The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1913 Page: 1 of 10
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El Campo, Texas, Friday Morning, May 23, 1913.
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Advertisements in the Citizen are read by more people than any paper published in the county. There is a
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Orag Fever Strikes Cl C^mpo.! Baccalaureate Sermon
D, Ward king, inventor of the Sunday morning at the Opera
MW, frtdoaa King road drag, ] House ftfcv. G. W. Story deliver-
M|t Ms appearance at the ed the Baccalaureate Sermon to
Opera House Friday afternoon. J the 10th grade class of the El
Hr, King's lecture, on “Good j Campo High School.
Without Money" given by The subject* being two-fold:
gfpmtfcal man in a practical “The Indeterminate Future and
«Hr proved a success, as eviden- The Cali to Service.”
lii fey the enthusiasm of his John 3: 2 and John 11: 23 were
taken as joint texts and the
stand was taken that our schools
develop the physical and intel-
lectual side and neglect the mor-
al and spiritual, and that thus a
chasm is dug between the intel-
lectual and physical, and the spir-
itnal side of life,making us a one
sided people. The result being
selfishness. And the neglect of the
moral and spiritual side being
largely the cause of our unrest
and lack of stability, and too this
one sided development breeds a
disregard for God and for all
that has to do with moral uplift.
Then comes the question, which
shall triumph, the Spirit of God
or the Spirit of the World? As
an example the story of Hamann
and Mordicai was used. Dr. Stor-
ey here made an especial plea to
the class to so consecrate them-
selves and invest themselves that
they would aid the gospel in lay-
ing hold of ail classes of men in
order to stem the tide of world-
liness. He asked them to remem-
ber the example*of Christ as he
Mr# King has a strong person-
rtfey He carries the drag fever
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As a remit of the lecture sev-
Mssa ef El Campo'® progres-
y afcw (mm, professktpal men
jfef Mmn men caught the
JpMT'
tWw agnmagto take the
tmgltag MN Dkk Shaver, J. F.
Kofaite. C. B. Smith, Chas. Ho-
mm. Dr. H. L. Grant, Aug. Nil-
aaa, EL F. Earl. Jr., H. Franke,
CDveoi Homer Mach, H. H.
Pairsva, A. M. Taylor, A.
SrMaSf. E.C. Peterson, Henry
Imga, E. Psrgstrom of Dane-
nag aai V- J. Drsstata of Tai-
1m.
■ fkjs Cooperative Good Roads
—esmsof. if carried oat, oceans
man trade for El Campo because
Dw termers wiH hare an easier
It will be easier
will increase at-
at the churches, will
the banks aj£r* accessible
and it will bring
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is ' Cooperation.
oot-of-town children to gtood overlooking Jerusalem.
Christ wept oyer Jerusalem and
said’ “Carry me to my cross for
I, if I be lifted up will draw all
men unto me, "and the plea was
that they even be willing to be
crucified to gain strength.
In closing they were exhorted
to harness themselves to the car
of the gospel and with the tools
that God had placed in their
hands to fexcavacate a sewer to
drain off the worldliness and in
this excavation to lay a cable of
Godliness thereby coupling man
and God to-gether*
Ball Club
hm Wm exceptionally good
an far, loortng only one
and looting that game un
der eandUem that it would have
Ins impimfMr frr a better team
yras with Eagle
anS El Campo wal-
Igpei them to the, tune of 7 to 1.
0w*a lar El Campo striking out
1). D. C. Open House.
Thursday evening at their
beautiful home in The Heights
Dr. and Mrs. J. Graves were
host and hostess to an Open
House reception of the Stephen
H- Darden Chapter of the U. D.
C., and a number of invited
guests.
The reception suite of this
lovely home was tastily decorated
with delicately tinted flowers
and palms and evergreens were
in evidence everywhere.
Delicious fruit punch was ser-
ved throughout the evening and
the reception committee was aid-
ed in the entertainment of the
guests by a well rendered pro-
gram.
