Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-23
IOWA G|DEONS MEET
State Convention Of the Associ.
alton Held at Ames Satur.
day and Sunday.
A Number OF interesting SEES.
sions Are Held and Stirring
Services Conducted.
W. II. Darner Elec. ed President
and Cedar Rapids Chosen for
Next Meeting Place.

Special to Times-Republican.
Ames, Dec. 23.-The Iowa State Gid.
cons, the Christian travelling mems as
ISOLATION. held their second annual con.
vention in Ames Saturday and Sunday
! Dec. u and 90.
The convention was opened by c
\ meeting in tie Methodist church Satur.
day morning at 8 o'clock, at which the
state president. W. II. Darner, of Mar.
shalltown, presided. AT $3.50 this was
turned into conservation meeting
with Charles Il. Rau, state vice presi.
1 dent as moderator.
AT 10 the organization went into bust
ness session and elected the officers OF
4 the year Just closed to serve another
year. Cedar Rapids was fixed as the
place for holding the next convention
The officers are: w. n. Darner. Mar
shalltown. state president: w. e.
| Wright, Nevada, chaplain; N. w Lun-
dy. Marshalitown, secretary and treas
urer. Reports were then heard from
1 the pesidents of the different state
camps. which Indicated that the Glide
one were increasing in number and In
| tluence.
/ Saturday evening short talks We're
given by L. d. Leland OF Boone, =. >.
Darner of Clinton. r. w. Scott of Mar
| shalltown, w. H. Randall of ottumwa,
d. r. Jackson of Marshalltown, f. M.
Rice Of Des Moines and Scott RutledBe
of Early.
Sunday morning services were held In
the Baptist church. AT $3.50, the begin
ming of the Sunday school hour IN the
different churches, all the classes OF the
different Sunday schools In the city
were turned over to the visiting eide
ons. The Waterloo camp took charge
OF the classes at the Christian church;
the Marshalltown camy took charge of
the classes at the Baptist church: the
Fort Dodge camp took charge of the
classes at the Congregational church;
the Des Moines camp took charge OF the
classes at the Methodist church, and
the Marshalltown acmp took charge of
the classes at the United Brethren
church.
After the Sunday school services the
regular morning services at the differ
emf churches were turned over to the
organization At the Christian church
the scripture reading was given by G.
w. Ellis. of Cedar Rapids; prayer by c.
q. Rau. of Mason City; solo was sung
by T. NJ. Buck. of Des Moines, and adj
dresses were given by F. B. Nichols of
Mason City and A. b. F. Moore of Ce-
Oar Rapids.
At the Congregational church the
scripture reading was given by NJ. T.
MInzie, of Charles City; prayer by e. w.
Smith, of Marshalltown; solo by j. R.
Jones. of Dubuque; addresses by John
H. Nicholson, national secretary, of
GAINESVILLE, Wis. and L. w. McKown, Of
Davenport
At the Baptist church the scripture
reading was given by c. A. Scott, OF
Cedar Rapids; prayer by M. F.. Griffith.
of Cedar Rapids; solo by p. B. Kearns,
of Fairfield; addresses by G. w. Thorn
as of Clarinda and j. T.. Irves of Marion.
At the Methodist church the scripture
reading was given by w. v. Sykes of
Fort Dodge; prayer by F. Willis jerks
of Waterloo: solo by j. G. Early OF Fort
Dodge; addresses by S. E. Hill, nation
al president. of Beloit. Wis, and o. B.
Stevenson, of Cedar Rapids.
At the United Brethren church the
scripture reading was given by A.
Farley. of Des Moines: prayer by T. w.
Smith; solo by Charles 3. Baker, of Ce-
dar Rapids; addresses by r. L. Adams,
national vice president, Of Madison,
Wis, and A. w. Lansberry, of Cedar
Rapids
In his address at the Methodist church
Sunday morning, S. E. Hill, the nation
al president, spoke hopefully and conf
IDENTIFY in regard to the future of the
Gideon movement. He said that three
years ago three travelling men met in
the Office of a hotel in a small town in
Wisconsin and in the course of the con-
versation which was carried on between
them for some time 1t was proposed
that movement be started for the bet
terment of the commercial travellers
morally and spiritually. The result was
the association Of Gideons, which start
ed with membership Of three and now
has over $4,000 travelling men enrolled.
He spoke hopefully of the time when at
least half of the 100000 travelling men of
America would be travelling under the
Gideon banner.
In the afternoon an open afr meeting
was held for half an hour. When this
adjourned they proceeded to the Meth |
odist and Congregational churches,
where meetings were held for men and
women respectfully.
In the evening the services were held
in the Congregational church. with
State President Darner as moderator.