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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
6
The excerpt discusses raising hogs amid fluctuating prices, noting costs such as 75-cent fodder and 85-cent corn. It emphasizes preparing stock for early market and selling at peak prices, urging farmers to align practices with market conditions and Texas hog finance trends.
In Austin a jury acquitted Henry Clay Pierce chairman of the Water-Pierce Oil Co. after Judge Calhoun sustained immunity, barring Pierce from testifying and blocking evidence in Missouri trust suits. The court held that U S and state constitutions protect an involuntary witness from being prosecuted based on testimony given.
Henry Webb, state lecturer for the Farmers Union, will speak at Presno schoolhouse, Milq Kelly, Prairie Valley, Lake Creek, Lone Star, Marella, Buck Creek, Wellington, and other locales from November to December. A grand rally for the entire country is planned. A liberal attendance request is urged.
L H Aikipan who has conducted a mill and feed business here for about two years has sold same to Mr Biggerstall who will continue the business as before. We wish him much success.
Local merchants promote a December Trades Day with premiums for Collingsworth residents. Prizes include cash, merchandise, and goods for best reasons to trade, largest baby, best Christmas story, most schoolchildren, nearest bonnet, and other contests among county participants.
In court this week a bootlegging case ended in conviction with a 500 dollar fine and one day in jail. The article urges residents to seek lawful path and medical treatment for stimulant needs, hoping Collingsworth County citizens avoid further court costs and humiliation.
Membership tickets for public library grant a year of reading for fifty cents plus ten cents for access to six books. Durham and W A Morrow handle sales at the Leader office and City Drug Store. The Friends of Mrs J H Nelson and Mr C R Dobbs mourn Miss Myrtle Dobbs death in Hugo Oklahoma after an operation. She was well known here and had many friends.
Mas Deavenport buys J. F. Womack interest in the A and W Big Store at Quanah. The new firm will run a large grocery line with dry goods, using the adjacent Wellington Grocery Co building. The A and W is a leading home capital concern with strong patronage and aims for greater success.
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