The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1919 Page: 1 of 16

                                
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Published by R. Shuffler, at Olney, Young County, Texas, Friday, November 14, 1919
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NUMBER 30
BOBBY GRANTS FULL
PARDON TO E. W. FRY
Final Action Taken on Applica-
tion After Series of
Conferences
Austin, Texas, Nov. 8.—Gover-
nor Hobby has granted an uncon-
ditional pardon to E. W. Fry,
former County Judge of Young
County and a member of the
Thirty-Fourth Legislature, convict-
ed of forgery and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. The
Governor’s action was officially
announced today, the following
notations being made by the Gov-
ernor on the applicaton for pardon:
“The conclusion of the Board of
Pardon Advisers is ordered filed as
fully explanatory of this case and
in connection with the granting of
tliis pardon.”
Before reaching a decision Gov-
ernor Hobby held several hearings,
listening to arguments made by
friends of Fry in support of the ap-
plication for pardon and also to
Protestants. At these hearings the
members of the Board of Pardons
Advisers were present. The case
against Fry, which had been pend-
ing before the Court of Criminal
Appeals for some time, was not
finally disposed of until about
fifteen days ago, when the court
overruled a motion for rehearing,
the court having previously affirm-
ed the judgement of the trial court.
The report of the Board of Par-
dons to the Governor on Fry’s ap-
plication for pardon contains ten
typewritten pages. It was written
by Fritz R. Smith, chairman of the
board.    5
Chairman Smith’s Report
“Your Excellency has been in
conference with the board a num-
ber of times over this matter,”
wrote Chairman Smith. “We
know your heart; we know your
feelings and we can say to your Ex-
cellency that we appreciate the hon-
esty of your purpose, the honesty
^ of your efforts and endeavor. There
" wiliTwio. ^natter which way you act,
be criticism"; but no criticism can
come from this board either way
you act in this matter, because you
# have unbosomed yourself and we
know your efforts are all for the
purpose of good citizenship. The
board, however, has adopted a uni-
versal rule that the writer feels
ought to be adhered to, and that is,
we do not feel it is our duty, as a
board rule, to recommend a pardon
for any man who has not reached
the penitentiary.”
Judge W. PI. Knight, the other
member of the Board of Pardons,
wrote that he concurred in the re-
port in toto, “except I have given
this matter careful study and from
all angles of this case, and what has
been said by my associate, in this
report, I feel that this man and this
applicant should be given an un-
conditional pardon, and I so recom-
mend. It is only in keeping with
what my associate has said; there
is a division all the way through
the trial, a division even down to
where it reaches the Board of Par-
dons, and there we see a division.
That division necessarily raises a
doubt, and I am willing to resolve
this doubt in behalf of this ap-
plicant, and I will say to your Ex-
cellency that I hereby recommend
a full and complete pardon for this
applicant regardless of the rules of
the board as heretofore adopted. I
do not believe that any rule can be
applied to every case. I believe
there is an exception to all rules
and I am willing in this case to
make this exception.”
Chief in Political Fight
The report states that informa-
tion has come to the board “that
there has been a political factional
fight in Young County in which
this applicant was a chief.”
According to the report a mass
of letters, telegrams and petitions
have been presented in behalf of
Fry, and there have been numerous
callers and personal interviewers.
Many of these are of prominence.
They said, that their whole desire
and hope is that ‘ ‘ they may be able
to settle this unrestful feeling, and
a number of them have asserted
their belief that this man has been
unduly persecuted and he is not
guilty, of even the charges brought
against him.”
-o--—
luckier to miss what is coming to
him than to get it.
-o-;—
Platonic love is a misnomer, and
old Plato was some fakir himself,
as other Greeks have been since.
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It matters not so much whether
the streets of the New Jerusalem
are paved with gold, asphalt or
good intentions just so automobiles
are barred from them.
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If we cut out meat, tpa, coffee,
tobacco and all taht soiji of thing,
we will doubtless live pnger, but
what’ll be the use of livjig?
11;.
DARK SIDE OF
LABOR PROBLEM
This writer has always held that
the truest and best friend of labor
is not tjhe radical element among
the agitators, and this position is
easily susceptible of proof. Also
we have had little use for the I. W.
W. organization, because, largely,
of their radicalism, and further it
is a well known fact that there are
thousands of men so low down in
the moral, intellectual atid social
scale as to prefer bumming and
vagrancy to honest work and
endeavor. But for all this, there is
another and a darker side to this
great labor problem, which while
it does not justify the shiftlessness
of the tramp element or the viol-
ence of the rabid element, it at
least shows a reason why such ele-
ments exist. And in considering
this darker side it is but fair to take
eonsidera+iirm    rr va-
cation and lack of knowledge which
has been the portion of the un-
fortunates.
—-o-
Those that are not in office cuss
those that are for not doing things
that they know they could not do
themselves.
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The governor of New York says
people must learn to eat what they
can afford. Well, what in blazes
can they afford? They certainly
can’t afford to eat hay—it’s $20
a ton.
THE MAGDALENE
Now that the prohibition issue
has been practically settled, many
cities over the country are turning
their attention to the social evil and
graft charges against police forces,
attempts by many organizations to
break up redlight districts and
arrest and punish fallen women are
noticable in the dispatches.
The problem is almost as old as
time. It has been with us always,
and probably always will be, for
as long as men and women desire
each other carnally, sin will be com-
mitted.
