The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1925 Page: 4 of 8
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THE ROCKDALE REPORTER. Thursday. May 7. 1925
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER bill booster says
AND MESSENGER
JOHN ESTEN COOKE
Editor and Proprietor
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WffcL E. JAMES, Associate Editor
Entered as second class matter July
29. 1909, at the postoffice at Rockdale,
Texas, under the Act of Mar. 3, 1879.
Published every Thursday.
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Rockdale, Texas, May 7, 1925.
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The city of Tyler will have.an added
attraction for, members of the Texas
Press Association when they - meet
there in annual conventiun hi June
by reason of the fact that Henry Ed-
wards, past president of the Associa-
tion, will have established friifrfeelf in
the newspaper, busrridss fhere by that
time. Edwards will shortly begin the
publication of The Tyler Journal, a
- new weekly paper, in which enter-
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prise he will have the cordial good
wishes of the Texas press gang, in-
dividually and collectively.
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Many of our readers will be inter-
ested in the article to be found else-
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where in this issue concerning 'Mrs
Edna W. Trigg. ^ former Milam
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county-woman, but’for the past nine
years home demonstration agent for
Denton coUffry ThT
Mrs. Trigg a deserved
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tribute. She
has accomplished much in Denton coun
ty, and her friends in Matchless Mil-
am have not forgotten, nor will thev
soon-forget, her work in this county
a decade ago. The work was new
then, and exceedingly hard; and 'al-
though her efforts were probably mjt
fully appreciated,, yet no doubt there
are many women in Milam county to-
day who—will ^ive—Mrs. Trigg full
credit for all that she tried to do for
them as girls in those days.
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00MAACRC6 MEETINGS AMO
TALK W$* AMD tW6M BOU
A JOMVOf UOOK1WG STORE
that* mo CMorr to ooa
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the
er an adjoining forty, erect
buildings, and become one of
community.
But during i Teeent years many a
farmer has been disappointed. The
sons become, restless-—they wa.nt to
of age.
Much
subject-
boy-* on
has been written on this
-the problem of keeping the
the farm. But the solution
to the problem is not so hard-tp fin
a subscriber to the Tribune-Chief
writes:
“I came face to face with this
problem,” he writes io the editor,
‘'and I solved it by taking my son
into partnership with me. I .gave
hint a deed to one-half of our farm,
cne-half of our livestock, and per-
sonal property to give him a foot-
hold and something to look forward
to. This plan has proved a decided
success in our case:”
Here is a real story simply told.
You can’t expect the son to remain
on the farm if his status is to re -
piain that of a hired hand. He is
not a hired hand-—he’s got better
stuff in him than that.-He wants
to. be an owner, a proprietor. He’s
chock full- of' ambition.’ The only
.son who is worth keeping around
the place is the s<m who will lie in-
ested only if he has some interest in
the iarm he is working.
Our subscriber concludes his let-
ter with an admonition to the far-
mers of Hardeman county. “Go thou
and do likewise, be kind and pa-;
tient with each other’s failings,—ami
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COTTON -CONTEST
GREATER THAN LAST YEAR
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Breaking . of
Rush of
a: h. Bel.
Texas Drought .Causes
Farmers to Enter
o Cotton Contest
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The long looked for rains, have
come arid fentries to the “More Cotton
on Fewer-Aere*” Contest conducted
by The Dallas Morning News and The
Bemi-Weekly f arm News
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ation with the Extension Service of
Texas A. & M. College are coming i-n
at a rapid rate. - -■ '
Total entries this week in the State
cotton contest are raore .than ^JBOO as
against 125 last year at this time.
Thrsr fine -showing has been-made m-
the face of a big drouth, but now tW1
the drouth is broken this number pro-
ri bably will be doubled soon.---------------
It is not generally known that by
entering the “More Cotton on Fewer
Acres” Contest a farmer on his five
acres of land can win a total of $1,700
in prizes if he fulfills all the require-
ments. He chn win the $1,000 Grand
Prize by raising the most puqnds of
itnr om five acres without irrigation.
Also, he can win the $500 district prize'
offered by The JTexas Cotton Associa-
tion and the Dallas Cotton Exchange
4f his cotton measures Government
inch staple, and he may win the $200
Crop Record prize if his record con-
tains the most useful information
about cotton raising on his five acres.
On top of that the successful farmer
may win”"hi?"
•real prize, W
amounts to another $250 and in some
cases he might win another $1,000
county prize if he also wins The News
Prize—nnd brings it to his
County which would make* a total of
$3,000 for entering the State Cotton
Contest. Can any progressive farmer,
stay out of the cottop contest ?
This Farmer Will
Plant Plenty Corn
As Well As Maize
* COURT HQUSE NEWS ♦
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Marriage License
l Aarort Burton,
j Ludie Anderson.
Frank t* Johnson.
Victoria Ellis. *
Joe Bailey Robison.
Victoria Ellis.
Samuel Jones.
Sattie Twiggs.
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George White.
Beatrice- Kelley.
L. C. Burke.
Junige Vitnar.
Rob Woodard.
Rose Robison.
-Isiab Jackson.
Bessie Franklin.
William Wallace.
Lena LuCkey. #
—Cameron Enterprise.
The Soviet government has clos<
the camp- at the head of Aldon Rivbr
f
er
where gold has been
additional prospectors
to enter the district.
found, and no
are permitted
The Reporter’erijoyed a short busi-
ness call from Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Doss from out on Route 6 last Thurs-
day. Mr. Doss is one of Matebless
Milam’s best farmers, and is the man
who took down the first $1,000 cash
prize ever offered in Texas for.' the
best farming. That was in the
days of Colonel Henry Exall and the
old Texas Industrial Congress.
Mr. Doss is still -farming the same
land as in those days^-twelve. years
ago. When asked about the rain he
said, it was fine and plenty to bring
up the crops and he was ready, to .go
to planting.
Asked about his crop plans Mr.
Doss stated that the first thing he
work in harmony. By
will be making a more prosperous and
so doing yOU 'would Plant would be corn. v Then .he
was going J.o plant mdVe corn, and
more, happy home.—Quanah Tribune- ^hen some more., after which he would
Ir last week’s Baylor County Ban-
ner. Editor Harrison rolls up his
sleeves and fakes the “canned edl-''
.torial” to a handsome drubbing. In
peeping with Editor Harrison’s ideas
on the subject, the News would like
to observe that newspaper men who
think they are tbo busy to write their
own editorial columns and offer the
canned article withoiit credit or apol-
ogy, are mostly kidding themselves
„ that their readers don’t know the dif-
ference. The* people of every com—
Chief.
THE WAY CAMERON LOOKS
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-Purchase of the ,Southern Pipeline
Corporation, by the Owens Refining
Company of Cameron insures preser-
vation of local resources and the
maximum of benefits to Milam coun-
ty from the local oil fields. In this
merged the advantage' is decidely in
favor of - Cameron; insuring for- this
control
. ... . ,, city control of the benefits of the
: r *"»rt £ s,if,e
personality in the screeds they buy i‘,he„ rfnmK ,ndustr)' at. Mmwva-
and print as their own. There is no1 Jf .»• k«P„ Pur ' reaources intact and
-call for every editorial to be master- lhe,r ben<?fI'tB 'rfe fr“'n dnaolutiwt-
/pieces of English, nor ponderously ameron era
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weighty with wisdom; but there is uV-
gent and insistent call for editorial
expression as sincere! and ’Straghtfor-
ward and manly as the editor’s own
love for his-town and community and
. profession prompts. The News -often
presents the views of other writers
ftjf-
iii ’thi? column, but it always gives
due credit. All other expressions are
our own and we stand behind them.
Away with the “canned editorial.”—
Clarendon News.
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Clean-Up Day, May 15;
the.town ’and be a public benefactor.
An ad in The Reporter is wortlj ten
on the fence,-—-——tf
BI LE BCG
infested chickens should-lhe fed Mar-
tin’s Poultry Tone. Paipf bug-infest-
ed Houses with MarHh’sCjBRoost PainT
to kill and keep away insects. Guar-
anteed by Quebe & Prewitt. 6-10t
plant maize, then .what land he had
left he would plant in cotton.
