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Brave Men Needed.
We need brave men. The trouble
ts that the church of God has settled
town, at the expense of principle, un
til, my friends, it is mighty hard to
know which the devil can get the most
out of. The-devil says, "O don't fuss
with us. 3uild your tabernacle, send
away and get your preacher and his
helpers. Let us fill your town with
naloons and with staggering, bleary
eyed, bloated face, sputtering, cursing,
damning, ragged, filthy, vermin cover
si!, good-for nothing, pewking sots. Let
as gourmandize our infamous appetites
irpon their virtue, but don't preach
against our business." I tell you,
wen and women of Ottumwa, in the
name of God, in the name of Jesus
Christ, in the name of (he Holy Spirit
find the Angles, in the name of every
decent man and woman in or out of
the church, in the name of everybody
that loves truth and virtue, declare
war against hell and iniquity, high,
low, on the hill tops and in the val
leys, I declare war.
The brave men in the church can
do more good for God and the com
munity than anybody else. That, leads
me to say to that young man who
boasts, of belnb brave, here is th$ best,
place to show your manhood or your
lack of it. The rtevil wins his bat
tip by trickery, intrigue, cunning and
cubtlery. and the best place on earth
for you to show your manhood is in
the church.
We are not facing a silver question,
or a. gold standard question, or the
question of municipal ownership, or
rxpansion or anti-expansion, or revo
lution or Ftandpatterism. Tt. is a
question of God, and of home and of
native land. I can see the t.wo forces
as they resound in combat and can
tiear them as they come in the midst
of the people. You and 1 are trying
to wage for God and Truth. We
loudly-bemoan Russia's need of man
hood, but need of far greater im
portance lies at our door today. It.
Is a shame that the people of Russia
should be held In poverty and ig
norance all these ages, but it is more
ihameful that greed, and praft, ami
tot, and stinking Infamy should de
monize our institutions. I tell you
vhat old Iowa needs manhood to
rarry on
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BAPTIST CHURCH CALLED
INTO SERVICE TO MAKE
ROOM FOR SUNDAY THRONG
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him bad come. We have cowards in
»he church as well su anywhere else.
I wish, as I go up and down to preach,
that 1 could say to you to give your
hearts to God and join the church. I
can and do say it with every ounce of
mv manhood. I wiph I could say the
best men and women on eart.h will be
there. That is true. The best men
nnd women on God Almighty earth
are in the church of .Testis Christ, al
hough not all that are in the chuch
are the best. We have "yellow dogs'
in the church as well as out of it, and
when we start a fight for righteous
ness I can pick that crowd out as
quickly as anybody. Have you ever
seen a dog, a little yellow mongrel,
soing down the street and he meets
boy, and that dog has his mouth
ride open and you would think he
would swallow that. boy. The kid
stoops down to pick up a stone, or a
stick or something to hurl at the dog,
but the dog doesn't stop to see what
It is. He puts his tail between his
legs, buts back his ears and looks
like a streak going through the dust.
When you begin to fight for decen
cy and virtue and righteousness, I tell
you it doesn't take long to pick out
that "yellow dog" crowd, as sure as
you breathe.
fight aeainst your damn­
able grafting politicians and your
-otten stinking fellows that have
flooded the legislative halls and cursed
your state. Old Iowa needs manhood
io help clean up her rottenness and
her infaniy today.
Old Ottumwa needs manhood to
help clean up for God, and decency
and eobriety, and righteosness, and
vou have a chance to show your col
ors. Many an old lobster in this town
Is wondering right now whether or not.
he will take hold of this campaign
nnd give it his interest and support.
He ought to have a wheat straw tied
up his back for a back bone it would
be a vast Improvement over that thing
he has now. I despise, I abhor a man
or a woman who will wait until they
Ree that a thing is going to become
popular, then climb on the band wag
on. Yes, I deBple a man or a woman
who will hibernate and wait until the
Mde begins to turn, then creep from
their hibernation and go around when
the smoke of the conflict is clearing
iway and the wounded is being gather
ed up, and they will say, "See what
ve did."
"Betay and I killed a. bear." Oh.
res, but you were hiding in the loft
tfhile Betsy was do.ng business, down
Jelow.
Despise Coward in Pulpit.
I like to see a brave preacher. If
there Is anybody on earth I despise
tt. is to see a little coward in the pul
pit. A brave preacher can do most
mything that needs to he done. When
In the name of God, will the preachers
In this country let their non-essential
inversions of opinion go by the boards
ind present a solid phalanx and fight
igainst the forces of sin and iniquity,
[f there is anybody that ought to be
brave it is the Methodist preacher,
because you have to keep him hers
whether you like him or not. So,
wnen we have brave preachers we art'
going to have better churches, better
Homes and better to'.vns.
When you talk about --not taking
politics into the pulpit you talk non
lense. I am not talking about party
^politics, but about Christian decency
md citizenship. That is what 1 am
talking about. That istfar above your
little, good-for-nothing politics. I don't
sare who I vote for if he is a man.
Brave Parkhurrt.
Years ago, down in New York Cif.v,
look at that brave man Parkhurst.
rbo started out single hanaed after
the most rotten, dirty, good-for-noth
*»*. Infamous political machine in th-
country—Tammany hall—No, I will
take that back. Matt Quay's Republi
can machine in Pennsylvania can put
that party in the dark. Tammany's
hall is a Sunday school and a New
Jerusalem by the side of Pennsylvania
politics, and I am a Republican at that,
too. Parkhurst started out and would
have won the fight right there And
old Tom Piatt, poor old Tom, taking
I the count every day. I say we need
brave men to rise up and lead in ev
ery community. There is not a town
in the world that doesn't need to be
taken down to God's bath house and
the hose turned on it and rinsed out.
Up in Wisoonsin, everything was
rife and rampant, saloons open on
Sunday, houses of ill-fame. A com
mittee went around and asked,to have
them closed and the mayor gave them
the Ha Ha. Then the preachers got
up and began to preach and the peo
ple said, "That is right, we haven't
been doing our duty. Lead and we will
follow." Why in God's name don't
some of you fellows lead? You are
afraid of losing the sale of a porus
plaster or a pair of shoes or some
thing else. That's what's the matter
with you. You are scared to death.
You are tied up. If you hit some old
sinner in business and he happens to
be a member of your lodge you would
let him run the community rather than
hit the old scoundrel. Well, these
people in Wisconsin went on having
baseball games on Sunday in open de
fiance of the state law. They weve
asked to enforce the law. Warrants
were sworn out and they arrested the
mayor and a lot of the city officials
and members of the baseball nines
and trotted them to the police station
until they could get. bail, then they
went after the grog shops and the
houses of ill-fame, but somebody had
warned them and they had taken their
flight, to other fields. Then came a re
vival and thousands of people were
swept into the Kingdom of God. There
is not a town but that, needs the lid
put on it and then somebody to sit on
the lid.
Need Brave Preachers.
once got into a town where a
preacher said: "I have seen my mem
bers come to prayer meetings dressed
for the ball, or for the opera, or for
a card party and I knew it, and knew
that just, as soon as we were through
at prayer meeting they would be at
tiiose places, and I didn't have grit
enough to rebuke them. I want you to
understand though that you are going
to get it from me now if my heal
falls off and goes into the basket." I
never heard of a preacher starving to
death because he told the truth, but: 1
know a-lot that, ought to. We need
brave preachers.
"He was a brave man. for by hi hi
the Lord had given deliverance to
Syria," and God can't do anything
with a coward.
We need brave men in office. We
need brave presidents. Yes, and we
have one there and don't you forget
it for on minute. It seems to me that
these old grafters and multimillion
aires and trusts are going to have a
hard tussle.
We need brave governors.
Need of Brave Officials.
AVo need fellows that are not in
office under the thumb of a lot of
good-for-nothing two by four rat-hole
tinhorn politicians. Brave men in
office Bravo mayor! We need brave
officials everywhere. I like to see peo
ple who are on the side of the law
and against iaw breakers. tell you,
when you get a lot of officials, wheth
er state, city or county, and they will
stand by the law and by the enforce
ment of the law, then you ought to
stand by. those men irrespecive of
wnethe they are your politics or not.
And when you get a lot of men in
ouice who will not stand by the law
and endeavor to fight evil, then you
have a set of the worst things this side
of hell, and you can find, too often,
that that is the kind of people holding
office.
We want brave men. Many a man
when he enters office is a falsifier he
cause he took the oath of office to en
force the law. If some of you old fel
lows had* the back bone taken out of
you there would not be lime enough
to powder your face. It is hard to tell
which the devil can get the most out
of, a fellow with little brains and a
lot of back bone, or a fellow with lots
of brains and no back bone.
Brave men, that is what we need,
to clean things up for God and God's
truth and decency. I like to see a
man who will stand for right even if
it does cost him the sale of a hat. a
ton of caol, a bill of lumber or some
thing of that kind.
Stand by Right and God.
You stand by *ight. and God will
stand by you. I like to see brave
men. like to see a brave man in
his home. I like to see a man who
fills his place as husband and as fath
er in the house. I like to see a man
who stands by his wife and by his
children and a brave man will do it,
my friends, at the risk of incurring
the hatred of his neighbor, his busi
ness associate or the members of his
lodge. A brave man is going to work
to keep his home and his children on
the right side. All sorts of perplexing
society questions will .-ome up in your
home. Your children will want to do
what your neighbor's children do. They
will want to go here and there and
will nag. and go to their mother and
coax her and she will say: "Go to
your pa," and they will go to see the
old man and he will Say: "Go back
to you ma and whatever she says
will be all right." It taxes the moth
er's patlefoce and at last, ^gainst her
better judgment, she gives consent for
her children to do what she knows i.5
wrong, and away they have gone. They
want to go to dancing school, to go
here and there, and the first thing you
know they have gone from home, from
God, from the Sunday school and from
righteousness. Why don't you stand
by your wife and say: "Wife, keep
our children on the right side. Never
LEADER FISCHER OF THE CHOrR.
mind, what the neighbors think." Many
a wife, if she had a little encourage
ment, would have brought, that little
brood through all right, but she had to
fight it out alone and fjght against
your indifference. No wonder they
have gone. Many a man, when lie
lived in the country, ad some rejig
ion and some sense, tut now he lias
come to town and lost what religion
and what sense he did have. Out
there he worshipped his God, but. he
has come to town, gotten into a
neighborhood of no account, and the
neighbor's children want his children
to go here and there, and the first
thing yon know away they have gone.
He will say: "Well. wife, we can't
exactly keep our home against, this
tide. We didn't do that out in the
country and we'll have to let them go
here." His boy .wants to stay out
nights and carry a night key. When
ever you do that ahd let your boy
carry, a night, key you are opening the
flood gates and he is on the road to
hell about as fast as he caij go. Why
don't you say: "No, you Can't." I
tell you .as long as my children'stick
their feet under my table and eat the
food that my sweat provides and
wear the clothes I earn the money to
buy (and they can stay beneath their
father's roof as long as they want to,
and I hope they may neve go) but as
long as they stay—if my boys stay
there until they get whiskers down
to their knees, they will have to mind
their pa. Why don't you say "No,
you can't do it. You can't go with
that crowd. I know where they spend
their nights, hanging around pool
rooms and saloons, listening to dirty
stories and learning to smoke cigar
ets." "No, sir, you can't do it."
When your daughter says, "Pa, a.
nice young man brought me home
and wants to call Tuesday evenings
and see me." Why don't you say, "he
can't come here, I know him, he is a
bad one. I know what they say about
him. No, sir, I will not allow my
daughter to compromise her reputa
tion and her good name by keeping
company with a young fellow like
that." Your daughter says: "Wily
papa, he is rich and when his father
dies and the will is probated you will
see what he will get." If you only
knew the character of a lot of these
fellows you would just as, soon let
your daughter play with a lot of rat
tle snakes.
A Brave Mother.
like to see a brave mother. I
like to see a mother that will stand
by her daughter. Somebody says:
"Mr. Sunday, you aren't, going to
talk about, woman's rights are your?"
I think wp have had enough of
woman's wrongs, don't you? You
don't believe in women voting and
holding office, do you? Why not?
You say they would make an awful
mess out of it. If the women of Illi
nois can make a morse mess than the
men have made, I would like to see
it. You say, "Why, Mr. Sunday, who
would take care of the children while
she holds the office?" The same old
geezer that, takes carp of her chil
dren while she goes to the court, house
to pay her taxes. There is many a
woman who has to pay taxes and
support, some old fellow who could
not earn money enough to pay for
the suit of clothes that, covers him.
I think it is a mean, good-for-nothing,
low down, dirty, stinking law that will
let a good-for-nothing whiskey-soaked,
black legged degenerate walk up to
the polls to vote and prevents a
decent respectable woman from vot
ing. It makes me boil when I see
some old son of predition vote just be.
cause he has whiskers and breeches
on. And then some good, bright, keen,
intelligent, decent woman can't vote.
God pity a country that is so dominat
ed by a lot of jackass politicans that
prevent her. that is all I have to say
I will never' hedge for any of them.
If my memory serves me right we
at one time had a war on account of
taxation without representation. We
threw some tea overboard. I think.
Women to the Front.
I was never more interested in my
life than I was in watching the news
papers, when the state of Colorado
passed the constitution to allow
women to vote and hold office—any
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office—and I watched the newspapers
to see if any woman would be elected
to office, and if so, to what office,
and the newspapers told me that a
woman named Mrs. Holiey had been
elected to the house of representa
tives in Colorado. I watched the
newspapers to see if she would in
troduce any bill, and if so. what. kind.
I didn't have to wait long until I
learned that she had offered a bill to
raise the age of consent of a girl from
II years, as it was then, to 2L years.
Woe betide the man that shoots a
quail before it lias its pin feathers.
They hold up their hands in holy hor
ror if some fellow goes out before the
game season opens a~nd catches some
fish. The age of consent in Deleware
was 11 years. Think of it.. A girl
11 years of age, on the way home
from school, could be enticed into
some alley and on the pretext of giv
ing her a present, that, man will out-,
rage lier person and then go .into
court, and sffy that she gave her con
sent.
Well, I watched the papers and
they said that Mrs. Holiey had intro
duced a bill to raise the age of con
sent from 11 to 21 years. She stood
there, championing the cause of the
girls of Colorado, while vile men
who disgraced manhood, hurled epi
thets at. her which brought a blush
to her cheek, but she stood her
ground. Little by little men took
their stand by her side, and when
the vote was taken they were com
pelled to compromise and they put it
on the statute books at 18 years, as
it Is today. 1 said: "All right God.
if that is the kind of women they
are and the kind of laws they make,
throw open the doors and let them
come in. I like to see a brave wom
an, a woman that will stand by the
right and do the right, as sure as
God lives.
All that is noble and grand has been
led by a woman. The great tem
perance cause that is growing over the
land was started in the W. C. T. U.
They would make the politicians of
this country turn pale. I like to see a
brave woman. I like to see a woman
like one I hear daboui. Her husband
called in some companions and they
were playing cards and drinking, and
one fellow said. "It's 11 o'clock." The
husband said: "I am Julius Caeser
here, I run this ranch."' They crack
ed a few more bottles and jokes and
look a. sky-limit on the*pot, and pretty
soon the folding doors opened and
there stood a little frail woman, with
large brown eyes, raven black hair,
then red lips, clothed in a crushing
geranium gown trimmed with ele
phant's breath and she said: "It's
time you were home with your fam
ilies. As to Julius, I'll take care of
him. It's 11:30, come on," and he
went,
I like to see a wife who will stand
by the right if she has to take a fiat
irojn and a rolling pin to do it.
I like to see one who is going to
stand by right. I like to see a mother
who will guard her children. In times
of physical danger you would die
if a lion or a tiger should come to
tear your child you would pour out
your life's blood. Yes, but. you let the
clevil in the form of some spider-leg
ged dude come into your home and
take your girl and you will never raise
your voice in protest, and there is not
a pastor on this platform—not a
Christian man or woman In this au
dience—that is not bemoaning the
great tidal wave that bears upon its
bosom our young men and our young
women.
Ottumwa "Up and Cortilng."
For the' first time during the revi
vals the audience refused to go after
the evangelist dismissed them last
evening. They sat and clapped and
cheered him for. several minutes after
the close of the meeting. Sunday
turned to the assembled ministers on
the platform and said: "Take Is from
me—this city's up and coming. Any
old time a crowd will sit and take a
dose like that and then cheer me aft
er licking them around the stump
it looks bad for, the evil forces of a
community."
The Choir'# Work.
Never before perhaps has a man ex
erted such an influence over Otturn-
wa's singers as Fred Fischer, the
choir-leader, has done since his advent
here. Every evening after the- meet
ings Mr. Fischer holds a brief re
hearsal of bis choir and each evening
added thousands wait to listen to the
Ringing. He whistles, sing.s and hums
his chorus through songs without
number and the hearty commendation
the leader gives the members of the
choir is ofily equalled by the esteem
in which he is held by the singers.
Sunday Afternoon's Meeting.
The text of the sermon delivered
Sunday afternoon by the "evangelist
was from John XVII: 1. The subject
was "The Hour is Come." The speak
er dealt with the crises that come to
every nation and individual and spoke
of Ottumwa's crises being just at, this
time. He urged every Christian to
stand up at this period and take .sides
immediately as Ottumwa's future de
pended largely on the result of the
revival now in progress.
Saturday afternoon's meeting was for
young children.- The largest afternoon
audience of the meetings thus far
greeted Mr. Sunday. The speaker gave
an interesting address that every
child in the house could understand
and sought them to stand up for
Jesus while young. He told the par
ents that the future of the nation de
pended on the children of,the pres
ent day and he urged them to exert
their influence over the younger gen
elation. Following the meeting 415
children came forward.
"BUT HE WAS A LEPER"
Rev. Sunday Spoke to a Packed Houss
at the Tabernacle Saturday
Night:
"But He Was a Leper," taken from
the second book of Kings, fifth chapter
and part of the first verse, was the
subject dwelt upon by Rev. W. A. Sun
day, Saturday evening at the taber
nacle. Mr. Sunday in a lurid way.
showed where sinners of the present
day were lepers as well as the per
sons affected with the disease in the
bibicnl days.
In his sermon the evangelist, said
in part,: "Leprosy was a disease pe
culiar in the'Orient in those days, and
always exceedingly loathsome.
Ah
I
study its pathology I am not surprised
that. God usvd it as a type of sin.
With a beginning so small as to escape
detection, but it spreads and spreads
until first the hand is covered, then the
arm, then the body and it lays hold
with its slimy coil upon nerve and
vein and artery and tissue, until the
rotting members slough and the
flesh drops off. then lie will possibly
heed but 11. is'too late. 1 can see it. as
the days come and go. First the
scales are few, hut now they are
many. At first the sores are few and
small but now they are many and
large until the entire surface of the
body is covered, and when it is too
late lie awakens, in terror, to his
peril.
see a lot' 6f young bucks, wi
"Now. in the old days, the victims
of the disease were compelled to cry,
as they walked the streets, 'UN
CLEAN! UNCLEAN!' and they were
compelled by law to turn to the wind
ward, lest the breeze might bear the
contamination of their body and thus
the innocent become afflicted with
the virus of the disease. The victim
was compelled to live in a lonely part
of the city, awaiting until his teeth
began to drop out, his eyes dropped
from their sockets and his fingers
dropped from his hands, then he was
compelled by law to go out into the.
tombs, the dying among the dead,
there he was to live until at last he
was gathered to the rotting remains of
his facers.
"And so it is with sin. Sin begins
with the so-called innocent flirtations.
Society takes no note of that young
girl keeping company with that good
for-nothing fellow. Society waits un
til she is on the road to maternity, to
become the mother of an illegitimate
offspring, then society will slam the
door in her face and she is shoved in
to the dark, festering spot, of Some
great city. Society takes no note of
the young fellow drinking at their
banquets. It waits until he becomes a
ragged, staggering, muttering, bleary
eyed, foul mouthed, vermin covered,
maudlin drunkard, reeling to the
pit of hell and the judgment of God,
then society will kick him out and
slam the door in his face. Society
takes uo heed of sin. It waits until
It becomes a vice and then the door
is shut.
"God warns you against sin. against
the beginning ,of a thing that becomes
a vice. That is why I preach so much
on vice, to show you what sin will do
when it brings forth .its fruitage."
URGES MORE SINCERITY
Rev. Sunday Says Church Members
Must Get on the Firing Line
For Christ.
Urging those already in church to
make known their presence by some
really God-nke work and for the min
isters to preach more on'hell instead
of some mildter subject. Rev. W. A.
Sunday yesterday moaning, aroused
fcis audience to a keen sense of
righteousness and wrong. He touched
almost every conceivable form of sin,
empnasizing the statement that he had
just as much "respect tor saloon keep
er. bawdy house owners and prosti
tutes as he did for the men who rented
their buildings to oe used for such
purposes."
The modern methods employed by
various- preachers and ministers, in
which the advanced idea of preaching
was made a feature. .v..s'heatedly ridi-i
culed the many isms and chlsms of
the present day came in for some tell
ing blows and freak faiths was held
up in comparison with the teachings
of the Bible. He touched on Eddy
ism, "labeled Christian Science, which
is a dirty lie and a manufacture of the
brain of old Mother Eddy." Mormon
ism was in- the evangelist's opinion
"just another name for a big bawdy
house." He deplored the righteous
ness of mankind for countenancing
any such a religion as the "Free Love
cult, which only necessitates the ac
tion. on the part of a man to pick out a
woman, live with -her six or eight
months, and if not satisfactory at the
end of that time, cast her aside. How
would it look to go down to the Ballin
gall and see on the register, 'Mr. and
Mrs. Newlywed, limited, Chicago.'
Don't Believe in .Evolution.
evolution.
The question of evolution, man's
coming from a monkey was not looked
on with favor by the evangelist, who
called it "a bastard idea.''' He ridi
culed the petty idea that God's people
originated from a monkey. "If you
would have faith in the power of God,"
said the evangelist, "you could not
manufacture such ideas as these. I
am a child of God, not a monkey. It
is faith in the God Almighty that is
most needed today. You ministers in
stead of. preaching in the more mod
ern way, should get back to your
their hats on one side of their head, »S that lie respected the lowest pros
going into booze joints and In a few titute just as much as be did the man
Tears thev will b% the dirt of the who countenanced the sin by renting
gutters, down and outers ready to.
take the count and plunge into-hell. I.
see many a girl walking the streets,
flirting with Tom, Dick and Harry, and
it will be but a few years until she.
is in some red light district, mer
chandising her womanhood for gain,
all because she insisted on going with
those Godless, sneering, little buck
warts. who mock religion and sneer
at God.
Sin is Leprosy.
In closing the evangelist spoke on
what kind of men si ould compose the
official board of churches, telling of a
number of instances where the busi
ness a man's engaged in did not, make
much difference to many churches. He
told of one instance where the lusty
voiced rooter of a Sunday ball game,
was an elder In the church. Another
narrative showed where a man who
only had time to partake of the Lord's
supper once a month, being too busy
at. his store on other Sundays, was a
pillar, and ended by condemning
church members who rented their
buildings for Immoral purposes, say
the building.
SUNDAYISMS.
(Continued from Page 1.)
"The gospel of Jesus Christ
rightfully preached interferes
with all cussedness and a preach
er that can't deliver the goods
ought to clear out."
"The minister that rips old hell
up the back no matter how many
brothers the devil has on his mem
bership roll is the preacher I'm
backing."
"Some of you people don't be
lieve in revivals neither does
your daddy, the devil, so you're tak
ing after your daddy. I'm against
anything your old man is in favor
of."
"There isn't a church in the
world that wasn't propogated at a
revival meeting of some sort nor
that hasn't been materially bene
fited by subsequent revivals."
"You can take a church that
has every member a millionaire or
a high mogul in society and sink
it forty fathoms in hSil."
Announcements.
There will be no service to
night as Monday is Rev. Sunday's
day of rest. The next meeting
will be Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock.
Tuesday night at 7:30 Rev. Sun
day will deliver his famous dis
course—"Nuts For Skeptics to
Crack."
Miss Mftler's Bible class will
meet at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon on the platform. Th6 les
son for the day will be "The
Holy Spirit's Part in Personal
work."
All the high school girls are re
quested to meet with Miss Miller
in the Y. W, C. A parlors at 11:45
o'clock Tuesday morning, for a
very brief talk.
There will be a business wom
en's meeting In the Y. W. C. A
parlors from 12:30 to 1 o'clock
Tuesday noon which will be con
ducted by Miss Miller. All busi
ness women and girls are invited
to attend.
All articles lost in the taber
nacle should be reported to
"Fred," and anything found in
the building should be delivered
to him. Persons having lost ar
ticles can .have them by identify
ing the property.
Collections.
Collection Sunday even
ing $ 81.69
Total to date $1,138.28
£i~
volfl
Bibles preach sermons «that tell of
the love of God: sermons that save, not
glitter are needed. We should get
back to Pentacost to Jesus Chri3t
and to the Apostles. The church is
not to amuse, it is to save, and the
quicker it realizes that, the better off
it will be. Some ministers deal in the
science game entirely. What is
science? It is that which has made
a thief, a kleptomaniac a drunkard, a
dipsomaniac. The culture club should
take a back seat anc} bring God to the
front. Churches should cut out the
thought of pleasing the world and Ig
noring the cross, and substitute salva
tion in Jesus Christ. More sermons
should be made on the subject of hell.
The cold smile and handshake of the
elder in your church, should be re
placed with a real smile and a hearty
shake. People should be made com
fortable in church. The sermons
should be made more easily under
stood, and the sooner emphasis i: made
upon hell and less thoughts are given
to the higher sort of rubbish, the more
people will be saved to .Tesus Christ."
DEMOCRATS HAVE
MONEY LEFTOVER
VICTORIES OF RECENT ELECTION
DID NOT DRAIN PICKLER'S
COFFERS.
$47.66 NOW IN TREASURY
Excess Aount Made up by Generosity
of Candidates and Friends May
be Used in Banquet—Others
File Stateents.
G. B. Melick, $10 C. C. Ayres, $10
James Huffman, $5 M. W. Criswell,
$10 T. J. Jaques, $50 Dr. J. C.
Box, $10 Elizabeth Burgess, $26 C.
W. McCartv, $125 C. «. Sparks, $46
Frank Kussart, $140 William Wilson,
$50: George Phillips, $125 Seneca
Cornell, $125 W. W. Jackson, $205
J. V. Curran, $125 Dan W. Hamilton,
$100 T. J. Phillips, $111 S. R. Chea
die, $10 Michael Schwartz. $10 Dick
Haimns, $10 voluntary subscriptions,
$19.50 and subscriptions secured by
Chairman Pickler, $75. The disburse
ments were for clerk hire, bands, halls,
headquarter rent, railroad fare of
Chairman Pickler toOskaloosa and DeE
Moines, political lithographs, fire
works, livery, gas and light and polling
of wards.
