The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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Meeting Commenced Monday Night Finishod Classifying County Schools
At Tent East Side of Spuare
and Other Business.
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g a position with Perkins
He showed that it was divided in- Superintendent, upholding the
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He speaks through it to the mind, commenting on the right hour
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W. Wall, won by J. A. Quinn.
VISITOR HERE VERY
FAVORABLY IMPRESSED TEACHERS RECEIVE
Croley, won by Miss Corine Mc-
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nook of the country, and which- with the people of Gilmer, and said
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had a great effect on me, ” said
hon, Fannie May McClelland,
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found.
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Smith and Lockett,
the
last
three named of Pittsburg.
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Frank Seegel, aged seven, was
for
bales.
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we re-
Monday and had bia ahull frac-
yet.
great deal of it at 15c.
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May Barnwell, Undine Colquitt,
Kosa Lee Herring, Leta Moug
1 wedding of John Coleman
Land Miss Alice Faulkner
Pce Sunday afternoon at
►clock in the home of the
s uncle, Mr. E. C. Lysle,
Gordon Barrett as the cele-
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FIRST REAL FALL
SATURDAY IN GILMER
WINN-FAULKNER
PTIALS SOLEMNIZED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
It Will Go Down in History as a
Notable Labor Anniversary.
heart and understanding.
He told how Christ after the re
surrectiou had opened the under-
standing of the deciplea, thus re-
vealing that he had come from the
dead, and that the gospel should be
preached to all men.
He admonished parents to teach
their children the scripture, that
action of the Trustees in the lo-
cation of the Red Rock School
District No. 29, was appealed to
the Board and next Friday set
for the hearing.
has delivered the goods in “ear
and trembling.
“Our American Congress has
stood within the shadows of the
Goddess of Justice and voted an
increase in wages to four hun-
dred thousand trainmen who are
the highest paid laborers in the
world and never at any time
mentioned the three, hundred
and fifty thousand track men
who are perhaps the poorest paid
workmen in the world and who
Mr. M F. Bullard of Upshur
county, was in a neighboring
town a few days ago with a load
of cotton, and could only get 15
cents offered for it. Knowing
that it had been bringing more
the day before at Gilmer he
called up one of the buyers here
and was offered 15.60.
The buyers in the neighboring
town seeing that he was not go-
ing to sell accosted him about
what he was going to do with his
cotton, to which he at first re-
plied that he was going to carry
it back home, and they then said
rather than let mm carry it back
they would give 15.20.
He then told the bidder that
he had sold it for 15 60 to Crosby
of Gilmer.
This is just to illustrate how
much better cotton market Gil-
mer is than any of the neighbor-
ing towns.
The fact is so well known
however, that it has become pro-
verbial, that Gilmer is the best
cotton market in East Texas.
No. 18-Pair of ladies slippers
by Crosby, McGaughy Marshal
Co., won by D. Magrill.
No. 19—Gold band ring by R.
C. Barnwell, won by Mrs Henry.
No. 20—Hair of gents Flor-
shine shoes, by J E Stephens
Co., won by Jim Meecom.
No. 21—Gents trousers by Per-
kins Bros. & Co., won by Joe Ba-
bers.
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Larey.
No. 23 - -Leather suit case, by
T. O. Williams, won by Mrs.
Redfield.
No. 24—Steam cooker, by Rob-
erts & Oliver, won by Mrs. Fran-
cis Guthrie.
No. 25—Water set, by John
Pickett, won by Mr. Vickers.
Approaching Nuptials.
County Clerk Dack Walker is-
sued license Monday for the mar-
riage of Mr Floyd Little and
Miss Vercie Elliott of Simpson-
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ever way you turn you will run
into supreme Federal authority.
A strong government seems
attractive in emergency, such as
has just arisen, but when they
become strong at the expense of
individualism they are on the
highway to disintegration.
PAY FOR ATTENDING
COUNTY INSTITUTE
MUNUAY. SEPTEMBER
4TH WAS LABOR DAY
GILMER VS.
