Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1912 Page: 2 of 4
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DOWN GO THE PRICES ON CLOTHING
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In order to reduce our Clothing stock, we have decided to make some prices that will move them. We have gone through our stock and selected three lots
that we have put the knife into good and deep. They are bargains and will go pretty rapidly, so in order to get your size, you had better come early. :-:
Lot No. 1
In this lot we have suits, former price from
$12.50 to $15, which we will sell at the ridicu-
lous price of . . ■
$9.90
Lot No.
In this lot there are Suits ranging in price
from $15 to $18.50—good Clothes, too—on
Which the price has been raised to
$12.10
Lot No. 3
This lot contains a line of beauties, which were
cheap at the price formerly asked—$18.50 to
$25. They are now offered at
$14.85
These Suits are absolutely uptodate, full length and full styles in every way, including some Alfred Benjamin and other good makes of Clothing. Our- object
is to unload. The terms On this sale are regular, that is, if you have an account with us we will charge at the reduced price. :: This is the chance of a
life-time to buy good, clean, uptodate Clothing right in the heart of the season at unheard-of prices. :: :: :: " :*• "
Good Goods
WILKINS, WOOD & PATTESON
Low Prices
PUBLISHED every
FRIDAY.
Signal Pub. Co. - Publishers
J. K, Lowry - - -
Editor
In Lamar county the Socialists
have nominated a full county
ticket and will give the Demo-
crats a try-out in November.
This will please the Socialists,
will not hurt the Democrats, and
will contribute to the gayety of
the campaign.
There is a new candidate for
Congress in this district. His
name is M. M. Morrison, his
place of residence is Denison.
We never heard of Mr. Morrison
until his announcement for Con-
gress appeared in the papers, but
he promises to begin an active
canvass soon and give all the
people an opportunity to see and
hear him. The new entry swells
the number seeking congression-
al honors in the glorious old
fourth district to ten. Since the
campaign opened one has with-
drawn and one has been eliminat-
ed.
IUEEN OF ACTRESSES
PRAISES PE-RU-NA.
Miss
h Julia
__””"|Marlowe
'/ am glad to write my endorse•
nt of the great remedy, Peruna. I
so most heartily.”—Julia Marlowe.
Lny remedy that benefits i digestion
engthens the nerves.
'he nerve centers require nutrition,
f the digestion is impaired, the nerve
iters become anemic, and nervous
nlity is the result.
EDITORIAL THRIFT AND A CUMEN.
Hon. Sid Thomas, an editor
who is resting up a bit while he
serves the state as Superintent
of the Deaf and Dumb Institute,
suspended a student for cursing
the other night. People natural-
ly wonder how Thomas knew the
mute was cursing, when it was
dark. It was this way: Thomas
knew the boy was mad, and, sus-
pected he was going to sling
some gems of profanity the
first opportunity; so he followed
the boy to his room. Presently
he saw blue blazes of fire, shoot-
ing up from the mute’s fingers,
and he had positive evidence
that the boy was cursing. No
such thing as putting profanity
over a pious newspaper man.
* *
*
Having lost his night shirt at
the Stamford meeting, Ashley
Evans sold his paper, the Bonham
News, and invested the proceeds
in another nightie. This shows
that you can’t down a Demo-
cratic editor; no matter how
great a calamity befalls him the
d. e. come up smiling. Ash
hasn’t got as good day-time
clothes as he had when he owned
a paper, but when the sable cur-
tains of night are drawn he
doesn’t have to sleep in a bolster
slip. ______________
Galveston is now connected
with the mainland by a great
causeway, which cost millions of
dollars. When the surging sea
emptied its waters upon Galves-
ton island a dozen yearte ago the
world said Galveston city was
but a memory. But since that
eventful night Galveston has
constructed a great sea wall,
raised the island several feet and
constructed a great causeway,
and is is making preparations to
be one of the great southern
cities. There’s lots of sand at
Galveston, and not all of it is on
the seashore; a goodly portion is
in the gizzards of the Galvesto-
nians.
EDITORIAL POETRY AND SONG.
START
The Old-Fashioned Paste Pot.
(An apostrophe to a sanctum
favorite sung at the recent meet-
ing of the Press Association by
the Signal editor. Printed here
because of shortness of copy)
How dear to my heart is that old-fash-
ioned paste-pot,
That sits on the table where copy is
made;
How often I’ve said it’s the best friend
that I’ve got,
For editorial writing it lays the pen in
the shade.
The old-fashioned paste-pot,
The tomato-can paste-pot,
The fly-catching paste-pot,
That sits on the desk.
The exchanges hover around that old
paste-pot,
The scissors lie near it whenever they
rest;
It says to the pencil you scribble the
worst rot,
But my editorials they shine with the
best.
The old-fashioned paste-pot,
The sour-smelling paste-pot,
The copy-swiping pastft-pOt£
That sits on the desk.
* *
*
THE EDITOR AND THE POLITICIAN.
An editor there was, and he loved to
eat,
(Even as you and I)
He had a wife and children sweet,
(He said his family couldn’t be beat)
And he longed to be able to dress them
neat,
Even as you and I.
A fool there was with a lot of space
(Even as you and I)
To sell to firms who want to keep pace
Who are willing to spend coin to win
the race
And believe advertising a means of
grace
Even as you and I.
A politician came with much hot air
(Right here I quit old Kip)
That fool who had nothing but space to
sell
Forgot that h enough t to dress his family
well
And instead of telling the politician to
go to hell
He let six full columns slip.
There will be no debates be-
tween the candidates for U. S.
Senator. Jake challenged Mor-
ris, but Morris said nay. Not
much has eyer been accomplish-
ed by political debates, and the
fewer we have of them the bet-
ter; and yet they are mighty in-
teresting in the summer time
when there are no circuses.
Political Intolerance
The Children
RIGHT
Their little bodies and brain need the best
and most nourishing foods to make them
grow up into strong, healthy men and wo-
men. Give them all the
Soda Pop and
Ice Cream
they want. These are pure, wholesome,
tissue-building foods that they’ll enjoy.
The soda water habit is a harmless one. .*.
Bring yonr children and enjoy yourself with them
Diedrick’s Confectionery
A brother of Ex-Attorney Gen-
eral Lightfoot has undertaken
the job of visiting every capitol
city on the globe, and to cover
the entire distance oh foot. In or-
der to do so he will have to walk
75,000 miles. He has been walk-
ing more than eighteen months
already and will easily complete
his walking stunt if he lives.
We have never been able to see
any good these walking visitors
do, but perhaps walking is easier
than some’ other kinds of work,
and we suspect it is more profita-
ble. Somehow, people like, to
give up their pocket change
when a crank comes through on
a mission that is worth nothing
to anybody on earth.
Those who fear paternalism are
seeing some real ugly ghosts
these days. It is very easy to
see that in a very few years the
state will say to the parents that
their children must attend school
a certain number of days in each
year. But this is only a begin
ning. It is also easy to see that
the state will say to the parents
that their children must wear
certain kinds of clothing to
school, and quite probable that
the state will say to parents that
their children must not eat cer-
tain kinds of food while attend-
ing school. Whether home rule
or state rule is the correct poli-
cy is a question all should begin
to study; it will be the paramount
issue in a very few years.
[A paper read before the Texas Press Asso-
ciation.]
As played now, Politics is the
coldest, clammiest game that
sensible, good people ever par-
ticipated in. May be it will start
something to say it, but I be-
lieve a fellow can come . nearer
living the life he ought to live,
and nearer preserving his own
self-respect while indulging oc-
casionally in a game of poker,
than while indulging constantly
in the game of latter-day poli-
tics. To give this a little more
force, let me say I have never
played a game of poker and
would willingly see a law enact-
ed making gambling in any form
a felony. Turn your minds for
a minute to the high game of na-
tional politics now being played,
but only for a minute—two min-
utes might cost you a dinner.
Two men of far more than aver-
age intelligence pawing up the
sacred soil of many states like
bellowing bulls of Bashan, and
calling each other liars with no
more blush of shame than such
language would bring to the
cheek of a slumgulleon. These
men have long been bosom
friends. What’s the trouble?
Politics, which, being interpreted,
means office itch.
If I were asked what is con-
tributing most to our bad poli-
tics, I would unhesitatingly say,
intolerance and partisan hate.
The political factions of to-day
are as fierce and almost as cruel
as the Indian tribes of a hundred
years ago. An issue springs up
almost as quicklv as Jonah’s
gourd vine. The papers have
something to say, then a few
speeches are made. In a few
weeks the people of every city,
town and hamlet are di vided into
factions, and a little later on
they are ready to fly at each oth-
er’s throats. An issue, which
may be either a man or a policy,
is usually good for eight or ten
years. In the past twenty-six
years we have had in the state
of Texas four issues, prohibition,
railway commission, the coinage
question, the Bailey question,
and prohibition again. The rail-
way commission was a question
for legislative action, affecting
only the positions of Governor
and Legislator, but candidates
for Comptroller, Land Commis-
sioner and other state offices
made it an issue also, and were
elected or defeated thereon. In
one county I could name the com-
mission was also an issue in the
races for Sheriff and County
Clerk. To say these things is to
cast a reflection upon the intelli-
gence of the people, but they are
true, and perhaps reflections
ought to be cast occasionally.
The coinage issue was a ques-
tion for congressional action, but
it is impossible to forget what a
part it played in the election of
state officers. Four years ago it
became necessary to send some
men to Denver to cast the vote
of Texas for William J. Bryan,
and the selection of the men cost
the people of the state more than
a million dollars and the raising
of more hell to the square inch
than was ever raised before any-
where. The issue was, from
whose side of the fence should
the delegates b e chosen. On
this issue I have seen men meet
in joint debate, neither of them
advance an idea, yet thousands
yelled themselves hoarse when
one shook his fist at or called the
other a liar. And even the se-
lection of delegates did not stop
the foolishness. I have seen men
vote for and against candidates
for aldermen because, according
to their view, the men were on
the right or wrong side of the
Bailey question.
The prohibition question is the
big feature now, and we are go-
ing to elect and defeat men for all
the offices, from Senator to Con-
stable, because of their views on
prohibition for the next few
years.
Why do we do these things?
Intolerance. I once heard a man
say he would never vote for a
d—d prohibitionist as long as he
lived, and a few months ago I
heard a man, who is rated intelli-
gent, say he would not vote for
an anti-prohibitionist for any of-
fice. I can remember w h e n
church intolerance was almost as
rank—in fact I have known good
people to keep their children
from a Sunday school picnic be-
cause ministers of a certain de-
nomination were on the program.
I am glad this part of the dark
age has passed away. But how
is the country’s politics to be res-
cued? It will be along, hard
job, but I am optimistic enough
to believe that a better day is
coming. It is as foolish to elect
or defeat a man on the prohibi-
tion issue to a position that car-
ries no executive or legislative
power as to hire a clerk or a
printer because he is a pro or an
anti.
What is the press’ duty?
First, to be tolerant itself, next,
to preach tolerance “-preach it
constantly and earnestly. There
are a few papers which will not
grant an opposing side a hearing
in their columns. This, in some
instances is due to the intolerance
of the editor; in other instances
it is a business policy. Patrons
have a way of terrorizing by
withholding, or threatening to
withhold support, when articles
not to their liking are printed,
even though the articles are duly
signed and perhaps marked as
paid matter. Above this terror-
ism the press must rise if it dis-
charges its duty to the public.
With shame - facedness the
writer of this confesses to a de-
gree of fright. Some two years
ago a man I believed to be a
good man—safe, honest and re-
liable, was the victim of much
abuse. I did not speak out in
his defense—why? It would
have cost me the good will and
patronage of many. At this
time I believe a prominent man
of the state is suffering bitter
persecution—a persecution that
is crippling his influence and
business, for no other reason
than that he dared discharge his
duty as he saw it. I feel that I
ought to lend my feeble efforts
in his defense, but to do so would
cause many to denounce me as a
tool of evil influences and the
supporter of a bad man—and
some of my limited patronage
would go glimmering. The men
mentioned are upon opposing
sides of the paramount issue, so
the issue has nothing to do with
my convictions. What is my du-
ty? To speak out in defense of
those I believe to be wronged,
you say? But, remember, I have
a duty to my family, also, and so
far I have looked upon the latter
as the paramount duty.
What is the remedy? More
sense all around, for tolerance
and courage to resist wrong are
evidences of a reign of sense.
Sometimes I am persuaded that
good results would follow if we
would reverse our good old Dem-
ocratic cry of “Measures, not
men.” Iam almost persuaded
i that I ought to say I had rather
risk one whom I know to be hon-
est and capable, even though he
does not agree with me upon
ephemeral issues, than one who
is lined up with me on issues,
but whose sincerity I know not
of or have reason to question.
Issues, when combined with de-
sire for office, make demagogues
and hypocrites. The candidate
who itches for office will find the
popular side and a way to get on
it.
In my opinion there has not
been a real high-toned, tolerant
campaign for Governor in Texas
since 1894, when Chas. A. Cul-
berson, Sam Lanham and John
H. Reagan were contesting for
the nomination. There were no
issues upon which the candidates
were not agreed. There was no
Secretary of Agriculture Wil
son accepted an ivitation to at-
tend a brewers’ convention, for
which he was not allowed to
attend a Presbyterian General
Assembly as a delegate. It will
be remembered that about four
years ago a luncheon was served
at the home of Vice President
Fairbanks, and that the menu
card carried at its head ‘ ‘Man-
hattan Cocktail.” For this in-
discretion Mr. Fairbanks was
defeated for delegate t o the
Methodist conference. We fre-
quently shed tears over the - sor-
rowful fate of great men who
are unceremoniously kicked off
into oblivion for toying with
beverages that are non grata in
religious society; and this sorrow
was largely responsible for our
great buttermilk propaganda.
When we look out upon such
political wrecks as Col. Wilson
and Col. Fairbanks w e take
fresh courage and swear by every
hole in the churn dasher that
the acidulated lacteal fluid shall
put cold water, spirituous and
vinous liquors over the dump,
and gladden the innards of the
people of every land and clime.
ANOTHER ONE
“Tri-Tone Drug Mfg. Co.,
Memphis, Tenn.
Gentlemen—
LAX-ANA
Is the best seller I ever handled,
and of the shipment I bought from
you recently I have only six bot-
tles left. You may ship me at once
three times the quantity I bought
last.
. LAX-ANA
Certainly must be a good prepara-
tion, because everybody who has
tried it say they will never use any-
thing else for Colds, LaGrippe,
Malaria or Constipation.
Yours truly, H. D. FELTS,
Dec. 2, 1910. Frayser, Tenn’
The Federal parole board are
in session this week and will pass
upon two cases from Texas—that
of W, R. Allen, who was sent up
from Enloe, and E. T. Cook,, sent
up from Savoy. Both men were
convicted upon the charge of
embezzling funds of banks with
which they were connected.
mud-slinging.no epithets, but a' Harvey W. Wiley, the
j . f . i, | great pure food apostle, the man
dignified campaign, a friendly, | who ^ everyt£ng according
cour eous mm2 ? *r0J? es to the laws of sanitary science,
tants and an old-fashioned Dem-
ocratic love-feast at the,,close.
While I am at it, I will say fur-
ther that we are not going to
have a dignified, tolerant cam-
paign this year. Good men are
has a baby at his house. The
great doctor is 68 years old and
the youngster who is only ten
days old, is his first heir; in fact
the doctor only joined the ranks
paign ii“» year, v^u 0f real respectability a year ago.
running, but factional hatred >s ter js t0 reared
abroad and candidates and voters accordi t0 rules of sanitation
are going to do whirling Dervish
THE STATE CONVENTION.
stunts. A studied view of the
situation convinces me that prin-
cipals and people are moved more
by a desire to down the enemy
and operate the steam roller than
to do the country real service.
This is politics to-day as seen
through my glasses. Quite a
and health. Under the eagle
eye of the scientific father, he
mustsleep in theair, he must wear
few clothes, and they must be
very simple and minus all pins.
He will be taught from the very
beginning to drink cold water
and plenty of it, not iced, but
naurally cool. He will be allow
Wilson Men Have Things Their Way
Down at Houston.
At the meeting of the State
Convention at Houston this week,
Hon. Cullen F. Thomas was
elected chairman, Cato Sells was
chosen for National Committee-
man, and the following dele-
gates at large to the National
Convention were chosen;
C. A. Culberson, Cone John-
son, Tom H. Ball, R. L. Henry,
T. W. Gregory, M. M. Crane and
Marshal Hicks.
Two delegates and two alter-
nates and one elector were chosen
from each of the congressional
districts—the delegates from this
district being Hons. R. E. Mer-
ritt. of Collin county, and H. B.
Mock, of Hunt county; M. C.
i Spivy and R. B. Semple, of Bon-
ham, alternates. W. L. Hay, of
Grayson county, was named as
presidential elector.
number of Texas newspaper men ed to eat no fruit until his third
have toyed with the pol.t.^1 bee | year and he w.n ^ allowed tQ
In Tuberculosis
CAMPS
a part of the regular diet is
Scott’s Emulsion
Its highly concentrated nutritive
qualities repair waste and create
physical resistance faster than
disease can destroy. All Druggists.
Scott & Bownc Bloomfield. N J 12-11
of recent years, and I believe I
speak the truth when I say that
everyone who has forsaken the
sanctum for the political goddess
has sacrificed peace of mind,
happiness, and money, without
enlarging his opportunity for
service or increasing the sum to-
tal of human happiness. Many
of them I know have suffered in
heart and purse from the wave
of intolerance now sweeping the
land.
There are a few editors who
are fighting intolerance and fac-
tional bigotry bravely—who are
discharging their duty in spite
of terrorism—they are suffering
perhaps in purse and in the
opinions of men, but I would de-
light to have their conscience
for a bed-fellow; and may their
tribe increase. They will proba-
bly be harassed into nervous
prostration, and will drive dan-
gerously near the door of the
county farm, but some day the
sacred soil will reverently bow
above their clay, and poets, and
writers of editorials, will sit
down upon their graves and do
them justice.
Champ Clark is the leading
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the presidency,
but Champ knows too much
about Democratic conventions to
turn loose the job he has until
the next one is cinched. So
Champ has announced for Con-
gress to succeed himself. He
believes he will be nominated,
but he does’t know it, and in
politics knowledge is worth a
great deal more than faith.
Gay-Ola is made from double-
distilled water. Drink it, and
save the crowns.
drink all of the pure cows’ milk
his little stomach will hold. Al-
though he is only ten days old
young Wiley is already pledged
in marriage to the daughter of a
friend of his father’s, the young
lady having first seen the light
of day on the day of her future
husband’s birth. It will be in-
teresting to watch the coming
along of this baby. The Signal
believes that in spite of all sani-
tation and science and dietectics
can do the youngster will have
the colic, and thq hives, and the
whooping cough, and the meas-
les, and that he will raise a rough
house every time he is attacked
by one of the infantile maladies.
Drop in a t Diedricks. We
will enjoy showing you our new
Onyx Soda Fountain.
ASHAMED OF HER FACE
“I was ashamed of my face,” writes
Miss Pickard of North Carolina. “It
was all full of pimples and scars, but
after using D. D. D. Prescription for
Eczema I can say that now there is
no sign of that Eczema and that was
three years ago.”
This is but one of thousands of cases
in which D. D. D. has simply washed
away the skin trouble. D. D. D.
cleanses the skin of the germs of Ec-
zema, Psoriasis and other serious akin
diseases; stops the itch instantly, and
when used with D. D. D. soap the cures
seem to be permanent. Nothing like
D. D. D. for the complexion.
Trial bottle 25 cents, enough to
prove +he merit of this wonderful rem-
edy.
We can also give you a full size
bottle for $1.00 on our absolute guar-
antee that if this very first bottle fails
to give you relief it will cost you noth-
ing.
Summer Tourist Tickets
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Dining
Cars
Through
Service
On Sale Daily During the Summer
LIBERAL STOPOVERS, c LONG LIMITS,
CHOICE OF ROUTES.
Sleepers Equipped With Electric Lights and Fans.
Talk It Over With Our Agents.
A. D. BELL, GEO. D. HUNTER,
Asst. Gen’l Pass’r. Agt., Gen’l Pass’r. Agt.,
Dallas, Texas.
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