Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1914 — Page 1

No. 105.

PLAN FOB SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTIONS

' Keep Jasper a “Front Line” County In This Work—Township Conventions Same Day. A meeting of the County Council of the Jasper County Sunday School .Association was held in the Chris- ’ tian church Sunday afternoon to plan township arid county convention dates and other things for the betterment of Sunday School work in the county. Considering the difficulty of securing the help of the township chairman in these meetings it was thought advisable to send a county officer to the various townships to advise them of, the plans of the state and county and secure information that is needed by the county officials in order that, they may keep in touch with the various townships. The county secretary, Mrs. J. I. Gwin, was appointed to do this .work, to visit every township in the county and so far as possible every school, before the state convention, which is to be held in Indianapolis June 17th, 18th and 19th, the necessary expense for the work to be paid by' the county association. Jasper county last year was one of the “front line” counties in the state, and the county officers this year are anxious that this standard shall be maintained. In order to do so it is necessary to increase the enrollment ten percent. As there were 2,404 enrolled last year, it will mean that we must have 250 more enrolled this year. Every school is urged to have a cradle roll, home department, teacher’s training, temperance and missionary departments. These are required If we remain a front line county. It was decided to hold all the township conventions on the same data The second Sunday in June is the date selected. The county will be represented by one officer in each township. A uniform program will be carried out throughout the county. It is hoped by having the conventions held on the same day and doing the same work, to create unusual pride and enthusiasm in every township. The attendance in each convention will be noted and published, so each township should take pride in having their own township make a good showing.

The county chairman was Instructed to secure the services of both a state and an international worker for the county convention, the date of which will be decided by the date on which these workers can be secured. Cards will be printed having the dates of the county, state and national convention dates. These will be sent in every business letter on the county officers in order to advertise these important conventions. ‘ The chairman was also instructed to confer with the county superintendent otf schools to secure a place on the program of the county institute for a Sunday School speaker. The reports of the various county officers showed the county Sunday School work in a flourishing condition and all working to make the work more efficient than ever before. Let every township officer “get busy” and do his part and thus lighten the work of the already overburdened county officers. If you'kre asked to send in a report to any of the department superintendents, do so promptly and save them trouble and,/’delay in making their reports. J. N. Leatherman, Co. Chairman. Mrs. J. I. Gwin, Sec.-Treasurer.

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The Evening Republican.

LARGE AUDIENCE HEARD REV. WINN

Christian Pastor Delivered Farewell Sermon to Largest Audience in Many Months. ~~ An .audience exceeding in number that of the union service on “Go to Church” Sunday attended the union service at the Christian church Sunday night and listened intently to the farewell sermon delivered by Rev. W. Garnett Winn, who has been pastor of the church for the past two years and eight months. The church was made beautiful by a large number of blooming plants and cut flowers. Special music by the choir and a solo by Mrs. Rue Parcells, added to the interest of the service.

In the beginning Rev. Winn briefly reviewed his work here. There had been more than one hundred taken into the. church by conversion and by letter. A Church debt of $1,600 had been- paid off and the church remodeled at an expense of $6,000, the payment of which had been pledged. Rev. Winn stated that his aim and desire had been to declare the power of Christ? and Salvation in His name and to preach the Crucified Christ in all His majesty andlove, nothing more or less. He continued:

“I have never shrank from declaring unto you anything which I have considered profitable tor your religious upbuilding. “I have defended any encroachment upon the church by its enemies.

“I 'have boldly attacked any and all issues that aimed at the destruction of your homes. “I have endeavored to declare to you the whole council of God.

“I have not been obedlant to any man, party or cism, nor influenced by any faction, but rather it has been by pleasure to be obediant to God, whose I am and ever expect to be.

“Not only has it been my privilege to labor among the members of my own church, but it has been my pleasure to know and have fellowship with many outside of the Church,’ for which I am very gratefuik

‘The relation between my fellow pastors and myself has been one of harmony and I count it bne of the joys of my life to have known and had the privilege of working with such splendid yokefellows in the Lord.” Rev. Winn then delivered' a charge to the church, taking Paul’s farewell to the church at Ephesus, as recorded in Acts as his tert: ‘Take heed unto yourselves to feed the church of the Lord, which hie has purchased with his own blood.” Be alive to the responsibilities that are yours, for shall enter in among »you, not sparing the flock, and from among your ownselves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them.” With a (heart filled with the hope that the work he is leaving may prosper Rev. Winn admonished the members of the church and all Christian people to take a deeper interest in the welfare of their souls and to use the power of which they are possessed to help to establish the Lord’s work on a firmer foundation. In concluding his sermon he said: “And now I commend you to God and to the word of His Grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all of them that are sanctified.

“To the power and guidance of His Divine Word,. Make the Bible your constant companion in whom you have confidence and you shall be eternally holy in Heaven, heirs to eternal glory. “Some of these days we shall all meet at Jesus’ feet upon common ground, neither high nor low, rich or poor, just children of the Most High. e “It is not without a sigh'and an honest regret that I lay my-burden down and doff the pastoral robe and stand before you shorn of my happy reflation to you as your minister, to go at the bidding of my Lord and Master to assume other duties for Him.

“I close my message tonight with a prayer to God that He will eend to you one who will worthily wear the honor and lead you unto the Truth.”

■ Bev. Winn had taken a number into the church during recent services and two went forward at the morning service Six were baptised during the day, one in the afternoon and five following the evening service. Rev. Winn expressed himself as very happy that his closing days here ihad been sweetened by these additions. It is quite certain that the Christian church in Rensselaer never before had so able a minister or one so much admired by all the people of the eity, one able to meet up to the requirements of every occasion, one so broad and charitable and splendidly qualified to be the pastor of a congregation pt intelligent people. To almost all ft is plain

Entered January 1, IM7, as second class mall matter, at the paetofflce at Rensselaer, Indiana, under tbe act of March S, IS7».

Dr. D. W. Harwell, of Buffalo, N. Y., was the guest oif the school one flay last week. Dr. Harwell, as secretary of the General Deaoonness Board of the Methodist Episcopal church, visits and inspects all Methodist institutions under deaconness management. This is his first visit to the Monnett School.

The pupils of the music department.save a very pleasing recital FridMA evening at the school ThHgirls of the school celebrated May Day with a May Pole dance and other May -Day sports. The guest of honor was Miss Grace Augusta Phillips, in whose honor the festivities were held. A very enjoyable occasion to the recreation facilities of the school is a new tennis court, the gift of the former principal of the school, Miss Findley. Plans were considered for a summer vacation school, announcement of which will be made later. At the opening of the present school year last September, the school treasury showed a deficit of SSOO, due in part to a shortage in the building fund subscriptions of the previous year. Beside the payment of all bills of the present year to date including all improvements, S2OO has been paid on last year’s deficit. , The treasurer’s report from July 1, 1913, to April 1, 1914, showed the following total, with all bills paid to date: Total cash receipts $4,718.56 Total disbursements ...... 4,579.04 Oasffi on hand 139.52 The principal reports receipts from board and cash donations, $3,131.94. Donations of provisions and house furnishings, $430.25. Improvements and furnishings added during the year: Basement drain ...... .$ 40.00 Bath room and fixtures 145.00 Kitchen range 75.00 Fire Escape 20.00 Cement walk 36100 Blackboards 7.00 Linoleum ? 25.00 Dishes and table linen ..... 42.00 Total $390.00

Hear the Salisbury Family Of Musicians on May 14th. A treat is in store for music and entertainment lovers. On Thursday, May 14, the Salisbury family of ten musicians will visit Rensselaer and appear at the Presbyterian church. They are very talented and aU who hear them are sure to be pleased. The admission will be 35 cents for adults; for children 25 cents. A refined entertainment, sure to. please all who attend it and certain to pack the house. Get tickets early. Tickets for sale at A F. Long’s drug store. Baseball Meeting Tonight. There will be a meeting tonight of aU those interested in the organization of a baseball team. A manager and captain will be elected and it will be decided what to do about the rental of the grounds. The meeting will be at the armory at 8 o’clock. Potatoes For Sala Michigan Rural seed and eating potatoes, $2 per bag of 2% bushels. Also hungarian seed and hay. AM Donnelly, Phone 548-B.

that Rev. Winn is leaving here long before be should have been permitted to have gone, for there was important work at hand which he could have accomplished better than any other. It looks as though the church had permitted itself to lose a man worth much more than he received in salary and that It willl be difficult, indeed, to find a successor able to fill the position so acceptably as he has filled it Rev. Winn will go to Irving Park, Chicago, Wednesday, to take up his work as pastor of the Christian church there His family wiM continue to live here tor some time, probably until the first of September. So far, we understand, no steps have been taken to secure another minister.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, May 4, 1914.

MONNETT SCHOOL NOTES.

