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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-09-26
Dryer Dustings.

Contrary to precedent, the far
mer will take prospect" on
the coming crop instead Of a re-
Prospect of the past one.
To picture the droughty wealth
er would run the full gamut of
dialectical ratiocination.
''We must not hope to be NOW
ers, and to gather the ripe, gold
en- ears, until we have first been
mowers, and watered the fur
rows with tears, then sometimes
there's no HARVEST says the
farmer.
A certain magazine in this
months issue referred to William
Jennings Bryan as the next
president unless Roosevelt with
drew his refusal for the nomina
ton. What do you think about
this? 1--WE believe you are correct
-Ed.)
After all, the Standard Oil Co
"got Off very lightly. A small
advance in the price of their OF
,an enlarge their profits sufici
entity to pay the S29,240,ooo tin'
With little difficulty.
Our school with Miss Nolii
Neighbors as teacher will begin
IN Monday, Sept, 80. Parents
md children should take notice
| We're anxious for that cream
ny and ice factory, to make it
! appearance in Sinner. 1t win b
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-09-26

a great improvement in the town
itself, besides the surrounding
country.
How do you like this torrid
weather.
A. II. Neigh6ors ieH2last Sun
day for A. & M. College of Col
lege Station, Texas. Mr.. Neigh
boris will take a four years course
in architecture. Our we'll wish
es go with him.
Mr.. Harrison Osborn, who has
been visiting friends and rela-
tives here during the summer,
returned to his home in North
Texas, last Saturday.
The new residence of II. V.
Holley is nearing completion.
Mrs. F. G. Gerdes, who has
been very ill, is convalescing.
Constable Joe Boothe was in
Georgetown last week on official
business.
Mrs. Mary Rurkett is on the
sick list.
Oscar Osborne of North Texas
is here on q visit.
Mr.. Harry Nichols, of Dyesbo
TO, Tenn, is here on a visit al
pleasure trip combined. We
trust his trip will prove as pleas
ant as we know it will beneficial
for we have great faith in oul
country as a health resort.
We earn that Schroeder Bros
of this city have sold their bust
ness and homes to B. r. Schu
macher, of Hochheim Prairie
! Mrs. Will Fahrenthold visited
her parents au 1OaKum laSp r'l
| day.
Mrs Joe Pitmann of Hochheir
was in Dryer during the pas
week.
| Miss Ethel Burkett of Shine
passed through Dryer Frida
enroute to Hochheim.
A tragedy occurred in Drye
Turing the past week. A youn
nan by the name of Mari con
mitted suicide. He was slight
though favorable known her,
having been in our .Gity., only.
short tjsnefp Caues are unknow
| Tor his action,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-09-26
Department of State,
State Of Texas, Austin.

% September. %. 1907,
y Mr.. RIG. F'latol Cashier,
g8hiaag, Taxes
Dear Sir:
Herewith enclosed please find
certificate Of the Secretary Of
State that Farmers State Bank
of Sinner, Texas, has complied
with the law by fling in this De
partment certified copy of an
instrument showing an increase
in the Capital Stock of said bank
from $3.50 to $4,000.
Very truly yours,
H. M. Little,
Acting Secretary of State.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

William Jennings Bryan the
great national objector performed
his usual stunt at Springfield, ILL.,,
Saturday as follows:- president
Roosevelt in his speech at Prov
incetown, Mass, the other day ad-
vocated the government incorpora-
ting the railroads and other great
corporations and taking the power
from the states, where it now lies.
l consider this one of the most
dangerous of doctrines as tend
ing toward the still further CEN
tralization of power in the Federal
Government. 1t is a doctrine
which Alexander Hamilton would
have heartily approved in his day.
1t is a doctrine which is opposed
to the principles of the Demo-
cratic party, and which, if an effort
should be made to carry it into
effect, should be bitterly fought
by the Democrats" AS Senator
Warner said Saturday at st. Louis:
"It (the Democratic partly has
been objecting SO long that the
Democrats are now unable to take
the initiative in anything"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

Garland G.. Lewis, publisher of
"The El-Rino American and son
of Warner Lewis of Montgomery
City was selected at the Republic
can County Convention of Canad-
ian County, Oklahoma, last week
as the chairman of the County
Central Committee of that County
and which is one of the largest
Counties in the Territory. The
American is making a vigorous
fight against the adoption of the
Constitution for the Territory
along the same lines pointed out
by Secretary Taft in his Oklaho-
ma speech.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
TONS OF DIAMONDS.
An Estimate on the Output OF the
Mines of the World.

Like all precious metals and stones,
the unit Of weight usually employed
in regard to diamonds is the carat, of
which 1919 go to make up a single
n To think of sacks Of diamonds
by the ton staggers the imagination;
indeed, the average annual output of
the Kimberley mines is not more than
half a ton all told.
Statistics have been published re-
Gently at Cape Town giving the out
put for several years past Of the Kim
be1ley mines and the river '~diggings.
These yielded in the three years 1903
05 nearly 7,250,000 carats, say a ton
and a half. The monetary value OF
these diamonds was S10,450 900,
Since the first diamond was discov-
cred by the banks of the Vaal in 1867
down to the end Of 1906 1t is estimated
that the total weight Of diamonds ex-
tracted from the Griqualand mines Is
owe 1914 tons, of a market value OF
fully EOS. 000, 900.
II statistics of this sort can be trust.
ed--and in the case Of the South Afri.
naa. uiAL thay CLOSELY approximate to
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

STATE OF MISSOURI, GO
Coanty of Montgomery. }e~
We, w. A. Crockett as president. and /. @.
Uptegrove as cashier Of said bank, each of us
do solemnly swear that the above statement
Is true to the hest Of our knowledge and be-
lief. W. A. CROOKETT. President
&c. UPTEGROvE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn + before me, this 2sth
day 0 fAusust, A. ID. 1900.
Witness my hand and notorlal seal
(sEALl on the date last aforesaid, Com
missioned and qualified for "a term
expiring November 10, 1900
W. l.. GUPToN, Notary Public,
GEO. w. SAILOR,
II. O. BROWN, SDirectOrs.
HENRY MAUGHs,j
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

II that we're a fact he would devote
the greater part of his life hunting
for a pebble to put in his sling.
Roosevelt on the other hand, picks
up an old jagged stone and hurls
1t. Roosevelt is the concentrated
essence of the Republican party.
Bryan is a fine example of the
conversational powers of the DEM
ocratic party.
Roosevelt is an ideal executive.
Some men have declared him a
boss and intellectually j. j..
Hill and Hartman. That is true.
He is unsafe for grafters and 9TH
er law violators. He is a boss,
but a boss that wants other people
to do right and does it himself.
He has the confidence of the en-
tire country. For his
we have a number of good men
Hughes, who has made great sac,
%rifices to DO his duty as a citizen;
Root, the most powerful intellect
in the administration; Fairbanks,
a well-balanced statesman; Can
non, of the old school; Knox, who
has unquestionable ability, and
Secretary Taft who has all the
necessary qualifications.
Bryan claims that the Republic
can party has stolen all his issues.
Have we stolen the divine ratio of
1874? Have we stolen his Phillip
pine policy? Have we stolen his
government ownership of railroads
policy? The last one we could
have gotten easily. He dropped
it and ran, and we could have
picked it up without trouble. We
do not have to steal issues. The
are not able to put
Them into effect and we can do
what we want to with Them"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
Nature Fake.

Boxer, a handsome bay horse, was
we'll known in Joliet for his powers Of
reason. A loose shoe had been an
noying him for several days, and when
his master turned him into the yard
to Craze, Boxss .eapod the fence, trot-
ted down strees to the shop where he
was regularly shod, and held up his
hoof for the inspection Of the aston
ished smith. After resetting the shoe
the smith turned Boxer into the street
and the intelligent animal returned to
his pasture and his feeding al II the
performance were an everyday occur
renoe.-Chicago Tribune.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

the facts-only II tons OF oiamonas
had been mined all over the world to
the end of 1901. With the same rela-
tive output since that year from Bra.
I'll and India the worlds output of dia-
monds is now more than 20 tons.
The figure seems small, considering
the ages diamonds have been worked
In India and elsewhere In the east,
and must be largely guesswork with
respect to the output in antiquity. It
is, however, certain that more dia-
monds have been placed on the mar
ket in. the last 40 than in the previous
thousand years.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

By special request the Globe
Democrat Company have extended
the time in which Rural Route
subscribers may get the Globe
Democrat and the TRIBUNE for
only $500 per year. This is a very
liberal rate and all those who did
not take advantage of the offer
during July should do SO this
month as we are informed the
time will not be extended again.
For RENT ;-Barn, barn lot, and
shed, northwest part oftown. In
lquire at this Office.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30

g. L. Clark, vice president of
the Commercial Club, this week
wrote a letter to Mr.. D. P. Boone,
president of the Boone Tobacco
Company of GAINESVILLE, solicit-
ing his company to come here and
rebuild there tobacco factory. A
reply will probably be received in
a few days.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-08-30
OFFICIAL Statement

Ofthe financial condition of the Union saw
ings, Bank No. 273, at Montgomery City ,
state of Missouri, at che close of business
on. the end day of August, 1907, Published
in The Montgomery Tribune, II newspaper
printed and publishe& at Montgomery City,
State of Missouri, On the 3Oth day Of Aug
ust, 1907.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08

ton platform at Potter's Bar the earl
was seized with a fit and fell to the
tracks The Cambridge express came
whirling along at the same time and
the earl's body was decapitated and
mangled almost beyond recognition.
The present earl owes his title to
tragedy. The third earl, who died in
1898. was without male issue. his two
sons having died within a short dis
lance of time from one another The
death of the eldest son was singularly
tragical. He was travelling with his
father in the Mediterranean and mys.
teriously disappeared from on board
the ship somewhere between Gibraltar
and Malta, the presumption being that
he must have lost his balance and fall
len into the sea, no one being with
him at the time of his disappearance.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08

nit Kingdom" During the latter part
of the war with Spain Admiral Mead
commanded the Machias. Subsequent
to reaching the grade Of captain IN
1899 he commanded the Philadelphia
and subsequently served as a member
of the board of inspection and as com
mandant of the naval training station
at Newport. In 1904 he was assigned
to the command of the navy yard at
Portsmouth, n. II.
Admiral Mead is the second on a
list of eleven rear admirals who are
to be retired during the year 1907 for
age. The next one whose name will
be removed from the active list is
Rear Admiral Joseph Z. Craig, com
mandant of the League Island navy
yard The date of Admiral Craig's re-
tirement is February "a.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08
Admiral Mead Retires.

Special to the Herald.
Washington, Feb. S.-Read Admiral
William w. Mead, having reached the
age limit for active service, was today
placed on the retired list of the navy.
Though he has no civil war record,
Admiral Mead has been in the service
for forty-two years, having left the
naval academy just when the conflict
between the States had ended.
Admiral Mead is native of Ken
lucky, and was appointed to the naval
academy from that State. He reached
the grade Of lieutenant i'm 1869 and II
was about that time that he com
manded landing party from the
Colorado that captured and destroyed
the Corean forts that opposed the
American expedition to open up friend
ly commercial relations with the Her.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08
LEAVES MONDAY
FOR ST. LOUIS
SUBCOMMITTEE WILL LOOK INTO
ENTRIES IN WATERS PIERCE
OIL coMPANY'S BOOKS.

II is generally understood that the
subcommittee of the Bailey investiga-
ting committees will leave Monday for
st. Louis. where they will investigate
certain entries in the Waters Pierce
books. will take the testimony of H,
Clay Pierce. Mr.. Finlay and others,
and look into all matters relating to
the present investigation outside of
Texas
Messrs. Wolfe and McGregor. the
two Representatives who compose this
committee. have been talking about
the exclusion of representatives of the
press during the subcommittee SEES
sion in st. Louis. Protests have been
made against the adoption of this
plan. Although the rules OF the main
committee provide that representa-
lives of the press may attend the SEES
sions, the subcommittee holds that
they do not have to abide by these
rules. They have not decided finally
whether press representatives will be
allowed OF not
AS the testimony of Ex-Governor
David r. Francis is very important,
and the joint senate and house COM
mittees desire to hear his testimony.
Mr.. Francis will be examined here.
Chairman 0'Neal received a telegram
from him this morning in which he
begged that he be allowed to testify
in st. Louis. as coming to Texas
would greatly inconvenience his bust.
ness affairs. AS II is urgent that he
come to Austin, another telegram was
sent him before noon, requesting his
presence before the committees here
Saturday. Governor Francis is ex-
pected here by Saturday noon.
Another telegram was received from
John w. Gates from New Orleans. who
had been telegraphed to come at once.
that he was en- route north and il
would be impossible for him to at
tend. A brief wire from Hon r. l..
Henry at Washington was received
last evening. Mr.. Henry stating. Am
leaving for Austin to-day" and it is
expected he will arrive to testify at
the Saturday session of the commit.
tees.
Messrs. J. p. Gruet and ]. P. Gruet.
Jr., were discharged yesterday even
ing as witnesses here and notified to
appear before the subcommittee in st.
Louis. when the Waters Pierce books
are produced. as these two gentlemen
are to testify in reference to the dis.
puted entries in these books.-Austin
Tribune.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08
DueaI Family Marked by Fate.
Decial to the Herald.

Special to the Herald
London. Feb. S.-The tragic death
Of Lady Dorothy Cuthbert. who was
accidentally shot and killed by her
husband during a pheasant shoot last
week at Beaufort Castle. has called
public attention to the remarkable Sc
ries of tragedies that have befallen
the Earls of STAFFORD and their con
nections in recent years.
Lady Dorothy was q daughter Of the
present Earl Of STAFFORD. who sue.
ceeded to the title on the death Of the
fourth Earl Of STAFFORD. who married
Mrs Samuel Colgate of New York.
Eight years ago the fourth earl met a
tragic death by accidentally falling
under railway train not far from
London While standing on the sta.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08
Some FIGHTS in the Near Future.

Special TO the Herald.
Feb. 11-"Honey" Melody of Bos.
ton VS.. Willie Lewis of New York. hf-
teen rounds at Thornton, r. l., for the
welterweight championship.
Feb. 12.-Jack Cardiff VS.. Jimmy
Farrell. ten rounds, at Altoona, Pa.
Feb. 1I.-Bill Papke VS.. Carl Ander.
son, ten rounds, at Spring Valley. III.
Feb. 2O.-Tommy Murphy VS.. Spike
Robson. six rounds, at Philadelphia.
Feb. 22.-Jack Sullivan VS.. Jack
Flynn, twenty rounds. at Los Angeles.
Cal.
Feb. 22.-Rufe Turner VS.. George
Herberts. twenty rounds, at vancou.
YER b. c.
Feb. 25.-Gunner Moir VS.. Tiger
Smith, fifteen rounds. before the Ma.
tional Sporting club OF London. for
English heavyweight championship.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08
HAND OF STANDARD
TIGHTENING ON TEXAS
ACTIVITY IN HOUSTON OIL COM
PANY STOCKS MAY BE DUE TO
OIL TRUST MANIPULATION.

Austin, Texas, Feb. Who now
owns the controlling interest in the
Houston Oil company with its vast
holdings of land in Texas is a ques.
ton that the Bailey investigation com.
mittee can not at this time ascertain.
1t is openly alleged that the same men
who are interested in the Standard
Oil trust are acquiring the stock and
preparing TO further fortify them
selves in the State with the practical
ownership of the oil land represented
within its boundaries.
1t has been stated by witnesses be.
fore the committee that considerable
activity in Houston Oil company stock
despite the fact that the concern is
now in the hands of a receiver, has
been noted in New York.
The fact that the members of the
protection committee" of the concern
have redeemed the Southwestern Oil
company for less than 100000 while
its physical holdings were valued at
over 100000 stands for something
against the method of Bailey's accu.
mutation, and the fact that the con-
Germ has been practically dissolved by
those who secured it may mean some.
thing with reference to Standard en-.
croachment
Already the Standard Oil has been
said to hold in its grasp one Texas
senator the Security Oil company, the
Waters Pierce company. an interest in
the Gulf National bank of Beaumont
and further interests in every other
refinery in the State with possibly one
exception.
AS for the Houston Oil company
stock no one seems able to Say who
has its in actual control. Capitalized
for 100000 it's securities are scat.
tered over the world. and much that
is owned by one man may be held in
the name of another. AS has been
demonstrated, the agen,s and hirelings
of the trust are everywhere and al.
ways active as part of a magnificent
mechanism, greater almost than the
government Yearly it levies upon the
people of the United States a tax
greater than does the government.
The names of those most active in
the work Of alleged protection" are
associated with the Standard Oil com.
pany. They have redeemed a blind
tiger" and lost by the investment un.
less the trust is providing the where
withal. AT the same time it may be
stated that they are not the kind of
men who buy a property for 5000. 900
only TO allow it to lapse and dissolve
The plans of Hon. John II. Kirby
were magnificent in their conception
and had he been able to carry them to
contamination would have meant great
things for Texas. Now # appears that
the Standard Oil trust is buying NJ
the vast interests represented and a
further hold upon the State secured by
the monopoly.-Stan Special to the
Houston Chronicle.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08
Negroes Oppose aclansman.y

