The Lufkin News (Lufkin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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Another Soldier Boy Gone.
The sanitary editor of this
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and the [
Satisfaction
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He has
pounds
pleasant call.
cently come to this section, but
has been teaching for a number
of years in Central and West
Texas and found much pleasure
ih meeting with a number of
fore again
kieria) duties.
Mrs. I). H. Goldberg has
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The White Grain
Phone 120
United States Food Administration License No. 91459
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♦ burke panhandlings *
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y*»*hle one, and
w^are than doe*
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The News leal
Fuller has acce
pointment by th
and has been co
be stationed at
New York. Wil
upon the merits
it might be said 1
depended upon t
whatever-speciee
may exist in his
“When It Pours, It Reigns”
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resuming hi
inaction. The young man’s i complain in print about the bad
home was at Keltys, almost a; practice of spitting on the side-
suburb of Lufkin, and he had [ walks.
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to this noble cause.
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To The News:
A change in principals of the
Burke High School since my
last visit. Prof. Taylor having
resigned his position, which is
now held by Prof. T. S. Burton
of Whitney, Texas, who seems
to be giving perfect satisfac-
tion to the entire community,
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thru-*
Mr. A. L. |
was
friends now wish him
and a
»a «
nd
with what some of the brethren
claim to be the teaching of i
Christ,
ness
to what David said when
Kennedy, Sayers
Shands, Thomp
Miss McCarth
Doughtie, the gt
Murphey.
The “Federal J
the topic for dis<
was ably led by 1
The lesson was f
arrived | OLD PETEJ
and no good will come!
ing anything about it ij
columns. It has bees!
ed before, possibly oid
have been passed againd
there has never been ■
provement in the situatii
never will be as long]
congregate on the stag
argue about everything
the sun. They of count
no offense, but if they |
what extent the ladies
such a nuisance, they M
a little more considerate^
is no downright excued
fellow chewing tobaceej
first place, and the feM
discovered the weed ped
a bad day’s service «■
flaunted the fact to the!
Bishop will say r
the matter, only '
in his power and
were in his clutch
telling what mig
suit. From the w
now feels the re
mighty bad for a
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At this writinj
I ting along mis
Pumpkin Hill.
[ttie against his Satanic maj-i
r . j . , . v»*c CJIJUV lllCHl Ul
, t e gr . ° e As this is hog-kil
have some might
and mighty goo<
eat it, for which
thankful.
dime now !
or at least some of them will, groes in the county, both being
Talk about the high cost of liv-1 slaves during the civil viffc.
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The Historical
met at the Bonne
day afternoon w
ing members f
[righteous die they go straight dames Clark, Cui
[up to heaven.and that when
the wicked die they go straight
down to the hell that some of
her clergy preach about when
they take for their text the par-
able of the rich man and Laza-I
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Southern Sun^
! with her daughter, Mrs. Coke
Murphey,.and family.
| The slogan. “A Heart and a
touch every
this I heart and ream every purse.
We can't deny the Red Cross
anything, and a dollar is all
! that is asked.
L land.
time- breakfaat, dinner and n>
who try it once have a germa
for it ever after, Luzianne con
in clean, sanitary, air-tig)*
flavor ttays in—impurities stay
a can of Luzianne. Use ,
If you don’t honestly believe I
than any other coffee you „
tell the grocer to refund you.
But, try it
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The Lufkin Chapter fof the
Red Cross received a “night let-
ter” this morning from head-
quarters in Washington, and a
News reporter was asked
i make some mention of it.
Josh Ivy, who was in the city
yesterday from Huntington, did
... , . , i the unexpected and invited the
doubtle. never be again such l ,
, ... , , „ I editor to become a member of
work as the officers of the Red . .
Cross, the executive committee! fore chrjstmas
unusual invitation, but it
Chairman Davison announc-
ed that until allied govern-
ments have formulated definite
plans, the Red Cross can not
make definite future arrange-
ments. and that all divisions
and chapters must be maintain-
ed, for the reason that future
calls are expected for refugee
garments, and that knitting ia
imperative. By reason of this,
it is urged that the Christmas
Roll Call for membership will
meet with hearty response, and
that every American citizen
Tom Henderson, a citizen of
Rains County, called at The
News office since noon and sub-
scribed for the paper. He re-
marked that it was in the range
of possibility that he would
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CROSSESJHE DIV1M
(From Friday1* Daily.) -
Old ^L'ncle” Peter Danfeifc
one of the remaining few pio-
neer colored citizens of Ange-
lina (’ojipt'fr died at his home
four miles north of Lufkin this
morning at 1:30 o’clock, niter
a lingering illness.
“Uncle” Peter and his w9e,
They will charge you one I “Aunt” Rachael, Daniels lire j
for a paper of pins, I probably two of the oldest «e-! and this splendid school is now
moving along nicely.
Considerable sickness 1
out the community.
Burke, of McCall & Burke, is
quite ill with influenza, as isi
also his youngest daughter.
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Representative
also speaker of t’
Representatives,
his resignation t<
which has been
Fuller is well kr
politics, and pari
Gov. James E. Ft
he was instrume
out of office. W
be the state of tl
about Fuller, a
If j citizens owe him
editor will read the 14th itude for the pat
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by the govern:
FOR SALE—50 acres laa
tivation, good improves
miles from Burke. Per 1
lars, price and terms, ass
Mrs. H. E. Murrah, Qt
(2^2-»4tp) ? ,.^g
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■ holiday season is
corner.
i liquidation of the
tivity during th. Indian
I while he wa- owvmg under I
if.eneral Hi I .
a-... . ,4. Miruiip’l/
a merry j turned from Beaumont.
Happy New'she spent two weeks with her
J daughter. Mr». C. L. Shless.
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the funeral of their old colored
friend if it is possible for them
to reach Lufkin in time for the
last sad rites. W. H. Bonner
has been in constant attendance
at Peter’s bedside, and the loss
iq (elt deenhr by him.
^^eTCros"Night Letter
dancer* VVn
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talkers
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L, Bishop of Peraimmon Grave,
khe editor oi one of our
Uy newspapers hands out the
Lrmation that he knows of a
[tain community, located
pewhere on this mundane
here, where the people pull
big protracted meetings
(ry year, in which all denom-j
ltions take a part in doing thing the
the enjoyment ol
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■man soul. He also informs
■ that on that account many in
■at section of the country, who
■ve shuffled off this mortal
■il are now walking the gold-
■ streets in the city of the New
■rusalem. That they were
■ady to take their departure
Bom this old sin-cursed world
■hen the summons came, the
■shop will not affirm nor de-
B, but he does cross swords
■ith that editor in the State-
Bent he makes that they have
■ready reached the heavenly
■bode. According to the plain
■achings of Holy Writ, we do
■ot immediately go to our re-
Bard. either good or bad, on
■e other side of death.
■at
Khapter of Job he will learn the great polit
■e true condition of man when Jacksonville Pro
Be dies until he lives again.
■he Psalmist David says that in
ieath we have no renjem-
Lance of Ge<L- W«
Bn unconscious state until we
lave been resurrected from the
lead. We will then either en-
loy the inexpressible felicities
If the good world to come or
Le punshed with everlasting
Bestruction from the presence
bf the Lord and from the glory
pf His power. If this is not Bi-
kie doctrine the Bishop must
[tc-nfess his profound ignorance
bs regards its teachings. And
Bet, many intelligent people
pt’ll believe that when the
ous localities, and was surpris-
ed to find such a s.
to her executive com-: jt.v- Before closing the conver- he was getting past the allotted i returned to her home in Louis-, like nature may follow
as fine a [span of life when it is known 1 iana last week.
R. L. RUSSELL.
1 many find it a lit
he 1 pass them by w
them the once ov
gerous practice. 1
one usually wind'
ing the building,
some article that
fancy, that dad g
the first day of
month. It was e
will always be s.
stores have shop
the ladies are allc
about town. Bu
change it if they i
orable discharge and
turned pi ‘h>- plav-pla
early days. The young man
has i-hang.-d :n app.-aran- .
thal ext>-nf that some f
friends did re.-..gn:ze h.nt.
am! he a: • r:Lutes the *'a t •..
the god treatment and
lent service remlered the bovs
by ■!-.■
ever bi I n. le Sam.
gai”e..| -ei.ra] pounds in...................u-■, ,
wr.ght. a-.d Ea< even donned a‘ lw:lt in ^vices : '' bor' 'An ™ke8' the
mtista. he. Th.- latter achieve-1 rendered by Mr. King in ISfiS I "bs''rv‘lt’“n tnat a fellow does
morn might be dwelt upon at ant’ ls6!i- That was a long'""'. "1,nd ^’’7/ gate’
length. !>ut The News w,11 leave1.b"t Uncle Sam be.; " <‘>Khmg one hundred pounds,
that .in umstanee for others to|lie^ in Pa>jng his bills, and'0’1 b,S shoul< er 'vo hundred
pass upon. It is certain that his!thp che,'k ‘'“nimg at this par-lja^ Provided the fellow is
many friends welcome him Iticular ,inle is appreciated bv ourteen years old and it is Hal-
home. and sincerely trust that ,hp recipient, as ho is rather[ °We e”’a"d tbc «ate belongs
war nor war's alarms will ever advanced in years, is not a cap- \ ** Rut 'USt
call any of our Lufkin bovs ''alist by any means, and the ‘n. °f ‘ 6 and Per‘
asiav again. ' ' .’holiday season is in-- around "P‘r!nK C“™ *hat WOll!d a,‘
--'the corner. The nmnev was in I te"d SU<?h a proie,,,llnk if the
'l'her's'ae.|fe"°T "aS 1?,r,^«vp ' ears old
| and it was his own gate? ‘
warJ Honey Grove Signal.
re-
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r^rv.nt.y (TPUt^nant
(barge of a company at
practice handed a poor re
>*ck t*a iK^dier^
appreciation of our chairman. ,
Mrs. C. N. Humason. for her amOng to Lufk.n to-
splendid and faithful work. I,,ay an< nlade a
t t T>x--n- i pleasant call. He has but re-
Mrs. J. L. Phillips expressed
for the committee who so well
realized the laborious work
done by its officers, their appre-
Cij^ion for the loyal, untiring
Saturday, Nov. 30th
„ lour at $2.80 per sack
for that day only. We are today
unloading straight carload
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Mrs. William A. Penry re-
the!*e’ved a telegram this morning hearts of anxious mothers and
fathers who have not yet heard
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“A Heart and a Dollar” are
all it takes to become a member
of the Red Cross during the
coming Christmas membership
drive. If you have the one, you I
can secure the other. Won’t I Christmas
you join? year
Our aim is to reduce the price and
thereby help the individual who
buys in small quantities. If our |
memory serves us correctly, some j
of our competitors posted signs in j
their stores on Saturdav. Nov. 30th I
advertising Fl
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The Houston Chronicle offers;
[a prize for the best article writ- interesting paper
|tes on what should be done System of Great
pith the kaiser. The Bishop , jnrs. Trout. Aft
has thought that he would en-| Hamentary Drill ’
ter the contest, but on account by Mrs. Watford,
«f his being a 2x4 preacher of verv interesting,
the gospel he has concluded to structive.
keep what he would have to The next reg
say to himself, and not have it. wjU be on Thursd
P-blished in the Chronicle. His 19th. at the reg
article would not be compatible place.
The local shop
The fact of the busi-! sent a holiday ap
is he might lean too much
-- omu ” L— j
corn plained to the good Lord
about his enemies. Read the |
I'fihh Psalm. But, then, it is;'
5aid that David was a man af-j
ter God’s own heart. In the
Testament Christ makes
Ui>' <>f the following language:
“But I say unto you, love your I
er-mi.-s, bless them that curse
>• J. do good to them that hate,
J' : and pray for them which
J’-piiefully use you and perse-:
cub- you.” And—well, the
helped to make possible such a
record. The new executive!
board has recently been elect-
ed and will elect the officers for
the coming year this week, af-|
ter which the chairmen of the
various departments w ill be ap- ( amp Pike. Arkansas,
pointed. The Red Cross Chap-, Mr. Hawthorne has been
in- for some time, having but re-
LAST MEETING OF RED
CROSS EXECUTIVE BOARD J yesterday to spend several days
The Executive Board of the!
Angelina County Red Cross,
which has served throughout!
the war, or since the organiza- Dollar s ou <
tion of the Red Cross in this h*'art and reach
county, a few months over a
year, held its closing session
this week. The officers of the'
Red Cross ami this board will
give to the public in a few dais,
the report of their work, and it
should be a matter of gratifi-' f
cation and pndetoeierj man.l-^^, jf thij, gougjng the j Peter Daniels was brought «to
woman and chtld tn Angehna i>ub|i(._ then The News misses |
County who have in any way 1 guess R js not a„ ()f the
time that a fellow needs a pin, ■ Daniels. Directly after the War
ing else that w ill take its place. I w as
j the Bonner family,
i given a
i Bonner.
w here |.
| up into the Redland country on |
' | now lives.
|goes to
Arizona.
; loser by
knew them, and the entire Bon-1 the going away of these two es-
ner 1 ,
generation, has always made it will be greatly missed,
a point to see that “Uncle"; .w...... ......
Pete and “Aunt" Rachael were* lie McCall, dated “Somewhere
provided with the comforts ofiin France, November 13,” says
life, exacting nothing in return everybody is rejoicing over the:
move his famiy here in a short! k*ut ^e love which these old ■ coming of peace, but does not had been called upon to
time, that he had looked the darkies were lavish m their know when he
proposition over, visited vari-l^owak
No one knew “Uncle Pete’s” j lengthy visit
r he knew how J that he nursed W. H. Bonner.'
ir, stating! an<‘ not know that such a j J. L. Bonner, and J. J. Bonner'
candidate ! town was “hid" away over here I of this city ; B F. Bonner and J
for re-election. Mr. J. H. Kurth i n the piney woods. 'S. Bonner of Houston, when;
on behalf of the executive com-! „ .-----, -- . i they were so small they were!
mittee, expressed the heartiest Prof<y“sor T-S. Benton, prin-j unab]e to crawl about t..< . ------- -------------------------
appreciation of our chairman 'cipal 01 the Burke school, was bouse. It is probable that all < the war (,ePartment ac- fathers who have not yet heard
I the Bonner brothers will attend ;‘lualntingher with the sad news, from their sons across the wey.
1 ■ ■ .... .. - 'that Dewitt Penry died in
France on November 6th from TL. v;,;o
the effects of wounds received | paper has been opportuned to
inaction. The young man’s i complain in print about the bad
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Wfctary, C. P7fi«ker'tr^|ha\known Mr' Benton, for, a
urer. W, M. Glenn gave a brief >°od many years *nd takes
talk concerning our general pleaSUre statlnJ *hat u the
gratitude for the close of the’gn0d peop,e Burke have
war and the result of the work made "° m,Stake in securi"* hi-s
both here and “over there." | servlces as a tea< her'
While there is much to be done •
in the reconstruction days'
which confront us, there will
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never be again such
.... '• | His ’possum hunting party be-
and the chairmen of the various i C1jristmas. That was an
departments have had to grap- ‘"‘-a> -' i at.on but ,t was
pie within the past year and a "',h enthus’a^' Mr‘
half of the world war. ! !'.\,'a>' Pr°",0‘ei[ a." affa,r
ot this kind each 1 uletide sea-
Archie Sims, the son of Mr. !son- an,i that no halt is called
and Mrs. E. IL Sims of this:!",til as manv as twelve ’pos-
city. returned home last night s!lms h;>'>’been put in the sack,
from Camp Travis, where he tn i*Freeing to take part in the
has been in training. He. like ! hunt, the writer said nothing
man;, others, received his hon- “I*1'"’ partaking of any of the I will renew his or her allegiance
has re- When that time comes
be r-. si rves the right to rise ;md ''zens have stood up nobly for
■ :i-~'rt hinis. lf rm this particu-i.the Red Cross in the past, and
lar article .if diet. The baked there is no probability of them
-we.it potatoes around a 'pos-1 quitting the game just now
-a a do very well. when their financial help is
—----- I needed possibly ntor..- so than
'■ T. A. King called at The ever in the past.
News oili.-e this morning and - ----------
I showed a voucher for sixtv d.d- * "-cumstanees alter cases
lars that he had iust received 1 aprP haS mi"'h to d° with
; from the United States govern-[* hanF’'iF one’s attitude toward
for services >
Angelina County during the
It is not all of the war by a white man named
but when he does, there is noth- he married Rachael Lang, who Louise,
at that time a servant of
Mr. and Mrs. Mgar Haw-I rjve|1 a farm bv Col. W. H.
thorne arrived yesterday from ■ B„nner
on the Neches river,
----! but he later sold out and moved
sta-'
ter conducts its affairs in every tioned with Uncle Sam's forces
detail in accordance with
atructions from headquarters in [cently been given an honorable
Washington. Those who do ‘ discharge.
not keep in close touch with ' ---------------
this great organization do not
realize the magnitude of the
work and the necessity for the
very best material in men and
women for the officers and
heads of departments. Ange-
lina County has been especial-
ly fortunate in those she has
had. At the close of this meet-
ing Mrs. C. N. Humason, chap-
ter chairman, expressed b - .
thanks to tier executive com-
mittee for their co-operation I fati°n, he paid Lufkin
and sympathetic help in the compliment as he kn
work of the past year, stating!
she would not be a <
Quite a number of Burke cit-
izens are moving to other points '
—among them Mr. J. M. Coyle,
who goes over to Liberty!
County, where he has bought a
farm, near where Bob Dubose
[ account of bad health. He and now lives. Mr. J. V. Rodney
| his good wife are loved by *1-1 goes to Prescott,
| most every white person who Burke is greatly the
family, from generation to! timable families, both of whom many friends in this locality
„ oe greauy m.sseu. I who wi" be ^rieved b-V th'S Sad
A letter received from Char-' news, and who sincerely extend
their sympathy to the relatives
left to mourn his loss.
The News had hoped that it
men-
can come home. I tion the last casualty of an An-
Mrs. Sallie Pigford, after a'gelina County boy, but this
in was >ui pi is- - ..... .. * <;vc p i .lolt to her parents,' message this morning might be
splendid local- exact age, but it is judged that Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Treadwell, said to indicate that others of a
in its
wake. Many prayers have
been offered up here for the
i welfare of the boys overseas,
and this paper still clings to the
opinion that they will be an-
swered in a way to gladden the
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