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®l)e Neu)fl-Boj).
Jasper, Tkxas, June 15th, 1887
r. b. blake,
EPITOK.
The Texas Stute Teachers As-
sociation will meet in Dallas on
June the 25th.
Both sides of our continent
have been shaken byeartbquakes
this year. It is a source of no
little comfort to be a dweller of
the interior.
The Nkws Boy is in receipt of
the Colonel, a n^w humeroua pa-
per published at Austin, with
Ike Philkins, (Mr. Wm. A. Bow-
man) one of the best known
newspaper men of the country
at its head.
Maj. Ben: Perley Poore, ono of
the best known newspaper cor-
respondents and biographical
writers in,the country, died at
the National Capital June 5th
aged 67 years.
Gov. lioss lias withdrawn
Cnpt. Scot's company from East
Texas to look after the train rob-
bers in middle, and North West
Texas. The Governer is also off-
ering rewards for their arrest.
In the Galveston municipal
election R. L. Fulton's majority
was 292 over all the other can-
didates. The aldermanic citizens
ticket was successful over the
democratic ticket, electing ten
out of twelve of its candidates.
We neglected last week to men-
tion the -valuable addition to
our exchange list of The Times,
a new paper published at Ogden
and (Jolmesnil. It bears the
stamp of an experienced hand
in its make-up.. Mr. F. II. Rob-
inson, former publisher of the
News-Boy, is editor and propri-
etor.
Mr. John A. Ivirlicks left last
night for Austin to argue the
case of a drummer named Aslier
who was arrested there several
drummers^ tax law. The case
will be heard before the court of
appeals and a decision in it will
be anxiously awaited, as it is c
test case of this law.—H. Herald
There seems to bo no stopping
place to the advance in the price
of coffee. Within the past two
months it has gone steadily up
until now it is about 120 per
cent above its normal value.
There have been two causes at
>vork to produce this effect. An
almost certainty of the shortness
pf the crop has caused unprece-
dented speculation. The defici
pney in the crop doos not war-
rant the enormous advance in
price. $120,000,000 will con-
troll the entire average crop, or
•'corner it" and this has no doubt
been done; not, however, with'
out considerable risks to the cap-
ital invested; for in 1884 the
speculators were badly mashed
in a similar venture. The lead-
er, who was the owner of $3,000-
000 worth of propeity settled up
at fifty cents on the dollar, and
is now only a common broker.
< i
The Post regards Rev. Dr. Car-
roll as a great preacher—perhaps
the most eloquent and powerful
pulpit orator in Texas—but as a
leader in secular and political
affairs he is a failure. His
tongue is too energetic, and he
uses too tdanv pencils. This in-
dicates a lack of discretion, as a
leader. It is proof positive, also,
of another idea, and that is that
preachers arc as a rule more suc*>
cessful in the pulpit than else
where.
The greatest promotives of
intemperance are poverty, idle-
ness and overwork. Abolish
these and you abolish nine-tenths
of the intemperance.—South
West.
Subscribe for The News-Bdy.
Theline of the Trinity and
Sabine Railroad from Ogden to
Jasper passes through one of the
most valuable timber regions in
the world. The route from Og-
den to the river is principally
through a forest of the long leav-
ed yellow pine. But from where
the line en tor* the Neches' bet-
in Tyler County to the Town of
Jasper, fifteen miles, is a remark-
able forest of hard timber. The
undergrowth is an almost im-
penetrable jungle ai)d the trees
of enormous size. There are
very few farms immediately on
this line; but cast of the Neches
River the country is pretty well
settled south ot it. We mention
the characteristic features of the
country this survey passed over,
becauso there is a prospect of
the road being extended from
Ogden in tho near future; 30 that
now is the time for those seeking
farm lands in one of the best
parts of Texas to secure them.
It has been demonstrated by
Messrs. F. M. Smith, J. J. Smith,
J. J. Durden, the Martindales,
and Dr. J. P. Haynes that these
lands produce bountiful orops of
corn, cotton, sugar cane, pota-
toes, oats, millet, besides innum-
erablevarieties of vegetables and
fruits. When we consider the
dense growth of hard timber
from this place to the Neches
river, the natural conclusion
would be, had it not already
been demonstrated that the soil
is of great depth and strength.
The Babtist Sunday School
and Colportage Convention of
Texas will be held at George-
town, June 24, 25, 26, and 27,
1887. The Georgetown pooplc
will furnish entertainment for
all. Those expecting to attond
should send names to E. E. Tay-
lor, Georgetown, Texas. Rail-
roads will sell tickets at one and
one-third fare, or four cents per
mile, for the round trip. An
interesting programme has been
prepared, and a large and enthu-
siastic meeting is expected.
oorresptJ Ji^&tary.
THE BOOM.
Nacogtlochen 8tur-Xcw«.
Nacogdoches county oil is
worth $8 per barrel as it issues
from the wells.
Mrs. Huntington, of Shelby
ville, has refused $20,000 for a
tract of land owned by her in the
oil regions.
Nacogdoches capitalist will be
interested to the extent of $25,-
000 in the new company organ-
ized atShreveport.
We are informed that a large
hotel will be erected at ouce at
Oil Spings for the accommoda-
tion of visitors and workmen. It
will contain forty roome.
Messrs. Buckner & Calhoun,
mill men of Chireno, will put
up another mill at Oil Springs,
they not being able to supply
the demand with their present
facilities. Tbey havo an order
from the Petroleum Prospecting
company for six derricks and
100;000 feet of lumber for a lio°
betel to be erected at Oil Springs.
Fleshy people are generally
supposed to be the fullest blood-
ed. This is erroneous. They
are not as well snpplied with
the vital current, and what they
have is inferior, through lack of
circulation, to that of people of
moderate flesh. Fat people have,
then,less vital energy than the
thin, not possessing sufficient
blood to bring every organ up to
its full working power, and the
fat hindering what blood there is
from flowing freely s enough to
the organs, especially at the mo-
ment of acton requiring it. Be-
sides all this, the fat obstructs
the play of the lungs, so that
sufficient air can not be inhale'1!
to purify the blood; the nauiraj
and necessay combustion is
thus so interfered with that,
the functions of tho body are!
ndered.
Prohibition
The State Central
Committee appoint
mitlee on law and
haven't room for
port but the follow
mm
hibition
a sub-com
ics. We
full re-
;, which
they take from an o icial letter
of Hon. Jno. MeCall, jbmptroll-
of Texas,is quite suggt itive,show-
ing such expenses as ,re paid by
the State for aduiiuU iering the
criminal law above.
* * * "They e (tend from
1885 to the end of theliscal year
Feb. 28th 1887 and include only
the expense Lome by tho State
and which are lower or greater
as crime increases or decreases,
not including any salaries of
officers, Judges, Justices, District
Attorneys, which would remain
the same after the adoption of
the amendment. Thev^i not in-
clude any jury servipjSfi any
court, lio witness fteqgtoanycase
tried in any county^vhcrc the
witness resides, nor any cost of
misdemeanor cases. We omit
the itemized statements which
are filed herewith and speak for
themselves, and simply copy the
recapitulation. Si
Amount expended for year end-
ing
Feb. 28th 1883,
" 1884,
" 1885,
" 1886,
" 1887,
There ore about 186
organized in tho State.
$2S6,344.76.
343,574.26.
300,087.50.
4S3,511.4f>.
475,222.25
counties
In each
there are two terms of District
court each year, and in a few it
holds practicully all the time. In
nearly ull the counties there arc
County Courts, and in all num-
erous Justice's courts. * * *
In tho above wo included no
item of misdemeanor trial and
no jail fees, for keeping prisoners.
Sum it all up from the bed infor-
mation we can get and it
will amount to quite $1,000,000
per year which is paid l y the
people to supptort the adminis-
tration of the criminal J$w, in
this
rise ona^^M^^Wraoiftgreasos
or diminishes. By tho statistics
before given (this was in another
table) it is shown that over 60
per cent, ot this is caused by in-
toxicants. Thus, we havo whis
key costing tho state of Texas,
by the crime produce by it, the
enormous sum of $600,000 per
annum, an amount considerably
larger than the revenue received
by the State and countics from
sale of licenses."
In San Antonio last woek the}'
had some more "Free Blue" ar-
guments with a vengeance. The
Galveston News say that the City
Council forbid the Prohibs to
have a meeting on the Town Pla-
za and they had to secure a less
central locality, but there were
met by such a storm of eggs that
they wero compelled to Retreat.
Comment is unnecessary.
Correspondence.
Jasper, Texas, June 10th 1887.
As the minds of the people are
beginning to be agitated with
the question of Prohibiten I l|el
somewhat inclined to give ex-
pression to my feeling v on that
important subjcct. Perhaps
many of my brethren and friends
will be astonished to learn, that
I am on the side with those that
oppose prohibition therefore I
find it my duty to givo them my
reason for so doing. '
I am residing in a local option
county and do not feel the least i0c it ne nan xne opponunit?; so
inclination to have it otherwise, the only plan to get rid of the
I have 110 doubt but that thejtemptation is, to put the hogs
morals of some have been I out $1 the state. To this t!
words when first spoken. (Acts
xxiv-2.) I have nothing to say
against local option put liave
quite a different view of the term
prohibition, (falsely so called)
since it does not mean what it
says. It does not mean the dis-
use of ardent spirits nor the ex-
termination of the same, if I
have been rightly informed, but
imply prohibits the productior.
thereof and trading therein with-
in the bounds of this state. A
man may use as much as he
pleases and give his friends all
they desire, provided he go be-
yond the limits of the slate to
buy it. This seems to present to
my mind that it only means to
prohibit tho common people
form using it by placing it be
youd their reach except when
some of their friends who chanc-
ed to bo better off have a mind to
givo them some.
*' Another ill feature, to my mind,
is the placing it under the phy-
sicians' thumb and that without
license to pay on it. We know
that many M. D's. love their
drams as well as other men and
and of course wold be in syrapa'
thy with others that did especi-
ally when they could make it so
favorable to their pecuniary in-
terests to be so and all of them,
(with few exceptions) are greedy
of lucrc and there arc many men
who would feign themselves
sick for the sake of a little stim-
ulant; and the Dr., who is ever
ready to make a bill, would not
enter into a close examination,
but of course prescribe whiskey;
and thus a lie is told, tho whis
sold, and prohibition beaten as
well as the state defrauded. In
this way there would be ten liars
made to ono drunkard cured:
and which is the greater sin, to
lie and drink or drink and lie?
Every Dr. in the land will sure
ly vote for prohibition because
the revenue that now goe3 to the
State will be turned to their cof-
fers, and I am opi>09cd to mon-
opolies of every kind.
—jj|«J|^M$tdS_the. world is going
TOTPP^ms^T63dy, and if they
can't get whisky, they will have
it under the label Lemon Gin-
ger ifcc.
I regard intoxicating drinks
as one, and only one of the many
temptations tliut ure in the world
and our Savior says "Blessed is
mau that endurelh temptation.''
But if a thing is put beyond the
reach of man* it is 110 longer a
temptation. Neither did He pray
to the Father to put the evil out
of the world, but to "keep them
from the evil of the world" (John
xvii-15). There would be noth-
ing praiseworthy in being a sob-
er man, if there was nothing in
existence or within his reach for
him to get drunk on, noilhor
would virtue be virtue if there
were no vice to oppose it. Man
deserves no praise for doing good
when it is out of bis power to do
evil. I remember once hearing
a hog theif lamenting over there
being such a thing as mast to
iatten hogs in the woods; he
said that somebody was sure to
get into trouble every time it oc-
curred. The idea with him was
thafctho temptation was greater
than he could bear. But shall
wo for this reason fell all the
grand old oaks in the forest be-
cause they produce acorns to
fatten the hogs in the woods,
which is a temptation greater
than some men can bear? If so,
whet your axes and come along,
for the temptation will surely
come this fall. But that would
do 110 good for the man that
would steal a hog out of the
woods, would steal it out of your
lot if he had the opportunity
proved to a certain
that crime has abet
tion mid \vi t.'uiv .vt
lin •
extent and
1 friends of pv<1
fjUietlK
■ v d"i
I>y u.
: - jftilU
0 uutu
, ihssl' -irteat'fS a
'^>rN&j)d liquor Is
.vjlfrbfr.j th'ttt hog meat
' it.r there wtu t
>i' OL<
1:1,-
not.
«> v
v
t v V!
foi>%ldon
| u-an, auu
it I ft!if:
s not <fnwo r;itv;
time when it. was•
to'be eaten Ly:
intoxicating liquor is of no use
to man, let us endeavor to blot
it out of existence, or at any rate
out of the state, and not let it be
brought in under any considera-
tion and for 110 purpose. If on
the other hand, it is found to We
of use to man, let us place it
where it will be accessible to
man without the expense of puy-
ing a physician to say whether
we muy have it or not.
The Rev. Sam Jones has said
that "whisky has its place and
its place is iu Hell." I beg leave
to differ with that world renown
Divine. I am of opinion, that as
he has never visited that region
yet, he knows not whereof he
speaks, uud should he bo so un-
fortunate ever, as to go there, he
will find to his astonishment
that there us mild, in the way ot
beverage, as whisky, in the re-
gion of the damned, and that he
would like to have one drop to
cool his parched tongue, for we
read of no other drinks there
save fire and brimstone. No use
for whisky there, for there is fuel
enough without it.
To conclude tluao lines with
my own views in regard to whis-
ky and its place: Whisky has
its place and its place is in the
world. Let the world have its
own. Let us render unto Cm-far
the things that are Cuisar's, and
unto God tho things that are
God's. Rev. A. C. Simms.
isW. J.B.ADAMS.g)
JASPER,
TKXA.-
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES,
HATS. CAPS,
DRESS GOODS AND
Trimmlnt/H of Every J)e-
Mcrfptioii.
.. Hirdurii;
Crockery,
FAKUERS* SUPPLIES
AND
IIOtTfeHOLD ARTICLES
Of Every Description.
Including
STOVES AND STOVE
FVIt \ J THE.
And aim a complete line of
Staple | Fane; Groceries,
Consisting of
Bacon, Lard, Flour,Sugar Cof-
fee, Rice, and all other heavy
staple'goods usually carried by
merchants in this country.
My Stock of Shelf Groceries is
Large, Choice and Fresh.
Parties contemplating pur-
chases can depend on fair treat-
ment and the lowest net cash
of tho dav.
mnm
oTMinmumi Sick Hettfick* In 4 to. rt.
V£) tM^in rdlomllMirilili. Thnniii
JtrtnniChUlt.* F«er,SwirSla«>cl> • S 4
•retn. ClotrOi, Skin. Tan, th«Ker ci.iuut
111#a*4Vljorto tit,OomiOMCSI
In Ik— « ■ ■■<><>■ will WW k, milk wHM
Mo*. tS ct Mr krfita. Sal* ki OraffM* m4
McIm Dmmti (MOTH?, font M IMtift «t
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■uafutimrs MS M* PHP*., ST. LOUIS MO.
BUST &ARKKT FOR OHO-
CKKIES AND COTTON.
Wk Mk.vx HOUSTON.—Only
a few years ago Houston' was
almost unknown among Eas
Texas merchants. Now the
bulk of her trade is dono in
Houston. It has also been dis-
covered that Houston yields tho
same price /or cotton as Galves-
ton and SoW Orleans, with •' less
expense.
We havo been tho first to
demonstrate these facts to our
customers by actual experience,
and of course we arc now in tho
field for all the trade we can get
and will show our patrons that
we can please them and save
thorn money.
Wm. D! Ci.Kvr.LAM> & Co.
Houston, Texa
R. G.Lanier
JASPERS LEADING
General Merchandise House.
My Stock of Groceries is Cam
pletein Every Department.
I mako it a point never to let
run low.
We have now ready for your inspeo
tioirtm<fnj>|irovul the fluent ami
most complete s'ock in tliis wc-
Iion of the Slate and pride
oarnelv. oii tlje fact tlial
litis season we have ex-
celled even ourselves
ill the magnitude as
well aw in ilie va-
lid v ofof our
si'lcctioim.
A SHOU EK OF
NOVELTIES
HAS POURED INTO
• ► •
Every Department This Spring
in can to do a go-ahead busintts
and keep alirenst of the times, and
oor peopl« can rely upon ine to al-
ways keep the newest and mo* t
Stylish Goods at the Most Reason-
able Prices. I am ilaijy receiving
all the Novelties of the Season as
fast as they ap|war, and Purchasers
will be doing tl emselvcs an Injustic
if they make their purchases before
ooking through our
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