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Official l’aper Sherman County
EPWORTH LEAGUE CON
VENTION FOR KEARNEY
DISTRICT 1898.
The Kpworth League is the product
of several young people's societies that
united on May 16, 1889 at Cleveland,
Ohio. It has grown so rapidly till In the
present time it numbers more than one
and a half million young people.
There are- Leagues in Kearney Dis’t.
that dates their organization to the first
year of the Leagues exlstance. Loup
City organized a League in 1894.
Kearney District comprises the work
In the counties of Buffalo, (in which
county is Kearney, the head of the
District,) Dawson. Custer, Sherman
Valley, Garfield, Loup, Blaine, Thomas,
and Hooker.
From these counties will come the
workers In the Leagues to our Conven
tion.
At first our League Conventions were
held in connection with the meetings of
the ministers in the Districts. But as
the Leagues grew in numbers and im
portance, the sentiment grew among
our vniinir that, fr Vila nopAatiapif I
to give more time to purely League
work, far more time than the Ministers
could give them on theirprogram. Then
again, like many other young people,
the Leaguers were ambitious to aet up
bouses for themselves, And moreover
it was not easy for the young folks to
get a chance to talk when associated
with preachers. So it was decided to
hold two meetings separately. And
this has been done for the last tour years.
At the time of this seperatlon the
ministers were in office, but It was rec
ognized that the young people were well
qualified to run their own business.
Hence a layman has been at the helm
ever since. A printer was the first
President, then a druggist followed
Both this year and last the president
has not had as his associate officers any
of our preachers. The young people
have rallied splendidly to his support.
In the other two districts, the North
Platte, and the Holdrldge, they have
bad a preacher as their president, while
Kearney has had a layman.—Press Rep.
CONVENTION CONVENES.
The Kpworth League convention for
the Kearney district opened Friday
at i) :00 o'clock a. m. with a good rep
resentation of delegates and many more
are expected to arrive today as the
weather bids fair to be all that could be
desired. The interest taken by our
people and the visiting members is very
marked and all together the convention
will doubtless be a grand success.
Thursday eve. a large crowd gathered
in the opera hall and a program was
rendered followed by a social. The
principal feature of the program was
the address of welcome by J. W. Long
of our city and the response by Hon.
J. N. Dryden of Kearney. Mr. Long's
remarks were well chosen, well placed
and well delivered and the response was
highly appreciated by our citizens, not
only from the fact that Mr. Dryden
delivered it in the cboisest language
aud easy and impressive manner, but
also because of his early pioneer days
in Sherman county, in 1874-5, when with
the early settlers he was one among us,
which fact he recalled in highly com
plimentary terms and characterized
with a feeling of pride and friendlinesi
to the old familiar faces and oui
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The choir rendered some choice se
lections.
One feature of the eveuing's enter
tsiument made much merriment
As each one entered the hall they wen
given a card by the committee. Kact
wrote their name and address on th<
card and pinned It on them. Nea
the close a recess of thirty tulnulei
was given to give all a chance to gei
acquainted, also to see who eould pro
cure the largest list ot uames on paper
a prise of a )>eautttul l>oquet being ot
fered to the successful one. Mis
Jaeger carried off the prise with a lis
of siaiy-two names. W. It. Mellor hai
a stereotype list ot a hundred and thirty
two names, but it was no good and ths
was where the fun cams In
rilSsy Mamina
Friday Morning session was welt at
leuded aud proved to be so later»*Oti|
from the start that they almost forgo
to adjourn tor ihaaer, but all teemed t<
take part In the general routine of bus
loess The session was opened by i
model Rparonh League devutlonet meet
tug by I'reeldtag Rider R Nmtth o
kttrsry This was tul.oned by an an
uaal address by (he 1‘rwsidewl of tin
district lasagne w A. l> llsaliae. aln
ml hsarnsy
M»st of the tofwuuun • »<*•« was tab
•« up in repotting delegations am
getting ready fur business and ttateetwy
|u reports ml various delegate* as le ths
growth and good atvnmpltohed by then
respective league* The quest Ion bos
was also brought Into action and pro
voked considerable mirth as well as
famished a source of useful intor
(nation
Miss Edith Robins, of Ord reviewed
the Picket Line of Missions in a highly
entertaining way.
Nearly at the noon hour the arrival
of new delegates were announced,
among whom were Rev. J. Buckley, of
Callaway and Mrs. J. R. Woodcock,
of Tecumseh.
Friday Afternoon.
The principal feiture of Friday after-1
noon’s work was the address of Mrs.
J. R. Woodcock,Supt. Neb. Conference
Junior League and after devotional ex
ercises President ITenline Introduced
the speaker.
Mrs. Woodcock, spoke on Junior
League work and said: “This is not a
one sided talk, for that would be very
tiresome. All of us must talk like the
preachers, she said, 1 will take a text,
a text is a good thing, and we will copy
the good example of the preachers. It
will be taken from the songs of Solo
mon, the 2, chap and 15, verse. Take
us the little foxes, the little foxes that
spoil our vines for our vines have ten
der grapes.”
Now I used to wonder, as a little
child, why the foxes said, take us the
little foxes. Why did they want to be
taken. Why did they ask for such a
thing. Then the tender vines, how
much they teach, there is not another
thing in all the Bible, with the excep
tion of a man that was used so much,
and represented so much as the grape
and Its vine. We read of them all
through the Bible But as 1 came to
study boys, I came to sec something of
the meanimr of this verse. For it is the
boys and girl* that are the tender vines.
Think of It c bildren, did you ever see a
yiae? did any of you ever smell the vine
when It In bloom? Yes I see some of
you have, and you have noticed how
sweet it smells. There are many that
are more beautiful, b it to my thinking
none are so sweet. And that means us,
boys and girls.
And now let us add one word to our
text. I think that it will be more plain.
Take us away, the foxes. For that is
really what is rnent. Now in this coun
try the foxes do not trouble much. But
in the Orient they were a great trouble
at times, and we do not wonder that
Solomon should say, take away the foxes.
Now wbat the foxes liked most was
the tender grapes. You know when
young they are tender and it i s quite
easy to bite them. But as they grow
older, it takes quite a little pressure to |
break through. Now children who do
you think the young vines represent, the
old people? No that means the Junior
League, they are the tender vines of the
Epworth League. Now will all those
that are Junior LeagueSuperlnteudants
please stand, yes and all that are inter -
ested in Junior League work, that ought
to include all the preachers I think,
thank you, well i see there are quite a
number. Now 1 am going to ask ques
tions. 1 want to know what little foxes
have been troubling you. Please tell
me, yes those are good, I will write them
on the board, Lack of order, irregular
ity, difllculty to Interest small ones,
non-attention, bad behavior of older
boys, timidity, lack of entbuseasm of
leaders, indifference of parents.
Now let us see if we can catch these
foxes, as I came along I saw a child who
was throwing its bead backward, it was
but a little child, and needed correction
but how was it to be done ,well the fath
er called the attention of the little one
to some horses till the child forgot all
about that trick. Would it not be as
well for us workers to attempt a coun
ter attraction. Start up singing sud
denly, then stop the children after they
had sung a few words ask them if they
believe that, then they will possibly
say, why 1 don't know what it was,
then say well let us sing it over again
and notice it, then they will look a
tlipir IwwiLt ami vnn u-III )> a on
tention. Now 1 temember as a child I
stayed a short time with my aunt, she
bad no children of her own.-but she had
a great love for the children and that
helped her over the difficulty Well we
had one day an old sea captain visiting
u* 1 was but a child at the time, and
as tliay were talking 1 was buisy bull
ing with aoine chips. I supposed they
thought 1 did not hear what was said
but I kept my ears open, for then as
now I suppose 1 tried to ail I could.
And when the visitor bail gone 1 hegao
to use those awful words 1 suppose just
as tree and easy as the man had done.
My auut *»i shocked, but she .lid not
know what to do, so she and l licle went
Into the other room and talked it over.
• When they came out t ncle rushed out
of the house with a frightful yell, and
1 Auut alter buu and of course | followed.
Now that scared me -o that I complete
ly forgot those words and they never
troubled me more."
Mrs. Woodcock, dwelt slvutue length
; on the methods of teaching the children
I In Junior Leagues and characterised the
, subject wilh many titling II lust rati to,.
ItMsl tlvslss
, The fr.day evening eaervlve. were
opened by a .election from the Wester
viile .pianette which was rendered tn
' a manner that was apple. de l and
applaud*.I following this was live
i lecture as pet program by In W K
Halstead of Lincoln the sun jo. t of
his tec I ore wav ' Kuo ow a It. a Su«.u
f arm ' aa.i before be bad got ssll start
ed the audience was fully cutty I mod
there would be fust to the swaveotiui.
that night Kof V%i !b#v
III* •• re as full of foo as
an egg be of meat, mol every period
was ruomted with etw^oemre He held
the amiMMsce n ehtse attentive toy one
hour and twenty minute? and elicited
rounds of applause.
Saturday.
Rov. H M Pinckney, led the Model Kp
worth League devotional meeting on Saturday
morning followed by a discussion on proi»er
methods for leagues to raise money.
Opened by Rev. T B Newborn, and one on
How to work the Mercy and Help department,
opened by Miss Minnie Hickman and a song
by Miss tlllson.
At 1 ;30 Mrs. Woodcock spoke on Junior I.ea
gue work. And a model business meeting wan
held under the leadership of Rev. I) W Crane,
of Lexington, then followed the election of
officers.
Officers UiiirriD For Ermoteinm Yeah
President Mrs. J. L. f’laflin Ord.
1st, V. Prs. Miss Cora Brough ion. Cozad
2nd V. Prs. Mrs. Anna Leech, Westerville.
3rd. V. Prs. Miss Ella Long. Loup City
4th. V. Prs. Jessie Meyer. Shelton.
Cor. Sec. Kay Jennings, Ord.
Rec. Sec. Elsie Traver. Kearney.
Broken Bow. was selected as the place for
holding the next annual convention.
On Saturday evening Re v. C. M. Sheppard,
Lectured on “Ghosta." pound logout the ghosts
of superstition, of politics, and social life. Tin
lecture was ammusing and very entertaining.
The audience was well pleased
Sunday.
At 5:30 Sunday morning Rev. Crane, preach
ed to a fairly large congregratlon. who gather
i*d. many of them long before even that early
hour.
At 9:30 came the Love feast, conducted by
Rev. W. E. Hardaway followed at 10:30 a. m
by a sermon, the greatest undoubtedly ever
beard In Loup City. It wuu a masterpiece, the
preacher,Rev C. M. Sheppard, was filled with
power, and the people were blessed.
At 2. p. m. the Presiding Elder, assisted by
the preachers conducted the sacrament tcrvlce
and it was followed by a missionary rally led
by Rev. C. C. Wilson in which Mrs. Broughton.
Mrs. Woodcock. Rev. E. Smith, and Rev’ m
Bellan took part'
At ?, o'clock a song service was held, follow
Pd by a sermon by Rev. IJ W. Marsh, it was a
rnemoriable service, a fit close to the convrn
lion. Loup City was blessed ia a marked man
ner. and delegates went away rejoieeing at
thin season of grace and blessing. Press Rep.
LEAGUE OFFICERS PRESENT:
8. A. D. Henline. President of Dint. League
of Kearney accompanied by wife.
Hon. J. N. Dry den of Kearney was also
present and officiated by a response to the
MldresK of welcome.
Will's Waite, of Loup City. Secretary.
MINISTERS PRESENT.
Preaiding Elder. E. Smith. Kearney
Rev W. E. Hardaway of Ord.
T. B. Newborn, Arnold.
C. E. Fenton, Merna.
• D. W. Crane, Lexington.
II. M. Pinkney. Westerville.
O. C. Wilson, Shelton.
W. E. Matthews, Loup City.
W H. Boucher. Sr.. Haven Chapel.
“ D. F. Rodabaugh. Ravenna.
Webster, of Burwell.
" Hr. W R. Ho Is te ad, of Lincoln.
“ Shepard, Nebraska City.
B W. Marsh. Kearney
C. C. Clsseli, St. Paul.
C. A. Webster Seargent
DELEGATES PRESENT.
ARCADIA. NEB.—Maggie A. Hall and NeK
J Pederson.
ARNOLD NEB. T B Newborn
BURWELL, NEB.- Guy Loverty. Miss
Mary Webster.
COZAD NEB. Mi*s Cora Broughton. Mis>
Mable Brown
RAVENNA, NEB—Miss Edith Miner. J B
Runyon, also Miss Ruth Buckner of Junior
League.
HAZARD NEB. Miss Millie Swanson, and
Miss Frances L. Munn.
KEARNEY. NEB—Coe Shalian
LOPP CITY.—Mis* Sadie Walworth, Miss
Hattie Hay hurst.
ORD NEB. -Mis* Ray Jennings.
WESTERVILLE NEB. -Miss Daisy Thorn
ton, Miss Prudy Allen: Jr. Miss Floy Leach.
The visitors from Westerville are Ralph
Baker. Bessie Thornton, W. W. Thornton, Mrs.
C. T. Leach Nellie Leach. Mina Leach. J.T.
Rippley Rev. H M. Pinckney.. Ruben Pinck
ney Charles Pinckney, Besnie Pinkney. Elmer
Cannon Ralph Cannon. Cleon Cannon. Keuban
Campbell, Frank Stewart. Miss Mable Cannon
and Mrs. J. E. Rippley.
WEST UNION. NEB. -George Dreessen.
John Bfrehm.
CALLAWAY, NEB. -Rev. J. Buckley.
LEXINGTON NEB. I) W. Craine M.
Miles.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following are the resolutions adopted
by the convention as read by Rev H. M.
Piukney at the close of their Saturday evening
session:
W»» rh** Kn worth luu.'ii..
Weal Nebraska conference, In convention as
sembled do adopt the follow Inc resolutions:
FIHST.-We dntire to cxprass our sincere
gratitude to our Heavenly Father for the
many token* of his loving favor for the pros
perity that attended Us us an organization,
aud for the measure of usefulness He has
granted to us: and hereby covenant with oae
another that we will hence forth strive to de
vote ourselves yet more earnestly to his service
In the advancement of his Kingdom
Sin*>»!>. We deplore the prevalence of
Sabbath desecration la our laud and desire to
extend all our influence against i< We most
emphatically dtsaprove the action of tha ts-ard
,f managers of the Trans Mississippi Kiposi
tlon In keeping open the gates upon the Sale
bath day We renew our pledge-, of loyalty to
the cause of temperance w» view with abhor
1 n,e the propositi,,a to sell liquor u|s,u ih, ax
p.,01 iou grounds la direc t t wUllou of the laws
*f Nebraska aud we dcplors the sale of itquur
under sate th»a of the tloveramaht, to the sol
di! r»ia the army Of the I'm ted Mate- We
< wish to ea press our thanks to the withers of
our Uittnri l.ea. uc for their faithful and »9l
jn- ni labor during the past yenr Wa learn
with dm p regret Id the I tinea* of Miss Jennie
Javksoic >d the irmnhw hosp tal and he e,
quent a townee (rum this runientlon and wU|
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1 J. PHIL JAEUErI
HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER LARGE INVOICE OF
AND YOU SHOULD NOT FAIL TO CALL AND SEE THEM.
I HAVE THE LARGEST AND FINEST ASSORTMENT OF
Trunks and Valises Ever
DROUGHT TO THE MIDDLE LOUD VALLEY.
Our trade is steadily increasing and it is flattering evidence to us that our
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new plan of hammering down the prices is appreciated by the public, and by
adding largely to our stock, many articles heretofore sold in ot her stores for high
prices, and selling them on a very close margin, we are gradually building up a bus* !
iness that is highly satisfactory. We have a mammoth stock of Dry Goods,
Roots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, and Notions, all new spring goods, but we do not be- j
lieve in selling them on large profits to make up for a sacrifice in some other de
partment, because we find that we can do more business on close margin than on j ^
large profits, and a large volume of business will give us good interest on our '
investment. Don’t go by our store if you want a bargain in a Trunk or Valice j
or in fact anything to put in it. We are here to do business and have employed
the aid of low prices in every department to assist us. Come in and see our {
goods and learn our prices when you visit the county seat. Remember the place,
| South Side Public Square, Loup City, Neb.
THE DIRECT LINE.
To Denver, Salt Lake City, Han Fran
cisco and Portland, is via the Union
Pacific. The service of the Union Pa
cific to all principle western points is
unexcelled by any other line and con
sists of Pullman Palace Sleepers, Pull
man Tourist Sleepers. Chair Cars. Din
ing, (Meals a la cart.)
For time tables and full information
call on—VV. D. Clifton, Agent.
NOTICE OF STOCK TAKEN UP.
I hereby give notice that I have taken
upon my farm, in Bristol township, Sec.
tion, U, T. 13, Range II, Sherman county
Nebraska, on or ubout May 3rd, leas: One
black mare colt, about three years olil,
weight aboat Shu pounds, hind legs white
np to knee and star in forehead. Owner
can have same by paying cost of keeping
and for this advertisement.
PETER MORTZ,
Late to bed and early to rise, prepares
a man for his home In the skies. Early
to bed and a Little Early Riser, the pill
that makes life longer and better and
wiser. Odendabl, P.ros.
TIME TAKER.
LOUP CITY, N'EBR
Lincoln, Denver,
Omaha, Helena,
Chicago, Butte,
St. .Joseph, Salt Lake City.
Kansas City, Portland,
St. Louis, San Francisco.
anil all points and all points
East and South. West.
TRAINS LEAVE AS FOLLOWS.
1,0INC EAST
So a Passenger 7.5ft a. in
No 1.0 Freight tf.ttip in.
GUIN(. WEST
No. 51 Passenger. 4:1ft p.m.
No. fth Freight. Iliftoa. in
Sleeping, dinner awl reclining chair cars
(scats free) on through trains Tickets
sold and baggage checked to uny point In
the 0 imcd xiates oi Canada.
For Information, maps, time tables and
tickets cud on or write to V F. Warts
Agent. '»r J. FIlANCls, lien’I. Passenger
Agent, i ’liialia, Nebraska,
f. P. KAII.WAV
Na. stl leaves dally except Sunday (pass
eugeri. T »' a. in
No ax leaves Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, imixedi t on |i m
No. *i leaves Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, .mixed) f lip in
No l17 Arrives dally except Sunday .mixed
II it a tu
No <fl arrives dally except Sunday ipas*
engan 7.1* p ui
F irst class sen Ice and close tonne, lions
ea t. West aud south
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