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I Going to WILLIRMSON- BLOCKER & GO.'S to find a Big Stock
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|g The balance of the above poem will be in next week's paper, conditionally, that the trade will give
§g our poetical salesman time to finish it. The fact of the business, we have not had time to even change
Jg our standing advertisements, being so rushed in waiting on the great crowds of surging customers anx- M
® ious to be waited on. We are sorry that we cannot accommodate our trade with a more elaborate poem M
I this week, but will promise to sell you the best values in Dry Goods and at prices that cannot be dupli- U
H cated, and will let our competitors entertain you in the poetical line. f
p We are receiving this week:—A most beautiful line of Handkerchiefs, Plush Capes—from $2 co to 8
II $7.^0, Embroideries, Dress Braids and Trimmings, Ladies and Gentlemen's Underwear, Hosiery, Suits, 8§
p Overcoats and Blankets—10 cases, 600 pieces, Lovely Dress Prints—from 4 to c cents, c cases pretty Az- 3§
m ure and Aurora Silks at c and 7 cents. * J 31
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These Goods Are Bought Direct from the Mills and we are selling them at Whole- M
| sale Prices: Seventy-Five dozen Negligee Shirts, from ^0 cts. to $1— beautiful styles;Green, Blue and U
p Maroon Sweaters at ^0 cts. - gj
Don't Forget Us When You Want riillinery. We certainly have the finest stock to be found 5§
in town and the prices are low. . gg
School Shoes for boys and girls—0. K. Shoes for ladies and a full line of Fine Shoes for men and #
boys can be found in our Store.
WE ARE SELLING MORE GOODS than we ever have; we have the LARGEST STOCK and the 31
|j' Best Selected Stock. The best Goods at the Lowest Prices. Come and see for yourself. Before the ®
| cold weather commences, come and buy your fall bill of goods You can buy them cheaper now than ®
I you ever will again—especially in woolen goods. Our Stock of Blankets and Flannels is complete and §8
© prices Low. Yours Truly, * 88
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51 SIGNAL.
Signal Publishing Co., Publishers
J. H. Lowry, - - - Editor.
Entered at Honey Grove Postoffice as second-
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Office of Publication over Post-Office.
One Year SI 00
Six Months 60
Three Months 35
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.
PUBLISHED FRIDAY OF EACH
Mark Hanna will probably get
back to the Senate from Ohio,
but he will always remember that
he had a fight.
The Democrats of Ohio have
another scheme for defeating
Dollar-Mark Hanna. The Re-
publicans have a majority in the
legislature of only four and a
number of the Republican legis-
lators are opposed to Hanna.
The Democrats will make a prop-
osition to the anti-Hanna Re-
publicans to vote for Gov. Bush-
nell. Anybody but Marcus.
an inspiring incident.
A localoption election was held
in the Commerce precinct of Hunt
county Saturday. The antis won
by a majority of 34.
The Georgia legislature has
passed a bill prohibiting foot-ball
playing in that State. The pen
alty for playing a game is $1000
At last, the yellow fever seems
to be yielding to cold weather
and in a few days yellow jack
will probably be entirely stamped
out. There are now only a f
cases in New Orleans and Mo-
bile.
People will pay higher prices
for clothing next year—that is if
they are able to buy at all. One
of our leading merchants says
there will be an advance of about
20 per cent. Hurrah for McKin-
ley and the Dingley bill.
Honey Grove will stand second
this year in cotton receipts, Paris
being the only point in the State
that has purchased more cotton
from wagons. Waxahachie gen
erally leads in cotton receipts but
the crop is short in that section
this year.
The National (or Gold) Demo-
cratic vote in Kentucky was
enormous. Following the bril-
liant canvass of Carlisle, Watter-
son, Lindsay and Buckner, the
worshippers of the yellow metal
piled up 5,000 votes in the State.
O! what a powerful party is this!
Attorney General Crane's en-
emies may succeed in cussing
him into the gubernatorial chair.
