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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
TAX PAYMENTS FALL
BEHIND LAST SEASON

Frank +. buckingham. collector OF
taxes for Potter County and also spe-
cial collector for the Independent
school district. in conversation yes
terday with representative OF The
News, said
During the past two months state
and county taxes have been due and
payable. despite which fact col
lections are behind the showing
made al a similr date last year I
realize in this connection that Il Is
desirable by those who are subject
20 tax payment - hold their money.
but In view OF the near approach of
the penalty period. there seems 10 be
reason 10 expect greater activity up
on the part OF those involved.
i shall this year. as in years past
make every effort to meet the de-
mands OF the taxpayers. That Is If
they wait largely until the closing
weeks of the time for payment with
out penalty, no pains shall be spared
to receipt all corners. But regardless
OF conditions and desires at that
time, II may be that we will not be
able to render the services needed on
account OF the crush at the close.
In interest therefore, OF those
who owe taxes. ! would like TO sug-
gest the matter OF immediate pay
ment 10 those who would aviod the
crowded conditions incident 20 the
close There are those whose taxes
are not large, as we'll as the larger
taxpayers who doubtless would not
be seriously Inconvenience by an
early payment. and TO all such !
would like to say that their prompt
action would greatly facilitate mat
tiers, and tend TO relieve the conges-
ton which at this time seems GER
tain for the closing days OF the last
month OF 'non-penalty.'
This Is not TO be construed as
complaint. but simply as sugges-
ton TO those who may be in position
to render service both to them
selves and TO the department with
which I am connected"
With financial affairs in better
conditions than for the past several
years, II suggested that there Is lit
tie II any reason for this delay.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
RETURNS HIS SON TO PRISON
California Ranehman Takes Offspring
Back 10 Jail When He Breaks
His Parole.

San Quentin. Cal-D. W Lamb.
Shasta county rahchman. brought his
son. who had broken parole. 10 tho
state penitentiary here ana .drned him
over to Warden Hoyle. ending 300
mile journey. The son. Frank Lamb.
was sent to the penitentiary July Z.
1904. on q grand larceny charge. lie
was paroled April II. 1907. and return
ed TO his fathers ranch. but later took
to the road.
Lamb was traced 10 Washington BIZ
the prison oficials He returned home
recently out Of funds, and his father
Immediately set out with him to the
prison.
Il would rather have my son be
hind the bars" said Lamb. than 10
rave him at large through having
,rnkan nromise"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05

NOTICE or INTENTION 20 apply 10 the
Legislature q Texas which c0nvrncs IN January.
1913. fof The paffage q an at ~ acts authoriz-
ine ne Gulf. Colorado and Santa Pc Railway
Company % purchase 90 lease the properties
NOV oEned ard hereafter acquired hy Tho Cuncho.
San saba ard Llaro Valley Railroad Company
Thc Teas and Gulf Palsay Company, The
Gulf ard Interstate Railway Company II Teas
and %, Beaumont Wharf ADD Terminal Company
and a1ih0fnng he Cult. Cdofado ard Santa
Pc falgaY Company @ lease that puf ion n
the railroad ~ The PeCos and Northern Texas
Railway Company extending from Coleman.
Thc pccos and Northern Teas Railway Company
% contract with TIE Gulf. Coloraip and Santa
Fe Railway Company i0r The operati1n hy the
oti,cer = DE Gull. Colorado ani santa ~ Ran
way Crmfany Il SAID railroad between Coleman
and SNtsfNafrr
.Ihs under, gl,d vii apply % ne legislature
~ Teas. wti D cnrvcrc in IanuafY. 1913. for
N faa1afc t an at 20 acis authorizing the
Gull. lo..rad1 AID santa T. Railway Company
VI fufna ~ ir4lo fls railroads AMI other prop
city r1E owned and hereafter acquired hy The
Norlf n. San eata ara Lano Valley Railroad
Coffl arY. ard % prrha1e ~ lease the rail
rn1is ari c'a,r ffllrrt nv oWrci ani hcse-
ate cured tY 4hc lrNls aai Gulf Railway
CONTAIN. ard % fslr.ha.e or ic..c the railroads
an ltffr pfnff-.U r"H .Hrul and hereafter ac-
quirgd ~ he Gulf ana i.'rrta.c Railway Com
pany q Texas. and 90 purchase ar lease the rail-
roAds All Other pflfefti ma owned ard hcrc-
after acquired ~ Che br4ura. Wh4n aal
Terminal COMPANY. sleh loa.c or iea..s. Il e.
scuted, % inllule tie tuulhrs ava cHtcasians
Il such ralru4fa. ard each % them, that may
u thereafter constructed, also authlriaing the
Gull. tQ1fadQ ard santa Fc Railway Company
~ lease the failflad q Tbs Prcoi and northern
Teas Railway Company etten4ng from Ode
man 20 SEcetgaiei. Texas. O. N the Alternative
% suthorire The PoCos AM northern Tenas
Railway Company - contract with the Gulf
Coiofz4o ard Santa Re Railway Compauy f1r
The oleraiqn b the ofilccfs q the Gulf Co.orado
and Santa Pc Railway Company Of sad Hail
rad. for account a The Pecos and Aar.heru
TsIaa Railway Company.
GULF, COLORADO AID SANTA Pc RAIL
WAY COMPANY.
By Z. p. RULEy, Prusidenl
THE COSCHO. SAN SABA AND LLASO
VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY,
By Z. q. TkSlsoS. President
THE TEXAS AND CULP RAILWAY CON-
By ]. II. KEEyr, President.
The CCLP AND INTERSTATE RAILWAY
COMPANY or TEXAS.
By L. p. PEsrHEEsrucsr, President.
BEAuSosT WHARF ASD TERMINAL CON;
BIZ r. p. RBIEY, Pr,.idsni-
The PECOS AND NORTHERN TEXAS
RAILWAY COMPANY.
b. z =. kuLEr. Prr.itrni.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05

look with horror on skin Errp.ions
Blotchcs. Sores or pimples They
don't have Thorn. nor viii any one.
Who rsos Hucklcu's Arnicl Salye "
glorifes the face Eczema o. Salt
Rheum vanish before II II cures
sore lips. chappcd hands. chilhlains
heals burns. cuts and bruises I'm
equalod for piles Only 2jc NJ ANA
rillo Drug Store Adv
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
FOR SEED IMPROVEMENT.

National Crop Improvement service.I
Announcement Is made by T. N.
Langan. chairman of tho seed selec-
ton committee Of the Kankakee Coun-
" Soil and Crop Improvement asso-
citation. of plans for the erection Of
seed house at Kankakee. II II pro-
posed TO accept at this seed house
only seed grown by members OF the
association under it's rules. II il b.
heved that IN this way Kankakee
county would soon gain national prom
lnenee on account OF the superiority
OF It's seed. a fact vhlch would UNI
doubtedly result In the marketing Of
all the county's products at highly TO
muneratlve prices
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
Buffalo on the Block
I,lninNicM Values hnnr

Special "a DAILY Ncwa
Plainyiew. Texas. Doc. a. CITY
property here Is going mp By the pro
verbal leaps and bounds" as an in
stance. u. W O'Keefe has purchas-
ed the two-story Monarch building
on Pacific street for sll.00O The
gentlemen who sold II to him. Messrs
williams and Jordan. had bought Il
only month ago for sl0.0O0
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
FoiIs n Foul Plot

When a shameful plot exists be-
tween liver and bowels to cause dis
tress by refusing to act. take DR.
Kings New Life Pills. and end such
abuse OF your system. They gently
compel right action OF stomach. liver
and bowels. and restore your health
and all good feelings. Csc at ANA
rillo Drug Store. Adv
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05

