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THE STATE OF TEXAS
County of Rod River
City of Avery
Da« Law - Ordinance
No. 01-73-S
Early History of
Red River County
ludoidnnicoMX southwest before the Civil War. p A weakly public service feature from-
the Texas Slate Department of Health
Whereas the large number
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, : f d within the fltv broad an<^ beautiful prairie near James Clark, was the son of
f APt/rv snd ’ the head ot SulPhur Fork-" <*) Benjamin Clark, who lived for
„ tko I,™ „„ „» me*nihg, of course. Sulphur some years in Hempstead
t ih«t i« ninnino R'ver’ which was commonly County, Arkansas and for a few
T referred 10 as a ^rk of Red years in Clarksville. Benjamin
and not being attended or taken Rlver clark wag a MethJodist
r 'aith and * safe tv hazard "and The firSt fami,y who were Pr«»cher - Probab*y preachjng
health and safety haaird and permanent settlers in what is only occasionally and not as a
“ ? TZ and now Red River County was that regular circuit rider. His
4u/k F t'k ru r> -i Claiborne Wright who came grandson, Pat Clark, reported
Whereas the City Council from Carthage. Tennessee by that he preached at old
° 6re y | ecessary to boat all the way to Pecan Point, Jonesboro, north of Clarksville,
pass and put into effect an amving September 5. 1816. between 1824 and 1836.(7) He
Ordinance establishing certain Wright.s mother, Henrietta served on the first grand jury
ru es. regu a ions an require^ Claiborne, was a descendant of in Hempstead County in 1819,
ments governing the contro of william Claiborne of Virginia and was coroner in that county
dogs that are kept within the and his wife> Eiizabeth Travis, from 1819 to 1823. He built the
City of Avery, to protect the was a cousin of Willianj g first cotton gin there in 1817.
health, safety and well being of Travia uter the Wrights lived He was a native of North
ii.s it izens, now t ere ore; north of Red River and still Carolina, and served in the
Be «t ordained by the City ,ater in old jonesbor0i back in Revolutionary War.
Council of the City of Avery, Bed Rjver County(2) Another son of Benjamin
‘‘xa*; , . „ . Joining the Wrights in a Clark, Gilbert (and thus
. 1 r .i!r<>nrk j- e ,ectlve year or so were several of Mr. brother of James), was also aJ>
date of this Ordinance, any Wright’s young nephews from Methodist preacher. He is
person owning a dog residing Tennessee and Kentucky, the listed as a member and
within the city limits of Avery, Fowler brothers. John and secretary of three conferences
Iexas, must vaccinate said dog Wylie Fowler arrived in 1817, of Methodists near old
against rabies, and evidence of and inter two others came, Washington, Arkansas in 1822.
such vaccination shall be shown Bradford C. and Andrew 1823. and 1824. In 1820-21,
by a tag attached to a collar Jackson Fowler.(3) In 1819 1822-23, 1824-25 he was pastor
placed on said dog showing the John Fowler was named the at Mound Prairie Circuit, near
date of vaccination and the Indian “factor” or agent at the Washington, and in 1825-26 he
name of owner of said dog, and Indian trading “factory,” lo- preached on the Hot Springs
no dog be permitted to run at Cated where Sulphur River Circuit. Some years later he
large within the city limits of empties -into Red River. While came to Clarksville and was
Avery, Texas. there he wrote in one of his judge of the probate court
Any dog found running at reports , about undesirable there in 1842, and he presented
large^ within the city limits of traders who “rendezvous prin- himself at the Presbyterian
Avery, Texas, after the cipatly about Pecan Point Church in Clarksville in that
effective date of this Ordinance, where they keep the Indians year as a candidate for The
will be tg|<en in, and unless constantly drunk and murders ministry. Later he was
claimed within three days by are frequent among them.... I ordained as a Cumberland
owne^, who shall be required to am informed two Indians have Presbyterian preacher.(8)
pay for the cost of keeping said lately been killed by drunken One of the oldest contin
dog. shall be disposed of as white men — one... near Pecan uous Protestant congregations
provided by law. Point.”!4) in Texas is the one started as a
This Ordinance also pro- Bradford C. Fowler fought Cumberland Presbyterian
hibits the turning loose of dogs jn the Texas Revolution in 1836. church in the winter of 1833 34
by any one within the city of Andrew J. Fowler was chief at Shiloh, some three or four
Avery, whether the person justice in Red River County in miles northeast of Clarksville,
resides within or outside o. be 1839-/10. and a member of the Its first pastor, according to its
city limits of Avery. Texas Congress in 1840-41. Still, recent pastor, Raymond Judd,
This Ordinance will be another brother, the Rev. Jr., was the Rev. Milton Estill.
