The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 29, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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Don’t grieve because you let
good tiling slip liy when you failed
to htiy a Li!)erty bond. Another
opportunity will he along soon.
Watermelons will be coming in
soon and a different light will be
thrown on the agricultural situa-
tion. One of the Chronicle’s
friends, the great majority of whom
are farmers, an assertion* we are
proud of, has promised to bring the
Chronicle for display a forty-pound-
er before very long. In any event
it can be expected that the melon
season in the Teague country will
open within the next very few weeks,
or few days.
The rains which fell in spots over
Freestone and adjoining counties
Sunday and Monday, while not
sufficient for all purposes, have
materially aided all crops. In
other parts of- the .State the rain
was heavy enough to finish out a
good yield of corn and set cotton
growing nicely. The rain was so
varied in this county, even, that in
parts praetieally no rain fell, while
in other parts the moisture met and
crops are looking fine. Clouds are
jptill prevalent and more rain is ex
greeted.
ir~
The peanut a< reage in Freestone
county indicates that the peanut
mill, how living installed in connec-
tion witli the oil mill in Teague,
will he amply supplied with raw
material this summer to begin op-
eration on the crop long before the
cotton season is in full blast. This
will prolong the manufacturing sea-
son of the mill. Hut while..this is
an assertion we are glad to make,
it is by no means the most impor-
tant. The fact is that peanut far-
mers will begin replenishing their
hank accounts long before the cot-
ton season brings them in propor-
tionate returns. Farmers are
about to experience an extraordina-
ry condition contingent upon the
p to per management of judiciously
diversified farming. Every product
of the farm will bring enormous
priceg this fall. The old order of
things promises to tie changed, and
business men will he seeking lyelp
from their farmer friends, turning
the tide of three years ago when a
a majorty of farmers, owing to
existing conditions, faced serious
circumstances .in many instances.
‘ JUST AN ENTHUSIAST.”
One often hears the expression,
when referring to another who has
waxed eloquent on some subject
near to his heart; Oh, he is just
an enthusiast; you must not take
him too seriously.”
Yes, just an enthusiast, hut what
a wonderful thing is enthusiam!
Dead men have it not. It u the
exclusive possession of live men—
of men of power, of dynamic force.
It is hard to imagine what this
life would he without enthusiasm.
Perhaps the warden of Sing Sing
prison would have a clearer per-
ception than most people of
world devoid of enthusiasm.
The quality we call enthusiasm
lia> done much for the world.
Columbus had it, and lie discover-
ed a continent. Fulton’had it, and
we have the steam engine. The
Wright Brothers had it, and as a
result the currents of the upper
ether are almost as well known as
those of the deep. Marconi had
it, and the wirelesg'has eliminated
the element of di-Tauce on this..
earth. And what shall we say of
Edison, the greatest enthusiast of
them all?'. What would be our con-
dition today even... without his in-
ventions?
You call it genius. But who
ever knew a genius who was not an
enthusiast on his hobby? What is
a genius, anyway, without enthu-
siasm? A mere visionary!
Be an enthusiast in your daily
business, in municipal, state and
national affairs. Bean enthusiast
iii everything you undertake, in
everything you advocate. And
above all, be an enthusiast in up-
holding the government in its prose-
i utioii of this war, and in the end
we will reap the reward of the suc-
cessful enthusiast.
Enthusiasm is not a gift. It can
be acquired by any normal person.
It does not take the place of will
power, hut is'the legitimate child
of the will, (liven the desire to
succeed, enthusiasm can he . culti-
vated,"and when once acquired its
power is limitless.
Enthusiasm is not the exclusive
lower of youth. Some of the
brightest minds the world has ever
known have carried it down to the
Valley of the Shadows.
Neither is it the peculiar heritage
of genius fur many of the world's
greatest benefactors have been peo-
ple of mediocre gifts, hut obscess-
ed with a burning enthusiasm for
accomplishment.
Therein lies its greatest lesson.
All may possess it, and with its
magic power no life need be a
failure.
The strenuous days through
which we are passing call for un-
bridled enthusiasm.
Be an enthusiast! Only the
derelicts and failures will sneer.
not be saddled entirely upon the
people of this generation. Pos-
terity, glorying in ite rerults, should
pay its shafe of the expense.
To levy abnormal-taxes upon all
commodities will he but to put ’a
financial and physical strain upon
the people which they can ill afford
to bear, for whet) the necessities of
life are taxed it is the consumer
who pays the bill.
The common people—and by
that term we mean the great .mass
of the people who earn their living
from day to day—are already stag-
gering under burdens that are far
too heavy for many of them. The
complacency of congress in the lace
of highway robbery by the food
barons is forcing them almost to
the point of desperation. The
stomach demands food, and often
the pocketbook is not able to bup*
ply it In sufficient quantities. The
food barons are hogging the rub-
stanee and the people are paying
for tire husks.
