The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 8, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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MARFA, PRESIDIO CO., TEX., SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8, I 908.__ESTABLISHED 1880.
‘‘Weeping May Endure For a Night Eut Joy Cometh
In the Morning.”
(The Editor’s Early Impressions.)
Amidst the rush, the clamour, I She herself had been through
the vicissit udes, the strenuous-1 the tumult and confusion—and for
ness of lifo.it is refreshing to her the peace and calm had come,
take a little retrospective glance She had lost three beautiful chi!-
at earlier and youthful impres- dren. Before she had spoken
sions and a simpler life; and going she had laid her hand upon her
back a quarter of a century we! husband’s arm, and now he was
recall a picture framed in the looking down upon her with a
mind by virtue of its beautiful j smile that lay like a sunbeam up-
simplicity and unadorned faith! on his homely features—though
and love-human and divine love. J the deep meaning of her words
Upon the mountain side stood! had started the tear drops from
a small cottage, the dwelling of a his eyes.
shepherd and his wife. We had Two years went by ere we visit-
made their acquaintance in our ed tlijs cottage again. The good
almost daily walks past their door wife met us at the threshold of the
and were always cordially wol-j door, but a saddened face quali-
comed. Humble though they wore fied her smiling welcome. “Como
we soon lefirned to reverence, aye,, in” she said : ‘‘There has been
even to love them. tumult and confusion.” She
' The inside of the cottage reflect-1 paused. ‘‘But peace and calm
ed some of the character of the j have come” we ventured. ‘‘I
wife—clean, tidy, orderly and jam afraid I cannot say that yet
bright with womanly touches, i sir, but it is coming.” The hum-
such as many might have envied |ble shepherd had been called to
with more at their command. But more glorious pastures and she
was alone—alone—yet not alone,
for pointing to another gorgeous
sunset, with a subdued and heav-
enly light in her beautiful eyes.
‘‘Yes,” she said, ‘‘its coming—
coming—and I shall be at peace
with Him and reuuited to the lost
partner of all my joys and all my
sorrows. ’ ’
Since that long ago, storms and
tumult have made havoc with our
own life, hut in the thickest dark-
ness, when the heart has been
torn and tormented, we have re-
membered tho beautiful sunset on
the mountain top, remembered
And the Drama of Life.
Harry Thaw Sent to the Asylum Instead
Of to the Death Chair—-The Tale of
Degradation, Lust and Murder.
she herself had vastly more in her
than her cottage revealed.
Living alone with her husband.
‘‘far from tho busy haunts of
man,” secluded, rarely seeing
any other face but his, and quite
content tc have it so, her earthly
love was wrapped up in him, and
worthy indeed was he of it; his
wants, his comforts, his thoughts
and feelings were always antici-
pated. And how she loved the
nature that was so grand around
her mountain home! often when
climbing the rocky and rugged
path we could see her standing
at the door, her expressive facejthe loving twain and the “light
full of love, of delight, of rever-
ence. One evening as the glori-
ous sun was setting and its last
rays gave an exquisite, softened
hue to everything around, she
said, pointing westward, “if we
were only like that,” and wo un-
derstood her. But nature was
not always smiling so. A few
days later we were sheltering from
a fierce storm beneath this hum-
ble roof. The clouds were heavy
and black—the rain fell in tor-
rents and the angry wind laid low
many a sprightly tree. The scene
was desolate and sad and a sigh
escaped us. “You do not like this
eight” said she. How could any
one like it, we thought-we were
young and could see nothing in it
but gloom; presently the husband
joined us and the wife spoke of
our reflective mood, then she
said softly: “There is tumult and
confusion there-but there is peace
and calm to come. ’ ’
that never was on sea or shore’ ’
remembered that if there be tumult
and confusion now—peace and
calm will come—aud with bowed
head we wait.
To Prospective Candidates.
For the information of all pros-
pective candidates in Presidio
and Jeff Davis counties we beg
to suggest that our announce-
ment column is now open and it
goes without saying that this
medium is very helpful for all
aspiring to official honors.
Our job department is now mak
ing a specialty of candidate cards
which are absolutely necessary
in introducing tho candidate to
his prospective constituents—
send in your orders earl)-—before
the rush, and prompt attention
will bo accorded them.
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Subscribe tor tho Pdarfa Now Era. Only $2 00 a Year.
Soma Things I Will Do-Seme t Will Not l)o.
WII AT I WILL NOT DO:
Will not sell Whiskey to Minors. Will not sell Whiskey
to Habitual Drunkards. Will not sell Whiskey to any man
when notified by his family not to do so. Will not sell
1 Whiskey on credit to anyone. \
WIIAT I WILL DO: >
Will sell the Best and Purest \\ hiskey on earth to legiti-
mate purchasers and fill orders promptly. Will treat every
body right and alike.
D. E. LINDSEY, MARFA TEX.
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CENT to n RKSII)KN(’E it •will pay
You to get my ligureM on both Con-
tracts and for Ifuilelinsr Material.
0. C. ROBINSON.
Contractor And Lumberman.
flARFA, TEXAS.
The slimy details of tho Thaw
drama, which occupied the
boards and fed tho appetite of
vulgar sensationalists for eigh-
teen months, aro now over and
the curtain is drawn across the
lives of three of the worst moral
perverts that ever immortalized
immorality or disobeyed the laws
of God and man. White, the
debaucher is in his grave. Thaw,
the avenger of his allegod ‘ ‘hon-
or” is in a ward of tho criminal
lunatic asylum and Evelyn Nes-
bit White-Thaw, the courtezan,
is consigned to social oblivion.
Ever since the details of tho case
became known, the slayer and
his erring wife have received less
public condemnation than the
man who led tho impressionable
and unfortunate girl astray and
pursued her after her unholy
marriage, and while abhoring the
criino they have condoned the
criminal; therein lies the .danger
to the social fabric, for who can
recall the temptations to which
poor Evlyn was subjected with-
out pity in their hearts for her
fall? Reared in an atmosphere
of impurity and license, practi-
cally sold to a libertine by an
unnatural and uncanny mother,
with the face of Cleopatra ’ and
the form of Diana,vain, voluptu-
ous and mercurial, Evlyn Nesbit
fell an easy prey to the glare and
glitter that environed her villian-
ous seducer and became the will-
ing victim of his wiles—but here!
all sympathy and maudling senti-
mentality should cease.The mantle
of charity can no longer shield her.
A new face, a larger fortune at-
tracted her and she flew- into the
arms of another voluptuary,
Harry Thaw, a sprig of the arist-
ocracy, without character, men-
tality or individuality. From an
erring girl, was evolved tho court-
ezan and adventuress who, af-
ter traversing Europe with her
new love, forced the imbecillic
and characterless Thaw to make
her his legal wife—a travesty of
holy matrimony and a double sin
against God. Still descending
tho ladder of moral putri-
faction, she resumes her former
relationship with the hero of her
gilded cage: and her duped and
jealous husband did the only sen-
sible thing he over did in his life,
killed his rival and placed him-
self in the hands of the law, thus
relieving society of the presence
of two moral lepers and cancers.
Perhaps the most despicable and
unnatural actor in this whole
drama was tho mother of the
plastic girl. For her there can be
no palliation, no sympathy-ana-
themas, loud and deep, will follow
her all through life and the guilt
of her beautiful daughter’s sin
must roast at her door.
This drama of life is being en-
acted every day and many,many
Evlyn’s are on the stage—many
White’s are in their graves and
mrany Thaw’s aro wearing crim-
inals stripes—but what power
or force can intervene? The
only modification of such social
decadence must come through
social reform and when this is
attained the hnuman family will
be prepared to seek a Higher
life and a nobler purpose.
A Vigilant Officer.
When
’‘Night, sable goddess, from her
ebon throne”
throws its mantle of darkness
over our little city and the good
folks are sleeping the sleep of
the just, the whole town is safe-
guarded by one lone watchman
who is so alive to his responsi-
bility that an unusual noise or
an open door attracts his atten-
tion. Tuesday night he found
the doorof tho New Era office
open but a vigilant investigation
of tho premises revealed no <le-
j predation, though this little inci-
4 dent alone should come hon\e to
# everybody and tho services of Ike
Adams should be more fully ap-
precioted and compensated.
Help Those Who Help Yon.
We desire to thank our friends
for Iheir many expressions of ap-
proval of our home print, which
is very encouraging and stimu-
lating. We promise our best ef-
forts to make the New Era the
leading weekly of the Southwest;
pushing the interests of Presidio
County and ever keeping in view
the building up of our beautiful
little city.
It must be impressed on your
minds that the publication of
your home paper in its new form
involves a great extra expense,
therefore, to succeed, we must
have liberal support both in tho
advertising and subscription de-
partment. We have some good
patrons who take such a p.ide
in their paper that they constant-
ly send in the names of subscrib-
ers solicited throught them. Will
you follow suit? This will not
only replenish our exchequer and
extend tho sphere of our useful-
ness and of Marfa’s glory, but
will bring better results to the ad
vertiser who, being thus henefit-
ted, should “come across” in lib-
eral shape by taking new or ex-
tended space.
Tiiese suggestions aro thrown
out as between man aud man, help
us—we need you—and any ex-
tension of patronage along tln*so
lines will be thankfully acknow-
ledged.
Roles Governing Hew Era Office
Road,mark, learn and inward-
ly digest the following rules and
regulations now in force in the
New Era office.
Copy for changes or new Ad-
vertisements on pastes 2 and 3
must be in by Wednesday noon.
Copy for changes or new ads
on pages 1 and 4 must be in by
Thursday night and local ads tho
same.
Local ads One Cent a word.
No ad taken for less than 25e.
No personal or local accepted
after 6 p. m Friday.
Proofs furnished on demand
but no changes made in verbiage
of copy which must be plainly
written.
Candidates announcements ac
cepted cash down at following
rates—including write-up:
State $20.00; District $15.00;
County 810.00; Precinct 85.00.
The foregoing rules will he
strictly adhered to and no dis-
crimination shown to any.
Found His Rabbit Foot.
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TALKS!
Our Friends and Customers
are taking advantage of onr
LOW CASH PRICES
In order to give all our
Friends the benefit of the
lew nrices. we will eon-
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Last week V. Hogan decided
that in order to cater to the ap-
petite of capricious patrons and
travelers he must always keep on
hand a supply of game, enabling
his chef to fix up a tasty lunch at
any hour. lie therefore entered
into a contract with Toni Haw-
thorne agreeing to pay that Nim-
rod ten cents per capita for all
Cotton 'Pails he wo.uld bring him.
That was on Saturday evening.
Sunday evening tho Nimrod
drove up to the St George with
a wagon load of the fleet game,
having, with the able co-operation
of Whit Loveritt, J. C. Cameron
and Pierre Guyon, shot to death,
in cold blood a century of them.
What V. did with them God only
knows, but Tom held him to his
contract all the same.
“Revivo Us Again.”
Rev. J. M. Hamby, a Presby-
terian Evangelist, will be in Mar
fa to hold a series of meetings be-
ginning Friday night,Feb. 14th.
The services will be held in tho
Christian Church. Everyone is
most cordially invited to attend
all the services. The co-opera-
tion of all Christian people is
most earnestly desired.
W. B. Bi.oys.
Attention Htoekmen,
I have for sale, for spring de-
livery, 70 head of High Grade
Hereford Bull yearlings, practi-
cally full blood—no bettor stock
in Texas, West of tho Pecos. All
early calves and nicely selected.
Will sell one or all, address,
J. B. Gillett.
Marfa, Texas.
Hominy Numsens 3lb cans 12‘j.c now...........8c
Campbell & Sohimmils Soup 10c now............6c
Ripe Olivos 15, 30, 50 nbw............10, 20, 30o
Calves’ Head 15 now..........................8c.
Hog and Hominy 15 now.......................8c
Bilked Beans 10c now..........................fie
Cranberry Sauce, canuod, 15o now.............9c
Olive Oil per gallon, 81.25 now................50o
Maple Syrups, all brands,.............15c and up
Pickles, mixed and plain, pts., 20c to 35c now. .15o
Plum Pudding, 1 lb can 20o, now................10c
“ “ 3 lb cans COc now................35c
Mince Meat, pkgs., 15c, now..................5c
Mince Meat, jars, 40c, now..................25c
Preserves, jars, 60c now......................35o
“ assorted, 12'ac, 15c, 20o, now........10c
Catsups 20c and 30o, now..............15 and 25o
Sauces 25c and 35c, now...............20 and 30c
Soaps, toilet, 5 bars in box, 20c now............5c
“ Laundry, Swift’s 7 liars for............25c
* * Rod Bird, 3 bars for.....................5o
“ Robin 6 liars for.......................25c
“ \Vhite Ribbon, 7 bars for..............25c
Box Cigars, all brands, 81.00 to $2.00 for box of 50.
Snuff 30c now................................26c
LADIES DEPARTMENT
Ladies Sweaters in navy, cardinal and white 82.50
now........$1 50, and S3 50, now $1 00 and $2.35
Facinators, all colors, 50c and 1.75 now. .32c and $1
Ladies Brkfst. shawls, 75 and $2. now.55c and $1.38
Misses Norfolk Jackets, white, sizes 26 to 32 $3.50
now.......................................82.50
Ladies Ribbed Vests 25.30, 35, now.... 20c, 25c, 30c
“ “ “ 40,50,75, “ ____35c, 40c, 60c
“ “ “ 85, 1.25 now.......65c and 85o
Ladies Union Suits, 50c, 60c, 75c, and $1.25
now........................40c, 45c. 60o and 90c
GENTS DEPARTMENT
Fleeced Line Underwear 50o 75ol»00 now lOcGOe&HOc
Lightweight 81.25 now.............95c
•• ‘‘$1.75 now............81.40
V7rights health “ 81.75 “ ............$1.40
ScrivenR Drawers 75c now....................02c
Canton Fianncl 81.00, now....................75c
Royal Elastic Scam 50c......................42c
Over Shirts, 3.25 and 250 now.....$2.25 and $1.85
“ ‘‘ 3-00 now..............$2.00 and $2.15
Boys and Mens Sweaters 50o now..............40c
“ “ “ “ 1 25 and 3 50 now.95c and $2.75
Quilts and Blankets
Blankets, 1.25 2.05 and 5.00 for.$1.00,1.65 and 3.95
Quilts, $1.25 and $1.50 now.........90c and $1.10
“ $1.75 and $2.50 now.......$1.35 and $1.75
“ $3.25 and $4.50 now........$2.50 and $3-40
Lace Curtains, per pair, 83.00, now..........$1 .75
»• “ “ “ $6.00. now..........$4.00
• • “ “ “ $1.50 now..........$3.00
“ “ “ “ $1.25 now.......... 80c
• « “ “ “ $2.00 now..........$1.25
“ “ *• “ $2.25 now..........$1.35
Lace curtain goods, per yd , 75c now..........30o
*» *• “ “ “ 17c now..........10c
WATCH THIS AD WEEKLY.
W. F. GOHLKE
Receiver, Murphy & Walker
Merchants & Bankers
Marfa and Shatter TexJ
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French, A. Gordon. The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 8, 1908, newspaper, February 8, 1908; Marfa, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth993950/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .