Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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So many of the people, especial-
ly in the ruial districts, feel that
the trend instead of being toward
farm life is away f' ora farm life.
They feel that many of the subjects
taught are not sufficiently in touch
with the life of today. Let our
schools emphasize to a greater
extent those things which are es-
sential to the success of those who
are to spend their lives on the farm
and you doubtless will see a reviv-
al of interest in education on the
part of those who have in the past
felt that the schools were not suffi-
ciently stressing this side of the
matter. Let agriculture and do-
mestic science become as ranch a
part of the common school curri-
culum as arithmetic and language,
because they are equally impor-
tant to the 80 per cent of the child-
ran now in the public schools who
will live on the farm when their
school days are over.—Progressive
Farmer.
Boom your town. If you don't
who will? Make all the newcom-
ers and prospective residents tbink
it is going to be a metropolis of
this part of the countrv, and it
soon will be. Get iu live and en-
ergetic men and the town cannot
help but prosper, go forward and
grow. You never saw a town
amount to anything, where busi-
ness men and citizens were always
engaged in telling how dead it was
and that all the powers that
be could not start it moving
building up and endowing it with
new life.
There is nothing in this world
which improves a town like good
side-walks. They give strangers a
favorable impression of a town and
they give the home people satisfac-
tion and prides; when you happen
to be returning h< me on a dark
night, doesn't it give you great sat-
isfaction if you can walk without
in constant danger of pitch-
forward and breaking your neck
loose board or a broken
t block?
Don't knock. Help yourself along
becoming popular, and push
friends with you. It's very
Be a good fellow and soon
have a procession of followers,
ever helped himself knock-
people down in character
is a little dull at this
year, but don't get die-
ran ad in the Ledger.
MARRIAGE OBLIGATION
Old fashioned people, in the
churches and out of them, are try-
ing 10 make young people s ee the
marriage ceremony with greater
seriousness. Separation* and di-
vorces for no greater canses than
a
that the parties are tired of their
marriage vows are l«>o common.
The spirit of Reno isa disgrace to
the land. Every reader of these
words know of divorces proposed
or secured whose grounds were in
reality nothing more than that the
young people wanted to he free
perhaps to marry again. A >oung
woman was heard to say not a
month ago, in all seriousness, that
she was going to be married s<>on,
but intended to get a divoice after
about a year.—San Antonio Light.
Four conspicuous figures stand
out above all others in a survey
of the situation below the Rio
Giande. These are Huerta, Car-
ranza, Villa and Zapata. Each of
these has shown himself posses>ed
in varying deyrees of that elusive
quality which marks the leader
amon*r men. Of these four Villa
and Zapata have distinguished
themselves above the others in
military leadership, and it is mili-
tary ability that chiefly counts just
now in Mexico. Both Villa and
Zapata spring from the peon class.;
both are uneducated. Villa on ac-
count of his close proximity to the
United States has gathered more of
the white man's ways than Zapata.
It seems not improbable that
"watchful waiting" will finiallysee
the Mexican trouble dwindle down
to a contest between those men for
supiemancv.—Galveston Tribune
A plan for combining actual
work on the borne farms of students
with classroom instruction in the
country agricultural schools has
been developed in Massachusetts
and is being copied iu several
other States. Each student is re-
quired to outline some project of a
farm enterprise which he will car-
ry out his home farm under the
direction and supervision of his in-
structor. He himself, however, is
responsible for the proper perfor-
mance of the work and must report
upon it's ptogres8. The project is
considered as much a pnrt of the
student's work as attendance in
the classroom. This plan bridges
the gap between the theoretical and
the practical, being the instructor
into contact with actual farm prob-
lems.
Be a booster for your home town.
If you have nothing to boost but a
store and a postoffice, be a booster
just the same. If you let people
know of the great opportunities your
town offers, they wffl sit up and
take notice and finally see that you
are right. There is no town, how-
ever small, but has some advantage.
No town but what would be a good
location for a factory or mill of
some kind.
If the capture of those Mexicans
towns has been as difficult as is
the pronunciation of their names
to an American, the slaughter
must have been terrible.
ODD NAMES OF KAFIR "BOYS"
Varied and Ingenioua Appellation*
Taken by Those Who Do Domes-
tic Work for The White*.
Most of the "domestie" work in
Sou?h Africa is done by the Kafirs,
who are called "I •>>'*," no matter
what their age may bo.
When the Kafir I my* como from
the kraal# in one ever i.-. s their na-
tive names. As soon as they an- I
brought into contact with the whites '
they take a "white" name. This pro- I
duces results not lacking in the ele-
ments of humo%
Among the Bouse hovs "Knife." ¡
"Fork" and "Spoon" are common '
names. "Table." "Chair." "Car- j
riage." "Watch" and "Matchbox"
are others more infrequently used.
There is of record one boy who took
the utilitarian name of "Ilam and
Eggs."
The Kafirs are very fond of rice
when they learn to eat it among the
whites, and one stable boy thought
he had found the finest name in the
world in "Hice."
In some respects the Kafirs are
tho cleanest people in the world.
They are forever scrubbing them-
selves in hot water and anointing
themselves \vith oil afterward. But
the habit docs not extend to tin r
clothes. They will take an elaborate
bath and then don clothes that nev> r
saw the wa>htuh.
FOR A WEDDING, BIRTHDAY
OR OTHER. OCCASION
em
You can rind an APPROPRIATE
<5!FT IN OFI{ JEWKLKY DE
PARTMENT.
We carry a nice assortment—
Cut Glass, Clocks, Silverware,
Gold Watches, La Vallieres, Etc.
If you want a nice DIAMOND we
can get a number and let you make
selection. We will sell you quality
gotnis
Stone & |-jitcl)cocK i
REX ALL DRUGGISTS
700 BUCK ST, CALDW/ELL.TEXAS
NOTHING DOING
He—I went to a fortune teller |
and asked her whom I would marry
and she described you perfectly.
She—You ought to í e able to sue
her for misrepresentation.
HOT ANO HEAVY.
Mr. Kellogg was always teasinjr
his wife; it was strange that she «Jul
not oftener suspect the pitfalls he
prepared for her. This time he came
home to dinner, and said, gravely,
"Young White's wife gave it to bun
hot and heavy this morning!"
The Whites had been married but
a few months, and Mr.-. Kellogg
promptly scented a scandal.
"Fightiiii: already? How dread-
ful!" she continued. Tell me about
it."
"Ob, ¿be just gave him one of flic
biscuit> she made for breakfast." re-
plied her husband.—Youth's Com- j
panion.
STUDY.
""Road building requires a great
deal of study."
"Yes," replied Farmer Corn toss 1:
"out our way everybody got to study-
in' how he could get a salary out <■'
the fund Infor" anybody was paid
to get out an' work. The trouble
with the study of road huildin' :•
that too muc h of it is mental arith-
metic."
Newspaper Press
FOR SALE CHEAP
We have one 6-column quarto :
Chicago Stop Cylinder Newspaper Press :
in good condition, with or without pow-
er—for sale cheap. Will sell delivered
and set up if desired. We also have one
10x15 Gordon Job Press and one 2 horse
Power Gasoline Engine, both in good
running condition-for sale at a bargain.
J5he LEDGER.
CALDWELL TEXAS.
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AQUA FORTI8.
Texas Lady I understand it i=
ven- smokv and dirty in Pittsburgh,
your home.
Pittsburgh Lady—Yes, indeed;
we have to take all of our drinkin.:
water iri capsules, and as for the or-
dinary kind, it must be washed be-
fore we can use it at all.
TOO MUCH BLA8T.
Brown—That orchestra at the the-
ater last night was terrible; it was
completely fossilized.
Jones—What do you mean by
that?
Brown—Why, you couldn't has
ft thing but the trombones.
BONEHEADI
Romantic Young Thing—Will
you love me forever?
He—Well—er—I hardly expect to
live that long.
GOOD REASON.
Beardsley—What's the trouble,
Mac? You are looking had.
Mac—Oh, the doctor cut out my
eye-opener .
STUDEBAKER WAGONS
Is the Wagon that all the farm-
ers need for hauling their cotton
and other farm products to
market, as they are the most
substantial wagons made. We
have just received a car load of them and our prices are
reasonable.
We also have full stock of Deep Well Pumps,
Wind Mills, hog Proof Fencing, Corrugated Roofing, etc.
Don't forget us for everything in
GROCERIES and HARDWARE.
A. F. GRABOW
HARDWARE OROCERIKS IMPLE/1ENTS
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¡s Lay Your Flooring
:3.
With lumber from thin yard
and you will got u surface us
oven us a billiard table.
Every board wilt match,
every tongue and groove will
tit to a hair's breadth.
It will stay level too. Our
lumber is all seasoned when
you get it, ho there is no
shrinking or warping to an-
noy you afterwards. That's
a point worth considering.
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Martin-Taylor Lamber Company
Caldwell. Tens
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Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1914, newspaper, July 17, 1914; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168886/m1/4/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.