The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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She Caüftuc 11
AND THE BURLESON COUNTY LEDGER
VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 45
CALDWELL, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940
PRICE 91Je A YEAR—5
nil
Definition of a free country: A
free country is one where the peo-
ple criticize lawbreakers and feel
outraged when they are caught
breaking the law.
• * * •
It was my pleasure to attend the
annual banquet of the Brenham
'^Chamber of Commerce last Friday
night, honoring Senator Albert
Stone and Rep. K. A. FucIim for effi-
cient service rendered their con-
stituents and the state. It was a
'' gala occassion, with more than
v four hundred people, including
I many state officials, there to pay
'ft their respects to the honorces.
♦ * ♦
•m National Defense Week was
7 climaxed in this area Tuesday
night with the annual banquet of
the Reserve Officers' Association
held at College Station. The gu<>st
of Henry Bell and Edward Dresch-
r, first lieutenants in the Infantry
Reserve, I'. S. A., I attended the
banquet and heard Brig- General J.
1. Collins, commanding officii* of
«•*> 2nd Field Artillery Brigade,
Port Sam Houston, explain the im-
portance of always being prepared
for war The general was an aide
to Gen. John J. I'crshing overseas
and recently returned from Italy,
|«# where he wa.1 military attache at
the United Slates embas y.
• ♦ ♦
About Town: Ira Haddox. Route
2, Chriesman. recalling the «lays
wh n he was constable of Precinct
I. That was 26 years ago, and. ac-
cording to Mr. iladdox. criminals
were double-tough. . . . Babe Dow-
ell. chief clerk in the tax assessor-
collector's office. U'ing urged by
friends to announce for an import-
ant county office. . . Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Womble, now vacationing in
Florida, postcarding that they may
fly to Havana. Cuba, before return-
ing ht*re. . . . Vine* Hejl. Route 2,
has been a subscriber to thi> paper
• for 35 year.-. . . . Dr. F. R. Dunn,
the Palestine eye specialist, unable
to keep his appointment her - Mon-
day because of illness. . . . Douglas*
MrHenry and Mike t onnallv, in
San Antonio training to be auto
mobile salesmen. Thry'll join the
Harvey A Son wtaff upon th • com-
pletion of their course. . . . Murray
j, Brwaddus, who i* in command of
the local national guard unit, left
Tuesday for Fort Denning, Georgia,
where he will att-nd an officers'
service school for three months. He
was one of eight officers chosen
from th Tc*a- National Guard fot
this course. . . . Bud Parker, secre-
tary-manager of the Caldwell and
Burleson County Junior ChamU'i
of Commerce, hns been granted a
30-day leave of absence from his
t duties here during which time
he'll have charge of the goodwill
tour that will advertise the Hous-
ton Fat Slock Show. . . . Miss
(¡«raUinr Drgac. daughter of Mr.
snd Mrs. F. B. Drgac of this city,
a freshman at the Texas State
College for Women at Denton, is
a member of the college's all-girl
70-pieoe symphony orchestra now
touring East Texas. She plays
String 'Mas. -She was, also, one of
fourteen duchesses in the college's
Mardi Grass staged recently.
♦ * • ♦
My good friend Boyce House,
well known Texas newspaperman,
digs up some reliable political ex-
pressions in preparation for the
forthcoming campaigns. Boyce la-
ments the paucity of new terms for
use on the political stump in the
- fallowing article :
• « • •
now that tho time is nigh at
hand when patriots will begin an-
nouncing for public office, those
8iameae twins, "point with pride"
and "view with alarm," will get
another thorough working out.
Innumerable manisfeatos will bc-
bin: "Yielding to the earnest soli-
citude of hundreds of friends"
^probably the only one urging the
raro in some cases is a brother-in-
law who has been contributing to
his support ".I have reluctantly
decided to make the sacrifice and
run for ."
