Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, June 20, 1919 Page: 3 of 8
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First Write on one Mide of p¡ per only, ¡inri ¡ui often u* possible.
We fui i.-m >tit.■ >i<'i. . - a -¡i! a >ri paper to you Free.
8evoti<l—What to Write—All news of your community, such as
wef'-ll- rs. parties, deaths, awldiiix. sales of homes, visitors when
tliey ueorgu, from ««.tuswiif r eiiiniminliy, (hut not vísIUiik of
lielKoi- is In tlie same Couiuiunl'y) us that Is not news.
COOKES POWT PICKINGS
^aatyc irat this time of the
year the people were grumbling
about the >lry weather, and at
thia time the chronic grumblers
out this way are grumbling
CHR1ESMAN CHATS
We are having an abundance
of rain throughout this portion
of the county, which, barring
any destructive storms, has as-
sured the corn crop, but is en
about so much rain; it i* awful j^)0 f.,,. tli*? good of
hard to please some folks. We
all know what we want, but we
all don't know just what we
need, for many times we have
learned" by past experience that
we did not need just what we
wanted.
Thete is one thing I know, we
hi.vc .i iiuinper corn <*rop ti is
ye.,r out this way, flnd every
other unmatured crop looks
good to me. tíí course there is
si.me Kvitss and weeds among
the cotton which causes some to
f|. t and *weat; that reminds me
ol how the boys in school when
1 vas a • i hool hoy u««d t«> <,«H «
n ■ in t?.«• arithmetics of tliit
day; Un-arid tret.it was diffi-
cult f • some of the boys to
HOlve aun " of the problems, con
sequent!, they would call the
rule, sv ¡ir and sweat. There
is ..notl,' r thing I would not
haVi the K ople to overlook ami
that i" i h is a splendid season
lor vines 1 am particular fond
of the fruit of the vino, especi-
ally of the watermelon vine; we
are looking forward to the time
with sweet anticipation for the
red sweet n < ated watermelon.
Whiie ! wrote the above about
Wfttenii' "lis n y mouth wa-
tered.
Now lor .. change, I am so
tflaú ti .it our hoys are still re-
tur; i.' buck home from Kurope;
a . 1 wll! soon be home
a^nin; 'hank godness A few
tJay- sirve 1 had the pleasant
privilege of meeting my friend.
Hillie Wing of Caldwell; I have
known Hillie since he was a
small boy. Me is now a laitfe
ni.it. I. tells me that he passed
through several battles, and the
only wound lie NV!,S a scratch
by a wire as he passed through
the entanglements of them. I
guess the German soldiers were
scared awful bad. or they could
have hitas large man as Hillie is
My mind now reverts to ;<
no i ! i -¡id in lust week's ledg-
er u¡ i pre/. • being awarded for
bravery to my friend, T. C
Houston. The last time we met
was just before he went to a
ramp to prepare for overseas
Me was a noble young man; we
often met and parted as Irlends.
Peace h > to his ashes until tli •
resurrection of the good.
Miss Nopheia Urban gave a
nice birthday party last Wed-
nesday.
Dr. C. A. Slier rill went to Ft
Worth last Friday to meet his
son from France.
There was an ice cream sup-
per at W. K. Taylor's last Satur-
day night.
(J. H. "A'olf returned home for
a vacation from Seguin College
Miss f/ouiflc Wolf returned
home from Austin recently.
Miss Thratio Kubenn speut
two weeks at homo on a vacation:
she has ruturuud to her work at
tiillcy's store in Caldwell.
We will now stand adjourned
until the next meeting.
Observer.
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Harta's band played on the
square yesterday morning for
(he 10th of Jone picnic of the
oolored people.
the cotton. The rain of Sunday
and Sunday night has put the
creeks all overflowing, which
doubtless will injure some of the
crops in the low lunds.
Mrs. J. M. Love is visiting
relatives and friends in Clifton
since last week.
Mrs. A. Love attended the
commencement exercises of the
Southwestern Un i v e r s it y at
Georgetown, where she has a
son and daughter attending
school.
Mrs. Lee of Rockdale, is visit-
ing her daughter. Mrs. J. W.
Lines and family.
Mrs. C. Rwell and Mrs. W. D.
Live are visiting relatives in
Lyons for a few days.
Tom E.
All Indies', Misses' and Chil-
dren's Trimmed and Untrimmed
Mats to go at Halt Price at
Cub Vs. 16-2c
SEBESTA-SNOOK SAYINGS
Here we come again with a
few itflins from Snook and sur-
rounding vicinity. We are still
getting rain every few days, and
the Brazos river is reported very
high, and some of the darkies
have been afraid ol another over-
flow.
Mm Horak will begin a class
in confirmation here on June
aoth.
Johnnie l ojt and Deltine Ke-
besta were Caldwell visitors the
p ist week
Pan! II i hi wis a Lyons visi-
•<m las: week, going over to at-
tend a meeting of the warehouse
directors |'no
NCAKES defend on Karo. With a richness—
r flavo.'—a body—Karo spreads evenly and
'ihk cjer your cakes. Truly delicious!
1 hero Are Three Kind Of Karo
"Crystal White"—in </:«.? Red Can; "Golden Brown"—in the
B'ks Cü ¡: 4iMap!a Hiivor"— the new K^ro v/ith plenty
julictarce an
h r*.pie Taste—-in f/tc Green Can•
I 'PGXTAt'T lO YPlf— finery ca* of Ksro Is marled w U exact weight In pounds
oí H-i oi t it ]. Do nut t.« nlilnj by ptciaici it ii;...lw cizo bcarii ■ tiaibbcra
Of 5 hi. !iavi. j D. ««Utiou ta weight cf contents.
FREE
Ev. :y boutewifc <hou.il have * cop> of Iba in*
Ureitinf 6ú-|i ifu Corn Pit-JacU Cook Coolc.
Ee ulifulty illustrated. It w freo. u fur it.
Corn Product* Re:icing Company
Hi my P. O. Cox 1CI *<.# York Cll/
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Sheriff's Notice of Election
HIDES J wiil buy your hides
and pay .you the highest market
price. M. Shapiro. Ill :(<
Cemetery Working
<>n Wednesday. .June üMli, we
will meet at the Carr graveyard
for the puriNise of cleaning up
the cemetery. L<t everyone
who Is interested coll)
bring dinner and tools with
them. I .ilsii wish to say that I
have, at my own expense, put a
good hog proof wire fence
around the grave yard, arid if all
those who have relatives buried
there feel like contributing any-
thing to help defray the expen-
sas. they can pay the money to
me any time.
Kespectfuily,
H. W. Worthington.
Till'. STATE OF TEX \S,
C< ll 'XTV OI UI RLK80N.
J^Notle# I* hereby ni.en th«*t an t-'-e.--
tion will Ik- held oil the 12lh <lu> "i
.I u 1 >. 191* . at New Tabor School in
('otunion School IH^triot No. liiof this
county a.s established by order of the
com a its-1 «tiers' court of this county, of
date the 10th dn> of June IH'Kl, which
is recorded In lliwdi ti. l.'tl atd
11.? ,.f the minutes of v.iid court, to de-
termine vhctbef a majority ol the !•••
^..Il\ ipiaiiiied property uspayintr vo-
ters "f that district desire to incrta-e
the ta\ beretofori levied in snid di--
trict of 10 cclit'- on the f loo on viilua- j
thm of taxable property iii h#i.1 cbs-
trict for the purpose of supplementing
the State School F ind ap|M)rtioned !'
said district, lo 1 cents.
All |>ersons who are le|fall> nualitiei
voter** of this State aii«l count)
.,n<! who are resident propel!
taxpayer* ill sail) district st-.:ill be en
111 if i t" vote at si, hi election.
Said election av ordered In tin
couuh jild^e of this counts b> orde
mail., on tin * 11 i, i la y ol June. I'M"
am', this not h i Is tflvi-n iii pii.stwinc
ol >.tit| order.
h A. KM.is. Sherilf,
|{ -.rlcs' ii County. Texas, j
Bowers 8c Bowers
Lawyers
We practice Law ii all the Cairts
If you have money to loan, m
e n | lace It Mfelv for t-mt If vm
want to sell \ourlan«l 1st It wit i-
u«. If vmi want to buy lar.ii ue
can Fat tisf> y eu,
J:i
New Prices
GOODYEAR TIRES
Farm Loans
Money to Loan on Good
Improved Farm Land
Jesse Garrett
CALDWELL, TEXAS
FABBIC
CASINGS
Smooth All Weather
GORD
CASINGS TÜ3ES
RibbcJ /.I! Weat'.er
>3ox3 12.90
>30x31-2 16.80
32x31-2 19.48
Dr. J. W. Clements
LENT15T
Office in Barnett, Bldg.
¡31x4
' 32x4
>33x4
i 34x4
26.66
26.20
27.40
28.10
15.76
20.00
23.36
31.25
31.86
33.35
34.10
24.66
36.20
£0. 45
37.S0
2.78
3.28 j
3*701
44.68 48.96
46 88 49 30
47.20 50.05
Some Interesting
Condensed News Items
t'ui*|xiriil ('nrlin of Houston is
here iwniitiiiK men for tbe
A iiiericun \ !•!. foi coh, and will
be hero lor .six days, .stopping at
ilie Iluten liuu e. If you want
t<> enlist, in the nrtny and see
Photographer* have found
phonograph* valuable for obtain-
and ¡ ing desired facial expressions in
patroUM.
One of the new gasoline farm
tractors is designed to do little
more than the work of n single
horse.
Needing no other preparation
than cleaning, the inside harU ol
a tree is used in Kcundor fm
blankets.
Norway lias established a
plant for the extract i m of zinc
from ores heretofore considered
worthless by a Belgian enjjin
ecr's electrical process.
A new shoe heel for use in
slippery weather has a number
of adjustable points which art
Jos. Kovar
General Blacksmith
end Woodwork
All Work Gusrsntoed
Caldwell, Texas
iCaide Auto Co.
n m*n mm mag
I pushed into |K> ition for use by
oversea service call and see hiiu
right away.
Mr*. T. .1. Carter returned
from Temple Wednesday, bring*
ing her daughter, Miss Gloise,
who underwent an operation for
appendicitis there some weeks
ago.
a lever on the back of the heel.
Mis* Lillian Addison has re-
turned home from a visit to her
sister, Mrs. Dotson Corder, at
Burnett.
District court adjourned for
the term Friday.
CITY SHOE SHOP i
Frank Chovsnoc, Prop.
AIIKInds ol Boot and Shoe
Repairing.
All Work guaranteed.
CAIDV "**AS.
NEW FEED STORE
We are prepared to furnish
you with Hay, Alfalfa, Oats.
Chops, Bran, and Mixed
Feeds. In fact anything in
the feed line. See us for
your feed. j
J. R. BATES,
CJILttWHI
Harvesting Machinery
Harvesting time is at hand-
let us sell you a mowing mach,
ine, hay pres. Hay Ties, etc:
We carry everything to be
founb in an exclusive hardware
and implement store, and will
treat you right.
How about that home made ice cream
we have the ice cream Ireesera, and they
are priced right.
J. F. POLANSKY
Mill
mini
Ernest A. White
SURVEYOR
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Civil Engineer
Suocwitor to
L. A. While
l'hone No 2. Caldwell, Tesas
einiinnmimimniN
Foi Fair Treatment, Prompt Returns and Highest
Market Priesa Ship Ysur
Hides, Wool, Etc.
TO
t
Howard Hide & Leather Company
Houston, Texaa
Ask Expresa and Freight Agenta tor our Skipping Tags
Misses Leila Uenslee and Elis-
abeth Hartgraves are home for
their vacation from Southwes-
tern University at Georgetown.
FOR SALE—About ft) acres
of land 0 miles went of Caldwell,
the Geo. Flanlngan farm. 8ee
W, W. Rankin, receiver.
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Rankin, W. W. Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, June 20, 1919, newspaper, June 20, 1919; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169026/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.