The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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The Fort Stockton Pioneer.
volume v
f-OKT STOCKTON. PECOS COUNTY. TEXAS. JANUARY 31. 1913
NUMBER 43
First State Bank
FORT STOCK TOM, TEX Ah
Capital and Surplus. $45,000.00
Pecos County's First Bank
A Guaranty Fund Bank. Making
It ABSOLUTELY SAFE for
Your Dapoaitory.
Drop in and Soe Us When in Town, and
if We Can Be of Any Service to
You, CALL ON US.
Your Banking Business Solicited
Shaw Abstract Company
Ground Floor
Stockton Building
M. Shaw, Mgr. Fort Stockton. Tex.
The First National Bank
Of Fort Stockton, Texas
WE OFFER
You Prompt and Careful Attention
to Any Business Entrusted to Us
THE NEW STORE
Fresh Country Eggs 35c dozen
Fresh Country Butter 35c pound
I^arge Dill Pickles 20c dozen
l^arge Sour Pickles 12c dozen
“White Swan” Mince Meat 10c pkg.
“Wapco” Hominy 31b. can 10c
Post Toasties, large pkg. 15c
Apples 20c, 30c, 40c dozen
Oranges 30c, 40c, 50c dozen
Lemons, large juicy ones, 40c dozen
“White Swan” Coffee Still Stands Ahead of All
Other Coffee in This Market
Everything
inour House
IS FRESH
Nooldstock
WALL & CARR
GROCERIES-FRUITS-VEGETABLES
TH0NE 47 FIRST STREET, NEXT TO AUSTINS BAKERY.
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J. H. Highsmith’s
TRANSFER
We Meet All Trains
CARRY PASSENGERS
Haul Freight of Any Descrip-
tion and at Any Hour
WART TAROT LOW
ENOUGH FOR REVENUE
CHAIRNAh UtttRWM OUTLINES
M ANS Of WWMTSIh
cosotrvs
NO INJURY TO BUSINESS
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ta Term 11 ( emptitiea
Washington, .Ian. 26. T h e
tariff hf.xrings. covering th«*
fourteen schedules of th«* present
for Pol. R. I
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Shep|iani 17
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senate had fleeted
Sheppard for the unexpired term,
hoiittes and jails, and their decis-
ions U|tnn them* question* an- fi-
nnl and not to I** reviewed hv any
other court. It iipi^ar* from an
ins|iection of the jietitinn in this
case. that the plaintiffs are seek*
6.000 Stop Bough By F. H Weeds
F. H, Woods of Hereford,
Texas. recently purchased 6.000
aheap from the ranches in the
southeastern part of this county.
it immediately voted on the long jng to substitute their judgment living $2.25 for the lambs and
term and there was no op|M>sition. as to the contemplated enlarge-'*3, 30 fur tbe They
......™ ... .... As h>n as the house had voted ment and additions to the Pecos wen driv'*n through the city this
law . along with the free list and for a short term a vote was taken County Court house and jail, for week, on the way to PJ»torage
miseellaneous articles and gen- on the long term. that of the Commissioners Court near ,r*^dfalls. where they will
eral administrative provisions, Without opposition the question <,f the county, and under the
w ill come to a close with the end °F the election of a United States cases cited it is incompetent for
of the week. Wool, perhaps the ^‘^tor tor Imth the long and them to do so. ____
most formidable of all from the short terms w as taken up at 11 While this is true, yet it is also
tariff makers’ standpoint. will Is* o'clock in lx>th branches of the true. that an order or contem- . ,, K • t H
taken up tomorrow w ith pros- legislature. plated act by a Commissioners ’ , . ___
ed* for a statement from wool In the house Sheppard was Court, originated in or based up- _ u;,....._........, ______ u.. ____
growers, manufacturers, import- in nomination by Henry, on fraud, may be enjoined by the
ers and clothiers. Bowie, and seconding speech- courts, and it is contended
The importance of the schedule were wade by Spann. McDan- that the testimony adduced upon
is shown by the average of ♦’•<* '**1. Etogers and others. Johnston the hearing, discloses that the
IH-rcnt ad valorem as a harrier I’la<',‘'1 in nomination by imtirovemont contemplated by, , , . , ,
for protection of the Imr woolen Kirby, of Hams county, and the Pecos County Commissioners u.. ,..........,, ........
industry of this country. The seconding speeches were made by Court, would be an extravagant
imports under schedule last year Bichard Burgess, of El Paso: expense made in the interest of
produced 9 per cent of the total Wortham and others themselves, or a limited commu-, , .
Government revenue, covering In the senate Vaughan placed nit.v, which would be legal fraud. : ' ’
the importation of more than Sheppard in nomination and sec- No such conditions, however, is
$48,000,000. onding speeches were made by disclosed by the record. We will
! Representative Underwood. jsenat°rs Darwin, Warren. Tow’n- not review the evidence, as it is
winter, then will Ik* carried to
New Mexico to Ik* placed on a
ranch.
or in his garage, and now he can
inflate the auto tires with ease
and in so short a time that you
scarcely realize that it is done.
Mr. Brown proposes to keep
his business and Ik* prepared to
satisfy his patrons, by giving
them what they want and when
Business Change.
M. Shaw has sold his half in-
interest in the Shaw Abstract
chairman of the Ways and Moans Lattimore. Johnson and .,uite lengthy, but it is sufficient, Company to c. c R„i|,ns ar,d
/ ' 1 1 ■ n 1 y.lv • 4 r% It 'It II *-* < . IVI I ».llf a a 1 a. * a 111 /* *1 A * •
Committee, has frequently voiced CoIlin8, Johnston was nominat- to say that it wholly fails to es-
to witness the committee’s policy by senator Bailey, of Harris tablish any such contention,
regarding the tariff. county, and seconding seeches Urxrn the contrary, the testimony
“W’e can not,” he said, ”con-i'vere made by Watson, Claud clearly and undisputably discloses
anri allow t*i\f*s to U* so Hudspeth, of Paso, and Me- that the present Court house and
high that they will prohibit im- NeaIu8, . Jail of the county are both inad-
portation, where the taxes will 1 he legislature will meet to- equate, and there is nothing to
gotothemanufacturersandnone morrow in joint session to cast show, that, in enlarging and im-
into the Government’s pockets. the j°,nt ballot for shePI,ard for proving the same, to the extent
We are not complaining against both thf lonK and short terms. contemplated, the court is ex-
tnvpc uhorp thorp is aroasnnablp Morris Sheppard reached Aus- ceeding, in any manner, the au-
amount of importation, but wejtin yesterday afternoon from thority vested in them by law.
are protesting against those tax- Washington and went directly to It is their duty to provide, not
es where they are prohibitive b's where he remained for only for the present needs, but
and where, therefore, pratically a short time and then Proceeded to look into the future and to
nothing comes in. If we pull to the home of a relative. He make reasonable provision for
down the prohibitive wall so felt confident himself and had the the probable future necessities of
that there is some competition assurances h's friends, that the county. The testimony here
and the Government gets some1 he would be elected to the short does not indicate the probable
benefit, the public will be t>ene-1 tL*rm’ as wed as to the othey- existence of fraud, but simply
fited by the gathering of these Be said he would not make his presents a case where certain
taxes for public improvements j appearance at the capitol until citizens are trying to substitute
military maintenance and the j Wednesday at noon, when he is their judgment for the judgment
courts. There is no intention of to *** declared elected by the joint and discretion of the Commission-
reducing the tariff along conqiet- *ess*on the legislature. He ers Court in the determination of
tive lines so low as to disturb W^1 then address the lawmakers, a question, which it is the right
business prosperity. This is the I Morris Sheppard lives in Tex- and duty of the Commissioners
general position of the Democrat- arkana and is now serving his Court to do for itself.”
ic majority of the committee that
will set about during the first
week of February the framing of
the entire new tariff law in a
tentative way for the in coming
Congress.”
Many of the witnesses have
indicated that they represented
virtually all of their respective
industries as well as their indi-
vidual concerns.
Gsfernw Colquitt Will (sue Certificate
•f Henor, for Best Crap.
Governor Colquitt has written
to President Exall of the Texas
Industrial Congress stating that
he w ill issue a certificate of honor,
emblazoned with the great seal
of Texas, to every winner in the
1913 contest for the best crop
yields. This is a splendid oppor-
tunity for boys and girls of Texas
to win honor as well as gold by
entering the great contest for
$10,000 in gold.
B. Y. P. U. Pnfmn Far Siriay, Feb.
S«cm4.
Subject: Elijah.
Leader—Philip Rooney.
Scripture Reading. I Kings,
chap. 17:1-6, by leader.
Elijah in hiding, 1 Kings, chap.
17-Oma Rotan.
Elijah and Jezebel, I Kings,
chap. 21—Odessa Greer.
Elija’s farewell to Elisha. II
Kings, 2nd chap. — Pryor Sander-
son.
sixth term in the house of repre-
sentatives, having been first
elected to the 57th congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the
death of his father. He is an
. Another Big Yield of Alfalfa.
D. W. Thompson, who is one of
the leading irrigation farmers,
attorney and is a graduate of the h,a,s ,3“st fi™hed threshing his
University of Texas and of Yale. alfa'fa. ^ " h.ch
Mr. Sheppard was born May ^.e ® ^ ? T2
28, 1875, at Wheatville, Morris t” the acre. At loots, per lb.
county, Texas: was a student in J is would make $79.75 per acre,
the common schools of Dainger- Ja addition to the seed crop, Mr.
field, Pittshuig. Cumby, Austin Thompson cut three good cut-
and Linden: entered the Univer- t""'s °f hay. which made a little
sity of Texas in 1891, taking the over four tons to the acre. Count-
degrees of A. B„ 189a, and LL. ^‘/the^fcrop^rrt^OOIa"d wholesome pictures are
A. VV. Dunn, The company is
now composed of Judge W. C.
Jackson, J. H. Downs, C. C.
Rollins and A. W. Dunn. This a
strong and reliable company, and
with A. W. Dunn, as business
manager, we predict that the
Shaw’ Abstract Company, will
continue to be conducted in the
same courteous and correct man-
ner, as established by Mr. Shaw.
Accidentally Hurt.
Wednesday out at the Orient
construction camp southwest of
tow’n, a young man by the name
of Johnson was seriously hurt by
falling from a wagon that he
was driving and the wheel pass-
ing over his head and one leg.
The wagon was empty or he
would have been instantly killed;
as it was, he was painfully hurt.
He was immediately placed on
the train and brought to the city,
placed in a room at the Rooney
hotel and attended by a physician.
He is recovering and will soon
be out.
A Good Show.
The Ketzler Company, assisted
by Homer B. Green. Pete Paul and
J. B. Schmitt, put on a fine enter-
tainment Tuesday night. The
Ketzler Company, are first class
show* people and give nothing
but high class entertainments.
Our home talent played their
parts, so well that they could
scarcely be distinguished from
professionals. Nothing but clean
B., 1897, was commencement
showm, and the dramas and com-
^Summary of the value of the «'j«< entertaining and laugh-
University of Texas, 1895; enter-
ed Yale University in 181)7, tak-
ing the degree of LL. M,, 1898,
winning the Wayland prize de-
bate, Yale law* school, 1898, and
delivering the master’s oration,
commencement Yale law school,
1898; became a member of the
27 acres for the season as follows:
Hay . $H>20.oo
Seed 215&25
Total ... $3773.25
This show’s the wonderful pos-
sibilities of our irrigated lands,
w hen intelligent effort is made.
Phil Beta Kappa Alpha of Texas The thr*s*»*J hav f™1" the ^
in 1906.
crop will fully pay all the expens-
Piano Solo—Miss Florence Bull., campaigns of 1904 and 1908.
He was elected sovereign bank- of handiing this crop, which
er, or national treasurer, Wood- makf l^e ff'\one ,of the
most valuable that can be pro-
duced.
Track Layiaf Ciatmi « Ike OiiaaL
Steel is being laid on the Ori-
ent to-day, 35 miles out toward
Alpine. There is only one small
gap of grading yet to be done,
between that point and Alpine,
which will soon be completed.
men of the World, the second
largest fraternal insurance order
in the United States, at Memphis,
March, 1899, re-elected at Mil-
waukee in May 1903, and at
Norfolk in May, 1907.
He began the practice of law
at Pittsburg, Texas, in 1898, and
moved to Texarkana in 1899,
where he continued to follow his
profession; was on the stump in
several states in the national
able. The Happy Hour Theater
is now being generously patron-
ized.
Strang Flew sf Water.
E. W. Bennett & Son have one
of the strongest flow’s of w’ater,
that has, so far, been developed
in the city or vicinity. At a
depth of 200 feet, Mr. Arnett,
who bored the well, says that his
drill dropped down five feet and
within a minute the water had
risen to within 60 feet of the sur-
face. This shows that the under-
ground stream is five feet deep,
but it is only conjecture as to the
width. Mr. Bennett has not
put in his pump, and cor
ly the volume of water per
ute or hour is not known;
probabilities are that it
furnish water for the w‘
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Barry, E. The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1913, newspaper, January 31, 1913; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth806770/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .