Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-04
DALLAS.
The First Baptist Church Asks DR..
Hanks TO Withdraw His Resignation.
The Heavy Rain of Sunday Did Great Damage
in the-Heart of the City-Many Ineip-
- lent Damage Suits.
DIR. HANKS RESIGNATION REFUSED.


| Special to the Gazette;
/ DALLAS, TEX. July Notwithstanding
ing the heavy rain yesterday morning,
the First Baptist church was filed. In
fact, it seemed that the Baptists were
not to be held back by the. water. Rev.
DR.. Hanks preached an-eloqueht sermon,
! after which the church was called to-
| gether to consider the resignation of the
| pastor, which was rendered last Sunday
The following resolutions were offered
by J. L. Williams:
Whereas, the pastor of this church,
Rev. Robert Taylor Hanks. did or last
Sunday tender in proper written com
municatioR his resignation as pastor Of
this church faction by the church having
been deferred until this day and
Whereas, the only reason assigned by
the terms of the resignation, and only
reason known to this church WHY it
should accept said resignation, exists in
the fact that some of the people not
members of this church and a few of the
members Of the church have been mis-
led and deceived by the false and I'M
founded ISLANDERS heretofore circulated
and still being circulated by former
members Of this church, with the view
and avowed purpose of breaking down
the character of our pastor and thereby
forcing his resignation, and
Whereas, said ISLANDERS, every one,
have been thoroughly and rigidly inves-
tigated by many of us and by such found
to be unfounded, false and malicious.
and by all believed to be false. and
therefore not believed 10 be an adequate
cause for resignation; and,
Whereas we have and maintain for
our said pastor the highest regard for his
efficient services and eminent ability,
and the most unfaltering confidence in
the purity of his character, and OF his
perfect conservation to his holy calling;
therefore be it
Resolved, l.. That this church in con-
Ference for tlEs special purpose now re-
QUEST our brother pastor to withdraw his
rendered resignation and continue his
services with us as heretofore,
2: That we have great respect for the
good opinion of the people generally,
but feel that we cannot SACRIFICE our pas
tor and our own sense of right to meet
the notions of those, who may have
prejudice against him, not from facts.
but from baseless rumors that have been
wantonly circulated by his designing
enemies
On motion of C. H. Briggs the resoIu-
tions were adopted without dissenting
voice.
The pastor was too much moved by
such splendid Endorsement to speak.
He simply said that on the secoud ,Sun-
day in July he would preach on the SUBJ
ject of the resignation.
THE RECORD AND 4 SEWER BROKEN.
The Coolest inhabitant'' comes forth
with the statement that the ram which
fell in Dallas at 10 'clock Sunday morn
ing was the hardest in the history of tbs
city. For forty minutes the water caniS
down in sheets, and Main, Elm and Mar
tin streets looked like mill races. At
1920 the four-fOOt sewer on Sycamore
street, between Pacific avenue and Elm
bursted, and the water boiled out like
geyser. In ten minutes more the streets
ran like rivers, overlooking sidewalks
and inundating a dozen or two stores,
besides filling every cellar in the flood >
course. The waters ragged down Elm and
turned into Martin. In some places the
sidewalks were three feet under
the water, and goods boxes, beer
kegs, huge boulders from the
broken sewer, bOis d 'arc pavement
blocks came down the current swiftly
and landed beyond Commerce street. At
times the current was so strong that
DuSSISS uiGGHGu 10 JN6 Sidewalk were
lifted and dashed about, and some in
stances there were where the horses
could not keep on their feet and were
thrown down. In this way several bug
gies were shattered. 1t was a yeritable
Johnstown flood in miniature The
damage TO stock IN inundated stores ap-
proXimates ten thousand dollars In
Thompson 8 big grocery establishment
on Elm street the water rushed through
about four feet deep, doing large dam
age to his stock. There are many ineipI-
ent damage suits against the city for not
providing proper drainage, and the cuss-
ing is voluminous and earnest
MINOR MATTERS.
There will be a trade and labor parade
and picnic on July 4.
There were some heavy realty deals
Ben COffman sold the three
story brick on Main street occupied by
y. II: Edwards to-,J .lE. Henderson for
SO 600. Jot Gunter sold a lot on Main
street, sixty-five feet front, to Ben Coff-
man for $40, 900, The city sold its
seventy -f17e-foot lot, adjoining the city
hall, for S62 800. C. H. Huyelle sold
ot on Nam street, 25x1GO, for SIS 900
cash
The manufacturers are making great
preparations for the low freight rate
on the Sth
The real estate transfers for June
reached the enormous sum Of 81 1872 900.
Capt. Louis J Workman of San An
.onio, one OF the managers of the San
Antonio international fair, was IN the
,ity to-day
To-day the $500, 200 per cent forty
rear street improvement bonds OF the
,ity Of Dallas were sold at auction,
81 .05, or a premium Of $40 ,OD
m the issue. The bidders were ST. Louis.
Kansas City, Chicago and Dallas parties.
The highest bidder was the Security
mortgage and trust company of Dallas
md Fort Worth. This is the first Sme
hat any Texas city bonds have ever sold
It a premium