Semi-Weekly New Era (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 64, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 1919 Page: 1 of 4
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Criminal Docket.
rM State of Toxus vs. Will Hub.
bard and Claude Hubbard, charg-
ed with robbery of ltobt. Braun,
was called yesterday and the
following jury selected:
J. E. Brown, Rube Brown, Tj-
A. Bishop, John Boeek, Johu
Drozd, (’. E. Donnelly, L, Free-
man, J. tT. Crenshaw, E. A. Bal-
horn, Louis Breska, W. Buss,
E. A. Turk.
Late yesterday afternoon the
jury in the Hubbard cases
‘ brought in a verdict of guilty
iu the case of Will Hubbard who
was given seven years and Claude
Hubbard was given five years in
the pen. The latter entered a plea
of guilty.
Joe Tomek, charged with horse
( theft; plead guilty and given five
years in the penitentiary.
Frank Biehunko, murder; ease
set for Nov. 4.
Oct. 8—Jaresh-Burton Co. of Waller A Rilluer, in service
Yoakum to Q. A. Chandler, lot 7 siudt feept. lit, 1917, discharged
9 o’clock in the Moravia section. I in block 1, Woodley addition to at EC? Sam Houston, Oct. 18,
His first act was to go to the, city of Yoakum, $1700, 19l9.
home of his step-daughter, Mrs. I Oct. 10—Airs. L. E. Moore to Joee'JSdwin Sinter, in service
TIedwig Kahauek, und attacked B. C. Avant, release to 595 1/2 sinecs Sept. 5, 1918, discharged
acres A. Sherill league. at yapp Oaillard, March 21,
Oct. 9—J. ’ E. Hrnuitzky to 1919.
Mrs. Louella Rutledge, 4 469/4356 ChasfJJT. Brown, in service
acres Park addition to Shiner, since SSft. 1(), 1917, discharged
$1500. at Camp Travis, Nov. 5, 1917.
Oct. 11—Marcus Schwartz to Frank C. Olsovsky, in service
house and narrowly escaped'Nannie Chambers, release to 30 since June 25, 1918, discharged
being burned. Mertlik after this acres J. J. May survey. July- 11, 1919,
committed suicide by hanging Oct. 6—Alfred Oieptner and John Melnnr, in service since
himself to a tree. The cause wife to Oscar Schulz, block 13 July 15, 1919, discharged at
leading to the tragedy was that and 14 East end addition to Camp Pike, Ark., Oct. 15, 1919.
Mrs. MertHk had sued her hus- Shiner^ $1500. j Edmund Kubicek, in service
her with a knife and severely
cut her about her face, then set
fire. to the Kuhanek residence
and barn, both burning to the
ground. A small child of Air.
and Airs. Kahanelc was in the
According to the bureau of;
oensi/s Texas has ginned in 1919
403,168 haleg of cotton, ctnnpared
with 1,570,222 for the same pe-
riod in 1918. The report is up to
October 1 and shows returns for
Lavaca and surrounding, counties
for 1919 and 1918, as follows:'
band for divorce, the final divi-
sion of property to have been de-
cided on yesterday in district
court at Hallettsville.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
90 per cent of ladies garments
Sept. 29—J.. n. Lenox and Sept. 5, 1918, discharged Jan. 1,
wife to Jas. A. Foster, 10 acres 1919 at Camp Travis,
on Navidad rivef 20 miles SE of Frank Kozelsky, in service
Hallettsville, $600. since Dec. 10, 1.917, discharged at
July 17—V. F. Siograund and Firt Crockett, Afay 22, 1919.
wife to H. R. Brueggman, lots 3 Rndloph Kubicek, in service
and 4 in block 56 in Shiner, sincA Alay 25, 1918, discharged ar
T , must be dry cleaned. We have '$1800. Camp Travis, April 10, 1919.
zo a ryan colored, ^charged fhe machinery to do dry cleaning. | Oct. 13—J. F. Bozka et al to Louis J. Kubicek, in service
County
1919
1918
Lavaca
1950
26,146
Austin ..........
.................1711
21,641
Colorado
.........1892
15,630
D.-Witt ..........
.......... 4080
33,970
Fayette_________
..................4563
22,911
Fort Bend
................3096
40,818
Goliad
.........2048
9,314
Gonzales
................ 3642
25,189
Jckson .........
.............1067
1.3,283
Karnes
..............7526
18.112
Victoria „....„
_____________3362
19,651
Washington
................2845
23,614
Wharton ....
..............2066
36,571
At the Catholic church yester-
day morning at 8 o’clock occur-
red the marriage of Paul V.
Schulte and Aliss Einilie Kuhn,
Rev. A. Mftihia officiating. -Che
groom is a son of Mr and Airs.
