The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1925 Page: 6 of 8
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THREE
NATIONS
VITAL THINGS
Dr. H. L. Tate Reviews County’s Early
MANY COTTON PICKERS FROM
WEST AT HENDERSON
Effort* for Better Farming and
Better Living—Essentials
(By Dr. H. L. Tate of Lindale)
More than a quarter of a century
ago, at the invitation of Judge Sam
Lindsey, then the County Judge of
Smith county in conjunction with
Prof. McBride of Swan, the State Sec-
retary of Agriculture and others, I
made a canvass of Smith County in
the interest of better “roads, better
>etter farming.” At that
bi»y country doctor, but
iveq this urgent invita-
Troup, Aug. 20.—
Five truckloads of cotton pickers,
each truck carrying from ten to
| twenty people, arrived at Henderson
! Sunday, according to M. L. Norman
[of Troup, who has returned from
| Henderson where he visited friends
j and relatives. The cotton pickers
| came from the drouth-stricken dis-
tricts west of Waco.
They readily found'employment in
j Rusk county on the cotton farms of
| Ras Redwine add M. B. Arnold. Mr.
j Redwine has 700 acres' of cotton this
year, and the cotton acreage1 of Mr.
uie uueiesi. m ueui-i iumia, utwci .year, anu me couon a
schools and better farming.” At that j Arnold is considerable,
time I was
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when I receiv
tion and request, I did not hesitate
for one moment to drop my work and
respond; and for a week or ten days
all over the county, as best we could,
we exhorted the people to give more
thought to these vital necessities, if
we did not wish to bring up the
rear in our civilization’s progress. I
am proud to know that this short
canvass did some good, and we can
safely say, that as to schools and pub-
lic roads, the impetus given then, is
left today, and I firmly believe, had
it not been for the high price of cot-
ton in recent years, the same could be
safely said as to farming.
The trouble with that movement
was that it was sporadic-impulsive—
not backed by a well considered and
Worked out plan, which might take
to bring to its full fruition.
LONGVIEW MEN WILL PRO-
MOTE OIL TESTS IN UPSHUR
years to bring to us iuu truiuon.
• Notwithstanding its comparative fail-
ure in bringing about more desirable
results, I gladly take off my hat to
Judge Lindsey as the pioneer in this
character of work in our county; and
I sincerely hope that those who are
now engaged in one phase of this
work, will remember “that one charge,
tho brilliant, can never win a battle
against a well intrenched enemy,” and
that the enemy is wel entrenched,
needs no proof from me. Our depleted
and eroded fields are witnesses, speak-
ing plainly of the work to be done,
battles .to
____ attles .to be fought, before the
enemy.fbad and wasteful farming), is
defeated. That is can be done is be-
yond question—that it shall be done
I believe is the fixed determination
of every thinking man or woman in
the county. What I fear most, is
apathy—want of persistence—on the
part of the leaders and their followers
who may be tempted to quit because
results are slow in coming. Remem-
ber that it took the God of Nature
centuries to build and store up iii our
virgin soils the elements essential to
vigorous plant growth.
Are we not a little irreverent when
Longview1, Aug. 16—Six Ixmgview
business men have secured 12,500
acres leases for oil projecting in Up-
shur county, around the little town of
Pritchett, where they have stuck oil
in a shallow well, and have arranged
with ‘'a New York well boring com-
pany to sink a series of tests in the
territory which has been selected by
the most celebrated geologists as sure (that alw'ays come from
3-COUNTY TEACHERS
INST. HERE SEPT. 7-11
Teachers of Van Zandt, Wood and
Smith to Hold Annual Meet
Before Schools Open
OKLAHOMA
ED IN
BOYS INSTRUCT-
FARM TERRACING
Beginning Monday, Sept. 7, and
continuing thru Friday, Sept. 11, the
teachers of /yan Zandt, Wood and
Smith counties will hold their annual
joint institute in this city. This has
been their custom for several years
past. The place where the sessions
will be held will be determined later.
