Banner-Leader. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 4, 1903 Page: 4 of 8
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Very Respectfully,
H. WINKLER
WINDOW SHAD
White, Cream, Melroes, New Green and
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C. P. SHEPHERD
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Entered at the Postottice at Ballinger
Texas as second class matter.
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Fees for announcement for
city offices $1.00.
For City Secretary, Assessor and Col-
lector:
MISS FANNIE SIMMONS
BOB LUSK.
P. McGREGOR.
For Marshal:
B. W. PILCHER.
ROBERT CORUM
For Treasurer:
J. B. WILMETH
For Aiderman:
J. A. OSTERTAG
For Mayor:
JOHN HOFFER
J. W. POWELL
SANTA FE TRAIN SERA ICE.
Passenger Trains:
West-bound due at Ballinger 12:44 a.m.
East-bound due at Ballinger 4:17 p. m.
Local Trains:
West-bound due at Ballinger 3:15 p. m |
East-bound due at Ballingei 10:40 a. m
payers, but I cannot agree to
Judge Powell’s scheme, as he
terms it, to do the work through
Mr. M. F. Swain, a broker at
Austin, Texas, by paying tne
first year’s saving of interest,
$165.00. and allowing him to get
rebates of interest out of the
bondholders as additional com-
pensation for his services, said
broker having written the Judge
he expected to make $300 out of
one of the bondholders but did
not know what he could get out
out of the others.
This alone would cost the city
$465 to refund the bonds.
I am also opposed to Judge
Powell’s scheme to increase the
bonded indebtedness of the city
to the limit, some $1100 or $1200,
which would make our bonded
indebtedness greater instead of
reducing it, and in place of sav-
ing $165 a year on interest, we
would only save $105 a year. 1
also object to the members of
the City Council or the Mayor,
as suggested by Judge Powell,
borrowing money from the banks
at 10% interest, on their or his
individual responsibility to make
up the deficit to pay the three
years past due interest of $2500
or more, in order to refund
these bonds.
The city taxes collected during
the past three years amount to
over $16000. Why has not this
interest been paid, and how has
the money been spent? Have
the tax-payers ever seen a pub
lie financial statement of the
moneys received and disbursed
by the city officials? If not,
why not?
I take tne position that these
bonds should be refunded by the
mayor and city council without
cost to the city except that of
printing the oonds, they being
elected for their ability and in-
telligence to attend to such
matters, and that if the bond-
holders are willing to rebate part
of the past due interest on their
bunds in order to cash them, that
the city, and not individuals,
should have the benefit of such
rebates.
1 further hold that the city is
solvent, and that the bonds can
be refunded at 4% interest in
terest instead of 5%, thus mak-
ing a saving to the tax payers of
$330 per annum, as against $105
as proposed by Judge Powell.
There are other matters of as
vital importance to the city as
refunding the bonds, all of which
I am heartily in favor of, and
they are as follows: A clean,
economical administration of our
city government. The very
best of sidewalks, streets and
alleys built to stay and stand
the wear. A good sanitary con-
dition of our city, cleaning it up
and keeping it clean. Improv
ing ou«* water works system—ex-
tending the mains to give all our
people water and tire protection.
Making provision fora city park
and encouraging the planting of
trees on our public streets. Giv-
ing the citizens of West End
♦ tin access into the
original town. Having the im-
portant and mostly travelled
streets better lighted by more
electric lights The collection of
taxes and water rents from all
alike, and to have published a
quarterly statement of the con-
dition of the city, showing all re-
ceipts and disbursments, from
^hat sources the money is re-
ceived, and for what purposes it
is paid out.
If elected Mayor, our citizens,
prospectors and investors will
know we have a city government,
>nd there will be no apologies to
To the Citizens of Ballinger:
Being in the race for Mayor of
the City at the request of friends
who believe I can be of some
benefit to the city, and my op-
ponent, Judge Powell, having
raised the subject of refunding
the Water Works Bonds as the
only issue in his behalf after
having been Mayor of the city
for the past nine years, beg to
say,— I have opposed Judge
Powell’s refunding scheme since
its inception, and have had my
“nay” vote recorded in the
minutes of the Council whenever
the question was put to a vote.
1 am in favor of refunding
these bonds if it can be done in
the interest of the city tax-
Hall’s Great Discovery.
One small bottle of the Texas
Wonder, Hall’s Great Discovery,
cures all kidney and bladder
trouble, removes gravel, cures
diabetes, seminal emissions,
weak and lame backs, rheuma-
tism and all irregularities of t he
kidneys and bladder in both men
and women, regulates bladder
trouble in children. If not sold
by your druggist will be sent by
mail on receipt of $1. One small
bottle is two months treatment.
Dr. Ernest W. Hall, Sole Manu-
facturer, P. O. Box 629, bt.
Louis, Mo. Send for testimon-
ials. Sold by all druggists and
E D. Walker.
READ THIS.
Cisco, Tex., Oct. 18 1901.-Dr.
E. W. Hall, St. Louis: Dear Sir—
We have «*oid your Texas Won-
der, Hall’s Great Discovery, for
several years. I frankly say
that we have never sold a kid-
__THE____
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
BALLINGER. TEXAS.
Capital - - $50,000.00.
Surplus - - 10,000.
OFF1CECS:
J. A. Younger, President.
C S. Miller. Vice Pres.
D. M. Baker, Cashier.
Sam Baker, /Asst. Cashier.
We Solicit Your Bnsinsss.
Dr. A. W. Barton
GENERAL
PRACTICIONER
Treats C ronic Dis-
eases, Cancer, etc.
BALLINGER. - - - TEXAS
W. J MOSS,
Carpenter and
'Fenair Shoo
Lux * . j.
Your
Laundry
Is an important part of
your wearing apparel, so
important that you should
be careful who does
your work
The Home
Steam Laundry
Does absolutely perfect
work. You’ll say so if
you try it. We guaran-
tee satisfaction and un-
less we give it, ’twill
cost you nothing.
Strickland
& Rutherford
Ballinger, - - Texas
Don’t Buy
Green Mesquite Wood
From off wagons when the wood
yard will furnish for the same
money, more wood, better wood
and will saw to suit any stove.
Phone Home Steam Laundry
your order.
Whiskey
Drink
Good Barrel
10 cents a
Think about it ‘‘Old Foreman” Whiskey
10 cents a drink. We handle “Old For-
rester” in the bottle goods, the best on
earth, made by Brown-Foreman & Co.
When in town call around. Respectfully,
Sam Mapes
1 take pleasure in
I cordially invite
announcing to the
you one and all
ladies of Ballinger
to visit my store
and Runnels coun
and take a look
ty that my line of
at the pretty goods
Spring and Sum-
and I assure you
mer Goods have
will not be disap-
arrived, compris-
pointed. Miss Iola
ing one of the best
Green and myself
selected lines that
will consider it a
has ever been my
pleasure to show
pleasure to show
you the goods
you during any
whether you want
previous season
to buy or not
\a7“ anted
A man with small family to work
on farm for wages. Apply to
H. P. HUDGENS
Winters, Texas
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Shepherd, C. P. Banner-Leader. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 4, 1903, newspaper, April 4, 1903; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1179991/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 Carnegie Library of Ballinger.