The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1937 Page: 1 of 8
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ROCKDALE REPORTER
YUt. 55
__ANI) MESSENGER
_ Till* m-DEST AND IIIHT ___
ROCKDALE, MILAM COL MTV, TEXAS. THURSDAY AUGUST !2, !«??
R
egal.........
AMBLINGS
„AMBLER nominates lor the year1*
K br Ft* .:«•!" story* the one about the
drug store clerk who. in explaining to
0 -^ciru r the various rat poison* hi
J. ln ,{ock said that his AAA poison
r. ,,.,k his OOC poison wax
orettv uood at 50 cents, and that ho
Lo n.t<: a WPA brand that "will not
Jn them but will make them so lazv
w) Car -omp them to death.”
iiAVINC- KNOWN S D. Chesnutt.
H om cr and publisher of the Kenedy
Advance, for many years, Rambler was
pl(>ase(i to learn of his recent appoint-
ment by Governor Allred ns a mem-
of the State Prison Board. Ches-
ru:t is a past president of the Texas
pr,.v A; .nation widely known over
-he stau in newspaper and political
circle? and Is as might be supposed,
active m civic and business affairs of
lUs city Of Kenedy. We congratulate
Governor Allred on his splendid choice.
haMRLER hopes that every reader
K will turn to page six and read "A
Plea to Our Citizens,” written by E. A.
Camp, mayor of Rockdale and presi-
dent of th< Rockdale Fire Department.
You expect the fire boys to respond to
the alarm and rush to a fire, but
frankly, the way you block the streets
and follow the fire truck prevents the
boy.- from properly discharging their
duty and eriously endangers lives.”
the mayor says.
In an editorial a few weeks ago this
newspaper cautioned citizens about
blocking the streets and getting in the
way of the truck and firemen at fires,
and urged everyone to “wait three min-
utes" before tearing out to a fire. Now
comes Mayor Camp, in behalf of the
fire department, who is asking in a
nuL'hty way that the public ob-
serve the ruic of turning to the edge
of the street and stopping at the
sound of the fire alarm. The law pro-
vides that all traffic stop for three
minutes.
Cunh Awards Here Saturday;
SCHOOL
V. M. B. 1. to Meet Tonight
A group of Southern Congress-
men called on President Roosevelt
last week in an effort to secure a
stabilizing of cotton prices. The
President received them cordially
and showed intense interest In
their request which was taken un-
der advisement. The picture shows
th- group as they left the Execu-
tive Offices. Left to right they
are: ( ongrerman Poage, of Texas;
A few days ago an out of town man
was fined $14.50 on a charge of speed-
ing that grew to other proportions out
of an original atempt to pass the fire
truck while on the way to a fire.
Rambler Ls of the opinion that a few
well placed fines like this against lo-
cal people would be in order, and we
frankly believe that something like this
will come about if our citizens ignore
the mayor's nicely worded plea this
week and continue to endanger their
own lives and the lives of firemen and
other citizens by rushing in their autos
out into the streets and away the min-
ute the tire alarm sounds.
No small town would be normal If its
citizens did not have a healty and nor-
ma’ dr: ire to “go to the fire.” Rock-
dale officials are not asking citizens to
stay away.” but they are asking that
they “stay out of the way.” By co-
operating in thus matter your fire de-
partment can work with more speed
ar.d gr< ater efficiency, and of course,
the chances of serious accidents and
injury will be considerably lessened.
yjE LIKE the following "definition v;
cotton,” which has been going the
ypur.da, \\\ first heard it several years
aeo and just where it originated we do
not know, but we are swiping it from
toe Bryan News, that newspaper hav-
ing found it framed and hanging on
tof WalJ of the Bryan Oil Mill:
WHAT IS COTTON?
