Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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WINNSBORO WEEKLY NEWSAPRIL 26, 1923.^
ADMINISTRATRIX'
Poor Boys Who
Bcuane Great
By Frcdwick Htuk Law
Stephen A. Douglas, the Coun-
try Doctor's Son, the Great
Orator.
"The Little Giant" was the
nickname people gave to the
j-o.vmTul speaker who debated
oO sensationally with Abraham
mcoln in the days before the
Civil War, Well nnfjifc they
call him "1 he Little Giant," lie
was a broad-shouldered, strong-
looking man, a full hend short-
er than most people, for he was May. The examination for
only iibout five feet tall. He June the first and second is the
had a huge voice, great self- only examination scheduled for
possession, and magnetic pjw- the county under the old law.
2V in speech. He was one of This will be the only opportun-
the greatest public orators, one ity given to secure a county
states, and that he believed
Suuth should support Abraham
Lincoln, the elected Presid
•f the United States. He died
nt the very outbreak of the I'
vil War, in 1861.
From the time when h > f< >'c
ed his way to an education,
Douglas was maker of his own
career, ready to meet nil op
ponents, an earnest, powerful wise
supporter "of the principles in "•
which h© believed and a loyal
American. Such a career, even
if marked by errors, is worthy
of emulation.
In (he Matter of the
R. N. Robertson,
Administration Pending in
the Ci unty Court of Wood
Coiuitv, Texas, in Probate.
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Notice is hereby
e'.ai ;• f 'r iirmey, or o-.her-
against the Estate of R.
SCHOOL INFORMATION
Examination. There will be
no teacher's examination in
sllbeall siaht
in themaminqf*
t "When I feel like this—
dizzy, black spots befor®
my eyes, bad taste in
my mouth, stupid andl
lazy—1 know what's
the matter. I'm bilious,
I just take a couple of
DR. MILES' LIVER PILLS
Tliey fix me up in short order.
Why don't YOU try tliest
little wonder workers? You'll
find them easy to take and
mild but effective in opcra«i
tion.
Your Druggist sells Dr. Miletf
Preparations. *
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to thank all our
friends and neighbors who
helped us in the Inst sickness
and death of our mother, Mrs.
Mandy E. Pierce. We also
want to thank Dr. Vickers and
Dr. Baber for their services.
Very respectfully,
Pierce Brothers!
Colds Cause <liip and Influensa
I.A..ATIVE HROHO QUININE Tnhlrt, rrmow
th« ratite. There la only one "Bromo Qulniu*"
E. v/ GROVE'S tlgnaMrn on ho* 30c.
to go, and then to study law.
Many a boy today tries to es-
cape school; here was a boy
who fought his way into school.
From the very first Douglas'
big voice and unusual power in
speaking attracted attention.
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of the $13.00 apportioned. All
vouchers, no doubt, can be rash-I
ed by the middle of May this
year.
School Contracts. Trust*
are again advised by the depart-
ment not to be in too gri
lie won many clients, and was haste in contracting
naturally put forward to public teachers for the next scho't'.
olfice, becoming a member of is not known just what the up
the State Legislatue, and Su-: portionment will be. Mr.
preme Court Judge in Illinois. .Marrs says the apportionment
His ability as an orator sent,will not be over ten dollars
him on to Congress, where his from present indications,
speeches showed that he had state aid law has been passed
great faith in the future of ftnd the next text book con-
the United States. His foren- tracts have not been definili Is
sic ability made him foremost .settled. No contracts tor
teachers can be legally approv-
in much debating. Unlike Lin-
coln Douglas was- in favor of
compromising on the slave
question.
Prominent as he was, it was
oAly natural that he should be
nominated for the presidency.
In the campaign gainst Lin-
coln he won 1,376,957 votes. It
is to his credit that he was al-
ways in favor of the union of
i
ed until the apportionment is
made which cannot be done bo-
fore the first of August. , So it
is mere guess work te| contract
now.
J. U. Searcy,
County Superintendent.
arov«'a Taatetoas chill Tonic
rwtore* vitality and energy hy pnrHrlnit ami en.
•l' hlnit tlio blood. You elm noon fool It t Strpniitli-
T ivljtorntlnd Ffft-rf. Prl< - >;iv
t Kvery man 1m r road-maker. He hullds the rood over
( which he hlmnelf Is to travel. If ho 1* cnrelewi and
i Joxlnrere bin ro«U will he poorly made und he will Hud
' himself stalled In the soft niml of lodllference. If lie
{ he sincere and d1llKt>nt ho will make a highway over
1 jwhlch he can travel far.
f The Ancleut Romans built, with much lahor, the fam-
, ous Applau Way. To do this they laid end to end ureal,
heavy, flat atone*. Time ahllted the great blocks of
the Applan Way ; they were not laid upon u strong
lied of little atones.
f , Many centuries later a Scotchman by the name of
i McAdam found a better way lo build an enduring road.
; McAdaiu accepted for Ills roud only very little stones—
; stones that would slip between his thumb and tlrst lin-
ger. The little atones could shift, they could settla ami
< «s they shifted and settled the "macadam" road became
firmer and better.
\ The life road-maker who makes surest of his future
J lays his road bed In dally de<*<ls of go<Ml rather than by
seeking only to lay down the large blocks of ambitious
performance.
• The man who gets more out of life and he who gives
most, to life Is the man who the good in lltii**
' things,—who learna how to use little things,—who neg-
Ruad Making
a Day by Day Job
led# or dcaplses no detail and who builds his life road
constantly and Insistently with little dewl* well done.
Measure the deeds of any great man and yoti will Had
his achloicmeuta have grown out of an experience of
doing thu small things with patience and painstaking
fidelity.
The man of moral courage doea not reach his moral
iK>wcr by one full leap; It Is a matter of road-making
le acquire* lita moral utiungtb step by step.
The architect who ooncelvea the great cathedral or
the mouiiniontui tower has first learned to use the
T-square and the awce)i; he has learned the matheinat-
leal laws that govern the stress and distribution of
weight; he has built bis road step by atep and over it
he baa n uchcd the thing of strength antl beauty.
The road that Is without a firm foundation Is not tho
road of uji eudurlng civilisation. Soft clay carrlcs no
commerce. The road of least resistance Is the roiul
that reUirda progress,—that holds hack the traveler
who would use It. Dach day wo lay the foundation for
the road we are to travel tomorrow.
IJfe's prlaea are not gifts; they are goals; they must
1)0 won; we must build the road over which we are to
pass to roach them.
Copyright, 1J23, by Klohnrd Lloyd Jonna
fioem
\ UNCLE JOHN
Tt srrms to mc, this world of our'n is more supremely
human, and fuller of amazes, senco we've got the Business
Woman. . . . I've hammered on my prejudice, till I've sub-
dued the critter, and I can welcome \inry Ann, ns oordinl as
1 fit her! There ain't a job in man's domain,
EQUALITY from wai to hullin' clover, that don't appeal
OR MORE to Maude or Jane, and so, we fork 'em over.
L , .0, welcome to our stalwart rank:!, vo
Mesdamea and ye ilappcrs—Invade our whops, onr stores, our
bank*, and show us clumsy yappersl I like perfumery aro , id,
I'm fond of purlin' papers—an' don't yo think that whiskers
might augment ycr mannish capers!
might brace yer game, an* make the
sometimes we could call yo "Jodge'
And smokin', too,
deal fraternal,--an'
or "Cap" or eve
Colonel"! There's nothin' like equality in plain or f
preachin' nor nothiu' in humanity that could ho
rcachin'. . . . Tho little step from skyirt to pants is
Srowin' smarter,—Awake, Arouse, Salute, Advancc
arter, O, my darter!
i!
homey
>HILOSOPHY
JW/J/Z3
A LL this talk ulxiut Pharoab'a
curse killing the powerful Car-
narvon , the man wliose power of
wealth and energy succeeded In
bringing to light the grave of old
Tutankahem, may keep alive old su-
perstition. The Irishman may be-
lieve In the banshee and the lapra-
haun a little longer and the "coon"
carry on extra rahhlt'a foot, but un-
truth never lasts, though often It
serves a purpose. The dying of tho
Rngllah Karl was not In vain. In
life he revealed to ns a treasure o£
kt'ovrlodge long burled from the Itv
:ng mind of man, and in bis'
n he sbowiwl tJio Importance of
little tb' Tile mouse freed
lion. Maybe the elt rk ai the
" linntnmr man decllnm to I' r
■t'sni^e rf hi..lions and of
... If ye hr cars use them.
Robert son, deceased,
be presented to me foi
anco, or rejection, at Winnsbo-
ro, Wood County, loxas, same
I'citi.' my place of residence and
po^toll'ice address, within One
ir l'r m the lltli day of
A. D.. 1928, same being
NOTICE yf >;\ id, payment of the sante| A Tonic
will be postponed until the vlrova'a Taatelesa chill r0nk
Estate <'f claims presented within that Energy and Vitality by >5,:, 1
IK teamed, time are paid. All creditors of, Enriching the Blood. When J,1*!,
said estate, are also notified, Htrengthaning.invigorating
tii.it Unir claims must be pre- [l ^rin<* color «<> the cheek*ml
seated, properly itemized, and " the appetite
verified, to me as such Ailniin-; ,u tfu« tonic value,
istratriv. within on year from :'r"*eB,®M chln Tonic i,
till, will April Illh. I 2 . in
order that such action nrvv bo t.-eda quinine to iWv
1 L< .I.L I. A.V 11 ituJLA
given that
■4B
Ycj
til.
must taken thereupon as is provided
allow- by law in such cases.
Witness my hand, this the
11th day of April, A. D., 1923.
Mrs. Lizzie Robertson,
Administratrix of the Estate of
It. N. Robertson, Deceased
date of the Letters of
istrnt'en issued to me.
Ap-
tho
Admin-
I f not
Enrich it.•Destroys MaUriV^^
Crip germs by its Strengthen!^
iting Effect. 90c. nlnl1
The Quinine That Does Not Aflcct The Head
IWaune el Its toi:ki url larntlvo effect, I.AXA-
flVE fir:OMO OUINiNK (Tat.t l > rei im iikea
.4...1 with in 1111 vr,ir as bv aayone wirhnut cau*inii nervoaawiaaor Hoalag
presented Wlllllll Lilt «.-> J, ,h„Vae. •' CROVE-ft aUnatu eou wix ««
Tutt's Pin,
Tbe first do«r srtonlAe, tK, |,
•Mna immixlUtfi r<-li*f r
bow.U and „,Wliil
GOOD
d,GESTI0|(1
certificate or to commence to
build to higher grade cert iTi - -
cates. Those building will have
until September, 1925, to
plete the building pro 1
:'ih .se desiring to take the Jut "
examination must register by
ih.o twentieth of May. ("
name, address, age, color, and
of the keenest politicians the
United States has produced.
Against him Abraham Lincoln
came to debate as if before a
giant, indeed.
The little man's father had
died in the very year when the
boy had been born, and so
"Steve" Douglas had liveu with
an uncle, who was an old bach-1experience in teaching: If
elor. Needless to say, he had do not register by this'time . >u
little care and 110 special train- will have to get permis;t<>
ing. When the old bachelor de-jfrom the State Superintendu
cided that bachelordom was too to enter the examination.
lonely a life for him he got rid I School Funds. The State hn->
of the boy by making him ap-,paid ?4.00 per capita and is now!
prentice to a woodworker. ready to send $6.50 more per
There was in "The Littlej capita when a depository is
Giant" a spirit that could not,bonded to receive it. Mr. Mar-,
be kept down, lie managed to rs announces that another j
escape the apprenticeship, to | $1.00 will be available the first
go to school because he wanted of May which will make $1
BY service v/o
iTierin having
your size in Good
y*or Tires on hand
when you nee : t * res,
'/l.-in** yvu v/Hat
type oi tire to buy,
laouriting your tir os
for you, showing you
how to care for them,
and following them
up v.'ith export re-
pair care so that you
vill get out of them
every mile of tbe
thousands of miles
built into them.
B© F@©le4|
Low Pi icg and High Quality
Don't Co Together, Stick to
m j.
Tin Econo :j PQIWEH
Never accept "Just as Good" Brands; it
will only mtaa disappointments and tail-
ures on bake-day, which are expensive.
Calumet Is a Sitjlgh Grade BaMng
Po w Moderate in FHce
>U/
(bamno powqtPfn
When you use it
you never spoil any
of the expensive in-
gredients used
such as flour, sugar,
eggs and milk
I*" «A0« rr a tku"
CALUMIi
V COHTKNrStlS- t
(•; •' ,■ ' r.jyrcr S«'3.v/re Sfcfinn
Dcalnra urn aril unit rrcem-
ti the r pip C—«ffw
f.V 'if. toil ft 'he beveled Aft-
Tread and hnek
them up with standard
Good vear Serviem
/
The sale of Calumet
is 23 '2 times as much
as that of any other
brand.
Winnsboro Service
Station
BEST BT TEST
THE WORLD'S GREATEST BAKING POWDER
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V1trY
DON r
Pry
AV,.i".OR CX VQi-i /' „ YOU T tfptoyf
Yovke
"HA
Af/s S//V'
yV^.LL, 5OA/, / BEEN SMtyVIN WITH TH/5 Owe.'
overt roKTY ahd Mnr npvfr cur
msclp yet. rue oin-t/mz
euouch ro* Me
GOOJJ
Barbers
Supplies
MZERYB™K GUAUANTER WE JUvK ^
BLADES' SAFETV RAZ0RS' l!ARBEK combs, hair
baSS3h^ArVs!NG BRUSHES' kazo,! shaving soaps
SEE US IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR BARBER SUPPLIES.
PLENTY OF SCREEN WIRE, TACKS, DOOR SPRINGS, PULLS, LATCHES, E
SPECIAL PRICES ON PLOW TOOLS.
:TC.
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Weir, Homer R. Winnsboro Weekly News (Winnsboro, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1923, newspaper, April 26, 1923; Winnsboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268272/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.