The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 107, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1913 Page: 4 of 4
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Another Thought About former Days.
The germ theory of disease is
of recent origin, some of the
leading physicians being in
doubt about its correctness in the
latter eighties, and some are per-
haps more or less doubtful yet.
There were two men of Texas,
however, who were not slow to
adopt the new theory and to put
it to practical use for their own
benefit. One of these was a
nurseryman and lived at Austin,
while the other was a dentist and
made his home at Lampasas.
The former was named Radam
and manufactured what he called
“Radam’s Microbe Killer,” and
the other was named King, and
manufactured a medicine which
was called “King’s Royal Ger-
matuer.” The contents of the
two medicines were said to be
largely the same, differing only
in the quantity to be used in
destroying microbes by the one,
and in healing all the ills of the
human family by the other.
King told this writer that he
had discovered the secret of
Radam’s Microbe Killer and
from it had deduced a compound
which would not hurt the human
family, but would eradicate ev-
ery harmful germ and build up
the system in such a systematic
and thorough manner that sick-
ness would become almost un-
known, and disease and death
would finally disappear. Dr.
King continued the practice of
dentistry for several years after
putting his compound on the
market, but the demand grew in
such a way that he moved to At-
lanta, Ga., established a great
factory and became immensely
rich from the sale of his product.
These medicines were simple
in the extreme, those who claim-
ed to know saying that the com-
pound consisted of two strong
acids, a flavor of bisulphide of
carbon, and water, and that a
hundred gallons of the compound
could be made from a dollar’s
worth of the materials, none of
which were in any sense ex-
pensive. The cost of the jugs or
bottles in which the medicine was
sold was quite a deal larger than
the cost of the contents. Possi-
bly the printing of labels cost as
much as the medicine for which
they gave directions.
Somebody asks, “Did this stuff
sell?” Sure, it sold. Women in
this entire section thought they
could not live without it.
Preachers out of employment,
physicians without patients,
teachers whose schools had tem-
porarily closed, young men and
women, agents who had been
selling other things, all flocked
to Dr. King for employment, and
he gave them territory, a salary
and a commission on sales.
Blacksmiths kept the “Royal
Medicine” at their shops, stores
that had never handled drugs
stored and sold Dr. King’s new
remedy, and the country gener-
ally was supplied. Advertise-
ments appeared in all newspa-
pers throughout this section an-
nouncing the wonderful germ-
killing qualities of the new prod-
ucts—and King paid the bills
with cash and smiles.
Finally life had his picture made
with a miniature crown upon his
head, and with his beautifully
kept whiskers he had a real roy-
al appearance as well as the
face of a benefactor, for Dr.
King was a kindly man, one of a
good disposition, cheerful, liberal
and wholehearted—a gentleman
in every sense of that word. He
knew little of medicine, being a
dentist, and probably believed
the “germ” theory was the cor-
rect one and that Mr. Radman’s
microbe killer would be the prop-
er thing for the destruction of
germs of disease in the human.
Testimonials that came proved
that he had struck a popular
chord, whether he had found the
right remedy or not, and the
wonderful sales of the products
which cost so little rapidly made
him eE rich man.
Others who knew of his suc-
cess tried the same remedy but
under different names, but none
reached the success of the origi-
nal and genuine as all were soon
pronounced worthless imitations
of the greatest remedy for human
ills that the world had ever
known.
Some deductions might be
drawn from this “Old Thought,”
but those who are wise can draw
their own deductions, and it is
too much trouble to do the draw-
ing act for the other class.
H. F. Moore, of the Bend, was
here Tuesday, having brought in
a load of cedar posts to be used
in the Hancock park grounds.
He is in the sheep business on a
moderate scale and told The
Leader his experience in this line,x
which appears remarkable
enough to publish. Here is about
the way it was reported to us:' In
the fall of 1911 he took about 100
head of sheep on the shares from
Gilbert Smith, with the under-
standing that he could buy the
lot at $1.50 per head if he chose
to do sp, otherwise half the wool
and half the increase was to go
to Mr. Smith. He concluded to
buy, and at the end of eight
months sold $86.00 worth of wool
and paid off the first note, the
amount being $75.00. At the end
of a year he had sold in addition
to this wool, $99.00 worth of mut-
ton, and at the end of 20 months
he again sold his wool, the
amount received being $164.12.
He now has 160 head of good
sheep, and says the entire cost
for feed during the time he has
cared for this flock has not been
exceeding $30.00. To sum it up
would look like this: Cost of
sheep $150, cost of feed $30, total
cost $180. Receipts, wool sold in
two seasons $250, sheep sold $99,
or a total income of $349 in less
than two years from an expendi-
ture of $180, or nearly one hnn-
dred per cent upon his invest-
ment. Mr. Moore states that
the sheep have been pastured on
a plot of less than 200 acres, and
that he has kept his work horses,
his cows and some young cattle
also on this land. He thinks
there is a good profit in the sheep
business, and from his facts and
figures, The Leader does not see
why every farmer does not keep
at least a small flock of sheep
about his place. The cost and
care are small items when com-
pared to the returns, and it
makes little difference which po-
litical party is in power, if the
man w£io owns the sheep is in-
dustrious and energetic as he
should be.
Mrs. J. W. Zimmerman, wife
of J. W. Zimmerman, a leading
citizen of the Naruna section,
died last Saturday following a
long illness. She was a noble
woman and held in the highest
esteem and love by all who knew
her, and by whom her death is
greatly regretted. She has two
sons, Sheriff O. B. and Hardin
Zimmerman, who reside in Bur-
net. Other children, all good
citizens, reside in other sections.
The Bulletin extends condolencs
to the bereaved relatives.—Bur-
net Bulletin.
Daily Leader three months $1.
Clayton and Grundyville Items.
(By Aimtie. 1
The hot winds have burned the
corn considerably. All early
corn that was thinned well apart
will make good corn, but the
poorly thinned corn will be fail-
ure—so the farmers say.
Mrs. George Holloman is on
the sick list this week.
Mrs. Jacob Lang has been
quite sick with heart trouble, but
is much improved now.
T. A. Hallmark accompanied^
by his nephew, Karo Hallmark,'
and his wife, left Thursday of j
this week for a visit with Karo’:
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
M. C. Hallmark, at Brownsville/
They will look at the country]
around Corpus Christ! and Robs-]
town with a view of locating]
there. T. A. Hallmark has been]
our neighbor for many years anc
we would feel sad to lose hit
and his family from our midst.]
The daughter, Miss Alma, grad-
uated in the high school at Lam-
pasas this year.
Threshing in this immediate
neighborhood \Vill be completee
this week, and a rain would b^
joyfully received.
The people here are rejoicinj
over Dr. Dildy’s coming back tc
Lampasas. He has many warmj
friends here.
Mrs. Edmond Perry visited inj
our neighborhood this week.
The oats and wheat have turn-
ed out splendid. So far, W. K.l
Glover has made the best yield,]
his being 27 bushels to the acre.]
The Methodist meeting begins
Friday night before the thirc
Sunday in this month. Peoph
will be well up with plowing am
hoeing cotton by that time.
The cattle in the Wootten pas-
ture are depredating on th<
farms on Lucy creek since thj
water is drying up in the creel
ays
Sale Will
Everything on Special Sale Will Bear the Red Ticket
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 107, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1913, newspaper, July 10, 1913; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897330/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.