Too much of our war revenue
should not be raised by immediate
taxation.' Posterity should payits
share in interest and principal on
long time bonds.
The people have loyally submit-
ted to the necessity for economy,
and are virtually living on a war
schedule. Luxuries have been
eliminated and expenditures have
been limited to bare necessities.
The addition of a heavy tax to this
would he the utmost folly.
If congress would become as
patrotic as it expects of the people,
then let it enact laws that wijl
guarantee the farmer and the pro-
ducer a fair price for his products,
and the consumer that he will
not be required to pay more than a
fair margin of profit over the cost
of production —by the utter elimi-
nation of all speculators and other
grasping hogs.
And let posterity pay part of the
bill.___
jriljf pure drink* set
Williamson’s.
The Great July Clean-Up
Sale Is Now On.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
r0 days in Wortham
|ves.
Ice Cream in always
Llicious at the Teagu<
Forks. Phone 97.
All Summer Goods Must Go—Price No Object
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. \
Wo days with Mrs. Wa
hlks in Mexia.
When the hoys get back from
France the fellow who was taken
by the slack of the pants and liter-
ally kicked into the trenches will be
the biggest hero of theifr-all—by his
own words.
We must make room for our fall stock. Every article has
been marked down to the lowest notch. -Come and take a
look around. Don’t delay for we smashed the prices down,
down, so your bocketbook can reach all things you need.
We carry a full line of Dry Goods, Millinery, Shoes, and in
fact everything in Ready-To-Wear for the whole family front
head to foot. Don’t miss this opportunity to save money.
Ladies Wash Skirts in Tan Linen.
Special..........................
Ladies’ $1.25 and $1.50 White Waists.
Special ....'irm1*:;.
Ladies’ White Petticoats.
Special..................
79c
79c
89c
Ladies’ and Children’s Hats at Half Price.
Special $2.50 and $3.00 Shoes Patent Mary Jane
Pumps in two-straps and lots of £ | qq
other new makes; all go at the pair..$ | ,gg
Tennis Oxfords, white and black, for Men,
Women and Children, all at rA.
the pair............. ..........OUC
500 Boys’ Cloth Hats, drummers’ sam-
ples, 50c kind. Special
$1.50 Beach Cloth Pants, all sizes.
Special at a pair
Men’s Half HoSe, all colors,
3 pair for.
Men’s white and blaclc checked Jumpers.
Special
Men’s Underwear, worth 40c per gar-
ment. Special per suit
Men’s Cool Cloth Suits.
SpecThl at.
Men’s Palm Beach Suits.
Special at.
26c
$1.00
26c
25c
59c
$5.95
$5.95
Remember, our entire stock has been reduced. Bring
this circular and we will prove these facts.
OO H N jThe Man That Sells It For Less
- Next to First National Bank, Main Street, Teague, Texas.
Wanted, two million; offered,
three million. Just the American
way of doing things.
The government asked a loan of
the paople of $2,000,000,000 for
war purposes. The people re-
sponded by promptly offering near-
ly—$3,000,000,000, and this tre-
mendous sum was subscribed in all
walks of life, from the millionaire
down to the laboring man with no-
thing but his weekly pay from
which to draw. Even young work-
ing girls and the little Boy Scouts
dug down when Uncle Sam asked
for help. It is significant that our
first loan of the war is ‘also the
greatest loan in the history of the
world, and fifty per cent over sub-
scribed at that.
The kaiser should worry!
The Government is to have 100,-
000 airplanes built and sent to
France as quickly as they can be
constructed. Our own men will
pilot these planes.
Many a fair young life will be
sacrificed in the clouds, but for
every one who falls to his death
the lives of a hundred will be sav-
ed- in the trenches.
No saner or more far* reaching
plan was ever devised by our gov-
ernment than the sending of theBe
100,000 planes to the French front.
With a hundred thousand or fifty
If the government dosen’t seize
the summer’s crops, the thieving
speculators will. The time to act
is now.
Tiring of ever recurring attempts
to gouge, the secret ary of the nayy
ordered the coal, oil and steel men
to make immediate deliveries to the
government at a price to be fixed
by the President. The food hog
should also be thus dealt with.
KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT
Those valiant young Willies who
defied the government and refused
to register are now whining for
mercy. They are awakening to the
painful fact that the government
was not bluffing, and that in refus
ing to register they signed their
own jail sentences,
They find no sympathy from
the rest of the people, and when
they have completed their terms;
behind the bars, and are then
taken by the nape of the neck, and,
kicked iij.Jp the trenches,loyal Am-’
ericans will approve with a grin
from ear to ear.
thousaud additional planes in the
air the eyes of the German army
will be blinded while ours will still
have light.
Railroad rumors are at a very
low ebb now. Nothing has been
given the rounds recently of what
the railroads are going to do.
June 1 has passed, and this is the
time that all the good things are
expected from railroad manipula-
tion. Now that this chance of ru-
mor has passed, the people may
give theirjime to finishing the cul-
tivation and then the harvesting of
their crops, with, of course 'Some
consideration for preparations for
war and contributions to the Red
Cross. And every man, woman
and child in the United States
should register themselves as con-
Dont forget to make a contribu-
tion to the Red Cross before the 3
week’s end. There is a national
campaign on and, like the Liberty
loan, everybody should be num*.
bered among the contributors.
Let us back up the President
until the kaiser backs down.
as
The rest will be but a matter ofitrib,u,t°r8 to Red Cross. There
time, strategy, and nerve.
could be no higher Christian duty.
It is a duty we owe to humanity.
Local merchants, who are now
buying their stocks for fall, say that
price* are "above the clouds” and
SloaiTs Liniment for Rheumaf*
Ism.
The pain goes so quickly after
you apply Sloan’s Liniment for
rheumatic pains, neuralgia, tooth-
ache, lumbago, sprains, and it’s so
easy to use. It quickly penetrates
and soothes without rhbbing and
is far cleaner and more effective
than mussy plasters or ointments
Keep a bottle in a houae and
get prompt relief, not only from all
nerve-pains but from bruis
strains, epraina. over-exercise
that buying goods is by no means
an easy task. They endeavor to
buy so that they can sell to their
customers as cheaply qb possible,
regardless of unsettled conditions.
Their customers, however, are for
the most part farmers, who will re*’
ceive for their products prices com-
mensurate with theprioes they will
pay for what they have to buy. So
with all things considered, who
should worry? Who will suffer for
the high prices? The farmer will
indeed have the least excuse for
worry of, the many occupations.
He has cpme into his own. The
Chronicle glories in his good for-
tune and hopes it may last for aye.
He as a class h wholly deserving
of the good fortune that fate has
sent hiB way.
It is no disgrace ,tp Btub your toe.
The disgrace lies in hot getting up
and making a fresh start.
0. C. 6.
Teague Chapter No. 408, Order
of Eastern Star, meets on the first
Tuesday night in each month, 8:00
o’clock. Members urged to attend;
visitors welcomed.
Carrie Keys, W. M.
W. B. Bell. W, P.
Clara Headlee, Sec.
FOR SALE or Trade—Dwelling,
well located. E. J. Headlee.
has piade a big hit in
and France. It is 'to be
all external aches. At your d
L
:■ • f
is 'to be
ill be at
A Teague Woman's Experience.
Can you doubt the. evidence of
this Teague woman? —~
You can verify Teague endorse-
ment.
Read this:
Mrs. F. D; Green, Fourth Ave.,
W., Teague, says: "I suffered from
my back and it was sore and lame.
The worse trouble, however, was
caused by too frequent and scanty
passage? of the kidney secretions.
The drinking water didn’t agree
with me and affected my kidney*.
The kidney secretions were also
painful in passage and contained
sediment. Doan’s Kidney Pills
regulated the action of my kidneys
and put them in good condition.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy_
get Doan’s Kidney Pills-^the same
that Mrs. Grein dad. Foster-Mil-
lo, N. Y.
T. & B. V. Ry.
“The Short Line”
All Aboard for Your
VACATION
LOW ROUND TRIP
RATES TO
All Prominent Points
and
Pleasure Resorts
In the '^3
United States and Canada
RETURN LIMIT OCT. ist
See me for rates.
We want chickens, ti
ggs, all the time.—I
prop.
J Mrs. L. McKinnon o
jisiting her son, C. A. 1
[nd family in the city.
J Try x/ensal for all
lies. Sold by Teague
j N. A. Lucas recentlj
Leeks at Mineral Wei
enefit of his health.
For service car,
arley’s Garage.
J Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Port Arthur spent
tith relatives here.
. Don’t miss the first
|‘The Gray Ghost” at
gild Saturday, June 3<
R. C. - Castleberry
Saturday from a visit'
gives in St. Louis, De
Slmo, Mo.
Phone 97 for Ice (
adawater. —T e a g u c
Works.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
|ien days visiting relat
Sota, St. Louis and El
Let E. Kuykenda
your Ford top while tl
fug at $10.00 for a”i
job.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A.
Sunday for Kinder, L
month with a son.
Whitfield Carley rel
jay from a two week’
relatives in Coolidge.
Mrs. Sallle Evans an
lies Agnes Evans, ol
spending the week wi
[in Dallas.
Mrs. J. B. &
[Leonard, are vis
oberts and fa
Idale.
Harry Powell of Fa
|in Saturday from Okl
[where he had his left
und received other mi
Irecently.
Get your Lawn Mo
hned and repaired at
Wall's.
We have th
glad to glye-y
H. P. BLODGETT,
Car]
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Stringer, William J. The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, June 29, 1917, newspaper, June 29, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1109529/m1/4/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.