The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-04-12

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Staff Correspondence.
Somewhere In West Texas, April
Z, 1919.-After an all day ride on a
slow train through Texas, arrived
at Abilene, the capital of Tyler Coun-
ty, at 7:45 D. M, having left Dallas
just IL hours before. The distance
is, to be exact, 1872 miles. With me
were Rev. DR.. Hamlet Of Jackson,
Tenn, and Rev. Y. p. Thornton. a
resident Baptist pastor at Abilene.
Rev. r. G. Mask, Dallas, Express
Reporter, Harper, his father, Silas
Bell, Esq. Rev. Chance" and others
composed the reception committee
which met us at the depot. We went
Immediately to the hospitable home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Bell and a
mighty few minutes thereafter, we
were feasting on the mama, SO re-
preventative Of the hospitality Of
Abilene, the Queen of the Prairies.
Abilene is one Of the most substan-
tial cities between TT. Worth and El
Paso, having a population in 1910 OF
9,204 persons which had increased
to 1892 in 1915. According to the
same ratio, 1t now has population
Of approximately 1900 souls today.
The Colored population amounts
TO some 1000 souls. The berg has
street cars, electric lights and natur-
al gas. The business district is paw
ed, and the town is traversed by
The T. & P. and Abilene Southern
Railroads. Considerable manufactur-
ing is done, but the backbone Of the
country is wheat and cotton farm
ing and cattle raising. The white
and Colored population live peacebly.
Among the Colored population |
found the following signs OF material
progress. Jno. Allen, grocer; Joe
Davis. hotel and barbershop; r. d.
Anderson, barbershop; Herbert Moore
cafe; Mrs. Castle, cafe; Matt Lee,
cafe; Miss Lucille Larue, hair dres-
ser; Miss Lillian Wilson, hair cul-
turist; Mrs. f. p. Thornton, hair
culturist; Odd Fellow hall. Mr..
Powers, shoe repairer and machinist;
Ed Maberry, mechanic (automobile) :
Silas Bell, shine parlor; Henry Cum
by, cotton classer. Mrs. Maybell
Mayberry conducts musical studio,
which proportionate to population
is largely attended. Henry Harper
successfully operates woodward.
Aside from the above, there is
one school Of which Prof. l.. D.
Glover is the principal and Miss
Juanita Merrell is the assistant. Prof.
Glover has held this post for six
teen years and the people are not
tired.
The churches are st. Paul NJ. E..
Rev. c. III. Hamilton, p. c.; Bethel
A. M. e. church, Rev. A. l.. Taylor.
P. c.; Antioch G. NJ. e. church, Rev.
r. C. Mass, p. c.; Mt. Zion Baptist
church no pastor; Macedonia Bap-
| fist, the largest in the city, Rev. F..
P, Thornton, B. D., pastor.
Threefourths of the Colored people
own the houses in which they live
The greatest activity is religious,
and while there is some question as
to the Christianity of some of the
people, almost the entire Colored
population belong to some church.
Macedonia Baptist church Of which
Rev. +. P. Thornton is pastor, has
raised in the last so days $533.S5.
Club No. 1, raising $145.S0 and Club
No. 2, $1S1.S5. They were thanking
friends for assistance Just as ! hit
the town.
Antioch c. NJ. e. church, Rev. R.
G. Mask, pastor closed his rally yes
terday raising something over $780,
The church was divided into the
following clubs and raised amounts
following their respective names:
Earth Sweepers. Mrs. Gertrude Bus
sell, leader, $151.35; Submarine club,
Henry L. Harper, leader. $90.27 Sky
scrapers, Mrs. Maggie Harper, leader,
$170.06; Over The Top club, Mrs.
Matte L. Sims, leader. $4,000. The
Sunday school raised 1894; making
a grind total Of s632.12. Every mem
Der in the church was at work and
came mighty near working everybody
in the town. Dr.. A. ]. Hamlet,
preached two wonderful sermons and
easily sustained his great reputa-
ton for pulpit oratory. DR.. Hamlet
made the old timer scratch his head,
and to the man who never learns
anything be gave a new idea. The
great congregation gave him a gem
erous and genuine amen. One man
who followed him in prayer. closed
his own prayer as follows: Lord,
when this old world can't ford me
a home no longer, When come to
the chilly stream Of the Jordan, when
the big bell Ia heaven tones save
me-
Macedonia Baptist church viii be-
gin a revival Wednesday night, Grd
pastor Thornton has sent satan word
to leave town. To his representa-
| tives he has given orders to hide,
warning them that when he starts,
tat 'all who ain'l hid, can't hide
over. All the gospel war imple-
ments are to be used In the engase-
mcnl- both heavy runs. small arms,
gas Nnd hand grenades. The soldiers
have taken a solemn paeh to con-
Ques' or fall dead in the front line
trenches Of the enemy.
April Sth- Tuesday.
| After my speech last night at the