San Augustine Tribune. (San Augustine, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 5. NO. 10.
COMMISSIONERS CORT
Ceonly Lefiihtive Body in
Scssmb This Week.
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SAN AUGUSTINE. TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913.
SUBSCRIPTION PER YÍAR, $1.00 and $1.5®
e guiar
The commissioners coi; has
been holding its regula May
term this week with unty
Judge Polk and and C<mis-
, sioners Richey, Price. Rjbuck
.«^¿nd Marshall present ajeach
session. Many routine vtters
have been disposed of, ri pe-
* titions granted, accounts low-
ed, tax collector's book! tone
over and school matters at ided
to. Delinquent tax matt< will
continue for another year y. be
handled by Minton and
jton
who have been quite sue sful
in their work of this cli for
both the county and the <.
The most important act of
the week was the appoint tof
County Surveyor Jas. ¿ Mc-
Laurin as Road Superim lent
under the special road 1 in-
troduced by Representa T.
L. Poster in the last ses i of
the state legislature. I sal-
ary was fixed at $120 per
year and his resignation a >un-
ty surveyor was present and
accepted by the court.
An engineering firm oí jus-
ton discussed with the co the
v feasibility of entering int on-
^/v tract for the constroctio f a
, system of permanent fads
"te county o
' ful t i
Jn jnyment thereof co^ty
rants for such a period
as would be required
burse them for the an in
' work done. No action s
en on this matter as tl mel
bers of the body were not in
formed regarding its practic
ability, the pioposition being i
new one, ihe court adjourned
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yesterday.
More Inpiovemeits.
Several new homes in and
near town are now being built
and others contemplated. J. M-
Cartwright is preparing to con-
struct a modern residence near
his present home and Mrs. M.
A. Collins is going to tear down
her old residence and erect a
more convenient one- F. D.
Lewis has nearly completed his
fine home south of town and
still others are planning to im-
prove their property.
Much improvement is also
going on in the country, E. F.
Harrison being one who has
built a modern two-story house
on the site of his former resi-
dence.
In addition to the new houses
built there is marked betterment
noticeable throughout the county
in the condition of farm proper-
ty.
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Wise and Otherwise
MeLENDON in Center
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Ceaniy Court Next Week.
The regular session of the
county court begins next Mon-
day and will continue during
next week. \
Because of the backward con-
dition of farm work many cases
will he CQotjnued iax order to
tee|> alHNwSrómtro crops as
possible, *
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The commissioners court has
not yet ordered the court house
painted. Look at it and see if
you think it peeds it.
oiintaipe
Service is in chspf an experienced soda foun-
tain man who kaKow to fix and mix your
drinks "just rightd the quicksfervice he gives
when you come | "hurry up" drink wffl be
sure to please y<
We Are Sg Hedges' Beaumont
ICECREAM.
Now, and find it Ipure and wholsome. If
pure ice cream aid drinks and good service
are worth considl do yourself a favor and
try us the next tinu are in town.
Milch used in our! drinks is from our own
Jersey cows. I
I Come to our founjnd be convinced that we
I I are all we claim.
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Blessed be the man who talks
the same to the tax assessor and
the insusancc agent about his
worldly goods.
ooo
Clarence Hunter says that
lots of sports get too poor to buy
gasoline and then tell their
friends that "the machine is
broke."
ooo
The men in town needn't kick
about dull times when the coun-
try folks are all in their fields at
work. They are merely pre-
paring for good times in town
next fall,
ooo
Among the many foolish,
freakish laws cn our statate
books is the one that permits
the sale of ice cream and milk
but prohibits the sale of soda
water or milk shakes on Sunday.
ooo
A man advertising in the Dal-
las ¡.News for a tinner, says,
"Booze fighters, cigarette fiends
and Socialists need net apply "
Thus capitalism is slowly—but
surely—tightening its grip on
the liberties of honest labor. I
hope the Appeal to Reason will
see that advestisemeat
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000
fore being allowed to hold a gov-
ernment job- 1 even believe
that every man who is appointed
Notary Public should be required
to correctly write an acknow-
ledgement and a deed before his
(commission is handed to him.
i Of course, when a postmaster or
other official '3 to be appointed
he should be a good, orthodox
Democrat,qualified for the work.
But I think that the President
and the heads of departments
should de the selecting and that
the Congressmen should not b#
allowed to build up a political
rr achine through the medium of
patronage.
Peter T&dford is spiting out
more-great big mouthfuls of
truth here lately than any other
man in Texas. He says that
when the farmers make a big
crop they are punished for it by
receiving less than they get for
small crops. And then he ask*
what is the use i¿ teaching farm-
ers how to grow more stuff on
the same amount of land, when
the more they grow the less they
get? The question has not yet
been answered.
ooo
I don't believe that the Germad
doctor Friedman is getting any
thing like a square deal in this
country. He has been condemn-
ed without a fair trial. The gov-
ernment doctors have reported
adversely on his consumption
cure but they failed to make any
definite statement as to the
condition of his patients. Had
the government doctors wanted
to tote fair they would have ta-
ken the public more into their
confidence and told something
of the results of the new treat-
ment. As it is, all we can do is
to wait for Dr. Friedman to
make good with his remedy, in
spite of the government doctors,
ooo
, 1 have been thinking about
the stand of P. M. General Burle-
son regarding the appointment
ol postmasters, and heartily en-
dorse it. I can not see any good
reason .why the administration
should allow the congressm en to
hand out sugar plums as a re-
ward to,local politicians who aid-
ed them in getting elected. Effi-
ciency is the only thing that
should count in appointing pub-
lic servants. Indeed that should
be the only thing considered in
voting for an officer. In Ger-
many, where they are better up
on the science of Government
than we, men are specially edu-
cated for the public service be
May Vote Read Bonds.
The commissioners' court
granted this week a petition
signed by about two hundred
resident tax payers of Justice
Precinct No. 7, for an election to
be held to determine whether
road bonds to the extent of $200,
000 should be voted. This is the
Timpson beat apd* the fi™t to
agitate such a method of secur-
ing a permanent system of pub-
lic roads.
The prayer of the petitioners
was granted, however, subject
to the opinion of the attorney
general as to the legality of such
proceeding inasmuch as Shelby
County as a whole was now
levying a special road tax of fif
teen cents ax* the hundred dol-
lars valuation. If his opinion
favorable the election will be
held shortly. - —Center Champ •
ion.
Connfi Exhibit at Dallas Fair.
The aimmissioners court on
Monday appropriated the sum
of S300 o be used in preparing
and msntaining an exhibit of
the vanus products of Shelby
County it the next Dallas Fair
and probably at some of the
other s^te fairs- Individuals of
the several towns of the country
raised tinds last year by private
subscrición for this purpose and
a crediable showing was made,
but it it now desired that an ex- 4
hibit bs* prepared that will com-
pare favorably with those of
other c>unties and more funds
are nesssary.— Center Champ-
ion.
How about the band stand on1
the public square? The boys
should have a place provided for
the summer concerts.
Wast Muy Things.
The tounty precinct in Shelby
countyin which Timpson is lo-
cated, lias sent a big delegation
to the tounty seat to wait on the
commieioners court and to pre-
sent to that body a bunch of \
petitions, asking for several \
things that Timpson thinks will
be to the interest of its immed-
iate section and also to the bet-
terment of the county.
Among the requests handed
the commissioners are a petition
asking for the re in-corporation
of that town, a petition asking
for a bond election in that pre-
einct for the benifit of good roads
and another asking that the
county arrange for sending and
maintaining a Shelby county ex-
hibit at the Dallas fair.
We are not
nditifhs iuJlbf u>y cout
Vom this distance it seems to us
that each of the requests aré
good and should be granted by
the court* The last request in
particular would be of untold ad-
vantage to the entire cnunty.
Every county in East Texas
should arrange to send aa exhib-
ition to the Dallas fair this fall.
—Nacogdoches Sentinel.
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Copyright 1910, by the Standard Adv. Co.
■THE "SECRET" is Thrift.
1 The "OBLIGATION" is to
deposit part of your earnings reg
ularly. The "DEGREE" is happi-
ness, and there is no "Signal of
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Harrison, D. S. San Augustine Tribune. (San Augustine, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1913, newspaper, May 16, 1913; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth184256/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.