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JACKSBORO GAZETTE.
VOLUME XXVIII.
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JACKSBORO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1908.
NUMBER 40.
CONSERVATISM
COURTESY
PROMPTNESS '•
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SATISFACTION AND AMPLE GUARANTEE TO OUR PATRONS to
know that they are doing business with a STRONG INSTITUTION with THIR-
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INTERESTS are mutual. Our Officers and Directors are men of sterling char-
acter and unquestioned business ability, and we are in a position to handle any
banking business you may have. We are exceedingly proud of our splendid list
of customers. We appreciate your business.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
W. A. Shown, Pres’t Ellis Mitchell, Cashier A. G. McClure J. J. Perkins
E. W. Nicholson, V. P. J. H. Timberlake J. W. Spencer J. H. Waiters
J. G. Mullens, V. P. E. A. Gwaltne’y S. Castleberry
PROHIBITIONISTS
PLAN HOT FIGHT
ALL BRANCHES TO UNITE TO
SECURE SUBMISSION OF
QUESTION TO PRIMA-
RIES.
PLAN OF_CAMPAIGN
Submission Committee, Under
Chairmanship of Sterling
P. Strong, to Have Full '
Control.
Fort Worth, Texas, March 1—Re-
placing the Texas Statev Prohibi-
tion Federation and allied organiza-
tions invthe battle for swinigng Texas
to the dry column, but with the hearty
co-operation and support of the sus-
pended bodies, the Democratic submis-
of power put the party on record as
favoring giving the people the chance
to vote on the question. With this
platform demand, the leaders of the
latest movement fail to conceive of a
Democratic legislature ignoring the
mandate of the sovereing voters and
declining to give the people the op-
portunity to amend the constitution
if they desire it.
As expressed by one of the leaders
of the prohibition federation, “We
fouhd ourselves up against the prop-
osition of getting a Democratic legis-
lature to agree to the submission of
the question to the people. This forced
us to abandon our original plans and
wage the war within the ranks of the
dominant party. We are not trying
to transform the party into a prohibi-
tion body, but instead to favor a Dem-
ocratic principle—that of giving the
people a voice in a great question.”
Nevertheless, the amalgamated cru-
saders profess to realize that the
fight will, regardless of the vote in
the primary of July 25, revert to the
legislature. Consequently the plan
adopted yesterday is to inject the is-
sue of prohibition into every senato-
sion committee, formed at the meet-
ing of Texas prohibition Democrats riak and representative race schedul-
held in Fort Worth yesterday, will
immediately launch a campaign for
constitutional prohibition in Texas.
Sterling P. Strong of Bowie, former
candidate for state treasurer, is at the
head of the new organization, with
Democratic members from each sen-
atorial district. State headquarters
has been selected as chairman of the
Democratic submission committee and
will open headquarters in Dallas ear-
ly next week and begin active oper-
ations in accordance with the oragni-
zation plans adopted at the confer-
ence today.”
Members of the Democratic submis-
sion committee include many of the
foremost workers in the federation, j
and the new movement virtually
means a temporary transfer of effort.
After the primary the federation, it
is understood, plans to resume active
charge and then push the prohibition
fight.
The committee thus far formed is
as follows: s
State chairman, Sterling P. Strong of
Bowie.
Advisory Committee: —
O. S. Lattimore of Fort Worth, Chair-
man,
Dr. George C. Rankin of Dallas,
Arthur W. Jones of Dallas,
R. C. Merrit of McKinney, t
T. F. Thompson of Waxahachie,
F. F. Hill of Denton,
Judge R. F. Spearman of Greenville,
H. A. Ivey of Sherman,
Geore W. Owengs of Dallas.
NORTHWEST TEXAS
TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
- a- e—. r.- •
Annual Session Held in Jacksboro, a Meeting of Value
Educationally. Addresses Delivered by a
Number of Eminent Educators of Texas.
The Northwest Texas Teachers’ As-
sociation convened in the district
court room at 9:45 Friday morning,
February 28th, and was called to or-
der by President L. Z. Timmons.
The exercises opened with “Ameri-
ca,” sung by the Association, and ih-
vocation by Rev. C. S. Burgess, pastor
of the Baptist Church.
The following address of welcome
was delivered by Mayor Fitzgeraid,
who was in splendid shape, and he
First district, H. W. Vaughn of Tex-j was frequently applauded. He said:
arkana. j Mr. Superintendent, Teachers, La
Second district, B. F. Crosby of Sul-j dies and Gentlemen:—As mayor of
phur Springs. Ithis thriving little city, and in behalf
Third district, B. B. Sturgeon. of its good citizens it is my distin-
Fourth district, R. E. Cofer of Gaines- j guished privilege to extend to you a
ville- hearty welcome. To you I fling wide
Fifth district, R. D. Thompson. I open the gates of our city, give unto
S.-.th district, Epps G. Knight of Dal- you the keys, and bid you do as you
*as- please, and will say that do as you
Seventh district, H. C. Geddle of may, there is no court within the cor-
Nfnecla. porate limits that shall review your
Eighth district, A. G. Brown of Long-j actions, or in any way molest you.
Feel free. We are not so large as
some cities; but our hearts are as big;
F. N. Drane of Corsi-
ed for this year. The one fear of the
prohibitionists seems to be of the sen-
ate. Fourteen senators hold over and
the prohibitionists claim a majority
of them to' their cause. Seventeen
are to be elected. It is in these dis-
tricts that the* prohibitionists expect
I to take a hand and endeavor to elect
are to be opened in Dallas early this I men favorable to their cause. The
week and efforts to perfect suborgan- form of ballot, agreed on yesterday
izations in every county in the State opens a feasible way to inject the is-
will he begun at once. March 14 has sue into the senatorial races,
been fixed as the date for cohnty As to the alower house, the Prohi-
inass meetings of prohibition Demo- bitionists are confident of having the
crats, and ,the nearness of this date j required two-thirds support. By elect-
actests the speed with which it is ing a good majority of senators they
proposed to advance the crusade for hope to muster up a two-thirds ma-
‘ Texas dry 1910.” jority in the upper house.
Surprising is the action of the re- If assertions made at the conven-
cently formed prohibition federation tion are made good and the enthusi-
in surrendering its work to the Dem- asm shown is kept up, it is consid-
ocratic committee, but it was a fore- ered a safe forecast to say that be-
gone conclusion that the prohibition yond all doubt the voters in the
Democrats would decide on one of two Democratic primarycf July 25th will
forms of prohibition and map out* a be forced to cast their ballot either! in
campaign in pursuit of victory along favor of or against submitting the
the line agreed on. Whether statuto-1 question to the people’s vote,
ry or constitutional prohibition ^vas I Members of the prohibition federa-
ihe question, and after lengthy con- j tion are prominent in the convention
si deration and much argument efforts J right from the start and it was evi-
toward securing a constitutional J dent that they weilded a big influ-
amendment was determined upon as lence. But not until after an execu-
tke most feasible and at the same tive session of the executive board of
time promising. Several of the prom- J the federation, held directly after the
Jneut Democrats present favored adjournment of the convention did the
statutory enactment, and the commit-I intention of the federation to turn the
tee on ways and means was divided j reins over to the strictly Democrat-
ic to three factions. The majority re- j ic organization become known. Ex-
P mt called for petitions to the Dem- I plaining the action of the federation,
ocratic executive committee to place I Secretary H. A. Ivey issued this of-
the question of whether a constitu- jficial statement: 0
tional amendment shall be submitted I “The executive committee of the
ta the vote of the people on the pri- J State prohibition federation met af-
mary ballot of July 25th, thus in- I ter the adjournment of the Democratic
tending to put the party on record as I conference and voted to suspend ac-
fa coring the giving of the .opportunity tive operations until after Demo-
to the voters to express their prefer- j cratic primaries, so as to leave the
ence. The minority report called for Democratic submission committee free
statutory prohibition, and a substi- to carry out the mission entrusted to
* tute opposed the effort to “transform it.
the Democratic party into the Prohibi I
tion party.
Heated discussion arbse and lasted
for nearly two hours, with the result
of victory for the supporters of the
about at the end of the controversy
constitutional idea. Peace was brough.
and all declared for the campaign as
outlined.
The plan adopted by the prohibition
Democrats requires first the forma-
tion of petitions to the State Demo-
cratic executive committee, asking
that the question of submitting the
matter of a prohibition amendment
to the constitution be placed on the
primary ballot of July 25 for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the wishes of the
majority of the Democratic voters.
F. Plummer.
S. L. Benham
\ iew.
Ninth district,
eana.
Tenth district, O.
Eleventh district,
Waco. ,
Twelfth district to be filled.
Thirteenth district to be filled.
Fourteenth district, S. W. Blount
Nacogdoches.
Fifteenth district, B. H.
Huptsville.
Sixteenth district, J. V.
Houston.
Seventeenth district, j. E. Pierce of
Bay City.
Eighteenth district to be filled.
Nineteenth district, to be filled.
American manhood upon the storm-
tossed and rugged coast of New Eng-
land until now, did this nation stand
in greater need of men possessed with
integrity, honesty and strong charac-
ters. They are needed in the public
service and public office of every
branch of the municipal, State and na-
tional governments. In the private
walks of life, under the roof-tree’s
shade, on the highway—everywhere.
From the frozen regions of the north,
to the placid waters of the south;
from ,the Atlantic seaboard to the far
away Occident where the day dies up-
on the breezy heights of the Rocky
mountains, comes the never-ending
cry for men who will dare to do right
under any and circumstances; men
wrho can stand firm and unmoved like
the everlasting hills, when the storms
of corruption, bribery and mammon
rage in high places,
been given, the cry
cause embezzlers
Powell of
Dealey
we may not be blessed with as many
advantages, but our hospitality is just
as great. 4
To you a most glorious mission in
the progress in this, the twentieth cen
tui'y, is assigned. The men and wom-
en who will soon rule the destiny of
the land, and shape and promote the
happiness of the human race are to-
day in the morning of life—the school
room, the preparatory state. Luther,
a great reformer, and most powerful
pulpit orator, once said of your call-
ing: “Where would preachers, law-
yers and physicians come from if the
liberal arts were not taught. Then I
Post Office Department, in National j Pr°uiptu speech. Prof. Holaday is
Banking institutions; members of the ! we^ known in Jacksboro and his pop-
most exalted legislative body on the ! Parity is unquestioned and his friends
face of Vthe earth are charged of ac- | are many> all of whom appreciate him,
cepting money in violation of the law; an^ »ive him cordial welcome,
the judiciary has caught the crime and ^e teacher as an instructor was
Federal judges are being impeached a^y discussed by Judge H. McLaren
for malfeasapce in office. This condi- of Young county.
tion exists not because of incompeten
cy intellectually, but because of
want of strong and unwavering moral
characters. Where shall vfre'hJrtr for,
redress? To whom snail we appeal? To
the teachers and mothers of the land. At the afternoon session Miss No-
Twentieth district, D. E. Simmons of j say jio one can ever sufficiently remu
Austin.
Twenty-first district, G. C. Johnson
of San Marcos.
Twenty-second district, to be filled.
Twenty-third district, to be filled.
Twenty-fourth district, Judge A. B.
Stephenson of San Antonio.
Twenty-fifth district, J. «JP. Sewell of
San Angelo.
nerate the industrious teacher that
faithfully educates children, as the
heathen Aristotle said. If I were to
leave off preaching and other duties,
there is no office I would rather have
than that off school teacher; for I
know that this work is with preach-
ing the most useful, greatest and best;
and I* do not know which of the tw*o
Twenty-sixth district, F. M. Newsman is to be preferred. For it is difficult to
of Brady.
Twenty-seventh district, Judge J.
Durrett of Belton. ’>
Twenty-eighth district,
Kirby of Abilene.
Twenty-ninth district,
Hereford.
Thirtieth district to be filled.
Thirty-first district, H. H. Halsell.
B.
Hon. A. H.
L. Gough of
CITY TO BAR ANARCHISTS
Chicago
‘The following resolution regarding
finances was adopted:
•Resolved, That in behalf of
unity in the work and harmony
among the forces, we earnestly
request the anti-saloon league, the
Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union, the prohibition party, the
local option association and ot|i-
er temperance organizations to
refrain from soliciting funds for
campaign purposes and confine
their soliciting of funds to their
distinctive work heretofore done
by them, and leave the new state
prohibition federation to handle
all funds for state campaign pur-
poses.
