Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1940 Page: 4 of 16
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PACK POUR
THE 8TEPHENVILLB EMPIRE-TRIBUNE, 8TEPHENYILLE. TEXAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1>40
Flower “Jewels”
39c
Dainty nowvr-llka necklace*,
brac«l«ta. clip*, to eet off yoor
Bnmmer coftnmesl Fea titer
light ... . ‘‘pretty’ pastels.
M. L NOVITS
Department Store
Treating of Cotton
Seed Brings About
More, Better Yield
Prizes Awarded In
FFA Improvement
Contest Recently
Results of experiments which
show that treatment of cotton seed
brings about an increase in yield
and quality are outlined in the fol-
lowing article by A. A. Dunlap,
chief of the division of plant path-
ology and physiology of the Texas
Experiment Station:
Experiments on the treatment
of cotton seed over a periof of sev-
eral years throughout the cotton-
growing states have shown in gen-
eral that such treatment results
in better germinations of the seed
and emergence of the young
plants, in fewer diseased seed-
lings. and in increases in yield of
cotton.
_______The results -of—early- work on
cotton seed treatment at this sta-
tion (College Station) were pub-
lished as Bulletin No. 531 by the
Division of Agricultural Engineer-
ing in 1936. At that time, average
increases of from 11 to 65 percent
in the standof plants and of from
four to (I f*-r cent increases in
yield, with variations among the
different locations of the tests,
were obtained with an organic
mercury, seed-treatment dust.
More recent work in the division
of plan’ pathology and physiology
has shown the snme general trend
of results as cited above. Further-
more, since 1936, additional types
and brands of materials have be-
come available for experimental
and commercial use. Also, modi-
fication of the method for measur-
ing the benefits which may b* de-
rived from seed treatment have,
shown even more striking results
than wc-e obtained previously.
In addition to the two per cent
organic mercury dust (Ceresan)
used in the above-mentioned ear-
lier work, a five per cent dust
(New Improved Ceresan) has
been used in experiments during
the past five years and has been
found prferable from the stand-
points of effectiveness and cost of
'treatment. Another organic mer-
.xury. compound .XSanosecd) ha?
been used for one year nnd has
shown a slight advantage in late
plantings. During the past two or
three years, seed delinted with
sulphtirie- acid has been used more
widely in experimental work and
the effects of this treatment have
been particularly good in Texas.
In 1938. at College Station, a
regional seed treatment test was
carried out in co-operation with
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture. gnve mnrked increases in
emergence of seedlings and stand
of plants and a decrease in the
amount of damping-off or sore-
shin. Only slight differences in
yield,’ however, were obtained fol-
lowing thinning of the. plants. In
R. 1. Kerr, member of the local
Future Farmer chapter, and a res-
ident of th* Dak Dale community,
was awarded first place, having
amassed a total of 1926 points, .in
the local FFA Improvement Con-
test. sponsored by the Chamber
of Commerce of Stephenville. Kerr
was awarded a registered Du roc
gilt as first prise.
Second place winner, with a
toal of 1867 points, was H. C-
Long. He was awarded 60 baby
chickens. Ersal Cain placed third
and was awarded 50 chickens.
Other winners and prises award-
ed were: William I,ewis Hollings-
worth, registered gilt: Calvin
Shelton, registered Duroe boar;
Billy Jo Anderson, sack of feed;
Jackson Allen, 60 baby chicks; My-
ron Holoman. 60 chicks; Orval
Tackett, sack feed; Arthur Shep-
ard, $2.60 worth of nursery stock;
Sanford White. $2.60 worth of
nursery stock; Andrew Mitchell,
*2.50 worth of nursery stock;
Lloyd Shannon registered Duroc
boar, and Frank Overby, watch
fob.
Prixes that were awarded were
furnished by Stephenville Cham-
ber of Commerce, Anderson Feed
Mill Erath Egg Farm. Hollings-
worth Poultry Farm Demke’s
Hatchery. Wolf’s Nursery. Fitz-
geraid’s Nursery. Consumer's Pea-
nut Company. Bill Ranking. nnd
the Cox Drv Goods Store. Total
yaltie of all prizes awarded was
$75 00.
All members of the Stephenville
FFA Chanter took part in the
contest, which was supervised by
the chapter adviser. E. W. Scott.
Keep Yoor Face
Looking JM Feeing
Fit With Tto New
Clarence Cutter
1939. Dr. C. H- Rogers, of the
Rlackland Experiment Station at
Temple, conducted a three-acre
seed - treatment experiment in
which certain plantings on April
13 were made, using only two
seeds to the hill, in hills 18 inches
npnrt and in three-foot rows. No
plants were removed and the en-
tire stand from a given quantity
of seed was allowed to grow to
mature plants; from which- the
yield data was taken.
The untreated seed, in these
experiments, produced 473 pounds
of seed cotton per acre. The var-
ious treatment? gave yields of seed
cotton per acre as follows: Sono-
seed, 769 pounds; Ceresan, 935
pounds: New Improved Ceresan,
946 pounds: delinted with sulph-
uric acid, 946 pounds. A combina-
tion treatment of acid deUnting
plus New Improved Ceresan gave
the highest yield of 1,067 pounds
of seed cotton per acre.
These results point the way to-
wards a distinct saving in cost of
seed. s|nCe through the plnnting of
treated seed, much less seed per
acre would be required to obtain
a satisfactory stand of plants and
miximum yield. In addition, there
are certain increases in yields
TOW-PRICE blada users
A—* everywhere are switching
to the new Thin Gillette. And
no wonder. For this precision-
made blade fits your razor ex-
actly ... gives you better shaves
and lots of them at a real saving.
Buy a package of Thin Gillettes
from your dealer today.
Thin Gillette piadcs Are Produced
By The Maker Of The Famous
Gillette Blue Blade
5 For 25c
Clarence Cutter, who will ap-
pear here for three nights next
week with the Brunk’a Comedians
He will play, one of the principal
parts In “Petticoat Fever,’’ the
opening play Monday night.
MORE CCC BOYS
SENT TO CAMPS
WEEK-END REVIVAL OAK
DALE BAPTIST CHURCH
First Christian
Church Class Gets
Wide Publicity
which come from the general bene-
ficial effects of seed treatment,
oven though the untreated seed are
planted more thickly and the
plants thinned to a stand compar-
able to the stand obtained from
fewer treated seed.
Frank Noonkester
To Leave Local
Hospital Today
, Frank Noonkester, 28, son of
Mrs. Eliza Noonkester of Stephen-
ville whp was injured in an auto-
mobile accident just east of the
city Tuesday, April 9. will be able
to leave the Stephenville Hospital
today, attendents reported Thurs-
day. ,
His cousin. James D, (Pete)
Noonkester, 20 son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe D. Noonkester of the
Center Grove community, succum-
bed to injuries he received in the
accident.
The Noonkesters were the only
occupants of cither machine in-
jured seriously enough to require
hospitalization.
The Sunday School class of Mor-
ton P. Brooks, composed of college
boys and girls, gained nation-wide
recognition last Sunday when
“The Outlook*” one of the official
publications of the Christian
Church, carried a five-column pic-
ture and a story of how the young
dean increased the size of his
elaRs from five to forty. .
Two interesting sermons have
been prepared by the Rev. E. L.
Miley of the First Christian
Ghurch for the services Sunday.
In the morning he will speak on
the subject, “Come Unto Me.” The
topic of the evening service has
many guessing, for the pastor has
nnnonuced that he will preach on
“The Unwritten Bible." To find
what this is and the importance
of this unwritten book, everyone
da_urged to attend the services
next Sunday night.
The services last Sunday were
especially interesting. In the
morning service the minister spoke
on “I Go Fishing.” In this sermon
he emphasized the fact that the
men who Jesus chose to assist
Him, and who were fishermen,
made ahijsiness rather than a past-
time of fishing. He urged Chris-
tians who desired to become
"fishers of men” to go about this
task as though it were a business,
rather than as a man would leis-
urely prepare for a few pleasant
days on the river, ,,
The evening services were de-
voted to the ladies organization.
They conducted an interesting
service. The following day the
entire group of ladies spent the
day 'at the HaRsler home on the
Hieo Highway, making articles for
the Juliette Fowler Orphans Home.
Sunday School starts at 9:30
a. m., nnd everyone is urged to
attend. Church starts at 10:45
a. m., and the evening services at
7:30. Christian Endeavor meets
nt 6:30 p. m.—Gftbe Lewis.
FEELS BETTER TODAY THAN IN
YEARS SINCE TAKING HERBTEX
Claysville Man Had Nervous In-
digestion, Suffered from Gas,
Sour Stomach, Cramps and
Heavy Feeling. Was Billioua,
Constipated and Dizzy, Says
Herbtex la Wonderful.
“Before I started using Herbtex
I suffered for years owing to the
condition of my stomach, liver and
bowels,” says Mr. W. H. Kerns
of Claysville. Pa.
"My stomach had gone from bad
to worae and it got so that there
was hardly a thing I could cat that
wouldn't cause me a lot of trouble.
Why, I would herdly finish a meal
but what I would be taken with
billious and gort of washed out My
sleep was not refreshing and my
food never seemed to taste right.
“My- nerves were shattered and
I often had dizzy spells that al-
most laid me out
“I had tried so many different
medicines without getting any bet-
ter that I had nlmost given up
hope of Retting well again, but a
friend of mine told me that I
ought to try Herbtex as it seemed
to be helping everybody, so I got
There will be a week-end revivi-
al at the Oak Dale Baptist Church
starting tonight, and continuing
through Saturday night. Sunday
morning and night. Rev Jim Bays
will preach there Friday night,
assisted by the pastor. Rev. Homer
Starnes.
Everyone is invited to attend the
services each time. -
Ten more CCC boys from Erath
County were sent to Brownwood
Wednesday for assignment to var-
ious camps over the nation during
the ensuing enrollment period, W.
B. Thompson, Stephenville, county
case worker, announced.
This brings the quota from thia
county to forty for the next per-
iod, which Thompson said was the
highest quota Erath County had
been allowed since the CCC first
waa Instituted several years ago.
Boya sent this time, which in-
cluded all alternates not accepted
last week when thirty Erath
youths were sent to Brownwood,
were: Carl Richard Cline, Dublin,
Route 3; Curtis B. Crow, Dublin,
Route S; Edgar Farmer, Dublin,
Route 4; Max Odell Green, Bluff
Dale, Route 1; Jorman Lee Hugh-
es, Stephenville, Route 8; Travis
Nix, Hico, Route 6; Normy Tea-
gue, Dublin, Route 8; James N.
Willis, Stephenville, Route 1; Bil-
lie Ray Wooley, Stephenville, and
Ray Stanley Harrod, Dublin.
There was a possibility, Thomp-
son said, that Harrod, the alter-
nate among this group, might not
be accepted, but if he were it
would mean that every youth sent
to Brownwood from this county
last week and this week were en-
rolled for the next six months.
Congress begins economizing
again, just like the wife who
spends $18.98 for her sixth spring
h?t a*d saves $1.02 because it is
marked down from $20.
New York state produced 2,-
088,000 bushels of buskwheat in
1939. _..
Onyx Cafe, Stephenville Leader
Expertly cooked meals in which
freshness and quality of mater-
ials are emphasized has gained
an enviable reputation for the
Onyx Cafe in the 16 years it
-~KHr served Erath County people.
Ellis Hill, prop.
Lucioua Boomer, the President
and Manager of the Waldorf-As-
toria Hotel, New York City’s
largest hotel, has just recently
made the following statement:
“There has been a great change
in the eating of Americans in the
past 20 years. Beginning shortly
after the war, the tendency has
been strongly towards simple
dishes which emphasize freshness
and quality of materials. It has
been noted that dishes of the home
type are more and more in vogue,
even in the luxuriant style of hotel
and restaurant. This policy has
given the American home owner a
new sense of appreciation of the
cafe practicing it and has served
to obtain new business in a sub-
stantial way from this strata of
American life.”
The Onyx Cafe follows this pol-
icy as nearly as possible. Their
foods are suggestive of home
cooking and their daily luncheon
and dinner suggestions include a
wide variety of wholesome foods
which make the task of ordering
a properly balanced and highly
appetizing meal a simple matter.
These meals, cooked of quality
materials in a sanitary kitchen and
served in an attractively appoint-
ed dining room for moderate pric-
es has given the Onyx a popular
reputation with both the traveling
public and local people.
They particularly desire to
make Erath county people wel-
come and if you aren’t familiar
with their food and service, then
have lunch and dinner with them
any day and enjoy a’delightful ex-
perience.
They take this opportunity to
express appreciation for your bus-
iness in the past and to invite
your continued patronage in the
future.
Hooker Plumbing, for Expert Service
Originally established here in
1929, with shop at 152 Columbia
street, has for 11 years offered
expert and economical plumbing
and heating service to Erath
County residents.
Surveys just completed by the
United States government of 8,-
000,000 homes in 203 cities show
15 out of every 100 have no pri-
vate toilets—20 out of every 10CTT This firm can show you where
Now they’re linking Manhat-
tan’s murder ring with some Flor-
ida jewel robberies. Can it be this
bunch is also responsible for the
long puzzled death of Cock Robin?
have no private baths. This aver-
age applied to our entire country
means there are 4,500,000 dwelling
units without toilets—6,000,000
without baths.
More startling are the figures
showing that half of the homes in
some communities lack these pri-
mary sanitary facilities.
And when you consider the dan-
gers of faulty, old-fashioned
plumbing in daily use, you can ap-
preciate the grave menace such
conditions present to public
hetalth.
Your health and that of our
whole population depends upon an
adequate supply of pure water and
the prompt, safe removal of dan-
gerous waste. And both pure wat-
er and safe waste removal de-
pends upon good plumbing.
It is not enough to insist upon
plumbing fixtures of excellent
quality. It i» of vital importance
that they be installed correctly.
" '* Plumb-
In this respect the Hooker
ing Shop has the knowledge, ex-
perience and skill necessary to
protect your health by correct in-
stallation.
you can, often with small expendi-
ture, entirely transform the ap-
pearance of your kitchen or bath-
room and at the same time elimi-
nate many inconveniences.
In this respect, it is likely that
at no time in the past 25 years,
has there been a more advantag-
eous time to make new installa-
tions, due to thet convenient finan-
cing or terms in which to pay that
are now avhilable. Call at the
Hooker Plumbing Shop for details
anti modernize' your home now
while these financing plans are
available. Mr."Hooker takes this
opportunity to express apprecia-
tion for your past business and to
invite your continued patronage
in the future.
CORINTH
(By Mrs. Claud Zimmerman)
Everyone is very buey In thU
community after the free** and
frost last Thursday and Friday.
A lot of the gardens are being re-
planted and some are replanting
their com.
The electric lights have been in-
stalled in the auditorium this week.
The Busy Bee club met last
Wednesday with Mrs. Rota Ford
and Mrs. J- L. Jones, and quilted
each one a quilt, and at the noon
hour dinner was served to Mrs.
Othal Young, Mrs. John Vaught,
Mrs. Charlie Butler, Mrs. Ewell
Ray, Mrs. Claud Zimmerman.
Others that came In the afternoon
were Mrs. Otis Lay, Mrs. Bess
Lane. Mrs. G. W. Pond, and Mre.
Roy Franks.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harrell and
son, Joe Edward and Billie Joe
Moore, and 0. T. Bacon all of Ste-
phenville spent Sunday evening
with Mrs. J. L. Jones.
Johnny Lancaster of Brecken-
ridge is spending this week with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Lancaster.
Leonard Gaines was elected
school trustee. Other trustees are
Lee Cardwell and Chess Lane.
Strike a Snag?
(To stocking's Infallible, but
our 3-thread “extras” are
super • dependable) Three-
thread chiffons, pre-inapeteod,
cellophane
packed __________
m. l novtts
Department Store
79c
Classified ads bring results.
1^ y ^ Triangle Cheese Co., Community Asset
change climate for heart
trouble 1 If your ear war.
not worklns properly,
would you advlee a chance
of climate T No — you
, - , - would take It to a me-
a supply of Herbtex, even though i ch.nlc
I was a bit skeptical at first. With-!
in a few days I commenced to feel
better and by the end of the third
week 1 was feeling like my real
self. Now I have a good appetite
and the fine part of it all is that
everything 1 eat agrees with my
stomach and I never Suffer with
the gas, cramps or sourness.
“The constipation has been over-
come, my nerves have calmed
down. I haven’t had a dizzy feel-
ing in weeks and my strength has
been restored. I’m happy to relate
li* Spa.
» IK. Human
Svikkboeri
controlling
tU«KK W
vyr
„ rai. m>crience with. Herhtox hop-
ing it will he read by others who
suffer like I did and that they
will also try Herbtex.
SPECIAL OFFER: regular price
of Herbtex is $1.25. send only $1.00
sharp attacks of indigestion or I Money Order* Cash or Cheek to
haart bdm, and everything in my nwbMl Co.. Dept TK22 Wheeling
stobiaoh would feel like a lump of
Jfwjod,. (Constipation troubled me
•Iv «lrno«f Aronstairtly. and
sjm - •15ph
W. Va^ and a package of Herb-
If there b preeture en the
nerve# capplylns the heart
with life force from the
brain (and that la the
ranee ef meet all heart
dleerden.)
CHIROPRACTIC
ADJUSTMENTS
will relcnae the preeenre
and the mlahty pump of
the body will regain
H. L. CAPPLEMAN
CHIROPRACTOR
“Tka Scienoa that Gots Sick People
XVelL”
a. a midmice TS1 N. Ornham
Stephenville, Texa.
t -kwfi. jL.& i.
The Triangle Cheese and Produce
Co., is Erath County’s largest
buyer of poultry, eggs, cream
and whole milk and ar^ manu-
facturers of cheese. Oran Fer-
guson, manager.
Not so many years ago, about
the only outlet for the poultry,
eggs, butter milk or cream pro-
duced in this section was the local
grocery store where they were
traded for flour, sugar and other
foods needed by the family. Most
I of the cash required for other
farm purchases had to come from
other crops.
Today, however, the Triangle
Chese & Produce Co., supplies pro-
ducers with * ready cash outlet
for these products and greatly in-
creases their cash income. Indeed
these constant outlets and daily
cash payment? to daii^rmen ancj
poultrymen are helping ” & build
the Erath County poultry and
dairy industry which is regarded
as financial stabiliser in any com-
munity.
. Other evidence of their complete
cooperation with the dairy indus-
try- ia shown by the fact that for
ovary registered bull which Steph-
n donate to the
A
sociation, or Bull Circle, the Trian-
le Cheese & Produce Co., donates
another, thus rapidly increasing
the number of bulls available.
This firm buys thousands of dol-
lars worth of dairy and poultry
products each year and since they
have direct outlets they pay top
cash prices and accept any amount
at any time.
While only a small percentage
of the enormous quantities of
cheese, which this firm manufac-
tures and packs is consumed in
this section, yet the manufactur-
ing, packing and processing cost
of the entire output, as represent
enter local trade channels.
Their employes average 12 or
more in number the year round
and with thousands of dollars dis-
bursed in the form of wages,
theirs is an important payroll.
Through taxes on their plant
they are also heavy contributors to
raunty and municipal expenses.
They invite local fanners to con-
sult with them o* their marketing
(ihlema at any
“m
thank Jrou
and ipvite
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A&P FOOD STOKES j
-ST
APPLES
WINESAPS
Size 180 — Dozen
Lemons
Size 490’s
Dozen
CARROTS L. 5c
BANANAS
Nice Size —Pound
Oranges, California OfY«
Size 150 — Dozen wJl
CABBAGEL 5c
BEANS Z™ 10c
NEW POTATOES
4 Pounds __________
19c
STRAWBERRIES AC „
2 Boxes Le dv
Apples, Yellow New- 1 A _
ton, 100’s, 4 for Xl/v
SPINACH Lb. 3c
POTATOES
10 Pounds
19c
SOFT TWIST
pprAn
24 £., 10c
dKMU
1 C °z*
I 0 Loaf
7c
Tomatoes, Iona No. 2
4 Cans..........................
25c
MATCHES
6 Boxes ......
15c
Doughnuts, sugared 1
or Plain — Dozen......LljKj
oleo xr
10c
Peanut Butter
Quart .. ..........
23c
Fruit Cocktail
Sultana, Tall Can.
10c
HUDSON LYE
2 Cans.............
15c
Vanilla Wafers
Pound ................
10c
no. i :: 8c
BACON r-..................5c
Peaches, Sliced or Halves, 2y2
2 Cans_____________________________________________
27c
Sliced Bacon, Korn Kist, Lb..........
......19c
Cheese, Wisconsin, Pound ............
.......23c
Sparkle Gelatin, All Flavors, 3 Boxes 10c
Cakes, Angel Food, Large Size.....
.......29c
Nectar Tea, \/A Lb. 15c; y2 Lb..........
.......29c
COFFEE
8 O’CLOCK QA
8 O’CLOCK AA
2 Pounds ....................LiU\j
NAPKINS 11
2 Packages ................XXC
TOILET PAPER OA
6 Rolls L\)ii
OXYDOL ■ ~ VflT
Large Size ........... JLt/L
PRESERVES AA^
2 Pound Jar............. Zdl
SYRUP
DELTA
Gallon ........
DELTA
Half Gallon
45c
25c
NBC Shredded 1 A
Wheat — Pkg......,*.....XUC
PICKLES
Sour or Dill, Qt........}
10c
KETCHUP
14-Oz. Bottle
10c
MUSTARD
Quart ......
10c
MILK
Jf White House
6 Small or 3 Large
+0 ‘-■I
K£ I
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