Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1939 Page: 4 of 8
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WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
Thursday, May 25, 1939
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be in the right; but our country, right or wrong."
— Stephen Decatur.
Thursday, May 25, 1939
Baptist Church
Sunday.
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larity which that method of
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the genial
Post master
General following Texas
•attended the Baptist workers meeting Jack,
in Bowie Monday.
and the swing around the
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Slightly decreased attendance last
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Barn fires are among the most com-
mon causes of fire loses on the farm.
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By the same token, Mr. Farley is
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Office of Publication- Messenger Building. 206 West Walnut Street,
Nxet to Postoffice
Look Into A Mirror
Ey Mary Ruth Fouler
in the May issue of Hollands there
Prof, and Mrs. W. H. Adamson left
Wednesday for a two weeks’ visit at
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| Lord has in store for you, by absent-
i ing yourself.
The Fundamentalist Baptist church
will have a revival meeting to be held
the last two weeks in June.
J. E. BOYD, Rep.
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unity in our modern time."
But all of our organization and ma-
chinery won't mean a thing unless we
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Forty Years Ago
Front the Files of Messenger
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Don't go through another
summer in an uncomfort-
able kitchen. Trade your
old range for a cool-cook-
ing 1939 gas range. Your
meals then will be easier
prepared i n a cooler kitchen
and at less cost!
are filling the plac-
Samged
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Archie Hoy1 has been discharged
from the navy and is expected home
tills week.
FUNDAMENTALIST
BAPTIST C HURCH
In the Friendly Town
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He is a
I preaching service, which will lie held
in the college chapel. The Sunday
school will he di-missed in time for
of steriing character, !
Vt 2 p. m. The pastor will continue
Marshal William B. Evans was in
Dallas «n business Wednesday.
tm MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED NEWSPAPER IN WISE COUNrY
who love His service beyond all thatWomen’s
t the Devil has to offer to entice the
the Bellevue high
...)
Officer Buck Riley of Bridgeport,
has been in the city this week assist-
ing the grandjury in its work to bring
evil doers to time.
tricks too.
W- S. Jamison, a prominent at tor
ney of Montague and an old time
friend of ye editor, was in attendance
on the district court this week.
The Methodist Church
The Friendly Churcia
in the Friendly Town
of late that he has about run out of
trousers.
fession of faith or by letter. Come
Sunday at 9:45 Er . connally is mak
all memhers are • cd at tendance at all hours. Two him
for ail services next .Sunday. Come
and Im* one of the 300 or more, in 10
♦‘<1 for the fair in San Francisco, Mr.
to Sunday school
Sunday was a propicious day for
all who love the service and worship
of the Lord’s house. The resp nsibili-
ty was on each Individual to make
choice, between the Lord’s redeemed
children at His house. We are ad-
circle may
Wisp nunty Hrssrzugger
EavaLisHed i
PUBLISHED IN the dairy center of the GREAT SOUTHWEST
Entered at the Post Office at Decatur. Texas, as second Class Mail Matter
DICK COLLINS. Editor-Owner
ember of Ntional Editorial Association. World Press Congresg, Texas
_______________Crrw AiMriatioc. Texas Editorial Association
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, sianding or reputation of any
Om. person or corporation which may appear at any time in te columns of
the Messenger will be gladly corrected upon its being brought to the attention
of the pubsher.—DICK COLLINS, publisher.
w. .1 , thence back to the White House. with'
yadkrandarraduunan Fort Nastrr the uneasy hendihat wears the crown.
Dick Willis was here Wednesday
from the Greenwood country. He says
he has been sitting around so much
Jim B. Thomas was here yesterday
from Alvord.
W. Martin and C. C. Cates or Bridge
port are in Dallas this week attend-
ing the federal court in the Cates dry
goods suit.
“Our Country in her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always
T.ui la No Sumsntute Foa C>»culatiom"
Inmates of an Ontario prison faint-
ed when they saw a crime and hor-
ror picture. It was a shock to find
out what the public has been led to
think of them.—Wichita Falls Daily
Times.
BIRTH. Christ says: "Ye MUSr be
born again."
Many are depending upon their
church membership, baptism and their
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Elaborate preparations are being
made in Washington for the approach-
ing visit of the King and Queen of
England. It has been suggested that
the court practices should be follow
H1, including walking backward out
of the royal presence, complicated
bendines of the body, and so on, all
Of which appears to the eye of the
average citizen of the United States
as beinE uncalled for, and so much
bunk, important and proper thougn
snob ceremonies may be, on another
S< 11. There is a dignified and respect-
Kill middle ground that lies between
rigid court etiquette on the one hand,
and greeting the tourists as George
and Lib on the other. In all probabili-
ty, the king and queen would la- glad
I. have a let down, within the bounds
of courtesy and decency, and would
be entirely willing to abide by the
ride that admonishes travelers. when
in Rome, do as the Romans do.
isn’t I be new trick-
olks. I’ve notierd.
Not all of the star costellations,
were named by the ancients. Many of
_„0 ... . Farley is giving his fellow-citizens a
Mrs. Travis .visiting here "rom good opp rtunity to have a look at
Ninguis gxuet dauzhter. Mis. him. which in itseir isa help. FiHeen
W. N. Cox, has home. Mrs. speeches will he spread over a
Travis was recentiy widowed by the states, and there will Im postmasters’
death of her husland. who was one conventions to attend. NIr Farley sel-
of the pH peers of 1 alo Pinto county, dom shows himselr te disadvantag.
and Jpo. Cates. Walter
them bear such modern names as
Antlia (the air pump), circinus (the
compass), Microscopilib (the micro-
scope), and Sextans (the sextant).
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E. Riley. Tom Simmons,
Will A. Miller. Jr., W. IL Adamson.
C H. Smith, G. W. Dale, J. P. Hay-
ter and R L. Thompson went fishing
to Goose Lake Monday night and
caught a fine lot of fish.
a man to Im* considered.
G. Tankersley, N.
Bible study each Tuesday
Guinn Williams and wife spent
last week in Gialveston attending the
State Bankers’ Convention.
as a hot-running second. Head-
splendid ability, fine preparation, and
lone experienee in the ministry.
The evening services will be held .
at tin* church. The B T. will begin
at 7 eclock and the evening preach-
ing service at eight. A large number
of students will he with us for the
last time in the services next Sunday,
and we hope for largely attended and
inspiring services.
R. E. BEL.I, Pastor.
Gordon Roberts has returned from the modest mantle of the vice Presi-
attending A. & M. at College Station. dency, if he is willing to wear it, and
------ it may be the will of the convention
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ed on similar occa-ions in Decatur a Seventh chapter of Mat. was tak-
numher if time-. and is always heard en as Seripture lesson for the evening
service. Text: Not every one tha
sayeth unto me. Lord. Lord. shall en-
ter into the kingde m of heaven, but he
that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven." Sad to know that
multitudes of people who are church
members and claim to be Christians
know nothing of the regenerating
grace of God through the NEW
has allotted to Mr.
Walter Lang, fireman on the X. .
L south bound Denver train. sustain-
ed a serious accident Tuesday caused
by the breaking of the driving shaft
of his engine. A leg and arm were
broken and he was taken to Ft. Worth
for treatment. The accident occurred
beyond Cowan almout eight miles from
this place.
Broad way. through tin- wide gate
the L rd. He has His faithful "few" the Thursday night prayer service.
ing rapid progress in learning
names of the members.
get on our knees, and go to praying all t get to the college for the batsa i helpful,
for the power of the Spirit. and go to '------ -
that both shall put < n raiment still
less conspicious.
Miss Gabie Sue Carpenter has re-
turned from Rhome, where she has
been teaching in the high school.
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ku« w. W ith the elosing of school, we
have lost some goud workers for the
Johnnie Stone, teacher ef
new trick*. It
that worry me.
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Among the amusing cdds and ends
wept up at the last minute are the
cast of the Massachusetts judge who
fined eight motorists for overtime
parking and left the court house lo
find a ticket on his ear f r the same
offense: the fact that the name of
Harry Tomorrow is in the New York
directory: and the story of the ne
gro who explained running through
a red light on the ground that he
thought green lights were go-signals
for white driver and red lights go-
signals for colored.
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_ some ne I ed down by the indifference and
would bring out a bag of old trie worldliness of groups and individu-
You know, the kind grandmother us als" . . . "\W shoul think net in terms
ed: the hospitality that said, "eome of the weakness of man, but in terms
in and stay a week. The courage that of the (lower of God" . . . "Church
set a flower in the window when the member, what kind of a report do you
water had to be hauled a mile. The bring—one < f pessimism, discourage,
faith that brought a family to it. ment and disasier— or like Abraham.
km»s. With no carpets on the floor— Mines. Paul. Martin Luther, John
not so clever perhaps—and yet—well. Wesley. Kolert Morrison—do you
along with the "new tricks" I can have a daring faith that says. Let us
teach her. I hope t. give my dauzh- go up and possess the land’!"
ter her Erandmothers bag of old If you are lo king for a church
home, we welcome you. Join on pro-
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Cap Brown, prominent stockman-
farmer. of Greenwood, was here first
•I the week accompanied by Mrs.
Brown and daughter.
just can't
Mb wish to thank each and every
one of our friends who were so kind
and„thonghtful in our time of sorrow
in fne death of our brother, Sam.—
Mrs. Whiter Stokes, Albert. Doc.
Charlie and Dan Pavillard.
Mis
ited !
nesday
All services will Ik* held ar l lie
Baptist churel next Sunday at the
rezular hours, except the morning
of a total of $7,631,800,000 income
of farms for 1938 in the United States,
i H82,221 ,000 was in the form of gov-
‛ eminent payments.
Glen Russell was here from
Ereckenridge Monday.
• for the time, and are going right
on in the Master's work.
A few quotations fr< nt the Pas-
tors sermon on "The Minority Re-
port."
"The ten spies saw the difficulties
and the Giants, Caleb and Joshua.
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have a way of running after the new
—and aequiring it, too. And it's nice.
I like most of these new fangied idea*
for making a house more attractive i
and life more comfortable. Yes, new
that leads r< destruction, where many
go in thereat.”
Bro. Vess was in charge of the ser-
dred -evelt} -eizht in the 10 a. m. Bi-
ble classes. Four additions, and one
Cooles is the 1939 Gas Range Lecause of heavy oven
insulation which keeps h it in the oven out of your kitchen.
Accurate oven ! at control, too, eliminates the need of oven
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the forefront to a de
cause many another wil-
ling Barkis to sit up ami take notice.
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In connection with these and all
other proznostications along rhe same
line, it should be observed that there i
is an important factor that lias not'
been taken into account at all in this I
comment. The sphinxlike silence or
Mr. Roosevelt remain unbroken. A
Messrs Garner and Farley may have!
w. rd from the White House, and
a. rough and rugged road to travel.
Either may have to Is* content with
ids preaching each night at Aurora
through the week. He will lie home
is an editorial by Helen Frazee Bow-
er which states :
Someone. Who thought be was wie
raid : You can't teach an old dog new
tricks. You can th ugh—ask any
beauty operator. Yes. all of us. old
or young, have picked up quite a few
zood works, to save them. But our
zood works, apart from regeneration
by the cleansing power of His abed
blood on Calvary, are as “filthy rags"
in God’s sight. It is to those who lack
this cleansing of the heart by the
blood of Christ, to whem the Lord
will say. Tiepart from me, ye cursed
into everlasting fire, prepared for
Rev. R. E. Bell, Prof. John Sparks,
Mrs. C. B. Gunn and Mrs. Bowman
saw the abiltiy of the Children of is-
rael under the power of G d to pos-
sess the land” . . . "A generation of
cowards bad to die off, and forty
years elapse hefore the crossing over
into the Promised Land. "God’s
cause will eventually win, but the on-
going of the Kingdom is often slow-
masses from the Strait and narrow
way that leads to life," into the
watching as well as overheating. It is Cooler because the oven
need not be used for broiling, as many of the new models have
separate, smokeless broilers using less heat. And the 1939 Gas
Range is cooler because most top burner cotiking can now be
done on the new low-heat simmer burners, which keep foods
boiling with minimum use of heat, thus eliminating most steam
and vapors. Think what these features mean in Kitchen Comfort.
the Devil mid his angels.”
Wr should make the important dis-
tinetion between “religion” and Chris-
tianity. The heathen have all sorts of
religion, which is made up of outward
it a day of wicked pass time at some forms and ceremonies, but know noth-
of the resorts for Satan’s hosts, ing of the regeneration power of the
The road houses, Der joints, pk-. El od. which is an inward work on
shows, the dirty dance halls hail the heart.
■ as usual, a large patronage, but praise Bro. Oscar Simmons will conduct
reason, we do not | Dr. Jeff D. Ray is to preach the conversion. The Spirit’s power
baccalaureate sermon. He has preach [ manifest throughout the day.
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Recailing a sentence from Mark
Twain, Time pas-es, as Time will do:’
and as the days slip by, the hour ap- 1
preaches when the Democrats will
have to pick a man who, if their
hopes and aspirations come true, will
ride through < heering crewds, at the
next inaugural, to the capitol. mid,
During Ilie Hoover-Kousevelt cam-
paign. a straw vote authe rity whose
predictions never had missed fire,
picked Mr. Hoover to win. The vole
count showed that there are occasions
when it is not f» r us to know the
limes and the seasons in advance.
Prophecy, however, has by no means
gone into the general discard. The
Hoover-Roosevelt pr phet simply did
not fortify himself with the right kind
of maserial. The faith of the general
public in the straw vote remains un-
shaken. and so it comes als ut that
Methodists now are one. "Three
splendid churches, drawn on various I
' lines, have Ieen w< ven together int •
I what may berome the most impres-
sive ami contagious and triumphant
Mrs. P. Hopson and children of
Vernon, have been the guests of Mr.
the day, and delivered two
eriptural messages. Increas-
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