Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1910 Page: 2 of 4
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Signal Pub. Co. - Publishers
J. H. Lowry
Editor
UNEQUAL TAXATION.
The Commercial Secretaries of
Texaa have published a map
showing the average assessment
of lands in Texas under the full
rendition and the old taxing laws.
This showing reveals glaring in-
equalities in the rendition of Tex-
as lands and convinces us that,
after ail, we have but a system of
looal option when it comes to
rendering property for taxes and
that the burden of taxation is far
from being equal upon the peo-
ple of the many counties.
For instance, Dallas and Tar-
rant counties are adjoining coun-
ties and have practically the same
character of farming lands, and
the local capital of each is a large
city. Yet in Tarrant county lands
are rendered at $32,50 per acre,
while Dallas county lands are
rendered at $21. Many other in-
equalities as glaring are shown,
but we have not space to point
them out here.
Equalizing property for taxa-
tion is no easy task. It is diffi-
cult even to equalize assessments
of neighbors in the same county,
and when it comes to a double
equalization, or equalizing the
property of neighbors, and also
that of property owners of one
county with those of another, the
task is well nigh an impossible
one. For this reason the Signal
believes that the separation of
state and county taxes would be
a wise move. Let the state tax
the railroads and other corpora-
tions and use the money for state
purposes, the counties tax real
and personal property and use
the money in the counties in
which it is collected. Under this
plan it would be immaterial
whether the renditions were the
same in the various counties, as
each county would use its own
money, and neither would par-
ticipate in the taxes of the other.
Post Card views of Honey
Grove for sale at Lamb's Studio.
Mr. Leslie M. Shaw, formerly
Secretary of the Treasury has is-
sued an alarming statement to
the effect that Japan will rule the
Pacific, which has caused the
easily—frightened some uneasi-
ness. The great majority of us,
however, prefer to believe, and
do believe, that Mr. Shaw is talk
ing through his hat—which is to
say that'he wots not what he is
saying. Most of us know some-
thing of the Anglo-Saxon charac-
ter. We have read of his hard-
headedness, his dash and his
never-give-up propensities in the
pictorial histories, and the great
newspapers are but histories ui
his triumphs. And this leads us
to believe so strongly that we
confidently say we know the
Anglo-Saxon will predominate
clear through the stretch of time
and will be the high boas of the
earth when said planet rolls up as
a scroll. With control of the
Panama canal, with mines fall of
silver and gold and other metals,
with land that will produce enough
to feed the world, and factories
to turn out everything that can
be made, Uncle Sam can serene-
ly look out upon the broad Pa-
cific and say that so long as wa-
ters are navigable his argosies
will carry his products to the ut-
termost parts of the world,and no
power can say him nay. Mr.
Shaw may add a little interest to
the game by his prophecies of
evil, but the uglv pictures he
draws will disturb the slumbers
of no one who has kept in touch
with Anglo-Saxon character.
Leaving San Antonio, Texas,
at 9:30 o'clock Monday night,
crossing the Texas border near
Texarkana at 6 o'clock Tuesday
morning, and landing on Round
Mountain, near Austin, Ark.,
about 3 o'clock the same day is
the record of a balloon voyage by
Harmon and Harrison, two noted
aeronauts. The balloon followed
the course mapped out, and at
times made 55 miles ati hour. It
was landed on account of an ap-
proaching storm. This in many
respects is the most successful
aerial voyage yet made, and in
the language of the slang-slinger,
we must admit that it was flying
some.
Candidate Cunyus (do your
own pronouncing) opened his
campaign for Governor at Coop-
er Saturday. The Signal stakes
its reputation as an election fore-
caster on the prediction that Mr.
Cunyus will not be elected, and
yet it is already convinced that
the McKinney candidate will con-
tribute largely to the gaiety of
the campaign if he remains on
the track till the home-stretch.
He is a free-lance of the purest
ray, and, either through lack of
judgment or honesty of purpose,
throws discretion to the winds
ana says what he wants to. His
platform is a Turn-Texas-Loose
affair that would give everybody
and every concern a free hand.
He takes the position that trusts
are good things and that it is a
mistaken policy to fight them or
hold them in check. Like all
free-lances, Mr. Cunyus is inter-
esting, and it may turn out that
his vote will be one of the sur-
prises of the campaign.
Judge Poindexter is said to
be the only man in the gu-
bernatorial race who is not
handsome, and the Dallas
Times-Herald avers that he
makes up in stateliness and
grace what he lacks in beeu-
ty. It is said that Judge
Poindexter is the "spit im-
age" of J. H. Lowry, presi-
dent of the famous Butter-
milk club of Honey Grove,
and, if that be the case, he
has the endorsement of the
ladies right now. With the
latter to his credit,what more
could he ask?—Carthage Reg-
ister.
