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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-12-19
wet weather.

sas is very billy and broken,
with lots of small timber. Only
cultivated in patches. Between
Lampasas and Austin rode with
Harring, who travels and buys
seed for the Houston Oil Mill,
three hundred and eighty tons
capacity. He says he has travelled
the cotton section of Texas for
ten years past; that crops were
the same as before the WeeyllS |
made their appearance; that none
Of the farmers destroyed cotton
stalks in the fall; none Of them
pick up squares, and very few
fertilize, or get prolific or i'm
proved seed. That the WeeVlls
do no damage, unless there is too
much rain in the fruiting season.
At Hearne, in the Brazos bot
tom, we examined the fields Of
Mr.. Lewis. near Valley junction,
which was all under water in
MAY. This was rather rank
cotton, too thick, but will make,
or rather, has made half d bale
per acre. We went down in the
bottom of Mr.. Reeds place, a
: portion of his land was also under
!. water for three Or four days in
q May, but his place will average
O half bale per acre. Saw and
talked with Mr.. Scott, vino has 4
Il six hundred-acre farm, five miles
p from Hearne, in the bottom. one
# half of which was under Watel
\ three or four days in May. Ht
s has gathered three hundred ant
% twenty five bales, and is no
N through picking, besides making
ID q corn crop. Mr.. Henry, mana
ger Of Hearne Compress, an
\, representing McFadden Bros
;, cotton buyers, says whole see
II ton is prosperous, and crop
%, were good as before the WeeVil
&c came; told us that Mr.. Charlie
-, Wood, swamp planter and bus
ness associate of his, ginned 6I
bales from 600 acres OF land, an
~ was still picking.
At Palestine, found sectit
W. much like our own: Iimbere
broken and billy. Spent Il
day with Mr.. 2. Broughten. Il
crops have been just as go
since the weevils came as beto
=, He showed us eighteen acres
, ordinary hill land, from VII,
he gathered in 1906, the Wo
-, wear of the boil weevil, ~
pounds of lint cotton, or pra
W. callly fourteen and q half
Nv. pound bales. Mr.. Brongh
:, has been offered Il position
, vs. DR.. Knapp to travel and instr
Mississippi farmers, but he .
"" he cannot advocate the views
Ne. the experts, and would not
W." ", cept. He planted one crop
N der the directions OF the Cove
0iN' ment experts and quit, as
WV made more under his own P
'0 He told US of d crop OF neigh
",r(' that on about fifteen acres
W. spent Sl25 picking up squa
',0e' this year. This man 5 crop
oaV' not as good as Mr.. Broughte
i"'' who has been cultiyatlng W
W. ,.a his neighbor was picking
oi'ilo squares. Mr.. Broughten :
L W his land the famlly's, tire
OOoN' four brothers) crops were
y, on " good as before there were
weevils. They have beeen Il
@'ooo inc the same lands for the
'''e twelve years. His idea l
ance' plant in April prolific cotton,
NIL tiyate early, often and late,
iii'o y, you will make cotton, tie
WIN not use any fertilizer on co
D Tile 1.la ,,,;fb pprT
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-12-19

dliet III ul1slAJ IIldCS'o tWo w UllISe
stalks in the hill. There had
been twenty seven bales gather
ed from this land this year. We
talked with about a dozen farm
ers at this point, and they said
this land had never made more
than a half bale per acre and
would have done as we'll this
year but was injured by fifteen
days rain in July. This was
rocky prairie soil
At and near Corsicana we eX-
amined fields and talked with at
least fifty men, some who had
planted as late as July, and all Of
them, without exception, said
that while Weevils were plentiful,
that they were making as much
per acre as before they were
heard of. The reason for the
late planting was wet weather.
At Waco, we met Mr.. Cox, one
: Of the most progressive farmers
: in McClennan County. He owns
and works his farm Of sixty
/ acres at China Grove, eight miles
+ from Waco, fer which he has re-
e fused $1,000. He has, this year,
S made thirty bales of cotton, aver
Il aging 600 pounds. Says: Wee
S wills hurt some, but rather have
Q them with 9-cent cotton, than be
). free of them with 7-cent. " Mr.
|. Cox is an up-to-date man anC
If buys the best and most prolific
II cotton seed. He says in we
IS seasons weeyils do most damage
IS He has never destroyed BIZ
S, stalks until ready to prepare tn
70 land for another cotton crop il
of the spring, and has never plcke'
Id up any forms.
At McGregor, talked wit
in a number of farmers, and exam
" med fields. They, one and al
i'd say the yield is the same as b'
av fore the weevil came, and none
IS them destroyed their stalk
de picked up forms or fortified.
zee At Lampasas, went to se
ho Colonel Stringfellow, who adv
,pt Gates late planting. He is /
Ter elegant gentleman, and treat'
cir us royalty. He planted his tir
in cotton crop last year. This We
on, his crop consisted Of a toy
nd block and five eighths OF an &C
en- in another The larger bio
ose had the stalks pulled up a
nc hauled away and was planted
or burr clover. On the other
ize, the stalks had been pulled
hey but we're still on the groul
Is, He told us he mad made on t
nm fve-eighths of an acre l,6OO |
the Of seed cotton. Worlds W
ant der" It was the best cotton
S or saw i'll Texas, and good eno'
The for anywhere. His patch '
0 be full of weevils, although
ear thought there we're none the
pril. and SO stated to US before
not examined it. This land had b
can worked like a flower garden,
he said he planted June l.
q is are sure that if he had plan
,ino the same seed at an earlier
that his crop would have been m
and rally larger. This crop
raise vinced us of the value OF pre-
,ispd cotton. We went with him
70 a see Mr.. McGlonacle's cot
arm. same seed, planted April 3,
h to town lot, 3-foot rows and drl
,saoe poorly worked, but it made l.
owns pounds of seed cotton to
nors acre. This cotton had no cha
Mis-. From there we went to see
shift Miller, who planted com
,onee seed in May, and his crop
,o+ ovcead one-half bale to
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-12-19
A Brighter Side to Boil Weevil Situation

Recently the Board Of Super
visors of Jefferson County Mis-
sissippi appropriated money to
defray the expenses of a COM
mission at prominent planters OF
the county to the boil weeyil-in-
tested districts of Texas to make
an investigation of conditions for
the benefit of the farming people.
DR.. W. H. Lewis and M. V. Case,
Of the Commissioners, have re-
turned, having visited twenty
five infected counties in Texas,
and the following is the report
submitted:
Board of Supervisors Of JEFF
ferson County: Gentlemen We,
your Committee, went to Harrl-
son, Gregg, Upshur, Wood, Van
Zandt, Kaufman, Tarrant, Ellis,
Navarro, Hill, McClennan, Bell,
Lampasas, Burnett, Coryell,
Travis, Williamson, Milan, Rob
ertson, Leon, Anderson, Chero-
kee and Smith Counties, com
prising the best cotton belt OF
Texas, and representing all
classes of soil, and conditions un'
der which we grow cotton, some
of these being prairie, others
mountainous, with only small
patches in cultivation; the BrazoS
and Trinity River sections being
low and like our swamp lands
Around Palestine, in Anderson
a section very much like on
hills, and around Longview, on
piny wood section, we made trip
- and examined fields i'll Dalla
and Tarrant, Bell and LamDasas
} Anderson, Gregg, and Navarr
} Counties. These were typical c
prairie, swamp, oak, hill an
} piny wood lands.
; Boil weevils we're pIen. iful i
: all sections. We lost no oppo
: tunity to talk with farmers, an
: they one and all think that the
: make as much cotton per acre
z thew did before the weevik mac
: it's appearance. We failed to s.
. or hear Of single farmer WI
= destroyed his stalks, exec
! when ready to plant anoth
I crop. In many places the
! grain, was planted and up,
! lands planted this year in eott{
; and the stalks were still star
! ing. Very few pay any atte
5 ton to seed selection, but the
: who do find it exceedingly p
( ftable. None of the prairie
5 river bottom planters fertill
) and very few elsewhere. LII
plant from April 10 to July
~ but the most progressive tal
E ers say April 10 to ~ IS
s proper time, and that later pla
s inc is most often due to rains
s other unpreventable causes.
s consensus Of opinion seems &c
s that you should not plant too {
s ", but about the middle of Al
8 Plant a prolific variety and 90
s put in more acreage than you
: thoroughly cultivate.
& AS to Investigation, there
+ none to amount to anyth
8 Thev plant all of the cotton
8 they think they can work
s pick or get picked. They I
E now, and always have IA
& their own grain. Hogs a.
E scarce commodity, not one Ii
s er in fifty will have enough
& furnish spareribs and sau
WV for his family. Around the &c
there are some truck farm
! as you will find around the
: sissippi towns. Only the
less have thrown up the sp
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-12-19

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they think they can work anu
pick or get picked. They raise
now, and always have raised
their own grain. Hogs are a
scarce commodity, not one farm
err in fifty will have enough TO
furnish spareribs and sausage
for his family. Around the towns
: there are some truck farmers,
as YOU will find around the Mis-
sissippi towns. Only the shift
less have thrown up the sponge
and abandoned cotton; any man
that is willing to work can ano
will make as much or more cot
ton per acre as they did before
there was any weevil. He may
NOT work the same acreage o
cotton, but, by working Det'er
will get at least an equal ylelu
Tn the bottoms and very ilcI
land we do not think they will q
as we'll as on the hills, and W
. are sure cotton planted IN sue
L
4 land later than May | will be
ii failure.
We may now give you a deFal
ed account of some OF our tai
and some of the crops we say
Between Dallas and Fort WORT
about the line of Dallas and Ia
II rant Counties, we examined
II field of sixty acres. This cote
was full of weevils, was plant'
II about April 20, was from kreef
waist high, rows about three al
y a half feet apart, and cotton ffc
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1908-01-10
The Quest of Truth.

1t is a good deal easier to poke fun
at history than to write history merit
ing credence. Mr.. Bodley when writ
ing his France" experienced the force
Of this in a curious way. He shut
himself up in France for years to get
the atmosphere and the knowledge
necessary for his work. One Of his
trials arose over some question Of elect
oral jurisprudence. 1t was not of in
ternational importance, but still inter
esting to students Of comparative pro-
cedure. Therefore he wrote to dep
uty who is a parliamentary expert to
clear up the obscurity in which the
text books involve the point and incor-
porated his reply in the text Of the
book. Later, being invited by an ex-
perienced mayor to be present at a
poll over which he presided, Mr.. Bod
ley put the question to him and re-
ceived quite different reply. Finally
the author referred the point to a
senator Of indisputable authority, who
showed that the deputy and the mayor
were both wrong.-St. James Gazette.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1908-01-10
WHY so WEAK?
Kidney Troubles May be sapping
Your Life Away. Jetferon Peo-
pls Have Learned This Fact.

When healthy man or woman be-
CINE to run down without apparent
cause, becomes weak, languid, depres-
sed,, suffers backache, headache, dizzy
spells and urinary disorders. iHok to the
kidney for the cause of it all. Keep the
kidneys we'll and they will keep you
well, Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick
kidneys and keep them well.
w, A. j. w. Johnson, farmer, P. o.
box ", Atlanta, Texas. living four
miles east, says: Twenty years ago
while taking lift l hurt my back.
There was a tearing sensation in the
small of the back, and since then |
have had frequent attacks of kidney
trouble. My back hurt me at times so
that | had to give up. | could not
stoop ever to pick up my hat to save
my life when in that condition. The
kidney secretions became irregular.
there Wa a huttering of the heart.
spells of dizziness and blurring of the
eyesight. | tried numerous remedies
but never found anything to do me so
much good as Doan's Kidney Pills.
That is a great remedy.-ead l take
great pleasure in recommending it,"
Plenty more like this from Jefferson
people. Call at The j. f. Crow Drug
Drug Cos. store and ask what their
customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1908-01-10
BRYAN ON BALCONY.
At Nacogdoches Makes First
Political Utterances.

Nacogdoches, Tex, Jan. 6.-Before
5000 persons Hon. w. ]. Bryan Friday
made his first political speech during
his present tour of Texas.
ME Bryan came to this cfty-upon
invitation of the Cum Concillio club,
an organization composed exclusively
of ladies, to deliver lecture, but when
he was informed that the hall where
the lecture was to be delivered was
inadequate to accommodate those who
desired to hear him he consented to
deliver short public address. He
spoke from the balcony of the Red
lands hotel, and the street was crowd
ed with people.
The speech was only of few min
utes' duration, but in it Mr. Bryan
practically announced his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for the
presidency. At o'clock he spoke to
the school children in the high school
auditorium, and at 4:30 he delivered
his speech at the hotel.
Before beginning his speech Mr.. Bry-
an expressed some fear that the gal
lery might fall because of the weight
Of the people assembled on it, remark
ing that he had had seven platforms
| to fall with him, and which several
people were injured for life and some
killed. eff" he said, this gallery were
| like the Democratic platform you could
| not get too many on it,"
Mr.. Bryan said the Republicans have
been in power eleven years, and that
| the party Is less popular now than
when it went in. There Is only one
among the leaders of that party who
can lay claim to respectable popular
ity, he said, and his popularity ex-
tends only SO far beyond his party as
he has borrowed from the Democrats.
The Democratic party Is united, while
the Republicans are hopelessly di-
vided
He said that in Indiana Senator Bev-
eridge is reformer and Vice Presi.
dent Fairbanks stand-patter. "Bev-
eridge," he said, will go about ring.
ing bell and crying, Wake up! Wake
up!' and Fairbanks comes along with
bottle of chloroform and says Sleep
on! Sleep on! 1 am for reform!
When President Roosevelt first an.
nounced his advocacy of railroad reg
ulation 1 was among the first to call
at the white house and bid him God.
speed"
In conclusion Mr.. Bryan said: "l
have spoken long enough to satisfy
your curiosity, 1 could not speak long
enough to wear out your Democracy
and those of you who may never have
an opportunity to hear a real live
president of the United States speak
you can at least say now that you
have heard one speak who, on two
different occasions, cherished the de
fusion that he was going to be a rea
live president, and he feels that dis
| ease coming on again"
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1908-01-10
Woman's Wit.

An emperor of Germany besieged a
city which belonged to one Of his rebel
lious noblemen. After the siege had
lasted for long time the emperor de-
termined to take it by storm and to de-
stroy all 1t contained by fire and sword.
He did not, however, wish to injure
the defenseless women; therefore, he
sent a proclamation into the town, say
ing that all the women might leave
the place unhurt and carry with them
whatever they held most precious. The
nobleman's wife instantly decided to
take her husband, and the other wo-
men followed her example. They soon
issued from the city gate in long pro-
cession, each one with her husband on
her shoulders. The emperor was so
much struck with the noble conduct of
the women that he spared all; even the
city itself was left untouched.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1908-01-10
JEFFERSON TEXAS, FRIDAY. JANUARY 10, 1905
Mild Hazina.

The proprietor of a plumbing estab-
lishment downtown has poor opinion
of goat limitations. A young man,
dapper and twenty, came into his
plumbing shop and asked to see an ex,,
pensive porcelain bathtub. The pro-
prietor explained at length the good
qualities of a certain make.
''This seems to be an excellent one,
said the young man.
Without warning he jumped into the
bathtub, drew his coat closely around
him and exclaimed: "Quick, turn on
the water! 1 want to try it."
The proprietor thought he was in.
sane and, soothing his head, said
"There, there, you're all right"
eyes," the 1Soung man gurgled
splashing in the imaginary water; otis
very comfortable"
Then he began to squirm and splut.
ter.
"Quick, quickp' he cried. "Turn of
the water! Pm drowningw
"Wait till l reach the faucet" said
the proprietor softly, side stepping to
the telephone.
Just at this moment two other young
men, trifle older, entered.
"Well, Bobby, had your bath?" they
inquired
Eyes"
"Then come down to the vegetarian
restaurant and order a side Of roasl
beef."-New York Globe.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1908-01-10
Sheriff's Sale.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF MARIoN.J BY virtue of an
order of sale, issued out of the Honor
able District Court of Marion county,o
the Sth day of November, A. d, 1907, by
the Clerk thereof. in the case of j, j.
Segal. versus Hannah Tucker, No. 745S,
and to me, as Sheriff, directed and de-
livered, | will proceed to sell for cash,
within the hours prescribed by law for
sherif's sale on the first Tuesday in
February, A. d. 1908. it being the 4th
day of said month, before the court
house door of said Marion county. in
the City of Jefferson, the following de-
scribed property, to wit:
Part of the j. j. Ward survey, known
as the Tatfy Tucker place adjoining and
east of tract of land. of 677 IL acres
sold by A. b. Garrett and wife to G. o.
Bennett, The tract herein involved
containing about 1870 acres of land less
a small tract heretofore sold to Jim
Robinson, this being the same land sold
by A. j. b. Garrett, and Effie Finley, to
Taffey Tucker, on 18th, September, 1901,
Deed recorded in book "D' L PIP 1919,
Marion county Deed Records, levied on
as the property of Hannah Tucker to
satisfy judgment amounting to S415.36
in favor of j. j. Segal and costs of suit.
Given under my hand, this 26th day
of December, A, d. 1907.
w. S. TERRY, Sheriff.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1908-01-10
SEARCH AND SEIZURE ACT
Injunction Feature of Same Has
Been Assailed By
BR0WNWOOD SALOON MAN
Ross Anderson Was Convicted on the
Charge of Selling Intoxicants In Club
and Fined and Jailed, Then Seeking
Habeas Corpus Writ.

Austin, Jan. 4.-Application for writ
Of habeaus corpus was filed in the
supreme court by Ross Anderson, sa-
loon man of Bfownwood, who was i'm
prisoned by the district judge there for
violating writ of injunction prohibit
ing sale of intoxicating liquors in a
club at Brentwood, which city is local
option. The application filed by ]. H.
Baker of Brownwood, attorney for
Anderson, and the constitutionality of
the Injunction feature of search and
seizure act is assailed. Anderson was
fined 800 and given three days in jail
for selling liquor at club after the
court had under the new law enjoined
the sale of liquor in that place. The
case is creating great interest.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1908-01-10
According to current belief tn,


fight for the nomination on the Re.
publican side just now lays be-
tween Secretary Taft and Cover
nor Hughes. This is rather a Gu
rious situation. One of them is
an avowed candidate, has the
backing of the administration, and
according to all indications is well
in the lead over all competitors
The other one is- not even an
avowed candidate. Nevertheless
it is predicted that in the course of
q month a genuine Hughes boom
will be launched in New York and
the Governor will be a force to be
seriously reckoned with. The at
tempt made at the last meeting of
the New York State Republican
Committee to have the Hughe.
boom formally launched met with
defeat. This was due principally
to Chairman Parsons of the State
Committee. 1t is said, however.
that notice has been served on him
to the effect that that the subject
will be reopensd at the meeting
the Committee next month and
that the Hughes endorsement will
be forced Through. 1t is said
that the friends of the Governor
are strong enough to take this
course.
Governor Hughes and Secretary
Taft may be considered the medi
UNI conservative possibilities of the
party. They both stand for a
decided reform in machine meth
DDS and for a governmen t more OF
the people and less of the corpo
rate interests. Both of them are
believed to be absolutely clean and
honest and either would be less to
the liking of the old line party
leaders than any of the severa'
candidates in the field with she
exception perhaps of La Toilette
He is the most radical of all the
Republican candidates and while
he is strong man in many quar-
ters it is not believed that he will
have to be very seriously consid
cred by the Convention.
The other possible candidates
Fairbanks, Cannon and Knox may
all all be regarded as ultra conser.
vative and any of them would be
more welcome to the corporations
of the country than the three can
didstes previously named. All O
them are watching the develop
ments of the Hughes. Taft contest
with a great deal of interest They
are ready to profit by the mistakes
or breaks that Hughes or Taft m ay
make, but barring accidents these
are believed to be the real leader:
.. in the contes.
Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1908-01-10
Trinity Union.
To the Editor of the Jimplecute:

We notice in issue of the Goth, some
thing regarding Resolution made and
adopted by two members they being
the company or the crowd. which even
he is mind to call it. Any way two is
very weak and cannot do much. If We
Stony don't get no more help in trying
to down the Union 1 would quit and
get some one that is not a banker are a
married man to sign resolutions with
me. 1t is strange that so many of our
old farmers will be pulled and hauled
around by the nose by men who are
looking to the farmerc as a support for
them, knowing they are thir stay of
life, let them have small mite of cred
it will you. Ye Stoney jumped on the
Farmers Union for the money panic,
Well, he has heard some man that cam
join the Union and seeing we will soon
win the race if we fight on and that we
will sure do, If Bro Stoney knew what
he was talking about in regard to the
Union some one weuld believe him but
he never was Farmers. Union man
and never will be. AS for what cotton
would have been selling at nowI have
as much right to say 4 or cents as ye
stoney has to say l21 els. Ask cotton
buyers, they will tell you one man
knows as much as another. Use your
own judgment, it has been long time
since cotton staid as near one thing
up to Xmas before. We believe that
the Union has held it there to GER
tain extent. We hear some men say
the minimum is too high but they still
hold$pr it. A religion that won't do
to practice won't do to preach, so say
you all gentlemen. Now, Brother jump
higher and shout louder and fall fiatter
if you want to you can't hurt the Union
There has bigger men than you tried to
down the Union. We have learned
how to hold to anything we see if it is
doing good, we are not the-one that are
kicking. We will be all right if we get
our price; we have to pay the other
mans price for what we use. They
don't want us to say any thing about
one price fol what we have got. So
we the Trinity Union, are strong and
large and can jump as high and fall as
fiat as ye Stoney or Mr.. Shack either.
Now, gentlemen we will fight for our
rights as we'll as you, so please keep of
our toes and we will give you our sym.
pathies. The writer is Union man,
and his name~is w. F. Fason, signed
with him the following Union men:
w D Fason, E NJ Whatley, L G Fason
E NJ Belcher, W d Brooks, Syl What
ley.
When railroad men were not organ
lied they got $50 to SIS per month
Now conductors. fremen and engineer
have formed a union are now getting
$40 to $175 per month, and you say
union wont do. w. F. +.
Dec. 26, 1907