The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1924 Page: 1 of 18
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ROCKDALE* MILAM COUnS, TEXAS, THl/USDAY, JUNE 5. 1924*
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Rockdale Reporter Established 1893
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OEzBAPTlST CHURCH TENDERED BANQUET
■C00L1DGE
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ICING INCOME'
-0Ni THIS YEAR .25 1>ER
SuT TO BE DOUBLED
nBxt
ijihington'
•SB *■* **■
t! L, with a" J >t» de-
kit dM* 0<
mltev^arn! a ‘2ftP«r cent""their, untiring Jittor&g
®# * 1 ’ • twv^s be- WVi#»n tmiaJtTV rail
FORMER ROCKDALE BOY IS
T appreciated t>u Georgia
The following is clipped from the
(fla » NeWB.tt<y«rl >ir, and.
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= Jflontague, formerly of &is city, hut
now County Agent in Georgiar
Dear Editor^ —3— ------
1 Relieve in. giving flowers t<5 the
living and not wait until theiT eye*
are closed to their beauty- I, for one,
and 1 bvlieve and know 1 voice the
sentiments of many, want to., express
my appreciation of the splendid w$rk
that iw hying done hy.. »itit County.
Agent, Mr.. F. 0. Montague, and bis
untiring helper, Mrs. Honse.
The farmer* anephousewives can^t
sny too much in praise of what has
already. bet«r accomplished for us by
ffctWe'nSPr. Thu^Ux
_fahich httfl held the center of
When poultry raiSirtg-, dairying
o/| bmf |)Cj
there w?re “knockers,” all over, the
Country saying, “No use, there will
he no market for them,” But- what
is the result and w|u> hroughr this
th». add wh* 11. *, .
has repeatedly declared It
‘;.rt.nt *«*• *'f>7
m, W» * ^ Buut -Co°1'
e,ee5 many large flies m the Oint-
l He issued a long statement m
L he severely denounced many
the hill, describing it as
faithfulness. Even 'while many Were
, Some of its provisions are pos-
lely harmful to the country, he
, The estate taxes of 40 per cent,
„ added to those mairttained by
states, amount to confiscation
he added.
toStill Political Issue
1 upshot is~that tax reduction
f is a political issue. C-oolidge is
_J to the country to continue the
jit for the Mellon plan which
yto»*ttfd-bv many of his own
.-leader*.....-scuitkii. The present
doing nothing to help they were being
helped. We now . ha.v -.. assured
nir,rl:et for all our chickens, hogs and
c?eam, and 1 say we should, stand by
and hack up our Agent, for by hi*
efforts through the dark days of
doubts and pessimism we can now go
forward. T " ~
say hats off to Mr. Montague and
Mrs; Hods© -and “may their “efforts
be seed sown that will , make, old
Wilkes county blossom as a rose in
the near future; . ,
Let’s .do all we can to help theny
With them as our leader we will
march to victory. ! / ""
MRS. R. D. MARSHELL
Is dimocratkr in many of its es
id features. Coolidge’s critical
-makes it dear .that the I®
party, will do no boasting
[the present bill, but rather will
J the democrats charging them
I yyyair>^ mevtion of the Mellon
filming a
[on the country—u measure politi-
“ttoes not represent
fed permanent tax policy and m
has bsfcn. subject ■* to tt_3f
jjnate influence which ought not
tontrol fiscal questions,’’ Coolidge
1 in his-statement;' ” Still, in spite
U-Obvious defects, iU'advantages
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COOLIDGE RUNNI
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+ INCOME-TAX PAYERS
+ ENTITLED TO REBATE +'j
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: EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT ENJOYED BY
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Herbert C. HooveFs Name Being Men-
i ioned’as .YicjtT’rfKidential pon■
, sibjlily in Republican Party
Washington, May 30.— With the
Cleveland convention less than two.
weeks away, the friends of President
Goqlidge aye beginning to get down
to easels in their consideration of men
for nrn 1 inpoi Enhl convention -posts
and for second place'on the ticket.
It virtually has been decided who
win ipake the nominating speech for
Mr. Coqlulge, but no selection has
.been nyde for permanent chairman 6f
the -tonventixm-and. the field, of candi-
date< for tlie' vice presldentTal nomi-
♦ Washington. June 2.—Undet\ +
♦ the new Lax law, current in- +
"Tome taxes are reduced 2!> per +
+ cent. - -.......~ .,4*1
♦ - If you paid all-of your in-
+ come'tax last March, apply to
,+ J your Collector of InternaLRev-.
+ enye for a refund.
•+ If you pay your tax in quar-
1+ terly ipstiallmentS)"'deduct 50
A—iper—cept from—this—payment ■
tBy Will E. James)
Last Thursday evening at th# Elcst
Baptist church a get-together ban--
quet was'held fqr the male members
,. of the church. This plan of a ways
+ and means of bringing together men
^ '"who seldom went^-td church and those
nation still is open.
. The man chosen to place the Pres-
ident, in nomination is unde'rstuod-to
be one whose name has not figured
prominently heretofore in-publje dtgj-
ctfBeinn of Afa» rfuestixin. ’ An .anjmunch-
Tmeht '■' of the selection is expected
CLUB BOY PRODUCES BIG
POTATO CROP ON ACRE
. Oscar Ryall. a Id-year-old high
school club boy of Jasper -countjC Tex-
as, harvested 378 bushels sweet pota-
toes from one acre of terraced sandy
hillside-land; on his father’s farm last
year. The potatoes sold for $285.50.
nod t he vines fed sixteen.head of dairy
cows for twenty days, during which
due June 15. This allows "for
the 25 per-cent reduction due
who' attend regularly, was an—idea
originating'- with the pastor, Rev.-
Jesse Garrett" By enlisting the aid
on the 'March payment. Then- +' 0f the ladies of the Auxiliary, and
unders whose auspices the- pffair was
given, Ml. Garret^ started a,\move
that will ultimately‘result in uniting
af! forces of the Church fy/the glory
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deduct *25 per cent from thej +
payment due in September and- 4
Dee-ember." v. 1 +
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,ed to the subject of “Sunday Schools,”„ -—-—“7
many goed points es-
pecially favoring carlje^trainmg of
children, imparting to theniKTWw ledge
of~th(r Lord in such manner as to
make attendance upon the^services a
pleasure. He traced the course of the
+ + +*+ + + 4< + + +
child through the different stages of
Sunday school growth, assigning-to
each department the type of its train-^
ing calculated to fit the child for
the next higher step uptil'he reached
the group of—tfie-”young-{Tld men,’h
the Bible -class, jvhich-‘he likened to
the rrym who. h?ul<nxa<lt>t-a. -sui..'Xar.^.s in.
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COLORED SCHOOL CLOSES
shortly.
Secretary^ Work’s name jias been
added to the list of those under con-
sideration for permanent chan-mam
and his selection" appear^ probable if
t is decided to give the place to any-
jne^directly connected with the admin-
tration. Some of Mrr'lCoylklj-t'*?'
j»loaPRt advisers,, however, are taking
;he position that no Cabinet mem-
oer should have a place of prom-
inence-in the official, makeup of the
convention and that the chairman-
ship ^should go to some local republi-
can in the- Wesi. ________ , _
Great interest is manifested among
some of those ir. the inner circles of
the party regarding the recently
launched boom for Secretary, Hoover
for the vice presidency. Mr. Hoover
himatjlf has given no indication of
lending aid to the .move, and on the
1—"hrittfe ' Mi*a Elizabeth -Garrett and
brother, Jenkins, met the "banqueters
.... at the main cntranceta^lhe. .j^hurgh
1 some came without hats, it is osfT-^
mated thai eighty men j,arloqk ol the
•• wn.il :rl 1 (U., muin
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jifp and had retifed to lake his easd.’f
Members of this ckiss were in position -
to sit back fend enjoy -the fruits of
i-heir labor.'
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Graduation Exercise* Held Last Fri-
day Night Featured by Talk from
_____South Texas- Negro Educator
contrary has declared that he isnot
a candidate. Nevertheless, the party
leaders .aro....watchi ng jyjth ^ unusual
care the reaction of the country to
the meption “of Mr. rfoover’a name
aoiopg the avarlable^T-i; 1 —--*—
supper, Wlpic seated in the main
auditorium ' waiting the. summons to
I the dining room, "Mr. Garrett arose
——o----- .and made a statement which seeming-
Assannounced in these "columns last J ly was vpry .-pleasing. He said: "Men,
week the “Rockdale Colored school! if I were at home I’d “shuck” my
cfeWfe to fe Friday; LIlkM-^jitl tllfejjLQgt^ and HUlliuy to t!,0 ^,11(1“ l n >,^r. iTr, ^,..1^,1 in — -
graduation exercises, at which time^ off came, his coat.' “Now,” continued fellow to Tils Tetft, wrtti a protest m
"b& studentsrWo35p:^nd four girls. he, “there are only two reasons why h,a mind and a good-natured, em- .
received their diplomas, as ..follows:1 any man here will npt follow my lead.
Lillian Inez Williams, Jesse Shields, "Either you have on a dirty Shirt or
Zelma Lee Hill, Pauline Odnm, Laura ' * 4* " 411 t"ft
Moultrie, Booker Chandler. , Each of
these students delivered an oration,
arid withbut exception the papers
showed the application of both thought
'and ability, and they were, delivered
well. The program was interspersed
with splendid vocal musical numbers. ------ .
The address to the graduates was provised tables. Before being «ea ed
delivered by Pn-f. A. W. Jackson. J. E. Dyer, in a few touehmg WOrdfi
- * ’ Vfferpti a hlessing-And prayer for, tin
time, their production of butter fat hv
creased four pound! -per day. wWh
field $2.40 a day,'or $48 for the tv.cn-
ty days. Oscar, therefore produced
$333 worth of potato products' on one
acre of East Texas sandy hillside,
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his aeebbnt was n6t the only
D.ecisiiilv wtis announced by the
state •fire* insurance commission this
week that on a"Ti(P»^-ter July 1 only
.a Texas ^taiidar(iJ4i^e ■ policy Will be
used for \vr.itiiig‘ dwellings- and mer-
cantiles,. and'khib c.lauses,-warranties
and Jiev^s panted , in
form. This standard--fire policy, m
trrbe 'used by admitted itocktlire in-
y adjastmenf of business condi
iii, in view of the uncertainty of
ter law yvithin a. rcasOnabje- timfi^l
also .he
con-
bis Tlub' HcTF’ project
learned a most valuable truth
cerning tjie big opportunities for earn-
right placejorlt. Oscar didnot leave
the home farm Tarn the little
spending in- the nearest big city, 1
joined the Aa&JVI. College Extension
Service agricultural club in which.
ists of the country would
red if-this bill became a law.
Tie
A.
:tion of its defects may, be left
Ithe next session-of Congress,, I
pt a bill less political and more
' economic may be; passed at that I Service a*™—‘ — ^
g^tt Monroe’s scientific instruction
energies.”
Norway is ^celebrating the 900th
Ul'y (if i.lu- coming Of ©111IS*
■ntj^r
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on how to grow sweet potatoes; hov
Twifai-o/i the co-operation of his -father,
there are holes irt it.” All except two
or three men. showed Mr. Garrett
their- shirts were neither dirty or full,
of holes.
speeches
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/jmibtT-very one presenli felt as did
the-writer—the next one is sure to be
me and what in the world will 1 say,
Between speeches the toastmaster
kept the crowd in a jolly state ~5l~
mind with his funny stories and-the^
abrupt, and' sometimes almost „cruel
manner in which he. would “yank” b
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H
Kis mind arid a good-natured, em -
barrassed grip on his'* face, as much
as to say “now look what you’ve
-done!” To one not = accustomed to
public speaking, such moments call
for. the sweating of blood. Ft was lots
of fun to the other fellow, however,
When supper, was called the men j those responding to the toasmaster’s
filed into™Ke~<TihTnk room (The primn- call did not look so comfortaliftr.
ry department room) in twos and
took their places along side of .im-'
pfinciprrT U ' the Rosenberg F-ulorcid
School. This address was-a,.gem,'The
Reporter editor wishes-that every
negrh Tn the South coulilTit'ETTrof:
Jackson’s feet and imbib? his, spirit.
It' was-without doubt the best address
‘of its dmrae
~Tlie exercises wery>-held- in the. new
Ayc-ock Colored High' School baikling.
Sa~the*new Seats- recently provided-
for the auditorium1 fey the Bdard-jii
Timstees were all taken.- It might be-
stated, ir/. pacing, , that-the negroes
...__—___— -_.. — -..... i .‘.m. - ---- k-
succeKS of the Undertaking. After be
ing seated the men “fell to” and what
they did to the splendid repast was
a cautrion. The good ladies of the
Auxiliary saw tojt that no man 'went
71 way hungry..—Before the frn»ii course
finished, Mr. Garrett,
i n wi »vu ----—---- ..
by calling upon Judge Guivti, who rc-
sponded'to the subject oY “What is a
banquet pood fot^-Lghe Judge took his .
1- .... *..11 fv,,. Ka/>t in 4Hnm a'lld
will seat, comfortably' -more people
thnry. possibly any eAher_'hgll in the
city" Quite a feW of the' ^TteTrt'SIT
uf the sc
This* ruling will call'in the special
dwelling ft,.use Til' I'll Jit
„f the compftmPe .itrrd immrryrn*»M-h. SWh „ rite)>teW
meroatmle pnlleies that may have , en : ^ ^,u. haa. „ot .,hl. weather
■£"«& • y " . ____j *'•' ■ • '
hladetl kiflvee wert> used JD'j
hearer
Eve Tn
^LiiLLU> J4* . I'.*1- ' *
of Rockdale TVaWlin auditorium thnt1 the sfnr
/ - . . i i..*-’__a*.,, wniinm inTTl
s ail the way back to Adam; atul
, 4he Garden,.of Eden, and told
Rountree was the first one
called to the floor. In the precedrrtg
introductory remarks of the toast-
master he hintiHl that perhaps the
doctor knew something about pea?h
Thir
m
orchards, and of course, the doclur^.
could do"nothing else but warm up to
naturedly and in a joking Way told of
the first big, TexaTiptYach orchard h»
had ever seen. Ilk, detailed necount.
Was very laughable, and enlightened
His listeners with the location add nu-
turo of so vast an orchard -the ffJSS
quftes of Texaitr1-— ^— -
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Kv'e induced Adam to eat* of the-fnr-
bidderi fruit. Judge Gunn stated that
— turned rnwry tfcftt* eveautg. — ^
ri Principal D. S, Shanks and his e\-
penknife. ' . *" ] conducted this year.
ginjl—kiutg —a------- , . 1
woman had ‘continually gotten nnm
into trouble. Tbe Judge brought hik
listeners down through the ages of
time.Gstopping b»ng ew>ugh at each
historical banquet, extolling the good
points and warning against the evil,
to*.allow his hearers time to grasp the
lesson each contained. His picture of,
what he termed onv of the greatest
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no YOU FIND SHOPPING A j
who^also wfes j scientific farmer, so
cured his consent to use. bne--avr®“t>f[*'
hia-hlv-cultivated, terraced field ot
37i«4, w* ‘ ifc Xyall M.M'
|c. fcWAAL SUGGESTS ’ .♦ built up through, cyop r«yt,oP.>»*
tTtj TUB FACTOKY ♦ wMt iudustnouely to7»gk. tg
’■■■ f tpeffSThg immey right- there
[Editor Reporter:' * rt«un. S«mi-Weekly Farm N
hW^UradW the grapes.
[1 sold everything I had', so
: guess , T’d better -leave town.
^ come back, hawever, and !
I" °P*n a bath tub factory,
| On the strength dfcyour .classi-
M ad column F could have '
|?s4 n’ne bath tubs, and 1 see
a fitgEb^y pT‘»
shouldn't .be a sue-,
I*. Rockdale isr a nice, clean
,nr and iiaiging by the de-
|*d for bath tubs it is goijig
W.ltill cleaner. After thi*
M my address will be 309
W). Olive ^St., S%n ’Antopro,
“Mk-thal 1b * ■•
no
PLEASURE?
s,rfioiE .10, 3
r-OTOs w^kXrrthey-^11 tod tlieTight goods at thP
former representative'of t he State of
Oklahom, Mr. Leo IJarris, wh.o ’ v-*-*\v
fttttnprrtold of-his advent i?v4-» • :
hfoma politics, his first dress suit a; 1
an inaugural ball. ‘His -stateme :•
^htcvehrohtM in behair
if
constit uency . was
.rrniL-
Stantiated by Mr. Tom Mans, th
erstwhile “oil king” of The TiinllT
country. There—svns present anoth r
ex-reprpsentatiyc. of Milam. cmmLib
who eyidently escaped the cngLF' t v
of thel toastmaster; however, we wil
not divulge his name, as thgre, is to-be
anothet banquet, you know. *• ■
wnai ih-.-www ........... - Mr. W. P, Henry responded to a t ail
and njost noteworthy banquets /eVe.r ^or a short discourse on how to vriifiv
• ^1 ~ x .-.*■*bm .*.4* ♦ n De/v/i 1 ti®fl 1 Nfill, _fe. .. „ M .1 1 a Vv« ,.l, H a, t tlAai
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given. 4\e return of the Prodigal Son,
was vividly painted and the moral a
gbpdkone. - Judge-Gunn. finally, landed
his banqueting' crowd in Rockdale,
nnd concluded., his inici «->t ing ('P«eeJu
in pointing out the great good to each
one present.....ui nice link '■■ftinir in
—exactly where they
Tight prices.
