The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1915 Page: 1 of 20
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OLUME X. PADUCAH, TExXs, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23,101B. NO. 32
)ON’T FAIL TO TRY TO MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY THIS CHRISTMAS—IT WILL BE WELL WORTH SEVERAL TIMES THE COST
JOUNTY FARMERS
HAVEJDONE WELL
TWO PROSPEROUS YEARS
HAVE PLACED THEM IN
THE LEAD
VILLA MAY END WAR
CANADIANS IN TRAINING IN ENGLAND
Never before have we seen far-
mers encouraged over agricultu-
ral possibilities as they are now.
Everyone is in high spirits over
the past two good crops, and es-
pecially over the prices they have
gutteu. this year. The outlook for
another crop is as good as can
be, and if it should come this coun-
ty will be ahead for the next ten
years to come.
We wish to print a few state-
ments we now have for the bene-
fit of our foreign readers who
may be looking this way.
Raisas Big Cotton Crop
Off 80 acres of land belonging
to Mrs. Liedtke there /were 50
bales of cotton raised this year,
Walter Liedtke having the crop.
There were 48 bales which weigh-
ed 501 pounds each and 2 that
weighed 502 pounds each. This
cotton was planted in June, and
i» raised wit three plowings. It
eraged selling at about 12 cents
r pound, while the seed brought
’ around $36.00 per ton. This was
in addition to a big feed crop that
Walter foised.
1900 Rent
W. J. Harper of the Ogden com-
munity makes the statement that
he has received $900 rent off 50
acres of land that was worked by
a tenant this year. Most of the
land was in cotton. The cotton
crop has already brought nearly
$700 to his part, and there will yet
be several bales of bollies to gath-
er. A big feed crop was also
raised.
People Wanting to Come Here
. There is hardly a day passes
but what we get letters from some-
back East who wants to lo-
in this country. To show the
M of a good commercial club
f’ ‘his place, in order that these
iurple’s wants may be taken care
on we submit a part of a letter
‘S t has just been received:
‘Winona, Texas, Dec. 1.—To
char. padUcah Commercial Club,
ducah, Texas.—Last fall when
^re ' father was at the Dallas Pair
ftueone gave him a catalogue of
k descriptions of Cottle County and
I its products. On the back of the
* pages is this wording: ‘We’re
after homeseekers. Write us for
particulars.’
“Now this is what we want.
We want to go to Cottle County
if we can get a place. We have
lived all our lives in "East Texas
and are very much desirous of
a change. It seems that crop fail-
esgChills and fever are the sur-
carhings we can count on just
c u re.”—I. B. Perryman.
jhis is only a sample of the
cigariy letters we receive every
„... vk. It shows that there are peo-
ple who have heard of the agri-
- cultural possibilities of this Conn-
er. We need them and they need
'r ^tifto'cation.
-Let’s organise a Commercial
Club.
El Paso, Dee. 17.—The question
of terminating Villa opposition
to the Carranza de facto govern-
ment, it become known yesterday,
is a live issue at a council of war
now in progress at Chihuahua, at
which Villa and his staff are in
attendance. This information was
given out by Americans who ar-
rived from the south.
SHOW PEOPLE
ENJOY HOLIDAYS
The Fox Show people, who
HT
usual
er fo.
,,rc?
have been playing hei*e since~De-
cember 5th, closed their engage-
ment Saturday night and most of
them have gone to their respec-
tive homes to spend the holidays.
A few of the boys will spend their
Christmas in Paducah.
The Fox Show is the best that
ever came to Paducah. They have
the best of plays and actors. It
is clean throughout and as nice
a set of people as can be. They
have made a hit with the show-
going folks of this county and
Paducah.
Mr. Fox and his troupe will be
back on the 10th of January and
will open up here again. They
have left engagements for three
night, and it is likely they will
stay the whole week. They will
open with the play, “Across the
Great Divide,” followed Tuesday
night with “Brother Against Bro-
ther” and on Wednesday night
they will present “The Dope
Fiend.”
People who love entertainment
of this kind-will be well pleased
with these splendid plays. They
are among the best on the road,
and Mr. Fox’s players can not be
excelled.
“SOME COLLECTION BOX”
Under this appropriate head-
ing, an American religious week-
ly gives an account of a unique
collection box said to have been
invented by an Oklahoma ‘man.
If a member of the congregation
drops into it a 25c piece of a coin
of larger value there is silence. If
he contributes a 10c piece a bell
rings; a 5 cent piece sounds a
whistle, and a cent fires a blank
cartridge. If anyone pretends to
be asleep when the box passes, it
awakens him with a watchman’s
rattle and a kodak takes his por-
trait.—Tit-Bits.
VILLA IB REPUDIATED BY
HIS CHIEFTAINS
Washington, Dec. 17—The prin-
cipal VilTista chieftains, in con-
ference at Chihuahua, decided to
discard Villa as lender and sur-
render themselves to Carranza, ac-
cording to a dispatch tonight to
the Mexican embassy here from
Andrer Garcia, consul at El Paso.
The embassy was advised also
that the governor of Yucatan has
issued a decree prohibiting the
sale of intoxicants in that state.
Another telegram says the gov-
ernor of Jalisco issued decrees
prohibiting bull fighting and gam
bling, regulating liquor traffic and
providing a minimum wage scale.
' FLETCHER IS U. S. MINISTER
Canadian Cavalry training in En gland before leaving for the front.
A specially prepared exercise tra ck has been made with some easy
jumps to accustom the men to the rough country at the front.
COONTY OFFICERS
HAVEBEEN ROSY
SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE RE-
CENTLY, INCLUDING THE
THEFT OF CATTLE
MISSISSIPPI TOWN IS HIT BT
TORNADO
Meridian, Miss., Dec. 17—A tor-
nado swept through Giles, 25
north of here early today,
{two negro women and ser-
juring several other per-
to reports receiv-
Several build-
|own.. Wire com-
the storm sec-
/it also is report-
, Otises in Cnllom,
br County, were demolished
rveral persons injured.
RUN DOWN BV AUTO
Sheriff CfmbeBt returned from
Haskell County Sunday with Bill
and Alex Chenault, who are
charged with cow theft. Alvin
Tucker has also been arrested and
all three are now in the County
jail awaiting the action of the
Grand Jury.
The Sheriff, with the assistance
of Constable Mel Dwight of Chil-
dress, have been working on this
case for some time, and have pos-
itive proof on these parties. They
are charged with having killed
ox cattle for beeves some two
years ago. There may be other
arrests made soon in connection
with these eases.
Bootlegger Caught
A few nights ago Sheriff Corn-
best arrested a negro, who was
caught in the act of selling a
quart of boose to a white man.
This negro has been here for some
time and is known as Shorty.
Arrested for Burning Thradher
Lonnie Paxton was arrested
last Thursday charged with the
burning of Mr. Farbun’s thrasher
about a month ago. He made
bond and his examining trial is
set for December the 27th.
Gambian Caught
Jailer Brown was successful in
making the arrest of several gam-
blers only a few nights ago. They
pled guilty to the offense and
paid their fines. He was assisted
by Night Watchman Bebout in
locating and running them down.
A GOOD RECORD FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL
FIGURES SHOWING WHAT
OUR SCHOOL HAS DONE
THIS YEAR
There iB no institution in the
city that we can better feel proud
of than our public school. It has
grown during the past five or six
years from a little three-teacher
school to one of the largest in the
Panhandle. And we are sure that
the people of this community do
feel proud of it, too. They have
shown this on more than one oc-
Washington, Dec. 17.—Henry
P. Fletcher, ambassador to Chile,
was nominated by President Wil-
son today for ambassador to Mex-
ico. Eliseo Arredondo already
has been appointed Mexican am-
bassador to the United States and
Fletcher’ nomination today re-
stores diplomatic relations be-
tween two countries, broken off
nearly three years ago.
