The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-09
CHAuIAuQuA's
Last But most Glorious Day-Sam Jones
Lectures and Also Assists in Wiping
Out tho Associations Debt-A
Successful Assembly.

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Successful Assembly.
Yesterday afternoon witnessed the
argest assemblage OF people on the
grounds this season, possibly $500, the
surrounding country having furnished q
arge proportion Of those DESTROYS OF
Sam. P. Jones. The gate re.
,eipts we're about s275.
WAITING y AM.
At $3.50 the program opened With .
recitation from a Miss Taylor of st.
Of this state on "Blowing out
the moon" followed by Miss Chambers
10 the song of four nations and an en-
core, Miss Shontz in "L.ttle Christmas
the I. X. Qnartette, Heber Dow
ling, Mcdonald, and other members
which we're highly appreciated by the
audience.
"RA1s1NG TIL WIND"
At 4:3O D. ~. Rev. DR.. E. L. Parks,
who is deeply interested in the success
of the Lake Madison Cnautauqua and
who remained over most OF this week to
assist tho local committee in selling
the remaining stock and raising the
necessary cash to meet all former IN.
debtedness and current deficit, took the
platform with two blackbords and earn.
est purpose to wipe out the debt. He
stated s~ucc,notly the unavoidable causes
in times past that had led to the debt
now amounting to 1000 unprovided for
against which there we're 10 shares OF
stock worth 800 it they could be sold,
and that $500 cash additional was
necessary to meet the current deficit. In
q warm appeal for bids on stock he had
soon sold over half the 70 shares and
then started on the cash subscriptions.
In a shorter time he had secured half OF
this and then adjourned the matter un-
til the evening session, to allow Sam
Jones at this time to deliver his lecture.
1t is only necessary to state that at the
evening meeting the subscription work
was resumed, Sam Jones himself and
others of the talent speaking earnest
words in behalf of the good effects of q
C~hautauqua in a community, and also
subscribing literally in stock and money
to help out the subscription list. The
shares were all sold and the money ex-
cept about $3.50 all raised sc that the
Lake Madison Chautauqua association
is practically out Of debt. A hallelujah
shout went up and the Doxology was
sung.
1.-THE WORLD AS IT Is,
and the world as it ought to be-" was
the subject of Sam Jones' lecture. His
theme, virtually, was manhood" In
his quaint, forcible, epigrammatic way
Sam kept his audience in the best Of
humor, making hits at every turn and
saying many pointed and useful things
He thought this the greatest and bes,
world he ever lived in and that it was al
right for anybody. 1t supplied richly
his every want and would anybody'e
that strove for it and honestly earned it
Compare ourselves with India and Cubs
and see. Yet We were a nation of growl
ere; wanted the government to keep US
yet we we're the government ourselves
What we lacked was a genuine indepen'
dent manhood to work for ourselves anc
earn what we needed. The church TO-
day was lying down on the Lord and the
people on the government; thought the
government was giving US too much fret
now. Men ought to keep their owr
families and pay for their education too
He would rather be Sam Jones than thl
president OF the United States because
he could speak his convictions and tina
was mere than either Mckinley or Bry
an could do in the last campaign
Neither 5ne of them dare merton tn
liquor question, the greatest issue befor'
the people to-day. Neither money no
advantage is a good inheritance for
young man. They spoil him. Gu
greatest men have all started as poo
boys and worked their own way. StoI
the scramble for the dollar and cultivat
manhood. That is what the American
nation needs to-day.
H EVENINGS PROGRAM
was broken into by the effort to rails
the debt, but the cantata OF "Joseph'
Bondage" was presented in fine manne
by Prof. Kratz's chorus class, the rel
dering showing choice training and 81,
ing excellent satisfaction.
The New Scale Kimball piano, whic
are exclusively used at my studio wit
, marked success, has again given til
greatest satisfaction IN my work at tt
Lake Madison Chautauq ua.
LEE G. KRAFT.
There is a time for everything; an
+ the time to atteud to a cold is when
: starts Dou't wait till you have co
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