The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 73, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 13, 1906 Page: 2 of 4
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THE BONHAM NEWS
ESTABLISHED 1866
Entered at the Post office, at Bonham, Texas, as
second-class mail matter.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER ANNUM
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE
behooves those of our day and time,
who contemplate making the accumulation
of wealth their sole aim and ambition in
life, to stop and consider the question:
“Is it worth while?”
CLUBBING RATES:
The News and St. Louis Republic...........*1.75
The News and Dallas News................... 1.75
The News and Ft. Worth Record............ 1.75
The News and Bryan’s Commoner........... 1.60
The News and Atlanta Constitution......... 1.75
EVANS a. EVANS. Proprietors
ASHL-EV EVANS, Editor
“IS IT WORTH WHILE?”
This is a commercial age. It is a day o
money getting, money grabbing, mone
hoarding.
Almost from the moment an infant o,___
its eyes upon the light of day, it breathes
the tainted atmosphere of the age. As a
little child, the glittering dollar delights
his gaze. As he grows older, he is taught
to measure his labors by the amount of cold
cash earned. His standard is one of gold.
When he “goes off to school,” if he ever
does, he, too often, takes a purely commer-
cial course. Why? Because it is cheaper,
shorter and will enable him to make money
quicker, faster and in larger quantities.
Or, if he takes a literary or professional
course he seems to do it more from the fact
th^t it is believed he will be better prepared
to meet the sharp competition in the busi-
ness or professional world. Why meet com-
petition? That he may amass a fortune; that
he may win for himself worldly honors.
When he gets out into the busy world, ,if
there is any doubt in his mind as to money
being the chief thing, that doubt soon van-
ishes. He sees hi9 fellowmen, with knitted
brows and bated breath^oing in a rush for
gold. “From early morn till dewy eve” they
go, and then they bum the mid-night oil
footing up how much they have made dur-
ing the day,and scheming how to make more
the next. Money,” .‘‘money/’ ^ifioney!”
h written upon almost every countenance,
and if their thoughts should be expressed,
“money” would fall from the lips of nearly
Amid the rush and hurry of such an age,
when the world is in quest of gold, it is
really retreshing and inspiring to hear some
noble soul, in a pensive mood, ask the ques-
tion, “Is it worth while?’
That question was recent'y asked by
^WFill M. Maupin, and through the columns
of the Commoner he answered it rightly
and beautifully in the following poetic lines:
“He worshipoed golden idols, and the
shining dollar mark
Lured him on through days of sunshine
; arod through evening shadows dark
Piling millions his ambition, he reached
out for golden store,
And each dollar that he garnered made
him reach and grab for more.
Thousands toil to make him profit,
sweat to make him rich and great,
Till he owned a fortune equal to the
' riches of a state.
Then worn out in chasing money he
laid down and quickly died,
And he couldn’t take it withjhim when
' he crossed the Great Divide.
Friends of early days forgotten, he for
golden eagles chased;
And the friendships men should covet
were by greed for gain displaced.
To broad acres rich and fertile he could
read his titles clear;
At his nod grea^'rulers cowered and
their subjects quaked with fear,
W hen he 9poke the millions listened, for
he ruled with golden sway
And he added to his millions every mo-
ment of the day. g
But at last Death sent its summons and 4
cut down his golden pride,
And be left his wealth behind him when
he crossed the Great Divide.
- rW hat is life if it be given to pursuit of
yellow gold?
Can a life that’s ruled by money any of
its joys behold?
Friendship that is worth the having is
not bought like merchandise;
And the richest jots of living are not
bound by golden ties.
What shall profit him who gaineth for-
June’s greatest, richest goal
If in gaming h* doth forfeit through
eternity his soul?
Don’t waste life in piling dollars till
the light of love they hide,
For you cannot take them with you
when you cross the Great Divide.”
