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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
The School House Fire.

The Press has received an I'M
signed communication referring
to the burning of the clubhouse of
the school last week, in which the
writer hints that some party
knows the incendiary and hesitates
to expose on account of high
standing in the community of
the party accused. No name be-
ing signed to the communication
we can not afford to publish the
article. The Press will state,
however, that the law makes am
pie provision for investigating
fires by inquest and every man in
the county may be summoned to
testify under oath concerning the
matter. If the allegations con-
tanned in this anonymous COM
munication are true, there will
be no trouble in identifying the
incendiary.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
-Barbed wire, McAlpine.

Miss Halle Dupree has returned
from her visit to Sonora.
L. D, Mccartney has returned from
a visit to the Sonora and DEVILS
River country.
S. j. Wiley, OF Sterling, was in
yesterday, accompanied by two sons,
and called on The Press to say,
keep it coming
Copeland & Mitchell are figuring on
more buildings, new lines, and larger
stocks to keep right up at the head OF
the business procession.
Mrs. c. E. Hudson will leave in
a few days for her old home, Central
ia, ILL.,, and will remain during the
period of Mr.. Hudson's absence.
j, w, Candle OF Coke county was
in with peaches yesterday and set 'em
up TO the printers last night--the fin
est Elbertas ever produced in Texas.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30

Galvanized Iron Tanks, is
Miles.
Joe Montague came in from the
90 ranch yesterday afternoon and
says it's the wettest country he
ever saw.
Galvanized Iron Tanks, J. S.
Miles.
j. II. Jackson, of Oxidine, Texas,
arrived yesterday from Miles. and
Immediately hunted up The Press
Office. Mr. Jackson has been a SUBJ
scriber to The Press several months,
and he expressed great appreciation
OF the paper, said 1t has removed pre-
conceived ideas, that this is a wild
and woody country, from the mind
OF Mrs. Jackson, and there is now a
possibility OF his becoming a citizen
OF this section.
Galvanized Iron Tanks, J. S.
Miles,
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30

After casting 5000 ballots with
out change the congressional
convention adjourned at Dublin
to re-convene at Cleburne on
September 4th. The Press hopes
that Lee Riddle will secure the
nomination, or that the candi-
dates will be turned loose to fight
it out before the people, which
will amount to the same with
Riddle.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30

The democratic nominees in
this country have about as much
chance of election as a hair-lipped
boy has of winning the prize in a
whistling ch,-Pioneer Ex-
ponent.
"Hark from the tomb, a dole
full sound"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
WAGONS AND PLOWS.
j. S. Miles Is Closing Out These
Lines of Superior Makes at
About Cost.

J. S. Miles has about one car
load of Wagons and also car
load of Hancock Disc Flows both
single and double disc, which he
will sell at almost cost; namely,
the single disc at $40, and double
disc at $50, These plows are sold
under guarantee and if they
will not do the work as we'll or
better than any other pillow, you
can get your money back. What
else do you wants My reason for
selling my wagons from IS to $40
below what they were ever sold
for in San Angelo is that I do not
want to handle any more wagons
in the next twelve months any
way, and | think that if you will
call and examine my wagons that
| can prove to you that l have
the best ever sold in Texas.
Well Casing, J, S. Miles.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30

Gerome Porter, the Schleicher
county ranchman, took out
a paid-up-for-life -forfeitable-
worcestershire subscription pol
icy on The Press-in other words,
paid his subscription for life this
week. If all of our subscribers
would follow suit--but the mere
thought is appallingl P. S. There
are positively no restrictions as to
travel, fire, tornadoes, extra
hazardous occupations or any
thing else in these policies. SIS
there any one else now?"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30

Ridgill Bros, 20 miles north
west of town, have secured
the services of Jim Burleson, the
scientific horse breaker, and guar
antee to break all horses placed
in their hands satisfactorily. A
large number of horses trained by
this firm have been sold to gov
eminent buyers, and not one
was turned down on account of
injuries or scars received in break
ing. 28-4t
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
SAN ANGELO, TEX. JULY 80. 1902.

One reason why San Angelo has
the best newspapers in all Texas
is because the people take so
much interest in getting the news
to the reporters. Another is, San
Angelo is a live town, and the
people are history makers-they
make news and then see that the
papers get it.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
FORTHCOMING REUNION.
Everything In Readiness for the Occa-
sion. Ten Thousand People
Expected. The Program.

