The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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I Seed Potatoes and Onion Sets
Car due this week. POTATOES—Pumpkin Yam, Early Rose, Red, Yellow and White Tennes-
see Triumph. ONION SETS—Early Ohio's
Everything you may want in Garden Seeds. Call in and Inspect our Stock while Full.
THE MODEL GROCERY
HEAD & HILL
BAYLOR CO. BANNER
BY
THE BANNER PUBLISHING CO.
0. C. Harrison, Editor and Publisher
0. M. Norwood, Mgr Ad. & Job Depm't
Office of publication, Washington
Street, opposite First National bank.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER YEAR
Payable in Advance.
Seymoar, Texas, February 16, 1912.
It is reported that three oil
wells are being put down near
Benjamin.
The Lorimer investigation has
been dragged to a weary end
through 5,000,000 words of testi-
mony, running the stenographer
fees up to $15,000.
At least a dozen cars of seed
oats have been sold in Seymour.
This will sow about 8,000 acres.
At even 25 bushels to the acre
this would be—a reduction of
the cotton acreage.
Edwin Hawley, one of the
leading railway magnates of the
country, died recently in New
York. He with his associates
controlled the M. K. & T. Mr.
Hawley's fortune is estimated at
$30,000,000, none of which he
took with him.
I
The City Fathers have an op-
portunity to serve their county
in a most important way with
small cost. Some day the coun-
ty roads will be graded and we
will be ignorant as to the use of
the split log drag. Let the city
put one on the streets and show
us how nicely it works.
The Celina Record, Collin
county, is advocating the issuing
of road bonds in an election soon
and argues that such a move will
be almost necessary in order for
some farmers to be able to re-
main in the country. Now the
Banner is not knocking on Collin,
because that is a fine country.
The Banner is in receipt of a
copy of the Texas Almanac.
Nearly everything could be said
about this book. If anybody
wants to know all about Texas
just let them send 30 cents to A.
H. Belo & Co., Dallas, Texas,
and this Almanac will do the
rest. Or the Banner will send
for you a copy.
Year in and year out this is a
rather ordinary corn country and
this paper would never encourage
a very heavy acreage. However,
in some years corn makes good
"years" and it looks like this
might be one of those years.
Corn is one of the best feeds,
takes little room to house and is
good for the land. Get ready a
good seed bed and keep it in good
shape. Get choice seed. It does
not take much to the acre and
the extra cost will be many times
repaid. Try a little patch with
every other row sown in cow
peas.
Expressions of Goodwill.
In assuming entire ownership
of the Banner the editor realized
| the importance of the step for
himself, but was hardly expect-
ing others to be interested to
! any great extent. It has there-
fore been quite a delightful sur-
I prise when so many have seemed
interested in the young owner's
welfare and have hoped for him
success in his undertaking. Many,
also, have expressed regret at
Mr. Norwood's retirement from
the firm and hope he will not
leave Seymour. Whether to the
one or the other, these expres-
sions are appreciated to the full-
est extent, and they lead us to
believe the Banner is considered
a factor in the life of our county.
Numerous comment has been
made orally, which we will not
try to reproduce.
However, there is one letter
the receipt of which the editor
wishes to acknowledge with
great pleasure. T. H. Seymour
of Chicago, who owns land near
Mabelle and who, though he has
read the Banner for five years,
has never seen said editor, ad-
dresses him as "Friend Harri-
son," and says, "I note you are
sole owner of the Banner. 'Long
may it wave,' and I wish you
prosperity and happiness." In
another letter, which we will re-
fer to again later, he closes with
the following sentiment: "I
predict great things for your
country and hope I will live to
see it, and that your purchase of
the Banner will prove a fine
thing for you. I fully believe,
and as I said in my short note of
recent date, I am hoping for
more prosperity for you than
you anticipate. And when things
look blue and a little uncertain,
'keep a stiff upper lip,' and you
will come out O. K."
State Press of the Dallas
News, under the head of
"Change," has the following:
"O. C. Harrison has bought
the interest of D. M. Norwood
in the office and business of the
the Baylor County Banner, at
Seymour, and will carry on that
enterprise at the old stand, Mr.
Norwood remaining temporarily
in a salaried capacity. The Ban-
ner has long been a high-class
weekly newspaper, serving a
first-class constituency, and it
has prospered."
Editor-Senator W. A. Johnson
of the Memphis Herald extends
fraternal good wishes as follows:
"The Baylor County Banner
, has passed under exclusive con-
trol of O. C. Harrison, he having
bought the interest of his part-
ner, D. M. Norwood. Thus he
will be able to minimize the ex-
pense of the business. We wish
him [success in his future busi-
ness."
Friend and neighbor Milton
Clendenin of the Munday Times
has this to say:
O. C. Harrison has bought the
! interest of his partner, D. M.
Norwood, in the Baylor County
Banner, one of the leading coun-
ty weeklies in this part of the
state. The reason given for the
retirement of Mr. Norwood is
there is not enough pay in the
business for two men."
Editor F. W. Thomason
through the Goree Enterprise
expresses good wishes in the fol-
lowing strong language:
Editors 0. C. Harrison and D.
M. Norwood of the Baylor Coun-
ty Banner, Seymour, have agreed
that a single ownership was the
best, and Mr. Harrison is now
steering the big ship to win or
bust in this great fun of publish-
ing. We wish Brother Harrison
much success and as the outlook
for 1912 seems to be a good one,
and Seymour being situated in a
great field of "possibilities"
there is no reason why he should
not invoice in 1913 with a few
cents. We hope that Mr. Nor-
wood is not out to quit us, for
he is a good editor and has many
friends who like his pen work."
The Paducah Post carried a
nice little notice of the change
but we have not the clipping by
us.
To all these well wishers we
say that you could not say these
things to anybody who wt
appreciate them more than we
do. In return we hope that the
coming years will bring success
and happiness to each one of
you individually and collectively.
The Maine wreck has been
floated in Havana harbor. It is
the opinion of engineers that the
ship must have been blown up
from the outside, followed by an
explosion of the powder maga-
zines.
Car of Field and Garden Seeds
JUST RECEIVED AT
Z. W. BRIGGS'
Planting time is now here and there is a good season in the ground
Other Feed Stuff on hand at all times. Still handle Colorado
"RUGBY" Nigger Head Coal—Best in the World
Z. W. Briggs' Cash Feed and Seed House
PHONE 1-8-3
AT VALLEY DEPOT
Insurance Commission Advice — Look
at License.
A great deal is depending on
1912 and with all this rain to be-
gin with it looks like the young
fellow is going to make good in
his early and latter days. Pros-
pects for an oat crop are all that
could be desired now, and with
only medium spring and summer
rainfall feed and cotton crops
can be made.
Specials for Saturday at Bri-
tain's: All ladies high shoes
that formerly sold for $3.50, spe-
cial for Saturday $2.50. Remem-
ber this is for Saturday only.
Program Senior League M. E. Church
South.
Leader—Thelma White.
Song No. 11.
Effect of gratitude- Ps. XCII
1, 2; CIV 33, 34.
Song No. 63.
Scripture references — Lucile
Burns, Dorris Britton, Roy Mur-
rell and Vay Blocker.
Lesson by leader.
Duet—Hazel Richardson and
Thelma Porter.
Story—Kitty Gale Glasgow.
League benediction.
A scald, burn, or severe cut
heals slowly if neglected. The
family that keeps a bottle of
Ballard's Snow Liniment on hand
is always prepared for such acci-
dents. Price 25c. 50c, and $1,00
per bottle. Sold by Western
Pharmacy.
Z. W. Briggs has received a
whole car of choice field and
garden seed. 20-22
Buy your gasoline at Seymour
Garage. tf
'ustin, Feb. 2.—Commission-
er of Insurance and Banking B.
L. Gill advises all persons desir-
ing to purchase insurance to re-
quire agents to show their li-
cense from the state to write in-
surance before paying out any
money for policies.
There recently have come to
the department reports of sever-
al instances where agents pre-
tending to represent certain con-
cerns took money from would-be
policy holders under this pre-
tense and turned over to them
in exchange bogus policies.
It is said if purchasers of in-
surance of all kinds will require
those with whom they deal to
present their state licenses there
may not be so much trouble.
