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The Bonham News.
M Friday, August 12, 1904.
Bonham Ji5etJos.
■STRRUBH1D 1886.
Entered at the Poatofflce. at Bonham, Texas,
as second-class mail matter.
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EVANS a EVANS. PROPRIETORS.
A SHLEY eVANS, EDITOR.
er towns similiar
been taken. It seems
TO CLOSE GAMBLING HALLS.
A wave of public sentiment
against professional gamblers
and open gambling halls seems
to be sweeping over this country
just now. Public sentiment has
been so thoroughly^- aroused in
many places that those who are
charged with the enforcement of
the law have been compelled to
take active steps toward closing
the gaming rooms. People real-
ize the terrible evils of these
dens, and at times their patience
is tried beyond the limit of en-
durance. >
The officialsof Memphis, T enn.,
were recently called upon by an
immense mass meeting of repre-
sentative citizens to clbse the
gambling halls. The mayor and
marshal of Temple, Tex., have
this week notified the gamblers
that they must close up their
rooms and quit. In scores of oth-
measures have
strange
that in this country, where laws
are stringent against this evil,
that the people are continually
having to “demand” of the of-
ficers who have sworn to execute
the law that they close the gam-
bling hells. It would seem that
the fact that the law prohibits
these places and makes it the du-
ty of the officers to enforce its
provisions would be all that is
necessary to insure their being
closed.
Bonham is unusually free from
these things compared with oth-
;r towns of its size in the State,
and yet it supports half a dozen
yr more professional gamblers
who make their living off the un-
wary. Everybody in town knows
this is a fact. As yet we know
y[ no special effort having been
made in a long time to put an
:nd to this condition of affairs.
Once in a great while an officer
makes a raid, catches a few of
:he gamblers, who pay nominal
fines and then go on with their
arork as before.
The principal reason for such
i condition of affairs is the state
>f public sentiment. The people
hemselves’ are inclined to wink
it evils they know to exist. Too
nany of them fear to condemn
xx) strongly because they are
:hargeable with some forms of
:he same vice. The mayor of
Memphis brought down fresh
irouble on his head when he
charged the club women and the
eaders of society with being re-
jpohsible for much of the gam-
bling. He pointed out the fact
Lhat many young men learned
their first lessons in gambling
irahnd the tables in the drawing
rooms of these women, where
they contested for prizes. The
mayor may have done this to call
attention away from his own
shortcomings, but he touched
the tender spot in the conscience
of his accusers. They could not
deny the truthfulness of his
statements. Many of them at
once pledged themselves to cease
the practice of social gambling.
Others declared that it was none
of the mayor’s business, and that
his action was shameful. The
mayor was partly ri&ht at least.
A community can not expect pub-
lic gambling houses to be clo^d
as long as public sentiment sanc-
tions or endures gambling in the
homes, even though it be in mild
form. The striving for the prize
Df a dainty piece of painted chi-
na in an elegant drawing room,
amid a company of prominent
men or women, is but the first
lesson that leads to a wager of
51000 over the green table in a
gaming room over the saloon. Let
a healthier sentiment be cultiva-
ted, a sentiment that would ban-
ish from decent society’ all such
gaming tendencies, and the open
gambling hall will not long be
tolerated.
Money can’t
but it can build
and nothing else will-
do everything,
a trolley line—
FARMERS’ ORGANIZATION.
This week the City of Fort
Worth has entertained the Far-
mers’ Educational’ and Co-Opera-
tive Union of Texas in its second
aifnual State meeting. This is
an organization of farmers and
of others in those professions that
are allied to or in full sympathv
with the needs and aims of far-
mers. The union was organized
in this state by ten farmers in'
Rains county in October, 1902,
and has grown very rapidly, its
membership now being about
100,000 in the state. As yet it
has not become widely known
to all classes of people, but it
bids fair to soon become the most
powerful organization of the kind
ever in the state. Its objects, as
set forth by the Unjon, are to be
commended, and it is to-be hoped
that it will be so wisely conduct-
ed that it will always adhere
strictly *to the work outlined.
