Chillicothe Independent (Chillicothe, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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THE INDEPENDENT
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JAMES T. BUCK, Editor anil Proprietor.
Subscription Price $1.00 a Year.
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1913.
Practice makes perfect. The
more fault a man finds the more
expert he becomes at it.
To believe a thing is possible,
is the surest way to make it so,
says one of our philosophers.
The time to strike is when the
iron is hot, but there are people
who fail to recognize a hot iron
when they see it.
Factions are an unknown
quantity in the ideal town. Let's
all pull together and make Chil-
licothe the ideal town.
About the only man in this
country who can get what he
wants without advertising for it
is the one who goes out looking
for trouble.
A farmer may be broken in
every thing but spirit and poor
in every thing but faith and
courage and then come .out on
top, says Peter Radford.
The total exports from the
port of Galveston during April
amounted to a total value of
$13,775,970. These exports went
to twenty foreign countries,
Great Baitain, Germany and
Spain receiving the heaviest
shipments as usual.
Reports from Kerrville, San
Angelo, Hamilton, Bertram and
San Antonio, the principal wool
markets of Texas state that
there was approximately a total
of 1,000,500 pounds of wool
brought in and stored. The av-
erage value of this wool is 16c.
per pound.
The fruit growers of the ad-
jacent territory of Longview met
recently in that city and per-
fected organization for market-
ing this season's fruit crop. The
crop is very promising at this
time and it is estimated that over
a hundred cars will be shipped
out of that place.
Texas establishen a record of
building two school houses a day
during last year, according to a
statement recently made by the
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Nearly $3,000,000
was spent for new public schools
in various district# of Texas, the
funds being provided by bond
issues.
Quite a little bunch of our bus-
iness men and citizens, too many
to mention individually, went to
Childress yesterday in automo-
biles to attend a good roads con-
vention at that place. The
meeting was largely attended
and we understand an [organiza-
tion was perfected to further
the good roads movement in this
part of the state.
Hurrnh for Gov. Johnson of
C.iiiornia for signing the anti-
alien ownership of land bill re-
cently passed by the legislature
of his state, which has caused so
much public discussion every-
where. We are for preserving
this country for the Caucassian
ranee, and it is time now to pre-
pare against the invasion of the
other races of mankind. The yel-
low race—the Chinese, Japanese
and other Asiatic .nationalities
-are in such large numbers that
'hey could make it very warm
iot us to say the least of it, and
we should take time by the fore-
lock and provide agaist such a
thing.
Caught Adam Up a Tree.
"I don't know where this
story originated," said the Col-
onel, "but it has been saddled
oa un old darky preacher, who
gave this version of Adam and
Eve and the apple tree:
"When Adam an' Eve had
done got der inductions 'bout
de one tree in the gyarden w'ich
dey wuzen't ter fool wid, Eve
said to Adam:
" 'I des 'bleege ter have some
er de fruit off dat tree. Climb up
dar whilst de Lawd ain't lookin'
an' shake de tree, an' I'll keep
watch, an' ef I see him comin'
I'll whistle, an' you kin slide
down 'fo he sees you.
"Adam sorter s*udy 'bout it,
but Eve, she tol' him, 'Go 'long
up de tree, I tell you, an' I'll
keep witch an' whistle lak* I
said I wou'd.'
"Well, Adam, he skun up de
tree an' shuck it, an' down the
fruit felled, an' Eve, she grab
one an' took a big bite, an' loan'
behol'—dat fruit was nuthin'
but green persimmons, an' here
come de Lawd, an' Evejseen him,
but she found it wuz onpossible
ter whistle! An' dar wuz Adam
up de tree, an' de Lawd said:
" 'How cum you up dat tree,
Adam?"
"An' Adam say: 'Dat 'ooman
tol' me to climb it-'
"Den de Lawd took Adam by
de seat er his britches an' pitched
him cl'ar over de fence, and said
ter him, ez he hit de grit:
" 'Now rort hog, er die!' "
The newspaper man is seldom
properly appreciated, despite the
work he does for his town and
community, therefore it is not
inappropriate to call attention to
this reminder from an exchange:
"Did you ever think of it? Sup-
pose every business man in town
took as much interest in the up-
building of the town and for-
warding all public enterprises as
the newspaper man. He works
for raijroads, manufacturies,
schools and churches, good
streets and roads; urges, pleads,
scolds and badgers and cavorts
around generally. Imagine his
feelings then when some lame,
stringhalted kind of a fellow ap-
proaches him because he don't
boom things enough. If the town
does boom and the price of real
estate advances and the owners
grow rich from the result of his
labors he makes nothing by it.
He is like the poor boy at the
picture show without the neces-
sary quarter to gain admission."
The announcement that it was
raining in Texas caused [a flurry
in the New York cotton*market,
according to press reports. When
the cotton belt of Texas is
drenched with rain the bears
scamper to their dens and the
bulls paw the earth. A rain in
Texas is a world-wide event, far
more important than the dis-
covery of gold, the inauguration
of rulers or the movement of
battleships. It is a messenger of
charity and prosperity. It brings
clothing to the world's poor,
puts value in our secureties and
moves European gold to Texas.
A rain is a good advertiser, a
good provider and makes us
good dividers.
Farmers Institute Program.
Saturday, May 31; 1:30 p. m.
"The Marketing of Farm Pro-
ducts"—W. M. Duke.
Paper by Miss Anna Potts on
"The Relation of Agriculture to
our Public Schools."
Music.
"Farm Dairying" —N. M. Bray
"Importance of Good Roads."
R. S. By num.
Reading.—Mrs. W. R. Payne.
"Insect Pests and Their Erad-
ication.— R. W. Edwards.
The Farmers Institute as a
Social Center.—Mrs. Newby.
Colquitt Lenient.
Austin, May 21—Gov. Colquitt
today pardoned Dr. G. W. White
of San Antonio, in so far as his
ninety-day jail sentence is con-
cerned, leaving intact the fur-
ther punishment of a fine of $500
for practicing medicine without
first obtaining a license from the
state board of medical examiners,
This action was taken on the
recommendation of the board of
pardon advisers, whose report
shows the physician is 77 years
of age and a Confederate veter-
an- It is further advised the
punishment is excessive.
Union Men Strike.
Birmingham, Ala., May 19.—
Because master builders and
contractors refused to grant de-
mands of union carpenters for a
raise of 5 cents an hour, making
the wages 50 cents, 3000 union
men, carpenters, plumbers,
structural iron and steel workers,
painters, hoisters, bricklayers
and other craftsmen went out
on a sympathetic strike this
morning.
Three skyscraper buildings
are involved and estimates are
being made that building work
to the amount of $5,000,000 is
being interfered with. Contrac-
tors who have signed with the
carpenters are feeling the strike
also.
The concluding exercises of
the school commencement were
held in the school auditorum
Monday night in the presence of
a large crowd. The address to
the graduating class by Rev. G.
S. Slover, president of Claren-
don College, was full of good ad-
vice and was well received. In a
short but very impressive talk
Judge Allred presented the di-
plomas to [the graduating class,
composed of Homer Brown, Jes-
sie Mae Webb, Bessie Vernon
and Arthur Jones. The session
that has just closed was above
the average and now each and
every patron and pupil should
set. about to make the next ses-
sion still better.
Epworth League Program.
Subject—The Social Impulse;
Human Fellowship.
Instrumental music.
Leader—Miss Allie Robertson.
Song.
Prayer by leader.
Scripture reading. Luke 19,1-0.
Hymn 548.
Five three minute talks by
leaguers
1. Christ a Neighbor, John 2,
1, 8. —Mrs. Aliens worth.
2. Christ's Example, John 13-
12-71—Miss Lillie Sudduth.
3. Inspired to service through
association with Christ, Mark 3,
14—M. R. Allensworth.
Trio—W. H. Lee, R. E. By-
num, J. P. Heilhecker.
4. Christ a friend to all, Luke
7, 34 36.—James Quattlebaum.
5. A result of Christ's friend,
ship, A Soul Saved, Luke 19,1-10
Rev. M. Phelan.
Prayer,
Doxology, benediction.
Junior Epworth League.
Program for Sunday May 25.
Topic—God and the first Sin-
ner, or death the result of Sin.
Leader—Clyde Mulkey.
Two songs.
Scripture reading, Gen. third
chapter by leader.
Prayer.
Scripture reading, Gen. 3: 1-4,
by Alice Mulkey.
Scripture reading, Gen. 3: 4-5,
by Ruth Ramey.
Recitation by Pauline Buck.
Scripture reading, Gen. 3: 6-7,
by Billie Lee.
Who did Adam blame for his
fall?—Walter Lee.
Who did Eve b'ame for her
fall?—Eddie May Oliphint.
Whose image was man made
in?—Dick Buck.
Song and benediction.
Foes on the Battlefield Meet Fifty
Years After and Make Friends
St. Joseph, Mo., May 18. —It
was fifty years ago. The battle
of Antietam was raging. Adam
Reed, a 12-year-old boy with the
165th N. Y. infantry, was help-
| ing to pick up the wounded and
j Carrying them to the rctu*. Sud-
' denly he noticed that his regi-
ment and the other Federal
forces had disappeared. He was
| alone and a body of Jackson's
rebel cavalry was being drawn
upon him. He started to run and
a lone horseman broke away
frcm the main body and took
after him. A saber flashed and
descended upon the drummer.
He raised his arm to ward off
the blow and the blade slashed
his fingers, almost severing them.
The boy began to cry. With a
laugh of contempt the young
rebel horseman drove the spurs
into his mount and rode away.
"This is no place for babies,"
he jeered. "We're only fighting
men."
"I'll kill you for that!" shriek-
ed the boy after him and pick-
ing up a rifle from beside its
dead owner, he fired a shot at
his retreating foa. The drummer,
unable to play his drum, was
given a furlough. He went back
home and his fingers healed and
he returned to his regiment and
stayed with it until it was mus-
stered out. But always way down
in his heart he cherished a hat-
red against the Confederate sol-
dier who had ridden down a de-
fenseless boy and sabered him.
He vowed to get revenge some
day, and for fifty years he has
been seeking his enemy.
Adam Reed is now a St. Jos-
eph physician and "Dad" Chil-
ton is a street car motorman. For
years Reed has been riding on
the car operated by Chilton.
Every morning Reed joins Chil-
ton on the front platform in - or-
der to get the breeze on his way
down town.
"My le* hurts me," Chilton
said t0 Reed one day this week.
("Got a shot through it at' Antie-
I tarn.'' "The devil you did," said
I Reed. "I did not know you'were
a veteran. I nearly got my fin-
gers cut off. Why haven't you
ever joined our local G. A. R.
post"?
"I was on the wrong side of
that scrap," said "Dad-" "I be-
longed to Jackson's cavalry."
"It was one of the members
of that bunch that nearly whack-
ed off my fingers," said Reed,
and he told the story of the little
drummer boy.
"I've been praying to meet
. hat Johnnie Reb some day. I've
been waiting to fceteven."
The car stopped with a jerk.
"You'll never get a better
chance," said old "Dad" Chilton.
"I was the man that did that and
I've been hunting you for fifty
years to tell you that I was a
coward and a dog to use a saber
on a boy. But I was only a
youngster myself and I was fired
with a desire to kill and I didn't
realize until later what I had
done. At that, you shot me in
the leg as I rode away."
"Well," Reed was talking
slowly, "I guess I got even fifty
years ago and didn't know it
This is a funny old world, afte.
all Let's be friends and forget
it."
And while the conductor was
grumbling because his motor-
man had apparently gone to
sleep aad was giving him "two
bells," those two old men—the
old rebel and the old federal—
solemnly shook hands.
