Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1913 — A REAL SURPRISE. [ARTICLE]

A REAL SURPRISE.

“I was talking to my colored man of all work the other day,” said Hon. James Yates ■ Mellen of Cleveland, “and I asked him if he went to church.” “ ‘Yassuh, I goes to church every Sunday,’ he said. “‘Are you'a member?* “ ‘Yessuh.’ “ ‘What church?* “‘Prespeteeryun.’ “ *Do you believe in the doctrine of election?’ “ ‘Yessuh.’ “‘Do you think I am elected to the saved?’ “ ‘Law, Mr. Mellen, I didn’t even know you all was a candidate!’”— Cleveland Plain Dealer.