The Paducah Post. (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1908 Page: 2 of 6
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it Put* jwOMr
w»I to got onMMtoM for
»«■ «l*iW to be pewBotcd
» tbe tree faNotfc t# aboil it
We willofkieovurin that
IP 4«f to give cowry one
ih»* Hu rtimi is not free of..
purt'iitdi bO 'dtge until lit
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tiiui.ri tiirfv 'terduiijf strip* 29
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bet grant ^postal privi •»,x>nf Ho toui
Isttar
Tll3 PsdllCiUl Pfl)St. The prophecy of Irl Hicks, Box Supper ai WUIeth-
Published Weekly ^ |th» weather prophet of St. • The Will, tt.-ebooi gav.-n b x
third week in thi-month a $e- improve their school house.
Ail matter iuten
Heotion must be iu b
day uoou or it will
over a week.
Cotton still bangs
11 cent murk.
A few more good
at cut prices at St
Tom Drummond
las Tuesday on
You can save mo
iug a new hat at St
The farmers are
ing ground fora
If shod with Wells
are well shod. Stem
for pub- j vere blizzard and snow. We
Thurs- didn’t get any snow, bnt we
to lay, got onr share of the blizzard.
! We desire to thank onr ens-
ound the I tomers for their trade during
the past year and extend a
hearty invitation to them to
give us their custom dnringt.be
coming year. With best wishes
for a prospemns year during
1908. Yonrs trulv,
Bray Drug Co.
Help Wanted.
\ rr—i no.-li-;, a really big
< ne. * qiiiil i • In rue portrait*
ore ot various conditions of
men, and to the inculcation of
true doctrine about their rela-
tions with one
Blankets
ley’s.
ft for Dal-
Come on with your
as we are ready to dc
Lee McGrady paaac d through
Tuesday on the
rauch.
v by buy-
ley’s.
sy break
r crop.
hoes yoa
ley & Co.
job work
it.
y to bis
Keep warm—Flesomlined un-
derwear cheap at W. V- Strad-
ley & Co’a.
One cotton buyer flre paid
$1*280 for teenty-tluU bales of
cotton.
Pure East Texas Ribbon
Cane Syrup, any quantity. Get
some at Stradley & Co’s.
John B. Earp left 8atnrday
for Fort Worth to have his
throat treated.
have lots rn the • emet»ry come
and pay for them hv the 28th,
as the association has to raise
some money by that date A No
that the members come end
pay np their dues.
I expect to leave on Jan. 20
to be gone some t' me. AII per-
sons owing me prior to the time
I took a partner* into mv busi-
ness will please sett.tle by that
time. After that date my ac-
eonnta wil1 he found in the
hands of R B Johnson, attor-
usy. Respectfully,
Bray Drug Co.
Owiug to the extreme cold
wind the attendance was small,
but those piesent greatly tn- ^
joyed the supper. try in these times. Our people
The girls had each prepared seem to h ive a great appetite
a box beautified within aud on for knowledge about one au-
the outside according to her other, and very defective, mis-
taste, placing her owu name loading and inadequate means
among the other good things of satisfying it. The poor want
ou the inside. I to know about the rich, and
The boys, including Prof, the rich about the poor, aud
Renfro, J. H. Cansleraud G. the great middling mass he-
W. Woodley, bad their parses tween wants to know about
Tlrec Years fur JJ Ceats
A Manary af a Lett Delight.
„ j w — nvenvw j «v I
Farm Progress, the big farm j A dropiac* any one tuny have, anl
ami agricultural mon bly of St. J **»**•.»?*»* i» that our civilian-,
Louis, Mo., announces that tlie JJ
subscription price will be ud- ^ ^
be accept'd at the old rate of au theaveaing wa toid^opn
three years for 2o cents. Farm I aw doughnut*. drank cider, an the;
Progress is one of the best farm ; <■« P«rfag applet and hanging the'
papers in the country, aud well ‘
t »» • ** VUUICY, uau tuoil p il htra l nauiB IV &UUW tIUUUI
Tt is asked that parties who loaded for the occasion, but the both, and about its own com-
VO Inta rn ftwi . smatan, A An, a ia .1.11a (a. k 1, An, n*.,A OU 1______ nnii.nl. Tk. _____,
Honor Roll.
Below are the names of those
who have made 90 or mote:
First Grade—A B. Latham,
Ray Loftis, Walter Carroll,
Myrl Goodwin, Earl Goodwiu,
May Inman.
Those nice $5.50 do«to rfi D*:
.... linn, ™aon. E“?‘ mi'./ 8«ymonJ
Bray Drug Co’s are now goiug
ut $4.50.
Justice Holliday says he has
about fifteen cases docketed
for the 25th.
W. E. Bray made a flying
trip to Childress Thursday, re-
turning Friday.
Why is that the windmill at
Crump, Jim Keilum, Edna
Stewurt, Richard Backus, Cleo
James, Gladys Sweeney, Clar-
ence Reynolds. Alice Winton,
Avis Winton, Lem Sone, Wil-
lie Davidson, Blanche Lueore.
Third Grade—D*>vie Bnrk-
head, Mary Wimberly, Regi-
nald Hutchins.
Sixth Grade—Verna Graves,
n ujr 10 buat iu« wiuuuilU HI j — * wuu.viD»wf
the court house is not put in Neta Backus, Katie Simp«ou,
______ 1 _ ____1__S 1 A Ilia QnilA Cnl It/k D A Vv ■ nny, ••
running order?
Tom Copeland arrived Tues-
day after a week’s visit to his
old home at Rogers.
Prentiss Blake came in Wed-
nesday, after a long visit to his
old home in Bonham.
B. B. Brooks and wife, broth-
er of Mrs. J. M. Barron, came
iu Monday on a visit.
Clarence String of Childress
was in town Wednesday look
iug after the gin business.
What has become of onr cor-
respondent at Bnek Creek?
Has he forgotten how to write?
v C. L. Son* and wife made a
dying trip to Diekens last
Thursday, returning Monday,
Floyd Stephenson of Hed
Allie Sone, Sallie Robinson.
Seventh Grade—Jesse Dula-
ney, Cland Lee, Bonnie Wil-
kins.
8th Grade—Clifford Graves.
Ninth Grade—Gertie Lee.
Tenth Grade—Ida Foard.
We regret to say that there
is decided decline iu the Honor
Roll for December. Where
does'the fault lief That is a
question easily answered. Iu
my miud there are at least three
reasons for it. First, with the
exception of a “faithful few,”
the children are not doing as.
much effective home study as
they should. Second, the pu-
piis who are farthest behind
are the ones who are least
punctual in attendance. Third,
some parents invariably permit
Floyd Stephenson of Bed- *hft,r "bjldren to stay away ti.„_v -
-—rick Okia>^coinhrofMn-ud~ from- ached-""tm-neximrttrcHtSir „
^CFoT^S^tow^kw: d*y«- The parent is to blame V^‘Zh,“h w fc*? F
A.. r ora, arrived m town Tue^ fortbie Tbe c,jil(J doeg uot Don’t let anything interfere
realize the absolute necessity ™tV!_>ur Stt.e,,ll.D» f.h® wMft
of standing each aud every one
day.
I have a job wagon in place
of tbe delivery wagon and am
ready for all calls. Phoae me.
W. A. Bobbitt.
The Ladies’ Cemetery asso
ciation is now laady to sell lots
in the cemetery. Call on D
E. Jordan.
riddle for them was ‘‘W hose I ponents. The cheaper ami
mime is inside?” As Mr. Hum- more popular magaziues are
rick, th- auctioneer, called tor full of endeavors to satisfy this
bids, affirming all the while desire; honest endeavors, ap-
the beauty of the box and that parently, and often interesting,
the «irl who made it was pret- bnt mere nibbles at the great
tier than the box. The bids cake. One of the 10-cnnters
came fast. lead-off this mouth with the
The boxes were, all so'd at observations of a writer who,
prices ringing from 70c to $5.1 having slummed successfully
Still noue of then boughi as Jin the purlieus of Chicago, pur-
much H8 their makers were ports to have .-loce been slum-
worth. Well, to be sure, the 'long among the excessively
bo\s were not buying the inak- rich iu New Vork. A quick
ere of lie boxes, just the box turn; so quick as to cast doubt
with its inside deco'atiou.s and I<>l> the. writer’s qualifications
the privilege of taking .-upper for the new job. Slum stories
with the one whose name ap- have their use* if they are true,
peared ou the inside. but a Vanity Fair would do us
The proceeds amounted to more good No doubt tbe
$20.25 and what the boys real country is >on big and too di-
ize from it will depend largely verse to be put in a book, but
on their owu efforts in follow it is uot bigger than human na-
ing up the opportunity afforded him, aud i is ^os-able to put a
them ul the supper I vast deal of h i man nature be-
Visitor. tween book covers if a power-
----- I iui enough comprehension h
Protracted Meeting. ,he P '» it is a mighty
We notice in the windows in
almost every store in town MieJ i . w '! P ” ,lu,’i® 8tun*
lithograph of Rev. HuJe 1 J? Su ^ i* T
Bird well, evangelist From ^ “e, foks ha ve been jostled
what those say who have heard 400 much
Kev.Bir.lweH; wefeeUuiv th.d othH,'“ t0“ m,,ch
Paducah aud the aurroundmg 1^’ IT" ^
country has never had the pleas- ^1°?:, '' V ° these by the
lire of hearing so great iHievan T 7 ut 1«nd*-
S-Hf. «»d lid. for
the largest attendance ever wit-1 ’ ^
uessed at a meeting here -----**“
We learn that Bro Hirdweli °Mth RoH of RMIraad Aocidtnts.
was a successful pastor f-.r tea If 1 were t tell you that an
years, and is now enteiiug into earthquake had shaken down
his fifib year as au evaugelist, Francisco and killed 100
haviug held some of tbe most persons, if 1 were to read n tel-
successful meetings ofany one I e8ratn that yellow fever had
iu Texas. become epidemic in all Sonth-
Rev. J B. McCarley has bee erD cities, if I should auuoauce
associated with Rev. Binlwe I that war had beeu declared be-
in meetiugs before aud spe iksUweeu Spain and the United
in the highest praise of him States and 1000 men killed in
We hope all the citizens of P t. battle, your attention would be
ducah aud the adjoiuiug conn- instau’ly attracted. But I am
ties will avail themselves of the u°t w«m of persuading your
opportunity toatteudtbis mee - practical interest when I pre-
ing sent to you tbe solemn, dis-
Paducah needs a'great revi-1 g' ®ceful fact of tbe rgilway
val and if all the Christian pe .- d««*»h roll. Daring the eight
pie will take hold aud put their y.earri froia 1897 to 1904, incla-
shoulders to the wheel we feel *'v“ “■ ° i—
worth the advance asked. Sen*!
in 25 cents at once to pay for
a three year subscription. If
you are already paid up in ad-
vance send in 25 cenis and have
your time extended three years
longer. A beautiful fruit pic-
tnte, size 22x29 inches, will be
sent for 5 cents additional t<>
cover cost of tube and postage.
Address all orders to Farm
Progress, St. Loftis, Mo.
SMk rMfltkMU.
“When Attacked by a cough or a cold,
or when your throat ia aore, it is rank
foolishness to take any other medicine
than Dr. King.a New Discovery." saya
C. O. Eld.idge of Empire, Ga. “I have
used New Discovery seven years and I
l«ur festoons of quartan from the
Nemo. But the dear little mother
■he It was who told the beat stories
while she was knitting mufflers and
seeks or mending our well worn cloth
Ing. There were no parlors at all in
IhOM days, and aa for thrummed pj
•noo, we had not yet beard of them.
At • o'clock, boneet and drowsy. wr
knelt and thanked God for life and
loro and borne. Onr bunka and beds
•nd trundle beds ware all In close
prastmlty, and from every oue of
them we could aee the flames, still
Jemplag np the chimney while tbe Mg
■Mlog warn slowly eaten through.
Theft wee not one millionaire In all
the world, and. Indeed, we wci* uot
worried over tbe affalr.-E. V. Powell
In Ontlag Itegealue.
He Taid tin fteasen.
The aeronaut to ge ulong most
heap hie wtta about him," said an ar-
ty oflklal. “Under the ctM adverse
know it is the best remedy on earth for rtriwMItMi aa bV ut 11N , e|T
•sfe-ss*- ssrssitrss'jsj;
wup-u —VW.^W) V.WUf# UliV* ■»!
and lung troubles. My children are sub-
ject to croup, but New Discovery quickly
cures every attack." Known the world
over as the King of throat and lung rem-
edies. Sold under guarantee at Craven',
drug store. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle
free.
BnptjftMh
iv** base
tb* ckareh
Mission-
Bfltar-
nnd
The Ladies
nry society gav* ift
ii«y night at
realized n neat taa.
The Hartford Iifft Jbmnmeo
Co. is one of the boat Hfo ton-
pflnies and is m|w
by R. B. Johnson.
Tbe City Hotel oaoaftd Mon-
day with a fnfi boon. Mr.
Combeet has renovated K from
top to bottom, hwigoting ov-
ery room thniwngbly.
Dr. J.
Crown and
eiaity. ___
Office at r*«kUMftv
Come and
made. Wo
here for A
tholitb
of these exam i n»tions* aud tiuu.
faiiing to take any one of them
might prevent his beiug pro-
moted at the end of the term.
