The Banner-Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1915 Page: 4 of 16
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The Banner-Leader and the
Bannels County Ledger were con
•rKdated January 28, 1913.
crease tlieir salary. That will be ,
an issue in the next campaign. W«*
are in favor of cutting out th-*
punch ami salad bill—incidentals
as they are commonly called, and The Ten** Haute city
pay tin* governor salary sufficient has impeached Mayor Donn
to take care of his own lulls.
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THE BANNER-LEDGER: FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1915. ---
* * * * * grain of milo,
♦ PROSPERITY PREDICTED corn is as nutricioucWnd palatable
# FOR THE FARMERS as a br,'a‘11 ot* "heat under the
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council
Editor Ledger:—More and more rolling out soft grains of green
Roberts both on charges of elec- the American farmer is coming in-;corn and drying them a* thin as
tion corruption and of appropriat jto the limelight ami every year the tissue paper and putting them up
It is feared that Mexico will >uf i"g public funds to private use. .geographical center of production in m*;.t packages as a commercial
|fer a president famine. Villa is Fpon this latter charge he will jis moving westward. human-food is today a millionaire.
A fortune awaits the genius who
same scientific treatment. Tht
man who invented the system of |
soft
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leaders have lost all ambitions tt> ease in which he has already been r|. ;lll(j population continues to
No country is immune to calam- ifasj playing out.
»e president since the money is so convicted. Several familiar pro- ,.j*ease. DcpeiidaM
ities. The people of the flood and
Btorm districts of Texas have our
sympathy.
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Abilene has a commission form
of government, and the commis-
sioners have cut the salary of all
city officials.
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"While the good rains are help-
ing all kinds of crops t<> grow
don't forget the weeds are keep-
ing pace with the crops. Cut ’em.
Amer- verbs t'iu<i fulfillment in Mayor
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Nothing is increasing in Run-
nels county faster than auto num-
bers. However, we understand
that an auto does not add to a
man’s income.
The fact that the women are re- r'
• . ... . . . the protecting can
iea money some times controls a
man’s patriotism.
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The man who you hear say that
Ballinger is coming back is not ac-
quainted with the town. Ballin-
ger has never been gone. It’s the
people who left,, and are now
coming back. The town lias set-
tled down to a substantial basis
and is going right ahead with the
many little improvements that in
time will make it a city that will
shine and attract other good peo-
ple.
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So fur the people of Balinger
have been very fortunate in «*s
jsciene to these great western gold-
e records show -r|;,ills- al,<l th**" comes the man
jthat our acre-yield has not been produce* them. In the wheat
Robert's case, as for example “It |inn-cased
wwr '* ! If an hvpotli.'gis l,«s,-,l mi ll,™,.
......"*•*'. . 'fans is eonvet il would s.., m tl„-
soever a man sowetli, that shall lie i
also reap,” and
transgressor is
3!orning News.
,part of wisdom to plow up more
The way ot til" , .....iln<|
• crease the acreage m food-grams,
,r such as would supplement the
Alavor Roberts is paving1 tin* . , „ , , ■ , *
.. ..... 1 ,, . bread supply and aid m the econ-
penaltv for stuffing the ballot t . , ' ,* ,• ...
, T„ 7 ., oinic production of nutricious
box. If Texas could rbund up the 1|M.uJs
election corrupters and pun them j
belt an acre will produce 15 bush-
els of wheat. In the maize /.one an
acre will produce 30 bushels of
| milo maize. The western prairies
must be utilized in supplementing
I the food supply of the world. As
|a breeding ground, just over the
■ fence from the grain-supply, there
is not a finer climate under the
skies. Wo have our dry spells
and disadvantages.
the penitentiary question would
become a perplexing question
sure enough.
...... . . - ...... .........^-... We have our
.MiHions of acres of n-h alluvial <fierce winds. But our undevelo|
lie idle crying for tillage,
are admirably adapted to
i One war correspondent
England and France have lat
sent one and one-half million Bi-
nt th
laiius
(These
the production of certain nutrici-
ous food-grain and forage crops.
'sa-'N Hav ing lain dormant for ages,
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li.
ceiving credit for voting thirteen
towns in the North dry last Tues-
day will not make woman suf-
fragette sympathizers out of Tex-
as antis.
I these lands by actual analysis art
.............................. ias rich as the valley of the Brazos.
raping the speed diend and reck- ’ *'s 5,1 ' M‘ s"'dn*is tit the lion • jp,| ||,e rainfall is scant and onlv
Tt is nothing but A h.aVt* r<*as,/nS lo,r certain drouth resistant crops can th.
of the higher ‘lo",*t>"g whether the senders took b raisiMl s,.ceessfullv. But jov to
tune to mark a certain verse which :
Beau-
March was a better month for
babies than February, 5,054 babies
being born in March which 2,1 IS
more babies than wore born in
February. Ferguson’s prize mon-
ey for twins .md triplets seems
to have had the desired effect.
Enrico Caruso, the noted Ital-
ian singer, has gone to Argentina
where In has been guaranteed
$7000 eaeh for ten eoneerts. Pro?.
Caruso could no doubt piek up a
few dallars in America, as we
still have a few suckers.
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There i.„ no use spitting fire and
looking ugly eiisscs just because
it is raining a little. You know
this little walking in mud now
means walking in clover for the
farmers later in -In season and ■
provides fo»* great times through
the thrashing season.
power that has prevented lives
from being crashed out, .In<1 *»>’» ’Ibou shalt not kill,
bodies maimed. Some day the ,,lo,d Join mil.
punishment for recklessness and ;dli“s van turn over to
neglect will come, and some home ^MM,k ot Judges along about nr t|1(. other
will be sadden and some auto own fifteenth ehapter and read been orthodoxed and standardized
er or driver made to wish that he "here Samson took the jawbone it js ;ls staj-le and standard aioug
had never seen an auto. Tt pays °f ;,n ass a,,d slew one thousand tin* 100th meridian an,| for 100
to he careful. Philistines, and then they can go miles tu the east and west of it as
-- forward and with the modern mur ,.orn is further to the east and
The people of Texas are being the Germans by down the state,
aroused against the great evil of * "* ,n,l ions. , ,\1 ii<» is hardy, tough, durable
the mail order trade, and the --- iand <J^t.'end»ble. It will stand
great damage to Texas by the mil1 Street peddlers should not be more hardsliips. adverse eondi-
lions of dollars that are sent North allowed in Mansfield. They only tions, dtmtli, fierce winds, ami
every year fof merchandise that come during busy seasons, con- different slipshod modes of ,-ul-
can be bought at home, and in tribute almost nothing to the sup- tutv perhaps than any other field
most cases for less money. It has port of the city, pay no city taxes, jerop. It will produce more bright
developed that the local markets contribute not a cent to the sup-‘sound, nutricious golden
being crippled srtid the farm- port of the school or churches: Hinder trying climatic
cd advantages and resources
untouched and untold.
Tile brighter day is dawning
men of brain and brawn are no
longer dominated by a little wind
or ;i whirlwind. The great west-
ern prairies are going to be a
mighty factor in helping to feed
world.
JOHN BA BLEW,
the western farmer lie has a na- __
tmal and geographical nonoply1 H;,d breath, bitter taste, diz-
on these golden grains. T’ley can |/n.css and a general “no ac-
he grown no where else on earth, i eomil ” feeling is a sure sign of a
planets, Milo has;
torpid liver. Herbine is the nied-
i< ine needed. It u.akes the liver
active, vitalizes the blood, regu-
lates the bowels and restores a
fine feeling of energy and cheer-
fulness. Price 50c. Sold by the
Walker Drug <’o.
R. E. LANE BUYS
The 'leal was dosed Saturday
in which R. K. Lane, of the City
are
ers and producers are suffering as and, looking at it from the angle and do
a result of sending Texas money of truth, a majority of them are der a more niggardly system of'wise improve the place to make
out of Texas. Olio mail order frauds. Why should such men be (cultivation than any very profit- permanent home.
it with less labor and mi* j
F
* Ballinger should have
swatting day and a rat
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a flv
killing
contest. Who will be tin* first
man to put up a prize for « rat
billing contest * The boys are
ready t«* swat Mr. Rat and work
for the prize. Let’s thin 'em out j
and stop the waste.
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Thaw is to stand trial for in-1
sanity again. If the jury says he)
is crazy it will be a joke on the
jury, and the court should iin-1
mediately try them for the same
charge. Thaw is not crazy and ,
has never been crazy. Too many
murders hide behind insanity pica I
when facing punishment for;
crime.
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Henry Ford, the man that mak- • — - .
es the Ford automobile, has an-j|lons(. th;: i .............
nounced shorter working hours (HMl }r()IM x,.x;ts i„sl year, and in
Mr. Farmer Did the Hail Hit Your
Small Grain Crop. If So Who Was The Loser?
*fWe can write you hail insurance oil your OATS or WHEAT or any kind of small grain. We represent
some of the strongest companies of the United States.
-See Us For Your Crop Insurance--
April 23.
ty pt r cent of the total husinea^ '
one Chicago mail order firm
one year was out of Texas, accoi
ing to the manager of the traffu
business of tin* firm amounted to
nearly $150,000,000, which wjjuld
place Texas in the attitude
polling it to the extent of $9
000.
I his story is not the least over-
drawn and was told hy J. p. Fres-
'•nius, formerly a solicitor for one
of the largest railroads in the
Eolith. He solicited the Chicago
firm for freight business and was
in < hicago at the time, on that
mission. The traffic manager of
i the eoneeni cudd not give him
much business, lie said, because his
railroad do s not come into Texas.
“But il you had a road into
I ■ .vis, said the Chicago mail or-
der man, “J could give you some
good business. Do you know that
i,o per cent of our business for
twelve months lias come from the
j Lorn Star State. It’s {lie biggest
j mail order section of ihe whole
I nit'-d States.’’
The Chicago concern involved
declared a dividend Iasi year of 40
per cent on $25,000,000 capital
stock. It means that the total
sales for the year wer * six times
the capital stock, and that Texas
furnished nearly four times the
capital stock, in a commercial way
and paid 24 per cent o:' the profit
on $25,000,000.
The Chicago firm referred to
does not do the largest mail order
RESIDENCE. biisinesK in tin* Cnited States, and
does not carry out of Texas as
niueli as 50 per cent of the out-of-
Texas money <>n the basis of the
lone firm, however, the amount of
tin-
state must run around $200,000,-
(KMi per year, enough to make Tex-
as fairly bloom with prosperity.
A campaign in Texas with the
idea of checking the enormous
flow of wealth from the state as
outlined in the “Temple Plan Ofor
!a T«*xas League of Home Indus-
try clubs, with the proper encour-
agement and support by Ihe com-
mercial interests of the state, will
stop fully SO per cent of that
: heavy drain. Several other TcsJMi
towns have already made calls for
aid in organizing local clubs to af-
filiate with the state league, and
organizers are making ready to go
into the field work. Applications
for dates carry no obligation o’r-
the part of towns and can come
from newspapers or commercial
1 organizations, without exncnse.
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Barber Shop', bought a rcsidcnci
grain (on Sixth Street from Mrs. . Mary ,a°u«*y that annually leaves
conditions , Bradford. Mr. Lane intends to at
one* add some rooms and other-
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BALLINGER INSURANCE AGENCY
T. J. GARDNER, Manager
Office With Bennett
Abstract Company
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RUNNELS COUNTY IN 1914
PRODUCED 58,184 BALES
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with better pay for the employees
of his <'anadiau branch factory.
Mr. Ford is the man who says That
he can reform criminals. If good
treatment counts fop anything in
bringing out tin* good that is in
man Mr. Ford should succeed.
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allowed to do business oil
streets to file deterilil lit of
our |abb*
lion- out.
return did not spend mie rent to-
wards supporting Te.\as institu-
tions. or did not pay "lie cent
!taxes in Texas. Its an evil that
d'liiamls the best thought of the
farmer, for he is the man tos iff r
1 when tin* local market is erip-
One rat killer reports trapping;^
nineteen rats in on** trap in three! _
nights. There are many ways' West Texas eiti/.ens may be in-
suggestt*d for lidding tin* citv of jteicsTcd in the following despatch
the rats, but when you get them in from Louisiana. “The drouth in
a trap yon have the consolation of j the Louisan a sugar distriet, is
knowing that you have had a hand j u°w becoming a matter of very
in exterminatinf the rat tribe. If serious concern. Day after day
every one would co-operate in the ! brinjgs cloudless skies and cool n
campaign being waged against |winds, and at night tin* thermom-j
the rats tin* city would soon hoj‘*ter d«*scends to levels that are !
free of this destructive ami filthy j most unseasouahlc. I’ndcr these !
nest. j circumstances no progress oil tin* j Hi
est merchants the men who sup-
port all tin* institutions of the
of town.’ Mansfield Mirror.
Street peddlers should not
allowed in any city. Tile loeal
merchants stay on the job
crop vet discovered and tried PREACHERS WILL DE-
BATE FOR SIX DAYS
The man who discovered it was
truly a benefactor. But tor milo
many western counties would to-
J"‘ day be bankrupt.
The fattest ami sleekest horses
announced later.
county educa-
tional RALLY
Elder (\ R. Nichol and Rev. Ji.
W. Dodson will begin a six days
debate at ilatehel on May 6th at
, iii iten a. m. I he subjects to be dis-
everv (and mules 1 have ever seen werejcugsw| wjjj |,
day in the year, and stand ready j f,*d three times a day and all the
to lend a helping hand t" th«....... time on big fat bright m.io heads.
mimitv when trouble conics our) I if sections where mil is uped
way. Some people buy from tiio ! as a foundation feed, work stock
loeal merchant on a credit and are in finer condition am! will en-
sp>ml their cash with th<- peddler,dure more hard work thru in sec-
or mail order lions**. But what’s tions wlicn* corn is raised and fed.
the us«* to roast them; such people ; dm* {|<*re*w#*st *if the bst}[ meri-
*1" not n*a*l tin* newspapers, and dian and south ot the Texas and
as a rule do not know any bet- I’acifb* R. li. will produce a* much
i'- j iiiil«» ;k four acres will in corn.
--- And it must be said in due jus-
A prudent motlc - is always o*i T"''‘ 1(. ibis wonderful food grain
* hat no man has ever dug his { ...............* *■ p ; • , , . ■ ,
hoppers into sweeter meat than!12 " clock. Basket Dinner. 1 so" m that co,lnty wou,d ?et
Aeeoniing to statistics gathered
(by tin* Young Men's Business
i League of this city, Runnels
i< oimty leads tlie whole world in
jtlo* production of cotton per cap-
! ita per square liiile. According
I to the report of ihe United
States Government, this county
• luring 1914 produced 58,ll$4
bales of cotton.
There are 1,083 square miles
in Hie county and the population
of tin* county is 20,858, aeording
to the 1910 census. This makes
an average of 2.9 bales of cotton
for each person in the county.
Tin* average population per
I square mile in the county is 19.3
Ahus making the
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Poe School, Saturday, May 9, 1915 !
in Runnels fifty-six
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of I
prud
lookout for symptoms
--■>- !lau’t ot ,hr ea"« iH possible, and worms in her ehiblrcn. Paleness. Itiia; 'i(nMluc'*l bv milo maize. Not
Women sire eharg.-.l with luiv-(this er*»p, it says, will go on ree , J;,, k of interest in nlav, aiid -v n thus,* who reeolleet th**
ing votes in the Illinois elections |ord sis one of the most backward ; rt.evjsh„css is th signal for Isavorv flavor of meat fattened on
this week, and already the charge jin its early stages, ever ......ord* ,1. Wj . s v, nilihl„„ X | b-achnuts. hazelnuts and scaly
es is being used as argument .Apprehensions are ireely express-, s j. ^ cllci.r rem I bark lii.-korymits in the ”01*1
woman suffrage. It is . barged |»*d that should no ran. occur soon - , . , States” can sav that it was sweet-
that the women pai.l from three to j irretrievable damage will be sus- * s. °* ,.* v jet* than our wester., cure.l milo
1>V"IV" dollsrs ; „"l, to,. |'HM,0,| , ,,. of Slit,- !» ;h!^ Sol. l'v '•»•••«. ........ull. wo ........
