The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1909 Page: 3 of 12
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SHALL EAST TEXAS R. R.
STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET
FIFTEENTH OF MAY
Road as C«
BUILDING
own of
?rom Wednesday's
| The 4lir.
íast Texas railway
. meeting of the stockholders for
5 at Marshall to consider the advisa-
ofi doubling? '
6ft which has already been stárt
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Pf,Jt
-mile
has al-
Aftppt V f!
future of this 'ii
iterest to tiie peopl^ óf
of the' plans of
lent to extend it to
1 Jrith ¿he Orange MÍ
lewton. Work on ail
jy Ktensiot#ii6ut)póf'
fe
ext sixty days. At a meeting of
oard o'f directora last week it
I pl|^:cto| MM, w,..
1 ) provide for this extension but this
■¡nffi ÉHon wíH;
stockholders before it becomes legal.
The extension will bring the -road
¡trough Harrison, Panola, Shelby, Sa-
jine and Newton counties and wi
ssibly result in Hemphill, coun
long
railwa;
iMKpMPfiil
and is many miles away from
The citizens have been making
jktic efforts to havoe i
fh there and it
the extension of the Marshall ft
Texas will be built through that
en route to Newton.
connecting with the Orange ft
iwestern, a Frisco proposition, it
rd the Orange ft Northwest-
outlet to the Katy, as
Hmst Texas extends
to Mar-
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pass into the coi>-
r JKiMiÉw-iótftjl 'fr&hí«faf
the proposed Yoakum trunk line from
Beaumont to Paris, Texa*, where the
mainline of the Frisco would be con- percent,
nected with. The extension south from
Marshall to Newton will be 125 miles
in length, where a line built from
Winnsboro to Paris would hardly be
off much greater distance.
"this that tfie Mar-
railway company
rtings are of more
terest to the citizens
Jefferson county.—
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a reciprocal sehe-
ies admitting Oür
per cent is
ill
FUND
Apportionment Shows Seven Dollars
Per Capita " < Tí *Á
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taxefc f6r Orange
«Portioned, the
i'pfeted* Mml
by County Judge O. /
olars, and County Treasurer H. H.
Russell, the .apportionment *b owing
$7.00 per capita, there being 868 pupils
in the county
This apportionment does not in-
clude the special school ..it**, which
has not yet béen collected, and ac-
cordingly has not been entered; as
collected, bent* the apportionment
will be greater When the special
school taxes are cdllectpd.
There are seven county school dis-
tricts, which does not include the
city of Orange, it being an independ-
ent 'school district, and the apportion-
ment for each of these districts a
made by Judge Sholars and Mr. Rus-
sell, is as follows:
. 1, $504; No. 2, $413; No. 3,
$322; No. 4, $44*; No. 5, $203; No. 6,
$315; No. 7, $259; No. 8, $693; No.
-- IS. *111; No. 1«, $196; No. 17,
cover uny
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«Ob*
e oil refined sugar.
-Wool, first and second claAs, is
unchanged. , , ■.■ : :
Iron ore is placed ot) the free list
and hides are to be admitted free.
The duty on shoes is reduced fifty
per cent.
Chairman Payne stated,,that with
the return of anything like nofrtial
conditions the nation's deficit will
sqóri bé entirely wiped out. If hot
the jssuan«^jof
ma Canal bonds to
ble?deficit. ■ yp-
with the Philip-
imports of silgar, W
bacco and
' Cubfcii1 r
preserved.' -
A tax is put on transfers of prop-
erty...
The duty on Cigarettes, perfumery,
'cooOi '«apfW? Í9HO 'deos Xdub
spices, feathers and furs «"increase
The bill adds a new paragr&ph tc
the customs act fixing the basis o:
appraisement at not less than the
wholesale price of the article import-
ed. Thjs basis Of appraisement, it is
expected, will result in an enormous
increase.
The above apportionment assur
the county schools an eight m<
teym at least, with- the special school
Sabine county, obtaining its tax collected in the sevral districts,
Paris, March 16.—Ivry has a big/
burly, jovjal looking Socialist mayor,
M. Contant, yQio it also a deput;
and who takes Jiis profession as
laHet very 'seriously. If he has
not turned the town hall into a So
cialist church, he has gone half way
and made it the meeting place for
ceremony of "civil godfathe
"county may be increased a few weeks.
