The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1911 Page: 4 of 6
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ears
i his fortune and finally
his own life. One and a half
I miles northeast was a man of the
II oldest and most honored family in
■ community. Pie was adrunk-
. one of his boys was killed in
by I a fight, by his cousin. The other
: r went a way with a drunk-
• ornpanion, shot a negro and
Gwent to the penitentiary. This
•t kind liearted, good boy; I
: 1 stayed with him many a long
, evening. As I was returning
. the l Diversity of Virginia,
h s boy was returning from six
years confinement in the peniten-
tiary. Our conditions then in life
ise had been caused by our home in-
!l uence, I might say. One and a
half miles east there were four
boys left orphans, but it seemed
i tee God of destiny watched over
- i these orphans. Their opportun-
1 lies were very limited, their sur-
- roundings were bad, they lived to
S be honest, sober men. One half
mile east of them was a drinking
I bout. A boy came from over from
another neighborhood, got into a
n row and was shot in the mouth
the with a 45 caliber pistol and killed
P i instantly by another boy. Just
e three miles beyond, down the
.. creek, was one of the shrewdest
an : of men, but he was a drinker,
h e horse raiser and gambler. Pie
i had the shrewdest set of boys in
-4 all that country. One of them
:his was implicated- in one of the
: t worst murders and took his own
y life; another was implicated in the
by : same murder, and also had taken
■t the life of another young man in
> a-hood a drunken fight. He became a
a -; fugitive from justice and the last
Gent I I heard from him he was a wand-
re- ering wreck. Another one of the
with boys went to the penitentiary.
And truly as the fathers of that
community stood on the side of
siv day, the stream of “etherial blue” or
yon on the side of the turbulent water
and his boys drifted with the tide of
any the water his father stood on.
iaun- David said “I have never seen the
- of righteous forsaken, nor their seed
begging bread” and in my exper-
• -» it -ience I have not seen those who
■Guon. stood for a higher life, their child-
mo t ren go down in ruin, and let us
1 takeoff our hats for some of us
labiish-1 today stand in the presence of a
every | great destiny to our children to
e r iai be decided on the 22nd day of
before its July.
be- Magus Smith.
wai
as
the future of
ome on that
s about m3’
others. This
west and ran
a high hill
overlooking
try and from
>oint out the
1 each- West,
is, was a man
lie advocat-
'f*ded in rais-
r men. One
■ of 16. My
He also ran
threw them
Lienee of the
, but every
s a prohibi-
x sober men,
;ii i nort beast
in. He had
the oppor
id give; they
that was not
ht seemed to
ind that was
2 boys drank
sed. One of
nken row by
anions in the
>j j t lie 11o!g
in, but lie
his life went
ants he had
>ther became
a drunkard,
CRIME AND THE TIGER
Dallas County has a population,
according to the census of 1910,
amounting to 135,748.
During the two years covered
by the last report of the Attorney
: General, 1908-1909, there were
(093 felony indictments returned
by her Grand Juries; and there
were 153 convictions for felonies
I
committed within her limits.
Dallas has some two hundred
or more tigers, to say nothing of
blind tigers.
The dry counties of Kaufman,
Rockwall, Hunt, Collin, Wise,
Parker, Johnson, and PJlis, eight
in number, have an aggregate
population of 281,402, twice as
much as Dallas County and 10,000
over; the3’ include within their
limits several large cities: and
they lie all around Dallas; and
though the proximity of Dallas
and Fort Worth makes it diffi-
cult to get the full benefit of pro-
hibition in these counties, 3’et it
took all eight of those prohibition
■■ onnties to send as many “rep-
ri'M*’ tatives” to the penitentiary
as went from Dallas. All eight
sent 153. Dallas sent 153.
There were returned from Dal-
!as ( ounty, as above stated, 693
felony indictments. From all
I the eight dry counties there were
I returned 523.
luy Hay!
ng Highest Market Price. We
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KEY GRAIN COMPANY
Pearsall, Texas.
As The Herds Grow
As the farm equip-
ment increases so
grows the need of
more shed room.
