The Smithville Times (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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The Smithville Times
17TH YEAR—No. 19.
SMITHVILLE. BASTROP COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY. MAY 6, 1910
Absorbed /W Transcript
Auriukl 1904
.$1.50 PER YEAR
| Myers In reply to the blank* H“»t
' out to employes of all railroads or
CAPITOL CITY LETTER
Austin, Texas, May 2, 1910,
The State Health Department last'the State. He selected the firemen
Friday wrote to the State Veterlnar- ,rom which to make this statement,
tan of the Live Stock Sanitary Com-] These statistics show: The average
mission, and asked him to come to number of miles run per month dtir-
Austin to aid in the formulation of inn toon by eighteen firemen on thlr-
plans whereby a thorough inspection i teen different lines of railway was
MACHINE OF ANOTHER
BOSS liOES TO SMASH
Indiana Democrats Endorse Kern for
Senator, Putting Taggart and His
Crowd Out of Commission,
of the dairies of the State may be
i arrled out to determine what rat-
tle are suffering with tuberculosis uni
should be eliminated from the herds.
Th'> is a feature of the advisory code
recently adopted.
Henry Clay Pierce is attain the
principal owner in that ousted cor-
poration, is back in Texas doing
business as before and no secret Is
made of the fact. When the Waters-
I’ierce Oil Company's property was
sold several months ago at public
outcry here by Sheriff Matthews,
iif.l it was bought by Colonel S. W.
IFordyoe “and associates." it was
then hinted that Pierce was interest-
ed in the purchase, now it is dis-
closed that this is a fact, and Pierce
lias openly associated liimsel
Colonel l'ordyee, and the firm name
is tlie Pierce-Fordyce Oil association
with headquarter* at Dallas. The
formation of this association which
2HSI. Tlie average length of division
reported was 151 miles. I be a\eta-<
number of hours on duty per trip
was nine hours and fifty minutes.
Tlie longest time on duty without
rest was twenty-one hours and the
average longest time on duty was til-
er sixteen consecutive hours torty-
two minutes. The greatest
lhaulod in any one train was
liidliinapnlis, Iml., April 28.—Open-
ing in riolous discord and closing In
enthusiastic harmony, the Indiana de-
mocratic convention adopted Gover-
nor Marshall's proposal that it should
Indorse to next year's legislature a
candidate for the Fnlted Slates ser.aft
tonnage j*ll,d 'ninn d John \V. Kern, who was
•>.|||,| | the party's eaudltlute for vice presi-
dent in 1908.
tons, and the average maximum ton-
nage was 12 ’.I The highest age liinl j The opposition made a grim fight
m which a fireman can enter service tinder the leadership of Thomas Tag-
whs 45 years and the youngest 27.
Tills statement shows the average
monthly earnings was only $SU. Of
the twenty-two firemen reporting,
sixteen report the cost of living to
the amount of $11.1-1 or an average
Willi! Of $882.50 for each family, and tlie
average increase in cost of living for
DIO!) was nearly 28 per cent. Of the
twenty-two firemen reporting, eight
report saving to the amount ol $L-
is a partnership and unincorporated,is I 570, and the averrage ot $ 1 for
tielieved to have been consummated j each man reporting savings, or an a\-
at Dallas on the recent visit there of erage of $71 for each of the total
.Mr. Pierce while en route to Mexico.
It is the purpose of Mr. Pierce
gart, former chairman of the demo-
cratic national committee, and him-
self a candidate for the nomination of
senator, but in defeat he Joined
heartily with the element headed by
Governor Marshall and John K. Lamb
of Terre Haute, vice chairman of the
national committee, and another as-
pirant for the senatorship, in a shout-
ed acclamation of Kern as the party's
candidate.
This greater issue overshadowed
the routine of adopting a platform
and naming a state ticket, and it was
(to make the Pierce-Kordyce Oil As-
sociation, a strictly Texas concern,
consequently he lias associated with
him and Colonel Fordyce, twelve of
tin leading business men of Texas
to join in the partnership. Among
.those who have gone into the oil
business with Mr. Pierce are: Major
George W. Littlefield and H. A. Wroe
president and vice president respect-
ively of the American National hank.
Jk<• Kemnier of Galveston, Royal Fer-1 gf j100)
rtss, Dallas; J. J. Terrell, San An-
tonio and Colonel .loe S. Rice of
Houston.
Some interest ing data lias been
compiled by Labor Commissioner Jos.
Myers relative to the earnings, cost
of living, etc., of eighteen firemen on
twenty-two of the leading railroads
jit the State. Tlie data from which
these statistics are first hand and
were gathered by
number reporting. It will he noted | speedily concluded,
that only eight out of the eighteen | “The Taggart machine is on the
firemen saved anything from their i scrap heap," said Taggart to the con-
salaries during the year . i volition, giving up the struggle with
Ford’s Preparatory School, or the a broad smile. "I am going to say
Austin Male Academy, was sold Sat-! something most of you won't believe,
urday, to W. K. Metzenthin of the but I would rather see Kern in the
University of Texas and Paul Met*- | senate than to he there myself."
enthin of the San Antonio High I
School. Paul Mel /.enthin will ten- | ANOTHER RAILROAD BONUS,
dor ills resignation as a member ol | Feeling sure that the $50,000 bonus
the Sail Antonio High School faculty j recently offered for another railroad
and remove here to conduct the running into Aransas Pass would he
Austin Is now one of tlie greatest
educational centers in tile South, and
every few months brings in now
schools and new students.
\V. R Met*enthin will not redgii
Ids position as a member of the uni-
versity faculty.
claimed by the Ilobstown and Eagle
Puss connection, tlie Commercial Club. Pass will be found ready with liberal
,the $50,000 bonus have declared that
they will double the amount subscrib-
ed! for the other road, and it is tliot
that this bonus will be easier to raise
than the other one. The contract
will call for the payment of the bo-
nus only after the railroad is complet-
ed and in operation, and as it will
accept payment in cash, lots or land,
it is thought there will be no serious
difficulty In raising the required
amount within a very short time.
Aransas Pass wants another railroad.
The enterprise of the citizens in of-
fering these two magiiifiMent bonuses
will certainly attract enough attentio
to bring at least one road. $50,000
is offered for the first road and $75,-
000 for the second. Nor is this the
limit. When these two roads have |
been secured the people of Aransas
BASTROP BUDGET
Hogs are waste savers. A
Commissioner! without hogs lias many leaks.
la 'in
of this city has decided that it will of
fer another bonus of $75,000 for a
railroad to connect with Smithville.
The Smithville connection is one
that the Aransas Pass people es-
1 ipecially desire, as It will give the
advantage of the Katy service and
a ft or.. route to the north than can
jr* a:-! ',:!’ I by any other route.
A j,:- a many who subscribed to
bonuses and right of way offerings for
Ri.iy other railroads which want to
enter and make connection with the
deep water at this point.—Aransas
Pass Progress.
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“Why, it’s that K C BAKING POWDER. Cake,
biscuit or griddle-eakes,—it’s all the same. Since I’ve used
K C everything comes out just right,—light, crisp and fit for
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like it. They refund your money if you don’t like it better
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Avon’t believe it, but it costs less than what I’ve used,—a real
nice saving. I understand it’s because they don’t belong to
the Baking Powder “Trust,” My, it’s a satisfaction to get
good value for your money these days when everything’s so
high.”
‘a
Official Statement of the Financial
Condition of
THE FIRST STATE BANK AT
Smithville State of Texas
At the close of business on the 2nd day ot May
1910
Published in the Smithville Times a
newspaper printed and Published at
Smithville, State of Texas, on the Otli
day of May, 1910.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discount*, personal
or collateral.......$77,183.70
26.357.00
9,527 13
000
17.500.00
000
2 500 00
Negro School Teacher Shot—New
Hotel Is Being Agitated.
Bastrop, Texas, May 2.—J. D. Byrd,
a negro school teacher, was shot in
the leg by Oscar Perkins, another
negro, a few miles above town.
Byrd’s leg was broken in several
•places. The difficulty grew out of a
calf getting into one of their fields.
Perkins Is In jail.
Jim Slick, alias Jim Staples, col-
ored, was jailed here charged with
criminal assault upon a negro girl at
Hill's Prairie, a few miles south of
Bastrorp.
The young white man, Jeff Joiner,
who was sliot and seriously wounded
by Jeff Sherman, several miles from
McDade, in Lee County, was well
known in Bastrop.
An effort is being made to form a
stock company and erect a $15,000
hotel in this city. The gentlemen be-
hind the movement are confident of
ist success. Shares will bo issued at
' 100 each and several thousand dol-
lars has been subscribed.
& San Antonio and Houston & Texas
Central, agreed to the demands mado
by the machinists at a conference
held in Houston.
VV. O. W. UNVEILING.
The beautiful monument erected to
the memory of Dr. A. L. Brown was
unveiled with appropriate exercises at
the cemetery at Young's School house
near Upton, Sunday afternoon, by
Cistern Catnp. \V. O. W.
The exercises by the Woodmen
were beautiful and appropriate. They
were led by A. M. Goseh, assisted by
■the other officers of the Cistern
Camp. J. H. Jones and W. M. Cobb
of the SmithvllUe Camp also assisted.
Tlie. attendance was quite large,
and including good sized delegations
from Cistern and Smithville and near-
ly the whole population of the Up-
ton neighborhood where Dr. Brown
lived and practiced medicine for
many years.
The monument is one of the most
ornate and beautiful in the cemetery
a fitting tribute to the man whose
life was devoted to tlie relief of suf-
fering and the service of his friends
and neighbors.
Loans, Real Estate * -
Overdrafts..........
Bonds and Stocks......-
.Real Estate (.banking house) -
Other Real Estate.......
Furniture and Fixture* - - - -
line from A p-
proved Reserve
agents ----- >25,636 76
I hie from o t li e r
Banks and llank-
t o
INCREASE FOR MACHINISTS.
The Katy and the
Granted It.
*— '
LOST
Gold Watch, open face with Picture
S Have'011 plni,s' Coca-Cola fob. Finder re-
' turn to Dave Evans and receive re-
ward.
I
ers, subject
check - * - -
I . 595 97
131.29
12,233.00
1,190.62
Cash Items - -
Currency - - -
Specie - - - -
Interest in Depositors Guar-
anty Fund - - - - -
Total - -
27,232.73
13,854 9!
1,132.11
..... S175.319SS
MATIIMTIRS
Capital Stock paid in ----- $>50,000-00
Surplus Fund ...... 2,500.00
! Undivided Profits, net - - - - 9,9, S.31
I Due to Banks anil Bankers,
| subject to cheek ------ 1,219.04
j Individual deposits, subject to
' check............SO, 122.50
■ Time Certificates of deposit - - 12,.>00.00
Demand Certificates of deposit 060
Cashier's checks - -- -- -- - 000
Bills Payable and lie-discounts 10,1X10.00
Other Liabilities as foilows: 000
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas and
Kansas City Southern Railroad com-
panies are the latest to grant the in-
crease of 3 cents an hour demanded
by tlie Machinists' Union, At a con-
ference held in Parsons, Kan., Satur-
day, these two railroad companies
agreed to the demands made. This
step foregoes all possibility of a
strike oil the leading Southwestern
lines, as Was threatened some time
ngo, The local machinists are much
pleased over the outcome.
But a few days ago the Gould lines.
Including the international & Great
Northern nnd the Texas & Pacific, tc-
Notice.
To Bicycle Riders: i
For the past few months there has
been considerable riding on side-
walks, wheih Is in violation- of our
city ordinances and'hereafter must bo
discontinued. There lias been con*,
sidorable complaint of this dangerous
practice and all violatiors of this law,
hereafter, will be prosecuted. This
applies to children, as well as grown
people and especially in tlie business
district on cement sidewalks.
C. M. Carmichael,
tUty Marshal.
gether with tlie Galveston, Harrisburg Smithville, Texas. April 29, 1910.
Total..........$175,319.88
STATE OF TEXAS I Sf)
County o f Bastrop I
We, M. Iluiieson as preside!!!, ami
M. L. Tnnsey, as cashier of said
bank, each of us, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to tlie best
of our knowledge and belief.
M. PmiLKSuv, President.
M. L Tanski, Cashier.
Sworn and subscribed tobclorc me this
5th, d a y of MAY, A. I), nineteen
hundred and ton, (1910).
Witn’ksr my hand nnd notarial seal on
tlm date last aforesaid.
TskalI 8. L.Htaplks
Notary Public
Bastrnp County, Texas.
( IIUUKCT ArTKST
Emil Bukschku,
Y. Hill,
J. C. Lemiiikah.
Directors.
Swine learn bad habits easily, and
are very cute.
Not Better than the Best
But Better than the Rest
American Beauty Flour
Good Things to Eat
J. S. HAYN1E
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