The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 127, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1929 Page: 4 of 8
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THI CALDWELL KEW8
Friday, August If, lift
MIZOS BITTOM FARMERSLlttte
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• t.nw in each plane. As soon as fill-
ing ta completed and fuel oils have
bean provided the planes take off to
the cotton fields to do their deadly
work. In about ton or fifteen minutes
they return for more poison and this
Near Lyons Dies
Lillian Minnie, daughter of Mr.
Aug. J. Schoppe anU his wife, Helen,
nee Oppermann, born on December
11th, 1926, died suddenly at the home
of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hermann Oppermann, on August 7th,
1929 while on a visit there. Th . little
girl Who had been qu'.te sick for six
TEUUE FINMCES
ELECTRIC PUMT
Mrs. Jacob Fuchs
Honors Tuesday
Bridge Club
| "odds and ends" which, almost in-
. , _ ,. M iavitably, accumulate below stairs. A
And Sometimes More p||e 0f 0ld oily rag can b« the source
A Floor's A Floor
Mrs. Jacob Fuchs waa hostess
Tuesday to p lovely bridge luncheon
honoring the members of the Tuesday
Bridge club. The twelve guests were
seated at a long table of exquisite
Municipal appointments, the coveting used be-
Most Used I'art of House Often
Neglected and Hsssrdous
The editor of the
awthod is kept up as long as the j weeks. seemed"to bTon the way "to Utnities Magazine of Texas cities jng an heirloom coming from Gar
dew is on the cotton and there is recoVery when a heart attack ended recent'y ca"ei* on city officials of many and being 160 years old. Fl<#wer
cotton to poison. It is remarkable, the her y0ung i¡fe. Rev. Cart A. Stadler Teague, Texas, to personally extend place cards were attached to each
repidity in which the poison is ap- 5p0ke words of comfort to the be- to them tlle League's service and to plací.
plied. Hundreds of aerea are covered reaved family at the grandparents 8el 'irst han<* information concern- ( After the bounteous repast, the
effectively in a day with each plane, home and at the private cemetery *°g the method adopted by the busi- guests repaired to the bridge tables
The planas fly low, just skim the top of Mr. Aug. Schoppe, Sr., where in- ness men of that city in financing and engaged in a series of delightful
of tne cotton stalks. It is quite in-
teresting (to observe their actions,
darting above fences, telephone lines,
com fields and occassionally trdes
and house tops. The prettey sight is
of a fire without an outside assist-
ance. And a fire, once started, tenda
to work its way upward. If there
is a definite fire stop, a barrier be-
yond which a fire cannot climb, the
home is given an initial and vital pro-
tection from fire.
Recent experience on the part of
progressive home builders has ahown
that the principle of the concrete
terment took place on August 8th their new light plant, which its now games, at the close of which a deli-
sat 3 p. m. Many friends and neigh- under construction. The method is cious ice course was served, decorat-
bors expressed their sympathy with entirely new, he believes, at least to ed ¡n the chosen color scheme of
By Wyatt Brummitt
j Although it subjected to more
and harder usage than any other
structural part of the house, the
first floor usually gets a minimum of
attention. As long as it holds up andj
the surface remains reasonably in- - ,
..... . ..... floor, as used in commercial build-
tact, it is given little or no thought ' , , , .
by th, houL owner. ,uch " ho,e.U' ho*
Not thM . floor ahould b. . con-1,kyM<*" b« *<h
. . , • d * . great success and economy to the
stant care—far from it. But, unless • ,, . .
... . . mm • . i small house. The construction is sim-
it is a good, sound affair it may easily i" , . . .. ,
. ! j * « pie and requires less vertical space
become a hazard and a source of F, n
than ordinary types of floor.
beautiful flowers. With hymns and Texas, and should prove interesting
prayer and scripture reading the to all Texas cities, rot only city
when they strike a long stretch of tender remains Were laid to rest. Her councils, but to the citizens in-
cottcn and fly swiftly over it close '°88 is deeply mourned by her parents dividually.
to the ground. All over the fields one he* brothers, Edwin and Hermann, When the decision was made to
can see nothing but white screens of her sisters, Hermine and Hele May, install a city-owned plant it Was
smoke—dust. If one happens to be h®*" grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. foun(j that a bond election would be
" Oppermann, her grand- unpopular
to a few who were tax-
near he is covered with thousands of
Hermann Oppermann, her
fins particles. He can't keep from;mother' Mrs* **elcn Schoppe and payej.& antj t0 others who concluded
brea.hing some of the poison. The jninn* °* er re a u am rien s' that if the plant could not be finano-
greatest danger (and (the workers
green and yellow. Mrs. O. S. Windell
received a lovely handkerchief case
for high score and Mrs. W. N. Cole-
man was presented «with a decorated
whisk broom and holder. The con-
solation, a dainty box of powder, was
awarded Mrs. H. G. Womble. Lovely
table favors of decorated powder
boxes Were cut by Mesdamos H.
Schumacher, Ray Harvey and Blanch
various kinds of trouble.
A floor has two purposes. First,
it must provide a strong, non-squeak-
ing surface for walking feet and for
furniture; if it is also beautiful, so
much the better. Second, a good floor
serves to tic the frame of a house
securely together, adding strength to
resist high Winds and to minimize
Such floors perform all the func-
tions of the perfect floor. They are
structurally strong, thereby eliminat-
ing costly warping and Bagging—not
to mention the squeaking. The upper
surface may be finished in any de-
sired fashion. Conventional wood
flooring may be placed over them
the evils of warping and settling- a"d, with°ut ,dangeur of
tortion. Tile or linoleum have been
1 will not make much cottor. but if
I po son, make qome kind of an ef-
Iwrt to hold them, I might have a
chance and the good fortune to make
a fair sise crop." Anyone familiar
Porte and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lewis
of Brownwood and Mrs. Adam Renz
of Longpoirlt.
o-
Jimmie, of Beaumont, are visiting ¡ Furthermore, it does not obligate
their mother, Mrs. Mae Bell and other t^,e city *n any way nor an individua!
relatives. who mi&ht not be in sympathy with
o— fche 'dea of the people owning their
I Mr. and Mrs. W. W Plimper and own system.
•with the mind of Mr. Porter, knows daughter, Lula Mae, of Saratoga, It is suggested that those interest-
that he never gives up. Many times vigited Mr. and Mrs. Clint Lewis last *d in this method of financing write
he has won out and he is doing all' week.
Miis. Menia Parks and little daugh-
ter and Mr. OUie Anderson of Hous-
ton, spent the week-end with Mrs.
Bette Merlin, grandmother of Mrs.
Parks.
Rev W. O. Wright and Clint Lewis ed from its earnings the city |Heslep.
With the poison don't seem to mind >Wrent t0 Temple Wednesday to see sh°u''d nor go into the proposition, i Those having the pleasure of en-
it) .s at the base. The ground is gen-'Qap Rowland who is very ill in the Manufacturers and contractors "who j joying this charming hospitality wen :
eraliy coMered with wasted poison 'hospital there. ha<i been lskeil t0 make 3s<lmates M sdames Gregg Easley, H. G. Wom-
—d.adly poison. When the planes j __o on tho syste,n t,ien proposed that if be!, p. H. Schumacher, Ray Harvey,
asceud and then return and descend,! Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harvey left the business men of the city would |j. \\\ Jancik. J. R. Sayles, O. S.
the ljrce of the fast revolving pro- today for Beaumont to visit their personally underwrite 26 per cent oi ¡Windell, W H. Gregg and Misses
pellc:s blow the Wasted poison every daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and the cost, the ether 75 per cent would ; Tandy John Easl. y, Blanch Heslep
where all over everything. At first Mrs. A. R. Nagel. be underwritten by th manufactur-; an,j Mildred Smith.
the lielperis run to cover as much as
possiole, but after more experience
they just close their mouths and eyes
and jtand it until the planes become
settled.
Su.tday several neighboring far-
mers were over to Mr. Porter's seek-
ing the service of the planes.
Mr. Porter foresaw the invasion
of the insects early and made ar-
rang.menta for the planes. They
have been with two or three weeks
and will remain until he finishes. He
has dusted cotton crops several times
and has preserved the plants in ex-
cellent condition. The army worms
have been checked almost entirely.
Now he is dusting for the boll weevil
for '•whatever good it might do. Mr.
Porter aaid, "If 1 sit .down and let
the insects sat my cotton up, I.'know
'U—A. i,
evils which ruin the hang of doors and
windows.
A third function has recently been
added to the othjr two. The modern
floor must protect the occupants and
furnishings of the house from th-. Garland Smith has returned home
razards of fire. A large proportion of from Richmond where he has been
used repeatedly. In some casos the
upper surface of the concrete itself
has been stained and polished to pro-
due. a truly beautiful floor.
residence fires originate in basements,
in the vicinity of th" furnac \ fuel
stores, laundry stoves and heaps of tives in Austin.
playing in the band.
Hortense Bullock is visiting rela-
ers and contractors. This meeting an
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Herbst and tVo instant approval, it was decided that
children from Jasper are the guests th*. city would issue light plant war-
of Mr. and Mrs. Val E. Herbst this rants for the system. Which warrants
week. are payable only from profits of the
.—o light plant. As explained to the
Some of the friends and out of town e(jjt.0r, these Warrants will be issued
relatives who attends the funeral oi wh<>n the gystem is completed t0 bear
Mr. W. S. Barnett "were: Mr. and Mrs. g¡x p;r cpnt interest per annum, and
W. J. Farmer and son, Mr. and Mrs. wjjj be payable in a series of monthly
Philip frank, Mr. and Mrs. Earl amounts. This plan Will make the in-
Steward, Mr. and Mrs, J. F. Lyons of tertst only three per cent, averaged
Somerville, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ams- cver seventy-two monthly pav-
ler, Mr. and Mrs. George Zeiss, Mrs. ment8( wjthin wh¡ch it ¡g egtiraated
Lewis Fisher, Mrs. Lawrence Seidle, the entire plant Will be paid for.
Harmon and Schuenberg Zsackapple j _ _ . . , .
. _ . „ _ _ - ^ • /t ! The contractors have sold to the
of Brenham. Mr. W. S. Lewis of La , . ¿ ,.
business men in Tesgue twenty-five
per cent of the warrants, which are
| considered among the soundest in-
i vestments, and the entire procedure
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bell and son, lin8Urfa the 8UPPort of th® system.
Bess Andrews, who attended sum-
mer school at South Park high school
in Beaumont, returned home.
o
Miss Maybell Dalchau is spending
this week in Lexington visiting rela-
tives and friends.
o
Mr. and Mrs. John Godby have as
thtir guests this week Mrs. Mike
Roberts of LaGrange and Misses
Mamie and Dollie Roberts of Weimer.
o
Mrs. Peae Drgac of Rosenberg is
spending a few days in Caldwell.
Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Wright and
daughter, Helen, left Thursday to at-
tend the family reunion of the Wright
family in Bellvue.
o
DANCE
at
Beran's Dance Pavilion
Caldwell, Texas
Saturday, August 17, 1929
Music by
LEO MIKE
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
anyone can d0 now to pull his crop
Mrs. A. G. Kreuger and son,¡
Albert, have returned home after'
Mayor S. W Robinson of Teague spendjng about ten dayg in Calves
for further information.
through. j Father Gleissner and Father Raboa
Mr. Porter has one of the prettiest of Bryan and Father O'Conner of La
crops in the bottom. Cotton higher Porte visited Father He ley here last
than the fences. Some has fruited week.
fairly well. Some is not so good. He
has fair hopes of Winning out on his
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Lewis attended
Mr. and Mrs Gus Schulz and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Springer of Falls
county Were Caldwell visitors Sat-
and Sunday.
o
We are glad to report that Alwyn
poisoning program. He has invested
considerable money in poison and
labor. Sunday morning he said he
a family reunion of the Lewis family Addison is speedily recovering from
out at the Lewis Ranch near Lyons an operation undergone at the ¡ocal
this week.
Mrs. B. R. Copeland of Llndale,
Texas, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs.
A. G. Kreuger.
: o
Mrs. R. J. Stone of Georgetown i
the guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. (J.
Krueger.
o
Mrs. H. C. Bamett of Brownwood
came in Monday to attend the fun ral
of Mr. W. S. Barnett and is r.oW visit-
ing Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hitchcock.
hospital where his tonsils and cc-rvical
, glands were removed last Wednesday
thought he could notice some reaction w-jj ^ note<j for future benefit. ■ If a week ago. He is able to be out on
for the better. In a number of places ^ere js much change for the better, the streets now.
small bolls were forming. There were later on it w|1, ^ noUcable. The far-1
a good many new blooms. The Weevil I merrj who poison can certainly ap-
is the pert bothering most now. They , proxiinate the benefits
are activa and owing to the rankness
of the stalks it is difficult to reach j
this insect.
Th; poisoning demonstration is in-
teresting to watch. The final results
BEAUTIFUL
Norma Talmadge
in
"The Dove"
at the
ISIS Theatre
MONDAY - TUESDAY
10c and 25c
Saturday
"Tie Yellow Back"
James Oliver Cur-
Wood's story of the
northwest
also
Comedy and that
nitons serial—
tho Mighty"
16s aail$5c" '
ShaW Say:
DANCE
We have received a fresh shipment of
Turnip Seed and other garden seed for the
fall garden.
Turnip Seed 5e oz.
Mustard Seed 10c oz.
Beet Seed 10c oz.
We have many other kinds and also a nice
line of package seed.
* * * * *
Bailey-Lehmann, Inc,
5c to $1.00 Store
pfflrra
(gjftThe manitoo
«11
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nwallw finds
feimselpii&J
ia/
ihélioiLe"
— at —
Louis Zgabay & Co. Platform
Tuesday, August 27, 1929
Music by
Moonlight Prowlers
A
Everybody Invited
If Your Radio Makes
Queer Noises—
There's'' something wrong some-
where. Csll us and we'll tell you
whst the trouble in snd prescribe the
proper remedy.
PLUMBING-
ELECTRIC WIRING-
ELECTRIC FIXTURES—
CROSLEY RADIOS—
BATTERIES—
If you own a Crosley, you're there.
CALDWELL ELECTRIC &
nous tu
You will save money by buying your Hard-
ware from R. F. POLANSKY of LYONS,
TEXAS. Especially will save big money on
Undertaking Supplies or Caskets, Coffins
and Robes. Also bring your Birth and
Death Certificates, as I am Registrar for
Precinct No. 4.
R F. Polansky
Don't Miss It!-
OLD TIME
DANCE
S. P. J. S. T. HALL at SNOOK, TEXAS
Friday, August 23, 1929
Music by
BACCA'S ORCHESTRA
of Fayetteville, Texas
Everybody Cordially Invited To Attend
Texas
DANCE
at
Deanv'Ne, Texas
Saturday, August 24, 1929
Music by
Leo Mike's Orchestra
O. D. H. S. Committee
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Cromartie, C. E. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 127, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1929, newspaper, August 16, 1929; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174862/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.