The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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►NESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25. ig«4.
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Cotton!
Don’t sell your cotton at
present prices. You
_ can realize more money
......... ‘ "*’■’• by shipping your cot-
ton to us where it will be properly stored and insured
against loss by (ire and you can hold for higher prices.
If you need money to pay off some of your obligations
take out Bill Lading and draw on us for as much as you
need not to exceed $20.00 bale. We have warehouse
space for 20,000 bales cotton and until this number is
leached we extend to you a helping hand.
Wre make a customary charge of $1.00 bale commis-
sion which includes weighing, classing and selling
charges and one month’s free storage and insurance.
After first month 15c per month storage and insurance
at current rates which is 10c bale month.
Shipping tags furnished on request. Ship now be-
fore your cotton damages. Satisfactory sales ani
prompt returns can he relied on.
Walter & Company, SUairitZ
EARLY HISTORY OF
.TEXAS MAIL HAILING
[gifted speaker. :e meeting I [*|j]j y IjlPTflllV flT
jwill continue tl . remainder of
j the week, and .ssible longer
I Next Thursd morning at 10
' o’clock Dr. ( as will preach a
Thanks#*- ; sermon at the j FWrt Worth, Texas, Nov. 21.-1
I Christian < 'Urch, J^e subject of j Locaj p0„taI authorities have tin- i
jwhichwi oe IheLoyal Heart, earthed some interesting history
!So far ts The Watchman can:
BAPTISMAL SERVICE
Dr. Percy G- Cross, who is
administered, have come for-
ward and united withjhe Church
of Christ: Mrs. Smithie Wil- ________^ ____
___ ____„ ______ _____ _ liamson, Mrs. J. E. Solftherland, I pensive to construct, they are of
conducting one of the most en- j Mrs. J. O. Smiley, C. P Holland. | too much value to be neglected,
thusiastic and successful meet- \I)r- H A- Iioss and wife, H. T. Bad roads intimately effect the
ings at the Christian cnurch that! Hooker, Dr. A. M. Baker and \ natjon-B standard of life and its . . ^
has ever been conducted in Car-1 Oliver Duke. At this writing future am0ng the powers of the ,TfXf9 p.°'nt8
.1-- -Txas postofiices, and from
learn inis is the only Thanksgiv- records on file it has been learned
ing service in town and it is safe that fthe fir8t important mail
to predict that the attendance | route jri Texas was established
wnl be large- [July 1st, 1857, between San An-j
tonio and San Diego, California. ;
via El Paso. The schedule re- j
quired that the contractor leave I
each [terminus on the first day of
each : month and arrive at the!
othedterminus on the last day of
the ifonth. The mail was carried !
by stage, overland and the annual |
compensation was "149,800. Ser-
vice ,was inaugurated between!
Fl Paso and Ft. Fillmore, Texas,
on July 2, 1857, but St. Louis, [
Missouri, and Fi. Yuma, Califor-
nia, were made the terminals of
this route. In September, 1858,
Texas secured another important I
postal route, the one from Sr. j
Louis to San Francisco. Sher-
man and El Paso were the prin-
f\ BIG FAT TUR.KEY
OR ANY OTHER OF LIFE'S
LUXURIES ARE EASIEST FOR
THE MAN WITH the BIG FAT
BANK ACCOUNT .-A Y'- U CAN
HAVE ONE WHEN YOU ST-vihetr
ONE-
NOT BErOtS;’"’
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GOOD ROADS
The country road iB a most im-
portant factor in rural life.
A well kept road is an ear-
mark of a well-bred population
Highway improvement is al-
ways followed by better living
conditions.
The next best thing to a good
home is a good road by which to
reach it.
Although good roads are ex-
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lit on
me-
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thage, preached from the subject, there are still two to whom the
"The Holy Spirit Baptism.” ! ordinance of baptism is to be ad-
Monday night. After the ser-1 ministered. Mrs. A. M. Baker
mon, which was heard by a very
large congregation of people, the
ordinance of baptism was admin-
istered to eight newly-made con-
verts, aa follows: L. J. Parker,
J. E Southerland, Lenne! Parish,
J. F. Bailey, Andrew Parker,
Holland Parker, Mabel Jones and
Erline Frazer. The following,
to whom the ordinance of bap-
tism (emersion) had already been
world.
its total length was 3203 miles!
each way and made twice each
Good roads and.streets are the j weelr in four hwr9e caches. The
and Miss Sybil Jones.
Indeed, it can be said that this trogressing.
is a great meeting, and those
who thus far have failed to at-
tend are the losers. Dr. Cross
gives his hearers the Bible, not
his or the vision of some other
great preacher, but THE BIBLE
ITSELF.
Everybody has a cordial invi-
tation to come out and hear this
arteries of community circulation
<and a town without them is
re-
The rising generation of Amer-
ica will demand quicker inter-
communication than is possible
on many of the country roads of
today.—Homer D. Wade.
Mrs. Maynor of Tenaha is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. J.
E. Southerland.
Removal Sale
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EVERYTHING AT COST
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Having decided to move to another building, and not
caring to move so many goods. 1 offer my entire stock at
actual cost for one week, beginning Saturday, Nov-
ember 28th,and continuing till Saturday night, Decem-
ber 5th. Notice some of these prices:
Granulated sugar, 15 lbs $1.80 Red Cross snuff, six bottles
One dollar bucket coffee____ 75c f°r..................... $1-80
Seven lbs best green coffee $1.88 (0ther brands accordingly.)
Four pounds Arm & Hsm- Brown Mule tobacco, 3 lbs.
Seven bars ’’Clean Easy” (Other■brands accordingly.)
laundry soap ............ 25c Door locks, with knobs .... 20c
Canned Corn, 2 cans for____ 15c ^*'ce **ne. bardwar,>- a^ to
Headlight Overalls, pair 80c B.° at. A$TUA.1rf*i'
Irish potatoes, per bucket 30c GaKsnized washboards— 29t
Full cream cheese, per lb. 20c Tan Camps Pork& Beans 7 t-2c
Lard compound — 10-pound Van Camps Chili......... 7 t-2c
bucket, for. . 90c Onions, 8 lbs for 25c
The above is only a few eye openers of what you can
get here. First come will be first served. Don’t wait
too long to come in. for 1 am not going to buy anything
for this sale. 1 just want to sell what 1 have got, in or-
der to keep from moving it, for 1 would rather sell my
stock at cost than to pack it up and move it.
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GROCER
schedule was 25 days and the
contractors annual compensation
was $600,000.
HIH OF MIFFS)
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Well, are we all thankful this Thanksgiving day?
Yes, thoss of us who are enjoying health and prosperity.
This year your money in the bank has piled up until it
looks very comfortable. You can enjoy your turkey. If
you just get a bank account and keep feeding it all next
year it will be a BIG. FAT BANK ACCOUNT.
Make OUR bank YOUR bank *
First J^ationcil Bcmfi
C/if-f/lutff,
A PETITION
Frdha little sprouts big trees
will often grow.
We trample upon the sprouts
of today and gaze with admira- „ . ...
tion upon the Ki.nl. th.t were Th<' blowing petition .,11 bn
■prout. of former generation. ' Pr-9-n,-'i to tbe ommiMionrr,
And it i. much the «me in I r«ul*r «•"»•
municipal .(fair. We think too The W*,chm,n » to
much of the ending and not ««• "€»» v»“rtb«
enough of the beginning. We wbodo',n?t h\" “oppor.'att-
overlook the little things of to-
ity to sign it to clip this one from
de, which heve in them the m.k. >"“r
and mail same to County Clerk
P. Christian, who will file
Tvjtil*
on these r.ade. unlesa it be an
engineer employed by the com-
missioner’*. and that the com-
missioner of each beat ahall be
hiaown judge whether he em-
ploys an engineer or not. This
work is to be continued for two
months only, and if any of the
money remain unspent, it ahall
be spent at some other time in
the same manner. The wages tn
be paid for each man ahall be
$1.50 per day of nine hours, and
each man is to furnish s shovel
in good condition. The pries of
teams is to be $1 50 per day of
nine hours, and party offering
team for work ahall furnish s-
slip or plow or wagon in good
condition, and hit team must be
able to do a day’s work. Tkia
means that a man and his team
will receive 13.00 per day. Over-
seer shall receive $1.50 per day.
ing of the big ones of tomorrow.
This tendency of human na- *’ ._ A _ A. -
lure i. strikingly illustrated in ~n>. and prerent it to th. Court
the caw re a gentleman who had **,he prop<r Uax:
occasion to spend s week in s
country town, and was remark-1 Carthage, Tex , Nov. 21, ’14.
ably impressed by the uniform To the Honorable Commissioners
courtesy shown him by the citi- Court of Panola County:
zens of the place. We, the undersigned, do here-
If he was interested in a pub- by ask that your Honorable Corn-
lie building, or a park, or a man- miaaionera Court order and cause
ufacturing enterprise, a dozen to be held an election in the en-
men were reedy with informs-; tire county of Panola, (excepting
tion and explanations, pointing [ Precinct No. 1). an election for! *nd •’J*11 ■** **ch m*n J®*
out the various advantages, and ’the purpose of voting County • work, ottar-
withevera good word for the Bonds to the amount of One | ** removed
people. They made him welcome. Hundred Thousand Dollars,
A few weeks later while irav- be used for improving roads
eling in another state he met a the entire county, (excepting * ■ ■■■»■—»mu "ce,v« n»
manufacturer who was in search Precinct No. 1. which precinct “•ual *nd •h»‘l ** contmu-
ofa change of location for his has a petition on file for a similar *^T*V°*T .
plant. He mentioned the place Purpose) and to give employment hereby ask that your How-
he had recently left, and spoke to the unemployed of Panola C°5r J*
in glowing terms of the people, county only, as this is the main! — ®nd *»‘d bonds and be-
their characteristics, and especi- ('‘•tore of this petition. Let it
ally of their courtesy to the be further understood that every 10,«
stranger within their gates. ni»*® »«d •h»H be worked
The manufacturer was much uP°n his respective section
impressed, and a few days later roftd* and under his
visited the place. He is there overseer and commissioner. Let |
now, with his factory and his 150 a*io be understood that the
employes. work in such c >mmissioners beat
Truly, a man's tongue has a *hall be under the supervision of
wonderful influence upon the fu- commissioner of said beat, and
ture of his own town. that he may have perfect right
'Is there a lesson in it for us?-
Hamilton Record. section of road to sn- \
gin said work at the earliest
of
present,
Name ......................
LOOKS LIKE I BASER COOP
BOTH FOR TEXIS ANO V. S.
Washington. D. C„ Nov. 19—
The latest ginning report issued
, , , , , . I by the Federel t'ensus Bureau
tocn.ngeh.nd worker, or to.m. <h th„ th. 2,nnio„ in
in Texas up to 10 a. m. Novem
■EBRO OKBOftlKIT ^
the entire road, and that said
Last week some negroes travel- commiasioner shall, if he deems
years are 1913, 2,950.444 bales;
1912. 3,709.725 bales. 1911, 3,211.-
ing thru the country in wagons necessary, employ a surveyor «» 572 bales. The total for the Un-
were held up at Beckvilie by *urvey each road and designate 5Ut#f jg 9.828,695 bsRt or
officers who had orders from wofh a^ points. The inten- a minion mnr* than
Harrison county officials. It is tion of this petition is to create • ..
alleged that one or two of the work for tht unamployed of Pa- _
th.t u?7HmC0tt0n nola county. And let it be un- Miss Jewel McFadden who*
Thev wmtm iMisdistrlr taken fentood that do labor or taaas teaching in Old Center, came iw
ackto Harrison county to | which does not belong to Panola [Friday afternoon and spant •* ew
period of last year.
; county shall be allowed to work days with home fo
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Park, R. M. The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 1914, newspaper, November 25, 1914; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1160872/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.