Men politicians have bought votes | stantiallv re<luce<l in its timil re-; I y ’ jingwith hiekorv chips. It is
for a cigar or glass of beer, and .suits. J *__ jdaim. d that t'Herita is a better
the women should at least be given | ---- | j hog food than' mil
credit for boosting the price. A TEXAS WONDER Cotton Crop Looking Up. L f.„.t then uj
** j __| Dallas, I <*xas, April 2*.— W ith j tctcrita but we 11 w ait and feel our
Ihe Dallas boost*Vs s«v that y Wonder cure* kiri. 'at'"g up ‘America s c*»t-Jway cautiously until w<* are sure
Ballinger is not tIn* *ml> w« r place (____ !t*ui in tin- form of guncotton by of our footing before we adapt any *
*rop that promises to supersede
Forenoon, 10 0'Clock i,- ... ,
Invocation ..:....L.^Bird. ^ s0t,a,,d
A.Idress of Welcome...... 1 r' ’
...........f. .John J. Bugg 1. 1 nearest county to Runnels
Address. Purpose oi Fduea- 1,1 u,aklM- th's record is Jackson
tional Rallies W W \Yootcn !r°u,lt>5 °k * where r>7’465 1,ales
Address, “Consolidation o f I "'<MV ra,s<‘<1 last -VOar’ "*,th a
Rural Schools NY. s. Fleming |,m,’n,allon of 2;{.°<H'- Kach Per-
l»al**s for his share of the crop-',
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Afternoon, 1:30 0’Clock.
Address, “ Evoluation ”^.....!
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Address, “An Ideal Rural
High School......J. c. Wells
Address... Dr. J. I). Sandefer
Music furnished by the Hatch**!
Orchestra.
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should au allotment be made.
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RETURNED HOME.
io and if that is
goes my hat for
ml >
on th<- map. They ha\
a week and have be»-n
The Texas Wonder cures
I...........t:"7 and N»dder trouM™, t|„„MII,k ..... ............
s*mthw*st are planning this year
to plant as much, or more, cotton
than heretofore. While at tin* out
B. G. Sweet, a prominent real
estate man of Brown wood, came
in Wednesday at noon to look af-
ter business interests in Ibis
tion a few days.
rain every .lav lYos*»crity are :,nd ,ame backs, rheumatism, and
what they are' looking r*»r. ami gadder in both men and women
thev tak«* tin* rain as a f*oerunner Regulates 'ladder troubles in
of what’s to com.* next fall. Pros- j children. If not sold by your
peets for Texas to I I itself! druggist, will be sent by mail od
were never better.
The voters should begin ♦ • * t'i-
gure out what is th** in-s* p!a;* for
paying our gov**rnors. allow them
bo much for punch and salad or in-
reeeipt of $1.00. One small bottle
is two month’s treatment, and sel
dom tails to perfect a cure. Texas
testimonials with eich bottle. Dr
E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive Street, St
Louis, Mo Sold by druggists.
s**t of tin* war. many farmers in-
clined to fell a “never again”
are now
milo maize. It is claimed that
milo w ill fall dead but we know
tctcrita "ill stand green where
that it will shatter worse in hand-
ling. However, it is fine, fine.
Sudan is another new candidate
S. 1*. Hale and son-in-law.
Hood, ot Talpa, were looking af-
ter business interests in Ballinger
Tuesday
Geo. p. MeLelland, the Runnels
county farm demonstrator re-
ttimed to Ballinger Tuesday night
from San Antonio where lie spent
tin* past week or ten days
his family. Mr. MeLelland* *. *4f
th*- crops are very backward in
•So ith Texas, corn small and
much cotton not yet idanted and
[only a very small acreage of cot-
Mr. jton up and plowed out for tbn^*,
first time. Crops in our section^
an* far ahead of anything he no-
ticed on his trip.
J. II Stab-up returned to Bal-
linger I uesdav at noon from a
spirit, many are now belicv- for public favor and th** acreage short bu>in*s trip to Winters and
ing that it was advisable to ;<>f flu's wonderful forage plant will informed us that In* had tin* eon-
eontinue heavily on the
crop. Diversification of
however, manifestly has
j boosted by hJ^cotton prices
A*
staple be increased litfl fold this season
But we were trying to feature
food-grains. There is little doubt
that a “puffed” or “exploded”
crops,
been
tract to begin at once to put down
cement walks around the home of
Miss Mary Phillips opposite the
Santa Ft* depot.
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Wm. Schwertner, Sam Farmer,
and X. (’raft of Miles, came in
Wednesday morning to look af-
ter business affairs in Ballinger
Mr. Graft meets with the eommis-
sioners’ court to pass on the final
settlement of W. T. Padgett, tax
collector.
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