NEW TARIFF BILL
n.il„rf, Bhm nt Ijunhtr XrffHr D
m
man Payne of the Ways and Means
fei
to the committee, which was done.
The estimated revenue under the
riff duties pre*cribefl will amount to
ease of $10,(¿5,-
'TpbjMáf but ,<
striking feature of the bill is an
inheritance tax, direct inheritances of
to $100,000 to b« taxed one
authorizes the issuance Of
$250,000,000 treasury certificates to
¡'to- Ofl H«
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Paris Letter
to Sabine C
From Wednesday's Daily.
The strong tow boat of the Lutcher
& Moore Lumber company, R. T.
Henry, captain ,left this morning for
Niblett's Bluff, La., having in tow the r1
barge Sabine loaded with two carloads
OÍ machinery consigned to A. E.
Locket and company, who are,, mak-
ing considerable improvements to
that company's big irrigation plant.
Included in. this Shipment is the
Jbig engine, which required an entire
tar for shipment to'Orange! the-other
carload consisting Of boiler
ment.
- The pumping plant of the abtfvcu
company-near Niblett's Bluff, which
irrigates thousands of acres of rice
land, is being enlarged, sufficient to
irrigate toiore than double the acreage
handled in the past.
Two barge loads of sand, brick, ce-
ment and other building material
have already been sent to the ábove
place for use in the '' improvements
that are under way at-the plant.
Geo, B. Bagley, engineer for the
Locket company, arrived iii Orange
a couple of days since from Mirineap
olis, and has gone to,, the Bluff, to
await the arrival of the machinery,
that he might install it.
THREE CARS SHIPPED
Crates From Orange Crate Factory
to go to Brownaville
there are chances that the term which he haa invented, and which has
given rise to a good deal of hilarity.
He borrowed the idea from the Cere-
monial of the church regarding bap-
tism. The tradition of having god-
fathers agd godmothers to their chfl-i
ep rooted, in France tlum
Socialists are at a loss to make up for
it. M. Contant has simply instituted
civil substitute for it. Accordingly
From Wednesday's Daily.
Inquiry at the plant of the Orange
Crate and Box Factory this after
noon elicits the information that that
plant is this week preparing a big
shipment of three carloads of crates
for the Rio Grande valley.
Manager Sam-J. Smith this after-
noon in discussing the work at the
box factory, stated that the plant was
running its full capacity and has beep
for several weeks and the order file
is well stocked.
The three car loads of crates con-
sist principally of cabbage, cucumber
9 and tomato crates and the majority
of them are going to Brownsville,
where the planters irrigate their crops.
The £laht of the above cdmpany has
been in steady operation for the past
several months, and has been making
large shipments of about four car
he held a "godfathering" ceremor
nony
for twelve infants today. The local
and fire brigade, and deputations
from various Socialist societies, met
at the. Mairie. The "Marseillaise" was
loads of boxes and crates per week, From Tuesday's Daily.
the majority of
Rio Grande ,
them going to the
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mothers: "Monseiur, Madame, <K> y
promise on your word of honor to
becqipe the protectors of this child
in case <t should lose its parents?''
When each couple had pledged their
e read out a formula for them
to v<«gn a copy of which was to be
deposited in the Mairie. The docu-
ment contains an instruction in about
200 words as to the duties of civil
rents. It winds up by saying
1 that "they are in case of need, to
bring up the children in the cult of
reason, common sense, honest, thrift,
and respect for the republic.''
An inquiry into an affair ..of stolen
bonds yesterday led to the arrest oif
a man associated wtih a gang of
thieves, who concealed theír booty in
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AND FRAMES ...... LOOK OVER
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Senart Forest. The than waa láiMmpt-
ing to sell bonds at a reduced price.
A police inspector, posing as the rep-
resentative of an English agency for
negotiating stolen bonds, got into
communication with the thi^f and for
$6.00 bought two bonds worth $200.
He máde an appointment with the
thief; at the Lyons station yesterday
morning and accompanied him to Sen-
art Foreisi, where bonds worth 15,000
francs had been cut dówn, aftd the
thief was unable to find the bonds.
He was arreited and made á confes-
sion. The bonds sold had been stol-
en from a cab leaving the Lyon sta-
tion. The dtheif bonds byried in the
forest, together with canvasses signed
by HarpingniCs had beten stolen from
á villa at Chevreuse in January last
year. In cotinectkm with this theft
a man had ben sentenced to five year's
prisonment. He had not denounced
is accomplice.
The police will make a thorough
search of the forest in the hope of
finding the bonds and the Harpignies
ivasses.
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In Spokan* to Bagih April 3 and City
be Cleaned
-Spokane, Wash., March 17.—C.
erbert Moore, mayor of Spokane,
has set aside eight days, beginning
April 3, as "Civic Week," to be de-
voted to the cleaning up of streets,
alleys and private grounds, the 'work
of beautifying the city and the dis-
cussion of civic problems under the
direction of the City Beautiful com-
mittee of the 150,000 club, the city
park' commission and the various
kard improvement clubs. It is ex-<
pected that 60,000 men, women and
children will take part.
The week will furnish one of the
most remarkable and. at the same time
wholesome spectacles ever witnessed
Q*f in any city of the 120,000 class' on
this continent. Men who have made
millions in the mines, forests and rtil
roads and other lines of commercial,
Financial and industrial activity will
work shoulder to shoulder with la
borers, mechanics, clerks and office
men, and on the morning of April
ll the city of Spokane may be ex-
pected to bé as spick and span as «
society debutante at her coming out
party. v\: '
One of .the features of the general
PINST
RUSH
Seventeenth of Iceland and Crager's
Big Store Celebrates.
This morning, St. Patrick' Day, or
as Some refer to it, the "Seven-
teenth of Ireland " brought about the
distribution of several hundred sham-
rc>eks,'' they being given, out at. Cra-
ger's Big Store, on Frgnt street.
Manager Rubertstein stated , that
"is morning, tlipre was a rush
; shamrocks, and within a few
the supply of several hundred
was exhausted.
¡¿on and civic beauty exponent, will
be the planting 61 thousands of trees,
shrubs and vines by the Spokane TJrée
Planting Asstociation, composed of
12,500: children above the third grade
in the public schools.
Forty thousand persons participat-
ed In the work on April 18, last year,
and 10,000 school children had a spe-
cial day the following .week, and at
the close of the campaign the city
Was as clean as a Dutch housewife's
tivity and public spirit of the residents
of Spokane.
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Faraville to be Terminus of Miller-
Link's New Tram Road.
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Rbbt. C. Sattley, civil engineer in
charge oí the engineering work on the
Miller-Link Lumber company's tram
ri>ad from Newton into the company' 11
forests, was a visitor In Orange yea-
terday, accompanied by J. E. MÍllikíh was a mor
and other asaUUnts, and 4eft>oyed a guest
day's outing on the Sabine river, the
Ladies' Civic Club, to
in fie Jeity patfca and a
■•-ispaMsx:
park committee of
i Tex., Mar, Ü/UitSt '
nge Civic
|oiB for the
bring
ress. and
Ford's store.
or trade: I car^*°thitm
and Hardware aniVe them
need from a pair of
flour. My store is eo:
at the corner of Jacksol
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Trade
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My assortment of merchandise inclu iin,^
and fancy groceries, nuts, candies, frailM***. wet a*e
stuffs, dishes and cooking utensils, nails
hardware and ammunition, wooden well buc^
stock muzzles, fishing tackle, pocket JúHVi
French harps, shoe strings, collar buttons, buggy
whips and garden seed. In fact, I can furnish
anything you peed-
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Cor. Jackson and Border
"f i'i.
ÉaáaÉmm
guests of Col. J, C. Townsend, lately
of the Holland hotel.
Mr. Sattley states that splendid
progresa is beiftf made by the en-
gineering department and that the
camps are now pitched near Fars-
ville, eleven miles from Newton, and
which for the present* will be the
terminus of the road.
MKSONAL**NTIOH.
-J. R. Ross of Nacogdoches is a
business visitor in the dty today.
—•Fred Rappell of New Orleans is
transacting business in Orange.
Dave Griffith, a well known cattle-
man of Johnson's Bayoú, is transact-
ing business today in Orange.
—Bernie Gallier of Port Arthur is
among the business visitors today in
Orange.
' J. W. Comptort of New Iberia was
a forenoon business arrival in Or-
ange.
—Messrs. J. T. Manning and T. H.
Pendler of Chicago were among the
business arrivals last night in Or-
ange.
—E. W. Cordy of Beaumont is tran-
sacting' business in Orange, ¡having
arrived this afternoon.
—W. L. Freeman, a prominent resi
dent of Lemonville, is among the bus!
ness victors today in Orange.
—C. M. Rein, a former resident
of Orange, now, located at Houston,
was a business visitor foa a couple
of hours in Orange this morning.
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From Wednesday's
—C. £• Slaughter of Houston
transacting business in Orange.
~Patillo( Higgins, dl Hbuston
transacting* business today in Orange.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brady of Sa-
lem, Mass., are among the day's- vis-
itors ih Orange.
—W. S. Selton, a prominent bus-
iness man of Jennings, Lai, is tram
sacting business today in Orange.
—Joe Landry/a wen known travel-
ing maft of Beaumont, was am Or-
ange business visitor this mottling.
—A. Szafir of Beaumont was among
the business arrivals in Orange this
morning, coming in from Bestumont.
—Roy Kuhn, a well known travel-
ing salesman of Houston, is calling
on the local merchants today.
—Joe L. Smith of Houston is
n,' reflecting «wdit ,on"4l e ac- .among, .the business visitors today
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strong of tl
to be UP
afHer a serious attack of pneumonia. Wilkes-Barre, March 18.—Ha
~~t. L. Young of Lake Chades, La., received áei
rimsaae;
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home this afternoon from a brief !
iness trip to points west
/—C. C. Cary, general agent of the
Frisco, with Beaumont headquarters,
was an Orange business visitor this
morning.
BALI CAME FRIDAY
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PORT A
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HUR TEAM TO BAT*
H ORANGE COM-
MERCIALS HERE
Contest WW fce Called at 4 O'clock
8hm>¥' AntuJanci it Qmm th^alJ
bé Oood, for Continuance of Sport
Dependa Upon it—Beaumont Next
Weak.
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From Wedneisday'a Daily.
"Captain F. G. McDonald of i the
Orange Commercials, baseball tea«fflP
announced that definite arrangementa
had been completed for a game of
baseball to -be played at the West
End ball park Friday afternoón, be-
tween Orange and Port Arthur, the
contest to be cálled at 4 o'clock sharp.
This Will be the first game of i the
season on local grounds and the out-
come of the battle Vrill be awaited
with much interest, as the Comnier-
cials have been putting in good steady'
time working out 4nd it is understood
that the Port Arthurites have lost no
time in limbering up their muscles
and getting into shape.
The fans this season have been,,
talking baseball and appear eager and
hurigry for a game, and it is ex-
pected that the attendance will be
large, as amateur ball is the only
sport Orange will enjoy this summer,
and on the attendance at the first
few games of the season depends
whether the Commercials will hold
together and induce other teams to
come to Orange.
Captain McDonald stated that a
game with Beaumont would be a
probability one da ynext week.
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International Aeronáutica.
New York, March 18.-The Inter-
be held hi Switzerland next' Í
ber closed yesterday. The Aero Club
of America has mide one entry and
this has been sent to the commit
but the pilot will not- be selected unt
1 hiwr *tfwr Kiwwth.
several lafge órdefi fhe
Wick plant of the American Car
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was a yesterday business arrival in
Orange. " Foundnr Co. resumed
—County Tax Assessor Geo. A. W fig ?<?** ^ 68
Foreman, Jr., Dave Gfiffkb and An- cars a mo°th'
drew Lemaire, were visitors yesterday No BiUs After
n Lake Charles. Harriaburg, March I
reached
—Attorney J.
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Ford, A. L. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1909, newspaper, March 19, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183157/m1/3/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.