WEDNESDAY,
A ‘,
Are You'
Certain?
Sutherland Springs is a town of and this talk is
aimed at the man who wants a CERTAINTY.
TJiere are “opportunities” all over the world, but in SUTHER
LAND SPRINGS the man of ginger, grit and gray matter finds the
CERTAINTY.
Why? Because it’s a real live, growing town that is destined
to become the greatest resort in America. It has the natural
beauty, the wonderful group of mineral springs, and is fast filling
with men who DO things.
If you could only realize how fast these lots and the adjoin
ing Five-Acre tracts*will grow into money, you’d buy at once—
you’d make certain your future. $lO down and $lO per month.
Isn’t that easy!
Sutherland Springs
Town and Land Company
JACK POWERS, General Sales Manager
Suth-rland Springs, Texas.
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WILL SENATE
STAND FOR A
GfIAFT PROBE?
(Continued from page one.)
until the last farmer’s boy rides in
with the returns. i
This one senator who was so lucky is
Senator E. B. Mayfield of Meridian
and it will be recalled that he was
found imfocent of poker playing and
got back the ten dollars that had been
paid over to “Judge” Moore on 3
plea of guilty filed by the senator’s
lawyer.
Davidson’s Fants Caught?
Lieutenant Governor Davidson was
the only other one around the senate
chamber who ran for office and man
aged to get through the fence, and he
was a bit scratched by barbs and is
not quite sure yet that his trousers are
not still caught on the wire.
. Perhaps the farmers in North and
East Texas voted for Davidson not
knowing that a lieutenant governor is
at all connected with the senate.
Just about the time that Wahrmund
of Bexar called on his old friends in
the senate, Thad T. Adams, also a mem
ber of the house from Bexar, dropped
into the senate chamber quite by acci
dent to have a little social chat with
some of the senators.
Adams had greatly surprised his
many friends in the ho"se in the morn
ing by rising and speaking in favor of
the proposed probe into charges of
graft of all kinds. His argument was
that he had played poker himself, but
that he didn’t know it was wrony.
■ He also said that he courted the in
vestigation, and that if any member
of the house or any senator had been
indirectly bribed / playing poker he
didn’t know of it, and that if any
man would rise and say that he, Adams,
had been bribed playing poker, why
then, before God, it was false.
Might Cost Awful Lot.
Indeed, in further remarks, Represer -
tative Adams again courted that inves
tigation and even seemed anxious to get
it. He had only one possible objection,
this being that it might cost an awful
lot of the state’s money.
When abour to go calling in the sen
ate, Adams w».s asked if he thought the
graft investigation would bring out the
whole truth and bare the real secrets
of brewery-bribery and lobby poker
losses.
“It will never pass the senate, never
in the world,” said the member of the
house, “why the senate has been all
over this thing once, for about forty
days. They know that there isn’t
a thing to these charges, not a thing
on earth. Why, all they learned was
that some of the senators had played
poker, a lot of them had, but I guess
others have done that.”
As he said this Adams smiled in that
Little angel face is usually a prompt lad.
but when sent to the store for
Post Toasties
the sweet, crisp, fluffy bits prove irresistible, and
“The Memory Lingers”
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich.
quizzical way that indicated that poker
playing was not exactly a major crime.
Take Reform Seriously.
But just now, after the primary, the
members of the house take reform so se
riously that they were afraid to ap
plaud when Adams courted investiga
tion, heroic as was his attitude.
One representative who seemed to be
much shocked by Adams’ admission
that he played poker was W. J. Stead
of Alvarado. Stead has a violent at
tack of reform; indeed, his affliction is
in about the stage in which Bascom
Thomas suffers. Even if Bascom never
does reach Austin, one or two men like
Stead can still hold high the white ban
ner of purity.
Stead rose in one of the front seats
and turned squarely around so as to
face the members and hurl his accusa
tions into their very teeth, a feat all
the easier to perform since most of
them were smiling and had their teeth
uncovered.
No Wonder, He
“No wonder they call you a lot of
grafters,” said the member from Al
varado. “Why, why else can you ex
peet when you go off to Galveston and
to Houston to be lobbied with, knowing
that they had something up their
sleeves and that you would be lobbied
with. And you went to Dallas the same
way, on a junket, when Dallas bad
something up the sleeve, and you know
it.
“I speak in defense of the people of
the grand state of Texas and I say it
is a burning shame when the legisla
tors go out after what people have up
their sleeve when it is well known that
it is up their sleeve.”
Jens Moller of Galveston, pompous,
but just defeated, got greatly excited.
“If any member says that Galves
ton, when" she invited the members of
this body, had something up the sleeve,
then 1 say I didn’t know it and what’s
more, I "don’t believe it is true. Let
any man say that one member was cor
ruptly influenced —”
Question Silences Moller.
“What about the differential freight
rate?” demanded Stead.
Moller got less noisy.
“If any/ member was approached
about the differential freight rate on
that trip, I don’t know it,” responded
Moller, mildly.
Another member said that for his
part he was proud to be a member of
the house of representatives; that ho
had known members to take back sta
tionary they had not used and to return
part of their mileage, and that he did
not believe there was a single member
of the body who was dishonest. Despite
this high tribute, Terrell of Cherokee
moved a point of order, the effect of
which would have been to shut out the
resolution. He said he wasn’t afraid
that his people at home would misun
derstand him, that they had never ac
cused him of being a grafter.
SAN ANTON
NO BILLS READY
WHEN NEW ONES
ARE CALLED'FOR
In House Yesterday a Unique
Situation Presents Itself
When Call Is Made.
MANY BILLS ARE DRAFTED
But Members Have Evidently
Put Them In Inside Pock
ets for the Present.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., July 27.—1 n the house
yesterday, when new bills were called
for, not a single bill was introduced.
This left the house with nothing what
ever on the speaker’s table, a situation
unique at the beginning of a session.
Speaker Marshall gave it as his
opinion that the members of the house
were in a daze over the result of the
primaries and did not know what to
do. A recess was taken, and there
was another call for new bills, not one
being sent forward.
The house at its first meeting last
week, prior to the primary, passed bills
providing $61,000 for the expenses 01
this called session. Since then more
employes have been appointed, quite a
list of new attaches.
Since the members, or some of them,
arrived on Monday the stenographers
have been kept busy writing bills. The
clerks say 100 such bills have been
drafted. But after having them drawn
the members kept them in seclusion in
an inside pocket.
Administration bills providing for
the repeal of the law creating the fire
rating board wete introduced last week.
A meeting of the house committee on
insurance was called after the adjourn
ment for the day, but there was noth
ing before the ' committee excepting
these repeal bills, and in this dilemma
the committee went over for the day.
Apparently the disastrous primary
has left matters in a hurly burly where
there is nothing left of original inten
tions excepting confusion of purposes.
Six new insurance bills have been pre
pared, but even these were not brought
out into the light. When they are in
troduced the committee, doubtless, will
take them all and then build a new bill,
a committee bill.
Upon the recommendation of the act
ing chairman. Vaughan, the insurance
committee was eularged, with this pur
pose in mind. It now stands: Vaughan,
Brown, Hill, Keeble, Reedy, Robert
son, Graham. Wortham, Smith, Bowles,
Baker. Canales, Caves, Crawford. Cure
t-on, Gilmore, Lee, McCown, Moller,
Stratton. Highsmith. It has twenty
one members.
Dr. Hughes, eye, ear. nose and throat.
Office and infirmary. 403 St. Mary’s.
Dr. J. W. Carhart, skin specialist,
room 427, Moore building.
GOVERNOR WILL NOT
OPPOSE NEW CHARTER
Expected Committee From San
Antonio Will at Once Lay
It Before the Executive.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., July 27.—The period of
required notice by publication having
expired, it is expected that the com
mittee from San Antonio will at once
lay before the governor the request
that the matter of a new charter be
taken up by the legislature.
It is expected that the men from
San Antonio will bring with them the
signatures of citizens who forwarded
cards to the committee expressing a
preference for a commission form of
government instead of government by
Callaghan.
No one seems to fear that the gov
ernor will interpose any obstacles in
the pathway of the proposed reform.
The charter to be submitted as a bill
in the legislature is drawn with the
commission government charter of Des
Moines, lowa, as a pattern.
NOBLEY THINKS HE
CAN’T BE APPOINTED
Constitutional Provision May
Interfere In Governor's Plans
on the Commissionership.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., July 27.—John A. Mob
ley, the governor's choice for commis
sioner of insurance and banking, does
not believe the executive can appoint
him under the constitution. When in
the house Mobley voted to raise the
salary of the commissioner and is there
fore not eligible. This may necessitate
a change of.the governor’s plans.
COLQUITT TO NAME
HIS OWN SUCCESSOR
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., July 27.—Colquitt’s de
cision to remain railroad commissioner
until his term as governor begins in I
order to name his successor is taken to
mean that R. W. Finley of Austin, or
J. L. Wortham of Dallas will be named
for the place.
O LIGHT AND GAZETTE
HAWKINS TALKS
TO SENATE IN
OWN DEFENSE
Gives His Side of the Case and
Says the Governor Has
Been Underhanded,
CLAIMS HE’S A DESPOT
Senate Will Confirm or Reject
His Appointment In Exec
utive Session,
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., July 27.—Wm. E. Faw
kins, commissioner of insurance and
banking, today at 10:45 appeared be
fore the bar of tne senate to defend «is
official acts growing out of his re
fusal to suspend the fire rating board
law and which resulted in the message
from the governor sent up yesterday
presenting the name of Mr. Hawkins
for “such action as the senate may
deem appropriate under the circum
stances,” as Hawkins had refused to
resign.
After thanking the senate for its
courtesy in letting him address it, Haw
kins said:
“The question before you is: Have
we, in fact, a government of the peo
ple, under a written constitution, or -s
this the governor’s government? Are
we to be governed under the fixed laws
with due regard for constitutional re
strictions and limitations providing
that the several branches of govern
ment shall remain separate, and be in
dependent and preventing encroach
ments and tyranny in the exercise of
executive power or shall the will of
the governor be supreme?
“Is this in reality a constitutional
government or have we now, and shall
we (in the future have an absolute
despotism with the governor in the lead
ing role?”’
Continuing, Hawkins said he had not
canvassed the senate upon this ques
tion and did not know the views of
more than three or four of the mem
bers, nor did he know the views of
members on this subject, but said that
if he felt sure the senate understood
the facts involved he would be content
for the senate to vote upon his name
without one word from him. He asked
the question as to what awful things
he had committed between the date of
his appointment and the date of the
governor's call for his resignation.
“I merely did my duty under the
law, as I had sworn to do it, but in
doing so refused to suspend a law be
cause to do so would violate provisions
of section 28, article I. of the constitu
tion, which provides that “No power
of suspending laws of this state shall
be exercise except by the legislature. ”
Continuing, Hawkins said that the
governor should have stated to the sen
ate “his grievance against me in man
ly fashion. He has not done s . ” He
spoke at length on the trouble which
led to the friction between himself and
the governor, reading the governor’s of
ficial statement on the tubject.
••There is no reason,” said Hawkins,
‘ ‘ or excuse whatever, for the governor's
official statement to the legislature that
misconstruction of the statute has re
sulted in the excessive insurance rates,
and yet that is the only reason which
your records show which might serve as
a basis or reason or excuse or pretext
for rejecting my nomination.”
Tn conclusion, Hawkins said he beg
ged the governor not to place him in
the attitude of opposition to other mem
bers of the fire rating hoard, and to
the attorney general, and said tnat it
would utterly ruin him (Hawkins) for 1
the governor to do so. Members of the
senate listened attentively to Hawkins’
statement, and will go into executive
session to confirm or reject his ap
pointment.
CHURCHES PRAY FOR RAIN.
Associated Press.
Plainfield. N. J.. July 27.—The pro
traded drouth and intense heat have
so wilted vegetation that the churches
of this city and towns nearby are hold
ing special services this week to pray
for rain. *
In Wilting
Weather
There’s coolness and last
ing comfort in
ICED
POSTUM
Make it the usual way—
strong and rich by thorough
boiling—add cracked ice and
serve with sugar, lemon, and
a little cream if desired.
