The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1925 Page: 8 of 12
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A Garden Valley fanner recently
carried hia cotton aa far away as
Wills Point because he had a good
staple and was forced to sell at best
advantage outside of a half-and-half
market. One of Tyler’s traveling
salesmen was in Wills Point last week,
and. when he noted the many truck
loads of cotton on the streets, he re-
marked that he knew positively many
of them came from Smith county.
Smith county cotton markets have
lost hundreds of bales this year be-
cause growers in some of our neigr.-
ferior staple and because markets in
these counties have built up a reputa-
tion for handling only good lint.
There has probably never been a
:ear in the past when so much dis-
crimination was made in the clasB-
ing and grading of cotton and
great a difference made in the price
paid for long and short staple. At
Wills Point, Rowden cotton seed has
brought $15 more per bale than half-
and-half of kindred seed; and the lint
has brought even more than $15. in
agro hub brought
excess. This difference of $30 or
more per bale is too great a penalty
for the grower of short staple to
stand for any length of time.
One farmer remarked not long ago
that he had been warned for a num-
ber of years that whenever a big crop
of cotton was made the half-and-half
-• market would drop to a ruinous level
p ....... but that he had yet to see the-pre*
diction come true; that he was grow-
ing this short staple and was making
more money than he could on any
other kind of cotton. This man evi-
|| • dently does not keep posted on the
daily price in the markets where mon-
grel seed is not tolerated. And the
crop this year is not a large one, but
the difference in price of the better
cotton over the poorer grade is $30;
and a difference of $50 a bale might
safely be predicted in a year of big
production. An acre planted to half-
and-half cannot produce an excess of
lint sufficient to take care of this
margin.
McFARLANE, COTTON KING.
AND OTHERS VISIT SMITH
COUNTY CONTEST PLATS
Thursday just two hours after the
Journal had gone to press for the
week, a party of Anderson county
farmers and others arrived in the city.
They were over in Smith county to
visit some of the contest 5-acre plats.
Victor H. Schoffelmayer, Cotton Con-
test Editor of the Dallas News, was
with the party which consisted of
John McFarlane, winner of the Dal-
las News $1,000 prize last year and
competitor for it gaain this year,
TVui^pr Pmroll Palrwfino RanlfPI** Mr.
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Tucker Royall, Palestine Banker; Mr.
Valentine, a farmer near Frankston;
Mr. Nagel, Anderson County Agent,
and Mr. Word, Secretary Palestine
Chamber of Commerce.
The visitors left Tyler to visit the
5-acre plat of A. C. Horton at White-
house and the plats of Sam and Eras-
tus Suber, five miles east of Troup.
From there they planned to go to
Henderson to see the 5-acre plat of
Clyde Nash on the Arnold farm three
miles southwest of Henderson., From
Mr. Schoffelmayer Journalman ob-
tained the information that there are
more than twenty contestants in East
Texas, all of them located within fifty
to sixty miles of Tyler, who will each
make a much larger yield of cotton
r ,> on their 5-acre plats than was made
last year by John McFarlane, the
winner in the State contest. The rep-
resentative of the Dallas News did
not indicate what, in his opinion,
would necessarily have to be the yield
■, to win this year. From other infor-
mation coming to Journalman from
many sources, and of course impos-
sible of verification, it appears that
this year’s winner will have to pro-
i dace considerably in excess of two
and a half bales per acre—and it may
be, judging from unconfirmed reports,
and from off-hand estimates and
guesses, that the winner will show a
yield of nearly three bales per acre.
Texas cotton growers are just now
beginning to “pet stirred up’’ in this
cotton contest matter. The Journal
is not disposed at any time to in-
dulge in wild guessing and mere spec-
ulation. However, it will not sur-
prise us if, within the next two or
three years, some farmer actually
Produces five bales of cotton on an
acre of ground. *
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CHEROKEE CO. OFF1ERS GET
BIG STILL NEAR ALTO
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Alto, Sept. 21—Three Alto men
have been placed under bonds of $500
each, awaiting action of the grand
jury, in connection with the capture
of one of the largest liquor distil-
iries ever taken in Cherokee county,
e than 200 gallons of intoxicat-
liquor and mash were destroyed
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\y officers who found the distillery.:
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BUSINESS
BANQUET TO
HEAD OF FARM
BUREAU
A banquet has been arranged by
a number of business men of the
city for 7:30 o'clock this evening at
the Wallace Cafe in honor of John
T. Orr of Dallas, head of the Farm
Bureau Cotton Association, who is in
Mt. Pleasant today and who made
an address to the public at the court
house in the afternoon.
Mr. Orr is head of the largest co-
operative cotton selling organization
in the world, and has just returned
where he spent six
keting i
urope,
months studying the marketing situa-
it. Pfeai
tion.
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-Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Sept.
TEN THRASHERS TURN OUT
l 291,250 BUSHELS OF OATS
Wills Point, Sept. 22—An index of
oat production here this season is re-
vealed in a report of ten Wills Point
threshers which shows that 291,260
bushels of oats have already been
threshed here this season. Yields on
some of the oat patches here were as
much as 90 bushels to the acre. :
THE
W. C. T. U.
WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
BY RESOLUTION
ENDORSES, APPROVES AND COMMENDS
“THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS”
SHOWING TODAY AND TOMOR-
ROW AT POPULAR PRICES
PALACE
TYLER
SHOW STARTS AT 9 A. M. DAILY
Read the report of resolutions passed by the W. C. T. U. of
the Third Congressional District, passed at their District Meet-
ing at Wills Point, Sept. 18. Those resolutions appear in
this issue of this paper
CARROL SCHOOL BEGAN MON.
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Carrol, Sept. 23—Public
opened here Monday mornim
James Langford is
wife is Primary Teacher
Adyer has charge of the intermediate
Department.
school
norning. Prof.
Principal; his
and Miss
make. The home-brew craze Is pretty
well established in both large and
small towns.
HOME BREW CRAZE MEANS
BIG BUSINESS TO POTTERIES
Winnsboro, Sept. 22—
The local potteries are working
over-time to try to supply the demand
for 5 and 10 gallon jars, occasioned
by the home-brew craze. The potters
can sell more jars than they can
RATES TO U. D. C. MEET
Longview, Sept. 18—Mrs. J. K. Bi-
vins, president of state division U. D.
C., is in receipt of information that
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the Southern Passenger association
has granted a one fare round trip
from all Texas points to Marshall for
the annual convention to be held in
Marshall, October 13 to 17.
Get your Furniture bill at W. R.
Crawfoid’s; double cane chairs and
iron beds at Cost. N. Broadway. It
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Edgewood, Sept. 22—Cotton has
been bringing 25 cents per pound on
the local markets, due to the good
Over
have been received at
the cotton yard. :
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staple produced in this territory,
3,000 bal
HAS TON-LITTER OF HOGS
Athns, Sept. 21—W. Y. Howell of
OpeliKa, has ten hogs that he has en-
tered in the Texas ton-litter club. He
gave them their final weighing at 6
months old. Their total weight wi
2,574 pounds.
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The Big Store
The Leading House
Mayer & Schmidt
TYLER, TEXAS
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Tyler’s Big Department Store, MAYER 8c SCHMIDT, cordially invite you
to visit their store while attending the 1 5th annual exposition of the
EAST TEXAS FAIR
You will be delighted with the superior and courteous service extended to
you by each one of our salespeople while in our store.
Our selections of high grade merchandise for men, women and children
were never better.
Style, Quality, good Value and Truthful Advertising have been the main
factors in making this institution an outstanding success. Our prices are
reasonable and the reputation of Mayer 8c Schmidt stands back of
every
transaction.
Our Customers Always are Satisfied
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Commercial
Banking
Moves the Wheels of Business
The commercial departments of the banks of this city
are indispensable to the business of the city. They supply
the credit, collect the checks, and render the banking ser-
vice that makes modern business substantially and sys-
tematically operated.
The commercial department of this Bank is ideally equip-
ped to give you a particularly helpful and competent
Banking Service.
THE
CidzensNational Bank
OF TYLER
“THE OLD RELIABLE”
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To Fair Visitors
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come in .nd look over on, «ck of BmmUfu. Pi.no.
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Just received a car direct from Factory to Tyler; no
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to pay; lowest possible prices; easy terms.
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Remember our new location
Directly In Front of Postoffice
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Make Your Land Worth
$1,000 Per Acre
THIS CAN BE DONE EASILY IN 10 YEARS
HOW?
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By setting your land to papershell pecans of the
budded, and grafted, well-rooted varieties which
we grow—the kind WITH PERFECT LATE-
RAL ROOT SYSTEM like we have been sup-
plying to all parts of the United States and to
many foreign countries for the past 1 5 years.
Others are making their lands worth $1,000 per
acre as an investment and revenue producer—
you can too.
COME TO THE EAST TEXAS FAIR AT TY-
LER SEPT. 29-OCT. 3.
VISIT OUR EXHIBITS—SEE WHAT GROWERS OF PAPER SHELL
PECANS ARE ACTUALLY DOING—LET US SHOW YOU HOW TO
“GROW ACTUAL MONEY” AND MAKE YOUR LAND WORTH $1,000
PER ACRE. WRITE FOR BOOKLET.
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Edwards, Henry. The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1925, newspaper, September 25, 1925; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth619878/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith County Historical Society.