The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1900 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XXI
This paper will not, hereafter,
in any way lend ite support to
any candidate for Jegialative
honor* who will not bind hiasolf
to work and vote for a decent li-
bel 1»»- _‘
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
The people of LsGrange are on
the eve of the annual school elec-
tion. A new'board of trustees—
seven in number—are to be chosen,
and the people should act in this
matter thoughtfully and discreet-
ly, for the educational status of a
community is greatly measured by
their wisdom and care in the choice
of a board of trustees. They are
to decide the branches to be taught
and select those who are to teach
them. The latter question is vast-
ly of more importance than the
former. All studies, if rightly pur-
sued, are educating; and, in the
language of the best educators, it
is not so much the subject studied
as the manner of study that tells in
education; not so much the quan-
tity of knowledge gained as the
quality and culture derived from
the pursuit of this knowledge.
The future of LaGrange will, in
in a great measure, be shaped by
our schools just as the future of our
country will be influenced by the
degree of intelligence of the voting
citizens.
It is axiomatic that all men are
born equal; but there is so wide a
difference between the indifferent
voter and the intelligent one as ex-
ists between the plowman and the
dumb ox that follows not his own
will.
Judging from reports in the
school superintendent’s office the
city’s schools have been economi-
cally and wisely managed. A nice-
ly graded course of study, well
adapted to the psychological needs
of the child in the various years of
its school life, was adopted by the
board of trustees and carefully ad-
hered to.
The best talent available was en-
gaged by the present board to make
instruction a success; and that it
has been such, so far as hostile cir-
cumstances allowed,a few facts may
be cited. The enrollment during
the past term has been two per cent
greater than last year. There were
but one or two cases of corporal
punishment administered during
the past seven months. Examin-
ation papers are reported to show a
greater individuality and force in
thought, expression and judgment,
proving that crowding and red-
tapeism have been avoided.
The present corps of teachers
have distinguished themselves as
hard workers. They endeavored
promptly to discharge their school
duties; they have set their mark
high, and if there has been any
shortcoming it may be attributed to
the imperfection of all hutran en-
deavors. That the presept Board
have done their best for the welfare
of the schools and community may
be gleaned from the facta that they
have engaged the best talent avail-
able; they have reduced tuition to
a minimum, and have engaged at
no time more instructors than were
actually necessary. These are facta
not fancies—and should not be
ignored when the time comes for
electing a new Board of Trustees.
It is fully admitted that public
servants inherit a certain amount
of criticism with the positions, and
the fact that the office yields not a
penny as remuneration is not a pro-
tection to them. Pessimists, no
doubt, have said things against the
present Board and teachers, but
such are usually the croppings of a
selfish or personal origin.
The best text-books available
any respect faulty they were re-
tained simply because none better
could be had; but in every instance
ttte teachers have proven them-
selves superior to them; they have
taught the subject, not the text-
book.
In view of these facts it would
seem that, all things considered,
the LaGrange schools have fared
much better than the average, and
a change, either in the Board or
teachers does not seem well ad-
vised.
— ■ <ls
Galveston’s Saturday Review
of recent date speaks sensibly upon
the subject of “ Keeping Schools
Out of Politics”—a warning that
should be heeded by the people of
all communities. It says: ‘‘An at-
tempt is being made to mix the
public schools with politics. This
effort should at once be set down
upon. Politics is doing enough
injury in other departments of the
municipality, and its hideous form
should not be allowed to rise like
some nightmare monster from its
filthy cesspool and take within its
slimy grasp the pure and innocent
children of Galveston. For God’s
sake, for the sake of the future
generation, keep the free school
system out of this filth. Let the
affairs so dear to the hearts of
mothers and fathers, of such vital
importance to the future genera-
tion, be handled by representative
business men and kept free from
the taint of the ward politician.
Whib we are raising money and
shipping corn to Queen Victoria’s
Indian empire to feed her starving
Indians, we are permitting our own
Indians to starve. In Arizona there
are about 8,000 Pima and Papago
Indians occupying the Gila reserv-
ation. They lived there and farmed
there before Columbus discovered
America, irrigating their corn and
vegetables with water from the Gi-
la river. These Indians have al-
ways been peaceable and friendly.
