The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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Garden truck fa growing.
The rain was just what we
needed.
The prohibitionists carried
Bosque county last Saturday.
Buy your spring goods of your
home merchant and keep your
money at home.
How is the populist party going
to live, when it hasn’t even got a
national head?
The comer stone of the new
Masonic Temple is to be laid in
Waco on May 11.
The Japs are not very econom-
ical. They exploded about $100,-
000 worth of shells in an hour
and a half at Vladivostok recent-
ly.
We should think the dentist
would do a good business now,
that there are so many jaw-
breaking words appearing in the
paperinskis.
Germany is reported to be fur-
nishing China with immense
quantities of rifles and ammuni-
tion. Some more evidenoe of
China’s neutrality in the present
fracas.
Weatherford is the prettiest
town in Texas. Take a drive
over her splendid streets, observe
her handsome residences, beau-
tiful lawns and magnifioent fo-
liage of tree and flower and see
if what we say is not the gospel
truth.
The Iowa man who was arrest-
ed for hugging a dummy figure
in a dressmaking establishment
explained that he was drunk and
thought he was hugging a pretty
girl, but the judge sustained the
dignity of the law by imposing a
small fine upon the poor fellow
for hugging a delusion.
The following bit of wisdom
from the Comanche Chief is com-
mended to such of our friends as
have not yet learned the lesson:
“The space in his paper is the
newspaper man’s stock in trade
just as much as a bolt of calico
or a case of shoes is the mer-
chant’s stock; and for any one to
ask for a gratuitous use of that
space for private use or benefit,is
as superbly cheeky as to ask a
merchant to donate his goods.”
LOCAL OPTION LAW UPHELD.
The Supreme Court of the Uni-
ted States,throughJusticeHolmes,
handed down a decision yester-
day which settles the constitu-
tionality of the Texas local op-
tion law for all time. In sum-
ming up the case, which is done
briefly, the court says that Rip-
pey, the appellant, had no case
whatever before that tribunal.
The mooted question is one for
the State of Texas to settle with-
out interference from the Feder-
al government. The opinion
States in so many words that lo-
oal option laws are questions for
the various states to make and
construe and that it would be an
infringement of state’s rights for
the Federal judiciary to inter-
fere.
Thursday night while a game of
flinch was being flayed at the
residence of E.W.Sliger on North
Side,a lamp was turned over, and
exploded. The result would per-
ire been serious had it
for prompt work on the
Davis and Miss
Hearst from State Topics:
Never has a private oitisen
taken upon himself the righting
of public wrongs to the extent
that William R. Hearst' has done.
Prior to his advent into the af-
faire of this oountry the most
oommonly heard axiom of our
conditions wap that what was ev-
erybody’s business was nobody’s
business. In other words, pri-
vate wrongs that [were not taken
up by the regularly constituted
authorities were left unrighted.
In this oondition Mr. Hearst
saw a chance for the new jour-
nalism, andjhe promptly made it
an actual factor in fights against
tyranny instead of a mere sound-
er of alarms.
The man is possessed of an en-
ergy so stupendous that inaction
is to him impossible. The same
energy that characterizes him as
a man of business he brings to
bear on everything with which he
has to do. His charities, his
philanthropies, bear the same un-
print of an indomitable will and
force that have characterized his
crusades against what he con-
siders injustices and dangers to
the public.
To him the knowledge of a
wrong is a summons to correct it.
Familiar as are the conspicu-
ous deeds of help, not one in ten
of those he has carried through
are known. Publicity is an ele-
ment of which he appreciates the
value in accomplishing a great
purpose; in suoh oases he em-
ploys it—as when he heads a sub-
scription for the Jews in Russia,
or the St. Pierre volcano victims,
or the Galveston sufferers, and
so multiplies his gift—for the
benefit of the sufferers. In this
way he has managed to bring
Christmas cheer to the children’s
hospitals and the little ones of
tha tenement|distriot to an extent
utterly beyond the power of any
individual.
When the news of the Galves-
ton horror came into the news-
paper offioes one of the editors
was prompt with a suggestion
that a trainload of relief be sent
at once to prevent suffering until
the slower agency of the govern-
ment could forward relief to
Texas.
“No,” said Mr. Heart, “one
train is not enough; we will send
WEEDS
Consumption is a human
weed flourishing best in weak
lungs. Like other weeds it’s
easily destroyed while young;
when old, sometimes im-
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as you
would weak land and the
weeds will disappear.
The best lung fertilizer is
Scott’s Emulsion. Salt pork
is good too, but it is very hard
to digest.
The time to treat consump-
tion is when youbegin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you won’t.
Don’t wait until you can’t
deceive yourself any longer.
Begin with the first thought
to take Scott’s Emulsion. If
it isn’t really consumption so
much the better; you will soon
forget it and be Detter for the
treatment. If it is consump-
tion you can’t expect to be
cured at once, but if you will
be^in in time and will be
rigidly regular in your treat-
ment you will win.
’ Scott’s Emulsion, fresh air,
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that’s the treatment and
that’s the best treatment
S#
We will send you
a little of the Emul-
sion free.
Ik ion th*t thta plctur* to
the torn of a liM tt on the
wrapper ©f every boule of
EmtuaiOB ym boy.
scorr* BowNa.l’TrU8t
sea and a full corps of physi-
cians, the result being that suffer-
ing beyond estimation was pre-
vented; and what was still bettor
the example of these three trains
and the publicity given to them
brought a volume of relief ten
times as great. Mr. Hearst also
sent a check for $50,000 to Gov-
ernor Sayers, and an orphan asy-
lum in Galveston is a monument
to his philanthropy.
Suoh instances could be multi-
plied indefinitely before the tale of
what he has done would be com-
plete.
A public school boy himself, he
has made the public schools his
particular care. In San Francis-
co, Chioago and New York,
through his papers and by his
personal influence he has aided
in innumerable battles to improve
the1 schools. He once said:
“The public schools should be
so excellent that even the richest
man could not afford to send, his
boy to any but a public school.”
His hatred of the tyranny re-
sultant from special privilege has
ever been the lever that has won
many victories for the plain peo-
ple.
He saved the people of New
York from the Ramapo robbery,
a scheme to place the entire wa-
of
Mr. Hearst,
who compose the Coal Trust or
not business men at Ml, but law
breaking monopolists, who are
peculiarly the enemies of the
oountry.”
He added that the Coal Trust
is a perfect specimen of the crim-
inal trust, and in the same con
nection wrote the famous sen
tenoe, “Capital when it becomes
criminal is a publio enemy.
“I intend to smash the Coal
Trust,” he wrote, “and when the
Coal Trust goes down in ruin no
other pillaging combination in
this republio will feel safe.”
Wakeful Children.
For a long time the two year old
child of Mr. P. L, McPherson, 59
N. Tenth St., Harrisburg, Pa.,
would sleep but two or three hours
in the early part of the night,
which made it very hard on her
parents. Her mother concluded
that the child had stomach trouble,
and gave her half of one of Cham-
berlain’s Stomach and Liver Tab-
lets, which quieted her stomach
and she slept the whole night
through. Two boxes of these
Tablets have effected a permanent
cure and she is now well and strong.
For Sale by all Druggists.
Filled for Jumping Trains.
For some time a number of boys
rangeing in age from ten to six
teen years, have been a source of
ter supply of the metropolis in1 great annoyance to the crews of
the hands of the bold robbers, T. A P. freight trains whioh pass
who had all plans made to seize
it for all time and who, but for
him would have succeeded.
He destroyed the Ioe Trust,
that by means of special docking
privileges in New York had man-
aged to effect a monopoly of this
necessary of life, and at the be-
ginning of the heated term
doubled the price. This signal-
ed death to thousands of children
in the poor, oonjested districts of
Now York unless prevented—
mid he prevented it. In court
and out of oourt, by word and pen
he laid bare the terrible oonspw-ij
aoy of greed and roused the peo-
ple of the city to a sense of the
impending oatastrophe. He forc-
ed the ice barons into court, prov-
ed their guilty combination and
smashed the trust, whioh went to
pieces, and New York has never
had another ioe trust.
The FoodTruBt has similarly
felt the shock of his assaults, Mid
at the present time he is locked
in a death fight with the [combi-
nation of railroads whioh, as the
Coal Trust, brought about the
famine that paralyzed industry
and caused untold • suffering in
the East last winter.
Mr. Hearst was unable to in-
duce the Attorney General of
New York to act, though he
placed before him the evidence
of the unlawful character of the
Coal Trust in the form of agree-
ments signed by the heads of the
coal mining and carrying rail-
roads themselves. Thejsame ev-
idence failed to move United
States Attorney General Knox,
whose assistant in New York re-
ported to^him on Mr. Hearat’s
complaint; the report was pig-
eonholed, and even the efforts of
the United States Senators inter-
ested did not bring it to light.
To almost any other man this
supiness of the people’s regular-
ly constituted defenders would
have been wholly discouraging,
but to Mr. Hearst it aoted as a
spur. He had set his hand to a
task and it was not in him to give
up. He waited until the Repub
lican Attorney General of New
York had [been succeeded by a
Democrat [and then revived his
petition that the Trust bevdealt
with by the State courts, and he
directed a complaint in the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, and
on that inquiry the Coal Trust is
now up before the oourts for re*
fusing to produce its books and
records. , ' . > .
President Baer of the Coal
Mr. Hearst
of
through here, by jumping on and
off the trains while in motion.
The praotioe is unlawful, And
the offioers for a number of days
have been keeping a sharp look
out for the youthful violators, but
the youngsters were too shrewd
for them until yesterday when a
bunohof five of them came to
woe at the hands of Marshal
John R. Brown.
Mr. Brown boarded the caboose
of a west bound freight passing
through about 2 o’clock Sunday
afternoon, while it was in the
eastern part of the yards. Hie
boys were in the west end of the
yards and didn’t see the offloer
get on, so when the train reaohed
them they climbed it.
Up in the west part of town the
young fellows began dropping
off, and as soon as they did, off
came Mr. Brown, too. The boys
were taken completely by sur-
prise, but recovering, began
scattering like a bunch of young
quail. However, the marshal
caught one, and got the names of
the others, and Monday the
young gentlemen had fines and
costs aggregating $7 and $8,
eaoh, taxed against them in the
city court.
The practice of hopping trains
is a very dangerous one, and
oan’t be dealt with too severly.
iteSkta •Sw*
A Quart Batty.
Now and again there ia an item in the
newspapers concerning the birth of a
puny baby so small that a quart cup
holds it comfortably. If the article tola
all the facta it would probably tell also
of a mother who in weakness and misery
had looked forward to the baby's advent
with shrinking and fear.
To have fine, healthy children the
mother must be healthy, and it ia the
common testimony
of mothers that the
use of Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescrip-
tion not only pro-
motes the mother’s
health but also
i,
m
girt* her strength
to tive her child.
« Favorite Pie-
script! OC ” accom-
plishes these results
by tranquiHdng
the nerves, promot-
ing a healthy appe-
tite, and giving re
Gratifying Report.
An examination of the city
treasurer’s annual*report whioh
appeared in Thursday’s and Fri-
day’s paper will gratify any
oitizen of the town, as the report
shows the city to be in s better
oondition financially, than for a
number of years past.
The present city administration,
the mayor and the board of al-
dermen, take some pride in the
showing, and quite naturally and
right, too’, because the oondition
is the result of a wise and eoo-
nomic expenditure of funds on
their part. Especially does May-
or Miller, and the two financial
oommittees, of the past two years
deserve especial credit.
The following comparisons of
the past three annual reports
should be of interest.
Balance in general fund:
1902 ..................$ ‘ 52 63
1903 ....... 294 40
1904 .................. 1,879 23
Balance net indebtedness.
1902.................$23,629 86
1908 ................. 21,274 05
1904 ................. 15,973 74
Included in the last two years’
balances is an item of $5,000 on
the city water works experiment
whioh was inherited from the
previous counoil.
Total cash on hand, all funds.
1902 .................$ 8,271 61
1908 ... ..............7,933 30
1904 ................. 11,802 66
If it’s a billious attack, take
Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver
Tablets and a quick recovery is cer-
tain. For sale by all druggists.
Ill Reference to Bog Law.
At the January meeting of the
oity council, a resolution wae
passed requesting the proper
party to draw up a hog ordi-
nance. Two meetings of the
oounoil have been held since
that date, but at neither meeting
wae any action taken with refer-
ence to the matter, and on any
day of the week, one may take a
fifteen minute drive over the
streets and find a score or more
hogs running at large. In the
residence districts, the hogs not
only do injury to the sidewalks
and streets by rooting, but depre-
dations by them in gardens and
yards are numerous and 00m•
plaints are heard with frequency.
The average man is far too occu-
pied with matters of business to
waste time in impounding the
maurauders, as is prescribed by
the slate law governing in this
oounty, and he has been patient-
ly “sicking his dog” on the un-
welcome visitors, waiting for the
council to give him a method
whereby he oould more easily
obtain relief.
In discussing the matter this
forenoon with County Attorney
Wilson, a Herald reporter was
informed by him that the nui-
sance could be abated to a great
degree if parties knowing to whom
hogs running at large belonged,
would report the names of the
owners to him, as there is a crim-
inal statute also in connection
with the law, and all parties
guilty of its violation will, be
proseouted by him upon informa
tibir concerning them being re
oeived.
The offence oarries with it 1
fine of from $5 to $60.
Me
Hays Me
is feeling justly
net weight
oar of fat short 1
first prize at the;
show at Fort Worth.
The oar, oone
teen animals, was i
and Co., and when
showed a net weight .
percent of their gros
whioh is the record
weight in Texas,
eaoh animal yielded,
of tallow. -
At the International
Show reoentiy held at
the average net ’
62 peroent, and —y,*
made a better showing f*
Mr. MoFarland’s, it1
66 per cent.
Mr.MoFarland’s e
1620 pounds and for 1
paid $5.50 per hund
They were three year _
are said to have bei
prettiest bunch of shor|
ever shown.
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READ IT THROUGH.
’Twould Spoil This Story 1
It in tbe Headlines.
vigor and gtvea great mnlir el
ao that tha beby'a advent it praetic
painlcw. It la the beat of took* for
nutaing mother*.
tMH ljttt. bar ni bora I took *U bottle* He
1* the fiaMt cUM and tax* been from btrth, at*d
I lafnet very much lee* ttoe I ever did before.
I nabeetutidflv advtoe expectant mother* to
u*e the ‘ Favorite Pr—cripttoo.1 "
Dr. Piero* now fad* fully warranted
in offering to pay fjoo In legal money
of the United State*, for tny ceee of
Lencorrhee, Female Week nee*, Prolep-
ana, cm Falling of Womb which he can-
not c"re. All he aaka ia a fair apd
of hi* mean* of cure.
Dr. Pierce'*Common Senae Medical Ad-
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THE NAME WITCH HAZEL
The name Witch Hazel is much
abused. E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago, are the inventors of the
original and only genuine Witch
Hazel Salve. A certain cure for
cuts, burns, bruises, eczema, tetter,
piles, etc. There are many counter-
feits of this salve, some of which
are dangerous, while they are all
worthless. Iu buying Witch Hazel
Salve see that the name of B. C.
DeWitt & Co., Chicago, is on the
box and a cure is certain. Sold by
Kiudel-Clark Drug Co. '
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mat
To use an eighteenth
phrase, this is on “o’er trt
Having^happened in asm
ginia town in the winter of
is a story very much of
ent. Up to a short tin
John E. Harmon, of Melfa
Va., had no personal
the rare curative
Chamberlain’s Cough
Last January,” she
baby took a dr
one time I
pneumonia, but<
borstoldme how l
cured her little boy 1
giving it to my baby'a
soon cured her. I h<
the manufacturers
Iain’s Cough Re
so great a cure
cannot recommend
say too much in ita 1
all who read this will <
convinced as I was.”
all druggists.
•
Died From .
Mrs. AdelineKMyers,
years, mother of W. I
who lives in the norths
town, died at tbe home 1
Sunday forenoon at 11 t
and was buried Moi ' _
at Dicey.
The deceased oame to t
about * fifteen years a
Tennessee. She had 1
ber of friends who [
sore relatives in their 1
The death was cauped
oer.
Arrested for:
John Marlin
Saturday by Deputy I
ney Barker on a Ml
jury, and later was 1
$700 bond to await j
on the part of the j
It is alleged that ,
jured himself in the1
killing case last week.
0A..VO1
Baantk* Th» Kind Y
Arrested I
A few monthsi
a young man
son of Joe Moore,
tion with Charles \
pistol and fired at
said.
Immediately after i
Moore fled the oouni
offioers had been
him until last
learned that he
ity of his home,
stable Diok!
the forenoon
and suooeededi
under i
back to We
The oot __
young man 1
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Railey, J. E. H.; Switzer, John J. & Cannon, B. B., Jr. The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1904, newspaper, March 24, 1904; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth584902/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .