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GOLLINSVILLE, OKLA., April 13, 1914.—

The first half;:" of a ''Win^and^Hold^contest in the

first Baptist Sunday School closed yesterday, with

*the Johns and Marthaswinners^ The greatest etx-

thusia^m prevailed from start to finish among- all

the cphtestants., .

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Despite unfavorable weather conditions in the

last two Sundays,;the enrollment and attendance

continued to increase. There was a continuous

downpour of rairi all of Friday night and.Saturday

morning,: andJ the streets were covered Sunday

morning with a three-inch slush of mud. But the

captains were but at 8 o'clock Sunday morning,,

rushing their newly enrolled pupils to;the Church

in buggie,O£

ths e

anamound automobilest

assesse

d to 'th

e Gollinsvill

Church for Missionary purposes, $25.25 had been

prorated to the Sunday School, and Sunday was

the day set apart for raising the assessment, which

was reached with $.37 to spare.,

Jllie following table shows the beginning and

endiner of the contest:

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Enroll. Enroll. -Total

Captains

, 1st Sun. last Sun. Enroll.

Attendance last Sunday

Collection 1st Sunday

Collection. last Sunday

Andrew Potter, pastor,

to a

339

$3.82

25.82

crowded

•house Sunday night and baptised two candidates.

. M. GRESHAM.

S. S. Sec. & Treas.

Four hundred fifty-three in Sunday. School last

Sunday. Have set the mark: at five hundred next

Sunday. After a sermon oh "God's Will in My

Life/' a* collection of $4oO.OO was taken for local

expenses. Pastor Nichols is assisting Brother How-

ard in a meeting at Hobart this week.

SECRETARY.

' Book on Travel.

Johns

James

Marthas

164

117

165

148

123

103

594

Attendance 1st Sunday

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Frank Hawkins.

Bob Powell

Erma Bumgardner

Nell Cooper ^

123

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MOUNTAIN VIEW,

The Baptist Messenger/-

Oklahoma City, Okla.

;Dear. Brethren:

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The t Fifth Sunday waff a good day

for the Mountain"View Baptist church.

We made a good beginning by having

an enthusiastic Sunday school with

105 in attendance—the largest we

have had in several years/ The at-

tendance has almost doubled since

Brotingr Whaley has been pastor.

We jhad no morning service but

the Washita river at 3 P. M.

At 7 o'clock we had an interesting

meeting of the B. Y, P. U. led by Mrs.

At the evening service Brother

Whaley delivered a stirring message

which was much appreciated by the

large aiidience, Th^re being no other

eenrices in town we were pleased to

have all the congregations worship

with'us;

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At the close of the sermon, an in-

vitation was ^iven for membership

and:

two; were received into the

church,;one by letter and one by a

;professu)n of faith.

This was riot

Brothers Whaley's regular appoint-

':ment but he was kind enough to give

us: this | exfra service for which we

(vj'ere ,v4ry grateful.,

;The prospects are very, encouraging

and we pre looking forward to a good

ryear's wprk.

B; B. HARDY, c. a

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VOL. H.

OKLAHOMA QTY, OKLAHOMA, APRIL 22, 1914

Is There

Hell ?

(Written for The Messenger by Dr. Lincoln

McConnell.)

This is a decidedly pertinent question. Today

we find a wide variety of opinions and beliefs about

it. Many declare flatly "there is no such place!"

Others say "there may be but it is} not an actual

place of torment, -but only an unpleasant state of

mind, etc." Others think there is an actual place

of torment. What do you think?

Out of these varieties; of witnesses, we- get

many testimonies, and if we arrive at the truth

at all we must have rules to determine the cred-

ibility of those who assume to know. Here are^

three rules by which to decide which.witness you

will believe.

1. His opportunity of knowing the truth.

2. His purpose. Will it benefit him to lie?

3. His character. Will he tell the truth, re-

gardless?

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Now just apply these simple rules to the vari-

ous "witnesses."

Take first the Infidel, Agnostic, Scoffer, Sinner.

Do they know? Are they interested? What about

their character?

Next take the "no hell" preachers.

Do they know? Are they interested in preach-

ing an easy, popular doctrine? Have they ever as

a class shown especial interest in the lost?

Next, Mrs. Eddy, inventer of "Ghristian Sci-

''ence/v

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What opportunity had she to know? Did it

pay her to start a "no hell" creed? Is she cred-

ible; '

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Next, Chas.T. Russell "MUlenial Dawn1' in-

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Did he know? He has loudly contradicted the

teachings of the combined church.

TWO

MORE OR LESS PERSONAL;

There is cleansing power in the blood of the lamb.

[Kingston Sunday School—Attendance, 105;

offeirifig,; $2.86.*

JRt>fE Sunday School, attendance .93; collec-

tibn!$2.83. -

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i Brother J. Marion Jones is in a meeting with

theichurch at Lovell. Gospel singer, Edwin Bris-

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tpwl;-;.R'ey

, is .'with,'him

. E. L. Watson

, pastor of the churc

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Enid, is with Pastor Cornelius at Perry, in special

revival meeting.

I Miss Sue O. Howeli sends in a nice list of new

subscribers taken at the mid-year rallies for women

in the various districts.

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iHollis Sunday School—Attendance, 178; offer-

ing,; $4V14; offering for home and foreign missions

beyond apportionment

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; Are you going to thie Southern Baptist Con-

vention at,Nashville: next month? Oklahoma should

be svell represented. This meeting of the conven-

tion will doubtless be of exceptional interest

! Brother W; W. Fowler, Randlett: "Good

crowd yesterday both morning and night; one hun-

dred thirteen in Sunday School; fine B. Y. P. U.

;Rev. Mr. Harmason of Burkburnett, Texas, sup-

plied for us as we have no pastor^ at this time."

; Patent Expert Fred W, Barnaclo preached for

C/M:.Curb at Capitol Hill last Sunday morning

\vhfle Curb preached for William Smith at Trinity,

and: Brother Smith is helping Brother Humphery

in a meeting at Olustee.

!How anyone can claim to be a Baptist and do

npthing- for missions and unite/in the organized

\yai3c in a nominal way only, is more than we can

understand, and yet; there. are some Baptists in

Oklahoma who claim to be the "simon pure article"

whose whole trend or influence is for landmarkism.

;" Many people in whose judgment we have con-

fidence, say that Dr. McConnel's sermon on "The

Divinity of Christ" was the greatest deliverance on

that subject that they had ever heard. He has had

to. repeat the sermon and a great many would like

to heat it again.

1 Did you get a notice from the Messenger of-

fice? If so, what d_id you do with it About four-

teen hundred of you have not responded. Will you

"nptlsend a check or money order at once? If you

Jcould realize how much it is needed we are sure

-;jroui would.

1J.AJ Ogle, Byars, Oklahoma: "We are in our

new enlarged house. At Blanchard a month ago

we laid the foundation of .our new church house.

It is how ready with new chairs^and organ, and we

^willihaye our first senrice in;it tomorrow/ It will;

; 1>eHomfe and Foreign Mission Day .They have done

heroic iwork here. We thank God for them,"

;Horne Mission -receipts ^from Oklahoma to;

April 18, 1914, $2,659.; Balance-^due: to be raised"

by^AprU 30, $3,841. J ; v i -; V? 1

-Receipts from all the States, including Evait;

gelism, $163,714. Balance to be raised by April 30,

§280,036.;

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Brother S./F: Murphy, formerly of Guymon,

Oklahoma, is now located at Kingman, Kansas, and

he says: "While I am here I do not forget my

brethren in Oklahoma. The Baptists of Oklahoma

are a mighty: folk. ^Kansas needs real Bible doc-

trine in some places at least This is a fine coun-

try and a good people." V

Brother H. G. Finley, writing from Lockney,

Texas, says his work is going on nicely. Offering

for home and foreign missions went beyond the

apportionment They are rejoicing in the coming

of Brother John T. Elder to Floydada, and \ve are

sorry to lose! him from; Oklahoma where he has

done such effective work at Martha.

Pastor Hulten had a great service at the First

Church last Sunday morning, a number of profes-

sions, and at the close he told his people he wanted,

them to give their apportionment for home and for-

eign missions, amounting to S70o, in ten minutes.

They gave $800 in eight minutes. His people never

fall dowDo

non

ot n

faihiml to

send your

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money for home and

foreign missions to Secretary Stalcup so it will

reach him before the last day of April^ All books

close then and to have your contribution counted

in this year it must get into Secretary Stalcup's

hands before the books close. If we reach our

apportionment heroic efforts must be made.

We have had a large edition of "Imrnanuel's

Praise" printed for us and have been expecting the

books every day from Fleming H. Revell, New

York. A number of orders have been received and

the books will be forwarded just as soon as they

reach us. We trust theiriends will be patient. You

will be amply rewarded for the delay when you re-

ceive this newest and best of song books.

Dr. Love says: "There remains, therefore, one

Sunday for public .appeal and then a few days for

careful and thorough gleaning. Oklahoma Bap-

tists still have a great task to perform in meeting

the apportionment for this year. Nothing short,of

the greatest .effort and most thorough and perse-

vering gleaning of the whole field :can save the day.

If this-be done the task will be done. It is not

an impossible task; it:is a task to put true men on

their mettle and arouse good inen to their very

best effort"

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ONLY ONE MORE SUNDAY FbRBOME AND

FOREIGN MISSIONS.

; ; Make it count If you fall down here you are

not much good anywhere/forBap~tis^^^

ing but talk about missions: arei^iJead weight, im-

peding the progress of ^he cliurch;-arid a Baptist

who does nothing but make:excuses;for not doing

is equally as

CHURCH FEDERATION TENDENCIES,

(By J-B^-Rounds.)

7 "

Much is being said,pro and con on the ques-

tion now before !us fo^ some kind of "an-answer.;

Shall we as denominations federate? Well what

do you mean by that word "federation?'' That; will

decide the matter as to whether ^or not we wi|l

federate. My idea-of federation \vill; not do1 as the

basis for action, for my idea is considered narrow.

I believe the present tendency of what is called

'•church federation": is churches uniting and giving

up their denominational affiliations. Now, mark

you, I am not opposed to that But if that is the

issue we should face that issue squarely, and de-

cide our actions on that, as the main question of

the discussion. But what will I be required to do,

as a Baptist to reach that result?; What will I,be

required to give up? And what will I be required

to accept that I do not now endorse for federa-

tion? What will be the basis Of federation? The

Bible or modeni Christian experience? .J lay at the

door of the present tendency for federation the fol-

lowing charges:

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1. federation means the surrender of denom-

inational life. To prove my contention I call your

attention to the following facts that the press have

given to the public. In the "Kikuyu Missionary

Confernece," \yhich deals with the religious work

en the African East Coast in; the country known

as British East Africa,': the missionaries of all the

denominations working there met in conference.

The conference recommended a basis of "federa-

tion," which embraced the following: "Recogni-

tion of common/membership between the churchse

in the federation." "Regular administration of the

two sacraments, baptism and the Lord's Supper, by

outward signs." "A common form of church or-

ganization." It is further said by the same writer:

"All have riow agreed to a two years probation.

They decided to have a council which was to as-

sume some powers that are contrary to Baptist

ideas of church independence, as will be seen in the

following quotation:. "Subject to the approval of

the home committees, we;decided that this repre-

sentative council should be not only advisory and

consultative, but 'executive except in matters per-

taining to the policy of :the different societies or

churches/" Bishop J. J. Willis, of Uganda, writ-

ing in the same periodical on the same theme, says:

"A recognition of baptism by another body in-

volves a clear understanding with that body as to

the conditions under' which that sacrament shall

be administered." And then as to throw off all

cover of the ultimate purpose of the men at the

head of this movement he says: "Not 'a common

form of church government'—that is for the pres-

ent out of the question—but an organization which,

while leaving over for future consideration the

question.,of church'government, and for .the pres-

ent leaving each church free to govern itself on

its own lines, would yet pave the way for ultimate

union amongthe churches."---Miss5onary Review

of thThe Worlde

foUowing'statemen^^

fpr;March 1914,

^pp

. 208-213.:

gander Mann,, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church,

Boston, and ^upte$ ^itfc favor by The Congrega-

fconalist, AS- thus given in^he literary Digest for

Feb. 1, 1913 :."Th^;;day has gone-by when it is es-

I^cially profitably

the EpiscopdvChur^

ber of some^gteat ^Prptestaiit cbniniunibn pn the

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"Let us ask ourselves; what it is,^what ar^t^^tnuiig^l

which in the providence; offG^

munions may contribute .towards^-this'v^^i^ffio^,;,;^.^^^

:richly -varied .ahtf ;;cpmpre^

futureVreuhited;church."^;;;^--^!-K

And now a statement from a Baptist Bookj^

book quoted is the ne\y State Mission book of

B.C. /'The Commonwealths^

by Rev, F. W. Padelfprd; general; Secretary.^

Massachusett

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Missionary :-'Societies^"(.(^nvep*^"^-^'*^^

churches formed the Federated

bury, and have been working

gether in perfect peace and good

years with the utmost satisfaction

-'Somerset is; another small town in

with two thousand three hundred

There were three Protestant churches in the

—Baptist, Congregational and Methodist ^

fort was made to ^federate all three/ but;a;

tion of the Baptist and Congregational^^

was finally consummated. This

been highly successful for about tyvro

people iit all that section have been^peatiiig^h^

old Scriptural exclamation: -BeholdV hoysr^

Christians love^ one another!' A Baptist^pastor

in a Congregational parsonage, preaches in a.

tist meeting house, and has^ a Cpngreg^atibnal

ing house as a social center for

I believe I have substantiated, my

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person who does not base his deductipris 'altogether

on the New Testament is wrong and

lowship him in church life. My

asks me to substitue: the "historic

the N. T. ideas of church officers.

base my church on a scientific basis

the Bible. He admits that his orders

not have Bible sanction, but he asks me to

conviction in N. T. ideas and follow his becatiseiKe

thinks the N; T, idea is out of date;

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Son of God. On to

hal salvation rests. Without that^cpnyictiqn

lost. But The Corigregatiqn^Iist^(Bpstoti)^

fending *Dr; Aked isays\as-'.quoted:^m^^i:hftVL^

Digest for /March; 21^ 1914: "Bielief:

birth should not be;prerequisite^ of

the fellowship of evangelical vchtu-ches^:c-;He;/fcb|ds§;

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BAFT I S T M E S S E N G E R

the High Church Episcopalians. The conference

did not gain the High Churchman and my convic-

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y person who has

reached.the year of accountability must be born

again, or converted, or saved, or regenerated, or

whatever else you may term it, for I know not even

how to term it for you. I believe in all of them.

But there is a Sunday School Missionary in the

state of Oklahoma, who is supported by a so-

called evangelical denomination that tried to con-

vince me personally that if I would properly train

and educate my children .as a religious father that

there would be absolutely no need for that child

to be converted, but he would just be a Christian.

Federation would mean £he sanctioning- of that

doctrine for my boy's soul culture, or if not my boy

then other boys whose parents believe that.

Brethren, with all these surrenders that T

\vould have to make to become a church federa-

tionist, I would certainly fall from grace if there

was such a thing, and to properly federate I would

have to believe there was. Am I narrow? Yes, I

am. I, for one, do not deny narrowness. The

straight way is also narrow. As I face -my God I

stand ready to shoulder any responsibility that may

be placed upon me for the position I take and if I

have any influence, for the influence I wield, believ-

ing with that confidence of faith that I am right in

the position I take on this mater. I prayMthat we

may all be one, but not one by the surrender of

conviction, but as God the Trinity are one—in

truth. Do I ask others to surrender more than I

do ? No. I only ask that when we get together we

get ogether on truth, then we will have federated

to the glory of God and the consternation of the

Devil. . Until then I cannot surrender my positoin

as a Baptist—distinct from others; but granting to

others the right I take to myself—liberty of con-

-science, I stand by my position.

I maintain Church Federation means the sur-

render of denominational life and the surrender of

personal convictions.

LE FLORE-LATIMER ASSOCIATION IN

COMPARISO

N WITH OTHERS OF STATE.

It is.admitted on the outset by the writer that

comparispns are generally odious. It is, however,

contended they may be helpful in stimulating to

increased graces in ''good works" when founded on

facts.

In II Cor. 71 13:14 the Apostle at least requires

a proper equasion in Christian giving. It may not

.be possible to hope the burdens of the Kingdom will

ever be properly distributed, but it is worth while

to strive to that end.

Men acquanited all over the state have told the

writer, ours is one of the very poorest associations

in the matter of finances.

There are many reasons, for this. There is lit-

tle or no agricultural land, and what there is, with

the coal and grazing lands, are held in trust for the

Indians. Only about one-tenth of the real estate is

^available for taxation.

The coal land is almost all leased by Catholics,

parid the labor is principally done by the foreigner,

who is also a Catholic. There is, and has been lit-

tle for the white man to get hold on out of which

to accumulate money.

In the study of the last convention annual some

things of interest may be discovered. Had the as-

sociations of the state made a general average with

this one, as then made up, instead of the conven-

tion receiving from churches and individuals $22,-

000 it would have been $32,000, pr aij increase of al-

most 50 per cent.

