The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME X,
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916.
NUMBER 49.
McKIBBEN & SWINT GET THEIR
KEROSENE OIL IN TANK CARLOADS DIREcFfROM THE REFINER?
SENDS ELIMINATION PROPO
SITION TO JONES AND
ellerd
WIN OVER ALL AT WICHITA
FALLS—WILL GO TO
AUSTIN
GRAND JURJf REPORT SHOWS
THINGS ARE IN GOOD
SHAPE
MISSES JANIE GOODWIN AND
NELL WEST ENTERTAIN
GRADUATING CLASS
Mr. Marvin Jones, Amarillo, Tex-
as, and Mr. Reuben M. Ellerd,
Plain view, Texas.—Gentlemen:’
Many of the voters of the Thir-
teenth Congressional District ex-
that one candi-
date defeat the present
^r- Stephens; but a
jY think that if we three
contjinve in the race Mr. Steph-
ens I'M be re-elected for his
ete^Jtb term, many of the news-
paji and voters of the district
arelkmg that we arrange some
kirfot an elimination, and that
onJone man make the race. In
defence to the opinions of these
gof people 1 think it nothing
biwight that we should make an
eW t0 comply with their reas-
Harper Scoggins and Hughel
|H. Wilkins, representing the Pa-
ducah High School in the Inter-
scholastic District Debate at
Wichita Falls on Friday, April
21st, came out victorious in their
contests. They displayed much'
ability, and won honor for their
town and school and credit for
themselves.
Their manner is easy and
graceful, and they make their
I points with a clearness not often
seen in the school boy orator.
„ - — — with , who were <’
facts, shown in such a manner as panelled and
to be pleasing and entertaining as
well as convincing.
Last Saturday evening Misses
Janie Goodwin and Nell West en-
tertained the graduating class of
P^ucah High School at the
Hotel Paducah.
The occasion was one long to
be remembered by the guests, and
the efforts put forth by the young
ladies to make their guests feel
at home wall never be forgotten.
The dining room and lobby of
HARPER SCOGGINS
Winner of District Interscholastic
High School Debate
Court. Thirty-nine bills of in-
dictment were found:
STATE OF TEXAS
County of Cottle
In the District .Court of Cottle
County, Texas, April Term, A.
D. 1916.
To the Honorable Jo A. P. Dick-
son, Judge of Said Court:
Now comes the Grand Jurors,
duly organized, em-
J sworn as such for
,the April term of the District
| Court for Cottle County, Texas.
—, ..v .j - —Geo.
Throckmorton, I ” • Woodley, ask permission to j
Burkburnett, j submit the following report.
- C.iy. ! fbat we have made a careful
1 be decisions as rendered in,inid diligent enquiry into all the
HUGHEL H. WILKINS
Winner of District Interscholastic
High School Debate
TYPHUS FEVER THREATENS
ENTIRE STATE
ERADICATION OF JOHNSON
GRASS
There is no method of eradi-
cating Johnson grass “while you
wait. The quick, easy, inex-
pensive method has not yet been
discovered. Its root stock hab-
its of propagation renders it very
probable that such a method will
never be discovered. However,
it can be eradicated by any farm-
er who is willing to pay the
price of “keeping everlastingly at
it. ’ Eternal vigilance is the nrieel
Since January 1st, 72 cases of
(typhus fever have been reported
in Texas, 26 of these during the _________
month of April. The disease has Their argument is filled
been recognized in 11 counties,
7 of which were along the Mexi-
can border, 4 in the interior as
far north as Jones and as far east
as Anderson Counties. The epi-
demic has followed the lines of
transportation from Mexico
the interior of the State and i..„,
be traced directly to recent ar-
rivals. All cases so far have oc-
______1UISUU11 curred in Mexicans with three ex-
east the right of each of eePtions.
unake the race also. The ^Vitb 1100 miles of border, the
jopen and the “water is ,ur State quarantine stations
k no manner do I claim the assistance ^||the United
It tight to make the ®tates Immigration and Public
Icon tress above that of “ea^b Service can not prevent
W iwui of the district. entries. A legal entry is
rJ^fTble ambition on the evide,nce of a clean bill of health,
' good citizen to de- and 'n order to protect the pub- --------w
present his people in ljc ^health of Texas, labor agents to the State meet at Austin,
®il Congress, yet I am
liefer this ambition for
fib good.
Jting you in the spirit
,flhp, having no other
% that of submitting to
*.%»e people of this dis-
1 | the same time
■aehTfWu Yith **
and fain*! toT whlch
> is entitwBLj «co«-
ipt that if wew“!'‘ ar"
elimination elfin1 ® ,us
L tn take.
Our boys debated against rep-
resentatives from Henrietta, No-1 and through their foreman
cona, Quanah, T"
Bowie, Graham, ]_____
to Crowell and Archer City,
Hing of “How I Became a Sen-
r. Many and varied were
periences related which, in
it” Ft,™ , • their entirety formed a story well
it. Eternal vigilance is the price ! worth hearing,
o agricultural liberty in the erad-1 Progressive games, vocal and
ication ot Johnson grass. (instrumental music were enioved
It is a great farm nuisance in until a late hour by those ores
any -field especially where irri- ent. ' P 6S‘
gation is practiced. Ordinary cul- Brick cream and cherries were
tivation only sends the root|served to the following-
s oeks deeper into the loose soil Misses Edna Stewart Ola Mee
and thereby renders eradication Bigham, Janie Goodwin Lena
.. . ---------„ — doubly difficult. The principle Pressley. Artie Norman Marv
dition, and we desire to compli- “P01* wblcb its eradication de- Campbell, Corine Chapman Mirf
ment the Commissioners’ Court Pends ® based upon the utter nie Logan, Josephinc Edwards"
upoii the recent improvements destruction of the root stocks. I Edith Martin, Rena Moodv Veil
made °,n Said jaiL TulS Pvneiple can be applied by West. Messrs. Ben West Sid
We desire to thank the Sher- «ther direct or indirect methods.1 ney Goodwin, Dawson Reid Elitle
iff s Department for their efficient Tuhe dlrect 1S the destruction of McGowan " ’ - e
services rendered us during our ™e root. stoeka outright: The in- Keyes, R<
session, and for the splendid direct, is not to allow the tops ter Arms:
manner in which they have ap- to &row and thereby starve the Chester G:
prehended all violaters of the ro°ts to. death- *,<4 UUm,a,
laiv, as well as the Justice of . Practical ways of app5, and commun-
the Peace, in the performance of methods as they have 1:15. Everyone
their duties; we, however, de- thered from men in the ’esent and wor-
sire to call the attention of all i worklnS at the job, are here
the peace officers of this county mi^ed: -
, that they should be more dili- Firat: Turn badly inf' FOR YOU
Wichija Times has the gent 111 apprehending men who and mto Pasture or meado-
ig to say about the Padu- are. ™der the influence of in- Hle £rass can be grazed or muring Var—1915
as: toxicating liquors. The lack of cultivation keep to be given awav
lebating championship of ,We desire to thank the Dis- stoeks near the surface oJuly 3rd. by The
?st Texas rests with the trirt and County Attorneys, as fT°und where they can bett- The Dailv Pan-
datives of the Paducah ^e11 as the Bailiffs of the Grand I handled by the direct mello, Texas.' Write
-bool, Hughel H. Wilkins Jur-V for tlleir services, and com-.- tbe same time, the gr’ full particulars.
•per Scoggins, the judges fPend the Court upon his splendid or th? m°wing is starving-
iding in the contest Sat- “structions given us in his roots bY the indirect methodbaps, we will be
ght which closed the two cbarffe. are agreed that continual e latest moving
and Graham. 3 to 0 in Paducah’s
favor. Graham had previously
defeated everything with which
she had come in contact, but Pa-
ducah proved her Waterloo, and
in defeat she was forced to re-
tire from the field.
Paducah representatives will go
and those corporations employing here’s bespeaking for them’ suc-
Mexican laborers should demand cess in advance. Not only is the
of each employe such a certificate, student body of our school proud
All pails and public buildings of these boys, but the town as
as well as chair cars, sleeping well. They are deserving of ev-
cars, street ears and all public ery compliment which can be
vehicles should be disinfected and passed upon them, and the citi-
kept clean and free from vermin, zens of this city know they will
The prevention of a general epi- work hard in order to bring suc-
demic of typhus over the entire cess wiiL “ - - 1
state may be accomplished only Contest,
by the co-operation of al citizens
and health authorities in the dis-
infection of each case of typhus
and the baggage and clothing.
The patient should be shaved and
given a gasoline bath. The usual
r- . .v fumigation with sulphur is not
J will fun off an elimiatn* sufficient and in a majority of
primary ujnh y°u m either WisM easejr' the only safe method of
thut ntafbf C0UIltlf.sJ Provlded infecting the baggage or cloth-
W, U0!!l but Tiallfled voters i/"g is to burn it. Peace officers
' no will | agree to support the Fand health authorities should
nominee Af the agreed primary/ keep a close watch over all trans-
X^a-r*ciPate- The candidate! ient Mexicans and every case of
Receiving the greatest number ofW fever with an eruption occuring
votes shall be allowed to make^dn this class should be isolated
the race against Mr. Stephens, lit once and considered suspicious
The two receiving the least num- qj'he Health Departments of the
her of votes shall withdraw from VI towns should institute
the race in favor of the successful. clean-u\camPai^n in the homes
candidate. I suggest these coun- . ,'Tbr classes and nush it .
We are glad, though, that we
don’t have to pay that European
war debt. It might cause us
some slight financial embarrass-
ment.
Foreman of the Grand Jury.! r*;ports that la«t season he so"
— bis badly infested land in Si,
u j r> • | grass. At the end of the sed
chard I nee The subject was the amount of infestation i
the one mill tax for the sup-jbeen so greatly reduced he is
rt of the ,.„^P |iDg t0 /epeatythe Sg of
dan grass on the same land
present season. He believes |
will by this method, finally ere
cate the Johnson grass. He
correct and will succeed. 1
very shallow cultivation requii
for Sudan
The Home
Of Quality
Groceries
THE GOODS WE BUY
Do Not Stay Long
GOOD THINGS, YOU
MAP OF NORTHERN MEXICO
its frequei^-Jij
, - - - — —x-y—-‘••.ions of both' *S
and indirect methods,
third: Another farmer on an
irrigation farm near San Antonio, _________
e<TelaimsathaSt hTeaS^---”---- Fonfi"dentia* dispatches
eradicate it in one- ________ „
quent turning of* the’Tand i
the consequent exposure of the
root stocks to the hot sun during
the months of July and August.
This method he claims, will de-
stroy it all except a few isolated
patches that can be easily hand-
led. This is an application of the
direct method. The objection to
this method is, that a man losses
the use of his land for at least
two months.
This objection can be partially
overcome by grazing hogs on
the freshly upturned roots.
In this instance and in all
(Others, where there are only a
lew isolated patches to deal with
r^.can. .b^fe™-Y*d by « heavy
fin kill fiavilJ f*
Y-tfW'Yu
CITIZENS
along Fifteenth
The citizens',
street have been^rymg f°r some
time to get the \dY. *° the
street in front of n[leir premises.
It was found out fbat the city
was not financialljl. abIe to fix
the street at this lime> so they
formed a civic club|among them-
selves, charged eapb property
can practically bassador Gerard at B
^season by fre- cate that Germany will
and tain concessions to the United
States in response to the note
demanding the immediate aban-
■-------- present methods of
States in .
r
donment of p;_______y
submarine warfare.
Whether the concessions will
be sufficiently broad to meet the
American demands appears uncer-
tain. However, officials reflected
an air of hopefulness for an ami-
•able settlement of the issue.
It is understood Ambassador
Gerard has received broad inti-
matiqn||G|al the German
AN EASTER OUTING
Mrs. W. Q- Richards entertain-
ed « number of her friends East-
er by giving an outdoor dinner.
Everyone reports'll good time and
think Mrs. Richards for her hos-
pitality. Following are the per-
kmh who were present:
C. P Bowman and family, 0.
LFThomas and family, A. B.
Mm, Md wife, Bert Hogan and
wiL wjiiie Carroll and Miss
Sian, Elide McGowan and
m.. YtM&ey, Neland Lester and
£ Si Doolem Frank CKe:
work done themselvf8- It is now
one of the prettio8*. streets in
the city, and is becPminS a drive-
way for the cars. ( .
Those taking par* !!Ltbe work
were J. B. McCarleV> F- Wim-
berly, Eason CampPell> ®ev- Bid-
dy, J. B. Earp anf "«veral oth-
ers living along thy 8treet- I
Do you want to f®e fke most
rsdiani smile on thifhole earthf
Just pay us that d«ar y°« owe
^■govern-
•at lengths
relation^
the BerMot
flfil' Ffitmliwi
If . 'OfWglHi
itae offiefSh^Jj S
a office,
hr Von JaguVKMfi
Merlin govenH^
with hodignB
•Be United Statfi
W the elemehA-fl
• relentless it
jp was giveti**
I All went home
Iter for the kind-
homefol
us and look in our
Bell aid
Pirtle, Dr. Jons
a, W. T, Savage
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1916, newspaper, April 27, 1916; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth755824/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.