Colquitt Supporters Rally for renomination in Texas
An enthusiastic Fort Worth meeting with about 200 attendees hails Governor C B Colquitt for re election. Speakers forecast an overwhelming renomination and commit to an aggressive statewide campaign and a two year period of political rest.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Colquitt
Wherch
Westbrook
Colenton
C. B. Colquitt
G. H. Culp
Gainesville
W. P. Hobby
Beaumont
Paul Waples
Gus Shaw
Texarkana
F.W. Cook
San Antonio
Royal A. Ferris
Dallas
B. F. Bonner
Houston
Texas
Passing of Captain J J Burks in Comanche County
Captain J J Burks born 1833 in Georgia joined Mississippi cavalry in the Civil War and later settled in Texas. He died February 21 in Comanche County after a life of service and faithful church life leaving ten children four daughters and one son living in Comanche. He is remembered as a Christian gentleman and quiet hero of patient endurance.
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T. J. Burks
Talbert County
Scott County
Miss
Evah M. Lasseter
James Harris
John Gaddis
Calvery
Morton
Gordon March
van Dorn
S Primitive Baptist Church
Carpascus
Misa
Mississippi
Texas
Hill County
Comanche County
Comanche
Hilton Burks
Mesdames
R. A. White
J. I. Mayes
0. M. Simmons
A. B. Queen
Public institutions gain from economy and reform
The administration reduced a deficit from a politically manipulated tax rate and funded education and eleemosynary institutions. Repairs, fireproofing, and new buildings were pursued, with committee reports and C. M. Cureton’s review cited as proof of improvements and humane aid.
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Imee
General Appropriations Committee
C. M. Cureton
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Governor Col quitt and the temperance reforms
The essay praises Governor Col quitt for high character appointees, opposition to factional legislature, and policies aimed at prosperity for business and agriculture. It notes his stance on prohibition and his work in temperance by closing saloon disguised social clubs during years of economic distress.
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Huntsville
Colquitt
Comanche
Lee Campbell
Crossing The Bar Poem Echo Returns Home
A brief literary note invokes the poem by U A M and contemplates crossing the bar as a voyage beyond time and place. The speaker hopes to greet a pilot face to face after the flood carries them onward.
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