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By J. FRED DUPUY
PERSONVILLE, April 1.—Several
Personville people went to the farm
demonstration meeting near Groes-
beck last week. They give a glow-
ing account of the benefits to be
derived from that kind of meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ezell are now
riding in a brand new Sedan. They
will make the trip overland in it to
San Antonio and Fayette county
next week. Mr. Ezell goes as a
delegate to the Head Camp conven-
tion of the W. O. W. of Texas, and
they will go to Fayette county to
visit Mrs. Ezell's mother.
The Boy Scouts are anxiously
awaiting the arrival of equipment
ordered for their troop. It will
likely be here soon, and the boys
will then soon be full fledged Boy
Scouts.
The P. T. A. is putting on a
campaign this week to get as many
paid up members to the association
as possible. Besides the benefits to
be derived from the patrons joining
their efforts in this capacity to
better child life here, they are hop-
ing to get the loving cup at the
district convention next week for
the club having the greatest per
cent of the patrons belonging to
the association.
Garvin Rand, one of the Person-
ville school boys and boy scouts,
accompanied the writer to Mexia
for a couple of nights and to attend
the interscholastic meet.
School was dismissed Friday for
the interscholastic meet. Personville
was represented at the spelling con-
test by Doris Simmons and Carrie
Henry. Others attending the meet
were Mrs. John Webb, Mrs. P. C.
Simmons, Mrs. W. W. Richardson,
Mr. and Mrs. George Henry, all
the teachers and several of the pu-
pils.
Gaynor Easterfyig is building a
new house on his property next to
the church.
Dr. W. J. Wilkin, of Robertson
county, has come to Personville to
take up the practice of his profes-
sio. He established an office in
the Personville Drug Store which
will be his headquarters. His fami-
ly will move here sometime in the
future.
There was an idea emphasized at
the recent interscholastic meet at
Mexia which the writer hopes to
see given wide publicity and general
approval. It was especially advo-
cated by Superintendent Puckett,
who has done so very much already
to make this one of the very best
meets we have ever attended. That
is, that the winners in these events
are not the only persons benefited,
nor is their chief benefit the prize
or the honor of winning. But the
greatest good the contestants get
out of these events is in the im-
provement they make in preparing
for them. All alike receive these
advantages and often the pupils mak-
ing the greatest progress are not
the ones who win prizes. The moral
is: We hope to see greater num.
bers of our schools and pupils enter-
ing these contests for the benefit
of the efforts put forth in the prepa-
ration and of the association with
people from over the county. A
hint: If our teachers would quit
putting so much stress upon the
mere winning of the prizes, we
might have less difficulty in getting
other pupils interested who have
little or no hope of winning. Then
the general good would be much
greater and the purposes of the
Interscholastic League realized.
Coolidge Trades
Day Big Success
By Special Correspondent
COOLIDGE, April 1.—The third
of the monthly Trades Days being
fostered by the local Chamber of
Commerce was a huge success, many
visitors from all sections of the
county being present in addition to
a large atendanfce from the local
trade territory. The usual features
of the Coolidge Trades Days were
offerd—the auction of several hun-
dred dollars of merchandise from
the stock of the merchants of the
town in the morning and the after-
noon auction of merchandise brought
in by the citizens of the town and
community. A rodeo at the con-
clusion of the auction sale in the
afternoon is proving to be quite
a drawing card. vA
SO CHILDI9H
"Why did you give up pifte organ
lessons?"
"I felt so blooming childish, play-
ing with my feet."—Stunfbrd Chap-
Weekly
A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE"
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
With three important speakers
already lined up Mexia Cham-
ber of Commerce expects to hold
the greatest annual gathering
it has ever had when on May
6, the annual membership ban-
quet will be held.
John McFarlane, "cotton king"
of Palestine, winner of the Dal.
las News cotton contest for -924,
Joseph F. Leopold, director of
the U. S. Chamber of Commerce
for the south central states, and
Victor H. Schoffelmayer, farm
and cotton contest editor of the
Dallas News, will be speakers
on the occasion.
The three important speakers
have already confirmed the ap.
pointment, and others are to be
listed for the big occasion.
Jere Cason, secretary of the
chamber, expects to invite the
entire county to take part in
the big event, and will ask
every member of the chamber,
every farmer of the Mexia dis-
trict and as many others as
possible attend* the annual
Chamber of Commerce banquet.
The directors of the chamber
have approved the date and have
backed President A. H. Eubanks
and Secretary Cason in the
movement.
Hunting Way to
Get Along With
No Rain on Farm
By J. G. BURR, Austin
Having wearied of looking for
rain I am wondering if we can find
some way to get along without it.
Two years ago the state appropri-
ated ?600,000 for storm water control
and now it won't storm. Part of
this amount was used by the Board
of Water Engineers in surveying
suitable places to impound water for
irrigation and for producing electric
power. Beginning with the Trinity
River this charting covers suitable
places westward as far as the Pecos
and southward to the Rio Grande.
The law provides for the creation
of irrigation districts in one or more
counties, the floating of bonds and
the selling of water for enough to
cover maintenance.
Such a plan is in the early stages
of operation at Medina Lake near
San Antonio and at Lake Kemp near
Wichita Falls. The latter was put
over by the city of Wichita Falls
to guarantee a city water supply
and there is enough water for irri-
gation besides. Other cities must
look to their future water supply
and may withal promote intensive
farming by irrigation which in turn
would contribute to the growth and
prosperity of the city.
Call this dry weather thinking if
you will but even in the rainiest sec-
tions there are times when water
is needed. The problem is not
merely to raise a crop but to sccure
the greatest possible yield every sea-
son. The cost of gravity irrigation
is slight and with average rainfall
the expense would be negligible,—
the big thing is a bumper crop and
the guarantee of it.
The impounding of water carries
the by-product of power generation,
an asset to any community and there
is the further advantage that im- j
pounded water prevents just that j
much from going into flood destruc- j
tion. Realizing the importance of
this work and the reluctance of the
people to take the initiative, the
state has assumed the expense of
tfiese surveys and pointed the way.
The unprecedented drouth of the
past year gives emphasis to irriga-
tion argument. There will be other
droutbs, and always the ideal sea-
son will be the exception to the rule.
The slogan should be: "in time of
plenty prepare to irrigate."
The appropriation for these sur-
veys will lapse on September 1 of
this year, bringing to an end this
laudable undertaking. Failure to
make use of so paternal an expendi-
ture will dampen future efforts to
develop natural resources through
fostering legislation. The Board of
Water Engineers is coipposed of
Chairman J. A. Norris, C. F. Clark
and A. H. Dunlap, who have in their
office at Austin the records of these
surveys for those interested.
Since January 1 the lower Rio
Grande valley has shipped out 1,700
cars of vegetables on which certifi-
cates of inspection were issued by
the state agricultural department
jointly with federal inspection. All
this production was by irrigation.
Those desiring such inspection and
certification as to quality secure the
service of application to George B.
Terrell, commissioner of agriculture
at Austin. A state guarantee of
grade brings better prices and pre-
vents crooked dealing at the other
end by unscrupulos brokers.
Kosse Reports
Rain and Hail
KOSSE, April 2.—About one inch
of rain fell here Tuesday -evening,
accompanied by wind and hail, which
damaged windows and roofs. Farm-
ers rejoiced over the rain, for it
br^<e a long drouth and put a good
season in the ground for planting of
cotton.
FOUR BIND AND GAG JAILOR IN
MAKING ESCAPE; MAN WHIPPED
BYKUKLUXKLAN BREAKS JAIL
A state-wide search was on Monday for Ed-
ward Engers, 35 year3 old, and John L. Mason,
30, who broke out of the county jail at Groes-
beck Sunday after attacking Jailor Adams, who
had responded to a call to bring them drinking
water.
T. L. Morgan and Slick Irwin, held on grand
jury indictments of car theft, were captured
shortly after their escape, but the two others are
at large.
The police are making special search for
Engers, who was to stand trial for beating his
wife when she refused to submit to his advances
toward her 15-year-old daughter, his step-
daughter.
^ly court.
At the time of the trouble in Dal-
las Engers obtained the assistance
of the U. S. Department of Justice,
and wrote a long affidavit of his
life, which is now in the possession
of the county atto'-ney.
Dallas holds a warrant against
Engers, and had asked to serve it
as soon as Engers is freed here. He
has been held in jail pending his trial
which was set for Monday. Engers
has been in jail for 10 days, and
police withheld the true status of
Engers was arrested in Mexia
when he is said to have brutally
beaten his wife and the daughter
at their home. Two charges of ag-
gravated assault have been lodged
against him, and police and the
county attorney's office hold evi-
dence against him which promises to
prove a sensation.
Engers, who has been married sev-
eral times, was whipped by the Ku
Kiux Klan in Dallas twice for wife
beating. That was three years ago.
His present wife was in ignorance j the case pending the trial, fearing j
ot the trouble of her husband until | that Engers would be aided by
a short time ago. i friends.
Coming here in December after an; Mrs. Engers, who married the man
agreed separation with her husband,I of many affairs, last June at Waxa-
Mrs. Engers leased a house and j bachie after knowing him two
started taking roomers to pay her j months now fears for her life and
expenses. She believed herself thru [ the life of her daughter, since En-
with Engers until a week later, when J gers is at large. She hesitates to
he appeared and made his home discuss the affair, fearing a return
here, selling cheap jewelry from of the man.
PT. ENTERPRISE
SCHOOL PUPILS
VISIT RADLEY
INDUSTRY
The Radley wnite leghorn poultry
farm just out of Mexia on the Groes-
beck road was as well attended as a
three-ring circus Tuesday when the
entire student body, accompanied by
teachers and parents of the Point
Enterprise school made a visit to
the farm.
The immense 10,000 egg incubator
at the Radley farm was in operation
and one-third of the eggs had just
hatched before the visit of the stu-
dents, making an interesting scene.
The students visited the brooder
room where hundreds of young chicks
were feeding, then carried to the
big chicken house where the method
of trap nesting was explained to
the youngsters as well as the in-
terested older folks.
The visitors were lined up in the
poultry yard where Mrs. Radley fed
a large flock of fine white leghorns
in front of the gathering. Tom
Meador, photographer of Mexia was
on the scene and made several pic-
tures of the gathering as well as
other parts of the modern chicken
farm.
After several hours of inspection
the students of Point Enterprise
school lined up in front of the
Radley home and sang a specially
worded song to Mr. and Mrs. Radley
in thanks for their hospitality and
interest in exhibiting the farm to
the visitors.
YOUTHFUL "SALT" ™
LONDON, April 2.—Jack Boatilf
baurn, an American boy of 12 y<
has just completed his twenty^
ond trip across the Atlantic.
father lives in the United States
other relatives live here.
NATION'S FROG CENTER
OSHKOSH, April 2.—This city |
claims to be the frog center of th«
nation. About 2,000,000 frogs artf
said to be shipped from frog farms
near hero each year.
The sea otter takes several year*
to grow to maturity. Only one pup
is born to a female each year
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Legume Crops Are
Soil Builders, Is
Message of Haines
Good Showers in
Western Section
A good rainfall was reported In
the western part of the county late
Tuesday. While Mexia continues to
tea no end to the drouth, from Cool-
house to house.
About five weeks ago Mrs. Engers
went to Houston and returned with
her 15 year old daughte. Engers im-
mediately attempted familiarity with
the girl, according to information
given the police and one night while
the girl was at a show Engers de-
manded that his wife submit to his
attentions to the girl. She refused.
Engers, police are informed, then
beat his wife until she was blue in
the face and on her body and un-
able to stand up.
Upon the return of the girl, Mrs.
Engers was told by her husband to
beat the girl, or he would himself,
She failed to do this and Engers
again beat her, only to have the
girl interfere. As the girl attempted
to interfere with the beating of her
mother, Engers slapped the girl so
hard that she landed in a closet,
where ho locked her.
By that time roomers living in the
house had returned and heard the
screams of the woman. Engers was
persuaded to stop beating his wife,
and after a talk agreed to leave pro-
vided his wife would give him her
car and order him a new stock of
"pearls" which he was selling. She
agreed and it was the day he was
to legve with his belongings that he
again attempted to beat Mrs. En-
gers, who called the police for pro-
tection.
Because of his alleged severe
beating of his former wife, it was
reported that the Ku Klux Klan of
Dallas took Engers out and beat
him twice. He claimed to Mrs. En-
gers that the trouble was with a
brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Engers were living
here under another name, which is
being withheld now for protection
of the woman and her daughter, who
are trying to establish themselves
in a home here.
Engers, a tall handsome man of
!'5 years and many love affairs, was
a "cave man" of the strongest type
known to police here. Ho kept his
wife, it is said, under constant fear
of his violence. He told her of what
he had done to other women and
threatened the same for her, inflict-
ing what police describe as most
brutal punishment on the woman.
Engers was to be tried Monday
on the charges against him in coun-
idge west had a good shower and
farmers are planning to plant cot-
ton at once and corn looked more
promising.
Portions of the south part"of the
county also had showers, and central
Texas general reported rain.
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When Jailor Adams went to the
calls of the four men Sunday noon,
taking them drinking water, he was
attacked by Engers and Mason, who
grabbed him and slugged him, throw-
ing a towel about his face. Overpow-
ering the jailor the two men bound
him and gagged him and released
the two others.
Officers rearrested Irwin and Mor-
gan.
At the time of the jail break,
Sheriff Whit Popejoy and deputies i . , , +„
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were in the western part of the
county investigating a shooting af-
fair.
Police will make every possible
effort to locate the two escapes.
By P. G. HAINES
County Farm Agent.
Volumes have been written about
importance of growing legume
crops and still we wind very few
farmers using them.
We are attempting to bring back
the fertility of the lighter soils of j
the county by the use of commer- |
cial fertilizers. This practice is al- ;
right for increased yields, but it
will never build up the land unless (
legume crops and other humus form- j
ing plants are grown and returned I
to the soil.
Fertilizers used continuously on
land that is deficient in humus will j
show lesser returns each year and j
it is questionable if finally the
returns will be so little as to not j
justify the further use.
Some of the better farmers of
the county have found that it is
probitable to follow out a rotation
something like this:
One-half the land to cotton, one-
es farmers
To Save Potato
from Yellow Bue
By R. R. Reppert, Entomologist
Extension Service, A. & M. College
of Texas.
The worst enemy of the Irish po-
tato is the Colorado Potato Beetle. |
This yellow beetle, with ten black
stripes upon the back, is too common
to necessitate a description. In some
potato fields it has already appeared,
and will soon be seen in all fields. It
lays a large number of yellow eggs
on the under side of the potato leaf,
which hatch in about five days into
very small young, rapidly growing to
the soft-skinned, orange colored
"worm" that devour the leaves.
It is well for the gardener or po-
tato grower to be on the look-out for
those insects when they first hatch.
The first few beetles do very little
damage themselves, but soon after
they appear the young will begin
their work. These will first be seen
on the very tender leaves at the ends
of the vine, and there should be no
delay in fighting them when they
first appear, as they are most easily
killed at this time and every hour
that they are alive will mean so
much potato foliage devoured.
The insects are easily poisoned by
the use of paris green or arsenate of
lead, which may be applied either as
a dust or as a spray. The dust may-
be applied on a small area by per-
forating the bottom of a baking-
powder tin with a number of very
fine holes, and sifting it over the
plants. The sifting should be done
while the plants arc wet with dew.
Mix the poison with fifty times its
weight of dry flour or air-slaked
limt.
corn, milo or other feeds. It is late
to talk about rotations now, but it
might be a good idea, especially
where you are slightly over-croped
to plant the lighter portion of your
field to cowpeas, thereby cutting
down your cotton acreage and al-
lowing you a chance to give a more
intensive cultivation to the cotton
and likely making as great a yield.
You should make as much as
one and one-half tons per acre if
the season is fair and this will
add $12.75 worth of nitrogen alone
to the land.
ins Work
On Farm Station
That the work of the Experiment
Station in Denton county is worth-
while and means a greater pros-
perity to the farmers of North
Texas, should be better known to
the public, thinks Dr. B. Youngblood,
Director of the Texas Station Sys-
tem, who has prepared the following
as some of the pertinent comments
that may be made about the work
there:
"The Denton Station is an experi-
ment station and laboratory where
the different sciences are put to
work solving problems for farmers.
While there may be demonstrations
of value to farmers on the farm at
certain periods of the year, it is
not operated for the purpose of
demonstrating the growth of crops,
but, rather, for the purpose of study-
ing problems pertaining to the crops
grown. It is well to keep in mind
this difference between experiment
station work and demonstrations
such as arc conducted by County
Agents, newspapers and others.
"Practically all the improvements
and progress which the world now
enjoys have been brought about by
research and invention. We are
the investigators and inventors of
agricultural principles and practices
, j iff, Texas.
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