The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-05
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~ESTLED away In the hills 81
I'M North Central Missouri u a city
IA ~ striking magnihoencc. A city
uhosc lines Of effort run toward
the culture of youth. Not only that but
Il Is IN the midst ~ a fnc arricultura.
country and an In an u is mosi de-
lghiful city of homes I refer 20 Co.
mmhia. thc University city o. that stale,
where her State University and Arrisul
tural school are both incaici. 1 never
knew until a few weeks ago what rcla.
tiouship this fair daughter of Missouri
held toward Columbus. when 10 vas my
pleasure 90 deliver some lectures In that
place Nv hrt visit there was under
the auspices of somc business and pro.
fessional men of Columbia who went
down into their own pockets 10 give
their city message The aifdome
owned BY The usual sample Of Romanist
psoinrt was rented FOR The occasion and
$500 vas the sum pzid FOR and re-.
Ceipicd thereto for the uso Of the build.
ing one night But the owner learned
the nature Of the lecture and Ne there.
upon refused the use Of the building.
The mayur 81 the town had likewise en-.
dea,orcd 20 stop the lecture being given in
the city and when night came on the only
available place 20 hold the lecture was
IN the court house yard. A draw was
PLACED NJ the disposal Of the speaker
and the yard filed with chairs In spite
Of a drizEling rain that began 20 fall
early In the evening and continued until
after the lecture and al through tho
lecture = crowd of eighteen hundred peo.
pie gathered 10 hear the lecture which was
entitled, Making America Catholic. {"
The writer was urged 10 return for other
textures and on the nineteenth and tvon.
ticth Of August he was back. The frs,
lecture was given in the opera hou-e
and the evening was exceedingly bot. On
that account arrangements were made
70 make use OF the chautauqua tent which
was being erected preparatory 10 their
chautauqua 20 begin on the tweniy.irst.
Announcements were made 20 that effect
and bills printed and scattered about
mentioning the subjects Of the two lee.
lures 20 be given on the afternoon aud
evening Of the twentieth. But Colum.
bia Is 20 welded 70 Columbus and their
children are Of such peculiar quality
that Columbus got busy and put a stop
10 the lectures. A Mrs. Martin, whose
husband was Judge AZ one time and
she a devout Romanist, was used a. the
go-hetween and like true Isabella she
was game Columbia il also the home
Of =. W. stephens. vell.known through.
out the state and a leading Baptist OF
Columbia, a pillar in the church, a dea.
con and curator Of the Women = College
OF the Baptist church located there. lie
was appealed 10 10 stop the lectures.
The tent being on the college grounds
and rented from the twenty first 20 the
twenty eighth he decided that nothing
could 20 on therein until the twenty. first
and another deacon was on hand 20 nut
a stop 70 the lectures II I should begin
them. Conductor Hill Of the Wabash
a splendid specimen Of American man.
hood, liked and loved by the people OF
that community because Of his afrable
and congenial ways, and who has re.
ceived many gifts from them on account
Of his courtesy was accosted by this
Mrs. Martin ON the train enroute 20
Centralia, in such heated passion that
all the passengers were made aware Of
what was going on. She had CLEANED
her knowledge from others aud claimed
she was on the way 60 St. Louis 20 see
the general superintendent to have Con.
ductor Hill dismissed because he had al
lowed bills TO be posted in his train an
nouncing my lectures. This was far
from being so for no bills had been
placed there or hung mp anywhere in any
OF the cars. He tried 10 reason with her
but no reason would do. He was guilty
and must now abide the consequence
But when he informed her that she
would pay dearly for every hour he lost
on account Of her visit she decided dif
ferent and sought to apologize. for.
got to say that though she claimed she
Was enroute TO 81. Louis her ticket read
81. Charles. But that never matters