The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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WAR MAP AND ATLAS. Here we are:
Twenty-Four Page War Atlas
and the Journal 1 year for $1.15
The atlas alone costs 75c and is worth more. It contains pictures
of the rulers and their famalies of all the great nations with a brief his-
tory of each. The military and naval strength of the countries at war
is given in a history of the armies and navies. Pictures of the latest
warships, submarines, huge cannon, armored automobiles, armored air-
ships, famous cities and soldiers in uniform of the different nations are
given. There is a large amount of historical and statistical matter and
a list of cities with pronunciation and population. This last named fea-
ture is worth the price of the atlas hr enabling yon to correctlv pro-
nounce the names of the places you reau abmit. There are twelve hand-
some colored maps, showing all the countries in detail.
Send in $1.15 for a renewal at once, or call at the Journal office and
see the atlas for yourself.
The greatest war in the history of the world is now going on in Eu-
rope. More than half the earth’s population is directly concerned and
the other half is under the shadow cast by this world conflict.
Everybody is trying to keep up with the great events as they trans-
’ an accurate and up-to-date
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
A Farmers Institute will be held in Commerce
Saturday afternoon, by the Department of Ag-
riculture of the State of Texas. Every farmer
who can do so, and nearly everybody can,
should make it a point to be present.
There is a lot of prejudice against bftok far-
mers and traveling agriculturists,, due largely
to the gibes and supposed funny remarks of
smart alecks who themselves have never made
a success at farming or at anything else. It is
worth noting that the men who criticise these
things are those who know nothing about
them, while the men who read and attend lec-
tures are believers in the work. Of course
there are different classes of book farmers,
just as there are different classes of actual
farmers, i. e. those who understand whgt they
are doing and those who do not. It is a fact
that the man with practical experience and
without theory is better off than the man with
theory and no experience. But the man who
can beat both of them is the fellow who has
both theory and experience.
The fact is that the lectures and scientific
farmers sent out by the State and Federal gov-
ernments are in most cases successful farmers
taken from between the plow handles, but one
may rest assured that they are broad minded
men who were not too prejudiced to listen to a
suggestion or to try out a new idea.
The object of a farmers’ institute is not for
someone to tell the farmers what to do and how
to do it, but for farmers to exchange their ideas
and experiences. Mr. McGalliard, who is to be
here Saturday, is a farmer who works at the
job on his farm over in Denton county. He has
plenty of theories but they have been proven
and demonstrated, as have been so many that
are now contributing to the prosperity of the
American farmer.
The fact is. that every man who owns a blood-
ed horse instead of a dobhin, a Jersey cow in-
stead of a longhorn, a Poland China hog instead
of a razor back, a fine chicken instead of a dung-
hill, a budded fruit tree instead of a seedling,
or any of the better verities of cotton, corn, and
vegetables, does so because of the laltors of sci-
entific farmers. The very men who make fun
of these leaders of the profession, would fight
before tin y would give up the things they now
enjoy as the result of their labors.
These institutes are held by the State at the
expen«e of the tax payers. Come out and get
your share of the benefit. If there happens to
!><• anyone in the community who thinks he al-
ready knows it all, let him come and tell the
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single dollalF
our
MAh if the weather man can lie induced to
gr». us more sunshine and less rain during
January and February, look out for a record-
breaking oat crop.
your typewriter
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Get one at the Journal of-
FOR RENT.—A 6 1
Caddo street, known i
place, near F
Phone 614, 2 1-2 rings.
GOT PUTMAN TO WRITE IT FOR HIM.
Frank Putman, an editorial writer on a St.
Louis paper, says he wrote the Colquitt attack
on President Wilson. Putman was a Socialist
when he lived in Texas but he went on an inves-
tigation of city government in Europe for Hous-
ton, and when he came back he declared he was
no longer a Socialist. He then went to St. Louis
but his last appearance in Texas was last sum-
mer when he prepared and issued an attack on
Tom Ball, then a candidate for Governor of Tex-
as. Putman appears to be in the attacking busi-
ness. He slipped down to Texas and got away
with what is considered a good item among
newspapers. Persons who knew Colquitt well
did not consider the phraseology his and per-
haps from some hint wired Putman and he said
he did it but at the instance of the Governor.—
Greenville Banner.
Miss Maude Madden has returlbf
from Colorado much improved in
health and has resumed her work in
the postoffice.
The lieutenant-governor of Illinois proposes
to have a chaplain of the different faith pray
for the senate each week. Utterly hopeless,
governor! No prayer ever produced has been
able to penetrate the hide of a political gather-
ing.
WHAT A DOLLAR WILL DO.
This is the time of year when many people
begin to approximate their expenditures (or the
ensuing twelve months. • ’ Y **
What of your expenditures!
Have you considered what a
will buy, and what a FEAST OF INFORMA-
TION it will give you!
. Let us think a few thoughts.
A dollar will pay for fifty-two issues of The
Journal.
And what will the paper do for yon!
It will be a regular weekly visitor to your
home—rain or shine—in good weather or foul—
in prosperity or adversity.
It will tell you what the town and county
authorities are doing, of the improvements
Newspapers induce reading; reading stimu-
lates thought; thought promotes activity; activ-
ity create wealth; wealth brings ease, and ease
is a stepping stone to happiness. This is a news-
paper. Do you take it ?
A few hundred thousand dollars is to be
turned loose over at Greenvile right away* in
road building. This will be a great help. The
money will help now and the roads will help
for all time. _ /
A WHOLE.
6. Find something for EVERYONE to do—
something that will enrich the community, as
well as the individual. Drones are a dead
weight wherever found.
7. Get all of the money we can from outside
sources, and KEEP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
of what we get.
8. Make an < **
IN where ONE GOES OUT.
A year of this medicine will bring a healthy
glow to the community cheek, and will inspire
that confidence and self reliance which AL-
WAYS BRINGS SUCCESS.
are expending the people’s funds.
It will tell you of business conditions, of
crops, of the state of the markets, of all that is
needed in conducting the public Ad private
affairs. 4
It will tell you of the births, of the marriages,
of the deaths, and of the sickness of your rela-
tives and friends.
It will tell you of the business opportunity
of the community, of the public sales, of the
transfers of real estate, and many other such
details in which you have a personal interest.
It will tell you what your neighbors are doing,
prices,^see that he has money to tide what others farther away are doing, what the
communitv at large is doing. And it will tell
OTHERS'what YOU and YOUR FAMILY are
doing.
It will tell you of the activity of the churches,
and of the socities, and lodges, and of public
gatherings of every nature.
It will tell you of the strangers within
gates, and of vour visits to other climes.
IT WILL TELL YOU OF EVERYTHING
rr v WORTH KNOWING IN OUR ENTIRE COM-
° DOLLARS MUNITY. throughout your circle of acquaint-
ances, and it will tell vou all of these things
FIFTY-TWO TIMES A YEAR.
Is there anyplace where you can spend a dol-
lar to better advantage than invest it in a year
of this paper!
It is reported that a Chicago millionaire
board of trade wheat speculator gives his sur-
plus earnings to charity. But since he rol>s
Peter to pay Paul, hell will be just as hot when
he gets there.
room house on A new ribbon on
as the Craig will make it write like
Presbyterian church, chine.
3 flee.
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WHAT A YEAR WILL DO.
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The year 1915 "will do much for this commu-
nity if we but give it an opportunity.
They tell us it is to he a year of plenay—and
we trust, of peace.:
But to secure the BEST RESULTS for our
OWN people it is necessary that we stand to-
gether—that we co-operate—that we labor one
for the other, as well as for self.
The prosperity of a community is dependent
largely upon the amount of moneys in circula-
tion in the community.
Money is a present day NECESSITY, and
without it no community can survive.
It would seem, therefore, that alxmt the best
course we could pursue would be about as fol-
lows:
1. Produce as much as possible—not only they are making, of the manner in which they
for home consumption, but also for EXPORT.
2. Buy from a distance only what is actu-
ally necessary, and that cannot be had from
some home dealer. ■ - - *
3. Push the business of every home enter-
prise to the limit, for every dollar that is
brought INTO the community, and REMAINS
HERE, makes the communitv as a whole JUST
THAT MUCH RICHER.
4. Devise means of increasing the output of
the FARMS, and studv methods for securing
the BEST returns for MARKETED Products.
5. If a farmer wants to hold his crops for
HIGHER 1 ’
him over, for HIS increased returns means that
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These are times that test men’s faith?
No, sister; foxes never dance the fox trot.
Might makes right—but it isn’t always right.
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Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing
ar reputation of any person, firm or corporation which
May appear in the columns of The Journal will be gladly
fully corrected upon being brought to the publishers’
■ ition.
A good resolution for 1915: More corn and
less cotton, more babies and fewer poodles.
Fill your lungs with good fresh air this win-
ter and you won’t be gasping for breath next
summer.
Appendicitis is the fashionable complaint,
while stomachitis is only the heritage of hu-
man beings.
F red as second class matter April 7, 1905, at the
"jffice at Commerce, Texas under Act of Congress
xh, 1879.
Its’ addresses changed as often as they wish.
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When the smoke of battle clears away there
may be nothing left but smoke.
uJneasy lies the head that fights the battles
ca crown.
lur New Year Resolution:
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The Legislature starts up next Tuesday. It
will have to hustle to hold its own on the front
page with the war.
Judging from the number of casualities re-
ported by the foreign correspondents, there are
no live men left in Europe.
Yep! Old Man Prosperity is on the road,
shuffling this way; but let us hope he doesn’t
find a feather bed enroute.
\s the conditions of the fields ami the roads
will not permit much work just now. the farm-
ers of this community should make it a point
to attend the Fanners’ Institute to be held in
Commerce. Saturday afternoon.
’Tis said the Kaiser must undergo the sur-
geon's knife. The allies are making herculean
efforts to substitute a bayonet.
When a young blood contracts an inflated
case of the swelled head he is about as useful
to the community as ice cream is to a polar
bear.
\\ ith a new governor and a new legislature,
Texas ought to lie happy—not altogether be-
cause of the new, hut because of the passing
of the old.
|L In Chicago a Fish was tried for arson.
Il he had no fins and they let the sucker go.
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Really, now, don’t you think the devil is just
a bit jealous of those chaps over the way?
Advertising rates are made on a basis of four weeks
to the month.
Considering the good walks and bad streets,
it would pay the grocerymen to make a suffi-
cient allowance to the customer to induce him
to earn’ his groceries homo. A man can carry
more on a concrete walk than a team can haul
on tne muddy streets, anyway.
IONS.—The address on your paper shows the
Jne W^Lhich your subscription is paid. All arrearages
oust be paid up if subscriber desires paper stopped.
The commerce journal
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