The Caldwell News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1897 Page: 2 of 8
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CALDWELL MMS4MNMICIE.
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Issued «vary Krldsjr at Caldwell, Teiu.
A TIME L }' WARMING.
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Houston Poat.
Now and then a courageous
judge on the bench comes to the
front with something' worthy of
universal attention. This was the
case up in Missouri the other day
when the court in organizing the
'regular panel of jurors, indulg-
ed in some pointed comment on
familiar abuses of the jury sys-
tem.
It is beyond question that crim-
inals owe their present practical
immunity in this country to the
sympathies of the juries—sym-
pathies that are often secured by
the skill and ability of the advo-
cate and often by the use of more
questionable means.
To guard against miscarriages
of justice the Missouri judge
warned the jurors as follows:
«It is sympathy and moral coward-
ice 011 the part of juror* that inter-
venes and clcar* guilty men. The de-
fendant' attorney tells the jury that
it is better that ninety-nine guilty men
escape than that one innocent man
be unjustly punished. Too many of the
ninety-nine guilty men escape. The
reasonable doubt is used too much as a
pretext to clear those guilty of crime.
Every term of court there are guilty
men turned loose who prey upon soci-
ety because of the moral cowardice of
jurors. It ia no trouble to secure an
indictment, but the difficulty lies in
aecuring a verdict of guilty. Our
modernized courts have become ref-
uges for criminals. This was not so
under the early common law courts of
this country and of Great Britain. I
make these suggestions for your ben-
efit. It ia the first time in the history
of the state of Missonri that a judge
on the bench has done so, but I be-
lieve my remarks are opportune for
the occasion, the time and the condi-
tions.
A little speech like this would
be timely upon the organization
•of the jury in every court in this
country. The statutes prevent
the judge from comment outside
■of the record when a case is on
trial. But courts can find an ap-
propriate time to appeal to the
manhood and patriotism and
moral sense of juries in behalf of
the better protection of society
and should not fail to take advant-
age of the first opportunity to do
so. When the jury becomes
what it ought to be and what it is
in the theory of the law, we shall
see a rapid decrease of crime
everywhere. We would be bet-
ter off without the jury system
if it is to be continued as an ac-
cessory in the escape of crimin-
als and the plaything of adroit ad-
vocates and conscienceless jury
Jixers.
A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES.
the participants waa only thirty-
two years in 1865.
Assume that everybody in the
army was married in 1865.
Still you get this result:
There ought to be now alive
less than one-hundred thousand
soldiers and widows of soldiers
who were wives at the end of the
war.
The pensioners outnumber the
probable survivors nine to one!
A miracle! A miracle!
TEXT BOOKS ADOPTED.
The state text book board con-
cluded its labors and made its re-
port Monday. The board did its
work wisely, and gave the book
trust a very black eye. The bids
of companies known to be free
from any trust were adopted, and
at prices about one-half those for-
merly paid. The readers select-
ed are Stickney's first, second,
third and fifth, and Woodward's
fourth; the arithmetics, Sutton's
and Kimbrough's; the geogra-
phies, Rand-McNally's; thegram-
mars, Hyde's and Whitney's and
Lockwood's; the Texas history,
Pennybacker's; the physiologies,
Hutchinson's; the spellers, Ben-
son's; the copy books, Zaner,
Ware and Webb's. The selec-
tion of United States' history,
sixth reader «and physical geogra-
phy was deferred until the sec-
ond Monday in February. The
total cost of the list of adopted
books—five readers, one speller,
twoarithmetics, two geographeis,
three language lessons anil gram-
mar, two physiologies and one
copy book—at the contract retail
price is $6.56, while the the price
heretofore paid for them was
$10.14. Books now in use can be
exchanged for the new ones at
about half rates.
MR. CARR SURPRISES THE
BANKER'S CONVENTION.
Mew York World.
What is the meaning of this
pensions appropriation of one-
hundred and forty-one millions of
the hard-earned dollars of the peo-
ple?
The greatest of figurers, Ding-
ley, showed one aspect of it—total
cost of the government, $5 per
capita; all the running expenses
of the government, $2.50; inter-
est on the public debt, 50 cents;
pensions $2.
As there are 975,000 pension-
ers, one family in every four-
teen in the country is largely sup-
ported by a collection of $2 from
each member of the other thir-
teen families.
But a better way of realizing the
grab is by means of the tables of
the probability of human life used
by our life-insurance companies.
Double the chances of life as
shown by these tables.
Assume that everybody who
took part in the war was alive and
w«U at the end of it
that the average age of
Bclton Reporter.
The best joke of the season is
on the Southern bankers conven-
tion which met at Atlanta, («a.,
last week. The usual plate mat-
ter, stereotyped resolutions
which are furnished ready made
by the «sound money reform
club of New York to boards of
trade, chambers of commerce,
and banker's meetings were
adopted by a unanimous vote
without debate. «After the res-
olutions were adopted, contin-
ues the report, «Mr. J. S. Carr,
a milllionaire baker of North
Carolina, was invited to address
the body. Mr. Carr proved to
be a live wire. He came out
«bald headed and barefooted for
freesilver. «Iam a free silver
democrat, he declared, c When
I get among bankers I confess I
am lonesome, but I have plenty
of company when I am with the
rest of the people. I am for state
banks all right, and I don't care
if the notes don't circulate out-
side the state of their issue. We
want money that we can keep at
home. The trouble with this
good money that circulates every-
where is that it circulates away
from us. I am for the dollar of
our daddies, state banks and free
silver. Mr. Carr's remarks
were heartily applauded, but
there was no rejoinder.
Kkaij the Nkws-Chkonici.k, the
largest and best paper ever print-
ed in Burleson county. It gives
the news, and the whole
ttews. We always carefully in-
vestigate everything before
printing it, so you may safely say
«If you saw it in the Nkws-Ciikon-
jci-k, it is true. Keep up with
the procession and next year's
campaign by dropping around
and leaving your name and $1.50
for a year's subscription.
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OUR EXCHANGES.
Pagan's Special Bate of Jsveaile
Clothing, Reefers, Kate Panto aad
Jacket* this week
The weather for the paat week has
been of such a miserable character a
egentlemaa eould not speak it oroper-
ly in the presence of his wife. - Rork-
date Reporter.
You muat have bad exactly the
same kind of weather we had.
We had to go out to the barn and
talk to the cow about it before
we ventured inside the house.
♦ a •
Diversity of cotton is the solution to
the cotton problem in Texas, and it
muat come aooucr or later. - Richmond
Coaster.
The above is a very fair indi-
cation of the chronic condition of
the average country editor's
mind. Brother Dunlop presum-
ably tried to say something about
«diversification of crops.
* * *
The farmer just now is the best
advised man on the face of the earth,
and if he does not prosper nes* year,
it will not be the fault of the country
press.—Hryan Pilot.
That is true, sir, but most of
them are too busy, carefully
reading the KalamazooTri-Week-
ly Bazoo and planting more cot-
ton, to notice what their friends
and neighbors, the country edi-
tors are trying to do for them.
♦
Durant is a duced hard man to haii£.
He has just been sentenced for the
fourth time. Hryan Eaj>/r.
Which of us would not fight
for our lives. The trouble is
not with Durant, but the ac-
cursed, dilly-dallying courts, the
greatest crime-breeders on the
American continent. Purge them
of their foul rottenness and per-
haps, we will begin to have jus-
tice dealt us.
see
The enormity of the pension steal
may be imagined when the repub-
licans are beginning to view the mon-
strous outrage with awe, and they are
actually talking about depriving some
of the dirty thieving scoundrels of
their stealings. Richmond Coaster.
Oh! no, they wouldn't be so
cruel as th:«*. They are only
scaring the pensioners into the
ranks again and wheedling and
coddling the kickers (like us) to
keep us from kicking too hard.
They wouldn't actually cut any
of them off.
• * •
The grand jury at Waco indicted
Judge Gerald for killing A. W. I larri a,
but found no bill for killing J. W.
Harris. This was entirely a useless
procedure, as there is mire to be no
conviction, then why the expense of
an indictment ? When Judge Gerald
isaued his famous circular in regard
to J. W. Harris, he knew that it meant
death and so intended it. It has come,
and two noble men sleep in their
graves at his hand ; yet the technical-
itiea are on his aide and he will go
tree. This ia the end of the law.
Justice has no voice in it. Hryan
Pilot.
This same thing occurs all the
time all over the state. The
only difference is the prominence
of the parties in this case. Such
things make mob law possible
and almost if not quite excusable.
* * •
The wealth of John IJ. Rockefeller,
the Ktaiulard Oil magnate, has now
reached the sum of $244,000,000 and is
increasing at the rate of $1,500,000 a
month or $>50,000 a day. Yet when he
goes hence he will occupy no more
space n<<r have more gold than you or
we, dear reader. However, we lielicvr
Kockcfeller to be the most liberal man
among ¡ill the rich men. He has
given millions to charity and human-
ity and is said to employ a man at
$10,000 |x>r year salary to pass on
request made on him for charity.
Much men do good in the world in
many ways to offset the wrong system
in vogue which permits one man to
accumulate no much wealth. Hunts-
villr Item.
It is consoling to know that a
rich man can have a few good
points, but it don't make oil any
cbcaper.
Subscribe for the Mawa-Caaoaicf.r.
kvxavthing that Mark Twain
haa ever written has been read-
able aad moat of it funny, but
there has been a serious aide to
one effort of his life. He amassed
a fortune and by a bad invest-
ment in a mechanical typeset-
ting machine, lost all and much
more and now he is paying off
the thousands of debts he owes
by his labor, having recently
paid 50 per cent of his vast insol-
vency for which there was noth-
ing but his moral obligation.
There is nothing humorous about
such transactions. This is the
serious side of Mr. Clemens' na-
ture. It is a side that is well
worth the study of the business,
world. This man is struggling:
like a Titan, in his old age, to re- J
deem his personal name and!
credit in the business world. He
s setting an example that will!
live long after he is dead, and hi*:
honorable conduct will be pointed j
out as a guiding star for Amcrican
youth to follow. Hrtnham I*rets.'
Noonk. more fully understands
the horrible mockery of the aver-
age murder trial better than the
average attorney. Yet he must
keep quiet or acknowledge his
own guilt. The petty thief gets
a regular out and out severe,
stern reception from the judge
and a like trial bv the jury, but
the murderer, the embezzler of
hundreds of thousands, the se-
ducer, if rich, all cxcite sym-
pathy and attention from every-
body. Kven the public is as cul-
pable for the rank injustice as are
the courts when it comes to sym-
pathy and boquets.
Ik oi;m citizens can ever get to-
gether to consider the advisabil-
ity of laying a graded and paved
walk to the depot, can they not
also consider other matters, the
general welfare of the town in-
cluded, and go into permanent or-
ganizalion for the purpose of con-
sidering all subjects that come:
up which are of importance to the ¡
town?
Axo still Waco has another
bold and very nearly successful;
attempt at murder. In ia< t. per-
haps it will prove yet t<i be such.
The people in Waco who «!< not
go prepared to commit murder
are scarce as hen's teeth. Small
boys arc no exception.
Next week we go to twelve
pages. Look out for us.
Thk Georgetown Sua accuses
the Sentinel of that city of writ-
ing «unquetioua atuff. We
wouldn't talk that way about any-
body.
Notick our permanent change
next week to twelve pages in
stead of eight as heretofore. Keep
your eye on us. We are going to
make things hum during 18%.
W. J. Bnvan hus expressed a
willingness to lecture in San An-
tonio on his return from Mexico.
Consequently San Antonio is
happy as a boy with one of thoae
deadly unloaded pistols.
Somk of the country weeklies
which frequent our exchange ta-
ble contain a very suspicious
amount of stuff about state can-
didates. It seems rather early
too pen the barrel now. However,
let the good work go on.
Save your dollars aud remember
ca*h leIN at Cobb's.
"Saved Her Life."
Mrs. jon* walmct <*
Wis., thsa whom oae Is uweeMtbl
esteemed or sldil} known. ertUs.
"ta tan I had a esrwrs attack at LaOrlppe
aad at Um end at four nmnihn, la spite of sil
physicians, frlrwl aad fond anrslng etxtld
te. my lanes heart aad nervous ifttrn vers
so eranpletoly wm-ksd. mf lito waa da-
ijalnd Ot. my frt wa fttviag me up. I enald
ohljrstoep by tint use id opiatas. iiy is*|«
aad hesrt psin*d m terribly aad my cough
•M most aggre eating. I eould a>* Us In
one pnstMon but a short time and aot as my
left stde at all. My buatmad brought am
Dr. Mil**' Nervine aad Heart Cure aad I ! ■
gaa taking them. Whan I bad taken a half
bottle of earh I «us >«* hbeuet sad «***) tr-
uing pmutantljr 11< >* about a down Urt-
Oeaand wsscvMBpl-urly rewtoend u> foaHb to
ti s *tir prima of all "
i r. Miles' tesI
are sold by all drug-I
guns under a puftiilrel
jruareatee. (r i hutUsI
heaeflia or aweey re-[
H«i/i on die-1
of the hsart and |
free. AMmi)
Ml mjije* mimical.co.. KUharv Ind.
AGoncs—Cash
That's what 1 need, and to meet
my indebtedness, I must have it. All
those who owe me will please come
forward at once and pay up or at
least pay something on account be-
fore January 1.
• • •
3. ID. Stohce.
"jim ...i
fl GOIIVIMQ Pact
We are selling a better grade of Fur-
niture, at a lower price, than any ot.h<"
store in the county. Come and l<n k «>v.r
our stock ; that will convince you.
0. W. JOHNSTON.
j J. H- Fouss,
■ • • • Dealer In ,..
a | Watches, Clocks
'•walrjr Mid
GOLD AND SVLVEItWARt.
Watch Work a Specialty. He Charge for Brj
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Rust & Joiner. The Caldwell News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1897, newspaper, December 31, 1897; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169175/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.