The Champion. (Center, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 10, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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Ajpril
1918.
THE CHAMPION
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Necessity
Demands
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Texas.
Center
iLbe oul
Peanut Machinery,
Pickers, Threshers,
Gasoline and Oil
Engines, Hay Presses
Mowers, Rakes,
Cane Mills, Feed
Grinders, Grists
Mills, Ere.
Banks Abstract Co.
Abstracts, Real Estate
Loans on Improved
Farms.
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Cason, Monk & Co.
Nacogdoches, Texas
DR.V.R. HURST. I
Practice Limited to Diseases ofl
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 1
And Fitting Glasses. J
Longview, Texas.
Dr. Hurst will be in Center the
first and third Fridays of
each month.
Office with Dr. Wallace.
J, T. NORRIS
Fire, Tornado and
Livestock Insurance
Reliable Companies.
Office rear Farmers Stafe
Bank.
I
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own farm machinery.”
If vou want to make money and pay for
your machinery doing work for your neighbor,
write, telephone or come to see us at once. '
--- Liberty Bond ——
Negro Soldiers at Camp Travis
The local board here has re-
ceived a letter from R. L.
Hicks, col., who was made cap-
tain of the last negro draft that
left here, in which he states
that they reached Camp Tra-
vis on time, and all were in fine
spirits and fine shape. He said
that they were treated fine and
well fed, and that the Ameri-
can soldier’s life was quite dif-
ferent to what they thought it
was.
---- Liberty Bond ----
Center School Trustees Elected
At the school trustee elec-
tion held here Saturday the
following persons were elected
for the Center Independent
school district: W. J. Rogers,
W. A. Bridges, J. S. Kennedy,
E. H. Hall and J. A. Sanders.
Tie Superintendent, Walter
Bounds, has received instruc-
tions to continue the making of|
pine posts for his district. HJ
has been putting quite g
lot of posts lately t
put is greater than,
or needs and his c
sires to conserve |
and will not put I
supply at this timj
---- Liberty II
A “system regl
medicine that ■
strengthens the ?■
stomach and b®
Ash Bitters is o®
of these. It driy®
thly conditions,®
tivity of body
stores good a®
sleep and cheerM
$1.25 per bottflH
Special AgentW
By buying these goods direct from the fac-
tory in straight car-load shipments we get low-
est prices possible, and save freight, too. We
can and will make you a low price.
We want you to have our catalogue and
prices. We want you to know about our liberal
proposition to “Farmers who want to own their
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in-
fluenced by constitutional conditions,
and in order to cure it you must
take an internal remedy. Halls Ca-
tarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous sur-
facls of the system. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure was prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for years. It
is composed of some of the best tonics
known combined with some of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect com-
bination of the Ingredients in Halls
Catarrh Cure is what produces such
wonderful results in catarrhal condi-
tions. Send for testimonials, free.
F J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
All Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
‘ = suiting to the farmers of Timp-
cultural Department son territory, a good^ staple
thi best prices that the market
affords. Tenaha is discussing
the potato-house proposition
and will very likely erect one.
If I we had a potato dryer at
e^ch of the principal towns of
the county, the farmers of the
county could afford to devote
more acreage and more thought
to the potato business, for it
would give them another lu-
crative cash crop, and the
greater number of dependable
cash crops we have, the safer
and more profitable farming
becomes. There is, probably
no section of the state where a
greater variety.of field, orch-
ard, garden crops may be suc-
cessfully grown. We may fail
on one or more of these, but
never on all, and with a good
staple market for a number of
these crops, the live, wide-
awake farmer is sure of suc-
cess.
Dr. Dick Davis of Tenaha,
and several of his neighbors
have been marketing strawber-
ries already and are getting
upwards of $5.00 per crate.
These berries are going on the
market along with the berries
of the countries for south of us,
which goes to show that with
proper care, we can compete
with the. earliest sections of the
state.
The Timpson Fair directors
have just completed the pre-
mium list for the fall fair to be
held at Timpson, and this pre-
mium list shows clearly that
these directors have spared no
labor nor money in an effort to
stimulate, with young and old,
agricultural activities in this ;
county. This list does credit to
any- city, any county, or _ any
people and it is, practically
entire county will most hearti-
ly respond.
We want to call the special 1
attention of the boys and girls •
of the county to the very liber- .
al opportunities offered by this ;
fair to those of you who are
willing to get up and hit the
ball from right now on to the
time of the opening of this '
fair. You have a good shot at :
a fine prize on your hog, your
chickens, your potatoes, your
corn, cotton, and your peanuts,
besides other prizes that are
to be offered later from other
resources. It will pay you well
; to get in the game and > be in
• the winning as we come under
■ the wire on the home stretch,
s All of you who' are interested
I in this proposition and who
wish to know more about it,
write to county agents at Cen-
ter or to the chairman or sec-
retary of the fair association
at Timpson. If you are not yet
a member of a boys or girls
club, write to W. H. Hargrove,
Center; Texas, and he will be
glad to send you an enrollment
card, a record book, and litera-
ture bearing on the crop you
are to cultivate or the animal
you are to raise. This costs you
nothing but puts'you in line
with club work and associates
you with the other boys and
girls of the county who are un-
dertaking this work.
The velvet beans ordered by
A. J. Woods & Bro. are on the
road and will be here in a few
days, while those living in the
Timpson trade area, can get
all the beans they want from
the Hairston Drug store at
Timpson. It is developing that
the velvet bean is not only a
soil builder, a good stock feed,
but is also a very rich human
food. The county agent, while
in the home of Rev. J. Darshall
Janes of the Tennessee commu-
nity, had the opportunity of
eating his first velvet beans,
afterwards having them in his
own home. They are appetiz-
ing, having a fine flavor and
are rich in fopd value, being
easy to prepare for the table,
about like that of Navy beans.
Plant lots of velvet beans, they
will prove to be your friend.
A. D. Rawlinson.
---- Liberty Bond ----
For the stomach and bowel
disdrders of babies McGee’s
Baby Elixir is a remedy of gen-
uine merit. It acts quickly, is
pure, wholesome and pleasant
to take. Price 25c and 50c per
bottle. Sold by—J. C. Rogers.
3-24. • .
For Commissioner, Preet. No. 2
To the voters of Commission- :
er’s Precinct No. 2: .
I have told several people
that I would not make the race
for Commissioner any more,
but as I have been asked by so
many people I have decided
to try the trip again.
Well I want to say that I am
and have been ever since the
first hour after I heard that I
was defeated, that I was in-
deed proud and very thankful
for the vote that the people
gave me. I haven’t a word to
say about the good men that
are now in the race with me,
any more than I just want to
win.
I am not going to ride a day,
as I feel that every body knows
me. I will see the people at
all the public gatherings and
tell my story to them.
Well I will leave the ques-
tion with you now, hoping to
win this time.
Yours truly,
Allen Sample.
---- Liberty Bond ----
After a long winter the sys-
tem becomes filled with impur-
ities caused by dry, strong diet.
In hot weather these impuri-
ties cause sickness. Get rid of
them now by taking Prickly
> Ash Bitters. It will purify ^he
blood, liver and bowels and
put the body in shape for sum-
mer work. Price $1.25 per bot-
tle.—J. C. Rogers, Special
Agent. 3-10
---- Liberty Bond ----
Arthur M. Taylor, in train-,.. .
Ing at Camp Travis, was home rather a new plant very much
latter part of last week fdfl larger than the one operated
brief visit with his parents. He during the past season, and we
has been made a corporal. He understand that the most mod-
feels that he will soon sail for ern and efficient drying appa-
the oversea trip. jratus is to be installed thus in-
It has rained.
Buy Liberty Loan Bonds.
If you cannot fight, buy a
bond. ________
Now that the long wished
for rain has arrived, it will take
quick work to keep the ground
from baking.
Dallas County’s Liberty
Loan Bond quota is nine mil-
lion dollars. Harris county was
assessed eight million. In Har-
ris county they are going to
make a campaign and it has
been announced that those who
can and will not buy bonds,
will have their names posted at
the court house and city hall.
There is something wrong with
the man who can buy bonds
and will not and his name
ought to be posted in a public
place. _____________
America has now gone into
the war with its troops. When
the American soldiers were
moved to the front fighting
lines—one hundred thousand
strong—it is said that German
prisoners watched them pass-
ing and a gloorn came over
their faces. „_____________„
diers have been told, so. says ■ obvious at any low places along assured that the people of the
the dispatches, that America i the entire run from the mouth ' ’ ' " 1
would never, be active in, the water divide.
This rain gives us, not only
a top season, but will carry the
moisture down through the
, n • „ -U4- subsoil giving a reservoir from
to handle m a fight and they draw moisture for a
know it;’ long time, with proper surface
cultivation. As every farmer
in the county already knows,
quick and intensive plowing
must follow this rain in order
to conserve the moisture we
now have. Of course it may
continue to rain until we shall
cry for dry weather, but it is
the safe thing, it seems to us,
at this season, to cultivate as
> were expecting a
drouth. Plow and harrow con-
tinually if we would be on the
, avoid the usual
ground-bake if possible by a
t i^e c h a
published^very" Wednesday
By The Champion Printing Company.
Entered at the postoffice at Center,
Texas as second-class mail matter.
R. M. Gilmore, Manager.
Subscription, $1.50 Per Year
All communications should be ad-
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'Champion Printing Company. Tele-
phone connection.
Will the people of this coun-
ty agree to refrain from the use
of flour for several months, un-
til the new crop comes in, and
let the poor bleeding soldiers,
who. are fighting our battles in
France and England, have it?
Its a serious matter. The Food
Administrator has been asked
to call mass meetings over the
county for tomorrow, Thurs-; , ou?i
day, and get the desires of the
people in the miatter. Many ;
.counties have already sent in a sate side,
- - . « . ■ • I - I 7-11-1 V-l tJ
will ovine lii Let constant stirring of the surface,
the top and cut out just as soon as you can safely
- get into your field.
A great deal of inquiry is be-
;coun-
CONE JOHNSON Ity for potato slips. For the
TALKS ON WAR ’ benefit of those who are inter-
The Hon. Cone Johnson of
Tyler, a man well known in
tnis county, and a man who is
recognized by all as being
.-among the big men, not only
of Texas, but who has a na-
tional reputation, was in Car-
thage last week and while
there made a war speech From | ni them $300 1000
the local paper report of the, f o * jaspeJ Mr. Frank
speech we take the following Center> Texas
is repre-
“He discussed various phases P?“°s al
of the war situation and laid i>Xd on
particular stress on the fact . v H —
that this section is a beggar
for wheat as is Belgium, that
we do not raise food for home
'consumption. He called down
the curses of “hell and damna-
tion” on the slacker who re- WOuld be high, but it seems
fused to produce food and teed v .......
stuff. He f ivored taxing cot-
ton $20 to $25 a bale if this
section refused to bear its bur-
den by buying Liberty Bonds lu v xu.
The obligation to help win the * d Center;but £wing to
Wai, ---, Lne mx'y weuuicr aim »u<iiuiLy
<^S(YB™Jhe™^lseed, have not been able to fen-
in"the ' draft were selected
merely because of their physi-
cal superiority in the field but
the duty to aid in bringing vic-
tory applies to all Americans
Alike.”
age as yet, so if you are in the
Center territory, let us hear
from you at once about the
matter, for a guarantee of not
less than $1.00 per bushel at
digging time looks good right
now. There is to be an addi-
' tion to the dryer at Timpson or
ing at Camp Travis, was home rather a new plant very much
latter part < " '
has been made a corporal.
favorable petition in the mat-
x ter and all will come in. T
us go over ty"
the flour and let the boys over
there have it. I -«■ great ueai ui luquuj'
ing made throughout the
j ty for potato slips.
' ested in this, will say that po-
tato slips may be had at about
$3.00 per thousand from seve-
ral concerns represented in the
county and from parties in
: other sections of the state. The
Frank Smith Company, Jasper,
Texas, has the three leading
i varieties of potatoes and are
1 selling them at $3.00 per 1000
o. b., Jasper. Mr. Frank
short notice. These slips are
from seed that have been pro-
perly handled and treated be-
fore being bedded, insuring
you good healthy slips. This
price seems high, and ordinar-
that this is the best we can do
near at home and from people
that we know to be reliable.
We have made an effort to
get a potato drying plant lo-
he said, rested no mo e d weather and scarcity of
V --- rnT-SStJctl, Helve HUb UCCii uuic uu cn-
than on other citizens. ■ tnose ‘jj prOper amount of acre-
Shelby County Agri-
The rain for which*we have market for their potatoes
longed for the past 8 or 9
months, has at last come, not
just as we would have it, but
an abundance, to say the least
of it. The fall is variously esti-
mated at from 4 to 6 inches,
probably 4 inches would get it,
approximately, and vvhen the
time is taken into consideration
in which it fell, it makes a very
big rain.
A vast amount of terracing
has been done in this county
within the last 5 months, and
with this washing rain and the
newness of the terrace work,
we may reasonably expect a
great deal breaking of these
new terraces but the farmer
who has had experience with
terraced fields will not be, in
the least discouraged, but will
proceed at once, to remedy
those breaks. The farmer who
is having his first experience
with the terrace, will tend to
maximize his damage and be
very much discouraged, forget-
ting that without the terrace,
his damage might have been
very much greater, and that
for years the washing in his
farm has been going steadily
on, especially when we have
such down-pours as that of Fri-
day night which no ordinary
terrace with proper drainage
facilities could withstand. It
will be a short task to remedy
the present defects, therefore
the logical thing for us to do is
to reinforce the weak or brok-
en places and carefully watch
the work for the remainder of
the year. One common error
in the construction of the ter-
race is to leave the mouth of
the terrace obstructed, backing
—- .the water up the terrace to the
The German sol-1 divide, thus rendering breaks
the dispatches, that America ■ |-be entire
« 1 —1 _i, i •»-» 4-L-, 7-i . . - ;
war and as they find that they i
have been musled they show |
their disappointment, for the
American soldier will be hard
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Gilmore, R. M. The Champion. (Center, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 10, 1918, newspaper, April 10, 1918; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1321377/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.