The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1915 Page: 3 of 6
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A Word To The Wise
Is Sufficient
We keep no bookkeeper.
We keep no delivery wagon.
We keep no delivery man.
We do all the work our-
selves—our saving is your
gain. Try us and see
W. T. WILLIAMS & BRO.
GROCERIES and FEED
Dr. J. E. May
ALTO - TEXAS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Calls Answered Day and Night
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BAKER-WHEELER MFG. CO
LUFKIN, TEXAS
| OUR PUBLIC FORUM
F- C. Weinert
On The Warehouse Law
The Warehouse system of Texas which the Fanners'
Union has been advocating for years Is managed by a
board of supervisors composed of the Governor, tho Com-
missioner of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Insur-
ance and Banking. Mr. F. C. Weinert and Mr. Peter Rad-
ford have charge of the management. Mr Weinert In
discussing the law said In part:
"The law is Jho greatest piece of constructive legis-
lation that has been placed upon the statute looks of
Texas for more than a generation for the reason that it
will affect materially and beneficially, when in full op-
eration, every citizen of the State.
Tlio law gives a broad and consummate opportunity for farmers in every
vaauminity to co-operate in the sale of their products and to aid each other
fa financing their crops and receiving the real market price In the primary
■sartets, eliminating the large discount that is now suffered by producers
4m Use primary markets, because they have neither a standard of grade nor a
efcaaee to market their products except ou a peddling basis. There la but one
* ni*^ly for the producer and that la co-operation in the marketing of hla own
■niriucts.
AM Kins are charged with a public use and every glnner la required under
to take from each bale of cotton as It Is ginned, three fair, true and
samples. Bach bale must be wrapped so as to completely cover It,
leaving none of the cotton exposed, the bagging to be of such fibre and tex-
that all the markings thereon will, under ordinary conditions, remain
and visible, gach bale must bo given its consecutive number which
must be placed on one side thereof, and immediately under this turn-
r mast be the B. C., or bonded license number.
Warehouses must, under bond, grade or classify each bale of cotton of-
tor storage, giving a receipt showing, among other things, the ele-
walici* above sea level of the warehouse and that the warehouse company
ataarantees the weight,* class and grade 'within approximate limits' at the
e of tbe Issuance of such receipt, and at the elevation of the place where
mrticutar warehouse la located. The receipt must also contain a de-
scription of the bale, the rate of storage, and that cotton will be delivered to
bearer, a specified person, or to a specified person or his order, as the
storing may desire.
(a addition to the foregoing each receipt must have a blank form on the
•aci thereof to be filled In and signed by the owner showing whether the
4g trea from encumbrances or liens of any kind. If there Is a Hen
• **vf kind at the time of storage the amount must be clearly set out, and
it^j^rjavde the duty of the warehouseman issuing the receipt to have this blank,
. 9si and signed by tha owner before a negotiable receipt can be issued."
SteTe Butler, Age 71, Dies
Steve Butler, who was visit-
ing at the home of Fred But-
living in Landrura com-
«nauity, was struck with par/
*lysis Sunday evening, June
ZOt' 4I1(^ died Wednesday, June
•*!' Mr. Butler made his
«<me with his daughter in
,^ous^on c°unty and was a
rsitor at the home of Fred
Vtler when he was struck
th'3 dreadful malady
which relieved him of his suf-
fering in a few days after-
ward. ' He was buried at
Lynchs Chapel Tuesday at
noon, Rev, C. B. Fuller offici-
ating. H. V. Sitton, under-
taker-in-charge.
Note—This notice appear-
ed |uly i, and should have
read Fred instead of Geo. But-
ler, as was printed at that
time, the party handing in the
item giving us the wrong
name, but which is corrected
in the reproduction.
Worlds Record Cow
We make the following ex-
tracts from a letter received
by a reader from a friend in
Iowa concerning the worlds
record cow:
I am especially glad to
learn that Mr. Seymour is a
good farmer aud a money
maker. When he gets it in a
fine shape I may visit it as I
had an idea at one time of
making the finest farm in
Iowa, and would be glad to
see it made so. I never got
over my love for farm life,
where I worked until I was
about zi years of age.
I received a fair price for
the farm, also for the cattle
which have turned out so
famously tha. Mr. Irwin will
double his money on them
easily. He has refnsed $15,
000 for one cow and her calf
and double if he would accept
$25,000. She was bred at
Buffalo Center. He sold her
half-sister for $4,000 and sev-
eral others at over $1,000
each.
The first cow mentioned
has been fresh 8 months and
has made in that time under
official test nearly x 1000 lbs.
butter. If she continues at
the same rate a full year she
should make over 1500 pounds
of butter which is far ahead of
any cow in the world. I
thought it might interest you
that Buffalo Center has been
the home of such a herd.
I have no interest finan-
cially but glad to know that
we succeeded wonderfully in
breeding cattle and wish con/
ditions bad been such that wc
would have still been the
owners. I hope Mr. Seymour
will be as fortunate as Mr
Irwin. Sincerely yours A. N.
Young.
Lake Steamer Overturns at
Chicago
Chicago, 111., July 24.—
More than a thousand per-
sons, most of them women and
children, drowned today with-
in a few feet of land by th e
capsizing of the steel steamer
Eastland as it was about to
leave its wharf in the Chica-
go River, with 2,500 relatives
and friends of employees of
the Western Electric Co. for
an excursion across Lake
Michigan. The ship rolled
over on its side in 25 feet of
water within five minutes af-
ter it began to list.
During the day 842 bodies
were taken from the river and
the hull of the steamer,
whose sides were cut open by
gas flames to admit divers.
Several persons were taken
alive from the eabins of the
ship after it had been in the
river for four hours, but the
300 other persons said to be
in the hulk are all dead.
Under the glare of search-
lights tonight scores of men
worked in the hull of the ves-
sel to remove the bodies. The
steamer lay on the bottom of
the river, one end protruding
like a monument to the hun-
dreds it had drowned.
Marine architects asserted
that the Eastland was faulty
in design.
Mrs. Mangum of Crecy
was the guest of Mrs. Deaton
one night last week. She was
enroute to Troup, where she
will visit her mother,
East Texas and Good Roads
There is 110 denying the
fact that in the matter of con/
structing good roads East
Texas has lagged considera-
bly behind some other por-
tions of the statej except in
a few localities, but it is also
a fact that this neglcct of a
great opportunity is giving
way to a widespread interest
in the making of good and
permanent highways.
This awakening of interest
in good roads has taken con-
crete form in at least two in/
stances within the past few
days. Newton county has
called an election to issue
bonds to the amount of $500,
000 for road building, and an
enthusiastic mass meeting
was Held in Tyler county Sat-
urday at which a petition was
signed asking the commis-
sioners' court to order an elec-
tion to determine whether
$100,000 shall be issued for
road building in an improve-
ment district in that county.
The meeting was largely at-
tended and the sentiment for
road improvement was not
only unanimous but enthus-
iastic.
For reasons that are ex-
plained in various ways the
early railroads of Texas saw
fit to traverse the central por-
tion of the state, leaving East
Texas to the most primitive
means of transportation,
which, in the earlier days,
was confined principally to
the ox team. Later the rail-
roads began to thread the
eastern part of the state, but
not until the central portion
and even many sections of
the west had had railroads for
sever. l years. The lack of
railroads was a big factor in
the handicap under which
East Texas has had to live,
but in time this has passed
away, and now that the sec-
tion is well supplied with rail-
roads, it is beginning to
turn its attention to the rural
highways.
In the building of roadways
East Texas is far better situat-
ed as to a base on which to
build the materials necessary
to road construction than
most other sections of the
state. In Newton or Tyler
county, for instance, the cost
of a mile of road is insignifi-
cant when compared with the
cost of a mile of construction
in Collin, Grayson, Ellis or
any of the black land coun-
ties. In the East Texas coun-
ties the soil, in most localities
is naturally adapted to road
building, and in the majority
of instances good material is
near at hand.
Good roads and good schools
are the two foundation stones
on which rural prosperity is
most speedily and successful/
ly built, and the two are in/
terdependent, In the history
of East Texas no better sign
of the times has been witness-
ed than this desire of the peo-
ple to provide good roads, and
the best part of it is that this
good roads improvement is
contagious. The building of
one mile of permanent high-
way leads to the building of
three more, and let us hope
that the contagion will speed-
ily assume the form of an ep/
idemic. — Beaumont Enter-
prise.
Developenient of Palestine-1 Aiton Melton's Kemains
Houston Road Found
Crockctt, Texas, July 2*1 —
The Palestine Houston High-
way Association was organ-
ized here yesterday. Deliga-
tes from Anderson, Montgom-
ery, San Antonio, Trinity,
Walker, Houston aud Harris
Counties were present and
showed much enthusiasm
regarding the improvement of
the Palestine-Houston road.
A great revival in road build-
ing is sweeping over East
Texas at present, Mayor J. W.
Young of Crockett was elected
president and J, D, Freeman,
of Trinity, secretary. An ac-
tive campaign for the develop-
ment of this important high-
way will be launched at once.
The old Confederates, God
bless'em are holding their an-
hual re-union at Alto to-day.
We feel sure they will have a
A telaplione messge
reached Troup Friday night
to the effect that the remains
of Alton Melton had been
found on the banks of the
Neches river together with
his watch and gun. The
Banner has been unable to
secure further details in the
matter. It will be recalled
that Alton Melton who is well
known in Troup and has
many friends here and both
friends and relatives out in
Selman community, disappear-
ed from Maydell one day last
fall. He went duck hunting
and never returned. Search
was instituted but no trace cf
him could be found. Foul
plav was feared at the time
and it is said that the discov-
ery of what is regarded beyond
any vestion of doubt as being
his remains does not now al-
together remove tbe suspicion
most enjoyable time for there
are not on thj face of thiS^oul play.—Troup Banner,
earth a more hospitable people
than the Alto people. Among
their numerous and distin-
guished guests is Judge A.
J. Booty, of Fort Worth.
These grand old fellows de-
serve all the joys and honors
that can come their way.—
Cherokee Sun.
W, A. Klickley, a water
melon seed raiser of Grapp-
land, was here Friday. Mr.
Klickley reports crop pros-
pects as very flattering in his
section.
Pensions Again Lowered.
Austin, Texas, July 14.—
Confederate pensions for the
quarter ending August n,
1915, will amount to only $10
for indigent soldiers, sailors
and their widows. This is $3
less than the last quarter and
was made necessary because
of the slow collection of taxes
to be disposited in the State
treasury to the account of the
pension fund.
ROUND TRIP FARES TO
Galveston and Return
ACCOUNT
Cotton Carnival, July 22 to Aug 1
VIA
$7.45
$7.20
$4.35
and its connections
Tickets on sale July 21 to 31, 1915.
limit August 5.
Final
Tickets on sale July 23 and 30.
10 days from date of sale.
Final limit
Tickets on sale July 24, final limit to leave
Galveston, July 26. Tickets on sale July 27.
final limit to leave Galveston July 29. Tickets on sale July
30, final limit to leave Galveston, August 1.
See Cotton Belt Ticket Agent or write
T. H. LAWRENCE
A. G. P. A. Tyler, Texas
JOHN F. EeHANE
G. F. & P. A. Tyler, Tex.
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Allen, E. E. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1915, newspaper, July 29, 1915; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214344/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.