PAY HIGH TRIBUTE TO DR. J. D. FOX Central Penna. Conference Re grets His Departure; Districts in Flourishing Condition Lewlstown, Pa., March 23. —Appeal- ing to tho members of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, in session here in the First Methodist Church, "for proper development, Bishop McDowell in his first morning talk during devotions said that any con ference was in great danger of em phasizing its practical efficiency while neglecting Its own personnel. Con ferences do not improve in their per sonnel unless they give their minds to it Steady improvement of the personnel of the conference will be realized, first, by the improvement of those who are already in it, and. second, by an effort to interest those in this principle who are brought into it. Addition of weak ones to a conference constantly sub tracts from it. The bishop declared his purpose to join in this policy of making the Central Pennsylvania Con ference a steadily improving confer ence. Some men seem to measure their ministerial growth by the size of the town in which they live or that of the church they serve or the salary they receive, or their benevolent budget, instead of measuring their growth in loftier ideals and greater religious as sets. A man should ask himself the question. Am X better by virtue of the Influences and ideals that have pre sented themselves to me? It matters not half so much where a man is as it does as to where he is going. A man should have improved more at forty than at thirty and should be better at fifty than at forty. Is the Central Pennsylvania Confer ence better to-day than it was ten or twenty-flve years ago? Bishop McDowell keeps the confer ence in good humor by his witty say ings and honest fun. Anyone can say, he declared, that misfortunes never come alone, but only the Irish, who are real artists in expression, can say. "Single misfortunes never come alone." and also that "A solitary Irishman never disturbs themselves." Conference was resumed at 9 o'clock, the journal of Wednesday's sessions being read and approved. Announcement was made by Dr. Fasick that the Rev. G. F. Boggs, of Waynesboro, had received word of his father's death and by action of the conference he was excused to attend the funeral and its sympathy extended to him. Dr. B. IT. Mosser, of Wil liamsport. was excused to attend the funeral of a parishioner. The bishop presented from the board of confer ence claimants a check for S2OO, made payable to the conference board of stewards. Juniata District Grows Report of the Juniata district was read by the superintendent, the Rev. E. M. Stevens, which showed an in crease of 500 new members and SIOO for missions, $l5O for conference home missionary society, a big increase in the conference annunity and there were 1,000 conversions. A high tribute was paid to A. A. Stevens, Tyrone, deceased, who served as counselor for the conference annuity. Dr. Maveety, representing the Freed men's Aid Society, made it patent that it is imperative that the Methodist Church supervise the work of the schools of the South now under its control in order to solve the negro problem. 4 Fleet Conference Trustees Conference went into corporate ses sion and the president of the board of trustees, the Rev. B. H. Hart, read his annual report, in which he stated that A. A. Stevens, deceased, Tyrone, had given to the association $11,500, and commended the work of the Rev, C. W. Karns, secretary of the confer ence annuity, which cannot be meas ured In dollars and cents, but must be measured by its influence in future years. The preacher in his local church is the key man. A ballot was taken for the election of three confer ence trustees, which resulted in the selection of J. B. Stein, J. S. Seuser and J. H. Morgan. Confrence resumed and by its ac tion the committee on conference ses sions was excused from further work for the present. W. E. Karns was appointed to canvass for the Methodist Review. Dr. Mains, representing the Meth odist Book Concern, New York, em phasized the need and their supply of G. R. KINNEY CO. Inc. NEW NOVELTIES IN LADIES' HIGH LACE BOOTS jjgk Wonderful variety in brown kid, mahogany calf, gray suede, black kid or combinations. Regular values $2.98, $3.49 and $3.98 Q-gB Special in Indies' Overgaiters, in gray, brown, fawn, taupe, champagne and white. Regular $1.50 values, 98c • i G. R. Kinney Co. Inc. > 19 AND 21 N. 4th ST. FRIDAY EVENING, HXKRISBURO TELEGRAPH MARCH 23, 1917. good literature and announced the an nual dividend of the concern to this conference of $3,821 and from the Rose fund 134.40. This conference was highly commended for its prompt and full payment of tho episcopal fund, of which Dr. Mains in treasurer. Danville Flourishes Report of the Danville district was read by the superintendent. Dr. J. B. Stetn, who reported the following facts: All disciplinary and conference benevolences have reached an Increase beyond $2,700. The Rev. E. 11. Wal lace was compelled to give up his work last October, is seriously ill and asks for a retired relation. Lincoln Street Church, Shamokln, with ten weekly classes studying subjects on missions, social service and tho dis cipline of the church. Tho Rev. H. H. Holsopple, Harris burg, superintendent of the Anti- Saloon League, appealed to the con ference to concentrate upon certain important lines and strategic positions In order to bring about definite tem perance legislation before 1920 and complimented the conference for its hearty co-operation in the work of the league. A committee to arrange for an edu cational jubilee was ordered at the suggestion of Dr. A. W. Harris, sec. retary of the board of education, con sisting of the bishop, district super intendents, presidents of the two schools of the conference and mem bers of the educational society. Pursuit to order of adjournment, conference resumed its duties at 1.30 p. m. Some rules governing the order of business were amended on motion of Dr. H. L. Jacobs. Report of the Altoona district was read by the superintendent, the Rev. S. B. Evans, showing 1,267 conver sions, with I.OBS preparatory members and 17,222 full members, and an in crease in benevolent gifts for the con ference home missionary society and the administrative fund for the confer ence annuity. Compliment Dr. Fox The transfer of Dr. Robert Bagnell from the Philadelphia to the Central Pennsylvania Conference and sta tioned at Grace Church, Harrisburg, and Dr. J. D. Fox from thi3 confer ence to the