The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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The Crockett Courier
iseued weekly from the Courier Building.
W. W. AIKEN, Editor and Proprietor.
PUBLISHER'S NOTICE
Obituaries, resolution*, cards of thanks
and other matter not "news" will be
charged for at the rate of 5c per line.
Parties ordering advertising or printing
for societies, churches, committees or or-
ganizations of any kind will, in all cases,
be held personally responsible for the
payment of the bill.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The following announcements for
office are subject to the democratic
primary to be held in July:
For District Judge
John S. Prince
Of Henderson County
A. A. Aldrich
Of Houston County
For State Senator
,W. J. Townsend, Jr.
< of Angelina County
For County Clerk
O. C. Goodwin
G. R. Murchison
Nat E. Allbright
For County Treasurer
Ney Sheridan
W. H. Bayne
For Sheriff
A. W.Phillips
J. C. Lacy
For Tax Collector
George Denny
James J. Cook
Ike Lansford
S. S. (Steve) Ratcliff, Jr.
A. S. Moore
H. I. (Ollie) Luce
Samuel R. Knox
For County Judge
E. Winfree
C. M. Ellis
For District Clerk
John D. Morgan
J. D. (Joe) Sallas
For County Attorney
B. F. Dent
For Representative
Nat Patton
J. R. Luce
Dr. J. B. Smith
W. G. Creath
For Tax Assessor •
John ma
Hugh English
.For County Superintendent
y G. V. Lollar
J. F. Mangum
iFor Commissioner Precinct No. 1
W. H. Wall
IFor Commissioner Precinct No. 2
Chas. Long
R. A. (Bob) Parker
For Commissioner Precinct No. 3
J. T. (Tom) Knox
G. C. (Cleveland) Rains
John L. Straughan
For Commissioner Precinct No. 4 \
C. B. Isbell
J. D. (Dick) John
M. B. Matchett
G. H. Bayne
For Justice Peace Precinct No. 1
E. M. Callier
N. B. Barbee
For Justice Peace Precinct No. 6
J. G. Webb
For Constable Precinct No. 1
R. J. (Bob) Spence
A. B. (Albert) Smith
For Constable Precinct No. 6
Will Allee
man would not lay himself liable to
be found in this unenviable position,
but some of them do, we regret to
say. The principle is laid down as
general in application and without
regard to any local or particular
printery or business man.
"Owing to the scarcity of feed and
?the high cost of living, the Courier
i has heard it suggested, and wisely
< too, that the county speaking cam-
paign of local candidates should not
be as extensive this year as hereto-
fore. Many people are pressed for
. feed for their own stock and having
to buy so much feed is a drain on
• their finances. Therefore the ne-
• cessity of curtailing expenses in re-
; gard to campaign picnics, where the
' expense falls heavily on the shoul-
- ders of those who have already
) bought in many instances to the
i limit, is obvious.
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Our experience is that the busi-
ness man who patronizes the ex-
clusive job printing house to the
exclusion of the newspapers, or who
patronizes the out-of-town printery ,
finds himself in an embarrassing
position when he expects the news-
papers to make mention of some
. new enterprise he is undertaking,
i It seems that a far-seeing business
Don't forget to plant peas, pea-
nuts, sweet potatoes, millet, Kaffir
corn and the like. Millet is fine
feed for horses and a great saver of
other feed. The farmer must figure
out this thing of feed for himself,
just like the banker and the
merchant figure out their salvation.
HEAR JUDGE WILLIAM RAMSEY.
Judge Ramsey, candidate for gov-
ernor of Texas, will speqk at Crock-
ett on Friday, May 31, at 2:30
o'clock. The editor of the Courier
is not going to vote for Judge Ram-
sey, but we expect to hear him and
we hope that every voter in the
county will hear him. He will be
Crockett's guest on that day. Our
citizenship will want to know just
what his claims are for guberna-
torial honors without regard to the
demerits of his opponent or the
shortcomings qf any other candi-
date.
Active steps are now being taken
to give Judge Ramsey a rousing re-
ception and a reception committee
will meet him at the station to as-
sist him in locating the town. If
necessary a brass band will be used
to lead the way. The judge is a
good speaker and should and will
without doubt be given a good
hearing. i *
Governor Colquitt will perhaps
speak at Crockett at a later date
and the Courier asks for Judge
Ramsey the same hearing and
courteous attention that will be
asked for the governor. We would
also be glad to hear the three can-
didates for the United States senate
and hope that we may be able to
announce their speaking dates be-
fore the election. It is important
that these candidates be heard by
the voters to the end that they
may cast an intelligent vote with-
out prejudice or bias. The selection
of a governor and a United States
senator is a matter of great import
and one in which voters cannot be
too well informed.
Man Who Stood Still is Dead.
Aurora, 111., May 18.—The death
of D. W. Stockwell of this city at
Hawarden, Canada, last night
marked the passing of one of the
quaintest characters in Illinois.
He was known as the "Man Who
Stood Still."
As owner of one of the biggest
stores in Northern Illinois outside
of Chicago during the civil war, he
prospered. After the war he failed
to keep abreast of the times and the
same gcods which he carried then
still adorn the shelves and show
windows of the store.
Five years after the war he was
still making a profit. In ten years
more the place was a curiosity shop
and has continued so, with the
hoop skirt, barber-striped hose, jet
jewelry and like antiquities con-
tinued as a part of his stock.
In later years he was the only
one who entered the place except
visitors to the city. He did no ad-
vertising. He had about $10,000
worth of goods and settled down to
wait for customers who never came.
He was at his store at 7 o'clock
each morning and remained until 6
o'clock in the evening. He was 77
years old.
If you eat something which dis-
agrees with you, don't let it work
its own way through. It's a slow
process and makes you feel bad.
Get rid of it quickly by taking a
dose of Herbine. It drives out im-
purities in the stomach and bowels
and you feel better immediately.
Price 50c. Sold by Decuir-Bishop
Drug Co.
SATURDAY
SPECIALS
8 l-3c quality dress lawns,
Saturday, 10 yards for - - -
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12 l-2c quality Amoskeag dress *7F
ginghams, Saturday 10 yards for i Jv
18c quality figured batiste,
Saturday - - - - -
121-2c
We offer these inducements to get you to
come here and we give you values that
will bring you back.
Crockett Dry Goods Company
The Store Ahead
:.wa;.s of artists.
\ Prince to Whom Rank Meant Mere
Than Mere Perspective.
The late Edwin A. Abbey's most
noted historical painting is that of
the coronation of King Edward VII.
It is eminently successful, but he
had a great many troubles with it.
He had the responsibility, for ex-
ample, of many thousand pounds'
worth of magnificent robes, orders
and decorations which had been lent
by the wearers in order that the
costumes might be correctly repro-
duced.
"I could have danced for joy
when my studio was free, of the last
of them/' he told a friend, "and I
could once more sleep the sleep of
the just and gemless, my dreams
unhaunted by desperate burglars in
masks or accusing police who refus-
ed to believe my protestations that
I had not pawned the Kohinoor to
buy a billion tubes of paint."
Of difficulties with people he dis-
creetly said little, and he declared
that the king and queen were the
most punctual, patient and consid-
erate of sitters. It was not the roy-
alties but the lesser great who miss-
ed appointments, wasted time, could
not or would not retain a simple
pose or who took offense because
they thought that they were not
sufficiently prominent in the pic-
ture or sufficiently flattered in por-
trayal.
The experience taught him, he
declared, that in point of vanity
there is not a pin to choose between
men and women.
If one day he had to deal with a
lovely peeress in tears because her
face showed on the canvas no big-
ger than a farthing, the next day
he might have to soothe the feelings
of a grizzled general, irate because
the score of medals, orders and dec-
orations covering his breast did not
all appear distinctly, recognizatf
and in detail. Even a bishop, he
learned, could be cross in a quite
secular manner when his unques-
tionable good looks were obscured
by necessary shadow.
Mr. Abbey wa8 not, of course, the
first painter of such a scene to en-
counter such trials, and indeed his
tact, good nature %nd American in
dependence fitted him to cope with
them better than most.
He was not of the submissive dis-
position of that German court paint-
er who was once reproached by a
haughty princeling for having de-
picted him as smaller and more in-
significant than his neighbor in a
certain group, who was a mere bar-
on. The artist pleaded the require-
ments of perspective.
"Perspective! Perspective!" re-
peated the prince scornfully. "It is
the requirements of rank you should
observe. What matters perspec-
tive?"
"Nothing, highness. It is merely
an artistic tradition," acquiesced
the painter humbly. "The error
shall be remedied."
"That is right," his highness as-
sented graciously, "but you ought
to have known that perspective is
nothing to a prince."—Youth's
Companion.
Patient Qriselda.
The bonny young bride does not
meet her husband at the door with
a. smile. After wondering search
of the house he findB her in the
kitchen, very stringy of hair and
much wearied as to looks.
"Why in the world are you work-
ing so hard in this hot kitchen?"
he asks.
"I was only trying to cook the
rice the way you said you liked it,"
in a voice that suggested tears.
"Cooking the rice?"
"Yes; you said you liked it cook-
ed so that every grain was separate
—and I've Bpent all day here cook-
ing each grain separately — and
there's so many grains, and I just
think it's—boo—hoo f"—Judge.
Incomprehensible.
"I don't understand this banking
business at all," said Mrs. Hicks.
"The cashier wouldn't give me any
money on my check this morning
because he said it was overdrawn.
"Well, wasn't it ?" asked Hicks.
"Not that I know of," sighed Mrs.
Hicks. "I filled it in just as you
told me to, the da-te, amount, the
person to whom paid and my sig-
nature. I didn't add a thing."—
Harper's Weekly.
GOOD 10 THE I AST*
DttOP ._ ^
' Differ
But they never differ so
much that they cannot
be suited at our foun-
tain. We serve in large
glasses and the drinks
— are so good that you
'will wish after draining the "last drop," that the
glass held a barrel. We serve all
The Old Time Fountain Favorites
as well as the new ones that are worth while—all
"good to the last drop."
Sweet's Drug Store
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Aiken, W. W. The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1912, newspaper, May 23, 1912; Crockett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177660/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 The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.