The Goldthwaite Eagle. (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 22.
GOLDTHWAITE. MILLS COUNTY, TEXAS. FEBRUARY 5, 1916.
NO. 25
Buyers Going To Market !
Our buyers will! leayfii in a lew days for market to buy our Spring and Summer
Stock and will, as usual, Buy Largely and Select Carefully for our trade. They will
be glad to fill Special Orders for customers and will also select a general stock that
wte ielieye will be piehsing to our patrons. Look out for later announcements.
Advance Spring Dress Goods and Silks
We invite you to call and see our line of
New Novelty Silks and Taffetas in all the
Newest Shades—just in and opened up.
We are Always First with the Latest
Headquarters for Dry Goods of Every Kind. We Make Your Money Go Farther.
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GOLDTHWAITE
HAMILTON
LOMETA
GAP
INDIAN
"Edtor Eagle:
January is (past and we can truly
say that some of heir days brought
w. .-niter in the truest sense of the
word, some days bore a strong nep-
rpseinttation to approaching spring,
January, m a nutshell, lavished her
■cold bleak north winds with snow.
s!?e-t, thunder storms, some hail and
bountiful rainfall.
Some of the grain crops- through
cur vicinity were hilled outright by
the recent cold weather. They 'are
being replanted.
There has been an unusual amount
of sickness in our community, though
no serious cases that we know of at
present.
Mr. Mark Boler, our postmaster,
accompanied his wife to Temple last
Saturday, where she, underwent an
operation for appendicitis on Wedne;- j
hay following. We are glad indeed '
to stata that she is doing splendidly
and her husband has returned home
and resumed his work.
W,. W, Martin, who has taught sev-
e: al years in our ,school at ths place,
resigned recently as teacher and ac-
cepted a position -as R, F, D. carr er
at Hico, This work draws a better
salary, but we regret very much to
loose this good family.
Our new garage and Odd Fellows
hall is almost completed. Work has
already begun in the garage.
The Literary Society met in the
school auditorium last Fr.day night.
Owing to the inclement weather, the
a' tendance was: not as larg e las usual.
Mr,, Frank Ho wing ton, one of the |
most promising youn,^ men of Wash-
board community, has entered the
Hdls business college, at Waco. ,
Mr E, F. McOaleib aiftl family, |
Mrs, Greer and Grandma McCaLeb
visited relatives at Hamilton last Sur-
i day.
: Mr, J. H, Christie, has had his
home remodelled and enlarged, His
residence is now one of tae Very nic-
est to' be: found in the eountry.
Hr Gooch’s residence narrowly
escaped bsihg burned last Saturday,
when a line of clothes stretched
across the kitchen caught- fire from
the stove, setting fire to a small bed
in the room. By prompt aid the fire
was extinguished.
Bro, Bagley preaches at the Bap-
t st church first and third Sundays
of each month. Sabbath school every
Sunday,
Cotme) on all of ye scribes. I know
the good editor appreciates every
crumjb that is dropped for the Old
Bird and we all enjoy reading- the
local events from the different com-
munities. \ * PLEXUS.
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B. Y. P, U.
Will There Be Any -Stars’
Song-
Prayer
Reports. Roll Call
Song—‘ ‘ God Will Take Care Of
You’
Leader—Mrs, McCullough
Scripture reading, Matt, 25:31146
Study Story—Leader
Review of Sword—I IV *
Talks by three Juniors:
(1) The Judgment—Lysle Alien
(2) Watching—Zelma Preston
(3) Working—Dell Harrison
Song—“Jesus Is Passing By,’
Closing prayer
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
Program for Sunday, Feb, 6
Topic—“Christian Endeavor Fidel-
ity land Force ’
Song—No. 6
Prayer—Mrs, R. A, Gay
Song No,, 12
Business session led by the presi-
dent
Fidelity in Business—W. M, John-
ston
Faithful to God—Miss- Mattie John-
ston
' The reward of Fidelity—Rev, R,
A, Gay
Man's weakness—M, N, Br’nson
Spiritual power—Mi’s. L. Hudson
Closing song—To be s elected
-Closing priayer by -the president
Lewis Hudson—Leader
REST THE LAND
A change from cotton to food and
feed crops, should be made this, year
for the land’s sake if not for the
manager’s present needs. Land cul-
tivated in cotton for many years will
need a change. Even when corn has
followed cotton and co-ttom grown af-
ter corn, good farming will require
a rotation in which one or more leg-
umes have a place. The fertility of
the soil may require legumes', and
if very poor, perhapsi m'anure or fer-
tilizer to make a good yield this year.
