The Marion County News. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1916 Page: 4 of 4
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Increasing' Our Revenues*
A Htlf Million Dollars From Swaot Potatoes
(By Chamber of Commerce)
Increasing our nivunuos a
half million dollars from swoet
potatoes is not alto'^otlior an i'lln
; ipo driMin nor t.lin fan<:y of an
ODfcimistiu rom nicer. It is es-
Kvery mumb-j r of this oi'j^ani/.
ation li is t uu n > 'i an I this num
!><• r is da'jM'l on his potato sacks.
The agi'iit of tho p jtato organ-
ization gists togutli'if a car of po-
timati!il tliat tli !i« :ir<. more than It-itoe-i prep irc.l fur mirlcet uc
one th jus m l farms in this 00m- I nonJin ; to tho i.-loptntl standard
ty. If a thousuid farms should hind is in a position to guarantee
of potato ;s to j to a buyer that said potatoes wil.
ip to this
average live a :r<
eaeh farm, a million bush :1s of
potatoes should be. produced. A
million bushels of potatoes at
fifty cents per bushel will be a,
hal f in i I lion dollars.
There is not much question
that the farmers if this county
can and could bo induced to pro-
duce a m i I lion bushels of potatoes
if they could see a reasonable
prospect for a market. VViien
one ti'lcs about, a million bushels
of sweet potatoes, the first thing
one hears is that there is no mar-
ket for such a crop.
There is a fair market for prac-
tically everything prod need if
we know how to prepare for and
find that market. Under the
present system of marketing that
h is grown up among our people
and business interest, there is
hardly any market for the few
hundred bushels or thousands ol
bushels that is produced in this
county.
To market a thousand bushels
of potatoes or a million bushels,
there musi be,some organization
and system. Tiieextention work
of our state and national govern-
ments are roeouinuending a very
simple plan of , *gttni>sation, in
fact so simple than one is stir
prised iliat ■vejiavi' not adopted
it a long time.ago. . To illustrate
the workings of su< h an organis-
ation, let us say thai twenty live
p rod ucer s com pose this organic
ation, a board ofdirectors i^, elect
vd who appoint a selling agent.
Kvery ineuiber ol this oi'gatiiza
Vi.vM in i Hl'i'iV.trC
potatoes for market according to
ii certain standard. Say one of
the requirements is that potatoes
must be sacked and in these
sacks only certain size potatoes
are to be out, no strings, over
large ones, or rotten ones to be
placed in sa'i'fs.
come up to i/ns standard. If in
this cir a bid sack of po
tatoes is foun I by th 1 buyer, he
report < it to the agon t of tiie or-
ganization, gi ving num be r of ::ack
The agmt can in this way trace
the poor sack of potatoes right
back to the man who put it in
and this mail has to put up or get
out of the organization.
Perhaps th s greitest thing
about the marketing of any farm
product is its pivparition for
market. I t has he ;omc absolute-
ly imp >rative th it all pro I nets to
be sold in anv market must be
prepared and guaranteed to be
up to a certain standard. The
only way that the producer can
do this is ti. organize. This or
ganization must work on strict
business principles. The rules
of the organization must be fol-
lowed to the letter. In this way
a reputation can easily be built
up in the markets, ofalways pack
ing products according to a cer-
tain standard. Violate these
rules a few times and an opposite
reputation will be built up.
It has been demonstrated by
organizations of this kind that
sweet potatoes can be raised and
marketed at an average price of
lil'ty cents par bushel. With a
market practically assured, our
people will soon be producing the
half million dollars worth of po
tatoes a year.
The Ji ITerson Chamber of Com
merce believes that there,- are
Ll . •
wonderful opportunities ,. ')e
Wil V <>r rncirasod rcvoK;*',1*<r«. r>
<'• U"'./it,/'
agricultural products for or* ur
people, both business man and
producei. i t will take a littl ■
c.ooperatior. and oriranization and
the ( iiambor of Commerce pro
poses to do every ti i i ig it can to
bring about these results.
