The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 14, 1920, Image 15
(1RUROI[ES APPROVE
GIGANTIC BUDGET
Calls for Expenditure of $1,880,000,000
in Next Five Years for Church
Work.
Atlantic City, N. J.,--The budget of
the Inter-church world movement to
be used in co-ordinating the energies
of the protestant denominations for
the evangelization of the world, was
approved today at the conference of
1,400 church leaders here. The bnd
got calls for the expenditure of $1,
330,000,000 in the next flve years. It
provides for evangelistic work in
American and the foreign held, pro
per financing of hospitals and homes,
liberal awards to struggling colleges,
for the fighting of social and Indus
trial unrest, and better wages to both
ministers and missionaries. It is
Specifled that no part of the budget
shall be changed by a board of re
view to be appointed with equal rep
rosentation of all denominations, with
out the consent of the denominational
board directly affected.
Three hundred and twenty millions
are to be expended in 1920. Presby
terians and Methodista joined in pro
testing the original selection of the
period between April 21 and May 2
as the time for the drive to raise this
year's Iuota. 'Dr. Nolan R. Best, a.
Presbyterian, complaine dthat these
(ates would conflict -with the Presby
terians' "every inember" canvass and
moved that the drive be deferred to
February 16-27, 1921.
-Dr. David C. Downey of New York,
a Methodist, called attention to a dec
laration of the Methodits leaders that
followers of that faith should partici
Pate in no other drives until after
liethodism's centenary fund of $112,
000,000 is completed.
Dr. Downey said the world surveys
of the inter-church world movement,
which It was .proposed to use as a
basis for the $320,000,000 drive, arc
"incomplete and inconclusive."
fLter considerable discussion the
administration plan to have the eam
palgn this year was adopted.
IMethodists and (lresbyterian% as
sorted that they could not be partici
pating bodies without first gaining
the consent of the ruling bodies of
their denominations.
Another discussion occurred over
the manner in which the funds to he
raised In the co-operative "ingather
Ing" are to be apportioned. John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., proposed that all
.money received through the central
Iroasury, aside from the severqI de
nominational funds, be distributed
among the various active denonina
tions pro-rata.
A substitute plan advanced by Dr.
C. 4i. Patton of 'Boston, 'who present
ed the report, proposed that the gen
eral fund be apportioned on the basis
of actual collections made by the de
nominations. When a fight seemed
Imminent on the (iuention it was re
ferred to the general committee to be
appointed later, -which is to rule 'upon
all questions in conflict.
iD OF eAPITALSTS
GIVEN GOVERNMENT
Vast Samas Were Spent by CapitilIstas
to Aid Government in Making Ex
plosives. Valuable Meerets 'were Al
so Uncovered.
New York, Jan. P.--A story of how
American capitalists spent vast sums
without expectation of return or pro
fit to aid the government In its efforts
to su1pply explosives for the war was
told hero today to members of the
house committee on expenditures in
the war department. incidentally It
deovelo[ped that the same men had put
at the service of their country valu
ale secrets learnedl from the Germans
for the extraction of nitrogen from the
air. The committee met to open an
investigation in to the ex penditu res; of
"ONLY ONE THING
BREAKS MY COLDI
"That's Dr. King's New DIs
covery for fity years a
cold-breaker"
roTHING but sustained qualitiq
iiiand unfailing effectivenees can
''arouse such enthusiasm, Noth
ing but sure relief from stubborn old
cdaand onrushing new ones, grippe
tbroat-tea ring cough and croup could
Swe mado Dr. KigaNew Discovery
e'nationally popular and standard
rmedy It Is today.
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Good for the whmol . bottle in,
15e medicine cab means a short
lived cold or' cough. 60c., and $1.20.
All druggists, Give it a trial.
Regular Bowels Is Health
Bowels that move spasmodically
free one day and stubborn tihe next
4ould be healthfully regulated by Dr.
ing's New Life Pillls. In this way
yo keep the Impurities of waste mat
tr fronm circulating through the sys.
tem b4 cleansing the bowels thorough.
~an promoting the proper flow of
Mild, comfortable, yet alway relia.
ble% Dr. King's Now Life Pills work
wit precision without the constipation
result of violent pugtives. 250. as
usa1 at ali drugatg
$84000,000 for two nitrate plants at
Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Frank 8. Washburn, president of
the Americ i Cyanimid Company,
which built one of the plants at Mus
cle Shoals, informed the committee
that the company had made no profit
on over $89,000,000 worth of war
work it had done for the government,
The plant cost the government $62,
000,00, had produced 1,500 tons of
ammonium nitrate -when the armistict
was signed, and then ceased opera
tion.
Mr. 'Washburn said that his com
paity had acquired the Anerican
rights to the Cyanamid process ol
getting nitrogen from the air fron
the German Inventors in 1907 witli
the Intention of using It in connectior
-with extensive hydro-electric develop
ments he had promoted in Alabama
When the United States was about t<
enter the war he said he offered the
services of the company to the gov.
ernment but they were not acceptce
until after the government had start
ed work on another air nitrate plani
at Sheileld, Alabama, to use anothei
process. This plant, according t(
members of the committee, cost $22.
000,000 and was abandoned after I
had produced fifty tons or ammoniun
sulphate.
-Mr. Washburn said the Musch
Shoals plant would have "extraordi
nary economic usefulness" for th(
country eventually.
DESTRUCTION OF MONEY
THRILL IN FEATURE FIL.
Spectacle of Man Burning Greenbacki
Is Big Scene in Stewart Picture.
The spectable of a person deliber
ately burning up $2,000 in currenc3
presented in Vitagraph's current pro
duction, "The Sins of the Mothers,
brings forward an interesting ques
tion of law. 'egal experts who passet
on the picture are reported to hav
declared that the deliberate act of de
struction, even in the case where tht
Persons owns the money, is againsl
the law.
It 'was further asserted that whet
proof is given that a certain amoun
of money has been destroyed the gov
ernment stands ready at all times t(
reissue that amount to the loser.
"The -Sins of the Mothers" will b
shown at'the Opera House on Monday
Anita Stewart is the star, supporte<
by a notable cast that includes Earl
Williams, Paul Scardon and Jul,
Swayne Gordon.
Miss Stewart plays the role o
Trixie Raymond, a girl who inherit
the consuming desire to gamble fron
her mother. The latter sends hei
daughter to a convent for seven year.
to cure her. On returning to the
frivolous lifo of the outside worl
Trixie soon plunges again into a whir
of gambling.
Marriage fails to curb her spirit
Finally her husband, Norris Graham
finding -her with $2,000 she had wor
on the races after breaking solemi
promises to cease betting, burns thi
money i).
'Te destruction of the money f'orm:
one of the most dramatic episodes o
the picture.
ABBREVILLE-MUTUAL .
H[OLDS MEETIM%
(ienerA Manager Blake Makes Anna
Report Shmowinig Comnpany to be ii
Most P'rosperous; (Oondition.
Gireenwvood, .Jan. 6.-T'he annua
meeting of the itoardi of Directors o
the Abbeville-Grcenwoodi Mutual Fir
Insurance Co., wvas held this morn
lng in the parlors of the Oregon Hotel
with Hion. J1. Fraser Lyon, -presiden
of the company, presiding. The fol
lowing compose the boardl of dlircC
tors andl all wvere present for the meet
ing this mor'ning: WV. C. Pates, Dhates
burg; A. W. Youngbtlood, Hodges; W
Hi. Wharton, Waterloo; R. E. Nichol
son, Edgeneid; J. RL. Uhlake, Green
wood; A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel; .1. M
Gamibrell, Abbeville, and J. F. Lyon
Columbia. All or the officers were re
cected for the coming year.
Mr. J. Rt. Blako, the general man
ager of the company read his repor
for the year, which showed the com
pany to be in the most prosperodli
condition. All claims have beer
paidl promptly and all debts of th4
company have been paid. In addi.
tion, the company has a handsome
surplus on hand. The reports fr'or
the various counties covered by thi
company, were read and all -were ver)
flatterIng. One-half million dollars o:
insurance Is being written ever)
month and tbe company Is growing b:
leaps and bounds.
Tile Abbeville-Greenwood Mutua
Insurance Co., has its headquarter'
in Greenwood and has agencies ii
sixteen ceutdties In thIs section o:
the state In all of s'-1ch they are do,
ing ain excellent bi :ness, The com.
pany has about nine mnilhon dollari
of insurance now In force. Mr. J. RI
Blake, the efficient general manager
was highly complimented today tb)
the directors for the excellent miannel
in which the affairs of the company
have been handled and was givet
much credit for the fine showing foi
the nast year.
LAVA FROM VOLCANO
FLOWING 20 MILEE
Mexican Towns and Countryside It
West Vera Cruz Blotted Out by Nov
Crater.
Mexico City, Jan. 10.-Flames art
still being emitted by the new vol.
cano at San Miguel In the westerr
part of the state of Vera Cruz, accord.
Ing to advices received here las1
night. It is stated volcanic lava h.
flowing twenty miles east of the nem
crater. Every village in that vicinitQ
has been destroyed, while lava an(
floods of contaminated water fron
sOurces opened by the recent earth
quakes are flooding the district neal
the crater.
Refigees from San liguel confirn
earlier reports telling of numerou
deaths from falling buildings and uols
onous gases Rebels who had theli
headquarters in that region have suf
tered severely from casualties ann
from loss of supplies, it Is stated.
Reports from Teocelo by way o
Vera Cruz, state a panic prevall. thero
from the fear that the old volcan<
near Cofre de Perote will become
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The
Picture
of 1,000
Show S
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tivo since cracks have appeared on ar
I the sides of the mountain.. Iob
First accurate news froin Couztlan, re,
were carried last night in special dis- I
patches from Palapa quoting Dr. Gar- sig
cia Luna, who had just returned from cas
Couztlan. lie stated lie had counted by
seventy-two dead and 100 lnjuredI in be
that village. me
Palapa reports that other travelers
arriving there say the vilage of Bar
ranza Alta, near Couztlan was almost pa
destroyed with numerous victims. In1 Su
Palapa itself, 95 per cent of the build-lia
ings were damaged. S
kSIMPLE WARNINGS Ma
OF LITTIE MOM ENT''
tiht
Mexican Warning to Amerleins, Dis. tal
regalrded, Nothing More than11 'lI
WaMiver. d ie
Washington, Jan. 9.-Warnings of Im
r local authorities, disregard of which, IM
.- reports to the Mcxheain interior de- the
I partment declarod, resulted in the (CI
killing of F. J. Roney and Earl Dales, Ca
r Amerieans, in the Tampico regIon sev- as
eral days ago, amounted in the opln- MI
) ion of oficials here to nothing more ca
than the waiver which all Americans en
Thursday
ARY PI'
In Positively
Character Role<
IEIIO
Successor to "a
LAW1
tarts at 2:00; 3:45, 5
rices: 1 5cts
.(Including
t compelled to sign before they can
ain a Mexico vise for the Tampico
ion on their passports.
[his waiver, by which the person
ning it agrees that no claims in
ic of harm or death shall be brought
his heirs or employers, has never
m recognized by the state depart
nt.
nformation reaching the state de
etmcnt today -was that the wound
itained by Boles in the foot was
de by a Mauser bullet. Carranza
diers are known to be the only
xlcans in that region armed with
users, ofilcials Said.
dvices given out in Mexico City
it the two Americans were mis
cen for smugglers of munitions to
nuel Pelacz, the rebel chief, was
credited by ollicials of the depart
nt, 'who said that. it would be im
osible for a vessel to land arms at
point stated in the advices as that,
'ritory is in entire control of the
rranza forces. Olicials also regard
signilleant that Miguel Sierra, the
lxiean who was with the two Amer I
as when they were murdered, es
pod without injury.
Jan. 15th
"Look out for t
OKFOla
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of Her Career
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