The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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N. P. HOUX.
Editor and Proprietor.
8«bt.er>v)tlon, per year $1.00
Entered at the postofflce at Hexia,
Tex., as second class mall matter
Even the oldest inhabitant can
not recall such a spell of weather
as this one.
The ar.ti Tree pass law has
passed the senate, but it won'
pass the 'house.
The present blizzard has cover-
ed the south and snow and sleet
coyer the ground.
country haa opposed this hanging
all along and the granting of the
respite is considered a victory for
tbe power of the press.
Glancing over the names of the
men that are being voted for in
the Missouri legislature one would
be apt to think it is an election of
officers for a brewery instead of
an American sanator. For in-
stance: Niedringhaus, Finkel-
berg and Kleinschmult. Vot it
iss?
This weather may be hard on
stock and business, but it is put-
ting a fine season in the ground
for the coming crop.
To cut down one's cotton acre-
age does not mean to cut down
one's acreage in cultivation. The
land taken off the cotton patch
should be planted in something
else. To cut down the cottm
aoreage will have a tendencey to
enlarge the farm rather than to
make it smaller.—Dallas News .
Thii is fine weather for ilucks
and dreaming of good-roads.—
Snap Shots.
Can ducks skate?
The Japs and Russians are
fighting in snowstorms and losses
are estimated at 7000 for the Japs
and 10,000 for the Russians.
A 8265,000 fire occurred in
East St. Louis, destroying sever-
al large buildings and other prop-
erty, and in which a number of
people were hurt.
In MemphiB a 14-year-old boy
shot a drunken man who was
choking his mother into insensi-
bility. The boy was arrested but
was released on bail.
Dallasites should make up in
attendance at the Good Roads
Convention for all residents of
the countrj' who cannot come in
because of the bad road?. Let
the "civic Fiiii it" warm you and
move you, in spite of Dad weath-
er — Dallas .News.
Oh, what a convenience "good
roads'' would bo now.
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A womau down near Corpus
Christi who had been divorced
from her husband, got her two
little girls out of his way and he
swore out a complaint against
her charging kidnapping, and
she was arrested and locked up'
in jail. But it isn't stated what
right the man had to the
children
At last the senate has confirm-
ed the appointment of W. B. An-
derson to be state purchasing
agent. The acuon on this ap-
pointment has been held up for
several days.
The recent cold weather makes
me anxious to seethe ground hog,
if he sees his shadow or noti
makes me sing his doleful for-get-
me-not; makes me long to have
spring o'er, with everything di-
vine; when we meet on the coast
or shore, in the good old summer
time.—Liberty IIill Index.
Perhaps that hog hole is frozen
over so he can't get out.
There is Danger in the Air
COUGHS AND CONSUMPTION ARE RELATED
INSOMUCH THAT IF THE FIRST IS NEGLECT-
ED IT WILL SURELY LEAD TO THE SECOND
The baccilli or consumption germs arc ever present, floating about in the very air -we
breathe, as the sputa from those afflicted with consumption dries and is scattered in a
death-dealing dust all about us. Never Neglect a Cold or Cough, but cure it
promptly by taking
Grandma's Cough Cure
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE; NONE JUST AS GOOD. LOOK FOB, THE PICTUBE
OF GRANDMA. FABK ON THE PACKAGE
A MUTTON-HEAD.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION
A Chicago astaonomer has die-
covered a new spot oathe sun,
that is egg shaped and is estima-
ted to be 80,000 miles across. It
cm be seen through an ordinary
smoked glass.
Gen. Miles would better have
remained silent on the subject of
ironinu Jefferson Davis. His re-
cent explanation of the affr.ir has
hot raised him in the estimation
of ihe southern people.
The senate has passed the, bill
ohibitmg persons from marry-
ing again uutil one yeir in the
Every citizen of Port Lavaca
and Calhoun county is directly
interested in the success of the
Southern Pacific merger bill,
and after the subject is thorough-
ly understood, we fail to see how
. „ any one can oppose the measure
prohibiting persons from marry- ',
v v 3 IV l oin Victoria comes the only
protest that amounts to anything,
and that opposition is botn se!fi-h
Zero weather has reached Tex-
as. Tlii report comes from the
pan handle country, and as
that is where most of the exposed
stock might be found one can im-
agine the suffering and lo's along
that line.
No bill has be"n introduced at
Austin yet providing for the reg-
ulation of the velocity nf the
wind, but the freak legislators
will no doubt opting something of
the kind before long.—Houston
Po-t.
Do you consider it a body of
windjammers?.
case of the complainants and
three years in case of the party
complained of. Several amend-
ments were offered that wculd
have modified tbe bit 1 but they
wore voted dowr. The penalty!
for violating the law is from two
•o five yea's in the penitentiary.
The Ohio river is frtzen
over, and it is said that the pres
ent. spell is the coldest in many
ytars. Zero is nice balmy wea-
ther in some places north, while
it seems to freeze in the sunshine
down south,
Mrs- Mary Rogers, ot Waters
bury, Vt„ who was to have been
hanged today for the murder of
her husband, has been respited
until June 2nd in order that op-
portunity might be given for a
new trial. The press of the
The natives of a community in
Kentucky, near Paducah, are
wrought up over the talking tree
on the farm of William Albert1
Large crowds congregate there to
hear the tree talk. The voice,
which can be distinctly heard,
say8: "There are treasures bur-
ied at my roots.'' A family of
people who lived near there sev-
eral years ago became so alarmed
at the voice that they sold their
farm at a sacrifice and came to
Texas. Looks like when those
people get sober enough they
would dig for that treasure. -
and thort-sighted. Upon con-
solidation, of course, the City of
Roses would cease to be "Maca-
l roni'' headquarters, but as a
recompense the town would also
get the benefits that inure from
another through line. Wo almost
forgot to note that there is a
weak protest from Yoakum,
in the hubbub of the chief ob-
jector. On the other hand, Port
Lavaca, Cuero, and all the other
towns along ihe different ''Tap"
lines, are heartily in favor of the
proposed consolidation.
To Port Lavaca it means a great
deil, It ope.ns up a new and
fruitful excursion territory, which
will more than double the present
prospects in this particular line.
Welcome ks Sunshine
connect the Alamo City. It will
injure no town along the differ-
ent lines to ba purchased. No
town was ever injured by railroad
improvement that did not deserve
to be kijjed outright. Texas
needs more railroad-i and better
railroads. People who are post-
ed on the subject will not hastily
put their names to a protest
against the consolidation.—Port
Lavaca Wave.
The action of tbe house com-
mittee on criminal juriiprudence
in reporting adversely upon the
so-called anti-nepotssm bill was
what the public ejected. Tiie
b:ll as submitted was nonsensical
and if adopted by the legislature
would have accomplished noth-
ing. hs far as improving the pub-,
lie service is eoncerne I. The po-
sition taken by R D Thompson
of Hunt county that instead of
an anti-nepotism law a civil ser-
vice measure should be enact d
is the most, sensible conclusion.
Try in: to brand mm a criminal
simply because he employs a rel-
ative who is worthy of the posi-
ti n is an absurdity.—Houston
Chronicle.
A SPLENDID
OPPORTUNITY
For Progressive Young
Hen and Young
Women.
It gives a new trade outlet am. . , _
brings San Antonio into direct j Assignee S Notice.
competition with Houston and! The State of Texas. \
other wholesale points east for J Limestone County j
Port Lavaca business, which will 'To Whom It May Concern—Greeting:
You are hereby notified that
am the legally constituted as
home
after a long storm is a feeling of relief! help the merchant, and by help-
when an obstinate, pitiWs -lol.l has I }nff the retail dealers will also aid
bren driven away oy Allen's Lung I , , , .
Balsam. Only people who hav beeu ; trios© who purchsistt honie sup-
cured of throat-ache and sore I nun by j plies. To the oyster business it
this remedy can quite realize vhiit that ' . _ . ,, . T
fueling is. There is no opiem in the fu, niehes a cincti to I ort Lavaca
Balsam; its good* effect, is i idicai and
lasting. Take a bottle horo.i to-day.
For Sale, Lease^of Rent.
25 acres of land 3 i liles South-
east^ Mexia on th> Pt. Enter-
prise road. For terms apply at
this oftice.
J. O. Harper, the assignee, i5
having the ^Clark drug stock in-
voiced and when that is done the
stock will be advertised for sale
in bulk, as tlie law requires.
in remaining the • roat wholesale
center of the state, Time and
distance will bs greatly reduced
on express shipments for points
west. These benefits will also be
reaped by the farmers and truck-
ers by virtually opening new ter-
ritory for their products.
Passenger traffic will also be
greatly mcreesed, and Port La-
vaca will profit by. Sap Antonio
is as anxious as Port Lavaoa for
/the speedy laying of steel ties to
The Western Union uud Postal
Telegraph Companies Jalone own
1,000, 000 lines of wire, and, and
sent over them last year 83,000,
000 '.messages at an average
charge of 30c each—an increase
of millions over proceeding
yoars— and requiring an ever in-
creasing army of operators; hun-
dreds of these places are con' tan-
itly vacated by deaths, resigna-
tion and promotion. The present
era of railroad building and com-
marcial expansion is also adding
daily to the demand for good
operators.
The boys and girls who take a
course in telegrauhy now will
soon bo holding excellent posi-
tions at good salaries. The Ty-
ler Commercial College of Tyler,
Texas, has one of the most thor-
ough and practical departments
of telegraph tj bo found' any-,
where. If you will enroll with
them for a course you w.ll soon
find yourself in demand in the
business world at a good salary.
!If you warn a course of book-
1 keeping or shorthand and type-.
^ writing thay arc also >repared to
give you this in the latest and
signee of the Clark Drug Com- inHSt Practical methods ever d<-
pany, Incorporated, a r-sident of VIS0J- Write them today 1, r
said County and State, who, on '11,0 '"'hilogue givmir full dascrij'-
tho 28th day of January, 1905, tl0n "f th,'ir different courses,
assigned to me all its estate, all You will likely enter but one
beiag personal property, for tho school for a c .-urso of bookkeep-
benefit of all ol its creditors ing, shorthand or telegraphy, ro
alike; those disposed to accent ,t , , _T , , ,
' , ." it stands you in hand to se ect,
same are required to do ho within
four months from iho date here- ^or W1" 'ts train-
of, or they will be debarred that you will one throughout
therefrom. life
J* O. Harper, Assignee.
Mexia, Texas, Feb. 7, 1905. Seed Corn
ROnHliilYCORI VVh,te M,9s"uri E^v < orn for
Be°d. J.J. Keokham.
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Houx, N. P. The State Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1905, newspaper, February 9, 1905; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290731/m1/4/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.