The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PADUCAH POST
Paducah, Texas, August 31, 1016
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THE PADUCAH POST
Published Weekly By
THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY
E. A. CARLOCK
EDITOR
Entered as second-class mail matter May 11, 1906. at the Postoffice
at Paducah, Texas.
IVe understand that many of,first day and keep them there un-
the schools of the county are go- j til the last? You have, no doubt,
ing to open up early this year , made great plans for your boys
on account of the short cotton1 and girls so far as their future
crop. This will give the kiddies is concerned. You have counted
the advantage of things to say j up the amount of money or prop-
the least of it. If we can give 1 erty that you will likely be able
the children of this county an to leave them when you die, but
education, don't know but what money and property are not the
it is best for us that a bumper things that are going to take them
crop was not raised. through the world. The boy or
■■ —------- * — girl who has a good education
It is never too late or too early | js t)le j)ov or g-jr[ who is going
to keep your premises cleaned aee0mplish most in the world
in 1913, so why should we worry? at this place have agreed to let
We went through with that year the farmers who need it have the
and came out as fat as pigs, money with which to buy the
We are going through with this! seed for fall pastures. IIow could
year and come out in better con- j you ask for a better thing than
dition than we were then. Quit that? You will likely need some
your grumbling and get down! assistance from the banks next
and go to work for a living. (year. If you do not take them
! up on this proposition they ought
not tryr to accommodate you next
C
up. You may think that the
weeds and grass do not need
cutting on account of the dry-
weather, but had you stopped to
consider the fact that a lot of
dry trash around your home or
place of business is the best way
and be thought of best by the
people with whom they come in
contact.
It is still dry in Cottle county,
but it is not nearly so hot as
it has been. The past few- nights
in the world to get things burned have made a fellow hunt for
Up j cover before morning, and the
■■ ■ - ----------- days have been more pleasant
The outlook for a good school than they were in July. But the
this year is as bright as it has people here have begun to take
ever been in the history of this the dry weather proposition as
place. The teachers are mostly
all here by this time, and you
never in all your life saw a more
enthusiastic bunch of men and
women. They look like they- man
business, and we are sure they do.
We are going to predict that this
will be one of the best years in
the history of th Paducah schotl.
Have you made any prepara-j
tions to send your child to |
school the first day? You are;
a joke, and have decided that
they are going right along and
live just the same as if it had
never been hot or dry in this
county. And why- not? We are
going to keep on living just the
same as we have aly-ays done
whether it rains between now and
Christmas or not. In fact, we
are not nearly so bad off as some
people are trying to let on like
we are. There is going to be
a good deal of cotton raised
not going to have much cotton, , . , ,,
the county, and there will
to gather this fall. In fact, many
of you will have no more than
you can pick yourself. Why not
take advantage of the situation
and put the kiddies in school the
be
plenty of feed to do the farmers
if they will only take care of it
There will be a good deal more
stuff raised here than there was
W. J. Arrington
Jess W. Harvey
ARRINGTON HARVEY
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
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Well, did the election go to suit
you Saturday? It is safe to say
that it did not for at least half
of the readers of The Post, but
what's the use to have a long
face over it ? That reminds us of
tlie fact that it is useless for us to
worry over anything that we can
not prevent. People, or at least
many of them, become grey head-
ed worrying over things that they
can no more prevent than they
can keep the sun from shining.
Why should we do this? There
are just a very few- things that we
have any say-so in or can con-
trol in this old world, but, as a
rule, it is not these things that
put grey hairs in our heads. We
have heard men in Cottle county
say during the past month that
if Culberson, or Colquitt, as the
case might be, was elected it
would be one of the worst things
that could happen to the state
and that it would mean ruin and
destruction for us. Bosh| In
two months from now we doubt
if you will remember, should one
ask you, who the United States
Senators are from Texas. We
venture the assertion that there
are at least a third of the peo-
ple right now who don’t know
the name of the United
States Senator who did not have
to be elected this year. And then
talk about Colquitt or Culberson
ruining the country!
year.
There is not much use to try
to “legislate” against the boys,
but we believe that a law to
prevent them from roaming on
the streets at night after a cer-
tain hour would be a might good
thing. You can find boys on
our streets at all hours of the
night, and they are only babies,
too. Some of them have not
yet reached the age of ten. The
best place to ruin a boy is to
ruin him on the streets, and es-
pecially at night. There are
more criminals made out of boys
who roam the streets at night
than any other class. In fact,
we seriously doubt if a boy will
go wrong after he has grown up
if he stays with his parents be-
tween sundown and sun up. And,
friend, these are somebody’s boys.
They may be yours. Do you
know for certain whether they
are or not?
Every farmer who ever raised
sheep knows what the “bell
weather” means. The “bell
weather is only the leader of the
flock. He usually wears a bell,
and where he and his bell go
thither his flock obediently fol-
low. For good or ill, to safety
or into danger, where he leads
they go. If he happens to be a
wise old fellow his followers
profit by his wisdom, but if he
develops visious and unreliable
traits disaster is almost certain
to overtake the flock. Have you
ever stopped to think how much
like sheep we human beings are
in this respect? Look around in
any community and you will
easily spot the “bell weather.
And not only can you locate him,
but a little study of local con-
ditions will invariably disclose
to the careful observer his true
characteristics as a leader. If
the community is progressive,
prosperous, law abiding and
happy, you may put it down that
this state of affairs resulted large
ly from the fact that these qual-
ities are inherent in the leaders
of that community life. But, on
the other hand, when you find
a community that is torn to
pieces, you can usually look for
two old “bell weathers” who
would be worth more if they
were dead. And, strange to say,
most times the people can’t find
it out—or won’t find it out—un-
til it is too late. Look around
you for the bell weather in your
community. If he is a man that
tries always to do things that
will be for your betterment and
the betterment of everyone else,
then stay with him just like
“sick kitten to a hot jam rock,”
but, on the other hand, if he is
a man who tries to tear down in-
stead of build up, drop him on
the spot and try to get all your
neighbors to .do the same thing
by him.
G. McAdams Lbr. Co.
(INCORPORATED)
We have a First-Class Stock of Building Material, Lumber,
Lime, Brick, Cement, Bois D’Arc Poet 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.
Paducah, Texas
J. A. LESTER
LOCAL MANAGER
Phone
Four Things
We Do
We serve genuine Coco Cola
We serve Welche’s Grape Juice
We serve Shaw Bros. Ice Cream
We make your drink as you orde
Visit
HughePs Place
H. H. WILKINS, Prop.
an
op his live stock to the highest
point, the manufacturer is not
satisfied unless his goods has
some peculiarity about them that
he thinks, in his own mind, is
better than his competitor, the
lawyer tries to be a leader in
his profession, while the doctor
is not satisfied unless he can be
called authority. The school boy
should bear these things in mind,
and remember that an education
does not stop within the walls of
the school building, but must go
on and on until he is better than
anyone else in his chosen jproffs-
sion if he is to be the leader.
A reader told us a few days
ago htat he liked to read
1 torials for the reason
“put it down” just like
it. Sorry, neighbor, but
ways. We think this a
goon old world to “live in,
we do not care to departlhere-
from just as long as wl can
stay. Sorry, but you dl not
always “read it” just as wj
it.”
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Poor Villa! He’s dead Again.
LET US FURNISH
You Material for Your New Home :
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|wkLoul Manager
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, W. J. MAOON, Prop. ^ i
hammtmmt.
Ant still the farmers keep talk-
ing a road bond issue for Cottle
county. We have, no doubt,
heard a hundred say during the
past month that they were in
favor of a road bond issue just
now. But it seems that no one
will start the wheels to rolling.
It is gonig to take someone who
is interested enough to get out
with a petition and get the prop-
er amount of signers before the
commissioners can call an election
for tliis purpose. Will you get
up and do it, or are you going
to wait for someone else? There
is do doubt but what the issue
would carry if it was gotten up
in the proper shape. We think
that the plan that has been sug-
gested to let each precinct vote
on the amount of bonds they
wish to issue is a good one. This
will assure each precinct of the
fact that they will get the money
they have to pay out and no oth-
precinct can touch it. We
see no reason why anyone should
object to this. Your commission-
er will certainly use the money in
your precinct where you will get
the most good for it.
Many of the farmers of this
county are either sowing wheat
or rye for fall pasture. This is
a good idea, and the farmer Who
does is the one that is going to
come out ahead next spring. A
good winter pasture is worth
lots of money for feed, and the
farmer who uas one will have
a lot of feed t* sell -wherein the
others will be biiri'wi‘ The banks
to
and
» be/
npnoy
We are not sure just where
the newspaper men’s troubles
are going to end, and we are not
sure that you will get -The Post
for one dollar per year much
longer or not. In fact, we are
not sure that you will get it at
all. The price of newspaper is
advancing every, day, and it
has just about gotten to the
place where we can’t buy it at
any price. Newspaper has just
about thribbled in price during
the past year. It is getting to
be one of the biggest problems
that the newspaper men have to
contend with. All the big dail-
ies are cutting down the size of
their papers and condensing news
items just as much as possible.
There will be no more “cheap
clubbing offers on papers until
the situation is relieved. At
this time it is costing us more to
send The Post to our readers,
not counting our work worth a
penny, than we are getting out
of the subscriptions. And yet
we fear should the time come
when we will either have to go
up on the subscription price or
go out of business that there are
people who will say we are try-
in to “hold them up.”
FOR THE SCHOOL BOYS
How high do you aim in
life?
In this age of great attain-
ments in the arts and sciences,
in the trades and professions, we
hear much aaid of the duty of
aiming high,” meaning, there-
»y, to excel in some particular
line. No school boy could do
.better than to follow out this
idea and aim just a little higher
than the other fellow.
The farmer (is urged to devel-
op his soil to the maximum of
fertility, the stockman to devel-1
It Always Helps
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writing of her experience with Cardui, the woman’s!
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Cardui, my back and head would hurt so bad, I
thought the pain would kill me. I was hardly able
to do any of my housework. After taking three bottled
of CarduL I began to feel like a new woman. I soot]
gained 35 pounds, and now, I do all my housework
as well as run a big water mill.
I wish every suffering woman would give
CARDUli
The Woman’s Tonic
a trial I still use Cardui when I feel a little bal
and it always does me good.” ’
Headache, backache, side ache, nervousness,
tired, worn-out feelings, etc., are sure signs of woman-
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tonic. You cannot make a mistake in trying Cardui
for your trouble. It has been helping weak, ailing
women for more than fifty years.
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And we are constantly gettini
Bright, New Lumber from the bestjmii]
in the country, so we can always (me
the demand for Lumber of thel b^
quality and in the best condition, f
our Lumber is under roof, prot
from the rain and the sun. Our
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your work is never kept waiting,
in the market for the best Lumbt
Building Material, don’t forget tl
reliable.
R. D. Jones Lumber
Padnosh
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1916, newspaper, August 31, 1916; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth755984/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.