The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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WITHOUT PARALLEL
NOTHING LIKE IT
EVER SEEN BEFORE
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come to us for it. There
are many reasons why you
should. Our stock is the
largest in the city, while
our prices are exceedingly
low. We can make imme-
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you may require in yellow
pine lumber, mouldings,
cypress shingles, brick, etc.
Telephone 260.
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"The Planing Mill"
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Produce your own fruit. Make your own jellies, jams and
preserves. This is the easiest, least expensive and most im-
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TEXAS BELLED EAGLE KILLED.
Bird With Unique Nark Shot in Wyo-
ming.
About a month ago B. A. Luman,
a rancher on Buffalo creek, near
Newcastle, Wyo., while at work near
his house, heard a bell tinkling in
the air and looking up saw an im-
mense eagle soaring high above
him. Hurrying to the house he
procured his shotgun and as the
eagle came nearer he fired and
brought it down. It was one of the \
finest specimens of a golden eagle i
ever seen in this country. It meas-1
ured seven feet from tip to tip of
the wings outspread. Around its
neck it had a small sheep bell. En-
graved on the bell was the name J.
W. Bowers, Seminole, Texas.
Mr. Luman immediately wrote to
Bowers and received the following
letter in reply:
Mr. A. B. Luman, Clearmont, Wyo.
Seminole, Texas.—Dear Sir: Your
letter received in regard to the old
eagle. He was roped on the plains
of South Texas by my son, Ross
Bowers, in the fall of 1913, and was
kept in captivity until New Year
day, when I put the bell on him
and gave him his freedom. How-
ever, before that time he made me
a cripple for life. While moving
him from one cage to another he
caught me on the right hand, driv-
ing three talons through it. The
old hand is still stiff from the
wound. I would love to see the old
boy again, but would not shake
hands with him for the State of
Texas, for he gave me a lasting
grip. I would appreciate it very
much if you would send me the
little bell and collar.
With best wishes to you and the
old boy in his new home, I remain
yours truly, J. W. Bowers.
Gaines County, Texas.
Cityward Drift of America.
The greatest trouble with this
country is its cityward drift.
When a town grows beyond its
surrounding territory it immediate-
ly becomes something te support.
Farming areas need towns, but
only towns of such size and facility
as will be able to manufacture and
distribute farm products.
Pleasure seekers need towns, but
only of such size and facility as will
afford them comfortable accom-
modations.
The operative spirit of America
has been to force the country by
forcing the town, instead of the re-
verse. Cities have sprung up all
over this nation in a night.
The drain on country dwellers
has been enormous. It has become
a fad for young men and young
women tó quit the farm and let it
grow up to weeds as soon as mother
and father are gone. In New Eng-
land there are forests on what were
once broad and productive fields.
In the whole United States there
is not a single tract of a thousand
square miles that is cultivated to
the extent it could or ought to be,
while there are many tracts of sim-
ilar or greater area that are not cul-
tivated at all.
Not 20 per cent of the tillable
land in Texas is being used, and
out of the portion that is being used
but a very small fraction is handled
according to modern methods.
In cities America ranks far ahead
of any other nation. We match
London with New York, Paris with
Chicago, Petrograd with Philadel-
phia, Hamburg with Baltimore,
Rome with Buffalo and Liverpool
with Boston. In agriculture we are
far behind.
Germany supports a population of
65,000,000 on 208,000 square miles
of territory; France a population of
40,000,000 on 207,000 square miles;
Great Britain a population of 45,-
000,000 on 120,000 square miles,
and Italy a population of 34,000,- j
000 on 110,000 square miles, while
in the United States 100,000,000
people groan and grumble because
they have to live on 3,000,000 square
miles.
This nation should experience no
difficulty in supporting half a billion
people, but it never can do so if it
persists in building cities and neg-
lecting the farma—Houston Chron-
icle.
Saner Thought on the Cotton Situation.
If the cotton planters of the South
are to get relief in disposing of their
crop it cannot come through state
government, and it does not seem
likely to come through federal ac-
tion. There has been agitation in
all the Southern states for laws to
restrict the acreage of next year,
and penalizing farmers for produc-
ing more that a certain percentage
of this year's crop, but that method
of relief has practically been aban-
doned.*
The General Assembly of Texas
voted down such a bill by the de-
cisive vote of 12 for to 84 against.
That settles the matter so for as
state legislation is concerned. Texas
is the largest producer of cotton,
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STATE'S FINANCES GOOD.
Treasurer Will Begin New Year With
About $100,000.
Austin, Texas, December29.—The
State treasury department will be
able to complete the year and open
up the coming year without a dec-
laration of a deficiency. The final
balance of the books of the depart-
ment on New Year's will show
about $100,000 in the clear. There
is at this time in the treasury to
the credit of the general revenue
fund about $340,000. At least
$200,000 of this amount will be
transferred to the school fund at
the opening of the month. The
State pay roll and other smaller
obligations will reduce the balance
to about $100,000.
Taxes collected during December
and returned to the treasury will
amount to about $700,000 during
the first few days of January. A
portion of this is school fund money,
but with an allowance of $150,000
for milage and per diem of the
thirty-fourth legislature the depart-
ment does not anticipate any de-
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small deficiency may occur. It
would be of short duration, how-
ever.
and no other cotton state will at-,
tempt to do what Texas has refused i '®n<Ty some tinie'
t0 d0 i " *"e state Pays interest on the
Indeed, the sentiment of business¡debl;,1^w«v^ there .fa P°asible °
men throughout the South is against
state legislation. Governor Slaton
of Georgia, in reply to urgent de-
mands that he call the legislature
to meet in special session to enact
restriction laws, explains that such
an act on his part would be worse
than folly. Any such law that the
legislature might pass, he says,
would be so palpably unconstitu-
tional that no court in the
would attempt to enforce it.
Summing up, this merchant con-
cedes the right of the farmer to hold
Dangers of a Cold.
Do you know that of all the minor
ailments colds are by far the most
dangerous? It is not the colds
themselves that you need to fear,
but the serious diseases that they
so often lead to. For that reason
state j every cold should be gotten rid of
with the least possible delay. To
accomplish this you will find Cham-
berlain's Cough Remedy of great
his cotton till doomsday if he wishes help to you. It loosens a cold, re-
to. He denies the right to hold it
while the farmer owes the store-
keeper and the storekeeper owes
the jobber, and the jobber owes the
bank and manufacturer. Enough
ought to be sold to square the debts,
so all the men in the chain could
square theirs.—Minneapolis Tribune.
Cough Medicine for Children.
Never give a child a cough med-
icine that contains opium in any
form. When opium is given other
and more serious diseases may fol-
low. Long experience has dem-
onstrated that there is no better or
safer medicine for coughs, colds and
croup in children than Chamber-
lain's Cough Remedy. It is equally
valuable for adults. Try it. It con-
tains no opium or other harmful
drug. For sale by all dealers. Adv.
How to Cure a Lagrippe Cough.
Lagrippe coughs demand instant
treatment. They show a serious
condition of the system and are
weakening. Postmaster Collins,
Barnegat, N. J., says: "I took Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound for
a violent lagrippe cough that com-
pletely exhausted me, and less than
half a bottle stopped the cough."
Try it.—W. A. King, successor to I.
W. Sweet. Adv.
"Ball Bearing—
Long Wearing"
Twenty-five satisfied users of
this machine in Crockett prove
its ability to produce the best in
typewriting.
Agent for all makes of ma-
chines, new and rebuilt models.
Sold on deferred payment plan
without interest.
J. G. Beasley, Agent
lieves the lungs, aids expectoration
and enables the system to throw off
the cold. For sale by all dealers.
Anyone an Editor.
It is said that anyone can be an
editor. All an editor has to-do is
to sit at his degk six days in the
week, four weeks of the month and
twelve months of the year, says the
National Monthly, and "edit" such
stuff as this:
"Mrs. Jones of Lost Creek let a
can opener slip last week and cut
herself in the pantry."
"A mischievous lad of Matherton
threw a stone and struck a com-
panion in the alley last Tuesday."
"John Doe climbed on the roof of
his house last week looking for a
leak and fell, striking himself on
the back porch."
"While Harold Green was escort-
ing Miss Violet Wise home from a
church social Saturday night a sav-
age dog attacked them and bit Mr.
Green on the public square."
"Isaac Timmer was playing with
a cat Friday when it scratched him
on the veranda."
"Mr. White, while harnessing a
bronco, last Saturday was kicked
just south of the comcrib."
Demand for the Efficient
Alert, keen, clear headed, healthy
men and women are in demand.
Modern business cannot use in of-
fice, factory or on the road, persons
who are dull, lifeless, inert, half sick
or tired. Keep in trim. Be in a
condition that wards off disease.
Foley Cathartic Tablets clean the
system, keep the stomach sweet,
liver active and the bowels regular.
—W. A. King, successor to I. W.
Sweet. Adv.
What She Wanted.
"I want to stop my baby's cough,"
said a young mother Tuesday, "but
I won't give him any harmful drugs."'
She bought Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound. It loosens the cough
quickly, stimulates the mucus mem-
branes and helps throw off the
choking secretion, eases pain and
gives the child normal rest.—W. A.
Ring, successor to I. W. Sweet. Adv.
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Aiken, W. W. The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1915, newspaper, January 14, 1915; Crockett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177775/m1/3/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.