The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XL
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THUBSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1917
No. 21
McKIBBEN & SWINT GET THEIR KEROSENE OIL IN TANK CARLOADS DIRECT FROM THE REFINERY
THE ROAD BOND
MIS LOST
NECESSARY TWO-THIRDS IS
NOT HAD—BOTH SIDES
WORKED HARD
ACCOUNTING OFFICE NOW
The $400,000 Bond Issue failed
to carry in the election/last Sat-
urday. Both those favoring the
issue, and those who were op-
posed to the tax worked hard,
and the opposition was success-
ful. The official count has not
been made, but the reports re-
ceived by phone from the 'differ-
ent boxes show that the issue was
lost by about 8 2-3 votes, lacking
this many of receiving the two-
thirds majority for carrying the
issue.
The Post has nothing to say in
comment upon the result. This
was a question for the voters
themselves to decide, and they
did so, with the result above
mentioned. We believe this to
be a fact, however—that none de-
cided that good roads were not
essential, but that owing to pre-
sent strenuous conditions finan-
cially, caused mainly by the war,
that they believed an increased
tax would work a hardship on
them, and for this reason many
voted against the levying of ad-
ditional taxes at this time.
Whether the issue will again be
brought up we cannot say, and if
it is voted on any more we are
not prepared to say how it will
fare. This report is intended to
merely give a result—not to com
ment upon an issue pro or con.
Following are the reports from
the voting boxes in this county,
as phoned in:
Paducah, Box 1.—For 136,
against 60.
Ginsite, Box 2.—For 21, against
10.
Tennessee Valley, Box 3.—For
14. against 12.
Salt Creek, Box 4.—For 2,
against 17.
Fairview, Box 5.—For 19,
against 17.
Tell, Box 6.—For 6, against 4.
Ogden, Box 8.—For 14, against
14.
Chalk, Box 9.—For 11, against
24.
P. View, Box 10.—For 42,
against 5.
Moon, Box 11.—For 4, against
11.
Dunlap, Box 12.—For
against 3.
Coleyville, Box 13.—For
against 1.
Swearingen, Box 15.—For
against 4.
Sneedville, Box 16.—For 10,
against 3.
For Bonds ..............348.
Against Bonds ...........185.
Grand Total..............533.
Under a new government rul-
ing Central Accounting Offices
have been created for checking
the smaller postoffices in the
State, and Paducah office is now
Central Accounting Office 'for
Cottle County. All stamps and
stamped paper must be accounted
for to this office.
THE FIRST NORTHER
37,
20,
12,
The first real norther struck
this section last Sunday night, ac-
companied by the usual quota of
sand. This was very nice and
Western, and the new'comer com-
plained lusciously about chewing
real estate and land titles, but the
natives merely smiled and chewed
on. Monday morning the show
was on in full blast, and we poor,
shivering mortals got our winter
hump, which we will carry until
the blue birds whistle again, and
went in search of something more
substantial than ice cream suits
and peek-a-boo coats with which
to cover our shaking forms. The
iee man has gone in hiding, but
coal magnate is wearing a non-
erasible grin, the twin of a yard
stick. It means that Old Man
Winter is having high glee mak-
ing poor mortals sport goose
bumps as big as hen eggs, but so
long as there is life there will be
hope, and if the wind shall be
tempered to the shorn lamb, the
summer facial expression of joy
will be huge as ever next time
the warm sunshine, the gambol-
ing lambs, the green grass and
the sweet scented flowers make
their debut.
AMERICAN FLAG IN BATTLE
PADUCAH VS. MATADOR
THE GREAT IHR S
HUGE PROBLEMS
In the first football game of
the season the home boys went to
defeat at the hands of the husky
aggregation from Paducah, on
Saturday afternoon.
The score was 20 to 6 in favor
of the Paducah eleven, but that
is not a fair reading of the game
as it was after the first half a.
red-blooded fight between well |
matched teams with the edge in _
favor of Matador High School, j
Our boys showed lack of prac- . ^ ar an engineering propo-
tice as well as lack of confidence sltl0U;. war. an agricultural
in themselves which was aug- Pr(?P0Slt^n ; >t is a business propo-
° 1 sition. nru-----’- -- — ”
DISCUSSED BY MR. HUDSON
MAXIM—GREAT TRUTHS
EXPRESSED
in the front line. Paducah has
The work that is actually
mented bv their lack of weight done J1- t^ie lighting men in the
» heavy team for a high1 tren,ches,18 8“aI1 compared to the
work that has to be done at
Why? It is for this reas-
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
The Fourth Quarterly Confer-
ence of the Methodist Church
was liehl in Paducah last Sunday
afternoon, Presiding Elder M.
Phelan, of Vernon* holding the
same. The reports of the dif-
ferent church officials was very
gratifying, and Paducah charge
was highly complimented by Rev.
Phelan at the close of the ser-
vice Sunday night-
Two excellent sermons were
preached by the Presiding Elder
—one in the morning and the
other one at the evening hour.
idone by
a very heavy team for a
school and our boys could not j,
hold them in a line bucking con-* 10me:
test, but with an open field for-!011’. that. by labor-saving maehin-
mation they swept their opponents ’ ,‘V’ . ,!1C1 ls life-saving machin-
from their feet and carried the er^’ abor-saving fighting rnaehin-
ball through the field for a touch efy’ ““-tenths of the men can
I down. stay at home and only one-tenth
go to the front and fight. There
h s been quite a lot of talk about
a nationalization of war, quite a
lot of talk about taking charge
of the manufacture of munitions
Captain Morris is working his j of war. What are munitions of
men hard and will whip them war? Wheat, is just as much a
Photo shows W. G. Clancy, a Texan and gunner in the British |lnt0 , £°,r. ”ext ^"lay’s | munition of war as gunpowder.
Royal Field Artillery, with the American flag which he carried ^arnf UI, on a ia ou realize that? And your mules
.1 , n -ry* tj• i /-n • . > , j plact* mid with a loyal Diincii of are as much munitions! nf
over the top of \,imy Ridge. Clancy is permitted to wear a ; J.ooters from herp will win be ucn lmltl0ns ot
We have a team of boys that
will be very hard to beat in their
next, game and one that will be a
credit to our school.
small American flag on his arm.
A GOOD PLAY LAST
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PADUCAH SCHOOLS
IT* ARE TO THE FRONT
war
as guns are. Now, I do not want
fore the large crowd that will be to condemn the pacifists. Opin-
sure to watch the game.—Motley j ions are blameless. You know
County News. a man can have the best of in-
———---— tentions and still do harm.
THIRD INCREMENT OF MEN Now then, I want to tell you
Alr , • , r. , q ,, , something. This is very import-
Washmgton, Oct. 3.—About j ant. People have always sup-
more deadly de-
Oct
200,000 mep representing the
third increment of the national
IMMENSE HOUSE—A SPICY EQUIPPING THE .DOMESTIC army today are on their way to
! sixteen cantonments where al-
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
PLAY—GOOD AND EN-
TERTAINIG SPECIALTIES
READY SOON
In staging “The Only Girl,” a Paduah is a town of more than
ready half the 687,000 called to
the colors by the President are
mobilized. Although today’s
quota should have been forty uer
cent under regulations promul-
gated by Provost Marshal Crow-
red, local conditions in the var-
posed that the
8truetive you make the machin-
ery of war the more you equip
men with killing instruments, the
more deadly warfare becomes.
Now, that is absolutely false, and
you want 4o realize the fact that
the better you equip your army,
the better the fighting machinery
that you*make and put into the
I hands of your troops, the
more
beautiful comedy drama, at the ordinary ability. ’ Its churches
Zana last Thursday night, the| are of the best construction; its ious states have reduced the gen-1lives of those troow’von are
show-going people of our city business houses make a showing eral a e of the inerement to to save and the fewer are S
were treated to one of the best with the best m the land; the on nr o-, n„r , kk 1 . , are £0ln&
amateur plays ever presented beautiful homes in all parts of I ~ C '_ , to be killed. The quick-firing gun
here. There was not a dull mo-: the city make * a sight which* »on me nr Tmntm mm I "s dn lmp!ement of mercy. The
ment, and the audience was loud please the eye on all sides; the
in its applause of the successful | school buildings * are modem in
$33,075 PLEDGED TO LOAN
more you introduce long range
TEACHERS’ EXAMINATION
An examination for State cer-
tificates only will be held on Oc-
tober 19 and 20. Those desiring
to take said examination will
govern themselves accordingly.
FERGUSON OUT; HOBBY IN
DISTRICT COURT IS HERE
District Court convened in Pa-
ducah Monday. The first few
days were taken up with getting
things in order, arranging the
dockets, Grand Jury work, etc
This promises to be a busy ses-
sion.
LEFT FOR THE FRONT
Charlie Miller, Bob Durnall
and Wm. Howell Jacobs left for
Camp Bowie Tuesday. These
boys make the third bunch to go
from Cottle County for the same
training camp.
WEATHER REPORT
Austin, Sept. 30.—Governor and
Mrs. W. P. Hobby moved Satur-
day afternoon into the executive
mansion, their new home. They
were not to have occupied the
mansion until Monday, but it de-
veloped Saturday that it was
ready for the reception.
Former Governor Ferguson
and family left the mansion Sat-
urday morning.
into war. the farther and farther
efforts of those working hard to ! every way. And now Paducah is Bnd^nlisted^men^ stationed ^ at ^ In the present
entertain them. i making a step ahead of the aver-
In “The Only Girl,” intrigue,; age town of the same size. An
hate, hateur, true friendship and' experienced Domestic Science
love are intermingled, and th4j teacher has been added o the ef-
story in its entirety holds fast the ficient corps of instructors
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interest of the spectators from* this week that department is be-
start to finish.
Each one taking part in this
stage story seemed specially
adapted to his or her part, and
the presentation was without flaw
or hitch.
Little Misses Helen Watkins
ing equipped with eight Hoosier
kitchen cabinets, one complete
cabinet ofr the teacher, oil stoves,
and all the necessary utensils
used in a modem kitchen. Miss
Rollings is in charge of his spe-
cial work, and she is in every
Camp Bowie have pledged $33,-
075 to aid in floating the second
Liberty loan bond issue, accord-
ing to reports turned in tonight
and by Captain Claude Caterberry,
chairman of the Liberty Loan
committee. It is expected that
the total will reach $100,000 by
tomorrow night.
MOTHER CUTS OFF ARM
LEAVES FOR TEST CASE
Austin, Oct. 4.—C. M. Cureton,
first assistant attorney general,
left today for Washington where
he will represent the state in the
submission next Monday in the
United States supreme court of
the Crane Company case. This
case involves the constitutional-
ity of t he Texas franchise law.
P]precast for the week begin'
ning Sunday, October 7, 1917.
Weat Gulf States: The wea±i
ther during the week will be fair trie attorneys,
with the temperature slightly
above the normal.
Plain States and Upper Missis-
sippi Valley: Little rain and fre-
quent alterations in temperature
from warm to cool are indicated
during the week.
CANNOT PAY ATTORNEY
Austin, Oct. 4.—Answering
question submitted by the comp-
troller’s department, the attorney
general’s department held today
that the comptroller has not au-
thority to issue warrants in pay-
merit of salaries of special dis-
_ ] Pieere, S. D., Oct.'4.—Mrs. J.
and Mozelle Carroall gave as a W&Y qualified for the position, ; B. Clarkson, of Hardin County,
specialty two songs, and they' As times change, ideas likewise | was forced whether to amputate
brought the house. These litle undergo a reformation. It used* the arm of her little daughter or
dies have excellent, voices, and to be considered a waste of time j allow the child to suffer with
entertainers, they are superb, for a child to be taught anything! arm crushed ii^ the machinery of
Miss Hattie Bigham gave two outside of reading, writing and j a washing machine until she
readings, and long and laud was arithmetic in the school room, could go for help. She decided
the applause given this popular hut now everything of a practi-jthat the arm was so badly
expressionist. cal nature is taught there. Peo- j mangled that it would have to be
The play was given for the Ple realize that no more impor-1 cut. off.
benefit of the school, and $116 *ant an accomplishment can be
were taken in. The expenses taught a girl than that -of man-
were light, and a splendid sum aging her household in an intelli-
was left for this work. , Sent manner, and now that all
Mrs. Jim Boley trained the modem schools are including
young ladies and gentlemen pre-; this branch in their courses of
senting the play, and much credit' study, the future looks bright
out.
ULTIMATUM NOT GIVEN
Of course three cent letter pos-
tage majr be buhtensome, but we
don’t eare &ow much it costs to
send bills to us.
In this instance the district
and county attorneys were both
unable to serve in the case in
question and the court appointed
a special district attorney who
served three days and presented
a claim of #45 to the comptrol-
ler’s department for payment.
Will Mr. Hoover be known as
the man who took the “future out
of ‘futurea?’ ”
is due her for the entertaining | ^or more intelligent housewives
manner in which it was carried! than formerly. This is an age
of specializing, and the wife is
called upon to face her share of
the new problems which daily oc-
cur.
Paducah citizens are proud of
the manner in which her schools
are forging to the front, and the
installing of the Domestic
Science Department is truly
step in the direction of progress
and of sane judgment.
Lima, Peru, Oct. 4.—The Peru-
vian government has discovered
that A. Von der Heyde, the Peru-
vian minister to Germany, dis-
obeyed the instructions sent to
him Sept. 26 to present to the
German foreign office an ulti-
matum demanding under the
threat of breaking diplomatic re-
lations that satisfaction be given
within eight days for the sink-
ing of the Peruvian bark Lorton.
He did not deliver the note.
The minister was reprimanded
by his govenuhent andL ordered
to make the delivery immed^nte-
With the implements at liand
she cut the suffering child loose
and took her to the nearest phy-
sician, where the injjured stump
was properly’ eared for.
The child, frightened at a dog,
attempted to go around the ma-
chine. and her arm was caught in
the cogs.
POSTPONE NEXT TERM
RECEIVED APPOINTMENT
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Now Mr. Middleman is beam-
ing to wonder if he hasn't Wen
caught between the uppCr and
nether, millstone.
Miss Nann Seott, of Vernon,
well known to many people of
Paducah, has stood an examina-
iop and received an appointment
as stenographer in. the War De-
partment. She thinks she will ae-
partment.
ftfcpt the
work.
Another reason why a fat man
thinks he is getting thin when
he btffrles his belt is. became he
hen stretched the lecher. -
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Abilene. Oct. 4.—United States
District Attorney Odell Thursday
received notice from Federal
Judge Duval West that he will be
unable to reach Amarillo before
October 22 and the regular term
of court there will be postponed
until that date.
Well, anyhow, there won’t be
any neccessity for spudless days
for some time to come.
Tillie Clinger says that she
dreamed last night that she had
married a pacifist, and when she
waked up she was kicking her
pillow all around the room.
Maybe you also "have noticed
that the kind of man who carries
on like a Bolsheviki down town
sets like a big baby when his
wife is watching him.
titanic struggle, where there have
been twenty millions of men on
the firing fronts—on all the fir-
ing fronts—if they had fought
with the old weapons the war
would not have lasted six months.
If they had the same means of
transportation it probably would
have been over in a month, and
they would have killed more men
in that month than have been kill-
ed so far in the entire war. And
if we were to take the advice of
the pacifists and forge our swords
into plow-shares and our spears
into pruning hooks, what would
be the result? Suppose we were
to disarm the armies and let them
fight with plowshares and pitch-
forks and pruning-hooks, they
would kill teu times as many;
even if they had nothing but the
jawbone of an ass. they would
kill more than they would with
quick-firing guns.
But you want to realize this,
they must have the guns on both
sides. If you have the guns only
on one side, then the fellow that
has got the gun can kill you. The
statement of Andrew Carnegie is,
we don’t need arms. The great
American inventor will go to
France to exterminate the enemy.
It isn’t so easy. He said sixteen
million young men would rise up
to drive the enemy into the sea.
You remember the story of ten
thousand Greeks who marehed
through Persia. If we were to
put into the field sixteen millions
of our young men and the Ger-
mans should put into the field
twenty-five thousand only, or say
sixteen thousand, one one-thoua-
andth as many men—and give
them the kind of equipment with
quick-firing. guns and all of the
machinery of modern j wurpu%
and if we would be good ea#ugk
to go up with our young na
fast as they were kilted, j
would last just two
jam realize how fast they ■
with those gnnsf I hat
the Maxim automatie
gun in the United
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1917, newspaper, October 11, 1917; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth756010/m1/1/?q=lumber+does+its+stuff: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.