The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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The Crockett Courier
'(•sued weekly from the Courier Building.
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W. W. AIKEN. Editor and Proprietor.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The following announcements for
• office are subject to the democratic
primary to be held in July:
/For District Judge
John S. Prince
Of Henderson County
A. A. Aldrich
Of Houston County
(For State Senator
W. J. Townsend, Jr.
of Angelina County
tFor County Clerk
O. C. Goodwin
G. R. Murchison
Nat E. Allbright
fFor County Treasurer
Ney Sheridan
W. H. Bayne
-For Sheriff
A. W. Phillips
J. C. Lacy
for Tax Collector
George Denny
James J. Cook
Ike Lansford •
S. S. (Steve) Ratcliff, Jr.
A. S. Moore
H. I. (Ollie) Luce
Sami
muel R. Knox
For County Judge
E. Winfree
C. M Ellis f
For District Clerk
John D. Morgan ,
J. D. (Joe) Sallas
For County Attorney
B.F. Dent
For Representative
Nat Patton
J. R. Luce
Dr. J. B. Smith
W. G. Creath
For Tax Assessor
John wi -
Hugh English
For County Superintendent
G. V. Lollar
J. F. Mangum
ifor Commissioner Precinct No. 1
W. H. WaU
For Commissioner Precinct No. 2
flhna. Tang
R A, (Bob) Parker
For Commissioner Precinct No. 3
J. T«. (Tom) Knox
G. C. (Cleveland) Rains
John L Straughan
For Commissioner Precinct No. 4
C. B. Isbell
J. D. (Dick) John
M. B. Matchett
G. H. Bayne
For Justice Peace Precinct No. 1
E M. Callier
N. B. Barbee
For Justice Peace Precinct No. 6
J. G. Webb
For Constable Precinct No. 1
R. J. (Bob) Si
A. p.
For Constable Precinct No. 6
Will Allee
JUDGE RAMSEY'S SPEECH
HON A COLQUITT VIEWPOINT.
Judge William F. Ramsey's speech
"in Crockett Friday, while pleasing
In manner, must Have been disap-
; pointing to his friends in point of
- results. The Courier has witnessed
no greatrush to the Ramsey band-
wagon. There was a time when the
r"the Mend of the liquor traffic"
a term to conjure with and the
word "prohibition" oovered a multi-
tude of sins. But that time is passing
. and the people are coming to give
more thought to other questions of
government The candidate will
now have to have other qualifica
dons than the single qualification of
"prohibitionist" or "anti-prohibition-
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Judge Ramsey was disappointing
in his explanation of the state rail-
version or
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board, of which he was a member
and perhaps chairman, did not have
sufficient funds, when supplemented
with the bonus raised' by Crockett,
to build this road to Crockett. It is
now and has always been our un-
derstanding that the spokesman for
the Crockett party offered to guar-
antee to build the road to Crockett
and assist in getting it through to
Huntsville, thus connecting the two
penitentiaries, if the penitentiary
board would let the Crockett party
have the money appropriated by the
state for the extension of the road.
This and other proposals from the
Crockett people brought from Judge
Ramsey the now historic inquiry,
"Where is Crockett?" and which in-
quiry was not denied by him Fri
day. The logical conclusion is that
he was then, as he is how, repre-
senting Governor Campbell, and the
building of the state road to any
other point than Palestine, the home
of Governor Campbell, was not to
be serjously considered.
Judge Ramsey told his audience
that if he was elected governor he
would secure certain reforms in the
judicial precedure of the state that
would be "worth while." Then no
doubt remembering that Colquitt
was committed to this very thing
in his campaign two years ago and
how the governor was hedged about
by the opposition, he appealed to
his hearers to elect a legislature
that would be in sympathy with his
views.
Judge Ramsey had much to say
about Colquitt's vetoing the day-
light saloon-closing bill on grounds
of unconstitutionality and that Col-
quitt would not know the state con-
stitution "if he met it in the road."
Our recollection of this matter, and
we believe it is correct, is that Col-
quitt favored, among other regula-
tory measures, a daylight closing
law, but that the submissionists
(Colquitt opposed submission) did
not want him to have the credit for
any such measure and submitted
for his signature a bill embodying
two propositions. This he vetoed,
not on the ground that the daylight
law was unconstitutional, but that
it was unconstitutional to embody
two propositions in one bill. It was
known in advance that he would
veto the bill and in fact the bill was
so arranged as to receive his veto.
From every stump during his
campaign Colquitt announced that
he was opposed to statewide prohi-
bition and if elected governor and
submission carried he would take
the stump against its adoption. He
remained true to his promise and
i was not even shaken by the strong-
est appeal that could be made to
man—the appeal of a delegation of
good women at Austin. His word
was out he had been elected and
his promise must be made good and
was made good. Any other course
would have put the governor In the
"weakling" class, and we do not see
how Judge Ramsey, who is now
making so many promises to the
people, can condemn Colquitt for
failing to yield to so great an in-
fluence. •
It was charged during the cam-
paign two years ago that Colquitt
had once been the chairman of the
local option forces in his home
county. This he did not deny, but
gave his reasons, in a logical way ,
for favoring local option—local self-
government—in opposition to state-
wide prohibition. Entertaining
more liberal views on this question
than does his opponent Judge Ram-
sey, one does not have to guess who
wül get the vote of a certain com-
mercial element of our population.
This is no evidence of political or
moral corruption, as Judge Ramsey
would have you believe..
And how about the commissioner
of pensions office. Judge Ramsey,
after making a heroic appeal to the
Confederate veterans present told
how Colquitt had taken Captain
Only You and 12 Other Women
Can Join the Hoosier Club of 25
Before it Closes and Secure a
Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet
exactly like cut at the weekly club rate of - -
Club Limited to 25 Members, 12 Already Enrolled
$1.00
In a few days 25 women will have joined the vast
army of 450,000 women who use Hoosier Kitchen
Cabinets, and will do their kitchen work differently
than ever before.
No longer will they walk back and forth, gathering
the various articles used in the preparation of a meal.
Instead they will sit down and reach for whatever they
need.
Not only will they do away with the hundreds of
needless steps, but they will reduce the time spent in
their kitchens by one half.
And all this, mind you, at an
initial cost of one dollar.
Now the question for you to de-
cide is this: Will you be one of the
25 women?
No one knows better than your-
self how laborious your kitchen
work is at the present time, and
how close it comes to being drudg-
ery.
And just think to what good ad-
vantage you can put these extra
hours gained with a Hoosier in sew-
ing. reading and outdoor recreation.
Doesn't it seem like folly to de-
prive yourself of this great time
and labor saving device, when the
cost is so trifling and its procurance
so simple?
You can be one of these 25 wo-
men to secure a Hoosier at the club
rate of $1.00 a week if you act at once.
There is nothing complicated about these clubs, no
red tape, no extra charge. Summed up, it simply
means the concentrated buying of one particular ar-
ticle, by a large number of people, in a limited time.
Every woman is eligible to join the club and secure
one of the cabinets at the club rate, and by simply
enrolling her name and paying one dollar the cabinet
will be delivered to her home immediately.
The balance due on the cabinet to be paid in weekly
dues of $1.00 for a few weeks.
Could anything be more simplé?
There are no extra charges or as-
sessments. You only pay for the -
cabinet itself, and if you paid spot
cash for it you couldn't buy a
Hoosier Cabinet for one penny less
than you can buy it now at the
club rate.
But remember, the club sale is
limited to 25 members, which
means that only 25 cabinets can be
sold at the club rate before the club
closes.
Now you have the facts of this
sale, and it rests with you whether
your kitchen work in the future
will be a drudge or a pleasure, the
difference between the two is $1.00
tomorrow and $1.00 a week for a
few weeks thereafter.
Which will it be?
•• •• "?.
A Model
Kitchen
I am the Famous Hoosier Cabinet
I want to work for you. madam, in your home. I am willing, strong, capable. I never
tire, never wear out. I am made of solid oak and metal that will not rust.
I love to work in kitchens. I cannot abide an untidy kitchen so I help you keep yours
neat.
I save you miles of steps. I hand things to you just when you want them. I never get
cross or out of sorts. I'm always on the job, no afternoons off.
You will have an hour or two extra every day if you let me work for you. You will have
a model kitchen. You will be less tired. You will save money for I am economical' and
I want no wages.
I am the "Silent Servant."
DEUPREE & WALLER
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HOOSIER KftCHEN ÍÜABINETS
Bolines from office and thrown him
among the rubbish. This phase of
his speech was reviewd in the Cou-
rier about three weeks ago. Captain
Bolmes was one of Governor. Camp-
bell's appointees and held his office
three months of Colquitt's adminis-
tration. He was very old and
could not keep up with the work in
his office. A young man, Mr. Bu-
ford of Rusk county, was appointed
in his place. Mr. Bufórd appointed
a fellow-townsman, Mr. Dreeben,
who had held the position of door-
keeper of the senate during Camp-
bell's administration (and which po-
sition had been secured through a
prohibitionist, Senator Brachfield)
as his chief clerk. Dreeben got into
trouble, was dismissed and arrested,
and a lady—the relative of a Con-
fenerate veteran—appointed in his
place. Dreebenis the man referred
to by Judge Ramsey as a thirdrate
barkeeper from a fourthrate Dallas
saloon. Dreeben's father was en-
gaged in the saloon business in
Rusk county until prohibition car-
ried in that county. He then moved
to Dallas. The truth is, Dreeben
received his first political appoint-
ment during or preceding Campbell's
administration, but Judge Ramsey
does not tell you that Commis-
sioner Buford, in a published state-
ment claims all responsibility for
Dreeben's appointment in his office,
and, while the appointment was un-
fortunate for Commissioner Buforti,
it should be no reflection on Col-
quitt's administration.
The Courier regrets that it has
not the space and time to publish
in full and to review all of Judge
Ramsey's speech, which did not dif-
fer materially from speeches made
at other places and appearing in the
daily press. However, a big crowd
heard him and his position on pub-
lic questions is well known to the
moat of oiir people.
Meeting of County Board.
The Houston, county board of ed-
ucation met May 25, 1912. The
following business was transacted:
Petition asking for consolidation of
common school districts Nos. 61 and
23 was presented and the same be-
ing in accordance with the law gov-
erning the consolidation of common
school districts was granted and the
new district thus formed is to be
known as Houston County Common
School District No. 23.
Petition from common school dis-
trict No. 63, asking that that school
be recognized as a high school, was
presented, and the same was granted
on the condition that the schoor
shall maintain a course of study of
not less than eight grades of work;
that the term shall not be less than
seven months; that the teacher em-
ployed shall not have less than a
first grade certificate.
Petition and agreement entered
into between the trustees of districts
Nos. 4, 27, 51 and 46 to establish a
high school for all the above named
districts, the same to be centrally
located, was presented; this being in
accordance with the law was grant-
ed, the new district established to
be known as Houston County Com-
mon School District No. 4 (consoli-
dated).
The board, on the recommenda-
tion of the county superintendent,
provided for the course of study to
be carried higher than the seventh
grade in those intermediate schools
whose isolated location makes it a
very difficult matter to secure high
school advantages.
Members present—S. A. Cook, S.
D. Ratcliff, J. R. Elliott, and J. N.
Snell, chairman.
Mrs. Lela Love, wife of Wiley
Love, a farmer living near Covena,
Ga., says: "I have taken Foley
Kidney Pills and find them to be ail
you claim for them. They gave me
almost instant relief when my kid-
neys were sluggish and inactive. I
Can cheerfully recommend them to
all sufferers from kidney troubles."
I. W. Sweet.
A.HINTI
IfromI
CUPID
COLDfiftlNKS
With subtle art,
With Raimént smart,
With eyes, with fflikles trim,
With teeth of pearl,
With Smile, with curl,
She plays at love with Him.
With splendid front,
With funny stunt,
With flattery and purr,
With Manly Form,
Without a Qualm,
He plays at love with Her.
But Cupid sly
Is on the fly
O'er rivér, Plain and mountain;
It's on his slate
To seal their fate
At our cool Soda Fountain.
Sweet's Drug Store
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Aiken, W. W. The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1912, newspaper, June 6, 1912; Crockett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177662/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.