The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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THE
PADUCAH
Published Weeklv Rv
POST
“SP* ! we art'
Published Weekly By
THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY
r
DUCAH PO
E. A. OARLOCK
EDITOR
Entered aa second-class mail matter May 11, 1906, at the Postoffice
at Paducah, Texas.
We have received a copy of a|to let it rest long at a time. Be-
special edition of the Los Angeles i sides there have been many, many
Times which is certainly a classy (things that the breweries and
piece of work in the special saloon people of Texas have
edition line. The edition is a done since the last election that
booster for California. It pays j will go down to their detriment
any country to have a work of in another election. We are
this kind put out occasionally, j going to predict that the pros
rru " . • , . "'ill win by a nice majority in
ine farmers oi this county;,, . , ..
, , • ! the next election.
ought to feel highly elated over _ ,
the present prospects we have An example of civic pride can
tor a bumper crop. They were be seen in this city on the street
liefer brighter in the history between some of the neighbors
of the county. Everything is in the west part of the city. The
. 'oking good. e have one of city did not have money enough
the best seasons we have ever to fix the street like it ought
rad at this time of year, and to have been fixed, so the citizens
■ he outlook is that we are going got together, made up the money
to have a splendid season the and did the work themselves. It
entire year. Watch old Cottle did not cost them but little either
<' unty conn* to the trout. When citizens take that much
he past several days have made '“terest in the fixing of the
* * old fishing feeling come to Greets it shows that we have
I st of us. We are not so par-’a lo.val bulH,|> of folks,
tv :lar about going a fishing, but
tiie idea of having to work while
the sun shines so bright and the
weather is so balmy is enough
to disgust anyone with life. But
most of us poor mortals were
going
they will win out
is certainly a boost for
and the honor is duw
who worked so faithfiu|
ning it.
that one to raise the city
This limits. This wi^ ^ hard ques-
chool, tion for the countm to decide,
boys but really hogs have no place
in win- in a city, especially where they
j are raised in great -herds. There
. j is one place in this town where
A great fight is irfw being they feed from twenty to one
made among the hterhry artists hundred hogs an the time. You
as to who wrote Shakespeare. j cau imagine the odor that comes
Some are contending that Francis from such a place after it has
Bacon is the author of the works, been raining for several days.
while others say that Shakespeare Besides, it makes a breeding
is the author. But that is none place for flies. We try to keep
of our troubles. In fact we care:0n a “swat the fly” campaign,
very little who wrote Shakes- but it will do no good to swat
them unless their breeding places
peare, so long as we will not get
any of the honors. Of course,
if they were discussing our own
great personal ability it would
be a different thing, but being as
how it is Shakespeare and Fran-
cis
very little in the matter.
are done away with. The
proper place to raise hogs is in
the country If a person is going
to make that a business they
.ought to go to the countr” where
Bae,m we are interested but the raising of swine would not
cause anyone offense.
1'
Paducah, Texas, April 27, 1916
G. McAdams Lbr. Co!
(INCORPORATED)
We have a First-Class Stock of Building Material, Lumber
Lime, Brick, Cement, Bois D’Arc Post and Blocking—also'
Cedar Post and Blocking.
OUR STOCK IS ALL UNDER ROOF AND WELL
GRADED
We also handle an Up-To-Date Line of Paints, OiL Brushes
Glass and Putty. ^
When in need of anything in our line, let us figure with you
J. A. LESTER
LOCAL MANAGER
The Dixie Lyceum people have
recently sent an agent here to see
if they could not line up this
town for another year with
THE COMPETITION IDAE
What are your opinions regard-
ing the subject of competition?
good lyceuiu number. But they Is it true that competition is the
diil not succeed, because there life of trade? Let us see.
is no one who wants to run the A merchant in a certain town I
risk of having to pay two or lias no competition. lie has|
Graves & Watts
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Office with Clifford Graves, over First
State Bank Building
The teachers and students of
this school, and the people of this
school district, certainly have a
right to feel proud of the boys
who went to Wichita Falls and
born to do nothing but work, so ",°n the bitcrscholastic debate
ve take our medicine and go ot thls dlstl'1(;t- h shows that
; head. Padcuah has one of the best
- . schools in this section of the
The prohibition question will state, and that the boys here have
me up again next year in Tex- been doing some good work dur-
> s. The antis have been hoping ing their high school years. The
,,mt "'Quid not arise so soon, winning of this debate entitles
1 ;lt the defeat for foe pros was them to go to Austin and com-
t *o close in the last state election pete for the state honors, and
three hundred dollars out of
their own pocket in order that
the town in general may enjoy
these numbers. The trouble is
that not enough people here will
attend the lyceum numbers when
we have them. Paducah has the
reputation of being a good show
town, but it takes a class of
shows like a carnival or some
little two-by-four vaudeville com-
pany to satisfy.
The Bounder is now finished
and is in the hands of the agents
of the high school. It is indeed ", utigin
to hunt around for other trading
everything to himself. There is
nothing for him to do but get
the goods and sit down and
wait for the people to come after
them. He thinks that he has
the people right where he wants
them and that they must trade
with him or do without. He
soon becomes careless. His floors
are unswept, his windows are
unwashed, and the general, ap-
pearance around his place of
business is not attractive. What
is the outcome? The people soon
become disgusted. They begin
NO. 15 LISTER CULTIVATOR
The implement that no man can do without on the farm.
We have a big supply of these on hand, and will be glad
to show you their many good points. Call and see us be-
fore you buy.
WE HAVE A SUPPLY OF THE
FAMOUS W1GGLETAIL CULTIVATORS
Now on hand—the best Cultivator in the world We
also have a few of the NO. Ill LISTERS left, if you
want one of these you will have to get your order in
early.
We have recently reeieved a big shipment of Poultry Net-
ting Garden Plows, Hoes and Rakes, etc. Our stock of
Hardware is more complete than ever before and we can
furnish you with anything you want in the way of Shelf
Hardware or Farm Tools.
We wish also to call your attention to the No. 15 Culti-
v|tor, of which we have recently received a nice ship-
r^ent. Come in and look these Implements over.
Parker Hardware Co.
♦♦—♦♦♦•Mill I »H I III M< mil 111 Ml 11»
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a nice school annual, and if you ” ‘ , , olner tradln»
have not spoken for a copy of it ’ T the ChanCeS are that
you should do so. ThLe are ^ W1 tUni 'V110 mail ^
many things in it that will inter- L ““i sendmg tlu'ir mouey
, T aw ay from home to never return
est you It concerns you a"d Soon he thinks he ought to make
your children, and will be some- , g *
*i • ... , . more money and even do less
thing that will be appreciated in L „i TT , , .
years to come. Do not trait for L and highTunti] tfeprie^aM
the students to hunt you up, butLttag(JL That ll.ks good o
see them at onee and tell them L ,h « “
yon tram a copy of To tell t0 hi, g„P„d
you the truth, if you want one of • , , . y
these annuals you had better get short 16 weigls Just a llttle
vour order in early, for there mu- _
i .. _ j Phis mail without competition
was only a limited amount of Lw, * > , ” LUUAPeuuon
.i , does not take the trouble to
them published, and more than * i i-
imif t „ i , , , study his customers and their
halt the number have a ready np„,i0 . i •. , ,
been sold. iTt lu * * “ f°r granted
__________ that they will buy what he gets
Another note has been sent for them. In fact, he has the
to Germany. This time a idea that they will buy what he
straight proposition has been put Sets> but that is where his is
to the German government, and mistaken again, for in time the
it seems that they will either customer begins to get tired of
have to quit using the subma- fois way of doing business, so
rines in the reckless manner in be turns to the mail order man
which they have been doing, or alld af>ks him if he will do any
else the United States will with- better. Of course he will. He
draw relationship. We have been bas competition. If one mail
opposed to war, and are now op- or(for house will not put out what
posed to it, but it looks to us|tlle People want another will. It
that the best thing that can be ‘s Purdy a matter as to who
done with Germany just now is render the best service as
to withdraw all relations, and if to "bieh house shall get the
they do not like it they can business.
help themselves the best way is with competition with
possible. The United States can the home people. The best way
soon whip them by taking away to fight the mail order house is
all commerce and not letting them to give better service than they
have anything from the United give, and if one person has all
S*ates- I the trade to themselves they are
And thTcsrranza government H going t0 d° this'
is still tottering. The last re- Do it yourself and it will be
ports are to the effect that they doue-
are about to roust him out of The road to success, Algernon,
Mexico City and send him down is paved with hard knocks and
to the southern portion of the hned with stings of adversity,
state with his government. It up’ g0 to it;> and bump your-
may be that he is figuring on L* *'
turning over the northern portion No trouble at all to get a rep
of the nation to Villa, in order utat‘on. these days. All you have
that all persons may be satisfied. d° f° *S t0 a w*8e one or a
With an arrangement of this ’
kind the people who did not like PoPy Wink says it’s a powerful
Caranza could move over to the SL'uMouilU'wm“if h“K
' ilia government, and vice versa, not fit. K
We think this would be a splen-
did arrangement. And if the J Jfy ££
have any more aspirants for But, then, we don’t know-just
tne presidency of Mexico, they hazarding a guess, as it were,
might/Set aside some other part
raf fui H We once heard of an editor
thd nation and turn it over | who was so wise he succeeded in
collecting every one of his delin-
quent subscriptions. But he died.
It is consolinr \gh. to think
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To the Public—
Did you ever think that it is a good deal < l exra
expense for us to fire up and grind just one, two r three
bushels of corn? Well, this is the fact, anyway. N whpre
is what we want to put before you. We are willin j to go
to this extra expense and grind your corn, perhap loaug
money on the deal, if you will give us your Blacksiithng.
\v e can afford to accommodate you when you wait y>ur
corn ground if we can get your Blacksmith worl
is a fair proposition, isn’t it? Bring us your corn
will grind it for you at any time, and we also i
to bring us your Blacksmith work. We have oi
best smiths employed in the State. He can ina-1
anything.
Rogers & Highm
You Need a Toi
There are times in every woman’s life wl
needs a tonic to help her over the hard1
When that time comes to you, you know wh
to take—Cardui, the woman’s tonic. Cardui
posed of purely vegetable ingredii
gently, yet surely, on the weakened '
and helps build them back to strength and h
It has benefited thousands and thousands oil
ailing women in its past half century of w
success, and It will do the same for you. F
You can’t make a mistake in taking /
CARr
The Woman’p
Miss Amelia
says: “I think f
for women. I
so weak and*'
spells and a |
as strong a*
Begin tmciq
Has
E>RK
to them.
of thei^,* jp^ordi»
passe
The hog y \ion is one that
is dishirbir,^ \y of the citi- .. . ,
zens of tl . just now. <
.......■ ■III! -
truck fe
in large quantities \
We have a complet
bright, new Lumbe*
have received three
within the last w< ‘'
Lumber in our y-
need it and can *
of Building Mat
liable, so that :
LUMBER is n
not lose time '
all good. You.
jobs. Time srifl
made. There®
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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/m1/4/?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.