Philadelphia, was an nounced. Bishop McDowell, paying a high compliment to Dr. Fox, said that no transfer man had ever come into the Central Pennsylvania Conference and gone out who had maintained and carried out with him greater con fidence and respect of the members of this body than Dr. Fox. A business session of the Mutual Beneficial Association was held, It be ing the year of jubilee of the society. An appeal was made and a canvass for new members taken which resulted in the addition of twenty-eight new members. Evening Services Anniversary exercises for the boards of education and the Freedmen's Aid Society were held with speakers repre senting the interests of these organ izations of the church. Dr. Maveety, of the Freedman's Aid, said that there were four million col ored persons at the time of the Eman cipation Proclamation and the ques tion was what to do with them in their ignorant condition. The society which he now represents now has twenty schools among the colored people of the South, with 6,000 boys and girls, and in the fifteen years of the exist ence of these schools there have been 200,000 of these colored boys and girls in the schools, with 250,000 members in the colored Methodist churches. Money has been given to the Freed men's Aid schools by men of other denominations because they say that the work of this society under the Methodist Church is the best they know of any organization. Many of the colored people of the South are being prepared in these Freedmen's Aid schools to teach in the public schools and these will con stantly command a larger place for the teacher is the most influential per son in the community second only to the preacher. Dr. Harris, of the board of educa tion, made an appeal to the Central Pennsylvania Conference, which he characterized as of fertile fields and rich in resources, to give to others what it has received and thus obey the Golden Rule. "America must furnish the leaders of the world for the next fifty years," declared Dr. J. H. Haucher, assistant secretay of the board of education, because the young men of Oxford, Heidelberg and the other universities of Europe are in the trenches, from which many will never return. Dr. Gouclier. president emeritus of the Women's College. Baltimore; Dr. J. H. Morgan, Dickinson College, Car lisle. and Dr. B. C. Conner, Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, were also among the speakers. "Daughter of Jairus" Will Be Repeated By Choir The choir of the Fifth Street Meth odist Episcopal Church will repeat tho cantata, "Daughter of Jairus," by Sir John Stainer, Sunday evening at 7.45 o'clock. The cantata is one of Stainer's most interesUng works, and was ren dered by the choir on March 4 with an effective interpretation and finish. The choir will sing "The Cruci fixion," by the same composer, on tho evening of Good Friday, and will be assisted in the Easter Sunday music by Miss Sara Lemer with tho violin. The soloists for the "Daughter of Jairus" are: Mrs. Frank Smiley, so prano; Miss Eleanor Shoaff, soprano; Miss Hazel Fraim, soprano; Harvey Wagner, tenor: Charles Cassel, bass; Thompson .Martin, tenor and director, and Miss Violette Cassel, organist. MYSTERIOUS FIRE By Associated Press Hazleton, Pa., March 2 3.—The plant of tho Jeanesville Iron Works was badly damaged by fire of undetermined origin at an early hour to-day. The plant, which was owned by the Worth- Ington Pump and Machinery Com pany, was engaged in manufacturing shells for the Russian government and employed more than 1,000 men. Of ficials expressed the fear that it would be necessary to suspend operations for several weeks. The loss is estimated at $75,000. COLLEGE STUDENTS TO DRILL Lancaster, Pa., March 23.—Dr. H. H. Apple, president of Franklin and Marshall College, this city, announced this afternoon that the student body of that institution will be given mili tary training immediately. Captain Lightner Cook, Fourth Regiment, Na tional Guard of Pennsylvania, will take charge at once of the college bat talion and instruct in mlitary training. CORSETS, SOT EXERCISE Pittsburgh, March 23.—There are no longer any fat cops on the Pittsburgh force. Chief of eDtectives Archibald Mackrell gave the solution in the fol lowing statement: "Several months ago I was advised to try a specially made corset for the purpose of reducing my weight. A few weeks settled the question for me, and I immediately advised every fat man on the force whose ear I could get to 'go and do likewise.' And they have. That's why embonpoint is no longer a part of Pittsburgh's finest." SCHOOL TO ERECT CHAPEL Duncannon, Pa., March 23. ■=— The union Sunday school that several years ago started to meet in the vacant schoolrooms in North Duncannon is considering the erection of a chapel to be used exclusively for the school. The recent purchase of its meeting pla'ce by supporters of a movement for Duncannon's seventh church leaves the school without a suitable meeting i place. Although the union Sunday school is not connected with any I church, it boasts an ever-increasing | roll of members. NEURALGIA AND SCIATICA The one symptom of neuralgia is pain and it ia unmistakable. In a large proportion of cases anemia and debility are responsible for neural gia, particularly in women. To remedy the neuralgic condition it is necessary to build up the blood and improve the general health and for this purpose there is nothing better nor more con venient than Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Sciatica is nothing more than neu- J ralgia of the sciatic nerve. If you have neuralgic or sciatic pains do not go to great expense for treat ment Until you have tried building up the blood. If you are pale the chances , are very strong that the treatment with I Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are all that you will require. Hot applications and liniments may be used at the same time if you desire. They may relieve the pain and temporary relief is the best you can expect from them anyway. The pain in the nerve is caused by nerve starvation. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills give to the blood the elements that the nerves need. They contain no narcotics and are not pain killers. They remove the cause of the pain. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by your own druggist or will be sent by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schen ectady, N. Y. 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