“All funds heretofore subscribed or
make old dogs docile, and old rogues
pious, yet that is what the ministry
works at, and and must work at, in
great part, in vain; but young trees,
although some may break, are more
easily bent and trained. Therefore, let
it he one of the highest virtues on
earth faithfully to educate the chil-
dren of others who neglect it them-
selves.”
1 know that great is your mission,
grave is ybur responsibilities and mea
ger your compensation, from a pecu-
niary standpoint; but, from a stand-
point of usefulness, which is the true
standard, you tow.er like the moun-
| tain cleft, that rears its massive
structure high above the wafer’s sur-
Reds” Trying to Enter
Kansas City.
Kansas City is now threatened with
a flood of anarchists, as ananchistic
leaders in Chicago are reported to be I face, grand aqd sublime,
making an attempt to extend their in- J You have gathered here for a noble
fluence in the former city. It is stat- purpose,—to become more proficient in
ed by Kansas City people that dur-1 your profession; more powerful in
ing the last few weeks members of I character that you may inspire your
Crotian settlement in Kansas I children; more magnetic that you may
the
City, Kansas, received by mail cop-1 enthuse the ybuth to higher ideals of
ies of the Crotian anarchistic paper j life, and in this day’s beginning per-
publisheS in Chicago. J mit me to sound the alarm of this
Many of those who received copies j country’s need. I know that educa
of the paper formerly worked in the I tion means a complete development of
Chicago packing houses and werel the mental, moral and physical man.
transferred to Kansas City. They all That to neglect either in the educa-
declared they did not order the pa- 1 tion of the youth, and a most serious
pers. The publication contains arti-J defect in the life of the man occurs,
cles attacking the Catholic church and ] But I want to say that the welfare of
If these petitions contain 10 per cent j collected for the state prohibition
yfc
afesn&
of the voters at the last primary—and
the prohibition Democrats are confi-
dent of easily getting the required
number—the committee will be com- ]
pelled, under the James law passed
the Thirtieth legislature, to comply]
with the wishes of the petitioners.
campaign should be sent to E. H. Co-
nibear, treasurer, of the Prohibition
Federation, Dallas, Texas, until the or
ganization of tie Democratic submis-
sion committee is effected. All „such
funds will be turned over to the treas-
urer of the Democratic submission
all forms of government. Rev. M.
Dovorin Krempotie, pastor of the
j Church of St. John the Baptist, which
has Crotian members, said today;
“There have been some attempts
of anarchists to work in my parish.
They met with little success, howev-
er, and caused me no trouble.’*
It is feared a large delegation will
be sent here and ponce are on the
lookout. A strong effort will be made
to bar them from the city.
in anything belonging to it.' It is a
matter of little importance to me
whether my pupils be destined for
arms, for the church or for the bar.
Before the vocation assigned him by
his parents, nature calls him to hu-
man life. To live is the business I
wish to teach him. When he leaves
my hands, I acknowledge that he will
be neither magistrate, soldier nor
priest. He will be first of all, a man.”
This I think the greatest lesson of the
pupil, and it should be the acme class
in every school in the land. First of
all things be a man. Broad, liberal,
conservative, conscientious and true.
And when this lesson shall have been
w*ell learned, civilization’s path will
light up with a new splendor and all
will be wrell with the nations of earth.
The response was made by Superin-
tendent J. S. Holaday of Clay county,
who was in his happiest mood and re-
s gone forth be- ' sP°n(Ied in that .genial manner that
found in the j only s’Jch men can do ia an im~
The demand has
Mr. Rodgers, editor of the State
School Journal, Austin, then made a
short talk advocating the patronizing
of home journals and magazines.
Afternoon Session.
Teach a high standard 1
honesty and integrity. Place honor
and honesty at the top of fame’s lad-
der, and mammon at the foot. In-
spire the youth with high purposes in
life, and inculcate into their very na-
ture a supreme contempt for the faith-
less, wayward and coward; to place
honesty above riches, to ever hold
aloft the banner of right.
There is 'another mistaken idea
among some, and that is that in or-
der for the young man or woman to
be useful and great, that some profes-
sional life they must choose and fol-
low. I do not discourage a fixed pur-
pose in life, but what I mean is this:
That the true man upon the'farm, on
the cow ranch, behind the counter, at
the blacksmith forge, at any , honest
avocation that he can well fill is of in-
finite more good to the civilization of
the twentieth century, than the petty
statesman whose office is too large for
his abilities. The opportunities of the
one for good is greater than the oth-
er. With an enlightened and ' noble
citizenship all is well. Don’t think
for one minute that your life must
have some publicity to give it
strength, for if the strength does not
come first, publicity wTill add weakness
It is not every grea,t man or woman
that is known to all the wrorld.
“Full many a gem of purest ray se-
rene,
The dark unfathomed caves of
ocean bear;
Full many a flow*er is born to blush
unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the
desert air.”
I believe that the true teacher can
oftimes tell or discover the peculiar
aptness in the nature of his pupils,
character, j ra Rouse of Jacksboro read a very
able paper on reading in the public
schools. }
Superintendent George D. Ramsey
of (Fort Worth then made an enthusi-
astic address on the work of the coun-
ty superintendent. The same subject
was also discussed by Superintend-
ent Willis of Denton.
Hon. F. M. Bralley of Austin, of the
Conference for Education, made
address for more thorough and
tter education and longer school
terms for the country.
Evening Session.
At the opera house Friday evening
a very large audience was present.
Superintendent Timmons in a pleas-
ant manner introduced Professor
Alexander Hogg of Fort Worth, who
discussed the problem of how shall we
educate 1,000,000 children of Texas.
Prof. Hogg is an educator of national
reputation and one of whom Texas
feels justly proud. His address was
worthy of his subject* and he gave
valuable statistics from official re-
ports and r*cords. Prof. Hogg said:
Now* the census statistics of the
United States report in Texas the pop-
ulation between the ages of 5 and 21—
1880 ........................ 749,505
1890 ........................1,086,213
1900 ........................1,454,326
Or in two decades an increase of 100
per cent.
Number of teachers shewn in same
report—
1SS0......................... 4,334
1890 ...................... &.961
1900 ............. 14,680
Or nearly three times as many in
tw*o decades.
State Superintendent’s Report
shows between the ages of 7 and 17
sllpi
0,
and if he is sure that he has done this, , . . . , . 1f,n- ..
^ A . I beginning Sept. 1st, 1907, there were
then cultivate it. It a young states-|_____„ , __
man is seen ih the nature of the schocl
boy, then cultivate the talent; if a sue
God gives birds their food, but they
must fly for it.—Dutch Proverb.
This will give the prohibition Dem-j committee when he has been selected |
©crats opportunity to marshal their | and bonded,
forces, and if they have the balance
this nation and the life of this repub-
lic depends upon the complete and full
development of characer. The greater
,per cent, probably 75 per cent of the
tnen and women in this country are
educated under the roof of the public
school. In a government like ours, ]
where the power to govern is derived
from the consent of the governed, it is
absolutely necessary for the proper ad
ministration of justice and good gov-
ernment that the populace be properly
educated. This fact was so recogniz-
ed by the first President of the Repub-
lic, also by Adams, Jefferson and many
others, and today it is not questioned.
cessiul journalist ris seen, cultivate
that; if a stock-farmsr, encourage it,
but educate each and all and lay pe-
culiar stress upon the standard of char-
acter. There are tens of thousands
today trying to make a living at some
calling to which they are unfitted, and
at w^iich they are making miserable
failures. Educate the youth to be a
true type of manhood, and he will be
useful in any sphere he chooses, but
let him select his avocation for the
good that he may do, and the love of
the work, rather than the money he
may gather therefrom.
A great French educator said: “All
Bears the
1 Signature
“Sterling P, Strong of Bowie, Texas, J 0f
The Kind You Have Always Bought
I want to say that in no time in the men are equal, their common vocation
(history of our Republic, from the day is thfe estate of man; and whoever is
[the Puritan planted the signals ofjw’ell brought up for that will not fail
enrolled 893,441, not including the
private schools and colleges. But
this school population should be be-
tween six and twenty-cne, or at
least between seven and twentv-one.
These would easily make up the one
million.
How* to meet this education: —
Taxable values of Texas:
1906 ....... $1,221,159,869
1907 ................. 1,635,295,115
This shows an increase in one year
of $414,137,264, .or an increase of 34
per cent.
But a report from the Bureau of
Commerce and Labor puts the prop-
erty valuation in Texas at three bill-
ion ; and you will recall that our tax-
es In the future will be upon the act-
ual values. Then we shall have at
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