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AMD THE BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
VOL. 52—No. 30
CALDWELL, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 A YEAR
NOBODY'S
BUSINESS
By Julian Capera, Jr.
AUSTIN. — The daily news-
papers of Texas by the time this
mail disptach is in type- probably
will huve chronicled the final pas-
sage of a "mild" omnibus tax bill
by the Texas legislature's second
"ailed session and the session will
have gone into the limbo of history.
Adoption by the senate at the
weekend of a tax bill designed to
raise about $2,500,000, we ivgard-
ed as guaranteeing final passag
of a tus bill. Hut only the final
hour of the -e> ion could reveal
exact details of th • new tax men-
sure.
IMPORTANT SESSION
Regardless. of the details, how
ever, the special -session muy go
down in history us the most im-
portant in i igrht y atfor it mark-
ed what most observers here u>
garded us a definite indication of
a return to sanity in state gov-
ernment. On the strength «>f de-
velopments brought out at the ses
«ion, many Itelieved the following
distinct trends of sentiment wire
revealed:
1. An i ml to the constant e\
pnnsion of governm rital functions,
and it - act -ompanying demands for
more ami more ia which was
luce^ - itated by the d<-prc>sion
(5'iei ¡.rency. am! ha hung on ever
i inee.
2. A definite demand by th tax
payers f« r a reduction in govern
mental expenditure, elimination of
duplication and waste, consolida-
tion and addition of u-ele-¿ bu
rea us and commissions, reduction
of exci s«ive ihgher bracket «alai i s,
elamination of hundreds of useless
i mployes who have attached fhem-
- Ives like barnacles to the vi ious
patronage syst tn of state govern-
inent, anil better control methods
for state expenditures.
.'{. Restoration of the constitu
t nnal allocation of funds for the
public rh< ol8, by removing the ex-
i ess alloeatmns and returning the
xcess to the longsuffering general
fund, which was -arrificed during
the depression to keep the schools
going.
SENATE REGAINS PRESTIGE
Another of the more important
by-pro<lucts of the "tax" session
>M>en a tremendous change in
pubic opinion concern in if th" up-
per house of th" legislature. The
senate, originally designed as a
deliberative body Ui act as a
"brake" against precipitate ami ill-
ronsidered action, has lx«en the
"goat" during the past few years,
when everylsxly looked to the gov-
ernment to sup|H>rt him by rea-
son of its conservative refusal to
go along with the house on unlim-
ited pensions for everybody, and
other exaggerations of the social
security program. This time, the
senate, meeting the demand for
more !aM'« with a counter attack
showing extravagance and waste
in government., has found public
sentiment swinging in its direc-
tion. The governor, who has used
the senate as a foil for his own po-
litical plans for throe years, was
probably more amazed than any-
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Burleson 4-H Boys
Win Several Places
In Wharton Contests
tl Burleson county -i II club boys,
entering the district judging con-
tests at the Wharton County Fair
Inst wok, won one first and thr-e
second places. County Agenl Per-
kins announced today.
The cotton classing team, com-
posed of Franklin Faust, Willie
Coufal anil Kmil Kiel, captured first
award as a team and also first,
second and third place individual
honors.
The livestock judging team plac-
ed second and won over the Fort
Bend County team that won first
place In the state contest held at
A. A M. college.
The field crop team was elimin-
ated from first place honors only
by IB points and the poultry tram
placed second.
Club members making the trip
were: Willie I ee Ulich, Albert
Loehr, Alfred Koehler, Lancer
Wol«, Franklin Faust. Milton Tie
man, Alvin Sefcik, Willie Coufal,
Milton Dusek, Willie Karlseh, Bar-
ron Giesenachlag, Edgar Moore,
i fhrnmy Macik, Edward It. Coufnl,
L L. D. Hein, Emil Kiel and Frank
I Manacik. John Mmustik and (!.
' pC. Jnehm assisted Agent Perkins
ftln taking the group to Wharton.
Loyalist Sub Stranded at Brest
Pictured above in the harbor ol Brest, France. Is the Spanish loyalist
submarine t'-J, left stranded by its crew which divided into Red and antl-
Hed groups. A rebel plot to se'zc the submersible tailed and the boat ia
now awaiting a new crew to take it back to Valencia, hpain.
