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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

seen to result from the crumbling Of
the wall, that instead Of building up
the fallen portion, the remainder of it
was leveled to the ground that tho
air and sunshine might have free
course, and the gardens a .freer COM.
munlcation; and every one acknowl.
edged that only benefit and blasting
was the happy consequence to all con.
cerned.
God grant that while as members
Yet Of two religious bodies we sit to.
gether, listening to the story OF each
others faith, and being thrilled by
the evidence Of each others love and
zeal for the Lord and His cause, that
the truth of this beautiful fable may
here be re-enacted, and that the out.
come Of this reenacting may be the
demolition Of the grim wall, which
still separates the flowers and fruit.
full vines in the earthly gardens OF our
Lord.
1 have not CHOSEN any text. Bap.
lists and Disciples beliere so much
that there is no one text OF Scripture
big enough, or comprehensive enough
to owe the whole ground.
It take 1t, that as Baptlsts and Dis.
clples, you are mere not to near any
glorifcation OF the achievements OF
either Baptist or Disciples as relig.
ious bodies; but you are anxious 70,
the facts and reasons why we SHOULD
be one people. Believing this to be
the motive Of your coming mere this
evening. and because I am anxious my.
self to say exactly what I mean, Meth.
er more nor less, and because I d.
sire to give you the most that I can in
the least possible time, I have writ.
ten what l nave to bring you.
I was born in a German Baptist fam.
lily, taught in a United Brethren s
s., Joined the German Baptist church
at the age of sixteen, held membership
in this denomination until I was past
twenty-five. I began my ministry 10
a Methodist revival. So I feel that l
can not be charged with holding or In
heritlng any Baptist or Disciple preju.
dices. While l have been a Disciple
minister for t~wenty-three years I have
mingled with people, been intimate
with the ministers, attended the
cnuroh services, preached in the pu..
pits, and studied the faiths and doc.
trines and read The books Of nearly all
the leading denominations of Christen.
dom. In conventions, associations.
conferences and all sorts of assem-.
blies. east and west, I have had the
most delightful christian fellowship.
with the ministry ana workers Of these
various churches, IhaYe found amors
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

the orthodox faith who are not with
either body. A Baptist and a Dtsc.-
pie is a believer in the evangelical
faith who has been ~regenerated or
born again and then Immersed upon
the confession of his faith in Christ.
A Baptist or a Disciple church or
congregation is an assembly or com
pany Of such believers, VINO have vol
unfairly united themselves together,
for the purpose Of securing the COM
pleted establishment of Christs King.
dom in themselves and in the world.
These believers take the New Tesla
ment as the supreme and only author
ity, as regards doctrines, church poll
ty, and church ordinances. the de-
crees of councils, ecclesiastical con
fessions OF faith, formal creeds or
nothing of this nature has any author.
ity with either Baptists or Disciples.
They believe that everything must
be measured and approved or dis
approved by the Divine STANDARD, the
New Testament. They believe that
the greatest question is That OF re-
ligtous authority. and that on this
question the author of tine Christian.
religions Is the only authority that
He alone can forgive sins, that He
only can give commands that reach
forward into eternity, that He alone
can bind the conscience, that He alone
can establish law for the day Of
Judgement. and that Christ only a
decree ordinances and governments
for His church. They believe that to
the Apostles this authority was delegat
ed. but to none others, that Bplcopacy
and papacy alike are unsupported pre-.
tentions; the chain of succession lies
| n broken fragments which can not
be welded. nor is It linked to the
throne Of Christ.
IHey 'DelleVe that church confer.
ences are without Legislative authority.
for a voice has come. to the church
from the excellent glory. This is my
beloved Son; hear We Him." Both
Baptists and Disciples believe tina.
no man or class of men has been all.
thorized or inspired to interpret the
New Testament for the rest of the
world, for that is no revelation which
requires another revelation to reveal
1T. They know that God has not put
into the hands of any mortal man sucA
an instrument of expressions.
They have been taught that the as
sumption that He has done SO has
been productive of evils the most tire.
mendous; Il has diylded c~histendom
into hostile sects, and united church
and state; It cas built up great sys.
TENS Of prfest-craSk and converted the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04
REV. GRISSO'S
SERMON
UNION OF BAPTIsTs AND DlscI.
PIES SUBJECT OF DISCOURSE
AT THE CENTRAL CHRISTIAN
( CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT.

The discussion OF union between
Baptists and Disciples may be a new
thing to some of you. For years both
bodies have had standing committees
on union. At our national congress OF
churches held in Bloomington, Illinois,
one year ago, l heard DR.. W. T. MOORE
say that he is now serving on the fifth
such committee, After DR.. Dodd, Of
baltimore. Nd, (Baptist), read his pa.
per before our congress, DR.. Moore
said this is the proudest day Of my
lie"
My sermon tonight will not be con-
trayertial, but / trust informing in It's
nature. My chief purpose In preaching
1t being, that Baptists and Disciples
may become bette acquainted WITH
each other, and both be made to feel
and e that we are in reality one
people now, whatever may have been
the differences that separated us IN
the past, such differences no longer
exist
There is an old fable Of a high stone
wall You may have read. that stood
between two city gardens. Becoming
feeble from old age. n day a portion
Of the wall fell down. and great anil
surprising results followed: First.
the sun was able to pour more light
md warmth into the garden, and the
air to circulate more freely, and soon
the flowers began to look much more
beautiful; then the perfume was
borne across the breech from one gar
den to the other, enabling each to
share the others fragrance, and the
Iowers were heard to say: "wlat a
pity that piece Of wall had not fallen
down before" Then the shrubs be.
gan to look across the opening at one
another and got into friendly conyersa.
ton and they were heard to say:
Wasn't it q good thing that that piece
81 old wall fell down; and isn't It a
pity 1t stood SO nigh, SO long?n Thea
both the flowers and shrubs Of each
Garden discovered that members of
their own families had been living on
me other side for years. really near
tceaea other though they had no cons
nGntcation owing TO the wall between
And fnaily % many benefits were
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

MEMS TROUSERS. UNHEARD OF VALUES! DON'T
MISS 1T!
300 pair Of Mems wool worsted trousers. Your cloth
ing dealers price, SIPS. Mfg. Outlet Sale price -$1.40
Your choice sterling quality wool WoTSted trousers.
Your clothing dealers price, $3.50. Mfg. Outlet Sale
Black, blue and fancy wool worSted trousers-Great!
said the clothing dealer, and his price is $3.50. Mfg.
'None Better Made you will say to this assortment of
price $500. Mfg. Outlet Sale price -----S3.6
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

s. $4,000 STOCK OF 0%VERCoATS! RAfNcOATS!
GALORE! IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Mems and Youths all wool TopCoats that look. wear and
are "Great." Your clothing dealers price, $500.
Mtg % outlet T Sale ep price 4 = - scia..;, ~. $ !!
clothing Dealers price, $3.50. Mfg. Outlet Sale
price $8I5
Cravenette RainCoats-guaranteed by their famous
maker. Can we sell you any more? Your CLOTHING deal
er's price, $1,000. Mfg. Outlet Sale price
The Cream of Topcoat Creation-aI 0olors patterns and
cloths. Your clothing dealers price, $3.50. MA.
Outlet Sale price SlI4O@
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

SITloN OF THE MANUFACTURERS and the unheard Of opportunity Of the pub
lie to purchase this splendid array Of Mems Clothing at prices unheard Of TIL
West Virginia.
The names of these Manufacturers are positively forbidden us to Advertise
but their apparel W~hlreadly remind you of their GUARANTEED EXCELLENCE.8
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

them many of the choicest christian
spirits I have ever met yet l am still
a Disciple unless you convince me |
am both a Baptist and a Disciple.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04

loontlnuedI e 20 Tour.l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-04
III Know What This Means? By Buying From Us

you STEP OVeT Tie uIeSnOT1 OF OUT Store You are m contact win the WanQ-
you paid your department store or your Clothing Dealer $l8.00s here
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
Biz freight Eaaln.s For Southern Pacific

The Baldwin Locomotive Works have
Just turned out for use on the Southern
Pacific railroad II pair of giant freight
locomotives that for size and strength
eclipse any railroad engines ever built
by any company for any railroad.
Each weighs. including its tender, 600
900 pounds. or 800 tons, and is tabulated
to do the work of three locomotives of
the ordinary consolidation type used ON
the big trunk lines. The power is said
to be equal to that Of amy two Of the
largest consolidation engines used on
the Pennsylvania lines, and each is
capable of hauling 90, 600 tons OH Il dead
level. In respects other than size and
power these engines are said to show
distinct features of advancement i'll
locomotive construction.
These locomotives weigh 430, 600
pounds and are Of the Mailer type; that
is they are viotuany i'll two parts,
coupled together. This gives the play
necessary i'll rounding curves. The
boiler is affixed to the c section only.
In this they are not II new departure.
1t is in size, power and economic
features that they are said to he notably
distinct.
One of the new economic features is
said to, be u deEicg for heating the
other is for the experimenting of steam
after it is exhausted from one cylinder
and before it enters the other. The ~
inch cylinders are the largest ever used
on Il locomotive of any type.
1t is said that the largest locomotives
heretofore ever built were turned ont
by the American Locomotive Works
for the Erie railroad, and weighed, in
Guiding tender, 270 tons. These each
weigh 300 tons
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
Apropos OF "Thc Devil"

Now that those two Devils" are CX
i'ibiting themselves at the Lyric and
Garden thcaters, weak jokes and plays
on words regarding his Satanic ma
jesty are all tho rage. says the New
York Times.
Tn going to the devil tonight
n remarks. listening hopefully for
the ensuing cachinnation-or else 80.
and-So has gone to the Devil" etc,
through delightfully."- bewildering varia.
tions.
And then, OF course. there Is this
gem: When some n tells you heat.
eddy go to the devil" you ~suaveIy
inquiries: (Which Devil pIease?"
All this recalls something that hap.
pened in Boston n few years ago,
which. though somewhat similar to
these Devil jokes. was distinctly
funny. There was Il dog show at
the time. Whoever ran the press
agent end of the thing conceived n
brilliant idea. Instead OF having urdi.
nary signs hung on the street cars go.
ing to the show. he caused to be
placed on each one a placard an.
%nouncing In big black letters:
This car goes to the Dogs"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
Just Think of II,

Gen. Matos. who led the last unsuc.
ccssful revolution against President
Castro OF Venezuela, Is n great dandy.
Even when In the field with his army
1t Is said that he invariably wear
white gloves.
Once, previous TO starting his revo.
luton, he was arrested on suspicion
by Castro and lodged I'm the Caracas
jail. AT a gathering In the city d
number OF tendcr.hearted ladies were
deploring the hardships which Matos
accustomed to refinement and luxury
rruct "nd~.'h'~iir - --a".i"s.
Think Of IL" remarked one. al
have been told that they make him
sleep On a hard wooden benefit"
And they say" put In another, that
he Is made to wear handcuns!"
and chains around his ankles!'
walled a third.
and. listen whispered another. g.
have been told that he has to-ea
with his ingcrs!"
There was n Mortified pause.
Think of all the gloves he mus
spoil" remarked an irrcycrcnt anti
Matos Individual.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
Woman in Finland,

In Finland the meetings of suf
fragettes are unknown, for already
ONE are students in the university.
clerks in the banks. In the post offices
and In business houses. and they not
only have their vote but can be elect
ed members OF the diet. Yet. accord
ing to Paul Waineman In her Sum.
mer Tour in Finland" they are moi
In the least overbearing. but are for
the greater part exceedingly modest
and womanlike."
AS she landed one of the recently
elected members Of he diet was point.
ed out to her: she was well dressed
and young looking, with keen, deep.sei
eyes and a pleasant smile, and In no
way resembled the grotesque carIca.
lures OF the women members of the
Finnish diet in some English jour.
nails"
Even the paths Of Hclsingfors are
scrupulously brushed every morning
by n regiment of barefooted women.
and In this work they are employed
all over the grand duchy; in fact, n
mere man may well pause and wonder
for what purpose he was created in
Finland.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
The Passing Of the Desert

Have you heard the new school bell
boom through the desert atmosphere,
tolling of the study hours of our pu-
pilsg Have you heard the whistle Of
our local industries marking off the
work hours of each day. and in list
ening have You stopped to think that
these sounds are cmblematic of grow
ing industries, and that where they
mark off the hours of day for a con
stantly growing population. not SO
long ago the predatory Piute rOamcd
mt will with his cayusc. and that in
his roaming he covered Il territory
that WAS considered fit only for his
kind?
HEAVIER have mercy upon the man
who, as ne listens to the booming Of
the school bells or the shrieking Of the
whistles rs they echo across the desert,
cannot find solacc for disappointed
hopes. Such IL man is devoid Of scnti.
mcnt and will never know Just how
much of real life he has missed. for he
carries in his soul II big. black, dirty
page, that should be written in fine
purple and gold There will oon lie
little left Of the glorious nature age in
this part of the Nevada desert. and the
man who sees no significance in the
sounds of advancing civilization. us
they mark off the new epoch of in
dustrial development is deprived of the
only part Of life worth while.-Fnllon
Standard.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
The Real

William Clyde Fitch. who doesn't
h'e his first name, has about rs little
of The traditional constituencies to fail.
u"9 as II Is possible for n generally
sue &C ssful drhmatist to get along with
Ec talks The Straight Road" with
ri! the enthusiasm that he brings TO q
reNiniscence Of Beau Brummell,"
and he has no objection to telling you
~ mirth that has been made nj his
" ~>pense.
! always Rad faith I'm my historical
ni0y. Nathan Hale, which Won NAV
remember, We put on c~-t~c ~. o,....
isl war;" ho said. recently. II believe
IN hat play. but nobody else seems nj
together to agree with mo.
Il recall with not n little pain how !
sat In the almost empty theater during
one OF It's productions.
Beside me Mt the time was onc OF
the best.known. ablcst and also frank
est dramatic critics in New York. and
to him ] was trying to ease my mind
81 think | said. that we have pot
this play on at the wrong time. No
body wants to go to the theatcr r.
war time
MY friend looked at me and sloak
his head. sagcly.
mo. Fitch. he answered. tn,
trouble Is not the war, but the piece
Saturday Evening Post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
The Telephone Girl Doesn't Tell All

The telephone girl sits still III her
chair, and listens to voices from every
where; she hears all the gossip, she
hears all the news, she knows who is
happy and who has the blues; she
knows all our SORROWS, she knows all
orr joys, she knows every girl who is
chasing the boys; she knows of our
troubles, she knows of our strife, she
knows every man who talks mean to
his '2ife; she knows every time we are
out with the boys she hears the
excuses each fellow employs; she knows
every man who has Il dark past, she
knows every nan who's inclined to be
~''fast;' in fact there's Il ecrct meath
ZACH saucy curl of that quiet, demure
looking telephone girl. If the telephone
girl would tell all she knows it would
turn half our friends into b~.tterest foes;
she would SOW Il small wind that would
soon he Il gale. cngulf us in trouble and
land us in Jail; she could let go a story
(which gaining in force) would cause
our wives to sue for divorce: she could
get all the churches mixed up in a
fight, and turn all our days into SORROW
ing nights; in fact she could keep the
whole town i'll Il stew if she'd tell the
tnnth r.""s IS IL" th;nsr that sl,c hur ~.
Oh, brother, doesn't it make your head
whirl when you think what you W To
the telephone girl?-Exchange
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
Death 10 The House fly

The spring campaign against the
housely has commenced in the District
of Columbia by Health Officer Wool
ward and the health officers of Other
cities are expected to follow suit. If III
ounce of prevention be worth n pounC
of cure, Il fine opportunity is offered
every one, more particularly house
wives, to save human lives during tie
summer months. To be effective the
work must begin ut once. Professor
Geo. f. Boyer pays his respects 10 til,
pestifcrous fly as follows:
THE house fly, the dirty fly. til,
typhoid and cholera infantum fly, will
soon swarm in thousands of millions I'M
less ]prccaution he taken. The house fly
which we were taught in orr childhood
to treat with kindness. has been eX.
posed. It's habits are filthy. 1t breeds
in stables and garbage pals and carries
1.-THE filth it rcvcls in tracks it across the
sugar, the butter and the bcefsteak.
1t paddles its horrid feet, gummeG
with the vilest rotting matter, in baby's
| milk.
ut probably disseminates every dis
ease. 1t must he cXterminated. II
can he driven out of every city. II
an age of knowledge, screens ant
cheap disinfectants. there is no excuse
for flies in any household. Clean NJ
your premises and report the health de
partment your neighbor who does not
Get rid of the breeding places and you
will get rid of the flies"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
Business Locals.

Furnished rooms, coy and comforta-
BILE, to rent. Inquire of Mrs. Kennedy.
Fresh Oysters and Spring Chickens
at the Palace Restaurant. Regular
Sunday Dinner p cents. On "
Company.
Save those natural teeth, thereby re-
tain your facial expression. DIR. Gill;
land "the dentist" Office the Drug
Store. Elko
Irwin Mcdowell will return about the
first of May and will be prepared to
repair and tune, in first class order, all
musical Instruments.
\ tobacco sack, containing gold and
silver, was picked up on the street.
Tuesday. The owner can have the
same by calling ut A. l.. Mauk's shoe
store and describing just what the sack
contained and paying for advertising. Z
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
Setting olher People Right

Occasionally you may set u person
right, but he sure you know the person
and don't get Il reputation for that sort
of thing. People like to be right, and
get right, but not set right, ut least in
a too direct way. OF course we are con-
ccrncd here with polite society. You
arc expected to set people right in poll
tics, business and other impolite circles,
and set hard. The way some c~ontrac-
tors talk TO their employees who dig
sewers for them is, to say the least, i'm
polite, and the compliments passed and
repaSsed between irate rulers and the
houses of representatives far from pretty
but in these spheres it is considered not
bad form to set folks right. Not SO in
the charmed circle Of polite society.
Here II correction must he SO inferential
that it will not hit for several days,
and then feel like II cotton bat. Never
by any means correct Il pronunciation,
for you will likely never make peace
with the outraged party. Nothing less
intricate than Il Chinese character may
be disputed. Nobody is annoyed ut that.
We c knew Il truly good minister,
who had a country charge, where the
people were fairly well educated. though
they did not always express themselves
in sentences s%trictlT r-~ and
literary. II rector WAS u Sticklcr for
good language, and had Il way of set.
ting everybody right while in CONVEX,
sation. As his people thought he ought
to set them right in other lines exclu.
sively, his stay among them WAS brief.
Newark News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30
They Simply Wouldn't Fiuht.

He was Il poet: also he was very,
very intoxicated.
Entering the restaurant. he looked
abCu; him with q mulGYolcnt eye. But
nobody seemed deslrlous to- quarrel
with him, so he sat down. deeply dis.
appointed. The waiter approached
The poet regarded him with Il hostile
scowl. But all the waiter desired was
to know what the poet wanted. So
the muse w%orshiper gave his order and
shook his head sadly.
Rrt tho spirit Of bclligorcncy was
strong within him. Again he glanced
about. At last he fastened his eye
on a young man sitting Mt n near by Ia
bic. Here, indeed. thought that poet.
Is II chance for n quarrel. So. still fix.
Ing the young ma with n balcful
glare. he grOwlCd:
You don't lOvo ItossettI when o
arc drunk!"
The young man absolutely ignored
the remark. Completely crushed. the
poet gave up the struggle. consumed
his drink, and departed.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-04-30

The newspaper is the great national
book. 1t penetrates into the heart of
nearly exery family and silently does
it's work. 1t u drop the am d in
to the minds of thousands Of people Mt
the same time. There are many people
who read nothing else: almost no one
reads that does not read the newspaper
and hence, as an advertising medium,
it is by far the cheapest and best; IL
every business man who wishes to
prosper and become n power in the land
will have to keep the word advertise
constantly before him; take advantage
of it on every hand; don't let an oppor-
tunity pass to make your name ana
business favorably known. Every adj
vertisement inserted attracts the eye of
the outside world, and nothing else
tends more towards the growth of a
city.
Times are hard, money is scarce
business is dull, retrenchmcnt is duty
please stop my Whiskeyg "Oh,
no, times are not hard enough for that.
But there is something else that COST
mo IL large amount every year, which
wish to save. Please stop my" Rib
bons, iewclry, ornaments and trinketsI
mo, no, not those, but l must %retrencl
s9mewhsrTsa Pleas, stop P,I mSG at TIh2,bb6afol
believe l can see n way to effect quite t;
saving in another direction. Pleas,
stop my Tea, coffee, and unhealth,
luxuriesI mo, no. not these. l must
think-"Exchange