The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 13, 1906 Page: 1 of 4
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FINALE REDUCTION
THERE’S NO TITHE TO LOSE
CRAWFORD
EVERYTHING TO
Furnish Your House
AT LIVIN' PRICES
J. Lee Tarpley & Co.
Furniture Folks—East Side Square
;- V.-
•WE WILL DO OUR .BEST TO BE RIGHT, LET HIM FIND FAULT WHO MAW."
TU EISDAY
IAN D
FR I DAY
VOLUME 40.
BONHAM. FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1906
NUMBER 81
GO AT HALF PRICE
Ladies Tailor-Made ^uits
a few nice ones left, } Price
GO AT HALF PRICE
GO AT HALF PRICE
Men’s Odd Coats and
Vests tfo at Half Price.
GO AT HALF PRICE
GO AT HALF PRICE
LADIES
SWEATERS
GO AT HALF PRICE
AT ONE-THIRD OFF
Ri^ Lof Men’s Suits
at One-Third Off.
AT ONE-THIRD OFF
AT ONE-THIRD OFF
Ladies’ and Childrens
Jackets, One-Third Off
AT ONE-THIRD OFF
AT ONE-THIRD OFF
Men’s and Boys’ Overcoats
at One-Third Off
AT ONE-THIRD OFF
•
GO AT HALF PRICE
Ladies
Mackintoshes
GO AT HALF PRICE
CHOICE FOR 50 Cents
One lot Men’s ft.00 and *1 r.0
Shirts, your choice for GO cts.
^CHOICE FOR 50 Cents
CHOICE FOR 50 Cents
fine lot Men’s Hats. $1.60 and
$2 oo values, choice for -'it* cents
CHOICE FOR 50 Cents
CHOICE FOR $1.00
One lot Wen’s Hats, $2.00 and
$2.50 values, ctMiice for $1.00
CHOICE FOR $1.00
Reduced One-Third
Shawls ami
Fascinators
Reduced One -Third
Three Pairs for 50 Cents
25c yrade woolen hose for men
or ladies, now 3 pairs for 50cts.
Three Pairs for 50 Cents
One-Third to One-Half
One table frill of fine embroid-
ies reduced one-ttiiid to one-balf
One-Third to One-Half
Reduced from $2 to $1
150 prs ladies line shoes,
$2 and $3.50 values.
Reduced from $2 to $1
New Spring Goods
This storp is rapidly shaking off its winter garb and donning more bright and beauiituL
attire. In every nook and corner spring goods are budding forth and when we have takena
few more fancy shots at winter goods the new stuff will be allowed to take the entire store.
New Spring Goods
/ ; ■
The Sale of Muslin Underwear
has beeh a great success. People never overlook bargains like the ones offered in this depart-
^Tnent. There’s still a good line to Select from.
The new white goods and embroideries are here; also the new slippers.
The Sale of Muslin Underwear
Labor the Keystone to Success.
In one of his Houston sermons,
says the Houston Post, the Rev.
George StirfrL the noted evan-
gelist, said:
“There never was a time in
the world’s history when oppor-
tunities were bigger or better.
And your station doesn’t affect
your opportunity. If you’re poor, , B
it’s all right. You can have the ! an* usellil thing
corn to the acre has a cinch on
wealth and independence. A
man who knows how to superin-
tend a cotton mill can step into a
good job any day in the week. A
man who is a capable electrical
engineer, a machinist, asurveyor.
a civil engineer, an architect, a
mining engineer, ora maker of
is going to get
there in Texas.
It will take brain and muscle
combined to make Texas what
chance. The best chance on
earth is to be thje son of a widow
and have to carry her along as
you make your way. And the
poorest chance is to be the son of
a rich father and be laying around
waiting tor the old man to die.
“The drop of sweat on the hu- i will become producers
man brow is the currency that! Tphey will leave
God requires for success.’’
we want to make^her, and Texas
must furnish both. Teach the
children howto work and they
in time,
the schools to
Woman's Love. | the lesson he got this time will what a Napoleon
Woman’s hope and confidence probably be sufficient to keep j could do, but what
in her husband, touched by the l*"11 from repeating the act.
inspiration of loye and fidelity,
has raised many a man from ad-
versity and given him new life
and determination, says the I
Lantern. Woman is by nature
as true to her rightful lord as the
needle to the magnetic North—
as faithful to her marriage vow
as the stars to their appointed I
courses. Whenever you find a
|uu me local oimuii uuesuon. i, ....
in a
The best thing in
Not the Man.
Labonia, Tex. March, 9 190b.
Df.ak News: Please say to the
people of Fannin county that
there is a G. W. Wiley m the
Honey Grove precinct. I get
shot almost every day for signing
the petition to the commissioners
woman who has gone astray you
will find a husband who has no
manhood; his life has been a lie
and a shame to her. Love is the
very life of woman. It is as es-
And Texas is the land
portunities for all. Hut oppor-
tunity belongs only to those who
are willing to work. The man!
who waits for something to turn )
up will never accomplish any-
thing. Idleness, luxury and ease
do not make men or nations. If
kiss
court asking for an
on the local option
I want it known that 1 hve^in
Ladonia and 1 am a pro and I am
not responsible for the Iloney
Grove man. I endorse every
thing Major Hays said in his ar-
ticle. Hurrah for the Konhain
girl, her head is level. God bej
with us to morrow.
G. W. Wit.hv. ,
Uncle Geo. Wiley is one of the!
most earnest and consistent pro-
hibitionists mi the county, and
or a Lincoln j
I can do. It |
makes ail the difference in the \
world to ine whether I bring out*
the best thing in me or the worst
— whether I utilize ten, fifteen,!
twenty-five or ninety per cent of!
my ability.
Everywhere we see people who
have reached middle life or later
without being aroused. They }
have developed only a small per-!
election j centag.e t}iejr success possi- [
question. ^jJities. Thev are still
taminated. We’ve often thought
in studying human nature that
perhaps the best place to find , , . .
no one who knows him would be-
a man out was to go into the i„ . . .. ...
___ . 1 lieve that he was the G. W.
Wiley who signed that anti peti-
tion. We don’t even believe iliat
tig; Honey Grove antti is any kin
of oiJ'ake hol,lofso*c'l""s; that needs sential to her as the warm
!° b* ,lone Wl11 not he foundjof the sun tothe |i|y of rosc „„
tn the class that waits for some-1,ove is a tlan,e that ,nust ,jwi an
thtnt to turn up.. a|tar upon which to blase and
To reconstruct our system ofltha, aUar nlust be pure an(1 con.
public education so as to confer
upon the youth of the State the
State the greatest amount of
rr, * 3 . , .practical benefit will not neces-'
Texas ever attains unto the great • . , . , . •
destiny the future holds out to her, jS , V " it i .u.i an secrets of his home life. If he is
.....'rducatmn. lo teach a boy how j as,iduous in his a„enti0„ to his
men and women who are not ? W nnt against , wj*fe as when she was his sweet-
afraid to work and w ho will I a,n aternu to iterary , s.icn heart, makes the same sacrifices . [r . .
bravely and faithfully perform , “ " ? ,°f!“, ! *°^ sh«ws the same ap-j* ' ! __
the duties which fall to their lot.! 1,10 *on‘ 1 Wl1 nikrk ' ai( ,lni! preciation of her efforts to please I Getting Aroused.
in attaining the •’object of his , , ,i
For this reason the Post has1 ambition i ’ 1 ithlul, kind and good j Many people seem to think
urged the importance of how-to- Manual training must be in-1I" 1U*r’ th.° ^phere and circle ol that ambition is a quality bohi
do a part of the curriculum of our . ,, ,• , , Ib,s manhood is unbounded and
public schools. A knowledge of !??,<?? eve’v J,ubl'c sch“°l ■«,she will cling to him as the ivy
, . . . the State and the Agriculiural to the oak.
how- o^lo means sell-rel.ance., an|1 Mechanical c&iic(re m,m hc j --------,
ambition, character and .nde-j,.llrBei as to facimies Clarence Slimpson Acquitted.
for at least 10,000 young men to' C1arence Stimpson, a young of Success. Hut it is a passion
prepare for the great oppor- man whose home is in ()klahoma, that responds very quickly to cijl-
tunitics which Texas holds out! was lf'fd in t,le district .court
to those who know how to do ridav anti acquitted ol a
(things. charge of horse theft.
Some months ago young Stimp-
son was visiting relatives north
of town, and one night he took
public schools and the Agricul- j a horso from Lute In*lish and
tural and Mechanical college? ! ro<U> il to I)enison- where he was |co|nc dull and soon lose their
What candidate is goijig t
dreamy state.
them lies so deep that it hasi capitalist may find an enjoyable
never been awakened. When we | ant, strenuous occupation. For a
meet these people we fet^l con-jconscientious, dutiful man a
scums that they have a great gr^t sense of responsibility ac-
deal of latent power that has
trast are the farmers’ children,
who co-operate at tender years in
the work of the’household.
of
this power. It
powerful as to
out the enjoyment itself.
in ay
wipe
The Simpson farm of 182J4
acres adjoining Dodd^City on the
west can be had at ondy^ 835 per
companies
never been exercised. Great pos- become so
sibilities and achievements are,
all unconsciously, going to waste
within them.
If you interview the great army ! under wh,ch the vcry nch have J a bargain at this price. 160 acres
of failures, ycAi will find iiulti- labored 1,1 the bri^in* up ot cultivated; large dwelling of 8
children. It is well-nigh impos- rooms; tenant house of 3 rooms;
sible for a very rich man to de- t’°od we^> t?o°d barn, good peach
orchard.—Evans McKinney.
I lie most serious disadvantage I ~Te" Eierybodj who knows the
, [Simpson place knows that this is
under which tire very rich have
will find
tildes have failed because they
never got into a stimulating, en-
couraging environment, Because
their ambition was never aroused,
or because they were not strong
enough to ?ally under depressing,
discouraging or vicious surround-
ings. M6st of the people we find
in prisons and poor-houses are
pitiable examples of the inti pence
of an environment which appealed
to the worst instead of the best
in them.
pendence. And Texas looks to
men of that kind to develop h^r
resources an I conduct her indus-
tries. It is important for some
to know Latin, sortie to know lit-
erature, some to know history,
some to know law, and some to
dabble in philosophy, but it is
necessary that all .should know
howto work. Three-fourths of
the boys who attend the public
schools will have to earn their
bread by manual labor. Let them
J>e taught how to work, and that
work i£ honorable.
Throughout the South today
t^iere is a demand for men who
know how to work well. A man
who has learned enough about
agriculture to grow two bales of
cotton to the acre can accumulate
a fortune in a few years. A man
who can produce 100 bushels of
What candidate tor governor is
going to stand for manual and
technological education in the
tivation, and it requires constant
care and education, just’ as the
faculty for art or music does, or
it will atrophy.
If we do not try to realize otir
ambition, it will not keep sharp
and defined.' <>ur faculties be-
ta nd |
for -a broad and progressive policy i
toward our State University? To
these institutions the State must
look for men who know what to
do and how to do i-t.
The News received several ex-
cellent letters last week on the
prohibition question, but they
came too late for our Friday’s is-
sue, and now that question is
settled.
with us; that it is not susceptible
of improvement; that it is some-
thing thrust upon us which will
take care i f itself, says the editor _ _
Poverty a Blessing.
The very rich are by no means
the healthiest, members of the
community, and to escape the
perils of luxurious living requires j
unusual will power and prudence,
savs President Eliot, of Harvard.
Great capital at the disposal of
a single individual confers on its
possessor great power over the
ted with it in his possession, i power it they are not exercised, course ot industrial development,
The evidence on the trial How can we expect our ambition over his -fallowmen and somethin s
showed, however, that a party in j f° remain tresli and vig- over the course of great public
Denison approached him and j orpus through years of inactivity, events, like peace or wui between
made an offer to :buv the horse, i indolence or indifference? 11 we nations!* It enables man to do
but he refused to sell it. stating i keep letting opportunities slipdiv good or harm, to give iov or pain,
that it belonged t > a neighbor in j us without making any attempt and places him in a position to he
1 aiinin county. 'Ibis evidence j to grasp them, our inclination feared or looked up to.
convinced the jury that the will grow duller and weaker. There is pleasure in the satis-f
voting man did not take the j “What 1 most need,” as Ether- faction of directing such a power,
horse with the intention of ap- son says, “is somebody to make and the greater the character the •
propriating it as his ihvn. He me do what I can. To do what greater may be the satisfaction,
did wrong^j^ftking it at all, but I can, that is my problem; not In giving this direction the great
very
velop his children *rotn habits of
indifference and laziness. These
children are so situated that they
have no opportunity of doing
productive labor, and do nothing
for themselves, parents, brothers
or sisters, no one acquiring the
habit of work. In striking con-
“Eagle” steel beam middle
busters for sale by J. VV. Dabney
312 Main St. 79-6t
“Eagle’’ one-horse corn and
cotton planter.—J. W Dabney
312 Main St. 79-1 m
arr
Two
Dollar
Shoes
Just because we say so much about our high priced
shoes, don’t for a moment, lose sight of the fact that
we have th^best $2 shoes for both men and women.
Our $2 shoes are stylish enough to please the most
critical eye, and sturdy enough to stand the test of
wear. Good leathers, all shapes, all sizes. We will
save you half a dollar on $2 shoes. Drop in and let
us surprise you with the styles and quality we offer.
LEWIS, The Shoe Man
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 13, 1906, newspaper, March 13, 1906; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth921492/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.