The Lavaca County Tribune (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1932 Page: 2 of 8
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TRIBUNE
Published every Thursday ut Hallettsville, Texas.
MALEC BROTHERS Publishers
Editur:
‘ ' WALTER MALEC
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
For one year. ...........................
- Six montbe.. ; . — ——__
Four montli.s..... .....................
(in Advance):
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Advertising rates furnished on application.
That in spite of their claim some time ago
in the New Era-Herald about having 170 thou-
sand dollars on hand which fooled only the ig-
norant, the commissioners have their Road &
Bridge fund entirely exhausted?
And further more, they already have accu-
mulated debts of close to thirty thousand dol-
lars -— jn other words, the commissioners have
already spent Chat much of your future taxes
which you will pay next January, if you will
be able? r ,
aAre these things dreams?
Or should we understand, that as long as
certain unpleasant facts are unknown to you,
the taxpayers of this county, those facts, are
true, but juntas soon as wo print-them - they
are lies?
We were supposed to act somehow like
“a blind jackass in a hail storm” — but the
has been heard since
vessel or the people.
In I860 C. L Thurmond re-
moved from Victoria to Lavaca
i county, where he farmed and
i was also engaged in mercantile
pursuits for three years.
Removing to Victoria he was
elected sheriff in 1871, which
I office he held for* six years.
celebratyou
Well-Filled State Museum
Practically every great exp#
sition has left for permanent
use a great international]:. fa.
mous museum, worth more to
posterity than entire cost 0f
the exposition. Built for the
V. L, THURMOND
Address all communications:
1 election is already here and the promised sensa-
The LAVACA COUNTY TRIBUNE, Hallettsville, Texas ition 88 “lr as ever‘ l or the lacts PuW>shed
________■ '___I_show the conditions of our county as they are
Entered us second-sfass matter Jan. 7, 1932, at the post- — not as somebody would like to have it now
fill Unit office acceptably in
those days. But ‘‘Old Zip*’ was
7 equal to the job and discharged
lulls well known Lavaca and I u . 4. *
... his duties m an exemplary way
Victoria county officer, farmer unty 188()
It Look a man of steady nerve, , great Chicago World’s
cool brain and determination t<5 the;5 Field Museum and its vast
office ut Hallettsville, Texas, under the
_________ Act of March 3, 1879.
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THE TRIBUNE ADVOCATES:
Progressive farming.
More beautiful homes
Cooperation of merchants and farmers.
Chamber of Commerce of Hallettsville.
Paved Highway to Edna & Eagle Lake,
g * * * * $ # . g
Hallettsville, Texas, Thursday, July 14th, 1932.
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when it’s too late.
Do Not Deserve Sympathy
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The Tribune went into considerable trouble
j to furnish you information about the County
road finances, which should be of importapre and
interest to every taxpayer "and voter of Lavaca
j County. ................
The Tribune believes the information given
you illustrates plainly hqw no County should lie
managed, how the people’s taxes should not be
,spent, how the public officer should not abuse
the people’s trust. ,
Two years later he
was elected County Clerk, but
in 1886 he was re-elected she-
riff and held that position till
1892. In the meantime he held
various offices, and in every
sphere of public duty he showed
children born - to Dr. John G. the
and rapehman, Columbus La-
fayette Thurmond, or as he was
familiarly known ‘‘Old Zip’
Thurmond, was born in Lander-_
dale cqunty, Tenn., Nov. 13.
1833, as the youngest of seven
utmost
and Ann Eliza (Sturges) Thur-jlaithfulness
Imond, natives of Georgia. He
intelligence
collection will be one of the
greatest attractions of the Chi-
cajo Century of Progress of 19.
33. Wherever the Tex. Centen-
nial may he held, a creditable
State Museum will be one of the
results — one that is needed to
show the development and pix>-
gress of the country and that
will he a lasting memorial to
the patriotic spirit of Texans
and .'of 1936.
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Filling the Gaps
Filling gaps in important
lie was also quite successful]
as a farmer and stockman. In j suite Hiways and completing
1891 he was an owner of ■
was left fatherless in liis early
chjWhood, hut fortunately so- ls;,, ne wag. an owner o1 airoadwavs to -..,1 f) , ,. ~
cured a practical education in , , . I(,‘“i\\a>s to and tluu leading
,, , ranch of 2,700 acres, of which statn haWo iqqc •
the common schools of Tenner- ,-A . , . 1 Arks before 1936, m rea-
L,0 acres were m good state of diness for the enormous tour--
j cultivation. He also gave con- j ist trave, to lje expected that
see.
“The Men Of the West”
you know as much about your County affairs as
you know this time before election. The in-
In his recently published book Dane Cool-1 formation was not published for our pleasure,
ldge tells stories of the “Fighting .Men of the j to persecute somebody, or to help some candi-
West.” He has ranged around thru the “West ; date'— the information was published by the
for forty years. —r He has been in boom min-1 Tribune to help you to form a better opinion
ing camps and in the bottom of Death Valley, j p.O'our own pul>lic affairs,
on the Rio Grande with Texas Rangers and to The things published are facts which can
the north over the scenes of the great rustler pot be disproved.
wars. And always, going and coming, he has j If you are not interested in the things pub-
made friends with tiie Indians, having visited : fished for. your benefit, then you have no right
more than twenty tribes. G. W. Harris in the 1" complain either about tlie taxes or'about
New Tork Times Book Magazine says about this !’he conditions-'that keep .up the high taxes. And
book among other things: i.vott also do dot deserve any sympathy for you
The last chapter ot-^dl, and one of the most 'as a v<der, made possible such conditions as this
interesting in the hook, is devoted to “Death Val- B oim.t> is in at the present tijne. *
ley Scotty, Prospector and Showman," who is ^ •,v’ml il ',‘ satisfied with the things as they
still living, but has not recently attempted any jal’e» no one can help you. And it the people ot
new stunt to get on the front page of the'|^1<; County as a whole are satisfied, tlien no
newspapers. None of his rivals or enemies J011(1 tan ^elp this County.
erer succeeded in finding out whei'g^ “Scotty” 1 ',llt d v<,u u,eh t satisfied, and don’t believe
got his gold. But it was not for the lack of ^',l1 dl's county is not capable of better gov-
ernment than we have in the Road management
11 is elder brother, Alfred S 1 m *. , . . 1>l “aiei 10 ue expei'ted that
’ • u sidendgle attention to raising Vear i< ulmnJi- .
W»t to Texas in 1836 when „.,d. of at„|. VfJI' 18 “ . * unde' "*>• An>
he participated in the Kevolu- T .. TI *X;LS celehratlon tlial may he
lion. He was taken priaone. , T a ,a ”'W " ‘’aVe f'"' its (,urPOM
It is for the first time in many years that | by the Mexicans and tor some " 'T, <**»** l*»
time acted as interpreter fori^e',1 , 'Vv T' « •»«* "' Texan as
them. He K,ew to sturdy man t ,* T
... • tona; Lolumlius L., Jr.: Anmy
hood in the environment of al- L > wife„f James J. Jones; Sam State Caverns
inost a constant governmentat ,L>. ' ai,T ^ntrihatTTSIp, of tl^ Texas
changes ui Texaft. until in 1852 XLlt(je State Park Board, says that re-
lie made a visit to lennessee. j __ cent explorations more than 8
n u let tuned to Texa, 'fexas (’entennicll Notes mt,>' the State-owned
soon alter, he wa^ accompanied Burnett County Caverns have
by his youngest brother, C. Lt,
our subject. Another broth- ..... magnificent U>autv the caves
er, Bev. Tohn H.'Thurmond itf! At luJndrt‘,is »* I'ul.hc gath- of Texag
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trying. When they failed in trying to trail,
him themselves they hired Indian scouts, first
Shoshones, then Apaches. When lie outwitted
the .Indiana, they resorted to bloodhounds. But
the news leaked out and Scotty bought 'some
cyanide of potassium. Then he rode out a
day’s journey to a water hole, and the next
morning thru his field glasses he saw the pack
approaching, running along ahead of their keep- J
er. Scotty posted a big sign, "This water is
poison,” and threw some cyanide into the hole.
But the dogs, as Scotty observed, could—not
read. When their master arrived they were all
Speakers Extol Centennial
At hundreds of public
■ ■ 01 1 oxas are not surpassed any-
th* Baptist Church, * came to July '•*y*k*r» referred where in (Ju. world an<| ^
Texas in 1851 and died in Vic-' U> opportunity Tex-|tM|. fl|lf ' development with
toria of yellow fever in 1S67. i,S Wl11 ha^ 1,1 ,tR Centennial j ^ roads ,eadj {o th
A third brother, Dr. P-jlaski A.. y,oar' 1WtJ‘ tw show thb ^ may be exacted before the On
Thurnnyid, came to Texas m 'f. real,,eudent acHiexementej tenniaI of 1936 N(3roen)UR
1851 and settled in Lavaca Co. ,lts' tlvat oentury <>f smaller caverns in several oth-
In I8811 his death occurred in:*1." U ' ",l1 i c‘r sections are being" explored
Hallettsville as a result of ajfrlb,1,tle* the futu,e },resents opened and made attractive to
kick from a horse. j lexas citizens. These speak- 'visitors. • . .
dead. _Xhe_mai* himself iiuill'l.V perished from
thirst before he got hack to his starting point.
This was pretty rough work, but Scotty had
already been shot three times, and (as he believ-
ed, at least) he was fighting for his very life.
The Facts Are Not Lies *
and finances, theq it is your duty to vote ac-
cordingly and to help those that are being mis-
informed and mislead and bluffed by unscrupu-
lous politician who is looking only, for his own
job, and is going around telling the people that
the facts are lies because he does not like the
people to know the facts.
