The Marion County Courier (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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The Marion County Courier
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And Official Organ of tJ e Marlon County Agricultural Association
i Parts Of
I Ilarriso* Oou
Issued Every Friday
Jefferson, Texas, Friday. August 11, 1939
VOL. 3— N« 12
Hume Test
TWO BALES OF C0T10N
RECEIVED HERE WEDNESDAY
Jefferson received the first bale of the year Monday
in fact two bales were brought here Perry Holland reach-
ed here about 2 p. m., with a bale, but the two gins were
not ready and he didn't get his cotton ginned but sold it
Monday.
J. W. Lemmon bought the Holland bale, paying 10
cents per pound.
Marvin Moseley brought in a bale Monday afternoon
that was raised by R. E. Wadkins a negro farmer at
Smithland and it was ginned by T. G. Brooks as soon as
it reached the gin and Mr. Moseley brought the bale on
to town arriving here around 4 p. in., and sold it to A. S.
Harvey for 10 cent per pound and carried it to the com-
press
A premium of $30 was made up for the first bale.
AllOU COUNTY CATTLEMEN
SATURDAY, AUBUST 5TH
By: C. R. Heat.on, County Agent
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The Marion County Cattle-
men's Association held its regu-
lar meeting Saturday afternoon,
August 5th with approximately
40 of the leading cattlemen and
dairymen present.
A number of important things
were discussed, among the most
important being that whether or
not the local association should
go in with a state association
called the Texas Protective As-
sociation or not. After some dis-
cussion, it was decided that rep-
resentatives from that organiza-
tion be invited to talk with the ,
group at it. next meeting, which and many other^bingsof mutual
will be held Saturday afternoon
dollars annuallyjto Marion coun-
tyCatUemen uha 'nollliofisto th£
state of Texas.
4. It enables cattlemen to do
cooperative buying and selling.
This may be cooperative buying
of improved sires, dams, feed,
pasture fertilizers, and many
other things directly bearing on
the cattle industry. In coopera-
tive selling, we are enabled to
draw top prices for our beef
and dairy products.
5. In the dairying business,
cooperation may mean better
price* for dairy products, a more
strict ef laws covering the sale
and handling of such products
Marios Farmers
Harvesting Black-
Eyed Peas
O a Tuesday morning, Aug. 8,
eheck up was made to determine
the progress being made in
harvesting and marketing black
eyed peai. Records of that
date reveal thatD. K', Brown of
tha Mims Chapel is leading with
i67i pounds of throashed peas
turned ia. 0.. W' Reeves of
Halls community running second
with 1920 pounds turned in. F.
B. Wyatt of Jackson community
running third with 1750 pounds.
Records from the Jefferson
Wholesale Grocery Co., plant
reveals that of the 218 Marion
county farmers entering the 5-
acre black-eyed pea conteBt ap-
proximately 38,000 paunds of
theshed black eyed have been
brought in for sale. Such a
figure indicates that if all pro-
ducers entering the contest
planted and will harvest there
should be around 100,000 more
brought in for sale.
Such production should gross
to Manoa county participants
around $2,000.00. This cash is
coming in at the time ef year
when it will greatiy help things
along.
Records also reveal that about
"fts-maariX'®* have DWur brought
in by non-oor,tract iignersas by
these signing c< nteit agree-
ment.
The contest will offloially close
on September 1, 1939. As soon
thereafter as possible, winners
will be determined and the three
rewards of $75.00, $50.00 and
$25.00 made.
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1 local schools
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County ScJiool Superintendent
Cruca Stark announces that three
vacanoies in tke high school fa-
oultjr hai been fillad to date with
three Ifcore to be filled before the
opening of school in September.
Miss Josephine Polk of Oorsi-
cana will assume the duties of
physical education education in-
structor. Miss Polk finished at
Texas University this year and
ias never taught before. She ob-
tained her B, S. degree in Jnne.
Miss Annette Westmoreland,
of Marshall, will be librarian for
the coming year. She finished
at CIA in Denton, obtaining her
B. A. degree in 1937. She taught
in Range, Texas in 1938-39, and
was librarian for the Ranger
high school and Junior College.
Oarl Webster of Vidor, Texas,
will take tho place of J. G. M.
Ramsay, Jr., as iadustrial arts
teacher and junior high school
principal. Mr. Webster graduat-
ed from Baylor, obtaining his B.
S. degree there and teaehing in
the Vidor schools as high school
principal there under Mr. Stark.
Herbert Hill, band director of
the Jefferson high school for the
past two yean, has
August 12th, beginning at two
o'clock at the district courtroom.
The representatives of the State
Associatien, Mr. T. P. Land and
H. B- Lane have agree to talk to
the group at that time.
The question of having a Dairy
Development eommittee was
discussed. Victor Meyer and Roy
Spellings, local dairymen were
appointed to investigate such a
benefit to the dairymen and gen
era! public.
6. Much assistance in carry-
ing od a constructive, cattle pro-
gram may be secured by a local
organiz&l group whereas indi-
vidually would be impossible.
For example, the Texas A. & M.
College hare specialists of almost
every tyoe, such as beef cattle,
marketing, organization, pas-
tures, fertilizers, dairy cattle
all of which have
T.""Ti''T' wT-«>"• 1,. JH j JOf1eptrar ^ynolds No*1 T«rry, w- Coor survey ia Southeast Mai-
have Dlitu bf0ughttp0"4ttion as bad#- diWetor oH e for*county and on base of the chalk was said to be
Corsicana High School.
Mr. Hill is a native of Corai-
cana and while his many friends
here regret to see him laave, all
are proud of his being selected
to this position.
—Buy It In Jefferson—
B. E. Hicks Dies Suddenly
Here Thursday Morning
B. E. Hicks, proprietor of the
Hicks Grocery Co., of this city,
died suddenly at his home at 11
o'clock this (Thursday) morning,
Mr. Hicks had been at the
store but was not feeling well
and had returned home about
10:30. .
Deceasbdcama here 20 years
ago from Whitney and operated
a variety store several years bet
fore entering the grocery busi-
ness. He also served as mayor
four terms.
His wife and one "daughter,
Mrs. Elmer L. Jones, and two
grandchildren survive,
Mr. Hicks was interested in
civic affairs and a'l things for
the betterment of his tewn and
eourty, his friends were legion.
As we go to press funeral ar,
rangements had not been com.
pleted.
proposition and giv2 a report on ; and agronomy, all c
ft al the next regular meeting. a direct or indirect bearing on <
Many have be.n asking the | many of the objectives,of ourlo-
queation. "Well, what can. or cal,organizat on. ThelocalFarm
what does a cattlemen's a^sooia-1 S-curity supervisor. H. Ray
tioa propose to do?" In my opin- Taylor with his organization can
ion, there is scarcely any limit do much to assist in haancing
to the amount of good that such
an organization can do. Frst of
all. for such an organization to
function and mark accomplish-
monts as it should, it needs a
large membership or interested
people to carry on. In members
there is power, regardless what
is beieg attempted.
I will attempt to briefly test a
few of the worthwhile things
that this organization can do.
1. It teaches cooperation,
through organized effort much
good can be accomplished. Ev
ory cattleman in the county is an
example of "Single handed bat-
tlisg."
2. It can set up pore or reg-
istsred sire eircles.
3. It car. check local cattle
ruetling wifeh
running into the hundreds of
I of livestock buying and equip-
1 ment purchase. Floyd Sanders,
vocational teacher in the Jeffer-
son school system can and is do-
ing much in training his FFA
boys in such work. The work
of the Extension Service 4-H
club boys can add much to the
program,
Busim ss and professional men
of the town shtn d see and real-
ize that this industry gives fine
promise of soon displacing cot-
ton as the leading cash crop in
the county and thev should bo
•xtremely interested in seeing
it going forward-
The thing tkit should be clear-
ly understood is thai this (Jattle-
m n's Association Is not only
for cattle raisers, but for every
citizen in Marion county, either
DREAMS OF YEARS AGO NEAR1NG
REALIZATION III EAST END AREA
The Courier enjoyed
this week from R. H.
Jett, formerly of this city, but
now of Houston. He is the man
who drilled the first well in tne
East End area 28 years ago and
oil is still running out of the first
well, going into Kitchen creek.
Mr. Jett was born and reared
in Jefferson, being a son of Mr.
and and Mrs John M. Jett, liv-
ing here until he was 23 years
of age, going to Dallas, where
he was connected with the O. K.
Harry Iron Works, later moving
to Greenville, where he was
b >okkeeper and cotton buyer for
M. T. Mitchell Cotton Co., re-
maining there until Mr. Mitch
eli's death. For awhile Mr. Jett
clerked In a dry goods store, la
t*r going with the MK&T&Ry.,
staying with the corporatica 'or
directly or Indirectly interested |OVor lo years, resigning to take
in tho livestock business. t
a visit a position with the Chapman
(Die*) Milling Co., of Sherman, which
position he held until the death
of Mr. George Chaaman 15 years
later, and the closing down of
the mill.
M r . Jett never forgot nor
lost faith iu that section of Mar-
ion county in tho East End, and
in 1911 he conceived the idea of
drilling for oil in that area and
Cftfme back to Jefferson and lensed
1100 acres of land from Ed. Mey-
er, W. D. Chew, George Browu
and the Singleton's and proceed-
ed t o make his own location,
move in the rig and go to work.
The fact that Mr. Jett spent
over $30,000 in his attempt to
brinv in this oil field well shows
bis far h in his homo aounty and
Us oil possibilities, and when he
(Continuad on Pegs Eight)
J. M, Home of Star City Ark., who came "to Jefferson
and sponsored the Fitzwater-Terry discoverery wall in
the east end of Marion caunty, later selling the wall te J.
D. Reynolds, again takes the lead this week as he reaahed
the Tokio pay sand in the well on the Wash Taylor tract,
and the core showed lots of oil.
Mr. Home had already purehased his casing feeling
that the log of the well he could not miss making a real
producer and as each core showed up better he stopped
coring and is setting casing. As we go to press he is at a
depth of around 2,300.
Mr. Home has around 3,000 acres leased in the last
End, but this test is part of the lease he purchased from
L. A. Thompson and John A. Hughes in May, being about
3 miles southeast of the lour Terry wells.
Mr. Fltzwater has reached the Tokio and is how
drilling ahead for the lower Woodbine.
This well is two miles west of the Terry well* and
will serve as an extension coming toward Jefferson.
M. D. K. Fitiwater has casing on the ground at his
Duncan No. 1 and steel is being unloaded to build storage
tanks at this location.
John A. Hnghes No. 1, T. J. Taylor, McNutt survey
west of Baldin is going ahead below 2000 feet.
With elevation 184 feet Mr. Hughes said formation
was topped at 1,818 feet, with top of Annona chalk Tat 1,-
450. Top of the Nacatoch was around 990 feet with top
of Wolfe City at 1,205. Both the Wolfe City and the
Nacatoch had s^omeoil shows.
The test is seven miles from Jefferson, 10 miles south-
west of the recently opened Tokio production at the J. D.
to
at the
checking 40 feet higher than this pumper, flnaled
2 300-foot level.
The No. 1 Taylor is proceeding slowly, ooring all
formations for logging purposes.
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The Jefferson pool of Marion county was in line for a
new operation Weduesday, as 'one well in the area oored
and another drilled head.
The naw location is Culf No. 2 C.',W. Ray, ^staked on
a sixty-five acre track in the Hanks survey. Arkansas
Fuel No. 1 Simms, at Lodi, is coring at 6,105 in lime.
Texas No. 5. Braden is drilling anhydrite and shale'at
5,655 feet.
In the Rodessa tip area this county, Magnolia No. 2
Duncan is fishing for bit cones with bottom at 2,527 feet.
sea scouts visit
Seeking new experiences,
three Sea Scouts from the Sen
Scout Ship Pelican in Shrevepoci
and a former Boy Scout of Dal
las, arrived at tho Big Cypress
bridge here at 1 o'clock Sunday
afternoon in two canoes, having
paddled u p Big Cypress from
Camp Caddo which i s located
about two miles from Moorings-
port, La.
The boys who nnde the trip
are Carl Scrother, of Sea Scout
Troop No 5; Jack Rutledg®, of
Troop No. CO; James Lindsay, of
Troop No. 90 and Billie Henaon,
Boy Mcont of Dallas who will en-
ter Sea Scout Troop No. 5 at th<
Completion <ef the trip.
They left Camp Caddo at seven
o'clock Saturday morning and
thought that the trip would take
about four day?, as it it approx-
imately 05 miles.
Strotber, spokesman for the
party, said that on two occasions
they got off the main channel
but had n o trouble finding it
again.
Two 15-foot canoes were used
and tho boys said they bad no
difficulty handling the era ft.
■or it la
Charles, 10-year-old son of
Congressman and Mrs. Wright
Pitman, died of rheumatic fever
in a Toxarkana hospital early
Sunday morning after a prolong
ad illness.
Brought to the family home in
Texarkana about two weeks ago,
blood tranfusions and an oxygon
tent wejre used in a futile effort
is the youth's heart failed after
ne was apparently clear of fever.
Funeral services were held at
i o'clock Monday afternoon from
the First Baptist Church in Tax-
arkaaa.
He is survived by his parents;
three brothers; and his grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs John Pat-
man, of Linden. Mrs. Ralph
Ford, sister of Mr. Patmen, also
is a resident of Linden.
Mr. and Mrs. Patman have
lots of friends all over Marlon
county and tho state who extend
condolence to them in this ead
hour.
_FOR SALE—Registered Duma
moie hags. Can be seen at (ha
East Texas Liveetook Commis-
••an Do pany bara ar see J. B,
Wbelaa, or pboae 29f. W
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Bradshaw, R. G. The Marion County Courier (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1939, newspaper, August 11, 1939; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293133/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Marion+County+-+Jefferson%22: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.