The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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I. B. H RAILEY.
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Editor
board hu issued instructions to the
superintendent of schools to warn the
teachers of the attendant dangers that
lurk In the kiss and to advise them
against practicing it with their pupils.
The actiod was taken at the instance
of the Louisiana Anti-Tuberculosis
League.
TELEPHONES
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THURSDAY, AUGUST la, l*lt
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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Tor District Judge—
F. 0. McKINSEY
Tor Representative—
B. H. GRINDSTAFF
TV Oounty Judge—
T. F. TEMPLE
Tor Sheriff—
R 8. GILBERT
Tor Oounty Attorney—
J. EPH CARTER.
1 e Oounty Clerk—
WARD BANKHEAD
Tor Tax Collector—
OSCAR HARRIS (Deputy)
Tor Tax Assessor—
J.'R. PICKENS
Tor County Treasurer—
HENRY BARBER
*0or Supt Public Instruction—
T. P. EVERETT (re-election.)
Tor Commissioner Precinct No. 1—
V. J. TUCKER
Tor Commissioner, Precinct No. 2—
JOE W. NEAL
Tor Commissioner, Precinct 3—
B. A. OSBORNE
Tor Commissioner, Precinct 4—
JOHN GUILES
Tor Oonstable, Precinct No. 1— ^
B. A. (Andy) BRAS ELTON
It now begins to look like Weather-
ford is to get that aforementioned
Independent 40-B creamery, and if so. we want to call
.your attention to the fact that it be-
hooves every farmer in Parker county
to buy all the Jersey cows he can
well handle. It has been figured out
by Messrs. Coffman and others
well versed in the business, that a
good cow will earn a profit of $5 per
month, over and above expense of
feed, etc., and this being-true, every
farmer in the county should have a
few cows.
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It is said that army worms have
MUSed damage of eight million dollars
to the crops of the South in the past
f»W weeks.
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It has been raining so much over
lh Collin county in the black waxy
lhnd that even the rural mail carriers
SOttld not deliver their mail horse-
bAOk. Those people sure do need good
roods
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Woodrow Wilson has been infor-
mally notified of the fact that he was
the choice of the Baltimore conven-
tion for the Presidency. Do you sup-
pote that it was at all possible that
tbs New Jersey Governor was not al-
rtady acquainted with that fact?
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Theodore Roosevelt, The Great I
Am, has been nominated candidate for
President on the Progressive ticket.
Now, really, was there any one in
tbs United States with as much gump-
tion as God gave a goat who doubted
tor one minute that he would be?’
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The next great event in Parker
OOUnty will be the County Fair. A
ooncerted effort on the part of all
Should be made to make thia the best
Of its kind in the history of the county
or state, and this can be done if all
Will do their part, for we have all the
resources needed.
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The Herald has started a Woodrow
Wilson campaign fund, and you are
requested to send in your mite, if
only 31. Same will be sent to the
National committeeman and by him to
the treasurer of the National Execu-
tive Committee. The campaign is be-
ing made in the interest of the com
mon people, and they should rally to
the cause and support it financially.
Committeeman Sells, of Texas, is out
in a strong appeal to the people of
Texas, and same should be heeded. We
are sure we can depend on the Demo-
crats of Parker county to do their
part, as they always have in other
things.
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An exchange says a Bee county
young lady has canned twelve hundred
cans of vegetables this year, one hun-
dred cans each of twelve different va-
rieties. Boys, there is a girl for you
worth having. Canned vegetables are
a whole lot more sustaining than be-
ing able to tell you the latest style
coiffure, or being able to play twelve
different pieces of rag time music. Of
course, we would not say that the
music is not all right, nor would we
want a girl who did not have enough
pride to d° her hair up in a becoming
manner, but we mean to say that we
would want one who could do all
these things and can the vegetables,
too, at the same time.
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Again the press dispatches have
been called upon to record the news of
a five year old boy killing his baby
sister with a 22-target, with which he
was permitted to play, this time the
dreadful accident occurring near
Klondike, Delta county, the children
beng those of W. F. Wortham. The
item says the children had been play-
ing with the gun. Pointing it at his
sister the boy pulled the trigger, the
bullet penetrating her heart. The
child either did not know it was load-
ed or was too young to realize his act.
Again, let us call your attention to the
fact that fire afms are dangerous
things for children to be permitted
to play with. They are dangerous
enough in the hands of adults.
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It is well enough, perhaps, that the
state has been saved the expense of
trying the negro Potts, recently slain
in a battle with a poss# in Red River
county, after having killed two peace
officers. With the case of Burrell
Oates and his six or seven trials fresh
There is more maize, kaffir corn and
. , . . _ . , . ... .and green in our memory, we cannot
feed made in Parker county this year “ * * ‘ ,
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perhaps than any year in her history,
and with the thirty or forty thousand
hales of cotton that we will make, and
the email grain and fruit crop already
In, it is bound to prove the most pros-
perous year ever recorded In the
County. Oome to Texas
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Who could wish for any better
things than has come our way this
year. All should be thankful if they
are not. With splendid grain and
fruit crops already made and cotton
and corn crops in the making we think
that if every man has worked hard
as he should or could, he should be
Satisfied. Come to Parker county.
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A Baltimore speaker, U. Grant Bor-
der, in addressing the International
Apple Shippers’ Association at Chi-
cago, said: "If women knew that
eating apple# will do more to make
their complexions beautiful than all
the face remedies In the world, they
•would eat them morning, noon and
night.” Let us see, according to the
story generally believed, was it not
an apple that caused all the trouble
in the garden of Eden?
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Teddy the Teror, Lion Tamer, or-
ganizer of the Annanias Club and New
Third Party, is at his old tricks double
crossing himself and seemingly con-
sistency is not one of his virtues. Not-
withstanding the fact he saw fit to
dins with a negro—Booker Washing-
ton—he seemingly docs not want them
in his party. Oh, consistency, thou
art s Jewel—but Teddy's crown is not
made of Jewe i. While professing to
to running in the Interest of the peo-
and against predatory interests, he
help believing that considerable time
and expense might have been spent in
trying the negro Potts, and the case
would have then gone to the Court of
Criminal Appeals only to have been
reversed upon some mere technicality
perhaps. All this has been saved the
state. And Potts has received the
punishment that the enormity of his
offense against the peace and dignity
of the Btate demanded.
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All this talk about American vessels
not being permitted to sail through
the Panama Canal without paying the
same toll as other vessels makes us
tired. We admit that we are not vers-
ed in questions of diplomacy, etc., but
tbe French Panama Canal concession
or franchise was bought with Ameri-
can money, the expenses of digging
the ditch was paid for with American
dollars; the Colombians were satisfied
with more American dollars, then why
in the name of jumping Jehosaphats
shouldn't Uncle Sam be permitted to
say bow the big ditch should be run.
It would remind us of one cow punch-
er in West Texas attempting to tell
another cow puncher he shouldn't ride
his own horse, or rope his own steer,
and we all know what that would
mean. Uncle Sum shoudl tell Johnnie
Bull, as we #aid once before, “to go to
—and stay till.”
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A vast amount of ill health Is due
to Impaired digestion. When tbe
stomach falls to perform its functions
properly the whole system becomes
deranged. A few doses of Chamber-
lain's Tablets is all you need. They
will strengthen your digestion, In-
vigorate your liver, and regulat# your
bowels, entirely doing away with that
miserable feeling due to faulty di-
In truth and fact the candidate of'f8*?00 Try >t- ***** <***^ ****
Perkins, et al.
(been permanently cured—why
you? For sale by all druggists.
le any
e see an
Hem in the big state papers which
smacks of overdoing the thing. A
Philadelphia chef was fined by a judge
in the sum of )100 for sticking a wood-
en peg through a live lobster. We
presume the lobster was of tbe salt
water species, caught in the sea. Any
one would doubtless be at liberty to
run the other kind through with any
old thing, without serious objection,
but we are digressing. If this thing
keeps up we presume ere long It will
be illegal to stick a fork Into an oys-
ter. or to drown one in an oyster cock-
tail, or perhaps the over sealous will
go a little further and say that it is
brutal and cruel to disturb the sponge
in its home In th# sea, or to take the
succulent bivalves from their native
beds. Where is this thing going to
end, anyway?
The cotton season will soon be upon
us and Weatherford should be made
the best cotton market in ail this sec-
tion; and it can be done with concert-
ed action. The past year has been
an extremely hard one on the guslness
interests because of the short crops of
last year, particularly the feed crop,
most of our farmers having to buy
feed. A big feed crop has been made
this year and prospects are bright for
a cotton crop. Weatherford needs the
cotton this fall, because it will take it
to make the old town prosper as she
should. Now is a mighty good time
to see about making this the best mar-
ket possible. It Is true that she will
this year, as heretofore, have quite a
number of good buyers, but what she
needs is for the business men. mer-
chants of all kinds, to get into the
market and see that their customers
get the top or the market price for
heir cotton. If you do this you may
be sure that they in turn will buy
their supplies here, and that means
that every business institution in the
town wll prosper in kind. We do not
mean to . impute or insinuate there is
aything wrong, but eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty. Let us buck
the line hard, and all pull for Weath-
erford and her Interests.
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As we see it, the proposition to re-
imburse Lorlmer, the expelled United
States Senator from the pubic treas-
ury of the United 8tates for expenses
incurred in defending his Beat, is noth-
ing more nor less than a plain out
steal. Why should the people of the
United States be called on to pay this
expense, either in whole or in part,
after Lorimer has been expelled?
Wherein are they responsible for the
plight in which he finds himself? We
may be in error, but It occurs to us as
one of the most flagrant attempts to
raid the public treasury that we ever
heard of. If ever a traitor to his
country, and to the laws of decency
and propriety was reimbursed for ex-
penses incurred in any such manner,
a bad precedent would have been es-
tablished, and soon we would have the
spectacle of all men convicted of
crime putting in their claim for ex-
pense incurred in defending their
case. We trust the Senate will not
consider the proposition for a min-
ute. There is one of two things—Lor-
imer is either guilty as charged, or
he is innocent. If innocent, he is a
muchly persecuted man, but if guilty
a# the Senate by its vote decided, he
is not worthy of any consideration by
any self-respecting and honorable man
or woman.
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THE GOVERNOR'S OPPORTUNITY.
Governor Colquitt, if we mistake
not the signs of the times, now has
an opportunity to do tbe state and her
people a real service, and at the same
time cinch his hold upon their affec-
tions, if in his message to the next
legislature he will recommend the
passage of those saloon regulatory
messages which will forever put the
liquor question out of the politics of
this state.
That question for tbe past few years
has overshadowed everything else of
a political nature, and has had a de-
terrent effect upon much wholesome
legislation. It is high time it was be-
ing settled upon some satisfactory ba-
sis, and gotten rid of, so that we mrgnt
give ou rattentlon to other things.
Of course it remains to be seen what
the governor will do. We hope the
stat# convention to be held In San An-
tonio will be harmonious, and that a
platform will be passe*} which all can
stand on, and that the people may be
reunited in one common effort for the
upbuilding and forging ahead of
Grand Old Texas.
N\Te have had enough, and then some,
of strife an^ bitterness, of vitupera-
tion, vilification and vindictiveness.
Lst ns ent it out and all bow our
necks now In trying to aooomplish
something .for “all tbe people.”
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Why Take Calomel
When Simmons’ Liver Purifier la so
easy and pleasant yet' acta Just as
thoroughly as those harsh purgatvee
(In yellow tin boxes <mlyj Tried once
used always. Price Mo. _____ /
In the recent primaries a
of counties gave Governor O.
qultt a majority, and as we aee it this
was clearly an endorsement of Gov-
ernor Colquitt and his policies, while
some claim, including Cullen Thomas,
and many of the anti-Colquitt leaders,
that this expression was merely an
endorsement of the man, Colquitt, and
not the measures that he stands for,
insisting that he secured the nomina-
tion mainly because of the second term
prpcedent. Be that as It may, the peo-
ple have spoken, and the people shouid
be permitted to rule, and a few poll-
deans should not arrogate unto them-
selves the privilege of saying whether
or not they should be beard, or have
their wishes «et aside.
We are opposed to a few men going
into a convention and “steam roiling*’
everything that happens to oppose
them and their power, simply because
it suits their ideas of tbe exigencies
of the occasion to do so, notwlthstand-
ng the fact the voice of the people has
been expressed at the pools to the con-
trary.
But let us step back a few years,
and see who started this sort of thing.
Let us be plainer and more emphatic.
Was it not those same men and papers
who are now squealing the loudest.
We remember during the heated dis-
cussion of the Bailey question, when
McLennan county nominated her dele-
gates to the Denver convention, the
wishes of McLennan county were set
aside, and her delegates repudiated,
and who by—the same people who
now object strenuously to the same
methods and tactics.
While we objected to those meas-
ures then, and we object to them just
as strenuously now, it seems to us that
"sauce for the goose ought to be sauce
for the gander.” But it seems to make
“all the difference in the world whose
ox is gored.”
It looks like the prohibition anti-
Bailey crowd Intend “feeding the other
fellows medicine out of their own
spoon.”
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CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.
The Herald is heartily in favor of a
bill or law limiting not only campaign
contributions, but the amount to be
spent by a candidate seeking office, if
a law can be enacted that will pass
the (!areful scrutiny of the higher
courts. Tbe expense account Af Gov-
ernor Colquitt in his last campaign,
Just filed by his son, R. M. Colquitt,
who acted re bis campaign manager,
show* the governor spent the neat
sum of 116,115 In his canvass for the
renomination. If we are not mistaken
we believe Governor Campbell spent
the sum of 316,000 in his first race for
the office, and 36000 when compelled
to make a race for the renomination
for the second term. This making a
total of 322,000 expended, while the
office only pays 31000 per annum, or
316,000 for a four year term. We do
not know what Governor Colquitt ex-
pended in his first, or his second race,
be having made the third race for the
office, but if his expenditures were any
thing like this time, he will have been
outa neat sum Indeed for the privi-
lege and honor of having served the
people in this position of trust. Some
In making apologies for these enor-
mous expenditures, say that it Is the
honor they pay for. We admit, per-
SSW
ergy applies to
V
otherwise.
, . Your surplus vitality
Your surplm money deposit with
Merchants & Farmers State
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haps that to true to a certain extant
But let us for a moment examine the
practice. Understand ns explicitly.
W« are not particularly criticising
Governor Colquitt It to the practice
we are talking about Governor Col-
quitt perhaps has done no more than
any other tkhn would do under like
circumstances, and re Governor Camp-
bell and others who have gone before
did do. But if the practice Is per-
mitted to continue to it not an incen-
tive to graft? And if not an incentive
to graft will not the practice forever
debar a poor man from seeking this
exalted position. Should it not be so
that a man of moderate means, if pos-
sessing the ability, should be in posi-
tion to seek this or any other office?
When we consider that a man in one
race expends more seeking an office
than the offic# will pay In a four year
term, and when we conalder further
that he must necessarily be at a tre-
mendous expense in keeping big fam-
ily in the style that his position would
warrant, we must se« that he is up
against it, unless be has a handsome
income.
In order to protect the public ser-
vice the Herald for one believes that
the salary of the governor should be
increased to a sum at least sufficient
to pay the expenses of maintaining
l^s family in the style which their
position would entitle them, and at
the same time we believe the amount
one expends in seeking the office
should be limited. Unuderstand, we
do not Impute anything wrong to eith-
er Mr. Cnmpbell or Mr. Colquitt, but
if the practice of spending such large
sums in this way is permitted to con-
tinue it will in time lead to much evil.
It is not good business for a man to
pay as much for the' privilege bf serv-
ing in a position of honor and public
trust as the position pays, and then
some, and the practice must inevi-
tably lead to ways thqj are dark, and
to things that are wrong.
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PETER RADFORD HONORED.
Parker County Man Re-eleeted Presi-
dent of Texas Fanners Union In
Session at Fort Worth.
Hon. Peter Radford of Whitt/ this
county, was re-elected President by
the Farmers Union, in convention as-
sembled at Fort Worth last Saturday,
and Secretary Charles Smith was also
re-elected. Both these gentlemen are
well known to many people In this
section, especially members of the
Farmers Union, and the Herald joins
them with one accodr In extending
congratulations to both of the gentle-
men thug honored again.
The New Party.
The new Party to the person who
doesn’t know that for Headaches, Neu-
ralgia and Rhumatfsm, Hunt’s Lightn-
ing Oil to almost instant relief. It
has been the standard pain reliever
for thirty years.
Nominees for
For Governor—-0, B. Colqt
Fbr Lieutenant Gorerne
Mayes
For Comptroller—W. P.
For Attorney General—B.1
ey.
For Treasurer—J. M. I
For Land Cornu
Robison.
For Commissioner of
EM R. Kone.
For Railroad Como
Williams and Earle Mayfield.
For Associate Justice,
Court (long term)—Nelson
For Associate Justice Sup
(short term)—W. & Haw)
For Associate Justice Court <
Inal Appeals—A. C. Prender
•Id# Reward 31M.
The readers of this paper
pleased to learn that tber
one dreaded disease that
been able to cure in all Its
that is Catai^h. Hail's
the only positive cure now
the medical fraternity. Cat
a constitutional disease,
constitutional treatment. ;
Catarrh Cure to taken lat
lng directly upon the blood.
eous surfaces ef the arete
destroying the foundation
ease, and giving the patie
by building up the constltnt
slating nature in doing its
proprietors have so muck
curative powers that they
Hundred Dollars for any
fails to cure. Send for list
monlals.
Address F. J. CHANEY ft w, .
do, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pllla for
sttpaUon. i
Are Your Won
Plans Complete?—
If not perhaps we can ai
you. Let us tell you about
1 Low Excursjoa
Fares
in tbe North, East and
Write us and aay where ;
are going and we will gh
full Information.
Three trains daily from
las and Fort Worth.
The Firefly
The Chicago
The Omaho Exprei
F. L. JON
T. P. A.
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FEMALE DISORDERS
Are caused in most instances by constipation, torpid liver or indigea-
don. The right course to get rid of these ailments (so common
among women) Is to strengthen and regulate the vital organi.
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS
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m* S l '
Is a thorough system tonic and regulator. It corrects the stomach,
cures kidney ailments and torpid liver, drives out blood impurities,
cleanses the bowels and promotes regularity. It cures headache,H
nervous faintness, heartburn, had breath, palpitation; removes salipw
complexion and eruprions of the skin.
Ost tfes i
i Wttb the Flfer* hi IM on Praet LaM.
Sold by Druggists.
Price ll.ee per bottle.
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