Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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INS COUNTY LEADER
VOL. 30.
EMORY, TEXAS. Friday, Feb., •>, 1917
No. 6
We. Have the Goods !
Our stock is very full ami com-
plete—everything new and the best on
the uuikct. Do )uiir trading with us
and you will be pleased.
Below Wf quote you t» f»*w Spsoul* for Biturduy, Come
In for ^-tn. and \ u will fir.fi plenty more bargain*. l«»n.
$1*5 Union Suits and 2-piece Suits $1.00
Union Made Overalls
Red I >ho<
Cooking Oil. pel gallon
Granulated Sugar. 11 pounds for
Gray Goose Flour, per hundred
Lighthouse Flour, per hundred -
Arm Hammer Soda, 1 packages
Garrett SnufT. per bottle
115
Pilgrim's Rest Pickings
Remember, we always pay the j
best prices for produce, cash or j|
trade.
No. H12 ^«»fs Inst w«M*k\ prize, (nil amt *ioi if.
He surt and bring in your tickets every Saturday
Th. U.k that -ee-tu* mi vrrr «gr«-w*
fruM WliMt »• cUitv »lnink m drtnul,
W ill u< u*f I*itnil*' vtliilr W«
And wish lit*- way *r rl«f*r «kMd
ll>» trilriDi wbn*f lent uav> tuniusl
On kilt) —lop***, IB Valle,• tlt'Sp.
W Urn on it* r<M*ky k-.aUu Ilka U*i »mI
lhnt only • li.tam bill kin m»f.
Ho Mr. Kditor. carrying out
promiae »m will (tv to giv« you
aoino of tliM M I'tokitigt" hi our
Conimouitv and not malt** a '‘dis-
tant hill" of tin* ia*k,
Nhw * ttoaroH. No murri't^i,
birth* or deaths to report tbisi
w**«*k. Sane sickif-ss at almost |
afory hous from toids snd‘
MgnjjM.
Mr. Bob Ford who ha* been at-
t»mhng ncho d at CamdQsrc*, cam**
Houia Sick threw k|u, but!
w*» are glad to kn<>w that be ia <
aide to bn up again.
I>. B. Vand- I bad a “tusslw")
with grip out it out again. Mm.*
I). B. Yaudel, Mm A. K. Corn* j
•diun, Mi* kati* Harrison and*
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Try Our
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our Cough Syrup and Grip Tablets We han
die the best, and take pleasure in serving you
Our Prescription Department is Complete Bring
us your prescriptions and we will please you
TANLAC
We are local representatives for the famous
Tania.- medicine Call and ask us about it
Kurd am r«pori*-d
L. J. OREAR
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SENSE AND CENTS
Tl»ere was an old geezer and he had a Tot
of sense.
He started up a business on a dollar-eighty
cents—
t he dollar for stock and the eighty for an ad
Brought him three lovely dollars in a day,
by dad1
Well, he bought more goods and a little
more space
And he played that system with a smile
on his face
The customers (locked to his two-by-four,
And soon he had to hustle for a regular store
Up on the square, where the people pass.
He gobH;d up a corner that was all plate
glass
He fixed up the windows with the best that
he had,
And he told em all about it in a half page ad
He soon had em coming, and he never
never quit.
And he wouldn't cut down on Ins ad one jit
Well he's kept things humming in the town
ever since
And everybody calls him the Merchant
Prince.
Some say it's luck, but that's all bunk—
Why . he was doing business when the times
were PUNk
People have to purchase and the geezer was
wise—
For he knew the way to get 'em was to
ADVERTISE
, Prof. Oi«n M aloti, oiiH of our
Pilgrim t**oli*ri i» reported tick,
Mia* Paul"* K • -*mi, another ot
j our teachers was'sick la*t Friday
; ami Saturday, bui mi able to re-
sum* b**r UtiiiH* at ech*>ol Mon-
day. A number of school 3bud-
: ren ar * ab* ut (rum school on ac%
count of sickness,
j Your reporter never bad the
grip but he \n r«»nvniCM(l that it
! give* one a different "view print
lot things.*’ One of our friend*
• aid to u*.-- You know l Iiav*
alway* t»e**n a strong prohibition-
I tat, a I in oat a "crank" and have
voted tliH ticket every opportun-
ity, but it th*r* w«* an Million
now I believe I wo uld vote tbe
Anti ticket. 1 bat shows hou
inwall I SfK
I-nm-rf ar * preparing th** aoi
[for another crop. 1 hero wae a j
pioap * t ot i;,< r •• in th** cotton '
n r> vg«* (Hit the tit “lump in | vjrygr
pric-a and the present gloomy out* |
look lor murd**i <»n a larger scale----
may make 1 >me refuse to risk all
on the fb>«*cy staple.
I Hotter raise a living for th** fam-
ily and stojk up m the farm and
let your cotton be a ‘money crop"
in*lead of being credited on ac-
count lor a living already con*
a U filed.
Mr. Kditor, we want to corn-
m* ud vour editorial in last week'*
i«su* pertaining to tbe tale
bearer and evil speaker* of othera.
II these people wh > poke their
nose* m other people's borne- to
an»**ll out fault* and put on mug
inlying ||lasee» to discover their
neighbor's flaw-, would turn their
doga to bunt out the good points,
it would be mofe pleasant at least
to other pe pie vVm should re-
membwr that in tin* wick*«d world
the atraigbtest timber ba* *ome
knots 111 it and the cleanest field
IS not tree of weeds. The most
careful driver will sometimes up- I
s**ts the yehickle and the vi*ry :
best farmer freak the plow or I
make a crooked furrow. All of
ua tiemg lull of laulla should keep
two bears and learn to "bear*' and *
i"forl*e ir” with oue another. ,
0«eeuville Banner
/ Reeves Druar Store, $
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Cash for Produce
Wc will pay the following prices for
Produce—and prices quoted below good
until February 20th
Eggs, per dozen - - 30c
Butter, per pound - 20c
Hens, per pound - 10c
Roosters, per pound - 5c
Stags, per pound (3 to 3 1 -2 lbs) 10c
Springs, per pound - 17c
Turkeys. “ ” - 17c
Geese “ Head - 60c
Ducks " " - 40c
Guineas “ “ - 20c
Emory Ser. Co.
£ fiat y y 5>•’« y* vkxk
Bergen Seeking An Alibi
It ha* b*iComn known that the
man Bergen who was placed in
jail here following hi* indictment
by a Kama count? grand jury
charging him with th*« killing *d
Cashi**r Glae* and thn Bobbing of
the 8tat»* Bauk of Point is seeking
to establish an alibi.
It is undnrstood that h** cla-nie
that bo a.o breakfast with a crew
of the i nt»* relate cow mere* f»m-
mission at IWier*, n«ai the
of Texts and Louisiana on the
morning of the murder the oight
I adore, and it is claimed if this
HnpliMlN ( nil Pastor
k v W. T. R"U»» ol Oreeovill#
tin- pulpit «t th« l.aptlit
church h«r« Huudur. procchin.
i«rn Hu*- .-roioii.
At th» <•..n« lu.rjn ul it^* .^raion
Hundxy nulli th* church wont
into ronferwic* arid *xt*.)d«d *
imiuimou. call lo Kcv. Kouw. for
half tini* ns pa.lor.
Kn Kuu.h h*. not yet ac.c*pl*d
the al>. i)t Ii* lull an appoint*
un>( l lo pin*, li *K*)L| lit* 5lil .>,11).
day. and il u ■ that he
will a •f.-pt ih" call at that time,
K«v. Kuua> i. an al>l* poacher
t).- |ru* b* i "Uid i t liav*. I u iu und Hi* <'hun h will o* fortunala
I’.nni that iii.lil. ltiaal* ur Ot if it m encoring lmn a.
atood tha, th cm* Uilfer. a* *t j pa,lor.
tbe date .onia man ate with them,
but that li-rgen ia th* uiau
not lie **id at preenut.
can-
Pleads Guilty to Forgery.
H E. Hanlnmao, a young man
Bnrjjin i. rattomil abuu him* f,, n. Wo >d county, aoinn*|)*re
*n|f and hi. 1,1*. Ileaaya nothing ,,f Minaoi., wat arreited ui
to p*r»ou. in ami about th* jail ijfnnnvill* by Shnrnff Whittle
and nothing ia k«o*n of what be
ta to ant op it) hia o»n be-
half when hie trial cornea on.—
Bmi b I, lauglia «hnn thn
akilletl tava to th.< put:—"Ho* p ,____ rA;
. . it riuuuv,c moiiuvj
blue a you m*.
When aotac oua "knock*" a * w*^ ** Alexander i'
liri.ther. pa.a around th* loving Utani'i »tor« Saturday and
cup, .ay .oaiatbing good about bigheel
Inin i! you have to niakn it up. produce
Turn I.aim
Smoke I Smoke I Smoke jrourj
meat with aenuine hickory imni,
flavor. Clel it at the Newman i
Orug Store.
In-
will
a.it prices for
Price# tomorrow
Egg*, par doaen Z8c
Hene. p*r pound loc
Kooetere, eeob 26c
ttutrar. per puuuu 20e
-1.. t l.lNE.
i,tiU brought to Kcaory Sunday
i n a charge of forging a check for
iiour dollar, about thirty day*
ego on Mr. Kd Alexander of thi*
|city. The check «*. caabed et
H ojih in • i>ep, aiore. rtardeixiBO
pleeded guilty, or rether aigned *
atatninent to that effect to tie
turnwl over to the grind jury.
Hardman wa. turned over to
the Wood county • Sh.friff Mou-
evening. who came up in • car
for bun.
11- I* -iutod there i!ts or
ibre« "t fonr charge* of forgery.
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Hill, Tom W. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1917, newspaper, February 9, 1917; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth832075/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.