The Tribune. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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II TRIBUNE
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C. R. Coultek, Publisher.
Kettried at the Poatoflice at StephcnWIle. Teias
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STEPHENVILLE, FEB. 21
Announcements,
For District Judge:
W. J. Oxford, re-election,
F. H. Chandler,
For District Attorney :
Ben Palmer, re-election,
For District Clerk :
J. J, Pate, re-election,
For Representative:
T. J, Roberson, re-election.
For Flotorial Representative :
Jess Baker, re-election,
For County Judge:
W. H. Garrett, %
J. B. Keith,
For County Attorney :
L. O..Cox,
Alex Johnson,
For County Clerk:
Geo. P. Knight, re-election,
For Sheriff:
Bates Cox, re-electioh,
For Tax Assessor:
D. J; Patterson,
Geo. Turn tains,
W. C. Kenny,
J. K. Mobley,
John H. Ross,
\V, C. (Bill) Burnett,
wVo. (Lum) Cook, of Dublin
For County School Superintendent
W. T. Graves,
. Miss Emma B. Perry,
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 1:
L. D. Moore, re-election.
For Commissioner, Precikot No, 3:
G, F. Higbee.
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 4
A, F. Harris,
J. D. Biggs,
T. P. Thornton, re-election,
Fdr Justice-of the Peace, Pre. No.l
W. K. Bower.
G. S. Watson.
agement; ask than how yourehild-
ren are doing. Perhaps a few
minutes talk with them
will save trouble which
years to come can never undo.
Think about this and ask yourself
aee you doing right.—Comancli£
News.
A certain class of newspaper
men assert that a farmer is the
most independent man on earth,
and he has nothing to do but to
enjoy life. Then when winter
comes and the blizzard’s on the
wing he toasts his feet in the oven
and reads the local newspaper and
the only thing that disturbs him is
a call three times a day to a ban-
quet of mince pies and other lux-
uries. It is a mistake. The in-
dustrious farmer begins work long
before the sun thinks of getting
up. With his soul shrouded
in gloom he proceeds to build a
fire and softens his boots with a
sledge hammer. He then takes his
shovel and shovels his way to
the barn and feeds the hogs. It is
then time to feed the newly ar-
rived calf, which seems to delight
in butting a pail of milk over the
tiller of the soil until he only needs
to be stamped to pass for a pack"
age of oleomargarine. He crawls
through a barb wire fence and digs
the hay out of the snow, feeds the
cows, cleans the stable, gathers up
the frozen chicks, chases a stray
pig worth 25 cents four miles, and
then does not catch it, doctors a
sick horsq, freeze^ his fingers, gets
kicked byNh one-eyed mule, and
when the gloaming comes and
quietness broods over all the earth,
he sits for a single half hour to
meditate and wonder how he will
pay his taxes.—Comanche News.
How many school children’s
parents ever visit the schools or
ever know the teachers when they
meet them on the street? How
many know what their children are
studying, or how they are pro-
gressing? Is there any of you who
have a building to make or a fence
to build; a dress to make; a house
to paint, or whatever the job may
be, that say to the one you have
employed: “Here are the tools and
material, go ahead and do it to
suit yourself, and it will suit me.”
Is not that what many of you art
doing with your children? You
say by your actions: “Here is my
child, with books, paper and pen-
cil, I’ve furnished material and
tools, educate him as you like ”
Now we hear some of you say:
“The teacher knows better what
they ought to study than I do.”
'While that may be in part true,
the carpenter or a painter knows
better how to do the work than
you do, yet you do not leave it all
to them. On the rising generation
nds the welfare of this great
jj. Patrons and pareqts, take
e interest in our schools and
often, and by yourpres-
the teacher more encour-
Attention Democrats.
A mass meeting of those opposed
to the principles and policies of
“Baileyism” will be held in the
courthouse in 'Stephenville on Sat-
urday, Feb. 29, 1908, nt 1:30 P.
M., to send delegates from Erath
county to the state “ Anti-Bailey-
ism’’ meeting to be held at Waco,
March 7, 1908. Do you want
“Baileyism” to dominate the poli-
tics and people of.Texas? If not,
better wake uo and get busy. A
public office ought to be a public
trust. A public officer ought not
to serve two opposing parties. A
public officer can not faithfully
serve two different and opposing
masters at the same time. The
people always suffer when their
servant serves some other master.
It is understood that a rate of
one and one-third fare for the
round trip to Waco will apply on
the railroads, and a large delega-
tion from Stephenvill and Erath
county is desired.—Lee Riddle,
for himself and at request of many
other Democrats.
To Die Voters of the City of
StephcnviHc.
r hereby announce myself a can-
didate for mayor of the city of
Stephenville, at the April election,
and if elected I shall advocate and
favor the following platform :
1— I shall favor an wonomical
administration of the affairs of the
city government.
2— I shall advocate spending
more money for the improvement
of the streets and sidewalks, and
less money in some other respects.
3— I shall advocate the removal
of all nuisances frouj the limits of
the.city.
4— 1 shall oppose the issuance of
bonds of the city for any purpose
whatever.
5— I shall oppose all useless and
expensive offices in the city govern-
ment.
6— I shall advocate only one al-
derman, and a city collector and
WA01NG IN THE BRANCH.
I asked one of our mufti-million-
aires: ‘"What is the secret! of your
longevity, your splendid lieafth, your
vigor, your invincible stamina? You
never appear tired. You do at 76
the work of a youth of 22.” He re-
plied: ‘‘If it were not for the con-
ventionalities I’d live to be 150 at
least. I waded in.-tlie branch for ten
years on the old farm, a stream
about a foot wide in summer and
a raging torrent in winter. I didn’t
know the name of ‘shoe.’ Say, did
you ever wade? Did you ever get on
the hanks of a creek and make out
the mud was soap, and wallow in it
like a hog wallows in a mud pond?
Did you,old man? Lord! that's what
gave me a constitution. But, of
course, when they sent me to col-
lege 1 had to wear shoes and look
The Canton No* 12 Planter
The only Cotton Plont.r made win-re the hitch retsin* the same mUtive position
whether iT.wfogdeep or blulhm, a vuMiu* *11 »«*ek wel«ht, winch u tu.comp itied
iue all liability of breaking the teeth W UKifjn^ h alure^
protected by patents, caii be found only on the P.41 O. C anton I tauter.
Tho bottom alwnys remains nt the Homo Hnfle whether oet Boop orokollow.
This "nKhTauiKi matjutl) chain;.-1 hi the lever on the lon*ue. Has Lwchabli. hop-
lair with tho plate* and «*.t:.lor moving IK ’ * tl‘*’ *°od
from bunching. The hocut Cotton and tofu TUntei made.
k Solti only ¥ Terrell & Leonard
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assessor, the latter to abt asex-offi- decent. Darn it all !”—Victor Smith
Resolutions of Respect.
To the Worshipful Master, War-
den and Brethren of Stephen-
ville Lodge, No. 267. A. F. & A.
M. We your committee appointed
to prepare suitable resolutions in
memory of our beloved brother
ami tvler J. B. Cooper, who de-
parted this life February 4, 1908,
beg leave to submit the following:
Whereas, the sacred Masonic
ties which have so long bound us
in mutual friendship and enjoy-
ment to our departed brother are
severed, no more until the day
when the grave shall give up its
dead.
"The boast of .heraldry, the pomp of j>owcr,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave.
Awaits alike iht inevitable hour—
The paths of glory lead but to the grave ”
Resoved, That while we humbly
bow to Him who knowest best and
knoweth all things well, we sin-
cerely mourn this sad disruption
of covenanted friendship, ever
bearing in tender rememberance
his fidelity to Masonary, and to
the principles it inculcates.
Resolved,That in this sad bereav-
ment we sincerely sympathise with
the relatives and friends of the
deceased brother, and tender
them that consolation which is only,
found by trusting in Him who
alone is able to give them the
much needed comfort here, and to
consummate a bappv reunion in
the celestial city beyond.
Resolved, That we wear the us-
ual badge of mourning for thirty
days, and a page of our records
set apart as sacred to his memory;
a copy of these resolutions be fur-
nished the family of our deceased
brother. Respectfully submitted.
W. E. Bower, J. A. Jordan, J. J.
Bennett.
Mother’s Club.
Following is the programme for
the next meeting; “What shall
we do with the children during
vacation?” by Mrs. Me. D. Reil.
Entertainment by the pupils of
Miss Whitten’s room. Paper by
Mrs. Chandler “What attitude
shall the mothers hold toward dis-
cipline in the schools?” followed
by discussion from all the members.
To Our Light and Water Patrons.
Beginning March 1 we will do
business strictly on a cash basis.
All who have not paid their bills
by the 15th of each month will be
cut off from the service. This
rule we realize may work a hard-
ship on some who are good, never-
theless it will have to apply to all
regardless of circumstances. In
the event our collector fails to find
you your bill will be mailed to you
Very truly,
8 3t. Stephenvill Light &WaterCo.
cio city marshall—the three offices
to be combined ; and a treasurer,
and that said officials may be either
males or females.
7— I shall favor the election of
females to the city offices, when'
they are eligible.
8— I shall favor purchasing suit-
able grounds for a city park, to be
placed where the weary and wor-
ried laborer and other persons may
retire and rest their weary bodies,
with cold drink stands where foot
sore, weary pilgrims can he served
free gratis for nothing—without
money and without price.
9— I shall advocate an ordinance
requiring that all marketing to be
done off the public square, and on
the block of land bought by the
city for that purpose'.
10— iI shall advocate the building
of a suitable city hall with two
rooms set apart in said hall for the
use and occupancy of the mayor,
and rooms for the fire department.
11— I shall advocate the removal
of the court house from the center
of the square to some suitable
place, to be purchashedby the city,
and agreed upon by the city, and
county for that purpose.
12— I shall advocate aud demand
the graveling of all streets in the
city of Stephenville, with crushed
stone, and for that reason I shall
favor the purchasing of a rock
crusher by the city.
13— I shall strenuously advocate
and demand retrenchment and re-
form in the expenditures of the
city money. .
14— I shall demand a reduction
of the city taxes.
15— I shall favor any scheme
that will make this city the best
town in Texas.
15 1-2—I believe that the city
government of this town ought to
be run by women provided a selec-
tion is made from those who don’t
chew and smoke, because they are
likely to run the machine on an
economical basis. By putting
women in to office it releases us
men from the fierce struggle to earn
a living, and we will not be sent to
premature graves. Therefore, if
any woman wants to get on my
platform I will tip my hat to her
and gracefully step off in her favor.
I am a young man, but I believe
that I understand the needs of the
city, and if elected, no man can
swerve me from my purposes, and
no man can use me nor control me,
but I will not promise as to the
opposite sex. Respectfully sub-
mitted, Frank Henson, candidate
for mayor.
P. S.—My platform is copy-
righted and fully protected, and
any man attempting to steal my
political thunder will be promptly
jostled into eternity. This does
not apply to female platform aspir-
ants.
THE QUEEN’S COUNSEL,
During the first jubilee of the
late queen a distinguished Ameri-
can was shown around the courts
and heard a Q. C. address the court.
“I won’t say who it was,” said Ivord
Alverstone, “but I was at the bar
then.” After about 20 minutes- the
visitor said: “Is that one of her
majesty’s counsel?” “Yes.” was
the answer. . “Well—God save the
queen!”—Pall Mull Gazette.
NO WONDER.
m
“Whon Burroughs first came in-
to the neighborhood he was very
sociable, but now he seems to want
to keep everybody nt a distance.”
“That’s natural enough; every-
body is • creditor of hj» now.”
in N. Y. I*res
“JUG HANDLE" IN OPr.HA,
A popular, singer makes $2,500 a
season in Berlin and $25,000 in
Now York. She chooses New York
that she may put the $20,000 or
thereabouts in securities and await,
with calmness the loss of her p>c- j
eious irgan. Art is becoming so mcr- I
ecuarv, at least so financially aophis- I
tii.a!ed, that we may begin fo ask
.over hero why the artists discrimi-
nate against us. Why should we pay
$'.‘5,000’for $2,500 in vocal value?
If vms a hit “jug-handled.”
ONE BY SENATOR DOLLtVER.
WEARY WILLIE AGAIN.
Bird—I say, tramp, bow did yon
ever work hard enorigh to climb this
tree?
The Tramp—I didn’t I was sitting
on an acorn and grew up wld 1L
TOO EXPEN8IVE.
Two little sisters of seven and
nine, who were taken to see “Othel-
lo,” were much impressed by the
death scene. “I wonder whether
they kill a lady every night?” said
Lucy.
“Why, of course not, Lucy,” said
her sister; “they just pretend to. It
would l« altogether too expensive
to really kill a lady every night !”—
HarpeFs. ___
Speaking of the methods adopted
by - one of the unions throughout
tlie country in righting their wrongs,
Senator Dolliver of Jowa says it re-
minds him of an Irishman who,
upon hearing for the first time tho
braving of a donkey, remarked, af-
ter waiting for jhe last discordant
note to die away: “Faith, you are
no doubt in great pain, but I had
more sympathy for you before you
complained,”
MONOPOLY OF GOLD.
According Astatistii s just pub-
li.-hed by a Parisian contemporary,
Franee, indeed, is the lmppy possess-
or of one-third of all the gold coin-
age in circulation throughout the
world. The writer explains that
this happens in various ways. In the
first, place, the people are thrifty,
save and invest money and insist
on the fragment of the interest in
gold. Then every year crowds of
foreigners come to Frunce, spend
some time at hotels and make pur-
chases, paying mostly in gold. Ex-
ports, again, bring in large sums,
so that France literally scores all
round. Here ore some eloquent
figures about the reserve of gold in
the Bank of France. In 1900 it
amounted to 2,331,000,000 francs.
Last year it reached 2,706,000,000
francs, while at the end of August
in this year it had attained the
figure of 2,806,000,000 francs, or
about $560,250,000.
TO STITT BAFFIN FSKIRTS
Coal! Coal! Coai!
Gern
.a School Teacher
with Arctic TrJI
Three Year
5.
“A
to Live i For the best McAlister domestic
' Jump and nut coal, phone the Ice
! FactOiy. They have it. Phone
174. 48-tf.
The project of B iqijmrd ! I ant-;
zecli, a !);•< 'Jen school teacher, who. i
from the beginning of 1909 until j
the end of J1 intends to pass the!
time in the exploration of Baffin
land, living among the Eskimos
without any Etirop tn companion, j
is arousing interest in scientific cir- j
cles, says the Kansas City Times. \ over
Hantzsch will renounce all the com-!
forts and acres.-.tries of civilization.!___
He purposes to attach himself to a
G. OXFORD, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Has resumed the practice of med-
icine in this city. Offic
Wilson Drug Company,
Stephenville, Texas.
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migratory tribe, learn the jangauge j ^ <Brcrwn, Jr., M. *D.
CLEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
In the British Museum in Lon-
don, two men were discussing some
Egyptian coins.
“Them there,” said the first man,
“must be three or four ’undred years
old, eh, Bill ?”
“Three thousand, more likely,”
estimated bfs companion.
“Aw, go on, Bill! Why, we’re only
in 1907 now!”
4lORE INFORMATION WANTED.
“Now,” said the lecturer, as he
folded up his manuscript after hav-
ing given the pupils of the night
school a discourse on the wonders of
chemistry.- “I shall be pleased to
answer any questions you wish to
ask.”
