The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 23, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BONHAM SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS
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entered at the Postofflce at Bonham,
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COMSTOCK A DICUS, Proprietors
E. B. COMSTOCK, Editor
L. E. DICUS, Business Manager
Men. who boast a low tax rate
for a County when no rdads are
improved, when public buildings
are unsanitary, when many of
the schools run but two and
three months each rear, when
farm demonstration work is held
at a discount, when County Fairs
are considered of no value, when
hundreds of bridge and culverts
are rotting away and in great
need ot repairs, are not the men
who should dominate the rule of
any County.
INSANE IN COUNTY JAILS
It was stated several months
ago upon good authort v
that there were confined in the
County jails of the State 342
insane people. County Auditor,
Will ^Harkins tells us, that it is
his opinion that the number of
insane today confined in the jail
ot the Counties would amount to
nearly one thousand. All of the
State institutions have been
filled to the utmost caoacity for
some time.
Everyone in Fannin County
knows that there have been in our
jail insane prisonersjso confined.
In doing this Fannin County has
done exactly the same as has
nearly every other County in the
State and as they are do*
ing today. The disgrace
of this condition,—and that
it is a disgrace The News
does not doubt,—tails most heav-
ily upon the State and upon Gov.
Colquitt, who by his veto ot an
appropriation bv the State Legis-
lature, for new buildings, made
State provision for these unfor-
tunates absolutely impossible/
This niggardly, parsimonious
pohey, the nauseating statement
by those in authority that “The
taxpayers have a right to be con-
sidered”,—a statement, * which
when made in the face of such
conditions as exist in Texas to-
day is but an insult to the com-
mon people of the State—this
curtailing of all appropriations
for the upbuilding of the educa-
tional and eleemosynary institu-
tions of the State,—these things,
The News believes, should cause
every sane, sensible man to rise
up in opposition to such condi-
tions and demand that sufficient
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money be spent here to put Texas
institutions upon the same level
as the institutions of the other
states. Gov. Colquitt’s veto will
keep the insane m our jails for
about two years to come. If then
the State does not elect a narrow-
minded, little Governor to the
foremost position in the state,
perhaps the unfortunates will
be cared for.
THE CLEAN.UP CAMPAIGN
The News is devoting a great
deal of space of late to the clean-
up campaign which is going bn
in Bonham. We are not doing
this because we alone are inter-
ested in this movement, but be-
cause it is the one MOST TALK-
ED OF SUBJECTS IN BON-
UAM and one of the most im-
portant. Thousands ot circulars
; iva been distributed on every
street asking that the people
Jean their premises. Sign9 have
j *en put up in hundreds of pub-
lic places asking that the public
'•utter refrain frbm his indecent
uabit. The garbage wagons ajre
busy hauling awav the dirt,
"ands of men are seeing that
lawns are mowed, weeds are cult,
that all low places are properly
/*ained, and that everything un-
sanitary is put hi a sanitary con-
dition as soon as possible.
The women, too, are busy,
vbout one hundred of them met
» i the Firemen’s Club Rooms Fri-
day. They formed themselves
ito eight separate organizations
* .presenting various Sections of
the city. They will work with
ie Clean-up commissioners in
eir effort to clean up the town.
The colored people are also at
jrk. They have organized,
hey will see that their sections
* the city are cleaned up in
oper shape. Their report is
iblished elsewhere in this issue-
If the Bonham Board of Trade
succeeds in starting in this Coun-
ty a successful truck and fruit
marketing organization, it wifi
have done tor the people here a
great work. Bonham never has
furnished a first class market for
anything except cotton and has
made but little attempt to do so.
The way to get the farmers to
raise crops other than cotton is
to make them certain that these
other crops will bring them more
money than cotton will.
The Fort Worth St’ar Tel-
egram is of the opinion that it is
just as much a breach of propriety
for Judd Lewis of the Houston
Post to expose his'bald head as it
is for a modern lady to wear a
slit skirt. It further remarks
that he should be tipped till he
can procure a wig.
