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THE MADISONYILLB
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 192*.
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The Madisonville Meteor
J. A. KNIGHT. Editor and Prop.
Entered aa second-class matter
Madisonville, Texas, under the act of
January 19, 1895, at the post-office in
March 8. 1879.
PENITENTIARY COMMITTEE
MEETS AT HUNTSVILLE
Representative H. A. Turner and
Messrs J. O. Thompson and J. L-
Cooper were in Huntsville Monday to
meet the Penitentiary investigation
. .. «, committee who came down in answer
o£i2S£: 1 « . ^ yP~p.«.
In the county, 6 months - .75 setting forth the advantages of re-
Out of county, 6 months 1.00 , locating the penitentiary at that
i place. Mr. A. H. King, Chairman of
Any erroneous reflection upon the | ^ committee and Mr. Bob Barker,
REVIVAL AT CREEK
character, standing or reputation of
any person, firm or corporation which
unintentionally may appear in the
columns of the Meteor will be gladly
corrected upon its being brought to
the attention of the management.
A TWO-MINUTE SERMON
BY REV. GEORGE HENRY
Because His history was written be-
fore He was born and because this
prophecy was fulfiled in Him.
Because the Bible has proved itself
true, and because He is its center and
circumference. Because of the voice
of God acknowledging Him as His
Son. Because of the supreme sacri-
fice He made for the race that dis-
pised and executed Him. Bccause of
Him resurrection which is as well
established as any other fact in his-
tory. Because Saul, who hated H n,
Peter who denied Him, and Thomas
who doubted Him, each and all gave
their lives at last in defense of their
faith in Him. And, last of all, but no
less convincing ,my own experience of
Christ as a personal Saviour. His
spirit beareth witness with our spirits
that we are sons of God. If you
would know His doctrine, do His
will. He reveals Himself to His
own as He does not to the world.
Abstract confidence in Him has no
value. The whole value of intellec-
tual faith is derived from the course
of action it inspires. Do His will and
He will reveal Himself to you.
Lovelady Star:
The business men of Lovelady be-
came interested when Postmaster
Click called upon them and they
raised a fund with which to have
painted the name of our city on the
roof of the Arnold gin warehouse,
ht accordance with the request of the
post office department, as a beacon
for the many airplanes, which pass
over our city in their routes from
Houston to the northern cities.
Lovelady has a very creditable land-
ing field juBt south of the city and
the indicators on the beacon sign
points to and directs the flyers where
to land.
secretary, came over with Mr. Turn-
er to spend the night and left Tues-
day morning for their respective
homes. Mr. King lives at Throck-
morton and Mr. Barker at Austin.
In conversation with Mr. King we
learned that the committee was not
ready to make their report to the
governor and probably would not
make their report until about De-
cember 1.
Mr. King states that after thorough
investigation of a number of prison
systems of other states they have
found a number of improvements
over the Texas situation, wherein
the state had their prison systems' SB
arranged that practically all the men
were kept busy at some kind of work
the year around. His version of the
prison problem of Texas is that too
few of the prisoners are working all
the time. The old adage here is
evident, "That an idle brain is the
Devil's work shop" and there' is
where most of the mischief arises
from the prisoners. His observation
is that the men must be kept busy,
and there will be little time for plan-
ning mutinies or get-a-ways.
Mr. King is of the opinion that the
committee will recommend a new
prison but no indications are now
available as to where they will rec-
ommend the location. The Prison
system will see some great changes
in the next few years is the opinion
of the committee and, well, there
should be. The committee thinks
that the State prison should manufac-
ture their own clothing, shoes, etc,
and not only so, but should make
enough of these supplies to furnish
the other State institutions with all
their needs along this line His
opinion is that the prison system will
at some time in the near
manufacture their own cement to be
used on the public highways of Tex-
as.
Mr. King paid Mr. H. A. Turner a
very high compliment for his faith-
ful work in the Texas Legislature.
He said that Mr. Turner had the res-
pect of all members of the*house and
was considered one of the best mem-
bers Texas has in that branch of the
legislative body. His work on the
I committees, to which he had been as-
The laws of this country are1 signed was above reproach and al-
strange. A human individual can > ways had the best interests of his
prowl about leaving a trail of crime people at heart. He said that he
and sorrow in his walce and get off | TYas not of these long speaking
acott free, but every city has an ordi- j windjammers that made a lot of fuss,
nance that permits the killing of a; but worked in his unassuming and
dog that has no owner or on whom j quiet way for the people of Texas for
the taxes are not paid. The dog is. such legislation as seemed best for
harmless to wrong anyone while the j all. We appreciate very much the
human is a menace to unsuspecting high compliment paid our Representa-
Evangelist V. Vanslckles of Waco
recently assisted our beloved pastor,
W. P. Knight of Madisonville, in a;
ten days' meeting. I have never seen j
the power of God made more mani-'
fest. No ma never labored more
earnestly in prayer for his people, ■
than Brother Knight. Our hearts | g
were stirred as we listened to his | J
first two messages—subjects, "The : ■
Mother Church" and "You Must Come | ■
in at the Door," also the last service i J
at the water, "Scriptural View of De-
sign Proved from the Symbolism of
Baptism, or Baptism Defined."
