The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1936 Page: 4 of 14
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THE MEXIA WEEKLV HERALD
FRIDAY, SEFTEMBtr.
1836
THE MEXIA WEEKLY HERALD
Oflice with tJbs« N'ews Publishing Company
Entered at the poatoffice at Metis, Texas, «s second
^lass mail matter under act of March $. 1579.
New Mill Stream
Way back: when man wo ce high stiff
collars and hi^h-top shpes, they u$ed to
■ foregather from time to time, we are told, •
and harmonize an old song:: "IVtwn by the
i O-o-o-old M-i-i-U Stream!"
Maybe they still do. Anyway, the
stream is still there, near Find lay, 0- It's
real name is Blanchard Elver, and Tell Tay-
lor, who wrote the old aoog, still* lives near
its banks. i
But it's a different *niU at} "earn now,
filled with industrial refuse, moyquito lar-
vae, and organic matter. Local resident# are
launching' a drive to get it cleaned up and
restored to something like its. former idyllic
purity. J
Now there's a job for the WPA! No
true lover of" close harmony ami the "minor
swipe" could possibly muster up courage •
to call such a job boondoggling..
August within One
Degree Setting Mark
The month of August carua with
in oce degree of making an all
time hot weather mark in Mexia
when the mercury climbed to 110
degrees for a maximum with a
minimum of 69 degrees. -
Balmy br ee Je* and chiliad wind
at night hetfe mad# the weather
pleasant tb« latter part of th*
month in comparison with the
torrid first part,
Tuesday's mamimuim was 95
degrees with a minimum of 73,
The amount of rain that fell in
the. month of August was .08 ia
Ten Years Given
Carl Chance for
Williams Murder
PALESTINE, Sept. 2, (UP)—
Carl Chance ,30, former "bootleg"
Jin£ in Dallas was under a 10-
year sentence today for the mur-
der of Dudley Williams, Dallas
Taxi-cab trfver killed during the
bootlegging warfare before pro-
hibition was repealed.
Chance pleaded guilty unex-
pectedly yesterday to the mur-
der charge. The 10-year sentence
was recommended by prosecutors
Williams allegedly was taken
for a "ride" and shot to death
on a lowly Freestone county
road after an argument over a
whiskey robbery.
Three other men are serving
prison sentences for the killing,
among them Clarence Chance,
Carl's brother, who drew a 85-
year term.
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COITDDCTOR SUICIDE
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 2
E. C. Butts, 66, Southern Pacific
passenger train conductor, was
found shot to death today at his
home. A shotgun lay beside him.
He had been in ill health.
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Y'S
Survival of the
Fittest
Today the school child is oft-
times competing against great odd
and encountering real handicaps in
hie or her school work due to poor
vision or ineffectient eyes.
Primative man, living aa he did
in the forest and on the plains,
subsisted on the game he could
kill, and his survival was measur-
ed by his ability to cope with his
environment and his enemies.
The individuals who were unfor-
tunate enough to be born with poor
vision or who subsequently .lost it
aji a whole or part, did not survive.
It was a perfect example of the
surivival of the fittest.
Today we have made great
progress from those days of our
primitive ancestors, but we are not
sending the whole child to school
unless we know the condition of
his or her eyes .
Optometry has taken as its task,
the problem of not merely seeing
that our shool children see well,
but what is more important, that
they see effiicenctly. A test of vis-
ion by placing letters on a distant
wall and tell ing the child to cover
one eye and the other is miserably
inadequate. In such a test, if he or
she can read these letters, all con-
sideration of this child's eyes is
[ended. This is almost criminal.
■Parents in shaping the lives of
moys and girls- should remember,
that all of the knowledge of books
and the learning obtalhed from
them, will be of little use, unless
the child maintains good efficient
vision throughout life.
Many children who see well and
who are apparently bright children
I are backward in school work. The
child, at times, actually appears
stupid and may be extremely dif-j
ficult to handle.
In truth, a large percentage ofl
such children are handicapped be-|
cause, while they can see well at a
distance, their eyes are inefficient
at th near point. Another example
of the survival of the fittest. ■
£I°-ME'/'^TEXA^
Finds Oat Who
Sent Telegram
Signed "Farley"
ABILENE, Sept. 8, (UP)—Hep,
Tom Blanton, defeated for the
Democratic re-election nomina-
tion two weeks ago ,had solved
today the mystery of a telegram
received by the Abilene News-
Reporter on election eve presum-
ably giving him the endorsement
of James A. Parley, National
Democratic chairman.
