Daily Courier-Light (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 21, 1905 Page: 1 of 4
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DAILY COURIER-LIGHT.
24th YEAR
CORSICANA, TEXAS. TUESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 21. 1905.
NO. 280
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Goods Delivered Promptly.
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Cor. Beaton and Collin Su., Corsicana, Texas.
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and see our line of Fancy Boxes or Baskets
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made and packed by C. F. Gunther. Try our <-
Stuffed Prunes, they are the most delicious <
goods ever brought to this market. Try our
Stick Candy—none like it in the State.
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HAS A MAGNIFICENT LINE OF
FU^QITURE
He can please the most fastidious. He can
please any person in Corsicana or Navarro
county In price and otherwise. A large line of
Rugs, Art Sqnares. Mattings, etc. See him be-
fore buying.
The hurnlture Man.
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Paul Jones, 4-Star
and Old Private Stock Whisky
at $1.00 Per Quart.
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M. J. P. LACY,
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Make it more comfortable by adding a little
Beautiful Low Priced
Furnituie
From my large stock.
L. LI. LEE,
0. W. Jester, President. W. D. Haynie, Vice-Presiden.
8. W. Johnson, Oashior. R. B. Caldwell, As&'t Casoier.
The Corsicana Rational Bank
.. Paid up Capital $100,000,
Surplus and Mis S140.000
PISS JNTtN-
G!pi E ASSET
▲11 Tax Bills Railroaded
Through the House
NEPOTISL TURNED DOWN
Old Nep is Having a hard
Row to Hoe as House
Committee Turned
Down the.Senate
Bill.
Austin, Tex., Feb. 20 — All of the
tax bills reported by the house com-
mittee on revenues and taxation have
finally passed the house except the
Love bill, which has passed its sec
ond reading, and the Kennedy bill,
which is pending on second reading.
The bill last mentioned will come up
tomorrow.
The Love bill did not muster as
large a vote as did the Williams bill.
This was probably due in part to some
of the supporters of it being absent.
It was due in part to the growth of a
s 'ntiment that the proposed sate <f
gross receipts tax on railroads is too
high for the present, and it is prob-
able that further opposition will be
offered when the bill comes up again.
The bill by Mr. Love of Dallas,
levying a tax of 1J per cent upon the
gross receipts of railroads, was today
passed by the house upon second
reading. As in the case of the Will-
iams intangible asset bill, it went
through without creating much of a
ripple. Mr. Love mad# a speech ex-
plaining the purposes of the bill and
reviewing the figures which he gave
to the public some time ago, touch-
ing the tax payments by railroads in
other states, his argument being that
the railroads of Texas were not pay-
i ig their fair share of the taxes.
Then Mr. Fitzhugh opposed the bill,
taking just the opposite position.
Mr. Cobbs followed in an opposing
speech, at the conclusion of which he
offered a substitute for the bill. This
substitute proved to be a revisod edi-
tion of tho Williams intangible asset
bill. The principal feature of the re-
vision was the provisions which
sought to apply the entire scheme to
all classes of property, individual and
corporate, instead of to the property
of a few classes of corporations only.
Mr. Williams raised the point of order
that the substitute was nui: germane
to the pending bill, as the bill refer-
red to proposed to place a tax upon
gross receipts, whereas the substitute
dealt with a^, valorem taxes. The
speaker snstained the point and Mr.
Cobbs appealed from the decision.
The speaker was sustained by a viva
voce vote, something of an unusual
proceeding. Then the bill went to
engrossment. The proceedings upon
the whole were about as tame as
those attendant upon the passage of
a county road law. They were, how-
ever, in consonance with the demean-
or of the members of the organization
ever since they came here. With
rare exception they have been unus-
ually tactiturn, listening well but say-
ing little, and herding to themselves.
This is true in particular ot the new
members. Not to exceed seven of
them have ever Bpoken more than
two minutes at a time upon the floor
of the house and a majority of them
never spoke at all save to answer the
roll call. It is because of this de-
meanor that the legislative situation
has been enigmatical, not only with
respect to. tax measures, but pretty
nearly evarything else.