Special Ia Daily New.
Plainyiew. Tex Dec 90 NJ.
unger president ~ the Plainyiew
Chamber OF Commerce. has offcre 1
SO for the largest pumpkin raised
In Hale County during 1913. Mr.
Unger gave a similar prize this year.
and also Ia 1911 Both years his
pumpkin took first premium at IN,
Dallas State Fair
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
NOTICE

All persons who have promised to
contribute articles for the First
PRESBYTERIAN bazaar are asked To-
bring or send them 10 the home Of
Mrs G. X Whi'comh. sos Fillmore
street by Wednesday. Dec I, as the
committee win meet there that dav
Ia mark them 2t-ir
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05

If you are not feeding Ameco
your chickens are a losing prop
osition. Ask your grocer OF
dealer.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-05
GOOD YEAR THIS
FOR GOODNIGHT
Shipments of Grain, Forage
and Livestock Notably
Heavy

BY Daily Es~s Staff Correspondent
Goodnight. Texas, Dec. :. Good
night, named after Charley Good
night. the world famous Texas Pan
handle general stockman and buffa-
10 breeder, is located In Armstrong
county and on the Fort Worth <
Denver railroad and Is surrounded
by rich farming and grazing re-
gIon.
Goodnight shipments
Shipments from Goodnight will
include $50 cars OF cattle. 80 cars
Of hogs. Is cars OF wheat. o cars -
oats. aud between IS and 100 cars
OF milo maize and kafir corn.
About 5000 acres were cultlyat-
ed this season around the town.
while tributary pastures count AZ
least ten thousand head OF cattle.
Cotton And Gin
Five hundred acres In cotton were
cultivated this season. with an aver
age yield in excess OF one-thlrd Of a
bale 10 the acre and the business
men OF Goodnight and the farmers
Of the region are organizing for the
purpose OF putting In a five or six
thousand gin 20 be In operation next
year. the final steps In the matter to
be taken at a Goodnight mass meet
ing TO be- held day after tomorrow.
the same meeting. by the way, also
providing for active work Ia eradica
ton OF the Russian thistle
The Cattle
The Goodnight ranch Ia crossing
the buffalo with high grade cattle
the product being called cattle. The
cross In n natural success and the
meat-alike from It's rarity and table,
excellence sells at fancy market
prices
Buffalo on the Block
The ranch In also fattening this
fall 10 head OF buffalo for block |
meat sale--the already established
force OF this meat being 80 cents per
pound
The ranch Ii also breeding sheep
from fathers and mothers imported
direct from Persia.
with her big Baptist college aud
excellent public school system Coed /
night Is well known as an education
al center
nr S. NJ Henry is Goodnights
best physician
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15
A Red Man Who Came Across

A Red Man Who Came Aeross.-ln
the family Of "Old John Hamult' a
fullblooded Indian, who lives In
wapato in the state Of Washington
there is rarely. enough cash to meet
the daily needs, but a short time ago
"Old John" pulled himself together
and at last found himself $500 ahead
of the high cost Of living. He had
the usual temptations Of the aborigin-
al man to go out and toy with fire.
water, but instead he mounted his
pony and rode fifty miles to Ellens-
burg.
Entering the store of T. w. Farrell
he handed him IS and said: Il came
to pay you your money. I have owed
It seven years. 1 have not been to
town before because I didn't have the
money. Now, we're all right, you and
I, my friend, and I thank you Then
he turned and rode away.
Could any pale-face brother nave
done any better than did "Old john
We think not The batting average
Of pale-faces who borrow IS and pay
up is about .O23, and If you ask your
debtor to come across he becomes
your enemy for all time. Likewise
there are few pale-faces who can re-
member a debt as long as seven years
and as for thanking a man for the
courtesy Of extended credit, that is
lost art.-Boston Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15
HICKORY GROVE REALTY 90.
Geo. w. Knox J. L. Stacy,
President 500. and Mgr.
Glover REAL ESTATE co.
. FOR SALE -
CLOVER, 8. c.

