The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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JOHN K. n*VI8, ISrtltoP »iirt l'ro».
Published Every Frioay At
Mesquite
Texas.
The MfOSQUITEft is not com-
; plaining at the city of Dallas be-
I cause it furnishes most of the
crime and litigation that makes
expensive courts necessary, or
because Dallas is benefited by
reason of the fact that the gravel
roads all lead into and help the
city, but it resents the insinua-
tion we are under special obliga-
tions to the city because it pays
more taxes than we do, and we
deplore the spirit that prompts
it.
Friday, August 2, 1907.
Don't be a knocker.
UP TO THE TIMES HERALD.
The editor of the Dallas Times
Herald is one of the best edito-
rial writers in the State. When-
ever he is engaged in a contro-
versy in which the merit is on
his side he can do the other fel-
low up to suit the Queen's taste,
and whenever the merit is in the
other fellow's contention, he can
artfully dodge the question.
Last week the Mesquitek refer-
red to the pest house controversy
between Mayor Hay and J udge
Lively and called attention to the
fact that certain citizens of Dal-
las continued to harp on the fact
that the city of Dallas pays the
larger per cent of the taxes of
the county but appeared to over-
look the fact that most of the
crime, litigation, pest house
patients, etc. came from the
city of Dallas. We added that
this rot was sometimes promul-
gated by the Times Herald, and
advised that paper to cut it out
and give us a square deal. Right
there the Times Herald dodged,
talked about the weather, mint
juleps and the alleged undue
agitation of the Mesquitek edi-
tor. It made no denial of the
statement that tli6 city was re-
sponsible for the greater part of
the expense of running the
-county government but took oc-
casion to call attention once
more to the fact that the city
voted for the bond issue, most of
which it will have to pay and
that none of the money has been
or will be spent on the streets of
tho city of Dallas. Mesquite is
not as large as the city of Dallas
and yet property here pays taxes
to the county in the same pro-
portion that Dallas property
does. We build and maintain
our own streets without any aid
from the county. Will the Times
Herald mark and remember that
neither the weather, mint juleps,
the Robertson Insurance law or
the Baskin-McGregor liquor law
has anything to do with it. And
will the Times Herald mark the
statement that Mesquite proper
ty owners deserve no special
credit for contributing their
share toward paying the ex-
penses of the county government
or maintaining the county roads,
just because we have to pay
street tax to maintain our own
streets without help from the
county. Yes, Dallas pays more
on the roads than the country
districts, but doesn't Dallas get
some benefit from the roads?
Has the Times Herald overlooked
the fact that Mesquite has
gravel road, two miles*, long
connecting the town with the
east pike and that every blooming
gravel road in the county leads
as a feeder into the city of Dal
las?
We ask the Times Herald to
answer, fair and square, without
any evasion, these questions:
1. Doesn't the city get as
near value received for the taxes
paid to the county as any other
section of the county?
2. Does the large property
owner deserve special credit be-
cause he pays more taxes than
the small property owner?
3. If Dallas pays a larger per
cent of the taxes of the county is
it not reasonable to presume that
the city causes expenses and
derives benefit in proportio/i?
Do you think that we are mar-
ried to Dallas for her money,
and if so is it nice for you to be
always reminding us that you
think so?
Talk for the picnic.
Mesquite has played 17 games
of ball and won 14 times. That's
going some.
Don't grumble at the hot
weather. Think how hard it
has been on the boll weevil.
No wonder that Mayor Hay
found it necessary to explain
that he is a Democrat.
piue-alarm poraker may not
have good judgement but he has
plenty of nerve. The man who
doesn't fear being sat down on
by the big Secretary of War is
entitled to a medal.
Mb. Atwell captured tlie
Elks' convention for Dallas, or
rather helped to do it, but even
with the help of the Mayor of
Dallas he couldn't turn Texas
over to the Republicans.
With mention of our own big
picnic to come off the latter part
of this month, the writeupof the
one at Long Creek recently and
of picnics to take place at Rylie,
Oak Lawn and Garland, this
might be called a pbnic edition
of the Mesquitkk. Bat then
this is picnic time and the Mes-
quitek must keep up with the
procession.
I n what it said about the situ-
ation as-to the Criminal District
Judgeship in this county, the
Mesquitek seems to have struck
a popular chord, as hundreds of
the best citizens of the county
lave voluntarily complimented
the Mesquitek on the article in
question and said in substance,
'Them's my sentiments." This
paper can always be depended
upon to speak the real senti-
ments qf its editor and it never
waits to locate the popular side.
You can always tell just where it
stands.
HE WANTED REAL MONEY
Clean New Sheets of Bills Did
Look Like the Real Thing
to Him.
Not
The National Bank of Sabetha
gets its paper money from the gov-
ernment in large sheets. After the
bills are signed by the officers of the
National Bank of Sabetha each bill
is cut off with a pair of scissors and
the paper becomes currency.
Some time ago Jason Waltman
went over into Missouri to buy
farm. Desiring to have the money
in convenient form, ho got the bank
bills in the large uncut sheets. He
went to Missouri and everything
went smoothly. Negotiations for the
farm with the old farmer were soon
completed, uuJ when it came time
for Waltman to hand over the
money he pulled out a couple of
sheets of bills. Getting a pair of
scissors from the farmer's wife he
began to cut off the bills with which
to make the purchase. The farmer
looked at the operation, mouth open
and eyes bulging. After Waltman
had cut off a few of the bills the
farmer stopped him.
"Now hold on here, brother," he
said, "I want you to know that
take the Jasper County Farmer, an'
I've bin readin' about them golr
bricks an' things. I don't want nun
of yer Sunflower money that ain'
got the ink dry on it yit. Excuse
me, but I'll have to have some rea
Missouri money that's got some dirt
and grease on it."
The payment was soon made in
another way, and Waltman brought
the sheets back to Sabetha with him.
—Sabetha Herald.
I; Commoner Glippings. £
AvvtA -Vvw*
The men who invent wars are
seldom the men who tight them
out.
Who will deny that Mr. Rocke-
feller's ignorance is worth the
salary paid him?
The smoking out of the tobac-
co trust will mean a bad smell
all over the country.
Attorney General Bonaparte is
considering the wisdom of ap-
plying a legal match to the pow-
der trust.
President Duke of the tobacco
trust says it is not a trust.
Duke's mixture on definitions is
really unaccountable.
A grafting public service cor-
poration manager has finally
been landed in jail. But it was
for contempt of court.
Attorney General Bonaparte is
after the tobacco trust. Some-
body must have handed him one
of the trust's five-centers.
It is reported that Senator
Piatt is going to resign the pres-
idency of his express company,
but that he is not yet aware of it.
The Duke of Manchester an-
nounces that he will not settle in
the United States. A lot of other
dukes will not settle in Great
Britain.
Last Monday was Senator
Platt's seventy-fourth birthday,,
but it really seems longer than
that since we heard the first de-
mand for his resignation.
The woman correspondent for
a London journal who says she
never met an American gentle-
man should endeavor to get into
a little better class of society.
The Texas man who has raised
a lemon as big as egg plant
should forward it to Oyster Bay.
A gentleman there would like to*
forward it to Mr. Harriman.
"What is a liar?" queries the
Baltimore American. The dic-
tionary gives the old definition.
The new one is: "One who has
been 'big sticked' and dares to
resent it."
A Wisconsin man has just re-
ceived a letter mailed to him in
in Norway in 1875. Show this
to your wife and convince her
that it is not your fault if her
etter fails to reach its destina-
tion in proper time.
There is something pathetic in
the telegraphed report that the
school children of New York are
being taught to laugh. A child
that does not laugh naturally is
suffering from wrong environ-
ment.
The attention of Governor
Sughes is called to the fact that
the Burlington has adopted the
two-cent fare all over its huge
system. Will Governor Hughes
criticise the Burlington for ac-
ting without investigation and
due consideration?
POCAHONTAS AS SHE WAS
Famous Character of History Ranked
as One of the Truly Great
of the Earth.
Pocahontas was born in the year
1 .">05, her father, Powhatan, was
the lord and ruler of 30 tribes, or
clans, of savages inhabiting that
vast domain which was then called
Virginia, after the virgin Queen
Elizabeth, says a writer in the
Circle. His friendship was dearly
sought for by the white men, and
considered essential to the life and
success of the colony. Like most
red men, he distrusted the whites
and their designs.
In England she was treated with
all the honor shown to royalty. Her
grace and charm seem to have won
all hearts, and she was at her ease
with the best in the land. She was
presented at Queen Anne's court, at-
tended a ball given by the bishop of
London, and visited the lobe the-
ater to see Shakespeare's "Tempest."
In fact, she took on the garb and ac-
cessories of civilization with that
easy grace which belongs to the truly
great, and was as much at home in
court as in her own western soli-
tudes. But inwardly she seems to
have pined for her own free, open
life of the forest, and when she
was about to return on the good
ship George, she sickened and died
at Gravesend, having lived long
enough, as one commentator has
said, to unite two hemispheres, two
races, two civilizations.
AMBIGUOUS.
"Yes, Mr, Plpp, John was burled in
the new cemetery, and I'll b» burled
there also if I'm spared."
FARMERS UNION ANNUA]
COUNTY PICNIC
To Be Held at Mesquite the Latter Part
of August
SPIDERS' LIFE LINES.
I took a large spider from his web
under the basement of a mill, says a
contributor to the Chicago Tribune,,
put him on a chip of wood, and set
him afloat on the quiet waters of the
pond. He immediately began to
cast a web for the shore. He threw
it as far as possible in the air with
the wind. It soon reached the shore
and made fast to the spires of grass.
Then he turned himself about and
in true sailor fashion began to haul
in hand over hand his cable. Care-
fully he drew it until his bark began
to move toward shore. As it moved
the faster he the faster drew upon
it to keep his hawser taut, and from
touching the water. Soon he readied
the shore and quickly sped his way
homeward. I tried several spiders
and they all came to shore in like
manner.
The annual county picnic of
the Farmers Union is to be held
at Mesquite this year. This was
officially decided at the county
convention at Wilmerjast Satur-
day. The official date has not
yet been selected but it will be
held the latter part of A.ugust,
somewhere between the 21st and
30th of the month. There will
be two or three speakers and it
is proposed to get the best ob-
tainable. The citizens of Mes-
quite were authorized by the
convention to invite one sneaker
and at the meeting Tuesday
night a resolution was adopted
that United States Senator
Charles A. Culberson, a distin-
guished citizen of Texas and of
this county, be invited on the
part of the citizens, which invita-
rion has since been extended to
him. On behalf of the Farmers
Union, President E. A. Calvin
has been invited and the date
will be set to suit the conven-
ience of these two distinguised
men if possible.
A large and enthusiastic meet-
ing of citizens, members of the
Business League and Farmers
Union was held Tuesday night.
J. B. Wyatt, president of the
local union, was made chairman
and John E. Davis, secretary of
the Business League, was made
secretary of the meeting. All
those present expressed them-
selves as being heartily tn favor
of the picnic and of the opinion
that it would be made a big suc-
cess.
It was decided to make it a
picnic and ask the people of this
section to bring baskets but that
in order to be sure to have plenty
to eat for the large crowd that
is expected, a number of beeves
and muttons would be barbecuetL
It has been seven years since
Mesquite attempted a picnic of
any kind, the last one being the
big barbecue in S. D. Lawrence's
pasture in 1900. That was a big
WOllK OF "HORSE BISHOP"
Fiendish Cruelty Practiced on Help,
less Animals by Men Eager
for Paltry Gain.
success and it is proposed
make this better still.
At a meeting Tuesday ntohtl
several committees Were I
pointed, the principal one betaf
the general executive committ
which were made up of the foil
lowing: J. C. Rugel, E. P. y J
ston, Alva Summers, J. a. All J
and J. C. Chapman.
A. Tosch, E. F. Vanston J
R. G. Chapman constitute th]
committee on privileges.
The exact date and the pia
where the picnic will be held
will be announced as soon asth]
committees are ready to report]
which will be in a few days.
NUR8ING WORK.
The making of the mme does u
demand that she shall have person
ally nursed an example of ever
case she shall hereafter be callei
upon to attend. She is not respon
ble for treatment.
She is to be trained to obey
ders intelligently. And if she
learned to do this from the poii.
of view both of the surgeon and thj
physician, is Bhe- not a well-traina
nurse, even if she has never seen
case of measles nor nursed a gu
shot wound?—London Hospital.
FOOD VALUE OF FLOUR.
We simply don't know what con|
stitutes a good wheat; there is
accepted standard of goodnei
What is called strength is a purel]
fictitious expression with regard
the food value of flour; it has refj
erence merely to the power of th
flour to carry water and to itj
stickiness—the "strongest"' fli
being one from which the ba
can make the greatest, numbi
of loaves and the biggest lo
it is, therefore, the weakest as
food material. — London Sciei
Progress.
FAIR WARNING.
Buttinski—IIow did yon eat<
such an awful cold?
Knockoutski—Colds are eonfa
gious. I caught mine asking otl
people how they caught theirs.
HUGHES' HUGE LIFE.
Clovis Hughes, the French novel-
ist, poet and duelist, who has just
died, fdled his 55 years of life with
sufficient excitement to make him
worthy of special mention. One of
his claims to distinction was that he
had engaged in a French duel which
resulted fatally—for the other man.
He was a tempestuous radical, and
was once suspended from the cham-
ber of deputies for insulting re-
marks to the president, which did
not at all curb him. He wrote
number of novels, poems and plays
in which he sought to spread social
istic propaganda, and he wrote i
pretentious five act drama in verse,
called "Le Sommeil de Danton"
("The Sleep of Danton"), which
was produced at the Opera Comique.
His wife contributed her share of
excitement by killing a public offi-
eial in the palace of justice because
of an alleged insult. Before she
was tried she wrote and acted "La
Vegeance de Mme. Clovis Hughes."
The play depicted her sensational
act and represented her as trium-
phantly exonerated by the court,
^'hen her trial came the court did
as predicted.—Springfield Repub-
lican.
Agents for those societies that
try, with more or less success, to
prevent cruelty to animals, learn
many odd secrets. They know, for
instance, what a horse bishop is.
"There are two horse bishops I
have my eye on now," said an S. P.
0. A. agent recently, "and I hope
to land both of them soon. Theirs
is a nefariously cruel trade. A horse
jbishop fakes horses' teeth, fakes
jthem so well he can deceive a dealer.
:You know how dealers look to the
'teeth for the animal's age? Well,
(the bishop makes old teeth appear
iyoung.
"He doss it with a file and a hot
iron. With the file he grinds all the
long teeth short. With the hot iron
'he burns into the tooth edges those
8awlike indentations peculiar alike
to young horses and to children.
"Such work is not only illegal-
it is hideously cruel.'"—-Exchange.
INDISPENSABLE.
"Yes, I am going to hire a yacht
to take a party sailing. I'll show
th§m how I manage a boat! What
had we ought to take along? We'll
be gone all day."
"Life
Post-
preservers.
Houston
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Arrangements have been
completed for a series of 7
games of base ball between
the Mesquite and Forney
teams, the first three to be
in Mesquite, beginning on
Friday, Aug. 2
f
And A
Double-Header Sat
August 3,1907.
The Forney team has just
defeated the crack Palmer
team two out of three
games and taken three
straights from Rockwall.
Admission 10c and 25c-
Ladies Free
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Davis, John E. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1907, newspaper, August 2, 1907; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth407045/m1/4/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Dallas+County%22&rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.