The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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AND MEHSEN GBR
, M«»sen,?er
Established 1873
v ‘Thf Best Newspaper Milan County Ever Had”
KOCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924
Rockdale Reporter Established 18M
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No. 28
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en September 15
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SiATE LEGISLATURE
INDORSED BY F.-L. U.
or It0CKDALE
POST BV
SiBBCW MARGIN
ggrc ISil CO. WHOLESAtt GROCERY
I^Tfo th* August run-off by ««
Kin point of integrity of char-
S cSzenship. He has been
of Matchless Milam or 31
"Ending all that time in the
' S/farmr up tojwojyears
Lrtr hP took over the manage-
PURCHASED BY ROBT. M’LANE CO.
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One of the largest and most important business transactions to have oc-
curred in Rockdale in recent years is made public this week in the purchase
by the Robert Me Lane .Company of .Cameron of the branch wholesale grocery
business of The Shear Company iff Rockdale':-
The Contract antorad into between these,two big firms calls for the turn
iMcBONALD OF SHARP
] FUCHS OF BUCKHOLTS
NEW COMMISSIONERS
TWO NEW FACES WILL BE SEEN
IN COMMISSIONERS COURT
OF MILAM COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACHERS
ANTICIPATING SUCCESSFUL TERM
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The final arrangements and prep-1 The teachers for the Bryant Aycock
arations are now being made for the High School (.colored) are
opening of the - Rockdale* Public! D. S. Shanks. Principal.
-A cn AHRM ~ ^ *------ ----- ------
ing over of the business to the purchasers “on or before Nov. 1st.” Walter B. \ijlarn County Commissioners
Court .will haveutwo new men in its
ing over oi tne 'oubiucmi to *»*'• »>
Smith, Rockdale representative of the Robert McLane Company, will be the
manager of the Rockdale-branch, and informs The Reporter that he antici-
pates a completion of the deal much earlier than Nov. 1st, He also informs
us that the business will-be conducted along the same lines as heretofore, with
a complete stock of goods to-be maintained in Rockdale. <-
The deal includes the purchase from the Shear Company of the big brick
-buHdmg-occupted by the business. Thig-buikUng-i* sTjnated on l.-G, N. righG
ofway -property on which a 99-^rgar lease obtains. The investment of the
oiway prupuruy vii vvyicii « JJzz v v —------— —^ —
RAlbert McLane Company in Rockdale will represent a sum'Wbetween$?5r
000 and $10h.6o0, it is rtated. ", . -
The Robert McLane Company is one of the oldest established firms in
Cameron, dating baeu to 1888, The company also maintains a branch house
at Caldwell. Robert McLane, president arid, guiding genius of the firm, is
recognized at* one of Cameron’s most influential and successful business men,
with, bread Ideas pi citizenship, and civic msporv.iibilitie*. He will be given a
v* i _____* .. .I,;.. kir IaouI Iviici rttiuc nrtrl rnvir* 1 nf fn'liSlS.
ROAROAllITHOtDS
REUNION AT LANCASTER
, TT^.0-
County Clerk, H.. M. Roark, Returns
to His Office From a Ted Day
Vacation at Father’s Home
County Clerk H. M. Roark has
turned to his office after a ten day’s
1Y1LEY ROGERS AND SONS
_________ Wlfrfl nrOftQ Ul CfU^cuoiDK onu .....-....... . ~~
B* CeA*. whtch ijlclude® cordial welcome to this field by local business and civic interests.
*TLw.iind cotton platform. - '
it
J of any kind, and. fc is
Lfirst time ha ever asked for any
1 . h« decided la make..this_race
hr"hearing'the appeals’ of nyiny
Lsand after receiving the unam-
Undorsement of the Farm.Labor
E Conference. There were
6 candidates, but in the iuly
mv D. R, Criswell of Buckholts was
Lied, and in the August run-off
j. Hollowell and Mr. Galbreath sup-
| tbe real race_of the election,
tell winning by the close margin^
[t] votes. . ...... . -
fhe following tabtriaV statement
personnej as a result of the recent
primary election. Over at Buckholts
in Precinct 1 H. A. Fuchsias nomi-
nated over John W. Barrett by a vote
of 706 to 563. Mr. Fuchs will succeed
Henry Reaviia, the presciLtiucumbcjit,
who will resign about October 1st in sjons
order to take over lihe work oLStato ..TlrrE^ ^__________________________ _____
Highway Commissioner for Milam buildings, a progressive4 school board.
Count* . Mr. Fuchs, whose elective
term o-f office will not begin until
next January, wilFbe appointed by the
County Judge to fill the unexpired
term..m ~Mk. Rouvcs,—Mr, Fuchs. is a
Mrs. C. M. Alle)
Eva Ledbetter,
"Etdalia V. Floyfl.
For those not entitled to free tu-
ition the following rates wiU-Yprevail.
1, Pupils of the primary department
(grades 1 to 3) who have been trans-
ferred to the Rockdale Independent
_ -District -may .attend—the Rockdale^
it m made .for " HA « S
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Schools on Monday, September I5th.
The faculty has been completed and
assigned; the old building has been re-
modeled and'made into a Modern pri-
mary building which will be ready
for occupying by the opening d^y of
school, and the other buildings arc
being cleaned andTenovatod.
-new
prominent farmer of the Buckholts
~mmunity. .
In Precinct 4 Luther .McDonald of
■ydntrp will' 'hr.the. m-vyi^nvmi>ii»ii)ner,
— I succeeding H, H. Moore, the present
TAKEN UN L10U0R CHARGE S m *mm......*.........
~—r.y otnr-Jnm-^ trf- Thwvndalor-w-tht'- Aug-
-o-—- - ' — use run-off primary by a vote of HOT)
Brother of Sheriff Rogers Waives to 680. In the July Primary McDon
a a trong^f acuity, (tnd b helpful,, co-
operative- citizenship bespea'c ftr
Rockdale a successful year. We belieVe
that with a combination of all these
a-tTi?af>*qgf-»g we shiill ihe able not only
jto maintain the excellent standards
c.f.tbe past but.to. reach even a m ire
excellent staifJhrrl in the future fo"
though' 'th», litoekdai*) .achook,
deed an. excellent^.system ot schools
for a towri of its size, there -are still
.ninny w.V nf j pipfoving them.
Hearing and is Placed Under
Bond With Sons
rind Rufus Rogers,
iws how the vote, stood in all the
Ly boxes on this race :
Gilbreath Hollowell
neron ................596................. .528
.................... 57.. .48
El,.,........77
P . 49 ...
, 16 ................103
absent spent at Lancaster' at his , Wednesday night near Buckholts and
‘father’s Tfome' and upbn his return waiveitoexjmimng trial ;befofe Justice
trib he madef-dlt’- extensive joprney j of the Peace J. M. Ralston Thursday
through west Texas. He was ac-1 and were admitted to bail in the suin
companied by Mrs. Roark" and four1; of $500 each to . await action of the
compttmeu vy ----- 9 . - _
„v„, and Ih. trip ... made by mo- sranjljury. OP dlM(»> of POM.M.IW
tor The occasion was the Celebraticm equipment for the manufacture of in-
*3 i.,hd„y ^ ^ ^
, QOg, in im- Du..y "T**----■
i)d;and JaiTU^s weM’eJthe two hi>rh men
in a' feix-handed race. Mr. McDonald
s a well-known and highly respected
citizen of the Sharp coinmunity:. , •
hea-'-tuo connniHsioiiers, R. _A.
Hairston of Rockdale, Precinct 3
and 1^. II. Butts of__Cameron, Predtnct
2, were re-elected without -opposition,
:’.s was also County- Judge Jeff 1-
Kenip, under whose wise guidance the
Court will function for the next two
years.
Time was when the teacher was the
1 important factor in a child’s edu-
cation. The Greek child received lit-
tle training at home after he was sev-
Septembcr, 1924, but who will be
even on or before January 1, 1925, will
be permitted to attend school by pay-
ing a fee of $10.00 at the beginning
of each term.’
3. Pupils of the: Intermediate Da.
part me nt (grades 4 to 7 who have
ijeen transferred may attend the Rock-
dale school by-paving rip entrance lee
of Hi2.!'>5. f’lip ls living olit^ldC Of Llie
Rockdale Independent District, who
have not been transferred, must pay
—-toileanee fee pf $12.BEY at the be-
"ginning of each term.
4. Pupils of the High School De-
*r 1
partment who have been transferred
........... ...........may be enrolled by paying an cm
on years of age. The old sayinfc, trn^Ce fee of $1J5:00 at the beginning
trriw that “As the teacher is so is the 6f the ||r^ term. Non-transfer pu-
grejv that “As the teacher is so is the
bool,”_But the Hebyws of old
stressed family training, and the same
was true of the Romans. Our. fore-
fat'h ers; the E-ngliah. we^d-.-fe<i- the - ex -
J1DS ON BRAZOS BRIDGE
c,m»tyt:s7d xssis-wU.W w \VILL BE RECEIVED BY
148 RlVHHome “nMr?tnL"w»,caUod Wed„«;.|ay - COMMISSIONERS C01IRTS
members of the . Roark family, as- night by Deputy Guy Pope o co e WmiUIUiMVl
sginbled for ihe^lnee days (birthday td Buckholts to mvest^aa- t
celebration as follows: 'r^tvs pl»f;-e which is on the -D.. S. -
Mrs. .Ellen Gross, her husband^ Kern,•••!>•
.. M,-Gross and three children, Qla, ^ R ^ sheriff, expressed la
97 Nola- and Oacur inJlhu. w±s
education and - neglected public edu
.ation The Englishman’s home was
his castle. Later Lancaster and Bell
of England popularized group mass,
-public education in t,he;r old manii'U ui
schools, but th<‘ modern tendency in
education", is toward*'- more effective",
pils of the High School Department
must pa,y a fee of $15.00 at the begin-
ning of each term.
The pookdalo teachers wall' attcndT
y
W».v A...... ....' 1 ru1- JVGtdGWl U--L U a u. n
treme and stressed family and private the. jqint institute for l^Iilam, Willlam-
fdueation and ■ neglected public edu- son, Bell and Lampasas counties which
will be in session from September 8th
51 pflniea i>y ihq -----;—■ -—-——
- vA Dan B. Roark and his children, D, R.
" *' 200 J1--' Marie and >Iuanita Joe;...Mrs.
57 - - ’ ” 44 '
4.9
jr., iviarie ____.■ nun'C coiisidrsHtaan- than a
Jdlia Robinett; Haney. M Roark with , J ri,om>r being arrested for
u-'o ' w;r» «nd four sons, Woodrow othti pnsomi ^
h'a wife, and four sons, Woodrow
Wilson*JHaney Christian, Max W.a!do.
and Laddie Joe; Joseph Roark, Miss
Maude Roark, Miss Clara Roark, Mrs.
Mac Luce and one child, Dora Mae;
.I/O; Roark? his wife and two chil-
dren/ Arthur and Stella Mae. . •. (lt
Most of the mfinpers of U.c fani |r
JOINT SESSION TO BE HELD SEP-
TEMBER S(t FOR PURPOSE OF
- * UE1TING THE IHTNTRACT^ _
smaller classes and individual instruc
(ion.
The teacher is still the most im:
nnriHrn Tiictor in the education of the
(•hild, but the importhir e uf uther fac-
tors, such as home and church train-
ing-must not bo overlooked, nor neg-
lccttsl. . The greatest 'duiy of the pres-
f enfc generation ia, to_rcar another. >\
been i better generation Our srhoels n
to 12th at Belton. -------- - - . .
Tim superiiiWndent and the teafh-
eT« earnestly uhd confidently seek the
good will, confidence,.and co-operation
of every ci-tizen o-f thj etty in their
efforts to render evetw possible ser-
vice to the schools^ and community
at large. ' . : \-
_ W. A. KUANKT.VN,
jSuperinV'r.'ient.-
CHAMBEK OF COMMERCE
WITHOUT SECRETARY
7\ i'e^.y__lnivjng servgil tliv—Chamber-
similar offense—Cameron Herald.
ALL ROCKDALE CITIZENS
Ti rs z' sra.................. ?Tr.
It. a ,ors Courts o. Milam .1 _ ..................i(,. ;v ?h«.:^eh .ol.- s'giieil the position. Mr. Drake was.
i ii:::.™,. it i «** i
|«ral opwin* Wd» M the lon(r-(lplay«tl lustiial l-reteing. »t,.ylioapjjjd »t
• . rpv,,. „ffu;u| linmu must he nrovided? 'lor, I
1 n a
toeel't .r,1 ervifnv With M-'V01'
Moyer anent the ei
Tm-.fTi:mr:v in
iiv. reside in ‘^Unm'county and -h:u1.< ‘ s;iwl“Citi :ens «rf-Rock.fnle se. m M
^■■the trip : to Lancaster by. auto; Tvc- [ .w,.-rhf ide.P tNif trpfHv > ' *■ (
'45 ttires of the familiv groupjW^re^^rnade, regulations are*not-imcnded be •
yl" b Of the'f-hjM- | d .......■ . ■ S^taUShSB »H
TTriy'. J. W. Rtinrki
; Brazos • - - ^ must the ,h,s0M co-oporatiph-. ■ . , Wealherford. T^as I he m y nnq aur-
| lugal adveytiscn < i Ll - . y( achoolimHhe community at 'r.mndi»>g terrttoiT has- made splendid
Iht^ TI„:,W h-U, un,ler his-.m6tia(femei\| a,
ilm-kdale. Meyer th,,ir hoi'i^ felUi^ed. ., , __ 1 U C uf lht! coHimumty interest and
iris now mow ‘than tyvo a ears sin e jtlvlty.
the-first step was taken in Roekdale ■ Let me
hah i iiv |#urMv»w»M .....
< ivelv engaged in-Chamber of Com-
iperce work lioro-for better than three
venrs. coming from a like position in
WeatherforciVTexa?. The eityTmd sur-*
mundiikg■ territory has made splendid
progress under his management ns
ptiKIicity agent , anditr all chamber uf
yum it" 1 f'11'1 -business interest has in-
uirr. that every* child hek-r«a*«d.
Die—fi rst step-was- taaen -hi . .
lookin- Ed t:he-.unkinicii.m.:Tif. IhiJremly fur m-Iiui.I W ti.u dpepiny, day,
' • ... .... ........ fin, r,1H n nri l,u mb tirtro the co-oporatinn of
Mi^Uich will lie near" the old | a e,I 'let mb nrgu Ihe . u-ujiural Um of
.1 . k-ikitrof Nn^He a.Wn-fpr-'kim- jUxo parents in securing the eguli^
*MS"Wwtgh-elww the F-U^L_.tbilroa.l. punctual attendanee uf each Hold
§:.s^
^act#. 38 yltar.ruf differene# w-nga- ^ vit,w. The , urdir.:m-e fin:vl.'»'J,U,t i 1 1 ;I ' __„
'T^^ WtrTey -R^a^l^^ ^-stre^r truflie-was passed Tor t I r» ^XdSCotheLkw knuwa^a feqfl^g n,.e office of. secretary,
_ T.iri 'il... *,. Vcare air- He ....... urevhntiiig 1 congestion of, th„; ,i„1]n 'n, Reagan Highway, and Vrade-; Miss Fredomu ltatrstun, first date his strtrrssm- hnn hot been
Tenn.,; pighty tliieu J > »nt.l-the UW I - .,;.l,nn ........... ,.im I. G. N......I „l c-rades. Miss ladtie Mad-—--■'
w^h^dyat ^Wo^.Termu'^ 'streefs by vehicles, etc.; |Ll- tne ‘’miudim^ j^'rmi tu «rsecond, grade
lh cih lm wf 3, pten1?"" i aa'; to ..ppito rich and pnftr alike, <in each ,. ,-------i>nnillels..»tITjit i an-i-i'hillurs. secofhl i
sometim.tts. retei iiu iv "Pu?- “;"s. ' * r . ... ,,
tirrhwav because1 it parallel^Twit rad- j-y hillips sec-amt grddts. Misa^ Grace
'Mr. -Drake will continue to make
Rockdale his hoWi. bid, g engaged.. wi
till field work. Rockdu g s' oil fie)d.
development has be-n due largely t >
Ida ..rroi-ts which havL-aide.i) matermlly
in-placing the embryo-fieltfdinhe Ume-
iiglit; active development .on large
scales following, his il'ilu..cdton'TnToTTm
chosen, hut a im-elillg of the Imud oi
dlre.tprs will he called~ip'-the near fu-
road’ for a considerable mileage, i Manpm, i__, . .
.. indav in the matter 'has. been due to j Ali .grades above the Uiird,wdl be-
various causes, .principally to the red.-'located m' the high school building.
living now Mrs Plbmlee left bne+Vantflge: of the 'absence of a tiau tWo, dopartmeiits will stip.ply j.vi(,efl *a satisfactory schedule c-an be
frr% " w Raised by Lnp and turn . and drive in. «^ tf, majdt portion of the funds involv-|||minfft,d. Theleaefiors assigned to
M, and’ Mrs RoarTTbut wh5 di^l-direction'. . And would you. pb-nse staU hpidge Will he intermediate department are in'
Mr and Mrs Roar^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ — the citpTtD t<y the most Improved plans ' ^ but Ul,ir indrvidual assign-
zome ,yis»io -......- - ”f ' • • •* --u *v,„ ,.rvTiimns or 1 tie Ke- Vriu,r,i iimldinir. It IS said ~u*i> k„ far only ..tentative and
Z h^!?tl,f~o(S'a1Sl^" m4- dw: -SO far
33 ,r:=c
TZL .^”r L.rlh.” Plumlee, irr'&fl. fo 11^ ««r -UUeris ukoad-b
tore i S«'l it* ■ ,11 m -t
: dome .years ago
ie near for mt» as com11>g 11 . „„
55SSR Mr. mid Mra. dr-d^fo.-tfoW'
Roarli cafne to Texas from Tenn.. ,n , prl* m,,|vii,K;
1901 first Upending three years «i *, set an examplo by I -l. •"!
m ‘ OLnton 1
npcuraniK ctr ■ - - ■ i _
j-of modern bridge building. It is sail mt.tps are so .......... .......
1th$T when cdEmptetod this-bridge wrlL tn-/change- at '
E* .fi'aS-’rrSic.....
P. H^Carnp suffered i;onsider- rit«*.AVpred-- and their age vs cd<-to. actoum.._.
M'nancial WSR Tuesday nig’- '
k,. i ' w!1en\ Qf’e • dgstrbyei
L „arn &n.'J contents ht hip
The barn
ere-
........ibSSSSSESS*
Is3t*wsr<
ir~t*tss| 5«2s*r»5t5asss - 4
-“F»f -hay, trto.a. rec«ttly.
Miss Louise Hrfle, reading and his-
tory—supervision over fourth grade.
Mrs. JELa^Bfii Marrs', Vrithmetitv-
supervision oyer fifth grade. —"
'Miss Brownie Stribling, english and
spoiling- supervision over' sixth grade.
Miss''Mary Noble, to he assigned
ear Rockdale and the re- r hat particular ini. acyi"" e“y - (;own bridge, amt wnen
-- ». several hunjr^ bushels eenf birthday rolel.rstion is anhther 1 „ .^^X'fo'^d ito’your jg .
a-;,l'V ' 1'- h"1, rrerittly memorable event whirh serves " <*>. ' W;m.h v,.m- sle,'. 1»,'“'J lt'lp Snufn l-’e sod ,he
round nnmW. ' uni, member to-the new homestead ,m a-
, . eacn oinei .......
mxr- ;v .....mamber Jpi’the new^omestead
uu* fif,» \% unaccountod which i« comfortably m
^ lhe !'nihility, that the small town near Dallas whcTe urban
placed in the bafn eomforts and suburban' privileges
* bre Mr . Camp carried are so happily combined as to make
ra-ftflbr :n^ir«n-e.—Thom- llvtog^nditJona idea^- Cffmcron Her-
^ ■>- A
ordinance curdcs-_
ihv wd» 4f city for jmur «h-
cards *h«n The ReportOr will
. ,1... a,in,h work at the 'am
wards Milano and Rockdale.
^"BiaiTwili also be opened on the op-
Hb. Action oL.-about tW mli«s <vf SUte
Highway, running from A(' Hal1 l,)
.....2
prite?
W ILLI A M S()N ' 0D.U NT Y TD
HAVE SHORT COTTON CROP
B. H. Allen of Round Rock, while
visiting this office'-Monday, reported
that he had during the. Tatter part oi
the past week visited many sections of
the count,y aild it was his opinion that
nvTcdUon crop of the-county would be-
at- least -twenty— thousand-bales,,.and...
possibly thirty, thousand short of last
year.' On account of the exceedingly
dry weather he said- the rrop was dc-
teriorating very fast; that very much-
'of the immature bolls-were oikmipg,
ami‘in several places'he noted that
half-grown bolls were drying up and.
faliing off:-' In some pieces he noted
that the bulk of the crop was already
_______*—. . .—a!___.m___-— -Deinr/ra
---rj—
The .teachers asstgiinVents to
high school are
Mr. \V. T. .\toGee-Principal -8tl«bch.
___ .. . mil—n.
Mi W T. McGee Principal Mltence. <ave vne u-r« ..... ”
S* «■* *w..... m
t,
upei'Vtston nvrr seventh grade..—_ (>ptnT Between Florence and Briggs
* -Mbs Cordelia Crouch, tube assigned aJu) -j^tween Jarrell and Florence, he
Ttw> tenehers iisstgmhents to the said, was an exceptioiuras both of th
said, was an exceptionr-as both of these
sections had heavy-tains in time to
-nve the crops and (flint on scvclil
crops
History.
Miss Nan Thompson Mathematics.
Miss (Trace Stribiing -English,.
Mizs .. AJJice. P,,rter 9lmnish.
History.
! nrrps ln^uiese pyv‘-.^..n ...... ■
would he better than for last year.-
Georgetoivn Sun. -
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ymh Phone 155 foi- that-typewriter nb-
—--4 bon and get it qu iekV.--^--—- - -
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