Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1907 Page: 2 of 4
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
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Business office oil northeast,corner 01
Public, Square, Jacksboro, Texas.
Remit cash by Post-Office Money Or-
' der or Bank Check at our risk, other-
wise at risk of sender. ' ’
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people feel like they are going to
take-a part in sending more suit-
able'and better informed men to
the Legislature; men who can
see far enough into the future to
makeiaws for a great and grow-
ing commonwealth, but when
the candidates begia to make the
rounds it i3 hard to keep the
good resolution. All make fair
promises, and often the best
rustler gets there regardless of
his ability as a law-maker.
Subscription: $1.00 a year.
The large deposits in the Jacks-
, boro banks-show that Jack Coun-
■■ ty is enjoying great prosperity.
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.. ,,f Jacksboro cannot grow without
*.?. houses. There is. ppt a , vacant
business house or residence in
. „ town, j ", f
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’ The first watermelons on the
Fort Worth market this season,
were a lot from the'-Faifurias
^country last Thursday, and which
sold at 5 cents per pound.
Telegram
says a
Forts Worth.
Power and Beauty.
Columbus, Ga., Enquirer-Sun:
A shade tree planted for each
horse-power of electrical energy
developed is the unique record of
Columbus in recent years.
Columbus, with its wealth of
foliage and flowers, is already
one of the prettiest cities in the
entire Southland, and if the
above parallel is maintained until
all of the splendid water-power
at this point is developed it will
be, indeed, “a city beautiful.”
The Columbus Power Co.,
whose ambitious plan it is to de-
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Jacksboro crushed .stone.for the
City should secure
Jacksboro crushed
jpavirigandJteep> the.boom grow-
ing! .. ;. •? •
' Help Jacksboro to grow. Buy
a lot and build a house. Every
one who builds a house is a town
builder, and a town -builder is a
blessing. • Jacksboro needs many
of them. 1
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The gazette has .received the
-|!£yson Sun, .which is .published
.byIt J. Wiley. It is quite a
nice local paper and starts out
with a good advertising. patron-
age. The Gazette extends its
best wishes for the Sun’s success.
In another ' column will be
found a valuable article from the
'Experiment Station at Bryan'on
the immediate- treatment to be
given peach orchards. As farm-
- ers of Jack1 county have -spent
thousands of dollars in the pur-
chase of fine peach trees they,
will doubtless be interested in
this article. ■ < '
This week Jacksboro has two
stable bodies of the men and
who are helping to make
lwest Texas stand in the
at rank religiously and eduea-
r; the district conference
M. E. church and 'the
normal for Jack and Clay
Our people will cer-
ive nothing undone to
’stay a pleasaat one.
Mil HjcKinley, wlff^jf; ex-
1 President McKinley, after a long
illness, died at her home in Can-
Ohio. Mrs. McKinley was
as a model represen t-
/e of one of the many types
1 noble American women, while
brilliant woman intellect-
she was a sweet, refined
a,' a perfect lady in every
t of the word, one of Ameri-
‘ queens, and no
could be paid any
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art
Chattahoochee river north of this
city, already has one river plant
in operation at North Highlands,
with a capacity of 12,000 horse-
power, perhaps one-eighth of the
total power afforded by the 260-
foot plunge of the river between
this city and West Point. If the
same degree of attention is given
to the esthetic as to the practical
side of city life, in the future as
during the past decade, it will be
seen that development of some
80.000 and more horse-power will
mean 80,000 more shade trees for
this city and suburbs.
Qf course, it is simply a queer
coincidence that the horse-power
development on the Chattahoo
ehee river here in recent years
and the number of trees set out
by the municipality should be
numerically the same, for there
was no particular concert of ac-
tion in the matter, but the inci
dent.illustrates rather strikingly
that the effort to make Columbus
the greatest industrial center of
the South by reason of its cheap
water-power is paralleled by an
equally earnest effort to make
this city a spot of beauty tha
will be the pleasure of residents
and a delight to visitors. The
city government has carried out
its tree-planting campaign very
systematieally. On street after
street long rows of Lombardy
poplars, silver maples and other
trees have been set out, ant
these, with the thousands of oak£
and elms of older growth, make
the residential streets of Colum-
bus long vistas of verdure and
beauty.
Last year the street committee
of the City Council planted over
2.000 shade trees, and this year
the tree-planting campaign is
proceeding with equal vigor.
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ure. It was constructed of con-
crete blocks, and these were
made out of gravel gathered from
the bed of the gorge.
A new machine for the making
of these building blocks of con-
crete has just been perfected
which will enable three men to
turn out 600 blocks of almost any
desired size in a day. A down-
ward motioirof the press lever
applies 60,000 pounds pressure to
the moist material.
The importance of the use of
concrete is that the supply is in-
exhaustible, and many contract-
ors are convinced that this man-
ufactured' stone will prove as
durable as granite.
The practicability of substitut-
ing this artificial stone for steel
and wood is sufficiently reassur-
ing so far as the problem of the
future housing of mankind is
considered. It does not mini-
mize the danger of destroying
the forests on the watersheds.
The crusade for the preservation
of these woods that formerly so
filtered the snows and rains that
flnnrtg
see
You’ll find our good Selz shoe
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signs easy to see; they’re big
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enough and handsome enough.
should receive national support.
Among Our Neighbors.
Chico Review: Col. Tom Price
of Jack county, came over Thurs-
day on business and incidentally
to see his son who has been here
sometime in the interest of the
Modern Woodmen.
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Wichita Times: Our creamery
is now handling about 160 gallons
of milk a day. They are now man-
ufacturing it up into ice cream
and cheese.
You’ll find the merits of Selz
shoes easy to see, too; you can
tell by looking at the i\ame Selz
on the sole; you can tell better
by wearing them.
This store is./the right place for
Selz shoes, best shoes made
ON THE TRAIL OF THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
This Distinguished American Journalist is Traveling Around the World for
the Purpose of investigating the American Foreign Missionary from
a Purely Disinterested. Secular and Non-Sectarian Standpoint.
Illustrated with Drawings and from Photographs.
Y. M. C. A. IN THE FIELD
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AYNES DRY GOODS CO.
BASE BALL '
From Ardmore papers tha-:fal-
lowing items regarding the ball
games between Jacksboro and
Ardmore are of interest to all
who are interested in the nation-
al sport:
If any one has ever told you
, • that theJacksboro bunch cOuHft’t
Oran Herald: Oran is going- to | play ball they were stringingyou.
be the ‘ ‘Playground of the Kee- j They play it all the time and gave
chi valley.” Just keep that up- the fans several different kinds
ed the boys admirably and the
Ardmore team did the splendid
thing by them.
‘ ‘Observe carefully those who
can never see anything v&rth
praising in others, who are al-
ways finding fault, and who no
one can please and you will find
they are persons who are liked
by nobody.”
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Tokio, Japan.—r.“Before the war” is
as ihiich a stock phrase in Japan to-
day as it ever was in the United States
after the struggle of the sixties. . The
war has made all things new. Now
Japan is a ship that has found herself.
And what are mostly guesses on the
part of the rest of the world concern-
ing Japan’s purposes" and future are
intensely interesting present problems
with persons on the scene. The situ-
ation here is complex and rather be-
wildering, but there are certain un-
questioned facts which stand out
clearly as a result of the war.
One of the wonders wrought by this
wonderful was takes, rank as perhapB
the most conspicuous achievement of
its kind in religious history. For the
conflict lately wafeed. in Manchuria has
been the means of winning the whole
nation to friendliness for Christianity.
This amounts to nothing less than a
vast Christian conquest. -It justifies
the sanguine reports which mission-
aries sometimes send home, without
any such ground 'as they may stand
upon in the present case. Represen-
tatives of many denominations, from all
parts of the empire, natives as well as
foreigners, have assured me that- prac-
tically the last vestige of active oppo-
sition to Christianity has gone from
Japan, thanks to the work, done in
that prompted the offer to the gov-
ernment at the outset of the war, by
the national Y. M. C. A. of a work
for the army similar to that among
American and British soldiers.
All sorts of organizations and
agencies and persons wanted to go to
the front. Religious bodies were
especially eager.. But, like the war
correspondents, they were kept wait-
ing, the Y. M. C. A. among them. In-
deed, it had been said that the opposi-
tion to Christianity in the army had
been pushed to the very limit of treaty
rights. While various self-esteeming
.gentlemen of the press were being de-
ported for manifestations of their Im-
patience, the association patiently
waited and worked. Finally its day
came. All other Christian enterprises
were debarred from the scene of war-
fare. But three representatives of the
Association, two Japanese and one
American, with their equipment, were
started for Antung. During two weeks'
detention at Chinampo they spent
their time in serving the garrison. So
when the three secretaries resumed
their journey it was with the cordial
endorsement of the commandant at
the latter place. At Antung the au-
thorities gave the best located build-
ing in the city for the Y. M. C. A.
workers, and soon the secretaries
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Complies with all requirement* of the National Pure Food Law, Guarantee No. 2041, filed at Washington*
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,Y. M. C. A. Headquarters During ths
War.
Beeville Times remarks:
of so many young
the legislature is being
considered as one of
t cau363 of much of
tion that is being
. to Texas people at this
Working on the ancient
‘old men for counsel
Concrete.
New York American: We are
rapidly approaching the age of
concrete. The life of the forests
is limited. Another generation
and the iron-ore fields in the Lake
Superior region will be practical-
ly exhausted.
Already Europe has met the
timber famine and the high price
of steel and iron by building its
cities of concrete. The modern
parts of Milan, Berlin, Budapest
and other cities growing at a tre-
mendous rate are being con-
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for war,’ there
. and, if we mis- structed of concrete,
growing element
desires to see
tom-tits
until they can boast
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opens the
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One of the finest bridges in the
United States has just been com-
pleted at great cost across the
Rock Creek ravine at the nation-
al capital. There is not a bit of
iron in the whole gigantic struct-
.
RECEIVED A BIG SHIPMENT
house is full.
fc now have the best line of goods we have ever had,
l of the latest style and finish.
Wc have a nice line of Suits, Odd Dressers, and Chif-
es. Sideboards, Mantle and Upright Folding Beds,
robes, Safes, and Kitchen Cabinets.
We handle the Smith & Davis( iron bed, the best bed
on the market, for strength style and finish.
Come and see our goods and get our prices.
We handle Northern made goods.
’ you are heeding furniture and are a judge of weli-
goods we will sell you.
Our prices are always right and so is Squire Leeman.
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JONES & RICHARDSON,
WEST SIDE SQUARE, JACKSBORO, TEA.
Drink the old original Arbuckles’
ARIOSA Coffee, the blend of
Brazilian coffees, n?ost wholesome
and stimulating, as well as most
economical. - Anything dearer
than Arbuckles* ARIOSA is
extravagant, and no one can sell
as good coffee for the same price.
People who drin|c Arbuckles’
ARIOSA Coffee are not dys-
peptics with fashionable nerves
who take vacations in Sanitariums,
on featherweight rations, but the
healthy vigorous manhood , and
womanhood that constitute the
useful majority. The first roasted
packaged coffee; sales of Arbuck-
les’ ARIOSA Coffee for 37
yestrs, exceed the combined sales
of all the other packaged coffees..
In sealed packages only for
your protection. Don’t buy loose
coffee out of a bag, bin or tin that
the roaster is ashamed to seal in a
package with his name on it.
If your grocer won’t Supply
write to
ARBUCKLE BROS,
New York Otr.
Manchuria by the Y. M. C. A, with
contributions given at first in the
main by interested Americans, but
later, with equal generosity, by the
Japanese themselves. Long ago reli-
gious liberty was officially granted;
but it takes more than an imperial
edict to alter the attitude of a people
and their atmosphere, so 'to speak.
Despite the exaggerated reports In the
past of Japan’s having been won: to
.Christianity, it ha* remained true, un-
til this whr, that missionaries have
proved the worth of their work.
