American Sunday School Union
Tho origin of tbu Amoncmt Suutinj
acbool union nonrly ouo hundred jiwtrs
ago was tho expression of two gieat mi
pulses in response to conditions Hit n
prevailing and which still exist in our
country
Tho first u wise far seeing patiiotistn
7ecoganizod tho truth uttir d ii G o
Washington that tho perpetuity f
our national institutions dupows en the
right moral training of tho youth of ih
land and saw in tho increasing iiuin
ber of morally neglected youth
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menace to tho nations fuluie
Tho second was tho loving impulse to
respond to the Saviors appeal to feed
his lambs scattered neglecte 1 and per
ishing unshopherdod Early efforts to
meet the needs of such ciidrn by
opening Sunday schools for them led
to a cooperation of devoted pitriotie
Christians of various denominations
which culminated in the beinnint s of
the American Sunday School Union in
1317 and in its present form of organiz
Rov F G Ensign whoso cut appears
in this connection was a co worker with
D L Moody in the sixties Urged by
Mr Moody ho accoptod tho office of
superintendent of tho northwest district
for the American Sunday School Union
in 1SG3 with seven men aa his force for
work in tho territory now comprising
ten Htates 1 his force was increased in
hu thirtj eiyht years of service to ono
hundred permanent men and about
fifty students commissioned for vaca
tion work Under his leadership about
ENSIGN
S000UU re brought into Sunday
Schools opened by his men When wo
consider tLat the men now leading in
and professional life in our
own towns and citie were most of them
twenty five j ears ago among the chil
dren of rund districts we are ready to
realiz that it is not likely that even his
great evangelist friend did so much for
the permanent good of his country as
Mr Ensign
Rev Geo P Williams D D whose
cut appears herewith is the present
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REV GEORGE P WILLIAMS D D
ation in 1824 The object then espress
ed in its conrtitution is to plant and
sustain a Bible school in every destitute
community in the land The method is
by sending out Sunday school mission
aries supported by gifts of patriotic and
Christian people of all classes Many
statesmen including United States
presidents and prominent business and
professional men including some of our
most noted preachers testify that these
Sunday schools touched their lives and
moulded them for usefulness
district superintendent He began his
gospel ministry as ono of Mr Ensigns
missionaries in North Dakota Thus
after a seminary course and a brief
pastorate in Chicago he did magnificent
service as home missionary superintend
ent of Chicago Presbytery for twelve
years His intimate acquaintance with
Mr Eusiga and his work during this
time peculiarly fitted him to become
his successor in January 1907 The
grasp with which he has already laid
hold of the work convinces its friends
WALNUT GROVE SUNDAY SCHOOL
One rough profane illiterate man
was reached by such a school through
his little girl He was converted and
trained to such efficiency that ho bo
came a missionary of tho Union and
himself opened over 1300 more such
Sunday schools
Another missionary still living has
planted over 1250 Sunday schools in
Siinnesota No other man has done as
much for the permanent good of Minne
sota as be and probably none ever will
Nearly 200 churches of eight or ten de
nominations developed from his schools
that God has trained and called a man
large enough for this field in its present
magnitude
Mr W II Kimberly state superin
tendent for Nebraska and Wyoming is
now in his nineteenth year of service in
the state In his modesty he has furn
ished us with no statistics of the results
either of his own personal work during
his earlier years as field missionary or
of that of the whole state force since
he was placed at its head But of all
the tireless workers who have spent
their energies in heroic efforts to feed
a
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tho scattered lambs of Nebraska none
has equalled in labors more abundant
than our beloved W JI Kimberly
