The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1935 Page: 8 of 8
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Ban/haf Makes New
Year’s Statement to
Farmers of County
By Gro. Biintuf, 4 ©unly Ajrnl
To the Farmers of Milan: County
I visit for you a successful year in
ycur farming operations for 1HJ6 Nta>
we ail work together arid co-operate
with our National leaders in a f*a- ei-
fort to bring about better prices for
our farm products and a better ba.-
am-cd Agricultural program
The past year was very trying for
many ul u,. Murk cf »» «■» mamO
by the various reduction program.' in-
stituted by our National leaders. The
•New Deal ’ in the reduction of cot-
ton corn aod livestock was new to the
farmer"*: <he United States. Natur-
ally nAciv cdfff^fcou and miMMdfiT-
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standing resulted, especially was this
true in' regard to the delayed rental
payments; the delay in issuance of
Exemption Certificates, and the appli-
cation for Exemption Certificates. Th-s
caused the farmers quite a io: of wor-
ry, but I believe you will all agree that
it was we., worth the time ar.d worry
Ask yourself, ‘ Why was I able to get
$60 to $70 a bale in 1334, when only
two years ago $26 w as the best price0
Did it just happen this way, or is
there some reason for it?
New (ilft' Club I*
Organized by High
School at Milano
Milam l\-T. A. Council
To Meet Sat.. Jan. 12th
GRAND JURY-
tContmued inmi pagv I)
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S. S. Van Dine has established a
unique place for himself in con-
temporary fiction as a writer of
murder mystery stories.
Bankhead Act Again in Force
The Bankhead Act for cotton will be
in force in 1935. An eligible farms
can have contracts fer this year, that
is, if the farm was in cotton during the
base period of 1928 through 1932. You
will have a ten per cent increase in
acreage over what you had in 1934. as
your contract calls for a 25 per cent
■reduction for 1935 If you so desire,
you may reduce 30 per cent.
We have delivered all first benefit
checks for Milam county except ap-
proximately 25 and still lack some 175 ;
checss on the second installment No
parity payments on cotton have been ;
received, but we are expecting them
in soon. You will be notified by card
when they reach this office.
We do not have the necessary in-
formation a: this time to start the
1935 program, but we do know that |
farmers who did not lease or sign a
cotton acreage reduction contract in ,
1934 may sign a contract for 1935. No (
forms are available at present, but we
expect to have them about Feb. 1.
Trusting that the above information
will be useful to you, and wishing you
success in 1935. I am. yours very truly,
Geo. Banzhaf county agent, Milam
county, Texas.
In 1926 came the first—The Ben-
ton Murder Ce*e. This was fol-
lowed by The Canary Murder Ca»e,
The Greene Murder Case, The
BUhop Murder Ca»e, The Scarab
Murder Cue and then The Kennel
Murder Ca»e, acclaimed the great-
est and most baffling mystery story
of the whole series.
Through each of these stories
moves Philo Vance, super-detective,
who gathers the atrards of evi-
dence together and out of the maze
of bewildering clews produces a
reasonable solution of the mystery.
Read The Kennel Murder Case
as it is published serially in this pa-
per and join in the manhunt for the
shrewdest killer Philo Vance ever
sought. See if you can work out
the solution before the great detec-
tive points to the guilty person.
will speak at 11 o'clock
will conduct the devotional.
In the afternoon Mrs Roy Levy. o!
Chilton, and Mrs, Francis Hausenfluck
iv lanor. ous rtfWto and aoob chan.™
ure frequently muae by men or stand-
lug, **u). however do not volunu-er to
oomc before grand Junes ami tell what
t.,e> know In this connection. 1
t r that you call before you leading
m each community or center and
The Milam County Pareni-Tw.rfr
- I Council via meet in Cameron Satur-
M. ano Jan « —A high school g)** j d#y j*n 12 at the Ada Henderson
dub has been orgaiused in Milano j building according to Mrs. Out.
high school with Mias Pecvy as apon- I do oersbach. council chairman
sor Th« club was named the "Morart ^nme Becker, district president, j -
Rev Williams ^. "tlielr co-operation m your in-
vestigations. For example, such men
u, c N Green A J Matocha. W I
■ Sharpe and R. H McIntosh, ol Cam-
of George.own, will appear on tMj j Q Nt>wton. E B Phillips and
program Other interesting things wii. ^ S:rKkcr, of Rockdale: W B Bi-
ll* day Every- • * ^ juliejj Earl Strauss and
Musiciana.
The Milano high school quartet *»ng
m Rockdale recently It has sung *ev-
eral times for the assembly and local
churches.
The Milano high school basketball
u -»r coi-sisnng o: girls from the jun- ^ v.,ven throughout me aay. *•»*•>- \. w D jullt»k Earl Strauss and
ior class, has not been defeated j one IS mvuad to come for the day and • • owen ot Thorndale, might be
±Z£ *"* *xo*ci6 to be a contender, hrinf ^ dlsh be served in the noon • ;.ou Kmf assistance,
for the utie this year. The senior |hour lunCheon. i ThestT suggesiwns »rc nrnde nn1V
basketball team will play Taylor a. ; ---- ,Aith a vlew t0 ft)d you in dealing with
Rockdale next Wednesday night. x 4 HOVS Cull TWO -he difficult problems which confront
plan;1 were j ‘ Flocks HeilS Here trand june,, and are left to your dis-
made for the campaign to be staged, --- violatiuns of the law should be
in the coming district interscho.asUC lR response to urgent demands lor. d bv you and particularly
work. Collin* Sons lor e** production. o[ uu^, Those
r.orfc of two hundred »» ‘“r lc^ deUc thanfelony can ' -
J. Tom Williams, and sixty for C. R • UCB
REPORT-
(Continued from page 1)
Sharp School to Letter
Fifteen Football Boys
The Sharp high school will present
a community party in the high school
building Friday night. Jan. 11, pro-
ceeds to go to the athletic fund.
Coach Scotty Fikes is lettering ap-
proximately fifteen boys this year for
football service, and funds being short,
he has planned a community party for
the benefit of the football boys, and
all proceeds will go for sweaters for
the "Yellow Jacket Stars.’’
be pre-
j. Tom Williams ana J" V: £ j ~nlei"“upon complaint and informa-
Isaacs, were crnled during the toudays ^ and^ould ^ referred by you to
by the vocationa. agr.cu.ture boy proper officers for action and if
Rockdale high school, according to H. P J that offenses of this
D. Maxwell, their instructor. ■11 *n°UiU ^
Find it with a classified ad.
MEETING—
(Continued from page
losses to land owners and tenants as
the result of these overflows.
Maxwel.. their instructor. character are not being taken care of
for severe culling is to thin the hock f>
in preparation for the growing of this rexas _____
year's chicks which will serve as next
only four complete rejwrt* liave been
uirm-%3 in but all r«w*mber*» luive tieen
ji'.kid to still send in U»«-ir repen. It
po.-ible On account of the county
.tgent being unusually bui»y with more
urgent work, the clubs have been neg-
lected to Mime extent,
t olUnt Acreage Keduetion ( ampalgn
TwtMit) four hundred and fifty cot-
ton acreage reduction contracts were
.signed by Milam county farmers. The
total acres rented to the government
under these contracts Is 68.600 acres.
The total amount of money paid or
due to be paid on these 2450 contracts
U $528,992 64.
Corn-Hog Reduction
Two hundred corn-hog contracts
were signed by Milam county farmers.
The total amount of money paid or
due to be paid on these contracts is
$45,000.
Nine thousand three hundred and
thirty nine (9,339) head of distressed
cattle were sold to the United States
Government by Milam county farmers.
The total amount of money paid on
these cattle being $113,674.
830 sheep were also sold to the gov-
year’s laying flock. Fanners desiring
flocks culled will get in touch with the
vocational agriculture classes and their
teacher.'
STOLEN CAR-
(Continued from page 1)
Evening V.A. Schools
Are Now Under Way
car and stole another which they were
driving when arrested in Illinois.
The names of the men are given as
Paul Johnson. Joe McGee and-
Montana. They are being held at
Dansville for McLennan and Milam
eminent. Total amount of money paid
for these was $462.00.
Grand total for county from all
sources-—$687,253 64.
Summary
Number of days agent spent in field,
88. Number of days agent spent in
office 209. Number of office calls 11.-
170. Number of letters written 6,087,
Number of farms visited 129. Number
of meetings held 63. Attendance at
these meetisgs 4.136. Number of bulle-
tines distributed 842. Number of tele-
phone calls 1.360. Number of articles
written 62. Number of miles traveled
10.238.
Do Not Miss the Opening
Chapters of This
Thrilling Story
STARTING NEXT WEEK
IN THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
REPORTERMAN-
(Continued from page 1)
FORMER Ml LAM LEGISLATOR
DIES IN CAMERON HOSPITAL
(Thorndale Champion)
J. J Elliott, pioneer citizen and bus-
iness man of Thorndale. passed away
at the Cameron hospital on December
29. following an illness of about sx
weeks. The body was brought to the
home of his sister. Mrs. F C. Frenze;.
at Thorndale. and the funeral services
were conducted from the home on
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p. m.. with
Rev. W. R. Willis in charge of the ser-
vices. Interment took place in the
Thorndale City Cemetery.
The deceased was born near Cono-
ley, the old family homestead, in Mi-
lam county on Nov. 11—, 1869. and
except for a few years spent in the
M. K. & T. railway service with his
headquar.ers at Smithville and Hous-
ton, he continuously made his home
at Thorndale where he was engaged in
various lines of business in all of which
he was very successful Mr. Elliott i
also served two terms in the State
Legislature at Austin and was the au-
thor of a bill passed and now in force
relieving old age pensioners of the red
tape required in cashing and receiv-
ing warrants for their money. Mr.
Elliott was also active n both civic
and political affairs and was a member
of the Thorndale school board for many
years. In his boyhood and early man-
hood days he attended the Conoley and
Thorndale schools and later attended
school at Davilla, the latter place be-
ing quite an educational center in the
early days and drew students for many
miles around who attended this board-
ing school.
The deceased was of a quiet- dispo-
sition and firm in his convictions and
loyal to his friends whenever he could i
lend a helping hand or give good coun- :
sel. For some years he was engaged
In the drug business with Dr Barnes
and later was engaged in the picture
show business and operated an inde-
pendent water works system, a bot-
tling works plant and engaged in the
retail ice and coal business, and as
mentioned above his efforts were very
successful in each of these endeavors
and he amassed considerable property
holdings here.
He enjoyed splendid health up until
the past several weeks of his life a ini
was able to mingle with his friends
daily on the streets.
Surviving the deceased bes)«Jcs his-l
wife are two daughters, namely, Mrs.
Willie B. Spillar of Houston and Miss
Aia Elliott of Austin, also one sister.,
Mrs. F. C. Frenzel, and one brother,
W. B. Eliott, both of Thorndale, two
uncles, W. B. Elliott of Los Angeles, j
Cal., and Sam Mills of Temple.
Pallbearers were: Sam Clement, L.
D. Barnes, R. L. Batte Jr., M. M.
Camp, D. W. Cowen and Surry Boles. !
A. J. Urban 8c Son3, funeral directors,
were in charge of the funeral arrange- i
ments.
The Champion joins many sorrow-!
ing friends and relatives in extending
sympathy to the bereaved ones surviv-
ing.
with the cut of Mr. Blaylock accom-
panying the story. Incidentally, Re-
porter-man would say that Miss Mc-
Lerran is one of the best reporters con-
tributing to the news columns of the
excellent Temple daily.
6 ........... This year’s evening schools, under j county offlcers.
At the mass meeting on January 24 T the direction of the vocational agri- The McLennan county grand jury
informed speakers will present the culture department of the Rockdale has alreadv indicted the men. Con-
high school, are already under way, ac-1 staWe Colvin said, and the present Mi-
^ it T-» U'"ra‘i 1 jam COUItty grand jury has the inves-
tigation under way.
proposition in detail, and outline the
steps to be taken toward securing the
necessary Congressional aid.
By appointment of the Governor,
Hon. T. S. Henderson, of Cameron, is
a member of the Board of Directors of
the Brazos River Reclamation and
Conservation District.
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♦ BRIEF LOCAL NEWS *
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Bobbie Wallis visited relatives
Cameron this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fieseler. of Bre-
mond visited relatives here Sunday.
cording t-o Instructor II. D. Maxwell
Before Christmas a meeting for the
discussion of the Bankhead cotton pro-
gram was held in the communities ol The Reporter carries a complete line
New Salem, Pleasant Hill, and Tangle- 0f quality typewriter ribbons, carbona
wood. The new cantaloupe deal was paper and supplies. Adding machine
also discussed at these meetings. paper, wire trays for the office desk.
An evening school for adult fanners • and other office supplies. tf
is in progress in the New Salem com
munity. and three meetings have been
held. A growing attendance shows
interest in the current farm problems,
Maxwell says. Wednesday night at 7
is the time of the meeting, held in the
school building. The discussion this
week is to be on the control of para-
sites of poultry.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wills, of Sweet- _
water, visited relatives here last week. 1 The Reporter office.
Typewriter rtooons, carbon sheet*
paper and second sneers. Get them at
Phone 155. tf
Men’s Clothing
Reductions
SUITS and OVERCOATS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT BUY
BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS
Hart-Schaffrier & Marx Suits
Now Reduced to—
21.25 and $23.25
Curlee Suits
now reduced to
21.25
Sewell Suits now Reduced to
14.95 and $16.95
Curlee Overcoats now reduced to
$14.25 and $19.95
Mr. and Mrs. J. m Williams, Mrs.
Margaret Skinner, of San Antonio, and
Mrs. Joe Adamcik and children, of
Taylor, were week end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. Offield,
Other Overcoats now reduced to
$7.75 and $11.75
LADIES’ READY-TO-WEAR at REDUCED PRICES
DRESSES, COATS, HATS, ETC
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Kennel
Murder
Case
SCARBROUGH & HICKS CO
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A MAN is stabbed and bleeds to death in a room
am. bolted from the inside. He dies quietly at he
prepares for bed. A revolver is in his hand, a bullet
in his head. But it was a knife that killed him and
the knife cannot be found. Where was he killed?
Who killed him? Why was he killed TWICE?
How did the murderer escape?
• • •
Philo Vance is tested to the uttermost to find the answer to
these questions in Van Dine's greatest, most baffling
murder mystery. Follow this absorbing story
as it appears serially in this paper.
Starting Next Week
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Cooke, John E. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 10, 1935, newspaper, January 10, 1935; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth693750/m1/8/?q=Elliott: accessed November 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.