Some hold that these women
should be confined to segregated
districts and regulated by the
police. Others hold that they
should be pursued by the law and
punished the same as any other
lawrbreaker. And neither of these
theories have ever worked out as
planned.
We have less sympathy for the
scarlet women of the world than for
many other lawless creatures, and
have none of this mawkish senti-
mentality which the sob squad dis-
play. There are, of course, many
fine exceptions, but the rule holds
true that the average prostitute is
abnormal. She is not a norinal wo-
man. She is lazy, dissolute, almost
brainless and with no conception
whatever of anything in the nature
of morality. Tell her to go and sin
no more, and she goes and sins some
more. Sympathy and sentiment are
wasted upon her—she cannot ap-
preciate it.
We believe that the particular
breed of her which is the large
majority, should be confined and
treated like one treats dope fiends,
inebriates or other abnormal per-
sons, and that in time this will be
found to be the solution of the
problem.
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DOES NOT BELIEVE
IN PEACE
One of the striking figures of the
war was General Ludendorff, Ger-
man general. His influence had
much to do with Germany’s at-
titude, and his remarks indicate the
opinion of many in this country.
Therefore, while the. world is hop-
ing for general peace, it is interest-
ing to note his opinion:
In discussing the fall of Novo
Georgievsk, he said it would be the
last “ring fortress” to be taken,
and adds: “Not that I believe in
disarmament. The world will very
soon learn its lesson in regard to
that delusion. However much it
may be regretted, mankind will
never come to that. ’ ’
Is this German exponent of mili-
tary preparedness right ? Is man-
kind in mass too material and self-
ish to ever come to permanent
peace? We hope he is wrong, but
the main point is, is he ? Everybody
should lend their influence to make
his prediction erroneous.
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OLNEY, TEXAS
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WHITTENBERG WELL IN
DONNELL POT ON PUMP
Young County Rapidly Coming
Into Producing Class of
Northwest Texas
At a depth of 3,710 feet the bit in
the Whittenburg well sruck a sand
of high grade oil last Thursday and
drilling was suspended until asso-
ciates of C. S. Thomas, who is drill-
ing the. well, could arrive from
California. The gentlemen from
the Golden State arrived Wednes-
day night and spent Thursday at
the well. They were highly pleas-
ed with the outlook and it was de-
cided to drill in Saturday, when
the production will likely be as-
certained.
The Whittenburg well is twelve
miles southeast from Graham, on a
line between the Graham and
Caddo fields, and, if the well
proves the producer generally ex-
pected, broadens the field to the
Young and Stephens county line.
All this territory is supplied from
Graham and everything connected
with the field has to start from and
wind up here, so the bringing in of
this well means more to us than can
be expressed in a few words.
The Donnell No. 1 well, eleven
miles southwest from Graham,
which came in two weeks ago, con-
tinues to make about one hundred
barrels per day. A pump was put
to work on it. this evening. The
Roxana people, who drilled the
Donnell No. 1, have a day and night
force at work erecting a rig on the
MeCharen place adjoining the Don-
nell tract and will soon be ready
to start drilling. This is in the
shallow field where many more
locations have been made and
developing is certain to be very
active within the new weeks.
Lease and royalty values have
advanced rapidly in the vicinity of
the Donnell and Whittenburg wells
this week.
A contract was closed this week
with S .D. Felt et al for a well on
the Stovall Plantation just north
of the bridge across the Clear Fork
river, and work will begin there
within the next few days.
The. North American people made
four locations for tests in the vicin-
ity of the Donnell No. 1 this week
but we have been unable to learn
just where they are.—Graham
Leader.
COAL STRIKE0 DE-
LAYS PAPER
Owing to the;ifnability of the
power plant tq secure'*'coal the
electric curent which*' drives our
motors was cut off the first of the
week and as a result we have been
unable to turn a wheel in the of-
fice or get out the paper on time.
Tonight (Saturday) the power
plant has started up, having ar-
ranged to burn oil, and if nothing
hahpens we will be able to turn
out next week’s paper on time, al-
though it will necesarily be a little
short of the standard from the
standpoint of news. The shut-down
has thrown us one week behind and
we will ask our patrons to be as
considerate as possible until we
catch up. Then we hope to give
even a better paper than ever be-
fore.—Graham Leader.
RAILROAD SURVEY
The preliminary survey for the
extension of the railroad from this
place to Breckenridge was complet-
ed last week and the final survey
is being made.
This road will be in operation
next year and when completed will
give Newcastle an outlet for her
vast coal fields and other resources.
—Newcastle Register.
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Taking stock in other folks’
quarrels has never been our hobby,
and we have not had much to say
about the trial of former Judge E.
W. Fry, of Graham. He was
finally given a sentence of two
years in the penitentiary, and we
figured that he got out light
enough. But when Gov. Hobby
goes and pardons him, it looks like
this might be a matter of concern
to any citizen. We have not gone
carefully into the evidence, but- we
feel that if there was any erring
of justice it was on the side of
mercy, and Governor Hobby does
not seem to state any particularly
good reason for the pardon. The
Dallas News terms the action an
abuse of the executive power, and
we are ready to second the motion.
—Baylor County Banner.
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Your head will never get so fuH
of wisdom that your mouth need
be used as an escape valve for the
surplus.
—-o-
We’d rather be a barefoot boy
With splinters in his heel
Than be a rich and sick old n
Too sjtiff to run or kneel.