Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-09-12
Girls CANNING AND
POULTRY CLUB SUCCESS
The Exhibits Very Fine Good Prizes
Awarded by 4. L. Harris OF
A.6M. COLLEGE.

try Club of Marion county.
The exhibit was prettily display
ed in j. J. Segal Co, ware
room, evergreens and vines
were draped over head and
large banner stretched bearing
the club name was suspended
The exhibits were work of six
clubs comprising some twenty
two members under the instruct
ions of Miss Lillian Shackleford,
special agent for Marion county.
The exhibits of the club girls
was well displayed and attracted
great attention.
Fortheir first beginning it was a
decided success, compromising
tomatoes, fruits, berries, grapes,
vegetables and in fact every
thing that could be canned or
preserved, one girl had II varie-
ties.
If twenty-five young girls can
put up such fine display Of
Marion county products what
could be done if the entere
county joined in an effort to pro-
mote a fair for Marion county
next fall.
Some individual displas were
made to help out the Girls and
they are worthy Of note, l.. q.
Howell had some fine sweet
potatoes and pears, II. w.
Shackelford a plate Of ripe to-
matoes, John T. Howard pears,
apples pepper and scuppernong
grapes, Mrs. Bette Johnson
plate of beans Mrs. r.. Holland
apples and pears, j. A. Williams
stalk of Prolific corn with seven
ears to the stalk, c.. S. Neider.
meier, caned fruit, corn and to.
matOeS.
At 12:4O all members of the
Girls Club with Miss Lillian
Shackelford, Miss Sallie Gala
way and Mr. A. l.. Harris
marched to Nash restraint
where they were served fine
dinner through the curtisy Of
Mr.. G.. II. Haggard.
At 3 p. N. all met at court
room where Mr.. A. l.. Harris of
A. & M. College made a talk
that was well received and in
part was as follows:
while this is the first time the
girls of this county have had an
opportunity to show the boys
and their fathers and mothers,
too, what good cooks and can
ners they are, they have covered
themselves with glory that will
ever be an honor to them. |
have nothing but the highest
words of concentrations to say
to and for them.
| When the men, brothers and
fathers see what the girls have
done with their first trial, | can
see nothing else for them but to
give them a better chance next
year. More prize money is
needed so that greater number
of deserving girls could be re-
| warded for their willing and
profitable efforts. Only a few
of the best could get a public re-
ward for their work this year,
while there were at least twice
as many more that could easily
have won prizes for their pro
ducts had there been enough first
prizes and entries for the differ
ent classes shown.
Young ladies, while the win
ming of a prize for excellency is
an honor, to allow you to win
prizes is not the primary object
of this work. 1t is to teach YOU
young people that there is many
things that you can do that will
lower the cost of living And to
do this, we must be educated to
make use OF our surroundings so
that they will be of an economi-
cal Importance to us. There is
enough home produce wasted in
this county every year to
buy, if it were canned and
kept where it could be
counted and sold, the biggest
farm in this county. Tho this
is of an economical value it is
not but one faze of the question.
| The fact that by having our own
food that we know is clean and
pure thereby destroying the
use of the deadly frying pan and
making unnecessary the use of
the omnipresent canned goods
of the market, We save the Suf.
fering of sickness and long
Iperiods OF time wasted IN bed
during said sickness, is of such
an immense value that no zig.
ureS can be had TO express the
gain and profit.
| ! wish 10 say TO you that
/ there is nothing more commend
liable 10 be found in a young lady
/ than the fact that she can do
/ work that Is worth while. Keep
Iup your good work and begin
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