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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-24

Of 1000 produced 10000 bales or
over three bales per capita. Il can
also he stated in this c,mrarison
that Lamar county practically raised
cotton only, while Hall cornty .,rcy
heavy grain harycsts Shipping feed
s'offs into Lamar county ITSELF
Tho Wilson sani,arium is an alike
excellent and popular Memphis IN.
,titution
The daily Milan automobile line
connects Memphis with WELLINGTON
on tho Wichita & Northern railroad
a distance OF % miles
In Hall County.
Hall county raises more cotton r.-
capita than any county ~ Teyas.
Fruit growing in Hall county is
becoming an important industry.
Kaffir corn and hogs will make
YOU living in Hall county and your
cotton crop will be velvet
Watermclons in Hall county until
Christmas
Hall county lands that are selling
for s25 and $40 per acre produce
more cotton. more grain and hav
than 800 lands In many parts Of
the United States.
Mr.. Old States Farmers why nav
out all your profits for fertilizers
The money YOU pay for this item
alone will. in from three To five years
pay for you a farm in Hall county.
Come to Texas.
Mr. 800 Per Acre Land Owner
What interest do your lands pay Won
on the investment Hal, county
lands pay fifteen TO twenty per cent
Come to Hall county.
Hall county needs more farmers
and offers the best OF opportunities
TO the combination farmer -nrofita.
Ole for the stock farmer
Any man worthy OF success will
succeed In Hall county.
An old states farmer wrote the
secretary OF the Memphis CONNER.
cial Club asking how much fertn.
izer was used per acre on the Upper
Red River Valley land when II was
told him that the price Of one years
fertilizer on his Georgia farm would
make a handsome payment on a Hall
county farm and that fertilizers were
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not nSed az all. newell, he's com.
ins 10 Hall county.
The cotton oil mill products of
Memphis, in 1911. consisting OF oil,
cake and hulis. Appropriated $3.50
O0O
proom corn does well IN Ilall co. NJ
" broom makers are needed
Another Railroad
tn Nltrs. Lubbock. Roswell a
n laso Railroad Is 10 begin con-
struction between Memphis and Lub-
hook on MAY H. next and Is TO be
completed In twoyears
This junction Of A. l.. r. & r. 4
with the Fort Worth and Denver viii
make Memphis an important railroad
center and insure the at once fun
and rapid development of HAN
county
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Memph "A City Of Uniform and Substantial Growth.

6f2a head. an increase OF 62S oyer
1910. this being pretty good point
or on the countys constantly In
oreasing farming developments
About $4,000 acres will be plant
ed this wear In the county in grains
and feed stuffs with - per cent
probably IN milo maize and kafiir
corn. oats being the next largest SOW
ing These figures show about a
20 per cent increase OF grain and
feed stuffs rrowine over that OF last
season
Poultry and dairy developments
are constantly growing and are soon
10 be counted with the county's most
valuable assets.
Memphis has two progressive and
prosperous weekly papers the Her
aid and the Democrat
\ new and modernly equipped ho-
eel Is being strongly talked Of. and
when more fully developed will 30
pushed 10 success b ythe Commercial
IClrb. j. c Montgomery has offered
the .ity nine acres Of Immediately
suburban land for city park purposes
under practically nominal improve
ment conditions. an offer which the
club very fayorahly considers
County shade trees take verf kind
ly to the sol land climate, Secretsry
Read. Of the Memphis Commercial
Cnh. for instance having mulberry
and black locust trees six wears ola
that are % inches In circumference
with O. 900 foot height, cor rho black
lDcus Mr. Read also has cherry
. troas that win commercially bear this
season. and AFRO also fine shade throw
cre To- tho same orchard are five
wear old pear trees. and three year
old apple trees which will cone into
bearing this year Mr. Read strong
/ Is strongly advises the nsc In this
soil and climate Of the cherry, appl"
and apricot as shade trees, thus fur
nishinp both shade and fruit a. one
and the same time
Peculiar to the Upper Rcd River
Valley are lisht and frequent sum
mcr rains locally known as cotton
showers which keep cotton in eX-
eollert growing condition during tn
sumner season Hall county has
also ;he cotton picking advantage Of
dry falls. thus assuring speedy gath
e.inr Of the crop.
a significant instance Of compare.
Tive cotton production Is found in tn
TACT that last year Lamar county
Northeastern Tevas. with a ropula
Z ton Of 1000 produced no 90,
bales on fraction over two bale.
4er capita, while Hall county in the
II US Panhandle. with a population
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-24
FIRST THINGS.

The first steamboat piled the Hud-
son in 1907.
The first adoption OF standard
time was in 1883
The capital was established at
Washington. 1900.
The first canal wa sopened in
1904. in Connecticut.
The first discovery of petroleum
was IN 1860, in Pennsylvania.
The department Of Agriculture was
made an executive one in 1888.
The first President Washington
was inaugurated April 80. 1889.
In 1867 William Lyle. of New
York, made 'he first hot-air furnace
Iron was discovered in Virginia r.
l'l5, ard gold in California in 1S4N.
The first woman lawyer was Miss
Mansfield, who hung out her shinrle
in 1869.
vaccination was introduced into
the United States in 1900 by DIR
Naterhouse, Of Harvard University
To Connecticut belongs the honor
OF establishing the first experimental
station. This was in 1875.
The first State to add a star TO
the constellation OF thirteen was MI
nois, admitted December 3. 1918
The first bridge Of any kind erect
ed across the Mississippi River was
completed January, 1855. at Mime
apolis
The first voyage Of an American
vessel around the world was made
b ythe ship Columbia from Boston.
s,a'ting September 30. 17ST.
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Hogs.
The ease with which feed crops
ccu be grown in Hall county and the
total absence Of all diseases that az
feet hogs In most countries. make
this an ideal hog country. A case
OF cholera has never been known
among hogs in this section and ey-
cry one who has undertaken hog
raising has done we'll 4 number
.oi or farmers are In the business
on a large scale and are succeeding
admirably Alfalfa and oats used
for .ra2ing purposes. and houniiful
crop, Of kafflr cor nand maize make
me growing Of the pig 20 q finished
parker @ cheap and simple PROPOSE
ton
Towns and Villages.
There are On Han county three
railroad towns Memphis. Estellinc
and Ncvlin and the following IN
land VILLAGES. Lakeyiew. Lcdce. Tur-
kew and Decplake. Fstclline ard
Newlin are both thriving towns on
the Fort Worth s. Denver railroad.
and the inland villages above namel
afford convenient trading places for
farmers In their respective locali-
ties Fstelline Newlin Lakeyiev
and Turkey each have state banks
Estelline is the next In size 90 Mem
phis and has good churches. GOOD
schools and progressive people. New
lin Is a nice town and her people
are cntcrprising and thororghgoing.
She has fine public schools ana is a
desirable community. The inland
villages all maintain good schools
aud the people are prosperous and
enterprisiug and ALWAYS alive to all
matters OF public interest
Memphis.
Memphis the county seat OF Hall
county located on the Fort Worth
& Denver railroad, and known also
as The Queen Of the Upper Red River
Valley is a thriving city ot about
500 and YOU will not find a more
progressive town In Texas, has three
church buildings which cost S20,-
600 each; two $4,000 school build
ings $4,000 cotton oil mill; a
10000 electric light and ice plaut:
four fine Gin plants n $4,000 brick
yard. which makes a very fine face
brick; a 100000 sanitary sewer ,Sys-
tenn the finest water system in the
South, with a gravity pressure of l25
pounds TO the square inch is incor-
porated and has strong and pro-
gr"ssive city government.
The civic. moral and RELIGIOUS con
dtions are the very best no saloons.
no foreigners, no negroes Othcrc Is
not a negro in the county,. The
population OF Hall county is thor
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FROM THE MEMPHIS
COMMERCIAL CIIB

There is no part of TeVas that OIL
ferS as fine opportunities to the man
Of moderate means to own his homo
and live Independently as does Hall
county. We need more people 10
develop this great country. We Of
fer every encouragement possible 70
GOOD citizens, brt have no room for
the INDECENT. We invite the ener-
getic tenant from the country where
lands are out of his reach and offer
him the opportunity to own . hon"
Onr schools are as -ood as the best
and our people have no superiors
We do not claim for this country
that 1t Is q land OF ease where the
provarbial fritter tree grows on the
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banks Of honey ponds, nor place
where men got rich without work
bGt We do claim tina, men who are
willing TO work have perhaps more
chances for success in Hall county
than any part of Texas. and 20 men
Of this kind who desire 10 make
change, We extend welcome hand
and promise every assistance in our
power Yours very truly.
MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL CLUB.
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tContinned from Page ~
organize reading clubs. literary soci-
eties and debating club. Lyceum
courses, etc, In order 10 cultivate the
literary taste OF the people and es-
pec!ally the young
The library proper will consist Of
two large reading rooms l5Nie feet.
a stack room 2OVi0 feet, librarian
room, a hall. or lobby. oOx20, with a
vestihule entrance, ladies' cloak room
with lavatory and toilet. also gentle
mems cloak room. toilet and lava
tory. fuel room, furnace room, etc.
The building will occupy plot OF
ground ! 5oXl50 feet Just three blocks
from the court house This ground
will be heautified and a beautiful
lawn will be the result The Coni-
merclal Club is also negotiating for
LOT l50xl50 feet adjoining the
library site. and II this is secured.
the whole will be made into a park.
which will add greatly to the attrac.
tivencss Of the library site.
The people are a unit In the belief
that II the Commercial Club had done
nothing more during the time, II has
been in operation that this accom-
plishment alone would we'll repay tho
town for the maintenance OF the club
The state and county tax is sixty
and two-thirds cents on the soc.
with special school rates ranging
from ten 10 fifty cents, Memphis city
rate Is fifty cents general and TWEEN
ty-five cents sewer bond tax. making
total Of seventy-five cents taN.
thus II will be seen that In Comhin-
ing all the special with the state
county and city tax the general re-
suit Is very reasonable.
Climate.
While there Is no claim made for
this country as health resort there
Is no more hcalthful climate in the
Sonth ana numbers of weakly PEG.
pie have come here and rcrainc1
their strength. especially those sur
ferine from asthma. stomach trouble
and the early stage sof tuberculosis
There Is no malaria and rhills and
malarial fevers are unknown There
Is never a nicht during the hottest
summers that one does not need to
sleep under covers. and you do not
have 10 sw"ltor as Is the case in q
lower altitude Your sleep is re-
freshine and on awakening in tho
mornine Won feel fresh. and the
dark brown taste" which is ,h'r-
actcristic in malarial climates on
arising. Is entirely ahsen, here
Rainfall.
Tho cool air current coming az il
does from the plains country. which
is some 1000 TO 800 feet higher
than the country just below the car
rock. meets tho warm moisture laden
air coming fro m'hc grlf. and cause,
II TO c0ndense. producing rainfall
near the point of change In altitude
Tho average annual rainfall In Hal
county Is about thirty inches. ant
the greater part OF this falls from
April 10 October. the records show
Ing the greatest precipitation DARN.
the months of June. July and Au"ust
making the necessary moisture con
ditions obtainable for an crops Til
Is substantiated hv experience an.
weather recor's. which gives tn,
county splendid ten year shown
of these facts
Feed Crops.
There is no such thing rs failur
in this country on feed crops for. /
the early corn should be cut short
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oughly cosmopolitan, having gained
ideas from the minglinC together Of
people from almost every state in
the union The people are broad
minded and progressive. as evidenced
by the character OF public improve
ments. They welcome the good ,i'-
izen from every part, but have no
room for drones.
Religions.
There are four leading religious
denominations represented, the Meth
odist. Baptist. Presbyterian and
Christian. all having splendid places
OF worship and all growing In num-
her and usefulness
schools.
Memphis has very fine pLbli.
school system. thoroughly Graded
and affiliated with the state uni,er
sity, and pupils graduating from the
schools may enter anv Of our best
colleges and universities without ey-
animation. The schools In the rural
districts are also doing fine worl
and every district in the county has
a special school tax and have terms
OF from six to eight months. Il will
be seen that the people are alive D
the importance Of educating the chill
dren rs well as TO every other public
need
Insurance.
Memphis has among the lowest.
II not the lowest. insurance rates IN
the state--the key rate being fifty
three cents. This Is occasioned BY
the fact that the superb water sys.
TEN, with gravity pressure OF i25I
pounds to the square inch. gives the
very best fire fighting facilities with
ont the use Of fire engines. and the
further fact OF an excellent volunteer
fire company.
Rural Telephones and Mail Service.
Memphis people are in touch with
the outside world and telephone lines
extend int othe remotest parts Of
the county. There are also several
rural mail routes leading out OF Mem
phis, and farmers enjoy almost all
the conveniences OF the older settled
parts OF the state.
Notes.
About $4,000 head OF cattle were
assessed last year In she county
while horses and mules numbered
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the kaffir corn and maize stand
ready to take It's place, which can be
planted any time from April TO July.
with equal chance for hountifl
Weld, and thoy furnish a better bal
anccd food for work stock than In
dian corn. Peanuts also grow here
I'm the greatest abundance
June Corn.
The Mexican June corn IS another
important product, which grows
here in the greatest abundance. and
for which there is always ready
market LEGAL grain dealers furnish
Ing the large seed houses with ares
quantities each yes. They also ship
sorghum seed. millet seed. kaffr
corn and maize in abundance. and
the grain shipments comprise many
cars annually from Memphis for seed
Ing purposes alone Thus Hall coln-
ty has become famous as a field seed
growing country. and We believe that
there is a great opportunity here for
seed farms
Fruits and Vegetables.
The county can show some as fine
specimens Of fruits as are grown In
any part OF Texas. Peaches do we'll.
and are as sure a crop here as IN
any part Of central or North Texas.
Apples. whore they have been tried.
10 we'll and there are some apple
orchards on subirrigated land tina,
never fail TO hear and make as high
as > To 20 bushels to the tree ami
Of very fine quality Plums. apricots
and all the small fruits. including
blackberrics and dcwherrics. grow
splendidlv.
Vegetables.
Vegetables OF all kinds do we'll.
with great success with fall gardens
than In the spring, as the early spring
is usually too dry for early gardens.
but after the rains set In most PEG
pie raise fine gardens Melons Of an
kinds GROW 10 perfection. especially
watermelOns and oantallupcs. Tho
larger varieties OF watormclons. fre-
quently growing 10 weigh over 100
pounds, and the quality and flavor
are Of the very best.
Ssa.I
There is no country in the
United States that produces better
stock of all kinds than Hall county
and while there are no pretentions
made 10 produce fancy driving ~
racehorScs there are quite a few
blooded horses raised here, and a
S2.o price for a two year old Is no;
'prhual When II comes 10 all pur
poses horses and mules the count,
ranks right mp with the best an
nowhere in the country, North OF
South, viii D." found better grad.
of farm teams tran can %, shown IN
/ llall county
Cattle.
Il has been thoroughly demon
st~ated in Hall county that an arri
cultural country produces more an,
better cattle than the old time rlncl
countries and Il is a well know
fact that local beef cattle comman,
The worry top prices In the markets
TOT the North. and that calves almos
always top the market. Nany feed
ers are shipped every year to Ransa
/ aud Missouri besides some ten 4
twenty thousand steers are fattenei
her" and shipped as finished prod
1cts ~ the packers. The total al
senCc OF ticks and other insects. an,
the excellent climate conditions =,
to make this one Of the best stool
breeding countries in the Sou,hw est
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-21
A NEW LEAF

