Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1896 Page: 4 of 8
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dealer in, all Kinds of <>
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to pay the expenses' of the gov-
ernment. Give us more rcvcrflie
.an^f;be quick__about it.”—Daily
Paper. AiMJ adw- wiU pay the uigpatcrnalism..
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votes. iF'there were any,ConTe--trrywocdrtors^rT-ltitoxi.riin a.ucws-" oSjc'laws for the benefit of any
paRgCctMitijjyygy acfass. ,“Jt is‘a beneficent arrange-
scrapeTri.vvnich. Jules Soules was
it not their shot and-mortally, wounded by J.
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about the profitab|e .opportuni-
ties foii thrift and* intelligence in
the farming industry. Secretary.
Morton gavif in tiisamwal report
some excellent council concern-
ment,” said he, "of the order of
things and . the conditions of hu-
manlife -that-legislators are n.
permitted.to repeal-, amend or re
vise the- lltws - of- production- or
distribution.” . . ■
But legislators may interfere
with tlje pperatioiT! of thesf laws
as yhe farmers know by experi-
ence, just as a pian may interfere
-^th1 the optfiatioii of the law of
gravitation by placing h prop un-
der j| fal ling body. Th e force of
ihe.law con^nucs’.f^vvorK, but it
js resisted by'the prop that must
bear the weight of the stone if it
is strong enough. ■ -
So the farmers have seen the law
of distribution interfered .with
by the tariff, and by the checking
of the natural, effect of the law
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— -• -ent for Bopulist-s te keep on-howl- ever they are-needed, they have
§een competition checked . and
thus production,-regulated so that
consumers mpst pay what the fa-.
vored manufacturers demfin’d/ A--
But the violation of everydawl
brings its penalty, and the force
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H. Mjllcr, editor, of a rival, papcf.
This.is a very rare occurencc for
editors usually. have too much
sense, to rush headlong into the
kingdom come.
S. J. -ThoMAS has purchased, a
half interest Tn the Comahche
Chief and his name goes at the
hinaci ,q£ the cjulnmn ‘as c<Jitof.....S,.;
M.VerPon, .who is now business
manager of the c.sni^crn, baa no.
"jiipgftisrasinvTTOc otTihc coun-
try press and has made the Chief
a hummer. We extend ■ the new
man the hand of welcome into
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%ot be too much disappointed
with the business.
It sounds strangely ,inconsist-
growth *pf the Nation," therefore/
on this basis may bg placed-’.jit
from 3,730,000 to 5,750,000 \n
population-evecy-Toui; years. “T.
appears that, the latte^-JucrCasc
has been accomplished within the
past four-years. Taking the mc.Tn
per annum, it is in the neighbor-
hood of one mfrllion 'new people-
addecl every year to the Nation’s
already imposing numbers. This
w'oukl-mean for us authis time a
population of -about 68,000,000
Hejold the farmers truly that
the government coldd'not plow ur.
plant or change natural Snd ccon-
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cials they had and what a record
av^yjsJjeeu-.lto.uocuiluc-dulL.fujjjx
local causes, the Populists juhiped
in by a majority that looked aw- P W I
I1 at“tkc expiration of ^TTlieSFTifterTuptedtaws"has SIT
of office the people sat
down on them so atyfid hard and
placed the old reliable party back
in the saddle. After having gone
inwith the majority .they did and
then to lose all in two years leaves
little room for jubilation it seems
to us. '
incm oy u>cmocratic lanu reiorm,
I he Populist Herald is inter- but instead of continuing this
citing itself because Sheriff Gra- ' ' ' -•
ham employed A. S. Tunnell as
deputy instead of Joe I.awlcr.
> Mr. Graham has not nor will
-int a deputy f
5^'..' let*politics die.
’ rlhc fraternity and hope he will
Miss'McChesney, with whom
Wills Point is acquainted, is mak-
-r ■f'irtg a success of the PlanoCourier,
fc.,' .both from ;v business and literary
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yt- -• The prophets and sages seem
to flrink w arc t'o have a '€ry -tHey left when th6 county had al-
fcf--, <.p|d widteri dne question then
' i's, hpw nmc'h do'tlie prophets and"
S^yS^ag’.es.'knp.Mr? • ;
^The Katy ' railroacT Tias'tfone’-faHwge-ftnd
'7 gone and pyt the fixjn’s on the | one te,m
■ Weary Willies who Ijve up and
-- ' down itn-road, - It is‘hbw building
< cars without the "blind baggage.”
i r 1’irst' National bank of
-AT\<er faded last week for a con-
suut. The latest report
gdt that it will reor-
aay jt’s •depositors in
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- Pope Manufacturing C«., Hacfr
ford, Conn., the twelfth annual is-1
.sue of the Columbia pad cation-
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tend the ' duties qj
which he lias most assuredly done
beyond any doubt, Lawler
made an efficient, officer and has
more friends among Democrats
than anywhere else but in working
to defeat the Populist party he
was working" for -principle, pot
pie. So,, sonny, you . just keep
your nose out of Democratic-af-
Yairs till some of the" bmoers fan ~
to do their duty and then trot out
youedogs.
Speaking of the growth' of the
nation the Houston ' P.ost ^Sys:
Thejnciease in the vote-is^a very
safe criterion 4dr .'estimating the
increase of population on the
basis .of one vote to five- citizens.
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■ficers,preside at.-evefy voting Box'
' ■ in thevounty ami was i'
to . • that only qualified
^Electors voted? Thcq why does
.Herald tr-y to whip the devil
around the stump instead of say-
, ing Mr. High would like to have
tW office aivful well but he is al-
most stiroa' contest would place
him further from it, Such a frank
■Bdiiifshiou \<r>illci be -Bte-fwe-w
- ‘ dose for tiiem and “would TTH
whtUj'ogs remairf-jn the county,
Xi ! - Jii ne .1.1 v! aI3 puny, J1
si.iioli r at Democracy.
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: We Have The Reputation:
being all right on the Dry Goods question. - - . ’
If we don’t deserve it blame the people, • . ,
• they gave it to us. -Anyway, it would be a
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Do You feed Anything
In the Dress Goods Line?
’..a few ol our lovely, novelty-
patterns left and here is a closing price;'
Patterns formerly sold for Sto are nOw going at.. .t. .. r...
Patterns formerly sold foj JiH, now.................. ......4.JO
Patterns formerly sqj.d for now.... 3.00 1
DON'T MISS THESE BARGAINS.
J.C. MASON.
■frills T=cl.r^t, . Texas.
NCTICE. NOTICE! 1'
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grandest display of - - —r
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/ i Wtts Ipptnt Chronicle.
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•' r . fRFD Kf VHE RMTpFFKE AT WfttE POINT, TSVAt, At
•CCON©-0Ca88 MAIL MATTtn.
'tttUhi.t'jptieii, in 'Advance* $1 h lear.
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> ' Thursday, December fo, I896.'
a ■ ' STILL AT IT, j - h; h "sasiety” in
7^ SpeakingTrf the small majority
of the Democratic candidate fof
u nt v ele rk,the PopuBwt Herald
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I’herqMere enough illegal votes
Cast, we feel sure, if thrown opt,to
altertheresult of the election in
~ favbr jytTrmajority for the Popu-
list candidate. Whether ot not
" Hi'.-'Populist caw get justice at the.
Vands of the Democratic courts,
" us a doubtful . question, and at
present we do not know whether
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Anew it was infamously false
wjjen h& dicf.sq; he knew .it was a
gruss ridleiition on men who stand
far above1 such a dishonorable
-7“ ;3“i rffiTig y Had they no regard for
——-Hretr-tw+tljood tlicy could not so,
. wilfully'violate their oath of oP
i_. . fice ‘The; Ffeptld man. no doubt
measures other people by his own
halWTushel.' “Whether or not the
. , Populist, can get justice at the
' Iv/l’., tuc. DcmocraKcxqUxts is
a doil?>tfiil question.” llowd’op-
5" ' L ulistiq that sounds. It is the same
pica to ignorant and blinded
- ■•p'rtjiidtce Ihaf Was brought the noticc ol aPPual g‘vca. Let. the 4hThe most mpidincrense,
•- 'Populist party as a body into in- *
i|i the sbade:? of oblivion. Before
4 ’ The Hcraidlias' begun its old tac-
,T^>*~'T7rs .of abuse but thanks to the
fer--—Zandt cmmry-the reouTs.c of it arid
Jtspiirty'has been -most e nip hat i-
c*ily_sat uporv, • .
, But to return to the text. The
Populists’ seem to forget that'
Democrats might also find Some
7.- .illegal ‘ votes, as'many or more
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t&HHrrrght arise as to how illegal', Over in Mississippi Monday,
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evxer opened up in Wills Point.
bought cheap and will nbt be'
- y—undersold by anyoiWv--^-
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I MEAN WHAT ISAY -.,
and If you buy before inspecting my «tock
/• and prices you will not serve your bestf
- interests. I also haye an elegant assortment of
Rogers Bros.’ Quadruple Plated .Silver Ware. ' ”
Yours to-please,
B. W. BRUCH
.rsrcrNEHAYNEEt:''"“"“*
LIVERY & FEEHSTABLE.
Wills Point, Texas. • '
Good turnouts ihvnt «o» band. TraV f C? ~ ~ &
ellng mrn’a oufllts 11 specialty. V N
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J. N. POLK, -
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OFFiet, ovfk Wills 'FotHT bkhk.
Wills point, tex. ’
Special attention given to trenfing
Teeth.
C3-EO. O1TSLOW,
, Maker, of
BOOTS AND SHOE
R. npalrlng neatly done jnd
«r^Xx«U6tn
.. glorious defeat and-forever cast it
■ the smoke of battle has diedaway
' thanks to tKc
with.,ttBaauqr..idrficit .Ilic^pnly l~ With a mas; Qfgyt<;resting fact?
way is- to provide "a
which will raise sufficient
en upon the farmers and th? otlp
er producers and consumers who
have not been favored. They had
iMRpfk
ped-up industries and it became
so heavy that ^hey broke down
under it.
A little relief has been given
them by Democratic tariff reform,
work of relief, the ib6A
who have been put in possession
of the Government at e preparing
for more extensive interfcrahec
vrth economic laws, which will
pile up heavier burdens on The Lumber, Qjiinf
± Columbia bicycles and makes _a .him just
very handy addition to the office, cburqgc and ability..
It can be obtained for five-2i-ccnt
stamps by "Addressing the calen-
dar department of the company.’
The-religion? people of Wash-
ington are trying to stop the in-
augural ball but there is-^bmuch
3 " ' i Washington
the effort- will hardly amauntfto
anything.1 , ~ J
•Go^Wtttas convened at Wash-
ington ' Monday. The presidents
annual message Was little more
tharia summing up of the busi-
ness condition of the country and
A~stradle of the Cuban question.
Up in Illinois men .kiss - eaclt
.. other. 'We’ve ‘Linde? looked
a contest suit will be entered into jown on Illinois since it' went • j -re
.. , , - , , . , -the ratjo usually recognized. I he
back on us in the election and w;e <-• - -
ate now fully convinced-that the
min have very poor taste to say
the least of if: .
Some Celestial? have erected a
temple it)-Chicago for the cottver-
sjpn of Americans toConfucianism.
The point of begiifnThg is"all right
but if they don't look-sharp tjie
Chicago money changers will soon
own their tejnplt. .
A new hearing was denied
Burt, the Austin flifiidciei, whose and wilbjshowa total in. 1900~6T
trial has caused statewidu-rCom- about 72,000,000. The president-
ment, by the trial judge and ial vote ought to reach IMOOiOOO
court of appeals stand-by the
gqpd worlfc already begury-and let
•the world know' that a criminal
caff get his just deserts.
•. "By an unprecedented majority
This country voted to de away
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Gilmore, Clarence E. Wills Point Chronicle. (Wills Point, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1896, newspaper, December 10, 1896; Wills Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1302521/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Van Zandt County Library.