An especially enjoyable fea-
ture of the program was the
musical numbers,
Piano solos were rendered by
Mrs. E. H. Deaver, Miss Gera
Rudder and Miss Gernell Evans,
all of which were specially ap-
preciated by the guests. .
Vocal solos by Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Yost and" Miss Willie Mae
Evans and a duet by Mr. C. C.
Chandler and Mrs. C. W. Yost,
were rendered in the usual pleas-
ing manner of these singers.
A particularly strong feature
of the program was an impromp-
tu oration on “Stonewall” Jack-
son by C. W. Yost. At every
moment of his talk Mr. Yost was
master of his subject and the
fact that his father was a scout
under Jackson made his remarks
dqubly impressive.
The address of welcome by the
Chapter President/ Mrs. Porter
Glazner, a talk by Rev. E; H.
Robinson and a paper on “Robert
San
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T. P. A. MEETING j papers had been prepared by thej preaching. We have revised
- ! members and read during the opinion of Governor Colquitt
Antonio Welcomes The (convention. A partial list fol-! At night under the(i
State Editors. lows: ‘ ‘How may we best reach": ***> ^descent lights
We had been looking forward the foreign advertiser? Why
to the meeting of the Press As-
ple sat down to the La-<
sociation at San Antonio for
weeks with all the eagerness of a
ten-year-old school boy looking
for his vacation or the Christmas
holidays. We have heard many
comments, wise and otherwise,
relative to the object of the
meeting and the advantages to
to be obtained by an attendance
upon its sessions. And as we
had never attended a meeting,
being but a beginner in the
newspaper field, our mind was
fully made up that if sufficient
funds were in the exchequer, we
would view at close range this
body in session and then we
could form our own opinion. We
have the peculiarity of all Mis-
sourians and want to be shown.
If we are told that a thing is
good we want the evidence, and
if we are told that a thing is al-
together bad, we are equally
anxious to experience for our-
selves, the shock to our modesty
and *the tell tale blushes that
mount to the cheek of our infor-
mant.
The meeting was held at the
fanfousGunter hotel, this being
the temporary headquarters of
the San Antonio Press Club. The
ting: pencil pushers were met
e depot by committees of
this organization and materially
assisted |n securing locations for
thelheeting which were mostly
secured at headquarters where
icana given by the SH
advertising rates should be ad- honor of the Texas
vanced,” “Is the press.menaced ;Nation on the lawn of
by the powers that be?” and;hotel. At this supper
many other subjects of vital im-t jcan dishes were served,
portance to the craft were ably [than 2800 pieces of
discussed by men well equipped
to handle the subject assigned
them. At 4 o’clock street cars
were in readiness with a compe-
tent guide for each car who
pointed out the principal objects
of interest in the city in a two
hour continuous ride about the
city. The Press Club had pre-
pared as entertainment for the
visitors a smoker in the ball
room of the Gunter hotel. Here
the members of the Association
with their wives, daughters and
sweethearts (those who were so
fortunate as to have either in at-
tendance) met and spent a pleas-
ant evening listening to the sil-
ver tongued orators and sweet
strains of music furnished for
the occasion by our host. Re-
freshments were served in abun-
dance and of course the Pros
all drank water and the Antis
“suds,” besides having many
vaudeville stunts, pu^le4 off by
parties employed for the occa-
sion. One of the most pleasant
numbers of the evening was an
the membership could have easy
rLee-‘AmericI’7Hero of D^!?ccess ,to the ™etin* pl?kce ?nd
feat,” read by Jno. E. Stephen.^ein close touch w,th the fra‘
were also features of the pro-J ™_y‘
gram.
((yothoi* tVio rrnoata nrn.i
wards of Denton. The annual
The meeting was called to or-
Altogether the guests pro-jder by its W.C. Ed-
The next game of the season
j» sebedsled with Victoria for
tender afternoon
James ^(Vllliam Miller.
Sunday May the 18th James
claimed it one of the best ren-/
dered programs they had ever!
attended and one of the most en-
joyable, events of the season.
Twine Question
William Miller, age sixty three . It seems as if the majority.of
«T***k~*T "a* f fu years, eight months and seven : the farmers are not in a position
Idayk, died at his home near to know how much twine they
car. culverts, j will need this year at the present
placed over Deceased was born in Galves- J time, so I have decided to take
dtorhes near the park.
lecture to Posies Class.
Liat week W, A. Hiddleson,
receiver for the Water and Light
for 35 years. Burial was in the; to have a bid made I will submit
Louise cemetery, the Rev. Flum- it to the Association May 31.
Caamay g»ve a very instrucl3v«im®ri0^cifin^- , , - . . W twine is going to be high-
mcuxrtut the Physics class*.,?! To the bereaved relatives and er than it was last year and it
^friends the Citizen extends sym-
pathy. J *
the El C—ipo High School on
the "Making of gee.”
The riaac went in a body to
the be plant where Mr. Hiddle-
ami gn*e Me laetmre with demon-
Card Of Thanks
We dartre to extend thanke to
thane who ao kindly assisted us
thnangh the rtdiaaas and death
at am dartfnf babe- We were in
JtoiMa and yen generously came
t* ear aertatanee, thus casting
upon the waters
again In
May God's blessing
you.
Bee and Gertrude Gardner.
ton, Texas, September 11, 1849: the amount of those that do
and had lived in this community know, and when I have enough
Darris Lucilc Gardner
Last Monday morning at Ona-
laska, Tex. this lovely babe aged
1 year, 6 months and 13 days,
daughter of Ben and Gertrude
Gardner. The remains werfe
brought to FI Campo and buried
Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner
formerly lived here but recently
removed to Onalaska. Darris had
been, suffering for some time
with whooping-cough but for 10
days previous to her death had
been afflicted with Cholera In
fantum. It is hard to meet the
grim monster at any time but
may be higher if you don’t get
your amount in and buy through
the Association. This is my last
call and if you don't care to do
this I will drop it and you can
buy where-ever you can do the
best. Please let me know be-
tween now and the 31st of May.
J. W. Good, Sec'y.
Scholastic Census
J. E. Mclver has completed
the scholastic cencus for the El
Campo Independent School Dis-
trict and while he reasonably cer-
tain that none have been omitted
he wants any person who may
know of those overlooked -to re-
; address of the president was well
received. Other addresses
throughout the day by Col.
Henry Exall of Dallas, president
of the Texas Industrial Congress
Mr. Exall prefaced his remarks
'by stating that he had been
asked if he would be a candidate
for governor next year, and that
he wanted to stop any further
connection of his name with any
office of emolument within the
gift of the state by here and
now declaring that he would ac-
cept no office of the kind. Mr.
Exall made an excellent speech
along the lines of conserving the
soil in the state. He declared
that two generations of people
had come and gone, taking ev-
erything possible from the land
and returning nothing, and that
unless soil leeching was discon-
tinued and a restorative system
practiced, that our rich agricul-
tural lands would be exhausted
and our decendants would be
obliterated by disease from the
face of the earth. Mr. Exall is
not a politician but a philanthro-
pist, and we believe the time
ftnnk Hicks entertained Sun-
4my wHh a luncheon in honor of
the haga of Che Class of 1913 of
the El Campo High School.
That* who eojoyed the day be-
rtias the host were Messrs. Sid-
•er Chandler,Elbert Craig, Clyde
and Ralph Hill, members
Roy MontgonMy as
port to him at once. He finds
where the only child is taken at j that there are 566 white children
an age when they are most in- 0f scholastic age in the district
teresting and have gained a per- or an increase over last year of
manent place in our affection it 57. The negroes have 38 chiid-
seems to be doubly severe. The ren, the same as last year.
Citizens sorrows with the be-> -—-
reaved. S. Watt returned to Wharton
----- — Wednesday evening to continue
Will Seydler and wife went to jury service-
San Antonio Thursday for a Mrs. S. A. Penfield who has
short visit. t been a guest in the F. P.Penfield
Miss Hallie Trousdale was a home the last week, left Wednes-
visftor from Pierce Thursday. day for Galveston.
are required for the'
700 knives, 700 forks
spoons. To seat the
tables, each seating 8 1
194 tablecloths and 700 *
were necessary. 78
were used to look after
of the guests.
dozen tamales and a
of tortillas and en<
placed on the tables
to the viands served
kitchen of the great
Alas, we could not
and when we think of
nificent spread and
pense incurred in i
tion, we view our
board with an eye
tion, and the Exj
as being phi]
true kind, who have
not failed to bring
shine into the lr
the earth, the
We could not
close of the
day morning we
feeling that the
address by Gov. Colquitt oveiy weii gpent, and a
the telephone. The Southwest-
ern Telephonn Co. had installed
in the room what they called a
long distance transmitter and
the voice and words of the gov-
ernor at Austin, 80 miles away,
could be easily understood any-
where in the room.
Friday's proceedings were
marked by the same energy and
the same enthusiasm as the pre-
ceding day. The morning ses-
sion was occupied by such men:
G. H. Boynton of the Hamilton
Herald, who wanted the press of
the state to require candidates
for the legislature to subscribe to
of the importance
tion. The press
bers among its
the best and
the state, and
tainfr treated
have already
ward to the next
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Mrs. fain
Club,
The Woman's
fully entertained
reception Tuesday
May 20.
The President,
was called onjjfor
platforms promulgated by the; which she readily
press. A. M. Kennedy romped; rendered beau
on the Boynton position. Many : Higbed
senators and representatives ex- an account of,
pressed their views very force- panama. She In
fully, and there was at least a way 0f ^er
divided house when the matter 0f panama, the
was turned over to the commit-1 description of
tee on resolutions.
In the afternoon the Associa-
tion was addressed by Lieutenant
Governor Mayes and Governor
Colquitt. There seems to be a
warm friendship between the
two in spite of the fact that one
is a Pro and the other an Anti,
and that is as it should be. Just
what reason we can assign for
enmity and ill will because of a
difference in our views politically
or religiously is hard to uncier-
stand. Governor Mayes intro-
duced Governor Colquitt as our
beloved governor, and by the
way, both of them are old news-
paper men. Governor Colquitt
propitious for the office. to hunt^ said among other things com*
the man and we propose to draft mendatory of Governor Mayes,
him for the governor's chai^ jthat “you may have made a mis-
iWe is no better man for tftp, Cake when you elected me as gov-
position in the state
Miss Eleanor Breckenridge of
San Antonio, well known throug-
out the Lone Star State for char-,
itable and philanthropical work,
was next on the program. Pres-
ident R. T. Milner of the Texas
her main point
Big Canal. Wp
one felt a desire
after Mrs. H
talk..
•Mrs. Fain then
refreshments of
cream and cake,«
dames Hefn
Ewart The
beautifully
and ferns.
Beautiful
by Misses*
Ethel Nefeon.
A little
ribbon and
were then
American
the members
not having
the lesson.
Mrs. Fain
piano selections.
Mrs, Fain had 1
side the members
ernor but you did not make any
mistake when you elected Mayes
lieutenant governor. Governor
Colquitt said that when he went_______ ____
into politics he had $45,000 in Mesdames Willis,
bank stock and that he had .grad- gon B^art,
ually parted company witFTthat an(j Craig.
Agricultural and Mechanical Col- (stock to pay campaign expenses r Everybody
lege, President W. B. Bizzell of until now he had to depend on hour dec
the College of Industrial Arts at his salary as governor to meet estimable
Denton, and Professor F. M. the expenses of his household.
Brally of Austin, state superin-(But the experience had been
tendent of schools, also delivered worth it. Politics is no mere Campo
commendatory addresses. Able profitable if you are honest than untoy.*
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1913, newspaper, May 23, 1913; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871557/m1/1/?q=Negroes+held: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.