The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SULPHUR SPRINGS GAZETTE, APRIL 6, 1306.
©ije ©alette.
PCBLI8HED EVERY FRIDAY BY
tion in the southwest. Yet we 'do
little or nothing to bring men and
capital here to cWelope our coun-
McDANIEL PRINTING COMPANY, ! try. We believe if we could get
L. H. Avinoer, Sole Owner; jour people to think -seriously over
... ,......._ I this proposition a few mundents,
Enttrtd u the po»toffic« at Sulphur sprtngi, Tcjjj, wc could organize a 15,000 club for
or transmission through th'r mails as sicond class $u'p|lur Springs in forty-eight
matter. -4
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION—SI.00 A YEAR
invariably tn ADVANCE. » vou wt»h the in a speech before the state sen-
raprttconno^ you «n,. vour ^ripfon t Senator Chambers of this dis-
at least a week tocw eaeptrattwr. by sc doing you
win not :tv.js a numrar. trict, referred to Governor Lanham
a week-kneed governor. 'Sena-
fXMB»iKWA--i»r^jsi^iMtw^rs*o«s tor Chambers did not weigh his
thr tinr t» «fcr* «<ar tatocrvtiw it M*. That Jw06 °
ntr«is tut»*«rs«te<n»tis« ttfifft#*tik first <»> of AVOrjs. or his judgment is poor.
Ji*ur>. 1906. «t *««f Mtr »itl Ir OiKOilitord in- 1 "
irtss »o« rm». Lanham has proven that he is a
change of u»o*fss.-i*»*«)o««oot tu nirta man 0f broad mind and strong will.
of yoor mtr ckmt4 *t*tr atoms »t tHOdi yoorr-
ceivr it,Mdto»#*# yo« »*#itckMffd. To prove this we cite you to Ill's
£ [pruning of theapprapriatieos-.bill,
successful operation of the iron
furnaces at Rusk, and dozens of
_ , . , I other things he has done. Then,
Trusts seem to bear a charmed x , < „
... too, to some ot the things he retus-
hfe. For fifteen years or more . t . u - , . . ..
’ , ted to do. He refused to call the
candidates for office, state and na-f, . , a .
; legislature together in obedience to
tional, have been advocating meas- , , . , . , . >
’ . . * ,, the frenzied screams of a lot of
ures which we were assured would ..
, , : light thinkers; he calmly withstood
knock (he trusts into krngdomcome, insmuatio„s anJ thrusts o( hjs
but when these measures were en-
acted into laws, the trusts found a
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reports that it is a success. Now,
here is the whole thing in a nut
shell: If other folks can use it in
building good roads you can do the
same thing if you have as much
sense as other folks. The only
way to prove that you have as
much sense is to make a drag and
work your roads with it. You can
make one for a dollar. If you
wont do anything toward improv-
ing the roads you ought to be com-
pelled to wade mud up to your—
neck.
enemies who tried to make capital
. - , .,. - . out of his refusal. And, toopwhen
way sto.escape them, and the trusts , , . .
. , I the time came for the salons to be
still live. However, we may take
consolation from the fact that the
people are still on the top side of
terra firma and manage to eat three
meals a day and drink some.
The trust-buster still has a job
and the trusts and the people are
thriving.
The Mt. Pleasant Review com-
plains that a great many persons
who are proven guilty of violating
the local option law in Titusjcourity
are acquittedbjrthe Juries. It puts
the blame on the local optionists
and says “they vote the county
dry and then refuse to do anything
to aid in enforcing the law.” The
point is well taken. No law can
or will be enforced unless public
sentiment is in favor of it, and
that sentiment must be boldly ex-
pressed whenever occasion requires.
Unless the officers are backed by
the law abiding element, the offi-
cers cannot enforce a law.
called together to undo one pf their
blunders, he summoned them to'
Austin, told them what they were
expected to do—and by the eter-
nals, he whipped them into line
and made them do the right thing.
