The Daily Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 7

Tuesday April 11, 1911. THE DECATUR I Seven. SUHY Sim 68 Churches at Toledo, Back Him in Revival i On Sunday night. Rev. W.

A Sunday preached his first sermon in his six evangelistic campaign at Toledo, Ohio. The thousands of people who heard him in Decatur from this city and surrounding country, will be Interested In his campaign In the Ohio city Which Is undertaken In some respects on the broadest ac-ale that Sunday has ever entered a city. Toledo has a population of 130.000 which Is about as large a town as the evangelist has ever attacked for a regular campaign. TWICE THE SIZE. The auditorium In which the Sunday meetings will be held In Toledo Is almost twice as large as the one erected In 'Deeatur and Is said to be the largest structure of that kind ever built.

Ita seating capacity Is fl.OOO with the room will probably hold close to 11,000 people. THE ORGANIZATION There are fifty-eight different churches In the alllanus at Toledo which is behind Sunday's Campaign. Their total membership Is 17,000 people. The churches in the association include twenty Methodists, eleven Baptists, six Congregational, six Presbyterian and wnaller numbers of other denominations. They all have been working together for many weeks hoding preliminary prayer meetings, according to the usual plan pursued In towns which Mr.

Sunday is going to visit A large and well organized force of workers for activity in the taberna le has been formed The choir consists of 1,000 sing- era and there are 200 ushers Over ".000 men and women have pledged them- to undertake personal work dur- Inc the progress of the meeting STAFF UNKNOWN. In the Ktaff of people who will accompany Mr Sunday there are but few names which Decatur people will rec ognlse as those who were with him in hit campaign here Hie present staff consists of the following Rev. Honeywell, D. Ackley, his pianist and private secretary. Homer A Rodenshaver.

the choir master, Rie Mulrhead, who has just returned from a long vacation; Miss lilller and Miss Grace Saxe; personal workers and Bible teachers, M4sa Annie MacLaren, a singer of rare power. Fred Selbert, the utility man and keeper of the tabernacle and last but not least, Mr and Mrs. Gill who will remain In Toledo for two more weeks before leaving for Erie to make the prepartlons there that they have conducted In Toledo USUAL. WELCOME Mr Sunday's "Welcome to Toleda was characteristic of his entrance to most of the towns In which he has conducted his work He arrived there Saturday afternoon am a big campaign at Lima Ohio A llg delegation of ministers and others went down on an electric road and met him at Mr. Sunday and his staff will be quartered at the Boody hotel during their stay In Toledo 10,000 CONVERTS.

The entliuslstic promoters of the campaign predict that Sundays efforts for six weeks will result in 10,000 conversions. There is a debt of SI 0.000 on the tabernacle and other preliminary expenses, which is expected to be raised by collection during the first few nights of the meeting. age is against the proposed ordinance on the that swapping pocket- tnlves Is innocent amusement according to members of the club the means of passing away the monotonous hours of village life. The club members say some person who has been "skinned" in a knife trade is responsible for the pro. posed ordinance.

KNIFE-SWAPPING GRIPS CITT. The club holds hourly sessions, and when a new victim appears the slonal knife swappers get busy and gather in close. The "unsight and unseen" method of swapping a knife Is unobserved in almost every instance unless some person has a good-looking knife and demands or 10 cents on the side to close the trade. It Is said that some of the members have made enough money out of this sport to keep their tobacco accounts at the village store. The knife swappers are eo busy that other important.doings are mere "foolery" with them.

The trading has got to be a erase with most of the male population of the village WENT TO DANVILLE FOR THEIR WEDDING Clarence Rickey and Emma Vlner Married Monday Evening. Clarence Rickey, aged twenty-five years, and Miss Emma Vlner, aged wenty-three, both of this city, were married in Danville Monday evening. Known to only a few friends and relatives, the oung couple left Decatur at 10 30 Monday morning and returned home Tuesday morning and were en- ertalned at the Rickey home at dinner. They will go to housekeeping immed- ately In a newly furnished home at West View street. The bride is the daughter of Mr.

and- Mrs. William Viner, North Allen street, but has been residing with her sister the 1300 block, East Prairie street. Iho groom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rickey, 1047 West King street, and was formerly a contracting carpenter with his father, but is now employed as a mattress maker.

Mrs Stultz, an aunt of the groom, from Sheridan, Wyo, was present at the redding dinner. PUTS BUN ON KNIFE- Indiana City Council Prohibits Cutlery Trade. lllr. Ind April 11--Swapping pot kttknlveg has heiomr such a fad In OwenMvllli that an ordinance prohibit Ing the a i will be Introduced be fore the town council The- oidlnancc as drafted, reads as 'Bo It a It shall tin lawful for any person, or pet sons to engage in the practice of swapping poc ket knives or other In the streets, alleys, Kldewalks or in any building or buildings i i the C9rpor ate limits of Owensvllli perton or persons violating this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined the of not less than SI 01 more than $3 for each and every offcnte IS AMUSEMENT Thr knifeswapplng of the vill SUNNY MONDAY There is not an ounce of rosin in Sunny Monday Laundry Soap. Rosin is used in all other laundry soaps--because it is cheaper than die fats and oils used in Sunny Monday.

