The Carbon News (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CARBON NEWS
BY W. T. CURTIS
CARBON, EASTLAND COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAR. 27, 1908
VOL. 7, NO. 30
OUR COUNTY FALLS IN LINE
The State of Texas is Now Being Organized for a Cam
paign Against the Liquor.
CHAIRMEN APPOINTED
A Chairman for Each Voting
Precinct is Being Ap-
pointed.
At Ft. Worth recently there
was a conference of democrats
who favor prohibition and they
decided to petition the state
democratic executive committee
to submit to the democratic pri-
mary election of July 25th the
issue as to whether or not the
democratic party shall incorpor-
ate in its platform a demand for
the submission of a prohibition
amendment to the constitution
of Texas. The management of
the campaign is committed to a
state chairman and executive
committee who are having every
county to orgonize.
EASTLAND COUNTY ORGANIZES
Last week representatives
from over the county met at
Eastland and organized. Hon.
F. W, Melvin was elected per-
manent county chairman and
W. S. Michael of Ranger per-
manent secretary. At this
county meeting there was ap-
ixiinted a chairman for each
Commissioners Precinct whose
duty is to appoint a chairman
for every voting precinct. Fol-
lowing are the chairmen appoint-
ed for the Commissioners Pre-
cinct:
J L Williams, Cisco.
Rev. B R Wagner, Carbon.
Ben James, Rising Star.
W S Michael, Ranger.
We understand it will be the
duty of voting precinct chair-
men to call a meetting of the
citizens and have a rally for the
purpose of discussing the mea-
sure and signing the petition
which will in the very near
future be furnished each chair-
man. Rev. B R Wagner makes
his appointments which follows:
CHAIRMEN APPOINTED
Having been appointed Chair-
man of the Democratic-Prohibi-
tion party of this Commissioner’s
Precinct, with authority to ap-
point a Chairman for each vot-
ing precinct in said Commis-
sioners Precinct, I take this
primary election the question
“whether or not the next Legis-
lature shall submit a constitu-
tional amendment permitting
a vote on State Prohibition.”
These Chairmen will secure
the signatures of voters in their
respective Precincts and take
such other steps as they may
deem necessary to stir up the
people on this great question.
B. R. Wagner
Chairman Carbon Precinct
PETITION CHANGED
At a meeting of the Democratic
Prohibition Submission Cam-
paign committee in Dallas Tues-
day the wording of the submiss-
ion petition was changed. This
petition when duly signed will
be presented to the State Demo-
means of. announceing the fol- cratic Executive committee.
lowing Chairmen:
Carbon, W. T. Curtis
Gorman, T. L. Gates
Jewell, J. P. Payte
Kokomo, G. B. Neill
Desdemonia, Rev. J. T. Owen
Fir, Mr. Butler
The object of this organization
is for the purpose of petitioning
the Democratic Executive Com-
mittee of the State to submit to!
the Democratic votes in the July '
The petition blanks are now
j being printed and will soon be
j circulated. This oetition blank
is arranged for the name of the
voter, his post office address,
and voting box and an affidavit
of the county clerk that he is a
qualified voter.
The petition is as follows:
To the Honorable State Dem-
ocratic Executive Committee:
We, the undersigned dem-
OLD FASHIONED SINGING
Pastor W. L. Ayres arranged an Old Fashion Singing for
Carbon that proved a Success
ocrats who are legally qualified
voters in the State of Texas,
constituting ten per cent of the
voters of the Democratic party
in said state as shown by the
last primary election vote, re-
spectfully petition your honor-
able body to submit the follow-
ing question of specific legisla-
tion to the voters of the Dem-
ocratic party at the general
primary to be holden on the 25th
day of July A. D, 1908 next,
preceeding the State Democrtic
convention.
Whether the voters favor the
submission by the Thirty-first
Legislature of this State of a
constitutional amendment to the
people for their adoption or
rejection, prohibiting within
the State of Texas the manu-
(Continued on page 4. )
THE OLD FOLKS SONGS
THE INFLUENCE OF ONE DOLLAR FINES.
A FEW REMARKS ABOUT PRACTICES IN EASTLAND COUNTY.
It seems that the town of
Mangum has had considerable
experience up to the present
time with violations of the law
in the way of disturbing the
peace,etc., and unless there is a
general awakening of sentiment
against the way peace officers
deal with most of the cases that
come before them there is not
much probability of any of our
towns getting much relief from
the chronic peace disturbers.
Mangum is not the only town in
Eastland county that is ever dis-
turbed and then the disturber
encouraged to do so again by a
little fine of one dollar and costs,
but we must say that Mangum
has shown us that she has grit
enough to make a howl. We
have not thought best to publish
some matter that was furnished
us by Mangum citizens this week
has quoted some law which no
one could object to seeing in
print, so you will find it on page
5 of this issue.
We believe we speak the senti-
ment of most every law-abiding
citizen in the county when we
say that it is an abuse of the law
of our state and the law of jus-
tice for officers who have the
law in their hands and who are
servants of the people to not fine
law-breakers more than the
minimum fine of one dollar.
Such fines have no tendency
whatever to suppress disturb-
ances but seem to show the
law-breaker that the officer per-
sonally does not condemn him
and would not fine him at all if
it were not for satisfying the
written law that he has sworn
he would enforce.
Now, we wish for the public
but our Mangum correspondent i to understand that there is no
certain officer nor any certain
disturbance that we have refer-
ence to in the above remarks
—our reference is to all who are
guilty. We believe there should
be aroused a stronger sentiment
against such practices and for
this reason only we write this
article.
County M. W. A. Meeting.
Secretary T. F. Murrell of
Flatwood informs us that there
will be a county meeting of the
Modern Woodmen of America at
Were the Leading Feature
of the day and much
Appreciated.
The old-fashion all-day singing
at the Baptist Church house in
Carbon last Sunday was well at-
tended by our home people and
a number of visitors. The sing-
ing began at 10 o’clock in the
morning and lasted till 4 in the
afternoon, with two hours off at
noon. Besides the regular class
singing there were a number of
solos, duets and quartets which
were much appreciated. But the
leading feature of the day was
the singingof a number of songs
in the old “Harp” by a number
of our old people, led by J. H.
Cox. Such singing had never
been heard by most of us young
folks and it was quite a treat to
us.
This occasion was at the close
of a two weeks’ singing school
taught by Prof. J. M. Greer, a
member of the Perry Bros.
Music Co. of Chattanooga,
Tenn., and Stephenviile, Texas.
He is a fine teacher and made
many friends in Carbon. He
left Monday for Flatwood to
teach a class there.
Among the many visitors from
other places we obtained the
names of the following singing
leaders: S. H. Gaines of Flal-
wood, E. D. Gregory of DeLeon,
H. B. Hill of Bethany, G. W.
Reed of Eastland, Allen Jones
Eastland April 1st and that all
members in the county are urged I of Gorman and Henry Cox of
to attend. f Cisco.
T. W. Hall and wife of Dub-! Rev. 0. G. Jones of Big
lin were in Carbon from Satur-
day till Monday. Mr. Hull says
he has land at Dublin or some
out west that he would like to
trade for land near Carbon.
Springs, traveling evangelist
of the Old School Presbyterian
church, preached to a good
audience in Carbon at Baptist
church house Monday night.
mid: mission door.
By Capt. Jack Crawford, in Success.
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A little newsboy, weeping, stood
Outside “The Waif’s Retreat:"
A shaggy dog, his only friend,
Was crouching at his feet.
With attitude of perfect trust,
And tender lovelit eye.
I saw the boy bend over him
With tear-wet cheek, and sigh.
I asked him why those bitter tears;
He turned away his head,
And answered: “Dere’s me only fricn
Since dad and ma is dead;
An’ dose folks in de Mission say
Dat Tip, he can’t come in;
Dat lovin’ of a dog like dis
Ain’t nothing but a sin.
“Well, Boss I don’t know nothing much:
But, say. when mudder died.
Tip foun’ me at her grave at night.
An’ laid down by my side;
An’, when I cried dere all alone.
His head was on me knee,
An’ somethin’ in his eye jes’ said
He’d be a fricn’ to me.
“Now, Boss, you look into dem eyes
An’ say if he can’t speak;
I tells yer. Tip’s a gentleman,
If he ain’t nice and sleek;
He don’t snap like a low-down cur,
His ways is high an’ fine;
An’, when I t’ink how good he is,
I’m mighty proud he’s mine."
Tip seemed to teel his master’s praise.
He looked so very wise.
As if some sad. imprisoned soul
Were shining through his eyes.
I took the boy’s brown hand in mine.
And wiped his tears away.
And told him that no nobler friend
Man has on cafth today.
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Both boy and dog crept to my heart.
And they have now become
The sunshine on my cheerless hearth.
The blessing of my home;
And all that I shall ask of him
Who keeps the heavenly log
May I be worthy that boy’s love,—
The friendship of his dog!
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Curtis, W. T. The Carbon News (Carbon, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1908, newspaper, March 27, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521812/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Eastland Centennial Memorial Library.