The Post-Signal (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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Democratic Nominees
County Ticket.
Local Representative:
F. F. HILL.
County [Attorney:
CIIAS. MAYS.
Tax (Collector.
SAM HAWKINS,
Tax Assessor:
K. E. MILLER.
County Clerk:
O. T. BUTTON.
County Judge:
S. H. HOSK1NS.
Justice of the Peace Precinct No. 2.
E. C. BARTON.
For Constable Justice Precinct No. 2
J. R. McNABB,
Public Weigher at Pilot Point.
F, A. WEBB.
Commissioner Precinct No. 1.
J. C. SELMAN.
THE POST-SIGNAL.
D. J. MOFF1TT & SON, Pubs.
Published every Friday in the Post-
Signal building southwest corner of
square.
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plication.
Thedore Roosevelt is to tour
the Southwest in March 1911 and
will speak in the principal cities
of Texas, so announced by Cecil
A. Lyon.
The new census gives Boston
a population of 670,585, being
fifth in the rank of cities of the
Union. St. Louis holds fourth
place, having 16,444 more than
Boston.
The cholera epidemic i n
Europe i9 hastening the
American tourists home. There
are said to be twenty thousand
of them at the various sailing
port9 willing to pay almost any
price to get passage home and
all can not be accomodated short
of six weeks.
Gov. Patterson has withdrawn
from the race for governor in
Tennessee, and this has caused
quite a stir in the political arena
in that state. The democrats
were divided, many of those op-
posing Patterson were ready to
endorse Hooper, the republican
candidate. Patterson' sw i t h •
drawal was with the view of
uniting the democrats on some
one whom they can all support.
Whether the matter has not gone
too far for harmony to be restor-
ed is the question.
The aeroplane is still an un-
certain means of transportation.
An amateur aviator started from
a Long Island town across the
country to take tea with a friend,
but just before arriving at his
destination he crashed into a
telephone pole, dropped sixty
feet sustaining severe injuries.
Another aviator attempted to
cross the Irish Channel a distance
of fifty-five miles. Just before
reaching the Irish coast his ma-
chine failed and he.dropped into
the sea. He escaped by swim-
ming to shore. The perfection
of the flying machine is a hard
problem, but daring men will
likelv stick to the task until it is
accomplished.
A Lesson From The West.
In a recent address at thecom-
munity fair at Troup, Homer I).
Wade, the town builder and
country developer of Stanford,
told ilia people of East Texas
what they were not doing to de
velop the country. In part he
said:
''With the almost undreamed
of resources East Texas possess
es, why is it that West Texas
counties have increased in popu
lation and accompanying lines of
development from 100 per cent
to more than 400 per cent, while
many of the counties back East
have done but little more than
hold their own? It is because
old methods have passed away
and you business men have slept;
and, excepting Troup and a few
other places in East Texas, I fear
the men who ought to be in the
very forefront of the ranks of
progress fighting for the agricul-
tural and industrial development
of your section are still asleep,
I tell you, if I could couple up
the bunch with which I work to
the resources and opportunities
which your fair shows you to
possess, we would build a city
here within five years that would
be the marvel of the state. But
you cannot accomplish anything
without spending both of your
time and your money and your
energy, and I hold it true that
every man owes it to his town to
put his money into public enter-
prise which make for the up
building of his town or the giving
of opportunity to the people. It
takes money to organize and get
publicity but in my town the idea
does not obtain that money spent
in this way is a donation, but an
investment."
The city of Stanford spends
$1000 a month through its com-
mercial club advertising and
boosting the Stanford country.
Through its eternal boosting
Stamford is probably the best
known place in Texas but with-
out the persistent effort of its
people it would now be of less
importance than many East
Texas towns situated in counties
that have better advantages
which have been neglected.
The trouble with most com-
munities, as with a large number
of business men, is that the mon-
ey spent for publicity is consider-
ed a donation and is reluotantly
turned loose while as a matter of
fact it is an investment of the
very best kind.
All will ooncede that boosting
will pay as well or better here
than in West Texas, but the
trouble is to get people joined to-
gether for a good big boost.---
Wills Point Chronicle.
The above will apply to Pilot
Point and Denton county as well
as to East Texas.
Old papers for sale at this office.
Denison is gaining much pub-
licity through the fact that work
is about to begin on the nearly
eixty-four miles of macadamized
roads to be built in and about
the city. It is an improvement
that means development for
both Denison and the country
around her. It means an increase
in the value of every acre of
land that lines the roads and a
comparative increase in lands
just off the improved roads.
Denison will profit from the fact
that the roads will make it pos-
sible to get to this market more
expeditiously which will have a
tendency to increase the number
of people. Take it from any
angle you please road improve-
ment is a good proposition and
Texas needs more of it.—Denison
Herald.
The only way to impress some
people is to suppress them.
Our State Capitol.
Austin, Texas, Sept. 15.—
Those who are accustomed to
think of Texas only as a country
of magnificent distances and to
regard the people as primitive in
their pursuits should visit the
state Capitol at Austin and view
this splendid triumph inarchitec
ture, says the Texas Commercial
Secietaries Association. It iB
the largest state Capitol in the
United States and approaches
the national capital in area and
exels-it in grandeur. It is the
seventh largest building in the
world. It was built exclusively
from Texa? materials and stands
as a magnificant monument to
the matchless and variety re
sources of our great state. To
erect this building the.state gave
the contractors a block of coun-
ties equal in area to the grant
which King James Jgave to the
Earl of Warwick in 1630 to
establish a oolony in America
and which is now the state of
Connecticut. A description of
the building follows:
The Capitol Building measures
600 feet from East to West; from
North to South it measures 287
feet; from the ground to the top
of the dome 313 feet; the Texas
Capitol is 6 feet higher.than the
National Capitol, the latter being
only 307; feet the outside of the
Texas Capitol is built of finest
red granite secured from the
quarries in Burnet county, Tex-
as; the quality and beauty of the
material are equal to any in the
world; wainscoting in the Capitol
is of Oak, Cherry, Walnut, Pine,
Ash, Cedar and Mahogany; the
total length of the wainscoting
is eight miles; the building alone
covers three acres, the floor space
in the building covers 20 aore9;
the capitol was built by a Chica-
go firm of contractors, who re-
ceived 3,000,000 acres of Pan-
handle land for compensation;
construction was begun on the
building in 1882 and completed
in 1886; in the grounds of the
Capitol there are 22 acres, 4
acres of walks and 4 acres of
drives; among the attractions of
the grounds at our state capitol
are artificial lakes, plants and
flowers of all kinds, monuments
of Confederate soldiers, the
Alamo, firemen and the Texas
Rangers.
The capitol building and sur-
roundings are inspiring and ele-
vating and have had largely to
do with instilling into the law
makers a spirit of progress and
development which is now taking
irm hold on the people.
Sub=Irrigated
FIG AND BERRY FARM '
at
Farmington, Texas
I/i Salle County, south of S in] Antonio.
Are the best land bargains in South Texas. They have a guaranteed
income. Will pay the largest interest 011 money of anything on the
market.
Pays aojper cent the first year.
30 per cent the second year.
40 per cent the third year.
50 per cent the fourth year.
60 per cent the fifth year.
* 200 per cent in 5 years—guaranteed.
At the end of 5 years will be worth $1000
Price $100
Ten Dollars down and Ten Dollars per month.
Some of the leading and most prominent business men in San An-
tonio are investing their money in these farms:
J. M. Vance, Sec. International Association, San Antonio.
M Hicks, leading attorney and owner of the Hicks office building.
W. B. Tuttle, General Manager of Street Railways, San Antonio.
Dr. John S. Long, retired capitalist, San Antonio.
and many others.
J. L. WIGGINS
612 Qibbs Bldg. San Antonio, Texas
—Agents at Pilot Point-
Southern Land and Loan Co. and W. A. Upchurch.
Come in and let us explain the proposition.
57 Preachers Resign.
Charles City, Iowa, Sept. 10—
When the Northern Iowa Me-
thodist conference assembles in
Charles City next week the
church will be confronted with
fifty-seven resignations. All
these ministers are young and
promising and in all cases the
pay of a preacher is too small to
permit of him marrying and
rearing a family or even living
in any comfort or in keeping
with his calling. The increased
cost of living has made it im-
perative that these men quit the
ministry for secular pursuits
where the pay is more adequate.
A RUNAWAY HORSE.
A Good Position
Can be had by ambitious
young men and ladies in the field
of •'Wireless" or Railway
telegraphy. Since the 8-hour
law beoame effective, and since
the Wirless companies are
establishing stations throughout
the country there is a great
shortage of telegraphers. Posi-
tions pay beginners from $70 to
$90 per month, with good chance
of advancement. The National
Telegraph Institute operates six
official institutes in America,
under surpervision of R. R. and
Wireless Officials and places all
graduates into positions. It will
pay you to write them for full
details at Memphis, Tenn., or
Columbia, S. C.
The Four Corners.
"And what are we to under-
stand by the Biblical expression,
'the four corners of the earth?"
asks the instructor in theology.
"Rockefeller's corner in oil,
Havemeyer's corner in sugar,
Carnegie's corner in steel, Pat-
ten's corner in wheat," answers
the new student.—Scissors.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local application)), as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tion* remedies. Deafness is caused by an in-
ilained condition of the mucous lining of the
■eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam-
ed you have a rumbling souhd or imperfect
hearing, and when it is ehtirely closed deafness
is the result, and unless the inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its nor-
mal condition, hearing will be destroyed for-
ever; nine cases out of ten arc caused be
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for and
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
While a lot of gold bullion was
being shiped from Alaska to
Seattle a part of it was stolen
amounting to $57,500. The
strong box was opened and lead
substituted, but the theft was not
discovered until the shipment
reached Seattle. The weight of
gold taken was 250 pounds.
Longest Fence In World.
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 10.—The
Government is preparing to build
what is believed will be the long-
est fence ever constructed. It
will extend from this city to the
Pacific Coast, a distance of over
1,000 miles, and divide the Unit-
ed States and Mexico. The fence
will be of barbed wire. Work
will commence within a few
weeks.
This fence is for the purpoee of
keeping infected Mexican cattle
out of the United States.
impossible For Him to Take the Bit
Between His Teeth.
Tiie runaway horse in story books,
as in most of the veracious and detail-
ed accounts given in the daily press,
invariably "takes the bit between his
teeth" as n preliminary measure. It
would be interesting to know how lie
does tills. lie obviously cannot get it
between his molar teeth (grinders) un-
less botli his clieeks are slit up from
the corners of bis mouth, and If the
cheek straps bo the right length it Is
equally impossible for him to get it
down to the level of his incisors (nip-
pers), and there are no teeth in be-
tween! Thus perishes another hoary
(leaded superstition!
What does happen Is that through
steady, unremitting tension on the
reins the bnrs of his mouth become
numbed and impervious to pain. This
enables him to set his jaw firmly, put
the whole weight of his head on the
bit and successfully resist anything
short of one horsepower at the other
end of tiie reins. This is the reason
why when ron away with one should
never try to recover control by steady
pulling, but should always use short,
sharp pulls witli interval^ of complete
relaxation between them.
Although it Is always advisable to
drive a new horse, temporarily at least,
with the bit to which lie bus been ac-
customed. provided Hint lie goes satis-
factorily in it. it Is never safe to as-
sume that if. Is the liest |Hisslble one
for him. This assumption, which i*
general, is responsible for much trou-
ble that might be obviated. It Is sur
prising to note bow complete and rad-
ical a change of bit may he made, not
only with impunity, but with advan-
tage, If only the change lie In the right
direction.—Outing Magazine.
Soothing.
Mildred — Since our engagement
George has beeu perfectly devoted to
me. Do you think he will continue to
love mo when I am old? Clarice— Real-
ly, dear, I can't sny, but you'll soon
know.—Chicago News.
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The Post-Signal (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1910, newspaper, September 16, 1910; Pilot Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291134/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.