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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23
CATCHING COLD.
Que to Infection and Not at All to
Changes In the Weather.

Due to Infection and Not at All ia
Changes In the Weather.
Have you ever noticed in church
Immediately after a prayer or a SER
mon is finished some one starts a
cough and then a whole battery of
coughs explode? The modern physi-
clan will tell you by way of explana-
ton that micr0be examinations from the
breath of the coughers find their way
into the respiratory tract of others,
who thereupon cough too. Not alone
IN church, but in theaters and other
indoor places where people gather in
large numbers, is this coughing habit
noticeable
In an article dealing with this sub
ject published in the Independent it is
explained that colds are slight infec-
tious fevers which spread particularly
among the population of cities and
which are due to contagion and not at
all to changes in the weather. These
may predispose by lowering resistiye
vitality and by disturbing the circula-
ton in mucous membranes, but it is
the presence Of an infectious germ
that gives rise to the symptoms of the
cold. When one of these bothersome
affections gets into a household usual
~ more than one person suffers from
it, and it spreads in Offices and schools
and the like. It is much more fire.
quently caught in crowd than any
where else
The people who have a succession OF
colds during the winter time and
those who have to work where many
people come and go during the day
are particularly susceptible to them.
It is not to some sudden change in the
weather that the physician looks for
the origin of a cold, but to some rath-
er intimate contact with other suffer
ers from similar affection. .sa.@... y
. Willing to Compromise. H.
p Didn't you promise never to do that
again. ..x ...S3faf@
eyes. father" .,saE H. .5-a 4. r.,
s. And didn't I promise to whale you
good II you didn't?' . Z .%s.
Yes, but broke me promise and
wont hold you to youn. " - Toledo
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23
Putting It Up to tho Men.

Putting IL Up to the Men.
The Erie railroad company has tried
the novel experiment Of calling In It's
employees to consult as to improve
ments and development plans. Recent
~ it had 500 of it's men meet the off,
Gals of the company at Paterson,
N. j., and talk matters over. It rea-
soned that the engineers, conductors,
trainmen, station agents, switchmen
and others actually engaged in NOV
Ing it's trains and handling it's business
might have some worth while ideas as
to improving the service. The only
strange thing about this is that no.
body thought Of it before. Perhaps
some of the industrial concerns have
held similar conferences, but it is not
in the memory Of man that a railroad
has ever before deigned to consult it's
employees as to questions of improve
ment and general policy.
Why should not the men be inter-
ested in the plans Of their employers
and be made to feel that they have a
part in working out the destiny Of the
company? Is there any better way
to unity them and to identify them
with the concern? Some man has said
that If he had an Office boy who did
not say t'our'' when speaking of the
firms business he would fire him
forthwith. It is safe to say that those
500 employees Of the Erie had more Of
tendency to say "our" after the
Paterson meeting. Likewise the other
employees probably felt lively ambi-
ton to be included some day in the
trusted and honored 500.
One other reform that the Erie has
carried out is in keeping. 1t is to
place an engineers name on his en-
CINE as a reward of merit-have his
name on the Office door, as it were!
Things like that make the men sit up
and take an interest in life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23
The Movement Cityward.

The detailed census figures now
being given out reveal still more strik-
1ngly the gain Of the city at the ex-
pense Of the farm. As matter of
cold fact the rural sections in most
cases have gone backward. The same
tendency is observable in New York
state, in New England and in the
middle west. Only in the new states
has the farming population as a whole
shown an increase. Elsewhere it has
been stationary or on the down grade.
In all the history of the world there
has not been a city growth equal to
that which American municipalities
have enjoyed in the past decade. Part
Of this has been due to Immigration.
The remainder of the urban recruits
have come from our own farms. The
young man Absalom has grown ambi-
tious and decided to go up in the
world. Going up with him unfor-
tpnately did not mean buying more
acres and raising bigger crops, but
migrating to the city and shining in
some business or profession. Not al
ways has he shone, but nearly always
has he been too proud to go back to
the farm and admit his failure to do
So Thus the result has been the
same. Whether q city. success or a
city failure, he has still been lost to
the farm.
The cityward movement does not tell
all the story of rural population de-
cline, however. The decreasing birth
rate has played its part. The vital sta
tistics are not in for 1910 as yet, but
the population returns tell the story.
The old American stock is being de-
pleted for the reason that through self
iShness or for other considerations we
have failed to obey the Scriptural in
junction to increase, multiply and re-
plenish the earth" 1t seems high time
to preach from the "anti-race suicide
gospel once more; likewise to tune our
Tyres to the refrain of s'back to the
farm
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

The decision to abandon the New
theater in New York city and erect
a smaller house for the same line of
plays produced at the New theater
Is more creditable to the promoters
than to the playgoers of the city.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Colonel Roosevelt was given q craw-
f,sh dinner in New Orleans AS the
craWflsh Is the perfect type of the re-
dictionary, the colonel probably bit
with especial enthusiasm. %.E
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Adopting Greenwich time in France
so as to make the hour the same in all
places within a radius of fifteen de-
grees wouldn't do in this country, es-
pecially in Washington, where they
turn back the clock hands to lengthen
congressional day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

A Nebraska judge has solemnly de-
cided that farmers wife is not under
any obligation to milk the cows We
hope some wise judge will hasten to
expected to wash or wipe the Dishes
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

The no seat no fare policy is all
right In some cases. If the old time
courtesy Of the grandpaps were more
in vogue it would help out whole lot.
1t may be pessimistic, but it looks as
If the millennium so far as it apper-
tanned to politeness on street cars had
"came, but WENT
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Jane Adams, Chicago's great char
ity promoter, is out with the state
ment that she never paid more than
$40 for hat. It is evident that Miss
Aadams never went millinery shop
ping just before Easter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Uncle Joe Cannon in speaking Of the
rush of the American army to the
The Mexican border says he will 60 if
Champ Clark will. Looks like another
case Of @'let George do it."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Mex1co's envoy, who is watching the
troops scurry, doesn't want them to
Cross the border. He will not object
If batch Of insurrectos cross over
eoming this way. .: 3d..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

The annual spring massacre of Jews
is going on at Kiev. How long is CIV
lization going to occupy a box in the
grand stand and permit this sort of
thing?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

DR.. Oswald Of the Royal Asylum of
Glasgow reports the discovery of a
permanent cure for insanity. Some
body should get DR.. Oswald immedi
ately to begin treating the people who
are trying to work up a war scare in
connection with the matter Of reci-
procity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Since so many diamonds are being
stolen on ocean liners it is considered
wise by the companies to carry a crew
OF sleuths This may help some pas
senger to find his collar button when
the ship Is rolling.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Before long, according to Wilbur
Wright, the price Of aeroplanes will be
within the reach of all, from which
we infer that the present price Of an
aeroplane affords at least reasonable
margin of profit.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Because a man found a strange shirt
In his travelling bag he threatened d.
yorce proceedings against his wife,
who had packed the bag. Was it not
stretching a mere shirt to try to make
1t serve for whole divorce suit?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

One OF the John Hopkins university
professors announces that poverty will
be abolished. 1t will not be possible.
however, to get everybody to be
pleased on account of the abolition of
poverty unless work can be abolished
along with it. III ~ 35E
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Ex-Speaker Cannon says that there
IS more of Champ Clark to be shot at
han him. Nevertheless Uncle Joe
was kept busy lodging when he was
speaker.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

President Taft broke the gavel at
the commercial congress in Atlanta.
Probably thought he was hitting an in
surgent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

A New York girl stole $1,000 to give
every comfort to her aged and invalid
parents. 1t will probably go hard
with her, as the Wall, street code does
not mix fllial devotion with high
finance
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

One of the big tenors of the Metro
politan Opera company says he re-
stored his voice by eating oysters.
Good thing for him he didn't lose his
voice between May 1 and Sept. /.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

A whole family took ride in an air.
snip at Los Angeles. We shall hear
1l .pf the Sunday school picnic 60
fns1*aay on one. .,.,.,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Only six Confederate generals are
living. It must not be supposed, how
ever, that there is any scarcity of colo
nels in the south. d.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

A woman is reported to have van
ished from coast liner, and it is
said she took a coat with her. As she
didn't take her hat she will probably
come back.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

China is getting in it's famine some
thing just as Objectionable as what
Sherman said war was, without any
martial music thrown I'm.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Never fear but that Diaz would bs
giad TO trade bis insuEEectou Tor any,
thing Of half it, face value
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23
A Goal He Had Never Reached.

"You are the greatest inventor in the
world" exclaimed I; newspaper man
to Alexander Graham Bell
"Oh, no, my friend, I'm not" said
Professor Bell. 1--WE never been
eepOrter ladies Home Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

G7eermany's population has grown
more than 1000. 900 in five years. Pass
the smelling salts to France and Brit
ain.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Is being senator as great an honor
as it used to be?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

A girls idea of trousseau is to
have enough clothes to wear without
buying anything new for at least three
weeks.-New York Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Many man who laughs at the hob
bic skirt wears cuffs on his trousers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Casual observers might think that
the late congress talked itself 70 death.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

{ In Russia they call the harem skirt
'.jupeculotte' That ought to kill It.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Germany says she will not interfere
even if we annex Mexico. Is this Il
case of sour grapes?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-03-23

Here is hoping that the extra session
will be different.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-09-28
Acuf Items

Acuf. Texas, September 26.
Mr.. Avalanche I've Just been Sc
busy ! could not write for a few
weeks. but will try and give a
few items this week.
Everybody very busy gather
ing crops. Cotton turning out
we'll.
NJ. A. Ewtt is just back from
Georgia, where ne has been on
business.
Our assistant scAOO. teacher
Miss Fleda Burt, is on the sick
list this week and her sister.
Miss Maggie Burt, Is filling her
place.
Our school will suspend for
about four weeks after this week.
Mr.. McCarty and wife, and
Mr.. Talley and wife, of Stanton.
spent Sunday at Acutf.
Bro. Sanders. of Lubbock. filled
his appointment here Sunday.
He preached Sunday morning
and in the afternoon.
There has been five additions
to the church at Acutf since our
last writing.
In a conversation with Arthur
Kelsey, he tells US that he has
seven bales of cotton picked and
nine more ready to pick. He also
stated that he picked seven bales
off fourteen acres the first
picking.
The cotton gin at Lorenzo.
started Tuesday. This gin will
be a great relief to the cotton
raisers of the east part of the
county.
Mrs. K. +. Hoops went to Lub-
book the first part of the week
on business.
Cotton pickers needed.
HAPPY JACK.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-09-28

For the past five or six
years the crop conditions
in the South Plains country
has been watched with keen in
terest, and it is receiving very
favorable comment among the
farmers and investors of the
north, east and south, and the
final outcome will be that many
will come here during the spring
of next year and will invest a
great deal of money in land in
this section of the country for
farming purposes.
The yield this year with the
exception of early corn has been
very satisfactory, and the farm
ers who have made any effort TO
farm this year have realized
splendidly for their efforts.
For many years ii was contend
ed that this country was good
only for stock raising and grow
ing of feed stuff such as maize,
katfir corn, Johnson grass, etc,
and in fact for quite a number of
years, when the man with the
thousands of cattle controlled
the situation would have
every man who came here believe
that they did not want the man
with the plow and hoe to molest
them in their eager desire 10 ac-
cumulate wealth from their herds
as they roamed the treeless
prairies and fed upon the free
grass of the range.
AS years rolled around how
ever, the farmers one by one
edged their way into this country
and commenced 10 plant a little
of the different kinds of crops
and it soon developed, even over
the protests of many here and
elsewhere that this country pos
sessed soil that would grow
nearly everything that any other
country would.
The past five years this country
has attracted more than ordinary
attention, and the farmers have
been coming here more and more
every year. and they have been
planting more and more of the
staple crops and experimenting
a little on the side issue crops as
YOU might term them.
Ii has been found that aside
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-09-28
THE YIELD THIS YEAR IS AN EYE-Op[NER To MANY
Cotton has Proven Itself One Of the Sure Crops the South Palms.
and the Acreage will be Increased Next Year Feed Stuff
and Small Grain are Also Playing an important Part

from the kaffir and maize crops
which have been termed the
never failing crop Of this country
that cotton is another sure crop.
and under anything like favor
able conditions il will yield from
half to three-fourth bale per acre,
and from that to a bale. 1t is
more easily raised here too and
the only seeming drawback is
~etClng it gathered at the right
time. This will probable he
overcome however in a few years
by the immigration Of more
laboring people in this section.
Small grain too, is receiving
considerable attention. This
year demonstrated that wheat
was a pretty good crop here, and
as a result Of the test there will
be large acreage planted this
fall, and the result will be watch
ed keenly for further develop
opments.
The crop this year has been
very satisfactory taking it as a
whole, and it is being noticed by
those who came from the east
where land is four or five times
the price of this, that we have
much better crops than they.
which Is plain 10 a man of busi-
ness sense that he gets a great
deal better interest on the money
invested. When they get down
10 a business view Of the condi-
tlons there cannot be any doubt
that this section will be thickly
settled by men who expect to
make a living farming.
All we need TO make this
country what 1t is destined to be
the great farming country Of the
state, IS more farmers. We
need them 10 cultivate the thous-
and and thousands of acres Of
virgin soil that meets the gaze
of these prospectors who come
here. Ii is not uncultivated be-
cause it is poor land and will not
produce the crops, but simply
because the people of the east
and the north will not depart
from the old ruts. They will
not give their consent to leaving
the old homestead for something
better.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-09-28
MUSIC STUDENTS RECITAL
Music Pupils From Miss Browns
Class. Expression Pupils
From Miss Words Class

The following program will be
rendered at the High School
building in the Auditorium next
Friday evening. A small admis-
sion fee will be charged and the
proceeds will be given to the
Public School Library which is a
cause that should have the
hearty support of the entire COM
munlty:
|. Position" B. GODDARD
Fannie B. Carter
2. Too Late for the Train"
Murrel Adams.
3. "Undulation"-R r. s. Nor
rison - Esther Blodgett.
1. 'Nettie Rosebud Before
Her Second Ball. Gladys Gar
rison.
5. Tarrautelle Op So No2'
Stephen Heller Bernice KIM
bro.
6. Hungary -Op 4lO"-C Carl
koelling Leila Roherds.
Z. The Dying Poet" l.. NJ
GOttscholk Gladys Garrison
:. Trio Playful Picaninnies
}. NJ. Leeman Fannie b. Car
ter. Leila Roberds and Oudia
Carter.
.. "Debutante"- Mary Dean
Martin
10. March Op So N. Lch-
ner lommie Earhart
II Violin Solo Air Barre
No. 6 inaOp ~" &. DelBcrioti
Murrel Adams Miss Csmp-
bells puu.Ll
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-09-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
Meeting VII. be- Held al the Meth
odIst Church Sunday Anernoon
to Perfect Arrangements

Last Sunday "A week ago there
was held at the South Side
Christlon church a meeting of
the Sunday School workers OF
the town for the purpose of
organizing "A County Sunday
School Association, and a good
representation of the Sunday
School workers OF Lubbock were
present.
Officers were elected for the
coming year as follows.
Prof. j. X. Wester, President.
Jno. X. McGee, Vice-President
Mrs. Overton, End Vice-Pres-
ident.
f. P. Earhart, 3rd Vice-Pres-
ident.
j. l.. Dow. Secretary.
5. c. Wilson, Treasurer.
A meeting was called for Sat
urday afternoon at $3.50, Sept.
Both for the purpose of complet-
ing the organization and getting
the various departments at work.
Notices have been sent to all the
Sunday School Superintendents
of the country schools and an
urgent invitation to come TO this
that every school in the
county may have representative
here and get in the work.
This work does not Interfere
with the denominational work in
any of the schools and the inten-
ton of the County Sunday School
Association is to get the young
people as well as the grown-ups
to work in the Sunday Schools of
the county regardless of denomi-
nationallsm.
Ii is to be hoped that there
will be a good representation of
the Sunday School workers and
those interested in the upbuildinR
Of the Sunday Schools of the
county, be present at the meet
ng Saturday that the work may
get under good headway, and
that Lubbock County Sunday
School interests will increase
from the very beginning.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-09-28

The daily papers from Amarillo
are certainly doing a great deal
20 advertise the South Plains
country IN the matter . news
items from this section he
Plains. Nearly every day q IRE
are numerous it'ms hand.cd by
the two daily papers a. news
they are real good boosters for
the different communities iu this
part n the plains country. The
people of this community should
show their appreciation of the
good work done by these uaren
by giylng them a good list Of
subscribers from th.s terrlilrl.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-09-28

George W. Carter this week
closed a deal with G.. A. Rush
FOR his splendid residence and
lots on Broadway. O, erton Add
tion. and Mr. Carter will take
possession of same this week
This is an excellent piece OF
property. and Mr. Carter is 20 be-
congratulated on having secured
a. for a home
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1911-09-28
tttUN KILLS HIMSELF
Takes His Own life MONDAY Alter
noon by Poisoning Himself
Leaves Family Of -Four

The people Of this city were
shocked Monday when the news
was phonod 10 town that A. 7.
, Tatum. a farmer. who lived ON
the Dupree old place northwest
of town had been found dead on
his bed at the farm home.
Mr.. Tatum was in town IN the
/ loren ,on of Monday stayed all
night with his family here Sun
day, who have been living in
town since the beginning of the
school term. and left early in the
morning for the farm to gather
feed.
Mr.. Will Davis, who was fgur-
ing on buying his crop was at his
place about noon. and talked
with him about the purchase of
the crop and rode away. and
nothing lead him to suspicion
that there was anything wrong,
or that Mr.. Tatum was on the
verge of committing such a deed
that afterwards shocked the town
and the entire community.
At about two O'Clock in the
afternoon W. H. Cassler who has
charge of some cattle in that
community went 10 Mr.. Tatum's
farm, to inquire of him about
some cattle that had strayed
away, and found him dead on a
bed in the center Of the room.
He al once went 10 the nearest
phone and notified the sheriff
here of the discovery. Mr.. Flynn
at once procured an auto and
By G. +. Parks and
II. !. kimbrO went 10 the scene
and found the dead body of the
man as represented
IN the phone message. Later
the justice of peace Squire
Knight. and DR.. Baugh were
called and an examination was
made in which it developed that
the dead man had died from the
effect OF strychnlne poison, which
il was afterwards found that he
purchased at the Red Cross
Pharmacy, stating that the
wolves were catching his chick
ems and that he wanted 10 poison
them. The vial. which contained
a portion of the poison was found
after considerable search under
the poarch of the building, and
from the amount that had been
purchased and the amount that
remained IN the vial he had
swallowed possibly half a tea
spoonful
Mr.. Tamm had recently become
involved % considerable extent,
and his inability 20 meet his obh-
cations. and being crowded for
settlement of same, is supposed
10 have been partly the cause of
the rash deed.
The body was brought 10 the
family residence Monday after
noon. and was buried Tuesday
afternoon in the cemeJary al this
place.
Deceased leaves a wife and
three children who have the
sympathy of the entire commu-
nifty in the unfortunate occur
lnce.