The Hennessey Clipper
VOL. XXII.
HENNESSEY, KINGFISHER COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, NOV., :u>
1911.
No. 29
_ r>. . r> . Rules of Success TdKc to Supreme Court
Cotton Ginning Report ru|e> (of 8llc.,
Number of Bales Cotton Ginnec
Up to Nov. I, Compared
With Other Years
The government's census bureau's
report of cotton ginned up ti  Nov. ,
1911, in the United States and com-
parative figures of previous year.-
show that 9,968,172 bales, compar
ed with 7,345,933 bales last year
when 63.5 per cent of the entirt
crop was ginned to November 1
7,017,849 bales in 1909, when 69 7
per cent was ginned and 8,191,557
bales in 1908, when 62.6 percent ot
the crop was ginned.
The number of round bales in-
cluded were 68,343 compared with
81,183 bales in 1910.
The number of bales of Sea Island
cotton included were 56,133, com-
pared with 50,504 bales last year;
55 237 bales in 1909, and 45,179
ba'lesin 1908. The distribution of Sea
Island cotton by states was Florida
20,074 bales com pared with 15 19i
last year, 19,740 bales in 1909.
and 19,064 bales 1908. Georgia.
33,796 bales, compared with 22,490
bales last year, 31,277 bales in 1909
and 21,802 bales in 1908. South
Carolina 1,336 bales compared with
2,823 bales last year, 4,220 bales in
1909 and 4,613 bales in 1908 Okla-
homa 555,755 bales compared with
585,237, or 63.3 per cent in 1910;
412,631, or 74.7 per cent in 1909;
and 217,629, or 31.6 per cent in 1908.
At no time in the history of the
American cotton industry lias so
great a crop been ginned tothistime
of the year. The amount ginned to
November 1 exceeds by 1,777,000
bales that ginned in 1908, the pre-
vious record. It also is greater than
the ginning to November 1 of any
year, being abouwtfOO.OOO Dales more
than ginned to that date in 1901,
the record year.
This would indicate that tne crop
was at least two weeks earlier in
matuaing and reaching the gin than
in previous years. Calculations ol
tne year's total crop, based on the
ginning reports would, therefore,
probably be more accurate if fig-
ured on the November 14 reports ol
other years. , , „„
In previous record years about /U
per cent of the total crop has been
ginned to that date and a rough esti
mate of this year's crop might be
placed at a minimum of 14,000,000
or more than 15,000,000 bales.
There are general rules for suc-
cess. If young men and women
follow them their lives will be suc-
cessful, says the Oklahoma State
Farmer.
The first rule is constancy. Fol-
low a definite purpose. Don't be
sidetracked or run after vague "op-
portunities." Study every proposi-
tion in life deliberately and thor-
oughly before acting.
Adopt clean, moral, healthful
habits and stick to them. Have
regular hours for work, for study,
for pleasure. Study and apply
every rule that will save time and
effort in your work—but be careful
to get best results—don t rush; be
thorough.
Be honest. Tell the truth when it
hurts the worst. That insoires con-
fidence and credit; the most im-
portant essentials in life.
Be charitable to other people's
faults; be cheerful, never worry-
life is one continual pleasure if you
accept it as such. More hardships
and trouble are borrowed than are
real. t hen vou make friends, and
friends are one of life's greatest as-
sets.
Save consistently, but not penuri-
ousiy. A btt'e every month—a j
steady accumulation. Don't specu
late until you are in a position t< j
lose, then a moderate branching out
kept within conservative lines may j
win big returns, but the rule is that
that a majority of speculations go ,
wrong.
Don't imagine that you have to!
go abroad for opportunity—it's
right at home. Just look about you
for something profitable to do—
you'll find plenty of chances. Here's
jan illustration: Two boys, one ele-
j ven and one fourteen, are making
j over a thousand dollars a year off
chickens. They earned their own
! start; built their own coops; raised
I their own flock, and went to school
I at that. They're town boys.
Yes, you can do it. Figure out
something and start; slowly, care-
fully, surely. If you do and follow
these rules you'll be a success in
life. There's no question about it.
Equalization Boaid Not Satisfied
With District Court's
Decision
Farming With Dynamite
At the Agricultural Department
at Washington1 be experiments bring
conducted in various portions of the
agricultural colleges of different
states, in "farming with dynamite
are being watched with great in- (
terest. A preliminary report has
just been issued from the census
lenartment showing that there are
350 great fertilizing producing c n
,:erns in the country, and that in
1909 the value of their products
,vas $103,960,000. If the theory at-
tached to the use of dynamite in
lgricultural pursuits is found to be
correct, and the Du Pont Company
is evidently so sure of it that they
are spending large sums to prove
their'claims, then all this great out-
lay for fertilizers will be unnessary.
It is pointed out that in ordinary
plowing the same old soil is merely
turned over only a tew inches from
the surface year after year, and a
decrease in crops is only prevented
by rotation or expensive fertilizing.
Tne theory of farming with dyna
mite is that by planting sticks of
dynamite at regular intervals ol
space, and exploding them, th it ti.a
underlaying soil i* disturbed to a
depth of several feet, making it
porous and capable ol abs triiiu i
plenty of water in rainy weather
The State Storm-Sweept
A Sixty-Mile Gale Accompanied
by Snow Strikes 1 his
Section Monday
I- it not time you thought of
vnur Christmas Cake? If V'ou
ir.. tm -atiotied with your ih
cei])" v 'U can fret, one by apply-
ing io your grocer, or THE Af ,
I'oX M EKCANTILE COM PAN Y
Enid, Okhi.
For farm loans on easy terms
see Blackburn.
Window Glass
We have a good assortment. All the staple sizes for one, two
and four light window sashes, Both single and double strength
If you need odd sizes we can cut the glass to lit. If your door
has a circle top we can cut the circle.
We Have the right price.
Dinkier The Druggist
Attorneys lor the state board of
equalization will appeal to the su-
preme court from the order of tin
Oklahoma county district court,
granting a peremptory writ of man-
damus requiring the board to make
a state tax levy sufficient to take
up the outstanding deficiency war-
rants.
According to Governor Cruce, chair
man of the board, this year's valua-
tion is approximately #1,300,000,000,
upon which the board levied 2 mills.
In order to make a levy to gather
the $2,800,000 complained of in the
suit, 20 per cent of that valuation
would have to be a lded for delin-
quents, thus swelling the state levy
to 4.6 mills. 1.1 mills in excess of the
state constituntional limit
"It was the position of the attorney
general," said GovernorCruce,"when
we had the matter under consider-
ation, that in providing for deficien
cies the board was only to take into
consideration the deficiency for
the previous year and not for 1907,    . -
19u8 and 1909. Thatposition being |and this water, which is tne prin. i
correct, there is no way to determine I pal plant food is drawn to the top
what the deficiency for 1910 was. by the roots of the plant as needed
The state treaFtirer pays warrants 1 for its growth, carrying with it nit
in the order of their registration, and only moisture but necessary soluble
and those paid out of tax moneys fertilizing elements. In the cotton
for 1910 covered a lot of debts due fields of the south, production In
the previous year, of course, the been multiplied several tunes over
court will determine whether the from plowing with dynamite, wliue
board had the right to use discreticn. increases of thirty-three uereent are
"We contemplated the situation reported from corn fields. Melon
troni every angle and felt that in patches also show remarkably in
view oftheconditionsalevy inexcess creased yields. J. H. Hale, to ■
o. 2 mills would be a burden upon great orchardist from Connectie.it,
the taxpayers; also, that it would has become a convert to these hem \
protect the state's credit and keep and has planted thousands of trees
the warrents at par, a matter we are „ it h dynamite, with surprising re
more vitally interested in than dis- suits. Illustrations have been re-
charging one debt for the mere pur- ceived at Washington showing ho>v
pose of making another. The board the use of dynamite permits the
feels that it did right and that the roots of fruit trees to ta.te their
taxpayer is entitled to as much pro-, natural downward course into the
tection as is the banker who holds lower stratas of the sod in which
state paper for the purpose of tnak-, plenty of plant food elements are
ing money. They can not complain. | available, and the development ot
The warrents draw 6 per cent and the trees planted with dynamite an 1
I certainly that is attractive as well as without, in the same orchards do
I suft. ' monstrates more than anything e.se
' "One banker came to me recently | the success of the experiment.
1 with the proposition that he would j Cornell University is the authori-
| take state bonds amounting to $3,-|ty for the statement that trees
• 000,000 for the purpose of discharg- 5 properly planted can absorb t>d p t
ing the state debt, at par, providing cent of the moisture surrounding
the bonds drew as much as AYi per i them, and where the underlying soil
cent, and if that is desirable I can is especially prepared for this pur-
not tee why 6 per cent paper is not pose it is not strange that photo
This section ot Oklahoma was
struck by the storm coming down
from the northern states Monday
morning about 10:00 o clock, lhe
sixty mile an hour gale carried a
Hurry of snow tiinl tlit? mercury
dropped to 2G ;i >o\v. lhe
wind lulled Monday evening but
ny Tuesday came up again during
night and l"tn day it was 21 degress
above throughout the day.
Although the snow falling in this
vicinity was but about an inch and
a half, ill other parts of the state ii
was three inches and p is:ably more
in the western part. Stock that
was not boused suffered consider-
ably ati'd in some parts klplioue
wires w re out ot c inr.inssioii.
Same railway companies in 'be
state Ii ivb been lor 'ed to use snow
ta as to clear ill; tracks.
l'lie weather lias somewhat hind-
er ued but has still a tinge ol tlit
icy northland.
The Shavers
just as secure."
Reasons for Thankfulness
graphs prove|that trees set out in
land prepared by dynamite look
fully 100 per cent more healthy,
and are much more productive in
A good old custom is that handed three or four years, than the trees
down to us from the days of John set out in plots where cramped roots
. . . r  • 111 . iU.. ... * I.,....li/t h III till-'
["The Shavers" was banded to us I
by John Ho ottie, who started that j
the little peoui, which seems quite
appropriate to the present time, ap- I
peared in print about thirty years!
ago, and a copy of which he pre |
served. The author is unknown ]
The barber shaves with polished
blade, ,
The merchant shaves in constant
trade,
The broker shaves at twelve percent,
The landloard shaves by raising rent,
The doctor shaves in patent pill?,
The diarynian shaves in pints and
gids.
The farmer shaves iu hay and oats,
The banker shaves on his own notes,
The lawyer shaves both friend and
foes,
The. p (Idler shaves wh -re'er be goes,
The officeholder shaves the nation,
I'll" p irson shaves to men s salvation
The wily churchmen shaves his
brother,
The people all shave one another,
l'lie printer shaves in type and ink
The tailor shaves us all we think.
Notice to Cotton Oiowcs
A|'tnr Sir unl,iv, N rv 1H, L will
be pro dm it ' I . n.l i., ud io indues and
jail unliiibed col ton at, my ttio in
lhe southeast part of t wn
A. K LANE.
Fruit to Masonic Home
The Hennessey Chapter of O. E.
S. shipped 119 quarts of fruit to the
Masonic home at Darlington, Okla.,
the first of the week for Thanksgiv-
ing It was decided at the Chapter
some weeks ago that each niemlier
give one quart each and the ladies
, have worked diligently in gathe ing
| up the fruit and making arrange-
| inents for its shipment.
The inmates of this home are
the orphans of Masons, Masons'
wives and Masons who because of
! age or infirmities are unable to care
f r themselves If the other Chap-
ters of the state are as liberal in
donations according to the number
of members as the Hennessey Chap-
ter. they will be able to partake of
j their Thanksgiving dinner today
with the gladdness in their hearts
that only the doing of a worthy
j deed can bring.
A Pleasant Surprise
Last Tuesday evening (Nov. 21)
the teacher and pupils of the Sev-
enth grade, drove to the home of
; Iva States, east of town, and gave
liera great and pleasant surprise.
Games were played until a late hour
after which refreshments, that the
jolly crowd thoughtfully brought,
were served. Those present were:
Miss Vesta Young, Miss Jennie
Kigers, Jim Falkenstein, Everett
Woodworth, Dofis McKinsie, Fannie
Roland, Glen Nothstein, Dudley
Frakes, Clarence Maxwell, Miry
Sehleiinan. Kate Waltershiet, Wil it
Richie, Ray Burner, Vern Carm r,
Esther LaValley, Alice Maddox,
Pauline Rhodes, Floyd Brewer and
Ruth Cashion. ***
A first, i
ii'Hed, liatr
I i.ss comed v
111, loVl'r, j i-t.lc.t
r'un,
Doc. 9.: |
One of the oldest books in ex st-
enee is a collection of proverb by
Ptahbotop, an Egyptian, who lived
sun where ah mt the time of Abra-
ham Among his injunctions is the
hollowing, which we commend to
the writers on woman's emancipa-
tion, domestic economy, and other
p ipuiar topic, who may think that
the subjects which they discuss
are fresh and suggested by the in-
creased iutellig' nee of modern eivi,
Uzation: "If thou be wise, furnish
11 by house well; woo thy wife and
i do not quarrel with her; nourish her;
i deck her out, for fine dress is her
j greatest delight. Purpose to make
her glad as long a« thou livest. She
is a blessing which her possessor
-hould treat as becomes his own
. standing. Be not unkind to her."
