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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1921.
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
MlLLfcDGEVIU F
TEXAS RANGERS
! REAL _FIGHTERS
Most Picturesque Body of Fight*
ing Men the World Has
Ever Known.
FOUOHT TIVO WARS AT ONCE
Organization Dates Back to Tim*
When the Lone Star State Was a
Separate Republic—Self-Relj.
ant, Resourceful and Brave.
Dallas.—Texas is ilu> only sinte
■which Inis tin* distinction, not to sny
privilege, of working out Its own In
stitutions before becoming a member
of (lie Union, writes W. I’, Urbb of
the history department of tin* Univer
sity of Texas In the Dallas News.
Tills fact lias given Texans a singular
feeling of independence and has en
shrined the state's institutions with
u peculiar interest for those within
and many without her borders, ller
ttag, her presidents, her foreign am
bassadors, her army and navy, all have
come in for a share of the song and
story, tlie history and tradition of
the l.one Star republic.
Of nil her institutions, however,
Texas has none which has Attracted
more nttvntion at home and abroad
than that organization of lighting
men known as Texas Rangers.
Just what is tlie Texas Ranger?
Tlie question can lie answered best
by finding out what lie lias been, dis
covering his origin, tracing his devel
opment mid examining Ills duties. The
exact date of tin* origin of the Rangers
Is lost In tlie obscurity of early Texas
history. Stephen F. Austin mentioned
them in ills letters of 1823, nearly a
rentur.v ago; Rancroft ascribed their
beginning to 1S38, but in this he was
clearly wrong, for the Rangers had
not only come into existence lint laid
acquired n legal status before that
time.
Rangers Date Back to 1835.
When Texas revolted, In 1835, h
general council met. and, ns a part of
Its work, authorized the first Ranger
force. This organization was to con
sist of three companies of 25 men
each, one to range east of tlie Trinity,
one between the Trinity und Urnzos
and the third between the Brazos and
the Colorado. Tlie men were to serve
■olely as protection against the In
dians. the remuneration being $1.25 u
day.
Thus was the Texas Ranger force
created In the midst of revolution, and
front that day to this it has existed
Almost constantly In some form,
though under varying titles.
The tirs! settlers from the United
Slutea were Introduced iutu Texas hy
Stephen F. Austin during the latter
part 1821, now just one century
ITgO. Why did tlie Mexican govern
ment permit an alien race to come in?
There are several reasons well known
An |!{t '.'"•hin. rti'd it Is Mild pim
Cue of ilielu tViis me desire to plucd
Some strong it rut between the timorous
Mexicans, like ttio.se of San Antonio,
and the wild Indians. The Uouuiuche’i*
Jiprse might become too hard to hold.
Quien sane? However lids may he.
an examination of the land grants
made to Americans will show that
their holdings tend to form a tier ly
ing roughly between the timber licit
and the prairie region. In short, tlie
Americans from the I'nilod States
Were to serve as a buffer between the
wild tribes and the Interior settle
ments, and on litem was to devolve
the tusk of conquest at which both
Spain and Mexico bad failed
Mexico Unable to Close the Door.
Once the door of Texas was open
the Americans pushed in with tliut
mighty surge which carried the Anglo-
American civilization from the Allan
to to the l'neltic during the tirst half
of the last century. Mexico, becom
ing alarmed, undertook to close the
door. Iiul It was too late. The Tex
mis for sueli the Immigrants had be
come- not only stood off the Indians,
bill turned on tlie Mexicans und wrest
ed from them Texan independence in
3Slid, just Ih .\ears after they had en
tered the state.
Tills done, however., they found
themselves tn a most precarious sil-
tmllnu. They were caught, ic It were,
between the .laws of a great xise.
