The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 19, 1915, Image 5
Ideal Weather Once More
Brought Capacity Crowd
to Tabernacle Thursday
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Evangelist Gives God's Picture of a Sinner
Asleep, and Urges Men to Awake
and Be Saved.
V. G. T. 0. DELEGATION GUESTS OF HONOR THURSDAY NIGHT.
*
Tfrctity-Four Accepted Christ as Their Savior Thursday?
/ones Tells of Request of Anonymous Letter Writer?Af?
ternoon Subjc* t Was: "He That Believeth Not Will Be
Damned."
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from Ths Daily Item. May 14.
Wttkj Ideal weather conditions again
prevalUnff last night, the Dub Junes
Tabernacle was crowded almost to ca?
pacity by a large audience, which In?
cluded the Woman's Christian Tern
peranoe Union delegation, the guests
of honor of the evening After the
usual Inspiring musical program had
been ssndered by tho choir, "Touch
Not, Taste Not" was sung by request
of the* W. C. T. U. Mr. McKentie
then sang a solo. "Jesus Will Ulve
Tou Ifcrat
Twenty-one converts sought the
Mercy Seat last night, who. with
three who accepted Christ at
the Business Men's Prayer meeting
yesterday, makes a total of twenty
four who declared for the Saviour yes?
terday. It is s noticeable fact that,
ae the meeting progresses, those who
have %>een putting off the important
step ajre one by one making the decis?
ion to get right with God. At least
one parson to whom Bob Jones had
previously made an unsuccessful per?
sonal appeal came forward and made
the decision voluntarily last night af?
ter the sermon.
Tho sermon last eight was well cal?
culated to awake the unsaved to the
responsibility which rests upon them,
tie text being taken frum the 6th
chapter of Ehpheslans, "Awake thuu
? hat sssepeth. and arise from the dead,
snd Chris* shall give thee life."
Ca) I tig attention again to the won
derful ooratructlori of biblical liter?
ature, the etaqgc' <*r showed how this
passage was particularly wonderful in
that. In one short sentence, the sinner
was addressed, described, snd salva?
tion offered. Bald Mr. Jones: "If you
ran write a book equal to any one
book In the Bible. I'll give you a mil?
lion dollars for the copyright."
Another thing about the Bible Is
that all through It there runs the note
of warning tu the unsaved and the
plea to cume ever on God's side. Hod's
picture* uf the sinner are not beauti?
ful. He calls them the most vltuper.i
tlve names imaginable. In order to
Impress them with the awfulness of
being unsaved, and yet some people
get angry because an evangelist
makes what Is. compared to tho lan?
guage of find Himself, a mild denun?
ciation of those who have refused to
?wv ept the Saviour. In this conin
n, Mr. Jones said that he received
an aanonymous lotter yesterday re?
questing that he "hold up a lovely
Meal to the people." and not a picture
of degradation, mid that this would
be more pleasing. "Well," aald Mr.
Jones, 'Hod's own picture of a soul
asleep la a corpse, and what can be
more horrible than that." Further,
the evangelist naked that anybody ..dse
who wished to write htm u letter be
game enough to sign his or her natu ?.
sa he didn't like to get "no name'
lePats.
Although (?od hasn't anything ni ?
(o say of slnnern, he loves them, und
shows It by ttytsg] to awake them to
the Vouch of Die Mus|Of*| hind You
are(a?ake to boot neos possibilities,
why Is It you are asleep r.. the awf'il
nees of slo-'I'here are men Who
are ^sleeping on the brink of lo ll."
You sre asleep in that same world to
which ? hi 1st cum*, in which he lived
In the midst of trials, in which he
died. In which he was hung on the
cr< -? ' r sake, and to which Hi
|e surely coming back some day. M m
of tjday Is sleeping In a world full of
Judgment* Tin ino-o nwful suocm
ston of occurrences In the world's his
t'-ry are taking pin OS cvny day
You are asleep In a world full of
rhitrrhes. In a community which has
united to bring a revival to your very
dufr to wake you to the necessity for
accepting Christ if you want to so
sa fed. "and yet you sleep through nil
Mn|
?"here Is such a thing, however, sa1 s
Hob Jones, as a men who g< is up and
yet Isn't awake, as In the case of a
sleep walker. Just so church no Mi?
ners go along from dsy to day with?
out the fellowship of Christ?"lle
llajon wont save yon
|t Is possible to wake up and never
get up Yoi n illse that it's time to
*et tip hut you i?? tr it off "Hsj4 awhMe
longer." "You ought," said the evan
gcllnt. "to wake ui> to tho consequences
of Impending judgment, and you'd get
up this very night."
Then there Is such a thing as a man
waking up and Intending to get up
after uwhlle, but the longer he puts
it off the harder it will be to do, Just
as It is bard to take a dose of medi?
cine after waiting to "think it over."
It takes nerve and grit to march
down to the front, said Mr. Jones, but
considering what a worthwhile step
it is in a man's life the deed is well
worth the effort. And it is dangerous
to hesitate taking the step because
you are "dreaming you're np, when
you're really still in bed." "You bit?
ter woman," said the speaker, "criti?
cising me for talking against card
playing and dancing, you think you're
all right, but you're only dreaming. '
And so, lots of people die while they
sleop. "Show me how you live and
I'll show you how you die," or in other
words the man or woman who sleeps,
dreams, or only Imagines being awake,
will In all probability die in the same
state without having experienced the
saving power of tho hand of Jesus.
For many w*io "put it off" will find
when the death angel touches them
on the elbow and reminds them that
the time has come for departure from]
this life, that It Is "too late" then to |
awakrj un<t l<c saved.
Thurxluy \fternooit Service.
A "scrlpturs lesson'" service, with
a x.uinhur of Bible quotations, given
by various persons In thl aurtlonce .vas
a feature of tho service at the taber?
nacle yesterday afternoon.
The evangeilst took his text from
tho 16th chapter of St. Mark, "He
that belleveth not shall bo damn?
ed." It Is a lie, the evangelist said,
that "it matters not what a man be?
lieves, if he lives right." Jesus Christ
himself uttered the words of the text
and his word ought to bo tuken, be?
cause 11c is the friend and not the ene?
my of mankind. He said this too af?
ter Ho had hung on the cross, and
suffered the tortues of the dumned
himself.
. The sin of unbelief, according to Mr.
Jones, is ono of the worst sins that
can be committed. In the first place
It pours contempt on God's wisdom.
He .11.1 that man could not save him?
self, and If Christ's word is not taken
when Ho says that we need His sav?
ing power, His word and wisdom is
discounted. And the way of tho cross
Is the only way to heaven.
The sin of unbelief pours contempt
on the love of God. He offered sal
\atlon out of love for a sinful world,
and If His offer is not accepted he can?
not but feel hurt over the slight.
Failuro to believe pours contempt
On God's sovereignty. Certainty since
He treated man. He ought to have
the right to make kaWl for man. with
the expectation that these laws would
bi ol>e>t d. He devised the plan of
salvation and offered It free and not to
accept It Is to Insult Christ.
Contempt Is poured on the media
tOttnl work of Christ when unbelief
exists, because God has said that the
only way to heaven is throug.i Christ.
Cnbelb'f pours contempt upon the
sufferings of Christ. "It Is nothing to
you." said Mr. Jones, "that t'hrlst
htini gpon I cross, and died in shame
for your sake?" And, it is evidently
MOtBins" to the man who does not
btUoi ??
.11 Ma*4 onty reward for all his suf?
fering! is the reward of saving souls.
He Is anxious to save because that is
fbe tiling for n-hlch Ho died, ami how
must Hi fool or hon man refuooo t?>
believe, "it takes the erown il ol
Jesus' brow."
Prom The Dnlly Item, May IS.
Putting himself temporarily In the
place of the nein \n ho offers one c\
( get and another for not becoming ?
Christian Mob .buns last night preach?
ed a normen on MBacnoea/1 which
bronchi II to the Mercy teal el Its
OlOOO. Nine bad declared for Chrtsl
a? the atterimon s??r\ice which made
yosterday's total of converts 7 1.
The railroad men of Sumter. Im lml
ing the employees of Ihe Western
I Talon and Pootnl Telegraph Comp??
Inies und Ulf ?Southern Express Com
j panics sent delegations to the taber?
nacle last night, and ' Take the Name
of Jesus With You" was sung at their
request, the railroad moil singing one
chorus alone, Mr. McKenzie caused
some amusement when he introduced
the delegation to the audience, saying
"Theso are the fellows who kill us
sometimes, but they haven't given me
a scratch yet.'*
Mr. Jones took his text last night
from the 10th chapter of Genesis,
where Lot was warned by the angels
of God to Hoe from the city of wick?
edness, the particular words of the
text being "Escape for thy Life."
The evangelist said in beginning that
his remarks would be addressed only
to those who believed in the Bible,
tor of course those who did not would
scurcely be stirred by a sermon built
up about one incident in the Bible.
It Is, to go back to the text, surprising
how loath Lot was to leave the city,
as requested by the angels, when he
knew that they bore him divine mes?
sages. And, yet, said the evangelist,
men today ignore a practical common
sense plea for the necessity of getting
right with God. Men of today give
one excuse and another for not taking
this step.
"Let me think it over" is what
some men answer when asked to ac?
knowledge Jesus as their Savior.
Theer ought not to bo any thought
necessary where a matter of doing
right is concerned .and besides Jesus
has said: "Now is the accepted time,"
showing conclusively that there is no
time to be lost.
You say; "1 don't like revivals,"
you prefer to accept Christ in the reg- j
ular service of some Church without
any "flurry and excitement." "Well,
you haven't done It all these years,"
said Mr. Jones, and if the revival has
influenced you so that you now feel
like taking the step it would be base
ingratitude for you to refuse to ac?
knowledge the Saviour in a campaign
which started you on the right line of
thought. You may say "I don't like j
the way that evangelist preaches," or
that you have been mistreated by j
hyprocrltes. Well, this is a poor ex-1
cuse for turning Jesus down when He !
hasn't mlstrsated you, but instead!
has treated you better than you de- !
serve. When a man gives "I don't feel j
like it" as the reason for not bccom- j
Ing a Christian, Mr. Jones says this is,
OH the face of it, a "child's excuse." I
Another excuse given by some is)
that "I'm afraid i ll be eritleieeaV1
This is a weak ex use to give, that you '
will fosr what some, little "ahuPow
brain, who Is not entitled to the re*j
spect of a dog" will say, so much that ?
you will let him keep you from doing
right." "Well," say some others,
"Im not good enough," and "when I
get on my ffect I'll do it" "You ought
to get down on your face and sur?
render to the will of Almighty God"
was the way the evangelist answered
this excuse. You mlgh' as well tell
the doctor "Wait till I am well, and
I'll take your medicine."
Some folks, says Bob Jones, are j
"waiting for the other fellow." Sup- I
post- he never conies, do you want to
be lost because somebody you know j
didn't have tho wisdom to lead the j
way?
Then there is that peer of excuses. 1
"There are too many hyprocrltes in
UtO church." And the man who gives}
this excuse goes about with a superior |
air, said Mr. Jones, that conveys the I
impression that "I won't ever fail if i
I decide to take the stand." Mr. Jones' I
I
mimicry of tho "airs" of this kind i
of excuse giver, brought a storm of
applaUOS and hearty laughter. "You'll j
never get rid of the hypocrites; the 1
only way you'll ever get rid of them is
by going to heaven." "You might as
Well try to enforce a rule for having i
every train you ride on to prohibit the j
hauling of drunks, "cussers" and oth- I
er degenerates.''
Yet another excuse of many is that. >
"I don't think God will damn MB." |
This said Mr. Jones. Is about as much t
of an excuse as the little boy gave w ho
?Old "Mama won't whip me for pull
i
ing the rose, she loves me too much." '
?"Well, the dirty little scoundrel j
ought to have been drowned in the '
Atlantic ocean."
"I'm not sure I can hold out" i.^
the plea a certain Class put up, and
It's a poor one because a start must
be Riads some day, and "there are
men in this town on the brink of hell
who ought to have started twenty
yoafi mo."
And, last but not least comes the
wail "There is so much to give up.'
Bald Mr. Jones, "you rather run a lit?
tle two by four, hug ami squeose af?
fair of a dance like some young smart
alecs have done since this meeting,
than to live in the kind of enjoyment
that Christ offers." God doesn't ask
you to give up anything but the things
that will ruin you. and "when over
you glVO op something that's n?I
worth having God gives you some
thlm In return that's worth having.'
In conclusion Mr. Jones stated thai
.ill through this revival Ihc cry has
i been "not tonight." Me said he ivn*
I tired oi bearing tins, for any practical
I matt o4lffl)t to know thai the longer
the step was put off the harder it was
't.. lake, .ind "the further away >????
tare from Heaven.*' Bonie of you ate
going to sleep one night too many
i without God. When the invitation
was given, 02 responded, as stated
j above.
The Afternoon Service.
Before beginning the regular ser
! vice yesterday afternoon, the congre?
gation had a "season of prayer," lur
i
, ing which prayers were made for var?
ious persons named by member! of
! the* audience.
j Mr, Jones took his text from the
8th phapUr of St. Luke: "If the son,
therefore, shall free you, ye shall be
; free, indeed." While the United States
j is the greatest country in the world
j today, said the speaker, still we are
j slaves to certain customs and appe?
tites. What we call the "freedom of
Americans" is a great thing, but tho
most wonderful freedom of all is the
freedom of the Lord Jesus Christ.
"The freest man in the world is a
Christian." He lives just as he pleas?
es, but the mere fact that he is a
Christian makes him pleased to live
with the idea of serving Christ.
A Christian does not need to stum?
ble toward Heaven. He walks along
in a firm, sure faith and "He that is
born of God does not commit sin"
Mr. Jones said that the word "com?
mit" used to worry him in this pas?
sage, but he found that the original
reading was "practice sin," which of
course means that a man living for
Christ does not do the things he knowi
will displease Christ.
A Christian would not take any
amount for his belief in the Bible and
its teaching. They mean too much to
him. Christ sets us free from the
power of doubt. "At the root of ev?
ery human doubt is sin," is the way
Mr. Jones put it
Jesus sets men free from the sinful
habit. He can even save a dope fiend
from ruin, if the proper trust is plac?
ed in His guidance. Jesus can cure
the infidel, if he gets a chance at the
heart of the man?"He doesn't go at
you through your head but through
your heart."
Jesus Christ can free you from the
power of the devil. The devil Is no
enemy to morals, but to faith. He has
some men hypnotized and all that can
"break the spell' is the power of
Christ's touch on the doomed sinner.
From The Daily Item, May 17.
An audience that taxed the taber?
nacle to its capacity and almost put
standing room at a premium heard
Bob Jones last night preach a scorch?
ing sermon on the rejection, of Christ
and the penalty U merited. Festerdaj
Djltajtoooit's crowd while not ??* large]
as tgfj night audience, Ailed practical-!
iy < very scat Ui the tancrnnele. Au
excursion train from Summiertem
brought a large number to Sumter,
yesterday, helping to swell the crowds
at both of the services. The extreme
heat yesterday taxed the evangelist's
strength to the utmost and all the fire I
of his ? earnest eloquence expended |
temporarily yesterday in two of the
most brlllinat sermons ever heard
here, left hton tired and worn at the
conclusion of the evening service.
The day's record of converts was
forty-one, a good majority of those
who acknowledged Christ yesterday
being young folks. At the evening
service Mr. Jones set a good example
for the personal workers by leaping
from the pulpit and bringing three
men from seats in the right tier to
the Mercy Seat. The music yesterday
was up to its usual high standard.
Choir Master McKenzie now having
his choir "at his linger tips," so to
speak, and able to change their songs
or jump from o?.e song into another
at a moment*! notice .thereby intro?
ducing some very pretty effects. Some
of the songs yesterday were "1 Would
bo Like Jesus." "I^ord Plant My Feet
on Higher Ground," "I'm a Pilgrim'*
and "Somebody Knows."
At the night service, an incident
happened, which brought a wave of
thunderous applause from the aud?
ience After the invitation for con?
verts had been closed, Mr. Jones said:
"I just want to tell you folks who
came in on that excursion train that
the engineer who pulls the train has
given his heart to God."
Just before the sermon began last'
night Rev. R. S. Truesdale, who Is al?
ways a welcome speaker to Sumter
people, came to the front and made a j
short talk. Mr. Truesdale said that
Sumter people were enjoying every
minute of the tabernacle services and
would sadly miss them when the re?
vival has closed, but that they could ?
look back with pleasure to the meet?
ing, and that for months and months
the good it had accomplished would be
observed all around. Sumter people, j
said Mr. Truesdale, have a way of,
pleasing Others just as they please]
ithemselves, and wo ought to please
Hob Jones by giving him a handsome
free will offering next Sunday, his last
day in Sumter. The good which Mr.
Jones has already accomplished can?
not be paid tor. said the speaker, but
we can at leasl give Bob Jones a good
offering to show our appreciation of
his service!.
Mr. Jones'.; text for the afternoon
came from tlm 24th chapter Ol Acts,
where Haul stood before Fell* and
pirupllla. To use ;* modern day ex
breast on, Paul wns "In a tlt;hi place."
Hut Haul was a diplomat, He Could
have flattered the woman Druaitta,
could have told Felix "Yes I defended
'Jesus Christ, hut your religion is just
as good us Iis," but instead he had
the grit to tell this wicked couple of
[(heir sins and what would come to
' them it they would not repent. Felix
(and Drusilla had sent for Paul because
Felix hoped tu make some money out
of Paul, and besides time hung heavy
on these sinners' hands. And so, to?
day the world is sin and pleasure mad.
And pleasures that suit the modern
generation won't suit the next. The
tendency is downward as the progress
of the dance methods has shown.
Instead of denying his .Saviour, Paul
said "I don't know anything among
men save Christ, and him crucified."'
Christ was enough to satisfy Paul's
heart, even if he was a "blue blood,"
because Christ always satisfies the
saved man's heart. Thus Paul spoke
to Felix, so that he trembled, but he
said that time to hear such things was
not now "convenient." Paul was bit?
ter in his denunciation, extremely
bitter, when it is remembered that he
was only talking spccillcally to those
two, and they, rulers. For, says Bob
Jones, it takes nerve and backbone to
talk straight to two or three sinful
"high lights." But Paul did this. He
didn't do any "love preaching," but
told the simple truth, for Paul was a
hero for Christ, and "the heroes of
this country are the men who are
willing to represent Jesus Christ any?
where under any circumstances." 'Td
quit my ministry and go to ploughing
a one-eyed mustang before I'd give up
my manhood'?Paul didn't give up
his.
Felix and Drusilla had the chance
then, offered by a fearless man, to
turn from their wickedness and get
right with God, but they threw away
this chance. Still Felix can't, be
blamed as much as many a man of
today, fbr Felix was a settled man
before he ever heard Christ's name,
while you have been raised with the
influences of a good mother, with a
Bible in the home, with churches all
around and other Christian influences,
and yet, said Mr. Jones, "you come
to this .tabernacle and have the chance
offered this afternoon and throw it
away."
Going back to the Bible reading
from which he drew his sermon, Mr.
Jones called attention to the fact that
no reference was made to the wo?
man's having trembled. This charac?
teristic on the part of so many women
hoWs tfoert t^day. Mr. T^r>e?< said, for
st tue of the most bittei crftlcltfttts. and J
some of the' most unfair criticisms 01 I
the meeting he has heard nave COUP
from ijle lips of women^ "There* are
men in this city who would come to
Christ today if their wives would."
But Felix and his wife told Paul:
"Its not convenient." Probably, as
some say today, Felix might have
added "I don't believe in excitement
or revivals, I want to think it over,
don't want to do anything on the im?
pulse of tue moment." "Well,"' said
Mr. Jones, "those are all lies, and you
can tell any man you hear give any
excuse but one for not accepting
Christ that Bob Jones says he is a liar
?and that one excui 1 is sin." And
generally, its one particular sin thai
has mastered them that keeps men
away from God.
"You stand today," said the evange?
list, "at the crossing o? the road; one
leads to Hell, the other to Heaven. To?
day is bound to be the final chance for
some of you just as it was for Felix
and Drusilla a "last chance." You
may never have another time like this
in your life. Just here Mr. Jones
made a personal plea, without call?
ing names, to "two men in the right
hand tier of seats," saying that he
firmly believed that the service was a
service of destiny for them, and
urged them to come. So far as Is
known, they did not respond when
the invitation was given.
The Night Service.
Using the parable of the marriage
least as set forth in the 22nd Chapter
of Matthew, as a basis for his sermoj
last night, Bob Jones drew a striking
parallel between the man of that time
who refused to put on the wedding
garment, and ti e man of today who
refuses to put on the saving grace of
Christ.
Giving a brief analysis of the par
aide Mr. Jones said that in the olden
time every guest at a wedding was of?
fered a garment at the door, that this
was a Axed custom and everybody was
expected to adhere to it. However,
this one man who refused to put on
the garment and henee incurred the
wrath of the king evidently offered
some argument. Perhaps he said "I
? in not responsible for being at thll
feast, I came because I was ordered to
do so, and I don't sec why I am re?
quired to put ??n any special sort of
garment."
There are men today who will srgue
that they are not responsible for being
In the world and that dod won't damn
them for this reason. This is no ex?
cuse for not accepting Christ. Coal
created a perfect man and to be per?
fect this man had t<? have the power
of choice, ami God offers him the op?
portunity ami wants him to choose
Christ for his Saviour, ami hence God
is not responsible for the man who
'Ignores Christ.
Probably the erring man at the
feast might have argued, "Well, my
clothes are as good as yours, which is
like the man of today who says "I'm
a good man even if I am not a Church
member or don't take much stock in
religion. Some men say "I do right.
Masonry is my religion." Said Mr.
Jones in this regard, "if Masonry hobis
the key to Heaven, Masons are crimi?
nals for not giving it to the world."
Hut, of course, they do not. Jesus
Christ holds in his hand the only
garment that ever admits a man to
the feast of heaven. And this holds
good for Jew, gentile, black or white
man or w hatever castes exist. It is true
that the Jews are God's chosen peo?
ple, and a judgment has come to ev?
ery nation that ever mistreated the
Jews. Mr. Jones pointed out Russia
as an example of this fact According
to the New Testament, said Mr. Jones,
any man who dies in rebellion against
Jesus Christ will go to hell, and "I
don't intend to think above what is
written." So far as this world Is con?
cerned, sinners often get on as well
as Christians, in fact kings and rulers
are often sinful men, and Christians
lowly people, but things will be made
right in the next world, and the eyes
of Christ which have followed you
everywhere will look at you in the
judgment and decide your fate.
In the parable, the King asked the
man, who didn't wear a wedding gar?
ment, have you any any excuse? This
is what Christ will ask when you
come to judgment. He will ask if
you have ever seen a cross, if you
have ever been to church, maybe Ho
will even recall to you the revival
meeting held by Bob Jones in Sumter
in May, 1915, and if you are com?
pelled to confess that you let all these
enhances of accepting Jesus pass by.
He will have you cast out into outer
darkness, as did the king in the para?
ble.
Mr. Jones says he believes in a lit?
eral hell, and although no man knows
exactly what hell is, from the Bibli?
cal description it can well be imagined
to be a ghostly haunt cf demons
and degenerates where liquid fires
creep up to tortue the memory haunt?
ed sinners who suffer already the in?
ward pangs of remorse. "I believe in a
literal hell," Mr. Jones repeated, "and
if you go there you'll have te ample
over your mother's prayetj and wade
through Christ's blood." The picture
of hell is a picture of abject hopeless?
ness, so ? hopeless a place that even
tbero a man will not repent. It is a
place where shame i* poignant
"the ?e of hell can't burn out the
ehar.e of the BOUt."
COTTON CONSUMPTION IN LUE AS?
KS.
American Mills Csc More Cctton Than
Last Year.
Washington, May 14.?The govern?
ment census report issued today shows
that 513,610 bales of cotton were
consumed in April, against 499,646 last
year.
SUMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Dally by Ernest Held,
Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling 8 3-4.
Strict Middling 8 5-8.
Middling 8 1-2.
Strict Low Middling 8.
Low Middling 7 1-2.
Staple Cotton, Nominal.
Now York Cotton Market.
Opened. Close.
May. ?20
July.9.32 9.43
October.,9.68 8.81
December.9.92 10.03
Some of the patrons of the Curb
Market are dissatistied and are criti?
cising the manner in which it is be?
ing conducted since it becomes neee
sary to erect a shed tor the use of
those farmers who sell fresh meet.
The eritics take the position that the
farmers who are using the shed
are conducting a regular grc^n
grocery business in competi?
tion with the regular markets.
This is practically the situation. The
farmers who are selling fresh meat in
the shed are paying a city license to
do business and, the county having de?
clined to build a public shed, a p t
vate citizen put it up for th^ farmers
who are paying him a nominal rental
fo. it. This condition can not apply,
however, to the Curb Market proper
and farmers are still privileged to sell
their product?vegetables, eggs, poul?
try, etc?on the open street and it is
that department of the Curb Market
that is of most benclit to consumers
and producers, and it should receive
the continued support of the public.
The sale of fresh meats is a business
proposition pure and simple?if tho
farmers can sell as good meat at
lower prices than the regular markets
they will bo patronized. otherwise
they will not. They are paying a city
license to do tiiis business and stand
on the same footing as the establish?
ed markets.
The reports from the small gra n
crop throughout this section are now
quite encouraging. The rain came in
time t<? insure a fair crop.