The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1914 Page: 1 of 16
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VOLUME XVIII
DEVINE IN MO
WOULD REDUCE
lUN PICTURES COTTON ACREAGI
Meridian Highway People Will Take Business League Asks Cooperation of
Pictures Here. Horse Bayers
Coming
Farmers. Committee to Visit
SanAntonio and Austin.
DEVINE, MEDINA COUNTY, TEXAS, OCT. 8, 1914.
NUMBER 25
D. E. Colp, of San Antonio, has
written Mayor Fullerton, to have
i ezhibits arranged in Devine next
Saturday, for pictures to be made
I into moving films for exhibition in
North and East. Let sil the autos
be on the streets st 11, s. m, slso
corn and cotton wagons fine horses,
cows, etc. Be on hand and help
boost your town as it will cost but
little snd be worth much to the
town.
Buyerswill be here to pay highest
prices for your horses for tovern-
ment service. Bring them in and
trade if you can't sell.
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DON'T TALK WAR
Above the editor's dssk in this
office resds a sign, "Don't Talk
War—Talk Business." For two
weeks this sign has been hinging in
thia position and for two weeks few
have dared talk war on these prem-
isles—end the change has been
wonderful. Many have come in
with a long tale of woe ready to ex-
plode in our ears, apied .the sign
dropped a dollar for subscription
, and walked right out again; "You'll
have to carry me another year" was
forgotten when that sign stared them
in the face.
If all our business men could carry
just such s sign on their face, they,
too, would ooe a difference. A
farmer comes to town, sells some
produce, or maybe, a bale of 8c cot-
ton, fillo his pockets with the "filthy
I; lucre", stroils around to the store to
buy wife a new dress and the kids
some school shoes sod csndy, jest
as a surprise. But when he walks
into the store quietness reigns
supreme; the proprietor or a clerk
approaches him with s wan expres-
sion on his face and the farmer
wonders "Who’s dead?" Just shout
the time he arouses sufficient cour-
age to break that monotonous silence
and ask too look “at seme calico,”
some one in the rear is overheard
tossy, “If this lasts thirty dsys
longer we'll all starve to death".
Mr. Farmer doesn't wait to look at
the goods, the sale is crummed, old
Belay snd Maud are already on a
fast trot toward home and the coin
ia still singling in the drivers
pockets.
That’s the very resson business is
on the bum. Don't tslk wsr, talk
business, look businea, act business
put on a bold front and be cheerful
—and fire the firat employe that
talks war and hard times on your
premises.
At a rousing mooting of tbs Devine
Business League Tuesday evening at
the Opera House, after hearing a
plan discussed by C. M. Thompson,
banker and one of the largest
farmers in Medina county, the
League by a ruing and unanimous
vote, pledged itself to seek a reduc-
tion of the cotton acresge for next
year by one-half and to seek the co-
operation of the farmers of this
section to that end. A Committee,
consisting of C. M. Thompson, J. W.
Fullerton, Jno. T. Briscoe, L. F. Price
end W. B. Hardeman, wss appointed
to present this plsn before the
Charaber of Commerce of Sen Anto-
nio and the Commissioner of Agri-
culture, at Austin.
The plan outlined by Mr. Thomp-
son is thst .through the Commis-
sioner Agriculture, the Business
Leagues and Farmers Unions of ths
South, to get the cotton farmers to
mske affidavits to the effect thst for
1915 they will cut down the cotton
acreage to one-half of that of 1914.
He argued that aa aoon as these al-
fidsvits are made representing the
cotton acreate of the South, the cot-
ton market will at once advance
and men without money will buy
one bale or a thousand, as they may
be able to do so. The thirty men
present in a way represents the
largest part of the cotton now in
holding and the acreage to be plant
The business men and farmers of
Devine have found this year that
lands planted to corn, sorghum, milo
maixe, etc, and the time devoted to
chickens, turkeys, pigs, calves and
colts, tan paid them beat and the
slogan about Devine now is ‘cut the
cotton acreage to one-half" and con-
tracts with tennsnts and for supplies
next year will be upon this basis,
regardless of what the rest of the
world does. Present conditions snd
wisdom demands it snd this is bet-
ter then resolutions, affidavits and
legislating; but the affidavits, if gen-
erally made will be more assuring
to the man who would" buy a bale"
and this is why the plsn is launched.
Will Shell Com
Corn is selling in the csr f. o. b.
train here at 60 cents again. It will
bring 78 to 80 shelled snd Mr.
Droitcourt of Lytle will shell
severs!cars for Pcerners„ Griffina
Kellers, Howarda and Roberson, It
will cost 3 cents per bushel but the
shucks are worth that and the sav-
ing in hauling will equal the coat of
shelling where the corn is out sever
sl miles.
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VULCANIZING
Tube Work' Is Our
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Specialty
We Sell The
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Williamson Garage
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OCTOBER
God's footsteps as he walks the earth.
Between me and the cloudless skies
I see the wanton butterflies
Take their last flight ere winter’s breath
Shall stretch them on the fields of death.
A change is over all the land,
, As if some spirit, yesterday,
Had brushed it with a magic wand,
And swept the summer scenes away;
No flower blooms, no song is heard
Save when some solitary bird,
Heartbroken with its solitude.
Wails out a song from yonder wood.
1 love October best of an.
She wears a gloom akin to mine;
I hear the crimson woodland’s call
I hear the baby streams repine,
And I must go, for there I find
A balm that eases heart and mind,
And dreams the Herod world has slain
- Will all come back to me again.
Nobody Went To The Circus
One of the moot remarkable things
of the week, locally, io that, nobody,
so for ao we know, represented De-
vine at the big circes in San Antoaie
Saturday. The News turned down
a half a celum of advertising matter
aad the big Barnum & Bailey circus
drew nobody from Devine, Our
people are too busy to go to circuses
and then, it maybe said to their
credit, that they did not have any
money to throw away on the show.
people might have gone from De-
vine. Wonder if Devine merchants
appreciate the value of The News aa
an advertising medium and our re-
fusal to publish matter that would
lake money from the town.
"The Man on the Job."
One of the chief glories of the Toft
administration was that it went on
wheels. During the four years that
he filled the office of Chief Executive
Mr. Toft traveled over 115,000
Receipts This Week
For the next few weeks we shall
acknowledge receipts on subscrip-
tions ia this way, so that those who
send by mail will know that they
have received credit
Mrs. J. W. Vance
A. J. Cook
Henry Taylor
Mra p. r. Watson
Willie Duncan
J, H. Schneider
F. X. Schneider
" E." Wigingtonoren
Robert Foster
Chas. Obets
Ben Duncan
0. L, Riley
Mrs. Minnie Griffin
i Mrs. P. M. Crouch
E.E. McAnelly '
J. L. King
D. Stroube
J. B. Dubose
Too Much Dynamite
ITEMS OF GEN
ERAL INTEREST
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Important Happenings of The Past
Week In Different Parts of the
Universe ,
The towns of Issbartu. population
25,000, and Burdur, 12.000, in Ante
Minor, were visited by an earth-
quake this week which coused the
death of 2,500 people aad great
loss of property.
Southern bankers, confering with
St. Louis bankers snd Secretary Me
BUSINESS PICK-
1NG UP NOW
Large Shipments Going Out Daily
Including Com, Seed, Hay,
Wool. Etc
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Noticing the number of farm wag-
ons on the street early Tuesday we
visited the ysrds and interviewed
Depot Agent Keeton about shipments '
out from Devine. He said, We
shipped five cars of cotton last
week but none is being loaded this
Adoo, have about effected a plan to
loan $150,000.000 to cotton farm-
morning. We sre now lending out
13 cars of stuff for other markets.
$1.00
2.00
1.75
1.00
2.00
100
LOO
LOG
100
2.00
2.00
1.00
LOO
3.00
3.00
200
1.00
LOO
ers at six per cent, allowing nix
cento per pound loon on cotton we e
ouse receipts.
The legislature refuses to pass the
"Bank of Texas" bill and Colquitt
threatens to hold them for thirty
days. He has also sudmitted a bill
making it s penitentiary offense to
plant over 20 ocrea to the family.
The Farmers Union declare that Far
turson, the banker whom they help-
ed the liquor crowd nominate for
governor, haa already deserted them
for the bonkers’ lobby against the
“Bank of Texas" bill.
A conference of chiefs in Mexico
City refused to accept the resigna-
tion of Carranza, offerred to pacify
Villa, who now seems less noisy.
LAG. n. Shop Busy
Taylor, Tax , Oct. 1—Despite the
general inactivity in commercial af-
fairs, occasioned by the low price of
cotton sad the stringency of the
money market occasioned by the
Europeen war, increased activity is
apparent in the International It
Greet Northern Railway shops” at
Taylor, where now 175 men are em-
ployed on the nine-hour schedule.
The reporter said, “Why isn’t thia
very unusual. He answered’. No,
we frequently have a# many. lam
dreading the hay shipping which has
not started yet. This morniag we
are loading:
Corn
Cotton Seed
Wood
7 cars.
4 -
2 “
A total of thirteen cars going out
to dsy and none of it cotton.
Things are getting decidedly better.
The banks and the merchants and
most of the business men, who were
frightened e few weeks ego sre see-
ing out now and things sre better
all around. The bank has a good
reserve and has resumed Inoning in
a careful way to their oldest and
beat customers. Every one agrees
that we were more scared than hurt
and that the the worat is over.
Married At Melon
■ Mr. J. M. Lindsey, formerly of De-
vine, and Miss Minnie Herrington*
one of Melon’s most accomplished
young women, were happily married
at that place, Oct. 2. Jesse’s many
friends here extend congratulations.
All departments of the shops
ed during the past few days by the
employment of additional labor,
Miao Floy Cede and Ernest Bow-
man were here from Devine Sunday
. *-night.
building depart- W. H’ Thomas spent Saturday and
serially Iacreaa Sunday here with his family from
hie work near San Antonio.
It has been suggested by some
miles, outdistancing even hia rest- warped and twisted genius thst the
less predecessor. By way of con- president appoint a commission of
solation for being second to Mr. Taft
From Big Foot
Rev. W. L. Dubose preached here
Sunday and accepted the work here
again. Organised a prayer meeting
to meet every Wednesday night.
Mrs. G w. Henson is in Devine
with her daughter Nrs, Joe Stroud.
Mrs. Dr. Whitsker is at home from
a months visit to her mother in
Comanche.
as a Pullman-car tourist, Mr, Roose-
velt could boost that as president
he uttered more words, spoken and
written, than any other 10 presi-
dents To neither distinction can
Woodrow Wilson lay claim. In the
18 months that he has been presi-
dent he has traveled little and talk-
ed little. He is “the man on the
ob"—a distinction that is empha-
sized by hia brief visit to Princeton
to perform the duties of citizenship
in the New Jersey primariea.—New
York World. 1
Miss Mamye Kercheville left Sat-
eminent American stateamen to urday for Nixon, Tex., where she
Submit proposals of peace to the
warring kings of Europe, thst com-
mission to be composed of Theodore
Roosevelt, William Jennings Brysn
and William Howard Taft.
It is a tremendous array of intel-
lect, representing the three extremes
of politics! faith, but we fear such s
composite selection would be sure
charged with so much dynamite that
the inevitable explosion would scat-
ter the dear kings to the four winds.
will teach expression.
Those from here that took in the
circus Saturday were J. A. Couser,
Fred Thompson, Dr. Whitsker, Geo
K. Mixon and daughter, Mary and
Mrs. Chas. Thomas and children.
Milton Dubose and Miss Willie
Forrester attended church here Sun
day.
Mrs. Mack Kercheville visited
here two days last week.
Quite a number from here attend-
ed the box supper at Miguel Satur-
day night.
Miss Johnnie Mixon of Charlotte
is here visiting Geo. K. Mixon and
family..
The Mothers and Teachers Clnb
meets next Friday evening st 4, p.
m. at the school house.
H. N. Laxon is home again after
three weeks stay at Pearsall,
J.T. Dixon of Charlotte has mov-
ed his fsmily here snd will boa
citizen of Bigfoot for a while.
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To My Customers
Thia notice cost me money snd I
hope all who owe me will respond
without further notice. I need my
money.
G. F. Adams
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PERSISTENCE ”
Bexar County Makes Good Road Supposin' fish don't bite st first, a
What are yougoin’ to do; i
Throw down 'your pole, chuck out ■
I your bait.
And say your fishin’s through?
Auto, and other vehicle drivers
to San Antonio from down the L &
G. N., are delighted with the pros-
pects for a good road, as work pro-
gresses beyond the Medina coming
this way, with white gravel. rolled
and packed, A new concrete bridge
is also being put on the Medina.
Going up to the city, over thia
road one will see many familiar
faces of Lytie, Devine and Bigfoot
men with their teams at work oh
thia road. About the worst road
on the stretch is in the city limits
of Lytle, because of heavy hauling
and we are told that thia willl be
looked after by the Lytle town conn
cil and citizens.
Pigs For Sale
Pigs aad shoats for sale all sizes
and prices. Robert Foster.
I Phone-151-22.
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You bet yeu sin'; you're goin' to fish
An' fish an’ fish, snd wsit
Until you've ketched a basketful a
Or used up all your bait. -
Suppose success don't come at first,
What sre you goin' to do; Y
Throw up the sponge and kick your
And growl,and fret, and stow? [sel N
You bet you ain't; you're goin' to *
work. .
And work, and work, and grin,
Until success DOES come your way— “
For "grit" is sure to win!—Ex.
Ism now prepared to remake
your old mattresses and make you W
new ones, feather or cotton. Call
at my factory on Hondo Street and a
i lota figure. Joe Sauter,
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
The Lion Drug Store
Perfumery - ML Stationery
Toilet Articles rugs - School Books
Fresh Drugs
Reg. Pharmacist
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W. L. DuBose & Sons. The Devine News (Devine, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1914, newspaper, October 8, 1914; Devine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1660497/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.