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    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL. FRIDAY , AUGUST 39 , 1010.
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PEOPLE'S PULPIT.
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Sermon by PREACHING TO
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL , THE DEAD.
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle. "For itiit caute WM the Gotpel preached
lie lo them that are dead , that they might bo
judged according to men in the fleth , but alive
according lo Cod in the ipirit" ( I Peter iv.,6) ) .
Jamestown , N. Y , August 7. Pnstor
Russell of the Brooklyn Tabernacle
today addressed n very Inrgo meeting
of Bible Btudcnta In Ccloron Audi
torium. The ocvtiBlou was n General
Convention of Bible Student * . The
audience was estimated nt nearly
5,000. Taking for his text the above
words , the speaker Btild :
The Bible , to be understood , must
bo viewed from Itfl own standpoint
This , us IHblo studcnta , wo nro learn
ing more and more particularly every
day. In the past wo have read our
Bibles "up-Hlde-down. " Many read as
a duty ; others as a sort of charm that
would placate Dlvlno Justice and
bring us Dlvlno favor. Now wo arc
learning to read the lllblo In a commonsense
mon-sense way , and to use our reason
ing faculties In connection with Its
BtntcmcntH and prophecies. As a con
sequence , while others are falling from
the faith some Into Infidelity styled
Higher Criticism and Evolution ; oth
ers Into fanciful wrestlngs of the
Word of God wo are coming to appre
ciate the lilblc aa the most safe and
enno Hook In the world. Correspond
ingly our faith In God Increases faith
In his Wisdom , Justice , Love and Pow
er to accomplish all the good purposes
which ho purposed In himself before
the creation of our race. Correspond
ingly , too , wo are coming to appreciate
more than ercr the value of the great
Redeemer and of the great sacrifice
tor Bin which he accomplished at Cal
vary. Wo arc coming to BOO the truth
of what we once considered poetic
license when wo Bang ,
"There's n wldeness In God's mercy
Ukc the wldeneM of the sea. "
Wo are seeing more clearly as the
flays go by the meaning of the Scrip
ture which declares that eventually
the Redeemer "shall see of the travail
of his soul and be satisfied. " We per
ceive now that the little handful of
' saints walking In the Master's foot
steps from Pentecost to his Second
Advent and sharing In the "First Res
urrection" Is not the end of Divine
Love for our race , but merely Its be
ginning "A first-fruits unto God of
his creatures" ( James 1 , 18) ) . Wo arc
now seeing that , according to the Dl
vlno purpose , the calling and election
of the Church to the spirit nature ,
to the divine nature , must be com
pleted before the second step In the
great Divine Plan of Salvation begins
the recovery of the world from sin
and death conditions , to human per
fection and Paradise restored.
"Let Dead Bury Their Dead. "
No Bible topic requires more careful
discrimination In Its study than does
the subject of death. This is mainly
because of the general confusion of
mind which came upon Christendom
during the long centuries of the
Church's comparative darkness , when
Bibles ( the Lamp of God upon the
Christian's path ) were scarce , and
when few could read the truths of
priceless value , that were chained to
lecterns. In consequence of this con
fusion we hear Intelligent people talk
ignorantly and stupidly respecting
death. They make confusion worse
confounded by telling us of Adam's
spiritual death and discussing "nat
ural" death and "the death that never
dies , " etc. , etc.
To pet the Bible view of death we
need to brush away such foolish bab
blings and confine ourselves to Bible
language and the rational thought con
nected therewith. For instance , ac
cording to the Bible , there is no "nat
ural death" it Is not natural for man
to die. It is according to the Bible ar
rangement and man's nature that be
should live live eternally , as do the
angels , If obedient to the Divine com
mands. Death , therefore , Is the un
natural thing ! Do we think of angels
as dying , and of heaven as filled with
cemeteries ? Have they doctors and
' undertakers there ? Surely not ! Yet it
would bo just as proper to speak of
natural de.Uh amongst the angels as in
respect to men.
The term spiritual death so frequent
ly used respecting Adam and his fall
Is wholly unscrlpturaL No such ex
pression is found in the Bible ; neither
euch a thought Adam could not die
a spiritual death , because he was not
n spirit being. He was an earthly be
ing not nn angel , but a man. As the
Scriptures declare of Adam , "Thou
modest him a little lower than the an
gels ; and crowuest him with glory and
honor , and didst set him over the works
of thy hands" ; "over the beasts of
the field , the fish of the eea and the
fowl of the air" ( Hebrews II , 7 ; Psalm
vlil , C , 0) ) .
It is , therefore , absurd for us to
continue longer to speak of Adam dy
ing a spiritual death , while admit
ting that he was not a spirit being.
It was simply the man Adam that
died. Ills death , however , did include
the gradual processes of decay , and
affected not only his bones and mus
cles , but also his brains his every
mental and moral quality. The sen
tence , "Dying , thou shall die , " took
hold of him as an entirety ; hence
wo find , as the Scriptures declare ,
that there Is "none righteous ; no ,
not one" none mentally , morally or
physically right All have sinned.
All come short of the glory of
God In which Adam was created.
From the moment of disobedience and
Divine condemnation Adam and hie
race have been Judicially dead and
gradually going down , down , down , In
degradation and Into the tomb.
Bpeuklug of the dying race from the
judicial standpoint our Savior called
them all dead. He declared that none
has even a reckoned life , except such
as by faith accepted him as their Life-
giver Savior. Ills words are. "Ho
that hath the Son hath life ; ho that
hath not the Son shall not sec life ;
lint ( lie wrnth of God abldcth on him"
( John 111 , 80) ) . Speaking to one who
believed on him the Savior Bald , "Let
the dead bury their dead" ; go thou
and preach the Gospel ( Matthew
vlll , 22) ) . From the right standpoint
his meaning Is evident. Lot the dead ,
the condemned and legally dead world ,
look out for Its own affairs. You be
come one of my followers and carry
my message of life and hope to as
many as have oars to heart
"Dead In Trespasses and Sin. "
Thus the whole world of mankind
through heredity , through Inherited
weaknesses , through participation In ,
the sentence that came upon father ,
Adam justly , are all judicially dead In
trespasses and In sins not one of the
race Is worthy of eternal life upon the
only terms and conditions which God
can offer namely , perfection and obe
dience to the Divine standards.
Jesus preached the Gospel amongst
those judicially dead through trespasses
and sins. A few had \lm \ hearing car
and accepted the good message and
gave their hearts to God and accepted
the terms of dlsclpleshlp to walk in
the Master's footsteps In the narrow
way faithfully unto death willingly
offering , sacrlfidally , their little all In
the service of God , his Truth , his
righteousness , his people. These few ,
as we have seen , the Savior recog-
nlr.es as having life as having "passed
from death unto life" ( John y , 24) ) ;
nevertheless their change was only "a
legal one. Actually , according to the
flesh , they were still Imperfect , fallen ,
dying. But by Divine arrangement
their new minds , their new wills , were
accepted of God In Christ and their
Jlesh Ignored as dead , and they were
begotten by God of the Holy Spirit as
New Creatures and became sons of
God. As sons , they were free from
all the previous condemnation that
came upon them as members of
Adam's race freed through the Impu
tation of the merit of the Redeemer's
sacrifice applied on their behalf. Thus
they attained the liberty of the sons
of God freedom from sin-condemna
tion. So we read of thorn :
"He came unto his own ( nation-
Jews ) and his own received him not ;
but to as many as received him , to
them gave he power ( liberty , privilege )
to become sons of God even to them
that believe on his name ( his greatness
as Messiah ) , who were begotten not of
the will of the flesh , nor of man , but
of God" ( John 1 , 13) ) .
A similar procedure has been In prog
ress throughout all this Gospel Age
from Pentecost until now amongst the
world of mankind Judicially dead. It
has reached a considerable number ;
but not many great , however , not
many wise , not many rich , not many
noble , not many learned , chiefly the
poor of this world and the mean
things , the Ignoble things ( I Corin
thians 1. 20-28) ) .
"We Ar S.v.d by Hope. "
While speaking of believers begot
ten of the Holy Spirit and New Crea
tures In Christ Jesus as having passed
from death unto life , the Bible , with
equal cxpllcltncss , tells us that the
resurrection of the mind , the will , of
the New Creature , is not the comple
tion of his salvation. He has received
a great blessing , a great salvation ;
but what he now enjoys Is merely a
fore-taste , an "earnest , " or hand-pay
ment of the great blessing which he
will receive eventually , If faithful to
his Covenant unto death. The fruition
of the hopes of the New Creation will
be attained In the end of this Age at
the Second Coming of the Redeemer ,
when he comes to set up his Kingdom
In power and great glory for the bless
ing and salvation of the world , when
"every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess" ( Psalm vl , 23) ) . The
Scriptures point the New Creation , the
Body of Christ , the "saints , " the
Church , to that Illustrious day as the
time when they shall experience their
glorious change from earthly to heav
enly conditions when In a moment , In
the twinkling of an eye the resurrec
tion power will lift them wholly out
of earthly conditions to the perfection
of the "Divine Nature. "
Describing this "First Resurrection"
of the saints the Apostle says , "It Is
sown In dishonor. It is raised in glory ;
It Is sown lu weakness , It Is raised In
power ; It Is sown a natural body , It is
raised a spiritual body" ( I Corinthians
XT , 43 , 44) ) . Respecting this glorious
consummation of the hopes of the
Church , the Apostle declares it to be
the end of our faith , the salvation of
our souls "the grace ( salvation ) that
shall be brought unto you at the reve
lation of ovr Lord and Savior Jesni
Christ" ( I Peter L 13) ) . For that glo
rious time the Lord's people are tn
wait patiently , realizing that , as New
Creatures , they are being tested by the
weaknesses and frailties of their old
bodies reckoned dead. They are to
show their loyalty to God by fighting
a good fight against the weaknesses ol
the flesh , against the allurements ol
the world and the snares of the Ad
versary.
versary.This
This Light Upon Our Tort
Consider now , in the light of the
foregoing , the meaning of8L _
wortlH used an our text We perceive
how the Gospel message from first to |
last has been preached to a dead world
to a world under sentence of death
to n world dead in trespasses and In
sin and unworthy of Divine notice , i
The message has not gone forth to
every creature yet. The Divine pro
mise Is that eventually every eye shall
see and every car shall be unstopped ,
and then "tho knowledge of the
Lord slinll fill the whole earth" and
"every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess. " But that will bo
during Messiah's Kingdom of right *
eoiiRuess , which will last for n thou
sand years for the world's uplifting.
That time has not yet come ; hence
that glorious message which nil must
hear and those glorious sights which
all must see and all confess are not
yet revealed. As yet the message can
be appreciated only by a comparatively
small proportion of our race , "even as
many as the Lord our God shall call. "
The Redeemer says that they must
not only be thus "called of God. " but
that they must be "drawn" by him , In
order to be blessed during this Age.
He says , No man can como unto me ,
except the Father which sent me draw
him , and he that comcth unto me ( thus
drawn ) I will In no wise reject ( John
vl , 41. 37) ) . For these few of the dead
world the Gospel In the present time
Is Intended. No others have the ear to
hoar. Hut while those who hear are
few In comparison to the millions of
the world who do not hear , neverthe
less they are many lu comparison to
the still fewer who accept the call un
der the conditions and limitations of
the narrow way of self-sacrifice.
"Many are called , but few chosen" to
this high calling of Jolut-helrshlp with
the Redeemer In his Ktapflwn.
By and by when all eyes and ears of
understanding shall be opened and the
blessing of the Lord through Messiah
shall be world-wide , It will not be
merely n calling to righteousness that
will bo extended. A command will be
enforced by disciplines , "stripes , " "cor
rections In righteousness , " to the In
tent that the "dead" world In general
may be blessed and be resurrected
lifted up. up , up , out of sin and death
conditions to the human perfection be
stowed upon Adam and his race In
creation. Only the unwilling and dis
obedient will die the Second Death ,
from which there will be no redemp
tion , no recovery.
Live In Flesh and In Spirit.
Those who hear the Gospel and ac
cept Its terms of consecration unto
death of the llesh and are begotten of
the Holy Spirit as New Creatures ,
'partakers of the divine nature , " have
BO to speak , a dual existence from the
: ime of their begcttal of the Spirit
From God's standpoint they are New
Creatures begotten to the divine na
ture , which , if faithful , they will fully
obtain in the "First Resurrection. "
Yet according to all worldly concept
of the matter they are still human be-
ngs , very much the same as they were
irior to their consecration and Spirit
aegettlng. The world may , Indeed , see
certain changes more or less radical in
their conduct and words , but , like as
not , those will appear to the worldly
merely as fads , fancies , eccentricities.
Perhaps , Indeed , as in the case of St.
Paul , they may be considered as "be
sides themselves" mad. Hence , as the
Apostle declares , "The world knoweth
us not , even as It knew him not"
( I John Hi , 1) ) . The world did not
know Jesus to be begotten of the Holy
Spirit , the Son of the Highest , etc. .
nor does the world yet know that he
Is highly exalted at the Father's Right
Hand. So also It is with the followers
of Jesus. They similarly have re
ceived n Spirit begetting and. similar
ly. In due time , are to experience the
glorious change of the' "First Resur
rection" and be perfected on the new
plane of the divine nature.
Judged of Men Judged of dad.
Note again the Apostle's words respecting
these followers
specting Spirit-begotten
ers of Jesus , the "little flock. " who
walk In his footsteps of self-sacrifice.
He says that these will be judged ac
cording to men in the flesh , but ac
cording to God in the Spirit Men not
knowing tis ns New Creatures In
Christ may think of us and approve or
condemn as they would think of and
approve or condemn others accord
ing to the flesh. The world will not
see that In these New Creatures there
Is n battle In progress the New Crea
ture seeking to conquer the flesh and
to bring it into subjection to the Di
vine will , but not always able to do so.
All we can do is to do our best ,
whether our best shall be as good an
or better than that of our fellow-
creatures who are not Spirit-begotten ,
but who may be less depraved by na
ture nobler by heredity. Our con
solation as New Creatures is that we
are not to be Judged by human Judg
ment , but by him who called us and
drew us to himself , who sanctified us
through the blood of the Cross , and
who begat us with his own Holy Spir
it to his own divine nature. He will
Judge us according to the spirit ac
cording to our minds , according to our
Intentions , according to our efforts. To
the faithful who at heart are overcom-
ers the Lord eventually will say , "Well
done , thou good and faithful servant !
Enter Into the Joy of thy Lord. Thou
hast been faithful over a few things ;
I will make thee ruler over many
things" ( Matthew xxv. 21) ) .
Mora Appropriate.
' 'I teach my parrot only short
words. "
"Do you ? Now , 1 should think that
parrots were better adapted to learn
ing polysyllables. "
A Tart Retort.
Mrs. Hoyle Don't you think my boj
Is growing ? Mrs. Doyle Yes ; he it
pretty largo for his mother's age.-
Judge.
Evolution.
At what time of life may a man bt
said to belong to the vegetable king
dom ? When experience has made bin
eoge.
GAMBLING ? . GRACIOUS , NOI
At Narragansett , Society Women
Were Just "Sitting Around. "
New York. Aug. 13. Mrs. John II.
llatian , wife of the millionaire shoe
maker , today gave her version of the
sensational raid on the fashionable
Ileach street gambling club In Isnrni-
gansett pier early Sunday morning.
Mrs. Hanan was alleged to Imvo been
sitting nt a roulette wheel when the
raiders entered. She was said to have
been arrested. Mrs Hanan Is a beauti
ful wonlan and owns the largo estate
Shore Acres. She formerly was Mrs.
Edith Evelyn Smith and was born In
Narragansett Plor. She gives dinners
to the leading men of the state and
in- > governor frequently has been her
guest. Her Interview follows :
Oh , oh that what , raid ? Gracious ,
no ! They don't call It that do they ?
Well it was so funny. Really , It was
quite n frost nil the way througu. It
was such a failure that It lacked even
the thrills that go with ordinary sur
prises. And poor little Mr. Cross ! How
( ttsnppolntud he must be. The young
country bumpkin I have known him
since ho was n midget boy sought to
jump Into the public eye and ho simp
ly failed , that's all.
"I wouldn't have missed It for any
thing , though. It was n fair sort of
entertainment , but , oh , so farcical.
Really , little .Johnny could Imvo made' '
It quite n comic opera If he had stud
ied his part a little better. People up
here do not worry about It at all.
"The situation Is really this. Cross ,
a simple minded little native , seeking
to advertise himself , broke Into the
club when he thought he could catch
some one playing. Instead he found
us lounging and chatting about on
; llvans and at tables after a big supper
ind an evening at the casino. It's Just
a big joke on him , that's ail. "
Asked to tell just what occurred
when Constable Cross entered the pa
vilion , Mrs. Hanan continued , after ex
pressing her reluctance to be brought
nto the notoriety of the affair ;
'After ' the evening at a dance at the
casino , which closed at twelve o'clock ,
the members of the exclusive cottage
colony repaired to the club for a de
luxe supper. The supper over , they
went to the play rooms the same way
they have them arranged at Palm
Beach , you know.
"We had hardly seated ourselves
at the play tables , some of us to look
on and bthers to Join In the play ,
when the doors swung open and there
he stood Mr. Cross reading dra
matically some statement he had In
his trembling hands about arrests and
evidence and gambling , anil so forth.
We had been dignified and orderly ,
and those of us not playing were en-
diversion of the games , as we have
for yean , harming no one.
Then several of the gentlemen left
their tables and rushed over to Cross.
The women , among them Mrs. Robert
Ohling , Mrs. Arthur E. Morris , Mrs.
Emerson of Baltimore and Mrs. llar ;
risen Bullis , all left their seats quietly
and went into an adjoining room.
Cross asked each one's name , but
didn't get them all.
