The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1935 Page: 1 of 6
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The Caldwell News
AND THE BURLB80N COUNTY LEDGER
VOL. 60—No. 27
CALDWELL. TEXAS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1935.
SUBSCRIPTION 91.M A YMAM
CITY STREET
PROJECT IS
GIVENOKEY
Local Authorities Told Ten ta
tive Approval Has Been
Given To Street Graveling
Proposal Here
Over $50,000^Will
Be Spent In City
Scores of Men Will Be Em*
ployed For More Than A
Year If Final Approval Is
Given By Federal Board
Under plans and specif ¡cations
being prepared this week by the
city officials, the City of Caldwell
will get in the neighborhood of ten
additional miles of gravel streets
in sections not now graveled, which
will virtually cover the entire city
Where the streets are used at all.
Very few sections of the city will
be left out in the program mapped
out, which stands an excellent
cbailee of being approved by the
Federal government under the W.
P. A. aetup, as the city's tentative
application filed last month was
apptoved, according to city offi-
cios.
The program calls for consider-
able grading, graveling and drain-
age structures. More than 135 city
blocks of streets ant' intersections
are figured in on the work, which
It la -contemplated will require one
full year to complete.
Something like 10,000 yards of
dirt is figured in the the job to be
moved with teams and machinery.
Sevtrala streets not now used will
bo opened up.
Something like 2500 feet of sew-
er pipe, to be placed across HO or
70 streets to better take care of
the water that falls is included in
the program that will cost ap-
proximately $5,000.
Truck hire will run in the neigh-
borhood of $0,000. Team hiiv
around $2,000. Lalior approximate-
ly $10,000.
Including labor, truck hire and
materials the project if finally com-
pleted will be valued in the neigh-
borhood of $50,000 to $60,000.
The Intel lion of the city officials
is to complete the application this
week so that it may be forwarded
to state headquarers and then on
to Washington for final approval
by the laat of the week.
Several days have been required
to prepare plans, drawings and es-
timates and all necessary figures
and information with reference to
details, amount of labor, and ma-
terials and cost of truck and teams,
streets to be grad«*d and graveled,
and location and sizes of drainage
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1 Hold Balance of Power In Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. . . . Despite the
ap|tearaace of '' strong'' men at every hand
to take over the reign of the late "King
fish", U. 8. Senator Huey Long, the above
three Long supporters are in key positions.
Uovernor Osear K. Alien (left) is expected
U> resign, and Lieut. Oov. James A. Noe to
succeed liiai to the governorship and appoint
Allen to the U. 8. Senate to fill out tang'
term. Below Is Mrs. Aliee Lee Thari.o, former
secretary to Long most )towerful of state
office holder* as Supervisor of Public
AccouuU.
Ginning Is Less
Than Last Year
Report Indicates
Than Six Thousand Bales
As Compared To More
Than Eight Last Year
Burleson county ginning in 19.15
waa running far behind that of last
year, according to a recent report
by Johnnie R. Lyon, spocial agent
of the department of commerce,
bureau of the census.
The report as of September 1st
indicates that Burleson county will
make less than a two-third crop,
aa only 6,878 bales had been turn-
ad out prior to the report, as com-
pared to 8,650 bales for the cor-
responding period of 1934.
Ginning had not reached I ta peak
when the report was made but un-
official reporta from over the coun-
ty are to the effect that the great-
er part of the crop haR already
been turned out, and it is now pre-
dicted that less than 14,000 will be
the total output, as compared to
more than 18,600 last year.
The next report by Mr. Lyon is
expected in a few days, when it is
believed that the ginning will show
a marked decrease over 1934.
Milano To Play
Here Next Week
City Buys Land
To Explore For
Artesian Wells
Ideal Location Obtained For
City's Water Supply And
Pumping Station
The first of the week, the city
officials' made a deal with W. M.
Milliard for one acre and maybe
four acres of the old Dock Boulden
tract of land on Davidson Creek,
where they have started n drill in
the hope of securing artesian wa-
ter to supply the city in the future.
The first of a series of two and
possibly three wells which they ex-
pect to drill if successful, was
spudded in late Tuesday afternoon
and will be rushed to completion
as fast as possible, the weather
permitting.
