The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 61, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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The Alto Herald
F. L. WEIMAR. EDITOR AND OWNER
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VOLUME XXVII.
ALTO HERALD^ALTO, TEXA3, JUNE 28, 1928.
Nc. 61.
Hew Gin to Be Cheaper Postage
Built at Once Starting July
Picnic and Speaking
at Terrell's Lake.
EIDOM ANNOUNCES FOR n.'l {il,ba, f>,T
STATE REPRESENTATIVE U3I oHOQlS IjV
2 a'
oil
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Derrick at Jacksonaiite
Plans have been perfected
and work will start on a new
five stand gin to be built in Alto
this summer and every effort
will be made to have it com-
pleted for this years cotton
crop.
Messrs. Frank Holcomb, Jr.,
and Eugene Holcomb are the
owners of the new enterprise,
both being Alto citizens and
having had many years of ex-
perience in the gin business.
Gullet gin stands will be used
and all up to date equipment
installed, the estimated cost of
thei new business will be about
$12,000.00, and it will be lo-
cated on the Ahearn addition
facing the San Antonio road,
being near the creek that runs
down through the addition and
close to where the little shingle
mill mow stands.
A large crew of men will be-
gin the erection of the build-
ing in the next few days and it
is hoped to have it ready by the
time the gin machinery is re-
ceived, a good portion of which
has already been shipped and
is en route here.
TOMATO DEAL ABOUT
OVER
The final chapter is being
written on the 1928 tomato
crop this week.A few more cars
will go out, but the big bulk of
the crop has been shipped.
About two hundred cars
have been shipped from Alto,
and while there has been no big
money made this year, the
prices received were not so bad
and most of the growers made
a little money from
New postal regulations and j
laws go into effect on July 1.
Under the new rulings, the
old one-cent rate for private
post cards and picture cards
comes back into vogue. This is
thought to presage a big in-
crease in the picture card busi-
ness which had declined in the
last few years due to the 1 1-2
cent postage rate which has
prevailed since the late war.
Newspapers get a cheaper
rate while any person wishing
to mail a paper himself will
find he can send it for just half
what it has been costing. For
instance, where it has cost four
cents to mail a paper, it will
now take only two cents.
Business men and merchants
! will benefit by the new rates on
circulars for advertising.
I Whereas, they have been pay-
ing 1 1-2 cents each on all cir-
culars, now after July 1 if they
'mail over 200 they get a flat
rate of 12 cents per pound.
While registered letters
1 heretofore could not carry an
indemnity of over $100, the
new rules permit an indemnity
|upto$1000, the latter figure
'costing $1 for the service.
Parcel post rates also are re-
j vised downward in the new
schedule but that it will take a
| statistician to figure them out
in less than a week's time.
FOR SALE
Extra good milk cow. See
! me if interested.
Teague Moseley.
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Get your Wash Dresses at
their crops.1 Mlatrots'/i
Plans are rapidly being com-
pleted for the big fourth of July
picnic at Terrell's Lake seven
miles east of Alto on the An-
gelina river.
It will be one of those good
old fashioned political gather-
ings, as lots of candidates for
county and state offices will be
there to grace the occasion with
their presence and tell the folks
why they should be elected to
the office to which they aspire.
Many will bring baskets and
eat out under the large shady
oaks that abound on the
ground, and fish and chicken
will be provided for those who
do not bring their dinner at so
much per plate by the keeper
of the lake. Soda water and
other cold refreshments will
also be there for those who
could not enjoy a picnic with-
out these necessities.
Among the notables who will
be there to present their claims
for office will be included:
Hon. John C. Box and "Spot"
Sanders, candidates for Con-
gress from this district; W- E.
Thomason, of Nacogdoches, B,
B. Perkins of Rusk and H. T.
Brown of Jacksonville, candi-
dates for State Senator, and a
whole "raft" of county candi-
dates.
While the hour for the
, speaking has not been set, it
| will no doubt start about 10:30
in the morning and a pest will
be had for lunch and it will
again be resumed about one
o'clock.
All business houses in Alto
i will close for the occasion and
a general holiday spirit will-
prevail in aTl'southern Chero-
kee county on this day.
J. R. Eidom, prominent citi-,
zen and progressive and sue- \
cessi'ul farmer, of Jackson- j
ville, is making the race foiv It seems that the Humble
the democratic nomination for j company at Jacksonville .have1
representative from this coun-j at last got a real oil'well in the
typand while late in getting a j Mandelstam No. 2, that they j
start is making up for the delay| have been drilling for some ;
in activity.
^Mr. Eidom was for several
years a member of the Commis-
sierieis Court, from the Jack-
sonville precinct and as such
made an enviable record for it
was during his administration
the court house was rebuilt at a
time. Monday's Jacksonville
Progress carried the following
concerning the new producer: j
With the completion of the:
test of Mandelstam Well No. 2\
Sunday morning it wasdef-!
initely and conclusively estab-
lished that another and bigger
low price and with much sav-j producer will be added to the
ing to the county, and much of Humble Oil & Refining Com-
the road improvements were j pany's possessions in the Carey
made. He was always on the Lake region.
job, with opinions of his own, j During the process of the
pnd ever contending for the in- test a strong gas pressure de-
terest of the tax payers and the, veloped, shooting oil as high as
csounty at large. ; the top of the derrick, or per-
He has the ability to make a haps higher, and spraying the
d representative, with the ground" for a considerable dis-
urage of his convictions, en- tance around. It was with con-
FORMER ALTO BOY
MAKING GOOD IN DALLAS
The accompanying picture is
a good likeness of Raymond
Cannon, an Alto boy who went
to Dallas several years ago, and
is now with the Southwestern
ining well defined and siderable difficulty that the Advertising Company in that
onounced opinions that he well was brought under subju- a ■ Provec to be one of it s
will not hesitate to express. gation, and after some of the valued employees-
Being a taxpayer and pro- officers and employes had been Speaking of his ability and
dacer he will naturally have soaked with oil. social prominence in Dallas,
their interest at heart and no The test was made with a
one who knows him will doubt Lewis tester, and is said to be
that he will stand up and fight the most pronounced test in the
for them. He has nothing de- way of results yet made of a
mantling his constant attention well in that section. Humble
and if chosen for this position Company officials and others . _ ...
will devote all his time to interested who were present Secretary of the Alpha
studying and trying to further are very optimistic and confi-1 ~hl Chapter of the Delta Sigma
the interest of his constituency dent that a producer has been' ernity has had an enviably
discovered that will show at honor bestowed . upon him by
least a production of from 500 his brothers. He has been elect-"
1 the Dallas News of Sunday car-
ried this picture and said the
following:
i Ray E. Cannon, prominent
i figure in the younger social
circles of Dallas, and Corres-
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Majestic Theatre
Tonight and Friday
Gene Stratton Porter's World Famous Novel
"FRECKLES"
Saturday, June 23rd
Matinee 1:30 Night 8:15
Tom Tyler and His Pals
IN
"Phantom of the Range"
ALSO
2 REEL COMEDY
"Never Dames Shall Meet
COMING!
JULY 3rd and 4th
"Chicago After Midnight
Berry man & Watters
We have just received a new shipment of Mel-
man Dresses from New York. See the new styles
and colors. They're Priced right.
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NOTICE
We begin the revival meeting
at the Methodist church next
; Sunday. My brother will do
i the preaching during the meet-
ing. We extend a cordial in-
vitation to every one to attend
these services.
A. A. Rider.
and the state in general.
pt may be urged by some
that Mr. Eidom is too econom-
ical and may be disposed to op-
>se many projects. That is
tainly a good trait, and a
tue rather than a fault- We
uld all be much better off
to 1000 barrels when brought ed Dallas representative at the
in. It is also stated that in the *28 Annual Convention^ the
test there was a total absence Dclta S,«ma Fraternity held at
of salt water. t Chicago this year on June 27,
It will be perhaps four or 28> und 30- Cannoll-™iU a,so
five davs before the canaaitv *ttend,lhe International Adver-
tri;.-"3 in the
surrounding coun
try, including Canada.
and\ „„
well %s the conduct of civil we" c®n be brought in. While
.roverhment in the past. some estimate the well at 5001
Mr. Eidom solicits the voters to 1000 barrels, the estimate is
td look into his record, upon guess work, and the well
W. M. S.
which he is willing to stand,
ai d if they find him worthy he
w 11 greatly appreciate theH
.■t pport and confidence.
CORN FOR SALE
PICNIC AT MYRTLE
SPRINGS JULY 8.
If you want good corn I have
[some at $1-00 per bushel.
Wylie Black.
may come in as a tremendous
gusher. First, casing must be,
^et to the bottom of the hole j
and then cemented. The ce-
ment will have to set for 72
hours before an attempt can be
made to bring the well in. It is
entirely probable that it may
be brought in by next Saturday
or Sunday, depending on the
luck had in getting ready.
The Women's Missionary
Society meets Monday after-
noon at 4 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. Garrett Holcomb. We
are having Voice program a
week early on account of the
Holcomb reunion.
Publicity Chairman.
The Herald is requested to
make the announcement that a
picnic and general good time
is scheduled for July 8, when
all of the parents, teachers and
pupils of the old Myrtle Springs
community will get together at
this point. It is requested that
all of the old timers come to
this affair and bring your re-
ligious song books, both the old
and new kind and spend a day
of general rejoicing-
NATIONAL GUAflD
TO LEAVE JULY 2.
Captain P. W. McKitbrick,
j is making his plans to leave
I with his military company on
!July 2nd. for Palacious where
,they will go in training for a
thirty day period. He stated
that he did not know just at
this time what the strength of
the company would be, but
i would be able to tell us next
week and we will try and jfive
our readers the roster.
Visit our Ladies ready-to
wear department.—Mistrots'.
NOTICE
A steering wheel needs a little play,
But it may grow worse from day to day.
This makes the car difficult to guide,
And brings danger to those who ride.
There's no real need to flirt with fate—
Fix that wheel before it's too late.
MACK'S SERVICE STATION.
■TTl'BM
A Special Offer to Purchasers
of United States Tires
We want to thank ta'e 57
who have so promptly a^wer-
ed our last weeks call aUl set-
tled their accounts. Wf hope
I others will do likewise aia save
j the extra expense. A| who
I owe the Avery notes tU(t were
due June 15, 1928, w-fld do
well to call at once a«H settle
same. Just received f letter
from the Avery peoplf If they
I are not paid in a few Jays they
will send a man to tfe up the
goods.
Thanking you in rfUnce for
the favor, we rema
Yoursf'uly,
Thomas lothers
117ITH each United State* Tire
ft sale we are giving away a
handsome tire cover.
This cover is not only a desirable
protection for your spare, but add*
to the general attractiveness of,
your car.
Get that new tire now while this
offer still holds good. No matter
what make of car you own there's
a Royal Cord or USCO for it—a big
mileage tire, safe and dependable.
Drop in to-day and drive away
with a new tire on the car and a
new cover on the old tire.
MACKS
Service Station
UNITED STATES TIRES ARE GOOD TIRES
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 61, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1928, newspaper, June 28, 1928; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214473/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.