Rains County Leader. (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1908 Page: 1 of 7
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See C. J. Crabb for a Correct Abstract of Title.
"NOT FOR nilsnri vw. ALOXS, OCT FGK
rxiKNUH AND OUH COUNTRYMEN
iWWWMSW******!
Watch This Space.
We have a car of
Irish
to
this week.
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We keep what you
Yours to Serve,
Tackett & Allen.
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Clk Co Cowrt. XhitoC
ggaB ALSO *■ ^s-r
A car of fine Flour.
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Big shipment of all
kinds Shoes, Oxtords,
Hats, Etc., all kinds of
Dry Goods and No-
tions, and lots of them.
WILL A. HARRIS.
The Land Man,
POINT 1 TEXAS.
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County Clark Eitgeraid attrtMh
•d court at Sulphur Springs
Tuesday.
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requsrt a.l
to render
noth land
*t it. fuii ca^M|n||||H|
•void < onfu^B^^jn^^v?
Byaaretal 'shock- '»lr «n<<
lb. property
lion. by
•iouere' ccn^HH^MsZWI
Given bawd
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they may to ready tar sariv «r- U«b <*»y W Jauuaty, 1C0C.
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. impression that we are I
. seii tbreshing macninee for »uy
. commission there mav to in it for
ourselves. Our object is no* that.
■ but to try to .Low lb. advantage
I of having a mechlue of year own.
I Thau your peanuts can to put in
, shape for mark.', at toon aa they
. at. ivmIj . W. owulsud that there
, ought to to a thresher for .very
niu-dred acres of pea-cts planish.
> "Peanat* sboeld to planted in
> May o» serly J*-**, “•«» •» r“dX
> to harvest ia Ssptambsc. Ttoy
T bool 4 k dag then and 1ft «Mpm**-
Trade Day.
| Our people are trying to aatab
li*h • trad, day !o Excry, and
the Leader think* it would bo a
good thing for al! partie* coa-
osrnsn. caturday following the
first Monday in Meh month baa
toon deelenated »■ «»•< day,
which will be tomorrow
Don’t forget the day, February
8th, and if you have any stock
to trade come to Kmory on that
data.
need, so come along
and let’s do business.
N offer to Tax-^
Payer*.
U iiereaa ih< present iM^^B
./ T.-ia. require
♦ I.' re ' ri ■ !"<•
tl .due
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RAISING OF PEANUTS.
Goo. O. Morgan, MMgK of
th. Torrell peanut plant, make*
the following statement:
“Wu believe that the growing
of peanut* will ov.utually liecome
one of the leading industries of
Tsxas, and that the farmer will
find it one of the beet oaying
crop*. However, it will to nsces-
•ary for the grower to use paina in
atudying the proper manner of
handling the crop to that when
the peanut* are brought to mar-
ket, they will he in good market-
able ahape and properly threehed.
"No crop ia eaaier to raiee than
mat erop when properly
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arftnng u« Dollars Sued.
E. 8. Luper of Marilla, N. Y.,
■av«: “I an* r r»Ip. iter and
have had many revere cute healed
by Bucaleu'a Arnie* 'thilvs. It ba.
•tlni euffeliug end doiis.s. it
i* by far the tost hsaliug aalvo I
have ever found ” Heal* burnt,
.ore., ulcers, fever tore., ecsems
and pilot. 26c at all druggi.lt.
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uiscbin. will thresh about 400
, bushels per day. Figuring the
cuatomary 10c a bnahel charged
t|by tbreeherman, it will lake oom-
parauveiv lew oay. ior lue as-
chine to pay for itaelf. However
Mho. „uKMMIE COOKE DEAD
A very *ad death occurred in i
th* colony neighborhood laat
Saturday morning when Mr*. 1
Clemmie. the wif. of Prof. Ed
Cooke, WM called to her rs- 1
ward in the world beyond, after ’
an illness of only about four
day*. The Lksdeb i* not in- 1
termed a* to the nature of her •
malady. 1
-Mr* Cooke grew up tc woman- 1
hood in Emory, and her large 1
circle of friend* here are deeply
grieved at her untimely death.
She wa* about twenty-five
year, old and a oonaatent mem- -----
her of the Emory HaptiM ohure’i. | J**1
Kmory Sunday evening, and Ute
iunarai aervioee wa* conducted
in the Bapti*t church by Rev.
Mar.hall Meadow in ihe presence
oi a large concourse ot relative*,
friend* and acquaintance*.
The remain, were interred in
the city cemetery about 4:30
Sunday evening
She leave* a huiband and two
•mall children, aged four and
one, to mourn the In*, of com
panion and mother.
The Lkaokh offer* it* *inoere*t
sympathy to the bereaved hus-
band
An abatract of title I* a oom
plate chronological history of
your record title from the *<>ver-
eignty of the *oil down to th*
preaent ownat. C. J. Crabb i*
prepared to make you an abatract
that will »huw you every iiua in
the chain.
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Land owners I have several partie* writing me
to .Ind them >ome home* that van be bough* eheap.
If you have a farm to «MI, oom* let's talk about it,
and I will find you a buyer. The.e parties hav*
the money and mean buefne**, «c coxa and Is', ma
■*e what you hav* to Mil. I do buaia*** where
other* fail.
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be thia crop i* about the *am. *•: |
corn, A crop can to made audj
p-J ui shape for threahing at an I
expense of S£ to $1 per acre, in- :
eluding the co*t of seed.
“Peauat hay, when well cured,
i* equal in value to alfalfa and
will average from a ton to * ton
•nd a half per acre.
"Th» average yield of Spaniah
peanut* in Texas ia froa* 40 to 76
bushel* per acre. The price this
season ha* ranged from tOc to Wi-
per bushel. If we take the lowest
average of 40 bushel* and figure it
at ths lowest price paid thia
season, 60c, which, on account of
financial oomltHnns, w <» ’nwer
than it has toen in the peanut
raising States tot the past ten I
years, the result will to $24 an |
acre clear profit to the faimer. In
communities where peanuts will' '
to raised iu large quantities, there |
is unreason why each community |
:hcs!d set bava its owu Uneauer, i
We hsve made a elow study of |
peatint threshers and watched the |
work dons by th* different aafco*.
With those fact* before us, we I
have taken out the agency for th* <
oue we think the best, and can
furnish it, with two horse lever
tread power, to thu farmer at
about $400; without tread power, ;
to tbs fsrlner at about $300. The <
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S| Notice. .
In the future our chargor^Eill
Ar be $1 60 for n&iia in Point and 13
® I for.calls one mils out.
9 Da. G W. Hi mt.
’ 9' Do.K T SoMRr.RDBiat.Fa
tbe field, nut. turned opwaH fo.
stout twenty-four hours, no long-
er, then shocked .round pole,
•eyer. feet high. The saovk le
started first t.y putting first *
w* do not want you to have tbe layer of grssu or straw to keep tbe
trying to peauat from the ground, then con-' pliance with said lew
tmue by putting the lap root of
the pMnsl to tto pole. This will
leave an airway of snout four
inches through tto shook Tbe
top van to capped off *o aa to
shed the raiu. T, J J /. ‘
Ing, pMtiuts can to Uft »i.
field for months without any
of damage to either nuts or viaaa.
‘ Tto bast plan is ta thresh the
crop aa soon a. dry spough, that
mg too soon. It ia customary in
Virginis and North Carolina to
£11 allow the peanuta to remain in the
* I shock for at least two weeks iu
■ dry weather, and longer if the
M weather has toeu wet. We bar.
A handled some peanuts this season
* that were threshed too soon, the
9 result* being that both the hay
|k and the peanuts were badly dam
eged aud in acme cases entitaly
SI ruined.
j|L "Peanut* should be put up in
M four-bu.hel sacks sewed with
■ | good strong string or twin*. A
!■; little care along this line will eave
IE a shrinkage that might to very
die towvv OMwU to .to —to^
Mling open while in transit *ith-«
* ' on wagon or car*. We keep a larg-
■ I supply of good bag* and twine
■ > which w. ..I! at very roasonabl.
to prices snd can save you money if
£ i you place your order with na.
to i "Our factory being located io
to! the center of the peanut tolt and
to having good railroad facilities, we
■ lean handle peanuts from all asc-
ffltione. Ws now bavw a napamry
to' of 2000 bu-hela of peanuta da»to
to i for the year round This -re will
Ij nicr >•»■ when the euppl/ jetifoe
*' it. Hence t.nere need to a, *^ur
S of overproduction.
to "Any further information will
to Ke gladly given, either ia -m«Md
* U> pe.nuts or thresher. Jam
* write and we will endeavor to
to. make clear to you any point act
I understood '*
^RAINS COUNTY LEADER.
VOL’_^*' EMORY, TEXAS, Friday, Feb 7, «qo». No i.
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Hill, Tom W. Rains County Leader. (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1908, newspaper, February 7, 1908; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1322400/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.