The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 17, 1903 Page: 6 of 8
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I
THE SOUTHERN MERCURY.
Lyra, Tex., Sept. 11.—The meeting of
the miners yesterday, told In the Times
Herald, wu held In a grove three miles
from Lyra, half way between this place
and Thurber. The Lyra mines were
lsona ts the only survivor of that
famous battle. It la state# In the no-
tice of the proceedings of the camp's
meeting that the comrade mentioned
was a member of Capt. Howe's compa-
ny of engineers (not Dick Dowllng's
company), but was with Dowllng's
company In that battle. I questioned
the comrade very closely as to the In-
cidents of that battle, the names and
locations of other troops In that vicin-
ity, and other matters connected there-
with and found him correct, Judged by
the accepted statements of others who
undoubtedly were present. The proba-
bility is that the legislature made a
mistake as to the only survivor. Com-
rade O'llara, now In the Confederate
home (unless he has died very recent-
Closed down, and the miners from here 1 iy), and another comrade now living
went to the grove to meet those coming j at Lake Charles, La., claim to have
from Thuvber. They marched 287 strong. I buen members of Dick Dowllng's com-
At the meeting there were at least
1500 men. National Organizer Ward-
Jon and C. W. Woodman used a buggy,
and men, to get within hearing, climb-
ed trees and bunched up like sardines.
The crowd was enthusiastic, earnest
and determined. The English speaking
people predominated.
There were 102 Mexicans, about 200
Italians, and 120 Poles. The rest are
Americans, except perhaps twenty ne-
groes.
The men demanded the right to or-
ganize, eigiit hours. Increase of 30 cents
Washington, Kepi. 11— Representa-
tive Hay of Virginia, who has been
promlently mentioned In connection
- „ with the Democratic leadership of the
a ton for coal, the dismissal of armed , h()UHe of representatives, In succession
- _ 1 . - ... ^.... rl *K#k rA llllA ♦ /11' * 1 '
pany and were present at the battle of
Sabine Pnss: and possibly Comrade
O'Hara, an Intelligent gentleman, who
has written a graphic account of that
battle, may know of others also.
O. STEELE,
Adjutant. Sterling Price Carnp.
ter down and did considerable damage
to the roof of hia house. It also struck
the office of the long distance and local
telephone exchange of the Southwest-
ern Telephone company, on the north
side of the square, breaking out some
window^ bursting the wooden casing
for the wire Inside of the office, etc.
News reached here this morning that
some out-bulldtnga were blown down
a few miles west of town. It waa the
first rain that had fallen here in about
two months.
would be eliminated, and ours would
be, as patriots everywhere desire, a
government of the people, by the peo-
ple."
CALL TO ACTION.
It*
down.
Following are some of the claims
made by the miners:
The company has the postofflce fenc-
ed In and men must go in one at a time
and march In one door and out another.
Under the guard system a stranger
guards and rangers and the fence tor;i j ^ ujt.j)nr<jBOn 0j Tennessee, not
only denies his own candidacy, but has
entered a vigorous denial of the state-
ments coming from Washington to n
New York paper, that he intends to
support Mr. McOlellan of New York,
i The Virginian, who Is a true South-
ranrvot visit relatives without permit;- never had any Idea
Hon of Captain Llghtfoot, who Is cap- , erner, says he nu never naa
tain of the guards. «f supporting any one for J he minority
The stores are company property, s;i- nomination for speaker of the nous ,
loons company saloons and water Is 1 which honor carries with It the minor-
aold to the men at 10 cents P 'r barrel, j jty leadership of the floor of the house.
Pay duy ts once a month and tli* but a southern roan. His choice he de-
check system prevails. Should a mat', ' ,are8 lfl and Hiway9 has been, Repre-
by reason of accident or sickness, be- willliimo of Mlsslssinni
come idle, as soon as he has checked out j sentative Williams of Mississippi.
all wages due, supplies are stopped. Or.e | Southern men coming to Washington
dollar per month in collected from eat h , especially those from Texas, are united
In their support of Mr. Williams, and
many of them are now predicting that
the eminent Mississippi congressman
will be nominated by the Democratic
caucus which, If an extra session Is
called!, will assemble In about two
months, without opposition, and by ac-
clamation. If Mr. William's health
forces him to retire, it is said come
will be agreed
upon.
miner for doctor and the men have
nothing to say In the selection.