The Democrats of Texas remem-
ber Crane's valiant fight when
the party needed fighters, and
abuse from the sore-heads will
only manufacture votes for the
attorney general.
"For my part," said Col. R. G.
Ingersoll the other day, "I envy
the man who has lived on the
same broad acres from his boy-
hood, who cultivates the fields
where in youth he played, and
lives where his father lived and
died. I can imagine no sweeter
way to end one's life than in the
country, out of the mad race for
money, place and power."
One of the Bonham papers
states that a prominent and in-
fluential Democrat will be a can-
didate for District Clerk against
the present incumbent. The
present incumbent has made two
races and is now serving his first
term and has given perfect satis-
faction. Under such circum-
stances the Democratic rule is to
give an officer a secdnd term.
It is not probable that wheat
will bring a dollar a bushel next
year, for we cannot base our cal-
culations on another crop failure
in Russia and Hungary, and the
South American crop is in a
promising condition and will be
harvested m December and Jan-
uary. It is probable, however,
that wheat will not again be as
low as it was last year until an-
other season of over - average
crops are made throughout the
world.
The State Baptist Convention
ended with a love-feast instead
of a row, as was generally antici-
pated. For some time Rev. R.
C. Burleson, who failed of re>
election to the presidency of Bay-
lor University, had been out of
humor and threatened to make
much trouble. He was aided by
Dr. Hayden, editor of the Baptist
Herald. When Dr. Burleson
found that the convention was
against him, he submitted to the
will of the majority and a love-
feast followed. Dr. Hayden was
not dealt with so kindly, but was
not even allowed a seat in the
convention.
The largest oxen in the world
to-day are claimed to be a yoke
owned by J. D. Avery, of Buck-
land, Mass., now weighing 7,800
pounds,being 700 pounds heavier
than a year ago,and they are still
gaining. Tom and Jerry are ten
feet in girth, stand seventeen
hands high and measure fifteen
feet and eleven inches from tip to
tip. They can haul a dray con-
taining eleven thousand pounds
of stone. They are Holsteins,
black and white, are well match-
ed, finely proportioned, and are
eight years old.
The new mayor of New York
will have a personal power far
exceeding that of many kings
who rule over States no larger in
population. It has been figured
out that the new and Greater
New York will have a total of
something like 33,000 employes—
a force greater than that of the
standing army of the republic.
Of these 7,000 will be policemen
and 4,000 will work in the depart-
ment of streets—armies which in
the nature of tilings, notwith*
standing all safeguards thrown
about them in the new charter,
are peculiarly amenable to the
influences of politicians,peculiar-
ly subject to the will of him who
may be able to make himself dic-
tator of the community. It is es-
timated that the annual salaries
of these employes will average
$1,000 each, giving a grand total
of $33,000,000 a year paid out in
salaries to public officials in this
city alone. The whole expendi-
ture of the Greater New York will
amount to about $70,000,000. The
mayor of Greater New York is in-
deed—as the people of the city
are fond of saying—to be a "dig-
nitary second in importance only
to the president of the United
States." The framers of the
charter deliberately placed in the
hands of the mayor a power rel-
atively greater than that which is
wielded by the president at Wash-
ington.
An example of unpretentious
bravery and altruism has been
furnished in this city during the
existence of the yellow fever here
which is worth more than a pass-
ing mention. When the fever
first appeared the Dominican
Sisters of St. Agnes Academy
took their pupils to St. Cather-
ine's, Springfield, Kentucky, and
having made the necessary ar-
rangements there to continue
their studies, the sisters returned
to Memphis and announced that
they were ready to nurse any
persons who might be stricken
with the yellow fever. St. Jo-
seph's Hospital was closed tempo-
rarily, and the Franciscan Sisters
of Charity of that institution went
wherever summoned to nurse the
sick. It should be understood
that the sisters of both these in-
stitutions placed their services at
the call of the stricken ones free
of charge. Circumstances made
it necessary to close the hospital
for a few days, but these noble
women have, without any hope
of substantial reward,freely risk-
ed their lives. The good sisters
of St. Mary likewise volunteered
their services and stood ready to
respond to any call of duty.
While they would be the very last
persons, perhaps, to desire any
public commendation of their
course, it seems only fair that at-
tention should be called to this
incident. In this age of money
getting and place hunting such
deeds as these reconfirm our faith
in the beauty of self-sacrifice and
humanity.—Memphis Appeal.
The cold storage act passed by
the legislature at its recent ses-
sion has been declared uncon-
stitutional by the Court of Crim-
inal Appeals.
A northern society will send a
large number of boys, between
the ages of 10 and 16, to Clarks-
ville next week with the hope of
finding good homes for the or-
phans. People who assume
charge of the boys must agree to
treat them as members of the
family and send them to school
at least three months in the year.
A few more negro
postmasters
and revenue officers in the South
would have caused a Bull Run
defeat of the Republican party in
all of the Western States. The
manhood of all honest, patriotic,
fair and just people revolt at this
dastardly indignity offered the
Democrats and white Republi-
cans of the South, while the res-
pectable and intelligent negroes
of the North,who have been from
the beginning faithful adherents
of the Republican party, can but
feel the insult offered them in the
way in which their claims and
their rights to a fair recognition
in the distribution of the offices
of the government have been ut-
terly and contemptuously ignor-
ed.
There are on our national pen-
sion rolls seven veterans of the
war of 1812, and over -3,000 wid-
ows of veterans. There are 15
names on the revolutionary pen-
sion list—all widows. On the
civil war pension list there are
971,952 names, Ohio alone has
103,471, to whom the tax payers
contribute nearly $16,000,000 an-
nually. Pennslyvania comes next
to Ohio with 100,875,costing $13,-
000,000. Texas has over 8,000 of
the nearly 1,000,000 "disabled
federal veterans.'' Arkansas has
j more men drawing pensions than
! any Southern State, viz.: 10,550.
| There are 4,062 pensioners living
I in foreign countries, and this
takes from this country $620,000
a year. We are now paying in
military pensions nearly $150,-
000,000 every year. So much
that no attempt is made to count
it. It is bulked and weighed on
platform scales like cotton or coal.
But this is not the end. It will
continue to increase until enough
voters are pensioned to hold the
balance of power in elections.
And then what ? The whole pen-
sion scheme will be knocked sky
high. Like the Irishman's buck
—it will jump so high if let alone
that it will kill its fool self.
Occupation Tax Ordinance.
Be it ordained by the City Coun-
cil of the City of Honey Grove
as follows:
Section 1. That Article XIV of
the Revised Ordinances of the
City of Honey Grove shall here-
after read as follows:
Article XIY. There shall be
levied on and collected from every
person, firm,company or associa-
tion of persons pursuing any of
the occupations named in the fol-
lowing numbered subdivisions of
this article an annual occupation
tax, which shall be paid annually
except when otherwise provided
on every such occupation or sep-
arate establishment as follows:
Subdivision 1. From every
merchant whose annual pur-
chases amount to less than two
thousand dollars, one dollar and
fifty cents; from every merchant
whose annual purchases amount
to two thousand dollars or less
than five thousand dollars, three
dollars; from every merchant
whose annual purchases amount
to five thousand dollars or less
than ten thousand dollars, six
dollars; from every merchant
whose annual purchases amount
to ten thousand dollars or less
than fifteen thousand dollars, ten
dollars; from every merchant
whose annual purchases amount
to fifteen thousand dollars or less
than twenty-five thousand dollars,
twelve dollars and fifty cents;
from every merchant whose an-
nual purchases amount to twenty -
five thousand dollars or less than
fifty thousand dollars, thirty dol-
lars; from every merchant whose
annual purchases amount to fifty
thousand dollars or less than one
hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lars, sixty-two dollars and fifty
cents;from every merchant whose
annual purchases amount to one
hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lors or less than two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars,seven
ty-five dollars; from every mer-
chant whose annual purchases
amount to two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars or less than five
hundred thousand dollars, one
hundred dollars;from every mer-
chases whose annual purchases
amount to five hundred thousand
dollars or less than seven hun
dred,and fifty thousand dollars,
one hundred and twenty-five dol-
lars; from every merchant whose
annual purchases amount to sev-
en hundred and fifty thousand
dollars or more, one hundred and
fifty dollars. Every person, firm,
corporation or association of per
sons desiring to sell goods,wares,
or merchandise within this city
shall before pursuing such occu-
pation pay the tax for one year
and take out a license to pursue
the occupation, of the merchant
of the class to which he properly
belongs, according to his annual
purchases,as provided by law,and
shall file with the city tax collect-
or an affidavit of the amount of
his annual purchases for the past
year,s if previously engaged in
such business,or a part of a year,
if engaged in such business less
than a year, and also of the esti
mated amount of his annual pur-
chases for the ensuing year. Said
affidavit shall be filed and pre-
served by the tax collector as a
part of the records of his office,
and shall be in substance as fol-
lows, viz.: "The undersigned,
as the representative of I for profit.
Carbuncles
Appeared Each Season Until Blood
Was Purified With Hood's Sarsa-
parilia — An indoient Ulcer.
" For several years I was troubled with
carbuncles oil my left side and my back
They would disappear in winter and re
turn the next summer. I began taking-
Hood's Sarsaparilla and have never had
any carbuncles since. My little son had
a fever and an indolent ulcer appeared on
his left limb and spread half way around,
it. Our physician recommended a blood
purifier and I gave the boy Hood
Sarsaparilla with gratifying results."
G. B. James, Polkville, Miss.
"1 have been a great sufferer frommus
cular rheumatism and in October began
taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. I continued
its use until January when I could go
about as well as any one and I have had
no acute pains since." I. W. Minnick
Grand Isle, Louisiana.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is sold by all druggists. Price $1; six for
place
clusively, fruit and fruit trees ex- lor in the county in which his
clusively. of business is located.
Sub. 20. From every theatre Sub. 37. From each and every
or dramatic representation for owner or keeper of any skating rink
for profit two dollars and fifty
which pay for admission is de
manded or received; one dollar
and fifty cents provided, that
theatrical or dramatic represen
tations given by performers for
instruction only, or entirely for
charitable purposes, shall not be
herein included. Provided, how-
ever, that this tax shall not be
cents.
Sub. 38. From each owner or
manager of every phonographic,
electric battery, graphophone or
other hke machines or instruments
where a fee is charged an annual tax
of twelve dollars ai
u j, are the only pills to take
rlOOU S i lllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla.
whatever name called, an annnal
tax of five dollars.
Sub. 7. From every auction
eer, an annual tax of five dollars
Sub. 8. From, every person
firm or association of persons
selling on commission, five dol-
lars.
Sub. 9. From every land agent
there shall be collected an annual
tax of two dollars and fifty cents
The tei*m "land agent" shall be
construed to mean any person
firm or association of persons
performing for compensation any
of the following services: pur-
chasing or selling real estate for
others; purchasing or selling land
certificates for others. But this
term "land agent" shall not be
constructed so as to levy a tax
upon an attorney in addition to
the one hereinafter levied.
Sub. 10. From every person
practicing law, and from every
conveyancer or other person
drawing deeds or other legal in
struments for pay, two dollars
and fifty cents.
Sub. 11. From every physi-
cian, surgeon, oculist or medical
or other specialist of any kind,
traveling from place to place in
the practice of his profession, an
annual tax of twenty-five dollars;
from every dentist, two dollars
fifty cents.
Sub. 12. From every local
practicing physician, veterinary
surgeon, or any medical or sur-
gical specialist, an annual tax of
two dollars and fifty cents.
Sub. 13. From every person
or firm keeping a shooting gallery
at which a fee is paid or demand-
ed, an anual tax of fifteen dollars.
Sub. 14. From every person
or firm keeping a knife, cane or
doll rack, or any other device
upon which rings are pitched, or
at which balls are thrown, an an-
nual tax of twelve dollars and
fifty cents.
Sub. 15. From every billiard,
pool table, or anything of the
Rind used for profit, ten dollars;
and any such table used in con-
nection with any drinking saloon
or other place of business where
intoxicating liquors, cigars or
other things of value are sold or
given away, or upon which any
money or other things of value is
paid shall be regarded as used
doing business at
Honey Grove, Texas,do solemnly
swear that the estimate made of
the annual purchases of said con-
cern of goods, wares and mer-
chandise for the next ensuing
Sub. 16. From any person or
persons who shall sell pools on
horse races or other contests,
two dollars and fifty cents for
each and every day they may so
sell said pools.
cl fifty cents; pro-
, , , j, „ i vided that when an electric batterv
collected where the performances is used by a regular authorized phy-
are exhibited in regularly recog- sician no tax shall be charged.
nized Opera houses or theatres,• &
but in lieu of said tax, the man-
agers of said opera houses or
theatres shall pay an annual oc
cupation tax of twelve dollars
and fifty cents.
Sub. 21. From every menagerie,
wax-works museum, side show or
exhibition, whether connected with
a circus or not, where a separate fee
for admission is demanded or
ceived, five dollars for every
formance or exhibition in which
fees for admission are received.
Sub. 22. From every exhibition
where acrobatic feats are performed
and an admission fee is charged for
profit not connected with the circus
or theatre, five dollars for each per-
formance.
Sub. 23, From every sleight of
hand performance or exhibition of
legerdemain, not connected with a
theatre or circus, twelve dollars and
fifty cents.
Sub 24. From every person bring-
ing off a fight between dogs and bulls,
or between bears, and dogs, or be-
tween bulls and any other animals,
or between dogs and dogs, two hun
dred and fifty dollars for each per-
formance.
Sub. 25. From every cock-pit,
when kept for profit or upon which
any money or anything of value
bet or paid, twenty-five dollars.
Sub. 26. From every menagerie
wax-works or exhibition of any
kind where a separate fee for admis-
sion is demanded or received, five
dollars for every day on which fees
for admission are received; provided,
that exhibitions by associations or-
ganized for promotion of art, science
charity, or benevolence, shall be ex-
empt from taxation; and provided
further that persons who form a
museum composed entirely of the
products of Texas shall have the
right to exhibit the same for a fee
without paying an occupation tax.
Sub. 27. From every concert
where a fee is demanded or received,
one dollar, provided, that mtertain-
ments when given by the citizens for
charitable purposes or for the sup-
port or aid of literary or cemetery
associations are exempt.
Sub. 28. From every livery or
feed stable, fifteen cents for each
stall and fifteen cents for each hack,
buggy or other vehicle; from every
wagon yard used for profit, two
dollars and fifty cents.
Sub. 29. From each and every
person or firm acting as local agent
or agents of life, fire, marine and ac-
Sub. 39. From each owner or
keeper of every kinetiscope, cineto-
graph or similar machine or instru-
ment used for profit, which shows
the lifelike motions of persons or an-
imals an annual occupation tax of
twelve dollars and fifty cents.
Sub. 40. From each owner, keep-
er or manager of every panorama or
view show, used for profit, exhibit-
ing in a wagon, room, tent or else-
Pei~" | where an annual occupation tax of
two dollars. A panorama or view
show in the meaning of this act is a
show exhibiting pictures, statuary
or other works of art which are
viewed through stereoscopic or mag-
nifying lenses.
What Dr. A. B. Salter Says.
Buffalo, N. Y.—Gents:—From
my personal knowledge—gained
in observing the effect of your
Shilo's Cure in casrs of advanced
consumption—I am prepared to
say it is the most remarkable
remedy that has ever been
brought to my attention. It has
certainly saved many from con-
sumption.—Dr. A. E. Salter.
Sold by G. A. Dailey. (1)
year does not exceed Sub. 16. From every nine or
thousand dollars. I further swear ten pin alley or any other alley
that the annual purchases of said used for profit, by whatever name
concern for the past called, constructed or operated
months did not exceed the sum of upon the principle of a bowling
thousand dollars." I alley, and upon which balls,rings
or other devices are used as sub
stitution thereof are rolled, with-
out regard to the number of pins
used, or whether pins are used or
not, or whether the balls, rings
|.or other device are rolled by hand
or with a cue or any other device,
fifty dollars. Any such alley
used in connection with any
drinking saloon, or any drug
store, or with any drug store
where intoxicating liquors are
sold, or given away, or upon
Said affidavit shall be signed and
sworn to before some officer au-
thorized to administer oaths.
Sub. 2. From every merchant
who may remove from place to
place and offer for sale "bank-
rupt stocks" of goods, or adver-
tising "fire sales," or "water and
fire damaged stocks for sale," for
a limited period of time, there
shall be collected fifty dollars per
month for the first month, or less
than a month, for each and every
It is estimated that from 3,000
to 4,000 cords of pulp wood a day
enter into the manufacture of pa-
per in the United States. At the
minimum, 3,000 cords, the total
for a year would be the enormous
amount of 900,000 cords. It is
safe to call it 1,000,000. If this
wood were piled in one continuous
string it would make a wall four
feet wide and four feet high a lit-
tle over one thousand, five hun-
dred and fifteen miles in length.
It can be seen what a prodigious
thing the pulp wood industry is,
and at what a tremenduous rate
it is devouring trees, mainly
spruce. Yet all this wood is con-
verted into paper, which, after
being used, vanishes from sight
in a few days and goes back to
dust, out of which element the
trees grow.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
Price 25 Cents.
Puny
Children
Who would prescribe only
tonics and bitters for a weak,
puny child ? Its muscles and
nerves are so thoroughly ex-
hausted that they cannot he
'whipped into activity. The
child needs food ; a blood-
making-, nerve-strengthening
and muscle-building food.
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod-Liver Oil is all of this,
and you still have a tonic in
the hypophosphites of lime
and soda to act with the food*
For thin and delicate children
there is no remedy superior
to it in the world. It means
growth, strength, plumpness
and comfort to them. Be sure
you get SCOTT'S Emulsion.
50c. and $i.oo, all druggists,
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
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place where such business is lo- which money or anything of
cated; and for each additional value is paid, shall be regarded
month that such sales are contin- as used for profit.
ued, at any given place, said Sub. 18. From all persons
merchant shall pay an additional keeping or using for profit any
sum of ten dollars; provided,that hobby horse, flying-jinny or de-
where they remain for six months vice of that character, with or
in one place, in addition to the without name, seven dollars and
fifty dollars charged for the first fifty cents.
month, they shall pay an addi- Sub. 19. From every foot
jtional sum of five dollars per peddler, two dollars and fifty
month; and provided further,that cents. For every peddler with
if they remain in one place for one horse or one pair of oxen,
the period of twelve months, they the sum of seven dollars and fifty
shall be required to pay, in addi- cents; for every peddler with two
tion to the fifty dollars for the horses or two pair of oxen,fifteen
first month, the sum fixed in the dollars, provided, that any blind,
preceeding paragraph, according deaf and dumb, are any wound-
to class and amount of goods sold ed person who has lost a hand or
in one year. foot, shall not be required to pay
Sub. 3. From every traveling any tax for peddling; provided,
person selling patent or other that all ex-Confederate and ex
medicines, fifty dollars; and no Federal soldiers who, from old
cident insurance companies, who
may transact any business as such
in this city an annual occupation
tax of two dollars and fifty cents.
By ''local agent," as used in this or-
dinance, is meant any person or firm
who may solicit, contract for or re-
ceive premiums for insurance in this
city for any insurance company
companies, or who may deliver con-
tracts or policies of insurance,
eluding railway agents and
ployees who may solicit or receive
premiums for accident insurance in
this city.
Sub. 30. From each and every
person or firm acting as agent
agents of industrial life insurance
companies, who may transact any
business as such in this city, an an-
nual tax of one dollar. By ''indus-
trial life insurance" as used in this
ordinance, is meant insurance
adapted to the wants and necessi-
ties af the wage earners, in that the
policies are small and the premiums
collected weekly at the homes of the
insured, the maximum policy or (of)
insurance written on any one person
being one thousand dollars.
Sub. 31. From every person, firm
or association of persons, dealing in
lightning rods, an annual tax of
eighteen dollars; and upon every
person canvassing for the sale of
lightning rods, anaunu d tax of fiftj
dollars.
Sub. 32. From every person, firm
or association of persons following
the occupation of cotton broker,
cotton factor, or commission
chant an annual tax of nine dollars;
provided that a merchant who pays
an occupation tax under this law
shall not be considered as a cotton
broker. A. "commission merchant
in the meaning of this article, is ev
Sub. 41. From each owner, man-
ager or keeper of any show or com-
pany of persons giving exhibitions,
of music, songs, recitations, sleight
of hand, gymnastic, dancing or oth-
er kinds of performances in a tent,
house or elsewhere, which said exhi-
bitions are used for profit by sale of
medicine, electric belts or other arti-
cles of value, whether charge is made
only on seats or not an annual oc-
cupation tax of two dollars and fifty
cents for every such performance or
exhibition. Provided, this tax shall
not be assessed when the perform-
ances are given inside the grounds of
any state or county fair during the
time that said state or county fair is
giving its annual exhibition.
Sub. 42. From every person, firm
or association of persons selling on
commission, twelve dollars and fifty
cents. This article is intended to
cover, every person, firm or associa-
tion of persons selling on samples
only and who do not carry any
stock of merchandise on hand; pro-
vided that this tax shall not apply
to commercial travelers or sales-
men making sales or soliciting trade
from merchants.
Sub. 43. From all dealers in cig-
arettes in this city the sum of five
dollars per annum, a cigarette with-
in the meaning of this act being the
same as defined by the United States
government; provided, that this
tax shall be in addition to the occu-
pation tax levied on merchants, any
other tax levied under the law.
Sub. 44. From every person, firm,
or association of persons selling spir-
ituous vinous or malt liquors, or
medicated bitters an annual tax in
each separate establishment as fol-
lows: For selling spirituous, vinous
or malt liquors in quantities of one
gallon or less than one gallon, one
hundred and fifty dollars, for selling
such liquors in quantities of one gal-
lon or more than one gallon, one
hundred and fifty dollars; provided,
chat in selling one gallon, the same
may be made up of different liquors
in unbroken packages, aggregating
not less than one gallon. For sell-
ing malt liquors exclusively, twenty
five dollars; provided thac nothing
herein shall be so construed as to ex-
empt druggists who sell spirituous,
vinous or malt liquors or medicated
bitters, on the prescription of a phy-
sician or otherwise, from .the pay-
ment of the tax herein imposed; pro-
vided further, that this ordinance
shall not apply to the sale by drug-
gists of tinctures and drug coin-
pounds in the preparation of which
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors or
medicated bitters on the prescription
of a physician or otherwise, from
the payment of the tax herein im-
posed; provided further, that this
article shall not apply to the sale
by druggists of tinctures and drug
compounds in the preparation of
which spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors are used, and which com-
pounds are not intoxicating bever-
ages prepared in evasion of the pro-
visions of this ordinance.
Sub. 45. From every person who
shall ply the calling of street drum-
mer or street solicitor of trade for
any mercantile house or establish-
ment in this city an annual tax of
fifty dollars.
Sub. 46. From every person pur-
suing the occupation of hawking or
peddling hardware, dry goods, toy,
soap, jewelry and patent medicines,
or any other patented or manufac-
tured articles or merchandise what-
soever on the public square or on
any street or other public thorough-
fare of this city, a tax of five dollars
ery person, firm or association of for each and every day such occupa-
i traveling person shall sell until
.said tax is paid; provided, that
1 this tax shall not apply to com-
mercial travelers, drummers or
salesmen making sales or solicit-
ing trade for merchants engaged
; in the sale of drugs or medicines
by wholesale.
Sub. 4. From every fortune
teller, five dollars; from every
clairvoyant or mesmerist, who
plies his or her vocation for mon-
ey, five dollars.
! Sub. 5. From every person,
firm or association of persons en-
gaged in discounting or shaving
paper, or engaged in business as
money brokers or bankers, or
dealers in stocks, securities or
bills of exchange, or in buying or
selling bonds, state, county or
city warrants, or other claims
against the state, an annual tax
of twenty-five dollars.
Sub. 6. From every operator
or owner of any daguerrean,pho-
tograph, or other like gallery, by
age or other cause, may be in'
capacitated to do and perform
manual labor, and who are ac-
tual residents of the State of
Texas, and are not inmates of
any soldiers' home, or drawing
any pension from the United
States or any state government,
be and are hereby exempted
from the payment of any such
peddlers' occupation tax;provid-
ed, such person shall not be ex-
empt from such peddlers' tax if
employed in peddling for any
persons, receiving country produce,
horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, grain
corn, hay, lumber, shingles, wool,
coal, goods, wares and merchandise,
or anything else for sale, to be ac-
counted for to the owner when sold
and charging a commission therefor.
Sub. 33. From every pawn brok-
er, an annual tax of seventy five
dollars.
Sub. 34. From every cotton buy-
er or buyer of wool or hides, five dol-
lars; provided, that a merchant who
pays an occupation tax, as prescrib-
ed, shall not be considered a cotton
buyer or buyer of wool or hides.
Sub. 35. From every person, firm,
01* agency or asssociation of persons
dealing in sewing machines an an-
nual tax of seven dollars; provided,
that a merchant who pays occupa-
tion tax, as required by this article,
shall not be required to pay this
special tax to sell sewing machines
when sold in his place of business.
Sub. 36. From every person or
tion is pursued; provided that this
shall not apply to persons selling
goods of their own manufacture or
of goods patented by them,
That all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be
repealed.
That this ordinance take effect and
be in force from and after its pas-
sage and due publication.
Approved Nov. 8 1897.
J. H. Smith, Mayor.
T. W. Lane, City Clerk.
The attention of all persons is
directed to the provisions of the
above ordinance in regard to the
payment of occupation taxes.
Please note the penalty for non-
payment. T. W. Lane,
Collector.
other person or persons; nothing J firm who peddles out clocks, cooking
herein contained shall be so con- stoves or ranges, wagons, carriages
strued as to include traveling | surries and other similar vehicles,
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
vendors of tin or earthern ware:
provided further, that nothing
herein contained shall be so con-
strued as to include traveling
vendors of literature exclusively
religious in character, or travel-
ing vendors of poultry, vegeta-
bles or other country produce ex-
surries
washing machines and churns, an
annual tax of one hundred dollars;
provided that a merchant who pays
an occupatio n tax as required by
this article sh all not be required to
pay this special tax or selling the
articles named in this paragraph
when sold in his place of business,
Thi fac-
simile
signature
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' it en
trny
vrappir.
DR. G. M.WHITLEY,
PHYSICIAN,
WINDOM, - - - TEXAS.
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Lowry, J. H. Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1897, newspaper, November 12, 1897; Honey Grove, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth387934/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.