The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. [7], Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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THE COMM BUCK JOURNAL. COM MERCK. TEXAS. FEB. 1A. ttlH.
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Review. Cooper, Texas and The Quinlan Journal,
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OFFICE:
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Athletic Notes.
High School Notes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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If you hear any one ask about the
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Must Have Help.
at their
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at 7. 30 o'clock.
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Letter List.
RESULTS TELL.
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For Justice
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SHOEMAKE.
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JOURNAL WANTS
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■•oninotent vou h ill -<»>n draw
For Constable Precinct ti
AMOS KNIGHT.
One Year
• 8ix months
Three Months
The Journal
nounce
For Sheriff
W. S. BYARS.
L. T. AKERS.
SECOND DOOR EAST OF POST OFFICE.
TELEPHONE NO. 19.
There Can be no Doubt About
The Result in Commerce
Affirmi-
Cecil
The Athletic Association guided by
the sturdy hand of the faculty has
pushed training and by the opening
of the season for sports the C. H. S.
hopes to rank first in the line with
the best in the county.
The prospects now are good for us
to have a good strong ball team, not-
withstanding the fact that we have
lost some of our old men.
encouraged when we look
The ommerea Journal now has a
country correspondents.
1 direction
i it m a class by itself in
silent drama. The original stage pro-
duction was hailed by critics the coun-
William Fox and this is high praise
indeed.
one
isiders the fierce competition
exists in the automobile industry
the present time.
is certain.
pay
Writttn for The Jmrml bv
W..W. Stovall.
Peace Precinct 6 :
T. J. O’NEAL.
b. f. McDaniel.
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any-
An excha
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Are vm.i for good roads?
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post office at Commerce. Texas, under Act of Congress
March. 1879.
" SUBSCRIPTION RATES
WEEKLY JOLRXAL.
Today with the breadth of experi-
ence gained by added years of market-
11.DO
.50
.25
SHERMAN BRANCH
WEST
------Leave sow a.
-------Lmv. 2 M p.
EAST
----Arrive <;M p.
-----Amu 12:20 p an
Dorothy Bernard. Thurlow Bergen,
Harry Spiugler and other Fox stars
w ~e seen at the H.ppodrome Fri-
The .loir
tion tlie op
on the r<>;u
ness, peace and contentment is fourd.
Among friends and loved ones and
those always willing to help tn, we
can be happy if we will nerve God and
do our part toward making others
a Paul Smith Has Lived Up to
Youthful Predictions as
Boy Wonder.
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| rived From High School Athletics.”—
| Harwell Apperson.
| Closing song.—Association.
REPORTER.
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totto. M
25c
$2.50
often as they wish. ",
-ive OLD as well as lO
List of letters remaining uncia.med
in the post office at Commerce. Texas,
for week ending Feb. 18, 1916:
Anderson. T. J.
Beaty. W. I_
Fleming. J. W.
Fur, Rev. W.
Hall. William
Harrison. John
Hewitt. Ed
Jobe, Floyd
Mangrum. Lewis
Moore. G> W.
Morris. Miss Gracie
Ramsdaie. Miss Myrtle
Rodgers. J. F.
Stewart. Mrs. Hattie
Thompson, Miss Minnie (2)
Walker. F. W.
Walker. R. L.
Watley, Elbert.
Williams. Mrs. Dave
Williams. J. H.
The above letters will be sent to the
dead letter office after two weeks if
not called for. When calling for same
please say advertised, and give date.
C. J. DEBENPORT, P. M.
which was referred to as the ‘Boy Wonder”
the by the big men in the motor industry.
more!
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and
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Great
For County Attorney:
W. E. SAYLE.
FRANK KEMP.
For County Judge:
H. O. NORWOOD.
W. H. WHITFIELD.
For Congress Fourth District:
SAM RAYBURN.
For District Clerk:
W. R. GRAY.
For Representative:
JOE M. MOORE.
For County Supt. of Schools
MRS. ADA THOMPSON.
GEO. A. STURDIVANT.
For County Clerk:
JIM LITTLE.
For Tax Collector
BEN H. HOLCOMB.
LUTHER L. COBB.
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FROM SCHOOL
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coot in order to help them better their
condition. 1
to raise money for a worthy and legi- I
rimate purpose, the banks head the
list and assist in its circulation, thus
giving their moral as well as finan-
cial support to the proposition. In
fact the hankers in Cooper are lead-
ers and promoters in all things tend-
ing toward the betterment of town
and country. And well can they af-
ford to do this work, for are not they
the first to feel tile effect of business
.depression or of prosperity’
It is tne prerogat:-" and duty of
the banks and bankers of a eity to
financial 104
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i Lone Star
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was referred to as the “Boy Wonder1
(Board of Trade with one of the lead- ting of a cat saved the life of Mrs. hwfore. Young
nresident Anna Purescere and her three chil- ambitious to
and
to the
iery is to bo higher be-
LOVE AND HATE
per annum. He has some va-
cancies in his PhiHioine offices
and in Panama, for which he
pa's an entrance salary of
$U"' to jier • ar. He ad-
vances on merit, if vou are
from the Cooper Review:
“L. E. Stell, cashier of the Farm- ,
ers National Bank, has started a
movement to collect a fund to pur-
chase several hundred shade trees to
ject to
1916:
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♦ The spring like weather today has
♦ wrought or. that Lazy feeling wuch
♦ -.unes nth the return of warm w-ath-
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for
window sales were twelve times larger than
Which is
eon-
Vineiand. N. J., Feb. 10.—The pur- more h>‘lp thi*,vear than ever
men »n«l women.
.. succeed should
I jive this Civil Service work
About 3 o'clock she was suddenly prompt and serious considers-
Sto lion. The position i
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at
4 r <he Gon. The position
Last year|j,,un(j that the room was filled with die -alary good and the
.sure.
Business men desiring eft’i-
of the United States and Canada, (always respect for self. In the home
Smitla then one of the youngest sales and country where love reigns, happi-
managers in the business, presided at
every function held during that period
(and personally greeted a good two-
.thirds of the dealer population of
America. When the eleven weeks’
period was ended, the peppery sales happy and prosperous.
manager had sold the entire output From word we j
of his company for a whole year in jwho honor God an<J look to Him for
advance.
| That Paul Smith still possesses the
punch is shown by the record of
Chalmers sales since his joining the
company six months ago. In six
All arrearages ,.|lePre(j t:,,
to prepar <!
national I ■>
I to presort.
or reputation of any person, firm or corporation which air price,
may appear m tL.
and fully corrected upon being brought to the publisner s
attention.
:ial interest in
j without charge.
Those interestibl in prepar-
ing for either Government or
1 Commercial positions, phone
ins. at our ej|»«mse, or write for
rartn-ulars More than three
Vv »•••« $••»•« I •«<••• ■••••*«* I I
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m month. Catalogui1 free upon re
|«|«HswG
T‘ ler Commercial ColleKv.
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England, accompanied
sister Mr«. J. E. Halbrook. of
lie. left Monday for Badey to nice lot of
••1 si.ie if aer aunt. Mf. when they write, but a number of oth-
1 borne, who U very low «r» want-id. Stationery will be
pneumonia. furnishod and the Journal aentfroeto
----------------— ail correspoodenu. Come in and get
particulars.
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The question naturally arises,
is bringing about such a state ofwN
happiness, dissatisfaction and discord
among the people of the world today ?
Can we not truthfully say it is lack
of love. In many homes there in a
need of true love between father and
mother, and between parents
children. I san truthfully say I
lieve the most needed gem in
world today is “The Pearl of
Price.” The man, woman, boy
girl who is a true Christian loves ail!
respects the rights of others. It
makes us sad when we think what a
" 1 far larger automobile corpora- small per cent of earth’s inhabitants
. The metropolitan tion, and is hitting the bulls eye for have true and undefiled religion. To
newspapers devoted a literal mile of twelve mouths in every year. the men and women of the ehuren, I
. space to describing this delightful Back in 1912, Paul Smith staged a will say: Do we visit the widows a’d
Jll'l again on Ins CVeil reference* worjj of the great English word-mas- series of rapid-fire conventions for fatherless in their affliction and do
• >- as a means of preserving our ter Walter Dare, and it drew millions |the old E. M. F. Company, that still (we keep ourselves unspotted from the
lor.^Bf^
our national honor and integrity a: " ith a11 the enhanceJ opportunities endars of some hundreds of American Samaritan” when we have an oppor-
Tlipre -ire few “ne-> *.• -it -inv nrioo’’ for acenic display and dramatic ac- dealers. For eleven consecutive weeks tunity to help some one in need? Oh.
. " tion afforded by the photo-dramatic special train loads of dealers and how different things wouliFb* if we
XPl tllP COUn.!} who have the Cour-,versjon it 8afe to say that “The Lit- newspapermen—twenty-two in all— at all times had true love for God,
i‘Onvietions. as the waning popular- tie Gypsy” is one of the greatest and poured into Detroit from all sections true love and respect for others, and
Time was, when Paul Smith, now
way so thoroughly into the hearts of Vice President of the Chalmers Sell-
the American public as has “The Lit-ling Division, and at present supervis-
tle Gypsy” as picturized for William ; mg a series of Chalmers Sales Con-
If there were ever any doubt of President Fox. with an elaborate attention to ventions in the South and Southwest,
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Wilsons -tren^th among t.__ ______r_________
One Week 10c voters it -houki have been speedily dissipateii1
One m >nth , 2X50 t*ie manner of his reception throughout the
— ------------;-----;-----7I~~^—i—.u ,, U Ea.-t and Middle West in his campaign try wide as a distinct event in the ing motor carsjie is at the sales helm
InS^r nr^d<fte»ec^.g^nplea^«i^eOlX a/weT? ai for prepa: tness. Nowhere have the aeeorno- drama and marking_an epoch in thejof a f_ I. ' .
NEW address.
I would like to have for publiea-
.>11 of as many people as possible
lestion.
Prof. G. S. Meadows nas aceeptiet
the agency for the life of Booker T
Washington. The book contains
pages and sells at $1.25 and 21.75, ac-
cording .0 binding Booker Wash ,-.g-
ton did a great work for his race
along the line of industrial edneatum
and his tneanory ia properly held >a
Prof Meadow < wants to estai'i.-w
an indastna. 'raining devartmeat n
eaanection with the colored
from P A. N«ma offering to donate
-at pnrpooe and m igu *
to raise mvagy enaagft to *
tmaiftiM lua pnrpnae *
aid are rarely, if ever, involved
(war. and make good citizens 1
[Where they live.
The old time religion makes me love
everybody. May it be seen in my life
then I can make the world brighter
with a smile. As each morning suu
shall rise during my future life may
this be my praper to God. “Use me ' 1
he n «>me noor. needy soul, and mai 'A
me a blessing today.”
lead m ail business
matter? pertam.ng
good.
Washington. Feb. 11.—Baby Ellen
’D^.n McAdoo, the president’s
rlBiddaughter, is being reared as
a “fresh-air baby” in a crib which is months the sales have exceeded those
suspended from the nursery window of the same period last year, by 100
of Secretary McAdoo’s home here, per cent. In December. 1915, Chal-
The baby is thriving. rners sales were eight times as great
The crib is so constructed that itjM ^or December, 19U. January
may be swung out from a
and the child is able to live and sleep those of a year previous,
in fresh air without the constant care considerable record when
of mother or nurse. siders the fierce
Physicians who have inspected the
crib have declared that the scheme
is the best of its kind that they have
-een, and that it is particularly adapt-
able to crowded districts of cities,
where it is difficult to find a health-
■ ful place for infants and children. !
One of the cribs is being shown at [
the home conference and
exposition at Madison Square
New York.
The Little Gypsy” Was
Bis New Work
Success.
household
Garden I •
Tolerance, the dictionary says, is
the disposition to tolerate opinion, be-
lief. practice or conduct that differs
from one's own. It seems a simple
enough matter and yet, how much I
the world suffers because individuals
and groups of individuals refuse to
be tolerant!
Tolerance does not mean that one
The following paragraph is taken need w:thout protest and
permit a wrong. But tolerance does
mean that the alleged wrong be judg-
ed fairly and without prejudice, with j.
an open mind for the various factors , ;
involved and with full recollection of f
be* furnished fr^ ‘to*Cooper citl«ns werp’r^eiv.^’ bv
who will set them out in front of their
'■ premises. ~
’and The Review hopes the people of
Cooper will give it their support.”
The bankers of any community are
the proper and logical men to take
the lead in business and civic enter-
prises and Cooper is fortunate in hav-
ing a live lot of bankers in this re-
spect. For the last five or six years
1 Cooper has had a live and active
tv THE COMMERCE JOURNAL aLAD THEY "0TID B0!,lJ9 FOX CLASSIC AT
>’ ZSTABUSHEl. >-» Ai" ', ' ' 1'"Ur «> “I* "“i'"1'
I STERLING HART 1 .unmer. WREN H kRT. Cooper. llerw.l'OUt- we VOt»M tor good road- Hi;
STERLING HART. E-i’tar 1 thin precinet.—Greenville Herald.
HART BROS., Publishers.
Alan publishers of Conunan ■ Daily Journal, The < ooper
Review Cooper. Texas and The Quinlan Journal. 1 - 1 •
1 Quinlan. Texas. H.v what logic or reason any eongn^stnar
------- 1 - the Pr*-kl. nt ’- preparedness plan.-.
PUBLISHED EVERV FRIDAY 11 r . E
--------------------representing as they do the nuninimn essentials
Entered as second class matter April 7. 190... at the . .. f|1(1 eu.mtry’s safety, does not appear unless
it is to conserve the pork barrel for use in per-
>etuatinif themselves in office.
I Sam -at- he must hate
help. He wants stenocra’»hen»
1 office in \\ i-hington. m
h roughout manv of the A
S . ern Staten, at • ntran.
Results tell the tale.
All doubt is removed.
The testimony of a Commerce citi-
ten can be easily investigated.
What better proof can be had?
J. M. Harnss. farmer. Church St,
'ommeree says: A cold settled on
my kidneys and brought on an at-
'ack of backache. In the morning I
•ould hardly get dressed, as my back
vas so stiff and lame. The action of
my kidneys was too frequent and I
noticed a brick-dust sediment in the
kidr.ey secretions^ I had dizzy spoils
and often had to put my hand on the
wall to keep from falling. I used two
box « of Doan's Kidney Pills, which
I got from the Palace Drug Store, and
they cured me.”
Price 50e at all dealers. Don’t sim-
ply ask far a kidney remedy—get
* oan - Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Harriss had. • Foster-Mil burn
Co.. Props.. Buffalo, N Y.
For Commissioner Precinct 4:
J T. ASHWORTH.
GEORGE O'NEAL.
ROY HARRINGTON.
R. N. (DICK 1 SCOTT.
HARVE FLEMING.
ROBT T. SPEARMAN.
an- (
the following names as candi- the boys are doing.
dates for the offices indicated, sub- permitted to join this Association and
Democratic primary of attend the meeting. The program for
Saturday night is as follows:
Opening song.—Association.
Reading, “Encouragement of
Association. "—Howell Salmon.
Piano solo.—.James Hiner.
Debate on Prepardness:
tive. Omar Ash. Negative, uecu !ogt jome of our old men We feel
Durham. encouraged when we look over our
Reading, “The Benefits to be De- material, for some look mighty good:
We hope to soon have them on the
field for workouts.
H. S. REPORTER.
* C Hargrave. pmaMent it tne •
* Fleer N erinna Bank ef PWtatMirr ■*
* Texaa. *M 1a tka eity Monday w kj *
* way to the Baakwi Caaventior. at
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love and intolerance from
iOmaAu Wirid-Havoid.
Then" ia ne “age limit.”
Many neopie to net .earn now
to live until they hav» paaaed
fifty Giatotone. at eghty-etx
was brilliar-. itoethe. at light.
i»A4*.-M 2M* al**l
Yea are never tod until row
thiak you are —^etoetad
Simplicity and greatness are
synonymous. Only the truly
great are great enough to be
ytmpie. True greatness -onaists
ed eeiag a smm.1 weiuoo.,r la Lise
family next tour
—Fheiaas Deewr.
iti
• ? -‘ attractive -alarv nr
• >.’i!v work from 9 a. ri . to 4 1
p. ni.. with thirtv da'.«’ vara
♦ion during the v*ar with nav.
Several different examinations
were held here in our citv dur-
i- g the past vear hv Civil S< ••-
vice Department, to secure he’-’
for the Government. ®'>e< i:d
our
haU — school urgi’i? that our grad
|uates take these examination.
iWe nrenare students to nass
PAT CAVUC UJAMAAI •xaniination,- for -overal de-
LA1 oAVtd WUnlAIl partments for Government
‘work.
AND fMUDRFN •>wiin; to America lienHr the
J VlULil/llLdl great department store of the
world during the European
war. Uncle Sam will m*e<i far
merce and bought a supply of seed 0^ r„„
[wheat and sold it to the farmers at u,em from their bii
two of the children down stairs and stenographers, secretaries or
operators, at salaries in keej»-
s* vy in .-in. suTrijun'ii. vi c*v 1 ,
their [rendered. • should phone or
m-write us just the kind of helo
they want and we will take par-
‘ticular pains in sidecting it.
(either from students just grad-
[iiating or from former gradu-
ates who are desiring advanee-
Akl rAT’TAET nri’r " " an enrollment
Vil LUllvjl uLL! t >‘i • t! ■ two thousand i>er
* v. ar. litul ten thoi -niid formeg w
_____ -tliilenr- from which tn -<>l.-.'A^b
[ju«t the kind of help you want.
NORTH. \V.> have uh experienced man
----Leave i jo p. m charge of our EmiJovnwnt
------Leave • 12 a. m. iDepartment who will take <pi-C-
----------T:50 p m ial interest III serving vou
SOUTH
--------Leave 1:55 p.
-------Leave 2:5? a. m. |
----------2:10 a. m.
The Commerce High school Athle-
0- Weekly -'-3aoc'at*<>n and Literary Society Commerce High School and the af-
■ and Week- S. A. A. and L. S.) will hold fairs concerning it. be sure to tell
Daily an °Pen meeting at their regular hjm that with the return of pretty
Journal. $5.00: Weekly Journal. $5.00; meeting place, the High School build- weather he can see us hurling the dis-
ing. on Saturday night. Feb. 19, 1916, CU3, twirling the ball, making high
Everybody is invit- jumps, running relays and pole vault-
ed to attend this meeting to see what ing.
Girls are also
(RATE-—County and District of-
fices: Daily Journal. $10.1'
Journal. $10.00; both Daily
ly $15.00. Precinct offices:
both Daily and Weekly. $8.00).
ng bankers of the city as nresident i
and all the banks actively represent- dren here early this morning.
ed on the board of directors and dur-1 _AUUUU o „ lne
w as sue
:ng*that time the town has practical- I awakened by the rat's purring.
ly doubled in population. I
one of the, < .»per banks sent to Com- alMj thait her childm were stupi-
Forced to act ouickly she pull-
She rolled cient oft'iif help, bookkeepers.
Whenever it is necessary <3^^ thp rhird in her arms.
The children were resuscitated by ill ». 'til the quality of servi- e
a physician and escaped from their ren<lere<l. • should phone
novel trip down stairs without
jury.
to which your subscription is paid, i
be paid up if subscriber desires paper stopped.
Advertising rates are made on a basis of four weeks
Co the month. _
Anv erroneous reflection upon the character, standing
the columns of The Journal will be gladly advocates over the eountrv who have the
mv«ne« hoin.v hrnn <yFx r Frt n 11 nl 1SIT»*F cj • '1 • *
age or their
ity of William Jennings Bryan amply attests, most unversally appealing of any of
If it is nevi--ary for the United State's to have ^.e„*ree^ plaf314°, far Pre^nt^1
a strong navy and a better orsjanized and equip-
ped army to protect the country against incur-1
sion from foreign nations, then let us have pre-1
Then talk to your paredness at any cost. It is better to be safe I
than sorry. And President Wilson knows
al "lit the machinations of strong European
jtimis than we do. Since the war started
only authentic information as to Europe
been gained by witnessing the conflict through
the President’s eyes. His messages are the1
■ i v one-that are i»t censored.—Greenville
‘Herald.
r prepai-’ Iness. 1
_________________ dations been sufficient to hold the crowds which theatre.
EXPlRAT'.' v — rhe address on your paper shows the assembel • hear Mr. M ilson. and he has been
work of the great English word-mas- series of rapid-fire conventions
T ter Walter Dare, and it drew millions [the old E. M. F. Company, that still (we keep ourselves unspotted from the
Most Americans at heart want to see it presented upon the stage, stand as red letter days on the cal-[world? Would we do like “The Good
- With all the enhanced opportunities endars of some hundreds of American Samaritan” when we have an oppor-
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