Austin, Tex., Feb. 20.—The house
committeejin criminal jurisprudence
thin this morning killed the senate
anti-nepotism bill by a vote of 8 to 7.
Three avowed opponents of the bill
were not present, while the anti-
nepots had a full force in attendance.
Senator Looney appeared and plead
for his bill, saying that it was a plat-
form demand and should be enacted,
no matter h"«r ridiculous it seemed
to other people. Hancock offered an
amendment defining nepotism and
this was defeated. Moran said the
people demanded the passage of the
bill and O'Bryan took issuu with him
on this point. Those who votod to
report the bill favoiably were: Shan*
non, Greenwood, Chesley, Force, Mo-
ran and Murray. Against; Hancock,
Brown, (Wharton), Rieger, Hall,
O'Bryan, O'Quinn, Barcus and Onion.
Moran gave notice of a minority re*
port,
The committee reported favorably
on the Brown (Whaton) bill suppress-
ing the sale of lottery tickets, also
potting a heavy penalty on those who
practice law without license.
The judiciary committee reported
favorably Ellison's bill restoring crim-
inal jurisprudence to the Chambers'
County court and Wilson's bill increas-
ing the civil jurisprudence of the
Wilson County court.
Myrick has amended his pipe line
hill, confining it to gas and oil ex-
clusively, and also providing for ex-
change stations to exchange oil be-
tween common carrier pipe lines.
Tho common carriers' committee
heard arguments against the South-
ern Pacific consolidation bill. The
speakers were Judge Dabney of Vic-
toria and Lewright of Cu>ro.
The senate i# not in session today.
This is The
New Roosevelt.
During the speech of the Presi-
dent at the Lincoln dinner of the
Republican Club in New York a few
^ays since, this remark was made:
• .Vhat is the object Roosevelt has in
view in this talk about the negro?"
Supposedly this was a natural in-
quiry, as the author is somewhat of
a politicion, and politicians usually
have, and expect others to have, some
motive iu making'a particular speech.
The questioner must have forgotten
that Theodore Roosevelt has coased
to be a politician and passed to that
higher plane entitling him to be call-
ed a statesman. When President
Roosevelt so distinctly avowed after
the la3t campaign that he would not
be a candidate for re-election, he in
effect announced that he would cease
to be a politician or the representa-
tive of his party, but would be Presi-
dent of the whole United States in
the broadest senss of the term, Ws
believe Mr. Roosevelt is striving in
the most perfect honesty to make
good this indicated purpose. We go
further, and say that Mr. Roosevelt
is a philanthropist. No question but
that he made the speech to that mar-
velous gathering of eminent men
with the purpose of announcing to
the people of the South, who might
be expected to regard him in the
light of a partisan President, this de-
termination to give them the same
consideration as the people of the
North, to whom he owed his election.
Perhaps he chose toe problem of the
blocks as his text because of the oc-
casion, since it was Lincoln's procla-
mation of emancipation which put
that problem before the American
public in an entirely new aspect,
hence he undoubtedly intended to
make plain to the people of the
South that his sentiment regarding
the question are those of true philan-
thropist and a wise statesman.
The genuine motives of Mr. Roose-
velt is certain acts relating to the
negro in the South are not correctly
understood hore. From lack of inti-
mate knowledge, which could be
gained only by personal observation
and experience, of the conditions ex-
isting in the South and bearing upon
the negro problem, he may have
been moved in his course in the Crura
case and somo other instances, but it
was not altogether wise nor best cal-
culated to secure what we are confi-
dent is the object dearest to him—
the greatest good in the future to
the colored race. Mr. Lincoln never
had nearer to his heart the cause of
equal rights and full justice to the
human family, regardless of color,
race or creed, than has Theodore
Roosevelt. Hi9 speech at the dinner
was not partisan, but an eloquent,
earnest and honest plea for such
equal rights, for such a clear field, a
fair show and a square deal for all
the people, black and white of the
United States as a true stateamaa,
having the interests of his country
in mind and moved by tha tnxest and
purest of philanthropic deBires, must
recognize as assential to the nation's
well being. There was no word that
could give offence to the South or be
taken by the Southern people as in-
imical to their interests or as indi-
cating a desire to humilate them. So
mote it be.
