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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-09

Avaunt with all tine-spun tinessing!
File up with some plain finite Trunks.
I've found you fine one at guessing
Could tinetooth- combs find me those
Dlunks?
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I fitch your reply from your glances
Which finally flare like pard's:
Big fines are for folk whose finances
Are finer, in fine, than a bard's!
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Rhymes for I o-Day
FINE! or, TEItsE TALKS WITH
QUINTILLAN ON STANDARD OIL.

WY AS ever fined thirty million?
w pi snnn no. Such would be no a'-
For If were fined It, Quintll1an'
Well-where could l find that amount?
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All, There. Mndam!

Doctor: "A very good beginning madam;
a very good beginning. "-Binghamton Even
ing Herald.
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Dye dream / could, find such sum?
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,H LIE golden wedding day or Mr..
and Mrs, Burglardt Hassel, OF
this city was marked ny an
ipfnroet II, lrl Sn,tnl
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15
AFTER FIVE MILLION CLUB
MEETING.

Mayor Miller Is urel'.g that ANA
rillo so after the dext meeting OF
the Five Million Club. The Club
holds meetings every three months
Its coming meetidg will he at El
Paso, on August lG and IL. AT that
meeting II will ne decided where the
next meeting, to be held In Novem.
Der will be hell. Mayor Miller in
sits that II Amarillo goes after the
meeting In the proper way, It can be
got. He wants a large delegation OF
the solid citizens OF Amarillo to go to
III Paso, in Augugt, prepared to ask
for the next meeting Ia the right
kind of way, ana he insists It may
be got.
Both Dallas aud Fort Worth are
candidates for tic meeting. but they
are also figuring for the big diamond
jubilee exposition, and they want
the help OF Amarillo. tho nothern
point OF the Lone Star. TIE mayor
insists that El Paso will help Anna
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15
A CURIOUS PROCEEDING.

on the streets of Amarillo to-day
occurred a proceeding which almost
resulted in mob or panic. gen.
tleman OF the prohibition faith rode
nm and down the public streets, and
announced that he had something to
say to the citizens. When he return
ed 10 the corner OF Polk and Fourth
street he opened his address, in an
express wagon he had hired, under
the shade of the Amarillo National
Bank building, and soon gathered a
crowd which DISTRACTED the side
walk, and blockaded the passage
way. The city marshal kindly sug-
gested that he move around the cor
ner. but he thought he was being
imposed on by the minion OF the law
and objected, whoreupon Mr. Snider
took the gentleman in hand and
moved him and his vehicle around
the corner, on the north side of the
building. on Fourth street.
The Panhandle takes 1t that the
marshal was in the proper discharge
OF his duties when he insisted on the
removal, as he had complaint from
the authorities OF the bank, that the
large crowd was obstructing the bus
mess Of the bank.
The gentleman, after becoming
composed after his forcible removal,
continued his address, and at the
close offered for sale his own book,
entitled, "The $50 Mile Street of
He'll" at 2bc. per copy. The gentle
man was Mr., j. G. Adams, whose
supposed residence is Arkansas, but
who halls from anywhere and every
where and Is out for the sale of his
books, and for what good he can
do for the cause he represents. There
is an ordinance of the city which
compels anyone selling books on the
streets to pay license for his work.
When the gentleman began the sale
OF his work, the officers had been
instructed TO collect the price of the
license, or stop the gentleman. He
was asked about his book, and not
feeling that he had any explanation
to make TO the officer, he refused to
make Il, and was taken under arrest
ty Marshal snider and steered to the
police court at the city building.
The editor of the Panhandle was
in the vicinity at the time, and scent
ing a good news item, was right
behind the marshal and the prisoner |
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rillo, the cities in this part OF the
state will help NJ, and Dallas and
Fort Worth will net 10 Gverse TO the
next meeting ming 10 Amarillo
The mayor is advocating delega-
ton OF al least iIf,y gentlemen and
ladies' TO go aftei The me.'!ng right,
and this morning he'd secured pledges
OF thirty-fiye toward making up the
delegation.
The thing is 10. slole. Let ANA
rlllo and her nLw Commercial Club
30 after the meeting in the right
way, and II can be landed. II would
be great Advertisement FOR Anna
rillo and the entire Panhandle coun-
try. With her new auditorium, ANA
rlllo can care for such a gathering
In the right kind OF way. Let us
nave H.
In connection With the trip to FL
Paso Is promised to visitors, a trip
for entertainment 20 Cloudcroft, the
snow capped mountains 1900 feet
above sea level, and many other
side trips, The trip would make an
enjoyable one, end could be made
at little expense.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15
THAT CORN EXHIBIT.