-» The Next County^ Meeting
Next Saturday a meeting of the taxpayers
is to be held in our Court House, same r“f
week.x Jiuo, to write a filial chapter to the pre-
election activity of theTaxp-ayers’ League.
This League since its inception held a meet-
ing almost every week at some part of the coun-
ty, first at Moravia, then Shiner, Moulton, Vien-
na. Kzzell, Koerth, Worthing, Bila Hora, Oak
Grove, with a possibility of another meeting
next week at some place where the meeting is
wanted
In every meeting particularly the county
affairs were discussed, and also affairs' of state
and nation which are touching our taxes.
In every meeting there was found an ear-
nest interest in the things discussed.
Next Saturday the various demands are to
be formulated to represent a sentiment 'of the
County, for a guid/lnce of otip county commis-
sioners and the state and • national representa-
a horse.
Columbus L. Thurmond se-
cured a position as a clerk in
Victoria upon his coming to
Texas with jhis brother Alfred
ip '852 and followed that oc-
cupation until 1856 when ho
was elected County ■ Treasurer.
After one term in the office he
engaged in the mercantile busi- J
ness for himself. Me became!
, ers predicted freely that Texans ^
will overwhelmingly vote for TeXas ft’tan'caI hardens
the Centennial at the Xovem-' H*xas Garden, Clubs are stu-
ber election. dying, with a view to sponsor-
Centcnniui Conventions a movement to have a
Efforts already have been ^exa*s Botanical Garden as a
| started to have as many nation B’atuie of the lexas Centennial
j al and international conven-1 <d —.one that will show
| tioi^s as jKissible held in Texasa arreat central grouping the
year,! vast ancl varied plant and floral
life of "tiie entire State,
during the Centennial
1936. Among those already
Brownsville.
In 1857 he
—__ national Lions Clubs.
was .married Tot(‘f
The Tribune understands, that the commis-
sioners are going around and telling you that
whatever was* printed in these 'papers about
their management qf the Road & Bridge financ-
es, are all lies. j_
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That the commissioners were buying the
road machinery without competition?
That the Moulton road machine was bought
last year absolutely unnecessarily at the cost I Hves.
of 8300 dollars? * , Make it yolir pomt to.....he present. It is
„ That the Shiner-Yoakum macKihe was ! ) oUr rr,e*dinR' not fn.r speech making. Jbut a meet-
bought this year also without actual neetl ?ind I1'8®’ Pe()Ple to declare their demands with-
hids advertised until after this machine was [out fpar* 'ls Vour interests and needs dictate,
delivered ?« .... * ' * -f . 4- -|-
That all the commissioners are guilty of this I • 1 am 'ess ardent 'n my wish that you mav
* irresponsible spending of more than $15,000.00vj_s,,cteed in V°Ur plan of toleration in religious
J.\ Thai the commissioners’ failure to! collect j Heing’no hig«t myself to any mode
*• properly the gas tax refunds cost this County at I A .re'^ous wo”h1ip» ,.an.1 (iisPosed to indulge
l§ast three thousand dollars? ‘ j the professor^ of Christianity in the church with
That the road machinery repairs in 3930 —
election year — cost this county $18,000.00?
And "that 13 .thousand dollars the same year
«vas spent for gasoline and oil?
(hat road to Heaven, which to them shall seem
the most (firect, plainest' easiest, and least liable
to exception.”— (Letter t<? Marquis de LaFayette,
written from Philadelphia, August. 15, 1787.
“Writings,” Sparks Ed. Vol. IX, p. 262.)
Miss Margaret A. McGrew, a
native of Mississippi.
In 1858 .Mr. Thurmond was.
elected County Assessor and j
Collector and held tiie office un '
til removed by Federal outhor-1
ities irv 1865. At. the same time j
he was United States Marshal, I
census take/ of Victoria and j
Goliad counties in 1860 and was
bitterly opposed to the Civil
War., •*- ’
lie was an outspoken Union j
num, yet the people had soi
much confidence in his sound1
sense and .his regard for the!
people among whom he lived j
that they kept him in office j
almost the entire time.
During these trying years his
brother, Alfred, orgariized in 1
San Antonio a company for the
Confederate service of which!
he was made Captain, and lie !
was with Green’s Brigade in all
the engag6mentn of the trans-
Mississippi Department. Lat-
er he became a member of tha
Texas Legislature, where he
commanded high respect: While
on board a schooner bound from
Rockport to Tucpan, Mexico, he
Association and the Inter- •'lsset,u> jj
The aim
the Committee will lie to
3^ 1 year subscription to/The
Lavaca County Tribune —$1.50
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Malec, Walter. The Lavaca County Tribune (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 14, 1932, newspaper, July 14, 1932; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1037594/m1/2/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.