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BAPTIST CHIEF
‘FOR’HOOVER
Former Democrat Hits
Smith Pointing to
Wet Record
LOUISVILLE Ky. July 7
Herbert Hoover republican presiden-
tial nominee was endorsed here to-
day by Dr. Edgar Y. Mullins .presi-
dent of the Southern Baptist The-
ological Seminary and until a few
daya ago head of the Baptist world
alliance. The educator attacked Gov.
Alfred E. Smith democratic standard
bearer in a statement in which he
said illness would prevent him from
accepting an invitation to attend a
proposed dry conference in Ashe-
ville N. C. sponsored by Bishop
James Cannon Jr. of the Methodist
Episcopal church south.
Pointing out that he spoke for him-
self only. Dr. Mullins said that as
things existed at the moment he
would vote for Hoover. He added
that he always had stood for “Jef-
fersonian democratic ideals but with-
out slavery to party ties.” He took
several thrusts at Gov. Smith citing
especially the latter's record as a
wet.
Dr. Mullins said that the "wonder-
ful democratic convention nominated
a bone-dry Tunning mate from Ar-
kansas for the sopping wet head of
the ticket from the sidewalks of New
York. It thus tells the country it
will work the greatest miracle of the
sge; carry fire and water in the same
bucket at the same time. The run-
ning mate will thus apply the dry-
torch to the edifice of alcoholic doc-
trine—but he will be followed at ev-
ery step by the wet head of the ticket
turning on the hose wherever his
running mate starts a fire.”
Mission Masons
Open New Temple
MISSION July 7.—Marons from
San Antonio and all parts of the \ al-
ley participated in the opening of the
new Masonic Temple here Friday
night. Judge W. S. Fly of San An-
tonio was the principal speaker and
other visitors included a degree team
from the Scottish Rite bodies of San
Antonio headed by D. P. Mathis;
R. E .Green of Brownsville district
deputy grand master and other -la-
sonic leaders of the Valley and South
Texas.
The Fellowcraft degree was con-
ferred by the San Antonio team.
Officers of the Mission lodge
A. F. & A. M. in charge of the open-
ing ceremonies were E. _P. tonguon.
worshipful master; Hill Cocke senior
warden; Clark Norton junior war-
den; and G. F. Dohrn. secretary
The new Masonic Temple is 50 by
80 feet in size. two stories. The low-
er floor is utilized for a reception
and banquet hall and the upper floor
for lodge rooms. .
Members of the Fan Antonio de-
gree team spent Saturday morning in
Mission going to Brownsville by auto
and will remain in that city until
Sunday morning. _
WEATHER SUMMARY
Showers occurred w ith in the last
24 hours along the lexa* a”J
Louisiana coasts also in riorum.
Georgia and Alabama; while more
general rains were reported from
the Dakotas and Wyoming. It was
considerably cooler in the centra.
Rocky mountain and eastern plat-
eau states this morning but else-
where in the country temperatures
continued seasonable to above nor-
mal.
WEATHER BULLETIN
First figure lowest temperature
last night; second highest tempera-
ture yesterday; third wind velocity
at 8 a. m.; fourth rainfall past 21
hours.
Abilene . 74 94 12 M
Amarillo . 70 91 — .00
Atlanta . 70 88 - .10
Austin .. 64 92 — *2;'
Boston . 56 68 10
BROWNSVILLE . 76 86 — .01
Chicago . 74 8i> — .00
Corpus Christi ..80 86 10 .28
Dallas . 74 90 14 .00
Del Rio . 76 96 10 .00
Denver .. 56 88 — .00
Detroit . 68 80 — .00
Dodge City . 72 96 12 .00
El Paso . 80 100 12 .00
Fort Smith . 76 94 — .00
Galveston . 78 86 12 .01
Helena .. 56 68 12 .00
Huron .. 66 64 — .20
Jacksonville ..... 72 8* — .00
Kansas City-76 94 12 .00
Louisville ...... 72 88 — .00
Memphis . 74 92 — .00
Miami .. 72 86 — .86
Montgomery .... 72 92 — .58
New Orleans .... 76 92 — .16
New York . 62 76 12 .00
North Platte - 64 98 __ .00
Oklahoma City .. 74 92 12 .00
Palestine . 72 92 — .00
Pensacola . 74 *6 — .00
Phoenix . 74 106 — .or
Pittsburgh . 62 82 — .90
St. Louis . 75 92 — .00
St. Fau! . 76 88 — .00
Salt lake City .. 52 72 — 05
San Antonio ... 7* 90 — .02
:'nnta Fe ... 58 P« — .00
Sheridan . 50 65 io l.Oo
Shreveport . 74 92 — .00
Tampa . 74 92 — .no
Vicksburg . 71 92 — .00
Williston . 64 78 — .02
Washington . 68 8t — .on
Wilmington .... 72 88 — .00
SPEARS RETURNS
SAN BENITO. Julv 7—Judge
Samuel Spears has returned to San
Benito from Austin where he went
a few days ago to he with Mrs.
