The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-06-24

Nearly one thousand trail hltterS
Thursday in the Billy Sunday meet
ings at Kansas City. put the grand to-
tai of converts in the campaign to
1905.
Thursday was the fortieth day of
the campaign. On the corresponding
day OF the meetings in Baltimore the
converts numbered 16,803, so Kansas
City has beaten Baltimore PIP trail
hitters to date.
There were 525 converts in Thurs
day nights great meeting for men.
At times the aisles were choked and
glutted with men converts crowding
down to the front. They were bust
ness men, working men, professional
men of all ages; some with gray hair,
many young men. The audience of
fifteen thousand men cheered as
punches of trail hitters broke away
from the sections where their dele
cations sat and came down the long
sawdust lanes.
City Firemen Hit Trail. -.
A delegation of city fremen, led by
Alex Henderson, assistant chief, came
down, and so did a big delegation
from Armour's, led by heads of de-
partments.
Billy Sunday broke a record last
night when he shook the hands Of 300
converts in nine minutes.
The trail-hitting had been going on
nearly all day in some part of the
city. At the McCune farm Miss Alice
NJ. Gamlin talked to the boy inmates
and won 1875 converts. Sundays noon
day sermon at the Willis Wood thea
ter added thirty-one to this list and
the afternoon sermon 159 more. Last
night at the men-onIy meeting 525
men, including $50 from Armour's
and $50 from Swift's packing houses,
were converted.
Among those who sat on the plat
form Thursday night was c. Q. Chand-
Ter, president of the Kansas National
bank of Wichita, Kas., aid he was
there on charitable mission. He had
asked that a special collection he TAX
en- for the orthc7 EJ:c ward of the
Christian church hospital, of which
he is the principal patron.
Banker on Charity Mission.
Four years ago Mr.. Chambers
daughter then IL years old was strick-
en- with infantile paralysis and the
banker was forced to send her to Phil
adelphia for treatment She made
many trips and finally she began to
improve. The idea came to MI
Chandler to establish an institution
that would cure infantile paralysis
nearer home. Being man of action
as well as ideas he gave his check for
$4,000 to the Christian church hospi-
tai for special ward and sent to Phil
adelphia for the physician who cured
his daughter-Dr. Frank Dickson.
Since then he has expended approx
mately $4,000 in opening factory
to keep the ward in the appliances
necessary for cure.
Rodeheaver told this story to the
audience last night and the response
was a donation of $1,106.96 from the
audience.
The sermon Thursday night hinged
on the dying words of King David to
his son, who was to succeed him-an
invitation to be strong, be a man.
Whenever you see a man on a
mountain top you can bet your life he
didn't light there, he climbed" Sun
day declared. You will get out OF
life what you look for, nothing else
A spider gets its poison from the same
flower in which a bee finds honey. The
vulture tapping its way over the yer
dant meadows sees rich field for car
rion. A hooking bird would not be
able to sing a note if it looked out OF
the eyes of screech owl. Some poll
ticians see no good in life beyond what