The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1916-03-09
CULPFPPER TALKS
ON DEBT PAYING
From Wednesdays Daily


what they might expect tonight in mis-
sermon on "Civic Righteousness.
He urged the business men to lock
their doors from the outside and not
from the inside. He declared that
the most cowardly thing in the world
is sin and SHINING Il am going TO
salt and pepper you down for king
dom come tonight" he said. Il am
going to talk on common thievery to-
night" -and he did.
He took for his text Render unto
Caesar the things that are Caesar 5
and unto God the things that are
Gods. How much do you owe and
when are you going to pay? Just
common honesty"
The preacher began his discourse
by saying that we Americans are
nation of debtors. When can we
pay? All are in debt. A business
man is measured by his ability to
borrow money.
Rev Culpepper SAID we are all debt
makers and debt payers. He jumped
with both feet on TIE man who will
die and leave his family unprotected
with life insurance or will leave
bundle of debts for his wife to pay.
He declared that a man who would
not pay or try to pay or was careless
about his debts was not desirable
citizen and should be so considered.
He said that no bankrupt act or
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ed a moral obligation; that while a
man might be free from his debts
from a legal standpoint. he had not
SCARED himself and should pay them
with 100 cents on a dollar.
Rev Culpepper made this state
ment: Il do not believe man can
ever get to heaven who is careless
about his debts" Then he severely
criticised the man who would dodge
his drygoodsman, groceryman, butch
er, druggist, doctor or banker whom
he justly owed and buy a car, go to
the soda fountain or picture show.
He said he had no fight on the picture
show or the automobile, but declared
that it was a crime to indulge in such
pleasures when you had to do them
on a credit or when you owed for the
necessary things Of life. He declared
such a man was nothing but COM
thief. 81 think we should pay as we
go. If we haven't the money to pay
the cash, don't buy. is my doctrine
He declared that he actually knew
people who owed for the beefsteak
they chewed and for the false teeth
they chewed it with.
The preacher seemed to be at him
self last night. He seemed freer than
usual. He said that he was preach
I ing the first sermon here that he real
ly felt like preaching. He said he
was preaching just like he would if
he were "in Little Rock or in hell
and up against the real thing"
The the preacher launched into a
most ardent and caustic rebuke for
the people who persistently patroniz-
ize foreign mail order houses with
cash and then ask credit of their To-
cal merchant. He appealed to his
audience to buy in Conway and help
the big strong men who pay their
taxes here and do more than any one
else to hold our town together and
keep it in the front ranks of progress.
"Spend your money where you make
it." Use a Conway merchant, doctor,
dentist, banker. preacher. Conway
should be town of 5000 people, and
would be if Little Rock, Memphis and
other cities did not drain it's money
away"
The man the preacher was after
last night was the man who is dis
honest in his heart. Politics is the
first debt maker. He declared that
when you see a man pay more to win
an office than the salary he will re-
ceive in the oi-,ce, there is something
wrong somewhere. He declared that
right here in Conway dishonest
election is quite the usual thing. He
spoke of men having mortgaged their
homes and their character for office.
He declared that he loved a states
man but hated a politician. He does
not deal in ancient history, but is
concerned with the "sweet now and
now Then he appealed to his audi
ence to help mold public sentiment to
back up our officers and leaders.
The preacher paid his respects to
extravaganza as a debt maker. He
told of the activity of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charge-It, ana all the little
Charge-Its." He declared that the
telephone was responsible for the
charge-it habit, largely. Then he
paid high tribute to the sacrificial
life that our doctors lead. He paid
mis- respects also to the man who
would let doctors bill run on while
he rode around in car and kicked
the dust in the doctors face as he
passed He declared that we would
never have revival in Conway until