NEIGHBORING
COTTON MARKETS
ASHLAND BAPTIST
REVIVAL CLOSED
PROGRESSIVE
CHRISTIAN REVI-
VAL INAUGURATED
They Are Being Distributed all Over
The Country
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MISS VIRGIE HOGG
ENTERTAINS FRIDAY
BAPTIST REVIVAL
CLOSED SUNDAY
THE NEW GOINS
HOW THEY LOOK
COTTON RECEIPTS
UP TO SATURDAY
THE TRADE'S DAY
PREMIUMS AWARDED
The wreck of the cruiser Mem
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turday was the first real fall
rday in Gilmer, and it will
aps stand as a record break
r the time of year for some
m^hces in a radius of
6.। isted showing
ppiniess • forest fires
MMbeth Scrap will put
gbride was daintiness itself
Ele white orZandy trimmed
^nciennes lace and satin
ns.
e grcom was handsome in
onventional black.
is young couple are among
vet popular in Gilmer’s so
greles, the bride being a
Er of one of the oldest and
E esteemed families of the
»She was one of the 1916
School graduates and has
ired herself to all, by her
t, lovable disposition, also
Pice and beauty.
■groom is a son of Dr. J.
Irin of this city, and is a
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Mr. J. J. Hogue, until recently
in business at Reese, Cherokee
county, spent Monday in the city,
prospecting. Hr Hogue has dis
posed of his business in Reese, and
in the trade acquired several thous
and dollars worth of Upshur county
property at Pritchett, and it may be
that he will go in business there,
but he was favorably impressed
This is ths season for fall garden-
ing, andyvery one should endeavor
to raise at least some kind of fall
vegetables.
Pretty good work has been made
on the interior work of the Upshur
county court house this week, but it
lacks a gond deal of being finished
ment between the State
EMter and Secretary of the
- *d States a fire patrol sys-
".ving for its object «tbe
Pen and control of forest
epns,3 inaugurated in the
timber belt begin-
AL amber and continuing
deirckember. There will be
x of these patrol meh, ne at
inden, Longview, Teneha, Luf-
The cotton receipts here both
Friday and Saturday, the first
two days of the new cotton sea-
son, were unprecedntly large.
The receipts Friday amounted
to 270 bales; Saturday 320 were
received here, making a total of
590, and with the 450 bales pre-
viously reported the total re-
ceipt! so far this season is 1,040
A Potent Sermon.
“That sermon you preached
I but in the amount of cot
Jeived.
I m commenced coming in
k early Saturday morning,
Ah the absence of market
Lations was off a little from
brevious height of 152 cents
1 n the west side of the square
The.County Board of Educa-
tion in session Monday with a
full Board in attendance, Chair-
man J. M. Perdue presiding, fin-
ished the classification of the
county schools, and authorized
the apportion of $6 90 per capita
to the various Upshur county
school districts.
They also annexed certain Up-
shur county school territory to
two Camp county districts.
A petition from more than
fifty freeholders, was presented,
asking the Board to appoint an
attendance officer for the en-
forcement of the compulsory
school law, setting forth the
qualifications; they thought he
ought to be a man that could de
vote his entire time to the place,
and the Board set Monday, Octo-
ber the 2nd as the time for the
hearing on this petition.
The decision of the County
MRS. JACK WINN
(Nee Mi** Alice Faulkner)
Who was married Sunday to Mr.
Jack Winn. She was one of the
senior graduating class of the
Gilmer High School, 1916, and
was prophet of the class. The
Pine Burr, the class annual, says
of her. “She is happy and vi-
vacious always.’-’
that if be could secure a suitable
location he would like to go in busi-
ness here. He said he liked the
people, the way they received a
stranger had impressed him, and
that he would like to live here.
to three divisions, history, teaching
the son-ship of Christ, the testimony
and commeutaris.
The Jesus Christ was the central
figure of the history on which de
pends life and salvation, and that if
we are to be saved that it will be by
the power of Jesus Christ and by-
keeping in tpuch with Him. He is
the last court of appeals.
