The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 1928 Page: 2 of 8
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EDITORIALS
“AS OTHERS SEE
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from * i«*t* per |m>u*4 dtruw lb*
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Th«* <1. Mfubiln > ui virppiijy out jiyj, y/ (fee grower* reporting on
»ui« for • look Mi on^lf ta«* b-*n lhjl.jr ^ ba4 ytebU fcjgker thaa
...om mended by wore* of »i*e conn „f |M p*,
wllor. before and since Bobby Born- ,*^*4 by ,tojf Ke4*r*l Crop Report
put the adxhe into deathle** ver-e l|tf Bonrd Tb# deportment ha*
Thu- Tex.n* «u*> find o>me.biog of (b# CJU#u by yi*M £roup,
interest in the t»o view* of « T«* Kor.y-Dv* farmers reported yields
•- situation as e*pre-cd by .be of m -mJ pM#r ^ ^
editor- of two great New York new- lu-l
paper*, which are reprinted el-e tollol| (>n baJu| „
where on this page farmer- reported yields of more thin
Both t^n New York Time- and 500 pounds per mere at an average
the New X»rk World, commenting cost of 8 cents per pound. Bevep
upon the recent federal court de tytwo farmers who grew from <1
rlsion* In this State upholding the J u> 100 pounds per acre reported -n
Tea— primary law which permits , average cost of M cents per pound
the Democratic party to bar negroes of lint, and 90 farmers who grew
from goUng, points out that such; between Igl and HO pounds to the
an expedient constitutes circum-; acre reported an average coot of
venlion of Uie purpose of the Four- 20 cents per pound of lim. More
teen.h and Fifteenth Amendments than half the group of 992 turn er<
which were adopted expre—ly to had yields of ’41 to Stlu pounds
give the freed -lave- the full fran- ‘ per acre with an average prodoc-
chise and standing of citizenship tion cost of 13 cents per p Mind of
The World merely cites the fact* lint cotton. These farmer- were
and repeats the statement, now l» ' among the group having tlte larger
coming trite by oft repetition, that j < njton acreages.
"there is something ironical in the j --—--
fact that this nullifying movement ■ f mar | [
Is at present cente-ed In Tezar.i***** WOrHl *>“•
where of late there has been much
clamor among politicians over the
‘nullification’ of the Eighteenth
Amendment by the Eastern Stales ’’
The Timett, however, detecta in
the accidence of the attempts to
upset negro exclusion in the South,
n renewal of hope of victory ou
the pert of negro A aroused by
the elgq^ of revolt within the ranks
of SdittMhi Democracy. The edi-
tor’s framing of the dlscuselon sug-
geete that among negro leaders it
Is now believed that the chances
for breaking down white rule in
the South are better than ever he
fore, the breaking down to be ac-
complished hy the overthrow of
Democratic supremacy in the South
II la suggested that the present
division aiming Democrats gives rise
In the prospect of defeating the
Democratic ticket, and with It over
tlirowjng white control which In
the South Is founded on Democratic
supremacy. To this end. ssys the
Times editor, negro leaders In the
South are ’’looking more and more
to the evangelical clergymen and
Appeared in Texas
Careful observation during a trip
just completed extending from Dal-
las to San Antonio, Corpus Christ!,
end to the laiwer Rio Grande Val-
ley as far as Brownsville did not
reveal to us any damage being deue
l»y the leaf worm./nor d^d efe ob-
serve any individuals of the Insect,
either as the worm nr as the adult
moth, advises R. R. Rapport. En
tnmologlst. Extension Service, A. d
M College of Tpxas. These ohser
vatlnns revealed that our cotton
crop Is practically free of damage
hy this Insect to this time
Since our return, however, two
Ijve Individuals of the worms have
been sent us from Nuece* County.
Serious damage was not reported
ami the presence of these worms
Ih of interest only as showing that
initial infW<ti|!k1r>B actually exists.
As stated In our provlous press
teller, weather conditions will de-
termine largely whetner this jnfe«-
latlon will develop to menus pro-
portions Frequent showers over
laymen, and to the militant drys, ||b« mate will ho favorable In the
to help them in getting to th»* polls, IUptc| tnultlpHcatlon of the* insed.
since there would he no more ef I Wo do not hellove, howov >r, tiitlesH
fedive way to defeat Governor Smlih I Hur|OUH infestation now exists jn
than to carry Southern States for j yonie sections not yet rep triad to
us. that the cotton growing area
aa a whole need fear any jo-mu*
damage for the next two weeks, n,
Mr Hoover.
The Times i loses with the ob-
servation that the rising negro ne
tivlty in the South may defeat It
self- that it may tiring nut such an
increased white vote that any pos-
sible danger will lie checkmated.
"However." says the Times, "the
Fifteenth Amendment may be In
lor a real test in t he* next few
In iis i oniicd ion. some recent
ninaiks of Fortner Governor Mor-
rison of North Caroljna are Inter
estim- Mr Morrison said that
wtiiI• ■ ti«- could wish that Gnvonor | *wo weeks.
Sioilli were "a little drier." no
Soulie i in r should frown upon his
no inlicr- lnn m Tammany Hall “In
the Co i ]f\ dig days of reeonstrue-
lien, Tammany fought our halites,"
he said The reference is to Turn-
0: o ion in tl»e infamous
’’Force liill." which would have ov
erthrown white supremacy in the
South
New York Cltv. dominated hy
Tamtnain, was friendly to the South
even while the battles of the Civil
War were In progress Tammany's
>' •'•■cai.on in Congress opposed and
perhaps was Ihe principal factor
hi inventing (tip application of
bar- h measures in the South during
Hei distraction days At least Tam-
many defeated the Force Hill And
the South has reason to he grate-
tul is Tammany. And the South
may have need of the support of
I efore about the 10tli of Atmos!.
Weather conditions will largely do
loriniue what ihe situation will he
subsequent to that data.
MOTE: Today, July i>li, after
the preparation of the above rrMcle,
we have a report of i li/iit |r-tes-
tation of the worm near Spur. In
Dickons County This combined w th
file rnfiifi sevoral days previous
In many sections of Texas might
lead to a heavier infestation in the
Full Gospel Revival
At Pleasant Hidgo Cherch, three
miles South of Curllmse on high-
way.
Every hotly Invited to come Bring
your sick friends believing Heh.
13-8 and James 6 11-15. Hoalitn; for
both soul and body i k preached hy
H'ster Zora While of Troup, Tex
as. Hegins Augus’ IBh at H p m.
Services each a. m. at 11 o’clock.
H F. MORTON.
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Miss Umri* Mku-MwU is tg Xbrerm
gort lor c tew days, tbs gusst ot
Mr am4 Mrs Hstary kLublmmd
Mr. Frank W«4g*w«rth ot Timp
mom mg*mi a to w 4*|g last w«wk
wkth Mr a«4 Mrs Krse-i W«4*v
worth
Miss Ruth Mitchsil U -pending
* few 4sy« in lAeirsy tbs guest
ot Miss Mabel CopHmmX
Mi-se- UU Phillips. Joyce Mose-
ley, Opal Rbi44l*hoov*r a«4 Mary
Ammm ttlmpmom spent lest Thursday
with Misses Kubye aAd (iIMfi Mit-
chell.
Maw* Kubye and Gladys iMtcbeil
and Ijeonard Vinson -pent last Sun
day with Doseis Moseley.
Quite a few people from this com
stuniiy attended the revival meeting
at Friendship church last week.
Van Davidson, who is attending
school at Nacogdoches spent Sunday
at hi* home here
Mi-a Minuiv Faye Mitchell ape-ut
the weekend with Mi— Kubye Mit-
chell.
Mr. and Mr-. R P. Tompkins
* pen t Sunday with Mrs Aar- Thomp-
son.
Austin Pierce -pent Funduy with
Searcy Moseley.
Mrs. Jc—ie Hjch has just under-
gone a serious operation of upped I
cilia at Marshall.
A very successful sinr.ing school,
conducted hy Clifton Uos.v, closed
Friday.
Mrs. Ernest Wedgewonh spent
Friday with Mrs. Claud Campbell
Hev. K. O Keith and wife of Hal's-
ville spent last Thursday aftc. n.uii
with Mr. wud Mrs. Joe Mitchell
Mi— iiuth Hill of Elyusu Fields
went home Friday after a Iwo wo.ks
visit with Mi— iattira Cha4Wick
Mrs. Georgs Hurt and iiuia graud
daughter, tirade Mas are vMUo’t
in this cunununitjr
Miss Christina Kirkland of dbi ivc
port is visiting in thin aominunii y
Mr*. J. T. Malone spent Untuni-t;’
night wtlb her sister, >■ Mrs. ^ary
Mitchell.
Miss Gaura Chadwick and Claud
Bimpson Chadwick were jr, Mat shall
Bunday.
J B. Brewster entertained Hie
young people with a singing -Junduy
tight.
Pollinating Corn
COLliEGK STATION, Texas—The
plan of corn breeding work which
the Texus Agricultural Experiment
Station is conducting at the niuiu
station farm and at four subdu
tions is to seif pollinate a large
number of stratus of the must pro-
mising Texas varietlus for about
four or five generations, Dr. i*. C.
Mangesdorf, agronomist of the Ex
periment Station, A. A M Col-
lege of Texus, explained in a talk
on "Progress in Corp Breeding"
before Ihe crops ami farm engineer-
ing section ut the nineteenth annuul
Farmers Short Course in session
here.
"Corn which Is ordinarily pollinat-
ed hy the wind can be self pollinat-
ed hy hugging the ear shoot and
tusHel and pollinating the silks from
each plant with pollen from, the
same plant,” Ihe speaker wont on
lo explain. "This method coustl-
lutes a very intensive form of Ht-
hreeding. three limes as close its
brother and sister millings in uni
Ululrt
II
ruHiills In (ho
appeunwr**
of many
abnormalities
w hit li
can
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linrmamntly
eliminated
from
the
Block. The
Hlrai'H
bo*
Klltll)
morn uniform with
mo h
gen-
Hev. E. G. Cooke and wife of
Atlanta greeted numerous friends
here Monday morning on their way
from Nacogdoches. They spent last
week below Nacogdoches in a meet-
ing.
trillion of inbreeding until after
about the fiftft generation lie plans
within any one strain are put tically
identical. After the strains nave
become uniform they are recoinhiipei
by crossing two or more r.lrains to-
gether. Vigor anil yjeM are increas-
ed b\ this method while uniformity
Is retained.
"This work Is now in l'« s > and
year in Texas, tine of (he most
conspicuous features of thin season's
work hits lie'-ii the nppeuroitcn of
nn unusually large number of in-
herited abnormalities such us al-
binos. yellow soedlin/s and dwarfs."
Harney \Nup of Port Arthur visit-
ed the homofolks here Sunday. Ho
came up Saturday with his brother
l.onnie who paid him a visit last
The Watchman—$1.50 w-k
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TOM CONNALLY
-FOR-
UNITED STATES SENATOR
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Biographical Sketch—Congressman Tom
Connally of Marlin has announced as a can-
didate for the Democratic nomination for
United Stales Senator in Ihe 1928 primar-
ies. Mr. Connalljr has served as Represen-
tative in Congress from the Central Texas
District for the past ten years.
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He is a native of McLennan County, Texas. He
graduated from Baylor University arid from the law de-
partment of the University of Texas. Mr. Connally
served as a member of the Texas House of Represen-
tatives in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth
8, Legislatures (1901-1903). From 1906 to 1910 he was
prosecuting attorney for Falls County. For many
years he was prominent and successful in the practice
of law at Marlin. In 1916 he was elected to Congress.
He is a member of the committee on Foreign Affairs
and has been active in the work of that committee.
In 1924 he served as a member of a Special Con-
gressional Committee, which visited Europe to inves-
tigate United States shipping. He has also been a
delegate to the Inter-parliamentary Union which met
in Geneva.
Mr. Connally has taken an aggressive and prominent
part in Congress as a defender and advocate of Demo-
cratic policies and principles. ‘ He is regarded as one
of the be*t debaters in the House. During Presiden-
tial and Congressional campaigns Mr. Connally has
spoken in many of the doubtful states under the direc-
tion of the National Democratic Committee. His ser-
vices are in demand in each campaign.
In 1898 while a student in the University of Texas,
Mr. Connally volunteered for the war with Spain and
served as Sergeant-Major of the Second Texas Volun-
teer Infantry. In 1918 Mr. Connally left Congress and
volunteered for service in the World War, being assign-
ed to the Eleventh Division of the United States Army.
IN THE RUN-OFF AUGUST 25 EVERY FRIEND OF
MR. CONNALLY IS URGED TO VOTE FOR HIM
AGAINST EARLE B. MAYFIELD. JIM FERGUSON
HAS ANNOUNCED HIS SUPPORT OF MAYFIELD.
Thia advertisement is paid lor by the supporters
of Tom Connally.
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Owens, John R. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 1928, newspaper, August 8, 1928; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth901117/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sammy Brown Library.