The Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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What lx the BMP
or the God-given power
jff and the i&me thing*
■^^■ijXt’x eee if
* tHfa a men one thouhand
mile* away from home; he can travel
back with his mind to hie home and
see It in hi* mind as plainly as to oan
see his hand not a foot beforehi| eyes.
to this formation and taxing power
of School district*
It Resolved by the Legislator* of
He can count all window*, door* and
m6*t TDl things in his mind and see
them plainly.
. Now, where Is the man that can get
I back home without making tin* road,
broader If he walk* or ride* V or, any-
way, It takes a broader road; but?he|
can travel it with his mind in the nar-
row v»y, and his mind is alt that can
travel the narrbw way. Turn to Rota.
8i?t Rom. 12:16, 2 Tim.
IjJ, 2 Tim. 2:8, Tit. 1:15,. Phil. 1:14,
Col, lra, mr2:i8, coi:~3rre; tcof.
1:16, I Cor. 2:16. Many more could |
s_ be liven but this Is enough. Now, we
have the Ruling Power of man and God
gave it to u*. Qc to Acts 17:24^25.
Wh at do we worship God with ? Horn.
7:25 will tell all men, not a few. Now
what do we worship God with? Turn
to Act* 17:24-25 and read, “God that
able school fund arising from all other
sources, wtu be sufficient to maintain
and support the public free schools of
this State for a period or not less than
six months in each year, and the Leg
isluture may alao provide for the for foutfT dl*4fl6to which
'T-
made the world and all things therein,
feeing that ph is lord of heaven and
earth dwelleth not In temples made,
with haudp; neither IS worshipped with
men’s hands as though He needed Any-
thing, seeing He glveth to all life and
breath and all things.’1
Now we see we can’t worship Him
with hands; then what with? The
mfnd; what the Bible teaches. Please
think one moment; take a man’s mind
from him then what is he? Just ablank
1* tal. Put a man under mental strain
and W how it affects the body. 1
will give one man one dollar that ean
show where we can serve God accept-
ably with anything irat-the mind.
God made our hands—He said We
coaid not worship Him with the hands
He mode for us. Then is there any
redfcqn in us to think w<*' cam with
oUr hahds make something to worship
Pod with? No, a thousand times no,
we oan not 1 The mind acts first, then
the jfody takes the tatnd away. Can
Aha body act intelligently ? No.
t’Ai Paul said in Rom. 7:25, “So then
..with the mind I myself serve the lawof
God, but with the flesh the law of sin. ”
The mind is bound to act first, then all
met and not before—the mind first, then
all the members. The mind is what
we hold our body in subjeetion-witbr’’'
John, in Revelations, was carried
away in the Sprit on the Lord’s Day
hid saw great things.: John's mi&d-
was what saw all Jheae. things. -Who
oan write anyDfung before they first
their mind ? Matt. 6:22-23,
ly ia .the. eye”Ta-
rnation of school districts by general
or Special law, without the local notice
required In other cases of special legis-
lation, and aH such school districts,
whether created by general or special
law, map embrace parts Of two or
more counties And the Legislature
shall be authorised to pass laws for
the assessment and collection of taxes
In allf said districts and for the man-
agement and control of the public
school or schools of such districts,
whether such districts are composed
of territory wholly within a county or
in parts of two or more counties. And
the Legislature may authorise jp ad-
ditional ad valorem tax to be levied
and ooUected within all school dis-
tricts, heretofore formed or hereafter
formed, forth®, further maintenance of
public free schools, end the erection
end equipment of school buildings
therein, provided that s majority of the
qualified property taxpaying voters "of
-the district, voting at an election to
be held for that purpose, shell vote
such tax, not to exceed in any one year
60 cents on tho 6100 valuation of the
property subject to taxation in such
district, but; the limitation upon tbs
amount of school district tax herein
authorised shall not apply to incor-
porated cities or towns constituting
separate and independent school fils-
\***- AEPiHs^ifir ,thgj^rbbajrxRsirbc
full of light.’’ Then
nway from you, haven’t you still got
two eyes? Yes, but what good do they
. do you? One place with a man in that
shape is as good as another as far as
* as he is concerned. Quite different
with a man that has his mind.
- Sinner. *
Wfifi’t Sllfbt a Good friend.
■ • I over need a cough ned
icino again I know wbat to get,”
declare* Mrs. A. L. Alley, of
V Beale, Me., *‘ for after using ten
bottfos of Dr. King’s New Dis-
covery, and peeing its excellent
results in my own family and
others, I am convinced itjs 4bc
—*- best medicine need for coughs,
polds and lung trouble.** Eve-.
! ry one who tries it feel just that
way. Belief is felt at once and
its quiok cure surprises you.
nor Bronchitis, Ast.bama, Hem-
orrhage, croup la grip, sore
throat, pain in ohest or lungs ite
supreme. 50o and $1.00 trial
. bottle free. Guaranteod by
Sloan Drug-Co. —-
Wiflie Padgett ~,and ..a num
. * ber of young people from Oak-
land went fishing last Saturday.
VVillie will state the result upon
; Implication.
CATARRH
ELY’S CREAM Balm
Sure to Give Satisfaction.
QIVKS RIMER AT ONOf-
It cleans#*, snofhfi), licnls ami protects tha
diseased ihrmbruno resultim* from Catarrh
iiWity 0 Cold iu * hr Head quiirklv.
the fiUu**s of Ta*to and Smell.
SMI to JSauAttUUtnj h4miuu» diifaa-
Applied Into the jn»trils and h)mm>Hs9<1
the Ruts of Texas;
•eelloa 1. Tf
That Section 3 of Article
V -of th* Constitution of tile State of
Texas be so amended as to hereafter
read Re follows:
Sec. g. One-fourth of the revenue de-
from the State occupation taxes
11 tax of |1 on every male In-
of this State between the ages
d 60 years shall be set apart
for the benefit ot the public
free school, and.fa addition thereto
there shall be levied and ooljected an
annual ad valorem State Ux of such
an amount, not to exceed 20 cents on
thg flftO valuation, as with the avail:
trlcts. | l MPPI
Sec. 2. That the above and fore-
going proposed amendment shall be-
ds ly published once a week for four
weeks commencing at least thins (2)
months before a special election to be
held for the purpose of voting upon
inch proposed amendment on the first
Tuesday In August, ISOS, in one week-
ly newspaper of each county ln the
state of Texas in which such newspa-
per may be published. And the Gov-
ernor shall and he Is hereby directed
:o issue the necessary proclamation
‘ssarv________________ ____.t___
’or the submission of this proposed Constitution validating school districts
*- **“ "* and school district bonds.” and those
opposed thereto shall have written nr
printed on their ballots the words,
“Against the amendment to Article 7
districts end schoot dlsuitil buudir
imendment to the qualified electors
for members of the Legislators. At
tuch election nil persons favoring such
imendment shall have written or
srtateik-on -their—baUote -tha .woods.
7—i no. “If therefore thln^ yor tha atneildraent. to Junction 2. of
Article 7, of the Constitution in regard
take the rated fomatloif end taxing poswrof
tchool districts,” ain( those opposed
thereto shall have written or printed
»n their ballots the words, “Against
the amendment to Section 3. of Article
f, of the Constitution In regard to the
formation and taxing power of school
iistrtcts.” ! .
Sec. t. That 96000 or as muck there-
N as mar be necessary, be and the
tame |s hereby appropriated out of
igy money In the Treasury not Other-
wise appropriated, to defray the'ox-(
tenses of advertising and holding the
dectlon provided for above. •~-r--------■■>■
(A true copy.)
W. B. TOWNSEND,
......6-w Secretary of Stain
Lived 152 Years.
Wm. Parr—England’s oldest
man—married the third time at
120, worked in the fields till 132
and lived 20 years longer. Peo-
ple should be youthful at 80.
Jamas Wright, of Spurlock, Ky.,
shows how to remain young. “I
feel just a 16 year old boy,”
he writes, “after taking six bot
ties of Electric Bitters. For
thirty year* kulnny trouble made
life a burden, but the first bot-
tle of this wonderful medieine
.convinced me I had found - the
greatest cure on earth.” They
are a godsend to sick rnn down
or old people. “.Kidney trouble
had blighted my life for months,”
writes W. M. Sherman, of Cush-
ing, Me, ‘U>ut Electric hitters
curyd tne entirely.** Only 50c
at Sloan Drug Co,
Woman, Lovely Woman.
Short Description of a Stylish Wom-
an— Hsr waist begins,Just below her
neck. Her taps have been planed off
even with the rest of her body. She/I*
usually buttoned up the back, and
around her neck she wears a section
of barbed wire, covered with lace. She
wears on hfer head a blonde haystack
of hair, and on top of thia a central
dome with rings about the same else
as those of Saturn. She Is swathed
in her gown , like an Indian papoose,
and on the eitaf of her feet are daba of
patent leather. She walks on sUlt-
llke heels,vqrAth the expartness of a
tight rope dancer. ' The pores of her
•kin are full of fine white powder, ;
This is a woman.—Harper’s Weekly.
- - Where the Drew tee Line:
“Do you regard the stage'** an
educator?’’ *“ \ . -■ • _
"Nut eXRftlyr
•ne. “It would be unfortunate if we
were to get oj^r ideas of society from
.\5 oent*. N 14h« problem play and our Ideas o*
cle 7 of the Constltutlma ofjie 8tatr
3a. validating school dUtrtcte aa#
" the bonded indebtedness of ouch dis-
tricts and authorising the levy and
collection-of taxes to pay
ili-btedUSSSir
Bo It Resolved by the Legislature of
the gtate of Texas:
Section t That Artlclo 7 of tho Con-
stitution of the State of Texas be
•mended by adding thereto a new sec-
tion, to be known as Section 3a, wkich
shall read and bq as foilowassc*-:'/.,
Sec. 3a. Every school pl^ki here-
tofore formed, whether formed under
the general law or by^pecial act. and
whether the territory embraced within
Its -bounds '
single county or partly In two or more
counties, la hereby declared to be, and
from its formation to have.JmsD, a ta**a i«vi» d and
valid and lawful district. penalties and ‘
All bonds Ti. retfore Issued by %B7
proved by the Attorney 0* n« ral aad
registered >y the Comptroller are here-
by declared to be, and at the time of
their lasuanoe to have been. Issued In
conformity with the Constitution and
laws of this State, and any and all
speh boqds ace hereby In aU things
validated and declared to be valid and
binding obligations upon the district or
districts Issuing the same, ?.
Each such-district 1* hereby author-
ised to, and shall, annually levy and
col!*-ct an ad valorem tax aufflclmri to
pay the Interest On all. such bonds and
to provider a sinking fund sufficient to
redeem the same at tnaturity, not to
exceed such a rate as may be provided
by law trader ether proviulema of this
Constitution. And nil trustees hereto-
fore elected in districts made up from
more than one county are hereby d<v
clarod to have been duly elected, and
shall be and are hereby named as trus-
tee# of their respective districts, with
power to levy the tax## herein author- ly newspaper of each
ixed until their auooeeaor shall bo duly
sleeted and qualified as is or saay be
provided by law. ^
Bee. 2. That tho above and fore-
going proposed amendment shall be
duly published once a week for four
weeks commencing at least three
months before a special election to
be held for the purpose of voting upon
towns within the State of Texan to
be incorporated by special act where
the population exceeds five thousand
inhabitants. “37 '
Be it Resolved by the Legislature of
the State of Texas:
Section 1. That Article 14,
4 and 6. be amended so that the same
shall hereafter read-aad befog follow*: '
Bee. 4. Cities and towns having a
population of five thousand or less may
be chartered alone ‘■by general law.
They may levy, assess and collect an
annual tax to defray the current ex-
penses of their local government, hot
such thx shall never exoeed" tor any
.SH of hne*pev sent,
and shall bfocollectlblefoaly in current,
money, and all licensee and occupation
id all fine*, forfeitures,
other dues accruing to
cities and towns .shall be -eoUeotible
ou ly in current iponey.
See. 5. • Cities haying more than five
thousand inhabitants may nave their
charters granted or amended, by spec-
ial act of the Legislature and may levyr
and collect such taxes as may
bn authorised by law, but no tax for
spy purposes shall ever be lawful fear
ally ana year which shall exceed two
and ode-half per cent of the taxable
property of such city; and no debt
shall ever be created by any city o-
towns unless at the same time pro-
vision be made to assess and collect
annually a sufficient sum to pay the
Interest thereon aad create a sinking
fund of at least, two per cent thereoa.
See. 2. That the above and fore-
going proposed amendment shall [be]
duly published once a week for four
weeks commencing at least three
months before a special elecdoa to be
held for the purpose of voting upon
such proposed amendment on the first
Tuesday in August, 1606, In one week-
county in the
State of Texas in which such a news-
paper may be published, and the Gov-
ernor bo, and he is hereby directed to
lasue the necessary proclamation for
the submission of this proposed
amendment to the qualified electors for
members of the Legislature.
^ At such election all persoaa favoring
such amendment shall have written or
Tuesday In August. 1606. in one weekly
newspaper of each county In the State
of TOxas fa which auch a newspaperU*0*6 «PP«m4
may pa published And the Gover&er ' written or printed
be, and he is hereby directed to issue
che necessary proclamation for the
submission of thia proposed amend-
ment to the qualified electors for
members of the Legislature. At such
election all persons favoring auch
amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words.
Ter the amendment to Article 7r of the
the same la hereby appropriated cut of
any money fa the Treasury not ether-
wise appropriated, to defray the ex-
penses of advertising and holding the
ilection provided for above.
(A true copy.)
W. B. TOWNSEND,
Secretary of State.
.Kills to Stop the riesi.
The worst foe for twelve years
of John Deye, of Gladwin, Mich ,
was a ruSmfiSHITftM. Ms paid’
doctors over 400.00 without ben-
efit. Then Bucklen’o Arnica
Sa[ve killed the ulcer and cured
him. . fcurea fever sores, boils,
felons, eczema, salt rheum*- in
fallible for piles, burns( scalds
outs, corns. 25c at Sloan Drug
Co.
Captain Stood Sentry Duty.
Captain Herbert Winslow,* U. S. N.,
who Is executive officer St the Charles-
town navy yard. Is a great stickler
for the honor of the service. The
other night he did sentry duty for
half an hour when he found an un-
guarded post. Captain Winslow dis-
covered that an entrance gate had
been deserted by >fhe marine.' He Im-
mediately assumed the man’s place
and had some minutes' wait before
he secured a messenger to telephone
tor .a marine relief. Until the post
Was manned by a new marine guard
Captain Winslow stuck it out in tha
cold and drlztle. ...— J
'.'-1— Orderly Wine Drinkere
"They let us play cards in pur win*
room." said the New York wine mer-
chant. "It is not against the law. It
would be if we sold whiskies, but
not .wine. The reason? Why, one iqan
out of ten gets ugly and quarrelsome
when he drinks whlaky, but ^»o mao
who drinks wine shows his true na-
ture In the name way. If those men
ovef there at that table were drink-
ing whisky instead of fine Rhine wine,
there would be a fight every ten min-
utes with the cops called In.”
J . . : Beys Will be Boys
and are«lwaya getting scratch-
es, cuts, bruise* sprains bumps,
bums pr scalds. Dpo’jL neglect
such ihihgs— they may. result,
ssrioufodl-Tott do. Apply Dal*
Jard'a Snow Liniment according
U». direction light away and it
will relieve the p<Qn and heal life
rot»b>«\ Price , ft<>cv and.
i.OlM *>y 11- s- Doty A
EtMflto find Tanks BftotskLfiy* *
©oiieotibtef AIL my old friejads ajjd the; general public are invited
to give me a call.
.. ~ ' **'' 1 - . m ”—- ;“:”v
Satiafatipn Guaranteed.
J NEWCASTLE, - * - - TEXAS.
THE ROOK ISLAND
Livery and Transfer Stable.
Sections 4 and 6, of the Constitution,
d those opposed thereto shall have
on their ballots the
words: ’’Against the amendment to
Article 11, Sections 4 and ! of the Con-
stltutl
Sec
on."
That 66000, or as much
thereof ss may be necessary, be and
the same is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, to defray the ex-
penses of advertising and holding the
election provided for above.
‘ (A true eopy.r
W. B. TOWN8END,
Secretary of State.
m-printed-
8£C » °L“ “P°,n ?5l2?,1 °<- Dr. i“>P’*
enwf as may be neeWsary he, OT ^>inV ^ain TablefS. AR^your
doctor or druggist if this formu-
In is not oomplete. Pnin means
congestion, blood pressure, head
pains, womonly pains, pain any-
where gat instant relief from a
Pink Pain Tablet. Sol by B.
8 Dpty dfc Co,
—--A—— L
South Jto
Mils Nora Burgess spent last week
with her aunt, Mrs. Sam Copeland; in
Graham.
Mrs. R. G. Pickling and daughter,
Miss Lucy, of Proffitt, passed through
the Bend Thursday en route to East-
land county to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ingram and grand-son,
Oscar Sherrell, spent Saturday with
Mr. Vaughn and faihily of the Lone
Star commuQj^ty. ,
J. J. Fawks and family went to Gra-
ham last week to trade and to visit
relatives and friends.
- Mrs. Jennie McCluskey and children
visited Mrs. Mollie Smith reoeotiy. ~
Misses Louvenia McPerran and Bet-
tie Darson visited pisses Elsie and
Josie Woods Saturday afternoon.
W. M. Goode, whilp cleaning out an
old tank last week', struck a, vein of
water. 1
B. F. and J. J. Scott made a busi-
ness trip tdr Graham last week. ‘~
M. S. Patterson has a nice garden
ami will make a good crop-if he don’t
pump the Clear Pork, dry before \\
rains again. We now kijow where to
go to get snap beans.
Floyd Buugesa and wife spent-fcat-
urday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bur-
ge*s- /N> ■
A.“ Love Is improving his place
by ^fencing his yard and adding an-
other water tank. He wants to get
w uter enough to run him until it rains
before the rivers go dry.
-Bass Kinsman and w’ife left Thurs-
day for Eastland county. Mr. Melton
and others will leave as soon as they
hear of some- other country where, it
rains at least twi^e a year.
Klxt. Joe Mayes presetted a fine ser-
mon at this place Sunday
■MY. TiTid Mrs. M. tCRarreJland sou,
Clark, visited W. Mk Goode and flnn-
^SouTh ifrnd has a fine crop of chick-
fon* ap*1 M tfaey grofo witiiout
rain.
Thu slngiiig Sunday afternoon was
well attendwh— v-
tr school wilt clo*e Friday,
%" wl 11 ’xtew'-lt u vie gTi<Io -W
travel over,11n Young county,
majority of Yftfaft w r-e n.
^hat effect In Solyirday s elecltOn
' L ^ tli/KSS A’’ * “
Our Rigs Are Be^L Try Us.
•a-.
—FARRi LOANS—
^ Jiave cheap money to lend on good farming lands.
Loans on either the straight, partial payment or full’pre-
payment plans. , Abstracts examined and correct titles
perfected at reasonable rates.
Correspondence' solicited. “ '
JOHN R. STANLEY,
Attorney at Haw.
Bowley Bldg . FORT WORTH. TEXAS. ‘
LYON HARDWARE COMPANY,
Successor U the J* B. Norris Haded
- Wars Company.
We beg to call the public at-
tention to the fact
May I. the J. i B Norris
Hardware Co., which long since
made a reputation for itself for
GkMifcrlaJfi’s ffakseat
Thfa is a new preparation aud
a good one. It ia especially val-
uable as a cure for ohronic and
mufioiriar rheuomatitm, and tor
^iat aIter Ihe relief from pain which it af-
fords In acute ioflamitory rheu-
matism. Those who have need
It hpve spoken of it in the high*
ware Co., who will be responsi-
ble and liable for aU assets and
liabilities now outatanding a-
gainst the J. B. Norris Hard-
ware Co. You are cordially in-
vited to visit our store and give
usa trial order.
Lyon Hardware Co.
-■ to* *y
Smashes ill Accord.
an alUround laxative and
health builder no other pilU oan
compare with Dr. King’s New
Life Pills. They tone and reg-
ulate the stomaoh,'liver and kid-
neys, purify the blood, strength-
en the nerves: cures constipation
dyspepsie, bilIiousnees, jaundice
honesty and fair dealing, will be t»ok.
s"tBooeedeor by- the—Lyon Hard- lame shoulder and atiff neck are
due to rheumatism ot the mus-
cles, usually brought ou by ex-
posure to cold or damp, and are
quick[y onred by applying this
liniment freely and massaging
the affeoted parts. Sorenesa of
the muacles wb«tb«r Induced by
violent exercise or injury, is at'
layed by this liniment. For
tlectlsa Order. N
Be it ordered by the board of tru*-
tee* of Graham Independent'(School
District'that an eleotion bS held at
the Court House in the town of Gr»>
I ham in said Graham Independent
J School District on the 7th day of
* . * «, - iJune, 1900, to determine Thither the
hoaduche, chills and malaria, board of trustee* of «eid district shall
Try them 3&c at Sloan Drug Co.
•—
have pow^r to annually levy and col-
lect a tax upon all taxable' property
Low Round Trip Fares
to a ! In seid Graham Independent School
« ■ » j : District, of and at the rate of not ex-
ban JtraZlClSCO and jocedingflftycentaon the S160. vein-
T ation of taxable propertyMn the dis-
JjOS ADgcieS .....^............ -j trict, such tax, if voted, to be levied
May 6th to 13th, and daily ’ “* «■'■«*•<* '«r lhe y«r. ieo», .n<i
from May x2('tli. Also
Seattle Exposition. Diverse
routes. Stopovers every-
annually thereafter unless It be
to continued as provided by law.
dis-
where.
Summer Turist Fares daily
from Juno 1st to all impor-
tatit resorts-in America.
“ Through Sleepers to Chi*
cago daily.
era who
John H. Wood Is hereby appointed
manager of said election, and he shall
select two judges and two clerks to
_ tn hold
None hut property tax
are qualified voteca in salt
de|»endcnt School DisUict, shall vote
at said election. .
’ 8. R. Crawford,
yres. Board of Trustees O 1. S. D.
It. V. Tidwki.i- ‘
1. SO.
assist him in holding same.
ie hut property tax pay<
u Grahm In-
. Regarding trip anywhere
write Phil A. Auer, G. P. A.
Fort Worth, Texas.
»« Do il Novf*
Now is the time to get rid of
your rheumatism. You o*n do
»o by »pplying' Chamberlain’s
Bast f-r Maralta.
A prominent teacher In one of the
Domestic Science schools in Mississippi
writes that she in u mg Cottolene In her
lesson* with excellent results. She
"For biscuit* Cottoi*na' t*\ all
OOUld be deal rad. The biscuit* are. _
and flaky, with none of that dtaacrbeuL
odor eften found In foods shorten*
With lard. Cottuiea* Is also an excel*
lent medium for frytfm.erouuettes and
douchauta It) ctvea them a dean, crisp,
brown crust.-v -' 1
Other noted experts, such to Mrt.
Rorer and M%pon Harland, have &vcn
similar testimony to the merits, of Cot-
tolene. M- is x cooking fat made from
the finest!vegetable oilsj it give* better
result* tliyBL lard, xnd « i* mutrh more
yr holcion^iutd
and economical xs well.
- ,~m. ♦ - •
are simply muscular rheumatism
,im ^ eoW- or damps or chrome
rheumatism, and yiald to the vig-
orous application o? this linimeal
8old by Slpan Drug Co.
and will appriciato anj informa-
tion from bis old acquaintances
that .will be Huitabis to u*#. ^
■ J, H, Fjhiicr,
Graham, Texas,
xz,
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Bowron, Frank H. The Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1909, newspaper, May 6, 1909; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth855030/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.