The "watchdog of the treasury"
said he received a letter yester-
day from Thain Farley, son of
Congressman James A. Farley. D.;
Ind., admitting sending the tele-
gram erroneously transmitted with
the signature of "James A. Far-
ley." .
Thain Farley is a worker in
the WPA office in Washington.
Blanton said he related that he
went to- the Roosevelt Hotel on
the eve of the Texas Democratic
primary, to visit friends, and
heard r|: radio -announcer say:
"Tomorrow- is the time to keep
your fingers crossed,1 for our
friend Tom Blanton may be de-
Ifeated—we hope."
Young Farley said he dicided
[to do something for Blanton and
telephoned him from his father's
[office to learn the name of the
Abilene newspaper.
I "I feel bad about it all" Blan-
ton quoted young Farley as writ-
ing, "and assure you that I
thought the message would go
through as from Hon. James I.
Farley, M. C. I Tiave admired you
for many years. I just called you
an dsent the wire, hoping it
would help you if it did any harm
to you in the election, I hope some^
day I can repay the damage.!
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Coach Derailed
No One Injured
CINDALE, Texas, Sept. 2. (U.fi)
—One car of a Missouri- Pacific
special train carrying 600 Tyler|
citizens to the Texas Centennial
exposition in Dallas was derailed
near Lindale today. No one was
hurt.
BETTER TONE IN
COTTON REPORT
FOR THIS AREA
Miss Jean Houser and Miss
Mary Louise Bell of Conroe are
guests this week of Mr. and Mrs.
Vining Houser.
Mrs. A. J. Williams is spending
« vacation in Rochester, New York
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J
Dayton Pitcher.
By Mexia Production Credit AsB'n.
Cotton conditions on the whole
remain very much the same as
they Were a we4k ago. Limestone
county is showing the best pros-
pect with Freestone and Leon
counties following in the order
named. It is probable that each of
the counties will make more cotton
than is estimated at this time; al-
though there are many crops that
are almost gone, particularly in
Freestone and Leon counties.
Limestone county will make as
much cotton as it did in 1986 due
to increase in acreage and smaller
insect damage.
Cattle and hogs throughout the
territory are in very good condi-
tion, and for many farmers will
provide the major portion of the
cash income this year.
MEXIA
Condition of cotton remains a-
bout the same as last report, but
general feeling is that it will ma-
ture more than was expected a
week or ten days ago. Crop ig very
spotted and it is hard to get accu-
rate estimates of production. Gin
runs in Mexia during the week
were 200 bales with average price
about 12.40.
Feed conditions are fair, with
most farmers making plenty to
carry them throngh another year.
Cattle and range conditions are
good; although a good rain would
be beneficial.
GROESBECK
Conditions in this territory re-
main about the same as last re-
port. Average production apears
to be about a bale to 4 acres. Leaf
worms are increasing due to show-
ers and cloudy weather. Crop is
short and will probably turn out a
little less than the 1935 crop.
Feed conditions are good.
Cattle and hogs are doing well.
WORTHAM
Conditions remain about 60 per
cent of normal. Cooler weather is
helping crop but weevils are dam-
aging it and there is considerable
shedding.
Territory will probably average
a bale to four acres.
Gin runs for the week were 100
bales at Wortham, with average
Miss Kauhl Tells
Lions How First
Grade is Taught
A first grade school room scene
was given the Lions club Tuesday
at noon when Miss Julia Kauhl
demonstrated to them her methods
of teaching. Presented by A. J.
Williams, program chairman, Miss I
Kauhl, primary teacher, pleaded
for more music in lower grades.
"We are football and band mind-
ed' she said, adding that she
wohld like to see the minds of the
public pulled back to the actual
school. Unless the teacher is her-
self gifted with a singing voice,
thereis no music in the lower
graeds where children need sing-
ing, she said.
Miss Kauhl also noted that when
the age of children admitted to
school was reduced from 7 to 6
years, the curricula should have
been changed to fit six year olds.
Instead schools still try to teach
seven year old work to six year old
children. She demonstrated on a
"class" of Lions some of the meth-
ods of teaching beginners.
Miss Lucille Jackson and Miss
Loree Groover were presented in
a violin duet, accompanied by Mrs.
Sam Werner. Harold Nussbaum
told of visiting the Milwaukee,
Wis., Lions club on a vacation
tour, and Ralph Morgan suggested
a challenge for a golf tournament
with the Rotarians. The challenge
was issued.
Lee McClukin of Lubbock was
I a guest of Don Caldwell.
■Dr. C. A. Sutton will be in
[charge next week, presenting Dr.
L. A. Woods, state school su-
perintendent, as the principal
speaker. President Jack Tatum
urge 100 per cent atetndance. The
following week C. R. Noles is in
charge, and then on the 22nd W.
W. West.
A number went to HilUboro
Tuesday night, and others planned
to go to Palestine Wednesday
night for the group meeting. .
Bert Ford Slated
for Secy, of State
Although it cannot be anneip •
ced officially, and no official pro
mise can be given In advance of
an election, Gov. James V. All-
red is expected to appoint Rep-
resentative Bert Ford of McGra-
gor as secretary of statp wKen
the second terln begins in Janu-
ary. Ford, a representative, can-
not accept a state office durintf
the term of his representative
office, which runs until the end
of the year.
Mr. Ford dropped out of a run-
off for state senator in this dis-
trict when Dr. W. R. Newton want
far in the lead. Ford was tha
"administration'' favorite for the
office.
Wants News from
Boyhood Chum Here
B- F. Lindley, real estate and
insurance agent in Riverside,
California, and formerly of Mex-
ia, has written for information
concerning a boyhood chum, Alei
C. Stevenson, son of Jim SteveH-
son, whom he knew as a youth
in Mexia. He asks any who knew
of his friend to communicate
with him.
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Mr. and Mrs. Val Horn spent
Thursday and Friday in Dallas on
business.
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County Budget
Hearing Set for
September 7th
Notice is hereby given that a j
public hearing on the Counts' |
Budegt will be held at the Coucr.
House of Limestone County, Tex- b
as, at 10 o'clock a. m., Monday, |
September Seventh, A. D. 1936.
This the 27th day of August, j
A. D. 1936.
LEWIS II. S3AY,
County Judge,
Limestone Co., Te:tst
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Cattle conditions are average,
with pastures needing rain.
TEHUACANA-COOLIDGE-PRA-
IRIE HILL-MT. CALM
Tehuacana territory has good
crop with almost normal yield, I
but balance of territory is declin-
ing. All insects are working on 1
cotton, and weather conditions are
not favorable. Average price dur-
ing week was 12.50.
Feed conditions are fail* to good,
and cattle are doing well.
Continued dry weather has caus- |
ed many cotton bolls to open pie-
maturely.
KOSSE
The general tone in this terri-
tory seews to be impnovin gal-
though crop remains at about 55
to 60 per cent of normal. Showers
have had a tendency to cause
young cotton to shed during the
past week. Crops are probably not
as short as it seemed two weeks
ago, but they are far below nor
mal. Gin runs for the past week
were 62 bales, with average price
of J2.50. Cool nights have slowed
cotton opening and caused some
decline in picking. Insects are in-
creasing.
Feed crops show a fair yield. ,
Local showers have helped range
conditions. Cattle and hogs are
in good shape and very promising.
BUFFALO-OAKWOOD-CEN.
TERVILLE
Cotton condition continues to
decline. Crop is atout 50 per c.ent
normal at this time. Leaf worms
are causing serious damage.
Cloudy weather is helping insects,
an dshowers are washing poison
from plants.
Gin runs at Buffalo for tho week
were 4 bales. Average price was
11.75. Oakwood territory is in bet-
ter condition, with picking under,
way generally. Crop in that terri-
tory is short but not as short as
balance of the territory.
Feed conditions fair.
Range and cattle conditions are
good. Hog stocks are low but show
excellent prospects.
MART-KIRK-BEN HUR-BIG
HILL
Cotton remsins about 65 per
cent of nonr.*1 '.oaf worms are
serious in t -ces and many
farmers arc *.ing. Showers
are causing ts to increase.
Gin runs for the week were about
250 bales ,with average price about
12.50.
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