The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 63, July 1959 - April, 1960 Page: 557
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Carry Nation in Texas
Red River county the people seem to think more about going to
town than about going to heaven."
From San Antonio came the following doubtful left-handed
compliment upon the appearance of a great lady, Lotta Crabtree,
beloved of the Southwest: "Her voice hasn't cracked yet."
And from another San Antonio paper: "The Floresville Chron-
icle applauds Sturm's action in whipping a lawyer for not paying
his bills, and wanted to engage him to serve other lawyers who do
not pay their bills in like manner. The article however, carries
with it an unjust reflection upon the few honest lawyers who do
pay their bills."
The old Fort Worth Gazette was a favorite target for other
papers in the state, the editor being quite outspoken upon all
subjects. One of his pet projects was the necessity of raising more
hogs in Texas to advance the economy of the state.
The Gatesville Post asked: "Are we right in the suspicion that
the Fort Worth Gazette is the owner of a patent hog-cholera cure?"
To which the Fort Worth Gazette replied: "We might say yes,
and inquire after your health."
The vitriolic pen of the editor brought about a custom which
still is in vogue over the state. Politicians, theater owners, and
hotel managers often remember the editor at Christmas-time in
bottled goods, fancy food, and cigars. Thus, the San Antonio
Light of December 24, 1898, announced: "The Light will not be
issued tomorrow but the side door will be open for the reception
of small Christmas baskets."
Riding herd on a far-flung crew of western newspaper editors,
a man whose opinion topped the heap in matters of literary
criticism was the editor of Harper's Monthly. Tucked away in
the "Editor's Drawer" in March, 1877, was this tribute to Texas'
fearless journalism:
When a citizen of the South desires to pass himself out of this
world in a hurried and informal way, he sometimes does it in the
manner described in the Austin (Texas) Statesman, which, in al-
luding to the suicide of John Eccles, an old citizen of Washington,
says: "Being mightily pothered about Governor Coke and taxes, and
the like, he took a tod of laudanum to sooth his nerves, and never
waked up no more."557
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