That man is wise
who provides plenty
of shed room for >
stock and chatties!
and the wiser, the
sooner! Come talk
with us about the
cost of building
sheds!
J. W. HARRIS & CO.
Tarfent Count3T, with her tigers
has a population according to the
census of 1910, aggregating 108,
572, which added to that of Dal-
las, makes the total population of
the two, 244,320, Tarrent during
the period named had 106 felony
convictions, making the aggre-
gate for Tarrant and Dallas 259.
If you will add to the eight dr.y
counties named in the above com-
parison, the counties of Denton,
Grayson, Hood, Erath, Eastland,
Callahan, Taylor and Comanche,
all dry, 3’ou will find that the six-
teen Dry Counties named above
have a total population of over
500,000, more than twice as much
as Dallas and Tarrant, and they
lie around Dallas and Tarrant,
and are pestered by the shipment
of whiskey and “stuff” from Dal-
las and Fort Worth, and yet all
sixteen of those dry counties did
not send as many “representa-
tives” to the pen as the two wet
counties of Dallas and Tarrant.
And there were 148 more felony
indictments returned from Tar-
rant and Dallas than from the
other sixteen.
I did not pick out any particular
counties on account of the figures,
but picked out those right around
Tarrant and Dallas, and added
the other counties adjacent in or-
der to get enough contiguous pro
counties to make the comparison.
If the citizen of Dallas or Tar-
rant standing up for the good
name of his county, says some of
these crimes were committed by
criminals who “blew in” from
somewhere else, I cheerfully con-
cede the truth of his statement,
but it only strengthens the truth
that the tiger is a bad thing. The
criminal class will swarm around
the tiger, just as flies will swarm
around the bunghole of a molasses
barrel
“A man engaged in selling
strong drink is a worse citizen
than a murderer or a thief. Worse
9
than a thief, because he robs a
man not onl3T of his mone.y, but
reputation, health, morals, char-
acter and friends, and like a thief
for the reason that he gives noth-
ing of value in return for what he
gets; infinitely worse than a mur-
derous thug, because lie not only
destroys the body, but damns the
sfflil and scars and blights the pro-
geny of his victim for unborn
generations.”
Hon. Charles II. Grosvknok
New Arrival.
Mapleine and 'King Komus at
Flay Coker's.
CI1ATI0N BY PUBLICATION.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, ^
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
FRIO County. GREETING. -
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMAND
ED, That you summon, by making pub-
lication of this Citation in some news-
paper published in the County of Frio
if there be a newspaper published there-
in, but if not, then in any newspaper
published in the 49th judicial district
but if there be no newspaper publishec
in said judical district, then in a newspa-
per published in the nearest district to
said 49th judicial district, for eight
weeks previous to the return day here-
of. The unknown heirs of Conrad Beck
er, the unknown heirs of Matthias Bak-
er, the unknown heirs of Henry Castro
the unknown heirs of Augustine Hut-
zler, the unknown heir of J. Wendling
Kramer, the unknown heirs of Con-
rad Keifer, the unknown heirs of Fran-
cis Made, the unknown heirs of John
Stefan, the unknown heirs of Joseph
Schorp, the unknown heirs of Charles
F. Schmidt, the unknown heirs of John
D. Frate, the unknown heirs of Mic-
heal Moritz, and the unknown heirs of
Nicolas Tondre whose residences are un-
known, to be and appear before the
Honorable District Court at the next
regular term thereof, to be holden in
the County of Frio, at the Court House
thereof in the town of Pearsall, Texas,
on the Third Monday in September 1911
the same being the 18th day of Septem-
ber 1911, then and there to answer a
petition filed in said Court on the 18th
day of July 1911, in a suit numbered on
the docket of said Court No. 1304,
wherein J. D. Oppenheimer, A. Lang
and I. Lang, are plantiffs and the un-
known heirs of Conard Becker, the un-
known heirs of Matthias Baker, the
unkown of Henry Castro, the unknown
heirs of Augustine Hutzler, the un-
known heirs of J. Wendling Kramer
unknown heirs of Conrad Keifer, the un-
known heirs of Francis Made, the un
known John Stefan, the unknown heirs
of Joseph Schorp, the unknown^heirs of
Charles F. Schmidt, the unknown heirs
of John D. Frate, the unknown heirs
of Micheal Moritz, and the unknown
heirs of Nicolas Tondre are defendants.
