The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1923 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PADUCAH POST
Paducah. Texas, October 25, 1923
The Halsell Farms
Center of Lamb County, Texas
The Pick of the Plains
$25.® ® Per Acre—15 Years to Pay
No Boll Weevil
Why work \ourself to death only to have your
cotton ruined by boll weevil, when you can pay
for a farm in this wonderful new country for less
than rent elsewhere.
Com— Wheat—Livestock
Your profits do r.ot depend on cotton alone. Come
and see what a wondei :'ul corn, wheat and live-
stock country is here for you.
Ask Your Neighbor Who Has Seen This Country—
This country is selling to people who know its
value and who appreciate Good Water, Good Soil
and Good Climate.
These farms are located around Amherst, Tuttaa, on the
Santa Fe Railroad.
Write today for Descriptive
Literature and Full Particulars
The Halsell Farms Company
Sudan, Texas
products had better be
while the getting is good.
Since the big rains the roads
;,,v in bad condition where no
work has been done. It is too
bad that we can not have money
enough to keep up the roads as
:ju . night t 1 he instead of let-
ting them wash away. But some
id these da vs we 11 learn that it s
better to spend about one-third,
nr not over one-half, in road
building and keep the rest for
maintemmee.
THE
PADUCAH POST
Published Each Thursday
E. A. Carlock . . Editor-Owner
Entered as second-class mail mat-
ter May 11, 1906, at the Post-
offiee at Paducah, Texas
So far they have gotten away
from the question by ignoring
all such resolutions. Beyond
any question of a doubt the Klan
has gotten to be too ,big a propo-
sition for an organization like
the American Legion to take
sides. It would be like throwing
a bomb into the ranks to take a
Down at Spur the other day
three men drank patent medicine
in a booze fest. One of the men
was dead in five minutes and
the other two became unconscious
in three minutes and were very
near death s door. In fact, they
were too ill to tell the officers
w-hat they had taken*or where
the deadly drug was obtained.
Will this be a lesson to those
who will jeopardize life to in-
dulge the craving for drink? Sup- .
pose not. But as sure as fate
those who imbibe “hell broth |
CopvwrigUt by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.
HUGE SHARKS SCARE BATHERS ON LON G ISLAND SOUND
This It foot blue-uose shark was caught in L mg Eland Sound and landed at Westport,
Conn. Thousands of similar sea-tigers are depleting the fishing in the Sound and throwing
scares into late bathers at the shore resorts.
will suffer the penalty and death
ASSOCIATION!
sure and sudden, or a lingering
illness filled with suffering will
be the end. Perhaps in a moment
life will go out and eternity will
| be faced and the boozer will have
| reached the end of the trail.
I Could anything be more terrible!
, , ., I Whv risk life for a dose of boot-
j.tand either way-one that would • ^ ^ Qf the ma„ who
| cause them trouble and political ^ damnable stuff? The
strife for years to come. TheL of tht, (.ommunity shoul(1
I membership had better go along1
j w ith their own personal opinions
| doing as they wish, but leave
Dr. Cook, the -great” North
Poll explorer, is now on trial at
the question out of their organiza-
tion.
Fort Worth for alleged t’raudu- The American Legion is eontin-
lent use of the 1 nited States mail 1;a,iy fostering some kind of
in an oil corporation, b rom all sports, and it is well that they
the evidence that has so far been do. But it seems that they are
produced it seems that he could T;0t keeping them as clean as they
be rightfully dubbed "Dr. ought to be kept. In many in-
Crook.” For a long time the oil stance* they have gone into bru-
game in Texa- was run with an tality in sports and also a fake
open hand gambling idea, arnicine. They have fostered box-
With all the tricks Ot' the gambi- ine matches that have all but
iug table put to shame. But the proved that it was a cinch as to
State has at last woke up. or what the outcome would be that
rather the Federal authorities, some gamblers might make the
and the misrepresentations of oil desired money they wished. Per-
promoters will not be such easy haps the American Legion officers
sailing in the future. had no knowledge of this, and
_____ we doubt and do not believe they
Gradually the courts and ju- did, but at any rate it will cause
ries of Texas are tightening up American Legion sports to lie
on the law-breaking element. It looked down upon in the future
is not nearly so hard to get a ;;s “capitalized’ prize fighting is
conviction now as it was five or (looked down upon today by the
six years ago. The citizenship. better class of citizens. The
as a whole is getting tired of American Legion had better
the “Jesse James stuff" being watch the corners closely for the
continually pulled and no punish-j “crooks' who will try to enter
ment meted out. After all our on fake propositions.
see that he gets a life shift in
the pen. where lie belongs. The
citizens of a community should
see to it that he pays the penalty.
