The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ASPERMONT STAR
try Thursday
S. W. THOMAS, Ed. and Prop.
lubaortptlon,
«1 A Y*ar.
harrison telephone number 13
Entered at the Postoffice at Asper-
mont, Texas, as second-class mail
matter.
Four Issues One Month
Bad News for Rural Routes.
Postmaster Gray informs us
that the R. F. D. routes from
this office that he has under con-
sideration will not likely receive
favorable action by the Postoffice
Department which is explained
in the following: dispatch:
Washington, Feb. 12.—A gen-
eral growl is going up from
members of the House with ru-
ral constituencies at the news
from the postoffice committee
that the postal appropriation bill
now being formulated will carry
only $300,000 for the extension
of rural free delivery system in
the next fiscal year, instead of
the million and a quarter which
was allowed for this purpose
this year and for several pre
yious years. For several weeks
Postmaster General Hitchcock
has refused to permit of the es-
tablishment of new rural routes
except in a few instances where
the demand was imperative. He
has followed this policy because
he claims the funds of the de
partment have run low and he
will not take the chance of in-
curring a deficit, which a recent
act of Congress forbids impera-
tively. As a result more than
1,000 applications for the estab-
lishment of new rural routes in
various States whose merits
have been regularly examined
by inspector and recommended
for allowance, are held up in the
department with no prospect of
action on them until the begin-
ning of the new fiscal year on
July 1, when the funds carried
by the postal appropriation to be
passed at this session will become
available. But if these funds to-
tal only $300,000, as the House
postoffice committee is said to
contemplate, they will be suffi-
cient to establish only about one-
third of the rural routes now
held up in the department. The
list of held-up routes is being ad-
ded to daily and by the begin-
ning of the fiscal year will pro-
bably have swelled to 1,500 or
1,800.
shows that the Feeders and
Breeders are pretty good feed-
ers anyhow, whether they are
breeders or not. We are told
that waiters on this occasion
will be the leading business men
of Fort Worth, some of the mil-
lionaires. Won't it be a fine
thing to have a millionaire bank
president running around at
oür call! "Hi, garcon! Another
glass—and step lively!" Fellow-
editors. can we afford to miss
the novel sensation of having a
bond-clipper trotting around at
our call?
The same day, March 15, is
Knights of Pythias day at the
Feeders and Breedess shows,
when members of that order
from all parts of the Southwest
will gather there. The five
lodges in Fort Worth, with a
membership of 800, are going to
take care of their brethren in
the best Pythian stvle, and that
leaves nothing more to be asked
for.
But suppose a newspaper fel-
low is a K. of P. too—isn't he
goingto have a hard time doing
his full duty to both sets of hosts
on that day? Unless he has an
unusually large capacity, he will
find that serving two hosts is as
hard as serving two masters.
Newspaper men like to have
a "day off" now and then and
see something of what's going on
in the busy world. Not so much
for the pleasure of seeing it, of
course, as for the opportunity it
gives them of telling their read-
ers what is going on and how the
world is improving.
Well, there's going to be some-
thing doing at Fort Worth next
month, and it seems that the
press gang are a part of it. For
one day, at least, they are all of
"It." The National Feeders and
Breeders show, that is, to be held
from March 14 to 19, has set
aside the 15th as Press day. In-
vitations and free passes have
been sent to three or four thous-
and editors in the southwest (we
have ours) asking them to come
and bring their wives and have
a good time. A barbecue is to
be a feature of the day, so ex-
clusive in its exclusivness that
nobody but editors will be allow-
ed to partake of it. The menu
Explanation in order
There are some other things
that Mr. Taft might explain to
congress in regard to the mail
business, says the Kent, O.,Cour-
ier. He might save a little
money by stopping the printing
of job work that is being done at
less than cost and hauled for noth
ing besides thus robbing legitmat
country publishers, the ones he
asks to do all his local advertising
for nothing. There's the big
morning daily newspaper mail
trains out of the cities, too, not to
speak of the tons of congression-
al records dumped into every
newspaper office in the land, not
one in ten thousand of which is
ever opened, unless by some pa-
pers that are hard up for wraps
for the single wrap list.—West-
ern Publisher.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
District Officers.
Uullen C. Higgins, Judge,
Jno. D. Hopaon, ' ...Attorney,
R. 8. Tillotson,. Clerk.
District Court meets 11th Monday
after the 1st Monday in Februry nd
August.
County Officers.
Ernest Herring, Judge,
R. o. Tillotson, Clerk,
S. R. Lanier, Sheriff and Col'r,
J.M. V. Bulloch, Treasurer,
YV.T. Daniel, Attorney,
H. H. Hill, Assessor,
. F. Lee, Surveyor.
County Court meets vne 1st Monday
iu -ianu ry, April, July and October.
Commissioners.
N. G. Rollins. Precinct No. 1,
tV. M. McGinty, " " 2,
I. VV. McMeans, " " 3,
W. Y. Kennedy, " " 4
S. R. Dickey, J.P., Precinct No. 1.
Churches.
Baptist:—Services 1st, 2nd and 4th
Sunday each month Rev. A. T. Ford,
pastor. Sunday School 10 a. ni.
Prayer meeting every Thursday night.
Methodist:—Services 1st, 3rd and
4th Sunday in each month. Rev.
W. M. Pope, pastor. Sunday School
10 a. m. Prayer meeting every Wed-
nesday night.
Presbyterian: Services on 2nd
Sunday oí each month. Rev. A. B.
Welch, pastor.
Make it a Point
To list your wants with The Stonewall County Land and
Abstract Co. it makes no difference whether you want to
BUY, SELL OR TRADE
you will get the desired results. We are in touch with peo-
ple who live outside of Stonewall County, and you may have
just the piece of property for which they are looking.
W e make abstracts on short notice but not at the expense
of good work and we want to do your abstracting.
a square deal to every
one is our motto.
Stonewall County Land & Abstract Co.
W. J. Arrington, J. M. Carter, W. F. Jacobs
Aspermont, Texas.
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Estacado and Gulf Railroad
Stamford, Tex., Feb. 12.—W.
A. Butts president of the Estaca-
do and Gulf Railroad, was in the
city this week. He states that he
is assembling material *for the
completion of the road into Roby
from McCauly. For some time,
track has been laid within four
miles *f Roby and he will now
push the line to completion. Mr
Butts announces that he is now
in a position to extend the road
both east and west, but has not
as yet decided the route either
extension will take. It is under-
stood that he has had propositions
from Colorado and other points
west and Stamford, Anson and
Abilene to the east.
And so Mr. doesn't like
some of the things he reads in
this newspaper? Neither do we.
But he is at liberty to pick out
what he doesn't like and leave
the rest tor some one who is less
fastidious. Does he know what
they call the man who sat down
at a first class hotel dinner, and
beginning at the first item on
the bill of fare tried to eat every
dish mentioned thereon? This
newspaper presents a varied bill
of fare every week, but there is
no law compelling you to devour
every portion of it. Just put
aside what vou don't relish and
say nothing about it. And don't
swear at the editor. It's both
wicked and foolish.—Roby Ban-
ner.
Secret Sócieties.
A. F. A. M., Stonewall Lodge
No. 704. Meets 1st Saturday night on
or before the full moon in each month.
Will Mark, vv. m.
Ernest Herring, Sec.
I. O. O. F. Aspermont Lodge No.
179. Meets every Saturday night.
W. P. Guest, N. G.
S. S. McCoro, R.
W. O. W.,—W. A. Frazier Camp.
Meets 2nd and 4th Saturday night-
in each month.
Will Marr, C. C. ,
Feed Feed Feed
Come to us to buy you feed. We
always keep a good supply and
will appreciate your patronage
FIELD SEEDS FOR PUNTING
See us for your seed
Store first door north of Bingham's
Livery Stable
McLAURY & LEE
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I will make loans on Stonewal
county land from $500 to $10.000.
G. A. Gray.
Aspermont, Texas.
Pjsjripti .n 3363 is not a pat-
ent m^dicui2, tut tne prescrip-
tion of a scientific physician; and
we will furnish tne recipe to any
physician wlv wishes to know it.
For sale by The Aspermont
Pharmacy.
Fresh Meat, Sausage, Ham, Etc.
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WILL LOWRY'S MEAT MARKET
If you want good meat, give me a trial, and see for
yourself. Á share of your patronage solicited.
First door north P. O-
v
Still in the
DRUG BUSINESS
Just dropped out one time to see if you would
miss us. After this week we expect to be in
our beautiful new brick on south side, where we
will have everything arranged in "apple pie"
order for your convenience and for our own.
You will find us just as willing to serve you in
our new home as in the old one. We have a
handsome new
SODA FOUNTAIN
which will be in operation in a few days and we want a
share of your patronage in the drink line. This de-
partment will be in charge of a skilled man and you
can get the best that's going.
COME TO SEE US
ASPERMONT PHARMACY
S, W. THOMAS, Prop.
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Thomas, S. W. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1910, newspaper, February 24, 1910; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168422/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.