The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 65, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1919 Page: 2 of 4
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some -respect to other hay plants.
Johnson grass for hay It will spldom
pay tp plant mnch sudan or Rhodes
grass. , The sudan is eateft with a rel-
ish as Ilf is more like sorghum—while
the Rhodes grass is more ol a true
grass, usually not Mo coarse,as John-
rpin thid week was, needed on , and "'Ballinger offices, which gives us
all the .small grain I Jiave seen, and j large territory outside^ of Parker
will hasten a rapid growth—tending * ” --4. >
toward slightly earlier maturity, com
more per pound- by cooperative Bell-
this matter.
On Tuesday of this week, Walton
■mid of the bureau of markets, ac-
companied hy John B, Beers, was
with me, going over * the plans to
close ftp the matter of log&tini one
of the twenty cotton classing offices
at Weatherford for the part of West
Texas not covered by Dhllas, Vernon
ed hoarding. FrankUd did the same. j^g this age of toe wheat, oats, etc.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1919.
CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Election April .1, 1919.1
Commissioner No. 2-*/ '
RICHARDS (re-election).
' TL P. COPER > . .
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Commissioner, No. 1— \
JIM CRAWFORD (re-election).
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FLORENCE PATRICK
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f 'FASHIONABLE FRANKLIN.
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a Frapklln is the style.
. you think a inatter of 200 years
him out of date, glance at tlie
he cuts. You will see the like-
Of “America, 1919.” i
America -goes ii\ for thrift.
_.rpSrshea Wise buying, fellows ^this
Vrtto sane saving, and devotes herself
arduously to safe investments.
■ Franklin typified
save and have.”
fpktured; “If ^you would be weal-
think of saving as well as get-
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ting.” ' /
Miss America flaunts her 1919 thrift
{desk, She condemns the old-fashion-
He said, "The use of money 4* all the
advantage there Is in having money."
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The “usj” however, w^s left in his aeed, and are well pleased
time to be solved by the individual.
Investment was only for.the wealthy
and sate investment a matter of doubt
Even the smallest amounts can °®w
be turned profltdbiy>into thrift stamps
and then into’ war savings stamps.
Everybody can invest In absolutely
safe government securities.
It is the fashion to “spend well,”
to “think of saving” and to ‘make a
pound produce*, even scores of
pounds." ’ * 1 -
A hundred million people are adopt-
ing thq style of Ben Franklin. They
are saving and. exchanging thrift ideas
in the war savings societies. Do you
belong to one? If not—get busy. Join
one or organise one among your asso-
ciates. Be fashionable.
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4.. FARM DEMONSTRATION. 4
4 • SERVICE. 4
t Food end Feed Crops. 7
The qarly planting of gardens, po-
tatoes and rogsting ears indicate that
the producers WlM not. have to con1
semis oqt 1« XjjAueq ds auiXnq onun
Every farmer and town man wl)o has
any live stock, who have not planted
« small plot in cane, sudan grass; mil-
let or early peas and com should do
so at once as an early feed, supply.
With the fine season this year .a large
acreage should be planted to the grain
sorghums as well as the hay varieties.
Where It Is possible to get it made
into syrup a, suffeient amount should
1>e raised to supply all home needs if
not any for market. The farmer who
Some of our best, cotton growers
are enthusiastic over the Rowdeff
with get-
ttog them at $2.40. This aaifae grade
if bought on the market to-
day would cost from $3, to $3.5Q. The
10? hushels of select Lone $tar" cot-'
ton seed allotted to our county aro
going rapidly. Any one wanting.-a
few of these should See me soon with
check book. I also Nhave three bush-
els each, of two other recently bred
types'pf cotton that are .very promis-
ing—they are the Acala apd R-4.
A few months ago the peanut was
not remembered so enthusiastically.
However, since the price of cotton is
comparatively near peanut prices,
while -<he stalks are not a feed like
peanut viqe^, the thinking farmers
are revising their field crop plans so
that Jhe peanut will have the proper
safe, acreage. The unwise farmer, or
greedy soil robber, tries-tp majie It'all
out of one crop. The wise me diver-
sifies 4n field -crops, using plenty of
livestock. The best price on peanqtB,
when quality of Ifped js considered,
has been offered us by1 Mr. Fleming
of the Weatherford Peanut Mill, at
$2.00 per bushel for some recleaned
about handling^his flocks, and mar-
seed. A bushel of these sped ..should
plant as much land as' 1) bushels of
thresher-rur} seed, and the stand
should average 25"'per cent better,
which'will increase xthe yield enough
to’ mor^jthan pay tor the seed.
