Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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INDORSEMENTS
OF THE PENDING
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ISSUED «BY THE CONFER-
ENCE OF EDUCATION.
“The Democratic party .believes 'thlat
ignorance (is a misfortune and (that ex-
udation is a blessing, anld we, there-
fore, favor a wise and liberal financial
su/pporit of our public school's and all
our State educational institutions. We
favor the adoption of the (pending
amendmenttio Section 3, Article VII,
State Constitution, relating to public
free schools and commend the support
of said amendment to the ivoiters of
Terns.”—State Democratic Convention,
August 12, 1908.
“We favor the adoption by the peo-
ple of the amendment to (Section 3,
Article 7, of the State Constitution re-
lating to (free schools. This amend-
ment, if adiopted, will give the peo-
ple of the country districts the right
by law to provide for the erection and
equipment of good school houses, for
the lengthening of the school term
where practicable, and for the employ
ment of better qualified and more ca-
pable (teachers. The Texas .Farmers’
Congress urges every patriotic farm-
er In Texas and all other citizens to
work for and vote for this amend
ment.”—Texas Farmers’ Congress, Col-
lege Station, July 9, 1908.
“Whereas, the country public schools
of Texas are in sad meed of improve-
ment, the school terms being short,
the school houses inadequate, and the
teaching unsatisfactory and inefficient;
and
“Whereas, the Thirtieth (Legislature
has submitted an amendment to Sec-
tion 3, Article 7, of the State Consti-
tution relating to public fnee schools
which, if adopted by the people fin
the November, 1908, election, Will au
people of the respective school dis-
tricts in establishing and maintaining
good schools, thereby making practi-
cable longer school terms where desir-
ed, the erection and equipment of
comfortable school houses, the employ
ment of more capable and better qual-
ified teachers, and the improvement of
|j|gg|||tb£ schools in other respects; totere-
“ Resolved ;* That the State Board toff
Medical Examiners in regular session
at Waco, Texas, June 30, 1908
by indorses the pending Constitution
al amendment, relating to public free
schools, and commends Sts support and
adoption to the citizens of Terns.’’
State Board of Medical Examiners
Waco, Texas, June 30, 1908.
“Whereas the country public
schools of Texas are in great need of
improvement, the latest report from
the State Department of Education
showing that there were 87,332 coun
try children of scholastic age not en
rolled in the schools; that the aver
age daily absence from the country
schools was 262,946 children; that 47
of every 100 children were out of the
schools all of the time the schools
were in session, and that the average
school term in Texas was only 116
days; and • / *
“Whereas, The Thirtieth Legislature
has submitted an amendment to Sec-
tion, 3, Article 7, of tbe State Con-
stitution, relating to public free
schools, to be voted on In the next
general election, -which amendment,
if adopted will authorize local self-
government to jbe exercised toy the
people of the respective school dis-
tricts of tbe State in providing bet-
ter school ‘ houses, in securing better
teachers, and in lengthening the school
tenm; and will abolish toe two-thirds
rule and substitute therefor the major-
ity rule by the people, and make pas
aide equal educational opportunities
for the white children of Texas;
therefore toe 5t
“Resolved, That Ifcbe Texas Press
AasocSaOison hereby indorses said pro-
posed Condtitut&onal amendment, re-
lating to public free aohdohs and team
mends it to the favorable oonsfidera-
tion Of to* citizenship of Texas, (be-
lieving that Its adoption twill mark
an educational epoch In (the history
of our State.”—Texas Press Associa-
tion, Mineraa Wells, Texas, IMay 23,
1908. I
here
discrimination against the children of
this large class of wealth producers
and patriotic citizens, and will there-
by make possible the erection of bet-
ter school houses, the lengthening of
the school term, where practicable,
the selection and retention of more ca-
pable and better qualified teachers,
and the general improvement of the
country schools in all other respects;
therefore be it
“Resolved, That the Texas Wom-
an’s Press Association appeals to the
Citizenship of this State for top sup-
port and adoption of the pending Con-
stitutional amendment relating to.
public free schools, believing that it is
little less than a crime for thousands
of confiding, innocent to he consigned
to the blackness* of ignorance and su-
perstition in a great and imperial
State like Texas, by a wealthy and pro
gresSive people.—Texas Woman’s Press
Association, June 71, 1908.