Next week is examination
week for January. We insist
that your child be present every
day that he may take these ex-
aminations.
Tbe average the child makes
tbe entire year determines
whether or not he will be pro-
moted at the end of the school
term. Those who make an
overage of 75 per cent or more
will be promoted, while those
who make less will not.
Troth compels me to admit
that for the fonr mouths past
leu than 50 percent of tbe pu-
pil* have made the required
average. Investigate. Is yonr
ebild one that has not come np
to the requirements? If so,
wfco is at fault? Now is the
time to correct these evils.
Possibly your child ean make
op for the low grade already
Mftde by properly applying him-
self in the future.
I hope yon wifi take thi*
HMtieriii hand at onee. It will
too late el tbe sloe* of
for
ready, Ilka—like-well, like a eclentlst
I need to know.
TThto edentlet nave a aclentlflc lec-
tor* In a church on* night, and at tbe
lecture'* sad he aald. beaming on bit
audience coadeeeendlngly:
"•Now, If there la any aclentlflc
question that Any of my f iends would
llko to ask. I beg them not to hesitate.
I shall bo only too happy to answer
•ay Inquiry In my power.*
"An old lady In epoctadee that gave
her a severe, stem look roe* and aald:
" *Why do wot tea leaves kill
ten days—Feb. 21 to March 1.
Epwerth Leafae Prefraa.
The following is the pro
gram for the Epwoi th League
for Sunday.
Leader—Mias Effle Dulaney.
Subject—The Example ot
Jesus in Prayer.
Prayer as a Preparation
Scripture Lesson—Mark 1:
36-39.
Prayer.
Sot g.
Reference Reading—Lnke 6:
12-16; Neb.4:3-6; Isa. 2:29 31;
Luke 5:15-16; 2:21; 4:1-2.
Readings from Era—Misses
Oorilie Bowman, Z«»ra Blake,
Wiliella Doo>en, Messrs. A. C.
Dulaney and James Hoeath
Solo—Mi's Nina Moody.
8ong.
Benediction.
that is the golden opportunity ‘Q the number of casualties,
fox-tha. iugatherittg of -the twr- -l5hetotel^umbeTkiBed duiiijg
u„i.:.l i. —L,. .. that period was 62,213—as if a
community as large ae Salt
Lake had been wiped out by a
suddeu aud terrible catastrophe
—while 451,262 wem injuredr-
as if every man, woman and
child in Buffalo had been maim-
ed or otherwise hurt. If cas-
ualties continue increase at the
same rate for eight su 'seeding
yet.ri, from 1905 to 1912, there
will he 115,389 killed end 1,-
431,083 injured. That is, at
this rale there are upward of
100.G00 people in the United
States und- r sentence of death,
to be executed on the railway
before the close of 1912, and a
larger number are doomed to
be mai m-d or orherwise injured
than tbe entire population of
tbe Distrief of Columbia, Dela-
ware. Montana, Wyoming, Ar-
izona, Nevada, Alaska, Idaho
and the Hawaiian Islands.—
W. J. Wood,Indiana Railroad
Gora uisdouer, in Leslie’s
Weekly.
A Path insurance company
refuse* , i>ks ou men who dve
their hair. 7
' he av enge length of life of
chiik w! „ J1*,u*°i$ two*?birds that
no time; and ”* ' ^fuer.
A' ‘-a., ,,1-sd with a norm*).
. wttrf in nit! fieimiu be brain of the idiot'
yni^UInto wHl is l.ffei . t in phosphorus
NOTICE.
The State of Texas,
County of Cottle :
Whereas, the Directors of the First
State Bank, Paducah, Texas, were on the
23d of November, 1907. petitioned by the
owners of a majority of the slock of said
bank to increase the capital stock of ssid
bank from Ten Thousand and no 100th
dollars to Twenty Thousand and no 100th
dollars; Now, know all men by these pres-
ents, that we, the Directors of the said
First 8tate Bsnk, Paducah, Texas, at a
meeting held for said purpose, deem it ad-
visable to make said increase, and notice , „ ,,,
istherefore hereby given to the stock-, 4fca.* »_Loa Angeles Times.
holders of said bank that a meeting of the ______
■aid stockholders will be held at the office
of ssid bank on the 27th day of January
a SSAA . . j m . t i . ^
ta
Texas, wiii be increased froni'l en Tliou
"Th* scientist didn't know they did,
let Slone the cans* of the r heuo.nenaa
Bnt. never at • loss, he replied:
"'■scans*, tnc'.am, when s roach
comes ■ cross a vat ten leaf he says.
