Hockley County Free Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1964 Page: 3 of 10
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OCTOBER 22, 1964
THE HOCKLEY COUNTY FREE PREE
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OTTON STYLES SHOWN BY LOCAL
ENCHANTS AT COURT HOUSE
The following merchants
displayed dresses and other,
wearing apparel at the Style
Show last Thursday:
Arnolds, Cobbs, Your
Shop, Anthony’s, Rutherford
Abel, Eves and the Hub.
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pters, YoUng Farmers and
Young Homemakers, Farm
Bureau and Civic Clubs, all
presented floats—and the
machinery of the cotton in -
dustry including tractors,
cotton trailers, mechanical
harvesters, trucks, pickup
and compress fork lifts
were includes among the
vehicles as they passed in
review before thousands of
spectators.
One truck carried a
dummy hanging from gibet,
the banner read, “He
to wear cotton. ”
r Norman’s Studio
Tre sea Lavendar
Another interesting dis-
play was a minuture cotton
gin.
The fleecy staple was
protrayed as “friend,” a
“Fabric for any season,”
a “staple,” “life saver”
and as king, economy boo-
ster, life blood of the South
Plains, “white Gold” and
many other things.
The fact the boll weevil
is considered a menace was
Norma*’a Studio
Olga Jayne Bowers
proves by the fact he was
sprayed, dusted, blasted,
roped, kicked, pitch-forked
and killed in a hundred'
different ways.
One float depicted a
boll weevil attacking a farm
family. The family, seeming-
ly, were licked, and were
piling their belonging onto
an old can and heading for
other parts—the sign on the
float read, “Don’t Let Him
Run yon Out,”
And in this parade syn-
thetics were buried and be-
side his grave were little
angels, Mitsy Dickson, 5,
and Carolyn Winn, 4, of
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YEARLINGS
Cont. from page 1
Everyone want to rest.
It had been a trying day, the
men having been in the
saddle since before dawn.
And they intended to
rest.
But as the herd was
bedded down and the men
came to the chuek wagon for
supper, there was a distant
roll of thunder and far back
in the west was flashes of
lightning.
“My sainted mother,”
said one of the cowboys.
“A storm coming up and us
with this herd of half wild
cattle.”
“Get your chugk,”
ordered the boss, then lay
down and rest. I’ll call you
when I need you.”
The storm was approach-
ing slowly, with the thunder
becoming more distinct and
the lightning brighter.
If the boss had an idea
the cloud might not come up,
he soon dismissed it from
his mind.
Already the cattle were
becoming restless and there
was moaning sound coming
from the herd. The guards
watched, and they commence
to sing, for they knew
singing would sooth cattle.—
it was here I heard for the
first time, “Oh, bury me not
on the lone prairie where
the coyotes howl and the
wind blows free. It was
later called, I think, the
“Cowboy’s Lament.”
Closer cam e the storm.
WINNERS IN
THE COTTON PARADE
Winning floats in the
cotton parade of last Thu-
rsday were:
First Prize -Whitharral
Coffee Break Club. Their
float depicted the “Pot
of Gold at the end of the
rainbow."
Second Prize; ftopesv-
i I le Young Farmers and
Young Homemakers. This
float bore the banner,
“Cotton, the Life-saver
of the South Plains Econ-
omy."
Third Prize-went to
the Levelland Spanish
Club, and bore the in-
scription, “Heritage of
Our Wealth."
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PRICES REDUCED
IN MENS
SHOES
COTTON PRINTS
39< VALUE
3/p
COTTON
WASH & WEAR PLAIDS
STRIPES & SOLID
69C VALUE
3/2
NEW FALL
FLANNEL
39< VALUE
3/1"
WE HAVE A NEW
SHIPMENT OF
BOYS & GIRLS
SHOES S BOOTS.
JUST ARRIVED
ALL DRESSES &
ROBES
REDUCED
ONE GROUP
FALL COATS
REDUCED
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Now the cattle were on
their feet, moving restlessly.
The boss called for all
bands. Horses were saddled,
slickers (a waterproof rain
coat) were brought out and
the men went too the herd.
Billowing out overhead
were ominous bjack clouds,
and in the distance the
wind could be heard as it
swept through the shaggy
mesquite.
The storm broke.
Lightning was a per-
petual fire in the heavens,
the thunder was as if huge
guns were bombarding—the
earth trembled as the on
slught hit.
And the cattle ran.
The yells of the cow-
boys could be heard above
the storm—the crack of their
six shooters loaded with
the thunder.
“Turn them” yelled the
boss, but his words were
lost in the roar which filled
both the heavens and the
earth.
As I watched those
cattle run I saw something
I will never forget—electri-
city was arching across the
horns of the cattle, playing
there as a welders torch. I
was awed. Later I was told
this was caused by static
electricity.
As I rode I saw one rider
go out in front of the herd.
I could hear him yelling,
then he disappeared.
The cattle scattered all
over the range and into the
canyons. One by one the
boys came back into camp,
but when the count was
made after daylight one was
missing.
Then I remembered the
man in front of the herd.
I told the boss and we went
to look for young Dan Bain.
We found both him and
his horse.
Examination showed the
horse had a broken leg, but
the animal and Dan were so
multilated they were hardly
recognizable.
We se cured a tarp and
wrapped young Bain in it,
and with shovel and pick
we hewed a grave in c the
earth for one cowboy who
had gone to his reward in
sky.
jt wmm a solemn crowd
who stood beside that grave
and heard the boas read from
the Bible, “The Lord
giveth and the Lord taketh
away. . . .” Men who
hadn't cried in years had
tears running down their
cheeks, for, you see Dan
was not but fifteen years
old and had joined the
round up .to make money to
help support his widowed
mother and three little
sisters.
While civilization was
supposed to have come to
the west in the early 1900’s,
it was several years after
this before it really came.
Men did not carry hand-
guns openly, but they did
carry them, and when temper
flared their hands reached
for a concealed weapon.
I remember one time I
was attending a dance back
in what was known as the
“River Country,” a motely
crowd was there, and so was
John Barley Corn. Both
men and a part of the wtynen
were gurgling mountain dew.
For a time it ^as a
happy party.
TkM It wee not so
happy—tho ehikey hog an to
taka af foot—to sot their
brains on fire—aad In a
matter of minutes tempers
flared.
In a orowded room an
unole and a nephew faced
each other and both reached
for their . hip—the ensuing
shots were as one.
The room cleared. The
people went out through the
windows, taking frame and
all; they knocked each other
down as they tried to get
through the door.
As they'peeped back
into the room they saw both
men laying on the floor.
The older man was trying to
get to his feet but fell back.
The younger man did not
move.
He was dead, shot
through the heart. His unole
had a* broken leg.
Can you imagne living
with a thing likb that on
your conscience? It was hia
sister’s boy and she never
dpoke to him again.
But the law—why, it was
self defense and that ended
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Morris, Troy. Hockley County Free Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1964, newspaper, October 22, 1964; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1168905/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.