Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 6, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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SOMEBODY CAIiLS IT HOME
Edward Vanco Oocko
Country round is rather dull
towns n sort of mutch
Landscape needed mendin but
the towns a blanio poor patch
Ugly is an ugly word so I
shant call it such
But just a lookl show that the
town aint very much
Streets nrc only wagon rats ana
sidewalks hit or miss
Up a step for that one and down
two jumps for this
Just h string of straggly stores ana
houses sprawled about
First thing every drummer asks ts
train o ut
Whcns tho next
Cannon Ball goes thvongli hero
with a shudder atthe sight
Drops a mail bag maybe as if
pityin our plight
Last place ypu might over call a
pitcher or a pom
And yet some of us liko tho place
some of us call it home
Ive seen some bigger places may
bo better maybo uorse
Seen somo whoppiu residences
kept nsicarefully as a hearse
Jam full of doors and windows
with a tower prhaps to boot
Sort of crossed between a hotel
and somo sort of institoot
I suppose they had good fixins on
the inside but I swear
Id feel just as homey ivin in the
court houso on tho square
Not that Im reflecting any for I
aint tho kind that pokes
Kidiculo at anybody I believe
that folks aro folks
And no doubt those bighouse peo-
ple arc as far as I can see
Just as human in their feclins and
as good as you and me
Why theres human folks in Tim
buctoo and human folks in Nome
It mightnt suit mo citliler place
but somo one calls it hom
I suppose ts sort of foolish but
I bet I aint alone
In the fcelin that I have for things
that I call any own
Why theres my place it aint so
much to speak of after all
Iost any other houso has got a
window and n wall
jmc common tilings for comfort
m Land sgmc jdearer thjngs f or lpoks
A sjirinkliiiGround ofpjtchers and
n little row for books
Somo garden things agrpwiu and
a welcome homo at night
Prom a little bunch of babies
dancin wheu you como in sight
Its fill so sort of common that I
couldnt make you seo
If you didnt have tho feelin that
keeps bubblin up in me
For I tell you there aint a placo
beneath tho big blue domo
That pulls me like it does because
oh well I call it home
OFFICIAL GRADES
President Roosevelt in his recent
message to congress recommended
that a law bo enacted fixing tho
grades of grain these official grades
to rule in every grain market in this
country and of course to govern in
all courts in suits growing out of
dealings in grain The idea is an ex-
cellent one because every grain ex
change and grain dealers associa-
tion has been fixing grades to suit
itself and always in its own inter-
est to tho farmers detriment r
Why should not such a law fixing
cotton grades also bo a good one
Congressman Burleson from Texas
lias this bill pending in congress It
provides that She Agricultural De-
partment shall appoint a commis-
sion of experts to fix the grades of
cotton and that these grades shall
go ern in all exchanges and in all
cotton sales Let us hope that this
bill may become a law and further-
more let us all do something to help
this bill through congress and to got
the grain measure enacted also If
tho Western and Southern Con-
gressmen will unite on these two
bills they can defeat tho opposition
that will come from the spinners
and thsir allies against tho cotton
bill and tho grain exchanges and
grain dealers associations every-
where These peoplo are all op
posed to any gradings of grain or
cotton they do not establish them-
selves because it is through grade
manipulations that they do a vast
deal of swindling National Co-
operator
San Antonio Restricting tlie
circulation of tramps and criminals
nnd at the same fine extending the
is tho wise policy that has bijen
adopted hero in handling pettyf 0f
fenders Tho practice of majing
tramps and other petty offenders
move on to tho next town jfe not
conducive to checking the igrowth
of such parasites on tho bfody in-
dustrial Here all suclyoffenders
nto kept in a convict tjfanp on ono
bf tho various coumy roads and
kept hard at woikAs a result tho
finest road systjxh in Texas net
orl Bexar Cunty from this city
Tlicro are oifo hundred and eighty
five milps of excellent macadam
roads sracliating in every direction
Thflinutual benefit of this to the
farmers and tho merdhlants makes
this tho most important public work
of the county administration Tins
method of handling petty offenders
has resulted not only in practical
results but has operated to keep
down petty crimes and to frighten
away the undesirable army of ho-
boes that would otherwise infest
this city during tho delightful win
tor months
OKLAHOMAS EXPERIMENTS
The newest State unless wo are
sadly mistaken is not going to live
in ignoblo fear of proccdent This
money trouble has been engaging
her attention and an interesting
bank law results Under this law
all State banks must keep in tho
hands of a State bohrd a stun
equal to one pei cent of their av
erage deposits a > a depositors
guarantee fund If a state bank
fails tho board shall draw upon
this fund to whatever amount may
bo necessary in order to pay de
positors in full and replenish tho
fund by an assessment levied
ratably according to deposits on
all tho banks
This device wo judge should1
provide n complete guaranty to
every depositor in ever ystate bank
htneo should leave no excuse for
runs and hoarding those black
plagues of banking Any national
bank in the State may pay in its
one per cent asessment and secure
the guaranty to its depositors on
equal terms with Stafe banks
In New York and Chicago the
big banks meet an acute disturb-
ance by standing together as a unit
imtheir clearing house associations
ThbOklahomanlaw contemplates a
liko solidarity fornll thobanks in
the State Whether tho reserve
provision of tho act will not mili-
tate against State banks qs com-
pared with national banks remains
to be seen But tho guaranty fea-
ture is tho best answer yet on any
statute book to the problem raised
by tho October trouble
Greenville Tix tvmpo ary
injunction restraining tho collec
tion of inthngbb taxes of the Katy
lias been isuil
Washington According to the
report of Secretary Cortelyou tho
Panama bonds were oversubscrib-
ed 44 times His report further
states that over 290000000 have
been withdrawn from circulation
since tho panic began
Lisbon PortugalHA number of
people were injured in severe out-
breaks of political rioting
Fort Worth A number of sec
retaries of business organizations
embracing a large part of central
Texas met to consider concerted
action to secure legislation
Hartshorn Oklar A father res
cued four children from a burning
building but perished with thto
fifth in a vain effort to rescue it
FOR SALE Guaranteed Btrlctly pure
homomade ribbon cane syrup No su-
gar extracted no adulteration no
chemicals used fire cooked Write for
freo sample and prices R B Loggins
Columbia Tex
80 Buff OBFB1NOTOHS Birds from
bout yards of England and America
IJSBB at 160 J2V ll JCO P T 15
Stock for sale Satisfaction guaranteed
Tlmmett Brown Cleburne Tex
DO you want to bo cured of the mor
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If so come to my sanitarium at Min-
eral Wells Tex No pain not a cent
of your money until you say you are
cured Dr W C Rountree
SEED OATS Lawsons Improved Red
Winter Bust Proof Seed Oats are the
best In tho world to sow in January
and February They are strogn vigor-
ous grow rapidly mature early Re
cleanod graded not one ounce of
trash In 100 bushels Every sack tag-
ged with my trademark You will nev-
er regret buying these oats Write for
samples and further information
system of good roads in thjs county o p Lawson McGregor Texas
IMPUDENCE Chief Perfection 2nd
Meddler and other strains of fanciest
PolandChina Males from 10 up
Registered bred gilts to herd header
Mischief Meddler 129377 tho grandest
young boar south for 25 Eggs
from worlds champion strain Rhode
island Keds Elliott English Whites
horo Tex
FREE to ovary farmer answering this
advertisement our formula for pro
venting and curing chicken cholera
Department X Southern Supply Co
Talladega Alabama
NOTICE I have pit Qamo Chickens
die
that breed game light game and
game War Horse Arkansas Travelers
and Top Kots Everything guaranteed
Write for prices W A Hutto Look
Box 31 Logansport La
PIUZD winner high class poultry ABk
for circular Columbia Poultry Farm
Rockdale Texas
WANTED Salesmen for our new
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seller big money mado by energetic
men Address F E IJuse Box 881
Dallas Texas