"Bello, bora’s • blanket!” and wraps
hlmsolf np In It. jciche* cold and
_ _ Ho Met Shorty.
IBM, ot 4 p.m. of said <iay to vole on tilt I __Nickname* are sometimes deceptive
proposition whether or not the capital : sod they are oftentimes ex-
stoek of the First State Bank. Paducah. I traniely fanny. I was In a small town
Texas, will be increased front Ten Thou not many mtloa south of Boston sod.
•and and no 100 cellars ($10,000.09) to | asking for a certain piece of Informn-
23|ou“nd.“nd n? 100 dollare|Uon. I was Informed by re.era! that
fe- -1.-is
the 23d day of November, 1907.
J. M. Barron,
J. B. Earp,
T. J. Richards,
A. Dumont,
Directors First State Bank, Paducah.
NOTICE.
As this is tbe dose of a yearV
business and is therefore tim*
ail past accounts should b
promptly settled np, we re
spectfnlly give notice that un-
til further notified we must dost
onr books sgaimt ail credit
business. This step is taken in
the interest of both ourselves
and customers, and aa we mn-f
•‘loaeour old books, we ask ail
those having unsettled account*
with us to settle same at ouo*.
Craven Drug Co
—----------Bray Drag Co.
Not knowing Just who "Shorty" was.
I mad* further Inquiries and was told
that be could be found In the store
JW across the square.
“Jnat ash fhr •Shorty.'" I was told.
"Aay will show him to you.”
t want ovar to tb* store aa directed
sad looked vainly about for some oue
wfca might answer the name. Only
«M m«» was pttoaat. and he was at-
■*•* a aevea footer. After looking
■boot a moment 1 started to leave,
"lookin' for aom* on*, stranger?” be
"Ton, t*m looking for •Shorty,*” I
Arab Woapana.
Hon la Meant I aaw th* pan brad
Arab mb. shrnwy. hot aot talL a
domln—rlag. swaggsriag aahlnn* la
bU glean aad • hnn af hgoi la
Wo watit Win TVw a bra*
tlful holt er a*B**d a *lnd*r InUld
aattn gm *r Magtar oOMd. I offered
fobay. h*t aathlag wnM laden thma
ta galL "8*kik" aald aa* omm. "I
kllHd np ftndHnt f** wttft tM* Mad*,
right thmgb Me- black hnn Ta*
n» tht* Seat la mj ohMdt Ah. ftmt
dnt tna eanad by a agnrt Th*
OhMtaand my MR lhatt L thmnD
tt dw may? My gw? N* nhlh. I
(u* « Arab, aad my goa l* my «th*r
mr. Haw mil I ha aa A«ah IT I had
aa gen? This swsid-K holngte ia
m Iraadfather—It ha* hlttod forty
font. By Mohammed. Ill* bail Than
marha. sahib; jam am than marks?
Only ana of the** marks I* pet than
whn a aa* la kilted.” I affwad thro*
than th* valet. Th* aaawar almaye
waa: “N*. ashlK t wtlt eat I «aa-
A broad grin overaprand his foea,
^Oon yoe'v* got him.” be mnr ,
■rod "I'm yonr mas." — Boatoa
Ittiahi.
A Maa* Trick.
Ia hla ham* city they tell a aad story
at a moan trick on a pawnbroker. He
wn oajoytng a beauty sleep whan s
tarieea knocking at tb* atroat door
hneght him to tb* window with a
•jjrhara th* mattorr be shouted
"Chan dawn." demanded the knock
or.
.....fOaaro down.".--------------—...........— —
Tkama* af many nephews hastened
dawnataln and peeped around tbe
ftne. "Now. atr,” the pawn broker d*
"I waa'sh know the time.” said tb*
"Da yon mean to nay you _
■a arfar that? Saw dan year
The midnight visitor looked tajarod.
•Witt, yaa’n gat my watch." ha nld.
. originated In Viaanaad
called th* "Bamanr* af the Chan-
ttw Bawl," the historic fljruro being a
mtaln Oilw da Laval, lord at Bala.
M* W» ■arohal af.Praaea la 14» aad
thaagh a hnn aad foaitan soidter
wn kddtttad ta vfce aad vtalwea, aad
this fact wn charged with the
Border af young woman.
. -------nd for th* parpen of
dfotettwl laranfotlaaa. Frooi thro*
tMametaaan th* woh *f th* story *
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