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JUSTICE in these United States,
and more particularly in this
Lone Star State, is a wonderful
thing to behold, and sometimes—
sometimes, mind you—a fearful
thing to reflect upon.
* * *
Just last week at La Grange a
German farm woman cheated the
, electric chair by starving herself
to death. Convicted of the mur-
den of a 58-year old farm hand,
whom she accused of attacking her,
and of whom she claimed to live in
fear, this 38-ear old woman was
sentenced to death. Ignorant, il-
literate, coarsened by the hardest
of manual labor in support of three
minor children, scarce able to
speak or understand English, no
pity was shown the woman by the
jury, which no doubt felt that the
punishment befitted the extremely
brutal crime.
In her cell, the woman refused
to eat, saying the food made her
sick. In 37 days, she had eaten
only three meals. Her weight
dropped from 200 pounds to 100
pounds at the time of her death.
It was stated that the officers
were not prepared to force feeding
—so she starved until death re-
lieved her of her sufferings of both
ishment of a horrible crime!
* * *
On the other hand, some six
years ago two young thugs lay in
* wait for the cashier of the Majes-
tic theatre in Fort Worth. In the
robbery, the cashier, Roscoe Wil-
son was killed. The bandits were
captured. One, Stone, was con-
victed of robbery with firearms,
and given a life sentence in the
state penitentiary. The other,
Silver, was tried on a murder
charge, and sentenced to the elec-
tric chair. However, it was prov-
en beyond question of doubt that
Stone was the one who actually
fired the fatal shot. The Gover-
nor of Texas, deeming it unjust
that Silver should forfeit his life,
when he actually did not kill,
while Stone, the murderer, got
merely a life sentence, commuted
Silver’s punishment to life im-
prisonment.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, but there
is no such thing as life impris-
onment in Texas. The moment the
prison gates clang upon the heels
of a new prisoner with a life-sen-
tence tag on him, his sentence is
reduced by a mere 46 years, some
odd months and a few days. Then,
by a good service record and by
working overtime, he can further
reduce his sentence. This is the
Texas law. For work on Sunday,
he gets double-time credit. For
rood behavior, he is apt to win
executive clemency. Thus Stone,
the killer, by reason of good be-
havior, had his sentence further
reduced by the Governor of Texas,
to 17 years. He had served ap-
proximately six years of his sen-
tence; he had an almost unmarred
service record; he had worked
overtime, and had received double-
time for Sunday service. It all
totaled up to a credit of 17 years.
• • •
And so, a couple weeks ago,
Stone went free. He had paid his
penalty to the great Lone Star
State, and to society—according to
Texas penal code. For that is
the law.
• • •
Silver still remains a prisoner.
He, also, has a good prison rec-
ord. More than that, he has a
nice white-collar job in charge of
the prisoners' records. No gruell-
ing tasks for him; no back-break-
ing, hand and body-coarsening
manual labor. No three helpless
children depending upon him. Ros-
coe Wilson, the innocent victim
of the deadly attack, left a family
—but what of that?
Perhaps, before many years, Sil-
ver also will have served a period
of time sufficient, with good ser-
vice credits and overtime, to enable
him to walk from the prison a free
man.
PENITENTIARY officials refuse
to concede anything wrong
with such a system. They aver
that hope must be held out to
prisoners; that unless they can
win credits by good behavior, and
reduction of sentence thru over-
time, they will become unruly and
unmanageable. All of which ar-
guments carry weight.
On the other hand, what about
society against which they have
sinned? Is it not also entitled to
hope of adequate punishment for
crimes committed; to assurance of
protection against such further
ruthless and uncalled-for attacks.
What effort is made, what steps
are taken, to protect the loved
ones of the innocent victim? Should
not the killers be made to provide
for them, since theirs is the respon-
sibility of having put to death the
. one who originally provided for
"ward protected them?
theigoes it not appear that Injustice
rides rough-shod over hu-
nanity? Is there any such thing
& Man-Made Justice?
UP IN OKLAHOMA, "Pretty
Boy” Floyd continues to range
over a wide territory, robbing
banks, staging holdups and pillag-
ing almost at will. When he ap-
pears and is recognized, the citi-
zens apparently hold him in such
great fear (or is it respect?) that
the officers are not notified until
too late to capture him.
• • •
In fact, according to popular
theory, Floyd is a well-thought of
criminal—a sort of a modern Rob-
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FINAL ROUND
GOLF MATCH
NEXT SUNDAY
Second Round of Play
and Consolations Now
On; Low Scores Feature
Summer Tournament
3 McCulloch Schools
To Open Monday
Three McCulloch county schools,
Brady, Melvin and Whiteland, will
open on Monday, September 4th.
Two other schools, Lohn and Camp
San Saba, will open a week later.
At Melvin, Supt. J. O. Trussell
heads the faculty. Other members
are Howard Aycock, principal;
Huling Robinson, coach; Miss Jes-
sie Bingham, English; Miss Mackie
: Leslie, principal of wardaita,
Lillian Burk, Edith Heusser, Ruby
Johnson, Alda Malmstrom, Pearl
Leifeste and Vivian Trussell.
Second round of play in the Bra-
dy Country Club’s annual Summer
Golf Tournament is now in pro-
gress, and as well the first round
of consolations, both of which are
scheduled to be completed by Sat-
urday night. The finals, both on
regular play and on consolations
are scheduled to start Sunday.
Some good scores have been
hung up in the match so far. In
the first round of play in the cham-
pionship flight, L. Y. Calliham and
Dudley Chapin each scored 77’s,
the match going to the 19th hole
before being won by Calliham. Dr.
J. S. Anderson got his name in the
local Hall of Fame by scoring a 38
—just two over par—on the first
nine holes of his consolation match
with H. F. Schwenker.
The only flight winner so far es-
tablished is Pershing Jones, who__principal, v
won the Junior Tourney by first Yeager, English: Cari Arnspiger;
defeating B. A. Hallum, Jr., and Misses Nona Cobb, Willene Beak’
then scoring a win over Clyde Hall, ley, Amy Cummins and Wilna
Uro - .. . Shropshire. Miss Shropshire for
Winners of the first round of years was a member of the Brady
play in the various flights are as North Ward faculty 5
follows: 6 “e“ N v ard racuity.
Championship Flight—
Jim Adkins (76) vs. D. W. Jor-
dan (84). Adkins 3 up.
D. A. Harkrider (80) vs. Hubert
Adkins (84). Harkrider 1 up.
Pat Malone (85) vs. J. B. White-
man (82). Whiteman 3 up.
L. Y. Calliham (84) vs. Dud
Chapin (76). Calliham 1 up, 20th
hole.
Second Flight—
Clyde Hall (85) vs. E. J. Pow.
ell(88). Powell 1 up, 19th hole.
Neil Griffin (88) vs. Posey Col-
lins (91). Griffin 3-2.
W. H. Ballou (91) vs. Perley
Samuelson (88). Ballou 7-6.
Dutch Woodward (90) vs. Sher-
idan Newman (87). Newman
3-2,
Brady, McCulloch County, Texas, Tuesday, September 1, 1933 MCCULLOCH COUNTY sTAL
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Whole No. 2280
BRADY CITY SCHOOLS OPEN Warning About Crops NRA OFFICERS
MOINDA V WITH DDACD A M Planted Cotton Land • AD
MUNVA 1 W 1 1 H PROGRAM There has been a great deal of FOR COINTV
---------—____________confusion in regard to crops that “ UA U U U IV 1 I
can be planted on land upon which' t .
cotton has been destroyed. The A R H N
information received has been to AV 1 NIDALP
the effect that no crop can be
planted on this land that is to be
used directly or indirectly
sale, says C inty Agent J. L.TTe-
wit.
Faculty Meeting to Be Held Saturday :
Afternoon at 3:30 to Perfect Final
Plans-Assistant Coach Added
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Mullendore
are beginning their fifth year at
W hiteland, one of the best schools
in the county. Miss Irene Harris
and John L. Roark complete the
faculty. Mr. Roark for the last
two years, has taught at Pear Val-
ley.
The same faculty as last year,
will return to Camn San Saba on
September 11th, to resume where
they left off last spring. The
teachers are Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Floyd and Miss Jewell Lawson.
The school starts out as an eight
months school, but Mr. Floyd stat-
ed hopes were entertained for a
nine months term. An opening
day program will be held.
J. C. Petty again heads the Lohn
faculty. Other members are John
Copeland, principal; Mrs. A. V.
Praise Christmas Bags
of Red Cross Chapter
Members of the local Red Cross
Chapter, are pleased at the com-
mendation received upon the
Christmas Bags prepared by them,
with the co-operation of local
churches, for sol liers in foreign
service. Mrs. Herbert L. Wood,
chairman of volunteer service of
the McCulloch County Chapter of
the American Red Cross, is in re-
ceipt of the following commenda-
tory letter from Mrs. Stella M.
Christie, head of Chapter Service,
in St. Louis:
“I am sure that you and your
Committee will be glad to know
that both shipments of Christmas
bags arrived safely and were giv-
en a rating of"very good.” From
your description, I am sure they
must have been a very attractive
sight when they were all ready
for shipment. Please convey to
each member of your Committee
the sincere appreciation of the Na-
tional Organization for their con-
tinued co-operation in providing
for the comfort and happiness of
our soldiers in foreign lands.”
Third Flight—
J. S. Anderson (92) vs. Evans
Adkins (96). Adkins 1 up.
Sam McCollum (94) vs. H F
Schwenker (96). McCollum 2 up.
George Carrithers (97) vs. Trav-
is Calliham (95). Calliham 3-2.
L. B. Smith (96) vs. W. S. Ram-
sey (93). Smith 1 up, 20th hole.
Fourth Flight—
F. R. Wulff (97) vs. Leonard
Skaggs (97). Wulff 2 up.
J. S. Wall (97) vs. E. L. Jones
(98). Wall 5 up.
Griffiths Carnes (99) vs. 0. L
Whitfield (97). Whitfield 2-1.
H. W. Lindley (98) vs. Pete
Lembke (97). Lindley 2 up.
Fifth Flight-
F. W. Lazalier (99) vs. A. L.
Gray (105). Gray 1 up, 20th hole. - = -----------r-----------
Jas. Anderson (103) vs Jimmy the Fifth Division Legion Auxiliary
Flack (100). Flack 1‘up. 7 “* 41-------′ -4- 4- -
Pat Kenney (105) vs. R. N. Grif-
fin (99). Kenney 1 up, 19th hole.
Ira Mayhew vs. Bab Lewis, May-
hew 1 up, 19th hole.
D. A. Newton (104) vs. Stewart
Hallum (110). Hallum, 4-3.
Edwin Geeslin (115) Bye.
Junior Flight—
Pershing Jones (99) vs. B. A,
Hallum, Jr. (101). Jones 4-3.
Ira Mayhew, Jr. (117) vs. Harry
Schwenker, Jr. (131). Mayhew,
forfeit. ’
Clyde Hall, Jr. (103) vs. Billie
Malone (108) Hall 8-6.
SECOND ROUND
Jim Adkins vs. D. A. Harkrider,
Harkrider 3 up.
J. B. Whiteman vs. L. Y. Calli-
ham. Whiteman 5 up.
Second Flight-
E. J. Powell vs. Neil Griffin.
Powell 5 up.
W. H. Ballou vs. Sheridan New-
man.
Benefields New Heads
of 5th Division
M. J. Benefield was sworn in as
Fifth Division commander and Mrs.
Benefield was elected president of
at the annual state American Le-
gion convention at Wichita Falls
the fore part of the week. The
program opened Sunday and closed
Tuesday. The Brady party, which
also included Cyrus Horn, returned
Wednesday morning.
The Seventeenth District, of
which Mr. and Mrs. Benefield were
commander and president respec-
tively before being promoted, was
proud of their champion Legion
band which came from Mineral
Wells, and also the fact that the
1934 convention will be held at the
resort city, one of the prominent
cities in this district.
Incidentally, the State Depart-
ment of American Legion will pay
all expenses of the champion Le-
gion band to Chicago in Septem-
ber.
lum. Adkins 1 up.
Travis Calliham vs. L. B. Smith.
Third Flight-
Evans Adkins vs. Sam McCol-
Fourth Flight—
F. R. Wulff vs. John Wall.
Everything is in readiness for the opening of the Brady
city schools on Monday morning at 8:30 o’clock, according to
Superintendent D. A. Newton, who has announced the facul-
ty members and their assignments. A faculty meeting will
be held in the spacious high school auditorium, Saturday af-
ternoon at 3:30 o clock, in order to prepare for the opening
exercises. Virtually every civic organization in Brady will
participate in the program Monday morning, starting at 8:30,
when several hundred students and patrons of the high
school will gather. Prospects are excellent for a good school
year for 1933-34, stated Superintendent Newton, who is
starting out upon his fourth year as head of the local school
system. , Both the high school superintendent and Principal
W. E. Whitten have been busy since the close of summer
school, making plans and preparations for the opening of the
fall semester.
"For example: sudan, wheat,
oats and other feed crops that are |
planted on this land must be used
for home use. No livestock that
is grazed or fed on this type of
cron can be sold on the market.
Cattle or sheep to be grazed and1
sold cannot be run on these crops.
“Since it states also indirectly
for sale we suppose this also
means that sheep to be sheared
cannot be run on this land,” Pre-
wit asserts. "Milk cows and work
stock can be run on the above land
since this is for home use only.
“This condition only lasts
through the crop year. ' On this
cotton land anything can be plant-
ed for any purpose after January
1st as the government lease ends
at that time ”
ConsumersDrive Post-
poned For Lack of Ma-
terials; Ed Broad Head
of Sign Up Campaign
Starting promptly at 8:30 o’clock
Monday morning, the patrons, stu-
dents and faculty members will as-
semble in the auditorium, where a
song service led by Dr. Jack Rags-
dale will open the program. Invo-
cation will be made by Rev. Fred
S. Rogers, pastor of the First Pres-
byterian church.
CLUB MEMBERS SPEAK
ON SCHOOL MATTERS
A series of brief talks by repre-
sentatives of local clubs and civic
organizations, will be made. The
Brady High school band is also
scheduled to appear on the program
with some entertaining numbers.
Mrs. Edward Geeslin will repre-
sent the Brady Parent-Teacher As-
sociation in welcoming the stu-
dents back to school; B. L. Hughes
of the School Board will talk on
"W hat W e Wish to Accomplish for
Brady Schools;” the Brady Garden
Club will be represented by Mrs.
F. W. Lazalier while Rev. C. E.
Marshall, pastor of the First
Methodist church, will speak on
“Our Schools.”
Few changes have been made in
the Brady school system this year,
except North Ward, only one
teacher from last year’s faculty re-
turning. In the high school di-
vision, J. Earl Rudder will have
charge of the history department
this year, and will also assist in
coaching athletics. Rudder is a
graduate of John Tarleton and
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
College.
Miss Camie Helen Carrithers fills
the vacancy in South Ward, left
through the resignation of Miss
Greta Little. Other teachers from
last year’s faculty all return.
Miss Nola Meers returns to Cen-
tral Ward, following a sojourn in
Brownwood with the schools there.
The list of teachers for the 1933-
34 school term, follows:
TEACHERS ARE ASSIGNED
THEIR DEPARTMENTS
High School—D. A. Newton, su-
perintendent; W. E. Whitten, prin-
cipal; E. J. Powell, coach and
science; Mrs. J. B. Vincent, Span-
ish; Mrs. Murray Chapman, his-
tory and English; Miss Lucy Mae
Ricks, home economics; Miss Bes-
sie Brigham, English; Miss Lydia
Marquis, Latin and English; J.
Earl Rudder, assistant coach and
history; Miss Frances Herring
commercial; Miss Pauline Daugh-
erty, mathematics; Miss Mildred
Gifford, librarian.
South Ward—L. P. Stark, princi-
pal; Mrs. W. W. Israel, Mrs. Wm.
Eilers, Jr., Mrs. E. J. Powell, Mrs.
Nannie Kirk, Miss Hazel Hamil-
ton. Miss Mildred King, Miss Ca-
mie Helen Carrithers.
Central Ward—Wm. Eilers, Jr.,
principal; Mrs. Gene Williams,
Mrs. Richard Davis, Mrs. Ralph
Dowling, Miss Nola Meers, Miss
Wilma Baze, Miss Stella Traweek
North Ward—Ralph T. Fisher,
principal; Miss Williwood Bridwell,
Miss Mittie Bradford, Miss Mildred
Manley, Miss Mildred Story, Miss
Josefa Cage, Miss Lela Frances
Bailey.
Mexican Ward—Mrs. C. P. Or-
riek, principal; Miss Maurine Mit-
chell.
The county agent has written for
more information on this subject
and should have this not later than
Tuesday. Before any farmer does
something doubtful it might be the
best plan to wait until this infor-
mation can be received. The offi-
cials themselves have been a little
mixed up on this problem and it
seems quite difficult to get a cor-
rect interpretation of of this con-
tract. As soon as information is
received it will be published.
The NRA consumers sign-up
campaign, scheduled to have be-
gun throughout McCulloch coun-
ty this week has been postponed
until a later date according to of-
ficial Consumers pledge cards,
insignias, and other materials will
arrive from W ashington soon, and
plans then will be made to cover
the entire county.
The consumers drive will be con-
ducted under the direction of Col-
onel Ed Broad and his staff of of
ficers, and it is hoped that every
citizen of the county will have
signed a pledge when the cam-
paign is over. There have been
many calls from consumers want-
ing to sign up, and one or two
communities were able to sign up
with the small amount of material
on hand the fore part of the week
NRA officials appointed during
the past week and not previously
announced are as follows:
Negro Ward—J. L. Wortham,
principal.
McCulloch Road Bonds First County-Wide
Bond Issue Ever Voted in County
When McCulloch county citizens
on July 31st voted nearly 10 to 1
in favor of the $48,000 bond issue
for the purpose of buying right-of-
ways for state and federal high-
ways, it marked the first bond is-
sue carried in Texas under Presi-
dent Roosevelt’s “New Deal.” As
such, it was widely heralded, and
acclaimed as an evidence of what
could be accomplished in worth-
while undertaking, even the con-
ditions were most adverse. Inci-
dentally, the statement was made
that this was the first county-wide
bond issue carried in McCulloch
county in a period of over a third
ot a century.
I PERSONAL MENTION ♦
+ ♦♦ + ♦♦ --+ + + + + +
Mr. and Mrs. August Steelham-
mer of Giddings, are spending this
week here with relatives and
friends.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson,
daughter Mary Lou, and son Thom-
as, Jr., of Del Rio, spent the past
few days here as guests of rela-
tives and friends.
Pear Valley, Stacy, Doole and
Salt Gap district—Lieutenant-Col-
onel, J. E. White, Pear Valley;
Majors, J. H. Snodgrass, Stacy;
; W. B. Carroll, Pear Valley; W. B
Hardin, Salt Gap; Dr. Sterling
Price, Doole; Captains, John W
Brown, Ernest Dixon. Cleg Gas-
siott, Richard Faulkner, Herbert
Deck. Major Price and Major
Hardin have not as yet announced
their captains.
Meivin and Whiteland district-
Lieutenant-Colonel, E. A. Baze
Melvin; Majors, J. S. Garey,
Whiteland; Joe Morrow, Melvin;
Herbert McMorries, Melvin; Cap-
tains, Raymond Sparks, Ross Jen-
kens, J. 0. Trussell, Henry Dial
in Hood. He is credited with rob-
bing banks and staging holdups
without compunction, since the
banks are protected by insurance
and so can stand the loss, while
his victims are supposedly wealthy
and will not miss what he takes.
On the other hand, widows and
orphans, the poor and needy or
distressed, of Oklahoma’s back-
woods people are the recipients of I
his largess. With open hand,
Pretty Boy Floyd is reported to
distribute his ill-gotten gains
among those, who, to his way of
thinking, deserve them.
* * *
The result is that his is a hero’s
role. Instead of revealing his
whereabouts to the law, they con-
ceal him, and cover up his trail.
This, coupled with the wild terrain
in which he operates, has kept
Pretty Boy free from the toils of
the law—so far. Some day, he
will make a slip—and he will have
to answer to the law. Will it be
death or prison? We are unable
to read the crystal of the future,
but our guess is that the eagle
loves freedom too much to ever
submit to the bars of a cage. The
last fight, we surmise, will be one
to the death.
0. L. Whitfield vs. H. W. Lind-
ley.
Fifth Flight-
A. L. Gray vs. Jas. Flack. Gray
5-4.
Pat Kenney vs. Ira Mayhew.
Kenney, 2-1.
Stewart Hallum vs. Edw. Gees-
lin.
Junior Flight—
Pershing Jones vs ) Q Mayhew,
Junior. Jones, 8-7.
Pershing Jor.es vs. Clyde Hall,
Jr. Jones, 8-6.'
CONSOLATIONS
D. W. Jordan vs. Hubert Adkins.
Pat Malone vs. Dud Chapin.
Second Flight-
Clyde Hall vs. Posey Collins.
Perly Samuelson vs. Dutch
Woodward.
Third Flight—
J. S. Anderson vs. H. F. Schwen-
ker. Anderson, 5-4.
Carrithers vs. Ramsey.
Fourth Flight—
Leonard Skaggs vs. E. L. Jones.
G. Carnes vs. Pete Lembke.
Fifth Flight-
F. W. Lazalier vs. Jas. Anderson.
R. N. Griffin vs. Bab Lewis.
Junior Flight—
B. A. Hallum, Jr., vs. Harry
Schwenker, Jr.
Voca, Lost Creek, Mt. Tabor,
Martin, Camp San Saba district-
Lieutenant-Colonel, Jim Spiller,
______Moca; Majors, J. E Herrington,
cepted employment at- J. C Pen-Voca; Mrs. R. R. Evans, Lost
— “ Creek; Cecil Brown, Martin; Ewell
| Elliott, Camp San Saba; Captains,
E. O. Henderson, Arvie Flanagin,
Mrs. G. A. Spiller, Jr., Miss Ellen
Henderson, Joe Henderson. The
names of several other captains in
this community have not yet been
filed with the NRA committee.
Rochelle, Placid, Mercury, Mil-
burn and Cowboy district—Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, Milton Gainer, Ro-
chelle; Majors, O. E. Rice, Ro-
chelle; G. M. Yates, Placid; Ben
Lovelace, Mercury; W. N. McMil-
lan, Milburn; A. A. Jordan, Cow-
boy; Captains, S. W. Simpson,
Mark Mitchell, 0. C. Williamson,
A. L. Neal, J. H. Sloan, Robert
Barkley, C. H. Bratton, A. P.
Squyres, J. R. Boyd, T. E. Price,
Paul Haddow, J. H. Burk R. A.
Sellman, M. E. Noble Names
of captains for Placid, Mercury,
Milburn and Cowboy have not been
filed as yet with the NRA com-
mittee.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Wood came
in Tuesday from Marfa where they
have been living for the past sev-
eral months. Mrs. Wood has ac-
ney Company store, while Mr. I
Wood plans to return to Marfa ini
the near future.
A psychologist who looked into
children's beliefs about clouds
found that many children think
that clouds are close enough to be
reached from the trees or house-
tops.
for $33,000 provided that the court
turn over to them the old court
house and vault, and everything
pertaining thereto, excepting the
county’s furniture. Martin &
Moodie agreed to pay the indebt-
edness on the old court house, to-
taling $1,146, with interest accrued
since April 10, 1899; also to dig
a well and to erect a 10-ft. wind-
mill and a 50-ft. tower, and to pro-
vide a tank of 67- barrel capacity.
Also to furnish a granite corner
“It is ordered by the Court that
notice be hereby given that on May
1899, the same being the 2nd
day of the May term of the Com-
missioners Court, the Court will
proceed to consider the advisability ____r—
of erecting a Court House at the Also to furnish a granite cor
town of Brady, McCulloch County stone with suitable inscriptions.
Texas.” ’ Bond in the sum of $50,000 v
I The order was signed by J. G.
Plummer, County Judge, and the
following Commissioners: W. P.
Yeary, Precinct 1; J. P. Baze, Pre-
cinct 2; W. T. Stacy, Precinct 3,
and W. R. Brickey, Precinct 4.
It was attested to by H. P. Jordan
as County Clerk.
The last statement was erro-
neous. It was made upon the as-
sumption that the McCulloch coun-
ty court house was built as the re-1
suit of the voting of a bond issue
by the citizenship. However, that
was an evident error, since a
search of the records of the Coun-
ty Commissioners Court shows no
such bonds have been voted. In
fact, it appears certain that the
road bonds voted in McCulloch on
July 31, 1933, constituted the first
county-wide bond issue ever car-
ried in the county.
Then at the next regular session
of Commissioners Court, the rec-
ords reveal the following:
“In Commissioners Court in
Regular Session, on this the 10th
day of May, 1899, came on to be
considered the advisability of erect-
ing a New Court House in the
town of Brady, McCulloch County,
Texas, for the use of said County.
W. P. Yeary and W. T. Stacy,
County Commissioners, voting for
and J. P. Baze and W. R. Brickey,
County Commissioners, voting
against said measure. Whereupon
J. G. Plummer, County Judge, cast
the vote for the measure.”
So it will readily be seen that
there was no bond issue voted by
the citizens for the purpose of
building a court house; rather the
court house was ordered built, and
the bonds to pay for the same or-
The records of Mrs. W. A. Rus-
sell, county treasurer, show that 34
years ago McCulloch county issued
$33,000 in bonds for the purpose
of building the present court house,
and which are designated as “Mc-
Culloch County Courthouse Bonds.” tne vonus to pay for the m ._
There are 33 of the bonds, each dered issued by the Commissioners’
in the sum of $1,000. They are. Court. And, just to show that
Gated, anu 8150 registered, on Au- even 34 years ago harmont nre
gust 10, 1899, are specified to run vailed, it is recorded than after
40 years from date, altho redeem- the county judge broke the tie
able on or after 5 years from their vote, the vote in favor of the new
date, and bear interest at the rate court house new
of 3% per annum. The records al-
so show $12,000 of the bonds paid, | record'as urioners
while in the Courthouse Bond fund - favoring the
there reposes the tidy sum of $16,- plans and specifisen on
898.23, representing the sinking newpeaifications
fund plus the interest paid on daily ney oundinE which
deposits. That leaves a compara-
tively small part of the original
bonds still to be taken care of be-
tween now and the final due date
in 1939.
was made unanimous,
ill the commissioners going on
_ same.
At the same session of the court,
for the
. — ----,___was
required of the contractors to as-
sure full and faithful performance
of the contract. This bond was
approved at the regular session of
the court held on August 15th, fol-
lowing.
In the meantime, at the June
term of court, the court accepted
the proposal of F. M. Newman for
the renting for the period of one
year, of a rock building located on
block 3, Brooks addition, for $100
per year, payable quarterly, the
same to serve as a temporary
court house.
On August 15th, the court em-
ployed T. Netherwood as superin-
tendent of construction at a stipu-
lation of $3.00 per day, his labor
to be under direction of the court,
and it being agreed that he might
be discharged at any time. By
the way, Thos. Netherwood many
years ago returned to his native
England, and lives at Bay Hall,
Huddersfield. He still maintains
a lively interest in McCulloch
county and its citizenship, and has
for many years kept closely post-
ed on McCulloch county affairs by
reason of being a regular subscrib-
er to The Brady Standard.
On June 28, 1900, the new court
house was r opted by the Court,
and the County Clerk was ordered
to deliver the bond given by them
for faithful performance of the for the ladies,
contract, and to release the con-
tractors.
PLANS MADE
FOR $20,000
LEGION HALL
Structure Dependent
OF
Government Loan: Will Be
Erected at Richards Park
And Serve Entire City
Plans are practically perfecte '
for the erection of a $20,000 Amer
ican Legion Hall in Brady, accord
ing to local officials, who expect
to hear from the project in th
near future. It is dependent up
on a government loan.
The hall will be constructed a
Richards Park, to serve as a rec-
reation center for the entire cour
ty. It will have a large root
suitable for dances, basket ba
games and other indoor sports ar
gatherings.
A large stage with dressin -
| rooms as well as a fully equippe
| kitchen are planned adjoining tl
main floor to enable the stagir
I of community plays and banquet
There will also be a lounging roo
The ancient Commissioners
Court records gave some interest-
ing information upon the subject of
building the present court house.
For instance, at a special term of
the Commissioners Court, held on
April 10, 1899, the following ordar
was entered on the minutes:
. ----- were present-
ed by Martin & Moodie were adopt-
ed, and an order was passed re-
stricting bids to the said plans and
specifications. Also it was order-
ed that notice to contractors be
given thru the Houston and Dallas
daily papers.
On June 16, 1899, the court took
final action for letting the contract
for the new Court House. W.
Martin and P. Moodie, Comanche
contractors operating as Martin
4 Moodie, were declared the suc-
cessful bidders. Their bid was
The granite cornerstone, which
graces the northeast corner of the
massive structure, built of native
sandstone, bears on its east face
the Masonic emblem of the square
and compass, with the following
inscription:
Laid by Brady Lodge
No. 628 A. F. & A. M
Sept. 29, A. D. 1899
A. L. 5899
On the north face is the follow
ing:
J. G. Plummer, County Judge
W. P. Yeary Com. Pre. No. 1
J. P. Base, Com. Pre. No. 2
W. T. Stacy, Com. Pre. No. 3
W. R. Brickey. Com. Pre. No. 4
Martin & Moodie, Builders.
* ee.
There will be a kitchenette a
joining the Legion club room, ar
so arranged that any club or o
ganization wishing to hold a par
or banquet, may do so at its w
and pleasure. The Legion ri
rooms will be located on the se
ond floor of the building.
P. T. A. Benefit Shows
at Palace Next Week
The McCulloch County Council
of the P. T. A. will give a benefit
next Thursday afternoon and night
at the Palace Theatre, through the
co-operation of Mr. Chas. Baker
All the money this organizations
obtains is for medical aid for poor
children.
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