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VOLUMNE 23
NUMBER 14
i Yes, Our Readers Read
Chamber of Commerce Large Group of Geolo- 120c Cotton Has Not
Terry County Must
Cotton Up $3 a Bale
the Advertisements Ginning Data Sends
We have no way of knowing just
There are very few merchants in
have to plannt no more than the im-
feed.
as
According to figures recently com- To take a case as illustration, a lady well as the sharp falling off in the
arrived in Brownfield from Wellman
period last year 1,703,000 bales were
The general opinion is now that
with the smallness of the latest gin-
ning returns all
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Brownfield will have the rare priv-
that he is now in a receptive mood to
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his
was said to be in a very serious con-
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We are sorry to report Miss Blanch
urday. -It left his stock looking very Williamson ill again with another at-
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tack of appendicitis.
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warned us to never let up advocating stance, California shows an average
diversification, for says he, the more profit per cow of $108.10, and Tex-
prosperous the farmers of this sec- as drags along with only $39.40, and
piled by the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture, we find that the best dairy-
over 13,000,000 bales for the final
yield have been eliminated and the
market will gradually settle itself
taking and Southern hedge pressure,
all offerings were easily absorbed on
small recessions, owing to the bullish
interpretation of the report based on
the comparisons of percentages gin-
great increase in Chevrolet ownership
during the year, the new warhouse is
The Department of Commerce, Bu-
reau of Census, report on cotton gin-
that it is. the duty of not only the
press, but the pulpit, the merchant
and the banker to encourage in every
way possible, diversified farming.
The report was being is-
the opening market, result-
about our easy and cheap production
of grain sorghums, together with the
cow feeds produced in our big cotton
farms.
would also play the devil with
wad.
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raw cotton. *
While the sharp advance during
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Let’s Help American
Legion Get a Canon
Some Farmers to Hold
Rest of Their Cotton .
what you will want him to bring you.
We understand that Mr. and Mrs.
Santa and 'the little Santa’s have had
a very busy season preparing many
pretty things for their little friends
CHEVROLET OPENS BIG
PARTS WAREHOUSE
ry county farmer who now resides in
Lubbock, he informed us that diver-
sified farming learned last year was
worth millions of dollars toward the
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the farm home of the latter about
three and a half miles southeast of
LUBBOCK WOMAN‘SHOT IN
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‘TL,p, on Um D 1 0 most a disgrace, considering our all
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Dick Jarrott, of the Jarrot Bros.
Realty Co., of Lubbock, was a busi-
ness visitor to Brownfield, Monday.
J. L. Cruce reports that he is well
satisfied with his auction sale Sat-
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year Terry county will have a county
agent to help and assist our farmers
Of course all our trouble lies in
the stock of •cattle we are satisfied i
twenty-five or thirty men, came in
last week, and are making Brown-
field their headquarters for the time
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Here in a Few Day
Hello Kiddoes!—Says
Old Santa Claus
C-U-R-R-E-N-T-S
By the Secretary
BROWNFIELD, TERRY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1927
“Red” Tudor Going
After New Ford Today
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tion, the more prosperous will be' seemingly is satisfied with this small
On the other hand, most of• 10,899,182 bales for the belt, came-*
’ only, as a surprise to the trade, 11,000,000
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private estimates
Mrs. Stricklin was called to Odessa
Monday morning to attend the bed-
side of her sister, Mrs. E. A. Morgan,
who was reported to be very ill.
973,387 bales
ned prior
they are to give this vicinity the real
once over for oil and gas and report
their findings to their superiors, who-
ever they are, but who are believed
to be some of the big oil companies.
.. So far as the Herald is aware, no
geologist has ever visited the county
and made any investigation but be-
lieve there is plenty of oil and gas
hereabouts, and these men, we under-
stand, are to make a thorough in-
vestigation and report the depth as
near as possible, together with the
most favorable formations and loca-
the Herald are
The, trouble arose over a
number of bales ginned during the
last period. During the period since
WHO IS TO BLAME FOR
CROSSING ACCIDENTS?
