The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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COMMERCE. HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1910.
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A TRIP TO
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Turn Green Writes of Visiting
His Old Home Back
There.
A DISCOURAGED
CORRESPONDENT
Our Reputation and Money Are
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religion, as that is about all I
YOU TAKE
NO CH ANCES
J. R. Siaff has a nice young
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E. E. Chandler,
R. 4 Terrell, Texas.
Rev. Luther Little.
deep devotion and he brought
powerful message! from God’s
word. He has been pastor of
some of our strongest churches,
including Bonham, Ft. Worth,
Galveston and ethers. For the
past two years he has evangel-
What’s The Matter.
What’s the matter with you?
Don't you know that we are the
makers of the very best Hour?
You should have the best. Good
grocers won’t insist on selling
other flour to you, not made in
Commerce.
Commerce Milling & Grain Co. ,
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Accordingly' several neighbor-
ing Baptist churches were in- box as it is better known, eight
vited to send some of their mem-
bers to meet in council with the
brethren for consultation about
the new movement.
The council was composed of
brethren J. B- Smith, Noah Mil-
ler, J. W. Pharr, T. M. Pressly “old folks singing,
and Wash Smith.
After carfully considering the
matter, it was unanimously
agreed that the new church
ought to be arganized; and thus,
on Nov.5th, 1883, the first Bap-
tist church of Commerce, Texas,
was organized according to the
simple rites of that denomina
tion of Christians,
Services at “Sweatbox.”
Sunday, October Kith, will be
a big day at New Hope, or Sweat-
Interesting Items Contributed
By The Journal’s Staff
Correspondent.
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L. W. Pressly and J. T. Smith
was the first board of deacons.
J. B. Smith was chosen the
first pastor of the church. He
served in this capacity until
1685 when he was succeeded by
.1. C. White who was pastor for
two years and was succeeded by
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Read This.
Comanche, Texas, Feb.
900. This is to certify that
Hall’s Texas Wonder cured me
of kidney, bladder and rheumatic
trouble and I fully recommend it
to those suffering in this manner
Alex. Roberson.
W. Pressly, Mrs. R. M.
I Pressly. J. T. Smith, Mrs. .I.L.
! Smith, R. F. Harbison, Mrs. R.
F. Harbison, J. F. Adams, Mrs.
i, |f. Steele, Mrs. Jane Cowan,
Mrs. C. O. Hill, Mrs. J. F. Ad-
aPBOV ,am8 and Mrs. Martha Phillips
ized under the Home Board of constituted the new church.
the Southern Baptist Conven-
Por Sale.
Six miles south of Commerce,
40 acres of landlsmall house and
barn; close to school. Price,
$1,000.
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e The Home Mission, ever vigi-
’ lant and faithful, met on Mon-
day evening at 3 p. m. to dis*
ways and means, means especi*
We hope all Com mere*
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BAPTIST MEETING CLOSES.
The meeting which has been in
progress at the tent on the Bap-
tist church lot, closed yesterday
morning with the K> o’clock ser-
vice, Rev. Little’s subject for
hie last sermon being, ‘‘Chris
tianity, the Philosophy for Each
Day.”
By this meeting the church
has been strengthened in mem-
bership by 17 additions. The
consecration of the people of
’ God, is deeper, their faith
Stronger, their love more fervent
and their visions broader. The
t meeting has been a great sue-
i cess.
Riv. Little is a great man of
God with wide experience and
Jack”, famous
county.
his last letter.—Editor.
cupied by one person. A smok-
ing and dressing room in one
end of the coach' and a ladies’
toilet in the other.
The success of The Journal
and its Editor will greatly grati
fy your subscriber,
Tom Green.
Eree Well Water.
Bring us a load of cotton and
get a tank of govd well water
free. We give good well water
instead of tank water.
11 The Round Bale Gin.
Miss Rosalind Watson visited
friends at Paris first of the week.
federate Park on 1
the Mississippi river, where 1 (
saw I
federate
savage looking reminders of the .
stirring times from 1861 to 1865.
This, like the Forrest Park,
was laid off and traversed by
many concrete walks -and was
carpeted with a beautiful green
turf and dotted here and there
with spruce, cedar and other
evergreens- I also obtained a
g«x>d view of the City hospital,
( the Charity hospital now under
construction, the new court
house, which cost §1,500,000,
custom house and other build-
ings of note.
At 9:55 p. m the engineer
of the Cotton Belt train No. 3
pulled the throtel open and we
were off for Texarkana. Pretty
soon the writer was in upper
berth No.1 of the Pullman car
Shoreham and by the time the
train crossed the Arkansas line
visions of grand old Texas pass
ed through my sleeping brain.
Perhaps some of the readers
might like a description of a
Pullman sleeper.
The lower berths are made of
the seats and backs of two seats
and from ten to twelve on a side.
Two persons may occupy a low-
er berth which is the width of a
seat. The upper berths are
made 0,1 a board which works
on hinges, the outer edge being
secured by straps from the roof
of the coach and are usually oc-
You will get more out of life byj*nK>etc'
building a new house for your
family. Think it over.
Carson L imber Co.
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•Editor Commerce Journal:
Sir, being one of your subscrib
qgs, 1 have read the interesting
letters of Dr. DeJernett in your
valuable paper. While visiting
at my childhood home in Miss-
issippi your paper came to me
weekly as a welcome message
from home.
My personal observation con-
vinces me that the staple crop
of the south is not exceeding
fifty per cent of the average
crop in Mississippi, while other
southeastern states will not ex-
ceed the above average.
Though a native of Miss-
issippi, the longing for my adopt
ed state (Texas) was irresistable.
So 1 purchased a ticket over the
Mobile & Ohio Ry. at Oklona,
Miss., fyr Memphis. Tenn., and
started on my journey of five
hundred and fifty miles to Com-
merce, Texas.
1 arrived in Memphis between
ten and eleven o’clock. After
* dinner I started from the Union
depot to the city ticket office of
the Cotton Belt Ry- on Main
street, a walk of more than a
mile. A succession of fine busi-
ness houses lined both sides of
the street, while streetears, au-
tomobiles and other vehicles
hurried to and fro- Returning
to the Union depot I secured a
carriage and started on a
sight seeing trip through the ;)U|]’S eye, and his droll
city. , j has made the name
Parsing along Main street to
the Court Square, my driver
^traversed some <>• the most
beautiful residence streets and
aveneus of the city, thence by
the Forrest Park, kindly point- ,
ing out the statue of that illus-I
trious Confederate chieftian,____
General Nathan B- Forrest, and stU(jy and practice now. I used
the many beauties thereof- t() stU(i v ;ulj practice farming
From there we went by the Con-1 untij it was Rjven up by my
the bluff of neighbors that 1 had reached
a stage of perfection, especially
the'battery of the old Con jn KrowjHK crabgrass and all
rate cannon, silent, but t)ie jifferant varieties of burs
and weeds, but last spring a sad
misfortune overtook me which
1 fear will drive me into the So-
cialist party and into the Camp-
bellite church. Nearly every-
thing in this community got to
be Holiness, then the Holiness
joined the Prohibition party,
then the Pros went in with the
Demodrats.the Democrats voted
a big majority for an anti-pro-
hibition governor, then Joe Bai-1
ley turned them up, spanked
them a little and dumped the
whole push into the Republican
party, so, you see, I have no
place to go except to the Social-
ists and Campbellites.
I think surely the price of
fools’ scalps must be off in the
market or the fool-killer would
surely get busy in Texas right
now, he surely could have a
fool-killing time. We have lots
of them in every community,
from high-grade idiots down to
’ the dampbool worshipers an_
followers of Joe Bail.v.
My pen name is Texas Jack,
but if you would like to have
more names t.._......— — ----
article, you can get Kirb Looney
and Duke Travis to sign it, as
they are the only two men that
I can think of right now who
will vouch for or stand by any-
thing! aay.
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Among the Good Things
in life are real pretty houses to
live in. It is our business to
provide the material to construct
cottages or mansions; such as
plate glass, lumber, roofing, etc.
miles north of Commerce. It is
the regular day for Rev. Her-
ridge of the Primitive Baptists
to hold services, which will in-
clude footwashing. The rest of
the time will be taken up by an
......... .” The exer-
cises will last throughout the
day and there will be dinner on
the ground. Everybody come and
bring full baskets. If you
havn’t any basket, come any-
way . ...___
The Cooper Review has a cor-
responded! oyer in Delta county
I who is a sort a of free lance He
• signs himself Texas Jack ,and
! writes on everything from
pumpkins topresident. Though
wed j not agree with him in some
things, he frequently hits the
1 humor
‘‘Texas
ail over Delta
We reproduce below
We pay for all the medicine
used during the trial, if our rem
idy fails to completely relieve
you of constipation. We take
all the risk You are notobligat
ed to us in any way whatever, if
you accept our offer. Could any-
thing be more fair for you? Is
there any reason why you should
hesitate to put our claims to a
practical test?
The most scientific, common-
sense treatment is the Rexall Or
derlies, which are eaten like
candy. They are yery pronounc-
ed, gentle and pleasant in action,
and particularly agreeable in
every way. They do not cause
diarrcea, nausea, flatulance,
griping or any inconvenience
whatever. Rexall Orderlies are
particularly good for children,
aged and deleoate persons.
We urge you to try Rexall Or-
derlies at our risk. Two sizes,
10c and 25c. R-member, you
can get Rexall Remedies in your
community only at our store—
The Rexall Store. The Hundley
Drug Co.
Misses Grace and Burgess
Burke of Greenville visited
friends in this city Sunday.
Indian summer is at hand!
The clouds seem far away and
the horizon recedes in a solemn
mystery that makes one fee)
a melancholy peculiar to this
season of the year. The glory
of Indian summer is half dives-
ted by the long, long drouth
that has robbed it of so many of
natures beautiful touches, as
well as robbing many of the lux-
uries belonging t<> tlii-. season.
No turnips nor tender greens
come in from our delectable
‘‘Beulah Land, the Cross Tim-
bers.” Everything is swallow-
ed up in cotton.
Our gardens are bare, and
even the hardy blue stemmed
collards are wilted and worth-
less. But of one thing Com-
merce has an abundance, which
is water, pure, living water, and
it has never seemed so delicious
as now, when every thing else
has failed. We do heartily ap-
preciate this blessing.
We are glad to note that the
public resevoir for watering
stock is again fillei and at the
service of the public; it certain-
ly adds to the beauty- and dig-
nity of our town-
The sermon at the M. E.
church on the 25th at 11 a. m.,
was most instructive and im-
pressive. 1’he subject was
Prayer, when where and how to
pray, illustrated bv the three
parables: “The Unfortunate
Widow,” The Pharisee and the
Publican” and “The rich young
man that went away sorrowful.”
It made many a heart cry out:
“Lord, teach us how to pray.”
We had a very pleasant visit
from the intelligent, manly little
son of Prof. Mayo, on the eve-
ning of the 25th, who gave us
much information concerning
the mechanical and domestic art
department of the grand E.
T. N. College.
Prof. Grabel, Sr., is general
manager, while his son, J. H.
Grabel, is teacher. Mrs- J. H.
Grabel presides in the domestic
art department. She purposes
to teach a class in fancy work
all kinds of embroidery and
drawn work, in addition to plain
sewing. This is certainly a
most important part of a girl’s
education, for in domestic life,
(woman’s natural sphere) she
should study to excel.
We appeal to all parents to
give their boys and girls a chance
to acquire excellence in the
arts of industry and economy.
We all desire music and water
colors for our girls while we
disdain the more useful, honor-
able aits of cooking, dress mak-
every bov and girl has
i a talent which should be foster-
ed and emproved. Dont try to
make a musician out of a girl
that would make a magnificent
dress maker or milliner. Dont
' i a boy for a statesman or a
picture machine with calcium , lawyer that the Creator design-
light, used only a few times,
so an Edison phonograph i
especially’ for exhibition
poses. This outfit is intended j an(i We feel sure that he will de-
for use in small town, and cou n- velop the talent to a high degree
try churches and school houses of excellence.
where electric lights cannot be
had, though electric eight burn-
ers may be attached it desired.
A money making proposition ai
a small investment. Will sell
cheap. Inquire at The Com-
raerce Journal office. tfl
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North Texas Woman’s Home Mission Annual Conference Convenes In Commerce, Monday, October 3rd
GENERAL NEWS
OFTHE WEEK
tion, and at present is pastor of
Worth Temple Baptist church of
Ft. Worth. He goes back to J
hie work at home, with the love
of the people of our city and1
they will pray God’s richest
bletsinge to rest upon him there, ery
HISTORICAL.
Following is a short historical
sketch of the Commerce Baptist .
church, which was prepared tor
ncj|The Journal on a former occa-
1 rv. r. lisruisun
I the first clerk of the church
years I
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Moving Picture Machine.
We have a complete moving train
Al- ed for an intensive farmer. De-
made cide on his or her talent and
pur- ! send them up to Prof. Graebel
All honor to these brave and
self sacrificing spirits who, in
the face of many difficulties,
founded and maintained the lit-
tle church that has become such
a mighty factor for good in this
community, and the pride of ev-
-r loyal hearted Baptist in
I Commerce.
Some of them have “Passed
Over the River.” God bless their
sacred memory ! Their prayers
and tears and labors are still
bearing fruit.
F. Harbison was chosen as
sion but was not published, and
I is deemed timely now :
Nearly twenty seven
than" mine to ‘this a few consecrated Baptists,
who lived scattered over a wide
area of the fertile, but sparsely
settled country between the two
Sulphurs, decided that a Baptist
church ought to be organized in
the small but growing hamlet of
Commerce.
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