The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1929 Page: 6 of 8

                                
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THE TYLER JOURNAL
DR. H. £». TATE—A CHARAC.
TER SKETCH BY OUR EDITOR
METHODIST CONFERENCE COUNTY W H D COUNCIL itinerary week of mch. 11-1& tW standard gauge of
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The press of the county and all the
daily papers of the state carried ne*s
•f the death last week of Dr. H. L.
Tate of Land ale. This distinguished
citizen of Smith county was well into
his 88th year. Our Editor was very
fond of Dr- Tate, and often sought
his counsel—and often found inspira-
tion and guiding wisdom in what the
Doctor had to say. Because some
have desired that we do so, and also
that we may again cite the character
of Dr. Tate as one indeed worthy of
the closest emulation by the youth of
today, we are reproducing the follow-
ing character sketch which appeared
in this paper under the title "Com-
munity Builders" in the issue of Sept.
4, 1925, as a feeble tribute to this
grand old man on his -84th birthday
anniversary:
Bishop Hay
Which are 400 Delegates;
Night Sessions Held
MEETS IN JACKSONVILLE HAD BIG MEET THURSDAY
Monday,
Pine Springs Women
Presides at Meeting at Meet at Courthouse; Bring Lunches
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and Spend the Day; Send Dele-
gate to A. & M. School
Jacksonville, Mai'ch 6—Four hun- By C0mni0n consent the regular
dred delegates were here Tuesday to ,neeting of the W. H. D. County Coun-
attend the first session of the Inspi- rfl was “moved up two days," that is,
rational Conference of the East Tex-. jt Ms held on Thursday, Feb. 28,
as Methodist churches. Bishop Sanl ■ instfhd of the regular mealing date
Tuesday,
both.
Wednesday, March
girls, Nonday women.
Thursday, March 14-L-Bascom girls
Midway women.
Friday, March 15—Arp, both.
Saturday, March 16—Office.
Members of all girls clubs are re-
quested to have their sewing materi-
als with them at their respective
meetings scheduled above.    :
It. Hay of the
P^hcKprogram epened at 11 a.
With Rev. Terry Wilson leading
East Texas District j which the first Saturday in each
month. Fourteen of the clubs were
represented with an at.tnulanC; of 67
including Miss Shultz and Mr. Henry
J«ig service. Rev. R. W. Adams, pre- j Edwards, A**5 ita it Seeretaiy, who
hiding elder of Houston District, led ; was jast year invited to become a
the devotional stressing the fact that j member of the Council. The nn m-
the sum total of religion is the secret, j bers brought their lunches, their
relationship with God and that Meth- j neec|le» and work -baskets—and they
odism is built on this assurance. made jt a ,)ayi a day 0f very fine
___    Mayor T. E. Acker welcc meet the i piL,aSure—&nd they also gave atten-
ipan TB.ce. t.iK/gwiae ne may -delegates and the L--n Morris College , tnonlo "»''number"'of important mat-
with h»s mind, his pen, his V J (.h„rai club was presented in a chorus. lers >p0 providence Club, youngest
of nersuasion, and build things _ uw    ‘ r\..
A man may labor with his hanua
„,id build visible, tangible, material
things of enduring value to the hu-
of persuasion,
tangible to the five senses, but witl
sS valuable—and even more valuable
in fostering the advancement of
i.vilization and the human race. And
*■. :en a man or woman of strong
aracter and right purposes may, by
i. • mere, silent force of his or her
i mple, contribute to the happiness
: ,1 welfare'of the hunman^race in
» vs and by means that cannot for
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ys and by mejins
t ie time be evalued, or analyzed,
r* -finitely pointed out. But
r nines among the builders of the
fi-eat cathedrals of Europe following
the revival of culture at the close of
the dqrk ages are preserved to his-
toe dqrk ages are preserved u> m»-
tory—out that which bYains conceive
and their hands put into visible; ma-
terial forms survives to bless the
world. Likewise thousands of those
are lost to history who thru the ages,
contributed to the moral and spirit-
ual assets which bless the world, re-
fresh and perpetuate its highest
ideals even as the sunshine and rain
invigorate and perpetuate the grass
and flowers that beautify its moun-
tains, valleys and plains. “How long
we live not years, but actions-tell.”
In this connection we think of Dr.
H. L. Tate, the grand old man of
Lindale, now- 84-years of age. iimitn
county -and East Texas cannot place
a proper value upon the labors of his
long life, nor upon his gerenous con-
tributions to human welfare. He typ-.
ifies the ideal of. every democracy,
the citizen who lives in simple dignity
•f enfranchised manhood and has
that moral, mental and spiritual cul-
ture and training that keeps him
The keynote address was made by Dr.
J. W. Mills of Beaumont, speaking on
“The March of Methodism.”
At the afternoon session Rev. J. N.
R. Score of St. Paul’s Methodist
Church, Houston; Rev. King Vivion.
president cf Southwestern University,
and S. W. Williams discussed ‘ Meth-
odism and Education.” Rev. f v-
Berglund, Rev. E. Hv. Crandall and
Rev. E. H. Hhtchkiss discussed ‘ Meth-
odism and Social Service. ’ Dr. C. M.
