The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are authorised to announce the
fallowing named candidates for county
and precinct offices subject to the
Democratic primary.
For State Senator 16th Senatorial Diet.
C. W. Nugent
District Judge
L. B. Hightower
County Judge
W. M. Williams
J. T. Rucks
County Treasurer
Jas. F. Rose
J. E. Anderson
G. F. Crooke. Sr.
Lee H. Frazer!
For Sheriff
M. A. Anderson
G. W. Wagers
County Clerk
W. F. Griffin
For Tax Assessor
Robert Lee Talley
J. W. Simonton
For Tax Collector
R. D. Simonton
I. D. Hoke
County Attorney
Robert J. Sullivan
Winston McMahon
County School Superintendent
N. E. Hearn
J. T. Terry
Commissioner
W. M. Manning, Free. 2
Uncle Felix Pitts, Prec. 2
W. J. Sorrells. Prec 2
Chas. C Cox, Prect, 2
Time Is Here!
Have Fairfield repair your old screens
and put in the new ones in time to
prevent this germ-spreading
insect from entering your
homes with disease
HAVE A GLASS
put in your front door in place of those
ugly panels and let the sunlight in
Grist Hill Grinds Every Saturday.
C; S. FAIRFIELD
cArtistic Picture Framing Neatly* Done
Makes and Repairs Anything in Wood
One Block West of Court House, Conroe, Tex.
of the agricultural colleges are sli
doing well. There must be some-
thing to learn about farming. It
is a poor business in which there
is never anything new. If there
were nothing to learn about farm-
ing—if there uere nothing new—
then it would be wise on the part
of everv forceful man to get into
something new. But the enter-
prising, forceful men are succeed-
ing. The other kind are not.—
Farm and Ranch.
The resolutions to
cotton acreage are
should all be kept,
other crops, which
reduce the
good and
but - unless
will bring
money, can be substituted, there
will be little reduction. We can
give a plan by which cotton acre-
age can be reduced profitably,
and each farmer can put it into
execution for himself. It is to
produce what can be used at home
first ami then to plant what is not
needed for these things to cotton.
It will work two ways. It will
reduce acreage and reduce need
for cotton.—Farm mod Ranch.
Constable
F. M. Sorrells, Prec. 2
Jim Marshall, Prect. 7
Justice of Peace
R. H. Dulaney, Prec. 3
C. T. Darby Precinct No. 7
Judge C. W. Nugent of Conroe
formerly county Judge of Mont-
gomery county, has announced his
candidacy for senator of the Fif-
teenth district. Judge Nugent is
a good and able man, and would,
no doubt, do honor to the State aa
one of its senators__State Demo
crat "
The Ladies of the Civic League
are getting their organization per-
fected and in working order, and
we understand they are intending
to wage a campaign for a cleaner
and more sanitary Conroe. The
simple announcement that the
ladies tied organised, has had a
good effect, for a lot of cleaning up
km already been dona. Mot, the
has hardly eommonead. M
do not heap yow
you will haar from tha
Farmers’ Institute.
All farmers who know or want
to know the benefits of the Farm-
ers’ Institute, and desire to have
such an organization at Conroe,
that they may be in touch with
the State Department of Agricul-
ture, and have access to all the
latest bulletins on forming and
horticulture, aa well as holding an
institute meeting twice during the
year, when we can have talks by
the beat men on that line in the
state, write or come and see O. B.
Monnett, secretary of Conroe Pro-
gressive League, Conroe, Texas.
ftafe. J. Saltires.
In thia issue of the Courier will
be found the announcement of
Robt. J. Sullivan for the democrat-
ic nomination for the office of
County Attorney of Montgomery
county.
Mr Sullivan has been actively
engaged in the law practice of the
legal profession for the past twelve
years in Montgomery county, hav-
ing located at Montgomery inme
diateiy after his admission to the
bar.
He eqfoya a splendid reputation
aa a lawyer of ability, and aa a
public speaker baa won distinction
of a marked dagras among those
had tha ptaasuie of
Soae New Features.
We call attention of the Courier
readers to some of (He new fea-
tures we have adopted. You have
no doubt noticed that for several
weeks we have been giving you a
eolurn each of farm notes and
poultry news, and this week we
begin a colum from the “Onlook-
er'’ by Wilbur D. Nesbit, whose
versos and paragraphs are enjoyed
by thousands ot people.
Beginning with our next issue
we will give our readers a colum
each week on the International
Sunday School Lesson that will
be discussed in the Sunday schools
on the following Sunday. This is
a department that should interest
the entire family. Watch for it
and read it each week.
These features are supplied by
the Wesuern Newspaper Union
and are prepared by well known
people. We are trying to give
our readers the very best and
most helpful class of reading mat
ter and hojie they will appreciate
our efforts.
WILBUR P. TgSBIT |
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AVULLER-
ODUGES
AGAIN
1900
Wanted—Three Million Fanners
The Federal Department of Agri-
culture recently made the state
ment that the Texas fsim bad
decreased in size during the
t decade Isom 357 acres in
to 862 acres in 1910, ail t
of which' goes to show that
the Texas farmer is r a p i d I v
learning a lesson in diversification
The Texas farm is still too large;
one farmer cannot cultivate mo* »• ....
th.n fifty .or.. unleM he employ
help, which would mean another I tho young ladles of the preeent day
farmer. On this basis, Texan
fiUk School Library
If there is a citizen of the towa-
that doubts but wbat our school
building is a “thingof beauty and
a joy forever,” and that our corps
of teachers and hoard of trustees-
are not doing everything in their
power to assist the children of
this town lo tit themselves for the
lifferent vocations of life, let
them steal one hour from the bnsy
cares and toils that come every
day and spend that hour from 3
to 4 any Saturday afternoon in
the library of the High School.
There is such a restful feeling in
this room. First, the cordial
greeting from the librarian and
the interest shown in helping you
select your bjok#4 whether practi-
cal, historical or romantic. Tb<p
soft, tender green of the art
square on the floor harmonizes so
nicely with the pretty green
globes over the lights. The
large, handsome front windows
are curtained with soft, delicate
cream tinted curtains. Handsome
pictures of the different poets and
writers adorn the walls. Sec-
tional bookcasds contain books
suitable for all ages. A band-
some library table with a l>eautiful
flexible bound Bible (which has
never been drawn yet), four large
and comfortable chairs ar.d a wide
window seat, all of golden oak,
constitute the furnishings. All
is so home like that you are lothe
to leave. But on to Jhe Domestic
Science room. My,* we felt like
“playing ladies” there. Every
convenient and useful article to be
used in cooking, the “cutest”
utensils and sewing done by some
of our girls (all by hand) was
lying on the table. • We were
certainly surprised to see the pro-
gress made in so short a time.
Then a visit to the manual labor
room. I he boys were as busy as
beavers, and if we could have
waited till this session ended our
lioys could have built our school
house. If the children do not ap-
preciate their surroundings and
opportunities their parents do. It *
Evils of Good Advice. IIltt<,e 118 °1(^ like saying,
“Say,” said the man with the wop- “Backward, turn backward oh
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Maud Muller, when *twaa I below.
Stood on the eidewalk, shoveling snow.
The wind waa sharp, the snow was deep,
The drifts were very wide and ateep.
She shoveled off the wide front walk.
And then she paused a while to talk:
"I’ve worked," she said, "two hours aatf
more
To clear this pathway to our door.
"I’ve shoveled off the side path, too;
My fingers and my wrists are blue.
"I’ve shoveled off the garden path.
I fell down, and arose In wrath.
"The snow has sifted In my shoes—
Tomorrow I'll have the ah-chooe.
"My feet are damp and stiff and cold.
This shovel seems too much to hold.
"They say fresh air and exercise
Will make pink cheeks and lustrous
eyes—
"And I suppose good health arrives
From this, if one the task survives.
"Now 1*11 go In and shovel coal
Into the chilling furnace bowl,
"And then I’ll take the ashes out
And scatter them all roundabout
"Oh, would I had remained a spln-
Bter, then this toiling had not been.”
Into the house she turned to trudge— ‘
For Maud, ycS see, had wed the Judge!
ried look, “do you remember giving me
a lot of advice on how to conduct my
love affairs about two months ago?**
“Yes/’ replied the man with the
wise expression.
"Told me If I wanted to win the
girl I should make love to her moth-
erf"
"Uh-huh/
"Bald If I could get the old lady on
my side all I had to do was to toddle
lime, in your flight, Make us
school girls again for tonight.”
A Visitor.
To the Voters.
To the citizens and
Montgomery county:
I hereby announce *
voters of
wound with » ring and «y. 'Whenr dacy for the office County
The wise man nodded.
"Said for me to .oompUment the
mother on her youthful appearance,”
tomey of
needs 3,000,000 more farmers,
which would mean an increas in
population of 15,000,000 people,
and these farmers would bring
with them $1,000 each in property,
which would make an increase in
property valuer of $8,000,000,000,
or more than the value of all prop,
erty in the state.
No other commonwealth on the
face of the earth offers such oppbr
Utilities to progressive farmers s»
does Texas.
Diversification has caused a rap.
id increase in land values, it is an
agent against crop failures.
The way to solve the high cost
of living is to get the produoer
end consumer close together.
Build good roods.
were not to be compared with those of
the past?”
“Yes. Yes. You won the girl, I
suppose 7”
"Yes. I did—not. The old lady has
sued
for breach of promise
candi-
At-
Montgomery county,
subject to the action of the demo-
cratic primaries.
I have had five years in the
practice of law, both
. . civil and
criminal, and feel that such experi-
ence fully fits me for the duties
mposed by auch a position as that
her husband for dlroro. and m« * 8CCL Should I be elected
reach of promise.” », PictlKe myself to a clean honest
»nd impartial adminiaAtion of
the affairs of the office
winston McMahon.
Twii True, Twas False.
“Mamma is terribly angry with me
because I let you clip that lock of myl
hair to remember me by,” says the
sweet youug thing to the ardent ad-
mirer
“She Is? Doesn’t she approve of such
a token of affection?" asks he. 1
“She t.ald the sentimental Idea was
all right, but that I should have mnde
you clip a lock of my real hair,
said he paid thirty dollars for tl
switch for me end that It was prao-j
tlcsHy ruined now, sines you cut that
piece out of It.”
Bha
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Charles C. Cox.
C. C. Cox, ©f Precinct
(ounces as a candidate
-oner, in the Courier
column, thia week
A Very Bad Spell.
Tha aaw reporter opened bis ac-
count of the fever epidemic by writ-
ing; The health board reports fifty
B*« canes of tlafoyd favor
Tha dty sifter la a wild
fis la tli» want
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The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1912, newspaper, March 1, 1912; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844062/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.