Special to the Herald.
Bristol. Va. Feb. s.-The city au.
thorities have taken precautions to
prevent any disturbance arising from
the presentation of Thomas Dixon's
The Clansman," which is booked for
the Harmeling theater tonight. The
negroes vigorously opposed the bring.
ing OF the play to this city and petit
toned the city council to bar the per.
Torrance. The council. however. de-
cided TO permit the performance. at
the same time cautioning both races
against starting any trouble. While
considerable race feeling has been
aroused over the matter. no serious
trouble is anticipated.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08
middies' Farewell Ball.
Special to the Herald

Special to the Herald.
Annapolis. Md. Feb. S.-Many Wis
itOrs are here from Washington, Balti.
more and other points to attend the
farewell BALI to the midshipmen
who will he graduated from the naval
academy next Monday The holding
of the ball tonight. three days in adj
vance of the date Of graduation. is a
departure from the usual custom. In
previous years the farewell has been
held the night of graduation.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08
Iowa for Railway Reform.

Special to the Herald.
Des Moines. Ia. Feb. S.-The first
of series Of hearings was held TO.
day on the various railway reform
measures that have been presented to
the Iowa Legislature. The committee
hearing today was on the Doran bill
to compel stock trains to be hauled al
the rate of eighteen miles an hour.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08
Congressman Mckinley the Guest

Special to the Herald.
Springfield, H.. Feb. S.-The Spring.
field AID Mems club has made prep
arations on an elaborate scale for a
banquet to be given at the st. Mich.
olas hotel tonight in honor of Con.
gresham Mckinley of California.
Congressman Mckinley has accepted
an invitation to address the members
of the club on the subject of the
school question on the Pacific coast.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08

The man who was born tired"
should use Prickly Ash Bitters. 1t
makes work necessity to give vent
to the energy and exuberance Of spir-
its generated by functional activity in
the system. Bratton Drug Co, spe-
cial agents
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-02-08

The Herald has all kinds OF legal
blanks. When you want a note OF a
mortgage. we can fix you up. Good
stock and correct forms.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-09-21

excluding the bandmaster and the
electricians, the highest paid men are
the ordnance and quartermaster ser,
geants. After thirty year service theil
pay amounts to s46 month, with q
communication of clothing and rations
valued at $3.50 a month.
or course, the ordnance sergeant. II
i've years the 10 per cent addition IL
he had been bright enough and had
been able to get his company officers
to approve his application for permits
sion to take an examination for pro.
motion to commissioned grade, nigh
have attained higher honors than q
sergeantcy, but every enlisted man
can not become commissioned
officer. Not even all the exceptionally
bright enlisted men can succeed, be.
causeI there are not enough commits.
'ions to be had. Wherever there are
/ more than enough enlisted men com.
peting for a commission the favor oil
,he company officers goes to the sor
Ut fellow-officer who has enlisted fol
the sole purpose of getting a commits
sion. .....
Therefore II Is not uncommon for a
nah to serve thirty years and attain
to only the highest on-comnissioned
rank. If II we're possible for a second
lieutenant to stand still for thirty
years after getting his commission and
then be retired, his retired pay, three
! sourths Of what he received while on
The active list, would be $1.70625.
An enlisted man who had served
thirty years and had attained the
highest non-commissioned grade, his
retired pay. with Communication OF
clothing and rations added. would
amount to the princely sum OF $652.2O
under the proposed law.
In the same length of time a boy
entering the Army from West Point,
end having no merit other than that
of keeping sober and In fair health,
would have to attain the grade OF
colonel and then be retired on three
fourths Of the base and longevity pay,
which would be s4O95 as against the
ordnance or quartermaster sergeants
$652.2O.
ALLOWANCES MADE OFFICERS.
While on the active list officers get
allowances other than the longevity
pay For instance, II the Government
does not furnish quarters in which to
live they get commutation for quar-
ters. In addition they get light and
fuel and have the privilege. which
they always exercise, OF buying sup