12 NEWS OF THE C NEW SYSTEM IN !TO INVESTIGATE SUNDAY LESSONS CITY INSTITUTIONS Committee Outlines Modified Gradation 'Plan With Four Age Groups For Study llow urc Sunday school lessons made? Sunday school pupils and many workers frequently ask this question. Increased interest and curiosity in the method of planning Sundav school lessons probably will result from the announcement re cently made that the present system of Uniform Lessons are to be suc ceeded, beginning with the new year, by the Improved International I ni form Sunday School Lessons. The plan and outline of lessons used in all the principal Protestant J Sunday schools are prepared by the International Lesson Committee, composed of forty members repre-1 senting both the Sunday School Council of Evangelical Dominations and the International Sunday School ] Association, as well as individual denominations affiliated with the. Council. The Council is composed i of persons actively engaged in bun dav school and other forms of re ligious work: as editors, executive I secretaries, professors in theological seminaries, educators of prominence, and are from all parts of the' States and Canada. Twen^"f 8 ' (."nominations are represented in the Council, which meets each in January. _ I For the past forty-five years a-ej Lesson committee has prepared les- j son plans for a six-year cycle for Sunday schools using the system of lessons, which means even class in the school using the same, study subject, the same Bible and the same golden text, schools, use the International Graded L,is-. sons, authorized In 19 ® S ' responding in grading to the pubUc, schools. But heretofore there has been no graduation In the Inlform; system. _ . Eight-Year Cycle The Lesson committee has pre-, Dated a plan and outline for an eight-year cycle, beginning with lit 18. which is a modified or departmental, system, with font ( stee croups for the stud> plan. i The Lesson committee determines j the subjects for study, with the P*""-, of giving the student a consecu five study of the Bible through the period of the eight-year cycle, sel ects the Scripture material to oe the basts of study for each group.! the golden texts for the wh °l e . B^^ l l mi J the memory verses for the P" , marv and junior publls. ] The " Lesson committee does not, write the lesson. It only plans t , outline, as described abo\e. each denomination lias its own pe- culiar Sunday school requirement., according to" its theological teach-1 Itißc and educational programs. The writers secured by a given denomina tion write the lesson helps along the ines of the denominational teach-. Ines and methods, using, of course, the outlines given by the Internat ional Lesson Committee The planning for the prepara tion of the studies in the various Sunday schools require a_ great_deal of time and labor from the leading religious educators in the Lnited States, Canada and Europe. BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN* Morning-Prelude. Barcarolle, W. Wo'.ftenholme; nnthem. Ap_ Tiear" (from Redemption ), 1010 Mr Gibson; offertory, Paroles. C. B. Forbes: postlude, Postlude. D. Robert M""™- Praver Evening Prelude, (a) Prayer ("Lohengrin"), Wagner, (b) Medi t-iticn in A Flat. George F. Vincent, anthem "O How Amiable." Surette f'jtartet. "Now the Day is Over Heaton; offertory. Andante ( sinta hile Edmond Lemalgre; postlude, Postlude in C. T. Edwin Solly. Mrs. Mary E. Bumbaguh. choris ter; Howard F. Bronson. organist. FOURTH REFORMED • Tlornlne —Prelude. Andante tan tablie. Tschaikowsky; offerton. An dante. Mendelssohn; anthem. One Sweetly Solemn Thought, (Am brose): Te Deum Laudamus. Ja°K son: postlude, Grand Choer in I*. —Prelude. Prelude, Flag ler; offertory. Andante, Salome; an them "God Shall Wipe- Away All Tears," Field; postlude, Fugetta. Woodman. BANK STATEMENTS RKPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THU PENBHOOK NATIONAK BANK, at Penbrook, in the State of Pennsyl vania, at the close of business on September 11. 