Promptly, and with the ifiost unusual
cooperation on the part of officials, as
shown by free transportation of men
»nd supplies, granting privileges for
mail and telegrams, details of soldiers
for manual labor, etc, the Associa-
tion work expanded until it has eleven
bases established and reached even
to the firing line. The status speedily
attained by the workers Is evident
from the fact that it soon became an
eigh
thread, patches,
rowed by 26,000 men, and
the association’s barber supjJ!
laundry facilities of a single
were employed by 18,000 soldiers. 'T
addition, hundreds of visits were mad
by the workers to hospitals and bar-
racks and camp at a distance from
the association bases.
After the day’s work was done, tha
secretaries generally had to stay up
late at night putting the overworked
hair-clippers into condition for the
morrow. The wounded men’s hair
was cut by the secretaries themselves.
pathetic incident of the sort of
ministry required is related by Secre-
tary Hibbard: "One day a man ac-
costed him with: ‘Will you please wash
my face?’ I looked at him and saw
that he certainly needed It, and that
both arms were in slings, his hands
having been shot away. He had net
had a chance to wash his face for twe
weeks before he was -wounded. S® I
started in. But soap and water had
no effect on that accumulated dirt, eo
I finally had to scrape the man clean.
Then I cut his matted, bloody hair,
and when I got through the man waa
weeping for gratitude. He could not
utter a word of thanks—e nd when the
politeness of the Japanese deserts
him, he is in a pretty had way.”
A New Feature of the Army.
All this work was done by a force
of only 41 secretaries, the Americans
who initiated and largely directed It
being C. V. Hibbard, V. W. Helm,
George Gleason and G S. Phelps.
There was an abundance of volunteer
help on the part of the soldiers, and
by military details officially appointed.
The officers themselves freely co-
operated. In the matter of oui
sports and indoor entertainments
soldiers gave unlimited assistance.
But the best friend of the secretaries
was the graphophone, of which the
men seemed never to tire. Now one
hears these machines at work day,
and night all over Japan.
Since the return of the army, per-
manent Y. M. C. A. headquarters have
been established, by the urgent re
quest of the army officers, at Liaoyang
and, at Port Arthur. The governor-
general of Lioayang peninsula made
a personal subscription of a thousand
yen for the continuance of the work.
At Port Arthur the military officials
turned over to the association and
agreed to keep in repair, a beautiful
Russian cathedral to be used as Y.
M. C. A. headquarters. The
active Y. M. C. A. in the worl
probably at Dalny; as many as
soldiers passed within its portals
single day. When the main army waa
returning home it ministered to mens
than half a million men. One of the
Japanese Secretaries of the associa-
tion has gone into rescue worlt at
Dalny, for, while the army was kept
absolutetly free from these camp fol-
lowers during hostilities, a flood of dia-
ns
solute women, recruited under ttie
permost in your mind.
Bowie Cross Timbers: In a card
published elsewhere in this issue,
over his own signature, Mayor
C. H. Boedeker talks Civic Prog-
ress in a practical way. If all of
our citizens take hold of the side-
walk proposition with a like en-
thusiasm, as many of them are
now doing, it will not be long un-
til Bowie is lifted out of the mud
with strings of good side walks an
assured fact,good street crossings
will follow as naturally and sure-
ly as that night follows day.
Bryson Sun: Mrs. A. B. Kuy-
kendall and daughter, Lsola,
came in from Jacksboro Wednes-
day night. Mr. Kuykendall has
rented the Cooper house until
his new residence is complete 1.
The second ball team of this
place played the Jacksboro sec-
ond team at Jacksboro Tuesday.
The boys making an error at a
criticle moment lost the game to
Jacksboro. Score 9 to 6.
Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Bryson re-
turned Friday night from an ex-
tended trip.to Buffalo, N. Y, where
they have been for Mr. Bryson’s
health. He returned very much
improved.
Waco Tribune: Windfield Scott,
a wealthy citizen of Fort Worth
is preparing to use nearly a block
of land near the union depot for
building a modern hotel, ten sto-
ries hiprh. Hurrah fer WinfieW
Scott. Every city needs a hotel of
adequate facilities to promote its
growth. Who is the wealthy citi-
zen of Waco!who will lead off in
this respect. Waco needs a big,
modern hotel.
Building News.
Dr. Wade has let contract to J,
G. Baker of Bowie to build a busi-
ness house on the northwest cor-
ner of square 50x90 feet, one story
of red brick, on a foundation to
carry a second story. Work is
to begin Monday. June 2nd, and is
to be completed in ninety days.
This will make a handsome addi-
tion to the business part of town
i and will doubtless be occupied as
| soon as completed.
Ward Risley is having his resi-
dence remodeled and enlarged
and when completed will he a
j commodious house of eighteen
l rooms.
of thrills yesterday afternoon at
Chickasaw park. Whenever twd'
teams clash for nine inning3 and
only three hits are made on both
sides and everybody clouting the
ball at that, you can gamble that
that the teams are on their toes
and not leaving a la^ge opening
in which to chalk up errors.
Another thing that all brush
leaguers will do well to remember
is this, that whenever Word steps
out to pitch you can all gamble
that your batting averages -are
not going to fatten to any alarms
ing extent. He is one of triads
JEWISH TIDE OF
IMMIGRATION
PROPOSITION TO TURN IT
FROM THE NORTH
TO TEXAS.
New York, May 27.—Jacob H.
Schiff, the principal speaker at
the annual dinner of the Jewish
Benevolent Society B’nal B’rith
last night talked of turning the
Jewish tide of immigration to
^rieSquth and ; West- Mr. Schiff
snappy, aggressive phiyers that -SwLthat an ureordered imnaigra-
is in the game all the time, and
he fields his position better than
any pitcher that has performed
here this season. t
Jacksboro has a team to be
proud of and they will make them
all hustle.before the season end3.
Morton, the diminutive sbttth
paw of the visitors was in" good
form only yielded live hits. He’s
a cracker Jack and -all you briish
leaguers had better Hvatebbfit'for
him. He’s nothing but a kid but
he will make some of y ou older
ones look like the missing link
with a little more experience.
He made nine of the Indians
meander back to the bench
after bruising the atmosphere
three successive slaps.
That bunch o:: “Jasaxes” play
ball all the time, and if
there is any little old town in -the
territory looking' for easy pick-
ing in the base ball line, pass
this bunch up. Whenever your
little corporation becomes imbue d
with the idea that it’s all over iuv
the shouting wjien that erdjwd
‘‘heaves to” it is -more than like-
ly to be humi lial ed. The two
pitchers on eithrir staff that
worked here are ‘‘.all to the mus-
tard” a most favovable impres-
sion.
:
Manager Waller/a,nd his team
departed this tnorninif for their
home at Jacksboro. ' The team is
composed of gentle: uanlv and
clean players, who p layed good
ball here.
The Jacksboro teal n has re-
turned home arid rep< >rts a very
pleasant time. Gaines ville treat-
tion was coming to this country.
‘‘Such an immigration,” he
said, ‘‘;is, forced into the North
Atlantic cities. The Jew should
be and has been . a blessing
wherever' he goes We should
take time by the forelock and
while welcoming the Jew to this
country we should turn the tide
of immigration; from the North
Atlantic cities. There is a great
American land in which there is
not 18 per cent of the Jewish
population. This great territory
should accommodate many of the
Jews now unhappy in our North
Atlantic towns.
‘‘Lately a movement has been
started for this purpose. We
can render our country a great
service by turning this immigra-
tion in the direction of Texas. I
can see no greater work than to
aid this cause, than to make the
immigrant welcome, not only in
the crowded towns, but in this
region.”
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Emperor Strikes Blow at His Own
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The most remarkable outcome of
the work vritich is herein described,
was the gift7 of the emperor of 10,000
yen ($5,000) towards the army work
of the Yourife Men’s Christian Asso-
ciation. What this means the west-
ern, world , can, scarcely comprehend.
It has given “face” to ,the whole move-
ment. All possible criticism has
been stilled by it. The Young Men’s
Christian; Association: has been identi-
fied with the nationaj life. Followed,'
as it Was, * by the7 empress’ gift of.
5,000: yen' to the Okayama orph'ahage,
a Christian institution, with a pledge
of 1,000 yen each year for five years,
the impression made upon the Jap-
anese mind has been profound. A
man,who keeps posted upon affairs
at the capital, Rev. Dr. John H. De
Forest, assures me that, so far as he
can learn, the emperor has since
made no gift to any Buddhist ob-
ject. ^
- The curious feature of this extraor-
dinary episode is' that it is like an
idol’s putting a lighted dynamite
bomb . under its own pedestal. At
least that is the way it strikes a west-
erner. For the emperor of Japan is
considered* a deity by the-.vast ma-
jority of his .subjects. , His picture is
worshiped in the, schoolrooms. He is
the riost'popular figure ' in the na-
tion’s pantheon. Yet here he in-
dorses and supports an avowedly
Christian movement, which, if suc-
cessful, must overthrow all other wor-
ship than that of the Christian’s God.
Truly, among the innumerable anom-
alous conditions in modern Japan this
is n6t the least anomalous.
Baptist
Workers’ Meeting at
Joplin.
There will be a meeting of Bap-
tist workers at Joplin, beginning
June 6th, and continuing over
Friday.
Tuesday night, preaching by
C. W. Horschler.
Friday, 9 a. m. How can we en-
list our young members in the
Lord’s work? led by A. R. Tyson.
Preaching at 11 a. m. by D. M.
Denison. '
2 p. m. What Baptists have
done for the world, led by M. L.
Wallis.
Americans to the Front.
As is generally known, the Y. M.-C.
A. work in Japan was planted and is
fostered by the international commit-
tee, having its headquarters in New
York. With a skill'which some older
missionaries find it difficult to emu-
late, the American association even
have kept themselves In' the back-
ground and have put the work entire-
ly in the control of the Japanese; yet
the American secretaries are still
here, and -recognized by their native
associates as real leaders in the work.
The associations that exist in Tokio,
Osaka, Nagasaki, Kioto and Kobe
have American a3 well as native sec-
retaries. It was American ajertness
superior
officers.
The Religion of a Hair Cut.
The type of religion displayed was
most practical; the approval of the
Japanese was not accorded for any
sentimental considerations. Simply
because the Y. M. C, A. proved use-
ful to the soldier it was welcomed
and assisted. Thus, during the entire
campaign, 3,385,000 pieces of station-
ery were distributed, but only 416,000
pieces of religiom literature. In even
more marked proportion 1,7^2 concerts
- re provided for the men, and only
613 religious meetings. Of course the
entire project was avowedly Christian,
but its faith was displayed by its
works rather than by words. It was
the religion of good deeds, and so
even the most ignorant coolie in the
ranks could comprehend it.
Recreation, diversion, accommoda-
tion and inspiration were the aims of
the Y. M. C. A. rooms. Here a soldier
could find a place to write home and
free stationery. Every one of the
three and a quarter million pieces of
stationery, bearing the Christian
name, as it did, became a silent
evangelist for the Christian propa-
ganda. Into the remotest corner of
the empire it carried the news that
Christians were brothering the man
at the front. And, naturally, every
letter written told of the comforts and
pleasures provided by this Young
Men’s Christian Association. Could
the most bigoted Buddhist, in the re-
motest rural region, cherish ill-will
toward a religion that was so helpful
to his son and his neighbors?
Bathhouse, teahouse, barber shop,
music hall, library, tailor shop, writ-
ing room and lounging'room were all
combined in these Y. M. C. A. quar-
ters. The men were supplied with
DuriM
most pitiable circumstances, has stneo
poured Into Manchuria.
Touching the Nation Through tho
Army.
The part that the army has played
in the modern religious history of
Japan is more considerable th*a
would at first sight appear,
the war the Chriftfans' vtr-re
ia visiting hospitals, meetiafe soldier
trains with refreshments and food,
and in preparing "comfort bags,” e
compact assortment of useful articles,
including a copy of the gespels. Some
180,000 portions of Scripture were
distributed among the soldiers. A
small book of "Comfort Sengs for Sol-
diers” was compiled and distributed
freely by the missionaries, and it was
quite common to hear crowds of men
lustily singing these Christian hymns.
Not a few of the missionaries did
nursing during the war, and in the
care of Boldiers’ families end orphans
they have been conspicuous.-
The value of this work as an ad-
junct to the strictly military prepara-
tions were seen at Dalny, where prac-
tically the whole army of the Yelu
passed through the Y. M. C. A. rooms.
After the fall of Port Arthur the sol-
diers expected to go home, at least
for a rest They had endured bard-
ships of which the world has some
knowledge. Of the minor c ^privations
the world knows nothing; one of these
was the inability to get through the
censor morA than one le.ter every
month or two. Even then the paper
and envelope cost five cents, and the
soldiers’ pay for a day was only three
cents. After the fortress turrendered
the soldiers thought these troubles
were over. Instead, they were marched
across the Ice, at a temperature al-
ways below freezing, to augment the
army at Mukden. En route this dis-
pirited army touched the Y. M. C. A.
It warmed Itself, drank its fill of hot
tea, heard the old home songs on the
graphophone, and wrote letters, some-
times 25,000 a day. This revived the
spirits of the men to a degree almost
inconceivable. They entered with
grumbling: they left with songs, as-
sured that such a country v'hich made
•asa
v -/
innumerable games, Including base- j po8sibie such an institution as this
ball (the American national game has had not forgotten them.
become ubiquitous), archery, fencing
and fishing tackle. This last enabled
the men to vary their meager diet and
at some places literally hundreds of
men would be found lined up along
the bank of a stream fishing for fun
and a dinner. It takes little imagina-
tion to read into the following figures,
just issued, a novel and far-reaching
ministry that fairly stirred the
nation, and called forth from every
general in the field, and from the
prime minister and minister of war,
the strongest expressions of approval
and gpgtitude. Three quarters of a
The consequence of all this self-ef-
facing, assiduous and effective minis-
try to the nation’s soldier* has been
to establish Christianity on new and
more favorable basis hroughout
Japan; and should this soon come to
pass, as Is predicted, a national move-
ment toward Christianity, this army
work will have been largely respon-
sible for it.
Some people are so poor that they
can afford to pay an honest tax rate
on everything they possess.
8:30. Preaching to be .supplied.
Dear brethren, who can, at-
tend this meeting. We are very
anxious for you to Come and be
with us. We need your help and
are sure our meeting together
will help us in the Lord’s work.
Our meeting at Gibtown a
month ago was not largely at-
tended but those who did attend
were greatly helped.
Yours'in His service,
J. B. Pyatt, Pastor.
Notice.
All my lands are posted and any
person cutting or hauling wood,
fishing or hunting either in my
farm or pasture without permis-
sion will be prosecuted for tres-
pass. , M. Hoffle.
Notice to Tax Payers.
Qn account of the action of our State
officials the Commissioners’ Court of
Jack County will be compelled to raise
the valuation of property in the county
and to readjust same. The court is
very anxious to do justice to all parties
in their action as an equalization board
and not only invite but urge the tax-
payers of the County to meet with
them and assist in the valuation of tax-
able property. The Court will spend
two days to each Commissioner’s Pre-
cinct as follows: Precinct No. 1, June
10 and 11; Precinct No. 2, June 13 and
14; Precinct No. 3, June 17 and 18;
Precinct No. 4, June 19 and 20. Don’t
forget the day but be present on one of
the days set apart to your respective
precincts.
By order of Commissioners’ Court.
Sil Stark, Co. Judge.
Come to the Gazette office to
get your envelopes in 500 and
1,000 lots with your card printed
on them. More than 25,000 in
stock.
Notice.
Whereas the Commissioners’ Court
of Jack County, Texas, on the petition
of J. G. Brown and forty-nine others,
freeholders of Justice’s Precinct No.
Two of said County and State, did on
the 14th day of May, 1907, order an
election to be held in said Justice’s Pre-
cinct to determine whether horses,
mules, jacks, jennets or cattle shall b«
permitted to run at large in said Jus-
tice’s Precinct.
Therefore notice is hereby given that
an election will be held at the regular
voting place in Gibtown, Jack County,
Texas, on Saturday, June 22, 1907, to
determine whether said stock shall be
permitted to run at large in said Jus-
tice’s Precinct, and T. R. Tumbow
and C. B. Strickland are hereby appoint-
ed to hold said election.
Sil Stark, Co. Judge,
Jack Co., Texas.
May 21st, 1907.
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