The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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The Nolan County News
VOL. VI
EIGHT PAGES
Goes Into More Nolan County Homes Than Any Other Newspap
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930
On the Broadway of America
Endorsement Voiced For
Existing Governing Form
PONIES READY
FOR MAV TILT
TRICKY PASS ATTACK AND
NEW LINE PLAYS MAY
DOWN EASTLAND SQUAD
New running pUy. and a
tricky patting attack featured
practice of the high ichool
Muttangi (hit week prepara-
tory to the inration of Eatt-
land Friday for a clath with
the Marerickt, third game on
the Poniet' 1930 conference
card.
Coach Hennig and a string of
22 men will leave early Friday for
the Mavs’ town. A big group of
fans will probably go along to see
the tilt which is to get going at
3:30 o’clock.
As in the Abilene 'game Satur-
day, the Ponies will function with-
out two first string backficld men
—Simmons and Strothers. Both
arc suffering leg injuries. L. M.
Watson, Jr., will take the half
post in the hole left vacant jointly
by the two injured players.
Fans are in high hopes of a
win Saturday. Eastland, to date,
has done little to indicate she is a
tough customer and followers of
the Ponies figure the setting is
just ripe for the first Mustang
victory in two seasons.
The Mustangs made an excellent
showing in Abilene and some
more of that kind of fight, plus a
new bag of tricks being worked
. on this week, should spell the com-
..nation that will brand ^he Mave-
ricks deep at Friday’s fracas.
The starting lineup will prob-
ably be: Bardwell and Bledsoe,
Failure Seen in Move to
Form $25,000 Drouth Bank
Holder of Women’s Speed Record,
Champ ’Chute Jumper, and a Ship
Like Lindy’s Among Port Visitors
Ten planes, including one
ship and two fliers of par-
ticular interest, were register-
ed at the municipal airport
during the week ending
Thursday, according to Ches-
ter Moffett, field manager.
Visitors at the port during
the week included Miss Flor-
ence Barnes, who holds the
national speed record for wo-
men pilots, and Bert White
who holds the record for alti-
tude parachute jumps.
Both Miss Barnes and
White stopped overnight here.
One of the ships housed at
the hangar during the week
included a Lockheed Sirus, a
low-wing monoplane and ex-
act duplicate of the ship built
HEAVY RAINS
SOAK SECTION
DECLARED BEST IN YEARS-
BIG AREA OF FARM LAND
IS BENEFITTED
especially for Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh. It is the same
type plane Lindbergh used in
chalking up a coast-to-coast
speed record and which the
Atlantic flier is using at pro”
ent for his own flying. Lieut,
and Mrs. C. Shankle of Fort
Sill, Okla., landed the plane
here and it is being stored
while the two are in Arizona.
They continued the trip from
here by train due to bad
weather the first of this week.
Of the 10 ships landing at
the field during the week, six
were refueled. A total of 392
gallons of gasoline and two
and one-half gallons of oil
were sold during the week.
FUND IS FAR
BELOW QUOTA
PAVING BONDS
WILL BE SOLD
COMMISSION DUE TO OPEN
BIDS AT MONDAY SESSION
ON $50,000 ISSUE
ONLY $8,000 SUBSCRIBED—
MAY ASK COUNTY AND
CITY TO TAKE STOCK
A rainfall which many farmers
ends; Simms and Stamps, tackles; termad the best in three
Grimsley and Freedman, guards;
Brooks, center; Wyatt, quarter;
Sheridan and Watson, halfbacks,
and Woods, fullback.
S'WATER CLUB
TO VISIT LAKE
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MEMBERS AND GUESTS WILL
HAVE BARBECUE FEED
AT DAM PROJECT
years
Raiders Seize
Liquor, Still;
Man Arrested
With approximately $8,000
in zubzcriptions secured to
date, the committee directing
organization of a farm loan
corporation here in connec-
tion with the atate plan of
drouth relief, haa auapended
ita work temporarily with
preaent indicationa that their
efforts will fall short of the
$25,000 goal.
Judge A. S. Mauzey, head-
ing the committee, was of the
opinion Thursday that the
$25,000 capital stock requir-
ed to organize the proposed
luan bank could not be secur-
ed here.
Nine business institutions have
subscribed to stock, to date, in
amounts ranging from $300 to
$1,000.
A capital stock of $25,000 is the
minimum under which the or-
ganization could function with the
backing of the Federal Land Bank
of Houston, it was pointed out.
With that amount subscribed,
the organization would be in a
position to make cash loans to
Bids on a $50,000 issue of
municipal paving bonds will be re-
ceived by city commission at its
regular session Monday as the first
step in inaugurating a new paving
program in Sweetwater.
The bonds were voted in 1929
when a $750,000 issue carried for
water reservoir, sewer plant im-
provements and paving.
One petition, from residents on
12th street, has been on file for
several months for paving. Other
petitions are being prepared, it is
reported.
The city is considering a plan
to do its own paving, after the
bonds are sold. Local contractors
and workmen would be used on all
paving, curb and gutter and side-
walk work during the program,
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BAPTIST BODY
HOLDING MEET
S’WATER ASSOCIATION SES-
SION UNDER WAY HERE
WITH BIG ATTENDANCE
,Regret We Signed It’, Some Say as Time
Nears For Election; Greene, Scott,
r reeze, Others in Statements
Sidi beS7hn a- ve support of the new charter as it
October 24°re H C°meS t0 a test at the polls on
tiut am
that the question might get
a vote, “to be settled for
good.”
J- M. Greene, 400 E.
Broadway, a pioneer citizen
and one of the signers of the
petition, told The News that
“I signed the petition when
it was brought to me and I
regret that I signed it.”
soaked a thirsty West Texas area
last week-end and the first of this
week, gave Sweetwater territory
its bountiful share, and tremend-
ously benefitted fall wheat and
other grains, as well as the grass
country throughout this section.
This record precipitation, heav-
iest in many months, totaled 3.54
inches in Sweetwater, and of that
amount exactly 3.54 inches soaked
deep into the ground.
The rain fell slowly, merely a
t , _____ t | drizzle at times, but it started in
An inspection of construction 1 n<’ intp,'nt'on letting up.
work at Lake Sweetwater, the Bet',‘nnin,? with 8 s,ow shower Sat-
city’s $600,000 reservoir project,!UVday’ the rain continued through
in oM. ithe week-end. Every drop went in-
to the ground.
A sharp drop in temperature ac-
con-
T. W. Moore is in jail pending
the making of $1,000 bond and a
haul of whiskey and still appara- maKe cast] loans t
tus rests in the vault of the sher- ; farmers and stockmen up to $200,-
irr’s office as results of a raid j 000 or possibly more. The Federal
staged on a farm seven miles north ! ^"k, under the plan being!city Wednesday for the conven-
of Roscoe by local officers. worked in the drouth area, will’tion of women’s church organiza-
About 14 gallons of liquor and j “Ctasa reservoir of credit to Tuitions which preceded the general
a still were confiscated. I nish funds nn in *:--- n I . le general
Sheriff Jess Lambert and
policeman John Reed made
raid. •»
got nothing against this form of
government whatever, and I have
no crow to pick with anybody.”
I. S. Focht, who signed the peti-
tion, said “I told them when I
signed it that I was absolutely for
the city manager form of govern-
ment.
”l’ve lived here before there
was any Sweetwater,” Mr. Focht
Upon investigation,” Mr. continued, and I suppose I’ve
Greene said, “I found that I was watched the town grow through as
laboring under mistaken ideas and|many 1 Rferent administrations as
false reports. Investigation has ! anybody living. I was a city alder-
convinced me that we have the m3n myself in the ei*rly days. Bill
most efficient system of municipal B'"ndy was an alderman too, away
government in Sweetwater that is 1 tbere and I remember the
to be obtained, and I wish to re- j (|UCstion came up of changing the
More than a score of churches tract any inference my signature ! cotlncil from three aldermen to
from throughout the Sweetwater j,,ir tbe Petition might have given five‘ BiI1 Bandy 88'd ‘What in the
Bap-isf Association area were rep-!tbat * have opposed to present! ^ ’ ’ do you want five for, three
resented in Sweetwater Thursday ''ystern- | can’t agree on anything?’ The
when the two-day associational Would Mean Setback P,°,nt '* W® have an ad>ninistration
meeting began. j “I would regret to see the com-1 ^ certalnly a^ree? on °ne thing,
About 200 women were in the mission-manager form of govern-1 a''d tHat 'S pr°KTess and S°°d
ment abolished in Sweetwater” mana*em8nt of city harness, so
Mr. Greene continued. “I fee] W.hat 'S the Use of a11 this ^P-
confident that any citizen who
will be combined with an old-
fashioned out-door barbecue for
Sweetwater Club members at that) . r ~ r ........>------
organization’s next session Thurs-1 l0m,)an|cd the showers and
day. | Unued cool weather followed on
The club’s regular luncheon was j tfU‘ heels of tht“ rain’ This *av*
the moisture an opportunity to
DATE SET FOR
M. E. SESSION
:
NORTHWEST TEXAS METHOD-
1ST CONFERENCE WILL
CONVENE NOV. 12
nish funds up to 10 times the I association.! session,
amount of the local corporation’s) Ruf),,rt ja-
ping when the town’s got the best
rnaes me time to investigate and ZTlH 2‘f e°y*Tnment il ever
capital ‘ I Kupert N. Richardson, vjee ffet thc fa<-’ts about how'our city is; °A 'dozen oth^ h . ,
Unless subscriptions increase' „ , , * y’ the business-like . Petition for the election also made
th"V‘,h,ir
the Nolan county organization i ' are conducted I think <• ^Ions support the present sys-
reaching the $25,000 capital stock, I eon at the mlTonn.f the ^tem at the election would ! dedinldTgivf TtemVw’ ^
postponed a week from this Thurs-
day.
The luncheon will he served at
Lake Sweetwater and will be fol-
lowed by inspection of all con-
struction work at the lake. Club
members and their guests will be
escorted to the spillway construc-
tion work, over the dam, intake
tower and other points of interest
about the big project.
City officials and heads of the
construction company will accom-
pany the delegation.
Every Sweetwater Club mem-
ber has been asked to invite one
other person for the barbecue,
with the non-members to be guests
of the club.
Little Theater
Selects Play to
Present Oct. 24
“Nothing But the Truth,” a
hilarious comedy in three acts, will
be the next play presented by the
Little Theater here. The play was
selected this week and date for the
production was set for October
soak in, and all in all, farmers de-
clare it was about the most bene-
ficial sort of rain that could be
asked for.
County Agent C. H. Clark said
the moisture would aid fall grains
already planted, and that more
wheat and other grains would
probably go into the ground as a
result of the rain. Ranch land will
also be materially improved with
fall grass, weeds and filled water
holes.
Last Ship Makes
Flight on S. A. T.
West Texas Line
24. Lewis Russell, who directed ........illB111, OBlu anQ
The hamily Upstairs" which was when the eastbound plane return-
m'nannBirl Kir ......I. i ••
The last ship to be operated on
the Dallas-El Paso run of South-
ern Air Transport landed at
municipal airport Saturday when
passengers on the eastbound plane
stopped here for luncheon.
Service into West Texas by this
line was due to be suspended Sun-
day but bad weather prevented
flights on that day.
The westbound sh.p did make its
scheduled flight Saturday and
presented by the group last week,
\ will also direct the next play. Lit-
tle1 Theater officials said the com-
ing play was. the best yet offered
here. “Nothin# But the Truth"
had kn exceptionally long run in
New York eevtral seasons ago.
passenger
cd it saw the end of
service by this line.
Southern Air Transport will be-
gin Oct. 15 the operation of the
Atlanta-Los Angelea air mail line
on the new southern transeqn-
November 12 is the date set for
opening of the Northwest Texas
Methodist Conference meeting in
Sweetwater, church official an-
nounced this week.
The conference convent! was
awarded this city a short ti ie ago
upon invitation issued 1>> the
Sweetwater Club.
About 350 pastors, church of-
ficers and other delegati will at-
tend the meeting here, it was
stated.
The conference will open its
meeting Wednesday, Nov. 12, and
will continue through Sunday,
Nov. 16.
Bishop H. A. Boaz of Houston,
in charge of the Texas, Northwest
Texas and North Texas Confer-
ences, will preside at the session.
reaching the $25,000 capital stock,
it was indicated.
A meeting of the finance com-
mittee with the county commis-
sioners court will be held Monday
when proposal will be made to
county officials that the county
subscribe $10,000 to the bank.
! Some officials were of the opinion,
J however, that the county would
not be permitted to take stock in
the organization. It has also been
.proposed that $5,000 be subscrib-
I ed by the city but no action has
1 been taken on that matter.
J New subscriptions reported in-
cluded $1,000 in stock taken by
the Board of City Development,
lunch
eon at the Blue Bonnet hotel at
noon.
Dr. George Green, pastor of the
First Baptist church here, presided
at the opening session of the gen-
eral associational meeting Thurs-
day. Rev. R. D. Dodd of Abilene
delivered the morning sermon.
result in a serious setback to our
progress and development.”
Mr. Greene has lived in Sweet-
water for 21 years, owns consider-
able projerty here, and has observ-
ed growth of the city and various,
stages of its development during!
his long residence.
publication at this time.
Others on the program Thurs-1 u , , ,
day included Rev. J. L. King, Rev. L < tKe 21
W. R. Derr, Mrs. R. M. White, all w“” * V* Sweetwater I
of Abilene. ^ave no knowledge of a municipal
administration that has operated
of Abilene.
A song and praise service was
scheduled for 7:30 o’clock Thurs-
ASK MORE AID
OF RED CROSS
FIRST FUND FOR SEED PUR-
CHASE EXHAUSTED—RE-
QUESTS STILL COME IN
Si *ducted th* ^
more efficiently, has accomplished | The first allotment of Red
more results or more wisely con- Cross drouth aid for Nolan coun-
GRAND JURORS
TO RECONVENE
FINAL WEEK OF FALL DIS-
TRICT COURT TERM WILL
OPEN MONDAY
tinental route. *
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Following trials of both civil
and criminal cases this week, dis-
trict court will enter its fourth and
final week of the fall term Monday
when the grand jury will recon-
vene.
A number of criminal cases are
scheduled for trial next week.
In its first session, three weeks
ngo, the grand jury recessed after
returning eight indictments.
The fourth week jury list is
talk on “Christian Education"
C. M. Colwell of Abilene.
Dr. J. D. Sandefer, president of
Simmons University, will make a
report on that institution at the
Thursday evening meeting.
The delegates were guests at a
luncheon Thursday noon.
At the Friday session, begin-
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HYLTON HOUSE
LOSS IN BLAZE
— ! reports will be made on associa*
ALL POSSESSIONS OF FAMILY! tional missions. J. Lee Tarplev
BURN WHEN WAGGONER | Rev. C. D. Owens, W. F. Joiner
HOME DESTROYED and Walter Jackson will make
1 ■ talks.
The farm residence occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Waggonor,
the administrations under the city
manager system of government.”
Freeze For System
J. H. Freeze, another pioneer
citizen and one of the group who
petitioned for the repeal election,
told The News that “I didn’t look
at the petition from the proper at-
titude at the time I signed it and
. called to report Monday.
The missionary sermon will be
, delivered at 11:30 o’clock by Rev.
near Hylton, was totally destroyed C. G. Sewell, formerly of Sweet-
by fire Saturday and all household I water and now of Tuscola,
furniture and clothing were lost. | Friday afternoon Rev. C. A.
Members of the family were Powell will report on the orphan-
visiting at Mr. Waggoner’s par-! age. Dr. M. A. Jenkins, pastor of
ents, on a neighboring farm when : the First Baptist church of Abi-
lene, will talk on Sunday schools
and Rev. David Phillips will
speak on B. Y. P. U. activities.
Other discussions are to be led by
Rev, Sam Malone and Dr. J. C.
Burkett.
The meeting, which is being held
at First Baptist church, will ad-
journ at 4 o’clock Friday after-
noon.
Rev. Henry Weldon, pastor of
the Lamar Street Baptist church
here, 0. R. Simmons and Rev. C.
(1. Sewell made up the committee
in charge of arrangements for the
amociation’s convention. ’
the blaze was discovered. The
fire was thought to have started
front an oil stove.
Mr. Waggoner, who is a tenant
on the Oscar McGinley place, his
wife and their two children, one
nine years and one eight months
of age, lost all their clothing and
other possessions in the blaze.
Mrs. M. E. Moore, who lives one
mile from Hylton, was in the city
Tuesday obtaining supplies for
the Waggoner family through co-
operation of local merchants.
The house destroyed by the fire
was owned- by Mf. MtGialey. -
ning at 9 a. m. with a song service, I am sorry I put my name on it.
“I intend to vote to keep the
city manager form of government
for Sweetwater," Mr. Freeze de-
clared.
Clint Scott, another signer of
the request for the election, said
"I did not sign the petition as a
criticism of the present form of
government. I merely thought the
question should come up for a
vote and be settled by the people
once and for all. So far as I know,
the city manager form of govern-
ment has been entirely satisfac-
tory.
I’d really prefer keeping the
city manager system in Sweetwa-
ter,” declared H. M. Rose, who
signed the petition. “I believe the
city manager system is a good
thing. It’s because 1 thought there
ought to be some changes at city
hall that I signed the petition, but
personally I’m in favor of
present form of government.”
No Criticiam
“Which ever way it goes will be
satisfactory with me,” said E. L.
Haidy, another petitioner. “Fve
ty farmers was exhausted first of
the week and application has been
filed for an additional $1,500
to purchase seed for planting
grains.
The Red Cross allotted Nolan
county $1,500 two weeks ago.
Farmers who otherwise would
have been unable to buy seed
were furnished their supplies for
| planting.
| More calls are coming in daily
| to C. H. Clark, county agricultur-
al agent, who was in charge of dis-
tribution of the seed.
A maximum of $10 worth of
seed to a farmer was set. Now the
seed has been depleted and the
fund is exhausted. Applications
must necessarily be turned down
unless an additional grant is forth-
coming from the Red Cross.
Application for additional funds
was made this week to the Wichita
Falls headquarters of the organi-
zation and action on the request is
expected to be known by the end
of the week.
GET SUSPENDED TERMS
Harmon Atkins and J. C. Gray-
son, 17-year old youths charged
with burglary, entered pleas of
I purity in district court Wednesday
the and were given four-year suspend-
ed sentences. One was charged in
the burglary of a transfer firm’s
warehouse and the other in con-
eonnertion with burglary of an
auto parts concern.
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Boyles, C. S., Jr. The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1930, newspaper, October 9, 1930; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth561327/m1/1/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.