The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 20, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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SPLIT VOTING RUED FIRE BOYS TO GIVE METHODIST CHUHCII IS BIG ME MAN NOW lOJEENHASSOODCDOP
LEGAL BY POLLARD AWAY DIAMOND RING STEADILY SHOWING DOING OWN DIDOES OF WEST TEXAS FEED
Democrats hulling the it part \
ticket tn vntc fur Hr-|)ll!i!ic;»ri elcetoi-
fi i (hr presidency .in : vice pisiden-
« Iml \rl . «*^iiou> nl mating those
.nut1 lull lota Im ilu Democratic nom-
inees fur stu!»* nlfiei-r* wi re assured
that -lull artion would not in ak<* their
vole* illegal in a pronounced i"ue
flic \ oluntiri I ire Department re
cent I v undertook In -ell a Chevrolet!
>i inn. They >rrnml only about ,
S 1 (l( I mi tin- ilea I am! the car vm-
tin ncil Imi k in the daler*. \A . I’
Anting. one nf tin* proniolri*, re-
«j 111 • -1 *. the AA ilili.it t<i 'talc that o ;
Saturday night at 7:()'l o'clock in
Friday I in \ I v in S. Mood) ol Nous* fionl u| tin hank the fii>- Imv \» i ■ ’
ton, -late cl)aiMnan for the anti- njv, anas a diamond ring ol a value
if $100 Ml those who invested c
lli>' i ar ran cilhei have thcii mon;"
b;n k or invc't it in t)»i- ring. II n»n
realh have an inl»*r«**^l in the lire
bovs, who ai • Mini mils | rotriiinn
in ease ol fire, now i- voui op|K».*
tun it \.
Call anil see \A . I) 'i mm.' at the I
S t a~li (’.finery im
In on hand to get youi
fumlc or the rin •. It-.1
>niith Democrats ol Icxti.* from
hcadqnart t- in the Southland Hotel.
Moodv’* assurance i* based on an
* I • in ion lie received from Attorney
Ceiieral Claude I’ollai . wliiili wa-
offered on the strength of a muii|iI>*
ballot submitted Bollard bv Moods
after Moods bad marked it lor II •
publican* and for Democrat".
Pollard’* letter read' in part:
“If a voter desire* to vole for tie*
Republican pre.*i initial elector, and p,opnsilioii to help the boy
at the same lime vote for all the Dein- p:,,p ting your pio|>citv.
oeratie nominees for stale olliees. it
is legal for such a voter lo rim a line
through the presidential electoi* 0:1
tla Deniocratii ticket, leasing the
pie idenlial elector" on the Hepuldi
tan ticket unmarked: and svhen Ic
rear lies nominees for slate offices
lease same unmarked on the Demo-
cratic ticket and run a line through
the nominees lor -lale office' on tic
Republican ticket. Ibis, of cour**"
would necessitate running ti
through the entire ticket of any
party appearing on the ballot.
Moody announced in bis iounce
linn that copir' ol sample ballots
appropriately marked for the edifi-
uition of anti-Smith volri' would be
distributed over the state ssillim the
next few weeks. Dallas New*.
tirular■' and !
THK M AN \\ llo KI I*I
It i* like the shadow
rock in a weary land It
is we sometime' i
h * word.
A mi may be able to site
omises and eonliaels
i un aero",
man ssbo keeps
p;onuses ana eomiaeis pul m
in.:, which are u-ually binding.
V
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(. AND MRS. 1.1 i : A\ 11,SON
CSC.AIM-. 1NJl HA IN CR ASH
w ntlen
tit
blit
unrhnw thr man who does not keep
liitf In- word stri'llv i' a 'lippery <u-
itber tomer and it i' bard to gel hold o’
' him even with a piece of writing.
The fundamental *r< m it' fot a man
oing w bat lie promises is. aftei all
character.
If ;i man has character and i' up*
light, you are 'aid in lending him
money than it lie give* you a mort-
gage on his farm. Doing husitie"
hb a liar is never satisfactory
Mr. and Mrs. l.rr Wilson and (»eo.
laitimer, mechanic at the W ilsoii Mo-
tool Company. narrowly escaped in-
jur \ lii'l Friday night between (.ole-
man and Santa Anna when a Bui' * 11|,,. whole amount.
* li i It . h. James t
Tout tern vears ago the Fii*l Abih-
list iliuiih <>l Big l.alii bad on I v
Ik! mem Iters and wa> a part of wli.u
v a- known ;ts the R.iridiait circuit
w lb preaching oue Snndav in each
mor lb. I Ik* little church ha no
bouse ol worship ol its own but mad *
n-i of the Baptist building.
About lour and oii' -balf vears ago
the member ship had grown to «ik It
p'.opoition*- that it justified a latioti
ol its own with a lull-time pastor,
am! the membership planned and
built the pie-<-itl church Itott-e.
(.teat growth was attained under
the pastorate of of Rev. I . I*. Bishop
who -cm*! the church laithfullv and
loyally foi two vears. Rro. Ili-hop
went from Big l ake to Miles where,
teported he has made a wonder-
ful sucres*.
following the pastorate of Rro
Bishop came the present pastor. Rev.
\\<)l!l) ^ A. I ulhrii'lit, who wa* (iari'lerred
front the New Mexieon eoitferenec
1 h1'*11 ,.i,«| .'talioned at Big l.ake. Bio. Ful
(blight found upon bis arrival that
the little rin uit point of fourteen
vears ago had grown to a church of
72 member- and paving .1 'til.irv of
'*2,000, and having raised lor all
purposes last year *>(>? per member.
I 11 tier Rro. f* idbright's administra-
tion this vear lias been one of great
1 achievement in many respects. F.arly
in the vear the la ies raised the mmi-
ev and reseated the building with
I comfortable chairs at a cost of i
>1,000. Alt tubers and visitors, wito
for over four vears -at upon the hard.
mouev r>
fait ~1j11.11
who at
til
l.ee Wilson, of the Wilson Mot01 Hie Wil eat family recently vis
I < .. of Big Like and O/onu. and tin , ited the Quern farm nortli of Hr>
airplane enthusiast, is now driving Lake some lour or five miles. \1i.
In- own plane, las* lias learned all {Queen litis one of the finest raneltes
toe mils .mil Ills *11 ilic Imi'i.ii -s until | n tins -m 1:011 of toe country. He ilUs
III feels as safe in the air as on tin re.entK put in quite a lot ol improve-
id K If hi tali 1 . : ... corrah
nine of the “di oes " of the expert trough*, etc. Aside from this last
arid he has ju*t about got the old 1 v n ter and spring he bad cleared and
Wildcat to believeing it. At first w> j put in a farm some thirty or forty
took his statements “with a grain ol , in res. This lie planted to maize, In-
,dl. Iml he has ju-l about eon- I diuo corn and sorghum. A look it
• iu.ced the W ild’ .’i that lie is the hot hi' crop proved fie had acted wi-rlv
going to take am! with real foielhought ill- In
a> as fint
-tuff. Lee Wilson
t!" Wild-at up one of these days and | ,m ..urn, now malumi.
I’reaclim Hill
( Rev. \\ . \. Fulliriglti 1
Who, after do .....
wink. Vuvci» Mm av 101 .mnti.il eon
ferenee to be lieb' in >an Anloi.io
worth Leagues, a very ,n live W . M v
and \\ e./.K-d.iv night |u.iv mud
ings. Airs. I'ulluigbl an .11 coin
plished musician, has b*s-ii very at
live in the young people* wo:k. and
serves the 1 luipli as piam-l on all
OCCUMOII*.
Ilirougli the efforts of the mem
beisbip and the good p.i'tni' pre'cnl
ani past. Big Lake has won its pla 1
:harges of the
when lie doe- (lie p'-ople of Big Lak**
bad belter wall h out fot we may de
• oh to Ian., on about a ball do/.en at
mu time and in that 1 asc it may be
)u-l too bail lot Wilson, the AVildcat
.mil this ball do/.en others.
However, in talking, of our (audio ■
held I .ce -tales it is “the best be ever
■aw 1 All it need'.’ lie stales. “|o
nud 1 it iht- best in I evas i- .1 market
bru h cut I /-I th'-
I mils ■.■! lui'V and do tin* It is il-
j net •• -,n v now.id.iv- as an ratio
t place of a hotel.
Bk
BSOI AD ON
W I i'll I N I III
mi job
Si As IK KAMA
the
the
ear in which they were riding <ml
lided vvitli a lord ear in which two
v uimg men were ri ing.
file two bovs were taking turn' 1!
ill iv ing the t ar anil did not take tin
trouble to stop to make the 1 hange in
driva While one was taking the
vviieei In 111 die other the ear swerved
to the left hand side of the rout ami
Air. W ilsun. who was driving hi* < at.
straight-hack benches can appreciate among the desirable
the comfort and re>ting qualities ot \ngelo district.
new opera . liaii- now adoruitig Bn,. Fulbright leave* Almiday lor
. , . ■■ , . ■„ ). *■" cliurcli. loo. the members ol s)a|1 Antunio to l»e in altendanee up-
.omebow be wi atli p 1 rr ,;u. cliun li are good to limit pastel umiua| .onleren.e and to 1.
Ml* o! ,l" lHu,,.n * - j t i ,,t^ laimU, honoring ihrm witSi --ftHlvr fci* apiM>intmrnt for ilit* romtiu
............ “P»“nding.".................... ,,, WhSfc he ...II he m>i b«l
ey he doe* not avoid vo . » •» churi h s advancement we note the „ot definitely known, hut wherever In
following: ( bir hundre new mem- j |,f and hi* estimable eompanion
will be attended by the prayer* of
tin* many good people of Big Hike
,-.nd frankly j»av - you something
account right along il In* cannot pav
The test of tin fundamentally hon-
est man i- punctuality in meeting
In engagements or in Iranklv ev
plaining to you wbv those engage-
ments cannot be met.
The courts are full of people t*
be. to evade their ; ' engagemn *
A man who 1- hi diiit sineeiii)
tries to meet that debt whether i‘
III per cent
year; !!(>
im lease
ini-ill
. , hurts him or not. It is very trying ami ,(rr |(( Htir,
was unable to avoid the collision. u.ry disturbing to our faith in human ; ^^e meetings
llie ford vvas baitly damaged but 1,11 ! nature to find a prison who is al
one was hurt. Mr. Wilsons ear wa* looking for alibi', always seek-
only slightly damaged. j(lf, explanation' for not doing as In
Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Latimer had |„. w<)U|,j ,|„
gone to Temple to lake a projiellei 11„. g0(M| bi'er. the man who lo'i**
for Mr. W ilson's airplane, damaged j a|(lj v,.t ^ , beerful. i' the man who
in a forced landing. j after all. one of the chief pillars
the social fabric. F.xchnnge.
A SUNRISE BREAKFAST L........... rowNS vddlu
ENJOYED BY C. F. GIRLS TO tT'UTIK ,:oMI'ANV USI
i Abilene, Oct. I'k Die addition of
countv, 1
be 1 s, giving a I
►hi- eonferenee vear; no new
bci' for the Sundav *cliool, an in-
1 lease ol I2.> per rent: 27 credits in
te.nhei training work; l(Hlt) pastoral
vi'its, and blessings that cannot be
et tinted.
r«n 1ev1v.1l meeting' have been
!n'd under !>•". l ulbiigfii. < u . los-
ing un k.i'tci Sundav with II add)
lion.*, and the olhei 1 In-ing veptem
her l<»
fur their ultimate sun es* in anv work
l) ' v may undertake in the Lord’
A u.eyard.
I a*l night the |»ep npiad lor th**
Big Lake Owls held a rallv at the
high -i bind bud,mg, meeting villi
I i'M loolb ill I am. Alter the ■ lose ol
, the overt ises .>.1 school the girl-, abou'
two;,tv or (Imlv in number, mail be
ilirougli toe jMineipal street.* ol the
town and let the 1 ili/.en* know lliev
wile on hand to root lor tin Uwl-
I he Nil Ro*s team wa* in town al th,
time and our girls, to show their ap-
preciation for a ( lean bunch id toot-
ball hoy,*, gave them -orne rousin',
cheer*.
I he Reagan ( ountv High ’school
bus caught the spirit of college lib-
and iiuiv be evpeeted to make a hmli
mark in puhlie sihool rnord* <
to it, girl*, we are with you!
