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THE WEATITERFO III) ENQUIRER.
VOL. XII.—NO. 7.
WEATHERKOltl). TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1892.
Successor to Sun-Constitution.
WHBRB IT IS WEAK.
A Railroad Man's Opinion of the
Railroad Commission.
Col. G. W. Barnhart, like all the
rest of the competent railroad men
of Texas, is opposed to the Texas
railway commission as it is now con-
stituted. As a general agent here
of the Cotton Belt route, Col. Barn-
hart, has to deal daily with the af-
• o oí nearly every road in tbestate
indirectly, and he is therefore in an
excellent position for observing the
evil effects of Mr. Hogg's commis-
sion law as at present administered*
"It is not the commission per se
that we railroad men object to,"
said Col. Barnhart.. "Iowa, Nebras-
ka, Missouri, Georgia, Massachusetts
and in fact, states in all sections of
the ilnion have railroad commis-
•isns, and they have all greatly mo-
dified the law and revolutionized the
make-up of the commissions since
their adoption. They had to do this
to keep from bankrupting the roads
and paralyzing traffic. In Nebraska,
for instance, the law was originally
especially stringent and was adminis-
tered with such severity by the com-
mission, composed of political hacks,
that the people themselves demanded
a change. After incalculable injury
had been done the state, a practical
railroad man of the name John Ott
was appointed a commissioner, and
the affairs of the roads have been since*
conducted on a basis equally fair to
the people and the corporations, un-
til now there is no complaint from
either side about the commission.
"Plain, practical railroad sense is
a commodity badly needed by the Tex-
as commission. I don't think there
is a member of it who knows the diff-
erence between a box car and a diff-
e.ential. Their ignorance of railroad
matters is liable to cause them to be
imposed upon by any designing and
selfish agent. The only railroad man
connected with them is their clerk,
who attained the giddy height of
station agent of the International
and Great Northern at Palestine after
a few years of service. There are
plenty of broad guage railroad men
in the state, who would be acceptable
to the people and the roads, who
doubtless could be induced to accept
a place on the commission, and who
would enter upon the discharge of
their duties with an intelligent ap-
preciation of tiie vast interests in-
volved in the administration of their
office. I expect to see a railroad man
on the commission ere long. The
people will demand it."—Port Worth
Mail.
load of travellers. The driver walked
by her side, trying to encourage her
as she toiled hlowly and wearily
along.
The six passengers were too busfly
engaged in conversation to notice
how slowly the car progressed. Pres-
ently the driver opened the door at
the rear of the car and slammed it to
again. Those inside started, but
thought that he was only assuring
himself that the door was securely
closed.
Again Pat opened and slammed to
the door. The travellers Inquired
angrily why he disturbed them in
that manner.
"Whist," he whispered, "d^n't
spake so loud—she'll overhear us."
"Who?"
"The mare. Spake low," he con-
tinued, putting his hánd over his
mouthand nose. "Sure, l'mdesavin'
the crayture! Every time she hears
the doorslammin' that way she thinks
one of yez is gettin' down to walk up
the hill, and that raises hersperrits."
The passengers took the hint.
Who Have Bean and Who aro Froa
Tradora.
Here is a list of a few distinguish-
ed free traders:
Thomas Jefferson,
Andrew Jackson,
John C. Calhoun,
John C. Breckinridge,
Stephen A. Douglas,
Jefferson Davis,
Robert J. Walker.
In addition every eminent Demo-
crat from Jefferson to Cleveland.
From 1870 to 1876 such Republi-
cans as Allison, Gartleld and John
Sherman were advocating the same
principles.
Such men as Cleveland, Bayard,
Carlilse, Breckenridge, Lamar, Ilamp
ton, Mills, Campbell, Boies are prom
inent free-traders of to-day. In all
the colleges the men who read his-
tory and think, and teach science are
free traders.
Men who, for a hundred years,
have written the books on political
economy any one cares for are all
free traders.
To-day, nine-tenths of the Demo-
crats and one-fourth of the Republi
cans are free traders; in other words,
more than half of the American peo-
ple. Are they knaves or fools?
The real knavery of American pol
1 i tics is that policy which takes away
the hard-money of the farmer to en
rich the manufacturer. No one who
thinks that is right will llnd much
comfort in Home and Farm.—Home
and Farm.
The Cotton Problem
At Memphis, on January 8th there
was held an earnest meeting of the
Mississippi Valley Cotton Growers'
Association, at which were present
six hundred delegates. Papers were
read by a number of gentlemen from
Various sections of the South, earnest-
ly urging a reduction of the cotton
acreage. Colonel J. R. Godwin* of
Tennessee, read an elaborate paper,
which se< med to express the view of
the convention faithfully. He said
that in former years the surplus at
the end of the season ranged from six-
teen hundred in the hands of the
producer to two hundred and thirty-
six thousand bales in 1890-1891. Tak-
ing a lesson from these figures, Col-
onel Godwin showed the enormous
sums spent for food crops which could
as well be raised at home, and claimed
incredible as it may appear, that
some are so wedded to the cctton
industry as to buy everything con-
sumed but water and air, and suggest-
ed twenty per cent, as the reduction
in acreage. His paper was received
with applause, and Colonel Hector D.