The nature of the plantiff’s demand
being as follows, to-wit. —That plain
tiffs and those under whom they claim
have for the past twenty-five years
and are now the lawful and bona fide
owners in fee simple of the following
tracts of land in Frio County, Texas,
to-wit. —
1st Survey No. 39 in the name of
Conard Becker, containing 320 acres.
2nd Survey 64 in the name of Mat-
thias Baker, containing 320 acres.
3rd Survey Nos. 15, 42, 47, and 63
in the name of ^Henry Castro, each
containing 320 acres, except Survey
No. 63 which contains 160 acres.
4th Survey 28 and 44 in the name of
Augustine Hutzler each containing 320
acres.
5th Survey No. 7 in the name of J.
Wendling Kramer, containing 160 acres
6th Survey No. 83 in the name of
Conrad Kiefer, containing 160 acres.
7th Survey No. 209 in the name of
Francis Made, containing 640 acres.
8th Survey No. 224 in the name of
John Stefan, containing 640 acres.
9th The E. 1-2 of Survey No. 21 in
the name of Joseph Schorp containing
320 acres.
10th Survey No. 214 in the name of
Charles F. Schmidt, containing 320
acres.
11th. Surveys Nos. 9 & 10 in the
name of John D. Frate each contain-
ing 160 acres.
12th Survey No. 36 in the name of
Micheal Moritz containing 320 acres.
13th 1-2 Survey No. 23 in the name
of Nicolas Tondre containing 320 acres.
Plantiffs allege that they and those
under whom they claim have had the
peaceable and adverse possession of
the above lands, cultivating, using and
enjoying the same and paying taxes
thereon, claiming same under deeds
duly recorded for five years and more
before institution of this suit and here
pleads statutes of five years limitation.
Plantiffs allege that they and those
under whom they claim have had peace-
able and adverse possession of the
above lands, cultivating, using and en-
joying the same for a period of more
than ten years prior to institution of
this suit, and here pleads statutes of
ten years limitation.
Planitiffs allege that records of
County apparently show some pretend-
ed claims by defendants in the above
lands which are a cloud upon the title
of plaintiffs, wherefore plaintiffs ask
for citation according to law and upon
final hearing they have judgment vest-
ing title to said lands in plaintiffs that
they be quieted in their possession of
of said lands, that cloud be removed
from their title and for such further
relief as they may be entitled to in law
or equity, etc.
DIED
MR. SCREW A. WORM.
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m STAR
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1 large 3 lb. can of Hominy, only_____________1(
1 large 3 lb. can of Kraut, only_______________1(
1 can finest quality Sugar Corn_______________1(
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Acting Commissioner of Patents,:and as such had Tull char
the U. S. Patent Office.
GREELEY&M9NT
Patent Attorneys
Washington, . D. C.
H. E. CARTE1
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that you may have. See him or write to him at
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REGISTERED MALTESE JACK
7 Yean Old
NOW STANDING NEAR PEARSALL
E. E. Coleman
Herein fails not, And have you be-
fore said Court, cn the said first day of
the next term thereof, this Writ, with
your endorsement thereon showing how
you have executed the same.
Given under my hand and seal of
of said Court, at office in Pearsall,
Texas, this the 18th day of July A. D.
1911.
John L. Pranglin.
Clerk District Court FrioCounty Texas.
Came to hand this 18th day of July
1911 and publication ordered in the
Pearsall Leader for eight weeks.
Jno. L. Hess
Sheriff Frio County, Texas.
Saved Two Lives
Neither my sister nor myself might
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Hudson, C. H. & Woodward, Roy. The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1911, newspaper, July 21, 1911; Pearsall, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth974768/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .