The Bonham News (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 102, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1917 Page: 3 of 4
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THE BONHAM SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS
Pact TKfm
THE KILLING OF A DEER HOUND
ELECTS A CONSTABLE IN
DISTRICT 7.
13y Dr. Jno. Cunningham
“If you were meant for bigger things
' The way you work will prove it,
No matter where a genius sings the
The world in time will know it.
We do hot give a tinker's dam
For status or tradition,
If you but prove yourself a man.
Away back in the early ’70 s tnis
comic event went into history after
the unique and tiranical days of Re-
construction that tried the souls of
heroes. The starting point of this
transaction—that is the electing a
man to the important office of con-
stable who could neither read nor
write. And then the cause of the il-
literates running for the office was one
we dare say was never dreamed of
or practiced before. The idea was
qnique, original and romantic. It was
at a house raising near the town of
Ivanhoe where Dock Sandford first
conceived the idea of (his own lan-
guage) denouncing >himself for the
office of constable. In those hospita-
ble wild and wooly days the neighbors
helped each other. A new comer
needed a dwelling. He would go to
the woods, cut and haul the logs and
broad timSer.
The new comer would then go
round and invite everybody within a
radius of 7 or 8 miles, sitting the day
of house raising. The evening before
he would slaughter a hog or maverick.
On this particular occasion early
morning found quite a crowd of help-
ers on hand to build the walls, lay
the floors and carry roofage up the
stick and mud chimney, altogether. So
before the setting sun frequently the
new family would move in. But dur-
ing this day everybody talked* of their
exploits in hunting and fishing, etc.
Among the great crow’d was the dis-
trict No. 7 constable, a splendid gen-
tleman and regarded by every one as
• most excellent officer and candi-
date for re-election. And by the way,
the officer was on one occasion dur-
ing the day amusing a squad of vo-
ters by ’giving sonic of his experi-
ences in deer hunting. He stated that
he had recently bought a newT double
barrel shot gun and was anxious to
give her a tryout. A few morn-
ings back he had heard a pack of j
deer hounds opening up on a deer
trail coming down hurricane ridge.
He grabbed his new gun and cut
across to a stand. The deer had passed
before he reached the stand, but the
hounds were speeding down the ridge
in full voice. But failing to get a
shot at the deer, he just thought he
would try his new gun on the leading
hound, (his fatal shot) one. hundred
and fifty yards. At the crack of the
gun the leader summer-saulted a
death leap. Then he knew his gun
was a good one. Dock Sandford was
standing on the outer edgd'of the lis-
tening groug. At this exciting mo-
ment Sandford excitedly spoke up,
“Was the head of the hound you killed
white?” Officer replied it was. “Was
his hind legs white?’” They were.
“And what color was his body?” The
officer said black. That was my dog
said Dock. All of these questions were
asked in an excited style as the evi-
dence grew stronger Dock’s excite-
ment mounted higher on the dog
question. At .this juncture Dock
Sandford wildly jumped to his feet
exclaiming that he could and would
wallop any man who murdered his
dog utftler like circumstances, . and
made an impetuous dash for the of-
ficer. But two or three stalwart by-
standers grabbed him qn the dash.
A gigantic struggle followed. Dock
seeing that be would not be allowed
to tackle hfe dog slayer in a fisti-
cuff battle/then proceeded to hurl at
the officer a red hot lot of gall and
bitterness, and winding up his tirade
with the injunction that as he was
not allowed to whip him in a fist
fight he, Dock Sandford, would whip
him in his race for constable. “And
I herby denounce myself as a candi-
date for constable of District No. 7,
and I ain’t got no book learning,
neither. But I’ll wallop you in the
race all the same.”
But nevertheless the dog scrimage
the house was finished up for occu-
pancy. as the sun hid itself behind the
western hills. The romantic news of
Dock Sandford’s being a candidate of
Keep Money in Your Pocketbqok^
Buy
f Rev. J. R. Wages of Bonham filled'
i his appointment at the Methodist!
j church Sunday.
Mrs. C. R. Wainwright and children
I went to Ely Saturday night to attend
j /j I the exhibition. They report a nice
time.
^ Most everybody took advantage of
j good Friday and .finished planting
f j their gardens. This writer planted
some Thursday, some Friday and fin-
ished Saturday. We are going to
watch and see the difference;
Homer Sledge is just getting over
a tussle with wlioopuig cough and
j measles.
! T. F. Sledge had a close cal! a few
| days ago. While hauling wood his
-'team became frightened and ran;
away, tearing the wagon practically!
all to. pieces, and cutting the mules',
lip some. Had it not been for Mr.,
Sledge rolling; off in a ditch, be would
have had his legs crushed off. .
J. L. Hammond went to Taylor-
ville Monday to see his son, Lara, and
family, who are sick with measles.
The children-are up and Mr. and Mrs.
Hammond are some better.
Mrs. J. P. Hayton and Ulamay of
Bonham came out a few days ago and
spent the day with us,
—Uncle Watt.
Overnight IsStLoms
Gives you
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with maximum
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LOW LIST NON SKIDS
The Tire For All Seasons
In the final analysis of tire value comes the element of mileage
and first cost. You can't buy any tire that will give you greater
mileage. Returns prove it. And the price - of Fisk Non Skids is
less than the plain treads of several other standard makes.
Buy a set of Fisk Non Skids and make your ,
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R* R- MORCHN, Ector, Texas
Thh Second District Conference of
Parent-Teachers Association will
meet in Dallas, April 19th and 20th.
Special rates all lines of two
and a half cents U effective, also on
Lnterurbans in parties of twelve or
more a reduction of 25 per cent off
regular rates is effective.
All meetings* to be held in First
Presbyterian Church, centrally loeatjed.
The delegates are to be guests in
the Dallas homes during the. Confer-
ence. Respectfully,
Mrs. Henry Wlggs;
Press Chairman 2nd Dist.
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GREAT
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Gospel Meeting
First Christian Church
BONHAM, TEXAS
EVANS,
, Bonham,
AN ADDITION TO PARIS
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE!
district' number 7, went out from and
was newsed by the house builders all
over the district.
Dock went home chock full of vim;
vinegar and get-up-and git. The next
morning Dock hired a 14 year old boy
to take his place with Susan ami the
kids in the crop. Then Dock hit the
tiail.as a campaigner for con,stable
in ,an election barely six weeks off.
Dock rode the highways, the byway -
and hog paths, where he could not
ride he walked. He lei no voter es-
cape. His principal theme and thun-
der in the campaign was the tragic
story and sad ending of his old (i<>g
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trailer and leader of his pack.
Dock first saw the light of day in
the mountains of grand old Georgia
near the home of Bill Arp, the great
war humorous and writer and Dock
had imbibed many of the humorsj of
this great jwriter which added much to
the romance of his campaign. One
jear after the camp fires of the great
war had burned out Dock was on the
overland trail for Texas. He had
painted on his wagon sheet "For Tex-
as or bust,” with a coon skin cap on
his head. It was Hon. Henry Water-
{son who said 4 years in
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EDHlBE NEWS
w h. ci. h other how thjc young corn and beans came
tliat he would*become one of the best
- -‘able- jvis ■'riec.-tnetever had. ---.—
'then th crowd would give wild April. 9.-—We had quite, a rough
cheers add yeliV.. -While everybody Easter spell, cold and blustery. Just
laughed, aim; talked
ard l'i».k, they ail rifgardcd Dock's
camph a-i the hugest joke of Slate
cam .itThe. election was held
l it .. j November < no telephones at
ti.al tirijc); The next-day tic- new.,
came’ rushing out of* Bonham < where
all the boxes had to be counted) that
Dock tSandfbrd had -wept the field by
a solid majority. -The old officer be-
came so. disgusted, at ii s defeat or
Dock s election .tha1 he .-bid out his
through without being killed is a mys-
tery . It was cold enough for fire,
and Saturday night looked as though
.things freeze. Sojne parties
that were Out until after two o’clock
Saturday^iight, said there would be
h e by nfoming. The only reason thal
l can see why there was no ice. the
wiijd blew so hard and kept the water
m sudi a wave', it was not still long
enough to freeze. Beans show some
farm, loaded hi- go* **..-. or. wagons and sign of the cold, spell, the leaves look
struck out*Tor the -eU . .. -un. v like Were scorched. ,
Dock: Haiidfoid. wa.- ‘ii remark able, April, so far, has put in eight days
trim :> .-^e, ....n ,~pec‘s. A- a farm- of strong wind, but today (Monday)
or be was above the ave age of Hi- is a beautiful still day. It is to be
day, A;-' a hunter and , fisherman, he hoped that the cold weather is} over
was an cxeprt in. both avocations, and that we will- have some warm
Also an. expert salesman of the pro- ’ weather now, as we have had the
ducts of each. He provided \yell for whipporwill spell and the blackbird
=fcis family. Had ' mj book-learning ! speli and Easter spell. T
sense, but a good size head chuck { I walked up to J. L. Hammond’s
J fil'd of wild bor.se anil w ild Hog ? few days ago to look at his storm
! sense. Df hi- mean.- was ever ehari- cellar that he was just about finish-
! table to the poor. After Dock had j ing. He has it all done except the
the Confetl- ' eifffved his term, as a peace officer, the| door shutter. It is walled up - with
erate armv was as good education as ^nVt 7*bHtk a,1,i ls a ,lan,*-v' t'nd<* Jess‘‘
years in Yale college. Thus' was Ihat n'' ha,! wf ,h° >^‘1 w.fe-are numbered with ou
Dock armed and equipped (Daw eon.-tabU-.- the dudriAJiad ever ha*i. friends; Just these two-live
Crockett like) in his own He bever nia.le a mistake m serving
CALOMEL DYNAMITES
A SllIU LIVER
Crashes into sour bile, ma
you sick and you lose
a day’s work.
ly call attention to his
would explain to them that b\
time of swearing into office came he
couM so disqualify himself, that he
would have no trouble in swearing
himself into office to a dot.
Then cheers and yells would frazzle
the atmosphere:
“His words were simple words enough
And yet he used them so
That what in other mouth.- was rough
In his seemed musical and low."
During the campaign Do* k r • *-T i .
attended all public camp and prayer
meetings, regardle.-s of sects, hor.-e
races, or shooting matches, taking ar
active interest in ail of th* m. 1: th*
j meantime Docls-oppom t was ac.-r
j ir.g up his sleeves at D<>< not. -<
and seein.to be happy and en,
life. \Ve wish them much hap
in their deelinifig years. '
Robert-Ballard ami family of
alone
oying
liness
(Daw
originai! He ^vt*r a
way. Dock in his many harrangues ",an Vff eVf* l,,°
with his constituents would occasional-* j a,1<* v ' ' • H"-k *
illiteracy. But i f*T *h< courts and justice. Dock was
tjHVia g»eat »ivilizer.. H • ff-ared no evil | land were in
• to* . Th*i' poo* and k r <. •-••a-ted. hs * the gu< sts of Neal Cotton and.familv.
our community Sunday.
al ow■ o’ "iu- to t-rar’>!< his rights
and °njoy go**d health.
In the m« tntime the hi ><* had he-
tom'- a church meir bi-r. 11 * pas.ki-tl
inva. ,-om*- J5 \ t a - back of typhoid
fevtr. \V.<- h*>be is nil .-e<i to th'
lVariv tlates grid r<-t; ti* < at h: the
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shadihg' Hoi a«s arouiel • • •
heaven.
The world go* up tin- \w>ilil goes
<iowTi. .
The .-unshiii.' fofjpw.- *’:> gain
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Dak-
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school
anti frivolity. Thus the campaign ■
, e«i on m District 7. Dock - i **ir.,*f
wit. humor anti bragat za- wen im
talked of than Hon. John !>• ..
sTcanditlate foi govi -
T ... . • I Dock Could get a crowd, m a •
Calomel a<-ta like dynamite on a alii*- [ ^ to,,k thr stum''' H’ ” ’
giab liver. . When calomel cornea- into discourses! upon the tru* ami < v*
contact wfith sour bile it crashes into it, t lovalty of the dog to‘h mad
causing cramping and nausea Hc would trll how th*- dog weu *i ■
If you feel bibou-*, headachy, consti-
pated and all knocked out. just go to ! to hm ma-tm in
your druggist and get a 50 cent bottle j povertv, when h«- had not a n ou
of Dodaon’a Liver Tone which is a harm- ^ „f bVfa,L to „ , h:i. w
I esc vegetable substitute for dangerous I
calomel. Take a spoonful and if it |'ir bv his ma.stei m> hi 1><. <*.- <
doesn’t start your liver and straighten ease and death. Would ofh>w
you up letter* and quicker than nasty | corpse to a cold am < he* i
calomel and without making you sick,
you just go back and get vour money.
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grave an*l had been known the
If you take calomel today you’ll be f remain and grieve and h*>u - I
sick and nauseated tomorrow; besides,
it may salivate you, while if you take
Dodaon’s Liver Tone you will wake up
feeling great, full of ambition and ready
for work or play. It’s harmless, pleas-
ant and safe to give to children; they
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ever-faithful old d*>n Irnv j
Dock would oecasiona. ••
and say that he believ* that
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Paris Comm.i rcial Cojlbge is now- j
installing a telegraphic department to’
become a permanent feature in this
school. We are fitting o(il a com-
plete equipment, and will beT ready for
opening, Monday, April .15th. Every- j
thing will be iu first-class condition,
and an instructor of years of experi-
ence both as operator and hs teacher
will be in charge. j
This department is installed in re-
sponse to continuous inquiries in re-
gard to telegraphy in connection with
Paris Commercial College, and we are
taking this opportunity to let those
who are interested know of this de-
partment. j
As a special inducement to have a
good class from the beginning, we will
make a reduction of 20 per cent on
the first month's tuition tio all stu-
dents who enroll and pay for their tu-
ition before April 16th. This school
will be run on the monthly tuition
plan strictly. Pupils who desire to
pay for more than one month’s tui-
tion in advance will receive a 10 per
cent reduction dn the reguljar month-
ly tuition rates.
If interested, call at the college of-
fice or write by return mail.
Very respectfully,
PARIS COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
The- Baptist Sunday school . here
sei-med to take on new life Sunday*
taking in a larger territory anil lay-
ing plains', t'or greater work in the fu
tun-, trying to * nlist e.veryboth
old antjl yquiig in the Sunday
work.
Bessie Wainw right. who haT been
teaching school at Ely. has i-lo's
siiim . aim has returned hold*'. Mis
Lift a* ' oigi r wa- the pi itu-ipa, of this I
.- . 'They, had* an exhjbitio, i 5-a' -
uiday bight that wa> • njbyod h\
whu .attend*. *f. •
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NOTICE
My jack is for sale or trkde.
Lost
Announcement
Southern Traction Company
and Texas Traction Company
have been consolidated under
the name of “Texas Electric
Rajlway.” .
The same management will
operate the system, and the
same high standard of ser-
vice will be maintained be-
tween Dallas, Denison, Waco
Corsicana and intermediate
points.
We sincerely thank the pub-
lic for the liberal patronage
in the past, and hope for its
continuation in the future.
^ TEXAS
ELECTRIC
RAILWAY
EUCALINE
Wonderful for Malaria, stops CHills and
Fever quickly, and relieves the system
of the cause. It acts on the liver and
bowels and is pleasant to take.
red sow pig. left ear cut (iff. Finder PRICE FIFTY CENTS ASK FOR IT
notify me and get reward.' 102-2t-
Lake C. Wilson.
FOR SALE BV
YOUR DRUGGIST
—Conducted By—
JOHN W. MARSHALL
of Chicago
The noted evangelist, assisted by a
great gospel singer.
We consider it a great privilege .t°
be able to invite you and all your
friends to hear, a man who appeals t<>
reason, preaching the great truth of
salvation with rare charm and sim-
plicity/yet with force and great earn
e:tness. He will interest and benefit
all who hear him.
...Begins...
Sunday Morning, Apr. 22
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Come iind Bring Your
Family anti Friends .
WHAT IS
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A Digestive Laxative
CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC
Lax- I:os is not a Secret or Patent Medi-
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old-fashioned roots and herbs
CASCARA BARK
BLUE FLAG ROOT
RHUBARB ROOT
BLACK ROOT
MAY APPLE ROOT
SENNA LEAVES
AND PEPSIN
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w*'rc i*nii . an 1 iirat*
Senator Coke
and Ed Coke
Will make the season at the old
Baker-Halsell Livery Barn
JNO. r. STEGER LIVERY CONPANY
No. Six-Sixty-Six
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for MALARIA or CHILLS A FEVER.
f ive or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
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