The Orange Daily Tribune. (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1903 Page: 1 of 4
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ORANGE, TEXAS. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 14, 1903.
VOLUME 2
NUMBER 42
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end and áim of most men'Sj
lives is to háivé boméiB;o{|their:
own. Not so hand if you'11'
lay by. your spare dollars with
us. Wonderful how mdhey K
grows according to our plan
of 4 per cent interest, semi-
annually compounded. If you,,
dont understand about it, ask
or write us.
The Orange National Bank.
An Open Reply to an Open
Letter from J. T. Stark, Secty.
Orange, Texas, May 14,
To J. T. Stark, Chairman:
.'You make-a* ver feeble effort to jus-
tify the attempt, to force a local option
81nce reading your open, létter I elect.fcm "tftiin'eajawly-^ftpr. the new
suppose you. are looking for" an open polftpx amendment, and in an off year
reply. when a large number of men had in-
In'the-beginning I must say I am a tentipnally and unintentionally failed
little surprised at your professed fa- to pay the tax, by the flimsy excuse
miifarlty with Anheuser liuseh. four.ijjju. a majority of ,.U)o "legal" voters
1 refereixie to him as "Old Unhi." 1b should govep'íí,. Great moral stand to
' *"" . ¡,0't it?
taking al
„ -— — -'djy,
ftálnly fraternal, and"1 (fin constrailed'; t#^ ikn't It ? Settle a mprfll'question
to ask If all your forn -i aré on a«j¿h by tailing all • poBsllvle; riifvantage.
'ftjtlmato terms with t}iis particular . Catfh your neighbor asleep/and
brand. I have often -hfárd that the shackle him and then justify the art
i Ér
•^~rt
etterito
J. T. Stark, Secretary
rankest prohibitionist ¡«'.the man who by
he should remain, awake.
lakes his drink alone rr^the, barn, but Klnd^yottf neighbor away from Jiome
I never tbought it of jtáu, John. and turn his cátjtíe'into .thé com, arid
You say there Is no danger about justify thp act by laying he'ihould
the revenues of the county. How do have remained 'at- home,
you answer the positive statement óf Tfcils is a'new code of morals that
your county officials that loca^optlon I hope the anti-prohibitionists will not
will so decrease the revenuefTof the leafn, even though they never become
! county that «crip can not be kept at as moral as their brother, the Pro.
par without a general Increase in tax- No, from no standpoint can It be
!«•? Do you think they are incompe- justified to take advantage of a man
tent officials, or are'they crazy, or to force bad lawB on him. arid although
hundreds óf Articles
About the honje. besides'
the home Itself.)(¡an tie
Beautified and Preserved
COSÍ of í,Uch a transformation Is simply
* tile < xiXTi>e of'-a tew cans of Enamels or
for outside wtM k. a few trallonfTof oür Keady
Mixed PalUt at fl.«« per gallon. (i
i W<; have a sp«clai paint for each special purpose dome and see
us and we will tell you all about |f.
°:Z"£ ...Gate City Drug Store,
what you see where a murder has
been committed within Its borders. ..
Intoxicating drink never has and
Orange. Texas, May 14. l4o3.
Mr. John T. Stark. Secretary Prohibi-
tion Forces Oranger County, Orange
Texas:
Dear Sir: In your letter to sir Pan-
newltx you make tbe following refer-
ence to me: —
"I am confident that Mayor Link
has, or. has hful, In his possession
letters from prominent officers and
business men tbat prove beyond a
doubt that local option does not In-
jure a town from a business stand*
point; but on the contrary. >> * greet
benefit. If these letters are not now
In existence, ask'Mr Link why."
Now, tbir measly Insinuation
prompts me to reply, My dear sir
1 keep copies of all letters Ibat I
write, and on file all letters which I
receive. *
I wrote many letters with reference
to local option, replies to two or three
;of which might be considered as fa-
vorable to prohibition. One of which
•^Was from the mayor of Tyler.
In my letters of Inquiry I stated
that any letters received would be
considered as confidential and not for] rice back to ; you and request that
j^iblication. ■ I some ardent pfohlbitloiiUt be elected
were you familiarizing ourself with you o,droit being engaged In this j #
"Oíd Anhi." when you made this state- fort, sfUl Orange county haB' enough
xs
ment?
You
citizens' who are interested in her
mention
lettérs received by welfare to nip this new fangled moral
Mayor Link from persons In local op- idea in the Imd and bury it on elec
..... .in w — „ .... . . . ■tion towmrttiat show a "great bene !tlon dajrttnder so many antl votes that
^I"' " "Why don't you publish some of its pater noster will not own it.
Hon in ocn «m i e prohlbl*i these letters? Don't you know that -Now, answer one question to the
tint deS^X treaslL j t? r^Aer '°r erery Ietter havr' ai*ned hl SS9^ «M Orange:
tha «it, .h ren^®r"one man saying that local option did It not a majority of your campaign
to?, J" „ , E,ve " ♦ hurt his town, you have seen or'fund Beaumont money?
whirh n«0- cou,(1 have read Btstements from num- Do you want me to prove to the peo-,
organized • when it was ^eri, 0f ^e citizens and business men pie of Orange that this local option
i- w.n* •/ ... v . of the same town saying the town had campaign is run principally by Qeau-
iiLiiv r . i i U moBt emP"at- been injured? Don't you know that; mont-money, or are you willing to ad-
LrnMhiMn^. ? Clay county nearly went bankrupt un-, mit it#
ííiii il? t 1 . ^ !fcC IJ dei" ,he burden of three yearB' local What! Leaguing with the most bit-
r, >hj JnJn ° option, and are now thankinx their ter rival of your home town in an ef-
ÍLr!r K mr re* that they are free from the fort to give that rival supremacy in
t V... — . ,w u curse? 'Don't you know this as well business! I had thought better of
huiidinir nf nr.nl í' f as a man can know ao>'thing by tak- you John. Better change that adver-
.K?. ,T'„ ing his feilowmin's word for It; and lf irlsement ro r.-a.i
ery do a that have been able to y0„ (jp, why don't you either explain "WANT0D — Twenty-five
Local Option Prevails and
Builds a Solid Texas Town
PR&JtfJBITION DOE8 EVERYTHING GOOD—MAKES MEN OUT 0f X0b
PER3, KEEPS .BOYS AT HOMEt.DOES AWAY WITH HOUSES OF
ILL REPUTE, AND DIMINISHES CRIME.
to these poor, deluded Clay county in-
how the can run their
get together, and have given my time
and whatever little energy I possess habitants'
toward building up a-'happy and pros- count unfJer",^ai o^ion rui¿ Md^pay
perous town. As_^o whether I was expent(^ or flay ptelnl that you f/vor
successful to any extent the people of ^ Jon „en ,f >tbankrupt
county and ^ur
ing the city, then! shali^hand U.e of' ^ P^P'- a^ this .way-
patriotic
men in Orange c«unfy~to-redeem. it
from the injury done it by a few
of its own citizens, and pay for fhe
advertisement with your _Beaumont
money.
Yours for Orange county,
C. PA.N'NEWITZ. i
Chiirtflan Anti-Local Option Forces.
I have not .and will not publish any
í*«itKrtnr toi¡¿t If you or any other cltl-
sen of Orange will come to me like a
man and ask to see any communica-
tion which I have witb reference to
the matter. I will show you any let-
ter not marked "Personal ".
"to the victor be
4
Effect of Prohibition
In Citv of Waxahachie.
Its mayor, for
long the 8polls.
Pardon me, my dear Mr. Stark, for
suggesting tbat yon should be th«;
man selected to take the place. You1
will then have the opportunity to-J
legislate Into tbe people your ideas ,of
My dear sir, my Ideas of. manhood thinking You can then give the city!
ajad sense ofbonor. and my consider- inspiration by your sense of enter-
atlon for my fellow man would Rre- prl>e , can $eo beaut 1^1 drives
vent me suppressing any communlca-'springing up by your magic touch; I The prohibltlon¡ forces have labo-|
tlon which I may have received.' caj, parks filled with fountains as rlously brought forth the statement of
What your Idoas of my character # result of your Influence: I can see one man-thjjt local option has not hurt
may be, my dear slr.gjade Into inslg- alj pe0pie who do not believe as you BHis county. See what many men
nlflcance. ido forced to thus believe by the cold ssy;,
I have ll*ed In Orange for seven |,and 0f jaw, .. i To Whom it May Concern:
years. I ha'ire served Its people as¡ ilMr .,r „ vmi mmnt mn fn rn ;,tHtion went into effect in Ei-
mayor for more than one year, and I
have never found It necessary to stoop
íhe following letter gives the best
evidence on the subject of prohibition.
Notice 'that the dates are given tO'
these letters. Why do not the oppo-
nents of prohibition publish dates to
their alleged .evidence?
Whitewright, Texas. May 11, 1903.
Mr. J. R. Roach; Orange, Texas.
Dear Sir: Yours of the 9th received
an<¿ not^ed,. Our county, has voted pro-
hibition^ but lias been restrained from
declaring saliigv&y several Injunctions.
We, howevt'r, have 'local option in
our little city, and have had for the
past ten years, diirlng ^bij^,,t imé .our
town..hatúgrown to*lv/óne of the most
solid towns in Nttft.h Texas. We
would not think of having any kind
of intoxicating liquors sold here now.
We have one of the best colleges
Grayson College). In the State, two
large flouring mills, four grain ele-
vators, three large cot'ton gins, one
oil mill, one electric light plant, one *
telephone exchange, two banks, one
planing mill, thfeé public school build-
ings, a fine water works system and
several other1" enterprises on, foot,
one of which is a compress, with the
probability of an lee plant, all of which
have come to us since local option .
has gone into effect; except one gin
; filant. We have not a vacant busi-
ness -herirse in town, nor,haven't had ,•
for several Jtears. Rents are plenty „
high, paying a, flnev .interest on the
money invested1 in same. ..You under*
stand that we have In the paBt. two}'-^
¡ years had a very poor crop, yet rents
have not gone down any, as there has
been a constant demand for more
houses than were here.
(Continued on Page Four.)
Now, my dear sir. If you want me to, , . « . . ... , „ ,
give you any Information with refer 'Jí count>' October 1-. 'J02. ^The ef
i . . mp «nee to this matter, come to me like; on the town of A ixah^ti-' has
so low as you suggested In your com,, h..vn rn„.r|pntlou nrohlbl- been to depreciate -very miterla.ly
munlcatlon to the public.
It is true I am opposed to prohibí
tlon, because I do not think you can
legislate temperance upon a commu-
nity, which never has nor never will
be a success; It has always tended to
atlr up strife and bad feeling In a
town without any favorable effects or
benefits; It has always tended to de-
plete the city and county treasuries
and thus stop -public improvement and
an open, brave, .conscientious prohibí- — •
Ulonlst. and don't slip around the cor-j «he rents on a business property ;
ner and try to Insinuate to the peo- the reduction wilt, we .tblhk average
pie of Orange that I am trytn* to sup- « per cent. Many af our business
*
is
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If It is a good thing, why Is It that
auch man as Jefferson Davis. 8enat/>r
Coke, Roger Q. Mills and Sam Hour-
ton and many other patriotic South-
erners were so bitterly opposed to It?
If It Is a good thing, then the In-
dian Territory, a country which has
been under the most strict prohibition
law the world has ever known should
t>« aivparadlae, where all is song, mer-
riment and good will. la this the
case? I ask every tbinklnjg man and
woman in Orange If the Indian Ter-
ritory ha* not for many years pitst
been the seat of outlaws, murderers
robbers, and baa It not carried on al<
most a continuous carnival of crime?
You can hardly pick up a paper hut
James S " T>avl«, property owner.
John Beety, postmaster.
>1. Qo ff. merchant
R. Vickery, real estate.
per cent
presirany" coinmünlóat Ion whích I my I houses are tenant less since prohibition
have recelVed. !*">« lnto VNhlle society tip-
_ . . pllng hais been In a measure stoppei,
' *m opposed to prohibition In. Or-* .^t thc ease oi procurlnv liquor by ex-
ange, because It will hurt press is used to furnish those who
gnd as long as I live within its borders dlk much drmjting \n ptivate is
and the Almighty spares my breath.; thp re#ult
- I •« «"« «„ <> a«Tthlng that From a bUBines, view we think pro*
advancement It has never built up ' believe will hurt the community in our town,
the high slate of morals which you as.| which 1 live, and I am not K°iug be- R A Kwnan
sert, and has always been opptised by | hind the house to oppose It: I will do
the ablest statesmen whlch.tite South R openly and shall do It fairly.
has produced. I am not going to make Insinuations
against any cltlsen or officer that hej
has acted dishonorably unless I have
proof that It la true, and If you and
your lieutenants make tbe charge
against me I shall not remain silent ¡
but.' my dear sir, I will answer you
asi havé in thla Instance. "j
I have confidence In the people otj
Orange, and I believe that when the,
votes are counted they will vote for
her best Interests.
Mark what I say ¿o you, you can not
force upon others by the cold hand of
the law your supposed moral sentí- . . lvln..ton Texas
menta; you may persuade, you may h&'ve been 'a prohibitionist, but
Influence, but you can nevqr coerce, prohibition Is a failure here. The sale
Very truly TOur^ unr, Mayor ■' liquor has not ceased, but there
J. F. Strickland, eieqtric plant.
W. B. HpWell. hardware merchant.
G. Plumhoff, saddler.
Jim Kelleher. grocer. , ■ "
B. Trippet, grocer.
P. F. Davenport, city engineer"
Geo. W. Walker. Jr„ city secretary.
J. B. Hines, grocer. . - "
Knoch Dry Goods Co.
C. W. Simpson." phyBiclan.
D. C. Thompson, phlysician.
B. D, Pickens, ice plant "
G- W Walker, city 'clerk.
W. B. Reymuller, paint/and wall pa-'
per.
Dugan & Co., book sellers and sta-.
tioners.
O B. Dunlap. banker
D M. Belt, butcher, '
Oce Goodwin, banker.
— J. L. McCartney, furniture.
S. P. Spalding, furniture.
T. . McDade, druggist.
Conway-Leéper Co., lumber.
R A. Davis, property owner. .
B. F. ThornhiU, alderman.
P.. P. Smith, ex-tax assessor.
A Livingston
Disgusted With its Effects
_ — • ~-i
These Extraordinary Bargains for to-morrow
show the extreme lowness of our Friday prices.
Our sole object is to crowd the store, the indirect
result of extensive buying Will then be assured.
Men's Suits
VERY CHEAP
We offer Mey s two-piece FlannelJ¿uits in neat effects, cor-
rectly tailored and well made,~at one-hálf actual value.
We struck a bargain in this purchase. Though a mix-
ed lot of styles—the left-overs of early Spring selling-1-
„ and some few extreme sizes. Every Suit is a stylish
19(58 seller. One-third off regular prices secured us the
lot, you have an opportunity to effect a
similar saving. Sizes ¡13 to 44: regular
values §7.50 to $10, choice from the lot....
$4.85
Dr W. F. Oibaon writes as follows
I. ;# « <
A Mass Meeting Suggested ^
to Discuss Orange Opera House
Interest In the opera house for Or- an ppera house with a seating capac-
ange Is I*®8*: «ary to give Orange an opportunity to
proposed In tkii near future to oall bl(J íor ^ 0{ the many convention!
a mass meeting of citlsens to be held that are floating around in the- state,
at the court bouse, at which time ad- Orange oan secure such meetings
dresses will be made by the residents more easily than most plaoes, as we
of this city and others looking toward have so many points ot Interest to
the speedy building ot tbe opera bouse show visiting delegations. Our hotel
In time for use tbe coming fall. accommodations are ample, all we
Every e|tiien of this city should put need now to round out the city right
bit shoulder to tbe wheel and help being an opera house.
tfcfi project along. Orangfe not only Come now, everybody, get together
needs such a building, but the Inter- and push the thing through. We ar«
acts oí tbe city demand a place where only short a tew thousand dollars, and
¡meetings, conventions and other as- a concerted effort on the part of all
Memblages can be held- ■«' r i will give Orange an amusement place
J As it la now. we have go place to that wUl be the pride and Joy ot «ven
care of meetings of any kind and eltlsen within toe borders of our faai
, only a question of time before growing, beautiful city.
«kP--:•'*•' ¿fe*- '*'■ zst íMfeílá -UP- t
has been more trouble from the use
of whisky than ever befrire. ¿
The town haa not been benefited
morally, but. more immorality exists
tban ever was known before.
Tha town has not been benefited
financially, but, it ha« been injured
thousands of dollars.
Local option has not Ind.uced out-
side trade, but has caused trade to go
to other points.
X.
Prohibition a Bad
Experiment in Hunt County.
Greenville, Texas, May 12, 1903.
To Whom It May Concern:
While In this city the operation of
local option has not had time yet to
freely develop Its results, still wd
believe that we can say that It has
evideptly diminished the value of busi-
ness In the city, temperance has not
advanced, it haa -created dissatisfac-
tion among friends and neighbors and
sown th4 seeds of bitterness.
W. L. Beckham, hotel. ,
A. Y. Lantznester,- ¡grocer.
O. 0. Reeves, dry ¿oods.
8. Lorch; dry goods.
S. H. Nesbltt. Livery.
Popper, wholesale grocer.
■*F=* ~K~~ ' iff? I
S., Brooks, assistant cashier ot the
Ftrst National bank.
J. ,IX Mlddleton, grocer.
Jim Tom Story, editor,
J. P. Watts, attorney.c
8am A. Beckham, grocer.
R. N. White, clothing.
R. K. Lane, dry goods.
D. AV. Harrison, furniture.
T. R. Bast, wholesale grocer.'
orman, livery.
urphy, lee plant.
with T. J. Gee, hardware.
Armstead & Ende, hardware.
H. Rosjenhurg, grocer.
J., H. Robb, Jr.. farmer and mer-
chant
i. m. Biasi
W. F. Nori
J P. Murp
J. M. dee,
Blue Ribbon Hats
UNDER VALUE -•
w« believe this to be the best $3.1)0 Men's Hat to be had.
Its features are fashionable styles, nattínfess and wearr
ing qualities. We show the complete line in nobby
soft Hats, Alpines and.Derbies. The price everywhere
is$iJ,00. To convert you to ,'gearing the j
we 0|fer for tomorrow the $2.35
"Blue Ribbon;
choice of any style in our stock at
Men's $1.95 black or nutria Columbia Hats lor Friday
$1.38
Imitation Guyot Suspenders, 20c kind, for tomorrow
s bl
Men's black or tan Socks, seamless, price 7c.
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Rein, Charles M. The Orange Daily Tribune. (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1903, newspaper, May 14, 1903; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183055/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.