Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1931 Page: 10 of 12
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Romance Unfolded in
Story of Fir»t Shoe
Mr. *nd Mrs. J. P. Cole returned
Monday from Mineral Weill, where
they spent several weeks tar the
benefit'ef their health. They return-
ed greatly -benefltted by their va-
cation. « ' "
Do small children play with life
instead of actually living it.
The First shoe factory in Texas
is producing shoes—good shoes with
snaft&hd style and above all quality
—at the rate of 200 pairs a day.
The factory—that of H. J. Justin
& Sons, Fort Worth—began making
shoes less than a year ago. Today
there is hardly a State west of the
Mississippi in whlch r lhere is not
an Increasing number of men wear-
ing “Justin’s Easy Walker” shoes.
The story of their venture has
some marks of romance about it.
The father of the Justins arrived in
Texas in 1879 with 25c cash, a shoe-
maker’s awl and a. hammer. Locat-
ing at Old Spanish Fort, on Red
River, in Montague County, he made
his first pair of boots for a Texas
cowboy. To make a long story short
Justin’s boots quickly attained wide
vogue among cattlemen of every
cattle State. In the Dakotas, in Wy-
oming, In Oregon, throughout the
West, there are men Who have worn
nothing else for fifty years. But j
the plant, which was moved to No- [
cona in the 80’s and then to Fort,
Worth in 1925, kept its boot output
modernized, and Justin’s boots, from!
the cowboy style f§r actual cowboys
and the "dude ranches,”^ on up to
the handsome riding boot" for fash-
ionables, are to be found In shops
oyer the United States.
Just a few years ago the Justins
were Impressed by the development
of a shoe factory in Nashville. Tenn.,
which, starting in a very small way,
had built up a $4,000,000 business
annually and contributed much to
the prosperity of that city and sec-
tion. The Justin, boot business still
was lucrative, but Its possibilities
somewhat limited. They studied the
situation in the light of the fact
Rev. Isa bell, who it will be rem-
embered by the pioneer cltlien*
spent several months here as Assoc-
iational Missionary of the Assoda-
tional Baptist Church, but who now
lives In Port Worth, is reported to
be ill in a Mineral Wells hospital.
T. M. P&rlqnton
Truck Line
Phone 96 LEVELLAND
Daily Freight Sendee Ron
Levelland to Lubbock. ^very
Office Upstairs House
Stroud Bldg.
Levelland, Texas
FARNALL TRACTORS
Levelland Masonic
Lodge No. 1236
Weldon F. Johnson
—represent the utmost in economical and efficient power
farming. It is here to stay and if your acreage will justi-
fy you should make a study of this popular tractor, which
has helped others, to cut their costs of production.
We will be’pleased to demonstrate the Farmall, and ex-
tend liberal terms on its purchase.
HORSES AND MULES
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Will Practice in All Civil Courts.
Office In Court House
D. E. MAGEE
LAWYER
WATCHMAKER AND
yourself with teams, we
have a number of horses
and mules which we are
belling out at very reaj
aonable prices. .Your
should see them before
that there was not a single shoe'
manufacturing plant in all the
Southwest, which annually buys 40,-
000,000 pairs of shoes. Their deci-1
sion was to ,start shoe manufactur- |
lng In a small way, putting out a
quality product and make a con-
tribution toward the industrializa-
tion of Texas and the upbuilding of
their home city and State.
The factory Is equipped with the!
best machinery possible to buy. It
Is giving employment to eighty
workers now—when the output
reaches 1,000 pairs a day it will re-
quire the services of approximately
200 workers, most of them highly
paid expert craftsmen.
NEW AND SECOND-HAND FARM IMPLEMENTS
JOE COUCH
T. P. HILL
INTERNATIONAL DEALER
South Side Square
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
WE WILL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU
PLAN THAT REMODELING,«|
REPAIRING, REPAPERING
OR REPAINTING /™
Cotton in Transit
Is Being Damaged
McDonald Reports
^nate4 books. Mone-
tary donations have been few and
Jar between. ^The school does not
expect so much from donations, but
it is a fact if the Board would, match
every dollar raised by the school
children and teaehers the Science
laboratory and 500 book library
would be an actual fact, instead
of a hopeful dream. Our library
now contains about 150 copies. Every
extra dollar goes for ’ the library
books and this library is absolutely
essential to the school. Patrons help
the teachers and school children
build up the school Remember that
all the necessary extra equipment
has been made possible by their ef-
forts. • •
How We Get It, etc.
Does the Community Appreciate it?
W. T. H.
When one speaks of extra equip-
ment around a. school building, one
might n&me flag pole and flag,
basket-ball equipment, foot-ball
equipment, teeter boards, swings,
’ and library books. The public calls
this equplment “extra” because they
| feel that It Is unnecessary to the
carrying on of a successful school.
This is a false Interpretation because
the word “extra” In this case means
very important. How dead a school
would be if not. basket-ball or foot-
ball were played! “All work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy” will
work on the school ground as well
as in home life.
r' How does the school secure this
necessary equipment? This is one
question that is seldom answered In
the minds of the patrons. They do
hot realize that the plays are the
one big means of securing the money
for .this equipment. The teachers
are the backers of these days. They
work diligently on the plays and the
community shows their appreciation'
by giving them capacity crowds.,,
itays are not the only means of
raising cash. "Hie Panther” is the
High School paper. The Panther has
been published since 1928. In that
time it has paid for itself, bought
• a flag, Qqg pole, painted the wooden
-the campus, and built
transit to • ports and in storage
through lack of protection from
rain, and dirt, J. E. McDonald, Com-!
mlssioner of Agriculture, declared!
after an inspection trip to ports of \
concentration,.mainly Galveston andj
Houston.
“The cotton is raggy, wet and
dirty, which subtracts from its value,
and it is not a commodity to be
proud to own,” he commented.
Cotton farmers and owners were
warned, to exercise diligent care in
protecting their cotton from 'the
elements. Each week thousands of
bales of cotton reach Houston and
must be
CICERO SMITH LUMBER CO
Everythin* for the Builder.
Phone 7
LEVELLAND
INSURANCE, CITY AND
FARM LOANS
ABSTRACTS
SAM COMBS
Insurance, Loans and Abstracts
. Levelland, Texas
Galveston damaged* and
opened, picked clean of the ruined
cotton and re-baled, he said. Owners
of the cotton, in many instances,
are suffering a loss of from five to
one hundred pounds per bale,
Commissioner McDonald said.
“Farmers and ., other owners of
cotton should see to it that his cot-
tOn goes directly from the gin Into
a rainproof" warehouse, and that
while in transit it is well protected
the commls-
Farm Income Is
Due To Improve
from rain and dirt,
, sloner warned.
Transportation of cotton by motor
I trucks was given as one cause of the
S damage, for usually when cotton is
on -a truck it is exposed, causing
ruin by water and dirt being drawn
into the bale..
and swings. Not only
tr. a money producing
teeter board
Is The Panl
Hockley County Abstract
Company
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paper but it is also'of untold value
to the students. It gives valuable
Instruction and experience in jour-
laWam
Personal contributions are the tost
and least of . the means for ralsihg
money. The library In the High
School was first begun by a few
Office
First Floor Court House
Levelland, Texas
GENERAL MEDICINE
All calls answered promptly
day or night.
OFFICE, ALEXANDER DRUG
STORE
Office Phone 12; Residence
Phone No. 59
it black
k When
WE W^NT YOUR PR(
iltry, Kgs*. Cream and Hldoa. We
COFFEE SHOP
have a supply of
aother car.
and ear corn.
hand furniture and
consisting of Bran.
much
LEVELLAND
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Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1931, newspaper, January 9, 1931; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1161310/m1/10/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.