Lane followed with a powerful argu-
ment on if* ¿ame lines.
It is V>uposed to organize local
associations throughout the cotton-
growing regions, the purpose of these
associations being to bring to bear
every argument and influence directly
upon the farmers, to induce them to
substitute, to a large extent, food
crops for cotton during the year 1892.
Pat's Device.
The following incident, told by the
Utica Times, of the method employed
by a clever son of Erin to induce his
passengers to walk up hill, shows
that a graceful, witty hintjs pretty
sure to prove irresistible.
Up one of the long bills of County
Wtcklow a mare was drawing a heavy
National BanKa in Texas.
Bank Examiner II. M. Spalding for
Texas, New Mexico and Indian Ter
rltory, States that the Na<'l banks in
Texas are in much better condition
than they were a few months ago
At present there are 209 National
banks in operation in this State with
a capital of nearly $23,000,000, seven-
teen of which have been organized in
the past yearwith a capital of $1,510,
000, and you can state in the same
time two National hanks have gone
into voluntary liquidation with a
capital of $300,000 and two banks
have failed and receivers have been
appointed which had a capital of
$400,000. And, speaking of bank
failures, I will say that there has
never been hut four National bank
failures in Texas, and I can mention
every one. They are as follows:
One on June 8, 1878, with a capital
$100,000, which paid 38 1-10 per
cent, of its deposits; one on Aug. 17,
1887, with a capital of $50,000, which
paid deposits in full with interest;
one Julyl, 1891, with a capital of
$100,000; one on Sept. 14, 1891, with
a capital of $100,000 and the deposits
in the last two named banks were
very small, being less than $50,000
and no dividend yet declared. Four,
private banks have failed in Texas
this year and with large liabilities."
In respect to the usury law he says:
"I don't see why changing the rate of
the interest from 12 to 10 per cent
should cause eastern capitalists to
withdraw their money from this
State, as very few of them receive
moré than that rate of interest at
the present time, and they are very
well satisfied with that rate when
well secured."—American Banker.
SILVER MINES.
A gentleman of Lingleville was in
Stephenville last Friday. He is one
of the owners of tha rich silver mines
discovered on Iron Eye. He says the
manager of the Ranger silver mines
told him only a few days ago that his
company had ordered $60,000 worth
of mining machinery and had paid
$25,00 ) down. The company has bow
in operation an assay office, and he
saw the men making their assays.
The company has men in their em-
ploy who are out buying up land.
Where they can't buy they take op-
tions on the minerals.
John Parson- , a farmer, who has
been living in that country a long
time, and who lives seven miles from
the Ranger mines, took samples of
minerals from a twenty foot well
some ten years ago to Ranger, and
the people there made fun of him.
Lately he assayed the ore and it ran
#100 of gold to the ton. The vein is
five feet thick.
Another farmer near the Ranger
mines had his ore assayed, and it as-
sayed $60 in silver and $40 in gold to
the ton.
THK IRON EYK MINES.
W. S. White, D. S. Sloan, W. J.
Smith and Dennis Rushins 'own an
interest in the Iron Eye mines, about
eighteen miles from the Ranger
mines. They have had two assays
made from ore taken from their
mines. One was made at Denver and
one at Ranger, and there was a dif
ference of only Uve cents in the two
assajs, and the ore assayed was sur-
face rock and indicates a very rich
mine The owners have ju9t com
menced working, and have opened up
a two-foot strata pf rich mineral. W
J. Smith discovered the Iron Eye
mines by an accident. He left Erath
county and went to the inhospitable
mountains of Stephens county to es
cape being a witness againsta friend
While there he became interested in
hunting mineral before his return
and was richly rewarded for his trip
At first he thought it pretty hard to
have to leave his crop for the sake of
a friend, but now he is glad dame
fortune led his footsteps to those
barren mountains, which have been
tossed and torn to pieces by volcanic
upheavals in age9 long past. We
learn that the Ranger mines have
been tunneled to a depth of 90 feet,
and the rock panned out $150 in sil-
ver to the ton. W. S. White bought
a tract of 160 acres of land for $450
in trade near the Ranger mines. He
sold a half interest in it for $600 and
says that nothing less than $10,000
would buy the tract. It shows
abundant signs of rich mineral. It
has been prospected, but no assays
have yet been made.—Stephen ville
Empire.
TWENTY Thousand DOLLARS!
MY ENTIRE
STOCK™
AT ACTUAL
COST!
$5,000 Worth of Dry Goods,
$5,000 Worth of Clothing, $5,000
$5,000 "Worth of Boots and Shoes,
$5,000 Worth Furnishing Goods, Hats, Etc.
I have determined to clean out my entire stock at once, and it will pay
the country merchant to call cn me and stock up with goods cheaper than
they were ever offered before in this section. I will sell the consumer more
goods now for the money than they ever bought of a merchant in Texas, and
all know that when I say that 1 will sell goods at cost, at cost they go. You
will pay less now for staple goods and clothing, furnishiDg goods, etc., than
will be offered you by any responsible merchant during this year, and it will
pay you to rustle up the cash and come and trade with me. Remember
Everything Goes at Cost for Gash.
Thi is a new departure for me, but I am determined to reduce my stock,
offer my friends and customers a chance to get first-class goods'at a lower-price
it will be their good fortune to get again. This giand COST SALE will continu
only SIXTY DAYS. Respectfully,
L. W. CHRISTIAN,
Northeast Corner Public Square.
and
than
continue for
Mills at Home.
Mr. Mills has gone home to look
after his senatorial chances which
are, according to all reports, most
flattering. He has an able and pop-
ular opponent in Mr. Culberson and
Mr. Chilton, the incumbent by Gov.
Hogg's favor, is one of the foremost
among the younger leaders of the
Texas democracy.
But the people know Mills better
than they do either of the others,
and admire him. Hardly any man
in the party has given it more en-
thusiastic, more laborous or more un-
selfish service than Mr. Mills. For
twenty years he has been actively at
work In every campaign in his own
state and since the party began its
great war on the protective tariff he
has proclaimed the true democratic
faith in more than half the states of
the union. A well informed citizen
of Texas told me recently that if the
choice of a senator were left to the
people Mills would be overwhelming
ly elected, but the present legislature
was chosen before the vacancy oc-
curred. Still he considers the elec-
tion of Mr. Mills practically certain.
—Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.
Those who have run accounts with me will please call and settle at once as I
the money.
need
IR. ~W. IKZIHSTIDIEI
Wholesale and Retail Druggist,
NORTH MAIN ST. Weatherford, Texas.
any so long as such mossbacks as he
have power to keep it out. It is too
bad that such political demagogues
as he is permitted to run a grand
state like Texas.—Railway Age.
WHITE
ROCK
In Barrels, ,,
At Bottom Fga'res
At Wm. Cameron & Co' .
LIME
L T. & R. J. Davis are going out of
business and are selling Furniture at
actual cost.
Reagan of T.xaa.
Senator Reagan, who is the chair-
man of the Texas rail'oad commis-
sion, has at last found it necessary
to assume a defensive position, and
is almoBt daily quoted in the prefs
of that state regarding his rulings
on freight questions.
He now attempts to defend his ac-
tions by Juggling railroad reports,
but the fact exists and he cannot get
over it, that no new capital is being
Invested in Texas, nor will there be
"In buying a cough medicine for
children," says II. A. Walker, a prom-
inent druggist of Ogden, Utah,
"never be afraid to buy Chamberlin's
Cough Remedy. There is no danger
from it and relief is sure to follow.
I particularly recommend C'hamber-
lin's because I have found it to be
safe and reliable. 25 and 60 cent
bottles for sale by Kindel & Vollin-
tine.
THE YEAR 1892 WILL FIND
O THAT-
Of
J. W. GARRISON, Proprietor
« novelty store
One hundred and three members of
the Virginia legislature have express-
ed their preferences for the Demo-
cratic presidential noominee as fol-
lows: Cleveland, 50; Hill, 38; Gor-
man, 3; A Western man, 6; not com-
mitted, 6. As usual, Mr. Cleveland
was the favorite.
Has bargains for all his friends and the balance of the peo-
ple of Weatherford and Parker county. The MOST goods
for the LEAST money Is the way we treat our customers,
and you should call on J. W. GARRISON, and
SIM miMSELf AT THE WTO MB!
Why Do We Advertise!
>^^3aCIXXlOQrjOGOQOOO<KK!OCX?COO^>^
FOR the reason that the good citizens of Weatherford Rn:l Parker County
read THE ENQUIRER. Hence we are desirous that th« se contemplat-
ing the purchase of a conveyance of any kind should know where we
are, who we are, and what we have got, which in brief, evi rything on wheels
from a pony cart to a freight truck, new in design and style of finish.
A new political party has been
formed in Chicago. It embraces
everyone who is partial to Mr. Blaine
and reciprocity, and organized under
the name of "The Knights of Recip-
rocity."
There are 160,000 members of the
M. E. Church South in Texas, an In-
crease of 13,470 during the past year.
Compressed yeast received fresh every
Tuesday at J. H. Stone & Go's. • (tf.
BUGGIES.
Melborae, Troy,
Favorite
& Buckeye,
WAGONS.
Weber, Collins
and Capitol.
CARTS: Ketchum Binham and Standard.
WE3 IIST V l'-L'ül XÜTSFE0TI035T
J. CULBERTSON & SON,
Cor. First and Throckmorton Sts., Ft. Worth, Tex.
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Vincent, Jas. U. The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1892, newspaper, January 21, 1892; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth182036/m1/1/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.