The Dekalb Enterprise (DeKalb, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1913 Page: 3 of 4
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SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
IT oil v Ca u»p, W. O. \\\, meets
the i*>t and 3rd Saturday night,
in each month.
I). I*. Porter, C. C. j
T. J. McMichael, Clerk.
K. of P.
DeKalb hod ye No. 283, meets
2ml and 4th Tuesday night in
each month.
C. C. Proctor, C. C.
D. P. Porter K. of K. and S.
A. F. and A. M.
DeKalb Lodge No, 9, meets
Saturday night on or before the
full moon in each month.
J. 11. Hatehell, W. M.
L. A. Smith, Sec.
J. S. OWEN
W atelies
Clocks
Silverware
Diamonds
Repairing
A
Specialty
J. S. OWEN
DeK.aU>. Texas
La#-*!
Anything In
PRINTING
W. E. BECK, M. D.
Special Attention Given to Diseases of
Lye. far. Nose and Throat.
Office Over First State Bank
: INK A LB, TEXAS :
DR. P. E. GOLD
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Disease of the Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat. Fitting glasses a
specialty. Special attention
given to chronic diseases.
All calls should be left at the
residence of Rev. J. E. White.
DALBY SPRINGS, TEXAS
WE PRINT-----
Cards
Envelopes
Statements
Bill Heads
Note Heads
Letter Heads
Page Dodgers
- - - In Fact, Anything
OUR TYPE IS NEW
Bring Us Your Job Work
eKalb
Enterprise
GRADING SCMOOl
BOWIE COTION CROP
Bowie County Cotton Crop is Worth $ 1,9-
20308
The Texas cotton crop for
1912 is the most valuable one in
the history of the cotton indus-
try according to preliminary es-
timates furnished the Commer-
cial Secretaries and Business
Men’s Association by the Feder-
al Census Bureau. The Texas
yield in 1912 was 4, 880,210 bales
of 500 pounds or (>24,000 bales
more than the 1911 crop, while
the 1912 yield in the United
States was approximately 3,000,-
000 bales less than 19J1. The ex-
cessive yield in Texas was ab-
sorbed by floods, drouths and
unfavorable conditions in other
southern States. The world’s
consumption of cotton in 1911 is
reported by our Census Bureau
to be 30,402,000 bales of 500
pounds net and the 1912 produc-
tion will, according to reliable
estimates, fall slightly under
these figures. The 1911 world’s
production amounted to 22,297,-
000 or an oyer-production of ap-
proximately 2,000,000 bales. The
average price of cotton for 1911
was 9.9 cents per pound and in
1912 the price was 12.05. The
1912 Texas crop, including seed,
sold for $338,538,822 which is an
advance of $90,058,000 over the
1910 crop, its nearest competitor.
There were 27,805 equivalent
500 pound bales of cotton pro-
duced in liowie County from the
crop of 1912 and the lint and
seed sold for approximately $1,-
929,}j98. The lint sold for $1,-
675,251 and 13,903 tons of seed
produced in this county brought
$254,147.
f armers’ Inion Grading School Held at
Houston.
Houston, Texas, July 1.—The
Farmers’ Union Colton Grading
School will be conducted here
this summer in charge ot E A
Calvin, and E. F. Shropshire,
Manager of the Farmers’ Union
Central Selling Agency which is
also located in this city.
In this school everything will
be taught concerning cotton from
the time it leaves the field until
the time it reaches the factory.
Grading and classing, buying
and selling, pulling and measur-
ing staple, figuring and averag-
ing will be taught from a practi-
cal standpoint and by actual de-
monstration. Students will be
lirst taught the art of scientific
classing, then two methods of
averaging and then how to staple
and measure.
The school began on June 23,
and will continue for six weeks,
and can be entered at any time
during the term.
City Building Notes
Good roads is one thing that
cannot be overdone.
In the game of life the worker
is the one who scores.
While swatting the fly don’t
forget to eliminate his breeding
place.
If there were no newspapers
to boost it how big would your
town become^
The true architect of his own
fortune is always planning ex-
tensions.
Some men only turn the grind-
stone of boosting when they
have an axe to grind.
There must be organized
strength harmoniously working
together to build a city.
The town that wins is the
town that fights every day in the
year for better conditions.
Our idea of wasted elTortJ is
continually knocking the knock-
er—forget him, he will soon hang
himself away.
Burgulary is the only business
or profession that does not re-
quire advertising to make it a
success.
