The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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tiguous countries have
lesson of treating the community The following item shows the re-
with consideration. In the United suit of the Clean Town Club’s work
States the exactions of the compa- , In a nearby town. Swat the fly and
nies forced from the congress the pas- 7 cover up food, {hereby reducing con-
sage of the parcel post law which has tagion: “The Baughn grocery^ store
resulted in cutting down the cost of has screened" in one of its windows
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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1913.
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“Suffragettes
Goad
Churchill,” is
the headliner’s
latest
bull. Perhaps
he took the other dilemma by the
horn.
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It can be readily seen to us old
poker players that the sugar lobby in
Washington was merely sweetening
the pot.
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Us
It did not need a Wm. Burns to
Sleuth out the “new and powerful lob-
by." Every mail since March 4 has
been carrying its material.
Retrospect. What in the world has
become of “Fingy” Connors, one time
boas of New York Democracy and
owner of the Buffalo Express?
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The sweet girl graduate we will not
always have with us. There are tod
many husky young fellows in Weath-
erford whose ways are catching.
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Eleven members of the Annapolis
graduating class having been declar-
ed Inefficient, the careers of that many
future Nelsons have been squshed.
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It will soon just about be the rule
In Weatherford that no one will be
able to eat dinner without the Fbrt
Worth Record, nor supper without the
Rally Herald.
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With 24 hours of rain and the sun
Shining again, the average Weather-
ford citisen feels so good that he could
•pend 23 hours in Mineral Wells with
litter complacency.
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Editor Fltxgerald need not take
time to reply to the Herald. Tarrant
County has acted and that satisfies
everybody. Better late than never.
We'll get the road.
Potting It in diplomatic language,
the governor and the D. of T. R. are
by the Supreme Court asked to be
Alee to each other and not bother the
\ Court any more In fly time.
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Now that the Attorney General has
out one! of the Senate resolu-
lon amendments because of failure
designate the year, it is to be hoped
Kennedy and Wolters will cease
firing.
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t. Johnson, African, pugilist, former
habitat of Galveston, late so-called
champidn bruiser of the world, .is to
pay $1,000 and serve 366 days in Jo-
liet prison. And the white woman
Who disgraced her Aryan blood by
marrying the coon should be shut up
for life.
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“New evidence presented itself,” Is
the way an A. P. story starts. The
▲. P. boys are usually pretty accu-
rate in slinging English over the
Wires, but we find it dlffcult to figure
out exactly how “evidence could pre-
sent Itself,” unless it was human. In
that case how could It be “itself?”
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The Cleburne Review of Friday had
two reprinted editorials for which
Credit is given to the- Weatherford
Herald. We acknowledge the compli-
ment, Col. Horne, but deny the soft
impeachment. Some other guilty
Wretfeh’B philosophy attracted your at-
tention. We are entirely too mindful
Of the ethics due the other fellow to
be willing to accept miscredits plac-
liy.
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^Wm^ther or not the probe instituted
Senate in response to the
made by President Wilson that
were seriously handicapping
legislation, proves the pres-
ident to be right, it has at least insur-
, Sd the passage of the tariff bill In
| accordance with the wishes of the ma-
jority. It has also disclosed the fact
that there IS a lot of social lobbying
’ —tickling It's called in other circles.
“Who’s been feeding the cat?”
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on the light; let the people
carriage on small parcels, both by
the postal authorities and the com-
panies.
In .Canada the dominion railway
commission took a hand after much
warning to the companies, and has
decreed that, operative July 15, a re-
duction of 20 per cent shall take place
on all express packages in the prairie
provinces and in British Columbia. In
the case of Canada the cut is doubt- dom.
less deeper than would have been the
case had the companies gone about
reducing rates on their own account.
It is learned from Canadian sources
that express reduction will not stop
at the scaling undertaken in the prai-
rie and Pacific provinces. The pro-
posal is now to make a cut in the
eastern provinces’ express rate, not to
so great an extent as has been done
in the western provinces, but suffi-
cient to cut somewhat into the net
profits of the companies. Nor is the
cutting to stop with the proposed re-
duction. Canada is soon to establish
the parcel post, somewhat after the
plan now in operation in the United
States.
Of course, the express companies
complained that they were being
harshly treated, and on the other
hand the proponents of the reduction
plan replied in the house of commons
at Ottawa that the net revenue of the
Canadian Express company was 16.6
per cent; of the Dotninion Express
company 31.6 per cent, and of the Ca-
nadian Northern Express company
18.2 per cent. Had the companies
recognized the logic of the situation,
the underlying principle that governs
all species of transportation, that the
lower the rate the greater the volume
of business, and had the cut their
rates in half, it is quite within the
bounds of probability that the volume
of business would have quadrupled.
