The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1901 Page: 4 of 8
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Candidates are bobbing
serenely all over the state.
Greater Weatherford! Factories
wall do it, and we are after them.
Barney Gibbs is about the only
retired politician not interested in
the oil business.
Christmas is near at hand and
all the little boys and girls are just
as good as they can be.
mgs. It is
are taking the lead in the
movement that this is but the
entering wedge to greater enter-
prises in this line. A big cotton
mill is almost sure to follow the
lead of the woolen mill, and .the
old town is manifesting considera-
ble enthusiasm in prospect of these
valuable adjuncts to Weatherford’s
prosperity. The unanimous re-
sponse of the city council in their
action, exempting factories located
here in 1902 from taxation for a
term of years, shows that manu-
facturing enterprises are considered
the urgent need of our city, and
such a spirit cannot fail to attract
the favorable consideration of the
investor. The Board of Trade, to
which institution we are indebted
for the woolen mill, should be en-
thusiastically supported in its work
for Weatherford and Parker county.
Too much cannot be said in its
praise for the work already ac-
complished, but it will need your
help in the accomplishment of still
greater things in the city’s behalf.
Never relax your efforts when there
is a prospect for advancing the
material interests of your town and
county.
Croker announces that he will
“retire” soon. We thought he
had already been retired.
The Grubb gubernatorial boom-
let is making a mighty effort to
have itself taken seriously.
A lucky fellow is going to inherit
$8,000,000 from the late Mr. Ar-
mour by marrying his widow.
The superintendent of education
in Mississippi reports 387,488 chil-
dren enrolled in the public schools
of that State. The negroes have
208,346 and the whites 179,142.
This gives the negroes 54 per cent
and the whites 46 per cent of the
school attendance. The showing
The “tin bucket brigade” will
soon be marching to the hum of
factory wheels in Weatherford.
The woolen mill is coming. The
next thing to pull for is the$2oo,ooo
cotton mill which we have every
assurance of getting.
Weatherford politicians, aspir-
ing to congressional honors, will
sit on the fence this year and watch
the procession go by.
The Texas man who w as recent-
ly married to a Kentucky girl by
telegraph evidently considered dis-
cretion the better part of valor.—
Houston Post.
The Mineral Wells Index is try-
ing to interfere with the liberties
of the town cow. Keep up the ag-
itation, brother, and you will dis-
cover that she has lots of friends.
Weatherford is going to be a
factory town in dead earnest. Her
city council has opened up the way
in a liberal spirit, and there is
nothing in the way of Greater
Weatherford.
Senator Hanna has been the
republican leader heretofore and
the power behind all previous ap-
pointments. Since he has been
shorn of his strength, wonder
what he thinks of the new leader?
That’s the question.
Senator Tillman has made a
proposition to Senator McLaurin
that they both resign and “wash
their dirty linen at home.” The
Senator evidently regards the
thing as very foul when it cannot
be washed in the senate.
is slightly in favor of the whites,
as the percentage of white popu-
lation in Mississippi is but 43
against 57 colored. But there are
other indications in the report that
are less satisfactory. For instance,
the increase in school attendance
of the preceding year is made up of
15,978 negroes and ri,964 white
children. The percentage of gain
in the negro schools is greater than
in the white schools. Possibly the
Mississippi law excluding illiterates
from voting has something to do
with this effort of the negroes to
get an education. It is unfortu-
nate that there is nothing to spur
the parents of white children in
the ambition to have their children
go to school.—Register.
Another good crop that has been
overlooked by Texas farmers is the
peanut crop. It is said that in
Orange county, California, there
are 300 acres in peanuts, yielding
400,000 pounds, with a value of
$20,000. California has no better
soil for peanuts than Parker county.
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The man who ruins your fortune
by stealing your money or forging
your name to a check, is held in
contempt by all good people; but
the vile slanderer who circulates
untrue drafts on your reputation
and destroys your social or busi-
ness standing often covers his or
her own perfidy with the robe of
Christianity.—Hillsboro Democrat.
The newspapers are doing what
they can to arouse public sentiment
against the pistol-toter, and sug-
gestion^ as to the best methods of
eliminating such characters from
the body politic are varied. All are
agreed, however, that the pistol-
toter must go. Existing laws are
adequate where the officers of {he
law will do their duty and are
backed up by the strong healthy
sentiment of the people. Officers
of the law find it very difficult to
effectually enforce any law where
they are hampered by an adverse
public sentiment. It is the officer’s
duty to see that the law is not
infringed and the citizen’s duty
to assist him in every legitimate
way.
“Rattle snakes are grateful if you
gain their affection,” says a corres-
pondent of the Corsicana News.
“My brother Jim found a rattler
near town caught under a boulder,
and instead of using his advantage
he sympathetically released the
snake, which thereupon became
pet and followed Jim about and
guarded him as watchfully as a
dog. One night, he was awakened
and missing the snake in its usual
glace at the foot of the bed, he
knew something was wrong. He
got up and lighted a match to in-
vestigate and found a burglar in
the next room in the coils of the
snake, which had its tail out of the
window rattling for the police.”
Speculators are doing all they
can to keep the price of cotton
down, notwithstanding the govern-
ment’s unfavorable report. These
gamblers have probably heard of a
few bales being held by farmers,
and ttye price will hardly go up
until the last bale is put on the
market.
P« _
in the h.t;
suppose this is about two-thMa of’all
tka counties in the State. One of these
eooatiee reports n mill*, *od another
on* I9. There are in all, 356 ootton
mills reported in the State. Besides
the*#, ten hosiery mills, and so knitting
mills. Think ol it' Two hand red and
fifty-six cotton, mills in the little state of
North ^Carolina. What would be the
effect of eight or ten mill* In some oi the
larger and wealthier eonnti** of this
State? Galveston, Harris, Bazar, Tar-
rant Grayson, Dallas, EUit, Navarro,
or lfeLennon, te say nothing of three or
fonr mills in the smaller counties?
As reported in the bulletin, about
three-fifths of the cotton mills in North
Carolina have a capacity of 364,000 bales
per annum. So that it is safe to assume
that all the mills in the State have an
annual capacity of 500,000 bales. From
a reliable source, I learn that they actu-
ally work up 300,000 bales annually.
It is not alone the operaiivee of them
mills that are benefitted in a material
way. Every fanner in the State receives
some benefit in acthal money, while the
educational influence in a practical way,
is far reaching and immeasurable. The
owners must receive good returns on
their capital, or elm the mills would sot
have multiplied to sueh an extent.
Cotton seed oil mills and compresses in
our own State, have increased in num-
ber because when well located and
properly managed, they have proved
profitable investments.
I have before me a book entitled:
“Cotton Values in Textile Fabrics," by
D. A. Tompkins, a practical cotton mill
man of North Carolina. The book con-
tains only 36 pages, and only one-half of
these is taken np with printed matter.
samples of cotton oloth.
Twelve of these samples arc from
goods manufactured in North Carolina,
four from Ntw England goods, one each
from goods made in Switzerland and
Germany. But while the book contains
only 36 pages, it is more convincing
than several volumes of purely written
matter could possibly be in shorting the
necessity of cotton mills in the South.
The first sample of cotton cloth shows
‘ Ten Ounce Duck,” made in North
Carolina. The price per yard is given
as 8 3-4C; the price per pound, as 140
The value of 500,000 bales of cotton,
sold at 6c a pound, amounts t* $i5,ooo,-
000. When the same amount of ootton
is made np into duck like the sample
shown, it reaches a valuation of $36,-
000,000. Thus showing a net differ-
ence of {20,000,000 between the
value of the crude or raw cotton
and that of toe same cotton manufac-
tured into plain le-oijnce duck—one of
the cheapest and plainest form* of
manufactured cotton goods. The author
next gives a sample of “Three Yard
Drill," made in North Carolina. The
price per yard is 5 1-4C; the priee per
pound, 16c. The value of the 5oo,ooo
bales remaining constant, namely,
$15,000,000. the price of the manu-
factured drill from this cotton is
$40,000,000; or 16c a pound on the
500,000. The sample shown is “Four
Yard Sheeting,” made in North Caro-
lina. Price per yard, 4 l-ac; price per
pound, 18c. To tap valuation of the
manufactured cloth from 500,000 bales,
$45,000,000. Net difference between
the raw cotton and the manufactured
$30,000,000. Tlie comparison is con-
tinued with samples of “Bleaching,”
“Satin Stripe Tick,” “Norwood Che-
viot,” "Six Ounce Denim," “Giug-
ham,” “Shrade Cloth,” “Madras,” and
“Fancy Gingham,” all made in North
Carolina.- The “Fancy Gingham”
reaches a price of 45 cents per yard, or
$3 per pound. The 5oo,ooo bales made
into this cloth being worth $750,000,000.
It will be noticed that North Caro-
lina, starting some afl years ago into
the cotton mill business, made lo-oun«.e
duck, worth 14c a pound; she can now
make “Fancy Gingham,” worth $3
pound.
Mr. Tompkins, whp is an expert,
estimates that on an average, raw
cotton manufactured in North Caro-
lina, is increased to three times its
value by being mads into “plain white
cotton cloth and ordinary plaids and
ginghams.” So that raw cotton worth
6c a pound, becomes worth 18c when
made up. If Texas could make up
5oo,ooo bales, say one-sixth of her crop,
the net profit on even this small part
of her total crop would be $30,000,000,
over and above what she now gets, At
the the same time, these mills would
give employment to about 50,000 oper-
atives, who would depend mainly on
the farmers and truck growers for food
products. So that the farmer would,
not only receive a slightly higher price
for his cotton, bat would find a ready
sale of many farm products for which
he now has no home market. Th*
money invested in these mills, and tb*
profits from them, would accrue efl
tirely to home people.
•f I
lets nm too timid to engage ia
factoring Industrie*, wrt should be <
ful to educate our young men and boy*
along sueh linn as will give thorn who
dnir* it, familiarity with manufactur-
ing process**, and ooaftdenc9 in the re-
sults. To reach an adequate develop-
ment of the great reeoarcee of the State,
agriculture and manufactures should go
hsnd in hand, and remain close to-
gether. H. H. Haunt nctou,
Prof, of Chemistry, A. sod M. College.
McKinley Memorial.
It is well known to nil that n
Memorial Monument is to he
erected at Canton, Ohio, to the
memory .of our late President who
was so foully assassinated but a
short time ago. This is as it
should be. Americans are ever
ready to honor and commemorate
the memory ot their public ser-
vants and leaders who have been
called home.
More than ever before in onr
nation’s history, will honor be
given without stint, to the late
William McKinley. All Ameri-
cans, high and low, will only be
too glad to contribute to this end,
and in order that all may have
just recognition in this matter, the
committee in charge has recom-
mended that only small contri-
butions, of say ten to fifty cents,
be tendered by each individual.
.That Parker county will want
to be well represeuted in this
matter, goes without saying. Her
citizens have ever and will always
be ready to contribute to her honor
and renown. Committees have
beeu appointed in each town to
collect and forward the amounts
contributed by each county.
Our Board of Trade should take
this in hand at once. Subscrip-
tion blanks can be found at the
post office. Let us make a united
effort and while advancing oai
county in the eyefc of public opin-
ion, at the same time do honor to
our noble dead.
W. F. Wieland,
Postmaster.
Farmers, at times you have grain
and other feed stuff to sell and H.
B. Dorsey always has a market for
it, and now that you have to buy
grain and feed stuff, it is nothing,
but fair that you patronize him who
finds a market for your stuff when
yon have it to sell.
Poolville.
We bad a good rain Sunday
morning accompanied by some
snow and ice, since which time, hog
killing is the order of the day.
Every thing is quiet here and our
bnrg is still improving. Joe Erwin
and H. T. Ripple will soon have
nice residences completed in the
Spake addition.
Uncle Tom Hipp has returned
from the Territory looking well.
Christmas is coming on and the
little ones are anxiously awating
the advent of Santa Claus.
‘ Prof. H. L. Ray of Aledo was
visiting friends and relatives here
Saturday. '
Profs R. A. Wilkins, E. A. Logan
and E. L.1,Stone attended the tlach-
er’s institute at the capital city Sat-
urday.
Attorneys Sam Shadle,( Preston
Martin and Jim Wilson had busi-
ness in our Justice Court Saturday.
Our school is moving on nicely.
The pupils are advancing fast and
general satisfaction seems to pre
vail. There will be a grand concert
by the school during the Christmas
holidays. Hope you, Mr. Editor,
will come out, but don’t bring
yonr devil. Pono.
Farmers, do not forget that H.
B. Dorsey has red rust proof seed
oats, and will have seed corn, cane
and other seeds in their season.
Carpenters and workmen < are
rapidly constructing the Crystal
Ice Company’s plant on Fort
Worth street.
If sleepy,sleep. If hungry, eat.
If thirsty, drink. If chilling, nee
Cheatham’s Laxative Chill Tablets.
25 cents. Cbre Guaranteed.
C*n ha* Introduced hi* hill providing
tor th* construction ot th* Nicaragua
canal. Th* bill provides tor aa aggre-
gate appropriation of $180,00$,000, of
which $$.000,000 la mad* tmmdiatoty
available, and *och other amount* aa
are a*od«d from tin* to time.
Th* control ot the canal and ot th*
canal b*lt is vested In a board of eight
cltlsena of th* United States. In addi-
tion to th* secretary ot war, who la to
be president These members of th*
board to be paid a salary ot $8000 a
year each, and they are to be chosen
regardless of political affiliation.
There 1* a provision authorising th*
establishment ot a regiment from the
regular army on the canal belt to
guard It properly, according to the
power* granted by tbe government of
Nicaragua and Costa Rico.
There Is a provision making three
divisions of the canal during It* con-
struction, and there la to be a chief en-
gineer and two assistants on each di-
vision, the chief to receive a salary of
$6000 and the assistant* $8000.
Senate's Kaeentlve Session.
Washington, Dec. 11.—At the sen-
ate’s executive sessloh Tuesday Senator
Hoar presented the report of the com-
mittee on judiciary recommending the
confirmation of Attorney General Knox
He made a brief statement referring to
the protests against confirmation aa
made by the Anti-trust league, but said
that after giving careful attention to
this representation the committee had
divided to recommend confirmation.
No opposition was voiced, but action
on the nomination was postponed by
common consent The senate then took
up the isthmian canal treaty.
Senator Lodge said the new Hay-
Pauncefote treaty does away with all
the ’objectionable feature* of the treaty
of the last congress. It abrogates the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty of 1850, which, h*
said, had stood constantly in the way
of the construction of an Isthmian ca-
nal. The abroatk- of this treaty, he
contended, was a >ost Important- ac-
complishment and l>e did not believe
that the United States should or would
lose an opportunity to make secure
that concession.
Senator Culberson asked Mr. Lodge
If It was not true that arttvle 8 of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty establishing
the general principle of neutrallatlon
is not retained In the new agreement
Mr. Lodge replied that while ther*
was a declaration to the eect that the
general principle of neutrallatlon es-
tablished by the article Is still to be
kept alive. The whole tenor of the
new treaty was to neutralise and can-
cel the old agreement He did not con-
sider the article would be offset any
longer.
Reaewa Pie* for Statehood.
Washington, Dec. 1L—The annual
report of Gov. Otero of New Mexico
renews the plea for statehood, and says
the federal census returns for 1900 do
that territory great Injustice. He says
tbe population of the territory, based
on careful estimates, should be at this
time 813,191, Including Indians. H*
likewise takes exception to the census
statistics tor mining, stockraising, ag
riculture, horticulture, timber and coal
and Iron Industries and attributes the
alleged discrepancy In the figures to
inadaptability of the present system
to Bparsely settled mountain sections
of the country.
China** Kaelaaloa Law.
Washington, Dec. 11.—The special
committee of Pacific coast senators
and members, who are framing a Chi-
nese exclusion law, has reported a bill
framed by the bureau of Immigration.
The measure provides strict exclusion,
defining specifically each excepted
class of Chinese who may enter the
country, and Is designed to prevent
misconstruction of evasion of the law.
The committee adjourned without
final action. The committee Is made
np of those reporting the various
states In which tbe Chinese sre oon
sldered a menace.
Land far Aaattarlam.
Managua, Dec. 11.—President Zelaya
has Issued a decree by which the gov-
ernment of Nicaragua donates about
100,000 square yards of land, situated
on Ometepe island, In Late Nicaragua,
to the United States for use as a sani-
tarium for the benefit of laborers on
the canal. The United States may ap-
point a surgeon to select the actual lo
cation of the donated land.
III ah Prion fnr Lett (I
Waxahachle, Tex., Dec. 11.—J, 0.
Johnston, who lives on his farm about
one mile east of this city, has just
closed a deal for the sale of the farm,
comprising 90 sores, at $195 per acre.
This ia the highest pries ever paid foi
(arm land in this county.
n.»l»7 Wm Arqalttnd.
San Antonio, Tex., Dec, 11.—H. „
Ooley, charged with killing John Ram
sey, a stockman, In the Fashion the*
ter during a fight In which a police of
fleer and Ooley were engaged, was ae
quitted.
of the
Archbishop 1
throne with the
sanctuary.
root from (he Cathedral 1
turn where Anthony
of the Cincinnati
ed those making
as follows:
Governor Nash on
Mayor Pletsehmann, on
natl. and President T.
Columbus, on th* part ot th* <
•ration. *
President Fries and Judge
W. Fltsgerald. of New To
president of the federation,
to the addreseee of
which the convention
It* business In executive
NOW 18 THE TIME-
*. Hedaaaad Says M b Ttaa* Xei
Sartka a Blew far Irolaad.
New York, Dec. 11.—A
from Dublin says that WltHam
Redmond,member of parllamsn
log at a Gorqjr County Wexford
lng of the United Irleh League,
there never was a time when there
a better chance than at preesa
strike a blow for Ireland.
“Thanks to God." he said, “they hai
lived to see the day when John Bui
had been caught by the throat by thi
men In South Africa, who were giving
him the greatest whaling he ever got”
Mr. Redmond said he prayed that
God might strengthen the Boers nnti
they danced on John Bull's chest
London, Dec. 10.—At the session of
London. Dec. 11.—At the
the privy council King Edward
nltely fixed June 26, 1902, as the,
for hls coronation. He also d<
that parliament would meet Jan!
ifi- * ■ m
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KKctHaar’i Weakly Report.
London, Dec. Jl.—Kitchener in dis-
patch dated Deoember 9, reports
result of the week’s work Is 81
killed, 17 wounded, 862 made pr
era, 35 surrendered and quantities of
supplies captured. By advancing the
line of block houses In the eastern part
of the Transvaal, Kitchener Is ah
the first time to carry out ay
and continuous operations in the vicin-
ity of Ermelo, Bethlehem and Carolina.
Columns have cleared the southeastern
districts of the Orange River Colony
and are now operating northward of
Thabanchu llua Boers are stlU In
force In the extreme west ot Cape Cot
ony. They are commanded by
who recently attacked Tontoll
kop. The Boers were driven off
Mark* severely wounded.
Kra«*r S«|«rlt| Good Haeltk.
New York, Dec. 11.—Commandant 1
D. Snymao, formerly In the
General D*w*t, recently visited
land and while there spent two
with President Kruger and the
has returned to this city and _..__
that President Kruger hi enjoying!
ter health than at any time in the 1
four years. Commandant _
brings from President Kruger a'_
■age of thanks to the friends of
Boer cause. It has been definitely
elded that President Kruger will
visit the United 8tates.
DaWat Haard from Agate.
New York, Dec. 11.—DeWet te r*i
ed to be close to Hetlbron, with
men, aqd to have come very near 1
rounding Kitchener’s fighting 1
under Colonel Wilson. Colonel
lngton, by making a night march
80 ml lea, relieved Wilson, and b
columns retired to Hellbron, with a 1
casualties.
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Washington, Dec. 11.—Mrs. Ada 1
bsrt Dennis, a fashionable dressmaUii
was found In an almost dying condltlot
in her room here under clrcunistl
that promise to rival the Bonlne u
der case. Her skull was fractured,
bone boken and left ear ahaogt
ered from her head. Her left arm
bruises Indicative ot a struggle
her clothing and bedding were si.,
ated with blood. She was removed
the Garfield hospital and a larga
of detectives put on the esse. -----
name of her assailant is unknown.
Qaartarnaator Shat.
Berlin, Dec. 11.—Official rep.
affair at Tien Tsin between a w-
of Punjab infantry and German
says an Indian soldier ran amuck
Invaded the German oommlssai
quarters, shot the quartermaster
mortally wounded three other u
whereupon he was shot down by
German sentry.
Ta« Wagaa Loads of Bacardi
Guthrie, 0. T„ Dec. 11.—Ten
loads of records have been
by the Dawes commission
Cherokee enrolling party
Just filed Its work at TsBl
Only 260 full-blood Cherokee!
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