The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
Farmers Day.

Farmers Day.
Saturday was designated in thepro-
gram of the Chautauqua as being
Farmers Day." and quite large
number of them attended. The ex-
ercises of the day began at 10 a. M,
with booster s. s. Rally, and as
there was comparatively small audi,
fence present, the booster" evidence
was not in numbers, but in the spirit
of encouragement and hope that per-
meated the addresses. Rev. r. E.
Deadman in his remarks emphasized
the fact that growth in large num-
bers was not only necessary, but that
our effort should be toward efficien-
cy. We have good superintendent
and many of our Sunday schools are
now graded and being possessed with
the proper tools, We need more pow
er that is now unused and a more
complete devotional spirit in our
work President D. M. Edwards of
Penn college delivered very optimis-
tic talk on the county slogan, 10000
: in 1912-We'll Do Our Part" Ma
haska county has a population of
practically $4,000 and he stated that
we ought not only to secure Sunday
school enrolment of 10000 in 1912,
but go on and make it $4,000 or 10000
in 1918 We need first, education,
and that we are getting; then we
want agitation, and that we are also
doing, and then comes concentration
unified effort on the part Of all to
secure the best possible results.
The Chautauqua Ladies' Orchestra
made their first appearance, in an all
too short prelude. There are seven
of these gifted young ladies, with al
so a reader and they made hit with
the audience, right from the start.
The orchestra played three popular
selections and Miss Elsie May Kirker
gave a fine recital and was promptly
encored. It was a case of where a
taste is not satisfying but instantly
demands more. For the balance of
the morning session, DIR. G. S. Med
bury of Des Moines delivered his last
lecture on the Problem Fundament-
al" After a rapid outline of his sub
ject, DR.. Medbury touched upon The
Race Problem" as one of the points
in the proper development of man.
hood that he was trying to prove.
The first point that the Doctor took
exception to in the recent address of
ex-Gov. Vardaman was that the negro
was not stunted in his intellectual
powers and to substantiate this fact,
stated that at the present time negros
are at the head and are in control of
over As banks in the South, and they
have entered practically every avenue
of progress and labor and in the for
ty-five years since the war have &C
cumulated over six hundred millions
of wealth.
The second point that DR.. Medbury
enforced, in opposition to statement
that the negro has no sense of sin,
was that the negro did have sense
of sin, as soon as that sense of guilt
was awakened by the light of the Cos
pei of Christ, and there were hun
dreds of thousands of negros in this
country and in Africa who are in
their daily living absolute proofs of
this fact. If these people are human,
as we cannot but believe they are,
then they come under the great COM
mission of Christ to His followers, to
preach the Gospel to every creature.
Regarding the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the negro, Dr. Medbury said that the
ballot should not only be taken away
from the ignorant and vicious black
man, but should also be taken away
from the ignorant and vicious white
man as we'll. 1t was past the noon
hour when DR.. Medbury closed, but
all we're thrilled with his address and
he was frequently interrupted by ap-
plause.
Sunday Evening Services.
On Sunday there we're no services
on the chautauqua grounds until eve
ming and at 645 The Young Peoples
Union, held a union service at the
auditorium. This service was held
for an hour prior to the Sacred Con-
cert by the Chautauqua Ladies' Or
chestra. Miss Cora Mattison, the
president of the Young People Union,
presided. The singing was led by Mr..
c. L. Farmhouse with his cornet and
Miss Jennie Fry with the piano. The
Scripture lesson was read by Miss
Mary Kissick and she afterward made
some general remarks on the subject
considered. The service was of a
Missionary character and Mr. Willard
Fair gave an effective talk on the
work of Missions in South America.
An unusually fine contralto solo That
Sweet Story of Old" was rendered by
Miss Letha Peckham and afterwards
a reading was given by Miss Mabel
Doll. Miss Doll recited That Other
Wise Man" a most sublime production
from the pen Of Henry Van Dyke and
the delivery was all that could have
been desired. and yet the sacred
force, beauty and pathos of this Sc
lection, was practically lost on the
audience, by the continuous arrival of
those who wished to attend the after
concert. This in itself was bad
enough but the continual talking and
visiting nv those who cpDld mt hear