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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-15

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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-15
Transforming IN MISSISSIPPI

Joe Jefferson Tells, in an Entertalrlr.
Way, of q Queer Incident in His E,,,S
Career.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
Roads and Civilization.


CAN roads lead TO Rome, - was the
pride and boast of the Cezars, and every
Roman citizen was educated to esteem
grand national thoroughfares and Appian
ways, the best evidences Of advancing
civilization and the chief glory Of the
mistress of the world. There were no
railroads in those days, but the Romans
knew how to build good roads and bridges
for the chariOtS of cOnqUerers and the
less costly wheels Of the peasantry; and
not only Italy, bat the neighboring ma
tons that paid homage and tribute to
the imperial eagles, responded with
patriotic zeal and heroic alacrity to
every decree for the opening of new roads
and the construction Of new bridges.
Nor did they build temporary structures
as we Americans do, or go wandering
about the country to lengthen their high
WAYS for subsidies and bonuses, but their
courses were set for Rome as the hub of
the universe Hence Rome, though not
built in day, attracted the commerce
of the nations, overshadowed all rival
cities and filed the world with her
wealth, her splendor and her power.
Rome persisted, but many of her road
ways still bear the imprint of her genius,
culture and high civilization of the
Caesarian period, and furnish example
for all nations and people who aspire to
build wisely, grow great and reach the
ideal civilization.
To jump from the palaces of the
Caesars to the homes of Weatherford
and from the Appian Way to the roads
of Parker county, is no great feat of
rhetorical agility, but it brings US face to
face with a practical and very important
question. We want good roads and good
bridges in Parker county, and what's
more, we want more and better roads
leading to Rome - i. e., regulation
roads and iron bridges leading to the
capital of the county-the peoples
home town and the pride of every
right thinking citizen. Weather.
ford is in one sense the property and
the home OF the people of Parker county,
and must remain so for the lifetime of
the state. The prosperity of the country
and the prosperity of the town must
come from common source, and COM
mon bond Of sympathy and helpfulEess
should link them together indissolubly,
and in such gentle and reciprocal affec-
ton as to make the growth and happi-
ness of the one denend on the other. 1t
Is economy and wisdom to build good
roads and bridges and let posterity help
nav the debt
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
LANCASTER.
Hard Feeling Between White and Black Boys
Light Cotton Receipts.

Hard Feeling Between White and Black Boys
Light Cotton Receipts.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
LANCASTER, TEX. Sept. II At late
hour last Thursday night four white boys
and several negro men became involved
in shooting scrape in East Lancaster,
near a negro gambling dive known as
"Brooks' hall. - 1t seems that one of the
negroes called a white boy foul name,
whereupon the white boy threw stone,
barely missing the negroes head. The
son of Ham in return opened fire with a
six-shooter, which was answered by fl
ing on the other side, some twelve or fl
teen shots taking place, when the negroes
took flight, believing "that he who fights
and runs away, will live to fight another
day And doubtless they viii be given
chance to do so, as the negro has
threatened to kill the white boy, and the
feeling existing between the races here Is
not as congenial as it might be.
The city high school opened Monday
with Professor r. r. Sebring of Cid
dings, Tex. as principal. HIS assist
ants are Mrs. Sebring and Miss Scurry.
The cotton receipts at this place up 10
present date have been very light, the
wet weather hindering the farmers IN
gathering and marketing it. Reliable
persons, however, predict a better crop
this year than last.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
KEMP.
K. and l. Of H, Lodge Organized-Efect of the
Heavy Rains on Cotton.
- e.

K. and L of H, Lodge Organlzed-Efect of the
Heavy Rains on Cotton.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
KEMP. Ten, Sept. 16.-S. G. Niche,
deputy grand protector for this district.
organized a Knights and Ladies of Honor
lodge here last Friday night composed Of
forty five members, eleoting the follow
ing officers for the remaining part of this
year: G. G. Moore, protector; J. N.
Scott, past protector; N f. Scott, vice
protector; j +. Moore, secretary; J. F.
Collins, financial secretary; J d. Col
Inns, treasurer; G. E. White, guide; T.
s. Smeeker, guardian; VIII. McMauus,
sentinel
The continued recent rains have stopped
everything and cause respondent looks to
come over the inhabitants of this locali-
ty. Cotton hash t begun to come in very
fast yet, but what has been sold com
handed the maximum price
The election on local option passed off
very quietly here on the 9Th, the "'pros -
receiving about two thirds majority.
A move is on foot to erect a Methodist
church on the lot donated by A. J. Still
for that purpose.
Mrs. B. F. White and daughter, Miss
Emma, are expected home from their
trip to Springfield shortly.
C. c. Still, after having his residence
overhauled, has gone to Bible Hill,
Tenn. to see his father and mother, and
it is reported ''to take unto himself d
rib. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

influential newspapers have completely
about faced to get out of the impending
storm. The star believes as firmly to-
day as ever that a railroad commission
will be failure just as sure as the sun
shines. If the railroads can control 8
whole legislature, as some advocates of
commission claim, it viii be easier to
control a commission of three or five
men. We maintain that a commission
will do the people no good, but it will be
splendid thing for the fortunate men
who get the appointment as commission
ers. Stringent laws controlling railroads
and other corporations should be passed
and enforced and that is all that is
needed = Baird Star.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
The Fort Worth Convention.
Denver News.

Nearly ell the cattle associations of
Texas have decided to unite in call for
a convention of cattlemen to be held in
Fort Worth on January next. The
movement originated at a meeting of
stockgrowers at San Angelo last June
and has since been worked up through
correspondence. The object Is to look
into the causes of depression in cattle
prices, in the light of later information ,,
and If possible find and apply remedies.
There is reason TO believe that such
meeting, composed of intelligent pro-
ducers of beef throughout the West,
might result in important benefits.
Many points that bear on the cattle trade
are better understood now than they
were some years ago at the time of the
Denver conventions.
Such a gathering as that proposed
should enter upon business with the pri-
mary desire to gather correct informa-
ton, because the evil of evils must be
rightly located before remedies can be
applied. If the meeting should merely
be the occasion for the ventilation of pet
theories, by impressioDable zealots, not
having the means to demonstrate their
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
Shiny on Your Own Side.
Memphis Avalanche.


The Republican organs and spouters
that make a speciality of cursing South
erners for dealing promptly with incipIent
negro riots, have never failed to repre-
sent the brother in black as the most in
offensive and altogether lovely being on
earth. 1t is, therefore, with a pardOna-
bic satisfaction we call their attention to
the outbreak yesterday at LawrencevilIe,
Ill.
According to the Associated Press re-
port, a negro tough attacked and
wounded a white man with "a knife and
then ran amuck through the streets of the
town slashing at everybody he met, in
Guiding the judge of the county court,
who knocked him down. The savage
Senegambian was arrested, Whereupon q
mob Of negroes attacked the officers for
the purpose of rescuing him. After
hard fight four of the mob were over
powered and jailed with the originator of
the row. Then the negroes of the place
armed themselves, made an attack on
the jail and rescued the prisoners. The
pluclly judge got together a squad of
white men, and after another encounter
in which the judge and five other whites
and a number of negroes were wounded,
heavy guard was on duty at the jail and
great excitement prevailed.
This story would fit almost every
Grace riot in the South. In respect of
the cause of the trouble and its results it
is an exact reproduction of similar occur
rences in this part of the country that
have brought down the vilest abuse on
our people. A negro who violates the
law in the person of white man has
generally the sympathy of his race, and
it is never difficult to raise a mob in his
behalf wherever there is chance to get
him off. Naturally, such movement is
met by a counter organization of the
whites, and then come the fireworks.
The Avalanche is not sorry that this
outbreak occurred. It is about time the
Northern people had the poisoned black
chalice presented to their own lips, that
they may know how it is themselves.
Sorry the judge was hurt, though. He
is game enough to be sheriff in the Mis-
sissippi bottoms.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

to prejudice, he has made up his mind,
ton of newspapers it is almost impos-
sible to find an intelligent man
who has not read and spoken of the facts
connected with any case that might arise
in the county in which he lives. In
choosing jury then, the question arises,
is it better to have jury composed of
intelligent men who are somewhat cog
infant of the facts to be decided, or of
men whose stupidity has kept them in
ignorance of those facts? But aside from
the difficulty of procuring intelligent men
who have not discussed the case, what
ever it may be, it is often difficult to find
them willing to serve on juries, and the
excuses given are so readily found and
so varied that it is almost impossible
to I'LL the jury box except with
lot of buns and loafers who
sit around the courthouse in the way of
the officer sent to procure the panel, and
whom he is at last obliged TO call, from
sheer inability to get anybody else. Most
men who are worth anything have bust
ness which they think they cannot afford
to leave for the purpose of serving their
country in the jury box, and so dodge
the duty in every way they can.
The unwillingness of men to serve on
juries is the fault of the law
to considerable extent. The law looks
upon juror as Enthusiastically
and dishonest, and so, to guard
against the possibility of his being ap-
preached with a brIbe, has him remain
during the course of the trial with his
fellows, all being under the immediate
care of bailiff, who never leaves them
\ more unpleasant situation cannot
easily be imagined IL men are honest
enough to be trusted to try case at all
they ought surely TO be trusted to keep
themselves out of temptation IS way dur
ing the progress of the trial.
We want better class of men on the
jures, and we must have them. How to
get them is the question, and it is u
hard one to answer. The rule for
choosing jurors should be modified so that |
intelligence would not be bar to SER
vice, and then jurors, after beng chosen,
should be treated with the respect due to |
the high prerogative which, as jurors,
they exercise. In addition to these |
things, rules should be adopted whereby !
men could be compelled to serve, save |
when presenting some good reasOn-not !
an excuse, but a reason for being re-
lieved from duty.
Something must be done or trial by |
jury will become hiieous farce, if, in
deed, it is not that already.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
JUDGE LITTLE'S LETTER.
The People of Clarendon and Donley County In
Accord With Judge Little.


To the Gazette.
The good people of Clarendon and
Donley county are in hearty accord with
the patriotic utterances contained in the
late letter of Judge Little of our adjoin-
ing county of Roberts.
While some big foreign lessees of
thousands of acres of rich school lands
act under color of Law in Withholding
same from settlement, they will yet learn
that our supreme court is a little bigger
than they on some matters.
In the case of "Smisson ys. the
State, - seventy-first volume Texas Re-
ports, the court says substantially that
section 4 article of the constitution
providing for the sale of the school lands
is mandatory, and any lease without the
reservation Of the right of sale is in
contravention of the constitution, and
hence void. The present law is, there
fore, regarded here, IN so far as it
operates as an hindrance 20 settlement,
as mere nullity, viewed in the light of
the decision cited.
We state with pleasure, however, that
several Of our large lessees are not hos
tile to settlement, but on the contrary
allow it on lands, which under the law
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
A Head Rise at Lewisyille.
ence OF the Gazette.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
LEwIsvILLE, TEX, Sept. live have
been visited by the greatest overflow OF
the year-and of five years. The rains
were not so great here, but continuous
for several days. What is known as
''head rise' visited considerable de-
structiOn upon this section. The bridge
Ca good iron one) between here and Den
ton was washed off, it being across HEX
ory creek. Considerable damage was
done TO the railroad on the same stream
and probably much damage was done 10
the railroad between here and Dallas
We have had no trains or mail since
Monday, the 9th instant, and 1t may be
several days yet.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

WHEN the North gives to the negro
that which Repubhcanism encourages the
negro to hope for in the South, it will be
ample time for the North to point to the
mote in the Southern eye. The white
man is white man-everywhere The
supremacy of the Caucasian is attested
by the centuries, and it is an idle dream
resultful of evil only for any race to hope
for the Caucasian s subordinatlon The
white North upholdB the immutable law
and so viii the white South. On this
basis, and this basis only, is it profitable
to discuss the welfare of the negro-to
whom should be strict Justice, all civil
rights and liberty and kindness born of
the consciousness of racial supremacy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

THE black man is usually 1.-THE aggressor. -
He makes threats ''He is armed. - and
gathered in large numbers''-in some swamp
and ready to swoop down upon the defenseless
white population. But it should be remembered
that he does not control the Associated Press,
nor send special kilograms, and even under such
circumstances, word seldom comes that he has
scourged or killed white people. With brave,
courageous men should such defenseless condi-
ton excite pity instead OF reEenge?-[Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
When the Inter- Ocean wrote the above
the Grace war; at Lswrenceville, Iii.
had not broken out, and now we wait
with breathless interest to read the Chi
cago paper IS comments on the "'aggres-
sors'' in the LawrenceviIIe "war. -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
ASSESSMENTS, CLEARANCES AND
THINGS

I lHI-NTD.
The Fort Worth GAZETTE says. ''The tax rate
in Fort worth for all purposes, state and county
and city, Will be about one dollar and eighty
five cents. - This is at the rate of nearly four
dollars on the valuation as fixed by the sworn
tax assessors. THE GAzETTE's figures apply to
the inflated valuation as blown up by the board
! Of equalization.-E Austin Statesman.
a word with you, neighbor. You are
doing we'll, and THE GAZETTE pats you
on the back every time you strike lick
for Austin. Dam the Colorado, but do
not seek to injure any one who does not
seek to injure you. Work for Austin
that is right, but you have that other
lesson in booming to learn, to-wlt: In
working for Austin do not work against
any place that is not working against
Austin. See.
Now. as to what you, in your ignorance
we trust, call ''infated valuations in
Fort Worth: property here has never
been fairly assessed, and this is true of
all Texas. The reasons for this are
many; the greed of man is one thing,
and sometimes the incompetency of mu-
nicipaI government prevents men from
putting more tax money into its hands
than can be avoided Perhaps Fort
Worth has never been taxed before for
the customary sixty per cent. - per-
haps you don't know as much about
Fort Worth as you think you do; perhaps
you viii say the bank clearances are
''inhated'' because they show that the
increase of business in Fort
Worth for the first eight months of 1899
is so per cent. over that of the first eight
months of last year; perhaps you don't
know anything about the great increase
of building and of population here; per-
haps Fort Worth could stand another
raise without reachi ng the par limit
Work for Austin, neigh Dor, but do not
waste any strength on towns that are not
in your way. Fort Worth is all right,
and its assessed values are all right, and
its bank clearings are all right, and its
population is all right. Come up and see
the new houses.
P. S.-By- the-way, has the Statesman
learned that the Land Mortgage bank of
Texas Qimited), late of Austin, has
domiciled itself at Fort Worth? The
capital of this company is 81 800, 600,
which viii be increased to So, 900 600
November l The Statesman forces
THE GAZETTE to confide to it one source
from which Fort Worth is drawing its
wonderful growth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

NI,vE feet of water on Brazos bar, oh, Calves
ton! One railway to Waco and another to the
Llano iron fields from the rivers mouth, oh,
Galvestonl Five hund red men at work and
twenty-five feet guaranteed by the time that the
flowers bloom in the spring, tra-la, oh, Calves
ton! Don't you think that the moment has
rived when the promoting committee to Wash
ington should be reIegated to the dim and du sty
regions Of The Has Been and private capital in
vited to spread itself in the pregnant Now?-T San
Antonio Express.
Galveston might have had more sym
pathy in its distress and waning but for
the Galveston or nothing" idea of
deep water maintained by its newspa-
Tprs
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
THE JURY SYSTEM.

It is time for the people of this country
to look about them and see if there is not
some way in which the jury system may
be improved, or for some other and bet
ter system which can be substituted for
it. As now conducted trial by jury is sell
dom satisfactory and often a complete
farce.
Just where the trouble lies it would be
hard TO tell. 1t is scarcely desirable that
man should be chosen to try case
which he has thoroughly discussed and
upon which. with humanity's proneness
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

A GALVESTON SPECIAL to THE GAZETTE
yesterday said: cit is the intention of
Galveston to secure the Endorsement of
the convention as the place where the
concentration of further appropriations
by the general government shall be ex-
pended for a deep water port on the
gulf, to formulate plans for this pur-
pose. The selection of delegates and an
influential lobby to work for this desir-
able object was the purpose of the meet
ing. " And it is the intention of the peo-
pie of Texas to have deep water,
whether it be at Galveston or some other
place. A Topeka special Endorsement ID
advance of the report of the government
engineers is not the demand of Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
OFFICE OF PUBLICATION:
Corner Of RuSk and Fifth Streets

Bzs5@AU letters or communications for THE
GAZETTE, eohether on business or for
publication, should be addressed to THE
GAZETTE, or DEMOCRAT PUBLISH
ING CO., Fort Worth, Ter. and NOT
TO ANY INDI5IDUAL.
Al communicates intended for publjca-
ton must be accompanied by the a7riter s
name and address-not Jdr pablacation-bat
as an erideace Of good faith
Parties arrjtjag TO THE GAZETTE on
business personal to themselves ayiIJ please
lncloSe stamp for repB.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
Cholera Victim at onehec.

QUEBEC, P. O., Sept. lS.-The steam
ship Alberta, which arrived in this porte
from Ilcitou via Singapore, landed at
quarantine a passenger suffering from
severe attack OF cholera. After being
thoroughly fumIgated the Alberta was
allowed to proceed to Montreal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

CLEVELAND said the pension ist should
be a roll of honor, and he was hooted.
Harrison, through Assistant Secretary
Bussey, says: 1.-The dishonorable dis
charge of a soldier from the service of
the United States is no bar to a pension, -
but no Republican paper in all the land
speaks up Tor the taxpayers >, whose
hard earnings are squandered on men
who did not save the country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

THE progress of Fort Worth has been
and continues TO be steady and rapid,
but it has never partaken of the nature
OF "a boom. - Hence there is no reac-
ton and 10 chance of any, and this city
has no need to pay big money for the ac-
quirement of branch institutions in
the hope Of securing temporary relief IN
I'll something turns up. - Fort Worth
is founded on rock.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

GEN. ALGER endorses Tanner. So
does the Grand Army of the Republic.
Let's see things equal TO the same
things are equal to each other. p" Then
AIger and the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie must be twins, at least.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

EVERYTHING is improving in Fort
Worth except the telephone service.
The company evidently thinks the people
here have nothing 20 do but wait when
once the telephone is desired.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

A NINE-HUNDRED-P OUND COW shipped
to Chicago nets the owner little over
ten dollars. Nine hundred pounds of
hog is worth in Fort Worth not less than
thrty-six dollars. Save your own bacon.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

TIE statement that hydrophobia is cpl
demic in West Virginia was probably sug-
gested 10y the wild and woolly way III
which the Republicans have been cavort-
ing around since their rascality at the
election has been exposed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

influences and to the dollars and cents in
good permanent roadways, this paper
would feel that it had done the state some
service. There is money and comfort,
education and progress and prosperity in
good roads
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

Two HOTELS in this city pay $40 a week
10 nave 1.-the sIops hauled away. These
"slops' make good hog feed. Why
cannot some man out of business start Il
small hog ranch near the city and secure
this feed for the hauling?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

COLUMBUS, OHIO, Sept. 18.-The
convention of Rebecah degree members
I. o. o. F., this forenoon formed a ma
tional association in accordance with
resolution of the Sovereign grand lodge
passed at the last session.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19
BRANCH OFFICES.


DALLAS.
G.. N. BAILEY, Correspondent and General
Agent 725 Main street, where orders for sub
scorpions and advertising should be left.
TIE GAZETTE can be found on sale at al news
stands III the city.
WACO.
JAMES Il. QUARIEs, Agent and Correspondent
WEATHERFORD.
II. B. DORSEY, Agent and Correspondent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-19

IVES tried to steal 81 ,O00, 900. Fail
ing, he is the Napoleon OF finance, -
had he succeeded he would have been the
Wellington of finance"