Sam Lanham is a man of1 nerve,
and the criticism of no man can
make him do that which he thinks
he should not do, nor can it make
him leave undone that which he
thijiks he.should-de.—
If you are a progressive man,
agitate the question of a 15,000
club for Sulphur Springs. Surely
you would like to see the town
grow. Then do something to make
her grow. The Gazette will give
money to aid in carrying on the
work of advertising Sulphur Springs
and Hopkins county. We will not
pay our contribution in hot air.
We will pay it in cash money.
Will you join us? If so, tell the
editor and he will talk to the other
citizens about the matter and per-
haps we can let the world know
Sulphur Springs is on the map.
A newspaper man cannot live on
pats on the back and assurances
that he is a good fellow. If he
would keep his nakedness covered
and escape dying by the starvation
route he must get pay ror his labor
and adopt the cash-in-advance
plan for subscriptions. The Ga-
zette has been following the cash-
in-advance subscription policy for
four years and its good. However,
there are a few who think an oc-
casional pat on the back is all we
require.
We have almost concluded that
the country which has the greatest
natural advantages is the country
which makes the least progress.
We don’t know why this is. It
may be that we'ean earn alivihood
too easily. Take Hopkins county
for an example. Here we have Another whack at the folks in
almost unlimiten natural resources, general: That split log dfag we
We have lignite, which if develop- have told you about is being used
ed, would make the county rich, in many of the largest and most
Aside from our mineral deposits, thickly populated counties in Tex-
we have the best agricultural sec-1 as, and,from every section comes
The truth can never perish. It
embodies immortality. You may
retard it for the time being, but it
will gird itself and forge forward in
due time. You may stab it to the
heart today, but tomorrow it will
experience a happy resurrection.
It cannot be destroyed. It will
live when worlds crumble and the
stars fade from heaven.—Texas
Christian Advocate.
We shall be careful in the future.
We lifted our hat politely to a mar-
ried woman last Sunday. We af-
terwards heard that she remarked,
The old goose, he wants to flirt.”
Within a few weeks wo will hear
the fruit raiser and the truck grow-
er complaining because there is no
market for his produce. He will
talk like the vyhole^oriJ is “agin”
him and the devil is sicking the
world on. Thef fruit grower and
the truck raisej, can prevent this
condition if they will. Let the
Fruit Growers Associations make
estimates of the acreage, the prob-
able yield,and correspond with pros-
pective buyers telling them that on
or about a certain date there will
be so many cars of this and that
product for sale at Sulphur Springs.
Let the Association also agree that
it will give a rebate of a certain
per cent, to the buyer who buys
two cars, a greater rebate to the
one who buys three cars, a still
greater rebate to the one who buys
four cars, and~-so on. This will
stimulate competition toward the
close of the season and help to keep
prices up. Some two years ago
we were in Greely, Colorado, and
the..potategr0wers of that section
told us they operated a plan simi-
lar to this. They also pay the
railway fare of buyers who come
to them and buy a given amount of
their produce. Resolutions and
complaints of “robbery by the com-
mission men” will never bring
higher prices. The truck growers
alone can solve the problem and he
must use commonsense business
methods to do it.
A number of Texas towns are
advertising and making a strong
effort to induce, immigration. That
they are successful we have no
room for doubt. In fact, so great
has become the tide of immigration
into Texas that railroads of the
eastern states are planning to or-
ganize an anti Texas society in an
effort to stop the people coming to
Texas. This convinces us that the
eyes of home-seekers are turned in
our direction. This being true,
why does not Sulphur Springs do
something to induce some of those
home-seekers to locate here? To
make the question broader, why
does not Hopkins county enter the
list of bidders for desirable home-
seekers? It does not require a great
sum of money to do this. Will we
remain idle while other sections are
reaping the rich harvest? Surely
we can do something along this
line.
You Can Surely Afford a Week’s
inaw Recreation Yearly
This means jo you a well physical being plus
added energy plus a good clear brain which
IS HEALTH, WEALTH AND WISDOM.
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Agent,
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Ass't. Gen, Frt, and Pais. Agent,
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QM HOOVER, -j
Traveling Psisenger Agent,
Governor Jeff Davis, of Arkan-
sas, defeated Senator Berry in the
recent primaries for the nomination
for the Onited States senate. This
is good news for us. We think
Jeff Davis is an honest man; he is
not the slick-tongued kind, but calls
things by their right names. When
he thinks a man is a thief he calls
him a thief. This plainness of
speech, and the additional fact that
he is generally able to prove his
assertions, has made him a number
of enemies. However, his enemies
cannot prove anything against him
that an honest man need be asham-
ed of. They call him a demagogue.
But that’s' a mighty common ex-
pression. Many a patriot has been
called that.
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The , editor of the Kingsville
Spokesman is the fir^t man to make
good in the matter of publishing
the name of an alleged grafter. He
charges the city tax collector of
Kingsville with collecting fees in
excess of statutory allowance.
The editor of the Spokesman is
named W. J. Gannada and the
name ot the tax collector ,i« J. C.
Wells. Judge Bradley might follow
the example ol Mr. Cannada
A foolish woman believes every
thing her husband tells Iter, a wise
woman pretend# to. /
Address to Knights of Pythias.
The following address was delivered
by W. M. Pierson of Winnsboro Lodge
No. 186 at the second Annual Meeting
of Knights of Phythias, Ninth District,
at Sulphur Springs, Thursday night
March 8th, 1906. The speakers sub-
ject was, “Lessons of the Rank of
Page,” and was as follows;
District Deputy Grand Chancellor
and Brothers:—When I received your
invitation to be with you ou this oc-
casion and speak on “The Lessons of
the Rank of Page,” fond Memory, a
pensive Ruth, went gleaning in the
fields of the Past, and as in a vision I
beheld the ripened harvest of Phyth-
ianism, rich in its countless deeds of
Friendship, blessed with the Ave
Maria’s of its Charity, ennobled with
its Benovelence, while over and pene-
trating the glories of its Past and
Present I seeriied to see tho Golden
Sun of Promise kissing away the ling-
ering mists, while the Divine Bene-
diction, soft and mellow, shone like
the fringe^of a silvery sheen on the
borders of a sunest cloud.
I remembered too, the lessons taught
me about sevbn years ago, for they
made a profound impression on me
mentally, morally, and physically,
and like the unaccommodating ghost
of Banquo, without classical reference
to which no speech would be com-
plete, the memories and impressions
of that night will not down. I took
all threee of the degrees and the
Grand Orient on the side the same
night, and by the time they got
through with me I had almost come to
the conclusion that the Knights of
Phythias Lodge in its numberless de-
grees and rites was like one of the
new fashioned repeating rifles the old
backwoods soldier heard about. The
old fellow was Anally captured and
the first remark he made was:—“I
would like to see one o’ them new-
fangled weapons of youru. They( tell
me, sah, it’s a most remarkable en-
strument. They say, sah, that its a
kind of a repeatable, which you can
load it up enough on Sunday to fiah it
off all the rest of the week.”
The first glimpses of united exemp-
lification of friendship we find in the
legends of the Pythagoreans, who
flourished about the 4th century be-
fore Christ. Most of them are now
dead. Their teacher, Pythagoras,
lived before the time of history, yet
his influence has been felt by men
wherever human virtue has been
cherished. The Pythagorean Broth-
erhood was linked together in Clubs,
and their example in this direction
was so contagious that it has even ex-
tended into the twentieth century
and is now no uncommon sight to see
the modern benighted Pythagorean as
he wabbles his complacent way home-
ward from the Club singing “Gath-
ering Myrtle with Mary,” and won-
dering why there are so many
moons out to night. But the
Pythagoreans, whom we as kind
of sarcasm call heathen, were
taught to subdue their passions, and
to endure with patience the vicissi-
tudes of life, believing that this
brought them nearer to the gods.
They believed too, that the souls of
evil men passed into the lower and
more degraded animals* while the
souls of good men purified by upright
living would rise to a higher existence
and in this they were quite near to
the philosophy of the true religion.
Inspired with this spirit of fraternal
brotherhood two friends of Syracuse
became knit together in loving bonds,
and through the mists of mouldering
centuries one still sees the gleaming
Vestal Fires on Friendship’s holy
altars.
As the panorama unfolds we look
again upon that Grecian scene. We
see the condemned Damon, and can
almost feel his agonizing heart-throbs
as he thinks of the loved ones at home
and gazing out with longing eyes
sees “Night, sable Goddess, from her
ebon throne, in rayless majesty
stretch forth her leaden scepter o’er a
slumbering world.” But, ere long the
gloomy dungeon becomes transfigured
with a holy radience, and Damon be-
holds his Friend The exchange is
soon made, and the unforgetting cen-
turies have told how Pythias became
a hostage for Damon; of how the fair
Calanthe besought her lover to fly
from his self-imposed dangers; we see
Damon’s wife clinging to him in the
agony of despair, and even when the
horse is killed that he was to return
on we see Damon undaunted remem-
bering his friend in bonds for him, set
out on foot, and finally reached the
execution in time to save his Friend.
It is a spectacle well worthy to be
framed and placed in the picture gal-
lery of the Olympian Gods! The dust
of vanished centuries has long lain
o’er the mouldering forms of these
two friends, and in the great democ-
racy of Death they mingle with the
slumbering tribes of dimly remember-
ed olvillzationa, but, Memory catchei
up the chords of human sympathy,
holy echoes swell and adoring songs,
and vibrant Memnons chant in deep-
souled organ tones the chorus of
“Friendship even unto Death.
Based upon this touching scene the
order of Knights of Pythias vaa
founded, it was founded at the tine
when the blliow* of war submerged
our fair land. It wat born amid the
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roar of the cannon, the rattle of
musketry, the crash and shriek of
shot and shell, but side by side with
the crimson flag of War floated the
snow-white banner of Pythianism,
and amid the furrows trodden by the
warhorses walked this mighty throng
of Peace upon whose hemlet no 9tain
has ever rested. And, I believe, that
to the noble Friendship of Pythianism
and is glorious principles can be trac-
ed in great degree the final cement-
ing of the union of this reunited coun-
try. As Moses of old, Pythianism
touched the rock of human sympathy
and abundant streams of helpfulness
gushed forth, and like a father it join-
ed the hands of North and Southl and
pronounced over reunited brethern
the unspeakable benediction of the
seventh beatitude. Yes, we are in-
deed reunited, for when the tocsin of
war with Spain was sounded, from all
over this fair land, from North and
South and East and We9t, came the
mighty response, and the Nations of
world looked on at the grand spec-
tacle as the sons of the blue and the
gray wheeled into line and to the mar-
tial strains of “Dixie” followed the
“Stars and Stripes” to victory under
the leadership of that gallant Confed-
erate Chief, General Joe Wheeler.
We have learned the answer to the
question of Cain is, “Yes, I am my
brother’s keeper.” We have learned
that the answer to the Shield of Pyth-
ianism emblazoned with its holy trin-
ity is a protection from the shafts of
envy and malice, and constitutes
man’s highest tribute to the onward
march of the Nations.
In fact Pythianism has become such
a factor in this government it re-
minds me of the old mule that used to
haul greenbacks from the Printing
Bureau to the Treasury Department
at Washington. Not that Pythianism
reminds me of a mule exactly, except
in its staying qualities, but our need
for it reminds me of this incident.
Every morning as regularly as it
came that old mule would be seen
coming down the street with a cart-
load of fresh, crisp greenbacks from
the Printing office for the treasury.
