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Hallettsville, Texas, Friday, September 13th, 1933.
NUMBER 74.
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. Line-or-Two
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The “Kingflsh” of Lou-
lslana is dead. A bullet
fired by a young physi-
cian of Baton Rouge
I struck down one of the
most powerful and color-
ful figures of oulr public
life. There was no one
like Huey Long.
As a popular orator, Sena-
tor Long has, perhaps, no
equal in this country. That,
and a natural ability were the
chief secrets of his pheno-
menal rise from obscurity to
national fame.
LONG’S
SLAYER
DREW
LOTS
Texas Pension Plan'LIQUOR LEGAL IN
SIXTY-TWO TEXAS
COUNTIES
A mere farm boy of Winn-
field, La., Huey Long had on-
ly one year of law, because
he could not afford more.
Yet, he became a shrewd law
yer, a state railroad commis-
sioner at 25, governor at 34,
U. S. Senator five years lat-
.er.
wide
unty.
ertls-
iiness
INT8
As a dictator in his own
state, Long’s career was with
out parallel in the annals of
America. This was possible
only through the votes of
Louisiana. The governor and
legislature did his bididng.
Long's violent death was
/freely predicted. He had a
^definite premonition of his
end. Long waB ruthless and
made many dangerous enem-
ies, as well as loyal friends.
Both regret his violent re-
moval.
As long as the people
are free to resort to bal-
lots against any public
man, there is no justi-
fication for bullets. But
a human life among us
Is held cheap, in spite
of all that so-called civ-
ilization.
Survey Reported
AUSTIN, Sept. 10.—There
are an estimated 283,199 per
sons in Texas 65 years old
or older who would be eli-
gible for old age pensions if
age were the only factor con-
sidered, according to a report
made public today by State
Auditor Orville S. Carpenter
and Tax Commissioner R. B.
Anderson.
At $15 per month,
plus 10 per cent for ad-
ministrative costs, the
annual cost of a pension
for these persons would
be $56,073,402.
The survey was made at
the suggestion of the gover-
nor.
Governor Allred said today
the subject of old age pen-
sions would be submitted to
the legislature “at an early
date”, if not in the opening
message.
The 283,000 persons were
divided as follows: 203,480
native whites; 4784 foreign
born whites; 41,568 negroes;
33,240 Mexicans, and 127
“others.”
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BATTLE
WHARTON COUNTY MER-
CHANT SLAIN AT HIS
STORE
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Great Britain did not haye
a political assassination for
more than a century, says a
London paper. Here political
murders are common. Anton
Cermak was the last one in
the long line of outstanding
victims - till Long’s death.
W -
The government crop re-
duction would pass, provided
nature would not interfere
and add its own reduction on
top of the other. When it
does, like this year in many
counties, then 4>/ac govern-
ment rent hardly makes up
for the cotton the small
farmer lost and the other
gained because he doesn’t di-
versify.
The cotton is still our
principal money crop. If
youlr county is allowed
only one-third, and the
other two-thirds of the
cotton it could produce,
don’t expect it will be all
the same. Less cotton
means less money.
Constitutional prohibition
in this State is dead. But a
fight about the "open saloon”
will be on when the legisla-
ture meets next week. The
division is about equal on
this issue. ■
Anton Bednar, 57, store-
keper three miles north of
Louise in Wharton County,
was killed Wednesday after-
noon in his store. A neighbor,
James W. Adams, 18, was
charged with murder, after
the dead man’s 12-year-old
AUSTIN, Sept. 10.—Texas,
dry under constitutional pro-
hibition for 16 years, was
spotted with subdivisions to-1
day, where it was legal to
buy and sell liquor.
Prohibition repeal became
effective late yesterday when I
Governor Allred issued a pro- j
clamation declaring official
results of the August 24 elec
Uon. The official vote was: I lints of Dnnnldl tribesmen jn tbe desert wastes bordering French Somaliland. The wild Danakll war
PT repeal, J97,0»7; against, flors were one of the main factors In the defeat of tbe Italians In 1890. They are regarded ns the most bar
250,948. . baroils of I-.thloplan tribesmen. 'This scene was made In Aussa province, which Ethiopia offered to sell t<
Results Proclaimed 1 Italy to avert n clash._____
Governor Allred also pro- /
claimed the results on six
other proposed constitutional
amendments. They were:
Authorizing payment of old
For- 444-539; | In spite of the rain which
against, 108,565. | partly spoiled the afternoon
Authorizing temporary com 0f his visit here and in which
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept.
10. — United States Senator
Huey P. Long, known the
world over as the dictator of
his native Louisiana, died to-
day of a wound inflicted by
an assassin.
Physicians battled for 311
hours to save the political!
chieftain’s life. They perform |
PLOTTERS,
SECRETARY
CLAIMS
LONG TO REST NEAR
STATE CAPITOL. FUNER-
AL THURSDAY
One of the Greatest
Parades
mitment of insane: For, 294,-
287; against, 199,959.
Empowering district judges
he got thoroughly wet, Gov-
ernor James V. Allred much
enjoyed his visit here and
FopS? SXfSE j
1 tremendously I enjoyed my
to Hallettbville,” the
Abolishing fee system: For,; vi_it
274,537; against, 188,642. I™* write8 ... thou_ht
inatoaU,Sd^li0sctS “ ““ one "r the Brea“*t
Por. 257.815; against, 280- ■^ CSTtnm.
Authonalng aubmiaaion *
constitutional amendments at merchants H
in
National Cotton Pool [Will They Strike Oil?
Opens
The National Tax Exempt-
ion Certificate pool is open.
Any one desiring to place hi3
surplus certificates in the__ _
National Pool, may do so by!The well is below 4600 feet
A heavy gas pressure was
encountered in the Pohl well,
below Vienna, Tuesday in the
afternoon. Developments as
to the final results may be
known in the next few days.
coining to the County A-1 deep and is under control,
gent’s office and sign the ne- ‘
cessary forms. This pool
has just opened; if you are
214,
special sessions: For,
024; against, 238,258.
STATE PROHIBITION OF-
FICIALLY ENDED
10. — Con-
'SnXS.l'S? •tiSSto'pSSbHtai endidt
“f" 16-vear stay in Texaa Mon-
rolman Sam Hilbum and De-
puty Sheriff A. H. Reitz.
Adams was arrested at the
farm house of his father, two
and a half miles through the
woods from the Bednar store.
The charge was filed before
the justice of the Peace at
Louise. !
“The little girl said she
was outside the store when
she heard a shot fired,” said
Hilbum. “A moment later
Adams came out without his
hat. .She said he told her to
go back in the store and get
his hat and a .410-guage shot
gun.
“Mr. Bednar had been hit
over the head with a pair of
fence pliers, then shot with
The discharge
16-year stay
day night.
The inhibition against pos-
session and sale of liquors
went out of the fundamental
law with issuance by Gover-
nor Allred of a proclamation
declaring results of the Aug-
ust 24 election. The official
canvass of the vote showed
repeal carried 297,597 to
250,948.
to all
rchants who participated
the parade of floats, the
largest staged here, and to
those in charge of the par-
ade, the Trades Day officers
and committee on floats, who
worked so zealously to make
the Fair and the parade a
success.
It was the first time the
governor of this state was
present here on such an oc-
cassion; the crowds were the
largest the city has ever
seen, the parade a real suc-
cess, in spite of the rain, the
Fair was a new boost and a
step forward for this whole
community.
The postponed Kiddie Par-
ade will be held next Satur-
day at 10:30 a. m. It will be
carried out in full, as origin
The legislature will also
find out that it was much
easier to vote the old age
• pension than to provide nec-
essary money. Who will pay
t?— Mostly the people who
for the pension. They
the state who wants to
ay the old age pension.
According to the offi-
cial figures, the text-
book amendment lost
only by 23 thousand vot-
es. A mere twelve thou-
• sand votes would have
made the difference in
the result. _
PROBATE COURT MAT-
TICKS
* Estate of Mrs. Olga Dono-
van N C M. Rev. Edwin J.
sch, applicant. Application
letters of Ruai^anBhip
_.tted. Rev. Edwin J. Hir-
|P*h appointed guardian. Bond
Sale Legal
Sale of intoxicants became
legal immediately in 12 coun- n^nned!'1
ties and in one or more sub-1 ^ p _
SStSrl “ta?ofr AttS-j OLD MOULTON OINNER
out restraint in political en- ^me gin*er at
a shotgun. The discharge ]“*£!** priori? suSde evening he came fron/his gin
struck him in the leg, sever- I pri°F 1 statewlcte seemingly well as usual. Sud-
ing an artery. He died oHoss (Proiiiomon. prohibition | denly, he started a hemor-
of blood out in front of the Jhe^an *££**»£ | heage fmm hb mouth and
S*The killing took place at 1 'territories” ^ ^ dd
p. m. and Adams was arrest-, y ^_ man was dead. Two days ago
ed at 2:30 o clock. I n«nnvp vo kttdt
Bednar wasa }lYa^uvhter BADLY NEAR SEALY
is survived by his daughter jN AUTO MISHAP
Sealy, Sept. 11. — Frank
Buchala, Jr., who was hurt
in an automobile accident
and a son, Rudolph Bednar,
21.
EX
MONK
DELIV-
FAKE tiA-imim«% „arly Monday, while rcturn-
ERS ANTI-CATHOLIC LEC- jug from a dance at Mixville,
TURES died last night at the Hover
,_ Hospital.
Westfield, N. Y.—A fake Sealy, Sept. 9.—Frank Bu-
ex-monk, John D. Lewen, who chala, 26, well known farmer
appeared this spring in Buf- of the San Felipe section,
falo and was exposed by the some five miles east of Sealy,
Catholic Union and Times, was hurt badly early Monday
has just completed a series while returning from a dance
of anti-Catholic and anti- at Mixville, six miles south
Franciscan order lectures. Le
wen was never a monk and
was never ordained.
of here on the Sealy-Houston
Highway.
The car in which he and
John Machala were riding hit
a mail box on a post beside
Krause appointed appraisers. £ar returned to the center of
Yes, the farmers who won’t
have cotton will at least have
the tickets. But it still re-
mains true that such counties
as Lavaca, Fayette and oth-
er diversifying counties are
allowed only one-third of the
cotton they could produce,
while Nuecess, for instance,
almost two-thirds.
the road. Buchala was hurt
internally and one arm was
broken. He was brought to
the hospital here and a Hous
ton doctor called. Little hope
for his recovery was held.
His companion was unhurt.
A message came Wednes-
day saying that Frank Bu-
chala died Tuesday at II p.
m. of the injuries.
he complained about uneasi-
ness, but went about his work
the same as usual. The de-
ceased reached a ripe age of
70 years. He is survived by
his widow, one daughter,
Mrs. Joseph Wagner at Moul-
ton, and a son, E. A. Matula,
residing at San Antonio. The
funeral will be held today at
the Moulton Catholic Ceme-
tery. The Tribune expresses
a hearty sympathy to the
whole family. May the soul
of the departed rest in peace.
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8,000 VISIT QUINTS
Callander, Ont.—Nearly 6,-
000 persons visited the Dafoe
hospital, home of the famous
Dionne quintuplets, over the
Labor day week-end, it was
estimatebd by Dr. Allan R.
Dafoe, physician for the
babies.
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be published for what you
owe as subscription, is self-
understood. Only you who
pay, help this paper. See
expiration date by your name
oil the Tribane. I?ont, may
we have your renewal?
not through ginning your cot
ton and don’t know how
many certificates you will
need, you can get through
ginning your cotton, then
bring your remaining portion
of your certificates to this
office and have them placed
in the National Pool.
Remember you can not
pool your certificates and
then buy more certificates.
You can either buy or sell
any part of your certificates
locally to another cotton pro-
ducer, provided they need
them, to gin their cotton, but
both the buyer and seller
must come to this office.
The price of $.05 per pound
will be paid by the purchaser
to the seller, in money or by
check, in the presence of the
Adjustment-Assistant.
If you are a H or H renter,
your landlord must furnish
part of the certificates to gin
the cotton which you are
working. You will furnish cer
tificates for your part of the
cotton and the landlord must
furnish certificates for his
part of the cotton grown by
you.
D. L. Hudson,
Adjustment Assistant,
Lavaca County,
Hallettsville, Texas.
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CO. AGENT J. M. PARKS
RESIGNED
Tuesday, County Agent J.
M. Parks resigned to accept
a position in government ser-
vice elsewhere. He will be re-
placed by another man sent
here by the A & M College.
Mr. Parks worked in this
county a number of years, ac-
complished a great deal in
our farming, and gained
many friends among the
farmers and
An item in the Houston
Post states:
"Considerable interest was
evidenced in Houston oil cir-
ed one operation, five blood D^Carl^1^’ Sept'
transfusions and administer-
ed oxygen to no avail. Death
came at 4:06 a. m„ C. S. T.
Wound Given As Cause
A “gunshot wound in the
abdomen” officially was giv-
en as the cause of the sena-
tor’s death by Dr. E. L. San-
derson, who said there were
“not necessarily” any compli-
cations.
Dr. G. S. Long, a brother
of the senator, was quoted as
saying, however, that the bul
let which entered the right
side, puncturing the colon in
two places, also penetrated
the kidney. The senator was |
42 years old. ' '
The gunshot wound was in-
Austin Weiss was
chosen by lot to assassinate
United States Senator Huey
P. Long and had to kill Long
or be killed, Earle J. Christ-
enberry, secretary to Senator
Long is quoted as telling Har
ry T. Brundidge, reporter for
the St. Louis Star-Times, in
a copyright story appearing
!n that paper today.
Under a Baton Rouge date
•'ine and Brundidge’s by-line,
the Star-Times story sates:
"Dr. Carl Austin Weiss had
to kill United States Senator
Huey Pierce Long, Jr., or be
| killed. Weiss drew the short
S& WWS1 byDr! CarlUL. We£
drilled by Wheelock and Col-
“He was a member of a
committee banded together
lins, Corsicana operators, in
association with the Magnol-
ia Petroleum corporation, in
Lavaca county, 12 miles
southeast of Hallettsville, was
trying to blow itself in, de-
spite all efforts of the dril-
lers to control it.
“The well, which is on a
15,000-acre lease block, was
said to be equipped with a
blow-out preventer, but dril-
lers were finding it difficult
to come out of the hole on
account of the heavy gas
pressure which had been en-
countered at a depth of ap-
proximately 4600 feet.
TWO GUESTS FROM
NEW YORK
who wish him well in what-
ever he may undertake.
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BISHOP HAYES NAMED
RECTOR OF AMERICAN
COLLEGE IN ROME
S. H. Simpson, Jr., Hank
Shore, both of New York anil
local postmaster, Jos. Kopec-
ky, were guests at the Tues-
day Rotary luncheon.
Postmaster Kopecky, when
called upon, spoke of the bet-
terment of local postal ser-
vice. The other two guests
each spoke about radio and
progress made along lines of
communication interspersed
with humor.
Minutes of previous meet-
ings were read showing last
week’s luncheon had a hun-
dred per cent attendance. Mr.
S. H. Simpson is a son of
our banker, Mr. S. H. Simp-
son, Sr.
EIGHT YOUTHS JOIN
ARMY
Through the courtesy of
our county clerk, J. F. Boz-
businessmen. Ika, we received information
Jr., kinsman of a Long poli-
tical enemy, in the corridor
of the Louisiana state capitol
at 9:20 p. m., Sunday night.
Even before his death,
there were demands for a full
investigation of the fatal
shooting. In Washington, Rep >
resentative Fenerty (Republi- ‘
can, Pennsylvania), declared;
“The congressional com
mittee which is about to
investigate Sen. Long’s
activities in Louisiana
might also investigate
who it was who instigat-
ed his attempted mur-
der.”
“I am convinced beyond
: any doubt," Dr. Weiss’ father
jsaid, “that my son did not
go into the capitol Sunday
night to kill Long. Whatever
happened there between him
and the senator and those
who killed him, I do not
think I shall ever know. That
is something we’ll never
know.
there, what brought him
there, will always be between
him and his maker.”
to wipe out Ldng and his dic-
tatorship. The committee
members drew lots and the
young doctor, rabid because
the Kingfish had ridden
roughshod over the political
fortunes of a family into
which h? was married, was.
selected.'
Weiss knew his fate when
he bought the weapon with
which the assassination was
accomplished .He knew he
would die before the guns of
the dictator’s bodyguards;
but he also knew that death
also might await him if he
failed. So it was that in the
brown marble corridor of the
34-story capitol he shot itar
builder down.
Becomes A Martyr.
“In the eyes of a large por
tion of the population of Lou
isiana, Weiss, by his act, be-
came a martyr—not a mur-
derer. . *
Simple funeral services
were arranged for 4 p. in.
(CST) ~
Thursday beneath
And what happened galant, moss covered oaks or.
'“‘“'the 20-acre capitol grounds,
across the concrete drive
fronting the capitol.
The senator will lie in a
sunken garden in the state
house park, 100 yards from
the capitol steps.
It was Mrs. Long’s wish
that her husband be buried
there.
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Coughlin Sees Hue;
»y
Death As Calamity
Vatican City, Sept. 11. —
Bishop Hayes of Helena,
Mont., Wednesday was nam-
ed rector of the American
College in Rome.
Bishop Hayes replaces
Msgr. Eugene Burke of the
Newark, N. J., diocese, who
recently returned to the Uni-
ted States to take up parish
work.
The appointment of Bishop
Hayes, who was a student at
the American College for 5
years, finishing in 1910,
breaks a precedent for the
75-year-old institution,-as- lie
is the first bishop to hold
this post.
that the recruiting party of
the 12th Field Artillery, con-
sisting of Sgt. Boice, and pri-
vates first class, Bordovsky,
Grant, Bell, Ringenberger and
Burns, during the Fair, sign-
ed the following, for United
States Army service: Walter ballots, not bullets.
Henneke, Cecil York, Walter
Koenig, David A. Meyers.
Marcus Davenport, Otis Ute-
sey, Adolph Gallia and Jim
Hudgeons. All of the young
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 10.—
Father Charles E. Coughlin
was quoted by the Albany
Evening News today as say-
ing Senator Huey P. Long's
death was “the most regret-
table thing in modern his-
tory.”
Father Coughlin learned of
Long’s death when he trans-
ferred from an early morn-
ing train to an automobile to
be driven to Barrington, Con
necticut.
“No matter how bitter our
animosity may be, in a de-
mocracy such as ours we
should never have recourse
to bullets to settle political
disputes,” the Michigan priest
was quoted as saying.
‘Our motto must always be
IT WAS A DIFFERENT DR.
WEISS
COTTON CROP OF 11,489,-
000 'BALES SEEN
Washington, Sept. 9.—The
men, except Cecil York, arc department of agriculture
residents of our County. Pri-.' said today a cotton crop this
vate first class Bordovsky, year of 11,489.000 bales of — .....— —........
who is acting clerk of the 500 pounds gross weight was I Dr. John Weiss moved from
Following the assassination
in Louisiana in which a Dr.
C. A. Weiss figured as a
murderer Qf Sen. H. T ong, a
rumor started in Hallettsville
that the same Weiss family
iiad lived here some 13 years
ago and Dr. Weiss had his
office in the City Drug Store,
located in the present Eli Ru-
bin building. To clear the
erroneous idea, it was ascer-
tained that the Hallettsville
l»r. Weiss was a John, and
n'r son’s name was Victor,
who was then finishing his
medical course and by this
time is around 40 years old
and living in San Antonio-
recruiting party, is well
known here, as he is a bro-
ther of our fellow townsman,
Mr. Rud. Bordovsky.
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indicated by September 1 con f here to Wharton nnd later
ditiohs. | to San Antonio, and died
A month ago a crop of 11.- . u,cu
798,000 bales was indicated.1 there some two years ago.
Last year’s production
1
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k
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a
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WAS
9.636.559 bales and the 1933
crop totaled 130.476,262 bal-
es.
Ginning of this year's crop
to September 1, was reported
by the census bureau as 1,-
132,739 running bales, count-
ing round as half bales. To
tttil' dale last year ginnini
were 1.402,845 and twoyei
ago, 1,369,139 bales.
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