TUE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY , ,11 IN 10 HO 11M)5 ) ,
RANDOLPH CHOSEN A8 THE NEXT
MEETING PLACE.
NEW OFFICERS WERE ELECTED
Delegates From the Norfolk District
Conclude Their Work and Leave
for Their Homes Proceedings of
the Convention on Thursday.
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The Norfolk district Epworth
league convention , which has boon In
cession here since Wednesday night ,
closed Us session Friday morning
with the election of officers nnd the
naming of Randolph as the next place
f meeting.
Rev. M. Lancley of Leigh led the
devotional services , and this was fol
lowed by the business session at 9-l5. :
The treasurer's report showed a nor
capita tax collection of $15.04 ; collec
tions $8.712 , making a total of $2l.3G ;
bills allowed $11.41 , leaving a balance
of $12.95. Arrangements were made
to collect fron delinquent leagues
and an order was drawn for $17.75 , to
pay tlie fare of the delegate to Den
ver.
ver.The
The following ofllcers were elected
for the ensuing year : President , llev.
J M. Bothwell of Madison ; first vice
president , Miss Gertrude Trent of
Stanton ; second vice president , Miss
Edith Stlnson of Wayne ; third vice
president , Miss Sadie Cass of Lyons ;
fourth vice president , Mrs. A. L.
Mickle of Fender ; recording secre
tary , O. S. Grant of Allen ; corresponding
pending secretary , Miss Ethel Dough
ty f Norfolk ; treasurer , John E.
Tannehlll of Norfolk ; Junior league
uuperlntendent , Mrsv R. J. Antics of
Stanton.
The committee on resolutions re
ported and the place for the next dis
trict-convention was decided In favor
of Randolph. The convention closed
with a prayer .by the retiring presi
dent , Rev. J. F. Poucher of Norfolk.
Thursday's Session.
The regular program of the Ep
worth league convention of the Nor
folk district opened at the M. E.
church Thursday morning with sacra-
menal services conducted by Presld-
Ing Elder Slsson and participated In
by visiting pastors , delegates and cit
izens. President Poucher took the
chair and O. S. Grant of Allen was
chosen as secretary In the absence of
the regular secretary.
After the work of organization Rev.
Mr. Mickle of Pender read a paper
on the subject , "How may we secure
the active co-operation of the young
men of the league and the church ? "
It was suggested that the making of
the home and the church attractive
should prove effective. Mrs. Wine-
berner of Randolph had an interesting
paper on the same subject , and gave
the thought that to be sunshiny , to
look on the bright side of things and
be the winners of souls would answer
I the problem. Recreation without dis
sipation would be helpful. Compli
mentary discussions of the papers
were made by Dr. Sisson , Revs. Fowler
ler , E. E. Hosman , J. F. Poucher , Mr.
Grant of Coleridge and Mrs. Mickle
of Pender.
The adoption of resolutions thankIng -
Ing Dr. Gorst of Omaha for his ser
mon on the night previous , closed the
morning session.
In the afternoon Rev. J. M. Both-
well led the devotional services , and
the reports of leagues followed showIng -
Ing thirty-four represented. The la
dles quartet 'of Stanton gave a very
pleasing diversion in a vocal music
Belectlon , and were given a hearty
encore.
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Mrs. S. A. Drais of Winside pre
sented a paper with "Revivals" for
a subject , which made a deep impres
sion and a consecration prayer was
called by the president at Its close.
Mr. Hisey of Leigh had a paper on
the subject , "Why the Epworth
League ? " in which some of the inter
esting history of the organization
was reviewed , and the Inseparable un
ity with the church was declared.
Mrs. J. L. Phillips' paper treated of
"The government and the subject of
the Junior Epworth league. " The Im
portance of this branch In directing
the children along the right pathway
wa's emphasized.
"Books for the Epworthlan to
Bead , " was the subject which Mrs.
F. M. Slsson had prepared an excel
lent paper upon. The Bible was of
course given first place as a book to
be read and studied. Books of doc
trine and the current literature of
the church , were recommended. His
tory , biographies nnd autobiographies
of good and successful men are help
ful. "One needs to loavn how to
read the papers , " declared the speak
er. "Too many magazines Is not
good. Any magazine which publishes
whisky ads is not fit reading matter. "
The question box was then opened
by the president and some very In
teresting questions pertaining to the
success of the district league were
discussed.
Mr. John Tannehlll of Norfolk was
elected delegate to the International
league convention to be held In Den
ver on July 5 , and It was agreed by
the district to pay the -railway fare
of their delegate.
In the evening the services were
opened with devotional exercises led
by Rev. E. E. Hosman , and the con
vention was then favored with an
other selection by the Stanton ladles
( limrtet , which was given a double
encore and much appreciated In the
bargain.
Dr. F. M. Slsson preached the eer-
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mon , which wan his last as presiding
elder before an Epworth league con
vention of this district , as his term
of office- closes with tills fall when
the conference which meets at Al-
'blon ' on September 5 will choose his
successor. The doctor took his text
from First Corinthians 3:1C : , "Know
'ye ' not that ye are the temple of God ,
and that the spirit of God dwelleth In
you ? "
Some of the thoughts expressed
were :
There Is one fact In the world , nnd
that is the fact of sin In the world. Sa
tan Is In the world and the result is
sin. The child Is pure when It Is born
Into the world , atoned for by the
'
blood of Christ , and remains sinless
until it goes out In open rebellion
against God , when It loses by its own
choice the divine nature , and excludes
i the Holy Spirit , hut lo'untll the tem
ple of the Spirit of God. The temple
la suggestive of the house of God ; all
the- sacred hallowed services of the
sanctuary are In the thought of the
temple of God ; so Is our bodies as
the temple of God ; the Incarnate prin
ciples of the eternal God are repre
sented In the human body as the tem
ple of God. God gave us the Ideal
'man ' in the person of Jesus Christ.
Christ came on the mission of the
I conquest of the world. This mission
must bo fulfilled. There are three
facts in connection with the savior :
1. The fact of Jesus Christ in his
life and death. 2. The fact of His
resurrection. 3. The fact of His as
cension to glory. These things are
attested by history , both religious and
profane. The prophesies which were
' proclaimed hundreds of years before
the events In the life , death and res
urrection of Christ and the historical
| evidence of their fulfillment IB evi
dence to these truths. We would
have to set aside all evidence to dis-
j believe in Jesus Christ. The grand
est , noblest nnd truest thing any one
'
can do is to believe In Jesus Christ.
The testimony of the Roman
guards , of the friends of Christ , of the
' angels who came to witness to the
event of his resurrection , the fact that
his promises for the outpouring of
His spirit upon His disciples which
was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost ,
1 and which has been given in proof
' of His ever living with power at the
| throne of God. His last earthly work
was to pronounce a blessing upon His
disciples then He ascended and has
been giving His blessing ever since.
Every sinful man may be regenerated
and become a temple of God. We
should keep these bodies pure nnd
clean as temples of God.
CREAM TRAINS WILL BE NEEDED
BEFORE LONG.
THE HAY COUNTRY LOOKS WELL
J. B. Maylard of Norfolk Has Just Re
turned From Keya Paha County and
Other Parts of the Great New
Northwest Much Impressed.
"The cream business is the coming
business for a great many farmers in
the northwest , " said J. B. Maylard of
Norfolk , who has just returned from
an extended trip through the country
of Keya Paha county and the terri
tory around Newport , Stuart , Bassett ,
and Atkinson. "I was surprised to
note the remarkable cream business
that is being done. From Newport
Friday evening there were eighty-five
cans of cream shipped into Omaha.
and it is the same from other points.
"One farmer , about sixty-five years
old , said that where three years ago
he was compelled to ask credit of
the grocer for flour , today , off the
, cream business , he has money in the
bank. If he had only been doing this
during his younger years he figures
that he would have been a millionaire.
Another man who formerly owned a
thresher and who threshed for his
neighbors , took cows in payment for
his work and has now sold his thrash
er. 'No more thrashing for me , ' he
said. 'I can make better money off
of cream. ' "
There is a general belief that before
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many more moons It will be necessary
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to run cream trains through this sec
tion of the country , to handle nothing
but the cream from the small towns ,
as the stops at stations for cream are
numerous and sometimes lengthy
now.
i The country near Newport and
Springview , and throughout that sec
tion of the northwest , is , according to
Mr. Maylard , looking fine. The wet
weather has helped them out wonder
fully and the hay Is at its best. Corn
is a little backward and some of the
farmers who had started to raise It
for their pigs , are figuring on selling
their little stock , because of a lack
of corn to feed next winter.
i Talk-of Cream Train Now.
I There is talk in Norfolk now of a
prospective cream train that may run
between Norfolk and Omaha , by way
of the Albion branch. The train is
to leave Norfolk In the morning for
| Oakdale and go to Omaha by way of
i Scribner , doing all of the local busi-
in that territory and making the
Black Hills passenger a through train
from Scribner into Omaha.
This is the season when barefoot
boys kick and scream eo hard at night
because they have to wash their feet
before going to bed , that neighbors
wonder that their mother doesn't lose
patience and cut off their feet.
RAIN AND HAIL VISITED THE
NORTHWEST LA8T NIGHT.
CROPS ARE RUINED IN SPOTS
Fruit Trees , Were Stripped of Their
Fruit , Windows Shattered , nnri
Crops Pounded Down Into the Earth.
Territory Visited by the Water.
The tcrrlllc rain nnd hall storm
which struck this section of the state
lant night , was general. It was not
of long duration but much water foil
Mall did damage to crops in many
quarters of the northwest. Patches
of crops were pounded Into the earth
In areas of various widths.
There was almost a cloudburst
north of Clearwater ; lOwlug had a
rain ; hall fell at Petersburg ; Tllde.ii
bad rain ; hall fell bet worn Battle
Creek and Norfolk and south of Nor
folk.
General Over Northern Ncbrnskn.
O'Neill , Neb. , June 21. Special to
The News : A severe wind and hall
storm visited tills sort Inn last evening -
ing , annihilating crops , smashing win
dow panes and tearing limbs from
( rocs. Gardens about O'Neill are lit
erally pounded Into the earth and
many fruit trees were stripped of
their fruits. The storm was from
five to six miles wide. Small grain
that was the best In years , was ruined.
No Hall at Crelghton.
Crelghton , Neb. , June 21. Special
to The News : A severe rainstorm
struck here last night. More water
fell In a half hour than has been
known in years In so short a time.
Some small bridges were washed out.
M. C. Thelssen says that little dam
age was done to his telephone wires.
A Htorm of unusual Intensity de
scended upon northern Nebraska last
night , the storm reaching Norfolk
about 9 o'clock. The fiercest electric
al disturbance of the season was
shown , vivid flashes of lightning and
deep thunder claps following one an
other in quick succession. The wind
was strong , the rain fell in torrents
and much damage was done. South
of the city great quantities of hall
fell , ruining the crops In a large
stretch of country. From Atkinson It
is reported that three inches of rain
fell In forty-five minutes , and from
various parts of the section tributary
to Norfolk come stories of similar
ferocity on the part of the elements.
Hail Devastation.
A terrific hailstorm visited the coun
try south of Norfolk and many crops
over a wide stretch of country are
completely ruined. The hailstones
were not large but a tremendous quan
tity fell and in the short space of
thirty minutes thousands of dollars
of damage was done. Drifts of the
Icy particles two feet high were piled
up by the storm and this morning
there were drifts half that high.
Corn , potatoes , small grains and ev
ery other growing crop suffered al
most total destruction. Some of the
later crops may recover partially , but
those that were maturing will be a
total loss to the fanners In the affect
ed district.
The storm commenced to have an
effect a mile south of town and a
mile further south it left desolation
in its wake. At the Wlllems farm two
miles south sixty acres of corn were
left without a stub standing. Oats
and potatoes and other crops are com
pletely pounded out and driven into
the ground and this morning drifts
of hail remain as reminders of the
calamity. The storm was so fierce
that the Willems dairy herd of cattle
was driven through a wire fence as
though it was no barrier at all. The
wind whipped the hall around with
terrible force and buildings show the
marks of its fury.
The western edge of the hail storm
damage woe a mile and a half this
side of the Maurice Carbery place ,
eight miles wmth of Norfolk , and
it seems to have vut through a
strip of country at least five miles
deep south of the city , and how far
east it extended could not be learned
as the telephone system was some
what demoralized by the fierce elec
trical disturbance and the wind and
hall.
In Norfolk there was little hall , but
the rain was terrific while it lasted.
Only .86 of an Inch of water fell , but
it fell in so short a space of time that
streets were flooded for a short while.
There was much lightning , which
struck trees in the city and caused
deafening bursts of thunder. No dam
age was done by the lightning so far
as known today.
CROPS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
Small Grain and Corn are Growing
Fast and Well.
Following is the condition of crops
In the counties throughout this sec
tion of the state as reported from the
Lincoln olfice of hte crop and weather
service for the week ending Monday
night :
Antelope Very little spring wheat
Bown , crop in fair condition ; winter
wheat headed , acreage very small ;
corn thin stand ; apples promise well.
Boyd Small grain fine ; winter
wheat and rye well headed ; rather
cool for corn , more cultivation needed.
Cedar Corn fair stand and grow
ing well , mostly cultivated once.
Cumlng Small grain doing nicely ;
corn growing rapidly.
Dakota Corn growing rapidly ; pas-
lures good ; parly potatocn blossom *
lug.
Holt Listed corn on low mid poor
stand , too wet In cultivate ; nlfalfa
line , cutting commtsncod ; pasturon
good.
Kimx Corn nearly all cultivated
unco ; alfalfa ready to cut ; hay heavy
crop ; small grain good ; pasturon ( lite.
Madison -Small grain looking well ;
rye beginning to turn ; corn making
fair growth , out worm damaging corn
1'lalto Corn growing nicely. Home
cultivating second time ; on In heading
but Kill ) Hhorl ; wheat protnlKOH fair
crop ; hay and alfalfa lino.
Stanton Wheat nnd < WH ( heading
mid will yield well ; r\e good ; coin
good stand , cultivated once ; alfalfa
heavy crop.
Wayne Corn backward nud thin
stand : natH heading , very short straw.
Hoono Spring wheat good , acre-
aito small ; little alfalfa cut ; oats doIng -
Ing well ; corn Improved Homo but
much of It thin and backward.
Cherry Pastures In excellent con
dition ; cattle look line ; very wet.
DIIWCH Grass line ; Htook dolnj ;
well ; small grain ijond. |
Keyapaha Laruc acioape of nprliu ; i
wheat In splendid condition ; corn |
growing well but too wet to cultivate , i
Hock Spring wheat good , acreage |
small ; corn very lute , doing well on
high land , some cultivated low lands
too wet.
TWO DIE IN FLAME THAT DE
STROYS THEIR HOME.
HUSBAND AND FATHER ESCAPES
Mrs. Fred Touchs and 3-Year-Old
Daughter Were Burned to Death In
Fire at Elkhorn , Neb. , But Mr.
Touches Rushed Out.
Elkhorn , Neb. , June 22. Mrs. Fred
Touchs nnd her 3-year-old daughter
were burned to death in a fire lioro
which consumed the home. The flame
was not discovered by Mr. Touchs
until the blaze was upon him. He
was compelled to leap from his bed
and rush for the door. The wife and
child wore sleeping In another room
and Touchs was unable to get to thorn.
DELEGATIONS FROM MANY
POINTS ATTENDED.
BASEBALL STRIKES A WOMAN
Mrs. Wallace Fullerton , Wife of One
of the Players , V/as Struck by a
Flying Baseball Worst Rain in
Years Strikes the Picnic.
Atkinson , Neb. , Juno 21. Special to
The News : The Odd Fellows' picnic
occurred yesterday , and the weather
man was kind to provide three fourths
of a fine day , the latter part of the
day ending with the very worst rain
of the season so far. It was a beau
tiful morning and the Atkinson Odd
Fellows band was out early to meet
the trains , and welcome the visitors
from abroad. The speaker of the day ,
Mr. J. S. Hoagland of North Platte ,
arrived on the early train Monday ,
and so was on hand , all right. The
ladles basket ball team of Newport
came down in the morning , as aslo
delegations from Stuart , O'Neill , Newport -
port , Dustin , Bassett and other points.
The procession formed on Main street
and marched several blocks to the
music of the band , and seats had also
been arranged for the people , and a
fine program given hero before dinner.
Rev. Mr. Alexander gave the address
of welcome to the visitors , and it
was a royal welcome. J. S. Hoagland
then entertained the audience for a
time on the secrets of Odd-fellowship ,
and of course the people were very
much wiser on that point when he
was through , but nevertheless well
entertained. A basket dinner was
served , and fully enjoyed by all.
The basket ball game was won by
the Newport team , against the Atkin
son ladles , who have just recently or
ganized.
A fine foot race was won by a home
girl , Verna Purnell , against a New
port girl.
Mr. Hardy , the expert traveler for
the Peters Cartridge company , gave
an exhibition of his skill In roarkinan-
ship , which was fine.
Frank Brady , a son of J. F. Brady ,
displayed some fine skill , for a boy
ten years old. ,
Judge Klnkald was among the vis
itors , but was called away before the
dinner hour arrived.
A ball game was in progress when
a serious accident happened. A ball
struck a lady in the face and loosened
one tooth , cut quite a gash in the gum ,
and otherwise Injured the face , but at
present writing no further trouble is
anticipated. Mrs. Wallace Fullerton.
whoso husband was playing in the
game , was the unfortunate. This
caused considerable excitement and
the game ceased. People then came
back to town , just in time to escape
the worst rain and wind that has
passed over this vicinity in a long
time. It is safe to f > ay that three
Inches of rain fell In forty-five min
utes. About COO people were in at
tendance at the picnic.
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