The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 17, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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Published Weekly By
THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY
E. A. CABLOCK
EDITOR
Entered as second-class mail matter May 11. 1906. at the Postoffice
at Paducah, Texas.
where it would destroy our towns,
homes and j>vfii land ? War al-
ways lays everything to waste
wherever it goes.
There is considerable talk
ard and the pauper to /the prison
and the paorhouse. '
1 have iooked into the tear-
! stained faces of a still larger army
I of fathers and mothers, brothers
. I and sisters, wives and husbands,
among some of the leading eiti-, (hpy tl.m, for the mis-
zens of organizing a Red Cross
erable
wrecks that booze has
society here for the purpose of j ma(k, , h(m, set,n witli this
raising funds from time to time, n.mv tp]) thousan(1 palcfaced, hoi
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____________to help in the Red Cross work J 1(,w.'(.he(,kt,d, ragged, dirty, Imn-
the Cnited States is good thins; for the merchants, but | (*UI 'a" 1 '.s "a,‘ *1’' ' U . j gry and starving children cursid
a good thing tor our town, ami;
No doubt
going to see international trouble it
also
good tiling for all I" E'u"u 1 by booze.
during the next few months. The people who have to do a credit ja *" 11,1 1 nn/' *'1 * 11 . <l I have observed that o\u>
r w \v v alivadv been dis- business, and who nav their debts i L' a * s 110 1 * S. 1 *. '* Inuidii crew that goes forth to
talk, but actually carry it | murd(,r starts from a saloon ; that
pfaviug some of their feelings, ,,u tjine. The only person that it
and other organizations are fol- will make against is the fellow
lowing it up. who won’t pay. It is a fine thing
for the^Jionest man. and the fel-
*H> low who won’t pay ought not be
Three billion more will
asked of Congress for the war t,mliu>ll
fund. This seems an enormous
amount, but these calls are going A bunch of our boys have re-
to be made every few weeks now! eently gone to join the National
until the war closes. ] Guard. Let s see to it that
forgotten by
effect. j every panderer lias his rendezvous
Every farmer in this county jin a grogshopthat every den of
victims drunk
ought to plant a good fall gar-1 thieves makes its
den. Some of the best gardens j before robbing them: that every
we have are grown for fall use.
;they are not forgotten by us.
Some of the eating places have ; something occasion-
Sinee the recent good showers
there could be no better time
than right now to start such
work. Most anything can
house of prostitution has its bar
or is in partnership with booze;
that every gambling den is a sa-
loon or sustains close partnership
be with one: that the pickpocket’s
announced that people who do^ a]]y. if it is nothing but a post
not. make their hot cakes and j card v
molas.vs come out even will have
to pay extra. That's fair enough. The automobile tax is going
A fellow who can’t eat the hot1 to turn a nice sum of money
cakes and then lick the lasses; loose in Texas for the purpose of
ought to have to pay extra. j making better roads. It is esti-
---- i mated that it will amount to
The good showers vve haxe j about two million each year. Half
been having tins week art mak- ((f this money remains in the coun-
ing the farmers fed good again tv wi,ilt. t)le ot),er half goes to the
over tb- outlook of the feed sta);e if county will supple-
crops of unity. Most of the nu,,lt this fund each year it wall
feed crops had not damaged, but . , . loug untn Texas will have
they were just to the point where a jbetter roads than we now
they could.not have stood many | ,
more days -• dry wea*her. \V «a ......na»
have ilwa; - noticed, however; very often hear a man say
that it decs the right thing m ■' would fight if the war
Cottle County. w■ hr. light to this country. Lis-
■t'» rtr-—i—lten minute, -."imy. Don t you
The Merchants’ As oeiatiou think it much better to fight the
which
nized
has been recently orga-
in this city is not only a
• over t!"wc rather than ha
it come to our own fair land
planted and it will make before
cold weather strikes it. See to
it that you have a fall garden
and thus cut down some of the
high cost of living that is pre-
vailing.
Governor Ferguson is again
haudng the university some nice
packages n his speeches over the
state, claiming that the people
are pure “damn fools” over high-
er education. We really believe
that the Governor is right in a
few of bis charges, against the
university, but in many instances
he is the one that is ntalcng the |
people. There would
difi••i'eiit way of going about
the thing rather than have stunt-
ed the university for the next
two years.
trust is housed ill a saloon: that
the “pay off” joints for the crook
and the crooked policemen mi a
saloon; that the professional
bondsmen and character witness-
es for thieves and hold-up men are
saloon keepers or bartenders.
Booze has caused 200,000 di-
vorces in the United States in the
past twenty years and adds 2o,-
000 more to this number every
year. It, divides more homes,
fills more jails and empties more
churches than all other influences
combined.
Judges, legislators, mayors, gov-
ernors. and even presidents sit
, , .dumb or quail in the presence of
have been I . ,. . ■,
this monster, wlneu enters inil-
|]’jits of homes and leaves them
| desolate. I
1 have witnessed daily its rav-|$j!
ages after it had .-.pent its wild
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Let us call, look your house over, and suggest to you
how it can be made into a modern home for a reasonable
investment.
--Porches, Sleeping Porches, Sun Parlors, larger and
more attractive Windows, new Floors, Built-In Features,
such as, Sideboards, Cabinet??, Cupboards, Window Seats,
Book Cases, French Windows, Mirrored Doors, Etc. All
go to make the old house into the new home.
We have plans, suggestions and Aeas for YOUR ap-
proval. It costs nothing to ask.
A. G. McAdams Lumber Co*.
Phone 76 J. A. LESTER, Manager
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To Loan on IMPROVED FARMS
in Hardeman, Foard, Children* and
Cottle Counties, in sums to suit.
! Liberal option of payment. No delays. Money ready when
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fees. J. B. OOODLETT,
Office in Goodlett Building, Quanah, Texas.
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Having disposed of the slack- perhaps, we won’t sa^ any more
ers, we may now turn our atten-! about it. No, don’t ask us; it’s
lion to that other ever-present! t°° good to repeat,
pest, the house fly. | No it isn-t at all difflcult to
A friend who thinks lie knows I «PP1.V common sense, if you have
more about running a newspap- a"-' f° aCPb-
er than we do advises us to go Every time we see a woman
Bully Give with a lot of paint daubed over
back to the farm.
us the /anil and we’ll go.
her face we wonder bow much it
. , . .. would take to cover the barn.
We tried manfully not to see1
■lint couple the other night, but The best advice we can give
our eyes just refused to be di- you, William, is never to buy a
\erted from the spot. Still, you tiling you can’t pay for. Let
know, we couldn’t help it and them give it to you.
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There is no doubt now but! fury upon the lielplos bodies ofij.2
what the Germans are sincere j women and children, or after itj^.2
about wanting peace just now j had reaped, tor a night in the
| j without demanding anything of>:Uie <>«'*<•••. its harvest oM-ir-jj|
her countries in the way of in- Lie. now dead forever.
Attenti
Housewives
f
■our
>creens
Ready?
-to keep out the Flies?
If not, you should come in af and get the Ma-
terial that is needed to keep them oat., for they will soon
be here
We have just received a big supply of frhite Fine
Screen Doors that you should see before making repairs.
We also have Screen Wire, Moulding, Hinges, Hangers,
and any other material that you will need to Screen your
windows and doors, or to build you a screen porch if these
should be your desire.
Wm. Cameron & Co., Inc.
J. F. DAVIS, Local Manager
Phone 120
When You Travel
Service
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The
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The M. K. & T. Lines’ all-steel, all-
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want to St Louis and Kansas City, and
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THE KA Ty
denmity. But there is also anoth-
er motive behind their peace
moves. The plans on wheli they
: re i w working will leave them
in as good shape from a ter-
ritorial standpoint as they were
at the beginning of the war. But
this would not be a lasting peace
by any means with Germany. No
doubt they would fight the same
war over as soon as they could
get oil their feet again, for they
have, for the past twenty-five
years, demanded that they have
supremacy' of the seas. The
better thing for all nations now
concerned would be to fight the
present war until there is some
assurance of a lasting peace.
Last week a bunch of business
men from Quanah and Matador
met at Paducah for the purpose
of putting an automobile high-
way on foot to run from Quanah
to the Plains country, by way of
Paducah and Matador. There is
nothing that would help this
county so much as this road just
now, unless it would be a gen-
eral road bond and road build-
ing over the county. Every time
a touring automobile passes
through a town or county they
are sure to leave some money. Not
only do they leave money with
the merchants of a town, but
they leave money at farm houses,
usually buying stuff that is not
taken to maket. We were glad
to see the interest* that was
manifested by the business men
of this city, and also the inter-
est that was manifested by the
men from our neighboring towns.
We can rest assured that these
men are going to have this road
no matter what the cost may
be.
observed that the last man to be
employed and the first to be dis
charged is a victim of booze.
Booze never built a park, ai
playground, a school or a church, j+j
but it is the enemy of them all.
War may be hell, but where it j j
slays its thousands, booze de-
stroys its tens of thousands.—
Win. M. Gemmill, Judge Chicago
Police Court.
Now that President Wilson has called upon you to
help conserve the NATION’S FOOD SUPPLY, vou are going
to need that PRESERVE CLOSET and that SMOKEHOUSE
you have wanted so long. Or perhaps, you will just want a
row of NICE WHITE SHELVES. But whatever you need,
we are ready to help you with PLANS and SUGGESTIONS,
and will take pleasure in figuring vour BILL, be it large or
small.
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We have all the MATERIALS you will heed. They
are the BEST to be had, afid the PRICE IS RIGHT. MAKE
us prove it by CALLING and giving our STOCKS a close
INSPECTION. YOUR VISIT will be appreciated, whether
you make your purchase TODAY or LATER.
A big noise never indicates a
wise head. It is often the pas-
time of the fool.
There are entirely too many
traitors and spies in this Country.
Let the lamp posts come into thpir
own.
R. D. JONES LUMBER CO.
Federal judges throughout the
country are sending the slackers
to jail for a year and a day.
East St. Louis, it seems, is be-
coming “kaiserized.” Its brand
of “kultur” is distasteful to the
rest of American mankind.
SEfifXOS
paduoAh
ROARING SPRINGS
-TEXAS-
Yes, we are keen on free rides,
but deliver us from an airplane
with at hundred guns popping
away at us. ^h’s old print shop
looks powerful good to us just
now.
In time, forsooth, we will cease
to say, “uneasy lies the head that
wears a crown.” There will be no
crowns to wear.
Strange, indeed, but true. Siiice
the trenches have become the cen-
ter of the stage we seldom hear
Mexico mentioned.
WAR IS HELL—BOOZE IS
W0R8E
I have tried an army of 50,000
human derelics, most of whom
were booze-soaked. With faces
red and bloated, with eyes dull
and lanquid, with bodies weak
and wasted, with clothing foul
and ragged. This vast body is
forever marching with unsteady
step to the graves of the drunk-
You bet, we are perfectly will-
ing to go to war, provided the
government will furnish a horse
and an automobile for our con-
venience, ami a mule or a delin-
quent subscriber to do our kick-
ing.
Don't bother your head poring
over a French primer, young man.
A kiss tastes just as sweet from
a foreign tongue.
An unsophisticated writer ad-
vises us to cling to our good name
even though life itself is spent in
the effort. We want ’em both.
An exchange wants to know
how a city man goes about it to
get a dollar's worth of farm land
for every dollar he invests. He
don’t!
Some day, somewhere, some fel-
low will invent a pipe that will
do its own puffing.
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 17, 1917, newspaper, July 17, 1917; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth755911/m1/4/?q=%22~1%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.