The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. XIII, NO. 22
DALLAS BLOOD NOT FLOWING.
Texans, oh, Texans, beware of the day.
When Joe Bailey shall meet you in battle
array.
For a field of the dead rushes red on ny
sight .
And many long toddies have been “killed in
the fight.
Dallas, Texas, Oct 28.—As this
dispatch is filed the city of Dal-
las is still on the map, and the
Trinity river is still running, but
not with blood. However the
undertakers are yet in an ex-
pectant attitude, and burial plots
have scored a sharp advance on
the outlook for increased demand.
Last Friday at Abilene Senator
Bailey repeated his oft-quoted
statement that he would take a
gun and get rid of his enemies,
only there were so many of them.
Saturday at this place, he had
the opportunity to get the gun,
but he didn’t. Just why he
didn’t might be a matter of
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A LOCAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO THE DISSEMINATION OF THE NEWS, AND THE UPBUILDING OF MERIDIAN AND BOSQUE COUNTY
MERIDIAN. TEXAS, NOVEMBER I, 1907.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
beleagured army of frightened
boosters into a flaming column of
cigar smokers,land thus snatched
another victory from the jaws of-
disaster and anticipated ruin.
Later—The smoke of cigars and
the clash of bottles still give
“proof through the night” that
the white flag is still there.
Bottle-scared and battle-scared
heroes are still bravely doing
scouting service and carrying
dispatches to the breathless and
waiting world.
All last night in his guarded tent
Joe lay dreaming of the hour
When Pierce, in glee, the money lent
To buy his senatorial power.
An hour passed on Joe awoke,
A mosy uito went thundering by
To hover in the tobacco smoke
Which spread its pall upon the sky.
— Houston Chronicle.
WORK TOGETHER AND PREVENT TROUBLE
FARMERS AND BANKERS OF TEXAS MUST CO-
OPERATE, SAYS NEILL.
speculation if the legislature
hadn’t made speculation unlaw-
ful. It is propable that the em-
bargo placed on the gun trade by
the same legislature has saved
the lives of countless Texans.
The gross receipt tax of 50 per
cent on pistols is probably what
saved the life of Colonel W. L.
Crawford. If so the tax will
doubtless be replaced at once by
the Bailey adherents in the legis-
lature.
It has now been forty-eight
hours since Colonel Crawford
issued' his written defi and denun-
ciation of the “world’s greatest
democrat,’' and still not a man
has been shot, at least not over
half-shot. Many rounds of high-
balls have been fired, it is true,
but reports of harm done are
meagre.
Colonel Crawford’s regiment
of home guards has been in the
thickest of the fray since Satur-
day afternoon. At that time the
official dispatches conveyed the
following communication:
To the Citizens of Dallas:
Ina speech which I delivered at
Waxahachie September 21, reviewing
Joe Bailey’s record as a senator, I
stated among other things, that Sena-
tor Bailey never, never can, and never
will fairly and honestly discuss the
facts in this case: No advocate and no
apologist of Bailey can ever do it.
Fairly considered, his record is wholly
indefensible.
Joe Bailey made a speech at Abilene
yesterday. In that speech he did not
attempt to discuss the facts it the case.
He did. however, state, “BillCrawford
has suborned more men to perjury than
any other ten lawyers that now prac-
tice in the state of Texas.” I have
never suborned any man in my life,
and I denounce Joe Bailey as a liar, a
bribe taking scoundrel, and a coward.
W L Crawford.
Dallas Texas, Oct. 26, 1907.
This was regarded at the time
as a declaration of war, and
THE DOG KNEW.
They were talking about the
almost human intelligence exhib-
ited by dogs on some occasions.
Several anecdotes had been re-
lated of the wonderful intellect of
canines when an army officer, who
is connected with the cavalry arm
of the service, stepped into the
ring and squared himselt for a
good one. He is something of a
sportsman and knows a good dog
when he sees one, so that his
story was listened to with more
than usual interest by his friends:
“It was down in Texas several
years ago that I came across the
greatest dog I ever saw or heard
of,” he said. “The'animal belong-
ed to a friend of mine and was the
greatest quail dog you ever saw.
We have taken that dog out day
after day and he would never go
wrong, and would point quail in
the most uulooked for places.
One day we were walking into
town from the army post where I
was stationed, this friend of mine
and I, and we had the dog along.
As we were walking along the
road carelessly a well dressed
Austin, Oct. 30. (Special.)—D. J. Neill of the Farmers’ union
arrived here this morning and spent some time in conference with
Governor Campbell, Bank Commissioner Love and Commissioner of
Agriculture Milner, after which hegave out the following statement:
"I am confident that the existing financial stringency, so far as
Texas is concerned, is nearing the end and the future is hopeful.
This opinion is founded upon the belief that the farmers of Texas will
exercise their usual sound judgment and hold their cotton and
stand by the banks until the present situation is relieved.
“There is every evidence that the banks of Texas generally are
in good condition and that they are in no way to blame for the
existing situation. It is due to conditions in New York and else-
where and to the necessary methods of the banking business.
The small country banks which do business directly with the
people must in order to carry on their business as the state and
national banking laws permit them to, carry a considerable portion
of their money with the reserve banks in the larger, cities of the
state, and especially during the cotton season do they rely upon
the reserve banks to ship money to them as they may need it.
These reserve banks in the nature of their business are
compelled to carry heavy balances in the reserve banks of St.
Louis, Chicago, New York and other large cities known as central
reserve cities.
“On account of the scarcity of money during the past few days
in the financial centers of the North and East these central reserve
banks have temporarily ceased shipping cash to the Texas reser ve
banks and they have consequently been compelled to temporarily
suspend shipments to the local banks.
“This situation could not have been foreseen and can be but
temporary. It will pass over without loss to any one and without
seriously affecting the cotton market if the people will exercise pa-
tience and stand by the country banks with their support and confi-
dence for afewdays. The embarrassment of any Texas bank toany
degree even temporarily, by the withdrawal or withholding of depos-
its will to that extent impair the ability of the bank to assist the
farmer in holding his cotton, and on the ability of the bank to
assist the farmer everything depends.
“I think that the existing conditions in the financial centers of
the East are due to overspeculation. But they have brought about
a condition in Texas which should be and can be met by the people
of the state in such manner as to avoid disaster, and doing this the
farmer and the banker have a common interest and must make a
common cause, each being dependent upon the co-operation of the
other in passing through this temporary stringency.
“New York dispatches indicate that they are beginning to buy
foreign exchange there, and this, if continued, will result in loosen-
ing up the situation in a few days. It behooves every man inter-
ested in the price of cotton to put forth every effort to avoid any
possible financial trouble in Texas until this relief comes. The
farmer must not sacrifice his cotton now or rush it upon the
market for the reason that there is practically no demand for cot-
ton now and the selling of cotton complicates the situation because
there is no money to carry it. This proposition confronts the far-
mer, the merchant and the banker and if all act wisely the situa-
tion will clear up and business interests of Texas remain unim-
pared.”
Some excitement was created
Monday morning when it became
known that the mail pouch that
was to go north on the 4:37 train
had been stolen at the depot.
Officers got busy but could find
no clue, after the young fellow
was arrested for burglarizing the
Baugh store, Sheriff Swofford be-
came convinced that he was the
party who had stolen the mail bag.
Later he discovered that the boy,
who is only seventeen, had on a
shirt which Mrs. Luhring had
mailed to her husband at Chilcothe
on Sunday. In themeantime Mr.
Swofford had found the mail bag
where it had been thrown away.
Being confronted with this evi-
dence, the young man broke down
and made a full confession, going
with the officers and pointing out
the balance of the mail, which was
all recovered. It develops that
his name is Bynum Russel, a
brother to Earnest Russell, who
is in jail for theft of a saddle.
Heis good now for conviction in
both the state and federal courts.
Sheriff S wofford worked fast and
shiewdly on the case and has
Russell's written confession to
both the burglary and the theft of
the mail sack.—Granbury News,
HIS VIRREFRAGABIE’ PROOF.
BOSQUE COUNTY LAND TRANSFERS
stranger passed us. No sooner
had the man passed on than the
dog stuck his tail in the air and
assumed the attitude recognized
as‘pointing.’ It was some time
before we were able to determine
what he was pointing, but finally
came to the determination that
he was pointing the stranger,
which proved to be correct. We
called to the man and asked him
if he had any quail about him or
if he had eaten any quail, explain-
ing why we asked. He said he
everybody thought, of course, ,
that all diplomatic relations were had nothing of the kind and did
severed.
Senator Bailey, commander in
chief of all Texans who believe
in either drowning or shooting
all opponents, established head-
not remember having eaten any
for some months. Turning to my
friend I said:
“Your dog has gone wrong.”
“Not a bit of it,’ he replied.
quarters at the Oriental and at ‘That dog is right and I’ll bet $10
once made preparations for with-
standing a siege. His trusted
lieutenants besought him to be
careful and not venture beyond
his room. But Senator Bailey is
made of sterner stuff. He threw
precaution to the wind. With
head erect and eyes flashing de-
struction he emerged from his
retreat on the parlor floor, de-
he is.’
“I did not see then how the bet
was going to be settled, but took
it up any way, and we continued
on to town. We went to the
biggest hotel in, the place to get
some refreshments and there saw
the stranger we had met on the
road. My friend asked the clerk
who the stranger was, and the
scending one story to the rotunda
and without so much as a tremor, clerk pointed to the register. As
approached the cigar stand. A
moment later he had opened fire
on a good cigar and was ready to
undertake the perilous return
trip to his sleeping quarters.
Impartial history will be just
to all the acts and actors in this
great drama of bloodless warfare,
but certainly above them all will
shine in golden characters the
name of this great man, Bailey,
soon as my friend saw the name
he gave a yell and called me to
come over there.
“Give me your money, my boy.
That dog knew what he was doing
when he pointed that man.’
.‘To satisfy myselt I glanced at
the register and saw the stranger’s
name. It was‘Robert F. Patridge!
Truly that was the most wondrful
dog I ever saw or heard of.”—
who, by his interpid bearing in
the face of danger, changed a Washington Star.
R. A. Tibbs et al to M. E.
Church, South, lots 1, 2 and 3,
block 24, in town of Valley Mills,
$825.
W. H. Thomas and wife to
Miss Lelia Frank, parcel of land
in town of Walnut Springs, $1000.
Miss Lelia Frank to W. H.
Thomas, undivided one-third inter-
est in lot 3, block II, in town of
Meridian, $266.66.
M. P. Frank, guardian of Oliver
and John Frank, to W. H. Thom-
as, their two-thirds interest in lot
3, block II, in town of Meridian,
$533.33.
J. J. White and wife to W. T.
Carrell, 50 acres Wm. Smith sur-
vey, $4000.
E. Winston and wife to J. C.
Dyer, parcel of land in town of
Morgan, $650.
Geo. A. Adams and wife to J.
W. Younger, west half of block 17
Lowe’s addition to town of Mor-
gai , $1000.
J. T. Forson and wife to O. C.
Orbeck, part of block 23 in town
of Clifton, $1200.
Bernt Rogstad to C. O. West-
ley, parcel of land out of the F.
Lund survey, $1 1 2.50.
P. E. Schow et al to Louis
Fricke, block 21, in Edgewood
addition to town of Clifton, $300.
Tom Robinson to C. L. Tuggle,
parcel of land in town of Eulogy,
$210.
G. C. Westley and wife to J. A.
Ragsdale, parcel of land out of the
F. Lund survey, $1350.
Elizabeth Norman to Sallie F.
McKinney, 217 acres John West
gurvey, $1500.
Joe McKinney and wife to
Elizabeth Norman, 217 acres
Norman West survey, $1400.
W J. McAlister and wife to
Jas. L. Kirby, undivided interest
in the Alexander Coy survey, $10.
David T. Cravey et al to S. H.
Bateman, 106 acies Alexander
Coy survey, $500
Eliza Ann McFadden to W. J.
McFadden et al, parcel of land
lying on the Bosque river and
Neils creek, $1.
Mrs. Camilla G. Davis to P. A.
Grimland, 200 acres Semore
Garsee survey, $I400.
R. P. Lowe and wife to A. V.
Womack, block 34 in R. P. Lowe
addition to town of Morgan, $50.
WINKING IN THE DARK.
“Ever wink at your sweetheart?
‘Sure Mike,’I have. But did you
ever wink at her in the dark?
Well, selling goods at Bargain
Prices and not advertising is like
winking at your best girl in the
dark. It’s a case of you know
about it—she don’t. In case we
have bargains to offer and don’t
advertise, we are* simply up
against it; ‘no one knows it but
our selves.’” The foregoing lines
appeared at the masthead of an
ad that caught our eye in the
columns of a neighboring exchange
this week, and it was considered
by us such a clever bit of reason-
ing along this line that the desire
to place it before those who are
unmindful of the potency of ad-
Austin, Texas, Oct. 29.—Sena-
tor Bailey's last letter to the
attorney general is regarded here
as another one of his flukes and
for audacity it seems to outside
all others. His “irrefragable
proof” that he told the Dallas
banquet about has turned out,
just as The Chronicle predicted,
tobea myth and moonshine. He
shows himself up in his true
light, by his complete backdown.
In order to show the vast con-
trast between his statement
when he was playing to the
grandstand at the Dallas banquet
and his statement just one week
following, both are here repro-
duced:
Bailey at the banquet:
“While I endorse the principles that
the governor has enunciated I want to
remind him that the Standard Oil
Company is doing business in this state
today and if he will order the attorney
general to begin suit against that com-
pany in Corsicana on Monday, ‘I will
furnish irrefragable proof upon which
to secure a conviction.”
Bailey one week later, smart-
ing under the lash of Judge
Davidson:
“You were present and heard what I
said, and you must therefore know
with absolute certainty that I did not
pretend to any personal knowledge
which would qualify me as a witness in
any court, I distinctly stated that the
proof which I could furnish is a part of
the official record of a 1 exas court.”
After reading, the question
may well be asked: Where is
Bailey’s equal when it comes to
contradictory statements?
Out at Abilene on Friday when
Bailey was telling about his
greatness, he mentioned his
“irrefragable proof’ by way of
reference, using this language:
“You wait, I will force them to
bring suit. I would have had it
in the papers this morning if it
had not been that after I received
the exact language the stenogra-
pher had gone to the Dallas
vertising, became irresistible. It
is one of those cases where a jok-
ing illustration has served so well
as a back ground for a living truth
that no room is left for argument.
— Morgan News.
APPENDICITIS
Is due in. a large measure to
abuse of the bowels, by employ-
ing drastic purgatives. To avoid
all danger, use only Dr. King’s
fair.
But as soon as I
get back I will print the testi-
mony that the attorney general
has known of for 13 months.”
Bailey incorporates the testi-
mony in his reply to the attorney
general, but by some hook or
crook it was put there in this
fashion:
“Pierce’s testimony, Septem-
ber 10, 1906. Texas cases filed
September 22, 1906.” This
shows that the attorney general
filed his suit against the Waters
I’ierce Oil Company just 12 days
after the revelations disclosed by
Bailey's friend “Mr. Pierce."
The attorney general always acts
promptly, just as soon as he gets
the records straight. This fact-
New Life Pills, the safe, gentle
cleansers and invigorators. Bailey’s hand.
is evidenced by the manner in
which he has so frequently called
Now Bailey ad-
MOORE IS SATISFIED.
Whitney Texas, Oct. 26.—
Hon. D. Moore has returned from
Dallas, where he completed the
organization of what is known as
the Young Men’s Democratic Club.
Mr. Moore says that he is well
pleased with the success of the
organization; has been effected,
and that Bailey men have been
chosen as its first officers.
This will be somewhat of a
surprise to those who participated
in the advertisement and organi-
zation of the club, as it was gen-
erally understood that the club
would be kept from party strife
and personal fractions.
Guaranteed to cure headache,
billiousness, malaria aud jaun-
dice, at J. E. Turner’s drug store.
B. F. Moore has just completed
a neat and comfortable residence
and large barn on his place near
town.
W. B. Griffin is building one of
the most modern country homes
in this county on his place near
Meridian.
NOTICE.
I must have a settlement at
once with all those who are due
me as I will have to leave soon
and must have my money to pay
my debts. Yours truly,
A. N. Tandy.
mits that the Gruets told the
Judge Turner, who lives near
town, has just completed build-
ing a comfortable tenant house
on his place.
Oscar Knudson, who lives 18
miles west of this place, bought
lumber here Monday to put up a
new residence on his place.
G. A. Knudson, who lives
truth. Everybody knew that
they told the truth when they
testified that the Bailey loans
were charged up to profit and
loss.
In all these new developments
Bailey has acted just as The
Chronicle correspondent pre-
dicted. That he would have no
“irrefragable proof” and would
embark in the realm of cheap
abuse and billingsgate was a
foregone conclusion.
It is more than probable that
when the new suits are filed
Senator Bailey will be summoned
as a witness for the state, and
will be made to tell all he knows
about Standard Oil methods.—
Houston Chronicle.
about 15 miles west of here, was
in town Monday after lumber to
build a large barn on his place.
Richard Somrud, who lives
about 18 miles west of town, was
in the city this week and bought
lumber to make an addition to
his house.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.
Notice is hereby given that the
city taxes are now due and 1 shall
be pleased to have you call and
settle.
H. E. Chiles,
City Tax Collector
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Dunlap, Levi A. The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1907, newspaper, November 1, 1907; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1629714/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Meridian Public Library.