The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 19, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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Madiaonville—
Wlwe the East
Begins
The .Madisonvilie Meteor
Madison Land—
A Kingdom of
Contentment
And Commonwealth —
THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR
MADISONVILLE, MADISON COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1929.
NUMBER THIRTY NINE
Crop Contest Winners of This Year
Are Announced By the County Agent
The crop contests for 1929 are
closed and the County Agent an-
nouces that the winners are:
Highest Corn Yield on 1 Acre—
First, Lamar Farris, 121 bushels,
premium $10. Second, Alton Baines,
102 bushels, $5.
Highest Corn Yield on 5 Acres—
First, Luther Hensarling, 420 bush-
els, $17.50. Second, Lamar Farris,
263 and a half bushels, $10.
Best production record kept on 5
cows for 4 months—First, Eunice
Donaho, G99.9 pounds of butter-fat.
$25.
Highest net profit on one cow for
4 months—First, J. N. Raney, $67.08
Premium $10«
Highest net profit on herd of five
cows.—First, J. N. Raney, $334.56,
premium $15.
Best production record on 50 hens
for four months.—First, L. I. Mor-
gan, 3858 eggs; premium $7. Second
B. H. Horttor, 3762 eggs, $3.
Heaviest litter of 6 pigs.—First
Luther Hensarling, Jr. 1920 pounds
$14.
acres.—First, Luther Hensarling, Jr.
3015 pounds lint, $17.50.
Highest yield on one acre of cot-
ton.—First, Luther Hensarling, Jr.,
615 pounds lint, $7.00.
There are seeral other prizes of-
fered by the Chamber of Commerce
wso is sponsoring these, but no rec-
ords were turned in on them.
FORMER MADISON COUNTY
CITIZEN DIED TUESDAY
Mrs. Sallie Randolph died at her
home at Huntsville Monday, 6 p.m. and
her body was brought to Madisonville
and laid to rest beside her husband
Avho preceded her in death a number
of years ago. Mrs. Randolph was 75
years old and leaves to mourn her
going one daughter, Miss Ona Ran-
dolph who has been her companion
all these years. She leaves a nephew
whom she had reared from a baby,
Mr. Phelan Randolph, two brothers
Mr. W. P. Randolph of the Jenkins
community and Mr. Walter Randolph
of Huntsville, three sisters, Mrs. Alice
Alcorn of California, Mrs. Walter
Barrett of Lubbock and Mrs. Bettie
Henson of New Mexico.
Mrs. Randolph was a citizen of
Madisonville and Madison County for
many years and has a host of other
relatives and friends here who will
join with us in extending condolence
to the bereaved family. The funeral
was held from the Christian Church
in this city, Tuesday afternoon, with
Rev. Ed Kelley of North Zulch con-
ducting the service and the Day Un-
dertakers had charge of the funeral
arrangements.
HOUSTON NEELEY CASE
TRIED HERE THIS WEEK
Houston Neeley was given two
years in the penitentiary, Tuesday by
a jury in the District Court here for
the killing of Elva Coldiron some two
years ago. The shooting occured when
Neeley and Coldiron met in the road
where Neeley's car was stuck in the
mud, near North Zulch. We under-
stand that a motion for a new trial
will be made and if denied an appeal
will be taken.
Elder G. E. McCaleb of Clifton,
Texas, came down last Thursday for
a hunt with Mr. Ottie E. Parten, B.
D. Connor and the Editor. We saw
that he got his limit too, on Friday.
He preached at the Christian Church
Sunday morning and night. And by
the way, he will be married the latter
part of this week. Congratulations
are extended to him and his bride
from his many friends in this sec-
tion. We hope to have a more de-
tailed account later.
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Ilex Confectionery
MADISONVILLE
Our stocks are very complete in Confec-
tionery Lines.
1 Pound Box Hand Dipped Chocolates. .45c
1 Pound Box Chocolate Cherries 60c
5 Pound Box Chocolate Xmas Boxes. . $2.00
5 Pound Box Hand Dipped Chocolates. $1.75
Fine Bulk Chocolates, per pound . . 20c to 40c
Fancy Mixed Candies, assorted varieties,
Per pound 25c
Special Xmas Mixed Candies in 1 -pound
Rolls, each 25c
Stick Candies of every variety, special' prices
in bulk or boxes.
Gift Boxes—Cigarettes, Cigars, etc. Make ap-
propriate gifts to men who smoke.
Fruits, Apples, Oranges, Nuts, Etc., at prices
that are right.
Fire Works of Every Kind and Description.
We have the noise that goes with Xmas.
Bring your shopping list to us; we have the
goods and prices.
Magaines Make Appropriate Xmas Gifts
And nothing could be more appreciated than
a subscription to some good magazine. Give
us your subscription to any magazine or
newspaper.
MOTHER OF MRS. B. F. LEON-
ARD DIED AT BEEVILLE
M.s. A. F. Montgomery, the mother
of Mrs. B. F. Leonard of this city,
died at Beeville last Wednesday and
was buried there last Thursday. Mrs.
Montgomery was 86 years of age and
had been a member of the Methodist
church since she was 17 years old.
She had been in bad health for some
timo and Mrs. Leonard had been at
her bedside for over two months. She
was the mother of 10 children, five of
whom are living. Those surviving are
her five children, namely:Mr. Willi?
Montgomery, Mr. Joe Montgomery,
Mr. Claud Montgomery all of Beeville
and Mrs. D. H. Poole of Houston and
Mrs. B. F. Leonard of this city. Be-
sides these she has a number of grand
children and great grandchildren and
one great great grandchild. Mrs.
Leonard has the deepest sympathy of
her many friends here in the loss of
her good mother.
GU^F STATE3 UTILITIES
MAKE MORE IMPROVEMENTS
Tho Gulf States Utilities Company
has installed in Madisonville, Norm n"
gee, North Zulch, Bedias and other
towns in this vacinity, an automatic
voltage regulator which will keep the
current going through the meters the
same whether the load is heavy or
light.
Heretofore when the load was heavy
the voltage would necessarily be
lighter than when the load was light
thereby giving a bright light at times
! and a rather dim light at other times.
' But people are demanding these days
a service from the merchants wheat -
her they sell electricity, drygoods,
groceries or anything else that will
j meet the modern ideas of their fancy
and the Gulf States^ Company is al-
j ways alert to their obligation to the
public and their demands.
i The new equipment will mean bet-
ter lights at all times and a regular
power voltage as well.
Fourteen Year Old Boy Run Over By
Hit And Run Auto Driver on Highway
Sunday evening, Jimmie Winn, the
14 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Winn of the Fellowship community
was ran down by an automobile and
very seriously hurt near the Fellow-
ship church. He and two of his small
sisters were on their way to church
when the accident occured. The car
was coming toward Madisonville and
| it is said that the parties did not stop
to render assistance but looked back
and saw what had happened and sped
away coming on towards town.
It is not known at this time just
how bad the boy was hurt but he was
still unconscious at the last report.
Ho was carried to Huntsville to a
sanitarium after treatment by one of
our local physicians, in the Day am-
Mr. and Mrs- Wm. Little of Trini-
ty were in Madisonville to spend the
week end with Mrs. H. R. King and
other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Welch of
Houston were week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Dorman
NINE YEAR OLD BOY STILL
SUFFERING FROM ACCIDENT
Some three or four weeks ago, Otis
Lee Thompson, the nine year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Thompson of
Midway, fell on an axe and cut a deep
gash in his knee, right where the two
knee bones join. The boy has been un-
der the care of a Madisonville physi-
cian ever since he was hurt, and the
leg has been placed in a form to keep
it from being moved at the knee joint,
but the process of healing has been
a problem. The boy was kept at the
B. C. Smith home so as to be near
medical attention, but it is thought
that maybe he will have to be taken to
p. sanitarium. In fact Mr. Thompson
has been trying to get the boy placed
in some hospital where the expense
would not be too great, but hospital
service and bills come high, and just
now they have been trying to do al'
they can for the boy to get his knee
well. An injury like this that hap-
pened to Otis Lee is far more serious
and painful than might be imagined.
There is always a danger of infection
setting in, and the utmost attention
must be given the wound. The pain
to the boy is another thing that is
awful, and everything known to medi-
cal science in the way of reducing
pain has been employed to ease the
little boy's suffering, Up to last week
the wound had not been healing very
well, but the boy was reported as
resting somewhat easier. It is to be
hoped that the boy's knee will soon
heal entirely well. A condition like
this is very deplorable, especially in
our own section and no local hospital
service. Some day no doubt such
service will become a public utility
to all suffering humanity. We ^an at
least pray for the boy and ask that
his wound be healed—made whole and
well.
Later— We learn that Mr. Thomp-
son took Otis lee to Houston Satur-
day and placed him in the Methodist
! hospital where the boy will receive
i expert medical attention. Thf- sur-
geon at the hospital told Mr. Thomp-
son Aiaf. tlmy wumu upline im -ttte
boy's knee sometime Monday, as
there were evidences of infection
having taken place near the leg bone.
Mr. Thompson was going back to ihe
hospital Tuesday or Wednesday and
until his return no further informat-
ion of the boy's condition will likely
reach us.
bulanco soon after the accident.
It is a very serious matter to run
down a party on the highway or the
streets and not stop to render aid and
the parties will doubtless be in bad
if they are ever apprehended. We
have no description of the car or part-
ies but we understand that they have
a clue which will probably lead to tho
arrest of the guilty parties.
Mr. Bill Fannin is out after a six
weeks lay up from an automobile ac-
cident that wrecked his car and kil-
led a pig he was bringing home from
North Zulch. Bill says he is glad to
give up the pig instead of himself.
He counts himself fortunate after
viewing the wrecked car.
W. A. BONEY DIES TUESDAY |
AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS
Spends A Lifetime In Madison County
And Is Satisfied With Eis Native Land
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Living in Madison county and its ad-
jacent bounds for seventy years, is
a long, long time. But that is what
our citizen Mr. A. A. Mosley of North
Zulch has been doing all that time.
Mr. Mosley was born and ra'red
here. His father, Mr. James Mrs!cv:
came here in the year 1853 After
Mr. Mosley grew up to boyhood he
experienced the early pioneer life to
such an extent that he well '-enem-
bers today just what manner of cir-
cumstances the early settlers had to
face. He remembers when Madison-
ville had its first jail, and he said it
was a log-constructed prison, two
stories and with an iron cage on the
second floor. That old jail held many
a bad man he said, held them for
many months at a time.
As far back as Mr. Mosley can re-
member early Madisonville had only
three stores and two saloons. One
oi the stores was conducted by Sam
Allphin and another by Joe West-
moreland. The mail came to Madis-
sonville by a mail route from Bryan,
and whenever the weather was rainy
and bad, there would be no mail for
many days. Some of it may have
come from Huntsville, but he only re-
members the Bryan mail route, and
says Henry Black was the carrier at
the earliest time he remembers the
mail service.
He mentioned an incident of a man
going over to Houston county to visit
a son. The aged man, after return-
ing from the visit got lost somewhere
between Hyde's and Clapp's ferry.
This happened in the month of Janu-
ary, 1877, in mid-winter. A delayed
search was made for him after it was
ascertained that he was lost and his
body was found three weeks after-
ho left his son's home. A goodly num-
ber of men were in the searching
party, and they dug a grave right
where the body was found. Mr. Mos-
ley says Magistrate McDonald of
that prec'nct presided at the burial.
During those early days there was
! plenty of wild game, turkey, prairie
| chicken, deer, good fishing every-
j where, a*~d long-horned cattle could
j be seen around every farm. Cotton
was the principle crop and plenty of
it was always grown in this country
every year except when a drouth or
a rainy season came along. Mr.
| Mosley says it rained in those days
! during some years just like it did this
J last spring, and no cotton would be
1 made; and some years a drouth would
j cut down the crop with little or noth-
| ing of anything made.
People in that day and time, in the
j seventies and eighties, did not buy
j much, as there was but little to buy
and little money to buy with. The
j people raised everything they needed
] right on the farm and did not depend
j upon anything much. They had to
go a long ways to a mill to get theiil
| corn ground, horse-power mills and
j hand mills. The nearest rail road
points were Bryan and Millican.
Homes were built of lumber brought
over from Montgomery county where
they found the nearest sawmill.
During the year of 1878 and the
year 1882 Mr. Mosley remembers as
severe drouth years, nothing made,
water scarce and the Navasot River
dry in many places and not running
where water was found.
And when he looks upon Madison-
ville and Madison county today, he
relizes that the world has made a
mighty era of progress in all these
long years. He is glad he has stayed
here all his life and he enjoys the
evolution of the times, and his heart
and soul are true blue to Madison
county. There are not many citizens
living today who have been here for
70 years, but there are a number of
them and Mr Mosley remembers them
well and can name most of them. He
has a good memory and can give ac-
count of some very interesting events
of the early days of Madison coutny.
Mr. W. A. Boney, died at his home
12 miles north of Madisonville Tues-
day afternoon at 4:05 o'clock after
a long illness. He was 56 years old
January 13th and he leaves his wife
and six children, four boys and two
girls. Mrs. Ed MeWhorter of this city
and Mr. Elbert Boney are the only two
children wc were able to get the
names of, all of them however live
in Madison and Walker counties.
Funeral services were held at the
home Wednesday at 1 o'clock. Rev.
U. C. Bracewell conducted the funeral
services. Interment in the High Prai-
rie Cemeaery, with the Day Undertak-
ing Company in charge of funeral
arrangements.
Mr. Boney was a citizen of Madison
county for many years and he was
e good trustworthy citizen, a devoted
father and husband. Many regrets will
be felt at the going of Mr. Boney, for
his friends are numbered by the hun-
dreds in all this section and each of
them will join the Meteor in express-
ion < rt< iu}. athy to tile
bereaved family.
The pall bearers were: Jack Jordon,
W. W. Stewart, C. M. Wells, Tom
Shine, J. E. Viser, A. E. Slaughter,
R. N. Wilson, andW. F. Fannin.
SPANISH CLUB ORGANIZED
Mrs. Garrett has consented to be
i
the sponsor of the Spanish Club. The
: Spanish students of the Madisonville
| High School met last Monday night
| and organized a Spanish Club. The
! following officers were elected:
I President — James Anderson, Vice
president—Harold Longbotham: Sec-
retary—Thelma Kelton.
This Club will meet every Monday
night at the High School, in the Span-
ish room.
Secretary.
A "White Gift for the King" ser-
vice will be held at the Methodist
Church Sunday nigth, December 22.
A pageant will be given picturing the
Adoration in the Bethlehem story
and challenging the consecration of
| Life to Christ through gifts of Self,
j Service and Substance.
i The pahlic is cordially invited to
l attend.
A Load of Christmas
Happiness
Stop here on your Christmas shopping trip
and load your gift bag with a full measure of
happiness for those you are planning to re-
member.
GIFTS FOR MEN AND BOYS
Bath Robes House Shoes
Ties Sox Shirts Mufflers
Pajamas Handkerchiefs
FORD & GOFF
— The Man's Shop —
Mrs. Luther Strand and little child- liberal when you feel that you are
ren of Bedias were week-end visitors about to leave your, property behind,
of Mrs. Strand's sister Mrs. G. D.
Hensley.
You ought to be liberal occasion-
ally wihle you are in good health.
People may suspect you if you are glad to report him better at this time.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gibson and Mr.
Claud Gibson were up from Houston
to see their father Mr. Clayton Gib-
son who has been quite ill but we are
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Knight, J. A. The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 19, 1929, newspaper, December 19, 1929; Madisonville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192337/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .