The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PADUCAH POST
Paducah, Texas,
THE PADUCAH POST
Published Weekly By
THl POST PUBLISHING COMPANY
E. A. CABLOCK
EDITOR
Entered ee eecond-class mail matter May 11. 1908. Postoffioe
at Padueah, Texas.
of the towns in Tex-
Of course you turned over a! Falls is one
new leaf on January 1st, but has; as that is alwavs wide awake to
the wind blown it back since (any enterprise that will niakt
that time? ! the pay roll for their city larger
i * 1 and bring more people there. W e
The agricultural departments^ th(,'v wM slK>essful with
makes the statement that rye will. fh(i UI1,iert.iikinu for the reason
grow on land on which wheat th,u jf wi], t.vorv publisher
will not. We are not versed injjn T(.xus an,i ;l|so for the reason
“rye-ology,” but we do know | thj|, it wiU help Wichita Falls,
that every fanner in the county, anliaaaa
ought to have a rye or wheat | There were quite a few in this
field for pasture during the win-
ter and spring.
aitv who were somewhat in doubt
as to whether the promotors of
the Iidian or Ozark Trail wore
really working in earnest for
Like most other parts of Tex
as, a good rain would be appro
i this road, or whether they were
I)v the tanners
ciated just now
of this county. The wheat is
practically on a stand still, and
chances are good that it will
not make a full crop unless we
have some big rains or snows
during this month.
The public school at this place
is now going at full tilt again,
hut the school is not going to
he what it should mil" every
parent does his or her duty by
making each child 1 ia\ ■ proper
hours. The one great drawback
to the school has been for want
of proper home stud.\ hours, and
it has been the cause of many of
the pupils falling down on their
grades the first part of the term.
What are you going to do about
it? Do you want your children,'
to pass, or do you not ?
The people of Wichita Falls;
are preparing to put in a factory;
for V ■■ purpose of making pa-
per out of cotton 'talks. Wichita ,
trying a little grafting scheme.
There is not the least bit of a
doubt but what the proposition
is genuine, and we need have no
fears of taking hold of it. The
promoters of this proposed road,
tin* Texas Good Roads Association
are doing more than any other
..rgaui/atiou m the State ot Texas
to promote good roads, and they
nr" spending an untold amount
of money for th;s purpose. They
will soon hold a meeting in Austin
to form plans wh-'tvbv some legis-
lation may he put through that
will give us more a d from the
state, and also nun'" a d from the
1'nifed States. Anyone who is
in doubt about tlm purposes of
this organi/'.a:iifii can easily find
t what tie .', an lining by wrif-
ng the the state department of
good road'. There is no use for
nu to milk' an accusation un-
less von are willing to write and
find out \ 'ther t proposition
1' genuine or not.
A Childress man was heard to
remark a few days ago that Pa-
ducah was asleep to her oppor-
tunities so far as the Ozark Trail
was concerned. We hate to ad-
mit it, but this seems to be the
ease. There are some twenty-five
or thirty men in this county who
are doing all they can to push
the proposition along, but they
can not do it all. This is some-
thing that is going to take the
co-operation of everyone if we
accomplish anything. Matador is
lined up good and strong for
this road. Childress has more
than three hundred men who are
spending their time and money
working on it. and they are cer-
tainly going to accomplish some-
thing, too. Let us whisper this
in your ear right now. We have
reliable information to the effect
that unless Padueah does her
part and shows a willingness for
the road, the route will he
changed and go from Childress
to Matador by way of White
Flat. There is no “hot. air” to
this but a mere statement of the
facts. If you know anything
about the roads in this country
you know that there is now an
automobile road running from
Matador to Childress over the
above mentioned route. It is true
that this road is not in very good
liape, hut it is in as good shape
as the road are have leading in
tlier direction from Padueah. It
will mean just as much for Mata-
dor or Childress if the road was
to run by White Flat as it would
if it were to come to Paducah.
It certainly seems now that it is
i to us to do something of we
over propose to do anything.
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LOOKING A YEAR AHEAD
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Think About This
LAST YEAR BA„2 CF COTTON WOULD BUY
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12.000 Best H \ .Star Red 1 eda
2.000 Fei • i) No. 1 ( onirnon Lumber.
30 Dali"'"' Standard Paints, or
T-'i Sack's of Portland Cene-:ir.
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TODAY A BALE OF COTTON WILL BUY-
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20,000 i!r • S: \ Star Re 1 I edar T -He-,,
3,'>00 Feet of .V 1 Common Lumber,
40 Dali": i standard Paint', or
120 Sacks of Portland Cement.
• YOLK DOLLAR P.CVs AS MD 11 Hi ILDIXD M\
TER IA I. TODAY AS IT DID A YEAR ADO. while it buys
only approximately 70 per cent as much other articles
as it did a year
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 lias been estimated by S. (inv-
ent ment experts that when Peace D declared that Europe
will immediately m-.,j more lumber than the total com
billed output d all ; Southern Ye,low Pine Mills for tin
last two years.
QUESTION: How Much Lumber Would Your Dollar
Buy if Peace W, r, D :,ir> ,i Vnday
Lumber N now advancing and it P difficult to get
shipments.
We have recently piand order* for 400,000 feet of
Lumber. 1,000.000 Shingles and other Buibiing Material in
proportion. VC b< giit only the very best grades and
from the very best manufacturers in tin country. We keep
all our Lumber under -heifer and keep it in the best of
condition. We will * :! \on lumber for future delivery upon
liberal cash payment, otlurwise our quotations are fop im-
mediate acceptance and -abject to change without notice.
We appreciate the basine-s you have given us in the
past and solicit yo ■ - f r:l, u- patronage. If you want to get
best values for your money, BUY U MBER, and don’t for-
get, the old reliable
R. D. JON!
PAJJUC.AII MATAD^
LUMBER CO.
ROARING SPRINGS, TEX.
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What will the year 1917 mean
■n this town? What will it mean
to this comity and to the people?
What will he your personal
attitude toward tile making of a
better town, a more prosperous
• ■'unity, a more open-hearted peo-
ple?
The efforts of the individual
citizen may accomplish something,
i'la- co-operation of a collective
people will produce notable re-
sults.
' illeetive cooperation is only
; ibic where confidence and
rood will exists, and where there
> a determination to utilize this
1 combination to the ultimate good
of all.
The man who holds a grouch
!>: his neighbor can not suc-
cessfully pull in harness with that
luelibor so long as that grouch
exists. Lose tile grouch.
The man who disparages and
undermines the reputation of an-
,fhei* can not expect the com-
munity in general to think well
of the assassinator of character.
'•Speak gently and he sure to use
the soft pedal.
Tiie man who says “go ahead"
can not expect to keep pace with
do- hustler who says “come on."
Step lively and get there if you
want to keep in time.
And one mail who says “1 will"
- worth a hundred of those who
say “1 can’t.”
This is the time of year when
the hopper of time is filled with
new resolutions. But it is more
profitable to act than it is to
resolve.
Let us make fit is a year of
action, of deeds, and of results.
Let us make this more than a
collection of individuals. Let us
make it a community of people
with one aim. one ambition and
one great purpose in life, and let
us make this purpose the good
of man and womankind in gen-
eral and if this town and county
I in particular.
If we work collectively and
| earnestly and energetically we
j will achieve success, but if we
| labor individually we will
. •
; achieve success, but if we labor
individually we will accomplish
but little.
The, road of life is long and
stormy, and b<*riers bar our
way. But many hands make )ight
work of the hea
and collective might may
the heaviest barriers away.
We may each pursue our own
chosen vocation, and yet all la-
bor in the common cause of a
better and more prosperous town
and country.
Two horses pulling in one di-
rection will get the load there.
But when one pulls and the other
balks the load stands still.
Will 1917 find us a community
of loyal pullers, or a divided ag-
gregation of pullers and balkers
who accomplish nothing hut to
stand still?
Nineteen seventeen will tell
the story, and you will put the
words in the mouth of the tell-
er.
What are those words going
to be?
Will they be loyalty, aggresive-
ness, success? Or will they be
disloyalty, suspicion, disintegra-
tion or disaster?
A year of promise is ahead, but
promise never makes good un-
aided and alone.
We must each grasp the oppor-
tunities with which nature has
provided us, and turn those op-
portunities to individual and col-
lective weal.
To do otherwise will be to
stand still while others march
on in victory and to suceeSs.
Shall we stand or shall we
march ?
You tell.
APPRECIATION
We are grateful to the trading public for the splmf
share of the Dry Goods and Grocery business accorded
during the year drawing te a close, and ask a continual
of the same duriug the months which will soon he up
us. We will always endeavor to . treat you squarely, a
will sell only quality goods at reasonable prices. Vie ho
the New Year will bring you Happiness, Health and mu'
Prosperity.
Ins
G N. ROBERTSON
PADUCAH. TEXAS
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Many Thanks
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We take this means of thanking you for the liberal |
tronage given us during the year 1916, and ask a eontm-J
nance of it during the year which will soon he iiponl
us. We will do everything possible by fair dealing, gondj
material and reasonable prices to make it pleasant and'
profitable to let us fill your lumber bills. May happiness
and prosperity he yours.
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l.iap Year? Forget it! There
wasn't a single piece of nerve re-
ported in this whole community.
Any mutt can t<dl how to step
the war. But we can’t.
Our national race for prepared-
ness appears to have dwindled
down to a lazy dog trot.
“Persian Cat in Court.’’ reads
a headline. Too had more of
our “eats” are not there.
No. brother, we don’t know
•vervthing. Neither do you.
They say every dog lias his day.
Had yours yet ?
On the theory that misery loves
oinp.my, General Pershing no
< 1 on 1 it will welcome the news that
Obivgon is piling to “get Villa.”
Many a married man is cliick-
"iiperked without liis wife even
knowing it.
\Ve know of a fellow who
saves money by locking it tip in
a safety deposit box and throw-
ing away the key. And we never
have been able to find the blasted
thing.
Ten minutes on the wood pile
is equal to a bushel of coal when
you want to warm up.
If both sides will just
lighting and go home we
have peace. •
quit
will
In spite of all we still retain
our sublime spirit of optimism.
There'll be another Christmas
some day.
The fellow who remembers to
build the kitchen fire generally
finds that his wife meets him half
way by putting a good breakfast
under his belt.
The increasing tendency toward
short dresses brings out all of
the chivalry in mankind. We
never dream now of getting onto
the ear first.
Fellow wanted kill us the oth-
er day. but we told him we were
not tit. to die and lie readily
agreed with us.
And 1 HI7 is just as easy.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
The following marriage licenses
were issued in Cpttle County dur-
ing the month of December:
H. L. Flitch and Miss Nancy
Gage.
R. B. Chambless and Miss Maud
V. Hinton.
M. A. Sells and Miss F. D.
< lihson.
S. M. Beavers and Miss Nora
King.
A. C. Fletcher and Miss Myrtle
Teague.
Ed Havslip and Miss Josie
Wright.
J. C. Harris and Miss Carrie
Thomas.
Allen Williamson and Sal lie
Jones (colored.)
<’. C- Crenchaw and Mrs. Ellen
Johnson (colored.)
Chas. Ray and Miss Dennie
A. G. McAdams Lbr. Co
COURTESY
Phone 76
QUALITY SERVICE
J. A. LESTER, Managerl
It. C. Milford and Miss Licenin
Lee.
\\. R. Biddv and Miss Jewel
Tyc.
1 . O. Ilofi’man and Miss Win-
nie Strahan.
E. S. Peek and Miss Lillie
Stone.
I. R. Harrison and Miss
Smith.
M. A. Chaney ami Miss Bla|
Turner.
E. W. Cagle and Mi's
Hutton.
LEAKS
The little leaks in your house-hold expenses make a' hole
in your savings and cause worry to the house-wife and the
husband when pay-day comes arotuid. The little leaks in
your business eat into the profits which you had counted
on and cause ultimate failure in your business. A littb-
leak in the hull of the mightiest ......an .steamer, if not
cheeked, will soon cause it to sink to the bottom of tin-
seas.
The little leaks in the roof of your home, or your barn, or
sheds, if not stopped, will soon cause decay deterioration,
damage, waste, ayd discomiort, and gradually result in con-
siderable loss if allowed to run along without attention.
STOP THESE LEAKS WHEN THEY FIRST APPEAR
Or they will grow larger dnv bv dav. WE CAN STOP
THE LEAKS OX ANY ROOF. matter what kind. A
few dollars expended in the purchase of
ARMOR PLASTIC CEMENT
and a few minutes’ time expended in applying it, will
make your roof as good as new. and add years to it’s life
and usefulness. Armor Plastic Cement can he applied to,
and will adhere to Tin, Brick, Wood, and Shingles, and all
kinds of Prepared Roofings. It is the best leak repairing
preparation in the world.
LET US TELL YOU ABOUT IT
Wm. Cameron & Co., Inc.
J. F. DAVIS, Local Manager
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1917, newspaper, January 4, 1917; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth756039/m1/4/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.