Gov. Colquitt’s idea of a
great educational institution
must be one that can run itself
without money.
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The remarkable statement* is
made by the Bonham News, that
larger crowds attend Sunday
school in that town than attend
the baseball games.. Mt. Pleas-
ant and other Texas towns,
where the women are supposed
to be widows, because they have
no male attendants at church,
should proceed at once to get the
Bonham idea.—Burnett’s Bud-
*ett,
No ordinary base ball game
here in Bonham attracts the at-
tention of the men that the Sun-
day School attracts. If it did the
park would have to be enlarged
And another grand stand erected.
Last Sunday although it was
pouring down rain all of the
while, 86 men registered in one
class in one of our Sunday
schools. Had it been a pleasant
day there would have^ been many
more there. The women can’t
keep their husbands home from
Sunday school and, try as they
mav,they can’t get some of them
to take even a respectable inter-
est in the greht national game of
base ball. Come to Bonham.
“If I had a legislature that
would back me I’ll say to you
that Texas today would be in the
front rank instead of the back,”
was the declaration made by
Governor Colquitt in his Dallas
address. And if Texas had a
governor like Dwight Lewelliug
and a legislature made up of Col-
quitts then what? “There wduld
be hell to pay,” as the parrot
said to the monkey.—Ft. Worth
Record-
Governor Colquitt will go down
in history as one who did more to
hinder the advancement of edu-
cational institutions and curtail
the needed improvement of all
State institutions, than any other
man the State has ever put in of-
fice.
Why Not?
Collier’s.
If Congress can make inter-
state traffic in women a crime,
and.the Mann white slave act ap-
plies to the cases of Diggs and
Caminetti, why shouldn’t Con-
gress make interstate traffic in
the product of child labor a
crime? This suggestion of one
of our correspondents is not so
unpractical as it sounds. Let it
set you to thinking. Legally, it
is not yet a crime in most States
to rob little children of the right
to grow up. Morally, it is as
criminal as trade in women’s vi
tue,
CUBAN POLITICSm^P^HHWM^H
IN CHAOTIC SHAPE An Eight-Year Competitive Test
paint
President Arrayed Against All
the Spoilsmen.
ENEMY OF DEMAGOGUES.
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Ability to Get Jobs Valuable Asset on
the Island—Former President Gomez,
Popular With the Masses, Not Ad-
verse to Serving Again—Conditions
Are Summed Up in Nutshell.
Havana, Cuba.—Many In close touch
With the ins and outs of Cuban condi-
tions, political and commercial, be-
lieve the republic faces the most seri-
ous problem since the American flag
was lowered from the national palace.
It will require skilled diplomacy, po-
etical craft and a firmness yet un-
known in Cuban affairs to bring about
a stable solution. It- Is generally be-
lieved that President Menocal is strong
enough to tide his administration over,
but it is also conceded that he has a
strenuous proposition on his hands.
He Is apparently trying to give an
honest and capable administration, op-
posite to what many politicians and
their adherents want
The successful politician in Latin
America, especially Cuba, is he who
can provide the most Jobs for his con-
stituency. Ability to get jobs is a
valuable political asset Tire average
henchman knows but little and cares
less about matters of state. He wants
to get on the government payroll, and
he doesn’t relish any position that re-
quires much physical exertion.
Briefly, Cuba at present faces con-
ditions ^ that might be subdivided into
fourt parts: •
First.—A chaotic political condition and
the attempt of professional politicians and
those who crave power to overthrow the
influence of and discredit the Menocal ad-
ministration.
Second.—The action of congress in re-
fusing to accede to the wishes of the pres-
ident and temper the “immunity clause”
of the constitution so that its members
would not be entirely immune from civil
courts.
Third.—The recent presidential decree
that dissolved the Ports Company of Cuba
and annulled millions of invested foreign
capital, which may serve to.cheapen the
commercial integrity of the republic with
foreign investors.
Fourth.—The recently enacted military
retiring law, by which nearly 100 army
officers have been retired and which polit-
ical factions have seized upon for cam-
paign material to stir up discontent in the
Army.
Cuban politics probably has not
been so thoroughly stirred up and dis-
organized since President Taft and Dr.
Alfredo Zayas overthrew the Estrada
Palma administration and set up the
government of 1906. The last presi-
dential election shattered the Liberal
party. The “patriotic conjunction,”
composed of Conservatives and “As-
bertistas,” exiles from all parties,
elected Menocal. His inauguration in
turn shattered the Conservatives, so
that now he might be called a presi-
dent without a party. It is generally
conceded that the party is broken up
beyond reorganization. The last con-
ference of the leaders resulted In
Widening factional breaches, and Dr.
Enrique Jose Verona, vice president of
Cuba and president of the Conserva-
tives, was called upon to resign the
leadership.
The row among the Conservatives
was brought about by the apparent
honesty of Menocal. They wanted the
“rascals turned out” and themselves
ensconced in political Jobs. The “As-
bertistas” also wanted a pro rata of
jobs for their part In the “patriotic
conjunction.” Instead of listening to
party clamor, Menocal set about presi-
denting in a business way. Where a
man of opposite faith was efficient he
was retained in office. This policy was
also adopted by Colonel Charles ^ler-
nandez, the new postmaster general.
This line of official conduct could
not be reasoned out by the politicians;
consequently the howl they raised
Could be heard from one end of the
Island to the other. A senator from
an interior province, soon after Meno-
cal took office, sent one batch of fifty
men to Colonel Jose Villalon, secretary
Of public works, saying they were hls
political allies, and asked that they
be provided with government jobs..
The refusal of congress to temper
the “immunity clause,” which allows*
members to slay aud pillage without
fear of civil courts, was a slap at the
president. This wrangle grew out of
the killing of General ^rmando de-J.
Riva, chief of the national police. Un-
der this clause the expressed consent
of congress must be obtaiued to allow
civil prosecution, but public opinion
was so strong that congress consented
to the trial- of Senator Morales and
Representative Arias, but refused to
further modify, it. President Menocal
used bis strong influence and sought to
tvield the ‘‘big stick,” but congress
pimply “set down in harness” aud ask-
“Wbat are you going to do about
t?” Anti-administration forces rallied
congress and prevented a quorum,
nd the president was left high and
fy. In the meantime the hearing con
nues.
“Deaf Mutes” on the Run.
Sacramento, CuL—Motorcycle Polhre-
raan Brown chased a couple on another
motorcycle eighteen miles the other
night. When Brown overtook them
and began a lecture on the evils of
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tages oovered with *1081X0 PAIST" are In better condi-
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are large, paint-users, and are very careful
in selecting the best paint money can buy.
In order to determine which paint would stand
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for an eight-year endurance test, Rising the
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Don’t experiment with unknown Paint—you
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Mastic Paint never varies in quality, it always
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Ask For beautifully illustrated hook
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color card showing 45 color combinations.
W. P4CLAYPOOL
Bonham, Texas
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MILLION BARRELS OF
FOREIGN FLOUR IS
SOLD IN TEXAS
ANNUALLY. .
Texas Millers Heavy Purchasers
of Oklahoma aqd Kansas
Wheat
Industry Susceptible to Mar-
velous Development.
The flour mills of Texas consti-
tute one of the most important in-
dustries in the State. According to
the Federal census report of 1910,
we have' 238 mills, employing 1,899
people and representing an invest-
ment of $13,219,000. The industry
has shown an increase of 118 mills
and an increase of investment dur-
ing the past decade of $9,236,000
and now ranks third among our in-
dustries as tp capital and second in
value of its output.
We have a flour milling capacity
of 7,800,000 barrels annually. The
average consumption per capita is
about one barrel per annum or ap-
proximately 4,000,000 barrels, leav-
ing 3,800,000 barrels to seek an ex-
port market. A few mills not able
to enter the export trade have been
compelled to shut down for want of
a market, although a million barrels
of foreign flour are sold in Texas
each year. The patronage of home
industry would open these mills and
give employment to 500 people and
increase the demand for wheat raised
by the Texas farmers.
The miller is perhaps, the only
manufacturer Texas that has out-
grown the raw material produced on
our farms. We produced last year
11,025,000 bushels of wheat which
is 25,000,000 below the annual ca-
pacity of the mills. The Texas mill-,
ers are heavy purchasers of Okla-
homa and Kansas wheat. A number
of the Texas mills have built up an
extensive export trade with Central
America, Cuba, Porto Rico, * and
quite a jfew of them go to England
end the Continent with a consider-
able bulk of their output.
The opening of the Panama canal
will enlarge the marketing zone of
the Texas output and call for an in-
crease in.the area of our wheat fields,
but both the farmer and the miller
need the friendship of the consumer
in building up our flour industry.
rious kinds ot soil were discussed.
Hunt County farmers have not
thus far been seriously confronted
with the problem ot replacing
their soil, and they will not be
for some years. The black land
is very fertile, and it has not
been worn out by years of use, as
have the land ot some of the old
States. But sooner or later the
black land will-wear, as will the
other soils—unless precautionary
measures* are taken. As was
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brought out in the discussions
of the demonstration agents
Monday* the best way to properly
conserve the soil is the rotation
of crops. In this respect our
ignorance has already cost us
much of the soil’s fertility. There
are hundreds ot acres of land in
Hunt County that have never
been plowed for anything except
cotton.1 The result of this is that
the properties of the soil re-
quired for the growing of cotton
are exhausted a great deal more
quickly than the other, nor is
there any opportunity for their
replacement so long as cotton
continued to be grown there year
after year.
' The same is true, in a lesser
degree of corn or any other crop,
A little rotation would be the
means of conserving this soil per-
manently. Supplementing the
good which may be done by rota-
tion, drainage and terracing are
useful. 1 Local agent, John H.
Erickson has already prepared to
do work in Hunt County in these
lines, and a good start will be
made in that direction during the
coming winter.
Crop rotation has been urged,
by press and advocates ot better
farming, for a number of years,
but many of the farmers have not
yet become sufficiently informed
to realize the disadvantages at-
tendant upon the planting of one
crop on the same land, year after
year. That will only come with
time and experience. The effica-
cy of drainage and terracing will
have to be demonstrated.
Will Furnish Sims.
The Board of Trade is jnst in
receipt of a letter from the Good-
rich Tire Co. saving that they
will furnish large enamel signs
for the Ocean to Ocean Highway
through Fannin County. This
is pronounded by the Ocean to
Ocean Road Pilot to be the best
pice of road from California to
Texarkana.
LOST!
A Scotch Collie Pup with sea r
over left eye. A reward of $2.50
will be given for any information
leading to its recovery.
A. L. Springfield.
Bonham R. F. D. No.2
J. R. Edwards of Ladonia was
in Bonham Saturday attending
Court, He says that he is going
to farm the coming year for the
first time in ten years.
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tannin County Rational 33ank
of 33on ham, Tjexas
Capital Stock paid in $100,000.00
Stockholder’s Liability $100,000.00
Surplus Fund $ 50,000.00
clearly black and
all the difference.
white, that is
An Interesting Meeting,
Greenville Herald.
The Northeast Texas Agricul-
tural Demonstration Agents are
holding a meeting in Greenville,
The subjects discussed are prac-
tical, and the general public, es-
pecially the farmers should be in
attendance at the meetings.
On Monday the subject of soil
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Comstock, E. B. The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 23, 1913, newspaper, September 23, 1913; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth898881/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.