The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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■” THE SULPHUR SPRINGS GAZETTE, MARCH 29. 19J2
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The Ohio river is -on the rampage
and has reached the flood stage.
R. W. Fanning,
Editor and Proprietor.
Hon. Eugene Black of Clarksville
has withdrawn from the race for Con-
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argument for their Improvement.
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From recent accounts the menin-
gitis situation in Dallas is not improv-
ing—more new cases are appearing.
The soil near San Angelo is costly;
fifteen acres recently sold for three
hundred and seventy-five dollars an
acre.
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Announcements
ift their pames ae
for nomination In'the Dem-
Prlmary Election, July 27th,
The big fat cattle show’ for next
year will meet at El Paso. Oklahoma
City was a close contestant, hut the
border city got the big circus.
The famous Hatfield clan of West
Virginia have tendered their services
to hunt down the Allen gang, now in
"hiding in the Bine Ridge Mountains.
Judge W. F. Ramsey had resigned
his position on the Supreme Bench,
and Governor Colquitt has appointed
Hon. Nelson Phillips to succeed him.
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District Attorney; 8th District—
C. A. 8WEETON
Comity Judge—
R. B. ATTLESEY.
DAN JUNELL.
W. V. LEACH.
9. P. ROGERS.
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JOHN B. RAY.
R. A. (BOB) SHEPPARD
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Quite a good crowd of farmers were
in town Monday getting farm supplies'
and ad soon as (the Weedier dears up
there’ll be sure-enough business do-
ing on the farm. ,\
As an indisputable evidence that
land values In Texas are advancing,
a recent bulletin of Unde Sam on sta-
tistics, show that since 1900 land has
increased from |4.70 per acre to $14.60
per acre. - ;
It is generally accepted by expert
fruit men over the county that the
fruit/crop Is not materially injured.
A full fruit crop is one of die big
ready cash assets of Hopkins Comity,
to say nothing of the genuine enjoy-
ment incident to the eating thereof.
Judge R. B. Seay of Dallas says,
there are now pending in his court
sixty-seven cases wherein the'penalty
of death could be given, and there are
a number in Judge Barry Miller’s
court. Great is Dallas, with her sky-
scrapers^ Adolphus Hotels and record
of ciime.
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r, Precinct No. 1—
*W. H. FURNEY
T. E. (EUGENE) WILLIAMS
LOUIS J, FERGUSON .
T. J. WALKER 9
Sofwmlssioner, Precinct No. 8—
calijIb McCauley,
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HOWARD HARGRAVE.
Par Justice Peace, Precinct No. 1—
J. R. FERGUSON.
JNO. S. STEPHENS.
^notice Peace, Precinct No. 8—
9 J. T. CLARK.
Constable, Precinct No. 1—
& B. SMITH
Now 8--
THOMAS J. GLASSCOCK
While the rains have delayed the
corn planting and it will of necessity
be a little late, the. fact remains we
have a fine season in the ground
and when the crop is planted'it will
grow all the faster. Fast work and
warm days will recover the lost time
in planting. y
Nolfn county is pushing her good
road moyement and verifying her be-
lief in the efficacy of better highways
by the conareuctlon of a macademized
road, leading into Sweetwater, thir-
ty-six miles long, at a cost of one hun-
dred thousand dollars. In after years
they can point to this work as a be-
quest to their children’s prosperity
for all time.
The Republican primary held in
New York Wednesday to determine
whether it fehonld be Roosevelt or Taft,
to carry the banner of New York for
the presidency left Teddy badly in the
lurch and Taft baa things coming his
FOR DISTRICT JUDGE.
To those living in this county it
would hardly be necessary to intro-
duce Judge H. C. Connor, as a candi-
date for the office of District Judge.
We know him as an honored product
of Hopkins county and feel proud of
the fact. Saving the exception of a
few years at Greenville in the practice
of law, he has lived here all his life.
Hence, his private character and pub-
lic record as a citizen, lawyer* and
judge is well known to most of our
citizenship. “To the stranger within
our gates” or those never having the
good fortune to personally know our
distinguished citizen, it is but proper
they should kpow something of the
man who offers to wear “the ermine”
and analyze the law from the judicial
bench.
In the springtime of youth Judge
Connor drank at the fountain of learn-
ing at Central College in this city,
and here laid the foundation for a
broader and higher excellence in life;
thus, armed with the rudiments, when
exercised and polished make men, he
engaged in the practice of the law
and was highly successful in the legal
forum.
His people called him twice to the
office of county judge, and 4 then his
promotion came to the district judge-
ship;' this position he h£ld for one
term with dignity and distinction for
his gentlemanly bearing and just rid-
ings. Declining to run for the seodii
term he, has since practiced his/pro-
fession here and at Greenville. ’
As an evidence of the high esteem
and unfaltering confidence in which he
is held by his home people, in hir race
Tor district judge a few years ago more
than three thousand loyal Democrats
of Hopkins county gathered to his
standard. As a citizen, whose private
life bears no stain and public record
no blemish, as a profound lawyer, an
impartial judge and in evejy way em-
inently fitted fbr the position he seeks,
we present him to the voters of this
district as full weight, and in all
things Worthy, and above and beyond
all, a Christian gentleman. “When
the righteous rule, the people rejoice.”
B. B. STURGEON.
Candidate^ for Congress,
r trict.
First Dis-
The candidacy of the Honorable B.
B. Sturgeon for the position of Rep-
resentative /in Congress from the
Firs£ Texas District should appeal to
every man in the district who stands
for good government, regardless of
his personal preference on the score
of acquaintance or friendship.
Mr .Sturgeon, just now concluding
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a term in the Texas 'State Senate, has
been before the people of this dis-
trict in various public capacities for
many years, and if in that time there
has been a suspicion that he was any-
thing but an honest man The News
hgs not been advised of it, nor has
anyone else. His mentality is equal
to that of any of \hp men who are
contesting with him for the nomina-
tion; his experience as broad as
theirs; his reputation as a lawyer
and a man just as good; his services
to the people in the past as valuable
and as disinterested; and on no
ground that the News can recall is
he deficient.
Coming to Texas thirty odd years
ago, Mr. Sturgeon was a farmer and
School teacher before practicing law,
his home being first in Fannin and
later in Lamar county. He began the
practice of law in Paris and about
twenty years ago was elected county
attorney of Lamar county, which po-
sition he filled for four years, re-
fusing to ask for re-election though
strongly urged to do "so by people
who approved of his conduct of that
office. He was afterwards District
fought Its battles whether he was a
candidate or & private citizen. He
OSCAR WILLIAMSON,
nblie Weigher No. 1—
JOB ». WOOD,
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T. Cy McCORKLB
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Howard Hargrave authorizes us to
announce his name as a candidate for.
County' Commissioner of Prdcinct No.
8, subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic primary, on July 27th.
Mr. Hargrave is well known to the
people he proposes to serve as a high-
minded gentleman and upright citizen.
Indeed, his interest in this county goes
baek to the days when the grass was
free, and there was no wire fences,
and the long record he has maintained
here for truth, sincerity and a square
deal with his fellow man identifies
him as one of our loyal patriots. He
enjoys the distinction of being a Dem-
ocrat of the “old line” and will “stand
hitched” when the war is on to any
and all propositions looking to the
legitimate welfare of his people. -As
Commissioner he has served a number
of terms in the past, and his friends
today hold him in high respect for his.
practical work and painstaking care
in the interest of public affairs.
If honored by this important posi-
tion of public trust be will make the r
people’s business his business, and
will advocate a just and economical
administration of the county’s busi-
ness. He asks the voters to examine
way. It is to be hoped this kind of I official record of the past and if
dope will be handed to the lft>n hunter *they thInk him worthy he will appre-
ciate their endorsement on the day of
the battle of the ballots. ■'
all down the line^ and it looks from all
indications it will pan out that way.
The officers of Hunt county last
week made a raid at Neyland and
caught a fine bunch of the table sons
of Africa at their favorite game of
“craps” with the result that thirty-
nine will have to answer the terms of
the law made and provided to fit such
cases. This promptness will bring
in quite - a little reserve to the coun-
ty and incidentally enlarge the pocket-
books of the officials thereof.
DEBATE.
The Debating Clubs of the Sulphur
Springs High School and the Lone
Oak High School wlnn engage in a
debate at the High School in this city
on Friday/night, March 29th.
The question will be: “Resolved:
That Texas should adopt the Initiative
and Referendum.”
Be sure and attend and show your
loyalty to the school.
Attorney of ' the Sixth Judicial Dis-
trict, composed of Fannin, Lamar and
Red River counties, and refused to
ask re-election to this position. On
his retirement from this office he de-
voted himself to the practice of law
until he was elected without oppo-
sition to the State Senate for the
four years term that he is now finish-
ing, from the district composed of
Fannin and Lamar counties. His
record at Austin is known to‘ every
one who ’follows the trend of state
affairs, and is that of an able and
conscientious representative of his
people. • 1 \ j
No man ever questioned B.^B.
Sturgeon’s democracy. He has al-
ways been aligned with the party,
Was always in sympathy with ^ts
tenants and pronouncements jand
always supported the nominees open-
ly and strongly, and was many times
a delegate to the state and district
conventions of the party, in which
capacity he never failed to represent
his people and carry out instructions
with which he was charged.
B. B. Sturgeon is a prohibitionist,
believing that the liquor traffic is a
curse to the country and should be
abolished as absolutely and as speedi-
ly as possible. He is an original pro-
hibitionist and was one when it was
not nearly so popular as now, and
when men did not run for office on
a prohibition record. He stood for
and urged the adoption of prohibition
in Lamar county under local option
when there were sixty saloons v in
Paris and many of the best people,
including some of his warm personal
friends, believed that they were ne-
cessary to the prosperity of the town
and county. He' was /in the thick of
every fight not only in Lamar but in
nearly every other northern Texas
county and assisted in the fight for
prohibition in Oklahoma at the re-
quest of the campaign committee in
that state. He made speehes for
state prohibition in Texas in 1887,
and again in the recent submission
campaigns in this state, going to
many points under the direction of
the campaign committee These
things are mentioned to show that
Mr. Sturgeon is not a political pro-
hibitionist, but that he is one from
principle and since childhood.
As a citizen, Mr. Sturgeon stands
above reproach He is a man who not
only endorses but practices morality
in every sense of the word, and has
always been recognized as being on
that side of every question, whether
political or social. He advocates and
supports public improvements of his
city, county and state. In the recent
good roads campaign in this county
he addressed the tax payers in favor
of the roads, and in Austin he sup-
ported legislation that would enable
the people of the various sections of
the state to build roads if they de-
sired. He has done his full share of
local improvements and stands for
the material growth of the communi-
ty and the state in all legitimate
ways. He has a large law practice,
and it is not confined to |^amar or
even adjoining counties, bik he ap-
pears before the courts at widely di-
vergent points of the state, as well
as the higher courts of last resort.
He was known as a vigorous prose-
cutor and is a stout defender, yet no
man has ever charged that he tried
to take an unfai£ advantage in the
trial of a case in which he was en-
gaged, whether rfor prosecution or
defense. He puts his whole soul in
his work but does not stoop to abuse
or attempt to win on prejudice.
Mr.''Sturgeon is a man of family,
and has a comfortable home in Paris,
and while not over-supplied with the
goods of this world he provides
properly for his J people and joins
with his friends nnd neighbors in all
enterprises for the general good. He
has been before the public in various
capacities for more than a score of
years and has never been charged
with doing aught that a man of the
highest integrity should not do. As
a representative of this people * at
Washington he would seek to do the
will of the majority and would, legis-
late fb rthe good o fthe whole people
as nearly as possible. Lamar county
has never turned down B. B. Sturgeon
since he has been before her as a pub-
lic official and those who are aiding
iq his campaign assert that she Will
not do so in this instance.
While Mr. Sturgeon’s name is
placed formally in the announcement
column at this time, he has been an
avowed candidate since early in the
winter. Soon after Hon. Morris Shep-
pard announced that he would not ask
for re-election in this district. Mr.
Sturgeon stated that he would be a
candidate for the place, and on Nov-
ember 9th he issued an address to the
Democrats of the district giving his
views on the more important public
questions, of which the following is an
outline:
Promised to support the declara-
tions of the party as set forth in its
platforms;
Promised to advocate a law prohi-
biting sale of Federal liquor licenses
fn prohibition territory, and the
shipment of liquor into such territory
if to be used in violation of the state
laws; ' /
Favored a law to prohibit corpora-
tions from Contributing to campaign
funds of candidates for congress or
the presidency; /
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Favored a law requiring publica-
tion of campaign receipts and, ex-
pensed before election;
Opposed to trusts and advocated
enforcement of v criminal laws to all
unlawful combinations;
Favored direct election of U. S.
senators;
Favored income tax;
Believed in principle of initiative,
referendum and recall, as guarantee-
ing that the people will role;
Favored a tariff for revenue only,
endorsed the national platform of
1908, but agreed to yield personal
views on the question to the will of
the party when expressed in plat-
fqrm; ' >
Opposed the Republican plan of a
central bank of issue; and advocated
curbing the jnoney power in any pos-
sible legal way.7
Since this address was issued Mr.
Sturgeon has been prosecuting his
candidacy as much as his profession-
al engagements permitted and he
will now enter into the campaign
with the purpose and expectation of
being the Democratic nominee.—Paris
News,
(Advertisement.)
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
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We are authorized to announce
John S. Stephens as a candidate for
ice of Justicfe of the Peace of
fet No. 1, of Hopkins county*
subjedt to the action of the Democratic
primary.
Mr. Stephens has been a citizen of
our city for many years and his long
standing as a good citizen and honor-
able man in the social and business
affairs of life, and his thorough com-
petency to care for the duties of the
office to which he aspires, is well
known to our people. - ’
He Respectfully asks the voters to
give his cause a' fair consideration
and if their verdict comes to his fav-
or, he promises to give them a prompt
impartial and faithful administration
to the best of his ability.
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NOTICE.
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The Chairman of the National Dem-
ocratic Party Jias written me, as
Chairman of this county, asking that
I furnish him the'names of every pre-
cinct chairman in the county and I
find that no records were made of
the persons elected at the last pri-
mary and outside of those elected in
Precinct No. 1,1 don’t know the names
of the persons so elected as chairmen^
of the various voting precincts. You
will do me a great favor if immediately 1
after reading this notice, every chair-
man of each voting precinct in the
• county, will, write me, giving name,
post office and the name and number
of your voting precinct. Anticipating,
an early reply from every chairman*-
I beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
f J. M. MELSON,
Chairman of Democratic Party, Hop-
kins County, Texas.
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And the beat will come back to
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Fanning, R. W. The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1912, newspaper, March 29, 1912; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816272/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.