Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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!E COUNTY BANNER
rE. McFARLAND, Editor and Prop’r.
Obituaries, Resolutions of Respect,
Cards of Thanks—ail matter not NEWS
—will be charged for at the rate of one
cent per word. Poetry double price.
PUBLIbHBD MBEKIiY,
Friday Morning, June 3, 1904
the dogs of war on either side
will be unable to take hold. The
Journal has the following to say:
.We are in hopes that the best
Office of Publication, - Jacksonville, Xexa<v? ^elmgs will exist between the
Branch Offices at Rusk and Alto. °f factions and that the Cam-
paign will be conducted through-
out on an honorable and legal
basis, and that there will be no
room for a contest on either
side and the will of the majority
be the law and it enforced. It
seems that there is nothing that
comes up that divides the people
in country and towns so much as
this one question. This is re-
gretted, but cannot be helped.
It retards our progress and pros-
perity. Our people have tried
prohibition for two years and
know whether or not it lessens
crime, taxation, etc., and builds
up towns and communities and
is convenient and profitable to
our people. We trust that all
weigh the matter carefully from
every standpoint and cast their
vote on the 4th of June the way
that is for the greatest benefit
to our county and people.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The following: gentlemen announce them-
selves as candidates for the offices under
which their names appear, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic party:
For Congress—
M. L. BROOCKS
of San Augustine.
For State Senator—
JOHN B. PEYTON
of Trinity County.
C. C. STOKES,
of Houston County.
For District Judge—
H. B. SHORT
of Shelbv county.
JAMES I. PERKINS,
of Cherokee County,
For District Attorney, 2nd District—
W, M. IMBODEN.
For Representative—
FRANK B. GUINN.
F. S. SEWALL.
For Clerk of the District Court—
E. S. JONES.
For Sheriff—
C. K. NORWOOD.
TOM SINGLETARY.
W. Y. FORREST.
E. T. DOROUGH.
W. P. LONG.
For County Judge—j
R. L. ROBINSON.
W. J. GAYDEN.
J.P. GIBSON.
For County Clerk—
LOUIS TITTLE.
W. W. (Dock) DOVER.
For Tax Assessor-
‘D. B. SINGLETARY.
, WALTER E SLOAN.
E. C. (COKE) TAYLOR.
For Tax Collector—
LON BALLEW.
G. S. HUSTON.
I W. J. SUMMERS
tor County Treasurer--
E. S. (Bud) BOLTON.
Q. C.LOONEF.
J. B. COLLINS.
por County Attorney—
LEE LLOYD, JR.
WILL H. SHOOK.
For Justice of the Peace, Pre. No. 4,
D. T. PARKS.
For Justice of the Peace. Pre. No. 3,
I. H. THOMPSON.
For Co. Commissoner, Precinct No. 3,
A. O. W. FREDERICK.
For Constable, Precinct No. 3,
CHAS. LIGNOSKI.
JOHN B. BENGE.
W. F. (Frank) MCDANIEL-
^he ladies of Jacksonville are
forked up over the prohibition
in that some of them have
ted to disown all their
ts and nieces—they don’t
be called “Auntie” at this
hilar time.
A TELLING COMPARISON.
Morrill Orchard Co. will
^digging a few
F t an average
Tt 90 oushels to the
rtheir shipments for
Fson will amount to about
?s, estimated to be worth
)0 gross.
rE of the brightest papers in
Texas is edited by a young
—the Carthage Register, of
fich Miss M. E. Neal is editor
id proprietor. There is only
le thing wrong with the Regis-
ter—its columns are open to
fhisky advertisements.
Spradley, formerly the great
high priest of populism in Nacog-
doches county, has turned dem-
ocrat and announced for re-elec-
tion to the office of sheriff, sub-
ject to the action of the demo-
cratic party. There’s one good
thing about Spradley; any kind
of a political party suits him
provided it will elect him to his
favorite office. He is a “sheriff
by trade,” and he never lets par-
ty affairs interfere with his busi-
ness. _
Under the new election law
no electioneering or loitering
will be permitted within 100 feet
of the polls. This is a point our
ladies who are going to work on
the streets in the prohibition
election must remember. Dist-
ance markers will be posted on
the line, and it will be no offense
to work as hard as they please,
it so they keep 100 feet away
the voting place. The
jkly edition of this paper of
M*ay 27th contains some extracts
from the law that will prove in-
structive.__
Cherokee county’s newspa-
pers are all for prohibition with
the exception of the Rusk
Journal, which is on the fence,
with both legs pulled up high so
Now and Then, Yesterday and Today.
Editor Crockett Enterprise:
After about twenty months’
experience under the local option
law in this county, it is not be-
lieved that that experience, to
the great body of our people, can
be otherwise than satisfactory.
Crockett and Houston county,
during that twenty months, have
enjoyed more of peace, sobriety
and good order, and less of row-
dyism, obscenity and disorder,
than at any time perhaps in their
history. The natural effect of all
this has been a marked improve-
ment in both private and public
morals, which must be percepti-
ble to even the most obdurate op-
ponent of this law. It is not be-
lieved that these statements can
be truthfully questioned, and
doubtless no one will undertake
to deny them. Surely their
truth must be patent and clear to
any one who has watched the
general trend of events and con-
duct during that time. Further-
more, it is believed that every
pledge and promise made by the
friends of the law before it was
adopted have been fully met and
fulfilled, and that every predic-
tion made by our opponents has
failed. Let us mention a few of
the most important of them:
It was claimed that rowdyism,
vulgarity and swearing in public
places would largely cease, and
that peace, quiet, good order, and
common decency and a general
moral improvement would be
substituted therefor. In proof
of the redemption of this pledge
we have only to compare the
scenes now witnessed on the
public streets of Crockett any
day, and especially on Saturdays
and other occasions of public
gatherings, with the scenes that
were at such times beheld before
the local option law was adopted.
This is a matter of such frequent
and favorable comment that fur-
ther discussion is not deemed
necessary. The ladies can now
go upon the streets on such occa-
sions without molestation or hin-
derance, and without witnessing
such scenes and hearing such
language as often brought a
blush to their cheeks and added
to their discomfort under the old
regime.
Then it was said by our oppo-
nents that the law could not be
enforced. We never hear that
said now. It is perfectly clear
that the law can be enforced, and
that it is being enforced as well
if not better than other criminal
laws. Here was the great battle
ground between the contending
forces after the law was adopted.
A strong effort was made by the
opposition to strike the law a
death blow at this point and dem-
onstrate its utter futility and in-
efficiency. But through the ef-
forts of the public officers, aided
by a determined and law abiding
citizenship, these plans were
completely frustrated and de-
feated. We doubt if the rankest
opponent of the law will deny
that the law is being well enforc-
ed. About the only violations
we now hear of are in the remote
northern and eastern portions of
the county, where police regula-
tions are not stringent and are
difficult of enforcement by rea-
son of the large extent of terri-
tory, and where “boot-leggers”
find it possible to ply their trade
to some degree because of the
convenience of adjacent saloon
counties. But as time wears on
even this evil will be stopped,
and some of the participants are
now paying the penalty for such
violations. All told, however,
there is no doubt that the law is
being well enforced and is giving
general satisfaction.
was adopted, property values
would decrease, capital would
pass us by, investments here
would cease, and general poverty
and ruin would follow. But
what are the facts? The tax
rolls show that tax values
are about $1,000,000 more than
ever before. Both town and
rural property is higher than
was ever known. The market
value of both has largely increas-
ed. More capital has been in-
vested in* Houston county soil
in the last twelve months than
during any like period in the
past. Investments in rural
lands especially have been very
large and farms on both the ex-
tensive and intensive scales have
been established. The spectacle
of lands two miles from Crockett
selling for $80 an acre is some-
thing heretofore unheard of, but
such is the case now. Northern
capitalists, attracted by our
fertile soil, healthy and delight-
ful climate, and the sobriety,
morality and social character of
our people, are investing largely
in suburban property and are
preparing to erect handsome and
costly winter homes in our
midst. Prospectors of all kinds
are numerous, and a heavy influx
of home-seekers is on. These
are stubborn facts, and show
that all the dire calamities pre-
dicted by the opponents of local
option have vanished into “thin
air.” Evidently a set of mighty
sorry prophets were behind
these predictions. A spirit of
restless energy and enterprise
is seen on every hand, and hand-
some and costly dwellings and
other improvements are going
up and others are contemplated.
Let the good work go on.
And again: The friends of
local option claimed that its
adoption would result in a
diminution of crime. How truth-
fully this has come to pass needs
no argument to those who have
kept up with the facts. There
has been a marked and steady
improvement along this line.
All observing people have notic-
ed it.. And on this subject the
report of the last grand jury, of
which Maj. J. C. Woofers was
foreman, and who signed said
report, contains this language:
“We have been in session ten (10)
days and have examined 231
witnesses, and have returned to
your Honor’s court thirty (30)
true bills, of Which 25 bills are
for felonies and 5 bills are for
misdemeanors, showing a most
decided decrease in crime, all of
which speaks loudly in praise of
the society of Houston county.”
All this is very encouraging,
but there is another fact that is
more so, and which both forcibly
and eloquently confirms and es-
tablishes the truth of the, state-
ments made by the grand jury.
For the first time in eighteen (18)
years the county jail is empty,
and Jaillor Platt says that, un-
like John J. Ingalls, he is not a
“statesman,” but, like him, he is
“out of a job.” But Sam says he
is willing to do without that sort
of a job as long as the jail will
stay empty, and Sam is a staunch
friend of the local option law.
Not long ago it was argued that
the jail would, have to be “enlarg-
ed” to hold the occupants, but
now the old thing could be con-
siderably “swunk up” and still
be large enough.
Now, these are facts, and they
speak louder than figures or
argument, and ought to be con-
soling truths to the people of
this county. They present a
condition of things that should be
very gratifying to every tax
payer, and especially to every
friend of law and order and good
government. With such results
under less than two years of
local option, what could we ex-
pect under fiye, ten, fifteen,
twenty, or twenty-five years of
this law. The law is here, and
we hope and believe it is here to
stay. And we often wonder if
there is a man in this county
who, deep down in his own heart,
and who is honest with himself
and who loves his country, would
be willing to substitute present
conditions with the reign of the
saloons. We doubt if there is
J. W. Madden.
Look Gut for FraudulenTvoies.
and counties of the Common-
wealth; and now these over-
righteous brewers, for fear of
the utter extermination of their iest government are not careful
If the friends of law and hon-
A Grandstand Performance.
The State Brewers’ Associa-
tion are now making a grand-
city the lowest class of beer
dives with the worst class of
men to run them to be found
anywhere outside the towns
and cities of Europe. And as a
result the people of Texas, grow
ing sore and disgusted with these
sink-holes of vice and crime,
Another stock argument of the 1 have risen up and yoted them
opposition was that, if, the law t out of two-thirds, of the towns
business, are turning themselves
into law-and-order leagues for
the suppression of the beer
dives! They proposeto eliminate
these evil institutions by hiring
lawyers to prosecute their keep-
ers for violating the laws! This
is enough to make Satan grin and
turn his face to the wall. But
they are innocent enough to send
forth this piece of information,
and they expect the local option
people to swallow it without the
least sign of effort. The “secre-
tary,” with headquarters at Gal-
veston, has issued a pronuncia-
inento on this subject, and with a
great flourish of sincerity he has
given it out to the public press of
the state. After telling of the
great work of “ refor m ” that the
brewers propose to accomplish
through his large assistance, the
secretary says: “You can now
publish to the world that the
National and State Brewers’
Associations have arrived at that
stage where they will take a hand
in the extermination of all dives
and joints which may exist in
Texas. For years they have
submitted to the obloquy of the
prohibitionist’s statement that
the brewers are back of the
dives. The statement was with-
out foundation in fact, and the
people who are back of these
dives in many cases are the
members of the churches who
rent premises and receive
exorbitant rent therefor. If we
should make public some of the
evidence which has come into
our possession of the leases and
other contracts made with the
proprietors of a class of resorts
known as the dives, it would
certainly astonish many of the
good citizens of Dallas and other
cities in the state.” This is a
wonderful stroke of enterprise
upon the part of the astute
secretary. We<were a member
of the Dallas County Grand Jury
a year or so ago and served on it
three months. That body in-
vestigated a majority of the
dives that curse this city, and in
nearly every instance we found
that the breweries secured the
licenses for them, put the furni-
ture in them and owned it, fur-
nished the bonds for them, and
credited them with the beer they
kept in stook. More than this,
we found that these brewers
furnished all these facilities to a
number of the well know!
houses in that section
city, which was a violatior!
law on its very face. N
secretary has the braze
face to come out before ,4he pub-
lic with the above statement.
Furthermore, we never found a
single lease on one of these
places owned by church people
and not one piece of property
used for these vile purposes in
the possession of church people.
The charge is a falsehood out of
the whole cloth and a clever way
to dodge the doings of these
brewers. We assert that the
brewers today are wholly re-
sponsible for these infamous
dives, and they could close out
every one of them inside of a
week. Yet this wise secretary
wants to make the impression on
the public that these brewers are
now going to break up these
institutions by prosecuting
them! Let the brewers of Dallas
go down in South end and other
sections of this dive-ridden city,
take the furniture which they
own out of them, cancel some of
the licenses they hold in their
own names, withdraw the bonds
which they have secured, and
cease to furnish these places
with beer for sale, and the
dive will cease instanter. But
they are not going to do it, and
their pretense of prosecuting the
keepers is a farce and fraud. If
they were to secure the convic-
tion of a few of them as a means
to induce public belief in their
sincerity, they would in all
probability turn round and pay
their fines and let them go free!
Away with such specious de-
ception. Local optionists, on
with the battle!—Texas Chris
tian Advocate.
Call for County and Precinct Conven-
tions.
Ed. Banner:—In accordance
with a resolution passed by the
democratic executive committee
of Cherokee county on May 14th,
I hereby call a county convention
there will be wholesale dealing in
fraudulent votes at the election
to bejield on June 4th. We are
not dealing with honest anti-pro-
hibitionists of our own county,
but the whisky trust of the Uni-
ted States has established a bu-
reau among us. It has import-
ed from foreign cities an army
of hired lieutenants whose chief
employment has been to break
the law and corrupt the ballot
box. They will try to induce a
certain class of men to cast ille-
gal ballots. They will try to im-
port into border voting precincts
men who are not qualified voters.
Watch for them. Get their
names and places of residence.
Make them swear as to their
qualifications. The grand jury
will be in session next week. The
whisky bureau will not run that
body. Neither will it run your
district court. Carefully exam-
ine every doubtful case and re-
port promptly cases of illegal
voting to the grand jury. The
honorable district attorney will
delight to give them his atten-
tion.
There is little doubt as to the
result of the coming election, but
we must teach them a lesson.
We want to rid the county of
criminals, and we want to teach
the whisky bureau that it cannot
debauch Cherokee county. This
is the first attempt of foreign
representatives of the whisky
trust to control our county. They
don’t know how to use honorable
means. Let every good citizen,
pro or anti, see that faudulent
voting be immediately reported
to the grand jury. This body
and the district attorney will do
the rest.
John B. Long, j
J. F. Mallard, |
W. H. Sory, -j Committee.
J. F. Johnson,
John C. Box.
sLand play before the public.
They have defied the moral senti-
ment of the state for all these
years and imposed upon the
people of nearly every town anch to meet in Rusk at 10 o clock
a. m., June 11th, and I hereby re-
quest the democrats of each pre-
cinct to meet in their respective
precincts on Saturday, June 4th,
at 2 o’clock p. in., and elect dele-
gates to the said county conven-
tion. Respectfully,
Geo. B. Terrell,
Chairman Dem. Ex. Com.
Alto, Tex., May 31st, 1904.
Attention.
Notice is hereby given that the
ladies of tlie town, assembled in
ass' meeting Tuesday after-
noon at the church, extend a
cordial invitation to all people
from the country who can
possibly do so, to assist in the
music on the streets on election
day, June 4th.
Mrs. G. L. Newton,
Chairman.
Mrs. F. A. Fuller,
Secretary.
Board of Equalization.
By an order of the commission-
ers’ court made at the May term,
1904, notice is hereby given, that
said court will sit as a board of
equalization at the court house in
Rusk on the 27th day of June,
A. D. 1904. L. W. Tittle,
Clerk County Court, Cherokee
county, Texas. 48
Populists’ Massmeeting.
As chairman of the peoples’
party executive committee of
Cherokee county, I hereby call
for a county massmeeting to be
held at Rusk on Tuesday, June 7,
1904, for the purpose of arrang-
ing for suitable candidates for
the various county and precinct
officers, and to attend to such
other business as may be of in-
terest to the party.
J. M. B. McKnight.
Summer Normal at Troupe.
The following are those com-
posing the faculty for the Sum-
mer Normal for Cherokee, Wood,
Smith and Van Zandt counties:
B. A. Stafford,Mineola;
L. H. Kidd, Wills Point.
Jas. O’Keefe, Mt. Selman;
M. M. Dupree, Troupe;
A. W. Griggs, Omen.
For circulars or any other in-
formation write any one of the
faculty. _
Notice—Public Auction.
The Pacific Express Co. will,
on Saturday, June 11, 1904, sell
its unclaimed goods at public
auction to the highest bidder.
Sale takes place at the Lloyd
building on Main street, Jack-
sonville, Texas, and commences
at 10 o’clock a. in., and continues
until everything is sold. 48
The first car of tomatoes for
the season of 1904 left Jackson-
ville Saturday night for Denver,
Col., sold to the Z. J. Fort Pro-
duce Co. for $1.40 per crate.
The car was loaded light, con-
taining only 836 crates. Gross
sales, $1170.40. After deduct-
ing 5 per cent, commission,
growers received $1.33 net per
crate.
The car was loaded by the
Union. _
Loading Tomatoes
Three cars are being loaded
today. The Union started a car
at Dialville, which is to be finish-
ed here; Love, Jarratt and /
Guinn started one at Craft, to> be
finished here; Shoemaker jhas
started one at Craft. It is ^ not
likely all of these cars will! be
finished today—in fact iit is
doubtful if more than one will be.
Tomatoes are being shipped too
green, and it seems impossible
to keep the growers from pulling
them several days before] they
are ready. s j
R. C. Miller has been employ-
ed as inspector by Love, Jarratt
& Guinn, and Chas. Lignoski by
the Union. The stock is the
best we have ever had for first
picking, and is better than any-
thing shipped from here at any)
time last season. j
Mr. Jarratt informed us this )
afternoon that he had had an
offer of $1.40 on the car which
his firm has loaded today, and
possibly he would secure even
more.—Monday’s Daily.
Sky Scraping Prices.
Love, Jarratt & Guinn finished
loading the car started at Craft
yesterday, and in addition loaded
another one. The Union also
finished their car started yester-
day morning, and the three left
over the Cotton Belt early last
night. The first two cars were
sold for $1.45—one going to
Kuehne Com. Co. at Kansas
City, and the other to Wilson
Produce Co. at Pittsburg. The
Union car sold for $1.45, and
was—
house.
Considering]
year the higlies
bring over $1.]
prices paid for
remarkable. Tl
however, for firsi
this has a whol(!
it. The inspection
too, and buyers'
confidence in the
inspection should b\
all means, and with;
ly small crop, it is^
prices may be kej
reasonable figure.
Daily. _
Wednesday’s Tomato Sh^Hpis.
On Wednesday Love, Jarratt &
Guinn shipped three cars-Hwo
from Jacksonville and one from
Craft. All sold for $1.30 on
track, one to Ginocchio-Jones
Fruit Co., Kansas City; one to
H. G. Streight & Co., Omaha,
one to Wilson Produce Co.,
Pittsburg.
The Union shipped one car
from Jacksonville; sold to a
Pittsburg house for $1.30.
C. T. Burton of Mt. Selman
was here in the afternoon, try-
ing to sell car loaded at that
point. He had $1.25 offered at
last account.
Tomato Movement.
Shoemaker’s first car was
finished at Craft yesterday, and
was sold to George Hitz & Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind., for $1.32i
per crate.
Love, Jarratt & Guinn finished
another car at Craft and sold it
to C. F. Love & Co., Chicago, for
$1.30.
Mt. Selman growers started a
car, but we have not been advis-
ed whether or not it has been fin-
ished.
Nearly all stations in the toma-
to territory proper are now
loading.—Wednesday’s Daily.
Our soda fount is now open,
with all kinds of cold drinks, etc.
Crushed fruits of all kinds for ice
cream. Cherokee Drug Co.
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