The amendment has also been in-
dorsed by the Texas Federation of
Women’s Clubs, The Texas Lumber-
men’s Association, and the Confer-
ence for Agricultural and Commercial
Interests of Texas.
‘BLESSING THE
CORN-FIELDS"
Longfellow’s Beautiful Indian Leg-
end the Origin of Indian
Corn. ,
ROOK ISLAND GAR
HAS WONDERS
CORN CARNIVAL CELEBRATED
AT FIRST METHODIST EPIS-
COPAL CHURCH.
The eighth annual visit of the ex-
hibit car of too Rock Island l ailroal
was visited by far toe largest number
of people yesterday tolan upon any of
its previous visits. It is estimated
that fully 800 people viewed toe prize
trophies representing toe highest en-
deavor of Ceres in the seventeen statu
through which toe Rock Island audits
allied roads pass.
The car arrived Saturday night about
thorize local self-government by the 8 o’clock, coming here from Ryan,
Okla., and the State Fair at Kansas
City. \
The car is An charge off F. S. White.
The collection represents not only the
most successful agricultural and hor-
ticultural endeavors i'n differenltr sec
tlons of the country and what grains
and foodstuffs thrive the best, but it
shows that Texas and toe contiguous
country can toe utilized for toe rais-
ing of products heretofore thought fan
possible. Mr. White is In charge of
the experimental farm in Missouri and
has imported seeds from Australia,
Russia, Japan and many of toe South
American countries.
Among the products of his Missouri
farm is a 200-pound mammoth Oaiifor
nia pumpkin. A seven pound sweet
potatoe raised near Denison causes the
hearts of native Texans to leap with
pride.
There are also specimens of wheat
from the ! Dakotas that represent a
yield of 125 bushels to toe acre, and
six-foot wheat from Missouri, yielding
Maize, or “Indian Corn,” came by
its name from being found (in cultiva-
tion over a great part of America on
its discovery, and was then as now,
Considered a very .beautiful plant in
all toe various stages off its growth
and development.
Great improvement has been made
by proper' cultivation and selection of
seed from the first little hard squaw
com found among the Indians, the
kind 'made famous by Longfellow in
his beautiful Indian legend, “Blessing
the Com -Fields.” As JacksbOro’s
great Corn Show and Carnival Is in
full blast, we are confident thlat ev-
ery reader of the Gazette will read
with renewed interest this legend of
America’s greatest native food prod-
uct.
LEGEND.
Sing, O song of Hiawatha,
Of the happy days that followed,
In the land of the Ojitoways,
In the pleasant land and peaceful!
Sing the mysteries of Mondamin,
Sing the Blessing of the Corn-fields!
Buried was the bloody hatchet,
Buried was the dreadful war-club,
Buried were all warlike weapons,
And the war-cry was forgotten.
There was peace among the nations;
Unmolested roved the hunters,
Built the birch canoe for sailing,
Caught the fish in lake and river,
Sho .the deer and trapped toe beaver,
Made toelr sugar from the maple,
Gathered wild rice in the meadows,
Dressed the skins of deer and beaver.
All around 'the happy village
Stood the maize fields, gneen and shin-
ing
Waved the green plumes of Mondamin
Waved his soft and sunny tresses
Filling all the land with plenty.
Twas toe women who in springtime
Planted the broad fields and fruitful,
Buried in the earth Mondamin;
’Twas the women who in Autumn
Stripped the yellow husks of harvest,
Stripped the garments from Mondamin
vens,
Clamorous on the dusky tree-tops,
And descended, fast and fearless,
On the fields of Hiawatha,
On toe grave of the Mondamin.
“We will drag Mondamin,” saiid they
“From the grave where he is hurled,
Spite of all the magic circles
Laughing Water draws around it,
Spite of all the sacred footprints
Minnehaha Stamps upon it!”
But toe wary Hiawatha,
Ever thoughtful, careful, watchful,
Had o’erheard the scornful laughter
When they mocked him from the tree-
tops.
“Raw!” he said, “my friends toe ria-
» -yens!
Kahgahgee, my Ring of Ravens!
I will teach you all a lesson
That shall not he soon forgotten!”
He had risen before toe daybreak,
He had spread o’er all the corn-fields
Snares to catch the black marauders,
And was lying now in ambush
In the neighboring grove of pine-trees,
Waiting for the crows and blackbirds,
Waiting for toe jays and ravens.
Soon they oame wlitth caw and olaim-
or,
Rush of wings and cry off voices,
To their work of devastation,
Settling down upon the corn-fields,
Delving deep with beak and talon,
For the body of Mondamin.
And with all their craflt and cunning,
All their skill in wiles of warfare,
They perceived no danger near them,
Till their claws became entangled,
Till they found themselves imprisoned
In the snares of Hiawatha.
From Ms place off ambush caime he,
Striding terrible among them,
And so awful was his aspect
That tJbe^bravest quailed with terror.
Without mercy he destroyed them
Right and left, by tens and twenties,
And their wretched, lifeless bodies
Hung aloft on poles for scarecrows
Round toe consecrated corn-fields,
As a signal of Ms vengeance,
As a warding to marauders.
Only Raihgahgee, tthe leader,
Kahgahgee, toe Ring of Ravens,
He alone was spared among them
As a .hostage for his people.
With his prisoner-string he hound htan
Led him captive to his wigwam,
Tied him fast with cords of elm-bark
To the ridge-pole of his wigwam.
Gahgahgee, my raven!” said he,
“You the lbader off the robbers,
Even as Hiawatha taught them.
Once when all the maize was plant-1 You the plotter of this misdhief,
mk ©d,
Hiawatha, wise and thoughtful,
Spake and said to Minnehaha,
To his wife, toe Laughing Whtert- {
“You shall bless tonight toe corn-
fields,
Draw a magic circle round them,
To protect them from destruction,
Blast of mildew, blight of insect, ■
Wagemin, the thief of corn-fields,
Paimosaid, who steals the .maize-ear!
“In the night, when all is silence,
In the night wjhein all is darkness,
When the Spirit of Sleep, Nlepahwtin,
Shuts the doors of “all the wigwams,
So that not an eiar can hear you,
So that not an eye can see you,
Rise up from your bed in silence,
Lay aside your garments wholly,
Walk around the fields you planted,
Round the borders of toe corn-fields,
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sixty bushels to toe here. Another in-
teresting exhibit Is a seventy-six lb.
watermelon which was raised from (Covered by your tresses only,
toe seed of one grown near Denison Robed with darkness as a garment.
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“Whereas, The Cotostitutton of Tex
ae discriminates against the establish
ment and maintenance of efficient
country public schools, withholding
privileges from the country people
which are fey the Oorwrt&tuMon and
statutes accorded to the people of
the cities and towns to the matter of
providing for the education of their
Children; and
“Whereas, The Thirtieth Legisla
Cure has submitted an amendment to
Section 3, Article 7, of the State CSon-
ttJtution relating to public free
schools, which if adopted fey the people
In the November election, will re-
re this unjust and unwarranted
last year .weighing ninety pounds,
a boon to raisers of live stock and the
small farmers who depend on toe some
what uncertain corn crop for their
foodstuff, Is the importation of Whip-
poor-will cow peas from Australia. “It
has been found,” says (Mr. White
that tots species of feed (far boars,
etc., is as nutritious and yields double
the amount to the acre as kindred
products that are so used.”
Another importation that Was proved
successful *n Colorado Is the Black
Durham wheat from Russia and in toe
estimation of Mr. White this can be
raised in other sections besides Colo-
rado. The value off the five headed
wheat (off Egypt, known in this coun-
try as Alaska wheat, he thought to We
much overestimated. It was claimed
■that this variety would yield 200 bush-
els to the acre, bust experience has
proven toait lilts yields is from forty-six
to thirty bushels and that It is not off
much ralue for milling purposes.
Mr. White Las been holding (meet-
ings throughout the State of Oklahom
and the display In general Is off a high
ly educational nature. The oar goes
from here to Jockslboro where It will
feature in toe three days’ fair to be
held there next Thursday, (Friday and
Saturday. One .hundred and thirty
boys ranging in age from 10 to 16 yeai
will participate in a dorp raising con-
test, toe result off which will be
brought to the Omaha National Corn
show to be held In December. It is
expected that two members from the
agricultural department ait Washing-
ton wlU Dae present at the fair.—‘Fort
Worth Record.
“Thus the fields shall be more fruit-
ful
And the passing of your footsteps
Draw a magic circle round them,
So that neither blight nor mildew,
Neither burrowing worm nor insect,
.Shall pass o’er the magic circle;
Not the dragon-fly, Kwo-ne-She,
Nor the spider, SubbekaShe,
Nor the grasshopper, Fah-puk-keena,
Nor the mighlty caterpillar,
Way-muk-kwana, with the bear-skin,
Ring of all toe caterpillars!”
On, the tree-tops near toe oom-fielids
Sat the hungry crows and ravens,.
Kahgahgee, the Ring of Ravens,
With his (band of black marauders,
And they laughed alt Hiawatha,
Till the tree-tops shook with laughter,
With (their melancholy laughter
At the words of Hiawatha.
“Hear him!” said they; “hear the
M^lse Man,
Hear the plots of Hiawatha!”
When the noiseless night descended
Broad and dark o’er field and forest,
When toe mournful Wawonalssa
Sorrowing sang among the hemlocks,
And the Spirit off Sleep, Nepahwwih,
Shut the doors of all the wigwams,
From her bed rose Laughing Water,
Laid aside her garments wholly,
And with darkness clothed and
guarded,
Unashamed and unaffrighted,
Walked securely round the corn-fields,
Drew the sacred, magic circle
The sympathy of friends to a river
flowing In a fair garden.—Disraeli.
Mow full of adventure to life! It Is
monotonous only to (toe monotonous.
—Disraeli. , • > <
The contriver of this outrage,
I will keep you, I will hold you,
As a hostage for yoiir people,
As a pledge of good behavior!”
And he left Mm grim and sulky,
Sitting in the* morning sunshine
On the summit of the wigwam,
Croaking fiercely Ms displeasure,
Flapping his great sable pinions,
Vainly struggling for his freedom,
Vainly calling on his people!
Summer .passed, and Sh'awondasee
Breathed his sighs o’er all the land-
scape,
From the Southland sent his ardors,
Wafted kisses warm and tender;
And the maize-field grew and ripened,*
Till it stood in all the splendor
Of its garments green and yellow,
Of its tassels and its plumage,
And the maize-ears full and shining
Gleamed from bursting sheaths of verd-
ure. f
Then Nokomis, the old'woman,
Spake, and said to Minnehaha:
Tis the Moon when leaves are fall-
ing;
All the wild rice has been gathered,
And the maize is ripe and ready;
Let us gather in the harvest,. *
Let us wrestle with Mondamin,
Strip him of his plumes and tassels,.
Of his garments green and yellow! ”
And the merry Laughing Water
Went rejoicing from the swigwam,
With Nokomis, old and wrinkled.
And they called the women round
them,
Called the young men and the maidens
To toe harvest off toe oom-flelds,
To toe busking of the maize-ear.
On the border of toe forert,
Underneath the fragrant pine-trees,
Sat the old men and toe warriors
Smoking in the pleasant shadow.
In unterrupted silence
Looked they at the gamesome labor
Of the young men and the women;
Listened to their noisy talking,
To their laughter an|d their Binging,
Heard them chattering like the mag-
pies,
HCard them laugMng like tote blue-
jays,
Heard them singing like the robins.
And Whene’er some lucky maiden
Found a red ear iln the husking,
Found a maize-ear red as blood Is,
“Nuahka!” cried they all together,
“Nushka! you shall have a sweetheart,
This picture shows the famous author and late editor of US'cue Remus’s—
The Home "Magazine, standing un’der his favorite apple-tree in the Big Road
on the Snap-Bean Farm—the whimsical name he gave hid beautiful suburban
home in Atlanta, Ga.—looking across his patch of collards, beans and corn. This
photograph was taken about a year before Mr. Harris’s death, and is regarded
as one of his best pictures. It was used as aa effective September cover de-
Cign for the Magazine which he founded. > y
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JUST RECEIVED
A Nice Line of Furniture
Consisting of Rockers,- Dining Chairs, Springs, Mattresses, Iron
Beds, Bedroom Suits. On this line of goods we propose to make
the prices to suit the times. Don’t fail to see our goods before
purchasing. You are cordially invited £0 make our Store your
headquarters while attending the Carnival.
LEATH FURNITURE COMPANY.
“Wlagemin, the thief of corn-fields!
Paimosaid, the skulking robber! ”
Till the corn-fieldis rang with laugh-
ter,
Till from Hiawatha’s wigwam
Kahgahgee, the King of Ravens,
Screamed and quivered in his anger,
And from all the neighboring tree-tops
Cawed and croaked the black maraud-
ers.
“Ugh!” the old men all responded,
From their seats beneath toe pine-
trees!
—Henry W. Lohgfellow.
Of her footprints round toe corn-fields.! You shall have a hhndBome husband!”
No one but toe Midnight only
Saw 'her beauty In the darkness,
No one but the Wawonaissa
Heard the panting of her bosom;
Guskewau, the darkness, wrapped 'her
Closely in his sacred mantle,
So that none might see her beauty.
So that none might boast, “I saw her! ’
On the morrow, as the day dawned,
Kahgahgee, toe King of Ravens,
Gathered all his black marauders,
Crows and blackbirds, jays and ra-
“Ugfr!” the old men all responded,
From toelr seats beneath toe pine-
trees.
And whene’er a youth or maiden
Found a crooked oar In husking,
Found a maize-ear in the husking
Blighted, mildewed, or misshapen,
Then they laughed and sang together,
Crept and limped about the corn-flelds,
Mimicked in their gait and gestures
Some old man, bent almost double,
Singing singly or together:
OCTOBER DAYS
Leaf and blossom of vine and tree,
Grasses of -meadow and weeds of
mire,
Autumn is gathering them all to be
Fagots rich for October's fire.
Smokelike haze over vale and hill,
Flames off scarlet and crimson
* bright,
Speckled and golden and brown and
bronze,
Field and forest a-flame with light.
All toe glory the year has grown,
Flash and flare into bdauty—so;
Feast the eyes on toe trappings
gay—
Soon the pageant will pale, we
know.
Gray and ashen the skies will lower—,
Gray and ashes the leaves (Will
fall;
Over toe paling landscape soon
Nature will gather her sombre pall.
Gather toe gold off the leaves that
hang
Like unto banners off brilliant
. dyes,
Press them, and hang them on home-
ly walls,
Fill them in corners for laving
eves.
Memory will cherish ' the waxen
things,
Keep them, for sake of the days
now fled; .
Embers they fior the fire of dreams—
When the glow of the autumn
world is dead.
—The Commoner.
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS
Do Not Endanger Life When a
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the Cure.
'Why will people continue to suffer
thte agonies of kidney complaint, back-
ache, urinary disorders, lameness,
headaches, languor, why allow them-
selves to become chromic Invalids,
When a certain cure Is offered them?
Doan’s Kdiney Pil’ls is toe remedy
to use, because ilt elves to toe kidneys
the (help they need to perform their
work.
If you (have any, erven one, off toe
symptoms off kidney diseases, cure
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work. There was an aching across
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