The Goldthwaite Eagle. (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 26, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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The Goldthwaite Eagle
PUBLISHED EVERY
SATURDAY
ONE DOLLAR PER
ANNUM
Entered at the Goldthwaite post-
office as second class mail matter.
R. M. THOMPSON,
- - Editor
The friends of Senator Culberson
airie suffering no uneasiness as to
the outcome of the primary today,
tiuf they are extremely anxious for
a large majority to be given tbe
eenator, as an .endorsement by the
people.
The main forces' of ,the West
jlndies storm, which was reported to
l>e raging in the Gulf last Saturday,
struck the section about Corpus
fihristi, doing vast damage to prop.
,ertj'- and causing the Joss of 14 or
more1 lives.
The ellootion today is expected to
attract very little 'attention from
the voters and the number who will
go to the polls will be small. No
local candidate© being interested
causes a lack of interest on the part
of the people'.
The people at Gaioiosv.il 1,?, Fla.,
dealt s wift justice to a negro mur-
derer and his protectors the first
of the week. The negro killed an
officer and was being harbored bv
other .negroes when he and his
heipers were all hung by a mob.
President Wilson’s efforts to
avert the threatened strike by the
railroad .employis is commendable in
•extreme. He has held conferences
with both slides to the controversy
and it is1 'confidently bie'lieved by
many cf these in pos.‘t'ion to know
that hi;? counsel will be of hen-fit in
reaching an understanding by both
Bides.
At. Gainesville an S-year-old boy
.wiais playing with a shot gun and as
a result his' 6-year-old -sister is dead.
Fire arms are strange toys for chil-
dren, but very helpful to the under-
taker/s. The fellow who gives' his
children deadly weapons' to play
with! 'is closely related to the one
who takes the coal oil . can to start
a fire in the cook stove.
Many big newspapers throughout
the country are planning to con-
dense reading matter and reduce
tbe number of pages in order to con-
©erve ithe print paper supply. Scarc-
ity of print paper is he coming a ser-
ious problem, so much in fact that
publishers have no assurance what-
ever of future supplies. In order
to meet the, vastly increased prices
mad: by the paper mills some pub-
lishers have raised the price of sub-
scription. — McKinney Courier-
Gazette.
The success of the Ford Motor
.company/’s busin/ess has been and
S& yet one of the wonders of the age.
A' statement by one of .the officials
of the company is especially encour-
aging (to newspaper publishers. He
says: “Our advertising department
in buying advertising is absolutely
devoid of sentiment as in the buy-
ing of vanadium steel or any other
mer chsandise. We figure that it i-
as much a part of the cost of produc-
ing an automobile as is the: steering
wheel or tne carburetor, and w.e bu3r
our advemisihg in as cold blooded a
way as we do ■ the steering wheel.
For our purpose we almost exclu-
sively use the newspapers' because
we find .that through them, we reach
the people 'along the lines of the
least resistance. ’
The condition of the paper market
is so iser.ious that newspapers are
being1 urged to use economy in their
output and to conserve their avail-
able stock to the last degree. Many
of the .big dailies have reduc d the
n(umber of pages of their regular
issue, have cut off exchanges! to a
1large extent and refusei to fill ord-
ers for extra copies by news deal-
ers. Just when the conditions will
■iniprorve can not he told, for the
outlook is for 'a shortage far grert r
than that of the present-. Of cour e
the paper trust has a great dfrfl to
do with the condition and it is be-
'ieved bj- many publishers that the
government could assist greatly by
putting paper and material entering
into its manufapturie cn the free D t,
hut this relief can hardly be ex-
pected for a long time to come.
NEIGHBORING NEWS
Items of Interest Culled From Local
Papers of Towns Mentioned.
HAMILTON
The Boynton orchestra composed
of Guy Crews, Lon and Harry Boyn-
ton and Misses Eulalia and Winifred
Williiaims went to Comanche Wed-
nesday night to furniiish music for
a racial function thebe-. They had a
nice time and were treated royally.
The new Lutheran church near
.Aleman is nearly completed and
when finished will be the .mo-st cost-
ly church building in Hamilton, coun-
ty. It Is 34x60 and "‘is a frame build-
ing with white brick veneer on Ithe
outside. It haa a lovely arched
ceiling 21 fetet high and the paint-
ing Is of the latest -style and finish.
It is with profound sorrow that we
nedord the1 death on Wednesday of
this week of Uncle1 John Burney of
Olin, one of our county’s most honor-
ed citizens, and a man whose heart
was as pure and whip? as snow. He
oied while riding along in !a buggy
on the road. Hiis remains w.ebe- laid
to resit in tha Fairy cemetery.
The first bal: of cotton for this
season marketed in Hamilton was
brought here Wednesday of this
v\ eek by J. V. Kellar, It wa® gin-
ned tly Mr, Hedgpeth and weighed
570 pounds. It classed strict mid-
dling and was sold to McKinley-
Corrigan Co. at 14 1.2 cents. A
premium of $34 was given. Mr. Kellar
making the 'bale nejt him $116.55 ex-
clusive of the seed.—Herald,
LAMPASAS
Lucius' Price and wife of Black-
well arc: here visiting Mr. Price’s
father, D. P, Price, 'and other rela-
tive®
W. H. McGuire has decided not
to go into business again. The
store building be occupied has been
rented by Smith Bros, who will move
to it the first of niexjt month.
J. F, Crawford and family have
gone to X-Ray, Erath county,
where Mr. Crawford lias bought 'a
gin. W, L, Buckland went with
them and will have employment at
the gin as engineer.
The first bale of new cotton to be
marketed in Lampasas, this year
was brought in Tuesday morning
by Joe Rath man, Sr., living a few
miles south of town. It wa® ginned
b,y E. Owens and sold to Higdon.Sen-
terfit-Andrew Co. The price paid
wag ,15.75,—JBlade:,
LOMETA
Mrs. W. F, Pagie visited in Gold-
thwaite this week,
A. R. Roberts, of the Center com-
munity, has been brought to town
to receive treatment of the physi-
cians. He has been suffering for
some time with rheumatism.
Lometa received her first bale of
this season,’s cotton last Tuesday,
John Novak of the Atherton com-
munity bringing it in. The bate
weighed 506 pounds, and was sold to
Hears Stallings at 14 3-4 cents per
pound.—Re porter.
COMANCHE
Mis® Berry of Goldthwaite is vis-
iting Mrs. A, B, Gueen this week.
Comanche received her first bale
of cotton this season when E. A.
Tomlin brought in a 475-pound bate
Wednesday.
Will Cunningham of Dallas and
Kin Cunningham of South Texas are
visiting in Comanche this week.
While attending the Cunningham
reunion Uncle Jack Wright had the
misfortune to lose a part of ob,e
of his fingers. He was sitting m a
camp chair which suddenly broke,
and a® he fell his hand was caught
n the chair completely severing a
part of one finger. Medical aid was
summoned and the wound dressed
and at present Uncle Jack is doing
nicely.—Chief.
SAN SABA.
Mr. and Mrs, J, D, Yauborough
and two children arrived Monday
to visit (the former’s father, C. A.
Yarborough
Mrs, H. H. Taylor and daughter.
Daisy Lee, and son, Bob, arrived
home Monday after a visit with
Mrs. Taylor’s mother, Mrs. Gillespie
at Houston
W. F. Burger, local agent for the
Santa Fe, is spending a vacation in
California. II. H, Hopkins, of Rich-
land Springs, is now in charge here,
and may continue as -permanent
agent.
About nine o’clock Monday night,
Z. T. Sullivan came to San Saba
with the first bale of cotton raised
in the county this year. It was
j ginned the next morning at the
\ \Vw! wf// /
Farmers;’ Union Gin. The bale
weighed 536 pounds, and was purchas
ed ‘by W. R, Harris at 15 1-4 cents.
Rev, R, W. Reese, who has had
charge of the mission in which the
Shaw Bend Lutheran . church located
since last October, is arranging to
leave in the near future for St. Louis
Mo., where he will resume his
studies in the Concordia Seminary.
He will be succeeded by Rev. L,
Karcher, of Vernon, Texas —Star.
-o-—
USING THE FEED CROPS
, It jte hoped that a larger p-.r cent
of our grain, hay, silage and’ other
products of the farm will be sold
this l ear a.s finished products -than
in yeans past. It seems- that more
feed hasr been and will be produced
on "arms .in the Southwest this year
than for many years. This is especi-
ally gratifying when we remember
that it means better prices, for cot-
ton and greater independence among
farmers..
But since we will hav/e the feed
it is highly desirable that we get
good prices for it. Those who ce.fl.
a,s soon; as the crops are harvested
are likejy to receive low prices.
The best WBjy to get good prices
for feed crops, such a® corn, oats,
bay, sorghum, kafir, rnilo, feterita,
Sudan, etc., is to feed these crops
to animals and sell the animals or
anlimla-1 products. In this way the
farmer sells hfs feed a® finish; d pro-
ducts.
Not the least of the ad-
vantages' in feeding crops to l.v£j-
stock iis the causervarioin of soil
fertility. Every ton cf hay, every
hundred poun,dis of oats, and every
bushel of corn contains. nitrogen,
phosphorus, potassium and lime. If
the®0 feeds are sold the fl rtility con-
stituents are removed from the soil,
leaving the land poorer. If the
feeds are fed to livestock and beef,
mutton, pork, milk, butter, > Ghees:,
.eggs, poultry, etc., -sold, the Se-r-tMity
saved anti returned, better prices
s.rip. likely to be had for the feed
and the ©oil maintained for future
crop®.—jFarm and Ranch.
Now Is the Time
To prepare for the comfort of yourself and
your stock for the coming winter. This is the
season of the year when people build their
houses and barns and make the necessary im-
provements for Fall and Winter. We have an-
ticipated your needs and are filling our big
sheds full to the top with all kinds of the Best
Yellow Pine Lumber, suitable to build anything
you want, no matter how large or small.
Let Us Sell You Your Lumber
We need your business, and will render you
the very best service in our power and will sell
as Cheap as anyone here or elsewhere.
BUY NOW—LUMBER MAY GO UP.
LET US SERVE YOU.
BARNES & McCULLOU
“The People who Carry Everything for the Built1' x
GOLDTHWAITE : : : Tk
Rainfall at Goldthwaite, Aug. 1 to Aug. 16............QQ.2S iEL.
Total Rainfall for 1916 to above date........................1446 in.
Money! Power!!
The Possession of Money Means POWER
The men who are looked up to in the community,
whose opinions are sought, are men of substance.
No one ever cares what the spendthrift thinks—
his views never have any weight. No one ever seeks
the man who is broke. The fellow who lives from
hand to mouth, without a thought of
‘‘Laying By for a Rainy Day’’
rarely creates a ripple in the solid, sober thought of
his community. But where a man has a BANK AC-
COUNT—that’s different. He is everywhere regarded
as a useful citizen; in other words, he “counts.”
Have you a Bank Account? If not, the officers of
this hank invite you to call and discuss the matter.
Be Wise—and
Bank with
the Bank You
Can Bank On!
THE Non-Interest Bearing and
Unsecured Deposits of this
bank are Protected by the De-
positors Guaranty Fund of the
State of Texas. : : : :
h
THE TRENT STATE BANK
“At Your Service” W. C. DEW, Cashier
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Thompson, R. M. The Goldthwaite Eagle. (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 26, 1916, newspaper, August 26, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1103592/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.