Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1907-12-12

lAbNhWNli, - NliNiAl L bSAA w ASHo
ago that the members of .theWa-
terville Town Company were the
brainiest lot of men this country
has ever producedq"
II believe you made that re
mark"
eyes, sir, and I'm proud to re-
peat the statement, and in the let
ter that I've just read is evidence
prima facie evidence-that Water
vile is only restin', as it were, pre-
paratory to enterin' a free-for-all
hurdle race, and maxim the fastest
time on record. Yes, sir; her time
will be "a record breaker, and she
will distance all would-be COMPETE
tors, Notwithstanding the SANDER
ousland libelous articles now goin'
the rounds of the press,
"We are now,'' continued Bal
tee. The closing of on prublic
lard, ga ways and means commit
school would indeed be a calamity.
They asked me over at the town
meetin' how much money we have
in the school treasury. told them
l didn t know. | beg you gentle
men s pardon for my reply. | do
know. There's not a dagnation
cent ] was forced into the awB-
ward position of tellin a falsehood
for the good of my adopted city Of
Waterville. Now, gentlemen, what
do you adviser" he concluded, put
ting his handkerchief to his crack
ed lips.
81 think" said Mccartney, THAT
the taxpayers are not Directing to
our public school. The Waterville
Town Company owns fully three
fourths Of the property in Water
vile True progress pays no heed
to opinion, and we want the school
to 90 on, no matter what a few ex-
cited people say about it. The citi-
zens who are loudest in denouncing
the expense, and calling most vig-
orously for retrenchment, as a
matter of fact, pay scarcely a pen
ny of tax AS usual, however,
those who talk loudest in com
munity invariably do the least. -
Your right" said Dick Bal
lard, glowingly, "That's the talk !
There's argument in your remarks,
Mr. Mccartney, and if l had them
printed on dodgers I would regard
it as a personal privilege to deliver
copies to the members of my state
militia company, and issue a gen
eral order to have them distributed
over the entire town.
81 wish to call your ,attention
to one thing continued Ballard.
ono member of my state militia
company voted to discontinue the
public school; no, sir mot one"
Winthrop observed that the de
monstration was hasty action
that would. probably, be disap-
proved of by the people themselves
after more mature reflection.
:" A, few weeks ago." he went
on, these same people were hur-
railing for the Waterville Town
Company. They expect us to per-
form wonders in a few weeks time
which, in reality, will require
many years of hard work to ac-
complish. Men may die for glory
and be worshiped, for fame, and
be eulogized, but when man gives
his life trying to build up the from
tier, and happens to do something
unpopular with the common people,
he is blank, blank, blanked. l fully
believe the present depression will
be followed by a healthy activity,
satisfying to the most pronounced
pessimist. in Waterville. -
Gentlemen, said Dick Ballard,
"there are four of us. Miss V1r-
ginia billiard is a most exemplary
young lady, while as a teacher she
is without a peer Her salary for
the entire year is only five hundred
dollars I stand ready to pledge
myself for one-fourth of this
amount
"Put me down for one-fourth, F."
sale, Fred.
IT will gladly pay onefourth, !"
said McCaffrey, "and my check is
ready at any time
"Count me in on the deal" said
Wilbur Winthrop.
''Just one thing, gentlemen,
said Ballard. 81 am pretty well
acquainted with Miss billiard. She
is, indeed, the daughter of her