San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-31
Sunday Short Shops

Sul00y S||O1 SHOPS
Hon. Henry Carbot Lodge, very cor
rectly says, "A non-partisan is a nom
thinker"
The person who is best able to pay
is often the most persistent in asking
for d. h. favors.
Collector Cassiano, seems to be put to
considerable expense in correcting mis-
takes of Others"
An honest Republican ticket would
heal the breach and purify the local po-
litical atmosphere.
Tax those unsightly poles disfiguring
our narrow streets out of sight" and
don't allow any guilty owner to escape.
"A Texan editor has been mobbcd by
students, and he has not accused them
of studying, either."-Press and Print
er.
1t is rumored that one of our most
reliable NJ. DIS. is writing a complete
history of that suspicious case" for
publication.
There is no particular reason why an
editor would not make a good county
treasurer, when he promises to sup
ply a good" deputy.
Our Grand Jury will be derelict in
their duty if they fail to make thor
ough investigation into the rottenness
of the "out-falp' sewer.
Those cute antics of the little
"Deutscher Gal" at the Grand opera
house Tuesday night is said to have
fired" the heart of a handsome legis-
lator.
The building of a market house is not
a political question, but should be con-
structed as a precautionary measure
in the interest of the health of our
citizens.
The many friends of Alderman Hicks
hope to see him back at his post again
soon. He takes considerable interest
in his ward, and has made an active al
derman.
Philadelphia papers to the extent of
$4,000 a month for advertising. He not
only believes that advertising pays,
but knows it,"
The old adage It's never too late to
mend" can very properly be applied
in granting city franchises. Corpora
tons monopolizing the streets should
pay for same.
The one thing the Light admires in
Judge Peter Jonas is his backbone; it
stiffens up, when he believes he is
right, and enforces the rule for con-
tempt in his court.
If District Attorney Levy can keep
up his good work of pursuing the evil
doors, the rape fiends, murderers and
uOTSt luSlNtS, tlCs Will SOOu give
Bexar county wide berth. Amen!
A policeman in the suburbs is like
Angel Visits" few and far between;
petty thieves have full sway, while the
watchful guardian of the peace is keep
ing his optics on the wicked saloons.
The people who live in the suburbs
pay full city taxes, and about all they
get in return for their money is a very
poor street car service. There is
great big kick a brewing.
The Light does not lay claim to a
greater circulation than all the COM
bined papers in the city can show, but
if you want to reach the people of San
Antonio you can do so by advertising
in its columns.
San Antonio editors have a banker
ing to be treasurer for something; the
writer of Sunday Snaps had a little
sport himself once when he was talk
ing about counting Ferdy's cash, and
can sympathise with a contemporary.
When District Attorney Levy sends
a few more of the murderers, rape
fiends, and burglars to the pen, he will
then crusade a little across the creek,
among the mop joints and honk-a-
tonk- dingle- dangle-s
advertising undoubtedly takes away
the business from those who do not
advertise and gives it to those who do,
and those who have succeeded best
growing day by day, have been those
who have been the most persistent ad-
vertisers in season and out of season.
IF you cannot make your business
pay by advertising you cannot make
it do so by not advertising, and if pub
Iicity, is the greatest thing in news
paper publishing, advertising, advertis-
ing is the most potent factor in build
ing up a successful business. Press
and Printer.