Here is what it seeks to do:
1. To discourage as much as possible
the present mortgage and credit sys-
tem.
2. To assist our members in buying
and selling.
3. To labor for the education of the
agricultural classes in the science of
crop diversification and scientific ag-
riculture. . - ' •
4. To constantly strive to secureren-
tire harmony and good will among all
mankind and brotherly love among
ourselves.
o. To forth a more adequate union
with those in authority for a more
rigid and impartial enforcement of the
law, that crime, vice and immorality
may be suppressed.
6. It would garner the tears of the
distressed, the blood of martyrs* the
laugh of innocent childhood, the sweat
of honest labor and the virtue of a
happy home ,as the brightest jewels
known. j
7. This is in no degree a political
party and stall forever abstain from
even so much as a discussion of party-
ism. Yet we do not feel that it is our
right to place shackles upon^the mind
nor a padlock upon the lips of any one
who may wish to discuss, for educa-
tional purposes, the science of govern-
ment, because upon this rock ail im-
portant structures must rest for
either mental* moral or financial de-
velopment.
It is now the case that any line
of business which is in an unor-
ganized state has but an indiffer-
ent opportunity to succeed in this
day of great and compact organi-
zation in almost every line of
work. Of the packers, and the
manufacturers of goods, oil, flour,
and everything else that the far-
mer uses and produces need to or-
ganize to lucceed, surely the far-
mer needs organization also.
That great good can be accom-
plished by the proper kind of or-
ganization is not questioned. We
would be glad to see every farmer
come to realize this fact. United
action is needed. No better illus-
tration of this fact needs to be
had than the present condition of
the truck and berry growers of
this county. At present the sup-
ply of these products is more than
sufficient to meet the local de-
mands. No one individual raises
enough to ship to advantage.
Our production along these lines
must cease unless' the producers
can find a market. By proper or-
ganization and a combination of
the products of all, a market can
be found apd a sufficient quantitv
shipped at once to enable the
grower to realize a profit. This
is the condition in many other
things the farmer handles.
The rock on which every far-
mers’ organization has gone to
pieces heretofore is politics. It
is well that this union declares
no question of partyism shall be
discussed. If it can be kept out
of the field of party politics the
Farmers’ Educational and Co-Op-
erative Union of Texas has a
broad field of usefulness be-
fore it.
Lots of church members spent
days and days discussing politics
who couldn’t find time this week
to attend the Sunday School Con-
vention for three hours.
With boll weevils discovered
in the cotton fields and a prohi-
bition election on in the county,
the Parii Advocate is “nigh on
to” dead with fright and tits.
Tulip, was here Wednesday, and
he has been over a good deal of
the river country, examined the
crops closely, and says the worms
are not injuring the crops to any:
extent.
The merchants of the county
need not get too badly frightened
about the boll worms. Old Fan-
nin is going to have a pretty
good crop of cotton this year, if
it doesn’t do better and have a
bumper one.
' A dispatch from Floresville
tells us that Ederbijen Cendajo,
shot on the cibolo on July 19,
died Aug. 9. How a man with a
name like that, shot on the cibolo,
ever lived twenty-two days is a
mystery eternity alone will un-
fold.
The* price of wheat ^has ad-
vanced much in the past ten
days. The short crop in Okla-
homa, Kansas and Nebraska is
said to be the cause of the ad-
vance. Well, Texas can eat corn
bread this year. We will have
cheap meal.
Now that Bryan has expressed
himself so positively as being in
favor of Parker, of believing that
he will be elected, and of his in-
tention to aid all he can in the
election, perhaps he will be per-
mitted to remain in the party un-
til after November.
Smith Lipscomb sent a basket
of Duchess pears to the St. Louis
Vair this week, and when the peo-
ple from other states see them
they will wonder why pumpkins
grow pear-shaped in Texas. It
was the finest basket of pears
ever seen here.
It may be construed from the fol-
lowing paragraph which appeared in
the San Antonio Express that another
wine parlor had been found in that
goodly city: ‘’The police report a bad
hole at the corner of Avenue B and
Grand avenue.—Denison Herald.
What! The San Antonio po-
lice call a wine room a “bad hole!”
Not on your life.
GEo. Clark writes a letter to
the Dallas News insisting that
Bryan'be summarily put out of
the Democratic party. He savs
he is a traitor. Speaking from
personal experience George is au-
thority on “traitors.” Of course,
the Democratic party will heed
his demands.
The editor of the Denison Her-
ald is either a Republican or has
learned Republican tricks. He
is claiming that even the nomi-
nation of a Democratic candidate
for. president has so influenced
Providence that the blessings
'nature is bestowing are because
of it. Nothing like claiming all
there is coming to us.
The appointment of Senator
Culberson and Congressman Ran-
dell as Texas members of the
Democratic campaign committee
makes it certain that Texas and
Texans will do their part toward
electing Parker.
The Paris News can see no
reason for electing a Democratic
president if all the Republicans
are not turned out of office and
Democrats put in. The News
has identically the idea of most
politicians. They rise no higher
in their conception of the mis-
sion of the Democratic party than
that it is to make places for them
to fill. -_
Mr. Bryan wants the states to own
the railroads and control them. While
all of us may not agree with him in
his Idea, still it would be better for
the state to own and control the rail-
roads than for the railroads to own
and control the state.—Denton County
News.
Neither condition ought to pre-
vail. But if the railroads per-
sist in their attempts to control
the state, as they are doing in
many instances, the day wall
come when the state will control
them one way or another.
The great majority of the far-
mers we have talked with this
week do not think that the boll
worms are doing much damage,
unless it be to a few fields here
and there. J. S. Poison, from
Gov. Hogg’s speech at the
Houston convention last week has
brought down upon him the an-
athema’s of a great majority of
the politicans of the state. The
governor’s remarks about Parker
lacked several leagues of being
complimentary, but the governor
says he uttered the truth. May-
be so, governor, but you showed
darn poor judgment in selecting
3rour time and, place and the na-
ture of your truth. There may’
be times when th,e truth is best
left unsaid.
The Houston Post, in a some-
what lengthy eiditorial on the lo-
cal option law, says that the
next legislature is going to amend
and perfect the law. It intimates
that the Willacy bill will be.
again introduced, and another
bill by Senator Paulus to give
“partial prohibition.” The Post
would have a prohibition that
ment. What objection can be
raised to it? Can a president
know* the aspirants more inti-
mately’ than the community and
better judge of their qualifica-
tions? Is he more interested than
the community in prompt, honest
and efficient service? By leaving
the appointment, the removal and
rejection for cause in the hands
of the president, but by restrict-
ing appointment to a list furnish-
ed by the community’, the rights
and interests of both the Federal
government and the various com-
munities can be protected. Pres-
idents and congressmen will then
run on their own merits and not
on the machines Which they have
built up; the public service will
by improved and communities
will be protected from the impo-
sitions that are now’ practiced up-
on them/
It is scarcely’ necessary for the
Post to say that Mr. Bryan pro-
poses herein a genuine reform
We have long ago urged just such
a measure, and we believe that
the time will come when the peo-
ple wifi have more to say con-
cerning their postmaster. The
postmaster is the one public of-
ficial of small communities with
whom the masses come in con-
stant contact, and he should be a
would permit the sale of beer and , man persona grata to ttie public.
Wines, but not of whiskey. The j \ye noj. beiieve that the office
fact is, the Post would not have j should be regarded as the polit-
prohibiticfn laws at all if it could
have its way’, and it is jn favor
of anything that will weaken the
laws wTe already have.
There is a pacer published in
Dallas by a negro that is calcu-
lated to make trouble for a cer-
tain class ofithe younger genera-
tion of negroes. Its whole ten-
dency is to encourage discontent
ical asset of the man who hap
pens to be president.
We admit that the public as «
rule, has little to complain of with
regard to postmasters, except
where negroes are occasionally
forced on Southern communities,
but that is no reason w’hy the
geople should not have the man
’they want. N
There are some
practical ob-
to the prpposition, we
among them, to cause them to
seek things that are unattain- iectipns
abl(jr and to become unruly. In a^mit. But there may be abund-
most parts of 'texas, at least, the I ant wa*3s obviate obstacles,
negroes frep to do as he pleases, ^or instance, it is inconcie\ able
so long as he behaves himself
and violates no law. He is not
molested, but finds in the white
men around him the best friends
die has. But%this paper, using
that the postoffice department
should be compelled to accept
any man who might be selected,
regardless of his responsibility,
character and ability to make a
an incident in Chicago as a text, 1 bond to Protect th? Public against
gives its readers some bad ad-
vice. The incident in question
was the shooting of some strikers
by a negro who had been at-
tacked by them. The editor re-
cites these facts and then ad-
vises our Texas negroes to arm
themselves and use their weapons
when occasion demands. Such
advice might possibly’ be given
if there were any excuse for it,
but there isn’t any. Negroes in
Texas are not interfered with in
their work. The ones who do not
need to arm themselves are the
ones who will be inflamed by
such articles. Too many young
men get into trouble by carry-
ing guns, as it is. The negro
editor is but sowing the seed that
will ripen into bitter fruit for his
people when he gives such advice.
Electing Postmasters.
Houston Post.
The Post has received from Mr.
William J. Bryan’s Commoner a
copy of one of the editorial pages,
with the following article
marked:
Why should a president be per-
mitted to turn the postoffice de-
partment into a partisan machine
and use thousands of postmasters
as paid agents to advance his po-
litical fortunes? He should not.
Why should a member of con-
gress be permitted to build up a
personal organization composed
of the postmasters recommended
by him but paid by the govern-
ment and use this organization
to defeat other congressional as-
pirants of his own party? He
should not. Why should a chief
executive be permitted to fill the
most frequented office in the com-
munity with a postmaster objec-
tionable to the community and
reward him for his services with
the money' paid in by’ the com-
munity? He should not. Why
should the “Great Father at
Washington,” as the Indians call
him, be permitted to electioneer
among the colored voters of the
North by appointing black post-
masters in the Siquth against the
protest of the patrons of the of-
fice? He should not. And yet
all these things are openly and^
notoriously done today. The
election of postmasters by the
people whom they are to serve
will correct all these abuses. It
is in harmony with democratic
principles; it is Consistent with
the doctrine of local self govern-
malfeasance or dishonesty. No
doubt if the policy were once es-
tablished the department might
prescribe the qualifications of a
man’s candidacy so that an elec-
tion for postmaster might defi-
nitely settle a contest.
Very’ likely it would be-well to
begin such a reform by confining
such candidacies to members of
the party in power, giving all
patrons an opportunity vote, for
otherwise ft would doubtless be a
long time/ before congress would
pass a law to make postmasters
subject to popular choice. As a
final proposition, however. The
Post will b£ heartily in favor of
electing postmasters by: popular
choice, with no limitations ex-
cept a candidate’s responsibility
and character.
The Post recognizes the force
of Mr. Bryan’s argument why
postmasters be elective. The
matter has been so frequently
discussed in the South, and so far
as we have observed, all who
have ever expressed an opinion
on the plan have favored it.
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Fine Stock Association.
The Fannin County Fine Stock
and Poultiy Association held a
session in this city Thursday
afternoon of last week. The sec-
retary and treasurer made a re-
port showing the number of mem-
bers, the amounts of money col-
lected and disbursed.
The annual election of officers
resulted a s follows: W. W.
Witcher, president; G. M. «H^iff-
aker, vice president; Benj. Smith,
secretary and treasurer.
