The Knox County News (Knox City, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 3, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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\KT e want to thank the people for their liberal
patronage through our sale. We could not
expect greater success and we want to say that you
can always find what you want and at prices that
are right at our store. We invite you all to make
our store you home while in our city.
Knox City Mercantile
The fastest growing store in West Texas.
P. & H. M.
Society
Church.
of M. F.
Why must there be a Women's
Home Mission Society? There
is a specific and special work of
the church that is best suited i o
the adminstration of woman's
hands. No one realized this
more palpably than did our pres-
ident Lucinda B. Helen, when in
1886 she called the women of the
church into service to help build
parsonages on our frontiers.
Since then different phases oí
work have been added as God
has led.
The Women's Home Mission
Society carries on city mission
work at twenty-four different
centers. There are Wesley
Houses in Atlanta, Augusta,
Dallas, Louisville, Mobile, Mem-
phis, Nashville, St. Louis and
Kansas City.
Last year forty-one trained,
sixty-two salaried and two hun-
dred aiad eighty-nine volunteer
workers were employed in this
work which cost $29,804.98.
The Women's Home Mission So-
ciety maintains fourteen schools
employing sixty-one teachers,
Where instruction is given 1,654
students.
The income from tuition paid
by students last year was
$8767.35, whereas the cost of
maintaining and repairing these
institutions was $65,682.19. The
total value of the education in-
stitutions is $108,800.00.
The Parsonage and Home Mis-
sion Society has two departments
the General Board and Confer-
ence Societies. Each Confer-
ence society has the privilege of
using half of its dues to help
parsonages within its own
bounds. Our parsonage here re-
ceived a donation of $200.00.
While the General Board disre-
gards Conference lines and gives
aid wherever it may appear most
needed, it frequently happens
that both boards make grants to
the same parsonages.
We only undertake to aid in
the building or completing the
houses. Great care and system
is always observed and there are
necessary conditions that must
be met before the money can be
ever promised'
The church must make an ear-
nest effort to raise the money
among it own members, and
must secure three-fourths of it
before ever applying.
The trustees must have perfect
titles in lee simple to property;
they must be able to show thai
they can ñnish the purchase or
erection of the house free from
embarrassing debt.
The board of Church Extension
makes these payments for us
an:i its secretary and lawyer in-
vestigate every detail. The
house must be insured against
fire and the trustees must pledge
themselves to keep it insured.
And then a conditional mortgage
must be taken upon the parson-
age when the amount granted is
one hundred dollars or more.
Some object to this because they
do not understand that the mort-
gage binds only the property
not the truatees personally and
provides that if by any means
the property is abandoned
through the breaking up of
church, as often happens out
west or if it is sold to get money
to build a fine church, we can
get our money back. When a
congregation makes applicatton,
it procures from the Conference
Corresponding Secretary printed
forms upon which a number
of questions are asked. If
they are properly answered
all the necessary informa-
tion is given. Every trustee
signs the paper and then it is
endorsed by the Quarterly Con-
ference of the church, the clerk
of the County Court also certifies
that the deed is duly recorded.
If the application is to be made
to the General Board it must
have the endorsement of the
Conference Society, duly signed
by its officers and also that of
the Conference Board of Church
Extension for without these they
cannot be considered.
Except in emergency cases,
these donations are made at our
annual meetings. Those for the
General Board mnst always be
in the hands of the General Sec-
retary by the first of April.
The applications are first sent
to our own General Secretary,
who enters them <>n a calendar
when there is enough money to
our credit they are sent, with
the money with which to pay
them to the Board of Church Ex-
tension. The Secretary of thac
Board writes to the parties on
the very day he receives it and
if they act promptly upon his in-
struction, the money is very soon
in their hands.
We have about twenty-three
thousand dollars which we lend
to parsonages needing temporary
aid at six per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually.
We sometimes lend as much
as three thousand dollars to one
party for periods of from one to
three years, but in many cases
we have adequate security as-
sured. The Board of Church
Extension manages these loans
for us.
As it has been necessary to
consume so much space this
week to fully explain the details
of Parsonage Department work
we wiil forgo the Department of
Supplies till next week.
We hope to have every mem-
ber present next Monday, come
and bring some one with you we
are always glad to welcome visi-
tors and feel sure you will be in-
terested in the work. We meet
promptly at 4 p. m.
Mrs. E. O. Rigsbee.
The Knox City and Goree Ball
Teams crossed bats at the Park
and Fair grounds Wednesday
afternoon. This was one of the
best games vve have witnessed
this season. The scorfc was
three to nothing in favor of the
Knox City Team. The Knox
City pitcher struck out eleven
men and the Goree pitcher
struck out ten.
The Big Reun'on is.now in full
blast A large attendance pres-
ent, and every one seems to be
enjoying himself. The attend-
ance gets better both morning
and evening and we believe it is
safe to make the assertion that
there will be 10,000 people In
attendance.
Dr. Ira J. Culver called to see
us yesterday. He has just. re-
turned from an extended visit
in the states of Illinois, Pennsyl-
vania, and New York. He re-
ports a grand time at his old
home.
D. A. Lindsey and J. C. Enlow
have opened a candy store in
the old Hubbard building. Will
also handle cold drinks. 1-t
Messrs Elsie Sloan and Lee
Stephens of Stephensville called
at our office this week. We al-
ways welcome visitors.
See our great clubbing offer
W. J. Hunter, of west of tie
river, called to see us Saturday
and had the News sent to hi i
address.
1 have a good line of coffee
and tea of the Geo. Hayden
bankrupt stock to close out be-
low cost. D. A. Lindsey.
ALI, KINDS AND VARIETIES
Description of Eggs as Explained by
the Waiter.
On his recent trip to Denver to
arrange hotel aecommodations for
I lie New ^ ork delegues lo tile lia-
lional Democratic convention Tilom-
as K. Smith, secretary of Tammany,
became much interested in the cus-
toms of the west. One morning at
breakfast, Secretary Smith began
questioning thu colored waiter.
"Sam," said lie, "these eggs aro
fine; what sort are they?"
"Slricklv fresh aigs, sail, strick-
Iv fresh; they was laid vesterduy,
sab."
"indeed! Is there any other kind
sold here?" asked the secretary.
"Oh, yas, yas sab* dev's Colorado
ranch aigs, sab."
"What sort of eggs are those?"
"Why, sab; dein Colorado ranch
aigs is aigs raised in Colorado, sah;
but dev's not quite so fresh as
strickly fresh aigs, no sah, not quite,
sah."
"And are there any other varie-
ties?" asked the secretary.
"Yes, sah; da'rs do aigs doy call
'state' aigs, sah, hut dey's a mighty
poor sort of aigs, sah."
"Well, Colorado is a state, isn't
it? How do they differ from other
eggs; were they laid in Nebraska
or Kansas?"
"Deed, sab, I don't know 'bou!
dat, but I dun guess not, sah. Fori
a fac', sah, I don' think dat word]
'state' signifies what locality dem
aigs was born in at all, sah, only
jus' describes the condition they'i,
in, sah. Yes, aah, I think it do." j
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Atterbury, E. B. The Knox County News (Knox City, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 3, 1908, newspaper, July 3, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth178945/m1/3/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.