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The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08
WO0DMEN ENTERTAIN MEMBERS.
F%raternaI Order Of This City Holds a Social
Meeting Ending With an Oyster Supper.

Among the live fraternal ord
ers of the city are the Woodmen
of the World. They never miss
a chance to instill an interest in
their work and just at this time
they + making a lively effort to
increase their membership. Last
Saturday evening the order held
a social meeting for the mem
bers and their families and it
was well attended. After the
social meeting was dismissed
they were invited to partake of
an elegant oyster supper and it
is said that the crowd did full
Justice to the occasion both as to
enjoying the social features as
well as the supper prepared.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08
RAILROAD A CINCH.
Lockney Citizens Stir Between "Wednesday
Noon and Thursday Night-SI5,000 Raised.

After reading the mournful
story on page 1 of the Lockney
Beacon, one would hardly ex.
pect to read also the above head
lines, but they are very true
these latter just the same.
Wednesday morning one or
more of the directors phOned tC
parties at Lockney that owing tC
the limited time to make the
survey and begin permanent
work Lockney could only be
given till the first of the year tC
raise the $4,000 stock required.
That was December 30th. All
the remainder of that day every
one already on the list was
urged to double, or at least raise
as much as possible, his stock.
After this had been done Wed.
nesday night only 1911 APP,
peared subscribed and things
looked blue.
Thursday morning twelve lists
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08

All the letters that come to
this Office giving good reports of
this country cannot be published
on account of space, but we oc-
casionally publish one that is
particularly to the point. This
week we are in receipt of a com
munication from Henry Shine
barger who is a citizen of this
city but is now at Upper San
dnsky, Ohio, on a visit. Speak
ing of this country Mr.. Shine
barger, who is one of the old
timers in the plains country,
says:
Il have been gone about four
weeks and | was astOnished
when | had been here a few days
to hear of people here in my own
home county that owned land in
the Panhandle district, and how
well pleased they are with it.
They all say it is the place for
the young man to purchase land
instead of here, because it is too
high here. These people with
whom | have talked are well
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08

were started securing stock and
the citizens waking up-at
nightfall scoops stock was taken.
While this is being prepared
for the press anvils are booming
and the whole country is alive
for in fifteen days work starts on
the Llano Estacado by way of
Lockney.
For good news this is the best
ever yet reported for Lockney
and Floyd county. New bust
ness houses and residences will
spring up on all sides and the
development of this section will
be unparalleled. -Lockney Bea-
con.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08

pleased with the climatic condi-
tons and they say that the re-
sources will be far in excess of
any other state in the Union in
the state of Texas in a few
years, and these people are our
neighbors. They have located
near F'riona. Do not get dis
Outraged. From inquiries that
| have made the average wheat
crop here is no greater than
ours iast year and the chances
here for a wheat crop next year
are very poor. [ believe "A lot
will be plowed up in the spring.
These neighbors are going to
put their shoulders to the wheel
in the spring and are going to
break their land. The people
from the East are the ones we
need because they have been
studying soil conditions and
know what different soils are
adapted to different crops. Now
[ understand that one of the
main features of this county
every year when all the crops
are CLEANED is that they have
Farmers Institute. They come
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08

The finishing touches on the
new residence of L. l.. Hunt on
west Houston street have just
about been completed. 1t is one
of the neatest cottages in the
city and is quite an ornament to
that already popular residence
street.
w. b. Walters of Ceta made a
business trip to this city this
week.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08

and discuss farm questions and
how they can improve their
crops for the ensuing year.
IF Canyon gets that new rail
road it will boom itself and will
not need assistance"
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-01-08

j. d. Gamble, who was hurt
last week by reason of the fall
ing of the horse which he was
riding, is getting along nicely
with his arm.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19
CAMPAIGN FOR TEMPERANCE.
Publicity to Be Worked in the Cause
of Reform.

Right has always been on the side
of the temperance forces, blu In days
mast the saloons have often had he
most effective tactics, and the tactics
rather than the righteousness OF the
cause have prevailed. To-day, this can
no longer be said. The methods whicn
have served the saloons SO well IN the
past have been adopted by the temper
ance forces and have been cleaned up
and purified and made to serve the
cause of righteousness. Chief among
these. perhaps, is advertising. There
has not been a day since the CONNECT
began that the voter has not had the
saloon argument forced upon his no
tice a hundred times by glazing bill
boards. Whisky advertisements have
stared at him from every orne but
the billboards have had nothing to say
for temperance. This, says n Home
Herald. is the lack which the Young
Peoples Temperance society Of Chica-
&c has set out to correct. On bill
boards situated in prominent places
throughout the city they have spread
attractive posters putting the decision
~souarely before the voter on the ques-
ton of the saloon VS.. the Boys ana
Girls" The campaign has had Its ef-
feet. From time to time during the
day little groups OF men and women
gather before the posters n thrash
out the temperance question then and
there. ! Children come and look up
wonderingly at the picture and the le-
gend, and go away impressed. It Is 9
novel campaign for the temperance
cause.
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his interview with the French commander he
started for home. The journey back was
worse than going, for the rivers were exceed
ingly treacherous. The French governor re-
fused to heed English and continued
to build forts, so George Washington was ap-
pointed to command soldiers to march against
the French in the spring. This was the begin
ming of a war between the French and English,
which lasted seven years. Gen. Braddock was
sent over from England and George was made
a colonel and commanded the Virginia troops.
Though Braddock was a capable general, he
did not understand the art of fighting the In
dams and refused to heed young Washington's
advice. The general was shot in one of these
engagements. With this the Redcoats began
to run, but Washington tried to call them back.
All day he was in the midst of the fight. Four
bullets went through his coat and two horses
were shot under him.
The war at an end, Washington returned
home. He was anxious to see his mother, whom
he had not seen in some time. Though Mrs.
Washington was not a brilliant woman, she
had plenty of good Judgment and common
sense, and was always ready to give her son
wise counsel. Proud though she was OF her
boys energy and desire to serve his country
she was careful not to spoil him by excessive
praise. She loved to hear of the hazards OF
war. but she emphasized the dangers more
than her boys success.
Hardships and longfought campaigns had
done much to impair his health, and he went
to Williamsburg to consult a physician. On
this trip he met Mrs. Martha GUSTS, widow OF
Daniel Parke GUSTS, one of the wealthiest
planters in the colony. They were married
some five months later. Very little is known
of her except that she was petite, pretty ana
exceedingly devoted to her husband. She was
very proud of his successes, and used all her
energy to make his trials as easy as she could.
There are those who attribute Washington,s
first step upward to his marriage. This is GER
tainly untrue. for he was on the road to sue
cess when he married her. Whenever Wash
ington went on a long campaign his wife took
up headquarters where she might be near him.
These winterings gradually became "a regular
custom. She seldom complained, although she
frequently had to put up with inconyenient
HEADQUARTERS. When Washington was chosen
commanderin-chief of the army he did not ac-
cept the place with great eagerness, for he
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home, but his courage never failed him and
he pushed on.
When the sky looked blacklist he would plan
some campaign to make of defeat a victory.
A happy Illustration of this was when one
Christmas night the soldiers were quite ready
to give up and go home. They were camping
on the banks of the Delaware. Pointing to
the other side, he said: Our enemy is camp
ing there" They were Hessian soldiers, and
since it was Christmas night, they were cele-
brating. 1t was with difficulty the army
crossed, for the night was wild, dark and cold.
But in spite of the great blocks of ice on the
river. Washington managed to get his army
across, and a victory was the result. A more
difficult year was spent in Valley Forge. 1t
was a long, cold winter, the soldiers hungry
for food, and they did not have enough clothing
and blankets to keep themselves warm. Many
times they were on the verge of mutineering.
1t was only by means of his tact and good
judgment that he brought harmony into camp
and gave the war a successful ending.
After leaving the army he went back home
and spent much time improving the farm. The
Mount Vernon estate gradually became an ex-
pensive affair. Here he kept open house, and
never a day went by without his receiving call
es and friends. Some of the dinners and
levees were often elaborate, and he struggled
hard not to appear bored. He had hoped to
spend the rest of his life among these pleasant
surroundings. He often told his friends: Let
those who wish such things as Office be at the
head of things. l do not wish them. All l de-
sire now is to- settle down at Mount Vernon
and to enjoy my farm But after the %constitu-
ton was ratified and the votes of the electors
were opened and counted it was found that
everyone had voted for Washington. During
his presidency he had many knotty problems,
but he met them all with good sense and judg-
ment. Because he played the double role OF
commander of the army and the first president
of this nation equally well he is entitled to the
name, the Father of His Country.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19
THE STORY.

n ARK days follow those of sunshine.
~ Discouragements come crowding
upon the heels Of successful effort.
But darkness and Encouragement are
no indication that God is not still in
his heavens, or that his will is not be-
ing wrought out in the midst of men.
When the outlook is dark we need
the uplook.
1t was now something yer a year
since Zechariah had begun his minis
try as prophet in Jerusalem, and that
year had been crowded full of the
earnest proclaiming of Gods word as
revealed to him from time to time. 1t
had been a year in which there had
been a marked turning of the people
to God. The work of building the tenn
pie had been resumed with fresh yigor
and good progress had been made. And
then new difficulties had arisen. The
foes from without which had stopped
the work before and which had been
feared would interfere again had de-
manded to know by what right the
work had been resumed and they had
posted off to Babylon to attempt to Sc
cure a decree from Darius to have the
enterprise stopped.
No wonder then that doubt and dis.
couragement filled new the heart of
the governor, Zerubbabel. Another Sc
rious check in the work would prove
fatal, he felt sure.
Why" he exclaimed to Zechariah,
the prophet, who had come to see him
IN sesponse to his earnest summons.
why, if the Samaritans again succeed
In blocking the enterprise, it will SIM
ply be impossible to take it up again.
And what troubles me is this: Our re-
sumption of the work is a direct VIC
lation of the decree issued by the for
mer king, Artaxerxes, and should the
present king, Darius, choose to so re-
gard 1t, he may descend upon us and
execute dire punishment upon the city
for its holiness. What think your"
Zechariah did noe answer at once.
He was troubled by the situation. and
saw the dark possibilities. But he was
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late Moncure d. Conway, unless he has family
freed an ancestor of George Washington" Yet,
despite the many clever scholars and a%ntiquar-
ians of America who have tried their hands at
this sport" it has remained for a fellow of
the Royal Historical society of England, Rev.
Frederick w. Ragg, to convey to us the latest
interesting revelation regarding the ancestry
of our first president.
Barring those that champion the truly demo
cratic standpoint, less prevalent to-day than
it was IN 1920. which scorns to connect itself
with old world titles and abhors royalty, there
remain many liberal souls among us who do
not grudge to one who was acknowledged first
in war and first in peace a share in the homage
accorded the first family of England.
Edward /. was himself a mighty warrior, and
first in many wars; his prowess was early exer'
cised on the Turks, during the last crusade
ever embarked on by England's kings, and
when the throne became his own he success
fully carried out his project of uniting England,
Scotland and Wales. He brought the famous
stone of Scone to Westminster abbey, and
under him England became a mighty nation.
He was a monarch wise and great, even though
he had little leaning toward democratic govern
ment and did not display special fondness for
Magma Charter. Edward Longshanks was not
an ancestor to be despised by his descendant
George, of kingly bearing and equally long legs.
That this direct line of descent has not until
now been established may seem a bit surpris-
ing in view of the exhaustive research that has
been devoted to the Washington ancestry. The
reason is, however, not difficult to understand
when one reflects that such research has been
concerned exclusively with the male line, while
this royal blood is introduced into the family
by Margaret Butler, who married Laurence
Washington in 1888.
Mr.. Worthington Chauncey Ford and others
who have made a special study of the Washing
ton pedigree trace the line back to John Wash
ington OF. Whitfield, five generations back of
the aforesaid Laurence and his wife Margaret.
These students state that this Margaret Butler
was the daughter of William Butler of Tighes,
Sussex, but do not follow the Butler pedigree
back OF this point. Here Mr.. Ragg has taken
up the quest, and after careful study of old
records, tombstones, and entries in church reg
listers has proved that William Butler, father of
Mrs. Laurence Washington, stands tenth in
direct descent from Edward /.
Reference to the above genealogical tree just
completed by Mr.. Ragg, and verified since it's
arrival in America by various genealogical ex-
perts, who have pronounced it satisfactory, will
show conclusively that George Washington is
in the sixteenth generation in direct descent
from the monarch in question, and is. there
fore, the Observation-Disclosures
greatgreatgreat- great-greatgreat-great- grand.
son of Edward |. Plantagenet.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19
Co%pyrighs, 1909, by the Author, w. 5. i dson.}

The Book of zechariah.-It consists of
three parts, Chapters / to g.; chapters 9 to
IL; ard chapters L to IA. Part /. the nine
visions viz. l.. Q:7-1O A rider on a red
horse, among the myrtle trees. symbol
izing a general peace over the whole
land, and the cessation of opposition to
the building of the temple. 2. Q.lS-2D
Four horns d. e., four enemies of the
Jews, and four carpenters. by whom
they are broken. 3 clio A man with a
measuring line. enlarging the boundaries
of Jerusalem; i. e., her increase, inclos-
ing the Gentiles. A. t3) Joshua the high
priest) changing filthy garments for new
ones, signifying the restoration of Judah,
and advent of THE Branch" 5. I'D A
golden lamp, fed by two olive trees; !. e.,
the rebuilding of the temple, and future
gloriication of the church by the JUNCTION
of the Holy Spirit, 6 t6:1-D A flying roll;
j. e., vengeance or the ungodly. 7.t5:5-1D
A woman pressed into an ephah by a
leaden weight and borne eastward; i. e.,
repression and Punishment of idolatry.
&. (6:1-S) Four chariots issuing from two
brazen mountains; |. e., the course or d.
vine providence. 9. 6:9-15) OF
Joshua: /. e., the regal and priestly or
flee of 1.-THE Branch Part II. Colloquy
between the prophet and exiles regarding
the fasts. !. 90 The nature of a true fast.
2. 80 On conversion of fasts into feasts.
Part III. The future destiny of the Jew
ish religion and people. !. C-1-0 Peace UNI
der Alexander's rule. 2. (9:l2-1D Revival
of power under the Maccabees. 3.
G1-12:12) a reverse (caused by the reJec-
tion of Messiah-punished by the destruc-
ton of Jerusalem. 4. Q2:3-lD A period OF
penitence and hope. 8. 90 Return of the
Messiah to Jerusalem in triumph over his
enemies. and the inauguration of theo-
cratic glory.
Scripture Authority - Zechariah,
Chanter A
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of work, didn't get anything to suit
them and joined our forces, only to
get tired and want to quit again. What
they get in the end is a term in the
guardhouse or in the national prison
for bad soldiers.
Beside the chances Of an escaping
soldier to get away from his punish
ment that of an ordinary jailbreaker,
bounded by civil officers is q bagatelle.
In the first place, a soldier in or out
Of uniform is a soldier in habits and
carriage, with the tell-tale step and
mannerisms of the service. The lock
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19

step of the state prison will wear
away, because it is only an incidental
of prison life, and the convict doing
time can do it more or less perfectly,
according to his inclination or the
watchfulness of the guard, but the
whole life Of the soldier is soldering,
and he can never get away from it.
Nov, turn a mar SO marked out in
the world with a $50 reward on his
head, and send to every village post
office, police station, constable, sheriff
and United States marshal in the
whole country his accurate description
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19
SERMONETTE.

"Not by might, o by power,
but by my spirit, saith the Lord
of Hosts"
The arm of flesh fails, but the
arm of God, never.
He who would labor in the
vineyard of the Lord must catch
this vision of the prophet, Zecha-
riah, If he would labor persist
entIy, and successfully.
The golden candIestick, with
its bowl on top, its sever lamps,
and the two olive trees on each
side providing a never falling
supply of oil. What does it typ
ify?
Just this: The unfailing and
ultimate triumph of the light
which God has caused to shine
in the world in and through his
chosen people, the Jews.
"Not by might, nor by power"
as man counts and knows might
and power, "but by my spirit,
saith the Lord of Hosts"
The candlestick syrnboIizes
the Jewish theocracy, and uIti-
mateIy the church of Christ, the
l~ioht-bearer to the world.
"AIl of gold" Pure, precious,
indestructible; such is the true
ideal of the church.
"Bowl upon the top" Christ
at the head of the church is the
true fountain, of whose fuIIness
of the spirit all we receive grace.
"His seven lamps" United in
one stem. Unity of the church
with the Jewish church ultimate
Iy as the stem from. 11:16-24).
"Seven pipes" Feeding tubes
from the bowl to the lamps. Lit
orally seven and seven or for
ty-nine in all. The explanation
in verse 6 is that mans power
by itself can neither retard or
advance Gods work, that the
real motive power is Gods spirit.
1.-TWO olive trees" The source
of the oil supply In the bowl.
The Holy Spirit, who fills with
his fuIlness Messiah, from whom
flow supplies of grace to the
church. As the lamps burned
continually, supplied with oil
from a source (the living olive
trees), which man did not make,
so zerubbabeI, the governor of
Jerusalem, need not be disheart-
ened because of his weakness;
, for as the work is n to be eff
fected by the living Spirit of
God, mans weakness is no OBJ
stacIe, for Gods might will per-
feet strength out of weakness.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19
TRAILING AN ARMY DESERTER

of any Of a dozen different federal and
civic denominations lands him in cus-
tody he is a criminal marked for pun-
ishment. and he is shrewd indeed i
he escapes.
sFourlffths of the deserters are for
eign-born and professional army de-
serters with bad records left behind
them in Europe. These men, as / I'M
derstand it, deserted from armies in
the old countries, came here in search
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19
"END JusTIFIEs THE MEANS"

9Th end j~ustifes the means This motto,
from the coat-of-arms of Washington, will no
doubt flash into the minds of certain admirers
of the father of his country who glance at the
genealogical tree, which is Englands latest
contribution to the oft-debated question of
Washington's ancestry.
Let no man fancy he knows sport said the
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19
He Is a Marked Man and His Chances
of Escape Are Few.

"The most persistently trailed law
breaker "a the United States to-day is
the deserter from the army, said
Capt. r. F. Kelly Of the United States
army.
From the time he is found missing
az the post where he is stationed until
the inevitable hour when an officer
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and a picture of him in two attitudes
and you have placed him in the pre-
dicament of the deserving soldier and
narrowed his chances to an infnitesi-
NAL bit of progress within fifty miles
from the starting point without ar
rest"
Capt. Kelly said that more money
was probably spent by the govern
ment in advertising a deserter than
the reward of $50 offered for his zap
ture.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19

From the lowest depth there Is
path to the loftiest height.-Carlyle-
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knew it was to be a long and
hard fought war, and a posi-
ton latent with responsible
ty. The struggle was as diff
fcult as he imagined, for
many times during the war
the soldiers were ready to
Law down their arms and go
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19

And Wise Men SingIy.
French Proverb: Fools go in throngs.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-19

1OUGH the pages of All
can history are adol
with the names of n
great men, none are bri
er and more beautii
described in letters
chased gold than thos'
Washington and Line
Students of history
are divided in their
iudoment which of