In city planning and building
don’t forget to take into consid-
eration the city useful as well as
the city beautiful.
Tp attempt to conduct a busi-
ness without advertising is like
trying to fish without bait.
Some people won’t even lend
their moral support without
charging interest on it—they
are not city builders.
Get acquainted with new ideas,
new viewpoints, new angles of
vision —new people. This is an
age of progress. Be not afraid
of the new.
SIX CENT MONEY
Farmers’ Union Procures Six Per Cent
Money.
Fort Worth, Texas, June 30.-
“It is most gratifying to the
Farmer’s Union to see the bank-
ers of Texas lending their heart-
iest co-operation in enabling the
farmers of this state to procure
advances on their cotton at the
rate of 6 per cent per annum,”
said I’eter Radford, President
of the Farmers’ Union when
asked to what extent the Texas
bankers were responding to the
Farmers’ Union Selling- plan for
this year’s cotton crop._
The Central Selling Agency
as been established at Houston,”
continued Mr. Radford, “with
E. F. Shropshier as its man-
ager.”
“The agency is prepared to
serve the membership in selling
for them all kinds of farm pro-
ducts that could ordinarily be
through any selling agency and
to especially sell cotton.”
“Cotton is to be sold from
local warehouse by samples,
where there are warehouses,
with their warehouse manager
bonded properly, so that they
can guanantee grades, weights,
etc. Also where there is no
warehouse, and they wish to
ship, they can do and procure
advances on their cotton at the
rate of 6 per cent per annum.
MAMMOTH COTTON RALLY!
DALLAS, JULY 10-12
A Convention (hit will dimonitnti th« rtmirfc-
•W« »f> »re»« be'nj md* In ditabjlihlnt« 01-
PtNBABLC MdftKCT tYSTIM FOR COITOh
15c Cotton Already in Sight
Attaftd thli Convention tnd loft
motto H o cortototy.
Cottnn "roworo, Moreteon’o, Kookori, will dhow
letol luppert of plan of fcOUTHIAN ITATl*
CO I TON CORPORATION bt Im*« OtttodMOd.
FAIR PARK C01ISIU*
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BARGAINS
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Among our recent purchases we have secured some Decided Bargains
and we are going to give our customers the benefit of our buying in
quantities to secure the price.
Invite You to Call at Our
Store Any Time During Our Clearance Sale
when we will take pleasure in showing you some splendid values in all
departments. Don’t forget to ask for Piano Votes with every purchase.
CRUMP BROS. 4 CO.
“The Quality Store-
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
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A . » , . * \
To be Voted on July 19 Relate to the Judiciary, to the
Payment of Salaries to Officers, and to the
Issuance of Bonds by the Legislature.
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There are three constitutional amendment* to be voted on Saturday.
July 19, 1913.
The first amendment relates to the Judiciary. The only change* of
Importance proposed Is that If (hi* am* ndmrnt is adopted more than one
judge can be elected for each judicial district, and instead of requiring two
terms of the district court In each county each year, the terms of holding
the district courts will be determined by the legislature. If you favor tbl*
amendment you should vote:
"FOR THE AMENDMENT of section 7, article 5 of the Constitution
of the State of Texas, relating to district Judge* and district
courts."
If opposed, let your ballot read:
"AGAINST THE AMENDMENT of section 7. article 5 of the Consti-
tution of the State of Texas, relating to district judges and
district courts.”
The second amendment provides that "nil State, district, county and
precinct officers within the State of Texas shall hereinafter be compensated
by the payment of a salary to l>e fixed or provided for by the legislature."
In other words, the adoption of this amendment will abolish the fee system.
That is, Instead of district, county and precinct officers being paid by fees,
which in civil cases are collected from the litigants and in criminal cases,
except felonies, collected from the party convicted of crime. The State pay*
the fees in felony cases. If you favor this amendment, your ballot should
read:
"FOR THE ADOPTION of section 5R, article 1C, as an amendment
to the Constitution, providing a salary compensation for certain
officers."
If you oppose It, scratch the above paragraph and leave the following}
“AGAINST THE ADOPTION of section 5S, article 10, as an amend-
ment to the Constitution, providing a salary compensation for
certain officers.”
The third and last amendment Is known as the bond amendment and
seeks to amend sections 49 and 52, article 3 of the Constitution. There are
several subject* or propositions contained in this amendment. They are as
follow*:
1. It authorizes State officials to create debts against the State to
supply deficiencies In the current revenue* to the amount of a half million
dollars, which may be repeated ns often as the debt Is paid. The present
limit Is two hundred thousand dollars. The increase is three hundred thou-
sand dollars. This debt inay be converted into Interest-bearing bonds at ths
pleasure of the legislature.
2 The legislature is given power to authorize the Issuance of bonds te
purchase additional ground and erect necessary buildings for the University
of Texas. This is to include a Medical Department and an Agricultural and
Mechanical College in connection with the Slate University at Austin. There
is no limit to the amount of bonds that the legislature may Issue under this
clause, but the income of the university may be used to pay the interest
aud create n sinking fund to pay the bonds If the legislature so desires. It
is left to the legislative will.
3. The legislature may issue bonds for the construction of necessary
buildings for the "State institutions.” There are some eighteen or twenty
State institutions, and it will be left with the legislature as to what build-
ings are necessary. There will be practically no limit of the Issuance of
bonds under this provision.
4 Tbe legislature may authorize the Issuance of bonds secured by a
lien on the real property of the penitentiary system for the purpose of
constructing buildings and making permanent improvements. From the
best information obtainable, the penitentiary system has lost anywhere
from one and one half million to two million dollars within the past two
years and a half. The recent legislature authorized the bonding of all th*
property of the penitentiary except the State railroad for two million dollar^
three-fourths of which was to pay the debts.
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5. The amendment authorizes the bonding of certain divisions of a
county or any number of adjoining counties for roads and other public im-
provements by a majority vote. It now requires a two-thirds majority to
issue these bonds.
6. in the Improvement of rivers, creeks, building of levees to prevent
overflows the bended Indebtedness may be for an amount not to exceed onej
half of the assessed valuation of the lands It is now one fourth.
7. The issuance of bonds by a majority vote f - the construction and
maintenance of public warehouses or in aid thereof may be authorized.
Ah will be seen, there are at least seven distinct and independent prop-
osltions in the one amendment and the voter must vote for all of these or
against all. He is not permitted to exercise his free will to vote for such
things as he wants and against such tilings as he does not want. He must
vote for all or none.
Under the present Constitution and laws of this State no bond or Statc{
debt, except os mentioned above, can bo created or bonds issued except)
by vote of the taxpayers. This amendment, if adopted, will take this power]
sway from the taxpayer in so far as State bonds and State debt* are coo-
cerncd and transfer It to the legislature. The legislature can, for the pur-
poses enumerated, issue bonds in unlimited quantities without a vote of thq
taxpayers.
When th* matter was first discussed, It was thought that six million
dollurs would cover the amount, but the demands and promises of the advt*
cates of the bond amendment Justifies the expectation of an Immediate issue
of nine million dollars’ worth of bonds if the amendment is adopted.
If you favor the bond amendtneuL let your ballot read:
"FOR AMENDMENT to sections 49 and 52, of article 3, of the Con-
stitution, authorising the issuance of bonds for the University of
Texas, Agricultural and Mechanical College, State Penitentiary
; System, and other public improvements and building of ware-
houses for agricultural products."
But if you oppose the bond amendment, scratch out the words Jusl
quoted and leave on your ballot the following:
"AGAINST AMENDMENT to sections 49 and 52, of article 3, of the
Constitution, authorizing the issuance of bonds for the Univer-
sity of Texas, Agricultural and Mechanical College, State Peni-
tentiary System, and other public Improvements and building of
warehouses for agricultural products." A
—which will be tbe last paragraph on tho official ballot.
A. M. KENNEDY.
Kerrvllle, Texas.
Huge Map Is Being Mad*.
The international map of the world,
on a scale of 1 to 1.000,000, will, when
completed, eight or ten year* hence,
cover a total area of about 160 by 76
feet, qr the surface of a glob* 40 feet
In diameter.
Conscientious at Least.
"Why did you aey your prayera
twloe dear?" asked hi* mother, kiss-
lug Charlie good night. " ’Cause I i%*
too tired to ray It last night, and I’m
■caking up tor lost time.”
Will Q»t Bid of Felon.
To cure a folon, take common salt,
as used for saltjng pork or beef, dry
la the oven, pound fine, mix with
equal part# of spirit# of turpentiae,
put In a cloth and wrap arouad the
affected part. Aa It gets dry pat on
more. Twenty-four heure of thin
treatment will kill the feloa.
Difference. *
To men a man pretends he la a
good fellow; to women what % M
■mui he la. “ j
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