Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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Colony OkUnoma under the Act of March 3. I87J*.
J. MATTOON SEGER,
Owner and Publisher.
NEATHA H SEGER,
Editor and Manager.
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SEPT. 10, 1914
From the amount of space some lug hard times and poor crops
smrmrallo .viruses ... from poep|e w)JO -rfe Williu|g(tU
trade with me providing 1
Democratic papers are giving
to John Fields, the average votei
feels like there is great hopen
of takiug the will out of Williams
for Governor Nov. 8rd.
After all wouldn't Leroy Jones,
nounty judge, sound pretty good
after so much Leroy 8bean.
We have all noticed the energy
with which the Cordell Oommer.
icial club lias urged the down-
ship Boards to levy plenty of
money for good roads, and help-
ed to plan gjod roads all connect-
ed up to make line highways to
the coauty seat. And we have
most generally approved. We
have also noticed, however that
when Stewart Hiiuibargar, com-
missioner from the 1st district,
suggested increasing the county
levy to have money enough for
the county to build county brid-
ges without assistance from the
township so the townships might
hbve more money for township
roads or else have less taxes, that
the Cordell boys were not so en
thuaiaatic, because tukv would
pay a little more and the farmers
a little less taxes for the same a
mount of good roads. The towns
are anxious for good
town if the farmers
roads. But auyivay
good roads.
My scales
when 1 sell
me providing I ca n
duplicate catalogue prices and
W'ait until harvest for my money.
weigh too heavy
augar uud too light
when 1 buy butter. I am a
thief, u liar and grafter. If 1
smile I am a soft-soapy hypo,
cnee; if 1 don’t smile I am a
grump. 1 es , this is certainly a
snap " And then he looked over
# 10,0(11) worth of book accounts,
all good, and ivondered bow lie
’iild rai-«e .fdoO to meet a night
d aft tomorrow. —Exchange.
There Should Be A ion
Worehoueo Er«
at Colony.
BETHEL
Miss Vera Window is quite sick.
Miss Dollie Riley is visiting
her brother at Waco Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A Cole visit-
ed Fred Enslow und family last; uier t*oes uot l°se the
Tuesday.
roads to
build the
lets have
THE USE OF
INTOXICANTS.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
are enjoying a visit from
two grand daughters from
land Kansas.
Bond
their
Ash-
Re v. Boyce assisted by Dr
L.vddel just closed a series of in-
teresting meetings here, tjuite a
large number of new members
was added to the church.
A drunken man is everywhere
a social nuisance. Under most
circumstances he is a source ul
bodily danger to his family and
the public at large,
drinking places are
danger. They lend
drink, they make
they are the potent, direct cuust
of the spread of poverty, crime,
disease, fcehle-mindeduess auc
iusanity. Thu9 far nobody ha>
designed a permanetly respect
g1)le method of selling liquor a
a bevetage.— David Star Jordan
In all lands
sources of
children t<
drunkards
THE MERCHANT
Yes,” remarked Ihe oonntr
merchant to the newspaper man
*‘l certainly have a snap. Tin
wh desale houses send me dun
ev rv month and draw on nit
at sight ; but if 1 send a bill ti
tin farmer be comes in ^wearing
and quits trading al my store
WJidh t am hard up for money
many of those who owe me are
sendirig cosh in advance to
mailorder houses. If I contri
bjit© money to any came, people
mS. I am bidding for trade; if 1
ifotPt they say I am a hog
RVyit day I am expecting to dig
op for i vevthlug that comet a
long, from a rattle ticket to a
chlirih fund,'by people who say
1 dllght to because they do their
fri&nds. fjlceers Ac Crnwbuck
neither buy tickets nor help
the church fund, audit I were
to circulate h mi scrlptluii paper
among the wholesale houses 1
trade wilh | would gel the
horse laugh proper. If 1 sell a
pan of pants 1 must treat the
whole family to candy mid
cigars it 1 buy u load of potato* a
1 must do the same Oustnmeis
who art* able to puy hang on to
their money while I pay IN per
cent at the hank to get ready
easli. I lu*ve a big business dur-
Mrs. James
t'oinut ii i Qfc [y
Graves
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Wilson Hand visited
Uole’» last Sunday.
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Miss Francis Hammond lefr
Friday for Weatherford where
she will attend the Normal the
coming year.
Mi-wes Olclia and Lola Slioop,
vho hove been visiting their
vriandpurents, Mr. and Mrs. Au:
1rew Bond, left by way of Car-
»egie last. Friday for their home
n Ashland Kansas.
Mr. Camp had quite a narrow
•scape. Instead of taking a quin-
tie eu panic, he took a strych-
nine one by mistake. He found
•nt Ids error in time to take an
mtidole.
Emmet Robinson and Keller
Dowdy, who have been in Kan-
sas returned to this^ neighbor-
hood a few days ago. Their many
friends gava them a warm wel-
come.
There is a good deal ojooui
over the cotton belt, bee of
the unfavorable out’ook the
cotton market Just now the
country around Colony,; iu
most of the other cott^ais-
ing communities, tlmre j big
crop in eight with a veryubt-
fui market. Just now the Id’s
markets are practtcally.sed
and the huancial situatioj to
uuateady that e>eu the pine
market is very wobbly auieie
is not much promise of a tis-
itnctory market for colt for
several months to come, auy
planters are depending efely
ou their cotton for tuouey pay
their store bills and their fker
and roost of the merchantund
bankers are largely depend! on
cotton for collections this all.
Unless some wav is found tjget
at leant parr, of the money otlhe
cotton the situation will h«er-
ionn in many places.
To provide relief at least j a
measuie ninny cities and jvris
through co operation of the lin-
ers, business men and balers
are erecting warehouses amjes-
tablishing a system of stnug,
and insuring so that oertifines
can be handled by the merests
and bankers almost like ash
aud so the financial situgoti
will be greatly relieved at lice
and too, by this system, the ar-
piofithat
will eventually be his by Rng
able to hold his cotton util
i lie murket bt comes norma a-
gain. If a proper system of wre-
house* are erected this eoujtry
will protit enormously in he
long run. Cottou is uot consid-
ered the very best security wlen
Jyiug unprotected in the farm-
er's yard. But if properly covered
aud insured cotton becomes the
best of coilatiral security.
At any rate the farmers of
this couutry cm secure the m
•Mm wr-or im n m -• mgr prfWrri
the necessities of life by turning
over to the inerchnut sufficient
cottou to remain the property of
the farmer until sold. The mer-
chant should take the cotton,
store it. lusure it, get weights
«ud grades, putting It in a prop-
er ware house and take a rc'eipt
for it. With these recopts in
hand he can safely continue busi-
ness ami his jobbers aud manu
faoturea will be able'to co oper
ate with him.
This mattei of a warehouse is
of such importance to every cotton
raising community that the farm
ers, business men ami bankers
should hold a meeting imiued-
iatly and proceed to provide u
suitable waiehouse ami other
facilities for bundling the cottou.
A gin meeting has been called
for Colony at 2 o’clock the 1 (Stfi
of this mouth uml every reader
of tine Courier within the tr-.de
territory of Colony should be
present to take part in a
meeting that will bo held im
The farmers in thi* neighbor- mediately after a shprt gin meet-
hood have had a great dral of *'ig, to see what can be done a
trouble and delay getting their bout erecting a MM) bale ware-
wheat and oats threshed owing | house. If the (proper spirit is
0 an accident to the machine.
1 liev hope however everything
will be in running order again
by the first of the week.
It is reported that Mr. Angel
and family who moved to Okla-
homa Citv last December will a
gain locate in this neighborhood
in the near future.
shown by tho«e present wo can
have the warehouse completed
ami ready by the Cline there in,
need for it.
tf you have cotton ' to sell you
are very greatly interested in
this matter a id should not neg-
hcc it.
Mrs Mulder am] children will
leave for Snyder in a few dav* to
join Rev. Mulder who is preach-
ing nt thnt place. Rev Mulder
and family have lived in thi[
neighborhood for a number of
years. They have mnnv warm
fiiemls who regret to aee them
leave but join in best wishes for
health and prosperity in the
new home,
G
day.
J. Cox was in Colony Natur-
A r. Graham waa
Saturday afternoon.
in town
Tho*. Kendrick went to Cof
drll Sunday where he »i tended to
business Monday
There Was quite n large atten-
dance at the bahptiaing ou Cobb
Creek Sunday.
I HAT which la not desired cannot be said to possess a value.
But that which is desirable and In demand possesses a value accord
ins to Its desirability—the value being regulated by the demand.
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Farm lands vary In values according to their location, their productive
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qualities and their accessibility to the markets.
The character of crops must be regulated according to the market at hand
aud every community necessarily directs the character of the product brought
to town by the farmers.
Therd must be a market for the farmer. There muet be some place where
he can realize on hie crops and receive In exchange a fair value In money or
In such merchandise as will supply the necessities of those dependent on his
efforts_to say nothing of the luxuries that have become practically ne-
6t**Theday has gone by when the farmer and his family raised and produced
by home manufacture all the things needed. We have become creatures of
conditions entirely new. We must have stylish clothing to take the place of
the home-spun worn by our forefathers- We must have pianos and organs,
upholstered furniture, chipaware, crockery, tinware, aluminum utensils, self-
binding harvesters, threshing machines, together with modern machinery and
tools of all kinds. Our wives and daughters must have millinery and all sorts
of fol-de-rols whicV bless them, they are entitled to have and to wear.
Our day is no longer a period of appreciation of beauty unadorned or a
disregard for the good things of life. We need, or we think we need, which
U the same thing, a lot. of things which cannot be produced on the farm,
therefore we incline our motives and our endeavors to obtain such things.
In answer to the demand for such things we have established communi-
ties for a general exchange of these things; for the exchange of the farm prod-
ucts for money ai^d for merchandise. Now that we have established a standard
of values for everything we figure everything In dollars and cents and If we
are dealing with a storekeeper who carries a stock of the things we require
and wish to buy and who wishes to buy that which we have to sell, there Is
no bother about making the deal.
In our community we have storekeepers who have equipped their places
of business with everything we need They have Invested their money In
merchandise Just as the farmers have Invested their money and their time lu
lands aud machinery and cattle and In crops.
In this manner there taaB been created a certain market for a proportion
of the crops raised by our farmers. The marketing of the balance of the
crops is readily attended to by the mere fact that we have a community, a
headquarters for buying and selling; the greater the size of the community,
the better facilities.
IF A COMMUNITY IS POOR AND UNPROSPEROUS, THEN THE
FARMER CANNOT MARKET HIS CROPS SO PROFITABLY.
The prosperity of a community rests entirely with the people in that com-
munity, this, of couree, Including those who live on the euteklrte and who
really form a part of the community, becauee of the fact that they do their
marketing there. If they bring their products to the community market and
aell them there and then spend their money with the local business men, the
community will grow and prosper. Land values will Increase and tha earnest
toilers and workers will become wealthy.
But If either tha fanners or the storekeepers fail to do their full share
hi the way of complying with the business requirements then there will be a
lack of success and the community will not grow or prosper. Land values
will not Increase.
There is a division of responsibility, practically equal. The Interests of
the storekeepers and of the farmers must come together. Without a due
appreciation of these requirements, no community can look^for progress.
If tha storsksepers do not carry the merchandlss ready to meet the re
qulrementa of the farmers they realize that they cannot expect to do the busi-
ness. But the failure It not here.
The great trouble in our community, now, is that the shower of mail
order catalogues has descended on the land und the farmers are inclined to
believe that no harm can come of diverting their trade from the local store-
keepers to the mall order houses in the big cities.
We must ktap our money in circulation in our own town. We'must pro-
tect our local storeksepere- We must create and build up conditions of pros-
perity right here at home or there will be no increase In land values. In fact,
they will decrease if we lend our money to the mall order houses.
IF WE DESIRE PROSPERITY. WE MUST HELP TO CREATE IT OUR
HELVES BY SPENDING OUR MONEY AT HOME.
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WE HAVE IT IT’S RIGHT
IT’S RIGHT WE HAVE IT.
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Our Chief Aim 1$ To Satisfy
Our Customers.
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Our stock is large and of wide variety. Inspect it.
High grade drugs and msdicines represent the
principal line handled, but we have all the different
sundries and toilet articles that are in demand.
You’ll do well to come here first when in need
of anything in the drug line. We have it.
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Iks NYAL DRUG CO.
GEO. N. DA VINA, Druggist.
TERMS Reasonable
PHONE No. 1180
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Col. J. B. SIEMENS
General Auctioneer
v Cry* Any Kind of Sale Anywhere.
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Works for you from the time he book* your tale.
Residence 1 mile west of Korn.
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Thos. Hudgens
LAWYER
LOANS, INSURANCE, and COLLECTIONS.
Colony, Oklahoma.
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Last Friday and Saturday were
Socialist Days at Colony and
County Organizer Pope reports a
successful meeting, with a lively
interest manifested in the educat-
ional work Jof Socialism. Wood
Hubbard spoke to a fair sized
crowd Friday and Thomas L.
Buie addressed a still larger
crowd at the park Saturday.
Families were there from the
forks of the creek and from the
prairie farms in every direction.
They came to hear the gospel of
Socialism and went away with
better understanding of the
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working class struggle and a
higher opinion of the hated So-
cialists. Local Colony was or-
ganized with T. C. Baird secre-
tary.
From there the speakers went
to Bessie infill dates August 31
and September 1st; thence to
Foss, September 2-8 and oil to
the encampment at NfoNahb
grove, September 4 and 5.--8word
of Truth,
PREACHING AND
EDITING
Editing a newspaper in some
respects is a good deal like prea-
ching, says the Edmonton Capi-
tol. The gospel truth must he
presented in the form of general-
ities or some fellow w ill get tt
and howl, says a recent writer
Few people like truth, even in
homeopathic doses if it hi a
them.
But while preachers and edi-
tors are criticized for what they
do say no one thinks of giving
them credit for what they do
uot say.
Very many people harbor the
belief that newspapers are eager
to puhlish derogatory things. It’s
a mistake. There’s not a news-
paper that could not spring a
sensation in the community at
any time by telling what it .
knows There is not a newspaper
that does not keep under the
the lock of secrecy scores of de
rogatory things which never meet
the public eye or reach the pub-
lic ear.
Deciding, what not to print is
the most troublesome part of
newspaper work. How many good
stories are suppressed for inno-
cent relatives and for the public
good nobody outside a newspaper
office has any idea of.
In some cases be who flies in- ,
to a passion because a news- A
paper prints something about
him whicn he considers uncom-
plimentary hu» every reason to
fe«l profoundly grateful to tho
newspaper for publishing so lit-
tle of what it knows of him.
And of times the loudest bluffer
is the most vulnerable to attack,
A big noire is often a device
employed to cover trepidation.
Newspapers put up with more
bluffing than any other agency
would endure. It, is not heeause
they lack courage; It is because
they are unwilling to use their
power to dintroy or ruin uule-s
the interest of society imperativ-
ely demands it.
It might be well for some
people to reflect upon these
truths Hnd in si’ent, gratitude
accept mild ar'mo titlnn liRfc
worst befall them.—The Fourth
Estate.
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COLONY
COURIER
1.00
Cantonmen
through Ool<
home. They i
An darko agei
hack home sa
down there. J
payment to K
Apaches and <
want any visil
makiug payi
Oheyenne9 wer
appointed on
dred back hon
The following
Agents office on
Red Bird, Wolf
bert. Medicine
Walking Worn
Drunkard and )
Martha Gray
and Saturday a
HOPE
Mr. Edd Pei
to wind up thres
well neighborhoi
Mrs. Ruhy Ba
ness trip to Cok
The foundat
Jopewell scl.oo
ompletely laid
H. J. Schmidt
hold Y»t°ed out
hold's homiste
vening.
J. R. Schmidt
trip to Korn s
E. King aad 0,
ere at Oklahoni
*ss this week.
John Litke, m
nplement Comp
iy Jfonday.
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Seger, Neatha H. Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1914, newspaper, September 10, 1914; Colony, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc942272/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.