The Independent. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1900 Page: 1 of 4
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■ MINERAL WELLS (PALO PINTO COUNTY.) TEXAS, FRIDAY, JAN., 19. 1900.
NO.
Salutjpg.
You have /before' you the first
issue of the Independent, publish-
ed at Mineral Well, Texas, b3^ the
independent Publishing Co.
As the name implies the policy
of this paper will be independent—-
independent both Religiously and
politically.
There will be no church favor-
itism or sectarian prejudices but
every item of church news and
happenings that y;e cap secure
from each and every' religious or-
ganization will be given.*; t-
There will be no favoritism
shown to any political -party,
nor will we have any hobby polit-
ical .policy. Each party, candi-
date^ or policy will receive from
our hands fair and unprejuced
mention, whether in praise orcon-
•: demnation. In other words, this
paper holds itself independent of
party domination.
To sum up our entire policy.it
means: The Independent be
longs to no church nor party, but
all the churches and all the par
ties belong, to it.
Concerning the business de-
partment of the paper we will say
that there is a splendid opportu-
nity here for a good live .news-
paper. Mineral Wells is already
a Substantial town, and-while it is
not on a boom, it is progressing
with rapid strides towards a finan-
cial and trade center.
There is kusijuess. here for this,
paper and we are going to have it
v re^petrtli.e-i^pef" wilt also
be independent. We will not
ask you to patronize us either in
subscription, advertising or job
work, because it is a home enter-
prise, but because it will pay you
to do so. The circulation is 8oo,
good faith, and while the sub-
scription list is at present-zero,'we
will, by hard work, extra effort,
and by ..giving a good paper for
the money, raise it'to that number
in a sliort time., Iy the mean
time we will print and; distribute;
as sample copies', that number
among the best people of the suV-,
sounding country. .-
The subscription price' is'5q.
cen.t|5 a year and we intend to so
cohiiuct -the news service that
'. W'hoever invests 50 cents.with us
wiil find it a profitable investment.
I.; /i's to job work, we have Dallas
-oflricesvlesSu the > express charges;
lx;sid^sttlie'>ad\raut;ige;i of dispatch"
|ype j S1 at 1 W it h up r to -
\. (lj?l:e styies and;, is of; the best
selected ' little job offices in the
•/ .'stfa'te... I; i'; '•. , , ' ' '1
The1''circulation of the
. peid^iJtf ;is; SW ' Copies1 • a
which .to a^,|.^r|s q£ the county'
auo to almost e^r^r^l'hbiiie. whether
People's Party, Republican or
I)emocrat(_. and ' for triis.v; reason
'.,,tiiere:4 is. better niedium ' in the
* ..c(^nt^f^.r -your a 11aount^ehie itt 6
t yj nj'^et the" eye* 0$ the-Voter. The
^..,v niQre| your jiaine i| se.en'and heard
...th&.betteiri.-.th& .pfeoplS will be ac-
■ ■ :qtiHinted^.with'ly(}U. So, delay not
but come in and see us, and let us
■ ; ^3.1 i" ejifebu.p^geme^t'- •a&.d consola-
tion into \-our ears. ' 'There is no
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a pe.rsou on earth, morje pleasing to-see-.
'than tlie*" clndidnTe'.' Though his
.. . li|.art may be .quajking within yet
th'ere is^fw^ys a sin tie on his face
* ;that lh'ightengUhe world for us.
Correspondents.
The Independent wants a good,
live, wide awake young man or
monan in every neighborhood to
send us a regular weekly news-
letter, We will pay as liberal as
possible for this service. It is but
little trouble, and we will give you
printed directions that will make
it easy ahd even pleasant.
For a young man or woman to
carefully, write a weekly news-
letter to a paper for a year it is as
good as attending school for at
least three months. It develops
the mincl, strengthens the mem-
ory, arid the faculty of observation
that will be of incalculable value
in "after life.
Will the reader, when he sends
in his subscription, please men-
tion some one in his locality
that he thinks will make a good
correspondent? or better, see some-
one and secure his services for us,
and by this means you will get
the news and chat of your own lo-
cality.
Subscriptions.
The subscription price of the
Independent is 50 cents a year,
cash. Basing our subscription
list at 800, this price is just a little
over actual cost and for this rea-
son' we must have cash with the
subscription. Of course if it is
not handy for you to pay at once,
or if you. live at a distance from
town send us your name and the
paper will be forwarded to you at
once and regular, but don't forget
that we are paying out cash each
\yeek for your paper ..and that |he
proposition and contract is for
cash. ■ Money order or stamps will
be accepted.
Also, for the reasons above
given, it is not possible for us to
carry a complimentary list
Prechers, preachers, politicians,
merchants', hotels and others who
customarily receive papers free
must send in the cash, do without
the Independent, or borrow from
their neighbor.
In.de-
Week
Let the man who wants nobody
to differ with him go to 'the' grave
yard. The dead keep silence and
110 . interests or convictions that
clash with his own., The intoler
ant man can hold high sway and
have great satisfaction iu the cem
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etery." But among the living who
■ struggle .and think and have
right to- speak and an obligation
to act' bheir'cdnvi ctious, he must
make Up'his mind to meet many
jn Hip who rib ..not look through his
eye-glasses.;-'.and' if he will only
accommodate himself to' friction it
will'.polish . his. own metal, and
kindle - the. .electric current which
pleases "and' iinpells the world.
The pu blication day of . this
paper is Friday and 'it -will be
issued on that day. The forms
will be closed at. 12.o'clqck, sharp
e ac h Ff i day. Tli i s • me a n s. that
ads, locals, communications,
any other matter intended for
publication, must be in the"office
in time for the printers to set it up
before 12 o'clock Friday.
Newspaper Readers.
It is a noticable fact that every
well-to-do man is a reader of
newspapers. Of course there may
be an exception now and then, but
as a rule whenever you see a man
well-fixed he is one who takes and
reads the papers.
On the other haijd the trifling
and shiftless man never t.a&e a
paper nor seldom reads one.
There is no exception to this rule.
Now, does this reading of news-
papers help a man to succeed in
his business? ' It certainly does,
and to a great extent; The read-
er may not know when or how he
received help, and he might even
deny that he had any benefit or
help, but there was "some item or
news that put ideas into his head
which caused him to do things
that were of profit to him, and
which would never- had entered
his head but for the paper.
And it does not have to be a big
daily paper. In fact, the little,
ridiculed home sheet is the most
valuable... for it tells what his
neighbors are doing, and shows
him chances that are right within
his grasp. Sometimes it is an ad-
vertisement that saves him money,
or some announcement, that by
taking advantage of same, actual-
ly makes money, that otherwise
Would have gone to a more wide-
awake neighbor. ,
If Solomon were living at this
time and writing proverbs as of
old, he would put it something
like this:
1. Verily, he that whoopeth up
his ba^ime
newspa-
pers s\dl gather a bountiful
harvest of sheckels.
2. He that readeth the advertis-
inent and heedeth shall have
an abundance of the world's
goods for littlie money.
3. He that chooseth not to sub-
criebe for a paper shall Avon -
der at, the intellect of his
neighbour... >,
He that advertiseth liberally
getteth the cream of the trade,
Mineral Wells Outlook*
The future of Mineral Wells,
from present indications, is really
far greater than any of her citizens
now expect. The last few 3^ears
of her history have been busy
ones and building and improving
have gone on unceasingly.
The fame of the mineral wells is
gradually spreading over the state
and even the United States, and
every visitor who comes and is
cured sends many others. The
business of each one of the wells
increases each month, and each
season shows a large and steady
increase in demand for wTater not
only for vistors but for shipments
to other parts.
The, prospect for increase in
railroad facilities is now very flat
tering. The 1 ate compleiton of the
Gulf and Brazos V alley into Min
eral Wei Is has changed the aspect
of the r ailroad outlook. As there
is not enough traffic for both roads
to prove profitable it will be nec
essary for b©th to extend their
1 ines. There is a rumor to the
effect that the M. W. & N. W.
will in a short time proceed with
their extension, while it is only a
matter of time for the Brazos Val-
ley to resume construction
What this means to Mineral Wells
could hardly be over-estimated.
At present nearly every visitor
is from the east. Let these roads
build out and a semilar .number
will come from the north, south
and west. It is more than safe to
say that if these roads extend the
population and real estate values
of the city will be doubled in o'r.e
"year! 1 —r *
Farmers' Boys.
The grandest product of the
farm is the boys and girls. In
every avenue of life, where thrift,
capacity and energy is required,
the man who pushes to the front
is the son of the farmer. He has
the intelligence; there is a sort of
broad • common sense running
through his acts. He has a con-
stitution that can endure labor.
It is a notable fact that in col-
leges of the country the best stu-
dents are the boys from the farms.
In the work-shops, in the halls of
legislation, at the bar, in the fo-
rum, .in the pulpit, ninety-nine
hundredths of the men who stand
upon the summit were once boys
of the farm. They went bare-
footed, had tanned cheeks, wore
patched clothes and worked for
bread.
Almost one-half of the people'of
this .country^live in town. Where
are town boys in the race of life?
Fooling, brushing their clothes,
polishing their boots, while the
rough country boy is ploughing
bare-footed along the road, to fame.
With a book under on arm and a
few extra clothes in one hand, he
passes the elegant home of the
town boy and looks in on ease and
luxury almost for the first time.
He may be called a tramp and
refused a crust of bread. One
day he will return and buy that
mortgage-covered home.
Where did that boy git his noble
purpose and unfaltering courage?
They were born to him on the
farm; they were woven into his
li 1,3: by fatly years of toil. Thq
■w*.
Love your enemies and pray for
those who persecute you, that's
the Scripture. But how many
avowed Christians are there in
this big world of ours fall far short
of heeding this command, and
adopt and, practice a new One'.
''Hate your enemies, slander,
backbite" and "talk about them."
The first! injunction comes from
the Book of Life, the other from
the regions of the. damned. Now,
which one should we. obey.
You often hear people say "let
well enough alorie." Yes, but
how are you going to know when
you have done well enough with-
out trying additional experiments
when chances of glory from re-
newed success are promising.
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ViTro and the.woof of his life were
threads Of'gold.
An exchange says: "A gentle-
man traveling through Georgia,
came across a woman who did'nt
know what a newspaper was. She
had seven children and a pipe in
lier mouth." Such a .capacious
mouth must be a handy th iiig to
have.
The Independent can not.spend
much money in soliciting subscrib-
ers at only 50 cents. The ex-
*.v I '
pen.se would eat up the profits, so
send in your name and do not
wait for a gentleman with a fine
carriage* and high steppers' tQ call
011 you. . '
Th .independent publiShe's this
week, and will occasionally pub-
lish, free of charge, a column and
a halt 'write Up of Mineral' Wells'
aua.Paio Pinto county. There is
not another paper in the state,;
that we know of, that goes to this
expense without remuneration.
The man who does right and
goes ahead has nothing to fear,
while the man who does wrong is
never at ease and- all the time
imagines that somebody is talking
about hi in.
The man who whistles all the
time in generally of a cheerful
disposition himself; but lie dis-
penses sorrow throughout his im-
mediate locality.'
The Independent invites the'
business men of the' city to call
and see us when in need of job
printing of any kind.
Stand up, for your country. It
is a poor man that will live in a
community and ,71111 it down at the
same time. If you do'nt like
where you lives, why , get out and
go. somewhere you like and hush
talldngjfthoiit your neighborhood,
and. keep guiet until you can get
-o.t^5 There is a week point about
the person who is always running
town ahd-county down and won't
leave it.'
•When Horace Greely sai-d go
west if you want to strike a bon-
anza, he .certainly...had hi's'miud
centered on Mineral -Wells.
If you'receive, a copy of this
paper'it is an invitatiop to' sub-'
scribe. " 1 : r
. PantatQp^is,: ?, ,
Lives of poor men oft remind us,, .
.Honest toil d,qn'tstand a chance;
More: work we leave,behind us,
Bigger patches on our pants... ,
On our pants' once new and gl©ssy,
* Now are patches of different hue;
All because subscribers linger
And wo'nt psy up what's due.
Then let all be up and doing;
Send in your mite be it so small,
Or when the snows of winter
strike us,
We shall have no pants at all.'
—Exchange.
E. B. Carver, general superin-
tendent of the Ik'azos• Ya 1 ley, was
in the city last Monday and Tues-
day and issued checks to the
'amount of 137, making the bo5rs
happy',
If you want tg.k'Qep posted dur-
ing the year.ou all political par-
ties, call _aud g ive us 59 cents and
liave the. Independent sent you
for one year. It,,.i,s\ going to give
all the news arjA don't yo-u for-
it- .; 1
...^ An,.exchange "says that a young
lady has invented a lamp that
will cease to burn exactly at 10
o'clock. That will please her
solid youujg man and is all right
as far as it goes, but if she wants
to make a-real tin-strike she must
invent a father who will go to bed
at 9 o'clock.
Citv Marshall Harris had the
boys''out working the streets Mon-
day and Tuesday of this week, and
has , .jnade, considerable improve-
ment in the streets, besides open-
ing the drains.
The ' Independent- will enlarge
as the occasion demands, but the
subscription price will remain just
50 cents per'year.
The Georgia senate has passed
a bill to prevent the employment
in factories of children under 12
years ' of age, unless their labor is
needed'' to support a widowed
in other or an invalid father.
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The Independent. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1900, newspaper, January 19, 1900; Mineral Wells, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth476741/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.