They are a peaceable r a C e , and
have given our government no
trouble. Our own people have
gone there and robbed them of their
water rights by diverting the flow
of the river and are prospering
while the Indians are now in utter
destitution and face to face with
famine. While we have millions
to send to Victoria’s starving mill-
ions we rob our friendly Indians of
their only means of subsistence.
Are the American people heartless
hypocrites ? If not the must render
justice to the wards which they
have mercilessly robbed. — Farm
and Ranch.
In the Houston Post’s “ Letter
Box” some one asks concerning
the island of St. Helena, the pres-
ent exile home of Cronje, and the
reply is: ‘‘The island is an extinct
volcano of about forty-five square
miles and a population of about
4,000 people. It is 1,350 miles
from the coast of Africa and 1,800
miles from South America; the
same from Capetown; 4,050 miles
from England, of which it has been
a dependency for 250 years. Since
the Suex canal was opened the isl-
and has had little importance. It
has been used by the British as a
prison for the exiled Napoleon,
two or three African princes have
been deported to the island, and
now it has again come into prom-
inence. ’ ’_
One J. C. Duff of Brazoria coun-
ty fame wants to go to congress
from the 10th. It is charged that
this same Duff, when county judge
of Braxoria county appointed a ne-
gro as a member of the board of
schobl examiners and, it is charged,
at the same time Duff was a white
man. If all this is true then the
white man and democrat who votes
tor him for anything deserves to
be banishfd to Hayti or sent by
McKinley as minister to Liberia.
His place is not to be found among
selfrespecting democrats.
That a five-dollar advertisement
in an ordinary channel does not
bring the same result a ten-dollar
one does in a better one comes
frequently to the man who bewails
the investment of the ‘‘ten” when
too late. Some three weeks ago
the advance agent of the ” Cook
Medicine company,” with head-
quarters at Denver, struck this
shop with a twelv-inch add, to run
two weeks next to reading matter,
and offered the princely (?) sum of
five dollars. The advertisement
found no place in The Journal.
In due time one of the principals,
whose coming the advertisement
would have announced, arrived and
—found no business ! Like a sens-
ible man he unearthed the cause,
and then for about a minute or two
decorated the advance man in pure
English but badly spelled.
The faculty and class of 1900
Tulane University of Louisiana
Medical department has s6nt an
invitation to The Journal’s ‘‘It’
to be present at the Annual Com
mencement, which occurs on May
2d, at 11:30 a. m. at the Grand
opera house, in New Orleans, La.
The invitation comes by way of
Otto Ehlinger, M. D., a member
ot The Journal family, and if he
will kindly hold the procession at
bay until the “It” can in some
way pacify his laundress so as to
get the necessary change of linen
he will be ‘‘there 1”
Gonzales county has instructed
for George Burgess for congress.
Burgess is another white ribbon
prohibitionist and the "It” sup-
poses he has been encouraged to
offer himself for the sacrifice by
the Baileyites who have been cry-
ing that this is a dead issue ! With
a ” white ribboner ” filling nearly
Something like a month ago an
elderly, clean-shaven, sanctimoni-
ous-looking individual appeared at
Weimar and booked as represents
tive of a gigantic corporation. No
questions were asked, and it is said
he enjoyed the hospitality of a first
class hotel during the night. When
morning dawned he was not to be
found, neither were a number of
garments belonging to Henry Brie-
ger, one of the boarders. Pursuit
seemed useless, but it was ascer-
tained that he had entered ElCam-
po under his maiden name— Metz-
ger—having evidently tired of the
one he claimed while at Weimar.
Whether the town offered no op-
portunities for his profesh is not
known, but he made permanent
camp at Wharton later on with but
a fragment of the last assumed
name; simply Metz, the balance
having succumbed on the way. In
due time a burglary at Wharton
was traced to the itenerant, and
when arrested he expounded the
Gospel to a 1 a r g e and attentive
congregation, exhorting them to
live the life of the righteous and
abide the result.
SPECIAL SESSION, APRIL, I9OO.
The court having ascertained
from personal inspection that the
pier carrying the west end of the
75-foot low truss span of the river
bridge on the west end of the river
has been undermined by the late
overflow, and that same should be
replaced by two channel iron cylin-
drical piers, it was ordered that the
county judge write to different
bridge companies for bids for same.
It was’ordered that the county
judge be given full power and
authority to immediately declare
quarantine at any place in the
county where small pox may exist
and to do such other acts as may
be necessary to prevent the spread
of the disease; it was further or-
dered that the county physician,
county judge and commissioner of
the precinct in which the small-
pox may exist be appointed a board
of health and that $500 or so much
as may be necessary be set aside
out of the general fund as a quar-
antine contingent fund.
It was ordered by the court that
the county attorney at once pro-
cure the services of N. L. McKin-
non, an attorney, to {take charge of
the collection of delinquent taxes.
The reports of the following offi-
cers were approved: W. O. Goode,
deputy sheriff; T. F. Sellers, con-
stable precinct No. 6; C. T. Will-
rich, justice of the peaie precinct
No. 8; R. Williams, constable of
precinct No. 8.
It was ordered that the county
judge order a 8oo-pound pile driver
from the Vulcan Iron works of
Chicago,
The court accepted the resigna-
tion of W. A. Beckham, justice of
the peace precinct No. 6, and ap-
pointed R. S. Menefee as his suc-
cessor.
Each member of this court was
allowed six dollars for services ren-
dered during this term.
CLAIMS ALLOWED.
Z. W. Green, cedar piling.......$ 21 84
Dick Fairrea, amall pox guard... a6 25
Dr. T. J. Pier, expense ot quar-
antine at Carmine............ 548 98
The annual meeting of the La-
dies' Cemetery association was hel
April 19th, 1900, in the Methodi
church, Mrs. W. H. Thomas, vice
president, presiding.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved and the
president called for reports from
officers and committees. The sec-
retary reported money collected
during the year as follows:
Toduea..............8181 75 '
To dues by Mr. M. Me-
Ashan............. 10 00
Miss Lady P. Olive,
recital,............ 7 00
Receipts of P a s a 1 o n
'play............... 29 00
City Council......... 65 10
By amount paid the
treaaurer......... $292 85
8292 85
8292 85
Treaaurer reported
balance laat atatem’t 234 00
Received from sec’y.. 292 85
Amount paid sexton..
296 50
By balance...........
230 35
8526 85
8526 85
The remains of Mrs. Thos. Baugh
who died at San Antonio last Sat-
urday, were brought to Flatonia
Sunday and interred in the city
cemetery at this place on Monday
morning at 10 o’clock. Mrs. Baugh
had been a sufferer for many months
and was in San Antonio under
treatment at the time of her death.
The deceased was the daughter of
Mr. John Albrecht, living a few
miles west of town, was reared in
this immediate vicinity and had^re-
sided in town for the past year or
two. Her husband, Thomas Baugh,
was here only a week since, and
had hardly got back to his business
at Estherwood, La., yhen he was
summoned home to his wife’s bur-
ial. Mrs. Baugh leaves a devoted
husband, several children, a large
connection, and a host of friends to
mourn her departure. The Argus
extends sympathy to the bereaved
family in their trouble.—Argus.
Parmittad to Wad.
The following marriage licenses
were issued from April 23 to 30:
WHITE.
R. H. Knolle and Lens. Schwartz,
J, W. Johnson and Annie Tolbert.
COLORED.
Mattison Bean and Fannie Jones,
Silas Scott and Mollie Scott.
To balance...........8230 85
Mrs. Willenberg, chairman of
Working committee, being absent,
Mrs. Heintze reported that both
cemeteries have been kept in good
condition during the entire year.
Collecting committee have collect-
ed promptly. The names of Mrs.
Moellenberndt, Mrs. C. J. v. Rosen-
berg and Mrs. Frank Mosig were
given for membership. They were
elected and names enrolled.
A bid was read from Mr. G. Pen-
nington to the effect that he would
work both cemeteries for $350. Af-
ter deliberation the president or-
dered a meeting for Saturday, the
21st, to decide upon the question.
Next in order was the election of
officers which resulted in selecting
Mrs. W. H. Thomas, president;
Mrs. H. Scholz, vice president;
Mrs. J. N. Hall, secretary; Mrs.
F. Presune, assistant secretary;
Mrs. J. T. Harwell, treasurer.
The society at large takes this
means of thanking Mr. Victor Al-
exander for the use of the opera
house on this and former occasions.
Also, take pleasure in thanking
the committee on music for their
kindness, especially Miss Sidonia
Praetorius, who arranged the pro-
gram, and under her leadership
and training—as is always the case
—was one of the pleasing events
of the exercises. The prayer and
address of Revs. Brooks and Hick-
link were appropriate and interest-
ing and listened to with marked
attention.
Mrs. W. H. Thomas,
Mrs. J.. N. Hall. Pres’t.
Secretary.
Safeguards the food
against alum*
Alum baking powdsnai* iiaMal
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have been used in all departments, every important office tins corpse
$od i f one or the other was in! might take up its bed and walk.
One of the most horrible deaths
mortal can be subjected to occurred
near Pilot Point in Denton county.
Davy Robinson, a well-to-do-farm-
er, was treating one of his horses
afflicted with glanders a day or two
before and was bitten by the en-
raged animal. Almost instantly he
became ill, and terrible sores ap-
peared upon his body. In forty- Dr. I. E. Clark of Schulenburg
eight hours from the time the bite'lias announced as a democratic oeu-
was inflicted the man was a corpse.
The democratic convention votes
of the counties comprising this—
the 10th—congressional district,are
as follows: Austin 10, Brazoria 9,
Colorado 13, Fayette 26, Fort Bend
8, Galveston 20, Gonzales 8, La-
vaca 11, Matagorda 2; total 97.
Michael Pitsch to Andreas Pitsch,
release.
Jacob Balko and wife to Andrew
Balko, release.
Eugene Koehl and wife to Theo-
dor Koepke, deed, 8 acres, W O
Burnham league, $124.
Mrs. M W Carter et al to Her-
man Hackebeil, deed, lots 1 and a
in block U, LaGrange, $625.
Mrs. A V RiveS and husband to
Herman Hackebeil, quit claim
deed, lots i and 2 in block U, La-
Grange, $62.50.
Gottlieb Jochen to Albert Joch-
en, release.
I Y and M R Criswell hy assig-
nee to W H Greenshield, release.
J D McLean, sr., to John Mc-
Lean, deed, 125 acres, J Stiffler
league, $198.
Jonn F Fojtik et al (o James W
Best, deed, 48 1-3 acres, Alma
Weaver league, $338-33- 1
Rev. Ed Brucklin to John and
Julie Wrba, deed, lots 64 and 65
on Roman Catholic cemetery, $25.
H Loessin to Chas Bittner,{mort-
gage, 55 1-2 acres, Bartlett and
Wood surveys, $1.00^
F J Reynolds and E G Baiter to
J F Wolters, trustee for First Na-
tional bank of, LaGrange, deed ot
trust, 3 i-io acres, J Castleman
league, $1,250.
Upon a German postal card,
bearing in its left corner the repre-
sentation of a lady passenger very
sick on board of an ocean steamer,
L. P. Art man, formerly of this ci-
ty, writes to a friend, under
Hamburg, April 13th, 1900;
rived in port after a long but pi
ant voyage. Will make a
through Germany and B e l g i’
and then to Paris.”
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Real Bstate.
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E&ldheaded friendc find it diffi
cult to part.
didate for congress from this dis-
trict, and the people are now won-
dering who the doctor is. No oue
in this section ever heard of him
before.—Bay City Visitor.
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Transfers from April 23 to 30:
M A Gillespie by trustee to J D
and J R McLean, release.
Otto Marburger and wife to W
A Wansley, release.
P A Weir and wife to W A
Wansley, deed, 160 acres*, J A
Weir league; and 100 acres, F
George leagne, $289.
Fritz Rosenberg and wife to Wm
Hermes, jr., deed, 2.5 acres, J H
Moore 1-2 league, $275.
J J Vacek and wife to John
Kruppa, release.
W T Burford to Joe Hajovaky,
deed. 183 acres, W Alley league,
$5,482.50.
W T Burford to Frank Hlncha-
nek, deed, 182 acres, W Alley
league, $5,460.
H R Hillebrand at al to Martin
Fojt, deed, 139 22 acres, 8 P Brown
league, $3,137-65.
-HR Hillebrand et al to Josef
Slansky, deed, 65 acres, 8 P Brown
league. $1,535-
Who would think there
was insanity behind a drop
of water? But there is. It
was a favorite torture in the
old days to fasten the victim
where water should slowly
drip on his forehsad. In a
little while he was s howl-
ing maniac.
women do not, ae a rale, i
realisa how tha steady J
drains which sometimes-
afflict them most at last rs
mind. Sometimes, it is only
imtabiUty or----
With ths relief of
Dr.
gives also
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The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1900, newspaper, May 3, 1900; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth996997/m1/1/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.