The action of the city council
was based on the fact that sand
broke into one of the city wells
last week and cut off the supply
of water and rendered it unusable
and hopeless as far ns salvaging
is concerned.
Rati' r than nttcmpt to drill an-
other well at the present location
at a large expense, and take
chances of losing the well in the
same way sooner or later, they de-
cided to secure a location near
Davidson Creek and prospect for
artesian water which will prove
more economical in the future and
much more satisfactory from the
standpoint of permanency.
City officials stated that if ar-
tesian water can be found, the
city's supply of water in the future
will I*' definitely solved.
The wells at the present location
have been more or less a source
of worry and trouble for the past
ten or twelve years on account of
the type of water sand that has
to be coped with, which has given
considerable trouble and forced the
water system to g<i to considerable
expense to supply the town. If nr-
tesian water that flows out on top
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COUNTY HAS
HIGH HOPES
GETTING AID
Highway Department
Fails To Carry Out Pledge
Broaddus Asks
Business Club
Endorse Armory
Company E Official Addresses
Rotary Meeting Advocat-
ing Supoprt of Armory
Engineer Tom Reports WPA
Has Given Tentative Ap-
proval of Lateral Road Pro-
ject In County
Application To Go
To Nátion Capital
Final Approval of Request For
$818,818 For Market Roads
Expected To Be (Jiven At
Washington
Tentative approval by state WPA
authorities of the Burleson county
application for $8l8,81ft lateral
roads project was announced today
by C. F. Tom, engineer employed
by the county commissioners court
to prepare the proposal.
Specifications and complete in
formation on the county-wide pro-
ject, aimed at giving Burleson far
niers roads to market, have been
asked by the WPA officials, Mr.
Tom stated, and as soon us these
can be supplied the application will
be forwarded to Washington for
final approval by the pres'dent.
Tom stated today that he was
confident that the project will be
given presidential sanction and
that Burleson county taxpayers will
be given an opportunity to defin-
itely decide whether or not they
desire to tax themselves for a sys-
tem of lateral roads connecting
every community in the county, lie
said thirt a tax of approximately
40 cents on the hundred dollars
will lx- necessary to raise the coun-
ty's share of 55 per cent of the
amount. The remaining 4S per cent
will l>e donated by the federal gov-
ernment.
Reports from various sections of
the county indicate a strong senti-
ment in favor of the lateral road
system and many citizens believe
the tax will carry overwhelmingly.
As soon as final approval is
given the project it is expected the
county court will issue a call for
a special election and the taxpay-
ers will lie called upon to decide
the issue. If the tax entries sev-
eral hundred men will be given em-
ployment. over a period of two to
three years, it is said, and Burle-
son county farmers will have a sys-
tem of market roads thnt will serve
every section of the county.
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German Methodists
To Hold Meeting
School Band To
Leave Thursday
For Exposition
Caldwell Musicians Will Play
At Houston Fair Three
Days Next Week
The opening of the local football
season is scheduled for Friday
night, October 4th, according to
Supt 8. H. Smyre, who stated to-
day that Milano had accepted the
invitation to play the Caldwell high
school Horneta here.
The Milano eleven, coached by
Bill Eckolls, former member of the
Caldwell high achool faculty, is not
set-up, according to reporta, and ia
expected to give the Horneta a
highly interesting scrap.
Legion Fete On
Armistice Being
Considered Here
Members of Deutsch-Ilouston
Post Likely To Sponsor
Patriotic Celebration
A county-wide Armistice Day
celebration, sponsored by the
Deutsch-Houston Post, American
(<egion, is being plnnned, according
to reports this week.
The post, it is understood, is
considering staging u barbecue and
b dance, possibly featured with a
patriotic parade and several in-
teresting addresses by prominent
Legionnaires.
Caldwell, It is pointed out by
those advocating the celebration,
has no annual fete of any kind,
and with á live l.egion post, should
observe either the Fourth of July
or ArmisticV Day in such a man-
ner as to providq entertainment for
the people of Burleson county.
