Free State Enterprise. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1899 Page: 2 of 4
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Entered in the i’oetoffice at Can
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THURSDAY. MARCH EMMR
. EVILS OF TOBACCO.
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ANO CAUFOIUNA. -
OpMatar* af Magwlflceat New TiMs,
“Pacific Coast Limited,”
CH*€AGO, ST. LOUIS, DALLAS, FONT
WORTH. LOS ANGKLES ANO
SAN FRANCISCO.
wanting diseases, all effects of self-
|| Abase, or excess and indie.
j| crction. Anervctoalcand
the
and
restores the fire of youth.
By mail ISOc per box; B boxes
O? with a wrllUurwea.
L.A.NBXL,
,^whicb will close before the June examination
UL R TERMS ARE AH FOLLOWS;
Primary Student*
Third tiradt.....
Second Brads...
First Grads
Far Permanent Certificates
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If wo hare an authorised Stats Normal in our county we will cheerfully
i iu «<ur Review Term
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"Drinking men are al moot al-
ways smokers and chewere, and
< many a drunkard owes bis ruined
life and happiness, to the appetite
for jiarcolica formed by the use of
tobacco, and the company into
whickit led them.” Dr. B. W.
Richardton nays: "one who smokes
Is very likely to have dyspepsia.”
Dr. Willard Parker wrote: "It is
!—Katies to hereby gtven That ai
election wHI lie held at Edom, Vai:
Zandt county, nn H^nrdsy, the
2’rth day of March, 1899, to deter- '?t u w*1.1 on,t tn p*y
mine whether or not h<>gH, sheep
and goal* shall be permitted to run
at large within the following subdi-
vision of Van Zandt county, to-wit:
Beginning at Lawler's bridge on
the Neehcs river, thence N W with
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Woods 4 dean,
Attorneys-at-law,
Office Dear Methodist Church,
Canton. Tex.
foe
tee to core sr reAmd themoney.
nervita medical co.
CMnecn A Jackson ata, CMKMOQ, MA.
Por sale by E. L. Richardson, drug-
gist, Canton, Texak.
M. W. JONES. S»--
ence upon those who use and work
in it. Cigar and snuff manufac-
turers have come under my care
in hospitals and in private prac-
tice; and such persons can not re- School .
cover H»n and In a healthy man- --p—- -
ers, teachers and all honest sensi-
ics, and are more prone to apoplexy
and paralysis. The same to true
also, of those who smoko or chew
much. The poison is slow, but in
the second or third decade ite virus
Itooomee inauifeeL There hart
died in Now York within a few
years three excellent clergymen,
ail of whom ought now have been
alive had they not used tobacco.
The duty of abstaining from the
slow killing of one's self by this
poison is as clear as the duty of
nut cutting one's throat. Tobacco
to doing more harm in the world
than rum. It is destroying our
road to the W B line of the Bimp-
son survey; thence S to 8 W corner
of Simpson survey; thence E to N
Maynord'e N W corner; thence 8 to
thenre W
St. Louis Chicago
....and the Cast.
0-I1J I'm rt»—isg. Tlw—ga
SK'.'.r’HEW ORLMss-;;™;.
Superb Pullman Vestibuled Buffet Sleepers,
Handsome New Chair Cars (seats free).
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ADVERTISING RATES.
Display advertiesnienis of one inch,
IS oenla par month; more then one
ineh, SO cento an inch per month, serious Pupils under the intlu-
Four weeks conetitute a month,
Ta^is ft) eente per flnTfor ffretTo-
eeriion apd 5 oenia for each subse-
quent insertion. Locals kept in until
ordered out.
Obitueriee, resolutions of respect,
•te.. in fact all matter aot news, ooe -- .
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T. r. I»AVIS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office at Clark’n Drugstore.
CANTON, TEXAS.
Free State Enterprise.
u_-------- ..2”.r— - ■--- — u> arouse the donuant. paralyxed
M Ci SANJDKRS, tnergitA. ui l.» Hrirrct nr.d fosWF
, the fogged desires. I have not
Editor and Proprietor, usd n pupil that to addicted to the
tobacco habit who will go through
a single day's work with good ies-
1 haVA'Iiavar had one whose
acboiarehip record was g<»od. and
in almost every care the deport-
ment was below the average stan- _____
dard. At the regular examinations tbe Canton and Lawler’s brtdgi
for proniotions, nearly every one road to the W B line of the Himp-
nf the tobacco using pupils fail in
doing tbp moat reasonable test
work, »ven if this is not the first .. .. ,
time the work has been passed-over J* vie r and Edom road;
t>>e cl*M I have had numbers nub Tyler and-KdonrTuad To .Tt.<>
"uT cases in which they have re- J’ »*.,•- .. ... -
inained in the same grade for four
— successive years, and then they
the next higher class.
But theTnora! results are also as
jS&Ete.
Teeth Extracted Without Pain. .
Satisfaction Always Guaranteed.
Sfc to cure aCtyvy-
I haven’t got the time or incllnr
tion either, to make a great blow in
the paper, but will just remark to,;
the civiliest manner possible that
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k|M Warren Brick, next door to Ji®
Warren’s reeteumnt, where he »
handling the highest grades and
most complete atook of
Wines, Wiskies Brandies an& Cigars Ever Brought to Cant**
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Drugs and Medicines, Groceries, Hardware and FarmimBnai2
OT . . -m not selling these goods at coot, but at prices which defy c^
lounging! tion and will knock the stuffing out of Hard Times Respct
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2-0anr of K T. Babbitt^
SAVES THE CONSUMER,
INSIST ON HAVING
~ B. L BABBITT’S
Pure Potash or Lye.
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McLoud's F. B line; thence N to B B
Youngblood’s 8 B line; thence E to
. .. HHH , J»m Beam’s 8 W corner; thence N HP
were not ready to be advanced -to to N WcornerolJimBeam'« hind:■•*- mw-wid «mwrArrijr
thence E to Jim Beam’s N E cor- * "*,*U “““
ner;th'Hce N to N. W corner cI
Will Brain'a land; thence W to W
^h**'«* 8 W corner; thence N P
ence of the weed are constant s'lb-, 8 CguthrauV fF W r»r •
to Edom and Mt. Sylvan r<>ad:
thence N E with Eduui and Mt.
Sylvan road to Canton and Law-
ler’s bridge road; thence N W with ,
Canton and Lawler’s bridge road To conventencenever njj»plTe<ITf a iail
R P Cauley’s E B line; thence N to
Horeely creek; thence W with mc-
underings of said creek to E B line,
Ben Wheeler beat; thence S with
said beat line to Cox’s mill and Can
ton road ;thence E to E B line of H R
Pope’s land; thenceN to W H Pitt
man’s 8 W cor; thence E to S E
cor of Bud Pray tou^e land ; thence
N with E B line of E F Mitcber-
son survey to Edom and Canton
road; thence 8 E with Edom and
Canton road to H F Bobbitt’s w B
line; thence 8 to Lent Davidson’s
8 w cor; thence E to Leat David-
son’s 8 K cor; thence N to w prong
Murchison creek;whence 8 E with
meandering* of said Murchison
creek to N T Barber’s -w B line;
thence E to 8 E cor of D A / Maf-
turf’t? survey;thence. N to S B line
of J H Palmer’s lot; thence Etow
B line of N T Basher’s lot; thence
8 lb N T Barber’s 8 w cor; thence
E to Edom and Brownsboro road;
thence 8 to Birdwell’s mill road;
thence8 E with Birdwell’s mill to 1
Van Zandt and Henderson counties
line; thenoe E to 8 freer of Van
Zandt county; thenoe N with me- —
underings of Neches river lb the
place of beginning. J F Jones is
appointed to hold said election.
None but free holders who reside
within said subdivision,end who
Times are hard and when times are easy, people
are very careful to buy their goods where they
can get the most and best for the least money.
This accounts for the fact that I sell more goods
than any other house in Canton or Van Zandt
county. I have been merchandising iu Canton
over forty-one years, during which time, I am
ptoeserMo Ftatc, my trade has continnaHy- in-
creased from year toyear, and for which 1 ten-
der to the good people of this county, especially
. those who have patronized my establishment,
my sincere and t hearty thenks. Nothing but
honest goods,'low prices, fair and honorable
treatment could have caused my business to
prosper as it has. Thanking you for so liberally
patronizing me in the past, and soliciting^ your
- —--fatoro pfrtrouage, l am most respectfully yours,
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OFFICE OF PUBLICATION.
North w c»t Co r nof Puidic HquacSr
Over J. A. Peace’s Saloon.
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II aad II 25 p«r month. Cou(
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Lively a davidbon,
Attorneys at Law,
Prompt attention givwTto all busi
neas left in their care.
BM-Ixxtoted In Canton and
Solicit All Such Work.
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We have saved many doctor bills
since we began using Chamber-
lain’s Cough Reme.lv in n.!r home.
We keep a bottle open all the lime
and whenever any of mv family or
myself begin to catch cold we begin
to use the Cough Remedy, and as a
result, we never have to send away
for a doctor and incur a largo doc-
tor bill, for Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy never fails to cure. It to
eertainlfA medicine of greet mer-
it and worth.—D 8 Mearkle. gen-
eral merchant and farmer, Mattie,
Bodford county, Pa. FoV sale by
D. F. Clark. L
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ble people to pause end think.
Whet good is tobacco doing any
way? It coats the people of the U. ------ wau
8. A <600,000,000 annually—48 .5b are-qualified voters, shall be per
eaeh of every man, woman and "'*** ~
child. It superinduces the such a»
the following diseases: "Tobacco-
heart.” consumption of the lungs,
consumption of the kidneys or
Bright’s disease, apthalmea or
blindness, deafness, piles, Ac. Its
use stands on tl » same principles
as the use of alcohol, opium, co-
caine, whoremongering Ac. Its
use, except as a drug, is the domi-
nation of depraved appetite. The|101™*
difference is in degree—not in prin-
ciple. I am not speaking of inten-
tions. Yet. the road tn hell to
paved with good intentions. Ignor-
ance, appetite and ambition are . „
three cardinal, criminal j®
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um tobacco except as a drug?
C. C. Gians.
practice deception, and can not be
<iepende<i upon. A charge in the
character of a formerly g<x>d boy h
a very strong indication that some
bad habit is getting hold upon him
fore be will again be clothed in bis
right mind. The worst character—
lattes of the habit to a ton of per-
sonal self respect, and of personal
regard for the customs and wishes
of ladies and gentlemen, especially
among strangers. If the observa-
tions mean anything, they declare
that something ought to be done to
save child-life from the pitfalls
that commercial interests are deg-
ging, and that greed is encourag-
ing; that more should be done than
to instruct by oral or text lessons
in scbaols; that teachers, parents
and philanthropists are not yet
sufficiently aroused regarding* the
now many years since my alien- magnitude of the evil of tobecco-
tion was called to the insidious, using by children; that in the cru-
but positively dfielinctive.effecta of aade against alcohol we should re-
I cognise that other evils, though
have seen a great deal of its influ- mots quietly, are just as surely
sopping the strength and destroy-
ing the vigor of the youth of this
generation.”—II. II. Seerly, prin-
cipal of the Iowa Stale Norma)
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not already done so, should Mod t
their nautes at ones to our rspre to. Bb^Unhw^ heisg
tentative at Austin, the Hon. Jno. “
are opposed to said animals run-
ning al large, shall have written or
printed on their tickets, "For the
Stock Law," and those who are in
favor of said animals running at
large, shall have written or printed
on their tickets, "Against the Stock
Law.”
Witnesi my hand this Feb. 20th,
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Co. Judge, Van Zandt Co.
IMPROVEMENTS ON THE COT
TON BELT. —
The Ootlon Belt has recently made
a—- , , ‘ Targe vtMftlons le.-ile rollinr
-ui&uded isMorsOw* -*sw Wtfl Tfi »■ r- —
-------- .S tm truM some of
the handsomest can ever run west of
the Mtosteslpni River. The Pullman
•nd the St. Charles Oar Companies
have ju«t completed and delivered to
the Cotton Beil four new parlor cafe
can. ten new chair cars add six new
. combination express and baggage
oars, all of which are xnodelt of
beadly and oonvenience. The four
parlor cafe can are tbe handsomest
can ever Men in the BouthWMt. and
are ths only parlor cafe can in daily
operation in that section of the
country. To simply say they are
luxurious would be faim Drain in* .
deed. Tbe can an finished through
out with beautifully polished oak,
quarter-sawed, which is relieved by
h.ud-ume beveka plate gtan mir
ron. The door is covered by a heavy
dark green Wilton carpet of a m6
shade, and the ceiling is delicatelr
frescoed in a harmonious shade of
pink. Tbe main rompansMai con-
tains Ivo rows of large, high back re-
volving arm chairs, upholstered in
fhrk green leather, the woodwork ot
ment of notary public, who have *b* ch*>rs being highl polished ms-
— t j hogony The chain were built with
an eye to_comfort n well nfor beau-
each aids of tbe oar,- am
neimitting floods of Iigh
forms producing it, also, as it has
dune some of the best land in Vir-
„ •inia.” “Tobacco and opium pro-
duce similar results on the human
system.”
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period at ten ynrs, 1 give only ob-
served fade, and neither assume
tbs .conditions nor pomp al
fore ordained conclusions.
1. Boys that begin ths tobacco
habit at an early age are stunted
phywfcaity, and River arrive al
normal bodily development.
2. Accompanied with tbe um of
the narcotic were certain disor-
dered physical functions, such as
indigestion, impaired taste, defec
tiva,eye-sight, dull bearing, ner-
vous afflictions, aud diseases of the
heart. I have not found a single
case of early addicting to tho habit
of tobacco-using that did not suffer
with one or more of theM direful
abnonnai conditions.
3. Tohaeco used in say form,
destroys tbo ability to apply one’s
calf to study,and prevents hie com-
wobooding or remembering Lie
lies MH The mental faculttos of a
boy under tho influence of tabeoco
MMBfi to bo in a eiuper, and since
“Get up tharf
. >3d t wBI soon be in Cm^
where I can find ..........
Jim and Dock,
L who handle only high grades
Whiskies, Wines, Liquors and (Y
< ;prs ............ .
& Their Goods
|y are free from adulterations, I know
for I’ve done tried them. And their
St '"TARANTULA JUICE” bouts’
eight.”.
tobarco on the human system. I
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I n to very bpd tovUri -*3?y .>7?:./’^
___x____At tb« t»«i ruU or -«c cat
-7,- -—- 1 Ai^r-u a ■mukinz uh.iii. furtuehefl
jawaiting tho arrival of the doctor. J “,*b B , lbree c. mmo.-
An Albany (N. Y.)dairyman call- 41,,Ui Brro chairs, Here
' ed at a drugstore there tor a ductor [ nonary -■■h-tanfl »uuu ltd * n t>
Ws have now begun our Annual Review Term ... „ .
_vi_i in -i-Z-T-. .u_ t ■ sick with croup. Not finding
----r---• I doctor in, he left word for him to
comeat once un bis return. He also
bought a bottle pt Cl»aint®r Iain’s
, C_jgh Rememedy, which he hoped
would give some relief until the
doctor should arrive. In a few
hours he returned, saying tbe doc-
tor need nut come, as the child
was mneb letter. The druggist,
Mr. Otto S<bolt, says the fotuilv
Kevfow I erm 1 ‘ —
B <7 t. r- l^^hri^Uh
bore and friends until be has r
co in taut demand for it from that
girt of the country. For sale by
abuse, or excess and indls-
blood builder. Bri
pink glow topaleche
restores the fire of
I It to very hgfd fosta
and see w deu oct* suffer ux.n>
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L-------— ->— — An Albany (N. Y.) dairyman call*' dioueVrmVlreire, Here else •» *
' ed at a drugstore there for a ductor lionary washstand, supplied «nt>
{the come to see his child, then very ; clean tow Isa. soap, etc., and s^J
1 - • - - — .i B; jog is a spacious lavsu-ry. ibevtn
' er end ot the car coDtsia » feature ------
which will appeal strongly to ,1H‘I jy the kind of goods I handle, and I have on hand
ladies: it is a large h ungu p r 1 1,111 p CrAcarlaa UarSum,* ■
containing a couch and »nu chairs, i
where tue ladies cad retire for » place j 1 am
to rest, adjoining this I—. .1-..
room ia a dressing room, supplied ;
with ail the necessities of such a com I
partment.
Beaides caring tor the comfort of
the outer man, provisaion has be» i> r—
made in the cats to supply the wsiils
has Since recommended LUmbcr lof lhe A e inp.rimet.-
u MlMidefoir ths -per'er, whirir t»
r fitted with three gars broiler* and
M other cooking apparatus, besides a
large refrigerator and ample shelvae
and lockers for dishes, etc , in abort,
a well-rquipped kitchen, reduced in
aise to meet the requirements. From
this compartment a tempting meal
can be MUved,4rwbvHh»»L mbb-e he
ing placed before your chair A
menne has been j repared
from w+dnti the nwm exacting epiaorS
could order to bis hearts content.
Meals arn .served a4* earte, so lit a l
for wha'
, you order. The cars ore w ide ve»t;-
huled, with long plate glass windows
and extended platforms, being in ef
feet substantially au observsti n
: end. These curs are to be placed in
1 lh« day runs between Memphis ard» -
! Texnrkana.nod Tex.rkana and Waro _
vbeehirge for Ceeat in these cars :
is merely nominal, being only twen-
ty tiro cents for 130 miles, and lift-* j
cent* for any greater distance. Meals ;
will be served in these cars to occu i
, pants of other cars in the train, bnt
such ptrs.-ua wiU be- uxpaeV d- to re- j
_ ,to,» afiee mrai hftT brrrrflt.hhCd.
The chair cars are likcwt-e very I
handsome, being fiuiwhed through j
otit with highly poltshed oak and I
'carpeted with heavy Wilton carpet, I
.2 compartment with Alat’onary aasli
stand,. towels, etot^Mind assuring
complete privacy to^gge desirti g it
Tbe«e cars like tbepWnor cars, an
_v also lighted by 1'iutsch gaas and
Thenc'<<^^Elbexrr't by tlre~fla£< r system of hut
water heat.
One or more of these cars will be
placed in each through train, and
tbe patrons of the Cotton Helt will
thus he assured every comfort end
road traveler, no charge whatever ia
msdfi for use of these care.
This is certainly a big step in ad-
vance taken by the Cotton Belt, and
the traveling public shmrld show its
appreciation of the service thus of-
fered it by mak it.g liberal use of it
whenever possible.
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Sanders, M. G. Free State Enterprise. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1899, newspaper, March 9, 1899; Canton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1302611/m1/2/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Van Zandt County Library.