The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1904 Page: 1 of 4
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The Relugio Review.
Only Paper In The County.
Published In The Interest Of Refugio County.
Subscription $1,00 per sa'num.
VOL. 6.
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS, JUNE 24,1504.
NO. 24
VVe are soon to celebrate the
o ieates-L^'; --n* national holidays;
.4 ot °
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO
BEEVILLE.
■"vTisi t' ifaf'- dornburfe,
ing harvest proclaiHF
-crTields and ripen- <• '8e> ^une 17> ^S8j.
11*
h, a bright
East
will lon^nday was a day that
„ . . ,;<i. • • 1iJfb ' be remembered bv the
sun cheers it and the heariVif^ifLeris pf Beeville. The excite-
ment was caused by the g ppear
ance of the long’ looked for iron
freemen bid it welcome. From
t iie lisping babe in the cradle to
the aged wariior whose .gray }10rse. It was announced that,
hairs are fast sinking in the wes- j the passenger train would be
tern horizon of life, every voice | jlere at 5:15 p.m., and at 4 o-
will on that day be turned to the j (-.joeic the inhabitants of the Prai-
accents of Liberty, Washington;
Country, The American Consti-
tution is the purchase of Ameri-
can valor. It is the rich prize
that rewards the toil of eight
years of war and blood. The
'Constitution is the great memo-
rial or the deeds of our ancestors.
(J11 the piilar and on the arches
of that dome their names are
written and their achievements
recorded. Wuiie that lasts it will
carrs Gown tne record to future
ages. Great Britain had carried
tue fame of her arms far and
wide. c*he mi i reached tier arms
uc. oss the Eastern continent;
had numb led France and Spain
and given laws on the banks of
the Ganges. A few scattered
colonists' did not raise up to con-
tend with such a nation for mere
renown. Tuey had a nobler ob-
ject, and in pursuit of that ob-
ject they manifested a courage,
constaucv and union that de-
serves to be Celebrated not only
by every reader of the Review,
but by every poet and historian
v hile language lasts, it is fitting
as our nation’s natal day again
approaches that mothers should
present their children with a
word painting of the little ship
“Mayflower.” It was in the cab-
in of tills little craft that the
charter was established as the
rule which would govern the Pil-
grims upon their .‘landing on the
aieax and desolute shore of Mus-
sassciiusctts. was the germ of
our constitution, was the seed
winch, though cast in a rocky
and ioi btddiua soil, has grown
and flourished until it has be-
come a tree whose branches and
shade have overspread this con-
tinent, whose fruits are culled by
i he eager hands or the patriotic
ui over tneworld, that they may
i> pm .ted in otuer souls and
near irun, in other chines. Let
us look forward with happy an_
ticipation to the dawning of
Fourth of July morning and
teach our children to properly
observe the day.
Let every town aud city m
Texas organize and keep up a
live home industry club whose
members pledge themselves to
stick by home factories, home
colleges, home merchants, home
printers, home everything. Noth-
ing will do more to build up a
genuine love of aud loyalty to a
town on part of its citizens, and
without this no town can pros-
I >e r.—Home Ad vocate.
It is though'", that if bandits
should, rash in and take Judge
Parker off to the mountains, he
might be induced to say some-
thing.
rie City began to assemble on
tne depot grounds. There were
in that assembly the old man
and the young, the black and
the white, all were there to be-
hold a sight that none had ever
seen, a passenger train in Bee-
vilie. Mr. J. E. Barker, a quiet
and polite gentleman, was con-
ductor of the train, and we were
glad to make his acquaintance.
Mr. W. M. Barrett was the engi-
neer who drove the first passen-
ger train into Beeville. He in-
formed us til at. he drove the first
8. A. & A. P. engine over the In-
ternational railroad to San An-
tonio, and had been on the S. A.
A A. P. railroad ever sine-1. Mr.
Barrett is a large, portly, hand-
some looking gentleman. We
hardly know which attracted
most, the train or the people.
We noticed one among the as-
sembly who attracted our at-
tention more than any person or
thing there. It was the gentle-
man who had labored so hard to
secure the railroad, and it is he
to whom this country is indebt-
ed, for his never ceasing energy
until he had secured the railroad.
The above gentleman was Ca.pt.
A. C. Jones. His cup of joy was
overflowing and he could not
hold it all. He waved his hat and
cheered the train as she pulled
in and blew her whistle, and he
would shout, “blow her again!”
when the Captain wanted her to
blow on. When the tram neared
the depot she gave two long,
loud shrill whistles, which were
answered by the construction
Wain.
The only two animals whose
brains are heavier than that of
a man are the whale and the
elephant.
J V. Ellis sold to Will McCa inp-
bell this week, 500 stock cattle
and rented him the enclosure
known as the upper MeCampbell
pasture, for a period of five
years, 229 head were ordinary
stock cattle and were sold at
$12.50, and 371 extra fine cows
at $18. MeCampbell is a colored
man. aud one among the few of
his race in this section that evi-
dences thrift and business acu-
men .—Beeville Bee.
The Douglass, Arizona, Dis-
patch of June 12th, in giving the
proceedings of the criminal court
of that county, says: “The grand
! jury found no bill against Baylor
Walton. The jury iguored the
bill altogether and Walton is a
free,man. He was held for the
killing of W. R. Corson in the
White House Saloon at Doug-
lass on the 9th of April.” This
is the finale of a tragedy in which
a young Beevilliau was one of
the actors. While regretting the
occurence, the many friends of
the father of the you-ng man,
Oa-iit. D. A. T. Walton, who serv-
ed Bee county as sheriff for so
many years, will be gratified to
know the young Walton lias
been held justifiable in the mat-
ter.—Beeville Bee.
Bsn J< - of - Goli h d
Goliad, Texas. * * * * * * * * Established in 1891.
L. A. Msetze & Brother,) fSafety Deposit
W. A. Fetus, - -_-_-r~0B8'{ JFS&K
General |;Jar»Pvinj| Business Gonduetecll^
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SST Accounts of the Public Respectfully Solicited
0. E. SIMPSON Furniture Co.
refugio, . : :
TEXAS.
—DEALERS IN-
..Furniture of Every Description..
ALSO A DLL AND COMPLeTF STOCK OF :
Coffins and Caskets C
Which may be had at all hours, day or night.
Down about Refugio the peo-
ple are anxious for a railroad
The county is one of the oldest
and best in the state. Settled in
a great measure by Irish, many
years ago. It has a thrifty and
most delightful population. But
no railroad has up fco tuis time,
penetrated the county. At the
last session of the legislature the
Southern Pacific tried |to secure
an amendment to its charter,
and in the act it was provided
that it should build a road into
and through Refugio county.
But the bill was vetoed after it
passed the legislature, hence Re-
fugio n people are still crying out
for a road. That they are gene-
rous and energetic is shown by
following quotation from a Re-
fugio paper.
Refugio’s citizens may be short
in some things, but they are h—1
on raising bonuses.—Victoria
Fact.
The Kentucky newspapers have
indignantly branded as a mali-
eib-us canard the statement that
a. Kentucky man died from the
| bite of a rattle snake.
An exchange sermonizes as fol-
lows: “If a man had a $50 pup
he would look after it carefully
and not let it run all ovei town.
But if he had a boy, it is differ-
ent. He is turned loose at a ten-
der age and let go to the devil.
The people often wonder where
the gieat army of tramps, loaf-
ers, deadbeats and sots come
from each decade. They are ger-
minated from llie pure seed
gathered from our homes and
sown broadcast upon the streets
and alleys. It may be your boy
is starting in that direction. At
all events the boy ought to be
given an equal chauee with the
pup.”
W. B. Campbell, Pres., B. R. Stout, "Vice-PresidentP. L. Campbell, Cashier
Number 4565. * ° f ° 0 Organized in 1891.
The First National Bank.
OF GOLIAD, TEXAS.....................CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000.09
. SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS $40,000,00.
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"V our Business is Solicited Satisfactory Service Guaranteed.
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Board of Directors:
W. B, Campbell, R. R. Stout, C. H, Heard, G. E. Pope,
M. W Fowlli, Joe Taylor, R. R. LkM aster.
An old Texas pioneer once told
me that if a merchant wants to
sncced in business he must ad-
vertise his goods judiciously and
liberally. Daily and weekly pa-
pers are indespensable to the live
merchant. He must not put in
a local notice of “Go to John
Jones for best and cheapest gro-
ceries,” run it once or twice and'
expect to have his store jammed
full of people. He must plan,
aud scheme, and have every
newspaper reader looking out
for what he will say next. He
need not ex pest to cut down a
big tree with one blow of a hat-
chet . He must not-expect to fill
a cistern from one heavy dew.
He should not fancy that by eat-
ing one soda cracker that he will
weigh as much as a cinnamon
bear or the corpulent editor of
this paper. Nay, nay Pearline
and Sapolio. He must attend
to his advertising like he attends
to his store, use his local papers
judiciously and liberally, and he
never will make a failure.—Har-
poon.
XL C. HAYBON &
--Dealer In--
Rough and Dressed Lumber.
Boors, Sash, Pickets Laths, Cement, Lime, Brick
O Pains Oils, and guilder's ilateial. 0
Agent for Wood Star and Eclipse Windmill
..........................................WaiiKegan Bark Wire.
GOLIAD,
TEXAS.
PREVENTS THE EXPLOSION
--of-
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gold L. R. JETER, Refugio, Texas.
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Gaffney, J. F. The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1904, newspaper, June 24, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth752398/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dennis M. O’Connor Public Library.