Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 21, 1940 Page: 3 of 18
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Nearing Completion read the
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tHome Undergoing
Final Touches
Jim Adams Enlarges
^ New Store, Adding
Unit On North Side
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Workmen have virtaully corn-
% pleted the interior of the new
Piggly-Wiggly building on Pe-
can street and J. M. Lawrence,
owner and manager of the store,
said he hoped to be moved into
^ "his new location by the end of
this week.
As soon as the interior of the
building is completed, Mr. Law-
rence expects to begin moving
* fixtures and stock from his old
location, corner of Pecan and
Third. The building he is vacat-
ing is to be remodeled and occu-
pied by Boothe and Davis Im-
— plement company, International
™ Harvester dealers.
The implement company is al-
so to occupy the building form-
erly housing the Browning
Grain company. Browning has
- moved to a new location and
* workmen are busy remodeling
this part of the building.
Adams To Enlarge
Another Sweetwater grocery
store, Jim Adam's new grocery
^ on East Broadway, is under-
* going an enlargement program.
Adams, who had opened busi-
ness in a new building about
two weeks ago, is adding 24 by
44 more floor space on the north
f side of his new building. The ad-
dition is to be of brick and tile,
the same construction as the
rest of the building. The addi-
tion is to cost approximately $1,-
200.
f Building permits issued dur-
ing the week by City Secretary
W. H. Whaley brought the to-
tal for the year to $215,392.
In addition to the permit to
Adams grocery, Whaley issued
f one to Community Natural Gas
company for $1,000 for remodel-
ing of the office on Locust street.
Workmen had nearly completed
Sweetwater Oil Consignee Honored
N«\v Sheridan, right, is shown receiving the award from
G. O. Markins of Houston, district sales manager for Gulf,
who made a special trip to Sweetwater to make the award.
Ney Sheridan, Gulf Oil con-
signee or commission represen-
tative in this area with head-
quarters in Sweetwater, was
presented Saturday with a beau-
tii'ul hand-lettered certificate of
award, commemorating his 20
years business association with
the company.
The certificate was signed by
Colonel J. Frank Drake, presi-
dent of the Gulf companies; and
was personally presented to Mr.
Sheridan by G. O. Markins, dist-
the job Saturday.
The gas company office job
included a new ventilating unit
in the front office and display
room and a new, modern front.
Other permits issued during
the week included:
Clyde Lewis, $400, for repairs
to residence, G07 West Ninth; P.
W. Hardin, $100, repairs to res-
idence; Zema Gillespie, $35, re-
pairs to roof of residence, 810
West 4th; R. S. Covey, $350, re-
pairs to residence, 205 East Okia.;
F. E. Gerard, $150, repairs to
residence, 305 Alamo; and L. A.
Crutcher, $75, repairs to resi-
dence, 204 Rell; total for week,
$3,310.
Dealers at the sign of the orange
disc, tractor users, motorists and
other consumers of petroleum pro-
ducts have enabled Ney Sheridan
to establish a 20-year record of ser-
vice in this territory. He is deeply
grateful to everyone who has
made it possible for him to set this
mark. He will appreciate your
continued patronage.
* Ney Sheridan
Distributor of
GULF OIL CORPORATION
Sweetwater
rU't sales manager for Gulf.
In making the presentation,
Mr. Markins also handed to Mr.
Sheridan a letter from O. H.
Carlisle, pioneer Texas oil man
and for many years Gulf's divi-
sion sales manager. In his let-
ter, Mr. Carlisle, expressed his
regrets at not being able to ac-
company Mr. Markins in mak-
ing the personal presentation,
and explained the Gulf service
award plan under which all Gulf
employees with 10 or more years
service and all commission rep-
resentatives with 10 or more
years of. business association are
being recognized by the comp-
any.
Youth Revival
Slated by Church
A youth revival will take
place at the First Baptist church,
the series of sermons beginning
Aug. 18 and continue through
Sept. 1.
Committees appointed for
promotion of the revival are
Charlie Taylor, chairman of pub-
licity; Cleon Spiers, ushers;
Rubye Mullins and Geraldine
Hampton, music. Norman Shaf-
er, prayer meetings, and Imo-
gene Taylor and Elizabeth Pad-
dock. entertainment.
Luther Holcomb will deliver a
series of sermons during the
revival.
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PRESIDENT—
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about 2,000,000 tons in all, built
or building.
Eight Battleships Authorized
Construction authorized un-
der the new bill Includes:
385,000 tons of battleships, or
about eight 45,000-tonners.
200,000 tons of aircraft car-
riers, about 10 in all.
250,000 tons of destroyers.
70,000 tons of submarines.
420,000 tons of cruisers.
The measure also authorizes
appropriation of $65,000,000 for
expansion and construction of
gun factories, $35,000,000 for ex-
pansion of armor plate produc-
tion and $50,000,000 for the pro-
curement of a fleet of torpedo
and patrol vessels.
A provision of the bill pre-
vents any sale of U. S. war ves-
sels to a foreign power without
the express consent of congress.
The scrapping of any vessels
without congressional approval
also is forbidden by the mea-
sure.
Hitler's Talk
Fails to Move
Cotton Market
Smali Losses Recorded
In Slow Trading:
During Last Week
NEW YORK—(UP)—Cotton
futures registered small losses
this week in extremely dull trad-
ing. Hitler's "peace offer" had
little effect on movements.
At Friday's close prices were
!) to 1] points below last Sat-
urday. On Wednesday July old
and new deliveries went off the
board at prices unchanged to 14
points above last Saturday re-
spectively.
The expiration of the July po-
sition removed the last of the
"old" type contracts from trad-
ing on the New York cotton ex-
change. Hereafter only the
"new" type delivery will be trad-
ed.
Pail To Respond
The new crop deliveries failed
to respond noticeably to reports
of continued extensive damage
to the crop by excessive rains.
Traders apparently have well
discounted the poor condition
reports and the 1940-41 deliver-
ies met hedging and local realiz-
ing.
In the first two days of the
week there was considerable
selling of July prior to final
trading in that delivery.
Overseas participation in the
local market was negligible.
Most British operators appar-
ently prefer to withhold commit-
ments until final announce-
announcement of U. S. export
subsidy plans for the 1940-41
season.
Yield Below High Levels
The Commodity Research Bu-
reau, Inc., this week asserted
that the present yield outlook
for the South "appears to be
well below the high levels at-
tained during the past few
years, and only exceptionally
favorable weather conditions
from now on could make for a
high average yield."
Four Cities Show
Large Census Gain
(Continued from page 1)
cade. Ranger and then Cisco showed the biggest losses of any
West Texas cities.
The census bureau's tabulation to date of Texas cities of
4,000 or more follows:
RED CROSS—
(Continued from page 1)
cept any contributions. With
I prospects of the 'total war' be-
i ing carried to England, need for
American Red Cross aid will
likely double within the next
few weeks. We urge all citi-
zens to give liberally to help re-
lieve the suffering being under-
gone by many innocent people of
Europe already, with indications
that the number will become
greater during the weeks ahead."
Contributions to the fund may
be left at Mr. Williams' office
in the Joe H. Boothe building on
Oak street, next door to the
Texas Bank and Trust company.
Those joining the Nolan coun-
ty honor roll last week are:
Caah $ 1.00
Self Culture club, Mrs.
A. B. Crowder, treas. 5.00
Chomo Club 1.25
Mrs. Eldon Ely 2.00
Mrs. E. B. Britton.. 6.00
Woodman circle 2.50
Total last week
Previous total
15.75
.. .. 2281.02
Wlw the Firemen of Texas are for
3 Reasons Why me xT
OUN CULBERSON
For Railroad Commissioner
Total to date $2296.77
(0T/C£f.
