Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1936 Page: 4 of 12
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Lingleville Takes a New Lease
fTHE farmers in the Lingleville section
1 of Erath county are jubilant and en-
couraged over the future, believing that
the outcome of experiments in the grow-
ing of Irish potatoes proves beyond any
doubt that soil conditions in that vicinity
are extremely favorable for this crop.
Several instances of individual net in-
comes of $1,000 from the sale of potatoes
during the past two weeks have been re-
ported. That is real money in any coun-
try, but in a region that has suffered the
ills of soil depletion and poor cottort
crops for twenty years it seems nothing
short of a bonanza.
Thirty years ago Lingleville was one
of the heavy cotton producing sections of
Erath county. The land was fresh andt
fertile with average yields of cotton
around one-half bale per acre. Undoubt-
edly; the village was one of the most^
prosperous and substantial in this entire
area. However, soil erosion, weevil In-
festation coupled with almost every
other blight came along to destroy the
productiveness of that vast section of the
county.
During the intervening years the land-
lords out there have remained steadfast;
they have tried with varying successes
many different crops, succeeding with
ehickens. dairying and turkeys. But tthese
did not bring in quick money so badly
needed to improve homes, liquidate
debts and other pressing needs. About
all the chickens, cows and turkeys did
was to povtde a subsistence.
The happy thought of Irish potatoes
was born in the minds of a few thrifty
farmers about ten years ago. The success
of the first effort has encouraged others
to try it with the result that this year
finds the community with a gross pro-
duction of about 30 train carloads, bring-
ing in thousands of dollars to the pro-
ducers. In fact the Lingleville potato
market is established with buyers in all
parts of the country knowing about it.
It is not too much to say that Lingle-
ville is coming back to its heyday of pros-
perity, nor is it an idle statement to claim
that in the future Lingleville will be
supplying the demands of people in every
State of the Union, at least as far as
Irish potatoes are concerned.
Pay Day for the Veterans
fTHE one big day each month in the lives
1 of the soldiers serving in the late
world war was pay day. It meant much
to them, not the least being an oppor-
tunity to edge in on the various games of
chance under way. However, it meant
a visit to places where ham and eggs,
hot chocolates and many other delicacies
could be found that a soldier enjoys.
Everybody in the army looked forward
to pay day and a good time was ordinarily
ly had by all when the gala day arrived.
But pay day in 1936 is a far different
one from those in 1917-18. Then there
were few cares and no worries. Now most
of the soldiers are men with families;
many have debts hanging over their
heads while others have any number of
places to spend the bonus money that is
coming to them. It is therefore interest-
ing to see the veterans walking up to
sign for the money our government is
paying them for services rendered 18
years ago. Most of them are happy—
their facial expressions prove this. Yet
as they walk away from the paymasters
window there is no denying the serious
expression which leads to the conclusion
that each is thinking deep down in his
heart—what is the best thing for me to
do with this money.
Almost 200 World War veterans had
received their compensation Tuesday
night, with but a few more to be paid.
The coming of the bonds was evidently a
signal for a spurt in business with
noticeable increases in all lines. Yet it
was not so much by reason of bonus
money but apparently the psychological
effect,of It. '
In any event the 1936 pay day will
bring happiness and joy into the hearts
of many a veteran and his loved ones.
Indeed it is a happy day.
Austin American: Another disadvan-
tage of having only one baby is that no
name you give it can please four grand-
parents.
Dallas News: The only thing certain
about the Republican convention at
Cleveland is that it will not approve the
Democratic one at Philadelphia,
Opinions of Others
Odd Election Laws
11T0RTHY of a place in Robert (Believe
ff It or Not) Ripley’s Oddltorlum at
the Centennial Exposition in Dallas are
some of the Texas election laws, as re-
vealed in a recent book on the subject by
Attorney General William McCraw, In
the main, of course, the laws are plain
and sensible enough, but there are suf-
ficient oddities to attract the attention of
even the casual observer.
For instance, it is legally possible n
Texas to elect a dead man to office. On
the other hand, it is not legal to mark a
ballot with red ink; black ink or a pencil
must be used. One law even gives exact
legal dimensions of an election booth;
presumably, all ballofs can be thrown
out unless the booth is exactly twenty-
two inches wide, thirty-two inches deep,
and six feet high; furthermore, it is
legally required that the booth contain a
shelf upon which the voter can rest his
elbow while marking his ballot, and it
must be constructed with hinges so it
can be folded up for storage when not in
use.
Election judges may arrest a man for
drunkenness or disorderly conduct, but
they must permit him to vote before he is
carted away to jail. And a convict,
though his right to vote has been forfeit-
ed, is liable for payment of poll taxes
just the same.
pne can’t help wondering how some of
these laws ever got on the statute books.
Surely undying fame should go to who-
ever formulated the law forbidding the
marking of ballots with red ink; probably
it is designed to combat the menace of
communism! And it is pleasing to con-
sider that an election booth is legally re-
quired to contain an elbow rest for the
pondering ballot caster. After all, there
is comfort in some of these laws.—The
Texas Weekly.
Some Bible Facts
¥\R. Thomas Horne, an English Bible
1/ scholar and critic who died in 1862.
devoted several years to compiling in-
teresting facts about the Bibje, among
them being the following:
The Bible is composed of 66 books
containing 1,189 chapters, 41,173 verses,
774,746 words and 3,556,480 letters. The
shortest verse is John 11:35 and contains
only the two words, “Jesus Wept.” The
longest verse is Esther 8:9.
The word "Lord” occurs 1,853 times:
“Jehovah” 5,845 times: the word "girl”
only twice: “Everlasting fire” is found
twice; while the words “everlasting
punishment,” “eternity” and “reverend”
occur only once each.
Several verses are duplicated, thus
four verses of the 107 Psalm are identi-
cal, and the 36th chapter of Isaialj and
the 19th chapter of II Kings are exactly
alike.
No original manuscript of any portion
of the Bible is in exintence. The oldest
manuscript known, a fragment of the
11th chapter of the Psalms, thought to
have been written in the third century,
is preserved in the British Museum. The
Bible as we know it has come down to
us through many translations, thq first
complete English translation having been
made by John Wycliffe, who died in 1384,
and his fellow workers, Nicholas and
Purvey.
William Tyndale was the first to print
the Bible in English, beginning in 1525.
He printed all of the New Testament and
a small portion of the Old, but his trans*
lation came under displeasure of the
ecclesiastical authorities. After 15
months’ imprisonment he was tried and
burned at the stake for heresy on Octo-
ber 6, 1536.—Kerrville Mountain Sun.
HEALTH ADVICE
Vaccination Advised Per Typhoid
Protection
Austin, June 16.—Parents of Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, and other
young people going to camps of
any kind, are ur
W. Brown, state
kind, are urged by Dr. John
e her ‘
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tal agal
phoid fever. Some of the danger
health officer, to
have the family physician vacci-
i individual against ty-
nate each
There is not much.difference between
a republican who demands,that Roosevelt
refuse Tammany support and a democrat
who calls upon Landon to repudiate
Hearst.—Tulsa World.
There’s no need this year for poli-
ticians to set out to stump the country—
it’s already stumped.—Providence News-
Tribune.
Miami Herald: Now that the sugar
company has been paid a million dollars
for not producing sugar why should not
the retail customer be given 5 cents for
every pound he does not buy 7
points for spread of typhcid it was
said, are creek swimming hcles and
flowing springs. Even though the
water at these places may appear
dear and sparkling, there is danger
that it is contaminated.
“Typhoid fever is an unnecessary
disease," Dr. Brown said. “Every
case is due either to community
negligence or to the carelessness
or ignorance of some individual.
Eternal vigilance in maintaining
sanitary surroundings and»a pure
water supply is necessary.
“Three ‘•hots’ of typhoid vac-
cine—a week apart—will put your
child in the ‘protected’ class. As
it takes several weeks for the pro-
tective treatment to establish it-
self in the body, have it done now.
“Typhoid fever is an intestinal
complaint caused by the typhoid
bacillus. The digestive tract of a
patient is consequently infected
with typhoid germs. Anything that
may be contaminated by the body
discharges is apt to be infectious
and dangerous.
“The prevention of typhoid fever
is peculiarly a matter of communi-
ty responsibility. In cities large
and small most urgent control
measures are those providing (1)
proper disposal of human excreta
through' sewage disposal' plants
and toilets of sanitary type; (2)
cafe public and well water sup-
plies; (3) extermination of flies;
(4) healthy, food handlers; (5)
supervision of disease carriers and
(6) public milk supplies of high
quality and the added safeguard
of careful pasteurization.
“Prevention of single cases or
of epidemics of typhoid fever is
dependent upon co-operation of in-
dividuals with public health of-
ficials in endeavoring to stamp out
typhoid entirely.”
Lindbergh Estate To Be State Park
On the ninth anniversary of OoL Charles A. Lindbergh’s non-stop
flight to Paris, WPA announced its final plan for the project to make the
Lindbergh estate at Little Falls, Minn., a state park at an expenditure
of 123,777. The residence is shown above.
Forty-Two and Twenty Years Ago
In STEPHENVILLE and ERATH COUNTY
42 YEARS AGO
IN TEXAS TOWNS
Highway No. 6 from Gainsville,
has been paved to a point north
of Lindsay and the road was
opened to that place last week,
slated the Cooke County Democrat.
The rest of the highway to a point
be opened soon, the paper sa.d,
workmen now being busy getting
down the rock sunace on top of
the gravel which later is to be
covered with rock asphalt.
A new high school building is
being erected in Groesbeck, accord-
ing to an announcement made by
the-Groesbeck Journal last week.
The new building is to have a nice
auditorium which will fill a long-
felt want in that city, the Journal
said.
(Film of Empire. June 15, 1894)
A. J. Brown returned yesterday
from a three weeks’ trip to Hous-
ton and other points.
Some farmers in this county Will
make 70 to 80 bushels of corn to
the acre this year if present pros-
pects hold good.
Mrs. Driver, who has been
teaching in the Mexican mission
school at Laredo, left Wednes-
day after a brief visit to her sis-
ter, Mrs. Judge Moores. She goes
to Cincinnati, Ohio, where ahe
will enter the conservatory of
music.
place,
has be
G. W. Hill, formerly of this
but now of Merkel, Texas,
as been here the past few days.
His friends here will be glad to
learn that he is a deputy sheriff of
_ his county. _,__
Mr. and Mrs. James Collins left
Saturday for a two weeks’ visit to
relatives in the northern part of
the State.
One of the largest crowds ever
gathered in Leon county was ex-
pected to attend the olficial open-
ing of Fort boggy wmch was
scheduled to be held in Centerville
Monday stated the Leon County
News, Roy Sanderford of Belton
was to open the program with his
speech at 1:30 p. m. in the interest
of his candidacy for governor. Tom
Hunter was another candidate for
governor who was to speak at the
affair. All speeches were to be
carried through loud speakers to
outer edges of the crowd, the News
reported. Music was to be fur-
nished by the state champion
Mexia band of 72 pieces.
Bids will be received at the of-
fice of the board of trustees of
Haskell public schools Thursday,
July 2, for the construction of a
new high school building in that
city, it was announced by the
Haskell County Leader. The plans
have already been approved by the
P. W. A., which is to furnish part
of the funds for the structure.
Cash on hand at the present time
for the building is $47,000.
Thomas Jordan, son of Editor
Jordan, was married at Weather-
ford on the 7th inst. to Alias
Mamie Hayden. Tom is> a good
printer and a bright boy, and
his bride seems in every way
worthy of his choice.
Rev. J. J. Harris will go to dis-
trict conference next week, which
meets at De Leon.
20 YEARS AGO
Rev. and Mrs. L. T. Hastings
and baby of Fort Worth, are visit-
ing friends here this week. Rev.
Hastings is the highly esteemed
pastor of the Baptist church here.
—Selden News.
George McDermott of near
Skipper Gap was 64 years old on
June 3 and J. K. Ellis was 64 on
June 10. Mr. Ellis, being the
youngest, declares he is much
the handsomest man.
Virgil Fields will teach the
Double Mountain school near Li-
pan.
The Higginbotham Company sent
two cars of hogs to F'ort Worth
this week—one of them they pur-
chased from Luther Burleson. The
cars were in charge of J. A. Love-
less.
The glorious Fourth will be
celebrated in true American
atyie at Thurber. The Cisco band
has been engaged for the oc-
casion.
1. A. Griffith has bought a three-
acre ranch beyond the depot and
moved out on it.
Miss Leona McKenzie, who lives
one and a naif nines east of town,
showed us the first cotton bloom
of the season Monday. One other
had reported an earlier bloom but
this was the first shown the Em-
pire.
Mrs. Ruth Poole and Mrs. Sue
Bager, both of Anson, Jones
county, are here viuting tneir
sister, Mrs. H. A. M othershead.
With a record-breaking atten-
dance in prospect, everything is in
readiness for the third annual re-
union of the Rockdale Home Com-
ing Association which will be held
at fair park in that city Sunday,
June 14, reported the Rockdale Re-
porter. A basket lunch will be
served on the grounds at noon, and
a program of entertainment has
been arranged for the all day
gathering.
The Kerrville Times reported a
cash return to wool and mohair
growers of an approximate sum
of $1,000,000 in one day’s wool and
mohair sale made in Kerrville
Thursday of last week. The sale
was made by the Schreiner Wool
and Mohair Commission Company.
A total of 1,760,000 pounds of
wool and 900,000 pounds of mohair
was sold.
Vegetable shipments out of the
Robstown section in Nueces coun-
ty for 1936 total more than 2061
cars, a record slightly under that
of 1934 but almost double that of
1935, stated the Robstown Rec-
ord. This does not include ship-
ments made by trucks and other
ways out of the section of vege-
tables and/ onions and cabbage
plants which will approximate
more than two hundred cars and
will bring the total near that of
1934 when 2400 cars were shipped
from Robstown, the paper said.
The Empire lorce is indebted to
Uncle Jack Wallace of near L,mgle-
viiie, for some of the finest peacnes
we have seen this season.
Tom Hazelwood, a prominent
stockman of Tom Green county,
accompanied by Mrs. Bill Cain,
and her daugnter, Mrs. Moilie
Mays, iu in tne city visiting his
brother-in-law, Ewing Ferguson.
Mr. Hazelwood lived here when
Stephenville was a very small
town and he finds that nearly all
the old citizens have crossed the
grest divide.
Prof. Ben Hicks \yas here Sun-
day. He was carrying his right
arm in a sling, the result of an
accident last week, in which it
was broken.—Selden News.
Tuesday, June 20, ail managers,
clerks anu employees of the string
of Carlton stores, including the
chiefs themselves, will hold their
second annual picnic on tne Leon
river. The trip will be made in
automobiles, and at least 700
people win attend, all of whom are
directly or indirectly connected
with the great houses founued by
the Carlton brothers.
Prof. Connoway is at Granbury
this week.
Mias Only Temple of Glen
Rose , is visiting in Stephenville
the guest of Miss Mattie Harris.
On account of the address of
Chilton here last Saturday the
democrats of Box school house did
not meet to instruct delegates, but
will meet tomorrow at 10 o'clock
for that purpose.
Prof. S. F. Gibson returned
Wednesday from a three weeks’
visit to eastern and northeaatem
Texas.
Stephenville Lodge No. 166
and Kebekah Lodge No. 108,
I. O. O. F.t will have a memorial
service Saturday evening, June
30. All Odd Fellows and the
public are invited.
Mrs. Empire returns thanks to
Mrs. Jenks for some very fine
blackberries received a short time
ago. They are as palatable as the
Arkansas benries. .....
Plans are being made by offic-
ials of the Bosque County Old
Settlers’ Association for the Old
Settlers’ Picnic to be held at Pool
Park, south of Clifton on July 4,
it was announced this weak by
the Meridian Tribune. >
The Liberty (Mo.) Advance,
the paper published at Mr.
Ready’s old home has the follow-
ing complimentary mention of
oar nominee for sheriff: “Wal-
ter C. Ready, an old Liberty boy,
and one of the best she ever had
within her borders, received the
nomination for aheriffe of Erath
ronnty, Texas, at the democratic
primary held in that comty
May 19, receiving doable the
vote of his opponents. The
hearty congratulations of onr
people are extended the boy on
his victory, and to his supporters
on their good lack in securing
such an admirable gentleman to
fill the office.
Members of John M. Stephen
Camp ot Ex-Confederates, and
other old soldiers who desire,
are requested to lheet at tne
county judge's office on impor-
tant business at 2 o’clock Mon-
day afternoon, June 19.—A. L.
Murpny, commander.
Horton Phelps was here Monday
from Inurber to see his motner,
Mrs. J. M. Jackson, and other rela-
tives. Horton is now a valued em-
ploye in the grocery department
of the Thurber Company.
Misses Mary Lou Bassel and
Annie Waldo Will go to Mineral
Wells this week to visit Wilt Shel-
ton's family.
Judge Robt. Thompson was
called to St. Louis Tuesday on
business connected witn the set-
tlement of the John Smith Mexi-
can land deni. He also attended
the democratic national conven-
ton.
Since the rain, the weather has
been favorable for harvesting and
farmers have been very busy with
this kind of work.
P. F. Carter of Johnsville re-
ports grain crops goid on Uichuid-
Bon, Pony and Crockett creeks.
The yield of oats will range from
20 to 441 bushels per acre.
Duffau is pulling off a two
day a’ picnic this year, June 22
and 23. Hon. Geo. W. Riddle,
Judge Swayne, O. W. Calloway,
and many other prominent speak-
ers are on the program for the
two days. Two big ball games
and many other attractiona are
also billed for this occasion.
Prof. W. A. Stigler, now n stu-
dent at the University of Texas,
who was highly recommended by
the faculty because of hia attain-
ments. has been elected as princi-
pal of the Dublin public schools.
Prof. Stigler has a brother in the
mercantile business at Morgan
Mill. *
l Under Erath Skies j
(File* of Tribune,. June 16, 1916)
J. D. Miller, Tom Hale, A. H.
Miller, Jess McHarg and Capt. Tut
Hume of Thurber were here Satur-
day to hear Jim Wilson, who is a
candidate for congress, speak.
In this column answer* will be riven to
Intiulnes a* to Texas history and other mat-
ter* pertaining to the State and Ita people.
A* evidence of good faith inquired must
give their names and addresses, but only
their initials will be printed. Address in.
qulrict to Will H. Maya, Austin, Texas.
Q. Who started the first Proteg.
tsnt Sunday school in Texas? U.
B.a Houston.
A. Thomas J. Pilgrim, a school
teacher from New York. It was be-
gun at San Felipe, in 1829. The
same year Mrs. Mary lftTm taught
a Sunday school in the settlement
south of San Felipe, and others
were started a little later at Mat-
agorda, Old Caney, Union Hill and
other places.
Q. For whom was the Chisholm
Trail named and where did it run?
L. M., Sipe Springs.
A. There is some confusion as to
the name of the “Chisholm" or
“Chisum” TraiL It is fairly well
agreed that it was named for Jesse
Chisholm, who had a trading post
at Council Grove near . present
Oklahoma City, opened for his con-
venience from Red River Station to
his post. The Texas extension ran
from near San Antonio, through
San Marcos, Austin, Salado, Acton
in Hood county, Fort Worth and
north to Red River Station. John
Chisum, who at that time had a
ranch in Denton county and sold
cattle to the Confederate Army,
drove one or more herds north over
what became known in Indian Ter-
ritory at the “Chisholm” Trail. He
drove cattle from Colorado and
Caldwell counties to his Denton
county ranch, probably using the
from Austin north. In 1862, he mov-
ed his headquarters to Home Creek,
Coleman county, driving from
there and creating a feeder trail
with the Chisholm Trail, this add-
ing to the confusion later existing
as to the name of the main trail.
There were numerous other trails
converging at the south of Austin
for South Texas cattle herds going
north.
CENTENNIAL SONG BOOK
In the home*. In the schools. In public
Fathering* of nil kinds, Texans are sinking
the best known typical sonars of Texas—
songs of the range, songs of the Texas
home. Patriotic songs—songs every Texan
should know and delight in singing.
Twenty-eight of the best songs sung In
Texas have been carefully selected by com-
petent musicians, set W music and publish-"
ed In a 86-page, 6 by 9 booklet on heavy
coated paper with covers In colors.
The booklet will be mailed postpaid for
26 cents. 8end all orders to Will H. Mayes,
Austin. Texas.
Will H. Mayes.
2610 Salado Street,
Austin, Texas
^ enclose 25 cents in coin securely
wrapped, for a copy of the “Centen-
nial Song Book"
A re-submission of the plans for
the graveling project for the court
house square in Centerville was
underway last week and hopes
were high that the project, al-
ready approved but never consum-
mated, due to shortage of eligible
WPA labor, would be eventually
accomplished, it was reported by
the Leon County News. The court
house project is first on the list
for the county when work is re-
sumed, the News said.
Although Russia has only 11 fac-
tories producing aircraft, their to-
tal output is in the neighborhood
of 2,000 pis-
'lanes a year.
If you desire to prosper, do not makfi
too much haste to get rich."
JUNE
It— French fleet lorce* British
'^abandon Philadelphia.
'CdhL ,*-P»tbar'» Day la firat cel*.
Mated. 1*10
IS
20— Spain’s Quean Isabella
Irats Columbus' Indian
•lama. I«»
21— Hendrick Hudson's craw
mutiny and cast him adrift
to die. 1611
22— Concrem establishes the
Department ef Justice.
1470
- 22—Irvin I Cobh, noted bo-
•wrist, bom. I STS
04—Cabot discovers North
American comment at
• Capa Breton. 1407. #*"
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