We desire to add, for the infor-
mation of the general public, that
the editor of the Register is a
young lady, Miss Margie Neil.
We feel kindly toward Judge
Poindexter, but before we turn
over to him the entire feminine
vote, we should at least have a
tacit promise of an appointment
as notary pnhhV
Oxfords
The Big Close Out Sale
is coming to a close and you must hurry if
you get your share of the bargains at
V
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AT J. B. McKEE COMPANY'S STAND
Big line of Packard
for men, all the newest things for
yiung men. Just in.—Wilkins,
Wood & Patteson.
Old newspapers for sale at this
office, 20 cents per hundred.
Negro Kills One and Wounds Two.
There was a shooting bee near
the village of Newt, on Red river,
-vjyyat Friday. It seems that three
negroes named Menner, brothers,
-^eut to the home of a negro
named Foster. After some words
the shooting began and when the
smoke had cleared away Bob
Menner was dead and Doc Men-
ner and Tom Menner were se-
riously wounded. George Foster,
who shot the Menners, escaped
without injury. Foster was ar-
rested and Saturday he had an
examining trial at Monkstown.
Ho was held under bond of $1000,
and failing to make bond he was
lodged in jail at Bonham.
Wells Was Here.
Honey Grove was visited by a
candidate for gubernatorial hon-
ors Tuesday in the person of Hon.
Tom Wells, of Bells. Mr. Wells
had been over in Delta county to
look after a farm he owns in that
section, and was enroute home.
It seems to be understood that no
man who is without reputation
can hope to win state or national
office, unless he possesses ability
enough to overshadow all oppo-
sition or money enough to pave
his way with gold. Mr. Wells is
not in either of the classes men-
tioned, yet those who know him
well say he is a man of good
ability, and one who has been
fairly successful in accumulating
this world's goods. His appear-
ance is that of a plain farmer. A
gentleman who is intimately ac-
quainted with him says Mr.Wells
is a speaker of far more than av-
erage ability and that no man
stands higher in the community
in which he lives. While here Mr.
Wells did not attempt to form a
general acquaintance, but stated
that he would begin his campaign
for Governor about April 1st.
"Some misconceptions about
missions" will be the subject at
the morning hour at the Chris-
tian church ^Sunday next. An
offering will be made to this min-
istry. No service at night on ac-
count of meeting at Methodist
church. At the evening hour
March 13th a special service will
be held for the firemen of the
city. The firemen will attend in
a body.
Signal and Republic, SI.40.
The Hammond Trial.
The case of Bob Hammond,
charged with the murder of Po-
liceman Ad Campbell (whose
home was in Honey Grove) was
called for trial at Fort Worth
Monday. After the state and de-
fense had announced ready for
ftr'al the defense moved to quash
the indictment, alleging prejudice
upon the part of the grand jury
that returned the indictment.
The motion was sustained by the
judge, but immediately thereafter
a new indictment was returned by
the grand jury, which was in ses-
sion and Hammond was rearrest-
ed. His bond was fixed at $5000,
which he gave and was released.
It is expected that the case will
be called for trial in about two
weeks.
The case has been twice called,
but was continued each time on
account of the absence of im-
portant witnesses for the State.
Bloating after eating, indigestion,
flatulence or watet brash, may be
quickly corrected through the use of
Prickly Ash Bitters. It strengthens
digestion, cleanses and regulates the
bowels.—Black & Little,special agents.
Card of Thanks<
Bowed under the weight of a
great sorrow^ caused by the de-
parture of a loving father and
husband, we desire to publicly
extend our thanks to neighbors
and friends, whose ministrations
made more comfortable the last
days of our loved one, and whose
sympathy makes our load of sor-
row a lighter burden. May God
bless you all.
Mrs. J. M. Caudle and family.
Mr. Bywaters Dead.
Mr. A. H. Bywaters, one of
Lamar county's best-known and
wealthiest men, died at his home
in Roxton Wednesday of paraly-
sis. Mr. Bywaters was known by
many Honey Grove people, all of
whom learn with deep sorrow of
his demise. He was the father of
Mr. Porter Bywaters, of Paris,
who is well known in Honey
Grove.
Our stock of low shoes has ar-
rived. There are no more stylish
or perfeot-fittings shoes made
than E. P. Reed & Co'a slippers
for ladiea and M. A. Packard's
low shoes for men.—Wilkins,
Wood & Patteson.
M. C. SPIYY & COMPANY
Announce that on Thursday March 10th, they will open their new store. It is our purpose to
make this a Dry Goods Event in Honey Grove. We will have on display at this opening one
of the most attractive and exclusive collections to be found in this part of the state. Your spe-
cial attention is directed to the following lines
A ■ - \
Ladies' Ready to Wear, Ladies' Fine Shoes, a big; White Goods Depart-
ment, Men's and Boy's High-Grade Shoes, Clothing and Furnishings
—
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Our purpose is to give to the people an up-to-date store where the best can be had in style, qual-
ity and value. Three days formal opening, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 10,11, 12.
M. C. SPIYY & COMPANY.
The labor riots at Philadelphia,
attended with destruction of prop-
erty, bloodahed, the tying up of
car traffic and great damage to
business of every kind, reveal one
of the weak spots in our system
of government. It is an awful
thing to say that under this, the
most perfect system of govern-
ment on earth, there is no pro-
tection for life or property, and
yet those who witnessed and those
who have read of the Philadel-
phia riots must shamefacedly
admit that there is not. The
scenes of horror depicted by Dick-
ens in Barnaby Rudge, when the
commune reigned supreme, have
been nearly equaled in Philadel-
phia the present week. It's the
old fight of capital against labor,
the greatest problem with which
the country has to deal, and one
whose solution seems as far
away as when the contest began.
Perhaps corrupt municipal poli-
tics is at the bottom of the affair
which has disgraoed Philadelphia,
and the whole country as well.
Unjust laws made it impossible for
transit companies to pay their
employes as they should and|earn
a reasonable profit; labor de-
manded, only to have its demand
refused, and violence began.
Many have been killed, hundreds
have been wounded, hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of
property has been ruined and le-
gitimate business has suffered a
loss of millions. The parliament
of man must find the solution of
this menacing problem, or we will
have a repetition of the French
revolution on the shores of free
America.
Signal and Dallas News, $1.75.
There was a meeting of the An-
ti-Saloon League trustees or cen-
tral committee, at Dallas Tues-
day, the object being to di8cuaa
the league's attitude toward the
various means suggested for se-
curing statewide prohibition, also
the candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor. Thia com-
mittee is Compoaed of about twen*
ty leading prohibitionista. The
meeting8 Tuesday were held be-
hind closed doors, and an agree-
ment was entered into that noth-
ing would would be given to the
press except the resolutions which
were adoptedi Sections 2 and 3
of the resolutions adopted read as
follows:
"2. "That if the Legislature
again refuses to give the peo-
ple of Texas an opportunity
to vote on a constitutional
amendment we favor the en-
actment of prohibition b y
such laws as will rid the state
of Texaa of the manufacture
and aale of intoxicating liq-
uors.
"3. That as long as the
liquor traffic exists by law we
are in favor on general prin-
ciples of all such restrictive
legislation as is calculated to
reduce the evil of said traffic
to a minimum."
The resolutions are construed
as an endorsement of Cone John-
son for Governor, he having re-
peatedly stated that in the event
submission failed he would favor
statutory prohibition; the other
Candidates oppose statutoryyro~J-
hibition. The daily papers all
speak of the conference as a pro-
Johnsdn meeting and say a ma-
r e: solved
that that new 5pf?.inc
Suit You are Coin g to buy
7s All ready now, in everv
STYLE AND PATTERN-To SUIT
ANY TASTE-
Buster Brown/.
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Clothing
Right in our store you will find
a new spring suit that will make
you happy. This suit will please
you in color. It will give you
good wear, it will fit your body
and it will fit your purse. Why
not then come to the store that
can fit you in every way? That
can fit your eye, fit your body
and fit your pocketbook.
Williamson-Spelce Com'y
PARAGRAPH PULPIT
LER0Y M. ANDERSON, Editor
"THE CHURCH AND THE HEATHEN"
When Carey would take the gospel to
to India Sidney Smith said it was "the
dream of a dreamer who dreamed that he
dreamed." But India's redeemed thou-
sands are living examples of God's power
to save. The Massachusetts legislature
forbade the sending of the gospel to for-
eign lands claiming "we had no gospel to
export." Peary said recently he hoped
there would be no effort to evangelize the
Eskimos. Some people in this enlighten-
ed age, boldly declare their disbelief in
foreign missions. Such people need to
study their own ancestry. The difference
between heathendom and Christiandom
is missions—the gospel of J esus.
Our Lord, Jesus said, "all the world,"
"every creature," "every nation." The
gospel is the need of every human soul,
whether in the artlc or under the equator.
The saving of the world is the business of
the church. It must evangelize or fossil-
ize, send or end, do or die. The great
commission is not a suggestion but a com-
mand. For a man to be indifferent to
missions is to discount his own salvation.
Sunday School, 9 ;30 a. m.
Preaching and Communion Ser-
vice, II a. m.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
A Stranger but Once.
jority of the committee favor Mr.
Johnson for Governor.
The Court of Criminal Appeals,
sitting at Austin, handed down
an opinion Wednesday to the ef-
fect that the law passed by the
last legislature making the viola-
tion of the local option law a fel-
ony does not and cannot apply to
counties in which local option
was in effect prior to the passage
of the law. The opinion was by
Judge Ramsey. Nearly all the
counties of north Texas were un-
der prohibition prior to the pas-
sage of this law, and in these
counties local option violations
will continue to be classed as
misdemeanors instead of felonies.
If its a coach,horse-you want, breed to Ivan,
the $2,400 imported German coach horse No.
• 5041, which will make the present season 4 1-2
miles northwest of Honey Grove. 826.00 to
Insure foal. You can't go wrong to breed to
this horse. I will pay §125.00 for choice of his
colts at six months old. Now if its a saddle
horse you want breed to Vandal the Den-
mark saddle horse and if its fine mules you
want breed to Starlight and Sam the two big
black Jacks. The Denmark horse and two
Jacks will make the present season 41-2miles
northwest of Honey Grove at my barn. S10
each to insure a foal. All caution will be
taken to prevent accidents, but I will not be
responsible if any should occur. Your pat-
ronage is respectfully solicited.
G. S. Bright,
R. F. D. No. 7. Phone 206-5r.
The Paris Advocate is our au-
thority for the statement that the
doors of the Paris Y. M. C. A.
building have been closed and
the building will be rented for a
boarding house. This is not the
first time that Christianity has
Leen pushed aside by a ^eeire for
grub, but we are sorry to see the
cross run over by the bread wag-
on so close to Honey Grove, the
acknowledged religious center of
Texas.
Poindexter's Dates.
Judge Poindexter, "candidate
for Governor, will speak at the
following places on the following
dates: Savoy, Monday, March
7, 10 a. m.; Bonham, Monday,
March 7, 2 p. m.; Dodd City,
Monday, March 7th, 7:30 p. m.;
Wolfe City, Tuesday, March 8th,
10 a. m.; Bailey, Tuesday, March
8th, 2 p. m.; Leonard, March 8th,
7:30 p. m.; Trenton, Wednesday,
March 9th, 7:30 p. m.; White-
wright, Wednesday. March 9th,
1:30 p. m.; Ladonia, Wednesday,
March 9ih, 7:30 p. m.
Mebane's Triompli Cotton Seed
GET THE BEST
I have a limited quantity of the
above high - grade sead., They
secured the $50.00 prize offered
by the Paris Progressive Club of
Paris last season. For the next
thirty days I offer them at $1.50
in 10 bu. lots freight prepaid.
M. T. Goodman,
304 Bonham St., Paris, Texas.*
See J. E- Breckeen
for Buckeye Red Eggs
There is not a more beautiful,
active and hardy fowl in
poultrydom than the Buckeye
Reds; fine for table use, ex-
celled by none for laying, es-
pecially winter layers. Pen
headed by Red Buck, win-
ning first prize. :: ::
Eggs, 15 for $1.50
S. C. Brown Leghorn Eggs
For Sale
B. N. BLEDSOE.
Route 5, Honey Grove.
THROUGH
SLEEPER
TO
ST. LOUIS
ON
TRAIN NO. 18
forms an excellent con-
nection, at St. Louis,with
fast trains to the principal
points in the east. ::
W< S. KEENAN, G. P. A.,
G. C. & S. F. Ry., GalveBton.
Call and see our Reed Oxfords
for ladies, all new, just received.
—Wilkins, Wood & Patteson.
31 years ago we began improving on the best
hosiery then soid.
Making sure that they would wear for 6
months—Bought best Sea Island yarn—Used 4-ply, then 5, then
6-ply at heel and toe.
Till we knew we could guarantee them to wear for six
months without a hole.
And now we can sell them for only 25c a pair—Box of six guaranteed
for six months, $1.50, at all first class dealers, anywhere A
* HolBprooF'*«Hoslery~> (|
For Women, 6 pair guaranteed 6 months, Egyptian Cotton, $2.00.
Lustre Hose (mercerized), for Men and Women, $3.00 '
Holeproof Hosiery Co- Manubcturerv Milwaukee. -
For Sale by
Wilkins, Wood & Patteson
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Lowry, J. H. Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1910, newspaper, March 4, 1910; Honey Grove, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth357317/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.