Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 50, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 9, 1908 Page: 3 of 4
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THE BELL COUNTY DEMOCRAT
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You are not a customer of this bank we
cordially invite you to become one,
* The management is progressive,
liberal and entirely up-to-date,
thus assuring you the best
of attention to your wants
BELTON NATIONAL BANK
Lay Aside
Your Business
Take a day off and GO
PISHING. Pine sport
in the Salou, Lampasas
and Leon. The most
complete line of Fishing
Tackle in Bell county
can be found at
HENRY HOWELL'S
The Avenue Druggist
Belton, Texas
Will appreciate your patronage and give the very best service
in a Hair Cut, Shave, Shampoo, Massage, or
Anything in The Tonsorial Line.
At the same old stand with his first class white artists.
East Side Square, Belton
Brookhaven.
Are Yen a
BUSINESS MAN?
IF YOU ARE A MERCHANT
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You want to sell all the goo^.s
you can.
IF YOU ARE'A REAL ESTATE MAN
You want to make all the real
estate trad.es you can.
IF YOU ARE A MANUFACTURER
You want your product used
by as many people as possible.
IF YOU ARE A CONTRACTOR
You want all the contracts you
can get.
IF YOU ARE A
COMMISSION BROKER
you want to handle ftll the ac-
counts you can get.
IF YOU ARE A DOCTOR
You want all the practice you
can handle.
IF YOU ARE A LAWYER
You want^ all the clients you
can handle.
IF YOU ARE A
CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE
You want to get all the votes
you can.
EVERYBODY
Knows the above facts, but
everybody don't know how to
accomplish!these results. It is
the wise fellow who has discov-
ered the fact that newspa-
per advertising accomplishes
these ends quicker, and at
less cost than any other.
THE NEXT POINT OF INTEREST
is the newspaper that can
reach the greatest number of
people who are likely to be
interested in your line.
THE BELL COUNTY DEMOCRAT
has-the largest sworn Bell
county circulation of any pa-
per or periodical published in
the county. Every name on
its subscription list is paid in
advance. Circulation books
open to all present and pros-
pective advertisers. It lias no
secrets and you know what
yon get when you buy space
in its columns.
A HINT TO TIE WISE
HSIFFICIEffT
GENERAL GORDON.
Hi* Er-atic Nature and a Tribute to
Hi« Heroism.
It liis book, "Modern Egypt,"
Lijiil Cromer, for twenty years the
;4presentative of British authority
•Mn the land of the khedive, gives
the otliter side Of the heroic story
of General Gordon's rule in Khar-
tum, where he was slain by the
fanatical natives. Lord Cromer
twice rejected the proposal to send
Gordon to the Sudan. "Would,"
he says, "that I had done so a third
time." He soon woke to Gordon's
variability. He Bays: "Impulsive
fiightiness waa in fact the main
defect of General Gordon's charac
ter, and it was one which, in my
opinion, rendered him unfit to carry
out a work which pre-eminently re
quired a cool and steady head. I
used to roceive twenty to thirty
telegrams from. General Gordon in
the course of the day when he was
in Khartum, those in the evening
often giving opinions which it was
impossible to reconcile with others
dispatched the same morning."
This stream of telegrams from
Khartum was bo continuous that
Lord Cromer had to adopt a special
method of dealing with them. "I
generally found a batch of them
waiting for me whon I began my
work in the morning," he says. "My
practice was to pat them «i one
side and wait till the afternoon, by
which timo more had generally ar-
rived. , I used them to compare the
different telegrams, to try to ex
tract from them what it was that
General Gordon really wanted and
then to decide what ooulfl be done
toward carrying out his wishes."
Lord Cromer says also: "One of
the leading features of General
Gordon's strange character was his
total absence of self control. He
was liable to fits of ungovernable
and often of the most unreasonable
passion. He formed rapid opinions
without deliberation and rarely held
to one opinion for long. His jour-
nal, in which his thoughts from
day to day are reoorded, is, even in
the expurgated form in which it
was published, a mass of inconsist-
encies."
General Gordon's courage is
warmly praised by Lord Cromer,
who says further: "Many a man be-
fore General Gordon has laid down
his life at the call of duty. Many
a man, too, has striven to regard
death as a glad relief from pain,
sorrow and suffering. But no sol-
dier about to lead a forlorn hope,
no Christian martyr tied to the
stake or thrown to the wild beasts
of ancient Rome, ever faced death
with more unconcern than General
Gordon."
Potatoes—Triumphs.
Car will be loaded Wednesday
and Thursday. If you want to
sell, now is your time. See
Everett Grain Co., and get yours
in.
dAYAS HOnOO
SAIXVXV1 SJUHNN1X
*i n aiiaiias uu
such as, "Have a bit of Qu ,"n"Try
a bit of bacon, sir," etc. Waiting
until the excited mob had cooled
down, the future prime minister,
equal to apy occasion, addressed
them, saying, "Ladies and gentle-
men, I now feel sure of being your
accepted candidate, for as I look to
the right or the left or look be-
fore me I see offeat of hospitality
on every side." Needless to say, he
was returned with a great majority.
—Exchange.
UNWILLING GUESTS.
A Turtle Feaet With Indians en the
Amazon Rival*.
"One of the strangest situations
I was ever in," said a man who has
traveled much, "was down on an
island in the Amazon river. I was
looking up timber for an English
syndicate. I had another white man
with me, and we went up the river
800 miles in a launch. The crew
of the launch were half Indian and
half negro. We had been eaught
by a swarm of Indians who swept
us along with them up the river un-
til we reached this island 1 speak
of. There was nothing to do but
go with them, as they were several
hundred to one of us. They landed
on the island, which was quite siza-
ble and sloped to the river's edge,
the shores being sandy. There we
camped for the night. Next morn-
ing when we wanted to leave the
natives would not let us go, insist-
ing on our remaining. I did not
like this, but there was nothing
else to do, so we stayed. Well, that
night we saw something moving all
about the island, and presently tur-
tles began to crawl out of the water
on to the shore. There were hun-
dreds of them. They came there to
lay their eggs. It was an annual
visit, and the Indians knew and
kept^ track of it. They were there
to have a feast. As soon as the
turtles were well on the island the
fun began. With a big pole we
would get after a turtle and upset
him on his back, where he was help-
less. Scores were caught in this
manner. For those they did not
want to eat at once the Indians
acooped a hole in the sand and
dropped the turtle down on his
hack, and there he remained until
dragged out to be killed. The weird
and fantastic performances we saw
there beat anything I ever saw be-
fore or since. The Indians would
eat and dance and dance and eat
until they fell down, unable to
move. As soon as they had rested
they would get up and go at it
again. They Icept that up for near-
ly a week. Then we got away. How
much longer they remained I can-
not say, but suppose they remain-
ed as long a3 there was anything to
eat"—Milwaukee Sentinel.
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The Earth's Rotundity.
When the earth comes between
the sun and the moon it always
casts a round shadow. A place
chosen for an experiment to prove
the roundness of the earth was
near Bedford, England, where there
is a straight six mile stretch of wa-
ter. At both ends and in the mid-
dle of this stretch of water posts
were erected, each of the same defi-
nite height above the water level.
Upon looking with a telescope
along the tops of these three posts
it was clearly seen that the center
one overtopped the others by about
six feet, thus marking the curva-
ture of the earth's surface. This
experiment has been repeated and
with every latest appliance brought
to bear to cffect absolute accuracy.
The statement as to how a ship at
sea shows the tops of her masts
first and then gradually parts below
them, but above the water, is a fa-
miliar one and satisfies most minds.
A Conundrum.
Jones—I say, Smith, you are a
good hand at arithmetic.
Smith — Yes, I am considered
very good. Why?
Jones — Well, here is a little
problem for you. There was a man
named Little living in Dublin who
had a daughter. Now, she was in
love with a chap she knew her pater
did not approve of, so one day she
eloped witn him. When the old
man found out he was very angry
and at onco followed them. Now,
then, what time was it?
Smith (angrily)—What time was
it? How on earth do you suppose
I can tell vou? I give it up.
Jones (triumphantly) — Why, a
Little after 2, of course.—London
Express.
A Dtetlnotlon.
"John, dear," said the wile of his
bosom as she was about to start
downtown, "can you let me have a
little pin money this week ?"
"About how much?" queried her
hubby.
"Oh, I guess $800 will do," she
replied rather nonchalantly.
"Great guns I" he exclaimed.
"Five hundred dollars for pin mon-
ey! Why, I can buy a cart lead of
pins for $5."
"But not diamond pins, dear,"
calmly rejoined the alleged better
half of the matrimonial combine.—
Exchange.
Hie Way Out.
A certain Irish member of parlia-
ment, popular and a bachelor, had
been very polite to the daughter of
the house where he was visiting.
When the time came for him to go
the too anxious mamma called him
in for a serious talk. "I'm sure I
don't know what to say," she went
on. " Tis reported all around that
you are to many Letitia."
"Just say that she refused me,"
ptietly advised the parliamentarian.
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Special Display of flany Lines of Seasonable Goods
AT BARGAIN PRICES!
EVERY LADY IN BELL COUNTY INITED TO COriE
Eagle Shirts $1.00 and $1.50
Men's Suite $3.25, $4.25 and $5.00
Tailor Made Suits $10,12.50,15 and $20
We Save You Money on Shoes
RAY & ELLIOTTS
Department Store
Belton, Texas 2«
Opportunity of a Lifetime.
Scholarships are on the market
for ninety days at the lowest rate
ever offered by any high grade
business college in America. Our
$100 unlimited scholarships in book
keeping, wholesaling, banking, pen-
manship, business arithmetic, busi-
ness law, letter writing, shorthand
and typewriting, are now $60.
Scholarships in all departments for
six months, heretofore $75—now
$50. Scholarships in business and
typewriting, formerly $65—now
$50. Regular $50 life scholarships
in business or shorthand and type-
writing, now even $40. Scholar-
ships in any department three
months, formerly $45—now $25.
Scholarships in telegraphy and sta-
tion work, formerly $50—now $35.
If you knew the sort of work we
are doing, you would jump quick at
our proposition. Hill's Business
Colleges stand at the head of the
list of business colleges in the south
for practical and up-to-date meth-
ods and high grade work. At Hill's
Business Colleges you get the very
cream of busines education. A
three or four month}' course with
us means more than a five or six
months' course elsewhere. . Our
new shorthand system is the best,
the easiest and the quickest learned
on the market. Our teachers are
men of high educational attain-
ments, who have wide experience
as practical bookkeepers in retail
and wholesale houses^ before taking
up the work of teaching. A course
with us means a good paying po-
sition. Address R. H. Hill, Pres.,
Waco, Texas, or Memphis, Tenn.
For Weak
Kidneys
Inflammation of Che blad-
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backache use
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A Week's
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Smith & Peyton Hardware Co.
E.C.Clabaugh
& Co.
(incorporated)
Real Estate, Loans
Abstracts
We have a Complete Abstract
of Bell County Land Titles
BELTON,
TEXAS
>r. E. Marvin Smith
DENTIST
Belton Texas
Crown and Bridge Work, Gold
Pilling, Extracting and Plate
Work Sbecialties.
Office hours 8:30 to 12 a. m.; 1.00
to 5:00 p. m.
Old Phone No. 120
Office Over Hunter & Freeman One Store
J. M. FMZIER, M. D.
Uni. of Penn.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office hours from 2 to 4 p. m.
Both Phones Over HowelPs Drug Store
Dr. M. P. McElhannon
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Hunter tc Freeman
KodollSL.,
Get Out of That Rut!
Don't wait tHI you cone to town to make
you rpurchaaee.' Write or telephone us
and the man on the rural route will do
the rast. Your mail or phone orders will
receive our most careful attention.
WE HAVE BOTH 'PH0HES
Belton Drug Company
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COTTON SEED HULLS
COTTON SEED MEAL
BELTON OIL COMPANY
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Properly adjusted to wear comfortably or
mouey refunded. We will not print them
but if you will can giva you the names of
some of our pleased customers. The
goods we fit you with will last well also.
HUNTER & FREEMAN
pelton, Texas.
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Bell County Democrat (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 50, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 9, 1908, newspaper, June 9, 1908; Belton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232323/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.