The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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Yon Have Ttied the Rest—
THE SULPHUR SPRINGS GAZETTE, JULY 23, 1911
Now Try the Best!
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>• Mexico is said to be considering
closing her doors to Chinese immi-
grants. In this she may be wise. A
ietrogenous mixture of alien races
f has not been conducive to good gov-
ernment in the larger cities of the
United States.
caused by the open saloon in Texas in
the future? Yes! There’s no de-
nying the fact! Then if you vote for
the saloon will the fact that your vote
did not change the result, in any way
lessen your responsibility? We can’t
see that it would, because you have
said by your vote that you are willing
for the saloon evil to continue. Re-
member, always, that when you have
to argue with your conscience to jus-
tify your position on any question of
public morals, that you are wrong!
As long as you are RIGHT, you get
the prompt co-operation of your con-
science—without quibble or argument.
Take your conscience to the polls
with you; if it rebels against your in-
tended anti vote—DON’T PUT IT IN!
The Lorimer investigation drags on.
■ One witness contradicts another and
^another contradicts him—and there
you are. Enough has already been
proven on Lorimbr to show that his
a^at was secured by bribery and cor-
ruption, but if the investigating com-
mittee gives credence to the testi-
mony of witnesses secured and “fixed”
fey the special interests that “put Lori-
mer over,” you may listen for another
"“white-wash.’
ASK YOUR CONSCIENCE.
If 400,000 votes were to be cast to-
•rrow on the question of state-wide
ition; 200.000 for and 200,001
_ it the amendment; you were the
last man who voted and broke the tie
in favor of the saloons; then would
ot be directly responsible to Al-
God for all the sin and crime
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A STORY FROM LIFE.
Years ago, during the reign of sa-
loons in Franklin county, two good
substantial farmers went to Mt. Ver-
non and got drunk together; they
left for home together that night; one
of them was found dead in the road
next morning with a small knife wound
in his throat—just one little stab in
his jugular vein. His companion of
the night before remembered nothing
of the'killing but his horse’s tracks
around the scene of deatn proved con-
clusively that he and he alone had
been the murderer; the supposition
was that these two life-long friends
and neighbors had engaged in a drunk-
en parley or fuss at the cross roads
where they separated to go home; one
stabbed at the other with a small
knife (the little blade of which was
open); the unlucky thrust struck the
other in a -vital spot: and death ensued.
The man who took the life of his
friend was so full of the product of
the open saloon that he afterwards re-
membered nothing of what happened,
or how it happened. No better man
ever lived in Franklin county than the
man to whom the physical facts point-
ed as the murderer. His good wife
and little <!Eildren had always “let
liquor alone,” the wife and children
of the.murdered man had always “let
it alone,” but yet, the antis’ pet
preachment of “let it alone and it will
let you alone” was « farce and a fail-
ure iu this instance, as it Is in many
thousands. The whiskey traffic pois-
ons and pollutes, wrecks and ruins
and even brings death to many good
people who have always let the ac-
cursed stuff “alone!”
No, you have no assurance that it
will “let you alone!” You never know
when it is going to lay the blighting
hand of despoliation and death upon
you or some of your loved ones. The
best and only way to be free from its
evils’ is to vote againfct the manufac-
ture and sale of it every time you get
a chance.
The antis have been jesting and
making light of the pros for telling
“blood-curdling” stories in this cam-
paign, hut they have not denied that
the stories are true. The incident re-
lated above is from actual life, hap-
pening within a few miles of this
writer’s old home in Mt. Vernon, and
is but one of the many thousands of
cases that illustrate that liquor brings
woe and wretchedness; makes crimi-
nals out of good men, brings sudden
death to others, covers good women
with sorrow and shame and blasts for-
ever the peace and happiness of many
firesides. Can you vote for the legal-
ized sale of a thing which you know
has caused more ev-il, more strife,
more sorrow and pain than anything
^else in the world? Your vote Sat-
urday will be FOR or AGAINST liqu-
or! There is truly no mid-ground.
Will you vote for the women and chil-
dren, and good morals and a higher
standard of civilization, or will you
vote for the continuation of the great-
est home-destroyer and crime-breeder
the world has ever known? Be fair
with yourself and vote the way your
conscience dictates.
It is seldom that a young man is
found who is willing to advertise to
the world that he wants a chance to
make good. He feels that way about
it, no doubt, but keeps the secret
locked up in his own bosom.
It remained for a Fort Worth young
man to shake off his timidity and an-
nounce in plain type in a Sunday pap-
er that all he wanted was “just half
a chance to mak$ good.” He had just
returned home to his mother from a
two-year sojourn at Huntsville, where
a court had sentenced him to a fobty-
year term for robbery, and doubtless
he felt like the world had the back
of its hand towards him.
Th one of his ad. indicated that he
meant business. All he wanted was
a chance. He was willing to turn
over a new leaf and step iifto the front
fank of good-* citizenship if society
would forgive him and give him a
chance to make an honest living.
The young man certainly deserves
a chance to make good. If there is
ever a time when asfellow needs a lift
it’s when he is down i nd out. Wheth-
er made so by disease, financial re-
verses or the clutches of the law, he
is- at least entitled to an opportunity.
Many an unfortunate young man
would develop into splendid man-
hood if the world were more disposed
to help^him when he is under cloud
than to offer the glad hand to the one
who lives on the sunny side of the
street. A little personal effort in
behalf of our befallen brother, an en-
couraging word or the loan of a few
dollars will sometimes change night
into day. Try it. Keep tab on the
results and you will see that two are
benefitted instead of one.—Pittsburg
Gazette.
A REMARKABLE TERM.
The district court of Delta county
which has been in session at Cooper
with Judge R. L. Porter presiding,
has adjourned. The term of court
was one of the most notable and most
remarkable ever held in the county.
Although the grand jury was in ses-
sion twelve days, during which time
it is said to have torn up things more
generally and probed matters more
deeply than wa^ ever known before,
there were only three indictments re
turned during the entire time and
there was not a single case tried on
the criminal docket during the term.-
Paris News.
This is respectfully referred to
Col. Jake Wolters. Delta is a very
decided pro county.—Bonham News.
TAKING STOCK!
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We are busy this week taking stock
on our semi-annual invoice and
haven’t time to tell you of the many
good bargains we still have on our
counters for you. We have some ex-
tra bargains to tell you of next week.
ATCH FOR OUR AD.
i
Claude Frost & Co.
hwest Side Square, Sulphur Springs, Texas
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TALKING ABOUT DEAD THINGS.
Last eve I sought the church and
heard a gifted pastor preach the
Word. He talked of man whose days
were o’er two thousand years ago or
more. He talked of kings whose bones
were dust, whose sceptres were re-
duced to rust so long- ago their stories
seem like fragments of a summer
dream. . He said no words of those
who strive in this old world, intense,
alive, who fight their battles every
day, obscurely in their feeble way.
I’d just as soon be in the dark con-
cerning Father Noah’s ark; I crave
not for the tents of Baal, or Joseph’s
corn, or Jonah’s whale; I want to
hoar my pastor taik about the people
on this block, whose lives are full of
stings and smarts, whose problems
often break their hearts. I’d rather
learn some way to cheer some lone-
some toiler struggling here, than to
learn how Pharaoh blew his dough
about five thousand years ago. The
dust of kings in ancient ground is
worth a half a cent a pound; and
ur’s widow’s tears were dried be-
old Julius Caesar died; the things
which my pastor talks are dead as
Adam’s brindle ox, but all around us
there are cries, and ringing hands and
weeping eyes. He’ll have to get his
text on straight, and bring his gos-
pel up-to-date.—Walt Masqn.
LEARN TO DO WORK WELL.
No greater lesson can be learned
by boys on the farm than the art of
doing work well. In the busy world
today there is little hope for the man
who habitually slights his work. While
others around him are achieving suc-
cess he may wonder why his services
are not wanted and why he does not
make progress in whatever he under-
takes. Perhaps it has not occurred
to him that his work is seldom well
done.
While children are young they’
should be impressed with the impor-
tance of dilligence in everything they
attempt. Parents should not accept
poor work nor permit children to
waste time in slighting their tasks.
Much incentive will be given if their
good work receives commendation.
Praise them for dilligence and com-
mend what 'ever merits admiration.
Children should be taught that
“what ever is worth doing at all, is
worth doing well.” There is no bet-
ter recommendation than that all
work is well done. It is a powerful
factor in forming character. Honesty
of purpose and determination for
achievement will give you precedence
recognitioq of your talents.
Edison defined genius as ninety-eight
per cent, hard work. When asked if
genius was not inspiration, he replied
that it is “perspiration.” Most of the
so-called genius is little more than
concentration of thought and persist-
ence in endeavor. It takes determin-
ation to win the battle of life.—Farm
and Ranch.
HOW
ONE SfERILE FARM
MADE A RICH ONE.
WAS
About five years ago a farmer came
to us and said: “I have never been
anything else but a piney woods farm
er, but my boys, four of them, are
growing up and I want to change.
He had never used any other plow
than a Boy Dixie, never had used a
smoothing harrow, had no mower, no
hay rake, had never made any hay, al-
ways pulled his fodder. He bought
the above mentioned articles and he
and his boys went to work. They did
not scratch; they plowed, and a great
improvement was made in the crops
the first year. That fall a dairy of 12
cows was put in. One of the boys
that was in love with his work took
charge of it. The dairy more than
paid the expense of operating the
three-horse farm. One of the boys,
thought he would like a canning ♦out-
fit. Jt was purchased; a lot of to-
matoes were raised, also some peaches
and beans and okra were canned, as
well as a lot of berries. The family
had all the canned goods they want-
ed and quite a lot were sold; in fact,
enough to pay for the outfit and ex-
pense for the canning. The house
was repaired, a large new barn was
erected, wire fences were put up for
cattle and hogs bought, and one pas-
sing would not know the old place.
Before the farm changed hands, it
was considered one of the poorest in
the neighborhood, and the man that
owned it hardly made a living. Last
year 1,800 bushels of sweet potatoes
were raised, besides corn, cotton and
an abundance of teed for the dairy.
He paid $15 per acre five years ago;
last fall he was offered $60.—Progres-
sive Farmer.
THE WORD IN TIME:
Breathes there a man with soul so
dead, who never to him self hath said,
“My .trade is getting bad; I guess I’ll
use a ten-inch ad.”? If such there be,
go mark him well; for him no bank
account shall swell; no angel watch
the golden stair to welcome home a
millionaire.
The man who never asks for trade,
by local ad. or line displayed, cares
more for rest than worldly gain, and
patronage but gives him a pain. Tread
lightly, friends, let no sound disturb
his solitude prpfound; here let him
live in calm repose, unsought except
by men he owes, and when he dies, go
plant him deep, that ^naught may
break his dreamless sleep, where no
clamor may dispel the solitude he
loves so well and, that the world may
knowt its loss, plant on his grave a
wreath of moss.
But he who hustles night and day to
land the risks along the way, and
decorates his office den with pictured
Monarch of the Glen,” shall never
know the S-A’s call that puts his bus-
iness to the wall.
So, friend, If you are feeling glum
because your “bizz is on the bum,”
don’t mourn around and think and
blink, but use a lot of printers’ ink.
ENGINE FOR SALE.
We have a 1% horse-power gaso-
line engine, practically new, which
we will sell at a bargain. It’s the
very thing to run a small pump or
saw. If you need a small engine,
come to see us. THE GAZETTE.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
“There’s nothing in a name,” is an
old saying that people sometimes
doubt, but by cali.ng to mind some
familiar names in our neighborhood,
the doubt is entirely dispelled. Now
tqke th§ Wolfe and nothing could be
further from their thoughts than rov-
ing around nights killing sheep; still
there is one of them that has been
killing sheep for his neighbors around
Rothville for some years. None of
the Foxes near here have shown any
disposition to be sly. A very tall girl
living near Rothville married a Mr.
Crane. So far as known, all of the
Carpenters here are farmers or mer-
chants, and ohe Merchant here is a
farmer.
Alex Semple is about as far from
what his name would seem to imply
as one can imagine. It is only when
we consider such names as Lambs
that we are inclined to think their
disposition towards mildness is in-
herited, the Greens and Blacks are
mostly ^of the blonde type, and the
Whites and Grays of the brunette.
Our old friend George Light, weighed
nearly two hundred pounds. It Is
not generally known that Mr. Wrenn
can not sing a note. Some of our
Millers are bankers, and others min-
ers, but the meekest man in town is
named Pride.—Rothville Bee.
A GODLY YOUNG KING
II Chronicles 34:1-13—July 23
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The Wrong Way.
DON’T SNUB THE BOY.
Don’t snub the boy*because he wears
shabby clothes. When Edison, the in-
ventor, first entered Boston, he wore
a pair of yellow linen breeches in the
depth of winter.
Don’t snub the boy because of the
ignorance of his parents. Shakes-
peare, the world’s greatest poet, was
the son of a man who could not write
his own name.
Don’t snub the boy because his
home is plain and unpretending. Abra-
ham Lincoln’s early home was a log
cabin..
Don’t snub the boy because he
chooses an humble trade. The author
of “Pilbrim’s Progress” was a tinker,
Don’t snub the boy because of dull-
ness in his lessons. Hogarth, the cel-
ebrated painter and engraver, was a
stupid boy at his books.
Don’t snub the boy because he stut-
ters. Demosthenes, the great orator
of Greecye, over came a harsh and
stammering voice/
Don’t snub him for any reason. Not
only because he may some day. out
strip you in the race of life, but be-
cause it is neither kind, 'or right, or
Christian.—Exchange.
HUGE PROFITS OF MAN- ORDER
HOUSES.
Some time ago one of the greatest
mail order houses of Chicago floated
an issue of stock which brought Its
total capitalization up to forty million
dollars. Conservative financiers shook
their heads and predicted at the time
that the concern would wind up In
the hands of a receiver. They little
realized what tremendous profits there
arb in the mail order business. In-
stead of “going broke” the corpora-
tion above referred to recently declar-
ed a stock dividend of 33 1-3 per cent,
on the common stock, subject to the
ratification of the board of directors.
P. T. Barnum used to say that the
American people like to be humbugged.
The way they pay their hard earned
dollars into the coffers of the mall
order houses for the goods that local
stores can duplicate for less money
seems to prove that old “P. T.” under-
stood human nature pretty well. The
bulk of the $13,333,333,33 dividend
which goes to enrich the stockholders
in just one mail order concern came
from the pockets of farmers and peo-
ple living in small towns mroughout
the country.—Nocona News.
An exchange speaks of William J.
Bryan as a “Pathetic figure.” Nothing
pathetic can we discover about the
nation’s greatest commoner and best-
loved citizen. About fifteen years ago
the “boy orator of the Platte” burst
upon the world in an address that is
yet ringing around the world. He was
very poor and was known by compar-
atively few; now he is moderately
rich and in every clime his name
is given a place of honor. True he
has made three unsuccessful races
for the presidency; so did Henry Clay,
and Clay is remembered while the
men who defeated him are remember-
ed only as men who held high office.
Bryan has seen nearly all his policies
adopted by Congress and Presidents,
and he sees other policies he champ-
ioned. growing in favor every day.
He can never be president, as the
three defeats have weakened him as
candidate until his party will not
think of ndminating him again, but
instead of a pathetic figure, he is to-'
day about the brightest star in the
American galaxy.—Honey Grove Sig-
nal.
‘Remember now thy Creator tn the day$ of thy
youth '—Bcvlee. lt:l.
TNG MANASSEH of our last
lesson had a bad son', Amon,
wjao reigned but two years,
and was murdered by his
courtiers in his own palace. His son,
Josiab, the central figure Of today’s
study, became king in his eighth year.
By the time he was sixteen his heart
had begun to seek after and to desire
to serve the Almighty God. By the
time he was twenty, his religious con-
victions *were so deep and fixed, and
bis authority as a king so in bis own
hands that he dared to begin hie work
of reformation. The idols and their
temples qnd groves for idolatrous
worship were destroyed. The valley
of Hinnom. as already suggested, was
desecrated and made a dumping-place
for the offal of Je-
rusalem. V ^ ^
The temple of r s* *
the Lord was re- nf43wi**»
paired and cleans-
ed of all its idola-
trous defilements
and worship and
praise therein to
the Almighty was
restored. More
than this, the
king extended his
influence for the
destruction of idolatry into what waS
once the territory of the ten tribes,
north of his kingdom.
Mistake to Assim>« That Wild Oats
Must Fiqat Ba Sown
What a force there is in our text,
“Remember now tby Creator in the
days of thy youth!” What a great
mistake some parents make in assum-
ing that their children must have an
experience in “sowing wild oats” be-
fore they will be prepared to appreci-
ate righteousness and become its serv-
ants! This thought is reflected upon
the minds of the young, both male
and female; rarely do they seek to live
by a higher standard than that ex-
pected of them by their parents or
guardians. We have known saintly
mothers to unintentionally lay snares
for the feet of their children by in-
troducing them to ways of the world
in which they themselves would not
walk. Their expressed sentiment was,
“I must not put upon these children
the weight of the cross, nor expect of
them saintship; if ever they become
truly consecrated saints of God they
will then know rhe trials of the mar-
row way’ and have plenty of them.”
Alas! such Christian mothers have
failed to grasp the situation properly.
They have failed to realize that, at
the present time, there is no real hap-
piness in the world exeept in the “nar-
row way.” j
A Certain Simplicity and Honesty In
the Mind of Every Child
Of the few who do find the narrow
way after having walked in the broad
road their plaint is. “Oh. why did. I
not earlier find the way of the Lord,
the way of Truth, joy, peace and hap-
piness!”
Notwithstanding the depravity with
which all are born, there appears to
be a certain simplicity and honesty in
the miqd of every
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The Right'Way.
child. It Is that
principle which
must be used by
teachers and help-
ers in general, if
the child is led in
the right way by
which he would
most quickly at-
tain a ‘relation-
ship and harmony
with his Creator;
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nor is it necessary always that there
shall be a preceptor. At times, under
God’s providence, the message from
on High reaches the heart and draws
It with seemingly little resistance. The
hollowness of life is perceived, the
need of wisdom from on High Is recog-
nized, and perhaps by the servant,
perhaps through pareqtal instruction,
perhaps through the counsels of s
friend, perhaps by a tract or a book,,
the young heart Is shown the way of
wisdom and is pointed to the Lord.
We are to remember that the wifi is
the real director of our destiny, under
Divine providence, and that it is ail-
important to have the will rightly di-
rected and established. Many a one
is in tbe broad road of sin and selfish-
ness—away from God today—who has
in his makeup many good qualities en-
tirely ont of.sympathy with his posi-
tion and coarse in life. But without
the will to guide, to lead, be goes
downward. Similarly, there are some
on the narrow way who have many
physical, mental and moral blemishes
of heredity continually drawing them
toward the broad road,<.bat who are
kept in the narrow way of the Lord,
not by the self-will of the flesh, but by
the power of a renewed will. How im-
portant. then, the propler directing and
fixing of our wills in youth! How
much greater blessings we may enjoy
In the present life, and how much
more adequate • preparation we may
thereby bave for the future life!
King Josiah of today’s study is an
example of the proper course to- every
young person to take. First of all, tbe
heart should be giveD to the Lord in
the days of youth, before tbe evil days
and evil experiences bave come; be- f
fore one shall have learned so much oi
evil that the remainder of Ufe would
not suffice to eradicate IL
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