The Pearsall Leader. (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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The Pearsall Leader.
HOUSTON NEELEY
Editor and Business Hanager.
Subscription $1.50 Per Annum.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURS-
DAY, AT FSARSALL, FRIO OCUNTY,
TEXAS
PUBLISHER’S NOTICE.
AU obituaries, cards of thanks. res<£
lotions and other notices not news, will
be charged or at the rate of 5 cents per
line. The sender will be held respon-
sible for the bill.
Our rates for local m ter are 10 cents
par line for first insertion and 5 cents per
ins for each subsequent insertion.
Doable rates charged for special po-
sitions.
Entered at the Post Office in P ear
os. I as Second class Matter.
We heard a party say the other
day od having a bid made on his
cotton by a Pearsall buyer, “No,
Jack Ward will give me 11 cents
for it;” and when he called Mr.
Ward up and was told he would
give KH, the seller says: “He
has gone into the trust too.” Now
Jack you ought not to have joined
the trust, for Davidson, you know
is after the trusts.
It is fun to see a snarler and a
knocker get together. It takes
them about ten minutes to decide
that the town is on the bum, the
loca' officials dishonest and the
preacher stuck up. In^ five min-
utes more they will decide that
they would move away if they had
the price. Sometimes it would
pay the town to advance the price.
— Western Publisher.
As it is never too late to do
good until after you are dead, and
as Pearsall is not really dead but
only in a state of suspended ani-
mation, we hope to soon see her
revive and do something for the
benefit of her country trade. That
is, put in a good public camp yard
and watering place, and show the
good people, the town appreciates
their trade and business. Why
not do this now for the fall trade.
• ...........
We see that L. F. Laird has
been promoted to associate editor
of the Pleasanton Monitor staff
and we bespeak for him success.
But what is our friend, Mr. A.
M. Avant going to do 3 Look af-
ter the business interest, we sup-
pose, and he never fails on that
proposition for he is a good rus-
tler and has a fine advertising pa-
tronage, both local and foreign.
With yellow fever prevailing in
a number of towns and cities in
Mexico, would it not be the part
of prudence and good judgment
to take time by the forelock and
clean up about your premises and
oil or screen all tanks, wells and
cisterns- Even if we are in no
danger cf yellow fever jack, we
are, of malaria, and the annoyance
of the pestidious little “skeeter”
is, or should be, sufficient to cause
us to take some precaution against.
Gallatin claims to have the sting
ist man in Tennessee, if not in the
world, and a premium is offered
for his superior in closefistedness.
He got married to a home girl to
save expenses. They walked a-
round the square for a bridal tour
He bought her a nickel’s worth of
stick candy for a wedding present,
and then suggested that they save
the candy for the children—Wes-
tern Publisher.
The recent eclipse of the sun
was observe^ by millions. The
next eclipse will be the eclipse of
the honeymoon. It may be par-
tial but will trend toward a total
eclipse- The duration will depend
on how soon one agrees to let the
other be boss. We called on a
young couple—she met us at the
door with rolling pin and butcher
knife—her better seven-eights was
treed under the bed. I asked ii
she was boss. She asked “Can a
duck swim?” Her hub roared out
“I will be boss.” She replied,
“Perhaps, after I am dead.” Both
will wear a divorce suit when th»-.\
go to the county seat. Such is
life, Man holds the lines but «<»-
man tells him where to drive —
Marshall (111) Herald.
Proposed Amendment to the State
Gnutitution Fixing the Compensa-
tion of the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor.
Joint Resolution proposing an
amendment to Article I of the
Constitution of the State of Texas
by amending Sections 5 and IT of
said Article 4 so as to fix the com-
pensation of the Governor at eight
thousand ($8000) dollars per an-
num in addition to the use of the
Governor’s mansion, fixtures and
furniture, and the compensttaion
of the Lieutenant Governor at
twenty-five ($2500) dollars per an-
num.
Be it Resolved by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Texas:
Section 1. That Section 5 of
Article 4 of the Constitution of
the State of Texas be amended so
as to provide that the Governor of
the State shall receive as compen-
sation for his services, an annual
salary of eight thousand ($8000)
dollars and with the use and occu-
pation of the Governor’s mansion,
fixtures and furniture, said Sec-
tion 5 as amended, to read as fol-
lows:
Section 5. He shall, at stated
times, receive as compensation for
his services an annual salary of
eight thousand ($8000) dollars, and
no more and shall have the use
and occupation of the Governor’s
mansion, fixtures and furniture.
That Section 17 be so amended
as to read as follow’s:
Section IT. If, during the va-
cancy in the office of the Govern-
or, the Lieutenant Governor
should die, resign, refuse to serve
or be removed from office or l>e
unable to serve or if he shall be
impeached or absent from the
State, the President of the Sen-
ate, for the time being, shall in
like manner administer the Gov-
erment until he shall be succeeded
by a Governor or Lieutenant Gov-
ernor. The Lieutenant Governor
shall receive an annual salary of
twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dol-
lars per year, and no more. Dur-
ing the time he administers the
government as Governor, he shall
receive in like manner the same
compensation which the Governor
would have received had he been
employed in the duties of his of-
fice, and no more. The President
of the Senate, for the time being,
shall, during the time he adminis-
ters the government, receive in
like manner the same compensa-
tion which the Governor would
have received, had he been em-
ployed in the duties of his office.
Sec. 2. The Governor of this
State is hereby directed to issue
and have published the necessary
proclamation for tne submission
of this resolution to the qualified
voters for members of the Legis-
lature of the State of Texas as an
amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Texas, to be voted
upon on the day of the next gen-
eral election, of the State of Texas,
which will be held on the day fix-
ed by law therefor. All persons
favoring said amtndment shall
have written or printed on their
ballots as fallows: “For the
amendment to the Constitution
fixing the salary ot the Governor
at eight thousand ($,8000) dollars
per annum, and the Lieutenant
Govetnor at twenty-five hundred
($2,500) dollars per annum.” And
those opposed to said amendment
shall have written or printed on
their ballots as follows: “Against
the amendment to the Constitu-
tion fixing the salary of the (ioy-
ernor at eight thousand ($8,000)
dollars per annum, and the Lieu-
tenant Governor at twenty-nve
hundred ($2,500) dollars per an-
num.” And the sum of one
thousand ($1,000) dollars or so
much thereof as may be necessary
is hereby appropriated out of any
funds in the Treasury of the
Slate of rexas not otherwise ap-
propriated to pay the expenses of
such publication, proclamation
and election.
[A true copy-1 W. K. Davik,
Secretary of State.
If it i s from The People’s
Drug Stoke, you need no other
guarantee.
aim
Taxation---Submitting Amendment
to Constitution.
Joint Resolution amending Sec-
tion 3, Article i, of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Texas, increas-
ing the amount of tax that may
be voted on school districts and
providing for a majority vote of
the property tax paying voters 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 Constitution of the State
of Texas be so amended as to here-
after read as follows:
Section 3. One-fourth of the
revenue derived from the State
occupation taxes and a poll tax of
$1 on every male inhabitant of
this State between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years shall
be set apart annually for the ben-
efit of the public free schools, and
in addition thereto there shall be
levied and collected an annual ad
valorem State tax of such an
amount, not to exceed twenty
cents on the $100 valuation, as
with the available school fund
arising from all other sources, will
be sufficient to maintain and sup-
port the public free schools of
this State for a period of not less
than six months in each year, and
the Legislature may also provide
for the formation of school dis-
tricts within all or any of the
counties of this State by general
or special law, w’ithout the local
notice required in other cases of
special legislation, and may au-
thorize an additional ad valorem
tax to be levied and collected with-
in such school districts for the
further maintenance of public free
schools, and the erection and
equipment of school buildings
therein, provided that a majority
of the qualified property tax pay-
ing voters of the district, voting
at an election to be held for that
purpose shall vote such tax, not
to exceed in any one year 50 cents
on the $100 valuation of the prop-
erty subject to taxation in such
district, but the limitation upon
the amount of district tax herein
authorized shall not apply to in-
corporated cities or towns consti-
tuting separate and independent
school districts.
Sec. 2. The Governor of the
State of Texas shall and he is here
by directed to issue the necessary
proclamation for the submission
of this amendment to the qualified
voters of the State of Texas at the
next general elect ion, or at a spec-
ial election called by the Govern-
or and the sum of four thousand
($4,000) dollars, or so much there-
of as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated out of any money
not otherwise appropriated to de-
fray the expenses of publication
of such proclamation. At such
election the qualified electors, vot-
ing and favoring said amendment
shall have written or printed on
the ballot as follows: “For amend-
ment to Section 3, Article T, of
the"Constitution of the Strte, re-
lating to public free schools,” and
those opposed to said amendment
shall have written or printed on
the ballot as follows: “Against
amendment to Section 3, Article
7, of the Constitution of the State,
relating to public free schools.”
|A true copy.] \Y. R. Davie,
Secretary of State.
With plenty of rain, crop out-
look very promising for a heavy
fall cotton yield, 192 bales ginned
in July and still coming in at a
good lively rate, what is the mat-
ter with the merchants doing a lit-
tle advertising' Surely our mer-
chants have not lost all their en-
terprise and business push. One
of the best houses in town did
some advertising and put on a ten
days special sale in the early sum-
mer and in the midst of hard
times scarcity of money and an
unfavorable outlook, they sold be-
tween SI,.>00.00 and $2,000.00
worth pf goods for cash. Then
say it dooMVt pay to advertise!
Just try using a good- liberal
amount of printer’s ink judiciously
spread and elegantly displayed.
You will be pleased with the re-
sult. We will treat you right.
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