The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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ANOTHER RECORD BRjEA'KfER
A. L. Ford is the publisher aiid,^4>tor of the
Orange leader. The Leader its ia reform news-
paper, “a holier than thou” ngwjspaper, att ‘•‘al-
ways for the right” newspapey.j following
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editorial is reproduced from, ifs Icelumns:
‘‘Senator Thomas has stirred up‘the animals
in Southeast Texas now'by string in a public
address that four thousand dolljtffc were raised
in Beaumont alone as a eorrupnph fund to be
used in Austin during the sessiohof the Tlrirtv-
first legislature. He’s'’getting SdoWn into Kel-
lie’s district now and treadiHjg!on pretty slip-
pery ground.” , 1/ ' , ,i:
The Times-Herald gives spa4e to the above
merely to show how unfair a “holier 'than thou”
publisher'and editor can be without an effort.
It is evident that the leader has, a grudge
against Hon. E. I. Kellie, the’ gallant old Con-
federate soldier who represent4 the Begumont
district. In order <jto take a fall out of Senator
Kellie the Leader gets away from the 'real rec-
ord, the record made by H„* Baseom Thomas
and invents a spurious record for ile Awn use.
In his abject apology, made to the Senate on
February 17, H. Bascom Thomfap said? ’ v_
.,“1 was also quoted as saying the following:
‘A few days ago a distinguntljed citizen from
man to think for himself and to act according
.to the dictates of his conscience.
In the reference above to the statement of Mr.
Thomas we fail to see where there is a reflAc-
tion upon Senator Kellie, unless, indeed, we go
on the theory that it is the hit dog that howls
find the Times-Herald imagines that its idol has
been slandered.
While possessing a warm, personal friendship
for Senator Kellie, which dates back to the
time when the Leader editor was a boy in knee
pants, we still believe that the Senator betrayed
his constituency when he publicly announced
that he would, not be bound by their instruc-
tions as given in the. primary election, and we
believe he made a spectacle of himself when he
introduced his silly bill to prevent preachers
talking politics from their pulpits.
It does not require that a man be onte of the
“unco guid” for him to agree with the Leader
on both of those propositions.
As for the Leader being a “holier than thou”
newspaper, that is an expression which we are
sure the Times-Herald editor was ashamed of
even before the ink was dry on the printed sheet.
ive^know by sad experience just ^hat lhal suits from advertising in the clasSififid“cofnmt»B
of the Leader. i
tans.
Who wouldn’t like to live in Elberton. Why
even the hens there are accommodating.—Mias
Mattie Torrey iir Elberton (0a.) Star. Per-
sonally we can attest to this by saying that
Miss Torrey has been very kind to us, having
repeatedly insisted that we drop in on her dur-
ing our coming Southern itinerary.—Pottsville
(Pa.^ Miners Journal.
Now, we know, our Pottsville friend has for-
ever given up his intention of making a trip
to the South. To call a lady your “tiger lily”
until she insists that you pay Jier a call and
then suddenly change your mind and call her
a “hen” js certainly the limit of ungallaatry.
Sorry, friend, we had hoped to welcome you
to our fair Southland.
With the death pf Hon. L. J. Storey has part-
ed away every vestige of the .old railroad com-
mission as originally planned and brought into
existence by Governor Hogg. Judge Storey has
been conservative and fair and has prevented^
many unjust and unwise regulations being pro
mulgated by his mpre radical colleagues.
Saturday was banana day in Orange (Texas).
Naturally Mots of Orangeites stood in slippery
places and we suppose a feature of the day was
•a display of the lingerie worn by those famous
redheaded widows.-Pottsville (Pa.) Miners’
Journal.
The famous red-headed widows are indigen-
Horrible Houston. Here in
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The.Leader editor endeavors to conduct his Orange we have dimpled darlings, only, and to
paper upon a high plane and to make its in-
fluence felt for good citizenship and right liv-
ing, and we lav no pretensions to a “holier than
thou” standard. The leader editor is a map
just as atiy other man, but he tries to think for
himself and to live in such a way as that his
may be deemed a good citizen. True, he dote
not consort with gamblers, thugs, thieves of
joint keepers, nor does he endeavor to teach the
readers of his paper that these are either ac-
ceptable companions or desirable citizens.
So shar|>-and scathing is the criticism of the
Times-Herald upon the little innocent
committees, while passing on* the anti-race or
gambling bill, that over $4000 had been raised
by the poolrooms of this town alone for the ex-
press purpose of bribing the Texas state sen
a tors and thereby defeating tjle bill, which af-
fected the interests of the pdolrooms of this
state.’ I did not mean this as $ Reflection upon
any member of the senate nor did it even refer
to the present session of the Thirty-first legisla-
ture, but to some former legislature, and for
fear of being misunderstood 1 hereby retract
it.”
fHiir “holier than thou” contemporary should
1 • - r* given space to what Thobnas did* say. Sen-
ator Kellie was a member of thp^ Thirtieth legis-
lature. There was no race-track legislation two
years ago. Thomas said “sonate former legisla-
ture” and as Senator Kellie Wp* not a member
of “some former legislature”: it is impossible
for him to be treading “slippery ground/’ “A
holier than thou” editor, one of the “unco
guid,” should state facts or koAp off the grass.
Out of the mouth of St. Thomas the Tinies-Her
aid convicts St. Ford of distorting the official
record and we’ll just let it go at that.—-Dallas
Times-Herald. \ i
As an exhibition of intolerance, bigotry and
misrepresentation, commend to us the above
from our esteemed Dallas contemporary.
Just how the leader managed to trend on
the tender toes of the Times-Herald in tlny&bove
we have been unable to figure out.
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In the paragraph from the Trader,, we insist
The country girls have the advantage over .
their town sisters this season. Instead of spend-
ing ten or fifteen dollars for the latest style
hat, all they have to do is take a cotton basket,
tie half a bundle of wheat on one side and a
wild rose.bush on the other and there you have
it.—Bonham News.
gaze upon them as they trip demurely down the
street is a joy everlasting. Come to Orange,
the home of beautiful shade trees, fragrant gar-
dens, handsomf homes and dimpled darlings.
convinced that had we probed a little deeper
we might have opened a filthy sore. In statin
that Senator Thomas was “treading on slippery
ground” in making the charge that a slush func
The announcement of the Leader's big sub-
scription contest has created a veritable sensa-
tion.-in tlrange and already it looks as though
there will lie a big scramble for the automobile,
piano and other prizes to be awarded. Many
}>eople have asked the question, “how can you
afford to give such handsome and valuable
para-, That’s not a question that interests
the contestants, though. What each of these
wants to know is “can I win one of the prizes!”
J The contest promises to lie a warm one alright.
The quicker Orange can adopt the commission
form of government, As sb* now has a right to
do under the new law, the better it will be for
the city. Not because we haven’t an efficient
city administration, but because city affairs can
be administered so much more economically and
systematically under the proposed commission.
The city of Des Moines has just ended its first
year under the commission form of government
and it has .proved a magnificent success, result-
ing in a more efficient administration, a great
saving in expense and a greater amount of pub-
lic work done than ever before.
Pre
was raised in this part' of Senator Kellie’s dis-j cjnct 4. jn ()range County. He came to the
George.Stroud is a projterty owner
triet, we meant to imply that be was placin
himself in ]>osition to call down upon his hea
the wrath of the senator’s friends who woul
be quick to resent the imputation that he wat
other than an honest, high minded servant of
the jieople.
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intimated that its idol, the doughty ( aptair | fixed his signature to the petition.
Senator, had been influenced by this slusl
fund, and hastens to call us down for falsifying
the record.
Nay, nay, brother, of the fiery’ temper an
Following the advice of Hailey*, of the Hous-
ton Post, we started to “take them off” today,
but that cold wind from the east was a little too
frigid. However, the sun is shining brightly
and the birdp'are singing sweetly and its spring-
time in Grahdoldtexas.
Leader office Saturday and said: “I want to
put mv name to that petition for a deep water
bond issue. I learn the statement has been made
that even' property owner in that precinct is
opposed to the bond issue for deep water, hut
I want to show you that here’s one that is heart
and soul in favor of it.” find with that be af
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With the installation of a daily freight ser-
vice from Houston to Orange for less than car
x'.tr., u*» , ..... - —.....r - i j load shipments, the Frisco road is evidencing
facile pen, keep your shirt on and cool down »jj,an intention to make an aggressive campaign
little, then u|*>n a closer reading’bf the Leadofi for full share of this business. Under the
paragraph ^tud a little calm reflection you wilJ n(?w arrangement freight leaving Houston on
come to the conclusion, as have already all w1m| j the Frisco at 8:45 in the evening, can Ik: un-
have read your effusion above quoted, that v°u |oa,bHi at Orange the next morning at 11 o’clock,
were evidently afraid that our gallant senator jXliift service should prove very satisfactory to
would he lonesome in making an ass of himself business community,
and that you must, perforce, hasten to keep j --
A drifrjp out through tbe residence portion of
the •'city wifi Aoavinee One tlurt the people of
Orapge aye becoming interested in growing ^po-
tatoes and raising chickens. Both of these ar-
ticles have been mighty scarce and high priced
here for some time.
The incessant qampaign of education the Pprt
Arthur News has been carrying on in an effort
to convince the merchants there of the value of
advertising is bearing fruit. Stump has ha<| to
add two more pages to accommodate the in-
creased patronage.
'‘ A new church was dedicated in Amite City
Sunday. That parish seems to offer a fruitful
field for them.” remarks the Lake Charles (L§)
American. • It Is <jnite apparent that there is
great need there for nufiionary work.
him company in aping that patient animal.
One of the local
Saturday and caught so many fish that the next
Being in the public eye all the time, day in j morning his shoulders were numb and sore
and day out, from one year’s end to another, j as a result of the strain on them in pulling in
it is but natural that a,newspajH*r editor, es|»e-ithe fish. He told this himself, so we know it
A splendid program bas been arranged for
the coining meeting in Orange.of the Fourth
District Federation of Women’s Clnbs of Tex*
as. and this will 1m> an event in the history of the
ministers went fishing lastjy^ V s « .
cially in a small town, should he the target for
all kinds of criticism and envious abuse. One
expects that and endeavors to become callous
to it, though, naturally, these criticisms and
Ex-Senator Thomas in a speCch^n the stump ^ a ^tbin* |)a|m to the soul, and when a
since he was expelled from Die Senate, and ; prominent lady of Orange yesterday took time
to any statement made by hitp,while a in,ember from her household cares to call-up the editor
of that body, and unless the; piper reporting oyer the phone and assure him that his efforts
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his speech misquoted him, we have not altered
the record.
As
to Senator Kellie, who for some reason,
seems to have become the e^iooial pet of the
Times-Herald, we will state jthat Editor Ford,
one of tbe “uneb guid,’' h^s known Senator
Kellie, intimately and personally for fcidftwmore
years than ha/the editor of Mje Times-Herald.
When a boy we often visibi<!“at hihome in
Jasper and set type alongside of him often on
the old Jasper News-Boy. Aa-to our esteem
for him as a .g^^C^ohf^ratie fioldier, we
allow no man to go fnrtharl than we dp, but
because he was a ConfAderkte soldier does not
to give the people a clean, bright newspaper,
and to stand for moral and civic righteousness
in all lines, were appreciated by her and by the
people generally, we felt encouraged and helped,
indeed, and were enabled for a time to forget the
cruel and unjust things that had come to us in
the course of the same day. We believe the
ladies of Orange are warm friends of the lead-
er—and they* are a mighty host in influence and
power.
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able to use Willie’s reader, Willing having gone
because ne was a v 'unieucrBw: wtuiw-uw™ into the grade above, but both Johnnie and Wll-
RCts, and Senator ^eltie wofltd be the last man
in Texas to claim impaunity, that Stand-
point.-
In styling the
leader a
*» par!
that is
friend has
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“always for (he right” onr Haling fri
ns a compliment which Wb appreciate, al-
gh he probably did not mtW It m such.
erAourselve» that ** a1'
for the right, hut in doing thit its
! the right to every other
;SiC,:k
must Is* so and we respectfully refer it to Editor
Evans, of the Bonham News, who has l»een
hankering for a fish story from Orange.
Of course, if a ]>erson doesn’t go after what
he wants in this world he is not apt to get it.
but the unseemly scramble for the late Judge
Storey’s job as railroad commissioner before
the body was scarcely cold was little short of
disgusting. The railroad commissioner died in
the morning hours, and Indore evening applica-
tions had lieen filed with the governor for ap-
pointment to the position.
Congressman Byrd of Mississippi is a bird,
alright. He is making a vigorous fight in con-,
gress for free lumber, while the luuit»er manta*
factnrers of his .state are pleading for protec-
tion. w
The Timpson Times, the “litUe daily.” an-
nounces that it will come out in enlarged form
on and after April first. Probably as an “April
fool” to those jwople who thought they could
drive the Times out of business up there.
When Louisiana parents start their children
to school next fall, four out of five books they
use must be bought new. Johnnie will not be
truth sinks into the fond parent, we anticipate
that there will be a feeling of unrest or soirtb-
thing of that, sort.—Lake Charles (La.) Am-
erican.
A sure thing. It sounds nice to say the old
text books can be exchanged for new, but when
you go to make the deal you find that you can
only exchange old books for new books of the
same grade, hence the old books are absolutely,
valueless. Sorry for you, brother, if you have
The Jtcople of Orange should begin to serious*
ly consider the question of adopting the com-
mission form of government. This can lie done
now jmder the new law recently enacted and
it gives Orange an opportunity to effect a great
saving in the ex|>ense of the city government
and at the same time secure more efficient ser-
vice. I«t*s continue (o talk about this until
some definite action is taken.
That was a sensible a ad timely tetter to the
leader yesterday from a United States nrfval
officer, Mr. P. J. Brennan, who, while now sta .
tiotied at Boston, realizes the tremendous value
to Orange will he a ship canal to the sea. '
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We wish that when th^ leader gets too much
advertising, it would leave ont something beside
its editorial column. That’s the only live part
of Orange.—Port Arthur News.
Not the “only live part,” but a part qf the
liVe part of Orange—and it keeps a fellow step-
ping lively to keep up with the procession here.
“Take out my ad from the want column,
was the message that came over the telephone
to the leader office this morning. “My house
The Easter editiou of the Daily Leader will
be issued next Bunday'morning. With a beau-
tiful and appropriate lithographed cpver and.
an abundance of live matter, the Easter edition
will be a welcome visitor into every home.
Plover are plentiful on the prairies around
Orange now and local niinrods are enjoying
some fine bird shooting, plethoric bags, being
brought in every day.
Congressman Dies, from the Second Texas
district, is right on the job up there at Wash-
ington and already is making some of the older
ones in congress sit up and take notice.
It is always wrong to lie but not always right
to utter the troth.
A woman’s tongue is sometimes long enough
to cut h$y thepat.
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Ford, A. L. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, April 2, 1909, newspaper, April 2, 1909; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth646839/m1/4/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.