The Childress Index (Childress, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 18, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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Now* it the time tor all toed
citizens to come to the *'d ©♦
Childress. Join the C. C. C.
THE CHILDRESS INDEX.
Help put Childless in th* Hol-
land C leanest Town Contest. All
to fiain, nothing to lose. Help)
VOL. XXV
CHILDRESS, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY. JUNE ]8. 1913.
NO. 31
RED-LETTER DM
Marcus Dod Says Panhandle
Route will Be A. A. A.
Route to Colorado.
Saturday can be counted a red-let-
ter day for Childress. It. was the
real beginning of a great highway
through Childress county and within
a few months the first first-class
road will be finished and ready for
the tired traveler of everywhere
and Childress county folks too.
While Marcus Dod, representative
of the Ulue Hook, was in the city t 1m*
reporter asked him his opinion of
the Colorado-to-Gulf Highway through
this section of the state. Mr. Hod
K.f'il:
"You people have not only the short
«'st route lint by far the best The
Motorcycle Driver
Collides with Horse
Saturday evening about dusk a
collision between .. motorcycle and a
horse occurred near the V. M. C. A.
which came near resulting seriously.
J, \V. McCaskill and his wife were
driving south on the street running
north from the Y. M. C. A. and while
turniiifc the corner nt the White hoard-
ing house a motorcycle driven by
Hersell Dickens plunged into them.
Hersell had his brother Henry rid-
ing in front and Chas. White was
riding close by on his motorcycle.
The boys were going at a pretty
good dtp when they turned into the
street which Mr. McCaskill was driv-
ing down. The horse became fright-
ened and as White passed on his
cycle the animal darted to one side.
Dickens says he does not remember
I what he attempted to do but he
I struck ihe horse in the side, his cycle
I going under the animal. The animal
i w'iis knocked down and over-turned
I' lie buggy Mrs. McCaskill was
I thrown out and ier husband fell upon
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
road passes through a thickly settled j
country from the beginning to end. | TIr' 1' > Wifs
It is not practical to route the road | «< nped a short distance away
in any direction except this and you
tan rest assured that the American
Automobile Association will give
this road tho only official route in the
next issue of the Hlue .Book."
This should ease the minds of the
people living on this division of the
great highway, it means that when
the time comes to make the road
an inter-state highway with Federal
support that the American Automo-
bile Association will lend its every
effort in behalf of this road. With-
in a few years, in the opinion of The
' Index, Childress county people will
have use of one of the best roads
in the United States.
The road will also be the necules
of a systent of good roads through
Childress county. When one good
road is completed thf citizenship
living off the road are not content-
ed until a road from their home
.-cmpleted to the cardinal road. Thus-
we soon find the citizenship from
county edge to county edge of the
same opinion and good roads follow
as if by magic.
Keep the spirit within you. Boost
the county officials. Do not feel
siighted that Hie first improved
road did not pass your home or farm
but work with the thought that some
day all will enjoy good roads
Heavy rains fell oti the north
plains and New Mexico last week.
(This is tiie first installment o
series of articles relative 'o the
public schools. They will be devoted
to both local and general conditions.
Hon. Jos. H. Ay nes worth. a former
public school teacher is the writer.)
f ajitlve.y and unqualifiedly no ir.< <>-
poly on teachers, methods of teach-
ing and the limits which we can just-
ly to in our determination to make
this first-class, and tiie eijual of any
high school. We have within our
j reach sufficient funds to make arid
As a community we prosper in ans- , maltltam thig B,,hcol ,ht unqualified
wer to our joint elicits, and to such j standard, beginning at the primary
efforts we may look for the results. I oracle- and ending at the eleventh
If as a whole do not prosper we
should look within and ascertain the
trouble.
Th# public or common schools are j
our greatest institutions when prop- I
erj.v handled and likewise when im- I
properly handled they yield a harvest
of -.'rror, misfit people for the duties I
of life and become a public evil. None |
do.lbtless have ever reached either |
■ p. !
grade. Have we done so? If not.
how long will it take us and who is
the man to manage the job?
We have lately been admitted to
affiliation with the State University
but upon what degree of proficiency
we have not yet learned and may
never know. What iloes affiliation
mean? Will some one tell us for it
is (important that, we know and know
extreme to a pointed degree, but cer-| HghI .|Wny jf we ape to kwp „lis up.
tain errors can be and ought to be
corrected.
\ teacher
The
Smallest
Depositor
is entitled to abso=
lute safety—ade=
quale facilities—
unvarying cour--
tesy.
We specialize on
these points.
The
FirstState
Bank
"A Guaranty Fund Bank."
W. L. Underwood, Preii.
G. F. Springer, V-Pre .
C. W. Mitchell, Cakhier
F. E. Woodruff, A* 't. C h.
Mrs MrCaskill suffered from severe
bruises. Her buck was wrenched1
and the muscles lorn from around
the shoulder. She will be confined
to her room for several weeks and
may never fully recover from the
fall. Mr. McCaskill suffered from
abrasions of his let leg from the
knee down.
Hersell Dickens was picked up in
an unconcious condition and carried
to the Y. M. C. A. In a few minutes
time he recovered from the fall and
rode the cycle home.
Some claim fast running was the
cause of the accident. The boys were
evidentfy going at good speed as it
is said that one acknowledged that
he was making about eighteen miles
an hour. The accident is an unfortun-
ate affair and should be a lesson to
some who have used the streets
as a racing course.
Civic Club Progam
For Cleaner Tbwn
The Civic Club will have a special
program at the Methodist church
Sunday, June ^4th, o'clock. This
meeting is for the purpose of inter-
esting the people of Childress in the
Holland's Cleanest Town contest.
Childress should be represented but
at present no great amount of inter-
est has been manifested except
among the members of the Civic Club.
This is one thing that every citi
should be interested in. The
j cleaning-tip of any town is an im
! port ant mailer. The results are felt
in many ways and the money expend-
. is returned a hundred-fold. Pre-
pare to attend this meeting and at
the same time urge the attendance
I of others. The program follows:
; Invocation (lev. Price.
! Report of Chairman of Clean-Up
I Committee' G. I!. Ford.
Health and Sanitation Hr McKer-
• ran.
Solo Mrs. K. K. Hli-'gS.
Facts about the Holland
l'own Contest ■ Miss Lee.
! ward march, know how to fall in
| line nid keep the step. We do not
no more nc r any less J p]a< ), very much importance upon this
than a train* r. a developer, an ori | s,nKll)ar feat and for the fo,|owillK
ginater of mental tboiV;ht and phy-| ruaso|ls a, SeHM Komt, of „iein
slcal action, and needs and should | Thu pnl>|, who wis,)eK entcr
uave himself the proper and nece -1 University must first pass the course
sary training, the requisite develop*- ) heiv a|i(J ((n|y vtry few w,„ ev„r
finish the course and stjll few* r will
Weds in November
Secret Well Kept
The many friends of Gus Knight
were surprised when he met the
Monday morning passenger and an-
nounced the arrival ol Mrs, Gus
Knight.
tius left Childress for Young Har-
ris, C5a., in September of 1911. He
went to that place to enter college
and completed his first term. Last
session it was different. Gus had
secured employment during the sum-
mer recess and when school began he
kept at work. Later on lie decided
to return to Childress as his brother-
in-law, Mr. Herbert Tittle, had put-
chased a drug stock in Childress and
as (Jus is a first-class drug man his
services were needed.
Hut Gijs did not want to leave
dear old Georgia. Perhaps it was
not his love for tire st;:'e so much
as a pretty school teacher at the
LOGGING PMIlf
HI CHILDRESS
incut and the capacity within hint
self from an original standpoint to
craw out, shape and mould those en-
trusted to his care and keeping.
The professional teacher of today
should he and in fact must be ready
•tnd capable of taking the child and
bringing him up so as to meet the
needs of the social and business
world.
In the last few .years it has dawn-
ed upon the thinking public that
any thing that a man may legitimate-
ly follow in after life that it will
be profitable for him in his younger
days to learn. We find a wholesome
demand for agriculture and all its kin-
dred subjects to be taught in the. com-
mon schools. Manual training when
properly given and domestic science
correctly taught, will do more to aid
the bread-winner and make brighter
and cherrier homes titan all of the
isms and ologies that the average
high school *'11 fvvr be able to give
in her limited field. And this is
said not in the spirit ihat higher edu-
cation is not beneficial, for it is,
but the other will reach a greater
number and will properly fit them
and place them on an equal tooting
with him who has the higher ednca
tion. The two can go hand in hand,
but the former first in importance.
Our new school building is a credit
to this or any other similar place
and it is up to us to make it the
most efficient school in the state of
Texas. Can we do so? There is pos
ever enter the University, therefore
the name we have is a tinselled
thing On an average not two per
cent of the pupils will ever graduate,
and then again not one out of ten
graduates will ever attend the Uni-
versity In any of its departments.
Next there is positive'# no bar to
entering the University for if you
have the scholarship you can enter,
upon examination, and without such
scholarship you do yourself injustice
t,o enter and muss along.
Next, it is possible for the school
authorities to lapse into a state of
lethargy respecting tlt^ schools, it
may cause them to concentrate the
principal efforts of the school in
the high scohol departments and to
neglect lower grades. More than
three out of every four children never
pass the ninth grade, and front a
vej-y wide investigation it is clearly
proven that the essentials of an edu-
cation which are supposed to have
I been taught before the ninth grade
| are not given the pupil. Spelling,
I reading, writing, arithmetic and
elementary composition which includ-
ed grammer are in truth and in fact
not taught as they should be. Take
the child's education as the result
of the teacher's efforts on those
studies and it is not what it should
bo and some body is to blame. Who
is it, gentlemen?
day of November, Mrs, Knigt
returned to her scho^L„ Gus returi
little city of Williamson. The v.
lady was busy with her work in the
schoolroom but after some persuasion
on the part of (!us she was induced
to go to Atlanta where the cere-
mony was said that made Mr. Gus
Knight and Miss Psyche Swunson
one
The marriage occurred on the 2!ith
Knight
return-
ed to Childress, arriving here the
first day of December. Both kept
the news secret except from a few
friends.
Mrs. Knight Is a daughter of Prof.
Swanson of Young Harris, Ga. Her
father is widely known over that
state and Is considered an educator of
exceptional ability. "Mrs. Knight is
a highly educated lady and numbers
lier friends by the score in her na-
tive state.
Gus is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. It,
Knight. His parents have been mak
ing Childress their home for several
years. Gus is known to almost every
man, woman and child in Childress
county, and is held in the highest
estimation by all He is an excel-
lent young business man mid will
climb higher In life.
The Index extends best wishes to
the young couple at this late day and
trusts ihat their lot shall be one of
happiness and prosperity.
Quanah is going to vote on the sew-
erage question. Childress should fol-
low. Let's not he the tail-end on
this Important matter.
Childress Delegation Receives
Party at Estelline. Din-
ner is Served Here.
Saturday morning a delegation of
good road enthusiasts left Childress
to meet the logging party of the
Colorado-to-Gulf Highway Association.
The logging party was composed of
President Williams, Kngineers M. K.
Leonard and Marcus Dod, the latter
| a representative of the Blue Book
j publishing company. Mr. Walter
Worley, odlto- of a good roads pub-
lication at Ho* v. m .. i1. '"
party.
The logging party was met at Es-
telline and TroYfi thpvv were laKen m
escort by the Childress county repre-
sentatives. The (rip out of Estel-
line was rather rough as several util-
es of new ro/id was traversed and
at some places was almost impassable.
The logging party did not complain
as the forty teams working on the
Childress county section of the road
made bad roads look good.
The trip from Kste^ine to Chil-
dress was made in about an hour.
The party lunched with the Childress
people, and within an hour were jour-
neying on their way. Two routes
were logged out of Childress. The
Couch route and the Denver right-
of-way road. Both roads can be com-
pleted without much 9Utlay but It
looks as if the Couch road will be
made the official route.
The party continued eastward and
were met near Good let by the Harde-
man county delegation. The delega-
tion was a little t^low In getting out
of Quanah and for awhile it appear-
ed that the Childress delegation
would carry the party Into Quanah.
The triji through th? county was
a revelation to the logging party.
Mr. Dod say* that Childress county
can have as fine roads as can be
found in the Unjted States if the
work is done on, litem, and the work
will not exceed $100 per mile. On
the Colorado highway through Chil-
dress county there will he less than
half a mile of sand. The typography
of the country is good and the road
passes through some excellent farm
sections.
• Next w<-ek, The Teacher. I
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
j Solo- Mrs. Fred Woodruff.
Discission "The Chief Problem in
Entering the Cleanest Town Con
'lost l.ed by Will P. Jones,
Son,1,' ■ "My Country T'is of Thee "
FIRST SHEARING CHIL-
DRESS COUNTY WOOL.
tttc last census of the scholastic
population of Childress county en-
rolled enough children to entitle the
county to a county supreinlendent
of education. The law is that when
the enrollment of any county reach
es 2500 the county may elect a super
intendent, but when the enrollment
reaches uOnO the county must elect a
county superintendent. The en
rollment for Childress county this
j year was -ti-S If it be the desire
• 'leanest of the people that a superintendent
| he elected a petition must he pr<
Rented io the county commissioners'
asking for such an election, when I
the slime will be ordered.
In convi rsation with County Judge
Freeman a few days ago he slat
ed that after the next census it
would be necessary for the count*
to elect a1 superintendent of schools. ,
.1, It. Mi-Farling brought to Chil-
dress Monday his first clipping of
| woo). He sheared about IT.", sheep
and they averaged something near
six pounds. He was late in shearing
and for Ihat reason lost considerable
wool.
Mr. McKarling says that he is now
convinced that sheep raising will
pay in this section of the state. He
lias something near six hundred head
and very few deaths have occurred.
Ho has not lost a sheep by wolves
and only once has a wolf been seen
near his ranch.
Tills fall Mr. McFarllng will put a
good string of the lambs on feed.
He will Install a 200-ton silo this
summer and will feed ensilage. He
states that sheep fatten rapidly on
ensilage and that it Is a good paying
proposition with quick returns.
I The Index started agitation for sheep
j some four years ago and at this time
j there are three or four flocks in the
j county. Mr. McFarling has by far
I the largest flock. We are glad to s<-e
| Mr McFarling making money and
trusts other farmers will follow in
his !c;id.
CARD OF THANKS.
As 1 have assumed the duties of
postmaster at Childress. 1 wish to
extend thanks to the numerous
friends who gave me assistance
•luring the contest. I endeavored to
so conduct my part of I he contest
i'tat none should he offended In any
manner, and I am pleased to say
I succeeded, as not one word was
written by me or uty friends, that I
know of, that could offend any per
--on, whether an applicant for ilie
"'flee or an outsider. If anything
was done to wound the feelings of
any man it came from some other
place than on my part.
Not only do 1 want lo thank my
friends in Childress, and the county,
hit those in other parts of Hie
state who proffered assistance.
While in many instances the assist
nice offered was not accepted, yet
tnrhshnddl inny w frrnb hhhhhrrfb/.x \ the appreciation is ju-t the same,
lie was in la\or of the office, as lie mid it will always be remembered up
believed ill it an official in charge ol 'on niv part, and if the occasion
the schools and no other duties
would be in a position to do a bet
i< r work for the country schools.
'-Vlt.h the duties of the county judge
and superintendent It was impossible
for one man to look after both with
entire satisfaction, and as a result
I ho schools were neglected.
The Index will be pleased to see a
county superintendent of school*
elected, as it believes that It will
be best for the schools.
HARD LUCK.
W. H. Hill of Klrkland, seems to
be playing in pretty hard luck in re-
gard to fires. A short time ago he
lost his fine bain and an automobile.
Hater he was driving a car through
from Dallas and it caught fire Hast
fall lie was reluming from Colorado
and gas collected In the transniis
sion casing of another car and blew
It to pieces.
should ever arise 1 will not hesitate
to return the favors.
As to the conduct of the office, I
expect to devote my time to that
work, and if it is possible to make
nay improvements in the service I
hope to be able to accomplish the
desired results. Going into the of-
fice without any promis* I have no
debts to pay, nor have any enemies
lo punish, but will endeavor to
I treat all alike.
Again thanking my friends, I ant,
Yours truly.
I,. K. HASKKTT.
DCCORATED AUTO PARADE.
The
Woman's Department Club is
u prizes for the best deeorat
• t nuto on the opening day of the
Childress fair. The prizes will not
l«j given exclusive to local cars but
l.ast week he lost his any car in this section of the state
drug store am! two buildings at Kirk in compete. If you are interested
land. Maybe luck will cttang* som* telephone Mrs W. E. Davis 'or fur
ther information.
PUT YOUR
MONEY IN OUR
BAN K ^
Every day the papers contain accounts of those
who have lost their money by hiding it or by fire or
burglary. Your money is NOT SAFE unless it is in
the bank. There are many conveniences in a bank
account. We keep your accounts straight, give you
advice free, rt ieve you cf worry and anxiety and insure
PEACE CF MIND.
Make OUR tank YOUR bark
15he
City National Bank
J\0, H. P. JONES. President WILL P. JONES, Active VPres.
C. 0. PADGETT, Cashier
S. p. I lilTT
N. HARDING
V, NORRU3
I
K. R. FRIEND. Active VPres,
H. S. DAVIS Asst. Cashier
W E. CONNELL
H J KING. W. H. CRAVEN
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