Interesting Program Arranged for State Sunday School Meet
Charleston hosts the thirty third annual Sunday school convention from May 12 to 14 with a packed program. Events include rural church day, teen meetings, and multiple sessions at First Methodist Episcopal and other churches. Notable speakers include George W. Banks, Prof. E. C. Excell, and Rev. E. A. Culley as the program covers organist recitals, classroom training, and mission emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Kanawha Hotel
West Virginia
Sunday Schol Association
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Quarrier and Mortis Streets
George W. Benks
C. Excell
Alvin Roper
T. C. Johnson
Harry L. Bond
Home Association
Christian Live
Simonia Page Bledsoe
FE. C. Exerll
Wey
William Coleman
First Presbyterian Thureh
Elizabeth Dunfee
Bo, Excell
Julia Sample
Anna Branch Birford
Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church
W. B. Taylor
Arthur Lazenby
John J. Alexander
W. S. Dysinger
B—Bream
Arthir “Lazenby
M. A. Henline
Atlantic City
George W. Crabbe
E. A. Culley
Bream ‘Memorial
Presbyterian Church
Charleston Street
Ten
Homee
G. Lyman
FH. Gow
Jrst Methodist ‘Episcopal Ghureh
John L. Hart
George W. Banks
Pang Tecital
E. C. Excell
Ghallense
Alexander
Warren J. Wilson
Mwexcell
Alwin Roper
Nannie L. Wrayser
Armory
Kanawha Presbyterian Church
Virginia Street
AleFarland
Anna Branch Dinford
Hema
Baptist Temple
Capitol
Revow
Wo ‘Fields
Hymi
Anthur ‘Lasonby
Homer C. Lyman
D. D
Nome
Manus
Samuel C. Tones
S. W. Walker
Poers
Edmonia
M. A
Lee Frayser
E. 0
Bycell
Edmonia Page Bledsor
Martha V. Graham
Lenna Lowe
Yost
J.C. McWhorter
George W.crabbe
Teacher Training Department
First
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ayre D. Clark
Innis E. Black
Ethel Braden
T. O'Rear
M. R. East
Yael
A. B.withers
EH. Newton Miler
Roane Street
Methodist Episcopal Church South
E. C. Pase
E. of Excell
Nannie Lee Frayser
Thomas
E. Hodges
Roang Street Methodist Episcopatehurch South
Arthur
Lazenby
Anna
Branch Binzford
M. A. Hewline
B. R. Reed
W. Shannon
Southern Belles to Be at Reunion for Confederate Veterans
Richmond Apr 24 The 1915 United Confederate Veterans reunion sponsors and maids of honor are announced piece by piece. over fifty Southern belles will attend the veterans’ functions, with many named from North Carolina Virginia Tennessee Florida Mississippi Kentucky Trans Mississippi Pacific and Oklahoma divisions. Names include General Julien S Carr and Miss Bessie Burkheimar in North Carolina. General J Brown and Mrs A H Branch in Virginia. General George P Harrison and Miss Carolyn S Hamilton in Tennessee. General J A Rosborough in Florida. General C R Vance in Mississippi. General W B Haldeman in Kentucky. General K M Van Zandt in Trans Mississippi. General William Harrison in Pacific. and General D Ya Hailey in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
United Confederate Veterans
North Carolina
Julien S. Carr
Bessie Burkheimar
Charlottes
Carolyn S. Hamilton
Columbus
Migh
Mary Rice
Atlanta
Florida
A. Rosbaroush
R. R
Rosberoush
Jacksonville
Catherine Baker
Tacksonville
Mississippi
C. R. Vance
Helen Clark
Cleveland
Miss
Spencer
Emma Booth
Batesvilla
Bella Brame
Jackson
Touise Allen
Glen
Allen
Mary H
Kimbrouch
Greenwood
TD. Miller
Batesvile
Vite
Fhula Ra Price
Caroling
Bhancrops
Big Trout Catches Reported at Bear Run and nearby creek
Long Trout in Connellsville area is reported from Bear Run where Mrs Phamax B Eohard, wife of a Connellsville physician, landed the biggest trout in seasons. The fish measured 14 and a half inches, with additional reports of a 22 inch trout from Jones's mill area on Judian Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Bear Run
Phamax
B. Eohard
Jones's Mill
Sunday Criticized by Princeton Dean in Pittsburgh
Dr. Andrew F. West of Princeton called Billy Sunday’s sermons coarse and blasphemous while Dr. James A. Gray of Moody Bible Inst. defended the evangelist as possibly the Lord’s anointed. Gray urged caution, noting some churchgoers praise Sunday and that souls may be being saved despite perceived vulgarities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Billy
Andrew F. West
Graduate School
Princeton University
James A. Gray
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Gray
Smithfield Street Methodist Church
Union Bible Class
Dr. Grey
Fort iPitt
Princeton
University
Dean Gray
Theological School
Rome
Greece
Sunday
Times
New York
Philadelphia
Dru Gray
Billy Sunday
Dean West
Zeppelin scare in English town sparks wartime panic
An English town endured 24 hours under martial law due to a false Zeppelin raid alarm after a breakdown in notifying authorities. A correspondent recalls lamp-smashing, vigilant constables, scenes of mothers with infants in the cold, and the fear of war while the true danger never materialized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
England
Cengrer
Przemysl
Markete
Jecal Omic
Thames River Near Bridges Gains Modern Dock Complex
Correspondence from London notes rapid Thames changes as modern docks and machinery replace the old river scene. The King George Dock, the era’s flagship port project, should finish by midsummer after about three years of work. It will cover a frontage of 1.5 miles, 64 acres, a 750 foot long dry dock, and a 900 foot entrance lock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Thames
King George Dock
Surge in Horse Meat Demand Raises Danish Prices
Denmark reports a sharp rise in horse meat demand for Germany with prices at unprecedented highs. Horse flesh from battlefield carcasses, once thought abundant, is deemed unfit for consumption and increasingly burned or sold to soap makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Paris War Inventions Fail To Save The City
Correspondent reports Paris has seen limited wartime ideas tested with scant practical results. Proposals included a protective net from the Sacred Heart to shield Paris and portable rails to speed troop moves, while others proposed balloon trains and wire cutting shells. The era’s innovations show mixed progress and a slow return to peacetime invention rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated, Press
Paris
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Inierant Martres
Biffek Tower
Srseilles
Afr
Itu
Svar
Clemenceau
Ithedrome Enchaine
Licenses Refused for London Dance Halls
London magistrates in charge of excise deny liquor licenses to dance halls. Previously granted with little scrutiny, authorities now state the time for dancing is scarce. One magistrate notes if they must dance they will have to dance on coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Excise
Couple Married in Den of Lions at Walcross
William Johnson and Miss Kate Smith, prominent Ware county families, wed in a lion's den at Walcross Georgia with Mayor Beaton officiating. A fifty dollar purse was awarded for braving the three lions in a stunt wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walcross
William Johnson
Kate Smith
Ware County
Beaton
Navy Pensacola aviation school to train officers and men
Across the sea war is overhead. The Navy forms a Pensacola flying school to set the pace for American airmen. Ten officers and twenty enlisted in the first class begin six weeks at an aircraft maker then flight training at Pensacola. Pay rises 35 percent during training and 40 percent after qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Navy
Naval Flying School
Pensacola
Fla
Uncle Sam
Navy
Marine Corps
Sam
Pensacola Aviation School
Jis Eee
War Ends Freak Fashions as War Spirit Changes Paris Style
Paris reports that wartime austerity reshapes fashion with flowing skirts replacing narrow gowns. New looks favor six to ten yards of fabric, dark sober colors, and minimal accessories, while wide hats fade and fatigue caps rise. Designers note economic recovery impacts trade and imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rue de la Paix
Parienne
America
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Bible School
Excell
West Virginia Institute
Edmonia Page Bledsoe
Stark A. White
J. C. Bardall
Arthur Arnold
D. B. Purinton
Orchestra West Virginia Institute
Joseph A. Bennett
Leland Jerome Powell
L. B. Powers
Missionary Department Conference
M. L. Wood
Edward Y. Black
Frederick F. Briggs
William E Craig
G. White
West
Virginia
Tugene Emery
Yon
Pecky
The
Armorx
Capital
Silvet
KE. O
Alyin Roper
Eccen
Hyre D. Clark
Warren WH. Wilso
F Orests Rca Rae
Hogs Inspec
Aed Shannon
First Methodist Episcopal
Kentucky
W. B. Haldeman
Henrietta White
Louisville
Hillary Melton
Elizabethtown
Frances B. Steele
Midway
Trans -Mississippi
K. M. van Zandt
Little Hailey Walcott
McAlister
Okla
Selma Couch
Magnolia
Ark
Honbor
Pacific Division
William Harrison
Saltiemple
Fresno
Cal
Pearl
Butler
Pulaski
Tenn
Shonor
Ruby ‘Butler
Mary
Myrtle Craig
Ruby Garter
Tennessee
Modetin Pemberton
Chattanooga
Lucile Coles Anderson
Huntsville
Ala
Lillian Yardy Tose
Tuscaloosa
Lelia Anderson
Oklahoma
Dy, Am Hailey
Evelyn Johnson
Oklahoma City
Riggs Bank
Treasury
Joseph Bailey
Riggs National ‘Bank of Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
John Skelton Williams
Bailey
United States
Texas
Chicago
Billy’ Sunday
Bae Ae Narco
English Town
Thames River
den OF Lions
Pensacola, Fla
Kansas
Colorado
California
Oregon
Highland ‘Bros. S. Gore
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