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THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
16 PAGES
IN TWO HECTION8
Section 1—Pa|« 1 (o •
AND MESSENGER
^ K”u‘b"“’“d
THE OLDEST AND BEST
VOL.
ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1939
Rockdale Reporter Kxtubliahed 18Ml
NO. 52
SEVEN TAKING TREATMENT FOR MAD DOG BITES
Petition Asks for Clearance of Downtown Fire Lots
MOVE STARTED TO
REMOVE BRICKS
EGAL.........
AMBLINGS
iiitji to doesn't know who Is rt*
S for the circulation of the
ttion tills week that seeks to have
«>methlng done about the old brick,
S and debris which still remain
•m the Scarbrough & Hicks lire of
1(B5 but whoever js responstblt
CJ our'vote of thanks, And Judging
from the way the names have been go-
lf on the sheet It Is probably the most
Liar petition that has ever been cir-
tiilated in Rockdale, We say this fully
„w of the fact that most everybody
W1 sign rrtost any kind of a petition.
Rambler has an idea that when the
ners of this property, who live In
Wm realize Just how many Rock-
e citizens art' Interested In seeing It
jMrs. Poage Gives
Washington Notes
To Milam Women
AND OLD WALLS
I (Editor’s Note: Mrs. Frances C.
I Foage, wife of W. R. Poage, congress-
: mar from this district, gives a few
| highlights on Washington from the
w< man’s viewpoint In the following dis-
patch addressed ‘To the Women of the
Eleventh Congressional District.
Citizens Quick to Sign
A Petition Circulated
Here This Week
First definite steps looking to the
TURNER ASKS NEW
CONSTITUTION
FOR TEXAS
By MRS. W. R. POAGE
Washington, Jan. 27.—Since Bob
came to Congress he has been giving
the people of the district the weekly
news of Washington. The proceedings
in the House and Senate this week
have been largely confined to commit-
tee work and there has been little of
clearing of brick walls and debris from publlc merest transpired, so he has tk>n for
Rockdale’s downtown eyesore, the rs'- jUKr<H.cl to lot- mo write to Uie women of
mains of the Scarbrough & Hicks itho district. Those of you who are
Company fire of several years ago, were | mnrrl0d will realize what a concession
taken this week with the circulation of Jtbat ^ f0r hlm
a petition asking the city officials to t plrsti lel mP tell you all how sorry I
“Duke of Milam” Says
“New Order” Calls for
a New Document
am that I failed to meet and see you
a«rcd, and how much it moans to the -take necessary action." ..........
fetv and the appearance of the | -pile jQ^s at tbe cornPr cf Cameron during the time we were at home, but I
n, they will bp glad to give their fu'' j and Ackerman streets in the business am sure most of you know that I have
operation. Provided that it could be njistrfet, covered with old bricks and i been a cripple for more than a year,
ven that the walls are dangerous. I debris and portions of brick walls still | p nd It was only Just before Christmas
property could, of course, be eon- I standitiK as the result of the disastrous that I began to get about with any de-
ed, and, removal of the danger or-| jjro September 1035, have given gree of speed. Then it was time for
. .. but Rambler, as well as j^gdale a bad appearance to tourists I us to leave again.
:r Rockdale citizens, docs not think
A resolution calling for an election
to authorize writing of a new constitu-
Tcxas has been sent to the
constitutional amendments committee
at the state capitol. the resolution in-
troduced by Rep. Reese Turner, refer-
red to by his colleagues as “The Duke
of Milam."
The Milam county representative be-
lieves a new constitution Is necessary
for Texas to fit what he terms “the
new order." He pointed out that Texas
has had five constitutions. The first
one was drawn in 1836. A new one
was written in 1845 when the state en-
tered the union. In 1861 a third docu-
Tigers Score 53-15
Win on Thorndale
To Take “A” Flag
WARNING IS GIVEN
TO PEN AH DOGS
IN ROCKDALE
Conch Moorman’s Rockdale Loop-
sters ran wild at the local gymnasium
Tuesday night to rout the Thorndale
quintet 53 to 15 in the final game of
the Class A County basketball series, i
The Rockdale cagers came through un- j
defeated to tnke the class A title. ■
(Rockdale will represent the Class A j
schools in the county championship j
■Rockdale citizens, does noi minx d accordinpr t0 the petition, "the | For the very reason that I was crip- . _,)th _tni othprs in -o ™ m TT ,
action will be taken, as we feel wajjg alv definitely in a dangerous con- pled the entire time we spent in Wash-j n,id 1876 it, is the latter one un-i ^ ° ’ s,KCa aKPn •
Several Rabies Cases in
Town and Country
Are Reported
L , , . . , Seven Rockdale citizens sturted tak-
tourncy to bo played between the win- , ^ p^teur treatment through a
ners of Class A, Class B, and Rural
basketball teams. The date for this
playoff will be announced In the near
future.
The locals have scored 504 [joints tills
season and the combined scores of all
their oponents totals 272. Moorman I
is now endeavoring to match games I .. ... „ , „ , ..
with Waco. Austin, or son* other lfamand Mrfi- FMr1 R/a" andv
strong team, to be played before the £?ul* Zlmmr" ***** sho1Us‘
county playoff series. biUpn b> ***** tPrrulof laat
_ Friday included Mr. Baker, Isabel and
33,517 BALES GINNED jRoy D‘ Bftker- Mrs- Zimtmer and Mrs.
Census reports show that there were Ryan’ Th<’ oth(’r two ch*ldr€n bl th®
33,517 bales of cotton ginned in Milam nuk<>bfmnllV.aT^.takh^
county from the crop of 1938 prior to
January 16, as compared with 42,665
bales ginned to the same date the pre-
vious year, according to the report of
local physician here Monday after five
had been bitten by a mad dog last Fri-
day. With several mad dogs reported
during the past two weeks, city offi-
cials have warned that local officers
will shoot all stray dogs,
All five members of the R. D Baker
-t the owners will voluntarily cleni* j dnion "
m Hu- true rendition It |x,lltlo„
light to their attention.
ington lost year of course, I missed the
was being passed many things there are to sec and do
throughout the business district Wed- .here, and so I look forward to the
. . nesday and business men, clerks and pleasure of catching up on them dui-
Wf would venture the opinion that Rcckfjft]e citizens in general were quick m the comings months of the session.
5* owners would be g ad to give he^ ^ thelp names to Uu, Ust of sign. So far. however. I have not found
kk to any party willing to clear the , Thp ^ aro the propprty of hPlrs
.and It is highly probably that such i
arrangement could l>e worked out to
satisfaction of all concerned. How- j
mi, the brick may have a greater ,
ue than Rambler’s est.ii^atlon would i
‘dicate, it is to bo hoped that the I
culation of the petition will have
* desired effect.
1ADLINE in Austin American Wed-
nesday: "Lee Wants Criticism (of
transaction taxi But Not. From
s Who Have Given It," What
mbler wonders is
?
I
who else can he !
08T Texans think ODanlel’s in-
augural show at Austin a few weeks
k a pretty big thing, and most
ryone has the idea that only Texas
at the rerent inauguration of Cali-
trnors can throw 'em that big . . . .
■•Ha’s new governor, Culbert L. Olsen,
Sacramento, a "statewide barbecue"
held, with preparations made for a
of 125.000. The provisions pl-
ot E. M. Scarbrough. Austin.
The petition reads as follows:
“We. the undersigned citizens
and tax payers of the city of Rock-
dale. Texas, do hereby respectfully
request the Mayor nnd City Coun-
cil to take whatever steps neces-
sary to have the unsightly walls
and debris removed from the Scar-
brough Si Hicks lot at the inter-
section of Ackerman and Main
streets. Those old walls are de-
finitely in n dangerous condition
and the lot, being at the Junction
of two Important highways, gives
tourists a poor Impression of mu-
tow n."
See MRS. POAGE. Page 8
U. S. Civil Service
Exam Announced
The Civil Service Commission an-
nounces open competitive examinations
jfor the positions of Fireman-Laborer
Mfd 80 mews (about 'so 000 pounds and Charman (unskilled laborer) in
l»n, ten six-foot-deep barbecue ith<? custodial service of the Rockdale
k ^cr the meat and five other [tits Office
LIONS GET TWO
NEW MEMBERS
J. E. Cooke is in Charge of Pro-
gram at Luncheon At Elite
Yesterday at Noon
In the absence of the president, H
D. Maxwell, O. F. Glenn presided at
the luncheon meeting of the Rockdale
Lions Club at the Elite Cafe at noon
Wednesday, when two new members
were added to the club s membership
roll. The now memlbers are Zeke Al-
ford and John Buniva.
J. E. Cooke, Lion member In charge
of the program, gave a talk on the
j postoffice department and Its service,
giving some interesting highlights on
the department and its service as per-
1869 and 1876. It Is the latter one un
dor which the present government]
operates.
The following interview by Ed Kil- J
man, Houston Post political writer, ap-,
peared in a recent Issue of The Post: '
“It Is time for another constitutional I
convention to meet, and I believe the J
people should bo consulted on the mat- |
ter of calling one," declared Represen- i
tative Reese Turner of Cameron.
That is his uppermost legislative in-
i crest and will be the chief objective |
of his efforts at- Austin.
“Living conditions In Texas havci
changed," says Mr. Turner, “and the ]
10.000 pounds of beans. 80 gallons Persons who are interested in al>P^’j tains to the local office in particular,
chilly sauce, 1.600 gallons of tomato ll1R for either of these positions should j The chairman of the program com-
Wf, 100.000 French roils, and
s one will make you weep , .
illlris Af rrri «•!«/» I
see Robert F Km'th local Seen'tary ol Howell, announced that
500
y®nt Hillsboro safety-minded citi-
*ns have evolved a plan for or-
the young bicyclists of their
T- teaching them safety lessons, and
inning special privileges to those
■•Observo the rules. A commendable
■ aild one that could very nicely
wP’.m right here in Rockdale. The
as well include the skaters,
■Wflnthor children who are apt to
w.wl up in traffic. In all pro-
file U. S. Civil Service Board, fromi^ C]ub would follow a plan of turn-
whom the necessary application blanks | ^ wppk.s protrram 0Vcr to one
of the club members, In rotation.
may bo secured, at the post office.
as a precaution although they were not
bilten by the dog but had been playing
with it.
Should Pen Dofis
Officials ol the city government nnd
health department issued warning tills
week that all dog owners should see
that their dog: arc pruned and that
n’l stray dogs would be killed. This ac-
tion was declared to be necessary due
to the number of mad dogs reported in
'be community during the past two
weeks,
Baker irporled yesterday that his
log first showed symptoms la t Frt-
dnv, and it was at this time that the
hlldren nnd Mrs. Ziminter and Mrs.
Ryan were bitten, although none of the
bites w< re severe. linker received a
more severe bite on his hand. He said,
upon looking back that, he remember-
ed the dog had shewed Signs of ner-
vousness Wednesday and Thursday,
it appeared normal at times,
h* said, the dog was vi-
of a letter from El. N. Holmgreen, act- i oious and ht cave up his plans of tak-
ing administrative officer in charge jlnp the animal to Austin Ln a crate
end shot it.
Me I Beg !i,t Malty
(By Mrs. Lulie Jinks)
There has been quite a bit. of ex-
citement in this, nnd adjoining com-
FEB. 15 FINAL
COTTON DATE
Bvn/haf is Advised Concerning
Acreage Allotments Farms
New to Cotton in ’39
All requests for cotton allotments to
, , . new farms must be received ln the
activities of government have increased ccunty offlce prior to Fohrunry 15.
beyond all imagination in the 1OT9 county Agent George Banzhat pr'dav i. «
three decades. Our state government I nnounces thls WPfk foll0wing receipt !^.‘ Sunday
needs to be brougut in lme with the ‘
times . This task of adjusting our con-
: tltutlon nnd our government organiza- j AAA;conw‘Station '.in which he'ad-
uon to our needs is great enough now | vlsed concernlng thp j^ing or cotton
What will it be if we continue to Pu^ | acreage allotments to farms on which
it off for another decade?"
Tax I^aw Revision
Two other subjects in which he is
• cotton will be planted in 1939 for the
1 first time since 1935.
Any farm operator in Milam county
See REESE TURNER, Page 8
keenly interested are a revision of our wllo Wants a cotton acreage allotment munlty since lHSl Thl,rSf,“y on
tax laws, and a new old age pension \ fcr 1939 on p farm tliat bas no pro-.ftC00unt of a d"w Thr dr>K bp‘
duction of cotton for the past three ’ ,f nged to Homer Stephens Mr. and
years should call at the county agent’s Mr_WbR:
office before Feb. 15 as no allotment
■yy. R. Turner, 93, jean be secured after this date, Banzhaf
Dies at Veteran s ^ . 19.19 Ringe prorrem
Home at Austin The Range Program for 1939 is prnc-
__ | ttcally the same as it was in 1938. with
W. B. Turner. 93.
Confederate Vet-]the exception of one practice—no pay- u , ,
iThnrsHflV^ mnm- mnnt will moHn inr riitrcriiiir n uiu: ! ^1 T
i lev were all bit bv the deg. The dog
was tied and broke loorc. left home
and bit everything it came In contact
with until it was killed.
A large number of dogs were hit,
rnd Sliclbv Phillips’ saddle hon-e, Jim
Hilton's work mub. Mr. Leighmiui's
SHOW TO CLOSE
SALES SCHOOL
bit bv the dog.
ing in the Confederate Home at Aus-jin 1939 under the Range Program. | Farmers are all uneasy lor fear that
tin. The bony arrived in Rockdale at Sume v»f thv most practical practices' her *t rk was bitten that they don’t
trough this system, each member will noon today and the funeral will be held j -rnnected with the Range Program know of.
J be responsible for a program at one of Friday afternoon. Funeral arrangements. are: Eradication of Prickley Pears; j The dog was killed Friday morning
,—,----- have not yet been completed. eradication of Mesquite; Contour Fur- | - • • "Ut .*•<* in and or.e-h If
Turner was well known through Con-j vowing: Spreader dams, and spreader miles east of Thorndale The dog's hend
the regular noon luncheons.
Reports Trom the various club com-
mittees wore heard during the course
trnl Texas, and lived in Rockdale for j terraces; tanking and deferred grazing. | was carried to Austin and a te>grnm
•of"the"meeting nnd several matters of I years. Ho was married in 1879, his i Many farm operators nnd landlords was received Saturday afternoon stat-
| business were turned over to the ex- first, wife claimed by death ln 1922. In] have si one d their applications for soil ing the doe had rabies.
committee for future action, | August 1932 ho was married again to j conserving payments. Those producere j--------
| ecutive
with the two new members coming in
A special picture show at the high for their share of initiation fun as ad-
school auditorium will bring to a clOvse ded spice for the program.
Mrs. Lizzie Turner, who survives him. Jcr landlords who have net ig.-od their
He was the father of nine children, applications should do so at an early!
five of whom are living. oate.
mm. sroui
Rules On Handling of Juries Are Given
•; { ,;lu'moitSTsut!*£
"’with popular ap.
'’'<s 1,1 ns a worthy Iprovai of business men nnd clerks in
to sponsor. Hockdalo, wtth between forty and fifty
TF :Mitm
n i t I
t*l‘ (it] a
1 V-1 ’ II . - ojJJ
By Judge GillisAnd
olf
undoubtedly attending the classes that have been nlay understand a set of rules given by-
held in groups each night, Onc-hour district judge to the sheriff and de-
lor tlu Iputies regarding their handling of
test for ^juries Is released to the public this
classes have been conducted
various lines of business.
Rockdale is being used as a
. ......W.M I|. a.s
0r ,,lf> Lions Club
,n'(' citizens will
®orfl about it.
^ botes that n meeting of
W5TWWo Cotton Committee
-'’inriir.? Tp^iniitjiLrLnH^ "a ,h0 thp school in the smaller towns, this! week by Penn Wolf, district clerk
^ of the state. Inis boon called°to ibpln8 tbo first scho°l of i,,,s kind con‘ Milam county.