Prof. G. O. Clough, Superintendent
of Tyler city Schools, will be the
Director of the institute.
A number of the leading educators
of East Texas and some from other
parts of the State are to appear on
the program which is now in the
hands of the printer. Superintendent
J. U. Searcey, veteran educator and
County Superintendent of Wood
the
A promising movement #in Okla-
homa, started within the last three
years, consists in organizing farm en-
gineering clubs among boys between
16 and 21. The agricultural engin-
eering extension agent has been ac-
tive in this work. The boys have been
required to buy one level for two boys
and are then given a two-day course
in the use of the instruments. This
is followed by field instruction in run-
ning level lines for terraces and
drainage ditches, laying out ponds,
and adjusting levels. A county club
is limited to six boys a year, who work
under the supervision of the county
agent. At the end of some years
boys entered contests, and the winner
was given a trip to the State fair. It
has been reported to the United States
Department of Agriculture that as
soon as the boys learned the proper
use of leveling instruments they were
engaged to work in the neighborhood
laying out terraces for farmers and
doing similar jobs not requiring spe-
cial engineering knowledge—Clip
of oil. The rigs will be put up im-
mediately and boring will start as
soon as the machinery can ho placed.:
County, will head the delegation of
teachers from this county. Prof. Geo. > -
D. Stayton, County Superintendent £lal , . ••
of Van Zandt county, will be here j ‘Sheet U. b. Dept ot Agriculture,
with the large fc&ntiqgent of teachers
good
WOOD CO. MAN MADE MGR.
OF FORT WORTH THEATER
Mineola, August
alias "Pee Wee’” nee “Bill” Hart,
formerly of Mineola, has been made
manager of the Majestic Theater at
Fort Worth, according to word re-
ceived here by relatives. Hart has
been connected with the box office end
of theatrical work since 1917 when
he becamd assistant treasurer at the
Majestic Theater at Dallas. He is 28
years old, one of the youngest the-
atrical managers in the world. :
neighbor to the northwest. In addi-
tion to the joint sessions which will
be held daily, certain hours on the
program will be set aside for section-
al or county meetings. The Super-
intendents of the several counties will
preside at the sectional meetings of
the teachers of their respective
W. B. Hart^ counties.
11 ‘ Entertainment features will be pro-j
Videdfor the several evenings during
the institute. It is estimated that
there will be in attendance more than
500 teachers all told; :
TROUP MINISTER CONDUCTED
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL MEET
Swan, Aug. 19.—
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Griffin have
closed a series of revival services at
the Swan Baptist church. The meet-
ing, which lasted twelve days, brought
eleven new members ihto the Swan
church, of which Rev. Griffin is pas-
tor. Mrs. Griffin led the song servi-
ces, and the pianist was Miss Aileen
Griffin. Travis Johnson of Troup
and the Cotton Belt quartet of Tyler
assisted in the singing. :
E. TEXAS PLANS MANY FARM
EXHIBITS FOR STATE FAIR
RUSK COUNTY ASKS BELL
CO. FOR COTTON PICKERS
The subjoined news dispatch ap-
done peared in recent issues, of state pa-
pers under the date line of Temple:
Rusk county farmers, speaking
through R. T. Miller, secretary of the
chamber of commerce at Henderson
have sent word that they can use as
many cotton pickers, white or black,
as Bell county can send them. The
message was directed to tho Temple
chamber of commerce and also stat-
ed that tho price being paid for pick-
ing was $1 per 100 pounds. :
WOOD CO. SINGERS TO MEET
we think we can do in a few weeks or DECISION ON RATE
months or years what it took hundreds ,NCREASES DEI.A YED
of years to accomplish ? But by close
and pains-taking study we have found .
