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TWELVE PAGES.
Caldwell News-Chronicle.
OUR AIM 18 THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE FARMERS AND WORKING PEOPLE OF BURLESON COUNTY.
VOL* XX.
CALDWELL, BURLESON COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1900.
NO. 49.
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YELLOW PKAlRIt.
CmriksmaN. Tex., May 1
ktuto* nkwh-i'iihonu i.k:
Brother W. Wool ton preached
DEANVILLE.
l>i xnvii.i.i:. Texan, May 2.
kimtoh niíw m'mko.vici.k:
The country about Deanville
here Sunday, though we learn han fared better than most
his congregation was, small. places and if the people will get
Messrs. Harnett and Nclmsof \ - work, not in a rush, but with
Caldwell bought of Dr. Neely steady good will, things will
three thousand pound * of pork turn out right vet.
and twenty-three head of goats Ouite a mistake was made last
Monday. Saturday, by a few of the citi-
The organ and machine agents ,.ens wlio «->1 together and held
are abroad in the land. . i i 111 <• -,:hool meeting all l v
Working the road*, hunting themselves. Of course, the peo-
and fishing are about . 1 the,«ilt« will not abide by their pro-
farmers can do. eeedings as they were illegal.
The irish jnitato crop is matt- The community school meetings
rially injured on a count t f the
rain .
C. R. Holt purchased a fine
organ for his daughters one dav
last week.
for tht
hi, tw.1
!« ttton i•! trust, cs will
e new in June, and 1 have b- en
requested state that there is
t ine enough to proceed in a
SOMERVILLE.
Somkkvii.uk, Texas, May 1.
Editor Nkvvs-Chhonici.k:
Messrs. Croker, Hardis and
Smith from Maryland were in
| the city this week.
j Henry Hodges of Tunis was
in town today.
The citizens of Somerville are
verv indignant at our county of-
ficials. They have permitted
the railroad officials to fence up
the county road leading out
south and all traffic in that di-
rection is literally stopped, en-
tailing damage to the citizens in
amounts untold.
Miss Nora Lackey of Cald-
well has a music class at this
j place.
A. 10. Smith, head clerk at the
tie plant, lust one of his little
¡children last week, caused from
sore throat.
I
i Somerville is very badly and
land sadlv in need of a cemetery.
At present the dead are placed
¡wherever fancy dictates and
; charity will allow. Friends, we
J. M. Fagan has just returned from St. Louis, where he at-
tended the first clearance sale of summer dry goods of the coIob-
sal wholesale houses. Western and southern retailers for the past
two years induced by the cry of prosperity and higher prices to
come, have over-bought themselves and have no room for bar-
gains at any price just now. Pagan's store is not quite "the whole
thing," but it was "so easy" to secure the greatest of Bargains
seen in Caldwell since the boom in prices that it makes one be-
lieve the "e is luck in leisure. If you wish to buv Shirt Waists,
Top Skirts, f'nderskirts, Parasols, Fans, Dress* (roods, White
(ioods, Millinery, Shoes and Clothing, cai! at FAGAN'S.
O. 1*. Storm of ('aidwell was
here and attended
ice Sunday.
iiurch sen
hould locate a home for our
Mnmon sen-..-, tmrarttai way to . , , .
' . dead. t ivib/ation is judged by
the -cluvl patrons ¡i/, to , .
1 the m.inner in winch a people
have a voice in the election, else . , , , ,
takes care ot its th ad.
the children <>i eleven families . . , , .. ..
v. . , ... . Last week John King, living
Dr. Neelv has been quite il¡ «ill be transferred. Lverv step , .
, i , , . , , , , , at the quarrv, was caught on
for several day- and is still con- taken for the public good should . , . ; . .
... the railroad track bv
• l>e tilst and law ful. . . ..
ana badly cut to pieces
' >0 Friday last the graveyard '
fined to his bed.
VOIMV.
the fiver
MJ
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Volihv, T
kditu* nm*'hciimt* '! •
Plenty of rain again, i ic. ks
and branches have been up. 1
suppose it will be several davs
before farmers an plow.
Miss Carrie Farr returned to
i her home a; Lyons Sundstv.
Her school at < ak Hill ' >s< <1
last Thursday.
The annual cem *t.---v work-ng
at Providence church will be on
the fifth of this month.
Bud Dunn of the Indi.ui Ter-
ritory is m the community buy-
ing cattle.
I learn that Nathaniel Creen,
¡Jr., intends to leave -->n for the
Indian Territory.
I\ \VM< I .
f'our and six-inch rains are
working proved a failure, as it ífCtl¡ng io as common with us
rained such a flood. The faini-jnow as sunshine.
lies of Messrs. May field and Potatoes and other vegetables
Lrevvcr from t aldwell were on | a,.l. rotting in the ground.
hand and ! learnc
ind 1 learned that they
sought shelter with relatives
aii.l trien.!>• an.i put in the time
pleasantly till Sunday evening
visiting. Yesterday was a beau-
tiful sunny dav, and quite a
large crowd of men, but only
a lew ladies, met and did the
w"t'!v thev eNpected te llave done
Friday. Whenever needed, the
kev to the graveyard gate will
be found at the store ill Mr.
Donath's :harge.
Many new houses are now in
process of erection and among
them is .. new store building be-
ing bnilt bv Mr. May field of
Lyons.
The Somerville branch has
been lied up for nearly a week
on account of high water and
washouts along its line.
The colored people of Somer-
ville are making grand prepara-
tions for a barbecue celebration
on the Nineteenth of June, to be
' hai d and \ erna Mayfield held at Brantley beautiful park
aie a* h"ine now, having re- near silver side lake on the
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turned from the Lyons school. Yegua.
Mrs. Lillian Michel nl Marble. Wm. McCorquodale of Clay
l aws has Keen visiting her pa- %vas jn tjK. s ¡lv 1¡,¡S morning,
rents lute tlie past two weeks. Several citizens of Somerville
l\ev. J. M. ( i u tell tie id came an<[ ¿v j n • t % expect to meet the
upSatuidav and preached twice l(,|nmissioners* court in Cald-
but the appointment was not W0n ol1 Monday, the 14th. with
ast Thursday and returned to ^r, nerallv known, and we trust
is home Saturday. ¡)(. will find a larger congrega-
Our school dosed a-t I ndav j)on )(l meet him the next time
he comes. Ki 11 ah.
Kwvv
[kimton nkvv s-il h
C. M. Porter
I.
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«I hi
).
sc hoo
nd tht picnic that was t. be
iven at the Arnett lake bv the
ool was rained to death.
A move is being made here to
ture a shool distri t.
A large crowd attended the
eeting of the literary society ,
. , patine the pleasure o a picnic
An inter- 1 ' 1
for "Saturday last, but owing
(00KIS IH)IM.
I '< M >K I s I 'ol \ I . Tex.I Is. Ma V 2.
i-lnitok NlvWS I'llKiiNIt I.I
The young people were antici-
petilions for opening up streets
and toads in thi> section of the
country, and it is t.o be hoped
thev will not turn a deaf ear to
their appeals. Ik i .
last Si-turd,IV night
esting program, consisting of
lusic, recitations, reading and
debate, was < arried out.
'F i vi.
TUNIS.
Ti sis. Texas. Ma v t ■
ilMTOM NkwM'IINONIi I.I
Mrs. Alfred (Joodwin has been
>n the sick list for some few j
ty i past, but is now out again.
Mrs, Sutton left Sunday fori
L!ookcs Point to visit her mother,
to
the inclemeniv of the weather
it was postponed indefinitely.
h'evs. \V. I.. James and C. L.
Spradlev were in the community
last week.
Services will be held at the
Baptist church every second and
third Sunday in each month for
a while,
Preaching at the Methodist
church next Sunday.
As near as I can find out the
cotton acreage will be about the
rs. Young, who is slowly con-1 e as |nsl vea|% and almUt (ivü
alescing after a long serious ( ccnt jncrcasc ¡n lho corn
| crop. I sis.
A colored woman by the name 1
M Annie Lewi , wife of Wash
#ewis, propped dead at her I
|omc in \tlie bottom, no doubt
>m keirl disease. Tycoon. |
Th'' "f.ittle Minister" In tlV IiíikUuk.
Shin r. A' 11111 iic< >v k.
Subscribe for the XKWS-CnKoNitl.it.
White Man's tnion Mass Meetinq.
We are informed that there
will be an immense mass meet-
ing at the court house next
Monday night for the purpose
of discussing the pros and cons
of organizing a white man's un-
ion to do away with the rule of
bribery and corruption.
F,very white man in the county
is very earnestly urged to at-
tend.
PERCHl-RON HORSli.
I will stain! tin statli.hi. I'ltJI-regi -
teretl Perdieron. Hiis sea*.hi at Cald-
well every Saturday and at my home
near Cooke* I *• > i 111 during the week.
Term*, $h insurance, 1). J. Howies.
Istra* Notice.
Kstrayed. I>v T. J. Nevvcomb, com-
mi.HHionei precinct No. 1, Hurles.m
county, April M. 1W0, one ronu mure,
Mor ' years old. JA or 14 hand* lii>fli.
liranded I'o on rivfht Hlionlder.
John McCowkn,
Couiity Clerk Uurlciioii Co., Tex.
PLAN FOR ORGANIZATION.
Mr. Hunt Replies to « White Citizen and
Outlines a Plan lor urganizing a
White Man's Union.
C vi.livvKi.i., Texas, May 1.
To A White Citizen:
While it was and is my desire
to work as a private in the ranks
¡ 4
j with the forces now being mar-
j shaled fo drive into the back-
ground the political excrecenses,
1 who for years have bartered the
isacrcd right of franchise for a
few paltry dollars, still I do not
, wish to place myself in an atti-
! tude that would make me seem
to wish to shirk any responsi-
bility connected with the effort
to make it one of the highest
honors, as it should be, to hold
an office in Burleson county; and
for this reason, while I would
have preferred to hear from
; some one else on this line, in
compliance with your request in
the last issue of this paper I
jgive you my views as to what,
in my humble judgment, the
I white people of Burleson county
should do.
On account of the unprece-
dented floods it will be as late,
at least, as the first of June be-
! fore the people will have time to
'give a thought to anything but
1 their crops. After that time I
would suggest that the while
people, in each and .'very com-
munity w here there are as many
as a do/en white voters, meet
j and organize "good govern-
! ment" club. A:"'.er the county
has been organized in this way,
I would suggest that a mass
meeting of the different clubs be
called to meet at the courthouse
in Caldwell, not for the purpose
of nominating candidates, but
for the jnirpo.se of agreeing on
a day for a primary election all
over the county, at which all
white men should be permitted
to vote who had taken a pledge
to support the candidate receiv-
jing the largest number of such
votes, Bv this plan every man
would get tile benefit of the full
strength of his yote and besides
¡ there would be no opportunity
for cliques and rings to be or-
jganized. which so often defeat
the will of the people.
I would further suggest that
'after we have nominated candi-
'dates in this way a circular be
be issued, addressed to the col-
ored people, setting forth ill full
jour reasons for having organized
and asking them to co-operate
1 with us in electing those whom
we have selected. 1 cannot help
i but feel that when they under-
stand that the niouenient was
not born in hate for them and
prejudice against them, a major-
ity of them will join with us
heart and soul.
However, should it turn out
that they are so much under the
influence of the vicious and the
venal that they would prefer to
vote for some scalawag whom
the white people have spewed
out of their mouths rather than
to vote for a white gentleman
whom they had endorsed, then 1
wovld be in favor of leaving
them perfectly free to do so.
Yours truly,
Bkn B. Ht'N I .
SUBMIT IT TO THE PEOPLE.
A Plan by Which the White People of Um
County May C«preu Their Wishes as to
Organizing a White Man's Union.
C'amjwku.. Texas. May ¡I.
Kditok New*.i hiiomci.i'
I see in your paper that considera-
ble has been aid in regard to the or-
ganization of a white man's party in
Burleson county for the purpose of
nominating a white man*! ticket for
county ofiicers, a: d I. therefore, pre-
. stttnc the question is before the people
for d¡sctiNsi<->t¡. With your permission
I shall, from a conservative and un-
! biased standpoint, endeavor to offer a
few suggestions pertaining to same.
The life of an organisation depends
on the truth it carries in i'.s principles.
When men. actuated hy pure and pa-
triotic motives, organize for the ac-
complishment of |fooii, basing their
organization on the principles of truth
and justice, such an organization wilt
i stand forever, because it is founded
on a rock, and will bear good fruit and
will prove a blessing to the people and
I the country. On the other hand, when
i men combine for doing evil, their or-
j gauization will soon cease to exist, for
theevil and wrong motives upon which
it is founded carry with them the ele-
ments of self-destruction, and thus in
established the saying: When thieves
fallout honest men get their dues."
Now. should the white people deter-
mine to organize a white man's party,
let them do from the promptings of
! pure motives, having for its purpose
the correction of political evils as they
now exist and the promotion of the
common welfare and best interests of
all the people.
In the consideration of this ques-
tion, it occurs to me that the lirst
thing to decide is. do the white people
want a white man's ticket for county
j otticcr ? Wile van answer that ques-
tion.' None tint the people. There-
fore. to strip and divest the movement
I of all appearance of selfishness and
sharp politic?, and give it correct
moral standing before the people, as
a measure worthy of their serious con-
' «¡deration. !e*. the question . do the
white people of Burleson cunty want
,i white man's primary election to
nominate a ticket for county officers?)
; be submitted to them for final settle-
ment. t'all .i ma>s meeting of the
people wind any citizen has a perfect
¡ri^ht to make the cull* anil tix a day
for holding an election, then let the
presiding officers of each election pre-
cinct in the county go t. their respec-
tive polling places on the day appoint-
ed and hold an election to determine
whether the jH'ople want a nomi-
nating primary election or not. l-'rint
, on the tickets the words: ' For a white
man's primary election to nominate
county ofiicers-." Against a white
man's primary election to nominate
county ofiicers,"
The people alone have . rigiual .nut
j competent jurisdiction to decide ques-
tions of this kind and they are thor-
oughly familiar with ti e situation in
Burleson county, and well prepared to
vote intelligently on the proposition,
, and if, in their judgment our local po-
litical conditions justify and make
: necessary the <rgauizati< f a white
j man's party, they will gladly avail
themselves oí sin h an opportunity ti
| say so, and if they do not want it they
will likewise say so. and the |iiestion
j will be sett led right, settled by the
people, the highest tribunal, from
which there is no appeal. So let the
election come, it is the cheapest, best
and most practii ill method <d obtain-
ing a full and honest expression front
the people on the question .it issue atul
will settle it permanently one way or
(the other John McCowkn.
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German, S. Houston. Caldwell News-Chronicle. (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1900, newspaper, May 4, 1900; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169286/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.