The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1911 Page: 1 of 6
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Richard H. McCarty, Editor and Publisher
Aspermont, Stonewall County, Texas, Friday, August 4 1911.
VoL 13.
Stonewall Gounty is the Banner Gounty of Gent ral West
YOUNG MENS BOOSTER
CLUB WILL GIVE $50
In Cash for the Best Yield of
Cotton on Ten Acres in
Stonewall Co.
The Young Mens Booster Club
of Aspermont will give $50 in
cash for the largest yield of cot-
ton raised on 10 acres of land in
Stonewall county. All who wish
to enter this contest must file
their application before the first
day of September. No farmer
in Stonewall county is barred
and it costs nothing to enter the
contest. Rules in the contest
are few and simple. Each con-
testant must file his application
before the first day of Septem-
ber 1911. Three disinterested
farmers will be called upon to
measure the land of the contest-
ant in their immediate neighbor-
hood. In other words, the con-
testant's neighbors who are not
interested in any way will meas-
ure his land and keep tab on
same. The chief object in this
prize is to encourage intensive
farming in Stonewall county.
Now let the farmers come in
*nd enter the contest. When
-afear ^ntestante
is gathered, the one raising the
most cotton will capture the
prize.
Col. Witt Springer made a
drive out in the country last
week. He went out to see how
the crops were getting along.
He feays that south west of town
there are some good crops and
some that are not so good. On
the trip he called at the home of
his old time farmer friend, B. R.
Dickerson, who lives south west
of Aspermont. He brought in a
stalk of cottan out of Mr. Dicker-
son's field and left same at^the
Star office. This is as fine a stalk
of cotton as we have seen this
year and if nothing happens to it,
it will make a bale of cotton to
the acre. Mr. Dickerson has 60
acres in cotton. He is one of
Stonewall county's best farmers
and it looks like the god of for-
tune was going to smile on him
this year.
HAMLIN, ABILENE AND
ROSCOE STORM SWEPT
Jesse Dalby Badly Cut by
Wire Fence.
Jesse Dalby got his leg pretty
badly cut on the wire fence one
night last week. Quite a crowd
of young people went out to J.
A. Whitten's to a party, Jesse
being one of the party. It was a
very dark night and his horse
ran into the wire fence with
him. His leg was cut in two
places to the bone. He will be
confined to his bed for sometime.
MRS. AUSTIN EATON
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Struck on the Foot. Leg Was
Amputated. She Died
Saturday Evening
Fcr ccrrfect afeH.su see .lohn-
sota Land Title Co. They make
them.
One of the saddest accidents
that has happened in Stonewall
for years, when Mrs. Austin
Eaton of Croton was struck by
lightning. She was in the kitch-
en getting supper when she was
struck by the lightning. The
bolt of lightning tore her ankle
and foot very badly. Every
bone in same was broken. Dr.
Nichols of Peacock was called in
and her leg was amputated some
time that night. She lived until
Saturday evening when death
came to her relief. This was a
sad death indeed, when the wife
and mother of the home was
struck down in the very prime of
life. We have known Mr. and
Mrs. Austin Eaton for a number
of years, knew them down in
Shackelford county, and this
sad accident and death was sad
news to us indeed.
We extend our sympathy to
the bereaved husband and little
ones in their great "orrow. May
the good Lord heal the broken
hearts.
Twenty years ago a shoe
maker built a little shoe shop out
in the rural districts near
Haverhill, Mass., drove pegs and
cut leather from earlv dawn till
dewey eve. Directly he hired
another man to help him, and as
the years rolled by, the world
discovered the honest workman-
ship of the old shoe maker's
shoes. He hired other men to
help supply the trade. Time
apace moved on and the little
shoe shop was converted into a
mammoth shoe manufacturing
institution. Today this brand of
shoes are known throughout
America. The annual out put of
this shop is millions. The com-
bination of industry, capital,
economy and brains. This man
lives in a castle and rides in a
palace car—povertv curses his
luck—but it was not luck, but a
life of deathless industry.
DESTROY THE BOL
WORM WITH KE
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Two Horses Killed by Light-
ning. i
Two of Mr. Robert's horses
were killed Thursday night of
last week during the thunder
storm north of town. F. C.
