The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 17, No. 51, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 16, 1926 Page: 50
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Hut few of the boys who went lorth
lo cattle for n land under the Hon
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ti d the story of thosa awful days Uut
if ihe good women who wiped tears
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i he i < f no living Most of them
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h are yet upon Times side
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ps bespeak the ravages of time many
their minda are as clear as a silver J
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In udc profitable trom the Maid > omt
of ale of tho birds but iuiuectly
tlnr value to the fanner van hardly he
est mated sillft turkev > possess all ill
Mt tble appetite for ras hoppi > rs and
gi hopper an tin bane of a farmer s
l fo mi they denudi and lu > wnle to
hi holds of growing crops So the
coiouv agent says Wtwul of furnishing
iiops to fnttengiKtf hopiHrrs v1iy
not iim the grasshoppers to fatten turkey
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TurkeyRaising on Hie Scale
In many sections of Texas farmers
havo alreadyestablished themselves
as raisors of turkeys on a big scale and
many of their names are familiar to buy
ersof this great Americnnjiird Kvcry
car turkey huyprs invade these farms
snow battle A line
1 was formed with
the regiments jud
a good throwing
distance apart An
agreement wa en
le red into that
nothing but snow
i should he thrown
that no bats bones
hard sub
be wrap
ped ii the snow
hall Soon the
l er tir was tilled
with now Fird
one regiment then
i the other would
i he foieed back a
few vnrds only to
rally and muke ain
w charge It was
gnal fun for a
tint but the de
T IS difficult for us to think of a Were you over in ft battle on Christ
time when Christmas was not mas day I asked an old boy who
jjj aenson of glndnoss of music of enlisted with it Louisiana regiment soon
mirth and noise Vet there have
been such times even in otir dear old
Southland and one of the limes wax but
Httle more than sfxty years ago Christmas
was indeed a great < lRy in the old
South when there wan much wealth
many mansion houses and happy
noisy negro slaves to do most of he
work Croat wore the Christmas celebrations
of beforethewar times but
one fateful day the tocsin sounded and
the flower and the chivalry of the Southland
rushed from the stores the shops
and the plantations to the defense of
h no nnd native land and then for four
years Christmas was a sad and gloomy
after the first call was made and fought
until the Stars and Bars were forever
furled at Appomattox No I never
i was ho replied And when I asked
what his company and regiment did
I when Christmas came his mind went
back to the dark days of Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge and other scenes of
carnage As I remember he finally
said Christmas with the soldier boys
I was the same as any other day Whatever
we were doing wo kept on doing
there win no more and no loss to eat no
conation of labor and nothing to mark
the coming or presence of the day He
studied a minute and then raising his
dav for most of those who claimed the voice said Oh yes I do remember be
Soulhland as their homo sad for those i ing in a battle on Christmas day Wo
who were far from home wrapping
their blankets around them at night to
dream of fninwny loved > nes with no
shelter save the ntarlit canopy of heaven
and Had for those who were left at
home wondering whether father sons
husbands and brotheri were dead or living
kad indeed for the mothers who
nightly gatheieil their little ones
around the heatthdoiies of the little
homes on the hill id s and in the vtl
Ic to prav for the return of thoc they
It < d ho dcarlv nod needed nniih
Chridmas Kw did imt alwa > mean the
coming of good ill Santa in those park
i time Ttoif were four nnmver
siiu1 of the fJ > iiir
were in Tonnoeseu when Christmas
came the boys somehow felt a little
frnlieky A Uic snow was on the
ground and some of the soldiers being
in a playful mood began snowballing
which proved a great diversion Finally
two of the Confederate regiment decided
to have a
j sire for vii < > r was too
turning the good humor of the iiegn
ning into bitturneHS and fmalU the
agreement t > throw onh snow wa m
jiited by all The throweis wrapped
fork nnd Imne in thtur snowballs and
1 many of the iighters were knot Wed down
ami lett the Melie With blood heads
Ho bitter did the fight become that the
officers had to stop it which was by no
maun an easy thing to do
Speaking of the events of hat Chnst
inan warmed up the memory of another
veteran and he recalled what took place
on another Christmusday The 1Vd
erals and the Confederates were very
close together within easy speaking
distance Both armies had been in inanv
fights had seen comrades fall from the
enemy s bullets some who were in line
Hi toiled for the honor and glory had received wounds and naturally they
hated each other with a hatred nbout as
bitter as the human breast can carry
But oi Christmas lay a better feeling
came into the hearts of the fighters
The roofed and Yanks began talking
from line to line They gave each other
tobacco and coffee and played poker in
the open space between the lines The
nod bin up the iiilue tloik for the
Hunk giving and I hristmas market
There are logical reasons why Texas
should become n great commercial
turkey market Big farms coiiMsting
j of hundred of acres of land furnish
ample range that is so necessar > in suc
coHftfuily maturing the birds There is
1 sufficient woodland on most Texas
i farms to k o them shade and secret
I hiding plan tor making their nets
1 for tuikivs unlike the moie domc
ticated ihiikens like to go long ills
taiicc Iiom habitation and lav their
egi where human foot is not in the
hibti of treading
HeeaiiM of this wild spirit donu
raut in tuike > s there io a fascination
about raising the fowl not to be
lound in chicken raising The young
ot the turkey is much harder to
rive to inaTurity than woo chicks
1 hey must be carefully fed else the
death rate will mount up high A
farmer who will devote a part of his
1 time and the neco nry attention to
> the raising of turkeys will have a
1 side line that cannot fail to help nun
over in those years when cotton
prices are low and genoral farmS
croiks not st profitable
No into American can vision a
Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner
without the stately proaonce ot
this princely bird which has
contributed more than any oth
er ouo factor to the success
of those two American anniversaries
Sjncu tho days of our Pilgrim
Fathers thoughts of Christmas iuvaria
bly eonjuro up tables weighted with
roast fowls cranberry smiee pumpkin
pies and the many other
viands
fraternal feeling grew until disorganization
was threatened and the officers
ordered the soldiers to their trenches
And then the old soldier gave utterance
to a truth which has been impressed
upon all of us many times Somehow
it just seemed that Christmas took
away our hates and gave us a kindlier
feeling toward all mankind Three days
after this Christmasday fraternizing
the soldiers of the North and the soldiers
nf the South were shooting and
clubbing each other to death
A Christmas Service in Camp
The most impressive Christmas service
I evor attended said a veteran who
is now Hearing the age of 00 was in the
army in 18GI The chaplain of our regiment
was a lovable Christian man and
he carried his Christianity into the
army One of our officers also was a
minister Our army had fared badly
and it hnd begun to dawn upon many
that oar cause was a lost cause The
soldier were ragged and provisions
were scan Ihe little news that had
been reiei ed from home wa mofly
sslrong bad news It scorned that continued
hardhip had hardened the hearts of
the Mildieis and many who had been
good members of the chtinh at home
had fallen into the use of bitter protan
it The chaplain read as his Scripture
h s oii the account of the birth of Jesu >
and the off her who wus a minister led
n fervent prayer praying especially for
the folks at home the fathers mothers
brothers sisters and children Then
all joined in singing the fine old hymn
How Firm a Foundation It seemed
that tho last verse of this hymn ending
with the words Ill never no never no
iwvor forsake gave the men new
hearts and despair was turned into
hope The Chaplain preached a great
sermon using as his text the Scripture
And the people shall beat their swords
into plowhares and their spears into
pruning hooks and man shall war
against man no more lie pictured the
cruelties nnd the hardships of war its
horrors and its waste then turned
hopefully to his text and pictured tho
time when men should know each other
betterwhen the world would accept
the teachings of the Xnazrone and all
gTurkey Crop Now
Turkey Once Wild and I ndonieslicated
There was a time hoSvever when the
turkey wild and undomesticated furnished
the pioneer family with its only
Christmas dinner Grandfather nearly
always went out on a clear cold night