Ne came to my desk with quivering
The lesson was done.
Dear Teacher, want a new leaf, >
he said,
i have spoiled this one"
took the old leaf stained and
blotted
,nd gave him new one all un-
spotted.
And into his sad eyes smiled,
DO better, now, my child
vent to the throne with a culver.
ing soul
The old year was done.
hear Father, hast Thou a new leaf
for me?
have spoiled this one"
II took the old leaf, stained and
blOtted,
Md gave me new one all unspot-
ted,
tnd into my sad heart smiled
DO better, now, my child
Carrie Shaw Rice
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-21
DELLA CLARKE L.!
INTRODUCE ME-

The Auditorium offering fol
Saturday night, Nov. 23rd. will be
Della Clarke's new candidate fOi
popular favor. Introduce Me-" a
four act comedy. which is full OF
fun from beginning to end. Never
does it become serious until nearing
the climax of the third act. which
ends strongly dramatic. The last act
1t is claimed, makes the audience
laugh almost continuously from the
rise to the fall of the curtain.
The moral of the play is particu-
larly strong. and especially delights
the women of the audience mas
much as it gives an example Of the
Fl, of jealousy and rage a married
man having affinities gets into when
Re suspects that his faithful and
self-sacrificing wife also has a low.
on the side His accusation made at
the close OF the third act is as deep
a. the strongest drama.
The story is told in four acts
George NichOl fails i'm writing
classics. His wife engages separ-
ate apartment and writes success
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-21
He Likes to Have
Her Around.

Although she is eighteen year.
younger than her husband, Mrs
Thomas Riley Marshall, wife OF III"
vice president-clect of the United
States. mothers" and bosses her
husband to the limit. And he lik"-
it even though she limits his
"chaw' of tobacco and refuses to lo
him wear his beloved scarlet tic.
They have been married sixteen
years and have never spent a day
apart Through all his strenuoH
campaigns the wife of lndianas GOV
ernor has accompanied him.
Mrs. Marshall did not max,
speeches She did not occupy a prom
inent seat on the platform. Of
she didn't even go to the mcetinaS
But she was always near by and 81,
was the first person her husband
sought when through W it'll his I, j.
ties.
1T might be different if we h.,
children she says. But like
travel and love my husband ard
he seems to like to have me arount
she laughingly finished.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-21
MY BRIDE THAT IS TO BE.

.,pN not if her eyes are light
A. sumner skies or dark as night,
only only know that they are dim
W-h mystery. In vain | peer
To make their hidden meaning clear
v lille Ger their surface. like tear
rAa' ripplcs to the silken brim.
i look of longing seems to swim
Nj worn and wearylike to me.
md then as suddenly my sight
+, alinded with smile SO bright
through folded lids | still may see
Nv bride, my bride that is to be.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-21

ig novel, entitled. Susan \ pub
H. nor places he book before the
tltlvs and it becomes the ialk ul the
day Her husband attributes her alb
- ne" from home while writing her
book to her many engagements AZ
The various womcn's clubs he thinks
SIC belongs to.
When The money begins rolling in
i,om the sale of the book she leads
ham to believe she is getting the
honey from her Aunt Hannah, u
EiDst ordinary country woman, who
owns but two pigs and one acre.
Wcal hcrspoon. the publisher, be-
comes acquainted with the author
c~s' husband; he makes an engage
inent with them, at the same time
having him meet Edna Somrrs, the
great actress, who asks that he
dramatic his wifc's book.
In the meantime Aunt Iannan
rural manners Mrs. Nichol puts
Aunt Hannah up to say she is i'm
Mcnscly wealthy, to carry out the
plan she has already started. The
publisher makes an engagement
with Mrs Nichol and Aunt Hannah
inasincs that something like the
love of annitics is between them.
The husband meets the actress
and becomes cnamOrcd over her and
Aunt Hannah sees this. Then the
amt discovers the wine chest and
| cmpties it. intoxicated, she tells al!
she knows, and Nichol is convinced
his wife has another love beside his.
| He accuses her and they separate.
10 the final act the play is presented
before an audience in New York
which goes wild over it, After sever
al amusing scenes the anthOrcss and
| tie dramaiiZer are brought tOgeth-
err by the actress and the publisher
and il is then that Nichol learns for
the frs, time that his own wife was
no other than the famous writer
Francis f,verton, her visitor was the
publisher, and they are again
brought happily together.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-21

Courage lad, though the world
looks dreary.
Take heart of grace for another
day."
Heartsick | was with bitter longing
For the old white house meath the
dear home skies,
For the vine-hung caves where the
birds are thronging
And the porch where the morning
glOries rise,
For the dear old room that Is like no
other
Where the clock is ticking the
long hours through.
And the face at the window-oh,
mother, mother,
How could stay were it not for
you?
But the younger boys were strong
and steady,
And could take my place-sO |
came away
And my brain is clear and my hands
are ready,
And that debt must be lifted, come
what may,
But in my loneliness lay my danger;
So, when you kneel at Our Fa-
Tiers feet,
hisper a prayer for the gray-haired
stranger
Who smiled at your boy on the
city street.
BY Eleanor Duncan Wood.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-21
Brilliant Affair Was
Ball Given in Honor Of
CLAYTON Bridal Party.

Society was out in full force last
evening at Orange hall to attend the
ball given in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clanton Mallory clayton and bridal
party, which was composed OF MISS
Katherine Cowdery. Mrs. Tay Weeks,
Messrs. Monk and Skipper.
The hall was prcttily decorated for
the occasion, and at one end an arch
had been arranged, beneath which
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-21
HER SMILE.

\ t0untry lad in the selfish city.
Aching with loneliness through
and through.
Yo8 sent me a smile of cheer and
pity
Straight from the beautiful heart
of you.
tray your hair, and your eyes were
weary.
But the smile on your sweet lips
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-21
A KISS.

What is a kiss? Why, surely you
can guess!
journalist. too! Weil' just . Tree
press!
rording to all recognized rules,
Two pairs of lips and q couple OF
fools!
y,u say a kiss must be a noun
I've really no conjunction
F, ,.lling you your parts Of speech
Are mixed-'tis a conjunction.
La TOuche Hancock.