The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CONROE COURIER.
VOL. 20. NO. 37.
CONROE, (^MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912.
$1 cA YEARj
f
n
Special Price Inductions
WILL BE MADE ON
Groceries and Hardware
for CASH on
Trades Day, Saturday, August 1 7 th
COME TO SEE US AND REAP THE
BENEFIT OF THE CUT PRICES
Plenty of Mason’s fruit jars, half gallons
quarts and pints, extra tops and rubbers
STONE JARS, CHURNS AND CROCKS
We have a small lot of cheap flour suitable to mix
with Paris Green, for destroying the cotton worm,
that we will sell at $1.25 a sack of 48 lbs.
EVERETT & SON
Fone 100
Grocers in the Lead
Select Your Cotton Seed Now.
Tho average farmer picks his
cotton as it opens, gins it, sells
lint and seed, and then about the
last of the season, hauls home
seed enough for next year’s plant-
ing. In this way, as a rule, ho
saves the latest and the poorest
seed.
If, when the Cbtton begins to
open, the farmer, with as much
intelligent help as the size of the
crop will warrant, would go
through the held and select the
early big bolls that are grown on
short jointed, vigorous, well-
formed stalks, until he has saved
enough ,to furnish seed foT next
year’s planting, and would have
this seed ginned to itself, and
carefully store it where it will not
heat, it is safe to say-that the
next season’s crop would ripen ten
or fifteen days earlier than the
average of this year's crop, and
that the yield would bo practically
doubled.
It would bo just as reasonable
to shake down the apples promis-
cuously from a tree and take them
to a fair, hoping to win a premium
'in competition with a man who
Aiad selected only the choicest
specimens, or to turn all your
stock loose to breed indiscrimi-
nately, instead of forcing the sur-
vival of the fittest by the most
rigid selection, and expect to im-
prove your stock, as it is to plant
seed of any kind without selecting
with the greatest care the most
vigorous and the best, and hope
for good rosults.
Every cotton grower, from the
man who raises one bale to the
man who raises one hundred bales
can verv greatly increase bis yield
and his profit by this simple and
inexpensive method.
This is something that you can
do in your own field. Try it.
Henry Exai.l,
Fres. Texas Industrial Congress.
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COTTON CARNIVAL & EXPOSI-
TION, GALVESTON, AUGUST 8,
TO 18. Automobile races, 8, 9
and 10. POPULAR EX-
CURSION RATES
On sale via I. & G. N. Ry. on various
dates. -Season tickets at 1 1-5 fare lor
round trip on Sale Aug. 7 to 17; limit
19. For particulars see ticket agent.
A Spoon Party.
Quite a number of young folks gath-
ered ac the home of Miss Jimmie
Carnes last Thursday evening, having
received the following invitation:
“You are invited to spoon
In the light of the moon
< >n Carnes’ lawn says fate,
At half past eight.”
Tables and chairs were scattered over
the porch and lawn. After tha arrival
of the guests each was given a card
having a quotation on one side and an
envelope containing miniature spoons
on the other and were told to match
the spoons. This being finished,
spoons bearing names of flowers were
given out and matched to secure part-
ners. Progressive spoon was then
played with a great deal of enjoyment,
one would judge from the peals of
laughter that rang out. At the close
of which cake and sherbet was served.
As the midnight hour drew near each
departed with light and joyful hearts.
Uncle Felix Pitts has added two fine
ears of corn to Judge Darby’* collec-
tion of farm products. This corn came
from Uncle Felix’s field.
We have the most beautiful line of samples for
LADIES’ TAILOR-MADE SUITS
COATS AND SKIRTS
You ever had the pleasure of inspecting.
• Don’t order until you have seen our line.
Have your nuK made exclusively to your mea-
sure, and In thl* way you art assured
of fatting the lateat thing out
iw is The Neat Dtetmt Club pu ?s
Farm Demonstration Work In Mont-
gomery County to Be Continued.
The question of whether or not
the farm demonstration work in
this county came up for settlement
at Tuesdays session of commis-
sioners court, and quite a*bit of
discussion was engaged in by
representative farmers and citi-
zens of the couuty who were on
hand to urge that the work be
continued, and they told of the
benefits that have been derived
from the work since it was started
in this county. After every one
present had been given an oppor-
tunity to talk, the question was
put to a vote, and without a dis-
senting vote the court ordered
that the work be continued, and
salary of the special agent was
tixod at $1200 per annum, $450 of
which is paid by the United States
government out of an appropria-
tion that has been made for carry-
ing farm demonstration work.
Wo noticed among the those
present and favoring the continu-
ing of the work, E. B. Stewart,
John Derden, W. C. Whitehead.
Montgomery; T. W- McCaleb, I.
D, Hoke, John Weisinger, Kyats:
Dr. J. M. Smith, J. S. Union, S.
A. Crawford, W. E. Taylor, Wil-
lis; Lewis Runnels,-county demon-
stration agent, and 1\ O. Walton
of the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture,
To the Democrats of Texas.
Now that our state primary is
over, I feel free to invite the
more active attention of Texas
Democrats to the pending national
election.
I am sure that regardless of
pre-convention preferences every
Democrat in Texas is gratified
that our party is united as never
before, and that we all rejoice in
the fact that there are unmistak-
able indications that the nominees
of the Baltimore convention will
be triumphantly elected.
