La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume 34.
Democratic in Principle, And a-Worker For LaGrange and Fayette County\
LaGrange, Fayette County, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 23, 1913.
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$1.50 Pur Year.
Number 4.
HARMONY IS PREFERRED.
In a signed statement issued by Mayor Rice
of Houston last Monday that official gives the
public the information that he has withdrawn
from the mayoralty race. This announcement
is the result of a conference of friends of both
candidates, and relieves a condition that gave
promise of much discontent and future dissension
calculated to retard the progress of Houston.
Whatever the opinions of others regarding
the mayor of Houston may be, his withdrawal
from a race that was practically won for the sake
of keeping intact the progressive opinions of a
metropolitan people and destroying that growing
sentiment to disrupt a popular growth is a sacri-
fice that will in no wise put him in bad, but will
concrete public favor in his^ behalf for all time
to come.
That Mayor Rice helped to make Houston
grow is undeniable. With the positive assurance
that his probable successor, Ben Campbell, will
exert his energies and labor zealously to keep
Houston “a-growing,” the citizenship of that
city will have no cause to complain. When a
great mass of people can bring about a condition
of affairs as is now portrayed to us the hearty
indorsement of an appreciative public is stamped
thereon without any attempt to be “in the
push.” Houston will continue to grow.
In the Texas senate a bill has been intro-
duced by Senator McGregor providing for the
submission of a constitutional amendment al-
lowing woman suffrage and also for abolishing
the poll tax. Here is a double-jointer, that’s
certain. The senator presents two distinct
features in one bill; the former should not be
agitated at all. And in this opinion we believe
the great majority of our women concur. But
the abolishing of the poll tax—let ’er rip. Trav-
eling through the privileges and customs of a
“free” country, yet compelled to pay for the
privilege! Dubbed a lunatic or Chinaman be-
cause of failure to pay poll tax! Think of the
problem, good people. May the sentiment in
favor of destroying this hold-up scheme continue
to grow until it assumes such gigantic propor-
tions as will compel the solons to recognize the
“voice from home!”
Some of our exchanges are offering the
pleasing bit of information that “prohibition is
not a party question.” This contention is not a
new discovery; it has been making the rounds
as far back as the writer can remember, but it
has never been accepted in that spirit. To us,
and to thousands of others, it is very much a
party question. No public office seeker, no
holder of office, no candidate for governor or
any other state office is mentioned without his
anti or prohibition proclivities being mentioned
also. It is a most deplorable condition, but de-
crying it does not remedy the evil.
Friends of Morris Sheppard are determined
to make the senatorial honors of R. M. Johnston
short-lived, and aided in their efforts by the
avowed determination of Sheppard himself, the
fight in the legislature as to who shall wear the
toga for the short period of one more month is
going to wax warm. Both contingents are stub-
born, and the public is again# on the eve of
desperation. And to think, if Bailey had re-
signed two years ago all this agony could have
been avoided. Until January 28 we shall live in
agony anu suspense. Oh, you politics!
It has come to light that fifteen per cent of
the marriages in Houston are not test-proof,
which means that the ministers and others
legally authorized to perform marriage ceremo-
monies have been derelict ,in their duties and
failed to make returns on the marriage certifi-
cates. Of course this condition exists only in
Houston. _
The Cleburne Review wonders what has be-
come of the old-fashioned stingy man of whom
it was said he would skin a flea for its hide and
tallow. — Houston Post. A well-put plea that
the individual doesn’t live in Cleburne. But it
won’t work. Every town still has its full quota
of that class of stingy men.
The election of Terrell of San Antonio as
speaker of the house has given the opponents of
Morris Sheppard great hope of electing Johnston.
Present indications are almost sufficient to
lead one to believe that the legislature is going
to pass that compulsory education bill.
Approaching Marriage Announced.
The announcement of the approaching mar-
riage, date not given, of Miss Tillie Perlitz of
Schulenburg and J. Walter Blaize was made
at an entertainment given at the home of the
bride’s sister at Schulenburg last v/eek. Both of
the young people are well known here, Miss
Tillie having frequently visited with the family
of Mrs. A. C. Lenert; and Walter, who was born
and reared here and is now holding the position
of prescription clerk at Meyenberg’s drug store.
The Sticker in its last issue says:
“Seven tables of players drawn from the
closest friends of Miss Tillie Perlitz were bidden
to an afternoon “High Five” party Monday af-
ternooniby Mrs. H. W. Neuhaus, presumably for
a merry game, but in reality to learn of the ap-
proaching marriage of Miss Tillie Perlitz. The
interesting event is dated to occur in the near
future. For the hospitality having so happy a
theme as the announcement, the entire decora-
tions of the home emphasized the bridal tone
and white blossoms were used almost exclusively.
“The reception hall, parlor and library were
thrown into one and were decorated with palms,
ferns, white American Beauty Roses and poin-
settas. The seqre cards were very pretty, heart-
shaped with miniature ‘cupids.’ These gave
a hint of the secret.
“The announcement was attractively madp.
Just as luncheon was served one of the guests,
Mrs. C.J. Baumgarten received a telegram which
read: ‘Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Neuhaus annnounce
the engagement of Miss Tillie Perlitz to Mr.
Walter Blaize of LaGrange.’ After congratula-
tions and wishing the bride-elect happiness, the
luncheon continued.
“The dining room looked very pretty with
candles burning. A handsome cover of lace
overspread the table and in the center was a
tall cut glass vase with roses resting on a mir-
rored placque. Bon bon dishes held dainties ac-
centuating the red hues of the candles.
“A most delicious repast of salad, olives,
pickles, sandwiches, fruit cake, candy, macaro-
nies, cookies, candy and chocolate with whipped
cream was served.”
News From Legislative Halls.
Governor Colquitt and Lieutenant-governor
Mayes were sworn in Tuesday, the ceremonies
being the most impressive ever held in the legis-
lature and was witnessed by between 5000 and
6000 people. People came from all parts of the
State, not only filling the galleries to their ca-
pacity, but the hall of the house was also in-
vaded. The oath of office was administered by
Chief Justice T. J. Brown, who used the same
bible which has served for this purpose since
the days of Sam Houston.
There is now pending in both houses a bill
which is directed against wholesale liquor deal-
ers who, it is claimed, are escaping the taxes
under the gross receipts tax law. The proposed
measure seeks to impose a tax on wholesalers
who ship liquor direct to the consumer in prohi-
bition districts.
A bill has been introduced in the senate pro-
viding for presidential primary nominations for
president and vice-president of the United States
and also for party political electors for the na-
tional convention.
There will be introduced in both branches of
the legislature a “blue sky law” bill, and when
presented will have the approval of the attorney
general’s department. It will provide that all
companies organized for the purpose of selling
stock shall be placed under the supervision of
the state department of insurance and banking.
One of the main features'is that it limits the
commissions to be paid the promoters to ten per
cent, and anyone who recommends the purchase
of stock in such a corporation is held liable if the
stock is not what it is represented to be.
His honor Mayor Speckels and Postmaster
August F. Loessin each became “forty-niners”
last week. A few friends managed to get next,
and assisted the boys in celebrating the anniver-
sary. Both declare they will live to be one
hundred years of age.
Those balmy days—there were about four
of them last week—brought on the fishing fever,
so much so that our office boy threatened to quit
his job. Even the boss man had the presenti-
ment that the fish wanted him to drop a line.
Ladies’ Cemetery Association.
The Ladies’ Cemetery Association met the 16th
instant at the Methodist church in regular session
for the third quarter. The president, Mrs. W. H.
Thomas, being absent on account of illness in the
family, the second vice-president, Mrs. Dan Reiss,
presided. Minutes of the previous meeting were
read and accepted with a correction, namely, that
the treasurer’s report for the last quarter was
complete up to the time of her departure from
town. The secretary’s report for the past quarter
was as follows:
TEN THOUSAND IN GOLD.
Collected dues. ___________
.. .$ 44.00
Donation, Mrs. A. Schmidt____
1.00
Donation, city council,.......
.... 150.00
Sale of cemetery lots. ____
.... 23.00
Total ____________
.. $218.00
A LaGrange Fair for May is being agitated.
The secretary reported the death of two of the
association’s most valued members, Mesdames
Annie Richards and Itasca E. Powell; also that
suitable resolution were formulated and sent to the
families of the deceased. Reports accepted.
The chairman of the working committee being
absent, Mrs. W. Davidson reported the work at the
cemetery satisfactory, and the sexton, Mr. Scholz,
was ordered paid for the last quarter. A key was
ordered for one of the hydrants at the new cem-
etery.
The fence committee made no report.
The treasurer’s report was as follows:
RECEIPTS—GENERAL FUND.
October 11, 1912, To balance brought
down ........................ $ 2.68
October 15, 1912, dues from secre-
tary .................. 4.00
October 15, 1912, sales of lots_______ 23.00
January 10, 1913, donation of city
council................. 150.00
January 10, 1913, donation of Mrs.
Schmidt..................... 1.00
January 10, 1913, dues from secre-
' tary.......... 42,00 v
January 13, 1913, sales of lots____ 23.00
January 13, 1913, dues from secre-
tary......................... 2.00
Total....................$244.68
DISBURSEMENTS —GENERAL FUND.
December 4, 1912, to Meyer Bros._ .$ .75
January 16, 1913, returned loan to
improvement fund........... 30.00
January 16, 1913, paid sexton.....120.00
Total ............ .$150.75
January 16, 1913, balance on hand, $93.93.
IMPROVEMENT FUND.
October 17, 1912, to balance on
hand........................$ .37
January 16, 1913, from general
fund, loan refunded.......... 30.00
Balance on hand..........$30.3Y
FENCE FUND.
To balance on hand...............$155.04
January 5, 1913, interest from de-
posit in Schuhmacher Bank . _ 30.89
Balance on hand........$185.93
Moved and carried that the association tender
thanks to the city council for the liberal donation
of $150.
Moved and carried that a petition be sent to
the city council asking that the prices of cemetery
lots and single graves be raised for town people as
well as outsiders, and the secretary was instructed
to prepare said petition.
Moved and carried that the decoration exercises
this year be held in the Methodist church.
The president pro tern appointed Mesdames W.
Caldwell and W. Davidson as a committee to inter-
view F. Reichert about furnishing a grave cover to
be used when the friends of the deceased so desire.
There being no other business, a motion to ad-
journ prevailed.
Mrs. Dan Reiss, President pro tern.
Mrs. Lad. V. Vanek, Secretary.
Tonight will be the time when everybody anx-
ious to have a good time will attend the fireboys’
annual mask ball at the Casino hall. Solicitors
been abroad and will be today for the purpose of
selling admission tickets. The boys are anxious to
make the affair a glorious success, and the commit-
tee in charge of the arrangements express the hope
that the large crowd, certain to be present, will
not be confined to onlookers alone. Tickets can
also be secured from the Heintze-Speckels Company,
Corner Drug Store and J. Meyenberg.
Work on the sewer system is progressing rap-
idly now. The steam ditcher is working overtime,
and the appearance of things seems to indicate that
the wo^k will be completed ere many days pass.
The Texas Industrial Congress, which has in
the past two years, by reason of offering gold dol-
lars for prizes, created more, interest in proper
farm culture than any other organized body or pri-
vate individual, will offer another $10,000 in gold.
Here in Fayette county quite a number of men,
women, boys and girls propose to contest for some
of the gold, and in view of the fact Fayette county
contestants have been so very successful in the
past it is not without merit to state that history „
will repeat itself.
The contest this year is divided into five
classes. For the information of our farmer friends
we reproduce the following:
Class A—This class covers the production of
model farms (four acres) planted as follows: Com
one acre, cow peas one acre, Kaffir corn, or milo
maize one acre, cotton one acre. The land must
be in a body. The prizes are as follows: First,
$1,000; second, $500; third, $250; fourth, $150;
fifth, $100; twenty prizes of $50 each, a total of
twenty-five prizes aggregating $3,000. This class
is open to all, and public school pupils may enter
the contest as a body.
Class B—Competition in this class is open only
to members of the Texas Corn Club. Prizes are
as follows: First, $500; second, $300; third, $250;
fourth, $125; fifth, $75; fifty prizes of $25 each.
Class C, Texas Cotton Club—Competition in
this class is open only to boys and girls ten years
of age and under twenty on January 1, 1913. For
the largest yield from one acre of middling cotton,
weighed both in seed and in lint, cost of produc-
tion considered. First, $500; second, $300; third,
$2o0; fourth, $125; fifth, $75; fifty other prizes,
making fifty-five in all, amounting to $2,500.
Special—A special prize of $500 is offered to
any contestant entered in both class B and C who
shall win the first prize in each class.
Class D—This contest is for the best yield on
one acre of Kaffir corn or milo maize. First prize,
$500; second, $200; ten other prizes of $50 each.
Fulllnlormafrbn'concerningtHTTyearVcdiitest '
and contestants’ entry blanks will be sent in any
quantity desired to anyone upon application to the
Texas Industrial Congress, Dallas, Texas.
The Fayette County Winners.
The University of Texas has just issued full
four-year scholarships to eight of the winners in
the 1912 prize crop contest of the Texas Industrial
Congress. They were sent to Col. Henry Exall,
president of the congress/ for his signature, and
were then mailed to the fortunate young farmers.
Miss Annie Lou Darby of Pittsburg, Camp county,
winner of $25, the fourth prize in the Texas Cotton
Club, is the only girl among the scholarship win-
ners. She raised 2.03 bales on one acre at a net
profit of $84.71. • The other winners are: Alford
Branck of Overton, Rusk county, who received the
first prize of $250 in the Texas Corn Club. His
yield was 167.5 bushels produced on one acre at a
profit of $95.35. Emil S. Kovar of Fayetteville,
Fayette county, awarded $125, the second prize in
the same class on a production of 125.27 bushels at
a net profit of $69.38. John R. Henderson of
Birthright, Hopkins county, awarded $75, the third
prize in the Texas Corn Club, for a yield of 133.8
bushels at a profit of $67.16. Henry Kovar of Fay-
etteville, Fayette county, awarded $50, the fourth
prize in the same class on a yield of 118'22 bushels
at a profit of $64.95. H. W. Kloppenberg of Sub-
lime, Lavaca county, awarded the second prize of
$125 in the Texas Cotton Club for one acre of cot-
ton on a yield of 2.09 bales at a profit of $91.33.
Webb Orow of Tyler, Smith county, awarded the
third prize of $75 in the Texas Cotton Club for a
yield of 2.38 bales, the largest cotton production
of Texas during 1912, at a net profit of $85.40.
Raymond Baca of Fayetteville, Fayette county,
awarded $200, the second prize in class D for two
acres of Kaffir corn or milo maize. His yield was
157.1 bushels at a net profit of $48.49.
Emil S. Kovar was entitled to the scholarship
on two counts, as he won the first prize in the
Texas Cotton Club on a yield of 2.01 bales produced
at a profit of $91.68 in addition to the second prize
in the Texas Corn Club.
The announcement of the 1913 prize offer of
$10,000 is now being distribeted in pamphlet form.
Some changes have been made, though in the main
the contest will be conducted along the same lines
as formerly. Full particulars and an application
blank will be sent to any person interested who
will request same from the Texas Industrial Con-
gress, Dallas, Texas.
It may be a blow to Washington’s upper ten,
but that’s all—the inaugural ball will be cut out.
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La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1913, newspaper, January 23, 1913; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth998119/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.