The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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TEAjGUE, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, Wife.
VOL. 10. No. 47
Program At THE. MAJESTIC THEATRE For NEXT WEEK:
Monday, June 19th.—
‘The Girl and the Game’
with Helen Holmes.
Another adventure of
“Stingeree.” /
i -Tuesday, June 20th—
Marguerite Clark in
“Still Waters,” a screen
drama of rural and cir-
cus life.
Wednesday, June 21.—
Nance O’Neil in “The
Witch,” direction Wil-
liam Fox.
Thursday, June 22— Friday, June 23rd—
Blanche Sweet, the ver- “The Iron Claw,” with
satile photoplay star, **
“The Secret'Sin.” reels. ’
in 3
Saturday, June 24th—
William H. Crane in
“David Harum.”
“Who’s Guilty,’’ with
Anna Nilsson.
WATCH THIS PAPER FOR PROGRAM EACH WEEK.
[D GAINING REP
AS A LEADER
Sect efary National Cham-
er oi Commerce Speaks
At Chicago. /
R. Boyd, Jr., formerly of
?ue, and who was reared in
old Freestone county, is
gaining an enviable repu-
on a? a leader of business
And the reputation is of
tonal extent. Since accept-
|the position and moving his
|iily to Chicago, his head-
rters, ho has spoken in many
ortant cities and towns in the
th and east on subjects deal-
| with the problems before the
Itional Chamber, a'nd it has
the good fortune of the
onicle to keep in touch,
ough the northern press, with
|h Mr. Boyd’s talks and his
Dpaign.
[peaking of a talk before a
nmercial league in Chicago,
|ulletin received by the Chron-
has the following to say in
bouncing Mr. Boyd’s talk:
|‘W. R. Boyd, Jr., Field Secre-
of the Chamber of Com-
jrceof the United States, will
the club ‘A Plain Talk on
Jsiness.’ It is only recently
It we as a nation have waked
up to the fact that business, men
must think nationally as well as
locally. Mr. Boyd will show us
why this is true. He is a man
who has been a plain business
ntiaftr and he is capable of giving
a plain business talk that will
help any man in business.’'
The Chronicle agrees with the
tone of the bulletin that Will
Boyd is capable of doing any-
thing he undertakes, and rejoices
that he is fast rising in national
commercial circles. ■
Soys Rain Helped.
C. M. Middleton, while in
town Friday, spoke of the effects
of the recent rains on the crops.
He said prospects are now better
than in three years for a good
corn crop. The corn, while low,
he said, has a good heavy stalk
and a good healthy color, all of
which are good indications, and
with a rain within about three
weeks corn will harvest a good
crop—the best in years. Cotton,
he said, does not present such
glowing prospects. Some cot-
ton, while in hard land and need-
ing rain, was badly in the grass
and weeds also, which will work
a hardship in its cultivation.
Mr. Middleton said as a whole
prospects are not in the least
discouraging and farmers have
much to be thankful for in the
present status of the^rop.
Qet your Harness ao& Saddle
mended. E. Kuykendall, Teague.
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
GET LITTLE SUPPORT
People Oo Not Show Proper
Appreciation ol Fire Boys*
Gratis Services.
OUR PATRONS
should always feel
free to store their
private boxes in our
vault. (We make
no charge). : :
First State Bank
Does the truth ever harm ?
Should there be anything in the
commercial or social life of a city,
or even a town the size of
Teague, which will not bear the
naked truth? Are there essen-
tials to the business life of
Teague which should not be dis-
cussed freely ? You say no.
Then, we wish to deal briefly
with one of the most important
obstacles to Teague’s prosperity.
The fire insurance rate is fixed
in every locality—on all property
in this state—by law. A gradu-
ated scale of rates has been
figured out, by those empowered
with authority, to-suit every
degree of hazard in every locali-
ty. All the things in a town
that go in to cheapen the insur-
ance rate by removing the dan-
ger of fire or the chance of de-
struction by fire «re taken into
consideration by those who make
the laws. Towns with a volun-
teer fire department are given
cheaper rates of insurance than
those without. The equipment
of the fire company is taken into
consideration and everything
added in the way of fire fighting
equipment reduces the amount
paid by the property holders of
the town each year for premiums
on fire insurance. Teague, with
its skillful and self-sacrificing
volunteer department, has been
worked down to a nominal insur-
ance rate, a rate which without
the department would bajraised
to the extent that thousands of
dollars more would have to be
paid out by property holders
here annually for insurance.
Now, the volunteer fire depart-
ment is not even receiving the
moral support of the people of
Teague, to say nothing of their
financial support. They recieve
absolutely no pay for their ser-
vices, they are compelled to
work with whatever equipment
is supplied them by an ungrate-
ful public, and many times re-
ceive, at the close of a hardfought
battle with the fire demon, the
disrespectful remarks of those
whose earthly possessions, even
whose homes, they have strug-
gled to save. This, it appears to
the Chronicle, is not right. It is
all wrong. Certainly a civilized
people—a Christian people—like
ours do not intend to withhold
recognition and appreciation of
such hazardous service as that
rendered by the volunteer fire-
men. They need the moral sup-
port of the community; they de-
serve the financial support of
those whose property they
volunteered to save,
other hand the community
high-iiinded Christian people
but to'come together on a com-
mon plane and lend their assist-
ance to those whose sole aim is
public service without hope of
reward. The firemen do not
have *to serve. They owe the
city and our people nothing.
Many of them arejnot even prop-
erty holders here. Suppose,
then, they quit this morning,
and y )ur residence catches on
fire th s afternoon. If they did
not go what could you say or do?
Nothing. No more than one of
the firemen wjiosen residence
caught on fire could say of you
if you djd not gather some
friends—or Volunteers—and run
at break-neck speed toq?ut it out.
There is a movement gaining
popularity now to arrange a bet-
ter feeling of co-operation with
the Teague volunteer fire depart-
ment. They need equipment
and some firemen’s benefit will
probably be featured to raise the
funds. Should this be done the
benefit will require the co-opera-
tion AJ»d patronage of every citi-
zen of tjte city. Will you lend a
helping/' hand? Will you be a
boosteip Shall we be what our
mothefb intended us—real men,
faithfdl women, worthy children,
all wholly public spirited?
A MOST REASONABLE
DEMAND IS MADE
Woges of Railroad Employes
Are Spent Witta Merchant
andFarmer.
To Install New Plant.
J. G. Miller, president, W. W.
Clark, general manager, Tellu-
ride Power Co. of Texas, return-
ed Sunday from Dallas where
they conferred with other of-
ficials of the company on the
matter of additional equipment
for Teague.
Mr. Clark said to a Chronicle
reporter that plans have been
completed for the installation of
an entirely new plant as soon as
machinery can be received from
the factories. Incidentally, this
may occasion some delay, as the
factories are working over time
on war orders. The matter,
however, will be looked after
very closely and the work rush-
ed. <■'
Four-Legged Chicken.
Mr. C. M. Middleton of the
Post Oak community surprised
the Chronicle attaches by pre-
senting for exhibit Friday morn-
ing a four-legged chicken found
in the chicken yard Monday
morning by Mrs. Middleton. It
is said to have lived about three
hours, and was in alcohol for
preservation. It is of the R. I.
Red Variety and has two regular
legs like any other chicken and
one on either side above these*
Another Freok.
Mrs. T. R. Watson has discov-
ered . on her poultry yard a
chicken-guinea half-breed. It is
now about a year old. Its body
and feet are like those of a
guinea, while it has a chicken’s
head and tail. Col. H. P. Blod-
gett, a collector of curios, pur-
;he chicken and will send
W. H. Calvert,
to be
Railway freight train service
employes have submitted to the
railroads a demand for a shorter
work day. They are entitled to
relief from the long and ardous
labor that most of them are now
required to perform.
Railroad train crews_ are not
paid a fixed salary. They are
piece-workers and are paid only
when tfyey move freight from
one end of a division to another.
The present schedules of pay
are based on the moving of a
train 100 miles or less in 10 hours
or less. The men now ask the
railroads for a revised schedule
providing for the moving of a
train 100 miles in 8 hours '‘or
less.”
The words “or less” always
appear in schedules of train crew
pay for practically the same rea-
son that railroad freight rates
are based on 100 pounds ‘or less. ’
If a train crew is ordered out
and makes a run of 100 miles in
less than the time specified
in the pay schedule, the crew is
paid the minimum rate for a
day’s work just the same as the
railroad company collects for 100
pounds on a package, even
though it would actually weigh
only 10 pounds. They have per-
formed their service of taking
the train 100 miles which is the
piece work they are paid to do.
There must b^ a minimum rate.
Under the schedules of pay
for which the men are now ask-
ing, it will be necessary for the
railroads to move their freight
trains an average of 12J mileB
per huur instead^ JtO miles per
hour, as at present, in order to
avoid the payment of overtime
to'the train crew;
The only fair basis of stating
wages is to show how much a
man receives per hour for his
work. The railroad train ser-
vice employes receive less per
hour compensation than almost
any other trade. ..
On through and irregular
freight train service in the east-
ern territory, the prevailing wage
for engineers is 48ic per hour,
firemen 31c per hour, conductors
40c per hour, brake men 26.7
cents per hour. In the western
territory, engineers 52c per hour,
firemen 32c per hour, conductor*
41.8 cents per hour, brakemen
27.8 cents per hour.
Are these high wages when
you campare them with the
hourly wages in other industries?
ask the railway employes.
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Your Neighbors
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will know nothing of
your business transac-
tions at this BANK.
Your transactions here
will be held in strictest
confidence.
The First National Bank
TEAGUE, TEXAS
Capital • . . $50,000.oo
Surplus and Profits $45,000.oo
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Stringer, William J. The Teague Chronicle. (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1916, newspaper, June 16, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1110638/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.