The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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PADUCAH. TEXAS, THURSDAY. JUNE 19, 1913.
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SOUTHERN STRTES1
WILL CONVENE IN DALLAS NEXT MONTH-ALL
FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN ARE
INVITED TO ATTEND
During the past two weeks
The Post man has been asked
questions, more than a dozen
times, concerning the Southern
States’ Cotton Corporation. This
corporation will meet in Dallas on
the 10th of next month, and we
are in possession of the follow-
ing information which may be of
value to those interested. The
Post is favorably impressed
with the work this corporation is
doing and trust that a large dele-
gation from Cottle County will
attend.
To TheEditor-The widespread
interest in a safe and sane mar-
ket system for cotton has been
demonstrated by a call for an-
other great convention of cotton
growers, to be held in Pair Park
Colisem, Dallas, July 10-12.
This convention will reveal in
concrete form the remarkable
progress being made in estab-
lishing the plan of the Southern
States’ Cotton Corporation
throughout the South, and it is
expected that the strong co oper
ation of banks and business men
will be shown by the large at-
tendance from these circles.
All indications point to the fact
that this will undoubtedly be one
of the greatest conventions ever
held in the South for the develop-
ment of a better market system,
and as the movement is of vital
interest to a great majority of
your readers, we are going to
ask, as a special favor, that you
kindly give us as liberal publica-
tion as possible. We are enclos-
ing herewith a series of press
notices, which will give you full
information and details; addi-
tional data will be supplied from
time to time.
The men behind this movement
are guided only by the highest
impulses of patriotism, their
greatest aim being for the ad-
vancement of the South. On this
basis, we ask your kind co-oper-
ation.
Thanking you in advance for
the courtesy, we remain,
Yours very truly,
Southern States’ Cotton
Corporation,
RESOLUTION j NO. 4.
Whereas, we the cotton
growers of the South, duly as-
sembled in convention af Dallas,
Texas, on April 28, 29, 30, 1913,
fully aware of the undisputable
fact that newspapers of the
South, by their influence, could
make the plan of the Southern
States’ Cotton Corporation
known to all Southern people in
the shortest time possible, and
more mightfty than all other
agencies assist in the immediate
and permanent establishment of
its system of marketing cotton;
and,
Whereas, the Southern States
Cotton Coporation is not a pri-
vate affair, but an institution of
great public importance to all
the people, in that its primary re-
sults will be the salvation of the
Southern Cotton Grower, and,
through him, of all other busi-
ness enterprises of the South,
among them the newspapers;
therefore be it,
Resolved, That we ask all
Southern newspapers to invest!-/
gate fully the plan* and purposes
of the Southern States’ Cotton
Corporation, and then get behind
it with their mighty power and
give their assistance to the
speedy accomplishment of this
marketing system.
Committee.
Unanimously adopted by the
convention.
First Roasting Ears Reach
Kansas City
Kansas City, Mo., June 18—
The first car of roasting ears to
reach this market was shipped
from South Texas and handled
through the Southern Texas
Truck Growers’ Association at
San Antonio. The stock was of
excellent quality and the distri-
buters here had little trouble in
moving it for $1.75 to $1.85 a case
of seven dozen ears each.
MORE lOSlEDED
IN COTTLE COUNTY
The Farmers’ Union has been
conducting an exhaustive inves-
tigation into agricultural condi
tions with reference to the cost of
producing and value received
for farm crops with a view of
recommending a substitute for
cotton as that industry is already
suffering from over-production.
In discussing the subject, Presi-
dent Radford of the Farmers’
Union said: “The Lord made the
greater part of Texas a cotton
country and it will always re-
main the money crop of Texas so
long as the farmer markets his
crop direct from the harvest
field, but I believe with plenty of
good livestock and a silo a farm
er can successfully raise feed
stuff and he will be justified in
planting less cotton and raising
more livestock.’’
The Federal Census reports
show that we have 14,080,937
head of livestock in Texas, and
96 per cent of our farms report-
ed domestic animals.
There were 484 farms in Cottle
County that reported livestock
when the thirteenth census was
taken according to a report just
issued by the Federal Depart-
ment of Commerce and Labor
and the total number of domestic
animals on these farms number-
ed 42,356, which has a combined
value of $1,044,942.
Fifth Sunday Meeting
The Panhandle Baptist Asso-
ciation will meet with the Buck
Creek people on -the Fifth Sun-
day of this month. A nice pro-
gram has been arranged and a
big time is expected. We are
informed that there is quite a
deal of work to come before the
Association, and everyone is re-
quested to attend.
The Buck Creek people are
making preparations to entertain
the Association in an elegant
manner. These people are noted
for their hospitality, and there is
no doubt but what all who attend
will be glad for having done so.
A COMPARISON OF
RURAL LIFE
GENERALLYFAVORABLE
MANY OF THE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVEO A FEW EXAMPLES SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE IN
GOOD RAINS WHILE OTHERS ARE YET
IN NEED
As a general rule the crop con-
ditions for this county are as
good as can be for this time of
year, however there are a few
communities where scarcely no
rain has been received. Among
the unfortunate is Gin-
site, Dumont and Dunlap. The
Chalk community has perhaps
received more than any place un-
less it be Paducah. We under-
stand that they have had abund-
ance of rain and the crops are as
good as can be. Most of the
eastern part of the County has
been blessed with a downpour of
rain last week.
While the rains have not been
as plentiful as they were last
year, yet everything is doing
equally as well. The spring sea-
son set out very dry. About the
time crops were planted, a nice
rain came. Then about the time
the crops began to come up
another good shower came,
which was sufficient to run until
the rains of last week. By hav-
ing a dry winter the crops are in
better condition than they would
have been otherwise.
As a general rule most of the
farmers feel assured that they
are going to make a good crop
this season, aDd many of them
are making preparations to take
care of the feed by building silos
and more barn room.
A Splendid Ball Game -
One of the best games of the
season was played on the local
diamond between Paducah and
Chalk last Saturday afternoon.
Both teams did excellent work,
and the game was a “screamer”
after the first inning had been
finished until the end. The score
resulted in 4 to 0 in favor of Pa-
ducah.
The principal attractions of
the game was the splendid field-
ing of both sides. No heavy hits
were made, and when a ball was
struck to outfield there was al-
ways a boy ready to drag it
down.
Chalk has a splendid little team
and, with all our effort*' \ get-
ting a fast team fro, other
towns, we hand it to the Chalk
boys that they played a better
game than any of them.
Good roads annihilate distance
and cancel space. They bring
the farmer nearer the market
and place the city man in closer
touch with nature.
Hands that work and brains
that think are the silent partners
of successful farming.
RURAL LIFE AND THE WAY BUSINESS IS
CONDUCTED AT HOME AND ABROAD
An interesting article, giving
some comparisons of rural life
and the way business is transact-
ed at home and abroad, fell into
our hands a few days ago. Not
only is it interesting, but it gives
some information that the aver-
age person perhaps does not
know:
The farmers of Italy produce
silk, wine, corn, hay, oats, rye,
wheat, hemp, potatoes, vegeta-
bles, milk, butter, cheese, eggs,
poultry, goats, sheep, hogs, cat-
tle and horses.
At this time farm products
here sell for the following prices:
Cows $150 per head; horses
about the same as in Texas; hogs
10 cents on foot: corn $1.80 a bu.;
potatoes $2.40 per bushel; eggs
18 cents per dozen; butter, 35
cents per pound; cheese 30 <->ents
per pound; wheat $1.20 per bu.;
and hay $19.00 per ton.
The market is close at hand.
There are no commission men,
no long hauls, the roads are mac-
adam, built and maintained by
the State, so that with a cart and
one horse the farmer can convey
two tons to market, and he sel-
dom uses two horses to one vehi-
cle. The parcel’s post is a great
boon to the farmer in this coun-
try, as it is much cheaper and
more serviceable because it will
take articles of larger size and
weights than ours.
One farmer who cultivated six-
teen acres of land and stated he
he make an average of about one
thousand dollars a year, his part
is one-half and the land owner
the other half.
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The farm operators require
financing. Cows and horses are
high, so is farm machinery.
Most of the farm machinery sold
here is made in the United States
and is sold about 40 per cent more
than in Texas'— A self binder
that would cost about $130.00 in
Texas, sells here for $19*’ g: a
wheat driller that costs $fc , in
Texas, sells for $68.00; ani se
things are bought by ci ,.»r-
ative purchasing agencies for
cash.
So it is that the Italian farmer
needs money the same as does
the Texas farmer. The question
is now how does he obtain his
finances? This I will have to tell
you later because it is a story
within inself, worth careful con-
sideration, but I will close this
article with a brief statement.
A RURAL CREDIT BANK
One of our Commissioner’s
made a careful investigation of a
so-called rural bank at a farm
Bitten by Rattle Snake
One of Gaines Godfry’s little
boys was bitten by a rattle snake
last Thursday while chopping
cotton. Several of the children
were in the field at the time.
They found the snake and some
of the boys cut it almost into
with a hoe. The little fellow who
was bitten began to play with it
with his hoe handle, thus caus-
ing the snake to strike and jump.
He happened to get too close and
the snake reached him, bitting
the boy on the fore-finger.
The boy was immediately car-
ried to the house and his parents
bound his arm very tight from
the wrist to the shoulder, thus
causing the circulation of the
blood to stop and preventing th e
poison from reaching his body.
A doctor from Paducah was call-
ed immediately and the proper
medical aid was given and the
boy suffered but little pain from
the bite.
WEEK—WELL WILL BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION
I village in Northern Italy, near
1 Padu, and reported as follows:
Bank organized thirty years 1
ago by forty tenants, who com-!
| bined and borrowed $100.00 to I
! start with. The bank now has j -
300 members, twenty-five of! MACHINERY WILL ARRIVE SOME TIME THIS
j whom own their farms. Deposits |
amount to $12,607.70, with a sur-
plus of 84,000.00, which it de-
posits in a savings bank at 4 per
cent interest. It has now loaned
to its members $17,000.00 at 6
per cent interest. In other words
the savings of the community
finance the community. The bank
has no capital stock nor shares,
but in as much as its deposits
and surplus are sufficient to
finance the needs of its members,
it has not borrowed any money
in five years.
It pays its cashier $40.00 a
year. House rent is $10. Taxes
and stationery $86.00 a year, a
total operating expence of $136.
a year. The banking house
furniture and fixtures consist of
a room over the Association’s
store, a rough table, a small case
in which stationery, such as
notes, etc., are kept and a few
chairs for the directors, the total
being valued at $30.00.
Unpretentious as to this little
rural bank is, it teaches its mem-
bers business frugality, morals,
punctuality, honesty, industry
and sobriety, for this one had as
one of its by-laws, “The wine
drinker cannot become a mem-
ber.” Small as this bank is,
there are in Italy 816 such banks,
which dispended loans to 571,200
members last year, aggregating
$65,000,000.00. Their savings
deposits are $10,000,000.00.
There are two other types of
people’s banks in Italy, one be-
ing a State institution and the
other are banks of shares and
stock.
The person who expects some-
thing for nothing usually harvest
a good crop of expectations.
Saturday, June 28th
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The Post is in receipt of in-
formation to the effect that dig-
ging on the oil well for Paducah
will start about the first of next
week. The machinery, so we
understand, has been shipped
and will reach Paducah in a few
days./ The men who will oversee
this work are very enthuastic and
are calculating that they will
have oil or gas for this section of
the country within the next
three months.
It is the intention of the pro-
moters of this company to keep
the machinery running all the
time. They ha%- taken every
precaution to secure material
and machinery that will give as
little trouble as possible.
Our New Farms
There are 38 new farms open-
ed up in Cottle County every
year and the latest Federal
Census Reports which are based
on data gathered in the Spring
of 1910 show a total of 506 farms
in this county at that time. In
1900 we had 122 farms. We have
a total of $6,290,437 invested in
farm property and our farms are
worth $12,432 each including the
equipments.
The total number of farms in
Texas at the rate of the last cen-
sus was 417,770 having increased
65,580, or 19 per cent during the
past decade. The value of all
farm property in the State is
$2,218,645,000. The average
Texas farm is valued at $5,311.
Shipmentsof Cattle
On the 18th of this month W.
Q. Richards shipped 30 cars of
cattle to Canadian where he sold
them to a ranch. The cattle were
in very good condition. Today
the Matador people shipped 32
cars to Canada, which will be fol-
lowed tomorrow by 32 more cars.
These cattle all go to Canada to
be put on grass on the ranches
of the Matador people.
Protracted Meeting
The protracted meeting at the
Baptist church is still under
headway and a great deal of in-
terest is being manifested. It is
the intention of the local pastor
to keep the meeting going until
Sunday at least, and it may be
that it will run longer.
Ball Park Completed
The Paducah Ball Club were
successful in getting their park
completed this week. It is one
of the largest parks in Texas,
well built on the best ground to
be found.
The park will be dedicated this
week by a series of games be-
tween Frederick, Oklahoma, and
Paducah. The home boys are
very enthusiastic over their
chances to park the first ball and
thus win the prize.
Ordinarily there would be nothing very interesting in this date,
but this year it happens to be quite different. This is the date on
which we are going to vote road bonds for Precinct No. 1, or eJH
kill the issue for all time to come. What are you going to mm
about it?
To Raise Funds'For Exhibit I
Austin, Texas, June 18.Govern-
or Colquitt has appointed Will L.
Vinning, Secretary of the Cham-
her of Commerce at Austin, as I
the Texas representative to head
the movement to secure fnnds I
for the erection of a large build-
ing atthe 1915 Panama-Callfornla
Exposition at San Diego to exhib-
it Texas products.
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Carlock, E. A. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1913, newspaper, June 19, 1913; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730568/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.