The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1904 Page: 4 of 4
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Prescriptions Carefully Filled.
PATRONIZE
^ME INDUSTRIES!
Highest market price
paid for cotton seed
delivered at oil mill.
Will pay the cash for
same, or take it in ex-
change for hells and
cake meal, as desired.
I1HR BAUMGARTEN,
M. SCHWARTZ.
J. J.SCHWARTZ
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STAR LODGE, NO. 174
1.0. 0. P.
Meets regularly each Tuesday night.
T r-orient brethren are cordially invited
t visit us. Joseph Berger, N. G.
M, T. Everton, Secretary.
I yons Lodge, No. 195.
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Meets on Friday on
or before the first full
moon Id each month.
Transient brethren are
cordially Invited to at-
tend.
R. S. Tanner,W. M
Fred Bbxlinq, Sec 'y
Robert Blum Lodge 54
a. o. u. w.
Meets regularly every 2d and 4th Wednesdays
T. ancient brethren are cordially to attend.
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Wm.Kbuwr J*..Recorder,
Freiligrath Lodge, No. 14.
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" 'lelmaalge Versammlung Jeden Donnerstag
▼Or /ollaiond- und 14 tage danach.
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Ehii. Schultz, Praesldent.
<1- Bncirat, Sekretaer.
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K. of P.
Meets every 1st and 3rd
Wednesday night in their
Ser.glemann' shall.
All visiting Knights are
cordially invited to attend
the meetings of the lodge
C. H. HOLLAND. C C.
GUS ULRICH, K. of R. &8
Sunset Camp, No. 120.
w. o. w.
Meets every 1st and 3rd Friday in
the month. Visiting brethren are cor •
dially invited to meet wihh us.
Chr. Baumgarten, Jr., C. C.
G. M. Johnson. Clerk.
There has been apprehension
throughout the Slate that the effort
to secure a cotton seed that is boll
weevil immune would lead to suc-
cessful operations on the part of
unscrupulous dealers and sharks
who would come into the Slate and
the press has been diligent in their
efforts to suppress such operations.
Some time ago The Post devoted
much space to the exposure of dis-
honest cotton dealers who were le-
ported to be selling seeds in the
northern portion of the State, work
ing the cotton district through the
mails. Recent developments in-
dicate that one of the smoothest of
these operators chose Houston for
his headquarters, and was prepar-
ing to hoodwink the farmers and
fatten his purse at the expense of
the dealees who aro engaged in hon-
estly endeavoring to supply the
planters with an early maturing
seed that has been sanctioned by
the cotton authorities,
Some time ago a party presented
himself at the Business League and
announced himself as the represent-
ative of the English-American C ot
ton company, fie stated that his
company was preparing to incorpor
ate in this State with $1,000,000
capital stock, and that as soon as
the incorporation was complete
they would begin the loaning of
funds to cotton farmers at the low-
est rates of interest, would operate
a great warehouse in Houston and
would establish smaller warehouses
in various towns in the cotton dis-
tricts, and would permit the grow-
ers to store cotton, receive adyances
on the same and then sell as the
market afforded increases in prices.
In short he stated that the sole ob-
ject of the English-American Cot-
ton company was to increase the
production. He talked learnedly
about the efforts being made by
other countries to grow the staple
and the superiority of Texas cotton.
There was no denying that, from
the party's appearance, be was
most familiar with cotton and all
details pertaining thereto.
On the strength of the declarations
of this represntative that his com-
pany, which was made up of spin-
ners and handlers of cotton, would
not open offices nor begin business
operations until duly incorporated
in the State of Texas, The Post pub-
lished the details of the scheme.
It seems that there was some delay
in the arrival of the articles of in-
corporation company. This, how-
ever, did not deter the "sole" re-
presentative of the "great" com-
pany from getting busy. As an
evidence th^t he knew the method
of approaching the farmers anxious
to secure early maturing seed, for
that was one of the inducements be
held (offering a limited number of
bushels at a starthngly low price,)
mail addressed to one J. E. Bropby
began to pour into the postoffice.
Along with the mail, inquiries be-
gan to be received.by those connect-
ed with the cotton business in Hous
ton and other responsible concerns,
and an investigation followed. Mr.
Brophy is not to be tound to ex-
plain in full the results of that in-
vestigation.
It appears that advertisements
were inserted in the country press
throughout Texas, the plans of the
company being written out and for-
warded to papers with the request
that they insert it, and send their
bill to the party writing. These
papers, as well as their readers, be-
came a victim of the artist's work,
the papers not being paid for the
advertisements when the hills came
in. While waiting for answers to
his advertisements |of the philan-
thropic word of the English-Ameri*
can Cotton company to come in,
Brophy, spent much of his time at
the office of a prominent cotton
broker. He finally expressed a
desire to purchase 500 bales and
tendered a New York draft for
$3000 in paymest. Beforo the sale
was completed the broker institut-
ed some inquiries regarding the
worth of the paper. The first re-
ference given failed to respond, the
information coming back that no
such number could be found. Bro-
phy gave another number, 677
Broadway, and the answer to the
second telegram from the broker
was to the effect that the draft
would be honored "on presenta-
tion." It was signed "English-
American Cotton company."
"The broker did not like the
lookB of things and declared the
deal off. The Houston National
bank, to whom the draft was de-
livered for collection, has been un
able to secure any satisfaction re-
garding the ability of the supposed
Norhern Farmers, Coming to Texas.
OUR
CLUBBING RATES.
The Sticker - -
Semi-Weekly Post
Both one year for $1.75
The Sticker = $1
Semi=Weekly News $1
Both one year for $1.75
ADDRESS
THE^
company, even through its New
York collections, and repeated re-
quests of the great commercial
agencies and rating concerns such
as Dun and Brad street have failed
to bring to light any knowledge or
information regarding the Company
that was going to sell bigber-priced
cotton seed at 50 cents and loan
money at 5 and 4 per cent.
Mail addressed to the "repre-
sentative" of smooth tongue and
beguiling ways came to the post-
office general delivery department,
and after making one or two trips
the" representative" left instruc-
tions to deliver the mail in the fut-
ure to his stenographer. After this
order to the postoffice a big negro
appeared as the "stenographer"
and took the mail. That was over
a week ago.
Siqce last Friday the "represen-
tative" has not been seen in Hous-
ton, and the officers have been un-
able to locate him. There is a
mountain of mail awaiting him un-
claimed, and a typewrite* is at the
Rice hotel from which the ''steno-
grapher" has failed to remove the
accumulated dust.
From the number of registered
letters that constitute the mail of
finglish-American Cotton company
it would appear that there were
numerous answers to the advertise-
ments scattered throughout the
State, but whether the party reap-
ed any large reward from the un-
suspecting is unknown, but it is
not believed that he profited great-
ly by his operations.
While the farmers are anxious to
secure a cotton seed that will give
a relief from the boll weevil, they
will always find it to their interests
to look to accreditede home con-
cerns that can back their promises
with something more than mere
talk. In the meantime any inno-
cent parties who may have made
remittances to the English-Ameri-
can Cotton company would do well
to immediately stop payment on
drafts or checks and make efforts
to recover cash remittances.—Hous
ton Post.
TheH erald was one of the news-
papers fleeced by the English-
American Cotton company fraud
As for that nearly every paper
published in the cotton belt was
caught. The Herald has OusuaJly
been very fortunate in "spotting"
these catch penny swindles and
seldom suffered, and its gullibility
in this instance is due to the fact
that the English-American Cotton
company was received is Houston
with open arm9, and the Houston
Post devoted columns of space in
explaining the Company's plans
and the vast benefits that would
accrue from it to the cotton count-
ies.'
Our sole regret in publishing
their ad and prospects is that it
may have influenced some reader
to remit for cotton seed. This is
where the financial gains of the
fraud hinged. With their plaus-
ible prospectus was appended the
statement that the Company would
sell northern cotton seed for 50 cts
per bu shel in order to gain a foot
ing in the state. This low price
was a glittering bait that wculd
have been swallowed by thousands
of farmers even if they had not been
encouraged by the Houston Post
and their local papers in accepting
the ofier. If any readers of the
Herald mailed checks to Jtbe com-
pany it would be advisable for them
to immediately stop payment on
same, and if not already collected,
they will not lose financially.
We must live and learn. A man
may scent a thousand frauds and
laugh at their hidden roguery, and
then turn and swallow the bait of-
fered by the thousand and first,
that may have been the simplest of
all. It takes an humiliation like
this to usually keep tne bump of
concjit down to a normal levtl.
And if the country papers feel
humiliated how must the Houston
Post and the other large dailies
feel that are really responsible for
tbe English-American Cotton com-
pany bubble assuming such vast
proportions?—Halletsville Herald.
When cotton declines in the
markets as much as $9 per day 011
a bale farmers and everybody else
know that the price cf that staple
for some weeks past has been pure-
ly speculative. Next year the
speculators may succeed in running
the price of cotton down below its
actual worth instead of upward,
and what then?. Do not let the
present high price of cotton fool
you to tbe extent of planting cotton
to the exclusion of all else this
year. That ilarmer who raises a
diversity of crops succeeds in the
long run where the one who follows
the one crop idea fails.—Stockman
and Farmer.
Don't kill the birds that eat the
flies that lay the eggs that hatch
the worms that bring the bugs that
breed the boll weevils that eat the
cotton that clothes the man that
shoots the bird that eats the flies
that lay tbe eggs that hatch the
worms that bring the bugs, etc.—
Clarksville Times.
A woman uses a hair pin to pick
her teeth, button shoes, clean finger
nails, punch bed bugs out of a
crack, fasten up a i tray bang, clean
her husbands pipe, scratch her
head, run it into cakes to see if
they are done, and about a million
other things that the poor deluded
men know nothing about. About
as useful as a printers rule, isn't
it?—Altruist.
During the past few weeks the
number of farmers and homeseek-
ers coming to Texas from northern
states has been unprecedented. So-
called "harvest excursions" in-
augurated by the great trunk lines
leading to Texas and the southwest
have been patronized as never be-
fore. Agricultural lands in the
northern states are now being held
at $50 to $150 per acre, and land
values even at those figures show a
steady upward tendency year by
year. The high price of good land
in tho north coupled with the fact
that many desire locations in a
jmilder climate is rapidly bringing
settlers to the south and southwest,
and especially to Texas. It is not
strange that tickets sold to those
seeking new homes are largely in
favor of Texas, some roads report-
ing more farmers buying tickets to
Texas than all the other southern
states combined- And why not?
Texas has the best climate of any
state or empire on earth.
Texas stands first in the produc-
tion of cattle, cotton, hay and vege-
tables, and well at the top in the
production of corn, wheat, oats,
rice, fruits, hogs, horses, sheep and
goats. Owing to the great sup-
eriority of Texas soil and climate
every crop that can be grown pro-
fitably anywhere in this country
can be grown with greater profit
here. Texas also easily has five
times as much good land yet un-
touched by^the hoes as any ten
states in this country—land which
can still be purchased at prices
ranging from $2 to $3 per acre.
And again. Texas stands in the
front rank in those things which
tend to bring comfort to the home
and make life worth living. Texas
has more and better schools, both
public and private, than any other
state. The tax rate is exceedingly
low, and life and property is as
safe here as in any of the older
states. The Breeder's Gazette in a
late issue in speaking of the large
movement of farmers to the south-
west says:
"It is announced that the Santa
Fe road transported last week be-
tween 12,000 and 15,000 farmers
in special trains to Texas, Okla-
hama and New Mexico. It is said
that between 400 and 500 started
from Chicago and that this number
was swelled by hundreds along the
line of this road in Illinois, and
that by the time the Kansas con-
tingent was added at Kansas City
it was estimated that 15,000 peo-
plo were on their way to the south-
west. This is one of the largest
movements on record in the rail-
road colonization in the southwest.
The passenger department of the
Santa Fe declares that during the
present winter it has already locat-
ed nearly 10,000 homeseekers in
the. west and southwest, and that
the movement in those directions
during the next few months will
break all records. The general
farming lands in northern Texas,
the irrigated lands of New Mexico
and the rice fields of southern Tex-
as catch the bulk of the flowing
tide of humanity. Texas has taken
most of the people who have been
sent oyer that road during the last
months, although there has
few
Did it ever occur to you that it
is just as easy to smile and be
pleasant as it is to frown and croak? j
Whatever your troubles are people j
are not interested in them. Throw j
them off and be merry even if it is
a struggle on your part. You will
feel better and so will eyeryoue
with whom you come in contact.
Save your tears for tomorrow. Be
jolly today ltosenburg X-Ray.
The farmers are now busy plant-
ing potatoes, corn and garden
truck. May their efforts be re-
warded most abundantly.
been some settlement on the farm
lands in western Kansas and in
Oklahoma.
"Meautime the Illinois Central
people have been active "in their
propagranda of the agricultural
attractions of the south. Informa-
tion sent out from Freeport is to
the effect that farmers of Iowa, Wis-
consin and the northwest are pros-
pecting in the south this season
more than ever before. The rice
growing localities in the south seem
of special interest to these pros-
pectors. Canning factories are the
talk in some sections of the south
and this matter is being put before
northern farmers. It is pointed
out that canned vegetables from
Maine are shipped and sold all
over the south, and it is proposed
to build and eqOip canneries in the
southern states where conditions
are favorable and where fresh farm
ing blood will engage to raise tbe
necessary vegetables. Some loca-
lities are taking specific interest in
locating new comers. It is report-
ed 7000 acres in Washington county
Ala., have been purchased for
colonization purposos and will be
subdivided into small farms and
sold to farmers who moye in from
the north. It is expected that
something like 1000 colonists will
settle in that region during the
present year."—Stockman and!
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Why is a Newspaper Like a Woman?
One bright friend came in our
office the other day with what he
thought was a conundrum. "Why
is a newspaper like a woman?"
The various answers were:
"Because both have to be known
to be appreciated.
"Because both have to haye
some one to run it.
"Because both are good adver-
tising mediums.
"Because both have to be pres-
sed.
"Because it sometimes changes
its dress and tells tales.
The correct answer is: "Be-
cause every man should have one
of his own and quit runuing
around after his neighbor's."—Ex.
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Winfree, Raymond. The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1904, newspaper, February 25, 1904; Schulenburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth189085/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Schulenburg Public Library.