The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-27
MOUND CITY.
July rs.

Mr.. Warner Wall returned home
Saturday evening from Evanston,
whore he has been attending North
western University. He will remain
here with his father, w. A. Wall and
wife until Sept 18th.
Mrs. Walter Boyd and two little
ldauhgters returned home Sunday from
few days visit with Mr., and Mrs.
! Monday at Mounds.
| A coach load OF people. majority
# whom were members or attendants
| Of the Methodist Episcopal church Of
this city, attended the dedicatory ser
vices of the church OF that denomina-
ton at Mounds Sunday morning, goins
out at $3.50 a. m. and returning at lilo
| p. m. The church is a beautiful and
ineat structure and is nicely finished.
THE church owes a debt of gratitude
,, to the pastor, Rev. Campbell, who al.
most entirely built the church, having
driven nearly every nail himself, aside
from attending to his regular duties
as pastor of this congregation and
the one at Villa Ridge. He is to be
sermon by DR.. Harmon president OF
McKendree collegs at Lebanon, was
highly appreciated and he spoke well
of the value of a church or churches
to community. His sermon was
glorious and he lifted his audience
from earthly scenes to those above
where those who struggled to uplift
their community, finaiiy reap their re,
ward. There was an indebtedness OF
$500 on the building an in twenty-five
minutes $500 was raised toward clear
ing II and it was expected that the
balance of $500 would be raised at the
evening service The congregation
was rapturous over the splendid ser
mon and the grand results ii pro.
duced.
Mrs. G. w. Hood and Mrs. Jno. Mar
tin are the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Hood at the nome of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Dougherty.
Mr.. John Mathis of Vienna was in
town Sunday,
Mrs. Stella Gimler OF Grand Chain
returned to her home Sunday after
spending few days with Mrs. Mo
hundro on Commercial avenue.
MI and Mrs. Pleas Britt of Colum
bus, KY, arrived Sunday 10 spend 9 |
few days with Mrs. Kate Childers On
Elm street.
Mrs. Francis Smith OF Belknap is |
visiting her aunt Mrs. w B. Burk- |
head Mrs. Burkhead, mother OF W, |
3. Burkhead, returned to her home al
Vienna Sunday after spending a few
days as the guest of he ana mis- family |
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Miller and daugh
ter Freda. were the guests of Mrs. and |
Mrs. NJ. NJ Maddox and family in |
Cairo Sunday.
The Ben Blum bali team OF our city /
is something of which we may well
be proud as they have been victorious
in so many of the games they have
played this summer. On Sunday after
noon at Masons Park in this city they
defeated the Dongola ,eam by a score
of 10 to 1.
Rev FIR Mumbour of this city is oc-
cupy.ng the pulpit or the Catholic
church at Grand Chain until another
priest is appointed to that place.
There was special service at the
NJ Il. church in this city Sunday even
ing when Miss Mabei Kennedy of st.
Louis is devoting her life to the up
lifting of girls in the city, told the Ep-
worth League of the work which she
and other deaconesses were doing.
She took for her subject the regular
League topic The Healing Touch
found in Mark LIST chapter, 40 TO 4"
verses and drew out the points in
such a gentle maner that she had the
undivided attention of her large audi
ance After one listens to such talks
ii makes one feel that at is certainly
good to have been her" and gives one
an idea of the vast amount of good
worf being done by the church. Miss
Kennedy is spending a short vacation
with her relatives here and has won
her way into the hearts of many Of
our people.
Miss Ida Johnson visited relatives at
Mounds Sunday.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Pryor died at their home on
avenue Sunday morning
and the remains were taken TO MetroP
1lis Monday morning for burial Rev
Alex Monroe held a short service N
he home late Sunday evening.