Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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and ice Market,
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OYSTERS ALWAYS KEP-T IN THEIR SEASON.
Deering Bunders and Mowers with Roller—
<in<i Hall Bearings?
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Fprt ^Warren, *of ignorance to ask what the
worthy lieutenant intends to do .King-Gnorgc," he is reported
- Haute ipomt Gbronicte. X^’p^esirved^aiid pu.tSa
JSPEARS.jTgiLMORE, Props
'a C« c GILMORE, Publisher.
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- THE ftlGPOSKD A MENEJ1EXTS.
’The* present legislat/ire has
passed.thrccTjoint resolutions for
’proposed amendments to the
j constitution to be x-rrted on
t? ' , the fii-gt Tuesday in August, this
yeaf. Gov, Culberson has issued
his proclamation accordingly for
i— said cl-ectiptr
The first proposed amendment
is tb article $ of the constitution
by adding section 20. This sec-
tion provides that in adition to
’ ;; the preoeHtvpowers of -taxation
the citizens of several of the
western coimtie’, among^ them
Montague, Wise,- Parker, Hood
---- ----( powcr
form irrigation companies and
issue and sei I bondstor the pur-
pose of constructing a.ird-opera-
ting irrigating canals, sufficient
taxas to be^cvied. and paid the
state topayjntersst and crcatt*lt 1 Georgi^-58^ Louistma 51; K?n-
-sinking fund. The- resolution'ftuckey 3!); Tennessee 34; Virginia
provides in detail f«, the opera- ^oritia 30; North Carohna
1 . . r Indian—-Icrritory 12; West
. - Vi i g i nia 1-1; <lk lahoma 6 Alary-
ian^l 6; JtfefW. Mexico 3; Illinois
2; Montan’iIndiana 1; District
Mr. Green as” a matter of-last re-
sort towards his, controlling the
publie- patronage. Meantime
there are a. large number of Re-
publicans on the anxious seat in
Grand old Texas. * ‘ <
There is a gr,eat lesson in pa-*
triotism and devotion to native
country told in a simple local sto-
ry- intSc Sunday- Dallas "Ne wk oF
a Dallas^Greek fruit and candy
vendor. The" story goes that tljis
sorTd-T Greece xvas Trappy xvhtn
his cotintry was victorious in the
first few battles of the war Iput
Tvhdii t1rt! ‘tide-turned -tmd-Trudmy-
was in the. lead he was sadz Then
(yeece 'issued a. -Call foi- every
able-bodied Greek throughout
the - world to rally, to the
flag afld.tilis Son with seven oth-
ers left to offer himself on his
]-.. Lee .in.il cmH’try’s alter. ’ [here are
more as a million, or Greeks whq
go therd now to fight. They, go
from the wpVld all ov^r, from
Egypt; ffohi Turkey, from Italy,
France and all cduntries those
We givq our ,
our families Xo’
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Miss
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Alamo and: w-ill be paid for by
public subscription raised ;among
the people of Texas.
Help albng'tht yourtg men and
women starting out ii life. The
pathway at, best is a rugged .One
iauluxcasl xuxua xziviaaivn <x*» ant^- many .yiluhg people With .^2
West Texas Division 55? 'South-1 afove, the average ability and. a
fajr-'ChanceMor success have fal-
len by the Wayside bccapse'of lack
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South Side Druggist, Wills Point, Texas,
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Pure Drugs, Medicines, School Books,
bf cncouragetlie nt; - J-iptd words —
- jl and a helping hand now and then
are vc’ry little trouble and ofLtfir
do lots of good by; way of encour-
agement so, donit ■ be sparing-of.»a
them-. .
- ^-Opponents to true Democracy-
were very wtathy because'' Bryan
made some money by- lecturing.
This shows p re j ud i cc...--Eve ry
sane man knows it*is right and
proper for one to accumulate al+j,
tire wealth hel,can -ilrhe does it
honestly. Bryan is not sb niercc-
■ ifary- as his gold bug_cr.itics. "He
shows this by giving one-half the.
royalty received from his book’to
the* cause he go warmly espoifses.
between | and for w hich he has made such
a gallant fight. —Sherman Courier.
The Green Republicans have < <
'manufactured a seheme, and had
it approvecFby Bossrilanna by_-
which the. public patronage in
Texas is* to be destributed.
ICTs tliTs* way: [They, propose
that in each congressional chstrigt
in the state~wherc there was a re-
publican candidate for congress
that candidate sjiall control the .
distribution and in districts Where
there were no candidates the" lo-
cal Republican organization sc-'
I Than we ever car- < .. 'LjJ
I ried before.
