The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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JOURNED SESSION 1917.
ION FOR A PROHIBI-
TION ELECTION,IN WEST
POINT,COMMON SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 57, and RO-
BERSON COMMON
SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 55.
NO. 1268.
Be it remembered that on
this, December 3rd, 1917, a
date at a former term of this
- Court, set for the hearing of
this cause, the Commissioners'
Court being now in session, as
ied by law there came
w be heard the petition of
r. L. Yelvington and fifty-five
ers, petitioning this Court
_ _ an election as provided
_ law, to determine whether
or not the sale of intoxicating
liquors shall be prohibited in
"" within a political subdivi-
of Fayette County, Tex-
as composed of West Point
r__ll School District No.
7, and the Roberson Common
District No. 55, which
i is in words and figures
as follows,to-wit:
THE HONORABLE COM-
COXJRT OF
__ COUNTY,TEXAS:
the undersigned quali-
in West Point Com-
lool District No. 57,and
Common School Dis-
<o. 55 in and for Fayette
_^" Texas, being more
fifty qualified voters in
political subdivisions, do
respectfully petition
* finnnrable body to order
as provided by law
whether or not
of intoxicating liquors
be prohibited in and
a political subdivision
lyette County, Texas,
of The West Point
School District No.
lie Roberson Common
District No. 55, two
School Districts
do not embrace within
town or
The metes and bounds
Common School Dis-
and their proper num-
as they appear of record
rayette County, Texas, are
iws^towit:
Point Common Sehool
No. 57: Beginning
the North west corner of
Moore survey on the Col-
~iver. Thence south to
line of the M.Wood's
Thence West to the
of the railroad track,
south along the rail-
;k to the south line of
ler League. Thence east
le southeast corner of said
_ League. Thence North
; the east" boundary line of
League and N.
one-quarter league to
River. < Thence
rer to the place of
containing 1,107
Woods league, 1,107
Norman Woods one
league, 1,107 acres
Alley League and 2,578
R. Fisher League, con-
an area of 9 1-5 square
Common School
55: Beginning
t North west comer of
C. Moore survey which
of the M. Woods lea-
on the Colorado River,
south to the southwest
line of said Woods
Thence east along the
idary line of the
league to the center of
. _ A. P. Railway right of
, Thence south along said
' of way to the south
line of said R. Fish-
Thence west to the
corner of the J. H.
acre survey. Thence
along the east boundary
R. McFarland league to
east corner of J. M.
jre original J. A. Dar-
brothers (tract).
t south
of Moore and
west bound*
rarland lea-
to its
Thence
; corner of
Thence North to the south
boundary line of the Wm. Bar-
ton League. Thence East to
the Colorado river. Thence
down said river to the place of
beginning, containing 1,850
acres R. Fisher, 3.307 acres M.
"Woods, 320 acres D. Berry, 40
acres Cunningham, 160 acres
Baker and 1,650 acres McFar-
land, containing 11 2-5 square
miles, and the outside metes
and bounds of said two dis-
tricts which lie adjacent when
combined is as follows: Be-
ginning at the southwest cor-
ner of the J. H. Baker 160 acre
survey. Thence North along
the east boundary line of the
James P. McFarland League
to the southeast corner of J.
M. (W) Moore's originally J.
A. Darby and brothers tract.
Thence west along the south
line of Moore and Kaulbach
tract to the west boundary line
of said J. P. McFarland Lea-
gue. Thence North to the
northwest corner of said J. P.
McFarland League. Thence
east to the southeast corner of
the Thomas Cochran League.
Thence north to the south
boundary Ijne of the Wm. Bar-
ton League. Thence east to
the Colorado River. Thence
down the Colorado River to
the east boundary line of the
R. Fisher League and the west
boundary line of the Norman
Woods one quarter league.
Thence south along said east
line of the R. Fisher and the
west line of Norman Woods
one quarter league to the
south line of the R. Fisher lea-
gue at its south east corner.
Thence West along the south
line of the R. Fisher and the
South line of the J. H. Baker
160 acres survey to the place
of beginning. Both of said
Common School Districts be-
ing political subdivisions of
Fayette County, Texas.
Respectfully submitted,
J. L. YELVINGTON,
L.N.MYERS,
R. D. FRIERSON,
ELMER HOUSE, *
L. G. THORNTON,
A. A. McGEE,
G. C. McGEE,
T. A. ANDREWS,
WILL INGE,
Wm. McCLURE,
J. S. WILLIAMS,
JOHN FRIERSON,
T. J. SCALLORN,
JOE L. WILLIAMS, .
A. W. REEVES,
ALBERT HALL,
H. S. REESE,
B. F. BUSH,
F.RAMSEY,
W. R. YOUNG,
F. M. INGE,
H. J. DANIELS,
SAM BARNETT,
N. FARRIS,
TOM ADAMS,
CHAS. BELL,
W. T. FARRIS,
ED SCOTT,
WILL S,. YOUNG,
J. H.'CAIN,
HANCE MARTIN,
LEEJESTIS,
A. E. GRANT,
ROBT. WILLIAMS,
ALBERT THORNS,
G. W. NULL,
J. L. HOUSE,
S. H. FRIERSON,
J. J. HAZELWOOD,
OSCAR SCOTT,
T. J. SCALLORN, Jr.,
R. HARRIS,
H. B. BELL,
J. H. RAMSEY,
R. L. SCALLORN,
J. J. JOHNSON,
LEE STOCKS,
J. L. JACKSON,
A. J. REEVES,
F. E. YOUNG,
WILL COCKRILL,
JULIUS RODGERS,
GUS. HOLLIS,
G. H. BUSH,
WILL RAMSEY,
C. A. YOUNG. 1
FILED Nov. 12, 1917. R.
Klatt, County Clerk, Fayette
County, Texas, and upon duly
cosidering said petition and
the evidence and presumptions
of law concerning the same the
court doth find, that said peti-
tion is in all things in com-
pliance with and in conformity
Wth the requirements of law
governing such matters. That
said Petition is signed by more
fifty qualified wteiryja
said West Point Common
School District, No. 57 and Ro-
berson Common School Dis-
trict No. 55, in and for Fayette
County, Texas ;that it petitions
the Commissioners' Court of
Fayette County, Texas, to or-
der an election as the law pro-
vides, to determine whether or
not the sale of intoxicating liq-
uors shall be prohibited in the
political subdivision of Fayette
County, Texas, composed of
West Point Common School
District No. 57, and Roberson
Common School District No.
55, in Fayette County, Texas.
It is therefore ordered, ad-
judged and decreed that said
West Point Common School
District No. 57, and Roberson
Common School District No.
55, comprise and are hereby
created a subdivision of the
County in which said election
may be held, and the same is
so here now designated as such
by this court. And it is further
ordered, adjudged and de-
creed by the Commissioners'
Court of Fayette County, Tex-
as, that an election be held in
said political subdivision of
Fayette County, Texas, in
West Point Common School
District No. 57 and Roberson
Common School District No.
55, and that the same be and it
is hereby ordered to be held
on Saturday the 29th day of
December A. D. 1917, to de-
termine whether or not the
sale of intoxicating liquors
shall be prohibited in and
within said political subdivi-
sion of said County towit: West
Point Common School District
No. 57 and Roberson Common
School District No. 55, the
metes and bounds description
of which, as recorded in the
records of Fayette County,
Texas, are as follows, towit:
West Point Common School
District No. 57: Beginning
from the Northwest corner of
the T. C. Moore survey on the
Colorado River. Thence south
to the south line of the M.
Woods' league. Thence west
to the center of the railroad
track. Thence south along
the railroad track to the south
line of R. Fisher , league.
Thence east to the southeast
corner of said Fisher league.
Thence north along the east
boundary line of R. Fisher lea-
gue and N. Woods one quar-
ter league to the Colorado Riv-
er. Thence up said river to
the place of beginning contain-
ing 1,107 acres M. Woods lea-
gue, 1,107 acres Norman
Woods one Quarter league, 1,-
107 acres Thos. Alley League
and 2,578 acres R. Fisher lea-
gue, containing an area of 9
1-5 square miles.
Roberson Common School
District No. 55: Beginning
from the North west corner of
the T. C. Moore survey which
is a part of the M. Woods lea-
gue on the Colorado River.
Thence south to the southwest
boundary line of said Woods
league. Thence east along the
south boundary line of the
Woods league to the center of
the S. A. & A. P. Railway
right of way. Thence soiith a-
long said right of way to the
south boundary line of said R.
Fisher League. Thence west
to the southwest corner of the
J. H. Baker 160 acre survey.
Thence north along the east
boundary line of J. R. McFar-
land league to the southesat
corner of J. M. (W) Moore or-
iginal J. A. Darby and broth-
ers (tract). Thence "west a-
long the south boundary line
of Moore and Kaulbach to the
west boundary line of said Mc-
Farland league. Thence north
to its northwest corner.Thence
east to the southeast corner of
the Thos. Cochran league.
Thence north to the south
boundary line of the Wm. bar-
ton league. Thence east to
the Colorado River. Thence
down said river to the place of
beginning, containing 1,850
acres R. Fisher, 3,307 acres M.
Woods, 320 acres D. Berry, 40
acres Cunningham, 160 acres
Baker and 1,650 acres McFar-
land, containing 11 2-5 square
miles.
And the metes and bounds
of which as consolidated and
designated fcexeia m « fol-
lows, to-wit: Beginning at the
southwest corner of the J. H.
Baker 160 acre survey:
Thence north along the east
boundary line of the James P.
McFarland league to the
southeast corner of J. M. (W)
Moore's originally J. A. Darby
and brothers tract. Thence
west along the south line of
Moore and Kaulbach tract to
the west boundary line of said
J. P. McFarland league.
Thence north to, the northwest
corner of said J. P. McFarland
league. Thence east to the
southeast corner of the Thom-
as Cochran league. Thence
north to the south boundary
line of the Wm. Barton league.
Thence east to the Colorado
River. Thence down the Col-
orado river to the east boun-
dary line of the R. Fisher lea-
gue and the west boundary
line of the Norman Woods one
quarter league. Thence south
along said east line of the R.
Fisher and the west line of
Norman Woods one quarter
league to the south line of the
R. Fisher league at its east
corner. Thence west al#ng the
south line of the R. Fisher and
the south line of the J. H. Ba-
ker 160 acres survey to the
place of beginning. It is fur-
ther ordered, adjudged and
decreed that said election
shall be held in the town of
West Point, Fayette County,
Texas, the same being the only
regular voting place, within
the limits of said political sub-
division of West- Point Com
mon School District No. 57 and
Roberson Common School Dis-
trict No. 55, as their limits are
laid out by metes and bounds,
recorded in Fayette County,
Texas, and as designated in
this order, and hereinbefore
set out.
It is further ordered, ad-
judged and decreed, that the
clerk of this court shall give
notice of said election, by post-
ing or causing to be posted, not
less than five (5) copies of this
order at different places with-
in the proposed limits of said
West Point Common School
District No. 57 and Roberson
Common School District No.
55, and that said notices shall
be posted or caused to be post-
ed, at least twelve days prior
to the day of election, towit:
The 29th day of December,
1917, and by further giving
notice of said election by pub-
lication of a copy of this order
in a newspaper of general cir-
culation which has been con-
tinuously and regularly pub-
lished for a period of not less
than one year, in Fayette
County, Texas, and printing
said notice at least once each
week for at least twelve days
prior to the day of said elec-
tion, to-wit: December 29th,
1917, and it is further ordered,
adjudged and decreed by the
Court that said election shall
be held, and the returns there-
of made in conformity with the
provisions of the General laws
of this State, and by the offi-
cers of election appointed and
qualified under law and in the
event there be no such officers
now under appointment, there
is now and hereby appointed
S. Ai Shelburne, presiding
judge; J. T. Scallorn, T. A.
Andrews, Elmer House, and
H. C. Giese, as Clerks, or as-
sistants, to hold said election.
And it is further ordered, ad-
judged and decree'd, that at
said election the vote shall be
by official ballot, which shall
have printed or written there-
on at the top thereof in plain
letters, the words, "Official
Ballot," and said ballot shall
have written thereon the
words, "For Prohibition", and
the words, "Against Prohibi-
tion", and the Clerk of the
County Court shall furnish the
presiding officer of each vot-
ing box, within the proposed
limits with a number of such
ballots to be not less than
twice the number of qualified
voters at such voting boxes,
Those who favor the prohibi-
tion of the sale of intoxicating
liquors, within the proposed
limits shall erase the words
"against prohibition" by mak-
ing a pencil mark through
att4 tfyose w|i<> oppose ifc
shall erase the words "for pro-
hibition" by making a pencil
mark through same. The of-
ficers holding said election in
all Respects not herein speci-
fied shall conform to the Gen-
eral Election laws now in force
regulating elections and make
due report of said election to
this court.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Fayette.
I, R. Klatt, County Clerk,
and Ex-officio Clerk of the
Commissioners' Court of Fay-
ette County, Texas, do hereby
certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the Order of the Com-
missioners' Court of Fayette
County, Texas, for a Prohibi-
tion Election to be held in
West Point Common School
District No. 57 and Roberson
Common School District No.
55, as the same appears of rec-
ord in Book Volume No. 7, up-
on pages 342, 343, 344 and
345, Commissioners' Court
Minutes, Fayette County, Tex-
as.
In Testimony whereof, wit-
ness my official signature and
seal of said court, at office in
the city of LaGrange, Texas,
this the 6th day of December,
1917.
1 R. KLATT,
SEAL | County Clerk,
and Ex-Officio Clerk
of the Commissioners' Court,
of Fayette County, Texas.
Route Two
December 3. Everybody out
this way busy plowing.
August Heinrich, Jr., and wife
and Miss Annie Berger visited
Tuesday at the Emil Muehier
home iu Yoakum.
Mrs. Frank Billeck and son,
Eddie, were Joe Rode's guests
Sunday.
John Heinrich and Eddie Bil-
leck were out calling Sunday
night. \
Ferdidand Billeck, Sr., and
wife, and sons, Joe and Richard,
from Weimar, were guests of
August Heinrich Tuesday.
Sunday guests of August Hein-
rich: Edmund Heinrich, August
Heinrich, Jr., and wife, Herman
Berger and daughter, Miss An-
nie, Adolph Frietsch and family
and Joe Denton.
Frank Besekny called at P.
Denton's last week.
Herman Cordes, one of the
soldier boys from Camp Travis,
was visiting home folks Suhaay.
K. Cordes and Eddie and Louis
Petrash, Frank, Joe and Charlie
Muenster and Charlie, Henry
and Paul Chappon were out pe-
can hunting on Thanksgiving
day.
Lonnie Denton called on Miss
Johanna Zimmermann Sunday
night.
Miss Louisa Pauler is spending
a few days with her uncle.
Eddie Billeck and Jobn Hein-
rich were Saturday night guests
of Charlie Billeck. Red Apple.
Route Two
December 4. Emil Hermis
and wife visited Sunday at the
home of F. Hermis, near St.
John.
Julius Rohan and Miss Philo-
pina, of near St. John, Libbie
Kubala, Agnes Bohac, Millie
Hermis, Joe Svrcula and Frank
Fazderny spent Sunday at the
home of James Hrnanicky.
Frank Hranicky and Frank
Pozderny were out car riding
Sunday.
Emil Hermis and wife, August
Hermis and wife, Willie Hermis,
Jobn Pazderny and wife and
James Hranicky and family were
Thursday guests at the home of
Joe Svrcula.
Miss Jennie Pazderny returned
home Sunday from Smithville.
Frank Hranicky and sister,
Miss Emma, and Joe Svrcula
and sister, Miss Mary, spent
Tuesday night with Willie Her-
mis and wife.
Joe Tapel and wife were re-
cent guests of James Hranicky.
Jack Hall and wife, from
Smithville, John Pazderny and
wife and daughter, Miss Jennie,
visited Sunday with Mrs. O.
Kallus.
Frank Pazderny has gone to
Smithville for a stay of a week
with friends. Forget-Me-Not.
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There will be 12 glorious serial
or group stories, ranging from a
girl's war story by Grace S.
Richmond and the Indian adven-
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The charm of Companion Stories
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Old Kinkier ^
December 10. Have been i
sont fur som j week-* but
sending you a f ew 'ivrns for'!
is^ue.
| Our farmers a e busy cutting
stalk* ain.fi plowing.
Miss Eila Pr u-e,
kum, sjM'ni iastwe; k wi'.h , :
H^len and Alma fit sse.
j Joe Gebaur and wife are re- •
j joicing over the arrival of a baby
boy at tbteir home Wednesday.
We want to extend congratula-
tions.
Sunday night guestis of L
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but by special arrangement new, Busse: Henry Koehier and
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New Subscription Received at
this office.
Mrs. Briggs to Entertain
On Tuesday, December 18, the
Camp Fire Girls under the
auspices of their Guardian, Mrs.
Alfons Herzik, will present at
Turner Hall, the comedy "Mrs.
Briggs of the Poultry Yard.
This organization, since the
beginning of the Red Cross work
in our town, has been active in
doing its "bit" and this occasion
is proving no exception to the
rule. The proceeds of this enter-
tainment are to be divided be-
tween the treasuries of the Camp
Fire and the Library War Council.
Mrs. Herzik some time ago was
elected chairman of this district
of the Library War Council and
is expected to raise her quota of
fifty to sixty dollars. Due to the
great demand already made on
our citizens, Mrs. Herzik decided
to raise the money for this pur-
pose by giving this play, with
the aid of her girls. The Li
brary War Council is of the
utmost importance in the pres
ent war work, as it provides the
soldiers and the sailors With the
reading matter so necessary for
their entertainment and with
technical books needed for their
advancement.
This Council is already dem
onstratingits efficiency by reach
ing the boys in camp, at sea, over
in France, in fact anywhere and
everywhere that our boys are to
be found serving their country
The need of providing the boys
with reading matter and thus en-
abling them to pass some of their
leisure time in a manner that
will not only be wholesome and
beneficial to them, but also help
them through many homesick
hours, will be readily seen by the
thinking public, and it is hoped
by the local Red Cross that
standing room will be at
premium on
cember 18.
the night
of De-
C.
Dew Hunt
Henry, Kollie and Hester Sen
gelmann, A. Kehrer, R. Graf, Ed.
Haas John Beck of Weimar, Ad
Micbalek, E. Kainer of New Bie-
lau, spent five days down on the
Sandies hunting deer. They sue
ceeded in bagging one. Several
of the party took a shot at a deer,
but Michalek was the only one to
bring home the bacon. A chance
shot at 50 yards, one buckshot
striking the deer squarely in the
mouth. Conditions in that sec-
tion of the country are very
alarming as there is no water for
the stock. The boys had to take
their drinking water with them
in cream cans. For the horses
they had to.sink a box in the bed
of the creek, to obtain water. In
this manner the water seeps up
through the quicksand, and is of
a yellowish hue, and not very de-
sirable. Henry says he met sev-
eral of the "Pumpkin Rollers" out
in the woods looking for fresh
meat, and they say "she aint been
this dry down here for 40 years."
Grass being very scarce nearly
all cattle have been moved or
sold. The Jew remaining are
subsisting on acorns and moss.
It is so dry that you can h6ar a
gnat chewing, but when they
have good rains down there the
ground gets so boggy that it will
bog a buzzard's shadow while
flying over. The boys all say
Hester would have shot that deer
but as said deer first licked his
hair while he was asleep on the
stand, when he awoke he shot a
limb off the tree under which he
was sitting. Victor Lad son
served as Chief for the aggrega-
tion. Henry Sengelmann.
phie Berger, Erna Eilert, Wal
Henry and Alfred Boethel,_Chas.
Schmidt, Victor Appelt,
Eilert and John Boethel.
time was spent in
playing outdoor games.
Robert and Ed. Sch;
diers from Camp Bowie,
with home folks a few days
Misses Ella Prause and
and Alma Busse atten
at Breslau Sunday.
John Boethel has em
with C. Koerth
Misses Helen and Alma
and Ella Prause spent
with Mrs. F. P. Foeh.
Ed. Huebner and Wi
were with friends
Kinkier a few days sin**-®:
Frank Wehl and
Willie Wehl, of Shiner,
Hallettsville Wedn<
Leo Laas and
Spies were out dri
evening.
August Engel and
Miss Ida, spent
home of Henry Gu
C. Koerth was at
Friday onbusiness.
Mr. Warnke, of San
spent Saturday and
the home of Otto Wf
Kinkier.
Guests Friday
home of Henry
F. P. Foeh and
daughter, little Do:
F. Koening and d
Amanda.
Henry Koehier and
Wednesday guests at '
of L. Busse.
Route Two"
December 3. Si
of August Heim
Ed. Heinrich, H.
daughter, Miss At
Heinrich, Jr., and
Frietsch and far
C. Winter and ]
Sunday guests of
home.
H. F. Seydler
were out calling
August Heii
and Miss Annie
one day of last w€
Mueller home,
Emil Fiedler i
here from Shiner
relatives and friends.
Emil Fiedler and:
Janszen and son, Fi
Friday night on E. Fie
H. Berger and
August Heinrich, Jr.,
called Friday
Janszen home.
August Heinrich, ji
went to their new
And we wish them
John Heinrich was <
Saturday night.
Woodmen
Sunset Camp
W., have elected
ficers for next i
P. C. C.j'E. L. :
F. A.' "
Wolters,
Clerk; Wm.
E. Baker, Wafcct
Ferd. Voitle,
years; G. T. Albrect,
one year; Dr. L. J.
cian. The retiring
Urbish, tendered his
On account of mo?
first of the year,
dered a vote of
and one-half years of
service. Installation
place the first Friday
Januaryi when the
will serve rei
members and to
tends an invitation
Rural Carrier
"The civil service
for rural carrier is to
Schulenburg,
Texas, on January
fill a vacancy on a
S&ulenberg, Texa
vacancies as they
rural routes at
above-named
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The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1917, newspaper, December 14, 1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth189688/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Schulenburg Public Library.