More of the fortunate and unfortu
nate ones in the recent conflict of bal
lots have filed their statements of
expense to County Auditor C. W. Mc
Carty. Sheriff Elect W. W. Jackson
leads off the candidates with an ex
pense account of $254.55. with Waltei
S. Coen and Tom Stodghill following
with $208.91 and $195.00 The Socialist
candidates, except C. P. Pool, spent
nothing and likewise got nothing. The
accounts cover assessment to the
county central committees, railroad
fare and hotel expenses and printing
and postage. The following candi
dates have filed their statements in
addition to those announced previous
ly:
J. M. Huffman constable $ 26.00
M. W. Criswell, constable .... 21.00
G. B. Melick, justice of peace. 26.00
C. C. Ayres, justice of peace.. 3.1.40
Elizabeth Burgess, superinten
dent of schools 31.54
Frank Kussart, recorder 160.75
T. J. Jaques, board of super
visors 75.00
W. W. Jackson, Sheriff 254.55
William Wilson, board of super
visors 50.00
C. W. McCarty, auditor 146.55
A. J. Falrchild, board of super
visors 55,2a
W. S. Coen, attorney 208.91
J. A. Ballard, auditor 142.80
A. W. Slaught, coroner 3.93
Tom Stodghill, sheriff 195.00
Edwin Dungan, clerk 141.12
E. J. Moore representative .. 134.00
C. G. Sparks, representative .. 180.88
C. A. Marble, treasurer 113.84
J. W. Jordan, Board of
Supervisors 50.00
Esther Nicholson, superinten
dent of schools 99.70
W. C. Wyman, surveyor 29.25
M. L. Kirk, justice of peace ... 14.25
C. C. Crawley, constable 23.40
R. N. Wilcox, justice of peace. 7.50
C. P. Pool, sheriff 34.OO
Leroy Christie, Andrew Johnson and
Joseph Nevin, Socialist candidates
have filed statements to the effect that
they were to no expense in the elec
tion.
Courier Good Newspaper
All Through Says Kansatt
4
The victories won by the Democratio ,v„
party in the recent election cost
$1,347.84, but everybody is happy, for
the contributions exceeded this Wi
amount and $47.66 lie in the coffers
presided over by Chairman Thomas H.
Pickler. The amount will in all prob
ability be used as a starter for a vie
torious banquet for the winners and
their ardent supporters, or else re
turned to those unfortunates who
failed to win out in the struggle.
Chairman Plckler's report of ex"
pen sea filed with the county auditor,
gives an itemized list of receipts and
disbursements. Those who contributed
follow:
'^1
In receipt of
The Courier Is
the following commendatory let
ter from a Wichita, Kansas, sub
scriber:
Wichita, Kda.', Nov. 11, 1908.
To the Editor of the Courier:
There is nothing like a good
home paper in the house to read
when you want It., one that will
give you all the home newa I
herewith enclose money order
renewing my subscription to the
Courier. It is a good home news
paper all the way through and
through. Youi% truly,
C. H. Kosman.
WHITE GIRL KILL8 NEGRO.
Clerk In Kansas City Store Shoots
and Kills Would-Be
Assailant.
Kansas City, Nov. 16. Miss Cor
rinne McCowen, aged twenty, clerk in
a confectionery store, Saturday after
noon shot Nowell Powell, a negro, In
flicting wouitds which caused Ills death
half an liou'- later. Miss McCowen was
alone in th? store when the negro en
tered and asked for a cigar. When she
placed some cigars In front of him he
tried to seize her. She caught up a re
volver and fired five shots at the ne
grq at close range t,wo taking effect.
It was the negro's fourth visit to the
store within a f6w hours. .After his
third visit Miss McCowen Becured a
revolver an*.l kept it within reach.