Brownwood Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1894 Page: 1 of 8
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BROWNWOOD TEXAS. THURSDAY MAY 31 1894..
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Do You EverThlnk?
Do you ever think at night
When the day is o'er
How the little momenta glide
Glide to come no more?
Moments will not come again
When you read this line
Like the one that now you pass
Gone with speeding time.
Fill each moment with a thought
Tender loving true
Do to others as you wish
They would do to you.
Be thou gentle he thou kind
Care for those who need.
And the Lord will hlessyon dear
For the noble deed.
Be thou like a shining star.
With its silver rays
&uiding those who drift afar
fInto righteous ways.
Adduch moments in your life
Fpr pur Savior's love
And "HfeHl reward thee sure
Withhafle above.
C. S.
Brownwood Texas.
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How Sam Jones Struck
The iunior end of ifte Sfa
staff accompanied the excurion-
Brownwood last Sunday pajftly to
see that famous town and partly to
hear the famous ravivalist Sam
Jones We have seen amL board
and must admit that both the town
and preacher disappointed us a lit
tle. We have often wondered wha
induced Brownwood toyote
prohibition but since vfsitmf
for
the
town that wonder has ceased. -? No
one but a citizen that idbold sober
can ever find his residence inha
town either in daylight or after
dark. And yet there are strong
reasons why a citizen even "if he
had' to roost on a fence all night
should have gone slow m voting
out something to mix with that
bayou water which very much re
- ti) ing a six foot rise after a long
drouth. The man that layed out
Brownwood ought to be laid out
with a club if nature has not done
justice to him lone long ago. The
: streets run in every conceivable di
rection and every one of them
winds up with a church. We got
tired counting and when we quit
had reached 1S This is positive
ly the first time we were aware
that there are eighteen different
methods of Baptism. The churches
are all handsome edifices and re
fleet much credit on the town?
Brownwood was crowded H'ith
people by the time the San Angelo
special pulled in with its four cars
loaded to the guards and the
crowd thronging to the improvised
pavillion. built of lumber with a
capacity of 6000 people was soon
filled. After a tiresome hour spent
I in listening to prolonged begging
for money from Brother Charles
Jenkins the redoubtable Sam
Jones arose and talked for about
40 minutes. It is not an easy
matter to understand how Sam has
made the success he has. His ap-
pearance is not prepossessing his
voice is harsh and anything but
musical. There is nothing of the
subtle charms of oratory about his
speaking. His style is very abrupt
and laoks even ordinary continuity
of thought. It is Tiomely and di-
J re'et and perhaps success lies in
hfs thoughts being compactly
haped like bullets and promis-
cuously fired at the audience.
There is no sustained argument to
follow; simply a succession of com-
pressed sentences many of which
have little or nothing to do with
the subject in hand. Hid illustra
tions are usually apt .and being
i told in homely direct dialect have
considerably more weight rugged
as they are th .n if they were sub-
jected to any sort of polish. The
coarseness of much of his talk
&eeras hardly necessary and we
would imagine that it would injure
rather than help the effect.
Such expressions as a man
drinking whisky until it makes
him "throw up his immortality'
and "if I were running a soap
factory in hell I would not use
such carcasses" jars one consider-
ably. We could not help but feel
as if the whole performance was
evidence of decay in religion
when it is necessary to resort to
such language to produce effect.
That his work however is benefi-
cial there are thousands will testi-
fy and it is perhaps just as well to
give him the credit of results and
overlook methods. San Angelo
Standard.
Sam Jones At Brownwood.
v-.' The editor took advantage of the
Big Sam Jones meeting to visit
Brownwood last week where he
heard the great evangelist for the
nrst time it toot only one ser
mon to overcome a preconceived
prejudice against Sam Jones as a
preacher and abou fur sermons
convinced this writer that the
preacher is doing much good He
not only adds to the strength of
the church es causing people to
lead better lives religiously but
elevates the tone of a community
morally and politically.-. In fact
we believe if Sam Jones failed to
add a single member to the church
es where he goes much good
would yet be done in elevating the
stondard of citizenship among the
people. "Quit your meaness" is
the gist of all his sermons. How
ever the Brownwood meeting was
a grand success in every wayjevery
thing was managed with good
judgment and the attendance was
large.
Brownwood is a fine town lo
cated in a fine farming region
(when seasons are favorable) and
shows thrift and enterprise. They
have a good system of waterworks
electric lights oil mill compress
flouring mill and other enterprises
that one would expect to find in
the largest town west of Fort
Worth. Substantial stone and
brick business houbes abound while
they have two large colleges four
newspapers six churches a large
public school building and many
fine residences. However all
these do not make the impression
upon the visitor which makes him
fall in love with Brownwood. They
are only the outward evidences of
business and social enterprise. It
is the wholesouled hospitality and
thoughtful courtesy of the people
that makes the visitor sorrv to
eave and glad he visited the town.
Such was our experience and we
lope to see more of the Pecan Val-
ey country in the near future.
Granbury News.
Whatever may be said of Thomas
Gaines the late editor of the Co
manche Exponent who died Sun-
day he wasan earnest worker in a
cause he honestly believed to be
right and he had no fears for the
adverse criticism of the public
when engaged in. his work. An
untiring worker he had a strong
influence and following and his
memory will long bo revered by a
host of friendB.
Have you paid your subscription?
THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
Teachers Elected for the Coming
Year.
The school board the full num-
ber being present met Monday
afternoon at the office of Jenkins &
McCartney. The teachers were
elected for the" coming year and
salaries fixed as follows: First
district school F. D. Shepherd
principal salary $900.00 per year;
Miss Joe Cabaniss assistant $40
per month; Miss Iola Bryce as-
sistant 840.00 per month; Miss
Mattie Carr assistant $50.00 per
mnnthfMrs. E. E. King assistant
$50 00 per month. Second dis-
trict school J. A. Starnes princi-
pal $900.00 peryear; Mi88 Franke
Coggin assistant $45 per month;
Miss Maud King assistant $45.00
per month; Miss Ruth Tannehill
assistant $40.00 per month; Mrs.
Mrs. L. V. Woodson assistant
$50.00 per month A motion was
made to dispense with the North
Brownwood school which ; was
amended by deferring action until
the trustees could confer more
fully with the patrons of that
school as to their wishes. Henry
Ford N.G. Mcintosh and Will H.
Mayes were appointed a committee
to investigate the matter and re-
nnrt at nnvt mootinnr Thp hnnrd
j i.x i - subject of American politics. Five
reserved the right in contractingi J r .
... . .. young -ladie graduated in the mu-
with teachers to dispense with any' J. f
. .. ... .'sio department and were given
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and to make any changes deemed
expedient in assigning positions.
The tax for the current year wns
levied at forty cents on t bra-$100.00
the same as last year's taxes.
The Conductors' Plonlc.
The conductors' annual picnic at
Lampasas has become an occasion
pleasantly looked forward to from
year to year and each succeeding
year it is held in more pleasant
memory. The fourth picnic was
held last Wednesday. At 7:3U ft
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m. a train with four coaches and a J
caboose pulled out of Brownwood
with that clever conductor Harry j
Vaughan charge Engineer John
Clark at the throttle of No. 49 and
Jim Winters as firemen. There j
were 162 people on board when
thetrain left Brownwood and about'
100 got on between here and Lam-;
pasas. It was a bright merry and
happy party of nice people bent on
a day of pleasure the railroad
boys with their wives children or
best girlsand a large number of commission law to govern its rail-
friends. The Bulletin's railroad road8 Hnd John H- ReaPn 19 8tlU
editor V. R. Byrd was along and'a commissioner.
assisted Conductor Vaughan in
making the people have a good
time. The editor in chief and his
wife were there as invited guests
of the conductors and from com
fortable seats in the "observatory"
of the caboose enjoyed the pano
rama of ever changing country j
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scenes along tne route as the
train hurried through lovely val
leys carpeted in green past rugged
hills over rippling streams
through waving fields of grain by
the quiet homes of the farmers
stopping at the flourishing stations
to take on other parties of picnicers.
It was a day of all days for picnics
and the people started out to enjoy
it and did so. At Lampasas car-
riages xmd street cars were in wait-
ing to carry the people to the park ;
where the day was pleasantly 1
spent. I he Christian ladies of:
Lampasas hadji fine dinner served
at the Park hotel and those who
did not care to be troubled with
baskets dined with them while
many others picniced in the old
way about the spacious grounds.
The railroad people saw that every-
one enjoyed the day. It was an
orderly well behaved crowd and
there was no rowdiness whatever
in the crowd. There were quite a
number of newspaper men in the
party and they seemed especially
well pleased. The railroad men
desire through The Bulletin to
thank the people for their pres-
enceand for adding so much to the
pleasure of the day.
About 150 people went from
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excursion to the Sam Jones meet- j
ing at Brownwood. It was about
three o'clock Monday morning
when they got home. Granbury
News.
Daniel Baker Commencement.
The commencement exercises of
Daniel Baker college last week
drew large audiences. In addition
to the features noticed last week
on Wednesday commencement
day the representatives of the
various classes delivered orations
that were highly commended by
all present. The annual address
of Yale Hicks of San Antonio
was a political resume which
showed careful investigation of the
diplomas viz. Misses Irene Hepse
'
land Ussa Cngin Smith and May
Jenkins. Miss Maidee Campbell
of Albany received highest honors
qf her class and wais awarded the
medsil
Wednesday night a large audi
ence listened to the rendition of
the "Princess" by the young la-
dies' society and it was highly en-
joyed. Thursday night the pri-
mary department in charge of Mrs.
Cleveland and the art department
under iirwtion of Miss Dry gave
an entertainment and reception
and the students very regretfully
said their good-bye." for the year.
President McClelland is already at
work revising his faculty for aext
year and will soon enter the field
in an active educational campaign
for the summer. He is very much
encouraged at the prospect for .the
session of 1894-95.
Texas now unquestionably has a
a LONG time ago and they
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Howard Payne Commencement.
The commencement exerciser of
Howard Payne college began Sat-
urday night with a musicale: anl
art entertainment. Both were first
class in every way. The pictures
that decorated the walls were all
this year's work done by theim-m-bers
of Miss Minnie Smith's nit
class. And they were indeed nice
specimens of the art of arts. Mi.-s
Vida Yantis was awarded tbenu'd-
al for the best collection of pictures
painted by her own hand and her
' collection was indeed worth dhiil-
ed mention. Several others were
music de-
partment MissLola Yanti
Si was.
awarded the medal for the most
rapid progress. Thiswas quite an-
honor for Mrs. Jones has anvun-
usually Jarge class of very brichlK
music pupils as wasahown by the
character of the entertainment.
The cantata "The Trial by Jury"
in which the class was assisted by
Mr. Paddock and Miss Martin was
especially well rendered and invit-
ed th applause with which it was
received.
Sunday morning Dr. Robnett
preached the commencement ser-
mon taking as. his text "Ministerial:
Education" and he handled his
theme in the most masterly man-
ner. Monday evening the program be-
gan with an oratorical and declam-
atory contest for the Goodwin and
the Ramey medals. The contest-
ants for the first were Messrs. Geo.
A. Smith and J. A. Jett Mr.
Smith capturing the medal. W. I.
Stone and Henry Mullins entered
the declamatory contest Mr. Stone
coming out winner. Both contests
were close. Then came the oper-
atta "Little Red Riding Hood"with
& large cast of characters and it
was one of the most taking feature
of the commencement.
Rev. J. Morgan Wells of Fort
Worth delivered the literary ad-
dress Tuesday evening. Few men
possess the ability shown by Dr.
Wells in entertaining and interest-
ing an audience and his address
was very favorably discussed by
our people.
Last night closed the year with
the joint entertainment of the lit-
erary societies athletic contest and
the students farewell party. To
the students this waa a gad yet a
pleasant evening for there were
many partings of college chums.
Some go out into life others will
return next year distance will sep-
arate college friesde but time will
not efface the uieaaeriea of this
year spent in Howard pajne col-
lege. 3 lLlT
Two Reasons
FOR SMILING. 1
IT HAS RAINED
And his wife doesn't have to
buy any KNIVES and FORKS
or SPOONS during the hard times
because she bought hers from
& -frord
are just as good as NEW.
GUARANTEED GET THEMSaT
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Mayes, Will H. Brownwood Bulletin. (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1894, newspaper, May 31, 1894; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth343458/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.