The Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1902 Page: 16 of 16
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Build Up
Aright
How long! Oh how long will the
good people of Pilot Point remain in-
-different to our educational interest!
Shall the parents of this town con-
tinue to live in dread of the time
when they will have at heavy expense,
to send their sens and daughters from
home to prepare them for the respon-
sible duties of life? Are we not neg-
lecting a grand opportunity to ad-
vance our material interest when we
become so apathetic on the school
^question? Factories^ manufacturing
plants, and good roads are good for
the upbuilding of a town, but schools
vof a high order are better for all
.classes; rich and poor are equally
benefited by them. We honor *,ur
.schools so far as they go. But a
higher grade we need, the refining
influence of which will be fait not
«only in the town and adjacent com-
munity, but the influence of which
■will be unbounded. No town in
North Texas has better natural ad-
vantages for a high grade school
•than Pilot Point, and if our people
will come together with their means
and enegery, and lay aside precon-
cieved notions, and work together,
then we will have a .schools and the
growth of population and increase of
-business, will make us forget the
competition of other towns working
for our trade. Think over the sub-
ject. Let us act, while it is day,
"for the night cometh, when no man
can work."
This article, clipped from the Post
Signal, is so pregnant with real pa-
thos that we reypriftt it as a warning,
rather than for any pungent facts
contained in it. Read it, and reflect.
It is the wail of real misfortune.
One of the saddest commentaries
on life is the gray headed man who
.stands on the verge of the grave with
just such a wail for lost opportunities
of his misspent life. As with indi-
viduals, so with communities and
^commonwealths. it is ao experience
common to all of us; every one has
at some time of - his life let &l\p a
golden opportunity- But it is an ex-
perience that should prove valuable.
It has doubtless come within the
.observation of every reader of this
paper that some town of his knowl-
edge has passed through the identi-
cal experience had by Pilot Point.
They flourish for a time, but lack of
the spirit of progress* a greed of
.gain in the individual citizen, even-
tually chokes the life out of the
town's development. New towns
spring up around them, and, filled
with the right kind of spirit, grow
.and develop, while the old one grad-
ually dies away, and those who are
progressive soon leave it because
th *y find no congeniality.
What is to the interest of one citi-
zen of a town, is to the interest of
every citizen. This may be laid
down as one of the strongest maxims
«of cur doctrine. "In unity there is'
¡strength," has no more accurate
GRAND
COMBINATION
SALE
t
HEREFORD BULLS
50 Head
These bulls represent some
axe all plains bred animals.
L. R. BRA9LY, Hereford, Texas
ALEX EDWARDS, Canyon City, Texas
GEO. BLACK, Canyon City, Texas
Sale
50 Head
of the best strains in America, and
Contributed by following parties:
T. C. D. DE GRAFTENRIED, Ceta, Texas
R. A. CAMPBELL, Canyon City, Texas
MONROE, Canyon City, Texas
Will Take Place at Canyon City, Texas, on
Wednesday, April 16, Í902
R. A. CAMPBELL, Auctioneer
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application than in the economic
affairs of our everyday life. Too
often, alas, the spirit of greed tears
us asunder in matters whereliberality
and unity are essential to our own
interests and the interests of every
other citizen. But this is digres-
sion.
The educational center is the town
to be most desireS in this day of
commercialism. We might build *p
here, for instance, a commercial
center on the plains, and for a time
.enjoy a thriving business. But rail-
roads axe rapddly traversing our
country and opening up new fields of
undeveloped and unknown resources.
This renders conditions uncertain,
and the chances are that some new
town would .spring into existence
and either take away our prize or
so divide it a? to make it not near
so profitable. Having built up on
false premises, as it were, reaction
takes place,property values decrease
and a corresponding loss must be
borne by those whose faith was
built «p on commercialism alone.
It is hardly necessary to add
that with an educational foundation
our growth must be permanent.
We have net only our own judgment
in support of this truth, but the ex-
perience of hundreds of other towns
thriving today tinder the impetus
given them by the college and the
university as educational centers.
We do not even have to go out of
our own state for evidences <«if this.
Aye, they layfalmost at our doors.,
Asf^R our newly acquired pos-
sessions," remarks Mr. Dooley,
'tis our intention to give them a form
iv govermenl suited to their needs,
which is small, an',, in short, to do
as we blame please with them, makin'
up our minds as we go along." This
seems to define the state of affairs
with sufficient accuracy.
It is «reported that several Boers
have bfcen butchered by the English;
but this doesn't necessarily imply
that the $>mce «si pork will go oip.
Just received a complete line of
solid gold and gold filiad jewelry—
rings, studs., cuff and collar buttons,
• scarf pms, bracelets, secret locket
chains, brooches, charms, etc.
Ward & McGlothlin. 5tf
Well! Well! Well!
Yes, that's our business—mak-
ing WELLS • Ten years' ex-
perience in artesian well work.
Full satisfaction guaranteed on
ail work or no pay. Prices
right. Address
HEREFORD WELL CO,
IF. C. Hutchinson, Manager
Box 136 .Hereford, Texas
Or call at the Hereford Manufac-
turing Co.'s for full information
J. EL HOLLAND
Contractor
and Builder
WlH iurnish plans with detail
drawings and specifications at
reasonable prices. No job tto
small; none too complicated. Will
bid on any and all. See me be-
fore letting contract for yow
buildings.
«Subscribe for
C/>e Brand
TARE NOTICE
STOCKMEN!
J
On Saturday, March 29th, F.
H. Britain will sell to the highest
bidder one thoroughbred Short-
horn bull, one year old.********
L PROCEEDS TO GO TO HEREFORD COLLEGE
Salo%WlU T.k. PUo. In Front of Utrsf.rd National Bank
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Stone, B. P. The Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1902, newspaper, March 21, 1902; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth142289/m1/16/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.