Then, asks one, ‘is it wrong to accu-
mulate wealth.' No: the accumulation of
wealth is a laudable amdition. But it must
be accumulated honestly.' It must not be
accumulated for the attainment of purely
•elfish ends or the satisfaction of unworthy
or unholy desires. It must not be accumu-
lated by the sacrifice of friendship, nor by
the destruction of the nobler qualities of
*oul. The life must not become en-
grossed in the attainment of that one end—
the accumulation of goM. If so, it is not
worth the while, in this world or in the
next.
But let it.be remembered that it is not so
much the amount of wealth accumulated
that does harm, as it is the intensity^ the
desire to be rich, and the selfish motive be-
hind the efforts to satisfy that desire. Some
men may sacrifice the nobler qualities of
their natures and damn their souls as easily
and surely in the accumulation of a thous-
and dollars as others do in the accumula-
tion of a million.
. ,n *be light of the above truths, it
THE S/GHU TS THE HEWS.
The Honey Grove Signal is in favor of
the $150,000 bond issue. It doesn’t give
any sensible reason under the sun for favor-
ing such, but merely says that the roads
are in a bad condition, and that it thinks
the commissioners' court should have some
money to experiment on, and expresses the
belief that they, by some hook or crook,
would succeed in establishing good roads
n old Fannin, provided they had the $150,-
where they could out their hands on it.
News, in its last Tuesday’s issue,
to take issue with our esteemed con-
xy, and proceded to give some prac-
asons why it was opposed to any
sue for purely experimental pur-
aking the position that no bonds
should be issued before some feasible plan
was outlined and agreed upon, and suggest-
ing that the same common sense be used in
dealing with county affairs that is used in
the conduct of individual affairs.
Well, in the Signal’s next issue, it didn’t
try to anstter the argument of The News,
show where it was wrong in its reasoning,
nor did it advance one single reason t
strengthen the position it had taken, favor-
ing the bond issue. Instead, the editor
went off at a tangent, evaded the issue en-
tirely, and wound up by abusing The News
because we didn’nsee things as it (the Sig-
nal) did, using this radical and very unkind
remark as a closing sentence: “Such ad-
vocates of good roads as The News ought
to be kicked over the moon by one of the
Fannin county mules now wading mud
belly-deep in ^a vain endeavor to drag a
wagon loaded with a dozen eggs to town.”
Now, wasn’t that a kind remark for the
brainy editor of the Signal to make?
He thought he’d make somebody laugh,
didn’t he? And while they were laughing,
he probably thought they’d forget the real
point at issue, and overlook the fact that
he had failed to answer the argument of
The News, or give any sensible reason for
taking the stand he has. We really thought
such a remark was beneath the dignity and
good taste of such a high-toned gentleman
as we know Jim Lowry to be.
The Signal may be right in its conten-
tion that the best way to solve the vexing
problem of good roads is to issue $150,000
worth of bonds and turn the money over to
the commissioners’ court to be expended in
the improvement of the roads Fannin
county as they see fit-we say flfe Signal
may be right; that is not for us to deter-
mine. The people must say whether or not
they’ll sanction the position taken by the
Signal, and go into debt over their heads
for the privilege of taking a sail upon the
Sea of Experiment in the hope that some
daf, somehow, they’ll anchor in the harbor
of‘Good Roads.
Whether the Signal is right or wrong,
we at least attribute to it the quality of sin-
cerity, and believe it has at heart the best
interest of the people. It has a right to its
opinion on all questions, and we really like
tosee it come out and take a positiverstand.
However, when it takes a stand and we see
fit to rake issue with it, have we committed
such an unpardonable sin that we deserve
to be kicked over the moon by a mud-be-
spattered mule? Because, in replying to
our statements, the Signal is devoid of all
rational ground upon which to stand, is it
justified in resorting to the method of abuse
and wild statements employed in its last
issue? But that is a matter to be decided
by the conscience of the Signal editor.
Now to state the difference between the
contention of the Signal and the contention
of The News: The Signal says, in sub-
stance, issue $150,000 worth of bonds, turn
the money oyer to the commissioners’ court
and let them expend it toward the improve-
ment of the county roads as they see fit.
