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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03
One Lone Star State Town Al.
most Wiped Out BY Flames
and Wind.
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED
IN OKLAHOMA TORNADO
Wild Winds and Terrific Down.
pour In the Southwest Cause
Great Damage.

Br0wnw0od. Tex, May 81 With
fire eating the ruins If half the
houses in Zephyr, near here, the
survivors of the tornado which
swept Brown county Sunday are
in state Of terror.
Thirty five persons were killed
in tho wreckage caused by the
blow, which followed q bailsturm
The bailstorm was ended by a
lull and suddenly came the wind,
its awful shrek terrifying the
hearts OF all the people, who fled
into their dwellings to escape the
hail.
Fla II the POI ulatitn Of Zcpby
IL dead or wounded, scores OF
buildings are demolished and in
ruins and the people Of the little
town, fifteen miles east are de.
moralizcd.
Until communication Is restoi
I'd 1t will be impossible to deter
mine the extent Of the disaster.
Twenty.eight are seriously in.
jured and sixty two are slightly
injured.
A section hand rode a hand car
to Brownwood and spread the
alnrm. In two hours the Santa
Fe railroad was speeding a spec.
ial train to the scene with nine
surgeons.
Hundreds OF persons saved
themselves by taking refuge in
storm cellars. County Clerk
Thad Cablcr and two children,
who had gone to Zephyr to spend
the night. were killed. The big
stone school building and two
churches were swept from the
face of the earth.
Springfield Republican.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03

PRESIDENT TAFT. will have con
ferred on him on June Q, honorary
membership in the hrst blue lodge
OF Masons composed entirely
OF Americans in Great Britain,
and the President says that on
the occasion Of the opening of
the new lodge he will send Gu,
bic message Of congratulation.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03
Some one Tell.

Why any neighborhood vcu'J
not encourage people and Yc'.
come them in their midst7 Wac.
Try to live q christian life. wio Do
all they can for their fellow man,
Who help all they can 10 tuid
up the neighborhood the i've in.
Who love enterprise. Aad in tb.
place of welcoming thsn, Asy
will say ell manner eI epil +
any one can answer ahc abtgo
please do 10.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03
FEAR

we talk OF lear; anu we use
the attribute of fear, as an argue.
ment, that there is a supreme
divine being. There Is nothing
that can be given from any stand
point of view; That can truth.
fully have any contradiction TO it.
Men may skepticise as much as
their reasoning faculties will
allow them to do. And yet the
fact stands fast that a universal
fear; proves to any intelligent
mind; that there exists o univer-
sal higher power: A supreme
divine being-"A God of love. I"
Fear Is the opposite of love. Be.
cause fear is torment; and per.
feet love casts out oil fear, Those
two oposite's must be different
powers coming from a different
source. If it is nature alone
that causes fear: And then no.
ture alone that cause love-It
surely would cause US TO think
Of a cruel father, who had two
sons. and his greatest delight
would be, to place those two
sons at varience with each
other. And then would stand
off and look at them fighting
each other and would laugh to
the one plucking the eyes out of
the other. Tell me not of the
goodness OF such a God. Full
Of tyranny, hatred and murder.
Take your god Of nature, and
keep it as far from the border
Of our paths as possible. For
we Love God of peace, A God
of love. a God of mercy: And
this is just the kind of a God
that we are serving, And a
universal fear. proves there is
such q God, because there is a
power Of love opposite to fear.
And now we wish to tell the
readers Of the CRESsET. some.
thing that nature did not do, and
il is something that nature did
not tell, and it is something tan.
gible, something that our minds
has grasped; and our eyes have
seen. And that is this. 10
months before the American
Pope came to this country, We
were publishing the CEEssET at
Aurora Springs, and we spoke
through it's columns in this
manner. From what we have
learned from the word Of God.
the time has come, that we be.
lieve that there will be o man
placed in this country, by the
Catholic Church, inside of two
years, who will be called the
American Pope" We did not
have to wait the two years out,
in IL months he was here, and
was placed here by the Catholic
Church. And we wish to say to
our readers, that IL was not
nature that taught US the fact.
But we learned IL from the Book
of Pr0phesies called the word OF
God. The words of the great
Supreme Divine Being. The God
we serve. Tho God who is able
to teach US Of this world, and
how to take care of ourselves in
this world. And how we should
treat our fellow man in this
world. So that we would have
one grand universal brotherhood
of socialism, all over this world.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03
TAKE NOTICE

Any party or parties wishing TO
ask any questions. through this
paper, upon any subject relig.
i,usIy or otherwise shall be
treated as q friend But In no cast
will the Editor allow any slang
or slang phrases 80 through
its columns.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03

world beyond this life. a world.
that Infdels. Skeptics and Free
Thinkers care nothing about;
nor they do not care 10 know,
anything about it. This puts US
in mind Of two classes of men,
If not three; the one is there is
no man 50 blind as he that does
not want to see" and the second
one Is, the man that has not time
to think for any but himself.
Like the rich man he makes
himself believe this world is all
there is to it. And that all there
is for him is this world: and that
he must make it as large to him.
self as possible by getting all the
dollars that he can into the
Golfers. 1t matters not how
many children cry for bread.
The other man Is the man that
sleeps this life away in the chair
Of do nothing, saying come day,
60 day, and God send Sunday.
May the God of the universe,
mot naturo's God) send a glorious
awakening into the hearts of all
such characters and cause them
to see that there is a more pleas.
ant world beyond this life for
these who believe in the God of
Heaven. 1t is true we do not
have to trouble ourselves about
taking care of it: for the God
Of the universe will take care Of us
and il. What we have to do is to do
right in this world. inorder to
receive an heirship in the other.
For il In this world only we have
a hope, there is no wonder that
VIC have, war, thieving and mur-
dering. Nothing to be otherwise
for. Under such barren influence
there is no wonder that the peo.
Of this world il growing worse
and worse all the time.
You put a man on a farm, in
the mill, or work shop, Take
away the hope from him. Of his
bettering his condition in life,
or take from him the produc-
tion Of his labor, and see how
soon you will have him on the
stool of do nothing and the chair
of dispondency. The man that
has no greater aim, nor higher
hope than he can get in this
world. They are generally q
selfish people-For they have
nothing else to live for. I would
have to consider-them like the
ants that some people have
spoken Of; q dangerous people.
1t also reminds me Of some
Of the words of Colo mel Ingersol
when he was living. "All we
know Of this life, Is ourselves
and families. Again he said.
If we we're asked from whence
we come, we could not answer,
So lot US be honest with oursel.
yes and say we don't know"
But thank God we arc serving
q God that teach US how to live
in this life--And the crown we
shall receive in the life to come,
If we only serve him in spirit
and in truth. So hoping that
this article may be read as in.
tended by the Ed. We beg to-
remain the friend of oil in
Christ,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03
Question no. AZ.

Rev, l.. 8. Garrett, can yen
provo by the word that there 10 3
living souIi And tho living soul
different from the souii
Emil Oliver,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03
Qu estion No. IL.

Ed. CRRsszT please tell as IL you
now, whore il the lost tribe Of
Israel.
&C. A almons
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03

Question No. 40.
Ed. CRRssEr: Was John tho
Baptist Elia.' --Ducket
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03

E,Mred an sec0n d .cl0ss
matter October 2. 1908 at
the I'Ost-Onlce at Nor
wood Mo-. under the Act
o. ConDress of March 3rd
1897
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03

