The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-03
NORTH SIDE NEWS.
Rev. Meeker Touches on Politics
in Sermon.
No Confidence in Mayor Not
Representing IDEALS"
DESTROY GOVERNMENT
Name of Mayor Argument
Against Prohibition.
Mems Supper at Baptist Church
Next Monday.
DESTROY GOVERNMENT


state where the fight is on for a dry
state, confidence in him will be shaken.
And where confidence in the presi-
dent of the United States governor of
the state or mayor of city is shaken,
good government will be destroyed,
just as panic will ensue when faith
and confidence in business men is
shaken"
These statements were made by Rev.
| w. {. Meeker, pastor of the Second
Christian church in his sermon Sun
day morning. The preacher, also said
that lust as home would be turned
| from a heaven to hell when the faith
! between husband and wife was de-
stroyed, so a city would be turned from
a good place to a bad place if the faith
between the mayor and citizens was
| lost.
Taking as his text. Goodness is
| profitable, unto the life that now is"
from Timothy LA, Rev. Meeker
| brought out the idea that the life
that now Isl was the business life and
| that religion was profitable in both
business and politics. He dwelt on the
fact that faith is essential for all in
duStries and business. He closed with
q plea that voters support for mayor
a man in whom the people would have
faith, because he represented the ideals
of Topeka and Kansas. His sermon in
part follows:
Life is all faith. The farmer has
faith that the soil and elements will
give him crops with the aid of his
work The business man has conf
dence in the banks or he would not de-
post his money there.
IA home is founded on confidence
and faith We must have confidence
in the president of the United States,
the governor of the state. the mayor
of our city. otherwise good govern
ment will be destroyed, Just as panic
will ensue when confidence in banks
and business is shaken
| IF a mayor does not represent the
| ideals of a city or state he is not
| mayor in whom the people will have
/ confidence. And when mayors name
is used as an argument against pro-
hibition in Missouri as in the last con-
test between the liquor and prohibition
element in that state, or in any other
| state where there is a fight between
the wet and dry crowd, how can the
people of the capital city of state
that stands for prohibition have con-
st urge you to vote for a man who
stands for our ideals. the ideals Of
Kansas"
Il A mems supper for men and by men
will be held at North Side Baptist
church at 7:30 o'clock next Monday
night. Rev. w. 1. Cote will prepare
the feast. Each man is expected TO
treat. The feast Of reason will in
clude a discussion on THE Church
from the Mems View Point 1t has
been proposed that the men discuss
the questions: How to Keep Awake
in Church in August?" or Are Sunday
Headaches Natural or Artificial?" Ser
iousIy the men will get down to brass
tacks" and tell Brother Cole Why they
think they should or should not ans
do or do not attend church as welt
hold brotherly communion about other
things. The gathering will be open to
! all men regardless of denomination;
1--WE would like to have at least 100
men attend" said Rev. Mr.. Cole this
noon. About a month ago about so
men attended a meeting like the one
we propose but next Tuesday We hope
it will be on a larger scale. The men
are expected to come in their working
clothes and have an informal good
time. I will be chief chef. 1 ma an
| expert waff1eist, can bake the wafiies
| that melt in the mouth and am a good
| coffee-maker. Seriously, 1 would like
to get in touch with the men and am
taking this method to do So"
A hen it sat upon the nest,
Cickle, cackle, cadoo.
Cickle, cackle, cadoo.-Nursery rhyme.
Another giant egg producer has ap-
peared in Kansas since hen In TINS
state recently laid an eight ounce egg.
This time a hen on the Thomas Neis-
wender place, near Silver Lake, laid
four ounce single yelk egg. 1t is
! eight inches from tip to tip and q
inches in circumference.
The hen is a Plymouth Rock and
was raised by the henless or incubator
method. 1t is not spring chicken
but a last spring chicken, having been
Matched about a year ago. 1t has been
an average layer and its eggs have not
been over the usual size. So Saturday
| the NeiswenderS were surprised to find
the large egg in the nest with others.
The Neiswenders are not certain as to
the hen which laid the egg, but know
it wa some Of the incubator Plymouth
Rocks. However, it is possible that a
Topeka policeman or a Pinkerton de-
tective may be put upon the watch to
discover the identity of the talented
chicken.