Navasota Beats
Hornets, 19-7,
Before Hundreds
l{nltiers Win First (.¡imc On
Caldwell Field Friday
Night
Continuing their victory march,
the Navasota Rattlers Friday night
won their third confidence game of
the y -ar by defeating the Caldwell
Hornets, 19-7, before more than
looo fans. It was the first time in
history that the Horn ts lost to
th-- Battlers on the Caldwell grid-
iron.
Outstanding Navasota players
were Fullback I towns and ends.
Oiiiiii and Nemir.
Although in th > game only dur-
ing th ■ last few minutes of play.
So best a, flashy Hornet back, was
clearly outstanding for the Cald-
well team. "
Both squads displayed lots of
football talent throughout the four
quarters, and many fans were ea-
ger to praise the Hornets although
they were the losers.
Wooten crossed the goal off tac-
kle in the early part of the second
quarter, after a Hornet punt, had
gone out of bounds on Caldwell's
15.
Downs slammed through guard
on the end of a drive in the third
period to make the second marker
for the Blues. Bournais kicked
goal.
The Battlers hammered down the
field to get in range of the goal
and Wooten made the score after a
10-yard run in the la-1 period. The
Hornets began a march which end-
ed in the Hornet's lone tally. The
extra point was good and the
count was 10-7.
(V
Caldwell FFA
Delegates Back
From Convention
Represen tat i ves of the Caldwell
chapter of the Future Farmers of
America returned Sunday from
Kansas City. Missouri, where they
attended the National F. F. A.
Convention. More than 400 other
Texas lioys attended the Missouri
meet, they saiil upon their return.
The party, composed of Thomas
Kornegay, Roy Herrmann, Ernest
Pavías and their adviser, W. W.
Mcllroy, left Caldwell for the Kan-
sas convention Saturday, October
16. Their trip took them through
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri,
Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee and
Arkansas.
Besides attending the regular
convention sessions, the Caldwell
delegation witnessed performances
of the American Royal Matinee
Horse Show, the National F. F. A.
Public Speaking Contest, which
was broadcast over NBC, a maas
concert of F. F. A. Imnds and at-
tended an all-convention banquet.
Speakers appearing on the con-
vention program included W. A.
Ross of Washington, I). C., Exe-
cutive Secretary of the National
Association of F. F. A., Henry Wal-
lace, Secretary of Agriculture and
W. A. Cochel, Editor of the Kan-
sas City Star.
Twenty-Three Faiths
Anwd At Texas A.-M.
Baptists Head Roster
Tw n:y thr<' ie!igious faith-,
with Baptist.-, leading in numbers,
arc repr ent d in the student body
at Texas A. & M. colleg ibis year,
according to a religious census just
completed by M. I,. fashion, secre-
tary of tin Y MCA on the campus.
,M thodists i in the Baptists a close
second fashion's figures show.
Of in in ly 5000 students at
the college thi- year, only .'12M stu-
dent- expressed no religious pref-
eienci. Of tho e indicating church
affiliation, the denominations and
number of followers ar
Bapti.-ts, 1.1157.
Methodists, 1.2ÍW.
Pr" byterian. IM.
Catholic, Hf).'!.
Christian, 2K(5.
Kpiscopalmn. 2-10.
Church of Christ. 200.
Lutheran. 117.
.Jewish, HI.
Christian Science, 3ÍS.
Congregational, <>.
Greek Orthodox, <5.
Fvangelical. I.
Unitarian, 3.
Reformed, 2
One each for Armenian. Morav-
ian, Hindu, Nazareno, Christadel-
phian, Salvation Army and Athe-
ist.
Hornets Have No
Game This Week
Next (¿rid Battle To Be At
Brenham
After playing five games in as
many weeks, the Caldwell Hornet
will rest this Friday night, there
being no game scheduled. On their
"off-night" the coaches and players
are expected to witness an impor-
tant district game.
Caldwell's next game will be with
Brenham on November 5th.
- - o - -
Cotton Sales Must
Be In Saturday
Highway No. 36
Expected To Be
Paved In Spring
Commissioner John Wood In-
forms Cong. Johnson Of
State's Aims
A ktt r from John Wood, mem-
>er of the Stute Highway Commits
tfion, to Congressman Lyndon B.
Johnson, in regard to the Burleson
county highway situation, practic-
ally U '-uns this county that High-
way J will be surfaced with ton-
er. te vithin a very short time.
The letter follows:
State Highway Department
Austin, Texas
October 12, 1U37
Honoruhlc Lyndon B. Johnson
.Member, U. S. Congiv.-s
Littleli.ld Building
Austin, I t xus
Dear Congressman:
Thi.- will acknowledge receipt of
your letter of October «, in which
you called my attention to the High-
way k luation in Burleson.
For your information, I would
like to suy that almost five y^ais
ago, when 1 went on the Commis-
sion, Burleson Coifnty v.a.s without
u properly located highway and
the e was not a mile of surfaced
highway in the entire county.
l'h < onimi sion e\p ets next
spring, and it is recoiniu nded bj
our engineers, that Highway No.
from the Wa hington County
line across the county to th Mi-
laoi county line be surfaced with
concrete at a cost of $'120,000.
Judge Bowers, . nine thirty days
ago, was in the office. At that
time 1 informed him what we ex-
p i:t lo do and it eenied to please
him very much.
1 hope, before my time expires
on tin* board, to see Burleson coun-
ty adequately provided with a high-
way system, and I believe that
your friends, who a.e my friends,
know that to be true.
If in the future 1 can be of any
service to you, or your triends,
command me.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed
JOHN WOOD,. Member
Stati Highway Commission.
Caldwell To Have
North and South
Bee Bus Service
I-ine to Start Operating Fri-
day, November
Fifth
Beginning Friday, November 5,
the Bee Line Coach Company will
operate a bus line through Cald-
well, officials announced this week.
It was stated that four busses will
make stops here daily. The line
will operate on Highway No. .'Ifi
and will accommodate passengers
going north or south.
A complete time schedule will l>e
announced next week along with
the location of the bus depot in
Caldwell.
All cotton salts must be in not
later than October 30, the county
agent's office announced today.
For cotton sold on or after Oc-
tober HO, sales must be filed in
the county agent's office within
fifteen days after date of sal". Pro-
ducers are requested to advise the
name of the contract signer on the
farm, when cotton sales are mailed
to the office.
Fire Menaces Chicago Stock Yards
. . ■.if
Flames which swept over a block-square liuiiuinis of one ol the major
incut-packing plan's in the I tilon Stock yards at ( liicago caused dam.'.ge
in excess of $200,000. Nearly a third of the Arc-lighting apparatus of the
city was called to the yards to prevent a spread of the con'íagra'.ion.
Picture shows lircmen lighting the k.aic.
Fire Destroys
Downtown Bldg.
Two Other Structures Damag-
de By Blaze Today
A i early morning fire today in
tho downtown business district
■ompletcly (!• stroy.-d one building
and did considerable damage to two
others.
The blaze originated in the
Blui bonnet Cafe and was well un-
derway before being discovered at
about 1:80 a.m. The building hous-
ing the cafe burned to the ground
and the blaze quickly spread to
two adjoining buildings occupied
by Honioyer's Grocery and Bul-
lock's Barber Shop. Firemen
quickly got the blaze under control
before heavy damage was don • to
th grocery store and barber shop.
The burned building was owned
by Mr A. Hoting. Joe Faust op-
erated the Bluehonnet Cafe.
Just how th" fire started remains
a mystery at this writing.
School Honor
Roll Announced
7:1 Students Make Grades
Above 85
Seventy-three students were on
the Caldwell high school honor roll
as released Monday by Superin-
tendent S. H. Smyre. All students
named on the honor roll made an
average grade of 85 or more during
the first six weeks of school.
The list follows:
Low fi'-st grade: John Cade,
Charles Polansky, Henry Simpson,
Joyce Lucille Siptak: high first
grade: Henry Faust, Florence Ann
Marks, (¡loria Schoppe, Clarence
Wilhelm, Opal Willard: low second
Father of Lyndon
Johnson Succumbs
Sam K. Johnson, father of Con-
gressman Lyndon Johnson, died in
Austin Saturday afternoon follow-
ing an illness of six weeks.
Mr. Johnson, a former represen-
tative and number of a family
prominent in Texas public life, was
buried at Johnson City Sunday.
His widow, two sons and three
daughters survive.
School Men Of
District Form
Executive Club
An executive club composed of
school men of District .'I5B was
organized at a meeting held at
Brenham last week.
Superintendent C. M. Selman, of
Brenham, was elected temporary
chairman, and Principal Johnson,
of Hempstead, was chosen tempor-
ary secretary.
Brenham was selected as the per-
manent meeting place for th? cur-
rent school year, and the next
meeting will be held there Decem-
ber LX.
Members of standing commit-
to's were appointed as follows:
Nominating J. C. Deviney of
Hempstead, chairman; Weldon Lu-
cas of Navasota, fí. W. It i I lof Bell-
ville.
Constitutional J. T. Ferguson
of Navasota, chairman; S. J. Mc-
Keevcr of Bellville, F. E. White
of Waller.
Program R. C. Donahoe of Gid-
dlngs, chairman; J. L. Buckley of
Brenham, S. H. Smyre of Caldwell.
Supt. Salman reports that much
enthusinsm was manifested at the
meeting and gr ati interest was
shown in plans for the organiza-
tion. which, it is believed will be
of great mutual ben fit to the mem-
bers and nlso provide pi asant re-
creational gatlv rings for the school
men.
««■
"The Rest of The
Record"
By JAMES V. ALLRBD
School Plans For
Big Hallowe'en
Carnival Program
(ihoHts (¿ettinfí Ready
lioam This Week-
End
To
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(¡hosts are just around the cor-
ner. This week-end mother's of
young children will buy yellow and
black calico and spooky masks for
goblin masquerades, think up games
for Hallowe'en parties, and gener-
ally try to figure out some way
to keep the youngsters from hang-
ing such gates as remain to the
crossbars of telephone posts and
from removing porch furniture to
foreign parts.
Saturday night is All Hallow's
eve, the night before all Saints'
Day. Few know about All Saints'
Day; all know about the evening
before it. That is the time the
ghosts go about and play tricks.
Studi nts at Caldwell high school
will celebrate one night ahead, with
a big Hallowe'en Carnival at the
high school Friday evening. This
year's carnival is expected to sur-
pass all previous Hallowe'en cele-
brations. The queen to reign over
the carnival will not lie announced
until Friday, school officials stat-
ed. Each class has selected a can-
didate for queen as follows:
Alveda Calvin, senior; Willie Mae
Smith, junior; Georgia Marie Ko-
curek, sophomore; Jennings Mc-
Lean, freshman. The candidate re-
ceiving the most votes will wear
an elaborate affair, those in charge
announced. Numerous "side-shows"
will be open in the school building
As this column i« written, th«
Legislature has only three more
days of actual work. I don't know
whether they will have passed any
substantial tax bill for the people's
program. At this time the outlook
is very doubtful.
In any event, It seems to be con-
ceded that I was right in refusing
to submit appropriation bills which
some of the Senators said they
wanted to revise after they had
voted for them during the regular
session. On Tuesday of last week
one of the leading writers for a
big daily said my judgment that
the submission of appropriations
was impractical had been vindi-
cated by the action of the legisla-
ture itself.
The record shows that after some
of the Senators had told through
the newspapers about what they
would do if I submitted appropria-
tions to them, they suddenly de-
cided that I had done so and ac-
cordingly considered economy wide
open to them. The Senate passed
one bill affecting the state depart-
ments without a hearing and sent
it over to the House. Then they ad-
mitted the bill would have to l>e
worked over BUT they didn't do
anything at all with reference to
economizing on the education bill
which they had voted out last
spring with the biggest increase of
all the appropriation bills. Further-
more the Senate did nothing on the
judiciary bill which had substan-
tially increased the salaries of all
the judges.
These bills didn't even get out
of committee and Senator Stone,
who had been one of the loudest of
all in saying that he would econ-
omize, voted to put off any hearing
on these bills, even in committee.
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Methodists Close
Their Fiscal Year
And Elect Officres
Membership in the First Meth-
odist church of Caldwell showed an
increase of 22 during the year just
closed, according to reports in tho
minutes of the association which
have just been released.
The report shows there is now
a total membership of «14.S as com-
pared with 421 a year ago.
Total amount of money raised
this year \\as $4.fi7<5,
Presiding Eld r H. II. Molbert
and Rev. J. F. Kidd were in charge
of the year's last meeting which
was held at the church Tuesday
evening. Officers and pa«tor re-
ported all charges against the
church paid for the year. It is the
sentiment of the church that Rev.
Kidd be returned for a fourth year.
Board of directors elected for
the new year are:
F. H. Hitchcock. J. H, Porter,
Tom Kraitehar. Clarence Moore,
Hays Bowers, W. T. Thagard, Har-
ry Woodson, Billie Addison, Dr.
R. J. Savage, Johnnie Ripple, Ed
Dushek. Emerson Rutherford. S.
L. Pi wet z, J. M. Hare, W. C. Mills,
J. Louis Giddings and A. L. Arling-
ton. Gus Wolman was named trus-
tee to fill a vacancy. R. S. Bowers
was elected superintend nt of the
Sunday School and Mrs. J. W. Rip-
ple was named church organist.
Negro Teams
Clash Friday
Caldwell and Bryan Tangle On
Hornet Field
With only eight days left to
work, the House of Representatives
passed a resolution asking me to
submit appropriations for econo-
my; BUT even the author of the
resolution said on the floor that
his purpose was to "put the mon-
key" on the Governor's back.
I knew that if I were to submit
appropriations the Legislature
couldn't revise them intelligently in
so short a tme when they had con-
sidered appropriations for four
months before. I also knew that to
get the subject on the calendar
would block absolutely the chances
of passing any tax bill to finance
the old folks, the blind, the de-
pendent children, and our part of
the teachers' retirement system.
Of course, not even those who
have been talking so loudly about
economy claimed for a moment that
the sparkling queen's costume Fri-
day night. The coronation will be
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In their first home game of the
season, the Caldwell Yellow Jac-
kets (colored) will meet the Bryan
Bears (colored) her eon Hornet
Field Friday night. Th.' kick-off
is scheduled for 7:110,
Both negro teams have played
three games this year and each has
lost once.
White and colored fans will pay
25 and cents to see the battle, it
was announced.
County Officials
Attend Amarillo
State Convention
County Judge Hays Bowers, and
Commissioners Giesenschlag, Gat-
ling, Pivvonka, and Kornegay, at-
tended the State Convention of'
County Judges and Commissioners
at Amarillo last week. Many not-
ables were there and Robert Lee
Bobbitt. chairman of the State
Highway Commission, wa< «..nt- of
the principal speakers. Th-y rc-
|vort a very interesting mee'.ing
and Burleson County was one of
few counties of the State which
had the entire commissioners court
present. Th • Burleson county group
thoroughly enjoyed the convention
and learned many valuable thing-
which they will l>e able to use in
j their court here.
Many View The
New Chevrolet
Now On Display
Hundreds of Burleson county mo-
torists have viewed the 1938 Chev-
rolet which went on display at the
Harvey & Son Auto Company Sat-
urday.
In the now models, performance,
economy and comfort are carried
to ne wheights without sacrifice of
beauty or style.
Chevrolet's Master models are a<
roomy as the master deluxe series,
and are powered by the same 85
horsepower six-cylinder valve-in-
head engine.
Like the master deluxe again,
they embody numerous refinements,
in features affecting performance,
comfort, safety, durability and
style.
The principal difference between
the chassis of tho two new Chev-
rolet series is the use, in the mas-
ter series, of conventional 1-heam
front axel for the fully-enclosed
knee action now beginning its 5th
year as a feature of the master de-
luxe.
Externally, the master models
and the deluxe models are almost
indistinguishable. Body style is
identical.
Inside the car, the differences
are correspondingly slight. There
is a modification in moulding trim,
and pillar switch for dome light,
assist cords, a.4h receivers, rear
window curtains and decorative still
plates are featured on the master
deluxe only. The master instru-
ment panel is like that of the mas-
t r deluxe, except for the absence
of a water temperature gauge. The
cabriolet, in tha master series has
armrests on the doors, similar to
the mast r deluxe models.
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