The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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and see the new things
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FRIDAY.
EVERY
BUSHED
in Men’s Clothing
and Furnishings
'on
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
ODD BITS OF NEWS.
EXPIRATIONS.—The address on your paper shows the
ATTENTION FARMERS!
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OFFICE:
CITY OFFICIAL ORGAN
in two years at 0 per cent
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GAY LIFE IN THE CITY.
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"The Quality Store”
PE-RU-NA
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SOUDAN GRASS IS
THE COMING FEED
SECOND DOOR EAST OF POST OFFICE.
TELEPHONE NO. 19.
How to Plant.
A rather firm seed bed is best.
When the seed is drilled, the ground
One Y’ear
Biz Months
esting:
Directions For Planting and Harvest-
ing.
That Sudan grass, which is closely
related to the cultivated sorghums, is
an excellent forage crop in the cen-
tral great plains south of North Da-
kota, and will fill a long felt want for
a hay grass in the south, is the con-
clusion of Farmer’s Bulletin No. 605,
shortly to be published by the United
Come to
Tff/S STORE
xftT BROS.. Publishers.
of The Cooper Review, Cooper, Texas.
The Quinlan Journal, Quinlan, Texas.
boiler-
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to work. Ah. what pleasure to stand all day in
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the unwashed bodies of just-over immigrant la- time. At 8 o’clock the next morning a factory
borers, on their way to work in a sewer! Think whistle blew. Gorman awoke. “I’ll bet I’m
of the fragrance of all grades of tobacco in cig- late for work.” he remarked. He was.
and on opening the door received the full charge
of shot in his face, being fatally injured.
Coulton. Cal.—The good old days are gone.
A lone bandit held up the day coach on South-
ern Pacific train numbed PH. the Sunset Limit-
ed. half .mile west of here Friday night. He es-
caped by jumping through an open window af-
ter disgustedly refusing a collection of $1 taken
up for him by a passenger, firing a shot to em-
phasize his feelings. The bullet riccoheted from
The ground must raska and South Dakota, May 1 to
When given June 1.
When riding planter is used one of
the most satisfactory methods of plan-
ting in rows for seed is to have black-
smith bore 12 holes 1-8 inch in one
solid plate. When planting for hay
alone, plant in rows 18 inches apart.
In regions of abundant rainfall a
common grain drill is the best ma-
chine for seeding. In semi arid re-
gions for hay, and in any locality for
seed production better results will be
obtained by seeding it in rows far
enough apart to allow cultivation.
It’s about time to put the kibosh on all
talk about keeping the boys on the farm. Why
should a boy or a young man want to stay on
a farm when can go to the city, and, after tram-
indeed cheap seed.
the supply is limited. ’
facts about Soudan Grass are inter- ting, and it is not uncommon to find
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URAY HAIR BECOMES
DARK, THICK, GLOSSY
Look years younger! Try Grandma's I
recipe of Sage and Sulphur
and nobody will know.
asked Jacob Striding to read it for him. Strif-
ling did and then presented a bill for $5 for in-
terpreting the two words. Toweshepsky refus-
The grass also does remarkably well
under irrigation in the Southwest.
Sudan grass, as the name implies,
is a native of Africa, and was first
introduced in the United States in
1909 by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture. It has been
widely tested since its introduction at
Blanton Francis, a nine year old
boy, at the College, sustained a broken
leg last Saturday by falling from a
persimmon tree. He is reported as
getting along all right.
-• Copyright Hart Scbalfacr A Marx
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;* Many of the new Suits are form
> tracing; nothing better for this
L season. Natural shoulder,
f straight hanging trousers.
Here it's our policy to bring in bright new
elties. Things you did'nt see yesterday,
best ideas that find expression from day to
in smart suits and overcoats from the greatest
of good clothes makers. You 11 be delijd*|vd
with the extent and distinction of the many v^w
additions.
the car ceiling and slightly injured a passenger.
ping through the heat, or cold, or rain, or snow Tbe handit was cau^ht w5thin a mile
for five or six weeks, land a fine, fat, easy, soft j
snap of a job as a motorman? Then all he will *
have to do will
over two hundred stems arising from
one crown.
From seeding to first cutting, 75 to
80 days are usually necessary. The
second cutting comes about 30 days
after the first, and in sections where
the growing season is at least six
months, a third cutting can be made
50 or 55 days later. By cutting the
grass earlier each time, four cuttings
can be made in some sections but it is
States Department of Agriculture, probable that three cuttings give an
equally large yield of hay of better
quality. The total yields vary from
one to eight tons of cured hay per .
acre.
It has been demonstrated that Su-
dan grass is palatable, and in feeding
value it is second only to alfalfa.
The seed habit of Sudan grass is i
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WHAT'S THE USE?
Weep and you're called a baby:
Laugh and you're called a fool:
Yield and you're called a coward;
Stand and you're called a mule;
Smile and they call you silly;
Frown and they'll call you gruff:
Put on a front like a millionaire
And some guy calls you bluff.
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Every person interested in stock feed should
read the half page article published for the
■ • rev Oil Mill in this issue of tin- Journal.
G'ai.i of all kinds is scarce and the feed prob-
lem is. to a largo extent, solved in this article.
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Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing
or reputation of any person, firm or corporation which
may appear in the columns of The Journal will be gladly
and fully corrected upon being brought to the publishers’
attention.
Don't miss seeing our new line of Shirts, Hats
Shoes and Underwear. Late arrivals that
you'll be sure to like. Many of the styles ex-
clusive with us. We’ll see that what you |4t
is what you, yourself, want and the price is right
for your satisfaction is our best profit.
Madison, Wis., Jan. 1, 1913.
M. D. Reynolds says:
This is to certify that I have been
a great sufferer from Rheumatism
since 1894. Contracted the disease
while working with a snow plow on
the railroad . For several years I
have been obliged to use crutches a
great part of the time. Having used
three boxen of the Meritol Rheuma-
tism Powders, I have thrown away
the crutches and am now almost fully
recovered. It certainly has done won-
ders for me and 1 heartily recommend
it M. D. Reynolds.
Palace Drug Store. '
If your house or barn should burn
could you rebuild without borrowing
the money?
I can help you.
11000 insurance on your house for,
three years will cost you $31.00, pay- I
able as follows:
cash.
in one year at 6 per cent
‘holdup”.
Redwood City, Cal.—John Gorman,
be to get up at about 5 g. m. maker went to bed on the S. P. tracks,
winter and summer, swallow a boarding house gine struck him and knocked him 20 feet,
breakfast that a hog on his father's farm would wagon starting to a hospital with him, hit a rut.
spurn, dash merrily to the car barn, take the a- Gorman bounced out. He was laid on an opera-
buse of a slave-driving car-starter, and go gaily ting table and his wounds dressed. A patrol
wagon took him to the county jail and he was
vestibule that is perfumed with the smells of'carried up a flight of stairs, sound asleep all the
Remove Those Freckles
There it no more need of having freckles
on your face, armi and neck than ordinary
dirt. Just as toap removes dirt,
Wilson’s Freckle Cream
remora freckles. Here’s our iron-clad
guarantee: If WILSON’S FRECKLE
CREAM does not remove all signs of
freckles, tan and sunburn without the
least injury to year skin, wa return your
money without question or quibble. The
Where ordinary grain cultivator! are freckles vanish, leaving the ikin soft, clear
• " ' - — ln(j roseate. Exceptionally severe cases
may require two 50c jars—positively no
more. Bny a jar today a®d hare a real rom-
plesiow like other folk*. You n»k nothint. WiU
tons Fair <kia Soap. 25 eta. and Wileoa'a Fa»v
Skin Powder. » eta. are iadispenaable to th<
toilet. Order by mail if you dee ire.
WILSON FRECKLE CREAM CC
CharfBB>r>
For Mk by
THE NEW DRUG 8TOBK.
J. A Btipk—, Pro*.
“I was taken with a severs
headache and cold, which
finally brought on constipa-
tion and bowel trouble.
Physisa of all kinds were
used, and we were obliged
to resort to the fountain
syringe for help. I could
drink castor oil like water,
but it did no good. Salta
were of no use. The doc-
tors were puxsled. After
using three bottle* of Peruns
■ consider myself entirely
well.” Mr. John B. C
No. 610 Pecan St,
.Worth, Texas.
Those vrhe ofejeet to Unid
Meatclse will Sag Peruse Tak-
SstS • .l^lrUU, rra.-l, Cur
CATABHHSI, CONDITIONS.
used the rows should be 24 to 36
inches apart, using two to four pounds
of seed per acre, but where beet culti-
vators or similar tools are used, larg-
er yields can be obtained from rows
118 to 24 inches apart, the latter dis-
tance being the most practical. When
sown broadcast 15 to 20 pounds per
acre should be used.
■ several different points in theUnited nearly perfect, as it produces seed
States. freely and high above the ground.
It is an annual, the leaves of which where it can be harvested easily. The
are broader and more numerous than seed is retained well and loss from
those of Johnson grass. It is distin- shattering is much less than in other
I guished from Johnson grass, to which wild forms of sorghums. Seed har-
Important . Facts . Concerning *s related, by the absence of root- vesting is accomplished economically
New Crop to Take Place of
Hay and Maize.
$10.30
$10.35
interest.
$10.35
interest.
Why take t e risk yourself when
’.he insurance companies are willing |
to take it for you?
I can also insure your cotton, any- |
vhere; on platform, warehouse, at
zin or at home. So don't take the ,
risk of losing your year’s labor for
the small amount it takes to protect
yourself.
I represent 8 of the largest insur- I
ance companies that do business in
the United States, with a combined
capital and surplus of over one hun- |
dred million dollars ($100,000,000), I
so your protection is absolute if you i
insure with me. Come in and let's »J,
talk it over. S. C. PRICE. 1 A
Insurance, real estate and loans.
Office south side Main street, (
tf Commerce, Texas. x
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\ ESTABLISHED 1889.
\ Commerce. WREN HART, Cooper.
You can make your choice from the cleverest
designs, the richest weaves of America. All
in accurate styles, exclusive here. Tweads,
worsteds, serges, etc., in many new and striking
color blendings.
Entered as second class matter April 7, 1905, at the _
fMt office at Commerce, Texas under Act of ConK**M'segsnlent8, he’ll have almost enough left to go
■tBrch- 187®’ ____|to a movie show.
because he’ll be so all-in and so full of the pois-
$1.00 onous reek that he inhaled all day, that he will
•W tumble into bed to forget it until the alarm
---- clock calls him to begin all over again.
Subscribers’ addresses changed as often as they wish. o o o
In ordering address changed please give OLD as well as
NEW address. i
EXPIRATIONS._The address on your paper shows the Kalamazoo Albert Foweshepskv coilhln t
to which your subscription is paid. All arrearages read a “To Rent" sign he saw in a window. He
must be paid up if subscriber desires paper stopped.
Advertising rates are made on a basis of four weeks lv|),ull. l(<<,
to the montn._______________________________ to pa^_ an(j suet], He got judgment
for $1.
Roseville, Ill.—The oldest Odd Fellow is said
to be Joseph Simpson, of this place, who. in
proof of his claim, exhibits a certificate of ini-
tiation dated 1862, showing that he has been a
member of the order for 52 years.
Dugger, Ind.—The biggest barn in the state
is being built by W. H. Jones, on his 1800 acre
farm near here. The barn is to be 365 feet
long and 240 feet wide. When completed it
will hold 400 head of cattle. A car load of tele-
phone poles and three car loads of cement were
used in the foundation. The silo adjoining the
barn is filled with corn from 145 acres or 21*0.-
;O0o tons of silage which is said to be the largest
jin the United States.
La Porte. Ind.—Nicholas Fleck, living near
there set a gun trap for chicken thieves at his
hen house door. He hurriedly went to his chick-
hen house next morning, forgetting the gun trap
Enjoy The New Stocks
in The Other De-
Almost everyone knows that Sair? Tea
ajid Sulphur, properly compounded,
brings t*u.'k the natural color and lustre
to the hair when faded. streaked or gray,
also ends dandruff, itching scalp and
stope falling nair. Ymlfs ago the only
way to get this mixture was* b> make it
at home, which ia muaey an<i trouble-
some.
Nowadays we simply a«k at any drug
store for “Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy.” You will get a large
bottle for about 50 centa. Everyb<»dy
this old. famous recipe, becau<e no
can poaaibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it so n ’ .r.Jiy and
evenly. You dampen a sy- nje or soft
brush with it and draw this through
yv»ur hair, taking -no small strand at a
time: by morning the gray hair disap-
pears. and after another application or
two, your hair becomes beautifully dark,
thick and giaeey and you look years
younger.
stocks, and while this necessitates an- with a grain binder, after which the
nual planting, it also prevents Sudan seed can be handled in the same man-
grass from becoming a pest like John- ner as grain,
son grass. When seeded broadcast
Through the courtesy of Mr. John or in drills , it averages about three
H. Erickson, Farm Demonstrator, to five feet in height and has stems a
there is now a stock of the finest, little smaller than a lead pencil. When should be plowed in the spring and
cleanest and best selected Soudan grown in rows and cultivated it reach- harrowed down well, as for corn.
Grass Seed on hand for distribution es a height of six to nine feet, with cool soil delays germination,
to the farmers of this district. This rather larger stems. The hay of the tilizers are necessary
seed was grown and carfully bred by cultivated crop is somewhat coarser where the soil is reasonably good, and
experts on the Demonstration Farm than of the broadcast crop and is not in the east it is advisable to use some
near Greenville and is acclimated to so desirable for market hay. complete fertilizer such as is applied
Hunt county conditions. Mr. Erick- Sudan grass does best on a rich for corn. In the extreme south the
son claims that there is no better seed loam, but has been grown successful- best time for seeding is between April
grown than this that we are offering ly on almost every class of soil from 1 and 15; in the latitude of Oklaho-
at less than half price in order that heavy clay to a light sand. Where ma and Kansas, April 15 to May 15;
the planting of this forage crop may the soil is quite sandy a light yield and north that in the latitude of Neb-
be stimulated this coming year. Two may be expected.
pounds to the acre at 50c a pound is be fairly well drained.
Get yours now as plenty of room the grass stools very
The following. freely, especially after the first cut-
• arettes, in cigars and in pipes of many degrees
of strength! It is simply great to breathe this
spicy air all day. In the meanwhile one hears
the sweet compliments of the ladies and gentle-
men who do not happen to think of signaling
when they want to get off, but who rightfully
feel that the motorman should have known, if
he was not such a fat-headed lob, and who do
not hesitate to tell him so. Oh yes, its great.
Every farmer boy ought to leave home at once
and dash to the city. Think of the wages he
will get! Why, at the end of a month, after as-
But he probably won’t go.
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