191". ____ RESOURCES Loans and Discounts, ... J256.19J i- U. S. Bonds for Circulation, .125,000 00 Certificates of indebtedness. 10,000 00 00 J.iberty Bonds, unpledged. 7.950 00 Stocks. Bonds. Securi ties, unpledged, ...... 44,492 oO Stock of Federal Ke serve Bank L-00 00 Banking House 7.200 00 Furniture and Fixtures, 3,500 00 Lawful Reserve with Federal Reserve Bank, *6.'-< 01 Casli in Bank and due from National Banks.. 3i,49S 6o Checks on banks outside city and cash items, .. 1,022 65 Redemption Fund (5 per cent, of Circulation),.. 1,250 00 Total $422,531 53 LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in,... $25,0(10 00 Surplus Fund 15,000 00 Undivided Prof its $5,006 69 Less Expenses and Taxes, .. 1,410 00 Circulation 25.000 00 Individual Deposits 121.811 89 Certificates due in less than .10 days 1,000 00 Cashier's Checks 118 18 Time Certificates 42,823 92 Other Time Deposits, .. 185,180 85 Total ' $422,531 53 State of Pennsylvania, County of Daunhin, ss: I, W. R. Faust. Cashier of the above-named bank. do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. R. FAUST. | fashler. Subscribed and sworn to before me I this 19th day of September. 1917. J. W. McOARVEY, [Notarial Seal] J. P. j Notary Public. My commission expires first Mon- I day, January. 1922. Correct—Attest: I. R. SWARTZ, O. R GOOD, H. S. PLANK. Directors. HELP WANTED—MALE PLUMBERS Two first-class plumbers wanted at once. Apply to HERRE BROS. 417 Vaughn Street, City. Zion Lutheran Bible Class Names Committees to Perform Work At frequent intervals requests for moral and financial aid are made upon the Men's Bible class of Zion Lutheran church. In order to determine what some of our charitable and public institu tions are accomplishing and the diffi culties under which they are striv ing, W. C. Beidleman, president of the Bible class, recently appointed committees to visit the following places: Messiah Home—William E. Bach man. Peter Groff, Ed Wurster and Frank D. Steer. Harrlaburg Hospital—M. R. Miller. Marion Vcrbeke. George J. Keel and William Hamer. Polyclinic Hospital—E. K. Frazer, M. L. Bowman, A. J. Snyder, George Foerster. Rescue Mission—William Garman and Ralph Ansel. Home for the Friendless—George Batten, H. C. Gottshall, Prof. George W. Hill and Dr. William L. Keller. Nursery Home—Earl Bower, M. V. Thomas, N. H. Downin and H. J. Moyer. Children's Industrial Home—D. A. Hamacher, A. \\\ Moul. Luther Myers and Webster Kohlhass. Dauphin County Prison —Dr. E. E. Campbell, Howard Shur. H. A. Yingst and V. B. Hausknecht. Dauphin County Almshouse —H. J. Schmidt, J. D. Bitner, J. E. Major and Claude Poulton. Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hos pital—George A. Kline, Oscar Blckle, John Gottsehall and O. E. Strine. These committees will report at the regular business meeting of the Bible class Monday evening at 7.45 o'clock. The reports will be kept as a per manent record In the class room. The Information gathered by these lay men will prove of much value to the church and the Bible class. The annual election of the Bible clrss officers will he held immedi ately after the investigating commit tees conclude their reports. WIDE ACTIVITIES AT PARK STREET Rally Day Services Expected to Bring Out Banner Attendances Plans are already under way for having one of the largest turnouts for enrolled members of the mission ary organizations of the Park Street Evangelical Church, .at the annual rally day services which will be held on Sunday, October 28. Ths exercises for the day will open with th com bined church and Sunday school rally at 9.45. A church rally will be held in the evening, and the Endeavor Society will also hold rally services. The seniors will meet at 6.30, while the juniors will hold their meeting at 5.45. Following the rallies the enegries will be directed toward evangelistic services. House-to-house evangelistic work will be conducted. Under the direction of the pastor, the Rev. E. A. Hangen, bands will be given spe cial training in carrying out this work. Campaign Fop Members In connection with this plan the Mission Band and the Young Peo ple's Missionary Society are arrang ing to wage a membership campaign during the month of November. The campaign will close with special thank offering services for the mis sion. Arrangements are being made for the organization of a Boy Scout Troop to be composed of the young Americans in Park Street Church. The committee in charge of this work is composed of F. I. Hoover, H. M. Krick and the Rev. Mr. Han gen. Foreign Mission Day will be ob served on October 7, and to-morrow the Rev. Mr. Hangen will preach a sermon on the "World Field and Our Share of It." In the evening he will preach on "Why Am I a Chris tian?" On Sunday, September 30, "Boys' and Men's Day," will lie ob served with sppcial exercises in the Sunday school. The program for the day will be in charge of the follow ing committee: J. E. Slothower, A. S. Batdorf, H. M. Krick, J. M. Emig and L. L. Booda. Memorial Cross to Be Dedicated Tomorrow The congregation of the St Augus tine Episcopal Church will dedicate a large electric cross in memory of J. P. Braselmann, of this city, at the services next Sunday. Bishop Dar liJ'gton. of the Harrisburg diocese, will have charge of the dedication and at the same time will conflrna a class of candidates. Braselmann, whose death occurred about a year ago, was one of the most active laymen in the city. He was lay reader under Bishop Talbot and was among the first licensed by Bishop Darlington. He was also ac tive in the organization of the St. Andrew's Church. Arrest Made in Dynamite Murder Case at Mt. Union Mount Union, Pa.. Sept. 22. Frank Saia, an Italian of Huntingdon, was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of Mrs. Molly Ramsey, an American woman, and M. Gauderillo, another Italian, at the latter's home early In the morning, when a bomb destroyed the house in which they I were living. I According to the police, the Ram ! sey woman lived with Saia up until ; a day before the murder, when she came to Gauderillo. Soon after the I explosion three men were seen to I speed away from the house in a high- I powered automobile. Saia was ar ! rested in Huntingdon. John Ramsey, the husband of the ■ woman. Is employed in the powder I mills here. Me refuses to say any | thing about the incident. A child "is in an orphan school., SECOND REFORMED Morning.— 'The Creation." Bee thoven; soprano solo, "The Earth is the Lord's," Lxnes, Mrs. Ada, Culp Bowman; ofTertory, anthem, "Sing to the Lord of Harvest," Barnby; postlude. "Oh, Lord, How Mani fold," Barnby. Evening. Prelude, "Imperial Quartet," Haydn; anthem. "Great Is the Lord," Lohr; ofTertory, anthem, "Thou Crownest the Year," Vincent; postlude, "Sanctus," Oouncd. ! WILL OBSERVE WOMEN'S DAY Wesley Union A. M. E. Zion Church Has Extensive Program Mapped Out * An extensive program has been prepared for Women's Day at the Wesley Union A. M. E. Zion church to-morrow. The program follows. Morning, 10.30—Song and praise service; Scripture reading, Mrs. Fan nie Jones, Second Baptist church; praj er by Mrs. Mary Heed, Zion Baptist church: experience meeting leu l.y Mrs. Hattie Hall, of the Zion Baptist church, assisted by Mrs. Hachei Williams, of Harris A. M. E. Zion church, and Mrs. Jane Berry, of the Bethel A. M. E. church. Afternoon Services 3—Script'ire reading by Mrs. Julia C. Brlscoe.Vf Hairts A. M. E. Zion church; >'- 4 111 14 'Anaconda 73 7214 Atchison 96 14 96 Baldwin Locomotive .... 62% 61 % Baltimore and Ohio 67 67 >4 Bethlehem Steel 96% 93*4 Butte Copper 24% 24% California Petroleum ... 17% 17*4 Canadian Pacific 149 148 '4 Central Leather S4 83% Chesapeake and Ohio ... 55% 56 | Chi.. Mil. and St. Paul.. 58'., 58% Chi., R. I. and Pacific... 25% 26% Chino Con. Copper 53% 53 Colorado Fuel and Iron. 45% 4.".% Corn Products 27% 28 % Crucible Steel 74 7314 Distilling Securities ~.. 31 '4 3114 *- , ie 21 % 21 sj, General Motors 95 95% Goodrich. B. F 45 45 Great Northern pfd 103 % 103 % Great Northern Ore subs 34 33% Hide and Leather 12% 12% Inspiration Copper 5214 52% International Paper 30% 30% Kennecott Copper 42 41 % Kansas City Southern... 19 19 I/arkowanna Steel 83 83 Lehigh Valley 61% 62 Mere. Marine Ctfs 25% 28% Merc. Marine Ctfs. pfd.. 85% 85% Mexican Petroleum 95 94*'h Miami Copper 3534 35% Midvale Steel 52 51% New York Central 78 77% N. Y„ N. H. and H 26 26 N. Y„ O. and W, 20'4 21% Norfolk and Western... 11l 1.4 112 !l 4 Northern Pacific 101 1.4 101% Pacific Mail ....; 26*4 27 Pennsylvania R R 52% 52 Pittsburgh Coal 511 1 51^ Railway Steel Spring ... 47 47 Ray Con. Copper 26% 26'J Reading Railway 82 83% Republic Iron and Steel. 82% 82V. Southern Pacific- 92 91 % Southern Railway 27% 27% FOR SALE OR RENT 1 Story Brick Warehouse 16,000 SQUARE FEET—SPRINKLEREI) ON PAXTON STREET Between Penna. and Reading R. R. SIDING CONNECTION'S. APPLY DAUPHIN DEPOSIT TRUST COMPANY TARE IT HOME TODAY A S4oOO BOOK FOR 3 COUPONS AND ONLY 98c. Cut Coupon Today, Pago 3_ Studebaker 45% 45% Union Pacific 129% 129•'% U. S. I. Alcohol 140 13S • U. S. Rubber 59% 59% U. S. Steel 1U1.4 110% U. S. Steel pfd 116% 116% Utah Copper 96 96% Westinghouse Mfg 46 46% Willys-Overland 28 27% Western Maryland IS IS t'HII.ADiCI.IMIIA PRODUCE By Associated Press Philadelphia, Sept. 22. Wheat Steady; No. 1, red, $2.29; No. I,red,soft. $2.27; No. 2, red. $2.26; No. 2, red, soft. $2.24; No. 3, red, $2.23: No. 3, red, sott, I $2.21; No. 4. red. $2.19; No. 4. red. sott, ( £2.17; No. 5, red, $2.15; No. 5. red. solt. $2.13; No. 5, smutty, $2.10. Sample I wheat. No. 1, red, tit for milling. $2.11: No. 2. red. lit for export. $2.02. Corn The market is steady; but steady; No. 2. white yel- I low, $2.20®2.22 No. 3, yellow. No. 4. yellow, No. 5, yellow, all nominal. Hats Market lower; No. 2. white, 65%®66c; No. 3, white, 64® 64 %c. Bran Market firm: soft winter, per ton, $37.00(6 37.60; spring, per tun. $35.5n®36.00. Refined Sugars Market steady, powdered. 8 45®8.50; nne granulated. ,8.40 c; confectioners' A, S.3oc. Butter The market is steady; western, creamery, extras. 45®46c; nearby fancy. 49c. Eggs Market steady; Penn -ylva.ila and oilier nem liy ursts. fre rases, $12.60 per case; do., current re reipts. free cases. $12.30' per case, western, extra firsts, free cases. $12.60 per case; do., firsts, free cases. Sl2 30 per case. Live Poultry Market steady, fowls, 23® 27c; roosters. 19® 20 \ spring chickens, 23®2Jc; spring dUcKs, spring cliickens,24®2Be, spring dUcKs 12"®23c; old ducks. t9®22c. Dressed Poultry Market firm, fowls, fancy, 30®31c; do., good to choice. 28® 29c: do., small sizes, 23 @>27c; old roosters, 22c; broiling chickens, nearby, 26®36c: do., west ern, 25® 27c; spring ducks. 22® 23c. Potatoes Market steady; Eastern Shore, No. 1. per barrel, $3.00®3.6U; do.. No. 2, per barrel, $1.50®2.40; Delaware ano Maryland. No 1. per barrel. $3.00®3.50; potatoes in bulk, per bushel, $1.10®1.35; Jersey. No. 1, per basket, 75®85c; do.. No. 2. per basket. 40®50c. CHICAGO CATTLE By Associated Press Chicago, Sept. 22. Hogs Ue ceipts, 4.000; Monday, 25,000; strong, fc to 10c above yesterday's average Bulk of sales, $18.00(& 18.S0; light, -517.50I&18.SO: mixed, 917.50© 18.85: heavy, $17.46® 18.85; rough, $17.45® 17.65; pigs, $13.75@17.75. I'll 11, AI > I'M, I'll 1 \ STOCKS By Associated Press Philadelphia. Sept. 22.—Stocks clos ed iiuict. General Asphalt 17 General Asphalt, Ffd 58 Lake Superior Corporation .... 16% Lehigh Navigation 75 Lehigh Valley HUt Pennsylvania Railroad 52 Philadelphia Electric 28 :4 t Philadelphia Company 34 Philadelphia Company, Pfd. ... 32 Philadelphia Rapid Transit .... 29% Reading V S3 Storage Battery 56% DISARMAMENT OF NATIONS TO END WAR [Continued from First Page.] hut, Cardinal Gasparnf said, the Holy See is convinced that among all the plans suggested so far the only prac tical and possible one is the fol ic wing: Arbitration Tribunal "By an accord among the civilized nations, Including neutrals, to sup pi ess obligatory military service, to it btitute an arbitration tribunal ano as a guarantee to direct a general boycott aganst nations which again attempt to Introduce conscription oi 'which refuse to submit International questions to arbitration of accept its decision, a guarantee which Lord Robert Cecil (British parliamentary undersecretary for foreign affairs* has shown would have great benefit*.' It was pointed out by the cardinal that the Holy See had always con dc nined the nefarious effects of con scription as a war breeder, that in its own dominions it had refused to use cc mpulsory military service and that Napoleon had adopted this idea. Con scription, the papal secretary said, led to many wars, the governments always having ready at hand a fight ing instrument. • It was further explained by the cardinal that the recent examples o! Great Britain and the United States i ptoved conclusively that voluntary I military service really gave the nec —V yTTV"fT fVf V y y V : T yt y > TVVVTVTVTVTy Record. li ■ success we must each of us put our shoul- i • lnt || t '! t H* l^' 01 " l^. C . nCW n^S CSIS | | " 1832—1917 ~ '' | SEPTEMBER 22. 1017. essary contingents for the mainte nance oi public order but did not supply the monstrous armies needed by modern warfare and which tempt ed their governments to make use of them. Therefore, he argufed. by sup j Blip You Can Decide Ihe naming of your Executor is a most i important matter. It is a question you cie cide onjy once. I 1 1 herefore, name the Mechanics Trust Company as your Executor and you will , know that you have decided correctly he- i c a use Mechanics A J Trust service is a (yt guarantee of cxperi- jl/ j We will be glad to talk with you on tins jfli ' matter. BSB WBiBSIKBI i J illiilli f 3% PAID - 111 111®i ml= fcj/o KAIL* ■ ■ ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS £|nm .j CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ,| IBfrajmlMßg ij *600,000.00 pression of copscrlptlon big armies great munitions plants and militarism automatically would be destroyed and the energy and money consumed In these ways could be used in payinfl off the huge costs of the present war,