The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 204, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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Cancelled Lecture Dates and Has Gone Into Vaude-
ville—Peary s Companion
GROES LYNCHED
was hung today::
[iROES CHARGED WITH A
UMINAL ASSAULT TAKEN
[ROM GUARD AND HUNG.
00,000 STOLEN
Employees of American Express
mpany Are Missing and Left
ty Safe Behind Them—Be-
to Have Robbed Company
1300.000
NEGRO MURDERER OF COUN-
TY ATTORNEY NICKS OF
NEWTON COUNTY.
Murder Was Committed Near Burke-
ville, While County Attorney With
Deputy Sheriff Was Making Raid
on a Gambling Den.
Irican New* Service
Itt-lmrg, Oct. 22—lliv lecture
meeting with fro»t ;<* cold ;iv the
(her he encountered at the I'ole
Henson, the negro companion
jeary on his lii«! trip to the North,
gone into vaudeville Manager
ly ca tier led hi* dati- for the lee-
tonight at Carnegie Music Hall
j lulled Henson at a local
linitotM. beginning m vt Modi
\i tioon today, Tom Watson, the
| negro murderer of popular County
| Attorney Nicks of Newton expatiat-
Jcd lit* crime on the gallows Watson
committed the murder about the 7th
i of September, was captured ju»t over
j the Sabine in Louisiana, after a hard
I chase, ami in one week's time was
indicted by a special grand jury, iried
and on the 15th sentenced t• • lie hang-
ed mi the ZZml of October,
j It mil be remembered that Watson
escaped to the outside of the building
where the gambling was going on.
theater I*'"1- Betting, a shot gun. fired both
'j barrels into the body of Nicks as he
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 22.
After serving the King family
• » of this-city for a period of five
generations, John Besant, a
negro aged 100 years, died today
at the home of H. C. King of
4» old age. The old negro was
once a slave in the King family,
and for many years was the
• • personal body-guard of Col,
4* King. After he was freed he
remained with the family as a
servant, and has lived with dif-
• • ferent members of the family
ever since. The funeral was
« ■ held yesterday afternoon from
4* the King residence and was at-
tended by a large number of
•J* white people who knew and re-
spected the faithful servant. In-
terment was made in the King
family lot and Rev, Arthur
Jones, of the First Presbyterian
church, conducted the services,
The pall bearers were all white
•J» friends of the aged darky.
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HALL REFERS
TO INSULT
RECEIVED IN ANONYMOUS
LETTER—VILE EPITHET
BY MAIL.
OPERA HOUSE
DESTROYED
ORANGE OPERA HOUSE DE-
STROYED BY FIRE AT EARLY
HOUR THIS MORNING.
Two Negroes Lyruhed.
teem die Tc»a*. Or! 22— A mob
two negroes charged with crim >*nent
assault from a tnmpam of *.d I
last night and dragged them tot
I outskirts of i be <-it> and hanged!
j <tood inside with the deputy sheriff
guarding the captured gamblers
It was a horrible crime to shoot
an innocent man to death His pun-
has lieen swift and just
BOUGHT PORTWOOD HOME
ki to a tree Two n.ore companies
lithtiA were scut to keep the town
|t this morning
Stole S300.000
^inugfseld. ill. Oct ZZ Percy
th and Hamilton Gaston, cm
the - -Gwensan Express
p#t»v, ate missing and an empty
IS left behind in the
tied lhr v loblsed the
■unt
office It
coin pan>
JUARTER MILLION LOSS
Dr. S W Sholara Purchases New
Home on Cypress Street
The elegant home oi Mrs j \f
Port wood was yesterday purchased
from Mrs Port wood by l)r !v \V
Scholar*. anil the dm tor will noon oc-
cupy the new possession, which is one
of the handsomest homes on Cypress
The |»r*« r pan! wa* S5 ;*mj when
(mill a h w .Ait" wan .11 it conI
i.it mi rxci-%* oi iHr* amount pan!
Death of Mr*. Ranter
Mr* Mary Kai%er, of \f» Oriratn
IFire in Lutrher A Moore Lumber ,1 hc-r home m that city yester
Company** Ystd*
C«jr frtfhtrrH ;#f
Ifrttel
»l*> aftmiiMW, after an tllnrv* of m*v-
era! week* Mr* Ka»*er i* the moth
cr of Mr* I. Miller, an<! i* well
known ami ninth loved by a laftfr
nr« le »vf fnrrhl* here, where »hr ha*
«»ften viditrd Shr leave* fhree **m*.
J-til rr«tdeni Inivinc** men of New Or
(lean* Mr* k,*»*er wa* aJ*>ut NO year*
If Stark returned tbi*
a l.ntcher. 1^*. where he wm* !•»
after the fire !m* thrtr Mi>mbv
r Stark *ay* the w a* mm h
ter than af f»r*t thotMtht, at»«l
retwh MO There w». msm , a ( lifetime of
t egrrsed to tbr .mount of »!2N.- , hrf
MH <m> account o< the I** per cent »htl preceded
if.nce elxuse. the company not , , c
ytng MU per rent, they will I* aide ISr f'rrsi *Fa!v * nfnrt
<,alert <*«lr rW 'Mt j uihrt n Utises ... thru bereavement
Ir Stark think, the foe .uric! Th<, ukt% Ucr Ne-
m sparks from their own locum.. Urlcjn, M, am) Mr, V|,l
ilrr were at the bedside when death
l B VVidfard. of Himst.m, so ini — » - - —-
deeply
daughter and the
the Ibd
4ft II C Warfield, of I'olumhus,
**, is viMting in the city, the guest
her sister, Mr* Thurston Bland
i Warfield will be pleasantly re
inhered here by hrr many friends,
.re pleased to see her again
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
REWARD
A (award of one hundred dollars
will lie paid by this organization for
the arrest and conviction of the parly
or parties guilty of vetting fire to the
Orange Theatre last night
ORANGE EIRE CO
Orange. Texas, Oct 22nd
NO I
if I t
FIRE GOOD START
When Discovered at 1:20 a. m„ Was
Impossible to Save Building, Which
Burned Like Tinder—Fire Depart-
ment Did Good Work in Saving
Other Property.
w sr'v
The splendid opera house of Or-
ange was totally destroyed by fire
between 1 and Z o’clock this morning
The fire was first discovered about
I 20 The alarm was sounded at about
1 ,-Jil and by tittle the fire department
and others, including a Leader repor-
ter. could reach the scene it »av 1 .AO
The flames had then enveloped the
entire west half of the north end of
the lower two-story portion u*ed for
stage and dressing rooms
The blaze was yvell out of the win
doves, leaping up the north side when
the fire alarm was sounded Among
those who first saw the fire, or light
from it, were Allen Belden. who lives
westward from the building, and Ed
Davis, who saw the glare from the
jail Mr Belden said he saw it at
1 15, Mr Davis thought it was 1:20
Mr Davis believed the fire was start
ed from the outside, others think it
originated inside; but no one knows.
Pulaski Hodge*, electrician, W ill
La hit and Edgar i I oil and. managers
of the opera house had been working
in the house until late and had just
gone home. Mr Holland had reached
home and gone to tied, where he slept
the steep of the just, hearing noth-
ing of ihe fire until this morning Mr
Labtt and Mr Hodges had not pro-
ceeded very far when they heard the
alarm and were first on the ground
Mr Hodges said to the Leader
man "We, that in, Mr. La hit, Mr,
Holland and I, were working to com-
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“MAN’S CAU TO GOD’
The Subject of Hi* Sermon Last
Night—God’s Call to Man Has Been
Since Adam's Fall to the Present
Day, With Outstretched Hands,
Extending Forgiveness and Mercy.
6BO.W. BANCROFT.
President
SAM C. TRIMRLE
VUc President
C. M. fttLli.
* Cashier
W. L. JOINER
Ass t Cashier
C « pit a I
Surplus
S 30.000.00
29.000.00
A $50 Check that was Worth $100
A man handed a dry goods merchant a check lor Byo to ap-
ply on account. The merchant neglected to give the proper
credit, and alwmt six months later rendered a statement to
the customer,
The customer called the merchant’s attention to his error in
tailing to credit the check, which the merchant denied having
received.
When the customer produced the cancelled check, bearing
the firm’s endorsement, there were ab)ect apologies—but no
arguments.
Without that check as evidence of payment, the customer
would have been forced to pay again.
IT HAYS TO FAY BY CHECK
The Orange National Bank
The Sabine Supply Company
Sporting Goods of All Kinds .
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The Best Brands of Shells and Metallic Goods
The New Remington Hammerless Pump Gun at Lowest Market Prices
A Full Lint* of Guns and Rifles* Coats and Caps, Belts and Everything
Useful and Attractive to the Hunter
After urging attendance on the cot-
tage prayer meetings, and hearing en-
couraging reports from tHOseGif the
afternoon. Evangelist Halt took for
his text Proverbs 1:24: "Because
have called and yc refused; I have
stretched out :ny hand and no man
regarded ” His subject, he said would
be, “God’s Qall to Man.”
The evangelist said there may be
some one present expecting an an
nounccment from him, so lie would
-ay: I have received what Geo.
Cates would call a “hilly-doo”—a mis
sive, not of love, this one, but of hate
have received an anonymous letter,
calling me a very bad name, a name
I cannot repeat here, but which face
to face no ir.an would take. He prob
ably thought I would shoot off my
mouth, and is here to hear it If you
are here I want to say, you haven't
helped yourself or made any frit-nils,
and I want to say, my mother is as
good as yours; if I had been mail
enough to have said such a thing to
you 1 would have had the courage to
say it to your face; but a thing like
that in that way doesn’t hurt me
hit Brother Mall feels toward you
forgiving and kindly to you. I know
you must he down in the world and
I would help yon as quick a* jrour
brother would.
The preacher closed with a touch-
ing declaration that he knew his
mother was as giwiif and pure a wo-
man as the sender of that epithet
could believe his mother to be; said
he wanted the man to come and hear
him preach, and closed with utter-
ance* of forgiveness and admonition
which must have surprised the author
of the intended insult
I appreciate my friends,” said the
preacher "People here have treated
me so kindly, royally, and with such
brotherly love, many inviting me
their homes I pray God’s blessing
on all; may heaven's blessing he upon
them all ”
“God's Call to Man" is indeed a far-
reaching subject Why does God call
man to heaven when man appears so
bent on a desire to go to hell is a
question hard to comprehend God's
goodness, loving kindness and good-
ness. He calls and you refuse—you
arc going on down to a merciless hell.
When God made the world He
placed Adam and Eve iti the garden,
where there was abundance, with in-
struction to eat of all the trees but
one—“it you eat of that you shall
eternally die," said God. But despite
this warning, Adam ate of the for-
bidden fruit From under the cool
of the great trees God called. “Adam,
where art thou?” And from that day
to this God has been calling. N'oab
was urged to huild an ark for himself,
wile and family, to escape the wrath
God intended to usit on the wicked
world As in Lot’s case. Noah was
laughed at and scorned as be built the
ark You qtn laugh ami Gertdr, but
we ll have to meet God in the judg-
ment day Just as God warned the
antideluvians, so he warns you now-
Tliey received his warning as an idle
tale, just a* you do tonight.
Make preparation Prepare to meet
your God at judgment. Oh, that was
not the only call God ever made to
people of this world Jesus Christ
His son, was sent to bring the world
to repentance Self-sacrificing, lov-
ing Jesus, died to save you. Of downy
pillows upon which man's head rest-
ed, Christ had none; of all the pal-
aces of the earth, Jesus claimed none;
the foxes had holes, the birds of the
air nests, but the Son of God had not
where to lay His head. He lived not
for Himself, hut for other men. A
prince from one of the oriental coun-
tries came to this country, and upon
learning to read our language, read
the New Testament and was asked
what he thought of Jesus. He said;
“If He is not the Savior of the world
He ought to be” Most self-sacrific-
ing character—Jesus tif Nazareth.
Persecuted, taken down before the
courts, convicted, poor, manacled
^esus marched to Calvary hill, bear-
ing His own cross, *n heavy He fell
under it* burden. Your sins, not His.
your sins and mine. The multitude
derided Him "Hail, King,” they
greeted Him; spat upon Him; cruci-
fied Him on the cro*s; as one man
pulled- an arm apd drove a nail
through His hand, (he other am, was
pulled to the opposite beam and the
nail driven through that hand, then
hanging with the weight upon the
(deeding woumb. <bikes were driven
in His feet, and next spears pierced
His body. What cruelty! What a
spectacle! He had for three years and
six months preached with a heart fttll
oi love for those people, Oh, Jerusa-
lem, thou stone*! the prophet.
To the people of Orange He says,
j I would save you you refuse Oh,
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J PARDON BOARD TO WAIT.
+ Austin, Texas. Oct. 22—The
• * Board of Pardons will not act
• • on the formal application of the
• • six men now confined in the
• • penitentiary for lynching the
• • Humphrey family until about 4*
• • Christmas time. A careful ex-
• • animation will be made to c|e-
• • termine the advisability of par-
• • doning these men before any 4*
• • action is taken by the board. ••
< • Already, however, two of the • •
nine who were convicted have • ■
been pardoned. The formal ap- • •
plication now pending asks for • •
the pardon of Joe Wilkerson, « •
William B. Brooks, Sam Hall, • >
W. A. Johns, Bob Stevens and • •
John Gaddis. These men were • •
convicted for the lynching of • •
the Humphrey family in the ••
district court of Anderson coun- < •
ty and were given life sentences. • •
They have now served out ten • •
years of this sentence. • •
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ATTENDING
CONVENTION
SPLENDID PROGRESS1MORET NEW PREMIER
PRESIDENT TAFT DELIVERED
ADDRESS AT INLAND WA-
TERWAYS CONVENTION.
To Prevent Them Falling Into Hands ofSpaniards-Moorish
Ranks Greatly Depleted
OF COMMERCIAL CLUB COM-
MITTE ON FUNDS—ORANGE
IS COMING TO THE FRONT.
Membership Increasing Rapidly—
Every Citizen Invited and Urged
to Become a Member—Committee
Catting About for Suitable Man lor
Secretary of Club.
KING TODAY HELD LONG CON-
FERENCE WITH MORET—
WILL RECALL MARINAS.
TERRIFIC EARTHQUAKE
OPENED GOLF LINKS
Of Country Club, Driving the Ball 150
Yards Off First Tee—Will Leave
for Houston This Afternoon Aftsr
Luncheon With Mrs. King.
American News Service.
Corpus Cliristi, Oct. 22.—Prisidon*
Taft arrived here at 10:30 this morn-
ing to attend the Inland Waterways
convention in session here. He ife
livered an address at noon The pres
ident was given a hearty reception,
opening the new golf links of the
Cnimtry club, driving the ball 150
yards off the first tee This after
noon, the president will take luncheon
with Mrs. King, the owner of the
largest ranch in the world, then re
turn to his brother's ranch for an
other game of golf. He will leave the
ranch this afternoon at 6 o’clock and
arrive in Houston tomorrow morn-
ing at 7:10.
inner*, how can you put it off any
longer? Don't defer tonight. Eight-
een million Christian people call you
from sin to righteousness, and yet
you ask if God is merciful; if you be-
lieve God would condemn. If you
turn your back upon this opportunity
tonight atul die, when you meet God
in judgment what excuse can you
give? God will say, “Didn’t Hall
warn you at Orange?" “Yes, Lord."
"Haven't you been warned time and
again?” "Yes, Lord." "I have stretch-
ed out my hands and you regarded
them not.* said the Lord. What does
that mean? Why would a man stretch
out his hands if not to plead, to beg.
It means God's forgiving love—par-
doning grace—bow sweet. Come!
Come now!
A number went forward. There
will be preaching again tonight
Hon J W. Link returned this
morning from New Orleans.
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The Howard
Watch
HOWARD is the greatest
name tn the history of watch-
making—not because rgTward
Howard perfected the first
American watch, hut liecause in
doing so he revolutionized the
watch industry of the world.
sxvojr iiue waieu, no matter
where made, is a tribute to the
genius of HOWARD.
THE HOWARD is the most
accurate time-piece ever made
for a man to carry in his pocket.
THE HOWARD was adopt-
ed by the Wright Brothers in
the government test at Fort
Meyer.
We have THE HOWARD in
12 and 16 size, in solid gold and
gold-filled cases,
Joe Lucas
falace Jeweler
Orange. Texas
A meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the Commercial Club last night
was well attended, and interesting
discussion of important topics* in-
dulged in informally.
There were present: F. H. Far-
well. president; F. W. Hnstmyrc, Os-
car S. Tam and Louis Kubenstein,
vice-presidents; Jim Smith, secretary
tempore, and Directors 11. F. Brown.
Sam C. Trimble, G. M. Sells, Horace
Watson, A. <) McLean and Judge
W. O. Huggins, and members Geo.
VV. Bancroft, Felix Weil. Joe I.ncas,
who also took part in the informal
discussion.
The committee to select a secretary
was amended and is now E. W. Ilttst-
tnyre. Geo. M. Sells and Sam C
Trimble. They made report of pro-
gress and were given further time.
The committee on subscriptions re-
ported $3Htt per month for the year
already pledged, and the committee
should be able to increase that sum
to $45(1 the coming week. Every n.an
in Orange i-> interested and should
express that interest in the way that
counts.
On with the good tvork.
In Sicily Last Night—Believed Many
Were Killed—Panic Will Sweep
Over the Great Territory—Shock
Was the Most Severe Since the
Messina Earthquake.
American News Service.
Madrid, Oct. 22—The king today
held a long conference with the new
premier. Morqt. at which the great
special reforms were thoroughly gone
over. One of the first moves will be
the recall of Marinas front Morocco,
and the substitution of General Wey-
ler.
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT
Herman Neis Gets Left Hand Caught
Between Belt and Pulley.
Killing the Wounded.
Melilla. Oct. 22—The prisoners
captured by General Marinas today
reported that tbe Moors were killing
their own woundyd to prevent them
falling into the hands of the Span-
iards. The Moorish rm.ks arc great-
ly depleted. The Spaniards are res-
cuing the wounded Moor* whenever
'possible
Sicily Earthquake.
Rome. Oct. 22—Dispatches re-
ceived here give further details of
the terrific earthquake at Sicily last
night. It is believed many were kill-
ed, and a panic will sweep over the
great territory. This shock was the
most severe since the Messina earth-
quake
EVANGELIST FISHING
Herman Neis, a local blacksmith,
is carrying In* hand in a sling today
as a result of a very painful accident
on Wednesday, w hen he got his hand
caught between a belt and pulley at
the shop. The skin, flesh and mus-
cles were torn off the hand, leaving
the hones bare. Mr Neis was out
for the first lime today since the acci-
dent.
Party of
Friends Take
Hall Fishing.
Evangelist
The launch Nellie, one of the neat*
est and swiftest of the river craft,
wa* chartered this morning and
Evangelist Burton A. Hall shown the
beauties of Lake Sabine, and proba-
Idy something of the good fishit
the party were John.
Chas. Davis, Allwrt Cohn and dtliri
whose names could not he learned.
Quality of Investments
Consider well the quality of an investment be-
fore entering into an agreement.
Do not be persuaded to tic up your money in
risky speculation.
A bank account is preferable because it is safe,
available and yields a sure income.
Your account is invited.
Tour per cent interest paid on Savings Deposits
Capital......$100,000.00
Surplus and Profits over - 100,000.00
The First National Bank
ORANGE, TEXAS
25 Per Gent Off
Refrigerators
Lawn Mowers
Water Coolers
Gasoline Stoves j
Ice Cream Freezers
Uak SalMias
nidi Street
For a short time we will give this liberal discount
these goods to make room for new fall stock.
OffkUl tV.tch Impede,
friz* Mind, Oi«*c Diriileo
ANDERSON I1ARDWARE
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