Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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Burleson Countu Ledger' looking for opportunities.
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W. W. RANKIN, Editor and Publisher
T. C. HOUSTON, Assistant Manager.
Entered at the Post Office at Caldwell, Texas,
as second-class mail matter.
ADVERTISING RATES:
One insertion -,>c per inch
Local readers 10 cents per line each' insertion.
All advertising run until ordered out.
Subscription Per Year $1.50
Three months 50c, Six months 75c.
(Invariably in advance)
We are pleased to note a deter-
mination on the part of our citizens
in general, and tlie ladies in particu-
lar, to plant flowers and beautify
City of the Dead. This is certainly
most commendable but there is a
sequel to the story. Occasionally
people visit our cemetery fr m
other counties and pluck these
tlowers. We say they come from
otlyer counties because it is not
possible that we have those in our
own county so low down in the'
scale of humanity that they would
steal flowers from the dead. Let
no one pluck a flower in our ceme-
tery. To steal from th*1 living is
bad enough; to steal from tliedead
multiplies the enormity of the
crime.
The value of a good local news-
paper is much more than many
people seém to think. And the
way to make it good is to pat ionize
it, pay for it, and furnish it with
ads, news and items, such as the
public want to know. Bring them
on, and "faith, we'll print 'em,"
The press is a mighty power in
helping to carry on the business
and progress of our country. The
fact is the press has always been
influential, even in the Savior's
day. If you don't believe it read
Mark 2:4, and see for yourself.
A school teacher having instruct-
ed a pupil to purchase a grammar,
the next day received a note thus
worded from the child's mother: "I
do not desire for Lulu shall ingage
in grammar, as I prefer ber ingage
in yuseful studies, as I can learn
here properly to write and spoke
myself. I have went through to
grammars and I can't say as they
did me no good. I prefer her ingage
in german and vocal music on the
peano."
There is only one way to adver-
tise, and that is to hammer your
name, your location and your busi-
ness so persistently, so thoroughly
into people s head that if they walk
in their sleep they will constantly
turn their steps toward your store.
The newspaper is your friend in
of criticism. It helps build up the
community that supports y< u.
When the day comes that the news-
papers aie dead, the people are on
of the grave with nobody
íe epitaph.
A wise and honest man, a man of
ability and earnestness,i not trou-
bled about looking for oppoituuities.
Main* a u d great opportunities
everywhere are on a constant out-
look for such men. It is the numb-
skull and street loafer who i* con-
tinually talking and complaining
about the lacK of opportunities. As
a rule his native town is too sl« w
and small, and he feels compelled
to leave his parental backyard for
some hustling, bustling metropolis
in order to show the world the stuff
he is made of. Mush.
We have several such fellows
standing around with their panta-
loon pockets up to the elbows, smok-
ing cigaretts, feeling confident that
our home town has no opp >rtunity
fur them. It is a sad fact, but every
village and town ha* such serious
paieuts. Remembei, no village is
so small and quiet, but is large and
active enough for every honest'
man of practical ability tobe happy
and do something noble and useful.
It is all fol-de-rol to be everlast-
ingly hankering to live in a large
city because of large opportunities!
Of course a man who has really out-
grown his native village has a
moral right to seek larger oppor-
tunity elsewhere, but that man is
as rare as a pearl in an oyster.
Thousands of our youth, however,
are annually rushing to our large
cities believing themselves to he
talented and capable to become
famous and financially successful
in the midst of the large and daz-
zling opportunities of the city. Alas!
only to be compelled to turn the
grindstone for sharpening the tools
of others. If our young men are
wise and truly have great ability,
they will remain at home, at least,
for a season longer until their wis-
dom teeth are cut. It is more satis-
factory to be a prominent and re-
spected citizen of a village than to
be an insignificant stranger, jostled
and ignored, bv the hurrying mass
of humanity in a metropolis. We
would rather be a hog on a farm
than a caged lion in a menagerie.
CUT THE WEEDS.
Weeds are the enemy of good
health. Mosquitoes and disease-
carrying agencies make the weed
patch headquarters. Thinking peo-
ple would not leave a den «>f snakes
close to their residence, yet they
leave weeds to grow wild and scat-
ter disease that is often more dead-
ly than the bite of the poisonous
reptile.
J
Some of our pretty little girls
seem quite fond of our cunning
little boys, on whose lips the first
appearance of what will in the
course of time be a mustache, and
they are leally imperiling the lives
of these youths in keeping them
out so late evenings. Girls, remem-
ber that little boys should always
go to bed early.
PROTECT
YOUR u
CATTLE
Bimpdeat, aaiaat, aureat way to Tacclnato cattle acainat Blackio*
ASK FOE FREE BOOKLETS.
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Storve & Hitchcock
Blacklegoids in vials of 10 at $1.50 per Vial.
Injector $1.00 each.
Stock Dip 25c and up.
Fly Knocker 35c, 60c and $1.25
Sprayers 50c
PICKING OUT GOOD BOARDS
Takes time and costs money. There
will be no need of choosing if you
buy your lumber here. All our
boards, beams, etc., are carefully
selected and fully seasonen. They
work up quicker and with the least
possible waste. They are worth
much more than ordinary lumber,
but we don't charge any more for
them. Think it over.
Reeves-Woodson Lbr. Co.
CULTIVATORS
Round or flat ihank
furnished, pin break,
• pring trip, with or
without safety slip
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Get an estimate from us before
upon when* to buy. It
will b ' money in your pocket, ¡ih
we can guarantee you lower Iík
upes, in a better quality of nuv
terial, than you can possibly get.
elsewhere. We handle nothing
but th<' best, find we are content
to "live and let live." Our stock
of lumber is A 1 in every way,
Martin-Taylor Lumber Co. £
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Rankin, W. W. Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1916, newspaper, June 2, 1916; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168973/m1/4/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.