The Marion County Courier (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1939 Page: 1 of 4
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The Only Home
Owned Paper In
Marlon County
The Marion County Courier
And Official Organ of the Marlon County Agricultural Association
Covers Marl'
Parts Of C
Harrison Cou
Issued Every Friday
Jefferson, Texas, Friday. July 21, 1939
VOL. 3— No 9
LARGE SUM LOANED
LAST FISCAL YEAR
BY FSA IN COUNTY
Low-income farmers of Mar-
ion county, numbering '52 re-
ceived loans totaling $1,735.00
from the Farm Security Admin
istration during the fiscal year
which closed June 30, according
to county supervisor, H, Ray
Taylor.
Mr. Taylor said that in Texas,
loans of $7,190,995 had been
made for the fiscal year just
closed compared t o $4,279,052
last year. "The FSA is serving
more and more farmers every
year,"'he said, "but rehabilita-
ting our rural population is a big
job. We have just made a good
start on the solution of the prob-
lem.''
He explained that farmers who
are unable to get adequate fi-
nancing from any other source
are the only ones who may re-
ceive loans from FSA. 'Loans
are made," he stated, "only to
those who work out an 'improv-
ed farm and home plan', raising
as nearly as possible all the fam-
ily's food and all feed for the
farm animals. They must also
develop more than one source of
cash income."
Personal guidance in good
farming practices is furnished
by FSA field workers.
CATTLE FOUND
IN STOLEN HERD
Sheriff Tom W. Morris, who
has been making all auction sales
of cattle since the appearence of
a gang of cattle rustlers in this
area, informs the Courier they
found two head in a pasture at
Longview and also where three
others had been shipped to Fort
Worth.
The cattle belonged to Gus Mc
Donald, near Smithland, and
were in the possession of Carlos
and Travis Gray, of Longview.
Sheriff Morris says he has
signed confessions and there has
been nearly 50 head stolen in
this section of East Texas.
Five counties will try the men
on cattle rustling charges.
J.D.
4 H CLUB RALLY MID
TERRY WELLS ON PUMPS;
THREE NEW LOCATIONS
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W[« ALL COTTON
The highlights of the actiyity in the East
completion of the Reynolds-Terry
up:
City Officers Hofner Mfisen-
heimer and S. J. Carlile. receiv-
ed a call one nite, late the past
week, notifying them that a
dead man was lying on the track
of the T. & P. railway in the vi-
cinity of the passenger station.
The Officers, answering the
call immediately, with Homer at
the controls of the police car,
sped to the aforesaid spot mark-
ed X, where the body was found
not dead as Carlile discovered
on alighting from the car, but
overcome by an attack of "Bay-
Ruin itis" Officer Carlile, after
oasting the rays of his flashlight
in the "dead man's" face, turn-
ed to Homer, saying: "Let's get
in the car Homer, This bird's,
not dead, and won't be until the
in Marshall, by Judge Chesley day of judgement, and then,
F. Adams, in the presence of aj they'11 have to call him up and
number of visitors. shoot him". We understand the
Immediately afte? the cere-
mony, Mr. and Mrs. McDonald,
returned to .Jefferson, where,
they are now 'at home' to their
many friends.
Congratulations folks, and a
smooth and happy crossing on
the sea o f matrimony, is the
sincere wish of The Courier.
Jefterson Couple United
In Marriage Thursday
On Thursday of last week July
13th., occured the wedding of
Miss Artie Almond and L, M.
McDonald, both of Jefferson.
The couple were married in
the Harrison county court room,
Chesley
Miss Catherine Wollman re-
turned Saturday from Nashville,
Tenn., where she has been visit-
ing friends. After a short visit
here Miss Catherine will leave
for Shreveport, where she plans
to make her future home,
dead man dissapeared and has
not been seen since.
W. S. Tribble has been busy
the past week making a truck
body for a local business man.
"Shaw" as he is Known to his
many friends, has been carpen-
tering and contracting in Jeffer-
son for the past 35 years. He is
a skilled workman and an oblig-
ing friend to all his accquaintan-
ces.
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Mr. and Mrs. W, R. Gibson
are spending their vacation with
relatives in Livingston.
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SAVE MONEY!
