The Terry County Herald (Brownfield, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1912 Page: 4 of 5
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GOMEZ DOTS
Feb. 21
Tuesday the 20th will be
remembered for some time by
the present occupants of the
Plains. It has been snowing all
day but the earth is yet almost
bare.
No indeed the snow has not
melted but is piled in huge drifts
by this rolling wind; one in my
sight as I write is higher than
the top of a 5 foot plank wall.
It is warm enough to cause every
thing to be wet, and the wind is
as hard and cold as usual during
1 blizzard.
Miss Williams of Oklahoma, a
sister of Mrs. Nichols, is visiting
the latter at the present time.
One day last week a little dau-
ghter of W. D. Winn climbed up
and reached behind a picture,and
as she brought her arm down, a
needle sticking in the wall paper
penetrated its entire length in
her arm. As they were unable
to get it out, l.er parents carried
her to Dr. Ellis, who removed it,
and she is getting along nicely.
Mr. Ball of Nocona,Texas came
in last Wednesday to look after
his farms two miles west of Go-
mez, and stayed over till Sunday.
He say this country is in better
shape in every way than where
he lives. He also thinks that
with the same labor that the
farmers give their land,we would
make better crops and just as
often as they do.
A farmer from southwest Ter-
ry, brought a bale of cotton to
• the gin last Thursday, but owing
to the fact that our ginners have
' moved away, he failed to find any
one to gin it he left it here and
said he would return this week
and get it ginned.
Mr. Jim Rolston went to
Brownfield Monday and passed
through here today on his way
home. Well he will get there if
he dont freeze; but it does look
like there is enough fair weather
out here that a person need not
• travel in a blizzard. An occur-
rence quite unusual was witness-
ed here on last Thursday evening
while the sand storm was at
its worst. - The wind right from
the west for over three hours the
flag on the tabernacle pointed
due west, showing that at a dis-
tance of 35 or 40 feet above the
earth a constant wind was blow-
ing from the east.
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Mr. Boss Key and wife left
here yesterday for the railroad.
Quite a lot of our citizens have
an incubator of chickens hatched
off in the past day or so.
Well we dont own an incubator
but the black hen has been setting
three weeks today and this
morning we raked 2 feet of drift-
ed snow off her and brought her
and her eggs in the house, and
. she is now cosily established in a
corner of the room with a nest
full of young chicks.
Say our grocery man H. P.
Moore went away last week and
returned yesterday, but when
interviewed, refused to tell where
he had been, but he chanced to
say that he saw ye editor on his
route; so tell off on him Mr.
Herald.
The interest in our weekly
spelling matches constantly in-
creases.
Geo. McPherson and Andrew
Simms left for Lubbock this again.
morning.
West Wind
County Court.
County court met last Monday
morning with Judge Geo. W.
Neil on the bench and threecases
were quickly disposed of. The
only three cases on docket were
continued, they being the First
National Bank of Lubbock vs,
Lum Hudson, West vs. Chishom
and Newsom vs. Sawyer.
The lawyers in the latter case
Messrs. Spencer and Lockhart
had quite a bout of legal sashays,
but Court finally granted a con-
tinuation in the defendants
favor.
Everything was over by noon
with only a small cost to the
/
county.
M. & M. Club
M. & M. Club met with Mrs.
Mable Ellis Feb. 10th. Four
very interesting talks and two
papers were read on the lesson.
We are just about to finish the
study of Corialanous which has
been auch a delightful study.
We then take up Merry Wives of
Windsor. We were glad to have
Miss. Pearl Stewart with us
again. Delicious refreshments
were served, after which we
ajourned to meet Feb. 21th with
Mrs. BettieCrisuwell.
Reporter. - *
Notice to, Confederates
Brownfield, Texas, 2, 19-‘11
To Ex-Confederates of Stone-
wall Jackson Camp No. 1708. I
herreby call a meeting of the
Camp to meet at Gomez, March
9th, being the 2nd Saturday; for
the purpose of setting the time
for the annual reunion and to
make preparations for same, and
to elect delegates to our National
reunion at Macon, Ga. All come
out and let us have a good time.
Wm. Howard
, Commander
Almon gets Contrast,
Judge Neill let the Court
House repair work contract to
Lee Almon, and he began Monday
morning to tear away the Judges
stand from the east side of the
district court room and placed it
on the north side. He is also
nicely railing in the bar, making
jury box, witness stand and
otherwise making it look like a
real court room.
We understand that Jake
Johnson has the contract to tear
down the brick flue on the north
side of the building. We learn
that the seats will be ordered im-
mediately.
Letter From A. W. Green
The editor received the follow-
ing letter from A. W. Green, who
was a farmer citizen of Terry Co.
In the letter he expresses his
political preferment and will
have to leave this part of the let-
ter off, benefit of all concerned:
Paron, Ark. 2—14, 1912
Find enclosed $2.00 for which
please give me credit on my
subscription. I enjoy reading the
Herald very much as the names
of my Terry and Yoakum county must depend upon to make Texas
friends appear often in its col- a great industrial center The
umns. I feel glad to say that I man with the dinner pail is as
met many honest peope in Terry
county and would be very much
pleased to meet my old friends
I sometimes get uneasy when
I get to thinking of Geo. McPher-
WE CAN FIX YOU WITH
Canton farming implements. Any-
thing you want; all repairs.
BAIN WAGONS.
R. A. RANKIN & SONS.
LUBBOCK,
son and fear he may work too
hard.
Respt. Yours
A. W. Green
Uncle Sam Too Slow For Texas.
Texas has been a puzzle to
Uncle Sam ever since she was
admitted into the Union and has
caused his statticians more
trouble than all other states com-
bined. We develop so rapidly that
we outgrow our statistics while
Uncle Sam is at work on the ad-
ding machine.
The Census Reports which are
being made public from time to
time read like ancient history.
While Uncle Sam was calculating
the number of acres of land un
der cultivation, we turned over a
million and a half acres of virgin
soil; since the census was taken
there have been a quarter of a
million people born in Texas and
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The patronage of the people of Terry county respectfully ♦
solicited SCOTT WOLFFARTH. •
150 000 immigrants have settled]: LUBBOCK, East of Nicholett Hotel TEXAS I
in the State. By the time the ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ hhhhwhhhhhhmhh
census reports are printed and -
ready for distribution-we will
have to add a few ciphers to the
right-hand side of the figures in
order to bring them ap to date. •
Uncle Sam is too slow for Texas.
Our Factories.
The rattle of the Texas dinner
pail is being heard around the
world. Our oil refineries and
packing house products are well
known on both hemispheres, but
the latest tranaction of national
significance was made by the
Wichita Falls Motor Car Comp-
afty with a concern in Colorado
involving a sale of $575,000 worth
of automobiles and it said to be
the largest sale of the kind ever
made west of the Mississippi
river. The tranaction places
Wichita Falls in the first ranks
as a manufacturing center and
firmly establishes this youthful
and vigorous industry on Texas
soil.
The incident presents a lesson
in progress which every city can
profit by studying. It is our big
manufacturing plants that reach
out and draw money from other
states and countries that we
important to our civilization as
the man with the hoe.
Miss Cla: a Cowan, of Prim-
rose, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Lence Price this week.
STAR WINDMILS
and repairs.
TEXAS,
Cold Weather! Look Out!
Remember our blanket lined duck coats and over
coats, men and boys suits, blankets, comforts, boots,
Shoes, Bootes, Leggins, Caps, J. B. Stetson and
Beaver Hats. Special bargains for cash. Everything
both Dry Goods and Groceries goes at a reduced
prices during January. Come and see us before
purchasing elsewhere, we will make it to your
interest.
Worsham Supply Store
LUBBOCK
TEXAS.
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Stricklin, A. J. The Terry County Herald (Brownfield, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1912, newspaper, February 23, 1912; Brownfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1679819/m1/4/?rotate=270: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.