The fertility, of the soil will be
the source of the farmer’s capital.
If the land is impoverished the man-
ager will be forced to get capital
elsewhere. If the fertility of the
soil is increased there will be larger
crops and more capital.
Cotton is very exacting upon soil
fertility. While it does not take
as much nitrogen, potassium, phos-
phate and lime from the soil, espec-
ially if the cotton seed meal is fed
and the measure returned, as some
other crops, the manner of cultiva-
tion causes* an enormous loss of plant
food The crop must have clean
culture, leaving the fields, exposed to
the burning rays of the ,sun. and per-
laps to the washing rains. Little
can, be done to increase the humus
in the soil. It is not .an easy mat-
ter to arrange a suitable rotation
where cotton is to be. grown two or
three years in a four or five-ye^r
rotat’on. Yet it can be done-,
Good farm practice will require
that a large portion, of the land be
planted to other crops this- year.
There ar many crops that c'an be
selected to take the place, of cotton.
When provision is made for feed,
food and fertility the rest of the
farm may be planted jin cotton for a
money crop. But there are many dif-
ficulties to meet before the crop1 is
converted into money.
The safest plan is to, arrange the
rotation with special reference to
\ taking care of the land. It is to be
your dependence net alone for this
year but for as many years as you
and your posterity live on the farm.
A rotation that will begin to build
up the soil and maintain you and
your animals while this' is being done
will be advisable.—Farm and Ranch.
CLASS ORGANIZED
The Men’s Bible class was, organ-
ized in the Woodmen hall last S-m.
day afternoon at 3:30 o,’clock Des-
pite the most disagreeable weather
there was a good attendance and the
f'rsit session wa® decidedly interest-
ing, An enrollment very encouraging
to the promoters,, of the organization
was secured and indications are the
membership, will grow rapidly. The'
class meet® each Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 o,’clock in the Woodmen hall
and all men have a standing invita-
tion to attend, There is no charge
of any kind—it is all free.
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CLUB MEETING
The M. W, Club met with Mrs,
Clyde Hudson Tuesday afternoon and
a very pleasant time was spent in a
guessing contest and forty-two, after
which delifcious refreshments were
served by the/ charming hostess.
'Everyone expressed themselves as
spending a very pleasant afternoon.
Mrs, Dr, Huddleston w'a,s, an, invited unless they read thenr county paper,
guest,
The next meeting of the club will
be held with Mrs, Carroll Lowrie the
third Tuesday in, February.
REPORTER
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HBC A, Hamilton was here from Mu1—
li'n the first of the week, meeting
with 'hi© friends.
Noelll Littlepage from the Warren
crossing country had business in the
.Metropolis last Saturday.
B, E. McGirk, manager for the
Brown Telephone company at Mull in,
’Icokied after business in this city
last Saturday.
Senator R, P. Conner was here
from Brownwood Monday, meeting
h?s friends and looking after some
business matters.
Vr. F, Toland was called to Temple
Monday on account of the serious ni-
ne's of his mother, whose death oc-
curred Wednesday morning.
Messrs, Leinneweber, Frailey and
McCormick were among the promi-
nent .mien of Mullin who looked after
business in this -city the1 first of the
w eek.,
Dr. M, L, Brown was here, from
Brownwood last Saturday, attending
thQ meeting of the stockholders of
the Brown Ttelegraph and Telephone
company.
The best posted people are those
who are constant readers of tine
Eagile. It is not reasonable to .ex-
pect oine to be posted on local events
V Presiding Elder Cowan was here
from Lampasas last Sunday night
and preached in the Methodist church
fie is expected here this evening to
hold the second quarterly conference
for the church.
It was our privilege and pleasure
tl us week to frater with Ben Geeslin
three days. He is !an influential cit-
izen of Goldthwaite and a friend we
have known for more than a decade.
There is no better man than Ben
We also remember his
WARE IS CONVICTED .
The case of Jim Ware, . charged
W-itjh! shooting his wife some weeks
since in Copperas Cove, went, to the
jury at GatesiviilLe Thursday and
in less than two hour® the jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty and punish-1 Gteslin. .. _____ _______
meat assessed hi twelve years in the , riingtnious sire who has long since
T,-nitentiary.—Copperas' Cove. New j passed to his reward. There is no
Era ! greater pleasure to us than to meet
Ware is quite well known in this friends of other days—Copperas Cove
city, w’herei he lived for a few months New Era
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Thompson, R. M. The Goldthwaite Eagle. (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1916, newspaper, February 5, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1103750/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.