The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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Seventeenth Year.
MEXIA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEB. 3, 1916.
$1.00 Per Year.
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Hon. D. C. Dove, Institute
Organizer for the State Depart-
ment of Agriculture visited
$ Mexia this week and while here
he addressed the local Farmers
. Institute.
Our State Department of Ag-
' riculture is very anxious for
the farmers of Texas to con-
tinue the plan of diversified
displays sorpe results that
r be interesting, arid helpful
A tabulation Of the reports of
the teachers on tlie work of the
"first term, which 'has just clos-
ed,
may be interesting
to parents, ami for that reason
a summary is given below.
Primary Department. Grades j
I-1II. No.examination required.
Number enroljijd 205.
Number promoted 165.
Number retained '28*.
Number absent, or previously j
farming as begun in 1915, and] dropped from the. roll 12.
the lecturers of the Department Grammar School Department,
are emphasizing the need for a
further reduction in the acre-
Grades IV-VII. '
Number enrolled 188.
Number absent, or previously
age planted to cotton, and a (]topped from the rdlls .'32.
corresponding increase in the Number of exemptions by!
acreage planted to food and feed | subjects 245.
cr°Ps* Average exempt from
Mr. Dove made the following j examinations '4al' '■
arguments in favor of reducing Of thosewho took "the exam-
14 failed in one subject.
8 failed in wo'sufiJgtftS.
7 failed in 'Qiree^sutofeftt^.
3 failed,"ln'^our siltijetfts.
1 faTl'ecP i n' fi ve s ub.iects
Total failures 15v*sffliglev'sub-
the cotton acreage, and increas inations
ing other crops, and the adop-
tion of a more general plan of
stock farming:
1. On cotton acreage reduc-
tion.—A small cotton crop
brings the people more money!
than a large crop. The 1915 jects ' *"w>'
cotton crop was less than 12,- High School Department.' :tV'
000,000 bales and the 1914 crop Number enrolled 135.
was more than 16,000,000 bales, Number""i'S^rit, or j&evtfifusly
but the 1915 crop brought near- (hopped from rolls~5.'
ly one hundred million dollars Numberof. exerrTp'tions by
more money than the 1914 crop j subjects j J~l'f 3 *'
did. While we were growing; Of those wfio 'toolf the 'Xxafn-
the small crop in 1915 - inatiorfe,m
and making that one hundred; 22 fatfe^'li^ne^b'je^.'
million dollars clear profit overj 3 failwf lfi two* s'ytfjetfts.
a large crop, we had land on j 2 failed in 'tferee sjutyects.
which to grow useful crops, and, Total faTflfres fry single sub-
, as a result we now have cribs j jects 34.
full of corn and other feed and j The teachers were requested
smoke houses well supplied with to report ffie^ju^s^oj^^^iipils
meat and lard. who failed in jpr^or more sub-
In order to sell the 1916 crop jects and'ff) gf^*opposite',"'tlie
' at profitable prices the acreage name of each th^roTjabfe cause
will have to be reduced further, of the failure. 'In some"uYstan-
If it had not been for the storm ces, two'4 pf^|fibre causes were
last August, we would have given.'' Folfowrig'is a's^himary
made another large crop and of the reasons for failures:
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Lack of. daily preparation of
lessons 26«
Natural inability. 26.
Entered too late,'..or irregular I
attendance 19.
Unprepared for* the \vwrk 6.
AdenoidsiVip#';
The first' one of these'causes
for poor work'' includes Various
phases of" liick of preparation.
Too little 'ho'fft'e ^tiidy," in some
cotton would have sold on the
streets of Mexia for 7 and 8
cents.
2. On increasing the acreage
planted to food and feed crops.
Limestone count'/ bought dur-
ing 1914 nearly seven hundred
thousand dollars worth of food
and feed products, which might
have been grown right here at
home. Texas buys three mil-
lion dollars worth of feed from
other states every year. There cases, norte at'iltl; lafcihess ; idle-
is no better land anywhere for nessjiiy'Interest iri the sub-
growing feed than in Limestone .jects ;"to'o much YitteVition to out-
. County. side attractions; and, in a very
3. On stock farming—Texas few instances; petty love affairs,
has 92,000 farms which have From the foregoing it is evi-
no cows; 124,000 farms which dent that one of the problems up
have no hogs; and 60,000 farms for solution U^feacl^ejy and
which have no poultry. parents .is ,ihat-.^ifatten-
No farmer will be prosperous tion to s«hv><4 ^ye^iKpie Part
who does not grow cows, hogs i of many school children. As
and poultry, where these ani- pointed out, there appears to be
mals receive proper attention, j several factors involved in keep-
they will keep the family out of, ing pupils, tyum .doing the. proper
debt and put some money in the amount ()f.^woi^>, tt)toujf|i in a
bank. vpry h^g^mj^j^; ef cases, the
Any one crop system of farm- one thing back ot all is lack of
ing encourages the credit sys- interest, ^nd jjtj is this aspect of
If You Need
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another pair of shoes to finish out the season
THEN==these low prices will interest you
Ladies Shoes, Boy's Shoes, Girl's Shoes, Men's Shoes—in fact every pair of
shoes in the store is now marked at a substantial reduction off the regular price.
If you need an extra pair of shoes to tide you over the winter and early spring
period, this sale affords you the opportunity to get that extra pair of shoes at a
price that will mean MONEY to YOU.
Although some lines are depleted, we have plenty of the wanted styles and in
sizes to assure proper fitting.
$5.00 Men's Shoes $3.50
These shoes are the "Bostonian make"—in straight last pat-
ents, English toes in black and tan—all this season's best
styles—regular $5.00 quality on sale at the pair $3.50
Men's $3.50 Shoes at $2.95—Take your pick of any of our
regular $3.50 shoes, all styles, at the pair only $2.95
.Men's Work Shoes at $2.95—We have 4 styles of work shoes
in this lot—in black, tan, and elkskin—all sizes from 6
to 11— regular $3.50 quality on sale at the pair $2.95
$2.50 Work Shoes at $1.95—We only have 10 pair of these
shoes left—they will go at, the pair $1.95
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Boy's Shoos Economically
Weed
Hoy's Shoes at $2.15—Sizes 2 '/2 to 5 '/2 — These shoes are
made of first quality gun. metal calf uppers, and have
"Rock-Oak" soles—the regular price was $,1.00— for
quick sale, they go at the pair $2.15
Hoy's Shoes at $1.85—Sizes 2'/2 to 5 '/z—We recommend
these shoes for school wear—-they have good heavy up-
pers and soles—full toe, button style in black only—$2.50
quality, on sale at the pair $1.85
Hoy's Shoes at $2.50—Sizes 2'/z to 6—These shoes are made
of tan calfskin in the latest English toe style—$3.50 qual-
ity on sale at the pair $2.5(1
Hoy's Shoes at $1.85—Sizes 1, 1 '2 and 2—These shoes are
made of extra good quality gun metal uppers and have
"Rock-Oak" soles—full toe, button style—$2.50 quality
oil sale at the pair $1.85
Hoy's Shoes at $ 1 .(it)—Sizes 8',? to 13'/2—Made ot first
quality gun metal in full toe button style—$2.25 grade on
sale at the pair .... $1.69
Hoy's Shoes at $1.29—Sizes 8' 2 to 13—These are good
school shoes—made of gun metal calf in full toe button
style—$1.75 quality on wale at the pair $1.29
Hoy's Ho'otces at S2.S.~>—Sizes 3 to 6—Made of tan calf—
have good heavy soles—$3.50 quality on sale at the pair
only $2.85
EXTRA SPECIAL—We have a small lot of boy's shoes in
vici kid and -patent leather—sizes 2\<> to 5%—in lace
styles—regular $2.50 and $2.90 quality—to close
they go in this sale at the pair
$1.50
All Girl's Shoes go at
Greatly Reduced Prices
Girl's Shoes at $1.69—Sizes 11 '/z to 2—Patent lace— this
season's best style—$2.50 qality on sale at the pair $1.69
Girl's Shoes at $1.39—Sizes 8 Vi to 11—These are close out
lines—just one and two pairs of a style—$2.00 quality on
sale at the pair $1.39
Girl's Shoes at $1.29—Sizes 8'/2 to 11—These shoes are good
for school wear—full toe button style—have good heavy
soles. $1.90 quality on sale at, the pair $1.29
Girl's Shoes at $1.50-—Sizes 11'/2 to 2—Made of heavy kid-
skin in button style—have heavy soles—$2.25 quality on
sale at the pair $1.50