He is a menace to the communi-
ty. lie is evil and he is in the
business for the money he gets
out of breaking the law and en-
dangering the lives ol all who
patronize his damnable business.
How long will a community al-
low such men to flourish and drag
others to perdition? It is time
there was an awakening.—Hig-
I gins News.
laws are just what we want them —
to be and the enforcement is no j Lt looks as though
better than the wishes of the ing to have another
average person. Ml gathering. The sun
are go-
1920 for
will
shine bright and warm one day
The American Legion is hav- and the very next we will have a
ing a hard time coming to an cold rain. This keeps farmers
lowing the details and reaching
out for more. She gives the oth-
er woman the benefit of the
doubt, and she hopes that it is
not true, or at least that it is ex-
aggerated. She believes in bring-
ing up her children to be true and
honorable, sweet and gentle—
quite in contrast to the jazzv
training that is transforming so
many boys and girls into harden-
ed cynics with an extensive
knowledge of worldly ways. She
is always doing something good,
and looking around for something
else to do. She’s here, among us
—she’s one of us—but who is she?
And. unfortunately, we have
the greatest chronic kicker, who-
ever and wherever lie may be.
Nothing pleases him except that
which he does or proposes him-
self, and there isn’t much that
lu does. He
doing. If fifty of our foremost
citizens, representing all shades jazz.
For the Best in Eye Glasses
We have the very best to be had in Spectacles and
Eyeglasses. If your eyes are failing you. you should see
me at once.
We also do fine Watch and Jewelry repairing. Bring
us your work. All work guaranteed.
S. F. hUNEHUTT
JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST
labeled, and set aside in a class
by tliemselves.
If Christ lived in this town
today what would he do? lie
would muzzle the kicker, convert
BLAMES CURZON FOR IT
Chicago, 111., Oct. 21.—Joseph
Leiter, capitalist, has filed an
answer in the Superior Court to
the Cross bill of the three daught-
tlit- gossip, ginger up the do- t.rs of Marquis George Nathaniel
nothings, encourage thrift and en- Curzon. British Minister of For-
,- t .............. terpris**. promote community har- «ign Affairs, in which he charges
prefers kicking to nionv. commend the booster, cast l-ord ( urzon with being res pom
' , . sible for the entire complicated
on, the destroyer, and abolish liH^ti()ii invn|vi|„_r *,00,000,-
A trip tu the Dallas Fair will
reveal the fact to anyone that we
have a great State and that if
we were isolated from the rest
ot the world we would not starve
to death. In the agricultural
exhibits you ean find most any-
thing that is grown from the
frigid to the torrid zone. In the
livestock department you find
Mime of the very best stuff on
earth—the same holds good with
poultry. In the manufacturing
department you realize that Tex-
as i- forging ahead all the time
u ith home-made products. In
the “entertaining” department
you realize that Texas girls can
show as many bare legs as
France or any other old country.
It's a revelation to visit the
great State Fair of Texas and see
what wt
But Christ doesn’t live
of political and religious beliefs, a»d it’s left for you and
tilers to do the good work.
were to unanimously agree that
a certain thing should be done
the kicker would find'fault with
it. It would be wrong because
others considered it right. The
kicker seldom considers a
t:on upon its merits. In fact,
IS DOCTOR’S SUGGESTION
000 Leiter estate.
The original bill was filed by
file Duchess of Suffolk and Berks,
Leiter‘s sister, who charged mis-
management of the estate. A
number of other documents were
tiled, most of the heirs and bene-
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 21.—A ua.....— .............................--
mial campaign to eliminate hand-, Heiaries allying themselves on the
ques- shaking is being fostered by Dr. 1 Duchess side.