out many of nature!s secrets; and by Austin,^August 17—Decision of the
following nature’s plan, applying her Texas railroad commission regarding
*_____ ___i-___ ____• a__'J ____ ______ tna o inn nf fnn urocfnrn iliofvlot
laws, with her assistance, we can ac-
complish wonders in the ten year pe-
riod mapped out for this drivef and
by continued obedience to those laws
we can reasonably hope for and look
forward to the day in the future when
we shall have reached and passed our
aqjl’s virgin productivity. To do
this we must never for one moment
forget certain infallible rules for soil
building and conservation. Without
strict obedience to these rules the en-
trenched enemy, bad farming, will
never be dislodged. These are in their j
importance—1st terracing, 2nd add hu- |
mus to the soil, 3rd rotation of crop.
the application of the western district
for substantial increase in freight
rates will not be forthcoming for
some time, Clarence E. Gilmore, chair-
man, said Monday upon his return
from Texarkana, where Saturday a
conference was held on the applica-
tion. Lon A. Smith find C. V. Terrell,
other members and representatives of
the Oklahoma and Arkansas commis-
sions were present. :
C. & N. R. R. TO OPERATE
Nacogdoches, Aug. 16—W., M. Ross,
w ivu,vi»u ... | Mount Enterprise, receiver for the
These three pillars are the chief sup- |Caro & Northern Railroad, announces
port upon which rests the temple of j that as soon as repairs can be made
a profitable agriculture. If these j to two bridges on the line that reg-
A large number of farm exhibits
from Smith, Cherokee and adjoining
counties will, in all probability, be
sent to the State Fair of Texas this
year, according to advice received
from the management of the agricul-
tural department of the State Fair at
Dallas.
Official report from fair headquar-
ters says:
“Back from a tour of several East
Texas counties in the interest of his
department, J. A. Moore, superin-
tendent of the agricultural division,
State Fair of Texas, says indications
are for a big increase in the number
of courity agricultural exhibits at the
State Fair, diversification, novelty
and completeness ■ in the products to
be shown.
“Mr. Moore visited Hunt, Wood,
Smith, Cherokee and Anderson coun-
ties, and declared that recent rains
had greatly improved conditions and
the outlook.
“ ‘Present conditions, save in a few
spotted laoalities in Anderson and
Cherokee counties, are excellent,’ he
said, ‘and interest in the forthcoming
State Fair is keen, particularly in the
agricultural department.’
“Preparations are being made to
take care of at least sixty qqunty
exhibits in the agricultural depart-
ment, with a maximum idea of sev-
enty-five. Forty-eight county pre-
miums are offered this year—the ex-
act number of exhibits that were
made last year, when the premiums
numbered thirty.” :
Minqola, August 19—The Wood
county sacred harp singing conven-
tion will convene at the Mineola Bap-
tist church Aug. 28. 29 and 30. :
LONGVIEW COTTON SALES
Longview, Aug. 14.—More than
100 bales of cotton were sold to the
Longview buyers Friday.
W. T. GRISHOM DIED AT POYNER
Poyner, August 17.—W. T. Grish-
om, 89 years old, died at tho home of
his grandson, James Martin, near
here August 8. Mr. Grishom was a
deacon in the Baptist church and a
Mason. Funeral services were held
here, the Frankston lodge conducting
the Masonic rites.
SWAN SCHOOL BENEFIT FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT, AUG.
Swan, Aug. 20.—
The Swan Parent-Teachers’ Asso-
ciation announces an entertainment
at the school house for Saturday
night, August 22, the object of which
is to raise funds for the purchase of
necessary school equipment. Cold
drinks, pies and chicken sandwiches
will be served at a nominal price. All
friends of public education, and par-
ticularly those of Swan school, are
urged to attend. :
FOREST FIRE NEAR LONGVIEW
Longview, Aug. 16—Reports are
coming in of a destructive forest fire
in the big woods about fifteen miles
north of Longview. This section is
one of the few that have not had any
rain. » :
TROUP MINISTER
MOVES TO TYLER
Rev. and Mrs: J. H. Griffin and
their daughters. Misses Aileen and
Annelle, of Troup, have moved to Ty-
ler to make their home. The move
was made in order that Rev. Griffin
might be more centrally in the ter-
ritory which he serves as a Baptist
minister. **
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sail
Troup, Aug. 18.— •*>
The body of J. C. (Bo) Coupland,
32, was buried at the City cemetery at
Troup Friday, funeral services being
conducted at tho W. W. Finch homo
by Rev. Jan McMurray, pastor of the
Troup Presbyterian cnu-rch.
Mr. Coupland, an electrician, died
Wednesday at Eastland from injuries
received when his body was brought
in contact with a wire of 6,000 volts.
Surviving relatives at Troup are:
Mcsdames Warren Finch and Mack
Campbell, Tom Coupland and Charles
Conaway. Mr, Coupland formerly
lived at Troup. s
MORE THAN QUARTER MILLION
CARS ARE STOLEN EACH YEAR
That the automobile owner lias
much to fear from the theft hazard
is indicated by theft data recently
compiled by the research division of
the American Automobile Association.
Figures based on forty-one cities of
the- country show that during the past
twelve months 275,000 cars valued at
$150,000,000 were stolen.
SILVERWARE
IN ITS LATEST PATTERNS.
SILVERPLATE
THE NEWEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL.
CLOCKS
OF THE DEPENDABLE KIND.
THEY WILL MAKE YOURS A
HOME BEAUTIEUL
MAKES SUCCESS WITH ONIONS
Grand Saline, August 17—From ten
acres of land E. M. Ollar, farmer,
near Grand Saline, made a $200 onion
crop. He has cotton growing between
the onion rows and expects to get
good yield from this cotton. :
HENRY STIRMAN
WEST SIDE PLAZA
<•—-—*
are absent, no matter how highly
polished the walls of this temple may
be, it is builded upon the sand and
will not stand the buffeting of the
storms of future years. :
SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT NEAR
WHITEHOUSE SAT. NIGHT I AUTO
ular box car and freight service will
be put on between Mount Eenterprise
and Caro. The inauguration of this
service is made possible--by the co-op-~
eration of the S. P. Lines from whom
the box cars will be secured. :
ANDERSON COUNTY PLANS
BIGGER CROP TOMATOES
Put Your Experience of
Yesterday Into Today
Whitehouse, Aug. 18—At about 8:30 j
Saturday evening while Mr. Lowry,
WRECKS ON
SMOOTH
HIGHWAY
......~ ........j,, Longview, Aug. 16—As J. Donigan
depot agent here, and his father were of Jacksonville wws driving along the
motoring south on the highway be- Dikie highway, seven miles south of
' tween here and Tyler, their car was
run into by another driven north. The
accident occured out on the dump thru
the little branch bottom north of the
J. O. Lilly home. None of the occu-
pants of the Lowry car was seriously
hurt, tho they were shaken up
II
yinI®
siderably and excited somewhat after
the collision. The left front fender
and light of their car was crushed and
the axle and steering gear impaired.
The other car and its occupants did
not fare so well. The vehicle was vir-
tually made into junk. The driver
whose name is said to be John Cal-
houn, a resident of the Edom sec-
tion, was pinioned in the wreckage to
such an extent that passers by had
to cut an exit therein and pull him
out. He was placed in a passing car
and rushed to Tyler General Hospital
where it was found that he had sev-
eral ribs broken, and that deep cuts
had been made in his head, one arm
and other portions of the body. He
bled profusely.
The Sheriff’s Department was call-
ed to the scene, and it is said that
liquor was found in the Calhoun chr,
and that evidences of intoxication on
the part of its occupant were noted.
liPTOi&tle, arri g
Parties arriving on the scene just as
the accident happened noted that
the Lowry car had, in an effort to
avoid the collision, steered far out
to the right of the highway and in-
to the weeds close to the ditch. The
other car had not approached on its
side of the highway.
TEXAS FRUIT EXHIBITORS
MEET IN ANDERSON
.August 17 The oxhibi-
fortneoming Texas Fruit
an all-day session in this
Longview, his car ran off the smooth
straight highway and turned over^in-
juring Mr. Donigan and wrecking the
Car. ■* •
Palestine, Aug. 17.—The first of
a series of tomato meeting was held
recently at the Business League Bun-
galow, there being fifty interested
farmers in attendance. Interesting
talks were made by several promi-
nent business men and farmers. An
effort is being made to pledge 500
acres in tomatoes to a big Middle
Western produce company next year.
