The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 271, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 27, 1914 Page: 2 of 6
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TI/E DAILY LEDGER
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The Daily ledger
eign countries for must now bo
manufactured at lioun* or out of
our bill-of-fare. If tile Southern
v uulished every afternoon. except
danday by the Ballingel1 Printing! farmer can not get enough money
x. W. SLEDGE..........Editor
out of his cotton crop to buy his
i meat with he must raise the meat
pecially in our own county have
the people been wonderfully bless
eif during the year 1914. All
crops planted have brought forth
a bountiful yield. YVe are enjoy-
ing health, and there is a job for
HELPLESS AS B
Phone 299 about your painting
G. P. SHEPHERD. .Business Mgr 1
or do without. It is a blessing in
OFFICERS.
t). L. Parish, president; Paul Trim
tiier, vice-president; C. P. Shep
Yard, secretary and treasurer.
DIRECTORS'
jdisguise for the cotton farmer,
o-
/. Y. F*arce, 0. L. Parish, Paul
IVimmicr, C. P. Shepherd, A. W
■lodge, Troy SimpsoD.
STOCKHOLDERS.
J. M. Skinner, C. P. Shepherd
Paul Trimmier, A. W. Sledge; H
fit. Jones- R. T. Williams, J. Y
Pearce, Scott II. Mack, T* J- Gard
oer, O. L. Parish. R. W. Bruce
T^nv Simpson.
When vour enemies criticise you
•and attempt to injure you with a
tongue coated with ill will, re-
member that Abraham Lincoln
said: “if 1 were to trv to answer
all
shop might as well be closed for
any other business. . I do the very
best I know how—the very best 1
can; and I mean to keep on doing
so until the end. If the end brings
every man that wants
Yea, it is even better than we
deserve, and truly our apprecia-
tion is lacking.
to work. ,‘mu paper banging.
tits
Down in Mind Unable to Work*
and What Helped Her.
j Leslie and Clyde Fowler left
j.Monday afternoon for Dallas to
! attend lln* Fair a few days.
Eight Ballinger boys in one
bunch attracted our attention to-
day. The boys were loafing on
the attacks made on me, this the streets, spending their time in
idleness, looking at the bill boards
and prowling around town during)
me out! all right, wind is said
against me won t amount to any-
thing. If the end brings me
Will Doose left for points in the
East Monday afternoon to look
af tty* land business for a few days.
Summit Point, W. Va.—Mis. Anns
Belle limey, of this place, says: “i suf-
fered for 15 years with an awiul pain iir
my right side, caused from womanly
Dr. and Mrs. T. E. Mangunr
trouble, and doctored lots for it, but with-
out success. I suffered so very much^^j
that I became down in mind, and as IiHp- r
less as a baby. 1 was in the worst ximf
of shape. Was unable to db any wo'k.
1 began taking Cardui, the woiusp’s
the hours when they should have and two little sons left .Monday hmic, mid^ot reheMrom the^vier^ first
m
wrong, ten thousand angels swear-
ing 1 was right would make no dif
Despite the fact that the recent J Luence.
rains were unwelcomed ones, and I
came at a time when the farmers
were anxious for continuous sun-
shine, we dare say the splendid
season is worth a great deal more
to the country than the cost / in
damage to cheap cotton.
Calamities are welcomed by the
man who has no desire to do the
right thing. There are men to-
day who are standing off their
creditors with ffte excuse of low
price cotton, when as a matter of
fact the price of cotton does not
regulate their income.
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When the farmer is assured
♦ that a bonded warehouse receipt
is as good as one of I nele Sam s
green hacks, provided the face
value of the receipt is some-
where equal to the cost of produc
tion of the cotton, warehouses will
A lesson that should be
pressed upon the minds of every
farmer in the Southwest was por-
trayed upon the streets of Bal-
linger last Saturday, when a far-
mer stopped bis wagon anil began
to carve a porker he bad just
butchered. An army of hungry
denizens crowded around the
wagon, and the farmer converted
bis pig into cash just as fast as his
knife would work, ;md many were
turned a way without being sup-
plied. At the same tilin' wagons
loaded with cotton were standing
on the streets, and the owners of
the cotton claimed tliirt they eould
not sell the stuff. It’s a simple
lesson.
-o-
been in tile school room. 1'lie
hoys we judge to he between
eight and fourteen years old, the
period in life when school days
out are the most valuable to them.
These boys are just boys, and are
doing just as their parents or
guardians permit them to do.
Who is responsible? Don’t you
think that compulsory education
law would he a good thing for
such people. Ignorance breeds
crime ami years to come tax pay-
ers must foot the bill.
afternoon to visit
week or two.
at Greenville a
ties, my health was completely restored.
I am now 48 years years oid, but teel as
good as 1 did when only 16.
Let u s make your rubber Cardui certainly saved me from losing
■ J. .„v. vmi monev—Bal- •».<«»*. M". .»**?
stamps; we save you money-
linger Printing Co.
in its favor. 1 wish 1 had some power
over poor, suffering women, and could
make them know the good it would do
J. (J. Schooler left Monday af-, them.
visit .n., ..Iv« «... to, JJS anyo.
look after business attairs «»t ^ y0ur while to give Cardui a trial.
Goldtliwaite a few days. 1 It has been helping weak women toe
___i more than 50 years, and will help you,
too.
Try Cardui. Your druggist sells it.
“Man proposes and God dis-
poses.” The only trouble with
the people of the South is they
figured on making a lot of money
this year and it hurts not to do it.
Nobody is suffering or in want
and the need of the country is for
people to go about their business
in the usual way. So far as Tay-
lor county and this section of
YY. A. Taylor returned Sunday
from a business visit to bis old
hoiiu* at Hoys,. T.-xas, an,I.....■on,,. 4d»«;
lie stopped at Dallas alld attended iM/r«ro<r»ocnyour case and 64 p«C« book ’’Hotti#
.. . Traaunentl r Women.’’inpKiicwmcpcr. N.C. ill
the fair.
•T
Mrs. \\\ A. Tyson and Mr:;.
Hugh Griffin and two
left Monday afternoon
children
of M. C .Falls, of Route 2 out of
t0x visit Ballinger; Joe W. Lindly of route
relatives and friends at Comanche
a few weeks.
2 out of Ballinger: A. J. Lange
routel out of Ballinger; and W.
If. Moncrief.
Dr. E. C. Baskin returned home
Sunday at noon from Athens,
President Wilson sent his per-
sonal check -to Houston to pay for
a bal* of cotton on the “buy-a-
become useful to tile farmer, but ) bah* at ten ’ plan. The check v:iu:
not until then. | only for $49. The man tha+ g *t
-u--
Texas are concerned there is no TeXlls wjiere jle visited his broth-
need for anything but thanksgiv-
-UllJJ.'.lUIOO JOJ .»S11U() S.MIA.IOS Jrflll
ing is absent.—Abilene Reporter.
Stop coughing! vou rack the
lungs and worry the body. Bal-
The principal reason why the
coton sections are in distress is
because the farmers are in debt,
and the pricipal reason they're in
debt is because they raised a eot-
Jo Wilmetli returned .Monday tle< Sold by the Walker Drug Co.
from Dallas, where he went to at- _I___
tend a eon tel i*i lee ol 1 ex ns hank- . ■... r\c pdiuitv %/ism iTm
____v ... ...... ........... <-1 ers, and took advantage of the LAW OF GRAVITY VIOLATED.
possession ef the cheek refuses t«» ^ ton crop to the exclusion ot ci ops j opportunities to see tile sights at
Its the same old complaint we! cash it, and says lie is going to’J*iat '"rant meat and uvad, mar-j t|lt, Oallas fair.
er and looked after business. Dr. ]ard’s Horliound Syrup checks
Baskin stopped at Dallas and took irritation, heals the lungs and res-
in the lair while en route home. tores comfortable breathing.
Price 25c, 50c, and $1.00 per bot-
hear every time we have a few
days bad weather. We can t
keep it as a souvenir. The promi
i.Jket
or no market. The individual
i | * it (I nwi i<< mi. i m pi oiiii i ( i»i I - -
nent men of Houston, includingi Linner uho tlunks lie can support Rev R. R. Rives visited Norton
Conditions Under Which Watsr
. tually Flows Upward.
Ac-
k;
There are conditions under which
water actually hows upwind and rises
preached for the above its source. If a glass tube
ting in most ot liB time laising <i i jqvsbvterian congregation a t. dipped into water tlie column inside
cotton crop will tind after years f|iaf place. Rev. Rives will preach! be above the level <»f the sur-
of trial that lie has'olic chance in eVery fourth Sunday for the Nor- rounding surface. Moreover, if a tube
a hundred to accomplish what lie ^ *-liurt-li * of t*lc diameter be substituted the
is trving to do.— Bonham News. •_ column doubles its height The water*
In tl. fertile land of the great r..,vil. i,,isoll ......... fll4, <1)1, j <rwl,s ,h« i,,sl,le of the
Southwest it eisv to .......... ‘‘ (',u °* ,,u sl ‘ ‘; owing to the adhesion, and forms a
' . r‘ , i • i /cesstul irrigation iarnieis up thoscup shaped depression at the top.
loo much ot an\ one thing w lieu ,.jVt.r> Was looking after business An explanation is not ditticult. It
travel on account of the roads. | our good friend John .Maddux,, 'Vs Bimil> and make monev put-, Sumlay and
Bad roads conic in for much ens-jeovi red tii * back of the dice' ,
sing when it rains, and when the j with their endorsement, and no\*
dry weather comes we. can get i the holder lias been ollered $2(*0
along without them—a little bit, for it. We would write $49
but it's a mighty rocky road in checks until our fingers become
both dry and wet weather. j as crocked as a rainbow i\• r $2>». .
--o- j The liouhle wjtli our checks no-
San Antonio lias a move under body will accept them for any .....,
way for the building of a Nation--) amount, notwithstanding that < ::rion •' 1 l:lt °.n'‘ Binig is planted. e affajrs j,, Ballinger -Monday and ean be proved mathematically that if
al Masonic Tubercular Sanitarium, checks make prettv souvenirs. 1 , ° ll0^ believe it is a v\ ise idea 1o 2-,.m,*uibercd the Banner-Ledger the diameter of a circle be dimiuisbed
___tiJ___ | blame cotton with all of the trim- wj||i a j-,.n .Wal . . . - - .
1 ’0:111111*1 «*e in the South is 1 i,1<‘ tl,at is coi.fi oo.it ing the conn-j -1
nor less than a kind ot 1*•'*, l‘li,"t tl,i‘‘ y'.tire country a.
game. The j'‘'d crops ami Iced will go limi11- visiting with her daughter, M is., reduced^^ oiiedialf! ' its contact
ling down, .hx i . anil prod i Larnlud and family of Sterling with the glass, and lienis; the adhesive
.1 mixing.. ivii.i v, ni s 1 n ^ returned home Monday ar- force, is also diminished to that extent.
" 0,‘d- tei noon. * while the cross section, and hence the
u w , --- weight, is decreased to a fourth of
THE TEXAS HORSE IN BAT-; Cjias «*; Miller is at home from i "bat it was before. Therefore the sec-
The proposed institution is to cost
one half million dollars and will
be maintained by the Masons ot
________ _ # nig more
this nation for the care and treat-j puss in-tlie-eorncr
meat of their members and mem- credit system throughout
one-half the circumference is also re-s*-
duced to that extent, while the area is
, , .. , 1 one-fourth of its former value. The
.■*. *.S‘ * 0 !11. 'uin, v\ 10 ia< n eircuinference 0f the column of water
bers of Masonic families who an
victims of the great white Plague.
Surely tin* world is growing bet-
ter.
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American made goods can be
preached into the minds of the pen
pie a great deal-easier than cotton
made goods. Cotton will never
take the place of dress for those
aviiIi tin* cash to buy vvluit they
want, and Ameiiea lias tin* facili-
ties for making vvliat the peoph i system i ; tin
South makes the whole business ;
kind of a pass-it-on atfair, and * in-
farmer is expected to till*
game when pay time comes
around. When tin* farmer pays
the re'oil until. ,i.«- il m:ni pays
thi bolesak !, a 4 tin* vv). ,:<■
sale** pays in- ma:i if *<*iuru-. am*
ilu producer ,! !ln* •ommoditi. *•■
that we spend our money f,..\
When the farmer renigs tin* w hine
gann is blocked. Truly the credit
TLE.
The Texas horse is one
first to answer lln* bugle
the European war. A
Dallas, where he attended tin
ond column can be twice the height of
the first without exceeding the lifting
°l 11"‘ fair and met with Texans bankers povver
in a conicieiiec held foi tile pur-j Remarkable as tlio underlying prin-
ciples of this phenomenon undoubtedly
. . ,(Vi 1)<>SL‘ °f discussing the cotton ti
steamship, I etritsis, loaded l.oio uauCjng proposition.
Vexas horses at Galveston recent-j
Jv, which was the first of a con
Rev. Hunt, evangelist for the
sigiiiiient of 10,00(1 animals for (*,!nstian t.|mrdl foI. tllis (|istri«t
•u:se
■want. It should be munufacturiugl and is 1 espoiisiide for tile greai-
Anni’ica instead of America, tin*jest 01 all booger-boos—low prie
cciin rv that imports her wares. '] cotton.
of our Britain's army which were; wit|l headquai ters at Coleman,
According to the records kept
by me gao* keepers at tin* State
Fair, at Dallas last Sunday, 112.
1 iim 1 j.eople passed into tin* fair
giouiuls. breaking the record tor
Second Sunday attendance, 'lln*
Texas State hair has long since
passed beyond tin* exeperimeiital
stage, and today it is attracting
lln* aifcninm ot lln* whole Cnited
People coming to Ballinger n
l>oi‘t that business conditions at
exported Hirough tin* pout of | lm.Hl.]u.a at tiu* Christian church
Galveston dun.rg the month ot|Sumi.|V and lvmai.u*d over for a
<)'m? m , ... ft*w days work vvitli tin* local eon-
lln* exas horse as a lit il it \ an- gjvgatioif of that church,
imal, excel Is that of any other
, ........................ ................., st1at‘* t.1*** Lnimi. He has plow- D r 1JoUiday| ,Hu. prominent
places where they have been liv- <M ,0,.u‘ tl,*',*s* to'igbt our 'attics! young farmer of the Ilatchel
ing are bad. Tin* larger cities of a,u* ls. 1*H‘ niJ)st ait ' ". a,u' j eountry, was a pleasant caller at
jmal Kind. IBs reputation has The ledger office this week. Mr.
nmtires i“»^l j j lollitlay lias the paper address-
|M I L OI 111 \ In 1 1.. |,»nt |||.». I«||;i lien ill V Li
are. nature made use of them long be-
fore man made their discovery. Kvery
tree and flower adds its testimony.
The core of a tree or plant, instead of
being a single open channel, consists
of a spongelike substance containing
many miniature tunnels through which
the sap and moisture collected by the
root^ How upward in small rivulets,
rising higher and higher in sheer de-
fiance of the great law of gravity.—St.
Louis Republic.
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the state an* not as prosperous as
usual, on account of all develop-
ment and public improvement be-
ing at a standstill. The railroads
have been reducing their /rews.
and activities in many.lines have
SEA MINES IN WARFARE.
! extended to other eountircs
is ll"'v *............. I to Ills motlK-r eli„ng,-,l to Alii
fn,.....- ""."h-m ", l 1>"<- ami onlm-a U„- ,,op,.,- soul,
lie lias so laithiully fultilled at1
borne.
States. With such Sunday atten (been crippled on account of tin
dance it is important that the di-
rectors keep till* program fro
from demoralizing tendencies.
to Iris address for a year.
Pessimism never spreads a ray
of hope, removes an obstacle from
the path of life or helps to keep
tlfc wolf away from the porch.
There are people im tliis commun-
ity living almost in luxury
would make you believe by their
grouchy disposition that t li e
world is going to the bow-wows
and that the old town is going to
be'converted into an almshouse.
As a rule it is the greedy and not
the needy that does the knocking.
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A TEXAS VENDER
The Texas Wonder enrw kid
uey and bladder troubles, dis
failure to move the cotton crop.
As a rule the three last months in
the vear are tin* busy months
throughout the Southwest and solves gravel, cures diabetes, weak
cotton growing eountrv. The cot aild laaie backs, rheumatism, and
ton holding movement is makn.g bladder in both men and women,
it haul for the men who den. mi Regulates bladder troubles iu
R. Gottsclialk, oin* of the success
fill Valley creek farmers, was
among the business visitors in
Ballinger Monday and brought
with him some splendid corn, two COUMding It is incompressible
large ears to each stalk, which lie lf Mie skin and fraiiie eoulil give way
raised on bis place ibis season. w,thout rupture and n°ruiit the enor-
The Result When a Vessel Strikes One
of These Deadly Engines.
To merchantmen, to the smaller anil
older warships—to everything that
floats except the very highest and more
recent products of the shipbuilder’s art
—the mine presents tlie danger of com-
plete and almost instant annihilation.
The rigidity of the ship is in itself an
element of danger, for the water sur-
niously expanding gases (2.000 times
on their daily labor for their sup- children. If not sold by your 1 Make it a point to stop at Brew-' transmit thei/energv m^ueh'^wav as
port. We can not .<i*t* relief until druggist, will be sent by mail on er’s Jewelry Store and see the ! simply to push the ship aside and thus
who 1 *i lie cotton sjt nation is relieved or receipt ol $1.00. One small bottle newest ai^l best rings, lavalliers, had a way to the surface, the damage
111 rt i 1 the Eiiropmn
house is cleared.
slaughter is two month’s treatment, and sel electric lamps, cut glass, silver
d»m fails to perfect a cure. Texas ware and etc. YVe are always
-o~
The American people are credit
*d with being the most pessimistic
folks on earth. They are given to
looking on the ugly side of tilings
'while other nations more forlun
testimonials with each bottle. Dr.
E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive Street, St.
Louis. Mo. Sold by druggists. J12d
glad to show you. Jas. E. Brewer
709 Hutchins Ave. J. 4tvv tsd
Residence Wanted.
G. NY. Stewart and son Claude,
of Mills county, who had been
prospecting in our county, left for
Americans must learn to live at) ate an* making the best of life
home. Tills applies to the nation I At the present, time there is no home Monday afternoon. Mr. the tailor, telephone 290 or JlO.
ns well as to indiv iduals. Tin*j nation that is enjoying richer Stewart was so well pleased that 27-2tdpd.
European war will teach our counj blessings than our own people: lie bought a farm near Ballinger -——
try a lesson that will be for our yet there is a cry of hard times and will move here vvitli bis fain- Among those who
good in the future. Those tilings and an epidemic of pessimism pro- il.v as soon as lie can wind up bis Banner-Ledger office .. .. ,,ilSN,.llo(.r sa,oon
that we have been sending to’ for- vailing tin* whole country. Es- affairs at bis old home. visit this week, we note the names| hies—carries mourning into a '
homes. Such is tlie effect of mines.—
1 Kiilney Graves Koon in Leslie’s.
might he slight.
Hut this cannot he. There is no such
elasticity available. And the expansion
Is so nearly instantaneous that push
ing the ship aside is physical y impos
sible. 1 herefore the structure must
• _ break, releasing the gases first into the
1 want to rent a residence on nth interior and then l.v lines of least re-
or 6th street fairly close in will sistauce finally up into the air. '"#1
pay a good price. \Y. ||. Roark, This action is completely Instantnne-'
o .v jt blows off hatch covers and deck
plates, twists massive steel members
Into unrecognizable shapes, spreads
havoc broadcast. It transmutes^ proud
ship Into a sinking mass of wKai,'(%;4
vl
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paid tin*
pleasant! a happy passenger saloon inti^j
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