The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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Richard H. McCarty, Editor and Publisher
Aspermont, Stonewall County, Texas, Thursday, April 25,1912
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MOUNT OLIVE PICNIC
WAS A GRAND SUCCESS
A Large Crowd Was but and an Interesting Program Was
Rendered.„ The Ladies of That Community Spread
Dinner Fit For the Gods. Speech Making Was the
Order of the Day, and Oratory Flowed Like a Moun-
tain Brook.
The celebration of San Jacinto
day at Mount Olive last Saturday
was a great success. A large
crowd was out to help celebrate
this historical event in Texas
history. Three schools were
represented to do honor to this
occasion—Mount Olive,Rio Vista
and Brazos Valley. Prof. R. J.
King is principal of Mount Olive
school; Prof. Mell B. King is
principal of the Rio Vista school,
and Miss Sudie Abbott is princi-
pal of the Brazos Valley school,
and each of them was there with
a large delegation of pupils and
patrons.
The exercises commenced
about 10:30 a. m. Following is
the program:
Song, "America," by the
schools.
Invocation by Mr. Deaton.
Welcome address by Richard
H. McCarty.
Response bv Pnot. D. M. Old-
ham... „
Oration, "Sam ..Houston," bv
Albert'Baugh.
"General School Work,v Talk
bv T. E. Kjiight.
"Education," by D. R. Couch.
Jack Adams made a talk in be-
half of the school patrOns, and
Jack made a splendid talk to the
patrons and contended for an
individed support of patrons to
the teacher.
Rev. Barber of Stamford, rep-
resenting the Stamford College,
made a talk fpr that school and
made an earnest plea to young
men and women to attend school.
Each one of tile schools had a
special program of student?;
which was rendered in a credita-
ble manner.
We want to say that we are.
proud of Stonewall county's oub-
lic schools; they are second to
none in the state. A majority of
them have at their head Normal-
trained teachers, and the patrons
ASPERMONT NEEDS
GOOD WATERWORKS
of the country schools back the
teachers up in their methods and
discipline. Profs. R. J. and
Mell B. King are both fine young
men and uptodate educators, and
Miss Sudie Abbott is second to
none, as an educator in our coun-
ty.
The Mount Olive school com-
munity turned out in full force
to do honor to the occasion, and
met the visitors with open arms
and well filled baskets.
The dinner hour was highly
appreciated by all. We want to
say that the ladies of these re-
spective communities are all good
cooks and we had one of those
old fashion picnic dinners like
they used to have in the long ago.
The table must have been fifty
or seventy-five yards long, and
they accused the editor of eating
the full length of the table. Any-
how, we had a good dinner—got
our fill. We want to say that
the people of Mount Olive, Rio
Vista and Brazos Valley are away
abov,*; the average. They are
a high-toned set of people, be-
lieve in good schools, stand back
of their teachers with their in-
fluence and pocketbooks, and the
result is they have splendid
schools, good communities and
schools. Mount Olive has a splen-
did two-story school building,
well furnished in every way,
which is an index of culture and
moral standing. These people
are all well-to-do and endowed
with a progressive spirit. We
want to see this people and com-
unit ties nearby "cpme tog$$ier
and build a High School; have
a school second to none in the
county. Let it be a place where
the boys and girls can get a fin
ished High School education. It
will not only be a financial benefit
to,that part of the county, but it
will be a great uplift intellect-
ually and morally.
STONEWALL COUNTY
Mrs. Joe Samples Dead.
Mrs. Joe Samples of Avoca,
died last Wednesday in the Stam-
ford sanitarium. She was oper-
ated on for appendicitis Monday
and died Wednesday at 2 p. m.
Deceased leaves a husband and
three children to mourn her
death. She was the oldest
daughter of Mrs. C. C. Riddel of
this city. Most of the relatives
were at her bedside when she
died. The remains were inter-
red in the Spring Creek ceme-
tery. The Star extends sympa-
thy to the family in their great
trouble. .
Mrs. J. L. Hollers Dead.
x Mrs. J. Li Hollers, wife Of Rev.
J. L. Hollers of Hamlin, died
last Saturday. The deceased
was the stepmother of Mrs. Fred
t Senter of this city. Mr. and
Mrs. Senter attended the funer-
al. Rey. Hollers was pastor of the
Methodist church of Aspermont
at one time. We did not learn
the cause of her demise. The
Star extends sympathy to the be-
reaved family.
B. Y. P. U. Program
April 28, 3 p. m.
Subject—Christian Stewardship.
Leader—Mrs. D. R. Couch.
Song—Doxology.
Prayer.
Song—"I am Thine, O, Lord."
Bible Readings:
1 Chron. 29:10-16—Willie Whit-
taker. .
Lev. 27:30—Marene Johnson.
Matt. 5:17-20—Guy Carr.
Heb. 2:1*4—Mrs. B. Carroll.
Acts 5:1-4—Sybil Carroll.
Special Music.
Round Table discussion of Tith-
ing, Jed bv Judge Herring.
Song—rtEntijre Consecration."
Bienedition.
Under' the present manage-
ment the Star has been trying to
boost the water proposition for
nearly two years, but as yet, the
efforts of the Star have been in
vain. We want to say that it is
dirty shame for a town of this
size to be without an adequate
water supply. Aspermont is the
county site and she is sitting fiere
the fertile bosom of Stonewall
county as dry as a high land
terrapin. Our court house is
now finished and it stands out
there as a monument to the pro;
gressive spirit of her citizensh
And now gentlemen let us ge
behind the water proposition
and give Aspermont a splendid
water system. An ideal location
has been found for a storage
tank about two miles from town,
and enough water can be stored
here for a town of some five or
six thousand people. It has been
estimated that a first class water
system can be put in for about
forty thousand dollars, and we
think that it can be put in for
about thirty thousand. We can
organize a stock company for
this amount and by making a
small assessment the water works
can be put in, making it easy on
all, and thereby giving the town
an abundance of water. The
time has come gentlemen when
Aspermont must spread out.
There is room here for a town of
some five or six thousand people,
but the berg is just about as
large as it will ever be without
smoetbing is done, and the first
thing on the docket is a water
system. The first thing that the
stranger within our gates asks
especially if he wants to move
here or invest in property—How
about the water proposition? If
property owners of this town
think they can sit down on their
nest egg, like they have been
doing for years'and hatch out
water svstfem, they are badly
mistaken. If the men who ow^i
the property in this town, an'd
we mean great and small, think
that they can sit around on
dry goods box or stand on the
street corner, whittle, talk poli-
tics and watch the clouds and
whine about hard times, and at
the same time catch a bunch of
suckers, thev are badly mistaken.
If you want to catch a sucker
you have got to bait your hook
with the red worms of do. When
you catch a sucker, vdu have got
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Met at Shinnery Lake Sunday, and Had an All Day Sing-
ing. A Large Crowd Was in Attendance and Splendid
Dinner Spread. A Great Day Was Spent and the
Woodlands and Valleys Rang With Music.
The ordinance of baptism was
administered to sixteen candi-
dates by Rev. R. C. McCullough,
pastor of the Baptist church here
last Sunday afternoon at Judge
Arlington's tank one mile north
of town. These were part of the
to make a fuss, play the brass
band and make him think that fares, get away out in
you are setting the world on fire
—then he is dead easy. But just
as long as we sit around here
like a knot on log and the whole
The editor had the pleasure of
attending a quarterly meeting of
the Stonewall County Singing
Convention at S,binnery Lake
last Sunday. He was out there
by special invitation and had the
pleasure as well as the honor of
making the Convention a short
k at the opening of the day's
exercises. Our life-time and
honoVed friend F. C. Wright
made the introductory talk in his
happy style.
We got there about 10 a. m.,
and on our arrival we found the
church building crowded with a
happy throng of people waiting
anxiously for the opening of the
day's exercises. If you don't be-
lieve there are people living in
Stonewall county, you just ought
to have been present on this oc-
casion. They came from every
point of the compass, in wagons,
buggies, horseback and on foot,
and the whole- place was alive
with happy men, women and
children. Must have been some
four or five hundred people to
participate in the singing.
The Stonewall County Singing
Convention is an old organi
zation in the county and is made
up of our best people who are
great lovers of music. Rob Scott
is the president and Tom Abbott
is secretary.
At the appointed hour t^e
singinjf commenced in dead ear-
nest, led by different members
of the Convention, and we want
to say that they sang with the
spirit and understanding. It re-
the editor of his boyhood
when people congregated
together and sang the old songs
of Zion till you could hear them
a mile away. Music is divine
and God pity the man who does
not love music. We are glad to
know that the Stonewall County
Singing Convention has taken it
upon itself to perpetuate the old
time singing like our fathers and
mothers did in the long ago. It
does any one good to attend a
session of this Convention and
hear the singing of the old time
songs again.
Get away from the busy marts
of trade and crowded thorough-
the coun-
try and be associated with the
children of nature, the people
who live next to the soil dwell
with the god of nature, the hap-
blamed outfit look like they had
just returned from a funeral,
money or brains neither one will
come our way. If you haven't
got any confidence in your town,
how in the thunder and Tom
Walker can you expect other
people to have, you are here on
the ground, you have got your
money invested, you know the
country, know just what it will
do in lean years and fat years
and if you haven't got confidence
enough in a public enterprise to
put your dollars into it we don't
see how in the name of heavens
you have the gall to ask an out<
result ot the Sid Williams meet-
ing which closed here last week.! aider to come in and plunk down
piest and most i
the world.
tisfactory life in
We want to say that the Stone-
wall County Singing Convention
is right up to now on music.
While they sing a great many of
the old songs of our fathers, they
are not behind at all in the class-
ical music of the day. They have
some well trained voices, and ta-
ken as a whole the Stonewall
County Convention is second to
none when it comes to entertain-
ing a crowd with the very best
music of the day.
At 12 m., they took out for
dinner and we want to say right
here that at dinner time is when
the editor of the Star shines.
The ladies of the Shinnery
Lake community are the best
cooks on earth. Nice white ta-
ble linen was spread on the green
green grass and dinner was plac-
ed thereon, and, my, how good
it was! Chicken pie, ham, fat
beef, cakes, pies and everything
else on earth to tempt the stom-
ach of man. After the appetites
of all were appeased with the
tempting viands, the Convention
again assembled and the business
was dispensed with. Seating of
delegates and the selection of the
next place of meeting. Peacock
and Aspermont were candidates
for the next meeting of the Con-
vention, but Peacock withdrew
in favor of Aspermont, giving
Aspermont the honor of enter-
taining the Convention on the
3rd Sunday in June, beginning
on Saturday night before.
We want to make this the big-
gest meeting the Convention has
ever bad. We have plenty of
room at Aspermont, eitherin the
court house or the BaptistrT§b«*;\:*«:v
ernacle, and we want to make
preparations to entertain at least
one thousand people on that date.
Aspermont wants to put on
her Sunday clothes on that occa-
sion and give«the Convention a;'X$h\
royal reception.
The singing lasted nearly all
afternoon, the people were loth
to go and leave the feast of mu-
sic. The people of Shinnery
Lake did the right thing in en-
tertaining the Convention, leav-
ing nothing undone that would
contribute to the pleasure of the
occasion, and all left for their
homes with a tender spot in their
hearts for those people and also
thankful to the Stonewall Comi-
ty Singing Convention for'the
good music furnished.
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his dollars. Not long since there
was some talk of outside capital
coming in here and putting up a
Water proposition to the town.
Incidentally we mentioned the
fact to one of our property
owners, and he swelled up like a
toad and said they wouldn't get
a dollar bonua out of him. And
we thought well you poor old
stingy ; stinker ydn, no wonder
the seit of your pants are worn
out and vou are all run down at
the heel. This is the spirit that
kills towns, this is the spirit that
baa cheated Aspermont out of a
water system*
Gentlemen we must get to-
gether on this proposition and
dig up. Now you mark what
we say: If Aspermont has %
water system the property*
owners will put it in, or et*e
they will hire an outsider to
it for them—Do you see
point?
•z
Judge Y. L. Thornasson of
Haskell, was here this week at'
tending district court.
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McCarty, Richard H. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1912, newspaper, April 25, 1912; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth126057/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.