f'otton is the overcoat of a seed that
j? Panted and grown in the Southern
Uip.c to keep the producer broke and
th* buvor crazy. The fibre varies in
r<v'r and weight and the man who can
thc nearest length of a fibre is
” n a cotton man by the public; a
r"' the farmer and a poor business
m*r; by his creditors,
•'c Price of cotton is fixed in New
.&r< an<f Poes up when you have sold
buvtd<,Wn wh€n JY>U hav€ bought. A
y' • . ,rk'nR f°r a group of mills was
fj... “ York to watch the cotton
and after a few days’ delibera-
te.' *iroci his firm to this effect:
,> , ! hi i nk it will go up and some
-*:11 Ro down. I do. too What-
• y°u do will be wrong. Act at once."
pa? ‘ 0r' i: Planted in the spring, mort-
Vv .1: Yhe summer and left in the
(W» „ ,‘r 'he winter. There are other
"!- but none better than this.
srRS BUMPER crop
'or C Cftttey received a letter
xfcp ZK T°m her brother, I. O. Rolan.
cou-.‘„ ,fr‘ t0 Sudan. Texas, in Lamb
of ?°tober- in which he tells
lT or a bumper crop in that
ehum w.lf Vear' Boloin backed up his
RrUi T. a of a field near
Citj+r .. ln same oounty. Iff*.
to*y' w’tv* brother la "carried
** .>**'' *** section of Tens and
4 u nothiitf like It
FUNERAL
SMITH IS HELD
YESTERDAY
14 Year Old Boy Dies on
Monday Night After
Appendectomy
Boboy Smith, 14-year-old son of As-
sistant Postmaster and Mrs. R E
Smith of Rockdale, died in a Cameron
hospital at 10:30 o'clock Monday night
following an appendicitis operation
Monday morning Funeral services were
conducted here at 10 o’clock Wednes-
day morning with burial at Oak Lawn
cemetery.
Rockdale citizens were grievously
shocked at news of the death of Bobby
Smith as few knew that he was taker.
t.o the hospital Friday following an at-
tack of appendicitis. After the opera-
tion Monday morning reports were that
he was "doing nicely.” but he began
to weaken at about 9:30 that evening,
and death came at 10:30 Bobby had
Suffered £ severe sttsck of inflim?
last spring and had never fully regain-
ed his cttvn.o-th members nf his fam-
ily said.
The body rested in the Phillips A
Luc key funeral hom® until Wednesday
morning when services were held at 10
o'clock, with the Rev. D E. Sneller.
pastor of the Methodist church, in
charge. Assisting were the Rev. W. A
Craven, former Rockdale MethodLst
minister, and the Rev L E. Strick-
land. pastor of the BaptLst church A
choir offered two favorite hymns The
body was laid to rest in
dren of Rev. and Mrs. O R Schawe
r>‘ Rockdale who with their mother
have been visiting relatives in Dubuque,
Iowa, since July 7. are reported this
morning on the road to recovery after
a seige of scarlet fever that started
soon after their arrival in Dubuque.
When the quarantine is lilted Mrs.
Schawe expects to return to Rockdale,
probably about August 25 Rev Schawe
says.
Rev. Schawe returned to Rockdale
last Friday after attending a Lutheran
Chautauqua at Seguin, followed by a
two-weeks vacation spent at Hondo,
Uva’.dc and Maxwell. Rev Schawe
says that word from Dubuque this
morning is that the children are rapid-
ly recovering from their illness.
BUMPER CROP
IS PREDICTED
Government Estimate Monday
is 15,593,000 Bale** as Mar-
kef Goes Downward
Waihiustcn Auc 9.—Government
experts predicted a bumper cotton
crop of 15 593,033 bales Monday.
Cotton prices reacted downward. $2
per bale, and Southern farm represen-
tatives renewed demands for federal
crop loans to check the decline
The accuracy of the estimate issued
by the ledoral crop reporting board
Oak Lawn was questioned by Chumn. Smith rD-
cemctery beneath a bower of beautiful S C.) of the senate agriculture corn-
flowers sent by relatives, classmates mittee He expressed belief the board
and friends. might be as much as a million bales
Bobby was bom at Henrietta. Texas off.
September 6. 1923. and was Just on the “Conditions under which the esti-
threshold of his fourteenth birthday mate was made may prove to be the
He wa= an only son of Mr and Mrs most misleading in years." Smith said
Smith and would have entered the He argued that August weather, which
Rockdale high school as a sophomore he said was not a factor in the fore-
in September He was universally , cast, was especially favorable to a tre-
known and loved for his happy dispo- mendous boll weevil migration
sition and courteous manner. Highest Per Acre
Young Smith was a member of the August he added is the crucial
local Boy Scout troop. No. 88 and rnrnth for cotton and already may have
members of the Troop kept watch cut prospects 1,000,000 to 1,500.000 bales
throughout Tuesday night, and attend- f under the government forecast
cd the service in a body Wednesday The 1937 yield predicted by the fed-
Boy Scouts also served as pall bearers oral board would be 3.194 118 bales
The lad became a member of the Me- j larger than last year's The board said
thodist church in 1982 ; the crop is expected to yield 223 3
Surviving are his parents and three 1 pounds per acre Such a yield would
sisters. Nancy, Dorothy and Cynthia be the highest ever recorded, the board
Ann He is also survived by his grand- I declared
parents, Mr and Mrs J. E Taulman , -
of Ft Worth, and a number of uncles j GRASS FIRE
and aunts. |
Among those here for the funeral
services were J. E. Taulman. Mr. and
lfr*. Dan O. Taulman, Parker H. Taul-
Sparkman. of Alabama; Senator
Smith, of South Carolina; ( on-
gnssman De Ruen, of Louiaiana;
Ford, of Mississippi; and Garrett,
of Texas.
MELON FEAST FOR
LOCAL FIREMEN
MONDAY NIGHT
Department Passes Re-
solution at Regular
Monthly Meeting
After a discussion of ways ami means
to get the co-operation of all citizens
to keep the streets clear at the time
ol fire, the Rockdale Fire Department
In regular meeting Monday night at
the city hall adjourned to enjoy a
watermelon feast through tin courte.\\
ol H- bert Menu,
Routine business matter? were take)
up at the meeting, and the department
voted to seek the aid of the city coun-
cil in the matter of enforcing the three
minute law for delayed traffic at the
sound of the fire alarm A message to
the citizen of Rockdale Ls given on
page six of this issue of The Rcjxjrter
by Mayor E A Camp urging their co-
operation.
The following resolution of thank
was passed at the mee-ting:
A n£nOLL'7iOri
WHEREAS Robert Menn graciously
furnished the Rockdale Fire Depart-
ment with twenty fine large ice-cold
watermelons at their August monthly
m'eling. which, by their acts in eating,
the melons, the Department showed a
wonderful appreciation, and
WHEREAS n was very kind and
thoughtful of Mr. Menn to remember
the Firemen in such a nice way
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV-
ED BY THE ROCKDALE FIRE DE-
PARTMENT that it extend to Mr
Menn it- 'inerre think; for his kind-
ness and assure him that his melons
are A-l
ROCKDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT
By E A Camp. President
Attest: Wm Seibert. Secretary
man, all of Ft Worth; Mr and Mrs.
O. E Taulman, of Houston; and a
number of relative* from Cameron.
A grass fire at the home of Mrs. C.
C. Bethea called the fire truck out
about 10 30 o'clock Wednesday morn-
ing. The fire, at the rear of. the Bethea
hqme, was extinguished before any
damage* resulted.
Mercury Hovers
Between 102 -105
During* Past Week
Clcudy skies and reports of un-
settled weather for the next few day
brought hopes of relief to citizens of
Rockdale and this section of the stale
this, morning In Rockdale during the
past week the mercury has hung be-
tween 102 and 105 degrees, according
to W C Marcs, Rockdale's volunteer
weather observer.
Marrr> said this morning that he had
never before seen a week of more con-
sistently hot weather with the mer-
cury staying above the 102 degree
mark.
Heavy rain* were retorted in aome
sections of the state yesterday, al-
though they brought little relief from
the heat.
(ASH A WAN ms
Next Saturday. 4u*ii<«t 14 is U»r
ricular Cash Award Dav in Kim k
dale following (hr Second Mnndav
Trades Day. und at 4 p. m rush
prurs totaling S.lfi will be given
away, following the usual piucr-
durt at the tradi, day lot. Thy
event is sponsored by the Voung
Men's Ituslnews league of Krs k-
daie. iuul eo operating men hunts.
SCHOOL TO OPEN
The Roekdaie pub hr aehoots will
open September 8. it was announc-
ed this week by the school board.
It< k 1st ration und classification of
students will be held on Wednesday
and Thursday, September 8 and
9. with routine flrst-of the-year
work by teachers scheduled for
Friday, September 10 when ail pre-
liminary registrations and reports
will be completed. Regular class
work is scheduled to get under way
on Monday, September 13, the
hoard said. S. C. Mill's, who is
taking advanced work at the Uni-
versity of Texas this summer, is
expected to be bark in Rockdale at
the completion of the last aix-
wiok’s term at Austin. The com-
plete list of teachers far the com-
ing session, and other details of
school opening, will be announced
by Supt. Miles upon his return.
Y. M. B. L. TO MEET
The regular monthly meeting of
the Young Men’s Business League
of Rockdalr will be held at ttu city
hall tonight, beginning at H o'clock,
it has been snnounei d Thr or
ganixalion meets once each month
on thr night of the second Thurs-
day. A full attendance of the
mem ben hip has been ii quisled for
the meeting tonight.
Dr. Stratemann Gets
First Office in New
Bank in Home Town
Dr O A Stratemann, who recently
moved hi? dental office from Rorkria.
to New Braunfels, said in u letter to
this newspaper \< lerday that he
opened hi offlre for buslne.v on .Sat-
urday July 31. and that he w .o vi r\
well pleased with hi? new location
In moving to New Braunfclr Dr
Stratemann returned to his home
town.” having been born and reared In
that thriving cit> Tlw Nev Bra unfair
Herald reported that "Dck* Oitmar
Stratemann claim* tin distinction of
being the firri to ojven an office in the
new Guaranty Stat* Bank Building '
BANZHAF GIVES
BANKHEAD NEWS
Explains Decision Given on Case
Decided June 28 by the IT. S.
Court of Appeals
By GBDmE BANZHA*’
Numerous inq il*le', have beep, re-
ceived by the County Agent relative to
Mie present statu* of cotton tax-exemp
tlon certlflc.ate.s issued under the Bank-
head Cotton Control Act of April 21
1934, repealed Feb 10. 1936 Many of
the inquiries have been received a.s a
result of the car.e of Thompson et al
vs Deal et nl de-idrd on June 28. 1937
3y the United States Court oi Appeals
'or the Dlstnct of Columbia, which wa>
brought to recover monies expended for
♦he pureha'e of cotton tax exemption
-erttficate* through the 1935 National
Surplus Cotton Tax-Exemption Certi-
ficate Pool
The above dec lion did not finally
dispose of the case but remanded it
to the District Court for further pro-
ceeding)- after which there will pro-
bably Ik- appeal? Until the case is
finally adjudicated in the courts, It
remains to be seen what rights pur-
'haxera frem and participants In, the
Pool may have
There la no statute authorizing pay-
ments to persons who hold or who pur-
chased cotton tax-exemption certifi-
cates either from the Pool or directly
from cotton fanners. There are. like-
wise, no provisions whereby payments
can be made to any persons who hold
cotton tax- exemption certificate*
which remain unused from their allot-
ments.
Cotton farmers win be publicly in-
formed when this case la settled. In
the meentlme. there Is nothing to he
dene In regard to this matter.
RorkdaJe Reporter Katabttahed IW
NO
YARDS EXPECT TO
HIT 300 TOTAL
HERE TODAY
(I
Price Yesterday 10* ; to
lie; Texas 1 )ue to Get
27.2 ! Vt of ( Vop
With bulc <! ci ttun yarded In
» ' kilnlt lull y«. trril.iy tho tol.r whm
•xperti'd to pa.ss the 3oo imh' murk
today Cotton wa.> bringing from Icn
and a quarter to nlcvon cent* yester-
day afternoon, local buyers- repnrti'd
Rockdale's two cotton buyers reported
ills morning price*. In Rockdale were
n line with those in other |«rts of
the county P K Wallace, rii>re.s< nt-
ing the Co-O|>, has been buying hete
liauit two weeks, while Thomas Kralt-
char opened hi* office at the .Scar-
brough At Hicks Company till* week
Krnltchi r formerly of Caldwell I), well
known In Rockdale, and represenls the
flim of Alexander JHprunt Ai Son. Inc,
Texa* Share 27.2 Per Cent
Austin, Aug li Texas farmer^ *i>e-
culated tixlav on tKwsihle conditions
tliid might reduce the I1WL7 cotton crop,
estimated by the United StaAea depart-
ment of agriculture to be 4 314,000 bales
of MW poimd-s gross weight.
The crop reporting hoard of the de-
partment .suld Texas on the basis of
Aug 1 conditions would produce 27 2
ix-r cent of the nation's estimated yield
thr final outturn would de|arnd upon
whether various Influences affecting
cotton during the remainder of the
season ur« more or less favorable "
Thr Indicated Texas production was
1.381,000 bale* In excess of 1996 produc-
tion and compared with 2,956.000 in
;vr. ..... 4 580.000
the five-year period ending In 1992
Condition of the crop, B2 per cent of
normal, indicated a Hive yield of 106
pounds per acre compared with 131 in
1930, 133 In 1986 und a five year aver-
age of 139
P ‘or prospect* were *ecn only for
some parts of southwest Texas, where
cotton I* a relativr ly unlin|>ortant crop,
a .though exMsxive drought und hot
weather were In coming fcilttciU in somr-
north Texu1 and north Ihudmndlc
area*
Tile board .‘nlrl rainfall w;d, neaded
for proper fruiting is most areas but
the crop was holding up well. On the
other hand, a lock of rxeew/dve mois-
ture had enabled grt wers to put their
fieids in good shape and checked dam-
age from boil weevil?
This Week Human
Security Week For
The State of Texas
Governor Allred has Issued a procla-
mation setting apart this week, August
9-16, as "Human Seeiirity W*ek.'' It is
the responsibility of citizen*, to acquaint
| themselves with lh« ebjuflves of the
two w.ir)in amendment* t., ij? voted
U|X>n August 23
Mr? Emelcne P la vc, ehalrinan Mi-
min County Child Welfare B»ard.
writes as follow?
Am for me nreuy dmiio ;ijuJ ror de-
pendent and destitute children cannot
be secured from the Federal Gcvern-
ment and cannot fce appropriated by
thr Legislature for the e causes uni-«s
we vote the ratification < f these two
welfare amendment,',
The State Committer' for Human
Security asks that Sunday. August 15.
be dt lgnated a Human Srcurlty Sun-
day and that wc rrgard th« con.-idci >-
tlon of the welfare of our needy blind
and of our dependent and neglected
children a- a Chrl th-; o\M:;r;Ucn.''
160 Members of the
Davenport Family
Hold Reunion Here
Rockdale, Aug 9 (Joining from over
Milarn county and various other points
In Texas, a crowd of 160 Davenports
and connections met Sunday in family
reunion at Rockdale Pair Park.
There were several generation.; wh::
attended One woman. Mrs Dora Da-
venport Thomas cl Houston. M s*
cam^ with her family to meet brothers
and sisters whom she had not seen for
36 year*. At noon a basket Hindi w«i
served.
BUYS HOME HEM
Mr and Mrs Donald A Kutvn have
bought the Lanning home on East
Cameron street from H. O. Quebe, the
Quebes having acquired the place in a
trade with Mr. and Mrs Jim Lanning
two weeks ago. Kuhn states that he
and his wife will prchObty move into
their new home within the next few
days. Mr. and Mrs. HI O. %whe are
now at heme at the Joe Lee residence.
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