More than 150 acres have been sign-
ed to date.
and It will pay You a Reward Tomorrow
-PROFIT by observation.
-LOOK aroiihd you and you will see on every side examples of men who,
during their working years, spent their income regardless of the future.
-PREPARE NOW so that in your declining years you will have peace and
plenty.
OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT—DO IT TODAY
RUSK COUNTY SENDS CALL
FOR MORE COTTON PICKERS
TYLER COTTON BUYERS
AND FARMERS EFFECT BET-
TER WEIGHING FACILITIES
Experience is Knowledge Gained by Trial and
Practice
Henderson, Aug. -18— Rusk coun-
ty has sent out a call to the drouth
stricken areas of central Texas to
come over and help gather a bumper
cotton crop.
The local Lion’s club recently de-
cided this step should be taken, and
R. T. Milner Jr., son of the late Col.
R. T. Milner, was asked to handle the
matter.
Mr. Milner has gotten in touch with
the many farmers needing cotton
pickers, and he is now writing to city
officials of the many towns in the dry
districts, asking that needy families
be invited to come to this county for
work.
One large planter near Henderson
is expecting to gather over 400 bales
of cotton, which is believed to bring
him between $40,000 and $50,000. :
RUSK PLANS TO GET
RID OF MOSQUITOES
At a meeting held in Tyler on July
25th attended by the undersigned
Cotton Buyers and the undersigned
farmers, it was agreed that Mr. Earl
Price would abandon the weighing of
cotton on an open yard and would
hereafter weigh at the Compress and
under the Compress shed.
It was further agreed that Mr.
Price would have at the press equal
space and equal facilities as the oth-
er weigher and that no discrimination
would be attempted or practiced as
between the two weighers.
Brown, Smith & Marsh Bros.
Caldwell, Hughes, DeLay & Allen.
Geo. R. Phillips and Sons.
F. A. Woodward.
S. J. Goldan.
J. F. Wiley.
S. H. Baker.
E. T. Brown.
J. J. Cagle.
W. W. Easley.
E. J. Roberts.
W. E. Beaird.
Peoples State Bank
Extra Values In Brussels Rugs
Mans for
complete
ety talks
In
state
big <
grounds J
Timely
among whom
inters of the
Summers was
for
ged Dictionary, 1925 Edition,
at a bargain. P. O. Box 206,
i 1178.
G. W. Anderson, chief sanitary in-
spector for the jpotton Belt railway,
left this morning for Rusk where he
will meet with the city council and
the Kiwanis Club of that city and dis-
cuss plans for mosquito extermina-
tion. Heretofore, there has not been
much interest manifested in this line
of work At Rusk, but the people there
R. R. Knight.
R. D. Cook.
are learning that the mosquito is a
nuisance, a menace to health, and can
he olitninatnH Dun to the fact that
many of the streams in and
Rusk have become
stagnant
holes, the mosquitoes are worse than
U.U.I there heer-IerfUn New. :
around
water
W. W. Roberts.
Referring to tho foregoing notice,
I beg to say that I am a farmer and
that I entered the weighing business
to provide a better service for the far-
mers. There is room for. the two
weighers in Tyler, and there need not
now be any need for the farmer to
lose many hours of valuable time in
the line and waiting his I as
turn. I was the original weigher of
Brussels Rugs, 9x12,
$20.00. We have re-
the farmers Cotton Yard, and weighed
about Aft par .Mt
ceipts in Tyler in 1928-1924. I
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ily last year. Consequently there
no grounds for discrimination,
hall he glad to weight your cot-
to
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We have just received a shipment of
new patterns, that regularly sell for
dUced the price to $12.80, which is actual mill price, just in
order,,to make new friends and customers. You should see
these rugs if you need floor coverings.
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