The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1913 Page: 1 of 6
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Richard H. McCarty, Editor and Publisher
Aspermont, Stonewall County, Texas, Thursday, June I 9th, 1913
Vol. 15 no
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SANITARY
\
GROCERIES
We have SWATTED the flies at our store. YES, we have made war
ou Mr. Fly. He don t stay at our store any more. Come to the clean
store and buy SANITARY GROCERIES-no fly specks, but absolutly
clean. "Cleanliness is Godliness." We still handle Dry Goods, Funiture
and Hardware-in fact we handle everything you eat, wear and use. Re
member our sanitary groceries,
Link Co.
Southern States Cotton
Convention.
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Star you will find a communica-
tion from Brandenburg explain-
iug the object and plan of South-
ern States Corporation for the
holding of cotton. This institu-
tion was organized last year, but
did not get into the field in time
to do much business. This year
they claim that they will have all
the European money that tnev
will need to hold the four million
bales ef cotton. There is no
doubt but what this corporation
has started out with the right
plan, and if it can be carried out
it will control the price of cotton.
Their plan is to get four million
bales of cotton in the ware house
and hold same until the rest of
the cotton crop is marketed, and
then sell direct to the spinners.
We have always been in favor of
the ware house plan of holding
cotton, it is the only proper way
to market the cotton crop. Here-
tofore the cotton crop has al-
ways been marketed in about |
ninetv clays, yes they just /fairly
glut the market and force it into!
the hands of the speculaters, and s
they get all the pie. Mr. G. H. j
Spicer of Brandenburg is secre-:
tary of the corporation in this
county, and he is authorized to j
write contracts for your cotton, j
If you are interested m the busi-
ness write or set.' him and he will
give vou all information about;
the deal. As to the reliability;
or this corporation,, we have no
way of knowing anything in re-
gard to it. All that we know is
what we have been told by other
parties. The corporation is com-
posed of some of the leading men
of the south, and on the face of
it, it looks like it was allrightj In
conclusion we waLt to say that
this will be the final solution of
the marketing of cotton, the
ware house plnn, whether it is
done by this corporation or the
Farmers Union or what not. this
plan will solve the matter.
The Fly Decalogue.
The health department of Ash-
ville, N, C., has issued what it
terms "The Good Citizens Deca-
logue", dealing with the fly and
sanitary problems, as follows.
1. Remember thy garbage
canto keep it covered, less thy
garbage become a stench in the
nostrils of the people and breed
flies.
2. Thou shalt cut the weeds
in thy vacant lot, lest it become a
hiding place for o' 1 tin cans
which catch water and breed
mosquitoes, papers and divers
sort of trash.
3. Thou shalt bear witness
against thy neighbor's rubbish
heap, likewise his dirty back
yard.
}. Thou shalt clean out the
habitation of thy horse and thy
cow frequently, lest th : table 11 v
flourisheth and spread infantile
paralysis, and the housefly breed
by the thousands and millions
and annoy thee and thy beast
and produce much sickness in
thy family.
5. Thou shalt prevent the
breediog of the fly in the spring-
time, that thy children unto the
third and fourth generation need
not swat him later,
6. Remember thy back yard
and alley, to keep them clean'
Six days shalt thou labor to keep
thy premises clean and if vet the
task is not accomplished, thou
couldst do worse than continu
on the seventh.
7. Thou shalt covet all the air
and sunshine thou canst obtain.
8. Look not upon the milk
when it cometh from the unclean
dairy; for the doctor will not
hold thee guiltless if thy infant
sickeneth therefrom and die,
9. Remember thy cleaning-up
I . r . i I : • ■ > vv i jliy.
10. If thou dost harken unto
these sayings, to do them, thou
shalt live long in the land.
We received a letter from J
Frank Grimes this week from
Temple. Frank is now City
Editor of the Daily Telegram at
a salary of one hundred dollars
per month, with a chance of a-
¡ nothei raise if he makes good.
! Frank use to stick type for the
Star, and he is a cracker-jack
printer. Here's hoping Frank
j that you may keep a climbing
j until you are the whole push on
¡ the Telegram. Frank is not on-
| ly a good printer, but he isa
; writer of no mean ability, verse
land prose, but doing the funny
: stunt is his long suit. For some-
; time he has been a contributor
; to Judge one of America's great-
I est fun making journals.
Col. Charlie Stfflemire, cashie
of the Leuders Bank was here
this week in company with Dr.
W. H. Grayson and Mr. Frank
L. Day of Chicago. They were
prospecting for copper. Tney
came with the intention of going
out north some fifteen or twenty
miles to prospect for copper, but
owing to the wet spell they did
not get out. Dr. Grayson and
Mr. Day are large capitalists of
Chicago and they are down here
with a view ot putting in a large
smelter at Leuders. They re-
turned home Monday, and will
return again right awsy to lo
the proposition over.
The biggest fool is the one
who knows it all.
No. 5786
Report of the Condition of
The First National Bank
OF ASPERMONT,
At Aspermont, in the State of Texas
at the close of business, June. 4, 1913
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts $ 94,945.00
U. S. Bonds to secure cir-
culation 7,500.00
Banking house, furniture,
and fixtures 12,000.00
Bills of Kxchange . . 1,435.84
Bonds, Securities, etc -242
i)n</ from National Banks
( not reserve a rents). .... 3,0)9.88
Due from approved reserve
agents 5,7-6.72
Checks and other cash items . 991. 04
•Notes ot other National
Banks 410
Fractional paper currency,
nickels, and cents ... 125.25
Lawful money reserve in bank viz:
paB
Specie —1—§6,900.00
Legal-tender notes ..§3.000,00 9,900.00
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer.
5 per cent of circulation).... 375.00
Total .§136,788 73 * #1
E ABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.... §25,000.00
Surplus fund 15,000.00
Undivided profits, less ex-
penses and taxes paid 11,826,55 {4
National Bank notes out-
standing— 7,500.00
Due to approved Reserve Agts. 566,06
Individual deposits subject
to check 76,805. 62 1
'
Cashier's checks outstanding 40,48
Total $136,738.73
State of Texas, County of Stonewall
I, Roy Riddel, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
Roy Riddel, Cashier.
Subscribed and,sworn to before me
this 12th day of June 1913.J
C. A. Gray Notary Public
Stonewall Countv.
Correct—Attest:
D. R. Couch
Wm. Jordan Directors
S. B. Pierson
- «ifi
Miss Marene Johnson Jeft
Thursday for the great atad
glorious west. She will stop «at
the city of Spur for a few days,
and then she will go on to Roar-
ing Springs where she will visit
her sister Mrs. F. O. Satterwhite
Rev. S. P. Collins came in this
week from the Stamford Sani-
tarium. Bro. Collins stood the
operation for appendicitis alright
and those who saw him on his re-
turn said that he was looking fine
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McCarty, Richard H. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1913, newspaper, June 19, 1913; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168534/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.