The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 24, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 16, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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isss pled ability be can make money.
why should those who follow
Morgan, Perkins, Ryan and oth-
era, damn Mr. Bryan for earning
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. Cent*| ways knows to the present sys-
. Twenty-fire Onto- tem of money-making—with his
tongue and pen; mental and
physical labor? tf
Nothing would so mnch please
these detractors of the noble
Wilson and Bryan as to sncceed
in destroying them and their in-
fluence with the “common peo-
ple”; because these defamers
know that a great mass of human
beings with even a common pur-
pose must have leaders in order
to achidtp such purpose and real-
ise their hope,.
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PROGRESSIVE ARO CORSERVATfVE
COMSTOCK a DICUS, Vra.rl.fr.
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OF THE WARWICKS
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no further back than to
Wattersoh and George
is interesting to note the
t the dictators in politics
makers of presidents and
are unhorsed, dethron-
losing their jobs and thad the m, _ Denison Herald ta TMf
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tribune of the p*>-
ever knew,* gave
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r, or any other sect or
i party of men but to the
; of the hftheito
conscience; the
the part of what
been accustomed
thpir backs
le while they
eager to find out the difference
between the Progressive and Re-
Irttiesanes or Conaervatives.
Ifc-kMsuggests that a Pro-
gressive must be one who favors
1 Ramsey and opposes Colquitt.
ISm, that is not the determining
fine althongh the rate is about
39 to 1, that this is the caee. Ot
progressive democrats
ted Texas as del-
imit one fa-
vors Colquitt, and while ffivor-
^ mg the Governor is a reactionary
lM tendency, in our judgment, yet
tocall it absolute proof that a
floes, ia a reactionary
would be a mistahe. *
The Herald thinks that the
ibition question must be the
which separates tjye progres-
. from tmmeryative. But
it in mistaken. The
___ . question did not en-
t0 re. ter into our National politics ancT
. still the two elements exist.
Nor is, as it suggests, the L
R. & R. any more of a determin-
ing factor. A mah may be for
too heavy
endurance; that no
er may be his for-
4|hi any
f not be open
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Thia is thegrafft gospel 4f this
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, Let out statesmen (?),wbo
may, scorn and ridicule the spirit
•f “np-lift,” as some of them
/ have done in print, and upon the
floor of Congress, where the peo-
ple placed them supposing them
to be servants and not masters
•f those who so created them.
The women of this world, God
bless them, ere responsible for
the use of this expressive symbol
•f regeneration of the race, and
1 it is but a recognition of that
philosophy which teaches that
all reforms mast come from the
j bottom The creature who would
scorn this symbolic word despises
the principle which it so clearly
I know that tbere are people
who denounce Mr. Wilson and
Mr. Bryan, especially the latter
aa being a demagogue, a self-
seeker, traitor; and say that be
in making money out of politics
and still be
progressive. He may favor all
three and not be. With all of
these things true, the Herald is
at a loss to know the difference.
As State Press suggests, the
very fact, that the Herald does
hot know the distinction is good
that the Herald is a
conservative. But the line is so
clearly drawn here in Texas that
[A Prograasive with but
little mental equipment can see
it. The crowd which the “steam
roller” flattened at Houston was
conservative. The men who left
the convention -depressed in
spirits, who were disheartened
when the “Nubbin” pot it over
Claud Hudspeth of SI Paso, and
who there were in the minority
by about 3 to 1 are the reaction-
aries or conservative*.
The conservatives are those
who ware anigned with the old
Democratic spirit ot Henry Wat-
terson, that regards the source of
money for campaign purposes of
little moment. They are those
who are not keeping pace with
the demands of the times, those
who apply the old time remedies
to new political diseases, who
would apply to that maligant
cancer, the money trust, a politi-
cal bread-and-milk poultice while
the emergency surgeons of the
Progressives would wholly eradi-
cate it with the use of a knife
made by the people, sharpened
'by Bryan and wielded by the ex-
pert, Woodrow Wilson. The
progressives are those whose
visions takes them beyond the
present day and give them a
view of the future and its needs.
They can see beanty in the
poetry of life while the cravings
of the heart of the Conservative
are satisfied with the most un-
polished prose.
Never before in the history of
Fannin County have wheat and
oats been so luxurious q* they
are this year. The corn am&the
Although Mr. Bryan is past fifty cotton from all reports are in ex-
years of age, I have never seen
nor heard any charge that he
had ever done anything dishon-
orable, or received a tainted dol-
cellent condition and if the farm-
ers of Fannin do not have money
in abundance this fall they never
will.
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POLITICAL AFTERMATH.
They’ve kicked 0»’ Champ’s “houn dawg”
to death;
Some savs bit serves him right;
That may be so, but you just bet
He shore put gp a fight;
His backers were'all “dead-game” sports.
An* they shore bad the "tin.”.
An’ 1cm at fits* hit-looked to mV'
’At he jist had to win.
An’ he’d a-done it, too. you bet,
The easiest kind o’ way.
If he’d a staved with country.boys
An’ not been lead astray;
But Murpbv got a-bolt o’ him.
An’ hel’ him ’twixt his legs.
An* right straight’, Bryan hoi lor ed out:
Thtft ’houn’s been suckin’ eggs!”
“Look at the Taller on his lips.
I’m sorry, but hit’s so,
An’ While we thought s lot o’ him,
That ,%Ofiu” ’ifi have to go!
He’s got with Morgan an’ his crowd,
An’ while hit’s jist a shame
The wm? they’ve gone and tolled him off,
They've done it all the same!”
Atf all the country boys got mad,
Ah' hollered * Shoot the dawg!”
An’ sick a rumpus as tbev raised—
Hit made the dust jist fogi
The Murphy crowd “stood pat,” all right,
An’ swore they’d win th» fight,
But Brysn an’ the country boys
Had lots o’ grit, all right. 4
An’ so at lasMhev^kicked the “houn’ ”,
In spite^^aorgan’s crowd,
Until they had him fflll o’ kwots,
AJP made him holler loud;
I don't know if it’s best or not.
For all will have to grant.
A houn’ would be a dandy thing
To fight an eleobant. L' i
That “Teddv Bear” is figbtin’ too.
At least hs says be is, *:
An' won’t bit be a lively “scrao,”
in’ roise the hair— ge whitl
bt Wilson an’ the country bovs
got a JmUfcCfeince.
'Jo rub the el^ff»TfS'deatir.k
: An’ make the ‘Teddv” dance.
—Jake H. Harrison.
tor tt, LOW TONES ARE A SEDATIVE
status and extent of thi« industry
in E<i9t Texas. That article de-
serves the careful* attention of
Bonham and Fannin Countv, es-
pecially as I find all those with
whom I converse on this sensible
of the benefit to be derived. To
me the fact appeals verv strongly
when I read that m the Jackson-
ville tomato district embracing
Smith, Cherokee, Anderson and
Milam Counting; knd on les« than
6000 acres, there were grown and
marketed 1.290,000 crates or
5.184,000 boxes of fanev tomatoes
realizing $648,000 a crate, be-
sides what were wasted for want
of canneries or other means of
saving the second class and culls.
T sav this appeals strong- _| D n
ly to me, as I was in Smith
County at the time of their first
beginning^ the tomato grow
ing and marketing and can bear
witiiess to tbe small amount of
experience with which they
started to grow and marker, uni
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Thb people of Texas must re-
alize that aktrong fight is tq^ be
made at th« coming election to
defeat Ramsey. It behooves ev*
err vpter who is interested is
decency and in good government
to do his best to secure his elec-
loin. P i-: « > i
lx you compare the ovation
Which greeted Ramsey with the
lack of it which greeted Colquitt
Upon their arrival in Bonham,
you will understand, somewhat,
of the strong Ramsey sentiment
in Fannin County and tbe anti-
Cofquit sentiment. • .
Ip the city at the present time
has not money enough in its
treasury to pay for the sprink-
ling and cleaning of thr streets,
we believe that the nnjoritv of
tbe citizens would rather that
this money would be raised by
an increase of taxation rather
than to be constantly contribut-
ing to a fund tor that purpose
through popular subscription.
The convention for the Roose-
velt party will meet in Chicago
August 5tb. While we do not
blame tbe incensed Republicans
for being out of harmony with
the stand-patters, yet the thing
for them to do is to accept Wood-
row Wilson as a progressive, as
many of them are going to do.
There is no need now for the
third or so-called progressive
party. The Democratic party,
with Woodrow Wilson in the
lead, is sufficient.
The fact was pretty clearly
brought out Friday night at the
meeting ot the Board of Trade
that taxation tor many improv-
ments in our city would be far
more satisfactory than making of
such improvements by popular
subscription. Such work as
Fruit «ri Vegetable Brswiag
Pitch the Voice Deep When Under
Since writing a short article Nervous Tcnclen and tcif-Conp«l
along these lines to encourage i *•
Bonham and Fannin Count, to; A„ ^
begin a verv promising industry excitement to found in udag the voice
a correspondent of "the Dallas M ita loweat comfortable key. lmme-
Morning Ne.n „nU, no „,.nd-
ed^ statement of the present hick Pitch to a lower tone. Teachers
whose pupils become restless and un-
ruly as they tbemselves grow tired
and nervous will find that a low-
pitched,'quiet tone will relieve their
own nervous tenslps, and prove won-
derfully quieting to their pupils.
This simple expediest ia also me-
tal when yos are trying to control or
prevent weeping. There ary times
when a person fears to talk lest he
break down and cry, yet most answer a
question or carry on a conversation.
Again, the deep tower tones of the
voice, Joined to stow, deep breathing,
come to the rescue, and self-control Is
gained.
In any situation where one must
struggle for self-possession,
pitched voice, with its Imp
poise and self-confidence, ia ^
ful aid. Even under ordinary circum-
stances the tower register ot the speak-
ing voice to richer and more musical.
—Youth's Companion.
* tki
the dim old rWmo at
in Institution, in Wssh
tea, to one very bright and c^
of coarse the mistakes tbev madeC JJette^Mda^
and alyo to the fact of the inher-
ent adaptation of tbe trade for
such unusual development^ I do
not wish to boast, but cad sat
that mv scientific training as a
horticulturist enables me to help
them in a good many things in
growing, and I may be permitted
to say.that even vet their meth-
ods of growing could be improv-
ed. Why I urge for a strong or-
ganization is that while a few
small growers may supply the
earl y^ home market oolr a strong
otganizision or a sufficient nfim-
ber ot growers c^an supply the
distant markets atcpaying price?.
Tbe Bon ham News has charged
them arc arranged all sorts of 1
objects in which boys aad i
tcreated, such
srsl wool, flexible
scape marbles, a model ofl l
Mogul, the largest diamond ewer <
and another of the largest lamp
gold ever found.
In another ease are the
glove and finger sponges and
nus flower basket, and over a <
beautiful shells to one of
and brightly fined butterflies.
How ereatares hid* to-
"walking
crowa
other
objects of amniar coauug
_
The News is one of our most val-
ued exchanges. and we rejoice
With it in its prosperity.—Tren-
on News.
sprir Kline of tbe streets should,
be raid for ont of the city funds,
anl it should not be necessary to
raise toonerv for this purpose bv
popular subscription.
Tbs people of Fannin should
odt let their interest in a public
rest room to be erected on tbe
court house lawn, die down.
Those Women of Bonham who
are opposing tbe project can not
flirii perhaps, how such a build-
ing could add beauty to the town.
But , place this ^proj-ct in the
hands of the landscape artist
and after the building is once
erected it would add much to tbe
looks of the public square- Now
is tbe time io push this work
and to see »i»»t it hi no* given up.
We have before us a copy of
the North Texas Farmer, pub-
lished at Paris, Texas, which
contains fin article hacking tbe
election of F. M. Gibson ot Bon-
ham as State Senator- The art-
icle goes on to state that Mr-
Gibson is a product of the farm,
has received training as a teacher
in the public schools and is most
conversant with the problems oi
the State- While the article
does not in any way disparage
the qualification of his opponent,
yet it urges the Lamar County
voter* to rally to Gibson’s sup-
port.
One matter that should be
brought up before the public is
the allowing of people indiscrim-
inately* whether in real need or
not, to pass from business place
to business place m our city beg-
ging alms and donations. It is
getting to be almost a daily oc-
curance for some one to appear
with a pitiful story and request
that money be given to them.
Upon investigation it fs often
found that their tale of woe is
entirely a fabrication.
