The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 21, 1926 Page: 2 of 10
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THE CHAMPION, CENTER, TEXAS APRIL 21, 1926
WE ARE NOW ON
THE STAGE
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Very truly,
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More Hogs For
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gifts. A advantages in the way of water, food-
tho s^u^-s^ marfcets, climate, -etc., i'
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HELPING CENTER GROW
AND KEEPING AHEAD OF IT
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Mrs. G. B. Banks, deputy county
clerk, was called to Bastrop Sunday
nght, on the account of the serious'
illness of her father.
You can buy a home in Center now
much cheaper than you can in a few
months. See me for prices^ quick.—
J. E. Armstrong. 2l?28^pr
Tol Smith and Allen Roberts, ac-
companied by Misses Ruth- and Perrie
Smith and Zelda Alford, motored to
Houston Friday and returned Mon-
day.
I have some beautiful residence
lots for sale in the city. See me for
bargains while they are cheap.—J. E.
Armstrong. 21-28 c
bull-ton-
jas or some
leguminous crop that will stand late
provision
but man
Texas Central Power Co.
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THE CHAMPION
Published Wednesday Afternoon.
Mrs. J. H. Windham of Shelbyville
is in Dallas due to the serious illness
of her aunt, Mrs. D. M. Sinclair.
THE PASSING DAY
WILL H. MAYES
Former Dean
Department of Journalism
University of Texas
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ty is now coming to the t’ront in mel-
on growing, there should be an in-
crease of hogs to take care of the
culls and surplus that do not find a
market. Hogs will stay in reasona-
bly good condition through the melon
season on melons alone, and can then
oe topped <ff with corn or other food-
stuffs. It is only reasonable to ex-
pect That out of the many acres of
melons that will be planted this year,
thousands of melons will not find a
With a bunch of hogs one
can make a double profit from his
melons by .selling the marketable mel-
ons and turning the surplus into pork.
ft is be believ.ed that Shelby county
will awake up to the fact that-there
is money to be made in hbg raising,
and will eventually lead in that line
as it now leads in watermelon growing
What has been said about Shelby
county, applys to all the East Texas
counties.
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vorld is a hai
We close by saying if you need Hoes, Hoe
Handles, Points^ Hames, Traces, Bacfc Bands, Axes,
Files, Pads, Locks, or anything of the kind; get our
prices before you buy. Hunt us up, look over our
line; no trouble to show you.
The above named rices are to one and all alike
We are reminded again of the im-
portance of everybody buying from
local merchants in preference to send-
ing their money out of town. When
money is sent out of town it is lost
forever, so far as you are concerned.
It goes to some other town, helps pay
taxes there, and builds up that city,
instead of staying here, and helping
pay your taxes, build your streets,
buy gas bonds and help improve Cen-
ter. Local merchants solicit your
business on the basis that they have
r something to offer you which is worth
■ the money, and in almost all cases,
■ purchases from them are at a distinct
’ savings as compared with mail order
purchases. The local merchant stands
behind his goods, in many cases ex-
tends credit, and is your neighbor.
Why not trade with him?
The same is true of printing as well
as merchandise. The Champion has
only three commodities to sell, first
the paper itself to the subscribers,
second advertising space in the paper
to the merchants and all who might
5 have need of this medium of getting
a message tn the people, and third,
Lprinting. We sell all these on the
^strict basis of merit. We believe
that every reader is getting his mon-
ey’s worth when he subscribes to the
paper and receives it every week dur-
ing the year. We feel that this is
true not only because of our honest
effort to produce, a good newspaper,
but because most of our readers take
the paper year
... discontinuing
Texas Needs a New Constitution.
The constitution of Texas is out of
date. It was framed for a country
almost without population and that
heeded but few laws. Lands were
then worth very little and exploitation
of the public by individuals and cor-
porations was almost unknown. Pub-
lic office was regarded as a public
trust and not as a private snap. The
State officials, and especially the gov-
ernor, were given large authority in
the belief that such authority would
not be abused. The powers of the
governor have been increased from
time to time by legislative enactment
until he has, through his appointive
boards and commissions, almost entire
control of the State government. Dur-
ing his term of office he is an almost
unrestrained dictator, able to bring all
the strength of the State government ! hog
to carry out his will, whether it be
.good or bad. Texas is in the unenvia-
ble position of being at the mercy of
its governing head. We have exalted
official rights and privileges and have
lowered those of the individual. Tex-
as n'e#ds a new declaration of ]
pies and a constitution for their en-
forcement that will restore the ordi-
nary citizen to his former rights as
a citizen and that will make its of-
ficials servants of the people and not
their masters.
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Hi-Jacking a Popular Profession.
Crime in every form appears to have
become a popular pastime in Texas.
We no longei’ speak of a “crime wave,”
but now have a “crime inundation.”
Criminals no longer fear grand juries,
stand in awe of courts, or are terror-
ized by prisons. All these apparently
are accepted as the possible conse-
quences of the business, retarding it
temporarily at times, but not seriously
handicapping it. Criminals serve
terms or are pardoned merely to re-
sume 1
few influential friends with money
may almost insure escape from pun-
ishment for crime of any kind.
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Crime Should Be Punished.
The public has become too lax in
law enforcement; too much sympathy
is being shown convicts. So-called
“prison reform” methods have result-
ed in a maudlin sentiment that has
given encouragement to crime. Pris-
oners are no longer reformed, but
spend their short terms in prison
; new methods in their profes-
. Prisons have become crime
schools, open forums in the discussion
of methods, under the leadership of
the most expert in their several lines.
The most seasoned criminals among
them are the greatest heroes. We
need to cultivate mercy, but in failing
to punish crime we are lending it pub-
lic support.
(By W. L. M.)
. The hog as a money factor on the
| | farm has in perhaps no other county
11 of'Texas been so neglecte 1
I' farms of Shelby county.
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The World Gets Better.
Those who read the crime reports
often con,clu^e that the world is going
to the bow-wows. Despite the bold-
ness with which crime is committed,
the criminals are compaiatively few
in number.' The vast majority of peo-
ole are improving in intellect, in
_ , , „! norals, in religion, in all things that
- I have a number of; ;o to make world bett$r. T1.e
|Dr sale now.—J. E. Armstrong. I vor]d is a haAier place in whLjUj
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And invite you to visit our New Store by Sam’s Mar-
ket, where you will find a nice line of fresh Feed-
stuff and Family Groceries.
Hay going at the bale....... ................. 75c
Guaranteed Flour, per sack................................$2.25
25 pound Sack Sugar............................................$1.65
Tomatoes 8 l-3c per can, 3 cans for.....................25c
Hominy, per can................................................12 l-2c
Corn, per can .............................................12 l-2c
6 ounce bottle GarrettS S^uff................................30c
3 1-2 pounds best Green Coffee............... ............$1.00
Wine Cardui, per bottle.......................................89c
Adnarine, per bottle.............................................89c
Thatcher’s Tonic and Blood Syrup........................89c
Groves Chill Tonic..................................................49c
Splendid Large Lamp, complete............................75c
Plates, Cups and Saucers, per set..........................98c
Large size Goblets.................................................98c
'Good Pocket Knife................................................69c
We would' also call your attention to our splendid
assortment of Aluminum ware. 16 dozen pieces
priced 9c, 19, 49, and............................................79c
See us for all kinds of Pants, Overalls, Jumpers,
Shirts, Gloves and Hosiery.
change in j
local farmer
acres of land
According to weather
have none among the members of its
. staff, spring is here at last, and we
can now hope for fair weather for a
time at least. That is hopeful.
[ Spring is a wonderful season of plant-
ing, housecleaning, fishing, golf and
other necessities of life, and when it
is postponed by a lingering winter,
we appreciate its coming more than
ever. This spring sees farmers more
active, merchants more alert and bet-
' ter ready to meet the needs of their
customers, than possibly ever before.
Irrigation Districts the Remedy.
Whatever corporations are able to
do, the people themselves can do un-
der good management. Instead of
giving the streams of Texas to private
or corporate interests for the exploita-
tion of land owners, the laws should
be so amended that only the people
who own lands may use the water.
They may organize rrigation districts
under existing laws, hut individuals
and corporations are on equal footing
with land owners, and the public is
slow to vote bonds tor irrigation proj-
ects. Our laws governing water con-
trol could not have been, written more
to the liking of those who want to ac-
quire this great source of wealth. As
the laws how stand, unless the streams
are soon saved to. the people by the
organization of irrigation districts,
our waters will soon pass into the
ownership of corporations from which
it will be impossible to wrest- them.
Right now greedy speculators have
their eyes on every stream in.Texas
and are using every effort to get pos-
session of them.
Center is growing, evidences of its growth
are apparent everywhere.
Center is not only growing. It is growing
rapidly. It will grow more rapidly when it
makes a fuller use of its natural resources.
Successful industries are the basis of the
city's growth; and in this development good
electric and ice service has had an important
, ‘part. -
An interesting phase of the expansion of „
the use of our services here is disclosed by
the fact that demands for them are growing
even faster than the city.
Many favorable comments have
been received by city officials -and
other citizens of Center since the an-
nouncement was made that the city
has met the requirements of the Mag-
nolia Gas company subsidiary and is
soon to receive natural gas Not only
is tlje securing of the gas a notable
achievement for Center,
which is sure to benefit it greater
than we can now realize, but the
splendid cooperation of the- people,
by wffiich the gas bonds were sold, is
a monument to the credit of the peo-
ple here. Among the many com- Bpeuu Llj
ments received by this paper- is a [ studying
congratulatory letter from Will H. I sion.
Mayes, who writes “The Passing
Day” for this page, who states that
Center now has practically everything
needed to make it a city, and adds,
“I have never seen a better spirit of
cooperation among people of a town
the size of Center.” It is the spirit
that put over the waterworks, the
sewer system, the paved streets, and
Amany other improvements of which
■renter boasts, and the spirit which
^■ill keep this the livest and best town
^^■this section of the state.
scarcity. He did not believe in hogs
at that time, but decided to run in
late and plant the land in peanuts
and -velvet beans in order to keep the
land in a state of cultivation and to
improve it. He made a good crop
with hardly any cultivation at all and
turned in a bunch of hogs that be-
fore had never turned a dollar in his
hand. He sold about $450 worth of
meat that yeai- and had his home sup-
ply, besides carrying'through his oth-
er live stock. Every year until he
left for West Texas, his principal
crop was feedstuff for a bunch of
fine hogs.
Hogs and watermelons,
should go together.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES—One Year
$1.50; Six Months $1.00; Three
Months .60 __
Advertising RATES: Local read-
ers 2 cents ,per word; display rates
made known upon application. Al
resolutions, caras of thanks, pro-
grams and other matter not genera
news, will be classed as advertising
and charged for at the rate of one
tent for each word, and the sender
will be held responsible for payment
of bill.'
FOR SALE: Pure cream and sweet
milk. Delivered twice daily. Phone
397-W.—W. A. Baggett 21p
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Entered at the postoffice, Center,
Texas, for transmission through the
mails as second class matter.
WEMDELL W. MAYES, Publisher.
after year without
it. We know that
the advertising columns of The
Champion offer the best, most econo-
mical and by far the most effective
means of reaching the buying public
in Shelby county. Our other product
is printing, and we honestly believe
that we can offer the best printing,
at a more reasonable charge, than
can be secured elsewhere. If this be
true, and we believe you will admit
that it is, then why let some glib
salesman persuade you tp send your
printing to Shreveport, Houston, Luf-
kin or anywhere else? Money sent
there goes to help build up those
cities. That which stays here helps
to build up Center.
neglected as oh the
. While in
miniiitiiiiiiiHniiiiHtiiiiiimiiimiiuiiiiiuiiiHmmiini.............nun........... | some sections of the state hog ranch-
Conservation of Texas. Waters. ling is looked upon as highly Profita-
Nature is wise in;ble and desirable but not possible be-
her provision for ‘ cause of lack of natural advantages
. man, but man is1 of water, range, foodstuffs, and cli-
| wasteful in the use, mate, in Shelby county with its many
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| few years ago the,
| streams of Texas
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|| valuable only for
II providing water for
________ gl stock and fishing for
idlers. Since Texas has become a
farming country we find that we need,
the waters of every stream for irrigat-
ing our fertile valleys. The corpora-
tions are seeing the great value in
these waters that are now going to
waste and they are bidding for “water
rights” along Texas rivers. The peo-
ple should be slow to part with these
rights, for the result will be that in
time they will merely be farming for
the corporations that will exact every
cent for water that the farmers can
pay. Great storage reservoirs should
be built wherever possible, but they
should belong to the people who own
the adjacenf lands and not to corpora-
tions. Texas needs a constitutional
proVision safeguarding its waters
from corporate control, otherwise the
streams will soon be under the con-
trol of exacting corporate interests .o
whom the land owners will virtually
be enslaved.
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been overlooked for the many less
profitable lines of farming. The
principal reason for this is' that until
a short time ago cotton was the prin-
cipal money crop for the farmers in
the county, and since the weevils
have ruined it as a staple cro.p, they
have not had time seemingly to re-
adjust themselves to changed condi-
tions. But now as the farmers of
Shelby county have at last found
themselves and are turning more and
m'ore to other lines of farming, in-
cluding truck farming, poultry rais- imarket.
ing, etc., it is only justifiable that
they give hog raising as a main mon-
ey crop or as a side line a trial
In Shelby county we have the best
natural advantages to be found in
the state for hog raising. A favor-
able all the year climate, a good mar-
ket for all that we can raise, and the
best ranges in the state are to be
found here. A great acreage of cut-
over land and pasture land lies in
the county, that cannot be profitably
put to any use unless it is for hog
raising. Large tracts of timber land
that could be fenced in is to be
found in Shelby county. '»
On the average farm there are al-
ways from ten to twenty five acres
of land that is left uncultivated ev-
ery year because of lack of help and
time. This land planted in peanuts,
chufas, velvet beans or peas or any
leguminous crop, would make a good
yield without much cultivation. It
would grow off enough feedstuff to
fatten several head of hogs for the
markets as well as help carry other
stock through the winter.
I have known good crops to be
made by going into the left-over
land sometimes as late as July or
August, and streaking the land off
with a straight shovel or a L........-
gue, planting in peanuts, pe;
planting, and cohering the seed with
the bar side of a turning plow. This
wraps the middles of the row at the
same time, and as all the weeds and
grass have come up by this time, it is
destroyed, when you plant, and your
crop can be made with only a plow-
ing or two and very little hoe work.
Also the rows being low down be-
tween the middles, helps to catch and
conserve the scanty moisture of the
late seasons.
In addition there are every years
great quantities of mast going to
waste. I have seen herds .of razor
backs get as fat as a a razor back
’ can, and stay in good condition
all the winter, on acorns, nuts, ber-
ries, etc.
One cannot say that hogs are so
scarce in Shelby county, but hogs foi
the market are scarce. Every farmer
princi- generally raises all the meat he needs
elr en~ or a part of it, and sometimes has a
hog or two for sale. The ease with
which he disposes of his surplus meat
and the price he gets from it, should
show one how profitable it would be
to raise hogs for the market. There
are a few farmers in Shelby county
who raise hogs for the market and
for breeding purposes as a side line
but they are scarce.
type of hogs in some parts of the
county is the bacon type, extreme
bacon type, built rather for bringing
it home in a foot race than for fur-
nishing it themselves.
- Two or three years ago a local
their chosen life work, and a I butcher asked a local farmer to sigh
n contract to furnish him with one
DULcner
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ihundred head of hogs as he needed
them. The farmer turned him
down and told him that he could no^
make anything raising hogs for the
market. This man lives Am a small
sandy farm that will not make good
crops of corn or cotton. Some yeare
he makes less than a half bale of cot
ton on his place. Yet this farm is
an ideal place to raise hogs. It is
the best kind of a farm for peanuts
and other leguminous crops that
make good hog feed, and has a
plentiful source of watfr and good
range and • grasses. After raising
leguminous crops a few years, the
soil would be improved fifty per cent
in nitrogenerous and humous matter.
Valuing the hogs at only ten dolars
a head, he would have had an income
of one thousand dollars a year com-
ing in all through the year, where
before he has found it hard sledding
to keep clear of debt I have not
heard it yet if that butcher ever filled I
his contract. This attitude illustrate
to a certain degree the attitude of a |
gflk of farmers toward a
crop systek^.
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SHELBY STUDENTS
ON HONOR ROLL.
Below is the honor roll for the
Sub-College for the winter term as
given out from the Registrar’s office
by Miss Edna Phillips, Registrar.
Floy Boone and Kathleen Beard have
the hghest records, eg.ch making four
A’s.
Faye Barter, Kathleen Beard, Floy
Boone, Mrs. Sallie Cfiandler, Wilma
Ennis, Melliie Fulmer, Milledge Jack-
son, Jewell Jones, Otha McCall, Mil-,
dred McKnight, Lucile Manry, Ma-
mie Moody, l.illie Spurgeon, Ruth
Tillery, Bessie May Wiight.
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