Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1922 Page: 6 of 8
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WINNSBOItO WKRRI.T NBW8 FRIDAY, OCT. 2T, 1922.
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COUNTRY EDITOKS
YOUR SENTINEL
It really seems as if the only
i JURY FOUND DIM
GUILTY OF LIBEL
Proclamation Sayr Neff "For-
remaining bulwark of Ameri-! ,ves persaBaiu and Official'y."
can liberty to protect the peo-
le against the continuous on.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 19—Gov-
ernor Neff has forgiven Fisher
slaught of the special pivtiege
classes in the aountry press. , . . .. e
which stands firm for the pre-1 Alsup and remitted his fine of
sentation of truth and declines, $2,000, assessed against him for
to sell its soul for a miserable
subsidy. For the most part the
great metropolitan journals ara
prostituted until they dis„.ace
a great profession.
libel alleged to .have been com-
mitted, ip the Covernor's first
campaign.
The Governor's proclamation,
which contains a statement of
\
The home town newspaper is jthe case, is as follows:
essertually a mirror of the life: To a.1 to Whom These Pres-
of its community. Its tells the|ents Sha|l Come:
truth and as it is not trained i On Jan! 12, 1921, at Waco,
and is not ashamed to tell the McLtinnitn County, Texas, Fish-
truth about the old home town er Alsdp of Bell County, Tfcxas,
so wheh it deals with the grc$;l was tried before a jury and con-
t er butfinesfe and economic prob-
I
lems it is equai ly frank and
also equally unfraid.
Only in the country press
can a reader get a prop9r per-
pective of the miserable trick-
ery that is hatched in the great
hnainpna tnr thp und< ui'*'
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nearly two thousand other coun- wickedly and maliciously \flrit-.
trv newsmners. are d'sHosincr1 jnor printing.*10.4 drculatil
■neratrmofy' and libelous s
^ try newspapers, are dfsclosing!
$ every,
'(. ment to the people that the city
'i press would not and Uuiv' .not
\ publish.
i What city newspaper ever yet
has dared to lay bear the sys
victed for the crime of libel, his
punishment being fixed by the
jury'at a fjne.of two thousand
dolldhi, the "highest fine possi-
ble to assess under the law. The
case was appealed to the ("£urt
of CriniinaLAppeala^as affi)m-
ed.*«$he dfflkwiai^/Alsup, i^ds
icfwvhfite^.^m tTle language of
the indictment, for "unlawfully.
tematic propaganda of the ralm^Claimed, but- that his ebr-
roads? 1 "* ** r* Trwt hirth date was one vear
The railroad^ sought-to low=
ment" in regard to the agte^of,
Neff.
Alsup contended
that Pat M. Neff wasn
Nov. 26, 1871, as he, the said
in the.art&e
rasn't bornjpn
rect
later
■if ii ■ '-wr
; birth date wjvs. one year
r'ajid th&t. the said Neff,
er the wage rat®, draw. * rid, foF jJ e. IwV^ose. of concealing
herring over the tWllf-bT profits j his correct birth date, had not
f of millions, pose as suffering i only changed the records in the
under great financial strain, and | family ' IJIble, but" E^ad stolen
at the same time gat 4he i>ep- j from "the family cemetery, and
j jrfe back of a moVe for higher' destroyed a tombstone of a lit-
| freight rates while they raked tie sister who had died, it was
in millions of profits called 'in-, alleged, in infancy; and that the
come from other sources." ,
\ Not a ' word fi-6m any city
i newspaper.
' What city newspaper blazed
! the way as this newspaper has,
to expose the enter workings
said Neff had obliterated all
signs of her grave and that
the birth date record in the
family bible which Neff was
claiming as a record of his birth
was' the birth date of this lit-
of the coal conspiracy that; tie sister of his who had died
• meant higher coal prices, not in infancy—all this had been
; only in this towni Out in every I done by Neff. it was alleged
town, the most outrageous am- by Alsup, for the purpose of
algamated exploitations of the concealing the truth of the
public and the worker attempt- birth date of the said Neff.
ed in decades?
