The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1897 Page: 4 of 8
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THE GAME LAW.
Elsewhere in this isssue we
reproduce the entire bill that it
is proposed to enact into a game
law.
Since justice is the end of
the law, we would oppose the
bill.
The first section makes it a
misdemeanor to kill a part-
ridge, plover, snipe, jacksnipe,
etc. The injustice of the law is
in prohibiting a man from kill-
ing a quail on his own premi-
ses. It is a fact that farmers
grow and foster these birds,they
are not found outside of cul-
tivated or enclosed lands, part-
ridges are almost as much a
part of a farmer’s stock as his
chickens. Now tell me a far-
mer has no legal right to kill a
quail that he has grown up! It
is a piece of injustice equaled
only by the game laws of Eng
land. Again there is no pro-
vision in the law for a man to
ever kill another plover or snipe
at any season of the year.
These birds are not indiginous,
they do not rear their young in
the state, they are migratory
and are not brooding at the
time of their passage through
the state; they may never come
back into the state, and for the
state to claim such birds as its
property, is a piece of nonsense.
The state has just as much
right to claim the air that
blows over it and the rain that
falls onto each man’s land.
Legislators that have no more
railroad or express company
or dray company would be at
liberty to open the package and
Iuok for pheasants and deer
skins in it. Have we come to
this? Shall all the decent peo-
ple in the state be exposed to
the caprices an3 idle curiosity
of auy negro that may happen
to be in the employ of a com-
mon carrier? Section 8 is no
better than section 7. Under
this section a man is liable to
be seized by an officer and put
to the expense of employing
counsel for killing a snipe or,
in fact, any bird on his prem-
ises, or if he should happen to
pick up a dead bird and an
enemy should pass and catch
him with it, he would haye to
prove that he did not kill the
bird. Don’t any reasonable
person know that such a law
can’t be enforced, don’t anyone
know that such a law would
serve no better purpose than to
work a hardship on some poor
fellow? Don’t any one know
that Hon. L. T. Dashiell, ex-
Gov. Hogg and their friends
that might want to take a little
hunt would pay no attention to
the law? Our position is that
any law is bad chat is unwise,
unjust, and liable to be winked
at most of the time and vio-
lated all the time. It would
suit half a dozen men in town
to have such a law passed, but
how many farmers want such a
thing? Kill it.
This is the season for perju-
ries. More men foreswear them-
selves in the grand jury room
than anywhere else on earth. A
man who will swear a lie in the
grand jury room will swear it
anywhere, people who go be-
fore grand juries should remem-
ber that others go before them,
sense than to lay claim to such too, aDd that often they com-
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things in the name of the state
are below mediocres. Such a
bill was framed by sportsmen,
men who are looking to their
own amusement. They want
the state to protect the game
that they may have fun when
they go hunting. What per-
cent of the people ever get any
deer or anti lope? Why should
the state enact laws and lur-
nish the means to prosecute jurors for the use of his name
violators sim'ply to giye a half
dozen men in a county a game
£ field? Those people who live
in the wild, uninhabited parts
of the state should have the
same, privileges that were en-
joyed by those who first sub-
jected these lands to civilized
influences. Wild geese and
ducks have no habitat in Texas,
bow is the state going to pro-
tect her Hocks when they
choose to fly to the north?
They are not likely to return
when they leave the state. The
fact that some seasons flood
the southern lakes and other
seasons find no geese and ducks
proves that these birds do not
belong anywhere or to any-
Ef, body. It is well enough to
enact a law preventing the de-
struction of wild game during a
part of the year, not that a few
iuay haye sport killing them at
some other season, but as a
matter of human kindness to
the young of these animals that
are otherwise likely to be left
to etarye while too young to
aake their own living.
Section 7 of the bill, granting
the privilege to oommon car-
riers to break open any pack-
age that to them may look sns.
picious, is nothing shoit of an
promise themselves by making
statements that the jury know
to be false, We once heard a
man who had served on the
grand jury, say that a man was
summoned before that body to
give in evidence and that he
stated he knew nothing what-
eyer of the matter about which
inquiry had been made. He af-
terward approached one of the
on a note, he was positively re-
fused and on no otb* i ground
than that the juror had i *ason
to believe that he perjured him-
self. Young men should re-
member this, and nw«ar the
truth. You are makiuc histo-
ry positively known to at least
12 good citizens.
Our ‘‘Rounder” wi. ts the
city dads to enact “vJnrfew
laws” to keep the little fellows
at home after 8:30 p. m. Well,
we have had a talk w; b some
of the dads on the sutij* , but
they object on the ground that
it is a bad doctrine to take
away the personal p^ i leges of
the little fellows. All -amts
should therefore be tak-
en off the little fello as ev-
ery restraint is a de; . vation of
a personal privilege. Such a
doctrine taken into the family
will have the effect of bringing
up children who will haye no
respect for parents, none for the
laws of God or man. They may
obey such as they fear to vio-
late, but not through respect.
Parents who do not teach their
children that personal privileg-
es, should be sacrificed for com-
mon good, are not fit to rear
families. Show us a man who
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outrage. Under that law no i® 80 a0*1008 t° cultivate the
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package oould be transmitted
by express or otherwise that
would not be subject to the in-
spection of any 3harp nosed
agent. N o matter how sacred
or how important the article,
any servant or employe of a
personal rights spirit that he is
not willing to enforce healthy
restraints, and we’ll find a man
whose children will not respect
him.
“If its from Bentley, Bass & Co's
its the)best.”
THE TEMPLE TIMES, FEBRUARY 12 1897
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Does any sane man believe
that in such times as these a
city can go on paying two
prices lor everything she has
done and avoid bankruptcy?
No business man could stand
such a strain; no, nor can any
city stand it. We are as sure
ly drifting into bankruptcy as
time is making us older. If we
cant elect somebody with abil-
jity enough to engineer our
city out of debt, we are certain
to lose our charter. It is head-
ing now to one mau’s dictions.
What he fails uow of having
as his tools in the council be
will get elected this time if he
can. it might be better for the
citizens if we had no council,
nd mayor and nothing but
guardian.
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When will the tendency, now prev-
alent, toward libertineism in Tem-
ple stop? There are little crevices
constantly opening up from the
depths of its corruption that give
some slight intimation of the im-
mensity of the chaldron of hell-hot
rottenness beneath a crust of ap-
parent morality. Dont think we
are finding fault, we are not, the
fault finds us and we stick a pen in-
to it.
■Talk of a city council! What is
it? When told plainly that a part
of its appointees are worthless, do
they discharge them? Not a bit of
it; they grapple them with hooks of
steel; following Shakespear’s direc-
tions: “The friends thou hast and
their adoption tried, grapple to thy
self with hooks of steel.”
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The building of the honk-a-tonk
accommodations is in open and fla-
grant violation of the fire ordinances,
but may be the city council feels
that the ordinances, one and all, are
only so many cobwebbs and the flies
now in would break the net if agi-
tated.
With the coming on of spring and
the drying up of mudholes and leaf
ing out of trees, the city can put on
theappearance of the shabby gen-
teel.
Good *
Resolutions.
January is the time tor “swearing off” and
“swearing on,” for starting a new diary, for mis-
dating every letter you write, for cutting your
coupons, for receiving more bills than you ever
owed, and for making more resolutions than you
ever kept. There are a good many kinds of resolu-
tions. Your preacher may suggest some, and your
wife can, perhaps, by the aid of hard and constant
thinking, help you to one or two more.
We want to Suggest only one.
Resolve that you will during the year 1897, buy your
Hardware, Wagons Buggies,
Farming Implements,
Tinware, Stoves,
Tn fact everything that is usually kept in a first-
class Hardware Store, cf
"The Hardware Store
OF TEMPLE,”
Which is owned and run by......
FRENCH S- SIMS.
We cater to please and can promise you good goods for
the lowest legitimate price. We especially call your atten-
tion to our Farming Implements which are the
“Old Reliable Avery,”
Known everywhere to be the best and most satisfactory eyer
used. Our Stove line is also complete, and we can promise
you any style of Stove that your fancy may desire.
Society is made up of two parts
One pushes ahead to higher, nobler
ends; the other pulls back to deeper,
darker depths of crime. Which one
do you belong to?
Promiscuous Buggy-Riding:.
One of Temple’s prominent citi-
zens, after commending the recent
articles on “Modern Dancing,”
which appeared in tbe Times, ex-
pressed a wish that attention be
called to the subject of “Promiscu-
ous Buggy-Riding.”
I have several times done this from
the pulpit, and now would add an-
other word through the press. It is
gratifying to know that some par-
ents are awake on this subject; but
ample reason there is for the belief
that most of them are asleep. In
conversation with two physicians
some time ago, they expressed the
deliberate judgment that, as between
it and the dance, promiscuous bug-
gy-riding wes the greater evil. Al-
most incredible that it should be so;
but anybody can see how the testi-
mony of such men is worthy of es-
pecial emphasis on questions like
this. They told how unscrupulous
young bucks would manage to get
the girls out buggy riding Sunday
afternoons or other days and make
it a point to be after dark getting
back. Then, with prearranged ex-
cuses. they oretend that the horse
got sick, or the harness out of order
or some equally flimsy fabrication is
presented to the parents of the girl
as a reason for such questionable,
ungallant and suspicious conduct.
The very fondness of parents for
their daughters often makes them
unduly credulous, and so the mat-
ter is passed by without a serious
thought much less a serious appre-
hension ot mischief done to an un-
suspecting girl. But the rubber
goods and other devices familiar to
druggists and liverymen tell a dif-
ferent and a woeful tale. (God pity
the druggist that can get the con-
sent of his mind to vend such arti-
cles, but what will men not do for
money?)
Fathers and mothers, we call on
you to awake to a consideration of
this great evil. Post yourselves and
fortify your daughters against it
and all others of similar character.
Let not false modesty deter you
from the task, you owe it to your
The Square Grocery Co.
Was sold yesterday by W. W. Roan to J. D. LEAK.
Mr. Roan will pay all bills and collect all accounts
of the Company. A first class line of
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Together With Bran and Grain
will be kept and sold for cash at cash prices with
prompt delivery.
South Side ol Square.
children and to society.
I was talking last summer to a
citizen living on Temple and Belton
road, about this question, and he
said that so many and so disgusting
scenes occurred in full view of his
home as that actually he wanted to
move away so that his family would
not be compelled to witness them.
But surely we have said enough
to arouse all concerned. We have
certainly more licentious scoundrels
to the square inch in Temple than
any place in Texas. The saloon, the
brothel, the gambling den, the thea
ter, the dance, are all united to turn
out upon society such products, and
they all thrive in Temple. Even the
yariety dive defiantly opens it doors
again. Now that Waco is cleaning
up, lets send out, by a public senti-
ment that makes Temple what it is,
an invitation to Waco and other
cities to make Temnle the dumping
ground for all their filth and rot-
tenness. Why do our homes need
any protection against such things?
What do we care for our chiTOren?
Especially when it is contended that
these things make a live town and
bring in money? May god pity us
and withhold the fire and brimstone
from consuming this modern Sodom!
J. M. Armstrong.
“If its from Bentley, Bass & Co’s
its the besi.'’
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Resolution* of Respect.
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty
God in his infinite wisdom to call
from among us our friend and co-
worker, sister Ophelia Uselton,
therefore be it
Sesolved, that in submitting to
the divine will of God we have sus-
tained a loss in the death of sister
Uselton, she being a good wife, de-
voted mother, true friend and an
earnest, zealous worker in the cause
of Christ. And be it
Resolved, that we look upon her
life as an exemplary one, worthy of
the emulation of each member of
this Union. And be it further
Resolved, that we extend to the
bereaved family our heartfelt sym-
pathy in this their irrepairable loss;
and unite our prayers tor the pro-
tecting hand of Providence over her
loved ones here.
Resolved further that these reso-
lutions be spread upon the records
of our Union, and a copy of them be
furnished the bereaved family, and
to the city papers for publication.
0. R. Buchanan,
Enoch Jones.
Gertrude Griscom.
Chicken Feet—-funny name for
dress goods, but it’s here. A neat
small plaid in double width worsted
styles. 15ctsayard.
Bentley, Bass A Co.
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Crow, J. D. The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1897, newspaper, February 12, 1897; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth585206/m1/4/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.