The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1924 Page: 2 of 14
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Mebane
Half and Half
and Bowden
Cotton Seed only
Pago Two
THE OLNEY ENTERPRISE
Friday, April 25, 1924
PLANS MATURE FOR THE MEETING
OF DISTRICT FEDERATION OF WOMEN
CLUBS IN BRECKENRIDGE APRIL 28
(By Mrs. Edward S. Branch)
Plans and preparations for the
twenty-third annual convention of
the first district of Texas Federa-
tion of Women’s clubs to be held
in Breckenridge April 28, 29 and
30, are rapidly being consummated
with social functions planned, and
homes already provided for 250
delegates and visitors.
About 50 state and district officers
and chairmen have written ac-
ceptances but the clubs in general
throughout the district have been
rather slow to date about sending
I in the names of their delegates and
visitors. This feature* too is nec-
essary and important that members
of the “Homes committee” may as-
sign places an$ file them with the
“registration g<dmmitee” that none
may be delayed nor inconvenienc-
ed upon arrival.
The registration bureau has been
located in the City Hall and every
, one is asked to go there immedi-
ately upon arrival in the" city.
The barbecue to be given by the
Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce
on the evening of the 29th, in
honor of the visitors and delegates
will also include members of the
local federated clubs composed of
nearly three hundred members and
their husbands as well and more
than 1,000 guests will be provided
for.
Breckenridge plans to open her
hearts and homes to the visitors
ana hopes to make this the 23rd
annual convention an outstanding
one in the club annals.
A general outline of the program
follows:
Monday April 28, 1924.
12 o’clock a.m. Luncheon for
Executive Board—Home of Mrs.
John Z. Martin, courtesy of Wed-
nesday Study Club.
1 o’clock p.m.
A. Executive Board Meeting-
Home of Mrs. E. A. Landreth.
B. Credential Commitee—Muni-
cipal Building.
3 o’clock p.m. play—Little Thea-
tre—Auditorium of Municipal Bldg.
8:15 o’clock p. m.—President’s
Evening, Municipal Auditorium.
Tuesday April 29, 1924
8 o’clock a.m. Delegates report
to Credential Committee at Muni-
cipal Auditorium.
9 o’clock a.m.—Opening proper
of Convention with general session
in auditorium of Municipal Build-
^^^^30 o’clock—Luncheon at First
Methodist Church—Courtesy of Par-
ent-Teacher’s Association.
2 o’clock—General meeting.
6 o’clock p.m.—Barbecue at Wallc-
er-Caldwell plant—Courtesy of the
Chamber of Commerce,
9 o’clock p.m.—Reception at Golf
Country Club—Courtesy of Lions
Club.
Wednesday April 30, 1924
8:30 a.m.—Meetings held at the
Municipal Building.
12:30 p.m.—Luncheon held at
First Methodist Church, Courtesy of
Civic league.
2 o’clock p.m.—General Session.
Adjournment.
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There are boys and girls in cer-
tain sections of Ohio, and even men
and women, who have never seen a
“movie” show, according to reports
from county agents in these remote
districts.
SHALL CHILDREN
EE HANDICAPPED
WITH FARMING?
When one interested in the farm-
er’s welfare sees the many evidences
of poor farming which still abound
in our Southern country, he is quite
apt to feel that the solution of the
farm problem is hopeless. There
would seem to be n» good ™onj“ encouraged'the'boy
why any farmer should continue to n a dub do wish in Iater
follow a method which has not! years to have the boy compete with
brought .hpn succe| when there is [thg splendid trained club b„ys!
Remember, that many untrained
that the time to educate our farm-
ers and farmers’ wives is when they
are young, that is, before they form
fixed opinions. For this purpose
there is no agency which excels club
work. The boys’ and girls’ clubs
are unequaled in the work of mak-
ing better farmers, and we wish to
again call the attention of farm par-
ents to the splendid opportunity
club work gives the boy to become
a better farmer than his father,
and the girl a more helpful farmers’
wife than her mother. ■*
There is not much hope for a
radical change in our methods of
farming so long as the present gen-
eration holds sway. Improvement
will be made, undoubted, but there
will be no radical change for the
better until the thousands of boys
and girls in the land have the op-
portunity to put into pratice the
valuable lessons they have learned
in club work. You farm parents
EVOLUTION
To an outsider, who has ceased
to expect courtesy in certain dis-
putes about “evolution,” there is
still a faint hope that honesty
may prevail. When Professor Stew-
art P. Sherman, as quoted in a
Detroit paper, refers to “evolution”
as “the most fruitful scientific the-
ory of modern times,” he recognizes
the fact by the use of the term
But when Prof. Sherman denounces
those who protest that a “theory”
should not be taught to children
as a Fact, known and proved, and
speaks of “60,000 benighted Bible
students” as the enemies of intel-
lectual light, he is simply falling
into the casual • scientific lie which
has so darkly befogged the whole
question. When the best informed
pro-evolutionists say that the theory
is not proved, that confirmation on
at least two sides of the theory is
less than it was thought to -he
twenty-five years ago, that what the
people have been taught to under-
stand by “evolution” is not at all
what scientists now understand by
it, there certainly is room for a
protest against defenseless school
children being taught as a fact what
is not known to be a fact, while at
the same time all other accounts of
man’s appearance on the earth—the
Bible’s for instance—are not per-
mitted to. be taught. If Genesis
is “religion,” and therefore forbid-
den, where does an opposite theory
(admittedly a theory) cease to be
irreligion and become science? There
is a question of honor as well as
logic involved and it is regrettable
that enlightened scientists should
leave themselves in a position to be
challenged by “benighted Bible Stu-
dents.”—Dearborn Independent.
abundant evidence in the success of
other farmers that there is a better
way of doing that particular job.
This disinclination to adopt new
methods is mCst assuredly not due
to an inability to get practical in-
formation on the subject. Farmers
have a larger number of sources of
information to draw upon than the
members of any other occupation.
It is true that they are recipients
of much intelligence should be able
to seperate the chaff of inacuracy
from the wheat of real, meaty,
worthwhile, accurate information.
After weeding out the unreliable
information and the propaganda,
there remains much valuable help
which the progressive farmer does
not fail to use.
In casting about for a reason for
the slowness with which farmers
accept and apply the new knowledge
of farming, we have come to the
conclusion that it is due in the
large part to the fixed and unyeild-
ing state of mind that comes to
man as he reaches maturity and
passes on to old age. Thirty years
ago, when the present generation
of farmers were boys, they learned
how to farm according to agricul-
tural knowledge of that time. But,
unlike many other sciences, it is
only within the last twenty to
twenty-five years that we have learn-
ed much about farming. Much of
the knowledge came after the pres-
ent generation of farmers had ac-
quired fixed, inflexible ideas on
the subject, and it is only the more
progressive, openminded farmer
who has changed his ideas as we'
learned more about the tremendous-
ly big job of farming.
No doubt the widespread lack of
satisfactory education has something
to do with the slowness with which
new methods are adopted. Changes
cannot well be effected without a
reasonably well trained mind to
direct them. But on the other hand,
we find thoroughly educated men
who because of this “hardening of
the brain,” which becomes more pro-
nounced as a man grows older, re-
fusing to accept new ideas, even
after the old ones are thoroughly
discredited.
The foregoing leads us to say
many
farmers are now “getting by” be-
cause there are so many farmers
in the same fix. But successful
farming will be still harder for the
untrained ten years from now. As
time goes on the per cent of our
farmers who are trained in both
theory and praeti6e of farming will
increase. As the number of good
farmers increase, the burden of the
poor farmer will grow heavier.—The
Progressive Farmer.
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ON THE WRONG SIDE
Young Jack was talking to the
new visitor soon after her arrival.
He eyed her critically for a few
moments, then looked up and said:
“So you’re my grandmother, are
you?”
“Yes, dear. On your father’s
side,” remarked the old lady smil-
ing.
“Well, you’re on the wrong side;
you’ll find that out,” replied Jack.—
Practical Druggist.
More than $126,000 worth of
rice was produced in California in
1923, most of which was sold in
Japan.
R. W McFarlane W. D. McFarlane
McFARLANE & McFARLANE
Attorneys-at-Law
Practice in all Courts—Collections a
Specialty
Tidwell Bldg. Graham, Texas
The Olney
Confectionery
Cold Drinks, Fruits, Cigars,
Candies, Cigarettes
Tobaccos.
Appreciate your patronage.
In Hamilton Building.
Gluey, Texas.
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The Following Program Will Appear at
THE QUEEN THEATRE
During Week Beginning April Twenty-Eighth
TODAY {Friday)
Gladys Walton in
"THE TOWN SCANDAL”
international News and Comedy
Saturday
William Desmond in
“SHADOWS OF THE NORTH”
Larry Semon in “Golf”
Monday and Tuesday
Constance Talmadge in
“EAST IS WEST”
Pathe News and Aesop’s Fables.
Wednesday and Thursday
Rex Beach’s
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Story written around Ranger, Texas,
Oil Fields. The cast includes Anna Q.
Wilson .and Milton Sills.
Also A Good Comedy
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CHICAGO WILL SOON HAVE
WORLDS LARGEST HOTEL
Four miles of corridors and three
and one-half acres of window glass
are called for in the plans for the
new Palmer House, which, at a cost
of $40,000,000 is to replace Chi-
cago’s hostelry. The proposed hotel,
says the announcement will contain
2268 rooms, 8 more than the Hotel
Pennsylvania in New York, the larg-
est hotel in the world. A restless
guest who insisted on changing his
room every morning, would be six
years older when he left, if he tried
every room, and a 21-year-old guest
taking a bath every Saturday night
in a different tub, would be 68
years old when he tried the last tub.
The 21,500,000 cubic feet of con-
struction in the proposed building
will make it next to the Marshall
Field store group in New York and
the Equitable Building in New York
as the world’s largest building.
The building will cost $17,000,000,
the estimate cost of furnishing is
$3,000,000, and the value of the
land is $20,000,000.
j weather wisdom to “the old farmer”
! is not so foolish.
j • To other callings it often makes
I very little difference whether the
| sky shines or pours, but weather
! means crops and profits to the man
| who tills the soil. So the farmer
j watches the clouds, his observation
j whetted by self-interest and his
j wits , taught by years of contact
with wind and sun and sleet.
“The old farmer” in a lifetime of
immediate contact with Nature j
amasses great stores of practical I
knowledge quite outside of and quite I
beyond the teachings of the text- j
books. His practical wisdom neax-ly
always runs ahead of science.
The scientists spend their lives
finding explanations for what the
farmer knew already. — Country |
Gentleman.
in New York City to Roosevelt
Square and the proposal contains
the suggestion that space in that
square be reserved for a Roosevelt
memorial.
WEATHER WISDOM
A certain metropolitan newspaper
carries a daily guess at the weather
labeled The Old Farmer Says. Quite
probably this is one of the office
hoy’s chores; but the attribution of
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate
Justice of the; United States Su-
preme Court and the son of Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the famous
poet and essayist, has been awarded
the Gold Medal of the Roosevelt
Memorial Association for distinguish-
ed service in the development of
public law.
A proposal has been made to
change the name, Manhatten Square
Dr. E. F. Robertson
Dentist
Office in new First National
Bank Building
OJney, Texas
Your
Children!
Lovable, hopeful,
sweet little tots.
They contribute much to the
joy of your life.
Let me make pictures of them
now.
It will mean much to you later.
Specializing on home photo-
graphy and Kodak finishing.
Lasater’s Studio
OIney, Texas
$2.00
Per Bushel
B.B.M. Grocery Company
Repair Service!
McCormick-Deering
Genuine Parts
Look over your Old Binders and let us know right
away what repairs you need. Get them early and
be ready for harvest, which is very promising at the
present time. If you need a new binder, let us have
your order by April 25th.
Binder Twine
Remember that we sell Genuine Deering, 81b balls
of twine that run further per pound than any other
twine on the market today.
See us for ((Guerney Refrigerators” “Water Coolers”
“■Water Kegs” Water Bags” “Thermal Jugs” Etc.
Don’t fail to see our line of “Quick Meal” and/Wen?
Perfection” Oil Stoves when you are in the market.
Remember, we come as near having what you want,
when you want it, if its Hardware,^ as any place in
the City of OIney.
fTry Our Service9
Phone 47
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Shuffler, R. The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1924, newspaper, April 25, 1924; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113659/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.