The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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by a Good
Qty eieetion held last
flduinistration which
m terminated was
power by a decisive
But two officers of
ig administration who
_ lection were de-
ad and one of those lost, be-
» that be was not in sympa-
oith the policies of the ma>
as a whole have
jg do uncertain tones
lof, and their faith in,
pel the body as a whole
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The Literary Society at Pal-
metto is attracting a wider range
of attention each meeting, visi-
tors coming from El Campo,
Louise, Hahn, and as far off as
Colorado County. It now has
thirty-six wide awake members,
among which will be found Ger-
man, Swedish, Bohemians and
Americans and Catholic§, Bap-
tist, Methodist, Lutherans, Hi
berelist, and others and Northern
and Southern, Prohibitionist and
Anti prohibitionist, Democrats,
Republicans and Socialist. They
all join hands in fellowship and
good feeling and are putting
forth an extra effort to make this
one of the best Societies of its
kind in South Texas. Nothing
but live anjl instructive questions
are discussed.
We have no time to discuss
entitled to have j who was the bravest man, Santa
nt. .The dividing | Anna or Sam Houston, said its
have been drawn Program Committee, We would
or and City; rather Resolve that the average
as to the young man of today has better
with regard! opportunities to make life a suc-
Light Co. and ! cess than our forefathers. This
has no connec-; will be the subject for Friday
or indirectly night, April 17. It will be rep-
ly and has only resented by three speakers on
how it viewed both sides, four of which are
ft haa been criti- j young men who have never de-
tmall degree of being bated before, the other two be-
by the aforesaid Com- i ing the champions of the Society.
party having gone j Besides the debate there will be
pab Mi over his gig- a number of recitations and dia-
its polices were con- logues that are the best This
and Light promises to be the best'program
yet rendered. ^
President Prof. J. R. Peace is
trying to organize a County De-
baters Union and would like to
see the whole state organized.
The Palmetto school is attract-
Company is in-! ing wide attention also. Its
lir $7,500 and its {teacher, Prof. J. R. Peace is a
man who puts his
This assertion like
was made for cam
to try tocoun-
of the im-
made last week,
if false. TheCi-
itto shares of
12 of these shares are
of the Water
eoul:t in his
work and thereby make it im-
ot sound judgement and
ideas, w h o have
they possess bv their
sad whose good opin-
highly, we unhesitat-
mortal from the very beginning,
y. And while I He has the complete co-operation
bold this stock of his patrons and his boys and
girls love him.
The Palmetto School District
was extremely fortunate to land
Mr. Peace for this school and it
is doing everything in its power
that they have never | to get him for next term, but it
r triad even by the seems that he aspires to a very
'» to influence j much higher position than be
of the Citizen upon now holds and he knows how to
get it.
The Palmetto Literary Society
is open to membership for every-
body and you make no mistake
if you join. x •
Visitors will be welcomed and
well entertained.
A member.
The management has
the idea that we are
entitled to our views
■W as others, and
i aa equal right to
without being held
scrutinizing gaze of the
having been unduely
by outside agencies,
bid hoped and work-
in the adminis-
aiong certain lines
ao apology to offer,
people have spok-
_gfty are against us
gladly aopport the new
in ao far as we
are right, but
it advocating poli-
we are led to be-
lts of the
be conserved we
A Curiosity.
The human telescope, the most
wonderful freak of human na-
ture in existence. It grows two
feet in height while you watch.
At the Isis Theater Friday night
and Saturday afternoon and
night. 3000 feet of motion'pic-
tures.
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Memorial Services.
There will be memorial ser-
our senti-1 vices of Rev. G. W. Story h» Id
for ths policy : at the Presbyterian Church Fri-
future of the | day night, April 10, conducted
by Rev. F. E, Fincher of the 2d
Presbyterian Church of Houston.
All friends of the family are in-
vited.
Mom it the vote of
Keep Your Grit.
Hang on, cling on,
No matter what they say,
\
Push on, sing on,
Things will come your way.
Sitting down aqd whining
Never helps a bit.
Best way to get there is by-
\ Keeping up your grit.
Don’t give up hoping ' '
When the ship goes down,
t
/ Grab a spar or something,
Just refuse to drown. ,
Don’t think you’re dying
■ Just because you’re hit.
Smile in face of Danger,
And hang on to your gnf.
" * i ^"
• Folks die too easy—
They sort of fade away.
Make a little error
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And give up in dismay.
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Kind of man that’s needed
Is the man of ready wit—
Who laughs at pain and trouble
And always keeps his grit.
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—Adopted
Wells Fargo Will Not Quit
Fort Worth, April 8—In reply
to a communication as to wheth-
er the Wells Fargo & Company
would go out of business on ac-
count of the Parcels Post, B. D-
Caldwell, President of the com-
pany, made the following state-
ment:
“This company has no inten-
tion of .retiring from the field of
express business. When Parcel
Post was inaugurated we took
the position that there was room
City Marshal J. O. Lee And
Friends Celebrate his
Victory *
dm
For several days before the
election J. O. Lee had been noti-
fying his many friends that he
would serve an old time mutton
banquet Wednesday night re-
in the public interest for both the j gardless of the results of the
parcel post and the express. A elation. The only difference to
years experience *has demon- he made in the menu was per-
strated that we were right in our, taining to the liquid refreshments
contention. A majority of the!served’ As Mr. Lee is a consist-
nation’s industries have built up ent Pro his friends understood
their business upon express ser- ^hat defeat was met that water
vice and will continue to depend W0UH be served, and if victory
on the express for an expedited f^ted her pinions upon his ban-
movement and personal care in ner that the P&le liquid s
handling their merchandise. We 8^ve place to its more som
are adjusting our business to brother and coffee would be the
new conditions and are endeavor- used. Mr. Lee, on accoun
ing to maintain and increase the; his big majority in Tuesday’
efficiency of our service. We be- j election, was busy all day Wed-
lieve that the commercial inter- nesday reminding his friends oi
ests of the country, 90 per cent the treat in store for them, and
of which are patrons of the ex- emPloying experts in the culina-
press companies, will continue to ry ark that everything might be
support our efforts to maintain jin readiness for the anticij
one of the most “vital agencies in j ^'^t. At an early hour his
transportation. ” j fiends began to arrive and were
The Wells Fargo Company has'met hythe host with a glad shake
been in business more than half the hand and a cordial wel-
a century and operates over 100,- come to the celebration.
000 miles of railroad in the 081116 in companies, regime
United States. This company is and brigades until the spacious
also the pioneer in the Texas Woodman Hall, which had been
field. There are three compan- sect9^F' for the occasion, was
ies operating
m
three compan-
in Texas, not in-!ftlledt0 its capacity.
Services at Methodist Church
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On next Sunday the services
at the Methodist Church will be
as follows:
Sunday School will open at reg-
cluding the United States Com-
pany, which has announced that
The time
Enter the Prize Crop Contest.
Those who have not yet enter-
ed the Texas Industrial Congress
contest for 1914, in which $10,-
000 in gold will be given away
was spent in fun, frolic and
feasting. Music was furnished
it will soon discontiue business, by an American band of African
The Texas express companies decent imported - expressly for
ular hour. The teachers will re-: for the greatest net profits ob-
view the lesson with their classes, tained in growing field erops and
Reports. > feeding livestock should not be
Easter song by children. discouraged from sending their
Announcements by Superinten- names in to the office of the Con-
dent. gress, Dallas, because those who
Ten minutes for hand-shaking have already entered the contest
and getting acquainted. have obtained little, if any, ad-
Voluntary by Choir—Song. -j vantage through earlier planting.
Congregation standing—Pray- j The slow, rainy planting season
er- . has to a considerable degree
Scripture reading. placed the disadvantage upon
Special music- those who entered first and have
Prayer. Offering. , seeded their ground.,
Special song. j There is absolutely no charge
Sermon—Theme, “The Resur- made in any way for entering
the contest, in fact, the contest-
ant has everything to gain and
nothing to lose in trying to make
employ 3,300 men whom they
pay SI,500,000 annually and ex-
pend more than two million dol-
lars for other operating expenses
in Texas each year.
A Heavy Shower
this occasion, and those who
wished Tangoed ant) Turkey
Trotted, to the extent of their
physical endurance. At a late
hour the happy crowd dispersed
and had to the best of our infor-
mation reported for duty at 8
m
Last Wednesday evening the 0 c*oc^ Thursday mornii g.
many friends of Miss Marie Long,
whose wedding was announced
we go to press we have heard of
no fatalities, but all report Mr.
last week, met at thearesidence ^ee a success as an entertainer
of W. G. Rudder and showered
her with many articles, that will
prove both useful and ornamen-
tal in the new home, when estab- and en^ertam the people as
lished, as a slight tribute of es- as during his past term.
teem. Notice.
as well as a City Marshall, and
that he can have the office for
life if he will continue to
Ladies Mass Meeting.
The Cemetery Improvement
rection of our Lord.”
Song. Benediction.
We earnestly invite all of our
Association request that all lot
owners in the O. D. H. S. Ceme-
The ladies of El Campo met, , _
again last Sunday evening at the tery’ 'v^° j1fve ,n0t j?*?*6,0??*
M. E. Church. There were
arrangements, clean their lots in
the very near future, in tjiat
people, friends and strangers to the greatest possible yields from eighty of the ladies present and
attend these services next Sun- his land at the least expense. In during this meeting they took! Decoration Day h i h be observed
day and let’s make it a great day addition to the large money
in El Campo. 1 prizes that the right kind of work
Sincerely your Pastor,
W. A. Manley.
. Baptist Church
is sure to earn, the contestant
receives the benefit of the in-
creased earnings from his land—
. _ ... . one 19 year old boy made an acre
9:45 *• m' ,peC’al Missionary , Cotton yield $105 30 last year,
program, “The South and the
World for Christ.’
upon themselves the name of the
‘Social Purity League.” The
ladies are entering upon their
work with great earnestness and
enthusiasm and we predict that
we will soon see results from
their influence.
the latter part of April, the ex-
act date to be determined later.
MmfMd
121
S. C. Cappell
; 173
111
W. W. Crook
132
106
Treasurer
87 ’
P. C Fricke
.303
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Councilmen
202
• G- F. Stovall
195
104
W. G. Barr
.190
G. H. Ruddell
. 1 174
17a
A. M. Heed
119
131
> G- A. Rives
HI.
E. C. Hill
104 '
not counting the seed, after all
Songs, dia- expense had been paid—and he
logues and much profitable Mis- a)g0 learn8 from getting these
s.onary data. W e wish for more results once, how to get them
intelligence along Missionary every year
lines. There is much pressing j ^ A & M hag recog_
need. An offering will be made njzed the work of the Congress
for Home and Foreign Missions. for ^is year by voting free
3:30 p.m. Paster will conduct*gcholarships in the Farmers’
a service at Pecha school house. Short Course to the ten contest
6:45 p. m. Sr. B.Y.P.U. Pow- ants getting the best net profits
er and Works of God.” Mrs. L. in WOrk.
O. Lundy leader. j The difference between enter-
4 7:45 p m^Song and Sermon,, Jng and not entering the contest
wv^ ° J is the difference between being
e copie. . satisfied with what you are now
EU^nsmUaslur. dojng> and trying t0 do better.
Christian Church. Everybody knows thatthesuc-
Ne^t Sunday the Sunday School cesses of the world in every line
will render an Easter program are made up only of those who
prepared especially for the oc- are trying to make themselves
casion. At 11:00 o.cloeK' the better in their respective lines,
j minister will deliver an Easter The Congress hopes that every
sermon. Special music has been farmer in the State, whether
1 prepared and all are invited. man, woman, boy or girl will at
Will Erect Large Flour MHL
C. H. Guenther & Sons have
practically completed all necessa-
ry arrangements for the erec-
tion of one of the largest flour
mills in the United States at this
place. It is their intention to
have work start on this mam-
moth industry immediately and
have it ready for operation by
Legislation Effects Railway.
Austin, Texas, Apail 6. — J.
Gould, the famous railroad build-
er, in reply to a recent communi-
cation, made the following state-
ment:
“If the business interests of
the country can be assured that
the credit of the railroads will
not be further jeopardized by po-
litical attacts and by polices of
Federal and State administration
we will see a quick rebound in
railroad construction throughout
the country. The trouble seems
to be that the various depart-
m
the time the next wheat crop is ments of government, both state
harvested, The mill will have a and nationil, are not working as
capacity of 2.000 barrels daily one to bring about this much de-
and will represent an expendi- sired end. We cannot sell secur-
ture of more than $100,000.^-San ities on a large scale abroad un-
Antonio Express. til investors over there, both
- large and small, feel certain of
once send in his name and help the future of our railroads.”
put Texas on the map for big
farming results, the best adver-
The interview is of
interest to Texas as the
especial
Goulds
tising we can have. Application1 controle 2,300 miles of railroad
blanks may be had by writing at in Texas and have not built
once to the Texas Industrial Con-
gress.
new mileage in this state in
Iy -eight years.
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1914, newspaper, April 10, 1914; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth876697/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.