Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1901 Page: 2 of 10
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There is a sentiment
We are aware of it.
MONEY TO LOAN
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harness supplies.
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Sold by C. B. GUNN.
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bad colds.
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packery will begin
soon.
business that
justice court,
A $50,000 pork
operations at Waco
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HIDES and FURS
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butcher.
Prompt delivery.
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AP HAVE NEVER a
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I system reulafor
PRICKLY ASH
BITTERS.
' Because they think ifis
nasty and bitter disagreeable
lo The stomach and violeit
in action.
ASK THESE I
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SHALL THE CITY COR.
Pi‘RATION BE A BOL-
ISHED?
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y They wi 11 Tell you it is \
‘noT at all disagreeable.
And as a cure for IndidesTion,
AConstipallon, Kidney
“Disorders it is un-A
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to whether it will be to the best
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Mr. W
Info,
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Thursd
thankfi
For I
New Bi
in that office and making it more diffi.in addition to the fees of his
cult to secure competent officers in ""
the precinct; that the town has with.
in it a constable and
Chmn Traces.
Collar Pads,
RingB, Loops, Coup-
lings, Snaps.
etc.
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I am not a Lawyer nor Land AM
I.writeINSUARANCE, exactly a.
it should be written, in the Yas
old companies. G w — best
. Southwest Cor. Square."
S. P. NASH,
DrrrSr,
Expert in
GOLD CROWN axp BRIDGE-WCRK
Teeth extracted with little or no pain
DECATUR.
mayor’s court is
a machine shop.
••"Horse shoeing a specialty.
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ing pri
tion, and it Is time that we should
senously, calmly and dispassionately
consider the matter and determine as
all current expensesand leaveamniet
balance in the treasury to pay off out.
standing warrants.
payment of salariesand other current
expenses, but little hope is entertained
of ever getting out of debt.
o,e , J W. SIMMONS,
Old Stand. ’ -
S. Side Square.
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soon t<
done
the petition has been circulated, the
electon ordered and the campaign
opened up feelings and prejudices will
be aroused, as it is in all elections,
■nd we shall possibly not then be in
condiuion to give the matter that tnielli-
gent consideration that the importance
01 the subject demands.
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These are some of the arguments
made as to why the corporation should
be abolished.
wridgstnbesuxp"cindinecncazlraz
Waco "II cost $150,000.
and dollars worth of bonds to pa,
besides. " 7
Had To Conquer Or Die.
is not needed; that it
Patronize our advertisers
Let usexamine briefly some of the ar.
guments made by those who favor abol.
ishig the corporation. It is said that
Simmons’ where you will get
the higest market price.
We can and will save you money on Grocery
Bill. We buy our goods cheap by reason of buZ
ing in large quantities, and hence" are prepared to
to make it to your interest to trade with us
US on your supplies for the new year. -
i 2 n F. E. ENCELL & co
t 330 Dearborn Street ‘X:
Chicago. Ill.
Pans has in contemplation an $85
000 extension of her waterworks.
The Messenger give the news.
Expanse, Should be Decreased to
Meet the income.
On the other hand it is urged by the
friends of the corporation that to
abolish it would lessen the efficiency
of our waterworks system, raise the
rate of insurance and bring great in
convenience and loss to our citizens
on that account. Others favor main
taming the corporation because of
enabl"Thdciystinalllinswouldsoon
our system of grading streets, urging
that as we have spent over fifteen
thousand dollars in grading them it ries alone, enableing the city
would be a poor policy to now aban- ----------
don them and have the fifteen thous.
G. W. WINN
South Side Square, Decatur, Tex.
When pain or irritation exists on
any part of the body the application of
Ballards Snow Liniment will give
prompt relief. Price, 25 and 50 cents, i
For sale at J. P. Hayter’s. |
hshinda C»ld.
mic’srDrnamisTabulescred dyen:
ordinary tteatmenrsrcrgwdaweek’e
abort the worst of colds oehoursand
It was the worst case of „ pight.
hadr A half dozen friend? ripI ever
cures. Still it a bad sure
the Dynamic Fablnng on nFeard Ot
ment. they -stoppea bothmVoirAa
- I endorse and
Office of Comptroller of the Currency.
