The Green Forest tribune., 1913-11-14
Rev. Neal . Booster.


 The Tribune booster editor has found Q real live wide-a-wake booster in the person of Rev. Neal, the evangelist of Trenton, Tenn, who is holding a revival at the Methodist church this week.
 It has been a part of our business for the past several years to observe the work of others end it IS our humble opinion that the man, regardless of his calling, that accompEshes things is nothing more or less than a booster. The present day definition of booster is a man that can accomplish things that the other fellow says is impossible He i5 a man that can make his fellow man appreciate himself and recognize his own true worth to the community.
 We have carefully surveyed the work of Rev Neal and we believe him to be entitled to be styled as a booster in every sense of the word. He came to Green Forest unknown, our people having never heard of him before. In rather unique bill he announced a series of meetings at the Meth odist church. Our people were slow to attend, but after Rev. Neal had de- Eyered three of his sermons the house had but few vacant seats left, and on last Sunday night there would have hardly been comfortable room for even one more.
 As we view it, from our standpoint, his sermons has the boosting spirit to them. Rev. Neal is booster for the cause of Christianity. He is booster for the spiritual uplift of the com manity He IS a booster for everything that is good. He is booster for the town in which he lives and the town in which he is temporarily so journing.
 He found a deficit on the church books of S10925 due Rev. Crump on salary. In less than fifteen minutes last Sunday he boosted this account out of existence, the money being raised and telegraphed to Rev. Crump at Paris, Tenn, that evening. This was accomplished as the direct result of the personal boosting of this earnest and jealous evangelist. And when we think of the importance of this particu- lar boost we can even better than ever appreciate the work of this man.
 The amount of detrimental free ad- vertising that would have resulted to Green Forest at the annual conference this week at Eureka Springs by the report that Green Forest had not paid its preacher would have been a black eye that would have colored the good name of our citizenship for years to come with the result that every Methodist preacher in the conference would have turned his back when offered the pastorate of the church here. The thanks of our citizens are due this live wire booster for saving the good name of our citizenship relative to church duty.
 Rev. Neal is not only a booster for the church but he is a booster for everything else that appeals to his good judgement. The Tribune felt honored when he asked to be allowed to make a liberal subscribtion for extra copies of The Tribune Booster number. He thinks we have good country, and booster like, he wants to let his friends back in Tennessee to know aboutit.
 The results of Key. Neal's coming to Green Forest cannot be measured by the application of any rule laid down by man. Eternity alone can determine that; but the great sermons he has de- livered have unquestionably been seed sown upon good ground, a harvest from which may come many days hence.