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THE RANDALL COUNTY NEWS. NOVEMBER 20. 1908.
EAST TEXAS EDITOR LAMENTS.
Why The Panhandle is Far Ahead of
Sleepy Community.
The great Panhandle and its
people are coming in their own
these days, and the work of the
last few years has begun to re
sult in a rich harvest of publicity
and new citizens. The Panhandle
is now one of the best advertised
and one of the most popular sec
tions in the union. Eastern
Texas people have waked up to
the fact that we of the Panhandle
are outstripping them, not by a
neck, but by many lengths. As
a result much is being written
by eastern Texas editors on this
subject. Here is a sample from
the Grand Saline Sun, and it is
interesting reading for the peo
ple of the Panhandle:
One thing that impressed us
most among all of the great at
tractions at the Dallas fair was
the splendid exhibits of farm,
and orchard products from West
Texas and the Panhandle coun
try. In looking about in agri
cultural hall we found only one
East Texas county represented
by an exhibit Nacogdoches.
Evidently Nacogdoches has an
enterprising set of people, the
only public-spirited burich in
East Texas. It appears that
way to us. It is no puzzle to us
why hundreds of our farmers
are moving to West Texas and
the Panhandle every year, when
we understand that every indi
vidual in those sections is a
booster. They advertise their
country and show what they pro
duce to the best advantage. No
wonder at all that the discontent
ed East Texas farmer picks up
his belongings and hikes West
when he sees such line exhibits
at the Dallas fair from those
sections and none from East
Texas. It's no use saying that
we can beat them on nearly every
thing grown most people have
to be shown, and we fail to do it.
What's the use for a newspaper
to talk for and boost its section
when the peple fail to back it up?
Ah, well, after all, "What's the
use?"
The poor fellow is almost dis
couraged and lias reached that
weepy point of "what's the use."
Well there is no use for Eastern
Texas editors to "whoop up"
Thanksgiving in America.
His Beginning with the festivity
in our country, as I suppose the
Jewish antiquites will be men
tioned in the sermon, will be
found one of the first acts of
gratefulness by the early set
tiers. The festival began about
a year after the landing of the
Pilgrims on Plymouth Kock, on
Nov. 21, 1020, that the Mayflower
with 102 Pilgrims landed and
first set foot on the American
soii at Cape Cod This voyage
consumed about ten times the
amount of time it now requires
to cross the Atlantic, and the
poem of Mrs. Ilemans that so
many of us learned in childhood,
was no exageration of the storm
attending them in their flight
across the sea "The breaking
waves dashed high." In about
one year after this landing, Gov
ernor William Bradford, second
governor, proclaimed the season
of Thanksgiving in this country.
The exact date is not certain, but
the fact it was an "open-air
feast" and that it was in grati
tude for grain and fruits of the
year, is evident that it must
have occurred in the lovely east
ern period of balmy calm, cold
air, and soft sunshine, which is
called Indian summer, and count
ed from the last week in October
to the last week of November,
this seems to have been a con
tinuation of such a feast in Eng
land. Edward Winslow, whose name
is the third as a signer to the
original compact in the cabin of
the Mayllower and who was
thrice made governor, 10o.?, lfi.'itj
and 1(54-4, writes an account of
such feast of good things, ad
dressed to George Morton on
Dec. 11, 1021, his words are as
follows:
"You should understand that
in the little time that a few of us
have been here, we have built
seven dwelling houses and four
for the use of the plantation, and
have made preparation for divers
others. We set the last spring
some twenty acres of Indian
corn and sowed some six acres
of barley and peas and accord
ing to the manner of the Indians
we manured our grounds with
herrings or rather shads, which
we have in great abundance and
take with ease at our doors.
"Our corn did prove well; and
their country when the people
are content to drag along the j God be praised, we had a good
same old way they have been do- J increase of Indian corn, and our
ing since the days of the Texas
republic. The times call for
greater things, and that section
of the moral vineyard which
fails to get up and hustle and
let the world know it on the map
will enter the dead class and re
main there.
While Eastern Texas is not so
favored a land as the Panhandle,
yet its people could accomplish
far more in the worlds busy
work than they are doing if they
would make the effort. The
man from elsewhere who makes
a visit to eastern Texas and then
comes to Western Texas finds
the contrast so great in favor of
Western Texas that this country
gets his citizenship and his in
vestment; and he immediately
joins the boomer society in the
interest of the great Panhandle.
We are not the whole earth
out here yet we are a large part
thereof and are doing some
things which other portions of
the state and the South emulate
to their advantage. It is better,
however, for the population of
Eastern Texas to leave the mos
quitoes, the chills, the buck
ague, the aligators, the negroes
and the yellow jaundice and head
for the Panhandle, the rosy land
of promises fulfilled and which
"keeps a filling.''
You are invited,
handle.
-Daily Pan-
Two Things Worth Remembering.
Iiearn these two things: Never
be discouraged because good
things get on so slowly here, and
never fail daily to do that good
which lies next to your han'.
( leorge Mat-Donald.
barley indifferent good, but our
peas not worth the gathering, for
we feared they were too late
down. They came up very well
and blossomed, but the sun
parched them in the blossom.
Our harvest being gotten in, our
governor sent four men on fol
lowing that we might, after a
special manner rejoice together
after we had gathered the fruit
of our labors. The four in one
day killed as many fowl or with
a little help besides served the
company almost a week, at
which time, amongst other re
creations we exercised our arms,
many of the Indians coming
amongst us and among the rest
their greatest king Massasoit,
with some unity men, who for
three days we entertained and
feasted, and they went out and
killed five deer, which they
brought to the plantation and
bestowed on our governor and
on the captain and the others.
"And although it is not always
so plentiful as it was at this time
with us, yet by the goodness of
God, we are so far from want,
that we wish you partakers of
our plenty."
In those days the virgin forest
rang with old fashioned Pilgrim
hymns, a march at the beat of
a drum, a prayer fervent and
earnest was all new and strange
to the Indians. Their service is
one that appeals to us all alike,
as Christmas, Easter and a ser
ies of church festivals are for
christians only. The Jews have
their Rash Iloshana and Pass
over and that day of festivity on
which it was the rule to drink
wine until until they could not
distinguish "Bless Mordccai"
from "Curse Haman" am glad
the Jews are improving on those
things. But Thanksgiving day
is one that effects us all alike
without distinction of worship.
It is indeed appropriate, just
and right to celebrate this day
in worship and giving thanks, on
this day we should feel really
grateful to God for the many
needs and wants of life supplied.
Many times we say, "thank you"
from habit largely, but we want
on this day to really feel thank
ful to him who sends the seas
ons and gives the harvest.
For sweet hopes born and sor
rows dead,
For true songs sung and for
fond words said,
For the ready cup, for the daily
bread,
For the race that the faithful
feet have run,
For the bitter strife, for the
battle won,
For brave deeds planed and for
brave deeds done,
For the truth that liveth forever
more,
For mercy's graciously open
door,
For the light that shines from
the other shore,
Give thanks, give thanks!
So! the spirit saith,
Let everything that hath voice
or breath,
Give thanks for Life for life and
death. J. II. McWiktkk, in
Henrietta Independent.
Go to Work.
The Truth About Advertising.
Get it out of your head that in
advertising you are doing any
thing for anybody except your
self. The editor doesn't want
your money "just to help the
paper along." He is not a pau
per or a medicant. He has some
thing to sell you that will help
you, and every cent you spend
with him will come back many
times in actuality.
An inch ad in every paper for
a year is better than 52 inches in
one issue. A two inch ad in each
issue is better than either. With
the inch ad your name will al
ways be before the people, with
the big ad one time, they will
forget you before the year is out;
with the two inch changed fre
quently, they will remember and
come to see you. A four inch
double column continuously, will
so stamp your place in the buy
er's mind that whenever he
wants to buy anything he at
once thinks of your store. Ex.
Don'i let any person be able
to say that you have not done
your duty with reference to the
betterment of the city and
county.
"Get in the road."
Pined for His Freedom.
Applying for a divorce, an old
Georgia negro said to the judge:
"Hit only cost me a string er
fish ter git married, jedge, but,
please God, I'd give a whale ter
git rid er her." Ex.
The first shipment 'of sewer
pipe consisting of six car loads
arrived last Monday and was un
loaded at once. On the arrival
of the material Mr. Hawley was
notified by wire to come to
Hereford. As soon as he arrives
a large force of men will be put
to work. Hereford Brand.
Young man go to work! There
is no time to be idle now. You
must carve out your own way if
it is ever successfully carved.
You must carve out your own
way through energy, persever
ance and pluck. Labor is honor
able, and the ignoble are those
who will not work. Get you a
home. Fence a field and plow it
and plant it, and gather around
you the comforts of home. And
when you have made a character
for energy and thrift, ask some
young lady to share your home
with you. We would say to every
young lady, mark these men who
are lounging around attempting
to live by their wits, or on the
interest of their debts; and when
they ask you to share the lot of
an aimless life, pass them on, for
you cannot afford to marry a
man without prosperity or busi
ness habits, unless you wish to
sell yourself for a mess of pot
tage. Again we would reiterate,
young man, go to work. While
ten men watch for chances, one
man makes a chance. While ten
men wait for something to turn
up, one turns something up; so
while ten fail one succeeds and is
called a man of luck, the favorite
of fortune. Luck and fortune is
the result of honest endeavor,
work and toil and if you would
succeed, go to work. Ex.
Tit for Tat.
Young Stephens was on his
way north to spend the week end
with his parents, and felt in a
particularly jovial mood.
The train on which lie was
traveling had stopped at a small
village. As a farmer who was
sauntering up and down the
platform came opposite Steph
en's compartment he was asked
by the youth if he knew that the
Duke of Devonshire was on the
train.
Immediately the man showed
great interest and said:
"No, is he'r"
"I think he is not," answered
Stephens. "I only asked if you
knew that he was."
The farmer said nothing, but
continued his walk on the plat
form. As he came opposite the
window again he remarked that
the town had been experiencing
some excitement.
"What's the matter," asked
Stephens.
"The authorities won't let
some people bury a woman," re
plied the farmer.
"What was the reason for re
fusing?" "She wasn't dead," was the
laconic reply.
And then he strolled away,
leaving young Stephens biting
his lip. Ex.
18,000 POST BfflDsH
that
the
few
We have had especially printed for our trade some of the finest post cards
i i lit i 1 1 i i
can oe made and rney represent various scenes or interest in tins ciry ana
anyons near us. They are beautifully colored and are artistic. Send a
to your friends as a souvenir of the town.
Holiday Diamonds
In order that our friends may
have something worth while to se
lect from we will have a nice line
of mounted and unmounted dia
monds in stock in time for the
Christmas trade. If you contem
plate an elegant gift to your wife,
sweetheart or friend we can sup
ply it.
Reliable Timekeepers
There has never been such a
stock of watches and clocks han
dled west of Fort Worth as we
have now. They are standard
make and of the best quality,
(.'locks of any old kind a man may
want, high priced, low priced or a
medium price. Our watches run
in price from 1.00 up to the size
of your pile and you get your mon
ey's worth whatever vou mav buv
in this department.
Jewelry Department
Is more complete than ever. We
have a full line of the latest de
signs in everything. Our cut glass
is more than worth the money we
are asking for it and it is pretty
too. Hand painted china, toilet
sets, silverware and carving sets
which are as good as money can
buy. Bee them.
Drug Department
There is not a drug store in the
whole western country that is bet
ter prepared to serve you with just
the item of medicine needed,
whether it be in patent medicines
or the most intricate prescription.
Our prescriptionists are men of
long experience and our drugs are
strictly pure and fresh. It does
not pay to use anything but the
best when your health is concerned.
Don't forget that we have an excellent Watchmaker and .Jeweler who
thoroughly understands all departments of the jewelry and watchmaking trade,
and that he is always at your service. The work is guaranteed. Vou could
not ask for more.
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City Pharmacy
f A REPORT Ij
Not the puny sizzle of a
Im'hii gun, nor the scarcely
audible snap of a hoy's
cap pistol, but the deafen
ing belch of a ponderous,
strictly modern, large cal
ibre, rapid tiring, well
aimed gun mounted to
defend the interests of the
community in general
and the depositors of
"The Old Kclinl.le" in
particular.
Head the Keport. lis
adoption is ly unanimous
vote of a large majority
of our hononiliic citi.eiis.
L. T. lister,
President.
John Ilutson,
V lee- Pres.
D. A. Park,
Cashier.
Travis lia v
Asst. Cash.
TIIK FIRST NATIONAL HANK
OAXYOX. TEXAS.
At Close of Business, September 23rd, I DOS.
STATMMEKT CONOMNSED FROM RBfORT TO COMfTHOLLtH
Resources
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certify that the above is correct.
Total
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D. A. PARK, Cashier.
The First National Bank of Canyon