W. T. McGee, sheep specialist, ex-
tensioh service, spent Thursday and
Friday of last week assisting me in
co-operating with farmers desiring to
Start a Rome of qbeep or goats, and in
improving the small-herds. We found
the farmers wejc0i%6d us warmly and
county. Mr. Peteet is at the head of
the Community co-operative work
from which any community or towfi
can secure aid in putting in potato
cubing plants, community canning,
plants and similar service. After
considering the fatten' thoroughly,
Mr. Peteet and I agreed to help one
community to establish one this year.
The club work Is moving i rapidly,
now. * Girls as well as bofs are join-
ing the baby beef anA&airy calf clubs,
the pig and others. Some of the
first this year joined the lamb clubr
Lambs and goats are becomihg very
popular, and with1 the increasing in-
terest in sheep and goatB all qver
the county, many boys and girls
Should join the lamb and kid clubs.
All joining the livestock clubs
should be planting rape and amber
cane for early fegd, qnd follow with
red top and Japanese cane, graiq sor-
ghums and com and peas and pea-
iiuts and sweet potatoes for late#
feeds. Just a few short rows of each
will produce many pounds of cheap
meat, wool and mohair.
and cotton club members, but few'
peanut. Reallly more peanut club
members made money last year
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Save aw ,.
Tfeep&ncmr]
LIQUIDS AND PASTI
FOR BLACK,WH(TE.TAN AND OX-BLOOD (C
** wus s ■ a tow cnooriaATiriyfi ITD. fl
the M.MUXV cospoaATions urp., bu^alo, n
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SUFFRAGISTS CHANGE
NAME OF ORGANIZATION
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/By Associated Press.
r St. Louis, Mo., Search 28.—The Nat-* {Ure t^e material and
lonal American Woman’s Suffrage As-
sociation will become the League of
Women Voters following the national
convention of the association! in Febr
ruary, ]f920, the newjoame having b|een
selected Thursday In the Jubilee dom
vention in session here. It is assum
ed by the association that the federal jm the college,, are
amendment will have been passed by
that time. ^ ‘ :
The association, although retUlning
its old name for Another year, is reor-
ganized into two distinct sections, one
bf*jnt composed of delegates from en-
franchised states and the other sec-
tioh being delegates from 'non-fran!
national title of the suffrage associa-
tion.
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FRESHMEN WILL BUILD
chlse states. Suffrage Organization^
So far I have a good number of corn jq states < where women now vote are
expected to assume the new name at
once as “ttye League 'oi> Women Vot-
eto of \ New York,*’ although these
than either corn or cotton members^ state organizations remain under the'
Several, of the last year pig tclub boys - — - -----
are now offering fine registered pigs
to others, at $12.50 with papevs. If
you need help let me know. Thd
banks are ready'to loan boys and
girls money to buy pjgs, lambs,, kids,
calves, seed, etc. t -1 .
ROBERT C. WITHERS,
Emergency Demonstration Agent.
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Twentieth Century Club.
The Twentieth Century Club will
meet in called session Saturday after-
toon at 3 o’clock. All members are
urged to be present. 'SEC.
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A. sNvi. GRANDSTAND
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College Station, Texas, March 28.-^
Through the generosity of the mem-
bers of the fresbqian class at Ajfl M.
College, tbe athletic council Is able to
erect a new grandstand on the base-
ball grounds of Kyle field without any
outlay for labor. The freemen are
donating their 4ime to' the work on
Saturday afternoons'. '
A new Vafidatand'
ed* but 'tbe athletic
have sufficient a
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sary laborT and it wa^.
The freahmen
college spirit and volunti
tribute their labor. Acec
Satoyday afternoon ka com
freshnien, Under the dir©
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In the college, are found b
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ed in erecting the
It is estimated that
eefcb company-has had
the ' patriotic work, the,
stand, with a seating -cap
Will have been completed. $
least he ruddy for the op^nl*
intercollegiate season.
McCALDER WANTS Si
CESSION TO'CO(
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New York, March 2'
written to Secretary ol
Glass in reference tp the.
of recent issues of Liber
urging Secretary Glkss '
dent Wilson advising th .
special session of conjee
ordef to remedy toe si
States Senator W^lia
that unless sojnettyng 1
be impossible to obtain a ]
Bcrlptlon to the tor
thus necessitatingTthe;
bonds by banks.
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