The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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_ Land in farms (acres)
ttMued weekly from the Courier Building.
W. W. AIKEN, Editor and Proprietor.
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PUBLISHER'S NOTICE.
Obituaries, resolution , cards of thank
and other matter not "news" will be
o&arged for at the rate of Sc per line. , .
Parties ordering advertising or printing Average improved acres
kr societies, churches, committees or
787,840
403,235
Improved land in farms
(acres) 193,371
Per cent of land area in
farms 51.2
Per cent of farm land im-
proved 48.0
Average acres per farm.. S0.7
rizations of any kind will, in all cases,
held personally responsible for the
43.5
payment of the bill.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For City Marshal
J. D. Sexton
The rural homes and the rural
schools shape the eternal destiny of
rural boys and girls.
The press of Texas is loyal, pa-
triotic, progressive and full of vis-
ion of and optimism for a richer,
riper and greater civilization of the
ftiture.
1,705
The farmers of Texas are in need
of personal leadership. They have
political leaders, but they need lo-
cal, industrial, community and edu-
cational leaders.
For a farmer to be self-sustaining
he must produce about twice as
much as he consumes, and to be a
good farmer he must produce three
times as much as he consumes.
The Philadelphia society for the
promotion of agriculture is the old-
est association of its kind in Ameri-
ca. This was organized by George
Washington and Benjamin Franklin
in 1785.
The transportation problem di-
rectly affects the farmer and the
farmer's family, economically and
socially. Bad roads are a tax and
a fearful limitation upon the busi-
ness and social life of country peo-
ple. : '
If we are to save the rural dis-
tricts of Texas from decadence we
must bring about conditions in- the
country that will make country life,
as satisfying as life in the city. We
must give to the people who live
on the farm the sanie educational
advantages for their children as
those of cities enjoy.
per farm
Total value of all farm
property............. $5,943,309
Value of land $3,321,737
Value of buildings $1,141,426
Value of implements— $252,966
Value of domestic ani-
mals, poultry and bees.$1,227,180
Average value per farm.. $1,337
Number of farms operated
by owners and free from
mortgaged debt
Value of poultry and eggs
produced $90,672
Value of all farm crops.. $2,404,321
Number of farms report-
ing domestic animals.. 4,011
Horses, number 5,066,
value $382,188
Mules, number 3,251,
value $312,562
Cattle, number 30,058,
value $387,476
Swine, number 35,836,
value $105,601
Sheep, number 414, value 913
Unless we improve our methods
of marketing farm products what-
ever surplus the farmers may grow
wiH add little to the luxuries and
comforts of the fanners. The pros-
perity of every business rests upon
the prosperty of the farmers, hence
it should be and is the great con-
cern of the wisest of our business
men. ____________
THE AGKICULTURAL INDUSTRY
OF HOUSTON COUNTY.
The federal census deparment at
Washington has just completed its
report showing detailed agricultural
statistics of Texas by counties and
the final report is now in the hands
of the government printer. The
Texas Commercial Secretaries and
Business Men's Association has
been furnished with a press proof
o£ the report and from it has com-
piled some interesting data regard-
ing the agricultural industry of
Houston county, The figures com-
prising the data following were com-
piled in the spring of 1910 and cov-
et the calendar year of 1909.
Houston county makes an excellent
showing as an agricultural center
as shown by following facts:
Total number of farms... 4,446
Total number operated by
owners 2,155
Total number operated by
tenants 2,291
Number white farm op-
eratives 2,666
Number colored farm op-
eratives 1,780
Grand Jury Recommendation.
Among the recommendations of
a recent Rusk county grand jury
we find the following in regard to
the public hitching place around
the court house which, the jury de-
clares, is a menace to the public
health. A like recommendation
might be made by the next Hous-
ton county grand jury, so it might
be advisable for the city council of
Crockett to take the matter in hand
and procure a suitable lot to be
üsed as a' public hitching ground.
But whpn we come to think of it,
it will take a big lot td hold all the
wagons and teams that come to
Crockett on some days. The rec-
ommendation follows:
"The abolition of the public hitch-
ing place around the court house.
This practice is a public nuisance,
for by it there is an accumulation
of filth which constitutes a great
danger to the health of the public.
We recommend that the county in
connection with the city govern-
ment of the city of Henderson pre-
pare an adequate hitching place
located somewhere off of the public
square, and that they together de-
fray the expenses necessary to keep
said place in sanitary condition,
and that they secure a dumping
ground for said filth where same
can be dumped, disinfected and
burned."
Advertise.
The writer knew of a business
man whose advertising was abso-
lutely necessary to success, and
by proper publicity, which cost in
the neighborhood of $15,000 per an-
num, he was enabled to clear up
and put away in the bank over and
above all expenses $10,000 each
year. Friends of his who knew of
this urged him to advertise less, as
he had been paying for publicity
for years, and consequently, as they
urged, was well known. In other
words, they informed him that he
was simply throwing away $15,000
each year. Save it, was their ad-
vice. Well, he started to do so,
and in three years he had lost his
business. Instead of clearing $10,-
000 each year, as formerly, he did
not make enough to cover ordinary
expenses, and others started in and
took the field.
Not « Question of Etiquette.
A young lady recently presented
a check for $500 at one of the large
banking institutions and requested
immediate payment.
"But I don't know you," objected
the cashier, doubtfully.
"Oh, don't be silly," remarked the
young lady in a busiuess-like way;
"give me the money, I don't know
you -either."—Exchange.
A PLOT THAT FAILED.
The Scheme to Blow Up Napoleon III.
With Gunpowder.
An interesting story is that of a
frustrated plot against Napoleon
IH. which has never got into the
history book.
In 1900, when the frontage of
the Theatre Francais was rebuilt
after the disastrous fire in which
one of the most charming actresscs
of the Maison de Moliere lost her
life, several shops disappeared,
among them being that of the fa-
mous restaurant Chevet. It was
not properly speaking a restaurant.
Chevet used to sell liqueurs, gro-
ceries, smoked meats, etc., and in a
couple of low ceilinged rooms on
the first floor he would serve a meal
or two to connoisseurs. One day
in 1865 or 1866 two young men of
fashion, Russians both of them,
came in and called for dinner in
one of the little rooms which were
above the shop. They asked for
caviar, but when they got it they
protested loudly that the caviar
was of inferior quality and called
for the owner of the shop. He
came, apologized and was met with
the remark, tendered laughingly by
one of the diners, that next time
they came they would bring their
own caviar. They came again and
brought it in a little white wooden
barrel, and when they left they had
it put on one side for them. From
time to time the two young Rus-
sians came and dined chez Chevet,
dined invariably in the same room
and always began their dinner with
their own caviar. One day they
finished the barrel, and a few days
later, in the afternoon, one of them
brought another one. "Put it in
the little cupboard in the room we
always dine in," he said to the
waiter, "and do not let anybody
touch it until we come to dine."
The waiter took it, but on his way
upstairs something peculiar struck
him.
"Look at this barrel," he said to
the restaurant keeper. "There is
something queer about it."
"That is no business of ours,"
said the master of the establish-
ment, "and I am not going to look
at it anyhow. What will our cus-
tomers say if they find we have
opened it?"
"Oh," said the waiter, "we can
open it and close it again, and they
will never know. It is certainly
different from the last barrel. It is
heavier, to begin with."
His insistence prevailed, and the
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barrel was opened. The restaurant
keeper and the waiter started back
in fright. There was no caviar,
but gunpowder in that little barrel,
which was an infernal machine.
The little dining room was exactly
underneath the imperial box, and
there is little doubt that the em-
peror's next visit to the Comedie
Francaise would have been his last
had the carefully laid plot not been
discovered. The plotters never
were caught, although the secret of
the plot was carefully guarded and
traps were laid for them in Chevet's
restaurant for several days. — St.
James' Gazette.
Gladstone at a "Supe."
A reference to "The Corsiean
Brothers" recalls an amusing story
of Mr. Gladstone's visit to tne Ly-
ceum when Irving was playing in
this drama. Mr. Gladstone at the
time was not burdened by the cares
of office, and one evening he drop-
ped in at the Lyceum, where he was
occasionally accommodated with a
chair at the "wings." On this night,
however, when the stage was set for
the opera ball in "The Corsiean
Brothers" his curiosity led him into
one of the boxes for spectators in
the scene. Up went the curtain;
Mr. Gladstone was at once descried
by the pit and greeted with shouts
of joy which caused him hastily to
withdraw. "This," says Mr. Austin,
"was his first and only appearance
in the drama outside of the dear
old legitimate' at Westminster."—
Westminster Gazette.
Who Got the Kits-
There were three at table in the
cafe, a lady and two men. Sudden-
ly the electric lights went out, and
the lady, quickly and noiselessly,
drew back. An inSt|ltit later there
was the smack of a compound kiss.
As the electric lights went up each
man was seen to be smiling com-
plaisantly.
"I thought X heard a kiss," said
the lady, "but nobody kissed me."
Then the men suddenly glared at
each other and flushed and look-
ed painfully sheepish.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The McLEAN
The
Rexall
Store
Want you to know
that they want your
business for this year.
If you have traded
with us you know we
treat you right. If
you've never traded
with us, give us a
chance and you will
never regret doing so.
The McLean Drug Company
The Rexall Store
System.
It is hard in the average print \
shop to keep everything neat, es- i
pecially if the plant is the least |
crowded for room. If only in the i
interest of one's nerves a place for!
everything needed should be culti-1
vated and it should be seen to, by j
every member of the force, when
through with case, stick, slug cut-
ter, trimmer or other article, that it
be immediately restored to its
proper place. It is not very restful
to search all over the shop for a
missing article. If there is a lack
of system there are sure to be pain-
ful mistakes and sharp reprimands
by the foreman. For his own sake
a foreman should be orderly; the
time taken hunting for things is just
that much time lost. The easiest
way to be orderly is to learn that
it is just as easy to put a tool
where it belongs as to place it
somewhere else.
The easy going workman does
not realize until he has a reputa-
tion for being slovenly how far from
nice he is. One who is naturally
careless should take himself severe-
ly in hand and by daily practice de-
termine to be neat at any cost.
Work a little slower if need be and
the moment you are through with
a tool of any kind or a case of type
put it in its place at once. The
only way to do it is to have a sys-
tem.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
This remedy has no superior for
coughs and colds. It is pleasant to
take. It contains no opium or oth-
er narcotic. It always cures. For
sale by all dealers.—Adv.
A New Drug
We have opéned up a first-class drug,
store in the old Chamberlain corner. For
30 years this corner has been occupied by
a drug business, and we propose to put in
one of the best and most up-to-date drug
stores in East Texas.
Our business will be handled by Mr. B.
F. Chamberlain and Mr. A. B. Woodall, both
of whom are registered men with many
years' experience in the drug business, and
you can feel safe when your doctor's pre-
scriptions are filled by us. Cleanliness and
accuracy is our hobby.
We will have in stock all the time such
things as you will find in any first-class
drug store, including school supplies, toilet
articles, King's chocolate candies, cigars,
smoking and chewing tobacco, Masury's
paints (the best), turpentine and colors.
Wall paper a specialty—big stock on hand.
We earnestly solicit your patronage and
good will. Give us a call and be convinced
our prices are right.
Chamberlain & Woodall
DRUGGISTS
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Aiken, W. W. The Crockett Courier (Crockett, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1913, newspaper, January 30, 1913; Crockett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177690/m1/4/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.