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The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14

wonderful men they were; perhaps
not educated according to present day
standards, yet wise in the precepts of
that Book of Books, that tells us love
our neighbor as ourselves-they still
retained the same innocence and pur-
ity that was instilled at a mothers
knee when she taught them to lisp
their first Now l Lay Me Down to
Sleepp Today, would give all that
this world can possibly have in store
for me if l still had that childish
faith--how 1 would like TO hear just
one old-fashioned sermon or know
just one old-time preacher! OF course
there are good preachers here and
elsewhere. There always will be, but
the day is past and gone when we can
ever expect TO meet up with such men
as that day brought forth. Today we
are so commercialized that the fl
nances of the modern church is the
topic of every meeting-it has to be,
LOT IL llGy ulu uOl IdlnS lliS SdSl NAASJ
would not have any church. This is
condition that is brought about by
modern methods and the preachers
or congregation are not TO blame
and perhaps there is no remedy. But
1 wish to dwell on the fact that my
early day ideas have had several set
backs and today l wish / could blot
| them from my memory. In my early
newspaper days in Indiana l learned
to know a preacher by the name of
Leroy Hirshburgh, anad he had been
educated a lawyer, but took to the
ministry, and TO my mind he was
some preacher-I think so yet, but
II he ever belonged TO the Army OF
the Lord, he had surely strayed a
long way from headquarters. 1t was
about the year 1891 that he and 1
started the Westport. Indiana, Inde-
pendent. l furnished the money and
the outfit-he furnished the brains
and the experience. 1t was not long
until he had the outfit and 1 had the
experienced He was so ambitious
that he was not satisfied with beating
me out Of the newspaper. without pay
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14

was a hustler, a good mixer, and the
people liked him, would attend his
church, but would not help him put
the old u. B. church back on the
map. The Herald gives him a lot of
credit for the wonderful work he did
for the boys of this community when
he took the time to drill them and
had the crack company of Boy Scouts
in the state. As a drill master he
had few if any supeTiors and he en-
joyed the work, and while we have
had a troop of Scouts most of the
time since he first organized them, we
still miss the boys in their natty uni
forms as they come down the old
streets with the flags flying-we do
not hear that familiar command of
squads rightr Yes, sir, Frame did
good work for the boys and girls of
Maitland, and for the mothers and
fathers as well, and l want TO register
big credit mark for him right now.
IF anything, he was versatile. He
had the knack of adapting himself
to changing conditions. He had been
preaching that 'sprinkling and pour
ing was good water baptism, but
whom the Christian church offered
him a good salary to preach for them
he jumped into the water TIL he
struck bottom. And he did good
work in this new field, but he was
called to Wyoming on the account of
the serious illness Of his daughter,
and his conscience was so pllable he
found no difficulty in preaching at
good salary in his new location, at
the same time drawing the salary
here in Maitland-and came home
and got his furlough extended and
the good people of his church Clipped
i'm and gave him an extra donation
and he went back TO the city on the
plains-to preach regularly and draw
another salary or two. About this
time he found a good newspaper that
could be leased. 1t appealed to him
as a good proposition-but he needed
some one to do the dirty work in the
mechanical department. His thoughts
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14

un the Herald of Maitland from
the pen of S. J. Richardson, who last
week disposed of his interest in that
publication, appears the following ar
ticle entitled Some Preachers Have
Known" on former well known min
isters OF this section, which is very
interesting reading.)
"In my early boyhood days was
thrown in almost daily contact with
the preachers of that day. On my
fathers side OF the house, several of
the near relatives were preachers
belonging TO the old line United
Brethren church. AS 1 also attended
the old Hartsville college, one of their
best schools. 1 was brought in contact
with little preachers, would-be
preachers and the biggest ones they
had. II was here in this school that
j first met Joe Bays, who was a man
from every angle. and a preacher
that all the people of Maitland learn
ed TO know and love-but never
heard him preach, or knew what be-
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14

ran back to the goat in the Herald
office. The proposition looked good,
and it was good, but he was too am
bitlous-he was never satisfied with
anything and always wanted to do
something out Of the ordinary
Into Metropolitan Ways
"TIe put in a daily telegraph service
Con a weekly newspaper) and began
to talk about printing a daily-in a
small county-seat town rs miles from
nowhere, and if every man, woman
and child in the town, including the
coyotes in the hills, had taken the
sheet there would not have been a
thousand subscribers. But he started
the paper and some of those wealthy
ranchmen still have their subscrip-
tions paid many years in advance He
employed a young lady stenographer,
yes, two Of them, and when one of
the towns business men happened in
the way he dictated letters to them,
made them think that the Chicago
Board of Trade was a plaything by
the side of the World office. The
World was the old established Re
publican paper Of the county, and
Notwithstanding the Times was the
old established Democratic paper.
Editor Frame decided that the entire
world was going democratic in the
coming fall election, so the paper
must be made democratic. told
him that it was suicide to do that.
despite the fact that he and l were
both republicans and that the county
already had firmly established
democratic paper, the trick was turn
ed and the town and county which
was evenly divided politically, woke
up one morning with two democratic
papers and no Republican paper in
the county! Frame was the most
popular man in that part OF the coun-
ty. He was pastor Of the leading
church, and did about all the marry
ing and preaching Of funerals in the
| town-and of course this made him
popular with all the other pastors in
town 90 He was editor OF the World
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14
"A Page of Interest to Home Builders
LoWer Costs Should Boost
Building ActiOity NotO

With the cost of practically all ma
terials entering into construction work
substantially lower there should be a
marked increase in building activity.
Lumber, brick, cement, hardware sup
plies, etc, have all dropped in price. In
many lines prices are almost down to
pre-war levels.
The time is opportune to do that
postponed building job. Do it now. Help
start the wheels of progress and pros
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14

perity turning again, Stagnation has
run its course. Better, more stable in
dustrial conditions are just ahead. Do
not trail with the crowd. Lead off
Lead off now.
The advertisers on this page invite
the attention of the public to the adj
vantages of building now. Give these
dealers an opportunity to quote you fig
ures and help you plan your new home or
other building Read the ads on this
page and consult these dealers.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14

came of him, after he left school.
Wright, who by the way was a near
relative of Mrs, Frank Petree of Ore
gon. Bishop Barnaby, Rev. William
Fix, and many others, whom to this
day 1 like to think of with a silent
reverence. Then there was the old
time circuit rider who'd come on
horseback about once a month to
fill his regular appointment at the
little country church. They always
considered my fathers house their
home, and stopped with us every
Sunday. Thus 1 came to know them
all-Revs. Dave Clark, Simeon Smith,
Jake GOodner, the Demunbrun boys,
Jacob White. James Rucker, all of
them United Brethren; then there
was Revs. Remy and Alice, and also
Rev. Seper, of the Baptist denomina-
ton, and Rev. Taylor of the South
ern Methodist church. preached in
the same church--Union Bethel-a
church for all. The chief builder of
this church was a man named Nc
Cannon, who contributing land and
money. said that tho preachers all
looked alike to him, so they could all
preach there-and 1 am sure that II
this idea was carried out today the
little part OF the world we occupy
would be the better. But back to my
story.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14

and was clerk Of the draft board. He
was a leader and orator at all the
meetings in that part Of the state.
His salary all told was nearly $4OO a
month, and l remember when new
bank was organized in one of the new
villages some Of the leading stock
holders came and tried to persuade
him to take the presidency Of the new
institution-but for once he showed
real sense, and turned the offer down
flat--and to this day l have Issyer
been able TO understand how or why
he did it-he generally took every
thing in sight Like a broken down
horse that had rest and lots Of good
feed, he began to feel his oats, and
was carried off his feet by the popu-
larity that was showered on him. He
was so stuck up that he never noticed
me unless he wanted me to write
something that required ability which
he feigned, but did not possess.
Went Into the Military
He organized a home guard COM
pany and had them in fun equipment
with fine uniforms and army guns,
and Adjutant General Weaver cama
out and inspected them and was 30
pleased that he made them a unit Of
the state troops and gave Frame a
captains commission. He asked me
to write up the banquet given in hon.
or of General Weaver-but did NOF
invite me TO the feast. And / was fool
enough TO do it and to this day he no
doubt has the credit Of being writer
of ability. No one ever accused me Of
catering after so-called high brows,
but his snobbish treatment soon got
to a point unbearable, and l gave 4
months notice and quit the World,
which was by far the best Newspaper
proposition l ever had-if il had been
under halfway favorable circum.
stances. A few short weeks after
this while at work in the Herald Of
flee, the morning papers came IN and
the headlines told mo that wyoming
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14
Loved the Pioneers

being brought into almost daily
contact with these pioneer preachers,
1 learned to love them, for they were
the best that God ever put in this
world OF ours. They forged ahead on
horseback into the very wilderness
and were the fore-runners of all the
early settlements OF this country Of
ours. Theey were away from their
homes and loved ones for weeks at a
time-not for the money they could
make. but for their real zeal in the
cause of the Master who had said,
Go out into the highways and preach
My Gospel to all people, oh. what
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14
THE EDITOR TELLS
ABOUT THE PREACHERS
AND WHAT HE HAS PERSONALLY
KNOWN ABOUT SOME OF
THEM
is NOT PARTICULARLY
PLEASED WITH ALL

In q Lengthy Article Published in the
Herald of Maitland Editor Richard
son Goes Exhaustively Into the
knowledge That He Has Absorbed
About the Gentleman OF the Cloth
and Which He Has Secured
Through the Medium of Personal
Dealings and Acquaintance.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14

ing me a cent, but he took delight in
skinning me alive in the columns of
his paper! 1 never did get a penny
from him but did live TO see the day
when I owned the same paper again
and had and still have the respect of
all these old neighbors and friends.
Rev. Hirschburg is still in the game
as crooked as ever, l suppose, pub
fishing a little 2x4 sheet down in
Georgia, and shall send him a copy
of this with my compliments-but at
that I'd like to hear him preach. Any
way he taught me a lesson, or tried
to do so, but the evidence is that
was a duh student-am yet for that
matter. I have always numbered the
preachers among my very best pals,
as the work Of an editor and preach
er so hand in hand-if an editor was
TO print the news he leaves out each
week, or if the preacher would say
just what he would like to in every
sermon-well they would both have
to hunt new pastures. As it is they
should go hand in hand, trying to be
real help and a benefit 10 the town
or community where they may live.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14
A Maitland Experience

'The next experience / had along
the same lines came 25 years later. !
came to Maitland and soon formed
the acquaintance of Rev. w. II.
Frame, who had been sent here to
rejuvenate the old u. b. church
which was on the rocks. At one time
it was the strongest congregation in
Maitland, and Frame had a reputa-
ton as a man who could take the
corpse of any old church and make
It as good as new-but somehow he
did not succeed in this city. He did
everything to attract the people and
got the crowds until they hung out
the windows-but the church as a
body had flown-gone piece by piece
TO the other churches Of the town
and they liked their new church as
well as the old. so what was the use +?
He was not great preacher, but he
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-05-14

Continued on Page Five
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
IN FALL FASHIONS
Skirts Straight and Nine Inches
From the Floor.
sUIts DARK coIors fer Hats; Waist
line -Four Inches Lower Than
Normal.

II there IL any more delightful diver
sion for q hot summer day than specu-
lating on winter styles the feminine
mind has not found II. Fortunately
enough, observes q fashion correspond
ent, authentic information has noated
In from fashion centers to give form
and color to wardrobe planning.
The thermometer never scared %
high that q woman could not be pleas
ant as she pictures herself in G new
fall suit cut on the latest lines. Lines,
you see, for there are three lengths
In new suit coats, the hip length coat,
the finger tip length and the very long
coat. The lines Of the long coats are
a. graceful a. one could wish, often
deep reTers extending almost to the
waistline give q decorative touch TO
the new suit Then there 10 the very
long coat made with q long waistline
bloused q bit, perhaps, and buttoned
straight up the chin for the swathed
neck line In suits is full Of promise.
Skirts are straight, wide enough
to permit the Wearer to walk comfort
ably and nine inches from the door
at the present. The tailored suit will
hesitate q few months before II de-
cides to give in to the dictum Of
longer skirts. Dresses have sue.
cumbed. the suit will in time.
Az to color the suits are dark blue
or black with an occasional variation
as the fabrics advance from the
various twill cords Of autumn into the
soft pile fabricg Of winter.
The hat lends the color. Flame
colored felt. or spark, II you Ike the
new term better. lovely grays and
soft shades Of rose that defy q name
are ''the hrstlings Of the season"
where Is the waistline In the new
coat dresses1 inquired q shopper. An
swers the buyer authoritatively,
About four inches lower than the
normal waistline; there the panels
begin to nutter and ny. for the
straIght-line dress has panels galore,
and a panel to fulfill Its mission must
drop below the hem Of the skirt" %
the longer skirt was reconciled. for
you can compromise, you know, By q
short skirt and long panels and be
very smartly dressed. The yards and
yards Of silk braid on just one Of the
new dresses would make q love Of
q kite string.
There's no half way place in sleeves,
either the frock has them or it's
sleeveless. The long, flowing sleeve.
which adds grace to a garment and
charm to nine out Of every ten arms,
Is with MS. for unusual Is the arm
that Is not better looking clad In same
flmy drapery.
For suits. coats and dresses the
sleeve takes varied lines. the kimOnO
sleeve Is close-ftting At the armhole
and widens from the elbow to the
wrist. Flowing sleeves are often
euffed deliberately. which Is q welcome
change from the plain tight-nttlng
variety. or sleeve may be
fashioned after the bishops sleeve.
gathered into a snug cuh at the wrist.
Oh. yes. the sleeve Is coming IN for
real attention this season.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
18TH ANNUAL ESSAY CONTEST
DECEMBER Is

Chicago is looking forward with
pleasure to the coming of the great
18th annual essay contest, to be held
Sunday afternoon, December Is, at
ESQ o'clock, in the beautiful audito-
rum of Pilgrim Baptist church, 33rd
street and Indiana avenue. Eight of
the leading literary clubs of the city
viii participate. Subject: The Darker
Races and the Impending Crisis
Prizes, two diamond rings, known as
first and second prizes, donated by
the popular jeweier, DR.. Louis Ussel-
mann, $50 S. State street B. w.
Fits, founder and manager; Frank
w. Henry, Alonzo J. Bowling and
Willis N. Higgins, assistants.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
Nuts In Immense Quantities.

On the north coast Of Guatemala
coco tons Of eohuBe nuts are said
b be available for expectation annual.
y. and with an expenditure Of $4,000
for highway improvement this yuan
tity reuId probably be increased "a
lOON tons per annum. On the Pa
eihc ar south coast the yield Of cor
ono nuts. q IL estimated. could easily
Be decreased 10 10000 tons per an
nun. There IL = supply Of cheap labo1
a this southern region
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
BINoA STATE BANK

The Binga State Bank, State street
and 56th place. has been admitted 70
the Chicago Clearing House Assoeia-
ton as an affiliated member. Checks
on this bank will be cleared through
the FRS, National Bank OF Chicago.
The Binga State Bank continues to
Jorge rapidly to the front IN the man
-iaI world.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
That Sunday School classI

Wishing to become acquainted with
the methods OF her predecessor, .
young woman who taught a Sunday
school class for the frSt time asked
the group Of bright-faeed six-year-olds
what the lesson had been The previous
Sunday. Silence prevailed for q mo-
ment. Then a snub-nosed- urchin
waved has hand frantically and when
granted permission to speak answered:
cit was about burning the bugs in the
church" Conversation with the former
teacher afterwards revealed that the
lesson had been Burning Incense In
the Temple"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
MRS. JONES SOUTH

Mrs. William Jones, wife of VIII
liam Jones, the grocer, 1886 s. State
ST., is spending considerable time Wis
iting friends at Memphis and Nash
vile, Tenn; Louisville and Lexing-
ton, KY. and will return in time to
assist in helping to make the children
happy Christmas.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
GOES TO DETROIT

Rev. J. w. Mcdaniel, president and
financial agent of The Enterprise In
stitute, 502-520 Aldine Square, was in
Detroit, Mich, several days during
the past week in interest Of the
school
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
AneIant Roman EmpIrs.

TIE Roman empire during the reigl
u Augustus Is supposed to have con
tanned 100000 inhabitants, half Of
whom were slaveA II included tht
modern countries Of Portugal, Spain.
France, Belgium, western Holland,
Rhenish Prussia, parts OF Baden. WuS-
temberg and Bavaria, Switzerland,
Italy, the TyrOl, the former Aus
TRAN empire proper. western Hungary,
Croatia, Slavonia, Turkey In Europe.
Greece, Asia Minor. Syria. Palestine.
Egypt, TripolI, Tunis, Algeria, and
most u Morocco.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
TO GIVE PARTY

Hannibal Juvenile No. 7, Court Of
Glsnthe, Of which Mrs. S. B. Steele
Is worthy matron, and Miss Quinn
Is worthy secretary, will give q
Canstmas party at Bailey's Hall, $685.
S. State St, Dec. e. A large guam
tity Of candy, nuts, etc, is to be dis
tHbutsd among the children and to
poor children whose names will be
FINISHED by members Of the Juve-
nj.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
lids INTERESTING
MEETING

The Chicago Real Estate Brokers
ASSOCIATION, of which George w
hulIner is president, held an inter'
sting meeting Dec. 8 in the parlors
Of the Appomattox Club. Many
brokers' and others interested in real
state were present and listened to
rncipal subjects of discussion, such
3 "Zoning," by Charles s. Duke
New Real Estate Laws To Be Ell
iectiSe Jan. l." by NJ. T. Bailey, pres
dent The Bailey Realty Co.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
TO VISIT PARENTS

Mrs. F. w. johnson, 1872 Eden
Ave. is leaving the city the latter
part of the week for long visit dur
ing the holidays with parents and
other relatives and friends at Nash
vile. Columbus and Mt Pleasant,
Tenn.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10

when Lord Randolph Churchill ViS
lled the diamond fields of South Africa
be Il said 20 have exclaimed amer
Iooking 81 some diamonds: -And all
COR the vanity Of women A lady Sno
heard The remark added; And ne
depFsvity Of men
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
st srdthIn MYth olsprovsa.

A recUrd was kept from 1870 tW
twenty years FOR the purpose Of testing
the truth Of the popular belief that q
rain fell on St SWithIn's day II would
rain for forty days after. The result
q this test shows that the greatest
aumber Of rainy days had occurred h
these two decades in years when -
swithin's day vas dry.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
SPENDS HOLIDAYS SOUTH

Mrs. Blanche Smith, an active
member OF the Sisters of Bethany, IS
preparing to spend the holidays with
friends at Louisville and Frankfort,
Ky. Mrs. Smith will also visit Ohio
while away.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10

II earliest GISsk inscriptions we're
written from right to left Next cane
ne method ealled -bousthophedon." n
whlch the writer lines run alternately
from let 70 right. OF vice versa Last
b, writing from left to night became
universal.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
CHIP

Miss Nora COmerfOrd, treasurer OF
,he John J. Dunn Coal Company,
sIoo Federal street. returned home
the first Of this week from San AN,
,on;o. Tex. where she spent part OF
her annual vacation. She was very
much pleased with her pleasure UP
through the south
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
BAILEY BUSY

NJ. T. Bailey, president of the
Bailey Realty Co., 1888 S. State St,
spent most of the week along the
Northshore looking after real estate
matters for clients in that vicinity as
well as as adjusting other matters for
clients of the company.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-10
FORT DEARBORN HOSPITAL
NOTES

VIM. Prince, Jr, son of DR.. Prince,
was in the hospital for a few days
last week with his nurse, Miss NJ.
Bronough.
Marion Randford of l349 w. Oath
St, was operated on last Friday.
| Master Robert Robinson, 2q4o
Wentworth Ave, was rushed to the
Fort Dearborn Hospital for an emer-
gency operation. Same is doing
nicely.
Baby Wanita Stone was operated
on Saturday morning by Drs. NJ. J.
Brown and Moore.
Mrs. Irene Stone was operated on
last Saturday afternoon. Her condi-
ton is much improved at this writing.
Mrs. Vida West, 3402 S. Park,
was brought to the hospital for treat
ment. She was found unconscious on
the street. On leaving the hospital
her condition was much improved
Bill Tate, 4lOo Dearborn St, was
brought to the Fort Dearborn Hos
pital Saturday. He was knocked
down by a passing truck. Under
the careful care of DR.. Prince he will
soon be out again.
Mrs. Emma Littlejohn, 1859 Giles
Ave, was operated on by DR.. s. W..
Smith Wednesday morning. Mrs.
Littlejohn is doing nicely.
Mrs. lola Whitfield, nurse, was OPP
Grated on at the Fort Dearborn Hos
pitaI by DR.. B. R. Bluitt Wednesday
morning. She is resting fairly well
We all hope Mrs. Whitfield speedy
recovery.
Mr.. John Westhhed, SIG Went
worth Ave. was operated on by DR..
Lewis David McCarter, 1888 5. Park
Ave, was shot at 3lst and Indiana
Ave. Tuesday night, and was rushed
to the Fort Dearborn Hospital for
aid. He was later discharged, as the
wound was not so severe