The Fort Stockton Pioneer (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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The Fort Stockton Pioneer
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VOLUME IX
FORT STOCKTON. PtCOS COUNTY, TEXAS, DECEMBER 22. 1916
NUMBER 36
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A GINNING PLANT IS HOLD PECOS COUNTY
ASSURED FT. STOCKTON TEACHERS INSTITUTE
Franks. Mills having been ad- The Pecos County Teachers’
vised that the cotton acreages for Institute met in regular session
the Fort Stockton section of Mon(Jay mornin(r with twenty.
Pecos county would exceed five' ^ . i
hundred acres next year, author-!two teacher9 pre9ent' aml was,
izes the Pioneer, through C. C cal,ed order by Judge Howell
Burris, to announce that he guar- Johnson, ex-officio county super-1
antees a first class cotton ginning intendent. Judge Johnson wel- ^
plant will be completed in time corned the teachers to Fort
iTtfp Spirit of (fhriHtmaa
to gin the crop grown in this
Stockton and expressed his ap-
"itpillHs more than pleas-1 ^ "f th“ir after
ed to make this announcement aPP°>nte(i Prof. C . V.
at this time, as it puts to rest Compton as chairman of the in-
anv doubt as to whether there 8^u*e an<i J° W, Camp as sec-
will be a gin in readiness to han- retary- The P^ram for the
die the cotton grown on our irri- day was ^(‘n taken up as out-
gated lands in 1917. lined.
The assurance of a gin at this The Principal numbers on Mon-
early date, gives those who might ‘toy’8 program were 1 he Mis-
1k» holding off planting a cotton s*on |Bgh ^‘‘ht^'l in the
crop on account of there being ^ ommunity, by Prof. K. I),
no gin at this place, sufficient Jackson of Buenavista. and ‘‘An
time to arrange for the planting (,r^an’ze<^ Plan tor bames, by
of a cotton acreage, and no doubt ^ r°f* McGuire. Both of these
is gratifying news to the many 8ubjects were ably handled by
who have already pledged them- the speakers and discussed by
selves to plant a cotton crop. the institute as a whole. Ex-
— cellent pafiers were read also by
TEACHERS COHPL1HENTED Misses Criswell, Thomson. I>avis,
As a courtesy to the visiting and Pauline Prit< hett.
teachers the Mother’s Club, the Tuesday morning the institute
management of the Grand The- had an interesting and instruct-
ater, and the ladies managing ive address from R. R. Longino,
program of the evening, had the on “The Health of the School-
attendants of the institute as child.” in which he stressed es-
their guests for a theatre party pecially the need of closer co op-
at the Grand last night to wit- eration between parents and
ness the l*eautiful Christmas teachers on all matters which
RE you willing to forget what you have done for
other people and remember what other people
have done for you; to ignore w’hat the world ow’es
you, and to think what you owe the world; to put
your rights in the oac'tground, and your duties in the middle
distance, nd your chances to do a little more than your duty
in the foreground: to see that your fellow-men are just as
real as you are, and try to look behind their faces to their
hearts, hungry for joy; to own that probably the only good
reason for your existence is not what you are going to get
out of life, but what you are going to give to life; to close
your book of complaints against the universe, and look around
you for a place where you can sow a few seeds of happiness
- are you willing to do these things even for a day? Then
you can keep Christmas.
Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and
the desires of little children; to remember the weakness and
loneliness of people who are growing old: to stop asking
whether your friends love you, and ask yourself whether
you love them enough to bear in mind the things that other
people have to bear on their hearts; to try to understand
what those who live in the same house with you really want,
without waiting for them to tell you: to trim your lamp so
that it will give more light and less smoke, and to carry it
in front so that your shadow w’ill fall behind you: to make a
grave for your ugly thoughts and a garden for your kindly
feelings, with the gate open — are you w illing to do these
things even for a day? Then you can keep Christmas.
Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest
thing in the world stronger than hate, stronger than evil,
stronger than death and that the blessed Life which began
in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and
brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christ-
mas.
And if you can keep it for a day, why not ahvavs? But
you can never keep it alone.
Henry Van Dyke.
ALLIES WILL NOT
MAKE PEACE NOW
Washington, Dec. 16. —“The
entente allies cannot make peace
INTERESTING NOTES
OF HE GREAT RANGE
On last Friday, E. E. Easter-
wood shipped from Hovey to the
with the German government in Fort Worth market, two cars of
! its present form and under its cattle,
present control. ” x x
This was the statement made We see where tick work was
by ambassadors of two of the recehtly stopped in Oklahoma by
I allied embassies and explained, lack of funds. We always had
in detail to the United Press Sat the opinion that ticks were after
! urday night by an official of one blood,
of the embassies.
Without allowing his name to I continuance of the car
be used, he said in part: shortage together with the press
“If we make peace now\ even other business at this season
upon favorable terms, before the v<'ar ^as made l*ve
German people are convinced of | ®t°ck movement very light the
this, we will have nothing but past week,
an armed truce with oppressive
military establishments made! Paso was selected as the
permanent in England and ^ ‘ convention city by the
throughout Europe, and millions National Mohair Growers Asso-
squandered yearly upon navies. c'ati°n, which closed its sixth an-
——nual convention at Galveston on
RIFLE RANGE Dec. 13th.
The Fort Stockton Rifle Club x x
met last Thursday night and Dallas county complains at the
took action looking toward the: cost of her cattle ticks reaching
establishing of a shooting range, the enormous sum of SoO.fOO an-
I^ater Messrs. Cullum, Victory j nually. The only thing we see
and Marsh Lea went out in for Dallas county to do is to pay
search of a suitable range. They the price and go ahead,
are ready to report as their x
jchoice the five mile mountain The Scarbauer Cattle Co. sh;p-
southwest of town and efforts ped two cars of fine bulls last
are being made to secure per- Saturday to the Geo. R. Barr
mission to use the same. Ex- Commission Co., Ft. Worth. On
ecutive Officer Cullum says it is the same dav, they sent out four
an excellent natural sight on cars of cows to the Cassidy Corn-
account of the high bluffs which mission Co.
Cantata .talfe.l_by the children, concern the health of the pupil, also .poke in favor of the West to by Misses Ethel Pritceet i ™ ** °™a9' Elliott F. Cowden has return-
BASKET BALL TEAM VICTORS Other subject* for the morning Texas A. & M proposition. and Hallie Powers. Mrs. Jack-i^® , shootln>- fr,,m a visit toChicairo where
MWIMUTIMIRWl — ..... Prof. Bentley, who is presi- son- Mrs. Fulcher and by the selecting committee,^ from a mit toC hica«o. where
Interscholastic ERtle-
T, ... , 0 , , , . , „, session were “Teaching of Mor-
1,811 al* and Manners in the Public d nt
beam, composed of Hart Johnson I i1!i, ,,*nner* m '"lj 1 ,"’"c dent of the Interscholastic «<•«*-. . | sX^upHv “of * S^rnntem I Uvel*^
Ensorn W^ruff Fioyd Reeves, i^chcs.1. led by Miss Abbie May [^ayne for this district, consist- The institute opened Thursday gpri fi )d jfl ammunition he made some handsome purch-
Willie Hoefs. Glenn Killings- ‘of lmj>erial: The Disciplinary : f i> s Brewster Terrell morning with a well rendered op n*n . , ’ ammunition, . _nttip tn add to
worth and John Aehtert.uk. Value of Studies,” by Prof. Pvle p*Min^rf ilff nav^rount^s vocal solo by Miss Criswell ac-! t"ge“' *'*"*' «»«*• «»«• has j «f, Anffuscattle to acld to
motored over to Alpine last Sat of Imperial-and "The Problem 1 res,dio and Jeff I lav,s countie,. »» t r,swell, ae „„a .u„. :-! the firm's already fine herd. He
day and walloped the Alpine i u- T p * Vi - i tL V iJT outlined the plans and purposes companies by
bova to the tnnp H tn A Th* 'eak upl 8 ’-v ^ r°f- Jack- .u |t»atrue> The nrimarv ob- During the nr
Mrs Jackson ^)et‘n rece>ved and all _____ „.
boys to the tune of 8 to 3. TheT rup,,B u> of the league. The primary ob- me morning’s P^ram^^ ^ t^Ta^daidi^. anTcosi
'SZ/Tje victors *in | ^One of the most interesting^ have an j*500a«>-Midland Reporter,
their first game of the season, sessions of the week was that : debatimr oratorv snelliiur Williams, Misses Duke and ()fflcial sh(K)t between now and THE PUMP FACTORY
the* team ’( 0rnPt ’n aCC°mpanied Md Tuesday aftern«,n wh«n Way writing, etc., by the hold Bates, The major part of the j January 1st. ^ The Ft. Stockton Pump Works
♦ Mr .-1, lh Jack80n of A,pine’ ing of interscholastic contests. | morning, however, was given A SUCCESSFUL HUNT established recently by A. S.