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It was another instance of apply-
ing the “rule of reason” when the
United States Supreme Court hand-
ed down a deciision that motorists
who, when aproaching railroad cross-
ings, depend upon their eyes or any
signal and take no further precau-
tion, proceed at their own risk.
Said Justice Holmes, who wrote the
opiniion: “When a man approaches a
railroad track, he knows he must stop
for the train; not the train for him.”
Nothing could be more obvious.
There is - never any reasonable ex-
cuse for collisions between trains and
automobiles at grade crossings. Mo-
torists know perfectly well that the
traiin has the right-of-way. To avoid
accidents, it is only necessary for
the automobile drivers to stop before
reaching a crossing, and see if a train
is approaching. A railroad crossing
signal may fail to function; a cross-
ing gate may fail to lower; a watch-
man may be negligent. But these
failures do not relieve the drivers of
cars entirely of blame if a collision
occurs. A railroad track is a warn-
ing in itself to proceed cautiously.—
Houston Post Dispatch.
future prosperity of the county. He
being. It is our understanding that
We asked some of the American
Legion boys recently why they did
not get one of the captured German
cannon’s to place on the courthouse
. square, and was informed that we
had perhaps waited too long. But re-
cently we have noticeb that these
cannons had been placed in a num-
ber of towns through the local Legion
Posts, one of them being as close by
as Levelland, an adjoining county
seat. We imagine they just got up
in the collar and went after one, and
that’s what we’ll have to do if we get
one. The authorities of the war de-
partment will never volunteer to give
us one.’
Terry county gave its full quota
to help win the war, and several of
her sons paid the extreme sacrifice
in action and with disease on the
fields of France, and- if any county
deserves one of these German Ber-
tha’s, Terry county does.
Let’s a bunch of us get busy with
our congressmen, senators, or other
influential men we know at Washing-
ton and get a gun for our boys be-
fore the getting is really all over.
the initial trading attracted profit
ginning next week, we are ready for
your letters.
The only thing that we ask is that
you get them in by Tuesday noon of
the week you aim for them to ap-
pear. That after the issue of the 16,
Mrs. Thelma Collins, divorced wife
of a Lubbock county farmer, is at
the point of death in a hospital here
as the result of gunshot wounds in-
it will
; I want to see the ads. I can read
I the news after I return home this 1
in forming these circles. We hope
so anyway.
tions. In doing this, they are equip-
ped with the best and latest improved
implements and materials for making
such findings. Big oil companies are
now convinced that the next big pool,
perhaps the biggest yet found, will be
located some of these days in this vi-
cinity, and they are sparing no ex-
pense in finding to the best of human
endeavor just where to dig.
These geologists and helpers are a
great asset to this city, although here
only temporarily, for they are men
who draw good money, and generally
Several people have inquired at
the office for booklets on killing and
curing meat and this is to advise
that we will have a suply sufficient
to supply all needs within the next
few days.
I note in the Herald of last week
" that several farmers are making or
have made a lot 'of sorghum syrup
and this is to advise that if they find
any difficulty in disposing of their
product, we will be very glad to as-
sist in finding a market.
This year in Dawson county, a
- farmer planted 400 acres in Russian
Sunflowers and letters of inquiry put
±- out by the Lamesa Chamber of Com-
merce revealed the fact that there
was an active demand for the seed at
a price of from four to five cents per
'pound. More thar forty firms quot-
ed offers and as a consequence the
grower netted several thousand dol-
lars profit. The crop has become so
important that the Railroad Commis-
sion has granted the same shipping
rate as corn. Five acres were grown
in Terry county this year and the
yield was satisfactory. Let us hope
that more will be planted next year.
The petition to the International
Harvester Company, requesting them
to hold a Farmers Short Course in
Brownfield was mailed out last week
and a letter from them acknowledges
receipt of it and says that our re-
quest will be given due consideration.
