The Hereford Brand, Vol. 14, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1914 Page: 4 of 12
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The Hartford Brand Friday, May IS, 1914
UNTING
No more hunting for the tobacco that exactly
suits you.
Not after youVe found STAG—rich—ripe—mellow—fragrant—full
bodied—yet exquisitely MILD.
Convenient Packages: The Handy Half-Size 5-Cent Tin, the Full-Sir* J. Jlll.nrTTT
10-Cent Tin, the Pound and Half-Pound Tin Humidors and the Pound Glass Humidor. BK_ dMBWBIBIIUHHIllllllHUl
5TAG
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For Pipe and Cigarette
EVER-LASTING-LY GOOD
"No Bite,
"No Sting,
"No Bag,
"No String."
At 1790
Woman For County Treaenrer.
Plainview, Tex.—Mrs. Lala Davis
of Plainview is a candidate for the
office of county treasurer of Hale
county. She says that she is not a
suffragette but a plain Democrat.
She has one man opponent and if the
reports from that city of shallow
water are true she is likely to give
him the "race of his life."
Beet Diarrhoea Remedy.
If you have ever used Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy you know
that it is a raw—a Sam F. Gain, What'
ley, Ala, writes, "I had measles and got
caught out in the rain, end it eetUed in my
etomaeh and bowela. I had an awfbl time,
and had it not been for Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy I could not
possibly have lived but a few hours longer,
out thanks to this remedy, I am now well
and strong." For sale by all dealer*.—Ad-
vertisement
Gasoline Burns Boy.
Last Thursday morning while pre-
paring to start a fire in the kitchen
stove Bill Williams was badly burn-
ed on the stomach and legs. He had
made a mistake and ^ot a small
quantity of gasoline instead of coal
oil. The gasoline exploded with the
result stated.
Bradly Pasture Posted.
The land and pastures of the
Bradly Estate have been posted. As
we are going to use our creek land
this summer, we cannot allow the
public to mix things up as in the
past. So ple&se do not go in or ask
to go in. While we regret very much
to have to post our pasture, we hate
worse to be imposed upon as we
have been.
14-4t The L. R. Bradly Estate.
Finished Like New
Rough, shabby floors, or floors on which
the finish is marred or stained, can be
made like new with
Lincoln Floor Paint
Made especially to be walked on. Is ready for use,
easy to put on,—you can do it yourself,—and dries
quickly. The cost is trifling, only about 6 cents a
square yard.
Our "Home Painting Jobs" booklet, free,
gives you dozens of hints on home dec-
orating. Will you ask for a copy when
you call at our store.
R. H. KEMP :: Hereford.Texas
Hot Springs Concern.
In all probability, the newspapers
of Texas, which have been carrying
ads for the Hot Springs concern,
will lose the account, as they pay no
attention to bills sent them. The
ordinary country newspaper is an
easy prey for advertising grafters.
They fall into all sorts of traps and
get caught with their eyes open—no
not open for some of us never get
our eyes open until it is too late.
The trick is easy to turn. A few
grafters will organize an advertising
company supposedly for the purpose
of placing ads for a large concern.
Usually they are the same bunch.
After placing thousands of dollars
of advertising and the first payment
comes due, it is found that they have
failed, and collectors report N. G.,
gone out of business. Sometimes the
grafters are brave enough to place
their ads under their own name, but
the result is the same, they never
intended to pay. No law should
protect a man for thus deliberately
allowing himself to be swindled; if
newspaper persons are simple enough
to allow a perfect stranger to beat
him out of $50 worth of good space
by just sending in an order for so
much space "and if the results are
satisfactory will place a larger ad,"
they should have a guardian or be
tried for insanity. No firm in the
world will sell goods and wait three
months for the pay without some in-
formation about the person buying,
but the average newspaper will take
any sort of order, set up a good ad,
run it for weeks, and never as so
much make an inquiry aboct the re-
liability of the agency or the firm.
Don't let 'em do it again, boy; don't
let 'em fool you every time. The
Brand believes this Hot Springs con-
cern has served a hot one to all of
the Texas papers.
Betts-Clark are agents for the
Saturday Evening Post. 27tf
The W. 0. W. meet on the second
and fourth Saturday nights of each
month. Members should keep these
dates in mind and attend. 13tf
School Board Organizes.
Last Thursday night the old board
of school trustees met and canvassed
the vote of the recent election and
found the four who bad received the
highest number of votes to be as
published and they were declared
elected. G. M. Suggs, however,
would not qualify and J. H. Bowers,
having received the next highest
number of votes, was chosen in his
place. In the re-organization, J.
W. Barnett was chosen as president
and H. C. Myrick was made secre-
tary, both having held these places
before. On Saturday night another
meeting was held and all the present
grade teachers were tendered their
places, but up to this time it is not
known that all will accept. Supt.
Ben Short offered bis resignation
and same was accepted. On Wed-
nesday an informal meeting was
held to talk over an application from
Prof. Holcomb of Vernon. A num-
ber of applications are on file and
will be considered. It is not thought
now that an election of a superin-
tendent will take place till after the
close of the school.
A Royal Party to Visit Us.
Particulars regarding the person-
nel of his Royal Highness' retinue,
date of arrival, purpose of visit,
etc., forthcoming.
Even the least of potentates creates
a flurry by announcing his intention
of visiting our shores. But now
comes word that a king accompanied
by thousands of courtiers will bring
the glory of his court into our midst.
Just why he comes, who will attend
him, how his powers and riches will
be used while in our midst is set
forth in a 65 pqge volume regarding
The King's Return. Some have told
us be comes "as a thief;" others
say with shout and trumpet. Some
declare he comes to burn the earth,
and others that he is to make it all a
Paradide. Send five cents to Mrs.
H. C. Rockwell, 28 West 63rd St.,
New York City, and learn what the
Bible says. 15tf
Don't say drug store say Cornel
Drug Store. ltf
THE SOURCE
OF CHEAP NONET
BDITOR'8 NOTES:—-Thle la the eoeonS
of a eerie* of Article* on AGRICUL-
TURAL PROBLEMS prepared bjr
8. A. Untey. chairman of the
Farm Life Commission.
Suppose one wishes to borrow oa
land security, 910,000. It is not
easy to find one person who has
that sum to lend. When he does,
he finds a man of affairs who
will lend the money only on such
rates ss prevail in that community.
It is easier to find twenty per-
sons with $500 or a hundred with
$100 each. In Eastern states and
in European countries working
people and persons of small means
put by their savings in saving
banks which pay 3 and 4 per oent
on time deposits. The savings
banks assemble many hundred
millions of dollars. The deposits
in the Postals Savings Bank of
this nation already amount to $40,-
000,000 although they pay only
2 per cent interest People of
small means are the greatest source
of cheap money. Their money
builds sky-scrapers, factories, ships.,
railroads, telegraph, telephone sys-
tems and so on, which is assem-
bled in this wise: The enterprise
is incorporated and issues mortgage
bonds. A million dollars may be
put into bonds of $50 each, bear-
ing 4 or 5 or 6 per cent interest
Concerns which make a business
of selling such securities furnish
the money desired and sell these
bonds to investors in such securi-
ties among whom will be clerks,
book-keepers, laborers, school-teach-
ers, preachers, professional people,
and all kinds of non-business per-
sons. Thus is capital assembled
which finances big enterprises. The
rich do not, ss some suppose, furn-
ish cheap money; they borrow and
use the money of non-business
people.
Every one of Uncle Sam's in-
dustries except his greatest, agri-
culture, has worked out methods
of getting to the source of cheap
money, and he has decided to work
out a system for that neglected
industry. He sends his agents to
all parts of the world. Some of
these in the countries of Conti-
nental Europe have reported that
the people there have systems of
rural credits which manage to tap
this great source of cheap money
just ss other industries do, and
receive copious streams of finance
which give new life and vigor to
agriculture, causing the fields to
bring forth five-fold. Desiring to
see what light these systems might
shed on our agricultural problems
President Wilson sent a Com mis-
son last year throughout Europe
to investigate the systems there.
ThiB commission saw that land
mortgage securities when issued in
small denominations so that peo-
ple of small means could purchase
them with their savings were the
favorite of all securities. People
every where love the soil; they
dwell upon it, from it comes their
food and raiment, and they have
faith in it above all things else,
even above the government itself.
Hence they who went on this in-
vsstigation found that land se-
curities everywhere commanded
cheaper money than the bonds of
the governments, and these securi-
ties have stood the test of a hun-
dred years.
The methods are so simple and
the benefits so great and wide-
spread that one seeing them won-
ders why we should not long ago
have adopted some similiar method
suited to agricultural conditions
here. This Commission has pre-
pared a plan which is now be-
fore Congress and which I will
explain in my next article.
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