The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1911-03-18

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be with his brother in that city.
Mrs. Hawkins, of the Church of
God, says that we put her name in
the paper last week, and that it is
a criminal act to do so. We are
sorry That we have been guilty Of
criminality to this extent What
Mrs. hawkins objects to is the
article laying that she believed in
the bible in its entirety, including
the acts of the Apostles, which is
the version of King James etc, as
viewed by the critics of today.
We are sorry that we said that she
did, as it is not our intention at
any time to say anything which is
in the least misleading. Our OBJ
ject is 20 give the Decatur News
to the Decatur people and to the
country with such comment as the
Decatl" correspondent NAV see fit.
Mrs Mary Hurley read the
letters Of our late deceased bishop
last Sunday night, at St. Philips A.
M. g. Church. She read in loud,
clear voice, one which could be
heard IN all parts of the room,
penetrating as it did every nook
and crevice of that spacious audi
torium.
Mr.. D. L. MeGriff is in Mimi,
marie ! to a very pretty young
heiress. Such is the advice re-
ceived here by his friends, who
always keep in touch with the
travelling parson. And they take
this opportunity to wish him we'll
Mr.. Westly Ball is now down in
Mississippi, where he wen t for
the purpose of claiming some
money left him by his father at
his death. Mr.. Ball is expected
back soon.
The Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkins
will hold their meetings at the reg
ular place, Hod Carriere' Hall,
every Sunday until further notice
Preaching at II 100 and Sunday
School at 10 in the morning. To-
morrow afternoon they will bap-
tie all those who are candidates
for suct, and Mr. Emory J. Cain,
of Indianapolis, will also speak to
the Church during the day. Every
body is invited to come and take
an active part in these meetings.
The Decatur correspondent can
say that visitors are treated with
the greatest courtesy by these foot
washing; Baptist people and no
one need have any fear that, be-
cause he does not share this pecu-
liar belief, that he will be treated
with other than the same.
Some time ago, some friends of
Mr.. Edw. Brown, who is Zone of
the boys," asked why Brown s
name never appeared in the Deca-
tur News. They were informed
that Blown never does anything
to have his name put in the paper.
But now comes Brown, and with
one sweep of the hand, brushes
aside al this excuse.
He is Married.
Negotiations have been going
on for some time, say, for six
months. and finally Brown sue
ceeded in persuading Miss Anna
Cleveland, who is very well known
here in local circles, to come. to
his terms. Brown is very care
full Young man, and during that
time, By great perseverance, sue
ceeded n saving up $1.25 and got
the liccrse. The final act was then
committed by the Rev. Mr.. Haw-
kins behind closed doors which
robbed the old bachelors club of
one more victim. Here's hoping
that they may live happily all
through a long, long, life, and that
their troubles may be little
ones"
The Rev. Mr. w. M. S. Nc
Cutcheon of Tenn, is carrying on
the protracted meetings for DR.
Crockeite, which began this week
to extend the remainder of this
week aud next. Mr.. McCutcheon
brings his wife with him and will
not be surprised if the meeting
continues longer than it has been
scheduled, as great success is in
sight. He preached to the CON
gregation on Decatur ON Fire, !"
last Wednesday night, and has
other interesting subjects on hand
for his audiences for the future.
The adde's of Decatur have or
ganized a social club known as
the Marie Leaf Social Club of De-