The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1932 Page: 1 of 10
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The Olney Enterprise
THIS IS YOUR TOWN—THIS IS MY TOWN—IF WE ALL SUPPORT IT ONE HUNDRED PER CENT IT WILL BE A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT TOWN
VOLUME XXIII
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT FOR OLNEY
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN YOUNG CO.
NUMBER 26.
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FREE TURKEY TOM SHOW TO BE HELD IN GRAHAM
PRODUCERS OF CRUDE OPTIMISTIC OVER RAISE Vk Kll
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Jump In Price
Of Crude Oil
Causes Stir
Rotary Club
Here Friday! Talk By Townsend j "ommuX,
Barn Destroyed
By Fire Friday
On Turkeys
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A jump of 12c in the price of
crude oil posted this week by the
Sun Oil Company stimulated opti-
mism in the oil producing belts of
Texas and Oklahoma. Following this
action by the Sun Oil Company, the , .
Empire Company (and possibly !
others) announced it would meet
the increase in price posted by the
Sun Oil Company, Consolidated Oil
Company and other major companies.
The increase in price put the
higher grades of oil at $1.10 per
barrel, and oils of this section at
about $1.05. This is all good news
for Young county and for Olney in
particular since the return of higher
prices for oil would do more to
improve conditions here than pos-
sibly any other ,one thing.
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It is gettin&s^to a risky piece j
of business to leave a car parked
along the curb at night. Four prac-
tically new cars have been reported
stolen within the past two weeks.
Bounty Agent
Accompanies Club
Boys To Dallas
County Agent, G. R. Warren, left
early Monday morning in company
with Eugene Oatman of Loving and
Median Choate of Tonk Valley, 4-H ■
•■Club boys, for the Dallas Fair. (usinS straight football with Olney
These boys were selected out of a j missing one real opportunity to make
large group of 4-H Club boys for
The last scheduled game of the The vRotai-y Club had a nice at-
The last car reported was a new , Cubs to be played on home grounds ; tendance Tuesday, every member
Chevrolet belonging to Joy Graham, will be called here Friday of this seemed in gay spirits and following
week. They meet the Megargel. a little fun in which Rev. W. H.
Mustangs on the local gridiron. ! Townsend, L. C. Boyd and Chas.
This game was originally scheduled j Wolver'ton had leading parts, an
Recovery; to be played in Megargel but a j excellent talk was delivered by Rev.
change was made and the game J Townsend.
shifted to Olney. ! The (speaker chose for his theme,
This game will likely not be as ! International Thinking, and from
stiff as the one last week with ; this tofiic brought some inspiring as
i Crowell, but Megargel has always well as practical suggestions. It is
( given the Cubs a nice hard fight, i one of the principles of Rotary to
land Friday’s game should be quite aid in fostering a better interna-
J interesting. Megargel and Archer tional spirit, and the speaker’s talk
City played to a tie last Friday. j took cognizance of this fact. He
It is understood the Cubs are in i closed by reading a most striking
good condition, and that Rue who | excerpt taken from a newspaper
was out of the line-up last week I printed during the World War.
will likely be seen in action Friday, j -o--
With Rue
, . „ tiuch more reserve strength i rn Tr> ^
fought but clean-cut victory from fpr his back field. It is almost cer-! TWO VlSlting GolfeTS
Crowell. They salted down their jtain that gt John wilJ be - n aj -
first conference game in definite; regular place on the back after his
The car, it is understood, was left
parked in front of the Leberman
House Monday night and was miss-
the next morning,
i has not been made yet.
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Cubs Capture
First Conference
TiltHere Friday
k’s work fol-
ime, the Cubs
squad FridaW the'Tok " L0Cal Wallops
to the ground before Mr. Campbell
was aware of the danger.
The barn contained a thousand
bushels of oats, bundle feed and
harness. The origin of the fire has
not been determined.
A large bam on the farm of G. you absolutely free-something
! R. Campbell, of the Lone Oak new—different—educational. Spon-
___________ sbven-’"miles northwest s0iec* Young County Board
of Olney, was destroyed by fire last ; °5 Agricultui e. Judged by Exten-
Friday night. The barn was burned I ^0T1 Tuikey Specialist A. & M. Col-
leged. Financed by the Graham
Chamber of Commerce. A free
Turkey Toni Show and Grading
Show. No ribbons—no prizes—no
competition—no cost to you.
Can you breed and raise highest
market turkeys? Buyers say there
will be a big difference in prices
this year between kinds of turkeys.
This show is your chance to learn
the latest in turkey raising for the
- highest market prices.
The decision of the Supreme Court All you have to do: Be on hand
ending the election contest between by 9:00 Friday morning, October
Governor Sterling and Mrs. Fergu- 21, at the Graham Hide & Produce
Building, 308 North Oak Street,
Graham, with one old tom and one
young tom (or two old toms ©r
(See “Turkey” last page col. 4)
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The Fergusons Are
In The Saddle
fashion, 14 to 0.
From the first play till the last,
the Cubs showed the stronger, and
as the game neared an end, they
were gaining momentum. The first
! half of the game saw both teams
having done outstanding work, by
reason of which they were entitled
to a free trip to the 4-H Club Boys
Encampment, October 11, 12 and
13th.
** This is quite an honor for young
Oatman and Choate, and should
prove quite an inspiration as well.
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* Lois White Taken To
Shrine Hospital, Dallas
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Lois White, age about
was taken to Dallas Wednesday by
Rev. W. H. Townsend and L. C.
Boyd where she was placed in the
Shrine Hospital. She has a crippled
ankle; the result of infantile paraly-
sis' which surgeons at the hospital
feel sure they can restore to almost
its former usefulness.
The Olney Rotary Club is paying
^Djthe expenses of Miss White, and
hopes to be rewarded for this bit of
kindness by seeing her able to walk
normally. This is a bit of fine work
the Club is undertaking.
a first counter. They rushed the
ball to within four yards of the
goal line only to have the fighting
Crowell Wildcats cheat them out of
a counter; Smith and Calloway for
Crowell leading the attacks that
kept the Cubs back.
Most of the first half of the
game was played in Crowell’s ter-
ritory, and the subborn line of the
Cubs held like a brick wall forcing
Crowell to resort to kicking to keep
tjhe Cubs back. The entire Olney
line held fast with Sloan and Per-
kins leading the attack while Gil-
eleven, more an(j Elmore were doing fine
fine showing last week; provided he
maintains the stride he set Friday
against the Wildcats.
On Goes Our Annual
Subscription Sale
Rev. R. B. Hooper, pastor of the
Olney Methodist Church, was easing
around Tuesday morning limbering
up his limbs following a rather stren-
uous afternoon of golf—twenty-
seven holes, to be more specific.
It all came about thusly. He was
returning from the Country Club
with his son after a leisurely played
need^flrjjjg bole game. He met O. C. Har-
rison, editor of the Baylor County
News, published at Seymour and a
Mr. Dean of Megargel. These two
Wright & Carpenter
New Partnership
Howard Carpenter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Carpenter, has pur-
chased an interest in Wright’s, and
the new firm will be known as
Wright & Carpenter.
1 Following the purchase, Messrs.
Wright and Carpenter left for Dal-
las to buy additional stock for the
store. Both Wright and Carpenter
will be actively identified with the
business which will continue being
conducted at the present location,
next door to Edwards Jewelry.
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Ginning Report
Up to noon Thursday, the
O. T. Anderson Gin had
turned out 1133 bales.
Up to the same date the
Fanners Co-Op Gin Com-
pany had ginned 1360 round
bales and 378 square bales.
Total number of square
bales ginned to above date
2,191 bales.
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When dry goods stores
money, they put on a Sale. Believ-
ing that should work with the En-
terprise, on goes our annual sub-
sciiption sale. We need the money. Jbntlemen, it would seem, had chal-
o e suie e price of subscrip- lenged everyone in town they thought
tion is small—very small—but it is
in small bits that the Enterprise
gets in its bacon and bean fund.
For the next thirty days back
subscriptions, renewals and new ones
will be received at the rate of $1.09
i could interest them, and after meet-
j ing with no takers, ran into Rev.
I Hooper on his way in. The minister
; accommodated them by returning
i with them to the Country Club
, grounds and administering a sound
per year. This rate applies on y to j A ... , ,
„ , ... ^ ^ , , . , ' drubbing to each,
subscriptions that do not leave the ™ - ., - 0 u i u
The score for the 18 hole bout
county. Subscriptions that leave the
county will be charged for at the
work at backing up the line. Graves rate of $1.50 per year on this cam-
paign. The difference in the price
is made becouse of the postage that
has to be paid on those that leave
the county. You will save onerthird
by taking advantage of this cam-
paign offer.
and St. John starred in the back
field as ground gainers. St. John
playing his first football game was
a revelation as he ripped off long
gains including a beautiful 20 yard
dash through the line for the first
score of the game.-
Early in the second period a
series of brilliant gains by St. John
augmented by some smashing power
plays by Graves and Elmore placed
the ball within the 20 yard line. It
looked like the Cubs were headed
for a touchdown? only to have their
chances blasted when Allee snagged
an Olney pass and raced passed mid-
field with it. Sloan and Perkins
did some good play smearing work
and soon the Wildcats were forced
to kick. Graves received the kick
and raced it back 30 yards before
being downed. This was followed up
by a beautiful 25 yard pass to St.
Johns. The Cubs lost 20 yards on
a fumble and elected to kick. The
ball soon was lost by the Wildcats
and the Cubs started again for the
goal line. A 19 yard run by Elmore
around end and a dash for 18 yards
by Graves soon had the Cats backed
against the wall. They were equal
to the occasion and held the Cubs
at this critical point.
The second half was opened by
a brilliant 50 yard return of a
kickoff. It looked for a second like
(See “Cubs” last page, col. 3)
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Mrs. D. H. Rodgers
Returris Home
Mrs. D. H. Rpdgers returned home
Monday from' a seven weeks visit
in Miami, Arizona,, with her daugh-
ter, Miss Johnnie Rodgers.
Mrs. Rodgers was met in Abilene
Sunday by her husband. Mrs. Rod-
gers has written several interesting
articles ahout her trip that will be
published in the Enterprise.
was, Dean 91, Harrison 85 and
Hooper 79.
Rev. Hooper say the secret is to
go to church on Sunday, play golf
on Monday.
son and authorizing Secretary of
the State, Mrs. Jane Y. McCallum,
to place the name of the latter on
the ballots as the Democratic nom-
inee in all likelihood signifies that
Mrs. Ferguson will be the next
governor of Texas.
The above paragraph does not
mean that the nominee will have
easy sailing into the office. Senti-
ment favoring Orville Bullington,
Republican candidate, is growing
and thousands of Democrats will
vote for him in the general election,
November 8th. But in all likelihood
not enough Republicans and inde-
pendent or “bolting” Democrats will
be available to elect Mr. Bullington.
Young County
Teachers9 Institute
The Young County Teachers’ In-
stitute will be held in Breckenridge
on October 20-21, with the teachers
from Stephens and Shackelford
counties. Mr. L. A. Woods, Demo-
cratic nominee for State Superin-
tendent, will be the chief speaker
at the institute. There will be sec-
tions for primary, intermediate and
. . _ ,. „ u, ... ^ high school teachers, as well as
cats- reminds8 the writer"'thatTe .'periods: .
tj. , , , T „ ! Ite Parent-Teacher Associations
r ergusons, or at least James E
pOTmionn , ,1 . , are sponsoring a banquet on Thurs-
r erg us on, hold first rank as a i . ,, . , „
hnlt.ro rr i i+ i 4.+ . , , day ni§'ht in honor of Mr. Woods,
bolters. He bolted, attempted to Each te^her that expects to d
or?an,se the Amencan Party and should make reservbtions b ^
said many mean things concerning day_ 0ctober 17th
the then democratic party of Texas.1 An ,
tt ,, , i Ail the rural teachers will be
He would have little room to com- vor<111vQ^ ^ .. , ., T ..
, . , , , , ■ required to attend the Institute
plain should enough democrats bolt ,.,,1,™ ,.1 , , , ,
a , , . ■- * „ . , ,, unless they have been excused by
it ref it h „ le’ I ., jer,1f r the County Superintendent. Theas-
it may, Mm. Ferguson will likely be sessment wi|] b , j(
tho nnvt governor of Texas—in 1 y y centa
the next
name only—while her husband,
James E. Ferguson, acts as the
power behind the throne.
each.
L. G. COOK,
County Superintendent.
Hospital News
| Mrs. .0. C. Southers was operated
Kindly note the date stamped on on Saturday, October the 8th.
your paper which indicates the date
New Car License
Plates Orange-White
In a way it may be an unpleasant
J. J. Henders was in the hospital ! remindei*—car license—but purely
of expiration—the first figure rep- j Friday to have a thumb ampu- as a matter of information it is
resents the month; the second figure 1 tated caused from an accident. [stated the new 1983 license will be
the day of the month and the last j Dick Jones of Pampa had his or»nge and white—orange lettering
with white background.
It is understood the price of the
1933 car license will be the same
as they were in 1932.
figure or figures the year.
Jack Jessup is
with pneumonia.
j tonsils removed the 8th.
--I Frank Wilson of Jean who was
reported very ill j operated on September the 25th
is slowly improving.
TAX REDUCTIONS ALREADY MADE
Following the publication in last , January. What does all this mean? , expense which is approximately
week’s Enterprise of an article under j In terms of percentage it means. $3,000.00. So, in effect, this year’s
the caption of, “The tax situation a ■ the city tax rate has been lowered budget is approximately $7,843.00
problem,” a number of citizens have j 16 2-3 per cent If the ’ten per less than last year’s budget. -
asked what reductions have been j cent is taken advantage of by early: All the foregoing information is
a fair and logical
deserves to be
made. This is
question, and
answered.
With reference to city tax econ-
omy measures the following inform-
ation should be of interest.
The approximate total saving for
the fiscal year 1931-32 as against
the cost of government for the
fiscal year 1930-31 (the city fiscal
year begins on April 1st) was
tax payment that means 36 2-3 per j being given because it should in-
vent reduction Add to this the j teret those who have the bills to
possible 20 per cent reduction in j pay. And while the savings have
rendition and it all proves a nice j not been tremendous, they are
step of economy on the part of the | worthy of commendation. In this
city. The City tax rate which was'same connection it is mentioned that
$1.50 on the one hundred dollar j considerable of the local tax rate
valuation is now $1.25. That’s hinges on the outstanding bonded
something. indebtedness of the city and schools.
In the same manner that the Since this is true, too much reduc-
City Council has been wrestling with ; tion should not be expected as the
of the present fiscal year (begin-
ning April 1st, 1932) a saving of
$2,810.00 over the previous year
has been effected. A further saving
$13,000.00. For the first six months the tax problem the school board j bonded indebtedness is
has been endeavoring every way) amount and has to be met on
possible to operate the Oiney schools town fact without reduction,
on less money without crippling the j As a loyal local citizen, every tax
efficiency of the organization. To : payer in the Olney School District
of $190.00 per month on street [ effect savings, teachers have been j should now be preparing to pay his
light has been made since August of .dropped from the faculty, salaries [school taxes promptly when they
this year. The City Council has | have been lowered and expenses cut j fall due. To do otoherwise will
also sanctioned a reduction in ren-»everywhere possible. To be more j handicap the schools no little. For,
ditions of approximately 20 per specific, the budget for this yar is j unless school taxes are paid promptly
$4,843.00 less than it was last year, j this year the school situation will
And last year’s budget did not in-1 become acute. Definite facts re-
taxes for the current year provided j elude the Orth School expenses. ! lating to the school situation will
they are paid by the first day of This year's budget does include that j be given in next week’s Enterprise.
Jack Williams And
Famity To Sari Marcos
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Jack Williams and family left
Saturday for $an Marcos where they
are soon to make'^heir home. Mr.
Williams took a trailer load of
household effects the past week end
as he accompanied his wife and
children to the farm of Mr. and
Mrs. Alvord where Mrs. Williams and
the children will be till Jack finishes
his work here. After that, it is
understood they will make their
home on the farm near San Marcos.
Jack has unfinished business to com-
plete here which will necessitate his
being here an undetermined time
before joining his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams have a host
of warm personal friends in Olney
who regret to see them leave. They
have been identified with the busi-
ness, civic, and social affairs of
Olney in a way that will make their
absence keenly felt, and the good
wishes of their friends will follow
them to their new home.
Local Presbyterians
To Be Hosts To Synod
cent, and has also voted to allow
a ten per cent reduction on all
Delegates to the Presbyterian Sy-
nod which is now in session in
Olney began arriving Thursday. The
fixed I Synod is the state meeting of the
its (Presbyterian Church, and a large
delegation is expected in attendance.
Representatives from various points
o%rer the state are expected.
Two hundred or more guests are
expected, and the local pastor and
members have planned to provide
homes and proper entertainment for
all who may come.
A splendid program has been ar-
ranged, on which some on the lead-
ing ministers of the Presbyterian
denomination will appear.
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Warren, Len C. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1932, newspaper, October 14, 1932; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1121124/m1/1/?q=b-58: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.