Sunny Monday costs more to manufacture than any other laundry of which we know. It is kind to clothes will not ihrink flannels or woolens, or turn dothes yellow. Sunny Monday is just aa pun whiteness indicates; it is the safest and most economical laundry soap yoa can use. Pool Rooms Strict Now. Since a recent case in a Justice of peace court in regard to allowing minors to play in a pool room, pool room owners have become more strict in watching out for minors to keep them out and one room has this sign on a blackboard: "Remember.

Have permit Be 21 or 23" MAY EXT1W Rear Wall and Roof of Lin- coin Theater Caves in. Lincoln, April is not often that an Instance can be cited of a vaudeville troupe literally bringing 1 down the house, but such was the case last night during the performance In the local vaudeville and picture show, when the wall and roof overhead caved In, endangering the lives of scores of patrons of the theater. EXCAVATING NEAR. The troupe of actors were not entirely responsible for the very unusual occurrence, however, as the main credit is due to laymen performers in the form of laborers, who In excavating for a basement under an adjoining building, scaled the wall of the theater and excavated four feet below It The soft dirt, unsupported by the excavated dirt, failed to stand the weight of the building and during the performance last night about 9 o'clock the building caved In. HAS NARROW ESCAPE.

Miss Mary Lacy of Springfield, piano player at the theater, narrowly escaped serious if not fatal Injuries, as she was caught under the falling debris, but on examination it was found that suffered only painful bruises and cuts as a result of the accident. No one was seriously injured, although many were bruised by the falling plaster and timbers, and it IB considered a miracle that several fatalities were not recorded THUNDER BOLT. The crash which, with little warning, announced the crumbling of the wall and the falling of the roof, came as a thunderbolt on the audience, which was seeking entertainment in the theater, and a panic was the Immediate result The crowd rushed for the exit of the building and scrambled madly over one another In their efforts to escape injury- A large number of children -who were In the theater suffered In the mad race for the outdoors and many of them were badly bruised a result FIRE ALARM. The fire alarm was turned in as the electric wires were exposed and broken by the falling of the wall and root and the members of the department assisted In clearing the building of the crowd and preventing the building from catching fire. Hunters Will Kill Them Rapidly Hereafter.

The removal of the ban on shooting prairie chickens In this for the same season as the open season of quail may mean the extinction of that bird in this county, although in southern Illinois and other parts of the state the bird may remain In droves of hundreds, as they are now, for some years yet FIVE FLOCKS IN COUNTT. The bird has been protected In Illinois for many years, but protection has not Increased the population of that bird here In this county much There are probably 2H of the birds in this county and have been that many for some time According to local game warden John Lloyd, the bird does not Increase here fast, in fact the old ones die off about as fast as young ones hatch. As far as he knows, there are about five nocks In different corners of the county, some near Warrensburg, some near Bluo Mound, some near tat Zion and other places and a flock runs from forty to sixty here, not in hundreds and perhaps a thousand, aa It does in southern Illinois. DOES NOT PROSPER HERE With the protection removed jrom M1 Midnight in the Ozarks and yet ilnpleu Hiram Seranton. of Clay City couched and coughed.

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In the southern part of the tate, every year, there Is much of the and that ls not, farmed and the birds can raise their young there undis- urbed. Here, the bird cannot tint idle field, as it must have, and hose that do hatch young in clover other fields often lose th-eir whole amilles under mowera or some other farm machinery. The bird 1 (timid and will not go to the woods or even hide ti nest In hedgea, as the quail does, tut seeks an open field. THE FACT That we have furnished the best homes in the city with Fixtures. THE FACT That we have the largest stock and latest designs in Lighting Fixtures in the city.

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CASSITY ELECTRIC CO. 357 North Main Street Decatur, Dlinois. MRS. NELLIE ELDER DIES IN SPRINGFIELD Mrs. Nellie Eider, wife of Elmer Elder, died Monday night at St.

hoeprtal In" Springfield, to which she was taken for treatment Sunday. She was formerly Hiss Nellie Christian of Decatur. Her father IB now living In Oklahoma. She has three sisters and two all living away from here. 1.

3. Meran went to Springfield Tuesday to bring the body to Decatur. MEMBERS WAIT FOR FISHING WEATHER Special tor to at Members of the Fishing club uxlovsly wmltlng for the weathar to 10 they can teit the flatting In the lake. There Is no special time for the fishing season to open now. and the season will be considered open as soon as the begin to, bite well.

It to thought that the sport will be this sprlhg. SPRING SALE OF HOUSE FURNISHINGS The special needs that Spring brings to every housekeeper make up the offerings of this sale, You may depend on their reliability or they wouldn't be here at all, And the low prices speak for themselves, You will probably need a new Rug, Lace Curtains or a piece of Furniture this Spring, You can surely find just what you want, as we have a large stock in every department, Golden Rocker-highly polished, Davenport, upholstered in chase leather, polished Corner Chair in a Golden Oak frame- cn or Mahogany finish, $30 $250 INTERWEAVE Truss Brace BED SPRING The strong, rigid frame, the heavy oil-tempered springs, and thetnut-braoeon the two outer data of the fabric are compelling evidence of the snperiorsleep-indacing qualities of this spring, aa it ensures for all tint, a level resilient bed that cannot hammock. Its smooth, galvanized rust-proof slate are easily cleaned; has a 6-taeh elevation, producing tie much sought alter box spring effect, and it Is absolutely PRICE The best Polish made--a 25e bottle for-- lOc PAYMENT; STORE: PAYMENT WHEAT $1.10 Per Bu. Harness. Horses and Rigs, Gash or Easy Payments.

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