The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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PLUG
CHEWING
TOBACCO
STAR has for years
been the world s leading
brand of plug chewing
tobacco. Statistics show
that about one-fifth of
all the chewers of plug
tobacco chew STAR.
There's a reason for
this enormous and con-
stantly increasing num-
ber of STAR chewers,
and it's just this—
Star Plug has always
been manufactured with
one sole object in view—
to give chewers the best
chew of tobacco it is pos-
sible to produce, yet to
sell this STAR chew at
a moderate price.
More chewers are
learning every day that
STAR, considered from
the standpoint of true
merit, has no competitor,
and is the one best chew.
For a long time there
was a prejudice (which
probably still exists)
among certain chewers
against the use of what is
generally termed "Navy
Tobacco," because of the
impression that all to-
bacco of that character
is too sweet.
It is true that some
brandsof tobacco, similar
in appearance to STAR,
are too sweet to please
chewers accustomed to
the use of tobacco manu-
factured in thin plugs,
but we know that STAR
is right in every way.
You use tobacco for
the pleasure it gives —
increase your
pleasure by chew-
ing STAR!
In All Stores
COURT SAYS PIERCE MUST COME,
United States Supreme Court Sus-
tains Texas' Contention.
Washington, June 2.— The Su-
premo Court decided yesterday that
II. Clay Fierce would have to go
to Texas for trial on an indictment
returned by a Grand Jury of Travis
County for false swearing, Pierce
is charged with having sworn falsely
in testifying that the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company, of which he is the
head, was not a pari of the Standard
Oil Company.
A requisition for the arrest of
Tierce was issued by the Governor
of Texas on the Governor of Mis-
souri, and was granted. But l'ieree
fought the extradition on sevoral
grounds, chief among which, judg-
ing from the fact that the Supreme
Court gave it most notice, was that
the indictmc ' was insufficient. The
lower court divided against Pierce,
and the case was brought to the Su-
preme Court of the I'nited States.
It was argued about two months ago.
If. Clay Pierce, Chairman of the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, is in
New York, where he has loved most
of the time during the last three
years, although about three months
were spent here for a brief business
trip.
On learning of yesterday's de-
cision of the Federal Supreme
Court against l'ieree, he (Pierce)
telegraphed to Judge llenry Priest,
his counsel in the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings. From t statement made
bv Judge Priest it is very evident
that l'ieree does not intend to go to
Texas for trial on the charge of
false swearing if a further appeal
to the courts can prevent it.
The opinion, which is not lengthy,
is nearly entirely devoted to a dis-
cussion of the question of the suf-
ficiency of the indictment. Justice
Moody at one point does make rath-
er slighting allusion to what he
terms the hair-splitting argument of
counsel for Pierce, lie has refer-
ence to Joseph II. Choate, whose
speech before the Supreme Court
was somewhat disappointing to the
lawyers who heard it. Judge Bar-
clay of St. Louis, who made the ar-
guments for the State, or rather for
Mr. Creaev, Chief of Police of St.
I/ouis, against whom the action was
brought, is sustained by the decision
at practically every point, in some
cases almost the identical language
which lie used in his argument being
transferred to the opinion.
Found Dead Sitting In His Buggy.
Cameron: News was received here
Saturday that I). Bolinger, who lived
about five miles east of here, was
found dead at Hoyte, about 8 o'clock
Friday morning. Bolinger was en
route home. He had taken his horse
from his buggy and tied the ani-
mal, and was sitting on the single-
tree, leaning against the dashboard
when found. There were no marks
of violence on the body, and it is
thought that he was suddenly taken
ill and sat there to rest.
THE FARMEBSGONGRESS
Some Pregnant Pointers In This As-
semblage of Farmers.
I'll is annual assonibb • ,,f work-
ers has for its purpose th advance-
ment of all useful interest- - vial,
intellectual and material. Or. isi.m-
ally a few self-seekers intrude upon
the time of the congress, iv they do
upon all other meetings. The great
majority of those who attend, and
who constitute the congr , however,
are of the most intelligent, m. -t pro-
gressive and most unsellMi workers
and teachers of the country. The
rank and file are from h lers in
the cultivation of the - 11, in stock
raising, in dairying, in h e.keeping,
in civic improvement and in indus-
trial education.
Many vital themes an ! pending
questions will he discussed and exem-
plified by illustration and by dem-
onstration.
National, State and private teach-
ers will be present to answer ques-
tions and discuss leading topics in
each section of the work.
Discussion and demonstration will
be on such questions as seeds, soils
and seasons, with their caprices for
weather, insects and diseases, also
packing, shipping and selling.
The introduction of industrial
training in schools will find promi-
nent place in the program. Civic
improvement, road-making and tech-
nical instruction of many useful
kinds will giva rare opportunity for
all to learn.
Low rates of transportation, at-
tractive grounds and ample enter-
tainment all conspire t« make this n
raro opportunity to give and receive
both pleasure and profit.
Tho great college buildings with
modern appliances will be open for
inspection. College authorities and
attendants find pleasure in giving ex-
planations.
The congress has no appropriation,
no endowment, no fund except vol-
untary contributions by its friends.
The railroads have been lavish in
their liberality. The great press of
Texas and other States have been
the chief friends and support of the
congress.
The spirit of progress and im-
provement under lie tho motives and
promptings of those who assume the
active management.
All white people interested in the
peace, prosperity and happiness of
the cotuitrv are invited to come and
join us. E. W. IvI UK PATRICK.
At College Station, July 8, 9 and 10.
time is surely coming when all tlirv FIGHT DREAD WHITE PLAGUE
comforts and pleasures will he ap-
preciated by the country people.
Then their farms will lie worth $'J W
an acre instead of ijviO an acre. The
trouble with many of the p- >ple u
that they have not become convinced
that it is really money to them to
build good roads and public parks.
But, aside from the educational fea-
ture, there is an actual increase in
the value of the property where the
mads are (rood and where the people
Efforts to Stamp Out Tuberculosis
Are Being Made in All the Cities
of the South.
"The national fight against tuber-
culosis is being taken up in the
south with more energy than in any
other section of the country," said
I >r. Livingston Farrand. ''I have
just come from Nashville, the key
city of the great state of Tennessee.
Operating from Nashville, we hope
show to the world that they ar cul- to proclaim the glad tidings of re-
hired and refined, and are endeav-1 lief from consumption to cverv citv
oring to make the world in which
they live more comfortable and more
beautiful. A long time ago, when
Texas had no railroads, and prairie
schooner and the ox cart were the
and town between Memphis on the
Mississippi and Bristol 'way up in
the mountains.
" The south is united with the
north in this campaign against the
I means of transportation, land had! greatest singlo cause of death since
actieally no value. Today it worth
from $10 to $100 an acre, accord-
world began. I have just visited
ading cities in Kentucky and Tcn-
ing to location, and according to the tie-see, completing arrangements for
accessibility to markets. Good roads the southern trip of the American
add to the value of property, and tuberculosis exhibition, which has
public parks will still further in<
crease the worth of the land."
already been seen in many cities in
Canada and the United States."—N.
V. Telegram.
Rice Acreage Is Lessened.
There will be about 220,000 acre-;!
in rice in Texas this year, says the
San Antonio Stockman and Farmer,
as against about 200,000 acres last
year, according to A. K. Groves, Sec-
retary of the Texas Rice Farmers'
Association, who lia.s issued a circu-
lar to the members, stating some
facts that ho believes they should
know. This will be the last state-
KAISER'S ARTISTIC TASTES.
Vernon Is Visited by Storm.
Vernon: A terrific storm struck
this place late Sunday evening, up-
rooting trees, blowing down houses
and ruining thousands of acres of
crops. There is hardly a house in
town that is not more or fess dam-
aged. One house in West Vernon
was demolished and Mrs. 0. B.
Dowdy seriously hurt. So far as
can be learned no lives were lost.
Three washouts occurred between
this place and Wichita Falls, aud all
trains are indefinitely late.
Senator James K. Jones Dead.
Washington: Former U. S. Sen-
ator James K. Jones of Arkansas
died at his residence here Monday
afternoon, after an illness of only
a few hours, aged 09 years. He was
one of the leading Democrats in the
Senate from 1885 to 1903, and was
one of the strongest supporters of
William Jennings Bryan, having as
Chairman of the Democratic Na-
tional Committee conducted the
campaigns of 1896 and 1900. Since
leaving the Senate in 1905, he has
conducted a law practice in this citv,
and has not actively engaged iu pol-
itics. On Friday afternoon Sena-
tor Jones returned from a visit to
his daughter, Mrs. Leonard Carri-
gan, in Arkansas, nnd Sunday night
seemed to be enjoying good health.
Complaining slightly Monday morn-
ing, lie remained in bed, and at 5:30
in the afternoon died, the immedi-
ate cause of death being heart fail-
ure.
THE VALUE OF BEAUTY.
An Appeal for Building Roads and
Country Parks.
The following from the Cleburne
Enterprise is worth reading and pon-
dering. It is acknowledged that
parks arc good things for cities; why
not for the country? The farmer
should have all those things which
bring enjoyment, as well as those
who reside in tho cities. The park
will bring about conditions not here-
tofore known in the South. Much
good should come of the agitation.
Here it is:
"A system of country parks is be-
ing advocated in some States. There
is no reason why the people of the
country should not enjoy these
marks of a higher development as
well as the people in the cities. They
can have these things whenever they
reach the point where they are will-
ing to pay for them. The cost will
bo trivial when tho benefits accruing
to the children of the country in
the development of a love for the
beautiful arc considered. A system
of county parks can be secured by
an amendment to the Constitution
permitting tho voting of bonds for
such purposes where the people of a
community desired to thus tax them-
selves for better schools. The En-
terprise believes that the people in
the country should enjoy every priv-
ilege that the people in the town en-
joy, but they can not do so until
they awaken to the benefits to be do-
rived from these improvements and
are willing to he taxed to create and
maintain good roads and parks. The
Of the German emperor we are all
accustomed to think mainly as a war
lord, but his recent visit to the Wal-
lace collection is a reminder that art
nnd war struggle for supremacy in
his mental composition, and that his
motto often is "magis arte qtiam
Marte." His artistic tastes the
, , „ : kaiser inherits from his mother,
merit issued bv the Secretary of the , , ,, , , , , , . ,
_ , who, both with hor brush and chisel,
c mccin until some time in July, giu,h (hat hcp
when the crop begins to mature work a, R inter anJ scul tor wa,
"I believe that the acreage w.l be kH„v adniiUe(1) on it8 meriuj
somewhat smaller during 1908 than n, to the pBri( Sfllon ftn(1 the
in 1907," said Mr. Groves, discuss- 1{er|in apa(ipmv> and her eldest son,
ing tho matter, "because my records jn !)articuIar> ;h(; ingpirai with t|10
show that a number of the canal 8amo ]);l.ssl0I1 for art.—London
companies are not watering the same c|,r,mi(.|,,
amount of land they watered last
year. Furthermore, some of the com-1
panics have ceased altogether to do
business. On the other hand, in the
sections where wells nre used to ir-
rigate, the acreage has increased
SUPPLYING AN OMISSION.
slightly, but not sufficiently to coun-
teract the decrease elsewhere. A
month or so ago it appeared that
Once in a while sarcastic letters
are received by state officials. It is
not so often, however, that a private
citizen voluntarily sends in a letter
expressing his personal vii ws. Frank
I. UrubUs, assistant secretary of
the acreage would be about the same; state, received that kind of letter tho
as last year, but this approximation other day. It came from a man in
has proved unreliable. From all re-! the northern part of the state and
ports made to tho association 1 do was as follows:
not believe the acreage will run much "Dear Sir: After a careful ex-
over 220,000 acrcs, and may fall even animation of the poll books in this
to 200,000." i county 1 find that there is one resi-
With regard to the condition of dent who is not a notary public. I
the crop, Mr. Groves stated it was; hereby make application for a com-
getting along very tine. Some of! mission for him."—Indianapolis
tho rice farmers had already begun News.
to irrigate, although the majority
are still seeding. It appears, he said,
that the rice crop will begin to ma-
ture earlier this year than hereto-
fore, because the farmers have start-
ed planting sooner, and have had
more favorable weather conditions.
DEATH SENTENCE IN ENGLAND.
In connection with death sen-
tences Mr. IturriAby, an English law-
; ver, mentions a curious fact. "It
may not ho generally known," ho
says, "that in criminal trials a
judge's note book is bound in red,
j except when a capital charge is be-
i ing heard, and then a book with
I black binding is used. 1 have fre-
tencc.
Mighty Substantial Talk.
Young lady, don't worry much be-
cause you haven't "accomplishment.."
Possibly you can't play n good game, quently observed in cases of murder,
of whist, but the ability to play when the jury had retired to con-
whist never won anybody a happy sider their verdict and the judge had
home Possibly you can'tdo the rve- left the bench, that his clerk would
waltz or two-step like a butterfly, the note book back to the first
but those accomplishments won't lay I page, and I believe there is to be
you up in any particular joys for the; found a printed form of death sen-
days of your gray hairs. Anyway,
tho fellow you would catch by rea-
son of such accomplishments would
not be worth a ten-cent piece with
a hole in it. If nature gave you a
sweet voice, it is all right to have
it cultivated, but you will find in
years to come that there is more
money in being able to cook a good
dinner and get it on the table than
in singing a sweet little love ditty.
Don't moan because you can't play
the piano, but go into the kitchen
and learn to fry a beef steak. Don't
cry because you can't sing; put on
an apron and learn to mix up a batch
of biscuits. Your piano may get
out of tune and your voice grow rus-
ty, but the beef steak and biscuits
will never wear out, nor will the
old man ever grow weary of them.
Of course, we don't mean for you
to make beef steak and biscuits your
UP-TO DATE BIBLE CLASS.
A novel extension of the ordinary
province of a Bible class is an-
nounced in connection with Pocky
Lane chapel, Neehells, Birmingham,
Frig., where a scheme of old age pen-
sions has been inaugurated. By the
scheme, which is a contributory one,
it is proposed that by making a
small weekly payment members will
become entitled to five shillings a
week from CO years of age. Pro-
vision is made for sick benefit and
want of employment, and the fund is
guaranteed by the post ollice.
SEEMED MOST IN DEMAND.
Caller—I see you keep chickens.
What breed do you consider the best ?
Suburbanite—It's hard to tell. I
goal, but as you are passing along j I10ticc, though, that more of my
life's rock roadway you will find it j white Wyandottea are stolen than
a good idea to take thorn with you.— , UUj other
Jonei County Talk
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McClure & McClure. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1908, newspaper, June 5, 1908; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214004/m1/3/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.