The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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ra^am, Texas, Thursday, March 2,1911
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Our Spring 'stock vill be complete in a fev days,
vere selected in person by our Mr. Short, who has h,
experience in buying aqd selling. We do not hesita
Stock will be the best^WTrbfni5e larger cities. (
always the eheapest for up-to-date lieychandise. Th
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AnSf at the Charchea.
The aamber that waa hoped for
to be present in Sunday 8chool wae
not realiaed on account of the In-
clpment weather on February, 281^
Thera Waa a food attendance con-
aideiing >. the weather, the frippe,
whooping cough and bad colda.
The Uethddtsta led with 230, Bap-
tiste had 176, Christians Mad 143
and Presbyerlans 102.
Her. Singleton preached two ex-
cellent sermons, taking both of his
texts from the precious 14th chap-
ter of John. In the morning. "Lord
show us the Father, and It aufflc-
eth us,” from thg 8th verse; In the
evening, “I am the way, and the
truth, and the life," from the 6tb
verse.
Ren Rpuse also gave two fine
%nons. In the morning on
tlan - Wdncatton,” Halt. 28-18
In the evening the lesson was taken
frottt the flratpart of 226d chapter
of Genesis, from the character of
Abraham. Of course the subject
Was, ''Faith." He showed how our
faith la not strong enough to trust
Qod : fully as that of the old
^triarch. This was the last of the
series that he has been delivering
every Sunday night for several
weeks. - He made an earnest appeal
to his congregation to exercise all
of their faith as the success of the
fmeetlng will be in proportion to
their faith. ,
Kev.Pearre’a morning subject was
ths "Suecewr or ModerYi missions."
He treated the subject broadly, in-
cluding the efforts put forth W all
denominations, sad gave a hopeful
outlook. The quartet gave a pleas-
ing number, wCdme''unto Me." They
were
era] weeks
Pearce’s absence from town. There
were two accessions tgt the ^church.
The evening sermon - was “Lessons
from tho life of Ah*b.’’ This sub-
ject Is of epesclal Interest to all
who attend Sunday School, aa this
character has been prominent
Old Settler Found Deed.
A. L. Watson, a bachelor seventy
five years old, who had alwayp lived
years aid, who bad attohJIiad
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alone, was found dead In his home
five miles northeast of Finis last
Tuesday evening by W. M. Olldewell last Monday and turned over
one of hla neighbors, who chanced
to call in to see him. At the Inquest
held It was decided that he had
been dead..for more than twenty-
four .hours before hla body was
dtscovorod and that death was
caused from heart failure. When
Mr. GUdewell entered the house he
found the body lying In front of
the fireplace, with glasses and
hat on the head and In one hand
were op hla head and in one hand
was held a newspaper, which the
dead man was perhaps ^reading
when the. summons came. Across
dy the back of the chair In
he had been sitting had
Railroad Promoter in Trouble.
Charles E. McSweeney, who has
been visiting West Texas towns as
promoter ^—the FuM Worth *
Panhandle Railway, was brought
from Fort Worth by Sheriff Brown
Ute sheriff of Throckmorton county
Tuesday on a charge of forgery.
Mc8weeney was arrested In Here-
ford last Friday on * Information
from- the Texas Bankers Asso-
ciation which has forgery charges
against him. at Throckmorton, Has-'
kail and Matador. He la a -well
appearing, well built man, about
forty years old, and la a good
talker. About two weeks ago he
passed through^Grahem In ad auto>
mobile and put up at the Mountain-
side Hotel. Here we are Informed
€. E. Convention to be Held Here.'
. There was a union business meet-
ing of the two Christian Endeavor
Forged Certificate.
The W. O. W. and Woqdmen
Circle had a mlendld crowd ou.t
Societies' of the town last Sunday ,a* Monday night to eee their play,
to ddctde on a place and set a
date for the Fort Worth District
to be held lp thsl city. It was de-
cided to* hold the Convention
in the Presbyterian church on
March 24-211. * About fifty towns,
including Fort Worth and Wichita
Falls, will be represented her.
..Committees were appointed to
' ‘make every arrangement and a
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^tSTdSirtiJ WMW ch.ck.o „ .ufn,
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that no struggle had followed. In
e dead man’s pobfcet was found
751.20 In cash.
But little is known of the man,
except that he had relatives In
North Carolina a ad that he was an
old Confederate soldier. He had
resided ip the place where he died
for nearly forty years and was con-
sidered by all tne neighbors to be
a good, honest, truthful and up-
right man. —*■—.*-•
The remains were burled In the
Finis oemetery at 6 o’clock last
Friday evening. ——-------s~-—•—
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l*roposltk>n FrOni Businem College.
Secretary Staton informs ua that
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Tuesday, February 28th, marked
§ milestone in the path of Mrn near future, xud at the same time
McMurry, and her friends of the
Ladles Aid knew of this and de-
cided to celebrate It In k way slm-
llar.^0 the affair last year.
While she wee at « neighbors
they ejitqred^ the
heard again after -Y- l br1oglng
reeks of silence, due to Mrs.^^ifpjo,,* luncheon. ' They set the
tgblo. hgd al| In readiness, then
held' Mr. McMtrry to phone her to
come home as she had an Impor-
tant caller. ' : i ii i d
, The surprise was complete, and
the hotioree greatly pleased *#1160
she opened the parcels piled on the
cot»f4i bo flnd'fn each’ a‘ dainty or
useful gift—tokens ef love from
on”* “Missions” led by the new vibe
president, C. P. Hutchison, with the
new president, C. B. Jones, pre-
siding.
Rev. McMurry- waj()l^*fceht from
town filling hie regular fourth Sun- _____ __
vote : - was passed to ■' invite
all the Epworth Leaguers and
B. Y. P. Us. of the county to send
delegates. f ,
The Commercial Club haa prom-
ised to help. The Fort Worth Lo-
cal Union la making a fine program
so that all are expecting a splen-
did Convention, of which all of the
Fort Worth Dietrich may be proud.
Free, Express Delivery.
he is in receipt of a letter from L.l^ The Expires companies Installed
R. Drake, manager of Draughon’s the first of the w
Business College at Dallas, regard- press d«Uvery- service for
lng a conversation they recently This Is another step toward a city
had, in whl^b la enclosed a propo-
sition to establish a business col-
lege In, Graham. The Draughon’a
of United States and are recognised
as leaders In their line, so any of
our people who are considering the
taking of a business course In the
a late leave was taken amid wishes
of “many and frequent returns 'gf
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would like to remain at home,
should notify Mr. Staton at once,
so that he may know more fully
what steps to take In this matter.
His office is over the postoffice,
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Mr. Ze|l Kimble and Miss Ora
Lee Gholson were married at the
residence of Rev. Noble In this city
on Tuesday evening, February 21.
The bride Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. G, Gholson, prominent
cltlsens of the Cdnnor Creek com-
munity, and was quite a favoHte
with both the old and young. *
The gn^om la a prominent busi-
ness fggjt- ofLTexahomld Oklahoma,
where the happy couple will make
their home. . \ . '
The Forged Certificate, ;‘or a
"Woodmen Picnic.” The night was
chilly and threatening cloiida mads
it extremely dark and disagreeable,
but the people turned out and filled
the house much better than had
been looked for In the evening and
when the cash waa counted they
had something over $41.06. This,
considering the fact that so manjr
belonged to the play and the band
boys were admitted free, besides
a large number of “comps” that
were issued, Is evidence of the fact
that a good number had attended
and paid twenty-five oents, the 1
price of admission. -~—
The play was fine, the plot In
terestlng and the acting splendid.
One nice feature of the entertain-
ment was that the players were
not long In arranging for another
act after the curtalu fell as Is
i^Bually the case with amateur per-
formances. Everything arorked like
eek a free ex- business from the beginning to the
ee for Graham. c!°»e of the play, and there waa
no aound or unordlnary commotion
behind the curtain before or after
acta to show to the audience that
A series of meetings will begin ‘
at the ~F!f*t Baptist church of Om *
ham next Sunday mornlag. In which ,
the pastor will be assisted by Dr. r
L. R. Scarborough, professor ' of .
evangelism In - the Southwestern £
Baptist Theological Seminary of '
Fort Worth. Dr. Scarborough la
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add is evidence ^>f the fact that
the express companies have watched ----------- „
our rapid growth and recognise our ^*7 wera Bew ®n tha stage and ixgrp. This will t>4 worth hearing
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not a narrow,' shallow, profeaalonal'
evangelist, but Is a well balanced
broadminded minister of the word
of God, and waf a pastor until two
Fears ago when he accepted hla
present position.
During the first week of the
meeting, a Bible Institute will be
conducted during the day services,
and In addition to Dr. Scarborough
it Is expected that Rev. F. M Mc-
Connell, and Rev. Geo. W. McCall ••
will be present and deliver a series
of lectures. The eleven o'clock
adrvioe every \day and the evening
service# will be conducted by Dr.
Scarborough, and U t» hoped that' -
a Urge number of Christians will y
take advantage of thU rare oppor-
tunity to hear this aarles of day 4
sermons on Evangelism and kUdred
subjects.
Another rare opportunity will be L-
heat Brother J. A., Brown and hla
rae
have oolloges in over thirtf olties] importance as a cprhmsrclal point ^rald they would lose their lines
Of miss' a cue. It whs well man-
aged and ’ Mr. Taliaferro, who had
charge of the troupe, deserves great
credit for the . wo^jerful succe*»|
made of It. The play was full of
comedy, which kept the house In
a jolly mood, but It (Jeatt well with’
fraternity, and taught a good les-
son to those who know but little of,
this great order. We understand |
they will be requested to again pre-
cept this play here, as a number
wbre unable to attend owing to the
bgd . weather. • ; ■^
The contract for delivering express
was Ut to Carlton Bros They will
make , deliveries tn the mornings
and In the evenjjttgs^ wjdl collect
If Y ^you * have
/ to send to
outgoing express
anything you wish
some other point by.exprefs. -notify
them and they will call for ltv. ^
you may pheae khn ovsf ritheTj-l Our business men especially are
,tbwestern, 7$; ^Independent, ^rou<| of thlB ^ryfee, for if, will
not only be a convenience, but an
expense saver. Oqr next hope now
la for a free mail delivery.
Mrs. M. E. Devasher Deaf]
Mrs. M. E. Devasher, who for
several years wax a resident of
this county, and who had many
friends in ' and around Graham,
d)ed at the home of h{r daughter
is. In Jdcksb
E. L. Douglass.
sbord.
last Friday evening and her re-
mains were Interred In the ceme-
tery at that place at 2:30 last Sat-
urday evening.^ ■r'
and it Oj expected that this will be
an attractive part of the service.
All the Christian people; of tile
town and surrounding country axe
cord I any tnvftedf to join la the
meeting,- and share with us the
blessings. _ vtV. T. Rouse, pastor.
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Mrs. Scott Dead.
Mrs. J. J. Scott died at her home
near South Bend last Monday night
fmd Mr remains were buried j in
Osk Grove cemetery In this city at
^<*4’k>4k yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. S^ott had been a member
Ihood
n *llfo
8he leaves a husband, one bon nn
two daughters, who have the sym-
pathy of the entire community, .'In
this time of sorrow..
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stated to
not believe
end freese had killed alj of
peaches. He believes that he. w.m
raise enough for home uae, but
the yield will be short 8. L. Kib-
ble whq lives at Bunger Is of the
same opinion regarding hla peach
erbp, sad believes many orchards
the country wilt pro
crops this year ML.
no more freeslng weather.
Great Adult day. parade ,
banquet at Sunday 8chool
ventton March $th to 13th.
‘Vi
In bln part of
dud* fair cropi
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Bowron, Frank H. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1911, newspaper, March 2, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth849922/m1/1/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.