New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1921, Page 5

OCTOBER 18, 1921. BAPTISTS SHOWING SUBSTANTIAL GAIN 98th Annual Convention Held Today in Danbury LARGH ODD INDIAN oon sary will be il league e Chamber evening. and Anna from a trip to ington. xture; new ship- ality Smoke Shop. Danbiry, Oct. 18.—Baptisms in the Baptist churches of Connecticut the past year were more than in any year since 1908 according to the annual report of the Rev. A, B. Coats, of Hartford, the secretary, given at to- day's session of the 98th annual con- : i : 3 vention of the Baptist churches held - & 5 i 4 : x in the First church. The report show- 4 4 4 . 8T ed that baptisms were 1,139, while the S i total for the previous year was 965. There are 156 churches of $he denom- ination in the state with membership of 27,282. Mr. Coats’ report !also dealt with other denominational mat- ters. During the year, son of 21 Wallace Freda A. Zehrer of ‘et, have taken out a mar Ise. A s born at the hospital Sunda Eht to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. a7 2 Daley of Bristol. Mrs. Daley was The Trunk of the Santa Maria De Tula, the Largest! Tree in |formerly Miss Mabel Coleman of this America. city. H Davenport | Miss Viola Alex of 54 Camp street house in New Haven has been bought and w social settlement started with the Rev. J. A. Paldino and two women In Bridgeport the work among foreigners has been increased by Adding Miss Cynthia Moore and, the Rev. Biagio Isgro to John Daviduk has the missionaries in charge. tho staff. Rev. worked among the Russians in state. Modern Circuit Rider. What the modern circuit rider is called upon to do was shown by the report of Rev. William T. Thayer, di- rector of religious edugation for the convention when he stated that he had travelled 13,950 miles in Connec- He said that 33 Baptist churches in the state cannot be reached either, by train or trolley while 105 aro so situated that going by other than automobile is obliged to stay overnight. In 89 Baptist churches necessitate a two nights' stop if the officer goes by ticut to carry on his work. the convention officer, if Sunday appointments other than automebile. $100.000,000 Campaign. Reporting for the work of the One Hundred Million Dollar campaign of state, Sloat of Hartford, director of promotion for Connecticut said while $2,252,500 is Connecticut's S ———— the northern,Baptists in Rev. Horace B. *he DANDERINE Stops Hair Coming Out; Thickens, Beaytifies. quota to be-pledged, only $1,003,092.04 has. been pledged to date, The num- ber who have pledged is 9,662. Al- ready $292,403.45 has been paid in the past year, this state has taken its place in the front rank in regard to vearly payments made on its quota. The Baptists are probably the only denomination who have a . p: large in the state, and Rev. E. Gates of Hartford, who holds the office created by the convention, visits pastorless churches and aids them in securing pastors. In his report he re- ferred to the burning o° the 93 years old church at Packerville. He said the loss was ‘turned into a'blessing, resulting ip the revival and baptisms of 16 per!&:s, some of the recipients being head¥ of families’’ in the little stream which runs through the, vil- lage. Charles Edward Prior, of Hartford, treasurer of the convention, showed by his report, receipts by the conven: tion proper (not to the board of pro- motion) «of $67,224.10 the past year. There is a balance of $580.18 in the treasury. The report showed $8,564.- 70 spent among foreigners in Connec- ticut, and $7,881.91 spent among Fnz- lish speaking churghes in the form of aid. For state missionaries, $4,978.90 was spent hx.the convention. FINED FOR RQRIVING UNREGISTEREY) AUTO == N Wisk Pays $15 and Costs—Nappi anc Maictta Are Freed Under , Suspended Judgment. Ignatius: Wisk. aged 19, was fined $15 and costs this morning for driv- ing an unregistered automobile truck He was arrested yesterday afternooan on Main street, by Traffic Supervisor Clarence Lanpher. The young m admitted knowledge ‘that the yehicl was not registered, after the police- man called aftention to ‘the ‘absenc l)x registry plates and a certificate. Jad, t uspended in the Sageés of agle Nappi and Salvatore Majetta, charged with assaulting one jnother. They were arrested yesterdas following the police court sessior. ajetta had appeared as complaining itness in ‘an intimidation and libel 35-cents buys a bottle of "Dander-);cmse against against Nappi's brother. ine" at any drug store. dandruff or a falling hair. Besides every hair shows new life, vigor brightness, more color and abundance. 'SICK HEADACHES FOR VEARS ter one ap- plication you can not find a particle of This and money matters are alleged to have resulted in the fracas. The af- fair was of small consequence and since neither had been arrested pre- iously, they were allowed to go. ud Miller, -a jitneur, was given antil Monday morning to comply with the state requirement that jitneys have wo exits, one front and one rear. He was notified of the law several weeks ago. Oct. 1 being the date set for the change. Yesterday Policeman Lanpher saw the Jitney and noticing that the “hange had not been made, arrested the owner. % Miller explained that he was going - The Santa Maria de Tuls, a gian ahuehuete tree in Oaxaca, Mezico, is the largest tree on the American con- In view of this Oaxaca au- thorities rplan to create a state park tinent. with the giant as the central point o interest. The tree ‘measures, some 12 fee from the ground, 80 feet in diamete: and over 250 feet in circumference. That is la~ger than the largest of tke famous California redwood trees. The giant belongs to cypress family, huete, tree."” and its name, in Aztec, means The ahue: profound respect for old things. Th giant cypress did not escape their at tention, and they discovered. wherever an ahuehuete grew ther was water not far from the surface. Connected with this is the curiou belief that if you place your ear to the roots >f the Santa Maria de Tula vou will hear distinctly the murmur- ing of the subterranean waters. The ‘old water-tree,” believed to inhabit, at times, beautiful woman. “ 'After the conquest of the Aztec em- pire, the Indians continued to wor: <hip the old water-tree. the Virgin Mary). PSYCHOLOGY LECTURES. Dr. Truth Councilor Will Fill Local En gagements. Dr. Truth Councilor, psychologist, ar- rived in the city today to fill lecturing engagements with several local organ- zations, and during his stay here plans to deliver a number of free lectures. He is a medical doctor with 30 years of experience in practice and psycholo- gical research, specializing in industrial The theme of his lecture i Dr. Councilor gave up his medical practice. some years ago to devote his time to medical missionary and other religious work, later branching out to psychology in industry. OLDEST COLLEGE MAN Lewis Benedict Rced at 97 is Veteran of All College Graduates. New York, Oct. 18.—A message of greeting from Lewis Benedict Reed who is regarded as the country's oldest col- lege graduate was read today at the founders’ day celebration of the 90th anniversary of New York university. He is 97 years old and a member of the class of 1863, The university an- nounces that an inter-collegiate alumni the Mexican “old water- Aztecs and most of the other Indian races of Mexico had a that in an age of nature worship, was dedicated to one of the oldest of the Aztec deities, the goddess of the waters, who was the ynderground waters, from which she came, occasionally, in the form of a But after this practice was broken up by the adoption of Christianity; they began ‘o call the big tree Santa Maria (after has joined the Waskowitz’s who are on an automobile trip to New York. ODD FELLOWS HOLD . 79TH ENCAMPMENT t £ t r|New Haven Convention Hears That Membership Has Increased 698 in- Year. -| New Haven, Oct. 18. — The grand encampment, 1. O. O. F., of Connectl- cut was held here today, it being the | 79th annual meeting of this body. - | Grand Patriarch A. H. Lubenow, in his address, told the delegates thht it was a matter of satisfaction that fhere was a gain of 698 in membership for the year, the second largest gain ever recorded by the encampment; he es- pecially urged that owing to condition of the times, every help be afforded patriarchs who may be In arrears so that losses due to suspemsion may be reduced to the minimumi. In the. past veat there were 176, an increase of 44 over the previous year. Twenty- six encampments are on the honor roll with Atlantic, No. 28, in first placu with a percentage of 80 and Bridge- port, No. 9°in second place. William H. Lowe, of Waterbury, grand high priest, reported on his visitations as did Nelson W. Benedict, grand senior warden and Orville Rec- tor, grand junior warden. William S. Hutchinson the grand scriba re- ported a total membership on July 1 last of 7,624 the total assets of the subordinate encampments at $98,146 and total receipts for the year of $38,- 853. The net gain in assets for the vear wad $4,985. g Frank M. Canfield and W. S. Hutch- e s ereal that_ : “Tastes Good” \ -~ Your Greceer Sells ‘Wheatena—Recipe Book Free. ‘The Wheatena Company, ‘Wheatenaville, ison, grand representatives, gave a re- view on the doings of the sovereign grand lodge which met at Toronto last month. The makers of Onyx - Silk Hosiery —— say— Rahwzy, New Jersey. Always wash silk stockings in committee has -established that he is the oldest living college graduate. Up to five ‘years ago he lived in New York where he practiced law for years. PRINCIPALS ;IN*HORSEWHIPPING ‘o fix the bus, but he broke a toe which laid hifa up. Later, his othar bus broke down and he was Tequired to keep the car in service. Nothing Gave Rellef Unti He Tried “Fruit-a-tives” 160 Caronixe Ave.,OGDENSBURG,N. Y. Y suffered for four years with Nervous Sick Headache and Dyspepsia. 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Complete launder- A jury at Tulsa, Okla., has acquitted Mrs. George Thomas, a that their products be la ing directions in booklet form sent free on request. Lever wealthy Oklahoman, of a charge of assault and battery brought Bros. Co., Cambridge, Mass. by Billie Dailey, a divorcee, who charged that Mrs. George . s b‘ l ; b Thomas and Mrs. Orville Thomas lured her to a secluded spot where ghey tied her to a tree, disrobed her and horsewhipped her. Won fl”jure dn)'t lng Pflf’t’ water aione won't arm Billie Dailey is shown above (right) with Miss Irene Wells, a chum, who took the stand as a state’s witness. » Below, left to right, aré Mrs. Orville Thomas and Mrs. Gem’;:e/ Made in' U. S. A. v AY BETTY COMPSON & MILTON SILLS i “THE END OF THE WORLD” as. o g MR