The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PADUCAH POST
Paducah, Texas, February 8, 1917
THE PADUCAH POST
Published Weekly By
THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY
E. A. CARLOCK
EDITOR
Entered as second-class mail matter May 11. 190(1, at the l’ostoflice
at Paducah, Texas.
bankrupt people within the next
two years than has ever been
before for the same length of
time. An unusual high price on
anything is not best for that
commodity, for the time must
come when it will go as much
the other way as it raised in
price.
WHAT IS1 YOUR INTENTION ?
Don’t stop to “remark in pass-1 let's be about it. No doubt tier-
ing.’’ Keep right on going and j many is doing this as one of her
you’ll get there. ; card plays, but we can not see
how the United States could ac-
cept such orders as these.
We never could abide the fel-1
low who talks learnedly on sub- j
jects he knows nothing about. Much has been said this year
And that, gentlemen, is why wejabout “prosperity” through-
have never attempted to diag-1 out this country, but, for the life
of us, we can not see where much
prosperity has been added. ’Tis
true that we have gotten big
prices for everything we have
raised, but ’tis also true that we
have paid enormous prices for
nose the mind of a woman.
Here’s hoping wre live to see
the whole world in the gentle
embrace of peace and brotherly-
love under the protecting arms
of a “Monroe Doctrine” all its
own. For we would dearly love} what we have used. 1 here is
to se what kind of “critters” in- j one class, however, that has reap-
habit this earth a thousand years ed the rarvest and that class is
bence. j the manufacturers who have
•- . - . . — —- ! made war munitions with which
Villa telling us that he will thousands 0f |jvos have been tak-
kd! every American he gets his ^ A|r, yet some 0f these man-
hands on. and Germany telling; ufacturers' i„ the United States
us just what we “can’t” do re- jm, trviniJ to say that they have
minds us that it begins to look r(,ceiv'(1 only a reasonable profit,
like something is going to be “do- xil, when the Government ask-
ing” within the near future.^, them t0 sh0w statements of
President Wilson has gotten what they hacJ done such a
around many complex problems .<howl» M was neVer before
that looked impossible to the av-; heard went np from them. They
erage person, but he has always | even serld advertising to nearly
come through with colors flying, i aU the papers throughout this
But if he successfully gets around j country “explaining” just how
and avoids a war with the things ; [t happent.d. But the newspapers
now confronting him, he can, in-
deed be called the greatest states-
man that ever lived.
It looks like war for us—and
that reminds us that war is every-
thing Sherman said it was, and
then some. The United States
has done everything seemingly
within its power to keep peace
with Germany, but now that na-
tion slaps us in the face with the
statement that they are going to
sink every vessel on the high seas
that is carrying exports to or
from any country excepting their
own. They have also given us
orders to the effect that we shall
not send but one passenger ship
each week to England. Interest-
ing, isn’t it? That sounds just
like the last thread has been
broken. Well, if it must come,
as a fraternity did not publish
such dope—at least many of them
did not—even though they were
offered regular advertising rates
for it. But this is not what we
intended to say. The present
price of cotton indicates the fact
that there is going to be a “kick-
back” from all this wave of
high prices. Chances are that it
will be a lifetime before cotton
ever goes back to twenty cents
again. With these things facing
us, it behooves the man with av-
erage means to now do some head
work and look into the future
just a little. It means that un-
less each individual plans to meet
the emergency by raising what
they use on the farm, if it be
a farmer, and all classes practic-
ing economy, there will be more
SAXSON “SIX”
The Car that ranks in class with
Cars that sell two or three hundred dol-
lars higher than it does. The best Car
on earth bv two hundred dollars in price
SOME FACTS THAT PROVE IT
Saxon Continental Motor, Stronberg
Carburetor, Remy Ignition System,
Wagner Two-Unit Starting and Light-
ing Systems. Timken Axles and Bear-
ings, Full Cantilever Spring in Rear.
Price $940, Paducah, Texas
(This price includes Bumper)
D. E. JORDAN
“ABSTRACTS”
We have now moved ino our new office, Rooms 2 and
3 First National Bank, and are giving onr undivided time
and attention to the ABSTRACT business, and are in a bet-
ter position now to do your Abstract Work than ever be-
fore. We now have in our office, aCOMPLETE Abstract
of all lands and town lots in Cottle County, Texas, our
books showing all transfers and instruments affecting the
title to all lands in Cottle County, that have been recorded
in the County Clerk's Office. We are constantly working
on our books, thus familiarizing ourselves with land titles,
which ensiles us to prepare you an Abstract on short no-
tice and with accuracy.
If you need an Abstract, call on us.
Why not let us make your Deeds, Draw vour Con-
tracts, Mortgages, Releases, Etc.?
DULANEY & HARVEY
ABSTRACTORS
PADUCAH, TEXAS
Are you a land owner? If
so, what is your intention with
regard to the land that you own?
Do you propose to regard it
merely as a business investment
and to extract from it every pos-
sible dollar of profit?
We have known farmers whose
treatment of their land was cal
eulated to leave the impression
that they were the one for whom
it was originally created, and
that when they should cease to
need it no other use would ever
be made of it.
On the other hand, there are
men—and many of them—who,
while striving to make their land
as productive as possible, have
yet an eye to the future owners.
Every farmer, when he takes
charge of a piece of ground,
should frame this simple resolu-
tion.
■'1 hereby resolve that, wheth-
er ray occupancy of this land be
Long or short, I will use every
means at my command to leave it
more productive than when I
found it.”
If this were the guiding prin-
ciple of every farmer’s life what
a blessed and productive country
ours would become in a few gen-
erations of time!
And why not ?
Every fanner who has ever
worked with impoverished soil
knows how discouraging and
heart sickening is the struggle.
And every farmer who has hon-
estly endeavored to improve his
land to a point of real productive-
ness knows how gratifying it is
to see his yield mount upward
from year to year and to feel
that as the seasons go by he is
adding substantially to the great
wealth of this country—for after
all is said, land is the great tan-
gible asset of the earth.
The man who causes two
blades of grass to grow where
only one was growing is a bene-
factor of mankind.
The man who so depletes his
soil that only one blade will
grow where two formerly grew,
is a thief.
Hard words—yes, hard, but
true. No man has a right to im-
poverish the soil, even if he does
hold a title deed to it. At best
it is only his for a season, when
it must pass on to another right
fill owner.
And what about the rights of
that next owner? And the next
and the next?
When you pursue a policy that
impoverishes your land it goes to
your sen at your demise poorer
than when you received it.
Have you, in that event, been
honest with your son ? He had a
rigiit to receive from you what
you received—certainly no less.
Will the farmers of America
rob the unborn generations, or
will they leave for them the leg-
acy of a better land than they
themselves inherited?
It is a personal question which
each individual must answer fer
himself.
“Good roads have a vital ef-
fect upon the value of farm
lands,” says Herbert Quick of
the Federal Farm Loan Board,
in a recent statement. “If our
board and country banks are to
lend money on farms they must
show the producing value of the
mortgage element, and here is
where the value of good roads
become manifest,” he adds. Mr.
Quick says an efficient system of
country roads are cheaper and
more valuable to the farmer than
tap line railroad spurs, which
could not be constructed for less
than $75,000 a mile and the cost
of which must be paid by the
community served.
It is time many of the parents
of this city were looking after |
the interest of their children at!
school. We have recently seen
some grades that many of the
students are making and it is a,
disgrace to them. The trouble
with many of the parents is that:
they are blaming the teachers for:
this instead of finding out. where*
the trouble lies and helping rem-
edy it. It is not with tin* teach-]
ers. No school Inis a better corps j
of instructors than we have, but:,,
the parents are allowing their j
hoys and girls to frolic around!
after school hours, do not home
study, and attend every little
show that comes to the city. As
long as you tolerate this your
boy or girl will never obtain an
education. If this school is ever
to be made what it should be
made, the parents have got to
manifest more interest and co-
operation more closely with the
teachers. If your boy or girl
Ls not making the grades they
should make attribute half the
cause to the boy or girl, then
place the other half where it
properly belongs—upon yourself.
Had it not been for the timely
appearance of a number of citi-
zens. Paducah would now be
without a fire company. In fact,
two weeks we had no regular
organized company in this city,
due to the fact that the chief
and the boys became discouraged
oyer the lack of interest shown
by the people. Our people did
not mean to show any lack of in-
terest, but they took it for grant-
ed that the chief and the boys
would go along in the same old
nits, pulling hose carts, fighting
fires and doing all the drugery
without ever complaining. But
it has been proven that they are
human just the same as the rest
of us. Let's see that this does
not happen again. The citizen-
ship, we feel safe in saying now
thinks more of the fire company
than any other organization in
the city. The trouble has been
we have had a very poor way of
expressing it.
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Better roads would save the ul-
timate consumer in American
cities *280,000,000 a year accord-
ing to J. E. Pennybaeker, high-
way economist in the United
States office of good roads. Mr.
Pennybaeker explains that pub-
lic roads constitute the primary
means of transportation for all
agricultural products, and for
many millions of forest, mine and
manufactured products. This an-
nual haulage amounts to 350.000,-
000 tons, the average haul being
about eight miles. According to
this authority the cost per ton of
primary hauling for each mile s
23 cents, under present condi-
tions, while the cost per ton on
hard-surfaced roads would not
exceed 13 cents a mile. The good
road saving per ton on the aver-
age primary haul would thus be
80 cents or in the aggregate,
$280,000,000 per annum.
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* POSTOGRAMS ♦
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Washington tells us we are to
have the most powerful warships
in the world.
We are told in the Good Book
that the Lord loves a cheerful
giver, but we opine that lie finds
them in minus quantities these
days.
What’R the use of slaving as a
merchant, or lawyer, or doctor, or
even as an editor? A Chicago
state’s attorney has unearthed au-
tomobile thefts amounting to $2,-
000,000 in four states during the
past few months.
We have known some warm
hearted and kindly people in
whom taciturnity was carried al-
most to an extreme. And, too, we
have known a few whose cordial-
ity was hut a mark for their cold
blooded calculations and person-
al gain.
The widow of Col. John Jacob
Astor, he who went down in the
Titanic, has testified in court that
$20,000 a year is not enough to
pay the expenses of bringing up
the Astor baby. Holy Mackerel!
If it costs $20,000 a year to
rear a mere baby, what would it
cost to bring up a millionaire’s
pet poodle.
Are You Looking!
FORWARD TO A HOME OF YOUR
OWN ?
Why not build this spring? Begin now
to collect ideas for the home of your
dream. When the question of woodwork
comes up you may want a dark rich
mahogany in the living room or a warm
brown tone. Or possibly your taste runs
to dainty white enamel for the down-
stairs as well as the chambers above.
Whatever your choice, the question of
which wood finish for these various ef-
fects can be convincingly answered with
the SOFT FINISH SPECIAL and MIN-
NESOTA PAINTS AND STAINS that
you will get from—
! Wm. Cameron & Co., Inc. |
J. F. DAVIS, Local Manager
Phone No. 120
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Think About This
LAST YEAR A BALE OF COTTON WOULD BUY— ;;;
12.000 Best Star A Star Red Cedar Shingles,
2,000 Feet of No. 1 Common Lumber,
30 Gallons Standard Paints, or
75 Sacks of Portland Cement.
TODAY A BALE OF COTTON WILL BUY-
20.000 Best Star A Star Red Cedar Shingles,
3,500 Feet of No. .1 Common Lumber,
40 Gallons of Standard Paints, or
120 Sacks of Portland Cement.
YOUR DOLLAR BUYS AS MUCH BUILDING MA-
TERIAL TODAY AS IT DID A YEAR AGO, while it buys
only approximately 70 per cent as much other articles
as it did a year ago.
THINK AGAIN
Lumber is now selling in Europe at $125.00 to
$150.00 per Thousand. Normal freights from our ports to
Europe is only about, twice the freight rate we are now
paying on our lumber. It has been estimated by U. S. Gov-
ernment experts that when Peace is declared that Europe
will immediately need more lumber than the total com
bined output of all the Southern Yellow Pine Mills for the
last two years.
QUESTION: How Much Lumber Would Your Dollar
Buy if Peace Were Declared Today?
Lumber is now advancing and it is difficult to get
shipments.
We have recently placed orders for 400.000 feet of _
Lumber, 1,000,000 Shingles and other Building Material in '; |
proportion. We bought only the very best grades and
from the very best manufacturers in the country. We keep
all our Lumber under shelter and keep it in the best of
condition. We will sell you lumber for future delivery upon
liberal cash payment, otherwise our quotations are for im
mediate acceptance and subject to change without notice.
We appreciate the business you have given us in the
past and solicit your further patronage. If you want to get
best values for your money, BUY LUMBER, and don't for-
get, the old reliable
R. D. JONES LUMBER CO. I!
PADUCAH MATADOR ROARING SPRINGS, TEX.
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1 wish every suffering woman would give
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1917, newspaper, February 8, 1917; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth755893/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.