casion. There is never a question
concerning the school that comes i Alabama,
up but what everyone is ready to speech, vigorously upheld the law
WAR TAX IS
EXTENDED A YJAR
Washington, Dec. 17.—Congress
adjourned tonight for the Christ-
mas holidays, after the Senate
had adopted the joint resolution
passed by the House yesterday
extending the emergency revenue
law until Dec. 31, 1916. The Sen-
ate adopted the resolution after a
lively partisan debate by a vote
of 45 to 29, Democrats support-
ing it solidly and Republicans
unanimously opposing it. Presi-
dent Wilson signed the measure
tonight.
Both houses will convene at
noon Tuesday, Jan. 4, when the
administration legislative pro-
gram, including the plans for na-
tional defense, will be undertak-
en in earnest.
During the two weeks of the ses-
sion the only important legisla-
tion was the extension of the war
tax. This was done to prevent a
lapse of the law Dec. 31, next,
with the understanding that the
law will be taken up for amend-
ment to increase the revenues as
soon after the holidays as possi-
ble.
Upon adjournment tonight,
there was a general exodus of the
members for their homes. The
day in the House had been devot-
ed to speeches on national defense.
Senate Discusses Revenue
Discussion of war revenue re-
vision in the Senate resolved it-
self into a tariff argument, Repub-
licans assailing the Undewood law
as inadequate and condemning the
general fiscal policy of the admin-
istration. Senator Underwood of
in his first Senate
KILLING OFF THE
PRAIRIE DOGS
GOOD PROGRESS IN ERADI-
CATING PEST REPORTED
BY SURVEY
fic-
ippenei
accident Saturday afternoon that
came near being serious. She was
crossing at the corner of the First
National Bank when run down by
an auto which Mrs. Jim Sneath
was driving. Mrs. Heim saw the
car And tried to escape, but upon
turning she discovered that she
was about to be run over ©y a
wagon. The outcome was that
the auto struck her, knocked her
to the ground and ran over her
body.
Mrs. Heim was taken hone im-
mediately, but outside of some se-
vere bruises she was uninjured.
“ was {.ble to be about her work
ornmg.
GINNER8’ REPORT
The tabulation of the separate
returns from the ginners for the
December 1 report shows your tel-
egraph summary to be correct.
There were P.084 bales of cotton,
counting round as half bales, gin-
in Cottle County, from the
do their bast and work for its de-
velopment end advancement. This
means that Paducah it to eventu-
ally become a school center.
Superintendent ^Bowman has
prepared some figures on the en-
rollment this year that we wish
to give yorf. They are as follows:
Scholastic First Month
Boys enrolled ......... -____234
Girls enrolled ........ 190
Second Month
Boys enrolled...............241
Girls enrolled ..............198
Third Month
Boys enrolled ..............254
Girls enrolled ..............213
Fourth Month
Boys enrolled ..............254
Girts enrolled ..............217
Total Enrollment
First Month ................424
Second Month ..... 439
Third Month ...............459
Fourth Month ..............471
Kindergarten Department—Third
Month
Boys enrolled ........ 16
Girls enrolled................15
Fourth Month
Boys enrolled ...............16
Girls enrolled ........ 16
Total Enrollment
Third Month ..........:.....31
Fourth Month ...............32
^ Grand Total
First. Month .. ........ .424
Second Month ........... . .439
ned _____ ..... .
crop of 1915 prior to December 1, Third Month ----.......490
1915, as compared with 13,960
bales ginned prior to December 1,
1914.
TAKES WRONG MEDICINE;
Fourth Month............. .503
We wish to say that the above
figufea inelnde only three weeks
of the-fourth month, as school
was closed for the holidays a week
before the fourth month was ont.
We dare say there is no school
in this part of the state that can
this record where the nop-4
which bears bis name and chal-
lenged Renublicans to compare it
with the Payne-Aldrich tariff.
Senator Simmons, chairman of
the Finance Committee, in re-
sponse to qnestions from the Re-
publicans,. said he understood it
to be The adhKmstration V plan to
-propose further ^evenne- ■iepSfir
tion after the holidays and that
his impression was there would
be no issuance of bonds to defray
increases in expenses of the Gov-
ernment, including the prepared-
ness program.
Senator Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania, who led the minority attack
on the resolution, interrupted Sen-
ator Underwood’s speech to draw
a picture of idle men in his State
during his campaign for re-elec-
tion last year. He said the pres-
ent prosperity in the steel busi-
ness was due to the war and,im-
mense purchases by belligerent
Governments.
Washington’s first real snowfall
for the winter of 1915-16 is on the
ground. It was not an imaginary
snowfall, but the real stuff—very
white, naturally, wet and stieky;
jnst the sort to adorn trees and to
pack into snowballs to land on the
unsuspecting backs of “grown
Washington, D. C., Dec. 17.—
The extermination of prairie dogs
over large areas has been prac-
tically completed, according to the
report of the Bureau of Biological
Survey just published by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture, and
wide stretches of valuable graz-
ing lands have been entirely clear-
ed of this pest. In national for-
ests in Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah, and Oklahoma, more than
95 per cent of the prairie dogs
have already been destroyed. Ac-
tive campaigns are still in prog-
ress in Arizona, New Mexico, Mon-
tana, and South Dakota, and in
the Rio Grande forest in Colora-
do.
The average cost of distribut-
ing poison on areas infested ^by
prairie dogs has now been rec~
ed to less than 5 cents an
In cases where reinfestatioii
made it necessary to go ove|
land again, the cost has nc
ceeded 3 cents an acre. Poisoned
oats have been found to give the]
most consistent results, except ii;
the Coconino forest in Arizor
where a species of blue-sternmlfd
grass is abundant. The prarie
dogs are so fond of this that Aqjjy
care little for ..grain w'Onitec
is poisoned or <jon.
The Biologic caused b dif.
rabbits, mole* lts general sense,
pine mice, ar
as against wjansing announced
the Wigt.-- Hid not
are so /injurious in pal Iffi'Ui ivrisa
issippi and Alabama, can be kept
away/at an annual expenditure, it
is estimated, of 25 cents an acre
or less after the lands have been
ond; thoroughly treated.
While endeavoring to destroy
those and other pests, the Bureau
is also encouraging an Increase
#f population of beneficial birds.
The results of the second bird cen-
sus in the spring of 1915 showed
that,, bird life can be largely in-
cre. Ced throughout the country.
Where efforts are made to pro-
tect the birds the population in-
creases rapidly.
_ Of the new national bird res-
ervalioTlS^SSfiftWished during the
past year, two ariTh^®r^«i)frton,
sixty-seven such reservations ~vuV
now in charge of the Department.
With few exceptions- the condi-
tions on them are said to be very
favorable to the increase of bird
life.
BERT KING FOR DISTRICT
ATTORNEY
ups,” from the hands of mischiev-
ous boys.
An interdepartmental commit-
tee of the Executive Departments
of the Government has been form-
ed to look into the question of an
all:,embracing system of intercom,
munication between stations, of
various departments of the Gov-
ernment on the coasts of the U.
8. The object is to organise the
‘We are authorized to place the
name of Bert King of Seymour,
Texas, in the announcement col-
umn as a candidate for the office
of District Attorney of this dis-
trict, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary.
We wish to say in behalf of Mr.
King that he is one of Seymour’s
best lawyers. He has gained
quite an enviable reputation as an
attorney. The people of that coun-
ty have given him the office of
County Judge for the past four
years. He has filled that office
with credit, and now wishes to so-
licit the vote of everyone of this
district for the office of District
Attorney, assuring them that he
will make an efficient officer and
see thst the laws are enforced-
Mr. King is a splendid lawyer,
having graduated several yean
from some of the best law
*1“ Iwd- He it well
guuHfied for thk perition ;g£j
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1915, newspaper, December 23, 1915; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth756048/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.