Cotton Prices Hold Steady as Planters Tighten Grip
In Houston on November 30 the Hearne Democrat reports cotton prices remaining stubbornly high amid active short covering and renewed spot buying. Southern planters gain leverage, squeezing New York shorts while external capital delays entering Texas. Weekly yield estimates vary, with Texas production pegged around 4.5 million bales and total U.S. output near 14.8 to 15.8 million. Net weekly price changes are small, market awaiting renewed activity. Local reactions urge more farmers and restraint on outside investment until capital is ready to support the state.
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Memphis Commercial Appeals
Farmers urged to invest capital and work early in year
The text argues Texas resources are developing slowly and calls for more farmers. It presses capital investment from 10 to 50 percent and emphasizes farmers must work hard from early year onward, bearing consequences if idle.
Franklin Industrial News item from Franklin Texas
The town reports a new cement sidewalk east of the courthouse square, Dr F G Curry tearing down a residence near the square to build a cottage, Joe Morgan completing a new home in the northern part, two gins resting after the cotton season, and rumors that a new gin company plans an oil mill and ice factory with their ginnery this winter.
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Court House Square
F. G. Curry
Joe Morgan
New Gin Company
Readers urged to subscribe with clubbing offer
A note requests readers who are not regular subscribers to consider joining by using a clubbing offer. The paper asks recipients who receive a copy by mail or handed to them to read the offer and help convert to a subscription. The editor expresses appreciation and intent to try hard.
Monkey with four hands prompts bridge joke like old tale
A zoologist quips that a monkey has four hands, and Mr. Cardwell agrees it is a shame to see the animal neglect its opportunities. The jest suggests the creature could play an entire game of bridge by itself, highlighting playful wordplay.
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Texas farm and education notes from 1911 county actions
A survey of Texas rural progress. poultry and pecan markets. road bond votes in Orange and Robertson counties. oil and coal prospecting in Shackleford. Dallas and Waco public works. a large poultry show at Cleburne. a Robertson County Teachers Institute program for December 1911 with detailed class assignments and schedules.
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Texas
State Department of Education
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Otho Baxter
Roberton County
Teachers’ Institute
More Conscience Money From a Surprised Drayman
A Beeville Picayune item recounts Jim Hermes the drayman receiving two one dollar bills with a note from a student who admits stealing rides on Hermes' back springs years ago and asks acceptance to ease his conscience. The writer is believed to be the same person who sent a one dollar bill to C. P. Hudson to pay for a show, suggesting action against the unknown subscriber.
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Jim Hermes
Mr. Hermes
Ex-Gov Vardeman Speaks in Franklin on Grisia
Former Mississippi governor and U S senator Jon James Vardeman spoke at Franklin courthouse last night. His lecture titled The Suspending Grisia covered current governmental issues with emphasis on the so called negro problem. He urged repeal of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to restore governance by and for white citizens.
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