The Daily Panhandle has before
referred TO the National Corn Elk
hiblt to be held In the city of Chi
cago, on October 5 to 10, inclusive.
We have also referred to the fact
that Texas and the Panhandle coun-
try has been assigned space in this
exhibit and persons interested In
Panhandle real estate who have re-
sided in the country long enough to
become identified with 1t, have been
appealed to by the managers OF the
Corn Exhibit, to make proper show
Ing Of Panhandle products.
Mr.. H. B. sanborn is interested to
the extent that he has offered the
following premiums for corn: S1.O0
per ear for indian corn, so cents per
head for kaffir corn, so cents per
head for milo maize
The conditions which are imposed
to secure this prize money may be
found In the Weekly Herald, or diff
ferent issues OF the Daily Panhandle.
There Is no pecuniary interest in this
offer on the part Of Mr.. sanborn,
but It is his simple public spirited
disposition to see tho Panhandle
properly represented at this show
The Panhandle would like to EN-
phasize the opportunities which this
exhibit offers for Advertising the
Panhandle country. There will be
exhibits Of corn from the best corn
growing sections or the country at
this show, and they will be witnessed
by people from all sections OF the
world.
The Panhandle is supposed to be
a semi-arid region, where It takes
twenty acres OF grazing land to keep
an ordinary steer, the best OF years
but where nothing but Buffalo grass
Grows. II the people OF the country
who visit this corn show can see the
excellent indian corn, l;affir corn
sorghum, milo maize and millet
which grow so profusely in this Pan
handle country, their ideas OF this
country win be changed. and the
country will receive the advertising
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DIsGRACEFUL DOlNGs,

A little item In The Panhandle OF
Wednesday told OF a gang Of youns
sports about the rlty, who got after
certain colored mel the night before
and after heating them Up, 70 fright
ened them that they lei, the city.
Some OF the co,oreG moa were in
dustrious working men, ini'ng posi-
lions about the 3'ty where they we're
held In high esteem by then employ
ers. and their absence has caused
great Inconvenience TO those who
employed them.
AS tho Daily Panhandle is in
formed, the act vas entirely UNI
called for, and without reasonable
provocatlon, and tie young mon en-
gagged in the dlssraceful act, are Of
no credit TO the cI;y.
Good, white nolp Ia domestic
line, and for servants, Is hard to Sc
cure In Amarillo, and there is room
for industrious co'ored help. They
are needed, and % long as they know
and Keep their pace, they should be
treated the same as any other citi-
zen. All coons look clIKe to the
editor OF the Panhandle, and de-
cent, industrious and law abiding
colored person Is jus ae good when
they keep their proper place, as a
white person, in their place. and we
have known instances where we
thought them much better than some
white people we have known.
The young men engaged in this
dlssraceful proceeding ire known to
the officers, and they should be ar
rested, and give hthe !imit OF the
law, and taught u lesson. Such
acts, committed without the least pro-
vocation, simply 10 satisfy IDEAS of
wben contrary to law.
should not be tolerated, no matter
whether they be committed against
colored or white people. II coll
ored person disobsys tie law, and
becomes amenablc TO 1t, there is
proper way of bringing him to JUS
tice, and there : NJ cause or rea-
son for any set OF men tailns the law
into their own hands and intlmidat-
ing any citizen, az was dore In this
ease whether their color he white,
black or yellow
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15
THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1907
A LEMoN-AID.

He handed him a lemon
Now a lemons pretty good
When a fellows feeling seasick
And In a dizzy mood
But when he's scratching gravel
To make two short ends meet
In growing printing business.
He wants his tonic sweet.
He can't afford a gold brick
or a monumental joke
In machines he tries to operate.
Lest bis "biz" goes up like smoke
When a one-mln proportion
Means really two or more
When type he makes tomorrow
VIII not match that made before.
When the keyboard and tho caster
Cut the product most IN two,
When repairs, like death,are certain
And always falling duo;
Then he begins to see the reason
For that foxy salesman's guile,
When he handed him this lemon
And took his order with a smile,
BY our Sporting Editor
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15

There is no telling the posSlbilI-
Ties ahead for Amarillo, the Queen
City OF tho Panhandle, In the next
few years, II her citizens will but
wake up, and give attention to the
enterprises which await an honest ef-
fort to secure them. The CONNER
elal club Is the avenue through which
10 work. II you are member at
tend the meeting for organization to.
night.
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from attending the proceedings,
That he was trying to enforce the
ordinances, and was under many
Jeers from the by-standers, and was
rather excited at the time,
The editor OF the Panhandle would
say that he is not in sympathy with
the radical statements made by the
speaker on the streets regarding the
saloons and prohibition. We are no
prohibltionist, We have seen dt
tried and have seen It complete
failure. as It will always be until II
becomes federal statute. But the
editor OF the Daily Panhandle is an
American in the broadcast sense OF
the word Our forefathers came TO
this country to escape the iron hand
OF the exactlng laws OF Old England.
They came here for the privileges
later guaranteed to them by the con
sntution which they formulated, and
fought to make eternal, guarantee
Ing to every citizen the right TO life,
libertyliberty and the pursuit Of hap
piness, and the construction any
true, loyal American citizen places
on that constitution is the
largest amount OF personal and
religious freedom to the individual
so long as he does not interfere with
the personal rights OF his neighbor.
That is broad democracy, and that
is the creed of the editor OF the Pan
handle.
In the following out of this policy,
he can listen to the rankest kind OF
republican or prohibition speech, and |
II 1t gets too hot for him, he consld-
ers he has the right to walk away.
Il is the other mans meeting and no
has rights as an American citizen,
which are to be respected. Free
speech and free press are the safe
guards OF America When any man
ittebpts to trample on these rights,
he is on dangerous ground, whether
t be in Amarillo, Texas, or in the
'ank republican state Of Iowa.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15

A new union depot, new shops for
the Santa Fe, new extension OF the
Choctaw line west, the retention OF
the experimental farm, and many
other important matters are await
ing the new Commercial Club. Let
every citizen who has signed as n
member attend the meeting for or
ganlzatlon, and help start the ball
right
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15

quainted with them. But when he
speaks OF Clarendon, we will relate
an incident we know OF. We attend
ed the speaking OF Senator Bailey at
Clarendon, July 3, with our wife.
Returning, in the evening. while
waiting at the depot for the train.
the Denver train from Amarillo
came in, and we watched the I'M
loading OF express. A citizen OF
Clarendon called our attention 70
the cases OF beer, barrels of beer
and packages OF whiskey unloaded,
and there we're many, and he said
that was a common occurrence. and
while II was not sold in the city,
much was shipped in, and that was
the Fourth of July supply. This is
the way prohibition prohibits. So
long as liquor is made and sold In
adjoining cities or states, those who
want Il will get IT, You can't make
people good or temperate by law.
The editor of the Panhandle knows
that in communities where the SEN
timent is largely in favor OF pro-
hibition, the sale OF liquor may be
prohibited, for officers will be elect
ed with a view OF enforcement, and
iurles can be secured, who will con-
vict offenders. But in localities
whore public sentiment is opposed to
it, prohibition cannot be, and is not
effectually enforced. No more law
can be enforced, etfectually, than
public sentiment will sustain. Such
is our observation in a life of public
service.
We believe in local option Jaw,
which will allow municipalities and
communities with police protection,
to vote as to whether they will IL
cense or not. If the majority favor
prohibition, then prohibition can be
made fairly effective. But where
the majority Of the voters are IA
vorable to license, saloons may be
licensed, and revenue cole wl
therefrom, and the places fairly well
controlled, under police regulation.
These are the ideas OF the editor
of the Panhandle, and his answer to
Mr.. Adams remarks of yesterday.
We are willing he shall differ with
us, and IL he is honest in his ideas,
and we have no reason to believe he
Is not, we respect his just the same.
If he can convert enough peo-
pie to his way Of thinking, we are
willing they shall have prohibition
in Amarillo. We can stand It, IL the
rest of the citizens can. Prohibition
speaking is Mr. Adams business, and
we have no objection to it, and want
linn to hay3 all the chance to talk he
desires, but he should respect the
ideas of those who differ with him,
and not abuse any set OF men for
with him honestly on his
Ideas
The gentleman thought the reason
we made that statement was because
we had not Travelled as much as he.
Possibly that is true, We have per-
5onally witnessed the workings of the
laws regulating the liquor traffic in
Ohio, Nebraska, Iowa and Texas.
We have been careful observer OF
he prohibition states of Maine and
Kansas, and these bear out the state
nent we made, that 1t is a complete
allure, in so far as statewide or
constitutional prohibition is concern
I'd, and prove that local option by
is the best method
ret tried for the handling of the
liquor traffic, according to our OBJ
ervations.
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It is paying 80 much for In other
ways,
There will be no better time or
place In several years to advertise
the advantages of the Panhandle
country TO more people than by max
Ing a proper exhibit at the Chicago
Corn Exhibition.
Lot the Commercial Club take this
matter up.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15


when they went up the stairs to the
police court The good natured as
sIstant, officer Hughes, was on the
bottom of the stairs. and as the re-
porter passed him, and assembled the
stairway, the marshal turned to him
and said TO not allow any OF the fol-
lowing mob 10 come into the build
Ing. The newspaper man innocent.
~ said TO the marshal that he was
a newspaper man and was there to
get a report OF the proceeding. The
Daily Panhandle editor has been In
Amarillo since last November, and
the marshal ought to be acquainted
with him. Marshal snider turned to
the newspaper man and said 1--WE
don't need you here" The reporter
expostulated. with the marshal, and
said that he simply wanted to get a
proper report OF the occurrence, but
the marshal said, I'VE don't need
you here" Tho editor said that he
wanted TO get a report OF the arrest,
whereupon the marshal stated that
there had been no arrest. "Well, "
! am not under arrest, | want TO
60" said Mr.. Adams II want per-
sonal explanation from you" said the
marshal. II have no explanation to
make to you" said Mr.. Adams, land
II / am not under arrest will CO."
he said, accompany the statement
with a start down the stairway. The
grabbed the gentleman by
the lapel OF the coat, and said, We'll,
I'll put you under arrest for dis
the peace" "All right, If
am under arrest then will go
with you" answered Mr.. Adams,
The city marshal then turned to tho |
newspaper man, and said; you see
he bottom Of those stairs. don't you,
You had better get" The newspa-
per man is not heavy weight, and
s peaceable citizen, and concluding
hat discretion was the better part
II valor, he said that he saw the
bottom OF the stairs, and would
'ather walk down than be thrown
Town, and Immediately passed down
Ind out.
The crowd was gathering, and
here were mutterinss, as to the
treatment OF the man up stairs. The
'ditor sought the city mayor. think
ng that the marshal was an APP
'ointee OF his, and wanted to land
lis complaint with him for the un-
treatment he had receiv-
d. He found that the mayor had
lid out the rear Of the Eberstadt
to try and appease the
wrath OF the mob, and assure them
hat the gentleman would have OPP
'ortunity to sell his books on the
treet. and talk all the prohibition"
e wanted to, IL he would simply do
so as not to obstrust public traf-
ic. When the mayor was later
ound by the editor, he stated that
he marshal was elected by the peo-
lie of Amarillo, and was not re-
ponsible to him for his acts. This
xonerated the mayor in the estima-
on of the editor for the act of the
iarshal toward a newsgatherer, and
1T the matter up to the people OF
.marillo to back their city marshal
l such conduct toward a newspaper
'ying to secure an honest report of
xciting transactions which occur In
he city.
In fairness to thc marshal the
ditor would say that he called on Z
S since the occurr snce, and explain S
a that he was hasty, and made a
listake in excluding the news man
G
T-rTr-y1-y1-yr----1
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paper, much to the disgust of the
ants, for several years, and until
an honest attempt had been made
and failed, TO the enforcement OF the
law, and gave of our private means
to funds to assist in paying the ex-
penses necessary to an honest at
tempt.
During those years, We saw the
city in turmoil; we saw the regular
licensed saloons so out OF the bust
ness. and all kinds OF "holes in the
wall" blind pigs" etc, start up,
here and there. and even joints open
ed in private houses to dispense the
liquors shipped In from Missouri,
Nebraska and Illinois, adjoining
states where prohibition was not in
effect. We saw murders result,
homes dynamited, and neighbor ar
rayed against neighbor. We saw
drug stores, under a state pharmacy
law, dispensing liquors for "medici-
nal purposes" and liars made by the
hundreds signing false statements to
druggists requests for liquor. We
saw one OF the best business men
In the city elected mayor on "law
and order" ticket, and witnessed his
honest attempts, backed by COM
mittee OF business men, to close the
places, in one OF which where the
owner usually carried the key in his
pocket, murder was committed, and
at no time in all these years were
all the places where liquors were sold
without license, and "bottlegged"
closed, We saw this man throw up
his hands and say he could not en-
force the law, and would not take a
second term as mayor under any con-
sideraton, and another good citizen
who followed him for mayor, on the
same ticket, defeated by large ma
jority, by man who gave 1t out that
he would collect a license from the
places, IL elected. From that time
on till the change of the law, num-
erous places were run, and occasion
ally fines or mulct money was col
lected from the saloons.
Such was the condition over the
entire state, until It's best citizen
ship, even in the Republican party,
voted with the Democrats, and for
two terms elected Horace Boise gov
ernor on a license platform, but the
legislature was not carried, and the
law war not changed by the Demo
Gratis. The Republicans then declar-
ed for some sort of a license law, and
again elected the governor, and the
present law, which allows cities of
5000 and over to license saloons on
a petition OF majority of the voters
In the municipality, was adopted,
and most all cities over that num-
Der OF Inhabitants in that state now
license saloons and many of the |
smaller ones would, but in those,
petition has to be So per cent OF |
the entire vote of the county to IL
cense saloons hence they have not |
got them, but cuss the law, and have
what is worse, the drug store sa-
loom" where the worst class of rot
gut is sold, and sneaks and liars are
to get the stuff they
want These are some of the many
observations we might mention. In
most of the towns where the drug
store Is the only saloon. there are
more murders, DRINKS, and crime
han In the cities and counties where
saloons are licensed.
Coming nearer to home, we can
lot dispute the statements made by
Mr.. Adams, regarding many of the
places in Texas as we are not &C
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-15

That was a fine and harmonious
meeting Of representative citizens
which met at the courthouse last
evening for the purpose OF organic
ing the new Chamber OF Commerce,
This did business with dispatch, and
without jRrgon, showing that Anna
rillo business men arc united to a
man when It comes 10 wording for
the general good of tae city The
new organization starts off Ia the
right way. Ihe-e is iots OF work
tor It. and 1t will no tiouht accom-
pl.Sh much. -4-