Petitions will be put out this week,
calling on the commissioners for a
Demonstration Agent. As it will re-
quire several hundred signatures, an
effort is being made to enlist the
services of leaders in different com-
munities toward obtaining names.
The Marketing Bulletin of the
State Department of Agriculture
gives total 1926 cotton production as
17,911,000 bales. Exports and do-
mestic consumption 18,386,662 bales.
Surplus held in consuming establish-
ments and public storage 3,295,004
bales. Estimated production 1927
12,678,000 bales. Total in storage
and estimated production 15,973,004
bales. Being 2,413,658 bales less
than consumption and exports in
1926. Cotton should be selling at
not less than 25 cents according to
the same authority.
best we can do now is to import some
good sires from herds we know to be
the best, and in this way improve our
milk herds. The best and cheapest
way for this to be done, according
to county agents, is to form bull cir
cles in each community. Maybe next
receive letters from his many little
friends of Terry county, we are
ready for you to cut-loose and remind
. that rotound old gentleman just
Brownfiield certainly bids them wel-
come to our little city. The only
thing one might have against them,
and that is no fault of theirs, they ab-
solutely give out nothing to the pub-
lic, but they are not in the public
employ.
The Texas Utilities Co. has pur-
chased the plant at Seagraves and the
line and connections at Seminole
from the Gaines County Public Ser-
vice Co. Price paid not reported.
survey of carefully kept records on what he has gambled that
more than 200,000 children, attend- bring, ".e
to raise and milk. We are however
milk than Texas. Therefore, we are [holiday, the papers did not get out
mediate family could easily make and to suppose that Terry county is not ■ on the routes, and we had some very
to whether two bakeries
ere we are not prepared to
knowing anything about
F business. But we do bid
Irs. Schulze a hearty wel-
t to Brownfiled, and hope
Beas relations here will be
vith success.
harvest.
Willie Winn was in from the Co-
here shortly after noon Wednesday, ers to copy it for you, as we must
One shot from a pistol took effect not take too much of the linotype
in the lower part of the abdomen, (operator’s time trying to figure out
touching a portion of the liver, ac-Xour letter, only to get it wrong,
cording to first examination made byimaybe.
doctors at the hospital, where the; Well, Lets kiddoes.
wounded woman was rushed in a, "
sheriff’s department car immediately YOUTHS MATURING
following the shooting. Mrs. Collins EARLIER, IS CLAIM
ilege of entertainnig the Terry coun-
ty teachers for two days next Thurs-
day and Friday, and we hope and be-
lieve the people of our city will leave
no stone unturned to see that these
folks who are preparing our coming
generation to better take our places
in the development of this country
will be well entertained.
There is a splendid program pre-
pared, which appears elsewhere in
these columps. Read it, and let as
many as possible attend these ses-
sions. Under the new law, at least
two days institute must be held in
the county where teachers’ are em-
ployed, as we understand the law.
duction, there are states with half aaiof the deal. But recently, on ac-ing in a quick advance of slightly
many cows that are producing more, count of publication day falling on a more than $3 a bale in the price of
afternoon.”
So have no fear, Mr. Advertiser,
that your ad will not be read. If
you have a worth while message for
the people in these columns, they
will respond, and don’t you forget it.
But, if you have been giving them a
regular message and lay out one
week, they will be wondering what’s
your trouble.
In conversation with^W. B. Benton,
recently, who is one of our very pros-
perous Union farmers, he informed
us that he already had out sufficient
cotton to cover all obligations, and
from now on he was preparing to ship
the rest of it to Houston to a ware-
house company, where it would be
stored until prices were better. If
we did not misunderstand him some
way, he said that he just about had
20 bales ready for the first shipment.
We firmly believe that Mr. Benton *
and'other farmers who are preparing
to do the same thing are wise, for
there is no doubt in the world but
that cotton will go up later as no one
now doubts we have a very short
crop, the shortest, in fact, for years.
If we, on the other hand had made
an average crop, the process and ex-
pense of storage would be a long
grind of “watchful waiting” as it
were, but with a short crop and a
good demand from the mills, to our
notion, March will bring at least 25c
cotton or beter, middling basis.
Despiite the fact that there has
been brought about a cheap substi-
tute for silk in the past years in the
form of rayon, and the further fact
that or female population at least
have greatly breviated their use of
coton gods, there is still a big demand
for American cotton from poorer
nations that have not taken to silk
or its substitutes as has the Ameri-
can woman. With the world getting
back on its feet following the most
devastating and bankrupting war in
history, the demand is Bo great that
ants at the public playgrounds, con-
ducted by the superintendents and -
park- physicians.
It was found that a boy of today
at 12 is as smart as his father was at
15 and as maturely developed, physi-
cally as his father was at 15 years
and six months. The reason assigned
by the experts, who have been study-
.ng the changes are:
Warmer homes, giving children a
semi-tropical climate the year around.
More fresh air.
Balanced foods, with green vegeta-
bles and fresh fruits containing vita-
mins in winter as well as summer.
Better schools. Better play.
on Saturday following Armistice.
' and the consuming trade will come
i in the market for their requirements
more freely.
Texas had ginned 3,665,252 as
against 4.026,881 same date last
year.
than any state in the union, she not
only consumes at home all the prod
ucts of her own cows, but sends
$64,000,000 annually to the north for
dairy products. This is a shame, al
FOR DRESS MAKING, altering
or remodeling, see Mrs. J. C. Whisen-
George Schulze, who formerly
owned a. bakery here a few years ago,
The Chevrolet Motor Company to-
day announces the opening of a new
$625,00 parts and service building
in Flint, Mich. This structure marks
the completion of a two million dollor
parts and service program extending
over the last year and a half and in-
volving in addition the construction
of four major suply depots and a
complete reorganization of those at
Oakland and Tarrytown.
The new Flint building is a three
story steel and concrete structure
with a total of 225,000 square feet
of floor space. Railroad docks for
12 freight cars have been provided to
expedite shipping
Made necessary because of the
much if any better than the rest of disappointed merchants. But the
the state, and we find that we are Herald nor they had taken that into
expending a lot for feed on poorconsideration.
milkers. For instance, a cow produc-; But most of our careful buyers
ing say 85 per cent more milk will. nw are reading the ads first and
only consume some 40 per cent moresaving their papers till they have
more time for the news part of it. ned in previous boll weevil years,
mez communitiy Saturday and show-
ed us a check we believe for $10.75
which he said represented his week’s
sale of cream, and that his month’s
business would run around $45.00,
much more than ought to keep he and
wife well supplied with anything they
wanted. No, he said, I will never
leave off diversified farming again, ing states get an average of 4,900 On account of Friday being a holiday, last ginning report.
He has learned his lesson well. pounds of milk per cow. The United ishe did not get her paper Friday af- were ginned, while during the same
In conversation with another Ter-! States average is 3,500 pounds periternoon at Wellman, as usual, and peziv ;
cow, while the Texas average is only the first place she went to after get- ginned.
2584 pounds. So you see where weting in Brownfield was the Herald The
stand even among average states.1 office. ' I want to see a copy of with th
These interesting figures goes on ' this week s Herald, she said, as we ning re
I with some more figures. -For in-'did not get our paper yesterday.
In conversation with W. B. (Red)
Tudor, Monday morning, he informed
us that he had a letter from the
Ford state agency at Dallas stating
that they expected him to be there in
person today (Friday) and not to
send any substitute or employee.
He believes this can mean nothing
else* but that he can drive back a sam-
ple of the new Ford, and that in a
few weeks, perhaps by the middle of
December, he can begin supplying his
waiting customers.
Then the conversation somewhat
drifted. The writer remarked that
he understood that Mr. Ford had
been out some $140,000,000 in mak-
! ing the change. The cost to now,
says Red, has been 122 millions, and
it will likely reach the higher figure
before all plans are complete.
