But the average home, for Instance, docs not live
out of a tin can any more than former generations
lived out of glass Jars. All cannot afford fresh fruit
or vegetables "out of season” and brought from afar.
Then tin can Is a blessing. It Is progress.
. - m
As regards the folding bed: If anyone prefers the
old-time mattress of coni husks and bedsprlngs of
rope, to the modern mattress and steel-col! springs,
welcome to It!
And we believe that Willie, building a radio while
pa and ma go to ft movie, Is quite ns well off as the
old-tlnio youngster who played tlddledeewlnks or
parcheest with pa and ma. And there »tlll are plen
ty of homes where mothers make candy and pop
corn.
The modern home has, undoubtedly, lost much. In
particular, Its outdoor surroundings—large open
spaces where youth can frolic and romp In abandon
and get plenty of fresh nir. Tho only substitute for
these, as long as parents are not wise enough to
raise their families In or near the country. Is the
pork or public playground. Wo cannot have too
many of them. Speed the work.
LITTLE THEATRE LEAGUE.
WORD comes that the Little Theatre League of
Atiguata la at work on Its new play, “Good
Gracious, Annabel," which Is to be present
ed soon. Rehearsals have been going on for a month
now, and the process of applying the finishing
touches Is In progress.
The Little Theatre League has come to mean
something to Auguata, In that It Is developing a
keener appreciation of the fin# points of stage work
and a similar organization has already been the
means of giving one Augusta girl an opportunity on
the New York stage. To say that such activities are
without value to the community Is to speak without
Information.
Composed of stars who made their names locally
In such productions as the Klks' Minstrels, the Fol
lies and other local talet shows, th* Little Theatre
League has the cream of the city's stage talent In Its
ranks. In Its first presentation, “Hurryl Hurry!
*.
Hurry!”, the Little Theatre League scored a great
success and sprung a dramatic surprise on the theat
rical ailtierenta of Augusta. Us second production,
“Seven Keys to Baldpate”, was a real triumph and
the source of hundreds of congratulatory remarks
by people who witnessed It.
The people of Augusta are looking forward with
much Interest to "Good Gracious, Annnbel,” and The
Herald freely predicts Its success In advance.
LA FOLLETTE A REPUBLICAN RED.
SENATOR JAMES A. REED, of Missouri, who
for several months has been out of the politi
cal game by reason of a protracted Illness, hns
at last been nblo to break silence and, while showing
the effects of his recent attack, nevertheless his old
fighting spirit got there In good form. He spoke In
Kansas City, Mo., and pledged his allegiance to the
state and national democratic ticket.
Senator Reed paid hia respects to both
and President Coolldge and denounced the Repub
lican administration for Its reactionary policies. He
spoke of Calvin Coolldge as the “Napoleon of about
Waterloo*'. He declared the president "has heark
ened to the reactionary element of the Republican
party which has represented the stnnd-putlsm of
capitalism.” He said he had no desire to say harsh
things about li-esldent Coolldge, whose committee
"has adopted the campaign slogan. ‘Calvin Coolldge,
cool as a cucumber.' nevertheless X am content thst
his friends. If they please, compare him with that
criminal of the garden (cucumber) which, being
entirely of seed and water, and complete
ly devoid of nil sustenance, produces only starva
tion In animals and colic In humans.”
l.aFollette, Independent candidate for president,
cams In for a share of Reed's scathing sarcasm. He
was denominated a “Republican Rod". LaKollette
during the World War was openly accused of trea
son on account of his un-American attitude. He
was "Invisible In war and Invincible In peace." Sen
ator Reed said that It was conceded that he would
carry from five to nine states where radicalism pre
vails. He Is now campaigning In the East where he
has no chance to carry any state, It Is said, but
where he may win votes. Reed said. "LaKollette will
not carry a single Democratic state,"
"After nil," the eetiator said, "the great questions
Involved In this election ere economic. They are
questions of prices and taxation. The republican
stands for high taxes for the benefit of trusts, for
low taxes upon the trust and combinations. ... A
vote for Coolldge Is a vote for low taxes upon great
Incomes. It Is a vote for the taxation of all the peo
ple for the benefit of the trusts and combinations of
America,"
rerhaps that's why the Scotch wear no trousers.
All of their trousers wore out years ago.
The fellow who has been hating to cut the weeds
will soon he hating to carry out the ashes.
Utopia must be some sort of a land where your
trousers last as long as your coat.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA,
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN J. P. WOOO
AND JUDGE CALLAWAY MADE PUBLIC
Augusta. Ga., Oct. 30, 1924.
Editor of The Augusta Herald,
Augusta, Georgia.
Dear Kir:
Will you please do me the
courtesy to publish the following
correspondence between Mr. J. P.
Wood and myself?
Thanking you for this courtesy,
I am,
Very truly yours,
E. H CALLAWAY.
Letter From Mr. Wood.
Augusta. Ga., Oct. 25, 1924.
Hon. E. H. Callaway,
Augusta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
In your communication to the
Hon, Julian M. Smith, Mayor of
the City of Augusta, dated October
17. 1924, published In the Augusta
Chronicle under date of October 19,
1924, and In The Augusta Herald
under date of October 20, 1924, you
make the statement:
"Mr. Wood represented the Geor
gia-Carolina Power Company In
obtaining contracts from Augusta
manufacturers for the use of elec
tric power from the Georgla-Car
olina Power Company. After the
•control of the Georgia-Carolina
Power Plant was obtained by the
Augueta-Alken Railway & Electric
Corporation, this latter corpora
tion, with the aid and assistance
of Mr- Wood, went before the Rail
road Commission and had these
contracts, before they had expired,
set aside, and had the power rates
considerably Increased . . .”
In making this statement you
have fallen Into error, In that It Is
without foundation In fart. In
charging me with double dealing
with the citizens of Augusta,
among whom I have labored for
so many years, you have done me
tho gravest Injustice.
As a matter of fact T did not so
licit contracts or participate In any
wise in tho consummation of con
tracts for the use of power from
tho Augusta-Alken Railway &
Electric Corporation, or Georgla-
Oarollna Powfr Company; nor did
I aid or participate in any manner
in their appeal to, or the hearing
had before, the Railroad Commis
sion, as stated in your letter.
My statement that I did not aid
or participate in procuring con
tracts can he verified by you by
calling upon, or making inquiry of
the power users who entered into
contracts mentioned by you, and
the officials of the Power Com
panies. The latter statement that
1 did not aid or participate In the
hearing beforo the Railroad Com
mission can be substantiated by a
reference to the record* of the hear
ing of the Railroad Commission, in
which hearing, If I am correctly in
formed, you appeared as counsel.
Don’t you think as a matter of
falrncßs to me, you should correct
this erroneous statement In the
same public manner in which the
charges complained of were made?
Tours very truly,
fSigned) J. P. WOOD.
Judge Callaway’s Reply.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 29, 1924.
Mr. J. P. Wood,
Augusta, Ga,
Dear Sir:
I have Just returned to the city
and find your favor of the 25th Inst.
In which you quote from my letter
of October 20, 1924, to the Mayor,
as follows:
"Mr. Wood .' , . represented the
Georgia-Carolina Power Company
in obtaining contracts from Augus
ta manufacturers for the use of
electric power from the Georgla-
Carolina Power Company. After
the control of the Georgia-Carollna
Power Plant was obtained by the
Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric.
Corporation, this latter corporation,
with the aid and assistance of Mr.
Wood, went before the Railroad
Commission and had these con
tracts, before they had expired, set
aside, and had the power rates con
siderably Increased . ,
After making this quotation from
my letter, you make the following
statements:
“In making this statement, you
have fallen Into error. In that It
Is without foundation tn fact. In
charging me with double dealing
with the citizens of Augusta,
among whom I hnve labored for so
many years, you have done me the
gravest Injustice."
"As a matter of fact I did not i
solicit contracts or participate in ■
any wise In the consummation of
contracts for the use of power from |
the Augusta-Aiken Railway & j
Electric Corporation, or Georgia- .
Carolina Power Company; nor did j
I aid or participate in any manner
In their appeal to, or the hearing
had before, the Railroad Commie- I
sion, as stated In your letter."
I accept the above statement as ]
contained in your letter, as correct, j
but In doing so, desire to explain
the circumstances which misled
me.
A short while after the Georgta-
Carollna Power Compnny had com
menced operation, the Comptroller
General either increased, or was
about to Increase the tax assess
ment on Its plant In Columbia
County. When this matter came up,
you came to me personally and ap
pealed to me to aid you in getting
tlie Ordinary of Columbia County
to agree upon as small a tax as
sessment as possible. In the course
of your conversation you mention
ed the difficulty which the Geor
gia-Carollna Power Company was
having in getting contracts for the
use of thetr power in Augusta, at
satisfactory rates, and stated that
the purpose of the company was
to get small manufacturers from
Philadelphia and Baltimore to
come to Augusta and create a
manufacturing Interest here of
small manufacturers, who would
use the company's electric power,
and that as the power was dis
posed of in this manner, the com
pany would consent to Increase
by the Comptroller General in the
tax assessment on Its plant.
Under your statements to me In
reference to this matter, I had a
conference with Judge Mundy, the
Ordinary of Columbia County, and
repeated to him what you had said,
and urged him to be as reasonable
with the company as possible until
it could get on its feet and dispose
: of it* power, at which time I as
sured him that th* company would
content to Increased assesmesnts.
I naturally assumed from your
conversation that you were Yep
resenting the company tn all the
matter* you discussed with me on
that occasion, snd as you say l wat
mistaken in my letter to the Mayor,
of October fOth, I accept that as
true, and that I was misled by what
you said to me on that occasion.
Again, when the contest came up
before the Georgia Railroad Com
mission between the Augusta-Aiken
Railway A Electric Corporation,
nnd the City of Augusta and the
various manufacturing institutions
who had contracts with the Geor
gia-Carollna Power Company for
the use of power, and which result
ed In the Railroad Commission
abrogating those contracts, you
wort present in Atlanta with the
attorneys, agents nnd< employees of
the Augusta-Aiken Railway
Electric Corporation, and while you
did not testify In the case. I na
turally assumed that you were
there tn the Interest of the Augua
ta-Aiken Railway & Electric Cor
poration. as I knew that you had
no official connection with the fight
which the city and the local manu
facturers were making against the
abrogation of the contracts with
the Georgia-Carolina Power Com
pany. and the Increased rates which
the Augusta-Alken was asking for
power, and which was gran'ed by
the Railroad Commission. It was
a natural assumption on my part
that you were aiding and assist
ing the Augusta-Alken Railway
& Electric Corporation, as you had
no connection, that I knew of, in
that contest, with the city, its at
torneys or employees, or with any
manufacturing plant who was con
testing the breaking of the con
tracts, or the Increase of rates.
If I was in error in stating that
you were there aiding the Augusta-
Alken Railway & Electric Corpora
tion in that conttst, I was misled
by the above stated facts, and I
cheerfully admit the mistake.
But the principle announced In
my letter to the Mayor is In no
respect changed. The facts still
stand that the Georgia-Carolina
Power Company, after It com
menced operation and began fur
nishing tht power to manufacturing
enterprises in and around Augus
ta, entered Into solemn written
contracts with these power users.
Before the contracts expired, the
Augusta-Alken Railway & Electric
Corporation, who had acquired con
trol of the Gecrgia-Carolina Power
Company, and all of its power, went
before the Railroad Commission,
and had the Railroad Commission
to abrogate these contracts and
enforce higher rates for the use of
power. The Railroad Commission
had express authority of law to do
this, and did it.
The logical sequence Is that any
other independent power company
serving the public under your pro
positions, could make contracts
with the present water power users
from the Canal at any rate you
might agree ugion with these water
power users, and subsequently go
before the Railroad Commission
and have such rates contained in
such contracts set aside and higher
rates enforced.
Regretting that I misrepresented
you in my letter to the Mayor, I
cheerfully comply wlih your re
quest, as a matter of fairness to
you, and will publish your letter
to me and this reply, In The Au
gusta Herald, one of the papers in
which my letter to the Mayor
peared.
Very truly yours.
(Signed) E. H. CALLAWAY.
Reply of Mr. Wood.
Mr. Wood has asked The Herald
to publish Ills second letter to
Judge Callaway, which is given as
follows:
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 30, 1824.
Honorable E. H. Callaway,
Augusta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Your reply of October 29th to
my letter to you of the 25th Instant
Is at hand.
I note that you accept my state
ment that "I did not solicit con
tracts or participate in any wise in
the consummation of contracts for
the use of power from the Augusta-
Alken Railway & Electric Corpora
tion, or the Georgia-Carolina Power
Company,” hut, advance as your
reason for having asserted that I
had done so, the fact that I had
appealed to you for aid in adjust
ing the tax returns by the Power
Company to Columbia County some
years ago. 1 did so appeal to you
and acknowledge your very active
assistance in behalf of the com
pany and feel that If It had not
been for your Influential efforts,
this matter would not have been
adjusted on so fair a basis, but I
had no intention to, nor did I
knowingly convey any impression
that I had any part in soliciting or
securing contracts for power. I
merely related to you farts as they
were.
You further state that I was
"present In Atlanta with the At
torneys, agents, and employees of
the Augusta-Aiken Railway &
Electric Corporation,’ at the time
of the rate hearing before the Rail
road Commission. I havt no rec
ords In my possession as to the
date this hearing was held, and,
knowing that other business fre
quently takes me to Atlanta, I can
not positively affirm that I was
not in Atlanta sqme time during
the progress of |hls hearing, but, if
it happened that was in Atlanta
at any such time. It was purely ac
cidental so far as that hearing was
concerned as I had no more inter
est In that hearing than any othtr
citizen of Augusta, and, if I hap
pened to meet any person connected
with the Power Company during
that hearing. It was without any
connection whatsoever with that
hearing. I repeat that I did n,.t par
ticipate In. or did I have any con
nection with any of the hearings
before the Georgia Railroad Com
mission, cither In Augusta. Atlanta
or elsewhere relative to rates
charged, or to be charged, by any
Power Company whatsoever. Per
haps I should qualify this state
ment by saying that on March 10,
1920, I made an affidavit to the
effect that on March 11. 191,1, all
of the Interests of. myself and my
associates had been sold to the
Electric Finance Corporation for a
given sum. As to wdiat use. If any,
was made of this affidavit. I do not
know. Possibly It was submitted
In evidence at this hearing, but, ts
so. not by me.
I would appreciate If you would
give to this further clarification of
the records tht same publicity as
you indicate you are giving to our
other recent correspondence on this
subject.
Your* very trulv,
J. P WOOD.
BUILD STADIUM
VIENNA —A stadium with a seat
ing capacity of 50,000 for athletic
carntvala, open air performances
and concerts will bo erected In
Vienna soon at a cost of more than
$1,000,000.
Aunt Het
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“My idea of a good doctor
Is one that gives mighty lit
tle medicine and three dol
lars' worth of sympathy.”
(Copyright. 1924. Associated
Editors, Inc.)
m
Ezra Meeker, 94, who drove an
ox team from lowa to Seattle in
1852, recently went eastward over
the trail in an airplane.
Public imagination is fired most
by the change in speed—ox team 2
miles an hour, airplane 100.
We have gained the speed, all
right. And we have lost consider
able of the admirable character and
patriotism of covered-wagon days.
Progress has its price.
Canada pays a bounty of S2O a
head on wolves, which destroy
caribou and other game needed for
food by Indians and settlers. It’s
harder to get within shooting dis
tance of a. northern wolf than any
othfir animal. Hunters can make
more going after other pelts. So in
nine years the S2O bounty has
brought very small results.
Now the government tries out
a wolf-hunting expedition. The re
sulting pelts, sold in the fur mar
ket, pay all expenses of the venture
and to hoot, a net profit of over
SI,OOO to boot, SI,OOO a hunter. For
results, organization.
State of Vermont Is planting 900,-
000 trees a year. This is done as a
business venture, expected to yield
a profitable lumber harvest lated.
The reforestation problem is real
ly a problem of making tree plant
ing profitable. Anything with pro
fits doesn't need much urging.
The purchasing power of farm
products is now only a tenth less
than it was in 1913, Department of
AgricOlture claims.
Even if it gained that lost tenth,
It would still not make the farmer
as "well off’ as before the war. In
the first place, he has to earn in
terest on a larger or inflated in
vestment. Secondly, tho farmers
standard of living has stepped up
ward since 1915, the same as the
city man’s. Pre-war prosperity
would be considered near-poverty
now 1 , rural or urban.
Farmers* Loan & Trust Co. of
New York estimates that this year’s
total farm products are worth ON
THE FARM 17 billion dollars, com
pared with 16 billions lust year and
10 billions in 1913.
The problem, however, lsn t so
much what the farmer gets for
what ho grows, but how much he
has to pay for what he buys, what
counts is' the buying power of the
dollar, rather than the number of
dollars. It's the same as the city
man, to whom a raise In income
doesn’t bring more prosperity unless
he benefits correspondingly In his
buying—his cost of living.
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Supreme Court Is Calm
Despite Many Rumors
BY HARRY B. HUNT, i
WASHINGTON.— Calm, deliber
ate, sedately Judicial, the
supreme court of these
United States of America pursues
the even tenor of Its way, seeming
ly unaware of the dire things that
less sober-minded folks say is like
ly to happen to It should the pro
gressive-independent presidential
ticket go "over the top” on election
day.
By comparison with the calm
that enshrouds the supreme court,
the% alleged calm about the White
House becomes a tumultuous riot.
Both the executive and legisla
tive branches of the government
and the various candidates there
tor have been all worked up over
what La Follette had suggested he
would like to have done to the Judi
cial branch. Party spellbinders
and editorial writer have elabo
rated at length on the direful
threat of the La Follette program.
As the branch of the government
directly interested, it occurred to
me the court itself might reflect
similar Interest. If the danger had
reached as bad a pass as the cam
paign oratory seemed to indicate,
probably the honorable judges
were already looking around for
other employment. At least they
must show traces of the uncer
tainty and strain.
BUT a visit to the court reveals
nary trace of tension or
anxiety. For all Chief Jus
tice Taft and his eight associate
justices show of worrk or distress,
the millenium might already have
arrived.
The suggestion that a lifetime
job at $15,000 a year would wipe the
worry off most faces may be dis
regarded as altogether irrelevant.
The Judges aren’t placid from mere
ly personal reasons. Their placid
ity lies deep than that. It lies in a
fundamental belief that whatever
may happen to presidents and con
gresses the nation is still safe; the
court still sits and the constitution
still rules!
IT was merely a coincidence, of
course, but interesting none the
less, that the supreme cqurt
convened for Us fall term on the
verv day Bob La Follette left town
for his presidential campaign tour.
And the supplication of Frank
K. Green, marshal of the court, as
the justices in their sepulchral
black robes filed into the room
"God save the United States and
this honorable court"—had no spe
cial significance. It was merely a
part of the formal admonition, giv
en as the court convenes each day,
warning “all persons having busi
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2
ness before the court to draw near
and give their attention.”
AS one studies the court, how
ever, the conviction grows that
changes in it before long are
Inevitable.
These will not be changes In
procedure or in the scope of It*
authority, but in its personnel.
Two of Us members are now on
the shady side of eighty. That
they will much longer retain their
seats is altogether unlikely.
These octogenarian members are
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes,
son of “The Autocrat of the Break
fast Table," and Justice Joseph
McKenna. Holmes will be 84 In
March; McKenna was 81 in Au
gust.
ALTHOUGH the younger In
years, McKenna is likely to
quit the bench first. Mrs.
McKenna died early in October and
It is expected her death may hasten
his withdrawal. He is a little,
frall-appearing man, white-bearded
and now plainly burdened by his
years. He is the oldest justice in
point of service, too, having taken
his seat in January. 1898, on ap
pointment by President McKinley.
Holmes, appointed by Roosevelt
In 1902. retains astonishing vigor
despite his years. More than six
feet tall, erect, emphatic In speech
and manner, he's still packing
middle-age punch and pep.
ASBURY METHODIST
Will Receive Class Sunday>
Morning and Evening
A class of children will be re
ceived ino the Asbury Methodist
church Sunday morning, and Sun
day evening a class of adults will
be received. These candidates come
as a result of the revival which has
been conducted during the past two
weeks.
Rev. B. P. Read preached to a
large congregation Friday evening,
which was his last sermon. At tills
service many decisions were made
for Christ.
The pastor will preach Sunday
morning from the subject: “A
Great Confession,” and at the eve
ring service his theme will be: "The
Descent Into Degeneracy.” A large
congregation Is expected to hear
those sermons, and to welcome the
new members.
By Williams