The Smithville Times (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. [48], Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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17TH YEAK
KATY
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mithville Times
/I4# Time* Ctlibliahfd IH14.
Enterprise '90S.
SMITHVILLE, BASTROP COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 1910
Absorbed /W Tr,
August l«04
$1.50 PER YEAR
* Austin, Tex
were received
Joseph Myers,
labor statistics,
filed suit affair^st t
Kansas i& Texas ■
pany of Texas at
violation of the act
the foundation of greater devel-
opments. Hut for twenty-five
years the great drawhaek lias
j been, and is yet. that land is too
[idviees high Well, it is going higher,
tlint jund it is cheaper now than it
of j will he next year. Huy a home
now at such prices and on such
terms as you can, and go after it
with a vim. San Saha Star.
first legislative req liring 1 'rail
to he
|Usoiiri,
( uni-
for
of theftliirty-
Soil For Alfalfa-
regard to the inoculation of
DR. SIMONS' WILL
Provided for Farm Homes for
Superannumerated Min-
isters.
toads to repair th dr equipment soils for alfalfa Dr. (.1. S. Fraps,
in Texas. The department of State Uhcmist tit the T«*xas Ee-
Jahor statistics has been after periment Station at the A- & AL
the Kiit.v for some'time for thelt'ollege. says:
alleged violating of this repair “Alfalfa can ho inoculated in
law. and every time that it has] two ways:— One way is to ]MII.V provided for
threatened suit this Katv
flashed a contract to the
that the Texas company
not own the eipiijiiient in
tion, hut is men
from the outside
oently,however, t'
mission required
a sworn statem
ment owned in
statement was fil
lias'
core sonic
soils from alfulfu land '
San Antonio. Texas, Dee. 2 --
The will of Dr. ('. F. Simiiiens,
besides providing that 630 acres
|of laud in Live Oak (’minty he
set aside for a home for supet an-
imated ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, makes
provisions whereby members of
his family are liberally provided
i for, while others are not so libei-
lle leaves to
fleet!which has already been inoeulat-
dm*s|ed. or which is growing ulfultu
pies-j with nodules ou the roots and
leasing it'apply this earth at the rate of
•mnpany. He-] 200 pounds per acre before plaut-
This method
it is
liable to intioduce
railroad com-ling the alfalfa.
best results.
Katy to file j gives the
of its equip- however,
Ixhx. and
that weeds ami sometimes
diseases or
The list of parasites- The second method
engines was turned over to the j < -< insists in soaking the seeds in
department of lubi|i‘ statistics and; a liquid containing the bacteria.
Commissioner My eta proceeded to The directions for preparing this
Denison to make Th investigation J liquid accompany the inoculatin
lie professes to lave found 3 materials. You may possibly se-
memes sworn bygd'fi(->.(!>. t.. I.
by tliii
cure it from the U. S- Depart men
f\. - Agriculture, but i am not eei-
keut out of tin [tain that they have any for dis-
tribution. If the soil already cor-
|ixc can not be tains the bacteria, the inocula-
tion is unnecessary. There are
■ j some weeds which have the
Uom_ j bacteria upon theii roots. The
d- “The \niei- 'bacteria may aid the plants in
| his wife the sum of $150,000 and
the sum ol‘ $30,000 is set aside
i.i be invested for his unman ied
daughter and his two grandsons,
they to receive the interest on
$10,000 until they become 21
years of age when the principal
is to be turned over to them.
Ilis two daughters, Mrs. Alarpa-
rete Deborah Kreudenstein of
St. Louis and Airs- Maude Keara-
stcr of San Antonio, are given
$100 each, and a note explains
that the reason for giving them
such a small sum is no concern
to the public, so long as the
daughters understand it. The
estate is valued at $8.10,000. The
will shows that Dr- Simmons
I name was not Charles I-’., hut
I Cahin Franklin Simmmons. but
Rebekahs at Elgin.
The Smithville Kebckah team
went to Elgin Tuesday, to in-
stitute a Kebckali Lodge in that
city- A lodge was instituted with
22 charter members. Following
is the personel of the team:
Mrs. (J. H. I’atts, \- (J.; Mrs.
W. I*. McKinney,V. ()•; Mis. \V.
II- ltrooks, Chaplain; Mi-s Hlancli
Morris, P p . Mrs < 'arl Staf-
fens, Warden; Mrs- J. 11.
I Koonsch, Conductor: Mi s Jen-
nie Johnson, Secretary; Mrs.
id- Deelierd. Treas; .Miss Kiltie
I I’hillips, I. (J.; Mi-s Lillian
| Hanks <). (!.; Miss Willie Heale,
I! S- N- (!■; Mrs, W. L. .Moore,
- L- S, X. <i ; Airs- A- S. Malian,
K. S. V. (I.; Airs. Sallie Wilford,
L. S. \’. Mrs Dave Cogdill, R.
S. S.; Airs. II- J. Mel 'agtirvn,
S- S-; Mrs- E H. Crawford,
J. II- Koonsch, Captain.
Other members who accompan-
ied the team were, Messrs. C- B-
I’atts, D O Cogdill. C. (i. Deeh-
erd and .Miss Mae (Jnndclauk.Mr-
and Mrs. T. N- Powell went from
Bastrop-
All who went report a splen-
did time and royal treatment at
the hands of the Elgin Lodge
Cheapness
vs. Quality
In the matter of food you can’t afford to
rsacrifice Quality for Cheapness. Economy
is right and good but inferior food products
are dear at any price.
..KG,
Uovmccs^
aft
'll, i:
if £ BAKING
POWDER
W 0. W. Elect Officers.
At a meeting of Sycamore
'Camp No- 134. W. O. W. hold
.Monday night, the following of-
ficers were elected for the ensu-
ing term:A F. Wotipka. P. C. C;
I that he was known from child-!* • Dolly (’. C.; M. II. Bird, A,
rill
happiness and
therein- Whet
down ami go to (work with a view
of settling up, tlhey begin a sys-
tematic improveknent. They build
bigger and betbir homes and big-
ger and better barn, stables,
sheds and lots. It gives a per-
manency and a fixedness to the
appearance of the country. It
means stable growth,and becomes
t makes our na-! th,‘ ,,,,PH*e1n
he home owners u,1’; th,‘-v i"'" "ot al,s"lut‘‘1'V
tiers of our coun-js<'nt,a f,,r its *rowth' ,nr
little difference *Jant*. can tuk'' n,tro*'n
■ e .. 1 the soil also-
is, it the occur-1
fr, energy and j
pel, .<11.1 The nil I H'flo raj/rc. e.l
Millinery sale now on at .Miss
Fowler’s.
J. J. Lowrey was here
week from San Marcos.
cess will dwell punch sympathy for the poor I'ar-
a people settle mer because of his cold job in
harvesting his winter wheat, is
equal in agricultural knoweldge
to the one who expressed a de-
sire to see a field of tobacco wher
it was plugging out. But the
damsel who ask which cow gave
the buttermilk is entitled to
whole bakery. And a girl on her
return from a visit to the coun-
try was asked if xhe ever saw
anyone milk a cow, replied: “Oh
yes, indeed I have; it just tickled
me to death to see uncle jerk
two of the cow's faucets at the
same time—Vernon Call.
this
hood as Charles F. Simmons. On
the 635 acres in Live Oak County
which are situated oil the Nue-
ces River, the will directs that
tlu> land be divided into farms
of ten acres each, the bishops of
i the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, being given the authority
to designate such superannuated
ministers ami their families as
shall occupy the farms Vee ofj
charge for such terms As the j
bishops may deem best- Each'
.farm is to be fitted with a t'ive-
I room house and a well, the will
iplacing the sum of $100,000 as th<
maximum which may be spent on
t In» i such improvements. Dr. Sim-
mons died at Excelsior Springs,
Mo., November 4 last, from kid-
ney trouble- The will is dated on
September 12. 1010, about two
months before his death. show-
ing that Dr. Simmons realized
i(upending di.ssolution.
L.; I. 11. Cook, Banker; W. C.
Dickson. Clerk: \V. ('. Donnell,
E.; II E. Banks, Sentry; J. B.
Aladdox, \V.; (J, T- Renfro and
(I. E. Behrens, managcis. \V. R.
Ciirham. Physician. The member-
ship of this lodge is 164, the
largest membership of any
lodge in the city.
tea#
is economical—not Cheap.\ Try
it. The best at any price or
your money back.
JAQUES MFG. CO.
Chicago.
Guaranteed
under alt
Pura Food law>
I. 0. 0. F- Officeis.
At the meeting of Smithville
Lodge 393, held Tuesday night,
the following officers were elect-
ed for the ensuing term:.
Ci- W- V. Hickman. P. (L; . M.
Al. Turney, X- (L: Win, Plummer,
Jr-, V- (}•; Al L. Bell, Secretary;
W. L. Moore, Treasurer: Win-
Reek, delegate; Jno. F. Me Dade,
Wnv Reek and Win. Plummer,
Sr., trustees.
SPECIAL HAT SALE I
I
■COR the next ten days we will make reduced
* prices on our Trimmed Hats. This will
be your opportunity to buy at cost.
We have a few extra stylish hats that we
must sell. Come in and see them.
We have a few beautiful willow plumes
that we have been selling at f O
. They will go quickly at 4* '
I $15
O. D. H- S. Officers.
The local lodge of Sons or Her-
man, at their regualr meeting
elected the following officeis for
the ensuing year:
A F- Wotipka, President; F-
Kuehn, Vice-President; F- S.
Sehutz, Treasurer; H. Pause-
wung Secretary; L- Sehutz and
A. Bunte. Managers: 11. Hiuite,
Finance Committee-
3 Big Bargains.
I have one 4 room house for
$750. one 3 room for $700 and
one for $650, east front, high
and dry, in good neighborhood.
Will sell separately or together-
They are worth more. You can’t
afford to pay rent when you
can get such good homes, so
cheap W. M. COBB.
Suggestions to Shippers of Christ-
mas Packages by Express.
1st- Ship your package early—
by the 15th of December if pos-
sible . The express company will
give a small label to paste on
the package reading “Do not
open until Christmas.” This will
give opportunity for the package
to reach its destination before
Christmas and give the addition-
al pleasure to the recipient of
the gift of having it on Christ-
mas morning. ■
2nd- Use wooden boxes for
packing, especially for glass and
other fragile articles, which
should be well protected, it may
cost a few cents more, but the
danger of damage will he very
much reduced, and you should do
your part tot make A lie transpor-
tation of your gift safe.
3rd. Write the addms in full
—state, county, city, street and
number—on the box or package,
with ink or crayon. Tags are
frequently torn off and lost.
4th. If you want to prepay
the charges, write the word
“Paid” in large, plain letteis on
the package.
5th- Insist upon a receipt and
see that the amount paid and
the value is marked on the re-
ceipt and on the package.
6th. Write your own address
in full somewhere on the package
following tile prefix “From.
7 tli. Enel lose a card in each
box or package reading:
From-•........ ...... ••
8th. If not convenient to ship
in wooden boxes, use s.roiig
wrapping paper (nit newspaper)
and tie with strong cord.
•Jth. If package contains any-
thing of perishable nature, write
the word “Perishable” in large
plain letters on the box or
(package, which will call for
special attention and delivery.
If you will observe these sug-
gestions, you will greatly a-sist
in the prompt delivery of your
gilt in good condition.
Government Agent Here.
W. W. Compbell, special agent
for t he U. >S. demonstration farm
department, is here this week
making visits to the farmers
around Smithville and making
arrangements to have forty farm
ers set aside a certain amount of
land to he farmed according to
improved methods this next year,
lie went Westward Wednesday,
and Southward yesterday- lie
experts to get clear around this
week. Air. Campbell is familiar
.with the most advanced meth-
ods of farming and farmers who
follow his instructions will be the
gainers by it. He gives advice
concerning the preparation of the
seed-bed to and including harv-
esting and marketing.
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Notice to The Public.
Notice is hereby given that all
claims and accounts against the
late Mrs. Al W. Black must be
presented to me in due form on
or before January 1st, 1911, as
the affairs of the estate will he
closed up on that date.
E. (1. WINSTON.
Trustee.
MISS FOWLER
Presbyterian Services-
Rev- Eldeer, pastor evangelist
of the Waco and Austin Presby-
turies will preash at the Presby-
terian church next Sunday, morn-
ing and evening, (’nine out and
bear him.
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