The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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Eutei ed ' in the postvflioe at .Fairfield, Texas, an second
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......FEBRUARY 1, 1»07
FAIRFIELD MAS THEM.
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Every town has its peculiar class of citizens.
Fairfield i$not different from other towns, but
we believe our* list of residents whose traits of
character -are peculiar, is exceedingly small;
still we can enumerate a few as follows:
r ' The nmn who sees no good in anything ex-
sept that which he originates. You cannot use
him ' help* any public enterprise unless ypu
make him believe he is the whole thing. He is'
jealous and wants all the glory if anything is
accomplished.
The man who is always at the head of ev-
erything until a project of public benefit comes
up that needs a little money. Then he has
business elsewhere—until the money is raised.
Then we have the great patriotic, big-heart-
ecf man who endeavor to save the country by
filling fat public offices. Like the brother
above, he is alright and willing to save the
country, until you try to separate him from
some of bis money.
Then again we have this same brother, who
acts a little different. He is public-spirited; he"
is patriotic; be wants to save his country, he
shows you the faults in the management of
the government: his remedy to save the coun-.
try from going to the demnition bow-wows is
for the dear ones to give him a nice fat office.
Here is where weJ&U to..agree with, him: Let
an important question arise upon which the
people are strongly divided—for instance, the
Bailey questiOTF:;:atrd we will use it as an il-
lustration—and you can’t spot him. He is like
the Irishman’s flea. When he is in company
@i anti-Bailey men, Bailey is a scoundrel, and
Ike raises his voice loud in condemnation.
"When he is with Bailey men, Bailey appears
to him as a patriot and a much abused man,
and loudly condeffins the traitors who oppose
him.
Then we have thp public spirited man and
woman who realize that they owe something to
society and the public generally. And we
trust all who read this will place themselves
with the last mentioned. If you are foolish
enough to place yourself as any of the others
mentioned, we want you to understand that we
were merely joking.
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r.IUM COMPLIMENT.
AS WE SEE IT.
Joe Bailey was re-elected ru the face of the
fact that two committees were organized to In*
vestig&te charges that, if proven, would dis-
qualify him- The investigation ie on, and the
s- ppcrters of Bailey are contesting every inch.
No matter what the reports of the committee’s
are, the Legislature cannot v”ote to censure'the
v aa.or, as It eleoted him in the face of - the
charges, anti the members who voted for him
must stand by him under any and all circum-
stances. The Recorder is honestly and sin-
cerely opposed' to fmblic servants representing
corporations add the people at the same time.
B-ile ■ admitted* that he done this.
We honestly believe ttytt the Democracy had
a right, by a majority vote, to reconsider the
vote for United {States Senator, in view of- de-
velopmhfffs till came to light after tho pri-
mary.
If we had been a member of the Legislature,
under the circumstances, we would have en-
deavored to have had a thorough investigation
of the matter. If the investigation could not
have been had before the election of a Senator,
and.the voters of Freestone county had not re-
scinded their action in a second election, we
would have voted for Bailey; or on the .other
hand, if we considered hiin a rascal, we would
have resigned and let the people elect some
amp to carry out their wishes.
The Contest.
The Contest is moviug»up and
the candidates are working and
bending in coupons; also new
and old subscriptions every day.
To help them along we will fur-
nish, go request, copies of Aur
maiftng list at any postoffice they
may desire. (’nnrlidatos will
find this a great help. To pay
them for their time, we will al-
low 25 per cent cpipraission on
all money theycolfeTct. after they
secure as much as $5,00. You
will be allowed the commission
on the $5.00 also. We make this
ruletto assure us that parties
are really at work.
Now is the time to push and
solicit votes; Remember, it does.
not take many subscriptions to
plaoft.your total high.
The prizes aud the commission
are wel| worth your time.
One machine- goes to each
Commissioner’s Beat.
Farmers’ Union Notice.
All members of Mt. Zion
Farmers’ Union a/e requested^)
meet at Mt. Zion, Saturday eve-
It is no use now, to use a great deal of space n’n£ before the 2nd Sunday 1n
in discussing the matter, because it is settled
for six years, and we will now turn our whole
att'O'hXibft to exploiting the great resources and
natural advantages of this county, and to print-
ing one of the best county papers in the State,
besides advocating now and then the good old
Democracy that we first followed, under the
leadership of Wm. J. Bryan and Jim Hogg.
The following is a high compliment, and
doubly so when it is considered that the Cou-
ridr is a city paper, and ranks as ope of the
fcest. The Recorder further appreciates the
•ompliment, as"Tyler was the l^st town in
which the editor worked at the printer’s trade
before coming to Fairfield. We worked on the
Tyler Dailey Telegram 11 months in 1895, ar-
riving in Fairfield Dec. 20,1895, aged 18. Times
have changed considerably since then:
The FalrffeTdTlECXjknEK is one of the most, intelligent-
ly and ohe of the most sensibly edited weekly jjaperd in
Texas. The Courier congratulates the readers of the Re-
corder because they, are fortunate igji&ving such a paper
in Freestone •ounty. Many other counties in Texas are
far less fortunate.—Tyler Courier.
There is a move on foot at Austin to estab-
lish a State printing house. The State spends
many thousands of dollars annually for its
printed supplies, and there are many points
for and against the State doing its own work.
In the old days Texas had a printing estab-
lishment, but it was discontinued many years
ago.
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The Governor of the new state of Oklahoma
will receive a salary of $6i000 peryear. There
is an effort to dispense with District Attorneys
making the County Attorney the trial officer in
both County and District Courts.
The interurban project islooming up. The
people have given the matter.no consideration
and would be surprised if the line should be
built. It is a possibility as the surveyors are
now at work.
There will be a market in Freestone county
tljis year, fob all the ribbon cane syrup, sweet
and Irish potatoes, produced by the farmers of
the county. Bear this in rnindi
JOE BAILEY THE VICTOR.
Under the above caption the Kerens Trib-
une, a paper that is a staunch supporter of Joe
Bailey, publishes the following. We reproduce
it to show what a Bailey organ thinks of some
of the Hwa*’ traits of character. We regret to
see the Tribune publish the article as we are a
friend to the editor and his paper, aud it is now
too late in the game for him to be placed in the
column with the “scoundrels,” “liars,” “hy-
enas,” etc., who have dared tocriticise the man
“who can do no wrong.” This article places
the Tribune man in this column, although the
■ paper is a supporter of Bailey:
Joseph W. Bailey will serve us another six
years—at least—in the U. S. Senate. His politi-
cal enemies are still his enemies, and would
have remained such had a searching investiga-
tion found him guiltless of every damaging
charge that has hewn made against him. T’his
Bailey muss has developed one evident fact,
and that is, the people of Texas are violently
- opposed to our public servants serving the peo-
ple and serving the corporations at one and the
same time. 'We hope our present Legislature
will pass a law prohibiting this practice and
our members of Congress will know where they
are at. "
We have our faults—many Of* them—but
Senator Bailey has a glaring few that Will
greatly diminish his popularity if he does not
get rid of them, and it is a> wonder that some
of hi8 close personal friends do not point them
out to him. Overbearing by nature, he is one
of the most egotistical public men we have ever
known or read after* thisffilg 1,'Htthvu hhHihhSS
is well enough for a beardless boy just out of
college, but Joe Bailey is a man of maturity,
experience and intelligence.... He/s utterly in-
tolerant and abusive in opposing the views of
iiiuBts who differ with him, and here during the
late unpleasantness he seemed to be trying to
assume the roll of a political boss'.
The Tribune man has been an ardent ad-
mirer of Joe Bailey ever since his first race for
Congress, but we do hope, in his maturer years,
he will add a little dignity and mpdesty to his
other accomplishments.
There should at once be a law placed on the
statute books of Texas making it a serious of-
fense for parties afflicted with smallpox or oth-
er infectious diseases to appear in a public
place: It is getting very common in adjoining
cities for offiers to find on the streets, worth-
less negroes afflicted with smallpox. They
Care not whether or not they spread the dis-
ease, and their utter disregard for the welfare
of the public makes it so difficult to control the
disease. The action of Marshal Lewis, of
Mexia, recently, is to be highly commended.
He found a negro on the street with a highly
developed case of smallpox. He took the party
up an alley and told him to leave town at dou-
February, to*attend to business
of importance.
G. W. Emmons,
Sec. Mt. Zion Union.
We received a nice communi-
cation from a writer at Free-
stone, this week, and we trust
he will continue to write and let
the people know what is going
on in his town. We would be
glad each week, to devote two
pages to correspondents, and
that more will write.
ble quick, and to accelorate his speed, the Mar
‘pot shot” at him. H eosis coun
Superintendent L. A. Daffan of the H. A T.
ties and cities a world
smallpox patients, and
of money
something
caring for
should lie
died suddenly at Ids office in Ennis, last | done to prevent parties with it, from mingling
Monday. He had been with the road since the | ^he Public.
Civil War.
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Long staple cotton is selling for 20cents per
"VOcrnd at Clarksville, Texas.
There is no land Wowing with milk and hon-
ey. Don’t forget this igfcen the desire to move
strikes you.
PROHIBITION PROCLAMATION.
Be it remembered that on this,
the 17t>. day of December, 1906,
the Commissioners’ Court of
Freestone County, Texas, con-
vened in special session for the
purpose of opening the polls
and counting the. votes cast at
the local option election held in
Justice Precinct No. 5, of said
county, on the 8th day of Dec.
1906; and for other business
properly coming before the
Court; a quorum of said Court
being in attendance, the returns
from Phiiqprvoting precinct No.
14 not having been received,
the Court postponed opening the
returns of said election until the
second day of said special ses-
sion, for time to get the full
returns: Be it further remem-
bered that on this, the 18th day
of Dec. A. D.1906, in the Com-
missioners’ Court of said Coun-
ty, a quorum thereof being pres-
ent, said Court opened the polls
and-counted the votes cast at the
election held in Justice Precinct
No. 5, of said county, on Dec.
8th. 1906, to determine whether
or not the sale of intoxicating
liquors shall be prohibited in
said Justice Precinct, and it ap-
pearing to the Court that said
election was held iu accordance
with the la\y and the previous
order of this Court, and that le-
gal notices of said election
were posted in five different
places in said Justice Precinct
for at least 12 days prior to said
election, and that the result of
said election is in favor of pro-
hibition; said vote being for pro-
hibition 139 votes: againat pro-
hibition 65 votes; and the majori-
ty for prohibition 74 votes, it is
ordered and declared by the
Court that prohibition car-
ried in said election. It is there-
fore considered, adjudged and
ordered ,by the Court that the
sale of intoxicating liquors shall
be absolutely prohibited in said
Justice Precinct No. 5, of said
county, according to the boun-
daries thereof as defined by or-
der of this Court on the 3lst day
of August, 1903, except for the
purposes isd under the regula
tions specified in Article 3385,
Title 59, of the Revised Statutes,
until such time as the qualified
voters therein may, at a legal
election held for, that purpose,
by a Majority vote, decide other-
wine.
4j4t. J dim, TERuy,
Co. Judge, Freestone Co., Tex!
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1907, newspaper, February 1, 1907; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1109388/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.