The Blessing News. (Blessing, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1914 Page: 2 of 4
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The Blowing New*
Published Every Friday
And Owner*
ELMER LOHNES. Editor
$1.60 per year
Six months
Thro* months
Single Copies
In Advance
. - 76c
60c
- 6 cents
Win Gain By
»e War
Advertising Rates made known on
County Directory
District Ju4*r- Hun. Saeuel J. StflM ft Wh*r-
District Attorncr- W. M. Htiiu* at Bar Cltr.
District Clark—Jea. T. IVrrr. Bar Cltr; M*“
Clara Mar Yaaorr. Ix-put».
Csaetr Ia4*s—Baa. W. & Hainan
Cswatr Atunwf-B. H. Latvia: BuarUad Ru«»-
lar. Daputr.
Csaatr Ctork-W. C. Liard: Jaa. T. Band. ChW
Daputr.
ShariS—Vraak Ruralrr: Bart Carr. Chiri Daputr
Taa Aaasaaat— I. D. Mourr; T. M. Castlataa.
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Ta* CaUactar-C. M. Stepar: Chief Daputr. B. A.
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Cauatr Suraerar—K. M. Cuatalaon.
Traaaaiw flaa K. HmilL
Csaatr CaaMlaaiaaara-W. M. Brlcher. Bar CRjr.
P rad act Me 1: W. E. McNabh. Matasarda.
Predact Me 2: J. W. Botrera. Btanainr. Pre-
cinct Me y, H. M. SaaSara. Palactun. Praclact
No. «.
Caaatr Caart—Caarvaa oa tha third Monday la
Mnarr. Mar. Aasaat. aad Moraaihar.
Caetaaiaaiaesrs Court—Masts ae tha ascoad Moa-
day la each aueth, aad aaarr other Saturday
ta par aS read work par rotia.
District Caart—Csatraeaa twice a roar—about
tha trat Maudar la Jauuarr aad Juaa.
There is one redeeming feature
about the heavy rains we are
having, it is making lots of hay
and grass for livestock.
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The Mexican government has
been turned over to Carranza,
who is now in full possession of ergy and enterprise he applies to
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Mexico City. The attitude of
Villa, who is in the north with
his army, la, however, unknown
and the Mexican difficulty is still
far from being settled.
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Silos, livestock and poultry are
the means of making the const
country the greatest agricultural
section of the state. Landmen,
real estate agent*, business men
and all others interested in the
development of this section can
do nothing better for their future
prosperity than promoting inter-
est among the farmers along
this line.
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The more we study it over the
firmer is our belief that the farm-
er* of the gulf coast must raise
more livestock and feedstuff*,
and devote a smaller acreage,
well tended, to cotton. Without
livestock there is no real farm-
ing, and with a smaller acreage
of eotton, well cultivated, the
production will be as great and
the profits greater.
Houston, Texas, August 15.—
That the farmers in the United
States, and especially East and
South Texas, should take advan-
tage of the present Europesn
struggle is the opinion of H. M.
Mayo, manager of the immigra-
tion and industrial bureau of the
Sunset-Central lines. He stated
that while the war between the
countries across the water was
to be deplored, the farmers in
this country could not afford to
neglect the opportunities for lo-
cal and state development In
•peaking of the situation Mr.
Mayo said:
'The opportunities for the
fanner in what may prove to be
a long drawn out straggle be-
tween the European warring ele-
ments are scarcely capable of be-
ing adequately estimated. While
it ia true that cotton has been
temporarily depressed, its values
are practically fixed, and the in-
creasing value of all food prod-
ucts should suggest to the farm
er the employment of every av-
enue of industry in an effort to
not only increase the production
of existing farms, but should
stimulate the settlement of the
great unproducing areas in East
and South Texas.
"The nations of Europe, if the
war proves indefinite, must be
fed. The millions of people in
the United States are just as
clamorous for foodstuffs, anc
will continue so. Thus between
the two elements, the farmer
must profit in a ratio commen-
surate with his ability as an ag
riculturist and the degree of en
ia easily the most independent
of our population, provided he
diversifies, and utilizes the by-
products of his farm to support
his fsmily during the growing
season, leaving the main crop as
profit, thus establishing asystem
that will contribute more to the
prosperity of the individual farm-
er than the policy of developing
a single crop on which the farm-
er is compelled to subsist, pur-
chasing for his daily needs, in-
stead of producing the easily
grown products necessary for
the comfort and subsistence of
himself and family.
"Every county in East and
South Texas is crying aloud for
new blood, and when it is con-
sidered that farm lands may be
purchased from $6 per acre up,
one must realize that somebody
is failing to take advantage of a
condition that has no parallel in
this entire United States."
Custom* DHVtr.
“la China th# parUoo desiring a «■
vore* broak a cbopetlck In th* pro*
•no* or witnoaooo.” said Mr*. Oabb
“And In thl* country they break a
broomstick la tho aboone* of wit-
nreooo,“ returned Mr. Oabb.—Cincin-
nati Enquirer.
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In a statement to the Ameri-
can people President Wilson
warns all against taking sides in
the European war. The presi-
dent says: "The effect of the
war upon the United States will
depend upon what American dt-
aens say and do. Every mi
who realty love* America will
act and apeak In the true spirit
of neutrality which ia the spirit
of impartiality aad fairness and
friend lino— to all oeneeraed.
Tha spirit of tha nation in this
critical matter will be determin-
ed largely by what individuals
aad society and those gathered
in public meetings do and any.
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his work.
"From all sections of Texas
come the cry of good crops and
unless the unforseen intervenes,
the barns of the farmer will be
filled, and his revenues propor-
tionately increased.
"Is not now the time to push
the interests of thousands upon
thousands of fertile acres in East
and SouthTexas, that the farm-
ing population of other states be
made familiar with what we have
to offer, in order that the unpro-
ducing territory be made to con-
tribute to a common prosperity.
East and South Texas possess
every element necessary to agri-
cultural success, and while the
railroads are doing everything
possible to make these advan-
tages common property the coun-
try oler, the newspapers of the
section referred to are really the
greatest factor in this necessary
work. The Tribune has always
consistently advertised the ad-
vantages of this wonderful sec-
tion, and ha* undoubtedly been
largely instrumental in settling
much of the now producing ter
ritory, but the opportunities are
still remarkably numerous.
East and Smith Texas, while
offering numerous attractions to
the man of small means, at the
same time represents an oppor-
tunity for the man of larger
means, in the fact that fertile
land, capable of producing prac
tically any crop, may be had at
a small outlay and when these
facta are realised by the Over
flow from the farming sections
of the Middle West there is
bound to be an influx into this
state that will not only have the
effect of adding to farm values,
but will enormously increase
taxable values aad the per capita
prosperity.
"Every family located in a
new country represents an in-
in capitalisation of $$,000,
or ia so estimated, aad it be-
i all to put in effect
that will have
East and
out-
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l have already remarked, wty
have added value because of the
The Merchant And The
Local Paper
The incident mentioned last
week of the Bay City merchant
who sent to Dallas for his adver-
tising matter for a special sale,
for which he was most justly
censured by the Tribune had an
unusual but most fitting sequel.
A competitor of this merchant
at Bay City also put on a sale
and taking advantage of the pub-
licity given by the Tribune, vhad
all its advertising marked "all
home print." The people of
Bay City and surrounding coun
try were quick to appreciate the
situation, and the result was that
the competitor’s store was crowd-
ed with customers, and it’s sale
was a complete and profitable
success, while the house that
sent to Dallas for it’s printing
looked in vain for customers
who never came. It’s proper
and legitimate patrons, of course,
were in Dallas, who probably
have never heard of the Bay
City store, and besides they have
some pretty good stores in their
own town to deal with.
This Bay City store, like many
others, particularly in the small-
er towns, has a misconception,
first of its own importance and
second of the value and indis-
pensability of the local paper to
to the town. To illustrate: This
big mercantile firm at the coun-
ty seat which ignores the local
paper, might move it’s stock of
goods to some other place with-
out a word of protest, or with-
out ever being missed by Bay
City. On the other hand should
the Tribune announce that it
would quit publication and move
away, the capital to replace it
with another paper would be
raised in Bay City in twenty-
four hours and another plant on
it’s way to take the place of the
Tribune. And this same mer-
chant that we refer to, if he
should move to another place,
wouldn’t look at a town not sup-
plied with a local paper as a lo-
cation. Yet there are many so-
called business men who look up-
on the local paper as a liability,
when in fact it ia the town’s one
most indispensable asset.
Often a business man is heard
to say that he advertises in the
local paper just to help support
the paper, while the truth is that
the paper does more to support
the town in all its interests than
any one such merchant ever did
or can or would do. Then there
are some who don’t advertise at
all, but who get what business
they have as a result of the wor’v
of the newspaper and the really
enterprising merchants of the
town.
The real merchant who by
the right sort of advertising
draws trade and builds up his
business does not enjoy all the
fruits of his efforts. He makes
and creates business by hie ad-
vertising that he does not and
cannot get The "leavina" of
is what
What 8ho Woo Doing.
On* evening th* mother of » email
mlu aged In oald: “I *«• that you
are yavalue; It’* time you were In
b*d.“ “Oh. that vaBa’t a raws, mar
me." replied Oram. “I wai merSly
practising a now kind of omllo.M
Tim* I* Shallow.
Tima 1* but tho stream 1 go a-flsblng
In. 1 drink at It; but whilo I drink I
see the sandy bottom and detect bow
shallow It Is. It* thin current glides
away, but eternity remains—Tboronu.
Bluff That I* Hard to Call.
When w* ran out of something to
say or desire to soy It In a lotter, we
write that "tha mall lo about to close
and well hare to burry If we get It
In."
Really Fault of tho People.
Amateur concerto are probably all
right In their way, but the trouble la
there nr* so many people who are un
able to appreciate that kind of music.
Montaigne en Training of Youth.
Accustom him to everything, that he
may not ba a Sir Parle, a carpet
knight, but a sinewy, hardy, vigorous
young man.—Montaigne.
Patience Peraonlfled.
Th* man who shot himself only
after be bad married bis eighth wile
must have been astonished at his own
moderation.
Right and Left Hands.
If our right band la not to know
what our left doe*, It must not be bo-
cans* It would bo ashamed if It did.—
Raskin.
Laughter.
There are two kinds of laugh; on*
Is a restrained bellow and the other Is
an audlble smlla.
Standard
and Tourist Sleepers
Sunset Limited
NEW ORLEANS AND
SAN FRANCISCO
DAILY
Electric Lighted Sleepers and Diners
Oil Burning Locomotives
Steel Coaches
Electric Block Signals
Heavy Raila
Rock Ballast
The Route of Safe Travel
For further information ask the Local
Agent
OVER es YEAR**
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Patents
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War News
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We hsve on sale tj»e DAILY and SUNDAY isauea of
THE GALVESTON NEWS, HOUSTON POST and
CHRONICLE. All of these papers have full tele-
graphic report* of all the important events now tak-
ing place by reason of the great European war.
If you have not been keeping up with these im-
portant happenings you should begin now as world
history is being recorded every day during this war
We also have the LEADING MAGAZINES.
Many of these will very soon contain interesting
pictures taken at the scene of conflict. If there ia a
paper or magazine you would like to take regularly
we will be glad to take your subscription for it and
have it sent to you.
Blessing Drug Co.
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- REMEMBER—We are always
ous to serve you.”
'on duty’’ and anxi-
BLESSING STATE BANK i
CAPITAL STOCK $25,000
Accounts of Merchants and Farmers Solicited
Collections on all points made promptly and at
lowest rates.
TRAVELERS CHECKS payable at aU points,
(self identifying.)
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HOTEL BLESSING
Mrs. L. B. Parkins,
Propria trees.
Steam Heat, Gas, Bath and
aJI Modem Conveniences.
RATES, $2 per day.
JOB PRINTING-All kinds at
the right price. Call at The
Newt office when wanting any-
thing inthia line.
If you have something you no
longer need, you can dispose of
it by placing a few lines in our
want column.
Presbyterigm Church
Rev. W. R. Hill, Pastor
10:00 A. M.......Union Sunday School
11:00 A. M.....................Services
7:30 P. II... .Union Chrietian Endeavor
8:16 P. M....................Services
A cordial invitation ia extended to all
to attend.
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Lohnes, Elmer. The Blessing News. (Blessing, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1914, newspaper, August 21, 1914; Blessing, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth850528/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .