The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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ALVIN, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1914.
No. 26
UH HEIGHTS
NEWSY ITEMS:
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CHOCOLATE BAYOU CITY.
FAIRVIEW VIEWINGS
THE WEATHER.
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EFFECTIVE RED
SPIDER TEST.
LOCAL INSTITUTE TH
BE HELD IT PEARLAND
ENSILAGE FDR
EVERY FARMER
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Sunday with Boyd Porter and
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LAST GILL! PAY YOUR PULL TAX BEFORE 8 P. M. TOMORROW 08 BE DISFRANCHISED
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Sad Accident
Sunday evening Mr. C. P. Collins
started to church with his daughters.
While going to the gate to open it,
he stepped upon a cow. which jump-
ed up and gave him a fall, breaking
his arm in two places and crushing
his elbow. He was taken to Gaives-
ton for treatment, and is back home
again, but will be incapacitated for
some time.
been added or placed in a pit or
The first ensilage was
or
three thousand dollars, and ow- upon our bonds for immediate
funds that we may proceed with
our road construction, and yet
comply with the laws governing
the sale of road bonds. The re-
sults of my efforts point to but
one direction, and that direction
leads to the contractor.
'It is better to take a shot at
chance and risk selling our bonds
at per and accrued interest, say
within the next six months, the
next year, or the next six years,
or is it better to let some reputa-
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I think the best and most ef-
fective remedy that can be us
ed at present to destroy the spi-
der and also will be beneficial to
some extent for blight and fun-
gus diseases is the following:
20 lbs. of flour of sulphur.
5 lbs. of Hydrate of Lime
10 lbs. of Costic Seda
I prefer the double refined
Giant Brand of soda. This will
make a stock solution of 20 gal-
lons, of which take 1 gallon and
add 15 gallons of water. Spray
the vines thoroughly so as to
get all parts of the stems and
leaves damp with this solution.
; . It will kill all spiders with
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which it comes in contact, but
the operation will have to be re-
peated in 8 or ten days on ac-
count of the eggs which will
hatch in the meantime. It may
be necessary to spray a third
time. It depends a great deal
upon how thorough the work is
done, for this solution . kills by
contact. When the thermome-
ter registers 75 or above there
would be vapor from the sul-
phur that would kill. The way
to prepare this for use is as fol-
lows: A barrel is best but a gal-
vanized iron or enameled vessel
can be used. Take screen wire
or a sieve, rub the sulphur
through iso as to be sure there
are no lumps. Than add 5 lbs of
bme also rubbed through sieve
aind mix throughly while dry
then addl% gallons of jvater,
stir thoroughly until made into a
paste; get a bucket of water and
set near by; open the 10 pounds
of costic soda and pour in one
third of it and stir for a short
time, then slowly add the balance
Stirring all the time. If it should
get to boiling up more than
double bulk in barrel, add a little
water and continue to stir. When
tne solution has been made, say
20 minutes, you may strain and
add water to make full amount
cf fluid to measure 20 gallons.
At present you can use 1 gallon
of the stock solution to 10 gal-
lons of water, if put on with
high pressure in a fine mist, but are
if put on with sprinkling pot or
iny other low presure, better
put 1 to 15 or 20. When weath-
er gets hot 16 to 20 will de good
work. The test we put on for
Mr, Miller of the etorr.oligist
office at Austin, who came here
to assist us to get rid of the red
spiders, was a failure- Under
nis direction, we put on Texas
Wonder, but it did not kill the
ipiiders. A Grower.
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Changes.
The first of February will see marly
changes in the business houses. A.
K. Bates will be found in the Bruner
building on Gordon street; J. J.
Rammer in the new Kelly building,
and Wellborn Br.-there are remodel-
ing and making a complete change
in their mammoth dry goods store.
Ab every change makes the town
look better, “let the good work go
on.”
Captain C. Z. Sedwiek made t,
business trip to the countv s- at.yes-
terday.
John Horn was transacting busi-
ness in the county seat Mon lay.
Tomorrow will be yot r last chance
i to pay that polljtax
After nearly a month of pleasant
weather, a wet norther spr tng up
yesterday and there was a decided
drop »in temperature. Both the
rain and cold is welcomed, as it j
was getting so warm that there
was fear that the sap would rise
in the orange trees, ar d th : grow-
ling crops were neeing rain.
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Mrs. Hartley and children of Ten-
nessee arrived here Thursday to
spend the rest of the winter with
Mrs. Hartley’s mo her, Mrs. Mac-
Mullen
The Literary Society met Thurs-
day night. A large crowd attended,
and an interesting program was ren-
dered.
An epidemic of colds has been
quite prevalent in this section the
past week.
Mr. Spiller os Colorado, who has
been living in John Nolen’s house
for the past two months, has moved
into the Roberts’ place across the
Bayou.
Mr. Nitnchesky, field manager tor
the Federal Land Company of Chi-
cago, has a large crew of men at
’ work setting out orange trees on the
1 various ten-acre tracts. The trees
in fine condition and ought to
bear considerable fruit this year.
A dance was g
urday night. A
; ed and all had a pleasant time.
Mise Nettie /
end with her friend, Mrs. Murphree.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bales visited
re’atlvee here Sunday. •
A family reunion was held at the i
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Mac-1
Mullen Sunday. All of the children I >n a general way, for the reason
and grandchildren were present, and I that many of the commodities
a bountitul dinner was served by I once under the ban of a heavy
the children. import revenue are now practi-
Severai of their frioodn spent » ca]ly free, enabling our capital-
night.' j !sts J0 dive?tbk ccut^n^OTC^bid I
ing and instrun ental music was the | more lucrative chani|pls. j aj- yai and accrued interest. |
order of'the event, and was enjoyed I■
by all.
Mr. A. c. Bat s was an Angleton ] n.erce, while, on the other hand,
Visitor Tuesday. it ba, been detrimental to tl
I or the other, except that it is a
>. factor of unrest in the financial
I world.
L-jrie, j Again let us take into consid-
I eration the deplorable state of af-
! TAien tlsof- n.rintri awa "HTcwvcc. r. m
In calling for those letters pi»ase i how uncertain it is as to its prob-
say advertised. R. H. King. ; able outcome. It L reasonable
great many opportunities for i Saturday night.
profitable investment, since it is' enjoyed by all.
an undeniable fact that Mexico! j. w. Iss£C and wife
is full of undeveloped natural re- 3unday with j Isaac anfi family
1 sources.
| This reference to the Mexican „ E. Barthold and wile spent
LOOKING OUR FINANCIAL
CONDITIONS IN THE FACE
Oyster Supper, Friday, Feb . 13.1
How We May Market Road Bond Everj’body is cordially invited.
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Issues m the Future. !moved into the old Shannon
-- house now owned by Mr B. Por-
ter.
Mrs. Seely was the guest of'
Mri. W. O. Glasscock and little
grandson, Bryan went to Galveston
Sunday to see her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. O. R. Glasscock, and was very
much pleased to find her looking so
well and improving so rapidly.
Mr. King Dean and Miss Margue-
rite King spent a very pleasant even-
ing with Miss Ruth Brokaw last
week.
We are certainly glad to welcome
our old friend, Mr. Ernest Whitson,
and his bride back to Fairview. He
has moved into the Shirley place,
and as h? is so near we hope he will
again take the active part in our
meetings that he resigned when
“things” were so interesting in town.
Mr. J. H. E. Johnson made a busi-
ness trip, which was also a pleasure
trip, to Houston the first of the week.
Mrs. W. O Glasscock received
through the mail Wednesday from
relatives in West Texas a beautiful
Angora *oat rug, of which she is
very proud.
All three of the school teachers
from Fairview,Misses Monnie Cleve-
land, Louise Glasscock a id Pearl
Whitson, were at homefor Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. "W. T. Jackson of Ho iston vis-
ited his sister, Mrs. J. S. Winston,
Tuesday. His little son. Joe. is
spending a while with his grand-1
• parents, Mr. and Mra. L. Winston.
i— ,ln at par ana accrued interest, Mrs. L. H. Houssnian w»s in Gal-
That fact, of couipe, holds good wit!; the understanding thatthey > G,’3SC0‘!k Tha"’
I only in certain channels of Com- are furnish all the necessary ' ■
•’ moneys for overhead expenses.,
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hi, turu’pT The virfd’is gooTaJd Pr?^resa of °ther enter and engineers’salaries bridging, |
.. . .i ‘ prises; hence, if is a long drawn • . «
the demand also. ° ------ —
lout question as to whether it af- bonds have been handled- -
j fects us very materially one way true that road bonds are consid-
ered to be more valuable than
drainage bonds under ordinary
conditions, but under th ■ present
state of affairs they are no safer
and little, if any, better than our
drainage bonds. Therefore what
are xe going to do?
Alvin, Tex. W. R. Bunch.
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after business was attended to the
‘kangaroo” court convened to try
Mr. Hugh Zimmerman for selling
This is how our drainage! booze in dry territory. After quite
It is ' an exciting trial, with fine speeches
• by both the prosecuting and the at-
torney ."or the defense, Messrs. John
Winston and Enoch Glasscock, the
jury rendered a verdict of “guilty,”
and Judge E. Whitson pronounced
the sentence that Mr. Zimmerman
should buy ten gallons of ic? cream
for the club. The next me ‘ting will
be held as usual next Saturday ven
ing at 7:80, and an interesting pro-
gram has been arranged.
'able to suggest that if in the!
t»ohe„. North and We« .ul oHhe SUtj! I “ ™*- |
j and I find rhov arn nil in neenrd I ,
.X1 e l xi i . u.Hiuu ovaLcS and Mexico- i A number of ouryouner people i
with reference to the best means which {s not at aU improbable._ attended the party given at Mr.
tonrhorlj . ‘ ” <■ j . l u ' °J1’ financiers would be afforded a and Mrs. Evans near Chocolate,
much to see every teacner i der to obtain funds to build roads „„„„ . r.
... T , . great many opportunities for Saturday night. It was greatly
with. I am not presuming upon ... 1 -
the ignorance of the people, but
believe there is a lack of knowl-
edge of the real situation with:
which we are confronted pertain-
ing to the delay in our road work. situation is son,ewhat far-fetch-
In o’der to obtain results men )t ig true nevertheless it is a
reason from cause to effect, and factor belping togovern tbe
I might add another well known dition., witb wbicb we are cpn.
axiom by stating that ’large 1 frsn,ed reIative to our is.
bod.es move slowly, and to jus- sues for road recent]
tify these two axioms, let’s lock voted as wel, as numerous otber
into the conditions that now con- i?sues pf tbe samenature not yet
rrft jS" . . - I sold, and not calculated to be sold
Bonds Voted in 1913, amount- outright to bond buyers at par
ing to over seven million dollars, value> with accrued interest. as
caught the financial enthusiasm the law provideS.
of the country ebbing, which conditions with which I
fact was due to the change of bave dealt are natural conse.
the politic stata of the govern- qUences growing out of a series
ment, and the uncertainty with. of cjr,;umstances
whwh President Wilson was cal- particular party seems to have
cuiated to handle the fTairs of < any poWer> except in a general
the government, as Wall street way, which means that history is
viewed the situation, caused mon- onjy ]-epeating itself, and we are
ey matters to tighten up. The experiencing a sort of
tariff reform, the income tax and ■ tjon must take its natural
the currency bills have become cours? in the affair of things
laws, and each affect, our money ;and 1 must add that I have my
markets very materially, inas- fears ast0 its final results.
much as an interpretation of This at last brings me to the
tnese law’s is as yet not properly motive prompting me to write
understood. Of these three laws, i tb;s article in connection with
the tariff reform r.nd the income the interviews I have held with
tax laws, and especially the lat- prominent men of Texas familiar
ter, affect our bond markets more wjth the road situation, etc. I
than the currency bill, inasmuch' bave diligently searched every
as a tax is levied against the pur-1 periodical and text book for a so-
chase - of these bonds where the jutiOn of this one problem, that
income^ amounts to. and exceeds jSi how are we going to realize
given attne Hall sat- ing to this very fact banks will
la ga crowd attend- not handle the coupons as colla-
teral as they once did, unless a
Jacobs spenUbe week certificate of ownership is attach
I ed thereto —a mere trifle, never-
I theless an effective one.
The revision of the tariff lavzs
: has affected the money market
On the first Saturday in Feb-
ruary the teachers of Brazoria
Co. will meet in their second lo-
cal institute. A program is be-1
ing arranged and a copy will be
sent to each teacher in due time.
If, on account of inability of the
chairman to get your address,
you fail to receive one, just re-
member this article and be on
hand. State Supt. Doughty has
promised to be there. The peo-
ple of Pearland are going to
serve dinner free.
Citizens, as well as
from all parts of the county are’
urged to attend. I should likejpf d‘isF0sing0} r“ad bonds in
very
vf the county present Help
make these meetings a success.
J. H. DeFee,
Institute Chairman.
To the Houston Post: i to suggest that money powers
It has been my privilege in the I ?re 10°kin? fo.rward to a ruPture!
Mexico, in which case it might ‘ last week.
Leigh Acton is visiting his cavity.
Unclaimed Letters.
Letters reuilining in tbe Alvin |
postoffice unclaimed for tbe
ending Jan. 30th, 1913.
Tboa. M. Jaminier. T. C.
Robert Lockinan, 8. R. Maxwell,
: Mre. J* I>. Marks, A. H. Smith. C.j- . . . _ ,
C. Sweeney, Gumerands, Villarn-al. falrs that e^>Sts m Mexico, and
Postmaster
The word “ensilage” is deriv-
ed from three words: En for In,
the word Silo, meaning a cav-
ity, a trench under ground, and
the word Age, meaning some-
thing added to. hence the orig-
ii nas L. hi my privilege ni me |, j c-. . ... , ~./ - ---- ~inai meaning of the word 'en-
past year and-a-half to meet with ,, • . J-'1!,* ■--a es .a” ; ^rS- Stancliff, two days sj age” is something that has
a number of men closely iden i-1 mean a war not on]y w-th . |
thVpromotLn^f’Zd^o^dTin^0^? f°ur °the,r Aunt, Mrs Webster. He isfrom made this way, in trenches
tne South and Central portion of ’ ± 1 i du* in the earta a»d
Texas, as well as those identified, ,, . t “ tb t \. Miss Annie Porter is spending Wlth ffreen succulent forage, and
with highways leading to the|ewntan a!7]iable adj{lstment of several days in town with friends’these pita are still often i^ed .
! th:: ccl;. There is no doubt but what 1 his
method of curing grain and for-
i age plants was practiced in- re-
mote ages of the Eastern conti-
nent.
Silo now conveys to the mmd
a large circular tower made of
wood, concrete or metal- They
are splendid things for tl.e pur-
pise for which they are intended
bat so costly that they are out
of the read, of the ordinary far-
mer. So is a mansion a splendid
tiling to dwell in, but out of the
reach of fanners. Yet we do
not see a farmer living without
shelter because he cannot, build
a mansion. He builds the best
house his means will afford for
the proctection of himself and
family. Why not use the same
prudent and common sense in
preparing that succulent and nu-
tritious feed for your stock, call-
ed “ensilage?” No doubt many
would, if they only knew how,
but no one has taught them.
Only those who make a good
profit in silo building and mach-
inery have agitated the question
and brought prominently before
the farmer and stock-raiser the
modern silo and its methods for
making ensilage* can be made
cheaply and without an expen-
sive silo.
Ensilage is nothing more than
stock feed cooked by heat, en-
gendered by a natural process of
fermentation. Stock feed, like
human food, becomes much more
nutritious when cooked,but cook-
ed too far in advance m< Id and
decay will set up before i. is con-
sumed, if exposed too much to
the elements. This is the great
advantage of the walls of the
silo, the protection they afford.
Again, large* the bulk ai d mere
compact it is, better it will cook
by fermentation and protect it-
self. By taking- advantage of
the facts mentioned in 1he last
sentence splendid ensilage can be
made in the ojien by bulking, mi-
lo maize, corn stalks, etc . before
they are entirely cured. It is
best to have any of the above
cut with a corn harvester, as
this compacts the stalks i lose to-
gether and makes then more
easily handled in stacking. The
stack or better a very large lick,
i should be put up just as if you
The Club ni.et Saturday night, and i were putting Up dry feed SO as to
turn water, 'it is best to let the
stalks become; about halC cured
before ricking it. Then a suffic-
ient moisture ! will be lef to set
up sufficient fermentation to
cook the foddbr tender, a id will
not be apt. to Spoil as if p it up as
green as in a silo. In a rick of
this description for a foo' or two
the butt ends which sh< uld al-
ways be turned outwards, will
cure like dry fodder and will
grsatly protect the cooked inter-
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Bailey, Ammo. The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1914, newspaper, January 30, 1914; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1250118/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.