The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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. Commerce journal. com "-Wt.
PER 5. 1915.
Letter List.
EVERY
. FRIDAY
Elmer Mitch*ll of Fort Werth,
I ci strict passenger agent of the!
I
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
.. $1.00
.25
ZW address.
«
$
CITY OFFICIAL ORGAN
$
the big
M hat he needs
mo>t is
tf
•t hut that some of them tens and
On* lot Ladien* Kimonas, Dollar bargaii. 2 ft ■
31.00
r
the ground-ic no one does.
±50 fancy Cloaks for children
£
31.00
Ladi<
Skirts only
31.00
31.00
Card of Thanks.
Ladies* 50c Vests. Dollar Day. three for
Presbyterian Church.
A Fine Number.
31. OO
*±00 Men's Pants for
31.00
i
. “5e Comforts, two for
31.00
*
31.00
... 31.00
* To the Property Omers of
*1.00 and $1.25 Boys' Hats. 2 for
Commerce.
er
31.00
Presbyter!
becks
31.00
I
limit
favpg, I am.
UH
Saturday,
In sheets 19x25 inches. 10 cents
- sheet at the Journal office.
One lot Ladies’
Day. two for
Announcen
and Sociel
nishe<
WITHTI
AND
EXCURSION RATES,
via
Yowrs very trty,
S. G PRICE.
2 suit
any 1
1 suit,
any o
regular $1.00 Outing Gowns. Dollar
31.00
B.
r.
1
> 1
who I
then I
*1.50 and $1.95 Children’s
Day
the splendid array of^iOO
ou. W
Gingham Dresses, Dollar
31.00
February y
Read These Prices:
rritating to the peo-
•ie air of superiority
---J have towards
It is hard to
Periling Brt
R CO M F*y\. Tsj y
$
$1.50
$1.25
$7.00
$2.00
7 lbs.
5 lbs.
oil
Our
all the
in r.nd
on eve
F
by
J
The Journc
'lajhwineemcnt
mretinps, etc.,
e», church
schools of the
furnished witi
represented it
taken the trou
with a notice.
A number o
byterian ciur
last Sunda^ew
the advisal
therhood for 1
and those coni
by family ties
town who ma;
line of activity
So the organiz
tarian affair,
every Sunday i
discussion
tin* Bible and 1
will be introdi
best talent to 1
will be secured,
bates held on
ol general into
The lyeesun number at the CcCege
was one of -be
musical numbers that has teea
The at-
i Con-
Commerce journal
ESTABLISHED 1SS9.
£ ER! ING HART, Ccmn.errt.
I Subscrzr^r, addresses changed as often as
- arderin« address changed please give OLZ
cultivates the mind as well as the
heart and plants high ideals in their
. lives.
A library fund will be i“
t Win • "J
-----1 will be add-
List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the postoffice at Commerce, Tesas,
ever before, oust a
ones quoted. Many
per
tf
gious sands of Texas.
the opening of Com- agreed with him will admit that he
*1-95 and *±45 Children’s Bear Skin Cloaks 31.60
r April 7, Ul.5, at the
under Act of Congress
SECOND DOOR EAST OF POST OFFICE.
TELEPHONE NO. 19.
_______ ________ . tween them, except that the
Meeting Held Here in Interest
of Let Texas Feed Herself
First” Movement.
celebrate 1'
way ! It will be an occasion man and a fair I ■
erroneous reflection upr-. •
..rotation of any person, firm
in
and
half t
™ ‘■““gh *’ " DISCUSSED DIVERSI-
FIED WEDNESPAY
r THE N
MHkAMoJ
(tn- lot Ladies' $1.95 Waists.
two for
5Ve Wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness during
the sickness and death of our baby.
We shall never forget vou.
MR. AND MRS. J. A. VICKERS.
one crop
—- ----!- I
,i A number of other short snap- I
py talks were made and then it I
was decided that the btrnae^a I
men and landlords would ar- I
range fcr addresses to be made to; I
the farmers as often as possible, I
;r? -g raise more com.
■mall grain, forage crops, b-ans.
potato, fruit. bogs, cows and
.poultry.
I. The meeting then adjourned
and Mr. Mitchell left for Pans.
. Poor, weak man!
/.
.Library at Presbyterian Bible
School.
4 yards 10-4 bleacher! Pepperell Sheeting
50c Men s ..-vced and ribbed Underwear. 4 for. .31.00
$1.00 Men'- Jersey Sweaters. 2 for.
DOLLAR DAY
B Come to Commerce Saturday.
I 'ay-
know that the ba<-.c-number merchant.
lv upon Lini, is laying by each vc„.
in the city chap is drawing as a hired
ing the meeting over to Cart
Mangum, made a ringing speech.
Every speaker strongly favor-
ed the diversification idea, and
tno-e of the landlords present
announced that not only would
they not encourage an al Leo‘tor.
crop, but would urge the planting
of a variety of food and feed
crops, with eotron only as a sur-
I
J
Are you
■ • people. this belief''money by reading the
—...... ‘IU--u.u men uuy ing ar--ortiingiv. Lx->k over “ ,n u»s n?
• e country the dollar bargains in The Journal this week r,ot sueees-fully
C. J. Debe tort and in a few
wot ds exp ained the purpe se of
campaign, and asked fur the co-
operation of the business men.
bankers and landlords in the
generally universal effort now
being made throughout the state
tu induce the farmers to raise all
their feedstuff at home, instead
of d< pending upon the cotton to
buy it
From an authentic states’ical
report Mr. Mi’chell quoted the
following astounding facts’
Tnere are 369 OOU farms in Texas
on which no sweet potatoes are
grown: 366.000 farms that grow
no hay or forage crops; e24.000
farms without pigs: 9± 000 farms
tone Year....
p^ix Mont.-.
I Three Months
You an iartted to all the “
.--uday. Bible ichcoi. 10; mom- —»u» -y.
iag aerriee, u, rabject, “Effectual
CaDtog;" matog service. 7:15.
jeet, “How to Avoid Suspiejoa.”
PASTOR
and those who live in the country,
read the same i
the character, star.dir.z they attend the
J or corporation which from the
ippear in the cotanr.s of The Journal will be gladly tafce tJje •
ally corrected upon being brought to the publisher s
•tion.
—
hCE:
one lot 10c Dress Ginghams. Spring styles. 14 cards
31.00
Another valuable acquisition and
decided improvement in the Presby-
terian Bible school is a first class
(library. The lxx>k» have just arrived
and are arranged specially for the
'members of different *ge« from the
juniors up to the seniors. A number
L>f Ixxika have been promised by indi-
viduals which when received and add-
ed to what has just been bought the
members of the school will have a sup-
ply of first-class literature that will
last for a long time.
It is the aim of this school to de-
Wvertising rates are made on a
we month.
' adow and Ccrn......
As the s S «»
• and the character of country people.
It there i> such a thing as superiority l>etween
•ity a;, i country folks, the- latter have th- best
---opportunity of securing it. But as pw jthere
basis of four weeks i-< no difference between those who live in citie'
They all
newspapers, the same magazines
• same high schools and graduate
* >anie colleges and universities; thev
same trips, visit the same vacation re-
>orts, and make as many excursions abroad:
they ride in Pullmans as often, and pay their
Bills as regularly; and when everything is count-
ed. it is hard to point out any difference be-
tween them, except that the country people
have the advantage of freedom from the life in
throngs, and from the scramble for a livelihood
A “feat nuni^)ers contesting for a share.
, we have no contempt or criticism for those
Plant enough crops that they won't ALL fail who prefer to live ih a city, but wr do object
to their attitude of scorn for the doings of th..--
It is Dollar
The City rxs rem-Jr htd aa offi-
. —------ _ riaj Ejjp
UMi crotwyd waifarg ;r^rrr d-fagxaxi by LOT
-r. defiae and illustrate tie and BLOCK. Tku is warto -.une a
'z* ity. This great deal to the property erwnen bet
. r Mst spiritnality ooe for the first year wC make it qeRa D
~ — -* practarad nard cc the asoesaor to have to — —-y •
at C<em>eree> po-puZar a map around writ him
-_i that Now, I am going to ask a favor of
the prop&ty cw-n»rs. that they ccaae
service, to my ofTroe. if po^hie and let me
—— _> asMarrent, r ere. as it is
very neceasary that it be suade for
the first tone ASoWwtdy Cwv-eer.
ThaakiBg yoa ia advaaee for this I
TELLING US HOW
There is nothing more ii
pie of a small town than the iz
that people from larger towns
them and their village. It is nard to say just
' ■ - ' ~than
th- Villager, but he almost invariably does, and
wha* makes it worse, shows it in his actions.
