The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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SUBSCRIPTION
RATES
Three Months
.50
Six Months. .
.. 75
One Year
31.50
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
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UNITED STATE#
GOVERNMENT
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PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1919
NO. 33
McKIBBEN & SWINT GET THEIR KEROSENE OIL IN TANK CARLOADS DIRECT FROM THE REFINERY
FORMER SERVICE
MEN'S DEMANDS
CRIMINALS CAUGHT
NO POLICY OF FALSE ECONO-
MY DESIRED, CONGRESS
IS TOLD
SUBJECT OF PROTEST
BURIED FIFTY FEET
UNDER THE EARTH
EARTH GIVES WAY WITH A
WAGON AND TEAM ON
MEMORABLE 17th
| The sheriff of Foard County
came in Tuesday after two boys,
I charged with horse theft in that
[county, and who had been ar-
rested by Sheriff Wright and
| held until he came for them.
On Monday night, close to
Shorty Tank. Sheriff Wright ar-
rested a negro, charged with bur-
glary in Terrell, Texas. The ne-
- gro is being held until the officers
,,, , . ,, of Kaufman County can be heard
Washington, Dec. 16.—1The | frf)m
American Legion, through Frank- j '_
lin D'Olier, its grand command-
er, tonight called on Congress
for immediate enactment of leg-i Washington, Dec. 10,-Anoth-
lslation giving former service ;(M. memnran(llIin 011 the Mexican
men ‘the consideration they dc-<situatioll Wils sent today to Presi-
serve at Die hands of their gov-. (,pnt Wilson. It deals' with the
’TT/vOlier, in « form.l 8"<Ii " ”"?* **J for
poll'y Si properties “ ,,mnb"r « *"« *
false economy should be Pur^oed Mexico and was prepared bv ' . . . . T , .
now with respect to the disabled (.| j pavne of the Shinning *’ llaPPene(1 011 the •1■
serviee men. if “serious diffieul-j nllanj after'" preslnd^ Iff far'” thp set
ties are to be avoided later ).Yif|l(, Associated Mexican Oil Pro-
file government. klucers. headed by F. R. Kellogg
If the Saturday Evening Blade
or Chicago Ledger could hear of
this story they would send a spe-
cial representative all the way
down here, in an airplane, no
doubt, to get the story. We will
admit that it sounds like the sto-
ries in these papers, but yet
FIGHT ON DRV LAW ■
TAKES NEW TURN
PROCEEDINGS FILED IN THE
SUPREME COURT TO HALT
MATTERS
Washington, Dec. 16.—Permis-
sion to institute original pro-
ceedings to have the national pro-
hibition amendment declared un-
constitutional and New Jersey
and Federal authorities enjoined
from enforcing it, was asked of
the Supreme Court today by the
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Associa-
tion of New Jersey.
This was the first question as to
the validity of the constitutional
amendment to reach the Supreme
Court. George W. Tuckett of
tlement—and it also happened on j;yew y()rk presented the motion,
t li / i 1 , + I» A iiimi n>n ipiie ii^/\iilr I. .1 • . 1 • 1 1 • 1*
the 17th. A man who. was work- together with
printed brief
Principles upon which the pres-[ ()f yf,w y‘)rj. ])a(| presented ing >•10 farm was gathering feed prepared by the association, and
t government insurance laws ■ situation to him 0,1 mpmorable day. All of ajeourt will announce later whether
At the same time Mr. Payne
ent government
were founded were described by,
Mr. D'Olier as being “entirelyj
sound.” but the existing leglsla- freParecl and sent to Secretary
lion “entirely inadequate.” ITe | La,,sln? 11 loft'“r thp ln>-
added that as a result
lay. All of ajeourt will announce later whether
sudden the earth gave way from permission to institute the suit
under his wagon and team, and J will be granted,
they were buried fifty feet under j ln H(pJiti()n to enjoining P„.
the ground. At least they were | for,„mPrlt ()f thp eighteenth
al conferences today between
of inform-1 ,’.ortanop "j priitectmg the Arne- i,,ft at t(|0 bottom of a hole fifty .J^on'dmont the association° also
mean supply of Mexican fuel oil M-„„, i,,„i l,„..,.f,,r | amt mime nr, tnc association aiso
7--— ........•’ 01, which the Shipping Board is I fe0t ,d that Jad heretofore W()I|1(} ask an injunction against
members of congress and dele-. (1epend.mt for its t™' 'P'"' and had bw"U.for.....ment of the Volstead pro-
' ■ ------------- ------- 5 P I farmed over tor a number of ilillitifin PnforCcment act.
gates to the convention, it was
evident tliet “congress is not yet
r.oo
oil-burning passenger and j v(,ars
conference of American Legion I tin»ing tP protest to the Mexican j in the feed. This sink-hole did
Attorney General Palmer, Joseph
representatives,” the legion com-1g°vprnment against decrees for-\ not- catch him, but left him look-!
rnander's statement said, “that if! bidding the drilling of new wells ing into a mammoth opening tif-
the disabled service men and their'0" privately-owned property in 1 ty feet deep at his dead team1 the “Running Well” on the 31)
families and all ex-service per- Ike Tampico fields and other de- and dismantled wagon. Ranch was once a level ground,
sons in the United States are to erees affecting the oil interests; \ similar incident happened on bhe story is told that a herd of
receive .just and liberal consul- °r Americans and other foreign- t))P Kame farm about two years eat,tie were driven over it one
eration at the bands of the gov- (>rs 1,1 Mexico. ago. Joe Phillips was running "i-kt. and the next morning one
eminent, immediate action is ab- Three Notes Get No Reply ! a lister when the earth fell in, °1 the boys, in going hack over
solutely necessary.
NEGRO KILLED
Jim Hunter, negro cotton
picker out 011 convict bond to
earn enough to pay his fine for
past misdeeds, was shot through
the head and killed while sit-
ting in a tenant, house on Ben
Haney’s farm near Rayland.
Foard county, Thursday night.
Leslie Sanders, a negro cotton
picker also, is now in the hands
of Foard county officials, charg-
ed with murder, after being ar-
rested L11 Vernon Friday morning
by Deputy Sheriff J. W. Car
rington.
Hunter was in jail here for
cashing bad cheeks, and had
been released on convict bond
to Ben Haney in order to enable
him to earn enough money to
pay his fine. According to
reports available here, he was
fired upon through a window
after dark. Leslie Sanders
disappeared with a borrowed
horse and saddle, and the sher-
iffs of Foard and Wilbarger
counties began to search for him
early the following morning.
Depuv Carrington, who bad
been left behind in Vernon, ow-
ing to getting a late start,
chanced across the negro short-
ly after coming down town Fri-
day morning, and turned his
prisoner over to Sheriff Bowman
of Foard county.
The body of the dead mail
was brought to Vernon and in-
terred Saturday by members of
his own race in the colored cem-
etery. His relatives are said
to live in Dekalb, Texas, but
this was not learned until after
the burial.
—Vernon Record
COTTLE COUNTY IS
BOUNTEOUS CROPS, GOOD
PRICES AND GOOD CHEER
ABOUND HERE
LEPROSY CURE FOUND
Honolulu.—-For the first time
- j ............... , ... I... history, the complete cure
......______________. Three notes have been dis-; but the team and lister only fell Die trai , found this hole, w Inch | |0prosv js announced. Twen-
Specific Legislation Asked patched within six months', but about twelve feet. If was suffi ^ som,‘ si't> or se\enD-fnr feet |lavp |,PPI1 discharg-
cient, however, that the team had >feep and is about thirty teet ml •...............
Bible
nite and concrete action be taken
to relieve the situation.”
Fewer than 25,000 of 180,000 can military forces at various
partially disabled ex-service men j times during the last month have
have been able to derive benefits j stopped drilling operations of
under the present vocational train-; American companies on the pre-
ing laws, Mr. Wickersham said. | text, that “permits” to drill had
He submitted statements of men not been obtained. In order to
now in training that they were re-! obtain the “permits” foreign oil
ceiving their maintenance fees ] companies must agree in advance
irregularly and in some cases none that, such wells as may be drilled
at all, as one of the reasons the would become the property of the
men entitled to the training could Mexican government. The Unit-
not take advantage of it. ied States had repeatedly protested
Badly Mismanaged, He Says j against this decree in particular.
“From the information Tj ____
have ” Mr. Wickersham said, “ it j TO BE INVESTIGATED
appears that the whole thing is j —-
badly mismanaged. Men who de- . Austin, Dec. 13.-A thorough
sire to take the training are mis-! investigation is to be made by
placed in so manv instances that j Department of Agriculture of re-
others are discouraged. Bed tape j jorts reaching the department
is twined all about the organiza-*roin vanous Poin*s the state,
tion There is general dissatis- alleging that “wholesale fraud
faction among the men because !and misrepresentation is being
the maintenance pay is so small; wilfully practiced with the sale of
they ean not live on it. Tt isj eotton■ for planting pur-
then the alternative of existing Commissioner of Agn-
lalf-starved during the training culture Fred W Davis, said to-
cWse or sacrificing it altogether. 7. ls claimed that thousands
<W0 me it seems that there is1 of tons of gm-mn cotton seed
a lack of "interest on the part of (have been bought by dealers and
V those directing the work. No at- resold to farmers as pedigreed
,.1ltion seems to have been paid|Hf'f'rl at unwarranted prices. Com-
1 * \ a • _ a • mlsGirmop Davie aai/1 mnn
“Each state commander pre-1 ” v,’as said today that President
sen ted today to senators and to 1 < arranza has not replied to any : to be dug out of _ the hole.
eonoressinen from his state speei- of them. The first went forward 'Mule we admit tins sounds . , ,,
fie legislation embodied in amend- last .lane 18. (be second October ‘’fishy. yet there have been a tbe water is furnished bv nnc\cr-
ments to the Sweet and Watson! '■ and the third November IK. j number of similar incidents in va-;ll'running stteam.
bills which if enacted, will se-! in the first two the State Depart-1 rious parts of this country during Come to ( ottle I ounty, where
cure' the veterans adequate and ment specifically protested against j fhe jnrst twenty-five years. It is there is plenty of variation in life
liberal service from the Bureau the action of the Mexican gov-js«id that what is now known as and it never becomes monotonous.
of War Risk Insurance, the Fed-’eminent in preventing the drill-!----- ---------
eral Board of Vocational Educa-; mg of new wells on property]
tional Education and the Public;owned by Americans and insist-’
Health Service. ling upon protection of Americans
Grievances of former service I working in the Tampico oil re-
men against the government’s vo- j gion.
cational training methods were j The note of November 18 was
laid before the legion conference | dispatched after receipt of official
by Cornelius Wickersham of New ! information that Carranza sol-
York, who demanded that “defi-;diers had seized another Ameri-
can-owned well November 12.
It. was learned today that Mexi-
Fortune Is smiling upon Cottle
County again. This year has cer-
tainly been a history-maker, and
in the days to come people will
make comparisons by saying it
was like this in 1919, or it was
not this way in 1919. The crops,
of all kinds, have been excep-
tionally good, and the prices such
as to enable the farmers to real-
ize quite more than the ordinary
for his products.
A splendid feed crop was made,
and no country can enjoy a wave
of prosperity if it has to send all
its surplus cash out for feed. In
this county, this year, an im-
mense amount of maize, kaffir,
feterita, and lots of Indian corn
was raised, and the farmers’ barns
are groaning under the weight
of feed stored therein.
Cotton, that king of all crops,
tried itself his season, and some-
thing in t he neighborhood of
25,000 bales has been made. With
the accompanying fancy price of
the fleecy staple, thousands upon
thousands of dollars have been
made and spent in this section.
Men who had owed notes for
years have come in and called
for them, paying all indebtedness
and having snug bank accounts for
themselves. Mortgages have been
taken up, and many beautiful
farm homes have been built, or
substantial improvements made
on homes already erected.
This year Cottle County re-
sembles a full-blown rose—tnagni-
diameter. The water is <• [early I l.wTveJld I tT. . h,‘L h,treu«th' beautiful
me " aiei is e e.u 11 ,,ft(1|. SPV(,ra| mo„t]ls 0f observa
it, and it is claimod that m, emm
SoViui \or CVvr'isVnvas
• » the natimd ability-of the indi-
vidual. They try to make a
mod basket we&yer out of a man
1 hose natural benYjs toward elec-
rieal work. ”
Mr. Wickersham saidxthe voca
onal inspectors and advisers
iould be chosen from thevranks
f the service men, for in no oth-
■ way could the “evident lack
' interest be overcome.”
$1A0 tor The Pjpt one year.
missioner Davis said this was
nlain violation of the pure seed
laws.
Thrift means common sense.
The ability to attend to ont’s
own affairs is a mighty rare ac-
complishment.
Do you know the person who
^ets the desire of the moment de-
stroy the results of days and
weeks of thrift and saving f
He little knew the sorrow that was in his vacant chair;
He never guessed they’d miss him, or he’d surely have
been there;
He couldn’t see his mother or the lump that filled
her throat,
Or the tears that started falling as she read his
hasty note,
And he couldn't Bee his father, sitting sorrowful and
dumb,
Or he never would have written that he thought he
couldn’t come.
He little knew the gladness that his presence would
have made,
And the joy it would have given, or he never would:
have stayed.
He didn't know how hungrry had the little mother
grown
Once again to see her baby and to claim him for her own.
He didn’t guess the meaning of his visit Christmas Day
Or he never would have written that he couldn’t get
away.
He couldn’t see the fading of the cheeks that once were
pink,
And the silver in the tresses; and he didn’t stop to think
How the years are passing swiftly, and next Christmas
it might be
There would be no home to visit and no mother dear
to see.
He didn’t think about it—I'll not say he didn’t care...
He was heedless and forgetful or he’d surely have been
there.
Are you going home for Christmas? Have you written
you’ll be filere?
Going home to kiss the mother and to show her that
you care?
Going home to greet the father in a way to make him
glad?
If you’re not I hope there’ll never come a time you’ll
wish you had.
Just sit down and write a letter—it will make their
heartstrings hum
With a tune of perfect gladness—if yen'll tell them that
yen’ll come.
—Edgar Onset.
tion, no recurrence of symp-
toms is noted.
Dr. A. L. Dean, president of
the University of Hawaii, and
a distinguished chemist, has
succeeded in isolating tlie active
principle in chaulmoogra oil
made from the seeds of a plant
which for some time has been
recognized as beneficial in the
treatment of leprosy. The med-
icine is encased in capsules and
injected into the muscle. Scars
of the disease remain, but its
ravages are at once cheeked.
Treatment is carried on ex-
clusively by the United States
Public Health Service.
FORMALLY ENTERS FIELD
Washington, Dee. 13.—Senator
Hiram Johnson of California
Saturday night formally announ-
ced his candidacy for the Repub-
lican nomination for president.
Johnson said he will leave to-
morrow . for California to rest
and then will begin a speechmak-
ing tour in which he will carry
his candidacy direct to the people
of many states.
Do you know the young fellow
who works for ti-25 a week and
ubo is wearing a new winter
suit that cost $85? ,
Money saved in (fays of vigor
makes a mighty good crutch for
old age.
m her cheerfulness.
Last year the scene was quite
different. Drouth, debt, poor
crops, ragged clothes, scanty lar-
ders, general disgust—everybody
wishing he was anywhere but in
Cottle County. No apparent way
of satisfying creditors; no shot
to make improvements, no matter
how badly 1 needed; not a ghost
of a chance to get new clothes—
just a successful picture of a
prospective failure.
But the year 1919 obliterated
all that, and for the cares sub-
stituted contentment; for the
ears smiles of joy; for the clouds,
the sunshine of thankfulness.
The year 1919 is fast passing
into the has-beens. Its pages aire
filled with records of plenty and
satisfaction. As 1920 comes upon
the horizon its prospects are ro-
seate of exceeding all along the
lines of progress all that has ever
yet been accomplished. Digging
for oil under way; a landing
field for airplanes; a city visited
by more commercial travelers ev-
ery week than other town of its
size in the state—truly it is ap-
propriate to say, “Come to Cot-
tle County.”
L. Bodine, United States Attor-
ney for New Jersey, and Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue,
Daniel C. Roper.
The association’s brief alleged
that the constitutional amend-
ment was an interference with the
state police powers, a violation
of the fifth constitutional amend-
ment which prohibits the taking
of private property without just
compensation; that neither con-
gress nor the state legislatures
had authority to propose or rati-
fy the amendment and that the
amendment when passed by the
house did not receive the sup-
port of two-thirds of the mem-
bership as the cohstitution pri
vides, but only of two-thirds
the membera present.
BOILING OVER AGAIN
Dublin, Dee. 13.—There is ev-
ery indication tonight of an im-
minent crisis in Ireland with the
Sinn Feiners showing signs of re-
taliating against the latest Brit-
ish campaign of repression.
The Irish railway men are re-
fusing to handle the transport of
all goods ordinarily handled by
lorries, whose drivers are striking
against the new motor permit re-
striction.
SOME EULOGY
A newspaper, in speaking of a
deceased citizen, said: “We knew
him as old Ten Per Cent. The
more he had the less be spent. The
more he got the less he lent. He’s
dead. We don’t know where he
went. But if to heaven his soul
is sentr-he’U own the harps had
charge ’em rent.”
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1919, newspaper, December 25, 1919; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth722526/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.