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TO HELP
NEGROES
OA. Dec.. l:*. After 40 years of ser
ation of the founding <*f the first Am
erican Methodist mission by Joh*:
Ste \art. a negro. who carried the gos
|h*I to the Wyandotte Indians, the
Joint Centenary Committee of the Me
thodist Kpiscopal church announced
here that $.“.000,000 of its proposed
SSO.OOO.OOO “Centenary Fund", which
is to be raised by June l, 1010, will !>«•
devoted to “the improvement of social
moral and religious conditions among
the negroes of the I’nited States.*
There are “.ISO negro Methodist
churches in the South and tor their
betterment a budget of $2.*>SS.675 hu^
been prepared, i’ait of the money wifi
be used in educating negro pastor*
along the lines of modern church work
and nearly $160,000 will be devoted to
building parsonages to illustrate mod
el home conditions to the negroes of
the various districts. Demonstration
farm.- al o will be establihed. similar
to the one at Brookhaven. Mias.,
where colored fanners will be taught
scientific agrieu’ture. Thirty }>er cent
of Southern negroes are illeratc ard
schools and lecturers will be employed
to reach these.
Since the beginning of the war. it
is estimated, moie than 750,000 color
ed workers have migrated from “the
land of corn and cotton” to Northern
farms and munition factories. Metho
dism , according to the statement, in
tends to provide for the welfare oj
these negroes, many of whom are
members of that faith. The plans in
elude the building of new churches
in the North, each of which will aid
the negroes to f;nd employment and
obtain decent living quarters. Simila**
provisions will be made to take can*
of negioe women and girls. Courses
in cookery and housekeeping for those
who were formerly plantation labors
are also contemplated.
St. Mark’s M*. E. Church in Chica
go. Hast Calvary M. E. Church in
Philadelphia and Park street M. E.
Church in Cincinnati have already nut
>omc of the Centenary program in op
eration and funds for starving simile *
work in all parts of the country wi 1
in* raised during the “drive ” next
Spring.
Furthermore, the woman who keop<
her lui-hand in hot water ought t»
•rive him a mop and let him wash th •
dishes.
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NEW YORK, Dec., Id— In commer
war business problems receiving thn
most important attention at present
in England is that of the control of
raw materials and shipping, says a
statement issued by the American
Chamber of Commerce in London, it
adds; “Detailed studies of sources and
methods of control and distribute* 1
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athcr point designated, all charges prepaid.
Comparison of our prices with outside figures wi.
prove that we pay more and you get your money from
a t ee to , ive weeks earlier.
References; Any Rank in Alaska, Dexter-Hoi
on National Bank of Seattle, National Bank of Tacoma
Tacoma, Wash.
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when you C ;t sj much from “Hi-Prcss?”
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far. . 1 con ' a ' . from Alaska to
Mcxi:o. ‘vTi-Prw:. ” is i izCo b/ a nr;/ and better
metho —. ' * veat. a .V.v.ac j i.i footwear in year?.
We lit j ,1:j:'w ’ r ever evolved—actual e/ lac
same land lliut jloc > rv > 'woodrieli Auto lircj. x here
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are being made, but there does not yet
appear to be agreement on the general
principles of control. On the one hand
powerful interests are urging imme I*
iaU* co-operation between Great Brit
ain, France and the United States, for
the formation of a world-contiol
which will, at the apropriate time, be
able to distribute raw materials us
seems best. On the other some a«*e
pointing out that such action wou'd
in principle be contrary to Preside tu
Wilson’s policy of ‘no economic coni
bination within the League of Nat
ions.’
“World arrangements are already
being made with the sanction and j
even the assistance of the British {
government in regard to oil and met
als, while shipping plans change or
develope daily. The American Chamb
er of Commerce in London has urged !
commercial bodies in America to cor- |
sider the entire subject.”
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COUNCIL ON DIPLOMACY.!
TOKIO, Dec., 13— Viscount Ya
suya Uchida, Minister of F’oreign Af
fairs; Lieutenant General Giichi Tan
aka, Minister of War; Count General
Masatake Terauehi, former Prime j
Minister; and Baron Shimpci Goto,
former Minister of Foreign Affairs;
have been made members of,the Dip \
lomatic Advisory Council, an organ
ization which was created about n j
year ago to assist and advise the fo;*- i
eign office in the foreign relations of
the Fimpire.
Viscount Uchida was made the
chief secretary of the Council. Mitsu* ,
take Tahahasi, chief secretary to the
Cabinet, and Lieutenant- General Ya
manashi, vice-Minister of War, were
chosen assistant secretaries.
RIGHT REV. BROYER DEAD.
PAGOPAGO, AMERICAN SAM
LONDON, Dec.. 13— The after
vice for the Roman Catholic mission
in the South Seas, the Right Rev.
Petuc Broyer, D. D., apostolic vicar of
Samoa, died recently at his court at«
Moamoa in Upolu, near Apia, western
Samoa.
He was consecrated bishop of Poly
neum, a bishopric in Asia minor, m
1897. Before coming to the South Seas
he served as a private in the Franco- j
Prussian war.
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