Many a remote district in these western
counties in tho early years felt tho
touch of his largo warm heart and the
thrill of tho Masters spirit in him and
many a church is the fruit of his seed
sowing Men who are now missionaries
in our work and others pastors of
churches beside multitudes who glorify
God as truly in tho common walks of
life point back to tho work of this
great heart as the source of their use
fulness Mr Kimberly is a worker of
the Toddj R typo and attracts such
workorB to his forco Last years report
of the state forco showed 170 Sunday
schools opened with over 0000 mem
bers nineteen joung peoples societies
and prayer meetings established to
deepen and establish the work of tho
schools preaching appointments ar
ranged in forty one places for pastors of
sevon denominations seven churches de
veloped 13453 visits were made to
KEV W II KIMBERLY
homes many of which are beyond the
reach of any pastor and nearly 400 con
verts were reported
Mr Webber recently located at Mc
Cook as permanent missionary for
Southwest Nebraska has spent about
eleven years in this work elsewhere be
side five years as a pastor He has al
ready opened some fine Sunday schools
in three counties and is working at
other needy districts Many newly
settled districts are in need of Sunday
schools and in some places churches
that used to flourish are now dead and
work must be begun over again with a
union Sunday school
Mr Webber will be glad to respond
to any appeals for districts needing his
help lie will also gladly receive any
contributions for the support of the
REV B L WEBBER
workers in the state Quite a number
of men have for years given the entire
support of individual missionaries and
counted this the best of all their invest
ments but most of the funds comes in
small contributions of from one dollar
upward Who loves the Savior enough
to help feed his scattered lambs in this
way Communicated
Herewith we print a picture of the
Walnut Grove Union Sunday school or
ganized a few years since about eleven
miles south of Cambridge About
thirty of this school are now members
of churches in that part of Furnas
county
Death of Former Citizen
Mr J H Evans of Cache Creek was
called to the great beyond Wednesday
May 27th The cause of the death was
pneumonia Undoubtedly the advanced
age of Mr Evans had considerable to
do with aiding the desease he being 73
years old Mr Evans came to this
section some 14 years ago from McCook
Nebraska A wife and seven living
children and 11 grandchildren are left
to mourn his loss He was a G A R
man serving the full four years of the
war was at the time of his death a
member of the Christian church Mr
Evans was well and favorably known
we might say by every one and his
loss will be noticed
by this entire com
munity Grand Valley News Colorado
The deceased came to Red Willow
county in 1S79 and resided for many
years west of our city
The Commercial National Bank of
Cedar Rapids Iowa has just been au
thorized to begin business with 100000
capital Among the officers is one of
McCooks early and leading business
men W O LaTourette who is vice-
presiueuu I
LeGore Rltchle Wedding
A beautiful and elaborate wedding
took place at 830 last evening at tho
home of Mr and Mrs Robert M Lo
Gore 1G29 C street in tho marriago of
their only daughter Lila Marie to
Charles David Ritchie of McCook Neb
Tho ceremony was witnessed by a
company of about 200 people who were
seated in an arbor mado by canvasing
in tho lawn back of tho houso and
coering the screen with branches nnd
vines Numberless little electric globes
gleamed through the foliage with love
ly effect An orchostra played the
wedding march nnd also furnished
music all during tho evening Tho
bridal procession was led by sixty
girls of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority
all dressed in white nnd pink who took
seats at tho further side of tho arbor
Next came tho two bridesmaids Miss
Edna Waite of McCook and Miss
Ethel Perkins of Lincoln drossed in
pink silk The two maids of honor
Miss Anna Jones and Miss Minuio
Baumau of West Point with trained
gowns of pink silk followed Mrs
Charles Nichols of Leavenworth Kas
