The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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Pearsall Craibrr
Official Organ of Frio County.
NEWS CONSOLIDATED WITH
LEADER MARCH 1. 1918.
Pearsall, Texas, Friday, September 11, 1914
Number 22
WITH THE PEARSALL NATIONAL BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. $150.000.00.
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)THERS CLUB RECEPTION.
erhaps the most pleasant of
social affairs to be chronicled
he week was the reception
by the Pearsall Mothoo’
Teachers’ Club on the court
iawn last Friday evening
rty to eight to the
>1 teachers. Most of
3 for this year are
the Club conceived
having the teachers
‘get acffuainted” be-
opening of the school
te brightness of the moon
titicial lighting unneces*
ot even the Italian moon
song and story can rival
mlight nights on these
?xas prairies.
e number of our people
antage of the opportunity
e with each other in a
social way. The Mexi-
band discoursed sweet music,
played.a delightful breeze
5 glad to be out doors and
ling punch served by the
ded the finishing touch to
ant features of the even-
e male quartette, Messrs,
nd John Cochran, Jesse
md Charley Mullins, re-
to several hearty encores
•irting to other festive
)uth 1
A larj
ok ad
ming
easanl
Irei
"The
Satisfaction”
That comes from the
knowledge that you’ve
gotten your moneys
worth and delivered
when and where you
want it, is worth seek-
ing for.
W. F. & J. F. Barnes Lumber Co.
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Liiu.y i
President of the
I Board, extended a hearty
ne to the strange teachers
so in his talk sounded the
)te of a successful public
—co-operation. Co-opera-
: the part of patrons, teaeh-
iiool superintendent and the
board always makes for a
essive school.
t. W. T. Pollard responded
ialf of the teachers and inei-
Iv mentioned one of the
- of work which he and the
teachers desire to take up
ill if the parents and the
m s' Club will assist—namely,
>ol fair. Definite plans for
air we hope to hear discussed
early date.
sdames E. A. Lilly, G. R.
rs and W L. Wells, acting
«
^stesses, made everybody
n to everybody else and es-
l.v to Misses Ivearse, King,
’ /. and Kirkpatrick, the hon-
ests of the evening
BIG FOOT NOTES.
Special to The Leader.
Mrs. Melras who has been visit-
ing her daughter/Mrs W. A.
Franks, at Big Foot, returned to
her home in Pearsall Saturday.
W. E Carroll who has been vis-
iting Mr. and Mrs. P. Iv, Moore
returned to San Antonio Wednes-
day.
Elbert Sorrell ana wife visited
Big-Foot Saturday in their new
car.
Rev. W. L Dubose of Devine
preached in the Baptist Church
here Sunday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
C E. Harris of Devine visited
relatives and friends here Satur-
day and Sunday.
Messrs. Charley and Walter
Thomas left Sunday to work on a
bridge on the Medina river at the
Mann Crossing.
Old friend Henry English of
Devine was a pleasant caller in
Big Foot Monday.
John Gunn of San Antonio pass-
ed through Big Foot Monday on
the way to his farm.
Uncle Abe Holmes of San An-
tonio was buying chickens here
Tuesday.
Mrs. Walter Dodson of San An-
tonio is visiting homefolks here.
The fall gardens in and around
Big Foot are needing rain very
bad.
Mr. Durrenoerger made a leng-
thy and beneficial talk to the farm-
ers in Big Foot Saturday.
MISS THELMA FULLER.
AH of Pearsall and vicinity was
shocked and saddened Thursday
morning by the death of Miss
Thelma Fuller, which occurred at
7:30 o’clock from strychnine pois-
oning, and after all efforts%to save
her life had failed.
Funeral services were held at
the Christian Church that after-
noon at 5:30 o’clock, Rev. R. W.
McCann officiating. large num-
ber of friends attended the service
and accompanied the hearse to the
cemetery.
Miss Thelma was the idolized
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Fuller, and. wTas about sixteen
years of age—just the age when
life is most promising and beauti-
ful, and it is with sadness that the
community extends its heartfelt
sympathy to the bereaved family.
SCHOOLS GET $8,800,000.
Austin, Tex ,'Sept. 3—On ac-
unt of there being only $17,000
the credit of the available school
i.d, no apportionment for the
Mie schools °f Texas will be
i his month by the State De
rtmcnt of Education. As a
!<», no apportionment is made in
! tember; none was made last
ar until November.
m* total apportionment per cap-
i this scholastic year, which
u last Tuesday, is $8, the
c>t in the history of'theState.
>t mated scholastic census is
>. '(>, which will give $8,800,-
to be distributed among the
public schools, exceeding
-f years amount by $1,000,000.
WAR BULLETIN.
it is predicted by big business
and economists throughout
> u try t hat the general Eli ro-
an war is going to create an un-
edented boom in American
'Mm'S-,, As the Chicago Herald
n an editorial: “It remains
American enterprise and the
m an talent for business or-
u/ation to do the rest—to rise
this enormous opportunity that
not likely ever to knock at our
again, and to reap both its
m Hate and abiding rewards.”
M.C. Wilmeth.
LAWN PARTY.
Misses Carrie and Julia Wood-
ward were hostesses Saturday
evening at a delightful lawn party
at their home on Comal Street.
A large number of the young
people were present enjoying the
music and dancing and other
amusements Chairs and rugs
were placed about the spacious
lawn, and the Mexican string band
played throughout the evening.
Delicious refreshments of ice
cream and angel food cake were
served.
LIFE IN HAWAII.
Turn, fora little where, from
the horrors of war to the garden
spot of the Pacific—Hawaii, the
most peaceful place in the world
just now. Elsewhere in this issue
of The Leader we publish an en-
tertaining illustrated feature story
by Katherine Pope. You will en-
joy reading it.
FROM DILLEY ATMOSPHERE.
E. N. Cory shipped two cars of
fat cattle to the Ft. Worth market
Saturday.
John Pranglin, a prominent
Pearsall attorney was attending to
business here Saturday.
J. T. Bryant, who has been
keeping books for the Sanders
Merc. Co. in Pearsall for the last
two months, while Mr. Field,their
regular bookkeeper has been tak-
ing a .vacation, returned to Dilley
last Thursday.
We regret to learn that our
friend, W. P. Thurmond, who re-
sides near Pearsall has typhoid
fever His mother, of this city,
is in attendance at his bedside.
Mrs. Nicholson is visiting rela-
tives in Pearsall this week.
DRY FODDER FOR ENSILAGE.
A reader writes asking us if dry
corn stalks as well as dry sorghum
and feterita can be made into en-
silage, and if so how much water
he should add while filling the silo
with them. Before answering this
question categorically it might be
well to emphasize the fact that it
is not reasonable to expect that the
silage taken from a silo will' con-
tain any more nutrition than did
the material from which it was
made. In other Words, the pro-
cess of making ensilage does not
add one whit to the total amount
of nutrition, and the value of the
silage is first entirely dependent
upon the value of the material
from which it is made. So if we
put into the silo materials of low
feed value we must expect that the
silage resulting therefrom will be
of low food value In some in-
stances the process of ferment-
ation undergone by the silage
makes some of the nutrients of
the feed a little more digestible,
and at other times the process of
making ensilage adds to the pala-
tability of the material, in so far
as this is the case the placing of
material of low feed value in the
silage will result in some advan-
tage.
Now, taking up the question of
our reader, we have known in-
stances in which 'both dry corn
stalks as well as dry sorghum were
put into the silo with fairly satis-
factory results. There can be no
doubt that the ensilaging of these
materials added both to their di-
gestibility and palatability. When
dry material of this kind is placed
in the silo it should be thoroughly
saturated with water, not only to
facilitate the fermentation but also
in order that the material may
pack tight enough to exclude air.
While this treatment will doubt-
less add to its value as a feed and
prove in many instances a means
of saving what otherwise would
probably be lost, yet we doubt
whether the advantage will ever
be so great as to warrant our do-
ing so. as long as it is possible for
us to obtain anything that is green
to put into the silo —Progressive
Farmer.
BAPTIST NOTICE.
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
T. A. Sanders, Supt.
Morning worship, 11 A. M.
Junior B. Y. P. U., 5:30 with Mrs. J.
T. Salmon in charge.
Senior B.Y P.U., J. B. Arnold, Pres.
Evening worship, 7:45 P. M., Rev.
McCann, pastor.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
7:45. Please note change of evening
services.
Come early and worship with us.
NOTICE, MEMBERS MOTHERS CLUB
Thursday, September 17, the
Pearsall Mothers’ and Teachers’
Club will hold the first meeting
for this school year. The new
year-books are completed and are
a credit to t he printers, the com-
mittee and to the club.
The program for the afternoon
will be:
Organization for work.
Address: The Home and the School;
the Mothers’ Club a Uniting Link.
Supt. W. T. Pollard.
At the close of the program the
school children will be entertained
by the hostesses for the afternoon.
Come, bring your back dues if
there are any against you, your
current dues if you can but COME
anyhow Mrs. W. T. Pollard,
Cor. Sec.
CURRENT EVENTS CLUB.
The Current Events Club held
its regular meeting on September
4, with Miss Carrie Woodward.
Roll call was responded to with
readings describing our summer
experiences, Miss Hailie* Arthur
receiving most votes for the best
essay, and Mrs. J- Davis Metcalfe
second. The minutes of the pre-
vious meeting wfere read and ap-
proved.
A suggestion was made by the
president that we subscribe for
“The Independent” from which to
select our program and general
current events. It was decided
that the subscription begin with
the election of the new officers
The resignations of Misses Etlu A
Sanders, Ruth Hudson and Li n
Harkness were voted on and ac -
cepted with regret and Misse. *
Hazel Fuller, Etta Bilhartz ana
Julia Woodward were made mem-
bers of the club.
There being no further business
the program was rendered.
Delicious refreshments were
served and the club adjourned to
meet September 19, with Miss
Hallie Arthur.
Guests of the afternoon were
Mesd&mes L. P. Curry, Dell Bal-
lard, Walter Johnson, George San-
ders, Mrs. Evans of San Antonio,
Misses Isabella Smith. Beatrice
Campbell, Cecil Carter,Hazel Ful-
ler, Eunice Hindes and Mary Far-
ley.
Program for next meeting:
Roll Call: Something about the War.
Causes of the War—Mrs. Richard
Barnhart.
Countries involved and how. —Miss
Hallie Arthur.
Rulers of Countries and Whether Re-
public or Monarchy (Name countries
neutral). —Miss Minnie Berry.
THE WEEKfS SHIPMENTS.
Cake, 12 cars.
Corn, 4 cars.
Ice, 5 cars.
Cottonseed Oil, 1 car.
Cottonseed, 2 cars.
Cattle, 2 cars, 23 steers, wt.
1037, price $7.00; 22 steers, wt.
1192, price $7.40.
Shipments received—
Cottonseed, 3 cars.
Lard, 1 car.
Gasoline, 2 cars.
Flour, etc., 3 cars.
AMERICAN WINS $10,09$.
The French government has
just awarded a prize of $10,000 to
Elmer Sperry, a New. York me?
chanic, for the invention of a sta-
bilizer, or automatic balancer, for
an aeroplane. Wright, Curtiss,
Bleriot, White, Burgess and a
hundred other experts have pur-
sued this important secret since
the first machine flew. Simple,
like many other great inventions,
this balancer will revolutionize
mechanical flying Elsewhere in
The Leader this week we publish
an excellent illustrated feature
describing the invention in detail.
VAUGHN-ORR.
A quiet wedding took place at
I the Methodist parsonage Sunday
evening, September 6th, uniting
the lives of Mr. T. J. Vaughn, of
I Victoria, and Miss Julia Orr, of
Pearsall. The young couple left
! on the night train for Victoria,
! which will be their home
NOTICE.
Dr. Evans, of Devine, will be
in Pearsall next week from Wed-
nesday till Sunday, prepared to
examine and treat eyes and fit
glasses for all who need them.
COTTON REPORT.
Pearsall Gin Co 1140 bales
Ward & Foster, 790 bales.
Burks & Smith,Melon,795 bales.
WOOD
For sale in any
quantity from
1-2 cord up.
■■■"■"■■■"■■■■■■■■"All sawed and
split and ready for use, .delivered at
your door. Phone Tel. No. 1, or see
S. W. CURTIS & COMPANY.
SURVEYING.
PAVING.
IRRIGATION.
MONROE CHAPMAN
CIVIL ENGINEER—COUNTY SURVEYOR
PEARSALL, TEXAS.
DRAINAGE.
SEWERAGE.
MACHINERY.
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Hudson, C. H. & Woodward, Roy. The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1914, newspaper, September 11, 1914; Pearsall, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth920745/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .