The West Weekly News. (West, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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THE WEST HEWS
Puhlmhcd Wwlily
The West Printing Company
INCOMHMIATtD
DIRECTORS:
*. SCHILLER J LEM JONES
J. SULAK
.XAUDE MILLER
M H
EARNEST NF.MECEK
C V
TERRELL
day, and the report that Beau ! make coo|>e ration with the far-1 It. is a fact; but some people
niont is putting in a “white mers in securing better prices j were not aware of the existence
way,” opens up a new epoch in ! for their products the leading | of such an ordinance until the
city lighting. Next in import feature of the work during 1912, .recent meningitis and starlet
unee to the town pump is the is a forward step in Texas, pro fever scare revived interest in it
town light, and cities with gross. We may raise potatoes by the county health officer call-
biightl.v illuminated streets big as pumpkins and produce a ing attention to it. It is the gen-
main' :v l isting impression of' carload per acre, but what is the era! opinion of all health officers
u’vi-At t|.; j >, ogress andeivii energy, use unless we can sell them at a that the greatest sonrcejof the
_ Vl sfta in Texas should protit. 'The price is the thing spread of dosease is the pernici-
OFFICERS:
J. K SCHILLER IV>il.->n
J. LF.M JONEs. Wc
' i,•oof this forward move
I jet there bo light.
H. B. TERRELL, E.mTOR
\ND MCK.
MISS EL'LA HUKLOCK, **>
W. L. STEWART. Foreman
Subscription $1 Per Year in Advance
and when the farmer secures mis and indecent habit of pro-
men' l,et there be light profitable prices for his products: miscuous spitting on the side-
then agriculture thrives. The j walks and floors of public places. •
I’l-o Kir ay Lumber t otnpany fm-u^-rs are the recipient of j It would be but very little trouble j
|o: Houston has just closed a con- i more universal generosity than J to step to the curb and empty |
j t ract with the city of Philadel ^ny other class of people. Their the mouth of the unswallowable.
plua for .><«>.mo feet of yellow (jong^ssman sends them gar-1 The Record wou(d regret to have
pine to lie converted into creo- don seed free of charge, togeth-j any citizen of Mitchell county
soted paving blocks for the |Cr with a copy of^iis speech on lined $9.70 for violation of the
■---- streets of that city, ibis con- tbe tariff, almanacs and illust- anti-spitting ordinance, but the
Vamni •• ^ tnici s mil-of the largest, if not rated catalogues are furnished health officer lias called special
**---largest ever given. 1 he ni without cost, blue ribbons attention to this cause of infec-
Afl -in i* ry.i «»ni ordered out. >•<«*! lumber will be shipped Iron) and gold medals are offered him j lion, and anyone who violates the
: Port Bolivar. 1 he |>opularity of gai0re, and he gets free advice ordinance is liable to be arrested
special NOTICE —Ail ,-hur.h non.-n creosoted pine blocks as a paving from everybody, but give him a and fined. So, be careful where
material in the North and List d market for his products you spit.-Colorado Record.
,ng tor •iimwMon ail card* of iHsnk* renoiufiona is evidenced by tins* m con and lie will make the country ! —-------------------
ijir^K^itnor.7**^ Aii triu't * rapidly increasing pr09per; immigration will dock it is true the country editor
bduco i® >!*«•»“• «-r»KM mil demand for yellow pine to be fOOUr borders and our valleys | has much to say and says it many
wl11 h* pul>l“t"'1 ____ manufactured into creosoted wd[ be dottoci with many happy times during the year, about
^" blocks will materially affect the ^ bomes price is the thing, the tine potatoes, melons, fruit,
lumber industry in the South-] --------
| west, and is one of the largest It takes all kinds of people
Plant more corn.
The candidal
us.
with;
(etc., brought in by his friends,
to mentions the thrifty brood of
factors in the prosperity of this] make a woild, and there is prob- j{,bjckpiia recently hatched by'
_ ! K'lritory^ ably no place on earth better y]rs Jones’ frizzly lien; thanks
To the City Council^ Move RF.FUSKI) WRONG VISITOR. ^“^how *1^ di«e£nt,oTbuT^mtlk^u^h^in j£st te'
can t keep the visitors from ki„ds of people there are in this fore meal time. but auch little
coming up, said the office boy j world of ours. Some get mad if ftmenlUfes are what mnke life
When 1 say you rnoil them n. statement. ___l-;i tt_____ . i i ,
tlic cotton platform .
essential to the protection of life i
and property.
We do not know who is writing
tin* editorials on the Waco Morn-
ing News, but merely wish to
say that there is food for thought
in every paragraph.
There is no more inspiring
scene than to watch the growth
j dejectedly.
n.iv jou you mail them a statement, | WOrth while. Upon such depends
I I ill'll 111 A . a®. . ■ . i 1 • I
are out, they don't believe me. others wo#’t pay till you do mail the cultivation of those little do
I h.-.\ say t, ie.\ must si i .'°m one. Some will |«y without a; n,estic virtues which is the basis
U.il, '.in 11> (i itoi. Jus statement, otliers wait for a 0f human friendship and sympa-
’ "In } l,It * " iat * " u. statement, it makes no difference tby. Let the city journals indulge
',v 1 ‘‘"n t care how you check with some whether you mail a,their puny joke at the expense
them, but I must have quiet- statement or not, for they have jof the J)oor|y paid country
1,1, no intention of paying. ^omt! i edjtor and bjs friends bearing
i I,.it ,i t* riioon t it m (ai I a think they owe more, others ^ vegetables and barnyard tokens
af an empire, md im viewpoint is ’ * ° " ‘J a 1 1,m I think they owe less, while others Lf a frjendship and confidence to
more instructive than t*> sit hi ,“'1 11a,'‘ 'inailt exlm*!,u>n sliy it doesn t amount to much, j which the city editor is a total
the highway of civmzatmr. amT * " , Nl,'i' !! 'i,.!.®wn,e rea(^ the^ pajier tiU they • stranger. On how much higher
watch the current of progress
•sweep life and property Texas
ward.
—————
An editor was dying, but
jrben the doctor bent over,placed
tis ear on his breast, and said:
'Poor man! Circulation ■ most
{one!” the dying editor uteu
"You.re a liar' We have the iarg-
st circulation in the county!
- Exchange.
!„.y assured her that it was get a year behind and when a ,evel do they work? Column after
statement is mailed order ^Jcolumn about net dogs, Belgian
lint 1 must see him. she pro- stoppodf but say nothing about' hare8i the artiticial ambition of
'''ll "* „|payingup. But, in the language jchildicss families, the neglect of
* >*1 N u itU 1 '* x a‘ * of an exchange, the lneanf‘st» i iotherle.ssandfatherlesschild*
1 V, scrubbist son of a gun in the | reQ in that mystic circle of com-
T it's why tiiere is a new my whole category is the fellow who,promlae with crime, called “so-
wanted there,
man.
Aim-rii an Press ,.,,lids your paper until you are
_____ compelled to cut him off, for non
payment, and then spends most
of his time explaining how he
used to take “the thing” but
The winter rains have left tie
mblic roads thoughout the stati
n bad condition in I also stimu
The State Board of Health of
Florida has passed an ordinance
prohibiting the keeping of horses, , . ,
, . . stopped it because it was no
five hundred 1 1
and mules within
feet of any dwelling, unless pre-
cautions are taken to prevent the
Ues the g'Ksi road movement, breeding and liberating of flies.
V>nstruction gangs are now at Tile State Health Boards of
fork building permanent high Georgia. Wisconsin and Indiana
count.”
This is an age of investigation.
It extends from the National Gov-
ernment to the municipality.
Little is being done by our law
rays in Anderson, Bexar. Bowie, i have taken similars steps, and it makjng bodies exceptcunducting
jUis, Fort Bend, Medina. Taylor is only a question of time when investigations. The public de-
ad Wharton.
other states will follow. Texas
cietyj” the air of greed, selfish-
ness, hate and despair? How
much above theircountry brother
are thep? As for us, give us the
life close to nature, where the
little tilings are magnified and
the good Samaritan passes often-
er than the Priest and Levite.—
Colorado Record.
inand the investigation of the
. , wil1 fa'1 into line somewhere. The ^ ftbsurd charses originable1
Two candidates bave an noun v„rv f:l,t that Texas has more whether lnad„ by responsible
ed for alderman. «>th. i-s ai- i>eoph, more wealth more acres. |Mrtl„s or not. Recently in Waco!
emg urged to offer. IneNey „ies and more mosquitos the pastors ;ls.sociation believing
ants to hear what ’ and. than any other state in the Union i<hat memben of the police force
ates have to suggest lo. tie- lUHk,>t, it very imjiortant that in
etterment of West and to tiiat j tbis great forward march of the
id tenders ea< h aspirant (civilization Texas should not be
ilurnn for any suggestums they t|„, tad t,nd 0f tile column. Let
iay care to make gertaining to 1 tbe guardians of the health of
ie future deyeloiiement of!
Now that tlie meningitis scare
about over we wish to con-
-stulate tiie autiiorities here
r the manner in which the
tuation was handled. W- were
ry fortunate indeed, losing
ily owe case in the city, so we
! Texas state, county and munici-
pal get busy. Do something. It
is bettor to do wrong occasional-
ly than to do nothing.—Granger
News.
had been guilty of conduct not j
in keeping with sound morals
and good public policy, demand-
ed an investigation of tlie force
which lasted several days, show-
ing up many tilings that have no
place in a daily newspaper, and
tiiat will do Waco no good, be-
sides bringing about hard feel-
ing among tlie citizenship there.
We know personally most of the |
members of the police force in ]
Waco, and sincerely believe that,
Waco has as good, conscientious
and lionest official as can be found i
Horace Dennis, of Henderson
county, who raised four and two-
thirds bales of cotton last year
on two acres, attended the
«y*ised, and while school was januual meeting of the Texas , , , . ,
ised upon id vice of the city Sw, neb feeders' Association last here, and we further know j
sird of hsaltb, our authorities. -veek at Athens, and was intro*
ver felt itneces>aiy toqu.i :an , dqced as “the foremost citizen of
ie the town, as was done ........... Col. R. E. Yantis, in rexas. Reopie ought to en-
my instances, which seems to (.,iiU)r „f ^ At!l(ins lieview, de- w,,nl«“ the,,r -^cers rather,
ve been a foolish tiling to do. , ____: ____than liarras them at all tunes.
that fewer crooks can be found|
in Waco than any city of her size
A lady lobbyist before a con-
ttee in Washington talked so
] dared that Dennis was “a better
citizen and worth more to tlie
] country than a whole cornfield
of
Did you know the City of Colo- j
V, -T ! ratio iiad an ordinance making]
r^o j tje ‘^-Pion cotton grower of, ^ ^ I
mitted tiiat the committeemen ]the hl" W;ls »ne of f __
•re left far behind. Here is one! P™- dinners in the Texas In......- ---------------“
tlie problems of equal suffrage. du"tri»1 ConKress con^,!,t- The
tfOtmg we give the fair sex the Congress this year will give for-
-ht to vote and hold office., ty-four cash prizes, amounting
mt would be the use if Uiey j to*L-W to boys and girls under
lidn’t get tiieir speeches in 20 s of age who secure the
ngressional Record>-Record. biggest cotton yields on one
CURIOUS BITS
OF HISTORY
CAPE GOOD HOPE DISCOV-
ERED BY MISTAKE.
By A. W. MACY.
For many centuries tho need
of a water rou'e from Europe
to India was keenly felt. Pok
tugucse navigators were espe-
cially active In search of one,
and In 1487, five years before
Coiumbua act out on his voyage
of discovery, Bartholomew
Diaz rounded Cape Good Hope,
at the southern extremity of
Africa. He did not know It at
the time, being too far out at
sea. When the crew discovered
they were on the wrong side
•f the mainland they became
panic-stricken, and insisted on
returning at once. They -*r-
ried their point, soon caught
vlght of the cape. Thus It came
that Diaz discovered the Cape
of Good Hope while sailing
homeward. If he had had a
bolder crew, and had kept on
sailing eastward, he might
have reached India and thus
solved the problem he had In
hand. Ten years later Vasco da
Gama, another Portuguese navi-
gator, also doubted the cape.
His crew was likewise coward-
ly, and rebelled; but he evi-
dently was a man of more force
than Diaz, for ho quelled the
mutiny and kept on sailing east-
ward until he reached the
shores of India.
THE HOME
Of Quality Groceries
Jr
WE KEEP
A Grocery Store
But We Don’t Keep
GROCERIES!
THEY ARE NOT INTEND-
ED TO BE KEPT
We Sell Them, Sell Them Fresh
ZAPALAC
Grocery Company
Phone No. 1 WEST, TEXAS
P
SEED
CORN
NICHOLSON’S GIANT WHITE-RedCob
OKLOHOMA WHITE WONDER
(.Copyright, tail, by Joseph B. Bowloa.)
iv-ro, ami will alao award the
suin' amount in prizes for the
b-st, yield a obtained from one
acre of corn.
The announcement that Fort
>n*h baa completed two miles
“ V’ftjte Way." making tin
acjpal streets oi that, city a- The announcement that many
i§ y night* an they are by, of the commercial cl#l» will
To Our Friends and Patrons
We are indeed thankful for tlie large volume of
business given us during the past year, which was
the largest in our career in West, cohering more
than 20 years. We have tried to give value received
for every dollar paid us, and are proud of the fact
tiiat. our first customers have been continual ones.
Soliciting a continuation of your trade, we remain
YOURS TO
SERVE
W. T. Mullen & Son
McCormick
L
West, Texas
|——'——
Grain and
Fuel Co.
J
Tires! Auto Tires! Tires!
We Sell Them
We Fix Them
Best Equipped Vulcanizing Works in this part of the State. Lowest Prices
Only Experts employed. Nothing too big or to bad for us.
OUR GUARANTEE SPELLS TIRE SERVICE
Waco Vulcanizing Works
Same Buildin with Pierce- Waco, Texas
Fordyce Oil Co.
The Fayette County Trust Co. j An oil well has been brought
will begin business at LaGrange, j in the Markham field near Bay
February 1st; capital stock! City with a flowing capacity of
$150,000. ! one thousand barrels per day.
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Terrell, H. B. The West Weekly News. (West, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1912, newspaper, February 9, 1912; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588862/m1/2/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.