The Lord was very gracious to us
in this meeting. There were 23 ad-
ditions to the Georgia Camp Baptist
church, 17 by Baptism. Brother Van-
sickle came in the spirit and power of
Elias, spoke with that postiveness and
candor that makes men hear and feel
his deep convictions and blood earn-
estness stirred his congregations with
a profound sense of the burning
truthfulness of his messages. Broth-
er Vansickle is an ardent soul-winner.
He brings the old Jerusalem Gospel
story with power and simplicity.
With his coming an immediate new
life was injected. His marvelous
messages gripped all who heard him;
great crowds gathered for each ser-
vice. People of all walks of life j
came and were helped, uplifted and j
strengthened. I am safe in saying,
that for 15 years no man has come j
to our little church who has made so j
profound a spiritual impression,
caused Christians to rejoice and sin-11
ners to repent to the extent that j j
Brother Vansickle has. He greatly j J
endeared himself to the people and j I
proved to be an effective personal j j
soul-winner. We expfect him back j
with us in November. He leaves us! I
on the mountain top praising the Lord i |
for His wonderful blessings to us. j j
It was these powerful messages in
Brother Vansicklels matchless way
that drew and held—subjects:
"Appearing of Christ," "The Devil
and His Works," "Some People Going
to Hell and Don't Know it," "Hell,'
"God's Plan With Men," "Meeting
God," "Repent or Perish," "Lovest
Thou Me More Than These," "Ex-
future, | cept Ye Repent Ye Shall All Like-
wise Perish," "Testing God."
—Mrs. J. A. Coon in Crockett
Courier.
REALESTATE
Is the Life of Any Community.
The transfer of realestate always
marks progress in any community.
When land trading is stopped it
practically stops everything else.
It stops building and it stops pro-
gress in farming. When there is
lots of trading in realestate there is
marked progress in improving and
development in the country.
ON
We have for consideration to those
interested in buying propei'ty in
Madisonville and Madison county
some very attractive realestate prop-
ositions, both in lots, houses and
lots, and farm property. Below are
a few of them.
well improved, that can be boaght
for $40.00 per acre. A nice six
room house with all conveniences,
large lot; or will sell one or more
building lots from this property for
a reasonable price. All for $2650.00,
or lots for $265.00 each.
519 acres of land, part of which is
in the city limits of Madisonville,
In south Madisonville we have six
acres of land with good dwelling that
can be bought for $1800.000; part cash ,
and balance on easy payments.
We have other property for sale
that can be bought at the right price.
See us if interested. Or if you
want to sell, list your property with
us and we will give our service to
you.
society as long as he lives. The sys-
tem should be reversed.
We presume the currency was re-
duced in size to make it less of a bur-
den for the eastern capitalists to car-
. ry about a day's supply of cash. We
•re quite certain that if this is the
reason for the reduction, that the de-
mand came from the east as the in-
. habitants of the farming section of
the country have been able to bear
up reasonably well under the weight
of their cash assets.
tive by Mr. King.
Mrs. Rachel Willard of Leeds,
Eng., was summoned to court and
fined for refusing to let a rat-catcher
go "among her pets."
FLYING LANDSCAPE
"How did the new car behave on
your vacation trip?"
"Splendidly. We average five
antique shops to the gallon."
Do You Believe
In Philanthropy?
Suppose you lived away off from
Madisonville and your heart longed
for a copy of the old home town
paper; and you get to thinking that
surely someone might be philanthropic
and benevolent enough to mail you
a copy. Surely, you have some rel-
ative or friend who is away from
Madisonville who would be so glad to
get the Meteor each week. The $2
you pay to send it away for one year
will, according to the "Divine Law of
Compensation," come back to you
many fold for your philanthropic
act and deed. The Meteor is an en-
ormous weekly letter from home to
those living away, and no amount of
letter writing can ever convey the
vast amount of news and information
these far away souls long to hear
about. Phone in your subscription to
us and we will start the Meteor go-
ing and collect your $2 on the first
of the month. '
Spread Joy and Delight to
Those Away From Home.
HOME OWNERSHIP
Men will fight to protect homes
but never to protect boarding houses.
Patriotism, loyalty to community and
country, has its roots deeply im-
bedded in individual home ownership.
No dangerous radical ever owns his
own home. When a man possesses
the roof over his head he develops a
high regard for the rights of others
because he has also developed a sense
of the importance of his own rights.
This is the broader significance of
home ownership—quite apart from
the pleasure and satisfaction is brings
to the individual. This is the reason
that we wish to see Madisonville de-
velop into a community consisting en-
tirely of citizens who own their own
homes.
It is from the home owner and
property owner that we may expect
realistic thinking and well directed
effort destined to make the com-
munity more attractive and more
pleasant. It is the property owner
who wants to see his community pro-
gress, who wants tc see it headed by
capable and efficient officials, who
want good schools, good churches,
who believe in progress without pub-
lic extravagance, who want to deve-
lop the town into a well ordered com-
munity, with its business institutions
constantly growing in order that there
may be greater opportunities for
every individual here.
This is why we advocate home own-
ership. This is also why we are
quite proud of our community. Most
of its citizens now live in homes of
their own, and we believe that they
are better people, more intelligent
citizens, because of that fact than
are thousands of apartment house
dwellers.
Huntsville Item:
Last week two more convicts con-
fiscated an automobile on the streets
of Huntsville, with a boy and girl,
and drove to Beaumont before aban-
doning it. They released the young
couple without harming them.
It seems strange to the Item that
convicts can walk away from the
"Wall" in broad open day light, and
travel on the highways from Hunts-
ville to Houston and Dallas,
without being apprehended by the
Prison officials or peace officers "t)f
the state. There must be a lack- of
a system in recapturing escaped con-
victs.
Surely the men in charge of prison
affairs can work out some method of
preventing the almost weekly escapes
from the "Walls" and the Wynne
Farm.
No Charge Unless Sale is Made.
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Knight & Brownlee
J. A. Knight
M. M. Brownlee
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MECCANEWS
Mrs. Laura Batson, her son, Prof,
and Mrs. J. E. Batson spent Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. Bobert Wilson and
family of George.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Gustavus and
family of Normangee spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. George Kelley and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hines and lit-
tle daughter, Lottie Fay, spent Sun-
day with Mrs. Hine's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Bledsoe of Tenmile.
Mr. Vernon Batson of Wealthy
spent the week-end with Mr. Joe
Newman Fannin.
Mr. Jim Hicks and litle grand-
daughter, Novilla Batson, of Hous-
ton are here visiting relatives.
Miss Thelma Martin of George
spent last Wednesday night with Miss
Mae Belle Fannin.
Mr. Bud McGaffy has gone to the
Coast.
We have changed our singing day
back to the fourth Sunday after-
noon. Now we will have singing
every Saturday night and fourth
Sunday afternoon. Every body
come, we are going to make Mecca
one of the best singing places in the
county. If you miss these singings
you will regret it for you sure will
miss some good singing. Every one
has a special invitation to come and
bring some one with you.
Mrs. Abb Vaughn spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Laura Cole of
Tenmile.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock McCleney of
Iola spent Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. Abb Vaughn.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam McCleney and
little son, Sam, Jr., of Iola spent
Saturday night with Mrs. McCleney's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lagravier.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kelly are the
proud parents of a fine baby boy.
THIS IS A MEAN ONE
"In heaven," said the sentimen-
tal maiden, "a man is never sep-
arated from his wife."
"I beg your pardon," interrupted
the misogynist, "but I think you are
getting mixed in your geography."
A club swung by a caddie on a
Chicago golf course struck the eye
of a player, J. H. Miller, and destroy-
ed it.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Robertson of
London were remarried a month af-
ter they were divorced.
Mile, Jeanette Degrue of Mar-
seilles was committed to an asylum
after stealing $500 and burning it to
heat a teakettle.
Mrs. Gertrude Bokren of Belfast
wounded her husband in the shoulder
while he was teaching her how to
shoot.
His love for Miss Elsie Manton
having cooled, J. H. Karper of Lon-
don sued for and recovered a $275
ring he had given her.
There is an average of between one
and two earthquakes every day in Ja-
pan.
Miss Joan Gould of Cork, Ire., wa3
awarded $1,500 because Joan O'SuI-
livan jilted her after they were en-
gaged 20 years.
FOR SALE
1929 Six Pontiac
Coupe equipped With
6-ply heavy duty tires.
This car has been
carefully driven only
3000 miles and is
just like new. A bar-
gain if sold at once.
J. W. VISER
A "Pilot it Yourself" sign would
look strange at an airport, beside the
road, but we expect to live long
enough to see airplanes, available the
same as automobiles are made avail-
able by firms which rent cars to driv-
ers.
Mr. Billfuzz, "I saw a headline in
the paper that said, 'Seven Men
Killed by Ethyl Gas.' Isn't it terrible,
If the escapes are not checked, there! what we're coming to?"
is danger in the attendance of Mrs. Billfuzz, "Yes, she must be a
students at the Sam Houston College very bad woman. How did she kill
being cut. | them—with poison or a revolver?"
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