Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1924 Page: 6 of 12
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THE WILLA-CY COUNTY NEWS. RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS
DEATH CLAIMS
C.C. GANNAWAY
Harry L. Sexton Is On
Staff Of Citrus Grow
ers Exchange
The Ballinger Ledger has the fol-
lowing to say regarding the death of
Mrs. Joe Turner's father.
After lingering at death’s door
for several days, C. C. ,Gannaway
passed away at his home on Fifth
Street at 7:15 o’clock Friday evening.
He had been in poor health ior sev-
eral years, but able to be up and
among his friends until a short time,;|ipacking plants this year
ago.
Mr. Gannaway was a pioneer of
this county. He came to the county
from Hill county thirty three years
ago, and located in the Wingate coun-
try, where he lived until he moved to
Ballinger about ten years ago. He
was numbered among the best men
and the best citizens of.- this county,
the faithful fiusband of a devoted
wife and the kind father of a large
family of children, and a friend to
ail who knew him.
Mr. Gannaway was born in Ark.
on August 31, 1854. He would have
been 70 years of age if he had lived
until the 31st day of this month. In
1875 Mr. Gannaway was married to
Miss Belie Arnot, and he is survived
by the faithful wife who has shared
with him for forty-nine years her
joys and who has borne with him his
sorrows.
Nine children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Gannaway, and of this number
seven are living. , All were with him
a few days before liis death, but two
were called home on account of ill-
ness in their own immediate family.
The living children are Mrs. Anna
lYicrce, of Albine; Mrs. Clyde Gentry,
of Norton; Mrs. Hallie' Turner, of
Lamesa; Mrs. Pearl Black, of Breck-
enridge; Mrs. Ursula Turnery of Ray-
mondville; Guy Gannaway, of Win-
gate; Mrs. Olga Gardner, of New-
castle. Twenty-nine grandchildren
and one greatgrandchild also survive.
The remains of the pioneer citizen
were laid to rest in the cemetery at
Wingate, where the deceased lived
for almost a quarter of a century.
The funeral services were held at the
residence of the deceased in Ballinger
at 1:30 Saturday afternoon, the ser-
vices being concluded at the cemetery
at 4:00 o’clock. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. Ben S. Sul-
livan, a pioneer West Texas Baptist
minister; Rev. T. C. Jester, formerly
pastor of the Baptist church in Bal-
linger, new of Taylor, and who is
holding1 a revival at Wingate; and
Rev. Alvin Swindell, the present
pastor of the Ballinger Baptist
church.
MISSION, Texas.—The organiza-
tion and publicity work of the Texas
Citrus Fruit Growers Exchange will
be handled by Harry L. Sexson of
Harlingen, formerly secretary of the
Valley Chamber of Commerce, who
took his new duties Monday. Mr.
Sexton will also act as field manager
for the organization.
The exchange will operate three
at Shary-
land, Mercedes and Harlingen. The
Sharyland and Harlingen plants were
operated last year, handling the
major portion of the Valley’s fruit
crop. The old power plant at Mer-
cedes was secured by the exchange
several months ago and is now being
transformed into a packing plant.
Work on the interior of the building
has been practically completed, and
installation of machinery will soon be J
underway. The general arrangement.
of the Mercedes plant will be much |
the same as that of the Sharyland
plant, which has been pronounced one
of the most efficent fruit packing
plants in the United States. The pre
sent plans of the exchange include
the establishment of at least sixteen
packing plants in the Valley, the
plants to be erected as fast as the
development of the citrus industry
makes them necessary.
The marketing organization of the
exchange has been perfected, and
Valley fruit will be introduced into a
number of new markets this season
and the foundation laid for the
marketing of the immense volume of
fruit the Valley will produce in a few
years. Every effort of the exchange
is now being directed toward organi-
zation of the Valley growers and or-
ganization of new markets to handle
the Valley’s fruit.
Cameron Co. Injunct-
ion Stops Sale Of
Cotton
A writ enjoining an El Jardin farm
er from selling his cotton has been
issued by District Clerk Jno. P. Scan-
lan of Cameron county, in compliance
with a temporary injunction granted
in chambers Thursday at Corpus
Ghristi by Judge W. B. Hopkins of
the district court. The order was
granted on pleadings' presented by the
Texas- farm bureau cotton association
through its district manager, W. S.
Calaway.
The farmer is alleged to be under
contract to. deliver his cotton to the
association.
• ‘:The cotton association is deter-
mined. to "enforce its contract with its
members,” Mr. Calaway states, “and
to that end this suit has been filed.
These contracts provide a remedy,
should the member decide to sell his
cotton on the open market, and all
violations of that procedure will be
taken up . as soon as same is called to
the notice of the association. Various
subjerfu^es have been resorted / to,
such as ginning in the name of the
tenant, or a member of the family or
a neighbor, but these are all being
investigated, and where evidence
shows that there has been a wilful
violation of the contract, the mem-
ber will be enjoined.”
RAYMONDVILLE M. E. CHURCH
Sunday Aug. 31st. 1924.
Morning Service 11 A. M.
Subject, “Responsibility and Duty.”
Night Service 8 P. M.
Subject, “The Triumphs of Life.”
At the regular morning hour the
baptism service for infants and child-
ren will be observed. It is the in-
tentions of the pastor to see all whom
he thinks may desire to have their
children baptised. Yet in case I
should not see you during the week,
do not let that deter you from bring-
ing your children.
The greatest offering that we as a
people can make to our God and
Country is the offering of our child-
ren to the highest and noblest in life.
As a parent you should have this as-
peration for your children and it
should be your priviledge to see that
thqy receive inspirations towards the
higher ideals of life while they are
yet in the early formative periods.
The night service will be one of d
parallell. It will attempt to contrast
the apparent achievements of life
with the more lasting attainment of
our earthly attempts. For one to
give his entire life and time to the
massing of mere earthly glqry and
then reach an end where even the
clothes on his back are put there
through the kindness of friends, is
the shabbiest of force. But, for a
man to live for the nobler worthwhile
things of this life and leave when' he
has gone a monument riot made with
hands that will stand eternally for-
ever, is the greatest of attainments.
Doing Good Work in Poultry.
Mrs. Will Henderson of Kurten, Tex-
as, is doing some ‘excellent work with
her poultry flock. The place is called
The Kurten White Leghorn Farm, and
contains a flock of 108 birds, five of
which are males. Mrs. Henderson is
very careful about the' care of her
flock.
She feeds ah commercial scratch
feed and mash consisting of meat
scraps, wheat bran and shorts (gqual
parts) com meal and shorts. An oat
patch, collards and grass, provide
. green feed, white oyster shells are
kept before them all the time and
they have continual access to fresh
water. She has two artificial incu-
bators, one of 150 egg capacity, and
the other 208 egg capacity. She also
has a breeder in the house with 500
capacity. Mrs. Henderson also advises
that she is not bothered with fall molt
because she feeds for heavy production
a* that season of the year because eggs
the* bring the highest priqe.
DIVERSIFIED FARMS i
VS, ONE CROP GAMBLING
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Agricultural Director of the Amer-.
ican Bankers Association
Tells of Efforts to Solve Farm-1
ers’ Problems.
REWARD
The Farm and Home
The young pullets which receive
good care and shade during the warm
summer months should repay you next
winter with high priced eggs.
The Home is made nmr^ attractive
to others by a well kept lawn, hut
more especially to the people who live
there.
The porkers should be kept in com-
fort during the summer months with
protection from the lice by having, a
rubbing post wrapped in burlap which
has been saturated with crude oil or
crank case drainage.
The life of a broom is generally
lenghthened if it is always hung up
when not in use. A loop of cord
through a hole burned with a red
hot nail is one way.
To detect the presence of cotton in
wool material, boil a sample for 15
minutes in a solution of 1 teaspoon
of household lye to one cup of water
This will dissolve pure wool.
Many housekeepers become fagged
by their work because of the perpet-
■al feeling of hurry which irritates
ml produces a constant feeling oi
.vorry.
Help to make your local fair better
• y exhibiting in an attractive form the
,i;o.ducts of your farm which should
.>e grown on other farms.
Pick your breeding boar early. Mas-
culinity, length, and rangines3 of body
^ strongly arched back, largo bone and
quality count, and be sure that he
stands on the points of his toes.
One of the leading problems that
is confronting many of our states is
that of diversified farming,, says D. H.
Otis, Agricultural Director of the
American Bankers’ Association.
“During the past year the Agricul-
tural Commission of the association
has arranged for conferences in eight
of the twelve Federal Reserve dis-
tricts,” he says. “At these confer-
ences we have tried to get in touch
with, the agricultural needs of the re-
spective regions and advise with the
bankers and others interested as to
what the banks might do to help in
their solution. A resolution adopted
in the Fifth District serves as an ex-
ample of what is needed in many
sections:
“ ‘Encouragement of a proper system
of diversified farming in which farm-
er* will grow as far as practical all
the food and feed crops necessary for
feeding the family and livestock of
the farm, and to keep on the farms
the requisite kinds and amounts of
livestock best to meet the economic
needs of farming in this district.’
“The conference in the Ninth Dis-
trict emphasized strongly the need of
greater diversification. The farmer
who raises nothing but wheat is un-
wise, even foolish. He is one of the
worst kinds of gamblers, one who >
gambles on the weather, on insects, on j
drought, and various other things that I
affect the quality of the product. The 1
farmer who raises wheat and along
with it the other crops and keeps a
reasonable amount of livestock has
something to fall back on when wheat
is plentiful and cheap. He is not
putting all of his eggs in one basket.
Diversification for Contentment
“In many of the states the first
step in diversified farming is to get
the farmer to raise sufficient live-
stock to feed his own family. He
needs to get a cow, sow and a couple
of dozen chickens so that his own
needs can be supplied without going
into debt at the store. Livestock used
co furnish food for the family will
frequently consume large anfounts of
feed that would otherwise go to waste.
Livestock enables the family to set a
better table and live under more
healthful conditions. More work is
furnished to the family, making pos-
sible larger family income. If the
farm family is producing enough to
feed itself, there will he much more
contentment and much less idle time
In which to criticize the government.
“The Agricultural Commission is do-
ing all in its power to encourage a
sane system of diversified farming.1
The subject is being dischssed at vari-
ous conferences, articles and edito-
rials are being published for the pur-
pose of acquainting bankers with the
importance of this work.
Bankers Are Assisting
“It is encouraging at these confer-
ences to find that the bankers are
. incorporating the subject of diversi-
fied farming in their program and
laying plans in every way possible to
carry it out. To this end we have
records of a number of banks who are
patting up money to their farmers to
purchase livestock. They are en-
couraging boys and girls to go Into
club work.
“For the coming year we hope to
carry on this work in greater detail
and as far as possible hold conferences
with the officers and members of the
agricultural committee in each of the
respective states at the Agricultural
College. We believe that in co-or-
dinating this work with the college,
we will reap the benefit of team effort.
We are pleased with the hearty re- j
sponse we are receiving from the vari-1
ous colleges of agriculture and we be- j
lieve that the opportunity is great for
influencing various communities in j
better types of farming and in im- j
proved methods of business manage-
ment.”
The individual banker should be
much more than a mere lender of
money, much more than a mere col-
lector of interest. More than any
man in his community, he has the op-
portunity to guide the farmer along
lines of safe progress and toward
substantial achievement. The banker
in an agricultural district must know
agriculture if he is to loan money to
farmers and upon agricultural secur-
ity. In addition to that, the banker
is in touch with the activities of the
business world. He has correspond-
ent banks in the larger cities; he
must, of necessity for the protection
of his own business, look beyond the
horizon of his immediate vicinity in
order to foresee imminent changes in
business conditions. "The banker has
the opportunity to be the point of
contact between the farmer and these
many other activities of the business
world with which the farmer’s busi-
ness is so closely connected. The
field is wide, the opportunity is great,
the reward of confidence of one’s
patrons and neighbors—gained by
service in their behalf—is worth the
effort.—Walter W. Head, President
American Bankers Association.
CO-OPS SELL A BILLION’S WORTH
According to the 1920 census fig*
ures, $721,983,639 worth of farm prod-
ucts was sold through co-operative
marketing associations. The great-
est growth in co-operative marketing
has come since that time, so that it
is safe to assume that much more
than a billion dollars worth of prod-
ucts are sold co-operatively at the
present time. A general survey
shows that the larger co-operatives
in fruit are handling nearly $200,000,-
000 worth of business annually. The
large scale milk co-operatives do a
total business of about $150,000,000
annually, while the tobacco group is
doing a combined business of more
than §100,000,000 annually. The cot-
ton group has also passed the $100,-
<00.000 mark.
CARDS.
CARTER & STIERNBERG
Attorneys at Law
Practice In All Courts
Harlingen, Texas.
For Embalming
See KARL H. DUDDLESTEN
Lyford, Texas. License No. 60?
Undertaking Supplies
ARCHER’S ONE PRICE STORE
n. f. McLaughlin
PHOTO STUDIO
Here you can have made all
sizes and styles of photos. Nice
assortments of Frames. Easel
Flames for photos. Films deve
loped at reasonable Ppriees. See
display in window and office.
Harlingen, Texas.
HARPER’S CAFE
“The Seat of Courage, is the
Stomach”
“QUALITY FOOD HOUSE”
San Benito, Texas.
Banker-Farmer Notes
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, banks
and Chamber of Commerce at the be-
ginning of 1923 mapped out a vigor-
ous program for the promotion of
agriculture in the county. Through-
out the year they assisted in keeping
the farm organizations functioning
and distributed to them agricultural
bulletins and information of interest.
They held rural community meetings
and entertainments, exhibits of farm
and home products, and advertised
home products. One specific result
was to induce a milk receiving station
to locate in the vicinity, and during
the first month $20,000 was paid the
farmers for their milk. This marked
the turning point in the farm.er’s
business.
Barber Shop
DAVE MOON
The place to have your Barber
work done
Rot & Cold Baths
JEWELRY
California bankers created an emer-
gency fund of $1,000,000 at a meeting
recently in San Francisco to combat
the foot-and-mouth disease which has
broken out in that State. The Federal
and State governments each pay one-
half of the appraised value of the ani-
mals slaughtered, and the State gov-
ernment was not prepared to meet
this unexpected expense. The bank-
ers agreed to supply the funds needed
as a loan to the State government.
The Vermont Bankers Association
offered $1,000 to winning club mem-
bers in 1923. Part of the funds was
used for prizes for project leaders,
but between five and six hundred dol-
lars was awarded to outstanding boys
and girls winning in the various
projects.
Buy it at Home. I will meet ary
Catalogue Prices.
Backed up by my personal guar
antee. R. B. ROBERTS
Square Deal Jewelry
Harlingen, Texas.
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OILS AND GLAIL3
QUALITY-SERVICE
Raymondville,
Texas.
THE GROWING CITY"
S. V. KINSER, Manager.
H. H. Burchar.d.-Druggist.
We carry a complete line of Drugs and Drug Sundries. |
“Quality and Sendee” Our Motto
Mail Orders given Prompt Attention.
HARLINGEN.
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DEPENDABLE ABSTRACTS
Are Always Worth The Price They
Cost—Every Real Estate Owner Shout :
Have One.
WILLACY COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.
A J. RABEL, Attorney. R. W. HUFF, Manager.
GAY AND M’CARTY
PLUMBERS AND TINNERS
We Manufacture All Kinds
of Galvanized Metal Tanks, Vats, Cisterns, Troughs, Etc.
Dealers In
PLUMBING SUPPLIES, ALL KINDS OF PIPE FITT-
INGS, AGENTS FOR STANDARDSANH ARY
PLUMBING GOODS
Harlingen,
Texas.
ROOFING
Built up roofs Cap Sheating & Mop coating
a Speciality.
VALLEY ROOFING COMPANY
San Benito, Texas
Box 511.
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Made to Orders
We Call For And Deliver Your Clothes
Raymondville, Texas.
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Johnson, Charles R. Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1924, newspaper, August 28, 1924; Raymondville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth874822/m1/6/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reber Memorial Library.