The Childress Post (Childress, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 23, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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J-C. THOMAS,
Editor and Publisher
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. ? >h" The! intra, Th , r"Umm<,r meet* J X
hlS Js a most Cnnimo„.i_
move and
Subscription Rates:
°ne Year, . .
Si* Months, •
Three Months,-
fiingJe Copies,
Holus olaims three
congreffatioiiH >
wavinc bl&H • "fling. This iH^1"8Ummer meet-
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' «ve into the oountry reveala th* • lmPossible to hoirf i
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nence
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•bout to burst upon her. With
8o°n^deve"op>into on^e of'the^belt
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•nUy Orowned'in a vwdJnt ftrowui I "ruc'"n W0"W be* good
«M. crop fr'(*°d Pr°Vt " "
their broad ext«n* ,r|iort for many
J™"1"1'""" h<"« th. io.
ih. \ e'0ry' "<■< ■ mmi
that the hot weather struck ua
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'he co ' bi'l. h«v, b. „
f 'e ioe man comes staik
Such ai
invest I
a source of oom-,
years to come. I
effort being]
preacher
Don't Like "Big Bills"
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to the contrary that no one to'the^1Pr°Ved
can beat us for prompt
Stuff.
crop /or fully
oounty willhavVcoin toC8hni^T|There 19 now an
her drouth stricken Central T«U ! 10 ff6t 80me preacner of
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Quite M, l8b|f" '
now b.i„e c.rr'il" °,*n,P."K" .l"lohu^h!l' °„P"al.'0n ttmon8 th.
. Le<ritimate Prof(t prIcjnff
Cicero Smith Luj
ber Co
on by the ®huroh«s indicates
ble temperature
«J both in th. Hon.. and
Senate, but it
:!m.ind- you that ioe is''now they 'w7l| ^ ^ ^ect«d
ot your body
-«y«o phy.ic.,^---|,h.
Deoember. Then
Trades DAy will faJJ on i i- rl.8u?.h a law 0ftn be
r-a*fi>' "■"*—"—-
the
not
a vote until
convenes in
it ia thought!
passed,
"bUreh..r;g;^,7™htb.tth.
ChK„~9f ' "•«
Better Plant Some Hog.,
Prices for hogs reached
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fei?:.
and we should ce
brate it with even more zest than
before out of respect for national
Independence. True enough,
these big days will be falling
pretty fast but Childress is get-
ting to be a fast town and all will
have to go the gait or move to
some unprogressive plaoe. Let
us use common sense and good
judgment but help everything
along as the proper time oomes
around.
July 5 well considered *11 T!^' and highwater mark F Veaohed •
-* fn- 'agree that the ^ do^H, J.n;1 a|, ppevio day morning) &
church buildings are exempt, all Part8 tfk - d When w a ds Were
digging a wt. 1" A. Watson of
on his place Pi0 ^ ' * bogs, averag
struck a vein of c3.dM at $7.75
three feet in thiokn^a^
smash\dePth of about 1;}0
Plainview^ a8 there are out-
ing 235 pob{.ueJ in the can-
exempt, all
other property belonging to
church organizations is taxable
and should be rendered.
Last week Tobe Atkinson re-
• turned from Crowell, accompan-
ied by a blushing bride whose
maiden name was Mies Pearl
Greening. The happy couple
were joined in Wedlock Sunday,
-. June 18, and have now gone to
<«• -housekeeping in Mr. Atkinson's
neat little home in the north part
of the oity. The groom bears an
enviable reputation for industry
and sobristy, while the bride was
one of CrowelPs fairest daughters
-- and is quite popular where she is
known.
Dad Merrick Again Ep*~~
vernment has no
more right to compete with the
printer than it has to oompete
with the merchant, the farmer or
the dootor. The two million dol-
lars now annually received by
the government should g3 to help
swell the bank aooount of the
none too prosperous printers.
There is but one argument in fa-
vor of this paternalistic practice,
viz: it reduces the volume of bus-
iness at the dead letter offioe.
This could be better accomplish-
ed b y following the English
rule of requiring all letters to
have suoh notices printed upon
them.
V
A Short drive over the oity re
.veals th (oct tnat Childress has
some of the prettiest prospective
gardens ever seen anywhere
Probably one-half the homeB
have nice patches of beans, peas,
potatoes, onioni lettuce, etc., in
a beautiful state of cultivation.
These things are very oommend-
able for several reasons. They
afford wholesome employment
for the idle school boy, give rec-
reation for the tired man of busi-
ness and supply a most toothsome
' 'supplement to the daily bill of
fare. Added to these we may
well mention that a well kept
garden beautifies the home, for
what is prettier or more interest-
ing than a pretty garden, and
what is more suggestive of good
order, thrift and industry?
One of our esteemed exohanges
announces that it has just about
gone out of the editorial business
and that it prefers to fill its col-
umns with news items rather than
burden its readers with the opin-
ions of its editor. To some this
may sound quite sensible, but af
ter careful thought it does not
appeal to our judgment. A local
paper should be a leading influ
enoe in its community*, and to do
so must at least have some per-
sonality- Only ft) its editorials
can this personality be establish-
ed and maintained, hence we do
not see how to dispense with the
editorial page. Without editorial
expression, a paper must keep
the charaoter of its editor hidden
from its readers and forfeit its
most powerful influenoe for good
in the community. True it is,
that many editorials in newspa-
pers are superficial, crude and
untimely but many others do
great-good and nothing can take
their plaoe.
hundred. V8tance from
The highest price for rebiuo
hogs previously reached was
$7.65, and this price was paid for
an assorted lot. Mr. Watson's
car load of porkers were shipped
without discrimination or assort-
ment.
The price not only breaks the
reoord for the Fort Worth, mark-
et, but is higher than has ever
before been paid in Texas or
anywhere else for Texas hogs.
For the entire lot Mr. Wateon
received $1,293.09 an average of
$18.21 per hog.
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Screen Doors Cheap
per
whiclf weawa!rtef«St?Ck of P,ain a"d Fancv <5
=wSS^5igg55
Headquarters for best LUMBER m°ney.
^s olf tnd V-P-* SStoSS'Va™!!lWE«-
for LESS at d- Remen"*r you always ^" fft" BEST
In Remembrance
Of Mrs. N. D. Egerton by the
Ladies Aid Society of the First
Baptist Church, Childress, Texas.
"Not now, but in the coming years.
It may be in"the better land,
We'll read the meaning of our tears,
And there, sometime, we'll under-
stand."
Childress, Texas
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According to newspaper re-
ports a lady was instantly killed
at Canyon Friday night by tak-
ing hold of an ordinary eleotric
light bulb with wet hands. Those
uiihg electric lights will do well
to remember that water is an ex-
oellent conductor of electricity
and that no kind of electrioal ap-
paratus should ever be handled
with wet hands. Objects which
in a dry condition are nonoon*
duotors or insulators become
good conductors when saturated
with water. Too muoh care can
soaroely be exercised in handling
of all kinds of electrical appli-
, ances. Tre eleotric ourrent is a
v graat power for good when sci-
entifically used but beoomes a
most destructive agent when
ftntlled carelessly or Ignoiantly
That Plainview roan who sold
his hogs at $7.75 last week made
twice the profit he could have
realized on a bale-to-the-aore
cotton crop even at 10 or 12 oents
per pound. In faot it is to be
seriously doubted that such a
profit oan be made from any oth
er industry under the shining
sun, unless it be a lucky strike
gold mine and that oan not com
pare with the hog business for
certainty and constancy. No
where on earth do hogs grow
faster and to greater perfection
than in the Panhandle and so
long as they bring 4 centeand
upward every farmer should
raise a car load or two for mark
et every year. For personal U9e
w% care little for the hog and
consider him rather detrimental
to human health, but for mweHinsr
a bank account he is a world
beater and worthy of every
farmer's resppct and friendship
If we had the privilege of man-
aging our own destinies, we
would have our loved ones, and
those about us who are useful, to
forever remain in our midst; but
the Lord who spake the universe
into existence, and created us for
his own glory, knows the time in
which to call us away to the
Home of the Soul."
Our hearts are sad because of
the calling away of our beloved
sister, Mrs. Nannie D. Egerton,
who fell asleep June, 2nd. We
realize what the "price above ru-
bies" means when we turn to the
life of sixty-eight years of this
good woman. She professed faith
in Ood and lived according to
her profession. In her home her
children arose and called her
blessed; in her community her
friends always found her true
and helpful; in her churoh she
was constant in attendance, ever
ready to respond to the call of
right and duty. In the Ladies
aid society, she was a charter
member, and was treasurer for
years. This plaoe of responsi-
bility was always accepted with
a happy smile, and our trust in
her was not in the least betrayed.
We miss her in this blessed work,
but we miss her most at the week-
ly prayer meetings. Her sweet
voice, though a little broken, was
always heard in the singing, and
her prayers were always for the
sinner, and that we may "work,
for soon the night comsth when
no man can work," Thank God
for suoh a life. We know that
she is now
"On the other side of Jourdan,
In the sweet fields of Eden,
Where the tree of life is blooming,
And there's rest for her."
Words fail us to express our
appreciation of tha great exam-
ple of love and faithfulness she
gave us, so let us try to follow in
her footsteps, and have the same
unfaltering faith and live the
same loyal, prayerful lives. We
miss her but we would not call
her back from the Haven of Rest.
She is not dead. The Christ-
ian does not die, but is trans-
formed to another sphere of liv-
ing. The mortal is released, the
immortal gained. It is blessed to
see a Christian die as did our
Knight & Powell
Pioneer Blacksmiths
Do All Kinds of Blacksmithing, Buggy and wat?on Work.
They put on Rubber Tires, do all Kinds of CARRIAGE
PAINTING and Guarantee their Work.
Prices Right and Workmen the Best
lips
sister, with a prayer on her
for her children and friends. ;
To her children who are now
grieving over this separation, we
would commend the Savior whom I
their mother loved and worship- j
ped. Have faith in God, though j
dark the clouds, the sun still!
shines. He holds the key to the
mysterious way, and his unwav-
ering hand will lead you on. If
you place your hand in his 'twill
not be long ere you shall join
that blessed mother, with others
gone before, and hear her sing
those same sweet songs of love
and praise.
"You shall hear the silver harp strings
ring
As you join the white robed angel
throng."
Mrs. Fannie A. Formby,
Mrs. H..I. Kino.
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Crawford & Crawford oan sell
you a house on the installment
plan. 28t
WANTED!
More Farms "and Ranehes listed with
me. Also City Property. I expect to
prepare myself to give best of service
along this line.
1 also represent a company that buys
or builds homes or loans on 10 years
time at G per cent interest.
See me before you list your property.
See me before you sell.
See me before you buy.
See me before you pay further rent.
B. W. Hilliard
Office Over Wright-Wilson Hardware Co. :
Room 2.
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Is the only kind turned out by us. Try The Post with
your next RUSH order and see how quick we print it.
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Thomas, J. C. The Childress Post (Childress, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 23, 1909, newspaper, June 23, 1909; Childress, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233547/m1/4/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.