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Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Putor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
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These words from the lips of our
Master, the Great Teacher, hare been
grievously misunderstood. The tcach-
lug of our Protestant childhood was to
the effect that only the saintly elect
would go to heaven and that others
would not'ottlrieeo heaven, but gain
an eternal lUVmHormont. Thus our
text was understood to portray what
practically tae whole world of mankind,
would be compelled to endure. This
hell was pictured to our childhood
minds from outside tho Bible as heated
to a white heat If wc expressed won
der or surprise that any human creature
could endure such conditions so long
the answer was that God wonld exer
cise his omnipotent power to make us
lire-proof and paln-sensltlve. Some theo
logians of the Thomas a KempLs school
of thought west so far as to picture
the poor creatures In their sufferings
find to show that the heat would form
a kind of an asbestos covering which
would shield them from a measure of
Its Intensity. But thoeo delnded theo
logians proceeded to explain that these
outer coverings would crack and shell
off every little while, leaving the poor
victim freshly tender that his suffering
might be the more Intense.
Of course, these theologians of the
past had their difficulty in dealing with
the worms. They could Imagine devils
who would oversee the torture as being
made immune to pain by the chief tor
turer, the Almighty God. But Just how
to Imagine the worm getting along in
o great a heat and how they would in
any wise Increase the torture of the
poor sufferers was to many a perplex
ity. But patient thoughtfulness along
these cruel and devilish lines enabled
some to formulate the theory that the
worms would be fiery ones, living in
tre. delighting In fire worms that
would bore through the incrustations
and add still further to the horrible
sufferings of the world of mankind.
Was Thia What Jesus Meantf
Did the Great Teacher Intend that
such conclusions should be drawn from
ids language? And did be stop short
of tho description from reasons of sym
pathy or modesty or shame? Is this
the general teaching of God's Word
or has a great and terrible mistake
seen made? And have we mistaken
a figure of Bpcech and treated it as
literal? We erred. We misunder
stood. The Great Teacher who rebuk
ed his disciples, James and John, when
they desired to call fire from heaven
upon tho City of Samaria, because the
people thereof refused to sell them
food for the Master the sympathetic
One who said to them, "Ye know not
what mnnner of spirit ye are of; the
Son of man came not to destroy men's
lives, but to save them" could that
Son of man In any wise intend to tell
us that our great Heavenly Father had
less of the spirit of love and righteous
ness than tho two Impetuous disciples?
Did be mean to intimate that while the
disciples impetuously might have been
willing: to destr6y the earthly life of
tho Samaritans, the Heavenly Father,
of still more demoniacal disposition,
would treat practically all mankind ten
million times worse than that and use
Divine Power to all eternity to perpet
uate the sufferings of his earthly crea
tures which his own Word declares
were born In sin, shapen In iniquity,
In Bin did their mothers conceive them?
earthly creatures, too, whose environ
ment was unfavorable and whoso Ad
versary, the devil, God neither destroy
ed nor bound?
Such an interpretation, my dear bear
ers. Is not suppoaable. We must look
for some explanation of the Master's
words more consistent with bis own
Character and with the Heaveuly Fa
ther's character, and more consistent
wjtb our conception of what a Just.
Loving, Wise and Powerful Creator
would do. It does not answer the pur
pose to ?ay, as so many do, "Bosh, do
not discuss such a matter. Nobody
now believes such thlngHl" This one
Scripture repudiated would shake our
confidence In the whole Bible. But
rightly explained and understood it
would settle and Increase our faith In
tho Scriptures as a Divine message.
This, then, must be our object not
merely to cast from us the devilish In
terpretation of the dark ages, but to us
certain tho truo Interpretation to get
the true lesson from the words of the
Great Teacher, Thousands are drift
ing off luto more or less open Infidelity
simply because of the Irrational Inter
pretation glvpn to this tost and two or
three others. And these errors hnvc
become so fastened In our mli)ds from
childhood days that they Imve become
part and parcel of our very lives, ho
that many of ub would have been In
clined at one time t dispute the very
existence of a God ns much as to dls
puto such slanderous misrepresenta
tions of bis glorious character.
Entering Into Life,
Let us go back to .Jesus' day and in
mind place ourselves with those who
board hlra utter the words of our text
and context. Tho Teacher had Just
said, "If-'thy hand offend thee, cut It
dff-rltilS'bettopiforthee to enter Into
llfajranliaed, tban,ubnvlug two hands,
to go lHtohell,iiuto the (lie (lint never
shall bsf qjujached, vcro their worm
dleth not and their fire In dot quench
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Immortal Worms
and
Unquenchable Fire
"Where their worm dieth not and
their fire U not quenched" (Mark ix,
44).
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ed." He said the same In the follow
ing verses respecting tho foot nud the
eye. Was he speaking literally or fig
uratively? Does any sane person sup
pose today that Jesus advised a literal
cutting off of a hand or a foot or the
plucking out of an eye? Assuredly
not. And the person who would fol
low his counsel In that way would be
considered unbalanced In mind. We
all recognize what he did mean, uame
ly, that If any who desired to have
eternal life found that they had hin
drances of appetite or pleasure or
what not, as dear to them as an eye.
foot, hand, these precious, but disqual
ifying sins or wrong-doings, should be
put away no matter how precious
they were no matter how highly es
teemed. By way of contrast, the Mas
ter suggested that if tho retaining of
these things would hinder them from
entering into life they could not af
ford to retain them that even if they
were to carry the figure further and
suppose that in the future life they
would bo deprived to the extent of be
ing maimed to all eternity it still
would be preferable to them to prac
tice tho self-denial now and to enter
into life.
Be It noted that the reward here in
dicated is in the entering Into life, and
the intimation is that those who fail
will not have life at all that they will
fall to attain life: that they will have
no eternal life, either In pain or In
pleasure. Let us examine our text
further and see this.
Gehenna Typed the Second Death.
The word hell In our text is from the
Greek word gehenna, which, in turn,
was a corruption of the Hebrew word
gih-hlnnon. which signifies valley of
death. There aro two other words in
the New Testament Greek translated
hell in our common version. One of
these, tartarus. has no reference to hu
manity whatever, but merely signifies
onr earth's atmosphere the place
where Satan and the fallen angels are
restrained In chains of darkness (II
Peter 11, 4). The other Greek word
rendered hell in the New Testament is
hades, which corresponds exactly to
the word rendered hell in tho Old Tes
tament, namely sheol. And all scholars
know that both of these words signify
the same thing. They arc used inter
changeably in the Scriptures to desig
nate the state or condition of death
the tomb. No person, of even slight
education, would for a moment nt
tempt to claim that eternal torment is
taught by sheol. hades or tartarus. The
great stress of nil who teach eternal
torment falls, therefore, upon the word
hell found In our text in the original
Greek, gehenna.
What wc have to say respecting It
will undoubtedly be uews to but few
of this congregation. But since this
sermon will be reported In more than
seven hundred newspapers of the land,
our explanation will probably eventu
ally reach ten million people, to whom
the Truth on the subject will be new.
What we have to say Is not new to ed
ucated ministers, however, and why.
ns pastors, they have kept the sheep
of their flock in the dark on the sub
ject Is for them to explain. They cer
tainly cannot plead, Ignorance. At very
most they can apologize that they
hoped that the misunderstanding would
do more good than the truth. They
seem to forget entirely that this terri
bio misunderstanding is not only,
wrecking the faith of thousands, but
dishonoring our Creator blaspheming
his holy name, bis holy character, by
misrepresenting It and the Divine
Plan.
A Valley Outside Jerusalem.
I wish that those of you who have
modern Bibles with maps at the back
would turn to the map of tho City of
Jerusalem and there notice on the
Southwest side of tho City, Just out
side the wall, the Valley of Hlnnom.
That Is tho Valley that In brief wbh
called Geh-hlnuon, tho Greek of which
Is gehenna. All of our Lord's uses of
the word gehenna stand related to
that Vnlley. For the sake of my lar
ger congregation It will bo worth wbllo
for us to take a glance backward ut
the history of that Valley during muny
centuries before Jesus' day,
ThQ first mention of this Valley in
the Bible is found In Joshua (xv, 8),
where It is given as one of the boun
daries of the tribe of Judnh, accord
ing to the lot cast by Joshua In tho
division of the laud that hud come In
to possession of 'the Israelites. It Is
again mentioned similarly in Joshua
xvlll. 10. Tho next reference to this
Vnlley Is found in II Kings xxlll, 10.