The old mule would back up and
dump a cart-load of the sinews of
war. A patriotic citizen who lived
across the street, was sitting on the
doorsteps one morning looking mourn-
fully in the direction of the mule,
when a friend came along and no-
ticing him in such a sad mood said to
him:—What’s the matter with you
that you look so bad? Are you sick?”
“No,” was the reply, “I was just won-
dering what on earth would become
of this government if that old mule
was to break down!” So, we Pyth-
ians really wonder what would become
of the government if men should fail
to help their unfortunate brothers,
and Strength should refuse to pay its
Godlike debt to human weakness.
But, I fear I have wondered
somewhat from my subject. Like
the old colored preacher, I have, I
fear, taken my text from a certain
chapter and been going from it ever
since, or like another Sky Pilot of
Ethiopia, who got his text mixed up,
and to the consternation of his con-
gregation announced: —“Brudders and
sisters, I take my text dis mawnin
from de forty-leventh chapter of
Episcopalians, where de Postle Paul
pints his pistol at de Feesians.”
There are some Tabernacles in the
Souls of men into whose sacred cloist-1 t.,iuu
ers no one can go; there are depths in for sale at th^offlee*’ era8ers and 011
the human heart that have neverbeen
sounded; there are thoughts to which
no tongue can e’er give utterance;
there are visions as we stand upon the
isle of Patmos of 9ome High Aspira-
tion which no pen can ever describe,
and there are Hopes dead and buried
in the Cemetery of the past for which
no requiem has ever been sung, and
over whose resting place no monu-
ment of Memory shall speak to other
hearts. But, if we cannot tread upon
this sacred ground we may at least
extend the sprig of Myrtle in the
name of Friendship and give a simple
cup of cold water in the Master’s
name.
It is said of Benedict Arnold that
when he lay dying in a rude garret,
penniless and forsaken, his lips moved
softly, and the physician bending
over him asked:—“Isthere anything
you want?” The dying man looked
up and murmured, “Only a Friend!
Only a Friend! ” We are most of us
traitors some times. Traitors to our
highest aspiration and noblest inpUl-
ses and there come times to us all
when the heart is filled with tears,
and soulsick we long for the touch of
a friendly hand.
We all of us have our dreams of life
and of what we will do in the future,
but too often we march onward with
eyes fixed on the heights seeing not
the outstretched hand of fallen broth-
er, stricken and dying by the way.
It is easy enough, to be a friend and
ride the crest of the wave, but the
true friend is the one who will man
the rescue boat amid the breakers.
It is easy enough, like the eagle, to
lave our pinions in the sunshine
amid the snow capped peaks of pros-
perity, but, ah, so easy to sail away
when the first thunders of Adversity
begin to roll amid those sovereign
heights.
“It’s easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along with a song,
But, the man worth while
Is the one who can smile
When everything goes dead wrong.”
There was recently erected on the
very summit of Pike’s Peak a mag-
nificent searchlight, whose light will
fall upon the Kansas-Colorado State
line, the Royal Gorge, and the Den-
ver and Cripple Creek coal fields. Its
white beacon will carry 280 miles
through the jagged country of the
Rockies. So, thou illustrious Rath-
bone, hast dedicated upon the High-
est Peak of Human Thought and Ac-
tion, a new Searchlight in the cause
of the Fatherhood of God and the
Brotherhood of Man, whose glorious
beacon has lighted and shall con-
tinue to light the way for countless
thousands onward and upward in a
ceaseless | persistence of Friendship,
Charity and Benevolence toward a
larger Truth, a better Liberty, and a
nobler Life.
O, Great Spirit of our illustrious
founder come back to U9 tonight
from the Elysian Fields, rechristen
our minds and hearts for the accom-
plishment of Life’s highest Ideals,
that we may catch the inspiration of
thy presence, and out hearts in tune
with the sublime melodies of a lofty
Pythianism, may sing with thee,
“Do noble deeds, not dream them all
'*■»» day long,
And thus make Life, Death, and
that vast Forever,
One grand sweet Song:”
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