It is everywhere conceded that
Texas has crowned herself with
everlasting glory, both as the pio-
neer Wilson-fur-president state
and in the stalwart conduct of her
delegation at the national conven
tion. Unquestionably Texas was
a dominant and possibly the deter-
mining factor. Certainly no oth-
er state, as such, was so potential.
We now have a nation-wide
reputation to protect, and I know
you all greatly desire that the
almost unprecedented prestige
thus acquired shall be fully and
permanently sustained.
The candidacy of Governor
Wilson must be continued in the
spirit of his own splendid conduct
when he repudiated the proffered
Ryan gold.
It requires a large [amount of
money to meet the legitimate
expenses of a presidential cam-
paign, and since ours is a struggle
to restore a genuine people’s gov-
ernment, we must look to the
people not only for votes, but for
financial support.
To this end I now ap|>eal to all
Texas Democrats to at once pro-
reed to the raising of a contribu-
tion to ibe national campaign
fund of such proportion as will
lie worthy of the greatest demo,
cretin state in the Union, a fund
so large ae to place the l*oaa htar
tttate close up to the top in the
financial roll of honor, ae we are
now universally recognised to let
To the Farmers of Montgomery County:
We are prepared to han-
dle all the Cotton Seed in the
County, and will pay highest
market price in CASH for
all we can get.
HOPPER & CO.. Conroe.
in bringing about the nomination
of Governor Wilson.
Experience has demonstrated
that newspapers are the best me-
dium of raising a popular cam-
paign fund, and I desire to earn-
estly request every Democratic
newspaper and other publication
in Texas interested in the election
of Wilson and Marshall to at once
actively enter upon a campaign
for the accomplishment of such a
fund—asking for $1.00 or other
stna donation. In addition to
this procedure I shall forthwith
undertake in other ways a sys-
tematic and aggressive campaign
covering the entire state for the
procurement of larger donations
and that no time may bo lost and
no one overlooked. I now invite
the prompt sending of same to
j me without further request. Let
Texas do her full share in never
ceasing effort to place a son of the
Southland in the White House.
Woodrow Wilson will be the
next president of the United
States. CATO SELLS,
Nat l Committeeman for Texas.
Cleburne, Tex., Aug. b, 1912.
School Money for Next Year.
Next year’s school apportion-
ment for Texas will be $(!.S5 for
each of the 1,019,000 children en-
rolled. The apportionment was
fixed at the regular monthly meet-
ing of the state board of educa-
tion last week. This is the big-
gest apportionment in the history
of the state, the next highest
having been last, year, $<>.80.
Strayed or Stolen.
From my plan* on or about -tune 14,
one bay pony mare about 4 or 5 yearn
old, branded JJ on left shoulder. Will
pay $5 reward for her in any man's lot,
or $10 delivered to me at Spring, Har-
ris Co., Tex. JohnJVV Kaver. *5-2t
James T. Hunter Camp.
James T. Hunter Camp 1769 met in/
regular session at the court house hi
Conroe. July 20, and after getting
through with all unfinished business it
was ordered that the commander ap •
point a committee of two to confer
with the sons and daughters of the old
U. ('. V. and see if they could or could
not organize a camp of the U, I). O.
Comrades John W. Gary and VV. N.
Urquhart were appointed on this com-
mittee.
James'1' Hunter Camp has received
the following invitation: \
‘.The Dick Dowling Camp, U. C. V.,
197, invites you to attend the Anni-
versary Picnic to be held at the San
Jacinto Hatrie C’rovnd, Saturdap, Sep-
tember 7lh, 1912. Goats will convey
all invited guests from Harrisburg to
Battle Ground and return to Harris-
burg at the expense of the Dick Dow!
ing Camp. Boats will leave Harris-
burg at 8:20 a, in. promptly.
Come!
There will be a meeting of the Pro-
gressive League at Judge Darby’s
otT.ce on next 'Tuesday afternoon at
2:20 o’clock. If you wish to advance
your business interests, come to the
meeting. If you do not, stay away.
Card of Thanks
1 take Lius means of thanking my
friends who supported me in my race
for the office of county treasurer in tho
Democratic primary held on .the 27th
day of July, 1912, and uswure them of
my appreciation of their confidence in
me ns expressed by their ballots,
'To those who opposed me, I wish to
say that I do not harbor any feeling of
resentment whatever, but will be
county treasurer for all alike.
Yours sincerely. Jam. F. Rose.
< . T. Smith returned yesterday from
St Louis, where he went to buy goods
for the J. Wahrenborger Co. Mr
Smith says he met a good many Texas
merchants and that they were buying
heavily, and that he did likewise. He
says that 'Texas merchants are in good
spirits and expecting a big fall trade.
We Want Your Business
We are in Conroe to stay and we are proud of it.
Within two months we will be permanently lo-
cated in our new home next to the post office In
the meantime we are surprising the natives with
good goods and low prices, in the Knight bldg.,
next to the Corner Drug Store. Come and aee ua.
THE WHITE HOUSE
ULUM 14 ftTMtNIifcmb Frops
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The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1912, newspaper, August 16, 1912; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth843772/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.