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The Meridian Tribune
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
42ND YEAR, NO. 28
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, DECEMBER 6, 1935
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HOME DEMONSTRATION
clubs of Bosque county, coming
to the close of another year's ac-
tivities, have been holding a se-
ries of Achievement Days, which
are regularly designated events
on the program of this farm ex-
tension work. On Achievement
Day, each club summarizes its
outstanding accomplishments, and
takes inventory of worthy actions
done, not primarily for the cele-
bration of self-accomplishment,
but because such stock-taking bet-
ter prepares the club members for
the year's work just ahead.
* * * * *
"ACHIEVEMENT," it has been
said "is a high-powered word,
but if it becomes ambition with-
out attainment it will be just about
so much excess weight. If by
achievement we mean belonging to
a club without a plan or a program
there will be little gained. If we
mean by achievement the winning
of blue ribbons in competition with
others there will be some value in
our effort and activity. * If by
achievement we mean learning of
correct processes and practices, the
value will be still greater. But if
by achievement we mean the gain-
ing of useful information, which
one can use in later life, and learn-
ing how to work with other folks
in the community and the training
of ourselves for lives of greater
usefulness and for positions of
greater responsibility our project
will be of very great value."
*****
ACHIEVEMENT DAY might
well be a fixed date on the calen-
der of every organization, busi-
ness concern and individual. With
another year drawing rapidly to
a close, a pause for summarization
of what we are, where we are
and how much or how little has
been done would be highly valu-
able in relation to the future. The
home demonstration clubs have
set a very worthy example.
* * * >K
A PEDDLER'S LICENSE ordi-
nance is being drawn up at the re-
quest of the City Council, with the
full approval of the merchants of
Meridian. Since the completion
of the new courthouse square here,
peddlers have found it a verit able
haven, where they can park their
trucks in the most advantageous
spot in town and dispose of their
wares at reduced prices. This free-
dom-of-the-square gives the ped-
dler an unfair advantage of the
local merchant, who must contri-
bute dollars and dollars of taxes
and upkeep of local institutions—
who in fact has paid for the very
ground upon which the peddler
sets up his competition. The ped-
dler, having no expenses of taxes
and the other demands made up-
on the established local merchant,
hauls his wares in from some dis-
tant market and is able to sell his
merchandise at prices the local
merchant cannot meet. The local
merchant is entitled to all the pro-
tection of this kind that the law
permits. If professional peddlers
are to have the privilege of doing
business here they should be re-
stricted to a certain district and
should be willing to pay for the
privilege. This, of course, would
not apply to farmers selling their
own products, who would be ex-
empt from regulations of the kind
proposed.
*****
THANKSGIVING HASH: Farm-
ers are not the only ones suffering
from continued wet weather. Con-
sider the road contractors on the
Highway 67 job west of Meridian.
They've been able to put in only
a few days' work in a month or
more. . . .District court opened
with a lot of dignity here Monday,
what with the brand-spanking new
court room. . . .The new court-
house is really swell inside. . . .
Politics on the stir at present.
Candidates and rumors of candi-
dacies. . . .College and university
football coaches, attention, please!
Don't overlook Joe Rickard, Me-
ridian star, who has plenty of
natural football ability. He's still
young and would really go after
several years' coaching. . . .Meri-
dian High is tops in class C compe-
tition again. . . .Speaking of foot-
ball, if every other county in these
parts was represented at the T. C.
U.-S. M. U. classic by as many per-
sons as was Bosque, it's no wonder
the stadium wouldn't hold them
. . . .The real story of the scram-
ble for tickets by late-comers at
Ft. Worth hasn't been described
SHARPENING THE OLD MACHETE
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Cotton Exemption
Allotment Larger
Approximately 1000 bales of
Tax Exemption Certificates, rep-
resenting an increased allotment
of 5 per cent to a majority of
the cotton producers, were re-
ceived in the office of E. R. Law-
rence, County Agent, Monday,
Dec. 2i, and are being prepared for
distribution to the cotton farmers
in various communities Monday
and Tuesday, December 9 and 10.
On Monday, Dec. 9, the follow-
ing schedule has been arranged:
8:30 o'clock, Iredell, Relief Office;
11 o'clock, Walnut Springs, City
Hall; 1:30 o'clock, Morgan, Ma-
jors Feed Store; and 2:30 o'clock,
Kopperl Bank.
For Tuesday, Dec. 10, meetings
will be held at the following places:
8:30 o'clock, Cranfills Gap, Bron-
stad's store;,. 9:30 o'clock, Clifton,
City Hall; and at 2:00 o'clock,
Valley Mills, Bank.
The communities not listed on
the above schedules should get
their certificates at the nearest
place. Since no personal notices
will be sent to each individual pro-
ducer, the weekly newspapers will
carry the notices to all Bosque
County farmers.
Mr. Lawrence also announces
that it is important for the cot-
ton sale certificates which the pror-
ducer must have in order to get
the subsidy payment to be filed in
his office as soon as possible. He
also stresses the fact that it is
important for the person who sign-
ed the Bankhead Application to
also make application for the sale
certificate since this is the only
means of identification possible ac-
cording to the office records. If
the producer signed the Bankhead
Application and another member
of his family makes application
for the Cotton Sale Certificate,
the Certificate will be void since
the name does not appear on the
Application.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spitzer and
little daughter returned to their
home at Bay City Sunday after a
visit here with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. O. B." Roquemore and
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Spitzer.
COUNTY H. D. COUNCIL
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Meeting in Mrs. Mangold's of-
fice in the courthouse in Meridian,
the County Home Demonstration
Council elected officers for the en-
suing year as follows:
President—Mrs. A. C. Nivin,
Garnersville.
Vice-President—Mrs. Alvin
Knudson, Meridian Creek.
Treasurer—Mrs. Dan Pike Loa-
der Springs.
Secretary—Mrs. August Krue-
ger, Garnersville.
Reporter—Mrs. Alfred Hard-
wick, Loader Springs.
Parliamentarian—Mrs. Cavness,
Iredell.
After the close of the business
meeting, Mrs. Mangold served love-
ly refreshments to nine council
members and two visitors.
The next meeting of the Council
will be Dec. 30 at the Courthouse.
—Reporter.
State Highway Not to Skip
Small Towns.
Harry Hines, chairman of the
Texas Highway Commission, re-
vealed in an address at Longview
Tuesday that the commission in
the future will follow a policy
of building new highways into and
through small towns, instead of
around them in shortening the dis-
tance between two larger cities.
Hines spoke at a chamber of
commerce meeting.
He asked local officials to co-
operate in keeping through streets
cleared of parked automobiles, to
speed up the movement of traffic.
Marriage License Issued.
Coston Reeder and Miss La
Verne Swenson.
Marvin W. Dollins and Miss
Daisy Lee Humes.
Rudolph Kleine and Miss Elsie
Prescher.
Rev. J. A. Lovell, of Dublin,
radio evangelist, will speak from a
loud speaker on the streets of
Mei'idian, Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock. Rev. Lovell preaches
twice daily over Radio sta. KFPL
at Dublin, conducting the old time
religion church of the air. Every-
body is invited to hear him.
De Cordova Re-Burial Services
at State Cemetery Next Sunday
Postmaster H. D. Wintz expects
to attend the re-burial services for
his grandparents, Jacob and Re-
becca Sterling de Cordova, at Aus-
tin next Sunday. The remains of
these early Texas patriots were
dis-interred from their graves at
Kimball, this week, and conveyed
to Austin where they will be buried
in a place of honor in the State
Cemetery. The re-burial services
will be under the auspices of the
Daughters of the Republic of Tex-
as. Removal of the bodies to Aus-
tin was provided by an act of the
last regular session of the legis-
lature.
Other members of this pioneer
family will attend the services.
Jacob de Cordova, founder of
the city of Waco, and at one time
owner of more than a million
acres of Central and South Texas
land, died at Kimball in 1868. He
was born of Spanish parents in
Jamaica, in 1808, and came to
Texas in 1837. In 1838, he se-
cured the charter for the first
Odd Fellows lodge in Texas, and
was chosen the first grand sire of
the order.
Lemens Plans to
Run for Senator
Hon. Vernon Lemens, of Rain-
bow, representative of the 98th
Flotorial District, composed of Bos-
que, Johnson, and Somervell
counties, while in Meridian Tues-
day evening, was a pleasant caller
at this office. Mr. Lemsens has
ably represented his district and
the chances are that he will be
returned for another term if he
so desires.
A write-up of his career which
appeared in the Austin State Week
of November 21, dubs him as a
"Scientific Legislator," mentions
many of his activities during his
school days, after which he be-
came a school teacher, lawyer and
member of the Legislature. Lem-
ens is an ardent supporter of the
Brazos River Conservation and
Reclamation project, reading of
ancient history is one of his hob-
bies, he married a Texas Univer-
sity Cactus Beauty, is the proud
father of a son, and makes no
secret that his greatest political
ambition at this time is to occupy
a seat in the State Senate from
the 12th Senatorial District, com-
posed of Hill, Ellis, Johnson, Hood,
and Somervell counties, and if
he desides to make the race for
that office, we believe the people
of that district will make no mis-
take in electing him.
Study Club.
Miss Alma Alsup was hostess
to the Study Club Wednesday,
Nov. 13.
Mrs. Chase Primm was leader
for the program, which was based
on the Ladies Home Journal.
Members responded to roll call
with Armistice quotations from
various magazines. Miss Alsup
reviewed "Thy Country 'tis of
Thee," and Mrs. Avirett told a
short story, "The Exile," which
had World War background.
Mrs. Chas. Fuqua, Mrs. R. V.
Ferguson and Miss Duggan were
guests.
The Study Cf&b met at the home-
of Mrs. Clara F. Richards, Nov.
27.
Mx-s. Barker had prepared the
program with the Thanksgiving
theme from various magazines.
Response: Verse of Thanksgiv-
ing.
Significance of the Thanksgiv-
ing Turkey—Mrs. McCorkle.
The Lost Bible—Mrs. Richards.
Art Feature, The Angelus—
Mrs. Crow.
Reading, the One-Hundredth
Psalm—Mrs. John E. Robertson.
St. Olaf Lutheran Church,
Cranfills Gap.
Sunday, Dec. <8th:
9:30 a. m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a. m.—Morning Worship,
English, at the Rock church.
7:30 p. m.—Sacred Concert to
be given by Clifton College Chor-
us.
9:30 a. m., Saturday—Cateche-
ticals.
Walter J. Maakestad, Pastor.
Court Begins
Winter Term
Grand Jury Returns 1 5
Indictments.
District Court was convened
Monday morning with Judge P. H.
McPherson presiding, District At-
torney Penn J. Jackson and Coun-
ty Attorney S. C. Smith represent-
ing the State.
The grand jury was sworn and
is composed of the following: Will
Pallmeyer, foreman; Craig Logan,
Wilson White, Bryan Richards,
Chas. Blankenship, D. V. Pqston,
Roy Avirett, E. G. Adams, Horace
Carlisle, W. C. Rogers, • Frank
Oswald and C. C. Miles.
Foot bailiff: Walter Golden.
Riding-bailiffs: Henry Gray,
W. H. Raley, Dave Montgomery,
Tom Gillaspie, Tom Casey, W. P.
Bowman, W. M. Kleine and Ed
Nichols.
Cases Dismissed.
City of Valley Mills v. Joe Hin-
ton, suit on delinquent taxes.
Mrs. I. E. Lumpkin v. Eugerne
Low et al, debt and foreclosure.
Lee A. Lautherback v. Cuenod
Dry Goods Co., garnishment.
D. J. Stamford v. G. M. Carlton
Bros. & Co., injunction.
Inez L. Alexander et vir v. R.
R. Avirett and Paul Carruth, suit
for partition.
Cases Set for December 9.
Homer Williams, charged with
burglary.
Carl Harris, charged with burg-
lary.
A. L. Myrick and C. C. Roberts,
charged with swindling.
Murder Case Set for Dec. 10.
J. D. Johnson, charged with kill-
ing Bruno Flores, a Mexican, at the
cafe and beer establishment 20
miles east of here, on the night
of October 4, 1935. A special
venire of 50 men was ordered to
appear on that date.
Cases Set for December 23.
E. A. Tweedy v. W. D. Ambrose,
suit for debt; plea of privilege is
to be heard.
Mildred K. Noble et vir v. E. C.
Johle, injunction.
Cases Set for December 30.
L. E. Pierson v. J. W. Green-
wade, suit on note.
Tom Conway, Trustee v. C. M.
Moore, suit for debt.
Lucile Granger, Guardian of
Valentine Granger, suit for prop-
erty by possession.
Plea of Guilty.
A. Biffle, charged with driving
a car while intoxicated, plead guil-
ty and Judge McPherson assessed
his fine at S5.00 and costs.
Grand Jury Returns Fifteen
Indictments.
Before adjourning Wednesday
afternoon, the Grand Jury return-
ed fifteen indictments, five of
which were felonies and ten mis-
demeanors.
Court adjourned yesterday af-
ternoon until Saturday morning at
which time the divorce docket will
be taken up and other business
set for that day disposed of.
Criminal court begins next Mon-
day morning.
Jurors For Next Week.
H. M. Rose, E. M. Cottle, Dewey
Martin, Grady Mooney, O. L. Rain-
ey, Morgan; J. M. Brittian, Ray-
mond Smith, J. C. Dyer, L. W.
Cummings, Ben Wheelis, Valley
Mills; H. C. Graves, Walter Pylant,
J. D. Blue, A. L. Madden, Iredell;
COLLEGE LASS
NEW YORK ... Aunt Molly
Jackson (above), of Kentucky,
brought her corn-cob pipe to New
York even though she refrains from
smoking it in the New York Uni-
versity class room where she is
teaching American folk-song and
folk-lore, the first Hill-Billy class
known in college.
Brazos Bridge at
Kimball Is Topic
A meeting was held at Cleburne
yesterday for the purpose of dis-
cussing plans for the construction
of a bridge over the Brazos River
near Kimball Bend to Hill county.
Representatives of towns in this
area were expected to be in at-
tendance.
At a recent meeting of the Dal-
las-Del Rio Highway Association
it was pointed out that the pro-
posed crossing of this highway at
this point on the Brazos River was
substantially on a line with the
north and south highway which has
been ^ projected from Cleburne in
the direction of Meridian and
Gatesville.
Delegates will discuss a co-opei*-
ative plan for constructing a bridge
to serve the two highways.
MERIDIAN P. T. A. WILL
MEET NEXT TUESDAY
The Meridian Parents' and
Teachers' Association will meet
next Tuesday, December 10. The
program will be furnished by the
expression pupils of Mrs. Cloud,
the music pupils of Mrs. Pierson,
the dancing pupils of Miss Web-
ster, and the band pupils of Mr.
Allen. Everyone is invited and
urged to attend.
The marriage of R. M. Green
and Miss Lillard Sowell, of near
Valley Mills, took place at Clifton,
Sunday, Nov. 24, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. Hayden
Edwards. Mrs. Callie C. Sheppard
and Loyd Green, grandmother and
brother of the groom, were among
the attendants. Mr. and Mrs.
Green are making their home here,
and are receiving the congratu-
lations and best wishes of many
friends.
Lee Anderson, P. R. Downey, C. C.
Smith, L. L. Busby, Omar Robin-
son, Clifton; Earl Morrison, Cecil
de Cordova, R. G. Head, C. C.
Buckingham, Walnut Springs; G.
C. Lane, T. E. Whitworth, C. D.
Hill, Cecil Ford, W. S. Spruce,
Bert Coleman, Brooks, Kimball,
C. C. Gibbons, R. S. Braswell,
Kopperl; Earl White, C. A. Barker,
H. J. Seidel, Meridian; L. Orbeck,
Cranfills Gap.
WELCOMING AN OLD FRIEND
1
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. . , . Patients in the Warm Spring Foundation here
look forward through the year to the arrival of their illustrious toastmaster,
President Roosevelt, for^their Thanksgiving Day dinner. Photo shows the
joyful greetings of the little folks upon the arrival of the President last*
week, for. his annual sojourn with them over Thanksgiving.
Indict Two in
Clifton Death
Two Men Jailed Upon
Murder Charge.
A. C. Smith, 40, and Frank
(Slim) Kilpatrick, 42, of Clifton,
were placed in jail here about mid-
night Tuesday, on an indictment
charging them with murder in con-
nection with the death on Sept. 6,
of Roy Yoachum, whose battered
body was .found on the railroad
tracks at Clifton the morning of
Sept. 7.
The arrests were made by Sheriff
Pearl H. Benson and John Cope,
investigator for the State Depart-
ment of Public Safety.
At first it was thought Yoachum
had been run over by a train, but
the officers soon shifted to the
theory that he had been murdered.
Yoachum and Ed Everett had
played fiddles at E. C. Johle's un-
til about midnight of September 6,
when Yoachum left alone, saying
that he had several calls to make
in negro town. Everett and three
negroes were arrested and later re-
leased.
Cope has been assisting in in-
vestigating the case and succeded
finding two negroes, Loy Pool and
Tom Wright, of Clifton, who made
sworn statements to the officers
to the effect that they witnessed
the killing which was done by two
white men who beat Yoachum
over the head with an iron pipe
and cut him while one of the men
held him and then placed his body
beside the railroad track. Their
statements and other evidence re-
sulted in the indictment against
Smith and Kilpatrick charging
them with murder.
County Court.
Carl Phillips v. The Great State
Co-operative Association, suit on
note; dismissed at cost of plaintiff.
R. V. Ferguson v. Drew Behrin-
ger, suit on note; verdict in favor
of Plaintiff.
A. S. Lomax & Son v. S. B. Aik-
en, suit on note; dismissed at cost
of Plaintiff.
McNeill Mercantile Co., v. J. F.
Warrington, suit on note; dis-
missed at cost of plaintiff.
McNeill Mercantile Co., v. A. A.
Warrington, suit on note; dismiss-
ed at cost of plaintiff.
F. R. Odle v. James J. Lumpkin,
suit on note; dismissed at cost of
plaintiff.
J. G. Barker v. Meridian Poul-
try & Egg Co., suit on breach of
contract; continued for term.
A. S. Lomax & Son v. Floyd
Doty, suit on note; dismissed at
cost of plaintiff.
C. R. Jameson y. Arne Orbeck,
suit on note; judgment for amount
as prayed for.
Misdemeanor cases against the
following persons were dismissed
on motion of the County Attorney:
Preacher Walker, Ben Berry, Ben
Scott, W. A. Watson, E. W. Cren-
shaw, Jr., George Lockler, Horace
Crawford, Jack Donathan, Arthur
Chappel, Sidney Hall, D. W. White,
Hansell Hill, Ray Cutbirth, C. D.
Diltz, and W. E. Cannon. Loyd
Allen entered a plea of guilty.
Meridian Baptist Church.
The editor of the Meridian pa-
per is always glad to receive news
for print so here is some real news.
Last Sunday was business day
for the Church and you would be
surprised if you were told that
about 150 members were absent!
Baptists are great stickers for doc-
trine and religion, but be sure
you do not get any business mix-
ed up in the church.
But here is the good part about
last Sundays' meeting. Part of that
business was deferred till next
Sunday for the benefit of the ab-
sent ones, and they are expected
to be there 11 a. m. , December
8. The business is impoi'tant for
the future welfare of the future
of the Church life.
There is to be a special pro-
gram put on by the W. M. S. at
the evening hour in behalf of the
Lottie Moon Xmas offering or
foreign missions.
'Sunday School—10 a. m.
Preaching—11 a. m.
B. T. U.—6:30 p. m.
Preaching—7:15 p. m.
Every member and all friends
are earnestly requested to be with
us at alL services.
C. E. Poe, Pastor.
Miss Lauralie Johnson spent
Thanksgiving with Dr. and Mrs.
W. A. Johnson. For the past three
months she has been employed in
the office of one of the leading
stores in Ft. Worth. She also
teaches an expression class at
night.
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