The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 30, 1927 Page: 1 of 8
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THE CUERO DAILY RECORD
CUERO STAR and CUERO NEWS
W# Xav« no Right to tuooood Unlee* Wo Can «t*nd*r Real torvioa to Our Community
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•0 CUNTS ▲ MONTH
CUERO, DtWITT COUNTY, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY- NOVEMBER 30, 102?
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
VOL
IYTowii Talk
GUADALUPE VALLEY HAS !GMG$ HERE Mr. and Mrs. Chas Wofford MANY CONCERNS
Tiuit this suction of lliu Guadalupe
Valley bus a wonderful ftiMiie us a
center for citrus fruit production 1*
iho belief of Truxton Davidson, form*
cr Mid cltruM grower of Mission Val-
ley who each year markqls a large
|ht cent of IiIh crop in t.’uero. A* a
coiicIumIvc evidence of. till.) faith I Ilia
progressive farmer baa plan I ad an
additional twelve a .in
Ireca many of which will lie h<riu*iug
next Heuson
On the three aerca from which he
Ims been marketing fruit for the past
Late Wire Flashes
by Internatiorei Newo Harriet
y '
LET'S
Come folk*’ IhjI's have goodwill to
gether;
Through every Hort of weather
’Twill meun a 'heup o’ livin’’ llirouKh
Just me ii-helplng you. and you a-
helping me! —Borrowed.
♦ ♦ ♦
Thin buitcly |iliilwo|»li> of liv-
ing in the true expression of eour*
Iiituiity spirit. If we, ns cilia*'ns of
a town iiltd a county, eonld live by
I Ilia axiom, there in no gnugiug
bow greul the ilevcloj mien I of our
eommiuiity might be. Il in only
through mutual effort ami help
that towua ami people may succeed
in wlutt they attempt. It bun been
the co-operative apirit among the
towns of the Uio Grande Valley
and the friendly feeling existing
among the |>eoplc of these towns j
which lias brought about the pin*- .
nomanal growth of this nationally j
famous section of Texas
same impetus given our own section
W’itb the towns united in the com-
mon aim of developing- the natural j
wealth and wonderful resources j
of the Uuudulupe Valley, this sec-
tion, also, may eventually be look-
ed on as a “magic valley.“
♦ ♦ ♦
The m ’r possibilities fur
development of citrus fruit
product ion in (feis immediate sec-
tion is being demonstrated in Mis-
sion Valley where acreage is lie-
ing added each year to that al-
ready given over to citrus groves.
What has been Alone there can be
. aeecinpliahed in u^y part of De-
NVitt county where favorable soil
and weather < onditions hgld out
* tcihptilig iiTSifeeihents ~ tor
farmers of the county. With only
. a relatively small outlay of in-;
1 itial eipeuue, and with small !»«*• J
* anl us to crop failure a depcnilalde }
,income could be assured from the!
jydady crop of fruit. For any real
success however, a sufficient num- j
her of growers to assure large
eitpugh production for co-oper-
ative nmrketing will Is* necessary.
Tlie quality of the fruit now being
•produced indicates what might be
accomplished if a number of otir' FOT Ransom By Bandits
«N !»• -mimt l« WAHI1INOTON—I7.v. m. „„
devote a part of thcil lands to Thompson, an American, has boea
•planting citrus trees. Assuredly captured by Mexican bandit* and u
Iruit grown in the rich (inadaliipe being held for ransom of r»mni |*mm.
Valley might take rank on the ,h<! "r**e department w** advised 1»y
... ... the consul at Mazuihui. He was <-ap-
murket with that grown m Hie,
FUTURE AS CENTER FOR
CITRUS FRUIT MARKET
PASS TIE THREE
THOUSAND MARK
several scanons lie lias live hundred •-
hearing irees including Brajs!. ‘fruli Cuero Ghia Continue to Op-
kuiiHiuais. amt oranges. Twelve liun-, crate, Market ia
dred Irees are now plaoied on Hie Slow.
additional acreage. * —
This yc«V Mr. Ikivldsou has mark-; BRINGS LOW PRICE
eted a largo crop of Sa.sunm orange. DrQp q( two Dollar, and Fif-
ty Centa Per Bale Shakes
Market.
i ■-
Three thousand ;m<J lifty-four hales
Js somewhat sltorl of last si-msouV
whleli have found a ready sale on He*
local markets. In two weeks he will
citrus I,,, ready to market a large crop ol
Crawford oranges. The crop this year
of J!t27 cotton have been ginned bv
on account of the fen weeks drouth In ; ,h(. {l4<.r, tt,„H ja,4. „ (h,.rk
llm early summer. In spite of Ibis U|| n!V|{i,„.(J Wednesday mo.inng. 1 ;,e
v .*.s
HIGHLANO PARK. Nov. iO.—
Motorman Harry Wieklander wu
killed and many passengers ware
injured when two electric trains
crashed at an open switch here
this morning.
FOLSOM PPRISON. Ca!.. Nov.
30.—Six allegtd ring leaders of
the Thanksgiving day fatal jail
break which resulted in the deaths
of thirteen will have a prelim-
inary hearing on murder charges
Thursday.
Wallas. nov. 30.—Tom Hoyt
twanty-six. Kansas City Sales-
man was critically injured in a
fall from a third floor window of
the Southland Hotel this morning.
MARSHALL, Nov. 30. —Ike
KUIuqpworth, farmer. Is at lib-
erty under a bond of H9J00
charged with slaying his Son,
Ray, near Longview Monday.
fact the gorwer expects to clear a . _ ... • • . .
~ "•-•*«£>*on r "u’i"B •*-!srte«vs«?s.trs.rt.
^1 it£j %
*** only on Saturday. I ud .'Irs. \Vofff>rd the memories of
Considering the fact that acreage, An uueXp,.ttt.(j drop of two dollars | that^ther day which were brought
la tills section is far cheaper than In hlllj nfty a hal«- shook the mark-1 hack ^o-vitally at this time.
Celebrate Their Golden
Wedding Anniversary
• j *- - j
—..... ——- -
Mr Mid Mt.’i. Charje* \v \> oliorii, ’ ed as the centerpiece for the heaiiti-
u pionjeer couple of l>e\Viii county and , fully apisdnted inble in the dining
liighly eslei-med by tile people of ihc ■ room, was cut affording the usual
community In which they have pass-! merriment. Golden j ehysauthei,turns
■d the] gr-at. r pari of j^ti'-i rlong lives |cll| floral Hllni< tini| in (he dining j
! e. lehritled tln-ir golden wi-ddlug aitnl- room with the colors! repeated In !h«
j 1
versaijy at llielr home near Wcsthoff j wedding t ake, which
ou Sunday,.November. 27th. Snrnmnd-
cd by their children, grandchildren,
nieces and nephews, the happy event
brought hark memories of that day
in November JS77 'when Giioiorti
Whltsj-tf in all her glowing girlhood
pledged her troth to Charles Wofford.
An honored guest at this fiftieth an-
gold. A pretty sent!
was rrubus ted in
netit attached
to tills featuri* of the day was the
fu’et that thf; eakc; was decorated by
a young granddaughter. Eranees Tally
of Cucro, whose hlrtnday happily falls
on the wedding anniversary of her
grandparents.
Mr. and Mr* Wofford were the re-
the Itlo Grande Vralley. and irrigation
et Monday, and wiih cotton bringing j Golqen-hued chrysanthenja.ii.-, mlng-
when aeceAary costs less In addition : onlv ’entn Cuero at thf. pres. | ,ed w|th ,acy ferns gHVe a MUh«ble
to the fact that this section Is three
hundred miles closer to the markets, 1
Mr. Davidson holds that this part of
the Guadalupe Valley enjoys an ad-
vantage over the famous citrus-grow-
ing section of Texas. That othe,
growers of the Mission Valley section
are of the same opinion is demon-
strated by the fact that they too
are increasing their acreage devoid
to citrus trees.
cipietits of iiuiny
handsome gifts
cjf their married
children with
we#e present to
occasion with
es Wofford of
ent time, activities ou the local mark- floral setting in the rooms where Mr.
|jt't are practically at a stand still. and Mrs. Wofford welcomed their LeRoy Camp and
DEMONSTRATION
j The drop in cotton prices which guests. The wedding dinner was serv-
, senf the market to its lowest stage i <-*d beneath the picturesque oak trees
1 since last August, is due to badly or- on grounds of the home where tab-
i ganized market, support according tojl«* had spread to seat the sixty-
some. 1 Hve guests. Following the bountiful
I Although the cotton production has feawt’|the "cddipg y»»^h 8erv~
been under the average Ihis year, due j
to the fact that thousands of acres;
of cotton were wiped out by the Miss-)
lssippi flood, the market continues to *
sink, and the outlook for the coming I
j is anything but bright, in the opin-;
* ion of local dealers.
which will serve as mementoes of this
lift ietli milestone*
life. The following
their families
enjoy the
their parentsr Char
San Antonio; Mrs. Lem Calhoun and
Mrs. G.T, Reagan ©f Bceville; Mrs.
R. V. Brown of Kijmes City; Mrs.
s. G. P. Tuily of
Houston; R. W. Wofford of WesthofT;
Mrs. E. A Tully and Clyde Wofford
of Cuero. Taylor Wofford of Houston
was on a business trip to Louisiana
and was prevented* from attending
the celebration..
Specifications For New;
Ford Car Announced
MVIIT TXI GDTAVi The New Orleans cotton report de- Af,,[r six ,,,onths of ‘Hay,nK lfr'm * to >« ««•"! ®n hour in g*
AfSEJll Iv jTEnI|Ul«red that under the pressure of long j *»* b0l sawi"i jW0^ " Henry f^d ; seconds..
Mr*. IS. (Campbell Principal
Speaker at Federation
Here Dec. 8th.
I liquidation and general selling on
1 the continued good weather, poor spot
demand, and rumors of mill curtail-
; ment due to slack demand for cotton
goods.-the market eased off and iie-
Mrs. Bennie Campbell. Home D**rn-
BERLIM. Nov. 30.—The mili-
tary garrison at Wilkomir, Lithu-
ania, Has mutinied and imprison-
ed Commander Mailic and form-
er soldiers of the Soviet, accord-
ing to dispatches from Kovna via
Warsaw.
CHICAGO. Nov. 30—Fire prac-
tical! y destroyed the Republic
Food Products Plant today with
a loss of $200,000.
American Being Held
fore tire decline was checked. Jamv
onstratlon Ageirt with the Home Eco-|ary had ,lTo^ Ifr1**3-
nomlcs Department of A. A M. Col- or 17 ^ 19 undcr the
lege Etxenslon work will bo the tea-! ‘ Kxports for t«u,ed li '
tured speaker at the December meet-! »2« ''»'<>* **vorlH arr-m
ing of the County Federation of ,M*,es <>chiml ,asf year'» rr‘ord n*~
Clubs which is to convene in Cuero) Uf<^ fuCOrdlnK ta.thc r‘’
next Thursday morning. December JXjr
8th. Mrs. Campbell Is to speak at .
eleven o’clock and her address will h<* ’ Boy ScOlltf Killed
of particular interest to the members 1
today ainioun<|ed the specifications The new Ford eat also introduces
of the new Ford car which succeeds; a new type of «four-wheel brakes,
his famous Model T. A bare listing Ah exclusive Ford development, they
of those specifications presents a , are of the mechanical, shoe-expand-
picturje of an automobile that In per-1 ing type, and ar? self-centering. The Jewelry Co. Refreshmcn|g .
By Mexican Bandits
formance. appearance andmechanic-; brake pedal and the) hand brake
al features has hqgetofiore been asso-leach operates aJl^four brakes. It
elated with a ocmMlderahly higher Is stated that this fs’the ow>st rell-
pFIce class. able and simplest tjtp»* of four-wheel
Unijsusl spc<-d and acceleration jbrak *. and also the easiest to adjust#
are among ihc outtsandlng features! adjustments being made from
... i s . ' Ute outside wifhouf rPmovIng any
of the new car. It is aimoanced «*s p.irIs I '
I being j able to make 55 to $n utiles an ! A(l ,bat j, practically vl-
hour. With ease. In recent tests U j brat Ion less develop* -to horsepow-
has made even more without dlfB-i(.r .„ revol..li,jn.s per minute
of the rural clubs of the county. _
The meeting will take plate In ni'*i VEKA CRI’Z. Nov
Annex of the Presbyterian 'Church j Campon and Enrique
; cully. What ia more Important, it
j I;-, staled that when traveling at such
This low revolution sji>*#*d in ratio to
I he high horsepower is illustrative
Tin. - Antonio " hoU* ,h'; pwld L'abil>- uml *M»wuaI HHritfncy uf the ne-
with (comfort to driver and passen-
greso to Mexico City, were
bandits in the mountains near here, j
i ti**r on
according to Miguel ,Maigne*s. third
i scout who arrive lo re exhausted.
. .. , . ipoeltlyenoss. however, that it per-
• kilh-d by
forms) in an equally spectacular man-
had roads. In its
--------- ------- ---------------- -------- —............ .......... Gomez. Boy , . . . . ... ,
and an Interesting program is being Scouts, of Mexico, walking from Pro-' ^ '* ' dU”
planne<l in addition to the appear-
ance of Mrs. Campbell. A lunch to
which all the clubs will contribute
their portion will be served at noon
in llm ,'hurch parlora. - P * , ar, *™“ " T* ....... .. .. Tli. nnunuaily large trank-
____ MEXICO City. Nov. :;n~The War conditions and types of roads. -.shaft, which is both statistically and
, Department has suspended the night Appreciating the conat.h&tly •» dynamii-ally balanced, weighs 28
! runs ef the Mexico City ami El Paso creasing iruportaiic of accc|kfatibn. j pounds. This balancing, combined
gine. Also, it ineansj lunger life, the
lower engine sp<-ed -. insuring less
wear on engine jmrt^. The low rev-
olution speed is also1 a substantial
design.; factor,in lessening iibration. The
Mr. Ford ha.-* held to his original js , 7.8 ,nehl.„>
idea of a «ar which can meet
stroke 4 J-4
more fatuous eilrtts jinxlunug
Sections of our country.
♦ ♦ ♦
The unprecedented warm weath-
er of the fall luis lieen wpiklcrful
ly helpful for those Irtiek lowers
whop lantcd llteir crops early in
the season. The si-ason has been the
hucst for fruit and vegetables the
state has ever known. Tender veg-
etables which arc normally killed
,earlicr in the season with the ear- SInH„ arniy uro rk.Pln(? lo ,,0.
ly frosts have been marketed for I land and Germany.
a much longer period than in pre- ~~ -----—
viou.s seasons. Strange to say how-1
ever, the local markets have been
Mired ou November 26th. Friends are
negotiating for his ransom and feder-
al troops are trailing the kidnapper!*
Valdamana Still"
Rules the Throne
Weather Forecast
EAST TEXAS—Partly cloudy, cold, trains In the region between Agnus-j the *hjrd Motor Company has given with i lie lightness (jf aluminum al-
wuve In th< North central portion to- j rn Rentes and Zacatecas until further j a gr<-:it deal of study to this feature joy pistons, further combine to re-
night. Frost or freezing in the .-onth notice. The trains will not he run of the new car. Iti high gear tests dun- vibration and increase riding
west. until the rebel hands operating In: with two passengers tn n Tudor sc and driving comfort |md siifety
Thursday generally fair and colder. I that sector are cleaned u=p.
I DISPLAY WARES
AT EXHIBIT HERE
Large Crowd Attenda Firgt
Night'* Showing
Tue*day.
FOLLIES HlaTuRE SHOW
Oiflptay of WxMerman Sign
Company Prove* to Bo s
Big Attraction.
SO
A miniature Follies, which rnaaH
lutes the attractive display of tho
Wasscrinan Sign Co., proved to Jm>
one of the most attractive features of
tho Cuero Industrial and Agricultural
Exhibits in the City Hall, which wa*
opened to the general public for the
first time on Tuesday evening. Was-
herman Brothers' talent In the paint-
ing of stage scenery is cleverly dem-
onstrated in the miniature stage
which ts complete in every hull
from the beautifully executed drop
curtain, hack drop and stage wing* t
the over-head lights and piano ohb -
chorus girls.
This Is only uno of the many (legally
attractive displays which make
this veritable /'air and which h%ve
been arranged under the direction of- 3
the Chamber of Commerce and
Department of Vocational
to bring before the public of the
and the county .Cucro-made
and the' various thriving e|
already established here. Over
industrial concerns, together
educational institutions are rag
ed in the exposition, which t
spected hy a large crowd of
cn the opening night.
Music was provided by a radh
stalled tor the occasiou by E. A.
vklsou Slcctrlc Co: works and
Brunswick furbished by John
Chocolate Soldier and No-Grape
the Nu-Grape Bottling Works
serretT fnnn'fWT iitid£ci*gv
arranged for the exhibit by this
Why- w*
KOENIG RIMS M
coiwioi
Successful Young Kuhgr df |
Mis*ion Valley Enter* inly
Frimarig*. I
Joe I. Koenig. progre»*ive
farmer of the Alissiog Valley
nity, has announced hi*
for Cimmisstoner of Precinct No. 4
subject to election in the July yri-
l
" The Infant ProdiGy"
RIGA. Nov. 30.—AMriupis to d<'
js»se I’remhT Valdemaras govern-
ment will prove abortive ami he is
now {Irmly In control being support
ed by the army.Many opposition
leaders wlp* were supported by a
BIRTHS
supplied almost exclusively from
other couutie*;- and from indies-- births
tious the farmers aud truck-grow-j Among the births reported for tbei
era of the county taiased a good lu l>urren‘ ,uon0* wa* ,"ar ',f a -VWU,’K
Tdaugliter. on the 23rd, to Mrs. Coke
when they failed to plant full
gardens. There is always a steady
market for all kinds of vegetables,
aud it seems a great pity that mer- ;»
chants mast depend on ship|H-d in
products to supply their
trade. *
♦ ♦♦
Every person in Ciiem ant De-
Witt county should contribute in
some degree to the Ked < 'ross
when they are called on for dona-
tions during this fourth Annual
Roll all. This is a cause with which
every right-thinking ami . feeling
person is iu harmony. The season
before Christmas is a most oppor-
tune time ftr giving to those who
are less fortunate than we in De-
Witt County who have been bless-
j/fer, ed in so many ways
Gibson at Westhoff
A FINE BOY
Word reaches us from Baton
touge. La . that a tine son had ar-(
rivt-cj the hotm- of Frank Horton |
local jand wife on Thanksgiving day A |
Thanksgiving blessing, as it w(ere. j
I Frank is an old Cuero hoy and his
friends back home will join the Hoc-!
erd in Lindberging eongratuiations 1
lions
BABY GIRL ARRIVES
Friends of Mr. ami Mrs. Kvart
White In Cuero will read with in-
terest of the arrival of £ little daugh-
ter at their home In Odessa. The
proud father was formerly on- the
staff of the Cuero Record ami is now!
editor and publisher of the Oaoua
Stockman. Both parents iluriDg tbe;r
residence In Cuero won many frieuds
who will he sincerely Interested In
their happiness.
‘Ian ft has shown an acceleration of |„ addition to frcckoia from vibra
Hon, it is announced that the car is
j unusually quiet, a great deal of at-
, tout Kin having lieen |iald to this fea-
iturc hy the Ford engineers. In the
• •ngine. the timing gojars are made of
j babelized fabric, wli^h is
i quieter than im tal.
' th<
maries of 1928.
Koenig is a sou of th* late
Koenig of t}iis city, and is a
of Ford Koenig, popular you
ness man of Cuero.
With the butkUnf of th*
Valley Creamery here, Kee
up dairying on a iafge icalg aai tea
enjoyed the greatest success ia this
venture.
Koenig Js a popular young u
a successful farmer, and his IWIk
much frlon<ls declare that be is well flttgi
for the office to which he now asalruu
The cams on
— camshaft have been so dcsigued \ p wnm '» *
: to prevent valve clicking. [ramier Killed lf|
Tiu- coach work of the car is as
distinctive Jas its 1 performance.
Ther * is a noticeable European Ry Internatlkmal New*
touch in liut- and contour. It is not
only designed for exterior teauty,
hut lias as well tie- interior roomi-
ness. convenience aqd luxurious ap-
1 Ppintments to he found in much
higher priced automobiles. On an
1 instrument board ojf satin-finished
j nickel are mounted (lie speedometer,
gdeottnfc gu^ge. ammeter and Igni-
tion; lock, with a dash-light in the
| center. The new military-type sun
; vis'll , with crow n r^of aud round
corners, are feature! of tile coined
models. Unusually! narrow pillars
• and, very wide doors and windows;
| radiator shell and headlamps furth-
er accentuate the exterior attrac- Brothers Stock
liveness, while choice of four colors. pitch their big teni
GLENROSE, Nov. 30 —To* Whli
thirty-five year old farmer la M
and Burton Walker ia jailed al Me)
dian as a result of a>faJd on a sdU ;
six mites south of hefo yesterday f*- *
ternoon. Police seek a third pert
who escaped. Whitt was killed when
the three tired on 8h*rld Joe Deter*
and bis two aides, the sbdMff aW.
Raid on Mi
Grandi Bros. Stock »
Company Commf -
On
in pyroxylin finish are offered.
Simplicity in design has also been
carried to the ignit on. There Is
only one co|i in a W'aterproof case.
There are no vibrators to adJusL
and no exposed cables to work loose
or short circuit rropi water. The
, distributer is hslatckl iu a readily
j accessible position oh top of the en-
gine i
j Uenlrifugal water ' pumps. large
, radiator and airplane propf?ller j
type fail provides a cooling system
which makes the car very difficult
to- overheat, except from abuse, such
as running without enough oil, or
fContinued on page 7)
Reuss lots opposite the post
Monday for a week's engagement in
Cuero, according to C. R.
advance mau. who was iu Cudril
Tuesday.
Grandi Bothers Is one of the b
roa dshows tourning the
and is very popular in Cuero.
have in past years, offered a
c^ss of entertainment, and
to live up to the reputation
have extablished in the yaiL
fering one of the feast
played by their company.
The show carries thirty lvayj
pie. including twelve
and a ten piece
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