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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-07-06
capacity of her beautiful voice.

capacity of her beautiful voice.
The marriage of Chas. Glenn
and Miss Eva LaCerte was sol
emnized on Monday at $50 A. M.
at ST. Michael's church and a
wedding breakfast followed the
church services at the home of
her father and was partaken of
by the immediate relatives and
Mr.. Jas. Walsh and wife, Mrs.
Millie Walsh and daughter, Mr..
Gubbins and wife and Mr.. j.
Bachura wife and daughter. A
reception was held in the evening
at the family home southeast of
town in the evening and the bri.
dial party and friends spent a
pleasant evening. The presents
were pretty and useful. Their
friends wish them a "bon voy-
age" through life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-07-06

enrOute to Burr Oak. where he is
to deliver the oration on the 4th.
i Miss Annie Thiel can be found
again in her place at Bachura' s
and all are glad to see her back
again.
Our boys are booked to play
the Wa-Keeney nine the 4th of
July and we hope to see them
victorious again
Messrs. .Kessler and Glenn and
Misses Glenn and Lacerte enjoy
ed day at fishing in the Saline
Valley last week.
f. Walz is steadily recovering
from his injury and under the
care of DIR. LaCerte he will soon
be able to resume work.
We witnessed a fall from the
sublime to the ridiculous Satur-
day and we certainly enjoyed it
even at the expense of the little
miss
Mr.. Smith has on exhibition at
the depot a fine new Netzow
piano which can be had very
reasonable and is bargain at
any price.
Lake Fall In To- is situated
between the track and the resi-
dence of DR.. LaCerte and is an
imposing and beautiful addition
to Ainslee Ave
Collyer is very backward in
it's matrimonial line of business
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it gets it badly and every one
says who's next?
Services at Saint Michael's
church July 9TH at 1O:3O a. m.
central time Catecbism at 10
O'Clock. Vespers and benedic-
ton at 7:3O p. m.
Fred Hickman has gone to Wa
Keeney to live as he has accepted
position at the TFego store
Fred and his wife have many
friends here who regret their
departure
Wedding bells will ring Sun
day in the vicinity of Jim Yam
da's. Jims many friends con-
gratulate him in his good luck
OuU WOHOcI dU LIS Sly HESS DIS
very few expected it.
The services at st. Michael's
church were solemn and beauti-
full and the children did credit to
their kind pastor and the beauti-
full sermon they were given
should ever remain fresh in their
menory's.
We always knew George Nor
ell to be rustler but we declare
we never thought he'd move his
house around after his harvest
crop. It's fine idea and a saver
on woman's strength and pa
tience.
We have often remarked the
fondness Jim Yanda had for
'fishin" in the past few weeks,
but no wonder when he was so
lucky the last. time. Please tell |
us how you caught her Jim, as
others would like to be success
full anglers also
Mrs. John Glenn IS niece NJ. |
Louise DunavOn made her debut |
as an opera singer last Thursday
evening M. Louise Dunavon of
Pueblo Colo. niece of Mrs. John
Glenn made her first appearance
as vocalist and the Pueblo pa
pers recently printed a picture
of the young lady with very /
fiattering compliment as to the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-07-06
COLLYER.

