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VON ENGELKEN TO I
HEADM BANK
Toured Europe in Company With <
U. S. Commission on Rural
Credits.
Wo<.j.i'n?fnn .Tnri. 27.?The prac
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tical assurance that within the next !
week announcement will be made !
that F. J. H. von Engelken, director i
of the mint, will be named for presi- ;
dent of the Columbia Farm Loan
Bank, should be of considerable interest
to South Carolina.
The Farm Loan Board is not ready ;
yet to make public the names of the
presidents of the twelve banks but .
Mr. Engelken will head the Colum- 1
bia institution, unless every indica- :
, tion which at this time seems reliable J
should fail.
Mr. von Engelken came to Wash- <
ington last August when he was ap.pointed
to the position of director ?
of the mint, succeeding Robert W. |
.Wooley, who went with the National ,
v Democratic Campaign committee.
Before that time, for something like 1
twelve years, he had made a great '
success of truck farming at East Pa- i
latka, Fla., giving most of his time 1
and attention to the growing of Irish
potatoes. It is said that in this res- 1
pect he has made a name for him- 1
self as possibly one of the best po- '
tato growers in the world, and his 1
place is one of the show farms in ;
' , Florida.
Mr. von Engel ken's experience in
agricultural banking has been quite
} liberal. Four or five years ago when
the United States Commission on rural
credits toured Europe in quest of
information upon which to base the
farm loan law, Mr. von Engelken
accompanied it and with Senator
Fletcher, of Florida, and other memi
bers, made a close study of what he '
found. Returning to the United 1
States, he worked with those who
had gone abroad and assisted them in
framing the rural credits law, which ]
eventually meant the working out
of the plan for the farm loan banks. 1
It was natural, therefore, that his i
name should have received promi- 1
nence when the farm loan board 1
began to look around to find a man 1
to head the Columbia bank. J
After being chosen as director of 1
the mint, Mr. von Engelken did not 1
stop working for the interests of the '
stop working for the interests of the
farm loan banks, but, on the contra- 1
ry, continued to assist the members '
of " the board in their labors. It will 1
A 4-1* *>4- nrl^Avt o (
UC rcuicaiucicu uiau mivu vnv wumi u
went to Columbia and other cities 1
in the south sometime ago to make
an inspection of the situation, Mr. 1
von Engelken accompanied them and '
was of much usefulness, as the di- 1
rect representative of Secretary McAdoo.
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, days, will leave open another nice
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FAMILY REUNION.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis McMillan of J
Tennille, Ga., came on Sunday to !
spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. 1
J. M. Gambrell. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. '
McCall of Bennettsville, and Mrs.
W. E. Cason and daughter, Cassan- 1
. dra, of Anderson, arrived on Monday .
and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Zimmerman
and two children, came yesterday
from Duluth, Minn.
This is a reunion of the Gambrell
family and a very happy time is j
being spent. ]
NEWS OF PAUL SWOPE.
The Greenville Jubilee Singers
* have secured Paul Swope to assist
them in a concert held at Greenwood j
on Monday night, and at Columbia j
on the following Tuesday night. ,
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BUYING FINE JERSEYS.
a Dr. S. G. Thomson, Mr. Wm. M.
Barnwell and Mr. W. A. Stevenson
went oyer to Greenwood last week
and took a look at Mr. T. B. Lee's
. fine herd of jerseys. Mr. Barnwell
bought a fine cow.
THE CHILDREN OF
THE CONFEDERACY
The regular meeting of the Ab- 1
beville chapter of the Children of
the Confederacy will be held at the ;
home of Mrs. Douthart this afternoon
at four o'clock, Miss Mary Ferguson,
hostess. An interesting pro*
gram has been arranged and the
meeting will be pleasant.
HOME FOR A FEW DAYS.
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Hubert Cox came up from Colum- ;
bia last Friday and spent until Sun- :
day with his home people and his
brother, R. E. Cox, who has recently
returned from the Philippines. Hu- I
bert is getting on nicely in his
studies at the University.