Wright had a cow killed the
same night.
The voting box is at the Star
office. It is locked and the
county clerk has got the key.
Get out and hustle for vot«S in
the Aspermont Star Piano Con-
test.
Big Rain, Hail and Wind.
One Killed at Abilene.
Heavy Damage.
On Monday evening of this
Week, Hamlin and Abilene were
badly damaged with wind, hail
and rain. The Continental Bank
at Hamlin was badlv damaged,
and cashier of said bank was
pretty badly cut by the falling of
plate glass. Several houses at
Hamlin were wrecked, but no
one killed. The wind was terrific
and the hail and wind was fierce.
At Abilene it is estimated that
the storm did at least $200,000
damage. The Grace Hotel was
' damaged $6,000. It is reported
that there is not a whole window
pane on the east side of the
dwellings and business houses as
the wind came from the east.
Vernon Milner, a young farmer
was killed near Abilene. The
hail at Abilene was simply terri
ble, broke out all the sky lights
in the city and the business
houses were flooded with water
Quite a number of houses were
blown down and a great many
people had narrow escapes. The
wind blew one man out into the
middle of Spillway Lake and he
swam to shore but was so near
dead was not found until the
next morning. Fortunatelv the
crops were not damaged as the
wind and hail seemed to visit the
cities only. 3i inches of rain
fell at Abilene.
Spraying the
CoalOil
Good Remedy.
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And Be Convinced
That we have the most complete line of Ginghams,
Percales, Calicos, Madras, Foulards, Flaxon
Piaids, Voiles and Marquisette Organdies.
Groceries, Hardware, Buggies and
Implements
We are sole agents for LIGHT CRUST Flour the Flour
with a Guarantee
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Everything you Eat, Wear and Use at
Bryant-Link Co
Aspermont, Texas
Din
Haskell Herald.
For the past two
Herald has been speaking ii
of caution to the farmers
boll worms. Not that they
here, but knowing that it-
time of year for them, and
they usually followed
this time of year, wé féltf
strained to remihd the fari
at the risk of being critici
meddling, oftiie danger of
worms and warned th¿m to
every precaution against
coming. This week we
our fears were well* founded, an!
the farmers will have to
with them, though we trust
are prepared to thwart
onslaughts of the worms on
cotton patches.
this week Mr. Earl
the Oil Mill, brought us
handful of nearly hall
boÚs, all of which h:
punctured by the wc
some contained the
■Life
ich
discovered their appe
his cotton until he showed
to him. He advised him to ttie
the remedy suggested by Mr.
Perry, of Weinert, which the
Herald published last week, that J
of of using a "gunny" sack Wái
saturated with coal oil, tied to the
cultivator and' made to straddle ?
the cotton as he plowed,
spraying the cotton with the oil.
It is claimed that the oil will not5
injure the cotton, but*firhemit
strikes the worms, it kills\them
and also destroys the millers^ ,
Mr. W. M. Whatley, another
farmer living a few miles from
Haskell, this week stated that be
has used the oil remedy in the. ^
way suggested two years and it; L
was successful in exterminating *
the worms. He says about 15
gallons of oil to the 100 acres
plenty. A beam can be placed
across the cultivator and several
sacks of oil can be used, spraying; I
a number of rows at a time, and V
in this way the work can be done
faster. , -Hy :}i'\
We sincerely trust that the
farmers may be able to o
this pest and save their coi
This country is greatly in w
of a bountiful i yield of cotton*
and we will be able to realize it
since the recent rains
worms can be successfully d«- ^
stroyed before they injure tl e
plant. Now is the time to get
busy on the matter. "A stitch
in time saves nine."
It would be well for the farm-
ers of Stonewall county to keep a
close look out for the boll worms,
and in case they put in their ap-
pearance use the above remedy.
This remedy looks plausible and
it will not cost much to experi-
ment along this line. As a rule
coal oil is death to all pest, and
we see no reason why the oil
would damage this cotton. Try
it Mr. Farmer if the worms get
in your cotton. !
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McCarty, Richard H. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1911, newspaper, August 4, 1911; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168480/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.