SPEAKERS FROM ALL OVER IRE WORLD
WILL DE AI IRE LAYMEN’S CONVENTION
COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR MEETING FEB. 22. ANNOUNCED
MISSIONARIES FROM
KOREA AND AFRICA
Men Who Are Known Over Re
ligious World Will Be Here
to Make Addresses.
The beginning of the week re
maining before the opening of the
San Antonio convention of the
great National Laymen’s Movement
of 1910, finds a spirit of power
ful energy and the feeling of cer
tain success among all those men
of this city who, in any way, have
had to deal with the broad work of
preparation for the event. The re
turns from the dissemination of the
continual mass of literature through
out the convention district already
indicates that there will be a
gathering with the opening of the
local sessions, February 22, far be
yond the numbers for which the co
operating committee originally
planned.
, The unceasing canvass by speakers
sent out from headquarters to occupy
,1 the pulpits of San Antonio and the dis
! trict in behalf of the movement; the
' reports of the field agent of the unpre
cedented interest in the churches in
. surrounding cities, resulting in the
promise of general delegations and
DB. SAMUEL B CAPEN.
Boston, Mass., Chairman of the Execu
tive Committee of the Laymen’s Mis
sionary Movement.
iiaancial support, and the substantial
returns through the mails daily to the
headquarters iu the Moore building as
sure the workers that there is no doubt
this convention will rival that of any
southern city in point of attendance and
in results that will follow from the
splendid meetings now fully arranged.
Between 1500 and 2000 men will attend
the opening banquet of the convention
and the daily sessions in Travis Park
Methodist ehurch.
With the financial and numerical
strength of the movement now assur-
Vico Chairman cf the Co-operating
Committee.
ed. the work of the commitlcc daily
has been to arrange a program for the
convention which, in the personnel m-I
subjects for discusciou of the speakers
aligned, will present as brilliant a
Showing to the delegations ns that of
rnv convention during the past season.
-National officers of the movement,
well known missionaries in foreign
Yields. and. the heads of the largest
lies ■ Into 10 Mw t hr
cut the district will address! the dele
gutes at the banquet and irithe ojseu
meetings. Among the promyent Dv-
OK'ii who w'H speak arc Dr. .w'.muel B.
SUNDAY,
J. CAMPBELL WHITE,
i New York, General Secretary cf the
Laymen's Missionary Movement.
Capen of Boston, chairman of the na
tional executive committee; J. Campeil
White, national secretary; Bev. Dr. W.
W. Pinson of Nashville. Tenn., secretary
of foreign missions M. E. C. S.; Bev.
Dr. E. W. Allen of Cincinnati, seere
tarv foreign missions, Christian churro;
Rev. Dr. A. F. Bishop, Austin, Tex.;
Bev. J. T. Henderson, Bristol, Tenu.,
secretary Laymen's Missionary move
ment. Southern Baptist convention;
Bov. Dr. T. B. Ray, Richmond. Va., edu
cational secretaiy. Southern Baptist
। convention; Kt. Rev. Dr. Junies S.
i Johnston, San Autonio: Dr. Edward W,
I Capen. Boston; John K. Silliman, Snl
। fillo, Max.; Kev. <* G. Honnsheil.
! Notch; Rev. W, R. Hotchkiss. Lumbwn.
, British East Africa, and Rev. B. F.
■ Williams, Nashville, Tenn., editor of
I The Missionary.
Combined Choris to Sing.
Ilie music fur the three days' gath
ering will be given 1ȣ the combined
choirs of the several churches of the six
Protestant denomir. itions supporting l 1.;:
। movement in this city, under the leu.l
Crehip at Edward’McKenzie of Louis
ville. Ky>, the well known evangel!*:
smig leader, Mr. McKenzie will Iwgin
the work of training the choir for great
chonis music during the coming week,
com hiding his present service at Gov-
First Presbyterian Church. Chair nan of
r .. .die Finance Committee.
eminent Hil‘ Methodist eliurch, win e
lie is a revival in the ; ’-
terests cf tbcwiew church, building.
A brief persdta) introduction of the
speakers for Satv first Na
tional Interdemminationn? «pnyut ; >n
i of Lavrnen in the present, “tidal vc
I of miscionnry work that is swecpihq
' »!ie world,’’ should be of interest at this
itime. Thev comprise men prominent in
every branch of commercial and pr<>-
1 fcssionel pursuits, who have devoted
their efforts for man}’ years to the
■ world-wide spread of the missionary
I :rove:iient.
Samuel B. Capon. LL. D.. Boston,
| < hairmnn of the national executive
: committee, has won the highest honors
'throughout the United States in W
' ognition of his public services and lead
i orslrp in home .mid foreign mission cm
• deavors. He was trained In the pub
i lie scliools'of Boston, .mid wa for m o ity
i year- partner iu one o: t. e oldest car-
finns in the country. While he has
i always been an active business man. ho
Ims ednaidered it both a privilege and
. duty to devote most of his time and
lenergy to church nnd publie wel
fare.
lie was the founder of the Boston
Municipal league and its first presi
dent; second vice president of the Na
tional Municipal league; for the past
ten years president or the American
board of commissioners for foreign mis
sions and a member of the city affairs
committee of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce. The value of his work has
won him the honorary degrees of master
of arts from Dartmouth college and of
doctor of laws from Oberlin and Mid
dlebury colleges. The New England
Magazine spoke of him as “the idea!
citizen, a man of broad mind aud great
kindliness, of rare practical sagacity,
with a passion for public purity and the
public welfare.” Dr. Capen has re
reutly given up a great deal of bis
bn-iees- responsibility in elder to de
SA IN AINIUNIU LIUHT AND GAZETTE
TAY E. ADAMS.
Centra! Christian Church Member of
the Co operating Committee.
vote more time to religious ami eivie
work.
With Missionaries of World.
J. Campbell White, national general
secretary, is a Cincinnatian and a grad
uate of Wooster university. He has
had a variety of experience in twenty
years of public Christian work which
is of great advantage to him in the
responsible position which Inf now occu
pies. After leaving college lie traveled
among the colleges of the United States
BEV. DB. J. T. HENDEBSON,
Bristol, Teun.. Who Will Speak at Un
Laymen's Missionary Convention.
ns university secretary of the interna
tional committee of the Young Men'
Christian association. ami one year a
secretary of the student volunteer move
nient. He went to Calcutta, India, a
pioneer secretary of the Young Men'
Christian association, where he worke
until 190.1. During his ton years o
service abroad be was associated wit
missionaries of every nation. He r<
turned to America nt the cal) of hi
own church to assist in placing its mil
sionary work upon a firmer basis, an
was one of the organizers of the men'
movement of his own denomination.
When Hie National Laymen's Mi’
sionary Movement wa organized N
vomber 15. 19m'. Mr. White gave th
only address of that historic oct-ario
ami was at oi ce called to the Jeude:
ship of the movement and has been il
general secretary since the beginnifi;
He has addressed all of the great co.
volitions held under the auspices of tli
movement agtl was one of the deput:
REV. D. CLAY LILLY. D. D.,
NicOlasvUle, Ky.. Special Field Secre.
tary of the Laymen’s Missionary
Movement: a Speaker at the Convert,
tion.
tion which, in 19"7. organizod national
committee in England aud Scotland. He
is a brilliant and forceful orator, and
the author of several widely circulated
writings. Three of these. “The Genesis
and Significance of the Laymen’s
Movement." ’ Our Share of the World ”
ami “Methods of Enlisting Men iu
Missions’” are the basis of campaign
literature for every convention of the
nationi.l movemeni.
Rev. Dr. D. ’ lay Lilly, special Held
LADIES' ANKLE STRAPS
500 pairs of ankle
strap* of all descrip
tions. Llsnt and
heavy soles. Pateiit
kid. dull kid, tan
and suede. Most all
sices. $4, ?* o 0 and
»5 styles.
$ 3
BUTTON BOOTS
200 pairs of La
dies' High Button
Shoes, gome in black
and pray suede. Pat
ent kid, cloth tops,
light and extension
soles. $l. 51.50 aud
*5 value*
LADIES’ PUMPS
A collection of 200
pairs of pumps, some
with strap*. AU ma
terials. Sties range
from 2 to S'L 43,
*3.50 and *4 values.
LADIES’ BUTTON
We just received
this consignment —
just a little late for
high shoes, but it
will pay you to lay
these awav until next
winter. 3.50 to 4.50
values.
LADIES’ BUTTON
A. J. MOOBE.
Chairman of the Co-operating Com
mitter
isecretary of the movement, is a resi
dent of Kentucky and was educated at
I its Central university, lie was trained
I for the ministry at Union Theological
! seminary. Englund, and was for many
■veurs pastor at Frankfort. Ky., ami
j Tuscaloosa. Aki., where he was active
| in missionary work among the negroes,
'and was secretarv of the colored evan
' gelistic work of the Southern Pres
byterian church. After post-graduate
; courses at the University of Edinburgh,
: ho became associated in American mis-
I sionary conferences, with the result
that he resigned his elureii to act as
I special representative of n forc’gn coui
niittco of his denomination. Ho is now
in charge of th" program for conven
tions of the national campaign in all
i southern cities.
From British East Africa.
Rev. W. K. Hotchkiss has been for
fourteen veins in British East Africa
and was one of the pioneer mis-mn:mes
of that country, where be encountered
s i rhe peril- < n wild region long be*
tore the advent of a railroad. He has
I done a groat .1 nl to mlvance tnc work
of translating the native language into
i English and bn- attempted the writing
lot' the
have done im nsfrial and educatioua
work even mo- than evangelistic, and
have establish d important medical de
partments thro -ihout East Afnea. He
!is an interesting speaker and even a
plain recital et is experiences and Uie
description o’ s work bis
audiem-es jb Hotchkiss will he
audiences. : b southern
heard in pract nu • l
conventions - ing the present cam
paign.
Rev Dr J T Henderson was for ten
wears president “ ' 'a™" and
college of Ten -o" president ot
Tennessee Bap - eonvent.on He has
latelv been apm“V? 0 ir '
ginia institute Bristol and is gen-,
[era! secretary o’ •""'eincnt tor the
$ 3
f 2
EVENING SLIPPERS
500 pair of pretty Slippers, white, blue, a few pair
of gold, that sold for $B. All colors and CI
conibinat ions
*2
About 60 pairs
of this lot. Pat
ent colt, dull top.
\ extension solo.
’3
Southern Baptist convention. He is a
man of studious lite, but of’penetrating
jiolgment aud delivers a forcible ad
dress that appeals to men. He will
s;*eak throughout the southern conven
tions.
Kev. Dr. W. W. I’inson, secretary of
foreign missions of the Methodist
church, is a native of Tennessee and
was a member of that conference until
he was transferred to the Texas con
ference. lie has occupied pulpits in
Macon, Columbus. Ga., and Louisville,
where he was serving at the time of
his call to the secretaryship. Dr. Pin
son is a reputable author and lecturer
on sociology, and as speaker and writer
in chnreh work of its every department
has been an invaluable lender in the
movement.
The Complete Program.
The complete program lias been ar
ranged for only during the past week.
R. H. Wester,
Executive Secretary of the Co-operatiu
Committee.
pending tire uncertainty of some speal
ers who are now in the convention ci
cult being called to this city. As no’
determined, without subject to chang
except in case of illness, the speaker
and i heir subjects for discussion ar
published in the following program:
Tuesday evening. Feb. 23. banquet a
Beethoven hall. 7:30 o'clock.
“The Awakening of the Laytueu.
Rev. Dr. W. W. Pinson; “The Evang<
lization of the World.’’ Kev. Dr. E. D
Allen; “America’s World Rcsponsibi'
ity." J- Campbell White.
Wednesday raorniug. Feb. 2.1. Tra’ i
Par! M. E. church—“ Prayer and th
Missionary Enterprise.” Bev. Dr. A. I
Bisliej l ;” ‘Tire. Adequate Missiunnry i\
JTTT SAN ANTONIO can now boast of
IL having a SAMPLE SHOE STORE
11 the same as you find in all large east
ern cities, where you can buy all the
WORLD’S BEST MAKES at practically
half price. You would naturally ask how
we can do this? Here is our proposition.
W e are one of a string of shoe stores oper
ating throughout the country rbat have
contracts with all the largest manufactur
ers to take every pair of their samples,
slightly imperfect factory shoes and floor
accumulations at half price and less in
some instances. Our buyers make us daily
shipment of these choice bargains and we
are always prepared to give the people of
San Antonio the GREATEST BARGAINS
in Ladies’and Men’s High-grade Footwear.
REMEMBER, samples are always the
latest styles and of the BEST materials.
Only TWO Prices Prevail $2 and $3
PARTY SLIPPERS
200 pairs of samples. Most all colors. Sonic slight
ly soiled. Worth double the CO
price
no less Sample
♦2
FOR f OR WOMEN
'^ W ST
,OUAI»ANTCeS OLD STANC'
licy,” Rev. Dr. J. T. Henderson: “T
Organization Needed;’’ (I) “The M
sionary Committee; (2) “The < o opei
ting < onimitteo." Rev. Dr. \\. M. Pi
son; “Systematic Missionary Educ
tion;" 111 "The Use of Literature;
(2) “Groups for Conferences and 1
vestigation;" (.1) “Laymen as Adv
cates;" (I! “Au Educational Cai
paign." Rev. Dr. T. B. Kay.
Afternoon— ’’Tiic Bible and Mi
sions,” Kt. R’ v. James S. Johnsto
D. D.; “The Personal Investigation
Missions," Dr. Edward W. Cape
“The Needs of Mexico,” J. R. Sil
man: “Business Systems in Mission;!
Finance;" 11) “The Evcry-Memb
t'anv'ass;” (2) “The Meekly Oftt
ing,” J. CampbeN White.
Evening—“ The Winning of Korea.
Rev. C. G. Hounsell. Korea; “Light
the Dark Continent,” Kev. V . R. Hotc
kiss: “The Inadequacy of the No
Christian Religions,” J. Campb
White. /
Thursdav, Feb. 24, morning—“Goil
Call to Busy Men,” Rev. Dr. J. T. H«
derson; “Some Aspects of Heath
Life," l!«v. \V. K. Hotchkiss: “T
S'owardship of Lifo,” Dr. Samuel
Capen; “The Reflex Influence of M
sions.” Rev. Dr. Ex W. Allen.
Afternoon —Meeting for all nriuiste
2:30 o’clock; denominational ralli
3:30 o’clock.
Evening—“ Present Needs of the I
FEBRUAKY 13. 19D1
MEN’S LOW SHOES
300 pairs of this
A.
style in tar. calf and
gun metal. A genu
ine Goodyear stitch
ed shoe. A *3.50
value anywhere.
J 2
Men’s High Button
AU materials. Pat
ent, tin, wine and
gun metal. Stylish
“Hi Toe” last. Mgh
heel. 53.50 and 34
values.
} 2
MEN’S LOW SHOES
This line consists
of all good styles—
all materials. Start
vamps and high heel.
Can fit most all.
$ 3
Men’s HIGH SHOES
A genuine gun
metal calf shoe made
on stvlish last. Sells
the world over for
*3. Every size in
this line.
s 2
The new classy 2
aud 3-hole pump, so
popular just now
with the young fel
low. *1 to *5 value*
f 3
'he Eust.” Rev. IL F. Williams:
lis i the Facts.” Dr. Samuel B. Capen:
ra “The t all to Service,” J. Campbell
in-1 White.
ea- Adoption of policy.
In It expels all poisons, stimulates the
<o internal organs, cleanses the svuteui aud
nv purifies the blood. Such is Hollister s
Rocky Mountain Tea. the most effective
is preventive aud cure of bad blood, cou
, stipation and sluggish liver.
THE ITALIAN VILLA
lli " Take the Hot Wells car today to
ir . v . South Park Terrace and see what’s do
x‘r ing on the Italian Villa, the Light and
er ‘ 1 Gazette $4,500 Grand Prize. We are
‘ proud of it and so will you be when it’s
; completed.
ALAMO* HEIGHTS
I Has more to offer as a home site than
anv other place in or around San An
! tonio. See Alamo Heights today. The
'I s ' street car runs all over it.
eu-‘
urn WHY GRANDMA FAILED.
L'hc.
B- Katherine's grandmother generally
l>s- brought her a piece of candy or a nut
when she returned from a party. Once,
trs. however, forgot, and Katherine,
ies, never thinking she could be forgotten.
:isked, “Wasn't there anything loose.
Far | grandma?'’
Help Your Eyes
Without Delay
’ Get Glasses if you need them,
nnd set th?m soon.
Don't lake chances of ruining
your eyesight by putting the mat
ter off from day to day. You only
add to ll>e misery yon trill expe
rience later on.
LET US PROVE
TO YOU WHY! 1
H. 0. REES I
Optical Co. !
242 W. Commerce St
Opposite St. Mary St.
11
MEN’S PUMPS