Women Cops.
San Francisco, Cal., May 21.—
Of twenty-five additional police
officers to be appointed here,
three will be women, according
to action taken last night by the
board of supervisors. It is an-
nounced the force of women will
be increased as rapidly as con-
ditions warrant.
Dallas News and Independent
$1.75 per annum.
FOR SALE.—B lackeyed, cream
and field peas; all $2 per bushel.
Also sweet potato slips. R- R. 1,
Chillicthe. A. G. Thornton
Money to Loan—On good im-
proved lands on easy terms; ven-
dor's lien notes extended. Secur-
ity can be inspected at once.
S. J. Matthew,
Quanah, Texas
Everything new und up-to-
date in the furniture line, at
Geeo's-
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ONLY START! Bank and Save one-third only of your
come for 15 yeais. Then the INTEREST ALONE wil
pay ytu for the rest of your life, one-half of your previous
income, whatever it may have been.
If you begin to deposit one-third of your income, it will
grow BIGGER. Why? As you see the result of your labor
(your bank account) grow you'H work harder, please your
employer and yourself better and increase your income.
Let Our Bank be Your Bank.
FIRST STATE BANK
Don't You Owe
Yourself Something?
For benutifully illustrated lit-
erature descriptive of the num-
erous splendid, home-like and
not 'unreasonably expensive re- ^
sorts throughout Wonderful Col- ^
orado and along the Pacific Coast,
including the Great Colorado
Chautauqua at ' 'Boulder-the-
Beautiful," address A. A. Glis-
son, General Passenger Agent,'
"The Denver Road," Ft. Worth,
Texas. Little vacations in those
directions are always worth
more than they cost.
Full line of sweeps, shovels
and plows of all kinds at J. p.
Mcherson's.
FOR SALE—Good brood mare
and second hand buggy and har-
ness, cheap. Call on Dr. Young.
Painting and
Paper Hanging
I will apprefciatc a chance
to figure on your work and
will guarantee all work. I
can also save you money on
Wall Paper, as I have some
of the latest and most beau-
tiful samples on the market.
Buggy painting a specialty.
When in need of anything
in my line phone Webb 110
or leave word at Cameron
Lumber Yard.
A. A. T1MMINS
Nuckles & Kennedy
Real Estate, Rental and
Collection Agents.
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We handle all kind of Real
Estate and Live Stock, rent
Town and Farm Property
and Collect Accounts. Let us
look after your business.
Nuckles & Kennedy
Chillicothe, Texas.
Dr. A. S. Kerley,
Dentist
Office up stairs in Webb building
Office hours irom 8 to 12, 1. to 5
JU W. ALLRED
Attorncy-at-Law,
Prompt attention given to all bus-
iness entrusted to my care.
Chillicothe, Tkxas.
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For Sale.
Good 4-room dwelling, 3 lots,
garden, good well, dugout, sheds',
coal house, chicken house, etc.
Price and terms to suit. A bar-
gain See W. O. Scott.
Let us show you our two-row
Go-devil. We have something
different to anything you have
ever seen in that line. J. W.
Rose & Sons Hdw. and Imps.
SEB
J. C. FERGUSON
Land Title Offce at Quanah, Tex.
for abstracts of all lands and
town lots in Hardeman county.
Have your title perfected before
you attempt to sell.
Geeo has everything in the ^
furniture line and does not pro- If
pose to be undersald-
The stoves we handled last
year, this year and next we
know what they are, no gues-
sing. The Bucks and National.
J. W. Rose & Son.
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EYES WITHOUT DEFECTS
are rare. These defects can
usually be corrected by properly
fitted glasses.
DR. JOHNSdN
will test your eyes Free.
Office ki Owl Drug Store.
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Buck, James T. Chillicothe Independent (Chillicothe, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1913, newspaper, May 23, 1913; Chillicothe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232427/m1/4/?q=green+energy: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.