S. J. Crumbine, former secretary Mrs. Nancy Carver Campbell,
of the Kansas Board of Health, widow of Col. Colin Campbell,
he doesn’t do much of any con- Crumbine started the movement ; English Army officer anil also a
sidering at all. He just winds wliieh resulted in banning the trustee and sister of Leiter, was
up his kicker, starts it to mov- public drinking cup, the roller the only one to side with the Chi-
me and never allows it to stop, towel and originated the “swat mgo capitalist in the suit.
,li ...„ri,i .... the-fl.v" slogan. in his answer, Leiter asserts
lie will eo out of this world as .
f . . . . , Diseases are transmitted thru that the entire attack upon his
lie came in, kicking am )U e handshake." said the doctor, who management of the estate was in-
will kick over Ills departure. js now an officer of the American spired by Lord Curzon. as the
Have a little of the consideration child Health organization, with
that he does not possess, and do headquarters in New York. He
not name him. ie on a visit.
Have we such an attraction as “The most difficult diseases to
• »» • c\r* control art* those or the nose and
the “worst gossip in ■ throat, and they are often trans-
have we any gossips at all i U mitted through a handshake. The
,- j ,c.v„., „,.u course you are not expected to onjy rt.a, sanitary method of
have and the possibili-iname her. because you have trou- greeting is that of a people not
. , »____« ntltumi'ica unniitai'V the ('hilH»«*P
guardian of Alexandra Naldera
Curzon, bis daughter.
NOTICE
There will be a carload of good
old East Texas sweet potatoes in
Paducah about October the 30th.
It-piI C. C. YORK.
agreement or “disagreement” on guessing and will produce a low
the question of the Ku Klux Klan. grade of cotton that is not worth
In their recent convention a res- top-notch prices on the market,
elation would be offered con- The fact that this county now
detuning the Klan and imme- has plenty of help is going to be
diately there would be one of- to the farmers’ advantage, but
fered "upholding the organization, we would suggest that all field
ties of our own country.
Providing for the mining of
i hies enough. But we’re not say- otherwise sanitary, the Chinese.
ling anything more about gossips, JtJ1,J>orJ,,^pt‘Sn‘gli‘^kunl aml"lach coal this winter is all right; but
1 because there is nothing lett that „rasps his nwn ,lan(i an,| shakes what is a poor gink to do when
- I has not already been said. Out of lowing profoundly to the the price remains so high he can
.Some one in this town is tacit- their own mouths they are named, other.” onb afford a lump a day ?
I v accepted as our foremost boost-j
YES. WE HAVE THEM
Your Children’s Future
Are von preparing for them as you should?
The Great U<*pu-Mie Insurance Company of L * Ang"-
l.... California, will help you You can insure your Chil-
dren now from the ages of 2 to 10. and they can help you
to pay the pitiful sum of 10c per day to carry the Palicy.
Let us show you some that will furnish money for a '‘al-
lege education. This is Endowment Insurance, and all
Coupons draw Compound Interest.
Will appreciate showing you all the good features in
this policy. Am at Mrs. Backus’ Boarding House. Will
be in Paducah for some time.
Dr. R. M. Harkey, Agent
He has that reputation be-
cause he has earned it in the
j past, and still continues to boost.
He has a habit of doing tilings, j
of accomplishing results, of work-
| ing for the community while oth-!
lers arc content to reap the bene- j
j fit of what he does. Whoever he I
! may be. there are others who are'
| jealous of him. who arc ready to !
I belittle him. possibly to jab him
I in the back—because the work
I i
that lie does is in such contrast!
| to tin* nothing that they do. He t
j has his faults, of course, but when ;
the rest of us are without faults
it will be time for us to eriticise
his.
Who is the most charitable wo-
man in town. But perhaps you
arc the one. Anyway, she has a
tender heart that is full of com- (
passion, that nches for others in >
trouble or distress. If she hears
a “story” about some other wo-
man she is not too hasty in swal-1
THE FATS AND THE LEANS 00 PUSH BALLINO
Photo shows a push ball game between the fats and the leans on the campus of the Uni-
versity of Southern California in progress. The fat girl holding the ball is Florence Grey,
and she sure ean hold her own.
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 25, 1923, newspaper, October 25, 1923; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth721897/m1/4/?q=lumber+does+its+stuff: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.