The Banner-Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1914 Page: 2 of 10
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THE BANNER-LEDGER: FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER
would go to ten
breakfast.
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eci.ts before
TIE BANNE R'LEDG E R woldd rej°*ce over, and cotton sight, and the beacon thyy
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
THE BALLINGER PRINTING COMPANY
The Banner-Leader and the
Runnels County Le<lger were con
•olidated January 28, 1913.
A. W. SLEDGE..........Editor
0. P. SHEPHERD. .Business Mgr
OFFICERS.
0. L. Parish, president; Paul Trim
uier, vice-president; C. P. Shep
herd, secretary and treasurer.
What's the use to worry? We
can point to men in Ballinger who
have increased 1! *• il- gray l airs
during the last lew weeks worn •
ing over matters that are a mere
1 'trifle when compared to lualth
and sound sleep. What's the use
Quit it.
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Bryan is working hard to
bine all nations with
DIRECTORS.
I. Y. F*arce, O. L. Parish, Paul
Trimmicr, C. P. Shepherd, A. W
Hedge, Troy Simpson.
STOCKHOLDERS.
J. M. Skinner, C. P. Shepherd
Paul Triramier, A. W. Sledge, IT
It. Jones- R. T. Williams, J. Y
Pearce, Scott IT. Mack, T. J. Gard
oer, 0. L. Parish, R. W. Bruce
TVoy Simpson.
the way to great___
> come - brighter daw
Manufacturers of u •
States are receiving man
quirWs.'jyotU UUfu. tig* sens
great firing S^fflpbatH !ho1;i»i«'
for tbo'. goods'" wlii di In-
they have pundias--d in Europe.
Fiiless all si . ns fail they will a<*
cumulate and swell and assume
j greater proportions until our fair
land is cm* hive of humming ui
.ri ten
in-
f 1*0111
to Us
■ fon'
JolJc iwAW^rin
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arket Ghost of Today
Any Doctor
Sr(
If the
, !ia t t he
cotton world knew today or on Congress, to give value to
col toil crop for t he com
iiig year would he short, the
market problem would settle it
self in a very few minutes and
there would be a clamoring
for
hhtreatieCof inti. v.ork.....fa,., forall 'Tik.- 8°.ld
?Pdown war- i?l*J^h0LPf?T.*,VLT*e Uil.l’s Play. It is a quest!......I *i!?.X0£
t he j' (‘sent, cotton ero -. but be-
gin now to subtract our‘this years’
surplus cotton from the crop ofj
i 915, and cot t«m will sell at 1 < )e
within thirty days and reach 12e I 1 ___
or better for the bjulk of the crop j I ^^0ilS
will tel! you a fellow’s
constitution wont last
forever;-and in these
serenouls time it needs
a good bverhauling oc-
casionally.
We have decided that there is
only one way to stop the high
cost of living—cut out 'the living.
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The crown heads of Europe are
peace thart will keei
What’s a treaty of peace worth mcn’- resting i on th
when you get mad. Every man In years gone by th
makes treaty of peace with his .'bought fronqthe Germans and the
wife when hi* takes her away from Austrians and the latter have
her happy giilhood home, and the purchased from the former and
first time Ahe gets mad business j from each other. It was an inter-
picks up. ! ehangablc system of eomme»ve.
i V i.,,w play, it is a question
i monev that is holding the
allies have |){R.k’
in our cotton i'ieb
I"1''’ alfalfa and buy aj
today. I the men with the and slaughterhom
money, and there are plenty ol
them to ti ke the crop and pay the
cash, knew that the acreage would
be cut next year and a short crop
plant wheat
seed land to
w stock hogs
meats. The
—o-
grown, the present crop would be
But the bitterness engendered “gobbled
up in short order. Th
It has been irecly predicted by Py the war is effecting a vast and ’ money of the world is slow to go
some of the wise guys, that things mighty change. into cotton when the man behind
All are turning to America for tlHmnoney kn.nvs full well tl.aUhe
their wares until Europe recov-
ers from its paralysis.
would terminate the later pact of
this year, and the old world
would become a seething some-
thing. As cotton is very in-
flamable perhaps that accounts
for the fact that the stuff is so
hard to get shed of this year.
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causing trouble to King Cotton in ^
this country.
The press has been robbed of
its freedom by the new’s censors
of Europe.
Don’t forget to (beck off Oct-
ober 6th and 7th. and make your
arrangements to be in Ballinger.
Villa has been known as the
bandid warrior, but it seems that
he is going to prove himself a
better man than Carranza.
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Germany says the French use
dum-dum bullets. The French
say they don’t. Who’s it? Take
B-A-B route. The people of the
East and the North must dig up
and buy a bale at ten cents if the
move takes on the real impetus.
Ballinger has an empty jail, and
it should ever be thus. There is
too much work in this country and
too
kee|
farmer will sow bis farm down
in cotton again next year, pro-;
demand for flour, oats and live-
stock will be grei ter than ever
known before.
Fledges to reduce the cotton
acreage for next year are now be-
ing signed in all parts of Texas
and the South as a simple, natural
remedy for our temporary supply :
of cotton. Acting under the in-
structions of the recent New Or-
leans convention of the Southern
. , „ _ , , . i duce a big cotton crop and sup-,., ,. ,
And from South America comes Div 41,0 ' otton Association, these pledges
th« "|MI ““ i m Ti “XT M rr*
, sees fit to offer for the crop’. . ... ... . ,,
the past has been given to Eur- This big crop ghost is the one J lVc committees m the several
ope, but the nations at war have thing that is keeping Fncle Sam blate*s> adapted especially to the
” ... ~ needs and business customs of
each
practically no merchant ships up-
on the seas and are unable to sup-
ply the demand. lienee the Latin
race turns to its big brother of the
north.
commerce
out of the cotton market. The
United States government can natj ,St*te’ J1' distributed
control the cotton market unless P,omI'.' 10 < m'ntles, townships
they adopt some plan f< r control- “df0?1 and ,!i,f,la distnete, to
is the ; “HUMAN RE-
PAIR SHOP.” Two or
three w-eeks there will
make y'*u look and feel
like new,
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ex/.i
nP- ^.
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Offers Excursion Rates Daily
Better (Jo Before It’s Too Late’
Ask Tiiei Ticket Agent
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A. D. BILL ' CEO. D HUNTER
Asst. Gcn.'P.iss. A.;t. Gcn.'Pan. Agt.
DALLAS, TEXAS
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ling the acreage. If the govern- be,sig“ed l,lf' for Asotton acreage
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And once this commerce of j meut should advance ten cents on | le< ,u<f Lumeis, merchants
South America is secured by thei cotton today, take the crop off the ,m . ,,niu,!?’ an'* munty organi-:
United States, it is doubtful, if it! farmer s hands and keep the cot *‘l. loll'’,'ll<' ins'lll^.e< ,0 report)
greater demand for hands to! could be wrested from us by any j ton off the market until the de- ^ 1 ’ ,l1l‘ ioesideiits^
> an able bodied man locked other means than force of arms maud created a price that would ?■ u ► " it u mi Gt<jh -‘Ssocia-1
!.......... i ,i ____________ .. • . tion on Died ires so .secured am
up. As fast as they break in jail ! I that of course would not come' PfoPet the government against a ]the*'gemT^l'oTfie's' f tT*
your choice.
The sign “Made in Germany
which so many of our people have
been paying extra for, will be no
more. “Made in America” sounds
better any way.
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they should be put under a guard until the warring nations have re-i l°ss. government w„............ ilss0t.p .. j,(]1
and given a job. Its economy we covered from their physical and long after the farmers ,, * _
want as well as reform. financial exhaustion, although Planted another big crop and -»very cotton cofcty and cotton |
--o-- eventually that is the inevitable du,,,lH*<1 ; on the market at a less btate 1S lulftraete";o send dele-
•Refused Notice.” Evorv edi-1 with which we will be forced to' J"'-i.-e than the government ad- gates to the New Orleans meet-
-tor lias received them. The Post-! contend. vances for the present crop. the bout,lie. a Cotton As-
master sends them to the editor.! But in’the meantime we will! A conference of the Southern so'-mtion, Sept. 2b, for the pur-
For instance there is a man by the manufacture goods and shin them ' Ass 'eiation realizes this, F's,‘ "i agreeing uj'on a minimum,
name of Tohn Plm.d who refused to the nations of the world and ’V‘d re 1lr|d at p or 1 lls erop*
to take his paper from the post- gold will pour in to us. and the la-i w 0l'h?MI,8> tins question was the Cotton meetingAare being call-
office. He did not want it anv i,, ;n t....... .....i:........ , paramount one before the conven- over the Statevor the follow-
Q. VICTOR MILLER
ATIOSjlEY-AT-UW
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Office with Security Title Co.
Will Practicefin all the Courts.
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In Europe the man behind the i
gun is the man of the hour, lnj
Texas its the man behind the gin
that is making things bum.
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as a matter of economy to us. < hie m-my vears.
evening we went to church and It*will not conic in a day, or
John s melodious voice rang out
[New Orleans,
week.
Yes, Ballinger is on the show
map, and if the signs do not fail
the theatre goers will get a full
program before the season is
over.
REACHING HE SPOT.
Texas produces one-third of the
rice erop of the United States this
year and also one-third of the cot-
ton crop. In fact Texas is one-
tliird of the whole cheese.
Cotton meet in
not want it any borer will"have fuller dinner pails,! Para,aount. oue before the conven- ea over the State«or the follow-
longer and we wondered. Upon and the farmer will have better: i(»r discussion. I he Assoeia- J,'g 1 rec llH “^-etings,
investigation of our subscriptior I markets for his products and the J,OU ’J'vet again m New Or- b * lay, Sept. 18; county meetings
book we found that John was bd-J business men will feel such pros eai,18 ,ou t le -!Mtl °j ,liis 111011 tk, ■ aturday, bept. 19; btate meet
hind $1.55. He stopped the paper v as he h.,s not j.nown! for and the question of reducing the J'igs, Dallas, bept|22, and the
m i perny as ne nas not known tor acreage wiH again.eome up for central meeting afNe
. j solution. bept. 29.
. _ . ; J. 11. Connell of the Texas Div-
or m a month. But it will isioil ot- the (j^ton
some time-j _
"!'!!“ '“IV" b?2?Jois"iken '•! !,is pkiiiic'ie ot' a heSi'^d’inliey Z aToptell R ““ “**“ Don<" So Scores
1 nless all signs inil. I the cotton question will be solv-
-— ed:
iRAV LLING ltiAL HERE i here is nothing so important
DISTRIBUTES GOOD CHEER i:i iiijs cotton situatio.i as the stub
* _ : born oroldem ot led iciug of acru-
Fol. F. B. Baillio, representing -lge for next year. It was agreid
the Western Newspaper Union of by those present at Hie New^ <>r-
1 }aHas, was here this week on one leans convention in August that
[. K L 2! ti jb ti. Q J M.
At torncy-at-Law.
Otitice ar. Courthouse.
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J. B. Wade i A. K. Don
WADjE & DOSS.
Lawyer*.
Office over ijlalliiiger Loan Co.
Ballinger- j Text#.
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Iniitl niid plour in tliflt ^oul Cktiri'iTHf , . 1Nl<>11 Ot tllt‘ ^ (fttOll ASSOClJl11()11.
son- “ T.mVs Paid it All ” We f grfater Ufoportions step; of Dallas, has offered
‘ ”’ J <lt A1* ]q!',^ste,,),inll1 wel!avt; reacb^l tlieiy suggestions, which we publish
earnestness impressed us. T h e
next day we sent him a receipt in
full lvgiriug his pardon for not
knowing lie had made arrange-
ments for his liabilities in that
matter.—Ex.
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Ballinger Cit zens Say.
"WIIO IS THE FARMER’S
FRIEND?
The “everybody buy a bale
movement has brougnt out a' newspaperdom, and is „
spirit of stand-together that will j with the boys over Texas.
To get rid of an aching back.
TJie sharp twinges,
’The tried-out feelings,
’i ou must reach jhe spot —get at
the cause.
In many cases JN the kidneys.
Doan s Kidney
olooooosooooooo
HARRIS &. HARRIS
t —Attorneys-at-Law—
Corporation
Collections I
and Land
Litigation
Specialties
Office over Ballinger State
IBank and Trust (Jo.
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,, °l i“-'j usual visits to the Ledger, all holding plans, now so popular weak kidneys
< ol. Baillio is a pioneer in rexas must finally come to naught unless Ballinger citizer1^ testify
a favorite the people of the South put down Mrs. K F
He is
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SiukH, Ballinger,
Rockefeller’s wealth, it is said,
is attributed to the fact that ev-
be the means of uniting the far- a m,. memier of the Tevs Fress1 l'll")^”’ 1 'ot,<11! <l0|* ! 1 U‘\as, sa.\s: List year I had
- - - b a 1 1! OI UK ltxas lies>* ! Dave championed in two attacks of fever which left
mer and the business man more Association
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Oh, how we would like to shake! 1^/™°^;^°.lexas,lll0fe than thirty; looking to the financial safety of could hardly get iibout
hands with the old man.
The failure of cotton to bring
that
i »he( T-mV', hr'Tf........ ?*“•'* ae°;.alu‘ •« P^entHta- form‘,T m.,?'i>l.Jtar^Mc,rinciud- Um IteTdi^y llecridionswcw
an.d tla,ra' laV‘ ' :: ;■ :i,sl1 to",........h? ...........1. . .. safe and sane currency relief scanty then a-nh.'i,refuse x,
1 In one day this week, a petition Col. Baillio s home is at Tie- and wav. and mean* for iho. u i»G .. ' , ' .i*:..!.., ^
ten cents per pound this year is
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lieve the ache. l>er r;onn<‘* ! !;,'v «»*e buying the VV hilt* he has lest one who has.; this early day the necessity of a l etter.”
fotton ; " r : «s H can be stood by him for many years, Col. cotton reduction acreage throug Price 50c at all dealers Don’t
brougui to town, many of tl.em Baillio has not lost that cheerful-, out the cut! t South. ! simply ask for a kulney remedy—
nes.s tli.it leaves a halo of good j -'mid the smoke and t onfusi* get Doan’s Kidney Bills—the
FIRE INSURANCE
THE BEST COMPANIES
Prompt Service’
■to rest much
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Texas people are tbo cleanest ,
people on earth. According 1 ii:ini11' a !,al and p-yin;
the Federal census report the pee- |l’! s v-"‘‘'i the marl'.et puce is ' 1111 1,1 *‘s‘‘1A newspaper office of many conflicting theories and same that Airs. Smith bad. Fos-
ple of the United States spend 011 | B2 costs. ' 'ls,|s. a,|(! wiimecvt-r lie goes, nos'trums, both economically and ter-Milburn Co., Drops., Buffalo,
84.9'! per capita per year foi Each man who busy a hale obli lie never knocks and is a con- politically a few things stand out N. Y. j
laundry, and Texas p o; le s 1 '' "ir ' " mid the eottonU booster. On the reverse side and call loudly for attention and
$6.86. * ice is ten v°*- Baillio’s card, which he action oil the part of the {..■:[ ’ " *
---o--- | cents.
C. T. Medders had a load of! 1 ll,:s movement i-{ sweeping the
Ballinger watermelons on th ’} I even t : Eastern cities
Sheets last Saturday -'Imt found Biking notice, and members
buyer> as‘lively as red lemonade! !’* "'Dole-..lie liouses air-* stepping
on circus day. IU- .■•Mitewpiat'.-.s1 *u ‘in ■ buying cotton at ten een;s
going after another I mi ^non
iiands to the new acquaintances
hr makes, is 1 he following, which
is entitled “M.v Daily Braver,”
which if adopted and
ma kc
world
NORTON NOTES.
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ami
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tired by every one won I
t Bis world a much bet t
rr
peopl
at interior points who are most j
vitally concerned. These are sim
1 ■■ things, but they are funda * oft* n : j rder of
l,l*ae- mental and of primary import the day. The cofton is opening
ailce: List and hands ai,* in a great «le-
1. Hold debt-free
Your Business Solicited.
Miss Maggie Sharp upstairs in
old Fidelity Credit Co’s office.
’Phone 215
SEE ME
, . . , j - ......... .... cotton in the maud. The new gjn will be ready
when they could get the cotton for u<'h to spend a few years: seed protected from weather with to gin the cotton .the last of the
Eden Echo.
It ha.s been suggested that, a
treaty of peace would be a v -ry
acceptable reme ly to many peo-
ple in Europe. But. the crown
beads are not ready for it. Send
■the crow nheads to Helena and
let’s get down to business.
six anil seven cents if it was a
speculative motive that was be-
hind the move.
“May I he brave ’today,
And may 1 be kind and true
And greet all
out incurring storage and instir
: mice charges.
h isa spirit,fpatriotic, a,,,I „'Ali(|
The Germans have accused the
allies of being cruel and blood
thirsty, and tlx* allies say that the
Germans arc not human. It does
look like the lighting nations
would cut out this ugly talk and
give us a real fight.
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There are many happy school
boys in the land today. Those
vho dron out as soon as tlm n».w
wear* off will be the men in af-
ter years who will work for the
usual drtch diggers wages. Stick
boys, stick.
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If tbo kings and
emperors
would do the fighting themselves
and let their armies go back 1o
their families and places of use-
fulness in their native lands, it
would be a war that everybody
desire-to see the farmer get a jus'ti
price for his labor. A spirit of
unity and co-operation is be-
hind this move, and its fruits will
amount to more than dollars and
cents.
It will bring the fanner and the
business man closer together. It
will emphaisize stronger than ev<-r: \m| |J|
before that the interest of th.-
tanner and Hi" business man is
mutual: that what is for the hem-
tit ol one :s also for tin* pood of
tin- other. Out of it will grow
friendship, confidence, and t >e
final result will lead to Hie estab-
lishing of a cotton mar! -t that i i-
•South can depend <<;i Irom y1
to year.
11 s a great move.
Have you hoiiHit your bale'
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WHAT UNCLE SAM WILL
GAIN BY WAR UN
week. i
Messrs. R. B. and L. Hamhright
111,11 1,1 :| gracious 2. Assist business men to build1 also Mcsdnines G(|od and Landon
galvanized iron warehouses for returned home ^Monday from
! ‘ll Bk* i kings protecting cotton forced on the I la.sea where tlie\* were called to
. 1 •s;l' :. I market by debt. see their father, \viio was serious-
-\mt love m tin* deeds I «lo. :!. Urge nierchairts to accept ly ill. They report him some bet-
- i\ the honest heart ol a child and hold cotton on account when ter.
be mine, J tfflU possible, to be sold later. Sev- Miss Vivian Taylor and Kath-
- "d the grace "I a rose in eiity five per < ent of the value of erine Bass have returned to Bal-
.. bloom, ! such eot ton is now acceptable for linger fo attend school
Miiy 1 hM the daY "’«th Dope di-: enrreney issued by banks. | Air. S. T. Taylor was taken to
i. Encourage the “buy-a-bnle ’ the sanitarium at Ballinger Sun-
movement at lOe a pound, and day for an operation on ids throat
prevent distressed cotton from \Ye hope for him a speedy recov-
reaeliing the hands of speculators cry.
or spinners. j Air. and Airs. Blister Crockett!
• >. Pledging faithfully in writ- spent, Saturday and Sunday w iHi!
hi", by business men as well as Airs. Crockett’s parents, Air. and
taniiers. a reduction of 50 per Airs. R. B. Hamhright.
cent in the eoHon acreage of
I9| > as a matter of good faitli
to those wlin hold cotton over.
Tiles,- pledges t,» be iiuiforiii and
niaih-,,; record \. i!> tlieenuii’iv or
C. P. Shepherd
County Attorney Runnels Co.
i
Civil Practice Solicited
Ballinger,
Texas.
,
vine,
m.v eyes to 'the sky’s
glad shim*
B ili; never a cloud of gloom. *
11h the golden I -v■ is of
and Iiglii.
I hrough a path by kindly deed
made bright.
^ hen I eolile to (lie lillsli of th
love
m
starless iiivh't.
d a V I rest III peace.'
‘Queen of the: Prune.”
1
! the Sent hern < ottoil
EUROPE.
The optimist is rnmjeg into
own.
The dawn of j rospci ify is
: IS
Ir. AT. Line, uni. of Soulli Ih-d
linger left .Monday afternoon im munization
lH>in's in East ’Ib-xas to look after j Ass„4.;; |i,,,,
business affairs a few days. | li. Str-.-s reduction
........" “ | a s a \ it a I i act or 1 o't !a s<> now
Ilaiiz, of Rov<rena. bad vestin«r i^j c(*tten to I
a lew hours one v-'.ii*.
Tom ’ v.a ! i'.-i* a in It family came
■ i eii Winters Ajondav after-
ii ■ ' ; 1: m j: e Ballinger
lit Can
home again. Mr. Fliaffer has ac-
1 ■ - i h S. f.atdv I
f acreage! lord in tin
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arlii
s ill I* Hinge
held
m-
for
and slim*
j Tuesday ..ad made the trip in h:
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We
.*■; Id lej
i nd harness .
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I'M rf t:i"llr.
(Me of 1
*ie Maverick 1
The Woman's Tonic
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nee,1 not wait <>n the Texas
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isla t u: e
I country, was looking out for cot-
er on any other slate,jt n pickers in Ballinger Tuesday.
FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGGISTS
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