The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. [8], No. 295, Ed. 1 Monday, December 29, 1913 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY LEDGER
THE DAILY LEDGER
BY W. HOLT HARRIS
Bears the
Jam Signature
of
admire seeing a girl whirl around
elsewhere over Texas will 90 to-
wards maintaining the Walter Col.
Ja2320 Guaanteed under the Food
a
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The Houston Chroniele
‘ And now it would be appropriate
Exact opy of Wrapper.
A BIT OF ADVICE.
1
of he joints, sciatica, lumbagos.
No authoritative figures are avail-
reliable estimates indicate that 22
State. We consume in Texas:
and their purity and perfec
as transpo-tatie
r Mliibarn Co.. Props.. Buffa-
a standstill.
Io. N. Y.
books
ADVANCING UNDER PROTECTION OF CANNON FIRE
children. If not
CO.
9 00 Drops
INANTS/CHILDREN
00000000000
steam engine with full pressure
on.
medal commission to dish out one
of the sparklers to President W il-
mother, Mrs.
-ily the ”
mondav-A uunem
will give reports on their work
and return what seals are unsold.
This year 7,500 seals were procur-
led by Mrs. Fleming and it is be-
i lieved that a greater portion of the
lot has been sold.
The first seal to be sold in Bai-
linger was auctioned off to the
| highest bidder several week’s ago
e a
s i 1
1
affairs is concern-t •
116 months old
35DOSES-35 CENTS
Some of General Villa s men are here seen advancing under the protections of canno fire to engage the federals
in hand-to-hand fighting.
J For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORP
THE CENTAUN COMPANY, NEW YORII CITY.
is two month’s treatment, and sel-
dom fails to perfect a cure. Texas
testimonials with each bottle. Dr.
E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive Street, St.
Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists. 312d
♦
♦ ♦ ♦
An actress says all girls should
dance. She is right, all girls should
dance to some tune or another. We
ATTORNEY GENERAL HE-
PLIES TO CRITICS.
able on the amount of foreign malt
liquors consumed in the State, but
Miss Beatrice Vining, of Aus
tin. came in Monday at noon to
visit her aunt. Mrs Jno. A. Weeks
and family and her grand .father.
Col. C. L. Morgan and family for
a few weeks.
Siekly children need White's
Cream Vermifuge, it not only des •
troys worms, if there be any, but
blished every afternoon except
nday by the Ballinger Printing
progress but it has very effectively placed letters upon our growth
and development by giving the State millions of dollars of bad ad-
vertising.
at the bar of public opinion, if one
is permitted to judge by newspaper
comments, it has failed utterly to val-l
idate the position of the Attorney
General.
When the lawyers and the courts
are all through, our destinies will
remain in the hands of those who
have the money lo invest, for the man
with money is the court of last re-
sort.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a*
• ..BALLINGER LUMBER ♦
a dance hall like a governor on a achievement as the knockout drops of uncertainty, and capital will
never seek investment where a myriad of scornful lingers are point-
ALCOHOL 3 PER CEN.
Avertable Preparation forAs.
similating the Food andPegula
ling Ilie Stomachs and Bowels of
STOCKHOLDERS:
f M. Skinner, C. P. Shepherd, Paul
Trimmier, A. W. Sledge, H. M.
Fonen, R. T. Williams, J. Y. Pearce.
Scott H. Mack, T. J. Gardner, 0.
L. Parish, R. W. Bruce.
son for extinguishing a fire in one
of the residences near his “win-
ter captial.' The sparkler might be
given him to serve a double pur-
pose, since his birthday was Sun-
day and he pulled off the gladia-
tor stunt only a few ours previous
thought that Hobson had made
it a felony for women to make
raids upon men’s lips, when he be
gan advocating prohibition and 1
thousand battleships a year.
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Twenty-six women kissed a cap-
tain of a steamship running into
New York on Christmas Day. We
ANUCH has been said and more written about advertising
SNA the resources of Texas abroad and our glowing opportunities.
* when properly safe-guarded, will make the eagle on every
American dollar spread its wings and fly to Texas. But the thing
most essential to our growth and progress is the proper allignment
of our laws and conduct and a clearer understanding of the necessi-
state Texas is, since in this coun-
try many are calling: "A nogg!
A nogg! My kingdom for a nogg.
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DIRECTORS
s. T. Pearce, 0. L. Pariah, Paul
Trimmier, C. P. Shepherd, A. W
■ such a tickle goddess when flirting with Ambition, that it keeps in-
dustries guessing as to the true status of affairs lest they all be ome
companions in adversity.
The press of Texas has been groaning for the vast few months quitt Hospital for the treatment of
to exclaim: ‘An egg! An egg! My
kingdom for an egg.’ All of
which goes to prove what a great
to his 57th mark.
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A press dispatch from the ( ity
of Mexico states that Huerta will
resign after the first of the year.
We don 't believe the old man will
* 1
sure yourself at home as thou- Probably 95 per cent of the Tr -
products are consumed witr
rhetmatisin, whether muscular or I put into the manufacturing
I here are no distilleries in Lexa.
ties and requirements of progress. When this is done, it will be a
unnecessary to solicit capital to come to Texas as it will be to invite
the bees to make he ney. Money follows the lines of least resistance
and capital flows wherever profit is greatest and conditions most
■table. The bank vaults of the nation are filled with dollars that are
searching to and fro, up and down the earth for safe and profitable
investments but it is of first importance that the house be put in order
before the guests are invited.
There is nothing that so weakens the foundation of industrial
says and the incandescent flashes of malice and prejudice that have lighted
the horizon have had a tendency to wither mid blight our destiny
and we still hear threats of war. Not only has it done violence to
ney and bladder troubles, dis- at the map to fully realize the im-
solves gravel, cures diabetes, weak portance of more mileage.
and lame backs, rheumatism, and At no time in the history of our
bladder in both men and women, development could restraint upon our
Regulates bladder troubles in progress have been more fatal to our
sold by your growth.
The brief presented by the Attor-
do any trick so dastardly pleas-
ing as quitting his old job and pro
menading in the field himself
ing toward it and neither will it give serious consideration to op-
portunities that are scarred by fear. No amount of publicity, how-
i ever adroitly presented, can bring about profitable results under
I such circumstances. Such a country can only hope for satisfactory
development through some freak of nature.
We have so many laws and rumors of laws and Dame Duty is land was sold for, $5.00. The pro-
ceeds of the sale in Ballinger and
been doubled during the-
LADY S APPEAL, ade. During the past fiv
I new establishments have b of
of and two million dollars of 1
annual payroll of $900,00
records of the Federal Go,
show that the capital inv I
the value of the Texas ou.
season has passed merrily ol its world-wide opportunities upon 11-
way and a new year has entered, and the domestic ......I for railroad-
. and Mrs. .I. A. Williams and Years bills. Many pocket
imately ? per cent of malt
ple discovery banishes uric acid manufactured in the United
deliver it unless vou.nav extra for from the blood, loosens the stir i while we have 4 per cent of t
insurance, and if it is damaged , 1 ::........::.. .... 1.1..1 1 ulation. The Texas produc
1o hr.I he: here on a visit to •> vear. for with it comes the New county would support a
Money Follows Line of the Least
Resistence.
It is indeed unfortunate that we
will have passed away. The firm should become Involved in the
, . and no whiskey is manufactured
in bad shape as the result of kid- ‘n January 1st the limit backache, pains in the kidneys or within the State
what the Attorney General propose- neV and bladder trouble. I suffer- weight for packages through the netralgia pains to write to her
to give the people in return has never ed from an almost constant pain parcel post in the first and second 5 ’ l
been announcel. Certainly he can- across the back. I was unable to zones will be increased to 50 for 8 home treatment wTch has i
not hope to either add to the railroad get any remedy that would give pounds and in the third to the repeatedly cured all of these tor-
mileage or increase our transporta- me relief A friend advised me eighth zone as high as 20 pound tur s. She feels it her duty to
Lame back came from over-work
coll s tiled in the muscles of th
back, or from disease. In the two
former cases thtight remedy i
Tlard’s Snow Liniment. I
• 1 be rubbed in thoroughly
5 ‘‘ected part, the relief
■ pit and satisfactory
= *‘100 per bottle
AIILIMIIN Co.
from his
Sunday
0 s and
ok after
* We carry a full line build- ♦
* ing material at all times . •
•..Oak for Coupling Poles, ♦
♦ Tongues and Etc. •
♦ Let us save you some mon- •
• cy on your bill. •
• --
that advertises will ......tinue to meshes of technicalities at a time
reap the harvest after the present when the Panama Canal has thrust
it is now up to the Carnegie
under a burden of announcements of progress made by the State children afflicted with tubereu-
in its efforts to visit the pains and penalties of law upon industry ! losis of the beifes.
That the sale of Red Cross Seals
in the city of Ballinger this year
statement of several chairmen of
has been very successful is the
Im* various committees which ‘has
the charge of selling these stick-
ers. From all indications the sale
this year will surpass that of 1912
by many hundred. Mrs. W. S.
Fleming, chairman of the local
committee, is elated over the man-
ner in which the citizens of Bal-
linger bought the seals.
Just what amount was realized
from the sale of the dainty little
stickers is not known at present
The seals are still on sale at the
various downtown stores and will
remain there unlit after the first
of the vea.. when the committees
1 1 1. 1fried joints, purifies the blood. .
you have no come back. Ilie ex- . , , • . , taken first premium at world
press companies guarantee to de- an.1 brightens the exes giving elas- ............1......,
liver the goods, and it broken von tility and tone to the whole sys-l universally recognized. We
are paid for same Tust thi- vneli ten. If the above interests you, facture in the State apprur
to keen you posted and then you for proof address Mrs. M. Sum | 200,000 barrels of beer per :
1,D 1 The factory value of the
mers. Box R. Notre Dame, Ind. , 1
Texas output is shown by the
druggist, will be sent by mail on.
receipt of $1.00. One small bottle ney General may be a document of
recognized merits by the courts, but
Aslk-gry under
ULTOgien forced
out certain
For Infants ana Cie in-
V vexed
The Kind You have
Always Bought
Ne give the highest cash price can take your choice.
Yes, we ar......rtainlv glad that “---enumerators at $6,464,000, an
les ' Ramsey, of San Angela, Christinas does not come but once We still contend that kunnels value of the raw material use
county manufacturing is $1,695,000.
fair and that it could be made one value added by the process of m.
r" lv. left for her home Monday will he mashe, flat when the bill of the most successful in Texas, ufacturing is $4,769,000. The prin
at noon ■ collector makes his rounds, let’s get busy for the New Year. cipal materials used are barley an
rice.
The manufacture of malt liquor
in the State has shown an incri
of 60 per cent against an inc
of 27 per cent in population •
the past decade. The inc
malt liquor manufactured - ..
United States during this period
twenty per cent. Less than one pe
cent of malt liquor establishment
of the United States are located i
Texas.
The increased demand for ma
liquor indicates that mild stim
lants are taking the place of stron
poisonous drinks and is evidence •
more temperate drinking and s
briety.
------was never more intense. W hile the
A TEXAS WONDER immensity of the former advantage
The Texas Wonder cures kid. mav stun us, one has only to glance
Promotes Digestion Cheerful
nessand Rest.Contains neither
Opium Morphine nor Mineral
NOT NAR COTIC.
Reipcrold DeSIM’EZPTTULR
Ahelle Sulls-
hCarbonal Dug •
Brm Seed -
=
Apelect Remedy for Consfipa-
tion Sour Stomach. Dtarrhioca
Worns .Convulsions. Feverish
nes: and Loss or SLEEP.
hcSinile Signaturc of :
Gliezzu
TE Centaur COMPANY,
NEW YORK.
mileage or increase our transporta- me relict A friend advised me eiiiti zone as high as 20 pound tur s. She feels it her duty toi per cent of Texas’ consumption is
tion facilities and there is a erving to try Doan s Kidney Pills and I packages will be admitted. This serrl it to all sufters FREE. You manufactured outside the State,
need for both in Texas at this time, got a supply. After taking one is a great thing for th.....an who
Apparently the thing most hoped for box. I felt greatly relieved. My lives in the country and gets hisr
by the MMtorney General is to uphold advice to anyone afflicted in i mail every day from the rural car sate s wi testify no ′ lange o
the dignity of the constitution, which similar way is to giv e I loan s rier. but wen a package is mailed clinate being necessary. This sim-
he contend' the Legislature assaulted Kinney Pills a trial." * U'nele Sam does not guarantee to
in passing the Katy Merger biil. bus Price 50 vents, of all dealers
—. • 1 . while the Attorned General 1- ex 1,,: f for kidney
July It is true that business, . , 1 * Telit ' 1 ′ in
omia T .*** *.....ne m 1 Cmummt s nuamt: rat "ST KT RA %,
holidays along the close of i".lad.
year, but there is no reason for ed i. at
there not being motiling after they
The T. E. & P. S. Co. d&w-tf
=====— RED CROSS SEAL
ADVERTISING TEXAS SALES ARE GOOD
Mrs. P. li Brooks, of Mile
had been here on a visif *
brother Jarvis and W.
and families, left Monday at no
for her home.______
: FIRS INSURANCE ,
• The Best Companies
• PROMPT SERVICE
• Your business solicited.
• Miss Maggie Sharp.
♦ Upstairs in old Fidelity ’
• Credit Co.s Office. Phone •
• 215. See Me.
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it acts as a strengthening tonic in —%= — ------------------------
.....went down in hin MALI LIQUOR ESTABLISH
Drug Co. pocat and helped to make some Mild Stimulants Taking the
_ littpimheart beat with joy is the of Strong Drink.
_______.- 100 J, may hat has that spark of one of The manufacture of malt lic
Railroad Development a First Don t Delay. Second— "' ’ W 1 .7 POP ' the neatest virtues in his make ranks fifth in importance in ’J
Standstill until Katy Suit is Don’t Experiment. tilled— autos in the eitys of New up Anted regardless of his other manufacturing industries fror
Settled --York. For the first eleven months fau r. he has cast bread upon the standpoint of capital invested
It vou sillier from backache; of the present year the number of wai s that will return to him in ranks third in value added b
The storm of protest that has headache or dizzy spells; if you deaths from the same cause in dan o come. ' manufacturing process. Acc.
reached the Attorney General criti-rest poorly and are languid in that city totaled 177. While there ID —--to the last Federal Census *
cising his action in filing suit against the morning; if the kidney seere- has been a big increase in the use : lical experts differ as to the ve have twelve establishri
the M.. K. & T. Railway Company ations are irregular send unnatur- of the ears the increase does n * dar Pr of kissing. There is noth 1 raged in the manufacture 04
has caused him to issue a public al in appearance, do not delay, justify the number of deaths. A.- ing Keo the theory. If kissing is liquors, employing 931 persor.
, statement defending his course, in In such cases the kidneys often cording to the man who complied dar grous we know some people, an investment of $7,027,000
which many technical reasons are need help. • the figures in his report that the in llinger that are taking a
advanced and violation of the con- Doan’s Kidney Ills are espe. majority of the deaths are due to are 1 risk,
stitution on the part of the legisla- cially prepared for kidney tron-l carelessness. We are a careless im - ’ ______
RITATSAIL* Mt MMN q.cn -: a mm NO’RrRE DANE
ated from any source commending . „ , nn 14 . i.. 1. ,
. , .. . . , more convincing proof than a some might Say luck, many of us
either his action or his explanation , , . P .. ... . ,. ...111.4,1. 11. 1
। - , a Y : statement of a citizen of this o- would be at the end of the race he
It is a matter of record that the suitfore we reached the first q ter r. all knowing sufferers
has arrested the expenditure of mil- ...... .1
r 1 n sS - ■ v nt Winters Tex. stake,
lions of dollars in railroad improve- • • AL ,
ments in Texas and demoralized the as. Says: Five years ago I was
market for Texas securities, and just
A. W. SLEDGE..........Editor
• P. SHEPHERD..Business Mgr
OFFICERS:
•. L. Parish, president; Paul Trim-
mfer, vice-president; C. P. Shep-
he-d. a cretary and treasurer.
THE BALLINGER •
LUMBER CO. •
against the rebels, as he says he
will do after the first of the new
year. That might be’his resolution
at the present time but many good
intentions are broken before the
day is over.
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Business in Ballinger or any
other town will be dull only to the
man who makes it a custom to lay
off on the m< ths immediately fol
lowing the holidays. ’There is no
reason logical for a slump in busi-
ness after the Christmas season
than there is after the Fourth of
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. [8], No. 295, Ed. 1 Monday, December 29, 1913, newspaper, December 29, 1913; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1694723/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.