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The Tyler Journal
To “Sell” Smith County’s Better Farming Program to Our Own People and to Texas—and Tyler to Her Neighbors
•/ TYLER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1925
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* A CONSTRUCTIVE
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* AND ADJOINING
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HENRY EDWARDS & CO. PuU.
CLAN BROWNING MEET
IN FAMILY REUNION
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Near 100 Descendants of Late Mr.
and Mrs. I. N. Browning Meet at
Old Family Homestead Sun.
Special to The Journal.
Browning, (Rt. 1, Winona), July
6.—Away back at the close of the
Civil War Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah N.
Browning, then the possessors of an
interesting and growing family, be-
gan to establish their estate at a
place thirteen mtles east and two
miles north of what is now the old
village of Browning, once the site
of a postoffice, four or five stores, a
church and a public school. The rural
routes coming twenty or more years
ago did away with the postoffice.
Changing agricultural and econonmic
conditions reduced the number of
stores and shifted the place of the
school and the church. This is all
preliminary to the story.
I. N. Browning who passed ripe in
years in 1915, and his good wife who
preceded him by a few years, builded
their plantation home and added unto
their acres; and from the early Sev-
enties until the weight of years for-
bade active pursuits to the head of
the house, the Browning plantation
was one of the very largest farm es-
-~r> tablishments in East Texas. Here,
at the plantation home which still
stands, they were given eleven chil-
dren. Ten of these still survive, and
that one who passed on was spared
until he had married, acquired a home
and had three children approaching
maturity. Some of the ten survivers
are past four-score years—the young-
. est is close to two and a half score.
How merciful has been the Provi-
dence which has thus spared so large
a family of children. And to these
children have been givTn children,
grand children and great-grand chil-
dren. It is appropriate, therefore,
that the Clqn Browning should ob-
serve a day each year in family re-
union for mutual acquaintance, and
to keep alive the traditions that have
been passed on from a noble parent-
age that did well their parts in the
building of our great commonwealth.
Browning Reunion Sunday, July 5
Accordingly, in keepng with a cus-
tom established in former years, and
to be continued in the future, the
children, and descendents of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Browning%assem-
bled at the old Browning home Sun-
day, July 5, to the nunfber of almost
100. This home is presided over by
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thompson, Mrs.
Thompson being Bettie Browning, the
youngest of the original family, and
with them still is Miss Mary Brown-
ing, the only child of the family who
is not married. Mrs. Thompson, as-
sisted by Mrs. Isaiah Browning (a
grand-daughter-in-law, by marriage
* to Isaiah Browning, eldest son of
Stephen Browning, the only one of
the orignal eleven children who is
dead), proved a most gracious host-
ess. The home, very much as it was
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TEXAS POWER & LIGHT
. TEXTALIZINC TEXAS
Ad Campaign Among Wealth of East
Tq Make Texas Factory Cen-
ter for Cotton Fabrics
In this issue of the Journal there
appears an advertisement which the
Texas Power and Light Company had
published in the Textile World, Man-
ufacturer’s Record and other national
publications in campaign to acquaint
the people of the country with the
great possiblities of textile manufac-
turing in Texas. It is, as the adver-
tisement says, part of a campaign to
“Textalize Texas.”
The Texas Power a Light Com-
pany through their General Manager,
John W. Carpenter, has been the most
aggressive concern in Texas to en-
deavor to sell Texas to the outside
world. The people of this communi-
ty .know that their public utiliy is
endeavoring to bring about a greater
development of Texas natural re-
sources.
The Journal doesn’t hesitate in the
least to commend the Texas Power
& Light Company in its efforts to
"Textilize” Texas. It is a corporation,
which belongs to a class of organi-
zations with which some uninformed
people have no patiences, and for
which some of a socialistic or bol-
shevistic turn have no sympathies.
However, it may be observed that but
for the corporations in this country
there would be many an empty dinner
pail, many a home unpaid for, many
a rent bill in arrears, and many a
little tot out of school. The Texas
Power & Light Company is doing
il great constructive work for the de-
velopment of the immeasurable re-
sources of our great commonwealth,
i' The press, the public, even the pul-
i'* pit, may well afford to join them in
|pfchim. ■ their efforts to “Textiliae Texas.”
FOREIGN COTTON GRADES
AND FARM BUREAU SERVICE
Special to The Journal: *
Swan, July 8.—Last September
J. A. Beckham of this place deposit-
ed a letter in a bale of cotton he was
having ginned. In this letter he re-
quested that the person finding same
write him as to uses made of the cot-
ton, grade of same, and.the stand-
ing of half-and-half with manufac-
turing concerns. A few days ago, Mr.
Beckham received the following let-
ter from Barcelona, Spain:
Spain:
Riva y Garcia
Seccion de Algodones
v Barcelona, Spain, June 8, 1925.
Mr. J. A. Beckham,
Swan, Texas.
Dear Sir:
One of our buyers has found in one
of the bales shipped to us by the Tex-
as Farm Bureau your letter dated
September 13th, and asks us to reply
to same.
With regard to the first question
you put, we are unable to reply as
we believe it is £0u yourselves who
must frame an opinion. Our relations
with the Farm Bureau are excellent
and we have a very high opinion of
Mr. Howard whom we have known
for years. There is no doubt, how-
ever, that the orderly marketing of
cotton as against using no method, is
far better for the farmer and for ev-
eryone in the cotton business who
wishes to see it develop within nor-
mal price oscillations avoiding pre-
judicial speculations for everybody.
The cotton has turned out satisfac-
tory and we ourselves have delivered
it as Good Middling 28 mm.
We believe the cultivation of half
and half cotton should be avoided be-
cause for such staple there are oth-
er cottons like Chinese and Indian.
More positive results will be reaped
by the United States if cotton from
28 m’m onwards is cultivated.
Yours very truly,
(Name not legible)
TROUP COMMUNITY FAIR
TO BE JULY 29 AND 30
Two-Day Exhibit and Entertainment
to be Provided; Local Chamber
of Commerce Fostering
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Special to The Journal.
Troup, July 8.—Plank No. 10 of
Smith county’s 10-year Better Farm-
ing Program runs thus: “Community
Fairs in every section of the county.”
The farmers and business men of
Troup and the Southeast part of
Smith county had a considerable part
in the formulation of the Better
Farming program; and Troup, led by
the local chamber of commerce, pro-
poses to show her faith in that plat-
form and program by holding a two-
dqy community fair on Wednesday
and Thursday, which will be July 29
and 30.
The public school building and ad-
jacent grounds have been obtained
from the Board of Education wherein
and whereon to hold the fair. Com-
mittees of farmers, farmers’ wives,
business and professional men and
women are soliciting exhibits of all
classes of products and articles that
one usually sees, or expects to see,
in local fairs. • Troup may be said
to have been the originator of com-
munity fairs in East Texas, in that
she held a very elaborate community
fair first in 1903—tWenty-two years
ago, and continued the practice for
ten years.
Along with the efforts to secure
creditable exhibits the features of en-
tertainment appropriate for such
events are not being neglected, for
committees are working out enter-
tainment and amusement programs
for both days and evenings of the
forthcoming exhibition.
HOME ICE COMPANY
OPENS FOR BUSINESS
Tuesday, July 7, was formal open-
ing day for the Home Ice Company
whose modern new plant is situated
on West Erwin Street, Just beyond
the Cotton Belt General Offices. They
gave to everyone who would come for
it 25 pounds of ice. There was a con-
tinuous line of vehicles at their place
from early morn till late at evening.
Many of those calling were shown
thru the plant which is the very last
word in modtern methods of ice pro-
duction. The Home Ice Company has
a very interesting ad in this issue.
PICNIC AT BURNS LAKE
JULY 4th BIG SUCCESS
Under Auspices K. K. K.; 6000 Pres-
ent; Crowd Well Cared For; Good
Music; Serious Accident
Special to The Journal.
Pine Springs, (Rt. 1 Tyler)—July-7
The Fourth of July picnic under
auspices of the Klan was an enjoy-
able affair. Six thousand or more
people were in attendance according
to conservative estimates. Traffic
officers must have parked at least
1500 cars during the day; and if each
carried an average of but four the
total would be 6000. Some even esti-
mate the number of cars at approxi-
mately 2000.- At any rate the Fourth
of July picnic at Burns Lake brought
together the greatest number of peo-
ple ever to assemble in a rural com-
munity in Smith County.
Committee Arrangements Ideal
Arrangements made by the enter-
tainment committee to handle this
enormous crowd were ideal There
was none of the customary “jam-
ming.” The grounds were roomy and
the parking such as to avoid confu-
sion; and for that reason the crowd
did not appear to be as large as it
really was. There was plenty one
could buy to eat, plenty to amuse the
children—yet there was no crying by
vendors of peanuts, popcorn, ham-
burgers etc.
The speaking was unusual the ad-
dresses having in them very little or
none of the fervent “twisting of the
lion’s tail’ that marked,, patriotic ad-
dresses made in observance of the
glorious Fourth in former generations.
But the addresses were strong, grip-
ping pleas to the people to be loyal
citizens, zealous for and holding fast
to the old-time liberties vouchsafed
to us under the stars‘and stripes by
and thru the sacrifices of our fathres.
Band Music Delightful Feature
The band music by Piof. Witte’s
famous "band was also an enjoyable
feature. The swimming pool was pat-
ronized liberally by lovers of the
sport. The fine spring of cool clear
water which has been recently con-
creted on the SimpSon lands was an-
other object of approval by the many
who Went there to slake their thirst.
Diver Seriously Hurt
There were two or three minor ac-
cidents during the day as would natu-
rally be expected in so large a crowd
bent on merry-making. Two persons
while in bathing sustained bruises
and scratches that necessitated court
plaster and bandages. One young
man, Howard Potter of Troup, misin-
formed as to the depth of the water
at one of the diving places, sustained
what may prove'Ho be fatal injuries
when he dived head-long into water
only about three feet deep. He was
hurried to Tyler in an ambulance
where an x-ray revealed that a joint
of vertebra next or near to the base
of the skull Was crushed. The con-
cussion so injured the spinal nerve
that he was paralyzed from the
shoulders down, tho conscious and
able to converse with physicians as
they ministered to him. ,
Editor’s Note—Young Mr. Potter,
the victim of the unfortunate diving
accident is in Tyler General Hospital.
His condition Tuesday afternoon was
not materially changed for the better,
and his physicians and nurses con-
sider that his chances for recovery
are very narrow indeed.
CROPS F4NE AT
DIXIE CONSOLIDATED
Dixie Consolidated, (Rt. 2, Tyler)—
Due to a light rainfall last Friday
afternoon, crops in the Dixie commu-
nity are fine. Some of the farmers
say that the prospects for a good cot-
ton crop are better than they have
been in several years.
DIXIE CATS DEFEAT
EDOM SATURDAY
Dixie Consolidated (Rt. 2 Tyler)
Dixie Cats won over Edom with
score of two to one Saturday after
having been defeated at Edom on
Saturday before. The third game will
be played on a ground on which neith-
er of the teams has played, the place
and date not having been settled.
NOONDAY TO HAVE PLAY
FOR PIANO FUND ON JULY 17
BUSINESS WOMEN HAVE
OUTING AT GREEN BRIAR
Miss Elizabeth Philips and Able
Aides Provide Rare Treat
For 60 Girl Guests
TYLER BANKS HEFTY
WITH THE GASH
%
The published statements of the
Tyler banks, under official call of
June 30, show a total of deposits in
the three institutions 6i $3,278,891.91.1
Their total assets as of this date arel
04,719,626.18. Other banks in the
county show a corresponding favora-
ble position under the above gr~
Blent call for report of com
We’ll say that Smith county
Texas are a long, long way
ing financially embarrassed, if one
may Judge by the amount of cash on
deposit ini the banks.
THE DON-A-DAN OPENS
A NEW BARBER SHOP
Well, what is the Don-a-Dan? It
is a new barbershop for Tyler. Its
proprietor is J. M. Donahoe, a pop-
ular barber who has served the Tyler
trade for twenty-five years.
basement of the People’s Bank, en-
trance on North Broadway, just
corner.
Don-a-Dan’s staff of barbers, besides
Mr. Donahoe, are Messrs. Powell,
Jenkins and Gilliam. That makes
four—they all know their game and
are anxious to serve you. The Don-
a-Dan is a dandy place, neat as a
pin. You’ll say so when you see it.
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When lu
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When tl
teeth.
On Friady night, July 17, local
talent will present a play entitled
“The Neighbors” at the Noonday
High School auditorium. The pro-
ceeds are to be used to purchase a
piano for the school. Tho public is
most cordially invited to attend the
play to the end that Noonday school
children may accomplish their desire
to have a piano for the school by the
time the fall term opens. Assurance
is given that the play will be inter-
esting and well presented.------
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rl who can smile,
e dentist is filling
Look inside and you will see what
is laid up in store for thee; Green-
briar Lake, not far from town—Phil-
ips’ lake home—to it we’re bound.
usinesB and Professional Women’s
Club, Tyler, Texas, Tuesday, July 7,
1925; 6:00 P. M., Be ready; Your
captain will call.”
Thus ran the invitation to attend
an evening’s outing provided for the
Business and Professional Women’s
Club Sf Tyler on Tuesday evening
at the Greenbriar lake home of Mr.
George R. Philips. His charming
daughter, Miss ElizabethT had general
supervision of the en^ertalnment
features and the more than elaborate
and abundant menu. She was aided
by a number of “Captains” whose
contributions to the unalloyed plea-
sures of the evening deserve, if our
limited space would permit, mention
of their respective names and the
many delightful hospitalities they
rendered.
The entire party of business and
professional women (most of them
girls that just wouldn’t let a fellow’s
eyes behave) arrived around 6:30
o’clock in big cars provided by their
captains and chaperones. At the log
cabin home, set back in the beautiful
woods and overlooking Lake Green-
briar, and endowed with a charm of
cordiality and hospitality like that
which characterized the plantation
homes of the Old South, Miss Phil-
ips, her father and two brothers
welcomed the arriving guests in a
manner that at once dispelled the
cafes of the day and enthroned the,
spirit of joy and fun In every heart.
Soon everybody had met everybody
else and the chat of “joy unconfined”
was the signal that “Nature is grand
aud Life is one sweet round of plea-
sures”—at least so far as that even-
ing iand that place werj concerned.
And just so soon the pop-pop-pop of
the motor boat was heard conveying
many for a ride upon the inviting
waters of Greenbriar, the while car-
rying a bevy of bathing beauties out
for a swim. (Note: The enterpris-
ing staff-photographer of the Jour-
nal, having posted himself advjari-
iageously in a bower of button wil-
lows hard by; secured a photo of the
Bathing Girls’ Revue which is 100 per
cent perfect. It will appear in a
later issue.)
Menu Challenge to Epicurus
The buffet luncheon, served at 7:30
and on and on till individual “stor-
age capacity” was satiated and taxed,
consisted of a bill of fare that wtould
have been the envy of old Epicurus
himself and taxed the skill of a Par-
isian Chef. Following the feast came
a short business session of the Club.
Then, under the glow of brilliant gas
jets in the spacious open hall and
porches of the Philips cabin Mrs.
Edrington, as toastmistress, directed
many features of the entertainment.
Practial jokes were permisible, and
the hugest one perpetrated during the
entire evening was the introduction
of Journalman for a humorous lec-
ture. When he had made his little
bow with all the timidity of “a coun-
try boy doing town society,” it must
have been the verdict of all that it
was somebody’s practical joke that
set up for a humorous lecture a mere
Editor who had all his life given his
time and thought to statescraft, phil-
osophy—and digging fish bait.
The Spice of Wit and Humor
Miss Charlotte Essman sang; Mrs.
Roy Owens (“spoke a piece” and both
responded to encores. Miss Willie
Mae White recited “fl^ary had a little
lamb,” which, it was understood, was
a classic which all school children of
the preceding century had to recite
at school commencement. It was not
stated at what time Miss White learn-
ed her piece; but from the efficiency
with which she rendered the Mary-
and-her-lamb epic, it was judged that
she must have been practicing it for
several decades—no, several weeks.
Mrs. J. C. Hale led a number of popu-
lar diversions and songs, one of the
latter asserting that the Philipses,
and several others, were style all the
while, all the while. And even the
Senior, the host of mine house, was
induced to try a modest Terpsicho-
rean stunt in competition with a rep-
resentative of the art late of the
Mid Creek section. Nobody knows
what Rev. McNew, the Senior’s pas-
tor, is going to do about it; but, the
guilt of the said Senior can’t be very
great, for he did not even get second
place in the award of prizes for the
double-shuffle, back-step, clog, or
pigeon wing.
CULTURAL COMMUNITY CEN-
TER PLANNED BY NOONDAY
Special to The Journal:
Noonday, July 9.—The Noonday
school is working rapidly toward the
attainment of high ideals as a cultu-
ral community center. This is being
done by a regular and systematic use
of its large, well equipped auditorium.
The monthly series of Home Talent
Chautauqua programs which .were
outlined by Mrs. W. R. Pounders of
Tyler, in an address before the Tri-
County Teachers Institute held in
Tyler for three days last fall at the
First Baptist Church, are being used.
A dramatic club will be organized
at the beginning of the fall term of
school and will include all the talent
along musical, literary and dramatic
lines in the community. This will be
directed by Superintendent D. R.
Matthews and hia assiatantSj and used
in providing these high grade pro-
grams thruout the year. Outside tal-
ent. especially from Tyler and neigh-
boring communities will be brought
occasionally as such talent is avail-
able.
The execution of the programs
will make Noonday school a center of
cultural attainment and will make this
portion of East Texas a still better
place in which to live. Noonday school
is ideally situated in a grove of state-
ly elms. A cozy bungalow close by is
the teacherage. The beautiful brick
school building contains a large au-
ditorium well seated and lighted, and
also a large stage well equipped with
several settings of high grade stage
senery which adapts it to the produc-
tion of high grade drama.
The proceedings of the first of this
year’s series of plays will be used
for the purchase of a piano. The
first offering will be next Friday
night, July 17. Its outline follows:
Playlet—“The Good Samaritan.”
Quartette—“Tenting on the Old
Camp Ground,” Posed by Boy Scouts.
Duet—'“Silver Threads Among the
Gold,” Posed by Elderly Couple.
Reading—Selected.
Play—“Neighbors,” written by Zo-
na Gale.
BANKERS CHECK UP
ON BAD FARMING
EDOM NEWS BUDGET
OF PRIME INTEREST
Canning Clubs at Work; Plans for
Farm Diversification—Memo-
rial Day, July 10
Those Who Do Not Have Corn, Pota*
toes, Hay, Garden, Poultry, Hogs,
Cows, to Have Little Credit
(Editorial in Dallas News, June 28)
E. J. Bodman is chairman of the
agricultural committee of the Ar-
kansas Bankers’ Association. He de-
termined to find out something about
farming in the States of Alabama,
Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Miss-
issippi, North Carolina, Tennessee
and Texas. Of the number of farms
covered by his statistics, 12 per cent
raised no corn, 54 per cent no hay or
forage, 86 per cent no goats, 20 per
cent no eggs, 23 per cent no garden.
It is significant that hankers are
ting interested to thegs things~
long -aa-it is a professor in an agri-
cultural school or an editor in a
newspaper who probably left the
farm in early youth and has no pres-
ent intention of returning to active
labor on the farm, the farmer is in-
clined to let such people enjoy their
statistics without any reaction what-
ever from him. The farmer figures
that they have to get alarmed over
something or other and he lets thom
get alarmed. But the banker gets
closer home to the farmer who for-
gets to be an all-around farmer. The
banker lends him money—or refuses
to. -';Wii
Cowless, Sowless, Henless Farms
Mr. Bodman found that 37.per cent
of these farms had no dairy cow, 88
per cent had not a single chicken, 46
per cent produced no butter, 56 per
cent raised no pigs. As a banker it
occured to him that farmers of thin
sort Were poor risks. If he lent them
money they might pay it back and
then again they might eat it up and
wear it up and have nothing at the
end of the year to pay back. The
figures proved that over half of these
farms—a million and a half farms in
these ten States—raised no sweet
potatoes for their own use. And two
millions of these farms raised no
Irish potatoes—or three-fourths of
all reporting. Nearly two millions
were strangers to cane for syrup, and
two and a half million farms had no
pure-bred animals on them at all.
Farms That Forgot to be All-Round
Farms
About half
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EAST TEXAS PUBLIC SERVICE
Gilmer, July 7—The Safety and
Public Relations Committee, repre-
senting the employees of the East
Texas Public Service Company in
Gregg and Upshur counties, held its
business session here laBt week. W.
ney ujl iahirvicw* *.
B. A. Brooks of Marshall, and Aubry
Petty, manager of the light and pow-
er branch here.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
AGENT ORGANIZES THE
GIRLS OF STARRVILLE
Starrville, Jfaly 8.'—The ladies and
irrville m«
a Miaa.-l
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home of- Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Butler.
Special to The Journal.
Edom, July 8—The canning club
women are busy one afternoon each
week canning corn, beans, peas, and
cabbage, in fact anything that can be
used on the table. They are trying to
reduce the grocery bill by canning all
the fruit and vegetables that each
family needs.
There was a mass meeting here re-
cently for the purpose of finding out
how many farmers around Edom
would promise to plant a few acres in
berries, tomatoes, and cucumbers
another year, and thereby cut down
the cotton acreage. Some of the far-
mers are beginning to realize the
fact that we must raise more of our
living at home and try crops other
than cotton for money crop.
Friday, July 10, is the annual mem-
orial day for us. Everybody should
come and help to keep the “City of
the Dead” in the condition you will
find it now.
C. M. Morris will soon be ready to
install his new gin machinery in the
new building. When completed, Edom
will havi? one of the latest improved
gins, for Mr. Morris is installing the
most modern equipment.
WHITEHOUSE HAS ONLY PIG-
EON FARM IN EAST TEXAS
Whitehouse boasts of having the
only pigeon farm in East Texas. This
farm, young and small but growing
is owned and operated by Gary Lacy.
He is relater to the well-known Sen-
ter family if Whitehouse, long-time
growers and shippers of tomatoes and
strawberries.The farm is located in
the large grove back of the depot.
The Squab Ix>ft consist of a building
50 feet by 24 feet with extra wire net-
ting on each side for flying space.
There are two species of pigeons,
namely; White Kings and Carneaux.
The White Kings, as the name sug-
gests, are large, white birds, while
the Carneaux are of a reddish brown
color with gTeen necks. There are
700 pigeons in the house at present
and they are valued at $1,000. ''
The pigeons, by their own choice
of selection, mate themselveB in pairs.
Each pair is numbered with leg bands.
This make it possible to find the
mate of each pigeon quickly, and
should one die his mate can be sup-
plied with another bird. Material
for nests consist of tobacco stems,
Which are ordered in large bundles.
Its usefulness rests in its power to
prevent mites. Each pair lays two
eggs and they lay from nine to eleven
times each year. It requires 17 days
During .the .period of hatch-
of these farms were
run by tenants. Two-thirds of them
were by white farmers and one third
by negroes. Three-fourths ol them
grew cotton. It is not reasonable, .v .
of course, that every farm should
grow every one of these items. But
farms that grow no butter, no eggs,
no chickens and no garden ought to
be pretty scarce in any rpal farming
country. But Mr. Bodman found
such farm surprisingly numerous
thruout the South. Still more supris-
ing is jt that bankers are risking
the lending of their depositors’ money
to crop gamblers who “shoot the
whole works” on one crop to win—or
lose—according to the weather and
the market. ^ _ . (t
ATHENS TO THE FRONT
IN ELBERTA MARKET
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Beach Movement on, Big Price b
Predicted; Watermelons Move
Out by the Car Load —-
Athens, July 7—Although trucks
have been carrying out Elbertas in
small lots for several days preceding,
the first carload from here went last
Thursday, being loaded jointly by
Franston and Athens. D. E. Twohig
handled the shipment for the growers.
The season is earlier than last year
and shipments are under full sway
this week.
Good Price for Elbertas Predicted
H. V. McNally, marketing agent of
the Cotton Belt railway, was here last
Thursday, and he predicted a better
price for peaches here becaus of the
smaller crops in other parts of Na-
tion. He stated that the railroad sys-
tems were not fighting the fruit and
vegetable trucks, because they give a
rapid service overland to nearby mar-
kets for small lots and enable the
farmers to get more for their perish- '
able products.
Information Clearing House for rlf
Truckers
The Chamber of Commerce has ar-
ranged a bulletin board and bureau if™
of information, to be kept up to th*
hour, to facilitate the truck shipments
of the Elbertas. The object is to put
every grower who wants one in touch
with a truck driver, and to put every
truck man looking for a load in tuoch
with a fruit shipper, with the least
possible delay. Heretofore, trucks
coming here from the outside have
had to stand idle, and at the
time growers had their products on
hand and were waiting for a truck
buyer. It is the intention to main-
tain a first class clearance house of
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Starrville, July 8.*—The ladies
girls of Starrville met Tuesday af-
ternnan until Miss Ora fTiiffhinftg,
ing the male bird covers the eggs
from 10 o’clock a. m. to about 4
county demonstration agent, at the
of- Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Butler,
y interesting club was organized
he membership under Miss Huff-
r.
luty at 4 p. m. and stays until she
relieved by the male at 10 a. m.
The output of the farm is approx!
A ver;.
and the membe:
hines’ direction prepared 31 cans of
fruit and vegetables.
There were 24 present at the or-
ganization of the Club. Exhibits are
vU-iined for the .East Texas
fe next meetingwfirtiriieM ---—,
I. T. Read’s two weeks frtnh ■ ItiSquite a show, to one who has
mately 200 squabs per month. They
are shipped to market at the age of
three to four weeks, after being kill-
ed and then packed in ice. They are
shipped to points north and east, St.
Louis, Chicago, and bring from 60 to
believed
that next meeting of the ^Starrville
Club vtrill bring several additional
members.
not had the previous fortune, to lis-
ten to the continual cooing of the
birds; to observe them bui "
nests; and 1
thens’ nearness to
sun, but a fair pi
ed because of Aj___
black-land markets. The first car
watermelons was shipped from
ens Friday by a Minnesota l
who also loaded out two c
Baxter the preceding day.
young.
ture of what he ;
Whitehouse is j
aat‘
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