The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1914 Page: 1 of 10
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AND TIMES.
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»r business
wtt h Mr*.
meting was
| N. L. Marriner Bias
Kerrvjlle, To*.. Dec. ti.~Harrv
Ljc Marriner, staff poet of th?
Galveston fiahas News, died at
2:55 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Ttie end was peaceful and with
oat suffering. He i* survived by
hi* wife and two daughters,
Judith and Marcia, all of wliom
were with him at the end. Mr.
Marriuci had been in Kerrvhle
tor nearly a year in quest of
health Previous Incoming here
vu a dollar
ged for uns-
hoe r» were
Mrs. W 8.
tident M rs.
ice president
superinten-
Mrs. Kina-
rotary Mrs.
ing secretary
K-al treasurer
son, mission
1 Ingraham
discussion of
H*.
iha previous
and adopted
anus was Jed
/iiie and tbor-
by the entire
(halter's name
st of members,
is appointed to
'eling Library
me may lie so
oaths
, was derived
I of the open
d during tlie
v c< tr utittees
organism dominates the indi ,
vidua) members, where the mem-
ber is small the mob is of low j
Vitality and exorcises only a
shadowy control over its mem-
ber* The importance of mem
bers is best seen in the street
mob, which becomes more tu-
multuous, more passionate,
more Wild, and exercises less
reason the larger it is. So to
the reading mob, the bigger it
grows becomes more emotional,
more excited, forces the book on
its neighbors with greater vigor,
buys, borrows,* gives and lends
with the *wift and sure emotions j he visited El Paso. San Angelo
of lastinct. Though when we i other points in West Texas
think of it in a casual way we doL anttTortb)r^in his strength,
i not think of the habitual novel . . , " '
readers* classed in a mob and During hn long illness he con-
ytptwlituw- :id statistics that trtbuteri his daily poem to the
tell ua that "The Crisis” before ’ News and mailed one yesterday.
During the last week of bis life
he performed bis daily task, if
task it was, while lying in his
bed or sitting to bed propped up
by pillows.
Mr, Marriner had been in Tex
as twelve years He began his
newspaiier career on the Chicago
business of diverse education Dispatch and later went to the
liOuisvJHe Post, from which po-
sition he resigned and moved to
Texas and became connected
with the News. He was born in
Kentucky in 1H72.
His Last Pokm
Following is the last cantribu
Don of Harry Lee Marriner;
Hall of us were lit tie cats and
learned that nine-lived
trick,
You bet your bootee^ padded
(taws, our lives would make
ua tick.
For when one's looked on life for
years with eyes and ears
and nose
Poes be care much for givii
the hard, dry
d ‘apo#*?
Nay, give us jnstone life to live—
we want it more than nine.
For fine. J want no kitten bxri in
eight more lives of mine.
Just take away the aged cals
from which eight lives
havo flown,
And leave me just the human
sort—the proper sort to
own. #
A Sad Mission
C. M. Hair received a message
Saturday from Maishai tJyvt ni* 28 the people of Los Angeles will
The City Manager
Atlanta Constitution On Dec
It had run its course, had »okl
405,000copies, the "Eternal city"
826,000 The l,e<>i>ards 8i*>ta
witli its career before it 94,000
we arc forced to conclude the
reading mob of the largest spe-
cies. The comiiosltion of a meb
is largely immaterial The indi
vid ual may be of all classes and
conditions, of all occupations and
and training of opposite sox.
jThey maybe mild mannered or
ay at.i n ; harsh, sour or jovial, once united
d the roll call; rs a mob, they strip themselves
rlth current of those traits, and acquire tin*
om the use of! dr sire to attain purpose to
coats of Enro-! which as individuals they are
total strangers. This character
lies our common lynching mob,
for instance in history we read
of a mob composed of Theodore
Parker, Wendell Phillips, Hig
gin son and scores of other aboli-
tionists met to liberate a negro
slave. It hearkens to a tiery
harangue, surges down the
street, pounds on a prison door
defies the peliceman aud displays
the ordina"’ symptoms of toe
mob apirit. One of these men
alone would not have behaved so.
"Hast, thou considered;'’ says
Carlyle, "how each man's heart
is so tremulously responsive to
•riwhm the'hearts of all men?" In the
sidence case of tlie street mob, elbows
eeting. in ribs, heels on tout- high
ting of shoulders bumping low chins,
haiangued by an orator, it is
v to understand the nature of
mutual influence just as the
itiat has influence over his
nt. so the leaders in mobs
»ri a certain power of aug
■ ttiat passes from one
another and the con-
great that the body
plishits purpose as
a single individual,
arked mobbish trait
ither aspect of low
life, is the absence
touted authority,
t be improvised on
if the moment. They
revious authority, their
Is were the spasmodic
the moment. In the
If there is no critical
Reflex action answers
timulus of the moment,
is oo pondering, no consul
Won. no choice of acta. If
(here were critics, men of na-
tural gifts and educated taste,
experienced in tlie humanities,
there would be no moh, for the
tion of headlessneaa, or un
is essential to tlie
lera of the National
at, the regular annual
the stockholder* of
Hank of West will
Hit’s banking house on
morning January I2lh,
Sock.
his mcding will be for the
urpose of electing directors for
„ the ensuing year, and of tran*
acting any other business that
inav come up
Each stockholder is earnestly
By order of the Board
rector*.
ing up
shell,
hrother. 8. L. Hair, was dead
No particulars were given in the
telegram Mr. Hair left at
once for Marshal and had the
body prepared tor shipment to
Bartlett, their former home.
Interment was made Tuesday at
the Bartlett cemetery. Mr.
Hair returned to West Wednes-
day accompanied by his mother,
Mrs. V. Stephens.
In conversation with
seotatlve of The News
hold an election to decide wheth
er they shall torn the govern
moot over to a general manager
and a board of directors, after
the Dayton plan. Something of
that plan, which is growing so
rapidly in favor, may interest
the people of Atlanta
Recently one of Atlanta's stu-
dious club women returned from
| Dayton, Ohio, the town so re-
a repre j contly ravaged by flood and fire,
Wedncs j brought glowing tales of the
day Mr. Hair stated that his
hrother died from a gun shot
wound self inflicted. No cause
could be given for the act. He
was seemingly in the best of
spirits and engaged in a game of
checkers just before taking hia
life. S. L Hair was about
thirty-five years of age and un-
til recently was engaged to the
hardware business Those of
the family who survive are: his
mother Mr*. V. Stephens, of
Bartlett, Pinkney Hair of Hurt
leittndC M. Hair of this city.
Che News extends deepest sym-
pathy to tlie bereaved.
It’s a Girl
Col. ami Mrs. J. Lem Jones
are the proud parents of a tine
girl horn December tttoh. Mrs.
J«pes and daughter are doing
nicely, Col. Lem’s condition is
unlhaugtid some hupes. how
evgr Monday morning when
Mr. Jones came down town he
W«s wearing a smile, that white
natural, you could see that there
was something oat of the ordi-
myry back of it, but no one sus
pdpted it being a girl until he
girl
si daily could hold the good news: T*' .
no longer He declares the
charming young lady came into
hi* home with both eyes open | lh. U,in« b„ worked 4cbarB
and that the first vocal effort was
achievements in municipal gov
eminent wrough by tlie import-
ed city manager.
When Dayton went to pieces
after the deluge it was obvious
that unusual steps were essen
tial tor rehabilitation. The old-
fashioned governmental methods
were too clumsy and circuitous
and would not do The senti-
ment was that they even wauled
an improvement over the Halves
ton pian, which served to restore
that city when it was tumbled to
wreck by a tidal wave.
The city manager was tlie so
lution. A city manager is juat
that a city manager. He occu
pies toward the municipal cor-
poration the same relation* that
a general manager does toward
any other corporation H i s
authority is almost absolute, but
so is hi* re*|>onslbility. The re-
sult is a highly centralised form
of government, with no trouble
in getting tilings dene, with no
difficulty in placing responribili
tv, with no graft and a minimum
of lost motion Commissioner*
handle each department aud
form aa advisory council, but
word rests with the
manager.
Tlie Atlanta dub woman says
It became known
morning that the
nwned by G. D. Helton and '
Hhjros, consisting of dry
iidles aud gents furnish
groceries and all kind of racket
goods, would move into the big
brick recently completed and
owned by W K. Glasgow. The
buildings are modern with large
plate glass fronts and are ideal
places for such business.
The News is always glad to
see our business men branch
out and equip themselves to
serve the public better, lb*
move will be made about the
first of the year. On another
page of this issue of The News
will be found aa advertisement
in which some of the closest
prices ever made by a business
firm of West are m-tde.
Tlie new lioine of the firm will
be especially fitted up for their
convenience and wlnAi completed
will be one of the most commodi-
ous places In the city. The firm
is composed of live progressive
business men and juat such rapid
busmens strides are expected ef
such .excellent gentlemen and
live wires In tlie commercial
world.
“Twee Seed, Better, Best"
Will be the theme next Sun
day morning at the Baptist
church. At night, by special re-
quest tlie pastor will preawb on
"Born of Water." Our regular
Wednesday night prayer meet
ings are now conducted by
groujw. Tho men have charge
of two meetings, tlie women one
and the young people one each
month. It is now tho pastor’s
joy to have part in two weekly
cottage prayer meetings. Toe
one on the east aide which has
been going on since summer,
meets Taursday night, Dec. 10,
at Mrs Commander'*. A cot
tage prayer meeting on the south
side had it initial meeting last
Tuesday night at Bro. Newman's.
Next Tuesday night it will meet
at Bro J. Y. Smallwood*. These
cottage pray - meetings are es-
pecially enjoyed by ail who at
tend them.
Work For InmptoH
Instructions have been issued
by County Judge George N.
Denton on behalf of the county
commissioners'court that those
in etiargo of operations on tho
McLennan county highway*
must get busy a* soon as iwsst
bte in order to give much needed
laiior to a* rnauy person* aa pos-
sible Work was practically at--,
stand Mil during the tWC'-nt wot
spelt, but the estimah * have
been approved tor ;dl tho con-
tractors to road improvement
district Np. 2 and the gangs are
getting busy again.
The hfty mules, rented by the
jnty to
daddy.”
Mr. Jones says it i* now nec-
essary for the Democratic party
to look elsewhere for presiden-
tial timber since tlie young lady
is not a young gentlemen. He
also asked us to say that he!
in Dayton. She spent all her
childhood there. She knew the
havoc wrought by the flood. Yet
so swift anti efficient has been
the work of the city manager, so
finely lm« h* molded the co-op-
rrotinn of the elliwtna that she
declares no une now could real iae
doesn’t care about any j tbe city had town visited by a
town boys trying to make friends lwttaclysm "The only thing *
with him now. j missed was
The News with their manyj*Md. "Ho#
friends extend congratulations.
the pianos, ” she
is that?" she was
asked "Why, the people have
no money to buy pianos, or to
a—a ---- spend on luxuries, and they are
not spending it." 8he gave the
J. R IViIasek an<l|J I. Walker city manager full credit, though
are fellow* who believe when she said the commissioners were
they have something to sell it is j Wl'^ selected and doing their
worth advertising. Isuvt week j there '.re eighteen
Mr. Polasek became in need of a cjty manager* in America. Home
delivery horae, he piaccd an ad ! are nut a* good as the men at
in The West News sod as a re j Dayton, but as a whole the flam
suit of which, made a deal for a 1h. ** «!'vn ^tofacUmi. The
whole philosophy of its workings
horse me day the paper w:-'' j *e(iarating jmiIiUi U from gov-
printed and had numerous calls(erninent, running a c'ty likes
tor several days after Mr. Wal business. Viewed by this Stan
k«r is a good advertiser Hejdard, the city manager may be
B one step toward the elimination
came in p.wsnssion a few day*jof ^ jm*postalbt« city tmas
ago of * n.«* *P*n of mole* and , gpeed the dav
having no special l tied tor them ------—
placed an ad^in The West News.
Result; be aold the moles at a
larrafl Nsrrswly Minn Bsith
Austin, Dec. 9. Comptroller-
__,_T „„ij j !elect H. B. Terrell, white on a
good price and could ta™“w!(iw hunt on the Fowler ranch
another team ’hut be was lacking; uc>ar (.Vwlerton, LaSalle county,
the team. There are tow lasue* jnarrosly escaissd Isung shot by
of Tho News that dor< not con the itceidental discharge of a
tain an ad from both thus gen- shotgun loadeA with buckshot
A, ui .the Mr- Terrell, whb returned today
ternen. An ad p. 1. ft m W (ruL1, Ui(, hunt which last lieu
N* cost* HttV, vvr> t6UI of bis ex^iuoK expert
compared with the number of ienc#> A nMmcun, which wau
jSKqdf wko read it If you have |injr B
sonethteg to sell, want to
rent a pin aa,
1 a hand,
t»y one of tb»buut-
accldentally dis
ttie The Nows.. o««e.
sl«» passing close
i head. This
Help tils firoesryMM
The iiousewives of West can
render a service to the groeerjr-
men of West by co-ojierating
with the n to the end of lessen
ing the number of deliveries that
must be maie rash day. If all
will order their groceries by 10
o’nky-k in the morning, sc ihst
one delivery only be made to say
particular section it will lessen
labor and increase efficiency
After you have made your order
and you think of live cents worth
of something, don't force the
groceryman to make an extra
trip through the mud and cold.
You would't do it, would you?
Ajed Map in Pool ot Blood
Dallas, Texas, Dee. 9 —Lying
unc-ouscioua in a |>ool of blood .
T. T) Craig. 72 year* old, waa
found by a passerby on Madison
street last night. The aged man
was the latest victim of highway
man who have been operating
recently in Dalia*.
The attack O i T D. Ciaig, who
ha* lived in Dallas for the last
twenty-seven years, in one of the
most brutal which lias been im-
ported to the police lately. Ia
many respects the details of the
assault correspond with those of
Die attack on Major Gibson.
In ritorls to reduce crime to
Dallas, Mayor W. M Holland
stated today that an extra force
of polio* officers will b* put to
work within the next tow days
Tlie men will work only at night.
It 1* planned u> ineiosie tlie
lorce by K«, at toast.
Officer* doctor* they have
never beforo been confronted
with such aw.
103
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AH tlie little folk*
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Terrell, H. B. The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1914, newspaper, December 11, 1914; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588352/m1/1/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.