-Dallas Semi-Weekly ,Farm News.
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"To .test the theory that “af y bright
criminal could prove Kmselfjnsa'ie
and. thus .escape puifl8hm€nrfoCi,..h»i'
crime*,” a-fc* Moines, Iowa, news-
paper reporter
4 pital at Cla/inda, all in such fine or
* der that the young reporter had "'
" i; extricating, imself. ;
, a flee employment Bureau will be
Established by the state labor depart
advertising. -Thyw V a^. e»Se m
*----. . .
__o! auv«( ^ft:4*ne“newspapers. Sitting-at., ease nj
^Ivertisem^ts in ,‘^ P fhpir shoppjng programs.
^eir homes ^ey fnrn^et^r arn^ yHicu^rly |
motion, umiecessiry steps , - • |
.and lost time. .- ; • ' |
mnn.8 in th* t
^thTduS. o&E&tff bijW home, witt
vL&VSaw Mcnmlfeliear -
monby, and in a “come-back” at thV
tpastmastar, he slated ’thftt 'for ev«y*v
singltt bit of knowledge he had of
gaining money,, the preachcrN had
different
ways—off taking—44
away from hifh. Mr. Henry’s Gilk
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these yet-together meets
-The-toastmaster, with % humorous*
story " of "which he seems To 1*\ W9ll “
filled,’ introduced the next speaker,
Mr.: Jokw '=S^CQoke, who responded
■HoTnV'^^Th^rsbb'ject of ‘‘Filing
dealu mostly With 111', bnyhrod life a'id ..1—
early days of Rockdale. ’ ■ «
Dr. T. E. Crump ‘jaaa, the-next man. j 4
.who pfbtesled' the fnsihuattons-^of Mr.
SB
..... jpe MM
Ehipties.” Prefacing * bi? remurk^
with the story of the long-tongued,
A *
vn,n wr of — - _ -
much to things to ponder.
jcomfiture of 'thjf toastmaster, Mr.
Cooke made an interesting talk, lie
•spoke bu’t a short while, hut brought
Garrett that he could >nake a speech,
but seeing the toastmaster bad no
-wlwa of, -totAing turn .slip» awfey, hEjpx^
"if
ceeded to talk, and he made a good'
one too. He left with the crowd many
WDad” Longmire < ame ii&xt. In the
introductory remarks the toastmaster
evidently ‘stepped on Dad’s toes/’ for
SPOKv uut it ” •V»» .7-- • ,-** * V y
ont several good ' thoughts. As the he retaliated with the statement that
1 ' V 1. • ‘«i;nntAd flfimo. n /aw niiTkta Drnvinnu lift hflfl o nMO
indicated some-,
filled, be divide Jit fty f<rt»r.
whi ,h gave -him “.Empty_8tomachs,’’;
4vhi<di ho declared were beiqg properly
fiU.wl lyid hepce needed mo comment;
colleges.
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blc laDOr-Ioi wc;w«y-.
It was announced t^tis week. The sta, ^
. 4 bureah will take steps tb f^d.tate
T the movement of available labor, a
+ the harvient is completed, through to
the Kansas wheat fields.
l.l’IHaUM
Cultivate them!
1L„I ini'", lMUM.MUMMini.nM j
The task of filling the -list
wg ^ ^mpti^s.” “Empty Uearta
and Empty Souls,” belonged to thA
Christian people of our land; a duty
wTTlrtr"i^m1tieiTupiT niiic
and profit in/a chrisHan life, y
< Dr. J.•; P. Spark</the last; speaker
on the pre-nrrhnged program, respond
.. few nights previous he had. gone
fishing with two proacheW? Ohe
them, Dad claimed had swiped h s-
knB«r/9w <Sfcer ono took his fis,ht«f:.
rod and reel, and if the*toastmaster,
ha<j said much more concerning birh he
wotaid feel it his duty to divulge the
names of the two.. “Dad” painted a
word1-picture of early- frontier da?)*
in, Texas. He told of when he bought
beef for one cent a pound and had
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