Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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JACKSBORO GAZETTE
Published every Thursday by
J. N. ROGERS & COMPANY.
Entered at the Postoffice at
£%er&sboro, Texas, as second-class
jBstail matter.
Business office on northeast cor-
ner of Public w Square, Jacksboro,
T-SfUnXS.
those who want it at a fair prier. seems that cities, en the same
The great distributor of goods is principle, have placed more stress
and shtmld be the local merchant, j on population than anything else.
And the great salesman of the j That is natural and logical when
United States should be the coun- j we consider the mad rush for the
try editor, the man who alone dollar. Population pays in dol-
reaches the substantial, solid pop- lars and cents. But that is a low
ulation of the country and of t ideal. Cities are responsible,
small towns. The editor who can 1 more than is ordinarily believed,
reach a thousand, or five Imndr : for the moral, physical, and intel-
of the dwellers in villages and in lectual welfare of its inhabitants.’
the country should be worth morel _- , __
as a salesman properly used, than
Remit cash by Postoffice Money j any other in the United States. '1
Order or Bank Check at our risk,
*5berwise at risk of sender.
Subscription: $1.00 a year.
Jack County people should not
allow themselves to become dis-
SALE3MANSHIP, i
(By ‘Holt Harris, Chairman of
Mercantile Committee, Commer-
* cial Secretaries’ Association.)
One of the
primary ele-
ments of success
in business is
salesmanship. A
'good salesman is
a teacher of
values and an
structor in use-
fulness and e.con-
VINEYARD NEWS. ! Jacksboro and Chico bridge, with
Mr. Tom Jones as overseer. They
are making use of ten teams and
Good Meeting, Many Visitors, are doing some good repair ng
Delightful Camping. Inter-
esting News Budget.
over that way.
Dr. Wade Gets New Oakland Oar.
C. W. Patton returned home
Vineyard, Aug. 12.—The Bap- from Dallas this week- bringing
tist protracted meeting, being k‘m !l handsome new
conducted here by Bros. Dicken- ]land car for Dr- Wade- Thi* is
son and Todd, is well attended,!the flrst 0akW for Jacksboro.
and much interest is being man- (aud ls ^ ud< ,a handsome t ar
ifested Wlth e^ectr^c light equipment.
Mr. Dave White is spending
who vaftation in Newr Mexico.
Mrs. Etta Sherbet of Crafton
Telephone 71.
JACKSBORO EXPECTS YOU
CORN SHOW WEEK.
couraged because it is a little dry. omy. The art of success consists
An advertisement that appear- Keep your homes if you have to j in giving information in a convinc-
ed in the majority, if not all of make some sacrifice to do it. 1 ing manner and the
the Texas papers a few wrneks ago Land that is sold now will go at never informs his fellow* citizens
that deserves mor$ than a passing a sacrifice and when you want is a failure.
tee from the public at large, was to buy again you will litre to do Nowhere does a man mean as, . , .
the advertisement of the United so al increase in price. You may imuch as behind the counter. *It brothfr’ Ur. Jim Husky, last results. There were eighteen
Railway Companies, in an address have soine dearly bought expe- is there he finds himself in the|"tek' <conversions an sixteen ad< j
Methodist Revival ,at Barton
. Chapel Closed.
accompanied by her little daugh-; The Methodist revival meeting
t r, Ruth, visited Mrs. Sherbet’s at Barton has closed with good
Mr. and Airs. J. D. Martin are tions to the church.
The committee to arrange for
the amusement feature of the
iSeventh Annual Corn Show make
their official announcement in
this issue of the Gazette. Every-
body will remember that the.
Danville Company was the best
that has ever been in Jacksboro, j
and all will be glad that Mr.
Danville has the contract for
this season. Let the people of
Jacksboro trade territory prepare
to spend corn show* wreek here
this fall. It has been dry before
and then rains came and every-
thing was well, and it will do so
again. So get ready to, come
and spend the week and meet
©Id friends, see the attractions
and you will be ready to take
your year’s work writh new life.
Watch the Gazette for details as
to program and other arrange-
to the people of Texas, giving rienee hut no home if you sell cold currents of business, meet-
them much needed i^o’rmaticn ir out just now*. ing the stream of humanity as it[a^ h°m< Iheir pretty new bun
regard to the 4 'Railroad Prob- j _, __ i flows from the fountain of life.; ^a*ow near ^ school house.
elm,” which, includes everything
As a tone-up of the first quali-
It is there we meet indifference,
Miss Nora Laird of Jacksboro
No. 4183.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
that is closely connected with the ^ Albert Phenis r^ commends that scorn an<* ofttimes contempt in is visiting friends and re atives
growth and development of the /’ \T ' v , ' ’ , A ' ! its most viril form, but these dis-'at m'yarr*
State, of its .prosperity and mate- ^ 1 01 mai^ s 1011 aive a ; courage*nunts challenge your man- ^Irs* ^ ^orc* Bardin near
* ..... tnp °f mSpeCtl0n thr0USh Texas‘ ihood and will arouse in you the! Ja^bsbcro is here
i He says twro wTeeks of „ contact
merits.
GOVERNOR COLQUITT’S SPE-
CIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
a
Among the additional subjects
sent into the Leislature for ac-
tion, are:
An amendment to the law pro-
hibiting the use of the Texas
flag for advertising purposes, to
allow those who have heretofore
rial welfare of the people This
address states that there is so! ,, , , , • j
, with the people down here and
m common between the rail i . , . ,. « ,. . . . ,
_ , , , . an inhalation of their spirit would
roads and the producers, that a , , , . . .
. _ .. ’ . do more to drive away Ins pessi-
better underslandmg and closer* . .
. , ® , | nnsm than the much poring over
eo-opcration is bound to benefit!
t Dines of theories and stock re-
ports would bring him in a year.
aT concerned. The address makes
a clear, concise statement of the
facts, and the people generally,
aftzr much study of this problem
have a better understanding and
compr hensicn of the subject ; (By L. M. Ward, President Tex-
CITY BUILDING NOTES.
than they had in years gone by,
and as is generally the ease,
where, there i;s a mutual under-
standing theYe is less friction be-'
tween those vitally concerned.
The railroads "have inaugurated a
wise move in getting close to the
people of the state through the
country weeklies, thus they reach
thousands of people who could
not be reached through any other
medium. ! j | * .
One of the greatest trade jour-
nals of America admonishes its
as Commercial Executives Asso-
ciation.)
spirit of the eonqueror and should! Par‘nt?> Mr and Mrs- Jim Ea'
make you determined to sell the ! ban !S'
goods. Salesmanship is strong
med:cine. Take it young man;
it is a sure cure for failure.
Of the First National Bank, at
Jacksboro, :n the State of Tex-
as, at the Close of Busi-
ness, August 9, 1913.
' - « * " RESOURCES
Mrs. Husky of Crafton, is vis- j Loans and Discounts..,
, DOLLAR?
.........#487,923 61
iting her son, Mr. Jim Husky J 0verdrafts-secured and «nsecurea s 867 n
, ... . , ; U. S. Bonds to secure circulation..
and vrinle here is taking the hot premiums on u. s Bonds.........
Bonds, securities, etc.............
MEfSIOAN COM-
MjSSION’S WORK
(Continued from First Page)
baths and drinking mineral wa-
ter. ’ . ' J.
Mrs. W. IL Dearmore of Bow-
ie is here using the’ mineral wa-
ter, and is taking advantage of
her stay by visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Stamper. She
is accompanied by her little
daughter, Gladys.
Mrs. Hubert Green and little
daughter of Carroll Creek have
the foundation
im of character.
No one will
help you un-
less you help
yourself.
Honesty and industry are weak
Duty is the j study the agricultural methods
- science of sac-j of the people were sent to Den-
rifice. | mark, Holland, Germany, Aus-|just returned home after a two
Courtesy is | tria-Ilungary, Switzerland and;weeks> stay at the Crystal Hotel.
France arid several other Euro- j Mrs. Greene reports her health
pf&n nations. This Committee; much improved,
did its work and made its report, Mr. J. D. Martin is talking
Out of that report the best or-
of taking the independent tele-
was devised for Ireland, I think, phone at Vineyard, and making
of any country in the world. Sir
Horace and Mr. Gill had studies
our systems in the States and de-
without know ledge.
Never mind who you talk about! visors of the Irish system had
patrons to forget the past, and as long as it boosts.' the experiences and examples of
look to the future, think only of! Do not stand up for the city the world before them. The sys-
, , «] . | the big things that can be done, knocker—lay for him. tern embraces co-operaticn in ag-
^ ° Sjand the help they can be to oth-j Whoever enlarges the prosperi- ricultural finance, preparation of
ers,in clearing away old methods ty of the Mty is a goodcitizen. farm products for market, and vantage of the delightfully cool
out financial loss.
An act amending the state ex-
perimental station board law to
make the state and Federal laws 1
some needed improvements on
same. Here’s wishing him suc-
cess in his good work.
Mr. and Mrs. Holmes of Bay-
%
lor County are here for a three-
months’ stay for the benefit of
Mr. Holmes’ health.
Many visitors are taking ad-
87, BOflJOft
605 !*00
22,196 28
Banking houe«, furnitnre and fixt-
ures .........-J........ ............D 21.068 <0
Other Keal Estate owned........... 12 692.99
Dae from National Banks (not re-
serve agents)................... 10,152 53
One from State and Private Banks
and Bankers, Trust, Companies, and
Savings Banks......... —----- ...
Doe from api>roved reserve agents..
Exchanges For Clearing House
Notes of other National Banks.......
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents..... ................... 54 3t
Lafwcl Money Reserve jx Bank, viz:
Specie ........... tS,6SO.OO
Legal-tender notes.. 11,170.00
14,850 00,.
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas-
urer (5 per cent of circulation).. 1,875 to
—
Total........................... 600,796 2*2
LIABILITIES DOLLARS
Capital stock paid in................. $150,000.50
Surplus fund.......................... 50,000.)®
Undivided profits less expenses and
taxes paid....................... 17,056. 51
National Bank Notes outstanding____ 86,5- 0.00
Due to State and Private Banks-----
and Bankers.................... 1,036
[ndi^jdual deposits subject to check. 2^4,60S.*8
Time certificates of deposit.......... 55,797 (17
Notes and Bills Rediscouuted........ 45.802.68
Bills payable, Including certificates
of deposit for money borrowed.. 10,000 (0
Total
- IU8*ature s rt£a jan(j old structure^ in digging) Truthfulness in exploitation is marketing, also co-operative pur-|an<j shady camping grounds.
conform.
Provid ng for the reconcilia-
tion and conformation of the sus-
pended sentence and indetermi
mate sentence acts of the regular
jession.
Providing for the recovery to
the state of all vacant and ex-
cess lands by making the neces-
sary surveys and bringing suits
to recover.
Providing for the creation of
land credit unions and the crea-
tion of corporations for the pur-
and laying new foundations, deep ahvays the strongest argument, j chases ot seed and fertilizers. It I reporter has heard of the
enough and broad enough, so thatj Good intentions are bulwarks j will be noted that seeds and f'er- j following visitors: Mr. R. B. Hall
th^re rray built up the great- over which failure seldom climbs, tilizrrs are usually purchased 0{? jjap County; Mr. W. H. Dai-
est structures, for handling and j Education is to the human race! by farmers about the same tiitie an(j family of Dallas County;
forwarding business and indus- what sculpture is to a block of of the year. These can be bought \jr. and • Mrs. Haneig of Post
tries that can be evolved by a marble. ; in car lots and distributed with- j Oak, Mr. Gerret of Chico; Mrs.
wise co-operaticn and gooel bus-j Performance, not promises, is out keeping a store. The Irish g p Simpson of Bee County;
iness management. Get busy in j the first requisite to great under- j system recognizes agriculture is'mf. G. A. Rich and family of
aequ'r’ng this great new spirit takings. / | on? thirg and merchandising is ’near Chico* Mr. H. H. Pleasan-
that brings with it a great vis- God gave us tools to work with, another. ' ;^on 0f near Chico; A. G. Hardin
im of \vhat can be done by being but do not expect him to do ttae I must reserve for another pa- .md son of Baylor County* Mr.
prepared to take advantage of toiling. ! per a detailed discussion of Irish [Cooper and family of Chico; Mrs.
Unless you find pleasure in your agricultural redemption now in! Adair of Cluco, and Mrs. Hutch-
work the lesson of life remains j progr; ss. Yet 1 may mention jg:n cf Bridgeport.
-- j half taught. that the last report of the Irish Vest?r La ird, formerly a resi-
The announcement is made by' A commereSal organization is a Agricultural Organization So-1 dent cf this place but' now of
the faculty that the University thought factoryand an a«tion dis-; ciety shows 413 co-operative Shamrock, Wheeler County, is
.......................$600,796 «2
State of Texah. County of Jack, bs:
I, James W. Knox President of the above-
named bank, do eolemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of mj knowledge
and belief. * James W Knox. President.
Subscribed and sworn to before m?
this 12th rav of Aug., 1913.
H. T. Daugherty.
Notary Public.
Correct—Attest
D. L. Knox,
Thos D. Sj»orer,
Charles A. Worthington,
Directors
opportunities as they
sr nted,
are
No. 7814.
REPORT OF THE CONDITIO
Of th3 Jacksboro National Bank,
at Jacksbcro in the State of
Texas, at the Close of Bus-
iness, August 9, 1913. M
_jof acquiring, improving, of Texas Extension Department,
subdividing and selling unim- is gradually assuming large pro-!
proved lands. .portions. The number of stu-i
tribution center. ]creameries, 170 agricultural soci- here using mineral water for
Knowledge worth liaving-comes! eties, 19,505 members of agricult-! rhtuinatism.
slow. The oth r kind usually ural credit societies, 3 co-op era- j '
RESOURCES
Dollar*
. Providing for the creation of dents enrolled for the month of,8*^"8 “s ,ike an avalanche- tive bacon curin^ societies, pou!-
» state warehouse commission |dune was the largest since the , T^^s of the past should, try keepers and egg societies,
^id for a system of bonded * creation of the correspondence;
d vision of the Department of
Providing for appropriations j Extension, one hundred and sev-
BEAN S PRAIRIE.
warehouses.
for deficiencies for the past'two enty-three being registered dur-
La al years not yet provided for. iug the month of Jurie as com-
— 1 —___ pared with one hundred and I
John Brisbane of the New York £
Journal, in an article written for ;The r^,strat,on 111 the DePaft*l
ibe utilized in cementing the prosUfiax soci ties and industrial so-
perity of the future.' ! cleties
When a man assumes a public Buy Land From Government,
tru-jt he should consider himself
pu^Tc property.
The Act by which Irish ten- j
ants may purchase their lands!
was enacted a dozen years ago.
Road Being Improved
4
i Jacksboro Through This
Community.
Will Caan and Preserve Figs. Under this bill the government
purchases the land from the land-1 Beans Prairie, *Aug. 12.—In
_____ .. „ , , ;mint for the past two years! A cannmg fctory has *^en or_ lord and sells, it to the tenant on;spite of dry hot weather our sum-
e merlca“ resa- sa-vs 01 the shows a monthly increase, and is fan!zed at Ea«le Lake by Koh‘- 60 years time at 2H per cent in- mer has been an unusual one for
_ med II °f C°Untry indicative of the response with; 'rg & And^son and fi« grow' t rest per annum, and 330,000 the good health of the comma-
’ e count, v news j|,e pe0pi,} 0f j.|,e State1 fFH v,c’n*ty» and will t>*‘ Irisli tenants have become own- nity.
X r Irnmi-n a.L .. „1 T „ 1. _ T71 .'i. ! r>
Loans and diacounts.............
Overdraft?, secured and unsecured..
C. S. Bonds to secure circulation____
Premiums on U S. Bonds ..........
Banking house, furniture, and fixt-
ures .............................
Other real estate owned...... .....
Dne ft«>m National Banks (aot Re-
serve Agents).....................
From Dne from approved reserve agent*..
i Checks and other Cash Items
Notes of other National Banks........
Fractional paper currency, nickels,
and cents........................
LawfulMojvey Reserveih Bank, viz
Specie................ 8,811 70
L* gal tender notes -. 75 00
$150,768
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas-
urer (5 per ceptof circulation) —
Total...........................$212,762
M
paper in reaching the people of’ i • , . . known as the Eagle Lake Fruit’ $ +1 \
.1! nnp,. J JLu «... are makmK to th.s opportunity,....., " ,r™. «■ ot hoves-
LIABILITIES
all parts of the country, with the
parcels post sysetm: “We repeat
emphatically, that the local edi-
tor and the local merchant should
derive the greatest possible bene-
fit from the parcel post. With
the parcel post in full working
order, delivering books and ev-
erything else — except whiskey,
gin and other poisonous drugs—
Revival meetings have been j Capital stock paid in.
for home instruction. In Janu-|m,u ^UU1U« j There are winter schools for plentiful.
ary, 1912, eighty registered; in ^or^, '^1, I>r^sc‘r%e .ea^ j farmers, farmer boys and schools !now holding his protracted meet-
Brn. John Evans i. i lMe expeM»„„
DOLLAR?
50,
10,000 «
January, 1913, ope hundred and! ^XC?^S^V( during the first year. £or trainjng Irish girls in domes- pn& at Elm Grove,
forty-sevtn. All the otherL* .1S con^< mplated to enlarge the|^e science aI1(i household econdm-'i Messrs. John Klum and James
taxes paid.......................
National Bank Notea outstanding
Due to State and Private Banka and
Bankers 6.1
months show a corresponding in-! s0 as to take in other jjcg jn every commimity in Ire-1 Kennedy returned home from ]tuUvidaaltnbject to cheok 105597.74
iruits ana vegetables. land. There are one to four trav- San Antonio last Saturday. They t Time certificates of deposit.......... 7,817.50
eling teachers of agriculture tojwere sent-as delegates from the, ^p^^nciuding“bUggation« *
each countv. These teachers cor- North Greek Farmers’ Union.! for money borrowe 1............ 10,000.00
crease.
1
In urging the necessity for ^ou rea^ Gazette—the
making towns more pleasant, ®ome Newspaper?
and delivering parcels at the low- more healthful and more beauti-
est possible rates, the local mer-lful, the Cleburne Review says:
chant and the local editor would Let us continually hear in mind
M
Total
212.762 45
now’s Inis.*
Wa offer One Hundred Doilar* Re«aid for an* i , ■ ,L ». , ,
8,1 of Caturrb uxat euunoi bt* cured by Halt’s j pert OTgaUlZefS 1U tflC tield
become the gteat distributors and that population alone doesn’t! °aUrrh Cure*
salesmen m their neighborhood, make a city. Our ideals should for Kt
What everybody needs in this not be measured iji numbers alone. SSe^ hSao^Uy
world is, first to have people‘There is a tendency nowadays to j national bane or
« , . , , CSaUrrh Cure 1* token Internally, aetto*
know wrhat he has tor sale, and, i n>easure success in life by the d,!Tt,y u£°° t,ie Wood ®nd mucou" *urr»w>« »mhe
, . . , . J , I •y»tem. Tentlmontala sent free. Price 75 cent# pee
second, to be able to get it V number of dollars one has, and it
respond in their methods to those Fhey report a pleasant journey
of our co-oprateive farm dmon- and profitable meeting. _
strateion agents in Texas. And -Major Klum and Miss Anna |
there are <‘Xperienccd and ex- 'Klum attendeil the North Creek bank, do solemnly swear that the above state-
or- Local the ninth. They say the
Subscribed and *woth to before me
r
ganizing farmers in every line of
agriculture.
cousUputlotL
meeting was a good one; and,
also say, the cake and ice cream
which were served afterward
*---—• - .were good, too.
Subscribe for the Home News- j A crew of hands are working
paper—the Gazette. ‘the road eastward from the
this 12th_day of Augu*t, 1918.
►eU
Walter label
Notary Public.
Correct—Attest I
811 Stark.
J. H. Timber!ake,
J. R. Lilly.
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1913, newspaper, August 14, 1913; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth839642/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.