DO YOU BELIETE THAT THE
HEATHEN WILL BE SAVED? Yes
Bro, Newby. We believe that
Christ came from heaven to
earth and suffered and died on
the cross, and left conditions for
them that they might be saved,
by their coming to and conform.
ing to those conditions. For
this was part Of Christ's mission
here On earth. For before Christ
male his advent to earth, the
heather, Tor Gehtile nation)
they were without Christ, God,
or hope, AS you will read in this
language,
That at that time ye were wl,hou,
Christ being aliens from the common
wealth Of Israel and strangers from the
covenants Of promise. having no hope
and without God In the world. Ephe.
2-l2
But after Christ died there
was q preparation made for
them for Christ said again.
But now in Chris, Jesus. ye who
sometime were fur oR ere made nigh by
the blood u Christ.
For through him we beth have access
by one spirit unto the Father.
Nav therefore ye are no moro stran
gore and foreigners. hut fellow
citizens with The saints and OF tho house
hold Of God.
And are bsili upon the foundation Of
the apostles and prop cts. Jesus CHRIST
himsolt being tho chief corner stono
Ephe, p-l3 = IS 10 30.
Under those conditions we be
licve that the IIeathen or Gen.
tilel will be saved, and this is
the reason why we believe IL; If
they will answer to the call,
which Is come unto me oil ye
that labor and are heavy laden
land | will give you rest,
All who answer to this call
will be saved. For Christ died
to savo the ungodly; if they will
be saved. Now Bro. we
have given you what we believe
in regard to the Heathcn and
why we believe it, in regard to the
Heathen. and why we believe it,
in n synopsis manner, il its not
sufficient, ask again.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03

Question No. AZ,
Bro. Garrett is there any scrip.
nre to prove tha, tn ere should be.
ON Orphant's Home eetablishedi
Elder I, N. Robin,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03
NJ .ssLHIrlTiOS
ROLL OF HONOR.

J. W. Zorncs Mt. Grove. 81 90.
VIM. BrIncgar Norwood. Scots.
J. NJ. Stoke, West Plains lOcts
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03
Answer to Question
No "A.
QUESTION'NO. ii.

Bro. Garrett, do you believe
that the heathens will be saved?
If You do believe that they will
be saved, why do you believe
that they will be saved? And if
you believe that they will not be
saved? Why do you believe that
they will not be saved? please
answer soon.
Yours for the truth,
J. II. Newly.
Mt. Grove Mo,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-06-03
WORLD'SCRESSET
Rev. l.. 8 Garrett Ed.

PuBLisHas.
J { Garrett and N. n. E0vcrs
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-04
JOE HILL IGNORED
Offered Position of Chief Counsel for State in Fight Against the
 Railroads.

Little Rock, Jan. g. Chief Justice Hill of the state Supreme court, has tue distiu uction of hay ing been rendered the position as chief counsel for the state, in the contest 10 be carried on by the state in its efforts to prevent the permanent enjoining of the rates established by the Arkansas railroad commission, and, with Attorney General Norwood to have general defense of the states interest in the rate litiga ton now pending and to eusue under the further prosecution of the fig ht by the state.
 The legislature has unanimous ly passed the bill appropriat'ng $50,0 ,000 with which to carry on this litigation.
 Last afternoon this tender was made to Chief Justice Hill in a joint communication from Gov ernor Donaghey and Attorney General Norwood.
 The communication to Judge Hill pays high tribute to his ability as jurist and closes with this comment: "We fully apprc- ciate the services you have reu- dercd the state as is chief la>- lice. and we know that many wlli regret 10 see you leave the bench, but we feel that by accepting this appointment you may be able 10 render the people d greater ser vice.
 Judge lii, has taken the maj ter under adyisement aud will probably give his answer this week.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-04
THE LumsERmEN ADJOURN.
Southwestern Association Cioses n&"'
 sas City Meeting.

Kanas City Jan. 30.--The South western Lumbermen's association VIII send two delegates to lndlahapoiis next month to attend the conFehtioh of the national tarlf commlssioh' February 16. + and 1s This was ds' cided upon Thursday morning in the closing session in Convention nall The suggestion was embodied h the report of the committee on resoiu' tions. The convention adopted the re- port. It contained, also, resolutions in favor of good roads, deep water ways. forest conservation and oppos- ing the parcels post idea. These or flcers were elected just before sa' journment at noon;
 w. D. Frantz. Enid Ok, president, c. E. Matthews. Webb City Mo- hrss vice president; Andrew Aiken, St' Johns. Kan. second vice president; J H. Foresman, Kansas City, Mo- treas urer.
 Directors John Halioren, Ottawa Kan; L. L. Seidel, Kansas City, MO- John Reheis, St. Louis Mo-; James Costello. Liberty, Mo-; J R. McLaurin, Ellsworth, Kan; W. l. Miller. Topeka Kan; T. II. Rogers, Oklahoma City, Ok. and A. F. Parkinson, Waggoner, Ok
 It is not known who will be sent to the tariff commissions meeting in In dianapolis. The newly elected presi dent and directors will take up this question at once. Men will go pre- pared to urge the inducements views on revision of the schedules in which they are interested.
 The officers and directors for the year had been decided upon . day oi two ago and the names were promptly ratified when presented by the nomi nations committee. There were nc tiresome nominating speeches as 1T some conventions The last moments Of the assembly were given over te the customary greetings to new of ficers and the votes of thanks to the old ones and to persons who had con tributed 10 the delegates pleasure while in the city.
 At one o'clock the newly elected and the retiring officers and directors were entertained at luncheon at thu Hotel Baltimore by the Commercial club Afterward the directors me and performed the annual formal dutl of re-electing Harry Gorsuch of Kan sas City as secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-04
NEGRO SCARED INTO
 A HAVING MANIAC
Walter Moon, Former Employee Of Antlers. Feared Friday Hoodoo and Thought Was About to
 Be Lynched in Ft. Smith,

landlord Izard of The Antlers gave The Star details of a strange fate which has apparent ly driven one of his former serv- ants, Walter Moon, an inoifens i've hard working negro, into the insane asylum.
 A short time ago the negro arranged to go 10 Fort Smith to work at the home of w. B. Hen dricks, the well known travelling representative of the Echols Grocery Company.
 Walter left for Fort Smith a week ago Friday. Before going he was warned by his Friends that they were having serious times in Fort Smith with thugs and robbers and he had better be on the lookout. Ills attention was also called to the fact that he was starting on his journey on Friday. These things caused him to be uneasy. When he got olf the train al Fort Smith an officer tapped him on the shoulder and asked hun what ne was doing there. The frig htcned negro made satisfacto- ry explanation and went on 10 Mir. Hendricks home. The next day he was down town and met fake fortune teller iu crowd ard was told that mob was looking for hin and that he would be lynched and burned, With all this preylng on his mind the man went home. It seemed to trouble him so much, MT. Hen- dricks hired another negro 10 go over town with him the next day to see some friends, with hope of relieving his mind. That evening the tive men parted to 20 home and after the parting Walter saw number of people coming out of building. He thought of the mob and started to ruu. As fate would have IL a house in that neighborhood had been robbed and seeing the negro running, officers and citizens gave chase. After a run of sev- eral blocks the man was caught.
 Wild with fear he pleaded Tor his life. He was taken 10 Il and when his employer came 10 his relief he was raving crazy
 Mir. lizard, on hearing of the trouble wrote to the officer aud received letter Saturday morning saying Water wasi in tue county ssy nun but apparently n nope iuI condition.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-04
MAY STRAIGHTEN
 HOSPITAL MIDDLE
T. J. Clayton and H. D. Ravenscraft Carry to Hospital Board Meeting in Kansas City Tax Receipts
 on Site Purchased.

H D. Ravenscraft and T. J. Clayton left Thursday afternoon for Kansas City to attend the Kansas City Southern Railway Employees Hospital board, meet ing which convened there Friday.
 The gentlemen carried with them the tax receipts for the block of ground in South Meua on which at one time the hospil- al association agreed to erect a hospital.
 When the plans to erect this building were abandoned tor the present at leas0, it was agreed that the hospital association would take ihis block of ground and refund to the citizens Of Mena the amount of money ln- volved.
 This settlement has been de- layed owing to some unpaid tax S affecting the title to the land. The tax receipts which Messrs. Clayton and Ravenscraft will turn over to the hospital board Should clear up matters and bring abou. settlement that will re- turn 10 Mena citizens the money they have expended ia meeting the requirements of the associa' ton in consideration of which the hospital was to have beeu built in Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-04
FARM HOME DESTROYED
Residence of J. Nj. Starks Near
 Cove Burned Friday.

Cove, Ark, Jan. 29, During the high wind yesterday the home Of J. NJ. Starks, who lives 31s miles southeast of this place, was destroyed by fire.
 It was about noon when the fire was d scovered. Mir. Starks was at home but the blaze, which originated from spark from a tlue, gained such headway under the gale that was blowing that his efforts to check 1t were of no avail, and before the famil y could save hardly any of the furni- ture they were driven out by the heat.
 The house was good struct- ure, valued al S1, 200 and the loss including the furniture amounted to x2, GOO, with no insurance.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-04
IN JAIL FOR DEBT
AT ONE TIME THERE WERE MANY
 SUCH IN AMERICA.
Seventy-Five Thousand Unfortunates Annually Deprived of Liberty as Late as the Year 1829--Most-
 iy Owed Small Sums.

In 1929 1t was estimated that 75,000 persons were annually imprisoned for debt in the United States, and at that date the practics had been abolished in at least two states, namely, Ohio and Kentucky. In 1880 the estimated number of individuals imprisoned on account of debt was: In Massachu sets, 5000: in New York, 10000; iD Pennsylvania, 1000; in Maryland 5000, or a total of 23,000 in foui states.
 The average of the debts for which persons were deprived of their liberty was small-under $50. In the jail ai Dedham, Norfolk county, Mass, out oi total of 52 debtors confined within it's walls only nine owed more than $50 and 16 owed ten dollars or less.
 A local society for the relief oi debtors confined for small debts pro. cured the release of Is persons whose debts added together amounted to only sl32. an average of less than nine dollars
 In jail located at Hudson, N. r., iu the course of the year ended Septem. Der 29, 1880, total of 169 persona were committed for debts; of this number 49 were held for rum debts" In Philadelphia 10 cases were recorded in which the sum total of the debts was only $23.40A-an average of less than 50 cents each
 Tn one of these cases" quotes the Yale Review, a man was imprisoned 30 days for a debt of two cents. We observe in an English paper a notice of a widow who is confined in jail in Providence for the unpardon able sin of owing 6S cents"
 James Bell. keeper of the debtors jail in New York in document sub mitted to the state senate stated thai Tn 1916 729 persons were confined tC the jail under his control for debts under S25 each. Nearly all of these would, he asserted. have starved ex cept for the bounty of the Humane society Bell himself was compelled 10 beg for fuel 10 keep them from freezing
 He specifically mentions the cases ol Dins Lyman, imprisoned for three years for debt Of less than $50 ant or George Riley. imprisoned for six years, also for debt of less than $50 Both of the men were supported whil imprisoned by charity. In other states as Massachusetts and Rhode Island the creditor was required to provide Tor the board of the imprisoned debtor when this was not forthcoming the debtor was discharged
The Mena weekly star., 1909-02-04
BOLES LOSES CONTEST
Senate Elections Committee Will Report Unanimously for Seating
 Holland.

Little Rock, Jan. 29. Oue ot the two state senatorial contests has been settled. After laborlug all last afternoon the senate com mittee on election came to an un- derstanding iu the Boles-Holland contest, affecting Sebastian coun- " senatorial district, and will recommend the seating of Seua- tor John T Holland oyer the Rc publican contestant. Thomas Boles, of Fort Smith The case has been long hard fought battle both in the courts Of Se- bassiau county and in the senate, and not till the last minute did Mir. Boles lose hope of securing the coveted seat. However, it is said that the report of the com mittee was unanimously in fay T of seating Holland. An mem bers of the committee are, of course, Democrats, as there are no Republicans in the senate.
 is stated that the two main reasons for the finding of the  committee are that the election commissioners of Sebastian coun- " swurc before the grand jury that the poll books as returned 10 them from the First ward in Fort Smith contained only the names of persons who had actual. ly voted, and were mol fake names and that, of the eight indict- ments returned by the grand jury in connection with the case, charging illeeal voting, only two are still pending, the other six having been dismissed, quasiaed or nolle pressed.