shortly before Christmas day after having
previously located a wild tur
lvev roivt and with his trusty
shotgun brought down from the
highest limb in the tree the finest
and largest gobbler to be found
in all of the woods Carrying the
monster bird on his shoulder he would
tempting i come staggering into the 1 ig roughly
j built kitchen where grandmother and
i > i i > t > I >
I men would dwell In peace This he declared
was the mission of Jesus Christ
to the world and urged all to put their
trust In Him who was able to save even
to the uttermost It was a sweetly solemn
service and there was joy even in
the camp of ragged homesick soldiers
Of course the poor fellows had nothing
to give but there were warmer handclasps
gentler greetings and a more
charitable feeling because of that
Christmas service and the soldiers were
far more willing to share their tobacco
withtheir comrades
A Christmas Tree in the Army
1 remember hearing a veteran I used
to know in Tennessee tell of a Christmas
tree that was given by his company
I one Christmas Eve The soldier boys
recalled the Christmas trees at home
I and concluded to carry out the ChristI
mas tree scheme While the tree was
I 1 conceived and carried out in a spirit of
fun it had its pathetic side because the
soldiers had nothing to put on a tree
However cnch soldier in the company
received a present duly labeled Some
received a cart
I lindly lwt > of the onftilemte rruiincats decided to ltae a mhiw lailtlc
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Christmas With the Johnny RebsAnd
many a good laugh
awav the time
ridge some rocks
some pieces of
wood whittled out
to resemble something
some a chew
of tobacco and
ome other things
of no more value
The captain received
the great
present of the oc
canon which was
the tail of a squirrel
that one of the
soldiers had killed
There was a big
laugh when the
itptains name
was called out and
his present was
displayed It was
a poor imitation of
a Christmas tree
but it caused
and helped pass
A Wet Wigon
An exConfederate who passed to his
n ward some years ago told of a rather
hilarious Christmas spent in camp The
company had made a raid on the Yankees
and captured among other things
a wagon When the wagon was rolled in
one of tho soldiers noticed that there
was a large iron pipe under the bed
Further investigation revelled the fact
that there was a faucet on the pipe The
faucet was opened and Io a red liquid
flowed The senses of sight and taste
revealed the fact that the liquid was
whiskey of a good grade Buckets were
brought and the contents of the pipe
emptied into them There was a drink
for all who wished and some drank
more than was good for them But it
was a hilarious Christmas very unexpected
and novel made so by the appearance
of John Barleycorn
Hardships at Home
The hardships endured by the soldiers
especially during the latter part
other members of the family sat around
the ihimneyfire knitting nnd darning
or else piecing together scraps of the
tiniest bit of cloth into that much
prized quilt that today is an heirloom of
pioneering times in many Texas homes
And grandfather was proud of his
shot To sally forth with his hunting
equipment and search the woods
in quest of wild game to spot his
favorite birds r osting place and at
the opportune time take accurate
aim and with one shot of his gun
lay the giant bird struggling at his
feet imparted a thrill that comes
of conquest and marked perhaps
the most eventful occurrence that
took place during the entire year in
til life of that household
In these modern days the thrill
innics not to the consumer in the
spurt of killing his bird but to the
Texas farmer who has wisely
watched his flock grown his feed
nnd sensed the satisfaction that lies
in the feel of a nicesized bank roll
paid to him as the result of his honest
toil
On the other hand there are
munhers of Texas families who will
not have turkey on their tables this
vcar choosing rather the spring
htn The alert farmer is ready also
to supply this demand For the past
few years poultry culture has
been gaining steadily until today
there Is scarcely a county
in the State that does not boast a big
commercial hatchery and often two and
three
About the first thing the progressive
< farmer of Texas does these days is
to build modern poultry houses as the
1 first unit to improving his farm His
And THeir Families
of the Lost Cause
By J H LOWRY
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of the war are indescribable but perhaps
they were not greater than the
hardships endured by those at home A
friend who was a mere boy during the
war period told me of one of the diffi L
i culties encountered by his mother ii
s preparing the scant Christmas dinner
for her family Fortunately there was
meal eggs and chickens and possibly
other eatables but there was no salt
People can get along without sugar and
many other things usually found on tables
but they cannot get along without
salt At that time salt for that community
had to be hauled a long distance
The supply had given out and the wagon
expected from the salt works did not
arrive Christmas was near there was
no salt and the neighbors had none to 7
loan There was an old dirtfloor smokehouse
on the place where salt and salty
meat had long been stored As a last resort
the salty dirt was dug up boiled
down and enough salt made to insure
the preparation of the Christmas dinner
and a few other meals Its an odd
story but my friend vouched for the
truthfulness thereof
Christmas Dinner Stolen
The saddest Christmas story of wartimes
ever related to me was told by a
good old mother who was a neighbor of
my people in Tennessee This story I
heard when a child and it was so pathetic
that 1 found it difficult to keep
back tears at tho time of its recital and
when my mind reverted to it for many
days thereafter The Federals had
scoured the country taking or destroy
ing nearly everything found in the way
of eatables What little the people had
they kept hidden from the enemy
Christmas came on and from various
nooks and corners provision was brought
forth for the Christmas dinner The
good mother on account of the day
was more liberal than usual in the preparation
of the meal Tho very best vas
brought and in more liberal quantities
than for the evervday dinner When
all had been prepared and the good
mother was ready to call the ea < rer children
to the able and thank God for the
blessing bestowed upon her and her dependents
a noise was hoard at the door
When the door was opened three soldier
rushed in seized nearly all the food insight
and departed leaving the mother
brokenhearted and the hungry children
in tears The Christmas dinner in that
home was a very poor affair and the
words Merry Christmas a mockery
to that poor mother and the little ones
she was battling bravely to shield from
the wolf of hunger
A Furlough the Best Christmas Gift
Christmas was a happy day to a few
even in the awful days when our land
was torn and bleeding from internecine
strife when many were hungry and
many were cold when many far from
home suffered in dirty prison camps
from wounds and disease and when
many brave mothers sent their little
ones to bed without hope of a visit from
good old Santa The happiest Christmas
that many knew was when a kindhearted
officer furloughcd a husband
and father and permitted him to spend
Continued on Pago 5 CoJumn iJ
For the Annual
Yuletide Feast
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By
M K WYATT
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flocks of pure bred poultry range from
100 to 1000 and standardization of the
birds is coming about rapidly White
Leghorns being the favorite breed for
ogi production and S C Reds Barred
Rocks and White Wyandottes chosen
for early fryers
County Agenis Expect 100 Per Cent
Incrense
The county agents believe that the
poultry business including the raising
of turkeys will increase 100 per cent in
the next five years over the present
industry on the average farm The soil
in all parts of Texas they declare
is ideal for raising fowls of all kinds
The birds require a warm dry climate
with plenty of sunshine and in this
spect Texas climate is second
to California
The paved highway system of the
State is another factor in favor of rais
ing all kinds of domestic fowls for the
market With good roads reaching into
every section of tho country it will bean
easy matter to ship the surplus stock
at all seasons of the year
So with the farmers and the farmers
wives working throughout the year and
the farm agents and home demonstration
agents assisting and encouraging
them in every way it is expected that
every family in Texas who wants
roast turkey for the Christmas holidays
will be supplied from the hatch
eries and barnyards of the Texas
farmers The outside world 1
Texas Oklahoma and Miss
duce the great bulk of tu
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Engleman & Engleman. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 17, No. 51, Ed. 2, Thursday, December 16, 1926, newspaper, December 16, 1926; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45650/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.