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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
4
The Clifton Record edited by Robt L Baldridge is a Friday morning publication with post office entry as second class mail matter and notices subscription payable in advance for readers in Clifton Texas.
Prohibition and woman suffrage amendments are likely to be voted on next Tuesday May 24. The speaker supports both measures noting they fit local interests and values for the community.
With continued good weather farmers in the district and their helpers anticipate a harvest of one of the best grain crops on record. The market price also appears favorable.
A reflective note urges patience and perspective, warning that the world won’t collapse without perfect control. It advises not to assume total personal importance and to recognize that others may be right while you may be mistaken.
Community drive urges early ticket purchases to support the Chautauqua program. Officials claim one performance could justify a season ticket, noting many towns larger than Clifton cannot afford to host such events and urging broader community help.
The government urges moneyed Americans to sustain national progress by investing in construction and keeping the working classes employed, emphasizing the need to maintain momentum in the economy.
The text argues that all capable people should live in their own homes to free up housing for those unable to own. It notes that many capable renters worsen the shortage for others by renting instead of building or maintaining homes.
The Clifton Mercantile Company plans to bring a car load of Big Bone Poland China sows to Clifton in June. All registered stock will be sold at cost and paid for from the increased progeny. The notice encourages boys interested in breeding thoroughbred hogs to acquire a sow.
Advice urges farmers to beautify homes with shade trees, gravel roads, and flowers. Spending earnings on aesthetics benefits the family, while neglecting beauty drives sons to towns and vice, harming the farm’s future. The message emphasizes the home as a source of pride for spouses and children.
L. E. Tennison visited oil fields in West Texas to view the Swensondale No 1 a very large well brought in Sunday near Caddo Texas Clifton citizens own much of the stock in the company and are proud of their investment. L L Cowan returned from Mount Vernon to resume work with W V Kugle in the tailoring business after army service last year.
Jim Ferguson warns Texas voters to back the Woman Suffrage amendment on May 24. He says he may leave Texas if suffrage passes. The Hico News-Review questions his planned domestic move. Clifton public school contracts list E M Pharr as superintendent and J O Milstead as principal with several grade teachers named and others to be contracted.
A concise observation notes that both smart men and fools delay self care until illness strikes, highlighting a universal tendency to postpone preventive health actions.
E. M. Pharr, the superintendent elect for Clifton public schools, visited last Saturday to look at homes for himself and family. He found several appealing but did not close a deal at that time.
Rev. Jas. F. Hardie formerly pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at this place visited Clifton for a day and returned to his home in Taylor. He was welcomed by many local friends and church members.
Auburn McFadden a popular salesman for Wm Connolly and Co at Valley Mills for years has joined Show Bros of this city as a salesman in dry goods and clothing. He made Clifton his home as a boy and has many friends here glad to see him back in the area.
George Philips died at his uncle Jack Milott home ten miles west of Clifton Friday night and was buried Saturday afternoon in Reeder cemetery. Rev. Geo. F. Kornegay of Clifton led the funeral services. Buck, as he was known, was about eighteen and regarded as a man of excellent character and habits.
Eddy Hauke returned to Clifton last Saturday night with his honorable discharge after nearly two years in France. He endured weeks of fighting and was fortunate to avoid wounds or gas exposure. After visiting relatives in South Texas he plans to settle again in Clifton, where friends are glad to welcome him back.
The church holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning preaching at 11 a.m. A Junior League meets at 3 p.m. with evening preaching at 8:45 p.m. George F. Kornegay serves as pastor.
A 195 acre Bosque Valley farm 6 miles north of Clifton offers 135 acres cultivated with good improvements and ample wood and water. Nearby Ferguson lease and an oil well within 3 miles. Sold on easy terms. See N. T. Wallace, Clifton, Texas.
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