Rl Austin on Februnrv 17 and |ductod bv ,bo sUll° department, of j „It frequentiy happens “ Wolf said.
^ of Represen.a,ires' has wl- j ^ ^r’that a verdict of a jury is sot aside
,hr »«H of the House for u,se ',oln,<'cl out at tho °^n‘n« of . bv thr higher courts because of some
Burris C JacicsT bh001 la‘st work’ Slm?*r *'**?? iSlure of The jury to observe all the
firman, has Invited not only ^ conduotod ln the la^ Cri'10-; ;trrhiur; * rules governing the conduct
, the committee but nlso nil however. He expre..'Od .. um < inmrs wonder
U Texas interested in til oot fBCtlon wi,b ,bo ^sP°nse by local
PhJblemj m the oot-|_J4,__......j _____ mat
In order that tho public nnd Jurors j lined by Graham Gillis, district judge: .on which they are sitting as a jury.
Instructions to Officers i Do not take jury to piet.:r
"The law regarding handling of show,
juries is very strict and a deviation "T. Ho not ■ * juror ha' books or
from the following rules might result j newspapers or magazines,
in a reversal of the verdict of a Jury. | "» Ho not nllow Jurors to have any
“You will therefore carefully db-t^nd of intoxicating liquors,
serve all of said rules: | "9- must not discuss the evi-
donee in the case with any juror. If
.citizens nnd was of the opinion that
^ ——. i his department, would bo pleased with
L^ln,Pd oul that Texas has;the report,
in " bur(t<'n of the great loss of! The classes have been conducted by
fbr American cotton, the state, without expense to the city
that "it is high time thejnf Rockdale or Its citizens. A fifty-
---- .cent enrollment fee was retained in
^AMBLINGS, Page 8 1
Rockdale.
of Juries. Some times jurors wonder
why the officers in charge of them are
so strict. The enclosed rules will ex-
plain this nnd show how necessary it
is for Jurors to observe these rules so
(hat thoir verdicts may stand," the dis-
trict clerk continued.
Wolf gives the following instructions
to officers in charge of juries, as out-
one* no^o^lur^ without £™1kIou'ot I >'ml '* «lt"1 » <lu«tlon about
. , . ’ ..__„ „„ innv evidence or nnv witness do nor
ludge and then it must be in the pre- .. .. • . .
, i!, uinefluMi answ’er the question but say that you
scnce of the judge or in the presence; ' •
_ ... . rp,,. ,nre r.ot allowed to discuss tho case,
of an officer designated by him. The
conversation must not be about the
case.
“2. Do not let jurors separate.
"3. Do not let others not on jury
mingle with Jurors.
“4. Do not let Jurors talk over tele-
phone.
“5. Do not take Jurors past or near
“10. When you take a jury- to meals
be sure that the Jurors are separated
J Chas. F. Riitlidyr. Scent Executive
, B* ; and /Mini Ci unties m't with
th ■ ■ • i . v morning and
i • • ' • '■■ ■,• s-. .-,1) nntt for the
I'"al treep . Th « makes Rockdale the
!••-• -emmu-'Cv with, a complete scout
program Rockoau now has a cut)
pr< gram, scout pr gram and senior
pre gram.
The local scouts will eelebrat-' the
nlteraai of scouting w
ewindow display and by attending
the County Court of Honor to be held
in Cameron February 14. 7:30 p. m. at
the Yoe High school auditorium.
The local scout committee ur ’ <
that all parents and boys of Rockdale
from others not on the jury and that. attend this Court of Honor. An cdu-
no talk Is carried on with anyone notlcational program will fx pre ti d
on Jury. (free “The pagentry of flrr’’ will be
“11. Do not allow Janitors or other presented and the Council President! r
court house employees to mingle with
or talk to jurors.
“Graham Gillis. District Judge, Mi-
the scene of any crime or transaction. lam County, Texa-s.”
1939, Dt. Arthur Stout of War, will
make the main address. He wi'l b'
accompanied to Cameron by M ».vor
Geo Jones of Waco.
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