We predict a windy harvest.
Harvesting will soon be in full
blast here.
The past few days have been
very warm ones.
Joe Glenn and sisters have
moved to the farm.
Many fields of grain are ready
for the harveSters.
Every one for miles around
was in town Saturday.
Many from here will spend
there 4th at Wa-Keeney.
Hope our boys will come out
victorious again ON the 4th.
George York made business
trip south of town Tuesday.
Mrs. A. Lorimer spent Tues
day with Mrs. Millie Walsh.
Our fine new school will soon
be in course of construction.
New pototoes will soon be mar
keted from the home gardens.
The Moren district will have
new school building before long.
Fred Hickman has moved his
house hold goods to Wa-Keeney.
HI. E. Glantz launches his har-
vesting crew in the field Thurs
day.
If our boys win on the Fourth
look out for the explosion follow
ing.
O.
loaded car load of headers last
week.
Curt Redmond expects to
move into his new residence
Monday.
Mrs. @. G. Hickman and Belle
Glenn spent Thursday at Mrs.
F. Spena's.
Geo. Glantz finished fine job
of papering at w. Vanscyoc's
house Friday.
We anticipate hot time in the
old town about next week Mon
day evening.
The green barn reSem bled a
Coney9 Island bathing place
Tuesday morning.
Miss Catherine Walz entertain
ed few of her friends at a birth
day party Thursday.
Mrs. John Harrison and little
son were callers at Mrs |
Guschewsky' Tuesday.
Many horses and cattle were
killed by lightning during the
storms of the past week.
L. Myerly has returned from
Topeka where he has been on a |
jury case for Uncle Sam.
Miss Catherine Walz spent |
the 4th in Wa-Keeney with Mr..
and Mrs. G. G. Hickman.
Now if it would just stop
raining for a while we would be
as thankful as for it's coming.
Secure tickets on the grapha-
phone to be given away at j. Ba- |
chura's on every $35 purchase.
The recent storms have been
forciblereminders of how power
full the majesty of the Lord is.
Misses O'Dwyer and O'Toole
of Wa-Keeney attended services
at st. Michael's church Sunday.
This locality will be busy
place by next week and many
will be be harvesting this week.
Rev. Van left Monday morning
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-07-06

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Their action is prompt and sure
A weeks treatment for 25 cents.
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Picked pork at Bakers.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12

vas backslGdcn and out on tho line God
wanted, He began to give light on many
important doctrines which we preach and
practice to-day One that has meant more
o our people In many ways than any
hing else, was tho holy dance. In the old
holiness movements, there was occasion
ally n man that would jump up and down
when he was moved by the Spirit" as
hey said, but for whole church to
Jump at the same time In unison wac
something that had never been heard of
In any religious organization. The Lord
showed Sister White that lie was waiting
to revive the holy dance, and that IL
would be pleasing to Him for the whole
,hurch-rncn and women--everybody that
was savCd--to 40 to praising Him In the
dance. She had seen a few men jumping
around in religious services, but not In
the sense Of the holy dance, as we have
II to-day, where all participate in unison.
In the holy dance in our services, the
sexes never mingle. men dance alone and
together and likewise the women. When
they went at It all heaven smiled upon
them. and greater things were opened up
through IL than they had any concep-
ton OF.
One OF the Denver newspapers called us
the Jumpers in It's headline, and from that
time the public has taken 1t up and is
the name by which we are known from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. The name is
perhaps attached to us in derision, but
we cheerfully accept 1t and so on jump
ing. Halelujah
Arc Early at Devotons.
The Jumpers" get up in the morn
ing at 6 o'clock and pray till break
fast at g. They pray singly or together,
from then till night, in the fields, on
the shady banks Of the neighboring
brook, in the silence Of their
chambers. They hold services three
times Sundays, with more prayers,
songs, jumping, and testimonies"
When a missionary sets out to preach,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12
A SIidinu Boat,

The new gliding boat made in Paris
by Levasseur and Lem consists essen
TALLY of a light, pointed main sec
ton, which is connected by a light
wood platform two feet long to a
fiat tail 80 feet long. The forward
section contains the motor, from
which shaft runs to the propeller
in the tail, The rear end of the tail
is almost submerged, while the for
ward end and the main boat float on
the surface and are almost lifted out
of the water by the action of the pro-
peller. The new 50-horsepower eight
cylinder Antoinette motor is used.
In calm weather the new form of
boat glides very rapidly on the sur.
face OF the water and in rough water
this being the special advantage
claimed over sliding and ordinary
boats-it is able to run at fair speed
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12
Battle Of Rucher,s leland.

All arrangements have been prac-
tically completed for the celebration
OF the thirty-ninth anniversary of
the battle of Beecher's Island, to be
held near Halgler, this state, Septem-
Der IT. It is expected about twenty
Of the survivors of that sanguinary
affray will be present The battle
was fought September II, 1863. by
detachment of Kansas volunteer
scouts under Lieutenant Colonel
Forsyth, and took place on an island
in the Arickaree river, near its juno
ton with the Republican river. The
fight lasted eight days, during which
nearly half of the command was
killed and many others wounded.
Among the killed was Lieutenant
Beecher of the regular army, nephew
of the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
and from whom the island receives its
name. During the fight the command
had to subsist upon the putrid flesh
of slain horses. The party was fin
ally relieved by a detachment from
Forts Wallace and Hays, Kas., and
were found in a most pitiable plight
by the relieving party. The Indians
were under command of Chief Roman
Nose, who was killed during the en-
gagement. The number of Ind ans
engaged in the fight was about 1000,
while Forsyth's command consisted
of about thirty men.
In 1905 the Beecher island associa-
ton erected a monument on the ISL
and to commemorate the fight, and
the survivors of the fight and rescu->
ing party hold annual reunions there.
Urges Action on Lumber Trust.
Attorney General Thompson is pre-
pairing to go to st. Louis the latter
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12
The State Capital
Matters Of General Interest
r======= FROM ====H==
Nebraska's Seat OF Government
Prison Association Disclaimer.

Inasmuch as some of the newspapers
are placing a portion of the respon-
sibility for the Bancroft lynching on
the Nebraska Prison association by
reason of it's connection with con
victs, members of that organization
have come to the front in it's defense
The prison association, as an associa-
ton, nor any member of IL as a mem
Der of the association, has ever as
sisted in securing parole or pardon
for any prisoner. 1t is one of the
rules of the association that It is not
to interfere in any way with the trial
Of the prisoner or in any way endeavor
to shoren or change his sentence
The sole object of the association is
to assist convicts after they have been
discharged from the penitentiary. 1t
has a committee of more than forty
members scattered over the state, the
duty Of which is to secure employment
for these discharged convicts. Com
mitteemen are further obligated to
help the convict to lead correct life
and to make his own way in the world
The membership of the prison assoc,a-
ton Is not made up of hysterical
women and hero worshippers, but of
the substantial business men of the
state. Practically all of the business
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12

ut is largely arranged as the spirit OF
God moves u.s."
Life of the Little Jumpers.
Scriptural injunction is followed in
the kitchen as we'll as the bare little
chapel. Pork is eschewed as unclean;
so are fish without scales" Fruits
and cereals form the bases of the
favorite dishes.
What of the 30 little children who
live in such surroundings? They pray
as they play. Their ills are treated,
too, with oil poured on their bodies
and by prayer. They learn to jump
and go to the meetings and give
strange testimonies"
Here is prayer which the Jumpers
credit to Glenn Plank, aged three:
Dear Lord, we thank you for help
ing us to sing songs. l thank You for
making my ear well. Supply our needs
for this day and send in some dollars.
My shoes are awful bad, send me in
some new ones, for Jesus sake.
Amen"
Services for Children.
The children have special services
to pray for clothes and the mission
aries. They have prayer meetings
every morning from $50 to 1880
o'clock. They also have praise serv-
ices" distinct from those of their eld-
ers. They range in age from babyhood
to 10 or IL years. IN the school term"
one of the Jumpers explained, I'VE
also teach them in secular knowledge,
including some of the high school
branches"
Indeed, children may be called a
star feature at Zarephath The farm
was given by Mrs. Garretson for a
children's home as we'll as for mis-
sionary work, and in the notices OF
the camp meeting the building is
called "children's home"
Characteristic of the sect is Bird.
wells description of the children
when he recently returned from the
| west. Their enthusiasm evidently
filled his heart with gladness, for he
| says:
I'VE were delighted once more to
meet the children and to hear them
| pray and testify. God is certainly
blessing this department of our work
and helping the little ones to become
faithful in His service. They have
their little trials and experiences, anc
win battles which mean more in theil
lives than any OF the great historical
conflicts of this world"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12

ket gardens on either side had the
garments of the "workers"-blue
shirts and breeches. The SISTER" who
received the reporter wore a dress OF
similar material.
In the bare reception room one
sound predominated over all others.
Outside were sunshine and the song
of life-the click of the windmill,
locusts, and bees buzzing in a corn
field the chatter of children, the
sound of hammers as the workers
raised a big tent for the camp meet
ing. Inside was the sound OF hymns
pounded out on hard-toned piano.
persistentIy, monotonously, endlessly
until the visitor thought OF the most
maddening in the list of ancient tor
tures-the steady drip Of water on a
man or woman's head.
You have been very successful
here!" began the reporter.
THE Lords blessing has been upon
u.s." The SISTER" answered absently,
as If In a dream or listening to the
torturing hymns.
Homo Is Gift of Believer.
You own this placer
Eyes. 1t was given to us about two
years ago by Mrs. Garretson-Mrs. w.
Il. Garretson. She saw the true light
the light of the Lord in faith-she and
her son and her two daughters. We
have been here about year and a
half. There are 80 acres of land and
80 grown people, some of them mar
ried, but mostly young men and
women, and about as many more chill
dren. They have given up all their
worldly goods and followed Him."
you must have plenty Of money,
them"
ooh, no." with a smile. People with
worldly goods are not eager to give
them up and follow the Lord"
Gradually more facts came out after
persistent questioning. Six years ago,
Mrs. Alma White, wife of a Methodist
preacher in Denver, was inspired to
preach on her own account. The con-
ference of the Methodist church
would not make her full fledged
minister. But "the Lord blessed her
In singing" so she started her own
church. She calls 1t the Pentecostal
| Union, her neighbors, THE Pillar of
Fire; the public, the Holy Jumpers.
| The "slster" who was talking called
1t "the holiness movement-the Meth.
odist church as it was in the days OF
Wesley, before people thought only
| of worldly things and the ministers
of preaching and prayer for wage"
Mrs. White is still the head-the
| Mrs. Eddy, the Mrs. Piper-of the
sect. She lives in Denver, where the
Holy Jumpers have Bible school and
100 missioners and the union got a
charter in 1902. Mrs. Whites brother
| G. w. Bridwell, is the head of the
farm at Weston, which Is the eastern
headquarters of the sect. There are
other mission houses In Los Angeles
and Lafayette, Ind, with dozen mis-
sionaries each.
Have Biblical Authority.
What are the peculiar ceremonies
of your sect? You march and dancer
ooh, yes" the girl replied. Are we
not told in the Bible how David
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12

These Jumpers seem to be de-
cent enough. though" the farmer add
ed. only they keep mostly to them.
selves"
Thus primed, the reporter walked
down the Delaware and Raritan canal
to the Holy Jumpers farm to meet
one of the most curious experiences
To be found near New York.
Reporter unconvinced.
He went TO scott; he could not stay
to pray, The hymns, sophistry. and
the plight OF 80 little children were
too uncanny; his sense of humor too
acute. Yet, as he left. one question
was burning in his mind; Are these
simple, possibly misguided people
solving the great social question of
cooperation by the mere force OF
their religious zeal, where others have
failed. especially in the famous Brook
Farm experiment, by an excess OF the.
Tory and knowledge!
"Zarephath." A big sign al a tarp
iof the road bore the name of the Holy
Jumpers settlement. Lower down, al
the entrance to the dooryard, was
an arch and The Pillar of Fire OF
it
A saint" passed on a bicycle, liz
wore the uniform of the sect-a blacl
shirt and helmet. The men in the mar
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12

danced before the Ark of the Cove
nant, yea, and was exceedingly glad?'
Did not Miriam dance with Joy when
Israel was delivered from the hands
OF the Egyptians and the Red sea
flowed back and confounded the enc
mics of the Lords people? Again, in
the New Testament the dance Is men
toned as part of religious worship"
Eyes, and singing-'even with Gym
balls and spawns, quoted the re
porter.
"Yes-yes-we use cymbals, drums,
too, And we often sing to the music of
banjos and guitars"
You have harps, too?"
I'VE play on autoharps. But most
of our music is on the piano. AS we
sing. we dance as they did in the old
days, marching about, and jumping VI
and down In our gladness. That is
why they call us Jumpers"
These were the words of the re
ligionist, the sentimentalist. On the
other hand, strangely bald ant
strangely compounded of Scripture
phrase and modern sophistry is the
official explanation of the jumpinl
habit. Here II is;
Why They Jump.
After they had organized into a church
entirely independent of everything thai
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12

sation with the reporter, the monoton-
Gus notes Of the piano had been merg-
ed with the click OF the windmill the
hum OF bees, and the chatter of chill
dren. Then man and woman began
to talk in the next room. They might
have been quarreling. Their voices
were pitched high, now both speaking
together unintelllgibly. Then followed
silence for moment, then a single
voice in great excitement:
In Fervent Prayer.
ooh, help, help us-Show us the
way-Oh, we've done wrong-We
thank Thee-We bow before Thee
Help-help us-O Lord"
The communistic plan of Zare-
phath is a success, IL the rich fruits
of field, garden, and truck patch count
for anything. At the beginning Of
every week the work of the colony
Is divided among the men and women,
with little or no distinction between
the sexes. The men wash dishes,
cook, and make beds, just as the older
boys plow and the women work in the
gardens. In the Zarephath building
the men are lodged at one end, the
women at the other, and the children
on a lower floor.
They eat two meals a day. Break
fast is at in the morning and dinner
at 4. Each is preceded by prayers, and
perhaps with testimonies, singing, and
marching.
"All of these services, the prayer
meetings, our marriage service, and
the ceremonies at the graves have no
regular order" explained the sister;
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12
Mcvan Amends Complaint.

K. ]. McVann, secretary of the
Omaha Grain exchange, amended his
complaint before the railroad commits
sioners over the discrimination of the
Great Northern road against Omaha
in favor of Minneapolis in grain ship
ments to make the complaint run
against the Wilmar & Sioux Falls
road He feared that the order pro-
hibiting discrimination made against
port of State Oil Inspector Allen for
disregarded by the Great Northern
on the Nebraska lines on the theory
that lines in Nebraska are separate
corporation.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12
Burlington Will Refund overcharse-
b-Fish Hatcheries,

Chief Game Warden Carter has re-
turned from Cherry county where in
company with Superintendent w. ].
OBrien he assisted in selecting two
sub-fsh hatcheries. The last legisla-
ture provided for the establishing OF
one sub-station in Cherry county the
cost not to exceed $4,000. One Is to
be on the Minnechaduza river at Val
entine for trout, and one eighteen
miles southwest of Wood lake, for
bass. The latter will be at or near
Red Deer lake.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-09-12

New York.--IIidden on little New
Jersey farm, community Of sixty
persons, one-half of them children,
are trying to vitalize a complete re-
action against money greed, hypoc-
risy, and the presentday Christian
church and to keep 1t alive by re-
ligious hysteria.
They depend on faith" Il. e.,
prayer for food. clothing, and the
bare necessities of life.
They have followed the injunction
of Jesus to sell their goods, give the
proceeds to the poor, and follow Him.
Medicines and physicians are for
hidden, and their only treatment for
disease consists OF prayer and anoint-
ing the body with oil.
Officials of the state of New Jersey
say that II any one dies after such
treatment those concerned are guilty
of criminal negligence and indictable
for manslaughter.
The community Is managed on the
cooperative plan, no one receiving
wages for work, and all supplies go
ing into q common fund, the men and
women sharing the work on an equal
basis
Converts are kept In high state of
religious excitement by u conglomera-
ton of Biblical text. sophistry, and
slang, and talk of modern saints and
miracles.
Seeking to live according to Bibli-
cal injunction, they work themselves
dnto frenzy, march. dance, and leap
high In the air, hence their name,
Holy Jumpers
A member of the community has al
ready been taken To the Somerset
County Insane Asylum suffering from
religious mania.
What the Jumpers Are Like.
Such. In brief, is summary of the
lives OF the Holy Jumpers on their
farm near Weston, a station on the
Reading railway five miles southwest
OF Bound Brook. Attention was at
traoted to them by a report that they
are to invade New York in the man
ner of Elijah" Dowie and his Zion
AoSo' w hoS vi DtOplS are lheSt
who would fill Broadway with their
cries and wild dances? The question
led to visit to Weston.
Where are the Holy Jumpers?" the
reporter asked farmer he met on the
WAY.
Right down thar on the towpath
where yer see that barn and wind
miii. he replied. do they jump? Vel
bet they do. | was at their prayer
injecting last Sunday. One of EN-
Brother Hartman. they called him
Imam as big as you, six feet high
iWaai. Brother Hartman yelled Halle
hujah! jest as loud as he could, gath
Tered up his legs under him, ant
ljumped-it looked as If he Jumped
most as high as that thar lamppost.
They're praying most all the time
too. Some weeks since one of the
fellers here was a-comin' up the tow
path and CHANGED to look over toward
the Jumpers place. Sure as I'm here
thar was Holy Jumper standin' a-toI
their haystack, his hands UP In the
air. praying for all he was worth
Guess he was praying about the hay