Girl's Shoes at $1.79—Sizes 11 '/2 to 2—These are patent
button shoes—have heavy soles—excellent for school
wear—$2.50 quality on sale at the pair $1.79
Girl's Shoes at $1.39—Sizes 11 '/2 to 2—These are odds and
ends—one and two pairs of a style-—these shoes sold reg-
ular at $2.00 to $2.40—they go in this sale, the pair $1.39
Big Misses Low Heel Shoes
Marked at Heavy Reductions
At $1.50—Sizes 2'2 to 5—The shoes in this lot are close out
lines—only one and two pairs of a kind—the regular price
was $2.00 to $2.50—take your choice of the lot. at the
pair $1.50
Rig Misses Shoes at $1.98—Sizes 2'? to 7—These are good
shoes for school wear—button vici. have heavy soles—
low heel—$2.40 quality on sale at the pair $1.98
Rig Misses Shoes at $2.39—All this season's best styles in
patent leather in the lace and button styles—$3.00 and
$2.75 quality on sale at the pair $2.39
Ladies Shoes on Sale
Ladies Shoes at $1.69—These shoes are made of good heavy
gun metal—are just the thing for knockabout everyday
wear—comes in button and lace styles—sizes 2to 8—
on sale at the pair $1.69
Ladies Shoes at $1.98—Made of heavy gun metal calf—full
toe button style—medium low heel—sizes 21 to 8—
$2.50 quality on sale at the pair .... ... $1.98
Ladies Shoes at $2.39—10 styles in this lot—all this sea-
son's best sellers in patent lace and button—in $3.50 and
$8.00 quality—take your choice of the lot at the pair,
only $2.39
Ladies Shoes at $2.85—Sizes 2'2 to 8—All this season's fa-
vorite styles in our regular $4 and $4.25 Dorothy Dodd
Makes go at the pair $2.85
The
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Store
KARNER & PHILLIPS
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of usury that people ever have! be largely dt?joUjd to. this sub-
to pay. The people who growjject.
cotton as their principal crop,;
trade 011 credit, and the average
credit profit in the cotton states
is 70 per cent, while in Texas
we pay 82 per cent. In other
words for every one dollar's
worth of merchandise bought
on credit, we pay one dollar and
eigthy two cents. No business
can prosper -..d pay such ex-
penses, and we can't get away
from the credit system while we
follow any one crop system of
farming.
In the .meantime,
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re is a
definite and well defined duty
resting on the parents, and the
success of the teachers will de-
pend to some extent, and, in a
few instances, probably almost
wholly on how well the parents
do their part. Specifically, the
duty of parents is to find out
how much home work should be
required of pupils and to see to
it that the work is done, and
done und^r conditions that will
get the best results. Here, also,
should be some careful study of
the situation by the parents.
A start has been made this1
year to establish a teachers' li-
brary as a part of the school
equipment and about' a dozen
volumes of the latest and most
serviceable works are now
available. Some of these are as
well suited to parents as to
teachers, and any mother or
father whom is in quest of ideas
and suggestions that will help
in the solution of school prob-
lems might find them just what
they want. The school will,
therefore, gladly, send out any
of these books 011 request. One
volume in particular should be
read by every man or woman
interested in human progress,
and that is William Hawley
Smith's ALL THE CHILDREN
OF ALL THE PEOPLE. This
book has been in constant use by
the teachers since the middle of
October, and the principles set
forth by the author have made
some strong impressions.
New Garden Seed. 2 papers
for 5c.—J. W. Kincheloe. Ildw4
ACQUITTED Of
MURDER CHARGE
Groesbeck, Texas, Jan. 26.—
Simpson Gates, who has been on
trial here for severad days
charged with killing Aaron
Hawkins, was acquitted by a
jury Tuesday, after deliberat-
ing only twenty minutes. Haw-
kins was killed in September
1911. Cates ami Hawkins were
brothers-in-law.
FOR SALE.
1 pair new $8 horse collars $5,
1 pair 34x4 mud chains $2.50, 1
pair 30x3Vg mud chains $1.50.
Some thoroughbred R. I, Red
and Black Minorca hens and
cockrels at 75c and $1.00 each.
20 head Duroc pigs $2.50 each.
—J. M. BLAKE.
Miss Gretchen Kauhl came up
from Groesbeck Friday after-
noon to spend Saturday and
Sunday with the home folks.
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Houx, N. P. The Mexia Weekly Herald. (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1916, newspaper, February 3, 1916; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292337/m1/1/: accessed April 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.