Fritz Schulte and the bride is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Kuhn, prominent farmers of
south of town. Temporarily the
young couple will make their
„„ Q7f., home with the groom’s parents
oooii an^ Jan. 1 they will live
on the Ben Tlirsch farm at Wit-
tong. A wedding dinner was
home.
The New Era wishes for the
newlyweds a happy married life.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Dr.C. t. dufner
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
with the murder of her husband We d6 not «.xperiment
was g'ven a 3-year surpended 4xponfto We satisfy.
5t« Q. Dickey.
sentence.
July Commissioners.
To enter upon their duties at
your I'Dns Seim, release to 2 acres G. since Feb. 23, 1918, discharged
Fulcher survey. at Camp Bowie, June 24, 1919.
Sept. 4—J. A. Hooper to Green Fred Woods, in service since
____ & Welhausen, transfer of promis- Sept. 1, 1918, discharged at Camp
Joe Kolos, who has been in ’ sorv note secured by lots 7, S Travis, Sept. 4, 1919.
9 a. m, November 1, 1919: Aug. the Czecho-Slevak army the past;and 9 in block 201. Nelson addi- Oscar J. Hopkins, in service
Mladenka, R2 Yoakum; Oswald year and a half, arrived here tion to Yoakum. since July 15, 1918/discharged
Bueseher, Moulton; E. A. Turk Saturday morning and will ag-| Oct. 11— Frank Baros to Jar- atjCamp Travis, Afarch 17, 1919.
HaII.aa Ml. ni m nl'n IT11 1) 11 a nio 11 om .1
Hallettsville,
Jury Third Week. . .
r, . T „ „ , signal corps and
"• '*rbade, J E. Brown,. 80Bie 0f the heaviest fighting in
Rube Brown, L. A. .Bishop, John France, also battling with the
Bolshevik*. He landed in New
aim make Hallettsville his homo. ] esh-Burton Co., transfer of three
Joe was a member of the 23rd
went through
Bdeek, Aug.1 F. Dornak, John
Dfozd, O. W. Einken, 0. E. Don-
nelly, L. Freeman, Wm. Fitch, T.
II, Evans, J. T. Crenshaw, G. K.
CAhb Jr., B. A. Balhorn, Joe
Dusek, Frank Berkovsky, Louis
Breska, ,W. Buss, EaiAa Turk, H.
C. Probst, Hy^ Stindf, John Fr*
. F, Mfiler.
zer, E. A.
O.
Pet Williams, on* of th$ old-
est negroes in this, county, died
Tuesday at the home of 'Fannie
Parohman, with whom he made
his home for a number of years.
He was buried Wednesday in
te colored eemeterv. ne worked
for years for Dr. Rabh, long Rev., and Mrs. A. E. Rector ro-
since deceased. “Pet” had been
almost blind for a number of
years.
Mrs. Clara Aforris, an aged
lady living in West end, died
Saturday at her home of old age.
She was buried Sunday at three-
thirty in St. Afary’s cemetery.
Mrs. Aforris leaves one daughter,
^frs. John Opela.
Wiley Jansky has returned
from San Antonio, where he has
been employed by the San An-
tonio Drug Co. ITe will likely
leave in a few days for Beevilie
where be will work for
Ballard.
John Cinadr.f near town, mar-
keted a bale of cotton here with
Rosenberg Bros’. Inst week, for
which he received 8271.44 and
sold the seed for $39.25, or a to-
tal of $310.69.
E. R. Meitzen, national lectur-
er for the Nonpartisan league,
came over from Waco Friday eh
business, leaving Saturday for
Houston.
-Fritz Kuck and the Lans broth-
ers were here yesterday after
lumber to be used for tile erec-
tion Ot a neat residence for Mr.
Kuck on his farm in the Shiloh
lection.
j- FOR SALE or trade 3 good
I horses. See G. L. Neely, TTal
I llttaviHc, Texas.
I i
Yorlj: Saturday s week ago, hav-
ing received a discharge from
the army in Bohemia. Joe says
he had Stvmfl narrow esropes and
was glad to gelt back Here*
though he saw nearly all the
world, traveling in Italy, Aus-
tria and Switzerland, -saying that
he enjoyed bn r ay in ,the latter
Country best of all.
C. S'. Streich returned home to
San Saha after amending a few
days here with relatives. Fred
is making ft big cotton crop this
year. He expects to gather six-
ty bales from his farm befoqe the
close of the season.
turned Monday from Shiner
'where Rev. Rector held services
Sunday. While there they were
the guests of Air. and Mrs. AVil-
liams.
Mrs. T. Stephenson and Afiss
Sarah Lynch of Yoakum, left
vendor’s lien ‘ notes executed by since June 24, 1918, discharged
Frank Korenek in favor of Fr. at Camp Travis, Rcpt. 3, 1919.
Baros. Ira P. ‘Rig(js, in service sinee
Oct. 14—Frank Rother Rr. to June 25, ^918, discharged at
L. A. Warburton. 4 1/2 acres Ar- Camp Bowie, July 3, 1919.
thur Sherrell league, $112.50. , Willie WeW,' ,in service since
Oct. 1(V—A. R. Mason and wife M*v 28, 1918, dfseh'arged April
tp W. E. Bell, lot 1 in block 1 2, 1919.
Woodley addition to Yoakum, Davi<JvHiley Brown (navy), in
$200. 1 service hince'May 30, 1917, dis-
July 22—Loujs Maeha to J. F. eharged|at Dallas Sept. 19, 1919.
Bozka, transfer of one vendor’s
Hen note executed by E. E. Ma-
nila in faVftr .of -Fee. Alactia, $4f>0.
Aug. 8—Louis Mach a to J.’ F. route -
Bozka, trarfRfer of vendor’s lien Houfcto
note executed by Alb. A? Macha Mrs. N|
in favor of Joe Afacha Sr., $400. from
--- -- next J
Albert Pohler and Emma Kai-
ser.
Edwin F. Otto and Hilda Mor-
genroth.
Martin Alikes and Mary Wer-
ner.
Geo. Houston and Alice Anders.
Paul V- Schulte and Emilie
Kuhn.
„ , , . 0 . . , . Alois Grahmann and Olga Bta
Rudolph Jschaeherl, in service
T_____ v ntn i i
ottli . and baby
_v**re Thursday on
Yoakum from a visit fn
$nd ‘ Dallas. Afr. and
rth are going to move
akum ter Dallas eountv
mary, where Mr. North
age in farming and cat-
A’ictor Hruzek of Weimar has will en
purchased an interest in the Led- tic business.
hetter-Kopecky Drug Co. here.^ j*nfX Moore returned Mon.
AH. Hruzek is a recent graduate dav to h008e Creek aftcr a brief
of the phamarcy department of here
the University of Texas, ne has —————»—.—_
ad 18 months experience in the
U. S. army as chief pharmacist. P E G P L E ■ ABBTRA0T
We arc glad to learn that the; COMPANY
growth of the drug store now
justifies the services of three re-
gistered pharmacists and is en-
Thursday for Houston and Fort ___ ____ ____‘
Worth aftcr spending several*3°y,mg \.™Ty year
•Jays here. *
Albert Appclt and mother,
Afro. Jos. Appelt, returned/,
Thursday ' from Mission, Tex. ilod«e of this Plac,e J?et Thursday
Mrs. Appelt has been there on an ni8ht and elected ( has. hertsc i
P«rd Lftcy, Mgr.
office in Court House.
All abstract work given prompt
and prediet a more prosperous attention,
one in the future. | —
The Woo.dmen of the World
extended visit to her daughter,
Jim ^ Mrs. Henry Mitchell.
FOR SALE—One second hand
Chevrolet 5 passenger automo-
bile. Apply at Kahn’s Drug
Store. tfc
Emmett Upchurch, formerly of
the Ezzell section, now living at
Inesi. came in Saturday to spend
esvoral days.
FOR SALE—Poland China pigs
two months old. See Ed Bucek,
Hallettsville, phone 119-4. jtf
Mrs. II. R. Anderson and dau-
ghter Doris, returned to York-
itown Friday after a visit in the
pity.
*, Mrs. Paul Fertsch and little
sou Dan, left Friday for San An-
fonio to visit relatives.
Afrs. Paul Malik of Yoakum
spent the week-end here with
(65) her mother.
W" - ............. ——
Philip RothscbmitTs
-Meat Market
delegate and AV. IT. Turk, Jr.,
I alternate to the state meeting to
be held at Waco, Oct. 31. The
Woodmen contemplate buying
the K. if P. interest in the hall
now owned jointly bv the K. of
P. and W. 6. AV. lodges.
Mrs. Nannie Barnes came in
this week from Houston to spend
GEORGE
MEAT
KL1M1TCHECK
M A & K E T
IIALUETTOVrLLE, TEXAS
Have taken charge of the formor
your patronage.
REBH MEATS AND SAUSAGES
AT ALL TIMES.
/
BARBECUE
SATURDAYS.
'FRESH MEATS and.SAUSAGES
Highest Market Prices for Hides.
GIVE ME A TRIAL.
Hallettsville, Texas.
a few days with relatives. Mrs. Chas. Jansky butcher shop next to the
Barnes is now making Houston ”°^n“d 1 Mk for ft shat0 )f
her home, having a good position
with the telephone company
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reuel and-
Mr. and Mrs. Edward
were hero from near Shiner Fri-
day. We are sorry to learn that
Mr. Reuel and family wjll leave
Lavaca county this week and
move to Orange Grove.
Mrs. Emilie Bures di6d in
Henry Balusek and ” Rosie
Iluhka. *
Alfred TTaikcnwaelder and An-
nie Heinrich,
John V. Volk a and Minnie
Orsak.
Richard Pleasant Henderson
Jr- and Maud Lee Wallaca.
Edward Ilmcir and Louise
Miknlik.
Ed , Pnstejovsty and Lydia
Kopecky.
John WovoMid .»tr« » Franc ?
Matjaatik
F. J. EHert and Emma Reidcl.
iTrihn Berkofsky and Annie
Pnlkrabek-
John Rhelton and Tosma
Springs (col.)'
BIG BARGAIN SALE
Of ladies trimmed hats, worlh
$2.50- to $5.00, for $1.00 each.
Ladies' fine Sport Coats, worth
$5.OH to $7.00, for $2.50 each..
For Friday and Saturday Special
Only.
Look at window in Nickel Store.
Office:
Ledbetter-Kopecky Drug Store.
Phone office 18. Residence 189
*-
Hallettsville, Texas.
CITY MEAT *ARK«T
MURPHY A ROnOKMXTT
East Bide Square, Hallettsville.
’ Fresh Meat avd Baqpfcc* ’ «
. all tin*. *1
Choice Barbecue oa Saturdays
Highest tnarttt prise* for Bide*.
John Mikulik is spending a
few days here, having just been
discharged from the army at
Camp Travis. He will go from
here to West, Tex., where he will
open a tailor shop.
Alvin Ilennakc left Saturday
for Houston.
. r. The*. W. McKnight-.. - ;
John L. McKnight
McKNIGHT BROTHERS
MANUFACTURERS AGENT
BUILDING MATERIALS
Ooyiplet* Line of School Supplies,
latalogs ana quotations cheeqfnlly
submitted upon application.
Prompt attention Given all Business.
Telephone No. 81
Reference: The First Bute Bank,
CHARLES
PAUL H.
FERTSCH
FERTSCH
LAWYERS
NOTARY PUBLIC
Legal business, Abstracts and
collections promptly attended to.
nwwsyinfwiwmrrv*************************"******
TTivaeb BIOHEST MARKET PRICES PAID
11ITHC U , F0R InDE8
GIVE ME A TRIAL.
Dr. A. T. Dev ft SI
DENTIST
Houston last Tuesday from burns Offio* Ugftain State Bank Bldg
received by trying to light a fire
with oil. She was a daughter-in-
law of Mr, Joe Bures of Sublime.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid So-
ciety will have a tea at the home
of Mrs. Magnus Fernau in Su-
blime, Thursday, Oct.. 30.
Jake Vollentine left Monday
for Uvalde after spending a few
days here with relatives.
The baby of Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
thur Warburton of the Branon
section, is reported to he * quite
sick.
Miss Arminta Moore of Sweet
Honje was here on business Sat-
urday.
W. E. PARR
fqpNEY.AT-l^Mf
turned from overseas
ith county attorney.
ettsvillc, Tex.
cm
or Holt
WYER
UN* BLDG
osciplfd by
Special Bargains in Buggies
BEING OVERSTOCKED WITH BUGGIES WE ARE PLAC-
ING UNDER SPECIAL SALE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF
High grade Delka Bros, buggies.
Sale started Saturday9 Oct. 25
and oontinues for two weeks
Under thisr special-sale wc are offering our regular $110.00
2 year guaranteed top buggy at $92.50 nnd our $140.00 best
rubber-tired, full leather seat, 1/4 lea top buggy at $117.50.
These prices are in line with prices offered you in 1916
and 1917 and buggies are still advancing, so don’t fail to take
advantage of these prices if in need of a good buggy.
Will appreciate your trade very highly and he glad to
show you our complete line even though you don It buy.
While in to see our line of buggies we will also be glad to
show you our all silver trimmed $275.00 special Stock Raddle
made for R. W. Connor, manager of the John I). Rodgers
State Farm, same being made on the Nelson treo and of our
select Eberhnrdt leather; all hand raised and stamped by
skilled labor.
MERTZ $c ALBERT
SADDLERS and BUGGY DEALERS
Hallettsville, Texas.
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Semi-Weekly New Era (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 64, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 1919, newspaper, October 28, 1919; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029172/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.