FOIl SALE At a bargain general
merchandise storo and cotton gin 3
gin stands 4C acres pasture land good
water splendid business location
stock Invoices about 1500 Good rea-
son for selling Spillman Bros llouto 1
Austin Texas
MEBAND Cotton Seed for Sale 37 to
41 per cent lint Will malto 2 to 12
dollars per bale moro than common
cotton Ono to 25 bu at 75c 30 tolOO
bu at 05c B M Davis Lockhart
Texas
DR AUNETrS French Tonic and
VitalUer tablets are as suro to re-
store lost manhood and power as tho
Eun shines no matter tho cause and
whether old or young Sent sealed by
mail 100 per package 3 for 250
Tho Raben Co box 598 Houston
Texas
TIRE Troubles Ended Steel tiro
cose No more punctures blowouts
rim cuts fits any old tire flexible as
rubber Wrlto for booklet Dallas Nov-
elty Co Dallas ox
GOLDEN WYANDOTTES White Ply-
mouth Rocks and Buff Cochin Ban-
tams Mrs 0 L Wiley 183 Travis
Ave Dallas
HAVF for Immediate shipment qholco
Johnson grass prairie and alfalfa hay
ear corn both bulk and sacked mixed
also while R R P oats Kansas
white V G Thomas McKlnney Tex
WOOD WOOD 1000 rods 4 ft dr
oak mostly all split 3 cord fob
cars Subflrrr Immediate shipment
Richard JGckllardt Yorktown Texas
FOR PALE Texas rust proof nice
clean seed oats clear of Johnson grass
75 cents sacked fob puncanvllle Dal-
las county Texas H B Daniel
WANTED 10000 goat and deer-
skins Mt Pleasant Tanning Co Mt
Pleasant Texas
I MOUNT Deer and Wild Animal
heads been doing It for 20 years and
dross sklna for rug purposes F
Hardmann 218 S Alamo St San An-
tonio Texas
BLESSING PHOTO SUPPLY CO 315
Houston St Ft Worth Texas sell
Kodaks fllins and all supplies De
volop and finish for amateurs Prices
on application Mall orders solicited
SCHOLARSHIPS FREE Conserva-
tory of telegraphy offers scholarships
freo for 30 days City Natl Bank Bldg
Snn Antonio Tex
LUMBER LUMBER LUMBER
We sell In carload lots and prices
right Also butcher blocks Write
us Morgan Bros Gilmer Texas
FOR SALE Orange flg grafted pa-
per Bhell pecans all kinds fruit and
ornamental trees Stockwells Nur-
sery Alyln Texas
MONEY madeat home silvering mlr
rors easy and profitable new pro-
cess full Instructions Write Simp
son 415 West Third St Fort Worth
Texas
TROST BROS
On 8 I > and M K T Ry Tracks
130 Lamar Sfc San Antonio Texas
Hay a l Grain
Wire phone or write us
when In need of anything in the feed
lino Our prices are always right
on shelled corn ear corn oats bran
chops cane Seed choice hay etc If
ypu want1 to Bell any of the above ask
us for blds
AIR TREATMENT
For the euro of Diseases
of Lungs and Throat
S A Tent Colony
BAN ANTONIO TEXAS
ED FRIEDRICH
iVMnnufacturor of
Billiard and Pool Tables Bar Fix-
tures Butchers Ice Boxes
1 I Carry In Stock
Billiard Tables and Supplies Bar Fix-
tures Butchers Ice Boxes Blocks
Racks and Counters
1 quote tho lowest prices
Also pell on installment plans
205 Dawson Bt San Antonio Terns
MY GLASSES
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My methods aro new and eliminate tbo puess
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Htadacho Neuralgia Constipation Epilepsy re
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Booklet Freo Consultation Free
Dr S F HAYES Neurologist
133 West Com St
San Antonios Leading Jewelry Store
Wo want to impress it upon you that whenever you have in mind
tho purchase of GOOD jewelry you will loso both timo and money
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SILVERWARE CUT GLASS AND ART GOODS
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117 W Commerco St
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San Antanio Texas
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monthly installments of 750 per 1000 borrowed with 5 per-
cent interest on unpaid balance But begin today rnort now
every day you put it off means another days rent U lost and
nn opportunity forsaken If you cannot call upon us fill out
the coupon and we will send explanatories telling all about it
Good Agents wanted everywhere
The Standard Trust Co
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Habermacher, J. C. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 6, 1908, newspaper, February 6, 1908; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth111741/m1/2/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .