MAJESTY OF THE LAW
Pastor of Umted Presbyterian Church
Contributes Article on Law
Enforcement
BY REV. A. L. OOpFHBY
"Let no one hurt liini. Lt t
the law take its course.'" Such
were the words of one of our
immortal presidents as in the
midst of a groat concourse of
his fellow-countrymen the hand
of an assassin laid him low.
And respect for the law, the
majesty of the law. that which
weighed so heavily and so for
givingly upon the heart of the
dying president held a multitude
back from violence. The law,
law is a nation's defense, its hap
piness, its glory. If it has no
law, then it has no liberty, no
protection, no prosperity. Li
cense means tyranny, slavery,
anarchy.
It is well that men reverence
law. And unless a man is in
enmity with his fellowman or
with Almighty God reverence
and love of law Wow easily from
his life. For man tinds that law
springs from the mind of the
Infinite. It courses through the
mighty universe. Peace and
harmony prevail among the
planets and the stars because of
law. Those that break from
law are wandering stars for
whom is reserved the blackness
of darkness forever.
Yes, man finds that all true
law springs from God Himself.
Out of His justice, mercy and
love. If this were a sermon, I
might endeavor to show how
Sabbath laws, scriptural and
Otherwise, spring from mercy
and love, but for that address
let our readers come through
the weeds to the little unattract
ive houses of worship in Al
liance. What I desire to mention here
is a farcical rendering of the
law of our state in regard to
Sabbath desecration that oc
curred in the county court
house of our city, Wednesday,
July S4th, 1912.
There is a law on the
statutes of our state against
porting on the Sabbath
or on the day commonly known
as Sunday. The game of base
hall, as it is commonly known,
is designated or recognized by
this law as sporting. The Alli
ance base ball team, as the pub
lie was invited to notice, sched
uled a game of baseball with a
neighboring team for the after-j
noort of Sabbath, July 21. Com-'
ment and writeup was made on
this game, players named and,
score given by the local papers, i
Out of respect unto the law of
God, and unto the law of man,
complaint was tiled against eight
of those who participated in the
game.
This complaint resulted in a
trial by jury before the county
judge, Wednesday. 1(80 p. m..
July 24, The case was to be
tried one man at a time. The
Witnesses called by the state
produced evidence that the
game had been played, that an
admission fee had been taken at
the gates, and that the first man
up for trial was one of the play
ers and had played. Yet the
law, made by the wisdom of the
highest courts of the state, a
wisdom based on a higher wis
dom, was ignored.
To those who love law and
not anarchy ,who have no quar
rel with baseball nor its players,
who honor judges and ask for
no recall of them so long as they
are faithful to the trust reiosed
in them, who believe in lawyers,
when we can, and do not count
them nonproducers and undesir
able citizens so long as they
stand by good and wholesome
laws, can we permit the defenses
of the Sabbath to be broken
down P
Can we permit respect for law
and confidence in it to be thus
trampled upon and made the
means of more lawlessness. Or
shall we as we were so cordially
invited to do, move out.
Say, what would Alliance look
like or he like if all the Godfear
ing, law-respecting, law-abiding
citizens would leave her ?
A little town in Missouri once
desired a condition of that kind,
but it couldn't stand it long. It
WSS too much like that place
which the lawless would like to
rule out of existence but can't:
they get it both here and there.
We can assure those who de
sire it, that some day there is a
separation coming. And it will
be a grat day,
Meanwhile, the question is
before us whether the law shall
be maintained.
God's law and Nebraska's law
both have something definite to
say on this matter.
What are you, good people of
Alliance, going to say f(
A. l. Godfrey.
IMPORTANT CONVENTION
Nebr. Retail Hardware Merchants'
Association Honors Alliance
with District Convention
BANQUET GIVEN BY D. OF I.
Mrs. J. Kriillobaugli is at. preBent
suffering a severe attactk of rheuma-
Mrs. N. A. Kemmish and children
n turned home Monday morning from
a visit with relatives in the e;isf.
BOTH to Mr. and Mrs. John HodR
kinson.of this city, a daughter last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Beidennann ar
rived in Alliance lat week from
their honeymoon trip thru the Kast.
They left yesterday for Deadwood,
their future! home.
Mrs. Charlotte Mailey, mother of
Perry Mailey, a well known ranchman
of Box Butte County, was riding in
her son's automobile last week when
it struck a gate. One of the timbers
struck Mrs. Mailey on the head
causing a very painful injury. We are
glad to learn, however, that she Is
gatting along nicely now.
W. J. Myers of Hot Springs arriv
ed in Alliance the first of the week
to visit his son, ("has. Myers. Mr.
Myers is past eighty years of age.
Mrs. C. H. Churchill came up from
he ranch this week for a few days
fetafcr in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Norton me
tered up to Hemingford last Sunday.
PBAGHD8 A Car load of Texas
AlbertaB on track near depot. They
are very fine. $2.25 per bushel.
1384-143
The second annual district conven
tion of the Nebraska Retail Hard
.vare Merchants Association conven
ed at 2:00 p. ni.. July 24th, being
called to order by M. 1). Hirs'le of
Omaha, president of the association.
J. II. Alden of W'hitman wns e
lected chairman of the convention,
Nat ha Roberts of Omaha, secretary
of the association, acting as secr
:any. President Hussio's address on the
work of the association and the dlf-!'"i-cnt
points which had come up dur
ing the past year was much apprcci-
1
The question box. containing ques
tions which had been submitted as
l)'(ng of part icular interest to the
dealers in the district, was ably con
ducted by 11. A. l-otspelch of Mina
tare. The question box is always of
vital interest to the membership and
the questions submitted were close
ly followed.
The talk by Nathan Roberts cov
ering the progress of the Hardware
Mutual Insuranse and the general op
erative work of the association, the
hearty co-operation of the member
ship towards eliminating useless ex
penses in OOO dUotlflg business and
the keeping of comprehensive rec
ords was much appreciated and wa
thoroughly discussed.
In hte evening the members of the
convention met. In the K. of C. hall
in the basement of the Catholic
church and partook of an elaborate
banquet prepared by the Daughters
of Isabella. M. D. llussle ably filled
the post of toastmaster, and was re
sponded to by R. M. Hampton on
the subject "Relation between the
Hanker and the Merchant", and
others on various subjects of inter
est to the membership.
Mayor Barnes was unavoidably
prevented from greeting the visit
ers in the morning, but happily con
veyed the city's welcome during the
course of the banquet.
The Thursday morning session was
given over to general discussion of
pertinent topics.
Among those In attendance were:
M. D. Hussie, Omaha, president of
the association; Natbjan Roberts, O
maha, secretary of the association;
Mrs. C. D. Essig, Sidney; W. H.
3ates. Scottsbluff; J. H. Alden. of
Whitman; S. G. Wright, Whitman:
C. A. Newberry, I. 1,. A''heson and
G. G. Gadsby of Alliance; A. W.
Stuckey, M. L. Kin-aid of Bingham;
A. J. Mareey. Lakeside; C. A. Shind-
COAL
Commencing Sept. 1, 1 will sell
Canon Lump . $8.00
Canon Nut . . 7.50
Lignite Lump . 5.00
This to be weighed on City Scales
Orders taken at Hamilton's Fair Store
7VY. VAUGHN
ler, Hemingford; Lloyd Johnson, of
Crawford; W. L. Mills, Gordon; 11.
A. Ijotspeich, Minatare; W. I).
CockS, Bridgeport; W. M. Gates, of
Scottsbluff; Walter Krickson, Bay-rti.
COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
Hemingford People Give Royal En
tertainment to Those Attending
Annual Convention
AT ALLIANCE NEXT YEAR
The annual convention of the Box
Butte Co. S. S. Association was held
at Hemingford yesterday afternoon
and last night. The program as
published in The Henald last week
was rendered with only a sliglrt
change. The convention was con
sidered one of the best ever held in
the history of the association.
A feature of the program was the
comprehensiveness of the papers and
the addresses given, and the dispatch
with which business was transacted.
The progTam of the two sessions in
cluded as much as Is sometimes cov
ered by three 01 four sessions.
There was a good attendance. The
Alliance Sunday schools were well
represented, also Sunday schools
from other parts of the county, and
Canton which is just across the west
line in Sioux county and Dunlap in
the south edge of Dawes county.
Those who were present from Al
liance are as follows: Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Thomas, Mrs. W. R. Pate,
Mrs. A. J. Macy, Mrs. E. 8. Martin,
Mrs. Moses Wright, Mrs. T. J. Rav
croft, Mrs. D. W. Montgomery, P.
G. Leavitt, Miss Mae Moon, Miss
Fyrne Moon, Mrs. Julia T. Boon, W.
R. Harper, Leslie H. Ball. Chas. A.
Spacht, Ethel Drake, Edna Martin,
Birdene Woods, Pearl Hale, Gladys
Dye, Ethel D. Johnston, Anna Bern
hardt, Dorothy Bicknell, Elsie
Bloomfield, Elsie May Simpson, Dav
id W. Beach, Thessie Vandervoort,
George Vandervoort, Fred Sweeney,
Mrs. S. K. Warrick.
The following named persons were
present from other points: Mrs. J.
L. Munger, Mrs. Dizzie Hadley, Fair
view; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. eeland,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Lichte, Miss Eth
el Morris, Mrs. John Morris, Dunlap;
W. C. Phillips, Canton; W. H. Kira
berly, Lincoln; Mrs. D. S. W. Pence,
St. Paris, Ohio; Miss M. E. Brown,
Lincoln.
Besides the above named persons,
there was a good attendance of peo
ple from Hemingford and vicinity.
The officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: J. W.
Thomas, Alliance, president; C. J.
Wildy, Hemingford, vice-president;
Mrs. S. K. Warrick, Alliance, sec'y
treas. Department superintendents:
Mrs. K. L. Pierce. Hemingford. ele-
1 mentary division; Mrs. Rqllo John
son, Hemingford, secondary division;
Fred Neeland, Dunlap, adult divi
sion; Mrs. A. F. liun.ly, Alliance,
home and visitation; Mrs. A. J. Ma
cy, Alliance, teacher training; N.
G. Palmer, Hemingford, pastors;
Rev. A. L. Godfrey, Alliance, mis
sionary: W. C. Phillips, Canton,
teinpe ranee.
The next annual convention was
voted to be held at Alliance.
The Famous
Often Imitated
11th Summer Clearance Sale
The Famous
Seldom Equaled
THE BIG CLOTHING EVENT OF THE SEASON
BIGGER, BETTER THAN EVER
Our Store Policy Is, Was and Always Will Be to Start the NEW A Fine, Large Stock of the Finest Clothing Sacrificed
SEASON with NEW GOODS, Therefore These Radical Reductions During This Sale
We Put all of Our 685 Spring Suits in 3 Big Lots
LOT ONE
LOT TWO
LOT THREE
238 Suits, all sizes, all
colors, all wool fabrics
That sold up to $15.00
Your free choice, Clearance Price
$
9-98
200 Fine Hand-Made Suits
$
All sizes from 35 to 46. Beautiful
Patterns. Some sold up to $22.50. None
worth less than $18. All go, Clearance
Price
14.75
This is the Biggest Reduction we
have ever made. All of our finest
HART SCHAFFNER $ MARX SUITS,
247 to select from, sold at $25.00,
$27.50 and $30.00, your free choice
$
19.50
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We Except Blue Serges Throughout This Advertisement. Note This.
25 Discount 25 Discount V0".??- dcu$a 25 "'S" 1 " I ,TPRAW HATS
ctftson. vast lArUKL'3 All Fancy Straws go at
on all Summer Trousers on all Boys' Summer Suits tiw.goai 1 D
A Big Line All New Wash Suits included $2.50 CHCll 4 Olt fa PriCe
100 PAIRS MEN'S WORK PANTS mr ISO PAIRS PANTS WoitTH 1.50; gr W Pair Men's FUw Vnm Pants, j gQ All of our Soft Collar Detached rr
worth 1. :.:. All sizes. warranted not to KIP tlX" peg cut, ruffs, belt loops, worth UX Shirts, worth up to$l.r0 Sal.- V
Sale price f7taAUeixea Ov 3.00. Sale price 7U price Ov
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