come effective on the 1st., day Littleton Fowler, had visited In 1848 the Shiloh Church
of March 1973 and will remain his brothers in the Red River united with a congregation at
in effect until removed by the urea in December. 1833, and Hopewell to form the Clarks
( ily Council, »City of Avery, likely, preached there. He was ville Presbyterian Church.
r**xas. one of the first three official Samuel Corley was the second
Passed, approved and Methodist missionaries to pastor and James Sampson the
adopted the 2nd., day of Texas in 1837, and he came third, according to available
January 1973. , through Clarksville in the fall of records.(9)
Walter K. Stinson, Mayor, that year on his way to the East First Protestant preaching
City of Avery Texas Redlands.(S) in Texas, insofar as records
Attest: M. J. Jackson. City .In April, 1837, Bradford show, was that by Methodist
Secretary Fowler wrote to his brother William Stevenson at Pecan
........... Littleton from “Jonesborough” Point in the winter of 1815-16.
_ ■ - , __about the Methodist preacher He and others evidently
He idle lnsSura’nre\gency Inc ‘ of th« area- the Rev- It B continued such preaching there
iwadle insurance Agency me. Duncjm; „He ^ a young man and at other nearby places until
with whom I am well pleased there was in 1819 a Pecan Point
Circuit, with Pecan Point as the
(14)
Among thevterly schools in
or near Clarksville was the
Clarksville Female Academy,
known also as Mrs. Wea-
therred's School, which was
established in 1840 by Robert
and Martha Weatherred on
Pine Creek, fifteen miles to the
north but moved to Clarksville
in 1844. By 1846 it had
fifty-eight pupils. (15) In that
year Williams Ward wrote from
Clarksville to a friend that “we
have one of the beat Female
academies that I have ever
seen, taught by Mrs Wea-
therred of Sumner, Tennes
see,” (16)
Among prominent early
citizens was John Lemuel
Lovejoy who located in
northeast Lamar County in
1835 but helped establish the
Methodist Church at Clarks-
ville in 1838, according to
family records. He probably
went to C'arksville to church
because he found a group of
Methodists there, perhaps in
1835 or 1836. He built the first
courthouse in Lamar County, in
the town of Lafayette. (17)
Claim? for the virtues of
Clarksville in its early days
differed, depending on who was
writing. ‘The Northern Stan-
dard” declared in its September
10, 1842 issue, “We have an
industrious and strictly moral
pqpulation... There is probably
less intoxicating liquors drunk
in Clarksville. . . and fewer
brawls. . . than in most
populations of the same number
in any part of the United
States.” On the other hand, a
newcomer from Tennessee,
Alfred Howell, wrote home
from Clarksville in 1852, “It is
as miserable a country in every
respect as it is possible for it to
be. .. the people themselves...
in nine cases out of ten. . . are
renegades, forgers, or horse
thieves. .. I will admit they are
now comparatively honest.”
(18) He tempered this opinion
in a letter a year later, “The
country generally does not
please me, the people generally
I am very well satisfied with.”
Await w lf<
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center. Pastors after Stevenson
were James Lowrey, Thomas
Tennant, Washington Orr,
William Townsend, William
“Bryant, and Rucker Tanner, all
circuit riders who were given a
different circuit each year. (40)
Methodist preaching evi-
dently began in Clarksville as
soon as there were residents to
prgach to for there were
Methodist circuit riders preach
ing across this area at that
time. John B. Denton is
reported to have preached as
early as 1833-34 south of Red
River but we do not know that
he got as far as Clarksville. In
1835 the Rev. John H. Carr was
assigned to what was called
Sulphur Fork Circuit, and
undoubtedly this included
settlements in the area . of
Clarksville. The next year E. B.
Duncan and William G. Duke
were pastors of the circuit. (11)
In the fall of 1837 John B.
Denton was named pastor of
Sulphur Fork Circuit, and he
set up residence in Clarksville
and began preaching on the
circuit. On March 29, 1838 he
wrote to Rev. Littleton Fowler:
“I have an arrangement on foot
for building a church in
ClarksvilV. We have four or
five hundred dollars subscribed
with a prospect of more.” (12) It
would not have been likely that
Denton could raise four or five
hundred dollars for a church in
Clarksville unless a fairly
strong church had been there
for a year or two. A memorial
plate was issued years ago for
the Clarksville Church (named
McKenzie Memorial) giving
1836 as the organization date.
At other times and in other
connections 1838 has been
given as the organization date.
In 1844 the Rev. William
H. Goode, who was serving as a
missionary to the Indians in the
Territory, visited Clarksville
and preached “to a congrega
tion respectable in numbers,
well-clad, genteel and intelli-
gent in appearance and quite as
orderly and attentive as I have
seen in any country.” He tells
about visiting McKenzie Col-
lege and of getting acquainted
with “ar. old soldier, Mr.
Benton, nephew to the late
Colonel Thomas H. Benton."
(13) McKenzie College was
called the largest college in the
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Effective as
Insecticides
This is the season to apply
dormant oils for controlling
some of the hard-to-kill insects
on trees and shrubs. Properly
prepared petroleum oils are
affective for controlling pests
such as scale insects, mites,
pecan phylloxera, insect eggs
and some hibernating caterpil-
lars, according to Bob Moody,
County Extension Agent. Oils
kill insects and mites by
suffocation or by penetrating
the breathing tubes. Insect
eggs arq killed because of
interference with the gas
exchange through the shell.
- When compared to insecti
cides, oils have the advantage
of being less expensive, give
good covering action, residues
of oils on fruit and nut trees are
exempt from tolerance and oils
are safe to handle. However,
oils are toxic to most leaves,
have low toxicity to many
insects and are relatively
unstable in solutions.
Dormant oils can be
applied any time trees and
shrubs are in the dormant
stage. However, oil is most
effective is applied in late
winter or early spHng just
before the buds start to crack.
During thia cold weather is in full bioom - eyea teary,
season, many of us will auffer nose running, voice husky,
the consequences of? cold, flu. breathing obstructed, and your
or respiratory infection even senses of taste and smell dulled,
though we may try to avoid or You may feel lethargic and
prevent it. achy. It’a common to have a
Since the chances are good moderate headache, especially
to have a bout with the "cold at the beginning (but a severe
bug” thia year, it might one may be a sign of some
behoove each of us to know complication). You may also
more about what a cold is and have some fever,- although
what to do with it v^hen you tltat’s unusual in adults,
have it. aay state- health Once the cold has fully
officials. developed, it usually continues
What is a cold? The at ita peak for several days,
common cold is a name given to Then there is a gradual letting
any of a number of short-lived up. An uncomplicated cold
infections of the nose and commonly lasts from seven to
throat. AU of them are highly fourteen days,
contagious. They have similar Can a cold be dangerous?
symptoms. Sometimes they are In itself, no. But it can open the
called by other names, which door to other illnesses. And it’s
simply tell you what part of the hard to know when the door has
upper respiratory tract is opened, because.all the viruses
particularly affected: rhinitis, that cause the common cold
affecting the nose; pharyngitis, have not yet been identified,
the throat; or laryngitis, the It’s very difficult to say where
voice box. the simple, unperilous cold
What causes a cold? The leaves off and complications,
Texas State Department of which may be dangerous.
Health points out there are begin.
many different viruses which Other — non-cold —
cause a cold. A virus is a viruses may complicate matters
disease-producing agent so by getting in their licks when
small that it goes right through you are already felled by a cold,
the very fine. Alter that stops Or bacteria — many of which
bacteria. These cold-causing live in your body harmlessly
viruses are present in great during times of good health —
numbers in your nose and may grow strong when your
throat when you have a cold, defenses are down. Or
They are carried on the sometimes your body is allergic
droplets you expel when to the cold virus or the
talking, coughing, or sneezing, activated bacteria.
How do you catch a cold? Then the severity of the
Though a virus causes your cold symptoms increase?, and
cold, a number of conditions the inflammation and mucous
seem to increase your suscept- discharge may spread to other
ibility (science does not yet parts of your respiratory
knojw why or how). People system. For some people, these
appear, to catch colds mainly complications may be dan-
indoors. They get more of them gerous.
during, the colder months. Can you cure a cold? No,
Fatigue, chilling, and poor you can’t. There is no drug
physical condition seem to give known today that can cure the
the virus a better foothold. common cold. Antibiotics, the
What’s the course of a “wonder drugs,” are effective
cold? From one to three days against bacteria, not against
after the virus takes hold in ordinary respiratory viruses,
your body, the symptoms Doctors may prescribe these
appear. (But other people can drugs for the complications —
catch your cold even before the secondary, bacterial infec-
your symptoms appear — one tions — but not for the cold
reason why colds are hard to itself.
prevent.) The first hint is —-----——
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