The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1914 Page: 1 of 17
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THE WEDNESDAY CLUB
After h few month* of restlgreat movement*: women who
ttoi« little band responded with »re willing to g0 out and en
much enthusiasm to the call to lighten, uplift, comfort and
servioe on the Hr*! Wednesday strengthen their feilowman. for
id October, for “If all the y^ar women are sure and victorious
were playing holidays, to sport
would be as tedious as to work.’’
i The first meeting of the club
iymr was witli the president,
yMrs. Waiter Lovell. Roll call
/ was answered with the name of
1 »orue favorite w-.man in hjstory.
' These answers brought out very
forcibly tiie fact that woman's
"i>h«[^.s ntfiimlt, and it has
^®3ptruly /id l*,at ’nothing
Sder hea/ lla8 a feather’#
weight ol worth without a
woman i1
Tiie u? the last meet
were read and ap
prove<V T,le P*rk committee
re do 17 donation for swings,
tc., had been paid: also a
for watering the shrubs
ip day was discussed and
Falsuro voted for the pur
tag in
president, in her efficient
r> delivered the following ad-
when Interested, and that last
word is the keynote -when in
terested. i.*>t us strive that our
interest may not lessen, but in-
crease with the passiug of time,
that we may grow more and morp
useful, and in our work we may
keep in mind always the feder-
ation motto: “In great tilings
unity, in small things liberty,
in ail things charity."
A social service program was
then annnounced. Many would
ask what social service is. Tiiis
is the serving of some movement
of humanitarian interest.
Mrs. Coston as leader dis
cussed the subject in relatiou to
munici|>ai and state government.
Mrs. West— Compulsory edu-
cation and child labor.
Miss O’Connell-—Organized
charities
Mrs. M. Pa/,drat—Institution
ai reform\
Mesdam®^ ar and Frazier
of Hillsboro,
“Ladies of the Wednesday cluo: C’ Wendorf
takinur.un the invul >n>l :ttnd Mrs B B Ingraham
takinggjpthe. gavel and assum j*,",.r*’ . *’. *n
r the duties of president of:vii,torB to club,
i were
Mrs. Lovell won much praise
'this organization, I feel almost. ,
overwhelmed with the responsif""' . but honors were
bllity and will, my unlitnTs to ***** litle excellent
undertake it. Hut in club work, T ’ llwla8,bestowcd u'wn her
as in all other fields of labor, wc *f * ^rtaken of a de
can only do our best and bear! "CW“‘ **lMd oourse she had P">
our part of the bu rdefts. I feel I PBL,
especially at a disadvantage in , , *next meeting will tind the
succeeding an executive so ca |C‘“^ wol k ,. -J
lie in every May as our ores-j ?***for lhe year con
- - - *ls*8 of Shakespeare s tragedy
identof the past year I am
Nr® the other members all join
nn the regret that we can not
her permanedt > hair man
Clob, but this would be
T to ask of any member,
ho are less efficient, will
ake our turn at the
1, truatiog to Providence to
i us past the sharp rock* of
|m, around the whirlpools
Iken enthusiasm and
the fogs of parliatnen
Uiat this coming year
great benefit to us all
yeAr will tind us
ilastic, more force
-re worth in the gen
of thing.
iday club for years
in all move
dc improvement
proud of the
slowly, but
herself. Yet
to ail of ua
to ask “I*
why should I give
my work and my
of Coriolaaus and Bay View
course—Italy and Greece.
The Wednesday club lias not
only been a source of mutual im
provementto its members, but
civic work comes first as to
actual results. You have but to
loos at the cleaner street*, the
improvements everywhere fora
more beautiful and sanitary
West and you will find this littiy
organization has, as Emerson
Mys, "gotten down into the
heart of things, where some-
thing always, always sings.”
Next meeting is with Mrs
Ooston, October 21.
Punas Rehoktkk.
i to sacrilice my private '
1 iin<i itlnn wit ran to ^
Warehouse Going Up
The warehouse being con
structed is now taking definite
shape. The work is being
pushed as rapidly as possible by
the contractors. It is thought
at this time, with fair weather,
that the building will be ready
for the reception of cotton in a
very short time. While the
warehouse lias not been pushed
as fast as some have
pleasure* to thlsl.. —' *~*'
thought, yet it seems that it wilt
i times let us look
ndaries of our
a unity to the
[(sited by our,
Orations
mickle,”
i.vs, and
, small
in
iiier
tfor
be in plenty of time to serve tlie
purpose for which it is being
buHt. T!te total capacity of the
structure, with double decking,
will be about 2000 bales, but it is
the intention of the directors to
only store 1000 bales to the
house and build other ware
houses as conditions demand.
With no unforeseen difficulties
arising, the building will soon
be ready and the frrmers will
have* place in which to store
their cotton until a satisfactory
price is offered
By an almost unanimous vote,
a resolution asking legislative
stion on cotton acreage for next,
was passed by the mass
HUMAN RIGHTS
We clip this paragraph from the Waco Morn
ing New* • Women of Tyler have issued a de
cree --ais m this they have the backing of the
school b<i rdi-to the effect that no fancy dresses.
«t lose.Mjgh heel shoes, and red face paint shall
be worn tftthe girls of the high school in the fu-
ture. The idea is to prevent the poor girl from
embarrassment because she tan not dress as well
as those more fortunately situated. The idea is a
sane one. Would that more women and school
boards would get together along similar lines. ”
Of course the women aud the school board of
iyler (or any other community) can get together
and issue a decree, but there is no law on ourstat
utes b.v which that decree may be enforced Un
- der the constitution our public schools are free
the right to dress as ones sees fit, provided it ^
within the bounds of decency, is inalienable and
we know of no power to keep any one from dress-
ing to suit his or her taste at school, at church or
on the street.
Certainly the idea is a saue one and its object
laudable-in theory. No such decree can be en
forced except by mutual consent. We know tin.
young ladies who are able to afford what their
taste calls for will not accept the decree, out of
consideration for their Jess fortunate sisters who
are weak enough to envy others what they cannot
have themselves. True, the Tyler ladies are un
conscious socialists, but a little socialism in the
right place won’t hurt jjieui
But, getting back to the point, we don’t think
the decree can or will be successfully enforced
When a lad we were able to weafr shoes to school
winter and summer. Many ■of the boys, from
poverty or choice, attended school barefooted
There was no decree issued tha* the shod should
unshoe out of consideration for the shoeless, and,
If there had been, it would not JiVve been obeyed.
The puritans of Plymouth Hack fame issued
a decree in fact a church edict --governing dress,
but history shows it was constantly violated and
died a natural death All restraint Uiat seeks re
subjugate natural desire is short lived. A natural
instinct will assert itself, and forcible restraint lie
gets suffering.
Should the man who owns (and is able to own)
an automobile dispense with it and deny himself
the pleasure of riding out of consideration for the
fellow who has to walk? Tibs writer has raised
one daughter and is raising another. We taught
tlie elder, and we are teaching tife younger, never
to envy those in autos and to always respect those
afoot. We taught and are teaching them that
merit is the thing to respect and emulate: that
those In autos are entitled to no more respect
(sometimes not as much) than those afoot.
We pity the weaklings who know not how to
make tlie best of what they have. We also pity
the upstarts who must needs tind gratification in
Haunting tlieir possessions in the faces of those
who have not; but let us not undertake to curb
nature as it manifests itself in human desires so
long as it merely gratifies and causes no real hurt,
safety^ *^e restraint stop at human
WEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WMto leek Cemetery
The White Rock Cemetery
Association met in the pleasant
surburban home of Mrs Thom as
Bennett last Thursday, with a
(foodiy number present.
Invocation, by Aunt Sal lie
•Johnson.
That tiie boys meant buainess
m the organization of a boya’club
w“ plainly demonstrated at
their meeting on last Friday
evening. The usefulness of any
organization should be measured
by tlie quality of work done in
such organization. The follow
xl
“ «"* •» ».her HmTfcST w
to his duty, but will u„, , ' K"'»!»*" W“r~« * r t
very urgent means to have him , Dl
attend to some neglect and work ip,"® j? RaUe *nnd* (or **»«
he has left undone. Especially !- ®herman Aderhoid.
the driveway has been neglected,
as well as work on tlie grounds.
He promised fair attention to the
grounds, but has failed to do his
part. Five dollars was paid for
painting pavilion.
Several names were given|th>-
corresponding secretary. Dues
were paid to the amount of $7 75.
Motion made and carried to
meet on the first Thursday in
November, at 3 p. m.. with Mrs.
Bert Boone.
We were dismissed" with a
word of prayer by Aunt Sallie,
and then ushered into the dining
room, where we were bountifully
served with ^licious ice cream
Mr. Shires, in a few well
chosen and forceful remarks
presented to the boys the great
development that may come from
the work done in the club, and
how this may be a preparation
for . itisenship. The other
speakers on the program, al-
though such work is new to
them, showed a disposition to
enter at once into the activities
ot the club and each mad* a
creditable showing.
_ <>n Thursday evening. October
7, the Mothers club met at the
auditorium of the Went public
school building. At a meeting
two weeks ago tiie club voted to
extend an invitation to Mr. Allen
fruit and cake. Our genial bos- *n invi<»Mon to Mr. Allen
less was ably assisted by Mrs l^.a drt>l,s *** organisation on
James Cole. ’ | this occasion. After the bus
We liad as pleasant visitors for
the social hour Misses Mary
Bettie and Sallie Clam pi tt, which
we are glad to note.
Sblkstakv.
iness session Mr. Allen was
was called for and in hi* usual
way. paid a most beautiful
tribute to the mothers of the
club especially and to women
Saturday afternoon a stampede ^,ro® Houston Chronicle,
was narrowly averted at t** ! which told the story of a
interurban station when a pris wh<m' boy had enlisted in
oner, who was being conducted
to the-caiaboose by Night Officer
present struggle in Europe
how mother's heart
Emmons, took advantage of anlbleed,l>K tor her
opportunity to make a dash for 8uchl” he Mid.
---------^ ui»«e a aasn lor.......... is a irae
liberty, He headed straight for+®0th^r'# to,r<* ” They adjourned
the interurban station, where |to meet Thursday week, at
about two hundred negroes were; wb*ch meeting a number of bu*-
wsiting to take a car. Emmons 'ne8S matters are to come up,
and for that reason it la very
necessary that all tlie members
be present.
began the chase as soon as the
prisoner took to his heels, and
discharged the contents of his
’old trusty” into the ground im
mediately in front of him. The
The senior class met in r<*ga-
lar session Friday afternoon in
\
ASSASSINATED
negroes imagined Emmons was j roon) H of the high school build-
directing his ffissiies squarely in* After attending to there*
at them, and dodging was the: ub*r business of the class a social
‘ was discussed, but it was decid-
Harry Lapin, 40 years of£uge, I Sergeant George Rotan and Po
grocer, proprietor of a store at j Hceroan Weather* responded
1405 South Third street, Waco, “Was it a Mexican who did
was assassinated Wednesday ft'” asked Weathers,
night about 0:80 o'clock while Lapin shook his head.
lUk-wav I “'Vw It » negro?”
He nodded affirmatively. Soon
BUnjJingin his front ddIWway.
Although he As not instantly
killed, death cam/i aimut mid
night at the Ou rtis Witte sanita
rium. He was unable to speak,
but indicated by a nod of the
bead that a negro had tired the
shot. He was unconscious
Mtitt tuttvi vv c
after he became unconscious.
The injured man was rushed
to the sanitarium at once.
Mrs. Lapin, who waa alone in
the home in the back jiart of the
store building, said that she had
gone to sleep, awoke with the
feeling that something was wrong
and came into the store, finding
------------W for
some time prior to his death. j —“ mu> u* store, nnamg
Upinhad been standing In • ha*ba ,d u,0»ning on the
the front, according to Mrs. j U The bullet entered the *w and
ixapin, and was prei»aring;to icame out at the neck, severing
close tlie store. She had gone trachea. His face and the
..... .......— T* u.™» to fc»r room to retire. Feeling! 'apel h|s Powder
.....*”**<re**w meeting of farmers in Waco last that all was not well, she told t.tmt th® Hhot
i is to help Saturday afternoon Three h„n officer .be w,i ^ re ??? *"*
----------* ijhe found V*
i on the floor
at them, and dodging
order of tlie occasion. The pris
oner was arrested on a charge of
being drunk, bnt all declared
that he outran jmy drunken man
that ever came to West. He was
leading them a merry life, but
when lie reached the station he
encountered Mr. Bum pas, who
commanded him to stop in the
name of his billiard cue, six
shooter and the law.
He stopped.
Row Famot.
The Waco Tribune ha* this to
say: “Little Dorothy Wendorff
of West, who bought a bale of
cotton with $50 of her own
dimes, quarters and halves, ail
saved up by the £Untv little
maiden herself, is famous over
Texas now,”
'*ea; she’s famous, and she
desei ves to be She has set an
example that ha# been followed
by thousands. And we happen
to know, too, that her ant was
not instigated by her iierents
nor any one else. It was tier
own original idea, and her par
eats merely saw that it waa
carried out,
ed to defer any arrangements
until it is known what olana the
Mothers club has made with re-
gard to entertaining the class.
Tiie following program wee
read for the next regular meet-
Heading—Mabel Bridges
Our Class Annual—WilH^ Hol-
loway
Music Daisy Martin
| The Texts Intersclieia-eu:
League—Douglas Carroll,
Another one of the
courtesies extended to the
public school by its pi
i-hatof Dr. Thomas in__
iug to tiie physioiogv ela**
ram pound microscope for
until one can be .
the laboratory. It i* |
J SIKUi
..fijyisaars
the motive for the crime.
The Lapins bad lived at the.,
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Terrell, H. B. The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1914, newspaper, October 16, 1914; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588624/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.