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COMMERCE. HUNT COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY. APRIL 3. 1914
No. 14
APRIL 7—FOUR
ALDERMEN, MARSHAL AND SECRETARY TO
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Miss Pearl Hudspeth has returned
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Athletic Contest.
GOOD ROADS
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Demand for Better Highways
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and other articles,
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Those who do not vote should for-
ever hold their peace as to the way
•the city's affairs are run.
| Music Co. of Commerce,
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TRANSFER PAPER
In sheets 19x25 inches, 10 cents per
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meeting, to select four men to
s special road commissioners
after the construction of the
the bond
An index to the growth of a town
city is the business of its post-
Ail metropolitan newspapers.
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Mrs. Gus White visited her ssler,
Mrs. C. C. Cox, at Wolfe City first
of the week. Mrs. Cox is in very
bad health but is now some better.
vancement on the brow of ruddv rur-
al life.
building, appreciation for which has
partly been made. Let the good
work go on.
Big Crow d Accompanied By Com ■
merce Band Went to
Ennis Thursday.
music resound
This booth is in I
Commerce Journal.
voting it will pay
it before we
Postoffice Passed
SIU.000 Mark For \ ear
Ending March 31.
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Porter $ Every man. woman and child in Commerce is
J- related to some Church having Public Worship
? the Lord's Day. Every such Church has
welcome for every Citizen < ' "
for the sake of ;;
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earth, roads are the most universally I
) used and are L _
beneficial to the greatest number of
people.
The children of today are the elect-
ors, representatives, senators, judges
and one of them the president of to-
morrow. The population is increas-
ing by leaps and bounds. If educa-
tion means liberty and if poor roads
means illiteracy or worse, have we a
right not to build good roads even if
they would not pay for themselves
well within the generation which
lii: ds them? I consider good roads
as beng one of the noblest causes of
all our complex civic purposes, and
the opportunity ought to be quite ap-
preciated of having a chance on April
11, 1914. to cast our votes for the
development of a permanent, smooth
and indestructible macadam road.
Highways are one of the distin-
guishing features between civiliza-
tion and uncivilization, good pike
roads will mean much to our material
prosperity and advancement to the
moral uplift, they will stand for ages
to come as a monument to the prev-
ent age. which will be gratifying to
our posterity because it will sub-
stantially indicate that in the days of
their ancestors selfishness did not
Mrs. Sterling Hart returned from
Bryan. Texas, Saturday accompan-
ied by her mother, Mrs. W. J. Wal-
ker.
There is no argument against good
W hen they are built they are
The cost sticks in the
jp&rth of a
51.00 CHRYSANTHEMUM
SPECIAL.
20 plants from stock listed, stand-
ard mammoth mums, first class
plants, assorted varieties. If by mail
add 15c. Write for catalogue.
WISE ADKISSON,
The Greenville Florist,
Over the west and middle west a
wave of agitation of good roads is
„ i section to section, from
county to county, from state to state
—•• out over the great divide of
rocky mountains, there also is
a sizzling of the fat in the frying
pan .
Back east and in some of the mid-
dle west states, and all the southern
states east of the Mississippi river
the question has been settled forever
and the most prosperous states of
the union now are those that have
good roads and highways. Look at
Vol. XXV
CITY~ELECTION TUESDAY,
same events so it could be deter-
i was the better all-round
was ; 10 ennance nts comtort and profit to
system of good his business, be it farming or any-
one of. thing else, and good roads does all
It is said | that.
Some say. “Oh. them things
For Greenville, Hall, Kelly
Donner featured. Other points were
GOOD ROADS
COMMISSIONERS
Men Selected For Special Com-
missioners In Case Bond
Issue Carries.
Three Days Bure Food Show Commerce
Started Ihursdat•■■At-
tendance Large.
The following committee, named at
a mass i.
scrvwAj
to Itmfl i
proposed rock roads, in case
issue carries, has submitted the fol-
lowing:
T. I. Knight, Commerce.
T. T. S-t Yowell and Leiter.
George Jardin and Fairlie.
J. M. McWhorter, South Sulphur and
Scatter Branch
These are all men of high standing
and were chosen for their special
'fitness for the work to be done. It
is safe to say that any money ex-
pended by them will be wisely spent
and that the people will get full val-
ue. Also, it may be relied upon that
all contracts let will be good ones
and that they will be carried out to
the letter by the contractors.
Mr. McWhorter was named in re-
sponse to a petition of more than
fifty voters in his neighborhood, who
pledged themselves to vote for him.
LONG ADVERTISED ENTITLED TO
FREE DELIVERY
j join in worship.
t For your own sake as well as f
I the good name of our little city, you with everybody
;; else will be in the church of your choice on
“Everybody-in-Church-Sunday”
April 5th
a worthy citizen.
„ I some say. "Oh. them things are
What | only for the rich to drive their autos
Get good roads and you’ll get
machine yourself and let your
Alamp street to the
> Methodist
thence north on Park street to the Hiner 5 points. Estes 6 points, Griffis
and Clark each 5 points, were the
stars. Commerce has a good team,
- and will make a g -
?*jnust be elected from this ward. I, for Hunt county in the district meet made this week of what is
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aiderman (q be held next Friday and Saturday of much interest to everybody.
- O P. Marshall is a candidate for the
, vacancy
. 1 Dallas and McKinney, in charge of
Messrs. Clay and Burnett.
To the left of the entrance the
first booth is occupied by E. D. Bar- j
low. florist, of Greenville, Mrs. E. which she will be pleased to serve, been harnessed for the needs of man, blessing.
D. Barlow in charge.
The Hundley Drug Co. are r—*
with a
and pharmacy accessories. This
handsome booth is in charge of Mrs.
H. C. Hundley. , |
The Model Bakery of Commerce is
then the next with a display of the
bakers art in what makes at'
city marshal
and, a city secretary, -assessor and better all
collector.
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ConrSierce is divided into three
wards. Each ward has two alder- twins,
tnen. meet, winning four first and four
All. of that part of the city lying ond piaC)?s
line with Caddo street, that these boys did not compete in
which runs east and west by tac new tbe _
Presbyterian charch to the Square, j m,ned which
.’<ien east on Alamp street to the atblete
^Corner of the Methodist church. 1 For Commerce, Fields winning 15,
Next T 4 Wp* April 7th. is city At the Athletic contest- held at!
election <^4Hn Commerce. At that Greenville Saturday Commerce boys
tittle it tTifomes the privilege and carried off first place.
duty of the sovereigns of the city to ;ng is from the Greenville Herald:
eject four aidermen, a city marshal Commerce easily won first place by
I round, work. Campbell
I with two entires took second place.
^hduld be, understood, ybe performance of these men Er-
into three nest and £arl Overall, the Campbel!
was easily the feature of the
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The spectators regret
were as
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L; second, England. Cel$»te; 3rd, the Method.ist church, where delic-’and- environments of
Running high jump—First, Estes. hy pretty girls of the Society, pie. It is now in order to press our: Fma]]er countries. Switzerland, southern route, and that will cross
Jernigin. un<^er the management of Mrs. J. B claims before the postoffice depart- Greece and Spain have great high- the entire length of Texas east and
, ^one Oak, ^aK**- ment to secure rightful recognition Ways. many of them national roads west. Look what that/ means for
duty to go to the polls and vote. Greenville ( The last booth on the east side is not only for. free delivery but also buik and maintained by the centra| Texas. Good roads is coming faster
One mile run—First, Earl Overall,
Campbell, time 5.43; second, Kelley,
Greenville; third. Garnell, Greenville.
220 yard dash—First. Fields, Com-
merce; second, Earl Overall, Camp-
bell; third, Parsons, Greenville.
Pole vault—First, Griffiths, Com-
merce 7 feet, 9 inches; second, Ew-
j Celeste; third, Jernigin, Com-
merce.
Shot put—First, Clark. Commerce,
33.5; second. Earnest Overall, Camp-
bell; third. Estes, Commerce.
440 yard dash—First, Fields, Com-
merce, 59 seconds; second, Webb,
Floyd.
880 jard run—First, Earnest Ov-
erall, Campbell, time 2.35 2-5; sec-
ond, Wheeler, Commerce; third,
Wheeler, Commerce; third, Darnell.
Greenville.
Discus throw—First, Buchanai
Celeste, 79.4 feet; second. Donner of
Greenville, 78.9; third. Hall, Green-
ville.
Relay race—Won by Green; second
Glassman; third. Parsons; 1_.
Meadows.
Commerce team second place.
Celeste team third place.
j their people had to move about and
roads filled the needs of the.- exist-
ence so they materialized bef »re in-
dustrialism revolutionized . >der 1
| tie.
During all ages it has been of pri-
mary importance to provide a people
with means of intercommunication,
the I people, like water, must move or
stagnate; they must run and play-
like the brook itself or become slug-
gish and dull, to themselves as well
j as to others. Observe the seven
modes of intercommunication: Water, ----••---
roads, postal, railroads, telegraph, sch°°l at Sherman.
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“roads." is free to the people of the flOOR RO A FIX
earth roads >r. the most universally 1
therefore the most I
By J. B. Curtis.
