The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 225, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 29, 1908 Page: 2 of 4
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TY A T T V I FA OF^R I Sunday, when he said that he believed in ath-
EJ'i\ t I an(j thought baseball a great game when
)EB PRINTING COMPANY
Proprietors
played for fun, but when it was made a profes-
sion then It became degrading. So with
pugilism. When a white inan consented to enter
Ford..............Manager and Editor the ring with a negro to battle for the cham-
pionship of the world he degraded the sport
and certainly deserved the trouncing that he
received. The world’s champion is a negro and
a native of Texas, but that is one product of
whiclj, Texas is not particularly proud, we are
sure. ^
Published every day except Friday
and Sunday.
ered as second class matter February 24,
1908, at the postoffice at Orange, Texas,
under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
rer month .............................^ *$9
"WHY DON’T YOU BOOST ’EM?’
The Texas World takes pleasure in mention-
.$6.00 *nK the Holiday Number of the Orange Leader,
which appeared December 18, adorned with a
beautiful Christmas edition of twenty pages,
besides the cover. This edwon is brim full of
II
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Although rather lengthy, the following from
the Dallas Times-Herald and the Daily Okla-i
homan hits the nail on the head so squarely and1
fits our case so exactly, we cannot refrain from
publishing it for the benefit of readers of the’
Leader. The Times-Herald says:
“In the glow of the Yuletide an editor in Ok-*
lahoma has been telling his readers some plain
yet bristling truths. In the glow of the Yule-
tide it is to be hojied that the readers of the*
aforesaid Oklahoman will read his truths nmb
profit thereby. The Times Herald would rather
praise men and things than roast them. It af
fords its makers more genuine pleasure. Legit-
imate criticism does not come under the caption
of ‘Roast ’Em,’ and the ‘Roast ’Em’ advocates
should let the idea as well as the difference per-
colate through the brain cells in their omniums.
Now this Oklahoma editor (he wields a Faber
on the staff of the Daily Oklahoman)'has trou-
ble* of his own and his troubles are not the
troubles of his readers or the troubles of the
‘Roast ’Em’ tribe. Listen to this sermon from
the very a|**x of his lofty eminence:
“ ‘The gas supply was running low on a re
cent wintry day, in consequence of which
large number of local consumers were shivering
in their homes. ‘\Vhv don’t you roast ’em*
came in a veritable chorus to the Oklahoman of-
fice. The power was off intermittently the oth-
er evening as the crowds were filling every
available inch of spare on the street ears for
home, occasioning much delay and annoyance.
‘Why don’t you roast ’em?’ inquired everybody
we met. The lights went out the other evening
just as everybody was sitting down to supper,
necessitating a resort to either lamps or tallow
candles during the meal hour. ‘Why don’t you
roast ’em?’ is the gratuitous advice heard on
every hand. * My neighbor’s chickens come into
my yard and destroy my garden,’ complained
an irate citizen recently. ‘Why don’t your
pajier roast people who keep chickens in town?’
Nome bootlegger or jointiat having eluded the
vigilenee of the officers, had sold a bucolic vis
itor an overload of contraband spirits not long
ago, of which he had iinbibrel too freely. A*
he reeled along the street looking for a stead}
footing, every otlnjr man we met stopped t«»
inquire ‘Why don’t you roast 'em?’ And so
jt goes, always has and always will. Nine out
of every ten men imagine that the chief func
tion of a newspaper is ‘roasting’ |*-ople and in-
stitutions. If anything goes wrong, the news
paper, like fools, , must rush in where angels
, fear to tread and ‘roast ’ somebody or something
or it is derelict in its duty. On numerous oc
cations we have offered to print ‘roasts’ at the
hands of roaster# on condition that they attach
their names to the same. Without a single ex
ception they have refused to engage in the
‘roasting.’ Yet they ask ami exjteet the nows
jiaper to do something which they, for one reas
on another, refrain from doing. Their inoral
cowardice is exceeded only by their audacity.
How m the world ,the notion obtains that a
newspaper is a ‘roasting’ institution passes
comprehension. Where it gets license to turn
itself into a sewer for carrying off the spleen
and bile of every man who is suffering from
some temporary annoyance w ill probably- never
he known. The truth is. a newspaper is a bus
iness institution, much after the fashion of any
other mercantile enterprise, which lives and
thrives on its worth. If it followed the prac
tiee of ‘roasting* everybody and everything in
sight it would probably exist about as long as
any other chronic fault finder in a mercantile
pursuit whose |s-tulance and irritability drove
business away instead of attracting it. It would
be equally as reasonable and not one whit more
audacious to ask the groceryman tq ‘roast’ a
easterner for (M-rmitting hi# children 'to play
in the street with dirty faces as to expect the
newspaper to rave and tear its hair every time
something goes wrong with each individual sub
Hcriber.’
, ‘The Times Herald tips its hat to the editor
of the Daily Oklahoman and wishes him a Hap
py New Year and a year’s absence from the so-
ciety of the ‘Roast ’Em’ tribe. His sermon to
the tribe should make the rounds of the press.
‘Why Don’t You Roast ’Em?’ One hears it
1,000 times a month, and 999 of the * Roast
’Eras,’ when invited to reduce their complaints
to writing and attach their signatures, on the
promise of being given their ‘roasts,’ invariably
retort, ‘No, I quid not do that, you know. It is
not my business.’ Mr. Roast ’Em is a peculiar
individual. He is willing to strike a man or
an enterprise from amlmsh. But he is not will-
ing to be held responsible—to face the music.
‘Happy New Year to; the ‘Roast ’Ems.’ May
tribe decrease.”
Johnson, a Galveston negro, is the
fht champion of the pugilistic* world,
white man who will enter the ring to
with a negro deserves a licking and
re Burns what was coming. With a
the champion prize* fighter of the
Italian winner of the Marathon
to be on the B U M.—Dftl-
instructive reading matter relative to our great
waterways, rice and lumber interests, all of
which is beautifully illustrated, and bears con-
spicuously evidences of its appreciation by the
public by a liberal li$t of advertisements.
Typographically, this edition will compare with
any aud as a whole it reflects great credit upon
the management and the thriving city from
which it hails. May its prosperity never cease.
-Texas World, Houston.
The State Teachers’ Association of Texas
convenes in Austin today in annual convention
and it is given out in advance that the Asso-
ciation will adopt strong resolutions favoring
the proposed compulsory education law in
Texas. There are many arguments for ami
against such a law* but, on the whole, we be
lieve the arguments in its favor are very much
the best and the leader favors the enactment
of such a law—with the proviso, of course, that
the compulsory law will carry with it the sup
plying by the state to the pupils of their text
books.
CORRESPONDING RAISE IN THE
PRICES DUE TO FISHERIES
TREATY WITH CANADA
Greed of Fishermen Rapidly Exhsuet-
ing Great Industries of the Lakes
and Catch of Sturgeon la Growing
Smaller Each Year.
Washington, Dec. 29.—There Is to
be a big slump In the American cav-
iar market with corresponding raise
in prices In the nonr future, due to
a new fisheries treaty that has been
drafted for adoption by lhe United
States and Canada It is Intended
to control the fishery industry on- the
great lakes,’ a mater that has 1>een the
subjeet of international negotiations
for many years. ‘ ,
Kish experts have declared that the
greed of fishermen Is rapidly ex
hausting the great industries of the
lakes and “that the catch of st urgeon
Is growing smaller every year. There
Is special significance in the decline
of the sturgeon catch because eggs
from this fish furnish the bulk of the
so-called Russian caviar The propos-
ed treaty prohibit the catch of stur-
geon for a period of five years, thus
furnishing an opisirtunity for propa-
gation of a new supply The Cana-
dian and American fishermen deny
that there is any shortage In the stur-
geon catch and laugh at the claim
that there is a scarcity of sturgeon
caviar Just the same. It Is proiaised
to push the treaty for ratifcatlon
Eight white men in one parish in Txmisiana
were recently indicted hy the grand jury under
the recent concubinage act passed by the Louisi-
ana legislature, the object of which is to break
up the despicable habit so fredv indulged in
in that state of white men cohabiting with
negro women. It’s a disgraceful state of affairs
and it is hoped, for the sake of lauiisiana, that
other grand juries will' be as diligent as this
one, and begin to throw the light of .publicity
upon these illicit relations.
Those people who are conducting tin* big
pineapple plantations in Cuba have discovered
that the pineapple crates manufactured tit Or
ange are the very best to be had and have placed
large orders with the crate factory at this place
for the coming year. Manager Smith of the
box and crate faeorv say s thnt be lias found
this (’uban trade very satisfactory and he ex
nects to devote a good deal of attention to it
during the coming year.
From E. (’. Palmer & Co., Ltd., the lug print
»rs’ supply house of New Orleans, comes the j
following appreciated acknowledgment of the!
Christmas Edition of the leader: “We no-|
knowledge with thanks receipt of the holiday j
issue of the Orange leader, and want to com
pliment you on the high grade of printing
shown therein, and its general appearance.” j
Sunset Special*.
The Sunset Route announces the
usual holiday rates, one and one-third
fare a round trip, to all points In
Tcxaj and to points In fxinUI&na weal
of the Misslaslvpl river, Including
New Orleans Tick*-!* to point* in
Texas will be mi sale December Ik
to 26. inclusive, IVcembcr 31. 190S. j-
and January 1, 191*9; to point* In
Ijoiitslatia December 22 to 23, inclus-
ive. December 3'*. 1, lfNtS, and Jan-
uary 1, 1909, exc-i-r that ticket* will
be on sale to New Orleans on De-
cember 19th, 2*tt), s*nd 2Dt Final
limit of tickets, January 5; itw»9, ex
ceyt that*tieki ts sold to New Orleans
on December 19, 2'; and 21
limited to January IT, 1909
will be
17-tf
Rotter of 31st
Legislature
Fort Worth. I>.<
2 .....Th»* TfflAK
'OtninfiYlftt Rd*rr»'ai
rU'S* AwDf-K^atioti
* iiuiBtng a pamphU
:t form r-tntor of
nK>nkbem of tin
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ill rnH*wilH>fr» of ‘
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rHAUirtal dlatrtet u
kjs>:*tfc«*r w5v.li the
f lubo ar»<l imp m *i'*ap#*r» In
uch district The
momber* of tIt*
iat laTttala:ttn- «ho
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rri- *'-)(■- are t--o 1
ii«tpel The book
i r.x7 ItK-hcs in »tx
m. ,Vi atid
Unless Ifsa Good Store
It Will No t Tay to
Adbertise It
gssELaas.’Ts.. r&rrasr:
jNLESS you know a person—unless that
person comes into your life in some
way—you are not greatly concerned
about whether he is good or bad, desirable or
objectionable.
It’s so with a store. The people who never
visit it care nothing about it one way or tha
other. It doesn’t exist—for them. But—when
they are persuaded to patronise it—when they
come to turn the spot-light of their attention on
it—when it comes to have a part in their lives,
as some stores must have in ail lives—then it’s
different; then it DOES matter whether it,
strives to win confidence; it does matter wheth-
er or not its price concessions are genuine, de-
pendable.
If it meets all tests that a good store must
stand when it is advertised—when it thus in-
vites the critical attention of people—then ad-
vertising “makes” the store. If it fails in most
of the vital things—if it proves, under the light
of publicity, not to be much of a store, THEN
ADVERTISING WILL NOT PAY-for it will
emphasise shortcomings as well as merits.
For the*** nHimr rrMnni It I* generally u-
mimed that the afore which duo*not adver-
tise I* arrkiiig to avoid rlu*rln*peetl«n and
romparlMU, and. the store which doe* la
charting them-
HUGHES, HARMONY
REPUBLICAN SLOGAN DURING
ADMINISTRATION OF NEW i
YORK'S GOVERNOR
(a run
bound
in i wr> rolons,
sMWK'b
Cloud on Hen ion of Harmony, on Ac-
count of Gov. Hughes Wonting Elec-
tion lftw» Changed About Direct
Primary Legislation.
of the statement of one of
a sermon preached last
Representative Chaney announce* that bi-
bb 1 vailing for a canal commission, a* drafted,
will fix the maximum price for water rental* |
at $4.50 !**r acre. This will, without doubt,
bring out a vigorous protect from the owners
>f irrigating canals, all of whom claim that
profit* in the past have been too small to justi
fv the immense outlay of money necessary to
the construction arid maintenanre of the canal*
and pumping plant*.
According to the denning*, lai.. Herald, any
l»ody can fill the office of mayor, but it take*
an vv{M-rt id run the waterworks. It says:
“The city eofrm-il cut the wages of the only em-
ployee who ha* to lie on duty day and night.
The man who rums the waterworks has to have
some exjvert knowledge, .while anybody can till
the office of mayor.”
To Try Mexican ’“Pdtnoti*’
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jM’cirtd *hai fb** ffar*4*’ M«‘i .*■»»
Mafcon. Y'Hmrrra) Mid Hbcrt
MFft ht jd '‘iowflim
A fix**!** jtii i$nc« July T.
d on trtf*l m*st month «f»
»f viriUi itix tii# ffonttmlHy
I’rtliH fftntc** Tin# pris
*«f wfcftfyi art- rdUnr# and
i <t>l !»•#** proft^sor,
?hr*' orjtarj 1*1 nif Jwfttu of
t Utwrmi party. and Aft*
mvv l***«*ti engaged tR frr
i ArtPd rrvttiuUon mgaitiftt
a v* rumen t from ierrl
t$t nt^-s
frif fund* for The df-
Ai***nv,
jmd lUnmmv
cj*ti » Logan d a
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lit t# A** Hw* RrjwWi* I
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on ali M« rk
hdx bet1 n
Mr rnft#d
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right of a frrt
Mlwral jiarty
an cltlarna to
r ire nlaird
ft i« ad
ha Hot i n
fHtht for
Repirts coming from every city and conv
munity in the state, almost without exception.!
are to the effect that a building boom i« in
prospect for the coming year. This is true of j
< trange, where a very larg«* amount of building
is being planned and every indication |M>int* to
an exceedingly busy year in the building trades.
con»( ft. ut lorn! Hiltti I
irxtion of fbt’ii iiKuttif, thwb
• Hi tiffin n#xt Friday, (kn$r*
»or will ht* n»twMh
r4*r»*moRi*riii irf mu chmrmf iw
Th# AhirmifrHi«»a which marked
ttovmfw&m *s»a»t»«»AO Uw NnHwHAwh
Amv# tlD'd out and At ii (ktl
Mr Htigh** will hive the aim***! tin
divided of H*epnbiiciio
Iw-rx of the IcfijfciMturtr »i the tuxl
»o»Akkai.
j The only rknid t>» the honton of
J harmony ut the pfwHit Urn** In on
j ncxcMinf of the fotiHWi whiter f*tr
! chntt f**# in ?Jw inti ini
| larly nhottt dlvcv * primary
j rtt m t- ( halrruAii Woodrttff lx oft
| »»r<l *• ftvorin* the* direct prlmnn?
M«U) of the UuM&cru ariM&iid
not *iih hint and
new IrglaiftUoti on fhls
The work of shelling tbe streets is going for-
ward every day and it will be a question of only
a short time until Orange will have a* good
streets as any city in the country that i* not
enjoying the advantages of asphalt or brick
paving.
We have had occasion recently to partake of
oranges grown in tlii* county and oranges
grown in California, and we find the home
grown oranges very much more delicious in
flavor and sweetness. Fn fact, the oranges
grown in Orange county this year are by far
the finest we have ever eaten, either from Flow-
day, Louisiana or California.
With the p#i**r mill and the box factory both
very largely increasing tlieir facilities at Or
ange, there seems to lie no doubt hut that the
ntilization of waste products from the saw mills
has been proven a complete success and a new
avenue of {nrofitable industry,opened up to the
world. 7
Poultry Show in Gotham.
New York, IH'f. 28 —Tbr «**uit*nt
cr*>win* tif cock*, lhf* constant oueklc
of hens, t he cooing af plgroou. the j
fltthcklug of duck* Aixi *ii the tnulUIu j
(lltlOttN lulls.-- (if * thouMamt ‘i.irrtiasl>
combined in one arc pchfitcy ibcough
•»iji Madlaon Square Gudtn today. a»
nouncing the iipcnlng of the tw»n
ticth tiallcwtal exhibition of Ohs New
York Poultry, I’igwon and i’et Stock
Association Tomorrow the mewing
uf htiudrcd* of YcliDec will b« added
|to the d!n of the fowl* and bird*,
when the Atlanta Cat Club open* It*
seventh anntt*! rlwBipkniiilk show
In the concert hall of the garden.
Thl* year's show 1* bigger than
i-Ver before and there is every indica-
tion that the garden will be crowded
every d*y until the clone of the ex
Htbitlon Saturday evening The an
nual poultry ahow affords New York
era the nearest approach to rtfra!
aceni-a and nolke* of any exhibition
of the year and i* aiwaya well pat-
rontaed •»
•yatecn
the stale d(
will op[sise
Una.
’Chairman
there I* an:
Woodruff denies that
cloud on th>- New York
Reimblican boriton, and declares that
the coming adminDtrstlon of tkiver
nor Hughe* »ill he tbe neat »uere»»
ful in (hi Malory of the atate
The Daily and Weekly I-eader on
(era tbe homes of nearly all of Or-
ange and Orange county Therefore
advertising m It payw
It is said that saloon keepers in Shreveport
are going to give whiskey away, free of charge,
on Thursday night next, o^ier to get rid of
all stocks on hand before the new vear dawns.
What an opportunity for Alkali Eye or
of our fri
West Virginia Lawyer*.
Huntington. W. Va., Dec. 2#.—With
a program of addreaaea. diaruaaluna
and official reiiort*. the twenty-fourth
annual aeawlon of the Worn Virginia
Bar Aaaodatlon waa opened here Ibis
morning. The principal add re#* of
the convention will be delivered thl*
evening hy Chief Juatice Simeon E
Baldwin of the ConnectIqit Supreme
Court of Error*, whose ettbjeet wlH be
* Narrowing Circle of lndlvMu
THE LAST WEEK
Tonight
Chase-Lister
Theatre Co.
UNDER CANVAS
raiSINIING
CHRISTMAS IS OVER BUT YOU'VE STILL GOT
TOEAT
The Nrw Yrar i» cotton* and we have already made our reeo-
lulton. We have rW^ferd to give our oittomrrt the very b«t
poaaible tervirc in the vf\ of GOOD GOODS, rratonable
prtce* and prompt *emce. > >/ti had better revolve to to girt
u* a chance at poor patronage and
"PHONE US FOR 6000 THINGS TO EAT"
FORp,.-f- .AS.ASTRUNK
OLD PNOIE 131 IEV NONE 117
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THE FIRST OF THE YEAR
tK« Mmontn n4 ib* AwuM
h«*t a b*ll» He **jrr fHr
ipjMirttnwim are ttnrtty
ft tour {‘‘iimHrifcg m M, »'i#t it
Otrt, If Ijhf fiib ll A tltdf rut
to lhf? hsthtifom thrum «i amsr
H$fh i«h« jk»f l?W£l *f*U litre
*#* At f« h»fHe tht <f»tm»rvv rre*
lure «n in.i mrr «lfryt iht
•f baMewt W«f hMili tub!
*m4 t*iirrutm i« y ufn)>mg# etm#
bare
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5
W. E. McCorquodale
Plumbing and Tinning
WEAVER & SON
SHIP CARPENTERS AND BOAT BUILDERS
w, build and rapan L.uihU* of all MM». Tug SwM* and B«wgn Owr yard*
»rt ••«-***,I Iwtwtvn the l utrher k M<mr* Lumbar Company • t«n> mill*. Bog
faolrtiat ia *b* South lot grfting lumber New Phone J?|
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
New Year MaUaee 3:00 p.m.
Prices 10c
kl«00 Stall
Pargwrtt*
! taali M
reritnMBCC Siam at 8 p. m.
lacMt* Rear Hfkit
i
m SNIP YAM or
M. J. CAPRAL
la now in opormtioo. Vemelt
can be hauled out and repaired
at reasonable price*. Modern
boatt and apeed launches a
specialty Ship yards below ()r-
«Ht« JUunber Company Mill.
JNO. J. BALL
aataat riaut
“Tht Refalar Tawa Natary'*
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