The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. VIII.
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PADUCAH. TEXAS, THURSDAY. JANUARY 1,1914.
$1.00 A YEAR. NO. 33
School Postponed
On aooount of the pjfe'
diseaso it has been ttay
viaable to -postpone mb
OnOhrlstm
of the Book
shipped 2,000
Another Christmas has come
and gone, and the citizens of this
little city enjoyed it to the fullest
extent—in a quitg, contented
way. Many were the boys and
girls who made glad the hearts
of fathers and mothers by their
return from work or institutions
of learning, and as the family,
complete again after months of
separation from some loved one,
gathered about the fireside, a
feeling of true Christmas crept
into the lives ot them all. Many
were the gifts which came and
went from Paducah, making glad
alike those who received and
those who gave. The splendid
order throughout the city calls
for special commendation. This
place has always been noted for
its refinement and culture, but
seemingly it tried to outdo its
already enviable reputation along
that line. The stores closed on
Christmas day, and the post-
office force rested in the after-
noon. The little city truly looked
as though it were Sunday, for
a special quietude reigned
throughout. The day seemingly
was observed as a day of thanks
to Him who made possible all
the peace and happiness so ap-
parent on all sides. In many
olaces the fact that those in
destitute circumstances are with-
in the limits cast a certain sor-
row over the citizenship, but our
town is fortunate along that line,
too, for no such are to be found
here. Everyone is employed,
living honorable, satisfied lives,
and like one large family, dwell-
ing together in unity, the souls
which compose the citizenshiD
of this favored town and section
so live. While floods have laid
waste the homes and lives of
iphny in some parts of Texas,
"our people have been permitted
to pursue their avocations with-
out interruption, and this know-
ledge made the Christmas time
seem all the more to be a season
of quiet contentment.
The memory of this Christmas
time will long be present with
the busy people who, though
filled with plans and desires for
the months of the coming year,
will nevertheless find rest from
the busy hours of the New To-
day in thoughts of the real rest-
fulness enjoyed during the last
. hours-of the Yesterdays of 1918.
Change of Management
Today W. L. Barclay, who has
byi the management of the Good-
Win Hotel for the pest several
months, has given up the posi-
tion, and Mrs. Lester has taken
charge. During Mr. Barolay’s
control of this splendid hostelry
the best has been tbn
traveling public, and h# and bis
who have stopped
A NEW YEAR ONCE MORE
Another Twelve-Month Dawning, Affording Many Possibilities for
Accomplishment—Many Advantages Presented—Profit by Past
Mistakes and Make of the New Year Much Success
The New Year is upon us, with
its chances for doing things
worth while, for the forming of
resolutions which should be
kept, and for the planning and
improving not only of our condi-
tion, but the welfare of those
around us. Individuals progress
only as they think deeply, and
act wisely. Towns are made to
forge to the front through but
one channel—the hearty work-
ing together of men who act in
this way. Paducah is a town of
which any people might well be
proud. She is prosperous from
a business standpoint; is peopled
with men and women who love
truth, honor and justice, and
who bend their every effort to-
ward the furtherance of these
principles. This city has seen
many New Years come and go,
and with the advent of each has
been able to boast of an advance-
ment during their passing. She
has grown from a dark, lonely
village to an electrioally-lighted
city; she has passed from the
stage of the shaok to the point
of her beautiful brioks; formerly
religious servioee were held in
whatever buildings presented
themselves, buli how splendid
church edlflcea- prominently oc-
cupy the favored portions of our
the elevation in the
ittoo of the city is
ft pretty a qempMt*
cast, and the general appearance
of neatness and cleanliness is in-
dicative of the kind of people
who live therein. The business
streets present a thrifty scene,
and the merchants stocks are
new, up-to-date and attractive.
These conditions make the visit-
or-prospector desire to cast his
lot with us, and many are doing
it yearly.
Lest some should think that
because some few disappoint-
ments might have oome their
way or Paducahward that there
is reason to be dissatisfied, we
would say there must ever be
shadow, and the sun can not al-
ways shine. Failure in the ac
complishment of any one pur-
pose or set of plans should not
discourage, but should rather
prove stepping stones to newer
and stronger efforts. It is the
strong man who laughs at dis-
couragements; the weakling
gives up and says “failure.”
Taking everything into'consider-
etion, this section has been
especially favored during the
,eap <’*AWd' *** **•
a bountiful drop the oomiag sea-
son is simply greet No disas-
troee floods hfve visited qf; we
have not been cyclone-swept end
f our property and loved ones
taken from as; the fire
has not tmanfa our midst for
months, & we &ve been
seen where items of news and
general benefit to the town and
county were omitted kindlv aid
us to keep from making such a
mistake a second time. Tell us
when your friends come to see
you, or members of your family
go away on a business or pleas-
ure trip. The local paper can
not be any stronger than the
people make it. Help us make
this year the banner year of The
Post. With your co-operation it
can easily be accomplished. We
shall ever strive to have the pa-
per a clean, local sheet—one fit
for yourself, your 'wife and
daughters to read.
Trusting that the Todays just
forming shall be filled with
health, happiness and prosperity
for every reader, and every per-
son in the town and entire sec-
tion, and that suocess may
crown your every endeavor, we
oommend you to that time called
Future, and hone that when 1914
shall oome to a dose it will be
with a satisfied feeling that an
inventory of tttfe closing hours
shall be taken.
Total ..........................................2379
Bales weighed at yard............4270
The prevailing price of cotton
has been 13 l-4c.
The average price of cotton
seed has been $20 per ton.
Business Firms Change Lo-
cations
During the fore part of this
month the following changes in
business houses will take place:
Street-Whittington Co. will oc-
cupy the building on the west
side of the square formerly occu-
pied by G. E. Jones. Mr. Jones
will move to his building on
Backus street.
Klock Bros, will move into the
brick on Backus street which
will be vacated by Boley Bros.,
the latter named moving into the
one in which the Notion store did
business. The stock of the No-
tion store was packed and ship-
ped to Quanab, and the manager,
Robert Carr, informed The Post
that he hadn’t any definite plans
as yet.
Vacancy Supplied
Mrs. Cora Martin resigned as
primary teacher of our school
two weeks ago and left for Den-
ton, where she accepted work in
the State Normal. Miss Willella
Doolen has been employed by the
trustees to take the place of
Mrs. Martin.
Improving Office
Manager Savage of the Padu-
cah Telephone Co. is having the
office made larger this week.
This prove quite a benefit to the
operators as well as the patrons,
and Mr. Savage is to be congrat-
ulated upon the improvement.
He is ever wide-awake to the in-
terests of the public and strives
harder each day to give the peo-
ple perfect service.
Busy Invoicing
The major part of the time this
week has been used by our mer-
chants in taking stock. This is
quite a task, and no doubt a job
they will all be glad to get off
their hands. Business the past
year has been very fair, indeed,
and the prospect is splendid.
11)6 New Year is commencing in
a most gratifying way, and here’s
hoping there may be no disap-
pointments at its close.
Some Fine Hogs
J. M. Hepson of High Top in-
formed us that he killed two hogs
last Saturday which weighed 600
pounds each. That’s going some,
and still some folks think West
Texas is a place where people
starve.
It was but a short time since
that The Post man was in con-
versation with a gentleman who
had but recently come to the
West, and he was surprised at
many things which he was see-
ing each day. In the course of
his remarks he said that he had
looked for a barren land—a place
where only the vast pastures and
wind storms were to amount to
anything, and he was at first
very puzzled to understand how
this section, in its comparative
recent development could have
attained such a permanent status
in so short a time. Speaking of
the farm scenes which met his
rather inquisitive gaze, he said:
“I really expected to see the
farmer man and his family oc-
cupying tents or the historical
dugout, and you can not imagine
my surprise when I beheld
homes in the rural districts
which in every instance were as
gocid as any I had ever seen, and
in many cases were far better.
I am beginning to understand
why this once barren waste, as
it was thought to be in the East,
has amounted to so much. When-
ever a people think enough of
themselves and their families to
provide comfortable, convenient
homes, it is a certainty that
nothing will or can keep them
from succeeding in whatever
undertaking they enter. The
houses are all compactly, neatly
constructed, and are ‘homes’
and not merely places where
folks stay. And then the con-
veniences for the stock and
fowls! My, but it is great. Why,
lots of the barns in this country
are better than the homes of the
renters where I came from. No
wonder one sees such excellent
stock. And when I began to
wonder why, as a rule, the mort-
gage system was not so much
used here as further East, the
problem, in a great measure,
was solved, for in the barnyard*
I saw numbers of the finest
chickens, turkeys, guineas, and
there is no guess-work about the
profits which come from thia
source. And the mooing of
those fine cows! Beyond a
doubt, this presents a farm pic- <
ture which no artist could do
justice, and only in the frame
which nature has provided—-the
natural surroundings—can it
really appear at its best
“And another thing. I noticed
that in each community a church
and school buildingTwas given
first place. This showed me
plainer than words that the peo-
ple were not mere money-grab-
bers, but that they were in ad-
dition to being thrifty end good
providers, refined end cultured,
end that they had the right idee
of citlaenship. A men or women
who believes in giving tihsT^
training, es well as the
mind
3
clothing and tha appetite food,
the kind of man nmmi
LEND TOUR SUPPORT TO THE EXPERIMENT STATION MOVEMENT
CHRISTMAS
HI_PAOUCBI
FAMILY REMS, GOOD DINNERS AND A
GENERAL PLEASANT TIME MARK THE
EVENT IN THIS CITY
Cotton Report
When taken into consideration
this has been a short cotton year,
and that several of the communi-
ties close to Paducah have gins
of their own, the following cotton
report seems to be quite gratify-
ing:
Paducah Gin.....................................862
Lane Bros.........................................911
Hanson.............................. __606
THE SMALL THINGS
THAT COUNT
PLENTY OF CHICKENS, TURKEYS, COWS, BUT-
TER AND GUINEAS REAL MONEY-MAKERS
--YIELD PROFITS YEAR ROUND
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1914, newspaper, January 1, 1914; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth722742/m1/1/?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.