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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
2
A Hearne Texas advertisement notice details second class matter status May 2 1911 and posting at Hearne Post Office. It lists advertising rates: display ads 25 cents per inch local readers 10 cents per line per insertion and alternative advertising runs until ordered out.
John W. McFarlane explains his 5081 pounds of lint cotton from five acres on high creek bottom land. He details land preparation, fertilizing, bed forming, planting with a half and hail variety, cultivation with sweeps, side dressing, drainage, and terracing, and emphasizes consulting county agents for tailored advice. He credits J T Carlisle and notes the Dallas News prize sparked effort.
R B Ewing reports delegates from our county attended the Cotton Association meeting in Dallas and plan an extended report on February 21. The crew terraced farms on Jap Henson and Rambo properties, delivered a farm level for 21.20, and trained locals like Henson, Albert Rambo, J D Henson, Jake Taylor, Cal Reagan, the Lincecum brothers, Sid Browning, Maxey Oneal, Prof Lastor, and Alvin Barnett in terrace work and level use.
The Eaton School now owns a farm level accessible to all patrons. The County Farm Bureau will pay a $50 prize to the member who raises the most cotton on five acres.
Miss Vernon Tebo winner of the Mexia chamber of commerce cotton contest of 1924 shares figures from her five acre tract. She lists December February and April land listings, fertilizer applied April 2, planting April 19 at 15 pounds Kash per acre, rows three feet apart. First plow May 26, second June 1, June 9 thinning to one and two stalks per hill with 12 inch spacing. Regular cultivation through July 15, no boll weevils or leaf worms, some grasshoppers controlled by poison. Costs: seed 8, fertilizer 6.85, chopping 5.40, poison 2.40, net profit 404.85.
Judge W C Davis, a respected layman, will speak at eleven o’clock at the Hearne Baptist church. A full house is encouraged with Sunday school at 9 55 a m workers meeting and B Y P A at 6 30 p m preaching at 7 30 p m.
Carson Dsue and Girt Shor advertise a Valentine party with the date or location not clear. Phone 117 provided for contact.
In Robertson County Texas guardianship of Lula Cicherski Frank Cicherski Paul Cicherski Stella Cicherski and Zeamond Cicherski minors J Mary Cicherski guardian has filed an application in the county court in vacation dated February 11 1925 requesting an order from the county judge authorizing a mineral lease of the wards estate on terms the court may approve and direct
Vy. Local Camp Sons of Veterans seeks to hear guardianship case on 110 acre tract in Robertson County Texas. The notice details ownership of a 41.8 acre undivided interest in the 110 acre Lot 9 of a Jani original subdivision, with precise metes and bounds and a court hearing date February 21, 1925 in Franklin Texas.
Will Rogers explains his first ad writing effort and the need to get paid upfront. He notes his family’s shoe expenses, his employers’ sales, and signs up for more work, promising another piece in two weeks.
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