One of the most vital of all sub-
jects seems to be that of good roads, passing from
fine pikes, and what is analyyous
their handsome women and horses,
all go together. Back in Northwest-
ago a person
across the Maumee
a boat. Go back
see good
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F. J. R. Dav<-..port, a reti:ed fir-! 1)1" Lilt)
mer of Ennis county, who has been "x I—< •»‘ ’ rij|\
in Commerce for several days, and PfAAIA R| III III V
who was stricken Monday with acute IXvzZwLr iJ U. ILLfliv
indigestion while on our
whose life was dispaired of for a
time, returned home yesterday, look-
CITY ELECTION OLR BOVS M IN
NEXT TUESDAY AT GREENVILLE
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Four Aldermert. City; Marshal Commerce Carries OH
and City Secretary are
to Be Elected. -
Commerce.
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR SALE.
Kitchen cabinet, safe, table, range,
with or without oil burner, refrigera-
tor, china cabinet, dining table, chairs,
porch swing, settee, sewing machine jn
— j — —u.i... Also furniture
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North Park Street, j
TO RURAL COMMITTEES.
Rural homes, churches, schools end
stores noeding fine gasoline lights
cheap, write B. C. Buie, Commerce.
Texas, agent for Brass Mfg. Co., al-
so Mantle Lamp Co.
the to do twice the work when you need
dark ages, we, too, might have had i them for it.
great central highways as have the ’Way out in Arizona Del M". Potter,
great nations of Europe, England,' president of the National Highway
France, Germany. Italy and the ' Association, is working hard for the
south of Ward 1 and east of Park
Street, is Ward No. 2;
• is to'be elected from this wartj-
E. Moody is the hold-over aiderman
‘ from this ward, and R E. L. Mc-
Carter is an announced candidate to
fill the vacancy.
Ward No. 3 comprises that part of third. Glassman, Greenville.
thjVity lying south of Ward 1 and 120 yard hurdle—First. Hiner time display of the famous India Ceylon
wiifrqf Park street. There are two 18.5, Commerce: second. Hall. Green-1 Tea. '
• aidermen to elect from this ward, ville; third. Kelly, Greenville.
.Aiderman Apperson’s time being out Running oroad jump—First Ear-
’ and Aiderman J. O. Simpson having nelt Overall Campbell, distance 19.4; j They are Mrs. Haverly, Misses Me-j
left the city. W W. Rogers and- S E Second, Earl Overall, Campbell; third. Ilvain, Jennie Bostick and Birdie
’’Green have announced as candidates : Corley. Lone Oak. Ellard.
In voting it should be remembered that iqq yard dash—First. Earnest I Then comes the little candy kitch-
tkere are two to elect, therefore leave Ovarall. Campbell, time 10 2-5 sec- , *n
two names. orrds;
The election of city officials is. | Cree! Greenville,
perhaps, of more immedate import- ,
*^nce to a people than the election of
the governor. It is every voter's | Comm8rce; thiri Pollard’.’Lone o'a^
a. * a. st —.11. Av-..-4 trctiiS
managers of the different booths
busy at the tasteful arrangements of
the many choice articles that go to
make life pleasant.
The large storeroom on Main
street presents a very attractive ap- j
good representative, pearanes, and only a brief mention is jng for Commerce that the postal
feature. fiscal year, ending March 31st, has
! passed the SlO.OOo gross receipts
As Me Find It. ! mark, and places the city in line for
The first booth to the right of the‘free delivery. We’re going some.
Below we give a few figures kind-
Here the ly furnished by Postmaster Harbert,
which will interest our readers and
official figures are facts that can-
not be gain said:
Gross receipts for quarter ending
March 31. 1914, S2.540.25.
Gross receipts for quarter ending
March 31, 1913, $2,113.27.
Gain over same quarter
There’s always something turning
up in a live town, and there now
comes to Commerce a swell confec-
tionery. The fixtures indicate all
that the word “swell” implies. Mr.
Frazer also has all the paraphernalia
necessary for the manufacture of fine
candies and other confections. His
place of business is the building for-
merly occupied as a pool hall just
above the postoffice.
The older nations ex- sums of mone>’ for uPlift and
isted before these modern inventions, happiness of humanity. This will
not be a burdensome tax imposed by
us for others to pay, but we who are
a large portion of
leave the stage of ac-
tion, and it will be a common herit-
age left for our successors. Then
when our bodies lie moldering in the
clay, and our spirits are basking in
celestial sunshine in that foreign
clime, our posterity can truly say. ,
“Our fathers made the world a little
better at least by having lived in it.”
morning was loaded to the guards
with excursionists to Ennis. A spec-
ial rate of $1.50 was made for the
trip, the object of same being to in-
spect the macadam roads of Ellis
county. People from all parts of the
precinct, some favoring and some op-
posing the bond issue, were in the
crowd. There were also a number of
ladies in the party.
The visitors were received and en-
tertained at Ennis by the board of
trade of that city and were con-
ducted over the county’s fine gravel
roads in automobiles. A fine time
was had and the ‘“doubting Thomas-
es” were “shown” on the road ques-
tion.
presides over the San Antonio Pro- map.
ducts Co. This is a hot stuff parlor. ""-
and Mrs. Simms is an expert in the and the attendance is
preparation of Mexican dishes, j large.
fourth,! a
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Highest number of points—Com- 5
merce 43; Campbell 32; Greenville i
26 1-2; Celeste 18; Lone Oak 4 1-2; 1J
Floyd 1.
Officials for the day:
Referee—Lyles.
Starte> Gee.
Judges—Prof.
and Collier,
Time-keeper — McCombs,
and Gee.
The much talked of date of th"
Commerce Pure Food show uawned
yesterday bright and clear, with the offiee. Ail metropolitan newspapers,
pleasant lady attendants and affable publish repeatedly the clearing house
reports, yet first of and foremost
they send out to the world the vol-
ume of business transacted at the
I postoffice as a criterion of prospepr-
ity and growth.
The Journal takes pleasure in say-
Jts importance lies in the direst bear- —.
1 ing it has on the social and economic and far
welfare of every individual; it is at the
the bottom of the great problem of
transportation, which is of vital in-!
1 terest to all classes, producers, deal-
i ers, consumers, investors, home seek-1
ers and tourists who are seeking in-'
vestment and opportunities.
The rural highways in this Justice
Precinct should be among the best,
they are owned and operated by the
people and are one of our most neg- Kentucky and Tennessee, with their
lected assets.
ture of money and the most skilled
engineering could procure no better
roads than we are entitled to. they ern Ohio, 40 years
would be a source of wealth and the couldn’t get
crowning of socal and intellectual ad- j swamp without
there now and you will
j roads everywhere and a rich and fer-
The Romans twenty-two hundred country. Brought about how?
less than fifty the people themselves.
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3 on good.
In their wisdom this was con- ' ro®ds.
sidered their best investment. Na- built forever,
poleon the Great conquered empires craw of some, but man can’t live al-
and was one of the greatest rulers ’vays. and while he does live he ought
and his greatest achievement was to enhance his comfort and profit to
building for France a 1.
roads which has made France
the wealthiest of nations.
Shat seven cents per ton per mile will I
move their produce to market. A.
would move ours ? Some few may . over.”
ending sneer at the idea, but it appears to a machine yourself and let
j me that had our American continent! mules grow fat and strong and able
been in its infancy long before the to do twice the work when you need
Commerce and
government. In the United 1
national highways are maintain- forties.
Our national life began with the, Your children’s children will bene-
the fit by your deeds, and you can hand
had down to posterity an inestimable
nan 1
next,' o' how they are prepared. Don’t phones and trolley lines grew so rap- Predominate and the people come to-
display of fine toilet articles, miss a hot chili. idly that we failed to see or feel the ^etlrer with one accord and spent big
The pickle and table relishes needroads.
j of the celebrated A. J. Heinze
! by the firm of M. D. Abernathy
A Co. attracts much attention.
table This grocery display is in charge
worth sitting down at when called to of Mr. R. R- Randolph.
dinner Mr*. E. J. Maier is in charge Down at the northwest corner is I
ready to give you a hand out. fonnd the Cream of Cotton and Com-
There is a stir of activity about merce flour booth. The flour that is
the next booth where Mrs. Simms making Commerce famous on
—■. Mrs. Bagley has charge here.
The show will last for three days ■
sure to be
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All of that part of the city lying also made by Parson, Creel, Darnell entrance is the Miller & McBrayer
and Glassman.
pngland, Buchanan and Ewing won
the points for Celeste. through the hall.
The results by events were as 1 charge of Miss Lilian Goff and Mrs.
follows: John Brigance.
5(\ yard dash—Willard, Celeste, 6 1
' seconds; second, Corley, Lone Oak; Here the display is somewhat varied,
■ yet the company is making a special
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This booth is quite extensive year. $426.98.
and has several bright lady attend- Gross receipts for year
ants who know how to talk, of course. March 31, 1914, $10,101.48.
Tk— — m— tr----1„ »<:---- Gross receipts for year
Birdie March 31, 1913, $9,027.55.
Gain over last year, $1,073,93.
This showing in the figures is the
of the Young Ladies Society of outcome of the favorable conditions
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ious home-made candy will be sold the concerted action of her live peo.
It is now in order to press our :
States) than the railroads did back in the
taht of Boren-Stewart Grocery Co. of for the speedy erection of a federal
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m-.dern industrial growth of
I world, steam and electricity
and also explain the modus operandi1 steamboats, railroads, telegraph, tele-
Don’t phones and trolley lines grew so rap-;
Commerce hotel, thence east to the
City limits on Mam street, consti-,
’ tute Ward No. 1. ‘ One aldermen I
*t»n
- r England is hold-over
streets and
Prominent Farmer Writes
High Plane of Proposed
Progressive Movement
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