tho matron of honor in white lace over
pink silk preceded the biido and her
father The groom and his best man
Ralph Mansfield of Wisner and tho
officiating minister Rev W W Law
ronco awaited the procession in tho
arbor The bride wore an exquisite
gown of baby Irish lace over heavy
whito silk entrain with a tulle veil
and carried a shower bouquet of bride
roses and lilies of the valley
The guests woro received in the house
by Mrs LeGore assisted by her mother
Mrs John Wilson of Montezuma la
and tho grooms mother Mrs Ritchie
of North Bond Garlands of honey
suckle and pink and whito roses gave
a bower liko effect to the reception room
Aiound the plate rail in the dining room
was a closely placed row of pink candles
in crystal sucks xne taoie was cover
ed with a beautiful cloth embroidered
by tho brides grandmother and was
decorated with pink roses and big pink
bows Mrs C I Jones Mrs J C
Seacrest Mrs C H Rudge and Mrs
Emma Holyoke alternated in serving
the coffee and ices Mrs E H Fol
som and Mrs E II Marshall had
charge of the long pink ribbons which
were drawn when sufficient number
had been admitted to the dining room
and Mrs George O Smith drew the
ribbons at the exit Mrs W E Bark
ley introduced the guests to tho re
ceiving line Miss Ada Comstock as
sisted in the parlors and Miss Mabel
Ritchie assisted in the hall upstairs
Punch was served on the front porch
which was screened in with vines and
honeysuckle The effective decora
tions were placed under the direction
ofH T Folsom The beautiful col
lection oi guts were on view in a room
upstairs
Mr Ritchie graduated from tho state
university in the class of 1903 and
from the law school in 1905 Ho is a
member of Alpha Theta Chi Phi Delta
Phi and Theta Kappa Nu fraternities
and was a charter member of tho In
nocents He is now a member of the
law firm of Morlan Ritchie Wolff at
McCook Mr and Mrs Ritchie will
travel about two weeks and will be at
home to their friends at McCook after
July 15
Among the out of town guests were
the following Mr and Mrs David
Ritchie and daughter Mabel North
Bend Dr and Mrs Charles Nichols
and Goodsell Nichols Leavenworth
Kan Miss Anna Jessen Nebraska
City Ellery Delaney and Miss LeNora
DeLaney Douglas Neb MissBauman
West Point H P Leavitt Omaha
Fred Laird Fremont Mr and Mrs M
H Head Jefferson la Charles Mar
shall and son Earl Douglas Neb
A number of the Alpha Omicron Pi
alumnea from over the state were also
present Lincoln Journal June 11
Hag enbeck and Wallace Coming
Circus is coming A real circus A
big one The largest that travels The
reliable Carl Hagenbeck Great Wal
lace show comoined with every depart
ment augumented with additional novel
ties rare and interesting new features
in tho monster menagerie Special im
portations in the way of all kinds of new
circus acts have been secured in con
junction with a long string of the pick
of American performers The
horses are a show all by
themselves and every department has
been increased extensively and such
a superb exhibition of blooded horses as
form a part of the Carl Hegenbeck
Wallace circus can be truthfully said
that no other show offers The new
parade is also creating exceptional at
tention and is called the finest turn out
any circus has ever made in any coun
try The big shows come to McCook
Friday July 10 afternoon performance
only
Annular Eclipse of Sun
There will Le an annular eclipse of
the sun June 2S visible in nearly all
parts of the United States but annular
only in the vicinity of Tampa Florida
and begining there at 745 a m will be
of 245 duration About three fourths
of the suns surface will be eclipsed at
Tampa and in a strip of country 90
miles long by 45 miles wide in the vicin
ity of Tampa the eclipse will be as nearly
total as it is possible to hide the sun
for a period of three minutes
Marriage of Miss Stevens
An unusually pretty wedding was
that of Miss Elizabeth Stevens and
William Irwin Brooks in St Cecelias
at half aftor seven Wednesday morn
ing Tho ceremony was performed by
Rov Father McDonald of tho local
parish assisted by Rov Father Kirwin
of McCook
The brido was attended by her sister
Miss Mary Stevens of Lincoln A D
Crawford of Lincoln was best man
Only relatives and intimnto friends
wero present Tho brido was attired
in a going away suit of tan with which
she woro a laco bodice tan hat and
whito gloves Sho carried a white
prayer book
Following tho ceremony tho bridal
party went to tho homo of Mr aud Mrs
J C Stevens whore a wedding break
fast was served by Fisher There
woro thirty two guests Decorations
wore in pink and white Tho menu
was served in six courses Mr and
Mrs Brooks left on Burlington train
No 2 for the oast A large numbor of
friends assembled at tho depot to ex
toud their good wishes
Tho bride who is a sister of John
Stevens has been a resident of Lincoln
for several years Sho was ono of
tho chief librarians of tho stnte library
under Supremo Court Clerk Ilerdman
and later held a desirable appointment
in the Burlington legal sorvico at
Lincoln Mr Brooks is well established
in Lincoln in association with tho firm
of Miller Paine Tho couple will re
side at S26 South Fourteenth street
whero they will receive their friends
after July 15 Among tho out of town
guests were Mr and Mrs George
lleflley A D Crawford Harry Gil
more Miss Ethel Erford and Miss Nora
Sullivan all of Lincoln II M Brooks
and Mrs S D Love of Pender father
and aunt of the groom Mr and Mrs
Kendlen and daughter Miss Maggie
Ecklesfield Miss Minnie Fitzgerald and
Rev Father Kirwin all of McCook
Mrs Kendlen is a sister of tho bride
Tho happy couple received many beauti
ful presents Hastings Tribune June
Real Estate Filings
Tho following real estate filings have
been made in the county clerks office
since last report
Mary A Mugan to Mabel C
Hammond wd to lot 3 blk
7 2nd McCook 400 CO
A G Bump and wife to Jennie
Ilegonberger wd to lot 3 blk
22 1st McCook 2100 00
John H Daily and wifo to Peter
HKiIzer wd to hf int e hf
7 1 2G no qr
3500 00
John L Horton sing to llona
Turner wd to lots 123457
Lebanon pt no qr sw qr 17-1-26
1000 00
Robert N Piper toEE Atwater
qcd to nw qr sw qr 2 e hf so
qr 3 no qr no qr 10 in 4 29
Conrad Amen and wifo to Geo
Fahrenbruch wd to pt se qr
seqr30 3 29
1 00
1 00
Daniel Harrison and wife to
Thomas L Kelley wd to lot
4 blk 28 Indianola 100
00
William T Davis to John A
White wd to no qr 1-4-29 1S00 00
H A Dickson to McCook Gas
company b of s of gas fixture
in barber shop 30 00
Frank Morosic and wifo to
James S Doyle wd to w hf
ne qr w hf se qr 4 4 23
1300 00
N E Barger and wife to H N
Rosebush wd to pt ne qr se
qr30 3 29 2500
00
Whos Afraid
There wero more frightened people in
McCook last Friday evening than have
ever before been within her borders
That ugly cloud of dust in the south
west looked ominous and was partially
tho cause of the fright but a telegram
from Trenton announcing an approach
ing cyclone which did not exist or
materialize was the principal element
in the scare Fortunately it was
naught but wind followed by a heavy
rain Tho worst of this McCook
escaped the heavy blow passing on
down the valley but doing no damage
of note But cyclone cellars and house
cellars were consulted all over the city
But whos afraid
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles
Itching Blind Bleeding or Protrud
ing Piles Druggists refund money if
Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case
no matter of how long standing in Ctol4
days First application gives ease and
rest 50c If your druggist hasnt it
send 50c in stamps and it will be for
warded postpaid by Paris Medicine Co
St Louis Mo
Farmers Attention
I am receiving cream for the Fair
mont Creamery Co of Crete Neb
Bring your cream to me and I will guar
antee good results You get your
checks every shipment To those part
ies that are delivering cream to other
creameries if you will divide give one
half to me I think after a few ship
ments you will bring it all to me
M Walsh
Death of Baby Douglass
Baby Lee Francis infant son of Mr
and Mrs Charles F Douglass died on
Sunday and the little remains wero
buried in Riverview cemetery Monday
TEMPERANCE COLUMN
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Conducted by the McCook W C T
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Tho W C T U met with Mrs H A
Rouch Meeting opened by singing
How Firm a Foundation followed by
a scripturo lesson from I Timothy
Business Discussion was led by tho
president relative to tho Sunday baso
ball playing Mesdames Gary and
Beardsloy announced that they would
organize tho L T L this noxt weok
Mrs Rouch led tho lesson for tho day
Subject Which has tho Greater In
fluence Over a Childs Lifo Heredity or
or Environment It was interesting
nnd profitable In two wooks will moot
with Mrs Ed Callen Thoro will bo a
tea Wo cordially invito all to attend
our meetings
THE SALOON A BAD INSTITUTION
After nil tho worst thing about tho
saloon is tho saloon itsolf It is worso
than folly to try to cienus tho stream of
a foul fountain Tho saloon is a foun
tain which sends forth a stream of vice
and thoro is but ono way to got rid of
tho pestilent stream and that is to dry
up the fountain Thoro is no uso cut
ting at tho ulcerous surface of tho can
cer while tho roots aro left Tho real
cancer is tho saloon itself nnd a saloon
no matter where it may bo or what its
appointments may bo is a plaguo spot
As an institution tho saloon is per so
bad It ministers to and develops the
baser instincts and tastes Its wholo
influenco is to deprave It inflames tho
passions paralyzes the finor sensibilities
and impoverishes in all that goos to tho
making of a noblo manhood Tho
gambling den and tho brothel aro allies
of tho saloon Anarchy breeds in tho
atmosphere of tho saloon Tho stream
of political corruption has its source in
tho saloon Tho only way to get rid of
tho deadly fruit is to dig up tho roots of
tho tree It has been demonstrated that
the only effective regulation for tho sa
loon is extermination Word and Way
CITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p
m Sunday school at 10 a m All
are welcome to these services
E R Eaule Rector
Catholic Order of services Mass
8 a m Mass and sormon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
school 230 p m Every Sunday
Wm J Kirwin O M I
Christian Bible school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m C E
t 7 p m Knights of Pythias memor
ial sermon at 2 p m All aro welcomo
R M Ainsworth Pastor
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching service at 11 00 a m Even
ing service at 800 B Y P U at 7 p m
A most cordial invitation is extended to
all to worship with us
E Burton Pa3tor
Christian Science Services Sun
day at 11 a m and Wednesday at 8 p
m Meetings held in tho Diamond
block Room open Wednesdays and
Saturdays from 2 to 4 p m Sunday
subject Is tho Universe Including
Man Evolved by Atomic Force Sci
ence literature on sale
Methodist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m Junior
League at 4 Epworth League at 7
Prayer meeting Wednesday night at 8 p
m Morning subject The Church
That Wins Evening Some Needed
Reforms in McCook Sunday school
every Sunday in South McCook at 3 pm
M B Carman Pastor
Congregational Sunday school at
10 a m Preaching at 11 a m by pastor
Junior C E at 3 pm Senior C E at
7 p m Prayer meeting every Wednes
day at 8 Morning subject Amos the
Times and the Mam Childrens Day
programme by the Sunday school at 8
p m Public is cordially invited to these
services G B Hawkes Pastor
150 For Best Article
The Republican Congressional Com
mittee offers 150 for the best article
not exceeding 1000 words on tho sub
ject
WHY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
SHOULD BE SUCCESSFUL
NEXT NOVEMBER
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In judging tho merits of contribu
tions consideration will be given not
only to style arguments and facts pre
sented but to the convincing power
and it should be born in mind that
Memoers of Congress are to be elected
as well as President and Vice President
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will be the property of the Committee
The best article will be widely used
both in the newspapers of the country
and in pamphlet form
The reward will be made and check
sent to the successful contestant about
lugust lutn Manuscripts must be
mailed not later than July loth to
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