The forthcoming meeting of
the Concho.Colorado Veterans
Association is near at hand.
Lieut.. H. H. Hayley, of Coke
county, came in yesterday morn
ing and will remain until after
the reunion, for the purpose of
preparing the grounds, providing
for the reception of their guests,
and otherwise locking after mat
tiers connected with the associa-
ton.
There is but little to do in the
matter of providing for the ex-
penses of the occasion, the associ-
alton expecting sufficient funds
from privileges for needed ex-
penditures on its part, and the
city has already subscribed an
amount in excess of the obliga-
tions incurred by the finance
committee. The only work that
devolves upon Lieut. Hayley then
is the experimenting of the
preparation of the grounds, and
looking after matters of minor
Importance.
The preparation of the program
was quite an important item and
the success of the committee,
having this work in charge, is
evidenced by the result of their
work given below.
AS previously announced the
camp grounds will be in Willis
Johnson's pasture, just south of
the Fair grounds and at point
where the Odd Fellows picnic
was held a month or two ago.
There will be plenty of room, and
shade, an abundance of ice water,
and provisions have been made
for the sale of meats, cooked and
raw, at price not to exceed 10c
pound, and stock feed of all
kinds can be secured at a reason
able price.
The officers of the association
expect a large attendance and
Lieut.. Hayley estimates that
there will be at least 10000 Wis
itors, coming from all parts of
West Texas.
Remember the dates, August
9th and 7th, and make your ar
rangements to meet with the
Veterans on this occasion.
The program as prepared by
the Association, with the aid of
the Daughters of the Confederacy
at this place, is as follows:
OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION.
Maj. J. w. Hatchford, Paint
Rock, President.
H, H. Hayley, Robert Lee, Vice
President.
II. D. Pearce, Ballinger, Secre-
tary
Rev. NJ. s. Smith, Ballinger,
Chaplain.
G. F. Dickinson, Ballinger, Offic-
er of Day.
Music by Winters band.
PROGRAM, FIRST DAY.
9:30 a.. m-Call to order by
President.
Invocation by Chaplain.
Address of Welcome, by Hon.
w. A. Wright.
Response, by Rev. NJ. S. Smith.
Address, by Col. A. J. Baker.
DINNER.
Address, by Judge John l. Guion.
War Experiences, by Comrades.
SECOND DAY.
9 a. m-Daughters program:
Address of Welcome, by Miss
Maize Foreman
Female Quartette.
Recitation-Miss Lula Adams.
Drill, by little girls.
Male Quartette
Coon songs
The Blue and The Gray.
DINNER.
Address, by w. L. Hayley.
Business Meeting.
Song and Parting Hand
]. w. HATcHFoRD
III. III. HAYLEY
III. D. PEARoE
REV. M. S. SMITH
G. F. DICKINSON,
Committee.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
May Return to First Love,

J. w. Whisenant, who was a
resident of this country eleven
years ago, but now a citizen of
Tyler, Texas, came in Thursday
and remained over till Monday,
returning home on the afternoon
train. Mr.. Whisenant's visit was
for the purpose of viewing the
changes in the country and in
vestigating conditions with a
view to returning to make this
his home. He expressed himself
as being highly pleased with the
outlook and especially noticeable
to him was the marked develop
ment of our city and surrounding
country. He stated that he
would in all probability move
back, but would not be able to
decide definitely for about a
month.
Mr.. Whisenant was accompan-
led by G. L. Bowe, who has lung
trouble, and was in search of a
location calculated to restore his
health He, too, was very much
pleased with San Angelo and I'M
pressed with the character of our
climate.
Wagons at about cost, J. S.
Miles.
Hack service to Robert Lee
and Sweetwater. Riley's store at
Robert Lee general headauar-
tiers for information as to service
etc. 29-2t
Wagons at about cost, j. S.
Miles.
Sterling City Stage.
Leaves San Angelo daily at a. m.
arrives p. M; connects with outgo-
Ing Santa Fe train when necessary,
New, prompt and comfortable service:
Office, Texas Wagon Yard. Fl. d.
Lyman, proprietor; Dock Rasbury.
manager.
Wagons at about cost, J. S.
Miles.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
STOCK NEWS.


w. c. Huey shipped to Dallas, yes.
terday, one car load OF fat cows.
Lee Snyder bought 80 head OF fat
cows and calves from W. C. Huey,
Monday.
Me'er & Childress shipped 1000
l and 2-year old steers TO Burke s
Station, Monday.
Texas rnd Territory cattle sold In
st. Louis last Saturday at $3.50 to
s4.15. The highest price steer weigh.
ed 1915 and the lowest 1872 pounds,
Dock Moss is figuring on max
ing a shipment of horses to East
Texas soon.
R. L. Powell's calves shipped
from here last week brought SO
and SO each for 81 and 81 head
respectively.
Jim Dibrell of Coleman, passed
through the city first of the week,
enroute to Pecos, to visit his live
sVock interest.
W. and E. J. Jemyson bought
and received from Williamson
county recently 100 head of grade
Durham stock ctock cattle, for
which they paid $3.50 around.
W. L. Locklin, the wool grower,
left for Albany Saturday on a
sheep purchasing mission. He
is in the market for about 5000
wethers and recently made an I'M
successful buying trip through
counties south of here.
Lee Snyder brought in bunch
of fat cows and calves from his
Schleicher county ranch Monday
and out of the number shipped
one car of calves, selling So head
to Rolla Casey.
The 1900 cattle driven by 8 or 10
lively cowboys on horseback ac-
ross the swollen Concho river was
the sight that brought out the
town Sunday evening at $50. 1t
reminded old timers of the early
days in San Angelo when such
things were common.
The bulk of the Texas steers
on the st. Louis market last
week were light to medium grade {;
choice kinds were scarce. A TOP
of 1915 was obtained with the
bulk of sales bringing SO. 60@4.50.
Cows were in good supply, as were
bulls. Very few heifers were
sold.
Fayette Tankersley, the Irion
county stockman, returned Mon
day from Coleman, where he
made some purchases of fine
Hereford bulls as follows: From
w. G. Busk, 5 thoroughbreds at
800, and 7 high grades at $35;
from Burlington, 3 registered
bulls at 5000 each. The bulls
came in Monday and were taken
out to the ranch yesterday, being
admired by all who saw them.
A, M. Millar came in Monday
morning from the Usage nation,
where he is pasturing quite lot
of cattle. He shipped out about
300 head from Elgin, Kas., which
is his closest shipping point, and
topped the market for grass beef,
receiving as high as 1925 for part
of them and $500 for the others.
He says his cattle are in fine
shape but will put on more fat,
and he expects better market in
the near future, so concluded to
hold for while longer.-Runnels
County Ledger.
Public Sale of Cattle.
Geo. E. Webb, acting as trustee
for the Concho National Bank,
sold at the court house steps
Monday afternoon, a bunch of
cattle, described as follows: 100
head of cows, u head of bulls
and about $50 head of unbranded
calves. The sale was made to
satisfy Judgment held by the
bank against Sam Neff for the
sum of $2384.26 with interest
and costs, which amount was due
on apromissory note, executed by
Sam Neff and secured by deed of
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
Look Pleasant Please.

Photographer G. G. Harlan, of
Eaton, O., can do so now, though
for years he couldn't, because
he suffered untold agony from
the worst form OF indigestion.
All physicians and medicines
failed to help him till he tried
Electric Bitters, which worked
such wonders for him that he
declares they are a godsend to
sufferers from dyspepsia and
stomach troubles. Unrivaled for
diseases of the Stomach, Liver
and Kidneys, they build up and
give new life to the whole system
Try them. Only SOC. Guaranteed
by j, w, Harris, druggist.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
The Woodm en- attended the Baptist

The Woodmen attended the Baptist
Ladies ice cream supper in a body.
Joe Verbert was helped six times !
First thing he knows he'll have an.
other knot in his vermiform appen-
dix.
Will Macnabb and family left for
Buffalo last Saturday. Miss Evelyn
Smithwick, neice OF Mrs. Geo, E.
Webb, also started for her northern
home on the same train.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30

Beveridge of Indiana is think
ing of carrying the war into
Texas. Wouldn't that give you
throat trouble. Houston Post.
Not the character of throat
trouble" recently given Mr..
Beveridge, we hope.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
Recital During Reunion.

Mrs. Alonzo Millett, in connection
with local talent, will give concert
on Thursday night, August It'll, at the
opera house.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-07-30
Texas Press Comment.

Secretary Root issues an adj
1ress TO army officers directing
special study in order to protect
themselves in the art of war
Gonzales Inquirer.
Being already proficient in the
art of furnishing the enemy, in
Guiding defenseless children, it is
in order for promotion
to another grade in the school of
military instruction" in the
Fart Of war" Better assign a
lesson in humane treatment"
or develop substitute for "kill
and burn"
+.*
President Roosevelt has appoint
ed O "colored gentleman" to one
Of the most important and most
lucrative federal positions in
Louisiana. The President does
not regard Louisiana as white
mans country. Miles Messen-
ger.
Or rather does not acknowledge
any obstruction" How could
he be expected to discriminate,
having proclaimed his recogni-
tion of social equality in honor
ing a negro with a place at his
family table.
~"
The girl who jumped into the
Mississippi river to have Hobson
rescue her ought to have been
drowned, as she came blessed
near doing. She is a little pud-
din headed fool.-Comanche
Chief.
Then Hobson's opportunity to
keep himself before the public
would have been lost. Reads like
a pre- arranged plot, in which
event both should have drowned.
*.+
Senator McLaurin of South
Carolina has declined the presi-
dents offer of q United States
judgeship. McLaurin doubtless
saw the crooked pin in the chair,
Gonzales Inquirer.
Or feared that Tillman's
"pitchfork" would puncture the
confirmation bubble in the U. S.
S. Mac has not yet fully re-
covered from his recent contact
with the South Carolina "buz
saw"
w.
Science is doing the world a
good turn every day. The new
est discovery is that the ashes of
the West Indian volcanoes are
good for fertilizing purposes
Pecan Valley News.
Then the Isle of Martinique will
undoubtedly develop into the
most productive soil on earth (;
for most assuredly it has been
blessed with an abundance of the
newly discovered fertilizer.
+~#
We say of any one who's strange,
That he or she's a stranger,
But woman who cooks on q
range
Is by no means ranger.
j. M. Lewis in Houston Post.
Nor is he who undertakes
At all an Undertaken,
Who in the sun doth bake,
Can't always be q Baker.
nv
The democratic nominees in
this country have about as much
chance of election as a hair-lipped
boy has of winning the prize in
whistling match. Pioneer Ex-
ponent.
"Hark from the tomb, dole
full sound"
wv
Beverage of Indiana is think
ing of carrying the war into
Texas. Wouldn't that give you
throat trouble. -Houston Post.
Not the character of Throat
trouble" recently given Mr..
Beveridge, we hope.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-05-15

GLOW long were you up in the air,
Dennis2" asked the aforementioned
phiIanthropist.
"a domsoit longer thin OF iver want
to be oop agin, under loike circum-
stances" retorted Dennis.
"Why, Dennis, that was only a baby
cyclone; you ought to see full-grown,
up-to-date cyclone" said a bystander,
who looked as if he might hail from
Kansas.
eff that wuz only babby, it's back
in Oirland Oi'll be before it grows to be
man," was Dennis rejoinder.
Then moved by a common impulse,
we all directed our steps towards the
end of the room, where the man with
the smile and the apron was soon en-
gagged in giving fine exhibition of
glass juggling, which so pleased the
crowd that they vociferously en-
couraged him to repeat his act; and he,
in turn, was so much tickled by the ap-
plause he received, that his smile
broadened till the corners of his mouth
touched each other at the back of his
head H. S., JR.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-05-15
Winter Apples.

What cheer is there that is half so good.
In the snowy waste of Winter night,
AS dancing fire of hickory wood,
And an easy chair in its mellow light,
And pearmain apple, ruddy and sleek,
Or a jenneting with freckled cheek!
russell apple is fair to view,
With tavny tint like an Autumn leaf,
The warmth of a ripened cornfield's hue,
Or golden tint of a harvest sheaf:
And the wholesome breath of the finished veal
Is held in winesap's blooming sphere.
They bring you thought of the orchard trees
In blossomy April and leafy June.
And the sleepy droning of bumblebees,
In the lazy light of the afternoon,
And tangled clover and boboIinks,
Tiger lilies and garden pinks.
If you've somewhere left, with its gables widt
A farmhouse set in an orchard old,
You'll see it all in the Wintertide,
At sight of pippin's green and gold,
Or a pearmain apple, ruddy and sleek.
Or a jenneting with frecked cheek
Hattie Whitney in ST. Nicholas.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-05-15
Hopefulness.

Paper Read Before the ChdatduQud Circle.
A few minutes before Socrates drank
the fatal cup which ignorance and
superstition placed to his lips, he bade
the Athenians a cheerful farewell,
ending with these words: "My time
has now come to be gone; l to my death,
you to live on. Which of these is best,
the Gods alone know"
Standing today in the presence of
my fellow members of this circle, some
of whom are endeared to me by all
the ties of friendship the rules of the
institution allow, hardly know what
to say as farewell greeting except
perhaps to moralize on what we might
have been, what we may yet become
instead of what we are. You and /
have known some men whom we can
best think of as dead or forgotten;
men possessing neither that love which
grapples friendship to the soul with
hooks of steel, nor that courage which
prov0kes enmity. The memory of
others is to us s'like the shadow of a
great rock in weary land" We can
not think of them in any other way,
nor can we imagine the force of their
lives as misspent; the quality they
represented in the equation of life
seems impossible Of elimination.
But after all, in the final analysis OF
human existence. when the re-agencies
Of time and circumstance, keredity and
environment have d6ns their work,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-05-15
lost to society before they reach the
age of discretion.

lost to society before they reach the
age of discretion.
1t is the boast of Americans that no
one need be without an education nor be
illiterate in their country. This is only
half a truth, for many laboring men
today cannot take advantage of the
splendid free school system. They, as
rule, have large families and mary
wants to supply from small purse,
and consequently some of the family
are forced to assist in the maintenance
ofthe household. Factory laws limit
the age at which child can be en-
ployed, but the duty of society is to
provide for the child and educate it un-
til it reaches that age. 1t is incompre-
hensible why society should say to the
laboring man: "Your child must not
support itself, ana until it reaches a
certain age you, its parent, must pro-
vide for it." The parents only answer
is to show society his empty hands.
Compulsory education would, if rigid
ly enforced in every part of the country,
greatly advance the general morality
of the people, but it would be a decade
before any real good could be noticed
and half century would be almost
too short time to expect anything
tangible from its enforcement. This is
long time to wait for results, but the
only way to correct social evils is to
use radical methods and strike at the
root of the evil. PENDENNIS,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-05-15
Compulsory
Education.
Z Y THEN you tell an American
NN/ he must do this or that, he
v v naturally revolts against

M ne must do this or that, he
v naturally revolts against
the mandate. Coercion of
any sort is inconsistent with his ideas
of personal liberty. But the average
American is progressive and at all
times ready to adopt new ideas, even if
they are contrary to previously con-
ceived traditional principles. Com
pulsory education was looked upon at
first as an Infringement upon personal
liberty and like all reform measures it
had its enemies who sought to cry it
down, but liberality prevailed over
bigOtry and it has become one of the
recognized institutions of this pro-
gressive age.
The school children of the present
must bear the burden of national
responsibilities in the future, and if
their early education and moral train
ing is neglected the republic will suffer
in the years to come, The state is
responsible for the moral and intel
lectual training of its future citizens,
and if they are allowed to- go astray
through lack of paternal solicitude, the
strong hand of the government should
be enyoked to save them from ruin.
1t may be harsh to invade the sacred
precinct of the home and take a child
from its parents by force, but it is
better to rescue the child while it is
susceptible to good influence than spare
the feelings of parents who are Grim
lnally neglectful.
Our advanced school system has
made education something more than
mere book-learning Moral and physi-
cal training are recognized as consist
emily part of a child's education as
class lessons and elementary studies.
A child thatis neglected and permitted
to roam the streets at will may attain
good physical development, but its
morals and intellect will suffer, while
the spoiled darling of indulgent parents
may be intellectually advanced beyond
its years but its physical growth has
been sacrificed. "Lopsided' is slang
word but it is the only one that forci-
bly, expresses the appearance of a great
number of youths seen on the streets
of any large city. 1t is seldom per-
fectly developed child is found among
these little truants. If you notice q
group of them closely you will find
something lacking in the personality Of
each one-one has the robust frame Of
young giant topped by the head and
face of child; another, pale and
wizened, presents keen face full of
intellectual beauty. These are the
children compulsory education
would benefit most and their environ
,ments are such that unless aided in
their early years BY the state they are