It is the weakness of clt ru'
of theirs that country people are back number?.
The man from a city concern ]
business man a visit an<l shows ;
considers the little merchant a very small pota-
*oT^R~if he were wise enough to realize th<-|
J truth of their resj*ectivs businesses, he would'
WREN HART. Cooper.
t .an the city chap, is drawing as a hired mar.!
■rom a company that could find a thousand like'
him in a day’s time.
Tlie narrow-brained lecturer drops into the-
small town, and at the beginning of his talk.'
: > that he has changed his subject, *‘for;
the one announc
s audience.” and then
r tor a couple of hour
tisconnected ideas, boring hi
o death. The Chautauqua entertainer, I
until he has had a good deal of experience; th-1
traveling salesman, up to the time he become^
I - value to hi.' house: the transient visit-
or. on a .-Lance business or pleasure 1
young city employe, before he learns tiie 1-s-
- -i the relation of capital to business, wlier-
ever it is employed—al! of them make the same,
.'take of n.i.'judging the capacity, the intelli-
expira.. xs.—We T-Mm—m ynrrr ruin' the ■ und the « r of country peopL-.
ew to which your tubeeripbon is paid. AU arrearages
ust be pa:z jp if subscriber desires paper stopped.
Y*0U will remember L__
1 values you found at our store
on the last “Dollar Day.” We
offer ;
now than
few good
more to be found in our store.
Dollar Day.
you still greater bargains
Just
Visit our Store and see
Bargains we are offering y(
to
CALIFORNIA
February Sth and 9tk, Li=it March
20th.
MARDI GRAS. NEW ORLEANS—
$MLtt.
February 9th to 15th. Lnr.it February
2*th. Ou pajneeat of $!.«> and de-
posit of ticket limit extended to
March 15th.
Ask E. F. JOHNSTON. Ages’.
Phone S. »
F. B MeKAY.
General Passerger Agent.
Terre.:, Texaa
for the doings of those
----------- wr in small towns. There i • v
i' no ba.'is for their feelings of superioritv and. a cow and 90 000 f*"”’
to a person with a proper understanding of th- ' Vi™1 Ju?t think
relations of things, it is nonsensical and uncall- .th,s r*idrt'- Th;s is not hotair
ed-for. 11 13 c Id facts.
And this is not all There are
ti i - , : worse things yet to tome. Tex-
f ' h-art failure of Dr. assends to others -
fc-z *» • riiock to towing almost unthiokab'e a-
Bkrj-1 J.. - 1 mounts for fend and feed sun-i
g Bp s foot-] -ints upon the mor;
. R- Even those dis- P-’k
a/ 11' ?hltewa-v- It will be an occasioi : air fighter. ,
mdjubilat KaffirCora ....... 20.000 01
---------Flour and Wheat ... 15/00.6 0
The Journal, as it does everv vear. taken coz- 1 at' 4.800.000
^ays a inance of the ground-hog myth.’ The theory is Potstoes -' 13.<K0.<Mi)'
',w " 10.000/00
that it they seel01^’ Ppr,d'“Cts----- 15.06'
-:r 1 w> they re’ :rn to their winter quar- 3ean’ and Peas 3.000.000
s, said s adicat- Nut>------- ------ *■'”
■ : - to them t at there is to be six weeks mor- H - ±000.000
if the sun shines on Fe» Tobacco......... XOMiOOo|
ruary second the hog can see his shadow and ' ?oom C<rn SOO.OOOjl
inter weather is to b- looked for. A- the s- • Sjgar............ l(k<M»,000’l
. took over these figu-es a I
. i not -- ven ei -iragiag if any-ne 1-e- try t0 5nd an excas« wil>’ I
ieve<i in the ground-hog. Fa - - I
■-- _ . I
DOLLAR DAY ^'.6.. either to your credit in I
tne Mank or in your picket to I
a careful buyer! A man can save T*-rd f r jour supplies such as I
• newspap-r advertise- -TOa cannot raise. There is n t I
----a product in thi» list that can- I
grown in I
Dollar Day in Com- Texas-aye right here in the I
Commerce section, if the farm- I
ers only have the courage to |
break away from the c—* -—
id-a and the thrift of their fore
fathers.
Postmaster Debenport.
presid-d at the meeting
ea ed on total citizens for short I
talzs on the question of “Texas I
Feed It sc f ’ and those who re- I
spor.oed were Capt. W. E. Man- I
gum. W. J. Taytor. Dr. W B. !
DeJerretc Editor V<rnon Garri- I
■on. Editor Sterling Hart, and I
HART BROS., Publishers.
^Iso publishers of Th* Cooper Review. Cooper. Texas.
And The Quinlan Journal. Quinlan. Texas.
iz ______________
jf Apu BLI - :
U \tered aa second das* mam
ML ffke it • - I
1S7».
Dollar Bargain Day.
31.00
®.e pholds convictions of politicians.
tro''Xi gy^^ogsemer^fromthektor^'thll?
r -- - —
Aorta American.
Well, there's no doi
ought to be convicted.
C'»-jr>er«-s next big monthly Dos-
lar I«ay wia b* toid on Sa*.. FeA Sth.'
A little dash of sertitrentalism and
emct.cnfaiszn may be all right occasion
»lly but there is no special need for las* Tuesday tigf.t
them. What is needed is a robux* best
sp.r:tua.:ty. The fact is that a reii- brought here in a long mne ~
gten of inward warmth and-fellow- traction was the Lyceum .Arts
ship with God and a religion of help- servatory Orchestra of Chxagu Tnew i
.-..ness are not two. but one. They be- were eight r-or,-.. <r; and
. ^ng together as root and stem, and tfcev were gxxi ones.
they may be and ought to be exesrt:,. The Coi.ege Lyceum is no* receriu- j
.jed in < re and the sa.-e person. There curie as muck patru-age as was ex-
r wrc-c : :-.y £re - - peetod. wing u ------./ *'"J
about us, some in e—^ic—m aad Pnrf. Mayo any, that he ariD^X 1^”-^ before turn-
and some in humble rcs.tions. there ably lose a rittl* money oc the enter-
are men and women whose lives set prise this year,
forth this double achievement. They
hold eotnEunion with God. and the
g.ow on their faces reveals j*; they
serve God. and what they do registers
prvgrees for mankind. Inwardly and
outwardly they walk with Gcd. and
in this i
they both
true eonce;
is the kind
ear hear advocated aad
is the aerviees
homelike church, the diurch with'
friendly feeling.
ments and then buying accordinzlv. Look
plainly that he for next Saturday, which is
” ' -Jmeree.
for veek ending February 6, 1916.
Bean. E. G.
Ferguaon, J. W.
Fitch, Furley.
Hamton, Birthtr.
Moore, Monsure.
Robert*, Ethel.
Stookvherry, Rev. IL O.
Griffin, Mrs. A. C.
Harlow, Mrs. M. M.
Watkins, Mrs. Birdie.
Weaver, Mr*. Ada.
Walker, .Mr*. Maude.
Weiland, Mis* Anna. — —
The above letter* will be sent to the V,J°P niemtors all the week as well
r office if not called for in “* on and there is no better
Tri ' 'J iers ard bndtords. held at b ard!two w«*lc»-
Inp: ’ TrviLnnm. IV.. /'lease say
C. J. DEBENPORT, P. M.
d would be over the heads
proceeds to ramble
' with stale stories r ~ ~ .>
. nseo Ln-s. arda member of '.
‘\ Squadron 11 of the Texas Feed
Itself” movement, was the prm-
:e oui sp-aser at an enthusiastic
i meeting of businessmen, tank dead letter
'ers v.r.d lar.rtL,r.:a btl.l k ...J'two weeks.
When calling for same way to do this than by giving them
f Trad-r. om- W-dneS^a- aft-r”lplease ,ay “nd Z‘ve date. K'»»i wholesome reading matter that
C. J. DEBRMPORT, P. M.
member of the sq jadron was . , —
called to Da ks « account of tf e i £ month’' *n “ bu’in‘'M eoH**'
j , r I will prepare a young man or young «
Jea n ol Pr G. C. Rankin. ;ady for a >»ition at a good salary, the school so that <ui“ jr
Mr. Mitchell was introduc-d The Journal has gome scholarships for the latest and best book*
o the audienee by Postmaster !sa^e cheaP- tf ed a* well a* reference books.
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The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1915, newspaper, February 5, 1915; Commerce, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1359311/m1/4/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .