The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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I
TO RUSE MfflET
FOR TEIB BOILOIG
GOVERNOR COLQUITT INSISTS ON TEXAS RAIS-
ING SUFFICIENT FUNOS TO ERECT TEXAS
BUILDING AT SAN FRANCISCO
Austin, Texas, April 7.—“Be-
lieving that the people of Texas,
in the patriotism and pride in the
advancement and achievement of
our great state, realize the ne-
cessity of constructing a credit-
able Texas Building and main-
taining suitable exhibits at the
Bxopsition, I, O. B. Colquitt,
Governor of Texas, hereby call
upon and urge all the people of
the great State of Texas to unite
in support ot this great under-
taking, and to assist the Texas
Commission in every way possible
in raising funds with which to
construct a Texas Building, and
the collection and maintenance
of exhibits which will properly
advertise to the world the vast
resources and commercial impor-
tance of this state.”
This is a portion of the proc
lamation issued by Governor
Golquitt urging the people of
I Texas to unite in observing Flag
|Day, on Saturday May 2, at
hich time tags will be sold, the
iroceeds to be turned into the
nd for the erection of a Texas
ilding.
In every portion of the state,
in every oounty, in- every town,
these tags will be sold in hopes
of making'Texas, by its building
and exhibit building at San
Francisco, the “one best” best of
the Exposition.
The eyes of the entire United
States are upon Texas. There iB
no State in the Union that stands
in the front rank of importance
as does Texas. Border troubles
have been magnetic. From coast
to coast the newspapers of the
country are daily carrying dis
patches from the Rio Grande
cities.
When the exposition opens,
people will flock to the Texas
s Building to ascertain the prow-
ess of the greatest state in the
Union. Since the constitution of
of the state prohibits appropria
tion for the erection and main
tenance of a Texas Building for
exhibits outside the state, the
patriotism of the people must be
called upon.
Two hundred thousand dollars
must be raised to do Teias all
justice. Other states are ex
pending from $150,000 to $500,000
on their state buildings. Texas
will undoubtedly benefit by an
exhibit and State building not
below the average. The Tag
Day, it is hoped will return
enough money to make the choice
of a site possible.
New York has given $700,000,
Pennsylvania $300,000, Illinois
$800,006, Massachu ssetts $250,000
etc.
These States are far removed
from direct benefit to be derived
from opening the canal. Texas,
through its seaports at Galves-
ton, and the completion of the
ship channel to Houston will dou-
ble and triple and perhaps quad-
ruple their business and Texas
Interests. Texas should have a
creditable representation. Tag
Day will aid in making this pos-
sible. “"'-r
An throughout ow of his own.
the dttunHea win-A« perfected
and
tion
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been chosen at this time but an-
nouncements will be made later.
Neat tags bearing the Texas flag
in colors and inscribed “Texas
Building-and-Panama-Pacific-Ex-
position” are being made for dis-
tribution on that date, May 2.
Trains By Tenth
Prom all indications the tenth
of this month will see the rail-
road completed into Matador.
The track laying gang i s now
only a half a mile from town and
is steadily coming closer. We
confidentially believe that the
tenth will see our road complet-
ed as far as the track laying is
concerned.
At a directors meeting the oth-
er night the proposition of rolling
stock was taken up but as yet
the company has no announce-
ment to make relative to this
question. The question under
consideration we understand was
whether or not the railway would
be operated by steam or gasoline
motor. This matter will be de-
cided this week, so we are in-
formed. —Motley County News.
RIG RUNS ILL
ODER PliniRDLE
REPORTS ARE TO THE EFFECT THAT ALL
THE PANHANDLE COUNTRY HAS RECEIVEO
BEST RAINS OF THE YEAR
IF BIGGEST HAIL THAT HAS BEEN SEEN HEBE IN A
.LOR TIME-SOME DAMAGE DONE TO
VEGETATION
Our Fire Losses
The State Fire Marshal’s re-
cent report conveys the startling
information that we have ta fire
on an average of every forty min-
utes, and the statistical classifi-
cation is a ghostly indictment
against our citizenship for un-
pardonable. if not criminal care
lessness, for it shows that 9,600
fires per annum are preventable.
Among all elements of de
struction, the fire is the most
complete destroyer and perhaps
the most loosely controlled.
Most every village maintains a
fire department and we spend
millions of dollars in labor and
equipment in fighting fires and
we are told in a convincing way
that 80 per cent is preventable.
We spend millions in fighting
fires where we spend a dollar in
preventing them.
Trusts Have Been Regulated
Dallas, Texas, April 8.—Re-
plying to a communication re-
questing his views on the further
necessity of trust legislation, ex-
attorney general, Wickersham,
made the following reply:
I challenge anyone to point
today to a single organization
outside of the defendants in
pending government suits that
may properly be called a private
monopoly. Moreover, the tend-
ency to concentrate control over
industry has been absolutely ar-
rested. Not one single combi-
nation of monopolistic character
has been formed in the United
States since the decisions in the
Standard Oil and Tobacco cases.
No matter by what means,
whether in themselves innocent
or legal, or venal and unlawful,
if the end attained by a combina
tion is to put an undue restraint
upon interstate commerce, or to
demonstrate an effort to monopo-
lize any part of it, the Sherman
law has been proven adequate to
reach and envelop it with the
cloak of illegality, to look from
form to substance, to compel
dissolution, disintegration, re
conveyance; to enjoin acts: to
punish by fineB and imprison-
ment. Certainly no legislation
is needed to strengthen the pro-
hibitions of the statute its con-
strued."
Setting Out Bermuda Grass
Mr. White who lives about two
miles west of jhe city availed
himself of the Cpportunity to se-
cure some settings of Bermuda
grass from the courthouse lawn
last week anti is making a mead
^.....
expects to
From every place we have
heard from the reports are to
the effect that big rains have
fallen all over this part of the
state. Most all of Texas and
Oklahoma have also received big
Tains.
The rain began falling here
Thursday night about twelve
o'clockandcontinued through the
following day (Friday), and until
an early hour Friday night. It
was one of the best rains we have
had since the fourteen weeks of
rain last fall. The ground is
thoroughly soaked. There is no
estimation to be placed on the
amount of water that fell. The
rain last week caused the mois
ture to meet and this rain will go
further toward wetting it deep.
It fell very slow during the en-
tire day. Practically none of the
water ran off. Most of it soak-
ed into the earth.
This siege of wet weather
could not have come at a more
opportune time. The wheat crop
was just at the place where a big
rain was needed. Farmers who
have big wheat crons say that
they will need no more rain un-
til the grain gets to heading and
is in the bloom. If they can get
a good shower at that time one
of the biggest wheat crops ever
known in this country will be
raised. The oat crop is also an
assured thing.
Never before in the history of
this country were prospects bet-
ter for a bumper crop than they
now are. The earth is wet to the
limit and about all it will take to
raise a crop are a lew showers
through the Spring and Summer.
Even though we get as much
rain from now on as we did last
year a big crop will be assured.
Come to Cottle County.
county. From time to time the
grass can be secured at Paducah
and the experience with the
courthouse yard has been that
if you can once get a good start
there is not much danger of it
dymg. A good bermuda mead-
ow would be worth more to the
average farmer than anything
else he could have about the
place.
Raising Some Fine Oats
C. W, Webb was in the city
Monday and Informed us that he
and several of his neighbors at
the Fairview community had oat
crops that were as fine as could
be. They sowed their oats in
January. After the rains of last
week, however, the oats began to
show themselves, and Mr. Webb
says that they now have a perfect
stand and that the oats are as
fine as anyone efer saw.
With the start this crop has
BIG HAIL AND
RAIN FALLS HERE
A big hail and rain fell over
the most part of this county
Tuesday evening. It hailed very
hard for about ten or fifteen min-
utes. The ground was well cov-
ered with the pebels, large and
small, when it ceased. In some
parts of the county young vege
were damaged and trees of
ids suffered to someextent.
hail was accompanied by
a heavy rain which fell for about
thirty minutes. The whole face
of the earth was covered with
water in this section of the coun
ty, and some of the waterways
were overflowing. This makes
the fourth good rain we have had
within the last month—the last
not being needed for any pur-
pose.
At Paducah there was some
little damage done by the hail.
Some of the electric lights were
broken that were in front of the
store buildings. The large sign
at Hall Scruggs & Co. had some
fifteen or twenty lights on it and
there were only five good lamps
left Cap Bird’s wireless sta-
tion was badly torn up. There
was some wind with the rain and
hail but we hear of practically no
damage that it did.
The hail broke out a number of
window glasses around town and
one of the large windows at the
Methodist church was broken.
We understand that about two or
three miles west of town the or-
chards and shade trees suffered
immensely. At James Meadows
farm the cottonwood trees were
torn to pieces. We have been
informed that about 40 window
lights were broken out of the
residence of M r. McDowell.
crop should not be raised. We
have sufficient season at this
time to almost mature them.
Keep good roads with a good
road dreg.
Good roads and' good streets
are the beacon lights that attract
attention for the oountry and the
team. "
Boys’ Contest
The country boys of the State
endorse the organized effort of
the University of Texas to help
them to develop their bodies and
to aid them in their school con-
tests.
The annual State Meeting of
the University Interscholastic
League will be held at the Uni-
versity of Texas on Friday and
Saturday, May the 1st and- 2nd
next. Chairman E. D. Shorter,
of the State Executive Com mitte,
and director of the interschol-
astic athleties, A. J. Robinson,
have begun preparations for
holding the meet and the pro-
gram for holding the various
events wiil be announced soon.
Last year there were over four
hundred contestants at the Uni-
versity during the State meet,
and the managers are making
provisions this year to take oare
of six hundred. There will be
thirty-two debaters, sixteen con-
testants in senior declamation,
faculty representative, the Uni-
versity will pay sixty per centre-
bate on railroad fare, and this re-
bate applies also to all
contestants in tennis, declama-
tion and debate. Furthermore a
rate of one and one-third fare for
the round trip has been assured
on all railroads.
Director Robinson states that
attention should be called to the
elimitation of the number of
vents any one man man enter at
the State meet this year, in or-
der that no mistake may be made
in filling the entry blanks which
are being sent out this week.
This rule was made to prevent
over-exertion on the part of a few
who would otherwise try too
many events and also to equalize
the chances of winning the meet
among the various teams. It will
be harder under this rule, for a
team to win the meet with one or
two stars unless the other men
on the team are also first rate
athletes.
This rule will apply to all three
divisions—high school, academy,
and junior school.
Took Examination
The following parties took the
second grade examination at Pa-
ducah last Friday and Saturday.
Those living in Paducah were
Misses Ella Moore, Ollie Sone,
Janie Goodwin and Agnes Alex-
ander. Those of other places:
Miss Ova Harp of Kirkland and
Miss Eula French of Ginsite.
We understand that these
young ladies took this examina-
for the second grade in order to
build to them at the June ex-
amination.
GRRO TIMES FOR
; THIS^ SECTION
WITH THE FALLING OF THE FINE RAINS THE
PROSPECTS ARE THE BEST IN YEARS-ALL
OPTIMISTIC-FARM WORK PRO-
GRESSING SPLENDIDLY
there is no reason why a burner in juaior declamation,
thirty-two in tennis, about three
hundred contestants in high
school and academy track event*,
and over a hundred in junior ath-
letioa. In addition, fully two
hundred fsoulty representatives
and visitors will be hare.
So much interest has
Parable on Boys
Verily in this day and genera-
tion the father raiseth up his son
on the streets and sidewalks. He
layeth around the soda founts
and imbibeth slop and hook-
worm. He groweth in knowledge
of nothing save cigarettes and
cuss words.
When he attains the age of
sixteen he acquires a suit of
clothes turned up at the bottom
two furlongs above his feet. He
displayeth a pair of noisy socks
with purple background and vio-
lets to the front. He weareth a
pair of low cut shoes; also a
green necktie. He looketh like
a banana merchant on the streets
of Cairo.
Tbe inside of bis bead resem-
bletb the inside of a pumpkin.
He f&lleth in love with a spindle-
shanked girl with pink ribbons in
her hair, and craveth for an auto-
mobile that he may ride her
forth in the springtime. He
scattereth his pin money like a
cyclone scattereth a rail fence.
He sitteth up at night to write
poetry and giveth no thought to
the multiplication table. His
mind turneth to the varieties of
life and not to the highest cost
of cornbread.
Verily, verily, he needeth a
board applied vigorously to the
southwest corner of his anato-
my.
He thinketh his father a plod-
der and l)is mother a back num-
ber. He pictureth to himself
great riches suddenly acquired.
He dr**meth of steam yachts
and private cars.
Yea, he thinketh himself the
real stuff. Hp butteth in where
he is nc* hasted; he criticiseth
th cheap
louder
Since the falling of the recent
rains, that feeling of depression
and uncertainty which has, like
a cloud of annoyance been seen
over this section for the past sev-
eral months, has vanished and
the smile of relief to be seen on
the faces of all is pleasure-af-
fording beyond expression.
This section is one which rarely
fails, but at times the indications
for that calamity are so promi-
nent that for the time being peo-
ple will get uneasy.
Cottle county farmers are far
in advance with their work.
Many have finished planting, and
all have their land in readiness
for the seed. As an evidence of
the feeling of rest which prevails
all onr merchants are reporting
better sales \ for the last two
weeks than at any previous time
in many months. With weather
conditions as they now are, our
people can begin to plan and rea-
sonably expect profits to accrue
from the labor they are now ex-
pending, and while the spirit of
economy which they have been
exercising has been one to be
commended, they are begin-
ning to think they can purchase
those things other than the mere
necessities.
The rainfall of the last few
days seems to be general in this
trade territory, and with the
moisture already in the ground
there is every reason to expect
a bountiful crop yield this year.
The farmers of this part of
of grand old Texas are a par-
ticularly appreciative c 1 a s s ,
thrifty and up-to-date, and they
do not ask Nature do all, but are
quick to take advantage of a good
season, and always do their part
in making the rich land give a
full yield. The entire citizenship
of this section has a right to feel
especially gratified, and it seems
that peace, contentment and
prosperity shall abotind in large
quanities in the coming months.
Was Operated On.
Friday night of last week local
physicians operated on Beau-
ford Brown forappendicitis. He
had been suffering for several
days and had gotten very bad.
When the operation was per-
formed it was found that the ap-
pendix was in too bad a condi-
tion to take away, having bursted
when it was reached.
Up to tnis time (Tuesday) he is
getting along very wall and it is
thought that he will raeover.
Baseball as She fa Reported
in Dear Old London
Gazing heavenward.%e (the
pitcher) clasped the batt in both
hands to his faoe as if Muring an
invocation. Then he Mined both
hands above his r' '
lag in the air hi
with terrific foroa i
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1914, newspaper, April 9, 1914; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth721156/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.