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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1904)
Evangelist Has Opinions on En tertainment. CARDS , DANCES AND THEATER Does Not Approve of Things That Some People Do , and Calls Them Hard Names Arraignment of Many Good People Included. ITho vlows of Mr. Lyou ns expressed - pressed In thin nullcnl lecture will meet with hcnrty disapproval of n great many of the most intelligent nnil the most highly rollncil people of Norfolk nnil of society nt largo. It Is unfair for one who lacks ilollnlto knowledge In matters of this sort to assign evil motives to those- who Indulge In the dance , the card game or the theater. It is evident that Mr. Ijyoii does not know what ho Is talkIng - Ing about In regard to any of these throe. Instead of a liberal view , ho has set a dead line against all forms of amusements in which many people ple who are pure In their lives , Inno cently enjoy. His arguments against the stage , the parlor card table and the dancing party are for the most part , resented by people of liberal vlows as an insult to their Intelli gence and morality and the discus sion , to say the least , would appear to bo as narrow as possible. ] Last night every seat In the Meth odist church and the aisles were filled with n crowd curious to hear what the evangelist would say on the nmuscmnnt question. Mr. Coultes sang for a solo , "Have you any Room for Jesus , " and the song service was very inspiring. Mr. Lyon took for his text I Corin thians 10:32 : , using the revised ver sion : "Give no occasion of stum bling either to Jews or Greeks of Uio church of God. " "Daniel Webster said that in the handling of any important subject a speaker should lay down some fun damental propositions that will re- celvo the support of every fair mind ed person. " The speaker then laid down four propositions to which ho asked Ids audience to glvo assent. First A Christian has a right to do anything and everything that anyone else has. Becoming a Christian does not increase n man's responsibility to God. Some people think they can be as mean as satnn as long as they do not assume the name of Chris tians. Second Christianity does not consist In giving up things ; Christian ity is not negative but positive. It Is a principle within the heart , not a rule. A rule Is temporary. A prin ciple is eternal. Third Seek first the kingdom of God and then not only for Christ's sake but als6 for your own sake give up that which mars or destroys your life. Christ wants you to give up only that which you ought to give up for your own sake. Fourth God wants ns to have more , rather than less amusement ; God does not limit human enjoyment. He wants you to have everything that makes life better , richer and happier. What Is the dead line in amusements ? When you or I allow anything in our own lives that hin ders physical , intellectual , moral or spiritual welfare or development , or hinder physical , Intellectual , moral or spiritual growth and development in any other , we have crossed the dead line In amusement. " Mr. Lyon then brought three In dictments against the theater : First , the character of those who attend the play. The theater is the resort of the lowest and the vile. Not every one who attends the theater is low and vile , but you must admit that the play has a fascination for and ap peals to the lowest of human society. Second , the character of the play ers : Actors are notoriously disso lute. Of course there are the Tor- rys , and the Booths , and the Barretts , but the trend of the theater Is to bring out the lowest and dwarf the' best that is in the player. Third , the character of the plays. A Chicago critic on a daily paper in that city said : "Tho plays are becoming nas tier and nastier each year and the public is becoming ; debauched. II the plays now put on the stage were put on twenty years ago it would have landed the troupe in the police court. " The sacred ties of family life are held up for jest and ridicule on the stage. Many girls who suicide have gotten corrupt and fatal ideas of life from the stage. A few min utes before the Iroquols disaster a song was sung on the stage : "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous. " Would you want the words of that song to be the last the ears of your loved ones should catch as they passed out of the world ? The noto- rlous play of Sappho which was for bidden In Now York Is no worse than .V many others that are upon the stage . according to a Now York critic. The so-called religious plays are some times among the worst. Some one asks , can we not patronize the good play and taboo the bad ? No ! For the same reason that wo do not go into a saloon for a glass of lemonade. Return to premises : Wo have no right to encourage that which hin ders physical , intellectual , moral , or spiritual welfare or development in ourselves or in another. Two indictments wore brought against card playing. First that it is n thief of time. The game was In- | vcutcil to while nwny the time of an idiotic king , and there has been no Invention that has done moru to waste time than the game of cards , Time Is too short between the cradle and the grave to waste It In the all- night card party. Second : It Is one of the most prolific sources of gam bling. Three-fourths of the gambling otitsldo of the race track and the pool room Is done with cards. Can wo not gamble on any game ? says one. Yes , but wo are not dealing with theories but with conditions. The parlor card table leads to the gam bling hell. When a man says ho will bring cards Into the homo and teach his children so that they will not go away to play ho might jnst as well say , ho will bring In liquor and evil associates for the same purpose. The playing of cards by society people ple for a prize Is Just as much gam bling as when the man plays draw poker for money. Three Indictments wore brought against the modern dance. First , it hinders spiritual effectiveness. The lethergy of the church Is caused by Its worldllncss. The moth of world- llncsH has eaten the garments of the church until the world sneers and ridicules our raggodiic.Hs. In the state university of Iowa not one In a thousand students who dnnred or played cards could bo depended on for spiritual work. Quotations from different authorities cited by the speaker showed that 75 per cent of the abandoned women were brought to their pitiable condition by the dance. The position assumed in the dance shows its harmfulness. What right has any man to take liberties with your wife and daughter in the ball room more than In any other place. At a convention of dancing masters recently one said that the latest dance must satisfy the most ardent devotee of dancing because of the position assumed and unless there is some change dancing will soon bo banished from all respectable socie ty. You may . say that in the dnnco yon have never had evil or Impure thoughts. Well , that may bo true , but bow about your more passionate sister. When you take off the mask and the sugar coating , when you get down to the real secret of dancing the motive of it is found In passion , passion , mere animal passion. It Is the secret of many of the divorces. Third : It is a hindrance to accept ing Jesus. Down in your heart you know it is wrong , and thousands are kept away from Christ because of their love for this sinful amusement. Friends , be consistent. When yo\i come to die , if you have been n dancer , don't send for the minister to stand over your collln and say beautiful things about you. Don't ask a choir to come and sing "Asleep in Jesus" when they know better , but send for the dancing master to tell the assembled friends what a grace ful dancer you wero. For an hour and a half the evange list spoke and then dismissed the au dience without any after service. Sunday morning lie speaks on "The Deity of Christ" and Sunday after noon at the men's meeting on "Sow ing and Reaping. " Comptroller Approves Applica tion from Norfolk. CHARTER HAS BEEN GRANTED New Norfolk Bank Will Soon be Ready for Business Capital Stock of $50,000 Applications Approved by Comptroller Yesterday. Washington dispatches state that the application of G. D. Butterfleld , John Friday , Peter Stafford , George B. Chrlstoph , H. C. Sattler and Isaac Powers to organize the Nebraska Na tional bank of Norfolk , Neb. , with $50,000 capital , has been approved by the comptroller of the currency. When the official notification of this approval has been received by the company in Norfolk they will bo ready to begin business and the now bank will probably be opened soon after the arrival of the required doc uments. For Better Roads. Fort Scott , Kas. , March 30. There was a good attendance at the open ing of the good roads convention to discuss plans for getting bettor pub lic highways in eastern Kansas. Those In attendance included repre sentative agriculturalists , business men and others from nearly every county In the eastern part of the state , together with a number of road experts who gave practical demon strations of improved roadmaklng. CENTRAL TEAMS AT AURORA Twelfth Annual Session Convened Today With Good Attendance. Aurora , Neb. , March 30. The teachers of the Central Nebraska Ed ucational association are holding their twelfth annual meeting in this city. The sessions , which are unus ually well attended , will continue through Friday. The regular busi ness sessions of the mooting will bo interspersed with a number of spec ial features , including a concert , de clamatory contest and spelling match. Edgar Wnugh is Now in Prison Because of it. THE STORY OF HIS CAPTURE He Was Working on n Bridge Gnn ( ] nnd His Whcrcnbouts Were Led to by Letters From His Wife , Who Lives nt Dcnton , This Stnte , Lincoln , March ! 10. Women who knew n good thing when they I'licoun- tored It were the cause of the down fall of Kdgar Waugh , who wan brought hack to Uncoln Friday by Oi'toellvo Malone to answer for the theft of money belonging to the county while ho was a clerk In the olllro of the county treasurer. Thai Is , if ( ho story ho told lo the dotoc- tlvo should provo true. Whim iirrcnt- oil he readily admitted that ho had gotten away with county money. "I look about Jl..lOO ' , " said ho , "and I ga\u most ol It to two women with whom I had boon associating. 1 Ucpi no account of the money ( alien , but I took It In big chunks , HO that It was pretty easy to licop track of It tn my mind. " Waugh did not hesitate to toll lo whom ho gave the money. Ilo nalil that ho gave most of It to two sisters named Sharp. Ho had met the < > lili i of the two sisters , ho said , at a room ing house on Tenth nnd 1 * Hi roots Ilo was introduced to her by Mr : , iortlo Ijovu , who runs ( ho house. After keeping company with the old r for two mouths or thereabouts ho formed through her an acquaintance .vith her younger sister , and kept 'oinpany with the latter for about a ear. At ono tlmo a brother of those two women was on trial down at 1'lnltn- nonth on a charge of robbing freight cars , of which he was convicted , and during the trial young Waugh sat In the court room day after day with the two sisters of the defendant It was Frank Sharp that was convicted at that tlmo. Another brother , named Charles , was also Involved In the suit. The father of these boys once served a term In the peniten tiary , being sent up from Cass coun ty for disposing of mortgaged prop erty. The father Is now dead and Frank Sharp was paroled out of the penitentiary by Governor Savage. Relatives Knew His Whereabouts. It was through Waugh's corres pondence with his wife , who lives at Dcnton , that his whereabouts were learned. It is now known that bis relatives have been advised of his whereabouts ever since lie went away , and that his wife has been In con stant and sympathetic correspon dence with him. When ho was ar rested Thursday morning at Thebes , III. , letters were found on his person from Mrs. Waugh , In all of which she expressed her affection for him , her confidence that ho had been true to her and her hope that they might soon bo united. When arrested Waugh was em ployed as a member of a gang that was sinking the foundations for a bridge across the Illinois river. Ho worked at the bottom of a caisson , sixty feet below the bed of the river. Ills hours were from 11 a. in. until about 8 p. m. , and ho received Jl.fiO a day. Detective Malone arrived at The bes , which is down in that part of the Sucker state known as Egypt , Wednesday evening. Ho at once wont to the postofflco and Inquired If there was a letter there for Edgar Waugh. A young lady found ono and handed it to him. The detective read the name , and thereupon Informed her that it was evidently not for him as "the name was not spelled right. " That letter was from Denton , Nob. , or bore that postmark. Then Mr. Malone went to the hotel and began to try to got into communication with the town marshal , in order that that official might watch the oJIlce until the claimant came for the letter. Thursday morning while Malone was waiting for the marshal to show up and was sitting in a window of the liotel , he noticed a familiar face and figure turn away from him and dart down an alley back of a boarding house. He recognized Waugh , and at once concluded that he had been seen. Hurrying out , ho went swiftly to the boat by which the workmen were wont to go to their work in the middle of the stream , but no Waugh got aboard. Ho then turned to the hotel , and having satisfied himself that ho could not have been seen in the hotel window , ho again sat down there. It was not long before ho again caught sight of Waugh. The marshal had not yet como , so ho sallied out and approached his man. Ho was at once recognl/.ed , and Waugh shook his hand cordially. Was Ready to Come Back. Ho took Waugh over to the hotel and into his room , and when Waugh suggested that ho supposed it was all up with him , Malone advised him that ho was right. Waugh expressed a desire to get away from Thebes without any publicity , and to draw something like $35 that was coming to him. Malone was agreeable , but iilvlsed him that ho might Insist on having requisition papers. Waugh lid not care to sustain the publicity , so It was decided that they should jo together and draw the money com ing to Wangh. In order that ho might not attract attention from hav- Wo arc ijoinu to ln more liberal limn over iti 1'tOl lo nsors of T < ion Coffee. Not only will the Iion-Ileads fit from HK p.uLinos , bo wood , as heretofore , for the valuable premiums we have ahvnys K'\tvi our euntomiTH , but IB1 ill the same I.ion-Heads will entitle jott to rstlmati-M In mir 50,000m > ttrnntl I'rlzi * Contcxtn , which will make sumo of our p.iiro.is ik-li men .iiul women. Sou u-mi send In n > > inuny uMiinaU'snH di-mied. Thuro will b TWO GREAT CONTESTS The first content will IH < on the July -th ! atlcniluncn nt th'1 S/ I.nni'orttl'n / ' / ! / ; llm ncrond rcl U"i to TotiiJ Vote Ifur lr < 'rtir V : f to bov , ist Nov. H , lilOi. $20iio < i onill ilmtnlinlcd tn cm li of these coiilci.tn , muldti ) ; on tliu to , aiul , In malic It tlill IIIHTIinliM'sliiiK , in addition to llm. nnioiinl , we will give a tn $ C K P 9l ff 'f | * ° 'he one who is iiriitrnt t'ont'Pt on Inith oS C'V ' r'i'M' ' ' < iev tJU e.ontt'Htu , nnd tbiit. vmu eMtlinnles Imvi ) two .ikKi.ii > uJcu > fc'aiiU'iavfi u.y ; ' - ; rusu opiuitunlUi-si | > ( wiiinln 'i I1 if. ' ' " ' -I' ' | i' < o. Five 'SSSfflto Planted blanks to $ FiX cut from Uon vote on found in ' Coffee Packages aul : a ' . ' / : * ' every IJon Coffee Pack- cunt stamp entitle you IX 'A : ; < tyffi ffif > i < i n c * ' 1C 7ccil * ( in addition to the rcgy , j ' < % ' $ ' $ ' 'V-I 'if\V * 'H covers the expense of uar ! free prcmtumn ) our acknowledgment to to one vote in you that your es either con teat : A.i ' timatc is recorded. XT ) 1 $ , HOj JIN * - ttVjJW Distributed ( o iha S * 8BM.PC--h ( ctif ! ! lon to whlo'i ' wo shall fjivo S5.000 to Grocers , ' fllufcs ( crr < pa'U'iihrs ' ( n . LltlM _ OOFi-'CC casas ) r jrriari total of $50,000.00. mririBT Ti'TT'MTinrit JrT"\i-af tmMmaii ijwj. i n AI TT k JThn . J 4uliuniiJ % W' * - . T' l < ISNS CVITIY PACKAGE OF ' "j t * / C' " Etea J $ > WOOLSON SPICE CO. , ( CONTEST DEP'T. ) TOLEDO , OHIO. irr r T T / ' f " * T 'vy T"T < * ' * * * r yTTnT'i ' > "inf TMaorfniqgn Ing a companion "Waugh wont and got his lunch bucket to take with him. It was while the two men wore out climbing along over the big girders of the bridge , which were no wider than a plank , that Waugh might hnvo taken desperate chances on getting away , but he manifested no Inclina tion to avail himself of the opportu nity , llavliif ; drawn the money com ing to him , the two left Thebes , no one there being the wiser concerning the true situation. Waugh was yesterday given a sen tence of four years In the peniten tiary. German Lutheran Churches Have Services Here. PRESENT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE The Palm Sunday Services Were Given Over In the Various Churches to the Confirmation of Those Class es Which Had Advanced Thus Far. Confirmation services were held in Norfolk German Lutheran churches , .ho occasion being' Palm Sunday. The Christ Lutheran church , St , Paul's Lutheran and Johannes Luth eran all had classes which were pre sented. At Christ Lutheran church the fol- owing were confirmed : Herman Gehm , Frlederick Thompson , Wllllo Thompson , Leo King , Krledorick Kla- vundt , Max Jahn , Ernst Heckman , Ja cob Horst , George Klein , Otto Blank , Gerhard Pasowalk , Wilhelm Uluech- or , Theodore Miller , Herman Schelly , Charles IFnlac , Carl Dreshor , Kmil Wilde , Otto Christian , Bertha Roche , Adola Uucholx , Hattlo Ahlmann , Liz- /lo Kiepkc , Matilda Schmode , Mar tha Lou , Anna Zolmer , DIena Loh- mann , Martha Verges , Lillto Dcgncr , Lllllo Langcnburg , Hattlo King , Hlslo Kohl , Klslo Heclcmann , Mary Schelly , Lizzie Varges. At St. Paul's church north of the city , the following were confirmed : Adolf Moldonhaucr , August Grimm , tiustav Wichter , Herbert Lohmann , Frank Haasch , Carl N'itz , Edmund Machmuller , Max Wagner , August Bergmann , Hose Utter , Olga King , Martha Hailing Anna Hoolzol , Esta I'oters , Dora Wichard , Agnes Smith , Annlo Palm , Martha Hartman , Otto Utecht. Fred Wolf , Noma Hlllo , Em ily Is'ltz , Eleanor Dedernmn. At Johannes a class of two , Clara Klehl and Hattlo Karo were con- llrmcd. X i art I ? PREBIOKMTIAL VOTE CONTEST" \Vlml v.-IM ' i-tlio t-iliil I'ntniliu Vnlo rnrl (01 ( IVrn'ili-nl ' i . ri for II rn IH In ) ill i n comhliMiil I at ( In- I-M-I linn ruvuiiilu'i M. ) ' < I/ lit lii'llnn HT'MlMpi'iipli Vnlril feu 1'IPKnliTlt I'm in it i-M rnr It lit li-'i lot * Ivril III WoolNiiM tiiilrn C'n 'H , ntMrc 'I nlrilo I ) . , " I . .11.uw . ' - , IMIJ.wii will ahn flint pil/i ) I.il tiniiiiin > mi- 'III'/Ilo , M-l'iiIlil pll.'l ) lo llillIC-O mm U l , citet'tc. , IIH Inllnwil ! TOTAL , t2O.OOO.00 Confidence in the Coming Im portance of City. MUST BE A DISTRIBUTING POINT The Fact That Hundreds of Farmers From Iowa nnd Illinois Arc Mov ing Westward to Fertilize'Lands at Lower Rates , Means a Future. "I have located In Norfolk , " said II. W. Starlln In an Interview with a News reporter , "becanso the people I represent bellovo It is destined to ho the gateway nnd distributing point for a vast territory. I represent a wealthy Ohio and Indiana syndicate who own lands all over the west from northern Canada to southern Mexico. My company owned at ono tlmo 10,000 acres in the adjoining county of Stanlon nnd still own vast tracts in Nebraska. Some of these lands have been hold by the present owners for a quarter of a century , hut their increase In value has grown so enormously In the past few years that It Is no longer profitable to ro- taln them. The demand for agricul tural land and the Increased rate of taxation , as these lands grow in val ue , called for their cultivation , and It became an unsurmountablo task to look after tenants on millions of farms , hence the effort to dispose of them. It is a compliment to Norfolk that this Is the only point outside of cities of 25,000 or over In which this company has an oxdluslvo agency. My faith in Nebraska and the west ern farm lands is unbounded. Farm ers In Illinois and Iowa who received their farms as a free gift from the government are selling out in nu merous instances for ns high a price as $200 per aero. And these men are moving west to get cheaper land for themselves and children where they can grow crops that will equal If not excel , those nxlscd on the lands they sold. "Every year the increase of popu lation in the United States would people the state of Iowa as densely as It Is peopled today. At the present rate of increase from immigration and other sources ten states like Iowa can ho filled up In the next ten years. Now I ask you , where are these people going to get homes , and got fed and clothed ? That is why I have faith in western farm lands. " WARNERVILLE. John Iloman went to Madison , S. D. , last week. Vorn and Roy Copeland wont to the state of Washington Tuesday to BOO the country with a view of locating. Mrs. Maud Klllmor Is reported HO- rliniHly III. Miss Grace IIIllH la sick with In flammatory rheiimatlHin. C. J. Ixnlgo wont to Madison Tues day to servo on the jury. Miss Mary Johnson wont to Ran dolph Saturday to leach school. The M. U. A. lodge will glvo a dance In their lodge room Friday evening , Anrll 8. The trouble ) with the man who tells a good He Is that he admires it no much ho keeps on adding a few trim mings. CASH FOR POULTRY Highest Market Prices Paid at all Times. NORFOLK. LOUR Distance Telephone , 18t. ! < j > FARM LOANS Lowest Rates. W , J , GOW & NORFOLK , NEBRASKA. Money on Hani ) . FARM LOANS Dr. Weaver's Syrup Pnrlflee the blood ; Cerate ( ointment ) for the iklo. t Your Tongue If it's coated , your stomach is bad , your liver is out of order. Ayer's Pills will clean your tongue , cure your dys pepsia , make your liver right. Easy to take , easy to operate. 2Jc. Alt druggists. Vtant your imuutarlie or board botutltul brown or rich black ? Tliou UIB BUCKINGHAM'S DYE > OCTV Of DftuOGitT * . 0 R P Hut A CO. , N4U4UA. N. M.