Then, trying to be a little funny
the reporter remarked that the first
named amount would doggone nigh
put us in the red. Whereupon, Red,
not to be out-done, said the amount
a half years bale crop of American cotton will not
long earlier than their parents matured, bring 26 cents. But if we presist in
standing family dispute over custody rays an Associated Press dispatch' dumping a twelve months crop on the
of the two children of the younger from that city. ' market in three months, the specula-
woman, members of the family said These statistics are based upon a tor will see to it that it brings just
this afternoon, in explaining that
when Mrs. Collins was granted a di-
vorce from the sqn of Mrs. Stevens,
the two children were left in custody
of Mr. Collins, who took them to his
mother’s home.
Mrs. Collins, members of the fami-
ly said today, went to the farm home
today in an effort to secure the chil-
dren, w-hich were refused by the old-
er woman, and in the ensuing argu-
ment, Mrs. Collins was shot.—Lub-
bock Avalanche.
It is reported here that the wound-
ed lady later died, and the elder lady
is charged with murder.
importing some better milk breeds! Well, kiddies, being as our next is-
and are thereby improving our stand- sue is in Dee-mber, and December
ing in production per cow, but we’ve ' is the month that old Santa is sup-
a long climb to make vet. About thei posed to visit us, and having a tip
the most modern conveyors and -the
latest equipment for handling parts,
and promises to provide Chevrolet
with the most complete facilities for
the efficient handling of parts distri-
bution.
The structure becomes the central
Chevrolet warehouse, the major por-
tion of which is devoted to the stor-
ing of parts to insure good service to
Chevrolet owners. More than two
million dollars worth of parts will be
kept on hand at all times.
The plant is also equipped to hand-
le the vast export business now being
done by the Chevrolet Motor Com-
pany. Shipments leave the plant
daily for Chevrolet foreign plants
and representatives in all quarters of
the world.
Boys and girls in Chicago and
dition, although hopes are held for throughout the North generally are | with sensible marketing, there is no
her recovery unless complications set maturing mentally three years earlier; reason in the world why a 13 million
one of the finest in the industry with in. and physically three and
A large group of “rock hounds”; The rest of the farmers of Terry।
who. with their helpers number some equnty may forget that lesson so hard how Terry county would stand in Brownfield now that do not think the
to learn and easy to forget of making milk production per cow. The only advertisements in
the living on the farm as they go, <Way we have of judging is by taking; read. C
but there is at least one who has per-1 the state as a whole, and in doing so (them are so sure of that, their
sonally told us that he is going tolwe find that Texas stands well down'concern now is in getting the Herald bales
“stick” no matter where cotton goes'the line in milk production per cow. in the mails on time, and we always expected,
to. If every farmer in the south | While Texas stands high in total pro-, do our best to take care of that end sued on '
were like him, they would always get "
a fancy price for their cotton and not
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flicted allegedly by Mrs. Nina Stev-
,, mother-in-law of the victim at they will be too late. And last but
not least, if you cannot write a real
legible hannd, have some of your eld-
to Nov. 14, showing
SPIN ’EM THROUGH
WINDOWS AT SEMINOLE
A very unusual accident occured
Thursday night about 11 o’clock,
when A. R. Taylor, who was driving
a Chevrolet truck, turned the corner
near the telephone office, had the
misfortune of losing the right rear
wheel, which came off and went
bounding at a terrific rate of speed
hit a small embankment at the side of
the street which caused it to rise up
and crash through the upper sash of a
bed room window and falling upon
the bed in which Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
-Dow were sleeping. Outside of the
shock of being awakened with a
bouncing automobile wheel amid a
shower of window glass no injury
was received.—Seminole Sentinel.
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Printed in Terry County, on the South Plains; the last stand of the Cattleman and the future home of the most prosperous Farmers in the United States
speaking are good spenders, and t your own business. He believes, also I profit. While Texas has more cows
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is very fat and ready to. travel at a
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the early bird gets the worm. So be-
has jeased a building from A. M.
Brqwnfield adjoining the post office,
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