Our esteemed conkemoorarv.
the Bonham News, has enlarged
its size from a seven column folio
tp a six column quaTto, and the
change shows plnck and enter-
prise on the part of the*manage-
ment. The News is always
uewg? and it has shown much
improvement of'-late months.
We wish you continued success,
gentlemen.—Leonard Graphic.
The civic conscience has been
s)ightly aroused in Bonham, our
sister city haviug reaped no
doubt, a portion of tbe great wave
of civic improvement which ia
sweeping over Hone? Grove.
Tbe first intimation we had of
tfie change coming over the
dreams of Bonhamites was on the
Glorious Fourth, when Judge
Rosser Thomas stood up before
the multitude, as bold as Peter
on the dav of Pentecost, and de-
clared that the hatne of Pig
Branch should be coangtd. To
attempt to lay the iconoclastic
hand Upon the proud name of
Bonham’s proud water in the in-
terest of aesthetics and sanita-
tion required courage of a supe-
rior order, but Ju^ge. Thomas,
candidate though : he is, was
equal to the occasion. The ice
having been broken] b& this bold
tribune, we expect to ? see Pig
Branch wearing the* name of
Porcine Rill or Swine^rook at no
far remote day, and then perhaofl
the Bonham people will go on to
greater things and remove some
of the unsightly .yard fences.—
Honey Grove Signal/
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F0K THE
Dm Room in
Filled With Objects of interest
Yeun* Folk.
•ence to 1
; Canny Goncer.
The canny grocer slaed up wwt
frourtn T-tolio to 4 Mu a*. l°She find ordered nix stiSetly fresh
to and has a pretty hew head. ***■•
^ lie took down tbe paper
going to the basket, picked ’
Twisting the top of the hf^ ------
he handed it to tbe worian, who paid
him and went away. >- *
The canny grocer smiled. He had
given the wowAn seven- eggs when,
she ordered but six.
He knew that when she reached
home and found that she had seven
instead of six eggs she would '
delighted with
she had o’
sTS were storag* and on.
go
was dubious!
Dealer. i
t ’T*
Tenth Century
Money values in tbe
B-waip tow, accosdiKgs*.:
aatbe^purchaaing power
i what it
■sr—
times what It to
hasten a compart**,
time a horse was
an ox Bd- pence, a eow 10 pence, a
sheep 5 pence, a bog I pence, a slave
20 shillings, making a slave worth
changed little
1164 wheat sold at
ter of eight
brought only 24 pence, . ..
seed wheat sold at 2 shillings a bush-
el, barley at 2 shillings and oats at
1 shilling a budbeL—National Magm
slae.
t, making a slave worm
Old st is pence the Quar- m
bushels, and in *
24 pence, but in 1«4
Leonard Roads.
Scott Brown, Commissioner for
Precinct 2. has his crew at work
on the roads leading out of Leon-
ard. He states that all ot those
roads will be put in first class
shape before he stops. Mr.
Brown is a hustler and makes a
good Commissioner,
BONHAM NEWS ll.OO
■ Not to Englishman's Liking.
Ridiculous was the duel General
Israel Putnam arranged when chal-
lenged by an English officer. The
general waX to provide weapons. Ar-
rived et the spot selected, the Eng-
lishman found “Old Put" serenely
smoking by the side of eh open
ppwder beg, into which be bed stuck
n match. Requesting his antagonist
to be seated on tbe other side of the
keg, General Putnam lighted the
match and smoked on unooncernedly.
Tbe Englishman for a moment watch-
ed the lueifer working "its way down-
ward, then' beat a hurried retreat.
The keg contained nothing bnt onions
with a sprinkle oT powder on top.
Books Ruthlessly Destroyed.
The Puritans destroyed many col-
lections of books In the monasteries,
end even Cromwell burned the Ox-
ford library, then one of the finest In
Europe. Extremist* in revolution, as
in religion, have been equally de-
structive as regards books. The Span-
ish inquisition and tbe French revo-
lution were as one in this respect. The
crusaders were destroyers of whet they
regarded as heretical books, and In
Russia today the war of orthodoxy oa
sectarian dissent still manifests itself,
among other things, in the ruthless de-
struction of the books of the aon-
oon/ormista
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Comstock, E. B. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 24, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 16, 1912, newspaper, July 16, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth904455/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.