The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XI.
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1816.
NUMBER 2.
McKIBBEN & SWINT GET THEIR KEROSENE OIL IN TANK CARLOADS DIRECT FROM THE REFINERY
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CYCLONE ALONG
JEO RIVER
MANY LIVES ARE LOST AND
MUCH PROPERTY IS
DESTROYED
A FREAK OF THE GARDEN
Many lives were lost and hun-
dreds injured, a number fatally,
in a tornado which swept a path
throtfgh Oklahoma and Texas,
late Saturday night.
At Kemp City, Okla., a Chau-
tauqua lecture was- in progress
when the storm struck. The big
tent collapsed and six were killed,
and many were injured.
The first news of the disaster
reached Denison at a late hour
this morning, when a rider rode
in on a foaming horse after a wild
ride of eleven miles for aid. The
whole town was leveled to the
ground, he said.
Immediately following came re-
ports that the tornado had swept
through Carpenter’s Bluff, Texas,
killing one. Sixteen buildings
were blown away.
A special train was made up at
Denison and with doctors, nurses
and first aid supplies, the train,
•with a clear track ahead, sped
toward Kemp City thirty minutes
after the first news came. Kemp
City has a population of 336.
So far all reports have been
meagre. The path of the tornado
ranged south and more towns
may have suffered. The casual-
ties may run high.
Both the stricken towns are on
the Red River, eight miles apart
6 Dead, 33 Hurt at Kemp
DENISON,Texas, May 21.—The
town of Kemp City, Okla., was
entirely wiped out, six people are
dead, thirty-three injured, one of
whom it is believed is fatally in-
jured, by the cyclone which pass-
ed Southeast of Denison early last
night. Every business house in
Kemp City, including bank, post-
office, hotel, gin, together with
thirty residences, were completely
demolished. As early as could be
ascertained from survivors this
morning, the tornado struck the
place between 9:15 and 9:30 last
night, just a few seconds ofter
the home of Dr. J. C. McCullough
was destroyed and his six-year-old
daughter was killed at Carpen-
ter’s Bluff.
The dead at Kemp City:
CHANEY BATTLE, bookkeep-
er at the bank.
* E. E. COX, lumberman, and
his wife.
Dr. WILLIAM BRINSON and
his wife.
B. G. THOMAS, merchant.
The injured are: Baby of Mrs.
Joe Hively, fractured skull; Rev.
Joe Hively, the husband of
Mrs. Joe Hively, and four oth-
er children of fn<
S. W. Johnson ; Mrs. S. W, John-
son ; Miss Marie Johnson; Miss
Mildred Cox; D. S. Norman, W.
J. Norman, Mrs. W. J. Norman
and three children; J. T. Hoket;
Harvey Cox; T. C. Mountain; J.
E. Pleasant, (seriously); Mrs. J.
E. Pleasant and four chilren, (ser-
iously) ; Bill Webb; C. F. Ingram,
formerly of Denison; Mrs. C. F.
Ingram; A. G. Malone; Mrs. A.
G. Malone and two children.
The injured were brought to
Denison and placed in hospitals
for treatment. There is neither
food nor shelter in Kemp City.
All destitute cases are being
cared for in Denison. Relief meas-
ures will be adopted, as practi-
cally every possession has been
lost. There is scarcely clothing
enough saved for temporary pro
tection.
Jim Tye was exhibiting a freak
of the garden on the streets a few
days ago. It was a radish that
was formed as nearly in the shape
of a baby’s hand as you could
possibly imagine. The radish was
a complete hand from the wrist
downward. The thumb was in
the natural position. All four of
the fingers were in the right place
and perfectly formed. The back
and palm of the hand were as
perfect as the human hand. The
outline in the bones in the human
hand could be clearly traced in
the radish.
Mr. Tye has been exhibiting
it, and is going to place it in al-
cohol, that it may be preserved.
MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD, COMMANDING U. S.
ARMY.—BELOW: U. S. TROOPS MOBILIZED
CHILDREN’S DAY SUNDAY
ZANA CHANGED HANDS
The Zana changed hands last
week, whereby C. T. Williamson
of Kirkland takes aharge of the
show, having bought out Harve
Wiles, who has been running the
show for the past several weeks.
Mr. Williamson is an exper-
ienced picture show man and says
that ho is going to make the show
better, if possible, than it has
ever been before. They will
maintain Thursday nights as fea-
ture nights. lie is preparing to
start some new features of nation-
wide fame in the near future.
are
will
Next Sunday will be children’s
! day at the Methodist church. A
[splendid program is now being ar-
i ranged, in which children of all
denominations in this city
taking part. Special music
also be given on that day.
We understand that the people
of the First Baptist church will
not observe children’s day this
year for the reason that their
church building was burned a
few months ago and they are now
having to use the district court
room until their new building will
be completed.
VERY FAVORABLE
WITH THE EXCEPTION
WHEAT, WHICH WILL
BE LIGHT
“THE WAGES OF SIN”
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER
No finer tribute to the country
newspaper has ever been paid
than the following. It was writ-
ten by William Allen White, edi-
tor of the Emporia, (Kan.), Ga-
zette, for Harper’s Magazine.
Mr. White’s words, in part, are:
But the beauty and joy of our
papers and our little worlds is
that we who live in the country
towns know our own heroes.
Who knows Murphy in New
York? Only a few. Yet in Em-
poria we all know Tom O’Connor
—and love him. Who knows
Morgan in New York? One man
in a thousand. Yet in Emporia
who does not know George New-
man, our banker and merchant
prince ? Boston people pick up
their morning papers and read
with shuddering horror of the
crimes of their daily villian, yet
read without the fine thrill that
we have when we read that A1
Ludorph is in jail again in Em-
poria. For we all know Al.
We’ve ridden on his hack a score
of times. And we take up our
paper with the story of his frail-
ties as readers who begin the
narrative of an old friend’s ad-
ventures.
Our papers, our little country
papers, seem drab and miserably
provincial to strangers, yet we
who read them read in their lines
the sweet, intimate story of life.
And all these touches of nature
make us wonderous kind. It is
- .. the country newspaper, bringing
® together daily the threads of the
' town’s life, weaving them into
something rich and strqnge and
setting the pattern as it weaves,
directing the loom and giving the
cloth its color by mixing the livee
of all people in its color pot—it
is this country newspaper that
reveals us to ourselves, that keeps
our country hearts quick, and our
country minds open, and our
country faith strong.
The photograph shows the dog tents on the extreme end of the
parade grounds, where the United States troops, commanded by
General Leonard Wood, with headquarters on Governor’s Island
are being mobilized.
TIMELY WARNING
SCHOOL PICNICS TO THE
A visit to most parts of the
county during the past week
shows that Cottle county is in as
good condition as was ever known
! at this time of year ferr a good
; crop, with the exception of the
| wheat. In most places the wheat
! crop has been cut very short, and
! there are a few places where they
are now turning the cows and
horses in on it. This is due to the
fact that we had much dry weath-
er during the winter months, late
freezes and insects. The county
will produce one-fourth as much
wheat per acre as it did last year.
All other crops arc as fine as
can be. The fall and spring oats
will be ready for harvest within
the next few weeks. There is
Four bright young men are
dead, another dying and several
more in a serious condition as a
result of catering to the appe-
tite for whiskey, should make
any young man who takes a
drink occasionally “just to be
iociable,” stop and think.
The editor does not like to re-
fer to himself personally, but in
an article of this kind he can-
not help doing so. He wants the
boys and young men who think ^thin^that wilTlikdy happen to
they are the Master to profit by - - -
his own experience and observa-
FAi
GINSITE AND BALA DO THEM-
SELVES JUSTICE WITH
PICNICS
SOME FACTS THAT SHOULD
MAKE THEM MORE CARE-
FUL OF IMPLEMENTS
School picnics seem to be the The Post is in receipt of some
order of the clay with the county information that ought to make
schools for the past few weeks,
and they have always provided
entertainment that was worth the
time. This practice is to be com-
mended, and each school should
the farmers of this county stand
up and take notiee. A list shows
that all kinds of products have
advanced in price from 20 to 400
per cent during the past few
months. But we wish to call at-
have a picnic or program of some tention only to farm implements,
kind at its close.
On last Friday there was a
picnic given by the Buck Creek
school. There were many pres-
ent from all parts of the county
and the people enjoyed them-
selves immensely. A nice pro-
gram was rendered—-a big din- five months. The manufacturers
ner spread—in keeping with the of farm implements also make
dinners always given by Buck the statement that they have
Creek people—after which the been buying pig iron for 5S cents
county candidates were given time; per hundred pounds, but they
to make their announcements and are now having to contract for
speeches. A ball game was giv-jit at $2,50 per hundred. One
en in the afternoon, which was; can readily see what these figures
About the first of January there
was an advance in price of farm
implements of 20 per cent. No-
tice is being given to the retail
men that another advance of 10
per cent will take effect within
a few days. This makes a total
of 30 per cent rise in less than
POOL HALLS RUNNING
Brookshire Hit
Brookshire, Texas, May 21.—A
cyclone struck Brookshire this
^mppaing, demolishing several_______
houses on the north side of the junction
track.
Palestine Damaged 1111
Palestine, Texas, May 21.—A.
terrific windstorm swept thel
last
■The pool halls are in operation
[again. Last week the proprietor
of one of them sent Senator Deck-
|er to Childress, where he obtain-
ed a temporary injunction re-
straining County Attorney Spen-
cer and Sheriff Walker from in-
terfering with or prosecuting him
for conducting the pool hall.
Judge Nabors heard the applica-|
tion, and entered the restraining
order, which is set down for hear-
ing in June, when it will be de-
termined whether or not the in-
^^^^■shall be dissolved or
|made permanent.—Quanah Ob-
server.
very interesting and well played.
A Sunday School picnic was
given at Bala last Saturday. Al-
though Bala is over the line in
King county, the people took a
great interest in it and most of
the folks in attendance were from,
this county. There were fifty or]
more who attended.
A baseball game Waa played in
the forenoon between Bala and I
are going to lead to in a short
time.
But here is the thought that
we wish to impress. There are
thousands of dollars’ worth of
farm implements going to ruin in
this county each year for the
reasGifcAtbftt the fanners do not
care ofit^The
take care of' tt. ’l'lie average
farmer will buy a cuTttfatOVwq*^Tit wm cheeked un
on, mower, binder, drill, stalkl?e* . checked np
away, but the family was saved
by the storm cellar. No loss of
llife has been reported, but the
storm »is very severe. About
"dM&r-’g 1 Inehea of rain fell here
about!. five
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a miied team from different parts cutter or many of the other things
of the county, in which the Bala necessary for making a crop. He
boys were victorious. At the will use them during the season,
noon hour one of the biggest old-, then run them un in a fence
fashion dinners we have ever seen; corner and let them stand there
was spread for them. There was until the next year’s crop comes
enough left to feed another crowd round. The weather has rusted
of equal size. all the bearings and important
After the meal hour the candi- parts of the machinery. He starts
dates from King and Cottle conn- to work and finds that his impie-
ties were given a period of time ments, which he left in perfect
for speech making and their an- working order, fail to do the
nouncements. This feature furn- work again. * The result is that
ished a great deal of amusement he drives to town and purchases
for the people, as there was com- \ a new supply,
edy and tragedy both mixed in It may be that you think that
with the speeches of the -county I you can not afford to buy lumber
officers, some of whom had a hard! to buy a shed for these tools. If
time in maintaining their equilib- this be your opinion you had bet-
rium while disposing of their ora
dons.
I stood in front of a bar in
Lawton, Oklahoma, and heard
L. M. Radley, the bartender, se-
verely condemn a young man who
had just left the place. “That
boy is killing himself with
booze,” was Riley’s remark. “I
take a drink myself—but I know
’now to handle it,” he continued.
The young man he referred to
vas one Billie Pope, a brilliant
minded young lawyer. (These
tames are correct and these in
cidents are all true and can be
verified). Radley was right.
Within less than a week Pope
died from delirium tremens—and
within less than six years, Radley,
who “knew how to handle
booze,” died by his own hand in
Chickasha, Oklahoma. I attended
the bedside of “Butch” Maddox,
who paid the penalty of overin-
dulgence in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Ed Crenshaw, Ed Harlan, Char-
ley Laux, J. B. Phillips, Doctor
Saunders—but the list is too
long to call them all. These men
represented the legal profession,
the medical profession, were sa-
loon men, clerks and merchants:
each and all of them partook of
the cup that “biteth like a ser-
pent and stingeth like an adder.”
They are now beyond the River
•struck down in what should
have been the prime of life, for
had it not been for booze, not
one of them but should have been
alive today. You can pass laws
to prohibit the sale of whiskey,
but these laws do not curb a
man’s appetite for the stuff. You
can attempt to lay that appetite
on inheritance and that may be
true to a certain extent, vbut nine-
ty-nine times out of one hundred
you will find that the appetite
is formed by tampering with the
stuff. For fifteen years the writer
“took a drink, and let it alone.”
Then the hellish fluid got the up-
this crop to keep in from making
good, unless we should have a
great deal of hail. There were lots
of oats sown this year, which will
make feed enough to run the
farmers, even if they should not
have any other kind, but most of
them have barns full of feed from
las' year’s crop.
Indian corn is pretty in all lo-
calities. Most everyone has se-
cured-a perfect stand, have given
it the first plowing, and the pros-
pects are good for a bumper
crop. Milo maize and kafir are
looking well. However, this crop
is a native of this country and
will generally make, no matter
what the conditions be. Early
planting of cotton is up and re-
ceiving its first working. In all
places the farmers are getting a
good stand, and with some local
showers during the next two
months we will raise one of the
best cotton erops in the history
of the county. Fruit and garden
truck of all kinds are as good as
can be. The fruit crop was not
damaged at all by the late cold
weather, and bids fair to be the
biggest we have ever raised.
THE HOUSE BY THE ROAD
tory Mi I:'-;-'>,Vv>.■»/•$ x')
! In the afternoon a baseball
game was played between Bala
and Chalk teams. It was closely
contested from start to finish, but
the Chalk boys were successful
in winning by a score of 8 to 4.
Everything went off quietly and
peacefully during the day, with
the exception of one or two little
fights at th<t\ ball game in the
imnouu ■
i. v.
Iter stop and figure a little while.
fThe average piece of farm ma-
chinery. when taken proper care
jof, will last from five to eight
lyears. When stood out in the
I weather you can hardly expect
ito make more than two crops
Iwilh it. Figure the difference m
Ithe cost of buying machinery
every two years or every eight
yeaBt and see if it would not b«|
business to hpuse thel
to him. On one hand he saw his
family, the happiness of Ifis loved
ones—father, mother, sisters and
brother. On the other he saw—
booze. He made his choice and
found efficient cure—in the house
of God.
I don’t want to preach to you,
boys. I just want to say—for
God’s sake, for your own sake
and for the sake of your loved
ones, who would die for vou—
CUT IT OUT BEFORE IT GETS
THE UPPER HAND OF YOU.
There are sorrowing hearts in
Plainview—and elsewhere—over
the deplorable tragedy. Get
right, and let’s not allow Matador
i and Motley county to have a
repetition of such a sad and sor-
rowful occurrence.—Motley Coun-
ty News.
When a man’s a real man you
never hear him reminding you of
the fact.
The road ran east and the road
ran west,
And gold was its dust
To my wanderlust,
When I went the world to see.
But O, for a glimpse of the house
by the road
Where the pines are calling me!
The ribbony road to the rain-
bow’s end,
With a dream of a perfect day,
I followed and found no thing
but this,
A sigh for the backward way.
Somewhere over there, there’* a
bit of earth
Where a window light used to
shine ,
Low under the pines by a curve
of the road,
That was once their home and
mine.
Still the road runs east aand the
road runs west;
But seek though I mmy,
Till my dying day,
I never, the same, shall see
The evening light in the house by
the road
Where the pines are calling me.
—Edmund Gaines Shannon.
with them. Also bear in mind
Hint the chances are good for yon
io pay at leaft a half more next
u business to bqnse the jrear for implements than ;
ts when you are through have been paying in tie past.
■ FOLLOW THE LEADER
Ia sporty negro who had never
worked at anything bnt a crap
game, was ordered by the police
[to get a job and go to work.
■He got a job in a livery stable,
[and was told to grease the axles
of a buggy. In a remarkably
Ishort time, the boss saw him
idling in a doorway.
“Look here, nigger, have you
greased all four of them axles al-
ready?
“Naw,” answered he. “There
ain’t no use to waste grease by
^^^■them hind wheels. So |
1||HK front
‘ v; , lone* jes’ ■
you th«Ki
^Hfoiler.”
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1916, newspaper, May 25, 1916; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth755881/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.