The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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W. W. AIKEN. Editor and Proprietor.
PUBLISHER'S NOTICE.
Obituaries, resolutions cards of thanks
and other matter not "news" will be
charged for at the rate of Sc per line.
Parties ordering advertising or printing
•or societies, churches, committees or or-
rzations of any kind will, in all cases,
held personally responsible for the
payment of the bill.
fHE OBJECTION TO THE
ONE CROP SYSTEM.
OLD CHARTER OAK.
above plan is good for tenant or
landlord. i
Quite a few farmers of thi8 coun- Bails Were Tolled and Funeral Dirges
ty have been following the above Played when it Fell.
plan for years, and to my certain charter oak of Hartford was
are out of deb, and not &£%&££
worried as to how they will retire e(j the throne of England and sent
their 1914 accounts, which is the Andros to take away all colonial
reward for intelligent diversified charters Connecticut alone refused
farming—in growing a living at to surrender hers. Andros was furi-
home. H. W. Beeson. I ?™ovf thif defiance, and Oct. 31,
' 1687, he returned to thg assembly
A Strong Testimonial.
For the Crockett Courier.
Judge Reagan in his Memoirs
speaks of his having had the privi-
lege of friendly association with
many of the great leaders of Texas
! in the early days of the state—such
When men as David G. Burnett, Sam
Editor Courier:
It is economically unsafe.
the production fails or the market; Houston, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Thorn
fails, the country is in distress. It; as J. Rusk and others, and also
does not permit the proper crop ro-j having been associated in public
tation for the maintenance of the; life with many of the presidents of
soil fertility and, therefore, calls for: the United States from John Tyler
the most expensive makeshifts down to William McKinley. He
through the use of commercial fer-, says: "I also enjoyed the personal
tilizer. It does not give proper op-j friendship, as well as close official
portunity for the livestock industry relations, with Jefferson Davis, the
as a part of the complete system of president of the Confederate states,
farming. It fails to give opportunity and the association and friendship
for wise plans of farm management of the distinguished men who were
in which'team and tools may be,members of his cabinet, and of
given the maximum of days of use' many of the men who distinguished
per annum and labor may be prop-j themselves in the legislative, mili-
erly distributed. Such a system j tary, and the naval service of the
limits knowledge, narrows citizen- Confederacy. It has been my for-
ship and does not foster home tune to know many of the distin-
building, but does promote com- guished citizens of the United
mercial farming. The above is the. States during the past sixty years,
judgment of the Department of and to have formed opinions'as to
Agriculture and the A. & M. College their respective characters and
of Texas. The cotton crop of 1915 their abilities. There may have
should be reduced 40 to 50 per been among them some equal to or
cent. | even superior to President Davis in
I am authorized to give it out some one department of study or
that the Department of Agriculture branch of knowledge; but taking in-
-wjfth all its fiield force is bending all to view the combined elements of
energy possible to reduce the cotton j character and ability I regard him
acreage. It seems quite likely the as the ablest man I have known,
war in Europe will last some time, j There is a maxim that distinguished
possibly a year. Some of the coun- i men diminish in greatness as we
tries that have been taking large get closer to them. This view did
quantities of cotton cannot buy any' not apply in his case. In all my
on account of the war. In some association with him I found him
ethers, to which cotton might be {thoughtful, prudent and wise. I
- «hipped, and which have been tak- never heard him use a thoughtless,
fog large quantities in the past, the vain or idle expression."
> mills are in the war zone and can
not run. Even if the war were to
atop within a year there would be
imconsumed, of this year's crop, eracy
probably from 30 to 40 per cent 1
If is obvious that if the same pro-
The above from John H. Reagan
is a high commendation of the
president of the southern Confed-
S. F. Tenney.
Despondency Due to Indigestion.
fKia ~ i„ i It is not at all surprising that
portion of this year s crop is carried who have indigestion be-
over to next year and a normal come discouraged and despondent.
•crop were produced next year, the' Here are a few words of hope and
price of the cotton would certainlyi cheer for them by Mrs. Blanche
be low. Assurance that there will: BowJ.r®' Jndiana' pa "For year?
o Miiiintjnn ¡ my digestion was so poor that I
be a large reduction in next years couj(j oniy eat lightest foods. I
crop would not only help the sitúa- ¡ tried everything that I heard of to
tion next year, but wóuld have a get relief, but not until about a year
favorable reaction on the present when I saw Chamberlain's Tab-
jprice of cotton.