1. Mrs. J. A. Hedgepeth's House
and Lot in Glover. A Big Bargain at
$4,000.
2. Extra large Lot on Kings Mt.
ST.; houses; an excellent renting
proposition-9a to 10 per cent on in
vestment.
4. Several nice Lots near Glover
academy-$225 to $275 each, accord
ing to situation.
S. A Acres, 1 mile Glover; 7-room
house; barn, well, etc. $42.50 Acre.
10. 30i a., miles west Of York
Vile; about 100 young fruit trees.
$3.50 per Acre.
IL. 100 a., near Battle Ground; lot
Of good saw timber. $500 per Acre.
~. 6 lots on New Brooklyn St., S75
Each. All the time you want on these.
13. lots fronting Faires St 65
Each. l 1-3 a fine pasture, close in.
$4,000.
II. Groom Cottage (New), H. E.
Moore residsnce-S1, 10000.
Is. 220 Acres-Good, sandy land
farm, the w. E. Adams home tract
$42.50 per Acre. Good terms on this.
10. R. ]. Love home tracts. 245
acres. Plenty Of saw timber, fine bot
tom land; 7-room dwelling and all
necessary out-buildings. $4,000 Acre.
20. 40 Acres-Of the J. w. Law
renee tract, south Of Allison creek.
81. so Acres-Partly within cor
porate limits Of Glover; a part Of the
T. F. Jackson Glass tract.
CLOVER REAL ESTATE &C
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15

Turning the Tables.-The bride
groom and his bride were starting on
their honeymoon, says Leslie's Week
". Just as they had taken their seats
in the train one Of the bridegroom
chums came hastily along to bid good
by.
AS the young husband extended his
hand the friend snapped a handcufl
on his wrist The bridegroom had
been expecting a trick of some kind
and before the practical joker could
play a similar trick on the bride he
found the other handcuff snapped
round his own wrist. He was chain
ed to the happy bridegroom him.
self.
That's a good one against me-
Harry" he said with a sickly smile
"but I shall have to ask you to come
to the door with me and get the key
for these things. A man on the plat
form has it."
Just then the guards whistle
sounded and the train started off
Later the guard with the aid Of a
file, succeeded in separating the pris-
oners.
The joker meanwhile had to pay
full fare to the next stop. so miles
up the road, and return.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15
TAX NoTICE-l912
Office of the County Treasurer of York
County.

County.
Yorkville, S. c., Sept. 1S, 1912.
NJ OTICE is hereby given that the
IN TAX BOOKS for York county will
be opened on TUESDAY, the 18TH
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1912, and remain
open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEM-
BER, 1912, for the collection of
STATE, COUNTY, SCHOOL AND LO-
CAL TAXES for the fiscal year 1912.
without penalty; after which day ONE
PER CENT penalty will be added to
all payments made in the month of
JANUARY, 1913, and TWO PER
CENT penalty for all payments made
in the month of FEBRUARY, 1913,
and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will
be added to all payments made from
the 1ST DAY OF MARCH to the 18TH
DAY OF MARCH, 1913, and after this
date all unpaid taxes will go into ex-
ecutions and all unpaid Single Polls
will be turned over to the several Mag
istrates for prosecution in accordance
with law.
For the convenience Of taxpayers,
will attend the following places on the
days named:
And at Yorkville from Monday, No
vember 18th, until Tuesday the 31st
day of December, 1912, after which
date the penalties will attach as stated
above.
Note-The Tax Books are made up
by Townships, and parties writing
about taxes will always expedite mat
ters If they will mention the Town
ship or Townships in which their
property or properties are located.
HARRY E. NEIL,
Treasurer Of York County.
IA At
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15
THE PASSING OF THE BOSS
Political Satraps and Diotators Hiding
in Background.

Political Satraps and Diotators Hiding
in Background.
One doesn't hear so much Of political
bosses as of yore. A few years ago the
centre of reform fire was bosses and
bossism. One of the most conspicuous
tasks of the diligent muck-raker was
to ferret out this political bette noir and
expose him to the public view. There
were municipal bosses, state bosses and
national bosses. There was no doubt
about their activities and their relation
to politics and public life. 1t was their
business TO keep in the background as
much as possible and pull the strings,
quietly but effectively, writes Ellis o.
Jones in Lippincott's.
Almost any one with but a moments
reflection can easily name half-doz-
en- bosses who, few years ago, -four
ished and whose names were political
bywords. The bosses of various cities
and states were better known than
their duly elected representatives. But
one by one these have gradually dis
appeared. Some of them have died,
some have been deposed as the result
of a direct fight upon them and some
have sunk out Of sight or lost their
power through changed conditions and
altered sentiment.
There are two explanations for this.
The first is that the publicity which
has been given to bosses and the boss
system has so changed the political
machinery and aroused the people to
an active interest in public affairs as
to make the office of boss impossible
and Improbable. Another explanation
might be that the existence Of
bosses is more apparent than real;
that while the old bosses have been
put out Of business simply because they
had become too well known, new bosses
have taken their place and are quietly
at work, but without the knowledge
of the public.
This later explanation may, indeed,
be valid in some localities, but as a
general rule, the first explanation Is
the correct one. Any one can see that
the politics of neither of the old par
ties, in these confused and strenuous
days, Is run with that oily smoothness
which one expects when the political
machinery is under the domination Of
single shrewd and positive will.
When bosses are in control, states are
made up long in advance, and one can
be morally certain that the states made
up by the bosses are the ones that go
through, even though they are slightly
modified here and there by unforeseen
eMgencies.
Perhaps it is the bosses that are dead.
not the idea of bossism. Perhaps a
sufficient time has not elapsed to grow
up a new race to replace the old ones.
Perhaps out Of the present chaos will
arise others who Will gather up the
reins and drive off with master hand.
That remains to be seen. The present
fact, however is that an unusually
large number Of powerful figures have
disappeared from the local and nation
al political. arenas within a very short
time, and 1t may require another wave
Of undertaking to discover the real
situation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15

He would have made an ideal justice
of the supreme court Of the United
States. And to this high and serener
station all his desires and ambitions
moved-rather than to the presidency.
Theodore Roosevelt and another
influence led his unwilling feet to the
White House at time when they
might have carried him to the bench.
But William Howard Taft is an
honest, great-hearted man and an un-
selfish lover Of his country. And this
need of praise-with the RESPONSE
bility for some great measures which
will surely live-must be the present
epitaph upon a political career which
is evidently closed.
He has occupied for four years the
highest office in the world. And he
leaves it without a stain.-New York
American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15

A Sweet Revense.-A woman enter
ed a railway train crowded with
winter tourists and happened to take
a seat in front Of newly married
couple. She was hardly seated be-
fore they began making remarks
about her, which some of the passen-
gers must have heard.
Her last years bonnet and cloak
were fully criticised with more or less
giggling on the brides part, and there
is no telling what might have come
next if the woman had not put sud-
den stop to the conversation by a bit
Of clever, feminine strategy.
She turned her head, noticed that
the bride was considerably older than
the bridegroom, and in the smoothest
Of tones said:
Madam. will you please have your
son remove his feet from the back
of my ?'-November National
Monthly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15
. FOR SALE =

A 7-Room House-70 feet front on
West Madison ST., Joining. J. w: Dob
son and r. j. Herndon. $4,000.
344 Acres-W. K. Hamilton land,
$1,000 per acre.
SO Acres-The Sanders Store place,
adjoining w. N. Hardin, $1,000.
317 Acres-Prudence Brown Place,
about three miles below Chester,
$1,000 per acre.
100 Acres-The Bascome Kennedy
Place, $500 per acre.
4S4 Acres-Clawson Mill Tract,
Fort Mill township, $4,000 per acre.
$500 per Acre.
10000.
100 Acres miles on Pinckney
road-$30.O0 per Acre.
III Acres miles Of Yorkville.
III Acres mile Of Bethany High
school.
33 1-2 Acres-1 mile Of Bethany
High school.
2O9 Acres-Near Sharon. Price,
S2.5OO.OO.
1875 Acres-Joins Webb Moore, w.
R. Carroll and j. Cameron. A large
2-story, 7-room house; about 80 acres
under cultivation; at least 1000 cords
of wood on this place; about ~ acres
in bottom land; 1 tenant house. One
mile of Philadelphia station. Price,
$4,000 an Acre.
S7I Acres-Joins Mack McCarter
and A. M. McGill. One mile from
Bethany High School. miles from
Glover public highway. l good g.
room house and barn and 1 good A.
room house and barn. A fine produc-
tive farm. go acres in cultivation,
balance in timber. Will sell as whole
or separate the two settlements. The
price of this land Is right, we wish to
make a sale at once. Look 1t over
and give us some offers. Property Of
w. c. Faris.
100 Acres-5 miles from Smyrna;
joins Bob Biggers and John Boyd
tract. Price, S1,800.OO.
60l AcreS-Joins Douglass land near
Bethany; 25 acres in cultivation; A.
room cottage, new; l tenant house
Ai'h 3 rooms 1t. Price. $2,1O0.O0.
81 Acres-Heavy timber land, join
ing lands of Ed Burns, P. B. McAee; Is
acres clear land, AZ acres in timber,
second growth pine and some fine orig
inal pine. Price, $4,000.
Forty-One AcreS-Of land, one mile
from Filbert. Property of G. R. Alex
ander. A fine proposition.
J. c. Will BORN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15
Humorous department.

The Prussian Dodse.-Frederick the
Great was very fond Of hearing what
the common soldiers thought of him,
and often frequented in disguise the
tayerns where his soldiers caroused.
One day he went into a tavern, and
sat down at a table with an old SOL
dier. The latter insisted on paying Tor
everything, and the king noticed that
the fellow had money, although 1t was
not pay day.
How is it, comrade," said the king,
that you can make your money last
so long?"
That's easy enough if you know the
Prussian dodge" was the answer. Sell
or pawn everything that you don't
need. Today, for instance, sold my
sword and made myself a wooden one;
that's good enough in times OF peace
and the soldier drew his sword and
showed the king a wooden one.
A few days later the king was re-
viewing his troops and he recognized
his old acquaintance with the wooden
sword He Immediately dismounted'
walked up to the man and said to him:
Draw your sword and cut on my
head"
"Your majesty" said the trembling
soldier, how can commit such a
crime?"
your first duty is obedience to your
king" shouted Frederick with an angry
voice, Draw your sword!"
Then the old fellow lifted his eyes
to heaven and with a trembling voice
exclaimed: II obey! But may heaven
change my steel sword into WOODEN
one when / draw it to strike my king.
Thereupon he drew his sword, and II
was a wooden one. With hearty
laugh the king mounted and rode on
From the German Composition.-ln
NJopap,bar National Monthly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-15
Why the Victim Was Thankful

Why the Victim Was Thankful
The small son of the family had
climbed to the top Of forbidden tele-
phone pole, but on looking down from
the giddy height. lost his nerve and
came sliding down at breakneck
speed, running an ugly silver into the
little body, infiicting serious wound,
says the Kansas City Star. The fam
lily physician came, administered an
anaesthetic and performed the nee
essary operation.
At the first sign of returning con-
sciousness the white lips twitched as
in an effort to speak. The anxious
mother bent over the limp little form
anxious to catch what might be her
darling's last words. This is what she
heard:
Gee! I'm glad l didn't have my
Sunday pants on"