The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1930 Page: 6 of 8
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THE OLNEY INTERPRISE
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Friday, May 30, 1930
WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING
By W. M. Free, Field Editor
of good land. This is a small crop 1 Mr. Hammonds about things down
for his force, but his idea is to cul-jhis way. He has lived in that section
tivate his crops thoroughly and he j seven or eight years and owns a
iknbws that good farming brings;good farm. He is .among our sue-
better results and 'is less expensive.
It is very interesting to talk to Mr.
Stewart .and hear him discuss his
plans. They are good. He is inter-
WOMAN AS SHE IS
The man
ters drift, but watches only
estsd in nothing else but his farming
and is going to see that through with
His utmost" determination. He says
that with the good season now in
the ground that his oats will make
a good crop. He is counting on them
to supply him with an abundance of
feed. He says there is no money
for him in the: dairy cow. But he
keeps cows for his home needs, but
ADVERTISING rains and storms. This is because
There is a marked difference in the people are making a business of
the operations of the business man poultry raising and have houses and
and the man in business. The busi- coons prepared th’it will withstand
ness man believes in the safe and ordinary rams and storms and P o-
. . , r i _:nc:. tect tne jlock and orood. in some
b,«„ methods of ■>»....» n thc storms were very
plot keep, .breaot of the t.m. • # p,.ese„ce of
business ,u,t * the ltl. rilia(,r and they remained
bo, wotche. ool, for ex- ^ ^ ^ during the
peoses. To keep down expense. ^ ^ ^ ,Uyed out i„ the
hi= soul S aim. He never f'S*'es rajn until an the chicks were safely
what he might make through a litue house(J In most (.;ises they go a, does not try to produce any dairy
push and pep, but he settles himse drenching, but theyo aved their flocks j products to sell. He has four hogs
down with the thought that the peo- ^ tokens and turkeys by this for his meat next year,
pie “know I’m in business because effori>We know for a fact that there
my buiilding can be seen all over morp cbiekens Ijping raised this
town,” and he knows people will be s.eaf.on than for many years. Not in
curious enough to investigate and flocks but almost every home
will come and ask his prices and & gUpply of old and young cnick-
wben they do this the deal is closed, ens This is what counts. Times are
because he says,“I make my price. lull'd and just a little peculiar to
my advertisement.” ’ most years and the farmer or m-
The business man knows that an dividual who comes nearest-to grow-
ad. in the home town newspaper is his living at home will be ahead
the best and cheapest way to reach 0f the hounds in this race, kc-mo-
l)he most people. And when you see mize on your feed for your Doc '»
the ad. of a business man or firm in ’but don’t never get too tlg’.it to
the county newspaper every week feed them a good masn> or balance
bet your bottom dollar that,ration. Better have a small flock of
y hens closely culled .and well ted than
a larger flock which are forced to
rustle most of their food. Use com-
mon sense in your poultry raising
ppt like you would in any other
hr I in ess and watch it. grow and
thrive.' It is never the fault of the
hen. It's the conditions that make
success or failure.
you can
he is a business man and not a man
in business. The business man has
fresh goods, the newest patterns and
styles. His goods are never shelf-
worn because he sells them through
good advertising. The man in busi-
ness has out-of-date goods, shelf-
worn articles and if he stays in
business a number of years he has
a regular curiosity shop of antique
articles.
We believe that down in his heart
he knows that newspaper advertis-
ing pays, but he wants to be an in-
ventive genius who can do business
some other way than the well beaten
paths of success. In this effort he
falls an easy prey to the trickster
and schemer which is always at hand
with a method of advertising which
will do the trick
The trickster is getting up a
church calendar or a fire preven-
tion card, highway map or some-
thing else which will be printed and
put up in all the business houses in
town. Or some kind of a road sign
which is before the eyes of the peo
pie continually. The price is usu-
ally a little higher than the news-
paper ad, hut the man in business
does not have to buy every week hut
when he gets his name to this card
or whatever scheme ii is' his adver-
tising problem is solved for the year.
The trickster tells him he is going
to make five hundred or a thous-
and cards and will hang one in
every town like Olney. There is
not that many business houses in
Wichita Falls or Fort Worth. The
trickster after getting his money
goes to he printer, has about 50 or
75 cards made hangs them in a few
places where he is permitted and
most of them are behind doors or
1 beneath a coat hanger where the/
Then he leaves
are never seen.
town and the man in business be-
lieves his advertising troubles are
<iver, and his advertising done for
the next twelve months. According
to his' way of thinking it is the bast
kind of advertising in the world
beats the heme town paper all to i the bundle, baled or any way.
FARMERS
Very few farmers were in town
during' the few fair days of last
week. They 'were busy planting
and plowing- over their crops. More
grain sorghums are being planted
than ever before in this section, by
the farmers. The past two years
short crops have gotten under thfe
hide of the farmer in such a way
that they are determined to raise a
feed crop this year. Seed men in
Olney have been taxed to supply the
demand for grain sorghjums for
planting and it seems that the new
feed crop hegari is taking a lead
i jere this season as it has on the
Plains country for the’ past several
years. Owing to so much of it being
grown in the West the seed has been
cheaper than other kind and that in
itself has induced our farmers to
try it out who .had expected to plant
other feeds. It is said that this
hegari is one of the best feeds going
when it is ground—stalk heads ,and
all and fed to cows for dairy pur-
poses. Of course a little . protein
feed is mixed with it, but it furnishes
the principal bulk of feed which has
a very cheap ration for the cows
and other livestock. It is a great
yielder, according- to our informa-
tion, and it can be planted until late
in the summer with good results. It
As also good for planting on
stubble ground after the grain is
cut as it is a strong grower and a
good drouth resister. Try some
hegari on the stubble or any other
part of the farm that is likely to lay
idle because of a poor stand of
something else or any cause what-
ever. Plant some hegari if you have
pot already planted some of this
wonderful crop. It is good feed in
W. C. RUTHERFORD
Farming under ideal conditions is
one of the many pleasant occupa-
tions in ,411 the world. Farming
under adverse conditions is just
about as vexing as anything under
the sun. The farmer who depends
on each year to1 provide for itself
gets into the vexation period pretty
often. We believe W. C. Ruther-
ford is one farmer of our section
who is thinking alcmg sane lines
farming after the ye,ars he has spent
in his chosen occupation whichr has
given him much experience. He
lives four and one-half miles south
of Olney in the Hunt community
which: is one of the best farming-
sections in the county. He says that
it is his aipi to raise his meat when
ever he has the feed for Logs pnd
ihe has a large flock of red chickens
for egg production to help with
family expenses, and he further
stated that some of the fryers are
just about ripe.
cessful diversifiers and is trying his
hand in the poultry business in an
extensive way. He stated that he i
has about 80 laying hens of the j
White Leghorn breed and he is j
getting from 60 to 70 eggs daily |
production. This is almost 100 per
cent. His flock is well bred, closely ;
culled, and they are fed a good lay-
ing nyish. He has a lai-ge number |
of baby chicks of all ages, but he
states that he has gotten some in-
fection into his brood bv bringing
other birds into the flock and now
he is working hard to rid the flock
of desease. He will succeed in this
because he and Mrs. Hammonds are j
on the job and watching their birds!
-*ery closely. Mr. Hammonds be- j
lieves that success in farming means •
grrowing your living- at home.
MRS. W. A. SIMMANS
We wish to thank Mrs. W. A.
Simmans, of the Dyer Department
Store, for a subscription to the En-
terprise sent to her sister, Mrs.
E. E. Simmans of Wichita F,alls.
There is no better spirit to be had
than a spirit which thinks of the
joys and sorrows of others. As the
world goes on and we become more
civilized we began to be more sel-
fish. This is what we call refine-
ment. But Mrs. Simmans is of the
old type, outspoken in her sentiment
and it was a pleasure to her to make
her sister g\ad with a copy of the
Enterprise every week.
J. K. LUTON
A pathetic story was told us
Thursday morning by our old friend
J. K. Luton of Olney, one of the
best known men in this section of
the state which was brought out dur-
ing- the meeting of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Assembly which was
held here recently., A man was the
guest in the home of Bro. Luton
from his old home in Tennessee
about which the facts of this little
story is hinged. When Mr. Luton
was'a small boy in Tennessee he re-
membered seeing ,a company leave
his home town to enlist in the
Southern army in the conflict be-
tween the states. He remembered
one man among the many that he
knew was killed in one of the hard
fought battles soon after his enlist-
ment. A young man who was a
stranger but a comrade in battle
helped to wrap the, man’s body in 3
blanket and bury it. Later on this
man came to Tennessee in the home
town of Mr. Luton and from where
the man had enlisted who was
killed in battle and he married the
widow of his comrade who was slain
in battle and this was the man that
Bro. Luton had as his guest in his
home and he is now a great preacher
in the Cumbr eland Presbyterian
Church.
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She’s an angel in truth, a demon j
in fiction;
A woman is the greatest of all
contradiction.
She’s afraid of a cockroach, she’ii
scream at a mouse
But she’ll tackle :a husband as big
as a house.
She’ll take him for better, she II
take him for worse.
She'll split his head open, and
then be his nurse.
And when he is well and can get
out of bed.
She picks up a teapot and throws
at his head.
She’s faithful, deceitful, keensight-
ed, and blind;
She’s crazy, she’s simple, she’s
cruel, and she’s kind;
She’ll lift a man up, she’ll cast a
man down;
She’ll make him her hero, she’ll
make him her clown.
You fancy she’s this, but you find
she is that,
For she’ll play like a kitten and
scratch like a cat.
In the morning she will, in
evening she won’t,
And you’re always expecting
i Terrell Estimates
1930 Cotton Crop
At 5,000,000 Bales
does when she don’t.
How Do You Know?
Austin, Texas, May 23.—An es-
timated Texas cotton crop of 17,000-
000 acres this year producing approx-
imately 5,000,000 hales is forecast
by State Agricultural Commissioner
George B. Terrell. It is based on
reports from 213 of 254 counties.
The eastern district of forty-nine
counties reported and acreage 92 per
cent normal and with a condition
of 85 per cent of normal. The north-
ern district with twenty-two counties
had 96 per cent acreage and 76 per
cent condition. The western district
of forty four counties had 95 per
cent acreage and 82 per cent con-
dition ; central Texas of forty four
counties 93 per cent acreage and
85 per cent condition; southwestern
district, thirty seven counties, 98 per
cent acreage and ^5 per cent con-
dition; northwestern district, fifty-
eight counties 97 per cent acreage,
' and 71 per cent condition,
the | Corn acreage had been increased 2
! per cent; grain sorghums increased
she j 5 per cent and wheat and oats re-
1 duced. ^ ,
Ex. I A final increase report will be
issued as of June 15.
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“I want some collars for ray hus-
band, but I’ve forgotten the size.”
“Thirteen and a half?” said the
shop assistant.
“That’s it, how dtid you know?”
“Men who let their wives buy col-
lars for them are always about that
size, ma’am.”
NOT SO P»AI>
We are living, not dead; we are
well, not sick; we can see, we are
not blind; we eat, we do not starve,
we are at peace, not at war; one
country one flag, one shirt,
wife—let us smile.—Florida
Union.
one
Times-
C. M. ROACH
For many years C. M. Roach has
been a familiar figure on the streets
of Olney. He is one of the best
known men in this section and his
friends are numbered by his j ac-
quaintances. One day last week he
came to town with a number of
scratches on his face which in a
way marred his regular features and ;
‘made him look just a little out of
the ordinary. But he made the
proof that the scratches were caused
from cutting the weeds out of his
yard and he proved it by a number
of substantial citizens. But we liked
to bave worn out our shoes hunting
for the fellows for proof.
R. H. JEWELL
While R. H. Jewell and A. B.
McClendon, of Hagerman, Grayson
county, Texas, were in Olney Thurs-
day Mr. Jewell had us to send him
the Enterprise for a year. He has
some lots in the. tewnsite oil field
and he wants to keep posted on
developments. We thank Mr. Jewell
for the subscription and hope that
he will enjoy reading the Enterprise.
FEED! FEED!
Poultry Feed
Dairy Feed
A Full Line Of
SEEDS
Mo Creech
South A V€, B, Plump 383 Olnpu. Texg$
smash. Then an other thing that
tickles him most, he has slicked
the paper out of that much. And
he also showed the editor he was
not dependent on h/m for anything.
We do hepe this spirit is in none of
cur merchants. We trust i\nd wish
to see all of them business men and
not men in business
Tliprp is one thing we wish to call
attention to our readers and that is
when they buy advertsed goods they
are buying the best. The man who
is bold to make prices is not afraid
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of his competitor. He knows his
V'
goods will stand inspection, and his
prices the lowest, quality considered.
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You can’t beat his price any where
unless some fellow is selling cut and
quitting business.
The man who advertises his goodi
can sell cheaper because his sales
are greater and his stock fresher. He
greater and hs stock frestier. He
does not pay his men a high price
to take the time to stand and price
L. C DODD
The man who puts his best effort
forward will succeed in anything
more often than when he half way
does the job. L. C. Dodd, living
J. C. WEBB
“I wish to send the Olney En-
terprise to my friend A. J. Chap-
man of Amarillo,” was the exact
words spoken to us last Tuesday by
J. C. Webb of the Webb Hotel of
this city. He further stated that
Chapman would be glad to learn of
the many things taking place in
Olney and especially the oil field
operations within the city limits and
elsewhere in the Olney trade terri-
tory. We- thank Mr. Webb for this
his merchandise to you.
Paying a salesman or a saleslady
$100 per month to price your goods
to people who drop in is more ex-
pensive than to price the goods thru
the local paper where you talk to
two or three thousand people at one
time. People don’t drop into stores
like they used to. They are invited
through courteous advertising,'. to
come and' buy, and they do it.
Volumes could be-written on this
subject. We were not asked to
write this. It’s just our own
thought, jumbled in a way to help
somebody, somewhere. Friendly
criticism is the best thing for us and
if we have said anything you don’t
like we’ll take it hack, every state-
ment is guaranteed.
three miles west cf town, impressed favor, knowing that it wall make his
us when we met him pt a feed store friend remember him each week
in Olney last week that he was doing when a visit of the Enterprise will
his very best in his farm operations, remind him that he is remembered
He was buying Some hegari seed by a friend in the old home town,
when we talked with him and he is
going to try out this new crop for
this section. He expects to plant
four or five acres to this crop this
year as an experiment. He says
that plenty of good rains have fallen
in his section for good seasons and
he is looking for a good yield of all
row crops this year. He said he had
some cotton up to a fine stnad and
it looked good. He is giving his
little son, Roland, an opportunity to
start out in life with zeal and
earnestness by permitting him to
own a good cow all to himself.
Nothing creates a greater ambition
in chilren than to have something-
on the farm all their won. Mr.
Dodd has two good cows and a small
flock of chickens. He is in a class
of farmers determined to make a
living from the farm. We bid him
go to it. He can if he so determines.
POULTRY
The. recent rains have been a
boon to the farmers but these hard
downpours and hail and wind storms
are not so welcome among the poul-
try raisers. But from reports gleaned
from the lips of many who are rais-
ing chickens and turkeys very little
loss has been reported from the
L. PARISH
We were delighted to clasp the
hand’ of old friend L. Pai
wlhio is one of our enthusiastic read-
ers and was one of the first to
renew his subscription with us when
we began with the Enterprise last
fall. We always like that smile
Mr. Parish carries with him. He
began talking about fried chicken
time when we met him hast week.
But he says the fat hen still makes
good eating With dressing properly
placed on all sides in the bake pan.
We believe: he knows what he’s talk-
ing- about. He stated that he was
in fine health and w,as enjoying the
association of' his many friends.
L. STEWART
We talked to L. Stewart, living
one mile west of town, who is farmj-
ing one hundred and twenty acret
J. E. BROWN
Everything has gone wet on the
farm says J. E. Brown, living- a
few miles out of the city where: he
is. engaged in farming*. He was
talking of the splendid rains which
have been falling the past month. He
says that it is all to his liking and
he believes in plenty of moisture.
He was buying some hegari seed to
plant some spots where his stand had
been washed out by the heavy rains.
Mr. Brown is a good farmer and is
elated over the fine season in the
ground at this time.
W. M. CREECH
We are glad to announce that
W. M. Creech is making plans to
erect a new brick and tile building
with concrete floors on the lot where
his feed store now stands. He has
purchased the old fire hall tin build-
ing north of his place of business
and will use it for a storage room
while he is contracting- his new bus-
iness building. He has already
purchased some material which will j
begin arriving this week and will be
unloaded and ready to begin putting
down floors, etc., which will later
be enclosed with the brick walls.
Mr. Creech began in Olney a few
years ago with a few dollars and hj's j
’success is. known to many. He gives
his business his close personal at-
tention and knows row to put it
over. Read his ads in the Enterprise j
every week. It has something to
say to you. about bargains, his prices
are made in box car letters.
ROBERT HAMMONDS
While Robert Hammonds and his
family were in Olney last Thursday
from their home in the Bitter Creek
community we had a short talk with
To celebrate its stop here, on
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A Few Examples—
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30x5, Truck .........$20.85
32x6, Truck, 10-ply. . . .$36.15
30x450 6.79
29x500 ...............$8.55
30x500 ...............$8.75
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Wednesday., June Jlfclh
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Phone 20
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