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Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

tho possibility that Its time is of
the past" and yet the spirit of the
questions cautions US to consider If
possibly the richest treasures for
men and civilization may not be
abiding within the real church, but
hidden largely beneath crustations
of sectarianism, ecclesiasticism,
idolatry, forms and nlisinterpreta-
tons.
Il would enjoy contributing VOL
ume to such newspaper column as
this. (For this column is something
new--signifcantly new---in the daily
secular press.) But | will blue
pencil" my own voluminous thoughts
to save the editor trouble and limit
this contribution to several brief OBJ
servations.
First, the real church, the quest
of the questions of The Bee, the
church which exists deeply within
or far behind all organizations of
men known as religious or church
organizations, the church which has
existence in the nature of things
if such a church does truly exist
is to be identified with the idea of
mans immortality.
IF life continues after death, if
man is immortal, then this real and
ideal church exists. If men are
dead when they die, then no church
which is a church has existence. If.
in the nature of things, man is i'm
mortal, then the personal interests
of every man embrace all things
which are to affect his conditions of
life hereafter.
Such personal interests either ex-
list or do not exist. If they exist,
does provision anywhere exist for
helping men to look after them2 If
such provision exists, then the real
and idealistic church is to be identi-
fled with such provision. Here is
mountain trail in the realm of
reasoning. The church is at the
peak.
Secondly, immortality is neces-
sarily inclusive of our temporal life.
If life continues after death, then
those things here and now which
contribute to veal or woe there and
then bear organic relation to con-
duct and hence to human society
and to civilization. Conduct which
provides for those personal inter-
ests which begin somewhere else
when life insurance is payable here
is the kind of quality of conduct
that contributes best to the good of
the world. There is therefore great
significance in The Bees editorial
comment upon its own questions
that "the religion of the future is
to be a democracy"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

The church is the essence of the
finest citizenship, the soul of the
truest patriotism Of any nation"
writes one man in answer to The
Bees question, What is Church ?"
Numerous answers to that ques-
ton have come into The Bee Office
since the publication of the ques-
ton, "What is a Church." few
OF which are published.
Any reader of The Bee is privi-
legged to send in hi, opinion regard
ing the religion of the present and
the future.
Following are some of the letters
received during the past week:
Travelling Man Writes.
Omaha Bee:
Gentlemen:
"In answer to your article in SUM
days issue headed What is a
church," ! take pleasure in submit
ting what | believe to be complete
answer. .
1T will be found on page 583, of
Science and Health, with Key to
the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy,
discoverer and founder of Christian
Science.
Church. The structure Of Truth
and Love; whatever rests upon and
proceeds from divine Principle.
The church is that institution
which affords proof of its utility and
is found elevating the race, rousing
the dormant understanding from
material beliefs to the apprehension
of spiritual ideas and the demon
stration of divine science, thereby
casting out devils, or error, and
healing the sick.
"A careful study Of the words
used in this definition will, feel
sure, reveal the true meaning OF
church and its functions.
Christian Science has complete
ly encircled the globe and is found
in every country, in every city and
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

Where Is the business man, asks
the farmer, who would invest this
amosat of money in any kind of a
business that would lose him that
much, and repeat the experiment
after having been bitten?
He concludes his presentation of
fact with an ultimatum:
If you want to keep the farmer
in the business of producing food
stuffs," he says, you will have to
figure out some way in which he
can make a profit and be sure of
making his. profit for his hard
work" .
The farmer is tired of taking
chances, he says, on markets that 20
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

a ton and a half of hay at $50 or
$45. Total cost $2o7.
The steer weighed when sold
l,400 pounds, at l9 cents, or $3.50.
The loss to the raiser was $751;.
The raiser had 200 steers. The
loss on the whole OF them was
Who Got Big Six?
The question is, says the writer,
if this stock raiser lost 5000 in
fattening 200 steers, who got the
big six?
The answer is-the six big men
between the raiser and the con-
sumner who each tackled on a profit
that the consumer finally paid
when he handed over IS cents to ~
cents a pound for the farmers 10
cent beef. ...
Now for the Hogs.
The hog proposition is alluring,
says the writer. Once in a while
people read about piggy having
been raised so carefully it took a
blue ribbon somewhere and sold at
auction for $2,500rjust for one pig.
That is all true, but there are mil
lions of people in the United States,
and only one president, and millions
of pigs and but few of the $500
variety.
Now, the raiser that fattened the
above cattle also had 400 hogs, pay
ing for them 10 cents per pound, or
a total cost of $1,000.
In various ways 10 of the hogs
got killed or died the first year,
making a net loss of Sl60 on them.
The 400 then ate and wasted TO-
600 bushels of corn at $l.50 a bushel,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
Product of Circumstances.

ITO the Editor of The Bee:
"In the writer's opinion, church is
the product of circumstances which
grew out of mans desire for some
thing better than he had known,
whereby the few scholars of ancient
times were enabled to take advant-
age of the ignorance of people in
general, mold opinion, monopolize
sentiment, and establish places OF
worship, where people could be ad-
ministered to by their supposed
superiors, wherein leaders found
power, and ministers an easy living,
life of playspell, holiday and for
tune in the practice of fancitul
profession.
There is extensive scope for ar
gument. but the different revisions
of the Bible in the English tongue,
TO soften and brighten its language,
conveying as it does, and was in
tended to do, difference of spirit
shows that advancement of the hu-
man race is turning from instead
of toward the Bible which would
not be if an all-potent ruler had
given the Bible for a guide.
"The accepted Bible Of today
proves the original imperfect which
could not be if it came through
purpose of inspiration from a ST.
preme creator.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
Swindlers Selling
Bogus Allowance
Forms In London

London, Nov. 22.-Confdence men
have a new means of victimizing
credulous persons. Dressed in an
army officers uniform these trick
sters produce papers purporting to
show they are entitled to sell the
paper at reduced figure.
A desire to render service man
some return has led many persons
to the exchange of SIS or 500 for
one of these worthless allowance
forms, according to police reports.
Public warnings have resulted.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
Woman's Quick Action
Saves Farmhand's Life

Plymouth, Ia, Nov. 2l.-Quick ac-
ton on the part of the wife of his
employer, Mrs. NJ. E. Kinney, saved
the life of Robert Frederick on the
Kinney farm, one mile west of here.
While leading a bull about the
farmyard the animal became en-
ragged and started to attack Fred
erick. Mr.. Kinney, victim Of
rheumatism, saw the danger and
called to his wife for help. Mrs.
Kinney responded and, grabbing a
handy pitchfork, quickly put the bull
to flight
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
Crack Rifle Shot Called
To Rid Hotel of Pigeons

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 22.-It
was all we'll enough to tolerate three
peace" pigeons here in the lobby
of the Palace hotel during the visit
of King Albert, but capturing the
pigeons afterward was another mat
ter.
Finally the hotel management,
after giving up hope in getting them
alive, sent for Fred Wrangle, a
sportsman, and asked him to shoot
them with an air rife
Wrangle got the birds on three
successive shots.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

Thirdly, the question of immor.
tality is principally the question Of
what a man is potentially. Would
it not seem as possible to find the
trail for discovery in the realm Of
human potentiality as it has been
for the geologist to ferret out fairly
accurately some Of the earth's con-
ditions Of a general nature of l,000,-
600 years ago; or for the astronomer
to tell of some of the general char
acteristics of the phenomenal facts
on planets and stars thousands and
millions and hundreds of millions Of
miles away? Wonderful studies and
discoveries of this kind have been
made. -.
Finally, I have a conviction that
real religion-the nonsectarian type
of religion, which is at the same
time rational and convincing--is
qualified to make greater contribu-
ton, at this time of troubled and
ominous conditions, to the common
good than any other infusion that is
to be made in the morale of the
soldierly citizenship of our democ-
racy.
HIRAM VROOMAN,
Council Bluffs, Ia"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
The True Story of the Farmer and His Cattle
And Hogs the Trough the Seven Feeders, the
Truck Load of Produce and Vest Pocket of Money

or a total of $4,000, making the
grand total cost of the hogs $2l, $50.
The 800 hogs that were sold
weighed total of o7,500 pounds,
and went to 20 cents, or $4,000.
The loss on the hogs was $2,060
The loss on cattle and hogs was
1920.
In other words, the raiser had
originally invested cash paid out
capital of $59,400 for cattle. and
ST. for hogs, total of $80,96O,
and on this, lost $500.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

up and down daily, see-sawing like
only recognize COW when it's cut
jig saw at the whim of people who
up into sirloins.
The wear and tear of keeping
track of the markets is hard enough,
he points out, without taking into
consideration the fact that the farm
er's work is the hardest kind, and
furrowing the field is only the first
start of a. summers round of up be-
fore dawn, supper after dark and
spend the Sundays wondering if the
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

drought is going to continue long
enough to kill the crop or the rain
going to last long enough to wash it
out and force a replanting, etc, and
so on until the fall comes and he
goes to market with his load in a
truck and comes home with his
money in his vest pocket.
The presentation of the situation
as here set forth was laid before an
Omahan, Tom Bevington, with Nc
Cord & Brady, who caught his idea
so accurately that the picture he
drew illustrating it explained as no
words can do what the farmer had
to say concerning the situation of
himself and the consumer.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
One of the Scorners.

"If you are a church member,
what effects you for good; the vows
that you take, the money that you
give, the worship in which you en-
gage or the service that you render?
| thank God that | am a church
member more than | thank Him
that | am an American, but those
are the two most vital causes for
thankfulness.
The Vows that we take, the
money that we give and the service
that we render, are but acts of
obedience to the Master that we
love, and worship is the spontaneous
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

by numerous secondary questions,
shows, by implication, that any real
contribution to its answer will be
contribution to the good of human
society.
"Allusion is made to the posi-
bility of cts waning influence" to
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

Farmer and Stock Raiser Writes Out His Experience
Works Hard For His Dollar and Doesn't Get It
That Is, Not For Long, Anyway Keeps on Trav-
eng-Profits Go to Seven Mddlemen Between
Him and the Consumer-Picture of Farmer and
Big Six Painted by an lmpressionist Who Ate
Sirloin Steak and Dreamed 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

the experience of stock raiser and
farmer close in to Omaha.
. Taking steer of 1000 pounds
bought on the market at II cents,
cost price $l20, he fed it 50 bushels
of corn at $1.50, or total $132, and
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

tendency should be opposed by every
teacher in our schools"
DR.. Wilbur made this statement
before a gathering of California
teachers here.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
Soul of Patriotism.

"The church is the essence of the
finest citizenship, the soul of the
truest patriotism, of any nation.
my answers are: First, the
vows l take and keep; second, to OBJ
tain food for the soul life; third, the
discourse of the morning; fourth,
the saints doctrinal strife; fifth, it
still answers here to the vision;
sixth, its juvenile teachings; sew
enth, efficiency in business; eighth,
life, when in any nation, the church
dies. then uncertainty and decay
sets in.
Respectfully submitted,
II. c. PETERSON.
"Oakland, Neb."
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
Full and Frank Discussion Of Popular
Conception Of the Church Is Invited

the Expression Opinions OF
Church-F Answers Questions Published In Cur
rent Member That He Would Enjoy Contribu
ing Daily Secular Press But Limits Himself
Brief Observations
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

in almost every village where civ
iiized people are gathered together:
1T conducts no propaganda and
asks only to be judged by its works,
which are done in humble and faith
full obedience to the Masters in
structions, Go we into all the
world; preach the gospel, heal the
sick
"Very respectfully,
GEORGE BLANCHARD,
1902 President ST,
Brooklyn, N. Y"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

yond the stars will condemn US in
the high court of the universe.
"W. B., Hastings, Neb."
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

Within the Real Church.
What is a church? The Omaha
Bee raises this question; and then
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-02-12
FOUR KILLED IN
PIEDMONT WRECK

Greenville, Feb. S.-Four persons
were killed, six seriously injured and
fifteen others received minor injuries
today when a northbound train on
the Piedmont and Northern railway
Jumped the track on a treStie near
Chick Springs. The dead are James
E Tonlason, II years old, of Green
vile, killed. instantly; e. w. ROOD
Easley died at the base hospital at
Camp Sewer; John P. Bright, q sailor
IS years Old Of Greer; and NJ IL. wal
ker, age unknown, thought to be from
Spartanburg county.
The seriously injured are: Mrs. IL r
Thonlason, mother Of the boy killed,
who was injured internally; Mrs. Liz
die Boone, Greer, carried to the Camp
Hospital; Captain John W. Willbanh'
Casual Company Camp Sewer, home
in. Union, S. ca; f Randolph, Green
wife whose hip was fractured ana
who wah said tonight to be in a crltl-
cal condition; J. F. Mann GreenFllie'
badly injured; Thomas M Farrlngton'
Pittsburgh, Pa, fractured hip and IN
ternal injuries
The cause Of the wreck. beyond the
jumping of the track by the tram mas
not been ascertaiped. Ar lVestlsatoh
has been started.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-02-12
JOHN d. KILLER SERIOUSLY N-
JURED.

John D. Hitler; a prominent mer-
chant farmer and business man OF
Chapin, was seriously injured in an
automobile accident Saturday night
and is now at the Baptist Hospital
suffering from q crushed chest and
fracture at the base of the skuA.
From the information gained it seems
that Mr.. Hitler and his COUSIN MI
John F.. Dreiler were making a Trip
in Mr.. Killers Chevrolet touring car
to some reighbors house short dIs-
tance away when the car skidded and
landing in a ditch choked down. nj.
Hitler who was drdiving got out OF
the car to crank it forgetting that 30
had left it in gear when it knoekea
him down running over him crushing
his chest and fractnring his skull. Er
Dreher being inexperienced in hand
ling automobiles was unable to. get
MIR. Hitler from under the car until
he could go some distance to a house
and get help. Mr.. Hitler is now at
the Baptist Hospital in Columbia uE
dergoing treatment and it is feared
that his recovery is very doubtful.
Since writing the above we learn
that Mr.. Hitler died this morning at
o'clock The funeral will be held
this afternoon az Chaplin at 4 O'Clock.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-02-12
December Is. 1915.

I. ~ 9eceflDef Io,3 iSio. -
Dear Mother
viii write you a few lines to let you
hear from me again. I'm getting
along fine and hope this win find you
:oll the same have not heard from
5yeu all in some time. only some old
letters that had been forwarded to me
while I wah in the hospital, we are
getting papers but no letters, the last
letter I receiyd was written November
18th received that one bfor we left for
our hike. i am now in Germany near
the Rhine River, don't know how long
we will be here, but hope that we
wont be here very long for this sure IS
a poor country and poor people.
I have never saw any the Licking
ton boys don't think that any Of them
or in the Thirty, Second Division and
they are the only boys ever see, I
think that we have some boys from
every State in our Division. I am
with boys from Michigan. Seven of
us are in q house together we sure do
have some good times.
Guess, that some of the boys are
honne for Christmas, saw in the paper
that the boys from England had gone
home. Don't know what we Will have
for dinner they don't have Christmas
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-02-12
December 26, 1918.

-.
Ny Dear friend:
r will write you a few lines to let
YOU hear from me. This leaves me.
well and i hope these few lines will
find you all well to Robert. Say 1
guess you boys. are having some time
now and sure do wish that was
with you now Say Rob, I answered
your letter few days ago and I guess
you have received 1t by this time and
would like to get home while the war
is over But it looks like that we wont
get home any sooner than any OF the
rest i und when the Wslr was
over that we would get home then. Bnt
I don't think that NE viii. ] sure did
get home sick the other day when 1
began to think about Christmas you
4 boys are having there and we over over
here far away from YOU all. I sure
was home sick then. Say have heard
from EIvin and have sent him a let
ter. bat have not heard from him hln
vet. But I am looking to hear from
him any time and when I hear from
him I am going to get furloush and
go to see him. Say Rob you tell the
boys to dosall they can for us SO we
can get back home Tell them to do
the best for US that we want to come
home now if I could see you 1 could
tell you more than can in this letter
You tell Sam that I get my paper
alright from him and I will pay hlm
as soon as I get back home. SO guess
7 will .elSse. Answer me soon by by
friend Rob-
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-02-12
YOUNG R 0DE|I.RElS
BREAK JAIL
Charlton Loriek, Ellis Elders and
Ira Harrison Make Bold
Dash for Freedom.

Charlton Lorick, Ellis Elders and
Ira Harrison three of the five boys
who; were arrested at Batesburg last
Wednesday morning on the charge OF
rohbing two stores in that town, made
a bold dash for liberty Friday even
ing about ZOO O'Clock while sheriff
was at supper. The. youths occupied
the same cell and the sewerage was
on the connecting wall between the
one they occupied and one adjoining.
The young men removed this sewer
age which made an opening in the
wall large. enough for q small person,
to- squeeze through and reach the ad-
joining room which had defective
window. Lorick; Elders and Harrl-
hon crawled through this small open
ing and entered the other cell. Here,
they twisted the. lock offs the window
and jumping to the ground below
they. succeeded in leaving the vicinity
of the jail without being discovered.
:. Sheriff Miller entered the cell q few
minutes later and found the other TWO
boys Luke I4andoff and r. NJ. Cross
sitting bVr a table. They too had in
tended leaving with the, other three
but the sheriff came in before they
could make their getaway. Sher1ft
Miller Immediately 'phoned and tele-
graphed all nearby towns and is work
ing hard to lorate their whereabouts
and bring them back to jail. Landotf,
and Cross have been carried to the
State penitentiary to serve their SEN
tence of $50 days.AlL five were taken
to the county Chain Gang Friday out
iwere refused by the officials there
because they had not sufficient sup
i.piies and facilities to care for them.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-02-12
Son, ewhere in France

~ III
saturday night, Dec. 2s, 1918
Dear mother and all:
9 4 win write you few lines tonight
TO let: you hear from me again. am
well and hope this finds you all well.
q dc not know anything new to Write
.sou. Xmas has come and gone and Il
hardly realize it. We had plenty OF
course but nothing like ut home. I
was expecting a package from nome
but don't guess you all sent it without
q permit and we could not get them In
time to send you. Anyway we had a
fairly good Xmas How. was it with
sou all2 Well mama I'm still work
ing with the cooks. Have q fairly
good job. How has the winter been
over there? 1t has been raining over
here for about a month and is still
raining. haven't saw the sun only
about the time it rises and sometimes
just before it sets. You can imagine.
about what kind of a country this is.
While am writing this my friend
Eennet from Spartanburg brings me
I piece of cake: his mother sent him.
IT is fine and makes us both home
sick. He just reed it tonight. Do
YOU all hearsfrom Lloyd? Hope he
will BE- at home before long. Well
mama I saw copy Of the Newberry
Herald and News this evening printed
at Newberry, S C. A copy was hent to
Vance Miller in my company. He is
from Newberry county. was glad
to read paper from SO near home.
Miller is MIR. Andrew Millers son guess
YOU know him. Well mama L don't
know what to write. that would inter-
est you. I guess you are anxious for
me to get home and am just as anx-
ious as you are but I can't say when III
get back Am expecting to be at
nome fby early spring anyway. SO
dent worry III be at home by and by.
Arthur Arnold got a letter from his
sister today the first one from home
since he has been over here. He is
here writing on tn same table with me
tonight. Well mama hope Ill be at
home soon, and that this will find you
all well. If you don't hear from me in
3, long while don't get uneasy.
Your Loving Son
Arthur Huffstettler.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-02-12

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