This council is none the less useful
I at the present day, because 3,500
years have elapsed since it was
given.
Sot' W. R. Blackburn for farm
>ans.
2DiDlLT€C!iCd OD
Ore Sea Of Life
Chdt#/.U atYou
areTOtJ|out moijff
' -s
Alden and the native Priscilla—the
custom of setting apart one day of
the 365 to give a thank feast to the
glory of Gad's goodness, We are
much indebted to colonial Massa-
chusetts for a festival so distinctive-
ly national in its character and ob-
servance. And we must acknow-
ledge further indebtedness, if of a
commercial nature, to Massachusetts
for the famous Cape Cod cranberry,
which seems to have been especialy
created to give tart spiece to the
roast tarkey and dressing so indis-
solubly associated with the table
traditiiions of thanksgiving day.
A great day is Thanksgiving from
the standpoint af table bounty, opti-
mistic good cheer and (be tender re -
union of near and dear ones. It is
the natural "Old Home Day;" when
the scattered flock returns as to the
shepherd,s fold to renew for a lew
fond hours the ties of vanished years
and cherish all that memory has
saved from the wreck ol time. But
through the pathos of this beautiful
anniversary incident to the mutabil-
ity of human lite shines the immut-
able star of hope, and the dominant
note of the day is one of cheerful
thankfulness for the many blessings
vouchsafed by a benign providence.
prevent healthy growth. In the
wooded section of the country th
settlers discovered for themselves
many years ago that a few sticl s ot j
dynamite could beat all the patent
stump pullers in the universe. The j
agricultural department was the
last to be convinced, but Mr. Wil-
son's bureau has finally acknowledg
ed that there is no question about
this—just as they are going to wa >- j
up to the more wonderful discovery
of the practicability of farming with
dynamite when there is no ioiigei
any question about it. Now that
congress is about to reassemble it
has been suggested that the pa: .a^.
of the Simmons agricultural expeii
inent bill of the sixty-first emigre-
would result ill the taking up o
such matters as farming w.ui dyn
mite in a particular manner ,h
would advance the agricultural in
terests of the country to a g c
legree.
PRIVATE BOXES
Our patrons should always feel fret; to store
their private boxes in our vaults.
We Make No Charge To You
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
SNNESSEY OKLAHOMA
-.rtCir*!aU' Ml
Floating from place to place without a horbor—a raft upon the sea of hfe,
without anchor, rudder or sail is the man without money in a good reliable
bank. Anchor with the
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
HENNESSEY, OKLAHOMA
The Bank That Appreciates Your Business Be It Large or Small.
ALL DEPOSITS GUARANTEED YOU CAN'T LOSE
We supply the needs of our customers at all times.
COME IN AND SEE US. A HOME BANK FOR HOME PEOPLE.
A. W. Westlake, President Floyd F. Felt, Cashier
Fred Elder, Vice President
Clias. K. Stetler, Ass i Cashier
11'
Christmas Presents
THE SATURDAY EVENING
l'UST or the LADIES' HOME
JOURNAL makes a most ac-
ceptable Christmas Present. A
beautiful Christmas Card sent
with each order. New subscrip-
tions also renewals solicited by
Leonard T. Merrill
Authorizwl AsJeiit. Telephone 56 or 97
For Rough
Chapped Hands
That come with cool
weather, try some of
our line of lotions.
We have^many brands
and they are good
You can keep
hands smooth
any of them.
too.
your
with
We Are Thinking When
a Woman Wil Marry
for a Home
Alone as we are sometime., told they do,
il behooves b^chders who may be getting just a
tiafle near the <t e limit to give this question of
building some sincere though. Of course, we
don't guarantee that a home will always turn the
trick, but wc have so much faith in the quality of
our lumber and other trimmings needed to make
a ciimfoitable, cozy home that we feel safe in ol-
tering the suggestion .is an aid at least, 1 o tnose
who are already married, but are homeless, we
say BUILD NOW—you'll be happy if you do and
sorry if you d'Mi t, for never again will lumber be
any cheaper. Come in and lets talk this over
at close range.
WALTON LUMBER CO.
TAKEN UP—One gilt shoat, wt
75 to 80 lbs. red and black spotted.
 Eli Troyes, southwest part of town
SAUR'S DRUG
STORE
A. L. RICHARDSON, Mgr., Hennessey, Okla