The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1919 Page: 2 of 8
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The Deport Times
8AM 0. HOLLOWAY. Pviuub
Entered at the pontoBcc at Deport,
Teaaa, ae.McunU-elaMnall matter.
No ad accepted for lose than 30c.
BLBSCRIPTION PRICE
51.50 PU YEAR
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE
FRIDAY, OCT. 17, 1919
The steel strikers are losing
out because their demands are
unjust, and public opinion is
against them. The lowest price
paid any unskilled labor is $4.62
per ten hours. For skilled labor
the highest price is $82.56 a day,
with a general average of $6.27
per day.
The Times has as fine a bunch
of subscribers and friends as
Those were the revered old
Aimes of happy memory, when
the low cost of living enabled
the man with ten cents to buy a
beefsteak as wide as a wind
any newspaper published. When ; shield. And the farmer, espec
Yesteryear
Deport Times: W. D. Martin
abowed the Times man Monday
two cotton tickets iasned to him
in 1894. They were dated Oct.
16. One bale weighed 560 pounds
and was sold for 4.65c, or a total
of $25.52 for the bale. The other
weighed 545 pounds, and he was
paid 4%c, totaling $26 47. He
sold bla seed for $6 per ton. The
prevailing price for picking then ing its location, sanitation, equip
was 40c per 100 pounds, but Mr.
Martin paid 45c to get all bis cot-
ton gathered as soon as possible.
After paying hia debts that year
he had less than $30 left for his
year's work.
the price of material and news-
print advanced until we were
forced to raise the subscription
price to $1.50, there was not
heard a complaint or knock.
“You are giving us the best
paper Deport has ever had, and
it is wortli $1 50,” said a sub-
scriber last Saturday as he sign
ed his name to a check for that
amount. _
Chas. E. Parker, who lias been
connected with The Times
for the past eighteen months,
has resigned his position and re-
turned to Dallas, where he will
make his home with his daughter,
whose husband died several
months ago. Mr. Parker made
many friends while in Deport,and
developed a “bay window’’ that
will lend more dignity to his
four and three score years. He
rendered this paper a good ser-
vice, and we wish him success
in any undertaking.
The importance and vnlue to
the state of the local newspaper
were emphasized in an exhibit
at the State Fair at Syracuse,
N. Y.. recently. The persons
who visited the exhibit were
greeted by a placard reading:
“Has your editor doubled the
subscription price and advertis
ing rate of his paper? If not he
needs to.” And this declaration
was backed by the statement
that during the foul* years 125
country newspapers went out of
business in New York state.
Monday was a dreary, dismal
day. The weather w as bad both
overhead and underfoot. It did
not faze a lot of Deport folks, es
pecially the children for it was
circus day in Paris. Circus day!
What wonderful memories of
red lemonade, peanuts and pop-
corn, the clown, the tail hatted
ringmaster, and the lady in the
abbreviated skirts! For some
these things have lost their at
traction, while others enjoy them
as much as in yesteryears.
Some made the trip to Paris in
autos with storm curtains up
and mud chains digging into the
soft earth; others crowded the
coaches of the P. & Mt. P. until
their was scarcely standing
room. There were 200 tickets
sold from Rugby aud 300 from
Deport. The superintendent
of schools at Paris closed the
doors Monday, stating that he
could not conduct school in com
petion with a circus. Deport
hankers closed their doors, os
tensibly in observance of Colum
bus day, but in reality in order
that they might attend the cir
cua. Some older heads attended
“to take the children,’’ while
others made no bones about
stating they were going to see
for themselves. The show is an
old one, yet m ... Many have
crowded out of the tent vowing
they will never attend another
one, but when the big posters
are pat up the next year they
alfr&ys stop and read, and show
day finds them jostling and be-
jostled in an effort to above their
fifty cent piece in the email hole
at the box office in exchange for
ajpaste board that will entitle
the holder to admittance.
ially the cotton farmer, was so
happy he voted the Populist tick
et, tickled Wall street under the
chin, and participated merrily
in the purchase of Pre ident
Cleveland’s Government bonds.
But about two years after the
time referred toby Mr. Martin,
there came out of Nebraska a
new prophet named Willurn Jen
nings Bryan who introduced a
new cult, called free silver. It
was affirmed by the new cultist
and bis disciples that the cost of
living was too low and that in or-
der to make everybody happy
prices should be raised. This
could be done by diluting the
great American doflar, and such
dilution could be brought about
by the free ar.d unlimited coin-
age of silver at the heaven-born
ratio of sixteen to one. Undoubt-
edly Willuin Jennings’ theory
was correct, and State Press, al-
though not a financier or politi-
cal economist at that time, was
strong for him. But most peo-
ple said free silver would ruin
the country, so they swatted Mr.
Bryan. Yet today he is in large
part vindicated. The inflation
he proposed ha$ been accom-
plished another way. The cheap
dollar he demanded has arrived.
Bis plan had the besetting fault
that it would have given the own-
ers of silver mines a special and
tremendously valuable privilege.
That pi ivilege has been diffused
under the plan now in effect.
But the general consequence is
the same. The dollar has been
cheapened, prices have risen,
cotton is fetching seven times
as much as in 1894, and beef-
steak is so dear that two-bits
worth can be carried home in.a
spectacle case. Still we are not
happy. We are raising more
cain over high prices than we
ever did over low prices. Then
the people groaned; now they
curse. It’s a foolish world.—
State Press in Dallas News.
Don't Shirk Your Duty
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Yon would be a very unnatural
parent If yon did not wish to
give your boy or girl the best
educational advantages that are
in your power,a very thoughtless
parent if yoo sffiit- him to the
first school that mailed yon
catalogue, and an unpardonable
parent If you entered bim in
school without first investigat
Hay may be secured at m
barn for 75 cents per bale.
P. K. Wallace.
STOP! THINK! THEM ACT!
It’s Easy, It’s Business,
It’s Good Judgment; It’s
Reasonable, It’s Economy
—It’s Thoughtfulness To
have a good Insurance Poli-
cy on your property.
TODAY! not Tomorrow—
Tomorrow may never come.
See me—I appreciate your
business.
Joe A. Grant
First State Bank
Deport, Texas
ment,character of student body,
faculty, system of discipline, and
above all the moral surroundings.
Yours is the duty of investigation,
comparison and ultimate decis
ion.
Your boy or girl t* the
hope of your life. In him or her
is centered your most cherished
ambitions. His or her worth to
you caunot be measured by
dollars and cents, but his or her
value must be measured by the
training 'which .he received in
home and in school. If the
local school were an ideal place
for your boyor girl,you wouldn’t
think about sending him away
Irom home. Under present
conditions, they doubtless need
more self reliance, because they
lack the power of initiative,
are wanting in breadth the scope
of vision, haven’t learned how to
study, can’t make for themselves,
and are ignorant of the fine art
of a business career. If so,
their education should be con-
tinued in a business training
school where discipline really
means something, where person-
al supervision by the faculty is
constant, where our service is
rendered above everything else,
and where manly and womanly
character and conduct are held
paramount to all other consider-
ations.
Our thoughts are centered,
upon the welfare of our girls
while here in schools as well as
their future business career.
We have secured the services of
Mrs. Martha Gilliam as “Dean
of Women”. Mrs Gilliam is well
qualified for the great responsi-
bility of caring for the hundreds
of young women who are fitting
themselves to take the places of
business men. Mrs. Gilliam
has traveled extensively, observ
ing the position and conditions
of women. 8he is actively inter-
ested in chui'ch work for the
betterment of women kind.
Her deep interest and sympathy
for young women gives her at
once a place in the hearts of the
students. She will try as nearly
as possible to fill the place of
mother to each girl.
Our 228 page catalogue will
tell you as to the financial stand-
ing of our institution. It will
tell you of the endorsements by
the best business men, ministers,
lawyers, and bankers, itwillgi.e
you the experience of’ young
people who come up to us with
limited means, and in a short
time in our school, what their
success and future has meant to
them. We know you are bound
to be interested, so ask us to
furnish you the proof. Our
large, beautifully illustrated cat
alogue is free, if you will fill out
this coupon and mail to us.
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Address
Tyler Commercial College,
Tyler, Texas.
Wood For Sale
Will have about 1,000 cords of
wood to sell this summer. Wood
one half mile south of town.
8. A. Cunningham.
The Red-Mar
Land Co
'DEPORT, TEXAS,
Wants to handle your
property.
Office on Main Street.
Wanted.
To boy second hand saddles.
Must be in fairly good condition
George Porterfield.
E. A. McCarty, jeweler and
optician, Blossom, Texas. Do
all kinds of watch and jewelry
repairing, Nice line of jewelry.
‘Satisfaction” la my motto. See
me before boylng.—• adv.
Keep Yourself
Warm and Dry
Your health may depend upon you keeping your-
self warm and dry, and you can't afford to neglect
this now that it is wet and cooler.
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Rain. Clothes
We are well fixed to take care of your wants in Rain Coats for Men, Women and
Children, Slickers for Men, Slicker Suits, Rubber Boots, Over Shoes and Rubbers
for the entire family. Our prices are right on this, in fact we are selling for less.
Good Shoes
Our shoe stock is com
best makes that are s
Queen Quality. The best Men’s
Shoe in the world for the mon-
ey, Florsheim. The Shoe for
Children, Billikens, that every-
body tries to copy. Men’s wet
weather Shoe special; heavy
leather Shoe that will give real
service, in Black or Tan, all
sizes, special
lplete for the entire family and here you will always find the
ihown in Deport. The World's famous Shoe for Women,
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$3.45
Let us fit your feet. We as-
sure you that we know how.
Ladies’ and Children’s Coats
We are showing a wonderful line of Coats for the family in all the new materials
and the wanted colors. Our sales on Coats have been big and we know that it
will be impossible for us to replace these garments for any ways near the former
price. That’s why we are anxious for you to see these at our special prices.
Staples
Don’t let anyone sell you staples till you get our prices. If you do we both lose
money for we are selling the same grades of merchandise we have always sold
and are selling it for less than you can buy elsewhere. Thousands of yards of the
best Outing, Domestic, Percale, Shirting, Cotton Checks and Cotton Flannel.
Nashua Woolnap Blankets
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of Pure Cotton
Keep^fouWarro
Whatever the size of the bed, there is a Nashua Wool-
nap Blanket which will tuck in well and leave plenty to
pull up around the sleeper’s neck. Inexpensive in price,
they give the greatest possible warmth per dollar expended.
They come in the staple designs as well as attractive plaids.
Individually wrapped
they reach your home
fresh and dainty—
the blanket you want
and need.
Shrink little if at
all. (Washable.)
Stronger than
many. (Durable.)
Mothproof.
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1919, newspaper, October 17, 1919; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth912481/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.