Washington, D C..Jan. 3, 1901
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it has
been made to appear that “The Citv
National Bank of Decatur,” in the
wL° Decatur, in the county of
Wise, and state ot Texas, has com.
plied with all the provisioos r m
statutes of the United States required
to be complied with before an associa-
tion shall be authorized"tosscoia.
mence the business of banking-
Now therefore I, Thomas P. Kane
Deputy and acting Comptroller of
the.Curreney, do hereby certify that
The City National Bank of Deca-
tur in the city of Decatur in th
county of Wise and Sstatettrr Tn the
issauthor izedto commence the bust-
UnitedPstthes.revised Statutes of 1a
and electric light plant, which
when owned by the citv. could d‘
X”'. in such a mannei as to not
on I & iveggrcater satisfacuou to an our
PeoIe. but to be a means of
revenue besides
A. staled before these things should
besenously consid-red, and that with.
out delay, or we shal again i fac .0 at J.
tAfwith proposinion to abolish
the corporation. The city has no
&‘ t amount of property . r improve,
ments to be protected a rd the feeling
of dissatisfaction that exists may force
§ TELEPHONE 14.
$ R. L. CASE.
Suauures ofak ■ ana
case.ould be low. Our stock
_ Now, let’s see what might be done
5nsis more to the individual taxpayer! We °°^ to be able to secure com
to maintain at than does the whole IPetentaldermen for at least one-half
state and county government and that a savin? € no!pay which would be
benefits commensurate with the ex- towns of as much importance
Pense are not received; that the their service upon a salary of re
officers ot the city are parasites on the each per year, and get the best men
body politic, drawing salaries for verylotheir twn, men who are interested
little service, that I L: Welfarseandypbunding and wio
not needed, and that our people would The Mayor's salary should erested
be just as peaceable, happy and more same as the aidermen, allowing hin
prosperous without it, that the thefees of his office in addition, a
superHuous, iakingMathmasav"emomiezos redctth2
properly belongs to the and collecting to about 2 per sing
thus reducing the fees | for “ch, which would allow him $400 “
------ _2. R.M.St.Clir, •
infallible 2 P "rinty St., DECATUR. 2
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Watch FREE
t Aw to get a Gents or Ladv^s
i nun handsome Watch, of snd
। Easiest pjan ardismaksenabsoltely free.
? ztamps for our fdmos WAe.orfke.2-cent
5 Catalogue, original new "at ch Combination
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(SEAL) nenstestimony.whereof wit- ithercasewomlda
Woomee Uli. u,i“ di? out1 contains • run line „r
ary, 1901. “ayoranu- Harness, Leather, (
_ T. P. KANE Sweat Pads, Col
thPeurtenayd Acting Comptroller of
Decatur citizens should learn to
behave when they leave home. The
Wichita Times last week contained!
the following:__
Secretary’s salary could then be re
duceda. The Treasurer's salary should
ne made $r per year. The banks
would then put forward a candidate
and elect him. They would make an
ample bond for the safe keeping of the
funds; the services would be just as
satisfactory and the funds just as safe
as under the present arrangement, be.
sides, with the office, thus divorced
one would serve as a check upon the
other and have a tendency t cause
greater eare in the keeping of the
books in each office. Should the tune
ever come when the city shall own her
— "at erworks and electric light plant,
in. the City Secretary's salary might then
be increased sufficient, to compensate
him for keeping the books of those
institutions. So at present a saving
ol about $t,ooo can be made in sal
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further saving of about $608 °fceaa
pears 10 us that5 per cent for assess.
, ( „ r । In8: which amounts to about $500. is
. a ls full of deputy I entirely too much when it can be d'n.
s enfft al,d hence has no need for a in less than one month and he can
marshal as a peace officer. That the hire a.man to do it for him for $50:
amount paid for the service ren indeed,1 t has been done for $25. It
deredbythe city officials in he can havellsmuone made out. bn, I
tent and outrageous; that the city *
13 overwhelmed in debt, and the
income, being mostly consumed in the
Mirx^^nX”^
standing on 1 he corner of 7th Street
and Indiana avenue, near Key’s
saloon fired his pistol (he claims acci.
dentally: the: passing through the
hatofMr,, Hirschberger, cashier at
the, Katy" depot, and also wounded
in the hand another man Immediate,
ly after the firing Miller made himself
sCarce, butwas arrested later at Charlie
bzsheiffFore and landed in jail in this
X Had the range of the gun been I
x inch lower there is no doubt but
hat Mr. Hirschberger, who happened '
o be passing along the street at the 2
time,would have been killed. It is T———
or render sad Miller is a tough citizen and anx. m_-
ious to establish a character of that I TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
sort. ~
“Iwas just about gone,” writes Mrs 2
Rosa Richardson, of Laurel Springs’ X
u C’’ "I had Consumption so bad1 X
that the best doctors said I could 12
not live more than a month, but 12
began to use Dr. King's New Dis- X
covery and was wholly cured byl
seven bottles and am now stout and 1 2
well.” It’s an unrivaled life-saver IX
in Consumption, Pneumonia, La
grippe and Bronchitis; i
for Coughs. Colds, Asthma, Hav
Fever, Croup or Whooping Cough
Guaranteed hotties .50c and .00
l rial bottles free at Man & SiN.
Mons'drug store. !
receive their pay.
. There is collected annually about
$10,000 in taxes in the city for all
purposes. Of this amount about one.
rhith, or $2,000 belongs to the oene,
petition will I al fund. Out of this musth8 t
be circulated asking for an elec-first of all, the Marshal 5 ser e.paid,
assessing and 5 percent for collecting
which amounts to about $,,000 of all
funds the proportional part ot the
. Keneral fund being about $2000
inter- I hen comes the pay of six alderman
• - I at $5° each, amounting to $:00 1h
Now is the time to do this, for when I Mayor’s and Secretary and Treasurer’s
" ‘ salary $240 each, amounting in tti
salaries to $980. Then comes a con-
tract with the waterworks for s18n
per year, $600 of which is paid by
the county; to this add incidental ex.
penses which will probably amount to
>250 more per annum, and we have
of , c sum of $2,430 to be paid out
of a 22,000 income, putting the city
between $400 and $S°° deeper in ‘he I
holeeach vear for current expenses.
These figures may not be exact but
are approximately so, and we have
endeavored to be conservative in civ- l
expensive luxury, mg them. 8 I
It w further urged that abolishing the
crporation would injure our public
Schoel by decreasing the income and
shortening the term. Before the iast
ehcuon some became so wrought
-er the last phrase of the question
that they charged that those in favor
or feeling pre- 0 abolishing the cosporation esther
tent among our citizens that the I had Do ch ildren to educate orwani
goporation of the city is not fol. different to me educaton P
hl ng the purposes of its creation .children. O .hers with elul " 1
and there is a growing desire to charged that our county aulhonii ' <
■bobsb the same and place the matiet I were inadequate to deal with thortttes an issue before
its government in the hands of the ation— that the idea or abolishing 1u
-thoni.esofthe county. corporation originated in a deslg
he feeling was sufficiently strong greater license in wrong doing.
some years ago to call for an election 1 1“ all probability we shall soon h
or that purpose, and the failure of I confronted with the question
^eB^dtn r,y to carty ihe elec-aud wha‘ ar we goiug t d° ALogein,
tationofthe question to cease frathe corporation chttfobjectionzto
time it is not necessary to be a very situation relieved Without Won,
close observer, to discover the tact, I ‘he ultra remedy of abolishing 81 '
however,that thefeelidg is notex’ same. No doubt the feeling of du- '
tinct., casual observer, unacquaint, satisfaction arises in a large measure '
d with our citizens, would not talk | from the inability on the a of 1
-th many of our busmess men and city to meet her current eLense
tpx payers unul he would be apprised I There are now outstandlng warrants
tact that it still exists and that I against the city for current "aants
1 was not confined to those who pay I nearly two years old. Her paper is
aotaxes,nor to those who are in- being hawked about over Peris
dfferenta to the needs and beat I whatever price it will demand, while
sts U our citizens, but among I‘hose who furnish supplies
em can be found wide-awake, ener-1 service to the city never now ,
getic men of influence, thoroughly they will ' know when
interested in the upbuilding of the
town; the prosperity of her people
and the enforcement of law and order. ,
It is rumored that a
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I W.H. Hodges’ ‘
! I ^agon Yard, ‘
g Where you will find the best ac- a
g commodation to be had. Yard 6
g free from mud; plenty of water- 5
1 plentyoffeed; ple ty or sheltei 5
g fornsstock,and,a good camp *
g house. Also Hotel in connec 9
J tion. W. H. HODGES. "nc |
5 east of jail. f
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I am now permantly located 2
in Decatur, having purchased 8
toe shop on North Trinity •
Streetformerly run by Dah •
Clark (Uncle an), who will 2
still be employed in the shop, •
s kndAporPpeksmtening: sir ”K...
and repair work. We can X rrecommend them to the peonl
do. anything that an be done 2 , Attorney^1’’ r-Membercongke_____
Francisco. JulySansome Street, San
serjusruningoi "havepsiways been
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cold disappeared Both cough and
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Halcomb, N. W. & Crabb, C. J. Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1901, newspaper, February 15, 1901; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1581643/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .