The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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FURNITURE!
We are going to maintain a First-Class Furni-
ture department, and we want you to see what
we have in this line.
'GURNEY” Refrigerators $12.50 to $25
Excel in Cleanliness, Dryness, Low Temperature, Economy, Durability
Art Squares, New patterns...... $5.0o to $27.5o
Rugs, New patterns.................... #1.00 to #5.00
60 Rolls New Matting.............. 20c to 50c yard
Lace Curtains, White, Cream (M Aft fA $7 Kft
and Arabian ...—... t....... ~JU W
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Porch and Lawn Settees $4 to $12.50
GROCERIES!
We are adding new lines of quality
to our Grocery department and we
want your account.
“Beechnut” Jellies, Peanut Butter,
Chipped Beef, Bacon in Glasses.-
“Bishops” Cherries, Grape Fruit,
Strawberries.
Cooking Oil.
Vegetables and Produce.
Fancy Coffees.
HIGGINBOTHAM CO
EVERYTHING AND LUMBER
Concerning Adair
The Evangelist
....».,
Who Comes to Stephenville Next
Month to Hold a Meeting.
At the conclusion of Hie great
revival lately held in Stamford
by Evangelist Locket Adair, in
whieh 325 were converted, the
Stamford Tribune issued a Revi-
val Number giving a four page
account of the meeting, from
whichjwe clip the following:
Locket Adair is a Texan by
birth. He was born in Hunt Co.,
Texas,and has reached the age of
83. He is a man of limited edu-
cation, but has a life full of ex-
perience. He was almost of ma-
ture years before he ever attend-
ed a school, and had only 9 months
schooling. It is not through his
classical language or fine rhetoric
that he reaches the people, but
knowing human nature so well,
he has a rare ability to depict
the scenes of life and appeal to
people from an experimental
standpoint, and his succes is at-
this knowledge of hu-
the splendid pow»
the aid of the God he serves. God
uses human instrumentality to ac-
complish His work, and Locket
Adair proves his faith in his God
and He rewards his labors. In
speaking of his own life. Mr.
Adair says:
“I started early in life as a
cowboy and kept the pace for
years with the others, often put-
ting away a quart of whiskey in
a day and getting home at night
loaded full of the stuff and ready
for a quarrel with anybody. I
was an officer in Dallas for ten
years. I was not a regular po-
liceman on patrol duty. I was a
sheriff’s officer,and I worked out
mysterious cases for several
years. It was a wild life and a
rapid one until my little daughter
made me a better /nan, after my
wife and her mother, dear old
gran’ma, had failed,and the par-
son had given me up as a block
sheep. I have been the route.
Mr. Adair gave a pathetic story
of his conversion,as follows:quot-
ing part of a scripture passage,
“A little child shall lead them.”
"I went home one night full of
booze, and my little five year old
girl told her grandma to put out
the light and tell me to come in
the room where she had gone to
bed. I went in and found my
little girl crying. She said, ‘Papa,
don’t whip me for crying,I can’t
help it’ By way of explanation,
I will say, that I would not allow
my little children to cry. I ask
preaching His name to thousands
and his labors have been wonder-
fully blessed, number over ten
thousand. He has more calls
than he can possibly fill. He gets
very little rest. He has received
calls from Europe, and he has
frequent calls from different
parts of the United States, but
most of his time has been taken
up in his native state.
*
Roosevelt and the Pope.
Ex-President Roosevelt spent
part of this week in Rome but he
did not call on the pope.
He had expected to up to a
week ago. He received a mes-
sage at Cairo from Ambassador
Leishman which read thus:
“The holy father will be de-
lighted to grant an audience to
Mr. Roosevelt April 5 and hopes
nothing will arise to prevent it,
such as the much regretted inci-
dent which made the reception
of Mr. Fairbanks impossible.”
Mr. Roosevelt wired back that
while he would like to meet the
pope, he recognized it as being
the right of that dignitary “to
receive or not receive whomso-
ever he chooses for any reason
that seems good to him.” The
cable message further read: “I
in my turn, must decline to make
any stipulations or submit to any
conditions which in any way
would limit my freedom of con-
duct. I hope that on April 5 he
will find it convenient to receive
ANOTHER VICTORY
FOR PROHIOmON
me.
On March 28 this message
reached Mr. Roosevelt: “The
audience cannot take place ex-
cept on the understanding ex-
pressed in the former message.”
The following day Mr. Roose-
velt wound up the correspon-
dence with these few words:
‘The proposed presentation is of
course now impossible.”
In other words Mr. Roosevelt
manifested the true and manly
independent American spirit and
his countrymen honor him for it
Marshall, Texas, April 5.—Pre-
cinct No.3of Harrison county, in
which Marshall is located, went
into the dry column today by a
fair majority. Every bpx in the
city and all in the county except
one gave majorities to the pro^l
the latter winning by a majority
of 160, it is estimated from fig-
ures at hand.
At this hour (9 p. m.) crowds of
people are parading the streets
and shouting at the top of their
voices to the music of the brass
bands.
This is the greatest election
Marshall has ever held. Num-
bers of the people from the coun-
try have just come to the city to
join the prohibitionists in the cel-
ebration of their victory.
Never in the history of Mar-^
shall has there been such a
fight in any campaign as in^fne
one which came to a close today.
At an early hour this morning
the people were awakened by the
ringing of church bells and long
before 7 o'clock the school chil-
dren were parading the streets
behind three brass bands. At 7
o'clock the parade disbanded and
the workers took their places
near the polls, singing songs near-
ly all day.
A. C. TIDWELL
Of Paluxy, Texas,
■ SELLS-
Cutrignt’s Chill Tonic
And
Vaughan’s HED EZE
The Empire man can give some
one a bargain on some second
hand tin roofing, guttering, flues,
doors, windows. Also a second
hand upright folding bed of
splendid make and in fine con-
dition at an extra bargain.
The Empire and Dallas News or
Fort Worth Record one year for
*1-75-
PAT L. PITTMAN,
Att’y-at-Law
Notary Connty Court
Public Reporter
Sthphenviixh, - - - Texas
ao-ist
HARNESS
ed my little girl what was the
matter. She said:‘Papa wouldn’t
you like to go to heaven where
our little baby is? I had just
lost my baby a short time before
that. My little girl told me that
God loved me and that if I quit
drinking and cursing I would go
to heaven. We lived close to a
float bam, and my little girl ab-
horred negroes. That night we
could hear the negroes talking
and hollowing, putting up their
teams, and she told me that God
loved everybody, even the ne-
groes. This was a talk that I
could not get away from. A short
time after this I drifted into an
Epworth League meeting, one
Sunday afternoon, and in this
League Meeting 1 gave up the
fight,and gave my heart to God.
From that time on I read the Bi-
ble and began preaching in Dal-
las. I owe it all to my little girt.’
That was about seven
and
SADDLES
X f\fHEN TN NEED of a First-Class, Up-to Now
V ji Set of Single Buggy, Farm or Double Buggy
Harness, come in and examine my stock, it
will please the eye. I can fit your horse or mule, be-
sides giving you the First Quality and the 1
right price
Always to be found at my place. My Saddles are made
to wear, not flashy, but worth looking at—the kind that
give satisfaction. Your Repairing will receive prompt
attention here. Also carry full line
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Hawkins, W. H. The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1910, newspaper, April 8, 1910; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877946/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stephenville Public Library.