VICTIM OF FORD ACCIDENT president of the ICattlemen’s As- a Pecos countv organization was Iover to explanation and discus- Charlie Martin. Jim Roonev ' Ligon. is rapidly assuming the
drilling uutfi7’fnrThli*^ftion of Texas Prof. Bentley effected with Prof. C. V. Comp-|«ion of P|an«. fixing rules, and|amiC. C. Burris went out with appearance of a fully established
Prod ucers Com pan v dri I Img for u l'"™ ' ton as Director General, Prof, setting dates for contests, for the !Lee Hancock of Alpine, last Sat- industry. All the models have
oil in the Four Mile Canyon east Jlumor lowers were visitors. jackson as Athletic Director, Pecos < ountv Interscolastic, turday. to his ranch in the Davis been completed and work has
of port Stockton, was a victim <*Fi Jackson invited the teachers pr(jf py|e> Director of Sfa»lling
a; Poni accident last Friday, of Pecos county to meet in a joint amj Kssay. Writing, Miss Ken-
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league. It w as decided that the mountains with the avowed in- been begun on the actual molding
first County Meet shall lie held tention of bringing back a black brass parts. If you have nev-
(HK-Kurva «nu Drone a non« m nm i p -j- - - in Fort Stockton the second Sat- taj| deer Ar.d their’s proved « seen any brassJmoldinK work,
wrist.r M" town : •n’1 l>av'f Oratory. urday ,n March. Those who w in j to p,. the mogt 3ucfessfu] hun, it would be interesting to drop
and received treatment frnm a!A.,plw‘ne|‘* itptomber- S“ch. Mias Hallie Powers and Mrs. a! ,that t,me ,n .dehatinif. de- „ far reported this season. In in and witness the operation.
l(H*al physician and was able to a un,on xsolJ,tl throw more than then rea(j papers claiming, essay writing, spelling, (the two davs stav the party of Mr Ligon seems to be a genius
return to headquarters Monday a hundred teachers together and in aisrussing “What the and the standard track and field | managed to bring down at any kind of mechanical work.
mMnr.'nKellev reports uood tiro-'sm^L^f sutk wid7m«,Wti,m Primary Sch,s!l Does for the “ the District four bucks-Rooney, Martin and j and has a number of patents be-
gress in drilling operations. for the occasion. Mr. Jackson ‘Child,” showed how’ the pri-;n . P"U.,n pn’ H«ncock being the lucky ones, |his pump, which he ex-
mary departmnt is the child’s "ers tMere ^0,nir 10 tho State Hancock getting a double por- P^cts to manufacture and put on
very introduction to the world of ^eet at Auatm the first week >n tk.n. The party returned Tues- the market,
know ledge. Miss Hinaey, teach-1 Those \vho are successful <fcy momingr. j
er of the first grade, had a num- ,n,thf eventts th,ere w,l> have the „ — f „| N0" '* 8 ...... .t,me.t0 have
iwrnf h#*r mini I m trivp a mndeLpnv,lesre of takin^ part in the I . Kemember you c^in get all your watch cleaned and put in
in nrimnrv n.imhuN _n ! Southern Interscholastic Meet to I k’*nds of machine work at the good order. R. C. Thompson the
izirrz rSTLSl-r-'r-.. n.«.w.
One of the most interesting j
leatures of the afternoon session
was a folk dance by the first and
We Extend to our Friends and Pa-
trons the Season's Greetings and
wish for everyone a full
measure of holiday
joy and gladness
first state bank
tute and it reflected much credit
on teacher and pupils.
The first item on the regular
program Wednesday morning
was a mode) lesson in primary
writing by pupils from Miss
Hinsey’s room, followed by a
discussion by Prof. Camp on
“Vocational Training in Spanish-
American Schools.”
Dr. Roy E. Barr favored the
institute with a very helpful lec-
ture on “The Care of the Teeth, ”
treating the subject very fully
and offering to co-operate with
the Parent-Teachers’ Associa-
tion by furnishing free literature
on the subject
Consideration of the subject
“Military Training in the Public
Schools,” brought forth lively
discussion from Professors Little,
Jackson, Compton and McGuire.
Wednesday afternoon’s session
was given over principally to
round toble discussion of various
subjects of interest followed by
talks and papers on methods of
teaching fundamentals, civics,
history, geography, mathemat-
second grades of Fort Stockton,
under Miss Hinsey and Mrs.
Rose.
The institute closed today, fol
lowing out the program practic-
ally as it had been outlined be-
fore, bringing to a close one of
the most successful institutes
ever held in Pecos county.
FISHY
Frank Shouse, A. N. Lea, et
al, are rather timid about ad-
mitting it, but if you will ques-
tion them closely you may
ascertain that they recently
caught about the biggest fish
ever seen about here. While
coming in from Sheffield the first
of the week they stopped off for
a few hours on the banks of the
Pecos and landed a monster cat
fish. They were sure it would
weigh twenty-five pounds, but
the scales showed an actual
weight of nine and a half pounda.
It waa large enough, however,
to furnish a meal for several
families.
First National Bank
Extends the Greetings of the Season,
and wishes for everyone
A Merry Christmas
V®
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Rose, G. W. The Fort Stockton Pioneer (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1916, newspaper, December 22, 1916; Fort Stockton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth833760/m1/1/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Pecos+County%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .