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ALTO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 9. 1909
Number iS
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THE HOME BANK"
THE ALTO STATE BANK
CAPITAL $IO,OOO.no
GET INTHE HABIT OF SAFTING
Your" money.
A young man come in. our bank last week with
a check lor $15 anked htm to deposit with us. He
said the amount was toosmalJ, but we convinced him
that no account was too small for us to have on cur
books, and now that you lg man is one of ou;* satV
fie J customers.
ONLY ONE DOLLAR
will start an account with us,
ter how small,
H H Kerry man, President
M C Parrish, Cashier
Make a start no mut
M E McClure ) *r. „ ,
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No Account is Too Small for Us,
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Ready 1o serves my many customers
Sta with the best to be had in
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Staple andFancv Groceries |
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Of all kinds, Have just received
Fresh Bacofi, Harns, Larel -
Flour, Sugar, Rice, Candies, Canned Goods, ctc
See me if you want Fresh Groceries £
JOHN NOBLITT ALTO £
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-barbers
Agency for The I--NgedUa.-Lattn<jry of Houston
The Laundry that Gives a Bright Gloss Finish
CLOTHING CLEANED AND PRESSED
HATS CLEANED AND REBLOCICED
being made as good as new. Give us your work, and
you'll be pleased. Harrison new brick, Alto.
when;you need
•New Bi?S§y Wheels, Buggy Points
Wagon Skeins of Any Make or Size, Correct Horse
Shoeing, or Any Other Kind of Blacksmith
Work, It will be to Your Interest to See Us
F3 A T T O N oV Die K EI V.
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tap!© Groceries
Flour, IVlea], Bacon, Lard,
SUGAR, COFFEE, SALT, MATCHES
SOAPS, AXLE GREASE, Etc ^
The Best Flour in the Town
every sack guaranteed
Hay, Bran, Chops, Etc., in stock, Come and see me. I cfln
and will save you money on your purchases
W. T. WILLIAMS
The Corn Club is an Evidence of
Success.
There lias probably been
110 count of the corn clubs or-
ganized in Texas this spring,
but that the number is larg<
will be admitted by every oik
who reads his morning paper
with an observant eye. It
seems as if no county ii.which
corn is grown is without a'
ieast one, ami in some coun-
ties there is apparently oik
:or every neighborhood. Tliej
ire composed in nearly even
instance of boys only. Prize
ire set up and the game is, wt
might say, to grow the most
jest corn on a given area, ge,
-•rally an acre.
The'faet that this idea ha
aken so well has a biggei
aid richer meaning, we be
leve, than is apt to be app.
rent at a glance. It might bi
ailed the first, ripening frui
>f ten years' effort to teach tin
.ciencc of agriculture. Wilhii
that interval there has been ;
evolution in the science o
griculture, but only a per
edible advance in the art u
The discoveries of sci
nee have had- to run tin
. ii «c gamut of .prejudice
n 111 malignance to ridicule
.lie effort to teach the law:
vhieh reduce the element o
.•hance in agriculture has of-
en been resented as an intru-
• ion, and when not as an in
rusion, as a joke. The atti
tide of the men whom it vva
ought to benefit primarih
vould utterly have discoui
a.,ed a propaganda lessstron;
u truth and importance thai
his was. Even among tlios
eho have perceived both tl,
ruth and importance of tlies
cachings there lias been b
.ule adaptation of then
heir reluctance has exemp)
d the adage that it is ban
teach an old dog 11 e\
tricks.
'i hat, doubtless, is win
eieuce, somewhat disregard
ng the men who are besot i:
lie empiricisms of habit, ha:
timed its attention to tin
>oys, as evidenced by tin
orinatiou of these numerous
,'orn clubs. We need not feai
lie outcome, nor shall wt
lave to wait for the next geu-
:ratiou to feel the benefits. A
few days ago The News prin-
ted an interview with a gen-
tleman of wide experience
who said this, among othei
things: "Last year I enroll-
ed in one contest 120 bo}'?
with an acre each, and this
120 acres made an average of
70 bushe's of corn per acre in
a Texas county where the
fanners had never made an
average of more than twelve
bushels per acie." Of course
the yield of one acre is apt to
he more than the average
yield of ten acres, so that this
result is not quite fair as a
comparison of methods. But
it is probably true, as has of-
ten been asserted, that the av-
erage yield of corn could be
doubled in Texas by follow-
ing the enlightened methods.
These acre patches cultivates
>j boys,' stimulated by tin
iffer of }||izes, will prove that
issertion, aurl each one o
iiese patches will be a den
nstration farm, from whic
vill irradiate a lesson tha
mist sink somewhat into tli
thickest armor of prejudice
instead of having to wait fo
lie coming of the "next gei
.•ration," we shall probabl
ee the results of this wdr
11 most at once.
And the success with tl
•orn will suggest and iuij><
he application of improve
uethods to other crops, f<
>ur farmers arc not negligei
:i corn-growing alone; ai
vlieii this shall have com
bout farming will be sonn
iiing more than mere maim
1 labor, for then not on 1
vill the farmer get the wage
! 's hn.';d hvf. t>e profit 1
lis brain.—Ex.
Texas boasts of a singh
•ounty which can show 10.
>oo acres planted in peanut?.
Uit it had not been though
that Texas ever failed to rais>
t full crop of peanut polit -
• i an s.—A11 gust a Ii eral d.
The Entire Family.
Grand Pop used it for rlieutm
ism. Dad for cuts, sprains ai
iruises. Mammy for burns, scal<
uid aches. Sis for catarrh ai <
,'hilblains. i use it for e-verythii
md it rcver disappoints any of 11 .
t surely yanks any old pain oi 1
>y the roots. Hunt's IJgutnii j
)il is what I am telling you about
II H 11 I ■ —ill 1
All Tex an.s are agreed that
Governor Campbell used ex-
cellent judgment when he
offered the railroad commiss*
ioncrship to Hon. Horace
Chilton, and now that the dis-
tinguished lormer senator has
declined, it is to be hoped that
the place will be tendered to
somebody ,vho in all respects
will make a worthy success-
•r to the late L. J. Storey.
Governor Store}- was a splen-
lid character and ideal pub-
c servant. He lived a long
lfe in Texas and from the
late of his arrival until the
lay of his death he exempli-
ied those qualities of citxen-
■ hip that coininaud the re-
■pect, confidence and grati-
ude of the people, lieuteu-
nt governor, on the becli
ud a;; a member of our great
ailroad commission he dis-
liargcd his duties with hor,-
s y, fidelity and coniniand-
ug ability. The people trust-
el him because hs never clis-
ppointed them, they licnor-
-*d him because he was wor-
!iy of all honor, and they
iiourn him because he was
vorthy of all honor, and they
iiourn him because they have
osl a friend who in every
•niergency or life rose to the
ull stature of Christian man-
ned. In selecting his suc-
.-essor, Governor Campbell
i1! elicit the commeudati 11
>f all the people if lie v. i 1
>estow the mantle of L. J.
■>ory upon some citizen who
* worthy in all respects to
vear it.—Houston Post.
Habitual constipation is the
ioor through which many of
t e serious ills of the body
e admitted. The occasional
e of Prickly Ash Bitters
ill remove and cure this dis-
essiug condition. ,'Jold by
v. C. Harrison & Co.
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McClure & McClure. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, April 9, 1909, newspaper, April 9, 1909; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214045/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.