One frontier -Hie Indian—extended
along the edge of ihe great prairie
from Ihe Rio Grande to the Red river,
« distance of 500 miles; tlie other—
1 lie Mexican- stretched from some
(mint on the Rio Grande to the mouth
«if that stremg an approximate dis
tance nf ;tint miles. The actual south
ern Imiindiiry of the settlements at
♦ lie time of the republic really corre
■■ponded with tlie Nueces,
| It should also he observed that for
■very mile that the Indian frontier
■vas pushed hack, the Mexican Hue
■mis lengthened by just so much until
^Jie two attained a combined length
more than 1,000 miles! Surely no
,ate wn* ever more desperately stm-
ed than tip,' young republic. Some-
- sh_e w as at pence wlj^i one on.
and sometimes wtptj the other)
cycln be for-lit them belli war
rule, the commonplace .1
tlally !'Cl‘ *4*1 dcaih was the price
Ilf rtp' .it z ... »!,.* lu.mlp. of Texas
Baldwin County the Habitat of Good Live Stock
(By L. E. SWAIN. Farm Demonst rater Baldwin County.)
in going ever some parts of Rad- | traduce ive-stock into our system and t
win Co nty 1 have been reminded make them an adjunct cf our fat tiling, |
strikingly of a remark I once .emit I Commercial fertilizer is quickly leech-1
an agricultural man front the North | ed cut of Hie soil and carried off in I
tnako in speaking of Georgia. He | the soil waters to the valleys and!
{-aid he had seen in re “.Mother Earth" j streams below; hut barn-yard manure j
since coming to Georgia than he ever remains in the soil and udds that in- ]
saw before in his whole life. He, j valuable element, humus, which no)
of course, referred to l.e washed off. ! commercial fertilizer can supply,
gullied hill sides of our rolling red i It is a far cry from cotton to grassy I
clay lands. It taken grit and sand
| and determination to farm those rag
I ged hill sides; the process is a buck- !
| breaking, nerve-wrecking job to both
I man and beast. Mv admiration goes
out to the man who sticks by it year
after year with a determination to
I wmpst success from Nature so relue-
| tant to yield it. I tun glad to do him
honor. But God in His all-wise Pro
vidence probably intended for man
to more easily unlock Nature's store
house in these hills, if he can but
find tlie key. The day of the sickle |
and scytheisgone; the one-horse plow i
is being relegated to the past. The |
day of the tractor, the , arrester, tlie j
mowing machine, the riding cultiva
tor and harrow is here. The man who j
finds it impracticable to use these
machines tnhis rolling lands will soon
find . imself out-classed in yields by
Ills more fortunate brother who
bring? these implementstohis -assis
tance on his more level lands. With
our system of clean cultivation, and
necessarily shallow breaking, tlie fer
tility of these rolling lands is diffi-
e It to manitain, and certainly t'o'ey
can not tie maintained unless we in-
slopes and sodded ..ill-sides, but I do
n ;t believe the red hill-side farmer
will truly conte in to his own until
he sets about himselt premanent pas
tilles with DaJlb, and Carpet grass,
I.e pedczt i Bermuda and Bur Clover,
s ppleinenting these with temporary
pastures of rye and unts, wheut, rape,
amber cane, corn, peas, sy beans and
venvet beans.
There issmething about live stock
fanning l at grips the inimagination,
that stiis the ambition and gets hold
by inspiration of every member ot
the family; culture and refinement,
education and ambition follow in it's
wake. It will make the boys and
girls beter satisfied on the farm; they
1 will stay at home and enter Into tho
I work. Life becomes nt a mere mat-
i ter f drudgery, hut elevating and
j pleasant, giving time for recreation
I and self cirltivatin.
“The cattle on a thousand nills are
mine. Thus sayeth ihe L#ord.” Surely
if he put them there man can claim
a secondary ownership. Think it
over, you hillside fanner.
E. E. SWAIN, County Agent.
Conti oil the boll weevil with Vidalia, Ga., Votes for
Calcium Arsenate and you will $60,000 Sewerage Bonds
be repaid many times over.
We can supply you
Culver & Kidd, Inc.
Milledgeville, Ga.
CATTS MAKES BOND
IN PEONAGE CASE
Pensacola. Fla., May 23 — Sidney J.
Catts. former governor of Florida, ap
peared before a United states com
missioner here today an 1 n'. 'de hour
in the s m ct $2,500 to appear June
13 to enter a plea in connection with
his indictment here hy the federal
grand Jury for peonage. United Staets
Disriet Attorney MeNeely stated he
would require one week to examine
Catts' plea and that his trial probably
would begin June 20
Catts was arrested Saturday in Al
ban , Ga. He visited Starke, Fla.,
yesterday, where he posted f-’.V’O bond
as a result of nis indictment there
several weeks ago by the Bradford
county grand jury which charged he
had accepted $700 while governor and
chairman for the state boar 1 of par
dons fur his infljoacg in obtaining
a pardon for a man serving a life
sentence for murder.
A WORD OF APPRECIATION
The Woman's club wishes to take
this public way of expressing to the
entile city its appreciation of the co
operation given tlie past week when j
the Tenth District Federated Clubs
met here. There was not a nitch to
mar the entire program, thanks to j
the many friends of the club and tlie |
club members who worked so fnith- j
fully. It was a regular community
affair, and we feel that Milledgeville |
should feel proud of the way in which |
every force cooperated and made tlie j
convention a splendid success.
Again the club thanks everybody
MRS. E. R. HINES, President.
Come -bo
Excursion
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Central </Geoigia Railway
THE RIGHT WAY
The News Job Department is Equip
ped for the Best Printing
An election was held in Vidllia, Ga..
May Ihth for a bond issue to extent
the lines of sewerage in that town,
the ballot cast almost i-nanlmously
being in half of the measure.
The bond election was for $60,000,
mid but a few votes were cast against
the proposed project. Two hundred
j women went to the polls and express-
1 have checks ready for all teachers Pd themselves favorable to the issue
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
who have turned in their reports, reg
isters, etc.; and have complied with,
all other rules and regulations of t ie ,
County Board of Education.
P. N. BIVINS, C. S. S.
A real good price on nitrate
of soda. Buy now before
stock is gone. Culver & Kidd,
Inc. Office over Farmers
Warehouse Co.
Will you let the boll weevils
destroy your profits and prin
cipal in your cotton crop?
Why not destroy the boll wee
vils with Calcium Arsenate '■
Culver & Kidd, Inc.
Milledgeville, Ga.
No Worms in « Healthy Child I
All children troubled with Worms have an un-
Duni ip| the army worm destroy I healthy color, whiZh Indicates poor blood, and as a I
' , ,, . i rule, there is more or I ess stomach disturbance. 1
your garden. DIXIE BRAND ‘ 'D | C.ROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given regu I
CIITM ARSENATE \. ill control litem. Iarl » fortwoorthree weeks will enrich the blood.
improve the digestion,and act as agem ralSirengtti 1
For Sal r ; by Culver A: Kidd Drug • u j ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throwolfor dispel the worms, and the Child will be
and Eiiimc 1 harmacy. in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle
WHAT IS A BANK?
AA b ank is much more than merely a safe place for keeping funds, for
bundling checks, for collecting drafts, etc
A bank s I oulil he regarded as tlie intimate helper, advisor and friend
of the customer; ever ready to co-operate in every proper way,
To extend necessary accomodation as required, and to
protect his interest in every way that lies
within Us power.
This Is tho kind of service that we enweavor to render and we invite
• you to make your connection with us with such service
in view.
The Milledgeville Banking Cc.
MILLER S. 1ELL, President.
D. S. SANFORD, Vice President.
CHAS. M. DAVIS. Asst. Cashier
Hi it. 7 " • •'•'"'lev of Texas
x'-f yr .-
knew i o men > •;.
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Sexu*
Vlnjjnioi^? Him! I he stul<» popu*
fllWf tbHft(i.Lnve been Minple. In j
Dc Icing a FTghC n 'g Force.
_ V - 'to: “I llghr.ng force would
Sestis <3e\W to me t I Ills unhappy
VlnjflUon? Had flu* stilts popu*
qm.\j} v, n* sh« U* today, tho j
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YOU KNOW—That the day ot the LOG house, Is past.
YOU KNOW—That tho day of the FRAME house it passing.
YOU KNOW—That the day of the BRICK house Is right now.
YOU KNOW—That RRiCX residence, Impart* a certain di*tlneticn
to the owner. ’ . i
YOU DON'T KNOW—How little It ecsts to hjv* wall* of Brick-
kSK US—YOU will be surprised,
WILLHDGEVILLE HKlCli WORKS CO
J. W. McMillan, Pies. R. W. McMillan, V.-Pres.
GJitform (Jothes
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A well dressed appearance—
^ood new fabrics=~individual
st> Ie, clothes that will lock
ClntllPQ wel1 many mont,1s wear.
These are the kind of clothes
you’ll find in our spring and
summer showing. Good
Values at
$30 to $45
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