frt/$ &je/-;cy
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NAME 1940
Abilene 27,292
Amarillo 51,497
Alice 7,775
Athens .., 4,768
Austin 87,878
Bay City 6,590
Ballinger , 4,471
Beeville 6,776
Big Spring 12,604
Bonham 6,347
Borger 10,006
Brady 5,019
Brenham 6,426
Brownfield 4,003
Brown wood 13,396
Bryan 11,929
Childress 6,451
Cisco 4,887
Cleburne 10,556
Coleman 6,050
Colorado City 5,187
Commerce 4,590
Con roe 4,631
Corsicana 15,200
Corpus Christ! 57,443
Crockett 4,528
Crystal City 6,486
Dallas 293,306
Dalhart ■ 4,628
Denison 15,555
Donna 4,308
Eagle Pass 6,757
Fort Worth 177,748
Edinburg 6,908
Electra 5,648
El Paso 96,677
Gainesville 9{638
Galveston 60,334
Gladewater 4,513
Graham 5,169
Greenville 13,811
Harlingen 13,235
Henderson 6,233
Hillsboro 7,839
Houston 386,150
Huntsville 5,067
Jacksonville 7,077
Kerrville 5,558
Kiigore . 6,637
Lamesa 6,019
Laredo 38,921
Lockhart 4,970
Longview 13,766
Lubbock 31,588
Lulin-g 4,447
Marshall 18,401
McAllen 11,824
McKingey 8,536
Memphis 3,854
Mercedes 7,614
Mexia 6,410
Midland 9,367
Mineral Wells 6,451
Mt. Pleasant
Nacogdoches
Odessa
Palestine . .
Pampa
Pecos
Plainview
Pharr .
Ranger .
Raymondville
San Angelo .
San Antonio
. 4,528
7,531
9,462
12,126
12.890
4,840
8,257
4,792
4,563
4,048
25,794
253,142
Second Reason: of the State Fireman s As
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ciation know him to
Help the flreme" ofyou, the people of Tex.
Commission, so that
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San Benito 9,517
San Marcos 5,960
Seguin 6,937
Sherman 17,143
Stamford 5,231
Stephenville 4,900
Sulphur Springs 6,745
Sweetwater 10,399
Taylor 7,871
Terrell 10.147
Texas City 5,687
Temple 15,364
Texarkana 17,042
Tyler 28,256
Vernon 9,255
Waco 55,844
Waxahachie 8,668
Weatherford 5,915
Weslaco 6,869
Wichita Falls 44,937
(x)—Population loss.
1930
23,175
43,132
4,239
4,342
53,120
4,070
4,188
4,806
13,739
5,655
6,532
3,988
5,974
1,907
12,789
7,814
7,163
6.027
11,539
6,078
4,671
4,267
2',457
15.202
27,741
4,441
6,609
260,475
4,691
13,850
4,103
5,059
163,447
4,821
6,712
102,421
8,915
52,939
4,967
12,407
12,124
2,932
7,823
292,352
5.028
6,784
4,546
3,528
32,618
4,367
5,036
20,520
5,970
16.203
9,074
7,307
4,257
6,808
6.579
5,848
5,986
3,541
5,678
2,407
11,445
10,470
3,304
8,834
3,225
6,208
2,050
25,308
231,542
10,753
5,135
5,225
15,713
4,095
3,981
5,417
10.848
7,463
8,795
3,535
15,345
16,602
17,113
9,137
52,848
8,042
4,912
4,874
43,690
Change
Since
1930
4,117
8,365
3,536
526
34,758
2,520
284
1,970
x 1,135
692
3,474
1,036
452
2,096
607
4,115
x711
xl,140
x983
x28
516
323
2,174
x2
29,702
77
123
32,831
x63
1,705
206
1,696
14,301
2,087
x 1,064
x5,744
723
7,396
4,513
208
1,404
1,111
3,301
16
93,798
41
293
1,012
6,637
4,491
6,303
603
8,730
11,068
xl,523
2,198
2,750
1,229
x403
806
xl69
3,519
465
987
1,853
7,055
671
2,420
1,536
X577
1,567
xl ,645
1,998
486
21,700
x 1,236
826
1,712
* 1,430
1.236
919
1,328
x449
408
1,352
2,154
19
440
11,143
118
2.996
626
1.003
1,990
1.247
(P.W for by Sweetwater Fire Boya)
D.A.CLARK
INSURANCE AND LOANS
"Better Be Safe Than Sorry"
Dial 722 307 Oak St.
Film Star's Mate
Takes Own Life
HOLLYWOOD — (UP) —Bar-
ton Leon Bainbridge, 32, hus-
band of Evelyn Keyes of Atlan-
ta, Ga., who played the role of
Suellen in the film version of
"Gone With the Wind," was list-
ed as a suicide Saturday after
his body was found in his park-
ed automobile. He had shot him-
self through the heart with a
rifle, police reported.
Bainbridge had been estrang-
ed from his actress-wife for a
month. _ ,
Don Ameche Keeps
Up With Crosby
HOLLYWOOD—(UP) — Don
Ameche. who recently starred
in the film. "Four Sons," Sat-
urday became the father of his
fourth son when Mrs. Ameche,
the former Honore Pendergast
Dubuque. Iowa, gave birth to
a six pound. 13 ounce boy in
St. Vincent's hospital.
Both mother and child were
reported doing nicely.
The film star's other sons are
Donald, 6 1-2, Ronald, 4 1-2, and
Tommie, who was one year old
today.
VOTE FOR
MIRIAM A.
FERGUSON
FOR GOVERNOR
Home Ownership
The Ferguson platform alone stands for the exemption
of the homestead, (city and country), from all taxes, and
from forced sale by foreclosure except, for purchase mon-
ey; and for the loan to small home owners by the govern-
ment of funds with which to buy small homes on 40 years
time at not exceeding three per cent interest.
No other candidate for Governor has offered any such
relief to the small home owners and tenant farmers of Texas;
and their election would mean nothing to" the home owners
of this state.
Below Is a Partial List of Outstanding
Achievements IJnder Ferguson
Administration
EDUCATION
Free Text Book Law.
First appropriation for State Aid to Rural Schools
amounting to One Million Dollars, and which now
amounts to many millions each year.
Built and founded State Teachers Colleges at Com-
merce, Alpine, Kingsville, and Nacogdoches.
Compulsory School Attendance Law.
Liberal appropriations for all state institution of
learning.
ELEEMOSYNA R V INSTITUTIONS
Always provided hospitalization for the mentally
ill, and removed them from jails and placed them
under care of physicians.
Built at Austin an Institute for the feeble minded.
Built new Blind Institute.
Established State Hospital for Crippled Children
at Galveston.
Established State Hospital at Rusk.
Built State Hospital at Wichita Falls.
Doubled capacity of tubercular sanatorium at Carls-
bad.
Doubled the capacity of St^te Orphans'* Home at ~
C'orsicana.
LABOR
9-54 hour law for protection of women workers.
■ Semi-monthly pay day law.
Creation of Industrial Accident Board.
Eight Hour Law.
FARMING
First Governor that eve^ advocated a law to pro-
tect the tenant farmers from extortionate rents.
Have continuously advocated loans by the govern-
ment at low rate of interest to worthy tenant farm-
ers to enable them to purchase homes.
GENERAL
Placed penitentiary on paying basis instead of a
million and a half dollars per year loss as is now the
case. Bought and paid for 40.000 acres of land now
owned by the Texas Prison System Built new build-
ings at a cost of more than $500,000 00 for the pri-
son system.
Creation of State Highway Department.
In cooperation with the War Department named
the personnel and put under way the military activi-
ties of Texas' participation in World War No. 1, and
organized the proud 36th Division and commissioned
all of its officers.
Built first armory for Texas National Guard.
Provided for appointment of County Auditors.
Created State Board of Accountancy.
Cooperated with local peace officers, and never
sent rangers into a county over the protest of the
sheriff or constable.
Built New Land Office Building.
Organized Texas Relief Commission, enabling
Texas to receive more than 50 million dollars to feed
the hungry and unemployed.
Sponsored adoption of Constitutional amendment
providing for $20,000,000.00 in bread bonds which
amount was more than matched by the Federal Gov-
ernment.
Creation of Lower Colorado and Brazos River
Authorities, thereby beginning projects that have
and will continue to mean many millions of dollars
for the benefit of Texas people.
Only Governor who has complied with State budget
law and submitted a complete budget to the Legislature,
as required by law
Always had an economical administration of State's af-
fairs and left its financial condition in better shape than
when taking office.—and many other accomplishments.
For the past 25 years the Fergusons have had a hand in
the accomplishment of practically every constructive gov-
ernmental policy designed for the benefit of Texas people.
They have never been accused of double-crossing the poor.
Both as private citizens and as public officials they have
given their best thought and efforts for the betterment of
our state. The people have again called the Fergusons to
lead the way out of the present confused and chaotic condi-
tion of our state affairs
This Adv. Authorized and
Paid For by Nolan County
Friends of Fergusons
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 21, 1940, newspaper, July 21, 1940; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282370/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.