Likewise the state insurance
officials recommend that all in-
surance companies exercise great
care in the selection of men they
select to write insurance for
them.
An effort may be made to put
a few of the sharpers in the
business in jail in an effort to
break up the sale of fraudulent
policies.
There is no better medicine
made for colds that Chamber-
lain's Cough Remedy. It acts
on natures plan, relieves the
lungs, opens the seretions, aids
expectoration; and restores the
system to a healthy condition.
For sale by all dealers.
A Versatile Cow.
When the Versatality Stakes
are run, please notify us so that
we can enter the cow described
in the following advertisement:
"For Sale—A full-blooded cow,
giving milk, three tons of hay, a
lot of chickens and several
stoves."—-Ex.
For all kinds of field and gar-
den seed go toZ. W. Briggs. 0-22
D. M. Norwood made a busi-
ness trip to Wichita Saturday.
He says that town is -a live one
and nothing can prevent it now
from maintaining its lead in this
section of the state.
Almost Lost His Life.
S. A. Stid of Mason,Mich.,will
never forget his terrible exposure
to a merciless storm. "It gave me
a dreadful cold,"he writes, "that
caused severe pains in my chest,
so that it was hard for me to
breathe. A neighbor gave me
several doses of Dr. King's New
Discovery which brought great
relief. The doctor said I was on
the verge of pneumonia, but to
continue with the Discovery. I
did so and two bottles completely
cured me." Use only this quick,
safe, reliable medicine for coughs
colds, or any throat or lung
trouble. Price 50c and $1.00.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
all dealers.
Mules for Sale.—Ten head
of young mules to sell on fall
time, with part cash payment.
17-20 J. W. Brooke, Vera, Tex.
Letter from Simmons.
Ira Harrison, who is in Sim-
mons College preparing for the
ministry, writes a very interest-
ing letter about conditions there.
He reports an enrollment of 250
to 300 and says fine work is be-
ing done by the students. Rev.
Ham, a Kentucky evangelist, is
conducting a wonderful revival
in the city. Ira says for every-
body to get ready for that sing-
ing convention first Sunday in
March and says he will be here.
Better take a look at those
ladies shoes on special Saturday
at Britain's.
The Banner was somewhat
surprised to hear from one of its
old correspondents, Miss Mary
Ogden, at Cadiz. Bee county. We
thought Miss Mary was so in
love with Arkansas that she
would never leave there. She
says one of Bee county's failings
is wind and sand.
Do you know that more real
danger lurks in a common cold
than in any other of the minor
ailments? The safe way is to
take Chamberlain's Cough Rem-
edy, a thoroughly reliable pre-
paration, and rid yourself of the
cold as quickly as possible. This
remedy is for sale by all dealers.
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity is Here, Backed by
Seymour Testimony.
Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend on a stranger's
statement.
Read Seymour endorsement.
Read the statements of Sey-
mour citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one case of it:
W. W. Hurley, Seymour, Tex-
as, says: "When I used Doan's
Kidney Pills about two months
ago I had pains across my back
and sides that made it hard to
bend forward. I had dull pains
in the top and back of Imy head
and was troubled by irregular
passages of the kidney secretions.
I read of Doan's Kidney Pills
being a good remedy far such
troubles and got a supply from
the Western Pharmacy. They
cured me and I have had no kid-
ney trouble since. I cheerfully
recommend this remedy."
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan's
and take no other.
Missionary Ladies.
Mrs. Smith of Stamford, dis-
trict secretary, will meet with
the Methodist Home Missionary
Society at the church next Wed-
nesday afternoon, Feb. 21, at 2
o'clock. A large attendance is
desired. Press Reporter.
Judge Jo A. P. Dickson went
to Wichita Friday to hold court
for Judge Martin a day or two.
A TEXAS WONDER
The Texas Wonder cures kin-
ney and bladder trouble, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, weak and
lame backs, rheumatism and all
irregularity of the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women,
regulates bladder troubles in
children. If not sold by your
druggist, will be sent by mail on
receipt of $1.00. One small bot-
tle is two months treatment and
seldom fails to perfect a cure.
Send for Texas testimonials. Dr.
E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive St., St.
Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists.
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1912, newspaper, February 16, 1912; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth429467/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Baylor County Free Library.