The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1904 Page: 2 of 4
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ABB A EVANS, PROPRIETOR
A SH LEV EVANS, EDITON.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
NOMINEES*
For District Attorney—
Dave Wataon.
(of Red River County)
For District Judge:—
Ben H. Denton
(of Lamar County)
For District Clerk—
John S. Cope .
For Representatives—
J. A. Thomas
Rosser Thomas
For State Senator
A. P. Barrett.
For Sheriff -
Philip Wise
For County J udge—
T. C. Bradley
For County Attorney—
E. L. Agnew. v
For County Clerk-
Pat Henry
For Tax Assessor—
Chas. B. White
For Tax Collector—
J. B. Crowson
Fof CPliuj^J'reasurer—
W- E: Newton
For rnjjnf.v School Superintendent—
^JwTjwMorrow
' i&rCotton KeigheMt Bonham—
A. J. Crittenden
For Commissioner, Precinct 1—
O. W. McLennan
For J ustice of Peace, Prec. 1-
Jno. T. Fiztgerald
For Justice of the Peace, Prec. 7—
J. E. Dupree v
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MEATS
On next Tuesday the people of
Texas will be called on to vote
for or against t£ree amendments
to the State Constitution. Two
of these amendments will act to
increase the financial burdens of
the people, and at least one of
them ought to be killed by the
vote of* the people.
The amendments to Sec. 52
Art. 3, of the constitution author-
izes, counties, cities, towns or
«•
other subdivisions to issue bonds
and levy taxes to pay same, to
improve rivers and creeks to per-
mit navigation or prevents over-
flows, or for the purpose of irri-
gation. While these things men-
tioned are desirable things, we
believe the amendment would
permit a most dangerous and un-
just condition of affairs. If it
will improve lands to irrigate
them, which it would in many
cases, or if it would increase
their value to prevent overflow,
it would be just for the lands
benefitted to bear the burden of
the cost of all work necessary,
but it would be unjust to tax the
people of the whole county to
benefit but a few. It is true that
it would require a two thirds vote
of the people before bonds could
be issued. On the whole, we be-
lieve the amendment is a dan-
gerous one, and if it carries,
many communities will vote
bonds and taxes on their decend-
ants for years to come, and a few
favored individuals and the bone
holders would be the gainers.
The amendment to Article 3,
Sec. 51, authorizes the legisla
ture to increase the appropria-
tions for Confederate pensions
to as much as $500,000 per year,
which is double the amount
that can now be issued. No pen
sion, however, can exceed $8
per month. Every deserving
disabled Confederate Veteran
should be cared for by the State,
but appropriations for even so
worthy a cause ought to be jeal-
ously watched. We believe, how-
ever, that this increase is justi-
fied by the conditions.
The third amendment to be
voted on is to amend Sec. 16,
Art. 16, to authorize the incor-
poration of State banks. The'
prejudice that exists against
State banks will probably cause
many people to vote against this
amendment, which we believe
should be “adopted. Under pres-
ent conditions, National banks
have a practical monopoly of the
banking business. No National
bank can be organized with a
capital stock of less than $25,000.
Many small towns need banks
with a capital stock less than
this, and could easily organize
one if permitted to do so. Under
this amendment the State can
authorize banks to do business
on a small capital, but l^rge
enough for practical purposes.
No State bank can issue money,
on account of a pronibitive tax
by National government, so there
need be no fear of a “depreciated
currency” on this score. These
banks will be better safeguarded
for depositors than are National
banks. Each stock holder must
pay in every dollar of his stock
before the bank can be organized;
then he is individually responsi-
ble for double the amount of his
stock; furthermore, he is respon-
sible for Tt during a term of
twelve months after he has sold
it to another party. We believe
this amendment should be adopt-
ed for the benefit of the people
THE FACE TELLS~ALL '
There is an old expression to
the effect that “the eye is the
window to the soul,” and there is
much truth in the saying. It is
equally as true that the face is
an index to character—the face
tells all. And this is based on
physiological and psychological
facts. A person’s secret thoughts,
like the tiny insects that silent-
ly and imperceptibly build the
coral wreaths of the sea, are
silently and surely building char-
acter. Thought, action and then
the perceptible traces of such
that are penciled in the face is
the piocess by which our char-
acters are portrayed upon the
countenance.