“What becomes of all the corks?”
asked a shaggy haired boy in the
audience.
GRABBING CHRISTIANITY.
“Gen. Booth, on his last visit
here,” saifl a supporter of the Sal-
vation Army, “condemned the mod-
em Christian spirit. He said it was
too much a spirit of grab.
“He illustrated his meaning with
the help of a small boy.
“Meeting this hoy one Christmas
morning, Gen. Booth patted him on
the head and said:
“ ‘Well, my Bon, bow did you fare
this Christmas?’ A )
“‘Fine,’ the boy replied. ‘I done
better than all my brothers an’ sis-
ters put together.*
“‘How did that happen?* asked
the general.
“ ‘1 got up throe hours before they
did,* said the boy.”—N. Y. Times.
and adopt the habits of the natives.
In the summer he will live under
skin tents and in the winter in snow
huts, and will wander with the
tribesmen throughout the length
and breadth of the land. In this
wav he will lx? enabled to acquire
a thorough acquaintance with the
customs of the Eskimo and lie hopes
to obtain valuable data relating to
the natural history of the country.
The explorer expects "to be able to
make his way along the western
coast northward by 1912 and there
hopes to fall in with a whaler on
which he can return to Europe.
<Physician and Surgeon:
I>oe» * general practice Init gives special
attention to Discuses of the Stomach,
Liver and Kidneys. Calls answered to
any part of the country.
Omen ovkr McAdams’ Dane stork
OfFick Phonk No 244.
Kksidbnck Phonk No 99.
FACTS
THE GREAT ARMADILLO
“What is an aramadillo, chil-
dren?” asked a teacher in the Wood-
land school. Only one pupil, a little
fellow who wore spectacles and had
a studious look, put up his hand.
“Well, James, you may tell us,”
said the instructor.
“It was a whole lot of ships the
Spaniards got together to lick Eng-
land,” replied James, confidently.
WRONG MATERIAL.
“William is getting up a literary
club.”
“Hickory is the only kind that
will ever bring him to his senses,”
said the old man.
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DI8CORDANT.
The old time class distinctions in
Sweden have yielded to the more
liberal ideas of modern times. The
horny handed toiler is more respect-
ed than he usod to be. But yet a
kind of outward show of humility
and doffing of cap is expected of the
man in the humble walks of life by
his more prosperous fellow Chris-
tian. Only the other day a letter
carrier was insulted, set upon and
rapped on the head by a wholesale
merchant for not taking off his cap
when entering the latler’s office to
deliver mail. The mail carrier was
afterward reprimanded by his su-
perintendent, who held that, while
the postal regulations did not spe-
ficially bid the mail carrier to tako
off his cap when entering a place,
yet it was plainly his duly to do so,
as one of the rules gave the carrier
permission to salute in military
fashion, with cap on, when out-
doors, from which it was to he in-
ferred that the cap should coine off
indoors.—Ix>s Angeles Times.
Two young women were on then
way to visit the home of a friend.
As they neared the house one ol
them said:
“Just listen to those two pianos.
Isn’t that an awful jumble ol
sound ?”
Then they ■went in and found ths
younger sisters of their friend play>-
ing a duet on the same piano.——
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
DOING HER BE8T.
“That Mrs. Poplcy,” said Min
Grouch, “is the most slovenly house-
keeper 1 ever saw.”
“But,” prolested Miss Goodley,
“she has a big family of growing
boys—”
“All the more shame for her, fo»
ahe should know that ‘clcanlinM*
is next to Godliness,’ and—*
“She says it’s next to ‘impossi-
ble.’ ”
HER THEORIES.
“Would you be willing to live in
accordance with the theories yon
have exploited in your book?”
asked one of the members of the
woman’s club.
“Mercy, no!” replied the yonng
woman whose first’novel had created
a furore. “But one has to attract
attention somehow. Otherwise what
would lm tho use writing a book?”
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