One dollar per month 1b charged for
men riding to and from work, and if
one extra trip Is made another dollar
Is charged. The charge for the houses
the men live in is )2 per month per
room, anil if a porch Is added 50 cents
per month additional.
The strike was unexpected. Sixty men
Joined the union at the U.bor day ! oth;,r" southern roan
speaking and were instructed to get i's •
many converts as possible. The next
day the -r.en mad" demands at stated,
the privilege of organizing being refus-
ed. They struck. It was a strike of
non-union men to start with; now all
are members.
Arrangements have been made to fur-
nish strikers everything needed, and
unless demands are granted soon men
Hill be furnished to companies else-
where. Mr. Wardjon swys he can
place every man. One of the largest
operators said to-day that they feare.l
more the sending of men away than
anything "lse. There Is no drinking and
everything is quiet.
Postmasters have been appointed In
the state of Texas as follows:
Josephine Mlekle at Isabel. Tameron
county; H. H. Lyons, Fort Bend county.
Rural letter carried have been ap-
pointed In Texas at Cumby as follows:
C. O. Smith, Jones B. Whitehead and
Arthur M. Randel.
The following have been appointed
substitutes: W. L. Mulllcan, Lizzie
Whitehead and Allen Waller.
Robert A. Hood has also been ap-
pointed rural lettler carrier at Cumby,
Tex. Muger S. Fant haa been appoint-
ed substitute on the above route.
Waco, Tex.. Sept. 11.—For a long
while oil has been floating on the sur-
face of the Brazos river at intervals,
and It has been a mystery as to where
it came from.
It Is believed the matter has been ex-
plained and that much of the oil comes
As the opening of the State Fair np
proaches the detective department of
the city Is reminded of the fact that a
large contingent of the nimble-fingered
gentry and crooks of other varieties
will head for Dallas. The professional 1
crooks, ii8 a rule, follow a regular clr- j
cult from one year's end to another, se- J
leetlng as their points of operation
places where regular fairs, carnivals,
races, etc., are held.
""•
G. Alexander said: "We are receiving quantity makes itself plainly \isible
advice dally of crooks who are headed | when the sun Is shining. Mr. W. S.
this way. and we will pick them up as Fontaine, manager of the cotton oil
fast as they strike the city. Every • ... , ... . ,
roan on the detective force has been In j ni" 8 "1(<\ 1wa"1 ln, ^ yesterday
the service several years, and they are «" P£nt "fed * for fuel,
all thoroughly familiar with the course j ,h,,t " «as constantly escap ng In
necessary to pursue In order to run *he way of waste and running Into the
down the 'bad ones.' In every city ! Doubtless this oil comes on
there Is always a certain class of chron- , r' e„r ,and "fT,™" to explain
1c kickers who are c ontinually com- 'ho sl*ht ,\vhJ^h. J fw'tne"11d
plaining of the service rendered by pub- | ol! , ! « .* on ™ water; H®
lie officers, no matter how efficient the | f ">at the fish n*ar II'co tasted of
s-rvlce may be. As a matter of fact, i oiI «"•* 1^hlrh «h°w" that
however, it is very rarely the case that I *)U'f ■, L? f i escapes. _
a complaint is made as to the detective I Dlsmuke, formerly of Waco
rervice of Dallas. iHie records of my i j1™,promoters
men are all first class; each of them
State Organiser Mallet Sounds the Call
for Immediate Work.
State Organizer J. M. Mallett of Cle-
burne, Texas, who was named by the
Denver conference to effect the reor-
ganization of the People's Party in
Texas, has Issued a call to the Popu-
lists of the state from which we make
the following extracts:
"The dark clouds of fusion that well
nigh overwhelmed us In 189« and again
ln 1900 have passed away and the two
wings of the People's party have been
reunited by the action of the Denver
conference. Everywhere this news has
been received with delight, and already
the work of reorganisation has begun
in many states. Having been selected
for the work of organization in Texas.
I must have the active co-operation of
every Populist. Every man who loves
wife, children and home, should get on
his fighting clothes and prepare for
battle. There Is nothing more certain
than that the "rcorganlzers" will control
the Democratic party. There is no hope
for political reforn. by either of the old
parties. We must fight and the sooner
we get ready for It the better. I sug-
gest that on Saturday, the 3rd day of
October, you meet in your respective
voting precincts and organize a Popu-
list club and elect delegates to a county
convention to meet In your county
court house, October 81, at which
county meeting delegates to a state
convention will be elected, time and
place of meeting of which
will be published later. Let
the Populists of Texas en-
roll themselves In dubs for action and
the arrogance of Democracy will soon
give place to fear ami trembling and
we will march to victory. Report the
organization of clubs to me at Cle-
burne, Texas.—J. M. Mallett, State
Organizer.
ml
has on different occasions proven him-
self to be thoroughly reliable, capable
and possessing the qualifications en-
rentlal to a metropolitan officer. Tlicr
Is as fine material In the detective de-
partment of Dallas as Is to be found in
any city of the t'nlted States and the
department has, repeatedly, been com-
plimented by the departments of other
clt'es, many considerably larger than
Dallas, on excellent service rendered."
The rogues' gallery In Mr. Alexan-
der's office contain* several hundred
photographs of notorious safe blowers
or "yegg men," pick-pockets, or "guns"
nnd "dips." porch climbers or "second
story workers," foot pads. etc. Some
Stare brazenly Into the camera, while
others screw their features up Into un-
recognizable expressions, while others
have to be forcibly held In front of tho
camera while the picture Is being tnken.
A person not familiar with these faces
would, no doubt, find It a difficult mut-
ter to recognize one of these pictures
if seen a second time, but It Is alto-
gether different wh«n It comes to the
professional detective. He can run
through the lot nnd astonish the un-
initiated by calling so many names and
the class of offenders to which each
belongs. On the back of th-sc pictures,
which are about 2HxSVi Inches, Is to be
found a brief record of the pulprlt's
crimes.
There Is a paper published In Chica -
go weekly which Is a traveling rogues'
gallery in Itself. Every escaped con-
vict lu the country Ms reported to thle,
paper, and his photograph and record
published. Every fugitive from Jus-
tice Is well advertised; the rewards of-
fered are also published. A new copy
of this Journal .Is eagerly scanned by
the detectives, each of whom may t**
able to lay hands upon some guilty
person In hla own town who Is want-
ed elsewhere.
It Is a remarkable fact, but nevcr-
theless true, that the detectives of ev-
ery olty generally know all the pro-
fessional crooks who make headquar-
ters In their respective municipalities,
but they are not at all times In posi-
tion to lay any depredation at the feet
Of any one of the fraternity without
■ret "working up" the case.
Many trophies, such as gold brlcka,
burglar*' tools, skeleton keys, trick
match boxes, knives, etc., are to be
found In the headquarters of the Dal-
las force, and the person who feels that
the city's force of detectives ta defi-
cient In any reaptct, will find ample
to contradict and set aside all
sentiments by going through the
" of the aervlce.
Dallas, Tex., Sept II.—I noticed In
four Town Talk of yesterday an Inter*
with Hon. T. B. Love in refer-
to a survivor of the battle of 8a-
Pass, who was admitted to mem-
in Starling Price camp last
! ud also that the legislature
' ted Dr. O. U. Bailey of Ar-
of the state, has turned his attention
towards the Henrietta oil fields and
will aid In the development work going
on there.
Chicago, Sept. 11.—Rural letter car-
riers of the United States will meet In
Chicago to-day and to-morrow to form
u national association. There will be
in attendance delegates representing
17,000 rural letter carrlets, who dally
wupply 12,000,000 country residents
with mall. They travel 500,000 miles
every day, their routes covering two-
thirds of the best Curmlng districts of
America.
Better roads, more salary, fewer pri-
vations, holidays, and numerous other
linp'ovements In tlielr condition are
the hope of the rural carriers, who de-
clare they travel over (he worst roads
In the world.