“I've never made any money raising
cotton to buy feed,” he stated,'“and
H I don’t believe anybody else has.” He
said he would plant three varieties
of corn and expected to make a good
yield, if given any kind of growing
rains at all.
Shaking of maize, Mr. Doss says
maize is a sure crop in this soil if it
gets as much as one growing rain. He
strongly advises every farmer plant-
ing maize this year particularly. A
vbig cottop acreage will mean low price
-cotton and high price feed and if
the farmers neglect the feed crop they
may regret it, is the conclusion reach-
ed by this good farmer.
b’s make our city clean.
FOR OVER 40 YEARS
HALL'S CAT A llllll MJfilVlClNE: has been
—BOceeBBlully—tn—the—treatment—rf-
Catarrh.
HALL’S CATARRH
sista
MEDICINE
which
con-
Q:Hrkly
^ of Air Omtn-iunl
Relieves by local application, and the-
-Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur»
faces, thus reducing the inflammation.
Sold by all druggists. *
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
:UfMA PARTNERSHIP
When old age begins to steal on
and you look back oyer a -ltfe - of
much hard work and some accom-
plishment, every man desires _ above
his
""all el86 tu -Svt his syn
job where he left off. ’
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If he is a manufacturer, he wants
see his son realize hia.own life
r»g dream. He wants the boy to be
the head of thg_ mammoth con-
he i? a farmer, he wants to see
e son improve the piaee, take ov=
TO THE TRADE
If in need of real good, com-
fortable Work Shpes tind
Bootees, come and see the
well known “Red Wing’
“Thorogood" Brands. Alsofl
.everything in the Saddlery
aijd Harness Line at prices
as low-as can be made.
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W. E. SCHUBERT
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H. C. Meyer, Pr^s. J. S. J.§Eob, Vice-Pres. Ira Perry, Vice-Pres.
W. T. Ramsel, Cashier P. H. McCawley, Ass’t. Cashier
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THE CITIZENS STATE BANK
ROCKDALE, TEXAS
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have. Pay by check and you pay
but once.
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H, C. Meyer E. T. Kemp
DIRECTORS: E. B. Phillips t
Ira Peiry --- ... B.XW. Baldridge
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WE HANDLE
MARBLE, also the famous
VERMONT and GEORGIA
REGAL BLUE MARBLE,
All leading kinds of Texas
and Northern Granite.
BEST material
FOR LESS MONEY
AH Work Guaranteed.
ACG. MENN, Prop
Rockdale, Texas, P.O. Box 433
If a
its institutions are worth supporting
—try Rockdale merchants first. 1 tf
china. The Rockdale Repo
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Residence Phone 142
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Money ^111 LOcMS Mon
If you wish to borrow money on your farm call and]
relative to my plan for taking care of all legitii
me
FARM LOANS
x Time 5 to 20 years, with privilege to prepay each yJ
jSTo charges nor commissions, no seccnd lien papers, simp]]
straight note, with annual interest. Your only expense
furnish abstract and record papers. Loans closed prompt
Why .pot borrow on your land, get long time, and
your local debts, thus preserving your credit and help]
your country? / ^ .
CAMP
ROCKDALE, TEXAS
e Home
eautiful
“Make every home
clean and beautiful
with paint and var-
nish’^ is the call of
the Clean, Up and
Paint Up Cam-
paign.
A run-down horn* with
cracked and faded paint on
it reminds you of a frowsy
woman or an unkempt man. You don't see'
such people in homes kept spick and sfan.
The^humblest cottage can be made beautiful
with’ the right kind of paint and a few
bin uWiaiJ flowers,And cleanliness and order.
We SeU These
Well Known Breads
Our Hunt Department is rendering a service
which is appreciated by - particular home
owners. It means more than the cost of
paint and labor, yet you pay no more. ,
The Clean Up ahd Paint Up Campaign calls
for paint Use the phone—Now—and let us
tell you all about What VI «• 4 I lor you in
thin^campaign ”*4»
We offer-
our
best
services to
the people of Rockdale in the
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Clean-up Campaign set for
Friday, May 15th.
Wm. Cameron & Company, Inc.
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1925, newspaper, May 7, 1925; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694593/m1/4/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.