There wc rend of how Josiab, tho good
King of Juduh, Instituted a great re
form In the nation nud abolished Idol
atry, one of the most heinous forms of
the Idolatry having been practised in
thin Valley of Hlnnom. which had got
ten a now name, namely Topheth. His
tory tells us that the Israelites built
In this Topheth, the Vulley of Hlnnom,
n grent brass linuge to tho heathen god
Moloch. In various, places they hud
groves In 'which a licentious form of
worship wns enacted and then they re
orted fo this Valley of Hlnnom to of
fer sacrifice of n most revolting kind
to the heathen deity. Sometimes ll
wns n boy nud some times it was n
girl thnt wns placed nuked In tho anus
of tho great Image after It had been
fired to n red heat with fuel piled un
dementh the Image and passing
through It ns a tlue. The cries of the.se
Infants so horribly sacrificed were
drowned by tho cheers of the worship
pers nud various musical Instruments.
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MEW3
Circuit Court.
P. P. Kcnnn vs. E. Stacy, dis
missed. State of Oregon vs. U. S. Clay,
dismissed.
J. T. Prall vs. Prod Marshall, dis
missed. Blake-JrcPnll company vs. J. D.
Dawson, Dawson Printing Co., notion
for money; dismissed.
W. R. Ewbank vs. W. E. Johnsou,
dismissed.
Joseph Miller vs. Jesse nud Cleve
Storm, nction for money; verdict for
plaintiff.
S. J. Kamtrsky vs. Hodson Auto
Co., demurrer overruled.
State of Orccpn vs. Frank McDon
ald, dismissed.
Stnto of Oregon vs. Perrie Jnn
notto, dismissed.
State of Oregon vs. Frank Wil
licms, dismissed.
Stnto of Oregon vs. August S.
Hortvrick. dismissed.
Mrs. E. F. Briars vs. Alico M. Ba
ker, submitted to the court.
First Nationnl Bank of Medford
vs. Bi II. Harris, to recover money
on n promissory note; judgment by
default.'
T. P. Kccnnn Co. vs. W. E. Stncv,
judgment by default.
OFFICIALS COMING WEST
TO INSPECT BURNED AREA
-WALLACE, Idaho, Sept. 12. As
sistant Forester Willinm Cox, who
has jnst arrived from Washington,
D. C, and Forest Supervisor Weiglc
of the Coeur d'AIene forest, will soon
inspect tho nren burned over recent
ly by destructive forest fires.
After going over the entire terri
tory the two officials will prepare a
joint report along with certain rec
ommendations looking toward the
denning up of the firo-Kwopt nrens.
The report will be laid before Chief
Forester Graves for nction.
Supervisor Weigle said todny that
the burned land would probably be
logged off nud then the ground would
be prepared for reforestrntion.
Rough estimntes place merchant
able timber destroyed in the recent
Idaho fires nt 3.000,000,000 feet.
Taft Censures Diplomat.
PANAMA, Sept. 12. A cablegram
from President Taft censuring the
action of American Charge d'Affalres
Marsh in stating that the United
States would Interfere with the Pan
ama government unless a president
known to bo friendly to America was
chosen at tho election which was to
have been held yesterday was made
public today by Acting President
Mendoza.
The statement accredited td Marsh
was given wide publicity early this
week and was the Immediate cause of
the postponement of the election for
one week.
The statement is regarded here as
a serious diplomatic blunder. Two-'
thirds of the assembly favored Lowls,
who Is known to bo strongly pro
American. Marsh admitted today
that he expected a recall.
Auto Accident.
SANTA CLARA, Cnl., Sept. 12. -Threo
members of tho family of II.
Secloy Ilonigflberg of Snn Frnucisi'o
and three persons who were their
guests are suffering todny from fie
rious injuries received when tho nu
tomohilo in which thev were touring
tho Snntn Clurn valley overturned
near this city.
Three of tho injured were pinned
beneath the enr, where they were
compelled to lie until did could ar
rive from Snntn Clnrn. They wore
brought to4n hospital here. All will
recover.
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Lainer of thc
Cavalry
By
Gen. Chas. King
Author of "Tho Colonel's
bnughtor," "Foos in Ambush,"
etc.
Just ns the pnymnntor predicted, tlu
wintry storm broke with the early
afternoon. A genuine hllzxnrd rnme
shrieking dowu from the mountain pans
to tho northwest. Veteran first ser
geants told off n stout squad In each
troop and Bcut them wlthn sack loadot
rations to re-enforce the stable sergeant
and grooms, there to stny to feed,
guard and water tho horses.
But the telegraph wires went with
the first hour. The stage, of course,
couldn't be helped to return from
town, and, so far as getting news
from the surrounding universe wns
concerned. Fort Cuxhlng might as well
have been In Nova Zomblii. And the
Sumtcrs, three, with Miriam Arnold
had set forth, nt noon. Intending to In
tercept the custbound cxprces, and
the colonel's spirit was raging In sym
pathy with the storm and In spits of
his wife, for some one had started a
talc that Sumter and his household
had ostentatiously called upon Robert
Bay Lanier, In close arrest, In utter
disfavor and Inferential disgrace.
Now. while an officer In arrest may
not quit his quarters under seven
days and may not even thereafter visit
hla brother officers unless authorized,
there Is no regulation prohibiting oth
er officers or their households visiting
him. Nevertheless, they who publicly
do so lay themselves liable to ho Im
putation of sympathizing with tho ac
cused at the expense of the accuser.
And so resolved Colonel Button, a
brave soldier, a gentleman nt heart, a
kind If crotchety commander and n
lenient ninn rather than a disciplinar
ian. A vain man was Button, nud
denrlv ho Ir.vtil tho Adulation of hU
'comrades, high or low. Veteran Irish
sergeauts know well how to rencb the
(oft side of "the old man" Astute troop
commanders, like Snaflle. saved them
selves many u deserved wigging by
judicious use of blarney. ' Sterling,
straightforward men. like Major Stan
nard, like Sumter. Raymond and Tni
scott. of his cnptalns-tucn who could
not fawn and would not flatter were
never Button's intimates.
Button believed it of Sumter that he
and his on the way to the railway sta
tion went In and condoled with Rob
Lanier aud doubtless vituperated him.
tho commander, when In point of fact
no ono of their number bad seen or
spoken with Dob.
Then came tho storm and then a Sun
day and Monday in which no man
went either way between the fort and
town. And then a third In which tho
gale went down nnd the garrison dug
Itself out.
It wns barely l o'clock. Guard
mounting, the first held since Satur
day, was Just over. The morning re
ports, tho first rendered since Satur
day, were Just in, and tho staff and
company officers for the first time
since Saturday were beginning to gath
er at headquarters and to compare
notes. All had much to tell. Stan
nard's wood pile. 8naffio's storm shed
and Barker's cow had blown away.
Somebody bad Just reported Sumter's
north dormer window "torn out by the
roots," which moved Button to say to
Sumter, who had returned:
"I hopo your quarters sustained no
damage In your absence."
"I do not know, sir. I camo direct
to tho office to report."
"Ah, true. Your household started
before the storm."
"Only started, sir. They went no
farther than the surgeon's quarters,
where we learned the train wns six
hours late. I had-buslness In town,
and went on. They remained."
"Then the ladles havo not gone
east?"
"Nolther they nor any one elso since
early Saturday morning. Thu road Is
blocked."
"The paymaster too? IIo went In
right nfter luneheou."
"1 cannot sny, fclr."
The captain withdrew.
"Can I have a sergeant and twenty
men at once, sir, armed and mounted?"
cried Quartermaster Horton, hurrying
in. "The ambulance wjth the pay
master never reached town."
"Order them out nt onco, Mr. Bar
ker," was Button's Instant answer,
turning to his adjutant, who went out
like a shot. "What time did they
start?"
"About 2, Saturday afternoon. It
was blowing a gale then and tho snow
so thick wo lost sight of them within
a hundred ynrdH. Major Scott declined
an escort; said ho and the clerk and
tho two men Inside were more than
enough. He hud only $3,000 left and
thought that too little to tempt any
body." The sllenco In tho office wns oppres
sive. "How did you learn they hadn't
reached town?" demanded Button. ?
"Sergeant Fltzroy Just came out.
Ho'd been In there with Sergeant
Stowcll to help find Itawdon, ho said.
Major Scott had u section engaged In
tho Pullman for Omaha, uud Fltzroy
says be never claimed It says he
searched every stablo for tho ambu
lance, but there was no sign of It, and
he says thero wuh a gang of half a
dozen toughs that had been hanging
about town for a week, and thoy'vo
cleared out I'd like to go and get
Into riding rig, Hlr."
"Go, and I'll havo n troop out after
you If need bo." Then,' turning to bis
adjutant, "Darker, have Sergeant
Fltzroy sent for at once."
(To Be CoutiJiuer.)
CITY NOTICES.
ORDINANCE NO. 7.
An ordinance Authorizing tho Issue
of tho bonds of tho city of Mudford,
Oregon, to tho amount of thirty thou
sand dollars.
Whoro ns, thoro nro now outstand
ing nnd unpaid bonds of tho city of
Medford, Oregon, to tho amount of
thirty thousand dollnrfl ($30,000),
which woro insuod for wntor works
purposes nud becamo duo Auguut 1,
1910;
And whorona, tho city council han
found nnd declared nnd does horoby
find and declare tho nnld bonds nro
tho valid, binding nnd subsisting ob
ligations of tho city or Medferd:
And wlioronn, tho city council of
tho city of Medford dooms It to bo
fur the best Interest of tho city of
Medford to refund said bonds; there
fore, Tho etty of Medford doth ordain an
follews:
Section 1, That for tho purpooo of'
refunding tho imltl bonds of tho city
of Medford, which becamo duo Au
gust 1, 1910, thoro nro horoby au
thorized to bo Issued bonds of tho
city of Medford to tho amount of
thirty thousand dollars ($.10,000);
which said bonda shall bo datod tho
first day of August, 1910, and bo In
tho denomination of ono thousand
dollnrn nnd shnll bo known ns "Ito
tundlng Bonds,' 'and shall bo num
bered from ono to thirty, both In
clusive. Bald bonds shall bo signed
by tho mayor nnd countersigned by
tho rocordor. Snld bondH shnll bo
como duo twonty yonra nftor dnto
nnd shall bear Interest, evidenced by
coupons, at tho rata of flvo per con
turn per annum, payable Buml-nn-nunlly,
and both prlnclpnl nnd In
terest of snld bonds shall bo mndo
pnyablo at tho ottlco of tho city
treasurer. Medford, Oregon, or nt tho
bnnklng houso of Koiuitzo Bros. In
tho city of Now York, stnto of Now
York, at tho option of tho holdor.
Section 2. Tho bonds horoby au
thorized Bhnll bo In substantially tho
following ferm:
No $1000
United Stntes of America.
Stato of Oregon
City of Medford
Rotundlng Bend
Know nil mon by theso presents,
that tho city of Medford, in tho coun
ty of Jnckson nnd stnto of Orogon,
ncknowlodgcs to owo and for valuo
recolvcd horoby promised to pay to
boaror tho sum of Ono Thousand
Dollars lawful money of tho United
States of America on tho first dny
of AugUBt, A. D. 1930, togothor with
Intorest on said sum from tho dnto
l.orcor until paid nt tho rato of flvo
per centum per annum, pnynblo
Boml-nnnunlly on tho first dnys of
February and August In each year
upon presentation and Bitrrondor of
tho Intorest coupons hereto attach
ed as they Hcvorally becomo duo.
Both principal nnd Interest of thlH
bond nro horoby mado pnyablo at
tho office of tho city treasurer, Med
ford, Orogon, or nt tho banking
houso of Kountzo Bros. In tho city
of Now York, stnto of Now York, at
tho option of tho holder: and for tho
prompt payment of thlo bond both
principal nnd Intorcat, tho full faith
nnd credit of said city of Medford
aro hereby Irrevocably pledged.
This bond Is ono of n sorles of llko
tenor and Is Issued for refunding tho
bonded Indobtodness of tho city of
Medford, pursuant to nnd in full
compllnnco with tho charter of snld
city and under nnd In accordance
with an ordlnanco of snld city duly
passed.
And It Is horoby certltlod nnd re
cited that nil acts, conditions nnd
things required to bo dono precedent
to and In tho Issuing of this bond
necessary to mnko tho snmc lognl nnd
valid havo been properly dono, hnp
nnniwi unit nurfnrmed and In
regular and duo form and
tlmo ns required by law; that ,
tho Indebtedness refunded Into this
bond wan and Is n vnlld. binding nnd i
subsisting obligation or tno city oi
Miuirnni. nnd that tho total Indebt
edness of ald city of Medford, In
cluding this bond, dooa not uxceoci
tho constitutional nnd statutory lim
itations. .....
In testimony whoreof, tho snld city
of Medford has caused thlB bond to
bo sonled with tho corpornto Heal,
signed by Hb mayor and countor
Blgned by ltB recorder and caused tho
nnnoxod intorest couponn to bo exe
cuted by tho fnc-lmllo signatures of
Bald offlcora thlu first day of Au
gust, 1910.
Mayor.
Counterslgncd:
City Recorder.
COUPON.
Tho city of Medford, In tho stato
of Orogon, promises to pay to bonror
tho sum of Twonty-Flvo Dollars law
ful monoy of tho United StntoH of
Amorlca, on tho first day of
February, 19 ftt tho offco of tho
August
city treasurer, Medford, Oregon, or
at tho bnnklng houso of Kountzo
Bros. In tho city of Now York, Htato
of Now York, ut tho option of tho
holder, for soinl-annunl lntoroBt duo
that dnto on Itu refunding bond, dnt
od August 1, 1910, No
Mayor.
Ceuntersigned:
City Rocordor,
Section 3, This ordinance Bhnll bo
In forco flftoon dnyH from and after
Its paBBago, approval and publication
In tho Medford Mail Trlbuno, a nowH
papor published In tho city of Med
ford, Orogon,
Tho foregoing ordlnanco was pbbh
cd by tho city council of tho city of
Medford, Oregon, on tho Oth day of
Soptombor, 1910, by tho following
vote; ... .
Welch absont, Morrlck nhHont, Em
orlck nyo, Wortman nyo, Klfort nyo,
and Dommor nyo.
Approved thl 10th day of Soptom
bor, 1910.
(Signed) W, II. CANON,
Mayor,
AtteBt;
(Signed) ROBT. W. TELPBR,
City Rocordor.
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Oregon State Fair.
To Salem nud return. $11.10. Tick
eto on sale 11th to 17th, inclusive,
limited until September 10. Full
particulars nt depot.
READ SEPTEMBER 8UNSET.
READ "ARIZONA THE 47TII STAR"
Dy Governor Richard H. Sloan, and
"Fremont nnd tho Boar Flag," by
William Simpson, In Sunset for Sop
tombor, now on salo at all nows
stands, 15 cents.
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If Your Neighbor Has
Electric Light
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and you have not, just step into his houso
some evening after dark and compare its light
with your own. Study each point of conve
nience, cleanliness, clearness, beauty carefully,
and then figure out for yourself if it would
not pay you well to have your house wired
for electnc light at once.
Electric light today is cheaper and better than
ever before, since the General Electric Com-
Eany placed its MAZDA lamp on the mar
et. Wc have arranged to supply our cus
tomers with the G.E. MAZDA lamps on very
favorable terms. These lamps give two to
three times as much light as other lamps
using the same current
If your houso is located on any of our dis
tributing lines wo shall bo glad to adviso you
about liaving it wired and will give you
more facts about the efficient electric lighting
of your home. ,
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY ELEOTRIO CO.
Building a
Business
is tho most difficult
task nny num ov sot of
mon over undertook. It
means keeping on hand
tho best that tho niarkot
affords, selling at fail
prices, making good
everything that proves
unsatisfactory and try
ing at all times to
please. II a business is
To Last
it must bo handled
carefully stocks must
bo turned ofton frosh
goods nlwnyB on hand.
Thou a firm can hopo to
To Please
Try ua with an ordor
and see if wc can meet
your approval.
Allen 6
Reagan
CENTRAL AND MAIN
l'HONE MAIN 2711
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WE (lltl.ND (UiAKHEH. KOI
EAST MAIN STREET.
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