Look at that gray-haired moth-
er who has lived for thirty years
or more in happy wedlock: oyer
her children she has kept silent
vigil through the long hours of
the night while they slept in the
cradle. She has watched them
as they grew from youth to man-
hood and womanhood, ever try
ing to live circumspectly before
them. To live a Christian life,
as the material world is going
at lightning speed. But a young
ady does not have to cherish
such ideas and live in accord with
them very long until that unseen
artist of nature begins to paint
her real character upon the can-
vass of her countenance. Such
a picture she may strive to cover
up or improve by the use of arti-
ficial devices, but, in the end,
’twill all be in vain.
A doting mother and father
may never suspect that daughter
is a devotee of sensuality, but, to
the observing, her face tells all.
We should, therefore, be very
careful about the thoughts we
cherish and the lives we live. We
may think the world does not
know our true characters, but as
sure as God’s laws are unchang-
able, nature’s artist will paint our
true characters upon our counte-
nances where the world can have
full view.
The face tells all.
Blessed is the man whositteth
not In the councils of the Repub-
licans, nor standeth in the way
of penitent Populist, nor sitteth
in the seat of the Socialist, but
whose delight is in going up to
the poll with poll.tax receipt in
hand and voting the straight
Democratic ticket.
Anybody who will care-
fully' read the speech of Judge
Parker at Madison Square Garden
the other day will surely not hesi-
tate when it comes to choosing
between the Judge of Esopus and
Terrible Teddy. Show your good
judgment by the ballot you cast
next Tuesday.
THIS
ROCKER
When you see a boy or girl
with enough ambition, determi-
nation and get-up about him or
her to assist in supporting moth-
er and brothers and sisters, you
may put it down that he or she
will make a mark in the world.
Some people are so foolish as
to think that Teddy should be
given credit for the prosperous
times, when, in fact, he deserves
no more credit for such than the
man in the moon—no, not as
much.
One of the saddest pictures
ever beheld by human eyes is
presented when a father forsakes
his own child.
Look how prosperity is
ing upon Fannin county!
smil-
Only Mother.
Kansas City World.
Only mother! She won’t care
if we leave her alone, she doesn’t
mind.
Only mother! You wanted a
tennis racket and she gave you
the money she was saving for a
calico gown. But she didn’t need
to her it has almost become sec- sa^j so-
, tt , , , ' Only mother! She hasn t had
ond nature. Her thoughts have anything new this summer. But
it is different with her; she is
old and you are young. Of
course it is natural that you
should want frills and ruffles; she
doesn’t care for them.
Only mother! She wouldn’t
enjoy the picnic. Besides, she
hasn’t time to go; ’there is work
to be done. She told you so.
Why, bless her, she had “lots”
rather stay at home and finish
th^ weeding in the garden, did-
n’t she say so?
Only mother! Her hat is out
of style, but that wasn’t the rea
been of the purest and best and
her labors have\ been for the wel-
fare of her children. As she sits in
the mellow light of life’s evening,
her face,though perhaps wrinkled
with age, is still beautiful to look
upon, for it tells in language
sweet the story of a life that has
been spent as God would have it
lived. Her face tells all.
On the other hand, look at that
young woman who has not lived
in accord with the designs of na-
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OF A
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BETWEEN
ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO
Sunday, July 31, 1904.
Thoroughly Equipped Trains leave St. Louis and Chicago nightly (after
arrival of incoming trains), arriving either city the following morning.
Equipment entirely new; lavish in design, elaborate in furnishings.
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(THE PANHANDLE)
Are advancing in value at rate 20 per cent, per annum.
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As our assistance may be of great value toward securing
what you need or wish, as regards either Agricultural Prop-
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Fort'Worth, Texas.
M. K. & T. Time Card.
Departure of Trains from Bonham.
! No. 8 Lv. Bonham 9:10 a. m., arr. Denisou 10:20 a. m., arr. Sherman 11:00 a m
No. 100 [eaves Bonham daily except Sunday at 1 p. m. arr. Denison 3:20 p. m
Arrival of Trains at Bonham.
No. 7 arrives 5:55 p. m. No. 90 arrives 9:10 a. m., daily except Sunday.
Trains No. 7 and 8 make connection with north and south bound flyers at
*Denison. For further information phone No. 179 or address"
W. S. HELLYER, Agent.
«ure. Lured on by the tenrptin, j £*£ ££
prizes offered by the goddess of arul doesn’t'eare if her clothing
Pleasure, she has seiged them to. is dingy and faded. Didn’t she
find, after it js too late, that such 1 tell you so, just last Sunday?
rewards as sensuous pleasure mother! It isn t neces-
sary to go down again. Mother
offers are like the fruits of the ra:n<1 the forKOtten Koort.
Dead Sea that turn to ashes upon night. You would feel hurt if j
the lips! She considers the old you were forgotten, but mothers
idea^cherished by grandmother, are different somehow.* They
concerning the sacredness of mar-l^°» 1 ^are ak°ut little things.
. ,, ,, , „ , And so mother sits alone.
r tge.-as old fogy, and as out Mother does without the calico
of place in this new age when g-own. Mother doesn’t care for
everything in the social, as well' ruffles. Mother enjoys weeding
more than picnics. Mother loves
faded gowns and old fashioned
bonnets. Mother isn’t sensitive;
she doesn’t care if she is forgot-
ten.
So, too often, mother has a
corner in the family, a corner all
of her own. and one from which
she seldom ever moves, but from
which she scatters blessings that
are hers to give. Too often moth-
er is “different somehow,’’ and
mother and children believe it,
accept it—until she is gone.
In too many homes mother is
a part of,' and still not of. the
family circle.
Strange as it may seem, sons
and daughters think that mother
does not feel as they do, does not
care as they care, is not hurt as
they are hurt.
But some day when their own
hairs are gray and they have
sons and daughters of their own
and the memory of the sweet, pa-
tient face of mother comes to
them across the years, then they
know that mother was not dif-
ferent.
Then they will know that
though her lips smiled, and her
tongue spoke lightly, her soul was
filled with dread. That though
1 he thoughtlessones believed that
she did not care, her heart was
seamed with scars, her pillow
was wet with secret tears.
Oh, remember that mother
does care! That in her love she
| wishes others to forget her needs.
| She wishes others to go, to dress,
■ to be gay. But she cares.
Mother is not different, she
feels, she suffers, she can weep,
. she can be gay.
Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver
Tablets are becoming a favorite for
stomach troubles and constipation.
For s^le by J. W. Peeler.
BONHAM' BARGAINS.
A brick business house on
South Main Street, 20 feet front.
Price $1600.00 which is less than
cost of constrSction. Owner lives
in another state and wants to
1 sell.
The beautiful S. E. corner of
1 the J. M. NunnJiomestead, fronts
Fourth street, 157 feet. Joins
Rube Hewlett on the East, high
terrace and $1750.00 gets it. l/t
I cash. The most desirable vacant
! lot in Bonham.
Main street, adjoining R. D.
Chaney on the South. Both can
be had for $1500.00 if bought at
once. Vi cash. The coming busi-
ness property in Bonham.
On the car line opposite P. H,
White’s residence, on the North
end of the Kennedy homestead,
we have the finest lot on the car
line for sale. Price$750. Fronts
100 feet and runs back 490 feet.
Think of it; almost a farm and
all for $750.00. Contains over an
The two iron buildings on Noqfh acre. See us quick.
Evans & McKinney,
Over First National Bank, Bonham, Texas.
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1904, newspaper, November 4, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982071/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.