Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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CHEROKEE COUNTY BANNER
J. E. McFARLAND, Editor and Prop’r.
Office ol Publication, ■ Jacksonville, Texas
Branch Offices at Rusk and Alto.
Obituaries, Resolutions of Respect,
Cards of Thanks—all matter not NEWS
—will be charged for at the rate of one
cent per word. Poetry double price.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Friday Morning, Aug. 19, 1904
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The following gentlemen announce them-
selves as candidates for the offices under
which their names appear, subject to the ac-
tion of the Democratic party:
For Congress—
M. L. BROOCKS
of San Augustine.
For State Senator—
C. C. STOKES,
of Houston County.
For District Judge—
JAMES T. PERKINS,
of Cherokee county.
For District Attorney, 2nd District—
W, M. IMBODEN.
For Representative—
FRANK B. GUINN.
For Clerk of the District Court-
E. S. JONES.
For Sheriff—
TOM SINGLETARY.
For County Judge—
R. L. ROBINSON.
For County Clerk—
LOUIS TITTLE.
For Tax Assessor'--
WALTER E. SLOAN.
For Tax Collector—
W. J. SUMMERS,
For County Treasurer---
Q C. LOONEY.
For County A ttorney—
WILL H. SHOOK.
For Justice of the Peace. Pre. No. 3,
I. H. THOMPSON.
For Co. Commissoner, Precinct No. 3,
A. O. W. FREDERICK.
Printer Wanted—Steady
employment, good wages, prompt
pay, to right man. Novices and
boooze-fighters need not apply.
Write, stating age, whether mar-
ried or single, and incase sam-
ples of job and ad. composition.
Pittsburg will vote on the is-
suance of water works bonds on
Sept. 12th. When will Jackson-
ville have her election?
Whether they solve the mar-
keting question or not, the com-
mittee that left Monday night
for California will have the time
of their lives. _
Coryell county prohibition-
ists have petitioned for an elec-
tion to be held on the local option
question, and the court has
named Sept. 3rd as the day.
In Anderson county the com-
missioners’ court refused to act
on the petition for a local option
election iq the city of Palestine.
Looks like something’s dead up
the ci^ek.__
^*Mrs. Maybrick is said to be a
passenger on a steamer bound
for America, traveling under an
assumed name. “Goldbrick”
wouldn’t be an inappropriate
name for her, perhaps.
All the railroads put on low
rates to the World’s Fair Satur-
day, and as a result thousands of
Texans started on that day to see
the big show. Crowds at the
Fair for the next two months will
be enormous._
That deficiency in the state
treasury continues to grow. It
now amounts to $198,466, repre-
sented by 5904 unpaid warrants.
In a few months when taxes be-
gin to come in the finances of the
state will be in better condition.
The Greenville Messenger re-
ports the existence of San Jose
scale in an orchard in the Sodom
community in Hunt county. The
owner of the orchard claims that
the pest was intoduced by peach
trees shipped in from another
state. '
A fusion ticket, composed of
democrats and populists, has
been put out in Nebraska, and it
is announced that strong efforts
will be made to secure control of
the legislature, in order that
Bryan may be elected to the
United States Senate.
Limestone county, which has
been dry for two years, is to have
another local option election
Sept. 10th. The majority for
prohibition two years ago was
258. Local option had previously
been adopted in the entire coun-
ty with the exception of Groes-
beck and Mexia precincts.
If Jacksonville people don’t
all die of cholera, it won’t be be-
cause the town isn’t dirty
enough. There seems to be no
effort made by anybody to clean
up. Of course it’s a good thing
for the doctors and drug stores,
and they all have to live.
Two very important events
have recently happened to the
czar of all the Russias—he has
gained a son and lost a navy.
Just at this particular time he
could probably use the navy to
better advantage than the son,
So it looks like a had trade.
Japan and Russia have been
having some lively tilts on the
water for the past week, with the
result that Russia’s navy has al-
most been put out of business.
Japan is now decidedly stronger
on the water than her opponent.
If Port Arthur falls Russia will
likely be willing to sue for peace.
Tom Watson, the populist
nominee for president, will come
to Texas and make a few speech-
es. We suppose Tom might as
well waste his time here as any-
where, but he mnstn’t expect to
take up too much of ours. We
will be extremely busy picking
cotton and looking after the boll
weevil. _
Texas school children will
have the benefit of a $5.00 per
capita apportionment for the
coming scholastic year. This
makes three years in succession
that the apportionment has been
fixed at thisvamount. The scho-
lastic census for the state shows
780,857 children in the age limit,
and the fund to be disbursed
amounts to $3,094,285.
Caro has a newspaper.
Where’s Caro, did you say? Just
below Cushing. It is a new town
which is being boomed by the
townsite company. The Oppor-
tunity is the name of its news-
paper, published by R. W. Mor-
gan and wife, formerly of Ama-
rillo. The Opportunity carries
only one advertisement in its
first issue.
Georgia has wound up her
peach shipments for the year.
Over 4000 cars were moved, and
it is estimated that the growers
made from $500,000 to $600,000
on the crop, most of which was
marketed in the extreme East-
ern markets. Arkansas and
Missouri have the advantage in
the West, on account of shorter
haul. Connecticut’s crop will
begin moving this week.
A movement is on foot to abol-
ish superfluous military titles in
the various organizations of ex-
Confederates throughout the
South. It is a sensible idea;
let’s have only sure-enough
“Colonels,” and “Majors,” etc.
We have the greatest respect for
the soldier who won his title in
actual servicevbut precious little
for the one whose chief claim for
distinction lies in the didoes he
cuts at re-unions.
A permanent receiver has
been appointed for the fraternal
insurance order known as the
American Legion of Honor. The
order has been in trouble for
several years, and will now be
forced out of business. It issued
an order several years ago re-
ducing all policies in excess of
$2000 to that amount, and a large
number of suits resulted, piling
up judgments against the com-
pany that could never be met.
An enormous crowd will visit
Galveston on the 20th, at which
time she will celebrate the com-
pletion of the great sea-wall.
Galveston’s pluck in building
this great wall has challenged
the attention and admiration of
the entire world. There is no
place on the globe where the sto-
ry of the Galveston storm has
not been told, nor where the peo-
ple will not be interested in
learning that a repetition of that
frightful catastrophe has been
made extremely improbable if
not impossible by the completion
of the sea-wall.
Ti-ie committee appointed at
Friday’s mass meeting met with
a representative of the T. & N.
O. road the same afternoon and
discussed the matter of securing
an adequate water supply at this
point, the object being to prevent
the removal of the terminals. As
a result of the conference, it was
agreed that an engineering corps
should come here next week and
make a survey for the purpose of
determining the most economi-
cal method of securing a tempo-
rary supply, it being the general
understanding that a system of
water works is the only perma-
nent solution of the question, and
that unless this improvement is
made, Jacksonville will ultimately
lose the T. & N. O. division and
terminals. It is believed that
temporary arrangements can be
made, and that the people of the
town are now thoroughly aroused
on the water works question—so
much so that they will at once
take the necessary steps to se
cure this much needed improve-
ment. In this connection it may
be stated that on yesterday T.
& N. O. surveyors were at work
at Ponta, sizing up the situation
there, and determining upon the
feasibility of locating the division
at that point. There is an abun-
dant supply of water there, and
if relief is not afforded at Jack-
sonville, it is not at all improba-
ble that the road will make such:
a move. The size of the town !
would not keep them from doing
it, for the same road just a short
while ago established terminals
on the main line at a place called
Echo, which was no larger than |
Ponta. Our people can readily j
understand what effect a change
of this kind would have on Jack-
sonville. _
The year 1904 has witnessed
an unusually large list of railway
wrecks, some of them causing
enormous loss of life and prop-
erty. Another has just occur-
red—this time near Chattanooga,
where one man was killed and
about forty badly wounded. In
nine cases out of ten these mis-
haps are caused by carelessness
or incompetence on the part of
employes—some operator fails to
deliver orders to a passing train,
and a collision results; an engin-
eer misreads his orders and
meets another train on the main
track; a dispatcher makes a bad
calculation and lets two trains
get together; a brakeman forgets
to close a switch and causes the
next train to leave the rails; train
crews disobey speed limit orders
on bad ttack and go into the
ditch—occurrences like these
happen every day, and are main-
ly responsible for the wrecks of
which we read. The roads are
nearly all improving their tracks,
using better equipment, etc.,
and the proportion of accidents
should really be getting smaller,
but such is not the case. More
faithfulness and intelligence on
the part of employes is the thing
worst needed.
It is a firm, coviction with the
Herald that a man claiming to be
a democrat should either stand
on the party’s platform and sup-
port its nominees, or get off of
the platform. No man is bigger
than his party, and if he doesn’t
like the doings of the party, after
it has spoken, he should either
get out, or saw wood.—Palestine
Herald.
The Banner always thought
that way, too, until Judge Parker
sent his famous telegram. Par-
ker wasn’t satisfied with the
platform, and said so; that was
in the national convention, and it
was all right—it had to be. A
few weeks later, at the state con-
vention, when Hogg intimated
that he wasn’t very well pleased
with the party’s nominee, nearly
every paper in the state set up
the cry of “treason.” If Hogg
was guilty of treason, what crime
will you charge up against Judge
Parker?
Things are already beginning
to warm up in the presidential
campaign in Indiana. Saturday
at New Albany Champ Clark of
Missouri was engaged in a joint
debate with a- republican, and in
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HAVE YOU GONE DOWN THE PIKE
To George Williamson’s
Furniture Store
to see the new things he has on display? All kinds of goods in the
Furniture line at prices that are strictly right.
