Batesville Herald. (Batesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 13
BATESVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1913.
County Court Over
Interesting Road News
From Cometa Cor.
The January Term of County
"f"1"? !“■; In your iasu« of January lOtli,
, n?k I you any: "Zavala County Una,
and adjouraod Thursday. The, ^thin ylC ,ew Jw», made
?w m <n»mng I*1*5 wonderful atr.des ill the way ol
Court was gone through with. L . > llSl.in„ „ J
Sta»,S:rKni^ Wortham-Willacy Head Appropriation Committee
of roulsnii Precincts 1 and 2 be- n________
The names of the jurors were
called, but, as they were not
needed, Judge Stubbs dismissed
them with a few words of thanks
for their presence. Following is
a, list of cases disposed of:
CIVIL DOCKET
J. M. Culwell vs A. W. Sarver
et al, foreclosure, judgment for
plaintiff.
State of Texa,s vs E. Garcia,
forfeiture of bond, continued.
Sparks Lumber Co. vs B. G.
Holloway, suit for debt, contin-
ued for settlement.
Zavala County Bank vs Chns.
Anderson et al, suit for debt,
judgment for plaintiff.
Crystal City Mercantile Co. vs
R. E. Homer, suit for debt, pass-
ed for service.
Crystal City Mercantile Co. vs
R. E. Homer, Defendant, Cross
S Farming Co. Garnishee, suit
for debt, passed for service.
Wilhelm Hardware & Furni-
ture Co. vs S. A. U. & G. Ry.
damages, judgment for plaintiff.
Lew Logsdon vs R. E Homer,
suit on note, judgment.
CRIMINAL DOCKET
. State vs Mart. Brown, disturb-
ance of peace, dismissed,
f State vs E. C. Hughes, assault,
continued.
State vs E. C. Hughes, abusive
language, continued.
State vs Jose M. Gonzales,
theft, under advisement.
PROBATE DOCKET
Estate of Vandeve minors, Wil-
lie Vancleve gardian, no orders.
Estate of S. K. Holdsworth,
deceased, no orders
Estate of Theresa and Dale
Sweet minors, W. O. Day gar-
dian, second annual account ap-
proved • - ■>
road building.
Yes, beginning in the middle of
1009, in less than three years we
added 140 miles of new roads to
existing 130 of old, and generally
very poor conditioned roads.
Until December 1909 lliere was
not a bridge in the County. From
said date to September 10, 1912,
there were built as follows: Over
Leona and Live Oak 2 truss spans,
100 and 180 feet each, with ap-
proaches; Neuces River 2 truss
spans, 278 and 148 feet each, 48
and -16 feet above water level.
Bayouques and other streams 5
bridges, beam spans of 100, 150,
180, 210 and 880 feet each, and 20
other beam span bridges of 10 to
65 feet each. A total of 87 bridg-
ing old roads on which money
had been si>ent for ten or .ifteen
years, they had a good sum to
spend for grading and putting
their road in g od order. Pre-
cincts 8 and 4 had heavy costs j
for bridges, especially No 8, and
could spend nothing for grading,!
having to use their money for!
heavy cuts and tiills on rivers,
creeks, gullies, ponds and rough
places.
We have laid good foundations
on which to build. Work can be
done in the future at moderate
cost, according to the class of
work the people in the various
precincts may desire to have
clone, and for which they may
decide to vote the necessary
money.
There will not be any more
County bonds voted. Each polit-
ical sub-division (precinct) or de-
fined district will have to form
es and with few excont,inner all I "lied district Will have to form a
on durable concrete abutments I R,,ad District and vote bonds for
and piers. 2,880 lineal feet ()f work in such dis net A nil has
bridging, at a cost, including £■»
EM
mm*
V
Loula J. Wortham
Jno. G. Willacy
some very long heavy dirt 611s or
approaches, of about $85,000.
We can say without fear of be-
ing controverted that Zavala h is
as well built, substantial, and at
least cost, bridges as any county
in the State.
We have expended during four
years a total for all road and
bridge purposes $55,000 or $60,
000.
would
sum, but say the latter, and de-
duct cost of bridges, would leave
$25,(XX) spent for all other road
purposes.
Assuming we spent in
the Legislature, for a .special t oad
law for Zavala County. If passed
the people may do in each pre-
cinct what they desire to do.
We deem it not out of place
here to pa.v a merited tribute to
Ex-County Judge Mills. No judge
could be more careful to a cent
in seeing that every dollar of the
people’s money was carefully
. , . . .spent. Not an account would he
Am of the opinion amount. ;,now be approved until veri-
not exceed first named I fied to u cent.
Drives Off A Terror
Col. Louis J. Wortlmm, chairman of the Appropriation Com-
mittee of the House, and Senator Jon. G. Willacy, chairman of the
Finance Committee of the Senate, are the heads of two of the most
important committees in the Legislature.
These committees, more than any other, hold in their hands
the destiny of Texas for the next two years. The department.! of n‘e<* b.v the bride's sister and
State look to them for sustenance; our hiddeif resources erv out to r,e' husband, Mr. and Mrs.Thed-
theih for help; opportunity knocks at their door; a million school ^* ‘lf* °..°wng day for
children plead to them for education, and the State’s unfortunate
hold out their palsied hands for relief.
Voss-Trebes
A quiet home wedding was sol*
i t-mnized at the home of Mr. and
Mrs Chns. Trebes Sunday when
i their daughter, Miss Hilda, was
I united in marriage to Mr. ber-
tha Id Voss. Judge O. A.Siubbs
j oiticiated.
The home was beautifully dec-
orated with evergreens, and the
ceremony performed at eleven-
thirty o’clock, after which a
sumptuous dinner was served.
The bride wore a gown of white
satin with rose trimmings and
the groom wore black.
Miss Hilda is a charming daugh
ter of Mr. Chas. Trebes and Mr.
Voss is a son of R. W. Voss of
Normanna, Bee County, Texas,
and is an ambitious young busi-
ness man.
Besides the immediate family,
those present were: Misses Elsie
und Eugenia Herman, Novella
Smith and Mamie Carter, Mr.
and Mrs. R. G. Trebes, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Tiled ford and Messrs
John Herman and Jim Gates.
Mr. and Mrs. Voss, nccompa-
The chief executioner of death
four! in the winter and spring months
years $25,000 on 270 miles of is pneumonia. Its advance agents
roads, an average cost of about are colds and grip. In any attack
$90 per mile, 50 per cent or about, by one of t hese maladies no t ime
went for surveying, juries of j should be lost in taking the best
view', commissions to Treasurer medicine obtainable to drive it off.
and Collector, graders and other Countless thousands have found
tools, grubbing and land for road j this to Vie Dr.King’s New Discov-
bed. Will here remark, and thejery. “My husband believes it has
people should appreciate the fact, I l<ept him from having pneumonia
that some citizens and a number! three or four times," writes Mrs
of n« n-resideuts-gave the larger i Geo. W. Place, Raw>onville, Vt.,
Estate of Theresa Sweet mi-1 part of the 1.40 miles of new road. | "and for coughs,colds and croup
Rails Are All Here
The rails and most of the other
material for the new extent ion of
the Uvalde & Ijeona Valley Inter-
urban from Sansom to Uvalde
are here and the truck laying will
begin in the near future. The
grading has been completed for
a long time and the down town
depot is also Completed now and
ready for use. With reasonably
La Pryor
Mr. John Bond lias erected a
home on corner of Pryor Avenue
and Walters Street, and will
soon occupy the same. This adds
another modern cottage to the
many recently erected here.
J. C. Warren has moved into
his recently erected modern
home on corner of Estes Avenue
and Evlyn Street.. Mr. Warren
good luck in getting'at the con-' . , ' • \ ? '
strneHon vrnelr ul.nnl.l iUld ,11S tsh n* 1,1 l,lp Hr,‘
nor, W. F. Collett gardian, con-
tinued for service.
Subscribe for the Herald.
Tiien there was only about $45 w-e have never found its equal.’’
per mile for the actual working j Guaranteed for all bronchial af-
of roads. Precincts No. 1 and 2, | lections. Price 50c and $1. Trial
having little need for, spent much bottles free at all druggist.
popular with the young ]>eoplc of
La Pryor.
Mr. E. F. Leo who recently ar-
rived hero from I Jig Foot, Texas,
is building a home in north part.
structien work, trains should be
running into town over this lino
withinthirty days — Leader-News
This road is expected to even-
tually come to Batesville and no
one should put any stumbling of town. Ho will bring his family
blocks tn the way, or throw cold here to make this their home i
wnwroroast any reactions, on i WMjn as his house is compete.,
the project. In the same issue
of the Leader-News from which Mr. J. W. Adiuns of the Expe-
the above was taken is a short j rimental Farm is making daily
item from Batesville as follows: shipments of fresh vegetables to
‘‘There is still hope and some I Uvalde and other points. The
BeeviHe where they will make
their future home.
The Herald joins their many
friends in extending congratula-
tions.
X
ft
Mrs. Granville Johnson has her
sister, Miss Elkins, of Uvalde
_ staying with her. They visited
Whll* Texa* th« largest permanent fund for education, yet the actually spends less per student than orae- Wells last Tuesday in their
tieally all the other states of the Union.—Texas Welfare Commiesion, p car.
talk of a railroad being built to
Batesville, hut many fear that
the long desired improvement
will not material ze soon.”
The Batesville correspondent
has been sending in splendid
items to the Leader-Nows, but
the Herald does not believe that
the latter half of the above para-
graph expresses the correct sen-
timent of the Batesville people.
The Herald 1ms it that the ma-
jority of the people of this viein-
l ity feel confident that the railroad
j is coming and at no far distant
day, comparatively speaking.
’Uvalde. There should be good
roads established between the
County Seat and the towns of
our own county from where the
But if we believed according, ^TK! l build, a road to
[ to the above quotation we could
j refrain from giving public ex-
I pression to that belief, especially
when not ask the pointed ques- , ,, , ,
| tion, without violating any laws Ul?| compelled to make
| of veracity. Far be it from the
! writer to encourage any one to
| misrepresent any’hing, but the
purpose of these few’ lines is to
caution against seeking or taking
advantage of an opportunity to
reflect or cast a damper on any
proposition that is calculated for
trips to the county seat. The
good citizens of Batesville should
endeavor to create n close rela-
tion with the towns of our own
county by making every effort to
give us good roads first, and help
build up our county. We are
spending our money, paying our
public good. And this applies to ’ lor the betterment of Za
other projects than railroad build ! wdj1 County, and are ever ready
to join hands with all other good
citizens in the establisement of
good roads within our county
first. '
Junior B. Y. P. U. Program
Subject, Jesus teaching the
Twelve.
Leader, Robert Moore.
Song.
Prayer.
Review on the names of the
Twelve.
Jesus teaching I lie Twelve
ing. There are always some who
knock every proposition without
| any encouragement, so it is in
order to be cautious of what you
say.
Lomu Vista
Last Saturday and Sunday a
quarter of an in elf of rain fell.
Though not much rain it did lots
of good under present conditions
J. R. Ottenhouse has bought
an auto.
Mrs. Gates is very much bet
ter and her sister, Miss Me Don
aid, Mrs Rodgers the nurse, and
her son, Lon, have returned to
San Antonio.
A. H. Hammond is again in this
neighborhood. *
For three days this week the
Locals and Personals
Commissioners’ Court meets
on February 10th.
W. D. King spent n couple of
days this week at La Pryor.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Little of
Frio Town were in Batesville last
Saturday.
Tax payers and Court visitors
were to numerous to mention
this week.
Born to Mr. ami Mrs. Aimer
Couser Wednesday a fine nino
pound boy.
H C. Story of San Marcos whs
looking after his interests hero
first of the week.
Ocie Plotter and Jack Dean of
Hansom were business visitors
here first of the week.
W. T. Childress returned Wed-
nesday from a business trip to.
Sun Antonio and San Marcos.
Mr. and Mrs. W R. Speer re-
turned latter purt of last week
from a visit to Carrizo Springs.
Judge Geo. C. Herman spent
several days this week in San
Antonio on professional business
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Baxter left
last Saturday for Coleman, Tex-
as. where they expect to make
their future home.
Chas. T. Allen, originally from
New Orleans but just recently
from New York, is here and will
probably make this his home.
Mr. and Mrs. It. L. Couser and
Carl White of La Pryor were in
Batesville Thursday to see their
new kin, Master Aimer Couser.
Frank Pettus is spending a few
weeks with John Rutledge at
Lima Vista before returning to
Luling. Ho is in Batesville today.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Jack-
son and Miss Willie Wright were
Crystal City visitors last week
end. Mrs. Jucksonhas not yet
returned.
Rev. R. E. Parker went to
Spofford Sunday to preach. We
are told that this place Is likely
to be included in the Batesville
circuit for the remainder of this
year, at least.
Sterling J. Phelps, prominent
lawyer of Pearsall, and John A.
Pranglin, ex-county clerk of Frio
County but now District Clerk
were Batesville business visitors
latter part of last week.
Remember symiMisium to l>o
1. '•'llrough Bis miracles—Fan given February 7, 8:00 p. m. The
nie Bragg. object of the entertainment is to
2. His preaching—Iva Moore., arouse more local interest in ed-
8. His companionship — Carl ucation and for the better sup-
Gardner. port of all classes of schools in
Our church as a train ing school i Texas. This is done at the re-
1. The Leader—CuIh Churchill quest of the State Superintend-
2. The Text Book Pearl White ’ ent. The exercises will consist
8. The Subjects Hugh Peace, j nf short addresses by Principal
parcel post is being used for
small consignments to nuarijy
places.
The business of the postoltice
is increasing since the establish-
ment of the parcel post. it. cer-
tainly should be patronized to its
full extent, and will be as soon as
parcel post is thoroughly under-
stood.
We have read Mr. Cox’s article
in last week’s Herald pertaining
to better roads. In this we he r-1
tily concur. However, we take
issue with Mr. Cox ns to bonding
Sheriff was down here collecting!„4‘The R‘1HUlt*“Fa""ie Mwe N- Judge O. A.
._____ H Pettus. | Stubbs and several recitations
Steps to Christian service— by students of the High School,
taxes.
Eugenia Herman.
Song.
Collection.
Sword drill.
Benediction.
and music will be furnished by
botli the school and the music
: club. There will also be excerpts
I from woman sufrage sjH*eches.
! All arc cordially invited to attend.
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Hardy, J. H. Batesville Herald. (Batesville, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1913, newspaper, January 31, 1913; Batesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1108339/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .