The Junction Eagle (Junction, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, March 11, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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JUNCTION, KIMBLE (XH’NTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY MARCH. II. 1921
No, H,
ANOTHER R \IN
Tl RSI)AY MORNING.
Tuesday morning about 1 ;}to
Junction want again Ideated with
a gm*d shower to the amount
of thru* quartern of an inch.
In thi.N jwtst 10 day a we have
been favored with three and
75-100 inches of rain fall,
all of which has penetrated the
ground as it fell.
The grass has sprung up in
the last few ilays until all
Kimble county is now a beau
tiful green carpet, and
t elds planted to wheat
tats are most appealing to the
eye, and the trees in the valley
and on the mountain tops are
budding forth in all their splen-
dor, and in fact everything ini
HIKE SPRINGS AMI SPKUIM SESSION l»l \NS DON'T CROWD: l\ S. I .ID RKV1YAI. MEETING AT DEI. RIO IS IR MISTING
JUNCTION GIRLS PI AY. SATISFY WISHES. IS LIFTED DN "REEK.” THR METHODIST CHURUli KMI Rn\D EXTENSION.
The Junction High School Washington, March R-—Gin- VN ashinirton. March 8.Pin The revival which started ai Dal Rn». Temui» Jlatx'h 7,—
girls basket Imll team, and in- gressional leaders Itegan today pmhibitron ltd was removed to- the .MetHedist chtitrh last Sun- Through the activities of the
eluding a number of visitors, to shape legislative plans for day on "beer with a kick" for day night is drawing great | West Texas <‘hanther of Com
come up to Rock Springs Satur- the extra session to accord with medicinal purposes. crowds and promises to be one meixe much inturwi has h,t*«
day. and engaged the local girls the views expressed at last The Department of Justice of the im»st powerful ever heldjaroused over the proposed ex-
in an interesting game on the night’s conference with Presi- ruled that physicians are autho- in Junction. tension of the Frisco Railroad
local grounds. The visiting dent Harding. riled under the Volstead law to Rev. (\ A. Woods, who is do- from Menard to the finder At
girls did not measure up to the Meeting with the IVsiden, prescribe l*e<»r when in their ing the preaching twice daily, least a half dozen town* have
local girls as players, and the at dinner a score of Kepubii- judgment it will prove benefi- is laung assisted by K. j. organised to promote the luiild-
final score stood 29 to 9 in can members of the Senate and vial. The l>eer ruling was Thomas, a soloist choir direr- ing of the road. The question
favor of Rock Springs. The House, many of them committee drafted before the new ad- tor from the Southwestern j of a terminus be- between the
local girls tried to heal the chairmen, discussed for four ministration came into office Baptist Theoligical Seminary. | towns of l><| |;-i and Eagle
Chanilnn* of Commerce
the sting of defeat by being as nice hours legislation to la* taken up and I tears the signature of A. of Fort Worth. I Pass,
and j to them as possible. The tea- at the next session, which it Mitchell Palmer, attorney gen- Thomas is a great leader and Th«
ture of the game was the ex- was agreed should be called not oral. * has organized one of the best of Uvalde, which Itoast the larg-
eellent goal pitching of Man- earlier than April tth and pro- Boer now takes a status equal junior choirs ever heard in lest memliershln of any town
rine Sweeten, who is nearly as bahly a week later Many sub- to that of wine as a curative Junction. jin West Texas, is pressing the
good a goal pitcher as she is a jects having to do with domes- agent, legally listed by the Sunday will be a great day matter of having che Pisco take
“widder.” The visiting team tic legislation, especially tariff Government anil physicians will at the church. Sunday school over the Uvalde & Northern
every direction is a beautiful I was; Bernice Ohenault, Mar- and taxation revision, entered U* allowed wide latitude in will start promptly at 10 o-land the "Sausage” roads. In
picture, one that makes us all guerite Wright. Fay Taylor and into the discussions, but in- directing it > use by )iatients clock and will be featured by! that event they would build
glad we are living and to give Louise Ragland. The local team ternational matters were not when such use will aid recovery several songs and choruses by
thanks to the one responsible! was: Maurine Sweeten, Zelma touched on. in cases of illness or coma Director Thomas,
for these conditions and for our I Dollahite, Opal Sweeten, Lena The conference, unique in l< sconce. Special Music also has been
being. Strackbem, Edna Harris, Willie itself and described by Presi- The beer decison is the 4*1 i- arranged for the morning
We are still hopefull at this B. Anderson and Fay Sweeten, dent Harding as “the beginning max of a warm conflict between preaching service to start at
time, that we will not have a The visitors from Junction lot’ the program of co-operation some of the Government’s le- 11 o’clock. At 4 in the after-
cold snap sufficient to kill the wrre: Prof. C. O. Britt, Super-1 bet ween the President and Con- gal minds. Prohibition Com- noon there will be? a special ser-
prospects we have of a good j intendent, Junction High School, gress,’’ did not break up until missioner Kramer opposed such vice in the church. All are
fruit and pecan crop, as well as Laurence Johnson, Iouie Taylor j midnight. a ruling on the ground it would urged to attend,
other crops. Fred Taylor, Misses Ida Steven- The President, wearing even- mean a general loosening up The greatest musical pro-
A pecan crop this year, like son and Marguerite Reynolds, j ing clothes, walked from tin* of the rigid rules governing the program ever put over in Junc-
Rock Springs Leader.
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BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES.
unto the one of year before
last, would be of great help to
Matchless Kimble, and would
in a meusurc remunerate us _
for the low price of wool, mo-
hair and cotton. All services as usual next
So here is hoping the good Sunday except the night service
Lord in His infinite mercy will which will lie dismissed on ac-
see fit to give us these blessings count of the meeting at the
which will he most thankfully Methodist church,
received by all concerned, and There will be preaching at
wo are all concerned. Gentry in the afternoon.
- Last Sunday was a great day
MOTOR PARTY’ with us. The people came by
dozens and scores to Sunday
FROM KERRVILLE. school, filled the building for
_ the morning and evening ser-
mons, some seventy five or
A motor party from Kerrville eighty fathers and sons attond-
composed of Mr. and Mrs. S. C.jed the four o’clock service, and
Childs and children and Mrs. a goodly number witnessed the
Childs father, Mr. G. W. Lamb, baptizing at three. The music
spent the week end in Junction was fine as the people sang
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. more heartily than usual, Prof.
Boyd Jetton. Mr. Lamb is Barnett sang solos at Sunday
Mrs. Jetton’s father, and is one school and the night service,
of the oldest residents of Kerr and proceeding the morning
county, having been one of the sermon Prof Marshall, dean of
first settlers. He still resides I the school of music of Howard
on the place he settled on some, Payne College, sang “Take Time
forty-six years ago. He is now i to be Holy,’’
84 years of age, and is hale and Pres. Mims delivered three
hearty for a man of his years. | noble addresses during the day.
He weighs more now than he! He combines learning, elo-
has in years and seemed to quence and simplicity in a way
stand the rough trip from Kerr-i that makes him a great preach-
ville to Junction remarkably ‘ er. Howard Payne is ably rep-
well. resented by her President.
.............o- A goodly number of visitors
(t)KLS AUXILIARY j several new pupils brought
the Sunday school up to an at-
THANK OFFERING, tendance that has seldom, if
_ ever, been surpassed in our
church. A number of the vial-
Girls Auxiliary thank offer- tors will not be with us next
ing for Home Missions' Sunday but if every pupil comes
Place—Lura B. Taylor. and a lot of new ones too, we
Leader—Nina Cason. will have a big school, won’t we?
Subject—Mountain Schools. ; Still bigger and letter is what
Hymn—On Jordan’s Stormy we want the school to be.
banks, (78.) The Superintendent of the
Prayer (that every auxiliary Baptist Sunday school at Me-
member may be willing for nard and others of that church
Jesus to reign in her heart) j worshipped with us Sunday
Scripture, Matt. 17:1-8 ;i morning. They report an en-
Psalm 125:1-2—Ray Munn. couraging interest and growth
executive mansion to the porti- brewers and 1he sale of their tion has been arranged for the
co. Standing bareheaded, his products. night service to start at 8
arms crossed, the lights from Officials are considering o’clock.
the portico roof affording the amendments to existing rules The singer and evangelist
only illumination, and present- to allow brewers to sell beer of will go to Roosevelt for one
ing him in silhouette to late about 4 per cent alcoholic con- weeks meeting opening there
passersby on Pennsylvania, tent, in order that an ample on the night of March 28th and
Avenue less than a hundred supply may be available to meet dosing Sunday April 3rd.
yards distant , the President j expected demands upon drug- --o-
described his dinner party as gists. WEEK OF PRAYER FOR
“an early step in the fulfill- -o-
from Menard to Camp Wood
and from Crystal City to Eagle
Pass, making a total of about
100 miles.
Reports to the Del Rio Cham-
ber of Commerce state that the
Mexican International is Being
rushed from Allende to the bor
der, and requests that the Ori-
ent and Frisco be extended to
meet it by Jan 1st.
merit of what 1 believe the best,]v|KS. HAMON TO DEMAND
together and getting them &c-
( LARA BE CONVICTED.
HOME MISSIONS.
policy of conducting the Gov-*
ernment, bringing the fellows;
quainted with each others’
views.”
__ Every Baptist woman is
urged to attend and all women
Chicago, March 8.—“She of the town and community
He discussed the conference j broke up my home, she flaunt- are invited to this meeting to
and its results informally, ans- ed her shameful conquest to be held at the Baptist Church
wering questions put to him by I the world and she killed my Thursday afternoon at 2:30
t he newspaper correspondents | husband. She reserves to be March 17.
and when the last question had ' hanged.” Leader--Mrs. Pickett,
been answered hade them good-j Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, widow Hymn—Higher Ground,
night. |of the slain Oklahoma oil mil- Scripture—Romans 10.
The conference was unable lionaire and politician, chara- Prayer of consecration lead
to determine, the President said cterized Clara Smith Hamon as by Mrs. Willis,
whether emergency tariff legis-ja supervamp in an interview at Our work—In the Mountains,
lation or tax revision should be the LaSalle Street station be- for the negro, for Cuba, among
fore leaving for Ardmore to the Mexicans, for the Indians
attend the trial of the girl, will be briefly discussed by Mrs.
Mrs. Hamon was accompanied Marsh.
by her 11-year-old daughter, “Is it Worth While”—Mrs.
Olive Bell. Roy Skaggs.
“I am going to prove she Prayer or the Mountain
shot Jake and the crime was Work,
premeditated,” said Mrs. Ham
accorded priority at the special
session and decision in the mat-
ter was postponed until a future
conference. Army and Navy
matters appropriation matters
which failed at the regular ses-
sion and the Colombian treaty,
all were considered to some ex-
tent, Harding said, hut no defi-
nite decisions were reached.
DO THIS NOW.
The Tie that Must Bind—
WEEKLY SCHOOL NOTES.
The honor roll for February
is as follows:
First Grade—-Bobbie Steven-
son, Shrove Goodwin, Clarence
Britt.
Second Grade—Blake Chen-
ault, Mabel Nethery.
Third Grade—Pauline Jobes,
Jake Andrews, Tempa Boone.
Fourth Grade—Orlean Britt,
Frankie Reid, Elsie St. Clair.
Sixth Grade—Dick Boone,
Bennett Kindrick, Cora Per-
kins, Ray Munn.
Seventh Grade—Nina Mae
Cason, Verena Lawler, Clyde
Richardson, Perry Dechert,
Roland Johnson, Kellie Wolf.
Eleventh Grade—Louise Far-
mer.
There will be two games
played between the Rock
Springs and Junction school
teams Saturday, March 12, a
basketball and a baseball game
Everybody come and bring a
quarter and somebody else.
Emmett Simon is a very
studious boy—sometimes.
Last Saturday the basketball
girls and the baseball boys went
down to London for the pur-
pose of defeating the teams of
that place, the results of the
Jays work being 39-0 in the for-
mer case and 9-5 in the latter
in favor of the Junction High
School.
The wonderful school which
Miss Mary Martin teaches at
recesses and noons is progress-
ing nicely. The honor roll for
last month consisted of the fol-
lowing pupils: Misses Willie
Hilda
Hymn—Praise Him, 258.
Leaflet—Verena, (Did it
pay.)
Walk—Why have mountain
schools and religious opportu-
nities of mountain people—Mrs.1
in their work there.
Every church in our associa-
tion now has a pastor as Ban-
dera has recently called Rev.
Mr. Ray of Center Point, |
On Dec. 1st, 1920, more than
Marsh. $16,825,000 had been paid on
Prayer — That Auxiliary the seventy-five million pledge
members may be eager to help in the South. Thus in one
the foreigners as well as moun- year almost one fifth of the
tain people. ; whole ninety millions pledged
Leaflet—Sereny, by Mary, j was paid in cash. This was a
Dr. Gray’s Appeal—Bernice
Chenault.
Ingathering of thank offering
Auxiliary Hymn.
Song Johnny belle and Lura B.
Mispah.
.......«o-.......-
Candidly, we are tired of
reading about wars, murders,
remargablo achievement,
Just twice as many reported
having completed the New
Testament as reported the first
Sunday in February. Can’t we
show the same rate of increase
next first Sunday?
S. F. Marsh.
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. . .. Sometnmea the Ionian who is
mild forms of amusement disappointed in love consoles
ng with a thrill ever hap- herself with the thought that
he is a tightwad, anyway.
on. "I am going to show that i Mrs. Willis,
she threatened to kill me. ij Prayer for the Negro,
will tell about the time 1 enter-j “Americanization”—Mrs. F.
ed her room and took a gun Wilson.
from her dresser for fear she "Light in Darkness”—Mrs.
j would kill my husband. I will Munn.
Enumerate your children j prove she had affairs with other Prayer for the Immigrant and
within the scholastic age with men. ( ubans.
the census trustee of your Dis-! Mrs. Hamon s denouncement Story of Home Boards
triet This must be done be fore! ended suddenly in tears. With Mexican Evangelizations—Mrs.
Anrii 1st The time to do this trembling lips she began again: Hugh Wilson,
is NOW “She didn’t make Jake Ham- Mission Among the Arneri-
Weaver H. Baker, <*>• She never suffered any can Indians—Mrs O. C. Reid.
County Superintendent, discomforts with him. She Appeal from Home Mission, ’ 1 h Hoggett
‘ .....- never was deprived of comforts Board read by Mrs. Hey man. Marsh.
, ATivir \rTvj lor luxuries in the eight years Prayer for the Home Board’s Herbert Simon was compelled
LELIS AHVI. alls |she kncw my husband. He had Work. !i° «)u 1 •slho«' laflt w“k in order
FOR WEST TEXAS, money, lots of it, when she first Hymn—Take Time to Be l°_he!p on the ranch.
__ met him. She went from coast Holy.
to coast for her wardrobe and Benediction.
Austin, March 8.—If the wore furs when I wore plush, j -o- Reporter.
Texas Senate treats West Tex-; “I don’t propose Clara SmithIrain OF SULPHUR
as measures as well as the shall go free to flaunt all this1
House has done the entire West before the public. What she!
Texas program will go through, wants to do is go on the stage
The West Texas A. & M. bill or in the movies. She’s always
was passed Monday night been crazy to be an actress. I j
through the efforts of Ben Cox, believe I am doing my duty as
Hill, Chitwood and others. It a woman and a mother to ask‘night in the Mills Creek dis-
now goes over to the Senate, j that she be convicted.” triet, five miles north of here,
The Senatorial redistricting| -o— land as a consequence watering
bill by Hill of Wheeler has been . . . .. . .! places and streams had to be
passed by the House and. is in “ y?“ ?«x Live ’em cleanc<1 of tl?<; c,h.cmical before
“ -........ your income tax fpve livestock could drink.
everything you have. It ma, sulphus, released by a
Mr. O’Brien is the delighted
i owner of three new brooms.
sa
POLLUTES WATER. J, N,OU f EA(ilTE
PROGRAM, MARC1
Bren ham, Texas, March 8.
“It rained sulphur” Sunday
holdupa. divorces, acaixMa, and
other ml
the Senate. The bill by John
E. Davis is the committee sub-
stitute on redistricting. It pro-
vides for 125 districts.
West Texas gains five new
Senators and a squad of new
Representatives in the two dis*
tricts.
Keeping everlastingly st it
success, they say--and
W9
• '" \V
brings succe
sometimes a
;; j* 4 \ .u
prevent, their calling for more-'cloudburst, according to farm-
- iers of the district, formed a
And still, sunshine in the (thick coating over ponds and
heart is better than moonshine; streams in that section. Much
ift the stomach. ! vegetation was ruined by the
__ t phenomenon.
lifa. _ . 2-°
every man has
The Lord
healthJ
An hour at
ST *'
V ! *!
punch on the taw. tittle for you to
Practically
secret
few are
Junior League program
Sunday March 13th, 1921,
3:30.
Subject—Telling the
Leader—Corrine Britt.
Song.
- Prayer—Mrs.
Roll Call.
Scripture
Song.
Scripture
4:25 and 4:1
2:6, E
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