Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-15

all you have earned over and above
your actual expenses, you will be do
ing what you ought to do and / hope
that you will, for then home for the
South Side Boys club will be assured,
as\others will no doubt follow your eN-
ample. | want also to say that have
heard as many of Rev. Sundays SEE
mons as | possibly could, and | want
to thank him publicly for the strong
and forceful assurance that a life
given to work for Jesus Christ is no
hardship but the only true happiness
in life.
If YOU wish to contribute to the
cause. you can send it to me.
Catherine c. Taylor.
.AgAncsl, Iowa,
December 10, 1908.
Editor Courier:
In Fridays Courier. Mayor Phillips,
Solicitor Jacques and ,thers suggest
that Mr. Sunday make {, liberal dona-
ton to Ottumwa's poor Statistics
show that a majority ol the poor, in
the cities, are made SO by the whisky
channel. and think Gttumwa will not
be an exception to thu rule. Ottumwa
has received a large amount of money
Tor saloon LICENSE. the last year, and
we believe a majority OF the signers Of
the petition to Mr. Sunday We're in
favor of the collection OF that money.
Now we suggest that sou use your in
tluence to have thai money turned
over to the Ministerial Association, to
be distributed among the poor of OF
tumwa.
| believe Mayor Phillips salary, as
mayor, is $500 year. New we believe
5000 would pay him literally for his
work performed as mayor. Suppose
YOU turn the other S55b over to the
Ministerial association to be given to
the poor for clothing and Xmas tur-
key. Solicitor Jaques. will you give
half Your salary for II like purpose
To the other signers OF the petition:
Will YOU make liberal donation to
be distributed the salne way? If you
will Ottumwa's destitute poor will
have the merriest Xmas that they
have had for many years.
Attorney Jaques, would You talk to
"a jury, from three to foIr hours day.
for FIVE weeks. for $1,000? Would the
other men whose nari;es appear on
that petition work as faithfully for
that amount of money?
| suggest that you efither put up, or
shut up. and give MI. sunday square
deal We have no sa.o<ts in our town
and no difficulty in caring for our
suffering poor 20,
! Yours for a square deal.
[ G.. l.. Nye.
! Ottumwa, Ia. Dec IL, 1908
! Editor Courier:
We are Informed that a statement
was made by a speaker in the taber
nacle last night with reference to an
open letter that was addressed to Mr.
Sunday bearing our signatures among
others. either broadly asserting tina;
none Of the signers to- the said pc
tition We're conspicuous for theiI
charitable work, Or implying same
| that lead many to believe such q
| statement had heen made.
| Now. we do not wish to appear as
Boosting, .lor do we seek to make
/ public any charitable work we may
have done. but we deny the insinu
alton if such was made, and to sub
stantiate orr denial, if necessary VIC
will make public a comparison witt
those who are reported to have made
statements showing amount of this
| kind of work we have done in Ottum
wa, basing the total for comparison
in comparison with the financial abil
! ity of each to do such work.
Now. with reference to orr rea
sons for signing said petition. GU
motives We're to provide fund here
lin Ottunlwa to help the needy, an
in addition to continue any good worl
that Mr.. Sunday or his followers ma.
have started. 1t is known by sons
that the Open Door Mission of thi
city is doing a grand work, that the,
are sadly in need of funds for thei
work. That were the Sunday meet
ings not in progress, and had it no
been urged by some that call b,
the Open Door Mission at this tim
would tend to detract from the mon
ev that is hoped TO be raised for MI
Sunday tomorrow, call would hav
been made by the Open Door Mission
for funds before this time. 1t is ais
known that worker has been aske,
to return here, and will be here mex
week for the object of putting ney
life into the association. and if DOS
sible raising money to help Their
in their work 1t is sertainlv an or
nortnne time for the suggestion w
made in that petition, and we hav
NO apologies to make, to Mr.. Sunday
"or any of his followers for dom
So
We make this statement in iustic
to ourselves after learning what wa
said at the tabernacle last night, an
of the impression that has gone on
among some of the people who wer
there that the statements tended t
, make insinuations that were not true
We vet have hopes that Mr.. Sunda
, NAV be willing to do with a reason
, able salary and leave balance her
/. where it is SO badly needed
}, Mr. Sunday has made some rattle
strong statements about the moralit
and sinfulness of people in Ottumw;
: and if one-half is trne of what ne ha
said about the conditions here, the
we know OF no better place where th
money corid be used than right her
at home.
Let lis add that many of the for,
| most workers of charitable associ;
tions fear that it will be difficu
to get funds after Mr.. Sunday has co