The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 1916 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY LEDGER
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Editor
A. W Sledee
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We have a few in stock but they will
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H. M. LEACH, Proprietor
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•r ot’ti'-e.
lie is a loathsome wee thing.
When first he comes to light
But when he gets a tail-hold,
He sticks on mighty tight.
tank,
tai liny
I Hi, won't there be rejoicing,
When people gather thick,
To celebrate the passing,
Of the hated cattle tick.
UpStaira in old Fidelity
Chrodjt Co i Offioa. Phone
l.nd !«■«*! A*k
< hl-< bra-lrr*
|*lllao in Il« «|
If higher wages are due to
the men higher rates are eoinci-
dentially due to the railroads —
New York Tribune.
The time is surely coming,
In fact is almost here,
and s«
At all
auto.
Ballinger
There is an effort being made,
To rid the State of him,
And from all the circumstances.
His chance is mighty slim.
the
12th.
Office of Publication, ■’it Hvntchings
Avenue. Ballinger, Texas.
\'oe| Penn left Monday morn
ing for Brownwood, where he will
look after cotton business at tlur
place and other points for AV. <’.
enn & < '<».
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You can’t afford to eat inferior ’groceries.
It s poor economy tc buy cheap groceries.
We carry the best and we can convince you
that the best is the cheapest. No substitut-
es, but the standard line at our store.
Cash mutt accompany copy ex-
cept where party has regular open
account with us.
Call Telephone No. 17.
A. Jvanesi
4 4t<l
The time (nice was when he could
boast,
Thai he was license free,
But now he secs his doom is sealed
Sure as one and two make three.
M usie—Band.
Negro sermon—Alfred liar.
S. J. Carpenter,
tfddh
Published every day except Sunday
by The Ballinger Printing Company.
And swat the tick on every hand
< »;i the left and on tl.e bight.
Water wagon and
> to \. T. < 'ampbell
RIGHT FROM THE
COUNTRY FARM
A Summer Laxative auc Liver
Regulator
• LI) PAPERS WANTED—Don’t
go to the trouble to burn up youi
old papers and magazines. Phom
me and I will take them out oi
your way at once. Phone 27 oi
190. Albert Sledge. tfd
POLITICAL ANNOUNCE-
MENTS.
lie is a gruesome little pest,
With an appetite for gore,
And every time he gets a chance,
He covers his victim o’er.
The cow is njy own property,
• eat, dostrov and slav.
llrurr'ot. A- k <'•' KH-TKRK
111 AXIOM! ItlONII 1*1 LI.H. ft HZ
years known as Best, Safest. Always Reliable
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
Down with the children s enemy.
That endangers their very life,
By eontamiii'ating their food and
drink,
Like the poison of a vipers bite.
the action of
Democratic primary August
Cotton—
Cotton classers receive good
salaries from the start. Those who
We have now on the track a car
load of mixed cow feed and will sell
Jersey Cream Cow Feed from the car
in bags of 100 pounds at
head.
~ that your cold is better,
patron backs up against the wall
and watches his box like a hungry
cat watching a rat hole.
But that’s just one
RATES FOR
Classified Ads
$1.25 per Hundred
in lots of 1000 pounds. •
Just a limited amount of work accepted.
This is done in order to turn off work satisfactory and promptly to
engagements.
We do work for the exclusive class, where greasy mechanics are not
used to soil your seat covers and upholstering.
If y* U are an exacting owner in regards to appearance and perform-
ance, 1 can supply your wants.
Tern s:C O. D. —f. o. b. garage upon acceptance prepaid.
an average of twenty business
men each day waste a full day s
time loitering in the lobby of the
Ballinger post office waiting for
1heir mail, when they could spent!
the time more profitably election-
eering for their favorite candi-
dates, or diseussing the best way
tv fill up the holes in the streets,
or figuring how dry it will get if
it does not rain.
As soon as the one o’clock Santa
Fe mail train arrives, from fifteen
to thirty men rush to the post of-
fice and stand on their hind legs
for a full thirty minutes waiting
for the distributing clerk to nitch
a dun in their box, and if the look
cd for dun does not show up in a
If the winds of fate continue to
blow.
As they have for the last few years
There'll be no ticks in this land
of ours,
Td blight it with anguish and fear.
THE BALLINGER DAILY
LEDGER
One cent per word first insertion
Half cent per word each subse
quent insertion
Black face type double regulai
•A l£‘,iv much better y m fee!
druggists.
■ ith rcia-
ehel, wa-
Bnlliirjvi
('. W. O l-;i! and little son and
two nieces of Blackwell, were
among visitors in Ballinger Tiies-
WAST1NG TIME.
The American people are ex-
travagant witfi the time alloted to
them to remain in this country,
and Ballinger people are Ameri-
cans. Too many people mix play
■with their work instead of living
up to that rule of “work while
you work and play while you
Play.”
We will deliver feed to any part
of the city at this price
JACKSON DAIRY
Phone 9903
Tablets ami tried them. By thci
tune I had Used half a bottle of
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Nicholson
came in from Wichita halls and
will visit home folks and Ballin-
ger friends a few days.
Music—Band.
Opening address—By 1’rcs-
J i. Ash . J u; st of Dallas,
1 b< en vis ■ iog her mot in r.
.!. W. Thomi'MV!. left tor h( r
home Monday afternoon.
ram INaURANCl
The Best Companies
PROMPT S1RVIC1
four _ business solicited.
He must begin Io view the hut,
With agony and alarm.
When You Have a Cold
Give it attention, avoid expos-
careful of
dso commence taking
New Discoverv. It
something to “turn up.” About
the first thing to turn up is the
bill collector, and then more time
is wasted, and good money—or
goods.
Automobiles help some people
to waste time, and waste good
gasoline too. The Agriculture
Department of this great country
is wasting time advocating con-
servation of moisture. The Labor
Bureau should advocate the con-
servation of time, and then we
would quit wasting time writing
this kind of “dope” for the peo-
ple to waste lime reading.
Harwell Motor Co
Ballinger, Texas
r
Bacon, 4<»<) Broadway, Starr
loiiograph Agency. Plays all
il;e< of records. 20-dt I
Bill Holland left Monday af-
ternoon on
For Tax Assessor:
(’. ('. St HI'CHARD
WILLIE STEPHENS
For Tax Collector:
W T. PADGETT.
M. D. CHASTAIN
For County Superintendent
Schools:
E. L. HAGAN.
J NO. C- WELLS
For Commissioner Pre. No. 1:
R. P. KIRK
R. W. (Bob) GILLIAM.
money. in one day is not uii-
En-
Ring containing two
vs. Get same at Led-
,to your door—our delicious
milk should be awaiting you
each morning. Then is your
breakfast a joy worth getting
up for. Our milk is pure—
that’s sure; and the cream on
it is a compensation in itself.
WANTED -Good solicitor. Good
—mild and effective. It arouse*
the liver, increases the bile, doe
not gripe and acts as a genera
tonic to the whole system. Aid*
nature to clear and purity tlu
Mood—as a laxative tonic fo'
<ummer Po-Do-Lax has no equal
THE PASSING OF THE CATTLE SPECIAL 11
GIVEN AT HATCHEL AUG. 11
incut vou can get any when-. Price
.'Ule and $1.00 per bottle
Roadster
f. o. b. Ballinger,
8.
rell.
9.
Messrs. Davis, Tucker, Hobbs and
Barnhill.
10. Closing address — A. M.
Sprinkle.
11. Music—Band.
So long ago that ne’er a man,
Hath memory that runs that tar,
There’s been a pest in this good
State,
Her greatest industry to mar.
Liver Trouble.
“I am bothered with liver trou-
ble about twice a year,” writes
Joi* Dingman, Webster ( ity, lowa.|
•‘I have pains in my side and
father is good enough tor me
never applied with more forc<
than the use of Po-Do-Lax for tlu
liver. An old time tried remedy
»K SALE Household goods in-
cluding wardrobe, dining table,
Jersey Gream
Gow Teed
salaried positions. Ask any bank
in Dallas. Teacher «-xp«*rt audi
tor. . .
Shorthand and Typewriting-
Writers of our system draw
from $7-'» per month to $10,000 per
Solo—Frances Siebel.
Recital ion—Judit h Tucker.
Music—Band.
Play, “Farmer Hank Wants
to Get h Divorce”—Stonewall
Siebel, Edna Walker, Mord Tuck-
er.
common for older buyers,
roll this week. Teacher an
pert and practical colton man.
Write of call for special prices
on any two courses combined.
“Satisfaction or money back with
out argument.” J. L: FARNS-
WORTH, Ballinger. Dallas and
Waco connections. Oldest and
Best Schools. 26-tfdw (
reasonable length of time the im- ure, be regular and
patient customer of the post office your diet
will walk up and peep through the
glass door to his box and yell, “i
the letters all up.”
This does not trouble the post
office employees, and they are ever
ready to encourage the patron of
the post office by telling him he
will probably get a letter when
L. B. Stubbs
Grocer and Baker
Phones 93 and 94
Come all ye farmers from
around.
0....... <
A general strike, tying up the rail
ponds of the country. inconceivable
'-Fblladelph'a Pullptlft;
LEACH AUTO WORKS
Exclusive Mechanics
Cleaning, Pressingand Dyeing
PHONE 97
SCOTCH WOOLEN MILLS
HitckiK «min Ballinger, Tens
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
You Can Get $1800 Per Year—
Bv taking several months ot the
ri’<di1 kind of training, right here
• (>R SALE 1<i brood sows heavy,
with nig, prefer to sell at hoiiu
but will shiii if not sold soon. A.
I. Zani'e. 8-3tdltw
$ MILLER MERCANTILE CO
y TWO PHONES 66 AND 77
ie Dr. King *
is! contains Pine-Tar, Antiseptic Oils
and Balsams. Is slightly laxa-
tive. Dr. King’s New Discovery
eases your cough, soothes your
throat and bronchial tubes, cheeks
>ld, starts to clear your
In a short time you know
Its the
standard family cough syrup in
use over 40 years. Get a bottle
at once. Keep it in your house
as a cold insurance. Sold at your
If \on sit in a ••oiJ draft when
you are heated and get a slit
neck or lame back, you will !•<
looking for somi'lhing that wil
c your mind on
Liniment and
LOST.
LOST—cap “If auto
lank. Finder please
S. A. B Hamilton.
gasoline
return to
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 8, 1916, newspaper, August 8, 1916; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1177636/m1/2/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.