The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 13, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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COMSTOCK a DICUS, Preerteters
C. B. COMSTOCK, Editor
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THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
Sheriff Leetnan returned from
Fort Worth last Frida? evening
Where be b4s been attending a
meeting:- ot the sheriffs from all
over the Btate. The sheriffs* so
Mr. Lieman teIN u<, passed a
resolution of which ever? mem-
' bee ot the Legislature should
take note. This resolution called
tor a c umre ia one of the pres-
ent Laws which, as the* claims
is making it most difficult in,
many cases to coovict a criminal. |
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The law, at the present time, is
such tbai.even thougb-a criminal
when first caught breaks down
and Confesses the whole affair,
gives such evirler ce as any
- sensible man would acknowledge
conclusive^ against
evideoce cahoot be
le sheriffi claim that
the law, as it exists upon the
statute books at the present time,
is a law for the benefit of the
criminal and not for the man
whose d«tv it is to enforce the
law, sod that this law should be
coranged. — . ' ; -.
In me State of Texas, at the
the law works
mncu in favor of the criminal.
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it oa you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting, too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting.
Or being lied about don’t dpal in lies;
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, uoi talk too wise;
If you dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your atm;
If vou can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted bv knaves to make a trap for foals,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken.
And stoop and build’em up with v-orn-out tools;
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If vou can make- one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss.
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
It you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To s^rve vour turn long after thef are gone,
And so hold oae when there is nothing in you
Except the will which savs to them, “Hold on,”
If you can talk with crows and keep your virtue.
Or Walk with kings— nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men couat with you. but none too much;
If vou can fill the unforgiving minute
Wtth sixty seconds’ worth or distance run,
Yours is theearth and everything that’s in it.
And—which is more—vou’il be * Man. m* son.
LARGE ARM ROCKER
ji Solid Wood Seat
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Quarter Sawed Finish
Rodded Arms
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3-Piece Bedroom Suits $13.75
9x12 Axminster Art Squares $17.50
Fine Cabinet Grand Piano $175.00
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enactment seems doing all they can to bring the
to be for •.is benefit. When the criminal to justice,
murdered men is laid beueath A, t0 wbelher tBe ,beri8s are
Ideeod. and b.s children end rJjfh[ ,beir coolMtloB for-b
«id»« bare thrown tbemaeleee ,o| ,h, pre3,nt ,a„ re|tard.
upon the charity of their neigh-
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ing co n fess ion s we do not
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bora, be is agoo foruotteo acd tbe b00w< Tliare „ a chabce
crime, daaturdl, as it mar hare fm ,be ,buw oi tbe „rivj.
b,en. decrea.es m m.Ku.tude , of bsjb, ,be MbfM,ion aS
U.U1 the armoathr sf .to Gor- .fcjfc.
roused and pardon or (Msi<,03 ba,e ^ eItorte<i !lom
----— -,on granud. n ’ithing ''' 'mm*
I very common juet
ion.
murderers have their
commuted, when those
Potts’ aged father as to commute
the sentence- The governor has
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a very tender heart, and for him
to see a tmo in prison, suffering
confinement.'is ,a thing which
causes him pain;_
Ws denre at this time to call
attention to thfl advertisement,
which a&>ear% in this |beu«, of
the W. Cf. W- Lpg Rollii which
takes pUrce in Bonham this week.
For four days beginning with
Wednesday the city with its
parks age to be turned over for
the entertainment of the Wood-
men. . if is expected that everv
lodge in^the County will be rep-
resented’1. Many will be here
with their tents to remain tbe
entire week. Ample provision
has been made for their enter-
tainment. Attractions, free for
all. form a part of every day’s
program Thursday is Odd Fel-
lows’ dkv. Friday is Farmers’
^___ . .....______ Union d^y, and every day, in
change could be made in thft law, fact. will offer sufficient enter-
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parties who wore innocent by
promises of light punishment or
an entire absence of it. The
objection* to the third degree,
or a severe extmina tkm or treat-
however, were to classify him he
would go to geology rather than
to chemistry. It is he who made
the remark that Mt. Watterson
was again in eruption.
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re wronged our citizens ment 0f # prisoner by the police
are parloned of their crimes, j to ezt0rt an admission or confess*
wfeea penalty no longer is admin- jon js pretty well grounded. His-
Utercd hf due orocess of the Uw, tory from the tia^ of tbe 3owt.
then mobs springs up, and the jsb Inquisition to the present
enraged citizens take into their day, shows that this use of con-
own haada the enforcement of {essions has been deplorably
justice. Texas needs more laws abu#ed> Whether it would be.
and better laws for tLe protection nCw, is a question far our law
Of oar citizens, more speedy ac- to decide. Perhaps* a
tioaurta the. punish meat of ~ _____ ' '''' ~
criminals and less sympathy f°r whereby, tbe present objections
the man who has taken the life coujg be done away with, and
ot his brdthef. 19tjjj oot subject our crimTnals to
CoBceraiag Potts, the slayer of tbe sweat box or third degree
Tedford of Dallas, and of Sheriff system.
open, his guilt so manifest and means the displacement of ladies
direct against prominent men 8to<*io*9 b* sock8« U believes
that bis punishment was certain. that 9uch a ^lo,r t0 **"*9**'
Bnt taere are many other'crimi- »dvertisementh and show ain-
nals in Texas whose hearts were dows ^ou,d be P"**'*™* «d
just as black as that of PoUs, ^ ittauPP°rUbte ” ^ocks sre oiten
but whose crime was directed »»uPP°rt*ble tb* way men wear
against citixens of less promt- i -ss=s===s==;s=:
nence or perhaps against those | ^ of tbe Bonham mer-
of a different color, who have not chants have begun a campaign
suffered the penalty of their ajfainst tbe flies aod bave se.
crime and against whom the cured big fly traps which they
rig teous indignation .which afe piacingr In front of their
was aroused against Potts, was 8tore9> if every grocer and mer-
never directed. cbaQt iQ tQWO would do tbi9i aot
When for every eighty-five only would the flies be much
murders committed io Texas, scarcer than they are now, but
but one man is punished, when, the fruit and other eatables
from those who are punished, a which are on display in the
great number have their sen* stores would be much more appe-
tences commuted or are wholly tizing.
pardoned, and when the citizens 1 -..............
of the State begins to teel that! We do not know, but, that in
law does not bring justice, that tbe name of justice,* the putting
in many cases they feel that they an end to the life of Potts as was
can secure it only through mob done was preferable fto what
violence, it is an indication that would have1 happened had he
the laws of our State should be been captured alive. - Even had
directed mare toward the enforce- he not been lynched, but had a
ment of law,' toward the pro- fair trial it is very likely that
tecting of our people, and the as- our pardoning Governor would
ment for those who will come.
X Exchange Comment j|
#aaa aaaa aaoBaoaa•*#*aaa a a*
Mrs. Lillie Leath was nomi-
nated County Treasurer of Up-
shur County over five opponents
for the place—Jefferson Jimple-
ente.
Some of our successful candi-
dates in Fannin County may be
thankful that there were no
women who announced as candi-
dates for the office to which they
have been recently nominated.
Fannin County has a tax rate
for this year of only twenty-six
events on the one hundred dol-
lar valuation, the lowest in its
history.—Bonham Favorite.
Which means that bridges and
roads are not receiving proper at-
tention and that public work and
improvement which should be
going on are at a stand still-
And that the work of the direct-
or of agriculture is hampered
for lack of funds.
The Roosevelt papers are fond
of calling Mr. Taft a bromide.
Well sulphide would be a rather
mild classification for the Colo-
nel. He effervesces.—Nashville
Banner.
Perhaps hydrogen salphide
with the formula H3S would rep-
resent better the chemical quali-
Sisting of our officers who are have shown such sympathy tor ties of the Colonel. If Bryan,
Bonbam has changed the name
of Pig Branch to Grace’s Brook
This is well and shows that Bon-
ham is making some progress.
But Bonbamites must remember
that they can’t phange the scent
of the branch by merely chang-
ing its name. While the name
has been changed, there is still
more pig than grace about the
stream.—Honey Grove Stgnel.
Thit is just like Jim Lowery,
He, like many others who have
never been on the banks of this
stream, imagine from tbe name
that there must be an awful odor
coming from it. But tbe fact of
the case is, (here i3 not and never
has been such an fdor, and when
the name Grace's Brpok has be-
come thoroughly attached to the
stream those who swill down
butter milk, as well as others,
will imagine nothing but what is
beautiful aod fair about <the
brook.
Mr. Wilson’s nose fits his face Texas has crowned herself
and^hiseass arii adjusted to his everiasti0K K\orf% hotb
which he quotes with delight, as **} a ne€ r .
follows: < 9Ute« aod ln lbe stal*
MAs a beauty I am not a star, duct of her delegation
There are others more handsome by national convention. li
uffr’ r lAto..* , j j tionablv the determini
But my face I don’t mind it, * 0 u •
For I am behind it: tor- 00 «»«»
Tha people in front gat the jar. jas such. was so potential
Mr. Wilson n)ay not be a beau-! now bave a gat**
ty. but that don’t make it fair to reputation to'protect, and l
try to lesaon his chances for the T°u all greatly desire that t
Presidency by attributing lime- ai«®o*t unprecedented pr
ricks to him. Why, they're even **»«• acquired shall be f«_
sending out by wire from Seagirt permanently sustained,
the toilpwing spa$m. which they | ^be candidacy of Gc
say Gov. Wilson flashed off in an i Wilson must be continued i
ipp^h^ments at this time of j apirt of his own splendid
slresi: ! when he repudiated the
*T wish that my room had a floor. . Rvan gold.
I don’t seeao much care for a door., j It requires a large amount of
But: this walking around without t0 the 4.^
tuf fcm crrnfrinri ** y . . ' . J . l/Vv
expenses of a presidential
With the present indications
of 4| bountiful corn crop and an
immense cotton outlook; plenty
of money furnished, in the State
to finance distress cotton, xil
kinds of forage for stock, our
almost unprecedented fruit crop
and the general prosperity all
over the United States, it does
look as though the present high
so that the laboring classes
would be able to have something
to hay, at least, more than a bare
livi»g.—Jefferson Jimplecute.
That may be right, but when
tbe fruit growers are feeding
their peaches to the pigs or sell-
ing them for tjwentv-five cents a
bushel instead of canning them
for winter use and paying at the
rate of $4 and $5 per bushel for
the same goods* which are can-
ned fn the north and shipped
down here, its poor business
A Grayson County farmer recent-
ly said that he threw away more
stuff than tbe northern farmers
could raise We do not believe
that that was anything of which
to boast. The fact of the case
is, however, many of our farmers
are throwing away, or allowing
to waste, what should go to
make up their profit for the
year’s work. This may be
through necessity owing to the
climatic conditions, and it may be
due, to some extent, to lack of
business foresight and organiza-
tion. If it is due to the latter
cause, there is need for
active work.
some
touching tire ground
Is getting to be such a bore.^ , ..... , ...
, —State Press. P**®. a«d since ours is a
_m-r „ _ j gle to restore a genuine
The Signal editbr was in Bin- j government, we must look
ham a few hours Saturday. Re- People not only for votes but
ports have been spread broadcast fi®a®cial support,
over the country tb the effect I To this end I now appeal tp
that the work of paying tbe Bon- Texas Democrats to at once p
ham square would never be com- c®-*d to the raising of a cootribu-
pleted, we hasten to make de-s 10 *be national capaign t
dial- In our opinion the paving °* such proportions a
will be finished inside of three i worthy of the greatest^
years.—Honev Grov«t$igaal. j ic State in the Union, a
j — “''“vT— !large as to place the .
The Bonham Newi^ wants to State close up to the 1
know if Jake Wolters is now vrtL- financial roll of hpnor, as !
ing to let tbe man who secured now universally recognised to be
the plurality of votes m the elec- in bringing about tbe oomiaa-
of Uv7« could^be'1 reduced I *■»» <« «”*'<>' »•« «*• ««<*• »0. of Go-.rnor Wilaou.
or if he believes he should have Experience has '
a majority. Colonel Wolters that • newspapers are the
publicly announced, immediately medium of raising a
after ascertamg that Morris camoaiga fund, and I
Sheppard had received a plural- eameatiy request every J
ity of the votes in the State, that, critic newspaper and
notwithstanding tbe Texarkana1 licat id ns in Texas, ion
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Woodrow Wilson does not pose
as 9 beauty. The papers often
remark upon the way in which
man wouldn’t agree to abide a
plurality vote, that he, being a
good democrat, always bowed to
the will of a plurality or ma-
jority, as the case might be, and,
therefore, would support Mr,
Sheppard for the office. Colonel
Wolters is a trne democrat and
the magnanimous spirit shown
by him in this matter should
cause the mao from Texarkana
an inward take of breath when
he contemplates what he would
have done had the result been
reversed.—Houston Post,
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Ts the Democrats of Texas.
Now that our State primary is
over I feel free to invite the more
active attention pf Texas demo-
crats to fihe pending national
election,
I am sure, that regardless of
pre-conveaitton preferences, every
democrat -it Texas is gratified
that our party is united as never
before, and that we all rejoice in
the fact that there are unmistak-
able indications that the nomi-
of the Baltimore convention will
be triumphantly elected.
It is everywhere conceded that
acuveiy enter
ar the acertm-
a fund-**k-
the election of Wilson and
shall; to at once actively
upon a cimpaign for
plishment of such
mg for $1.00 or other small do-
nations. In addition to this pro-
cedure, I shall forthwith under-
take in other ways a systematic
and aggressive campaign, coyer-’
ing the entire State, for the pro-
curement of larger donations,^,
and that no time may be lost
and no one overlooked, I now in-
vite the prompt sending of same
to me without farther request.
Let Texas do her lull share in
a never ceasing efiort to place a
son of the Southland in the
White House.
Woodrow Wilson will be the
next president of the United
States.
Cato Sells.
National Committeeman for
Texas. Cleburne, Tex., Aug. 8,
1912.
President ef Haiti Perished.
The President of the Republic
of Haiti perished Thursday ia a
fire which destroyed the national
palace. It was caused by an ex-
plosion of a powder magazine at-
tached to the palace.
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Comstock, E. B. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 32, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 13, 1912, newspaper, August 13, 1912; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth904568/m1/2/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.