The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1902 Page: 2 of 4
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Each member of our firm, from our Clerks up, and down
to the Bosses hereby expresses his or her desire to extend
the Season's Greetings to our Friends and Customers and
most sincerely trusts that the forthcoming Yuletide will be
to them aflerry Christmas and a Happy New Year—Great-
est ever!
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W. E. KING, Editor.
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of Fayette County.
Y. DECEMBER 25. 1902.
> poor should and the rich
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Don't raise Christmas and
then resolute the remainder of the
year. Have a good time but don't
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flow' many of your Christmas
remembrances are to be given those
who are unable to pnrchase such
little trinkets for themselve#
Remember that l,It is more
bl&sed to give than receive" and
is mtife commendable to bestow
upon the poor than the rich.
We beg to reciprocate the kindly
sentiments of Editor Miller and
wish him much happiness and
prosperity during this and new
year.
Try and do something during
the holidays that will make glad
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the heart of someone who is un-
fortunately situated. Remember
that he who giveth to the poor
lendeth to the Lord.
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recognition of the many blessings
which he enjoys, coutribute a
fund for the establishments of
several additional libraries, there-
by appeasing the hunger of the
poor, clothing the poverty striken
and rendering comfortable those
in the east who are without fuel.
In distributing your Christmas
remembrances don't bestow them
all upon those who are compara-
tively well blessed in worldly
goods. The poor and the indigent
are also God's children and if you
remember them befitting!y He
will take cognisance of your deeds.
A "beggar" has just died in the
dlsfrity hospital at Toronto, Cana-
da, on whose person was found
$50,OCX) in bonds. It was also as-
certained that he was interested,
as a stock holder, in many of the
most in-beiauLial of Canadian stock
companies. The talent of a mathe-
matician will not be required to
figure out just where that fellow
will go.
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Andrew Carnegie has arrived in
Christmas is the time of good
cheer and should be duly celebrat-
ed and enjoyed by every one. It
is not necessary however for any
one to become boisterous or to
"raise sand" in order to have a
good time. Don't destroy the
pleasure of any oue else, don't
look too freely upon the wine
when 'tis red, don't do anything
that you will aftewards regret, and
your pleasant Christmas will be
remembered and enjoyed through-
out the year.
HUT STEP III
America, and will probably, in
It, of course, is pist for the
powers to insist upon Venezuela's
meeting, in a satisfactory manner,
its just obligations, but just what
good has been accomplished by
the destruction of the harmless
little ships of the little republic it
is impossible to comprehend.
Viewed from afar the conduct of
Englai.d and Germany reminds
one of the blank verse so well
known to school children years
ago,which ran something like this:
"Father and John and 1, and a
dozen boys or more,
Beat an old man stone blind who
couldn't see much before."
GORTON'S MINSTRELS.
The approaching eiieag^ment of
Gorton's Famous Minstrels at the
Turner Hall, Sunday night the 28
is looked forward to with much
pleasure by all lovers of this popu-
lar form of amusement. Gorton's
company has long been regarded as
one of the standard attractions,
which always more than fulfilled
all of its promises, and the addition
this season of many new and im-
portant features insures a perform-
ance of unusual excellence. A
grand street parade will be given
by the entire company in the after-
noon, especial attention being call-
ed to the raaguificent and costly
equipment.
Misses Louise and Gussie Forres
are spending the holidays in La-
Grange.
A Policy of Prevention Against Boll
Weevil Ravages. What Ever Else
You Do or Do Not Do
Burn Every Cotton Stalk.
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If You Fa.il to Do This and Do It TKorovigKly
Yovir Chance of Making Cotton Next Year
Will Be of the Most Doubtful Character.
On the eve of putting the edi-
tion to press, after writing in num-
erous articles "Burn Stalks and
Stubble," we have additional and
weighty evidence that in the thoro
ugh destruction of Cotton Stalks
by Fire, is the very essence of pro-
tection against Boll Weevil ravages
next Spring. If this is not done
the whole policy of Protection,
Prevention anu Remedy falls to
the ground. The cotton stalk of
this year's growth is the abiding
place of the weevil that will be
ready to puncture squares next
Spring. Burn the stalks and you
have won two-thirds of the battle.
Here is proof:
On Saturday, December, 13, the
writer examined cotton stalks
taken from a cotton field three
miles west of Waco, in a locality
where the ravages of the weevil
this year were not near so severe
as in other localities. The stalks
were cut at random all over the
field. Live weevils were found in
old bolls on these stalks. Every
stalk was covered with innumerable
little punctures, made by the
weevils, generally on a small limb
than on the main trunk or body of
the stalk, the surface of the little
twig or limb being more tender
and easy to puncture than the
main stem of the plant. But where
limbs or twigs were scarce the
beetle (for a boll weevil is of the
beetle order) had punctured the
main stem.
Peeling off the batk or outer
surface of the stalk it was found
that inside were the eggs of the
weevil, deposited there by the in-
sect, manifestly just before the re-
cent frost— eggs by the millions,
sheltered there for the winter, to
go into the development stages and
emerge next Spring, weevils ready
to puncture squares. This shows
that the weevil utilizes the cotton
stalks for winter breeding.
It is doubtful if it utilizes any
other place, going to timber out-
side of the field, or burrowing un-
der the ground. In the stalk and
in cotton seed are undoubtedly the
generating quarters. We are cred-
ibly informed that bacteriologists
have taken these eggs, found in the
cotton stalks, and by artificial pro-
cess developed them into full
grown weevils. We have the
name of one gentleman who claims
to have done this. He insists that
in the stalk of the old crop lurks
the danger.
Whether the weevil deposits its
eggs anywhere else save in the
stalk need not be discussed here.
It is evident that stalks in every
field where the weevil was this
year are charged with these de-
posits, for next Spring, Burn
e^ery stalk.
In every case we have heard of
where cattle were pastured liberal-
ly in cotton fields last season the
number of the weevils this year
were few. Some farmers escaped
entirely. The stock ate up the
pests, But comparatively few
farmers have enough or can get
enough stock to pasture thoroughly.
Hence they must burn the stalks.
Farmers who burned thoroughly
last Fall also enjoyed more im-
munity this vear.
If you can pasture cattle, so
much the better, but even then
burn. Clean the farm thoroughly;
rake up tbe stalks and the limbs
thereof; let no twig escape. Then
put fire to the debris and burn it.
If you do this in your fields and
your neighbors do likewise in
theirs the chances are more than
even that weevils will not disturb
you next Spring. Impress this on
the *ninds of every cotton grower
around you, in vour neighborhood:
THAT HE MUST BURN
HIS STALKS. There is no
law as yet to compel him to do
this, but as a matter of common
sense, as a matter of self defense,
as n duty to his neighbor* he has
no right to refuse to dolt and thus,
by his own stubbornness, indiffer-
ence or laziness imperil you or
other neighbors. If he is even an
ordinary good citizen he will do
it.
Business men, especially the
country merchant, should impress
on their cotton-growing customers
the importance of doing this. The
man who refuses to do so ovght to
be aaked—if he happens to want
favors or accommondations—why
he stands back in a matter so im*
portent and thus put to naught tbe
honest efforts of bis more diligent
neighbors.
We are convinced that in the
cotton stalk is the winter breeding
place of the weevil. It is not in
cottonseed, It make lurk at times
in the lint around seed, but not in
the seed itself. Why plant foreign
seed some may ask? Because seed
from further North mature earlier
and in that way put cotton grow-
ing ahead of the weeviT. Burn
them now for therein is your
safety.— Waco Weekly Tribune.
The cut and fit of the BUCK-
SKIN BREECHES alone, make
them better than any other pants.
When you consider good wear and
workmanship, then these pants are
so much better than any other
make that they'd be cheapest even
if the cost doubled as much as the
common goods. Best of it they
cost the same as poor pants.
NEGRO SHOT WHITE
Mr. H. F. Skarke
telegram Sunday morning adi
him that his friend, Mr.
Boening of Galveston, had
shot by a negro, tbe bullet
pierced the right arm of the
just below the elbow. In ref
to the shooting the Galveston*j
of Sunday says:
"Peter Garney, a negro about 27
years of age, was arrested last
evening charged with shooting Mr.
Frank Boening in tbe right
just below tbe elbow.
The shooting occurred in
of the Vienna Bakery, 2521 Ms
street, about 6 o'clock.
it appears, had purchased some • • ,
cake in the bakery and was stand-
ing outside eating it when he be-
came involved in a quarrel with
Boening. A blow was struck when
tbe shooting followed.
Boening was sent to the St.
Mary's Hospital for treatment."
Mr. Boening is well known
and his friends trust that he wil
speedily recover.
Later—At nine o'clock Monday
night, Mr. Skarke received a tele-
gram from Galveston advising
that Mr. Boening was dead,
is presumed that it was necessary
to amputate the right arm, which
had been shattered by the shot and
that Mr. Boening, already weak-
ened by the loss of blood, died
from the shock of the operation. As
soon as advised of the death of
friend, Mr. Skarke
once to the home of Mr.
Heiurich and Chas.
former the father-in-law
latter the brother-in-law of
Boening, and notified them
tragic ending of their relative
then returned to Schulent
Mr. Blaske with the int
going to Galveston to
funeral services, which
there Tuesday afternoon.
however reached SchuU
late to catch the east bound i
Mr. Boening was thirty years <
age and was a young man
regarded by his many
leaves a wife and a host
tives and friends to mourn 1
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King, W. R. The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1902, newspaper, December 25, 1902; Schulenburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth189045/m1/2/: accessed May 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Schulenburg Public Library.