Raby, Rev. J. A. Day and Rev. E. L.
Ingrum discussed "Methodism and
Missions."    _    „    ,
Night speakers were Dr. rrank
Smith of Houston and Rev. Jesse I^ee,
presiding elder of the Huntsville
District, both speaking on “Steward-
ship.” •    „    ’
LEASE YOUR LAND
. —SELL ROYALTY
If interested in leasing or selling
any royalty, see W. B. Yates in Good-
man Building, Tyler, Texas.
$1.75 PER TRAY
For the best hatches of the best
chicks,’ at the best Hatchery at the
best price, go to Dr. Talley’s Hatch-
Phone 1585-J Tyler.    45tf
ery.
abreast of his times, that makes hint
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a leader among men—because he is
able to think fearlessly, live efficient-
ly, lead naturally, and perform suc-
cessfully the things he essays. Men
and women of this type are success-
ful community builders whether they
amass fortunes or not—and regaru-
less of whether or not their names
are heraled to the world. Publicity
of one’s work is no more an element
cf success than is mere notoriety, tho
ft is admitted that publicity may add
to the scope and power of one’s activ-
ities.
Dr. Tate was born in Elbert Coun-
ty, Georgia, Sept. 4, 1841. He came
to Texas with his father, Zimri Tate,
in -1&51. He received his elementary
education, in such schools as Smith
county afforded in the pioneer days
of three quarters of a centurv ago.
At 18 he began the study of medi-
cine in the office of Dr. H. G. Tate
of Westpoint, Ga.., and later with Dr.
Westniond -of Atlanta. He then ma-
triculated in Atlanta Medical Col-
lege. His subsequent medical studies
were in the School of Medicine of
New Orleans in 186C-61. The Civil
War found his an undergraduate with
opportunities denied for obtaining his
medical degree until its close; for he
hastened to join the Confederate army
soon after his return from college in
the late spring of 1861. In June of
that year he was married to Miss
Mary E. Terry. He remained with
the army till the close of the war, as
private and subaltern officer.
In January 1866 Dr. Tate began
the practice cf medicine as an undei>
graduate in the neighborhood of his
father’s plantation five miles north
of Lindale, and that’ course was not
unusual in the early days of his pro-
fession in Texas. In a reminiscent
way, our subject said: “Thirty-seven
years of my life were spent discharg-
ing, as best I could, the onerous du-
ties of a country doctor, and inciden-
tally looking after my farming in-
terests. Twenty years ago, because
of physical and nervous breakdown,
I had to retire from active work of
my profession—but very jreluctantlv,
tho advised to do'so by rily profes-
sional friends.”
During all his life Dr. Tate has felt
and manifested by his actions, a deep
interest in the religious, educational,
economic and political welfare of
Texas and the Nation. He has given
liberally, generously indeed for one
of his means, both of his time and
money to the advancement of these
interests. Twice the people, of Smith
eounty called him to represent them
in the Legislature. Among the en-
during and worthwhile contributions
he made to the State, as a represen-
tative of our people, was the intro-
duction and sucoeesful championship
aqd benefit to East Texas, was an
amendment to the then existing law
permitting the formation of stock
companies for the building and oper-
ation of canning factories in Texas.
That amendment made possible an in-
dustry in East Texas and the state as
a whole which has contributed much
to the development of our horticul-
tural and other diversified farm ac-
tivities.
Dr. Tate, we are sure; deserves to
be regarded as one of the really great
Community builders of our county.
The scholar, the thinker, the protag-
onist of his profession’s highest
ideals, the farmer, the well-informed
citizen who thinks for himself, whose
endeavors have been not selfish but
fer human progress—the grand old
LUI ». 1U I lUVlUCIItr ViUM, jv/WHftvov
organization of all the clubs goes the
honor of having the largest delega-
tion of its club members present. It
had Id present--and ‘he remarkable
thing is that they cafne from the club
ri.nst remote from the county rite.
To Gresham went the second honor,
it having nine members present. The
number1 in each club delegation fol-
lows:
Gresham—9 present.
'Noonday-r-1 present.
Midway—4 present.
Prairie Lea—3 present.
Sabine—8 present.
Pine Springs—8 present.
Starrville—3 present.
Dixie—4 present.
Providence—10 present.
Jamestown -1 present.
“Mt. Sylvan—4 present.
Swan—8 present.
Hopewell—2 present.
Sand Flat—5 present.
Arp, Salem, Oak Grove, Garden
Valley and Joy did not have delega-
tions or Council members present.
The Council was called to order by
Mrs. John Ellis, president and mem-
ber of Jamestown club. Vice Presi-
dent Mrs. C. L. Duncan of Swan was
present as was also Mrs. C. B. Bar-
ron of Pine Springs who is secretary.
president of-Tyler Women’s Forum,
was a visitor with the Council and
made a very interesting address,
pointing out seme ways by which the
market could improve its service. She
also invited all the club members to
attend the Annual' Convention cf the
Third District Federation of Women’s
Clubs which will meet in Tvjer April
15-17,    '
Announcement wag made that Mrs.
J- W.-Fitzgerald was providing -all
club members who desired to beauti-'
fy their homes with cuttings of Eng-
lish Ivy and some other plants from
her yards. For this service Mrs.
Fitzgerald was thanked. The Coun-
jrirtg^a-i
ty Council is sponsoringTa-*eontest in
the beautification^ of school grounds
and the yards of the club houses al-
ready built and to be built in the
county. The first prize will be $12.5C
cash, the second $5.00 cash and the
third $2.50. Observation was made
by some that the prizes are not large
-but there will be just as much hon-
• in winning them as if they were
larger.
Luncheon Served at Noon
Sends Member to Marketing School
The Council voted to send a repre-
sentative to attend the school of mar-
keting to be held at A. & M. College
during the week of March 4-9; and
Mrs. W. M. Dingier, manager of the
local W. H. D. market was chosen to
attend with all expenses paid by the
County Council.
The standardization of products of- j
fered for sale by the local market I
which is maintained each Saturday by i
the club members was discussed, and
a committee of five members was ap-!
pointed to formulate gules for stand- j
aidizaticn of products. This com-j
niittee is composed of Mesdanies:
Boulter, Braird, Taylor, Newton and
King.
Following a discussion the Council
lecided upon vote cf its members that I
Following the business session of
i the Council a recess was taken for
| luncheon. All the members spread
I their lunches together “picnic style”
| on tables in the county court room.
I The dinner (for it was too sumptu-
ous to be called merely a lunch) was
abundant and in keeping with the
reputatioh borne everywhere by W.
H. D. club members for the prepara-
tion and service of good food.
Coffee was served by Mr. Williams,
manager of Tyler Coffee Company
who has proven on many occasions to
l>e an unfailing friend to the W. H. j
D. clubs of the county, the service bec
ing in immediate charge of young B.
C. Wilson, a personal representative
of Mr. Williams.
The afternoon session was given
over to sewing, to plans for the ex-
hibit to be made by the Council at j
the Women’s Federation meet in Ty- j
ler in April.    ; j
man whose life and labors are wor- I its monthly meetings should hereafter
thy of the emulation of every youth be called for one o’clock p. m. on each
—as such The Journal presents him.- I first Saturday. • Mrs. Wolkewitz,
Better Be Safe Than Sorry
When you purchase land or lend money on land, your only pro-
tection is to demand an Abstract of Title, prepared by a responsible
Abstract Company.
Our plant was organized by Judge C. G. White in 1878, and is
the only complete title plant in Smith county, having a copy of ev-
ery instrument filed for record since the organization of Smith coun-
ty and the most complete system of maps of any Abstract plant in
East Texas.
The reliable Abstract is one which shows every instrument filed
for record which affects your land In any way whatsoever, with a
certificate signed hy a responsible company.
BOREN ABSTRACT COMPANY
“OWNERS OF ONLY COMPLETE ABSTRACT PLANT IN
SMITH COUNTY"
Prices consistent with accurate work and la line with all legitimate
Abstract plants in the State of Texas.
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of House BUI No. 28 of the 20th
fslature creating a reformatory
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which juvenile offenders should be
confined, taught, and trained to be-
come cltiaiens when reloaded. The
t now known
ling School for Ju-
veniles) is the child that bill bro
fnto the world, rifcwe that
when Dr. Tate’s constructive ener-
gies championed the cause of better
citizenship, many other measures
looking to the saving of hoys and
*uS£W*ff,irais
Bill No. 28 of the 20th Legislature
be. Another mei
id brought to pa
rhich is of special
egielation
measure in-
ssage by
il interest
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Expert telephone workers
begin task of construct-
ing 2,500 mile network
of underground cable.
million dollar
^ubway
Q UNDERGROUND—beneath
%>§' fields and valleys, across
mountains, under rivers — will go
the wires of a new long distance
telephone system, built to serve the
Southwest.
Twenty-five hundred miles in
length, costing 45 million dollars,
the new system will consist of
underground telephone cable — a
"subway” for your voice — safe,
fast, modern.
long distance service more depend-
able than ever before.
" It will be fast. Some cables con-
tain more than 300 circuits — as ■
many wires as ten heavy pole lines
carry.
It will be safe—from wind
storms, from sleet, from fire.
Safe from Interruption
Its purpose; To provide enough
circuits to care for growing long
distance traffic — to insure that
“Repeaters” Boost Voice Waves
It will be dependable. At 50-mile
intervals' ‘ repeater’ ’ stations as large
as the ordinary exchange building
will be erected. Here the voice cur-
rent will pass through powerful
vacuum tubes, going on its way
with renewed strength.
these circuits will rarely be inter- ........ Further, by acting as a trunk line
rupted by storms, fires, floods.    ^or i°ng-haui traffic, the cable will
release hundreds of miles of long
Heretofore, most long distance distance pole lines. These will be
lincsHhave been constructed overhead
and interruptions of service from
free to handle traffic over shorter
distances, between smaller towns.
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Tyler, Texes