The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1914 Page: 2 of 12
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THE SULPHUR SPRINGS GAZETTE, AUGUST 21, 1914
Dry 'Goods and Notions
Our stock is now compute and
wo would Hko to SHOW YOU
Threads, Needles, Hooks and Eyes, Crochet Need-
les, Tatting Shuttles, D. M. C. Thread, Buttons,
Ribbons, Laces, Embroidery, Handkerchiefs, Tow-
els, Hose Supporters, Suspenders, Hair Goods,
Fancy Goods, Toilet Goods and Jewelry.
Hardware, Tinware, Enamelware,
Wooden ware, Glassware and
Queensware.
The Variety Store
WATCH OUR WINDOWS
The Living Present
Yesterday is gone—it’s faded away;
Tomorrow won’t come—but we have today!
You can’t live in the past, even if you would,
So there is no excuse to cease doing good.
Now is the time and today is the day
To do what you would in passing this way.
The sea of “Tomorrow” is a mirage, at best—
To ease your conscience—put it at rest!
On its boundless shores lie hopes that are dead,
Because we didn’t do as our consciences plead.
A thing worth doing—for love or for pay—
Is worth doing now—in the present—today!
The present is all that we have, for sure,
Then let our deeds and our thoughts all inure.
To the things that are highest and best in life—
Let us scatter good cheer and stifle strife;
Let us build for happiness along our way—
Let’s do the world good, and do it today!
—R. W. F.
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B. W. PANNING..............Editor
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Entered as second class mail matter
at the Post Office at Sulphur Springs,
In our last issue we said that Rob-
ertson county had gone into the “dry”
column. We had grown into the. . , ,,
column. e v Christian Company from one of the
habit of giving such results as “dry
that our wires got crossed-the fact biggest jewelry manufacturing com-
s, Robertson went, “wet.” | panies in America fully confirms our
feature article in last week’s Demo-
The administration has againlcrat, and we reproduce it for that
sought a Texan1 to bestow a high trust, reason:
President Wilson has named T. W. “A number of our customers have
Gregory for Attorney General to sue- asked my opinion of the business out-
ceed Thomas C. McReyfiolds who will look in view of the European war, and
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CIRCULATION AFFIDAVIT
THE STATE OP TEXAS
County of Hopkins
Personally appeared before
bm the undersigned authority,
this day, R. W. Panning, edi-
tor and one of the publishers
el the Sulphur Springs jQaxette,
who after being duly sworn
stated upon oath that the cir-
culation of the Sulphur Springs
Gasette is now MM; that
MIS are bonaflds PAID-IN-
ADVANCE subscriptions; and
t*»#t 161 go to correspondents,
to advertisers and as compli-
mentary copies, 84 of which
are in Hopkins County and
87 out of Hopkins County.
/ R. W. PANNING.
Subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me, this 30th day of May,
1014.
W. H. DICKERSON,
Notary Public, Hopkins County
Texas.
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The bubonic plague at New Orleans
has now a record of its 17th case.
The rain record for the past week,
nil over Texas is highly satisfactory*
THE EFFECT OF THE WAR
The following letter to the Schorsch-
go to the supreme beneh.
we are
as I have spent several days in New
! York and Washington gathering in-
formation and data upon the subject.
crop |a.so —.
of a prolonged European conflict, I
is fine, and the price is within the
reach of alL For two nickles or a , ,
dime you can get behind enough .urfr I Pre.ume you will be Interested In a
enough sweetness to last all day.
Minister of War Kitchener evident-
ly don’t believe in making “two bites
at a cherry” and has called out the
second army of 100,000 men. This
means that England's full force and
every available man is now on duty.
resume of my investigation:
“There is but one opinion.
“It is universally felt that the
United States of America is about to
enter a new era, and her proper
sphere in the world's trade.
“In case of a prolonged war and of
our continued neutrality we must not
only supply the warring nations, but
we are the heir apparent to the com*
Save every lock of cotton.
Harvest and protect every bundle
of feed.
Plant more feed crops and save
them.
“Make hay while th^ sun shines.”
* To more fully reassure our people
on the cotton situation we quote Geo.
W. Riddle, a prominent Dallas bank-
er, who says, over his own signa-
ture:
“Many of our cotton raisers, as well
as merchants and bankers, are alarm-
ed over the movement of cotton. They
seem to think this product is put in
jeopardy and cannot be moved at any
reasonable price. There is no cor-
Copyri*ht 1910. by the Standard Adr. Co.
HERE can be stronger
recommendation for a
young man than a live BANK AC-
COUNT, for it shows integrity, a regard
for the future and the regularity of the-
entries of deposits shows persistency.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
FEOFLE’J T>E,‘POSITO'R'&
PHIL H. F08CUE, President M. B. SHERWOOD, Cashier
M. DeLOACH, Vice-President J. C. MITCHELL, Asst. Cashier
AUGUST
THEN
Thirty-two years ago today was dis-
rect foundation for this belief, and I covered the fatal germ of tuberculosis
the people need not be alarmed. The wj1jcjx caused more deaths since
movement may be a little slow, but
it will come, and at a price around the beginning of the human family
10c for middling octton, which is as than any other disease. Its discover-
low as it ought to be sold for. er was Dr. Robert Koch, of Germany,
“Cotton is a staple product tl is who spent two years in patient labor-
used the world over and is almost as atory research before he finally locate
indispensable as wheat and corn. ed the little destroyer, too small to
Cotton fiber is now used in the manu- be seen by the naked eye, by the re-
facture of more than 200 different ar- searcher’s method of staining the
tides, and new avenues are constant- suspected germ with chemicals. The
and
NOW
A boy over at Bagwell went into a merce they formerly maintained witkilyiAeiiig discovered, whereby this fiber discovery changed the whole world’s
neighbor’s melon patch one night last I South &nd Central Am,->ric&7 ~
week without the consent of the own- oountrleg> ^ Orient and the far
er, and as a matter of reward for su which geographically belongs to
an unreasonable attempted appropr - ^ and once attained can never again
ation, received a load of shot from the I wregted from ug
gun of the aforesaid neighbor. j ««We aiBO - manufacture for ourselves
the immense quantities of goods
Recently we have noticed in sever*j which we have formerly imported
Bowie county cotton crops are said
to be the best since 1900/ when every-
thing went to cotton.
Genius is a great asset, and when
in partnership with a vast amount of
hard, well directed work accomplishes
wonderful things.
Hon. W. P. Lane has given notice
ti»*i he will be a candidate for Gover-
nor four years hence, and there will
be no elimination.
The fruits of the Panama Canal are
now coming in. Last Monday 826000
was received in tolls by reason of
the great waterway.
Barring the cotton worms, the cot-
ton crop of Texas at this time gives
promise of being the heaviest in the
history of cptton making in this state.
al localities where the “mad dog is 1 fj.oin Germany, France and Great
getting in his work. So far this sea- Britain>
son we have escaped a few years “Our purchases from Germany last
ago several children were bitten here year amounted to one and three quar-
and a dog killing followed. It might ter billions of dollars, from France
be well enough to kill off some more, I one and one quarter billions, and
in advance of their going mad. | from Qreat Britain (not including
Canada) two and one quarter billions.
Governor Colquitt has issued his I “is there a dollar’s worth, of this
call for the Legislature to convene in that can not be produced in the
special session on the 24th, one of United States?
the prime objects of which is to sub- “Can you conceive what it means
mit legislation looking to the esi- to have the trade of the entire world
tablishing of warehouses and to re- suddenly dropped upon our door
lieve the cotton growers. It Is under- step?
stood, however, that other legislation “Millions of dollars and a hundred
for the general good may be consid- years of peace could not have accom-
ered. | plished what the next few months will
develop in our commerce.
The Hunt County annual fair has I “The first flurry has disappeared
>een on this week, and from all ac-1 and conditions are healthy and norm-
counts a big attendance has been on j aj By early fall our manufactories
land. Quite a number of our citi-jwm be booked ahead with orders and
sens attended the show, and say it the flow of Europe's gold will be
was highly creditable. Hunt is one coming this way. It will take time to
of the best agricultural sections in develop our South American and Ori-
i.he state, and her citizenship has al-1 ental trade, but it is a certainty that
ways taken great pride in her fine we could not escape if we would,
stock interests. | “As to our own business—jewelry is
a luxury—prosperity demands luxu-
The Father above has seen fit to I ries. Personally I have never viewed
give us com and wine—that is, He a situation with so much promise—
has placed at our option the auxili- which held such hopes for the fu-
aries—the soil and the seasons, en- ture. This opinion is universal,
do wed us with health and strength “The European war is not our only
to perform our part and our success cause for rejoicing. Our farmers are
depends on our own personal effort, harvesting the greatest erops in our
There is no such thing as luck, well history, which are destined to bring
directed and persistent work always fancy prices, the reduction in freight
D. L. Braham, an Austin lawyer has
publicly announced his candidacy for
governor as an independent against
James E. Ferguson, the Democratic
nominee.—Rats.
1 Secretary Lane expresses the belief
that the European war will be a di-
rect benefit to the American people
and will serve to bring them to
realization of the great value of their
-jnineral resources.
W. P. Lane contends that he is the
duly elected nominee for Congressman
at Large over Jeff McLemore. In fur-
therance of this belief he has employ-
ed Batt A Brooks of Austin, Judge
W. P. Ramsey and E. C. Gaines of
Austin and Stanley Boykins of Fort
Worth to represent him in the con
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can be used successfully. The de-| attitude toward tuberculosis. Since
mand is steadily increasing and will the days of the ancient Asyrians the
continue to grow as greater utility of destroying germ has ravaged human-
the product is discovered. Ity. Moses witnessed its fearful de-
The territory for growing it is vastations among the Egyptians, and
limited and can not well be increas- in all the successive generations at
ed. In a little while the world will be least every sixth human being was at
using twice what it is now. some time affected by its presence in
“Our own country will absorb more the blood. Less than half a century
than a third of this crop. Another ago the disease was regarded as “fa-
third, or perhaps a half, will be bought tal and hopeless.” Oliver Wendall
up by men who are content with a Holmes, who was a physician as well
reasonable rate of interest and the as an author, described the average
rest can be carried by the farmer, medical practitioner’s acceptance of its
merchant and banker until such a fatality in his tale of the “Professor
time as that it may begin to move to at the Breakfast Table.” Some peo-
foreign countries. This year’s crop pie regarded it as a Divine affliction
must not be sacrificed. It must bring upon the human race, and an indi-
around 10c, and there must be a unity cation of mankind’s degeneration,
of action and complete co-operation of Thirty years ago Europe was report-
all our people to the end that our ing over 1,000,000 deaths every year
crop may be mved and at a price that from tuberculosis, while the United
is fair qnd reasnable. States was reporting at the rate of
“The emergency currency amend-1 450 every day.
ments recently passed by congress,
permitting the banks to take out
emergency currency, will pu t the L*ne «»fused to abide by the decis-
banks In position to aid in the. mat- ion of the El Paso convention, and
ter of protecting the price of cotton, he has gone to Austin to open his
and I am sure they will give their fight in the court on Jeff: McLemore
support to the best advantage and declared the nominee for one of the
entirely from an unselfish stand- places for Congress-at-Large. The
point.”—Abilene Democrat. outcome of the contest will be await-
ed with interest, inasmuch as it will
From practically all over the state I involve the duties of the county ch&ir-
. _ . . .. man who failed to report the results
comes the cheering news of the drouth . ... , . ..
of the primary in their county to the
being broken. In the panhandle and sta^e chairman. It would not be right,
Today the civilized nations of the-
world are conducting a universal war*
against the tubercle bacilli. Millions,
of dollars are being spent to conquer
this enemy of the human race.
the United States over 120,000,000 is*
being expended annually for this pur-
pose. Science and common sense are-
forcing the little germ to retreat. The-
death rate in twenty years has fuller -
from a ratio of 245.4 to 168 (per 100,—
000 population). Expert medical re-
searchers are at work searching for~
s specific cure, while the nations are-
conducting a vast educational cam-
paign to prevent the spread of th»-
disease. Physicians have long known
that the bacilli lurk in everyone’s sys-
tem waiting for the vitality to sink:
to a low ebb when they can begin*
their fearful scourge. Consequently^
the universal campaign to make eve-
ryone strong enough to resist the de-
stroyers. The world has thrown open
its windows to let in sunlight an (ft
fresh air, knowing that these are fa-
tal to the bacilli. The old fear of*
“night air,” has given way to the-
practice of living, sleeping and work-
ing out of doors where the bacillL
cannot follow and live. Economically'
considered, it is a great fight to save?
to the United States along half a bil-
lion dollars which an authority baa,
said is the annual money loss to the*
nation through the loss of the af-
flicted individual’s wages and value-
of production.
border counties downpours have fal-h0oked at from one viewpoint, to ac-
len, making good the pastures and fill- cept returns which are held out un-
ing the tanks with an abundance of til all the rest have been announced; cuted Qne hundred Socialists. If the-
that will make a repetition of the-
occurrence impossible. We believe it.
was wrong for the state to dabble with,
party affairs in the first place; but.
since it has taken cognizance of suck,
matters, Justice demands that it go-
sufficiently far with legislation to-
guard against every contingency that:
may arise.—Denison Herald.
There is said to be four million,
socialists in Germany, who, It Is as-
serted are awaiting the verification of
the report of the Kaiser having exe-
brings good results.
Our watermelon growers are now
gathering in their harvest, and hun-
dreds of the luscious sweets are be-
ing disposed of at prices profitable to
the seller. All classes are reveling
In the dripping sweetness, the small
boys and grown up ones being prompt
customers at the melon wagon, while
the Senegambians are enjoying to the
full the royal fruit of “the good old
summer time.”
rates just accomplished by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, the late-
ly averted general railroad strike,
and the apparent wisdom of Presi-
dent Wilson’s Watchful Waiting Po-
licy. 4n American affairs are in them-
selves most encouraging.”
As to the cotton crop of the South
the above applies with peculiar force.
Our factories will change t'»e raw
material into the finished product In
a larger measure than ever before,
while the surplus, protected by the
The recent rains have benefltted I government and bankers, will not be
cotton «lid other crops. Tthe turnip allowed to slump in price until it can
growers can now lay the predicate for be marketed.
the royal living incident to a big sup- To verify this, read tBPe action of
ply of “winter billngs.” Fall gardens congress and the positive statement
may be put in, beans, radishes and of the bankers all over the land, par-
lettuce grown successfully. Texas is ticularly in New York,
a great land, where, if you will, you Our harvest time is at hand,
can have the best there is the year We are due for the period of great-
ronnd, all that is required 8b syste- est prosperity in the history at our
matic labor and the exercise of a nation. ,
dilligent hand. | Be of good cheer.
stock water. The milo maize crop is but from another standpoint, it seems
said to be the finest for years and bad on the face of it for the newspa-
the ranchmen ana farmers say that pers to receive retuns from these
an abundant supply of stock feed is countl^l and not allow them to be
assured. Indeed the prospect of pros- counted in the totals, thus disfran-
perity, in the hitherto unfruitful coun- chising, to that extent, the people of
ties which have in the past been lack- those counties who cast their vote
ing for want of moisture is so prom- because of the negligence or wilful-
ising it is feared that the old time ness of a county chairman.—Green-
exodus to the blooming and bounding ville Herald.
west will be repeated, and that the It is unfortunate that any doubt
early fall will find many homeseekers should exist as to who is or was prop-
er king a home in the promised Eldo- erly nominated. However, perhaps out
rado of the West.
of the situation will come legislation
report be true, it is contended a revo-
lution will be on and a German Re-
public will follow.
After a service in the editorial har-
ness of more than twenty years John.
Custer, editor of the Detroit Herald,,
has sold the paper and its good nam»
to James L. Crosby. In taking his
leave from the newspaper business he^
expresses his thanks to those who*
have stood by him in his work.
The cotton crop will soon be ready
to harvest, already farmers from the|
black lands have been here to secure
hands. We never could understand
why it was, that people would go|
from this* county when a good crop
was on to pick elsewhere among
strangers. Doubtless there is a nov-
elty attached to a change of quarters
and extending their acquaintence.
From all accounts there will be no
necessity of emigrating to foreign
fields this season, there’ll be plenty
to pick right here at home, and at as
good prices as given elsewhere.
FOR SALE
One of the best fruit and truck farms in the
state. Half mile south of Sulphur Springs.
Extra fine house with all improvements.
73 acres fine land. Will grow aaytbing you
plant A rare opportunity to get a good
home at a bargain.
H. W. TAPP
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Fanning, R. W. The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1914, newspaper, August 21, 1914; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth815865/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.