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a Which we will sell ajs low as the lowest.
1 THOMPSON MMEL
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Howiast the present genera**
tion is*Ifiavifig the otd I jndmarkst
A few years ago when a ma^_ de-
sired to.part from the truth and
test his ability as a liar he chose
for his subject the innocent and
;. now the Jish
racket doesn't go since it fails to
furnish sufficiiyit latitude and the
air ship is substituted. Great is
the ingenuity of 'than!
Jupoe. W. H. Bkcokek, one of.
the Texas commissioners to the
Tennessee centdhnial, writes tp
Gen. W. R; Hamby of“Jpistin
that he is now * in Nashville and
has let the contract for the -ercc-
tion.of-a Texas built' g on the
centennial grounds. . he build-
-tag-will ly a-~rcpfadHCtlan nf tjie Z27
witfi- the • aforesaid, pble^-if he' saying; Could.there be a bright^-
. example of patriotism.than»tliis?
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MlsBthiO
i ' ’ -Carries a complete line t>f
> Bed Room hts, Bedsteads of all-kiiis, DresseiTaiii Bareaas -
' Cta, Tables, Safes, FeMintLoaves, C®, Etc.
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The goods (U'e all new and prices to s^tit the
. times. H,cre are afeiv samples....... _
Bed Room Suits, ..... S’O.obi up' .Bureaus from $5 tip
' Bedsteads . 1.50 up Nice Dining Chairs f j.co a set
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Gocd.s Sold. 4 on. ^notnllmont-
yVhcjn in need of furniturc.of any kind don't fail , to call on ■ ,
me beforejhuying for I will treat you right ?,.. ..
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—tion of the law. _• .
The second amendment , pro-
sLf.’-posedD an anjendnrent to sec- , , .
___tion 5, ofticle 11, giving tl 1 e °f Colu 1 iibia 1; California 1.
right, wlMdr-rs now prohibited j,jE
- by law, to countiescitics or other i wav*d up th|S way yet
. municipal corporations, in ccr:j,, * —.--------——r-—
»• tain counties in western Texas to | C>UT-s!i).E of the Christian view
' -sell bonds and invest the proceeds f>f li[f the true object of man s
in the construction of railways existence remains an unsettled
into or across any.of the de.'-ijpiat- problem.
ed ebuntics. , ’ ' ' ' Fi i z and Corbett are doubtless
The two first amendments^ pro-1 glad of the troublc (
posed, apply only to particular Grcece and Turkey as it givAl
sections - of the starte but the., f)lejn a chance tp rest their jaws,
third one is general in its -effect. ‘ -------—
It'is afi amendment to article Tl.i DtXGLEY s tariif bill is intend-
which provides fogT/thd invest--ed tb ynricjfr8 the already rich
’ men? of The' -‘perm.mcnt' school' mahuTacfu£rs>t the expense dT
.. fund in.' county bonds i^ued, the consumers. Ihis is the Re-
for the purpose of erecting jails, publican idea.
^-^^jrtEbiLses, etc^ by addingsee-j TarR~rftu|(i,|t,
-on- - her 1
tion 11. I he i.esoij.ition 1CCKC-:-. p'rup Palace for this vear and we'
. the, fact'that bond^t approximat-• Jj|.ust that suc^.ejs wH1
crown its
'ing three million -dollars, have! cfforts *TcxaS- fn,it industry
ics: 1 been purchased under the- pro-l eannot rcceivc tQ much cncour.
visions of the existing law ami ,rclncnt
that some of th'cm have- not the, ” . ——-------- •
clause requiring th.e assessment ’.'IWiiat is life to the nTtin'or wo-'
and collection of a sinking fund man wh^Jives it through, without
and the proposed amendment is i some purpose or aitu.? To think
to validate such bonds and thus that one should devote a lifetime
secure the school fund, should ; to self and the few immediate
the coilntics Jailing tw comply i members of one's
ftjSui the Trequ 1 ecments nt . 1 aw
claim their bonds illegal aud re-
ftis/e’nrpay. 1’This,* hire the other
. twotwill doubtless carry. They trbduced.a b-11 in Congress _...
all seem to be for the best inter- i t'"!? official salaries. 33yi per cent.
* est*bf Tdxas. ‘ .
OC)'iF El) L HAIJ'j VETEIIA XS.
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i n ■ jii ^uT *. miri TLiie ■<? t eartH. , Ail
kipu dI h i;,'liK-kiiig iD.tci-jincr, , oiiand twine. • • -
!;;ic line oi ‘Buggies and wagons.
the
cam-*
I paign but the Republicans have
id . the tariff. They must have th1»
■ support of the rich manufaotuers
■ea-t-rst-i-myfr -• -n-l -wli a44l(e-UJr.tJ1e-p1iupL.jX.
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I ' ini' . I ii fi.ii "iiiay-*
I The Daughters o"f the Confed-,
I Uill il.t win liwv^v,. mv.n'
.j Unveiling services to-day. '1 he
. I*-'Jefferson IJJvis. Albert Sidney
'' tion and of disabled, de adute u.r Robert F T '”'7T
aged Veterans ' and ■ the widbws ,
. and orphans,of our fallen broth- ‘7
; ets in arms; ^con-suit'a.5 To the 1 ; said’.that LieutenatfF
feasibility ortho formation of a . ' . . * v
V. Benevolent Aid asSociar T•caryt? preparing to malce an-
z wjSfion; the c«j;$\pf the graves of our1 other search for the north ,.polc.
t Gettysburg'.
inc M r 11*1 <
iaFwood -at- Qucagop
pints,'to see that they- are finds if?—Greenvilli Messenger.
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and complete lists of the names
of our dead heroes -A ith the loca-
tion of their last resting places
furnished tb their friers and_rel-
atives through tire medium of our
camps, thus rescuing their names, unobstrusive fish;
froqi oblivion and- handing them
down in history;’ the considera-
tion of the different Movements,
pjans and means to erect a mon*
ument -to^he memory of Jefferson
Davis, President of the Confeder-
ate-States of AancxjcJrjaJsb tP as-
-sist in the..pVomotK)U....and com-
pletion of the proposed “Battle
Abbey”; to vote upo^r the* pro-
posed change of the name of the
Association from ^U. C. V., to C.
S: A.;,and to change the" -present
badge or button (Which is not pat-
entable for the new one proposed
=—and' -to make such
changes in the constitution an
by-laws as experience. mayTlug-
gest, and other tnattprs of mate-
rial interest.
Total number of Camps now
admitted■'900, with applications
in for about one hundred and fifty
more; Eollowing is number' of
Camps by States;
„ . N ortheast Texas -Di vissiqn 8L
west Texas Division 33; South-
east Texas --Division 31;
;Nbrthwest—-Texa* Division 17;
Tot^l Texas 217; Alabama 89;
SoutSj Carolina -si; Missouri'>7*,
•Mis-j^figipni 63; Arkansas o9;
-sinking fund. The- resolution."ftuckey 39; Tennessee 34; Virginia
. • . . - ’>,.4. h'lnrizH .“.(I* North CrirtAlitla
-otMvhat4^er cort-t^th
l*r.^dr...-
ful consideration- during JI he ses-1
cSlon of the Seventh Amipui Lon- I era t ‘Dal(iU wiU have their
.vention jjt Nashville, Fenn.— ! T7. ,
a« the best methods df se-’-
enlisteach.Staie in the,, compil
aged Veterans ’ and the wiifdw
ets in arms; to consult :;•> to the
V. Benevolent Aid asSociar
i^fion; -L... \ I
vknotvn and unknown, dead bifried 1 Would it be too great
Gettysburg. ’
Cjiibp^Morton, Chase, Douglas,
Joiinson'sjlsland, Cairo, and all
:'s family is' repul- this and it seeaislo be a nlah af
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CoXGRKSSMAK LAXHAJL ._h.aS . jjn-
,tWot will doubtless carry. • They .tr.oduccdia ly 1.1 in Congress cut-
'll this' bill could pass it would
) give muvh'of the- needed relief.
j Our official salaries as a ruk: are
-- •- ■ a ; too high.
circularletter sent out by George ; r. 11 ■■■ —
Moorman, adjutant general and The financj^lrqucstion .was
chief Pf-staff, United Confederate,,battle cry during' the last 1
Vctcra'ns*New Orleans, rcjmriT'.
* ing thF~nFecHng it’ fortheir-pet thrtye
Tenn., on June 22nd, 23rd an
- driijj. ' ■
—......... B tl of "ft v.* grcai c si i my ui ■
tance to the Survivors of -the I
. Southern Army will demandcare- ;
during jh'e ses-} ~
.sion of the Seventh AnnAil Con-!
Nashville, Tenn.— !
. such a« luv mvov .-.v-i ,
" curing impartial, history, and to'monument is built in honor of
, Robert
“Stdnc wall” Jackson.-
IT isx said that
ijlcary-ts preparing
•nflwr for th
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Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1897, newspaper, April 29, 1897; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1302538/m1/4/: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.