"Arrested ? Why , I don't know any
thing about that. Yes , he did take
down some names. Goodness alive ,
don't allow that to get in the news
papers that we were arrested it's
misleading. "
"Reports from the pier today say
that yon were found at an ornate ,
$3,000 roulette wheel eagerly at play
when the constable made his de
scent ? " Interrupted Mrs. Hanan's interviewer -
terviewer at the New York end of the
wire.
"Oh , dear me , don't say that such a
statement Is in print , " Mrs Hanan ex
claimed , raising her voice to an ex
ceedingly high pitch. "That s quite un
true , entirely. I was not captured
gambling. The women whose names
I have mentioned merely were dig
nified spectators. No , really , I don't
recall the New York ladles present.
There were twenty or thirty there , I
should say. The Vanderbllts and
Oelrichses and. in fact all of New
York's fine people , always visit the
club whin they come here. "
Asked if the cottagers knew if young
Mr. Cross had obtained evidence suf
ficient to sustain his charges before a
court , Mrs. Hanan laughed mildly ov'er
the wire and explained :
"He might have got something bet
ter than he did If he had been patient
enough to wait a little longer. Really ,
hardly any one was playing when he
arrived. He so earnestly 'courts n
reputation he wants to be a lawyer
and get a name that he couldn't
seize the place like an experienced
raider.
Mrs. Hanan added , In answer tc
questions , that she had known Cross
since he was n small boy , as she had
spent her summers In the fashionable
volony for many years. "He has just
been graduated from school , " she ex
plained.
"He showed no head at all abso
lutely none , " concluded Mrs. Hanan
"We are not at all disturbed over tht
consequences of his unexpected np
pearance. "
New Club at Nlobrara.
Niobrara , Neb. , Aug. 13. Special t <
The News : Several Nlobrara .ladles
were hostesses at the Island Parl
clubhouse in honor of Mrs. A. B. Yantli
and two daughters of Fort Smith
Ark. , Mrs Z. G. Sherman of Dakott
city , Neb. , and a few Niobrara guests
The occasion being the birthday o :
one of the party suggested organlzlnf
n Birthday club to perpetuate sucl
happy gatherings. Three events nr
scheduled for September.
"HYPOCRITES" SHE CALLS 'EM.
Marjorle Relda , Writer , Says the Nev
York Women Shut Their Eyes.
New York , Aug. 13. New York 1
the worst city In the world , becnusi
It is the most hypocritical. " This li
the way It is put by "Marjorle Relda,1
whose calling card reads "Mrs. Camlll
Salomon. " She Is a young American
short story writer , who says she baa
Just accepted a contract with a Lou-
don syndicate for all the products of
her pen for ten years. Miss llelda was
born and educated right here In New
York , though much of her time the
last few years has been spent abroad ,
chlclly In Paris , Brussels and Vienna.
"It Is the women of New York who
are the great hypocrites , ' she contin
ued. "Always they shut their eyes
If they can only have money. They
know their husbands do wrong , but
they will not open their eyes , they
will not unseal their ears , they will
not speak.
"You tell me many women get di
vorces , but I say It Is only when the
husband cannot get them enough
money that they got a divorce for
that which they know has always ex
isted. Yes , they know , but they smile
and even receive the other woman In
their homes and pretend 'everything
Is all right. Pah ! " with a characteris
tic Mary Garden gesture , "euch hypo
crisy Is sickening.
"Then there are the others , " she
hurried on , ' "those I call the humble
hypocrites. These women are afraid
to speak out. They are afraid to pro
test against the great conspiracy of
crime which they know Is going on
around them all the time. They trem
ble at the mcro thought of admitting
that anything Is not ns It should be. "
"Do you mean , " she was asked ,
"that a wife Is a hypocrite If she ever
condones her husband's wrong doing ? "
"That Is just what 1 mean , " respond
ed Miss Relda.
"But If she loves him ? "
"That makes no difference , " Inflex
ibly. "No matter how much she loves
him she must have a sense of woman
ly pride and dignity which never
should endure his unfaithfulness.
When she has given him everything
and he knows it and she knows It
then , when he goes to another woman
there Is nothing for the wife to do butte
to say , 'Take her * and then to with
draw her countenance. Once the men
are convinced that the woman will
net In this way , then they will govern
themselves accordingly and act ns
they should. Now they expect to be
forgiven or unnoticed and so they
don't try to restrain themselves.
"New York men are altogether too
susceptible , " she declared. "If any
, young woman with the least bit of
, magnetism and tact and even moder
ately attractive , Is thrown to any ex
tent with any man in New York , I
i don't care whether he's married or
single , she can Just twist him around
her little finger. She can do exactly
as she likes with him and it lasts till
, the next girl comes along. New
Yorkers take their love deals as they
take their business deals with a rush.
And neither one has any permanence.
"A man and a girl become acquaint
ed. In four weeks they're engaged
they've fallen head over heels in love
, with each other. Then , again , in four
weeks they're married. And maybij
four weeks after they're trying to get
a divorce. What they call love Is a
flame that starts In a minute and
soars up high In another minute and
the next minute Is all gray ashes. "
'
"Then you think romance real ro
mance is dead ? " she was asked ,
i "Romance is never dead real love
cannot ale. "
| "Tell me your definition of 'real
i love ? " '
'
"Why , it's a trinity , " she smiled.
"There's the purely physical attrac
tion , that by itself is passion , but
that must be n part of real love. Then
there is the mental communion , the
perfect understanding , the ability t'
read each other's thoughts without
speaking. That's the chumship of it ,
the congenial talk of books and mu
sic and plays and philosophy. The
best sweetheart Is always a chum , too ,
you know.
"And then there's what I call the
'love-love. ' It's the part of love that
doesn't want the person cared for t"
be hurt In any way , that would pro
tect and shield that person against
, nil the world that would so infinitely
rather suffer In place of the beloved.
| "Those three kinds of love make
un the perfect afeotirn between man
and woman. But If only one of the
three Is lacking , there Is bound to
be discord and jangling. That's why
there are so many divorces because
the husband and wife don't care for
each other In all the three ways.
"Do you know how you can tell sure
ly If you don't love n person ? " Mips
Relda demanded suddenly.
"If you are jealous of him , then you i
don't care for him. Jealousy does not ;
belong to love. It's pure selfishness ,
and vanity. Love presupposes perfect
irust. Now , either you trust a lovc-i
or you don't trust him that Is , you're
Jealous of him. In that case you don't
ically love him.
" .Jealousy showc such a humlllallnc
loss of self-respect , too. It's as if you i
sail1 to yourself , 'Now , I love this man i
oiul he loves me , and yet I am no :
beautiful enough to retain his affection i
and that woman In the pink hat Is go
Ing to take him away from me. '
"What you should say Is 'I love him
and he loves me , and , therefore , I'm
the most perfect thing in the worl ( ]
to him and no other woman has tht
ghost of a chance beside me. ' "
Commissioners Proceedings.
Madison , Neb. , Aug. 8 , 1910. , 1 p. m
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present , Commissioners Henry Sun
derman and Burr Taft.
The minutes of the meeting of Julj
11 , 12 and 13 , 1910 , were read and ap
proved.
This being the day set for openlw
and considering the bids for the con
structlon of Norfolk Drainage Dltcl
No. 2 , the matter was taken up nm
the following bids which had beei
filed with the county clerk were open
ed and considered. Hubbard Brother !
proposed to dig said ditch 8 feet widi
on top and 1 foot and G Inches widi
on the bottom and 3 feet deep for 91
cents per rod. Tim proposal of Hub-
bard Brothers to dig Norfolk Drain
age Ditch No , U. making said ditch
3 feet deep. S feet wide on top and
1 foot and 0 Inches on bottom , bcram
4 feet wide on each side of ditch , being
the lowest and best bid , they were on
motion awarded the contract to dig
said ditch.
The application of Samuel R. Me-
Fnrland and wife , Anna M. McFarlnml ,
of Meadow Grove , Neb. , for admission
to the Soldier's home at Grand Island
was considered and approved and the
clerk WIIB Instructed to forward ap
plications to the commandant of the
Soldiers' and Sailors' homo at Grand
Island , Neb. -
The matter of the public road pe
titioned for by S. T. Napper , et nl ,
and the remonstrances ngnlnst Bald
road were laid over for further Infer
mation.
The matter of the road ordered
opened along the north line of section
1-21-1 was laid over until the return
of Commissioner Malone.
On motion the county treasurer was
authorized to make transfers of funds
In his ofllco as follows :
I'.tOS ' county general fund to 190 ! )
county general fund , $3,071.70.
1907 county general fund to 1909
county general fund , $61.16.
Drainage ditch No. 1 fund to 1909
county general fund , $42.27.
Advertising fund ( o 1909 county gen
eral filml , $183.70.
1909 county general fund to 1910
county general fund , $3,300.
1908 county bridge fund to 1909
county bridge fund , $130.93.
1907 county bridge fund to 1900
county bridge fund , $33.7C.
1909 county bridge fund to 1910
county bridge fund , $900.
1909 county road commissioner dis
trict No. 1 fund to 1910 county road
commissioner district No. 1 fund , $77.
1909 county road commissioner dis
trict No. 2 fund to 1910 county road
commissioner district No. 2 fund , $92.
1909 county road commissioner dis
trict No. 3 fund to 1910 county road
commissioner district No. 3 fund , $77.
Also to make transfer of the funds
of road districts as follows :
From road district No. 3 fund to
road district No. 17 fund , $25.
From road district No. 5 fund to
road district No. 20 fund , $235.
From road district No. G fund to
road district No. 21 fund , $23.
From road district No. 9 fund to
road district No. 19 fund , $25.
From rend district No. 10 fund to
road district No. 22 fund , $134.
From road district No. 11 fund to
road district No. 23 fund , $155.
From road district No. 12 fund to
road district No. 24 fund , $15.
From road district No. 14 fund to
road district No. 25 fund , $ G5.
From road district No. 15 fund to
road district No. 20 fund , $ GO.
On motion the following bills were
allowed :
J. D. Adams & Co. , road grad
er $ 450.00
Madison County Agricultural
society G09.GO
S. R. McFnrland , postage , etc. 17.50
Fred Dommisee , wolf scalp. . . 2.00
II. Frlcke ( repairs and grader ,
claimed $370 , allowed less
freight on grader , $10.15 , al
lowed at 349.85
H. Frlcke , repairs 28.4C
C. E. Plass , work , court house 4.0C
F. M. Young , land for road. . . 25.0C
! F. L. Widergren , rent for pauper -
'
per 1G.O (
II. Kilburn , register births and
deaths 4.2J
B. B. Mills , register births and
deaths 8.0 (
C. R. Rynearson , register
births and deaths 7.5 (
Chns. Letheby , register births
I and deaths 7.2 !
M. L. Koehn , register births
I and deaths 13.4 (
0. A. Sleeper , register births
and deaths . ! <
1. L. Hoffman , livery 4.0 (
F. A. Peterson , tax refund ,
dlpso patients , etc 80.G' '
H. Miller Lumber Co. , lum
ber , road district No. 2 47.1 !
H. Miller Lumber Co. , coal
for pauper 14.2 !
Madison Star-Mall , cards for
sheriff 1.5i
J. L. Rynearson , deputy coun
ty assessor 31.5' '
Klopp & Bartlett , desks and
supplies 154.5
N. A. Housel , salary 11G.G
N. A. Housel , postage , etc. . . 16.7 <
S. B. Hoesly Co. , auto hire. . . 13.5
Klopp & Bartlett , supplies. . . 23.5
Hume-Robertson-Wycoff Co. ,
| lumber 8.7
The Merlllat Culvert Core Co. ,
adjustable cores , claimed
$345 , allowed at 342.5
F. A. Long , commissioner in
sanity ; 24.0
Hammond & Stephens Co. ,
supplies for superintendent 5.1
Kontinental Kompound Co. ,
supplies 3.0
J. M. Smith , salary and
boarding prisoners 154.5
Gus Knul , salary 100.0
C. S. Smith , salary and mile
age 284.7
Clarence McWhorter , assist
ing surveyor C.O
E. A. Young , work , commis
sioner district No. 2 31.2
E. A. Young , work on bridges 8.2
John Boyer , wolf bounty G2.0
W. H. Field , fees insanity
cases , etc 102.4
Hubbard Bros. , ditching 97.5
Hubbard Bros , , ditching 41.2
Hubbard Bros. , ditching 85.0
Hubbard Bros. , ditching 50.0
W. B. Fuorst , fees , state vs.
Klein 2.2
D. L. Best , fees , state vs.
Klein 4.0
Madison County Farmers Tel
ephone Co. , tolls 5.C
C. P. Parish , supplies for pau
per 90.2
Western Bridge and Construc
B tion Co. , on contract l.OOO.C
C Western Bridge and Construe-
t Ion Co. . on contract 1,000.00
Western Bridge and Construc
tion Co. , on contract 1,000.00
Western llrldno and Construc
tion Co. . on contract 1.000.00
Western llrldgo and Construc
tion Co. , on contract 1,000.00
Western Bridge and Construc
tion Co. , on contract 1,000.00
Froiiumt Granite Brick Co. ,
Tiling G0.7G
Fremont Granite Brick Co , ,
Tiling G0.7C
John Friday , hardware , road
district No. 1 22.45
Madison Telephone Co. , tolls 17.35
C. R. Rouse , bridge work ,
road district No. 24 4.00
C. R. House , brldgo work ,
road district No. 2-1 4.00
C. R. Rouse , bridge work ,
road district No. 2-1 4.00
C. R. Rouse , bridge work ,
road district No. 24 4.00
Roily Kaufman , work , road
district No. 24 3.00
W. H. Stewart , work , road dis
trict No. 24 3.50
Madison Telephone Co. , rent ,
telephone In Jail 12.00
C. F. A. Mnrqimrdt , supplies ,
lumper 2.2(5 (
. T. Moore , work. C. D. No. 2 30.00
. T. Moore , work , C. IX No. 2 G3.00
. T. Moore , work on bridges 12.00
. T. Moore , work. R. 1) ) . Xo. l ! 30.50
: . A. Young , work , C. n. No. 3 27.00
"red Uyorly , work. C. D. No. ! t 24.75
: . G. Melcher , work , R. 1) . No.
G . ' 27.00
12. G. Melcher , work , C. I ) . No.
2 7.75
Fred Uyerly , work , C. I ) . No. 2 31.30
Fred Uyerly , work on bridges 8.25
John Frlsch , work , It. I ) . No.
25 151.00
Herman Kohl , repair for grad
er. It. D. No. 25 1.00
Chlttenden & Snyder , repairs ,
II. D. No. 25 2.10
W. P. Dixon , moving grader
and express , claimed $5 , al
lowed against general fund
nt G5
Allowed against C. D. No. 2 4.50
W. P. Dlxon , grubbing stumps ,
C. D. No. 2 4.00
W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D.
No. 2 , $22.50 , allowed by or
der of Dlxon ns follows :
Tom Crook 19.00
W. P. Dlxon 3.50
W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D.
No , 2 , $57.75 , allowed ns follows -
lows :
E. H. Crook , by order of
Dlxon 25.35
W. P. Dixon 32.40
W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. -
No. 2 G7.00
W. P. Dixon , grading , C. D.
No. 2 , assigned to Irven &
Melcher 33.00
W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. ,
No. 2 , assigned to Irven &
Melcher 67.00
W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. ,
No. 2 15.50
W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. ,
No. 2 80.88
W. P. Dlxon , grading , C. D. ,
No. 2 58.85
W. P. Dixon , grading , C. D. ,
No. 2 63.05
C. T. Crook , work , C. D. No.
3 37.75
C. T. Crook , work on bridges. . 5.00
William Newman , work , R. D.
No. 6 10.00
Chicago Lumber Co. , R. D. No.
18 37.40
Chicago Lumber Co.-lumber
for bridges 95.70
James Hughes , work , R. D.
No. 17 49.50
George Hobus , work , R. D.
No. 21 8.00
George Hobus , work , R. D.
No. 6 64.00
William Lowe , work , R. D.
No. G 22.00
Walter Boche , work , C. D. ,
No. 2 2.00
B. B. McGinnls , work , R. D.
No. 8 73.50
C. E. Danes , work , R. D. , No.
8 5.00
William Byre , work , R. D. No.
S 2.65
F. G. Lehman , work , C. D. No.
2.00
Otto Llnstadt , work , C. D. No.
2 1.00
A. Villnow , work , C. D. No.
2 14.00
B. B. McGlnnls , work , C. D.
No. 2 32.00
B. B. McGlnnis , work on
bridges 110.00
J. H. Bufilngton , work , R. D.
No. 3 8.00
G. T. Crook , work. R. D. No.
18 50.50
R. W. Linn , work , C. D. No.
1 12.50
Madison Chronicle , supplies. . 18.00
Wllllaift Meisner , work , R. D.
No. 3 , assigned to Battle
Creek Valley bank 22.00
J. H. Hunter , work , R. D. No.
3 , assigned to Battle Creek
Valley bank 33.75
W. E. Luebecke , work , C. D.
No. 2 8.00
G. T. Crook , work on bridges. 14.00
Nebraska Culvert Co. , culvert
for C. D. No. 3. 84.20
J. M. Mllligan , work , R. D. No.
8 8.15
William Lowe , work , C. D. No.
2 20.00
Roy Tlmperly , work , R. D. No.
8 4.40
W. R. McFarland , stenogra
pher 19.25
James Nichols , expenses 1G.70
James Hughes , bridge work. . 50,00
Irven Rogers , work , R. D. No.
3 11.00
John Wnlmsley , work , R. D.
No. 3 12.00
Frank Boleler , work , R. D. No.
3 11.00
10 H , C. Jensen , surveying and
aefistants 133,95
3 On motion board adjourned to meet
August 23 , 1910 , at 1 p. m.
10 S. R. McFarland ,
County Cle