Heretofore the rural carriers ljave
had state organizations. Now it is the
Intention to have h'I the state organi-
zations subsidiary to the national body.
The organization will be known as
the National Rural Free Delivery Let*
ter Carriers' association.
CALL TO TEXAS PpPCLISTS.
There will be a meeting of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Peoples'
party of Texas on Tuesday, Oct. 6th,
In the Gaston building, Dallas, Tex.
Every member of the committee is
urged to attend as well as every earn-
est Populist In the slate. Matters of
vital Importance to reform will be con-
sidered und plans for reorganizing the
state will be discussed. Representa-
tive Populists from every section of the
state. as well as ell others who are
tired of the domination of the two old
parties, are coTdlally invited to be
present and lend their aid to thU im-
portant work.
MILTON PARK,
State Chairman.
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 10, 1903.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 11.—Jesus Roscn-
dez, a Mexican, aged 85 years, a printer
by trade, was arrested today at noon
charged with rape. alleged to have
been committed last February at l.a-
redo. The Mexlt-arf acknowledged that
he was from Laredo and left there
about that time. The age of the vic-
tim Is not given. Sheriff Webb of
thut county wua notified and will ar-
rive tomorrow for the prisoner. Roaen-
dez worked on a Mexican paper here.
The recruiting officer here received
advices this morning from Washington
that there la urgent need for Infantry-
men for the regular tropical aervlce.
Miss Ima Hogg, who atuck a needle
In her knee aome time ago, haa re-
covered and will Join Oovernor Hogg
at Beaumont.
Land Commissioner Terrell left Aus-
tin today for Raat Texas, where he
will make an exhauatlve Inspection of
public lands preparatory to putting
aame on the market.
STORM AT DKNTON.
Electrical Disturbance. Aooompaniad
by Considerable Wind.
Denton, Tex., Sept. It.—A severe elec-
trical storm, accompanied by consider-
able wind and a hard rain visited Den-
ton at 10 o'clock last night Lightning
struck the residence of O. H. Barb, on
Sycamore street, one of Denton'a lead-
ing business men, knocked his daugh-
THE DENVER AGREEMENT.
The following address. Issued by a
Joint conference of Fusion Populists
and Middle-of-the-Roaders, held in
Denver, Colo., July 28, 1903, and adopt-
ed by the national executive commit-
tees of the two factions on the day
following, opens up the way for the
reorganization of the People's party on
lines which will ensure su^cesa If ev-
ery believer in reform will lend his
earnest efforts to the work:
"The manifest unrest which every-
where appears In the nation demon-
strates the dissatisfaction of the Amer-
ican people with the present manage-
ment of government, and argues the
necessity of the reform forces coming
together ln united action at the ballot
box to obtain proper legislation where-
by the right of the people to self-gov-
ernment may be had for themselves and
their posterity. Therefore we, the Pop-
ulists of the United States, having thl4
day at the city of Denver, united our
forces with the distinct understanding
that all past differences as to policy
shall be, and now are, permanently set-
tled, and our experience having demon-
strated the futility of any attempt to
secure the enactment of our principles
through either the Republican or Dem-
ocratic party, we believe the time Is
now at hand when the united People's
pary Bhould declare itself emphatical-
ly opposed to any affiliation with either
of those parties, and unqualifiedly In
favor of Independent national action.
Our fundamental prlnclplea are known
to all Populists, and are nowhere bet-
ter stated than ln that Immortal docu-
ment enunciated In Omaha July 4, 1902.
However, for the benefit of the unin-
formed, we declare our unyielding ad-
herence to the demand for (a) a money,
whether atamped on gold, silver or pa-
per, to be coined and lasued exclusively
by the government and made a full
legal tender for all debts, both public
and private; (b) a system of transpor-
tation and the transmission of Intelli-
gence, owned by the public and oper-
ated by the government, at the cost of
service; (c) land for use, rather than
for speculation, and the abolition it
alien ownerahlp of land; (d) American
ships for American foreign commerce,
without a cent of subsidy. And as an
open door for all economic reforms we
urge the rule of the people through the
optional referendum and Initiative and
the recall of derelict officials. Confident
In the Justice of the principles here set
forth, and firmly confident that their
triumph In government would be for
the best Interests of the people, we call
upon the patriotic cltlsens of this coun-
try to Join with us In bringing about
their enactment Into law. With these
principles firmly established, equal jus-
tice would prevail, special privileges
OMAHA PLATFORM.
(Adopted by the People's Party at Oma-
ha, Neb., July 4, 1892.)
Assembled upon the one hundredth
and sixteenth anniversary of the Dec-
laration of Independence, the People's
Party of America In their first annual
convention, Invoking upon their actions
the blessings of Almighty God, put
forth In the name of the country the
following preamble and declaration of
principles:
The conditions which surround us
best Justify our co-operation; we meet
in the midst of a nation brought to the
verge of moral, political and material
ruin. Corruption dominates the bal-
lot-box, the legislatures, the congress
and touches even the ermine of the
bench. The people are demoralised;
most of the states have been compelled
to Isolate the voters at the polling
places to prevent universal intimida-
tion or bribery. The newspapers are
largely subsidized or muzzled, public
opinion silenced, business prostrated,
our homes covered with mortgages,
labor Impoverished and the land con-
centrating In the hands of the capital-
ists. The urban workmen are denied
the right of organization for self-pro-
tection; Imported pauperized labor
beats down their wages; a hireling ar-
my, unrecognized by our laws, Is es-
tablished to shoot them down, and
they are rapidly degenerating Into Eu-
ropean conditions. The fruits of the
toll of millions are boldly stolen to
build up colossal fortunes for a few,
unprecedented in the history of man-
kind, and the possessors of t^ese In
turn despise the Republic and endanger
liberty. From the same prolific womb
of government Injustice we breed the
two great classes—tramps and million-
aires.
The national power to create money
Is appropriated to enrich bondholders;
a vast public debt, payable in legal
tender currency, ha8 been funded into
gold-bearing bonds, thereby adding
millions to the burdens of the people.
Silver, which has been accepted as
coin ever since the dawn of history,
has been demonetized to add to the
purchasing power of gold, by decreas-
ing the value of all forms of property
us well as human labor, and the supply
of currency Is purposely abridged
to fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprise
and enslave Industry. A vast conspi-
racy against mankind has been organ-
ized on two continents, and is rapiidly
taking possession of the world. If not
met and overthrown at once It fore-
bodes terrible social convulsions, the
destruction of civilization, or the es-
tablishment of an absolute despotism.
We have witnessed for more than a
quarter of a century the struggle of
the two great political parties for pow-
er and plunder, while grievous wrongs
have been Inflicted upon the suffering
people. We charge that the controlling
influences dominating both these par-
ties have permitted the existing dread-
ful conditions to develop without seri-
ous effort to prevent' or restrain them.
Neither do they now promise ua any
substantial reform. They have agreed
together to Ignore In the coming cam-
paign every Issue but one. They pro-
pose to drown the outcries of a plun-
dered people with the uproar of a sham
battle over the tariff, so that capital-
ists, corporation®, nationtal banks,
trusts, watered stocks, the demonetiza-
tion of silver, and the oppressions of
tlie usurers may all be lost sight of.
They propose to sacrifice our homes,
wives and children on the altarof mam-
mon, to destroy the multitude In order
to secure corruption funds from the
millionaires. Assembled on the anni-
versary of the birthday of the nation
and filled with the spirit of the grand
general chief, who established our In-
dependence, we seek to restore the gov-
ernment of the Republic to the hands
of "the plain people" with whose class
It originated. We assert our purposes
to be Identical with the purposes of the
National Constitution, "to form a more
perfect union and establish Justice, in-
sure domestic tranquility, provide for
the common defense, promote the gen-
eral welfare, and secure the blessings of
liberty for ourselves and our posterity."
We declare that this Republic can
only endure as a^ free government
while built upon the love of the whole
people for each other and for the na-
tion; thut It can not be pinned together
by bayonets; that the civil war Is over,
and thut every passion and resentment
which grew out of It must die with It.
and that we must be In fact, as we are
In name, one united brotherhood. Our
country finds Itself confronted by con-
ditions for which there Is no prece-
dent ln the history of the world. Our
annual agrlcul tural productions amount
to billions of dollar* in value which
roust In a few weeks or months be ex-
changed for billions of dollars of com-
modities consumed ln their production;
the existing currency supply Is wholly
Inadequate to make thla exchange. The
results are falling prices, the forma-
tion of combines and rings, the Impov-
erishment of the producing class. We
pledge ourselves that if given power
we will labor to correct these evlla by
wise and reasonable leglalatlon In ac-
cordance with the terms of our plat-
form.
We believe that the powers of Gov-
ernment—In other words, of the people
—should be expanded (as In the case
of the postal aervlce) as rapidly and ns
far as the good sense of an Intelligent
people and the teachings of experience
shall Justify, to the end that oppression.
Injustice and poverty shall eventually
cease In the land.
While our sympathies as a party of
reform are naturally upon the aide of
every proposition which will tend to
make men Intelligent virtuous and
temperate, we nevertheless regard these
questions — Important as the are—as
secondary to the great Issues now pass-
ing for solution, and upon which not
only our individual prosperity, but the
very existence of free Institutions de-
pend, and wo ask all men to first help
us to determine whether we are to have
a Republic to administer, before we
dlfTer as to the conditions upon which
it Is to be administered, believing that
the forces of reform this day organized
will never cease to move forward until
every wrong Is righted and equal rights
and privileges established for all the
men and women of this country; we
declare, therefore:
First, that the union of the labor
forces of the United States this day
consummated shall be permanent and
perpetual; may its spirit enter into all
hearts for the salvation of the Repub-
lic and the uplifting of mankind.
Second, Wealth belongs to him who
creates it, and every dollar taken from
Industry without an equivalent Is rob-
bery. "If any man will not work,
neither shall he eat." The Interests
of rural and civil labor are the same,
their enemies are identical.
Third, We believe that the time has
come when the railroad corporations
will either own the .people or the people
must own the railroads, and should the
Government enter upon the work of
owning and managing all railroads we
should favor an amendment to the
Constitution by which all persons en-
gaged III the Government shall be plac-
ed under a civil rervice regulation of
the most rigid character, so as to pre-
vent'Increase of the power of the na-
tional administration by the use of
such Government employee.
Finance.
We demand a national currency, safe,
sound and flexible, Issued by the gen-
eral Government only, a full legal ten-
der for all debts, public and private,
and that without the use of banking
corporations, a Just, equitable and effi-
cient means of distribution direct to
the people at a tax not to exceed 2 per
ccnt per annum, to be provided as set
forth in the Bub-treasury plan cf the
Farmers' Alliance, or a better system,
alos by payments in discharge of its
obligations for public Improvements.
We demand free and unlimited coin-
age of silver and gold at tne present
legal ratio of 16 to 1.
We demand that the amount of cir-
culating medium be speedily Increased
to not less than $50 per capita.
We demand a graduated Income tax.
We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as pos-
sible In the hands of the people, and
hence we demand that all State and
National revenues shall be limited to
the necessary expenses of the Govern-
ment, economically and honestly ad-
ministered.
Transportation.
Transportation being a means of ex-
change'and a public necseslty, the Gov-
ernment should own and operate the
railroads in the Interest of the people.
The telegraph and telephone, like the
postofflce system, being a necessity for
the transmission of news, should be
owned and operated by the Government
in the interest of the people.
Lsnd.
The land, including all the natural
sources of wealth, Is the heritage of the
people, and should not be monopolized
for speculative purposes, and alien
ownership of land should be prohibited.
All land now held by railroads and
other corporations ln excess of their
actual needs and all lands now owned
by aliens should be reclaimed by the
Government and held for actual settlers
only.
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DALLAS
INTERURBAN
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Runs .40 £ars
Daily Between
FORT WORTH AND DALLAS.
Cars leave each end of the line every
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6 a. m. to 11 p. m.
For a beautiful descriptive pamphlet
address
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Jewelry, Silverware, Etc.,
221 Elm Btreet, Near Lamar,
DALLAS, TEXA8
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A Nice Present
For Your Wife or Daughter
The MERCURY SEWING MACHINE, made especially
for us by one of the oldest, largest and most reliable
Sewing Machine Manufacturers in the United States.
We give an absolute guarantee for ten years continuous
service-
Only $18.50 With Mercury
One Year.
We have SOLD MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND of
thesle machines iu Texas alone and have not had one
singe complaint. They may be found in almost every
neighborhood in the state. We furnish either Gothic
or Drop-head.
THE NEW MERCURY
Is a strictly high grade
machine, finely built, light
running, easily managed
durable and handsomely
finished. It is equal in every
p&rtlcular to the machines
sold through agents at from
$86.00 to $60.00. We do not
offer these machines in con-
nection with the cheap and
roughly built machines
which are being advertised
at almost any price the pur-
chaser is willing to pay. Bu
we offer those who desire a
really high grade machine
an opportunity to get one for
LESS THAN HALF
what such a machine would
cost if bought from an agen
The Feed Is the simplea
the market. The double feed
surface extends on both sides
of the needle and insures uni-
form feeding.
The Stand is built • last and
made of the best material. Case-
hardened ball bearings, so that
THE MATERIAL.
This machine is made of the
very best material. The finest
steel is nssd for all parts except
those where experience has
shown that some other mate-
rial will give better results.
THs Head allows a space of
7){x6?£ inches—ample for ail
kinds of family sewing.
Tbs Shuttle is a hardened
steel cylinder open at both ends
and is entirely Sel/threading.
The bobbin is long and holds a
large quantity of thread and
oan be wound without running
the sewing parts of the ma-
chine.
The Aatssiatio Bobbin Wlader
is a wonder of simplicity and
smoothness.
The Stitch Regslator is on the
side arm, and has a scale show
lng the number of stitches to
the inch.
The Upper Tenelsn is simple and
easily regulated. Has quick
tension release for use in reliev-
ing goods. The maohine is en-
trrely self-threading. No holes
to thread except the eye of the
needle
Tbe Preseer Fset is used In an
attachment bolder, and the
foot-pieoe is taken off when at-
tacbments are used. All at-
tachments have a foot piece to
correspond, so they can be
readily placed in the holder.
igs.
all lost motion is readily taken
up. Large and heavy balance
wheel,insuring light and steady
running. Tbe iron nioely fln-
pro-
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ished in black enamel and
vided with nlckle casters.
The Weedwerk is made of care-
fully selected and well season-
ed oak, with oil-rubbed finish,
which remains bright and new
for an indefinite period.
Aooessorles—Each machfne Is
sent out equipped with the fol-
lowing extras: One gauge with
screw,one shuttle, one quitter,
one hemmer and feller, one
screwdriver, one oil oan, six
boblns, one screw driver for
shuttle, and dozen needles, one
instruction book prtfusely il-
lustrated.
Attachment!This maohine is
accompanied with a complete
set of the latest nickel steel
foot attachments in plush lined
metal box. This set includes
one ruffler, one tucker, one Bet
hemmers, five widths, one
braider foot and slide,one shir-
ring plate and one thread
cutter.
TFN YFAR GUARANTEE. A written guarantee for ten years
ItN TEAM WJAHANIIX. from date of sale is sent with eaoh
machine! The manufacturers will repair or replace free any
part or creakage arising from defective material or faulty work-
manship!
$18.50
The price of the New Mercury Machine,
either with Drop Head or Box
Cover is
Freight paid to any R; K. Station for $1.00
extra.
GENERAL INSTRUCTION.
e ■ H M the machine is not FULLY
Satisfaction vuaraoteco. satisfactory you oan
renort within 80 days and the manufacturers will either MAKE
the machine satisfactory or take It back and refund the money,
paying freight charges both ways
TERMS—Cash with order. No deviation. The low price of this
-,,1.1.1.. |g due to the fact that by selling for cash and always
having a stock on hand we save the expense of delays
and keeping accounts.
SHIPMENTS.—All meblaee art aarefeilf aratsd awl shipped by
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SOUTHERN MERCURY,
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