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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18

realization they took on the majesty
which power bestows. Afterward the
ministers found it possible. and find it
possible STILL to denounce wrongs
boldly, as they ought to be denounced,
without fear of any protest from the
pews They are safe for their strong
est denunciation is mild compared with
Sundays. They can line. their people
up on a righteous issue, regardless Of
party and personal consideration, in
way that they never could before.
There is one pastor, for instance, who
has only single democrat in his
church. Yet in the recent mayoralty
fight, where the issue was squarely
drawn betw zen a whisky republican
and a law enforcing democrat, he
printed in his church paper:
Worth the Price.
IF you want decent city, vote for
Charles H Borscher for mayor'-the
democratic candidate. And no one pro-
tested. Moreover. he has reason to be-
lieve that every man in his congrega-
ton voted as he advised
aside from criticism of Mr.. Sunday
language, which to many is irrverent
and 20 some blasphemous, there is
much opposition 10 him on account OF
the money he takes. But you can not
make this criticism n Decatur, we are
told They challenge 1t Immediately,
saying, "A circus comes here one day
and takes away $1,000, and leaves abb
solutely nothing la the town and no
one objects. why should they object
to paying 1000 to Sunday who saves
them and the city with them? 1t is,
perhaps, futile to argue with these peo-
Pile, to point out that the circus lays
itself open to no imputation of bad
faith by taking out of town every
cent it can get. that no unbeliever is
likely to bring charge OF hypocrisy
against circuses in general because one
of them makes huge profits? 1t is true,
whether his admirers recognize it or
not that the most widely advertised
feature of Mr.. Sundays work is the
huge collections which he takes. !
rode on the train once with four men
who were discussing modern evangel-
ism, and one OF them burst forth with
this arguement, (which seemed to settle
all. Why. they're all a bunch Of graft
ers: look at Billy Sunday. Sunday,
who is everywhere known to have
grown rich in the work, IL taken as
typical Of the whole profession, and the
charge Of greed is laid at every evan
gelistic door,"
Executive committee Fargo Moor
head Young Peoples union.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18

element, which walked the streets
proudly and exulted in its strength.
The forces OF righteousness stayed in
their tents and moaneo their lack of
power. What did Sunday do? He did
not preach the love of Christ; he has
no sermon on that theme so far as
can discover. But he painted sin so
black that men were ashamed to read
the record of their lives. Particularly
he lasht the church-members and the
impotently righteous element of the
community. He stood forth on the
platform and shouted:
i am going to fight the things that
ruin manhood and womanhood in De-
catur until hell freezes over. And
then viii get a pair Of skates and
work on the ice'
",'You people in Decatur are trying
to pay your taxes In boys instead OF
pulling a few dirty, sinking dollars out
OF your shrinking pockets
People Took Notice.
THAT was not nice: it was vulgar
and coarse and revorting. But it was
virile. The men Of the community be-
ban to sit up and take notice. Here
was one who dares to fly. in the face
of the dragon. Surely. II this man were
a christian, then christianity involved
no surrender Of manhood,
There worked out in the community
such change Of public sentiment as
is hard to describe. Righteousness
grew popular. The brewers were silent
ly dropped from the park boards. II
became not just the proper thing to
be seen in their company, or to have
them in ones home. The moral ele-
ments of the city awoke to the .realiza-
ton that they were in the majority
that they had power, and with that
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18
GIVE RESULTS OF
SUNDAYS WORK
BRUCE BARTON IN REVIEW OF
REVIEWS GIVES SOME OF THE
RESULTS or BILLY SUNDAYS
MEETlNos-AAs STUDIED HIS
WORK.

70 The Forum: we give q report
of MIR. Sundays meeting at Decatur.
Ill. after a year OF trial which will
show the permanency of results and
what other towns may expect If they
give him the same cooperation and
support that he had there. 1t was
united and enthusiastic. 1t Is said the
Decatur people preferred spending the
little more than $4,000 on Sunday
tnan on circus. for a circus leaves
absolutely nothing in the town and
sunday saves them and the city with
them This report is quoted from the
Literary Digest Of June rs last and Is
written by Bruce Barton who is maxi
ing close study Of the work Mr.. Sun
day has been doing In the places visit
ed.
sDoes the evangelistic work Of Billy
sunday show permanent results? As
he is the most sensational of our evan
gelists. II is perhaps to be expected
that the effect of hts work would be
the most evanescent. But the writer
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who has been travelling in his wake
and estimating conditions thinks the
permanency of results depends on the
community, not on him. Mr. Barton
thinks that either consciously or un-
consciously Mr.. Sunday is modifying
his methods and casting off many Of
the things which have nindered his
work. The Decatur meetings are
notable in the history of modern evan
gelism.
Righteousness Becomes Popular.
''Few places of 10000 can boast so
many fine church buildings, and new
pastors coming to the community rec
ognize at once that the church work
is remarkably well supported and en-
cages the energies OF a very large
percentage of the prominent business
and professional men. On the SUBJ
ject of the revival the pastors were a
unit. Though some voted for Mr..
Sunday with great reluctance, fearing
the sensationalism OF his work, they
all accepted the final decision heartily
and entered into the meetings with the
determination to reap the largest pos
sible return. Finally, the work of pre-
paration was thoroughly done. The
evangelist came into field which had
been brought to the most perfect de-
gree of ripeness, and was met by
laborers with their sleeves rolled up.
Decatur It. must be understood,
had been a fairly wide-open town. Not
notably immoral. but just unclean. It's
politics had been dictated by the local
n u T.. 49,
and occupied positions on the park
boards and in offices Of trust. There
was no lack Of righteous sentiment.
but it was unorganized. apolegetic. It
was the wet element, the gambling
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The slough from being menace 70,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18

Good positions are always awaiting
competent bookkeepers and stenogra-
piers, Mankato Commercial college,
Mankato, Mimi, win send you to a
good position as soon as you are ready.
Here Is your chance. Don't throw II
aside.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18
Stern TALKS OF
Big SLOUGH DRAIN
STATES THAT CITY DERIVES BEN
EFITs FROM THE DRAIN AL
THOUGH 1T is NOT COMPLETED
TELLS WHY THE WORK HAS
BEEN DELAYED.

To The Forum: There is so much
difference OF opinion regarding big
slough drain No. that a few words
in explanation at this time will not be
amiss. It Is my intention to show that
while it is true that this drain is not
yet finished, the city derives and has
derived for the last seven years. the
benefits that were expected from the
construction OF this drain.
] further want to show that the city
pays no more now than they would
had the drain been finished several
years ago.
/ was q member of the drainage
board from 1905 to 1903, and while on
the board / did all / could In conjunc-
ton with the other members. to have
this drain finished and get 1t bonded.
The difficulty that the contractor en-
countered in finishing this drain was
that the outlet was not deep enough
to drain the slough and a new survey
had to be taken and the stakes lowered
twice. This work was done by two
different engineers and the records Of
the first survey were burned in the
courthouse fire. To lower the cut, after
the deep work had been done, required
men with spades Ca slow and costly
process) and 1t is mainly this work
of slipping the sides to the bottom of
this new grade that remains to be fin
lished,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18
YOUNG'S CLAIM CHECKS

T. y. Young. g Sons rus and Trans
fer Co. will give you claim checks for
baggage to and from all depots. hotels
and residences. Phone is.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18
Many Shoe Sales

But the like of this has never been
equalled in Fargo; values to "a for
$1.4s. Read ad in tonight's Forum.
A. L. Moody.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18

Girls for city and country for pri-
yate families and hotels; apply at once.
L. Hotop, IL Broadway, Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18
Refused 10 Bond Drain.

Last spring the board OF drainage
commissioners went before the COM
missioners Of Cass county and asked
that this drain be bonded. A motion
was made to that effect, but after we
left, they reconsidered their action and
refused to bond this drain. The reas-
on for this was that they were afraid
that the county would be liable on the
bonds, and as this drain was benefit
to the city alone, they refused.
Had they bonded this drain. the
city could have appropriated, without
any inconvenience to it's finances, the
sum Of $1,000 annually for ten years
and paid for this drain.
Had the drain been bonded at that
time. IL would have saved In interest
alone for that one year over $500,
and the county was IN no way liable
for this debt.
While IL Is true that no drain was
ever under construction for as long a
period as this drain, there have been
drains constructed which took from
Ave to six years. AS long as the peo-
pie derive the benefit from the unfin-
ished drain, without paying for the
work. they are not losing anything by
paying interest, and while the interest
rate on floating warrants is nominally
IL per cent. the interest is not COM
pounded and where II runs for several
years. 1t win figure hardly more than
Is per cent
The petition which asked for this
drain was signed by over 400 Fargo
citizens, among them three OF our
present aldermen, namely, A. q. Lewis.
II. AmerIand and Alex stern.
Big Improvement Made.
The siough frosn being a menace to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-18
Wanted, Sealed btd~ for Binding
County Records.

Sealed bids for binding the transcript
records Of Montraill County. NJ D., will
be opened at our ONCE at Minot, n. d..
Wednesday, Sept e2s 1909. at 10 O'clock
a. m. Specifications will be FURNISH
cd upon request to this office.
We reserve the right TO reject any
and all bids.
Address
Dakota Abstract q Title Co.
Nash Block, Minot. NJ D.
kSapt. "a. 1s. IA. IS. 40. AL
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
WESSON.
Banner Shipment of Cotton Bagging
Made at Fort Worth.

Wesson, Miss, June 20.-The tex
tile mills of this city sold and forwar-
ded yesterday 625 rolls of Odenheime-
er cotton bagging to a Fort Worth,
Tex, firm, which is sufficient to COW
er $500 bales of cotton. This is the
banner sale of this bagging since its
introduction upon the market 1t is
believed it will soon assume a strong
hold among the farmers, as it is claim
ed by those who have used this bag
ging that it ranks i'm every particular
with the hemp, If not superior, max
Ding a much more slightly wrapping,
being strong and durable, and will,
it ds thought, be universally adopted
by the farmers
Mayor Thompson has had twenty
five laborers at work the entire week
in the cemetery and will continue
this work until the grounds are plac-
ed in slightly condition.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
soys Essay on ,Possum.

There's this to say of the pos
sum-" writes Georgia youngster.
He amt no bear, cause he's always
GRIMM like he was in good humor
with everybody. It's just as if, whea
you toll him you was goin' to kill
him, an cook him, an eat him for
dinner he looked on it as a good
joke-just took it for laughin' mat
ter. / don't know whether he is just
good-natured. or was born grinnin'!
Atlanta Constitution.
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Bought Fortune for So.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
Seaford, Del, June 9.-Buying a
small safe for So at public sale ov-
er thirty years ago, Ex-Coroner Ma
thaniel Conway, of Sussex county, who
resides here, has come into fortune.
AT the same time of the purchase
Conway stored the safe in his stables.
When he was elected Coroner a few
years ago he had the safe removed
to his office, but was unable to open
it,
This week he was determined to
find out its contents and broke the
lock with a hammer.
To his amazement, gold coins OF
different denominations began rolling
from the safe to- the floor The noise
attracted a crowd, and from the out
side, Conway could be seen gathering
the gold from the floor and puttil
it i'm bags.
Conway refused to say how mJ
can live the rest of his days in II
ury without any public office.
r. E. Gayden reports cottom in hi
own pet patch over knee high with
red blooms plentiful last Monday.
]. M. Smoot, wife and baby daugh-
ter, left Monday for Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, al
the age of 81 is in fairly good health
and is industriously at work, at he1
home in Boston, writing a lyric poem
Another notable nonagenarian, who
in two more years will round out
century of earthly life, is General
Daniel Henry Rucker. who is in full
possession of mental faculties and in
good health. He has been on the
army pay roll for 70 years.
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Industrial Institute and College.
Columbus, Miss, June Is, 1909.

Columbus, Miss, June Is, 1909.
There will be held at the Industrial
Institute and College, on July 5th, at
$3.50 p. M, meeting of the women
of the State who are interested in
promoting a movement looking to the
realization of better homes for the
people of Mississippi
The members of the faculty of the
Industrial Institute and College.
are Systematically studying the vari-
Gus problems relative to the home Life.
of the State, and they hope to give
out the results of their investigations
through a representative to be per-
manently engaged in this work, spec
ialists in all departments, bulletins
regularly sent out, and responses to
individual queries.
The agricultural life of the State
is being rapidly advanced through
the work of the Agricultural and Nd
chanical College. The Industrial u
stitute and College desires to perforshy
like service for the home life of
the State. -
At this meeting a State organiZa-
ton will be perfected, and a general
scheme for county and local organiza-
ton will be formulated Will you
not attend? Free entertainment
will be given at the College for the
night of July 5th, and reduced rates.
to Columbus of one fare plus twenty
five cents may be obtained on this
date.
Very respectfully,
H. L. WHITFIELD.
President Industrial Institute and
College.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24

Chancellor Robyns at Starkyit
Miss. yesterday denied the applicatft
Of AL Edwards for bail Edward
and his brother are charged with thf
murder of DR.. Richardson, who was
killed on Christmas day at Sturgis,
Miss. Dyke Edwards has already
been tried and sentenced to a life
term in the penitentiary-
Against the supreme effort on the
part of Edwards attorneys, Chancel-
lor Robbyns held that the case did
not warrant bail
It was thought for time after the
Richardson murder that no one would
ever be punished for it. The men.
who did this murder, however. had not
taken into consideration the quick
ening spirit of law-observance in Mis-
sissippi. 1t has come to pass in
that state that 1t is exceedingly dan
gerous for man to kill another
man.
AS soon as we get killing to the,
danger point for the survivor in Shell
by county our homicides will have
rapid decrease.-Commercial Appeal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
NAB Z NJ.
Worsham Released From Custody
After His Wife Testifies.

Maben, Miss, June 19.-With bull
let hole above her bloodshot eye and
her countenance not betrayimg any
uneasiness the story Of the tragic at
fair in which Lee Phillips, a wealthy
merchant in Europe was killed by
General Worshman, husband of the
witness. The courtroom at Chester
where the preliminary trial occurred,
was crowded. Several witnesses wer
sworn, Mrs. Worsham being tn
main one. She recited the story in
full. After a short deliberation, Judg
Tullis discharged Worsham from Gus
tody Worsham left the courtroom
ihurTidly, and in company with his
wife departed for parts unknown.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
Always Time for Courtesy.

That there was always time for cour-
tesy was a law of life indeed with those
rare and kindly spirits who belonged
to the golden age of American life
and literature, but in the storm and
stress of modern life and money get
ting the situation is more as Whittier
expressed it in his consideration OF the
spiritualism of his day: Il sometimes
say with Shakespeare: o for some
courteous ghost, but nothing ever
comes to me."-Vernon Murray.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
Where the Girls of other Days have
Con. e

A poet pathetically asks: where
are the girls of yesterday" We an
swer, they're gone gone with the boy
who used to grease their hair with
bear oil scented with bergamont, gone
with the old ladies who used to wear
SInbonnets with pasteboard Stats in
them, and who seasoned their apple
pies with allspice.
Gone with the old-fashioned people
who poured their tea in a saucer and
blew it to cool it.
Gone with the old ladies who gave
Catnip tea to the babies to cure collie
Gone with the old7time little girls
who wore long pantalettes made OF
nankeen with fri1ls on the bottom.
Gone with the bootjack and the can
die snuffers.
Gone with the old farmers who
wore barndoCr trousers and creased
their boots ON Sunday mornings.
Gone with the Witchguard with q
brass watch kept fastened to it.
Gone with the linen buster and the
1insey trousers that were lined with
unfbleached muslin.
Gone with the old flat carpetsacl
little custards fer tea when they
had company and ornamented the
edges of the pies with a thimble to
make them look fancy.
Gone with the shotbag money purse
and the Shaker bonnets. Gone, gone
forever from the earth. Alasl ani
can it be?-Oakland Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24

Intead of sharing the burdens of
city life we retreat When the dis
trict In which we have built our fac
tories becomes too crowded with
workmen and the atmosphere too OPP
pressive with smoke and doors, we
withdraw to some quiet suburban
town and think little of others that
must continue to live their lives in
our service and in the environment
we have created.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
A SPONGE Garden.

A beautiful effect may be obtained
by means of a damp sponge and a few
seeds. Take large piece of coarse
sponge and cut it in any shape de-
sired. Then soak it in water, squeeze
half dry and sprinkle in the openings
red clover seed, millet, barley, grass,
rice, oats-any or all of these. Hang
the sponge in a window where the
sun shines at least part of the day
Country Life in America.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
Riches and Real North.

Riches are for the comfort Of life.
not life for the amassing Of riches.
asked a wise man: who is the for
tunate and who is the unfortunate
man?" He replied: HE is the for
tunate who sowed and reaped. and he
the unfortunate who died and enjoyed
rest Offer no prayer in behalf OF
that worthless wretch who did nothing
but spend his life in the accumulation
Of wealth which he used not"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
influence Of a National Anthem

after the siege of the Pekin lega-
tions a dozen Russian soldiers bent
on loot and outrage raided the house
In which one of my band boys lived
with his mother and sister," Sir Rob-
ert Hart said at a dinner at the Au-
thors' club THE boy snatched his
violin and played the Russian national
anthem and the hooters stood at at
tention. Then they left the house
without molesting anyone"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
Cultivate AareeabIeness.

The happy gift of being agreeable
seems to consist, not in one, but in an
assemblage of talents tending to com
municate delight: and how many are
there, who, by easy manners, sweet
ness of temper, and variety of other
undefinable qualities. possess the pow
er of pleasing without any visible ef-
fort, without the aids of wit, wisdom
or learning, nay, as 1t should seem,
in their defiance; and this without ap-
pearing to know that they possess
it?-Cumberland.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
The Art of BEING Happy.

"Cheerfulness," says Ruskis, rs as
natural to the heart of man in strong
health as glow to his cheek, and
wherever there is habitual gloom
there must be either bad air, unWhole-
some food, improperly severe labor or
erring habits of life" If children were
taught that one of the great life du-
ties is to unfold the fun-loving side or
their nature, the humorous side, there
would not be so many suicides, SO
many unhappy, discordant, miserable
people, so many failures in the world.
Success Magazine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
HAZLEHURST.
Breaking of Dam May Result in De-
struction of Lake.

Hazlehurst, Miss, June 20.-The
heavy rain Friday broke the dam al
Lake Halle, and the prospects are
that all the lake will be lost. The
Wasteway has been in bad condition
for several months on account of the
heavy rains, but constant work has
saved it thus far. The water is still
pouring from the lake, and is now
lowered about four feet. The lake
covers thirty acres and was construc
ted four years ago, at a cost ot
twelve thousand dollars
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
A Warm old Number.

Don't care how hot the weather gets
Whilst here we do abide;
Twill climatic the sinners
Fore we reach the other side.
EACH one would be hoOrayin'
An fling on high his hat,
Eff he thought it freezes over
Whar Colonel Satan's at
Come on, oh, blazin' summer,
From places whar you roam,
AM burn the Worl' little, e
AM make us feel at home!
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
Essential to Matrlmony.

The inhabitants of the Green islands,
in the China sea, are largely engaged
in diving for sponges. No girl there
marries until she has shown skill in
bringing sponges from the depths. In
some of the islands the father of a
manageable daughter bestows her
upon the most successful diver-he
who can stay under water and bring
up the biggest load of sponges.-
Woman's Life.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
To Work and TO Eat.

l hold, If the Almighty had ever
made set of men to do all the eating
and none of the work, he would have
made them with mouths only, and no
hands; and if he had ever made an
other set that he had intended should
do all of the work and none OF the
eating, he would have made them
without mouths and with all hands
Abraham Lincoln.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24
Ancient ArtlncIaI Eyes.

Artificial eyes were first made use OF
by the Egyptians; they were of gold
and silver and subsequently of cop
per and ivory. Hundreds of years
later, in the sixteenth century. when
they were made in Europe, porcelain
was the substance used, and the ma
ker usually stamped his address on
the white of the eye.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-24

A remarkable report concerning a
Peckham schoolboy who cannot learn
was presented by the education com
mittee Of the London county council.
Though nearly 13, the boy has only
learned during his career two or
three letters, and these he has for
gotten. He cannot write, neither can
he calculate. 1t was decided to expel
the boy from school.