The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 299, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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BALLINGER, RUNNELS COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIIDAY, JANUARY 2. 1914.
NUMBER 299
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TWENTY MILLION FOR
TUBERCULO WORK
Out of nearly $20,000,000 spent
last year in tile tre; Ti.ieM and pre
vemion ot tuberculosis in the
1 lilted States H9..J per cent of the
: money was derived from piddle
funds, either federal, state, coun-
ty or municipal. These are some
of t!ie inti resting figures given in
STRANGER HERE IN GETTING READY TO $100,000 BLAZE
CRITICAL GONDITION KEEP BALLINGER COOL AT STEPHENVILLE
A man giving his name as T. II * H- I
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Armstrong, traveling in a wagon
with his wife and four children,
arrived in Ballinger hist Friday
and stopped at the Farmers Inion
Wagon Yard. The man was in a
critical condition when In* arrived
here, suffering with an infectious
the annual statistical statement of disease, and his condition became
the Witumal Association tor the1 such that it was iivcessarv for the
Study h*2• I Prevention of Tube**eu-j physicians to perform an opera
! msis, ma n public today. I'lu*
The hardest
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Mrs. Carters Campaign
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FALSE FIRE ALARM
statemc* f is based largely on a*l
ual repods received from anti-
tubmvul sis ; gt i t ies through, ut
the country, but where re-
ports were not avaiahle the fig-
ures have been estimated.
Treat ment of tubereuloiis pa-
tients in the more than ntHI sana-
toria and hospitals of tin*
country and tin* construc-
tion of such institutions cost
over $18,000,000 of the* total ex-
penditure. Care of patients in dis-
pensaries and open-air schools cost
about $82-'),OOP. Anti-Tuberculosis
associations and committees spent
nearly $*>7.*>,<KXi in furthering their
work of organization and educa-
tion. while state and local board-,
of health and special tuberculosis
commissions spent over $2.”>0,OtH»
More than $13,8000.000 or '>9.2
per cent of the total expenditures
came from public funds. The Na-
tions Association points to this
growing increase in the spending
tion in order to try to save his
life. The sick man had been under
the treatment of the doctors since
arriving here, but it was not de-
cided to perform the operation
until today, and In* was carried to
the srirltariuni this morning and
th** operation successfully perform
ed.
This is one of tho-c sympathetic
cases that every town and com-
munity is calle*J upon to handle in
Kirk, manager of the Are- Stephenville, Tex.. Jan. 1.—A
& Fuel Co., is busy looking fire opened tin* New Year for
after improvements to be made at Stephenville. The flames destroy,
the ice pblUt, which when complct ed tin* two-story building amd eii
ed will give Ballinger a much bet- tire stock of the (J. M. Carlton
ter plant for manufacturing ice Bros. Co., store doing $80,000
something the people in tliis <*01111- damage to their property. and
try no longer consider a luxury caused minor losses to other A
during ill,* hot summer months, shortage of water for a tine* flueat
hut a necessity. , cned more serious damage.
t Mi aceoilrft <d a break down in The fire was discovered about
the plant the latter part of the 2 a. 111. by a transfer man who was
flu* hist season Ballinger people returning from the station after
used ice for a few weeks that was having met an early morni/ng
made by a neighboring plant. It is train. It was in the uppnr part of
tin* purpose of the manager of the the building at that time. hut
ioeal plant to avoid this during tin* spread so rapidly that before
coining season, and not only sup- organized work to fight it could
ply tin* local trade, but much ice be begun, it was impossible to
will be shipped and those towns in save any of the contents of the
this territory will be furnished a building.
high grade ice and at a cost that After the volunteer fire corn-
will he below that made by plant' pane, aided bv other citizens, had
r.ot so near. Ballinger people are fought for some time, it became
of public money for tuberculosis, ..... . .... . - ,
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facts in t!,e report, as it n,lirat-| ' U. 01 M..oll,,.!v‘,!I<!11 ,in‘ 'J
... tin- shifting of tin- l„„-i.n of!';:":',1.""1-' "I1"1! !"' T'1"'1
institutional care of consumptiv*
been brought to onr notice 1/11 a , m 15 rf,,u “ "<»s
. 1 , . , ‘ while there lias been little coin-
long time. Armstrong says lie left
Oklahoma some time ago. and was
making his way to San Angelo,
where he hoped to get work and
make a living for himself and fam-
ily. Ib- was in had health when he
left his Oklahoma home, being
afflicted with asthma, and he
thought that tin* climate in this
country would help him. He had;
$110 when he left for the West j
and his outfit consisted of a team
decided to reserve the supply to
plaint at tin* service in the past save other buildings that were in
they will be glad to know that a danger.
better service will be rendered fj. M Carlton is a brother-in
dining tin* coming summer. j iHV- 0f J. X. Adams, of Ballinger
— ---— i and news of the fire reached T»al-
J. M. Nichols, ot the Santa linger Fridav morning.
Anna country, came in Friday sit --—
noon to visit relatives and friends DFA,rH NFA.R AS NEEDI-E
in our county a few days. j jN arm SEVERS ARTERY
from the private purse to ti e gen !
Ballinger his cash had been about
exhausted :• *’• I he sohl out* of his
J. K. Hutton, after a pleasant
visit with his family and Ballinger
friends, left Thursday afternoon
for Clifton. Texas, where be is en-
gaged in the drug business.
ponies for $2.*». leaving him with
S. TV. Brown spent Xmas with
eral public purse, where it rightly. . . ... „
, . .1 .. ... i onlv one horse, ills family coiisi
belongs. Since 1909 tin* percent , .. .
, - . , | ol a wite and tour clu dren. the
age ot pm die money spent in tun-! .
i - , . i J youngest less than two years old
eivulosis work ha; increased from . , .. .. * .
'M his family and left Thursday after-
noon for the east in the interest of
his grocery firm.
s-.ii An<re)o. Tex. Jan. 1.—Mrs
William Taylor, nrominent here
ran a sewint needle into her right
, arm Wednesday. It broke in three
’ place-: and punctured an artery.
Medical assistance was ealled to
prevent her bleeding to death.
J3.5 to m arly To j:*-r cent.
New York state spent more
money m tubercnlo-is work than
i any other state, due la**gelv to tin*
incrersed and growing activities
city and coiwitv governments
in building iideipiate l.ospita's for
i of
Fire Chief Kd Gloher says per
sons should 1m* more careful about
turning the fire alarm in, as it
. Al ... , 5 , i consumptives.
demoralizes the fire boys, who ____
might some time tail to attend a INITIA1 TRIP
sure enough fire, aonl it’s hard en ___
oitgh for tile Chief to hold thej
boys together anyway. It‘s all
Kwing Taylor made his initial
trip Friday morning as rural mail
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tm-n IN the tire alarm. Tin. only a|,(| as m „ Kins
Kwing is a splendid young husi
Mess man, and one of Ballinger's
favorite sons and all wish him
success in his new line.
a won! of caution.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nowlin
passed through Ballinger Thurs-
day afternoon from Winters en
route to Pleasnrtton, Texas. This
is a new married couple who mar*
Mr. and Mrs. J. McGregor and
son Alex returned home Thursday
ried at Winters Wednesday and afternoon from San Angelo where
were going on to Mr. Nowlin’s they spent New Year’s Day with
home. realtives and friends.
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Here s lo You.
A Merry Christmas to you ail—
Whether Customer or not.
May cheerfulness and happiness
And gladness be your lot.
And if you’re not our customer
We add this wish right here
That you’ll enrole yourself with us
Within the coming year.
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uni the others ;dl small, ami to wit
mss flic faithful wife ami little
ones around th** husband and fa-
ther sick on his camp house bed
was a scene that caused the tears
to trinkle down the cheeks of hard
hearted men.
The ease was reported to the
charity committee, and the com-
mittee provided medicine and as
sured the man that his family
would not be allowed to suffer
When the mar was carried to sat'.i
tarium tin* wife ami children were
moved to the home of Grandma
Bollard where tliev are being
eared for at present. They have a
little money which tSw realized
from the sale of the nonv. but
the father will not be able to pro-
vide for them for some time, even
if he survives, but we feel sure
that the good people of Ballinger
will look after their wants. A-
soon as the man can be moved
from th** sanitarium i,(* also
be carried to Mrs. Polbird’a.
The nhvsicier**! are doing their
oart of the ehantv work in giv
big this*, man medical attention and
in keeping him at the sanitarium
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hollidav.
—- the new married eouple, who live
V. Roseuwasser. of Sweetwater east of the city, passed through
came in Friday morning to visit Ballinger Thursday afteronon nr*
relatives and to look after business i-oute borne from a short visit tc
interests in Ballinger a few days. Snr. Angelo.
Miss Hester Padgett left Thurs-
day afternoon for Denton, where,
sin* will resume h**r school work)
in the Industrial School of Arts
for tin* coming term, after a plea
sant visit with her parents dm*
ing the holidays.
B. D. Kirkland and I*. (’. Guiw
of Wingate, wen* among the visi
tors i*i Ballinger Thursday after
noon. Mr. Guin is a prominent bus
inoss man of WiMgate and Mr.
Kirkland is a Mississippi!! out in
our country visiting relatives and
prospeetng.
Mrs. Mike C. Boyd and baby
girl returned home Thursday af-
ternoon from a visit to her sister
Mrs. Jim Miller and family, of
Winters.
START
BANK
ACCOUNT
THIS_YEAR
SWEAR. OFF
EXTRAVAGANCE
AND NEXT
NEW YEARS
DAY WILL FIND
You Much Happier-
Happy New Year to you. This means everybody.
Our friends in particular and the whole community in
general. Next New Year will be here as surely as
this is. If you put money in the bank all this year
NEXT New Year’s day will find you happier and bet-
ter satisfied. Each succeeding year should find each
of us better prepared for OLD AGE. which we should
enjoy in comfort.
Make OUR bank Your bank.
The First National Bank
Of Ballinger
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 299, Ed. 1 Friday, January 2, 1914, newspaper, January 2, 1914; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1138279/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.