Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 4, 1939 Page: 4 of 8
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PAGE FOUR
WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
Thursday, May 4, 1939
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Short Sermon
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Luke
Lot's Wife." When Abraham and Lot
dissolved partnershiy
niture. eream Swiss curtains, and a
live is a delightful design of houses and
world. But don’t forget that
we
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“Our Count ry
be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.”
—Stephen Decatur-
Thursday, May 4, 1939
this list and paste it in your car when
$
under 60 years of age and 23 of every
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Three-fourths of
D.
Riley and Miss Gladys I’.
Ltda
By
been visiting relatives here.
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Bowen Buses New
Station in Decatur
Kev.. J. L. Ward, pastor of the Bap-
tist church.
is another
Commencing May 3. Comfortable Waiting Rooms
Telephone 15
FISH
Ride
eternai life
The
BOWEN BUSES
In Texas
$
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Mae Harkey; H. C. Harris and .Miss
Hettie Tate.
streams through them. A chair with
a cretonne covering adds charm. And
DON’T TRY TO TREAT COUGHS
WITH HOME-MADE REMEDIES
But his choice was entirely on a sel-
fish and worldly basis, for riches, for
iar of salt. She looked the wrong way.
'fhe direction in which you look means
; up
sun
Coughs Are Danger Signs,
Treat Them Accordingly
would the world be today without the
praying Abrahams? .Mrs. Lot, disobe-
rich plain and pitched his tent toward
Sodom. Had the motive of his choice
been to better that wicked city, the
-Mis
mour l
ville. Kentucky. to attend the South-
ern Baptist Convention.
C.
were
Miss
Vaughn
Rush Ct।
Miss
Worth
Miss
the we
Mrs
er her
Miss I
week-end
Brown.
Mrs.
and Mrs
ter, visit
Esquire Foster
were here from 1
Mrs.
Ford w
Miss Myra Thompson arrived from
Cleveland, Teun.. Saturday for a vis-
Mr. at
spent Su
Harold,
Mrs.
ed here
Mrs.
a Fort
Mrs.
her pat
Mrs.
visited
Mrs.
flu las
Mis
visited
Re
visite
Mrs.
last we
dates.
Mrs.
Worth
Mr
Bridg.
Jink. Jr.. and Miss Sylvia Rieger
of Texas University, spent the week-
end with their parents.
Mr "
iting H
Mr.
visited
Mb
Odess
Mr
las vi
ter, Miss Zella Mae, of Fort Worth,
were guests of W. A. Helm and fami-
ly Sunday.
Mr
Worth
God's
1 glory.
Two
dow in
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ground.
A good rule would
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Mr
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Repail
Also
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Twenty Years Ago
Taken from Files of Messenger
and Miss Fay Bell ; (’. U. Brown and are due to our own negligence and our
Ten Years Ago
Taken from Files of Messenger
her Faculty, Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago
Mr
Fort
________*____
Forty Years Ago
Taken from Files of .Messenger
attempting to arrest a drunken man.
______ activities and accomplishments of the
Mrs. Robert Carswell < f Dallas, has federal G-men. Truly the members of
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"KEMEMBEK LOT’S WIFE"
By Outler D. Gose
mayor of Sodom, and no doubt Mrs.
Lot hoped her daughters would marry . _
into rich families. I spread of white chenille constitutes
They thought only in terms of this the other furnishings. The wall paper
NOTICR TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any
frm, persen or corporation which may appear at any time in the columns of
*w Meseesger will be giadly corrected upon its being brought to the attention
at the pubiisher.—DICK COLLINS, Publisher.
"UDLISHED IN THE DAIRY CENTER OF THE GREAT SOUTHWEST
Entered at the Post Office at Decatur. Texas, as second Olass Mail Master
DICK COLLINS. Editor-Owner
behaif of His enemies, for Paul tells
us in Romans 5:6, "For when we were
station men to check your tires and
that you did not take along a block of Child Welfare should
be to cut out A 1 NIFIED WELFARE PROGRAM
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GOING SOMEWHERE
diently looking back, turned to a pit- per just seems to pull the room to-
gether and give it the right style and
the fare to a distant city. They find
it to be twenty dollars, one has fif-
with Every Convenience... Polite Service to all.
Subeeription Rato—$1.50 Per Year
Orce of Publication—Messenger Building, 206 West Walnut Street,
Nxet to Postoffice
are ye ' E
h the place the Division of
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Our Weekly Sermon
GOD’S "G-MEN"
The Bowen Buses Will Arrive and Leave from
the Flusche Bros. Station on East Main Street,
them have been proven merely
superstition, so why take chances
when Mentho-Mulsion is sold un-
der an iron-clad guarantee of sat-
service. Such a
Mrs. Hix’s bedroom is in the south-
went room of the residence. The wood-
lion as
Frank W.
