The Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1886 Page: 2 of 4
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APRIL 10, I
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
We are authorised to announce the fol
lowing gentlemen for the various offices
to which they aspire:
COUNTY OFFICES:
For County Judge,
JNO. 8. SPINKS.
W. J. GREEK.
For County Attorney,
W. L. HAYNES.
STM. ALLEN. '
W. 8. McCURLEY.
For CouMy Clerk,
A. B. CHAPPELL.
W. D. THOMPSON.
District Clerk,
J. H. WILHITE.
For Tax, Assessor,
T. j. QUINDLEN.
For Tax Collector,
B. P. RIDDLE.
For Treasurer,
j. t. McWilliams.
Fur SKsrif,
H. F. BLACKWELL.
ILLXBERA.UTT.
One of the direst evils of the
day, is a mean and cointeuiplible
spirit of illiberality. It is getting
to be dangerous lor a person to
express an honest opinion upon
any of the questions now agitat-
ing (he public mind; especially
so if he be a person engaged ^n
some public business or occupa-
tion. Strange to say, that, at
the very time such a spirit is Ahe
most dangerous and most pro-
ductive of evil and'Hie ' Most to
be dreaded, it predominates. It
would seem that when there were
great perturbations of society,
and apparent disregard of all long
established customs, and an aban-
donment of all law and order,
there ought to be the greatest
freedom of discussion of ques
tions, and a free expression of
opinions. But the contrary is the
case. Reason and moderation
are laid aside, and blind passion
and bigoted iguorance hold high
carnival. If a person dare inti-
mate that Hie wild and revolu-
tionary methods of those who
are controled by this illiberal
spirit might probably be not al-
together correct, he is, at once,
considered an enemy to them,
and treated accordingly. This is
the worst enemy to the preserva-
tion of human liberty by human,
governments. Nine-tenths of all
the calamities that ever befell a
people, if indeed not all of them,
could, and would, have been aver
ted, if men would have listened
to the voice of reason and wis-
dom. The leaden of the people
ought never to lose sight of this
fact; and they ought to teach the
people to Aear and heed the rea-
sonings of the wisest and best
mbit.
*
ADDITION AX. LOCALS.
J. L. Carter, of
Mr. J. L. Carter, of Abuer,
Kaufman county, who is one of
the leading farmers of that sec
tinn, called on us Tuesday. He is
our agent at Abner, and people
of that community who want a
good paper for $1, will do well to
see him.
Capt. A. N. Alford has bought
in time, for if not, its prorata of
the state fund will be lost. It
was in this way our county lost
over $2,500 last year. Other coun
ties are wide-awake on this mat-
ter, audit we neglect it, we will
again lose thousands, an amount1
sufficient, we will say, to run the;
best school in the county two ten
month sessions. Teachers.
-NOW READY-
—:For The:—
out the interest of Mr. A. H.
More Alliance Resolutions.
Down with
boycotting.
the principal of
Mr. M. G. Curtis, of Towles,
passed through the city last
week. He is one of our best, cor-
respondents and live agents.
We have failed to make men-
tion of the Terrell Star’s sew
dress heretofore, but not jbecause
it did not deserve complimenting.
The Star is oneof our most valued,
exchanges. ^
Wills Point has certainly struck
a boom. New stores and new
goods, in all the old onfesT It is
no use denying the best bargains
can be had in Wills Point Read
our “ads.” and locals and try
those who put them in.
. A fourteen year-old boy was
playing with a pistol at San An-
gelo last Monday. He is playing
with the angels now!-Terrell Star.
If the above' is true it’s a great
pity that many others of this time
did not play with pistols when
they were boys.
A Correction.
An erroneous account of what
Judge McCord said in his charge
to the grand jury concerning the
Alliance, has gained currency
among the people. We heard ev-
ery word of the judge’s charge,
and listened attentively to what
he said, with the express purpose
of reporting the substance of
same; and, if we know the mean-
ing of language, we, without hes
itation, declare he did not say
anything about the Alliance that
could offend the most sensitive
and enthusiastic member of that
order. He did'remark that the
unlawful and violenj; acts .at cer
tain places in the.8tate, were per-
petrated by certain irresponsible
persons, led by demagogues, who
were trying to hang on to the
Knights of Labor and Farmers’
Alliance, whose unlawful.ucts the
better portion of these orders
condemned. We would not inti-
mate that the party first circula-
ting this erroneous account did
ford in the business heretofore
carried on in this city under the
firm name of A. N. & A. H. Al-
ford. Capt. Alford will continue
the business at tl)e old stand.
Mr. A. H. Alfbrd lias returned to
Dallas. He carries with him the
good wishes of his numerous
friends in this city.
See the big “ad’’ of B. W. Rose,
in this issue. He means business
and treats everybody in an hon-
est, straightforward manner. Call
and see him when in the eity^and
his polite and accommoddting,
salesmen, Messrs. Peyton, Cfail
dress and Peyton, will take pleas-
ure in showing you around.:
RESOLUTIONS OF NEW HOPE ALLIANCE.
Resolved. That we are opposed
to the building of a new court
house at present, as the old one is
amply sufficient for the presnt^
and with some repairing when
needed, will be good enough for
some years, or until the people
get bettter able to be taxed for
that purpose.
Resolved, That a copy of this
be sent to the Chronicle with re
quest to publish. W. N. Canant,
A. J. Gammon.
SPMI.TMDE!
RESOLUTIONS OF BURNETT ALLIANCE
u
Attention is called to the an
nouncement of Mr. W. S. McCur-
ley for county 'attorney, Mr.
McCurley is well known to most
of our people, having been raised
in this county. He is a young
man of good parts and of good
.moral habits. He was admitted
to practice law about two years
ago, having stood a very credits
ble examination. He has mader.I0U? Alliances, in opposition to
himself what he is, principally by
his own exertions; and this fact,
together with his other qualifica-
tions, bespeak for him a liberal
support. „
We call attention to the an-
it intentionally—but either he
The latest developement in the
strike business occurred in
school where most ot the boys
struck, for shorter hours, and be
gan to pelt the boys on the streets
who refuseed to join them. On
with the strike. *
Superintendent Crow, of Gal-
veston, nominates Prof. Cooper
for superintendent of Public In-
struction which nomination the
Chronicle heartily seconds arid
will give its reasons soon for so
doing. Cooper is the man for
the place.
failed to catch the exact idea of
what the judge did say, or he has
not been fcorrectly reported
himself. We make the above
statement as a matter of simple
justice, and not at the request of
Judge McCord. We have never
said a word to him'about the mat-
ter; in fact, we do not know that
he has heard of the report.
To Our Friends In Wills Feint.
Yon desired a live, energetic
and largely circulated newspaper
in yonr town. We were induced
to engage in this enterprise, by
yonr fiequently expressed desire
in this direction. Yon have been
trne to yonr promise so far. We
olroa cnmo nnmnariarino in t.hn * * •— «# ’ WOrlC <*111181.8 luti UURiI4?aL
makes some comparisons in the
way of population and taxable
values between Kaufman county
and Yan Zandt which show up
well for both counties. Brother
Star, why not compare taxable
values for the year 1880.
Tux Dallas News of Thursday
contained an interview with Mr.
Fanner of this county, who has
suddenly biased iota state aoto-
riety. There was nothing in the
interview new to those of onr
readers • who have heard Farmer
on the hostings, save perhaps,
some of bis expressions were
by more modera
usual to him. If
i a great man, Van
i into the bus-
cls %. success, as we are compli-
mented daily on its value. Onr
list is growing rapidly every is-
sue. In order to insure perma-
nent success, you must continue*
to advertise liberally. We have
fine job office, and yon mast
bring as all yonr job work. Re-
member, the money spent with
ns, not only comes back to you
in the way of the enhanced value
of yonr paper, but also in the
way of our patronage to your
business. Remember, the sub-
scription alone would not begin
to run the paper. Bring on yonr
job work. We give you same pri-
ees as Dallas or St. Louis.
nouncement of Mr. T. J. Quind-
len,as a candidate for the office of
tax assessor. Mr. Quindlen has
filled the nfficyiov one term,
very satisfactd^^M which is I he
be8t/ecotnmenmmou of his qual-
ification for the office. Added lo
this, he is a man of strict nboral
habits and is a very deseiVing
man in every way. He is inca-
pacitated by bodily infirmity^ for
the pursuit of any occupation re-
quiring much bodily activity, and
hence the people, bv giving him
their suffraghs for this office, en-
able him to make a support for
himself and those dependent up-
on him. . ‘ ,
Resolved, That we are decid
edly opposed to the political ac
tions of Bethlehem Alliance
March 27, 1888.
Resolved, That we can’t* see
that the Knights of Labor and the
Farmers’ Alliance have any in
terest in common.
Resolved, That we will not as
an Alliance, connect ourselves
with any organization whatever.
Resolved; That we heartily en-
dorse all of the relolutions of va-
Y
Special Mention.
We called on Mr. J. W. Hill
man, the photonuiher, Tuesday,
and examined ^^e of his work
done since he came here; and we,
without hesitation, pronounce it
first class in every respect. Mr.
