The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PADUCAH POST
Paducah, Texas, Oct. 5, 1916
THE PADUCAH POST
Published Weekly By
THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Childress people are inter-
^ ested in securing the Ozark Trail
j through their town, which will
run from the Ozark mountains to
— I HI Paso. Why can’t Paducah get
EDITOR *ms-v an<^ this national
_ 1 highway through our city. It
will be one of the biggest paying
Entered as second-class mail matter May 11, 1906. at the Poetoffice propositions that we could un-
at Paducah. Texas. dertake. It will mean that
’] thousands of people will come
E A. CAR1.0CK
If everything that Mr. Hughes
says about President Wilson is
true, he is certainly one of the
greatest traitors that this coun-
try has ever known.
more to the children than all the j through our city annually who
cotton crops that could be raised would otherwise never know that
in the next five vears.
Villa has declared that he
will enter a lot of towns on the
1'nited States side pretty soon
and wipe them off the face of
the earth. He may do it, but
we'll bet that he has one of the
warmest receptions he ever at- U0 Paducah,
tended before he gets through I ==
with the job. | Mould you
Carpenters are in demand in
Paducah now more than we have
ever known before. You can
scarcely secure a carpenter for
any purpose at this time, which
goes to prove that old Paducah
is on the boom. In fact, we have
never stopped growing. Come
be interested in
| having two or three good lvceutn
And still Mr. Hughes declares numbers come t0 Padu,ah this
wyiter? We have had some good
propositions from the lyceum
people, and they have promised
to send two or three of the best
we were on the map. All tour-
ists spend more or less money in
overy town through which they
pass. Why not us receive a part
of this money?
that President Wilson has done
nothing for the betterment of the
United States since he has been
in office. Most of us. however.
are very thankful that he has!
kept us out of war, regardless j
numbers they have to us if we
want them. Of course, in order
of the many other things that he j t0 seeure datings for these peo-
lor Uh~_ pie we must assure them that
We are glad to note that most they will have people enough to
people of this school district are i attend to pay for the numbers,
putting their children in school There must be some work done
regardless of the cotton crop, i to sell these tickets, and we sug-
They are hiring the cotton gath-! £J6st that it be taken up by the
ered and putting the ' kiddies ' literary societies of the school
in school. Thi' will be worth| snd handled in that way.
A number of our subscribers
have asked us when we were go-
ing to raise the price of our pa-
per. We can’t say just now, but
we do know that if paper goes
one penny higher than it is at
the present time the price of
subscriptions will be raised. If
you want a cinch id’ having The
Post sent to you for another year
for one dollar you had better
renew at once. We are not say-
ing this as a “bluff.” but only
that you may take advantage of
the situation if you want to. At
present we are losing money on
our subscriptions, and common
business principles would not
justify this loss very long.
Bought Hickson Shop
We wish to announce to the public that we have bought
the blacksmith shop of Mr. H. L. Hickson and wish to so-
licit your patronage. We do general Blacksmithing, Wood-
work, Horse Shoeing: and, in fact, anything that can be
done in a Blacksmith Shop.
McCain Brothers
Jess W. Harvey
W. J. Arington
June Watts
ARRINGTON, HARVEY k WATTS
LOANS AND REAL ESTATE
BROKERS
We are having calls every day for Farm
and Ranch Lands, for both improved
and unimproved. If you have either
for sale, we can handle it. Call and
see us.
Office rooms. 3 and 4; First State Bank
Building
We are going to try to make
The Post so interesting that
you will want it regardless of
the price that we may have to
charge. We believe that all of
our readers had rather have a
good, snappy paper and pay a
good price for it than to have
a little sheet with nothing in it.
You will find that The Post has
one of the largest paid lists of
correspondents of any weekly
paper in Texas. In addition to
this we are from time to time
adding new features that we
think will please you. Some of
them are in the nature of wit.
some short, snappy sayings, and
others of county interest. We
may have to raise the price of the
paper, but we are going to keep
the quality up.
out it is a “mixmafudleum” ot
all kinds of letters—if you know
what the word means. The man
who corrects the errors in the
type before going to press some-
time* overlooks these “pi” lines
and the^jret into the paper. For
an example? we give you this
explanation: The operator starts
to set the line “the boy does
well at school.” He sets the first
word, “boy,” but he gets an
“an” for “oy.” rather than go
to the trouble of correcting it
while the letters are in the ma-
chine he just runs his fingers
down the keyboard, and this
is the line that he gets when cast,
bau vbgkqjcmfwybgkqffjshrdlET
rf ‘ -
O ’'
Several of our readers have
informed us that there were some
words iu The Dost last week
that they could not pronounce.
We have had a number of calls
wanting us to tell what they were.
Sorry, but we can’t do it. We
are not responsible for the “big”
words we use. Sometimes we see
a word that sounds big, and, of
course, we have to work it in
somewhere. It may fit and it may
not. But, for an explanation, we
might as well explain right here
how those “big” words some-
times get into the papers. You
not only see them in The Post,
but you are liable td see them
in most any paper. They are
called “Pi” lines—not “pie.”
The operator sometimes strikes
a few wrong keys in setting up
iaterial for Your New Home the type, perhaps it win occur
I at the beginning of a line. Rath-
i er than go to the trouble of tak-
ing out the offending letters, he
simply runs his fingers down the
| keyboard, striking any old let-
! ters, until he fills the line and
then sends it in. When it comes
ET US FURNISH!
In another part of this issue
will be found an article dealing
on an exhibit to go to the Dallas
Fair from this section of the
country. In fact, it is to be
known as the Q. A. & P. exhibit,
giving tlie names of the counties
that it touches. These people are
very anxious for the Cottle coun-
ty farmers to send some of their
products that have been grown
this year along with this exhibit.
Every farmer who sends any-
thing will be given credit for it
at the fair. His name will be
placed on the products that he
sends, and should there be a
premium awarded he will get
the premium money. Tills will
cost nothing to the farmers of
this county, and you stand a
chance to pull down some nice
premiums. If you are interested
in the proposition you can let
us know at an early date.
Yes. this is the country that
many people said was “blowed
up” a few months ago. But we
note that the farmers are having
to ship in cotton pickers by the
ear loads in order to take care
of the crops. In fact, they are
unable to get enough help just
at this time. There have been
some five or six cars of negroes
shipped in during the past two
weeks, and there would have
been three times that number if
they could have been secured.
This don’t look like a “blow up’’
or a “blow out” to us. It looks
like prosperity staring us in the
face regardless of our kicks and
g#ouclies. The bankers toll us
there is going to be more money
in this county this year than has
ever been before. Of course
there will not be as many bales
of cotton raised this year
there was last, but it will bring
in more clear money than has
ever been known before. Come
to Cottle county.
G. McAdams Lbr. Co.
(INCORPORATED)
We have a First-Class Stock of Building Material, Lumber,
Lime, Brick, Cement, Bois D'Arc Post and Blocking—also
Cedar Post and Blocking.
OUR STOCK IS ALL UNDER ROOF AND WELL
GRADED
We also handle an Up-To-Date Line of Paints, Oil, Brushes,
Glass and Putty.
When in need of anything in our line, let us figure with you.
J. A. LESTER
LOCAL MANAGER
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The latest reports from the
European front contain the same
old stuff served up under a new
name.
Carranza will, and he won’t
and he won’t and he will, and
we don’t believe that Carranza
knows what he will or what he
won't do.
The fellow who thinks he knows
it all usually knows less than the
one who admits that he knows
nothing.
Silence is golden, especially
when your alibi is not satisfac-
tory to your wife.
Yes, it’s a fact 1 hat many
great man never breaks into
history. We know from experi-
ence.
There's at least one satisfaction
in the European war. All sides
are victorious.
The latest recruit in the sea
of blood is the University of Chi-
cago. It has declared a relentless
war on sparrows.
That new diamond mind dis-
covered in the Transvaal is 18
miles from Pratoria and a mil-
lion miles from this office.
Every merchant in this town
wants to sell you goods. You
want to trade with the merchant
who will do the best by you. wdio
will sell you the best goods n
the least price. It is up to you
to read the ads in this paper, and
it is up to the merchant to see
that you read his ad. When
you both do this you both win.
Of the people who buy goods on
credit 40 per cent never pay in
full, 7 per cent never pay at all,
and we don’t, know how many
wish they could get out of pay-
ing.
Knocking does a fellow no good
and does the town a lot of harm,
and disgusts nearly everybody
who hears it.
Do you want to make a clear
saving of $25.00 to $50.00 on
your expenses between now and
the first day of next January?
You can do it and this is the way
you can do it. You will be mak-
ing many purchases for yourself
and your family for fall and
winter purposes and for the Xmas
time. There is always some mer-
chant in town who will do a lit-
tle better by you than anybody
else. When a merchant is able
to do this he is keen to ad-
vertise and let the people know
just what he can and will do.
Your own cue is to read careful-
ly each week the advertisements
iu this paper. They tell the story
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Do You Know
That we handle a complete line of
Groceries, Dry Goods, Shoes, Shelf
Hardware and Harness Goods? Well,
we do, and we will be pleased to show
you the stock and give you prices at any
time. We want your patronage, and
will give in return good goods at the
best prices possible. Patronize us, and
thereby help make Delwin <>ne of
the best inland towns in the county.
E. J. Burkhead & Co.
DELWIN, TEXAS
and the name of the merchant A clean mind needs but few
who makes the story. Read the promptings from others,
ads.
Dr. A. Caswell Ellis has re-
is signed as director of the Depart-
Everv citizen of this town
interested directly in its welfare, nient of Extension of the Univer-
for his own welfare depends up- sity of Texas and Edwin D.
on the prosperity of the town. Shorter, professor of public
For that reason, if for no other, speaking, has been elected act-
we should do as much as possi- ing director. Dr. Ellis will de-
ble of our buying at home this vote all his time to teaching in
winter and Christmas, and let the Department of Education, in
the mail order houses bleed
some other place. Let’s keep our
money in circulation at home
which department he is professor
of philosophy of education. While
acting director of the Depart-
this Christmas. Better still, let's incut of Extension Dr. Ellis did
keep it moving around here all; two men’s work and did it well.
of the time. We will make its--
acquaintance oftner ourselves. Subscribe for The Post.
You Need a Tonic
There arc times in every woman’s life when she
needs a tonic to help her over the hard places.
When that time comes to you, you know what tonic
to take—Cardui, the woman’s tonic. Cardui is com-
posed of purely vegetable ingredients, which act
gently, yet surely, on the weakened womanly organs,
and helps build them back to strength and health.
It has benefited thousands and thousands of weak,
ailing women in its past half century of wonderful
success, and it will do the same for you.
You can’t make a mistake in taking
CARDUI
The Woman’s Tonic
Miss Amelia Wilson, R. F. D. No. 4, Alma, Ark.,
says: “I think Cardui is the greatest medicine on earth,
for women. Before 1 began to take Cardui, I was
so weak and nervous, and had such awful dizzy
spells and a poor appetite. Now I feel as well and
as strong as 1 ever did, and can eat most anything.”
Begin taking Cardui today. Sold by all dealers.
Has Helped Thousands.
We Have the Lumber
And we are constantly getting in
Bright, New Lumber from the best mills
in the country, so we can always meet
the demand for Lumber of the best
quality and in the best condition. All
our Lumber is under roof, protected
from the rain and the sun. Our deliv-
eries are prompt and reliable, so that
your work is never kept waiting. When
in the market for the best Lumber and
Building Material, don’t forget the old
reliable.
R. D. Jones Lumber Co.
Paducah
Matador
Roaring Springs
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1916, newspaper, October 5, 1916; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth755900/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.