The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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We are going to handle the
SCHOOL, BOOKS
this season, but positively cannot charge
tnem to any one. We are compelled to
sell them for
Cash only to one and- all.
We also will have a large and well assort-
line of school supplies, such as Tablets,
Pencils, Pens and Pen Staffs, Inks, and
everything you will need for school work.
R. E. COX, Drugs and Jewelry.
EAST SIDE SQUARE.
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AN AOMI88ION.
Waters had just come in from hia
club. He appeared in the beat of
humore, and his wife soon found out
why.
“You’ve heard me speak of Sel-
lers, haven't you?” he asked.
“The man that knows ao much
1 about the tariff ?” ventured Mrs.
Waters.
“The man who talks so much
about it,” corrected Waters. “Well,
we had a long argument about it this
evening, and I came out alidad.”
I “You did!” exclaimed Mrs. Wa-
ters, surprised. .
“Yes; I got him to admit that he
knows no more about it than I do.”
—Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
STRANGE CARGO IN GOTHAM
C^lp Farm of 57 1-2 acres, or more if wanted.
-D Del 1C Situated 4 miles N. W. from Stephenville
on South Bosque. Will take good pair mules in deal; some
money; will give time if wanted on part; cheap at $40 per
acre. Will take $30.—L>. D. O’Neal, R.F.D.No. 0.
flATlTjl TD1 DTTATl? ^cement contemplates a reason
L JJ Jij J. J Jj U IM JJj a^e advance to be controlled by
•LOO RER YEAR
C. R. Coulter, Publisher.
■Nitcred at the Poatolfice at Stephenville, Texas
aa Second Class Mall Matter.
STEPHENVILLE. SEP. 4.
Announcements,
For District Judge:
W. J. Oxford, re-election,
For District Attorney :
Ben Palmer, re-election,
For District Clerk :
J. J. Pate, re-election,
For Representative :
T. T. Roberson, re-election.
For Flotorial Representative :
Jess Baker, re-election,
For County Judge:
J. B. Keith,
For County Attorney :
L. O. Cox,
For County Clerk:
Geo. P. Kuight, re-election,
For Sheriff:
Bates Cox, re-electioh,
For Tax Assessor:
W. C. (Bill) Burnett,
For Tax Collector :
A. E. Oat^,
For County Treasurer
G. R. Fagan
For Comnty School Superintendent
Miss Emma B. Perry,
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 1:
L. D. Moore, re-election.
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 4
J. D. Biggs,
For Justice of the Peace, Pre. No.l
M. L. (Mart) Jackson.
For Justice of Peace Precinct No 4 j Up0tl which advances are made
T. W. (Wash) Belcher, ; will come to Galveston to go in the
For Justice of the Peace Pre. No. 7 warehouses, as no factor would of
For Constable, Precinct No. 1: course advance money upon cotton
to be held in the interior.
The factors who have entered
' into the agreement with the Far-
mers’ Union are : W L Mpody &
Co, H Kemper, John D Rogers &
Co, W S Beadles & Co, Willis,
Landes & Co, the F Cannon Com-
mission Company, Merchants and
Planters Warehouse Company and
the Shippers compress.
market conditions, with a low rate
of interest.
“The people of the South have
been lead to believe that we can
not finance our cotton. Under the
arrangement made with the Gal-
veston factors we can perfect our
holding system and become inde-
pendent of the buyers throughout
the country.
“It will make the buyers outside
of Galveston competitors^with Gal-
veston, and will tend to elevate the
price of spot cotton, thereby better-
ing the condition of the farmers
of Texas and Oklahoma. The
arrangement will greatly strengthen
the cause for which we are working.
Will Concentrate Cotlon
Here.
“The unions of Texas and Okla-
homa represent over 1,000,000
bales of cotton, and this will be
concentrated here at Galveston
from time to time. It is our pur-
pose to store as much of our cotton
in the Galveston warehouse as
possible, and the benefiit of this
to Galveston can readily be appre-
ciated. It is our purpose also to
ship all > cotton flat, which will
mean much work for the com-
presses.
“There is no time limit to the
arrangement that has been made
with the Galveston factors. Ad-
vances will be made from season to
season, so long as satisfactory con-
ditions exist. By the agreement
the farmer may secure a reasonable
advance on his product as soon as
it is placed on the platform at the
station and has received a bill of
lading. He has only to take his
bill of lading to his bank and the
money is paid him. No note is
necessary, because the factor ad-
vancing the money has the cotton
as security. While the cotton is
in transit the railroad is responsi-
ble for it. Of necessity all cotton
John Barham,
For Sale—Full blood Jersey
cow with young calf, gives 4 gal-
lons of milk, good butter animal,
good color, gentle and an all around
cow. None better. C. H. Baber,
Dublin route 5. Farm 6 miles
• wast of Stephenville. 29 tf.
GALVESTON A
COTTON CENTER.
Bankers to Finance Cotton of
Texas and Oklahoma.
Claude Wolverton, of this city
attended the cotton warehouse
manager's convention at Galveston
last week, and reports that the
meeting was a great success. Be-
low we print President Neill’s
statement as it states the position
of the farmers and financiers in a
very few words :
President NeAx's Statement.
“The warehouse managers, rep-
resenting Texas and Oklahoma
unions, have unanimously adopted
the proposition of the| Galveston
factors for finanhing our cotton?
In brief, the Galveston factors
have agreed to charge $1 a bale for
the first month of handling cotton,
said charge to cover commisson,
handling, insurance, weighing,
storing, etc. Freight which is in
common point 55 cents a hundred,
is paid by the shipper, but all other
charges are absorbed in the $1
charge. For every month after
the first thirty days a charge of
15c for storage is made and insur-
ance at actual cost, ranging 8c to
10c per bgle a month. Where it
is desired to hold cotton and secure
money on it, the Galveston factors
Jbave agreed to advance it. The j
Charged with Bigamy.
R S Godby, the silent man, who
has been working on the county
convict force for whipping his wife,
was taken to Fort Worth Monday
to be tried on an indictment charg-
ing him with bigamy. He left
one wife and supposed no one
would care if he married another
woman before- the formalty of a
divorce proceeding had been car-
ried out. He claims, however that
he was laboring under the impres-
sion that his first wife had divorced
him. He owes Erath county about
one year’s work for the offense of
whipping his wife.
Gambling.
your life against 25 cents is just
exactly what you are doing if you
neglect a cough or cold on the
chest instead of treating it with
Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. A
25 cent bottle of this splendid
remedy will cure an ordinary
cough, heal the lungs and act as a
tonic for your entire system. Sold
by Perry Bros. 36-4t.
Advertised Letters.
Gertrude Chambers, George
Hammoud 2, Bert Johnson, J I
Ketchum, Eva Perry, Sisilio Rod-
riquez, Judge Smith, Mrs Zora
White, Ann Young.
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FINE 8HOOTINQ BY A WOMAN.
The Bisley rifle meeting this year
will be notable for the presence of a
remarkable lady shot, who has come
all the way from. Perak, in the
Straits Settlements. The sports-
woman in question, Mrs. Douglas,
has entered for the principal com-
petitions, and is already practicing
on the ranges in association with the
Malay States Guides team, in train-
ing for the Kolapore cup competi-
tion. Shooting in India, she has won
several prizes, even making the high-
est possible at 1,000 yards, and her
achievements at Bisley will be
watched with much interest.—
Ladies’ Pictorial.
DEAF AND DUMB.
Old Lady (to small boy with a
“deaf and dumb” board by his side)
—Is it you who arc deaf and dumb,
little boy ?
Small Boy—No, mum, it’s fa-
ther; but I’m minding his plac* for
him jist now. -*■
Benevolent Old Lady—Where i«
he, then? In the public house?
Little Boy—Oh, no; he ie selling
evening papers and calling out the
winners.--
Wagon Load of Parrots Stirred Up
the Blase Inhabitants of tho
Metropolis.
On a ferryboat from Jersey City
the other morning there was a wa-
gon load of passengers which created
general interest. The wagon had
come evidently from some ship un-
loading at a Jersey City dock, and
its cargo hinted of distant seas and
mysterious tropics, of jungles, ad-
venture and romance, for it was
piled high with crates of green par-
rots. The different kinds of people
who manifested exactly the same
kind of interest in the parrots was
remarkable. Messenger boys, the
most blase and indifferent specimens
of childhood in existence, forgot for
a moment that nothing could sur-
prise them and became boys again.