We are prepared to give ycu quick ser-
vice on your needs in our line
SEPTIC TANKS, WELL CURBING
Drain Tils, Ventilators for
Attic's or Buildings
Cement Products Co.
E. E. Glass
°r cafi°m Cour.er Office
No. 3,
pleted over the week-end atta swabbed
with the tanks. This well is Deported as
as the No..l and 2 and will matite a good commercial well
J. D. Reynolds has been bttsy this week building foun-
dation for his pumping unit to take care of several wells
and plans are to place the three completed wells on the
pumps this week-end.
Various newspapers have reported the Reynolds-Ter-
ry wells as already being on the pump and making only a
few barrels daily. These reports are not true as these
wells have never been placed on the pump and there has
been no way of telling how much oil they will make. It
has been estimated they will pump from 50 to 100 barrels
each. Mr. Reynolds has also made location and is
erecting darrick for the Terry No. 4, just a short distance
south from No. 1.
Fitzwater Drilling Co., is shut down today, due to
break down of its truck used in hauling water, but reports
are that they are on the cap rock and will reach the "pay"
in one or two more cores when they start up again.
J. M. Home and associates have derrick up and have
let contract for their te&t on the Wash Taylor tract about
4 miles south of the Fitzwater-Duncan well and will be
ready to spud in within a few <Jsys.
Reports are that M. D. K. Fitzwater will have a 120
foot derrick erected on the Veal tract near the Vestal-
Carrie Moseley discovery well and as soon as the Duncan
well is finished will move that rig to the Veal and be pre-
pared to go to any depth to make a real test of this area.
Jno. A. Hughes is reported to be around 1,900 feet in
his Taylor No. 1 and as having encountered lots of gas as
well as various sands to this depth.
The Eli Howell-Carrie Moseley No. 1 is about linish-
ed with the digging of its water well and hopes to have
this handicap overcome in a very few days.
A county-wide 4-H Club rally
and picnic will be held at Mayor
End are the'R. H. Wood's log cabin and pic-
which was corn- J nic grounds, 3J mi'es northeast
and connected!of Jefferson, on the road J mile
being as good' north from Wharton' filling sta-
tion.
200 farm men, women and boys
are expected to participate in
the event. A number of guest
speakers from the Texas extens.
ion staff, of the A. & M. college,
will be present.
A full program of entertain-
ment is being planned. Lunch
will be served picnic style and
arrangements have been made
for a lull picture show at the
Lyric Theatre in the afternoon.
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DIAMOND SWINDLE IS
R. H. LEMMON GETS
APPOINTMENT AS
I
E
R. H. Lemmon, who has been
serving Jefferson since 1935, re-
ceived his notice from Jim Far-
ley, Postmaster General, of his
appointment and certification by
the house and senate.
The postmasters have been
placed under civil service and
this will do away with having to
worry about who will serve ev-
ery four years.
Mr. Lemmon has made a won-
derful record as postmaster and
his many friends feel that his
appointment was a merit well
earned.
NEW PRORATION CON-
TRIBUTES $288,608
DELAY IS EXPECTED
The following article appeared
in The Dallas Morning News, of
July 12, 1939:
Austin. Texas, July 11—Delay
in payment of old age pensions
for July, loomed Tuesday.
Director. W. A. Little, of the
Old Age Assistance Commission|
said; More than 118,000 checks,
totaling about $1,670,000 were1
reads for mailing but would not!
be released until federal mater.-1
ing funds arrived from Wash-
ington.
Mr. Little explained the fed-
eral money would not. be forth-
coming until the Soci l Security
Board approved a plan of oper-
ation under Texas' new liberal
ized law.
Reiterating his belief the plan
would be approved, the director
said: "The money probably won't
gpt here until a week or so after
the boa'd acts, sol would advise
the old folks to be patient."
July prorations of June liquor
revenues added $28H,008.88 to
the o 1 d age assistance fund,
boosting to $15,28l,6ii4.05 the
total distributed to this fund
since the liquor control board
was organized.
The prorations also added $85,
358.24 to the available school
fund. This brought to $4,500,
443 07 the total which the school
fund has received from liquor
revenues.
Liquor revenues have also con-
tributed $358,094-93 to the gen-
eral fund.
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INVESTIGATORS OFFICE
OPEN EACH TUESDAY
The Old Age Assistance Office
located over the Home Drug
store is open every Tuesday
morning from 8 a. m. until 12
noon for the benefit of those who
wish to see the investigator, Mrs.
Alice P. Thomas, to register and
tile applications under the new
[law. After the registration i
made, a letter is sent to those
j who register at a later date, in
I order of the registration, to re
| return to complete the filing of
|an application,
We've had the buried "treas-
ure" racket, the "shell" game,
etc., but last week a new method
of operating was attempted.
One of our citizens was ap-
proached, Wednesday by a certain
well known character, with the
proposition that if he, the citizen
would advance him sufficient
money to take care of the neces
sities of life for a few oavs,
that he, the citizen, would be
permitted to share in a vast for-
tune, consisting of Diamonds,
that had been stolen off a boat,
docked in Houston, said dia-
being placed in his, the promot-
ers, care, were now carefully
secreted under the floor of a
certain Jefferson warehouse. Af-
ter careful consideration, the
citizen informed the promotor,
he would not be interested.
The promoter evidently got
'cold feet', he ha* not been seen
since.
Mrs. W. B. Dunn returned to
Benton, Ark., Friday, where
she will visit her mother for a
few days then on to Hot Springs
Mrs. Dunn who has been in ill
health for a number of weeks,
feels that the Arkansas climate
and the famous Ozark atmos-
phere, will be beneficial to her
health.
By: C. R. Heaton, County Agent
Cooperative extension work,
A. & M. college, of Texas.
The 4 H Club boys of Marion
county have started a move that
if followed by everv cotton pro-
ducer in the south, would coa.
sume annually around 200,000
bales of surplus cotton, that of
covering the cotton, produced on
their demonstration fields, with
cotton bagging.
This move was unamimously
agreed upon by the boys at a re-
cent county-wide meeting. They
have already placed their orders
for tie baggir.g, which will bo
delivered to them within the next
few days. When their cotton
is carried to the gin, the cotton
bagging goes along to go on
this bale.
After all the club boys have
harvested and ginned their cot-
ton, a date will be set at which
time all of tham will bring their
cotton to town and alt* will be
mar keted co operatively.
I am wondering why this is
not fine examples, that it would
be well, for every cotton farmer
in the entire.south to follow;(l>
that of us.ing bagging to consume
a domestic surplus- of cotton
rather than imp i tii g bagging;
121 Cooperative marketing of
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Longview buying more furnituie
and expects to have one of the
largest stocks in this section.
Father 01 Local Barber
Passes Away Monday
C, T. Thompson, 57, father of
Andrew Thompson, proprietor
of the Riverside Barber Shop, in
Jefferson, died at his home near
Hughes Springs at 3 a. m. Mon-
day.
Crayton Theodora Thompson
was born June 28, 1882, in Ca*s
county. He has been a resident
of Hughes Springs for the past
three irs,
Mr, Thompson is survived by
his wife and the following chil-
dren: Andrew of Jefferson; Mrs.
Marie Foster, Hughes Springs:
Mrs. Susie Moulton, Union Hill;
Mrs, Willie Mae Lillie, and C. T.
Thompson, of Hughes Springs.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at Minis
Chapel, with interment at Mima
Chapel Cemetery.
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—Buy It Iu Jefferson—
To The Public !
C. C. Pruitt Buys
Christian Furniture
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Read C. C. Pruitt'sad. on page
4 and drop by and see him
'his new building.
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C. C. Pruitt, one of Marion
county's best known merchant?,
has purchased the stock of fur
niture of the Christian Furni-
ture Store and has moved it into
his new and modern building on
the corner of Walnut and Lafay-
ette streets.
Mr. Pruitt spent Wednesdkyin
I have sold my Furniture business to C.
C. Pruitt, and for the present will have
my headquarters at his store.
Anyone desiring to make payments cn
accounts, will please see me at this
place.
I Sincerely appreciate your past business
and ask your co-operation in helping
me close these accounts.
T. B. CHRISTIAN
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Bradshaw, R. G. The Marion County Courier (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1939, newspaper, July 21, 1939; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293130/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.