The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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HE EL CAMPO CITIZEN
FUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE
El Campo Citizen Publishing Company
r, Prosldont W. A. HIDDLESON, Vice-President
W. L. BALLEW Editor and Business Manager
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F. J. Hardey, Levi Paul, Mack Webb, W. W. Duson, W.
if W. L. Ballew, W. J. Hefner.
i: F. J. Hardey, W. A. Hiddleson, W. J. Hefner, Mack
I, W. W. Duson, JW. L. Ballew, B. S. Wright, W. Fink-
Cord Fetors, A. J. Isaacson, F. P. Penfield, J. E. Wheeier, E.
H. A. Clark, Oscar Shult.
Special Subscription Offer, one year’s ^ - AA
subscription for____________ _______ 91.UO
■ ft - $.
All Subscriptions Outside of County $1.50
SPRING evidently has mastered the hesitation.
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POLITICS is going to be very fashionable this year.
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Most blue Mondays can be ‘traced to a Pink Saturday
Might.
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About the surest safety-at-sea plan, that anybody knows
of * is to stay ashore.
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Here » . at here the garden rake in the back yard quali-
ics as a means of grace.
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ABOUT the surest way for a man to gain a woman’s
WSpect is not to merit it.
Bid
RATE SCHEDULE
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Water and Light Company of EH Campo
W. A. Hidcileaoa, Receiver
■ COMM Kit Cl AL KLKCTKIC SERVICE
Minimum Monthly Charge $1.50 .
0 to 16 K. W. Hours , 15c per K. W. hr,
19 to 40 “ “ 10c “ “ v
4$ to 100 “ 8c u “ 44
Over 100 “ 44 6© 44 44 * 44
DOMESTIC ELECTRIC SERVICE
Minimum Monthly Charge $1.50
• to IS K. W. Hours 20c per K.W. hr.
IS to 40 “ yn 13c “ 44 44
4§ to 100 8c 44
OvwrlOQ “ “ 6c,4 *4 «
. WATER SERVICE
Minimum Monthly Charge $1.00
f 0 to 16,000 Gallons 35c per 1000
$0,000 •* 30c 44 14
00,000 H 25c 44 44
“ 20c 44 44
Over 130,000, Special Rate.
FREE METER SERVICE
Mwr Eetfsead Prime on Weattnghoope Mazda Lamps,
Regular Straight Side Bulbs 110 Tolu.
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your light
Westlnghouue
guarantees
your lamp
1b stow nta an efectiat aha April 1,1914 until further notice.
AS Mb aw papaUe sa the hr# of each month with the minimum
dspadiee.
“DO IT ELECTRICALLY*’
HANSARD’S
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have so much faith In its curative pow-
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any caae that It falls to cure. Rend
for list of testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by all Drug grift a 7 Sc.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A rose with all its sweetest
leaves yet unfolded.” Young
friend! With your future before
you what will you make it—suc-
cess or failure? With youth and
health you have the power with-
in you to possess the blessing of
practical knowledge, the joy of
achievement, the content of suc-
cess, but only thru intelligent ef-
fort. If you have within you
the love of higher things and
better days; if you have ambi-
tion, energy and determination;
if you are free from bad habits
that dwarf your intellect and un-
fit you for consideration by busi-
ness men, we can train you in
business methods—Bookkeeping,
Shorthand, Typewriting, Writ-
ing, Business Arithmetic, Busi-
ness English, Business Law,
Telegraphy and Station Work, j
and secure you a good position.
You have no time to lose. The
Spring and Summer months
should be used in securing a
practical knowledge that you
may accept a good paying posi-
tion when the busy fall season
begins. In our years of experi-
ence as teachers we have watch-
ed our students unfold and blos-
§om into superior manhood,
awaken to the responsibilities of
business life, and crown their
labor with success. What we
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have done for others we can do
for you. The business world is
seeking everywhere for young
men and women who are able to,
do the work the business office
demands. Let us impress upon
you in the language of Narado, a
Hindo sage. “Study to know;
know to comprehend, and com-
prehend to judge.” Young
friends, use your youth in the
pursuit of knowledge. We could
give you no better advice than
to join our industrious band of
students; they are here from
many different states, and are
going out daily as their courses
are finished into splendid posi-
tions secured thru our employ-
ment department.
Our large catalogue containing
the statements of young people
who have traveled the road we
are advising you to travel would
be interesting reading to you.
The letters from business firms
with whom they are now engag-
ed would be encouraging to you,
and out low tuition rates, to-
gether with the short time taken
to complete the course would be
a pleasant surprise to you. Fill
in your name and address and
mail today for catalogue.
Tyler Commercial College, Ty-
ler, Texas.
Name_______________•___________
Address_______________________
$100 Reward, $100
Ths readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that science has .been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity.'.Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a constitutional treat-
ment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken in-
ternally. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system, there-
by destroying the fotThdation of the dis-
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing its work. The proprietors
five Million Dollar loss.
Austin, Tex., April 7.— There
was a fire in Texas every 40 min-
utes last year and each fire cost
$414, according to a report just
issued by the State Fire Insur-
ance Commission. The total
number of fires reported during
the year was 15:655, and the ad-
justed losses approximated $5,-
236,000. The prenominating
class of conflagrations occured
in frame dwelling houses, the
total number being 5,130, or 40
per cent of the total fires.
Seventy-one per cent of the
fires last year in Texas were pre-
ventable, 18 per cent were of an
unknowu origin and only 11 per
cent were unavoidable. Texas
property is insured against fire
loss to the extent of $876,804,000
and the annual premiums paid by
the policy holders is $10,089,375-
LAST CALL FOR EASTER
Boys’
Clothes
Must Be
Backed Up
Qualit
JHE maker who puts i
iferior cloth and tailoring
in boys’ clothes fools him-
self. The boys will pu
clothes to a test that wi
readily show the shortcom-
ings of a garment.
What man ever gives his clothes such wear and tear, wringing and
and twisting as the active boys?
Mothers, there is no money saived in buying inferior boys’ clothes be-
cause they cost less.
“Wooly Boy’\ j
ALL-WOOL CLOTHES FOR BOYS
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Are economical clothes for you to buy because they will outwear two
ordinary suits. The all-wool fabrics, good construction and good inter-
ior trimmings guarantee that.
With Every Suit of “Wooly Boy” Clothes We are Giving a Com-
plete Base Ball Uniform.
BIBB And HUDtSO
Outfitters for Men and Boys Successors to BibbtfXBeJ
You Can Save Time, Labor and
Money by Baling Your Hay
There is always a considerable amount of waste when
loose hay is dragged around the barn or feedJoL Baled hay
can be more easily and economically handled than loose hay.
Baled hay requires only one-fifth the space required to store
loose hay. It is easily stacked or loaded in cars for shipment
to the best market.
I H C Pull Power Presses will bale more hay with less
strain on the horses than any other press made.
The pull power principle,
The compound leverage,
The toggle joint plunger,
And the low step-over
are some of the features which make I H C Pull Power Presses
the most efficient on the market.
Two-Horse Presses
14xl8-inch Bale Chamber
16xl8-inch Bale Chamber
I7x22-inch Bale Chamber
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with or
without
self-feeder
One-Horse Presses
14xl8-inch Bale
Chamber
without self-feeder
Drop in and see us when you are in town.
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DBERING
MOWERS
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CORN BINDERS
RAKES
RICE BINDERS
Webb Mercantile Company
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1914, newspaper, April 10, 1914; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth876697/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.