It is pointed out, also, that in ad-
dition to oar large domestic de-
mand for foodstuff, next year there
«91 be a larger demand from
•broad on account of the disarrange-
ment of agriculture in the countries
at war.
i lets advertised and got a bottle of
them, did I find the right treatment.
I soon began to improve, and since
taking a few bottles of them my
digestion is fine." For sale by all
dealers. Adv.
Excvrsion Notice.
^ Presentation of silver service to
Our farmers must realize «Texas at Galveston,
«hat they cannot afford to raise all November 7. Popular excursion
cotton and exchange low priced via I. & g. N. Raflway. Tickets to
cotton for high priced products. Asbesold t0 Houston or Galveston on
lime passes it becomes more and; Yñday, November 6, and for trains
; more important that the following arriving destination Saturday morn-
plans be adopted. Each farmer November 7; final return limit
lows:
should put his best efforts behind
ti||e gardens, corn, small grain, poul-
try and hogs, and plant only sur-
plus land to cotton.
plan for any 50 acre farm,
by the Extension De-
of Agriculture, which can
to any size farm, is as Tol-
Plant 20 acres to corn and
peas, 5 acres to fall oats, 5 acres to
peanuts, 5 acres to field peas, 10
acres to cotton, 1 acre to sweet po-
tatoes, 1 acre to Irish potatoes, 2
acres of Sudan grass, one half acre
one half acre in
of animals which
on such farm: 3
f i — ■! f n ■ nli In ■ i ■ a a, n ra\
I preferably mores/1
more, 1 sow, 10 or
laying hens. The
Sunday, November 8. For partic-
ulars, see ticket agent, I. &. G. N.
Railway. 2t.
Best Conch Medicine fer Children.
"Three years ago when I was
living in Pittsburg one of my child
ren had a hard cold and coughed
dreadfully. Upon the advice of a
druggist I purchased a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
it benefitted him at once. I find it
the best cough medicine for child-
ren .because it is pleasant to tafre.
They do not object to taking it,"
writes Mrs. Lafayette Tuck, Homer
City, Pa. This remedy contains no
opium or other narcotic, and may
be given to a child as confidently
as to an adnlt. Sold by all dealers.
hall of Hartford with a body of sol-
diers and demanded instant sur-
render of the charter, which lay in
a box on the table. A hot dispute
followed.
Finally Andros stretched out his
hand to seize the disputed paper.
Then the candles were suddenly ex-
tinguished, and the people who
had gathered on the street outside
rushed in a disorderly crowd into
the hall. There was a period of
wild confusion in the dark, ,and
when the candles were finally re-
lighted no charter was to be found.
It had been removed by Captain
Wadsworth and concealed in the
oak, which ever afterward bore its
name.
~ The oak was even then old. When
the first settlers were clearing their
land the Indians begged that it
might be spared. "It has been the
guide of our ancestors for centu-
ries,"-they said, "as to the time of
planting our corn. When the leaves
are the size of a mouse's ears, then
is the time to put seed into the
ground." The Indians' request was
granted, and the tree, afterward be-
coming the custodian of the lost
charter, became famous for all time.
It fell in a windstorm Aug. 21,
1856, and so deeply was it venerated
that at sunset -on the day of its fall
the bells of the city were tolled and
a band of music played funeral
dirges over its ruins.
At the time of its fall its circum-
ference one foot from the ground
was twenty-five feet, and it was esti-
mated to be over 600 years old.—
Kansas City Star.
Silent Auctions.
Japanese auctions are noiseless
affairs. In many parts of Japan
an odd little booth serves as such a
room. The auctioneer holds aloft
the object offered for salé in order
that all may see it. To the stranger
it appears that the object is not de-
sired by anybody, although all seem
to examine it closely. Not a word
is said by any prospective customer,
but a number of them march off to
a little box in the corner, wherein
they deposit certain little slips. If
one's curiosity be aroused by this
procedure a Japanese will explain
the method of conducting tlje sale.
The bits of paper represent the
bids, and when all have been de-
posited the box is opened, and the
highest amount offered buys the ar-
ticle. These noiseless auctions are
much patronized by the Japanese.
The Ricli Turkish Beggar.
Beggars are never suppressed in
Turkey. The story is told (and they
say it is true) about an American
lady who by mistake gave a beggar
of Constantinople a gold piece. The
man had left his post when she re-
turned, but one of his colleagues
told her where he "resided." It
was a fine house, and at the door
was a servant, who politely inform-
ed the lady that "my master is
dressing. He will be down soon.''
. And then the well groomed beggar,
dressed for dinner, appeared and
gladly returned the gold piece, ex-
claiming in the meanwhile that such
mistakes were highly embarrassing.
Working Up Lumber
that is thoroughly dried
and seasoned saves both
time and money. That's
why carpenters and build-
ers prefer our planking,
beams, sills, trim, etc. Place
your next lumber order
here and you'll get better
results in less time and at
little cost.
Crockett Lumber Co.
"The Planing Mill"
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8«lf Evident.
One of the dangers of a little
knowledge is that its possessor
rarely estimates it at its true value.
Ignorance, it has been said,.bestows
her choicest gifts on those xwho
value her least.
A conceited undergraduate once
said to his teacher that he fearec^
he had rather a contempt for Plato.
"I am afraid, Mr. Johnson/* re-
lied the teacher, "that your con-
mpt has not been bred by famil-
iarity."—Youth's Companion.
Breaking It Gently.
"I understand, sir, that you are
the possessor of a swollen fortune."
"Well/' gruffly answered the beau-
tiful girl's father, "what is that to
you ?"
"I merely thought that I would
ve you due notice of my intention
help take the swelling out of it.
'Myrtle and I are going to be mar-
ried."—Chicago Tiecord-TTcrald.
Untying the Knots.
There is a marriage custom among
the Santals, a tribe in India, by
which, after an agreement has been
reached between the parents, who
usually do the bargaining, the
youth's friends, after a short inter-
val, visit the girl and give her a
piece of cloth as a sign of betrothal.
The money is then paid—this is
called "the binding down of the
thatch"—and a date for the wed-
ding is fixed. The next step is for
each party to tie a knot in a string
for each day that is to intervene be-
fore the wedding day. Then the
parties separate. Day by day a knot
is untied, and when the end of the
string is reached the real knot is
tied that makes the couple one.
Chinese and Europeans.
Europe knew next to nothing of
China or its people prior to the con-
quests of the famous Genghis Khan
The commotion raised by that mon-
ster made Europeans somewhat ac-
quainted with "Far Cathay/^as Chi-
na was then called. It was about
the year 1300, or possibly a trifle
earlier, that the first Chinese made
their appearance in Europe. The
first commercisl intercourse between
Europe and China dates from about
the year 1320.
Learning.
Wear your learning like a watch,
in a private pocket, and do not pull
it out and display it merely to show
that you have one. If you are ask-
ed what o'clock it is, tell it, but do
not proclaim it hourly or unasked,
like the wntehman.
Chioken Homiletlo.
A country minister in the course
of his dining out on the circuit
came to a house where a roast
chicken was served for dinner. He
had previously encountered a series
of rib corned beef dinners, and the-
chicken looked good to him.
"Well," he facetiously remarked,
"here's where that chicken enters
the ministry."
"Hope it does better there than
in lay work," rejoined the small
boy of the family.
Ready For Use.
As usual, the'children were very
hungry and were waiting patiently
for father to fill the plates and pass
them around. Father, however, was
busily engaged in conversation and
missed little Marion. After every
one bad begun eating the child grew
desperate and interrupted her fa-
ther:
"Say, papa, I've an awfully good
appetite today if you'll only give
me a chance to use it."—Woman's
Home Companion.
The Hot Air Balloon.
It is related that the hot air bal-
loon had its origin in a petticoat.
Mme. Montgolfier had washed her
garment, intending to wear it to a
great festival the next day, and
hung it over a chafing dish to dry.
The hot air swelled out its fold*
and floated it up into the air. The
lady in astonishment called her hus-
band to see the sight. He at once
grasped the, idea and was not long
in producing the hot air balloon.
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Aiken, W. W. The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1914, newspaper, November 5, 1914; Crockett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177766/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.