LITTLE LEWIS OWEN SICK.
Lewis, the little son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Owen, has been seriously i
sick for the past week with pneumonia.
The many friends of the
family are earnestly wishing a safe '
recovery for the little fellow.
BRITISH ELECTRIFIED
BY WILSON SPEECH
Careful Avoidance of Any Governmental
or Authoritative Expression.
London, Jan. 27.?President Wilson's
address to the United States
senate has furnished the British
government and public with a surprise
as electrifying as his mediatory
note to the belligerents. With
the exception of The Manchester
Guardian and The Daily News,
which are the only papers in Great
Britain that can be classified as
pacificatory in policy the press gives
the president's utterances as unfriendly
reception and engages in
much speculation over the meanings
\frhich it is considered, may be concealed
behind certain passages.
Public men interviews began with
courteous tributes to the 'president's
good intentions and ended by sup-!
Dortine Great Britain's measures.
While the government cannot make
direct reply to a communication from
the president to the United States
senate, there is certain to be discussions
in parliament.
It is already foreshadowed by
members of the house of commons
that a discussion will be insisted upon
when parliament reassembles
and speeches from members of the
present and the late cabinet are expected.
Possible action by the
American congress on committing
the nation to membership in an international
league for peace is
awaited with great interest. Both
David Lloyd-George in his historic
maiden speech as prime minister and
Viscount Grey, while minister for
foreign affairs, stated strongly that
membership in such a league without
obligations to force its decrees
by arms would be useless.
Monroe Doctrine's Statu*.
The effect of President Wilson's
policy on the status of the Monroe
Doctrine is discussed with equal interest.
Several British publicists,
notably L. J. Maxse, editor of The
National Review, suggested recently
that Great Britain is entitled to a
weighty voice in any international
movements in the Americafi hemisphere
because of the growing importance
of Canada as one of the foremost
nations of that hemisnhere.
The voice of the "silent masses"
upon the war wassheard in the Labor
party conference at Manchester
today when it endorsed the action
of the labor members of parliament
who entered the war cabinet by a
vote of more than six to one. Most
of the small sub-stratum of sentiment
favoring a conciliatory policy
toward the central empires is to be
found in labor unionists and a small
E*roup of intellectuals.
The Central News says that undoubtedly
the manifesto has developed
a situation of extreme delicacy
[t adds:
"Whether or not it was expected
by the allied diplomats in London,
it came as a bombshell to those outside
the official circle, and no amount
of President Wilson's plain English
will convince the rank and file of the
members of parliament or the man
in the street that it has no direct
bearing on the immediate facts of
the war.
"Ill-Timed Interference."
"It is not doing the president an
injustice to say that whatever may
have been the lofty motives of his
speech, the average British member
of parliament and his constituents
regard it is ill-timed interference in
matters which can only concern the
United States when the time comes
for a settlement of the basis of international
peace. The extreme opinion,
which, in fairness, must be stated,
is that the president is selling
the allied cause to Germany. The
calmer view urges a dignified protest
to the president to keep out of
the ring till the ground is over."
FLEEING A DULL TOWN.
Our friend, Dr. Jim Hill, told us
several nights ago that he was tired
of being good and that he was going
off on the train and wanted us to
be sure and put it in the paper. We
were overcome with sorrow until he
told us that he was going out to
Darraughs on the six o'clock train
and would return at eight o'clock.
A DUCK SUPPER.
Mr. Richard N. Tiddy entertained
the pastor and officers of the A. R.
P .Church at an elegant duck supper
at his residence on Saturday
evening. The following were present:
Rev. M. R. Plaxco, Messrs. Alf
Lyon, C. H. McMurray, W. R. Bradley,
James Cox, G. E. Calvert and
Wm. P. Greene. The evening was
greatly enjoyed by those who were
iortunate enougn to De present.
MR. WIDEMAN A CANDIDATE.
Mr. J. F. Wideman, whose term as
superintendent of education, expires
in July, announces that he will be a
candidate for the office of judge of
probate as successor to Judge Geo.
T. Magill, who will resign.?Greenwood
Journal.
NEW MEASURE 10
REGULATE STRIKES
Strikers, However, Will Be Forbidden
to Trespass on Railroad
Property.
Washington, Jan. 29.?Railroad
strikes and lockouts are not forbidden
by the terms of a bill to supplement
the Adamson law which the
senate interstate commerce committee
virtually had completed today.
President Wilson had suggested that
a provision be included to prevent
strikes or lockouts pending investigation
of differences.
The new bill, however, would
make it a criminal offense, punishable
by heavy fine, for a railroad
employee who has quit work to trespass
on railroad property with a
view to preventing by violence, intimidation
or threats, the operation
of trains.
Another important provision of
the bill would authorize the president
to take over and operate "such part
of" a railroad or equipment which is
r^ecessary to move troops or munitions
in wartime, threatened war, or
insurrection.
Democratic
Deficit Fund
Is Increasing
The following contributions have
been received by Hon. Fred Dominick
to apply to to the deficit in the
National Democratic Committee
tncsury:
Previously acknowledged _$35.00
Mrs. Henrietta Garrison, through
Mrs. R. H. Minshall 1.00
Total for Abbeville county_$36.25
Totals by Counties:
Newberry $187.75
Anderson 120.00
Pickens 55.00
Abbeville 36.25
Greenwood 24.55
Oconee 16.00
McCormick 5.00
Total receipts to Jan. 27, __$444.55
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PROGRAM AT THE BAPTIST
CHURCH FOR NEXT SUNDAY
"Camping on the Banks of the
Besor" will be the subject Sunday
morning at the Baptist church.
The Ladies Missionary Society
have in hands the decoration of the
auditorium with mission maps and
memorials. Missionary songs will
be sung and a live missionary meeting
is promised. Special music under
direction of Mrs. Lorena Johnson,
preceptress.
"The Mystic Voyage and the Fatal
Reel" (fourth series on "Life and
its Counter Currents") will be the
subject at the Baptist church Sunday
night. A multitude of sociologists,
criminologists, philanthropists,
religionists, are busy trying to explain
and secure remedies for the
social and soul infirmities of mankind.
This discussion enters vitally
this important field. Public invited.
DEATH OF MRS.
JOHN F. SUTHERLAND
Mm T/iVir> T? fin-HiorljiTirl HioH ??+:
her home in Abbeville Monday morning
at half past eight o'clock, January
29th, 1917, after a long illness.
Mrs. Sutherland had been sick so
long and suffered so patiently that
her passing from time to eternity
was a sweet relief to her weary soul.
Funeral services were held at
Sharon church at eleven o'clock on
Tuesday morning and interment was
in the adjoining cemetery, where
generations of her people sleep their
last sleep.
Mrs. Sutherland was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Mabry and
a grand daughter of Dr. Mabry, a
man beloved of all in Abbeville coun4-rr
CJVia io pn*?iriiro/1 Ktr Unr lincKoYl/1
l/jr U11C 10 OUIY1YW V y uti 11UOUUI1U)
Mr. John F. Sutherland and a young
son, Jack, a boy five years old. Also
by her mother, Mrs. Mabry, and the
following brothers and sisters, Mrs.
S. J. Kilgore, of Clinton, Mrs. J.
Stuart Miller of Abbeville, Miss
Allena Mabry of Chester, Mr. Robert
L. Mabry, Jr., of Abbeville, Mr. Sam
Mabry of Charleston and Ellis
Mabry, of Greenwood.
Mrs. Sutherland acted well her
part in life, fulfilling all its obligations
with cheerful fortitude.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to the disconsolate husband,
the lonely little boy and the many
friends and relatives of the family.
OFF FOR A MONTH'S VISIT.
Mr. and Mrs. Georee White are
leaving Abbeville this week for a
stay of a month. Mrs. White goes
up to Greenville, where she will visit
her sister, Miss Hannah Perrin at
the home of Hon. Thos. P. Cothran,
while Mr. White will visit his daughter,
Mrs. George Wright in Clinton. ,
TEN MILLION FOR
PUBLIC IMS
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Amount It $143,615?Federal Aid
in the Building of Roads?Apportionment
by State*.