As now made up, five churches added, the as-

sociation is still one of the very poorest in the state,

Had the gifts of the churches added been accredited

to the association last year, and all other associa-

tions giving a like average amount^ instead of $22,-

000 for state missions \ve would have had $47,000,

an increase of more than 100 per cent.

Another fact will'be discovered from a study

of the annual, viz.: only eighteen churches in the

state are reported as giving $200.00 or more to state

missions. Two of that number are in the LeFlore-

Latimer Co. Association. One of these is practic-

ally without a meeting house, and the other with

a -working membership of sixty. All laborers in

one way or another for their support, 'pays $400 a

year interest on its church debt.

Still another fact will be learned by a study

01 the annual, viz.: the association was given no

recognition in the pastor's conference and only one

place on the floor of the convention.

The work of the convention, as projected for

the present year is represented by approximately

two hundred places on boards and committees.

Some men fill as many as six of these places,

others five and so on down to one, of which there

are but few. .

Our association gets but little place in the of-

ficial life of the convention.

As one reads the above distribution of prefer-

ments, he logically asks: Is it possible there are no

more capable men in the state than the list named?

If so, why use one man on so many places

and others who are capable on none?

Or does this represent a new interpretation of

Baptist democracy? This statement is written not

as a criticism but as calling attention to what is in

all probability an oversight. The pastors of this

association are men who just "saw wood/' while

history is being made. We are not contending that

our churches are giving to our state mission work

more than they should. We do not believe that they

are yet reaching the treasure of their responsibil-

ity. • However, should the churches of other as-

sociations, and more particularly those given most

prominence in the official life of !thea convention, do

as well—ability considered—ourj state work could

easily be increased by 100 per cent It is alone in

the interest of this fact that I am writing this note.

J. D. H.

FROM SECRETARY L N. CLARK.

Dear Bro. The Southwestern! district makes the

following showing of receipts for- the fiscal year

ending March 31st:

Kansas

... .$15,233.60

Colorado

9,030.78

Oklahoma

.... 4,685.32

\ Tlotal

...$28,949-72

Gain over the preceding year $950.10. This is

well, considering the financial embarrassments re-

sulting from the crop failures. If all this country

had done as well proportionately there would have

been no added debt.

Sincerely,

I. N/CLARK-

BAP T 1ST M E S S E N G E R

GET READY FOR SOUTHERN BAPTIST

CONVENTION.

(By Sec. J. C. Stalcup.)

First; By seeing to it that your church has done

their duty by Home and Foreign Missions. The

importance of this cannot be over-stated. Too late

in the campaign to discuss it, and in fact, in Okla-

homa surely its importance does not need discus-

sion, while it's performance may need urging. Please

do not forget that in order to have your offering

reported this year, it must be in my hands by the

morning of April 30th at the latest and as much

earlier as convenient.

Second: Plan and arrange to send your pastor

to that great gathering. If he has been faithful and

earnest, as many of them have, he is entitled to this

restful change and he,will make you a better pas-

tor for having attended; and you will make him a

better church for having made it possible for him

to go. There are sfcores of churches in this state

who can and should send their pastors to this meet-

ing. It will be a good investment from every stand-

point About all that is necessary is for some one

or more persons, who realize the importance of what

I am saying, to undertake the task. It will not be

difficult. It will require only about $40.00 or $50.00

for the trip. Don't wait for somebody else to sug-

gest it but take the initiative yourself and you will

find much joy and profit in doing it.

Third: Induce one or more of your men, and

women too, if possible, to go with him. Some of

your business men need such a vacation as this will

afford, and their attendance upon this gathering

will give them a vision of the work of thfc Kingdom

which cannot be obtained in any other way.

Fourth: When you return bring a full, de-

tailed, inspirational report to those-who could not

go. In that -way make yourself a "Channel of Bles-

sing" to those who could not attend. Your church

will always be a greater and more effective force in

world-wide conquest afterward.

Fifth: If you are going and wish an appoint-

ment as a delegate from the State, write to me be-

tween now and the first day of May, when these

appointments will be made by the Board, and cre-

dentials will be mailed you if you are appointed.

T advise that as soon as you know definitely that

you are going, that you write to Rev. Wm. iuns-

ford, Nashville, Tenn., who is chairman oi the com-

mittee on entertainment, and arrange for a room.

This will insure you a comfortable place and prob-

ably at more reasonable rates than if you wait un-

til you ^arrive. Announcements as to routes and

rates will appear in a later issue of the paper.

I sincerely hope that we can give at least as

much as our apportionment for Home and Foreign

Missions, and have a full delegation at the conven-

tion."

Everybody "get busy" now.

NOTES FROM SECRETARY'S OFFICE

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN.

Brother J. A. Wright sends in $125.00 from

Norge. This church stood head last year in sacri-

ficial gifts to Home and Foreign Missions, from all

appearances, giving $110.00. Looks as if they have

a good chance to hold first place again. Beat it if

you can.

Durant reports $75 over apportionment and

may go $100 over. Brother Edwards always stands

in front and^leads his people.

Rocky, the only church of which I have any

knoweldge where the membership of the Baptist

church is larger than the entire citizenship of the

town, reports a beginning of $200 and hope" to

moves things at home and finds time to hold some

reach $250—apportionment $13o. That pastor

evangelistic meetings at other points IN THE

STATE (not out of it). Go thou and do likewise.

Roscoe Dodson, a member of the Missionary

Committee ,of Little River Association; says they

are planning to reach every chrnjeh in theassocia-

tion, if possible. That's the way to do it. Each

church in the association and each member of each

church, will do it, SURfe.

The treasurer of "First Church of Muskogee

writes that they expect <to have all of their Mis-

sion offerings, for the entire year, in by the last day

oi April—all apportionments in full.

Good for

them. That will give them a chance to help, in any

emergency which may arise, easily.

Several associ^tional missionary committees

have reported that plans were laid at their last

Fifth Sunday meetings to reach each church in the

association—"now therefore perform the doing of

it." Every man in his place AT WORK HEROIC-

ALLY. Not a day to lose.

The task is great—the time is short—the

weather uncertain and the responsibilities heavy.

We have exceeded our apportionments with

the two societies of the Northern Baptist Conven-

tion, whose books closed March 31st. Now let's do

as well by the other two, before the last day of

April.

NEWS NOTES.

El Reno church has had about 150 additions as

a result of the recent McConnell meetings. The

pastor. Rev. L. C. Bullard, is entering well upon his

second year. He is level headed and warm hearted.

Some of the Texas and Missouri Baptists are here.

Things are on the up grade. The^ pastor insisted that

1 preach for him in the morning service. These-"

are an easy folk to preach to.

Chickasha second church has a revival condi-

tion on all the time. H. P. Haley is certainly mak-

ing good. Sunday evening service was like a re-

vival.

Pocassett members, love the princely B. F.

King. He has the respect of the entire town.

Minco is a much larger place than I expected.

to find. Pastor- J. A. Haley is as clean as he can

be. The members of the church believe in him. He

is a growing young man among us.

Capitol Hill members are asking Pastor C M.

Curb about the "new boy." Last year the church

had over 100 additions and now they are making

a good start towards 100 new additions next ye&r^

Hurrah for Curb and Capitol Hill.

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; J. E. ROSS.-.":•;;/;

H. T. Crocker, Wakita, sends in a list of sub-

scribers with a promise of more and says: "We

are getting along nicely with our .work here. I

like the paper very much and the firm stand yoit

are taking against error. I am not working for

any of the premiums you offer, but only to helpf-

the paper what little I can in the great work; it is

doing. .1 wish every Baptist home in Oklaiioma.

would take it".

Thank you, brother, for that book order.

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BART 1ST MESfSENGER

WOMAN'S WORK IN OKLAHOMA.

Miss Sue O. Howell, Cor.-Sec.

ARE YOU PLANNING TO ATTEND THE JUDSON CEN-

TENNIAL DISTRICT MEETINGS?

' Woodward.....

;.....,., .April 23-24.

Hobart:

April 28-29.

Oklahoma City

...... May 5-6.

Entertainment free. Everybody Invited. The pastors

are most cordially urged to be present.

Bring or send your thank-offering, which will express

in some measure your gratitude for what Christianity has

done in the past one hundred years.

if you are planning to attend any of these meetings,

send your name to the following persons:

Woodward—Mrs. B. A. Loving.

Hobart—Mrs. H. H. Hoover.

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Oklahoma City—Mrs. W. E. Dicken, 410 W. 10th,

Please do not fail to do this. We owe it to the sis-

ters who are so generously providing homes for us.

The Judson Centennial meeting of the Northeast Dis-

trict was held in the Central Baptist Church of Mus-

kogee, April 16-17,

About seventy-five visitors were present, not includ-

ing those in attendance from the Muskogee churches.

The,meeting was opened by the President, Mrs. W. Ar

McBride of Atoka. The devotional meeting was con-

ducted by Mrs. P. J. Conkwright of Sapulpa in a very

helpful way. Mrs. Meigs of Muskogee gave the welcome

to which Mrs. Shank of Claremore responded.

To the roll call of Associations four Presidents re-

sponded with a short talk, after which they presented

their delegation. .

The most interesting feature of the afternoon serv-

ice was the girls from-the Indian School and Orphanage

at Bacone, accompanied by the faithful and devoted teach-

er, Miss Jessie Crbuse. The girls sang a song in the Creek

language and one of them told of her desire to fit herself

to do missionary work among her people. Miss Crouse

then told something of the work which is being done with

these Indian orphans and closed by placing on the table

a thank offering of $25.00 from the girls and their teachers.

At the evening session a Missionary Drama was pre-

sented by the members of Central and Calvary churches.

It presented forty characters, some of them representing

Oriental countries. It was well given and gave a vivid pic-

ture of heathenism and its fruits, which will make a last-

ing impression on those who listened.

The address of the evening was given by Miss Petter-

son of Chicago, who held her hearers in rapt attention for

over, an * hour. Her subject was the Judsons and what

their life and work has meant to the world. The thank

offering closed the evening session.

M. P. Howser of Broken Arrow and Mrs. Campbell of

the Tulsa Society led the devotions.

The subject for the morning was "Efficiency—as

Gained Through Organization, Study and Service." These

subjects were discussed in most excellent papers by Mrs.

T. C. Harrison of Wagoner, Mrs. M. P. Howser of Broken

Arrow, and Mrs. Geo. McMillan of Bristow. Mrs. E. P.

Bowers of Pryor followed with a paper of unusual merit

on the subject, "The Efficiency of the Future Church De-

pends Upon the Training of Our Children and Young

People."

"The Woman's Society An Aid to the Pastor," was

very helpfully discussed by Bro. J. P. Peden of Henryetta

and Rev. Meigs of Muskogee.

The entertainment by the ladies of the church was

church thus making a good opportunity for a social hour,

bounteous and hospitable. Meals were served at the

It will not be possible to give an accurate report of

offerings until the series of meetings are over, after which

the amount given by each district will be published.

THE SOUTHEAST JUDSON MEMORIAL.

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Meeting held at Ada, April 1445, was, throughout, a

mountain-top experience to all in attendance. The cordial,

loving hospitality of that church could not be excelled

and all the guests were made to feel that they were

among their Father's children.

Realizing the great service that can be rendered in the

kingdom by the distribution of safe, sane and well prepared

literature, we have started the Messenger Tract Depart-

ment and will publish from time to time the best we can

find on "correct doctrine" and "right living". Let us coun-

teract the pernicious sowing of the false by Russeliites and

others, by scattering the truth broadcast The following

tracts are ready for delivery:

"No Probation after Death," four pages.

"A Curse for Us," four pages.

"The Believer Safe in Christ," four pages.

"The Bell in the Sea," four pages.

The Door That is Never lacked," four pages.

Social Regeneration," four pages.

"Why Baptize?" four pages.

The above tracts will be furnished at 45c a-hundred,

postpaid, or $3 a thousand, assorted, or titles selected.

we also have Dr. Hulten's Sermon on the hell question,

sixteen page tract, 25c a dozen, and just off the press a

tract on "The Financing of the Kingdom," by Grant Cham-

bers, pastor of the Baptist Church at Okmudgee, eight page

tracV20c a dozen. If you believe in tithing this would be

a good tract to distribute among your people. Other tracts

will be published from time to time.

m If you do not believe actively and practically in

missions your system of theology needs a going

nv*»r

Book on Tithing.

Dr. J. H. Snow's book on the "Lord's Tithe in

the Lord's House" or "Bible Stewardship Exem-

plified , 250; postpaid 300. A great book on this im-

portant subject.

Out of the eleven associations comprising this dis-

trict, six were; reprosentejd, four by their Presidents.

The registration numbered fifty which did not include ali

the Ada ladies.

The interest of the meeting was added to by the

presence of three pastors, the Ada bishop and Revs. Crane

of Atoka and Ogle -of Byers, The well-arranged program

was carried out almost to the letter, our State President

presiding with more than her usual grace and ease, if

possible. Our Corresponding Secretary and Field Worker

were there, faithful as always,,to the trust we have com-

mitted to them.

The meeting began at 2:00 p. m. on Tuesday with

devotional exercises by 'Miss Perry of McAlester. Words

of welcome were spoken b Mrs. Herndon, President of

Ada Missionary Society and responded to. by .Mrs. Shearer

of Tishomingo. The leading feature of this session was

"A Recipe for a Successful Missionary Society,11 con-

ducted by the President with most helpful comments.

The evening session opened with a fitting devotional

service led by the pastor, followed by a solo, a reading

"The Lost Word," and a cantata.

The principal feature of this session was the Mis-

sionary address of Miss Inga Petterson, general worker

for W. B. F. M. S. of Chicago. She was greeted by a large

and responsive audience. Would that space could be

given for her entire address! Some of her startling, yet

too sadly true, utterances, were: "The unwillingness of

God's people to see that He made of one blood all nations

of the earth and His Son came to save the world is the

greatest hindrance to the cause of Jesus Christ. God has

chosen the United States to be.the evangel of the world,

and I believe that every Christian who refuses to help send

the gospel is dragging her flag down to disgrace and our

country to degradation and if she disregards the world.

call nothing more will be left of her than is left of the

former glory of Rome -today." To fully appreciate the

power of her message one must hear Miss Petterson.

Wednesday morning Miss Curtis opened the session

with gleanings from Paul's love letter to the Philippians.

The papers on "Our Aim—Efficiency in Study, Service and

Training of our Children and Young People* were to

the point. The thank offerings were not what they should

have been but some societies have yet to be heard from

and we are hoping the amount will be greatly increased.

Miss Ho well will report this later. Adjourned.

KATE D. PERRY, McAlester, Okla.

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YOUNG PEOPLE'S DEPARTMENT

Conducted by J. B. Rounds, Oklahoma City.

TOPICS FOR SUNDAY,'MAY 3, 1914.

B. Y. P. U. QUARTERLY TOPIC.

"Doctrinal Meeting—The Christian Soldier." II Tim. 2:1-15.

In this passage Paul speaks of Timothy as a child, a

hearer, a soldier, and athlete, and a fanner. That is he

draws illustrations from these Jfor Timothy's good. But

the one we especially are to study in this lesson are the

truths that come from him as he is exemplified in the sol-

dier. Three lessons are taught by the Scripture as drawn

from the soldier life.

I. The Soldier Should Serve.

It is hi& business to discover the will of his superior

officer through the interpretation of his commands. He

may not be able to interpret from the beginning the ulti-

mate outcome of his officers' orders but he is to obey

them, command by command, as given.

II. The Soldier Must Suffer.

Any soldier who has seen much field service knows

what suffering is. That is part of the soldier's duty. He

suffers inconveniences and privations and even the neces-

saries of life are sometimes forbidden him. But he must

experience these things to be the right kind of a soldier.

' in. The soldier should satisfy the demands of his officers.

These demands are sometimes severe, but he must

obey. His

Is not to make reply.

Is not to reason "Why?"

Is-but to do'and die.

If you will be that kind of a soldier, Christ will be to you a

reasonable officer.

$200.00

2,231:10

$ 272.00

SERVICE TOPIC.

"Twelve Great Verses. V.—The Faith Verse." Heb. 11:1.

This is truly a great verse of Scripture. Let me give

it to you as the margin of the A. R. V. gives it. "Now

faith is the giving substance to the hoped for, a test of

things not seen." There are two things in this verse I

want to call your attention to as is given in this marginal

translation:

I. Faith materializes that hoped for.

The Christian who has been near to his Lord will be

lead to. hope for the right thing. Old things have passed

• away, all things have become new. His hopes give ex-

pression of his Inward, heart of Christian desire. These

desires are right. Job hoped for immortality though in

his day there was no Scripture that promised it to him.

The hopes of a truly Christian heart are right, what Is

right will be sometime. Of course, this verse is speaking

of the faith and hBfce of a Christian, If your Christian

life is healthy your hope will,be healthy and your Chris-

tian fa'th right. It will not be diverse to but In harmony

with Scripture.

II. Faith Tests the unseen.

We know many things exist that we cannot see. How

do we know it. We have applied tests that prove their

existence. You can't see the wind, or gaseous substances,

or thought, or order, or many other, tests beside sight

prove they exist. Faith is the test tube of the Christian

chemist. He can prove the existence of the spiritual real-

ities by faith. Oh, young Christian, have faith! . When

the Lord comes will He find faith on the earth.'

NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS.

The April Service contains the Examination questions

overfor

e Christian Culture Courses. You should look them

Get ready for the State Convention at Ada in Junie;

We want you and your Union there Jn full force. Come!

A GREAT REPORT.

The following report. of the treasurer of the

Baptist church at Durant is remarkable, first- in;

that it shows they keep their records in good shape,

and second, in that it shows a remarkably success-

ful work Pastor Edwards is to be congratulated:

The following is a brief abstract of the quar-

terly report of the various departments.of the First

inBaptisg Aprit

churcl

1sth , 1914of

thi

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for the first quarter end-- 1

Apportionment for educational

fund

...............$ 200.00

Cash paid

....... :

Balance of old indebtedness

of church ................ 1,961.10

Cash raised

........

Balance on hand

Cash raised for .church ex-

penses, including pastor's

salary ...................$ 567.98

Cash paid out for tchurch expen-

ses, including pastor's sal-

ary .............••••••*•• •

Balance in hands of church

treasurer for church expen.

Cash raised in the women's de-

partment ..... /,.......

Cash paid out in women's de-

partment

Balance on hand..............

Cash received in Sunday School

Paid out ......;..............-,

Balance in hands of Sunday

School treasurer ..........

Total collected ........................ .$3.057.08

All departments of the church work have "a de-

.cided growth and the church is now about to enter

upon the erection of a $7,500.00 Sunday School

building adjoining the church building.'-,

All the churches in the city began on April

12th a series"of revival services, the pastors doing

the preaching.

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The collection for Home and Foreign Missions

was taken yesterday, April 12th, and will aggregate

something like $275.00, which is more than the ap-

portionment.

W; T. WALACE,

Treasurer.

124.00

58.00

$ 487.47

$ 80.47v

107.00

17.00

43.06

15.00

..$3.057.08

City, in July

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— see a con*est between the B, Y. P U

What are we doing S

°r£fT Stat? as Y°™& People? Will it

help solve the

problem? *-tWnk. Its solution lies here.

in the B. Y. P. U.

second quarter. They are historic.

G. R. Caldwell, Clinton: "Our church work is

doing nicely under the able ministry7 of Brother -

J. L. H. Hawkins. Two hundred foiirteen in Sun-

day School last Sunday, the largest in the history 1

of the church. We are teaching for three hundred.

Remember us in your prayers for the cause ,o£ our

Master. This is an important field and nothing

but true Christian bravery and heroism will win;"-•

F. C. Misner, Okemah: "We- now have a^jiinior?;i

society of one hundred sixty-seven members, •'witih} ;•

an average attendance of one -hundred. Our Sun-^;

day School has an average attendance of rone hun^

dred thirty-eight. The church is well filled at eachfe

of the morning services and jam up every Sundaj^f^

night. Everything looks bright ^

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BAPTIST MESSENGER

PUBLISHED WEEKLY

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

30 North Robinson.

C.J». STEALEY, Editor and Publisher.

J. MARION JONES, Associate Editor.

J. E. ROSS, Field Editor.-. ^^_

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Entered as Second Class Matter, June 5, 1912,

at the Post Office at Oklahoma, Oklahoma, under

the Act of March 3, 1879.

Subscriptions are understood as continuing from

year to year, unless written orders are given to the

contrary.

Orders to discontinue should always be sent direct

to the office by letter and must be accompanied with

payment of arrearages.

For advertising rates and estimates, address,

Jacobs & Company, home office, Clinton, S. C, ad-

vertising manager of the Baptist Messenger.

In changing an address, it is necessary to send

the former as well as the new address, and always

give your name exactly as it appears on your label.

We do not make any. charges for resolutions and

obituaries containing not over fifty words. For more

than fifty words we charge one cent a word. When

you send in resolutions'or obituaries be sure to count

the words and send in money to pay for same.

A TRUE BAPTIST POSITION

For several weeks, in the portion of the Chicago

Standard devoted to expressions of opinion of the

"Committee of the Whole/' there have been com-

munications advocating "open membership" and

.loose practices generally, from . various quarters,

but it is refreshing to find that from many sections

of the North come able defenders of Bible doctrine

such as the following:

A True Baptist Position.

The discussion in "The Committee of the

Whole" is interesting-; it is more. It is vital. It is

before a jury of great numbers. The writer is not

contending for Baptist dogma, or Baptist theology,

nor for Bap'tist belief. What saith the scriptures?

To the court*of final appeal; The New Testament

jis our only creed, goody-goody impulses, expediency

Christian fellowship have nothing whatever to. do

in settling the case.

Is baptism necessary for a believer? Jesus

submitted to it. He put it into the great commis-

sion as a command. TheWpostles practiced it.-The

commission as given by Mark reads: "He that be-

lieveth and is baptized shall be saved." Suppose

that you play with that word "believe" and distort

its meaning-, misapply its function in regenerating

the .soul, will that one be saved? Suppose that a

man believes in Hinduism and applies for member-

ship in a Baptist church claiming that he "believes."

Is the church un-Christian in rejecting him?

If-a Baptist church insists that a man applying

for membership shall believe in Jesus Christ as his

personal Savious by an experience of grace, deny-

ing him the right of believing anything he pleases

for the belief which saves," it has a scriptural right

to'insist that he conform to scriptural baptism.

That is not dogma, creed or ritual; it is bifflicaLin-

sistence..

Jesus must have placed some importance on

baptism, for "he baptized more disciples than John/

(though he himself baptized not but his disciples)."

He saw that it was done. It is" belief first, then bap-

tism. Now suppose a man asks admission into a

Baptist church who has believed but was sprinkled

when a baby and refuses, rejects, the baptism of

Christ, would our "hereditary Baptist" admit him?

If so, he must forever renounce the name heredit-

ary. How quickly Paul would have settled a case

like that. See Acts 19: 1-5.

• If there is no."saith the Lord" for the above po-

sition of this place of baptism in relation to Chris-

tian experience, or membership, there seems to be

abundant "thus did the Lord and the apostles."

• I think I can say that there are millions of

Baptists that are ready to throw away the name

Baptist and take any [denominational name and

unite with the whole Christian world in a common

insistence of regeneration, immersion, and a worthy

Christian life,and conduct. That is New Testament

faith and practice; anthing less is not.

Chicago.

W. W. DEWEY.

THE MENACE.

There is a menace to our nation as evidenced-

by the subtle, pervasive, peculiar power of Rome in

political circles. Take our high minded president

for instance, and he so far forgets himself as to

play into the hands of Catholicism. His private

secretary is a Catholic. He leaves his own church

on thanksgiving Day and attends a Catholic ser-

vice, not as a private- citizen, but as president of

the United States. There are many and you doubt-

less know some of them, splendid citizens, who are

identified with the church of Rome, who it igay be

are ignorant of its real spirit, but the ruling pow-

er, the essential spirit, of. Rome, has not changed.

It is the same now as it was in the Dark Ages, all

it needs is a chance, and that it is constantly seek-

ing to make.

Think of the disgraceful proceedings as record-

ed below. We can hardly realize it possible to oc-

cur in this day and time. Let Rev. Otis L. Spur-

geon,. a lecturer against Catholicism, speak for

himself. The following telegram appears in the

papers:

Denver, Colo., 4-7-1914.

Kidnapped from room Sunday night by niop

over three hundred Catholics; beaten into insensi-

bility, placed in auto and taken fourteen miles into/-

the country. Came too, but could not account for

happening on journey. 'They put strap about my

neck which they taughtingly jerked, marks on my

neck as a result of same. When out of auto led

me by strap some two hundred yards from auto,

bared my neck and limbs and beat me with strap

BAPTIST : MESSENGE R

leaving marks. Left me by roadside in weeds to

die 'Brought back to Denver by police posse.

Taken to St. Luke's Episcopalian hospital/Wounds

examined by physician, found broken nose, concus-

sio'n of left eye, left cheek bruised, right side of chin

injured, two large bumps on head, hurt inwardly;

right arm and left arm injured. Resting easily with

my dear wife by my side, who hastened to Denver

from Des Moines when telegraphed regarding con-

dition. Should God spare my life this time, I will

fight all the harder the inquisition I passed through

should warn every American citizen of immediate

danger and put all on their guard.

OTIS L. SPURGEON, 9:33 p. m.

If you should hear of anybody getting a little

group of men off together and saying to them that

"it'is not possbile for the Messenger to live, in fact

it is only a question of time until Brother JStealey

will get enough of it, for he can't keep up the ex-

pense/' etc., etc., just put it down to the* fact that

the wish is father to the thought. From tHe en-

couragement we receive from every quarter we are

thankful to say that not many people wish it. Of

course, it is a struggle to keep the paper going, but

the same is true of every paper we have in the coun-

try. Even the Baptist Standard has to watch care-

fully to keep going, but the Messenger is reaching

higher and better ground every day. It may not be

seemly to repeatedly recount one's history, but we

feel sure that we may be^pardoned for reerring to

the fact that beginning under the most unfavorable

conditions imaginable, without a single subscriber,

the Messenger is put of debt, has grown from noth-

ing to considerably more than three thousand bona

fide circulation in less than two years—a record

unsurpassed, yea, never equaled in the history of

Oklahoma newspapers.

If the subscribers to whom notices have re-

cently been mailed will pay at once we will be in

splendid condition, and we believe that the Mes-

senger has become so thoroughly intrenched in the

life of our denomination in the'state that it will be

loyally and lovingly supported in the future as in

the past. And put it down that whenever you hear

the pessimistic note it is uttered by some one who

personally wishes to see the paper die or has had

his paper discontinued for non-payment of dues, and

even the latter usually find occasion to re-enlist

immediately.

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Let us all pull together and make our paper

reach every home and ..become a might}rfactor in

the advancement of our Master's cause in Oklahoma

and the world. There are great and important is-

sues before us. Let us. keep in touch with one an-

other, and with Him, and march forward as a loyal

army> glorifying our Lord in standing for the old

soul-saving, heart-satisfying truths of the gospel.

We wrote a note regarding the McConnell

meetings for last week's Messenger, but, it, to-

gether with several other items, got lost between

the printer and the proof reader.

The meetings at the Tabernacle, Ninth and

Robinson, are attracting more attention than any

meeting ever held in Oklahoma City, and Dr. Mc-

Connell is preaching; a mighty clean, straight and

pOAyerful Gospel. He has spent much time in pre-

paring the soil and is now beginning to reap the

harvest. The papers have given more space to

these meetings ^than they ever gave to conventions

or any religious interest in connection with Okla-

homa City. The result is that the people are talk-:

ing about the meetings everywhere and great

throngs are coming under the influence" of the

preached word.

We believe, and we are glad to say that we are

not alone in our belief, that the Messenger has a

God-given mission, and let it be clearly understood

that the policy of this office is to stand for the fel-

lowship of the brotherhood in the .bonds of truth,

and to rejoice in every real work performed by

any other agency. We shall speak out plainly

against heresy or injurious, disintegrating policies.

Never will we allow any personal reasons to lead

us to seek to build ourselves by tearing down an-

other. Our mission is to do all.the good we can,

to all the people we can, in all the ways we can,

by putting the paper into every home we can, let

others do what they may.

~ .

The deliverances of the Rev. Charles J. Harris,

Unitarian minister in Oklahoma City, are to'o ridic-

ulous for serious consideration. They are void of

logic, historical facts, biblical truth, and common

sense. A mere school child could see that he is

merely catering to the desires of the self-constituted

indulgent class who call themselves intellectual. It

is pitiable to see a man in the name of religion try

to palm off on an intelligent public such stuff.

BOOK TALK

Bible Dictionary.

Every Bible student should have one. We can

furnish Smith's Bible Dictionary for $1.75, postpaid,

or a smaller edition, $1.25.

Did you receive a statement recently regarding

your subscription to the Messenger? How did you

treat it? Are you one of the thousand who have

neglected this important matter?

Maclaren

"Expositions of the Holy Scripture" by Alex-

ander Maclaren, D. D., has now been published in

twenty-five volumes and the price reduced to

$25.00. This is a great work for the preacher, and

no man who can possibly secure this should be

without it.

New Testament Life of Christ.

This book will be a valuable aid in the Sunday

School lessons next year. .The demand for it is

rapidly increasing. Several adult classes are plan-

ning to use it ^s a text book. Price, $i.00 postpaid;

$10.00 per dozen, delivered.

Worker's Hand Book.

Fishejman—Tackle and Bait, i$ the best pocket

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Compiled by Drs. Wright and Bruner. Morocco

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Women of History.

This book by Abbott will be of interest to ev-

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know of lives of women who in all ages, all lands,

and all womanly, occupations have won fame and

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SOUTHERN BEAUTY REDS.

These Rose Comb Reds are the mixture of the Buschmann (greatest

R. C. R. I. R. breeders in the world) and Bretz (Oklahoma bred Reds),

and are undoubtedly the best in Oklahoma. Before \ve injected the

Buschmann blood our customers were satisfied and this^ year we are

sure they will be delighted.

Eggs $1.50 and.$2.5O per 15.

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Box 97, Britton, Okla.

If you are a friend to the Messenger we want you to join us in the

biggest campaign for new subscribers that we have ever put on. We be-

lieve in you, for in less than two years we have built up from worse than

nothing to a bona fide circulation of considerably more than three thousand.

We Aave your confidence which we trust we have not betrayed, but the ,

Messenger should be in at least five thousand homes in this state We

realize that to put it there we must make sacrifices, but we are in this .

work for the glory of God and the building up of His cause, and the con-

serving of truth, and to the limit of our ability we are willing to be spent.

So we not only offer the Messenger to new subscribers from the time

the subscription Is received to;Jan. l, 1915 for $1.00 but to show you we ap-

preciate co-operation on the part of our friends, we make the following

offers:

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If you will send us twenty names and $20 we will give you free of cost

a splendid $5 Bible either, teacher or reference or a beautiful $5.00 set

of Shakespeare.

If you will send us fifteen names and $15 we will give you a beautiful

nine volume, $3.50 set of Shakespeare, or a $3.50 Bible.

If you will send us ten names and $10 we will send you a splendid

Waterman Fountain pen that can not be bought anywhere for less than

$2.75, or we will send you a red letter Bible, or plain Bible of same value.

Send us five subscriptions and $5 and we will send you our special $1.50

Bible or "Smith's Bible Dictionary", or a good leather bound "Webster's

Dictionary,"

Send us four names and $4 and we will send you "Ray's Baptist Suc-

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Send us one subscription and $1 and we will send you "The Life of

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Remember this offer is good for only a short time and made to show

you that we are in earnest when we say we want to reach more people

in order to do more good, for anybody who knows anything about the cost

of producing the paper will know that it costs more than returns .financially

would justify, but we want to build lip the subscription list rapidly, for

there are going to be many interesting discussions In the paper in the next

few months that our people ought to know about We have some live

questions to discuss and the Messenger'will be a live wire, and it win

tuin on the light wherever you will give it a chance. Let us run the list

up at least one thousand in the next twenty days.. We can do it'if we will.

ADVANTAGE OF GOOD SEED AND CULTIVATION

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Is It worth while to select your seed and cultivate your,cotton intensely,

or is it more profitable to save time and money and care? The four bolls on

the left were grown in the latter manner; the ones on the right were grown

on a Frisco demonstration farm, from selected seed, and all the cultivation

thit could be given. Which sort will lift the most mortgages?

FRECKLE

Now Is the Time to Get Rid

off

These Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightestneed of

feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the

prescription othine—-double strength—is

guaranteed to remove these homely spots.

Simply get an ounce of othine—dou-

ble strength—from any druggist and

apply a little of it night andmorningand

you should soon see that even the worst

freckles have begun to disappear, while

the lighter ones nave vanished entirely4

It is seldom that more than an ounce is

needed to completely clear the skin and

gain a beautiful clear complexion.

Be sure to ask for the double strength

othine as this is sold under guarantee of

money back if it iailsto remove freckles.

WYNNEWOOD.

I am getting my bearings on the

missionary work of Banner Associa-

tion. Fifth Sunday meeting was good

and Bro. Ogle is enthroned in the

hearts of his members.

Every pastor left Saturday for home

and I was left as "Hopkins" choice

to fill the pulpit, good services, mis-

sionary collection ?20.00. I think it

is unjust to both pastor and church

for the messengers to leave on Sat-

urday. Our next Fifth Sunday meet-

ing will, be at Brady, 8 miles west of

Wynnewood. I organized a church

the 2nd, seven miles northeast of El-

more City, that will be known as

"Fairview." They elected Rev J. J.

Walker as pastor, Miss Lillie Reed as

clerk and their first work was taking

a missionary collection.

JULIAN G. TRIPR

Send Seeds by Parcel Post

Parcel post rates now apply to "par-

pels of seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots,

scions and plants." This puts every

good farmer into the seed business—-

if he has good seed to sell.

MANGUM.

"Gracious services at the Baptist

Church last Sunday. Present in Bible

School, 409. Great crowd at even-

ing service. Pastor Holmes Nichols

preached on 'Forgiven Sin.1 One

bright conversion in after service and

two received by letter."

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MANGUM, OKLA,

Brethren: The trustees of 'the

Western Baptist College located at

Mangum, Okla., have set May 7th, as

the day on which they are to select

their president and other teachers for

the. next school year. The trustees

are-j making a strenuous effort to raise

thej efficiency of the teaching force in

tha$j; they expect to place only those

who hold degre&s from schools of

prominence on their faculty list. Ap-

plications are being handed in already

and it is expected that by the above

date there will be several applicants

from which to select the president

and other members of the faculty for

the College.

Yours truly,

W. P. HBARNE,

Secretary of the Trustees.

SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH

University of Tennessee, KnoxviUe,

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Largest, best and cheapest Summer

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Fine Music Festival,

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nouncement BROWN AYRES, President,

Cattle on Pasture.

J. A. Gilliam & Son of Quanah, Tex-

as, shipped lin ten cars of cattle recent-

ly, to be pastured in the vicinity of

Eldorado. Milton Winbury of Quanah

has recently placed ninety-seven head

in pasture at Louis, a few miles west

of there.

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Uuseful rules for raising beef suc-

cessfully in the South are given in

Farmers' Bulletin 580 just issued by

the United* States Department of Ag-

riculture under the title of "Beef Pro-

duction in the South." After discuss-

ing in some detail the available pas-

ture lands and grasses, the Bulletin

summarizes conditions as follows:

Eradicate the tick.

Good pastures are essential."

Plant pasture grasses over the

waste lands.

"Use purebred beef bulls for grading

up the native stock.

Always select the best heifers for

breeding purposes.

Use the coarse fodder, straws, and

the stalk fields for wintering the

breeding herd.

Wean Uxe calves when pastures get

short. Put them in the corn field and

pea fields while weaning and teach

them to ,eat cottonseed cake or cot-

tonseed meal.

Raise and finish beef fcattle on the

same farm when possible; ,: '

A mixture of cottonseed meal, cot-

tonseed hulls; and alfalfa hay is a

good ration for fattening calves.

Silage is the best roughage for fat-

tening any class of cattle.

More care is necessary in feeding

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TWELVE

BAPTIS T MESSENGE R

If BACK HURTS USE

SALTS FOR KIDNEYS

Eat less meat If Kidneys feel like

lead or Bladder bothers you—

Meat forms uric acid.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,

like the bowels, get sluggish and

clogged and need a flushing occasion-

ally, else we have backache and dull

misery in the kidney regions, severe

headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid

liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and

'all sorts of hladder disorders.

You simply must keep your kidneys

active and clean, and the moment you

feel an ache or pain in the kidney

region, get about four ounces of Jad

Salts from any good drug store here,

take a tahlespoonful in a glass .of

water before breakfast for a few days

and your kidneys will then act fine..

This famous salts is made from the

acid of grapes and lemon juice, com-

bined with Ikhia, and is harmless to

flush clogged kidneys and stimulate

them to normal activity. It also neu-

tralizes the acids in the urine so it no

longer irritates, thus ending bladder

disorders.

Jad Salts is harmless; Inexpensive;

makes a delightful effervescent Uthia-

water drink which everybody should

take now and then to keep their kid-

neys clean, thus avoiding serious com-

plications.

A well-known local druggist says he

sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be-

lieve in overcoming kidney trouble

while it is only trouble.

A. W. Pendleton, Fairview, Okla.:

"Preached for the Helena saints yes-

terday and last night; good growd,

good attention, good collection for

Home and Foreign Missions. For-

eign missions apportionment $20.00,

jcpllection cash and pledges to 'bd

paid by next Sunday $32.50. Had one

addition at the evening service. They

are expecting to call a pastor soon.

There are some noble people * here

and they need a leader. Blessings on

you."

:CK, GLOSSY HATB

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If you care for heavy hair that glis-

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is fluffy and lustrous, ..try Danderine.

Just one application doubles, the

beauty of your hair, besides It imme-

diately dissolves every particle of

dapdniff.

You can not have nice

heavy, healthy hair If you have

dandruff. This destructive scurf robs

the hair of its lustre, its strength and

its very life, and if not overcome it

produces a fevetishness and Itching of

the .scalp; the hair roots famish,

loosen and die;,then the hair falls out

fast Surely get a 25-cent bottle of

Knowlton's Danderine from any drug

store and just try it

A QUESTION ANSWERED BY THE

EDITOR OF IMMANUEL'S PRAISE.

You ask for a list of the choicest

songs to be found in "Immanuel's

Praise." In reviewing our list, I find

myself wanting to give you the num-

bers as they are arranged in the book.

The 257 songs are the cream of over

4,000 of our greatest hymns. " Those

desiring to examine the book with

the view to using it in their church

can begin at the front and go through

the book—or just let the book fall

open to any song, and they will find

one that is SINGABLE and one which

has a message in it. We claim that,

"Immanuel's Praise/' is a book con-

taining no "illers." If I knew the

twenty-five POOREST songs In the

book, I would gladly suggest THEM,

and ask that they be examined to de-

termine whether the church desires

to install "Immanuel's Praise." Our

churches have not had access to the

most of these great songs, by the

greatest hymn-writers in the world, as

they could not be obtained for use in

the books which have been so popular

in our churches for the last five years.

"Immanuel's Praise" is a book with

INDIVIDUALITY, and you can rest

assured that the bulfc of these songs

will not be used in any other book

with a different name during the life

of this book. This is a ntw book with

new songs, printed by Fleming H.

Revell Co., N. Y., and is not a book

made up of the same old songs under

a new name.

If the Lord shall use ''Immanuel's

Praise" to His glory in putting new

life into the service of song in our

churches, we shall be satisfied.

Very sincerely yours,

J. FRED SCHOLFIELD.

SOUR, ACID STOMACHS,

GASES OB INDIGESTION

Each "Rape's Diapepsin" digests 3000

grains food, ending all stomach

misery in five minutes.

Time It! In five minutes all stom-

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heartburn, sourness or belching of

gas; add, or eructations of undigested

food, no dizziness, bloating, foul

breath or headache.

Pape's Diapepsin Is noted for its

speed in regulating upset stomachs.

It is the surest, quickest stomach rem-

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is harmless. Put an end to stomach,,

trouble forever by getting a largo

fifty-cent

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from any drug store. You realize In

five minutes how needless It Is to suf-

fer from Indigestion, dyspepsia or any

stomach disorder. It's the quickest,

surest and most harmless stomach

doctor in the world.

Cheese Factory Proposed

J. L. Kraft, president of a Chicago

cheese manufacturing company, has

written C. W. Howard, president of

the National Bank of Commerce of

Frederick, that he will be in Freder-

ick in a few weeks, in company with

Frisco officials, for the purpose of de-

termining the feasibility of establish-

ing a cheese factory In that city. He

says he will do so providing the

farmers there can furnish him suffi-

cient milk and cream and he can ob-

tain the necessary help and building

for the plant.

Road Association Formed.

W. A. Robberson, Coalgate, Okla.:

"Good day yesterday, one hundred

eighteen in Sunday School. We put

on the *Win and Hold Contest.' Took

our offering for Home and Foreign

Missions. Got $12.00 over our appor-

tionment and we expect $25.00 in the

gleanings. Things are looking up

with us..' We organized a Sunday

School at our No. 2 Mission. We

unloaded the first car of material for

our new church building Saturday.

Pray for us."

Citizens of Mangum held an enthu-

siastic meeting recently and formed

a Greer County Good Roads Associa-

tion. Road working wfll continue un-

til Greer county has the best roads

in western Oklahoma.

shortbreathjOf ten gives entire relief

in 15 to 25 days. Trial treatmen t sen t Fre«

Dr. THOMAS £. GREEN, Successor to

R. H. H. GREEN & SOUS,

BOX X, ATLANTA, GA.

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PROPERTY OF

OKLAHOMA

BAPTISTS

Special attention

given to surgical

cases. Patients met

at trains by ambu-

lance, fl Trained

nurses in attend-

ance.

Miss M. Ellen Cheek,

SUPERINTENDENT

OKLAHOMA BAPTIST HOSPITAL, Muskogee, Okla-

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Frisco Kafir Seed Tests.

The Frisco recently made germina-

tion tests of kafircorn from thirty-

four different sources in Oklahoma

and Kansas. The average "germina-

tion was sixty-three per cent. The

lowest was that of a lot of 1500 bu.

of fine-looking threshed seed. It ger-

minated five per cent. The highest

germination, ninety-six per cent, was

that of kafir left on the stalks until

thoroughly dried out, and then stored

in the heads. The fall rains had

bleached it, and it looked weather-

heaten, but it was the best of the lot.

GIVE "SYRUP OF FIGS"

TO CONSTIPATED CHILD

5O O

Chicks

SOc

Delicious "Fruit Laxative" can't harm

:'. tender little Stomach, liver

and bowels.

Look at the tongue, mother! If

coated, your little one's stomach, liver

ana bowels need cleansing at once.

When peevish, cross, listless, doesn't

sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever-

isn. stomach sour, breath bad: has

sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give

a teaapoonful of "California Syrup of

™f « ?d,In a few hours a» the foul,

constipated Waste, undigested food.

UtUmlTe bowel

r Hs 11*

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About 65 per cent incubator hatched

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F. A. WHARTENBY,

1015 N. Shartel

. Oklahom

a City, Okla.

Agricultural Club Organized

The boys and girls of Sequoyah

county have just completed the or-

ganization of agricultural and domes-

tic science clubs and have entered

the various contests of the A. and M.

college at Stillwater. The boys and

girls of Vian have enrolled for chick-

en and pig raising, canning and fancy

work contests. These contests in

connection with the, county demon-

stration work now being carried on

by W. M. Wolverton, promise great

improvement in agricultural condi-

tions in this county.

ROCKY, OKLA.

Baptist Messenger:

We observed

Mission Day yesterday. Sunday School

attendance 245 present, all remained

for church service. All our teachers

are present every Sunday and all the

school alway^. (remains for church.

Sunday School collection,

$22.10,

birthday

offering, $2.55.

Church,

Home and Foreign Missionary collec-

tion, asked for $130. Collected $250,

will probably make it $275 before we

get through with the; every-member

canvass;" "..-.• • •'.;• V v-;.:; V:.

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There is such a demand for ourJPas-

tor, G. H. Stigler, by-churches that

know of him for evangelical services

that we are contemplating putting an

assistant pastor on the field. We ex-

pect to take action on this matter

soon.

Funeral services of Mrs. W. S. Wi-

ley of Sentinel here today. She died

of pellegra Monday morning at her

home. Bro. Wesson, her pastor,'"*?

conduct the service.

Sincerely,

T. J. LEE.

n» of the UTO ---

UAL COMMUNION SEK V

ICE h*» increased th«

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attendance at the

=» Sapper In thousand*

•harche*. It will do no for

your church. Send Tor Illustrated.

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MAY 10, 1914

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business houses were closed there re-

cently, and every man and boy that

was able, to work went north with

pick and shovel to IJuild the main

road leading into Maysville.

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DIP 1,500 CATTLE IN ONE DAY

Real Fight Being Waged on the Fever

Tick at Muskogee

Fifteen hundred cattle, fifty-five

carloads, were dipped in one day re-

cently in the vat in the M., K, & T.

yards at Muskogee, under the direc-

tion of Dr. J. P. Bushong of the Unit-

ed States department of agriculture.

While the dipping was done under

the direction of a federal expert it

was ordered under the provisions of

the state law because.the cattle are

being shipped into the Osage nation.

The counties of Tulsa, Mayes, Dela-

ware, Cherokee, Adair and Sequoyah

were placed above the state quaran-

tine line by their own request as a

part of the campaign to eradicate the

fever tick, and cattle brought into

this territory from other parts of the

state are, under the state law, dipped

twice. The dipping must be done not

less than five days nor more than ten

days apart, and where the cattle have

not been dipped once before being

shipped into Muskogee as the trans-

fer point, they must be dipped and

held there five days before being dip-

ped again.

COMB SAGE TEA IN

LIFELESS. CRAY HAIR

Look young! Common garden Sage

and Sulphunobodr darkeny

can

tellso .

naturally J

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-

fully darkened, glossy hnd abundant

with a brew of Sage Tea and'Sulphur.

Whenever her hair fell but or took on

that dull, faded or streaked appear-

with wonderful effect By asking at

any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and

Sulphur Hair Remedy," you will get

a large bottle of this old-time recipe,

ready to use, for about 50 cents. Thia

simple mixture can be depended upon

to restore natural color and beauty to

the hair and is splendid for dandruff,

dry, itchy scalp and falling hair.

A: well-known down-town druggist

says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and

Sulphur, because it darkens so natur-

ally and evenly that nobody can tell

it has been applied—it's so easy to

use, too. You simply dampen a comb

or soft brush and draw it through your

hair, taking one strand at a time. By

morning the gray hair disappears; af-

ter another application or two, it is

restored to its natural color and looks

glossy, soft and abundant.

Advice.

Don't train exclusively with your

own crowd. Give yourself, a chance

to grow wise by dwelling part of the

time with afflicted people who do not

.think as you do. They will give you

useful changes of thought, so that you

won't get tired of yourself so soon.

—Life.

Doesn't Like Crows

No Choice.

Mother (to her boy, who has just

struck his little sister)—"Why did

yoJohn—u hit

you'Cor

sisteit

war s

ththe

onlfacey

parJohn?t o

her I could see."—Punch.

REVISED .BAPTIST SUCCES-

SION

To the Editor: That man who want-

ed to protect the crow in Oklahoma

is surely not acquainted with the"

habits of crows. I think a crow is a

disgrace to the fowls of the air. He

begins on corn as soon as it is plant-

ed and never stops until it gets so

large that he can't pull it up. He

will entirely destroy a patch of pea-

nuts; muskmelons or watermelons.

You; will also notice that where there

are droves of crows, you will always

find hog cholera.—S. W. Brittain, Me-

Clain County.

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Daily Thought.

Little minds are turned and sub-

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rise above it.—Irving.

WOLFE IN LITTLE ROCK.

Representatives of British Cotton

Manufacturers Investigating

It's a Pleasure to Shop

in a Store Like This

FIRST—Because we carry noth-

ing but the very best of merchan-

dise.

SECOND—Because everything

is arranged for the convenience

of the shopper.

Spring Styles Noyr on Display

And we invite your inspection

and court comparison. Our show-

ing embraces such lines as Mi-

chaels Stern and Class A Clothes,

Manhattan Shirts,. Superior Un-

ion Suits, Stetson and -Ralston

Shoes, Stetson and No Name

Hats for men. Perfection Clothes

and Thayers Shoes for boys. In

fact we have the most complete

men's and boys' store in Okla-

homa.

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My Dear Stealey: Bro. Scholfield

and myself have been in Little Rock

one week in meeting with the 1m-

mamiel Church of which Bro. E. P.

Aldridge is pastor. The meeting so

far is very promising. Yesterday was

a great day, there were between 60

and 60 professions during the day

and several additions to the church

by letter. The weather has been very

bad up to the present but we are hop-

ing for better conditions after Easter.

I am delighted with the religious con-

ditions in Little Rock among the Bap-

tists. The spirit of co-operation be-

tween the Baptist Churches of the

city is beautiful.

The outlook for

them is one of great promise. Im-

manuel is one of our great churches.

The building, is great and the people

are of the very best. It is a joy

to work with them.

Aldridge has visions of great things

I tell, him that a great Church with

great FAITH in God with a-.great

leader can look to the future with

perfect confidence for our Lord gives

victory to them who fear and trust

and obey.

lam praying that Oklahoma may

do her very best for Home and For-

efign Missions wo must not forget

these great denominational interests

in the intense, stress of the local con-

ditions.

Love to all the brethren and success

to The Messenger and to the editor

and his wife.

Sincerely your friend,

L. C. WOLFE.

President G. T. Bryan, of the board

of agriculture, has received a letter

from Alex Thompson, connected with

a firm of English cotton manufactur-

ers, stating that Thomas Heyworth

will arrive from England some time

this spring for the purpose of making

an investigation of the cotton grow-'

iqg* districts of the southern states.

The visit of Mr._Heyworth is- for ihe

purpose of satisfying the English man-

ufacturers if it would be better for

them to own a large areia of cotton

producing territory.

; ;;

, In case they should, so decide, it is

possible large tracts of land would be

purchased by the English interests as

it is said they are backed by unlim-

ited means. Heyworth comes from

Lancashire, England, and will visit all

the cotton producing states. He will

probably come "to Oklahoma City first

Alfalfa on the Increase

Alfalfa is being given much atten-

tion in Eastern Oklahoma. S. L. Jef-

fords, county, agent of the farmers?

co-operative demonstration work i in

Muskogee county, says: "Reports

front-53 out of 90 school districts give

a total of 2248 acres of alfalfa estab-

lished, and 1469 more well prepared

for spring sowing." The 11910 ceniras]

reported only 303 acres of alfalfa ifc

this.county." i'':' '•':-•••'...' '• "': " ,•;-:- -V;.VJf ;'^i

Consolidated Schools Increased

There are now 97 consolidated

schools in Oklahoma. Of these, 41

have received state aid for building

purposes, but the total amount paid

them by the state is only $37,861.50.

Seventeen more are endeavoring ...to

get a share, at least, of the money

which was appropriated for them by

the fourth legislature. Twenty other

communities are reported as consid-

ering consolidation. - :

Send us your name and we will send

our guaranteedr cure; Nullfe.;; If we cure

send us $2.00, otherwlse.you: owe us noth-

ing.We trust you. The Nulife

>dlan, Miss. :

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