The Bowie Blade. (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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i^or Publicity, Moral! tv, iiducation
and Hi versification.
B? WH. HD. Cobb
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Bowie, flDontaflue County, Horns, ffrt'sap, September, 23, ioo-t.
LIY£ STOCK EXHIBIT AT
DALLAS HARVEST FESTIVAL
A Fine Opportunity Tor Texas Owners
and Breeders.
The Jive stook and poultry ex-
hibit at the Texas Grand Festi-
Dallas, October 8 to 16,
at'
inclu
--------- - NOTICE. - ~
To Tax Payers Of Montague County.
i will beat the following places on
the’dates mentioned for the purpose
of oollectiug the taxeafor the year
1934: ,
Nocona..............Saturday Oct. 1
Belcher...,.......... Monday .Oct. .3
~Rings* old...............Tuesday Oef.
Stonetrarg....... Wednesday Oct S
Bowie ....,. .... Fri. and Sat.' Oct. 7-8
'Spanish Fort.........Monday Oct 10
Illinois Bend..........Tuesday Oct. 11
limit a...... .. .Wednesday Oct, 12
S ii.it Jo........Fri. and Sat, Oct. 14-U
Dy?..... v...........Monday Oat. 17
1 lardy. ......~....Tuesday Oct. 18
Forestburg ......Wednesday Oct. 19
tb*....................Thursday Oct. 20
Kowirarp..... ........ Friday Out. 21
Denver.............Saturday Oct. 22 j ^bis exhibit being absolutely fre
Mallard....... ,, .. .Tuesday Oct. 25
Fruitland............Thursday Oct. 27
Sunset..,,,.Fri. and Sat. Oct. 28-20
Cbirtecntb Pear. iHo. 2C
An-Estimate of Judge Parker.
A special writer attached to
the stall of the New York Times
gave his paper a rather complete
sk’ tch of Judge Parker, the
Democratic candidate. In hD
estimate of the man, ttii3 writer
says;..
Happenings Around Salona.
SfONEJURG
Everybody and his wife and
children are busy picking cotton.
“it n? a little unfortunate that
sive is going to be a big success, jhe wae litt,e k?i/-'W.n to his
and from entries already mat
and quarters secured. there 'Witt
be on the grounds the best col-
lection of blooded horses, cattle,
swine, sheep aud poultry ever
seen at Dallas.
Everything in connection with
lour attention 1b called to the fol-
lowing iafornuitiou required in pay-
ment of your poll tax under the new
Jawu - ' ^
Poll tax—$1.75—must bo paid either
in person or by an ug nt duly author-
ized In writing, and the tax-payor or
his agent is required to" furnish, un-
der oath, the following information:
V'our'residence, age, race, occupa-
tion, length of tuny you have resided
in Texas, length of titu
ountryr.mn FTto hf3 nomina-
.USPl.it. D hard to teacb......Ml...fair
-judgment in the height of a po-
litical campaign, where every
word anti aerfon srdistorted, it
he is elected Jthe people will have
ample lime to Darn that ho is u
marl of string and powerful
to the exhibitors, owners " ami chaT.::c;,i,'; on" wll('S! ideals, are
breeders will have the advantage h° arr 'nS Dresi-
of a splendid market, as pur- j'1 nu has not much company,
chasers will be on hand from all ! and who sticks- to ■ tb-se ideals
parts of: the State. This is a : With rho obstinacy that nature
splendid opportunity not only tc i^amed in h.m when she gave
sell blooded live stock and pool- jhitu his bed. hair avd his.....big
try, but to advertise what ;t J l,luf-’o ; one who is us r as pos-
*Vuuhavwre'!cooP8, and it is already
sided ai the county, and number of1 *
breeder has. Already many
have taken advantage of thi-
free exhibition and market to
secure barns,, stalls, pens apd
assured
your voting precinct. ,
- 19'.' 1 pn:l tax may bmpraid any time
brtw. on O.-iober 1.J904, and Fcbru-
a-y 1. 1905; and in order to bo a qual-
ified voter or j'uror, poll tax must be
paid betw cmL^eHo.dat.fm.^1_. .... . -
t nif t‘fx,rcaeipj,c aiyigt. he delivered-'
to any person other than the one to
Whom it 'belongs,.....
. Tbo law n^aiiw it punaity of 10
per cent- on ail taxes collected after
Jaifuary 3I7T903............. ""........ ‘ ' -
. ______ W. Cl. BUAJ.I.KY,
Tax Collector.
that the exhibit will be as good
as was over seen in Texas, if hi ft
better. ~ .....^ ‘
ffbie removed from, tne human
| iceberg type, who is a warm-
' V rt d man, ajjjm fi> liter, and
! a very pejurtf. hum n,
! some
! man.
typical Am eric hu
whole-
gentle*
R-ef'-rrlrtg t
wr
work, the Times
SUNSET ITEMS.
From the Signal.
W. I. Jackson and Mias Mary
matrimony at the home of the bride’s
parents, near Niekleville, Sunday
September 11 at 4 o'clock p. m. Eld.
<h W. Parmer officiating. AVo wish
them a long happy and us’.-^uJ .-lue.
Mrs. W. O. Yager returned from
Nocdna Tuesday Where she has been
with Lor daughter, Mrs. T. Field who
ha. bet n danderouHly ill with Ap-
pendicitis. But wo are glad to learn
h Hoi a improving rapidly.
Bov. R. A' orris re turned ‘WeftneB-
d.iy iron! protracted liieetiugn at
Post Oak and Antelope, . He reports
good meetings. He w ill preach the
first Sunday in erch month at Post
-Oak and the s -coiid Sunday at An-
telope.
for hla
The Fair management extends ! writer enya
a cordial invitation to all 4iy-frj—'The day ,ho resigned from the
«to'ck and poultry breeders in , bench oi : he C 'urt oi Ap noils
Texas to apply* for and fe’, Ach B duy o. jdT Jifi
any time during the Festival. ■ varcer, aud though he kept him*
This is a rare opportunity thati e,Jtt peiti'Ctlyin-emrtroi his re-
Texas live stock and poultry j grot was evident. To the men
men should avail themselves of wLoJiad acc^ mpauied him from
Eaopus to Albany that day
bales
cotton to date.
W. 8. Robinson says one ob-
jeoit&B-to the It I*1. D. service
is that it knocks him out of an
excuse for going to town on Sat-
urday evenings, but his wife has
bought* box and Sam- has to
stay at home.
Mrs Hupp has gone to Tioga
to viajjt relatives.
Prof JaarltrFleinihgis suffer
ing from the bite of some poison
oub insect.
Miss Clara Randell is quite
sick with Blow fever. Her moth-
er is recovering from a long spell
of the same disease.
,Rsvt F. O. Miller filled ..the
pulpit at the Methodist ehurch,
here last Sunday, and Eld. N. 8.
Williams preached at the Chris-
tian church same day,
Mr. J. 8. F. McNstt has tur-
nip greens large enough for the
table. Some have a good pros-
pect for fail gardens.
Rev. Martin of Bowie tilled his
regular appointment here Sat-
a.
m and Sunday evening.
W. J. Morris will represent the
p* • P* church at Presbytery
which meets at Crafton begin-
ning Thursilay before the first
Sunday in next month. Our
Sunday schools and Endeavor
seem to have renewed
It is easy
to raise almost anything here
the Judge’s Toys—^h^ntherHis snfHcinn train- fa IF.
Yes> I guess I will attend the
pen reunion rn the 3oth, hut I
feel very small indeed when I
A Banner Fruit Country.
J. A. Youree, estimates that
there will be two-hundred ami
a
new light was shed on the fa-
mous gold standard telegram
1: was evident to them that here
rtnnwereu nited-in the hoi $ bondsof fifty thousand-fruit trees set outj was a man who—actually- wnujd:
—T“-, "
Another Carnival
In Praspect,
The Red men of Bowio are
thinking of having another Car-
nival and Street Fair; thifl. fall.
Somebody certainly ought to see
that there is something doing and
the Red men appear to be the
most energetic citizens we have,
Let’s encourage thorn to push
tire proposition to successful
J. F Ross, as delegate from
the Redmen Tribe, went to
Clnckaeha, I. T, Wednesda} and
inspected the Street Fair attrac-
'thins now exhibiting there with
the view of getting the same Car-
nival Companies for the Bowie
Street Fair. He wired back
that the shows are fine and a
contract will probably bo made
if the fluids can be secured.1
in the'Bowie territory this fall j not have o n d if a nomination
and winter. There was about 'for President had be n taken
the same number set last year, away from him after he had it
making a half million new trees j within his grasp;'his loved judi*
m the two years. W. B. Buck- , cial vVork .would have repaid
nor, who has watched results trjjoa7. An l in their minds it ta a
closely for the three seasons he [question whether he would not,
has been here, estimates that j after all, prefer to remain in the
Elberta peftehee......havo averag-ti; huui bk-r etatiou aud whetiier h«
better than Aa_.jJoiIar per tree, j is not sacrificing the chief pleas-'
the | ure of hts life from”“a" sense of
op e ! public duty, _........ ________
“li is absolutely the belief of
those who know him best that lie
These trees are set 100 to
acre and he is satisfied that
can depend upon netting $1(0
an aore from these peaches. To
show his faith in this proposition I now seeks the Presidency on tire-
he has bought a 90 acre farm iy because o! his de-ire to' re-
near town and will put it in j store the Government to the old
peaches and berries. That thi^ Conatitutdonai-boundaries.....-from
is a banner fruit oountry with v hich it has .escaped in conse-
unexcelled market facilities, no quince of (he encr achment of
one can deny, as apples do the three branches of Govern-
equally as well and, ”in some ment upon each other,
cases, BlackbeTn'CHj—""’"\Vt:nn^lie ha8 duno ffiaF^Ti.e
yield from $7q to S150 an acre, i will be glad to return to private
Some growers have netted as life, ahd hence it was not hard
high as S225, as at least one for him to make his inmounce-
grower did last year, - [ment that he would not be a
-——»*-•*—’—• | candidate for a «• co.nd term.”.
I Iliere it something of a pollti- [
cal sensation in Wyoming over ;
the fact,that Jesse ,\Yr. Crosby,1
one of the republican presided* 1
tial electors for that state, is a
Mormon and polygamist. Th
popular demand for the resigna-
tion or Crosby,—which wttt—bf>
forthcoming, is expected to al- [they be mailed JVlo^d&y OF
mnate the Mormon vote, and | day> if pog3ibief Th0 earlier,
deliver the state over to the th# better H0WGV@r, send them
Be Early' Next Week.
0«r correspondents are e?pe-
cially requested to s«-i:d in their
cbmmunieatious early for . next
undertake to write knowiniH thal;
company
f will be thrown qn
With flu fill n i ione ...»:* 1 -
others who have contributed to
The .Blare ip gone by. ......
1 illy Small came back from
society
energy.
Mrs. II, p. Hunt and Miss Lee
M cPherscn visited friends -at
Crafton last week.
Mrs. Lola White who has beeti
sick for the past throe weeks is
up ugaiu.
W. C. Richardson is getting
along tolerably well at this writ-
ing* . —- -
The cotton-pickers have sus-
pended operations‘till there is
some suushine. The rain is
making late feed crops fine.
Our ginners are keeping Jmsy .
notwithstanding the wet weatherb
One of Mrs, Hubbard’s neigh-
bors says there’s something
wrong when some of the children
in the eounty start to sctioid in
Sepfembor aiid sohie to fhe“ cot-
ton fit'lds. Mrs, II. agrees with
him and thinks the children of
the cotton p 1 antore are not get-
ting justice, They certainly are
n a I- -— * *
vantages, no good local' market,
crop failures, mortgaged homes,
and different reverses. The lit-
the World’s Fair wearing a broad ! children were needed then,
brim bran new hat, which makes
him look almost a man,
Frank Davidson and Cicero
3teele from the plains country
were visiting at Sid Key’s this
week. Mr. S. is a brother and
Mr. D. a cousin to Mrs. Key.
We were blessed with another
good rain Monday, night. The
pastures now look aa fresh and
green as in the epiing- of the
year." . , ■ —
Old IIaySeed.
SENATOR CULBERSON
Writes that lie May Make a Speech
in Bowie Sooa-
Senator Culberson, in response
to an invitatii n from County
Chairman Speer, writes that he
but now many farmers are out of
debt, own tlieir farms, aud have
money in the bank-*,still they are
raising cotton, buying more
land, plantirig more cotton; the
children work on, arid th© aver-
J age countryt school patron
doesn’t even send his children
all "of a nve months, country
school term. This is all true as
gospel and there is something
wrong. We read of little chil-
dren in cities working in facto-
and we lift our hands in holy
horror. We had better look
nearer home and the law regard -
ing child labor should be enfcir<7-
_4-
ed at our doors. Is it right to
deprive children of an education?
We know it i3 not. Wo need
eight months, country schools
... ... , .... , . , and if we thought «o and made
will try to arrange to speak in ,, ,
1 . ! the effort we could have them.
Bowie in the near future, lie is
now ip New V >rk where he will j
make seme democratic speeches
before returning. Following is j
the- letter in full: 4
Dallas, Texas; Soot. 15, 1094. I
Hon John Speer, Bow.9,' T rxaf......f
My dear Sir: : ■,..
I »tn greatly obliged
for~yoUr kind invitation
Idtn instant, to speak at
''fexaa laws provide for- M
months,, but children in the
country average about four
months and .some parents claim
they are making a sacrifice to
send them....even'lor ..that length
of time. Something wrong?
Isn’t there though? Our neigh -
bors never mud# a truer asaer-*
tioh. A i' i >k e y,
to you
of the
Bowie,
VmI y
now v hat 1 can do I will make
an effort to airange a date there '
about which I will write you la* '
ter, I expect to be out of the T*nn“ Put in.:a car laad
State ten days or two weeks soon ,ree8 Howio last
Attention fruit Growers.
The Cedar Hill Orchard and
Nursery Co, of. Winchester,
A fruit
Beasctj, and
S. P. Johnson sells the best
democrats.
OrometSr„,V- and ! *“«>• h»vo I
row eorre^’ioivlent s and a«k that summer a wav, and J hiive a , de ,Tery a ready p. _ .
ne.v5Lc._r * onjcrHa a.m a.^ requests th'apeak in guarantees everything
lues i _ ■ ^ha 11° be true Ap name. See me at
now i Jones & Son’s grocery Btore and
* I will take your order for anything
anyway, out as early as you; 4 ,. , . . , you want. J. A. Yoi ;:Ce. Agt.
ami most fif'ulthful Camlies.
Other stamp photos are not in ;
it, when compared to those made
j can.
number of requests to
1 Tr-xa-,. and ebm>* out of
State, so that I cannot just
Bay definitely what I can do as
to Speaking at your plape,
C A . ('u; 4Wtt80ff,- -
I
•f
by Harris.
See* in-
Fresh Candies and Fruits,' at*
:::
tbts paper soon.
Sr F Jehnmu’sv
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Cobb, Will M. The Bowie Blade. (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1904, newspaper, September 23, 1904; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth642875/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.