Spear* while she was ill. Mrs.
Spears is reported considerably im-
prox-ed. She is in Austin visiting her
daughters.
Body Found May
Not Be Munroe
NEW YORK July 7.—ftp)—Doubt
that the body of a man found ia a j
cabin at Rouyn Ont. was that of j
Jack Munroe prospector and former
heavyweight pugilist was expressed
from several sources today.
Mrs. Jack Munroe wif* of the man
who stood up for four rounds before
Jim Jeffries when the latter was
world's heavyweight champion said
her husband had no interests at
Rouyn and that he was looking over
mining claims at Red Lake Ont.
But she added she had received no
word from him in aeveral days.
Frank Currie close companion of
Munroe also cast doubt upon the
identification. He expressed belief
that the body was that of “Little"
Jack Monroe a mining prospector
to whom the former pugilist was
not related.
COOUDGETO
MAKE SPEECH
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President Promises to
Be At Minnesota
Unveiling
SUPERIOR W is. Juiy 7.—</Pi—
Upon request of a Minnesota delega-
tion headed by Gov. Christianson.
President Coolidge is preparing to
deliver a short ten minute speech
at Cannon Falls. Minn. July 29.
The occasion will be the unveil-
ing of a monument to Col. William
Colvill of the first Minnesota vol-
untary infantry which participated
in the battle of Gettysburg. With
Gov. Christianson when he invited
Mr. Coolidge yesterday were Repre-
sentatives Anderson. Knutson New-
ton. Goodwin and Maas all of Min-
nesota.
After their audience with Presi-
dent Coolidge both Governor Christ-
ianson and Representative Newton
predicted republican success in Min-
nesota in the November elections.
Gov. Christianson said however
that the outcome at the polls would j
he greatly influenced by any decla-
ration which Secretary Hcovcr might
make as to his interpretation of the1
farm relief plank in the republican i
platform.
Resignation of
Hoover Received
SUPERIOR. Wis. July 7.—MWThe
resignation of Secretary Herbert
Hoover of the commerce department
from the cabinet effective at Presi-
dent Coolidge’s pleasure was re-
ceived at the summer White House
today.
In a telegram’ dispatched to the
commerce secretary today President
invited him to stop off as his guest
at Cedar Island Lodge on his way
next week to his home in Palo Alto.
Calif. .Mr. Coolidge extended his in-
vitation following receipt of a let-
ter from Mr. Hoover in which the
j latter indicated that he would appre-
i ciate an opportunity to call on the
1 chief executive on his way west.
PERSONALS
_
E. G. Holliday the architect re-
turned Saturday morning for a two
weeks trip to El Paso and points
in New Mexico. While in El Paso
Mr. Holliday took treatment necessi-
tated by a gas experience during the
war. He visited Las Cruces and
other points in New Mexico.
W. A. Ross Jr. returned home
Saturday from San Antonio where
he has been taking special music
instruction under the direction of
Prof. Reed formerly of Brownsville.
R. E. Holland is home after a
i short visit to Houston.
Drew Patteson and daughter were
j expected home Saturday after a
three weeks’ vacation in Colorado.
They made the trip by automobile.
Morris Edelstein proprietor of
Edelstein’s Furniture store arrived
home Saturday from Chicago where
he had been buying furniture for
his various stores in the Vallay. He
was away about three weeks.
Harlingen Gin Ready
After Rebuilding
(Special to The Herald)
i HARLINGEN. July 7.—Work of
rebjilding the People’s Gin destroy-
ed last year by fire. ha3 been com-
pleted. and the gin is ready for the
! cotton season according to W. L.
i McEIwain manager.
It was rebuilt and equipped at a
! cost of approximately ?350(W>.
RETURN'S HOME
Ben Stout who has been visiting
F. Judson Reynolds employee of the
First National Bank for some time
i left Friday for his home at Clarks-
burg. Va. Stout experts to come bark
to the Valiev later it was said.
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SERVICES SUSPENDED
HARLINGEN. July 7.—Services of
the Salvatioji Army here w-hien
| have been suspended for two weeks
j due to the serious illness of a son
of Captain L. F. Monk will be ”e-i
sumed Sunday.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
For week beginning Monday:
Southern plains and west gulf
states: Generally fair except showers
in east portion first part of week
normal temperatures except cooler in
north portion at beginning and
warmer latter part of week.
People who spend money
carefully never hesitate to
huy the hest when health
and comfort are at stake.
That’s why millions use
safe and sore
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SMITH ASKS 1
REED TO HELP
Nominee Invites Chief
Opponent to Visit
Him In Albany
NEW YORK July 7.—(^—Gover-
nor Smith has called on his chief
opponent for the democratic presi-
dential nomination Senator James
A. Reed of Missouri for aid in the
coming campaign.
He wrote Senator Reed an invita-
tion to come to Albany as his guest
and confer on the campaign. The
letter was made public by Smith
headquarters here.
“Now that the storm of battle has
cleared away” the governor wrote
"I hope that I can prevail upon you
to spend a night at Albany at the
executive mansion and confer with
me on the conduct and issues of the
campaign in which we are engaged
together. Please let me know what
your plans are for the near future
so that we can perhaps get together
soon.”
The Missouri senator who waged a
strenuous campaign for the nomina- j
tion only to be swept aside by the
Smith landslide at Houston publicly
offered his aid to Qovernor Smith
immediately after the latter’s nomi-
nation. It was believed the gover-
nor would ask Mr. Reed who is a
forceful speaker to take the stump
for him in the middle western states
where the senator is best known.
The attack on Governor Smith
made at Washington by Mrs. Clem L.
Shaver wife of the democratic na-
tional chairman and leader of the I
Women’s Democratic Law Enforce-1
ment League a dry organization
drew instant response here from
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
“Mrs. Shaver’s attack is well in
line with the extreme and frequently
untruthful statements made by the
little group of women represented
by the women’s democratic law en-
forcement committee of Baltimore”
said the wife of the man who nom-
inated Governor Smith at Houston.
She said she believed Mrs. Shaver
had been “misled” by a group that
considered enforcement of the Vol-
stead law “more important than
truth or fair play.”
Butler Slayer of
Monkey Is Freed
On Cruelty Case
HISKSVILLE. N. Y. July 7.—*/P>
— A butler who shot and killed a
monkey stood acquitted today of a
charge of cruelty to animals.
Felix Solomon who was employ-
ed at the Brookville summer home
of Mr. and Mrs. Verner Reed of Den-
ver killed the animal on June 28.
after it had escaped from the neigh-
boring estate of N. J. Hess New
York real estate man. Solomon was
defended by former Governor Na-
than L. Miller and his trial attract-
ed a crowded court room of Long
Inland society folk from the Oyster
Bay district.
Solomon contended he killed the
monkey when he saw it creeping up
on two of the Reed children. The
monkey he said was showing its
teeth and he feared it would bite the
children. Hess insisted the monkey
was harmless and that Solomon
should Lave frightened it away in-
stead of shooting it. Mr. Miller ar-
gued that legally monkeys were wild
animals and Solomon had a right to
kill. .
Miller read newspaper stories to
the jury about the death of King
Alexander of Greece from a mon-
key’s bite. The prosecutor argued
that monkeys were harmless pets.
Committee Will
Name Judges of
Election Monday
All members of the Cameron coun-
ty democratic executive committee
have been urged by the chairman
Judge V. L. Taylor and secretary.
Judge H. L. Yates to attend the
meeting of the committee at the
district court room in Brownsville
Monday afternoon.
The political situation in the
county will be discussed and judges
of election for the primaries to be
helt^ July 28 will be appointed. The
official ballot will also be arranged
and ordered printed.
Many members of the committee
have expressed approval of the
stand taken by Judge V. L. Taylor
relative to ruling party “bolters”
off the primary ballot and it is un-
derstood that a resolution support-
ing his attitude will be presented for
action by the committee.
Rains Do Little
Damage Cotton
Growers Report
Practically no damage has been
done to the cotton crop by the light
rains that have fallen in the
Brownsville section was the report
of growers Saturday some of whom
state that the rains have proved
beneficial to the late cotton espe-
cially in the lower river country.
Showers have also fallen in parts
of the upper Valley but were not
welcomed by the cotton growers
many of whom have fields ready for
the pickers.
Two or three weeks cf dry wea-
ther is needed to assure the cotton
crop growers state. There is ample
moisture in the ground from the
early June rains and a heavy rain
at this time would doubtless ent
production materially.
3 Have Narrow Escape
At Dead Man’s Curve
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. July 7.—S. Taber
and W. R. Allen of Lincoln. Nebras-
ka. and O. M. Allen of Pharr had
a narrow escape from injury or
death Friday morning when the
light roadster in which they were
riding overturned at Dead Man’s
curve just east of here.
The car skidded on the damp
pavement caught the edge of the
paving and flipped over. Non* of
th* thre* was injured.
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MARKETS AT
A GLANCE
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(July 7 By The Associated Preaa)
New York:
Stocks strong: indiangefining is-
sues at ne whighs.
Bonds firmer; institutional buying
resumed.
Foreign exchanges mixed; francs
higher; sterling and yen easier.
Chicago:
Wheat steady; black rust north-
west.
Corn easy: fine weather southwest.
Cattle steady.
Hogs quiet.
STOCKSSOAR
IN SHORT DAY
Many Issues Register
Gains; Trading Is
Firm at Close
NEW YORK. July 7.—UPi-Stock
prices pointed upward in today's
brief session of the market. Buying
operations centered in a select as-
sortment of oils steels motors high
priced specialties and southwestern
rails. Extreme gains ranged from
1 to 18 points.
Indian refining issues all moved
into new high ground the common
and the common stock certificates
selling at more than four times the
year's low prices while the preferred
18 at 222. was more than double the
year's low-. Reports that the leading
oil refiners would show good earn-
ings in the first six months of the
year also brought some fresh buying
into other oil shares.
Midland Steel Products preferred
soared 11 points making the week’s
gain about SO points. Johns Manville
ran up more than 7 points and Kelly
Springfield six percent preferred.
W right Aeronautical Radio and Lehn
and Fink sold 3 points or more high-
er. Good demand also was noted for
such popular industrials as U. S.
Steel common. General Motors Colo- j
rado Fuel. International Harvester ;
and American Express.
The closing was firm.
Total sales approximated 700000 !
shares.
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TREATY AIMS
(Continued from page one)
"They have been served notice that
water will not be supplied for fur-
ther development.”
The speaker discussed the Imperial
irrigation system asserting that the
district faced many problems similar
to those which have arisen in the
\ alley. The district the largest in
the world comprises 605.000 acres
approximately 375000 under irriga-
tion. They have the same drainage
problem as the Valley and the dis-
trict has spent over $2000000 in the
construction of open drains. The
water rates are approximately the
same as here.
The immense volume of silt carried
by the Colorado is the main prob-
lem with which the district has to
contend. He stated that the bed of
the stream is silting at the rate of
St to 10 inches per year and that the
district is compelled to raise its
levees each year. The district oper-
ates from 30 to 40 dredgs almost con-
tinuously. During major flood peri-
ods the stream carries as high as 24
per cent silt.
Hill Before Senate
The Boulder Canyon dam bill will
be the first business before the sen-
ate when it convenes in December
and Mr. Aten expressed confidence
that it would pass by a large majori-
ty. He called attention to the fact
that the bill passed the lower house
-without a record vote and that the
only vote was on re-commitment and
was two to one in favor of the bill.
Following Mr. Aten's address he re-
plied to numerous questions relative
to conditions in the Imperial Valley
irrigation methods and crops. He
stated that the rainfall is about 2
inches and that between 50 and 70
inches of water is applied annually
to the lands under irrigation.
"One thing I cannot understand
and that is: why don’t you people of
the Valley go into dairying on an
extensive scale?” the Californian
said. “We have over 30000 dairy
cattle in the Imperial Valley and
they are our principal source of
revenue. You can raise an abundance
of cheap feed in the Valley and there
ts no reason why the dairy industry-
should not prove highly profitable.”
He also stated that the Imperial
Valley derives a large income from
feeder cattle bought on the ranges
and brought to the Valley for “fin-
ishing” over 38000 head having been
i marketed last year.
1-rank Robertson manager of the
San Benito district spoke for the
Valley districts assuring the Cali-
io mi in that the Valley wa& not op-
posed to the Boulder Canyon dam
providing provisions were made for
a fair division of water with Mexico.
He stated that the Valley had sought
and secured an amendment to the
original bill and that with the in-
clusion of this amendment all cause
of opposition to the measure had
been removed.
Mr. Aten arrived in the Valley
Monday and has inspected all the ir-
rigation systems. He complimented
the district managers upon the pro-
gress the Valley has made stating
that as a native Texan he took pride
in the progress of his native state
and that the Lower Rio Grande Val-
•*/ is the most progressive section
! of the state.
Highway Orchard Is
Sold to N. Y. Man
• ■—.- -.
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. July 7.—The W. J.
Carson farm and orchard on the
highway between San Benito and
Harlingen containing 3-' acres has
been :old to T. G. Bolles of New
York state according to John C.
Bowie who handled the deal.
Mr. Bolles bought 25 acres former-
ly a part of the Carson property a
year ago the two tracts being ad-
jacent. Consideration in the deal
was not announced.
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MO. FUTURES
CLOSE STEADY
Net Decline of 2 to 4
Points Registered
During Session
NEW YORK July 7.—<*V-The
cotton market opened steady de-
spite lower Liverpool cables than
due. First trades were unchanged
to 3 points up and prices continued
to improve after the start until
October traded to 22.00 and Decem-
ber 21.96 or 5 to 6 points over the
previous close.
When this demand was supplied
prices turned raetionary on pros-
pects for favorable weather and
October dropped to 21.85 and De-
cember 21.81 or 15 points down from
the initial highs. Towards the enfl
of the first hour however the mar-
ket showed signs of rallying again
on indications of unfavorable wea-
ther over the week-end.
Cotton futures closed steady at a
net decline of 2 to 4 points.
NEW’ YORK COTTON
NEW YORK. July 7.—The
cotton market opened steady at si*
points decline to 8 prints advance
and early in the day displayed con~
siderable firmness on moderately
active buying hased on predictions
of showery weather in the belt over
Sunday which offset disappointing
Liverpool cables.
October sold up to 22.60 but the
market later declined to 22.43 for
October under week-end liquidation
and selling for southern a< count as
well as ending-up for Monday’s gov-
ernment report on cotton acreage.
Futures closed steady. 6 to 9
points lower. Spot quiet middling
22.80.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL July 7.—<JP\—Cotton
spot easier: American strict good
middling 12 96; good middling 12.71;
strict middling 12.61; middling 12.51;
strict low middling 12.36; low mid-
dling 12.21; strict good ordinary.
12.91; good ordinary 11.71. Sales
3.000 bales 1.800 American. Re-
ceipts 7.000 bales. Amer-can 500. Fu-
tures closed quiet. July 11.97.
Sept. 11.88; Oct. 11.77; Dec. 11.67:
Jan. 11.67; March 11.63; May 1160.
Hogs Steady In
K. C.; Sheep Firm
At Higher Mark
KANSAS CITY July 7.—(VP)—Cat-
tie: 600; calve*: 200; week's top:
heavy steers 15.50; medium weights
15.35; yearling steers and yearling
heifers 15.25; bulk fed steers and
yearlings 13.50%15.00; vealers 12.06
% 15.00.
Hogs: 1.500; steady; top 11.25;
packing sows 8.75%9.65.
Sheep: 600; higher; top western
lambs 16.25; fed Texas vearlings
ll.25%12.O0; ewef 6.50%6.75.
CHICAGO. July 7.—0Pl—Hogs: 6.-
000; medium to choice 10.40%11.45.
Cattle: 500; for week: Grain fed
steers and yearlings 50c and 1.00
higher: natives and southwestern
grass steers 25 t o4.00 lower; grass
cow* and heifer* 50%75c lower
hulls 50c lower; vealers 5!>c%1.00
higher: top weighty fed steers 15.95;
yearlings 15.90; yearling heifers un
to 15.65; native grassers 12.00%
14.00; grassv southwesterns 11.5*1
down to 7.50; grass fat cows 7.50%
9.50; grain feds up to 12.00; bulls
at 7.50 to 8.50; light vealers 15.25%
16.00
Sheep: 2.000; week’s top: fa*
range lambs 17.00; fat natives 16.75-
yearlings 16.35; fat ewe* 7.00
Wheat Averages
Higher on Report
Of Rust In North
CHICAGO. July 7.—OP)—Owing
ltr «V° bIack rust ft-porta from
the Dakotas and Minn?sota wheat
prices averaged higher c-arly todav.
Opening 3-4c decline to 5-8% 3-4c
ld^;c*' wheat saggd a little more
and then turned upgrade. Corn and
oats were weaker corn starting *-8c
! f t°j1 '"j up’ an<* a{er undergo-
ing a decided general setback. Pro-
visions held firm.
' HI( .\GO July 7.—(VP*—Wheal
No. 2 hard 1.38 to 1.39.
u°rn ftZ' 2 mixH 107 1*4; No. 2
yellow 1.07 to 1.08.
Oats No. 2 white 70 1-2 No 7
white 68 to 70.
KANSAS CITY July 7.-oP_
Wheat: No. 2 hard 1.27 I-4% 1.31
No. 2 red nominally 1.45% 1.48
A25 14; Sfpt* 1 27 !-8J Dec
J.<JI I-O.
Corn: No. 2 white 1.01 1-2- No •>
yellow 1.03; July 98 5-8; Sept ol
3-4; Pec. 79 1-4.
2 wfite nominally 61
@62; No. 3 59% 60.
.-FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW ^ORK. July 7.—(..p_For_
eign exchange* mixed; Great Brit-
a.n demand 4 66 11-16; cables 4.87
18. 60-day bills on banks 4.88 7-16;
r ranee demand 3.92; cables 3.92 1-4-
SSJ. ^man'1 5.24 7-8; Belgium
Germany 23.86 1-2; Tofrc
46.13; Montreal 99.75.
POTATOES
CHICAGO July 7.—6P>—Potatoes
slow; southern sacked Bliss Tri-
umph* best 80% 1.00; poor 50%75;
sacked cobbler* 70%90; North Caro-
lina barrel Irish cobblers 1.75%1.90-
ea*t *hor# Virginia barrel cobbler?
mostly 2.25.
COTTONSEED «>IL
NEW ORLEANS. July 7.-/.P-
< ottonseed oil closed quiet; prim*
pr‘me crude
8 87 1-2% 9 00. Jap. 10.03; July 977
vue' ®*pt- 10-02; oet. 10.03;
| -Nov. 10.03; Dec. 10.02.
BUTTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO July 7.—(VP*—Butter
and eggs unchanged.
Officer* Probing
El Jardin Shooting
Officers of the sheriff* depart-
ment were called to the El Jardin
community Saturday afternoon to in-
vestigate a shooting affray in which
a boy was reported to have been kill-
ed. No detaila of the affair were
received at the ahariffa affiea.
The Seed of the Church
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“Brass Tacks” on the Sunday School Lesson
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/ BE THOU
FAITHFUL UiNTO
DEATH ANO I
WILL GIVE THEE
A CROWN OF LIFE \
. REVELATION 0.TO
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BY DR. ALVIN E. BELL !
The saying “the blood of the mar-
tyrs is the seed of the church” was
never more true than in the case of
the first Christian martyr Stephen
and Saul of Tarsus who not only
consented to Stepnen’s death but
“kept the raiment of them that slew
him.”
Stephen was one of the seven lay-;
men appointed by the apostles as
deacons to “serve tables.” that is to
administer the charity funds of the
church to the poor widows and or-
uphans so that the apostles could
give their full attention to the spir-
itual ministry ot preaching the word
of God. But “yon can’t keep a good j
man down” and so Stephen could
not be obscured in a minor position.
He did his work as a server of tables
for the poor but in addition he
preached the gospel with fiery zeal
and power.
The Peril of Prejudice
But regardless of the fact that he |
was a man filled with the Spirit of
God. the truth and logic of whose |
speech they could not contradict j
and though “they were cut to the
heart” by his wore* instead of re-1
penting "they gnashed on him with
their teeth” and "cried out with a
loud voice and stopped their eara.
and ran upon him with one accord
anh cast him out of the city and
stoned him.” This is a typical pic-
ture of prejudice in every age: the
closed mind and stopped eara: the
loud mouth and violent hands. Time
has not succeeded in refining the
spirit of prejudice and bigotry it has
only partially restrained ita violent
hands.
The First Christian Martyr
The name "Stephen” means
“crown.” but Stephen's crown was
the crown of martyrdom and his dis-
tinction lies in the fact that he was
the very first of that noble army of
martyrs to seal his testimony with
his life's blood. There were 185000
martyrs in the first 300 years of the
church's history but Stephen led the
way and these others followed in
; his train.
The Martyr’s Strengthening Vision
It is impossible to overlook the
.striking likeness of Stephen’s dying
words and two of our Lord's sayings
| from the cross. Jesus' first words
j from the cross was “Father forgive
them for they know- not w-hat they
j do.” and we have this echoed in
Stephen's last words as “he kneeled
' down and cried w-ith a loud voice.
• “Lord lay not this sin to their
charge.” And his word. “Lord Jesus
receive my spirit.” parallels Christ's
l dying word “Father into thy hands
| 1 commend my spirit.” So perfect-
ly did Stephen pattern his dying Lord
j that it is no wonder he was given
J the strengthening vision of his Lord
in glory as he testified “Behold. I
I s«« the heaven opened and the Son
of man standing on the right hand
of God.”
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Little did Saul of Tarsus realize
as he stood by “consenting unto
Stephen's death’’ and guarding the
clothes of the murderers that the
mantle of the martyr was beginning
to fall from Stephen to himself and
that for the next thirty years he !
would take Stephen's place and
finally seal hi* own testimony for
Christ with his blood.
In the meantime for perhaps two
years Saul resisted the conviction
that crept into his heart from
Stephen’s testimony. “He continued
to make havoc of the church enter-
ing into every house and haling men
and women committed them to
prison.” But this storm of persecu-
tion served God’s purpose in that
the disciples who for nearly seven
years had remained too much in the
home church of Jerusalem “were all
scattered abroad throughout the re-
gions of Judaea and Samaria.”
God gives wings to certain seeds
and then sends the storm to scatter
the seed throughout the earth. Thus
persecution served to spread the
good seed of the word of God.
(The International Uniform lessan
for July 8 is Acts 7:54-8:3; 22:3 4.
IP 20; 26:4. 5. 9 11; Gal. 1:13 14
the subject being “Saul and Steph-
en” and the Golden Text Rev. 2:10.
“Be thou faithful unto death and I
will give thee a crown of lift.”)
STOMAMJPELLS
Oklahoma Lady Give* Inter-
citing Account of Long
U*e of Black-Draught
In Her Home.
Sageeyah Okla—“I have taken
Black-Draught ever since I was a
child and can recommend it as a
splendid medicine for family use •
says Mrs. Cora Maberry of this
place. “My mother used it in
1 bringing up her family and after
I had a home of my own. I con-
tinued to use it as I thought it
was especially good to give the chil-
dren.
“My children did not mind taking
Black-Draught and so when they
got upset with stomach spells or
were constipated I gave them
Black-Draught tea.
“If I found that they were tak-
ing cold. I was quick to start giving
them Black-Draught as it helped
them to throw off the impuritie*
which caused the trouble.
“My children are all grown now
and have homes of their own. but
I still keep Black-Draught in .ha
house and use it myself when I wake
up in the morning feeling duL and
•headachey’. and have a bad taste
in my mouth.
"Black-Draught is a simple rem-
edy for constipation and I prefer
it to others because it is purely
vegetable. I always feel better af-
ter I have taken a course of it.’*
General Welding
Radiator Specialist
LAWN MOWER EXPERT
T. J. Rommer
Phone 722 !
1260 Washington Street
Perfect Appeal *
In District Casti
Francisco Armandais has joined
with J. K. Wells in an appeal to th#
supreme court from the recent do*
cision of the court of civil appeals lit
connection with the injunction ami
against the Arroyo Navigation dis-
trict according to announcement by ■
attorney! for the intervenor. Arman*
dais filed as intervenor when th^
case was brought before the civil dis*
trict court. -
The appeal to the supreme eour|
was perfected this week but a de*
cision ia not expected before October
1. The supreme court receaaed ***I|
week for the annual vacation »nd wug
not convene until September.
An injunction was granted tha
plaintiff in the civil district •ourtu]
the court holding the formation ojl
the dia trict unconstitutional.
district appaaled the case *n<l j
appeals court reversed the lawej
court refusing to grant an
tion for rehearing filed by the plain^
tiff._
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