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Saturday, October 31, 1911.
OCTOBER
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MOON S PHASES—
Full Moon, ith; Last Quarter, 12th;
New Moon, 10th; First Quarter, 25th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
VVpjP (+) . i night aud Sunday. Xot much change in
. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night,
warmer in north portiou. Sunday fair.
' Wf* k. Moderate variable winds becoming
southerly.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest. . r )6; lowest, 44; S a. m., 46; 8 p. m., 56.
IN ELECTING THE LAW-MAKERS
While there are no constitutional amendments
to be passed on by the voters at the election next
Tuesday, those who intend to east their ballots for
legislative candidates on that day should consider
well the attitudes ot' such candidates toward the
six proposed amendments advanced by the 1913
Legislature which are now being advertised and
which will go before the Legislature again in the
coming winter. If the new legislative body so
decrees they will be submitted to the. vote of the
whole people for final approval in November, 1915.
Next Tuesday the voters will elect the entire
membership of the House of Representatives of the
state and more than half the membership of the
Senate, so that the coining election of members of
the two legislative bodies will actually have very
important bearing on the ultimate success or fail
ure of the proposed amendments. It is therefore
one of the most important duties of the electors,
before they go to the polls, to ascertain the attitude
of the various candidates for legislative posts with
regard to the changes that are proposed to be made
at a future date, in the constitution of the state.
One of the proposed amendments will, if finally
passed, give the ballot to the women of the state.
The women's suffrage forces have been so active in
compelling legislative candidates to commit them
selves as to whether they will, if elected, vote this
winter to make the referendum possible, that there
are few if any such candidates whose position on
this question has not been made clear to the voters
of their districts. It is doubtful, however, whether
the voters are just as familiar with the attitude
of the legislative candidates with regard to the
other five proposed amendments.
The second amendment would confer upon cer
tain municipalities the power of increasing their
indebtedness. The third amendment, as proposed,
regulates the relations of employer and employes.
The fourth would abolish entirely the office of Sec
retary of Internal Affairs. This would make nec
essary the readjustment of several of the depart
ments on the Hill. Those favoring the bill con
tend that there is now great duplication in reports
and in work and consequently an unnecessary ex
penditure of labor and money. The fifth amend
ment guarantees land titles of the state. The sixth
relates to Philadelphia and gives that city power
under certain conditions to increase its indebted
ness ten per cent, provided it can prove that the
money accruing from public improvements would
give enough profit to meet the additional interest.
Consideration of the attitudes of the various can
didates on these matters is very necessary in ad
vance of the election next Tuesday. The voters
should first convince themselves as to the good or
bad features ot each of these proposed amend
ments and then ascertain how the individual legis
lative candidates are disposed to deal with the
measures.
TO-NIGHT THE NIGHT OFREVELRY
I his is the night we celebrate, or more strictly
speaking, the night some of us celebrate. The
youngsters have been doing a bit of celebrating for
several nights and the climax will not be reached
until this evening. The big time starts at twilight.
This is the night when door-bells need not neces
sarily be answered, when corn and confetti fly
through the air and horns and trumpets sound. In
doors. young people bob for apples, tell fortunes
SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 31. 19T4.
aud fiud excuses in games for indulging in sweet
kisses. Out-doors, the revelry reaches its height.
Boys and girls, small and large, hide behind fulse
faces whose only merit is ugliness. A person with
a real face is an exception. Hidden identities pro
vide the spirit of the occasion.
The time is one when the girls can rejoice in the
freedom of dunce costumes and can romp without
the bothersome necessity of guarding their skirts.
Many of the make-ups are such that male cannot
be distinguished from female, in the jumble of the
species.
Ilarm may come from Halloween celebrations,
but rarely. If there are any undesirable conse
quences to-night they will be lost in the joys of
wholesome revelry. It is not often that this city
breaks forth for a night of fun, and now that the
time is here for one of them, no objections should
lie made to decent merrymaking.
iire useless anyway, for as long as the revelers keep
within the law the eitv is theirs.
Halloween is celebrated at the present day much
as Mere folk festivals many years ago in the Old
World, particularly in Germany. Centuries ago
witches went about at this season of the year and
did great damage. Farmers had to take special
precautious to protect their barns and store houses
and their persons. Then. too. mysterious methods
were known by which young persons could look
into the future and old persons could distinctly see
into tiie past. Peelings of fruit formed prophetic
letters when thrown over the shoulder and molten
lead took significant shapes.
We are told that superstitious were very real to
the simple folk of bygone days with whom the
practices of our Halloween season originated. To
day it is not supposed to mean anything except as
an occasion of revelry. It commemorates no event
which has had to do with the production of the
world s history. It forth no emotions either
of sorrow or jov because of any particular happen
ings. Yet there is one thing which will bear
thought at this Halloween season. Modern America
has not only got away from the superstitions of
mediaeval Europe, but it laughs at them; at least
young America does. Nothing speaks more elo
quent Iv for the present day enlightenment of our
country. The day has come when ghosts and rumors
of ghosts provoke not fear anil dread but full and
delight. Superstitions are*being consigned to the
realm of the ridiculous.
The rival candidates are very polite to everybody except
each other.
The I nited States will not declare war on Turkey—
except the Thanksgiving turkey.
Dr. Brumbaugh is developing a pretty stiff punch as the
campaign draws toward the end.
There are some more spectacular heroes but none with
more sand than Stewart G. Forney, the youth who per
mitted 2S pieces of the skin ot' his right leg to be re
moved yesterday to save the limb of little Paul Erb.
.Judge Kunkel s non-partisan candidacy for a place ou
the Supreme Court bench is gaining strength daily among
the men of all parties in all parts of the state; but the
result will be close and no friend of .fudge Kimkel should
get the idea that his vote is not needed.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
APPROPRIATE
A wealthy but miserable baronet was celebrated for
having a magnificently decorated dining room, whilst his
viands were very few. A celebrated wit was invited to
dine on a certain occasion, and the host asked him it he
didn't think the room elegant. »
"Yes," was the reply. "But it is not quite to my taste."
"And what change would you make!" asked the host.
"Well," answered the wit. "if this were my house, you
know, I would have" —looking at the ceiling—"less gilding
and" —here he glanced furtively at the dining table—
"more carving."—Tit-Bits.
THE WIDOW S OFFERING
A merchant who had been traveling some months was,
on his return, informed of the death of a valued friend. A
few days later he called upon the bereaved widow to offer
his expressions of sympathy. During the visit he remarked:
"I was a good friend of your late husband. Is there not
something of his which I could have as a memento oI him?"
She raised her velvety 'brown eyes to his, which, a few
moments before weTe moist with tears, and said softly:
"How would I do?" Exchange.
A LITANY FOR WEEK-DAYS
From elderly ladies with sure cures for toothache, corns
and tonsilitis; and from boiled potatoes, poison ivy and the
military "experts" of newspapers: and from al'l females
more than or less than 18 years old; and from persons
who know the exact difference between "who" and "whom"
and are willing to tell it; and from provincial paragraphs
who imitate Franklin P. Adams; and from old and bad
cocktails under new and seductive names; and from gilt
chairs: and from dogs with loose hair—good Lord, deliver
us!— Owen Hatteras in Smart Set.
INGENIOUS
There is a certain young woman of Brooklyn who pos
sesses a hat of which she is inordinately proud. It was a
small hat originally, but the owner had increased its pro
portions materially bv the addition of willow plumes at
tached to wire backbones. Now, she wore this hat to a
music festival not long ago; aud she felt very much dressed
up. As she leaned back gracefully and complacently in her
chair she felt a gentle tugging at the aforesaid hat from
behind. So she turned and said to a self-possessed young
man just in her rear, "Does ray hat annoy you?"
"Not at all.' said the young man.
Sh(j of the hat thought it over for a while. It occurred
to her that perhaps she had been ungracious. Accordingly
she turned again, this time with this query:
"Perhaps the plumes interfere with your view of the
stage?"
'At first they did," confessed th<t self-possessed young
man. "but I bent 'em down."—Lippincott's.
THE RESULT
A farmer did not know what business to start his son in,
so he put him in a room in which {here v&s nothing but a
Bible, an apple and a sovereign. He decided that if he
found tho boy eating the apple he would make him a
farmer; if reading the Bible, he would train him for the
Church, and if he had pocketed the money he would make
him a stock broker. Entering, lie found the boy sitting
on the Bible and eating the apple, with the sovereign in his
pocket. He became a politician.—Tit-Bits.
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Have You Been to Gettysburg?
How many Harrisburgers, or Dau
phin couutians, have availed themselves
of the opportunity of visiting the Na
tional Cemetery in Gettysburg! How
many have had the desire to visit the
battlefield and have neglected to go
theref Right here in llarrisburg we
have men who blushingly confess that
they never have visited the greatest of
the nation's battlefields —at nearby
Gettysburg, where the decisive struggle
of the great Civil war was fought.
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Millions Come From a Distance
The National Cemetery, a plot re
served as the final resting place for
those who there gave their lives that
this nation might live, was dedicated
on November 19, 1563. The oration
of the day was made by the brilliant
orator. Edward Everett. 'Twas on that
occasion that President Lincoln made a
three-minute .speech,—the famous "Lin
coln's Address at Gettysburg,"—
which will be remembered until lan
guage is no more. Since that date
hundreds of thousands, yes millions of
people, have visited the groat battle
field and cemetery and have come thou
sands of miles to do it, yet there are
thousands of persons living in Harris
bury who never have made the com
paratively short journey from this city.
Only a Few Hours Distant
Gettysburg is only a few hours dis
tant from Harrisburg and ordinarily
one would \think that every man and
woman, in this city, at least above the
age of twenty-one, has been there at
least once in his or her, life. To ascer
tain accurately and publish the real
number of present day Harrisburgers
who have never been in Gettysburg
might break the hearts of the vet
erans who once faced the shot and shell
on that historic field. Conventionists
coming to Harrisburg from near and
far enjoy what amusements aud enter
tainments that are to be furnished in
this'city, but the occasions are few
when they return home without going
on to visit the Gettysburg battlefield.
To the credit of the home folk of Har
risburg it must be said that most of
them INTEND to go at some remote
date; but many of them never will.
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"Bill" Houseman a Bridegroom
"Now William F. Houseman is mar
ried. ''
Mr. Houseman is an attorney and
chief clerk in the Dauphin county mar
riage license bureau and his friends of
the bar had planned to have cards pre
pared bearing that inscription. They
would have done so had they not learn
ed that "Bill" just hates publicity.
The young lawyer himself will admit
that.
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Tries to Fool the Reporters
HousemaV is young, just 30 years,
and when he decided to take a bride
he aiso planned to put one across "on
the court house reporters. They are
the scribes who are expected to ac
quiesce each time he writes "Do Not
Publish" across the top of a page in
the marriage license docket.
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"Bill" Houseman's "Scoop"
W ell, Mr. Houseman and Miss
(she is now Mrs. Houseman) —went be
fore Recorder Wickersham recently,
without the knowledge of the reporters,
made application for a marriage license
and the papers were prepared by Miss
Zula Zell, tirst deputy to the chief clerk
of the bureau. The papers were grant
ed and William and his bride sought
the clergyman and were married. A
stingy little typewritten item was
liauded to the Steelton correspondents
and the court house news gatherers
knew nothing of "Bill's" wedding un
til it appeared in the papers. What a
"scoop!" The next day was fixed as
the time for wreaking vengeance that
had been sworn by the court house
scribes—but like all other regular
bridegrooms, William took his bride
away on a honeymoon trip. He return
ed a day or tw-o ago and he is now trv
ing to think of a way to square him
self with the reporters.
BECOMING A BRITON
Easy for Aliens to Acquire Citizen
ship in England
A large number of aliens become
British subjects every year by taking
advantage of the naturalization act.
The process of taking out naturaliza
tion papers in England is delightfully
simple. An application can be put
through in a couple of weeks if good
and sufficient reasons can be shown
while the average time elapsing be
tween application for a certificate of
naturalization and the granting of per
mission to file the oath of allegiance to
the king with tile home office, which
automatically confers British citizen
ship, is only about eight weeks.
The naturalization act of 1870 re
quires that the applicant shall have
resided in the United Kingdom at least
five years and shall intend, when nat
uralized, to continue to reside here.
The lease of a house or an apartment
is sufficient to establish legal residence.
The landlord's word is taken as suffi
cient proof. The applicant has merelv
to fill in a blank with the details of his
residence and other information anil
have the facts as to his residence veri
fied by one British subject, while the
applicant's respectability and loyalty
must be vouched for by others. He
then files the application with a one
pound fee at the home office.
A special Scotland Yard detective is
assigned to inquire into the ease and
examine all the statements on the ap
plicant's memorial. Thre? months is
allowed liini in which to make his re
port, but a few weeks usually suffice.
If the application is passed another
fee of two pounds is required. The ap
plicant then has permission to file his
oath of allegiance, which concludes the
process.—London Tit-Bits.
SAYS T. R.SOUGHT
SUPPORT OF BOSS
Dr. Brumbaugh Assails
the Attitude of the
Former President as
One of Hypocr,*»y
WANAMAKER FOR
THE REPUBLICAN
Issues Statement Calling on Temperance
Voters to Help Candidate—Penrose
Hints at Suits Based on the Col
onel's postal Cards
Philadelphia, Oct. 31.—Dr. M.'irtin
•G. Brumbaugh hit back hard at Colonel
Roosevelt at a big Republican rally iu
South Philadelphia last night by brand
ing him as "an opportunist""and "a
boss," and charging him witih having
made a secret deal to turn over the pa
tronage of his office to the politicians
before he was named for Governor of
New York.
Dr. Brumbaugh, in attacking the Col
onel, said:
"It may be well to pause for a mo
ment and see the quality of the indi
vidual who makes such loud pretentions
in the interest of the people. In the
autobiography of a one-time political
boss of New York State, it is definitely
and explicitly set forth that this would
be adviser of the people of Pennsylva
nia did not even dare announce his
'■atuiidaiey for the Governorship of New
\ork until he'had the assurance ol the
support of a notorious political Itoss,
ami by the same authority it is set forth
that this great, reformer Absolutely
agreed to consult the boss concerning
the distribution and patronage and per
formance of official acts in order to se
cure the boss' support in his election.
'' There has never boon such an ex
ample of hypocricy in the history of
national polities. This man, when Pres
ident of the United States, thought well
enougih of une to urge me in a telegram
to withdraw my resignation as Commis
sioner of Education in Porto Kieo and
return to my duties there under his ad
ministration, *vhich request I promptly
declined, because even then 1 was re
solved, as were others in public life,
under the late lamented McKitiley, that
things were different after the assas
sin's bullet had wrought an accidental
change in our American administra
tion.
Believes in Fair Play
"Xow, as a mere opportunist for the
purpose of venting his spleen, this same
man has the audacity to advise the good
people of Pennsylvania, who have
known me in my educational work for
a generation, how to vote on Tuesday
next. Let's show him by unitedly re
senting this insult to our intelligence
and sending back to the place he be
longs the man who without continued
moral purposes has assaulted and in
sulted the people of Pennsylvania.
"I believe in fair play; I believe in
the Decalogue, and I cannot believe in
this and at the same time believe in the;
sincerity of such an opportunist. I was I
taugh as a child in the home, in the
church and in the school to suffer wrong I
rather than to permit it. I was also
taught that if 1 lived a good life, as
my parents had lived before me, I would
never need fear anybody or anything."
The meeting was held in the Broad
way theatre. Broad street find Snyder
avenue. In spontauiietv enthusiasm and
likewise in numbers of attendance, the
rally exceeded the Academy of Music
rally of the previous evening. It was
roughly estimated that 3,800 were
crowded into tlhe seats and aisles of
the theatre, and that several thousand
more, una'ble to gain admittance, at
tended an overflow ineetiing.
Penrose Hints at Suits
Philadelphia, Oct. 31.—Senator Pen
rose yesterday declared, in the course of
a formal statement, that Colonel Roose
velt had "admitted" that the Penrose
candidacy would be successful "by
more than 100,000 majority." In this
connection the Senator, after asserting
that the Colonel's recent four-day trip
through Pennsylvania had made no im
pression on the political situation, said:
"His task (the Colonel's campaign
ing for the Washington party tiekefr) in
many ways must have been irksome to
him because he has admitted to many
prominent persons in the last few
weeks that my election as United States
Senator is conceded by more than
100,000 majority."
The Senator also indicated the pos-1
sibilitv of crrtninal and civil suits!
against the persons responsible for the
mailing to voters of the million or so
postal cards, bearing a facsimile of the
Colonel's signature. These postals called
for the defeat of Penrose as one who
"stands in public life for all those
forces of evil against which every clean '<
and decent citizen should unflinchingly [
stand."
Predicts Bull Moose Victory
A. Kevin Detrich, chairman of the
Washington Party State Committee,
yesterday predicted the election of
Vance C. McCormick as Governor and
Gifford Pinehot as United States Sen
ator.
In part, his statement was:
"Gifford Pinehot will be elected to
the United States Senate by a vote of
at least 42% per cent, of the total vote
cast, and his vote will likely reach 4j
per cent. On the basis of 1,000,000
votes, this means that Mr. Pinehot will
receive from 425,000 to 450.000 votes.
"Vance McCormick will be the next
Governor of Pennsylvania. He will
come to Philadelphia ahead of Brum
baugh by 2 00,000.
"Penrose will be snowed under, and
THE WHOLE BODY
NEEDSJURE BLOOD
The bones, the muscles, and all the
organs of the body depend for their
strength and tone and healthy action on
pure blood.
Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pure
blood. It is positively unequaled in
the treatment of scrofula, catarrh, rheu
matism, dyspepsia, loss of appetite,
that tired feeling. There is no other
medicine like it. Be sure to get Hood's
and get it to-day. It is sold by all
druggists. Adv.
[NO ALUM
IN
ROYAL BAKING POWDER
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Hp knows it."
Wanamaker for Brumbaugh
John Wanamaker branded ns hypo
crites those who have misrepresented
l)r. Martin G. Brumbaugh, the Repub
lican Gubernatorial candidate, in a let
ter sent yesterday to C. 0. Hayes, presi
dent of tlu' Anti-Saloon League of Cam
bria county. Mr. Wannmakor endorsed
Dr. Brumbaugh as n life-long, stalwart
temperance man. and said he knew him
to bo through and through one of the
pool Republicans of the State and a
man who would lend luster.to any State
of the Union.
"I shall vote for him as Governor
of our great commercial and industrial
Commonwealth and I know thai thou
sands of other good citizens and my
personal friends with whom I have been
associated half a century will do the
same on election day," Mr. Wanumaker
added.
Democratic Leaders in York
York, l'a., Oct. 31.—EVojn gray dawn
until the stroke of midnight announced
the close of day. Democracy's army,
led by A. Mitchell Palmer and Vance
C. McC'ormick, never lost a minute in
waging relentless war against Penrose
and Penroseism. With their guns
loaded with shells aimed at the Sena
tor's record the Democratic fighters
swept 125 miles through Adams and
York counties.
They addressed 17 meetings in nil,
three of them after nightfall. At 7.30
o'clock they were talking to a street
audience of over 1,500 people at Hun
over. this county, and in less than a>
hour later they faced two audiences
that jammed all the available space in
the Court House here.
The forty-ninth count of the Palmer
indictment against Penrose was taken
up at both the Court House meetings
here, Congressman Palmer charging tiie
Senator with being an enemy of ballot
reform through all the struggle* for
honest elections in Pennsylvania.
The speakers went from one meeting
to the other across the Court House,
the second >;atlieriiig being presided
over by County Chairman Atkins.
MISS SPARROW HOSTESS
Entertained Members of Her Sunday
School Class at Halloween Party
Miss Agnes Sparrow delightfully en
tertained the members of her Sunday
school class at a Halloween party ou
Thursday evening, October 29, at her
home, 921 i South Ninth street. The
decorations were appropriate for the
Halloween season. The evening was
spent in playing games and refresh
ments were served to the following:
Catherine Bird, ghost; Bertha Kirk,
ghost; Francis Kirk, ghost; Naomi
Michael, night: Sara Keil. ghost; Amy
Williams, Red Riding Hood; Cecil
Smith, gypsy; Dorothy Eisenhower,
Halloween girl; Helen ('raver, Yama
girl; Mary Pass, pumpkin girl; John
Reikert, Indian; Miss K. Pvkc, Mrs.
William Mountz, Miss L. Kirk, Miss
M. Kirk, Mrs. A. Kirk, Mrs. Sparrow,
Agnes Sparrow.
Your Dot I ars 1
>BBss! S ,l^? UP tne j
SMOKE should go up the
chimney— not the heat.
The heat should circu
late through the house.
If it doesn't, then your coal
money is literally being wast
ed through the chimney
route.
Kelley's favorite furnace
coal—hard stove at $6.70
gives more heat for the
money because it is clean and
absolutely high-grade.
ti. M. Keliey & Co.
Office, I N. Third Street.
Yard, 10th and State Streets
V THIRD ADDITION OF GOXES 7
We have installed more safe deposit
boxes making- this the third addition
since the opening of our vault.
Convenience of location, up-to-date
ness of equipment and security are fac
tors that make our safe deposit vault
appeal to so many persons seeking a
safe place to store important papers
and valuables.
Boxes rent for $2.00 anci upward a
year.
_ _ 213 Market Street
Capital, 9300,000 Surplus, $;too.ooo
Open for deppßits Sat. evening fron- (l to H
' PEOPLE'SCOLUMN
The Star-Independent doea not
make itself responsible for opinions
expressed in this column.
AttAINST CLOSING CHUKCHKS
Correspondent Writes His Views Re
garding Coming Stough Campaign
Euitor the Star-Independent:
,tJiT Si" J " Bt 11 wor ' l or two in rn
gai.l to the coming Stough campaign. I
chur i! med that » manv
•Lurches are to practically close their
doors while the campaign is on and
Snridv if !i ,>,ITt .°f 11,0 arrangements,
w li I ' e n,ll,,Bter! ' <»f this citv are
\l l,e 11 l«"*ty to any such plan,
! .1 J >ar t 11 'OKfession of weak-
It such an arangement has been
th'>f 0 t \ at ' ( ' a " H mean "ther than
that the churches are hanging out from
their pulpits and steeples and towers
a Hag ot distress.'
Instead of storming heaven for liolv
Ghost power to convert men from sin to
righteousness and seeking to have
themselves set on lire with a zeal tint
will make each minister know by the re
with (J " S 77 ° lTortß '"operation
with God and heavenly beings that his
labor is not in vain in the Lord, tliev
are found pandering t„ f ltl | ~r ,
hour ami are fooling themselves into be
thin th ° J iir ° ' loi " K tlle I"' 0 !"' 1 '
Who couldn't make success of hU
work with over forty churches at his
hack consenting to close their doors
and bond ail Mieir en orgies th 211 this
work shall not fail?
1 noticed, Mr. Editor, on South Third
street in a window of a store that per
liapH is a kind of headquarters of tho
campaign two signs, reading, ••Kor a.
better city ' and "For a clean citv.''
1 could not help wishing thev read
"For better men" and "For 'cleaner
men.'
1 aru wondering if we are goiu<* to
be treated to a lot of
hodge-podge and be told how to run a
* ity (and it s always the preachers that
can tell you) so that liarrisburg will
become a veritable garden of Eden.
I have read in your paper how that
a great, reception committee is to be at
the railway station to receive Mr.
Stough and how a great feast is to be
spread in his honor.
1 icture the lowly Nazarene romiu ,r
to some one of the cities of Palestine,
and advertising the object of his com
ing "A better city," "A cleaner city"
and hav ing a great reception committee
receive him and conduct him with a
great show to a banquet spread in his
'honor!
The Moodv campaigns, the Kinney
, campaigns, the Wesley campaigns, ac
companied as they were with a mighty
outpouring of the spirit of God and
with great numbers of men turning
from sin, did not begin with reception
11 committees and banquets, and they nev
i er asked the preachers to close their
churches while they were in town.
■ i A minister may not be a Sunday,
; ; nor a S'tough. nor a Nicholson, but he
, | is a man who has a right under God to
i the joy of personally leading souls to
' Christ, and he has no right to sur
render that right to any other man in
the world, not even for seven or eight,
weeks. A closed church is a sign of
decay.
If these fads are right and the prop
| er thing, so that ministers will quit
j preaching and close their churches
while the campaign is on, why not let
! a whole lot of them wake up and get
| some ginger into t-heni and each one
i of them have his tabernacle and his
sawdust trail? They ought to do it
or quit. Yours truly,
Mr. Harrisburger,
Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 30.
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