The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1915 Page: 1 of 10
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THE FLATONIA ARGUS
Devoted to the Interests of the People of Flatonia and its adjacent Territory
FORTIETH YEAR, NO. 18
FLATONIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY,. MAR. 4, 1915
$1.50 per year, in advance
FLATONIA A TERMINAL
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First Train Over New Route Ar-
tr rived Here Sunday, •
Extra 424 South reached here
last Sunday evening over the
Sap Road from Hearne, coming
over the new cut-off via Stone
City, with conductor Nass and
Er gine r Newell in charge.
This'inarks the first use of the
piece of tiack recently built be
tween Giddings and Stone Citj
by the Sunset Central Lines to
connect up with their line to the
Northwest.._ '
The Extra brought in a train
of freight cars which were-pick-
ed up by Southern Pacific trains.
The crew tied up here for the
night and departed for Hearne
Monday.
Two train crews are now op-
erating this run regulaijy, the
other crew being Conductor
Nimsky and Engineer Wilkins.
The roads expect to put on
passenger service between points
west on the Southern Pacific and
Northern points through here in
the near future.__■■ I. '
Shakespeare Club
The Shakespeare Club met
Saturday afternoon at the home
of the president. Miss Anita
Johnson conducted the lesson for
the afternoon which ' Was un-
—usually interesting. The grand
——opera study for-the afternoon
,*im was Aida, the last great compo-
-adkih oi Vierde. .. Mrs... Coy-din
1 read the story of the opera in a
pleasing manner.
v The following was read at the
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Whereas, it has pleased our
Heavenly Father to c.all to his
""“^reward Frank Brown, the be-
— loved brother of our member,
Miss Beulah Brown, be it.
Resolved, that we, as mem-
bers of the Flatonia Shakespeare
Club profoundly regret thfe death
of so noble and cfitfistianly a
character.
Sunday School Class Meets
Th*- monthly meeting of the
Teachers Training Class was held
with Mrs. D. McKay, and had
its first written "Quiz”.
The members were fully armed,
having brought examination tab-
lets and pencil, and each was giv-
en a set of questions, and quite
an interesting time we had, de-
spite the fact that a few years
had elapsed since the members
had faced . anything so trying,
and about fifteen years have pass-
ed since the leader conducted
anything so exciting.
The results were most gratify-*'
ing indeed, to all participants,
there being no poor grades, .ev-
erything making a per cent of 98
and 100. .
Just one hour was spent in
writing, but so busy were our
thoughts, that we couldn't real-
ize how swiftly time passed.
We have completed the study
of the Old Testament, and are
now reviewing, preparatory to
our final test, which wilt be given
and graded by officials of the In-
ternational Sunday School Work.
We will most heartily welcome
any to our class, who wish to be-
gin the study of the New Testa-
ment with us. To say we have
had an enthusiastic class, would
too mildly express the unwaver-
ing interest shown by all from
the beginning, and, as the leader
of such workers,.I wish to ex-
press my true love and apprecia-
tion for each. —ps——y-y.
And lastbut not feast—a spread
of stich dainty delectables aS
Mesdames* McKay and Dennis
are famous for, ‘was thoroughly
enjoyed by all, after wh^ch
■m,our n
^Wjrrri«MW»
McKay. - . Cqr
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B. Y. P U. Program
Leader —Miss Eula Sullivan.
Devotional Jy*. meeting— "With
Jesus by the Seashore.”-
. Song—"What a friend”
.Scripture Reading, John 21:1-
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The House by the Side of the Road
By Sam Walter Kosh
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There are hermit souls that live withdrawn
! In the peace of their self-content;?; % * ___
There are souls, like stars, that dwell apart,
In a fellowless firmament; ^
There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths
Where highways never ran; ^
But let me live by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
Let me live in a house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by,
The hien who are good and the men who are bad,
As good and as bad as I.
I would not sit in the scorner’s seat,
Nor hurl the cynic’s ban;
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
I see from my house by the side of the road,
By the side of the highway of life,
The men who press with the ardor of hope,
The men who are faint with the strife. „ ,.
But I ^urn not away from their smiles "nor their tears
Both parts of an infinite plan;
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
I know there are brook-gladdened meadows ahead
_ And mountains of wearisome height;
. That the road passes on through the lortg afternoon
And stretches away to the night.
But still I rejdice when the travelers rejoice,
And weep with the strangers that moan, '
Nor live in my house by the sid£ of the road#
Like a man .who dwells alone. ' —
we
Let.me live ip my house by the side of the road
Where the race.of men go by ; - --f- 'WwwM
Th6y af(f^(TS7^ey*are had', they are weak, they are
Wise, foolish — so am I. * strong,
Colonial Tea
Tln> colonial tea given by Mrs. j
Woodmansee, Feb. 23 at herj
| residence, was quite a success
Irani every point of view an
' itlesil day. interesting program,
j which included songs, drills, etc.
by the 1st grade children under
Mrs. Hurr’s capable manage-
ment. congenial and numerous
guests, last.—but—let- me assure
you by far not least, was the
dainty well appointed lunch,
deftly served by the Misses Ber-
tha and Lily Svasta, Punie Sulli-
van and Gertrude Brunnomann.*
Mrs. Woodmansee was assisted
in receiving by MesJlames Mer-
kin and ttewett. and as} the
guests arrived,* they were dec-
orated with hatchets, very Wash-
ingtonian, with their appropriate
cherry decoration, and motto,
which,"together with (lags drap-
ed so gracefully over doors,
made all feel most patriotic.
’Twas an afternoon long to be
remembered; and each guest, felt
and expressed thanks to Mrs.
Woodmansee, the ideal hostess.
A Guest.
The Old Time Store
Jim Boneset ran the corner
store -’twas in the good old days
us
Bad Weather Made Trading An
Unpleasant Occupation
The weather man handed us a
package last Tuesday on the oc-
casion of the Big Dollar Day. A
slow drizzle of rain fell through-
out the entire day and kept peo-
ple indoors.
There was considerable trad-
ing done on the special offers
given, but nothing like the a-
mount there should have been,
had the weather been more favor-
able.
Merchantskre,.as a rule, well;
satisfied with the day’s business
and expect to put on another ev-
ent of the kind in the near future.
The Dollar Day feature is still
something of an experiment, and
is intended to give the people of
the community an opportunity to
supply themselves with articles
needed at the least possible ice.
By the merchants all making
some, special offer, the range of
bargains*to be had will pay even
those living at a distance to come
to Flatonia,on that day and se-
cure the saving^
Every citizen of the surround-
ing territory who wishes to en-
ofyore, when all of us weie j couraife enterprise in the town’*
young: ’twas in the line old hap-! morchant8 should make it a point
py times that oft have been en- t(, visit the stores on Dollar Day
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Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to marl
Gibson of Scljulenburg. Misses
Mik'utenka • - of _Yoakum, tfnd
Herzik of Schulenhurg. Atl ex-
pressed themselves as having a
■v.mmn______■ . most delightful afternoon.
. just tribute.toihe.Viemory <>Q|^
* F • ‘ . • v,
■4*1 trill, -yv«rt.
mourn for one who was in every
way worthy of our respect and
regard.
Resolved, that we tender to
the sister, in .this hour of be-
reavement, our heartfelt sympa-
thy and love.
Resolved, that this testimoni-
al of our sympathy be recorded
on our. minutes andthat a copy
be sent to the sister.
Mrs. R. A. Wheeler.
Mrs. D. A. Jennings.
Miss. L. A. Johnson.
Press Corr.
Social Club
Masons Meet Mrs. flerzik of Praha enter-
The local lodice.of Masons met tained the Social Club, Thursday
at th.u'r.J>a:lJaat Saturday iwid *W*“W**-»“ ■»«“ delurht-
withu goud attendance presentfi™ manner.. Tta-atternoop ...fee,
Mr. J. D. Morris was raised 'to ■»" w,th V'TT Car Tde‘ “
the third degree.
36-38. Luke24:54-62. * *
Memorized and- recited by
Brooks Hinton and Miss Minnie
Lee Beale.
Song—"Savior Like a Shep-
herd.”
Scripture Quotations—Luke
22:31-32. John 21:15-19.
Memorized and recited bj
Henry Hurr Jr. and Fay Gabit-
zsch.
"The Faith that did not fail.”
Miss Jewel Sullivan.
Business.
Benediction.
balmed in rhymes,' by dippy
poets sung. The goods were
piled up everywhere, and Jipi
sat rocking in his chair, and gos-
siping with friends, and when
, <«^*8otbe gdr^lefcs-hvnst- Ik* found, he-
ha'd'to ‘difc and i*bw around a-
riiong the odds muPeridsj.
And i cl 1 e incij, a fragrant
Vu iQr’*-V
ru^loyo Avkew *Vfri<f*r ■■■*
its* now; arid sotfu* would on the
counter sit, and tell about the
v^ay they fit the Injuns, long
ago. And customers would
break .their legs by stumbling
and purchase what Is needed.
By so doing they will pav€^ the
way for a continuance of - the
Dollar Day feature, and at the
same time save themselves mon-
ey,
' Watch for the next announce*
merit of Dollar Day. and watch
for card signs At the stores.
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Boy Scouts Elect Offiesri.
The Boy Scouts^met at. the
School House, SatunJay. Feb 27,
1915, for the purpos$ of electing
iilliccrs and paying dues for 1915.
Thu officers elected were.;a*,
follows:
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parlor" i"v.tr ^ a"‘1 11
mr——^ . ed - on' the floor, and -then
Ihe .favors were corsage bou- • , . . .111
.....
i£e course were
t v - ■
nwie G»
fe-Btortfy.,
Tfi’eTeguJar monthly meeting*
of the Herman Sohn-Lodge was
held at their hall last Sunday- af-
ternoon with a good attendance
present.
Two candidates, C. C. Giesbers.
and'Jobn Keil, were initiated in-
to the order, and Dr. I). McKay
was installed as Physician.
One application was recei ved.
Ex-president Patzelt was 1 >rt -
senied with a beautiful gold
Herman Sohn emblem button at
the meeting.
An interesting meeting was
enjoyed.
ta John#>h. thev (1 cupslze 1,1 a 8Wwon*
Noted Speaker Will be Here
:iear thej Diwjhirnef
near, U. S. Flag
Bludwifefth.
But no-one seemed to think it Troop Flag
bearer—Estelle-
bearer—Edward
strange that this old joint, with- Arnirn.
______ out a change, ran on from year ’ Methodist Patrol leader and
Next Sunday might the people, year; for in that happy, joy-! assistant Patrol Leader,
of this section and surrounding - 0U8 time, folks didn’t care so; Patrol U-ader-Port BlUdworth.
town's will be given an oppor- -tnudh for grime, and glootn they Assistant Patrol Leader—Vastine
Gosch.
Baptist Patrol.Leader and
sistunt Patrol Leader.
Bridge Club
The ever popular -Wednesday
tunity to hear one Of the most a didn't fear. So many stores
ble speakers in the State of Tex- i wer(i Just-the saniU. that Bone-
'as, Mrs. Nannie. Curtis, who is‘set’s had no special fame, it had
acknowledged one of the most el- itH share of trade; we looked for Patrol Leader Willie Miller,
oquent, lecturers in the South- loafers when we went to any Assistant Patrol Leader-Edward/
west- store to blow a cent .for cheese I Cock rill.
Mrs. Curtis will deliver an ad- or marmalade. j Press Agent—Bennie Kempe.
dress on general topics at the Old Jim is dead and in his Press AGENT.
Methodist Church in this city tomb; his s^n now occupies the
next Sunday night. There will ■ruorn i rf which he paid
the
be no charge for admission. Ev- frdgliL; you wouldn’t Know the
Box Party
Bridge.of is^oordiall^^iniuted. -,f ,ri»^ ^i r Mr. and,MxiL-H. H. Harrisoii
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The lodge decided to have a
telephone installed in the lodge-
raom for the convenience of the
members.
An interesting time was had.
all motored out, there to be met
with a cheery greeting by the
little hostess, whose house look-
ed most dainty, with flowers in
every available place. After
sewing some time,-a dainty lun
cheon consisting of sandwiches,
cakes and fruit punch was serv-
ed, to which, ’tis needless to
say, all did justice. Then an
enjoyable meetings WgUw.^day
afternoon at the beautiful Sulli-
van home on LaGrange street.
The tables were arranged iri the
sun room which was lovely with
spring blossoms and leafy ferns
reaching out from suspended
brown baskets.
A salad course was served.
Miss Christie Stprey and Mrs.
May Heard were guests of the
occasion. Press Cor. ,
Pythians Meet
At their castle hall last Tues
day night, the local K. of P. lod- old time spelling, match, Mrs. }).
ge held its regular meeting and F. Johnson most capably giving
transacted routine business. out the words, th$ .captains be-
One candidatewas given the ing, Misses Siddie Mikulenka
second rank. , and Annie Herzik. Mrs,' Gibson son entertained Thursday with a
Applications, for membership bearing off the laurels. Mrs. morning Bridge party in cdmli-
froih ten of Flatonia’s bestrybung Herzik had as guests, besides ment ti, the visit ng young la-
men were received and acted up- the regular members: i dies. Ti<e Johnson home was
on. I Mesdames Herzik. Johnson and fragrant with beautiful bouquets
Morning Bridge Party
Misses Lorena and Anita John-
•attemh.-— ■ ■ $=■ «**-*“«•*-'* "ffoflfff ihwfri* noTmce^tie^on ietttBttaiae4^w*tbf a-Lox -party.«
is up to dale. 9 ' Wednesday night at the i Happy
Benefit Picture Show "My lather's ways.” Tom Hour, in honor of Miss Storey of
Saturday night of this week Bonneset sighs, were good old Houston, the personnel of
the Happy Hour Show will put ways for good old guys; in those party consisted of Mrs. Heagd.
on some special reels of a char- sweet, happy times; but ever- Misses, Christie Storey, Jenn|#
acter which will prove most in- nioi^e the world w ags on. and he Graham. Lucile Cowdin, Lorena
teresting to those who attend must let old things begone, who and Anita Johnson,^ Marie and
this exhibition, and will play for hopes to get the dimes. If I Alma Harriaon, Grace Blud-
the benefit of the local Shakes- should run this palace store as worth, Lottie Fernau, Mesfcrs
peare Club. father did in days of yore* in C. P. Harrison, Henry Miller. L.
The Club purposes to use the m rry days ol old, I’d get so S. Warnecke, A. B. Harvey, W,
funds derived from this source l(J esome waiting here tor mon- P. Harrison, , August,Kotnbue,
to keep ud and improve our love- cj !(1 patron» to appear, 1 d die Wallace Bludworth, Jos Cnd-
ly city park, and every citizen is of rust anu mold. ” well, Herbert Thulemeyei% W,
urKed to lend patronage* this Ihe world moves on; the jfood D. Johnson, Mr. End Mrs. H. H.
cause, old d. y? are shrouded, in the Harrison and Mrs. Kate Foster.
The show will be worth your l.i idly haze that veils all worn —
money and the receipts wjll U' ou . things; aihl n an must like he’dimprove. and put up ice by
used for a worthy purpose, .the move, .f .iis cundiiion jings. Walt Mason.
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Hurr, Henry. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1915, newspaper, March 4, 1915; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth990066/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.