He talked of the adaptibili ty of
the bible to our needs, showing it
was a revelation from God because
young business man
; to come, not only in th e ime.
rday crowd and Saturday it is another evidence that we
are drifting towards a central-
ized government and that democ-
racy and individualism is fast be
coming a myth.
It looks like class legislation,
and an utter disregard of the
rights of the majority, and what
the outcome will be cannot be
passed through the maost humil-
iating experience this govern-
ment has ever endured. A few
labor union leaders have stood at
the portals of congress demand-
ing that government give them a
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per the Weeks Jaw by
The progressive Christian revival
was formally opened at the big tent
on the east side of the public square
Monday night by Elder J. Rodeck
er, of Lindale,
Mr. C. E. Prater, who accom-
panied him led the singing, while
Miss Lorena’Stuart who came with
them presided at the piano.
‘At the conclusion of “Blessed be
the Name,’’ Elder Rodecker led in
a fervhnt prayer while the congre-
gation stood. He prayed that we
might be kept apart from the sinful
world. y:
After mother Song “The Way
of theGjop, ‛‛ Elder Rodecker talk-
ed of the meeting, its aims and pur-
poses, and asked the co-operasion of
the people of Gilmer, their prayers
and sympathy; »
He did not announce any parti-
cular teltbut talked of the New
restament, and what it taught, as
well as how it should be studied.
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the crumbs that the trainmen
leave upon the table.
“When cotton was selling for
six cents per pound two years
ago and poverty stalked over
this Southland causing a greater
financial loss to the Southern
plowman than the freeing of the
slaves, Congress confessed ina-
bility to cope with the situation
and stepped aside letting this
awful burden fall upon the
backs of the tillers of the soil.
The organized farmers plead
with Congress for relief ' but we
were told that “it would not be
constitutional for government to
undertake to fix the price of cot-
ten or to advance money on cot-
ton in storage and that Congress
was a slow moving body and
could not meet emergencies.”
No. 17—Life size doll by J. E. have more reverence for the gospel.
iie said some parents thought that meeting the situation bravely
The revival at the First Bap
tist church which has been in
progress for the past two weeks,
closed Sunday night.
Rev. Hawkins of Oklahoma,
who has been assisting in the
meeting departed after the 11
o’clock services Sunday, and the
pastor Rev. Gordon Barrett, con
ducted the services Sunday night
when twenty one of the converts
were baptised.
There were 33 accessions to
the church, 24 for baptism,
three of the converts not being
able to be present Sunday night
will be baptised Wednesday night
The church was crowded to its
capacity Sunday night and the
galleries were full with the
overflow congregation.
The meeting .has been a very
successful one, not only by the
number of conversions and ac-
cessions to the church, but there
has been a great awakening of
the membership
No. 16—Gents trousers by J. they might know it, as did Paul, -
from childhood. That they might ransom or they would wreck so-
struck by an auto in Fort Worth did it affect you?*1
Monday and had his skull frac- "H went out before the collec-
PRESIDENT POPE
, CONDEMNS CONGRES8
Miss Virgie Hogg entertained
her young friends Friday after-
noon, with Forty Two, honoring
Misses Farine Quinn, Lockett
Hooten and Maurine Smith of
Pittsburg.
After several games of forty-
two the guests were served with
delicious refreshments of ice
cream and cake.
Those present were: Misses
Evelyn Barnwell, Lizzie Briggs,
Ruth Crosby, Lois Crosby, Ina
H. N. Pope, president of the
Texas Farmers Union, has given
out the following statement
In. Livingston and Jasper, each
atrol men having the supervis-
the territory lying be
law passed by congress Satur-
day :
“The people of this nation
have during the past week
cietv. This nation, instead of
tured.
they were discharging their obliga
tions to their children when they
clothed and fed honied and schooled
them, but they would be remiss in
their duty unless they laid the foun
dation with them for the best
life—religion.
He paid a deserved tribute to the
Jews showing that in harmony with
their religion that they were consis-
tent, and prayerful. That they
teach thtr children to honor their
Moughon, won by John Wil-
liams.
Thirty-Three Accessions to the
Church--Twenty-Four For
Baptism.
ties. Champion Freda Welch of En-
Most of thia cotton has sold gland, retained his title after a
foreshadowed. If the compro-
mise doesn’t work, there will be
norefund of the millions of the
people’s money that goes to ef-
fect the compromise while trying
out the plan.
If the Adamson bill becomes a
fixture all other class of laborers
will have to organize and make
demands to be on an equal foot-
ing with .the Brotherhood of
Railway trainmen.
The government at Washing-
ton has lost sight of government
by the people and dominating
and controlling affairs in every
No. 22 Ladies hat, by J .h parents, and follow in their foot- must subsist almost wholly upon
F PATROL TO
f BE INAUGURATED
Griggs to the pastor on Monday
Quinn and Maurine, mprning.
By reason of it having been
designated as the day for the big
strike Labor Day, 1916, will go
down in history as a notable la-
bor anniversary.
The passage of the eight hour
law for the Brotherhood of Loco-
motive engineers and 1 conduc
tors, because they were strongly
organized and threatened to par-
alize the commerce of the coun-
try, if it was not done, with a
total disregard of the rights of
unorganized labor, and the
thousands who will have to pay
the difference, without even an
investigation into the merits of
the controversy, seems an un-
fair regard for the 100,000,000 in
favor of the 600 000.
It may be that the hundred
million people will have some-
hing to lay hereafter, but it is
atent that they did not this
the cotton for more than 15 cents and a twenty round content at Colo-
. rado Springs with Charlie White, phis is to be investigated.
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The Upshur County Teachers’
Institute will meet next week.
The law provides that teachers
shall receive the same salary for
attending the institute that they
would receive for teaching their
respective schools for the same
length of time. Teachers usuallv
receive pay for institute attend-
ance by drawing a full month’s
salary after teaching for three
week". It may be an aceommo
dation to some of our teachers to
draw a special voucher for insti-
tute attendance and receive their
pay at the close of the institute.
There is no law to prohibit this,
and there is no loss to the
schools in doing it. Therefore if
the local boards of trustees see
fit to approve vouchers for insti-
tute attendance, I shall be glad
to approve them. These insti-
tut vouchers will be payable at
sight without discount. This
will be true also of vouchers for
first three weeks of teaching in
all schools this year.
Yours for service,
A. L. Bradfield.
County Supt.
on wagons banked up with
h one to three bales to the
l^on until one could almost
he gone across the wide
are on the wagons without
hing the ground, and there
Ze a good many scattered
und in other places, and a
l m of them that had already
heading towards the com-
1s._____
Rev. W. H. McClelland closed a
revival at Ashland Baptist church
Sunday, after a Very successful
meeting.
There were 23 accessions to the
church, 16 by baptism and 7 by
letter or restoration.
This church was organized about
a year ago and has an increase of
80) members during the year.
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Monday was Trade’s Day, but
owing to the fact that many of
the count-y people were in town
Saturday to market fifteen cent
cotton, they remained at home
Monday to gather more of it,
and the attendance was not what
is usually expected, though
there were a good many people
in town.
The Trade’s Day premiums,
however were awarded as fol-
lows:
No, 1—An alarm clock, dona-
ted by E. L Lawrence, won by
J. D Martin.
No. 2—Ten pound bucket of
lard, by H S. Childress, won by
J. I. Cook
No. 3 —Seventeen quart dish
pan by Hogg Bros., won by Mrs.
Bain.
No. I — Bucket of Forgers gol-
den coffee, by Ramon Oliver,
won by D. A. Irons.
No. 5—Half dozen pair socks,
by Sample Shoe Store, won by
W. A. Slayton.
No. 6-Bottle of Nyles Tonic,
by Crane & Reynolds, won by
Mr. Fenlaw.
No. 7- Bucket of Crusto, by
E. R. Knowles, won by Mr. Ca-
banniss.
No. 8—Box of Jacob’s candy,
Gilmer Drug Co., won by T. A.
Richardson.
No. 9 Drugs, value $2, by
Robertson’s Drug Store, won by
Mr. Fenlaw.
No. 10-Blacksmith work by
Arch Rutledge, won by A. W
Odean.
No 11 -Suit case, by Williams
Variety Store, won by Clem
Hale
No. 12 Sack of Upper Ten
Flour. by S. J. Moughon, won by
M. Deene.
No. 13- Gents hat. Petty A
Ray, won by Willie Irons.
No. 14 —Merchandise by Kurt
Store, won by D. H. Brolley.
No. 15—Gents trousers, by J.
W. Croley, won by R. A. Penn.
tion was taken.''
.uunt
’ yesterday morning on ‘Thrift’ ville.
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Every twenty years the law re-
quires that there shall be a change
in tho design of all the silver coins,
and the mints have been busy for
some lime minting enough of them
for distributicn to take the place of
the old coins, and the first ten days
of Sept, is being devoted to their
distribution.
The new half dollars will have on
one side the goddes of Liberty hold-
ing a bunch of olive branches, with
the old legend: “In God we trust’'
above'her. On the other side a
spread eagle is poised on a rock,
holding in its talons what the de
signers say is an oak twig. Over
its head are the words “United
States of America,” at its feet:
“Half Dollar."
The quarters are more unique.
On one side is the figure of a woman
comimgthrough a gate in a wall; on
the other is an eagle in full flight.
We are left to guess at the signifi
cance of the woman and the gate—
that is, if we keep a quarter by us
long enough to do any guessing.
The new dimes will be quite
different from the old ones. On one
side there is a woman’s head, with
"Liberty" above and the mintirg
date below On the other a bunch
of rods and an ax bound together
after the fashion of the “faces”
borne of old by the Roman iictors.
Below this is the motto: “E Pluri-
bus Unnm.” "uu
As the new coins arQsent out
there will be a gradual in gathering
of the old ones to be reminted, so
now is the time for the numismatist
to put away a few samples for future
collections. .
For the moralist there is a whole
story behind each of these new
coing. They come as clean as new
souls to take their share in the great
drama of life; they will lie in
miladi's silken nurse and in the
ragged poc ket of the street beggar.
They will go clean from honest
hand to honest hand, and they will
figure in the tainted loot of thieves.
They will go up to God’s high
altar" in collectiou plates, and they
will be the prize for which men
fight and kill, and the lure for
which they sell their souls.
Money —the agency of angels or
the temptation of grinning devils'
Think what use you will make of
the new, clean coins the govern-
ment is sending out to you this
month. There, is a deep vein of
introspection behind the question
as you turn the coins in your hands.
sistently ask our children to follow
in our footsteps, thus illustrating
the necessity for parents to live the
life they would have their children
live, that the parent the head of the
family might be pointed to as an
example.
He told of the best methods of
studying the bible, in subjects,
grouping the subjects in a series,
and suggested that he will preach
that way and that if you don’t at
tend all the services you will not
understand any one as well as if you
had heard the series.
He said Hint he had understood
that there were about a thousand
members of the two churches here,
and as there were perhaps three
thousand people, this left a con-
siderable margin on which to work.
The services will start promptly
at 8 o’clock each evening and every-
body is invited to attend
COUNTY BOARD 3 7
OF EDUCATION
MONDAY'S SESSION I |
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■ many frinds in Gilmer
. ceratulations.
r or P end is
no find with
passing of
The clergyman beamed- “I
am glad,” he said. “It is al-
ways pleasant to know of the re-
sults of one's efforts. Just how
shatile
de the n laz '' ‘ ; . I
kEst wd to the guests and
g and grom departed i
pbiletothe Winn -untr3
Vvbout ten miles from heri
the wd a few days
wmkeay Misses Gene Lysle,
iefi ihan Ragland, Louise
E6an, Mary Winn and Velna
—p’gssrs. Berry, Winn and
[leazen. .
be the party was served to
clock luncheon then mo
'back to the city, having
ppy couple with many ex
Ms for their happiness and
i am mwemn
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