The date of the next show was
fixed for Nov. 3. It was decided
to charge an entrance fee on each
of the various classes as follow-
lows:
Horses and cattle 50c, swine
and poultry, 25. The Entrance
money will be used-to pay’ pre-
miums.
A proposition to altar the by-'
laws, so as to permit those out-
side the county to membership
was voted down. Only white res-
idents of Fannin county are
eligible to membership.
The president then appointed
the following committees:
Committee on grounds and
premiums—J. U. Lainhart, J. M.
Terry and R. J. Abernathy.
Committee on classification of
exhibits and rules of competition.
—Ashley’ Evans, Dr. G. A. Har-
per, G. M. Huffaker and Walter
Ellsworth.
Committee to solicit premiums
—J. U. Lainhart, J. M. Smith
and E. F. Lipscomb. This com-
mittee was authorized to appoint
subcommittees at various places
in the county to aid them in so-
liciting.
The secretary was instructed
to qrge upon all members that
have not paid annual dues of 25c
to pay ghme at once, and to ex-
tend an invitation to all eligible
Fannin county citizens to join
the association, and ladies who
have pets, or fine stock to become
members.
By unanimous vote the secre-
tary’ was instructed to receive no
entries for competition after six
o'clock on’’ Wednesday evening,
November 2. -
The secretary was authorized
to ascertain cost of printing cat-
alogue, premium lists, etc.
All committees are instructed
to report to association at its
next meeting, which will be held
at the court house on Thursday,
October 6, at 1 o’clock p. m. At
that time it is intended that the
premiums will have been secured
and the list ready to be turned
over to the secretary, and it is
desired that the list be printed
and distributed early in October.
The Big Log Rolling.
Yesterday was the first day of
|,the big Woodmen Log Rolling,
which is to continue today and
tomorrow. There was a big
crowd here yesterday, and the
show started off in fine shape.
The parade was not as exten-
sive is was hoped for, but what
there was of it was good. The
addresses at the grounds north
of the city were all good.
Last night the grounds were
crowded, everybody bent on hav-
ing a good time. The programs
for today and tomorrow are as
follows:
FRIDAY—POLl'ftCAL DAY.
| § *
Republican speech, Hon. Wm.
H. Atwell, of Dallas, 10 a. m.
Democratic speech, Hon. Tom
Campbell, of Palestine, 11 a. m.
Prohibition speech, Cyclone
Davis, 2 p. m.
Free balloon ascension, 4 p. m.
Prof. Reisto will make his dar-
ing fire flight 200 feet through
mid-air, absolutely enveloped in
flames of fire, at 9 p. m.
SATURDAY—BARBECUE DAY.
Woodman speech by'Hon. Mor-
ris Sheppard at 10:30 a. m.
Free barbecueat 12 p. m.
Lecture-On QjRilkes” by Sov-
ereign Deerirj*af t p. m.
General Woodmen Love Feast
at 3 p. m.
All attractions on the grounds
will be in full blast until 11:30
p. m.
Meeting at the Church of Christ.
Eld. Harding, a noted evangel-
ist of Kentucky, has been preach-
ing a series of sermons this week
at the Central church of Christ,
services being held in the after-
noon and at night.
Eld. Harding has preached
some able sermons, and he has
preached them in a way that im-
pressed his hearers with theii
truthfulness and power.
The audiences have been fairly
good, but many more would be
welcome if they would attend.
Remember that you have an invi-
tation to go hear the plain gos-
pel proclaimed.
Marriage Licenses.
The following parties have se-
cured license to wed since Friday
last* Wm. Sudderth and Alice
Johnson; H. W. Thomas and
Nora Inglish; E. L. Adams and
Xennie House; E. H. Cobb and
Minnie Abernathy; E. H. Foster
and Pearl Sharp; J. M. Jones and
Lillie Bridgewater; H. L. Paulk
and Ella Collard; J. A. Spark-
man and Maude Cooper; W. C.
Norwood and Ida May Mathis.
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