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:,-c nrf a.a. jowtn VOL. XXXII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1913. NO. 47. a i. T GUESSING The Tabernacle Fairly Well Fill ed and the Services Very Satisfactory. From Friday's Daily. To the one who ha?- been in close touch with the progress of the meetings at the tent it will have been observed that the char acter of the addresses which Evangelist C. C. Smith has been giving is changing in one thing, that is, the ones whom he ad dresses his talks. Heretofore, and most of the time since the meetings have been in progress he has addressed his sermons to those who have professed the name of the Saviour and for some Teason have not been doing ef fective work. His plea with them has been for a closer rela tion with the source of power and more earnestness in their work that it might accomplish more. These discourses have pleased many who were not members of the church, and who have held themselves aloof, saying that they are as good as those of the church. When the members have come in for a lashing it has evi dently pleased the outsider, but the scene has changed since this series of sermons, which was to enlist the membership of the churches in the work the evangelist's batteries have been turned against those not mem bers of the church and not pro fessing to be Christians. In the sermon last evening three questions were answered, and in no uncertain manner either; they were, "W hy lie a Christian? How to Become a Christian, and How." The first was answered by Hie quotations of many apt bits of scripture and Hie declarations of l'aul the Apostle, which the argument and logic of the speaker made so plain that anyone could under stand. Then followed the way, which was to accept Christ as the personal saviour and do His will. Then the when, which was now. The story of the prodigal son was used to illustrate the sinner, out of Christ, both he that had never professed His name and he that had and that had backslid den. And the backslider came in for his portion of Hie chastise ment, as well as the one who had never accepted the overtures of mercy. There were a number of mani fest decisions for the better life, and the interest in the meetings are precept ibly increasing. The feature of the campaign, which many are neglecting, but which is prolific of much good, is the meetings in Hie afternoon, which is a course of study of the bible. Yesterday afternoon Hie subject was "Prayer," as it will be this afternoon. The subject for this afternoon will be divided into two parts, which are. When (iod answers prayer, and why lie does not answer prayer. This is a sub ject which it will be profitable for all to learn of. The singing was very attractive last evening; besides the chorus and one or two solos, there was two numbers sang by Mr. Smith, Prof. i i 1 1 ii . Mr. Klinger and Mr. Jennings Sievers of Ibis city. At an early dale (here will be re pealed a favorite number by the trio, which they sang a short time since, and are repeating it by the request of a number who heard il I lie first time. Notice will be given at Hie time when this will be sang, that all who rare can hear. Remember the big ineetjng on Sunday evening and I he 'men's mass-meet iig Sunday afternoon at the lent at i o'clock, and at the same hour at the Christian church a meeting for the ladies, which will begin half an hour earlier. Come oul and hear the discourses ill these meetings. The music and singing are all that anyone could desire; (he weather is again warming up and it is pleasant to attend the meetings in the big lent, and you will find Hev. Smith a very pleasing speak-, t, full wit Ii story and incident, which will enliven Hie services. The hour is 8 and the services 'close promptly, which enables those who attend to get home in good time. Mrs. McVlcker's Mother III. From Friday's Daily. For some time Mrs. Shannon, the mother of Mrs. Virginia Mc Vicker, has been quite low at the home of her daughter in this city, and her condition has been such as to cause grave fears for her recovery. It is to be hoped that this worthy lady will be able to rally from her illness and again be able to be up vnd around, as her sickness has been the cause of general regret to all who are acquainted with her. 1 IRK ON THE T From Appearance of the Present Surroundings Building Will Be All That Is Desired. From Friday's Dally. The work on the construction of the new addition and the gen eral remodeling of the Burlington passenger station here is being pushed rapidly and it will only be a short time until most of the frame work is completed. The whole building is having a new roof put on of steel shingles, re placing the . old one, which was never very satisfactory and al lowed quite a little leakage, and the places could never be found, as the shingles were apparently in good shape, and the company finally decided to replace it with a new one in order to protect the plastering of the rooms when the remodeling is finished. The new depot, as it will prac ticaly be when completed, will have lots of floor space and be able to accommodate the crowds traveling out of this city in much better shape than at present, and with the modern methods of heat ing and lighting will make a very neat and comfortable station for the traveling public. The change in the trackage and extension of the platforms at the depot will be one of the biggest improvements made by the rail road company and one that can not, help but please everyone, as at present, on some of the trains when alighting you are compelled to walk quite a distance up the yard to the depot, and with the extended platform it will be pos sible to reach the station without having to walk over the switches and tracks. IS. SPIES 10 OMAHA TO REMAIN WITH HERIDAUGHTER From Frluuv s Dally. The condition of Miss Marie Spies, who was operated on Wed nesday at the. Methodist hospital in Omaha for eye trouble by Dr. (lifford, was reported last even ing as mil feeling so well and this morning her mother, Mrs. Her man Spies, depart id for Omaha and will remain at the hospital until the condition of her daugh ter improves. The operation was a very severe one, as well as most delicate, and the surgeon discovered on starling on the operation that it would be neces sary to operate on both eyes, and lor a time the condition of the palienl was very critical, hut she came out of the operation really belter than was expected. Walling-IYlcHugh. Miss Kallierine M. Mcllugh and Thomas Walling of Plallsiiiouth, Neb., were united in marriage at Ihe Catholic church Wednesday morning at ti o'clock. Rev. Father .1. J. Hoffman performed the ceremony, which was followed by a wedding breakfast at the home of the bride's molher, Mrs. Den nis Mcllugh. The couple left on the afternoon train 'for l'lalls inoulh, where they will reside. Falls City Journal. buhungi DEPO Guest of Honor Being Dr. E. W. Cook, and a Genuine Feast Greatly Enjoyed. From Friday's Dally. Last evening the wigwam of Hie local tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men was the scene of much enjoyment, when the mem bers of Ihe order were entertain ed at a big feast in honor of the chief medicine man of the local lodge, Dr. E. W. Cook. There were a large number of the members and a few invited friends present, and the occasion was one of great pleasure to all who attended. County Judge Beeson presided over the feast as toast master, and in a very able manner called on the different guests for speeches, which were given very eloquently by the different orators present. The guest of honor re sponded to a toast in a very pleasing manner, thanking the members and friends for their assistance to him and for the sumptuous feast that had been prepared in his honor. The chief feature of the ban quet was three large catfish, which had been baked with sweet potatoes, and were served in a manner that made them tit for a king, and the banqueters proceed ed to do ajnple justice to the line menu prepared by the chef, and it was with much regret that they departed from the banquet board. Cianies of various kinds and a general good time was indulged in by the company until a late hour, when all departed, feeling very much pleased over the de lightful time afforded them by the lodge and the medicine man of the Tribe. BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LATE IS. JOHN WARREN The following is a brief sketch of the late Mrs. John Warren, who passed away Monday at Oma ha at one of the hospitals in that city: Kale Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Smith of this city, was born December 8, 188(5, at Emerson, Iowa, where she was reared to womanhood, and was married on December 25, 1903, to Mr. John Warren, and to them three children, Ethel May, Earl Francis and Lois Marjorie, were born. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, two children, father anil mother, two sisters and three brothers. The funeral was held here Tuesday morning at Hie home of the parents, being conducted by Rev. D. L. Dunkle berger of the Christian church, and the body was taken to the old home at Emerson, Iowa, for interment. IHE ilJUIER OF EARLY N6 OF STORES The matter of early closing of Ihe stores during the heated months of July and August is be ginning to agitate the minds of the clerks of the city, who have in the past been given Ihe ad vantages of I he early closing hours. To one who has not been employed in a store from 8 in the morning till '.) or 10 at night it does not particularly appeal, but the proprietor or clerk in a store are mighty glad of the chance when night comes to make their way homeward just as soon as possible, and the public should endeavor to lighten their burdens by making their purchases as early in the day as possible. In the hot weal her there is no more wearing or tiring work than that of wailing on customers in-the stores all day long, and by clos ing, say at (5::i0 or 7 o'clock, a great ileal more lime could be given those employed in the stores to recuperate. CLUSi L Ralph W. White, Born and Reared in Plattsmouth, Makes More Than Good in the South. From Saturday' Dally. Tin- young men from l'lalts nioulli are still anions the lead ers in whatever line of work they may take up, as was demonstrat ed by the following article taken from the Marshall (Texas) Noon Day ieniiiiel in speaking of the advancement of Ralph W. White, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. White of this city, in the line of tele phone work which he has carried on since leaving here several years ago. While here Mr. White was manager of the Hell company and did a great deal toward keep ing that company in existence here, and since his removal to Texas he has forged right to the front in (his line of work. The good fortune of Mr. White will be very pleasing to his many friends here. The article is as follows: District and Local Manager White of the Southwestern Tele graph and Telephone company has been promoted to special duly, with headquarters in Vic toria, and will leave Tuesday. His place is to lie supplied by W. M. Padgett, who foremrly served Ihe company here, but has been out of the service the past three years. He crimes to Marshall from Fort Smith, Ark., and will lake charge Wednesday. Mr. While has been here up wards of two vears, and has been an active worker in the affairs of Marshall, while Mrs. While, to whom he was married immediate ly afl' i" the Marshall assignment, has taken an active part in the musical affairs of the city and contributed no little bit to the musical advancement here. They are ii genial couple, active, ener getic ami alive, and will be great ly missed. About two years ago a young man came to Marshall to lake charge as manager of one of the public service corporations. This corporal ion had a monopoly and was thoroughly disliked by the great majority of our people. The service rendered the public at that time was fairly good, but the. patrons were treated on the theory of the "public be damned." This corporation was the South western Telegraph and Telephone company. The penr'p of Mar shall looked upon the rompany at that time as a foreign corpora lion which cared nothing for Marshall except as a victim to exploit. Then Ihe company changed managers and Ralph White, a young man of exceptionally pleasing personality, was placed in charge. In less than a month he knew ninelenlhs of the sub scribers and in Ihree months the telephone company was looked upon as one of the institutions that wanted o be a factor in Marshall's progress. Instead of being considered merely a ma chine monopoly to squeeze its pal rons for Ihe last cent, it was looked upon as a very necessary part of our business and social life, helpful, accommodating and courteous. The service rendered was probably not very superior to that given by his predecessors, for Marshall has had good tele, phone service for a number of years. There were likely just as many wrong' numbers given by the young lady operators since Ralph White came here as before. We suspect that just, as many people have had to wait jusl as long willl the phone to the ear during the last two years as they did the (wo years previous. We do not doubt but just as many of us have had trouble hearing over buzzing and whirring phones lately as we did three or four years ago. There are just as many of us paying in advance for the telephone now as when the former manager was trying to collect by 'efforts so strong that he was having personal encount ers on the streets and in private offices. White tried another tack. He ANOTHER LOU BOYTO the front said the telephone business needs friends like any other institution that wishes to V'ospcr. If you bad a complaint he wished to know about it. Not to try to prove you were at fault or that your complaint was groundless, but to co-operate with vou in I locating the trouble and improv ing the service. If there had been ten telephone Companies competing for your business you would not have gotten any more courteous treatment than Ralph White has given us, even when he knew that from Hie necessity of Ihe cae you were compelled to pay in your little dollars every month to his company. lie is the kind of man that corporations must put in charge of their business if corporations are to endure. And that is the object in writing this article. The corporation must make itself a part and parcel of everything that concerns the people it serves. When this lesson is learned well, and. the corporations act upon the knowledge gained, there will be easier limes ahead for both Ihe people ami the monopolies. Mr. While leaves today for an other field of labor for his com pany. He leaves here with every body his friend and, what's of more importance to his em ployers, he biives here with the people the friends of the tele phone company. AT Miscellaneous Shower Given In Honor of Miss Henrietta Cha loupka, Bride-Elect. From Krlday'g Daily. Last evening the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holly, in the west part of the city was the scene of much merriment, Thurs day evening', tin casion being a miscellaneous shower, given by Miss Anna Jirousek and Miss Anna Yelesnik in honor of Miss Henrietta Chalonpka, whose mar riage to Mr. Joseph M. lliber is to lake place shortly. Much merriment was created by the games indulged in, one of which was to place on the ring linger of a hand drawn on a large sheet of paper a wedding ring, Ihe contestants being blindfolded while attempting the task, and in this Miss Clara Janda secured the king prize, while Miss Hen rietta Chalonpka received the consolation prize. The rest of the evening was spent in various games, the chief feature of which was Ihe mock wedding, in which the young ladies derived much amusement. After several hours spent in games, the bride-to-be was requested to take her seat in Ihe center of the room, and as Miss lleata Holly played the march the guests came in and showered their friend with Ihe many useful and handsome gifts they had brought. At an appropriate hour very delicious refreshment s were served, to which the guests could not fall but do ample justice, and after a short lime spent in the enjoyment of several musical numbers the guests departed for lluir homes, after having spent a most enjoyable evening, wishing their friend much happiness in her' forthcoming marriage. Those present, were: Misses Henrietta Chalonpka, Marie Hiber, Mary Dona!, Anna Rys, Marie Jirousek. Sophia Chalonpka, Marie Neshulek, .Marie Jelinek, Sophia Jirousek, Clara Janda. Anna Kopia, Marie Svoboda, Tony Janda, Anna Jirousek, Anna Vilersnik, Heal a Hollv and Anna lliber. Here From Iowa City. From Sattinlny Dally. Henry Kgenherger came in this morning from Iowa City, Iowa, where he is attending Hie state university, and will visit here for the summer with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Ii. Egenberger. Henry is looking fine and has apparent ly gotten along fine at the Iowa school and his many friends were delighted to see him with them again. Thomsen, Dentist, Gund Bldg. PLEASANT AFFAIR JOSEPH HOLLY HOME 1 w cousin r The Weeping Water Republican Wrongly Construes Proposed Train Service. from Saturday's Dallv. An article appeared in this week's issue of Ihe Weeping Wa ter Republican in regard to the improving of the train service be tween this city and the rest of the county, which seems to place the wrong construction on the efforts of the IMattsmouth Com mercial club to secure this serv ice. It has not been intended or even thought of having any of the trains on the Lincoln branch of the Missouri I'acilic taken off, or changed, but the petition for the needed train service asks for the putting on of a new train that will make Ihe proper con nections in order to give the peo ple of the county an opportunity to come here and return home the same day. The Commercial club here has asked Ihe Weeping Water club lo send two or three represent atives along with the represent atives from this city when the mailer is brought up before the stale railway' commission, and present the pel il ion to secure the improved train service. II seems that the article appearing in the Weeping .Water paper, as well as Ihe agitation that stirred up the club there, was caused by an ar ticle thai appeared a few days ago in Hie Stale Journal, and which gave Hie impression (hat a change was being figured on I ho Lincoln branch, but this is far from the desire or aim of the Commercial club here, and there is no wish on their part to inter fere with Ihe service given the citizens of Weeping Water in any way, only to secure a train from that section of the county into lMaltsinoul h to enable the farm ers who have business here lo transact it and be able to return home all on Ihe same day; where al, present it takes almost two days for Ihe residents of Ihe cen tral pari of the county to come here and return home. This mat ter is one that deeply concerns the residents of that section of the county and their hearty co operation is desired lo secure for the entire county a service more suited lo their needs, and is not a selfish matter at all. T r'rnm Suturday'8 Dally. The meet jug last, night at the big lent was very well attended and Ihe sermon delivered by F.vangelisl Smith was one of the finest given so far in the series of meetings. The subject chosen was thai of "The Cost of Not Hc ing a Christian," and was deliver ed in a telling and masterly man ner by Ihe evangelist, which could not help but impress ilsclf upon the audience with his clear slae mc nl s as lo I he cost lo a person who has not, accepted the teach ings of Christ ami what, the Christian life means to lite in dividual as well as (he com munity in which they live. The choir, which was not quite as large as usual, rendered a num ber of selections, and a special duel, by Mrs. Marie llowerler and Mr. Sinilh were among the pleas ing features of the song service that preceded the preaching. Tho evangelistic parly also, by special request, rendered "His Love Can Never Fail," which is one of the most impressive religious songs ever written. There will be no service tonight al the tent, but tomorrow will be a big day, as Ihere will be a men's meeting at the tent and a woman's meet ing at the Christian church in the afternoon and in the evening a big service will be held at the tent. The Journal Tor typewriter supplies. I Oil MATTER GOOD IETIG THE TENT LAST NIGH