The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 25, 1920 Page: 6 of 8
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That Ever Came to Market
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Air. Kirby knows
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Why Hon. Jno. H. Kirby is
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record, he has been for prohi-
I Want
the prohibition
as
Coffins and Caskets, Farming Supplies.
Fine Farm fos Sale
non-resident
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Since
Death of Elmer Roberson
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among them has spent less than
20 years in handling rubber.
Each is a master of his craft.
And the new ideas they bring to
the attention of Brunswick direc-
tors receive sincere consideration.
Every proved betterment is
adopted unanimously.
The Brunswick Tire is a combi-
nation of acknowledged features—
plus Brunswick standards of manu-
facture.
The result is a super-tire, the like
of which you have never known be-
fore. The kind of a tire you will
gladly join in welcoming.
Yet Brunswicks cost no more
than like-type tires.
Try ONE Brunswick. We prom-
ise a surprise. And we feel certain
that you will want ALL Bruns-
wicks.
Then good tires will have a nfew
meaning to you.
ported instead the Republican better enforced" ’ ’ ”
County Attorney than
Yours for Neff,
G^W. BARENS.
land plank by Air. Neff is
has- come when Texas should explanation why
go a step further and make
these million-acre non-resident
The Most Welcome Tire
closed the fact that he (Kirby)
000 for putting over the deals
tor him, Kirby and the l£irby
Lumber Coimpany and/ when
this was done that he/Bailey,
was supposed to be represent-
ing the people of the state of
Texas in the Senate and not Air.
Kirby on Wall-Street. He for-
got to tell them that he, Kirby,
fought the Democratic nominee
Wm. .■
the multi millionaire
king is now on 1
land owners open up their idle behalf of ex-senator Bailey. We
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will not dignify the misleading
statements made by Air. Kirby
against Air. Neff by making
ply, for to do so would be .
reflection on the intelligence of I }^lLiiOut one Particle of true to
^-p county. I lt’and no man in Waco or else-
at the ■ w(°yid either - write a
less make an affidavit to
lhe only persons who
make such “ '
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people that in the investi-Knby, who have
s con-'
Your Business
In my line. I carry a good stock of Harness,. Saddles,
Paints, and Oils, Windows, Doors, Lime and Cement. A gen-
eral line of Hardware. All kinds of Feed Stuffs. Buggies,
Wagons, Oil Stoves, and parts for same, Pipe Fittings, Valves,
Texas lives on and improves, Trumped up charges
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but of the unimproved, unculti- should be condemned by
for speculation by landed aris-
tocrats. Unless some legisla-
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ril vliJO line, me • &ci,w.vii ui ociiaiur Dauey s con-l "----- Vil'-
boys of today, when they go out nection with the Standard Oil | and wbo have
' Company, the Legislature of i ax -° grind. - ’
the State of Texas, 1907, dis-1 As to Mr- Neff’s prohibition
closed the fact that he (Kirby) record, he has been for prohi
had paid to Air. Bailey $200.- bition all of his life Tip i
000 for nnftirur Avar . S IUe- He ran for
was elect-
-i ticket;
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Men Who Appreciate Superlative Values Prefer The Brunswick
In every great tire factory, the
i Chief question is: “How much can
we give for the money?” And the
product depends on the policy
adopted.
Every man who has become ac-
quainted with Brunswick Tires
knows that Brunswick standards
are again evident. This famous con-
cern—-noted as a leader in every
line it entered since 1845 — has once
more proved that its policy is right.
A perfect tire is simply a matter
of knowledge and standards and
skill. No secrets nor patents pre-
vent making an ideal tire.
But standards come first. For in
tire making there is vast room for
skimping, for subtle economies, for
hidden shortcomings. Makers with-
out the highest standards don’t
build high-grade tires.
The Brunswick organization of
tire makers includes a brilliant staff
of technical experts. Not a man
THE BRUNSWICK-BALKE-COLLENDER CO.
Dallas Headquarters: 611 Main St.
Sold On An Unlimited Mileage
Guarantee Basis
ajffti-pi
cause. Of couJj h<
Air. Bailey say§ voted against JBibi
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persons who w|
a statement, are mH
i re^ai d f°r the truth whatevei
s some personl
ax to grind. . . 1
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while he was fl
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the history of the county. He J
closed up the gambling houses; J
made the saloon keepers obey
the law as nearly as saloon I
keepers could be made to obey, ■
and in his race for County At- I
torney, saloon keepers’, brew- I
eries and owners of property I
in the Red Light District con- fl
tributed thousands of dollars,
tiying to defeat him for Coun- 1
ty Attorney. Air. Neff will 1
not dignify these vile slanders
with any printed statement.
In the last election, this coun-
ty went for him by an over- B
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andithe Southern States at the
own-1 , — o liuivin. ij
, interest of the Liberty Loj
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filled a number of engagement^
government in the
army camps, speaking in the Y~
M. C. A. campaigns; gave
more than a month of his time
I the government in,
I the Liberty Loan drives, and no
statement that j
threatened toM
a slacker and
re-! nim to sub-
pjscrioe, is ail absolute falsehood
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it, and no man in Waco
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Cord Tires with “Driving” and “Swastika” Skid-Not Treads
Fabric Tires in “Plain,” “Ribbed” and “BBC” Skid-Not Treads
You listened a few moments
ago to Air. Bailey’s bitter de-
nunciation of what he called
the land plank of my platform.
I am familar with my own land
question, but I never recogniz-
'ed it from Air. Bailey’s remarks.
Air. Bailey wilfully and delib-
erately misrepresented the
landqucstion as advocated by
me. I charge him with mali-
ciouly doing so, strictly for pol-
itical purpose. I shall gladly
give you my views regarding
the land question.
There is in Texas, one hun-
dred and thirty million acres
of uncultivated land. A large
part of this agricultural
land is owned by people who
do not live in Texas. There is
one individual, a non-resident
of Texas, who owns enough
land in this state, if all put to-
gether, to form an area larger
than the state of Rhode Island.
There is another person who
has never lived in this state
who holds title to three million
acres of Texas land. Several
others own a million acres each.
A large part of these million
acre holdings is strictly agri-
cultural land. There are five
hundred thousand families—
not persons, families—who do
not own one acre of land. This
same question of land owner-
ship was an issue in the Hogg
campaign for Governor. At
that time there were some peo-
ple who lived in England, Scot-
land and other countries across
the ocean who had bought up
large tracts of land in Texas
and were holding it off the mar-
ket for speculation. Hogg,
who always lived close to the
hearts of the people, had en-
acted what is know as the Hogg
Alien Land Law, prohibiting
aliens who did not live in this
state from owing large tracts
of land. This law further
provides that if an alien who is
a non-resident of this state in-
herits land in Texas, he must
put it on the market and sell
it within ten years. No one
has ever questioned the wisdom possible, all our honest
of this law. No one now calls industrious citizens home
Hogg a Socialist for having had ers.
this law passed. The law has
been on the books a quarter of
a century, and not even Bailey
has suggested its repeal. In
direct line with the thought of
the Hogg law7, I think the time
, o’clock Alonday morning, fol-
lowing an illness of about a
j week. He was working at Ten-
| aha and was taken ill a week
before his death, suffering from
a congestive chill. From that
he seemed to be getting along
nicely. Air. Roberson was with
him from time to time during
his illness and left him Sunday
, afternoon at 5 o’clock and con-
! sidered him doing well and not
at all seriously ill. During the
: night his fever v^ent high and
he died in a short time.
I The remains w7ere brought
. here Alonday afternoon and
; burial was had at Fairview
I cemetary. The funeral ser-
i vices were conducted by Pastor
____ Lee, of the Baptist church, and
—i a number of friends of the fam-' was owmed by a citizen of
---- I ily attended the services. The other state,
young man was well 1
125 acres about 1 1-2 miles here and in the community andi
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gret to learn of his untimely' sel1 or improve his six thousand ! ing the campaign between he
z acres. He wmuld not even kill' and Hon. Cone Johnson for del-
---— the nrairie dogs on it. The : egate at large, that he was op-
Pytren[p< Liquid.—Smith surrounding land owners had to posed to state wide prohibition
Adv. j Kill them in self-defense. He and based on that statement he
was
that j whelming vote, having lead the
The Land Question of To-day as Advocat^^M
ed by Pat M. Neff, Candidate for Governor
(Extract from Speech Made by Mr. Neff at Coleman, Texas, August 4, 192P.)
these million-acre tracts of idle, has been a citizen of Washing-
undeveloped agricultural lands ton city. Air. Kirby knows
apd that to ^clo so^ would be so- that Senator Culberson of Tex-
1 ’ ’ "as and Senator Alartin of Vir-
, ginia, w7ere leaders of the Sen-
kindly inter- ate during Senator Bailey’s in-
..t---.J com- cumbency and NOT Air. Bailey.
j Even if he had been leader in
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the idea that I would favor tak-tyeen unusual for at least a half
Senator Oscar Under-
no ' wood the present leader of the
this world. ‘Every man should
work for what he gets. There
is not one drop of socialistic
blood in my veins. These
large land ownersshould all be
paid, a fair price for the;r
land, but if I am elected Gov-
ern. ■». I sha ‘ <;•’/» the passage
of such laws as wiil cause
them to either improve and cul-
tivate their lands or will make
it unprofitable for them to hold
it off the market for any length
of time. Texas should not per -
mit those who live out of the
state to make a fortune out of
the toil and sacrifice of those
who are proud to have their
homes within her borders. Air.
Bailey, not having lived in Tex-
as for 25 years and being out of
touch and sympathy with the
shirt-sleeved tillers of the toil,
who are striving to own a home
seems to be forgetful of all the
people except those who sit in
the marble palaces of wealth
and with nimble fingers clip
coupons and count the money
of the world. I am for put-
ting the landless man on the
manless land. I am for help-
ing with the hoe. I am for
making Texas a state of home
owners. Bailey, having lived
for all these years in a fifty-
thoUsand-dollar home <
banks of the Potomac, cannot'
understand the dreams of-the
man of toil who is striving to
become the owner of the land
he cultivates. When I be-
come Governor I shall envoke
the aid of the state to lend a t, , \
helping hand to make, as far as' - hundred
’ >. all our honest
Christian Tent Meeting Post-
poned.
The Champion . is advised
that the tent meeting to be
held by the Christian church
organization has been post-
poned until September 5. The
evangelist, Air. AIcGowan
writes the church managers
here that he is having a won-
derful meeting where he is
now and feels that it should be
protracted another week.
If you want AIcQuay-Norris
Smith Alotor Co. Adv.
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from Center on good ]
Well improved, good six^room
house, fine water,-.finq^asture,
pleenty of timber, .about j60
acres fresh land irfcultivation.
All under ho££ wire fence.
Never been leased. I think
this the best bargain in Shelby
county. See me at once if in-;
terested.—R. C. Adams. 25-lc home in Wichita Falls, after a __
three weeks visit to her parents wijj sen his ]and to the chil- espoused the ariti-prohibition
Elmer Roberson, 22-year-old
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[erson, died at Tenaha at 12:34 at Smith
undeveloped, uncultivated ag-
ricultural lands to the home
builders and heme owners of
Texas. T am not speaking of
the land that a man cultivates.,
nor the land that a citizen of J the people of Shelby
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the 1 stock grazing lands, close of any political campaign L^tyjpent to that^effect,
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vated agricultural lands, held fair minded voter.
* Air. Kirby neglected to tell
; _____________ our k-kty-
tion is had al mg this line, the gatioh of Senator Bailey’s
twenty years from now to buy Company, the Legislature of
a farm on. which to live, will ” '
find the price of this land so
high it will be beyond their
reach. Now who has made
this land valuable? Not the
man who holds title to it. He
never turned his hand to make
it'valuable. He never helped
to erect a church nor grade a
road. He never dug a ditch
nor constructed a dam. He
never spent a dollar to build
our cities or advance our civil-
ization. The people of Texas
did these things, but the non-
resident land baron reaps the
benefit of our toil. Let us
make him either improve his
land or sell it. A few weeks
ago I drove through a six-thou-
sand acre tract of idle, uncul-
tivated agricultural land.
j were farms and homes, but this
road.; had many friends -who will re- non-iesident man would not
■'T-or-.w, ' Tn loovn Vila ihtTitv-i 1
death.
For j
Alotor Co.
Airs. E. F. Smith and little is holding his land for specula-: carried South Texas and
baby, have returned to their tion and when the people of thereby elected.
Texas have made him rich, he date, 1908, he has consistently i ticket hy more than 200 Tote?
Will spll hlR land tn fhn OQnnncjnd fhn oviL; ---- 1 _ * 1
Air. and Airs. T. R. Crawford. jren of those who have made
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Leakproof piston rings, go to son of Air. and Airs. R. W. Rob- Buy Spencer Plugs for 75c his wealth. ?'
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County Attorney, and 1
ed on the prohibition ZUhS,
was elected to the Legislative
fiom this county as a prohibi-
tionist; lead F
fight in 1917 as .County Chair
man when this county went drv
by more than 1200 votes.
xv vxxx, XZL.X11W1 civic iiuiiiuiee As to Air. Neff’s record as
J. Bryan m 1896 and sup- County Attorney, the laws were
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aid nominees; that only a few
months since at New Orleans
he scathingly denounced the
National Democratic adminis-
tration. He deliberately at-
tempted to mislead the people
by saying that Air. Bailey has
always been a prohibitionist
when he knows it to be a fact
that Senator Bailey publicly
announced at San Antonio dur-
undeveloped agricultural lands ton city.
cialistic. Air. Bailey himself
being a non-resident of Texas,
feels, I am sure, a ] ’ ’
est in his land clients and com- cumbency-and NOT Air. Bailey,
rades of other states. 'Even if he had been leader in
I would notyhave anyone get'both houses it would not have
ing one acre of land away from ’ score of_ such cases could be
any person, either by taxation 1 cited,
dr otherwise. There is
substitute for honest work in Senate, was leader of the house
’ ” ' during President Wilson’s first
term and it can be said with-
our any fear of successful con-
tradiction that ne\- to Jno. G.
Carlisle he, l.'a ’erwopd, has
'e the greatest leader of our
Government. In his leader-
ship Senator Underwood nas
not found it necessary to op-
pose al] the great measures by
howling “unconstitutional” as
did Bailey ant.', then later when
the measure was passed and
contested in the courts and find
that the Supreme Court of the
United States had disagreed
with him, Bailey, by declaring
the law constitutional. Other
misleading statements could be
refuted if had time and space.
Wac°, Texas, August M,7
1920. Rev. A. S. Lee, Center/
Toxas. Dear Mr. Loo z—Your
letter with reference to the
slanders and slime that is be- 41
mg dished out by John H. Kir- ’
by, received. If you will but
remember that Bailey was em-
ployed by Air. Kirby a few
years ago to assist Kirby in or-
ganizing the great lumber^-
trust, and for the services ren- I
KirbY Paid a fee of |
$200,000, and immediately j
d ixxt/- thereafter, lumber was nearly ■ |
on the doubled in value. Fou can real-
■ i ize why he wants Bailey for
Governor.
As to Air. Neff’s war record, \
he subscribed hundreds of dol-
lars to each of the Liberty
on t(Ltal °f more than
$3000 00; he made more than
a hundred speeches through-
I quest of the government, in the
i was one of the four minut<
, ..j. .3 on j filled a----- -----
the Stump in Behalf of Sen- j ^or the
ator Bailey
Theadvocacy of the above ’
‘s onei
Air. Kirby, i 10 tfte government
lumber ' the Liberty Loan drivc^,
the^ stump in mfn livGS than
the committee
brand him as
j thereby forced him
| scribe, is an
I without one
county. I
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The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 25, 1920, newspaper, August 25, 1920; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1326820/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.