D { ) )) ) ' >! •" ).') -
RIAL REFRKSEN TATIV K
Dr. .J. A. Dodd of Nash, Howie
county, was in the city this be-
fore noon, and informed the
News representative that he has
announced his candidacy for
flotorial representative of this
| district, composed of Marion,
j ("ass and Howie counties; which''
position has been held by Judge
I Jo we 11 foi th<! last several terms,
The doctor authorized the News
to make his announcement here
but, owing to the fact that the j
N: vs' forms were practically
made up and ready to put on the J
press at the tinn . it can only an j
Inounce to its readers the laet of
WIRE YOUR HO.TtE
MONTH
March 15th to April 15th is "Wire Your Home Month" and a universal
campaign, national wide, is being made at this time to wire your
home at bargain prices. Until April 15th we will take or-
ders to wire your home and offer you the following
bargains on wiring orders received dur-
ing this time:
hi
and
announcement,
his platform of principles
future issue of the News.
savi
for
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RENOVATE JEFFERSON ! Ill
FI9E NOTICE!
I want fifteen or twenty active
,\ oung men to volunteer for the
purposes of reorganizing the
(Jem I'M re Company No -. Meet
ing will be held at City iS'ecre
tiiry\s office on Monday evening
April !!rd, l'.llli, at. *:()() o'clock,
for the purpose of taking a 'ti<>n.
.1. M. DeVVare Sr.
ti -
IAMl SAUK: Kino Location for a
small saw mill,!! miles from
StaIlls, on T. it IV II K. ti mil. s
N 10. of JefTerson. Kasy Terms
write to .1. u. lAird, Amarillo,
Texas. Jl-liOlti.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Last Sunday at the C. 1*.
jchureh I'as tor Joyuer, preached
at II. a. m. and at 7:i!0 p. in.
I lis morning Theme was "Be-
coming a Kingdom member".
Kvening the subject of the ser-
mon was,
"Is nature impersonal and un-
impassioned or is Cod in nature?
Good congregations were pre-
sent at each service.
Dr. J. L. Moseie.v the dentist,
went to Hughs Spring# Tuesday,
on professional business.
The NKWS $1.00.
ANNOUNCEMENT.. .
"If: I rs HERE ITS NEW
II I I S NEW Irs HERE"
ann<)uiu'e the opening ol our Now one
price Cash Store with a "N1CVV" and com-
plete line of Dry Goods, (i,;iit.s Furnishings,
Shoes, Groceries, etc. With Miss Mamie
Niedennier in charge of the Dry Goods and
Mr. George Jakob in our Grocery Depart-
ment, we will give you very prompt and ef-
ficient service. You are cordially invited to
inspect our stock or Phone 222.
SEGAL BROS.
At the request of the Civic
League I hereby appoint and set
apart next week <beginning Mon-
day. March liTth) especially for
cleaning up and beautiful .lefl'er-
] son.
If our people could only realize
| the importance of this move we
would not be compelled to call
ti eir attention to it time after
time and with such poor results
as we had last year with some
few exceptions.
The health of our community
and of our families demand that
we join hands with the Civic
League and assist tliein in their
undertaking. Begin Monday J
March :!7th, and continue the
work through the week.
On Friday tile - J1 s t, the City
Wagon will call and take up the
empty cans if you will place them
at a convenient place. Out little
city is showing much improve
m«nt and we expect to witness a
still greater growth and improve-
ment, above all lets have A Clean
Town K. .1 Daniel
Mayor of Jefferson
HOMES WIRED AND CONNECTED
To our lines, taking no less than 6 drop cord lights at $2.30 each, we
will give free one (j lb Thermax Electric Iron, or you may have installed
without additional charge one front porch light, consisting of 1 6"R. I.
Ball shade and 40 Watt Lamp controlled by push button switch locat-
ed in hall or room adjoining the front porch.
This offer holds good only for the time specified, and does not apply to ex=
tensions made to wiring for our present customers. The home wir-
ed must be a new customer, and the wiring must be done
-ffijy-* by the Jefferson Ice and Light Co.
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IV,
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Placdlyour order at once, and take this opportunity to have your home
wired at these cheap prices. Call 200 for any further information.
"Clean Up Week" has been ex-
tended in two weeks, instead of
one. Oct busy anc clean up a-
round your premises this week
and next. The trash wagons
will call for the trash free, if you
will let them know. Lets make
Jefferson clean.
seen a few'
knew, and / g.'Jy
ABK SFf-M.
ISSIE SKGAL
- a ;>.«rar::ar
To The Voters cf Precinct No 3.
(Joutlemeii:
It is with the greatest of re-
grets, that I have to use this
means to talk to you, and tell you
what I wish to tell, hut time and
other matters have forced me to
use this means. 1 did so wish to
see everyone of you personally
and speak to you but the limited
time I have* and having a living
to make being a "common work-
ing man," I am forced to speak
to you through printonly. 1 atq.
glad to say that 1 have set
of my friends whom I
who knew me, but i'm sorry,
very sorry I could not see every-
one of you. Now Friends, i'm a
candidate for Constable of Pre
cinct No I!, and I will promise
nothing mote than this, 1 will do
all in my power to enforce the
law and further, 1 expect to
treat everyone alike A friend is
a friend, and I appreciate a
friend as highly as anyone could
I appreciate one, but when he
, breaks the law he is a law break-
er, and should expect nothing
j else but that justice should be
given and he be declared Guilty
or Innocent by a judge or jury.
1 promise to do the very best I
can ani« give to the people the
bi st service I can render if elect-
ed, if defeated I will hold no ill
will against any man as I'm sure
that every voter will cast his
vote for the one lie thinks is best
I fitted for the office of Constable,
and who they think will perform
their duty. Now f riends, 1 again
ask you to consider my CL \ IMS
and to not think t hat I appreciate
you any less because I didn't
call oil you personally but it was
land isbecau-e I have to hustle
for a living but I hope that on
April -'J 1 Mti, I will be able to
YOURS FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE
Jefferson lce& Light Company
Heat Light Power
| REDUCED RATES MINIMUM CHARGE
$1.00
9
jBBSSBHfBBEl
mamma mnxii
see and speak to you all and have
a begining of a long chain of
friendship that will prove lasting
regard less of whether I am e-
lected or defeated.
Sincerely, /won
Henry li. MarUVl -
Dr. Dreesona staunch reader
of the News was in the city yes
terday.
Hussey & WLelan lost two
buildings on their farm three
miles south of Jefferson, last
Thursday. The loss is about
Al 200.
Fresh Florida Cucumbers at
Jno. A. Feilder's Grocery Store.
R. P. Gaines, Tratic Manager
for the Texas-Louisiana Naviga-
tion Company of Texarkana, was
in the city Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday consulting with the
directors-"-nd othei officers of
bwnftoy iy and, incidently,. ar
move his family to
<,s,snon as the schools
afBHJu^V-^exarkana. Mr. Gain
esvofty a NKWS representative
that lie will have boats playing
up and down the river within the
next sixty days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A Alford have
the sympathy of their friends
during the very serious illness
of Mrs. Alford. The NEWS
trusts this good lady will soon
regain her usual good health.
Stetson Hats at Segal Bros $3 45.
Teachers' Examination
An examination for teacher'
certificates will be held at the
Domestic Science Hall on Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday, April
ti. 7 and 8.
Thursday: All permanent sub-
jects.
Friday: Physicial geography,
physiology, composition, arith-
metic, Texas history, grammar,
descriptive geography, and geo
rnetry.
Saturday: The remainder of
1st and -ad grade subjects.
Kxamitation will begin at *:3()
a. m. Al.ce Emmert.
SIX TEXANS
PERISH IN FIRE
ONIO COUNTRY CLUB HOUSE
SUMED EARLY SUNDAY
DEATH FOLLOWS SOCIAL EVEN!
