Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 296, 1 September 1910 — Page 7

PAGE SEVEN MINISTERS TO THIS RATES Branch Offices r- '-...' ranch offices are located in every fart of the city and county towns, fteave your want ad with the one nearest .you. Rates are the same. PALLADIUM COUNTRY PAID HIGH o o o ooo 1 cent per word. 7 days for the A price of 5 days. " We charge advertisements sent in by phone and collected for after its insertion. Statistics Show that Ameri Waet Ado GoltunnniiniS' can Clergymen Draw the Best Salaries.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, SEPTK3IBER 1, 1910.

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WANTED Good woman for house "ara. Geo. Eggemeyer, 1221 Main Bt RAYED Red cow; call phone 510.1O. John Austerman, Rich- ' mond. R. R No. 2. 30-3t WANTED Three live, bustling can- , vatuer write Box 278, Dublin, Ind. . 30-3t WANTED Work of any kind by exiwrlenced woman; call 233 S. 3rd. - ';'' 30-2t VAUNTED Girl to assist in boarding bouse; one who can go home at night Phone 4029. .410 N. 15th. 30-3t VVANTED Men to learnTbarber trade. ,Few weeka completes. Time saved by steady practice. Careful instructors, tools given, diplomas granted, gyag es Saturdays. Positions waiting, Splendid demand for graduates.: Write today. Moler Barber , ' (College, Cincinnati, O. 27-6t WANTED Position as housekeeper by a roflned and competent middleaged lady In a reliablo widower' 'small family. Address L. C. 8., 101 'State St, Richmond, Ind. 28-7t VAf ' To repair your baby cabs, fumitnt. bicycles and all kinds of rpnir work. We also do picture frartiii.s Brown ft Darnell, 1022 , Main Phone 1936. 18-tf vVANTtw -To buy old gold, silver Jewel; y. J.- M. Lacey, Pawnbroker. - - - ' 17-lm WAM KD To buy or rent place of 1 ' to acres near Richmond; prl:e miMi he right Address F. . I O. Bi. "tatlon No. 1. . 201 7t WANTED Door and window screens to order, lawn mowers sharpened; call for and delivered. Brown-Dar ell Co., 1028 Main. Phone 193$. WANTED Copy of April 1; leave at : Palladium office. 15-tf NOTICE Chautauqua Headquarters moved to the park. Phone 3659. WANTED A competent girl or worn.an:, for general bouse work, In a rfimall family. Address Box 67, Richmond, Ind. ' 29-tf WaKWD It you want, money in ptc of your city property or farm, , gc right to Porterfleld's Real Es!tte office, Kelley Block, 8th and Mln. . 14-tf Waa TED Bread, baker at 8 8.11th fit. , 7-tf HAGERSTOWN, IND. ' ,lIajierstown Ind- 8eDt' Miss Ue;;Addlngton will be the gnest of ff'ilf at Columbus. Ohio. Wednesd,.aftd Thursday from which place he' will ko to Pomcroy. Ohio to take a. position during the millinery seapn.., , Miss Thelma 8ells spent Tuesday with Miss Leona Halderman at the Henry f Ialderman , home, north of town. fritS J- H" K,dwe11 entertained at d&ilfl Tnesday Mrs. Harvey Hayworti and son Ralph and Miss Mary Kldwell. Augustus Weidman is seriously 111 with .typhoid fever. Mrs. Chas. NlchOlson, a daughter Is nursing him. Miss Leona Sells Is the guest of her44ncle Wesley 8ells and family at Nfy Castle. .Dean Purdy of Winchester has been visaing with relatives here. .Vn. Keever is confined at his home with, lumbago. llss Fern Wlmmer of Indianapolis Is the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roe Wlmmer. . Mrs. John Replogle and children of near Economy were visitors of Henry Replogle Monday. Mrs Prink Pni-imna rt tllfhmnnrl in spending a few days with her niece Mrsi Bay Warfel. aira. Jesse neits ana aaugnier, oirs. 1 W. Evkels, Jr.. of Anderson are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Theo Sells. 'Mrs. Antdl Rudy and children were entertained Tuesday at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. John 8ells. Mrs. Carrie Rohrer went to Covington, Ohio, today where she will spend the winter with ber sister, Mrs. Michael Maler. Mrs. Martin Funk and daughters Vara and Martha of Muncte are visiting with Mrs. Mary A. Funk. Mrs. Will Abbott entertained Wednesday, Mls Anna Horn, Miss Floree Rat lift Mlsa Loraine Long and MlWClarn Williams of Anderson. -Ur. Moses Keever and children spSOt AVednwtdny at Richmond. . . Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Morris entertained at six o'clock dinner Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Krahl of Cambridge City. .'Timothy Pierce Is ill with pleurisy. ilfrs Frank Lay of Indianapolis a3rf$ a part of the week here with friends. - , , flalen Jones Is the guest for the week of her grandparents. Mr. and Mr!.' Oscar Jouea. MILTON; IND. -Wat Little of Anderson Is visiting tCrents, Mr: and Mrs. Santford Litfsasrs. Royden Wolfgang, Ralph ' Vsv Misses Eunice McClung and X TTsmplln formed a carriage para V m orninlrv drlr. Uondi mttmr. f w 'rirslamec Qlsabeth Heardea and E. D, iiawraui and dansbtar, spent 8un- ' ' - ' . . ' s - .

"News of Surrounding Towns

WANTED Few mtddlc-aged Richmond gentlemen to cover Richmond, Hagerstown, Whitewater. Lynn. M uncle. Union City,- Winchester, Connersvile. MIddletown and Farmland. All winter's Job, start now; $2.75 per day. Glen Brothers, Rochester, N. Y.

WANT12D You to go to Murray Billiard parlors for recreation. 12 tf MEN Learn Automobile Business. Wages $23 weekly; $10 while learning. We teach by mail. Rochester Auto School, Rochester. N. Y. WANTED A stenographer. Bertsch ft Co., Cambridge City, Ind. 31-7t WANTED Girl for general house work, no washing, good wages. Phone 43S8. 31-3t WANTED Sewiqg In families; care R. C. Palladium. 29-7t WANTED-Second hand heating, cooking and gasoline stoves. No. 12 South 6th St Success Loan Co, 29-7t WANTED Boarders at 319 N. 14th. l-2t WANTED Girl, 214 N. 9th. l-3t WANTED Position as bookkeeper; good reference. Phone 2301. l-4t WANTED Sawing, grooving, interior cabinet work. De Banta's Shop, Phone 1167. 731. So. 8th. It WANTED Two ladies to distribute light and small samples; good pay. Address G. R. Fuller, City. It WANTED Competent stenographer; call at Richmond Business College. l-2t WANTED Rugs to beat, lawns to mow, etc. Phone 2904. 129 North 6th St. l-2t DISTRIBUTORS for Chambers Stock Food. It cures Hog Cholera. J. H. Kelly, 911 Main St l-7t FOR SALE. FOR SALE New and second hand buggies and carriages. Newborn's Shop, 105 N. 4th St. Phone 1612. 27-tf FOR SALE One large steamer trunk) one artist's easel; 435 S. 13th. 30-3t FOR SALE Child's safety iron bed, good as new, $6.00; also wicker cart $2.00; 219 College Ave. 26-7t FOR SALE Attention housekeepers; second band waahstands and cham- . ber sets, good as new; Westcott Hotel. . 26-7t day with Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Newman at Cambridge City. Walter Judkins and J. W. Judkins had a sale of stock and farm products at the farm four miles east of town, Wednesday. Elmer Little and family are moving to the farm at Doddridge to live with the father. John Little,. ' The wife and mother. Mrs. Mary Little was hurried at Doddridge cemetery, Sunday. Marcus Moore has returned from a pleasant visit with his son and family, at Indianapolis. Mrs. Kitterman spent yesterday at Connersville. Mrs. Josie Clouds spent yesterday with her aunt. Mrs. Emily Williams. She la now with her brothers, W. M. and Frank Wallace, south of town. Miss Dora Wallace 'returned Monday night from her trip abroad. Miss Wallace has closed her work and will take position In the schools, at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Africa and sons,' who were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Jons. left yesterday morning. John Savler, of Ohio, was the visitor of his mother and sister, Mrs. Ball and daughter. The marriage of Marvin Wallace and Miss Elma Ruth Cobban, took place Tuesday evening at Butte. Montana. Mr. Wallace is the son of William M. Wallace, a farmer south of Milton and a nephew of Mrs. Josie Clouds. He graduated from Milton high school and also from the State University and made quite a fine record in athletic b ports, especially In running. The lafst two years he has occupied the Chair In History and Mathematics at Duluth Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Marven Wallace left for Reno. Nevada, where he will occupy a similar position. Mrs. Charles Klnese entertained yesterday afternoon for Miss Lena Myers.Mrs. F. M. Jones is visiting her sister, Mrs. Sands and tenting at Chautauqua. ' Misses Mande Ball and Miriam Parklua left yesterday tor Pawnee, Oklahoma, where they will teach this winter. Miss Ball taught there last year. Miss Parkins taught at Skyland Institute, North Carolina. Frank Doty was at Chicago this weekHuntington, Pa. Mrs. L. A. Bragg accompanied her and will visit at Washington, D. C, and Baltimore before returning. Miss Estella Heubbell Is visiting at Anderson. The Whitely reunion was held at Riverside Park, Indianapolis, Saturday. The crowd was not so large this year, there being only 53 present Special features of the program were talks by the Rev. Chas Whitely, of Friend's church. Carthage, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Whitely, of Richmond; also by "Sylvester Johnson, of Irvington, who Is now 89 years old. and formerly of Dublin. The following were named as officers: Mrs. Dellia Morrison, 'of Darlington, president; Miss Jennie Heussey, of Milton.

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LETT The following are replies to Palladium Want Ada. received at this office. Advertisers will confer a great favor by calling for mall In answer to their ads. Mail at this office up to 12 noon today as follows: derk 1 Mail will be kopt for 3V aays only. All mail 'not cal'ed for within that time will be cast out FOR SALE Farm of about 30 acres, one-half mile from Economy, good T large house and several outbuildings. Bargain price $2,500. J. G. W. Beard, Kconomy, Ind. 27-7t FOR SALE 80 teres well located good buildings; good fruits, shade and water. Daudy little stock c hog raiser's chance. Price $4,800. Apply to J. E. M. Agency, over 6 N. 7th street r John L, Batchelor, Proprietor of one of the best known local dairies, will resume his retail business today. All cattle are Tuberculin Tested Highest rating In Wayne County. The old price, -61-4 cents per quart, will prevail. Prompt and regular deliveries. Call Phone 3476 l-2t FOR SALE Well located 7 room house, bath, electric light Phone 2455. ' 26-7t FOR SALE Cook stove, and heating stove. Phone 2352. 26-7t FOR SALE Furniture, 131 S. 9th. l-2t secretary-treasurer. . The retiring president and secretary were Howard Whitely ,of Cambridge City, and Mrs. William Ferris, of this place. ECONOMY. IND. One of the social events of the season took place Tuesday in the pretty grove of Albert Jessup, - three miles north of Economy. The members of the Friends church and Sunday, school held their annual picnic there and it proved to be especially fine. The older men played paIdle ball and croquet, the young ladies geve an exhibition of their skill as horse women and the little tots held high carnival romping and playing games while their mamas prepared the. big dinner that was enjoyed by nearly one. hundred. Perhaps no other 'crowd of picnickers ever had as much fun as this one did. The Rev. O. M. Frazer pastor of the Friends church here, will deliver a special sermon Sunday evening at the usual hour In their church on "The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil." All are invited to hear Rev. Frazer. E. T. Veal. Perry township trustee, made a business trip to Richmond Tuesday. Mrs. Glennie Clark and children and Mrs. Grace Hunt will attend Chautauqua Thursday. Worth Clark of Indianapolis, was the guest over Sunday of his mother and sister, Mrs. Ida Clark and Miss Rena Clark. Miss Belle Conley is back from the chautauoua. Mr. and Mrs. Grand Smith of Carlos City, was here visiting the first of the week. The farmers are busy working out their road taxes. Mrs. Carlista McCall and son Leo, of Blountsville. were visiting Squire and Mrs. Thomas Fraiser Tuesday. Charley Atkinson was called to Blountsville Wednesday to take charge of the body of Mrs. Minnie Jordan and prepare it for burial. Mrs. Mabel Gwin has returned to Anderson after a few days spent here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson. Leander Anderson of Williamsburg was here Tuesday morning transacting business. . Master Charles Replogle is back from a week's visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cunningham of Richmond. BOSTON IND. A large number of the residents are now attending Chautauqua and hack loads pass through town each morning from College Corner and other points south. - Carrie and Esther daughters of Henry Byers who formerly resided here, are now visiting friends here and at Fairhaven. O. Esther Rife is gradually Improving in health. : , Clifford Beck of Charleston. Mo, who has been visiting here some days Is preparing to return home. ' : The corn crop in this vicinity is now suffering for the want of rain. No more than half a crop is expected. Geo. Hart is now at Brownsville, ' ' VV-& - TT VI TtlCHltOXD

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FOR SALE I have a number of improved farms, from 25 upto 214 acres, city property and lots; commission one per cent ' Kaufman, over 828 Main St Phone 2394, --,. 24-tt FOR-SAXEChoice lot of small farms near good markets. They are well adapted for truck, poultry. . fruit or dairy products. J. E. M. Agency, over North 7th St ,, 18-tf

FO RSALE Duroc hogs. Commons, Webster. Phone 51 44C. 14-tues-wed-3wks FOR SALE or trade for Richmond 'property, two modern houses in tine location' in Indianapolis, very attractive. " Address P. O. box 67. Richmend, Indlaua. jlyd-ti FO R SA LEfPenlnaula base burner,' good as. new; 2006 N. E. 31-3t FOR SALE-Small, well improved suburban premises; well-fruited, good house and barn; other outbuildings; an ideal little, home for the retired farmer, or city man seeking a suburban home. Price $4,000. Apply to The J. E. M. Agency, over 6 North Seventh street sept 1-tf FOR SALE Mantle cabinet, 202 N. 8th St Phone 2301. l-3t FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE Choice residence "lot first euare Soutb 12th St Dr. Ewlpg. 23-t! FOR SALE Improved farms, city property and lots. One per cent commission on sales of $500. Kaufman, ever S28 Main. Phone 2394. J una ItL FOR SALE Six room house with bath, furnace and electric light, $2,300.00. Phone 1522. 17-tf -QR SALE ' 160 acres, well Improved, good location, fine producing soil. Price $95.00 per acre. Address "0"(care Palladium. . FOR SALE Good nine room house, good barn and fine lot in desirable location. Good reason for selling. Address" Y" care Palladium. MISCELLANEOUS. Fire Insurance. Turner W. Hadley. Real Estate. ' . . , J. M. Lacey Pawnbroker, 8th and Main. 26-3mo Texas looking after his interests there. He has made investments there 1 In the sugar business. . v GERRYMANDER FOR . INDIANA PLANNED BY TAGGERT GANG (Continued From Page One.) er introduced a republican apportionment bill in the senate. The latter two measures were both dropped because of the two houses being "controlled by opposite parties a circumstance which practically assured each would be blocked. In the legislature of 1910 the matter will of necessity arise again. Called It "Unjust." Way . back in 1878 the democratic platform denounced a republican apportionment as "unjust and dishonorable." In 1879 the democrats got their fingers in the pie and passed a law which as late as 1891 was considered by the supreme court and declared unconstitutional. In 1885 the democrats again gerrymandered the state having a majority in both branches of the house, of about two thirds. -The republican platform of 1886 said : - "It passed apportionment bills disfranchising nearly half the voters of the state in legislative and. congressional elections, thus accomplishing under the forms of law what it has accomplished elsewhere by the tissue ballot and the shotgun." The republican platform of 18S8 said: "The Iniquitous and unfair apportionment for congressional and legislative purposes made at the behest of the liquor league of Indiana, followed by conspiracy and forgery upon the election returns of 1886 In Marion county, for which a number of prominent democratic leaders were indicted and tried, two of whom are now suffering the deserved penalty of their acts," demands the rebuke of every patriotic citizen." ' Gerrymandered State. In 1S91 the democratic party again gerrymandered the state. Governor Alvin P. Hovey returned the bill passed by the legislature, with his veto. He said in his message: "To me this bill seems unfair, unjust, unwise and. unconstitutional." He went on' to show what had been accomplished by the democratic gerrymander of 1886, the republican complaints upon which have heretofore been commented upon. He showed In the election of 1888 t.thih was by actual count of the entire number of votes in the state, republican by a majority of 23S7. But with this majority in officially counted votes, the democrats returned to the house of representatives 57 members, while the republicans returned only i&. ."A majority of the electors controll t 4 V

PAIXAmtTM "AD SITX-TKTJEGRAST. TlfTTTtST AY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1010.

PATENTS procured, also sold on commission. Positively no advance fee. Patent Exchange, Jenifer Build- : log, Washington. D. C. may22-tf

LEAVE ORDER with Mrs. Hattie Kill. Pies, Cakes and Home-made Bread; 44 S. 6th St. 32 2t NOTICE The party that borrowed the invalid- chair from the Penny - Club will please return to 100 Ft Wayne Ave. at once. HAIR weaving, taanicurit-g. face massage and scalp treatment Shampooins. 35c. Open of evenings till S o'clock. Miss ; Steward, 16- South Sixth, may25-6mo NOTICE Neff & Nusbaum's, my Mer chants' Delivery headquarters has been changed . from 4219 to 2619. C. E. Deem. ' It , FOR RENT. FOR RENT Modern flat, 22 N. 11th street ;', John Pelts, 626 Main. 27-tf FOR RENT 8 rooms furnished for housekeeping, hot water beat included, $30.0a Possession given Sept 15th. Earlham Place. Enquire phone 3106. 26-tl FOR RENT Furnished rooms, moderate rates, electric light and bath for gents only at the Grand. ' Jly5-tf FOR RENT A new three roomed flat .furnished for light housekeeping; 1C5 N. 4th St Phone 1612. 20-tf FOR RENT Rooms for ligtt housekeeping; 31 N. Eleventh St ' 31-&t FOR RENT Furnished room for two men at 12,2 Main St It LOST , LOST Locket witfidragon heads engraved, diamond eyes, monogram H.' W.; ' return to Palladium. Reward. ' ; 26-tf LOST Gold watch and fob with Fertilizer advertisement on fob. Reward. Return to Palladium. 31-2t LOST Mrs -Barker lost a photo of her son which she values as a keepsake; lost from Catholic church to South A, .east on A to 6th and from 6th' to Main. - .Anyone finding same will confer a great favor upon her if returned to her. l-2t LOST A watch fob, ,T. C. D. Return to Palladium and get reward. l-7t LOST Grey striped Angora cat from 12th and Main. Reward. " Lee' C. Hoover. l-2t ed the presidential election and the state ticket in favor of the republican party," said Governor , Hovey, "whilst the redlstricting of the state in 1885 for the election of representatives gave a minority of the electors the power to send a majority of the state senators and representatives' to the legislature and 'ten representatives out of thirteen to congress. "Any law passed by either party in any of the United States that gives power to a minority over a majority should be held in abhorrence and contempt by every honest freeman. As the state is now apportioned the majority of the. electors of the state contrary to the constitution, have no political rights. They are virtually disfranchised. ' The bill for the reapportionment in 1891 passed notwithstanding the objections of . he governor 'thereto. Passed Over a Veto. But the bill passed over the veto of the governor. The republican party pledged Itself to warfare against the dishonest policy manifested in the bill. The courts declared the democratic act of 1891 to be unconstitutional, pointing out in decision the unfairness of the representation created. It was not until 1897 that the republicans got a trial at the division game and they played it so well that ven the democratic party In its plat forms of 1898 and 1900 found nothing against Vhlch to protest. ' The republicans legislated unwisely when they came to bat in 1903. Their apportionment for the election of senators and representatives was knocked out by the courts. They "came back" in 1905 with another bill along different lines which amply squared for the false step of 1903. .. The records of the two parties step by step, speak for themselves. From them the voters may decide whether they, want, a Taggart division of the state or not this fall. A TEACHERS County superintendent C. W. Jordan has been instructed by State Superintendent of Instruction Robert J. Aley to hold the special examination for teachers desiring licenses on September 24. The state law requires county superintendents to hold special examinations when applicants could not take the examinations for good reasons at the regular time. Until this year no regular date has been set by the state superintendent for the examinations. 'Screws which bare rusted In tbelf bed of wood may be easily loosened t pouring a small quantity of parafin around the top of the screw. When sufficient time has been allowed for the grease to afnk in the screw may fee Milled out.' PALLADIUM WJT ADS PAY.

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LOST Between Chautauqua grounds and 7th street on Main, a large leath- . er purse containing small change . and several handkerchiefs. Return , to the desk at the Boston Store, Reward. ' . - 1-lt

PUBLIC SALE PUBLIC SALE Sept 7th. Sale begins 10 a. m. Five horses, 100 hogs, 14 cattle, and farming implements. The undersigned will sell at publie sale on "farm. 1 miles southwest of Richmond known as Meek farm. Bmmfiel and Crowe. thurs&mon BUSINESS CLASSIFIED. MACHINE SHOP. We Will-Make Your Metal Patterns " as well as do your repair work. WARD MACHINE CO200 N. 9th St . ' ART 8TORE. Fancy work and heme baking. Haner's Art Store. 8 S. llih. Phone 2180. 10-tf FERTILIZER. Attention Faimers. Save your money by buying Fertilizers of a man who .understands them thoroughly. Phone 5150D. 26-tf 8TORAGE. Dont forget Atkinson and his fire proof building when you want to store furniture. Phone 1945. 4th and Main street juneJS-tf RESTAURANT. The best meals are gotten at Prof it' a 14 S. Eighth street FOR SALE Richmond property a specialty. For terfield, Kelly Blk., 8th Main. Aug8-tt Attend Mrs. Hiser's Business School Opens Sept 19. Phone 2177. 30-tf OPENING WEEK FALL TERM AUG. 29TH TO SEPT 6TH RICHMOND I BUSINESS COLLEGE CITY ADVERTISEMENT Department of Publie Works. Office of the Board. Richmond, Ind., August 29th, 1910. To. Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that on the 29th day of August, 1910, they approved an as sessment roll showing the prima facie assessments for the following de scribed public Improvement, as authorized by the Improvement Resolu tlon named: , Improvement Resolution No. 219-1910 Providing for the improvement of the alley between North "G" and 'H" Streets, by the construction of Cement roadway the full width thereof, from North 8th to North 10th street. Persons Interested in or affected by said described public Improvement are hereby notified that the Board of Public Works of said city has fixed Thursday, September 15, 1910, at 9 o'clock a. m., as a date upon which remonstrances will be received, or heard, against the amount assessed against each piece of property described in said roll and will aetermine the question as to whether such lots or tracts of land have been or will be benefited in the amounts named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum than that named on said roll. Said assessment roll showing said prima facie- assessments, with the names of owners and descriptions of property subject to be assessed. Is on file and may be seen at the office of the Board of Public ' Works of said city. H. M. HAMMOND, FRED R. CHARLES. W. W. ZIMMERMAN, Board of Public Works. aug 29-1 week NOTICE. State of Indiana, Wayne County, ss. Ennis Kitterman vb. Mack Lamb, Alice Lamb, The International Harvester Co. of America. Wayne Circuit Court, October Term. 1910. No. 15419. Be It Known, That on the 23rd day of August, 1910v the above - named Plaintiff, by his Attorney, filed In the office of the Clerk of the Wayne Cir cuit Court his complaint against said Defendant in the above entitled cause to foreclose mortgage together with the affidavit of a competent person, that said Defendants are not residents of the State of Indiana. Said Defendants therefore are .here by notified of the filing and pendency of said complaint against them and that unless they appear and answer or demur thereto at the calling of the said cause, on October 17, 1910, a day of the next Term of said Court to. be begun and held at the Court House in the City of Richmond on the first Mom day cf October, 1910, next, said Complaint, and the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be taken as true, and the said cause will be heard and determined in their absence. - Witness, the Clerk, and the Seal of said Court at the City of Richmond, this 23rd day of August. 1910. ' ' Harry E. Penny, Clerk. Wilfred Jessup, - Attorney of Plaintiff. f

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THE AVERAGE HERE, 9663164330 - PREACHERS GOT $69,667,587. GOVERNMENT REPORTS EPISCOPAL DEBTS LOWEST. New Tork, Sept ' 1. -A bulletin !ust . issued by the government Rives facts never before collated about Christian , ministers In American cities, thetr number and salaries, and about the mortgage debts of churches. The figures are for 1906. but have just been ' made public, and are more exhaustive even than religious bodies ever have attempted. There were 164,830 Christian ministers and 1.084 Jewish rabbis in the United States in 1 90S and tney Increase at the rate of nearly 4,000 a year. Their average salary la $66 and there was paid to them la 1906 a total of $69,667,587. , Baptists and Methodists have more than half the) whole number of ministers In th ; country, due to their large number of small churches, especially In rural " districts. In Manhattan and Brooklyn are several scores of ministers , whose salar-1 ies exceed $5,000 a year. ' The highest salary ever offered a minister to preach in New York was $18,000 a . ? year and a house, offered last year ' by the Fifth Avenue- Presbyterian ; church. Manhattan and declined! Several ministers receive $15,000 ' 4 -year, and there are a dosen or more who get $12,000. These salaries are the highest la the world. London and Berlin aver - ages are hardly more than $3,000 a . year. That Is, a London minister who " gets $3,000 is near the top. In New . Tork he Is near the bottom. . The government shows the average salaries of ministers In cities having 300,000 population and over to be: Baptist, $1,793; Congregational. 938; Methodist, $1.42; Presbyterian. $2,450; Protestant Episcopal. ' $1,873; Reformed, $1,938; Roman Cathotto, ' $684 and Jewish, $1,491. In the smaller cities nad rural districts, ministers' salaries run away ' down. Baptists In the South average . ,: $334 and colored' Baptists in the South $227. On the other hand, bodies that , are strongest in the cities.' like the Unitarian, the Protestant Episcopal and the Roman Catholic, the averages stay about the same. . For example, Unitarians reeolve the . highest average salaries of all, their figure being: $1,653. The Protestant Episcopal ranges down from $1,873 to $1,517, the Roman Catholic does sot " fall off at all. the rural districts rang-; ing higher than the average, at $724. The average salaries of Christian Science readers Is only $234 tor the whole country, with $958 as the average In cities having 300.000 population or more. The government explains this carious fact aa that readers are practitioners as a rule and are' expect-' ed to earn their own support. '- In actual money. Methodist ministers get most of all, their salaries am ' ountlng annually to $16,150,000. Baptists receive $10,223,000, Presbyterians $7,610,000, Roman Catholics $S,77t,0CV Episcopalians $4,887,000, Congress- ' tionallsts $4,154,000, Reformed $i,682, 000 and Jews $801,000. Not all bodies reported, so these figures, in practically every Instance, ought to be increased by one-fifth for 190$. and anoth er fifth for the present year.' It Is estimated on the basis of these rsvv ports that In 1910. $100,000,000 will be paid in salaries, and that congregational expenses, missions, and ex-. , tensions will involve $300,000,000 more. The value of church property hi ' New York is $153,953,740. This does not include parsonages, hospitals, or asylums, only buildings used for public religious worship. ' The debts upon all is $19,062,419. about 12.3 percent. Boston has Invested In ' churches $27,000,000,. with debts amounting to 7 percent of their value; Chicago baa k. the same sum Invested, with 15 H parcent; Baltimore $14,000,000. with lOtf percent; Philadelphia $45.000,009. " with 9 percent; Newark $84MM,e00. with IVx percent and Washington flOW ? 000,000. with 10 1 percent debts. r In New York city the . proportloa of debts to valuation of properties is much higher among Roman Catholic an: .Jews than among ' Protestants. Roman Catholic church properties la this city are valued at $55,811,000 aad the debts 20 percent of their Yaluev Jewish places of worship are valued at $8,700,000, with 19 percent debts. Among the Protestant churches the ::";? Baptists have the highest debt per- , centage. -percent; Methodists g, Congregationallsts , 6, Presbyterians 4i, Reformed 3 and Episcopalians on--17 1. In New York city EpiscopaHaa -places of worship are held to be worth v $25,830,000. Presbyterian $16,400,649. Methodist $10,500,000. Baptist MOO,000. Reformed $7,900,000, , Ltheraa $6,300,000 and Congregational $4,239000. . , These valuations la soma cases era far below the appraisals made by New York City for tax exemptsim. Pat ; example, - the - city values Trinity church at $14,000,000, St. Paul's Chapel at Vesey Street at $2,550,000, Grace . Church at Tenth Street at $1.0C0,S3. " the Cathedral of St- John the Divfee at $3,709,000, nd St Thomas la HTCt ' Avenue at $100,099. . Kara is aimed ; $25,000,000. . a tfar sauMiai yea, tMi tiuiftoi ry.