The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1924 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PADUCAH POST
Paducah, Texas, March 20, 1924
Shoe and Harness Shop
We have just received our Harness
machinery. When you need anything in
this line be sure to call on us. We are
here to serve you and promise the very
best service possible.
You will now find us located on the
North side of the square in the building
formerly occupied by the Fair Store.
We now have plenty of room and are
equipped with the very best machinery
for Shoe and Harness Repairing.
Electric Shoe and Harness Shop
F. W. FOGERSON, Prop.
are going reserve the right to | as passive supporters of every-
work for and boost any issue • thing good in our home com-
that will be a permanent thing munity, if we WOuld fulfill the
Night
coughing—
exhausts you so that you are
more tired in the morning
than when you went to bed.
Or. King’s New Discovery
stops coughing by gently
stimulating the
mucous mem-
branes to throw
off dogging se-
cretions. It has I
an agreeable/
taste. All drug-\
gists.
THE
PADUCAH POST
Published Each Thursday
E. A. Carlock . . Editor-Owner
Entered as second-class mail mat-
ter May 11, 1906, at the Post-
office at Paducah, Texas
ME
TEXA:
PRESS
same reports come from other
places. Dfl^l^prs say that this
condition mWtfs good through-
out th lower Panhandle. It
means that prosperity is t.o
stay with ns during the year. A
good crop and a bumper price
is responsible for the situation,
and it is to be hoped that the
same thing will happen again
ASSOCIATION
We are just wondering if a
lot of our present politicians
who have “bathed” their feet
at Teapot Dome are not deeiples
of Joe Bailey.
A general wave of prosperity
has been over this country for
next year.
Thre are man}- people leav-
ing this country and are going
to the Plains with the idea in
view that that is a great cot-
ton country. It. may prove to
be, but it must yet be proven.
It is untried and uncertain so
far as cotton is concerned. They
may eventually get a species
that will produce there, but due
to late season it can never be
the cotton country that this is.
It is rather amusing to hear some
of these old fellows who have
been living up on the Plaias
for a few years make excuses
and try to compare that country
with this. They are always say-
ing it is “going to be” as good
an agricultural, and especially
cotton country, as this section.
We have never yet heard anyone
! in this section saving, in an
| apoloetic way, that this section
I is as good as the Plains. We
ihave no excuse to make. We know
what this country will do—and
that it will produce the stuff.
You can always notice that
whn people continually have to
be “explaining” and making
“apologies” for anything that
down deep in their hearts they
the past six months Only a few ; know. somethi Ls wron
days ago we heard some mer-
chants of this city saying that:
they had never see trade hold
np so good during the winter
months as it has this year. The
GlowofHealtli
FORCE bringe the rosy blush of
Health to pale and wan cheeks.
FORCE TmIc
“Hyroglyphieallv” speaking,
we have come to about the conclu-
sion that we are against most
bond issues. But we are certainly
going to make some exceptions
to the rule. ,We are forever
against any 'bond issue for
“temporary purposes only.” They
are issues that get no where and
do no good for the little time
the money is being spent. But we
and that will do the town or
community good for fifty years
from the date the money was
spent. And this is the reason we
| are going to try to help put over
' an issue for this purpose of hard
surfacing two roads in Cottle
County, the F. F. F. Highway
and the D. R. C. Highway. One
of these roads runs from east
to west, and the other from
north to south across the country,
in either direction, which would
take care of ninety per cent
of the traffic. The state has
already taken over the F. F. F.
Highway, and it will, in all
probability, take over the D.
R. C. If we could hard surface
these two roads the county would
forever be through with any ex-
pense on them. Not even a
five cent piece would be requir-
ed by the county any more on
their upkeep, as the state must
maintain them in as good or
better shape than they were taken
over. This would give our
regular tax money to spend on
the latteral roads leading into
these main highways. You say
we do not want to burden our
children with a heavy tax, None-
sense. The coming generation
would get as much good from the
road as we would, and all they
would have to pay would be
their proportionate part. In fact
the bonds would likely be forty
years. The average man of
Cottle County would likely live
•long enough to help pay half
or two thirds of the bond issue.
This would only leave one-third
tor the coming generation to pay
for—and give them just as good
a road as we built to commence
with. It looks like a business
proposition to us. The chances
are that the county will have
an opportunity to vote on jusft
Mich a question before the year
is ended. Why not give it due
consideration and study from all
angle's?
Steady Tail
up the long long, hill—the real thrill.
The quick pick-up, the purr of your engine when
you step on the starter and that steady pull—all means
a REAL THRILL of newer.
In that Good Gulf gasoline you get power through
high refinement. It is knowing this that leads motorists
of Paducah to our filling station. We maintain a standard
of gasoline and oil which motor owners know as the BEST.
Good Gulf contains only those crude-oil hydrocarbons
peculiarly suited to internal combustion engine lubrication.
Try Good Gulf in your crankcase and see for your-
self how completely this oil Lets a man take his mind
off his motor and think of the real joy of motoring.
Home Service Station
The Dead letter office in
Washington stands as a testimon-
ial of the common human failing
—carelessness. If everyone were
careful in addressing mail, there
would be little need for this
branch of the postoffice depart-
ment. More than two hundred
million pieces of mail matter
pass annually through the post-
office improperly or carelessly
addressing, and seven million
of these ultimately go to the
Dead Letter office. If there is
such a loss in the postoffice de-
partment through carelessness, it
is difficult to imagin what vast
sums can be charged up against
this besetting sin of practically
every individual. Material loss
through carelessness might be
estimated, but what of the ir-
reparable loss which affects the
destiny of lives and souls? The
careless deed or word that costs
a life or causes human wreck-
age'on the sea of life would prob-
ably have been left undone or
enough, but infinitely worse Is
more thought. Addressing mail
carelessly or illegibly is bad
nough, but infinitely wors is
the careless aot or words that
lead to tragic results.
WHAT DO WE MEAN?
Most people speak almost rev-
erently of “Our Country.” We
all sing, “My Country ’Tis of
Thee,” with great enthusiasm.
What do we mean by such ex-
pressions of our supposed patriot-
ism?
Are we thinking of the service
which we owe our country, of
the love we have for it, or are
we thinking only of the protec-
tion which our country can
afford us, only of the personal
bneefits we may derive from it?
Are we. thinking of what we
may do for our country, or of
what our country may do for us.
Our duty to ourselves as well
as onr country demands positive
as well as a negative action. We
must be -constructive, as well
obligations incumbent upon us as
citizens of this great republic.
Do we exercise our right to
vote, and when we do vote, do
we always place intelligence, ef-
ficiency and patriotism in gov-
erment ahead of every other
consideration? In other words,
do we feel an individual respon-
sibility for our government—my
government!
We can’t delegate our respon-
sibility in government 'to some-
one else any more than we
can delegate our responsibility
in any matter. There is on sub-
stitute for individual responsi-
bility for government.
The greatest duty of the bank-
er is not to loan money but to
loan himself to the service of
the community and help build
up an integral part of the
the country in which we all
take pride.
The greatest duty of the
business man is not to sell goods,
but to sell himself to the com-
munity and discharge his obliga-
tions as a resident of it.
The greatest duty of the pro-
fessional man is not to charge
a liberal fee for his services, but
to write on the balance side of
the ledger constructive service
for the common good.
The greatest duty of every
citizen is to put his home com-
munity first and thus perform a
real service for our country of
which we sing and speak with
reverence.
If aI♦♦♦♦»♦♦»♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦
A HEAVY BUR-
DEN
A Bad Back Makes Lite Miser-
able for Many Paducah
People.
A bad back is a heavy burden.
A burden at night when bed- '
time comes. \
Just as bothersome in the <
morning.
« Ever try Doan’e Kidney Pills 1
| for it? 1
, , - Ksdwj they are for kidney
The people in this county
should ever bear in mind the fact
State has taken over the F. F. F.
Highway and is likely to give
us back the D. R. C. Highway
in the near future and take it
over. Under the law of the
state when they take over a
road they are to keep it in as
good condition as it was at the
time it was taken over. If we
want two good highways running
through the country in either
direction, highways that we will
forever be through with, it
would pay us mighty big to
study plans for putting these
roads in first elass shape,
bond issue was floated large
enough for the building of these
two roads and making them hard
surfaced, we would forever be
through with the expense. Not
one penny would we have to
spend on them again. We could
pass them on to the future gen-
eration so they would never
have to spend a cent on them and
yet have as good roads as we:
built for them. It sounds lob'
nice to be true, but such is’ the^j
case just the same. During ]I
our lifetime we would help pay ! j Mrs L D Gibson, Paducah, •
for the roads. We would not !! Texas, says: “Heavy lifting "
I»» some old worn out »methi»g [ j I “ AKuS’Jf SU
on to the coming generation for ■ j complaint. My back always got
... v.,.* i,i ! ! lame and stiff and there was a ■
them to help pay for, but ViO ;, , gnawing pain through the |
pass them a good road in as good t; j small of it. It was hard to do !
or better shape than we built|(i ,^hteat object x bccame weak ,,
it with not one penny expense 11 | and thin and usually felt worn- i >
them for maintenance. It
; ; backache—and for other kidney «
;; pe«Maj
sounds good to
you?
-how about
It seems, from reading
papers, that Childress has
Ou don’t some Paducah i
o.
Bead a case of it:
Kidneys acted too
I frequently and headaches and
' dizzy spells when black specks
appeared in front of my eyes i
, were common. When I had ' ’
the ' j these attacks, I took Doan’s !!
a |! ! Kidney Pills and they always 1 >
gave me prompt relief.” ] j
60e, at nil dealers. Foster-Mil- .
burn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 1
t'lH »»♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ M 11
Hall's Catarrh
Medicine
local and internal, and hat been success-
ful In the treatment of Catarrh for over
forty yean. Sold by all druggists.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio
bunch of “knockers” against the
good road movement, which
would give that county a paved
road from the east to the west
side, covering what is known as
the Colorado to Gulf Highway.
This road, no doubt, will be
taken over by thf state someday.
It certainly looks to us that a
citizenship of any county ought
to look far enough ahead to not
fight a proposition of this knid.
This road would be the main ™y quivering or “stuttering,”
throughfare of Childress County. The Kam(“ thing applies to the
There would perhaps he ten!roads the state will take over,
times the amount of travel over)Why a people can turn down
it than of any other road in
that county—perhaps as much
on all other roads combined We
can not see why a sensible, think-
ing people would not welcome J
a chance to put a road in first-j
class condition if the state would j
keep and maintain it for the j
rest of its life—or rather till the
end of time. If a business man!
was approached and told that
if he would build a splendid
business house of brick that the
state would keep it up for him
and his children and his child-
ren’s children and pay the taxes
on it, he would be very foolish
not to take them up without
a proposition of this kind
more than we can understand.
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MORGAN & McMIHN
:i SatvvVafvm ii
Modern Equipment
Graduate Nurse in Charge
T. M. Morgan, Surgeon
Ambulance, with lung-motor
Equipment
Calls answered day or night
Hospital Phone 404
Office Phone 277
Childress, Texas !!
HIIIWIIWIMWMHI?
What Is A Farm Day?
“The farmer must be able to earn a living by working
reasonable hours, like any other business man or wage
earner,” essays a city editor in a recent enlightening edi-
torial.
i Enlightening, because it serves to show how durn much
ignorance still persists in urban sanctums as to all things
rural.
The farmer will not soon, probably not ever, enjoy an
eight, ten or twelve-hour day EVERY day of his year.
On the ayerage farm, worked by one family, and that
farm will feed this country for the most part, the sixteen
and eighteen and twenty-hour day for somebody on the
^arm will be the rule at certain seasons.
! Until a federal injunction will restrain the storm clouds
.from giving the new mown hay a bath, and until weeds quit
•growing when the clock strikes 5 P. M., and until husky
heads of the herd quit breaking pasture fences, and until
hones quit going lame in the midst of plowing, and until
Might, and drought, and mildew, and aphis, weevil, and
grub, and bug, and worm, and mould, and rot declare for
a six-hour day, the farmer will fight for the life of his crops.
The Department of Agriculture tell* us the farmers’ revenue
hu grew $960,000,000 in a year and the money bags of the
East shout from the housetops, “Look at that!" We have not
Sir site h“ "•»
Unde John
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Where Wreckers Work
]
be made criminals in one state while they may lead lives of
complete laxity in another state, immune even from the
punjahtfient of public censure, will find a responsive chord
in the hearts of all Americans.
The divorce evil does not start at the altar. It begins
in the school. Too many of our children have only a bowing
acquaintance with the ten commandments. Also too manv
of our parents fail to disentangle the four factors that“ave
formed the rock on which the American nation has htin
r.aASK'
must bring back a proper appreciation of industry resroect
a deeper understandmg of sanctity and a better understand-
■jng of what the home is, and what its preservation means
Grave danger exists in the trend toward so-called for
ward looking thought in relation to religion. Marriage has"
come to be an agreement, not a sacrament, and divorce
instead of being frowned upon, is made the subject of the
vaudeville joke.
Ourfathera andmothersmay well denounce those who
would Undermine the stability of our government but let
them remember there are more ways than one of wrecking
Of th* several problems of
mighty _ import—you bet the
null
yoi
km
knows! Be It furlin' re-
or
And that the
lations, or mighty world-court,
* ' that '
ow*. His verdict ic rig]
thl
Editor
htcous
an’ right off the bat,—the pro-
cess is easier ’n skinnin’ a cat,—
and he’ll show a fool president
right where he's at—for you
bet the Editor knowal
In wide-world diplomacy he is
a peach,—you see, the Editor
knows; he plugs every chasm
and sews up the breach,—it’s
plain that the Editor knows.
... He lands with a biff on
the powers that be,—no geeser
so apt or impulsive as he, aad
he stops when the enemy takes
to a tree,—Gol-darn H, the
Editor knows!
As a moulder of sentiment he
is supreme—and this the com-
munity knows,—and the flight
of his fancy is sometimes a
scream,—it’s proof that the
Editor knows! He wallops the
welkin in front of the mob. . . .
To bring home the bacon is part
of his job, and his life is a lurid,
perennial throb, Lord bless him,
—the Editor knows I
V£)UC Be A, INI 16 NO
•3TBON6EC THAN ITS
WEAKEST THINK?
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1924, newspaper, March 20, 1924; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth720752/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.