Amonqr Those Whose Bodies Art
Reduced Almost to Ashes Are
Wen Prominent In Legal and Alsc
Business Circles
In a tiro that destroyed the San An
tonio country club house six persons
itl-a their lives, as follows.
Mrs Maco Stewart, Galveston,
James D Walthall and wife, San
Antonio
Judge J E Webb. San Antonio.
Homer Jones, San Antonio
V Helen Cockrell maid at the club
Earl It. GatTord and wife and Al
fred Hilroye, Stewart, were injured ic
fscapmg
The Are, which started at 3 o'clock
in the morning1, shortly after a dinner
party had been entertained by Mrs J
1 arleton LaPrelle of San Antonio
Five of the victims were among the
guests All bodies were so charred
as to make identification almost im-
possible
The club house cost J3o,0fl0and $15,
000 Improvements were recently made
Insurance carried was Kin,noo Fire
started anions.' paint in the uasement
Mr Walthall was at one time the
attorney general of Texas Mrs
Stewart was prominent socially
PLANNED TO KILL AMERICANS.
REFUGEES AT GALVESTON SPEAK OF
BANQUET IN TAMPICO.
At Tatnpico there was held a ban-
quet of Mexicans at which it was pro-
posed to plan a campaign to kill all
Americans in the Tampieo district,but
through the influence of Carranza of-
ficers the plan was not put into efTect
News of it leaked out to Americans in
the district and an exodus of them
from the oil Held commenced
Nine refugees arrived at Galveston
on the Morgan lank snip Topila with
the story of the banquet. Five of the
party are women, one with a small
child, and are the wives of prominent
oil men They reported that they left
Tampieo and the surrounding country i
quiet. >iut that there was a peculiar
tenseness hanging over the air iu the
oil tieids like a cloud. A large num-
ber of others wanted to come on the
Topila. but there was no room,
Slokness Thine Ranks,
American mMier*. unaccustomed to
weather conditions south of the bor-
der. are dropping out from pneumon
anil dysentery. Seven soldiers arr,
at El I'aso for treatment in the,
liiiss military hospital and the
graphic stories of how sick
thinning the ranks of Gener
ing's column. The semi-ti;
the desrrt -trwufrr-b-
victims by day, it is asset
cold of the Mexican nights'
ed in a pneumonia epideinieo?
proportions. Insullicient watt
caused much suffering After tt
of cainp fare along the border
soldiers have found it Impossible
march on the meager ration allowed
by the quartermaster One week of
marching on a diet of beans bacon,
cutTee and bread has placed a number
of «oldiers under the care of physi«
clan*, and the more seriously affected
are sent back to the border as rapidly
as possible When dysentery was dis-
covered in thi ranks the medical corps
immediately inrreased precautions as
to the use of impure water Sanitary
precautions also were redoubled
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY INVALID
THIS IS UNANIMOUS OPINION OF THE
TEXAS SUPREME COURT
The presidential primary act of tho
Thirty-third Texas legislature was
held by the state supreme court to be
unconstitutional and unenforceable in
a unanimous opinion handed down by
Chief Justice N'eison Phillips Ruling
is based on the payment of expenses
of -ucb primary •lections out of the
public funds
'Tested by legal principles which
are clear and established the payment
of the expenses of primary elections
of political parties is not a public
purpose for which public revenus may
be used, and in our opinion the act in
question is. therefore,unconstitutional
and nonenforceable," is the way the
opinion reads
German Steam r Sunk,
The sinking by a Russian warship
of the steamer Esparanza off the Ru-
manian coast is reported in a Renter
dispatch tiled ;it Bucharest The Es
eeransta a 7,000-ton vessel flying t'
Herman flag, is said to have b
n.ided with foodstuffs for Const
nople The crew was capture''
iispatch also reports the sinl
<core of small sailing ship
foes of food
One year, One
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The Marion County News. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1916, newspaper, March 30, 1916; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235635/m1/4/: accessed May 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.