_ Everybody will comc out in favor
"efficiency and economy." Why
doesn't someone, just to be differ-
ent, -come out for "inefficiency and
extravagance?" That's what it
uaually works out at, anyhow.
Of course, every candidate was
Jftora on a farm, if not, he keeps
quiet on the subject. They also
came of "poor but honest parents."
I never could understand the logic
of the expression, "poor but hon-
est"; why not. "poor and honest"?
Nearly every candidate will hon-
estly admit he is a "self-made
man." I never heard the expression
it what I think of the bald-headed
fellow who made that claim and a
Highway 36 Due To
Add Much Traffic,
Declares Temple Man
Highway 38, when completed
from Te'iiple northwest to Abilene,
will bring a large increase in traf-
fic through the counties in which it
passes, E. H. Whitehead, managei
of the Temple Chamber of Com-
mere-.-, stated in Brenham last Fri-
day. Mr. Whitehead was in Bren-
ham attending a conference of
chamber of commerce managers on
plans to popularize this highway
which runs from ,rreoport to Abi-
lene.
"The highway is now paved all
the way from Tempi* to Freeport,"
he said, "of course, the main traf-
fic cuts off at Brenham and goes to
Houston, although much of it goes
'>n to Galveston via Rosenberg
Place a ruler on Houston and put
the other end on Abilene, ami it
passes right through Brenham,
Caldwell and Temple. The route of
Highway 36 will cut the distance
from West Texas to the Gulf by
forty or fifty miles."
Highway .'5(5 is three-fourths built
from Temple to Abilene, according
to the Temple man. West of Gates-
ville the road is practically built or
under construction. Ten miles of it
is now open northwest of T.mple.
I-ast month the State Highway
Commission made an appropriation
of $137,000 for a bridge over the
Leon River and for ten miles of
road from Gatesville this way. This
will leave a bare 20 miles of road
between Temple and Gatesville to
complete the road.
Whitehead urged co-operation of
towns in this section to work for
the construction of this gap.
New Dalai Lama Chosen in Age-Old Tibetian Ritual
Indidn
Ocean
A new six-year-old Dalai Lama, political ruler of Tibet will ascend his throne in the Pótala at
Lhasa Friday. Map shows location of the Buddhist city, while photo shows the famous Pótala where he
will preside. The new Lama, chosen from several candidates, was born presumably at the exact moment
the old Lama died about six yeirs ago. He is considered the fourteenth reincarnation of the Buddha.
im to No. 2, column 3, last page)
Income Taxpayers
Here Aided By
Deputy Collector
Dupree Says All Returns
Must Be Filed by Midnight,
Friday, March 15
V. F. Dupree. deputy collector of
internal revenue, was in Caldwell
Tuesday assisting taxpayers in
preparing their 1939 income tax
returns.
According to Mr. Dupree, all re-
turns must be filed with the Col-
lector of Internal Revenue at Aus-
tin by midnight, March IB.
"You are required to file a re-
turn if your net income is $1,000
or over or your gross* income is
$5,000 or over, if you are single
(or married and not living with
husband or wife) or if you are mar-
ried and living with husband or
wife and your net income is $2,500
or over or your gross income is
$5,000 or over," Mr. Dupree ex-
plained.
"Form 1040A should be used for
net income of not more than $5000
derived from salaries, wages, in-
terest, dividends and annuities.
"Form 1040 should be us?d for
net incomes from salaries, wages,
interest, dividends and annuities of
more than $5,000, and incomes from
other sources regardless of
amounts All returns must be filed
in duplicate.
"A penalty of not more than
$10,000 or imprisonment for not
more than one year, or both, is
imposed by statute for willful fail
ure to make return on time, and,
in addition, 5 to 25 pe rcent of tho
amount of the tax."
Mr. Dupree has permanent of-
fices in the postoffice at Bryan and
taxpayers may consult him there
inytimo between now and March
15.
o
Services Conducted
Here Saturday For
W. E. Taylor, Sr.
W. E. Taylor, Sr., 83, died at the
home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs
A. L. Tnylor, in the Cook's Point
community Thursday night, Febru
ary 18. Funeral services were held
at the Harvey-Schiller Funeral
Home Saturday afternoon with
Rev. A. S. Broaddt|4 officiating.
Burial was made in the Masonic
cemetery.
The deceased was born in Ala-
bama, hut had made his home in
Burleson county for the most part
of the past 52 years. His wife pre-
ceded him in death more than a
year ago.
One son. W. E. Taylor, Jr., of
Pyote, Texas, survives.
o
Checks Through
Local AAA Office
Total Big Amount
Approximately $160,000
Still Due Farmers For
Participating in 19'i9
Including those recently dis-
tributed to the amount of $41,-
H70.20, conservation checks t:« Bur-
I son county farmers have reach d
a total of $103,612.30 for the 1939
program, according to Tandy Ken-
nedy of the local AAA office. Six
hundred and three conservation
eh.-cks totaling 1.7-12.10 were re-
ceived here Monday morning.
Th.re are still about $100,000 yet
to be paid for this program, and
checks are expected soon, Kennedy
said.
In addition, farmers have re-
ceived parity checks to the amount
of $09,000. More than $60,000 are
y t to be received to complete the
payments for this program.
According to Mr. Kennedy, any
farm that qualifies for AAA pay-
ments can secure an additional $30
through the planting of black lo-
cust or pine seedlings at the rate
of $7.50 per acre up to four acres
of land. Black locust will require
700 plants and pines 1.000 plants to
the acre. They can In- procur d at
al*>ut $2 a thousand, and informa-
tion concerning them can be se-
cured at the AAA office.
Social Security
To Be Explained
Caldwell has l>een selected by the
Social Security Board as one of the
points where itinerant service will
be established, it was announced
here today by Z. E. Avery, manager
of the Austin field office of tlw
Social Security Board, which serves
the area in which Caldwell is lo-
cated.
Regular monthly visits will be
made to Caldwell on the third Wed
nesday of each month Avery said,
with space provided by Postmastu
G. R. Kocurek in room No. 102 in
the post office. Dates of each visit
may be obtained from the post-
master. These visits are for the
purpose of contacting employers
and employees, potential benefi-
ciaries, and others in connection
with their problems relating to the
Federal old-age and survivors in-
surance provisions of the Social
Security Act.
The representative of the Social
Security Board will handle claims
for old-age and survivors insur-
ance, applications for social securi-
ty account numbers, applications
for employer identification num-
bers, and wage discrepancy cases.
He will also be available to furn-
ish information on any phase of
the program, Avery said.
The recent amendments to the
Congratulations To
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pertl on
the birth of a daiighter, Naomi Ann,
Friday, February 16.
Mr. and Mra. Allen Rhodes on
the birth of a daughter, Kay Alli-
son, Wednesday, February 14.
Pictures of Texas A. and M. -Tulane
Football Game To Be Shown Here
J. ALTON YORK
(Turn to No. 4, column 3, last page)
Pep-Squad Girls To
Collect Old Papers
Old Newspapers, r.iagaaines and
catalogs will be collected Friday
afternoon by mcmhers of the Cald-
well high school pep squad, ac-
cording to Miss Peggy Woltwrs,
sponsor. Money derived from the
sale of the paper will go into the
pep squad treasury, it waa said.
Caldwell residents are asked to
place their discarded papers and
magazines, which will be collected
between 3 and 4 o'clock, on thsir
front porches.
York To Contest
For Senate Post
With Sen. Stone
J. Alton Toi-k of Bryan author-
ized Thf New- • n aniwuncp this
week that he is a candidate for sen-
ator of tho 11th state senatorial
district, and Mr. York's name
appear.i in the announcement col-
umn on page two.
Mr. York has issued the following
statement to the piople of Burleson
county in making his announce-
ment:
"I wish to announce to the voters
of Caldwell and Burleson county
my candidacy for the office of sen-
ator of the 14th state senatorial
district. I want to again thank the
people for the splendid vote. 1
received in my race four years ago
when I was a candidate for this
office. It is with much pleasure
that I am looking forward to meet-
ing my old friends and making new
ones here in the coming campaign
"At a later date I will make a more
detailed statement of my views on
the major problems confronting all
of us, and in which we are vitally
interested."
The following article concerning
Mr. York's candidacy appeared in
a recent issue of The Bryan Daily
Eagle:
"J. Alton York, whose first en-
trance into the state political are-
na four year- ago, when he ran
against State Senator Albert Stone
of Brenham, caused many voters
of the 14th state senatorial dis-
trict to believe that he had a
bright political future ahead of
him. will again contest the senate
seat from this district with Sen-
ator Stone. Mr. York mnde this
announcement tms morning.
"When Mr. York made his race
four years ago he was a resident
of Giddings and had just complet-
ed two terms as county attorney
for Lee county, serving the peo-
ple of that anea in a satisfactory
manner, and making a good rec-
ord for himself.
"In that campaign he canvassed
many admirers and friends who
Sugar Bowl Classic To Be
Screened at Junior Chamber
Of Commerce Meeting Mon-
day Night at 7:30 In
District Courtroom
Pictures in wh?ch the great Ag-
gie fcotlmll team rolled to the na-
tional chnnpionship whipping Tu
li.ni> University 14 t. 13 in the
Sugrr Bowl at New Orleans Jan-
uary 1, will b > show.i at a regular
electing of the Cal'iv 11 and Bur-
leson County Junior Chamber of
Commerce Monday night, G. A.
Smith, president, said today.
The Sugar Bowl pictures are in
technicolor and those who have seen
them state they are exceptional
from a standpoint of photographic
technique.
Harry Faulkner, member of the
athletic staff at A. and M., will
accompany the motion picture here
3nd will explain the plays and iden-
tify the players, Smith said.
The public has been invited to see
the picture which will be shown in
the district courtroom. No admis-
sion will be charged.
o
Tires Contain Carbon Black
Texas' carbon black, used by tire
makers to toughen rubber, is made
from sour gas, unfit for other com-
mercial use.
(Turn to No. 3, column 5, page 2)
Auction Company Sells
74 Head of Livestock
Fifty-one head of cattle. 5 mules.
1 horse and 17 pigs were sold by
the Caldwell Livestock Auction
Company Wednesday for (1120.24
Ther were 24 sellen and 32 buyers
Field Officer To
Assist War Vets
Miles Wasson, field representa-
tive of the Veterans State Service
Office, will be in Caldwell, Tuesday,
February 27, to assist war veterans
and their dependents who have
problems in connection with their
claims growing out of war service.
He has visited here several times
within the past two years and each
time he has been able to assist some
veteran and some veteran's depend-
ent in s>ecuring Government bene-
fits they are entitled to receive.
In addition to veterans themselves,
he is very anxious at this time to
so? as many ward widows and
Gold Star Mothers as possible,
since recent legislation liberalized
laws pertaining to widows and Gold
Star Mothers.
The services of the Veterans
State Service Office are directed by
George C. Betts, whose headquart-
ers are located in the Land Office
Building, Austin, Texas. All per-
sons desiring to see Mr. Wasson,
field representative for this district,
while he is in Caldwell may con-
tact him on Tuesday, February 27,
at the court house. All those call-
ing to see him for assistance with
claims arc request 2d to bring dis-
charge papers, if possible, and all
other papers and letters pertaining
to their cases.
Thie American Legion post of
Caldwell is co-operating in this
field service work for all veterans
and dependents of veterans.