' What have the meat pack-
ers had to suffer from your
"city newspapers? Nothing. They
have been used simply to spread
misleading extracts from skill-
fully organized systems of book
keeping that befuddle the public
mind.
For years the bought city
press was the scte key to infor-
mation. By its gigantic wealth
it controlled the news supply.
Now the times are changed and
the country newspaper e.litor
is on the job. Two thousand of
them, and we are one, are com
bined to have sent to them
each week news and pictures
and features that put truth be-
fore the people of the country,
and form a source that has no
part or parcel in the wanton
subsidy that controls the met-
ropolitan dailies.
There is nothing sensational
in this, except in so far as al-
ready the newspaper has showv
that truth is indeed stranger
than fiction.—Autocaster
These, in substance, were the
allegations contained in the pub
lished articles.
Found Allegations Untrue
The jury found these allega-
tions, all of them, to be untrue.
The family bible, containing
the birth dates of the Neff fam
ily, nine in all, authentically
chronicled the date of the birth
of Pat M. Neff, the writer of
this proclamation, and was in-
troduced in evidence and exami-
ned by the court and jury. The
entry of my birth date, nearl.v
fifty years before I became a
candidate for governor; my
mother said it was. It has never
' .in to liv® as his conscience will
rmit him to live.
Now, therefore, I, Pat M.
Neff, Govenor of Texas, do, by
virtue of the authority vested
in me by the consti.utiou and
laws of this State, hereby re-
mit the above-mentioned f<ne
of $2,000 assessed against the
said Fisher Alsup in the County
Coui\ of McLennan County, Tex
as, in cause No. 25341, styled
the State of Texas, vs. Fisher
Alsup. and direct that no part
of said fine be collected from
him.
In testimony whereof. I have
hereunto signed my name of-
ficially, and caused the seal of
the State to be hereon impress-
ed at the city oif Austin, Texas,
this, eighteenth day of October,
A. D. 1922.
PAT M. NEFF,
Governor of Texas.
By the Governor: S. L. Stap-
les, Secretary of State..
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INDIAN GIRL AWARDED
, . $320,000 IN: OIL CASE
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,Okl^omaCity.—Martha' Jack
tittvfu lfelood Creek Indian girl
of^Okefamb. becalias ttf rules
of'fye' Department' fcf'. Indian
Affairs governing restricted In-
dians! not. have an oppor-
tunity. Ur send or "invest much
of. the* $820,000 of oil revenue
money swerded to her recently
when a final decree wah si^/.d
in the Barney Thlocco case.
Martha will got as much as she
needs, but it is optional with
the department whether she in-
dulges in 'luxuries. If her liana
is won by a white man the till
may yield more abundantly..
Officers of the Black Panther
Oil and Gas Co., of Oklahoma
City, leading defendants, believe
the court records soon wil. be
cleared. The heirship of Martha
Jackson to the i rich Cushing
field tract, which the Black Pan
ther company, the Bay State
Oil company, and some individ-
uals operate, has been determin
ed, probably beyond doubt, but
the matter is not yet out of
court, as lawyers have appealed
to the United Spates Supreme
Court in a phrase of the case
involving fees.
Prosecution costs and settle-
ments with claimants has cost
the Black Panther firm and its
associates nearly
Hundreds of Indians of the
Creek nation have liesn involv-
ed. Nearly three hundred law-
yers have had a hand in the
case, which has been in all class
es of court. During trial of the
case nearly $2,000,000 accumu-
lated from royalties.
TWO ACCUSED OF
SLAYING MATES
* Guess What They Are Talking About.
••"TniTOj! *
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0-C-KR1, I WISH I HAP
TAKEN APVlCe
ANP POT THgM ON?
Kind ah — 1
THRILLS AND CHILLS
The biggest thrill that can
come, to an American: News
that he has been nominated
for president.
The biggest chtl: The flash
on election night that he has
betn defeated.
Waxahachie, Oct. 21—Mur-
>een changed. There was no ^er indictments have been rc-
evidence of any attempt to chan . , , _
pe it. In addition to the testi- turned by the Ellis County
mony of my mother, myself,
and other members of my fam-
ily, a score of old time neigh-
bors testified as to the accuracy
of my birth date, as shown in
the bible. There was no grave
and no sign of any grave where
the writer of the article claim-
ed that a little sister of mine
had been buried. My mother,
since the article was written,
lias been buried in that identi-
cal spot. I never had a sister
who died in infancy; my mother
toM mc that I never had such
a sister. Many neighbors who
had known the family for fifty
years, so testified. My age has
been unquestionably establish-
Only five men now living gj jn court an(j out 0f court by
have experienced that thrill, and evidence, written and moral, le-
four of them have shivered with
a subsequent chill.
Bryan has had three thrills
and three chills. Taft had two
thrills and a chill, Parker and
Hughes a thrill and a chill each,
while Woodrow Wilson has felt
two thrills and no chills.
Peope often talk about and
try to answer the question:
"What was tha biggest thrill 1
ever had?" but these five men
can give an answer right off
the bat.—Philadelphia. Press.
Tp Stop a Cough Quick
lake* HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a
cough medicine which atqpa the cough by
haallng the Inflamed and Irritated tinues.
A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE
SALVE fur Cheat CoMa, Head Coida and
Greftip la anclqaed with ararjr bottle of
HAYES^ HfALJWG HONEY. The salve
should be rubbed on the chest and throat
9t chltdifn suffering fiotn a Cold or Croup.
life
•Just aak your
VALDK) HOMEY.
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for HAYES'
gal and authentic
It so happens that I who was
sinned against, who was sland-
ered and libeled,am governor of
the State, and I therefore,
alone, have the authority to re-
mit the fine assessed against
Mr. Alsup, the offending party.
He has been unable to pay the
fine. He has been working it
out for some months on the pub
lie roads of McLennan County.
The law allows him only 50c
a day credit on the fine. At that
rate, if he were to pay out all
the fine together with court
costs, it would take him approx-
imately twelve years.
Forgiven Him Personally
1 an not only going to remit
this fine assessed against Mr.
Alsup, but I am going to for-
give him personally, politcally
and officially for the crime he
committed and for the injury
he did me, and thus permit him
to go back to his dependent
grand jury against Mrs. Eloise
McCaleb of Sadis and H. B.
Freeman of Midlothian, charg-
ing the slaying of husband and
wife in each case.
Mrs. McCaleb is chnrged with
killing her husband, Frank Mc-
Caleb, July 31, 1922. She made
bond off $5,000.
Freeman indicted for killing
his wife, Mrs. Nova Freeman,
Sept. 4, this year, was brought
here Friday night and placed in
the county jail.
At the time of McCaVeb's
death a coroner's verdict was
that the fatal wound was in-
flicted by the 'accidental dis-
charge of a pistol. It was stated
that he was cleaning the wea-
pon.
The fatal shooting of Mrs.
Freemr.n occurred early in the
morning of Sept. 4. The whole
family was preparing to go to
the field to pick cotton. Free-
man admitted doing the shoot-
ing, it was said at the time,
but claimed that the shotgun
waa accidently discharged when
he stumbled and fell.
WHY KENTUCKY
A New Yorker on business
in Kentucky, tired and thirsty
after a hard day, approached a
long, lean gent near a corner
lamp post.
"Say pard," said the New
Yorker. "Is there any place here
where a regular fellow can get
a little drink?"
"See that Church oven there"
"Surely—I can't buy It over
there ?'
"No, you can't buy It there
—«nd that's the only place in
wife and six dependent child- 4 town where you cant,"
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FORD RICHES MAN
New York.—Wall Street, the
money mart of the world, has
doffed its hat to Henry Ford
MEXICAN OIL WELLS
ALMOST EXHAUSTED
The oil wcils of Mexico, the
and admits that he is now the j coui^^n^SSSd^
richest man in the world. almcst exhausted. Early in 1921
, 'a_rm hoy of Dearborn, a ^ratjc paper expert estimated
Mich but now the world's great itlmt the important wells of the
est automobile lwuder, is cred- country c^id be expected to pro
ited with $180,000'°00 ciish on I duce only 225,000,000 barrels
hand and an estimated annual , more_^nly 22,000,000 barrels
income, which for 1SL2 will to-1 more than Mexico produced in
tal $12o,000,000 beforea taxes (1921, Salt water—generally a
a e deducted or $110,000,000; Gf exhaustion—has now ap
° uriL ... Ipearcd in nearly every territory
With earnings which average now bein{f explored and the oil
t nm n ^() a cai, Henry F01rds'trade agrees that unless new
1)6 ^ capit^llzed > fields are developed Mexico is
nf ^ ' imi ^ 5 R?1'1 just about through as an oil
cent on the money. Perhaps the producer.
most interesting thing about
the Ford fortune, to the owners
of his now famous car, is the
importance of the replacement
part sales. Wall street says a
profit of $15,000,000 is made
What effect will this situa-
tion have upon the American
,oil industry and other industr-
ies that use petroleum pro-
ducts? Two points came to mind
immediately. First: the oil traue
million^''ofS°rl! keeP I"!?6!is suffering from a surplus,
road in ™ °n ,and waning production in Mex-
Ford', ?2oiUOn- *Jico wil1 MP relieve the over-
000 000 Thin supply. Second: Mexican petro-
OUO,UOO. This year with the ex- ieum js used iav0toiv ;n thVnro
cess profit abolished, he will - g|B y n ® P
pay $16,000,000 of his $125,000,
000 income.
capital is deeply inter
the Mexican "fields and the!
ure of those fields will hw
effects on the entire
investment market. The ftf
cal relations of the two 1
ries, too, are closely con
with the oil situation.-
The Industrie Digest.
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THE FREIGHT RATE
STILL DETRIMENTAL |
TO PROSPO
W. K. C'ifton of Paint 1
was here Tuesday with 11
lot of sweet potatoes as_
grew in Hopkins County,
a fine farmer and succesi
his work. He stated thrtj
would only hereafter growr
ficiewt sweet potatoes for I
use, as growing potato* 1
per bushel was a losing ]
ition. The same day the B
man went out to buy some 1
for his Brown Leghorn h«
no maize was to be had 1
merchants stated, that no
coming soon as the cost
be too great. The fame old 1
tion comes up. We have thej
atoes, the other fellow has f
duction of fuel oil, and the fail-
ure of that source of supply can 1 maize but cost of tram
wan street Shakes a sad £ fxpfted 8fend the priceioI : tion is so great that we
,head when such news iR jW-lft'I ? "P. Just at a time when keep the potatoes and the
ed out for consumption and^d !f ?• ° 5® a substitute fellow must keep the
mits thai the formrr m! w n! U 13 8Proadin^ Earle B. May field, candidate
farm Ijov has won hi« fro' ']' lhere are tw0 obvious results the United States Senate,
is a Will Street unto h mi'l'f t'>e expected of the Mexican he would vote to repeal the
.11 Its total effect will COmmins bill and we «Ud
him in the first primary, "
for him in the second pnn
and expect to vote for ha
the general election. He <
cated his campaign to this <
issue and it is a big ls^ej
far as Hopkins County 'sp
cei*ned.—Sulphur Springs
Wall Strppt itcnif tp SUUi,llon- total ertect
$7 200 000 jinniniiu • ^ Ford American oil industry is inex-
at 4 cent oh! tHcab,y tied wit^ that
Which flow through thoe'°on broad and deep. Thr
.'oanA 0,1 Mexi<*>- It has created markets
These fijrm-p0 c • , , ?or the Mexican products, and
Wall Street in a tifU Urnif . 'n norma' times depends upon
t ,k " t":l<c,' st,lte- Mexico for the satisfaction of
ment this week.
the varied demand. American
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1922, newspaper, October 27, 1922; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268246/m1/6/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.