Hillman has, at considerable ex-
pense^ fitted up the house occu-
pied by him, with a fine sky-light
and other improvements that en
able him to do as fine work as can
be done anywhere. No work
done in the tent; but he has a
nice waiting room, and every-
thing to make customers comfort-
able. This is a rare opportunity
to get first, class work at home,
and all should avail themselves
ofit He guarantees all his work.
If not satisfactory, you need not
take it. Give him a trial.
o
T3
Rev. J. 0. Wingo, of Kaafhi&n,
has been conducting a series' of
meetings at the Presbyt^ian
church. His congregations tyyre
been large and doubtless .tn%cb
good has been done. Mr. Wingo
is a man of superior ability'. H*
handles his subjects in a.ma^i
sympathies of his audience, and
he carries his hearers right alohg
with him. A prominent feature
of his discourse is that he preach-
es “Ohrist and Him crucified,”
and not the speculative and irtys-
tic theology of the present or
past ages.
sax?.
Myself and wife, Nancy M. Bo
ihers, being separated in Septem
ber *85, to live together ho more
dividing property, I aim nbt re
sponsible for any contraot that every child within scholastic age
From Center, Texas.
Mr. Editor :—There is an im-
portant matter to the people of
this county, that we wish to call
attention to throngh the columns
of the Chronicle: The appor-
tionment of the school fund will
bfe made the 1st of June to the
several counties in proportion
to the number of scholastics en-
rolled npqn the asseslors’ books.
Then' R Is Tory important that
the building of a new courthouse
in Van Zandt county.
Resolved. That we furnish the
Chronicle with a copy of above
resolutions with request to pub-
lish the same. J. H. Scott,
J. Robinett,- Pres.
Secretary.
m’eeb alliance resolutions.
Resolved, That we, as an Alii
a nee,' condemn in unqualified
terms t he political features of the
resolutions of Bethlehem Alii
ance, pissed March 27,1886.
Resolved, That we, as an Alii
apie, disagree with them in re
gard to the Knights of Labor,, as
we can’t see that we have any in-
terest in common with the
Knights..
Resolved, That we, as an Alli-
ance, will not connect ourselves
with any other organization.
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the Chron-
icle with request to publish.
P. C. Burnett, Pres.
H. P. Dean, Sec.
We received a very kind letter
last week without any name sign-
ed to it; and of coarse cannot
publish it, especially as it was
very personal. It contained
request that we cannot comply
with, for two reasons: First, it is
not our interest to do so; second,
we think it injustice to do so. The
request was that we leave out of
our columns a certain firm’s ad-
vertisements. The support of a
newspaper is derived from the
advertising patronage it receives.
The subscription price of the
CIironicle would not begin to
pay the expenses of running the
paper. We offer the use .of our
columns to all advertisers alike.
Advertising space is as much our
stock in trade as the goods of the
merchant are his. For a man to
ask us to refuse a certain person
space to advertise, would be as
lunreasonable as to ask a mer-
chant not to sell a certain person
goods. -Again, there is no end to
Eiich a request. We might rea-
sonably suppose there is not a
business man in'the world that
’has no enemies. The right to de-
would ifnply the right to demand
that all be refused, which would
virtually be conceding the right
to demand our ceasing the publi-
cation of our*paper, our quitting
the business. There is another
side to this question. Several
firms in our town advertise to
the amount of more than two hun
dred dollars per year each. Now,
suppose one of them should de-
mand that we stop sending the
subscriber, win
paper to one subscriber, who on-
ly pays $1 per year, and suppose
the merchant whose patronrge is
i-aam
Taylor Bonmus.1 be duly reported to the assessor
merchant whose patronrge is
worth two hundred dollars per
year should tell ns that he will
withdraw all his patronage from
ns if we do not stop a certain
would tl
just for us to do
unit
so, and it would be so, and yet
if the merchant persisted in his
demand, we would have to sacri-
fice this two hundred dollars, for
one dollar to be just, which we
would be certain to do.
Our new addition in our Store Rooms is now
-COMPLETE-
and we are prepared to wait on our friends
and customers with more promptness
than for the past few weeks! ■.
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is in good shape and would state that none
but FRESH and RELIABLE GOODS
are offered to the trading public!
fTO THE MEMBERS-^
-i OF THE J*-
FARMERS1.-/ALLIANCE
OF VAN ZANDT COUNTY !
We say we are now ready to .serve you and
the public in general!
Respectfully,
BEST PRICES GUARANTEED.
COMPETITION
JOHN T. READ,
On South Commerce Street,
-DEAL Eli IN—-
Staple anl Fairy Dry Goods.
HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, NOTIONS,
Agricultural
Implements
Of all kinds, and staple and fancy
GROCERIES,
And everything needed by the farmers and the people generally
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Yantis, R. E. The Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1886, newspaper, April 15, 1886; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1142859/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.