The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 9, 1927 Page: 2 of 4
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Lesson for June 12
PBTER OKLiVKRKO FROM PRISON
Entered aU^spenront, Texas
1 Pos'office as second class matter
under Act of Congress, March 1,
11879.
j Margaret E. Guest. Editor.
J. C. Guest. Associate Editor.
I yr. •- $1.50 — The Star.
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roirso people and auult top-
ic Tb< Po« r of Cnlt*d Pray«r.
I. P«t«r' lmpri onm«nt (vt. 1-4).
1. By whom (v. 1).
Hfeicd, the grandiwu uf the wicked
who slew the luiio^WJt chil-
dren of Bethlehem.
2. The reason (v. 3).
It was to gain the favor of the
jew*. Herod was no* a .I«w, fcut an
Edowlte, therefore knew that hU uc-
«-e#e was dependent upon his having
tt e good will of the Jews. Harod for
the sake of popularity manifested a
deep aynipathy for degenerate Juda-
lam. It was but the sympathy of the
politician. Since the church h d de-
veloped so as to be a successful rival
of Judaism, Indeed was already dis-
placing It. he saw an opportunity to
curry favor with the Jews by putting
forth his hands against It
8. The method (v. 4).
He was arrested, put Into prison
and guarded by four quaternion* of
soldiers. A quaternion Is u i,n:ard of
four soldiers. Humanly shaking. It
was Impossible to escape. Thay hud
doubtless heard of Peter's escape from
Jail before, so they thought they would
take no risks this time. However,
they made one fatal mistake—they
left out God.
II. The Church of Ood In Prayer
(v. 5).
The church was at a crisis. Her
situation was most grave. James, one
of the brethren of the church, was
dead, and Peter, the most prominent
of all, was In prison. In this desperate
strait they did the wise thlui:—they
betook themselves to prayer. It was
a noteworthy prayer.
1. 1: was unto Ood. not unto men,
or to be heard of men. This J* a very
common fault toda\. All true prayer
Is unto Ood.
2. It was united prayer.
There Is peculiar power II the
united pra.ver of God's people.
S. It was ati Intt nselv earnest
prayer.
It was more thnn unceasing prayer.
It was the earnest desire of t!.e sou!
aa It atretched itself out towswl God.
4. It was definite prayer.
They specifically offered pct.yer to
Ood for Peter. Their prayer w is con-
cent rated, definite and specif*
11!. Peter Delivered by a« Angel
(a «. 6-11).
1. Peter sleeping (v. 0).
This showa that he wm not greatly
disturbed over the matter. The Ix>rd
keeps In perfect peace those whose
minds ar« stayed on Him. (Ian £0:8).
i. Peter leaves the prison (v\ 7-10).
A heavenly light shone In the prison.
The angel smote I'eter on the side:
the chains fell off. Peter put on hie
Hothes and passed by one v innl after
another through the Iron j.ate out
into the city.
5. The effect upon Peter (v 11).
Although the matter was >o > onder
ful to Peter, t*>en outside Ms eon
solousness. when lie came to himself
lie was assured beyond perad enture
(hat God bad miraculous! \ delivered
liii'.i from Herod's wicked lisinl-'.
IV. Unconacloua Unb«li«f ('.v. lf-
19).
1. Hehavlor of Peter and tin
(vv. 12-17).
Peter went to the homv 1
and knocked. The knock
«wered by Kt.oda who was
jived that she forgot to >
gate, and ran In and 'old tl
Peter was at the gate. Tl e
were not prepared for such to
And even accused Iter of i
She. undaunted. Insisted. !
lered us an explanation thai
It might be Peter's guardian
his likeness. They got more- t'
expected. Peter rehearsed i.;
liie Lord's dealing with h!"
strutted them 'o make ti • •
known unto Jam-* and the I.
2. The hehavloi A the
Then was great agitai'
them afc to what had become .
Thl* wa* n serious matter i.
were responsible for him. V t being
able to account for Peter's <, scape.
Herod commanded that the) be put to
death. After this Herod went down
to Caesarea. Here he was adored as
tied. Because he arrogated thl* honor
to himself, the Lord smote hUti. Herod
died, but the Word of the t/orrt grew
and multiplied.
FISH AND GAME GLEANINGS
By J. G. Burr, Fish and Oyster
Commission, Austin.
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Life and Peath
It la good when the gardtil of life
aud the sepulcher of death are linked
vtlth Him who was crucified. H<
makes the garden tenfrtld richer iitnl
more beautiful. He roiis l*« aepuK h. r
if its terror and gloom. -Rev Alex,
gmelltc, D. D.
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Cynitciarn
I hate cynicism u great der'
than 1 hate the devil; unleea, )>• .Iinpa,
rhe two we.-e the same thing It. [,
Stevenson
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MMofite for THE STAR |L60 a year
No steel traps may be set for fur-
bearinpr animals unless they are plac
i <1 on poles five feet above the ground
is a freak law passed by a recent leg-
islature of Arkansas. The motive is
said to be to protect dogs and pre-
serve foxes for the chase. I1 oxes may
be killed when invading a henroost,
and it is not a misdemeanor when one
is inadvertently killed by the dog*.
As a growing southern <port fox
hunting may invade the rights of
tvr'ipers, and many" foxes will also
mc: '• -v.'or quails, grouse and other
useful oilds.
No fox ever fretted because he had
only one hole in which to hide, said
a physician lecturing on the evils of
worry. That may have been true he-
fore the recent Texas legislature took
off the close season on fox west of a
line running roughly from Refugio
County on the Gulf to Clay County
on the Red River.
The most marvelous petrified for-
est known to man has just been dis-
covered by geologists near the Chisos
Mountains of the Big Bend, according
to the last issue of American Forest
and Forest Life. Tree trunks were
t'oumi standing 100 to 150 feet, and
many great trunks lying prostrate, of
a size unparalleled in the world, one
measuring 8!)f> feet in length. Few-
white m/'n have visited the inaccessi-
ble valley, according to Dr. C. O
Gaither and Prof. S. 1. Cade, the dis-
coverers.
Since this was reported, Land Com-
missioner J. T. Robison has made an
unsuccessful attempt to locate the
forest. If Texas has such a park site
it should be set aside as such and
brine- sight-seers from all the world
For some time members of the legis-
lature have talked of a state park in
tlie Chisos Mountains.
A census of game made in New
Mexico by the Bureau of Biological
Survey with estimates of the amount
needed is as follows: 2,800 antelope
where there should be 100.000.300
heep with 10,000 needed, .<6,000 deer
with 200.000 needed, less than 1 1,000
turkeys where there should be 100,000
or more.
No census of Texas game has been
taken, but an approximate calculation
is possible. Some 1250 bucks were
killed the last season, books kept on
shooting preserves show. Assuming
that the unreported kill elsewhere
was 750, the total slain was J,000, It
is a safe guess that an average of
''our bucks escaped hunters for every
out that was killed. That would leave
•S,000 bucks. If our laws mean any-
thing there must be four tiliiies as
many does as buckor 32.000, mak-
ing the total around 40,000 deer. This
is a fair minimum, expert hunters de-
clare, with the probability that the
number of deer is much greater.
Some years airo a man was fine.]
lor killing 35 ducks at one shot, ten
in excess of the daily bag limit, ac
cording to a report of doubtful origin.
Unfortunately the law lends no en-
couragement to such splendid marks-
manship and makes no provision for
accidents. Of course, if the shot was
fired at 11:55 p. m. and ten of the
•lucks lived until after midnight, it
would be a two days batr, but then
the iiunter would be guilty of killing
duck after sunset and before sun-
rise.
I he first fine for killinj>- a bear in
Texas was recently sent in to the
s'ate irame department from Brews-
tor County by Warden Dud Marker,
rhe fine was ten dollars for killing
out of season.
For the fh t time in it^ history the
Texas Fish and Game Depai'tment
will beirin operating September I
without using any money from the
General Revenue, maintaining itself
solely by collections of fish and game
foes.
Fish fossils predominated in the
Devonian Age, nearly 25,000,000 years
ago, which is probably the only time
when there was no complaint of fish
shortage, Rut there were no fisher-
men or any other kinil of men in those
days, scientists declare.
A man who cannot think without
.speaking usually speaks without think
ing\
(]. $. Authority Sees Ample
Motor Fuel for Long Future
, Miss Ruth Ziriinieritlun of H gw-
l man, N. Mex., is visiting her sister,
Mrs. C. G. Bingham.
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WORKERS IN OAS
MASKS AT AN OIL WELL
Messrs. Roy Riddel and D. R. Couch
made a business trip to Lamest' Sat-
urday.
Mrs. J. M. Miller Jr. and daughter
Faydelle returned Sunday from a visit
with her parents at Grahtiti.
Mrs. C. E. Bryson left one day last
week for Marlin where she will spend
a short time.
Mrs. J. C. Link has returned from
Richards, Colorado, -.vheVo -lie ha:;
been visiting with relatives.
\
Mr. and Mrs. Thus, 1'. Johnston of
Jayton were in town Tuesday 11101 li-
on business.
Mrs. W. T. Burleson .and daughter,
Miss lva of Sipe Springs, spent last
week-end with their daughter and
sister, Mrs. C. i). Stanley. They were
on their way to Lubbock where they
will spend the summer.
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Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Carr and chil-
dren spent Sunday with Mr. Can's
parents, Mi. and Mrs. M. Y. Carr.
Mr. and Mrs. li. I!. Hills of Anson
came over Sunday after their daugh-
ter, Margery, who had been spending
;■ few weeks with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Link.
To one deeply engrossed in lifeV
work there is no such thing as fatigue
MR. HILLS IMPROMPTU SKETCH OF
AN OIL DOME
The .v, llurrnil of .1/
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Hulls of II ' in >l;" '• 'It's. '
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EXPERIMENTAL OIL
shale reduction plamt
■nti liilml that motor fuel supplies
i 1 nil iii tils of I In' nut nl/it s mil-
rli ir i pel nth'it in engineer i/l.llie
II, is tun riefio/i. nnil sketelies the
i' I It Oil s trie.' li iustiiu his ii pi n inns.
By HARRY H. HILL
Chief Petroleum Engineer, United States Bureau of Mines.
ONK reason wh> there is no rea- oil out. How to shut off the water
sou to worry greatly about and permit the oil to run out is a pro ti-
molol* fuel for a long time 1«-m with which the engineers have
ahead is that people are worrying long worked. They have mad
about It. Interest in such a question progress and so i
great
a sp(I rprovprii'G.
at the right lime, is the best insur-
ance against disaster. The Pr> 'dent
and the Federal Oil Corporation
Board have done what was needed, at
the right time.
We kn<Av that most petroleum has
come from rather limit"'! areas and
that even from these only a siu..l! pro-
portion has been taken out. (til pro-
duced by gas pro-sure c-apab ** of !'■'*
ins it to the surface when we drill
hole* is but a snr 11 proportion of all
the oil contained in the s m'- Kvi-n
from the best po< '- recovery by the
old methods is small, perhaps one-
half in the most favorable conditions,
oftener one-sixth, or one-seventh, or
one-tenth. But a considerable pari of
what stil! remains in the ground can
fce recovered by methods now- estab-
lished a* technically and economically
practicable.
Producing oil from coal and sh lies
and by mining the oil bearing sand-
is entirely possible. Experiments -ire
going on in these directions, and ii we
ever have to fall back on these re-
sources we will be ready. For a long
tiir.f, however, the present method- of
exploration and drilling, with improv-
ing processes to assur * larger recov-
eries. are likely to suflice.
An Oil Dome lllus.rated
I Am no draught-man, hut maybe 1
can draw something that will help ex
plain, [fere's a rough drawing of an
oil dome. The - haded part at the bot-
tom is a deposit of oil bearing an Is
In earlier times most oil producers
!•: fully gua'ded all information
ibout their wells and experiences, but
latterly there i-; co-operation in these
th.: iti-is. (ie.ilogists and petroleum
•o'ineers. unci ileiiiled by the "prac-
tical" oil men. are more and more
accepted a - i aides and mentors New
knowledge ;■ constantly increasing re-
overies.
As to Mining for Oil
In Lorraine v have dug shafta
down to tile oil - • tl ds and actually
■ '-on-lit the sands .nit, like coal from
mine But it's costjy.
Another mining process is to sink a
shaft to (he oil ands and from its
h'lllom drive tunnel-,; in all directions
through llie sands From these tun-
nels small perforated pipes are driven
into the sands, which drain the oil
out of the sands. It flows to larger
pipes hack at the foot of the shaft and
ihence is pumped out. This requires
installing an expensive plant, but in
some II■ 'Ids the high recovery that is
assured might justify the cost. I
understand the process 's about to be
intsalled in a fc.v tields In this coun-
try. some companies being convinced
il is practicable and profitable.
Oil can be distilled from coal, and
much work ts now being done
C'llig Ibis line Hut more appeal has
been made by the plan of extracting
,i: 1 from shale. The .ales of Scotland
hav> been worked for three-quartern
am a
I should be killed!
Bee Brand Powder or
Liquid killsFlies.Fleas,
Mosquitoes, Roaches,
Ants, Water Bugs, Bed
Bugs, Moths, Crickets,
Poultry Lice and many
other insects.
Powder Liquid
ioc and 25c 50c and 75c
50c and $1.00 $1.25
30c Spray Gun 35c
Write for free bookleton kill-
ing bouse and garden insects
McCormiclc & Co.
Baltimore, Md.
Bee
\ Brand
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CHURCtf
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Preaching every 4th Sunday,
morning and evening.
Bible School 10:00 a. m.
Communion 10:45 a. m.
Ladies Mission Society every
Tuesday.
A welcome to all.
METHODIST CHURCH
SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 A. M.
Chas. L. Gibson, Superintendent.
PREACHING every Sunday at
11 A. W. and 7:15 P. M.
Intermediate Epworth League
4:00 P. M. Sunday.
woma.v's missionary SOCIETY
Meets Tuesday at .1:00 P. M. af-
ter every first and third Sunday
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 P.M.
Geo. W. Montgomery, Pastor.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
SWENSON
liible School and Communion Ser-
vice each Sunday at 10:00 A. M.
Preaching Saturday night before
third Sunday at 8:00 p. m.
Third Sunday at 11:00 a. M and
at 8:00 p. m.
\v. g. Black, Minister.
Swenson, Texas.
Come and study the word of God
with us.
vt baptist church
10:00 A. M. Bible School.
11:00 A. M. Sermon, —"A Shep-
herd's Care."
1:00 P. M. Junior B. Y P. U.
7:lf> P. M. Intermediate B. y. p. 0.
tf:li"> 1'. M. Sermon.
Wednesday 8:30 Prayer Meeting.
Everybody inviteo *
a. c. Turner, Pastor.
peacock and swenson
baptist church
wnouncements
AT PEACOCK: Preaching on 1st.
and 3r<f. Sundays in each month at
H':00 A. M. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
School at 10:00 A. m. Junior b. Y. p.
I'. at 3:00 P. M. Senior b. y. p. u.
tit 7:00 P. M. each Sunday. Prayer
.Meetin"; each Thursday evening, 7:15.
AT SWENSON: Preaching 2nd.
■ uriday evening at 7:30 and 4th. Sun-
day at 11:00 A. m. and 7:30 p. m.
also on Saturday night before.
Sunday School 10:00 a. m. b. Y. p.
I . 7 :(I0 P. m. each Sunday. Prayer
Meeting each Wednesday evening at
7:1.1.
W T. North, Paster
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will, an impervious rock stratum of a century, and they are almost un-
ahove \ wild-catter drilled the hole limited in this country, richer In oil
A It and gas pressure caused oil and 'ban those of Scotland Kentucky,
gas to Mow After a while the Sas Ohio, Colorado. I'tah, Nevada, Wyo-
piessure wasn't sufficient to keep up
the flow and they pumped until nil i-
natelt even this ceased producing
tiling and California are particularly
rich in shale Ii is just a question
of the cost of extracting the oil. Co ,
gress has given JlSli.OOO. with which
to the sand grains, the liureau !c:s i11■ -'I ailed a plant near
well Rullson. Colorado, to distill oil from
l he Colorado River Shales. It is
calculated that the shales mined at
Kulison v. ill produce about a barrel
of oil to the ton
The Use of Oil Shales
In Scotland they are working shales
that produce about twenty live gallons
of oil per ton The seams are from
three-aud-a li.ilf to eight or ten feet
thick In Colorado are seams many
\evertlie|ess. most of the oil was
* -1:1 lefi stickln
Then the operator drilled the
('■Ii. which flowed for a time, but most
of tlie all was still down there in the
sand If the gas pressure could be re-
stored more would flow. So the oper-
ator injects gas into one well, restor-
ing the pressure and causing rhe oil
to resume flowing from the other
After a time the flow will stop again,
lillt still much of the oil will lie left
In some fields it has been possible to
obiain additional amounts ol oil by |jm(>s as thick and containing much
In rodueing water in some of the wells
a ail forcing the oil to others. The ad-
dition of a chemical stu b as soda ii^li
to i he water may assist in removing
the oil from the sand grains, hut nei-
ther plain water nor water containing
chemicals should he introduced into
an oil sand except ae a last reaort,
for it is likely that the water, which
travi Is faster through the sand, will
get to the open wells ahead of the oil
more oil per ton. Reduction of shales
involves an enormous mining opera-
tion, and after Ihe oil is extracted the
,.^ast tonnage of refuse must lie dis-
| posed of So it is expensive compared
I with producing oil from wells.
Ben K Lindsey of Ihe Bureau of
Mine- Fx per i men l station at Bartles
ville, okla . is confident that explorn
I Hon, better recoveries, better Utlllza
lion and deeper drilling would furnish
aaDDDQDElEIDPErS
I TIGHT FEELING B
Mississippi Merchant Recom-
mends Black-Draught For
This Symptom Of Indigestion.
Mr. D. W. Huff, a retired
merchant of Centervllie,Miss.,
and very well known In his
part of the state, makes the
following statement, in re-
gard to his experience with
Thedford'a Black-Draught:
"About thirty year3 ago, I
found myself In need of a
medicine and I began using
Black-Draught, aB it had been
highly recommended to me.
I found it good.
"I used to have a tlsht feel-
ing in my chest, after meals,
suffered from indigestion, and
was very uncomfortable. I
would feel tired, not like
working. I would take a few
doses of Black-Draught, and
feel like work. I call It 'my
medicine"."
Let Thedford's Black-
Draught be your medicine,
too. Sold everywhere. One
cent a dose.
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BLACK-DRAUGHT
Purely Vegetable
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methodist church
aspermont CIRCUIT
cecil fox, pastor
FIRST SUNDAY: swenson.
MT. olive 3:00 o'clock
SECOND sunday: peacock.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m.
THIRD sunday: old glory.
Preaching at 3:00 P. m.
fourth sunday: peacock.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m.
fifth sunday: swenson.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m.
evening services
third sunday: mt. OLIVE.
Preaching ut 3:30 p. m.
sunday schools
i EACOGK. Sunday School every
Sunday at 10:00 a. m.
w. h. Wood, Supt.
swenson: Sunday School every
Sunday at 10:00 a. m.
j. l. Shoemaker, Supt.
WOMAN'S missionary SOCIETY
Swenson Meets every Wednesday,
Mrs. John Hoy, Pres.
we need you at
every SERVICE.
^aanasaaaaabii:,
I am not much of a mather>ati
eian," said Carelessness, "but I can
add to your troubles. I can subtract
from your earnings. I can multiply
; our aches and pains, I can divide
your attention, I can take interest
i i om your work, and discount your
chances for safety."
and when the flow is resumed under enougi, „ii to meet all requirement
pressure water will come out. j f0(. ,lt ](.;)si twenty-live to fifty years
Everything Seved Nowadays j if it could b" extracted in that time
The gas escaping from an oil well1 Mut as a p'acii'-al mailer this will not
carries with it a proportion of gaso- he possible Within thai period theia
line, which in the old days was lost. 1 will lie Iimre of shortage, when oi;
Nowadays it is extracted from the gas from shales will he needed to supple
and saved, while the dry gas"can be meat the oil from v eils, etc.
forced back into the ground to main i Meantime federal and state govern
tain pressure. j ments and the India; ry are co-operat-
One 'if the menaces to most oil 1 ing in all asioni hin : range of inves
pools is the inflow of subterranean ! ligations and ntu li .. These activities
water. Water (lo s through the oil: 'over such a wile field that even a
sands faster than oil. and by surround-1 "iiitti. -i'.it' ., <■{ t.i -m* would run In.
'i' 'I, • bottom of the well l.tep-j the, ti.csoiuc utl-.i.
I f youTion'tTov^yourweTk^loir^^^^n^^iiiiii^im^ur^rnsses^Tfe
worry about it; some other fellow would be a wonderful game—but
will -toon have it. would it be so interesting?
W HAT 1)0 YOU THINK?
We ('all for, Clean, Press, and Deliver your
Suit all in ONE Day.
We Keep the Odor.
R IIS S E L L & S E N T E R, Tailors
We give Gold Bond Saving Stamps
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