Cathey: .1.
dependent and helpless little one-, fore not onls
cannot organize themselves, but must belongs to the world.
the annoyances we
shall be with Him and shall be like
Him thruout eternity.
What a privilege. What a position
ami what a prospect for God's G-men!
left Tuesday for Louis-
i
Mrs. Eva Fitts; Ed Duvall and Mrs. failure to observe the simple elemen-
Mr. an
children
week. M
Miss Loui
! the hope of Texas hereafter. should 1 the Golden Gate. People from all over
I not be forgotten. Other meritorious the I’. S. and from nations beyond the
i groups are properly calling for need Atlantic aided in winning this empire
ed assistance, but Texas children. the and the San Jacinto Tower is there 1
With the Blewett
Home Demonstrators
By Mrs. T. L. McBride
Mrs. John Hix is the vice-pre--
dent of our club, was the bed room
Texas monument but
if you are suffering with a
cough of long-standing, and do not
know its cause, go to see your doc-
tor immediately. You might have
a serious ailment. Even coughs
due to cold or exposure often
county boy. now of Arizona, visited
his mother, Mrs. Jim Young here the
pst week.
enemies, we
eternal glory awaiting us when we San Jacinto, little noticed at the time.
•Lot chose the
pleasure. Perhaps he aspired to be
Mr Forest Halsell left Wednesday
for his home at Chandler. I. T., after
a week’s visit to his brother. H. H.
Halsell.
But, praise God, there
word and it is:
that you depended upon the filling situation has made pertinent the ques-
been different.
E. II1 and Miss
17 32. "Remenber
“De
PLE
TREA
s
"De-
Fried to
They’ll -
they eve
Broilers,
killed, ci
2 1b.
rust rug. Wulnut fur-
saved, through faith, and that not ofE
yourselves; it is the gift of God, not E
of works, lest any man should boast," =
i Eph. 2:8, 9). IE
Grace is the word used to describe I E
Gods love and power, operating on =
of the wild nature and the wild beast,
but from the grasp of a cruel foe.
The battle of San Jacinto was no
strength, in due time i
BUY IT IN DECATUR derctive-yight ie stid to have
Lord." The
it with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Thompson.
Much is heard these days of the
Inthy Crews: Orval Kennedy and ' fary rules of the road.—Denison Her-
Miss Ruth Cannon; H. Raymond ald.
White and Miss D. Faye Whitehead:
ber • f the year book committee and
a charter member of the club. She re-
sides east of Blewett.
results would have
work is done in buff. The floor is
Rev. Wendell P. Loveless, Mem- I °.
Mims.
H. E. I
Fort Wo
Mr, at
las visit
Wright u
dom. but he couldn’t take Sodom out
of Mrs. Lot. Sodom was in her heart,
and her heart turned her head. Watch
<•111. The loves of your heart will con-
trol your life.
Abraham chose the hill country and
God. Friend, in what direction have
you pitched your tent? Toward So-
lead to serious complications by
breaking down your resistance. • isfaction or your’money back by
BFor the latter type cough there good druggists everywhere.—adv.
kind in its natural condition—guilty
before (iod—short of the glory of
God. It makes no difference whether
one has been an inch short or a thou-
sand miles short. All are short of
men go up to the ticket win-
a railway station and inquire
Marriage Licenses—NI.
Member of Ntional Editorial Association, World Press Congress, Tena
Press Aweorintion, Texas Editorial Association
his morality as is the immoral man.
i for God says that all are short.
that important organization have - _
and Brink Poore "idr. w them for their remarkable ........................ .....■■■in
Bridgeport Tuesday. I work. E=
God. too, has His “G-men.” and in ==
Gardner experience while on a
demonstrator last year. She is a mem-
righteousness and of God's
the charming outline of the wall pa-
The machinery for the cheese fac-
tory has arrived and Mr. Fullerson
informs us that he will in a short
time be making cheese. Farmers cau
make good money by arranging to
furnish milk to the factory.
Almost everyone takes an automo- God by ............ His Son
bile trip .................. the year Salvation is a free gift of God's
and every motorist should know by grace. It cannot he pure hased 1, any
mew what prau tions to take la-fore thing man nas to crfer, il cannot De
Starting in order to assure a safe and worked for, for it is "not of works"
pinzant journey. Paul W. Kearney. It must he receivea as a gift. John
writing in th. Rotarian Magazine, 3:16 tells us, -For God s. loved til.
makes a list of rules that every mo- world, that he gave," and Paul Shows
torist should follow white taking a man his responsibility in Romans
journey by car Here they are: G 23. For the wages ol sin is death. j
Eat Entiy while on a tour, but the gift of God is
Heavy eating causes drowsiness. thru Jesus Christ our
2. Stop now and then for a rest. empty hand of faith reaches out lol
"lay catch or hang by your hands receive the gift, even eternal saiva-
fron a tree limb. tion through Jesus curist olr Iord
„ ”■ Take an emereeney .an of gaso "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ ami
line, fine and a half million motorists thou shalt Ie saved" (Acts 16 21 ,
ran out of gas last year. m. Guidanee— "Trust in the Lord
L Avoid eX! "ive fatigue. If you with all thine hea rl; and lean not un-
must drive when fagged out, reduce to thine own understanciing in all
spedan.....e extra caution. thy ways acknowledge him, and ne
lake along duplicate car keys, shall direct thy paths" ( Prov a:5 6)
but let somevne besides Ilie driver God’s G-men never lack guidanc..
carry them. If they trust in the Lord and acknow.
6. ( any a tire EuaE When driving ledge Him in all of their wavs in ill
on.a hot day. check tire pressures. their plans, in all of their associa-
7. Have a block of wood suitable tions. The psalmist tells us in Psalm
for use under your jack on soft 25 0, "The meek will be guided in
THK MOST WIDELY CIKCI LATFD NEWSPAPER IN WISE COUNTY Sudgenent."
everything. Lok to Christ and be
saved, even all the ends of the earth.
The angel led Mrs. Lot out of So-
l the room dramatically when the
Mrs.
spent 1.
Stepp.
11. Grace—"For by grace
Tile surveyor for the Circle Belt
railread are camped this side of Den-
ton creek. It will require several
weeks to reach Decatur.
Miss
spent t
the state, the youth of the land. States, from the Gulf of Mexico to
Miss Annie Penn returned last week
from Rogersville, Tenn., where she
has been teaching and attending
school.
gar and linseed oil and one-half cake
of para fin. All of the furniture was
refinished. A reading table, and a
dressing table stool was added. Lin-
nens. a mattress protector and a hat
stand were other things added in the
«lempnst ration project.
The total cost of Mrs. Hix's ad-
are worthy of celebrating as great
achievements in the progress of the
race.
Texas is built from the best stock
from all states and nations.
This me nument is not a Texas in- '
stitution. It is a national and an in- 1
Were reconciled
Mrs. ]
mond Go
Sunday.
ami again in verse 10, “When
. . you start on a trip, then, when you Many responsibilities have been ternational. It commemorates ami ’
Aubrey Ingram wa in Fort Worthreturn, check it over ami see how Placed upon the district judges of the pays tribute to the < nation of the
Friday- many of the suggest ions you followed, state in matters of child welfare, but only republic* ever to join our united
Chances are, you will find that you no adequate facilities have been pro republic*, and in bringing into this.
Faust Nobles of Fort Worth, spent ate heavily everytime you stopped forvided to enable them to discharge Union of ours not only Texas, but
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Wes rest; that you drove like mud and these duties in a satisfactory manner one third of the territory of these*
Nobles I never stopped for rest : that you took As a consequence, private individuals United States, au empire which is
ne emergency can of gasoline: that and agencies have had to be called carved not only from the wilderness
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Helm and da ugh-1 you left your spare keys at home; J upon for gratutious
Mrs. (
"/ ' * Frank J.
visited in
laid with a
dom with its drinking, dancing, gam- ditions and finishings was $7.50,
bling, gossiping, profaning, impurity, which is in financial reach of anyone
reveling and rottenness? or have you desiring to improve her bedroom.
pitehed your tent with Abraham to- The Blewett Club is proud to have
ward the hills of righteousness and such 1,11 industrious member.
Ilie City of God? Read chapters 13. | *-----------
IS and Hl of Genesis. Eighty-two of every 100 persons
we
to
is a medicine, compounded by a
great scientist, fortified with both
Vitamins “A” and “D,” given to
the world by a great laboratory
and sold by leading druggists un-
der the name. .of Mentho-Mulsion,
at an all-time low price of 75c.
Although home remedies are
sometimes effective, many* of
yet without
And tile Lord Jesus rely upe n their friends to claim for'
promises in John 16:13 that the Holy theu that equality i„ state rendered
Spirit shall guide you into all social services which is essential to'
truth. How wonderful in a day of impartial dealing by a great people I
uncertainty and confusion to know Texas faces a need now for a uni-
that as we place our affairs into the fied and consolidated agency, under
hands of the eternal God. He will one state department, devoted to the
guide us, not falteringly. not uncer- administration of the state's entire
ainly ut.surely. public Welfare program, tile depen-
iv. (.lory— In the high-priestly dent children included,
prayer of the laird Jesus. He prayel. , • .
just before going to Caivary •he The battle of San Jacinto made his-
glory which thou zavest me i have tor in America. Historians have
given them; that they may be one it as important in its contri-
even as we are one (Johu 17 •»! bution to world history as any battle
it is precious to know, therefor, named in C reasy s Decisive Battles
that we have the same glory which The facts show that it was the small-
the Father gave to the Son: we share est battle with the bizzest results in
it with Him. Aud then in verse 24 .'h* history of the world. I
He said, "Father, I will that they al-' The plain, homespun, hardy pio-
so. whom thou hast given me. be with neers, who had in their hearts the fi- ______________ . .... .. ... ___ ___
uh- where I am; that they may be- bre ot American manhood, of chivalry | for two worlds. Lot and his family rocks of various colors.
hold my glory which thou hast given and devotion, wrote history not less barely escaped their lives when So-1 The Cream Swiss curtains lights
me; for thou lovest me before the romantie nor less important than any dom was destroyed by fire, and that
_____ I foundation of the world." We have story from Plymouth Rock to this I was due to Abraham's prayers. Where
is her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always glory now, as we walk and talk with he ur.
the Lord Jesus Christ, and there is So the things that were done at
Christ died for the ungodly." And
again iti verse s, "God commendeth !
his love toward us. in that, while we
were yet sinners. Christ died for us.”
teen dollars and ........... has a dollar =
and a half. Which, think you, is able E
to purchase the ticket? The answer. I =
of course, is neither, for they are both E
"short. Tlie man who has the fifteen E
dollars is just as unable as the man E
w ho has the dollar and a half. lie-!
cause the requirement is more than E
either has. So with this matter of; =
salvatic n. The moral man is just as ' IS
unable to procure his salvation thru =
appwearance.
She began her work by surfacing
I the floors. For this she used a solu-
tion of equal parts of kerosene, vine-
----------- - have in the to child's play, it was a ernel. a savage
wood to use when you had a flat and i tal welfare program of Texas. war. And an American civilization
had to park on soft ground. I Discussing the subjects Judge was carried to the Rio Grande and 'o
And if you ran out of gasoline, itWuyne R. Howell of Corsicana re- the West. When Sam Houston's army
was probably midway between twocently said: "My own viewpoint is fought for liberty and the rights of
filling stations, even though they were primarily that of a judge who must men, it meant to the death. Those
Bill Bramlett and family were in only a mile apart deal with matters affecting the wel- were not footbal yells when the Tex-
Walters, Oklahoma, to attend the fun- The above rules are splendid and Lire of children: for instance, adop- as army of 7X2 at Sun Jacinto attack
eral of their relative. Mr. Graham, । would save motorists a lot of head- I tions, juvenile delinquents, and de- ed Santa Anna and his 2,400 well
who was killed there recently while aches if they adhered to them. But pendent and neglected children with epuipped men. and shouted, -Kemem
the trouble is nobody observes them, i no probation facilities to aid me. । ber Goliad. Remember the Alamo."
With the exception of a few of the They were saying to each other. "We
motor journey larzer comities of the state, the same must fight to the death or victory, us,
situation confronts all district judg at the Alamo and at Goliad, par
**• > Smith had cut the bridge. That des-
The need of social welfare services troyed the only means of escape. It
to Texas children, particularly in pre- was a fight to the finish. And again I
dominately rural areas, is unlimited the Anglo-Americans won a continent i
and pressing, and led to the planting of the Ameri-
While other groups are calling up- can flag, the flag of these United
\
Mrs. Arthur Brady and ...........if the Scriptures, we find them cha rac- EE
Fort Worth, visited lien- this week. terized by at least four words. ==
------ 1 1. Guilt—"For there is no differ- E
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Lam- ence, for 1111 have sinned and come E
"bert, en Wednesday. April ::<) 1919. a short of the glory of God. i Rom. =
girl. ’ ’ 3.:22, 23). IE
______ In tiles*- few words, we have God's =
Bob Harding an old time Wise description of the whole race . f man- E
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