The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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The Daily Ledger.
VOLUMN XI MEMBER UNITED PRESL 3ALLINGER, RUNNELS COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1916.
tWHY NOT BUY—A GOOD BUGGY SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY
ADVANTAGES OF THE
COMMISSION FORM
BALLINGER STORE
ELECTS OFFICERS
REMEMBER
REPORT SECRETARY
LAND DEAL.
con-
Watch the Fords Go By.
large part of the passengers on ““’I Sj|H Angelo Standard,'
W. A. Nance
Henry Jones
Compiling Data.
TONIGHT
resentative at the
PICTURE PROGRAM
In Greenville it is >
moving pictures
A HUMAN WONDER
Begins at the
Admission
lOo
The City Wagons Will
Remove Your Trash,
“HEARST - VITAGRAPH
NEW PICTORIAL’’ Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Drew in—
“A CASE OF EUGENICS’
Vitagraph comedy.
Weather Forecast.
Tonight and Saturday fair.
“The Old Reliable”
This work will be continued until
a large part of the eountiy
schools have been lectured. The
t h v
Princess Theatre
Saturday, March 18
15 week* of • 'differeMV Serial
Moon Bros
A NEW CAR JUST RECEIVED
Quite a number of our citizens
met the train Friday to see Miss
Helen Keller, one of the most
wonderful women of the world,
who passed through Ballinger en
route to San Angelo, where she
will lecture tonight. Her mother
and her teacher and a lady at-
tendant acompanied her on the
trip. <
Clean-Up Week
March 8-15
6000 Feet 43 Piece Din-
ner set given away.
By U*‘Ud Pre**.-
PARIS, March 10.—The battle
for the possession of Verdun by
the Germans, is entering what is
probably its final stage.. A grand
assault from three sides on the
French defenses is expected to fol-
low the present battering of the
center forts.
pay 8c per
The deal was closed Thursday
in which Judge J. W. Powell sold
to I). X. Cox 14 acres of improved
land in South Ballinger near the
ward school building for a
sideration of $1300-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BALLINGER
We call the attention of the tax
payers of Ballinger to the annual
financial statement of the city of
Ballinger published elsewhere in
this issue of The Daily Ledger. It
makes good reading. Read it, re-
read it, and then do some figur-
ing, ami you will see that it is
nigh time for adopting some rem-
edy that will put the city on a
substantial basis.
The Ledger does not want to be
I in the attitude of a “knocker’’
'and it is not our purpose to knock
any official, or cast any reflection
'upon the present city administin-
i'tion, but we feel that it is to the
I interest of the tax pavers that
will
“The Strange
Case of Mary
Page’
of connecting to the
is $1.25 per
In Green
San An-
I linger which were made,
town reel will become ti.e
VERDUN MAY
FALLISOON TO
THE GERMANS
“white way ”4,500
Bank With Us
...THE...
Mr. Duck
i move be put on foot
[awake the progres:
I from a lethargy that bids fare to
plunge the city into bankruptcy
It will be seen from the finan-[
cial report that the city has out-!
standing warrants amounting to
more than $1000, accounts due
more than $1000, is due 5OO inter-
Jest, due on street machinery $4,-.
Star of stars Marc Mc-
Dermott supported by Lil
lian Hurbert in the four act
Edison feature ‘ ‘ THE MIS-
TER Y OF ROOM 13” Lee
Arthur, noted dramatist,
wove the web. Four acts
of intense interest. Direc-
tion, Geo. Ridgell. \
in Texas and inspect the cities he
visited with a view of i
more improvements for his home is mailed,
town. Mr. Duck visited San An-j2-10e. The
gelo, and in an interview publish i light rates
month.
hat “The cost
to sewer system here i..
the month or $15 per year,
and ( ville it is $5 per annum-
* at gelo has six miles of sanitary sew
xvned by private corpora-
Greenville has thirty-one
owned by the city—and the
By Unittd Prut
WASHINGTON, Mar.
10.—Following a cabi-
net meeting betwe e n
President Wilson and
his advisors, this morn-
ing, the president is-
sued a statement that
American troops would
be ordered into Mexico
at once. United States
forces, the Preside n t
announced, will invade
the Mexican Republic
only for the purpose of
capturing the bandit
Villa, whom the Ameri-
can authorities ha v e
agreed, can not be ex-
terminated by Carranza
unaided.
With the friendly aid
of Carranza, and with
scrupulous regard for
the sovereignity of Mex
ico, the United States
will invade the southern
country. The war de-
partment states th a t
eight thousand men will
form the original force
of United States troops,
with a flying column of
cavalry, and infantry
division, and the rest
field artillery. This
force will be mobilized
and concentrated at
Columbus, New Mexico,
within the next twenty-
four hours.
This marks the sec-
ond entrance of the
(Continued en last page.)
n other Texas cities,
rate proposition an<
build an incinerator. A
for collecting garbage is
be placed in operation.
[tion.
I find that the people of San [ mile:
!<“!<) are well burdened with system pays for all improvements
A new charter and papers for
incorporation for the dry goods
store were received Thursday, and
organization w a s immediately
made. “Everybody’s Store” is
the slogan decided on to represent
the spirit and policy of the new
firm, and further announcement
of the new business will be made
in advertising next week.
At a recent meeting of the new
stockholders' of the old firm of
Higdon-Melton-Jackson Co., a new
name, new directors, new policies,
etc., were chosen, and an organ-
ization perfected. The new firm
will be known as the Melton Dry
Goods Co., “Everybody’s Store.”
I • 1*. .Melton, who has been guid-
ing the destiny of this store for
some time was selected as general
manager, and will continue at the
head of the business.
The Melton Dry Goods Co., is a
firm of all Ballinger people, and
not a single stockholder lives out
side this city. Mr. U. P. Melton
stated Friday morning that “The
Melton Dry Goods Co., is a firm
composed of Ballinger people,
managed by Ballinger citizens,
and first and last for Ballinger
and her upbuilding.” Officers
elected for the ensuing year are:
D. M. Baker, president; C. A.
Doose, vice-president; C. R Step-
hens, secretary and treasurer;
Jno. A. Weeks and J. Y. Pearce,
in addition to the bonded indebt-
edness, of about $70(10. The street
machinery is listed in tin* city’s
assets at $4000, while there is due,
‘on the machinery $4,384. It is j
not necessary to take up the vari-
ants items and discuss them to
show that there is big room for
improvement in our method
I secretary furnished a k
I write-up of Ballinger to a
1 (rill^lxk • . 1 I Ik I ■ f 11 . I
Wilson to Order Army
to Invade Mexico to
Capture Gen. Villa
lhe month, $128.45.
pended, $122.05- ( ash on hand a second article bv the secretary
March 1st, $12.00. j
The secretary has received and ! eoinplished“the following
answered during the month thir- tioIia| re!|u|ts in thc „„’lth , t
ty inquiries about Ballinger and past An 8xl2 f„ot si b<£,,.d
Runnels county. In nearly ev- with | lettering has been
ery case the inquirer was sent a erected at the crossing of the
copy of the prosperity edition of Sal„a Fc aU(1 Al)ilene South-
The Ledger. About fixe ot these ern railroads, where it is calcu-
--------------------------------- lated to attract and impress a
’I .....
those two lines. The league has ! 'ie aiade some comparisons t
got under way a city beautifica-1 s*u,u^(‘ ‘‘House the people
tion campaign which promises to Pro,,ipt action in bettering
accomplish something definite i c”ni^*o,,s o< other towns, ;
and worth while within the next Ippolit by the experiment madi
tew weeks. The secretary )U1S! Greenville. Read what .Mr. Di
made one trip into the country
for tht* purpose <»f running some
surveyor's lines for two farm-
ers south of Ballinger lie made
another trip which covered a cii—
periy or rite league after a time.
’1 he membership of the league
is maintaining its interest and
the subscription list is steadily
increasing.
[7a letters during the month.
' I Twelve news items concerning
The secretary begs leave to the league were published in the
make the following report of the local paper in March. Five arti-
finances and activities of the J des of some length bearing the
league for the month of Febru-J secretary’s signature appeared
ary, 1916. | in addition to these news items.
Cash on hand February 1st, i One of these articles appeared in
$5.60. Amount received during the Farm and Ranch, and the
Amount ex-1 same publication has accepted
. J The Business League has ac-
’ addi-
Bargains! Bargains!! Bargains!!! in
SECOND HAND CARS
1 Brush, will run, $40.00 cash.
1 Overland, dandy good car, tires all good, cost $1100 will
sell for $350; $2o0 cash balance $12.50 per month. This car
is worth $500.
1 Auborn, 5 passenger, electric starter and lights, spare
rim and tire, cost $1850; will sell at $450; $250 cash balance
next fall. A snap for some one on an up-to-date car,
1 new Ford will sell for $15,00 off list.
1 4 passenger Metz, cost 1650 good as new, will take $250
$150 cash balance $10 per month.
We Cut the Price on Everything for Autoe
Gasoline 20c. Spark Plugs Champion X 30c. Any Plug
not over 50c. Dry Batteries 30c. See us------
BALLINGER AUTO COMPANY
»H«lte Court Ink Uwi. TrIr0mNM>fT m
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offset this, Greenville has >
hundred a n d fifty-two
lamps, none
power, and has constructed and
paid for a
feet long out of the proceeds of
the system.
to make it succeed. [ “]n addition the light plant has
The commission form of gov- made all extensions, had paid the
eminent is not an experiment. It interest on its bonds, has taken
is a success wherever the people care of the operating expense and
come together and plan for a bus- sinking fund, has built the “white
mess administration, free from J way” and still has $11,300 in the
politics. The city of Greenville is bank,
a fair sample of what the commis-1
sion form and municipal owner-'
ship of public utilities will do fori ...
the people. The City Engineer of J per
Greenxille, A. D. Duck, was re- Greenville citizens
The
the
I
coni-;
ewspaper rep- .Mr. Duck visited San Angelo
Orient station [for the purpose of obtaining data
Snyder and on public utilities and civic im-
niarnlo. As a first comparison provements. Greenville, he stat-
aki* tlie tax rates.In San An- ed, is figuring upon a re-adjust-
eent reduction for payment in
making! cash within ten days after the bill
This makes the rate 7
minimum water and
are each 75c per
paved streets in Texas,
improvement in our method of A Well Lighted City,
carrying on the city’s business, as -‘Then take the item of what
the report speaks lor itself, and Our light plant has done. The
it aux man will read it and make city of San Angelo has txventy-
l« comparison he can see for him- five arc lights and one hundred
00 eandle-poxver series lamps. To
seven
street
less than 100 candle-
XW ___
luxe, -luWard 4/vut Aku/Jxninv
At,
Husband and wife should both save money. What’s
the good for one to save and the other to spend? Just
ask yourself today: “Who gets the money I earn?” Do
I get it or does somebody else get it? You earned your
money: it belongs to you. Keep it. Be a careful man
and bank your money.
. inquiries had to do xvith new en- eminent at this time-
terprises, k he remaining 25 As we see it there is only one
xvere about the county and xvere remedy. Adopt the commission
RIRINF2^ | FARIIF ^ie reslllt of advertising. In all, form of government, divorce the
DUulHLuu LLhUUL the secretary has xvritten about city’s business from politics and
I 7-. ]«♦♦«.« ♦!.„ ------[apply the same principles that
must be applied to anx- business
Van Pelt, Kirk and Mack
“Tell the TRUTH Advertisers”
Cheap Light Rate
“In the comparison of light
I rates, the San Angeloan pays 15c
per kilowatt for lights. The
. . -------pay 8c per
cently sent out to visit other cities kilo-watt and is offered 10 per
are also being considered.
I’pon his return, the engineer
will make a complete report of
his findings and xvill also pre-
pare a statement setting forth
the advantages of Greenville and
those of other towns which are
adoptable. The object of the trip
in addition to boost; ig the North
Texas city is to secure data which
may result in further city re-
forms.
Muncipal Ownership Easy
The muncipal ownership of pub
lie utilities in San Angelo is pos-
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1916, newspaper, March 10, 1916; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1172549/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.