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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-14


tors present
Wilson, Of Bowie. Patterson Of Delta.
Henderson of Lamar. HARRISON Of Grayson.
Cain of Rains. MCkHiny of Dallas.
stafford of Wood, Bradheld OF Rusk,
FAX Of Henderson. Douglass OF Hill.
Mills of McLennan Harper OF Limestone.
Hanger of Tarrant. Perkins Of Cherokee
Beatty OF Jasper Morris OF Montgom-
Lipscomb Of Waller. cry.
Davidson. R. ", of Paulus OF Lsvaca.
Galveston. Hale Of Burleson.
Faubion Of william Faust of Comal.
son. Davidson, A. b.. OF
Wi.acy OF Nueces. De Wit.
HioFs Of Boxar Hin Of Tom Green.
Martin 81 Corycll. SebastiaL Of Steph-
Decker Of HaIdeman. ems.
Savage of Montague.
Only one absentee. Arch Gdnnan OF
Brown county.
Mr. Browning administered the oath Of
office, each member standing with his
right hand uplifted, repeating aloud the
words Of the statutory oath.
senator Stafford offered a resolution pro-
viding for the election of the usual ofri-
GERS, including seven committee clerks. six
porters aud tye pages. Senator Henderson
offered y substitute striking out all assist
ant clerks except assistant secretary; also
reducing the number Of pages 10 three aud
porters to four making no provision foS
committee clerks He made q speech u
fifteen minutes on rctrcnchmcnt and reform,
The substitute was tabled without further
discussion by yen and nay vote, II re-
ceving the siuelc vote Of Henderson in its
favor.
Mills offered an amendment striking out
the Stenographcr and Typewriter dualiica-
ton In clccting committee clerks; lost.
Tho resolution wnS then adopted.
NTesslS. Davidson Of Galveston. Bradfeld,
Sebastian and HARRISON were appointed ms
telers and the election of officers com
menced. For secretary Decker nominated
Clyde Smith Of Wichitn county and Fau
bion nominated otto y. Pfcuffcr OF Viii
hanson: Smith received TWENTY-FIVE votes
Pfeurcr five Assistant secretarv. w NJ
Ellis Of Cherokee got six and w. r.. D.
Lamar twenty-five
Journal clerk, r. NJ. Gilmore NJ Van
Zandt, without onposition assistant Jour
nal clerk. Amos r. Wynne OF Hunt, with
out opposition
Recessed until afternoon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-14

AFTERNOON SESSION.

For calendar clerk W NJ. Cobb OF Mon
taguc county, without opposition.
For enrolling clerk, Eldrd McKinnon OF
Hi, 81; Ben f. Smith OF Travis, /. For
assistant enrolment clerk. Miss Laurn v.
Grlnnau Of Smith, without opposition.
For cnerossing clerk, Frank r. Smith OF
Bell county, without opposition For as.
sistant engrossius clerk, Miss Lucy Lane
Of Travis county. without opposition
For sergeant at arms, c. II. Allen Of
Fayettc, got -, Arnold of Milan, g. For
assistant sergeant at arms, b. It. Hughes
Of Limestone without opposition.
For doorBeeper, Frank Mullins OF Tarrant.
u; ]. A. w Kyle OF Shelby, T. For as
sistuut doorbceper, c. J. Kirk OF Grimes,
For chaplain, Rev. !. s. Davenport OF Wi.
hanson, -, and Rev. II. NJ. Sears OF
Travis, Z.
Nominations for service committee clerk.
ships; Miss Georgia Sturgcss Of Travis, by
LRscnmb; Mrs. Hattie Narhrough Of Bowie,
10y Wilson; Mrs. hope Hawkins by David.
son of Galveston; Mrs. NJ r. Jourenant Of
Graysou. by Harbison; Miss Bessie Gold.
stein Of williamson, by Fauhion: Mrs. i. A.
Van Ordcn Of Washington, by Hale: s. II.
Horn Of Collin, by Cain: W. 4. Pace OF
Dallas. by Mckamy; Crockett Sparks of
Bell, by Martin; r. T. Price OF Mcclellan, by
The ballot resulted In the election OF the
folloWing SturgeSs 20 votes. Yarhrough 90
Ordcu -, Face 20 The others received
votes as follows; Jourenaut Z, Horn b
SPARKS 9. Price :.
me senator's drew Tor scats. Senator
Faust 81 Cumal securing FIRST option and
CLOSE front scat on the extreme right OF
For president pro tom. senator Hanger
nominated Seuatur A. b, Davidson ~ d.
wit; seconded by Senator Savage, both
paving high compliments 10 their nominee
on his ability, fauiesS and rcntlemanly
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-14
LEGISLATURE is In SESSION.

tsPursuant
Republic session o Of
OF Austin Monday February 10 1916 william
receiving
Of the population taxable
70
drse was
Is Increase
Of nd for the time OF
Of
men / o a
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-14
THE SENATE.

Mr.. Henderson Was to the Fore With
an Economy Resolution,
Austin, Texas, January l3.--It was high
noon when Lieutenant Governor Browning
called the Twenty-eighth senate to order.
Rev. Braddeld Of Austin offered prayer.
The roll call showed the following sena-
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isg our loved state the best service {

i,g our loved state the best service q
which am capable"
resolution was introduced IN tho sea-
ate by Senator Henderson Of Lamar, winch
is an index TO the spirit Of that body IN
its coming work. As a matter # economy.
the resolution proposes to reduce the num-
Der or committee CLERKS.
The resolution Senator Henderson sad
was the basis upon watch The Twentieth
senate was organized aud would reduce
The expense Of that body $50 per day,
The resolution was defeated by a vote Of
20 TO /,
resolution was adopted liking January
% upon watch to draw for the long and
short terms. this being the first session Of
the senate under the new 0ppornonmem.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-14
Mr.. Mellon a Visitor.

Austin, Texas, January l3.--vice Pres,-
dent W. L. Mellon of the Gufey company
spent today In Austin. lie stated that
there was no Significance IN his visit here.
He has relatives In the city whom he de-
sired to see He was accompanied by ex-
Representative X. A. Greer from Beau
mont
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Austin Texas, January is-Representa.
tive Dun of Beaumont stated tonight that
he would Introduce the Beaumont special
the house Is complete.
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E o RIO

(, slnple complaint HuII
~ last years sales. ,.n.n
!. g" can't raise good rice with
~ poor seed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
MUCH MONEY FOR CHARITY.
SeIf-Improvement Society Prom
Uses Big Dividends.

At Wlnstead, Conn, on New Years
day a dozen young women of the best
families formed self~improvement
club for 1903, pledging themselves not
to swear, not to use slang, not to lose
their tempers, not to gossip or say
mean things about folks, not to idget
fret or fuss so as to disturb others. not
to let day pass without doing some
thing to make others more comforts
BILE, not to laugh at the mistakes OF
others, not to handle the truth care
lessly, not to say anything TO make
another unhappy. The penalty for
breaking any of these resolutions was
placed at one cent each, the accumu-
lated fines to be used at the end of the
year for some charitable purpose. At
the end of the first nine days one
young woman had paid into the treas
ury sixty-fve cents and two others
sixty-one cents each.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
THE TRADITIONAL MISTLETOE
II Pays the Rent for Peasants OF
Normandy and Brittany.

The mistletoe, under which every
American has recently done his duty,
comes chiefly from Brittany, says the
New York Tribune. Some seven hun
dred tons of the charming white ber-
ried plant are exported from French
ports. The mistletoe is to the Breton
what the pig is to the Irishman-it
pays the rent. The peasants of Nor
mandy and Brittany cultivate the par
asiCe on the apple trees-contrary to
popular belief, it rarely grows on oaks
and it forms their most profitable
crop.
A few pears ago the French depart.
meDt of agriculture decreed the de.
struction of all mistletoe on the ground
that it injured the apple trees. The
peasants, however, denied the i'm
parchment, and as the order is not en-
forced they grow and export more
''guii than ever for the Christmas en-
livenment of English and American
homes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
SCOTT A CLOSE ONE.
Man Who Built the Oregon Wants
to Be United States Senator.

Irving NJ. Scott, "the man who
built the Oregon, is a candidate for
United States senator from California,
to succeed Senator Perkins. Mr. Scott's
chief claims for preferment seems to
be that he built successful ship, for
which he got dollar of cash for every
dollar of value that he gave. and that
be is a millionaire. he has never had
either political or legislative expert
ence.
Mr.. Stott Is spoken of as a very close
man with his money, in illustration of
which it is told that when Mrs. Nc
Kinley was sick at his home for some
time in 1901 he charged TO the San
Francisco reception committee the ex-
pense of entertaining her and the
president. But when there is a sena-
torship in sight he NAV be a little
more open-handed with his cash.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Chairman of Judiciary Commit
tee Introduces Resolutions.

The chairman of the judiciary com
mittee of the national house of rep
resentatives has introd the follow
ing resolution in congress.
"Resolved. That the committee on
judiciary be and lit is hereby directed
TO investigate and report to the house,
With all convenient speed, the opinion
of the committee as to the power OF
congress to declare that = necessity
has arisen for taking possession of all
coal, coal beds and coal mines in the
United States, and all lines of trans
portation agencies, instruments AID
vehicles of commerce necessary for
the transportation of coal, and that If,
in the opinion of the committee, the
power exists, and the necessity for the
exercise of such power has arisen, that
the committee forthwith report to this
house bill declaring the necessity,
providing fully and in detail the occa-
sions, modes. conditions. and agencies
for said appropriation that will fully
and completely exhaust the power of
congress in that regard. E"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
ANOTHER TRIAL PROBABLE.
Pole May Be Discovered Under
American Auspices.

Upon his recent return to civiliza'
tion Lieutenant Peary announced that
he was done with North Pole hunting,
and would thenceforth devote himself
to his duties as an officer of the navy
But his loye of adventure and the de.
sire to win the pole seem to have
changed his mind.
In Philadelphia few nights ago he
announced his positive conviction that
tina pole could be reached with an ex-
penditure of $l50,000, and said that if
anybody would place that sum at his
disposal he would make the attempt
again next summer.
Mr.. William Zeigler, who put up the
money for the Baldwin expedition,
said some weeks ago that he was ready
to spend $1,O0O,000 to have the pole
discovered under American auspices.
1t would seem, therefore, that there
we're chance for Peary and zeigler
to get together and start an expedi-
tion this year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
WHAT TERRELL'S FARMERS ARE DOING.
Interesting Atlanta Journal With Promnen
Citizen of Dawson Shows That Agricuturists Here
re Happy and Independent Money Makers.

The following article in regard to
expressions from a prominent clti-
zen of Dawson appeared in a recent
issue of the Atlanta Journal, and
will be read with interest here:
elm conversation a few days ago
with prominent southwest Geor-
gia banker, Mr.. A. ]. Carver, pres
ident of the First National Bank, of
Dawson, this remarkable statement
was made:
ed have a standing reward for
anyone who will find a farmer in
Terrell county who has not made
money every year for the past ten
years; and who is not today, to all
intents and purposes, independ-
ent.
"Thls is one of the most convinc-
ing claims we have ever heard made
from any county in an agricultural
way. Not a farmer who hasn't
made money every year for the past
ten wears. Not one who hasn' t
grown to be reasonably independent
in that time. What more could
anybody want? What more could
be asked of any country under the
sun?
"There is good deal in this for
the farmer himself to think over.
His is thesoil, the climate, the OPP
portunity. Everything else de-
ponds upon himself. If he attends
to business he cannot fail to make ut
pay. And, after all, he doesn't
have to worry and fume and fuss
like the man who engaged in the
same strenuous commercial and fl
nancial pursuits, In order to do at.
eve may talk about the produc'
tive prairie lands in Texas, the rich
alluvial soils in the west, with
their bumper crops one year, and
droughts and famine the next but
for farming year in and year out, for
easy and successful farming all the
year around, Georgia beats them all
Georgia farmers, taking their rec
ord for decade, year by year, will
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
APPALLING AND RIDICULOUS
Printing for Agricultural Depart
ment Cost ST. 100000 in 1902.

1t appears from statement just is
sued that the printing for the depart
ment of agriculture in Washington
last year cost, all told, about $1,000
900, of which only $107,5 was
spent for the printing of the
the farmers bulletins that go direct to
anybody on the farm who writes and
asks for them. The rest of the money
went for the printing of 756 other pu b.
locations of various sorts, aggregatlng
more than ten million copies. The
majority of these publications, the
Washington correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Ledger says, was ''stufT
printed as so much dough- for sena-
tors and Representatives to send out to
voters to curry their favor"
Continuing, the correspondent says:
'lf the items for the buncombe print
ing, for the ranking privilege and
similar perquisites of representatives
of the people in congress should be as
sembled it would present a spectacle
of waste at the expense of the taxpay-
ers that would be as appalling as it is
fundamentally ridiculous"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
CITIZENS SWIPED COAL.
The Coal Situation i'm Bellevue,
Ohio, Demanded 1t.

A dispatch from Bellevue, Ohio,
says: The fuel situation 10 Bellevue
reached an acute situation a few days
ago, and a conference of the mayor,
councilman and coal dealers Was held.
1t was learn that there were eight
cars of coal in the local coal yards
of the Wheeling and Lake Erie rail-
road, and it was decided to confscate
the coal.
The fire bell was rung, and the may
or and counciImen, followed by small
army of citizens, armed with shovels,
marched to the railway yards and un-
loaded the cars in record breaking
time.
The mayor issue ed orders with the
village seal, and the coal was distrlb-
uted to citizens, through local dealers.
at the rate of IS per ton.
A further search was made and sew
eral cars of soft coal were found and
unloaded in like manner. About every
wagon in town was pressed into SER
vice, and the work of delivering the
coal was kept up until midnight.
During the raid there were many
pitiable scenes of poor men and women
pleading for some of the coal, and the
work of carrying it away in. various
kinds of receptacles followed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
SALARY ONE CENT A YEAR
Man in Wisconsin Gets That for
Carrying the Mail.

The government pays the magnlfi-
cent salary of one cent year to Maui
rice Proctor for carrying the mail be-
tween Dodgeville and Mineral Point,
saws the Milwaukee Wisconsin. Mr..
Proctor operates stage line between
the two cities, and he makes a good
income from the passenger service.
Recently he closed contract with the
government for three years, agreeing
to carry the mail one away each day,
and his bid was three cents for that
period of time. He is to receive his
salary in three installments of one cent
each. He recently received his check
for his salary last year, but he is not
going to cash it until he is in need of
money.
Mr.. ProctorIis unique in the" fact
that he receives the smallest salary Of
any persons employed by the govern
ment. The distance between Dodge
Vile to Mineral Point is eight miles.
Mr.. Proctor is very proud over the re
sponslbility of having the United
States mail in his care. He also feels
confident that if the government
should desire to retrench no effort
would be made to cut his salary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
HERE'S A QUEER ONE.
Richmond Mans Funny Reason
for Wanting to Go to Heaven.

Because he saw from the papers
that according to several local minis
tiers there would be no recognition in
heaven, and that he would not, there
fore, meet Gin the Celestial Kingdom
certain undesirable acquaintance he
had in this world, man who for fif-
teen years has avoided church and
God has suddenly reformed and con-
nected himself with one of the Metho-
dist congregations of Richmond.
He has come to the conclusion that
provided his friends will not be able
to recognize him and he will not be
called upon to take notice of them,
Heaven will be much more pleasant
than living on earth. So he said be
wanted TO get there if possible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
CENTRAL WON'T PAY.
Railroad Objects to Byron School
District Taxes.

An interesting case, In which the
Central of Georgia Railway Company
refuses to pay tax of something over
1873 to the Byron school district in
Houston county, has come to the at
tention of the controller general, and
he has issued an execution against the
road for the amount.
The matter will go into the courts.
rs the Central claims that the law I'M
der which the tax is sought to be COL
lected establishes dangerous prece-
dent and is uncons titutiOnal.
A special local act was passed in
1901 creating the Byron school district
in Houston county, the school district
being considerably larger in extent
than the town of Byron. The act gave
the authorities of the school district
the right to collect taxes for school
purposes, and the road declined to
Day.
The Central takes the position that
the law is unconstitutional. in so far as
it gives the authorities the right tC
collect a special tax for school pur'
poses. The road has already paid taxes
to the state, to Houston county and tC
the town of Byron.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
pIIIIONS OF PROFITS
IN FARMERS FIELDS
ne AMERICAN FARM PRODUCTS
REACH A BIG TOTAL.
p,iOcipaI Crops Valued at Three
billions of Dollars. Corn Is First
=, The List, and Cotton Third

~. farmer. whether he be manager
<. toil. real producer ano con-
D or only nominally one OF
;, rich man in the United
.. the beginning of 1913 II ne
h.. anywhere near the share OF the
w.. ,s,.nerity of 1902 that the statistics
him According to the reports
,oo, .bo farmers have wrested from
on more than $3,OOo,0OO,0Oo,
,,s for exceeds the worlds produc-
,ion of gold and silver in 1902
NH. prodigious aggregate OF wealth
,iob is diffcult of comprehension oy
f %L creatures accustomed to dealing
With paltry millions, must be shared
~oa or less equally among ten million
, nu, to begin with, and afterward
Nth the other sixtv-fiye million OF
nonnIation dependent upon the farmers
for their provisions.
rthe value of the crops were dlvloeo
.oually per capita among the farmers
Zach would get $3.50 as his share which
~onId he a rich dividend, taking them
mon and boy. If the division were
oonal among the heads OF families
oonnting on in Eve to be regarded as a
head. each employing head has dug
% 06o out of his fields in 1902 Even
hr an average city man that would
mt he counted ; bad income.
THE bulk of the wealth gained bY
tho farmers in 1902 was derived from
eleven principal crops. Later revision
Of early reports may increase the hg'
ures slightly, but for the staple crops
the value of these eleven will remain
Substantially as follows:
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
WILLIAMS NEW PLAN.
George Fred Makes Public Pros
pectuS of "The People Rule"

George Fred Williams Of Massachu-
Sc It's has make public the prospectus
of his new political party.
It is to be called "The People Rule, y
and will have three main planks "a
follows: "1st. Direct legislation, or
the right of the people at the polls to
vote laws. End. The ownership by
the people of public utilities. Bird. A
restriction upon the power of judges in
equity to take away the liberty of the
citizen without trial by jury"
Mr.. Williams says he will not quit
the democratic party, but that his
"The People Rule" is step in the di.
rection of rescuing the democracy
from the element now in control of it..
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
TRY THEM IN THE NORTH.
Bryan Suggests Negro Officials
for That Section.

The recent racial disturbances IN
the south over the appointment by
Roosevelt of blacks to Office prompts
the following criticism of the chief ex-
ecutiVe by Mr.. Bryan in the Com
moner:
"On another page will be found
Roosevelt's letter on the negro's rig hit
to hold Office. He has taken advant-
age of an extreme statement against
the negro to make an eloquent plea for
the black man, but he has not met the
real issue. No party advocates the
exclusion of cOlored men from all DO.
litical positions. Cleveland appointed
negroes to offices, and the appointees
were confirmed by a democratic SEN
ate. The question is, why does the
president refuse to apply the same
rule in the north that he does in the
south? He respects the prejudices of
the white republicans in the north,
but he takes occasion to lecture white
democrats in the south for entertain
ing the same prejudices where condi-
tions are such as to make the republi.
cans stronger. There are enough po-
sitions which colored men could hold
without raising the race question. AS
the president is candidate for re-
election, and may need the votes of the
colored delegates, his letter cannot be
viewed as a disinterested statement OF
his views"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21

have more to show for their labors
than any of them. Those Georgia
farmers who some years ago went
west to try their fortunes and "'get
rich quick" with bumper crops have
found this out, and nearly all those
who could do so have returned-to
live and die in Georgia.
"Mr. Carver, it is true, has pick
ed out all exceptional county from
an agricultural standpoint. But it
didn't used to be so. 1t was all
brought about by intens i've farming
and taking care of and building up
the lands. And by living at home.
Hog, hominy and hay have, of late
years, been important crops with
Terrell county farmers; though this
does not mean that their money
crop, cotton, has been neglected in
the least. On the contrary, Terrell
county is producing more cotton to-
day than ever before; but, by prop
err fertilization and cultivation, Ter
rell county farmers are simply rails
ing moro of everything to the acre.
* In the entire fifteen years that l
have been banking we have never
lost dollar on Terrell county
farmer was the additional state
ment made by Mr.. Carver. The
reason is plain; the system of farm
ing adopted in that county, begin
ming about fifteen or sixteen years
ago, has enabled the farmers to pay
out-there have been no failures by
the farmers who faruned. And the
other sort were naturally not
worthy of credit.
"No wonder Terrell calls herself
banner county. With every far
mer in the county making money
every year, with county taxes abso-
lutely abolished through the opera
ton of county dispensary, with
their lands worth twice what they
were ten years ago, and none for
sale at that, no wonder every Ter
rell county farmer is independent.
What state can equal it Z?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
THOUSANDS IN A GAME.
Bands BIare While 7 500 Persons
PIaY EuChre.

he largest crowd of euchre players
''er assembled at one sitting was
adhered few nights ago in the four
zenith regiment armory in Brooklyn,
~ l., where 1900 persons played the
game There were 1875 tables. These
we're arranged in sections. so that
'uere were forty players in each Sec
DOn' A band was assigned to every
'"enty sections. The dozen bands
paved in unison, under direction OF
0ne leader.
me party was given by the students
" d. Francis college. Ten thousand
'0Lars, it is estimated, was raised.