The broad ax., 1921-10-08
CHARLES E. STUMP, THE FAST
TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT
FOR THE BROAD AK, HAS IN A
SHORT TIME WINGED HIS WAY
FROM CHICAGO FORT WORTH,
TEXAS.

This world is full of surprises, and
you may wake up any time and find
yourself in the midst OF a surprise.
! saw a post card which said Life is
Just one blank thing after another"
l am getting to the place where
am understanding some OF these
things, and the more | understand
them, the more | am-well, just
something.
When you pick up the daily papers,
you are forced at times to become
Disguised with human nature, with
human beings. and wonder why God
doesn't just shut up the earth and
send them all to heaven or the other
place. Murders. lynchings, Ku Klux
Khan, lawleSs organization which is
liable to throw this whole country in
to civil strife, burning of human be-
ings, men married and taking up time
with other mems wives, and women
taking away the husbands of other
women, men and women destroying
each others families. men killing
women and women killing men, and
many other things are taking place in
this world. There may not be men
CROUCH for all the women, hut there
are women enough for every man
without a man invading the home of
another man, and being sent to HI
just where he belongs. With the
number OF single women, widows and
others, there is no excuse for a man
taking up the time OF another fell
lows wife.
But why take up time with this
when the world Is so full of it, and
then at the same time men are being
killed for participating in such folly.
until they are just keeping the devil
so busy that there i but little time
left for him to take a rest.
While these things are going on,
there are men and women. too. who
are making good. and as | tramp over
this country and come in touch with
them. / am forced to say, What
wonderful things the Lord God hath
wrought" I have taken an inventory
OF the world. 50 to speak. for the past
few days. and you will believe me
when | tell you have been going
some. and found the gossip monger
"a busy A. the devil himself, getting
in his deadly poisonous fangs into
the hearts OF industrious. busy people.
Il strikes me that | was right in
Topeka. Kansas. when | took my
pen in hand to write YOU few lines
TO inform you OF my health. There
was with Bishop Park, and others.
told yOu something about them. and
when | got through | said goodnight
and closed the letter. That was
real busy. biz conference.
When | got to Kansas City. I spent
the night at the home OF DR. and
Mrs. +. ". Dcl.ylr. and II was busy
dav for me. went in town early in
the morning in company with DIR. J.
K. Ransom. and mot a: the Lincoln
High School. Mrs. Moreno Davis. and
Miss Betha Garrett. two OF the lead
crS in Calauthc OF Kansas. We had
lunch at the school prepared in the
domestic science department OF the
school. and IT was fine. want to
congratulate TIE head OF the depart
mcnt a well a, Prot. J. r. +. Lee.
who i one OF The most noted edu-
Gators in this world. Prof. Lee Is a
man OF great ability. After we were
through eating he called mp an i'm
portant man over his hello box and
told him that Mr. Charles +. Stump
was in town. and hc was learning the
game and would like for
him to come to the baseball game.
and the next thing, Prof. Lee told
me to 20 with Mrs Davis and Miss
Garrett to see the game. Mrs. Cross