The experience of the post officials
in this country with the parcels ven-
ture amply demonstrates that low
rates will cause an immense increase
in the volume of packages forwarded.
But the companies chose to believe
that the volume of express business
bad reached its maximum and will
soon suffer from a reduction both in
volume and rates.—Fort Worth Rec-
ord.
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for the sanitary keeping of fruit No
flies around there.”
The above from the Weatherford
Herald shows that the work of our
Clean Town Club is attracting atten-
tion from abroad. Weatherford can
have a club and swat the fly the same
as Mineral Wells, if it would only try.
—Mineral Wells Index.
For once the Index displays wis-
commission in Florence finds
ITALIAN FARMING PLAN
SIMILAR TO OURS.
Intended for a Joke (I)
One of our local physicians who is
quite a dignostician and a witty cuss,
gets off a good one at the Index’s ex-
pense while prescribing for one of his
patients suffering from insomnia. It
seems his patient could not sleep at
night, so the doctor told him to eat
a bowl of Tost Poasties on retiring
and to read the Index as a dessert—
cleaiming then he would sleep sound-
ly as he would neither have anything
in his stomach nor anything on his
mind to worry about. The Index is
awaiting results.—Mineral Wells In-
dex.
Is that intended for an honest con-
fession?
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♦ PARAGRAPHIC. ♦
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Admiring Mr. Wilson’s methods, we
nevertheless feel some curiosity as to
what Mr. Roosevelt would do were he
handling this tariff lobby business.—
Waco News.
Curious you couldn’t reason that
out. He would use his big stick, like-
ly. The which W. Wilson, Human
Being, has done. The two men use
the bludgeon differently, that’s all.
Some Train Service.
The Texas & Pacific railroad has
about as much use for Mineral Wells
as did the historic Shylock for the
man from whom he demanded the
pound of flesh. As long as it can get
blood money it will give the city some
kind of service. The railroad com-
mission has ordered another train be-
tween that city and Dallas. It re-
mains to be seen whether it will com-
ply with the order or not.—Palo Pinto
Star.
Well, Mineral Wells has had very
poor train service at times, but thanks
to Manager Crow, the Commercial
Club and the Railroad Commission,
we are Boon to have another train ad-
ded. Already an extra coach has been
added to relieve the congested condi-
tion of travel to this city on both the
incoming and outgoing trains. Min-
eral Wells hopes some day to see the
Texas & Pacific railway to Mineral
Wells what the Iron Mountain is to
Hot Springs. It takes time to work
all these things out, and while we-
may think the railroads do not take
kindly towards us at times, we know
they will; eventually do the right
thing at the right time. Certainly our
Mr. Crow will do all he can to give
us the best in train service.—Mineral
Wells Index. t
That gob of honey ought to draw
the flies. Tickle ’em again, C. W.
Since publicity became the popular
thing, county commissioners are ac-
cepting the lowest and best bids for
all supplies for convict camps and
road construction. This is in accord-
ance with the eternal fitness of things.
The Record first paved and then blaz-
ed the way.—Fort Worth Record.
Sure thing, Hugh Nugent. That’s
the tune to raise, and some day Par-
ker county will get a road engineer
to build real roads. The people will
not always “be damned.”
Doubtless the Ennis News doesn’t
care if it bring anathemas on its head.
It’s all right to be independent in ut-
terance, but some editors would have
to leave town if they gave vent to
such expression: "Personally we
praise the thin and airy summer
skirts the ladies are wearing, but we
don’t know that we admire the scis-
sors effect when they walk in the sun-
light.”—Cleburne Enterprise.
It is not at all difficult to see
through that line of editorial utter-
ance.
Health Resort Likes Parker Chicks.
A number of Weatherford ladies
seeking to supply their Sunday tables
with fryers and broilers, thought to
drive out over the country roads sev-
eral miles Saturday last and forestall
things by meeting the Incoming wag-
ons. They got very little for their
pains, finding the supply scarce. Some
came back and substituted with guin-
ea hen pie.—Weatherford Herald.
No doubt the shortage in fryers and
broilers in that progressive little city,
was caused by the raisers of same
bringing them to Mineral Wells, where
the very top notch prices are paid
for such luxuries—(“out, see copy”)—
through grand old Parker for some
of our dainty stuff. A ready market
can be found here at all times for
most anything raised on the farm.—
Mineral Wells Index.
With two good markets nearby and
Fort Worth and Dallas bidding for
barnyard products all the time, grand
old Parker cannot supply home de-
mands. She has taken the contract
to feed three or four counties, but not
all of North Texas.
That even clawing gum may have
Its uses is proved by the story of the
Arkansas milk maid. This young wo-
man started out to the pasture, and,
stumbling over a clump of bushes,
Turn
i; come to Texas; Introduce your-
to the Bug; move the ash pile,
the trash cans; cheer up and
jld; pay your poll tax; ac-
your true luearae, pave
I; build a modern awning;
lots; pay your dues; join
of Commerce; tell Con-
t it; on to the Gulf; get
clean out the gut-
swat the fly and
, the
fell, her face striking a Bhort distance pr0U(j Gf her
Fritz G. Lanham was the alumni
orator at the home coming celebration.
Fritz Lanham is the distinguished son
of a distinguished father. The late
Sam Lanham was loved by all. Fritz
is following In his father's footsteps.
—Austin Statesman.
“From sire to son” is a legacy that
one may be proud of when it entails
a good name, worthily borne. Weath-
trford is proud to have been the home
of the late Governor Lanham, and
from a rattlesnake, which had its
mouth wide open ready to strike. Her
fall caused a large wad of chewing
gum to fly straight into the snake’s
mouth, which the reptile at once clos-
ed, thus giving the yougg lady a mo-
ment’s time to spring to her feet. She
then killed the snake. The girl sold
the sixteen rattlers on the snake for
younger son. Would
that Texas had more such as he.
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With the only bachelor mayor and
the only bachelor editor out of capti-
vity in Texas, Weatherford enjoys al-
most as much distinction as if she
were full to her corporate limits with
red-headed widows. If she had a few
more of the latter species she might
$1.25, and the snake skin for $4-30-• lose one or both of the first mentioned.
The rest of the story goes that with a | -2—+_
girl friend the young lady lmmedl-1 Editor Metcalfe goes to govern Pan-
ately invested In $5.55 worth of chew- ama Mr Metcalfe used to write all
lag gum.—Cleburne Enterprise. 'the heavyweight stuff that Mr. Bryan
It is evident that O. H. P. Garrett waa supposed to write for the Com-
Tsqs. to edll ^tlve and on moner. Truth will rise. Wonder If
Sure, though,
U, this to.
rattling Mr. Bryan will now have to ran his probably be denounced' as snap judg-
Special Cable to the Herald.
Florence, Italy, June 9.—At the be-
ginning of its investigation of co-
operative banking societies, the Amer-
ican Commission on Agricultural Co-
operation, assembled by the Southern
Commercial Congress, has had the
advantageous experience of first vis-
iting a part of Europe where co-oper-
ative banks have not made much
headway.
Agricultural co-operation is prac-
ticed in only one form in the country
about Florence—co-operative societies
tor the purchase of agricultural ma-
chinery, fertilizer, seeds, etc. This is
chiefly due to the fact that in the ear-
ly days the merchants of Florence
were the landowners and their es-
tates were farmed on a share basis
by the peasants, the landlords furn-
ishing the house, cattle, machinery,
fertilizers and seed, and the farmers
furnishing the work. The merchants
were able to secure all the credit they
needed to finance their farms through
their banks in Florence and the far-
mers themselves had no need of cred-
it. If crops were bad the landlord
furnished food for the peasant farm-
er until the next harvest. This sys-
tem of land tenure still prevails, and
study of the systems near Florence
has shown the commission that co-op-
erative credit institutions are only
possible where the need is great.
Comparing Italian conditions with
American, one of the Florentine ex-
perts who appeared before the com-
mission suggested that in the United
States the solution of the problem of
farm finance, so far as money for op-
erating the farms is concerned, might
be found in an enlargement of the
operations of existing banks. Signor
Martelli, president of the Savings
Bank of Florence, described a prac-
tice common with banks about Flor-
ence, whereby the farmer gives a
mortgage to a bank and receives in
return an open account for a certain
amount of credit. Thus a farmer who
considers that he needB a credit of
$10,000 to operate his farm gives a
mortgage for that amount to the
bank. But he does not draw out the
entire $10,000 at one time. As he
needs money he draws on the bank.
If he wants $500, he draws only that
amount. He pays interest only on the
amount which he borrowed from the
bank. In this way a farmer can se-
cure a credit for any amount of mon-
ey, always readily available, and only
has to pay interest on the amount
which he actually uses.
For the long time loans of the far-
mers, the savings banks are allowed
to invest up to 30 per cent of their
deposits in farm mortgages. These
mortgage loans are of two classes—
those for periods up to ten years, and
those for periods of from ten to thir-
ty years. The shorter term mortgage
loans are repaid by the borrowers in
one lump sum, as In the United States,
but the longer tern loans are re-
paid by amortization—that Is, Bmall
annual payments made upon the prin-
cipal of the loan. The banks are only
permitted to charge borrowers one-
half per cent more than they are re-
quired to pay depositors. At the pres-
ent time the prevalent rate is 5 per
cent, though generally it is 4 per cent.
Money is only loaned up to 50 per
cent of the appraised value of the
and, although the banks accept sec-
ond or third mortgages so long as the
total amount of mortgage indebted-
ness does not exceed the 50 per cent.
There is also a mortgage bank In
Florence, the Monte di Paschi, found-
ed by one of the earily dukes of Flor-
ence, which has carried on a profit-
able and beneficial business to this
day. This bank issues mortgage de-
bentures at 3i, 4J and 5 per cent.
Most of the debentures now outstand-
ing a.g» at ft per cent They sell a
trifle undet par, which is the usual
conditfeft In Italy, and their market
price compares favorably with gov-
ernment bonds.
The co-operative societies for pur-
chase among the land owners have
been successful. The farmers them-
slves do not belong to these societies,
but the land owners do all purchasing
of farm machinery and fertilizer.
These societies are also active from
an educational standpoint, and main-
tain agricultural experts who travel
about from village to village, Instruct-
ing the farmers in the use of scientific
Agricultural methods. It is a hard
task to Induce the peasantry to use
modern machinery and chemical fer-
tilizers. But the great Interest of able
men in the work has accomplished
muoh, both in spreading a more thor-
ough knowledge of scientific agricul-
tural methods, and in financing the
farms. S
Should the Kodak trust get busted
under the anti-trust law it would
Sir
mm a ml .
trade mark
The joining together of the di
newspaper men of America in a mutual oi
ization known as the American Drug and
Association.
The safeguarding of the public agaidjp the
spurious and irresponsible preparations with-
out merit.
The providing for the public of all the best
known remedies for each specific purpose, and
compounded by expert chemists from proved
formulas only.
The ability to make the very lowest possi-
ble price, on account of the large quantities
manufactured.
When you see “Meritor pin your faith
to it; will not prove you false.
We sell, recommend and Guarantee the “Mer-
itol Preparations exclusively in Weatherford.
C. S. Alexander & Co
FORTY THUSAND DOLLAR
FIRE AT DEPORT.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM IS
DEFEATER-SUPPORTERS
LACK NINE VOTES.
Springfield, 111., June 6.—Governor
Dunne's pet measure—the Initiative
and referendum—which was defeated
by one vote two weeks ago, suffered
a final defeat in the Illinois House of
Representatives when 93 votes were
cast for it, nine shorts of two-thirds,
102.
It was a short, sharp and decisive
fight, during which two personal en-
counters were threatened, the most
serious between Representative Zolla,
progressive floor leader, and Repre-
sentative King, Republican. The lat-
ter said he was chosen floor leader at
a rump caucus of Progressives.
Little North Texas Town Loses Five
Brick Buildings—Second In
Five Months.
By Associated Preas
Paris, Texas, June 10.-^A $40,000
fire at Deport this morning, believed
to be incendiary, destroyed five brick
business buildings. This was the sec-
ond disastrous fire in five months.
Deafness Cannot Be Cared
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf-
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
Inflamed condition of the mucous lin-
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a ramb-
ling sound or imperfect hegril
when it is entirely closed, jf^ffaess la
the result, and unless tb$
tlon can be taken out and thjts tube
Cant Keep It Secret.
The splendid work of Chamberlain’s
Tablets is daily becoming more wide-
ly known. No such grand remedy for
stomach and liver troubles has ever
been known. For sale by all dealers.
Board of Equalization.
Notice Is hereby given that the
Commissioners’ Court of Parker coun-
ty will convene and sit as a board of
equalization on June 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
and 21, A. D. 1913, for the purpose
of inspecting, correcting and equal-
izing the assessments of all proper-
ties rendered to the assessor of Par-
ker county, and those assessed by
him, and for the purpose of raising
such valuations as they deem it their
duty. *
All persons who desire may appear
before said board and show cause
why such valuations should not be
raised. Witness my official signature
this June 1, A. D. 1913,
WARD BANKHEAD,
County Clerk, Parker County, Texas.
restored to Its normal condition, hear-
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh
which is nothing but an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O,
Sold by DruggistB, 75c. ’
Take Hall’s family Pills tor const!-
’•$?!(
pation,—Adv.
Bell Buys Drag Store.
The drug business of the Jones
Drug Company, at Aledo, has been
purchased by Fabian Bell of the Wea-
therford Drug Company. Mr. Bell
will greatly Increase the stock and
Improve the business in a good many
ways and maintain a first class drug
store. Tom Smith will be In charge
as a registered pharmacist.
The Dally Herald—Me Per Month.
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