The Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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The Polk County Enterprise
THE PAPER FOR THB PEOPLE
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LIVINGSTON. TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1912.
No. 19
Quarantine Declared.
last Saturday morning, and
r most of the towns and
jhties in^ Texas had raised
r quarantines and after the
ite Health Oflicer had issued a
itement conceroing the men-
its situation and requested
,t all quarantines in Texas be
fipilfted, our County Commission-
er's convened in special session
[and ordered that strict quaran-
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jHO. regulations be rigidly en-
i forced by Polk County, without
|exceptions against all the World.
..We know, of course, that in de-
siring quarantine, our commis-
.ioners felt that they were doing
fat which was for the best in-
vest of our people. Maybe the
pantine is alright, but candid-
■n’t you think that if we
B going to have a quarantine
t it should have been during
Ivost dangerous period, and
|tw e are at least two weeks
[with it? Meningitis may lie
pageous. Some physicians
: io is. A great many other
i^sicians think it is not. They
’agree, we believe, that bad
weather and filthy, unsanitary
lal conditions greatly increase
|e’s chances for contracting
£e disease. In view of this
|en, would it not have been
User, instead of declaring quar-
ae, for our County [Health
leer to have ordered every one
1 thoroughly clean up and dis-
ct his premises? * And even' when his an-
we have declared quaran-
Ine should we not also get to-
jether promptly and arrange to
|at once dispose of all the filth
assible. If ever there was a
[town on earth that needed clean-
ling up Livingston is that partic-
ular place.
C. N. Pitts Candidate for Tax
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Assessor.
As will be seen from Our an-
noucement column this week,
Mr. C. N. Pitts is a candidate for
the office of ~Tax Assessor, of
Polk County, subject to the ac-
tion ef the Democratic primary.
Mr. Pitts is well known in Polk
County. For a number of years
he resided, and was engaged in
business in Leggett. He now
lives in Onalaska, where he has
been employed for the past sev-
eral years.
Mr. Pitts promises, if elected,
to give the people of Polk County
courteous and Efficient service.
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Pate-Ross Marriage. ’
On Tuesday, January 16th.
at 6:30 a. m. Miss Estelle Ross
and Mr. B. M. Pste were united
in marriage at^the" Annunciation
Church in Houston, Rev. Father
Wilhelm of Nacogdoches, assist-
ed by Father Gratin of the An-
officiating. Only immediate rel-
Sloan has moved to Lib
atives witness the ceremony. Im- erty. The friends of Mr. and
mediate after the marriage a Mrs. Sloan regretted very much
wedding breakfast was served in to see them leave our city.
Judge P. R. Rowe visited rela-
the Rice Hotel Annex. The hap-
py couple left Houston on an af- tives at Moscow Sunday,
ternoon train for New Orleans
where they spent several days.
wnere iney spen® severs* ua>s. for a visit to relatives
They are now at-Patoma, where
they will make their home.
Mrs. Pate is the daughter of
and is beautiful and accomplish-
ed. For her many friends the
Enterprise extends congratula-
tions to Mr. Pate.
Mr. Pate is a popular and suc-
cessful business man. He came
from Louisiana to Polk County
last year. He is Manager of
the New Willard Naval Stores
Company, a large concern engag-
ed in the turpentine and rosin in-
dustry which is operating plants
in Texas and Louisianr.
As an evidence' of the popu-
larity of the young couple they
have’'received many " handsome
and costly wedding presents.
The Enterprise joins their
many friends in wishing for
them a long life, good health, suf-
ficient prosperity and much
genuine happiness.
Some Errors in Last Week’s Paper.
Que to the ‘fact that for the
first three days of last week we
were extremely busy trying to
list on our subscription book be-
fore publication day the names
of the new subscribers given us
during the diamond ring contest,
we were unable to proof read
carefully, the different items
that appeared in that week’s En-
terprise, and as a consequence
some errors escaped our notice
until after the paper had gone
out.
J. L. Burch Candidate for Re-
Election as Tax Assessor.
In the proper column of this
paper will be found the annunce-
mentofMr. J. L. Burch, as a
candidate before the Democratic
primaries to be held July 27th.,
1912, asking re-election to the
office of Tax Assessor of Polk
County. Mr. Burch is now fill-
ing his first term as Tax Assess-
or. He was born and Raised in
Polk County, coming frijim one of
the best and most prominent
families of the county. His father,
James Burch, immigrated to
Texas prior tc the Revolution be-
tween Texas and Mexico, serv-
ing his time in that yr&r, and was
in the battle of San Jacinto. Mr.
Burch is sober, honest and cour-
teous. He is a farmer by occu-
pation, and with his honored and
respected family now lives with-
in one-half mile from the spot
where he was born and reared.
He requests the Enterprise to
thank the people for their past outline 0f work.
small a membership, she has ac-
complished a great deal. To the
public at large it may seem that
practically nothing has been
been done by the Mothers Club,
but to the few members (I can
scarcely say mothers for they
were hardly ever in the plural-
ity) wTho were always present, it
seems that much has been done.
With the co-operation of every
mother we feel that we could
carry successfully any plan that
might be suggested. So we
earnestly desire the presence of
all mothers young andother-wise,
and hope that each one may pre-
sent some formulated plan for
the new year.
I am finding out all I can about
Domestic Science and hope to be
able at our next meeting to give
you an intelligent statement as
to whether it will be a feasible
plan to try to introduce it in the
school this year or not. If we
find it not practicable, then we
shall have to follow spme other
Cbtton-Holding Plan Calietl a Fake.
favors and courtesies, and wishes
to assure them that it will be his
pleasant duty, if again honored by
the people, to do them all justice
to the very best of his ability.
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Mr. H, H. Roberds was an-
nounced by us as a candidate for
nouncement should have shown
that he is a candidate for Tax
Assessor. ^
We would also call attention to
the fact that at the recent meet-
ing of the Directors of the First
National Bank of Livingston, in
addition to those reported by us
as being elected officers of that
institution Mr. W. T. Carter was
re elected Vice-President.
B. B. Martin of Livingston,
the demonstrator, the farmer
employed jointly by Liberty
county and the government to
assist the farmers of Liberty
county, during the ensuing year,
arrived in the city Wednesday
afternoon to enter upon his
duties. Mr. Martin is impracti-
cal farmer and the assistance he
will offer will come from that
standpoint. Mr. Martin’s family
will arrive in this township in a
few days.—Liberty Vindicator.
The friends of “B. B..” as he
is familiarly known, will regret
to know that he has moved away
from Livingston, but we all wish
him well in his new work. He is
a youDg man of energy and abili-
ty and we feel sure will give the
farmers of Liberty County some
valuable assistance.
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Deaths.
On last Friday night, the 19th.
Mr. Larkin Murphy died of pneu-
monia. Mr. Murphy lived in the
country Blast of Livingston. He
has been in Polk County a long
time and his many friends will
regret deeply to learn of his
death. He had been in bad
health for some time.
On Friday night, the 19th. Mr.
Lewis I. Hollingsworth, age 18
years, died in New Willaird at
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrg. D. B. Hollingsworth. His
death was due to an attack of
appendicitis, for which he was
operated on a few days before.
The remains were interred in
Union Springs Cemetery in Cor-
rigan. The deceased was born
in Polk County and was engaged
in teaching his third term of
school at Chester, Tyler County.
He was a moral young man, well
liked by all who knew him. Be-
sides his father and mother, he
leaves a sister and young broth-
Mothers Club.
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C. Bergman of Corrigan was a
r "0= o? Houston! *° - «**
Mrs. J. M. Greer left Sunday
Mr. J. W. Ross of Livingston,
at Houston.
Dr. S. E. Wisdom of Onalaska
was in the city Sunday.
Owing to the holidays and con-
tinued bad weather, it was con-
sidered almost useless to try to
hold a meeting of the Mothers
Club during the month of Jan-
uary. However, the next regu-
lar day of meeting, the first
Tuesday in February which will
be February 6th, we hope to see
all old members present and
many new ones. ''We have dis-
pensed with all membership
dues, and all that is required to
become a member is to have your
name enrolled as- such. The
membership of young mothers
is desired, and they should feel
an interest in the work, as we
are but paving a way,; the
benefits of which will be reaped
by the younger generation.
In behalf dl the Club I would
like to say a few wprds in appre-
ciation of the work done by our
former President, Mrs. L. T.
Sloan. We feel, that with so
The Mothers Club is not "con-
fined to the school entirely, but
to the beautifying of the town,
sanitary measures, etc. In fact
anything that conduces to the
good of the public.
So all members, or prospective
members, please think this mat-
ter over and come with some
plan, or idea that you would/1 like
to see carried out.
- Remember ;the date of .jnext
meeting, Tuesday Feb. 6th at 4
o’clock. Respt.
Mrs. C. F. Fain,
President.
Benford.
Misses Katherine Williford
and Myrtle Ellis attended the
dance at Bering Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Slaugh-
ter visited relatives in Corrigan
Sunday. *
Mr. C. W. Wheeler returned
Sunday from a business trip to
Shreveport.
Mr. R. N. Ellis spent a few
days of last week at Buck.
Mrs. Lovorn entertained a few
of the young people Tuesday
night.
Mr. A. C. Bomar of Silver-
ton is visiting his son, Dr. C. V.
Bomar.
Mr. A. H. Jones visited the
school here Thursday afternoon.
Mr. C. F. Christopher left yes-
terday for Voth where he has a
position as sawyer.
Miss Hannah Christopher
spent a few days last week in
Carmona.
Quite a number of the young
people attended the dance at Mr.
Kennedy’s Friday night.
Louis Johnson Will Hang In Liv-
ingston, Tuesday Jan. 30th.
The negro Louis Johnson who
was tried, convicted and given
the death penalty at the last term
of the District Court of Polk
County, will be hung in Living-
ston next Tuesday, the 30th.,
unless the Governor intervenes,
which is not thought probable.
Below we reproduce an arti-
cle from the Houston Chronicle
of January 19, from a man giving
his views on the cotton-holding
plan:
“The plan of the New York
bankers to hold the cotton is, in
my estimation, a fraud. If they
were going to hold the actual
cotton it would be alright, but
they say they will sell the cotton
and buy a like number of bales
of futures to protect the farmer.
Imagine the consequence if they
were able to dump on the
market 2,000,000 bales at one
time. Then since they sell the
cotton outright, they receive
therefor about $48 per bale, $25
of which they kindly let the far-
mer have. Since they receive
about $48, they are uisng$23 of
the farmer’s money and charg-
ing him 6 per cent for the use of
his own money.
Any man of any intelligence
ought to see through this. I will
be glad to handle cotton in large
or small amounts on like terms.
If the poor, deluded farmer
wants to do this, why doesn’t he
sell his’ 100 bales of cotton and
receive therefor in the neighbor-
hood of $4800, take out $500 and
buy 100 bales of futures and
have in bank $44500, for which he
does not have to pay any interest
instead of having $2500 for which
he jrays 6 per cent? Any cotton
buyer or any other business
man, in your city or elsewhere,
will do as much (or more) for the
farmer as Mr. Thompson and
his colleagues will do. Ask them
and see if they won’t.
I would be glad to do as much.
I write this to you hoping you
will sound a warning to the far-
mer, who, it seems, needs some
light on the matter. Go to any
of your cotton buyers and see if
they will not be glad to get cot-
ton on such terms.
C. P. Gatlin.
Telico, Texas.
Office of County Health Officer
Livingston, Texas.
TO ALL CITIZENS OF POLK
COUNTY:
You are hereby commanded to
thoroughly disinfect your houses
and clean your premises. Espec-
ially be sure that you thoroughly
clean all toilets and properly dis-
pose of other filthy accumula-
tion. Drain all cess pools, and
cover damp places with lime.
You can secure at the drug
stores a proper disinfectant for
.your house.
Filthy and unsanitary condi-
tions on and about your premises
greatly increase the chances for
contracting meningitis.
This January 23rd. 1912.
R. B. Love M. D.
County Health Officer,
Polk County, Texas.
J. M. Greer,
Mayor of Livingston.
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J. T. Manry of Moscow was a
business visitor to our city one
day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Greer,
who recently moved from Good-
rich to this place are now domi-
ciled in their new home on Main
street:
Mr. Bate Simmons of Cleve-
land spent Sunday and Sunday
night in Livingston. •
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West, W. L. The Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1912, newspaper, January 25, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth657309/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.