The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1893 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 9.
ABILENE TAYLOR OOIENTY TEXASv FRIDAY APR. 14 1893.
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THE ABILENE
Capital $100000.00.
J. G. Lowdon Wh. Cameron
President. V. President.
Geobge S. Berky
DikicTOBs Geo. P. Phillips E. B. Rollins J. M. Daugherty Fred
Cookrell Wm. Cameron W. B. Brazelton J. G. Lowdon.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ABILENE
Capital 125000.00. Surplus $15625.00.
J. H. Paramore
President.
Otto W.
Directors J. H. Parramore T. S. Rollins G. A. Kirkland J. M.
Radford OttoW. Steffens Brooke Smith E. H. Sintenis.
THE FARMERS " MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANE.
Capital $60000.00. Surplus $4500.00.
B. B. Kenyon
President.
Ed. S. Hughes.
Vice-President.
Directors F. W. James Charles Keuyon Ed. S. Hughes
B. B. Kenyon and Henry James.
$100000000 e-
represented for indemnity in
Fire Life Accident
and Tornado
WILL STITH & Co.
Only first-class companies represented. Adjustments promptly
joa.de and Losses paid without discount.
MONEY TO
IN LARGE AND SMALL AMOUNTS
On Improved Farms. Ranches and Feiced Pastures.
F. S. BRITTAIN
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D. W. WK1STEN. R. G. ANDERSON.
WRISTEN fc ANDERSON
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
A Fresh Supply and Good Stock always on hand. Come in and
examine goods and get our prices before buying. All goods deliv-
ered free to any part of the city. Don't forget the place at
Wristen's old stand Pine Street Abilene.
-. IF- YOU WISH TO BUY SBLL OR EXCHANOE'H-
FAEMS RANCHESrnfY"OESUBURBAN "PROPERTYJ
OR LIiE
S. W. WfctCBT
BE SURE TO SCC
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ffica orcr Abilene Dry Good Co.'a Store Pine St. City Property tor Rent. Title
invest!? ated. Taxes paid and Property rendered for taxes.
Refers by Permission to Abilene National Bank. &
W. A. Flint & Co.
Have traded
Large - Stock -
And it is now arriving daily. Two
This stock
k THROWN UPON THE MARKET
At lower prices than you have ever before heard of. We have noi
the room to store and
Must Sell and Will Sell.
Ceas see it and you will be sure to buy.
NATIONAL BAIL
Surplus $125000.00.
I E. 0. Price
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. Cashier.
Assistant Cashier.
Steffexs
Cashier.
E. H. Sintenis
Ass't Cashier.
Henry James
Cashier.
INSURANCE
SUCCESBOR to
CURRIE STITH fe HENDERSON.
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POSTOFFICE BOX
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TEXAS.
for a very
of - Furniture
cars have already been received.
will be
DR. J. A. PIPKIN
Physician and Surgeon
Offer kit proffcMlMul services to
the people of Ablleae aad vicinity la ail
the Mm&chee of the profewle. Cells
answered at ell hoars day or Bight.
Omcs Upstairs oyer Baas' drugstore
Residence at Sherblao place south of
of Methodist church.
DR. J. II. ANDERSON
DENTIST
PINE STBSET JLBUJCnC TIXAS.
Wxa. H.Lockttt. . C. Jeiawr.
LOCKETT & JOINEB
Attorneys - and - Counselors
KT-L.3CisZ.
JJWJLXK TZXAJ5
WU1 practice la all tha court o lbs AbUaa
CaaatryaadaJfhcreoartsorUie stsu as wsU
as Uaa Federal courts. Offlca oyer CU-toa's
SUjm Cbestoat Street.
D. G. HtLL
ATTORNEY - AT- LAW
ABILENE. TEXAS.
Offlcs orer First NsUonsl Bank
SAYLES & SAYLES
LAWYERS
Abilene ------- Texai.
Office corner of North 2nd and Pine Sta.
J. M WAGSTAFF
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Abileaie Texas.
Will practice in the district and
county courts and give close attention
to all businesi entrusted to his care.
Office oyer First National Bank.
T. W. DAUGHERTY
Attorney and CounsclIor-at-Law
ABILENE TEXAS
Office over Rollins fc Young' store.
99"Spccial attention to Collections.-
J. W. THOMAS
LmmuTi m land luk
ASILZZnS TEXAS.
Eaptcial attention given to Real Estate
Agency ; Abstracts of Title ; buying
and selling land and city praperty.
Money to. loan en Ranches exclusively.
JOHN A. W1XLIAHS
innnriTui
AND
NOTARY PUBLIC
I hsre a complete abstract of the Taylor
county records In my oflcs . Prompt attention
girsn to lnTMtlffsUHf land titles. OSlc on
Pint street Abilene next door to LapowsU's
WILL STITH
NOETII 1st STEEKr ABILJCNX.
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Takes scknowlodrmMiU draws ap deeds ts
J. H. Pickens & Co.
ABS7KACTSRS and SSAECBSSS ef SSCOSSS
Office over First National Bank Abilene
Special attention rivea to furnishing
bi tract of title. Ilarine a comDlcU
Abstract of Taylor county land titles as
recorded in Taylor Bexar and Travis
counties we are prepared.to furnish Ab-
stracts on short notice and at reasonable
prices.
iOEUEmUTIlllTf.
Lawyers
ABILENE TEXAS.
In addition to our abstract of Taylor
county includingthe city of Abilene wt
have a complete abstract of the Land
Office files and of Travis and Bexar
counties having gone in rutsoN to San
Antonio and Austin and abstracted this
data.
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THAT BSJODTDBB.
An anonymous) writer in your
issue of l&ft week undertakes to
defend dancing and theatre-going
and in doing to writes what he
calls "a rejoinder" to an addreei
of several pastors in this city to
their churches. Of course we
would not ordinarily notice one
who hid himself behind a nom-de-plume
in replying to gentlemen
who signed their names to what
they published for such a method
not only removes the writer be-
yond any claim he might have to
our notice but should bring upon
him the-judgment of moral cow-
ardice. But for the sake of the
Cause we plead we want to un
cover the fallacies which an anon-
ymous "T" has succeeded in get-
ting into type. If the reader knew
who "T" was this answer might
not be necessary for it would
doubtless appear to be presump-
tion upon his part to pose as a re-
ligious leader and a teacher of the
membership of our churches. He
says he "is not a preacher but is a
firm believer in the Bible as the
Word of God and does the best
he can to live up to its doctrines
as he understands them" but he
avoids informing us as to whether
he is even a church member or
not. Suppose it should turn out
that this "T" has never been led
by his. firm belief in the Bible to
profess his faiffs in Jesus Christ
and to unite with a church in his
blessed service what right would
he have to rush into print as a
moral teacher controverting what
seven pastors hare affectionately
laid upon the hearts of the mem-
bership of their churches! We
happen to know by private infor-
mation that "T" is neither preach-
er nor member; what propriety
then is there in his hiding himself
in ambush and firing into a rank
of ministers of the Gospel because
they say: "loving -t'leir flocks and
longing for their happiness and
welfare and believing it to be
their duty as ministers of the Gos-
pel of Christ to point out te their
people these dangers" etc. while
they say not a word about how
his sort should deport themselves!
In order to cover this presump-
tion he tries to excuse himaelf by
saying: "the Abilene papers of last
Friday contained an address to
the people of Abilene." The pa-
per was distinctly addressed "to
our flocks" and we do not intend
that "T" shall pose in his seclu-
sion behind his nom-de-plume as
one of them for he is not and
hence cannot claim a right to "re-
join" nor that what he has said
was said in anything like the spir-
it of the fraternal regard in which
our resolutions were put forth.
He is an outsider pleading in con-
cealed identity that church mem-
bers may do what seems to him
good and right. But as his "re
joinder" has gathered about itself
the dignity of type and hence may
have some influence and as some
readers may infer if we do not re-
ply that we could not reply we
hers and now propose to show that
he has failed in every instance to
answer a single position we have
taken. One observing his reck-
lessness in statements about small
matters where it were easy to be
accurate wuld expect him to be
anything but reliable in argument
about moral principles and in the
interpretation of Scripture and in
his information in history.
He makes three false statements
in his first sentence viz : 1 "an ad
dress to the people of Abilene" I
2 "signed by all tne preachers
of the city except two" and 3rd
he says "the Protestant Catholic
or Episcopal" (preacher). The
paper was addressed to our flocks ;
there were three pastors and sev-
eral other "preachers" who didn't
sign it a part of them did not see
it until it was in print ; and there
is no such church as "Protestant
Catholic" this is a false represen-
tation of the Protestant Episcopal
church for which none of that
fold will thank him.
"T" says "if dancing is anywhere
condemned in the Bible either in
the letter er in the spirit he would
like to know it that he also may
set his face against it" Doubtless
"his face" set against it would be
the end of it for even so bold a
thing would dare go no further.
He continues "will the aforesaid
preachers please point out the
or issssgts in which it is
condesanedF This desaand is
reasonable and lies at the base of
the matter and we therefore pro-
pose to answer it for the benefit
of those who have read it although
we do not recognize that an anon-
ymous article has a right to make
even a reasonable demand upon
us. in Ualatians 5: 19-21 the
apostle says: "Now the works of
the flesh are manifest which are
these: adultery fornication tin-
cleanness laaciviouaneaa idolatry
witchcraft hatred variance emu-
lations wrath .strife seditions
heresies sayings murders drunk-
enness revelling and sueh. like
of which I tell you before
as I have also bid you in time
past that they which do such
things shall not enter the king-
dom of God."
In 1. Peter 4 : 3 another apostle
says: "For the time past of our
life may suffice us to have wrought
the will of the Gentiles when we
walked in lasciviousness lusts
excess of wine revellings ban-
quetings and abominable idola
tries."
The word Koraos translated
"revellings" means "a jovial fes-
tivity with music and dancing."
See 'fLiddell and Scott. Dr.
Bloomfleld an eminent Greek
scholar says "revelling consisting
of licentious singing and dancing."
It is the same word Komos trans-
lated "revelling" used by both
Paul and Peter and it accu-
rately describes the scene at a
modern dance as it described
similar scenes in the days of the
apoBtles. It is classed with six-
teen other "works of the flesh"
by Paul and unqualifiedly con
demned. If the word had been
translated "a jovial dancing with
music" instead of "revelling" it
would have been more accurate
and explicit but no more binding
but even then only loyal followers
of Christ would have abstained
from dancing or from advocating
it.
There are two instances of dan-
cing mentioned in the New Testa-
ment. In Mark VI chapter which
was the dance just referred to
and it excited the basest passion
of Herod and he promised the
dancer Herodias to grant her re-
quest &e. and she asked the head
of John the Baptist. This las-
civious woman danced off the
head of one of the holiest men
that ever lived. The other in-
stance is in Luke XV when the
neighbors held a religious feast
over the returned prodigal and
killed the fatted calf and had mu-
sic and dancing. But mark you
not the dancing we condemn as
we will hereafter show.
So much for the Bible condemn
ing dancing in the letter. Much
more abundant is its condemna-
tion in spirit for the children of
God are commanded "not to be
conformed to this world" to "put
off the old man with his deeds"
to "be conformed to the will of
God" to "take up the cross daily
and follow Jesus" who went
about doing good to forsake very
appearance of evil" and to "do
good unto all men." The spirit of
the Christian life has expressed
itself in all ages and among all de-
nominations of Christiana by op-
position to the dance. And the
church member who persists in
dancing notwithstanding it hurts
the cause of Christ and wounds
the feelings of the most consecra-
ted of all the membership proves
that he cares not to be led by the
spirit but prefers his own pleas-
ure sinful though it be to the
geod of Christ's cause.
The weakest thing ever at-
tempted to be perpetrated upon
intelligent readers is the effort of
this weak "T" to make his infer-
ences "confirmation strong as holy
writ" He infers that they had
dancing at the marriage in Cana
graced by the presence of Christ
though there is not a hint or inti-
mation of such a thing. He said
they had daacing in Christ'B day
at marriage feasts and "travellers
say it is so now" aad therefore
dancing is right. He also first
takes it for granted that Paul did
not denounce the dance as an evil
(this grow out of ignorance.)
among the Greeks and Eo-
mans he infers that dancing is
therefore not wrong. Such a life
as he may lead atay be governed
by an inference but suck as the
Christian does not need so faint a
rule.
The address to which "T." ob-
jects dealt with the modern dance
as we have it and "T." again be-
trays his colossal ignorance when
he saps "the1 dance was practiced
universally by Jew and Gentile
particularly by the Jew" for the
fact is "the Jew" did not practice
promiscuous dancing at all. We
have examined every passage in
the Bible where dancing is men
tioned and where men and women
are represented as dancing. They
never danced together but women
danced with women or alone and
men danced with men or alone.
Again where dancing is mentioned
with approval it was a solemn an-
niversary in common life or a re-
ligious demonstrated praising the
Lord."
That our position is correct we
quote from the latest and most
learned work Schoff and Herzogg:
"The Hebrew language has several
expressions denoting the art of
dancing. Thus we find " boiod "
which means to skip and leap for
joy ; " XIMKB" to jump or spring;
"chagag" turning round in a
circle and " chul" to twist prob-
ably refering to the whirling mo-
tion of the dancers. Occasions
for dancing were either solemn
anniversaries in common life or
anniversaries partaking of a re-
ligious character." What shall be
said of the man who will seek to
justify the modern dance by refer
ence to the religious demonstra-
tions among the pious Jews ! He
is either grossly ignorant or he
wants to impose upon others. It
is only equaled by his making an
argument in favor of it by quoting
the slanderous remarks of our
Lord's enemies that he was " a
wine bibber and a glutton."
Is it any wonder that " T " says
that if dancing was ever pro-
scribed by law " it was news to
him 1 " There are doubtless
several other things which " T "
does not know. The dance was
prohibited by law in Europe from
the fifth to the fifteenth century
making a thousand years of his-
tory from which "T" could learn
the news. It was revived at the
marriage of the Duke of Milam to
a bpanisn princess wnen nirea
dancers amused the company.
Afterwards promiscuous dancing
was revived by the wicked Louis
XIV and the deadly stream has
Sowed to us from that source.
" The preachers also say ' The
history of the dance shows it to
be destructive of health and cor-
rupting to morals etc.' This is
all newajo me." No doubt ! But
if you will use your reaso just a
little you will know the ball roein
violates long principles of hygiene.
Thinly clad women with delicate
slippsrs on their feet their should-
ers exposed in a heated room en.
gaged for five or six hours in vio-
lent exercise and then going out
into a chill atmosphere is not ob-
serving the laws of health.
As to the police reports of large
cities showing the influence of
the dance in destroying female
characters we know it is a very
large per cent our recollection is
that the report in St. I-uis showed
that 19 out of 20 fell that way and
the reports for New York City
show that 95 out of every 100 faJl
the same way. These reports are
on file of course and if the pub-
lic wslfare makes it necessary that
this .discussion should be con-
tinued the reliable data will
sooner or later be furnished.
A word in conclusion about the
thsatre. u T " manages to say one
thing on the subject which like
what else he has said is a mis-
take. He says "Paul quoted a
verae from a Greek drama."
What of it if he did! But as a
matter of fact he did not He
made an argument for the exist-
ence of God and as he was speak-
ing U learned Greeks he quoted
a line from a poem on astronomy
by Aratus. This did not show an
approbation of the drama and
especially of Abilene theatre go-
ing any more than if one of us
should quote from an infidel to
prove s point mM
inldels or approTm af imttality.
There are twft freak words demot-
ing the sinful iaicn a sinful
dancing used in the New Testa-
ment The one describee the
modern dance and front the other
we get tha word orchestra. This
word- is oscxxoxai. It is the
word used to deeeribe the per-
formance of the damsel who
pleased Herod and for whose sake
he beheaded John the Baptist
From that day to this the orches-
tra the drama and the dance have
been among the works of the flesh
not allowed to Christians pleas-
ing to the devil and destructive
of the good of society.
H. A. BOTJBLASU)
B. T. Ham
W. B. Cawhw
F. . Lxxos
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C. BU2f SB
John Campsxll
Wbslxy Smite.
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IN MEMOEIAM.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Pipkin belov-
ed wife of Dr. James A. Pipkin
fell sweetly asleep in Jesaa at
about 5 o'clock p. m. April 7th
1893. Our deceased sister in
Christ was born in Ouachita coun-
ty Ark. Nov. 2 1845. Her par-
ents Samuel and Elizabeth John
son died while she was a child
leaving her to the care of relatives.
She was married to her bereaved
husband June 2 1867. and to their
home came eight children seven
of whom are living to revere the
memory of the best of mothers
the eighth lies upon her bosom.
In 1886 the family came to Texas
but returned after two years to
Arkansas. They again returned
to Texas and settled in Abilene
something over two years ago. In
early life our friend joined the
Methodist Episcopal Church
South and maintained a consist-
ent profession to the end. But
while a member she did not enjoy
a conscious sense of her accept-
ance with God but sought it ear-
nestly and in 1878 during a reviv-
al at Glennville Ark. she was
drawn out to seek it with Many
tears and all alone in her home
while praying the answer to her
prayer of faith was given and she
was filled unutterably full of glory
and of God. The joyful witness
came and so transported was she
that she hastened from house to
house and told to all around what
a preeions Saviour she had found.
From that time forward until the
master said to his faithful child
"come home" she never lost the
evidence of her adoption into the
family of God. She was fully con
scious up to within a few moments
of the close of life and about an
hour before she died I took her
hand and asked "Sister Pipkin is
all well!" She answered with a
smile "yes." aSister Pipkin is
Jesus with you!" She bowed her
head in assent. After bidding her
heartbroken husband and children
farewell she passed away calmly
to her rest. To love Mrs. Pipkin
was to know her well. She was a
modest retiring woman shrinking
from the public she reigned a very
queen over the home circle. The
IzTT of kindness was on her lips
but it ruled her household. The
heart of her husband safely trust-
ed in her and her children will
rise up in the last day to call her
blessed. She was self-sacrificing.
She did not think of herself but
of others. She was cheerful with-
out levity and serious without
iuvrosenesa diffusing a refining'
influence about her. Best of all
she was devoutly pious living in
the atmosphere of prayer. Relig-
ion was a daily employment and
net a Sabbath performance. To
tha sorrowing ones: let the voice
from Heaven comfort you which
says ''Blessed are the dead which
die in the Lord from henceforth
yea saith the Spirit that they
may rest from thtir labors and
their works do follow them."
When soon or late you reach
that shore
O'er life's rough ocean driven
May you rejoice no wanderer lost
A family in Heaven.
H. A. Botjrlaxd.
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Wm. Deering & Co. have
gotten out a binder for this year
that will revolutionize the binder
trade. One of these improve-
ments is; they have done away
with 25 per cent of the compli-
cated machinery trucks &c and
in ten minutes can be arranged to
be transported to any point with
the same convenience as an or-
dinary buggy.
m
W. F. Adair makes and sella
solid gold rings of the finest work-
manship. Kings Collar Buttons
etc. made to order. Old gold
baught at highest market price.
Call at Swanson's furniture store
east Side of Pine Street
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Lowry, James A. The Taylor County News. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1893, newspaper, April 14, 1893; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth314404/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.