Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
— The Norwegian Parliament has refused to vote a proposed credit of $40,500 to cover the expense of Norway's official participation in the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915.
— An Illinois man has invented a calendar pen. The barrel contains a revolving rod with the dates on it. Every morning the piston is turned to show the date, and it remains in that position till altered the next morning.
— Recently the seventieth anniversary of the introduction of the first adhesive stamp was observed in London by philatelists. Sir Rowland had recommended its use three years previously, but they came into force in 1841 only. There is but one block of nineteen stamps of this issue now extant, which is valued at $1,500.
— State Excise Commissioner Farley has announced that New York State has officially gone into the liquor business in having passed a law which provides for the selling at auction of all wines, liquors, and malt drinks confiscated through his department. The first item on the list for the forthcoming sale is 900 barrels of wine. Previously all such liquors were poured into the sewers.
— Plans for extension, improvement, and reduction in rates of the parcel-post have been announced by Postmaster-General Burleson. The changes which have been proposed include an increase from eleven to twenty pounds in spect maximum weight of parcels, a material reduction in the postal rates in the first and second zones, and the abandonment of the parcel-post map as a means of computing rates and the substitution for it of a rate chart individualized to every post-office in the United States.
— A bill to pension old people over sixty-five years of age whose income is under ten dollars a week has been introduced in Congress. The provision is to pension those with incomes of less than $6 a week at $4 a week; incomes of from $6 to $7 at $3; between $7 and $8, $2 a week; and from $8 to $9, $1 a week. The bill would disqualify all criminals, lunatics, and inmates of almshouses, and all men over sixty-five years old who, for any extended period, failed to earn according to their ability. The bill is drawn upon the plan of the British old-age pension law now in operation.
— The report of the American Bible Society for 1913 states that the total issues of the society at home and abroad amounted to 4,049,610 volumes. These consisted of 399,734 Bibles, 713,891 New Testaments, and 2,935,985 portions. It was an advance over any previous year in the society's history. It was more than twice the issues of five years ago. For twenty-five years preceding, the annual issues averaged 1,500,000. Of the total issues, 2,107,859 volumes were issued from the Bible House in New York, which is an advance over the issues of last year of 270,503 volumes, and 1,941,751 volumes were issued by the society's agents abroad, being printed on mission and other presses in Turkey, Syria, Siam, and Japan. The total issues of the society in the ninety-seven years amount to 98,268,175 volumes.
— July 27, marked the end of the Paterson, N. J., strike, when the handful left of the original 26,000 striking silk-mill workers, refused permission by the authorities of Haledon to hold a final protest meeting in the little borough on the outskirts of Paterson, decided to go quietly back to work as fast as the mills can make places for them. The strikers are returning to the wages and the conditions they left on February 25; they have a loss in wages of $5,600,000 to struggle against, the city of Paterson is out $50,000 spent for extra police protection, the manufacturers estimate their loss at $1,000,000, and admit it may take years for the silk city to entirely regain its prestige as a manufacturing center. Hundreds of merchants, doctors, lawyers, bankers, and small capitalists, who have faced extinction during the bitter industrial war, when sixty per cent of the working population was not earning a dollar, are bravely trying to recoup their losses.
Camp-Meetings for 1913
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Maine, Camden ............ Aug. 14-24
Vermont, Montpelier ............ Aug. 21-31
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Maritime, Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick ............ Aug. 21-31
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
South Missouri, Clinton ............ Aug. 7-17789
Nebraska, Seward ............ Aug. 21-31
East Kansas, Ottawa ............ Aug. 21-31
Colorado, Denver ............ Aug. 21-31
West Kansas, Lyons ........ Aug. 28 to Sept. 7
Western Colorado, Grand Junction ............ Sept. 9-19
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Virginia, Portsmouth ............ Aug. 14-25
Ohio, Hamilton ............ Aug. 21-31
West Pennsylvania, Corry ............ Aug. 14-24
West Virginia, Charleston ............ Sept. 4-14
Chesapeake, Chestertown, Md. ........ Sept. 18-28
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
East Michigan, Bay City ............ Aug. 7-17
Southern Illinois, Taylorville ............ Aug. 14-24
West Michigan, Hastings ............ Aug. 21-31
North Michigan, Gaylord ........ Aug. 28 to Sept. 7
Northern Illinois, Allen Park, Ottawa ............ Aug. 28 to Sept. 8
Indiana, Hartford City ............ Sept. 4-14
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa, Cedar Rapids ........ Aug. 28 to Sept. 8
NORTH PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Western Washington, Auburn ........ Aug. 14-24
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Kentucky, Nicholasville ........ Aug. 14-24
Tennessee River, Jackson, Tenn. ........ Aug. 28 to Sept. 7
Mississippi, Hazlehurst (colored), Sept. 3-13
Alabama, Anniston (colored) .... Sept. 5-12
SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE
South Carolina, Laurens ........ Aug. 14-24
North Carolina, Greensboro ........ Aug. 21-31
Cumberland, Athens, Tenn. ........ Sept. 4-14
Florida ............ Oct. 2-12
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
West Texas, Clyde ........ Aug. 7-17
New Mexico, Albuquerque ........ Aug. 14-24
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City ........ Aug. 21-31
WESTERN CANADIAN UNION
British Columbia (Eastern), Armstrong ........ Aug. 18-24
Tennessee River Conference Association
By E. L. Maxwell; F. C. Varney
THE annual meeting of the constituents of the Tennessee River Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated under the law of the State of Tennessee, will convene on the camp-ground at Jackson, Tenn., Monday, Sept. 1, 1913, at 10:30 A. M., for the election of the board of trustees for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the association.
E. L. MAXWELL, President;
F. C. VARNEY, Secretary.
Northern New England Conference
By F. W. Stray; D. K. Royer
The fifty-first annual session of the Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Montpelier, Vt., Aug. 21-31, 1913, for the election of officers for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the conference at that time. The first meeting will be held at 9 A. M., August 21. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the church and to one additional delegate for every ten members. It is greatly desired that our churches be fully represented.
F. W. STRAY, President;
D. K. ROYER, Secretary.
New Jersey Conference Association
By A. R. Sandborn; W. B. Walters
THE sixth annual session of the New Jersey Conference Association will be held in connection with the regular annual conference to meet in the Trenton church, 200 Columbus Ave., Trenton, N. J., Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, 1913. The first meeting of the association will be called at 10 A. M., August 29.
A. R. SANDBORN, President;
W. B. WALTERS, Secretary.
New Brunswick Legal Association
By J. A. Strickland
The annual meeting of the Executive Board of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Brunswick will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick, at ten o'clock, Monday, Aug. 25, 1913.
J. A. Strickland,
Secretary.
Ohio Conference Association
By E. K. SLADE; J. J. MARIETTA
THE annual session of the Ohio Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Hamilton, Ohio, Aug. 21-31, 1913. The first meeting will convene at 10 A. M., August 22. All delegates to the conference are delegates to the association.
E. K. SLADE, President;
J. J. MARIETTA, Secretary.
Northern New England Conference Association
By F. W. Stray; Clarence F. Ball
THE next session of the Northern New England Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Montpelier, Vt., in connection with the annual conference session and camp-meeting, Aug. 21-31, 1913. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held August 26 at 10 A. M. The regularly appointed delegates to the conference session should be present.
F. W. STRAY, President;
CLARENCE F. BALL, Secretary.
Southern Illinois Conference Association
By A. J. Clark; R. B. Craig
NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Southern Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the annual camp-meeting and conference at Taylorville, Ill., Aug. 14-24, 1913. A board of trustees consisting of five members will be elected by the delegates, and such other business transacted as may properly come before this association.
A. J. CLARK, President;
R. B. CRAIG, Secretary.
North Michigan Conference Association
By J. J. Irwin; S. E. Kellman
The eleventh annual session of the North Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Gaylord, Mich., in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, Aug. 28 to Sept. 7, 1913. The first meeting will be called August 29, at 10 A. M., for the election of officers and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association. All duly accredited delegates to the North Michigan Conference are delegates to this association.
J. J. IRWIN, President;
S. E. KELLMAN, Secretary.
The Iowa Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists
By A. R. Ogden; A. L. Bayley
THE regular meeting of the Iowa Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting of that body at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, 1913. This association is the legal corporation of the Iowa Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Officers will be elected and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Tuesday, September 2.
A. R. OGDEN, President;
A. L. BAYLEY, Secretary.
Nebraska Conference Association
By J. W. Christian; Anna M. Peterson
THE annual meeting of the Nebraska Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Seward, Nebr., Aug. 21-31, 1913, for the purpose of electing officers and transacting necessary business. The first meeting will be held at 10:30 A. M., August 25.
J. W. CHRISTIAN, President;
ANNA M. PETERSON, Secretary.
West Pennsylvania Conference Association
By B. F. Kneeland; H. K. Hackman
THE next session of the constituency of the West Pennsylvania Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Corry, Pa., Aug. 18, 1913, at 10:45 A. M., for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The constituency will meet in connection with the camp-meeting to be held in Corry, August 14-24.
B. F. KNEELAND, President;
H. K. HACKMAN, Secretary.
East Kansas Conference Association
By W. F. Kennedy; B. M. Emerson
NOTICE is hereby given that the first annual session of the East Kansas Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting, on the Seventh-day Adventist camp-ground, one block west of the Santa Fe depot, at Ottawa, Kans., Aug. 21-31, 1913, for the purpose of electing a board of trustees, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, August 26, at 4:15 P. M.
W. F. KENNEDY, President;
B. M. EMERSON, Secretary.
East Kansas Conference
By W. F. Kennedy; B. M. Emerson
NOTICE is hereby given that the third annual session of the East Kansas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Ottawa, Kans., Aug. 21-31, 1913, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and transacting any other business that may come before the conference.
The first meeting will be held Friday morning, August 22, at 9 A. M. We hope to see a large attendance at the first meeting.
W. F. KENNEDY, President;
B. M. EMERSON, Secretary.
Kansas Conference Association
By W. F. Kennedy; E. Harris
THE annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association of Kansas will be held in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, on the camp-ground located one block west of the Santa Fe depot at Ottawa, Kans.
The first meeting of said association will be called at 9 A. M., Aug. 26, 1913. The election of a board of trustees, and the transaction of such other business as may be necessary or proper, will come before the meeting.
W. F. KENNEDY, President;
E. HARRIS, Secretary.
West Michigan Conference
By C. F. McVagh; F. R. Eastman
The twelfth annual session of the West Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting on the fair-grounds at Hastings, Mich., Aug. 21-31, 1913. The first meeting will be called at 10:30 A. M., August 21. The purpose of this meeting is for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. A full delegation is requested from all our churches.
C. F. McVagh, President;
F. R. Eastman, Secretary.
The Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association
By A. R. Ogden; C. W. Heald
THE Iowa Sanitarium and Benevolent Association will hold its legal annual meeting in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, 1913. The constituency of this association is called to meet in the main pavilion of said gathering, Thursday, Sept. 4, 1913, at 10 A. M., for the transaction of any business that may properly come before it.
A. R. OGDEN, President;
C. W. HEALD, Secretary.
Obituaries
FARRINGTON.—Adelaide E. Farrington, of Milford, N. H., passed away on May 20, 1913, after a long illness. The remains were taken to her former home in Greenfield, N. H., for burial. Her sister and two brothers survive. For many years the deceased was a firm believer in present truth.
RELATIVES.
ADAMSON.—Peter Christian Adamson was born in Denmark, Feb. 17, 1840, and died July 3, 1913. He came to America in 1860, and was married to Anna M. Anderson, also a native of Denmark, in 1868. Seven years later they embraced the Seventh-day Adventist faith under the labors of Elders J. F. Hansen and Louis Johnson. In the year 1910 the family moved to Mountain View, Cal., where he spent his last days. Nine children were born to Brother and Sister Adamson, of whom seven, with their mother, are left to mourn the loss of a kind, devoted, Christian father and husband. The deceased was a firm believer in the third angel’s message, and did much during his long connection with this people for the advancement of the same. He fell asleep confident of a part in the first resurrection.
A. O. TAIT.
MILLER.—Mrs. Robert F. Miller, née Mosberger, after several months of illness, died at the Kansas Sanitarium, Wichita, Kans., aged 46 years, 8 months, and 19 days. Sister Miller was born at Nevada, Mo., and from childhood was a devoted member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Besides her aged father, her husband, four daughters, and one son survive. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder C. M. McDonald, at Tulsa, Okla.
W. R. HANSON.
DICKERSON.—Louis B. Dickerson was born in Missouri, Feb. 1, 1849, and died suddenly near Imperial, Cal., July 10, 1913. He was a firm believer in the third angel’s message, and for several years a very successful canvasser. He left the field because of ill health. One of his last statements was that he desired the early and triumphant close of the work of God. Funeral services were conducted by the writer at Fernando Academy. A wife, two sons, and two daughters sorrow, but not without hope.
C. L. TAYLOR.
LOCKEN.—Gladys Bertha Locken was born at Cadott, Wis., May 19, 1902, and died June 26, 1913, at Greeneville, Tenn., where her father, Elder J. B. Locken, has been laboring for the past year. Through his efforts there a church has been raised up and a new church building erected. The first service to be held in the edifice was the funeral of his daughter. Gladys was a charter member of the church, and a faithful, devoted Christian. Her pleasant face and sweet voice will be greatly missed, but we have the assurance that she rests in hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer.
W. H. BRANSON.
GLENN.—Victoria Elizabeth Tripp Glenn, widow of the late William N. Glenn, who for years was editor of Our Little Friend and associate editor of the Signs of the Times, was born at Richmond, Va., April 19, 1845. She came to California when six years of age, and in 1862 was married to William N. Glenn at Stockton, Cal. Nine children were born to them, five of whom are living. Two brothers and one sister also survive. Sister Glenn was led to accept the truth through reading. The tract “Who Changed the Sabbath” was the instrument that first turned her attention to the true day of rest. She began the observance of the Sabbath in 1875, and for thirty-six years was a member of the Oakland (Cal.) church. After an illness of over five years she fell asleep in Jesus July 13, 1913.
B. E. BEDDOE.
Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association
By J. W. Christian; GEO. A. WILLIAMS
NOTICE is hereby given that the next annual meeting of the Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association (incorporated) will be held in connection with the Nebraska conference and camp-meeting at Seward, Nebr., Aug. 21-31, 1913, for the election of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, August 26, at 10:30 A. M. Accredited delegates to the Nebraska Conference are delegates to the Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association.
J. W. CHRISTIAN, President;
GEO. A. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Maine Conference Association
By E. E. Osborne; W. O. Howe
THE first meeting of the regular annual session of the Maine Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the Adventist camp-ground in Camden, Maine, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1913, at 10 A. M., in connection with the Maine Seventh-day Adventist camp-meeting. At this meeting members of the board of trustees will be elected to fill the vacancies occurring on the board at this time, also such other business will be transacted as may properly come before the association. All the accredited delegates to the regular session of the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, unincorporated, are members of the corporation.
E. E. OSBORNE, President;
W. O. HOWE, Clerk.
Maine Benevolent Association
By E. C. Taylor
THE fifteenth annual meeting of the Benevolent Association of Seventh-day Adventists of Maine will be held on the camp-ground at Camden, Maine, Aug. 25, 1913, at 9 A. M., for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
E. C. TAYLOR, Clerk.
Cumberland Conference Association
By W. H. Branson; A. B. Russell
NOTICE is hereby given that the annual session of the Cumberland Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Athens, Tenn., Sept. 4-14, 1913. The first meeting of the association will be held at 9. A. M., September 10. The purpose of this meeting will be to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to consider all other matters of business that should come before the association at this time.
W. H. BRANSON, President; A. B. RUSSELL, Secretary.
West Michigan Conference Association
By C. F. McVagh; F. R. Eastman
The annual meeting of the West Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the meeting of the West Michigan Conference on the fair-grounds at Hastings, Mich., Aug. 21-31, 1913. The first meeting will be called at 10:30 A. M., August 21. The regular delegates to the West Michigan Conference (unincorporated) are the constituency of the West Michigan Conference Association. This meeting will elect a board of trustees for the association and transact such other business as may properly come before the association.
C. F. McVagh, President;
F. R. Eastman, Secretary.
The Illinois Conference Association
By G. E. Langdon; H. E. Moon
THE twenty-third annual session of the Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Ottawa, Ill., in connection with the camp-meeting to be held Aug. 28 to Sept. 7, 1913. Officers will be elected and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Tuesday, September 2.
G. E. LANGDON, President;
H. E. MOON, Secretary.
West Kansas Conference Association
By N. T. Sutton; E. Harris
The third annual meeting of the West Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held at Lyons, Kans., in connection with the annual camp-meeting, Aug. 28 to Sept. 7, 1913. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees for the ensuing year and to transact such other business as may be deemed necessary. All duly accredited delegates to the West Kansas Conference (unincorporated) are entitled to take part in the proceedings of the association. The first meeting of the association will be held Tuesday, September 2, at 10:30 A. M.
N. T. SUTTON, President;
E. HARRIS, Secretary.
Publications Wanted
THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications sent post-paid, for missionary purposes:—
Mrs. Iza E. Clement, North Loup, Nebr.
James Harvey, 1729 Grove St., Oakland, Cal. Continuous supply of papers and tracts.
Mrs. Kate Taylor, 6503 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Life and Health, Liberty, and Protestant Magazine.
Ollie Henslee, Vamoosa, Okla. Signs of the Times (weekly and monthly), Watchman, Protestant, Liberty, and tracts.
J. R. Watson, Holdenville, Okla. Tracts, Protestant, Liberty, Signs of the Times, weekly and monthly, and Watchman.
Nurses Wanted
YOUNG men and women of Christian experience are wanted to enter the nurses’ class, beginning October, 1913. Three years’ course of instruction given. Excellent experience in medical lines. Address Superintendent of Nurses, Paradise Valley Sanitarium, National City, Cal.
Addresses Wanted
THE Seventh-day Adventist Church of Aurora, Ill., desires the address of Mrs. Alzina Fick. Any one who can give the desired information should address the same to the church clerk, Miss Anna Frazier, 290 Hardin St., Aurora, Ill.
Business Notice
WANTED.— Two first-class coat makers; one for men's coats and one for ladies'. Address G. F. Rusch, 325 Stark St., Portland, Oregon.