SCHOOLBOY WANTED For steady, summer, parttime, easy work. Must be bright, neatly dressed, and under fourteen years of age. Give references and mention day and hour when parent will come with boy for interview. Good pay. Splendid training. Write to Box 277, Republican Office

REYNOLDS & DONEGAN WRITE FROM BOMBAY

Queer Disposal of the Bodies of the Dead—Delightful Trip Around the World. After an 8-day trip across the Indian Ocean from Perth, Australia, we arrived at Colombo, Ceylon, one of the most beautiful isles in the world. Here at Colombo we struck the read native life of the Buddha, tribes called the Singlase. They are getting pretty well educated and are prospering, many of them being very wealthy. We opened the new Tower Theatre in this city and gave the first big time variety show ever in Colombo. We played two weeks to packed houses and then left for Calcutta via rail, going over the pew Ceylon government railroad, which took us to the extreme north part of the isle through the jungles and plain's, where wild buffalo, elephants afid other wild game, are plentiful. We crossed over the small 18-mile channel which separates India from Ceylon and took the train for Calcutta. We were three days and four nights on the |rip. We passed through Madura, where the great Hindu temple with its real gold domes is. Stopped a day at Madras, where we found a city of nearly a million, and then on to Calcutta, where we played two weeks in one of the finest theatres one can possibly calst their eyes on, “The Empire Calcutta.” Here we were greeted with a theatre holding 2,000, packed front top to bottom with an audience all in full dress. During the day-time in Calcutta, we did nothing else but sight-see. Calcutta is one of the largest cities in the world. It has about 30,000 European population and has some pretty streets, buildings, etc. We crossed the great Howrah pontoon bridge, over which passes 100,000 people daily. We saw the burning ghnats and actually saw the dead burned up. The Hindus believe in burning their dead and their method is to take the body and take a ton of wood and place it necr the top Of the. pile, tie the feet and hands together and then the nearest relative sets the flame going. It’s a long story of theft many styles. Each caste has some different way of funeral 1 . Altogether there are 72 different languages spoken in India and hundreds of castes. It is a known fact that the Hindu language is spoken by more than any other language in the world, by more than 350,000,000. After two splendid weeks in Calcutta we caine direct across the India empire by rail, passing through the center of the famous Forest Jungle and -Deccan, which is alive -with wild animals of all descriptions. Tigers are more than plentiful, while other species of the cat family are in the jungles by thousands. We spent two days and a half on the rail trip, 1,300 miles, Calcutta to Bombay, and of all the towns we most enjoyed it was Bombay. It has as flue buildings as any place and its Victoria railroad terminals, built in 1888, has, any building in the U. 8. beaten, even up to the time of the New York Pennsylvania depot, and on the outside it is far more beautiful

Hotel Taj Mahal, where we stopped, has anything beat for outside beauty in any country, and it has many other buildings of large size that stand out as some of the landmarks of beautiful architecture. Bombay is a beautiful city, situated on a small isle or peninsula, and its surroundings are most picturesque During our stay in India we had but very few. really hot days and at no time have we seen it as hot as we have It in Rensselaer. Some summer days the evenings are cool and delightful.' The majority of the Europeans that have business out here are well fixed and of the most congenial class. We were entertained royally in all the cities we played, both in Australia as weH as India. Wo were the first variety headline act to head the first rtiow that has started India out as a Big Time Variety circuit, and our success has been the most pleasing to us of all our other travels and engagements. We leave Saturday for Aden, the Arabian city at the foot of the Red Bea, the entrance from the Arabian Sea into the Bed Sea, and will go direct to Jerusalem, where we will spend fully two weeks, dividing a few days up with Egypt and then via Brindisi, Italy, to Naples, Rome, Florence, Venice, Alps, Switzerland, Paris and London. We have been working quite hard and. have made up our mind to see the sights of the ancient world before we come home. We have our expenses paid to London and can get stop-offs enroute. We have a large collection of photos of the many interesting sights we have visited, and taken ourselves. Oh, yes, I must not forget to tell you about Bombay's Tower of Silence which we visited. The Paraieees are a class of people which use -this method of doing away with the dead. They think that when life leaves the body the soul leaves it,

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Mrs. Paul C. Curnick Receives Sad News of Death of Brother.

Mrs. Paul C. Curnick received the sad news this morning of the death of her brother, Mr. Peter S. Semonin, of Evansville, Ind. Mr. Semonin has been in failing health for many month sand spent most of the time at Ashville, North Carolina. He returned to his home at Evansville last Thursday and died Sunday night. ‘Mr. Semonin was born in Henderson, Ky., but his home has been in Evansville. He was unmarried and leaves, besides his sister, Mrs. Curnick, of Rensselaer, two sisters and a brother, all of Evansville. Mr. Semonin was retired from business and gave his time looking after his interests. He was fifty years of age and was well known in southern Indiana. Dr. and Mrs. Curnick left on the 11:05 train this morning for Evansville.

Take Our Advice; Thank Us Later On.

(Don’t let anyone talk you in to having your porch boxes, baskets or flower beds filled with plants or vines before May 15th to 25th. Many plants taken from warm houses turn yellow, and the leaves fall off and die when exposed to the cold winds; besides the frost may catch them yet.—King Floral Co.

and that the body is no further use. They have five large towers on Malaber Hill, overlooking Bombay, and iri these towers there are stone shaped sort of coffins sunk into stone, all in a circle. The outside now is for the men, the middle for the women and the inside for the children. In the center is a large well. During the funeral the people all go to the house of prayer, inside the grounds, which are very beautiful, and the body is carried by two carriers who never leavs the place, into the tower (the top of the tower is open to. the sun) and the carriers no more than lay the body down in one of the cradles or coffins In the stone than hundreds of vultures come flying over the tower and within an hour or less time the vultures strip the body of all the flesh and the bones are left to dry. After a lew days in the sun they are dropped into the big well, which has a drainage through three charcoal filters to the sea. This is the most peculiar style of disposing of the dead I have seen. We leave here tomorrow for Palestine and Egypt, where we will spend two weeks, leaving Bombay on the Steamer Salsette. We cross the Arabian Sea to Aden, which takes four days, and then enter the Red Sea. After four days on the Red Sea we arrive at Suez, then enter the Suez Canal, which takes from 10 to 18 hours to go through; arrive at Port Said; take the evening boat over to Raifa. After two weeks In Palestine, then back to Port Said, Cairo and then over to Italy, where we will see Rome, Naples, Florence, Venice, Alps, Lake of Como and on to Paris and london. We are going to take our tone and enjoy a good rest of a month on these trips, as we get our fares paid first class from Australia, in fact, around the world. We can get stop-overs very nicely on our tickets, so we are not going to miss the chance. We are both well and enjoying our “Round the world trip fine” With best regards to all, \ . Yours, EARLE REYNOLDS. Reynolds & Donegan.

Freemont Goodwine Farming 3,600 Acres of Mississippi.

The Williamsport Review. A G. Broadie, one of our enterprising hardware merchants; returned Tuesday from a ten days’ trip in the south, including Mississippi and Louisiana. While on this trip he spent a few days with our former fellow-townsman, the Hon. Freemont Goodwine and family, and reports them in the best of health and living like old feudal lords in the center of their 3,600 acre plantation known as Oneonta, surrounded by their colony of about 200 colored people, all used in tbe cultivation of the plantation. While Mr. Goodwine lias about 1000 acres in cotton, he is following the northern plan of crop rotation, having 400 acres in oats and 200 acres in corn; also soy beans and peas, and a crop called lespedeza, a sort of clover imported from Japan. He reports Mr. Goodwine as setting the pace down there and that his place is in a high state of cultivation, largely because he is using more modem machinery than his neighbors. It certainly will be very gratifying to all of Mr. Goodwine’s old friends to know that he is doing well

Orders to quadruple the force of federal cavalrymen in the Colorado coal strike regions went from the war department last Friday night. The entire 11th raiment from Fort Ogflesthorp, Ga., and two troops of the 12th from Fort Robinson, Neb., were ordered to proceed to the scene at once, CoL James Loekett, of the 11th, to take supreme command of the situation. A strike of carpenters affecting LOGO men was declared at Cincinnati Friday. The carpenters de* mand a raise in wages, which the employers have signified their willingness to meet after a discussion of the subject. The question upon which the hitch has occurred, however, is the demand of the carpenters that they have the right to refuse to erect non-union mill The employers have taken a decided stand against this demand. THE BARKLEY HORSES. The Barkley horses will be at the Will Barkley farm, In Barkley township, near Vahna schoolhouse, Monday and Tuesday of each week; balance of time at Hemphill’s barn in Rensselaer. Phone, bam 600; farm, 503-F. The Illinois district convention, United Mine Workers of America, in session at Peoria, Thursday afternoon almost unanimously adopted a resolution asking the international organization of mine workers to request the American Federation of Labor to call a general strike throughout the United States in protest to the Colorado labor troubles. ’■

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