SPECIAL FEATURES IN MY LINE OF BUSINESS:
Repairing old or broken Furniture of all kinds. Upholstering of all kinds, satisfaction
guaranteed. Ostermoore Mattresses carried in stock, the genuine. Starr
Asbestos Table Pads, which prevents heatingand blistering by hot
, dishes, something you need. Banner Sectional Book
Cases, the best elastic case made. ^
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you who have
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others, so you
can be assured
that the same
will help you.
You have much
to gain by get-
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with me before
you buy your
Furniture.
This is my $17.50 Oak Bed Room Suit
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IT’S A PLEASURE TO KNOW
That when you buy Furniture the goods will be just as represented. My line will stand the test.
See me before you make your bill and see if there is not quite a difference in the goods
at the same price. For the same price I will give you better goods, or I
will give you the same goods at a less price than anyone else.
Don’t Forget the Place,
Geo. Williamson,
JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.
the course of his speech made
the statement that Ex-Gov. Tay-
lor of Kentcky is being shielded
from justice by the republican
gove rnor of Indiana—that Taylor
is guilty of the murder of
Gov. Goebel, and should hang
for the crime. A man in the
crowd shouted, “That is not true;
you are a liar.” Clark replied,
‘ ‘If the man who called me a liar
will meet me outside the park
gate when the speaking is over,
I will cut his throat from ear to
ear.” It is needless to say the
appointment was not kept.
There are two plans by which
Jacksonville can secure water
works. One is to form a private
company, with such outside help
as can be secured, and raise the
money to put in and maintain
the plant. This means that a
few men shall put out their mon-
ey for the benefit of the town,
and wait several years for re-
turns. The other plan is for the
town to put in the plant, to be
paid for in forty years, during
which time the system will pay
for itself. There seems to be a
universal demand that the water
works be built; it is to be hoped
that no disagreement as to how
it shall be done will prevent our
making this improvement.
Russia’s heir apparent has
been born—the czar is a proud
father. Religious services were
held throughout the country, cel-
ebrating the event, but in the
midst of rejoicing news was re-
ceived telling of the disaster that
met the Russian fleet in their at-
tempted escape from Port Ar-
thur, and the joy that had been
created by the birth of the czar’s
first son was swallowed up in
sorrow for the death of Admiral
Withoeft and other brave officers
and men who lost their lives and
sacrificed their ships of war in a
vain effort to escape from the
harbor of Port Arthur before the
fall of the city.
Buster Formby, a young boy
ear Sulphur Springs, caught
old of the muzzle of an old shot-
gun lying on the gallery and
drew the weapon toward him.
The hammer caught and fired
the gun, blowing the poor boy
into the next world. That looks
like a regular Buster Brown
trick, yet even older people are
occasionally guilty of things just
as careless. They do not always
suffer the penalty for their fool-
hardiness, seemingly being pro-
tected by a special dispensation
of Providence.
Judge Reagan had a narrow
escape one day last week from
being killed by a locomotive, the
pilot of which grazed the back of
his buggy, as he was crossing
the I. & G. N. tracks in Pales-
tine.
George Phillipowski of Hous
ton was here yesterday on busi-
ness, and left last night for
Troupe. Mr. Phillipowski is a
cotton buyer, and will buy here
this season. He says the pres-
ent crop has deteriorated twenty
per cent, in the last month from
the effect of the weevil and
worm.
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Teddy and His Friends.
Teddy in the whifehouse,,
One bright day in June. '
Invited to his table,
An Alabama coon.
Teddy in Chicago,
Peeling mighty grand.
White girl and nigger boy,
Marching hand in hand.
If Teddy is elected,
Oh, won’t he cut a figger,
Back in the blue room,
Eating with a nigger.
Miss Mollie Carter Dead.
Miss Mollie Carter, daughter
of J. C. and Laura Carter of Pal-
estine, died Tuesday at her home
in Palestine of consumption of
the stomach.
The body passed through here
yesterday, en route to Rusk for
interment, attended by Misses
Laura Dean, Minerva Carter,
Pearl and Mattie Redwine, and
Mrs. Henson of Palestine.
Miss Carter was well known
here and at Rusk, having lived at
both places.
Once More.
Cheap excursion to Houston
and Galveston Saturday, August
20tli, account sea-wall dedication.
I. & G. N. railway will sell to
Houston $3.00, and to Galveston
$3.25, round trip tickets, good to
leave Galveston August 22nd.
E. A. Goodridge, Agt.
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Trusses and guarantee absolute satisfaction
or your money refunded. Come and see them.
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leads the procession. Your patronage solic-
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McFarland, J. E. Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1904, newspaper, August 19, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508030/m1/4/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jacksonville Public Library.