The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 16, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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Round Rock—This city hat
a Commercial Club
i A. K. Anderson as Chair*
i nnd T. W. Terry ae score*
— Mr. Lee Qreen,
peamdeal of the Chandler Bank,
has announoed hie intention of
naantinc n building here to coat
flK,000. This etruoture when
eemplfitsrl, will be oooupisd by
.Rha bonk and nfHoas N
Oun Rook—This city has
sained $18,000 for an automobile
Mae to run between this place
Cleburne, connecting with
there. When
automo bilee will
anake direct oonneotlon, hauling
Anggage and passengers
Gun Rose—A Commercial
Chib was organised in this city
anaeatly. and the following offi
•ana were elected; C. A. Milam,
fmeaident and L. A. Wright, sec
•4MMM^Jfe
Wichita Palls—The North
Taxes Oas Company is now at
work laying 12,000 feet of oix
hsch pipe in the reeidenee section.
This system will give the con*
earners better service during the
printer.
Woodville—The farmers of
this oommunity are beginning to
chip sweet potatoes by the oar
Joed and are getting seventy-five
cents 'per buehel. Fifteen cars
have been shipped from thie
point and the crop is only half
harvested.
Wichita Falls—Citizens are
preparing a special chartor for
presentation to the next seeeion
•i the legislature. The measure
will greatly enlarge the taxing
and bond issueing power of the
city to take care of the sweeping
public and municipal improve-
ments in keeping with the gener-
al growth of the city along indus-
trial and commercial lines.
Dallas—The receipts of the
fvxrtnfnf*" this place ehowe a
jpuu ol 13 per cent over the same
month last year. For September
1012 the total receipts amounted
fle $72,074.47, and for September
1011, the total receipts wsre $63,
RTS .02, an inorease of $0,400.46.
' Terrell — Thirty thousand
hates of ootton have been ginned
4r Kaufman oounty up to Ootob-
cr first, or something over 5,000
hales more than wore ginned at
. Ihe same date last year.
-Pe-ru-ua and Ka-tar-no
I have received
a letter from a
fount lady, who
• ill me: “I•
the old Pe-ru-na
(Ka-tar-no) bet-
ter than the re-
vised Pe-ru-naT"
Father medi-
cine t.aa its
place. One la
adapted for one
condition, anoth-
er for another
Ka-tar-no la a
better remedy
for some coo a I
tloim than tht
SL a H ail ■. aLOi revleed Pe-ru-
na. On the
Umt hand, the revised Pe-ru-na
i A Setter remedy for some condition.
Ma Ka-tar-no They are both la-
nded aa catarrh remedies They have
•SS done a treat work la rallevtas
kiarrb. chronlo and aoute Many
—trade at raeea of chronlo catarrh
a— reeeeereS while taking Ka-tar-no
ed the earni la true ef the revised Pe-
• aa dartac the lea* ala years eta
WHY SO MAXY EMPTY
sea ray
The Watchman editor goto to
church- Recently he was a very
attentive listener to an able aer-
mon being delivered by i Car-
thage divine, and during the
course of his delivery, the minis-
ter commented upon the vacant
seats then staring him in the
face, saying the same condition
prevailed in the other churches
of the town. He stated that Car-
thage, with a population of be-
tween 2.600 and 3.000 souls, con-
tained enough people to fill every
t in each of the four churches
of the city and then there would
still be many that could not be
seated. He stated the church
membership of the various
churches did not attend regular-
ly, and that the unbeliever rarely
ever attended church. He la-
mented this deplorable condition,
and in the same sentence asked
for a reason.
To give him (he is the only
minister we have heard ask the
question) a reason is the pur-
pose of this article from the
Watchman. That it will be re-
jected and hooted at is accepted
in advance by the writer, never-
theless we uw stating truths and
the truth must prevail, even
though it be trampled down, it
will rise again and mock the ones
who trample upon it
The cause of the vacant seats
in the houses of God today can
be traced directly to the minis-
try itself- -instead of obeying
the commands of the Christ to
lead lost souls to the Savior, you
will find the '‘up-to-date** minis-
ter driving them away. The un-
believer. or sinner, has lost con-
fidence in the peacher. It is
"rule or ruin** with the preacher
of today. In the recent prima-
ry election, the man who chose
to support Gov. Colquitt for Gov-
ernor of Texas was hellward
bound; he was a home wrecker,
wife beater and child stamper.
He was not fit to associate with
the dogs, and was classed with
saloon bums, thieves, cutthroats
and thugs. Did the ministry do
this? We answer, YES. On the
streets of Carthage on primary
election day the writer saw this
being dorie, saw our preachers
(not all of them, thank the Lord)
in their shirt sleeves, with the
sleeves rolled up, abusing and
vilifying everyone who did not
see. think and act as they did.
Some of these people they were
abusing rarely ever hear the
Word of God spoken. Was this
the way to induce them to come
out and hear the story of the
Lowly Nazarene? Some of these
people who rarely ever go to
church are sons of fathers and
mother* who are members of
churches. Do these fathers mod
mothers like to hear their sons
so abused? Cast about, preach-
ers, and look for the mote in
your own eye. It ia so large that
it blinds you to everything else
but the mote in your neighbor’s
eye. Stop preaching so much
politics from your pulpit Stop
abusing and vilifying the class
of people to whom you say God
has called you to preacl} His holy
word. You will never on earth,
so long as you abuse and insult
him on the streets and from the
pulpit have the unconverted
come to hear you preach, and
pretty soon his mother and father
(who , are members of your
church) will get tired of it and
they, too, will cease to hear your
message, because to them there
is no sincerity in you. The word
of Christ is s word of love, not
abuse, and was so taught by the
Savior himself, according to the
Holy Scriptures. Preach the
Word of God; let your message
be one of love; let the sinner
know that you love him. that you
are anxious for his soul’s salva-
tion; prove it to him by your dai-
ly Hfe, and pretty soon the vacant
•eats will be dotted here and
there with an occupant The
preacher who does this will not
have to answer on final judg-
Sore, and ex-
press it Mao; but there is a way,
time and place, and that way is
not by abusing those who differ
with you; that time ia not on the
lord’s day; and that place is not
from the pulpit.
Now, as above stated, we know
this article will be "hooted’’ at
It will be referred to from the
pulpit, on the streets, and other
places as a direct thrust at the
sacred calling of the preacher-
By some it will be considered as
s direct and personal thrust Be
that as it may. if there is any
one perton on earth who daily
meets all classes of people, who
know the hearts of the people,
and to whom all classes of people
completely unbosom themselves,
it is the editor of a country news-
paper. We know that what we
have stated ia the TRUTH, end
that existing conditions will nev-
er be remedied until the ministry
itself doss the remedying. We
do not mean to say that all min-
isters are in the above referred to
class, but the pews of those who
are not are made to suffer from
the work of those who are in
that class, and until the Old
Time Religion ia preached in the „
old time way and by the old time j
minister who lives only to deliver
the message of the Christ, and
for the good he can do his fellow-
man, just that long will condi-
tions remain as they are today.
Why so many empty seats?
We have answered the question
in the above. Take it or let it
alone, just as you prefer.
PERTINENT
QUESTIONS
fiehed By eBeehvtlta lukssHk
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Parcels Post
Stamps.
Washington, September 29.—
Arrangements have been made
by Postmaster General Hitchcock
for engraving and manufactur-
ing a series of twelve stamps,
unique in size and novel in de-
sign, for exclusive use in for-
warding packages by the new
parcels post. Under the law re-
cently enacted by the congress
ordinary stamps can not be used
for this purpose.
The special parcels post stamps
will be larger than the ordinary
stamps and will be so distinctly
in 'color and design as to avert a
possible confusion with stamps
now in usel
The new issue will be in three
series of designs. The first will
illustrate modern methods of
transporting mail, one stamp
showing the mail carrier on rail-
way train, another on ocean mail
steamship, the third an automo-
bile now used in the postal ser-
vice and the fourth the dispatch
of the mail by aeroplane.
The second series will show at
work in their several environ-
ments the four great classes of
postal employes-postoffice clerks,
railway mail clerks, city letter
carriers and rural delivery car-
riers.
The third series will represent
four industrial scenes, showing
the principal sources o€ products
that probably will be transported
extensively by parcel post.
The stamps will be ready for
distribution December 1 in order
that the 60,000 postoffices may
be supplied with them before the
law becomes effective January 1.
Galveston—The mammoth e*
lectrio "slogan” of the city oj
G veeton, which is looated at
th fcot of 24th Street on theses-
w. I has been presented to the
•it/. The Brush Electric Com
pa.iy gave this immense electric
si> n to O.liveston with absolutely
no • ntailmente, and will furnish
the oower to light the 5000 Tungs<
ten iighta free.
C ' RPU8 Cbrieti—The Bowers
Soi tern Dredging Company
ha* >een awarded the contract of
dre ging the Government turn-
ing basin at this place. Work ie
to s.^rt October 15th, and it will
take thirty days to complete it.
When finished, it will be possible
for boats drawing fifteen feet of
Dr. Mil**’ Antl-Paln PUIa tor I
Picture frames made to
order at the Studio.
Beekville, Texas. Oct. 12.
Editor Panola Watchman, \ •
Carthage, Texas.
Dear Editor: I write to ask
you a few questions:
1. 11 have heard that our Coun-
ty Superintendent is also the
Superintendent of the Public
School at Carthage. Is this so?
2. —What salary does he get as
superintendent of the county,
and what salary does he get as
superintendent of the Carthage
school?
3. —Is he receiving pay for
both positions? If he is, then
please tell us if this is what they
call “graft?" We would like to
kndw, fbT we are ignorant up
here about some things.
4. —We thought we elected
Prof. Beason aa superintendent
of the county. If the county su-
perintendent is now on another
ob, ought’nt he to give up one or
the other?
5. —If one man can hold both
jobs, why not let the Carthage
Board of Trustees elect its su-
perintendent every year, and
then let him be county superin-
tendent also, at a reasonable
salary, and put the balance of
the money on the roads so we
can run our automobiles.
Give us some information on
the subject.
Respectfully yours,
A Subscriber.
Referring to the above the
Watchman editor has made in-
vestigation and will attempt to
answer the questions according
to their respective number.
1—Yes. it is true that County
Superintendent Holmes is filling
both the office of County Super-
intendent and Superintendent of
Carthage Public Schools.
2. —As County Superintendent
he draws a salary of $1,500 per
year, together with $250.00 for
stationery, printing, stamps,
etc., making $1750.00 per year,
or $145 834 per month. As Su-
perintendent of Carthage Public
Schools he draws a salary of
$1200 per year, of nine months,
Carthage only having nine
months school, or $133,334 per
month. The two combined gives
Mr. Holmes a salary of $279.16§
per month, or $11-77 and one-
twelth per day. counting twenty-
six working days to the month.
3. —Yea, Mr. Holmes is receiv-
ing pay for both positions. Ac-
cording to the present accepted
definition of "graft," this is
"graft"
4. —Prof. Beason has not been
elected county superintendent
He has only been nominated as
such, and until he has been elect-
ed. Prof. Holmes can hold the
office until his successor has been
elected or appointed by the com-
missioners’ court. -As to whether
Prof. Holmes should give up one
office or the other, that is a mat-
ter for him and the people to
decide, and is not for us t6 an-
swer here, it matters not what
we might think about it. We are
only answering “Subscriber”
with the facts.
5. —This question we cannot
answer, for the reason given in
the closilur of the preceding
paragraph—it would be our opin-
ion and would not be right and
proper here. ^
Simple Mixture Help*
That simple remedies are beet
has again been proven. J. L.
