The Paducah Post. (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907 Page: 2 of 4
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Paducah Post.'
Published VVo;*kly\
r-
Kiin! raiu! Isn’t it delight-
W liv not revive the literary
«n<l have some gnoJ essays uud
rrtitatiousT
Fsafidation of Good Citizenship.
Underlying aU other needs is
the cultivation of individual
strength of character, of self-
respect and of the seuso of per-
sonal honor. Yon do not make
a mjuu a better man by putting
hiiii iu the employ of the state.
No7 is the fellow who criticises
everybody else, but is quietly
.See our Work Shirts, Puuts,[locikin^ out for a chance to get
Jumpers, otc. a little graft himself, the sort
w. B. btradley & Co. |0f man who will improve the only 78, while this year they
Mr. aud Mrs. J. E. Barron1 Public service. The employer i have213, or au increase of 135.
Increase in Scholastics
Last year in Cottie county
there were 364 scholastic chil-
dren. This year the rolls show
au increase of over 200, mak-
ing the total for this year 600.
Last year iu district No. 1, or
our town district, there were
130 scholastics; this year we
have 232, which shows an in-
crease of 102 scholastics. In
district No 2 last year they had
Proposed Aaeodneit ,
to the State Constitution creatllng the
office of Commissioner oil
Agriculture.
Joint resolution proposing an/amecd-
meut to Article 4 of the Constitution
ot the stati of Texas, by I aiding
thereto a section to be knowfa n sec-
A ROOM OF SOBS
Wall*, They Oay, Have
Rsaaace ii Easiness.
“If a young man does not
find romance in his business, it
i9 not the fault of the business,
but the fault of the young/ man.
_____________________ Consider the wonders, thG rays-
tion 27, providing' for a Department I teries, connected with the re-
el Agriculture, with a bureau of' cent developments that lUOSt . , , .. .
o . , . , _ spiritual of all agents-e lectric-1 “fW “* * waa 1V1“8.
Beit enacted by the Legislature of. .*[ ... .. .... i,„„ V a flat once when suddenly 1
the Stale of Texas. |lty. With its Unknown and, i nothm that nothin? wolfy
Section 1. That Article four perhaps, even unguesseij pow- but B gtudio in Waihingto;
of Thornton arriveti (Sunday oil
<i visit to their sou. J. M. Bar-
roll.
Fresh barrel Kraut at Wiu-
tou Mercantile Co’s.
who will oppress his men and
treat them unfairly will oppre.-s
the people if he gets u chance.
And the employe who will
These figures go beyond the
most expectations that the
most sanguine entertained. It
is no guesswork or prophecy,
| cheat his employer, or the rep- but the figures are before us
Iresentative of a union who will, uud figures cannot lie.
The stork was mnhnsrwl betray it for his own advan-j This of course means that
week as it Ieft fom^ouu7meu itoge»^ will cheat and betray the, Lottie county is rapidly forg-
in Paducah > g : public if he is put iu office.! mg to the ti out and especially
4 The man who thinks the tisrt: school districts I and 2. The
Get your Churns, Milk Jars, object in life istos-rve himself, increuse iu scholastics will also
Crocks, etc., from J. A. Chris- j and who thinks that the Aiuer- greatly augment the finances
(4) of the constitution of the jers: “ust ‘“deed be a dull. You know, there are som
afnt« nf T»yh<. h« amended bv ,a,ld Prosalc y°“nB ma'n who,! oldest sort of houses dow|
state of Texas be amended by, ana Plosaic young ma;n wno, oldest sort of houses c
adding thereto section 27 when! beu‘* connected with electric- houses that have been
a majSritronheqZfied elec-ijty in any of its forms, is not, lived in, that people have
tors tor members of tho lsgis-1 from bomdrum busmess o
l.tm. of tes. at ... election | , ‘VJSXZZl
kernel lie. within, Jd is to be! Sf'nf. tote.i
enjoyed later, as the higher ltty thi;re forevcr. N(
faculties of the business man, 0ut of that studio in
so constantly called I into play, J square. You never saw
develop a ,d mature j
“The root of business
are
favor of the amendment, shall
read as follows:
Sec. 27. The legislature shall
provide for the office of Com-
missioner of Agriculture, who
shall be either elected by the
qualified voters of the state, or
tiau & Co.
I ami wuo iiiiuKS mat me Aiuet- »- w « • e■ -‘ ™ , appoiute(l by t|,e governor with
l. au idea is “every man for ot the schools iu the distncts. yv ’ t
B. It. Willett left Tuesday
for dot Spriugs, Ark., t> see
if the waters will cure his rheu-
m it ism.
Keg Pickles, $1.75 per keg,
at Wiutou Mercantile Co’s.
himself and the devil take the This together with the aid from
hindmost,” will never be a! the permanent fund means that
faithful servant for the people, the trustees will have better op-
—Gov. Hughes in Leslie’s. portunities to fiuauee the
-- schools.
Remarkable Rescue
We may venture to assert
That truth is stranger than ; that no county in the state has
fiction, has once more been j received or increased in scho-
domoustrated in the little town I lasticsiu proportion to the pop-
of Fedora, Tenu., the residence, ulution more than tins couuty.
Prentiss Blake, after an ab-
sence of two weeks, had to _ __
If “? naek' COuW UOt 8tay of aV." Pepper. ' ”17 wriTesT j That means of course that Cot-
tiic tun mouth. ji.j wnsin bed, entirely >iisa- Jtle couuty holds out opportuni-
,T. O. Dulaney has sold his bled with liemonliages of the!lie8,.ulllM,*vaufft8e8tothepros-
stock of dry goods aud groee-i lungs aud throat. Doctors fail-! Peel,ve 8elt*er8 that cannot be
lies Loftis & Wimberly. :ed to help me, and all hope had' equaled by other counties.
.. „ , j fled wheii I began taking Dr. j People are beginning to real-
Mrs. H. B. Johnson and her King's New Discovery. Then m‘ the true worth of our fertile
father, Mr. Proctor, left t'oz* | instunt relief came. The cough-! 8<>il. excellent climate aud geu-
1 nris, lex., Weduesilay. ing soon censed; the Lleeditie!u«lvaiitag;'es.
Don't let the flies worry the I diminished rapidly, and in “— --
life out of you—get some 0f! three weeks I was able to go to!fjfM BB (fce Campbell Adnialstritioa.
those screen doors from J. A.; work.” Guatanteed cure for j
coughs aud colds. 50c and $1 i
the advice and consent of two-
thirds of the senate, as the leg-
islature may provide, whose
term of office, duties aud salary
shall be proscribed by law, iu
which department there shall
| tiful view from the t|
must overlooking the pq
always be service to the com- twigs, almost like sha
rauuity. The real business' blue skies, fleecy clc
man is one who furnishes some in the trees smgmg.
commodify that the community
needs.
“Dollar-making is not nec-
essarily business. The man
be established by the legisla- j w^° stauds at the broker s of-
* . . f: ___ 4\>.. . .. ,.4 r... n . mnt/inao
Oliristinn & Co.
There will be preaching at
Die court house Saturday and
•Sunday u'giits by a Christian
lniuister.
Wow as Tom Campbell has
at'crump’s drug ’ store. “Trial i .uml thus prov-
‘ ~ mu rbnr ho tro o oi nnncu Inct I’uar
bottle free.
for Durant to attend to some j laws favor one class as against
cases he has before the federal i another, a feeling that has
en fiat he was sincere last year
in making those pledges to the
voters, and is now tryiug with
all his power to carry them into
effect, the fight has not only
begun, but is now on in earn-
est. It is the struggle between
the masses and the classes iu
more to do with game law vio- the Lone Star stale. Under
Game Laws for Classes.
Everywhere there is too much
R. B. .Tohusoii left Thursday of the feeling that the game
court there
Wo lnve a nice line of Eur-i latio“ lR«“ any other caiisejihe flag of Democracy Camp
niture and want to clean up for *ave llie l\eedt of rao"('J; P®r*!bt*11 presents au imposing pic-
Come and price >nP8’ !1“d when a cla.-li like: tore as our gi eat standard bear-
v \ t his seems to justify the feeling er. So earnest, so impressive
| it is harmful in the extreme,! and so courageous,
not only in the state in which
our fall stock,
these goods.
W. B. St rad ley & Co.
By glancing over the Texas
ture a bureau of labor, when
required by the public interest.
Sec. 2. The governor of this
state is hereby directed to issue
and have published the neces-
sary proclamation for the sub-
mission of this resolution to the
qualified voters for members of
the legislature of the state .of
Texas, as an amendment to the
constitution of Texas, to be
voted upon on the first Tues-
fice, for instance, and watches
the tape, is not a business man,
but a gambler. What is spec-
ulation, anyway, but a parasite
fastened upon the labor of all
was an open grate
had nothing to cafc i
there should always]
grate.
“But I moved in
The rain lashed
Some twigs strut
knuckles. It wa4
my things straiglj
tie and sat down
Are. The maid i
■•O’l ?
>uml
! g to
il to,
move1
igton
beau-
ldows
.'lieate
twigs,
birds
. there
■ If I
eel that
in that
day in August. 19t»7 All per- Sive it—isn’t that self-ey deutf
incicncu uuv/u wiu inuwi v* g . i
real business men! It creates j ExcepiTo/Yhe *
liglit the room!
light from the I’J
darkness. It lef
the corners.
“At first 1 th
moans were th^
when the rain
nothing. It is the counterfeit
of true business.
“Dome people mnke a great
mistuke when they decry the
acquisiliou of wealth. A man
must get money before he can
sous favoring said amendment
shall have written or printed
on their ballots as follows:
“For the amendment to the
constitution ; roviding for a
Department of Agriculture and
a Bureau of Lab >r.” Aud
those opposed to said amend-
ment shall have written or
printed on I heir ballots as fol-
lows: “Against the amend-
i.ent to the constitution pro-
viding for a Department of Ag-
riculture and Bureau of Labor.
Aud the sum of $2000 or so
much thereof ns may be neces-
sity is hereby sppropiiute i out
of any funds in the treasury of
the state of Texas uot otherwise
appropriated, to pay the ex-
Ue must be egotistic before he
is altruistic.—A ndrew Carnegie
in May System.
—— -4»—-
nv day.
f panes,
em like
en I gut
ut a lit-
the open
an extra
’nt out.
the fire-
k. The
ated the
allows in
Cane, Kaffir and Millett seed
at Wiutou Mercantile Co’s.
The Hartford L'fc Insurance
Co. is oue of the best life com-
panies and i^ repn seated hen
by R. B. Johnson.
John Richards returned Suu-, the trouble occurs, but wh*ra-! press we can easily determine -- ...
day from Corpus Christi hav- j ever the story is told. And the what class of papers are ruled Pei1808 °‘. such publications,
• i t • . • w <• • m i .i •. • .• . . • •! ... ? * . - . ii I'AO I ii nmriAii nn/l o a.itiAii
ing had a nice time aud a few pitiful part of it is that there is and dictated by the greeds 0f: f 10cbimat,0“ a“<* f! e",M0!!-
fine baths. no help for it. Clubs will be! mononolv. „ “• '• Dashiell,
formed to acquire preserves so
•Storms and pestilence which
have visited others have so far
left us unharmed, and Cottle
county is nmopg the favored
portions of our great state.
With good Wociety, schools,
1 BO
to them their natural rights,
an l those who put the preser-
vation of the fish and game
above the question of individ-
ual rights iu any particular
case, can only lament, and hope
„ . . ^ while thep lament, that the
W e are sorry to learn t hat our jcourt8 or tij0 legislatures will
neighbor J. A- Hughes lost his eventnnjjv a wav (0 satisfy
chudies aud on, why does
uot Paducah pffer enough for
ihe incoming ( of the very best
immigrants.
monopoly.
They will deuouuce Ctunp-
long as men have money to pay! bell ns a demagogue and as a
for the privilege, and the mass- j fanatic. But such lias always
es will object so long as they been and will always continue
are thus deprived of what seems to be the struggle between pop
cotton by lin/il. He is now re
plnuting nuu by liis energy will
carry cottoii to the gin this fall.
Remember that “Buck’s”
Stoves wiljf save you money on
your fuel bill, and are guaran-
teed to giAe you satisfaction.
J. A. Chrijstian & Co. sell them.
I eventually find a way to satisfy
Loth sides and make everybody
happy.—Outer’s Book.
ular government and cla-«s leg-
islation. Long live Tom Camp-
bell, defender and exponent of
the grand principles of Jeffer-
soniau Democracy.
Dr. J. Jl. Randal has located
here a my can be found at the
Lee Mo Author place, where he
has a nio e dental office and can
do first] class work on your
teeth aiyd at reasonable figures.
W L. Rogers, with bis
r, is spending a few
th his biother-iu-lnw.
ions. Bro. Rogers says
iis is a beautiful couutry
destined to be a great
We appreciate the coui-
ut.
■ W. A. Holliday, the op-
a, is now located* in Padu-
piepared to test your eyes
tit glasses. All work guar-
ed. Eyes tested free. Of-
at residence west of Cottage
use. Phone No. 14. Will
1 at your re»ideuce when re-
ested to do so.
The Mafic Ns. J.
Number three is a wonderful) J. S. Sparks,
mascot for Geo. H. Parris of
Cedar Grove, Me., according
to a letter which reads: “Alter
suffering much with liver and
kidney trouble and becoming
greatly discouraged by the fail-
ure to find relief, I tried Elec-
tric Bitters, and as a result, I
am a well man todny. The
first bottle relieved and three
bottles completed the cure
Prsfram Fifth Sunday Meetisf
to bn held with Paducah Church, bn-
tflnninir Thursduy uijfht before
the Fifth Sunday in Juue.
THURSDAY.
8 p. m.—Introductory Ser-
mon—T. W. Staton; alternate
Secretary of State.
A true copy.
LIZZIE DARLING.
Just on'm >nth a/o today, love,
1 bid farewell to your dear lace,
And on rarth there la no other
With mu can ever take your place.
Its just one month airo today, deau,
SiiiCti 1 looked the last ou thy dear
face,
And ever since ray heart's been aching
With a sad ami empty place.
Get your Lumber. Cement
Wire aud Posts at the Paducnl
Lumber ya-d.
Mrs. J. T. Stratton, mother
of Mr. .loe Robertson and Mrs
McArthnn, died Wednesday
morning and was buried that
evening.
Clean, fresh, high grade srro-
eerios always in stock at Win-
ton Mercantile Co's.
continued. On
had thought
blew wide ope^
fright lieforc
courage to
night long I
and whispers. 1
“I staved
asked what
came a
ment dusk
jet, every
go to bed^
rounded
sighed and
to the owq
“ ‘Who
fore I did]
“‘A do
was also
Sfteen vea
“For'
coming an
so! ,s and
side, b t
the sijlis
>r th at I
fa-tened
••igiil with
suliicicnt
it. All
’'-.ar fighs
5.
>nth before I
tvas. 1 be-
The mo-
■e<l every gajj
ras afraid to
seemed sar-
rature!, who
•sally I went
«rooms be-
crod. *11*
’(lived here
of woe.
No ono on earth, L'xz'e tlarling,
(u my heart t-au take your place,
Bn hope again to meet you
In lhat happy dwelling place.
Oh. how we'l do I remember
The pleasant hours of joy and play
That vou and 1 have had together,
Just before that fatal day.
FRIDAY.
9 n. m.—Organization.
Discus-ion — The Church
Identified—J. B. Riddle,--
Cavtiess.
II a. in.—Sermon.
3 p. m.—Mission of Church,
How She is Filling It—J. 8.
•Jessie, !). B. Pciidloy.
Redemption from the Bible
Lizzie, dear, thy friends til mi-a you,
Your lather and sister-, t »o,
And we all hope Pi reach heaven
Where we can ever live with you.
Six sections of level, rich
laud is being subdivided by J
M. Abbott of Seguiu, Texas
into quarter sections. Thee*
lauds lie immediately west ot
the Childress and Puducal
road. More than 15 mil• .5 •
streets aud roads are doc arm
for public use. and iu cente’ >
tract is lnid out the town ^
Dunlap, and where scho>
house, gin. church aud postof-
fice grounds are to be donated
by preieut owner of land.
Ju
Paili
grieving!
the metnq
had ke
And
his
that
creatii
fered
“Mu
.- ’k
^Patient*
ir talc
dghinfe.
ills he’d
Iforings,
eir soh«!
’ iad Etood
wonder
invisible
band suf-
V
t a van
'n? day
•lint sur-
square,
New
1 tfTd
uib agent.
Oa>, Chops, Bran, Seed and
Feet (yorn at Wintou Mercan-
tile to’s.
Lv.ivini; friends stood around thee
(And looked their last ou your dear
' form.
thy precious life’s gone out forever,
Thou art now freod from all harm:
O^mC si o,; earth fori S^n^point-W. P. Grogan.
iweet white flowers bloom above thee
And the saee: wild birds flit and sing
jBut. oh, (know your soul's in heaven
With pure whit-i and shining wings.
s oniacli, liver and kidney trou-j
hies by C. L. Crump, druggist, j
5(Jc.
8 p. m.—Sermon.
SATURDAY.
9 a. m.—Exegesis of Hehre1
6:4-6—A. C. Boroughs,
Kind and loving hands, m.v da< ling,
I'lac-il the dark curia 'round thy
head
And with dim eyes and aching lieat te,
Placed your form among the dead.
Bro
If yon see an X after your Dixon,
name yon may know that yonri 3 p m—Christian Ed neat io;
subscription has expired, aud Why Maintain Baptist Schools
Thou art gone, sweet, precious one,
Never more we’ll see thy face,
Till we cross Death’s dark river
To that happy dwelling plaoe.
w* want you to renew.
The protracted meeting
ogressing in spite of the »l»j
ud we ate informed that qi
number of
onug women
jetter part
*nd fwonran
A Fertautc Teiu.
Mr. E. W. Goodlae of 107
$t. Louis st., Dallas, Texas,
aayat “ill thefpast year 1 have
lilted with Dr.
ife Pills, and uo
before tried so
es of malaria
They don’t
25c at l). L.
store.
T. W. Staton, J. P. Rej
nohlg of Goo luight.
Evangelism Distinguiihed-/
L. A. Foster, G. H. Biddy.
8 p. m.—- Sermon.
SUNDAY.
10 a.m.—8. S. Mass meetii
11 a.u.—Sermon.
W. A. Wil
M. Inman
J, W.
O my darliqg, how much you suffered
But now, thank Uod, you're Lee
But our lose, O dearest one,
Is your eternal gain.
And I know that now never
Pain can dim those dear dark eyes,
For you have s home in beaveu
With the angels in the aklee.
LI wile, O how mueh I loved you,
Nose on earth will aver kpow,
ippy over the
nU agree that
‘ig agaiy iitia
oodley,
m-troug,]
S trad ley,
Coi
But I hope again to meet yon
Where all ot Jesus' ahlfdrou go.
There we will part no more.
But we will ting aroaed the thron.
Theglad coofs w tho anffete /
^^tsxSsAri
19.
•t still
H te Yeur ClildreaT Ceedact.
riV those who have children
the fifat and foremost consul-
eratiou must be that those chil-
“•^i become moral, upright,
lut]lligent and loviug men and
Y/,i,b
imported
r’s church,
I to the mat-
I with spe-
'i kockefel-
*d educa-
u...- to a crit-
lerican press,
that some of
•ive too much
4ndtbe like.
ood,” he says,
gill be forced
men.
ffi
tVhnt good will you get from
the money which you may
beap up if you have profligate
aud brutal childieu in your old
“t»ef
What joy will atteud the
niuuiug of a great uame iu art
®r literature or science, if your
Me. lining years ate to beembitw!?T
Wed by the sins of an eriiujcjjfJ,
*on or daughter! /J^T
Truly, how sharper than dffL
serpent’s tooth it is to have * 2!‘
thankless child! Aud the Boot n
of Proverba makes still deal* JT
and stronger the statement * ”
our great poet, yet, even amotf
the cultured and the OhriaT
it ia no uueommon thing to
meu and even women—th
womeu unuaually have
eleaier insight into this
meudous problem—w*
moat everything “
vitdiaane.
utitnent which
gill agree most
] space isoccu-
•spapere by re-
,o«nt bureaus,
«d juries and
M relating to
Jby the Stan-
J,ndthe oil
1 partners in
'"rt-notto
'JViticismof
.-A the BWBia-
hs
own HnaT
Mrth.rrBs.
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