A ea, I to ' 11 old ein Owls' '
He hope (aockrtl county gel* ber
fell measure of synijiatliv from the
Mi l I INt; ( M I ! I). HI Li
ORCANI/l.V, Bf.If! :• '
All members of the Bebekah as-
w it li l<> additions. In each «<inbly ate requested to be present at
Bio Fulhirght ha* tin Odd Felfow Hall at }J;tM p. in
bein lii* own evangel. Home talent Monday Oct. 2'>lli for the purpose ol
furni'hiM the music and in the last iii'tituling a RrU-kah l odge at B* -
revival .Allen <> Kim* did the singing I . ke. The dispensation an • supplies
Bio. Fulbright sav* he has leanu'd have been tneived, and a* many Re-
how to promote a successful revival I ekali* a* |>ossil)lr are requested to be
l” j without the use of a professional j present in order to get started with
1,1 evangelist. “Just get a good singer a bang.
1 ami do the preaching yourself.”
outside world
uielv, too
road in . ■
I the main artn
1 ouiily w ithoiit
epend sold\
< vistence and Im
A pauper
o build an .
a- an v 01 the stale. I be sori’liunt
v* Lii li lias been cut oner, .diiiosi i ov
rr- the ground in mum 11 iioi k
ami ibr second crop is neurly reudv
foi liarvesling and a* high a* .1 emu’s
bead. Ibis season hr will gatiiri
more than enough feedstuff to pay
for the laud ojion which il w a*
grown.
I In- Indian corn was w< II main rd,
large ear* and well filled. There
wa* never a finer crop of mai/.r or
sorghum ever raised in U i-st Texas
an that is saying all that can hr
-aid of sijcb a crop since Wc-t Texas
is 1 lie I mi me of tin* sorghum familv
and no better i* grown anv where
J. A. Oucii bus neilbei the ap-
peal am e of ,t farmer, sheopmaii ut
j • *atlletnan. A ou would judgi hirn
to lie a real business man and ,ti this
'would not guess wrong. Me has
proved all this and mon lb and
Mrs, Queen and lIn-1 r lovely I it 1 !r-
daughter, Helen, have one ol tin
most ( urnfot table borne- in the eoun
Iv. Iliey have modem chicken
j houses sufficient fot inoie than 1(10
whin leghorn hen* and they arc wef
'.urii foi. All bis regist red herd
1* watered Itum iinierele liougli*
built by VI1. Queen and which are as
good as the be*! The sc regisleicd
Hereford* are of thr best Idood to
(In slate and ma iy of th*m si-tr
“band-picked Iliey an iK'auties
and piikcd from the be-i berd- 01
Iexas regardle-.s of price. An 1 lh<
price on many in his held was •»
plenty. llie calves from llu* held
j.nc showing up [’nod and from hi*
• lop of sorghum* will be kept in
fine col 'll nm and tn.ide real show
< attic
V of its existence. A
a railroad wbe b mu*'
upon it* toads Im it
pool
to make tin
flu* church maintains
roads pussahlr in bad weathci.' >uicly
tfie richest 1*0 capita county m lb-
whole Slate of leva* deseive yrn
pathv. O/ona Stiwkman
I ho*. J. Lijxiy, of the Big I .ik< I u
tnlurr Co. ami (.imIv Aarietv Stoic
is in Dallas tin* week attending llo
fair.
a fine llo»k of
bi ingiugthu tin ei
fine and fat and
p.i'liire- could not
sheep and
nun. Hi* •
rell-liri d
lie heat
tin v
beep
an
Ml
tin
Dodsonvilie, Collingsworth
Fight of Big Lake’s prettiest, lives! Vledii ine Mound. Hardeman countv .
and most enthusiastic group of young a„,| W ingate, Runnels county, bring-
lady citizens invaded the Wildiat of- j(ic total iiiiiiiIm'i of cities, towns and
lii-L at about nine o’clock thi* morn- conimunitir* served by the West Irv-
ing. on their return trip from ti hike „ j t i I it it*- Company lo 105, il wa'
to the ’’walerle** shore*’’ of Big j announced from llie general office*
Lake's big lake, at which place the |„ rr
young hulir' enjoyed a sunrise break- The number of customer* serve
fimt. lo date total* 53,430, making a gain
Thr group of gill*, member* >*< ,,f |,0.Ui customer* in thr past month,
the Camp Tire squad, under thr lead- S, veil year* ago the A\c*t leva* I til
ernhip of Mi** Aileen James, were ; ( .ititpanv wa* serving but seven
up at 1:30 and readv for the bike bv ,,f tin- larger 1 itie* of AA e-t I exits
five o'clock at which time they left Today the entire area covered bv ap
iic* of trans-
population of
town. Breakfast, compose! ol the pioximately 2,(*x> mile* of true
mission line* hii'
more than 500,(TOO.
hud been ill in a sanitarium for the
pa-t few w.ek* Her many friend-
will Im* glad to know that -lie i» re-
covering and will »i*nn In- well again
ti'ual fare, indinled n treat of sink
biscuit*, made by wrapping dough
around the end of a broomstick and
cooking over a campfire. Aftei th Ah*. Murray Brown returned honn
meal ti,. girl* made the welkin ring Sunday from San \ngelo where »hi
With rowing campfire aongB.
Those enjoying tfie novel experi
Ukagi re: Roocrla (.air. Lillian 11**1-
4prd, A\ innie (»la»»< ock, Norine Ja-
r», Florence Davin, Irhmael Du
nold, Ullian Bari*. Laura Bell Ln-J 1. L. Miller underwent a major op
!crwi>od and guardian, Ali*s Janu** f.ratiori at a Dallas «aailanum a few
—- — day* ago and hi* condition wa» *eri-
Mr. and Mr*. Jinmiie Johnson ar- (|l|r the following few days. Hi*
tin li«pp> parent- of * linurhlH. L-gy Cy*r Wmi Texas will he
Hazel Jaqueline. horn to them at g|ad to know he is now responding
Ci»ro, Texas, October (), 192H. 1 «n<l recovering and indication* are
both have many friend* in Big 1-akc he will l»e able to return home in a
who will be delighted lo know that *fofirt while. Mr*. Millet ha* l«vti
the mother and daughter are doing with him all the while and the chib
fine. Jimmie it receiving the con- (dim have been in the care of tb**ir
gratulation* of friend* «nd will soon grandjMrrnt*. Mr. and Mrs. R. Thri*.
have regained hi* equilibrium and *et .....-............. ■ .....—-
tied on terra firma again. lake Mrs. R. B. Smith, of Tort Stock-
“Hontler Joe” be gave hi* gas horse |nn j, Big paving a visit to
an extra cleaning and rubbing down ber daughter, Mrs, R. II. Hughe*
ir honor of the heir. and family.
That MitUlh -
I
lk“( s ou( a
Last Tail's
D^cs^ an.J
Tries icon.
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Horroi-s /
JC lxicLs' an
Inch oh'
Meeting.
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“rcak (Hr
Icirihle
N/»« OS.
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ei ilu* immense ranch the grass i* ;
fine a* it ba- Ik-cii in Iwenly vears
the —I'h k is all fat and the ov. ne
l .'Pi'V and contented.
Ben Donaldson eatiir in iiom ( ole
itian ibis week and took over the man
agmicnl of the Bill me threatre. Mr,
Donulilson is a splendid young man
and uo- iei stand* (be picture bll'ifiesv
from A to /, ami ha* been hu*y viurr
In* arrival cleaning up and changing
lhing« around so it will l»e more com
fortakle for his patrons. He i* u
! plrasant gentleman and it i* lielimei
will add to the popularity of tin*
show place
( baile* Saunders, manager «mr
o|M-raTor at the Western i nion rM -•
giapb ( ".. I* on hi* annual \a< «fioi
and visiting hi* parents at Hetidwaon
’Texas < bat Be is a fine fellow, «l
leofivr to hi* business. cnutt:-oti* ani,
pirasant and lia* many fnend' in Big
l«ike who hope he may have .1 plea*
an I vacation
Me. and Mr* K 1 liei* ba>( a* then
gur*t« the last two week* two of hi*
'i'li r* from Bnerne, Mr* (.us fh-itiTi
ill'll Mis* Amelia Iliei'. f'liev left
Tiiday for Fort Stinkton for a visiv
with their sister, Mr*. Anna Arhter
la-ig, and family.
Mrs. I . I'. ( iirroll and children at-
tended tfie 1 ireli* in San Angelo last
Wednesday.
Dr. (». B. Miller, O. A. loisiler one
D L. Brooks. Jr., left the early J*tn
I ol the week on a hirntiwe trr* in
Montana, from which state they fcope
to bring down an elk. They a»e all
good sportsmen and will not gw that,
far without bringing bai4t some-
tronhies of their marictiman«hip. Tli#-
U 1 Ideal den will await their reOwiM
with much interest and great hoprtr
ol having their firrt taste of a «wakl
dead elk
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 20, 1928, newspaper, October 20, 1928; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633814/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.