Portly business men pushed out
among the horses and vehicles to get
a look at the birds. Fat mothers of
many contested with their own chil-
dren to get a look. Dainty ladies
going in for a morning’s shopping,
stenographers iir their white shirt-
waists, all turned for a glance. The
parrots could not talk American yet,
but they all seemed to be speaking
some language with much energy
and emphasis, and the whole boat
load of commuters listened and
smiled.—N. Y. Press.
NAMES IN ALASKA.
Life in Alaska is uncouth in
parts, but it has its refinements. In
Yaldez there lived a man named
“Jake” who kept a boarding house
for dogs. When the prospectors re-
turned from their sled trips they
would place their teams in his charge
until ready to start out again. Aa
he fed his guests on garbage gath-
ered by a house-to-house canvass he
was known by every one as “Slop
Jake.”
Once upon a time he fell ill and
the newspapers wished to chronicle
the fact. No one, however, knew
“Jake’s” other name, and it didn’t
seem worth while to waste the time
of the editorial staff on so insig-
nificant a detail. So the news was
printed thus:
“Our well-known fellow-citizen S.
Jake, is confined to his house with-a
severe cold. It is hoped he will be
out soon.”
ELECTRICITY IN SPAIN.
There were in Spain in 1901 only
861 electric power stations, of which
.651 were for public lighting and 210
for private lighting. Since then the
number of power stations for electric
lighting has increased considerably,
and it may be added also that the
use of electricity in its many other
applications has also increased and
become more general, but there is
still a vast field for further indus-
trial developments, as the supply of
power which the country affords ifl
yet far from being exhausted.—
Scientific American.
FOLLOWING EXAMPLE.
“Didn’t I see the grocer’s boy kiss
you this morning, Martha?”
“Yes’m. But he ain’t to blame,
ma’am. ’Twas the iceman set him
the bad example.”_
NOT FOR HIM.
“Here,” said the agent of the
steamship line, “are a few of our
circulars and booklets, giving de-
tailed descriptions of summer tours
to out-of-the-way places on our ves-
sels.”
The bank cashier paled, and
shrank back with a gesture of alarm.
“Take them away!” he gasped.
“If one of the directors saw those
things sticking out of my pocket
he’d have my books overhauled.
Take them away I”
ROOM ENOUGH.
Mrs. Hoyle—A man sat on my
hat to-day.
Mrs. Boyle—That’s nothing; than
were three sitting on mine at the
same time.
A 8TARTLING HINT.
Gerald—Some things go by fits and
starts.
Geraldine—I don't want yon to have
a fit, but I wish you'd start.
STINGY HUBBY IS A LOSER
Smart Woman’s Tactics That Enable
Her to Stroll Around on
Easy Street.
That there are moro ways than
one of “killing a cat” is a well-
known fact, but the newest of ways
has been evolved from the fertile
brain of a Germantown woman who
is blessed with a stingy husband.
This husband is generous enough in
one sense of the word. His wife may
have the best attire the stores afford,
charged to his account, but she may
handle no money. Women, in this
man’s opinion know nothing of the
value of a dollar. On leaving for
his office in the morning, he kisses
her good-by and thrusts a quarter’s
worth of trolley tickets into (her
hand. Now milady goes shopping,
buys a few necessities and also a $50
wrap for which she has no use what-
ever. Next day fhe returns the lat-
ter, receives a credit slip for $50 and
betakes herself to the handkerchief
countrr^where she spends 50 cents,
receiving $19.50 change. Placing
some small change in her purse and
stowing the roll of greenbacks in
what she considers a safer receptacle,
she leaves the shop feeling that she
has made the best of a bad bargain.
—Philadelphia Record.
WILLIE BOY.
"HI, fellers! Jest look wbat ses it
don’t mind playing wit us if we ain't
rengb'.”
MEETING THE NEED.
». WW Am .... MBMB... . —, . „ , . . , r „
Lady—No, I don’t want no
brashes, nor no laces!
Peddler—Here yon are, madam,
“Grammar for Beginners,” only six-
I.ondon Opinion.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
•TATE CONSTITUTION RELAT-
ING TO COMMI88IONER8’ PRE-
CINCTS.
Joint Resolution to amend Section 13,
Article 5, of the Constitution of the
State of Texas, so as to provide for
subsequent redlstrictlng of a county
inti commissioners' precincts, defin-
ing the manner thereof; for submit-
ting same to the electors of the State,
and making an appropriation there-
for.
Be It Resolved by the Legislature of
the Stats of Texas:
Section 1. That Section 18, Article
5, of the Constitution of the State of
Texas, be amended so as to hereafter
read as follows:
Each organized county In the State,
now or hereafter existing, shall be di-
vided from time to time, for the con-
venience of the people, Into Justice pre-
cincts, not less than four and not more
than twelve. The present county
courts shall make the first division.
Subsequent divisions shall be made by
the commissioners’ court provided for
by this Constitution. In each such
precinct there shall be elected, at each
biennial election, one Justice of tho
peace and one constable, each of whom
shall hold his office for two years and
until his successor shall be elect-
ed and qualified; provided, that in
nny precinct In which tljete may be a
city of eight thousand or more Inhab-
itants, there shall be elected two Jus-
tices of the peace. Each county shall
In like manner and In the first Instance,
be divided Into four commissioners'
precincts, in each of which there shall
be elected by the qualified voters there-
of one county commissioner, who shall
hold his office for two years and until
his successor shall be elected and quali-
fied. Subsequent divisions of a county
Into commissioners’ precincts shall be
made as Is now or hereafter may be
provided by law. The county commis-
sioners so chosen, with the county
Judge as presiding officer, shall com-
pose the county commissioners' court,
which shall exercise such powers and
Jurisdiction over all county business as
is conferred by this Constitution and
the laws of the State, or as may be
hereafter prescribed.
Sec. 2. That the sum of one thous-
and (31,000) dollars Is hereby appro-
priated out of the State Treasury not
otherwise appropriated for the purpose
of defraying the necessary expense of
submitting the above proposed amqpd-
ment to the people of the State, at the
next general or special election In the
manner required by law, by the Gover-
nor of the State.
(A true copy.) W. R. DAVIE,
Secretary of State.
Taxation—submitting amend-
MENT TO CONSTITUTION.
Joint Resolution amending Section 8,
Article 7, of the Constitution of ths
State of Texas, Increasing the amount
of tax that may be voted on school
districts and providing for a majority
vote of the property tax paying vot-
ers of such district to vote such tax.
Section 1. Be it Resolved by the
Legislature of the State of Texas: That
Section 3 of Article 7 of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Texas be so amend-
ed as to hereafter read as follows:
Section 8. One-fourth of the revenue
derived from the State occupation taxes
and & poll tax of 31 on every male In-
habitant of this State between the ages
of twenty-one and sixty years shall be
eet apart annually for the benefit of the
public fyee schools, and In addition
thereto there shall be levied and col-
lected an annual ad valorem State tax
of such an amount, not to exceed
twenty cents on the 3100 valuation, as
with the available school fund arising
from all other sources, will be suffi-
cient to maintain and support the pub-
lic free schools of this State for a period
of not less than six months In each
year, and the legislature may ajao pro-
vide for the formation of edhool dis-
tricts within all or any of the counties
of this State by general or special law.
without the local notice required In
other cases of special legislation, and
may authorize an additional ad valorem
tax to be levied and collected within
Buch school districts for the further
maintenance of public free schools, and
the erection and equipment of school
buildings therein, provided that a ma-
jority of the qualified property tax pay-
ing voters of the district, volng at an
election to be held for that purpose,
shall vote such tax, not to exceed in
any one year BO cents on the 3100 val-
uation of the property subject to taxa-
tion In such district, but the limitation
upon the amount of district tax herein
authorized shall not apply to Incorpor-
ated cities or towns constituting sepa-
rate and Independent school districts.
Sec. 2. The Oovernor of the State of
Texas shall and he Is hereby directed
to Issue the necessary proclamation for
the submission of this amendment to
the qualified voters of the State of Tex-
as at the next general election or at a
special election called by the Governor
and the sum of four thousand (34,000)
dollars, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, la hereby appropriated out of
any money not otherwise appropriated
to defray the expenses of publication
of such proclamation. At such elec-
tion the qualified electors voting and
favoring said amendment shall have
written or printed on the ballot as fol-
lows: "For amendment to Section 3,
Article 7, of the Constitution of ths
State, relating to public free schools."
and those opposed to said amendment
shall have written or printed on the
ballqt aa follows: "Against amendment
to Section 3, Article 7, of the Constitu-
tion of the State, relating to publlo
free schools.*’
(A true copy.) W. R. DAVIE,
Secretary of Bute.
Progress Reported.
“Did you have anjr luck fishing?"
"Tea.”
"How many did you catch?”
“I didn’t catch pny. But I thought
up aotne mighty good stories td tell
the folks at home.’’—Washington Star.
Poker and Bridge.
Knicker—I was sitting up with a
vefy sick friend last night, I tell yon.
Mrs. Knicker—Yea, I sat up with his
stek wife til this afternoon.—Harper’s
Buear._____,_ -
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
STATE CONSTITUTION FIXING
THE COMPENSATION OF THE
GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR.
Jolgt Resolution proposing an amend-
ment to Article 4 of the Constitution
of the State of Texas by amending
Sections 5 and 17 of said Article 4 se
us to fix the compensation of the
Governor at eight thousand (38000)
dollars per annum In addition to the
use of the Governor’s mansion, fix-
tures and furniture, and the compen-
sation of the Lieutenant Governor at
twenty-five hundred (32600) dollaid^
per annum. * ^
Be It Resolved by the Legislature of
the State qf Texas:
Section 1. That Section 6 of Article
4 of the Constitution of the SUte of
Texas be amended so as to provide that
the Governor of the State shall receive
as compensation for his services, an
annual salary of eight thousand
(38000) dollars and with the use and
occupation of the Governor’s mansion,
fixtures and furniture, said Section 6
as amended, to read as follows:
Section 6. He shall, at stated times,
receive as compensation for his ser-
vices an annual salary of eight thou-
sand (38,000) dollars, and no more, and
shall have the use and occupation of
the Governor’s mansion, ..xtures and
furniture.
That Section 17 be so amended as to
read as follows:
Section 17. It during the vacancy la
the office of the Governor, the Lieuten-
ant Governor should die, resign, refuss
to serve or be removed from office or
be unable to serve or tf he shall be Im-
peached or absent from the State, the
President of the 8enate, for the time
being, shall In like manner administer
the government until he shall be suc-
ceeded by a Governor or Lieutenant
Oovernor. The Lieutenant Governor
shall receive an annual salary of twen-
ty-five hundred (32,600) dollars per
year, and no more. During the time he
administers the government as Gov-
ernor, he shall receive In like manner
the same compensation which the Gov-
ernor would have received had he been
employed In the duties of his office,
and no more. The President of the
Senate, for the time being, shall, dur-
ing the time he administers the gov-
ernment, receive In like manner the
same compensation which the Governor
would have received, had he been em-
ployed In the duties of his office.
Sec. 2. The Governor of this State is
hereby directed to Issue and have pub-
lished the necessary proclamation for
ths submission of this resolution to the
qualified voters for members of the
Legislature of the State of Texas, as
an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Texas, to ba voted upon on
the day of the next general election of
the State of Texas, which will be held
on the day fixed by law therefor. All
persons favoring said amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal-
lots aa follows: “For the amendment
to ths Constitution fixing the salary of
the Governor at eight thousand (38.003)
dollars per annum, and the Lieutenant
Oovernor at twenty-five hundred ($1.-
600) dollars per annum.” And those
opposed to said amendment shall havo
written or printed on their ballots as
follows: "Against the amendment to
the Constitution fixing the salary of
the Governor at eight thousand (38.000)
dollars per annum, and the Lieutenant
Governor at twenty-five hundred (|t.-
600) dollars per annum.’’ And the sum
of one thousand (11.000) dollars or so
much thereof as may be necessary, ■ Is
hereby appropriated out of any funds
In the Treasury of the Stats of Texas
not otherwise appropriated to pay th»
expenses of such publication, proclama-
tion and election. W. R. DAVIE.
(A true copy.) Secretary of State.
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fp J>r. J. Duff IJrown, Jr.
Physician and Surgeon
Has resumed the practice of
medicine. Office over Mc-
JjV Adams Drugstore. Residence
at Mrs Mollle Martin's, phone
Office phone 62.
e 62. ' W
Practise lithited to eye
ear, nose and throat.
Office hours, 9 to 12 a. m. and
k|j 1 to 5 p. m. Office over Perry
w Bros. Drug Store.
Residence phone number
b. G.OXFORD,M.D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Has resumed the practice of med-
icine in this city. Office
over Wilson Drug Company,
Stephenville, Texas,
tl
DR. L. H. MILLER.
Practice Limited to Diseases of
EAR, EYE NOSE AND THROAT.
Special attention to Fine Riiuless Rye
Glasses. Office, Perry Bros. Drugstore.
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