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"
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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
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