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C. C. Stanley Tells Of Texas, Her Cotton, Fair, Oil Fields And 6 Year Growth Of Lubbock Written for The Star by C. C. Niamey, former Falhlon merchant from Lubbock, Texas.) I left my home at Fallatort eight months ago this morning. Came to Shelby and got on the Southern and came via Marion. Asheville and Knoxville and on to Hot Springs, Ark., where X spent the early part of the summer and enjoyed the fine baths and drinking Lithox water and' I sure got good benefits from my stay. I left Hot Springs on the night of July 23 and got to Fort Worth, Texas, on the next morn ing and I spent the dav in that city leaving at night for the plans and I arrived here In Lubbock next morning coming 'right to the same hotel that I stayed at 2 years ago but found that It had changed own ership, also In name, but I soon tound out that I had made no mis take for I got an excellent room and rhe meals served were belter than ever and I certainly have enjoyed my stay and it has been a great benefit to me. The elevation of the plains here at this town Is 3.250 feet and the country Is level as far as the eye can reach with no timber except where planted around for shade, and we have no atreams of water of any kind, but they are making this a big farming country in cotton, corn and all kinds of feed crops. It has been too dry this year for cotton to do Its best but still they have made a pretty fair crop. One man can cultivate 100 acres In cot ion for they use planter* that plant, two rows at a time and use culti vators that will plow It the same way and this la all done with gas and the mule Is not needed. Neither do they use the hoe for they have no grass and the planters plant it in hills and when gathering time comes, the Mexicans come here in great numbers and they pull the bolts and no picking is done at all. The gins handle the bolls. They do not make as long a staple cotton as we do In North Carolina and it -ells for at least 2c lb. less. It Is cosc ing the farmers so much to gather thts crop that they will have, no profit at all. We had a big fair here this fall and I got to go on two boosting trips that were made to advertise the fair. On one of these trips we went over Into New Mexico and took in the town of Hobbs which la a great oil town and we spent 11-2 hours in the two mast Important sections of the town with our band and while' the band would furnish the music to get big crowds togeth er,, we gave out our advertising sheets and toys. The OH Field*. On leaving Hobbs we went through the oil fields and it was. sure a big one The oil wells wen put on straight lines each way which made them the same dis tance apart and this field covers a big country. Next, we went to I ov lngton, N. Mexico and then on to Tatum and then -we returned to old Texas and got back to Lubbock at 10:20 p. m. Wc had about, 75 autos hi the crowd of boosters and all were loaded with boasters. The sight seeing of the trip was a big thing to me. The fair was a good one both in exhibits and In visitors Such a fine display of farm products like corn cotton, potatoes, onions, melons, etc. Watermelons that weighed over the 100 mark and the largest potatoes, pumpktns.t etc. that 1 ever looked upon. And the cattle, hogs and live stock were great. Had one cow that gives 10 gallons of milk each dayj and has to be milked four times every day. One Hotsteln bull that weighed 1950 pounds, and one hog that weighed 1000 pounds. onci Hampshire sow- that had 13 little pigs that were only one day old. This was sure a fine sight to see In both stock and agriculture products One of the funny sights was a young man and a calf sleeping together. 5,000 to 25,000 in 6 Years. The schools of the town ate great and sure helped to build the town. The population in 1924 imy first trip here) was 5.000 and today it’s above 25.000. How s that for 6 years? Tech college, a state school, was built in 1925 and today they have 2.000 students. One man gave the state 1,000 acres of land to get the school and they sure have the buildings to take care of the stu dents. The city schools have about 6.000 tn attendance. Tills town is filled with churches and several denominations here that, are not In our county, but the big ones are the Methodist and Bap tist. The Sunday school records are published tn the dally papers and since 1 have been here the Meth odist have run from 800 to 1173 at the church which I attend and the Baptist have had from 1224 to 1601. Rev. R. C. Campbell of Hollis, N. C. is the Baptist minister and he is sure a good one. I enjoy his ser mons and feel at home when at m* church for he Is a Tar Heel. Well X must tell a turkey tale This town has three poultry houst. that buy, kill and dress poultry by the carloads. During the first 13 days of November they bought, kill ed, dressed and shipped 39 carload, of turkeys. I visited the large.: house and got to see the buying and killing and dressing all going on. They worked over 100 women in th: packing room. Since my arrival here in July I have gained tn weight from 187 lbs. to 205 lbs. How's that for an old Lightenrod? Our weather Is fin here now. Have had two sand storn this fall. Dec. 1, 1930 1 o Assess Holders 01 Stock In Failed Banks Those In Five' Institution In Hun ronibe To Be Askril For 91,300,000. Asheville, Dee. 3. -Stockholders nt Western North Carolina banks which failed November 20 to Nov ember 22 are facing an extra as sessment for the benefit of deposi tors under both the state and na tional laws governing the operation of banks, It was declared here today by state bank examiners directing the audit of the five Buncombe county banks which failed. John H. Mitchell, chief bank ex aminer, of Raleigh, has announced that the state will call on the stock holders of the banks for the extra] assessments wherever deemed nec essary, but states It will probably be 30 days before it will be definitely known stockholders of which banks will be assessed. J. B. Cunningham, receiver lor the American National bank here, says national bank stockholders are also llnble tor such an assessment. It Is estimated that approximately $1,300,000 In assessments will be lodged agaiast the stockholders of the five Buncombe county banks that failed, the largest being the Central Batik and Trust company, the stockholders of which may be assessed $1,000,000 on 10,000 shares of stock at a par value of $100. Mountain Slipping. Olarus. Switzerland.-—The village of Lin that is greatly alarmed at the gradual movement of one side of Kilchenstock mountain, being esti mated to move at the rate of two fifth of an inch a day. Try Star Want* Ad* As $5,000,000 Embezzlement Trial Opens Beady for a legal battle of three * to six week.?, C. Elbert Anadale, <1. Bryan I’itts and John If. Edwards, Jr., went on trial in Washington, 1). C., charged with conspiracy to embezzle $5,000,- * 000 of tho P. H. Smith Com pany’s funds, With the accused are Wilton J. Lambert, George D. Homing, Jr., and Frank G. Raichle, defense attorneys. (Left to right) Anadale, Lam bert, Pitts, Homing, Raichle and Edwards. NOTED C HEF {’RAISES COOKING. BUT DEPLORES THE DRY I.AW IIERI % --_ Pans -Auguste Escoffier, the mas ter of French cooks, lias just re turned front America, saying that American cooking is not all it might be. He admits that oife can find excellently cooked dishes, but tin speed and carelessness with which people eat distresses him, and. above all, the absence of wine from the American dinner table. "They don't seem to care about enjoying a good dinner," he said mournfully, "and they drink either Water or spirits, both of which ruin the palate and the digestion., In the name of leisure, art and cuisine I am a pronounced enemy of the dry laws” When M. Escoffier was asked what he would have done, had he ever been placed in the position of the great Vatal, who committed suicide because the sales had not arrived in time for dinner, he replied: I would have taken the white meat of very young chickens and made filets of sole and no one would ever know the difference ” Radio Obscenity Costly. Portland, Ora.—Robert Gordon Duncan, self-styled “Oregon Wild cat,” was sentenced recently to mx months In the county jail amd fin ed $500 for using obscene language over radio station KVEP. New. Cabinet Member at Home William N. Doak, former legis lative agent at the capital for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, whom President I Hoover has Jwt appointed Sec ► rotary of Labor, is shown with his wife at their home near Washington, when he received word of his appointment to th® Cabinet. 'A »» •* «,* #.*♦,* ♦,*«,* «,* #• ♦* «.♦ «• <*«>»»«• »,»«»**« «)M«« j SAVE ON YOUR CHRISTMAS DRESS :j We have made a special selection from •I our stock and have placed 3 GROUPS Of DRESSES •~N To Be Sacrificed Be fore Inventory The materials include: Crepe. Georgette, Satin, Jersey. In 8 all the popular colors: Black, 5 Brown, Blues, Tan, Green, j'i Bed. -GROUP NO. 1 $5.95 -GROUP NO. 2 $9.95 l! — GROUP NO. 3 $16.95 Sizes from 13 to 46 ft It’s a lucky day for you if yvi make your selections (]: from these three groups. CONVENIENT TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED Wright-Baker Gq. *' *% »»W* % < iW«>HVV**Wf*V ♦♦ »♦♦ »♦#«*»»♦ MM MMM »** »»»M »w«* 1 - ■ --ate I PASS YOUR DOLLARS ALONG! 1 Hio matter or spending is a ‘‘round robin in which the dollar or its equivalent in wages, profit, value or gratified desire returns to the original spender. But when one of us breaks the chain by keeping the dollaV in his pocket and refuses to pass it along it only influences others to do the same thing and it leaves the next m line totally without means to continue the chain. ‘‘Keeping money in circulation'’ implies just what it says. . . the circulat ing of money. When you buy, the merchant requires more goods to re place what you have taken away. He draws on the manufacturer; the manufacturer increases production and employs more labor; as the laborer earns more, he buys more of clothes, food, furniture, amusement. . . the commodities which you sell or ’produce and hence the dollar you spend comes back to you. We’ve started on the up-grade to a resumption of Prosperity now. A noted economist said in convention in Chicago the other day, “Americans today are consuming more goods than are being made up for replacement at present.” This is the fore-runner of increased production and increased employment. Continue spending and the wheels of commerce and industry will soon be humming in the key of prosperity but it’s the degree in which you circu late your dollars that will determine the tempo of our return to normalcy. A THE CLEVELAND STAR
Shelby Daily Star (Shelby, N.C.)
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