The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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THE CHRONICLE
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Oldest Paper in Teague.
OlCWClAl. OliUAN.OK THE ClTY.
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Subscription price, $1.00 per Year.
Entered at the poatoffic? at Teatrue, Texas, for
transmission through the maiU at second class
rate of postaife. under the Act of Congress of
March .Srtl, 1871*,
Wm. J, Stringer, Editor and Proprietor
FRIDAY. .JAN. 20, 1917.
The fellow v\ ho houst> of yetting
something for nothing usually finds
that it is worth just what lie gave
for it.
Having nothing in mind at the
moment worth writing about, we
naturally think of that dollar of
our- that' may still he jingling
in your pocket. Waiting!
aruum
A town improvement committee
tvould not he a had thing for this
town. In fact, it would he a
mighty fine thing, a very sensible
.thing, and a deeidely profitable j son
Shall we have it?
one.
The recent snow and rains have
knocked the long drouth of tin*
past several months which gave
the farmers considerable alarm,
and more su as crop time is gradu-
ally approaching. Many of them
have found it ton dry to break
their lands for the new crop, except
in selected parts where the nature
of the soil is such that less rainfall
is necessary. Stock water tanks
were in need of tilling in some
localities and Rie varies results of
a drouth were becoming evident.
There is need for more rain yet
perhaps, but there is indication
now that this will come during
succeeding wpeks. However, we
have been in Texas too long to
prophesy.
The Chronicle does not especial
ly delight in hearing the farmers
•told how to farm, hut it does not
see harm in warning them gently I hoy’s chum
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on the matter of planting too much
of their land in cotton during 1917.
No one at present is really in posi-
tion to foretell just what the con-
ditions will he next fall in the
cotton markets. But Freestone
county farmers have experienced a
single shot cropping year or two
and they know best how it serves
to come out in the fall without
feed and find cotton down to a few
Cents a pound. The observing and
cautions farmer will, perhaps,
plant this year for all the things he
needs at home and then plant the
remainder of a crop in cotton. He
will be sure to hit on one or more
of the crops and come out with a
hank account this fall.
YOUR BOY’S CHUM.
If you are a father, are you
acquainted with your, boy’s chum?
Do you know, him to be tit com-,
party for your son.
Every normal hoy has singled
out from his friends and acquaint-
ances one particular chum. This
chum is his “other self,” all of the
“other self” he will have until
years of maturity develop in him
the sex attraction.
” Jf you have studied boy nature,
or even if you can recall your own
boyhood days, you must knpw that
they are the days wherein the last-
ing impressions of life axe formed.
It is also the petiod when the'
domination of a strong personality
is most potent for good or evil
over a weaker or more plastic
nature. t
Have you studied your hoy’s
chum? It may he almost as ncces
sary as a study of the hoy himself.
Is that chum ii.il> you could wish
him to be? 11 stronger, all the
more reason for you to know his
real character, for he is as sure to
impress his personality upon your
as that strength overcomes
weakness.
The boy rarely develops habits
| or trials of character acquired from
chance acquaintances or from
strangers. It iH from his intimates
that lie absorbs ideas that become
fixed in the mind and develop into
character. Hence the imperative
necessity that those intimates be of
right character.
Some think it is a risky business
to attempt to regulate a son’s
friendships. Admittedly so, yet
you have it in your power to in a
large degree control the matter.
Every normal boy has great
respect for his father, provided
that father is deserving of his
respect. The first step, therefore,
is to secure and deserve the boy’s
confidence. This accomplished, a
little factful consideration on your
part, together with a personqj.
interest in his every day life, ought
to give you control of the situation.
But the surest way to control the
matter is to Constitute yourself the
This can he done if
AS THE EDITOR SEES IT.
the matter is taken in band early
in the boy’s life.
To every young boy his fat her is
a model of perfection. His first
boyish ambition is to imitate
father. If that father is deserving
of imitation and will cultivate his
hoy’s confidence, the problem is
solved.
Every father should seek first
place in his “boy's confidence.
He should make certain that he
stands higher in the boy's regard
than all others. And as the years
pass he should see to it that the
bond is strengthened instead, of,
weakened. But this can only be
done by fully entering into the life
of the boy und by making his life
your life.
It will pay better than any other
investment you can muke.
It will soon be time to “clean up
and paint up.” And while we are
about it let’s clean up, anti stay
up. To spend a few, hours and a
fe\y dollars on your yard and pro-
perty this spring and then fogret
all about it for the next five years
to come is the poorest kind of
economy. It is. even a first-class
extravagance, for the moment
piece of property becomes “rusty
deterioration rapidly sets in and
rushes right on to destruction,
few dollars and a little labor in
periodical improvements is the
best interest you can get on your
investment. And what is good for
you is equally good for the town
the county, and the state.
How much does your drinking
water cost you? Nothing? Well
drink more of it and live longer.
Drink a lot more and live longer
still. Plenty of pure water is good
for the digestion. .It is better than
anything you can take for it is one
of nature’s own remedies. Here’s
the proof. Stop the first ten men
you meet and ask each one of them
now much water he drinks each
day. Some will drink but little
and before you leave them they
will probably make some com-
plaining remark about their
stomach. And they will keep on
making those remarks until they
die—-unless they drink more water.
Others will tell you that they drink
large quantities every day, and
won’t even mention their stomachs.
Of course not, for there is no oc-
casion. Water has done its work
and the digestion is in perfect
working order. Drink more water.
You will live longer and die hap-
pier. Your doctor will tell you so,
for he drinks water.
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If Your Crib Floors |
are Not Concrete You are
Losing Money Every Year
.Investigation proves that the average loss is from
* fifteen to fifty bushels of corn.
Concrete Floors Your Only Remedy
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No cracks or rat holes; no hiding place for vermin;
shelled corn cannot sift through. * ,
Build your own floors. A tow sacks
of “LONE STAR”—sand, graval and
watar will do the Job.
Willi our r rw i nr or mai ion our Bit u
for liMruetlom and Plano. 4
TXAND CEMENT (
cost
Have you ever wondered what
the result would be if the people
of Teague thought and said no-
thing but good of each other for
thirty or sixty days? Think! It
would work a revolution in both
mind and body.*"-' People who are
constantly nagging would have
lost thy habit. The best that is in
each one would have unconsciously
forced its way to the fore, and no-
bility of character would have
made rapid strides toward sup-
planting the ignoble and vicious
in man and womankind. .‘-Our
town might not be a Garden of
Eden, hut it would come nearer to
it than any other spot on earth.
And it wouldn’t cost us a penny.
Give your child a nickel oc-
casionally. It won’t break you,
and it will give the child its first
essons in the art of handling
money. But most important of
all. teach it to save two cents of
of every nickel you give it. That
will teach it thrift and the art of
saving. Let it take its pennies
out and count them over. Every
time it counts them it will want to
add a few more to the pile. That
will inculcate the art of accumula-
tion. But don’t let it depend on
what you give it. It should be
taught to earn money, and the first
lesson should go with the first
nickel. That will demonstrate the
necessity and increase its capacity
for work. And in after years,
when success has crowded its ef-
forts, it will look back over the
lapse of time and tell others that
it had the best father and mother
that God ever permitted to live.
An Exibition of the New Mechan-
ical Bookkeeper at
THE FIRST STATE BANK
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A cordial invitation is extended to you to come in-
to this bank and inspect the wonderful Burroughs
Bookkeeping Machine which we have just installed.
This “bookkeeper with brains of steel” that cannot
make a mistake will be on exhibition in our banking
room any time you call.
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We want you to see just how this machine oper-
ates—how it adds, subtracts, and figures balances
without an error. Our bookkeepers will show you ex-
actly how our books are posted by machinery. The
demonstration will be both interesting and instructive.
Samples of the work will be distributed.
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This machine has been installed for the purpose of
giving added protection to our depositors. We urge
you to call and become acquainted with this improved
method of handling your account. Come and bring
your friends.
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First State Bank
TEAGUE, TEXAS
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Young girls should get their
“bloom” in the open air instead of
at the drug counter. It looks bet-
ter, lasts longer, and is more pleas-
ing tp the masculine mind and eye.
The drug man will never get rich
from the sale of “bloom.” He fs
a man of sense and discernment,
of he would not be a druggist, and
he would rather see one roBy cheek
tinted with the bloom of nature
than to sell a barrel of the artificial
artiole. Just get your druggist
wound up envois subject some day
and see what a world of good com-
Annual Report of Freestone
County Agent Continued.
DIPPING VATS.
Farmers and cattlemen have
come to realize that it is necessary
to keep ticks off their cattle in
order to raise beef with the highest
percentage of profit. As a result a
large portion of my time has been
devoted during the summer toward
helping build vats and helping to
charge them with arsenical dip.
Tight vats have been built during
the past year in this county, six of
which it has been my pleasure to
l urnish plans or otherwise help to
build. I have given twelve or
fifteen demonstrations upon how to
boil the dipping solution and how
to charge the vats. From the best
reports that can be had from the
various vats 9750 head of cattle
lave been dipped in the 13 vats
which are in the county with the
result that not a single animal so
:ar as can be determined has died
from the effects of the dip. Four
or five more vats pre to be con-
structed before summer.
HOGS.
By encouraging the growing of
better stock a large number of
thoroughbred and high grade hogr lizer that can be had, and many of
have been placed in the county.
Three or four men in the county
already had the “good stock fever”
and so it has been no trouble to
point to the fine pigs raised by
these men as examples of what
can be done in the hog business.
Several owners have received ad-
vice from my office concerning the
best methods of feeding and keep-
ing their hogs'in a healthy grow-
ing condition. We have started
three feeding experiments, one at
Dev^, one at Fairfield, and one at
Mexia. These experiments are
bound to bring results for another
At present we are trying
1 hard through the cooperation of
to oheck a serious out-
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hog cholera I have helped treat 20
head of cattle for blackleg and 11
head for digestive and other trou
hies. No record has been kept of
the number of men who have been*
advised in my office concerning the
treatment of different animals.
Owing to a ruling of the Depart-
ment at College Station, the men
in the field have been forbidden to
do practition work which is so
often required of agents. We are,
however, allowed to do advisory
work in OUr offices and over the
telephone and we are under obliga-
tion to examine and report all
cases of infections and contagious
diseases, such as blackleg, anthrax,
hog cholera, etc. Hence I have
had to refuse to make several trips
requested of me. '
FERTILIZER. •
Twelve farmers carried on ferti-
lizer demonstrations on their (arms
this year. All reports -upon them
have been excellent. Many, co
record was kept of the Dumber,
have asked advice about what kind
of fertilizer to use and how 'to use
it. In this connection two men
have been induced to build pens
and saye manure from their stock.
Barnyard manure is the bes( ferti
Promises, explantations and ex-
cuses have a certain value, but it is
very uncertain at beBt.
If hell is paved with broken
promises it must be a great place
for politjeans.
Some day we will open up our
heart and tell the world how much
the people love you.
This is a hard day for the neutral.
If the partisans can’t kiss him they
want to kick him.
our farmers are feeding their stock
during the winter and letting them
run at large when the horseB or
cows might as well be kept so as
to save the manure. * As for com-
merical fertilizers, many of. our
people are going to use them
wastefully next year as they hav$
in the past. ‘If your ground grows
a good stalk and does not produce
well that ie a sign that phosphoric
acid is needed. li it fruits fairly
well but does not produce a suf-
ficient stalk, nitrogen is needed.
Lime is lacking in nearly all of our
soils in this county and can be
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ELECTING k PRESIDENT
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Party
Split
Helped
Wilson
In
1912.
Wilson.
Democrats with Woofl-
row Wilson came back to
power In the election of
1012. The Republican conven-
tion In Chicago nominated Taft,
who was now opposed bitter-
ly by Roosevelt There were
many contested delegates, and
those In authority seated a ma-
jority of delegates with Taft
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had many warm sup-
and was an avowed can-
When Taft was noml-
velt formed the Pro-
party and ran on the
: Wilson,
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Stringer, William J. The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1917, newspaper, January 26, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1109399/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.