The News says, decide on some feasible
plan (as every sensible person does in the
conduct of his individual affairs), figure
out the cost of carrying out the plan de-
cided on to improve the roads, and then ask
the people for that sum, with the express
promise and agreement that the money
shall be expended in carrying out the plan
outlined.
It is for the people to determine which, if
either, of the above plans they will adopt.
man form, there is no desirable place for
them in the economy of our social,system.
Some people are willing for every man to
ha\e his own opinion on all subjects—pro-
vided that opinion is in accord with their
views on the same subject. Strange, isn’t
it?
Men, strong men, independent men—
men who are the proud possessors of a sov-
ereign will they are the type of men the
world has always needed, and it needs them
badly today.
Won't we be glad when next Saturday
comes! Nick will have his Alice, and then
may be the country will have a rest. Can't
say about old Nick. Suspect his days o
rest will end on his wedding day.
Russian soil is still being stained with
blood. Scenes are being enacted that are a
disgrace to our twentieth century civiliza-
tion. Bloodier days were not known even
in the dark ages of the world’s history.
Investigations are being had in almost
everything these days. It seems that there
is more corruption than ever before. The
truth is, however, there is not any more
than there has been—just more of it being
brought to light.
The editor ot Success says that he knows
a man whose accomplishments have been
the marvel of all who know him, who in
his boyhood made this resolution: “Let
every occasion be a great occasion, for you
cannot tell when fate my be taking your
measure for a larger place.”
Kind words are the brightest flowers ol
earth s existence; they make a very para-
dise of the humblest home that the world
can show. Use them, and especially around
the fireside circle. They are jewels beyond
price, and more precious to heal the
wounded heart and make the weighed-down
spirit gladder than all other blessings the
earth can give.”
Among Our Exchanges.
The troubles of Anna Gould Cas-
tellane is a living example of the mis-
takes of young women whoseek titles.
Good hearts are far better than coro-
nets, and the:Gould family has aptly
illustrated the wisdom of the sages
who have ever argued that it is better
to choose a good life than to be a
princess. Miss Anna Gould sought a
title as the proper road to fame and
happiness. Miss Helen Gould sought
to do her best for the amelioration of
human kind, and she has succeeded.
Miss Helen Gould is one of tlie un-
crowned queens of the world—she
holds higher rank and higher honor*,
deeper love and greater respect than
any princess or queen—and she has
won this by her good heart and her
noble work. She is wearing the laurel
wreath and the diadem of love and her
sister is reaping the wittiered leaves
ot the bitterest disappointment.—
Slierman Register.
Some great truths beautifully
expressed.
MAJOR CHAS. D. GRACE DEAD* /••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
- . 1
The South Carolina dispensary sys-
tem, which for a time was pointed to
as a model method of regulat ing the
liquor traffic, will be abolished, the
Legislature having passed a repealing
act. It has been fought both by the
liquor interests and the prohibition-
ists. It dies, however, not as the re-
sult of this combined opposition, but
because of graft. The dispensary got
into politics, and the blight killed it.
An essential of the system was that
it was not conducted for protit. When
grafters got control of it they ran it
for protitto themselves. Dispensary
customers were served with rotgut
and doped goods, and the effort was
made to sell as much liquor as pos-
sible. Consequently the system be
came a reproach to the State. Thus
it is again shown that while govern-
ment ownership is beautiful in theory,
it is a failure in practice.—Dallas
News.
All of which means that local
option i,s the best method yet
ound to govern the liquor traffic.
Famous Sharpshooter of the
Confederacy and Prominent
Citizen of Bonham Passes
Over the River Very
Unexpectedly.
Major Chas. D. Grace is dead.
At the early hour of 2:45 Sunday
morning the spirit of the gallant
soldier heard the bugle call from
the other shore, and passed over
the river.
P or some time Major Grace has
been in poor health. In fact the
doctor now savs that he knew
quite awhile ago that the Ma
jor's heart was effected, and he
feared that the end might come
at most any time. For several
weeks he has been confined to
his room (part of the time to his
bed) with something like la-
grippe., His condition, however,
was not thought to be dangerous
by his many friends. Saturday
night he was able to be up, and
conversed pleasantly with friends
who had called, becoming remi-
niscent and telling them many
interesting things that occurred
in his early life. About 9 o’clock,
iis friends departed, and he re-
tired. Pretty soon he had an at-
tack of rigors, and became so vi-
olently ill that his physician was
immediately summoned. All that
medical skill could do, however,
was of no avail, for the summons
j Beautiful
I Teeth!
How often we hear the re-
mark, “Oh, what beauti-
ful teeth she has!” Bad
teeth destroy what would
otherwise be a beautifully
curved lip a handsome face
Smiles
betray the condition of
your teeth—if they are ir-
regular you need not dis-
patr. They can be staight-
ened by means of artificial
methods. Call and see me.
All my work is guaranteed
and the filling is done
without pain,
j DR.F. C. ALLEN
- OVER HUB CLOTHING 8TORE.
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
ElectiiJns are rather tame affairs these
days, compared with what they used to be.
Two things, according to our way of think-
ing, have chiefly contributed to bringing
this about: First, the Terrell election law;
secondly, the spread of local option, and
hence the redaction of the number of sa-
loons in the country. Is there any decent
and sensible person .who would have things
again as they used to be?
Waxahachie had a full house” down at
her jail the other day. It seems that nearly
the whole of her colored population caught
the itch for shooting craps about the same
time. As a result, the county attorney, the
sheriff and his deputies got busy and 103
colored “pussons” were rounded up and
landed in the county Bastile on charges of
gaming. The jail was full, almost to over-
flowing. Don't you know the jailer was
glad it was not “the good old summer
time?” Whew!
Tt is understood thar Bonham will
make an effort, to secure the next
meeting of the Tri-County Summer
Normal. Three sessions of the Nor-
mal have been held, the first at Honey
Grove, t be second at Paris, and the
third, which by the law of equity
should have come to Clarksville, was,
ifl the language of the Bonham Fa-
vorite, ‘-for some reason not known,”
transferred to Paris. No town in
North Texas is better prepared to
handle such a gathering than Bonham
and it is evident that a strong effort
will be made to secure the next meet-
ing.—Clarksville Times.
Thank you, brother, for the
kind words said. We know Bon-
ham is entitled to the Normal,
and if the committee does its
duty, we believe she’ll get it.
Spartacus Depew to the Senators
James Barton Adams puts the
following words in the mouth of
Chauncey Depew, one of the noto-
rious senators from New York:
\e called me a peach, and ye
did well to call him a peach who
for half a century kept all the
land in smiles with ioke and jest,
and story rank with fun. If
there be one among you who
dares say that ever in private
confab or after-dinner stunt I
suffered from a dryness of tongue,
let him step out into the back al-
Honev Grove has been poking fun at jci nun step out
Bonham for a number of year, making the j leY and say it. If there be a
statement repeatedly that the qld town was dozen in your whole company
dead Wo ii.vo a___ ____. dare meet me in a chestnut crack-
dead. We have alwavs done our best to
defend our home town from the cruel at-
tacks of our neighbor, but now it seems
that we'll be compelled to throw4 up the
sponge. The other day it was thoroughly
demonstrated that there wasn’t a man ip
town who could head a bread wagon. By
the way, may tx* this is the explanation:
Bonham has no saloons.
The true freedom is the inner freedom.
We are
times.
what we think we are —some-
Graft is a yery common, theme for dis-
cussions these days. The truth is it has
almost been worn threadbare.
There are a number of'iitrange things in
this world, but one of the strangest things
is the pranks that whisky plays on the dif-
ferent towns. Our anti friends tell us that
Bonham is a dead town, and that prohibi-
tion did the work, and not until we have
the open saloon will things be bettered.
Paris is said to be a very dead town, and
they have more than thirty saloons and a
couple of wholesale whisky houses, and is
the only town between Texarkana and Fort
Worth that has saloons, and there are peo-
ple in Paris who say ihat whiskv is ruining
Paris, and that the money Jthat should go
to the merchants for food and clothing is
going into the bar tender’s till. The Den-
ison Herald says that one house in that
town has done more than twice as much
ing match for the chapionship
and 75 per cent, of the gate re-
ceipts, let them gather with me
in the shade of the old chestnut
tree and get cracking action on
their jaws. If the whole dum
shockin' match of you labor un-
der the delusion that you can sit
upright in your chairs and not
suffer from an attack of cachin-
natory paralysis as I unloosen my
latest important funny story, un-
button your vest-coats and see
me make good.
And yet there be those of evil
mind and the Y-shaped tongue of
the serpent who say that I am all j
in; that the peach is withered on
the^tem; that the fount of hu-
mor has become as dry as a camel
track in sand of the desert of Sa-
hara neath the midday sun, or
as a page in the Congressional
had come, and his spirit had to
depart from its tenement of clay.
When the news spread through-
out the city Sunday morning that
Major Grace was dead, the faces
of all revealed astonishment and
sorrow.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at the First Methodist
church yesterday afternoon at 2’
o clock, his pastor, Bro. Morris,
preaching the funeral sermon.
Major Grace has been quite a
noted character. He came to
Bonham from Georgia in April,
1867. Having already studied law
in theofficeof thefamous Ben Hill,
one of the greatest orators of the
South, he entered the law office
with Bob Taylor, a lawyer well
known throughout North Texas.
In 1872, he was elected mayor
of Bonham, which position he
held when the first railroad was
built into this town in 1873. In
about 1876, he was elected to the
State senate, and for a number
of years was quite prominent in
the political affairs of his county
and even in the State.
In the war between the States,
he did faithful and gallant ser-
vice. In April, 1861, he was
mustered into service at Norfolk,
Va., becoming a member of Com-
pany B. 4th Georgia Regiment,
Dale s brigade, of which com-
pany Fonteroy Todd was cap-
tain, J. M. .N^thews colonel.
During the war, he became
quite noted throughout the
South as a sharp shooter, being
the one who killed Gen. Sedge-
wick.
Having s o actively par-
ticipated in that great fratri-
cidal strife, when he came to
Texas and located in Fannin
county he became one ot the
most conspicuous leaders among
the old Confederate soldiers. At
the Confederate reunions held in
this city lor many years, his tall,
straight figure has always been
in evidence, and he has alwrays
actively participated in conduct-
ing the meetings. At the time
of his death, he was the presi-
dent of the Confederate Veterans’
Association of Fannin county.
He will be greatly missed by his
comrades and friends.
ANNOUN CEMENTS.
COUNTY OFFICES.
For County Judge—
T. J. Self
Henry Cunningham
Rosser Thomas
Will Harkins
For County Attorney—
E. L. Agnew
For Sheriff—
Philip Wise
For Tax Collector—
M. B. Crowson
Tom Lovelace
Jeff Davis
For Tax Assessor—
Chas. B. White
For County Clerk—
W. A. Thomas, Jr.
Jno. T. Fitzgerald
Pat Henry
For District Clerk—
S. P. Smith
M. A. Bridges
Frank Blair
R. B. Alderson
For Treasurer—
W. E. Newton
| For Representative No. 1—
J. A. Thomas
For Representative No. 2—
S. T. Rayburn
Sam II. Gardner
For County School Superintendent -
J. L. Gragg
E. F. King
W. F. Keeton
For Cotton Weigher at Bonlmm—
A. J. Crittenden
For Justice of PeaA Precinct No. 1_
Geo. H. Stephenson
For Commissioner Precinct No. 1—
O. W,. McLennan
E. Wise Adams
O. M. Biggerstaff
James A. Agnew
J. S. Wolfe
For Commissioner Precinct No. 4—
W. W. Slagle
For Constable, Precinct No. 1—
Bob Allen
O. B. Fincher
CANDIDATE CARDS
of all kinds. When in need of
anything in this line, call and
see us, or ’phone 106.
THE BONHAM NEWS
Record when I am out of town;
that my jokes are as pointed as
the terminus of a bologna sau-
sage and my anecdotal chestnuts
as hut meatless shells that serve
as sleeping apartments for wea-
ried worms; that my imported Kn-
------muen rieu worms; tnat my imported Ro-
bustness during the month of January. 1906, Iglish puns are sadly in need of a
as it did during the same month in nn,i ..... <•_______ « *
shave; that my funnv hone has
lost its ivory polish and has be-
lf you are not happy, you cannot rightly
blame the fellow without, for it is the fel-
low within who is the cause of it all.
When the Blues come to se» you, show
them the front door. If they don’t go, put
old man Will Power after them- he’ll make
’em hike.
Jelly fish may have their place in the
finny tribe, but when they take on a hu-
v* “ 1 J 1 * "'4
as it did during thesatne month in 1905, and
that Denison should have the open saloon,
although it is a fact that with the poor come calcined chulk; that there
business oi 1905 Denison had open saloons, i is nothing left of the once bril-
aud with the doubly increased business of liant purveyor ,of pickled puns
P*06 she had no saloons. These three dif- and the rip-warping anecdote to
ferent arguments don’t fit, and if the things their majesties the . American
above stated are all true it must be the people but a look of sad resigna-
weather that is to blame. We Tear that tion and a couple of bunches of
those favoring the open saloon don’t think j matched Burnside cheek foliage
about hovy their argument sounds when iq a faded condition. ‘There even
t e> advance such theories. Did prohibi- j be some among ye who pronounce
tion cause the floods in Fannin countv for my time honored name DepWew.
j1 ^iree -'ears" This is the real cause with undue accent on the second
of the dull times, and without it can be joint. Mr. President, I move we
proven that the lack of whisky caused the adjourn. A sense of weariness
flood ,n Fannin county then the dull busi- j overcomes me while jarutinizing
ness cannot be traced to prohibition. this bunch of gaunt gTav wolves
At the time of his death, he
was 64 years of age, and had
been married 28 years. He leaves
a childless, heart-broken widow
to continue life’s journev all
alone.
The body w» laid to rest yes-
day aftcM-noon in the old Inglish
cemetery, with Masonic honors.
Peace to his departed spirit;
consolation to his bereaved
widow.
A NEW FIRM
J. M. Bennett
John Clark
Bennett & Clark
Mr Clark has purchased Tom Cole-
mans interest in the Blacksmith
and Y, oodshop of Coleman & Ben-
nett, and new firm will continue
the busidess in all its branoees,
and asks a continuation of the
patronage of tiut manv who liave
work to.do in our line.'
We hfeve a first-class horse shoer
and blacksmith and all work is
uaranteed at reasonable prices
hop at old stand of Coleman &
Lee.
BENNETT h CLARK
Big List of Farms.
For sale at reduced prices.—J.
j M. LOW RE^ , Real Estate and
Loan Man. Bonham, Tex. 72-2t
IN SHAKERTOWN
In Shakertown the people all
Shook late and early, large and hbO,
Some blamed their ills on thqir reDgio*|
Some cursed the ague of the region.
Though on the cause they didn't a
They shook wirh unanimity.
A traveler, as he passed that way.
With pity deep, to them did say:
“Oh, why In this sad state remaia.
When here’s a cure for every p&inP** -
Then gave each one-thia is no myth—
A bottle labeled “Wintersmith.”
Marriage Licenses.
Claud Jenkins and Temmie
Horner; Roscoe Pratt and Annie
Phillips; A. J. Province and Ella W“ co^d completely then and
Robinson: B. W. Goodwin and * ‘
Maggie Moorman; J. L. Tallant
*Twi*t hope and fear each drank
■hare;
[and Mrs. Mary Mo^e; O. Gray
and Zilpha Sikes;
and Eliza Foley.
Victor
To Rent.
A boarding house in Bailey
near depot. A desirable location.
A poly to postmaster iniBailey.
Alds^mo™ »h»ke these shiver!**
Th*y ve grown as quiet as uueer-claJ
Quakers;
E*ch loves the other with love platoon.
And all praise Wintersmith’s gxewl
tonic.
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 73, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 13, 1906, newspaper, February 13, 1906; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth923271/m1/2/?q=grace: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.