The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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The Silsbee Bee
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W. Harris, Editor and Owner
Member Beaumont Typographical Union No. 339
Vol. 1
Published Weekly by Pupils of Silsbee High School
No. 16
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Subscription $1.50 a Year—Cash.
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times make a lot of noise,
they take a clean defeat
bunch of game sports should.
from Pauline?
Who knows?
Blundering into the Truth
“When rain falls, does it ever
arise again?” asked Mr. Moseley.
“Yes sir” answered Padgett.
“When?” asked Mr. Moseley.
“Why in due time.”
“That will do, Padgett, you
may sit down.”
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Lester E. Fregia and Zada R.
Myers, May 10th.
A. G. Lesterjett and Gertie
Halles ter. May 12th.
“Well, Clayton
was quite for
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A. S. MORGAN
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Phone 137___Silsbee, Tex. granite. _
'“Entered »a second-class matter April 10, 1919, at
the post office at Silsbee, Texas, under the act of
March 3. 1879
will take pleasure
Place your
CARD OF THANKS
“We wish to sincerely thank
those kind and thoughtful
friends, who by work and act
extended to us their sympathy
and assistance in the recent loss
of our dear and beloved parent,
wife and mother.
R. L. Weathersby,
Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Selman.
SILSBEE SCHOOL CLOSES
This office is in receipt of an
invitation to attend the com-
mencement exercises of the Sils-
bee High School Wednesday,
May 18. The class roll is com-
posed of Hazel Harris, Gussie
Edmonson, Gertie Edmonson,
(Clayton Warr, Lila Seale and
Padgett Gibbs. A. G. Moseley
is principal and A. D. Rawlinson
superintendent.
All reports are to the effect
that the Silsbee school is making
rapid progress in the way of
numbers as well as college cred-
ifs. They are now in their splen-
did new brick, and no doubt
their progress will continue so
long as they retain their splen-
did superintendent and faculty.
—Sour Lake Signal.
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cash, dated April 25, 1921, con-
veys lots 1 and 2 in block 18,
Electric addition to Sour Lake.
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greatness. He used the life of
Abraham and Lot as examples,
and pointed out incidents prov-
ing that au unselfish life was the
only life worth while. His
sermon was one of the best ever
preached in Silsbee, and we ate
sure that every one present
enjoyed it and received great
benefit from it.
“Honor thy father and thy
mother, that thy days may be
long upon the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee.’’
The fifth commandment re-
quireth the preserving the honor
and performing the duties be-
longing to every^ one in their
several places and relations, as
superiors, inferiors or equals.
The fifth commandment for-
bidffeth the neglecting of, or
doing anything against the honor
and duty which belongeth to
every one in their several places
and relations. .
The reason annexed to the fifth
commandment, is a promise of
long life and prosperity (as far
as it shall serve for God’s glory
and their own good) to all such as
keep this commandment.
What will happen when:
Lila quits vamping,
Hazel ceases to snake dance.
Padgett stope partaking of the
pleasures of “Baby Galvez.”
Gertie quits going with Tubby.
Gussie loses her loye for
Winfrey.
Clayton secures his class ring
AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS
Fred Swenson, Sour Lake,
Ford No. 519692.
Kirby Lumber Company, Sils-
bee, Ford No. 519693.
W. Bolten, Saratoga, Ford, No.
519695.
If its the best you want—use
Watkins remedies. Purest and
cheapest on the market. Sold
; by W. H. Hardin, Silsbee. Texas.
If we have not the article in stock, we i
in getting it for you on very short notice.
Personals
Reagan Padgett Gibbs Jr., one
of our dignified Seniors, spent
the week end at bis home in
Kountze.
Miss Bess Patillo, Noal-Smith
and Donner Bracken spent the
week end with their home folks.
Miss Gertie Edmonston vale-
dictorian of the class “21” won
a beautiful and delicious box of
candy offered by Mr. A. G.
Moseley. This prize was given
to Miss Gertie for making the
highest grades in Physics and
was enjoyed very much by the
dignified class.
Robert Wall returned to school
Monday morning and we were
all glad to see him back. Robert
has been absent on account of
the illness of his grandfather.
Wo are glad also to hear that
his grandfather is improying.
Dr. West visited our school
Monday morning and made a
very interesting address durirg
opening exercise. We considered
this a pleasure to have the
privileged^ hearing him and are
sure that each enjoyed and will
profit by bis speech.
Commencement Sermon
On Sunday night the com-
mencementsermon was preached
at the Pastime Theatre by Dr.
E. P. West of the Temple Baptist
church of Houston, Texas. His
theme was that The Christian
life is the only life of true
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
If the writei’ of this article had
used the caption “The Red Flag”
he would straightway have been
classed as an anarchist, bolshevik,
or some other so-called criminal
class.
Not long since, in a suburban
town, my attention was attracted
to a cut of two flags—one the
flag of America and the other a
red flag. Underneath was the
the inscription—“'which?”
In these times it is no longer
essential for a wild-eyed person
to run about with a knife between
his teeth and a bomb in his hands
to be classed as an anarchist.
Any one with radical ideas—
especially in regard to labor—is
straightway denounced as an
exponent of the red flag theory
of government.
The inauguration of a forty-four-
hour week is looked upon with
holy horror by a certain class as
a criminal innovation.
This class, if it had the power,
would carry the laboring class
back to the days of the “Jacks”
(peasantry) of the feudal days
of Europe. The so-called Jacks
were taxed and overworked.
They had no human rights which
the lords of the time could not
abrogate at will. If a man Jack
had a pretty sister and a lord
coveted her he got her. If the
Jack had the temerity to protest
he was promptly run through
with a sword, or cast into a
loathsome dungeon with a merry
ha! ha! on the part of the lord.
Finally the Jacks rose up en
masse and overthrew the lords,
and that was the beginning of
“fraternity, equality and liberty”
for la belle France.
Nothwithstanding th-? lessons
taught by bistory ftie arrogant
class that now controls wealth in
this country (and thinks it
controls labor as well) so blind
to the increasing refinement and
intelligence of workingmen as
to suppose that they (the work-
ingmen) can be “set back” on the
wheel of progress and still be
condemned to the old slavery?
If so, it has another think coming.
This would-be domineering
class is the real criminal class.
Every hour, other than neccesity
requires, that a man or woman
labors—that hour is contributed
SILSBEE LODGE NO. 348. K. OF P.
Meets every Saturday
Evening.
Visiting Knight receive
a cordial welcome.
P G. JOHNSON., C. C.
J. E. CRAWFORD, SR.,
K. of R. and S.
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SMARTNESS
of line and cut and elegance
of fabric are two dominant
features of our new made-to-
order and made-to-measure
tailoring, A gentleman de-
manns this type of tailoring
which we offer. Cost is a
secondary consideration.
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A BRIEF STATEMENT OF
PRESBYTERIAN DOCTRINE
The second commandment isF
“Thou shalt not make unto thee
any graven image, or any like
ness of anything that is in
Heaven above, or that is in the
earth beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth. Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to
them nor serve them, for I the
Lord thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children, unto
the third and fomth generation'
of them that hate Me, and show-
ing mercy unto thousands of
them that love Me and keep My
commandments.”
The second com mandment re-
quireth the receiving, observing,
and keeping pure and entire, all
such religious worship and
ordinances as God hath ap-
pointed in His Word.
The second commandment
forbiddetti the worshipping of
God by images, or any other
way not appointed in His Word.
The reasons annexed to the
second commandment are; God’s
sovereignty over us, His pro-
priety in us, and the zeal He
hath to His own worship.
The ’.bird commandment is:
“Thou shalt not take the name
of the Lord thy God in vain; for
the Lord will not hold him
guiltless that taketh His Name
in vain.”
The third commandment re
quireth the holy and reyerent
use of God’s names, titles, at.
tributes, ordinances, Word and
works.
The third commandment for-
biddeth all profaning or abusing
of anything whereby God maketh
Himself known.
The reason annexed to the
third commandment is, that
however the breakers of this
commandment may escape punish-
ment from men, yet the Lord
our God will not suffer them to
escape His righteous judgment.
The fourth commandment is:
“Remember the Sabbath day to
keep it holy. Six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work;
but the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God;
in it thou shalt not do any work,
thou, nor thy son, nor thy
daughter, thy man-servant, nor
thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle,
nor thy stranger that is within
thy gates; for in six days the
Lord made Heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day;
wherefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day, and hallowed it.”
The fourth commandment re
quireth the keeping holy to God
such set times as He hath ap
pointed in His Word; expressly
one whole day in seven, to be a
holy Sabbath to Himself.
From the beginning of the
world to the resurrection of
Christ, Clod appointed the
seventh day of the week to be
the weekly Sabbath, and the
first day of the week ever since,
to continue to the end of the
world, which is the Christian
Sabbath.
The Sabbath is to be sanctified
by a holy resting all that day,
even from such worldly em-
ployments and recreations as
are lawful on other days; and
spending the wole time in the
public and private exercises of
God’s worship, except so much
as is to be taken up in the works
of necessity and mercy.
The fourth commandment for-
biddeth the ommission or care-
less performance of the duties
required, and the profaning the
day by idleness, or doing that
which is in itself sinful, or by
unnecessary thoughts, words, or
works,, about our wordly em-
ployments or recreations.
The reasons annexed to the
fourth commandment are: God’s
allowing us six days of the week
j for our own employments, His
I challenging a special propriety
i in the seventh, His own example,
and His blessing the Sabbath
day.
The fifth
in getting it for you
next order with us.
Give us a trial and let us show you.
The Silsbee Hardware Co. j
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’ In addition to being the
champion liar and wearing the
baldest head in Silsbee, I can
write you up for life, health and
I accident, fire tornado and auto-
mobile insurahce, or any kind of j
surety bond, and sell you real
estate, lightning calculators and
almost any style monument of
the finest Georgia marble or
F. M. Gibson,
We don’t know the breed of
the animal, but it possessed
intelect sufficient to throw a rock
against and break one of the
large plate glass show windows
of the Silsbee Auto Co. building,
and in it’s barbaric glee chucked
a rock or two through the lights
above the awning/ If apprehen-
ded this animal could be sold to
Barnaum & Bailey for funds
sufficient to run the Silsbee
schools for the next ten years.
The Beaumont Journal
Tuesday had much to say as to
the way the Silsbee Sluggers
play ball and also state that if
the game doesn’t go to the liking
of the local fans a scrap is forth-
coming. Though we do not take
to base ball and see very few
games we can state without
hesitancy these charges made by
the Journal are false, there not
even being a basis for the re-
marks. Those composing the
persoi Q 1 of the Silsbee Sluggers
play ball for the sport and go to
considerable expense to main-
tain the team, and as to those
who attend these games, other-
wise termed fans make up the
best citizenship of our little city
and are far romoved from the
“scrapping” class. They are a
good bunch of rooters and at
but
as a
Clayton reading Virgil—
“Three times I strove to cast
my arms about her neck, and—
that’s as far as I got, Miss
Malone.”
Miss Malone*
I think that
enough. ”
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Read-Turrentine Contest
Saturday evening at the high
school auditorium the annual
Read-Turrentine medal contest
was held. The program was
extended as follows:
Several splendid musical num-
bers were rendered by the
Yoksh orchestra.
The president of the A. D.
Rawlinson Literary Society
Elmer Badders, took charge
and presided the remainder of
the evening.
A march was played and the
oratorical contestants made their
appearance upon the stage, where
Mr. Read and Mr. Turrentine
were seated.
The Secretary of the society
introduced the charming young
lady speakers, each as their
turn came.
Then a very beautiful vocal
solo was given by Mrs. Cline-
felter,
The boy speakers now faced
their doom.
Miss Lila B. Seale rendered a
most enchanting piano solo.
Then while the judges were
making their decisions as to
which gill and boy had won the
sought for medals, Mr. Raw-
linson gave a few announcements
for which he is so well noted.
The 8ergeant-at-arms collected
the judges decisions. The honor
was bestowed upon Mr. Rawlin-
son of giving away the medals.
He kept the contestants in hot
water for a few minutes as to
who were winners The victori
olis one were Miss Bertie
Francis Stevens and Mr. Louis
Bond.
The honorable Seniors have
again came before the public
with all their splendor and
dignity. We have the honor
of publishing “The Nut” for the
last week of school. We have
been modest in our praise of
self and have not boasted as the
Juniors and lowly Fish. But
feeling that you might overlook
the worthiness and due honors
of the Senior class, we think it
our duty to call your attention to
these facts.
to the increased luxury of the
man or woman who seeks to
clamp the iron h^nd of power
and authority on the necks of
the workers.
Glittering diamonds, costly
sables, wines and liqueurs, a box
at the opera, luxurious autos—
these for the elegant class. For
the worker—instead of a comfort-
able cottage, with the little en-
joyments and refinements that
contribute to the happiness of
life—nothing but bare walls, a
fretful baby and pining wife—
hardship unendurable.
For the short time they are
condemned to exist on this
spinning planet the workers
want at least the comforts of
existence, and they are going to
have them, in spite of the would-
be modern lords and moguls of
society. Forty-four hours they
purpose to work in a week and
no more.
Gentlemen the cards are laid
squarely on the table! Whose
next play is it?—O. W. Humphrey,
in Typographical Journal.
In an English discussion the
other day Miss Wright asked
the Seniors what a prodigy was.
Here are the answers she received.
“A sinuer”
“A person who has left home.’’
“A person born without
parents
“A baby.”
Now that the Seniors know
the meaning of prodigy, they all
claim to be one.
February 24, 1906, conveys 4 1-2
acres in T & N O Section No.
298.
Mrs. Alice Abey and husband
H. G. Abey to Ira Higgs, con-
sideration $125 00, dated January!
20, 1920, conveys N 1 2 of lots
5 and 6 in block 9, Merchant-
addition to Sour Lalie.
S'inta Fe Townsite Company
to J. C. Murphy, consideration
$1650.00 dated March 22. 1921,
conveys lots 2 and 3 and part of
4 and 1, of Kirby Lumber switch
block to Silsbee.
R. J. Robinson and wife to
E. B. Heartfield, $19 and other
consideration, dated May 3,
1921, conveys the property on
which the Oil City Garage is
situated, and all improvements
and equipment, of the Oil City
Garage, Sour Lake
R. S. Pemberton et ux to
J. K. P. Weaver, consideration
$600.00, dated October 19, 1914
conveys lots 1 and g in block 18..
Electric addition to Sour Lake.
"J. H. Lynd and wife to Dr.
F. B. Hart, consideration $4,300.00
HflRDWARE!l
Jokes
A Harvard professor, dining
at the Parker Housrb, Boston,
ordered a bottle of hock, saying
as he said so:
“Here, waiter, bring me a
bottle of hock—hie, haec, hoc.”
The waiter, who had been to
college, never stirred.
“What ar^you standing there
for?” exclaimed the professor.
“Didn’t I order some hock?”
“Yes sir,” said the waiter,
•‘You ordered it, but you after-
wards declined it. ”
COURT HOUSE TRANSACTIONS
REALTY TRANSFERS
The State of Texas, by Pat M.
Neff, Governor, to A. C- Bige-
low, assignes patent to 402.4
acres known as E. part of
Section 345, V<. C. Ry. Co. 6
miles S'. 70 degrees W. from
Kountze. Dated May 6, 1921.
R. G. Walker to J. R. Bevil,
consideration $90, dated May
3, 1921, conveys the Dav d
Burrell 136 acre survey.
E. M. Masterson et ux to
John A Long, consideration
$4,000.00, dated May 2, 1921,
conveys lots 15 to 18 in block 23,
in the Electric addition to Sour
Lake.
D. N. Odiorne ex ux to Pat
Farrell, consideration $225.00,
dated May 5, 1921, conveys lots
4, 5 and 6 in block 16, origninal
town of Sour Lake
M.-E. Oder to R. E. Burt,
consideration $225.00, dated
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Harris, W. H. The Silsbee Bee (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1921, newspaper, May 20, 1921; Silsbee, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1352865/m1/2/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Silsbee Public Library.