NEWS FROM LONG AGO
December 5, 1919
OH! LOOK! A bakery in Ackerman may sound funny, still it is true. Yes siree, A Real Bakery with plenty of Fresh Bread, Pies, and Cakes Baked Daily. When in need of anything in our line you will do well to give us a trial. We will do our best to please you. The same kind and courteous treatment to everybody and always at your service. – The Ackerman Bakery, G. P. Reed, Proprietor.
At this season of the year when the farmers generally have some money ahead, there are a lot of fellows with “Blue Sky” schemes around trying to get hold of it. When some fellow comes trying to sell you stock in a concern way off in some other state that you know nothing about, and over which you would have no control, my advice is that you do not buy, no matter how big he pretends that the profits will be. C. F. BARRETT
FROM THE COUNTY AGENT: I am now able to announce to the farmers of the county that I have been employed as Count Agent for another year by the Board of Supervisors at an increase in salary. Representative farmers from every part of the county were present and urged the Board to continue the work. The Board readily agreed when they saw that the unanimous sentiment of the people favored it. Now I am gratified at this expression of esteem by the people that I have tried to serve this year. I almost feel as if I had been elected by the people for the coming year, and it is going to be my earnest endeavor to prove myself worthy of the confidence that you have reposed in me.
I am going to ship hogs and cattle from Ackerman next week and from Weir the following week. It seems now that we are going to be unable to get up a car from each of the places. I will receive the hogs at Ackerman Monday, December 8, and the cattle Tuesday morning, December 9, before the local, which gets here at about 9 a.m., and usually leaves about 11 a.m. You must not bring any stock not listed. We will ship from Weir about Tuesday, December 10. I will announce about bringing in the stock next week.
I have not abandoned the idea of shipping turkeys for the Christmas market. Anybody having turkeys that are not already listed should list them at once. They will have to get to market about December 15.
I have been unable heretofore to offer any advice about the price of molasses, but from the information I have now, I would not advise selling a good grade of sorghum molasses for less than $1.00, and a good grade of sugar cane syrup for less than $1.50. I would not ask these prices for low grade molasses, however.
