The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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. MAY 1, 1908.
OBSERVATIONS.
By Observer.
I notice an article ih the Recorder today
That impresses my mind to have something to
say. _ .
Do not appear offensive, did I hear you say?
It is not our intention, though possibly we may.
Texas elected a Senator, that she thought had
the nerve “
To tight all the trusts, and the people to serve;
But when the record was -examined by the
Grand Old State,
It is very discouraging to know our awful fate,
The Lord grant repentance before it is too late,
There is only one thing thing that troubles us;
if into the Gulf we go,
That iB, we will have to fellowship our trust-
frjend Joe.
By their fruits you may know them, so says
*“ *
We are taking him at his word and lineing up
in a row;
To the ballot box we are headed, not to jump
Jim Crow,
But here we are determined to fix the piano for
Bro. Joe.
The people of Old Texas are as jealous as old
Rome,
And do not want ail official to merely act a
drone., —
Faithfulness is our watch word—our political
corner-stone;
The tenets of which we are sure to find in our
Bro. Cone.
Please don’t mistake me, and think I am unkind,
But, if the law did not prohibit, I would vote
twice this time.
Some of the ladies are passive, some are begin-
ning to “whine,”
And saying: I told you so, I wish I could vote
this time.
Bro. Joe is accusing some of slinging a lot of
mud,
Such might not have been, Joe, if you had been
a true bud.
My brother, you dug the clay, and, Pierce, he
made the mud; \
And, we all are sorry, Joe, that it was not nip-
ped in the bud.
The Democracy of the State is wide awake,
And is determined to throw on the brake,
Litis none of our business, some are re’&dy to say;
If the Judge does make speeches, and the ex-
penses we pay.
The hand-saw is a good tool, the mechamo doth
say, ' ; L - / *
But, not to" shave with, for we tried it one day.
And, now, my friends, this is not all—
The higher a man gets the harder the fall; -
This is true in politics, religion and all; —
And when the fellow sees it he is apttdfsquall.
It seems to me that it is time to stop,
And rid ourselves of this political sot; , L
And now is the time, while the iron is hot,
For as sure as you livd, there is deat^j. in the pot.
It i$ a fact,.sir, that tho sons of toil,
Have paid mighty high for the, Waters-Pierce
Oil,
And'when this monster was forced to its quod,
Bro. Joe takes it by the tail and drags it to our
soil, i y '
She finds to"her sorrow, she made a mistake.
This has fallen upon the people with a fearful
weight—
Our Joe went fishing, and Pierce furnished the
bait;
And some of our officials absolutely refused to
bite,
Is the reason we arc now engaged in a fight.
It seems dur Joseph has made a bad mistake
In sky-rocketing creation in the spirit Of hate,
And branding his opponents with infamous
names,
Which illy becomes, even a Senator by name.
The Lord made the bees, and bees make honey;
Texas got the trusts, and Joseph got the money.
Thej>eople bore the burden and it isn’t very
Lfunny— -
“Dear Pierce” got a comp., an3 Joe got the
money.
The people are inclined to whisper and say,
We will mete out justice the secbndday of May;
The principles of Democracy will bring the
grafters to bay,
For the people are> wide-awake, and are going
to have a say.
The people have learned a lesson, and that is
no lie—
While having to eat the corn crust, and Joe eat
the pie.
I guess I had better ring off, as election is
drawing nigh,
And see if I can do anything to equally divide
the pie.
I well remember the warning of our Bro. Joe,
That who were not obedient, in the Gulf must go.
O, trouble! trouble! trouble! If it is absolute-
ly so,
It is somewhat consoling, for there we will
meet Bro. Joe.
Bro. Joe! Bro. Joe! You should have gone slow,
And you could have been in Washington where
the wind don’t blow.
The people rise up but not for show,
But to inform you, that this won’t go.
The fight for delegaTt^%at*large to the Nation-
al Convention IS^JIfSCttcally over, and tho entire
Nation will await with interest the result to see
if the Democrats of Texas endorse the practice
of public officials representing trusts while in
the employ of the people. The present cam-
paign has been an unusual and an unequal one.
In one way it has been unequal, because the
people have had to go down in their pockets to
secure funds for literature and public speakers’
expenses, while the Senator alone was able to
furnish the expenses of those working in_his
interest, yet he had the aid of Republicans to
assist him in his fight, even in Freestone Co.
He owned (and admitted it) $10,000 worth of
stock in the Ft. Worth Record, which is a Bai-
ley organ. The Houston Post (a paper that
doesn’t know the truth when it meets it), has
been freely circulated, and beginning on or
about Mar. 10, 1908, country people in Free-
stone county began to receive letters from the
Post stating that the Post had received pay for
3 month’s subscription for them, which would
enable them W receive the paper until the dele-
gate election was over.) And, dear Democrats,
who do you think receives credit from the Post
of this kindness in paying for as rabid and un-
fair a paper as is in the South—that tries to
smirch the character of every public man who
dares to oppose the Waters-Pierce Oil Senator?
The credit goes to an institution headed by the
rankest Republicans that ever set foot in Free-
stone county. Again the Ft. Worth Record is
edited by Clarence Ousley, a man noted for not
being a Democrat, and wfio has scratched the
Democratic Ticket more times than he ever
voted it straight, and he will not deny it. He
voted against Bryan twice, and twice voted
against a Democratic nominee for Congressman
in the Galveston district. We will add that Geo.
Clark is one of his staunch supporters. But,
no matter who is for or against, him, if you be-
lieve he is standing band in hand with the cap-
tains of predatory wealth, and he admits receiv-
ing a fee from the king of them all—the Stan-
dard Oil Co.,—vote against him. Don’t let it
be said that Democracy has stooped so low that
we endorse the grafter.
Republican Convention
’ Pursuant to a call*• issued by
the chairman of the Republican
State Executive Committee,
dated Apr. 15, 1908, precinct
conventions are hereby called to
meet in the usual places in each
precinct in Freestone Co., on
Saturday, May 2, ’08, which con-
ventions shall" bach elect dele-
gates to a county convention of
Freestone Co., which shall Con-
vene at Fairfield, at 10 o’clock a.
m., on Tuesday, May 5, 1908,
which convention shall elect
delegates to senatorial, congress-
ional and state conventions of
the Republicad party, and shall
transact any other business
properly before it. The basis of
representation of each precinct
in the county Convention is one
vote for each 25 votes cast for
Gray for Governor 1906. Repub-'
iican voters are warned not to
take part in any alleged primar-
ies held by any other than the
regular Republican organization
of Texas. J. W. Griswold,
Cum. Freestone Co. Republican
Advt. Ex. Com.
Sam Sterling Kills Himself.
Yesterday morning between
3 and 6 o’clock Sam Sterling
committed.,-suicide by shootinj^
with a pistol. The hall entered
• his head and he died soon after
he was found with this wound.
When the family arose for
their daily ^labors Mr. Sterling
was missed from his bed and
was soon found in the yard with
the wound inflicted as above
..SteSfidLjmfli. the pistol by his
side. Only one shot had been
fired and no one of the family
heard the report of the gun but
it is thought that the act was
committed -sometime after 3
o’clock,
Mr. Sterling has been in bad
health for sometime aud for
several days he has been with-
out his good mind.—Wortham
Journal.
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Sciatlcia Cured After 20 Years of
Torture.
- Will speak against Bailey- jjjj
Si„ ,, . ,. Us
For more than 20 years Mr. J.
B. Massey, of 3322 Clinton st.,
Minneapolis, Minn, was tortured
by sciatica. The pain and suf-
fering which he endured during
this time is beyond comprehen-
sion. Nothing gave him any per-
manent relief until he used Cham-
berlain’s Pain Balm. One appli-
cation of that liniment relieved
the pain and made sleep and rest
possible, and less than one bottle
-/'ll
has effected a permanent cun
troubled with sciatica or rheu-
matism why not try a 25c bottle
ot Pain Balm and see for your-
self how quickly it relieves the
pain. For Sale by Johnson &
Mcllveen.
And stop this train before it is too late,
And stop forever this Spirit of hate,
We must not forget to mention Judge Brooks,
And call your attention to how things look;
We see several cases are still on the books,
And yet he don’t seem to see them, from the
course be took,
Following we give the test adopted in Cooke
county (Bailey’s home) to be placed on the tick
et to be used May 2d. How any decent Demo
crat can take an oath in order to vote in a Dem
ocratic election is more than we can understand
How would you Democrats of Freestone Co.
like to take an oath in order to vote?
“I upon oath state that I reside in Cooke Co.,
Texas; that I am not a socialist; that I am not
a republican; that I am not a populist; but that
I am a democrat, and not hold allegiance to
any other party than the democratic party; and
I agree to support the nominees of this pri-
mary, held May 2, and I further agree to sup-
port the nominees of the democratic primary to
be held in July, from constable to president,
and I make this oath in order that I may be en-
titled to vote in the primary held today, May 2,
1908.
In his speech at San Antonio,
Monday, Senator Bailey comes
out flat-footed against State pro-
hibition. Rev. Geo. Rankin, of
Dallas, says that Mr. Bailey
wrote him recently from Wash-
ington that he would not let the
prohibition question enter into
the present fight. Question:
What is Brer Rankin going to
do about it? Looks like he is
up a tree.
In Cooke county, Senator Bailey’s home coun-
ty, the Baileyites have a<|opted a severe test for
the primary Saturday, saying the tost adopted
by the State Executive Committee was not rigid
enougljj|g The Cooke county test requires the
vote,* to take an oath. Some of the strongest
Bailey men say they will not vote on this ac-
count.
Not all the disgruntled defeat-
ed politicians are against Bai-
ley. N. P. Houx, of Mexia,
manager of Bailey’s campagin
in Limestone county, at one
time published a populist paper
in Freestone county, and about
four years ago was overwhelm-
ingly defeated for the Legisla-
ture on the Democratic ticket.
Piles are easily and quickly checked
with Dr. ahoop'H Magic Ointment. To
proyo it I will mail a small trial box as a
convincing test. Simply address Dr.
Bhoop, Racine. Wis. I surely would not
Evincing test.
address Dr.
send it free unless I was sure that. Dr
Bhoop’s Magic Ointment would stand
the tost. Rememlxir it is made express
It is said the women folks will be glad when
the election for delegates is over, so their hus
bands can devote some of their time to working
the gardens.
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ly and alone for swollen, painful, bleed
ing or itching piles, either external or
internal. Large jars GOc. Sold by all
deal era.
Ex-Confederate soldiers in several counties
have met and condemned Mr. Bailey’s “con-
script and deserter” speech.
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Disastrous cyclones swept
over the Southern Ntates last
Friday Eight. A few people
were killed in Texas; 31 killed
in Alabama; 78 in Louisiana,
and 188 in Mississippi.
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are also invited to attend.
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1908, newspaper, May 1, 1908; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1109703/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.