■ o
Bluebonnet Fete At
Navasota April 12-14
Dates for the second annual Blue-
bonnet Festival which is sponsored
by the Navasota Junior Chamber
of Commerce are announced as
April 12, 13 and 14.
Committees are being named by
President C. E. Ellison who states
that plans are for a larger and motv
elaborate celebration than that of
last year which attracted 30,000
visitors.
Helping Farmers
Remain On Farms
To Be Discussed
MeanB by which small farmers
can remain on their farms and
operate profitably in order event-
ually to pay their debts will be
considered by the Burleson County
farm debt adjustment committee
when it meats at 2-00 p.m., Tues-
day, Febru;. ry 27, in the Farm Se-
curity Office in the Burleson Coun-
ty Court House in Caldwell, Texas.
According to Carr Smith Farm
Security Administration supervis-
or, masy small farmers pf the
county are operating under such a
top-reavy load of debt they can
never hope to pay out and it is
often just a matter of time before
back payments and interest will
force them to give up and quit
farming—a ft ¡eat calamity both
for the family and the community
"The farm debt adjustment com-
mittee can help these farmers and
their creditors to arrive at a fait
and just agreement for repaying
their debts out of farm income,"
the supervisor said. "Creditors are
often willing to grant additional
time to pay, re-amortizations and
sometimes scale-downs in principal
and interest when the debt adjust-
ment committee has worked out an
orderly repayment schedule."
The committee, composed of lo-
cal men, giv:-s its services free to
both farm owners and tenants.
Farmers needing this service should
call at the FSA office, or go to one
of the committee, or arrange to at-
tend the meeting.
o
Sen. Albert Stone
And' Rep. Fuchs
Feted at Brenham
Hnudreds, Including Many
State Officials, Gather at
C-C Banquet Friday Night
More than 400 persons, including
a distinguished array of state offi-
cials, lawmakers and delegations
from neighboring cities, showed
their rfcgard for Senator Alljfert
Stone and Representative R. A.
Fuchs of Brenham Friday night by
attending the annual dinner of the
Brenham Chamber of Commerce
given in honor of the legislators at
the American Legion Home in
Brenham.
There was a quorum of the state
supreme court and of the railroad
commission, nearly enough senators
to block a confirmation of an ap-
pointment, and other officials A
delegation attended from Caldwell.
The main address was delivered
by Dr. T. O. Walton, president of
Texas A. & M. College. C. D. Dall-
mey;r, iletiring president of the
chamber of commerce, was toast-
master.
"The state of Texas is proud of
Senator Stone," Senator Weaver
Moore of Houston, speaking in be-
half of the Texas senate, said.
"We love him and we want him
back."
Ed Vint, representative from
Sraly, paid tribute to Mr. Fuchs
:.i behalf of hir branch of the legis-
lature.
Richard Critz, associate justice
of the state supreme court, praised
the honor guests.
"As long as Texas can have such
men as these in her law-making
halls, I believe our interests and
our liberties are safe," Justice
Critz said. "They have been true to
the office and oath they took."
The honor guests were presented
by County Judge Richard Spinn.
"We think highly of Senator
Stone and Representative Fuchs,"
Judge Spinn said, "and I hope they
will serve us in many years to
come."
Both men are candidates for re-
MM
Do You Know
TEXAS?
A read of this newspaper can
get the answer to any Question ct
Fact by writing to A. Garland
Adair, Curator of Patriotic Ex-
hibits, Texas Memorial Museum,
Box 1770 University Station, Aus-
tin, Texas.
Q. Has the time expired for ap-
plication to be made for adJiMflad
compensation, commonly wforrsd
to as bonus, paid by the Fodwal
government to veterans their
beneficiaries as the result of
World War service? W. W. V.
A. January 2, 1940, was the ex-
piration date to make application
for adjusted compensation or bonus.
Unless application was made prior
to that date, according to George
Betts, Veterans State Service Of-
ficer, this benefit is forfeited, if
Congress does not extend the limit-
ation date.
Q. Are all world war veterans
eligible to receive free government
hospitalization. D. A. V.
A. Yes, if they were honorably
discharged from world war service.
Q. Are world war veterans re-
quired to pay poll tax in Texas?
A. V.
A. In Texas they are unless they
arc permanently and totally physi-
cally disabled. Some states do ex-
empt all world war and all other
Veterans of American wars.
Q. Does the State of Texas pay
a bonus to world war veterans? A.
L.
A. No. The State of Texas has
made no such provision, however,
several other states have and tem-
porary residents of Texas who en-
listed from other states for world
war servict should inquire of au-
thorities in their former home state
regarding their rights in this in-
stance.
Q. Who was the first Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office
in Texas? T. S.
A. John P. Borden. His monu-
mental service to Texas is not so
well known as that of his surveyor-
inventor brother, Gail Borden, who
founded a fortune on condensed
milk. John P. Borden gathered to-
gether all the records of Texas land
from the colony land offices in a
vast and troubled territory. Among
(Turn to No. 3, column 4, last page)
COURT MISE IEWS
(Turn to No. 5, column 5, last page)
Thieves Active
Here Last Week
Two homes and two filling sta-
tions were burglarized here last
week-end. Officers, as yet, have nc
clues to the burglaries. Someone
pried open the rear door of J. R.
Simpson's neighborhood store and
filling station last Thursday night
and took about $20 from two cigar
boxes. A burglar entered the Ah-
ren's Service Station through a
window the same night and stole
a small amount of change, a flash
light and tire tools. The home of
County Attorney Walter Hilliard
was entered Friday night and the
robber took two suits of clothes and
an ovt-rcoat. One of the suits was
found the next miming several
blocks from the scene of the rob-
hery. Mrs. Josie Smith's residence
was entered at about 4 o'clock Sat-
urday morning, but the theif fled
empty handed when the occupant."
awoke.
Land Matters
Ed Larson and others to Ben H.
Larson and wife. 50 and 3-4 acres
Chesney survey, near Somerville;
$10 and other value.
Frank Janac and wife to Chas
Lednicky and wife; 41 and 1-8 acres
Sam Lawrence league near Snook;
$800.
Mrs. Nannie C. Thornton to L. 0.
and Odell Tharp. 47 acres on Bog-
gy, near Porter's Chapel; $200.
Robert Cox to H. HL Coffield;
$10 and other value. Lota 1 and 20,
Block 11 in Chriesman. Mineral
deed to interest in 69 and 3-4 acres
S. C. Robertson league No. 2. Min-
eral deed to interest in 13 acres
Christian Smith Labor.
Ella Washington and others to
Woodson Lumber Co. 35 acres on
Cedar Creek; cancellation of debt
and lien.
Jake Brooks and wife, Lillian,
to James Parker Brooks. Part Blk.
8 between Fox and Fawn streets,
and west of new Highway 36; (100
and payment of taxes.
Jake Brooks and wife, Lillian, to
Ruth Brooks Smith; part Block 9
between Fox and Fawn streets, and
(Turn to No. 8, column 6, last page)
Farmers Market
(Prices subject la change)
Zotton, strict middling
_$10.75
Cottonseed, a ton
_$27.00
Cottonseed Meal, a sack
$ütl
Cottonseed Meal, a ton
-$*.00
Hulls, per ton
-910.00
Hogs, per pound
— Sc-4c
Rides, per pound
9c
Eggs, per dosea
.180-140
Butter, per lb. 40c in trad
Hens, per pound
Tc-9e
Fryers, per pound
12c-14c
Sakers, per pound
8c
Roosters -
6c
Turkeys, No. 1 hens
9c
Turkey;!, No. 2
5c
Old Toms
6c
Toms, No. 1 — —
.8e
Ducks and Geese — —
7c
Butterfat, No. 1
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