Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

other effects may be In the closing
meeting Of the great evangelist In Des
Moines there Will be a new life ahead
of many men in changing from their
habits to better living. AS a rule. says
Mr. Rawson, the men who drink take
the money which should be spent for
comforts of the family and spend It
for liquor. These men are now putting
their money In the banks and are
drawing It out for groceries, for cloth
ing, and for the necessities OF their
homes. The result is that many homes
in Des Moines where Christmas has
been spent in want will this year have
joyous time and the familiar door OF
booze will be replaced by odors OF the
pine The dim light will be supplantsd
by a cluster Of bright and brilliant
globes and there viii be cheer and
happiness.
This phase Of the Sunday meetings
has appealed to me because have
seen the reformations in a number OF
cases." said Mr.. Rawson. II have also
known of cases where they have not
remained steadfast, but in all such
cases the men are back on their feet
declaring that they intend to try again.
ouSAACco ulSt1 Az DCS SsASAASo WY o.
orally see the changes. Employers are
encouraging their men to attend the
Sunday meetings because they know
save their wages for the necessities OF
life ana who aAd something every
month to their bsnk Aecount ~ o1
mere value to them thsD the men who
drink W their sarnin0o.
~ thA nut
come on prohibitioQ Tor the city or
state. Mr.. Rawson q farmly Of the
opinion that the results from the Sum
day meetings in TsclAiming men TO
good citizenship 10 worth more to Dies
Moinss than what has already been
spent on expenses and what was
contributed to Mr.. Sunday in the free
offering on his closing day.
MAKING GOOD.
[Iowa City Citlzen-1
An Iowa graduate who 10 making
good amid what would seem to many
to be unpromising surroundings but
which to him mean opportunity. y
Lawrence C. Jones, Of Rraxton. Miss.
one of the few men OF the negro race
who have won their diplomas at Iowa
university. Mr.. Jones married Bur-
illSlOi SAl anu eS6SeAAOA S"SS VO"'-'
several years ago, into the pinsy woods
of Mississippi and with very limited
amount Of money established school
for negro children. Today. according
to an article printed recently in the
jackson (Miss) Daily News. they have
APT acres of land, eighty five boarding
pupils and $50 day pupils. At cost
OF IS per month student can get his
board and tuition by working part Of
the time, and If willing to work all
day they can study at night as there
is a good night school. The News
makes this comment.
"One seeing the parade Wednesday
could not fail to be impressed by the
four mule team with its load Of must
clans "a brass band) and Its long line
Of piney woods negro boys and girls
who had come to town to help swell
the colored fair day parade And the
banner, which bore the legend. "Pinsy
Woods Country Life School," intarast-
ed all who read it, because those who
think and really care for the progress
of the coiored race know that It Is
right in the country where the majority
live that the fight for better things
must be made. And 1t required but .
brief talk with those from this school
to realize that there the priblem IL be-
ing solved, and solved admirably, by
a man and woman who have brought
back from the west their learning.
their ideals and their faith in their
peoples future, and are devoting all to
their uplift."
In their school Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
give literary course to the twelfth
grade, the bible, music, piano. violin.
brass band. Also the following trades:
Carpentry. blacksmithing. broom max
ing, shoe mending, scientific farming.
dairying, sewing, cooking, nurse train
ing, printing, housekeeping, launder-
ing.
With all the prosperity that has come
to them they still live in their cabin
home, giving an actual demonstration
OF that simple life which must be lived
by most Of their students.
who says there Is no longer oppof-
tunity in the world. when q negro boy.
fired with an ambition to be useful to
his generation. can plunge into the
piney woods Of Mississippi and build
such an Institution in . few years1
THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS.
III. n. Jenkins. d. D., In Sioux City
Journal1
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