The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. [31], Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
jEMI flfftllfWWK1 Ask any expert, exacting
mechanic about our Ma-
/J^V ^ ^ chinery Repair Service
and be convinced that it
t VijL 1 is the very best obtainable.
Gas engine, steam engine,
A agricultural and genera^
UP ^ machinery repairing and
overhauling is done Right
here where adequate modern equipment is together
with A-l mechanics. ^Reasonable rates. -IT
fin'ncin the cottoncropTl9D Ev™tS of lntercst from thc
inthe’ffce of 'towSation. Seat °f Government.
There has been no concert of aC- Citizen Bureau, Washington
tion in the cotton growing coun- D. C. Aug. 25
ties of Texas and cotton is seek- By j E Joneg
ing a market at any price. In
a __» BIG AND BUSY POLITICS
many cases no offers are made
for cotton seed. In the face of While the Capital itself has;
these conditions county mass trying ?et the number
meetings are hereby called to be °* *"e Attorney General, of the
held next week to take positive United States. the President has
action in saving Texas from ^eu so well satisfied that he has
enormous damage. In 1904 we elevated him to a position in the
faced bankrupt prices for our Supreme Court, which is suppos-
ition, and the entire South rose ^ the greatest honor that can
up, Texas leading, and with the befall a lawyer. McReynolds
support and co-operation of all w a s_ practically unknown to
classes lifted the price from six American politics until President
cents to ten cents and better in Wilson dug him up. Another
the face‘of strong opposition. n®w mai) ^as been elevated to
Credit was extended where need- and this gentleman,
ed and deserved and that entire Thoraas Watt Gregory of Texas,
cotton crop was saved. If Texas “ 88 ob?™re 8° far as arW knowI“
will move now the whole South ed&e him by the American
will follow the lead of her f<iur People is concerned, as a country
million bales postmaster. 11 i s understood
Congress has provided for an that Mr Gregory was appointed
addition of $60,000,000 in cur- |argely because of the influence
rency to be used in Texas for SGC* *n b?balf by Col. E.
just such emergencies, -but we ^7 ]S another man
need to know how to use it and °* House is a Tex-
desire to secure this help before an’ a!tbSFgh he lives most of the
the market for lint ana seed timB *.n Yotk afld wahhing-
breaks down. Under natural *°b,_ in tbeo 8ame manfier a* a
trade conditions 75 per4 cent of 8°°d man^ Senators who are sup-
the Texas crop is exported. ***** to be re?aeDts of partic-
Rnowing how the fight for u!ar sta^ . on^ get bacH
better cotton prices was won in home at election time. Thus
1904-5 and realizing the urgent ^exas* which already has the
need for action we, as former p*ace of Postmaster General in
members of the executive com- ^be Cabinet, is given afibcoiro
mittee of the Texas Cotton As- PO^/olio in President Wilson's
sociation, we call a Cotton Con- family. Politically Texas,
vention to be held at Dallas *n P°int being conspicuous,
Monday, August 24, at ten a. m., ranks next ^ew Jersey. It
to which farmers, merchants, may evfn notorious in a
bankers, ginners, oil mill men sbort time, since it is probable
and spinners are invited, to con- tbe Senatorial contest will
sider ways and means for relief. be enlivened by the demand of
County mass meeting should be tbe Parti®ans of former Senator
held at every court house on Bailey that he be ^turned to the
Saturday, August 22, at one p. Senate-
m. and co-operation with other convict labor
counties considered, and select
at least 12 delegates to the Dal- The mcreasmgtendency on the
i ;• a.xt a, part °f state governments to use
las convention. At New Orleans „ . . , . , - ...
a . c\n j fto convict labor m works of public
on .ugus an er$ will improvement, such as road con-
be a meeting of delegates from 3truction_ has caused the office of
every cotton state The t,me public roads of the Department
for act.on is short, the necess.ty of Agriculture to „t in touch
is upon us and we must not hesi- wjth the 8ituation a3 it has been
ate. All papers friend^ to cot- worked out jn a number of states
ton are requested to publish th.s The purpose of the federa, gov.
, ~ rr. . T7 , : eanment is to study the question
i . . lekey, Henderson. ; wph relation to the practical re-
Jas. Garrity, Corsicana- suits obtained in road improve-
J. H. Connell, Dallas. ments. and these studies will be-
——---—gin in Colorado this month, and
How To Give Quinine To Children.; thereafter will be carried into
}2S5S^ii3«e<!?^TVsw^s,w!‘ew“iUtah, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon
w’d Washington. Later the
U,“affiSJfcS* studies will extend to Michigan,
l?. I Illinois, New York, New Jersey,
SSi ! Oklahoma. Texas, Arizona and
——--New Mexico and a number of
Decrease in Number of Doctors southern states. This road work
Galveston, Tex. Aug. 25 -This i has been earriedby the states
city is the only one of the leading "lt ,“n ldea of d™trating
municipalities of Texas in which that*he cond,tl°" 01 the “nvlct
the number of physicians and 7uld lmpr°!e by reaso"of «m‘
surgeons has decreased during P^ent in the open. Wonder-
the past decade. This announce- fully satisfa't°ry reaults have
ment has just been made by the from Anzona as
Federal Census Bureau and i3 ^sult of the pol.cy of Govl Hunt,
hased on figures recently com- 7h,'e Illinois has also made satis-
piled. There are now 72 doctors factory ,es* °J tbe more human-
in this city, while ten yearn ago ,tana" meth7s of treatment for
there were 111 convicts, while affording them
' In the entire state the number. P"vile8f of ,out d<*>r activities.!
of doctors has increased only. 456|The ^rmnent has
during the past ten years. There iK°ne °n the “ene.uwlth the ldea
a,a c no- ^ , of encouraging the movement
are b,38o physicians and surge- -j- u * v
one «•« T«Vo« 0, providing it can be fully demon-
ons in lexas and a decade ago . . , , ,
c oon • s-u l 7 strated that the good roads move-
there were 5,929 in the state., . . , , . ...
lexas has nine practicing physi- mannpr i
cians and surgeons in Texas that
are under 20 years of age. There THE B0Y SCOUTS
are 2,550 in Texas that are over Among the advocates of uni-;
45- The number of foreign born ; versal peace is that splendid or-
doctors in Texas is 245 and there ganization known as the Boy
are-‘UO in the state that were Scouts. Mr- James E- West,'
born in the United States but Chief Stout Executive, proudly!
have parents that are of foreign points to the fact that the scout
birth. There are 108 negro doc- movement has been organized in
tors in the State- * each of the countries now at war,
r with an enrollment of 350,000
When the common earth worm boys, and that these boys, true'
is gut in two, he won’t make a to their scout oath and law, will
fuss about it; but to the tail end be found in the midst of the
will grow a head and to the head strife, giving fifst aid, taking
end a tail. There will be two the place of the men called to
worms instead of one. Misfor- war in gathering in the harvests;
tune often doubles our strength, and jn protecting women and 1 find no better business than pry
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GRADUATE AND LICENSED VETERINARIAN
1
. El Campo, Texas
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Office at* Rheinstrom & Greertebaum's Stable
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Value b, or.urrtt for th$ label*.
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QUALITY
The Seal of Texas is rapidly growing in
favor. Trv a sack and be convinced
We want your eggs at 22 l-2c per dozen and your
spring chickens at 14c a pound. Do not fear that
vou will break the market. Bring them ita.
No order for Groceries too smal
great if order is received on time, we deliver the goods
L FARMER! your harvest hands
Ido more work with their mouths
1 consequently more work in the
ds, if fed on our quality groceries!
would most any one else!
or distance too
ing into other people’s business,
and then exaggerating the truth
in regard to the same. People
who pretend to be Christians,
who attend church regularly,
who in the sight of their neigh-
bors are generous and charitable,
yet who, without the slightest
provocation pick up some little
mistake, or more often, at noth-
ing, will so scandalize one as to
ruin his or her reputation for
life.
Plttvdry Wagon Leaves Store as Follows
if i
South at 9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
North at 10 a. m. and S p. m.
PHONE 13
Take Gmove’s
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable fs a
No, the deadest man on earth
is not numbered in Father Time’i
harvest You cannot find his
tombstone in the cemetery, neith-
er does a mossy mound mark his
lowly bed. His last resting place
was on a cracker box in the gro-
cery, and there he will remain
dead to everything good, dead to
all activity, dead to friendship
and dead to his home ties until
Gabriel shall awaken him to a
more active life in a future
world.
g«?t a better start toward financial inde-
t* If you are and will us>c our bank at-
ari t«» b«4p yuq ct mservi*. and protect your
y*Mi €'an *avc enough to" give you A
* toward letter things. Just try this plan.
n«* expense to it—-it adapts itself to your
ani'ift and every cent of vour deposit is
to vour use at anv time.
un*#eurp<J and non-intereat bearing
I of th!* Bank are secured by ttie De-
i' Guaranty Fund of the State of Tex.
‘Is your father rich?” some-
one asked a five-year-old girl and
the little one replied confidential-
ly, “Why, of course! He's got
me." And she was right, too,
for the father of a sweet, loving,
helpful little daughter is richer
than some millionaires whose
money can not buy them the love
of a single heart
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Guaranty Fund Bank
of El Campo
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. [31], Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1914, newspaper, August 28, 1914; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth877029/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.