On account of July Fourth be-
ing accepted as Deanville's day
to celebrate Legionnaires are con-
sidering setting aside Armlwtice
Day and calling upon the people
of the entire county to join with
them in making It an event annual-
ly to be observed, it waa stated.
Tuesday's regular meeting of the
Caldwell Rotary Club was featur-
ed by an appeal by Murray Broad-
dus, 1st Lieutenant of Company
E, 143rd Infantry, Texas national
guards, for endorsement of the pro-
posed armory building for Cald-
well.
Appearing ns the invited guest
of the club lit. Broaddus discussed
with the Hotarians the advantages
of an armory, as well as the ser-
vice being rendered by the locnl
unit of the national guards. He
pointed out that a large number of
high school boys were being giv-
en the opportunity of attending
school out of the pay they receiv-
ed as members of the company.
More thnn $<1600 annually is spent
by the government in support of
the Caldwell company, he stated.
Lt. Broaddus urged the club to
write Rep. Jesse James and Senator
Albert Stone asking them to sup-
port the proposed appropriation
bill, being sponsored by the Texas
nntional guards armory hoard, in
order that Texas could take ad-
vantage of the federal government's
offer to build several armories in
various communities at a cost of
from $45,000 to $155,000. He also
urged them to endorse the plan
for an armory in this city. Both
suggestions were incorporated in
a motion, which was unanimously
adopted and the Rotary Club went
on record favoring the proposed ap-
propriation by the state legisla-
ture.
As guests of the South Texas
Exposition, at Houston, the mem-
bers of the Caldwell high school
band, with headquarters at the Rice
Hotel, will play concert music for
three days, beginning Thursday, it
was announced today by Mrs. Ede-
na Perkins, president of the Band
Mothers Club.
The band, led by its new, but
highly efficient and popular leader,
Ward Brandstetter, will lie one of
the feature attractions at the an-
nual Houston show. It was select-
ed ov r all other East Texas bands
as the best high school musical or-
ganization in Texas.
Another determining factor in
the Caldwell high school's selection
was the popularity enjoyed by the
band last year at the Houston ex-
position, when it made its first ap-
pearance in the far-famed Texas
metropolis, capturing the big city
with finest concert music ever play
ed by a high school band.
Mrs. Perkins stated that a num-
ber of Caldwell citizens will attend
the exposition and will be in Hous-
ton to back up the band with their
moral support.
Carrie Carrington
Heads Choral Club
The High School Choral Club
met Tuesday, September 10th, for
the purpose of electing officers for
tho club of 198B. With the new
Instructors, Miss Robertson, as
chairman, the following were elect-
ed: President, Carrie Carrington,
vice president, Johnny Ruth Byrd,
secretary, Inez Qlesenschlag, scc-
retary-treasurer, Annie Lee Cha-
loupka, reporter, Mable Brannon,
social chairman, Velmn Ant rey.
The sneinl chairman will appoint
her c(tmmitt«c.
The German Methodist church is
scheduled to hold it annual revival
meeting next week, tatting Mon-
day, September :¡0th, and lasting
through Sunday, October (ith. Rev.
Kotlner is to be the visiting pastor.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend every service thoro at
night being in the English language
and those in the morning in the
German language.
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Perkins Is New
County Agent To
Serve Burleson
King Prepares To Leave On
October First As Reports
Are Successor Named
Unconfirmed but reliable reports
this week indicated that M. (!. Per-
kins will succeed (! King, as
county agent, on October first. The
report emanated from College Sta-
tion but could not be verified by
Tin- News at t i tin of press.
Mr. King, who has served the
county for tin past six years as
county agent, recently was offered
it similnr position in l.avaca coun-
ty, with an increase in salary. Last
week he announced thill he had ac-
cepted the transfer and that he
was preparing to leave here not
later than October 1st.
In appreciation of his services to
tHc community, a well as to the
county, the Caldwell Chamlter of
Commerce and the Caldwell Ro-
tary Club this week adopted reso-
lutions expressing their regret
over Mr. King's removal and wish-
ing him success in Ins new venture.
Both organization.' instructed their
committees to send copies of the
resolutions to the Hnlletsville Ho-
ary Club, as well as to I he cham-
ber of commerce of Hnlletsville.
Nothing is known of the new
county agent, not even where he
comes from, but it is believed that
he is one of the best men in state
extension work and that he will
make Burleson county an excep-
tionally good worker.
Hornets Ready
To Battle For
Opening Game
Coach Darby To Start Strong
est Team Against Rock-
dale On Friday Night
Potato Boss
WASHINGTON . . . A. B.
Merckor (above), former soerctarj
of the Interstate Early Potato Com-
mittee, u tho new head of the Potato
Section of the Agricultural
is trot too.
Burleson County Not Includ-
ed In Highway Letting As
Promised By Engineers Gil-
christ and Blair
Committee Unable
To Obtain Reason
Despite Definite Promise By
Highway Officials That No.
21 Would Be Let By Sept.
24th Nothing Done
Ox Darby's stinging Hornets are
all primed for the opening game at
Rockdale Friday night, when they
face the strong Rockdale high
school eleven in their first attempt
at gridiron fame for 1935.
With the finest prospects in
years Darby is impressed with the
showing of his entire squad. He
is confident thut the Hornets
will go far in the conference battle
for the championship and is looking
forward to a decisive Hornet vic-
tory Friday night.
The game is scheduled to get un-
der way promptly at 8 o'clock. Hun-
dreds of Hornet fans are expected
to journey to the Milam county
town to get their first view of their i
favorite pigskin chasers.
Intensive practice let up this week;
on account of the ruin but Darby,
assisted by Cot'.on Brannuin, did
not overlook thf>- opportunity of
drilling the squad on the fine points
of a football game. The team is
in the pink of condition, according
to reports from Caldwell high, and
is favored to win Friday night's
contest by a decisive and impressive
score.
Light Plant Has
Steady Increase
In Past Months
More Than Three Hundred
Customers Now Served
By City Plant
The municipal light plant's gross
sales of electricity the first of Sep-
tember showed a net gain of over
$100 over July sales and nearly a
$200 gain per month over Septem-
ber sales last year.
The gradual gain in business all
around, both in number of custom-
ers and volume of sales is quite
encouraging to the plant's manage-
ment and sponsors.
Not a year since the pl^nt was
established in 1931, but what it's
business has shown a nice increase
in every way, somthing like a $1000
gain in the four years.
Several busines sestablishments
were added to the lines this year
as well us a number of homes.
The plant has nearly 320 con-
nections today compared with
around 296 this time lust year.
The city's lines were extended
over two miles when several cus-
tomers were added.
The city placed approximately
twenty additional refrigerators on
its lines through sales. Some six
or eight electric ranges and sev-
eral water heaters and other ap-
pliances.
An inventory the past week
showed that exactly 90 refrigera-
tors were in use on the city's lines.
The plant is giving good service
all around. No interrupted service
during the year, and all customers
well taken care of.
The repair department for ap-
pliances of all kinds is really unex-
celled. Patrons of the plunt find
that they are well cared for.
The plant handles all kinds of
electrical appliances through it's
modern sales room and office at
prices patrons can afford to pay.
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Miss Schiller Takes
Up Practice Work
Meeting the requirements for a
permanent teacher's certificate,
Miss Mae Dell Schiller of Caldwell,
senior student at Texas State Col-
lege for Women (CIA), is prac-
tice teaching in the Denton Pub-
lie School System for the first se-
mester of the 1936-36 session. Six-
ty-two girls are taking this work
as prescribed by the State Depart-
ment of Education. Miss Schiller,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. tf.
Schiller of Caldwell, is majoring
in foreign languages.
Rotary Members
To Wear Women
Garb On Donkeys
Burleson county was again over-
looked at the monthly contract let-
ting of the state highway depart-
ment Tuesday, according to re-
ports from Austin, and county offi-
cials, highway enthusiasts and citi-
zens generally are at a losa how
to take the recont statement of
Gibhs Gilchrist, state highway en-
gineer, and District Engineer Blair,
of Bryan, that highway No. 21
was to be started in September.
It has been more than a year
that the state highway department
hus been promising highway relief
in Burleson county. When the
right-of-way problem to the Lee
county line faced County Judge
W. J. Alexander in the early part
of the summer of 1934, state high-
way officials promised that if the
right-of-way deeds were obtained
before September 1st of that year
its construction would be start-
ed before the^nd of the year. The
deeds have been delivered to the
highway department ever since Au-
gust a year ago, and nothing haa
een done to start the dirt work
towards Lee county.
Several months ago an assistant
to District Engineer Blair told
Judge Alexander, in the presence
of the publisher of The News, that
Burleson county was first on the
list for fall letting in the Bryan
district. His statement waa sub-
stantiated in writing by Mr, Blair
in a letter to Judge Alexander, as-
suring the people of Burleson coun-
ty that paving of No. 21 fron ne
Brazos to this city would, be atart-
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Rotary To Stage
Screaming Farce
As Civic Benefit
Committee Named To Prepare
Minstrel for Benefit Of
Playgrounds Fund
Hilarious Time Assured Pub-
lic Ah Kotarians Plan Com-
ical Baseball Suits
Juniors Select
Arrington Head
Billie Arlington, attending his
first term at Caldwell high school,
Wednesday morning was elected
president of the junior class, with
the following other officers:
Mable Brannon, vice president;
Franklin Sehwedn, secretary-trea-
surer; Maxine Wallace, reporter;
Mis Mercedes Robertson and Prof.
Kelly McAdams, class sponsors.
WOMAN'S CIAJB TO MEET
The Woman's Club will inaugur-
ate its yearly meetings, Thursday,
Oct. 3, at the home of Mrs. C. A.
Bain, the club's new president.
11 <jurs are from 3 to 5 o'clock.
Subject will be Texas in prepara-
tion for tho Centennial.
The donkey baseball game, for
the benefit of the Rotary play-
ground fund, scheduled for Octo-
ber 21sl, will be featured by spe-
cially designed suits i"or the sedate
husinc! s men who will engage in
the comical art of playing
ball on Texas donkeys, according
to announcement of I . P. Easley,
chairman of the Rotary commit-
tee.
A black face minstrel, featuring
several of tho leading business men
of Caldwell, will be staged by the
Rotary Club next month, accord-
ing to nction taken at Tuesday's
meeting, C. E. Cromartie, club pre-
sident announced.
A committee composed of J. T.
Addison, chairman, H. G. Womble,
Jake Fuchs, Gregg Easley, E. F.
Herbst and W. T. Thagard, waa
named to put over the big farce.
One of the features of the mins-
trel, which will be staged for the
benefit of the playgrounds fond,
piloted by Dr. R. J. Savage, , as
chairman, will be a burlesque Ro-
tary meeting, which promises to
be one of the greatest farces ever
presented in public here.
Tusday'8 meeting also diseased
the possibility of a national guarda
armory being established in Cald-
well. Capt. J. T. \utrey and his
first lieutenant, Murray Broaddus,
will be invited to attend the next
meeting for the purpose of inform-
ing the Rotariuns what is expect-
ed of the community by the fed-
eral government in order that the
armory can be built, it was said.
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Band Mothers To
Sponsor Benefit
Preparations are being made to
soft'stage the presentation of "Cupid
up-to-date" for the benefit of the
Caldwell high school band some-
time in October, Mrs. Dena Per-
kins, president of the Band Mothers
It was decided at Tuesday's meet-1 Club stated today. Mcmbera of the
ing of the Rotary club that all Ro
tarians, whether playing or attend-
ing the game, must be dressed in
women's clothes on the night of
October 2lst, Mr. Easley stated.
Already, it is said, Rotarians are
busily engaged planning their
unique suits and a prize for the
most comically dressed will be
awarded by applause from the
grand stand.
The game, which promises to be
a great deal more comical thnn
the one staged several weeks ago,
will be given wide publicity in an
ticipation of the largest gathering
of the year, Chairman Easley said.
band will take part in tho comedy
production and it is expected a
large attendance will be on hand to
make it an outstanding success.
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Mrs. Crystal Goes
To Dallas Market
Mrs. Al Crystal, owner of Rosen -
waser's department store, return-
ed Wednesday from Dallas, where
she spent the early part of the
week buying her fall stock of la-
dies ready-to-wear, much of which
will l>e on display over the week-
end.
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