The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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The Carrollton Chronicle
YOU XXVI
CARROLLTON. DALLAS COUNTY TEXAS. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1930
NUMBER 49
Makes Observations
on Eastern Trip
Editor Visits Section Not
Seen in Many Years
The valleys in southern Hunt'
icgdon county had a great deal
of sugar maple timber in them
and the early settlers had their
“sugar bush” where maple syrs
up and maple sugar were made
each spring when the sap start-
ed to run. And they grew buck-
wheat on the hillsides and the o d
stone buhr mill made nice buck-
wheat flour. Those buckwheat
cakes and maple syrup were a.
combination hard to beat, and
we are here to tell you it was fin'
eating and we don’t mean maybe.
In this little valley three major
families nettled in the early days;
the Martin’s, Edwards’ and
Conk's. The first established a
tannery where oak-tanned 1’eath-
er was a specialty; the second
What’s the Matter ?
Green was the appellation he
labored under. He was a nice _
young man and he rode in each From every side NOW comes
morning from his home in some ^ question "What's the Matter
with us and the country?” Hard
times are talked about here,
other valley aud returned at
night—if some of the boys didn't
manage to turn his pony loose
and start it home without its
passenger, which occasionally
happened.
There was one plant in the
valley which we failed to mens
tion; it was the limekiln. During
the winter months lime rock and
wood was haplt d to this kiln and
great quantites of lime burned
and spread on the fields. A sour
soil needed lime, and this valley
needed both drainage and lime
ing. It was a productive soil
when cared for and we have seen
100-bushels of corn per acre
harvested many times. And the
orchards there were fine in those
early days when they were car-
ed for. The Bellflower, the
Greening, the Pippins, the Bald-
win, the Pound apple, and many
had a carding ‘mill, where wool, others produced prolificl.v. Cher
was prepared for the spinning
wheel; the third had a flour mill
and a saw mill Upon the moun-
tain Hofmann had a little place
where he made handsome paper
collars. Over on another moun-
tain there was a “still” and the
product from that found its way
iuto all the medicine chests in
the valley. They were a self
supporting lot, it seemed. Oak
tanned leather was good for
many things, and not the least
was a persuader to enforce obe-
dience of children. The carding
mill supplied wool for the spin-
ning wheels. In thnsedays young
girls wore more in one piece of
red underwear than the whole
wardrobeof a girl amounts to to
day. It wont be necessary to ask
us how we know this, for in those
days the washings were done at
home and the clothes hung on a
line, and we had eyes. They tell
us that the old fashioned mill
turned out better flour than they
have today, but on this subject
we are not qualified to judge; suf-
fice it to say that we certainly
had an appetite for the bread
grandmother turned out in those
days. It was baked in a large
stone bake oven, the oven being
then heated by a large wood fire
and when the oven was at proper
heat the fire was pulled and the
bread placed in it and baked.
Occasionally we attended school
in this valley when we were
there and school was in session.
We remember the name of just
one teacher and it was unforget-
able, to us; Americus Vesputius
ries seemed to do better in Fulton
county just south of there, but
plums did wonderfully well.
Just a short way back we left
the , party strolling around, or
visiting in Robertsdale while I
described this valley and its
people, and we all awaited the
arrival of the Doctor or one of
his mechanics. HE came with
his big Lincoln and so we all
piled in there and drove thru
this valley above described and
then up over a divide, where is
heated Mount Pleasant cemete-
ry, and where those old pioneers
are laid to rest. My grandfather
and grandmother and some of
the childred are buried there. It
is a sightly place. Going over
this divide we came into a larger
and more prosperous valley
where so many of my relatives
are located that I did not have
time to count them, tho I really
desirea to do so.
Farm after farm there isoccu-
■pied by them and they have
happy homes and are prosper-
ous. This worlds goods are piled
up about them and the fruits of
there, and yonder. Times are
harder than they have been here
tofore; that is, folks are
nor willing to pay for some
things what they have paid be-
fore—they do without first, at
least some of them do, and some
of them HAVE TO DO SO,
whether willingly or not. There
are several causes for this, aud
one writer has jumped on one of
the causes and this is what he
says:
They lived in the city. He had
a job paying big wages. They
lived like kings. Bought them a
home on the dollar down plan.
Bought themselves fine furniture
on the dollar down plan. Bought
a car on the dollar down plan.
Found that they could not keep
the car going on the dollar down
plan, but must spend all their
surplus cash for gasoline, oil, etc.
Then he lost his job. He moped
about for a few days. Missed a
pa.vmeut on the furniture. Truck
backed up to the door and took
all the fine furniture. Same with
the radio and other things. Real
estate man told them to vacate
the home when payments were
not forthcoming. Automobile
man came and took the car when
the installments failed, He sent
the wife and children home to
her parents. He started out to
look for a job. Just one more
tramp on the highway. Will they
live at a lower level and save
their mi n y next time—if there
ever is a next time? We doubt it.
This story is being repeated
thousands of times every day in
the cities.—Acnbold Buckeye.
Ranks Advised to Close ' East Texas Can
For Noon Hour „ ... ....
The State ^Bankers organ,za- " NeCCSSary
ti n advise the smaller banks to
close during the noon hour when
it is possible as they believe this
will have a deterrent effect on
not able! robbers. So often during
tne noon hour the banks are left
with but one person in them, and
the business in the small town is
quiet and many people have gone
to their homes for the noon meal.
This makes an ideal time for
robbery and much of it is done.
By closing for this hour it
would not greatly discommode
business and would be quite like-
ly to save many banks trouble.
It has been thot adviseable to try
the experiment here and with
that in view the Farmers & Mei-
chants State Bank will inaugu
rate the new plan beginning with
next Monday, Oct. 27.
disclosed the fact that their
roads are not us good as they
were forty years ago before the
advent of the auto. We had ex-
pected to find reads greatly im-
proved but were keenly disap-
pointed, If we lived there we
might put up a howl, and if the
the soil and their labors keep j howl was uot sufficient we would
adding th jreto. We visited for a, then do something drastic that
short time with au aunt with I -.-.ould make even a politician set
whom we had spent a couple ofj up and take notice. Those valleys
summers and one winter when
we were younger, and then went
to a farm where a silo was being
filled in readiness for the winter
months which make heavy feed-
ing needful. There were a nums
her of our cousins there at work
and we visited with them a short
time.
Our observation in these valleys
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Beginning October 27, 1930,
this Bank will be closed one
hour each day, from 12 to i
o’clock for dinner.
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Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Carrollton, Texas.
R. L. THORNTON, President. J. T. RHOTON, Vlce-Prei.
F. H. McMURR AV . Cashier
“A FRIENDLY CONSERVATIVE BANK”
Affiliated with
Mercantile Bank & Trust Co. of Texas, Dallas, Texas
Capital, surplus and undivided profits over $2,600,000.00
are entitled to better roads than
they have and on that one point
we would not be content.
At the conclusion of our visit
there we again climbed the
mountain from that side and
soon were speeding over cement
roads on top of the said emi-
nence. We found the Paige wait
ing patiently for us and when we
started it, it went its way to the
valley below, and there a tow
rope placed nicely about its front
axle enabled it to be hauled home.
On arriv,ng at the garage we
again started it and it worked
beautifully. We vowed the next
time we started out with it we
would have the book of instruct-
ions so we would know just
where to tap the thiDg-a-ma-gig
with the hammer so it would
segashiate properly. All’s Well
That Ends Well, Shakespeare
says, and as it ended well, all's
well.
In this large valley we visited
they had not in early days for-
gotten to be self supporting ins
dustrially and the Scott family
had built a foundry and machine
The Joy Ride
The November issue of Texas
Opportunities carries a story on
What’s the Matter, with Busi»
ness written by R. L. Thornton,
president of the Mercantile Bank
& Trust Co., of Dallas. The title
of Mr. Thornton’s article is
“Home From the Joy Ride” and
carries so many truths that the
article should be printed in
pamphlet form and given circu-
lation to every one who is wond-
ering when this depression is
going to end. Saue living is
stressed and his idea of the
remedy propounded. He says:
“I believe the remedy is a very
simple one and lies within the
reach of the great majority. Go
to work—work from sun to sun
if necessary. Live within our
income and pay for what we buy
and ouy what we can pay for.
Practice frugality, for a dollar
will buy more today than it has
for several years. Our progress
may be a little slower, but, if so,
it will be more certain.” He
likens our recent business and
social debacle unto a street carn-
ival with everybody trying to be
the leading man aud ride the
elephant. To sum it all up he
says: “The whole thing summed
up is that we .went joy riding
and are just coming back,home.”
School Notes From the Hill
The first six week tests start-
ed Thursday of this week and
carry thru Friday. Teachers are
expecting splendid results from
these tests.
This six weeks testing period
closes one of the most success
ful six-weeks period >n the his-
tory of the school. Mere genuine
enthusiasm for school work is
being manifested this year than
ever before, and it is confidently
expected that the year’s work
will be the finest so far done ba-
the Carrollton school.
The Honor Roll and Roll of
Progress will be run every
eighth week as was done last
year. It is hoped that parents
will encourage their boys and
girls to get on these rolls.
Hi-League Box Supper
The Hi League of Carrollton is
going ts give a box supper the
night of Friday, Nov 7, and they
want the girls to bring well tilled
boxes to sell and the boys 10
shop. Plows and other farm ‘ b,.jn(? weu filled pocket books to
implements, kettles for syrup
bo“ing and like utensils were
made there in the early days.
The huge building was standing
when we were a boy but we
presume that its last work of
consequence was done about
fifty years ' aero. It had been
used some in our time but only
in a small way.
Cotton will bring you 15 cents per
pound if you trade it to the editor
of The Chronicle lor a scholarship in
business college.
buy with.
Mrs Dell Smith entertained
with a six o’clock dinner, Oct. 16.
in honor of Mr. Smith’s birth-
day, Those who enjoyed the
delicious eats and helped to ma< e
the good wishes for the honorie
were: Mr, and Mrs. Gravdi n
Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Needham of Dallas, Mr. and M i s.
A. T. Stewart and Mrs. James
Kendal of Carrollton.
If something happens phone the
Chronicle the news.
If the worst comes to the worst
Fast Texas can feed the rest of
Texas. But would that be “The
worst?” Came to think of it it
might not be a bad idea if we
went to East Texas to feed if
what they served Saturday night
at the All-East Texas Products
Dinner is a fair sample of what
we might expect while living
there. That baked prime East
Texas Ham, prime East Texas
Barbecue Beef with gravy, Pal-
estine Creamery butter, those
Houston preserved Figs, candied
Yams from Jefferson and Nava-
sola, the sweet potato pie from
the same place, Diamond Star
brand Pure Cane Sugar, Made
Rite Ice Cream, all of these we
had to eat and much more and
then roses from Tyler for the
ladies.
It was some dinner and there
were over a thousand persons
there to enjoy it. The Rabbit
Twister Band from Grapevine
was there a"d rendered music
during the early part of the
evening and after their program
was ended the Andrew Kiest
orchestra took up the musical
program aDd continued thrunut
the banquet.
John W. Carpenter, president
of the Texas Power & Light Co„
was toastmaster for the event
and he and Gov. Dan Moody
were dressed in light suits made
in Texas. In fact their entire
wardrobe was produced in this
Uate, from raw material on the
hoof to finished product on the
back. They wore hats made by
the Willard Hat company of Dal-
las. Their boots bore the im-
print of H, J. Justin & Sons,
Fort Worth. The mercerized
suits made from Texas cotton,
were fashioned by the Pool Man-
ufacturing company of Sherman,
as were their shirts. The R. F
Pool Manufacturing company of
McKinney made their underwear
and ties, and the Pool Knitting
Mills of Sherman the socks. Any
of these items could have been
made bv one of many other
Texas manufacturing plants.
Gov. Moody stated that the
reason Guy A Blouut, president
ot the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce, under whoseauspices
this great banquet was given,
was not wearing such an outfit
as he and Mr. Carpenter were
wearing was because it would
take such a great quantity to
make the outfit. We believe that
here an error should be charged
up to the governor because Mr
Blount and those other men of
Texas, who are made on the same
generous proportions, could do
more for the cotton crop of the
South by buying suits of like
character than the governor’s
Buy a Bale Movement will or
could achieve. The buy a bale
movement would leave the cotton
yet in a state wherein it could
depress the market, but were
Mr. Blouut aud his adipose
friends to wear these Texas’
Made suits the crop would show
a less amount of cotton for an
other years carry-over.
The governor made a nice
speech, as did also Frank P. Hol-
land, Jr., Mr, Witt, of Waco,
nominee for Lieut. Governor of
Texas, and Guy A. Blount of
Nacogdoches. Mr. Blount was
very witty and wise and bis
dream or forecast of East Texas
of the future brought great
laughter and applause from the
banqueters. Senator Tom Con-
'.ally made an address in his
characteristic fashion; coverning
the points touched upon in a
masterful way,
This banquet was given in a
[huge tent on the State Fair
I grounds ut Dallas last Saturday
(evening, and under the auspices
(of the East Texas Chamber of
'Commerce. All of the products
| served came from East Texas
and the chief reason for the ban-
quet was to show what a self
supporting district East Texas
really is. Naturally the social
features of the gathering were
valuable too, and seeing what a
lively responsive gathering came
it was thot wise to suggest its
being an annual affair. Mr.PIayne
Nelms, of Groveton, a former
president of the C of C made a
motion that it be made an anpual
event and when the question was
put by Mr. Carpenter it was
unanimously adopted.
Local Cow Completes
Official Production Test
Lakeview's Florence 857161, a
purebred Jersey cow owned and
tested by Lakeview Jersey Farm,
Carrollton, Texas, has complet-
ed her first official production
test. Florence was started on
this test when she was 4 years
and 3 months of age and in the
following 365 days she produced
599.42 lbs. of butterfat and
11.448 lbs. of milk. She carried
calf for 211 days whiie making
this record and with it she qual-
ified for the Register of Merit of
the American Jersey Cattle Club.
The sire of Lakeview’s Florence
is Allen Dale Farms Raleigh and
her dam is Sophie’s Florence.
They have a nice herd of Jersey
cattle oat at the Lakeview dairy,
two miles north of town, and it
is a nice sight to see them out
in the large pasture or in
the dairy barn being milked.
The plant there is equipped with
al! the needed paraph'rnalia to
make milk production sanitary
and the milk is carried to Dallas
each morning and sold.
A W. Hearn has taken charge
of the George Groves cleaning
and pressing shop and will be
hustling for your work in future.
Mr, H°arn has been engaged in
this work for many months, but
was with the Roy Russell plant,
and when the opening came re-
cently by the departure ef Cot-
ton Tutt be was not slow iu mak
ing connections with it. He calls
your attention this week to his
move and asks for your business
in an advertisement in the
Chronicle columns. He gives one
day service; calls tor and deliv-
ers. and does guaranteed work,
catering to both gentlemen and
ladies apparel Of course he
wants your business or he would
not be asking for it in these
columns.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lipscomb
of White Deer have been visiting
n this vicinity for some time
and last Saturday visited here
with their son, J. E. Lipscomb,
and wife They returned Mon-
day to their western home.
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Martin, W. L. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, October 24, 1930, newspaper, October 24, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth728514/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Dallas+County+-+Carrollton%22: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carrollton Public Library.