The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 13, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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and it will not be at all surprising country as well as here in 1914,
the cotton growing section of the farmer listened to the advice giv- ment in a community so rapid as
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ing cotton zones in the cotton
Shelby County.
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’ we of Shelby county don’t want state.
In the fall of 1913, it will duced a bountiful crop of a di-
in a prosperous condition.
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town or in the country, and you
will observe that the people are
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the government has suggested is
the cleaning off the fields after
harvest time and the burning of
all trash in the fields and in the
fence corners and woods near the
fields—pointing out, as they have,
that the weevil lays dormant in
the debris of the field during the
winter months and is ready for
work—at an increased force-
each spring. But these sugges-
tions, as well as others have
gone by unheeded by thousands
of cotton farmers in the south,
good and the people paid out and
this year has been a good one in-
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THE CHAMPION.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESD AY
to be mapped out with regard to । With the coming of January
the boll weevil districts and it is will mark three years of resi-
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All communications should be address-
e l and remittances made to The Cham-
pion Printing Company. Telephone con-
nection.
Entered at the postoffice at Center, Texas
as second-class mail matter.
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BY THE CHAMPION PRINTING CO.
versified kind The prices were
this proposed bill of the South be remembered, the rains in
that the Government will have to
resort to a drastic measure to
bring about the extermination of
this pest—the pest that threatens
the destruction of the wealth of
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meat’s instructions but being one
among a great number, their
efforts have not attained them
Inquire, if you will, of the sup-
plies for next year, and you will
hear this: “I have plenty of
meat and lard, plenty of feed
stuff for my stock, plenty of can-
ned goods for the winter, plenty
of cows to produce my wilk and
butter and plenty of poultry on
my place, ” and then consult the
bank statements and you will
find that they have a wonderful
lot of the people’s money there
for them and next year the credit
business will not be attractive at
all.
Regardless, or including, the
bad conditions that have con-
fronted this section during my
residence here, I feel certain that
I never witnessed the advance-
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deed. Go where you will, in
and our people were left with
two bad years on their hands.
When 1915 dawned upon us,
it was looking into a condition
that had to be met. The sturdy
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in passenger coaches if the peo-
ple in the East knew what a
glorious country we have herein
East Texas.
What is Christmas without a
babyi _________
The Beaumont Journal advises
its readers who have no babies
to borrow one for Christmas.
That hundred thousand dollars
reward for Villa, dead or alive,
we believe is still unclaimed.
What do the Shelby county
farmers care about the prices
put on meats by the packing
houses? _____
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the former year, used a great
deal of commercial fertilizer. A
bountiful crop was in sight at
one time but the rains failed to
fall at the right time for feed
crops and that necessary crop
went to the bad. Coton yeilded
fairly well, but with the war
situation coming on just as this
crop was put on the market, the
price was such that the yeild was
below cost of production. These
conditions prevailed all over the
It is said that fifty thousand
farmers have applied already for
loans under the Federal Farm
Loan Act, and the prospects are
that there will not be sufficient
funds to supply the demand un-
less Congress makes an ad-
ditional appropriation
Tom Watson, the Georgia pub-
licist and politician, was declared
not guilty when tried in a Feder-
al Court in that State recently on
a charge of having sent obscene
matter through the mails. Wat-
son has been very severe in his
criticisms of Roman Catholicism,
and the prosecution grew out of
one of his publications on this
subject. Mr. Watson conducted
his own case before the Court.
The Government was represent-
ed by several able lawyers who
left no stone unturned to secure a
conviction.
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We have beautiful gifts here to suit everybody—old or young, but
when these are gone, it may be very difficut to get' more, because of
the scarcity of this line of merchandise. So come early—select your
gifts and have us lay them away for you, if you like.
. We have plenty of competent and attentive clerks to serve you,.
and a visit from everybody in the county will be greatly appreciated.
Wishing for you and yours a very Merry Christmas, we are
Yours Sincerely,
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year as a method of fighting the was possibly the hardest that
boll weevil In the first place ever visited this section of the
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A member of the United States United States and thereby weak-
Senate, proposes a law establish-
this to do before. The spring of
1914 promised a good crop year
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The Lufkin News has more Carolina Senator to become a law, September and October, flooded
different kinds of editors than for surely we would be placed in the best lands in this county,
any paper in the State—and the, a prohibited zone. But at the thereby destroying a good cotton
beauty of it is that they are all same time the United States Gov- and corn crop. That is, the cot-
good ones. ernment has spent millions of ton was so damaged till what was
-------- dollars in its search for some- gathered was dirty and of low
“Fifty below zero and coal thing to exterminate this pest grade and only a short price was ■ ery where you go, you will
short,” reads a headline over a and has given its findings to the received. Tne feed crop was so new and substantial improve-
Fairbanks, Alaska, date, line, people and begged them to fol- damaged until a great majority i ments going on around the farm.
The mocking birds are singing low the instructions; but the peo- of thrifty farmers had to buy You will
here in Shelby county ar dthe pie have not followed as mey feed the next year to make a crop good horses, mules, cows, hogs,
people go round in their shirt should. In every community J - 6 ‘
sleeves.
1 also be a shortage the idea to propibit the planting dence in Shelby county by the
of cotton in certain zones for one undersigned. Part of this time
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en by those who had been mak-
ing a study of the conditions, and
at the same time he had been do-
ing some thinking himself.
The final result was a nuited
determination on the part of the
farmer, the business man, the
professional man and all to over-
come the condition that prevail-
ed. The determination was met
with success. The lands pro-
and the farmers here—large and. you will, and you see well dressed
Among other things that 'small—desiring to make a good and a prosperous looking people.
crop and replinish their loss of
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belt of the United .
The zones are proposed i Three Years in
etc. Go to the
has been here. I place the rea-
son at two counts: One is the
strong determination of the citi-
zens to push forward, and being
a splendid class of citizenship—
above the average for intelli-
gence—they are bound to pro-
gress. The second is, this is the
finest and most profitable section
of country to be found. See how
quick, if you will think, we re-
cover from a disaster or a panic. )
When I think of these things I
am glad that I located in Center
and Shelby county. R. M. G.
Nervous Women.
When the nervousness is caus-
ed by constipation, as is often
the case, you will get quick relief
by taking Chamberlain’s Tablets.
These tablets also improve diges-
tion. Obtainable everywhere.
If you have any fat hogs see
me. I pay a good price. — J. w.
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being the Center headquarters for San-
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R. M. Gilmore, ) Editors and
L. G. PRICE, . ( Managers .
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Gilmore, R. M. & Price, L. G. The Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 13, 1916, newspaper, December 13, 1916; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1423340/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.