Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 132, Ed. 1, Friday, January 7, 1910 Page: 3 of 6
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DISTINGUISHED TRAMP KNOWN
THE WORLD OVER DROPS
IN ON A HERALD MAN
IE RIDES THE
tWhen He Cannot Gain Access to a Car
and Has Traveled 466750Miles
k v As a Wanderer His
Name Unknown
Just as a Herald man was turning
out the lights Wednesday evening
after the days work was done he
was confronted by a man below the
average in heightand who had under
his arm a bundle in which was stuff-
ed a suit of soiled overalls and some
few other necessities
This person was A No 1 the
most distinguished tramp perhaps in
Jthe world as his papers showed
Say he said as an introduction
I just blew in Do you know me
It wasadmitted that his identity
wass not known
Well what would you take me
for was the next question
You loojc as if you might be some
machinist or perhaps a trainman di
gested of your work clothes and on
you way from shop < to your home
was the reply
I am A No 1 the tramp he re-
plied and he produced the papers to
prove his assertion
It has been some ten years since A
No X favored Palestine and the I
3J with a visit After that last
visit Tils queer cabalistic sign A No
1 with date and arrow beneath it
pointing the way he had gone was
spromnent in many places One con
spicuous place was that on the little
brick storeroom between the passen
ger depot and the express office
palned in large letters and which
remained visible until the building
jwas repainted a year ago Along the
route trainmen and travelers will tell
7ou these signs were on water tanks
on shanties fences etc and carved
Into stone They are all alike except
the changes in the dates and the di
rection in which the arrow points
If you have never seen these signs
look for them when traveling and you
YB Tie surprised to notice for how
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but I just feel like talking tonight
you are not in a hurry are you Then
let me talk to you a bit it is a privi-
lege not many people have I struck
the I G N at Houston then came
north to Gonroe and will go fiom
here where and when I please and
when the opportunity comes
But what is your graft he was
asked What have you to sell or
what do you do for nioney meals
etc
Now you are like the rest he
said I get along all right Had aj nWa wrecus in which perhaps hu
good bed after I got here have slept
most of the day and will soon be on
my way again how do I live Why
I know all the railroad boys and they
know me Sometimes I do a little
carving of faces on potatoes etc and
when the necessity comes I get a lit-
tle money for this cleverness He is
clever at his work too and could
make a name for himself carving in
wood etc He also sells some inter-
esting post cards when he has to
but not often He sajs he does not
need much money as he has only
spent for railroad fare J7G1 in
nearly half a million miles he
covered
Also he showed the Herald
proof of a book he has written
Life and Adventures of A No 1
is an illustrated book and contains
some wholesome advice to boys who
are not satisfied with their home He
says he is going to put the book on
the market sometime in the near fu
ture not because he needs the monpy
but for the good it may possibly do
and to help take care of his wants in
later life should he escape the fate
that overtakes most riders of the
rods death under the wheels
A No 1 has been a wanderer
since 1S83 He has been around the
world three times visited many of
the outoftheway places and has be-
come quite a linguist speaking and
writing fluently four languages
When here he wore a daikcolored
neatly tailored business suit a derby
hat nice tie and pin and his shoes
wereneatly polished He did not look
a bit like the tramp as pictured in
the papers He does not drink use
tobacco or swear
He was asked why and how he
came to adopt his queer name
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the
has
man
The
It
had crawled out from their dangerous
position the elder man looking him
over said Kid jou are A No 1
and after that this was the only name
he had Befoie that it was Kid
Soon the elder man fell sick and was
left behind He was told to write his
sobriquet A No 1 along the way
with an arrow showing the direction
in which lie was goin and he could
be followed The elder man had form-
ed a great attachment for the boy
He has kept his pledge to the elder
man and ever since that day he has
been writing his mark along the
highway but to this day has never
been ovei taken by his companion
A No 1 has a book leather
bound and waterpioof full of letters
cards etc from railroad officials and
others and he prizes this book high
ly Seveial letters state he has pre
a5a yfiars ome ot UiesemarfcaJiavB Thatvls a story too he sald jnftHrfnffjUxoutcailroad yards looking
Jbeen decorating the abovementioned
places
And the man who executes these
fslgns is as queer as the signs them
selves In his conversation with the
Herald man he told many experiences
Say he said it is not often I
reveal myself and It is seldom I talk
w
When he first started on the road it
was with an older man The latter
was attracted by the ingeniousness of
the boy by his bright ways his
natural aptitude for a life in box cars
and in riding the rods beneath the
grinding wheels After a long and
perilous ride one night and after they
man lives would have been lost by
telling trainmen of bioken wheels he
had discovered or other defects that
threatened the train He has been
through four wrecks but says he has
never been scartched In the collec-
tion of letters is an autograph letter
and photograph from Jack London
the wellknown author telling of a
pleasant companionship on the road
together in 1894 His toilet set is
complete though it takes up little
room in his bundle It consists of a
tooth brush soap shaving outfit a
comb and a few other articles His
carving tools are two sharp knives A
box of shoe blacking and rags to
shine his shoes are conspicuous ar-
ticles in this oufit He also carries a
pocket edition of Websters Diction-
ary which Is rather a queer article
for a tramp to have
He was asked why he was not offer-
ing his book for sale He saidthere
is yet time enough It appears to be-
an interesting story of his twenty
five years of travels It also points
out the dangers as well as the pitiful
life of the tramp These recitals he
says may deter some good boy from
a like fate ashe says a boy who
once becomes a wanderer is always a
wanderer He quoted the old maxim
Once a tramp always a tramp Ha
says a boy who will lead such a book
as his tellng his actual experiences
or a book by Jack London or Josiah
Flints book showing the pitiful dark
side pf the life of a tramp will be
content to stay at home or be any-
thing else but a tramp
When asked why he did not give up
the life he said
Do you know that the call to wan-
der is so irresistible that often on
dark and rainy nights I find myself
for a chance to move on
You may not believe me he said
but It is a fact that I realize that
my end will be the same as 90 per-
cent of all tramps an accident This
is why I have at least provided for a
decent burial In 1S94 I leceived a
medal from th e Police Gazette and 1
A Choice collection Of 80 recipes with the latest baking helps and
a fund of valuable information edited by Mrs Janet McKenzie Hill of
The Boston Cooking School the noted authority on Domestic Science
Elegantly illustrated and printed on finest plate paper
This artistic book absolutely free
to every user of
BAKING
POWDER
To get the Cooks Book
Secure the coupon from a 25cent can of K C
Baking Powder Cut this out write name
and address and mail with coupon to Jaques
Manufacturing Co Chicago Dept Arn
If you have never tried K C Baking Powder this is the time to buy
your first cau and get the beautiful Cooks Book for the asking
K C Baking Powder will please you better than auy other or you get
your money back
Guaranteed pure wholesome and the most perfect in actiou Com-
plies with all Pure Food Laws No Trust prices
J
4 3
000 cash for tramping or heating my
way from Newfork to San Francisco
in eleven days and six hours Here is
the medal he showed a handsome
gold medal concealed under his vest
pinned to his suspenders appropriate-
ly engraved and stating what it was
bestowed for simply giving his name
as A No 1 With 750 of that
money I bought for myself a tomb-
stone and it is in a cemetery at Cam-
bridge Springs Pa waiting for me
On my body are instructions for the
disposal of my body Seems strange
that almost every night that silent
white monument is beckoning from its
snowcovered hillside in my dreams
entreating me to stop my roving This
1 have tried to do many times but
in vain and my epataph which I
hope will be a silent everlasting warn-
ing to others who seem to be afflict-
ed with this strange longing to roam
very aptly called wanderlust is sim-
ply
A No 1
The Rambler
At Rest at Last
t
But say he said as he shook
hands goodbye Dont say anything
about my visit at least not until I
am gone I may not get out tonight
if jou say anything wait until Friday
when I am sure I shall be far away
Goodnight I hope to pass this way
agafn in about ten years if not I
will be resting under the protection of
that white tombstone I was telling you
about
And A No 1 was gone
WEATHER FORECAST
Published By Authority of the Secre-
tary ofAgriculture
For Palestineand vicinity
Tonight ami Saturday fair warmer
Minimum temperature 20
Maximumftemperature 30
Weather Conditions
The storm that was over the east
gulf states yesterday morning
passed rapidlynortheastward to
New England states attended by rain
or snow in th Atlantic states A dis
turbacne is entering Montana from
the northwest and is causing warmer
weather in that section The western
high pressure area has moved east-
ward and isnow central over the west
gulf states Freezing temperatures
are reported along the coast from
Brownsville Texas to Mobile Ala
T R Taylor
Official in Charge
has
the
Fajmers Still In Session
The Anderson County Farmers
Union has been in session here again
today but the fhee tings have been ex-
ecutive and nothing has been given
out to the press or public It is cur-
rently reported however that the
farmers are discussing the cesession
movement and what they will do in
the premises Some of the locals over
the state are not inclined to follow
the state president in divorcing the
Texas branch from the national union
It is not known what the Anderson
county union will do
Card of Thanks
I wish to thank through the pages
of the Herajd my many friends who
were so kind and attentive to me dur
ing my recent Illness Especially do
I thank the clerks of the city for
their thoughtfulness and many kind
and loving deeds and their willing-
ness to come to my assistance May
God bless and protect every one of
them and send to them all a very
happy and prosperous New Year is
the prayer of my heart
Miss Robbie Norman
Going to Nacogdoches
Mr Otto Olsen the government to-
bacco expert will move his office to
Nacogdoches Sunday He says the
prospects for the coming Texas to-
bacco crop are not very flattering be-
cause of the state of the market etc
and that very little will be planted
around Palestine
However he says whenever he Is
needed here for advice etc he will
come
Carried to Henderson
This morning on No i a sad party
left the city for Henderson accom
panying the remains of Mrs Francis
W Day mother of Mrs S B Mobley
who died in this city at 720 Thursday
morning Mr and Mrs Mobley and
Mrs Estes of Texarkana a sister of
Mis Mobley accompanied the re-
mains Interment took place there to-
day
Funeral Postponed
The funeral services for Mis Ml
nett announced for this afternoon
have been postponed until tomoirow
morning at 10 oclock on account of
Ihe delay of a son in reaching the
city The services will be held at the
Foster home In Fairvlew and inter-
ment will be made In East Hill cem
eteiy
Purity perrect results and economy
all are combined In K C Baking Pow-
der Guaranteed che best at any
price You are wasting your money
to pay more for any baking powder
25 centafo a 25 ounce can
fc
PHONE 280
ii
Undimputmhle Values
Offered These Days in Order to Close-
Out All Tailored Suits Coats
Dresses Ets Etc
The fact is this We are anxious to
close out all remaining winter goods and
to accomplish the purpose we are offer-
ing our entire line at prices that are pos-
itively the lowest in the city If you
need anew suit or dress it will be to
your interest to come to this store We
are positive that we can save you money
On Skirts Waists Childrens Coats
or Dresses Underwear Etc
Have it done right
by
F E R T O N
c BUR S
THE PLUMBERS
Who do it right
G A LiLLlBRIDGE
After a good Christmas trade wishes to
thank his many friends and patrons for
their liberal support and state that his
stock has been replenished with goods of
Quality and Merit
Quick delivery or no sale
Phone 688
Jim Redwine Co
Plumbing and Tinning
All kinds of repair tin and sheet iron work Stoves
repaired and set up and flues cleaned out Give us
your work and have it done right
Shop Corner of Oak and John Streets
MACHINERY
Should you need Cotton Ginning Cane Grinding Saw Mill or other
Machinery or repairs for same it matters not by whom made Dilleys
can save you time trouble or money perhaps all if you will consult
them You are desirious of building up Anderson County give proof of
it by first giving home factories employing home labor an opportunity
to serve you and then all things being equal give them the preference
Call on or Addratl
Geo M Dilley < Son
Palaltlno Taxao
I Lead in the Fruit Business
In Palestine
i ZZZOthors Try to Follow
But I Control Selling More Than All Others Combined
I BUY IN CAR LOTS
And Can Sell Cheap
Wm
Tho Original Frnlt Man
Fruits Are Always Fresh
BTH 9
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Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V., Jr. Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 132, Ed. 1, Friday, January 7, 1910, newspaper, January 7, 1910; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth83753/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .