Texas Mining and Trade Journal, Volume 4, Number 28, Saturday, January 27, 1900 Page: 5
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TEXAS MINING AND TRADE JOURNAL.
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His Wife Saved Him.
"My wife's good advice saved my life," writes F. M. Ross of
Winfield, Tennessee," for I had such a bad cough I could hardly
breathe, I steadily grew worse under doctor's treatment, but my
wife urged me to use Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump -
tion, which completely cured me." Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis,
LaGrippe, Pneumonia, Asthma, Hay Fever, and all maladies of
Chest, throat and lungs are positively cured by this marvelou s
medicine; 50 cents and $1. Every bottle guaranteed. Trial bot-
tles free at T. P. M. & M. Co.'s Pharmacy.
Erath County Democrats.
The Democratic County Executive committee met in Steph-
enville recently pursuant to call of County Chairman M. C.
Wicher. Twelve of the precinct chairmen answered to roll call.
Secretary Eugene Moore gives in the Empire the following ac-
count of the meeting:
Resolutions were read by the secretary, and, after some
changes, were adopted as follows:
Resol\ed, 1. That there shall be held at the several voting
places in the several voting precincts of Erath county on the
day of , 1900, a primary election to vote upon and to decide
who of the several aspirants for the precinct and county offices
shall be declared the choice of the Democracy of the county for
the offices to which they aspire. The chairman in each pre-
cinct shall be presiding oHicer of such election; provided, that
in case of his inability to hold such election he may appoint
some suitable person to act in his stead. Such primary election
shall be held as required by the primary election law of the
State of Texas, between the hours of 8 A. M. and 6 P. M.
2. That such primary election shall decide the choice of the
Democrats of Erath county for all precinct, county, district and
State offices, and for United States Senator. The candidate re-
ceiving the highest number of votes in the county for the office
to which he may aspire shall be declared the nominee of the
party for such office. And such vote shall constitute the in-
struction of delegates from this county to all district and State
conventions.
3. That at 2 o'clock on the day of the primary election a con-
vention shall be held at the voting places in the several voting
precincts in this county for the purpose of electing a delegate,
or delegates, to a county convention, which shall assemble in
Stephenville on the day of , 1900, to elect delegates to
the several district and State conventions, and to attend to such
other business as may properly come before such county con-
vention.
It was decided to have the primary on Saturday, May 26,
1900, and the county convention on the next Saturday, June 3
1900.
After filling in the blanks accordingly, the above resolutions
were adopted, as were also the following:
Whereas, certain unDemocratic papers are announcing that
they will print Democratic primary election tickets, and it being
the sense of this body that election tickets for a party's primary
should only be printed by the duly constituted leaders of such
party , or under their direction, or by the papers holding to the
doctrines of such party, therefore
Resolved, that a committee be appointed by this body to in-
vestigate and see if, according to law, only an "official ticket"
can be printed and used in our primary election, such committee
to have power to take such action as they may deem best.
Adopted, and the chair appointed the campaign committee,with
the addition of Dr. Burger and F. H. Chandler.
It was unanimously decided to have printed at the head of all
primary election tickets the same pledge as in 1898, viz.:
"In voting this ticket I agree to support the Democratic nom-
inee in the November, 1900, election. If any man should be
nominated by this primary for whom I cannot vote, then I agree
to simply erase his name and not vote for his opponent."
W. T. Carlton was elected county organizer.
NEW THEORY AS TO THE 0RtG!N OF COAL.
WILLIAM c. WELLES, of Parkersburg, West Vir-
jy [ ginia,; has recently completed an exhaustive treatise on
"The True Origin of Coal," in which he asserts, and
apparently proves, a proposition which, if established, will rev-
olutionize all existing theories as to the origin of our fuel. He
maintains that coal is not formed from decayed vegetable mat-
ter, as geologists have taught since the time when the subject
was first taken under consideration, but that it is solidified pe-
troleum oil.
In his treatise Mr. Welles shows a very wide familiarity with
chemistry and geology, and his arguments are presented in a
convincing manner. He gives seventeen reasons why coal can-
not bf considered to be the result of vegetable decomposition,
and presents each reason in such a way that it seems good. He
goes back to the beginning of the world and traces its geological
history to prove that at the time coal measures were formed
there were no vast forests such as have hitherto been supposed
to have been the true source of coal. He asserts that of all the
tree and leaf fossils found in coal beds not one was ever turned
to coal, but every one was stone or slate, and holds that that in
itself disproves the vegetable theory.
Haying denied at some length the generally accepted theory,
and given the seventeen reasons for it, he outlines his own
theory that under the surface of the earth were large lakes of
oil,andthatin the cooling process the earth's crust was cracked,
upheavals were made and fissures created, through which the
oil from below poured out into great basins on the earth's sur-
face. This hardened into a layer of coal, and with the further
contractions of the earth's surface other layers were formed in
the same way. The vegetable fossils found in coal he accounts
tor by saying there were trees standing in the oil pools, which
were submerged and turned into rock or slate as the oil was
changed into coal.
Mr. Welles cites numerous cases in different parts of the world
where oil is found partially converted into coal. Several differ-
ent stages of the changes may be seen at as many different
places. Mr. Welles' theory is very ingenious, ard well support-
ed by facts, and it may be that he has found what scientists have
been searching for years to obtain—the true origin of coal.
Another treatise now in preparation by Mr. Welles will be of
special interest to oil men, and is in line with the theories set
out m the treatise on coal. He thinks that the deepest limit of
Production has not yet been reached. The first stratum out-
side the heated center of the earth is the granite and outside of
the granite he thinks there is oil. He is firmly of the opinion
that wells in the neighborhood of a mile deep would strike
greater gushers than any that have ever been found, and that
thedeeper the well the greater the oil pools will be found to be
-The paper on the deep oil sands has not yet been completed,
but after it is, both it and the treatise on coal may be given to
the Public in the form of lectures for some charitable object,
ihey will be well worth hearing if they are given, for Mr. Welles
handles his subject in a masterly and interesting way.
Old Peopie Made Young.
J. C. Sherman, the vateran editor of the Vermontville, Mich-
igan, Echo, has discovered the remarkable secret of keeping old
people young For years he has avoided Nervousness, Sleep-
lessness, Indigestion, Heart Trouble, Constipation and rheuma-
tism, by using Electric Bitters, and he writes: "It can't be
praised too highly. It stimulates the kidneys, tones the stom-
ach, aids digestion, and gives a splendid appetite- It has work-
ed wonders for my wife and me. It's a marvellous remedy for
old people's complaints." Only 50 cents at T. P. M. & M. Co.'s
Pharmacy.
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McAdams, Walter B. Texas Mining and Trade Journal, Volume 4, Number 28, Saturday, January 27, 1900, newspaper, January 27, 1900; Thurber, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200540/m1/5/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.