CONTRIBUTED.
Death in Purdon
Mrs. W. A. Jackson of Purdon died
suddenly at her home last Friday.
She had been in ill health for several
mouths but on the day of hsr death
stated that she felt stronger and bet-
ter than in weeks While sitting up
Bhe became very ill and died fifteen
minutes later.
The funeral services were held Sat-
urday.
County Commissioner J. B. Sargent
made a flying trip to Rice this" morn-
ing.
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A Personal Letter.
OFFICE OF
THE STRATFORD HOTEL
Michigan and Jackson Boulevards.
CHICAGO. ILL., FEB. 18,1905.
To the folks at the Big Store of Jarrell, Elliott & Co.,
Corsicana, Texas.
DEAR PEOPLEs-
I have been here just six days taking in the big manufactories and
wholesale houses. Found some of the best values in staple goods and
the like, I ever saw, and you know this is saying a good.deal, for Jarrell,
Elliott & Co. have always sold goods cheaper than anybody. Am buying
heavy, and this spring we will be able to dp better by our customers
than ever. I spent some time in the great clothing manufactory of
Hart, Schaffner & Marx, the people who make our men's fine clothing.
They have most of our suits made up and have shipped some of them
out, and they ought to reach you in a day or two. You can say to our
clothing customers we will have the prettiest and best tailored lot of
clothing I ever saw.
Before coming here I visited all the big concerns in New York,
where I bought the prettiest SHIRT WAIST SUITS, in all the new
goods, the prettiest SHIRTWAISTS, the prettiest SILKS, in all the new
colors and patterns, the prettiest DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS, ETC.,
I ever saw, and really it seems to me the manufacturers have reached
the acme of perfection, for such rich color blending and delicate weav*
ing certainly cannot be improved upon And, by the way, lots of the
goods I bought are imported, and cannot yet be produced in this coun-
try, so we can truthfully say that the great factoriee of the world hgve
been drawn upon to make complete in every detail the spring showing,
at THE BIG STORE
As to prices, of course we had a great leverage, in fact a pull that
but few retail merchants have, and certainly none in Corsicana. You
know there are sixteen of us together buying for as many stores of the
Graham Combination, and with this mighty purchasing force] it was no
trouble to get prices that will enable us to undersell any Merchant In
Corsicana.
Lots ot the goods 1 bought have already been shipped out and 1
want you all to"GET BUSY"and put them in shape as fast as they come
in. Tell all our customers and friends thatthe Big Store will be able to
give them more for their money.this spring than ever. Miss Arnett will
arrive here tonight from New York and other points. She is getting to-
gether the greatest assortment of fashionable millinery Corsicana ever
saw. I could keep on writing about the pretty goods, but there is now In
the hotel lobby a representative from each 'of the wholesale houses
Waitingto submif us prices and bids for the bill of our sixtesn stores,
so must close.
Regards to all. Hope to be home soon.
Yours for a big spring business,
F. A. ELLIOTT.
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THE BIG STORE is fait filliag up with Mr. Elliott and Miss Arnett's
spring purcEases, and soon will show in every detail all that's new and pret-
ty, from the hat fashioned by the world's bast milliners, to every style of up-
to-date footwear, built by the world famed Drew-Selby factories, for ladies,
and the Staey Adams and French, Schriner & Urner shoes for men.
Make THE BIG STORE your headquarters.
April 23 the Date
Rev. George Stuart, the distin-
guished evangelist, will begin his pro-
tracted meeting here on April 28.
Orange Blossoms
Mrs. Margaret Carter, formerly of
this city, but late of Houston, will,
on next Thursday. Feb. 23, be mar-
ried to Dr. R. L. Cox of Houston.
Postoffice to Close.
Tomorrow is Arbor Ds? and the
postuffice will close, opening at ths
usual hour in ths afternocf.
Mr. Phife Pinkston's fajLaer is very
sick st his home is Hutityard.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Capital 1300.000
Surplus and Profits, $75,000
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Hand, F. C. Daily Courier-Light (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 280, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 21, 1905, newspaper, February 21, 1905; Corsicana, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232493/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.