Washington, Jan. 29.?South Carolina
this year will receive $143,615
of the $10,000,000 appropriated under
the federal law for aiding the
states in building post roads.
Florida will receive $111,952 and
Georgia $268,658.
Amounts allotted to other southern
states: Mississippi, $177,91^..
Tennessee $128,306. Arkansas $165,378.
Kentucky $194,943. Louisiana
$134,949. Maryland $288,094. North
Carolina $?28,763. Oklahoma $230,278.
Texas $583,855. Virginia $189,371.
Alabama $208,297.
Three hundred 1 thousand dollars
will be deducted for the cost of administration.
A millian dollars will
be apportioned for development of
roads and trails within or partly
within the national forests. The law
provides that $15,000,000 be apportioned
next year.
Liquor Sellers
Given Heavy
Fines Monday
Allen Boyd, who resides in Harrisburg,
was a visitor to the city
r\ry Mnn^QTT nrnrnintf. Wo
v*vuxv luvm Vil iuviiUMj ?.w
was an invited guest on that occasion,
the invitation having been
sent out by the Mayor and delivered
by Chief Johnson by hand. Allen attended.
When he arrived he found that
the two young gentlemen present,
who had been getting their "licker"
from him for several days past, were
"old detecks" whom the city authorities
had persuaded to come to
Abbeville to wait on such citizens
as Allen. Allen called in his lawyer,
Hon. J. Howard Moore, who undertook
to get the invitation withdrawn,
but Mayor Gambrell, on the advice
of City Attorney Hill refused to do
so.
The result was that a jury was
drawn to pass on Allen's case. It
happened that uncle Jim Stark, just
fresh from taking up the collection
in the Baptist Church, was made
foreman, and Bishop Link his second,
which was a point against
Allen in starting. And then there
was the licker which the "detecks"
had gotten from Allen, and the evidence
that, on the day it was alleged
to have been sold, Allen received
his gallon from the Express
Bar-room in Abbeville. All things
being taken into consideration, Allen
was assessed one hundred or thirty.
While Allen was being tried,
George Pressley alias, George Ram,
made his appearance. He looked so
pious as he entered tha ; some of the
spectators thought George had dropped
in to pray with the sinners who
were before the Mayor. But it
turned out that George had fallen
in with a black negro, Saturday
night in Harrisburg, who had a traveling
man in charge. The traveling
man had George's sympathy, because,
as George testified, he had
been a traveling man himself. So
when the traveling man suggested
that he would like to have a drink
George took him in charge and let
him have as much as two drinks for
forty cents. It turned out that the
traveling man was another old "deteck"
and that was where George
made a mistake. Hereafter, he will
have nothing to do with traveling
men.
But George had one advantage
over Allen. He had seen the Mayor
before, and as soon as he received
his invitation to be present he arranged
with' Mr. Brown Syfan to
borrow a little money, if he needed
it, and he thought he would about
10:30 Monday morning. He was
ready, therefore, to pay his hundred
instead of taking the thirty offered
him by the mayor.
UNION SERVICE.
The regular monthly union service
of the churches was held in the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian
Church last Sabbath night, Rev. Mr.
Blackford of the Episcopal church
preaching the sermon. The church
was crowded to its full capacity and
those present listened with interest
and profit to the splendid sermon.
Mrs. W. E. Johnson presided at
the organ and the singing was excellent.
RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Smith are
receiving the congratulations of
their friends on the birth of twin
girls on Jan. 25, 1917. The babies
were born in Atlanta, where Mrs.
Smith has been in a hospital for
some time. Both the mother and
girls are getting on nicely.
smith urges tax i
cotton futures
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Chairman Kitchen States He Is In J
Favor of Such a Tax On Contracts.
Washington, Jan.__27.?Democra
tic members of tne tiouse r ays ana ;
Means Committee have stricken out
of the new revenue bill the provision
agreed to by the subcommittee for
an automatic increase of the income
tax and the lowering of the emeptions
whenever it is evident that the
appropriations will exceed revenues.
The bill will be laid before the Democratic
caucus tomorrow night and
will come up in the House early next
week.
After a conference today with Senator
Smith of South Carolina, Representative
Herlin, of Alabama, announced
that he had urged upon
Chairman Kitchen of the Ways and
Means Committee the inclusion in
the revenue bill of a tax on cotton
future contracts with the idea of
producing $25,000,000 revenue t annually.
Representative Hefiin said
that Mr. Kitchin had stated that he
was in favor of such a tax and that
the matter would be considered by
the committee.
Representative Heflin and Senator
Smith at their conference took up
representations to them by members
of Southern cotton exchanges that
certain speculators and spinners had
conspired to depress cotton prices.
NAMES COMMISSION
ON COUNTY DEBTS
Governor Appoints Men to Adjust
Finances of McCormick and |
ismer vounieu.
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The following commission to divide
and apportion the present and ?
bona fide indebtedness between Mc- '
Cormick county and the counties of ]
Edgefield, Abbeville and Greenwood, <
as provided for under section 3, act i
398, 1916, was appointed yesterday '
by the governor.
J. H. Allen, Edgefield; R. P. Blake ,
Greenwood; Robert S. Owens, Abbeville;
T. M. Ross, McCormick; T.
J. Price, McCormick; A. C. Clarkson,
Columbia; L. A. Searson, Columbia. ]
PAVED STREETS.
A resolution introduced in the
House by Dr. Neuffer and in the :
Senate by Mr. Nickles proposes an j
amendment to the Constitution of
the state to allow the city of Abbe- ,
ville to assess abutting property }
holders for permanent improvements
in the streets of the city. The re- j
solution being a local measure will
likely be adopted. If it is, the proposed
amendment will be submitted <
to the people for ratification at the j
next general election.
CONGRESSMAN FINLEY !
DIES IN CHARLOTTE i
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David Edward Finley, congress- .
man of the Fifth South Carolina '
district, died Friday in a Charlotte
hospital from pneumonia. He was 5
56 years old and a native of Arkan- ]
sas.
FOUR DEPUTIES TO
CHANGE POSITIONS
Loae Salary and Title of Office Deputies
Today, and Become
Field Deputies Paid by Fees.
Four of the office deputies employed
at the office of C. J. Lyon, United
States marshal for the federal
court of the western district of
South Carolina, lose their title and
salaried position as "office deputies"
and become "field 'deputies" paid by
fees, beginning today.
The change has been brought about
by a recent order of the department .
of justice. The deputies will as- *
sume their new positions at once. *
Deputy C. J. Bruce will make his s
headquarters in Abbeville; Deputy J
Moore, at Lancaster; Deputy J. M. ?
Murphy, will remain in Greenville,
and Deputy Charlie Cureton will go
to Pickens. j
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COLD IN FRANCE. t
Paris, Jan. 27.?France is feeling
the coldest weather in many years.
It is seventeen above zero here. A
coal shortage is adding to suffering ]
and deaths- The cold has brought 1
packs of wolves into the Cole D'Or (
department. Bears are ravaging the }
Loire valley fields. t
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WILL PRESENT CUP. t
Judge Frank B. Gary has consent- i
ed to present the beautiful cup to c
the winning team in the high school
and grammar school contest at the
Brotherhood hall Friday night.
u/n cnw'Q rcrnnn PRAISFn +
New York, Jan. 28.?President c
Wilson's endeavors in behalf of '
world's peace were praised at the i
annual meeting of the New York t
Peace Society here last Friday. c
f
hon strike !
duty mm i
Statement or Expenditures By
Coast Artillery Corps While
'at Anderson.
It cost the state of South Carolina
? 10,225.73 for the special tour of 'J
iuty of the Coast Artilltery Corps at
Anderson, from November 10 "to .28,
inclusive, during the' strike trouble
it Gluck and Equinox mills, accord-; |
ing to the financial statement expeniitures
forwarded Major Wm. F.
Robertson to Adjutant General
Moore. The statement is incorporated
in the annual report of the
adjutant general for the fiscal year 3
1916, copies of which have just been
received here. The total payrolls
amounted to $7,408.50.
The artion cost was between twenty-six
and twenty-seven cents, which
is lower than that designated by the
government for the coming year, and
all provisions had to be bought lolally.
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"Generally speaking, the conduct
of the officers and enlisted men is ' ^
worthy of the highest commendation,"
says the report, commenting ' -A
an the special tour of duty. "It was
entirely due to the good judgment t
the general behavior and the sobriety ' M
jf the entire membership of the - / ]{
jorps that achieved the result?
li .c i iL.i -<
iuugnu iur, anu mat wiiuuuu cuiiuiub
and without even a show of unkind--' . '.-M
ness to any of the parties concern- : H
ed."
In one paragraph of the reports, :$
Maj. Robertson in his reports commends
"the ready loyalty to duty of fl
the adjutant of the corps, Captain . VJ
Harold B. Seyle (Greenville) and \
the energy and good judgment of
Lieut. George C. Cartwright, Corps -j
Quarter-master."
Maj. Robertson also particularly
expressed his deep appreciation of ;f.
'the always prompt and ready rear '/ '|
ponse to every order and call to :f|j
iuty of the five commanding officers, f
Captains Slattery, Wallace, Ellerbe,
rillman and Lieutenant Bell." _ - ?-i
WOULD RAISE CHILD ,
LIMIT TO 16 YEARS , J
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Provides for a Referendum On AD
Bond Issues?Unfavorable Report
on Daniel's Bill.
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Columbia, Jan. 29.?The house of ,
representatives today marched up
lill after marchihg down Tuesday.
After killing the Bradford measjse
providing for a referendum on
ill bond issues in counties or otherpolitical
subdivisions by the narrow ,
nargin of two votes Tuesday it toiay
passed it by more than the necessary
two-thirds the result being
JO to 23. The resolution was sent
to the senate.
Among the new bills of importance
Introduced .in the house Tuesday was
>ne by Thomas Cothran of Greenville
raising the limit of employment
for children in factories, mills and
;extile manufacturers from 14 to
L6 years.
The ways and means comittee presented
a majority unfavorable report
on the Daniels "air tight" prolibition
bill.
MR. MAGILL RESIGNS.
Mr. George Magill, the Judge of
Probate lor ureenwood county, nas /
innounced his intention of resigning
lis office and going to Atlanta to
nake his home in the future. ?
Several candidates have been
lamed for this position, among the
tfr. J. F. Wideman, who is well . -+V,
cnown in Abbeville county. His
'riends on this side of the linr wish
lim success. ' ,
THE ILLUSTRATED ilECTURES,
The first of the illustrated lectures
;hat will be given by Rev. Mr. Pratt,
vas given in the Court House last
rhursday night. The lecture was a
tuccess in every way and was greaty
enjoyed by the large crowd prelent.
The pictures were beautiful.
The next lecture will be Thursday
light at eight o'clock and the subect
will be "Things worth seeing in
he new country." This lecture will
>egin promptly at eight o'clock.
HERE FROM MONROE.
Mrs. John W. Yates and Mrs. Ella
jindsay came down from Monroe
ast week and visited fot several
lays among their friends here. They
lad bany pleasant attentions shown
;hem while here, chief among them,
jeing a delightful luncheon given
hem by Mrs. Herman Benton. Mrs.
fates has a beautiful voice and it
s always a pleasure to have her
:ome to Abbeville.
IJLUUD1KA1?.L? SLKMUll.
Tonight, at 8:00 o'clock, the pasr
;or of the Presbyterian church will
jive a lecture, illustrated by stere^
>pticon views, on the the subject of
'Paul, the Missionary." This is th<?
linth illustrated lecture-sermon iii
he series being given eyery^ten
lays.