The delightful flavour
pleases the palate and the
rich food elements of the
grains of which it is made,
refresh and sustain body and
brain in the natural way.
“There’s a Reason”
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Battle Creek, Mich.
Store Open all Day Thursday
Remember! Saturday Is Our Half Holiday
Two years ago when we inaugurated the Saturday Half-Holiday’s we
were alone. Today several of the leading retail stores and all of the whole
sale houses close at one o’clock on Saturdays during the summer months.
The week-end half-holiday is like an evergreen tree in that it is always
green (in the minds of our friends and workers) and continually giving
new blossoms, but the comparison had better end or someone will be ac
cusing us of nature faking.
Thursday at W. & M. plenty of Well chosen summer merchandise—
plenty of people to serve you. An eagerness to give entire satisfaction
—to meet your wants intelligently— to help you in your summer problems,
little or big. Assurance of quality always, and at prices as low as, and
often lower than goods of equal merit can be had elsewhere. Open at 8,
eJose at 6, tomorrow.
Dress and Steamer Trunks % Less
Suit Cases and Hand Bags % Less
Trunks to safely carry apparel and comforts on your vacation trip. Trunks to
fill every vacation need, marked to go now at 1-3 less than the regular prices, which
are 20 to 30 per cent less than exclusive dealers charge.
Two good reasons why they should go now. They are bulky—we will require
the space they now occupy for Fall goods—and we have no room for storage. And
the best reason of all—we don’t want to carry them over and will not if price proves
an inducement.
Save One-Third on Dependable Trunks
.About two hundred in all. W e mention quantity in order that you may form an idea of the va
riety. A large percentage are of the better qualities, hand-made by the most skillful workmen.
Leather Trunks, covered with sail duck v
Fibre Trunks, with rawhide bindings 1
Enamel Trunks, W. &M, Special Make r 1 / f f
Patent Leather Bound Trunks (
Metal Bound Trunks / f Q B
Willow Trunks, canvas covered L
Steamer Trunks of all styles 1
Women’s Hat Trunks of all styles '
Sizes range from 32 to 42 inches in length. The interior fittings arc the most perfect, some
having as many as three trays, all have double patent locks and heavy bumpers and are steel
rimmed and strapped. All trunks from the cheapest to those priced at $50.00 are marked at one
third less than former price.
Leather Suit Cases with complete fittings \
Leather Suit Cases without fittings 1 « wg
Elephant Skin Suit Cases I£ / W
Matting Suit Cases, leather bound \ | j
Wicker Suit Cases, leather capped / '4 A. JL
Imitation Leather Suit Cases I
Linen-covered Suit Cases 1 —
Leather Hand Bags of all styles /
All sizes from the smallest to the largest at a price range from Si to $30.00 at a reduction
of 25 per cent from the former price.
WOLFF & MARX CO.
PEARSALL PERSONALS.
Special Dispatch.
Pearsall, Tex., July 27. —Dr. Red-
ditt and wife have gone to Galveston,
hoping that the doctor may regain his
health.
Sam Johnson and wife of San An
tonio, are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Baird, who has been visiting
her brother, A. L. Curtis, left Monday
fop her home in Texarkana.
Mrs. Green Martin and little son,
Tully, are spending a month with rela
fives in San Antonio. They went to
the city Monday.
R. B. Hopkins, a prominent merchant
of Dilley, was here Monday on busi
ness.
C. T. Hardy of Covey Chapel, was in
town Monday. He says rain is needed
down there, as here.
Irby J. Hudson spent Sunday in San
Antonio, returning Monday morning.
B. C. Vining of Dilley, was in town
Monday.
Leo Tarleton, a lawyer of San An
tonio, was here Tuesday on bust
ress.
Mrs. Rhodes is visiting her daughter,
Mrs Js’ewman, near Dilley.
MA Mason Maney and Mrs. H. E.
Walker went to San Antonio Tues
day.
Miss Evans of San Antonio, is visit
ing Miss Maggio Thompson.
Miss Leonora (Field visited her sister,
Mrs. Teal, near Derby, this week.
J. W. Winters of Moore, was here
Tuesday on business.
Sheriff Riggan visited Derby Tues
day.
Grandma Jordan of Benton, is here,
visiting relatives.
J P. McAfee was here from Dilley
Tuesday.
Rev. T. B. Miller of Dilley, was in
lown the first of the week.
Miss Rosa Macks has returned to her
home at Crawford, after spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. Ben Rubin
stein.
Lytle Athletics played Ben’s Giants
here Tuesday afternoon; 7 to 7 was the
score in the ninth inning, but in the
eleventh inning the score was 7 to 10
in favor of the Lityle Athletics.
COMMITTEES AT WORK FOR
HERMANN SONS’ OUTING.
Committees are at work preparing for
the picnic of the Hermann Sons’school
to be given at the Fair grounds. Sun
day. August 7. The school will close it ? j
present terin August 5 and the pieni,- j
will be given as a fitting event for the
closing exercises. The various commit
tees arc as follows:
Advertising. Hugo Moeller ami Carl
Huhndorf; musie, Bruno Nausehuetz;
finance, John Hoff, Joe Hermann. G.
Fritsch and H. Mayer; prizes, Frank M.
Gloeckner; refreshments, Herman
Haack.
The committee will meet on the night
of August 3 in Pr.ul Machts’ hall to re
port progress made and to complete
final arrangements.
On Sale in the Basement Tomorrow
FOR SECOND TIME CANDIDATES
POLL TIE VOTE IN RACE AT LULINO
Four Years Ago Contest Was Decided By One Vote, Two
Years Ago It Was a Tie and Again This Year the
Committee Must Decide.
Special Diepatch.
Loekhart, Tex., July 27. —As the re
turns from county precincts come in
items of interest drop from each re
port. In the election at Luling a race
that has caused comment each election
again comes into the limelight—that
of public weigher. Four years ago
Jasper Boggus and Gus Bell made the
race, Boggus winning by one ballot;
THREE NEW MEMBERS.
Looney, Tillotson and Humphries Aro
Sworn in as Members of the
House.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., July 27. —Three of the
new members, victors at special elec
tions tq. fill vacancies in the house, ar
rived and are now sworn in. B. F.
Looney of Greenville, a former member
of the state senate, who succeeds P. E.
Westbrook, resigned; Leonard Tillot
son, Austin county, who succeeds W.
A. jTrenckinann, resigned, and R. B.
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does not crave for food—
good wholesome food, the kind that builds strong healthy
b°dies —take nature’s warning of dyspepsia and regain at once II
the powers of good digestion that are so essential to health. /■
[/ Pabst Extract /
■/ relieves dyspepsia—and prevents it. Being a liquid food in
SHjmk digested form, it furnishes nutrition without making auy
■aQu demand on the stomach for extra work. While it is ’
creating a natural desire for solid foods, it ■ < '-
the power for their digestion. wESH
Th« United State. Government specifically
daaaifiea Pabst Eatract aa an article of I
medicine—not an alcoholic 1 U * 11
Order a dozen bottles from
yewr loco)
Inmet u/on it teinf Pabst. ' -'•—*
JULY 27, 1910.
two years ago the same men made the
race, ending in a tie and settled by a
committee; at the election held Satur
day the same men made the race and
have tied again, and the race wilt have
to be settled again by a committee.
Boxes are coming in slowly and com
plete returns will not be available be
fore Saturday, when the democratic
county convention is held.
Humphries of Throckmorton, who suc
ceeds E. G. Brookreson, resigned, are
the neophytes.
On a submission vote, Looney and
Humphries would be counted pro and
Tillotson anti.
♦
ARE CANDIDATES AGAIN.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., July 27. —Sebe New
man. sergeant-at-arms; Charles P.
Burks, assistant sergeant-at-arms, and
Charles A. Graham, calendar clerk
have announced themselves as candi
dates for the same positions in tha
Thirty-second legislature.
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