Fall reporta that many Carthage
people are receiving QUICK ben-
efit from simple buckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-
i-ka, tho German appendicitis
remedy. A SINGLE DOSE helps
•our stomach, gas on the .stomach
and constipation INSTANTLY
because this simple mixture aa-
tisepticizes the digestive organs
Opera House
Wednesday, Oct 23rd.
ONE BIG NIGHT ONLY
Eighth Successful Year
“A Pair of Conn-
try Kids.*
•V HARRY SHELDON WHITE
A Comedy Drama in Four Acts
Introducing Two of America*! Foremost
Comedy Characters
“Hi and Trijcie"
Have Made More People Laugh Than Any Other Stage
.....Characters in Year*.....
Not a Dull Moment in the Play. Don't Miss Itl
...Singing and Danoing Spvoinltion...
THICKS. 23,30 and 73c
Seale on Sale at • WALL'S DRUG STORE
FIRM LIFE
Houston, Texas.—At the fifth
annual meeting of the Commer-
cial Secretaries end Business
Men’s Association held in this
city last week, Mr. B. B. Cain,
President of that Association,
recommended the establishment
of a Farm Life Commission
charged with the duty of mak-
ing a special study of the grow-
ing and marketing of all farm,
garden and orchard products, to-
gether with the problem of
transportation in its relation to
the producer. The Commission
is to be composed of five or more
persons and they are empowered
to employ a chief or head of the
Farm Life Bureau and aleo en-
gage the srrvices of an expert
rate man. The Executive Com-
mittee of the Secretaries) Apfo-
ciation will soon hold n meeting
and select the members of (he
board and prescribe iis powers
and duties.
The Farm Life Commission is
the outgrowth of the work of the
Commercial Secretaries Associa-
tion with the Farmers’ Union in
the marketing cotton and pre-
sents a much wider field of co-
operation between the agricul-
tural and business interests.
Palestine—The ooatracf for
the building of the sand-day
roads here was awarded to 8. H.
Owens of South Carolina, and
construction work has com-
menced. Bonds to the amount
of $150,000 were reoently voted
for the work.
Palestine—The Young Men’s
Busmens League has scoured
the services of Mr. Luther Eili*
sou as Secretary for the incoming
year. Mr. EUic-on was formerly
secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce of Longview.
Comanche — The Comanohe
Chief and Pioneer Exponent have
consolidated, and will hencefotth
be issued as one paper. Tom
Bell will be managing editor and
T. J. Cunningham, assistant.
AUTUMN.
Now we hear the Autumn call-
ing and her faoe is wreathed in
smiles; and the wilting ldaves
are falling in the quiet forest
aisles. Put away your trusty
swatter ’mong the trophies in
your den, let the carnival of
slaughter oeaae till summer
come again! For the frost is
on the pumpkin and the fodder’s * *v
in the shock, and the drowsy
rural bumpkin leaves his couch
at three o’clock that he may V' f
afield go shucking ere the sun
has come acrost; and the old gray
mare is bucking, for her hair is
full of frost. Put away the wire
screen swatter, let surviving
flies remain; for a fellow hadn’t
oughter have aestruotion on the
brain. Now the pastures are
too seedy to support the cows,
alas, and the oattle, lank and
weedy, bawl for predigested
grass, and the hogs are chewing
nubbins which in nourishment
are rich, and the mule with
futile rubbin’s, would alleviate
the itoh. Ob, on. all the# land
and waters coldly gleams tbs
autumn sun. Let us put away
our swatters, for the suipmer’s
work is done. Let us put ewey
our kwatters till the flies return
next spring, when we’ll soak
their sons and daughters as we
caracole and sing I—Walt Mason.
C. B. Duke Furniture Company
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Park, R. M. The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 16, 1912, newspaper, October 16, 1912; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth885931/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sammy Brown Library.