The Corrigan Tribune (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 29, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume 1.
Corrigan, Polk County, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 29, 1931
Number 9.
Boy Scouts Receive
Badges at Meeting
Business Men’s Club
NEW STORE TO OPEN
IN CORRIGAN NEXT WEEK
The regular meeting of the Business
j G. W. Davis & Sons, grocers, who
i operate large stores in Lufkin and
Livingston, are to open a store In
Corrigan. This concern has leased
j the s^re room in the Melba hotel
building now being vacated by the
Red and White Store, which is mov-
ing into a new building just corn-
manager for the store.
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INTERIOR OF C. E. BERGMAN
STORE COMPLETELY CHANGED
Men’s Club of Corrigan was held at
the school auditorium Monday night.
A number of Boy Scouts of Troop
No. 1 were guests of the club, a num- j
ber of the Scouts being presented .... ,. . _ , _ , ,
... .... , ... ... | pleted for it by B. J. McCrorey, local
with certificates and badges entitling j mo„00
them to the rank of second-class
Scouts, having passed a number of
tests to attain the rank. Those re-
ceiving certificates and badges were:
Charles Sparks, Milton Spain, Milton
Murphy, Thurman Walters, Melvin
Weems. Bill Saxon and Glenn Lang-
ford were entitled to certificates and
badges, but were not present to re-
ceive same. Scoutmaster Tom Gibbs
was present with the boys, and was
called on for a talk on the work
of the organization and the accom-
plishments of the local troop. His
talk was very enlightening to the
business men who had had no op-
portunity of learning about the work
and aims of the Scouts. Preceding
the presentation of the certificates
and badges to the Scouts, which was
made with a brief talk by H. C.
Richards, a splendid talk on the oath
of the Scouts was made by Rev. S. E.
Harry, pastor of the Baptist church.
At this meeting of the club it was
decided to purchase a watchman’s
clock for Night Watchm' i Burke and
also to raise more pay for his ser-
vices, the amount he has been receiv-
The interior of the store of C. E.
Bergman has been thoroughly re-
modeled, additional shelving and
equipment installed, and a general
change made, greatly improving the
appearance of the store, and at the
same time making it much more
convenient and inviting to the cus-
tomers, as well as more convenient
for the sales force, thus improving
the service of the store. The gro-
cery department has been changed
from the back of the store to the
left side, entering, and the modern
self-serving style of shelving and
fixtures have been installed. A re-
frigerating counter has been added,
enabling the handling and keeping
in fresh condition packing house
goods, bacon, butter, eggs, etc.
H. M. Josserand, local contractor,
did the carpenter work in the store,
and it is neat and up-to-date work.
Mr. Bergman is to be congratulated
on the progressive and business-like
ing being too small to Justify him to appearance 0f his store, strictly in
remain on the job. It was decided j keeping Wjth the times and the
Banquet For Football
Team To Be Given
Next Tuesday Night
The banquet sponsored by the Cor-
rigan Business Men’s Club, which was
to have been given some two weeks
ago, but was postponed due to the
absence from town of the leader of
the program and other arrangements,
Mrs. C. C. Pool, who accompanied
her husband to a hospital, will be
given on next Tuesday night, and
Mrs. Pool has the program completed
and is In charge of the sale of tickets,
which is being done by a number of
the prominent girls of the town.
Mrs. Pool says it is desired to make
of the affair a very informal one,
nobody needing to fuss about “some-
thing to wear,” but just attend
dressed in every-day clothes if they
wish. Mrs. Pool said that the main
things will be to have something to
j NEW
TAILORING SIIOl’
TO OPEN IN CORRIGAN
REI) & WHITE
MOVES INTO
STORE
NEW BUILDING
A Mr. Richardson from Camden is
to operate a tailoring shop in Cor-
rigan, opening for business in a few
days in the building known as the
Veal building, now occupied by the rigan public schools will be held on
City Electric Shoe Shop and The
Corrigan Tribune. No definite date
has been announced for the opening
of the new business.
Schools Open Sept. 9
With Program At the
The new store building for the Red
School Auditorium and White store has been completed
The opening services for the Cor- and the st<x* and flxtu,es are now
FIRST TWO BALES GINNED
IN CORRIGAN FOR H. V. SMITH
The first two bales of cotton gin-
ned in Corrigan were ginned for H.
V. Smith, who raised the staple on
the Riley farm, about 8 miles north
of Corrigan, on this side of Neches
river. The cotton was ginned by the
Fuller & Josey gin, which is now
an electrically equipped gin. The
first bale was ginned Aug. 14th, and
weighed 471 pounds, and the second
was ginned Saturday, August
being transferred into it from the
Wednesday, September 9, at 9:00 aJ old stand in the Melba hotel build-
in. at the high school auditorium.
The program follows:
“America”—School.
Invocation—Rev. S. E. Harry.
ing. The new business house presents
an attractive appearance, Inside and
out. Neatly painted white with red
trimmings, it shows up to good ad-
Talk—Arnold Morgan, president of .vantage. It is located on the street
school board. running west from the S. P. depot,
Talk—Mrs. W. T. Potts, vice-presl- |next t0 the Veal building. It gives
dent P.-T. A.
“Battle Hymn of the Republic”—
School.
Talk—Carl Bergman, president of
Corrigan Business Men’s Club.
Talk—Oscar E. Lunsford, superin-
tendent schools.
Benediction—Rev. Tom Gibbs.
H. M. Josserand, local contractor,
the store the necessary room which
the growth of the business has de-
manded. The store has nice show
windows and plenty of light, and
being new it has that spotlessly clean
appearance so appropriate for a gro-
cery store. B. J. McCrorey, manager
of the store, stated that he expected
to be ready for business in the new
location today (Saturday.)
eat and some fun and a good time, i pa]e
All kinds of games and contests 22 and weighed 490 pounds. Mr. who is doing the remodeling work in
will be engaged in, and an amateur I smith, not being a hurry to dispose j the school auditorium, says the
football game will be the main event j 0[ his cotton, has not sold same—that [ w°rk will be completed by Tuesday,
of the evening. It is expected that jg, ilc had not up to Wednesday at |Two class morns, 28x28, have been
at least 100 persons will attend the poon, although there are two or
affair, which will be held out-of-doors1 three buyers in Corrigan.
on the school campus, Jack o' lan- . _»__
terns being used for lighting. DR. PEPPER BOTTLING WORKS
Tickets are now on sale. The ban- USE TRIBUNE ADVERTISING j 42 by 54 feet, largo enough to com- j tlon right sharply here of late. Got
quet is to be for the benefit of the - I
I We are sure that all of The Cor-
j built in the auditorium, each room
| being sealed overhead.
I The cutting off of 28 feet from the
I length of the auditorium, leaves it
Ezra Hoskins Writes
About the General
Economic Situation
Been readin’ after the cotton situa-
Corrigan football team.
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REGULAR ADVERTISERS
fortably seat at least 500 persons. On
of the building a
that Mr. Burke’s services are needed
to watch our town while our citizens
sleep, preventing robberies, fires, etc.
C. C. Pool, W. H. Caton and H. C.
Richards, appointed at a previous
meeting to protest to the railroad
company the maintenance of the
stock loading pen at its present lo-
cation, between the two churches and
close to main highways, and to put
forth any efforts they thought effect-
ive for the removal of the pen, re-
ported nothing done, and promised to
take some action at an early date.
Oscar E. Lunsford, the new superin-
tendent of the Corrigan schools, was
taken in as a member at this meet-
ing.
Dr. W. G. Pullen moved that the
body go on record as endorsing the
growth of Corrigan.
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LOCAL CHEVROLET COMPANY
TAKES IN NEW PARTNER
Mr. N. C. Edens has become a
member of the firm of Seamons
Chevrolet Co., Inc., of Corrigan.
Mr. Edens is a well qualified young
business man, and will no doubt
prove to be a valuable addition to
this successful and growing concern.
Mr. Edens has been strictly on the
job, thoroughly familiarizing himself
with the details of the business, and
as he is a pleasant, courteous young I be worth your while to consider the
gentleman, he makes visitors and J home firms that think enough of the
the north side
rigan Tribune readers have noticed j double do0r ls the main entrance
the attractive cut advertisements for' into the new class rooms. A vesti-
IN THE CORRIGAN TRIBUNE ' "°r’ P?,P?r'” the popular bottled bule, or lobby in this entrance is
drink, which have been appearing in|large enough for a cloak and hat
The Tribune. The Dr. Pepper Bot- |room
tling Works of Livingston are having | The addition 0f these rooms in
these advertisements run in The |the auditorium, and the material
Tribune, thus taking advantage of I used and the manner in which they
the paper’s large and growing circu-
lation in the north half of Polk
We wish to call the attention of our
readers to the advertisers in The
Tribune, whose messages greet you
regularly each week. They think
enough of your patronage to solicit
it through your home paper which
publishes the news items about you
and your friends, and about our
churches and schools, and other
things of benefit to the community.
Even if advertising were not good
business policy—that is, we mean, if
it had not been proven over and
over by successful business men all
over the world that newspaper ad-
vertising heads the list of profitable,
result-getting advertising, it will still
are built will materially improve the
acoustics of the auditorium, Mr.
Josserand says. The work is a neat,
up-to-date job, the rooms being
regulation class rooms, which were
necessary due to the increased en-
rollment in the high school depart-
ment.
customers'feel at home at the office
and salesroom, located on the .high-
way in a nice building.
welfare of their community to sup-
port a newspaper, which all intelli-
gent persons admit is one of the
Long cotton plan, and that a wire Corrigan was the home of Mr. 1 best assets any town can have. We
be sent to Gov. Sterling requesting
him to use his influence to get the
Edens up until 1924, when he accept-
ed ed a traveling position with the
til his return to Corrigan to asso-
ciate himself with the Chevrolet
dealers. He is a son of Mr. B. F.
Edens, and a brother of W. F. and
Frank Edens, prominent lumber men
of Corrigan.
law enacted. Dr. Pullen, C. C. Pool1 auditing firm of Chrlstie-Hobby Co.
and Supt. Lunsford were appointed Houstoni whr5h position he filled un
as a committee to wire the governor,'
and the following telegram was sent:,
"Hon. Ross S. Sterling, Governor,
Austin, Texas.
At a meeting of the Corrigan Bust
ness Men’s Club and farmers last
night, Governor Huey P. Long's cot-
ton plan was unanimously endorsed,
and as govemaor of Texas we urge
you to make every effort at your
command to enact this into lav; im-
mediately to save our farmers from
bankruptcy.
Corrigan Business Men's Club,
Dr. W. G. Pullen, chairman.
TRAVELING MAN INTERESTING
CALLER AT TRIBUNE OFFICE
Mr. H. E. Cline, whose home is in
Owensboro, Ky„ and who is a travel-
ing salesman for the Champion Gum-
med Products Co., Chicago, and
whose territory includes East Texas
and Corrigan, was here Monday, and
was a very interesting and pleasant
caller at The Tribune office. Mr.
Cline possesses that optimistic spirit
so essential to successful salesman-
ship, and his attractive, pleasing per-
sonality, coupled with his courteous,
gentlemanly deportment, makes one
want to trade with him. Mr. Cline,
during his conversation with The
Tribune folk, told of a very interest-
ing and unusual thing, which was
that four generations of the Cline
family arc living in one home back
In Kentucky, and he showed us a
picture of the women, in a group, as
follows: Mrs. H. E. Cline's mother,
Mrs. H. E. Cline, Mrs. Cline’s daugh-
ter, and the latter's daughter.
Another unusual thing in the Cline
family is that the first names of each
,of six children of Mr. and Mrs. H.
E. Cline contain five letters, as fol-
lows: Harry, Clara, Engle, Jewel,
Grace, Myrna. The last name, Cline,
also contains five letters.
EPWORTH LEAGUE PROGRAM
FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH.
Leader—Myrtice Sirmon.
Subject—“What is a Good Time?”
Program:
Song—”1 Would Be Like Jesus.”
Song—“It Is Glory Just to Walk
With Him.”
The Lord’s Prayer.
Scripture Reading.
"Ways of Having a Good Time’’—
Mildred Potts.
“What Does Religion Have to Do
With a Good Time”—Paul Weeks.
“Does My Good Time Affect the
Good Time of Someone Else?”—
Charles Bergman.
“What is the Place of a Good
Time in the Rest of Life?”—Roberta
Edens.
League Benediction.
She ls always complaining that she
has so little to wear—and last night
at the ball Bhe seemed to be wearing
it.—Pathfinder.
ARM BROKEN IN BALL GAME
L. W. (Monk) Atkinson, popular
young manager of the Corrigan Car-
dinals, and prescription clerk in the
Bergman drug store, has the sympa-
thy of his many friends over his
painful accident of last Sunday when
playing in the Corrigan-Appleby
game. Ho sustained a broken bone
in his left arm in making a slide
to base.
PRICES REDUCED
The Knox Dry Cleaners of Corri-
gan have an ad in this issue of The
Tribune announcing new prices ef-
fective Sept. 1st. The home-town
folks will no doubt appreciate the
savings made possible by these new
prices. Look up the ad and note
the prices. The Knox Dry Cleaners
give one-day service.
respectfully, and with pride, call your
attention to the advertisements of the
following firms in this issue of The
Tribune:
Citizens State Bank.
E. T. Hickman, grocery and market.
B. F. Adams, dry goods, notions,
shoes, work clothes, groceries.
Edens-Birch Lumber Co., groceries
and general merchandise.
Bergman's Drug Store, drugs, sun-
dries, fountain, prescriptions, etc.
Adams Motor Co., authorized Ford
dealers.
City Electric Shoe Shop, shoe and
boot rebuilding; special attention to
ladies’ and children's work.
Seamons Chevrolet Co., Chevrolet
sales and service: used cars with an
“o. k. that counts.”
Kno.: Dry Cleaners, cleaning and
pressing; work called for and de-
livered; one-day service.
Griffir. Hotel, famous for family
style meals, cooked right; rooms.
East Texas Laundry, Lufkin.
Airline Cafe, Moscow.
Waller’s Cafe, Livingston.
Dr. Pepper Bottling Works, Living-
ston, Dr. Pepper and other bottled
drinks; truck comes to Corrigan.
The fact that these firms adver-
tise is an indication that they are
progressive, and that they want your
business, and that they are interested
in the community in which they
make their living. Trade with them.
Tell them you read their ad in The
Corrigan Tribune. We thank you.
county, as well as parts of three
other counties—Tyler, Angelina and
Trinity. Mr. McKee, the manager of
this successful Polk county industry,
purchased the cuts exclusively for use
in this paper. He reports a greatly
increased sale for "Dr. Pepper” this
year over last, and a greatly in- mentary school building.
creased business in the Corrigan area ■ _$_
for all bottled drinks manufactured CARDINALS WIN FROM
in his plant. Mr. McKee's truck
comes to Corrigan regularly, and
the all-around good service is appre- The Corrigan
elated by the customers.
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a bumper crop that shows the Lord
smiled on us with a good season.
Ain’t heered nobody givln’ Him credit
fer doing this, they is all too bizzy
cussiu’ of the price and howlin' about
over-production. By gum, it ain’t no
over-production, it's the lack of cun-
supsion that’s got us in a pinch and
furthermore whut wuz everybody ex-
pectin’ to gitg fer cotton this year,
knowin' everything else wuz way be-
low par? We’ll kinder liaff to use a
little gumpsion; this ain’t the fust
time I’ve seed cotton a nickel a
pound, and dad burn my hide I’ve
seed it forty cents a pound, and the
same folks as wuz on starvashion
when it wuz a nickel is the same
APPLEBY BY 7 TO 2 SCORE
Cardinals, playing
what was declared to be their best
game of the season, defeated the
Appleby team in a game here last
LIBERTY county court
HOUSE NEARS COMPLETION jSunday at Maxey park. The score
was 7 to 2. The Cardinals showed
One of the finest court houses in
any county not favored with a large
metropolis is now nearing completion
at Liberty, county seat of Liberty
county. Total cost of the structure
will be nearly $250,000. The building
ls expected to be completed by Oc-
tober 15th.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD ON
WEDNESDAY FOR JUDGE NELMS
INFANT DIES
The two-months-old Infant daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gesford
died Monday at the Skalns hotel in
Corrigan. Burial was at Ryan Chap-
el Tuesday morning. The Tribune
Joins in extending sympathy to the
parents in their bereavement in the
loss of their little one.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS TO MEET
The Tribune has been asked to an-
nounce that the Corrigan football
boys are requested to meet at the
school auditorium Monday afternoon,
at 3:30 o’clock.
Men high in the ranks of state and
national affairs, were mourning the
death Tuesday afternoon of Judge
Hayne Nelms, 62, of Groveton, dis-
tinguished barrister and leader of
state civic affairs.
After several days of illness. Judge
Nelms died in a local hospital at 1:45
p. m. Tuesday.
Born at ePnnlngton, Texas, Sep-
mber 1, 1869, Judge Nelms attended
the University of Ohio and later re-
ceived his LL. B. degree from the
University of Texas.
Beginning his practice of law at
Groveton, Judge Nelms served in leg-
islature from 1903 to 1905. Later he
became active in civic affairs. He
was president of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce in 1929-30,
president of the Sam Houston His-
torical association and a prominent
church worker in East Texas.
He is survived by his widow, and
one son, Louis Nelms of Beaumont;
two daughters, Mrs. John B. Victer,
Hcrston, and Miss Martha Nelms of
Groveton; three sisters, Mrs. Cora
Robb, Houston; Mrs. Ida Winston.
Denton, and Mrs. Mattie Collins,
Lovelady, and a brother, Tom Nelms,
Hugo, Okla.
lots of pep, playing a fast game.
John Puntch was in the pitcher’s
box for the first four innings, during
which Appleby chalked up two runs,
both unearned. Boring twirled for
the last five innings, during which
the visitors failed to score.
“Red” Herring got three hits in
four times at bat.
During this game, Manager "Monk”
Atkinson of the Cardinals broke a
bone in his left arm in attempting
a slide to base.
peddler law is
HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Comanche, Aug. 23.—The antl-ped-
dlcr law passed at the regular session
of the last legislature was held un-
constitutional Saturday by Judge Joe
Eldson, district Judge of the Fifty-
second Judicial district, in an injunc-
tion suit in which citizens of Coman-
che county asked an injunction to
prevent the tax collector from collect-
ing taxes levied under this bill.
Comanche county is a fruit and
truck growing section and former
Congressman Oscar Calloway, who ls
serving the truckers without pay, said
that the anti-peddler law would be
ruinous to Comanche county and
would throw out of emplayment 10,000
men engaged in various forms of
peddling in Texas.
Repairs will be made on the ele- | [hat wuz on starvashion when
it wuz 40 cents. Lots of folks talk
about legislatin’ agin raisin’ cotton.
Well, that’s jlst like trying to settle
a family row—the more you mess
with it the bigger row you raise;
better jlst let nature take its course.
If the state wanted to help us out a
little it mought stop all these here
prison farms frum raisin’ cotton and
put them convlcks to buildin’ roads
instead of sending off to Chiney or
Illynoise or Ohio to git contracters
to build our roads, then they could
take them mllluns of Dollars and
the rashions and cotton products
frum the Farmer fer the convlcks.
That mought help them pay these
durn high taxes. Then take these
here smooth tongue polly tlshlons
thats got slch undyln’ love for the
Pore farmer and cut his pay about
two Thirds, pay him what he’s wuth
and then he’ll half to git out of them
silk pajammys and crawl back in
his red cotton uns and that’ll help
the consumshion of the Fleesy stapeel
some. The cotton syrpluss ain’t the
only syrpluss we got in this here
country, how about the syrupluss of
food and feed laws, Bonds commis-
shuns and political parasights, and
accordin' to the way this old Hayseed
sees it our strongest weak pint is
the high uppity way we air livtn.
■ Was over to Bill Evans house the
other night talking about condishuns
„ and euldent hear half what Bill sed
jon account of the durn raidyo; him
land his old woman haw a powerfull
row about buyin’ a new car and the
jklds wuz fussin’ to go to the pitcher
show. Why, dadgummit all, they wuz
(carryln' on like town folks. You see,
we bin a feastin’ on the cream fer
a long time now and we think we
air too dad gum good to drink Blue
John and when ever we all git to
where we can drink Blue John and
be thankfull fer it we will be on the
right rode fer more kream. Now, Mr.
Editor, ain’t I rite?
Yours fer more Kreem,
EZRA HOSKINS.
The box score
follows:
CORRIGAN—
AB
H
R
E
White, cf
..........5
3
1
0
C. Skinner, ss
_______________4
0
0
0
R. Herring, 3b
_____________4
3
0
2
R. Jones, lb
.....3
1
1
0
Marsh, If .........
4
1
1
0
Atkinson, c ......
4
2
0
0
(J. Herring, rf ...
.............4
1
1
0
Byrd, 2b ...........
4
1
1
0
Puntch, p
2
0
0
0
TOTALS
....... 38
16
7
3
APPLEBY—
AB
H
R
E
L. Hunt, c —.......
. .. 5
2
1
0
C. Fryman, 3b ....
5
1
1
0
Richardson, rf —
__________1
0
0
0
Nation, cf ------------
4
2
0
0
M. Kittrick, If
...............4
1
0
1
P. Fryman, lb _..
.............4
1
0
1
W. Hunt, 2b —
..............3
0
0
0
Martin, ss ...........
4
2
0
0
Greening, p -------
4
0
0
0
Strahan, p
... 1
0
0
0
TOTALS
......35
a
2
2
ADAMS STORE ADVERTISES
SPECIAL SALE ON HOSIERY
The Tribune takes pleasure in call-
ing the attention of its lady readers
to the advertisement in this issue of
the B. F. Adams store, in which a
special offering for today and next
week is made on a high grade of
silk hose. This is an article of mer-
chandise on which good values arc
always sought by women, and the
Adams store, in making this really
worth-while special, will no doubt
bring many lady shoppers to the
store—which is the object, of course,
of the ad.
(Editor’s Note: Ezra, it gives us
pleasure to give publicity to your
viewpoints concerning these great
problems confronting our economic
and social life, and we trust that
you will be successful in your cam-
paign to revive Blue John as a bev-
erage. Truth of the matter is, we
sort of like it ourselves, and If It
becomes stylish to drink it wo can
do so without felling embarrassed.
By the way, Ezra, what else besides
cotton do you raise, anyway?)
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