The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1931 Page: 1 of 10
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The Taft Tribune
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TAFT. TKXAS, THURSDAY. DEC KMBKR 10. 1931
NUMBER THIRTY-1
Charity Game
Swells Chest
Fund $89.52!
TJm> rh«r.ty football gruilf played in
Biutcn Friday, the proceed* of Minch
donated to charity to tne re
*i*cu»f town* nci'od Taf' n total of
Wt» :«2 Tli- turn- which mils spun-
ftornl by ttw Taft chamber of Com-
merce. throuvh 'a athletic committee,
and the Sinum Klwnnls Club. wo* one
of the moat *ucctav.ful under' iking*
ever attempted here.
Moot of the success mils due to the
effective work of the local Womans
Club which s|>onsored a ticket selling
campaign here that was responsible
for the greater part of the proceeds
taken in here. All proceed* derived
from ticket* sold In Taft were donated
to local charity while pre-game ticket
sole* lr. Sinton went to the same
cause there. Receipts taken at the
game were divided equally between
the two towns
Arcordlnv to Walter Sjiarks, Jr.
Ha* Powerful Friends
Mm-»r Walker, of New York
ffity. went all tile way to Call -
fornlt to plead with Oov. Rolph
fur Tom Mooney s 'aoovei par-
don Moon-) lias beet. In pr.son
since 1916 for alleged bombing of
a preparedness parade in San
Francisco.
Jack Karnes Kirtley
Dies at Aransas Pass
Stores Offering
Inducements to
Trade at Home
No nerd of going away Iran home
'hla year to p.ck up holiday gifts. u« -
ful and practical at greatly :educed
prtee* Clues some of our reader?,
read the t art-page advert Moment In
the TT.bune last week advertising
the big stock liquidation sale put on
by the Cage Mercantile Company,
unywu) the sale* at this store last
Friday and Saturday were a pretty
good indication the information had
leaked out there would be a big sale
on. And the same firm comes out
again this week with another two-
page advertisement, showing numer-
ous new bargains.
This week the Cage Hardware and
Furniture Company are advertising a
big pre-inventory sale, a great op-
portunity for those seeking holiday
bat gains This firm has a big stock
and offers exceptionally good bar-
gains m household furniture, kitchen
ware dishes, glassware silverware,
stoves of most any kind the buyers
’Hound Quint
Will Open at
Robstown,15
| DRIFTWOOD
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We have not yet hewn able to
ure out just what can be the
live ox PrwtWten; Homer and
Mellon tn urging cor«reaa to
Coach P L Wodaort and his Orey- 22 •>* «»
hounds play inelr first basketball
game tn Robstown Tuesday night.
right at a time when ns9*t
body la not atue to even pay
t*Ms. With over a lour Wilton
deficit, the over part exceeding
hundred million, there Is
Katherine Kramer, m, Dm
Mo'nes, was chosen by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce as the
most beautiful and good steno-
grapher, at Its national conven-
tion.
McKamey Reaps Nice
Cotton Picker*
=n= ucsrj; j
am been pl»ve<i am*»y from the home t___ . * would UPH
gym. The squ.d thU year Is one of
radioct. telephone. Ukfmph, and
vhoo. Woodson hu i*»d as many as
30 aspirants out for the team In ^ . ***? *3d
many of his prwt.ee sessions. £2.
w.n pribabiv !*» * '*»"» tadW*
f.nd Too Tall" John* jumping ten- * W'V> ar* ™t
ill
now within the
Jack Kurnes Kirtley, 6 year old might be seeking. I T- A, McKamey was
chairman of the athletic committee of ^Ar'aml, ^td^he^e' h ^ TlU’lni' f°r * VU5it°r ‘n -------- -—
the local chamber of Commerce the of his parent Sunday December f*h h,° ‘da? 04,1 flnd 1 b>! wa^eh1"* ff°i7. and reported he had Just
Woman's Club ticket tal, netted Dece^ J a Vl>hT 7 O S' TaVt£SL''** «—•« —
01 of 1 aft and the Kirtley Drug Store
The starting lineup
, — *ihd “Too Tall" John* jumping cen- __ , „ , , _.
Profit from Radishes Z TZ
^ ^ RA5X1 HP ^^1 ^ Y pl®V a 1 ftVi ai*A in iaanslMai* * «aa.S
business ed a few games last year but showed !' 4n<* to l<‘rmlj>afe Jun^ *• I
Taft, Monday, from Ore- ^.veT^SS
acres of
the tlpoff and scoring points from A , “ ^ v
,,C' places near the bx-sket Johns has denC* and sUbl,lty r“ »
onions just before the last rain be-
shown wonderful Improvement In this
season's practice thus far and no
talned without an increase
■j
in tMMm,
T-n dollars and twenty seven was closed here Tuc.4»r moving fresh‘fr^Tegei^nfthe^St 2“d ^thw’VdP T*“*** wuf^^the^m.t^y of *****•?*? * ****** A
cents was Taf' .s .share of the gate
affords in the line
---o —
in that city,
place in the
« AKKOI.I. IIORNRl'RG KII.LEC
— -............. o-™ e^.ra f ,h , h»rore Iona administration, and hadn't reckoned
was Just coming up. and the halance Whitworth and William* wtV oro anytb,R* ,flcr that coi'!<3 happen.
- - *' r-s - - ■— --
Mr. McKamey had nlaned about 10 and f a veteran of worth at his posl-
aercs of radishes which paid him a t on Whi! worth also has had ccnsl-
congress think about It
• • •
Then here Is anoftier
ItA
probteo,'!^
— ____ n nephew of O
J00 2.1 and the school a total of of Tr.ft and tr... rw.».___
in the grocery
was “*— * “
. ^ . , rc' wh“c Mr ond Mrs. Klrlley, John: the market
ce.pt* ■naklnp me prand ota! of Craven and Mike McCullnm attended mei*s
493 02 Expenses were listed by Sparks the funeral that was held i„ the
at SI V) which leaves the n- total Cage Funeral Chair-'
Ih.i W-. go t'* Tuft ch.u it1, caves at Iiilernicm u!ca ,/W,I.
$8PV.< ’’ ,lKo ^ :n uu' IN AMARILLO Al'TO WRECK
Aransas Pa.** cemrrtery.
l afi -h w hetw'it te-oV’,- f,.™ r,T</>l 3Ioan i,:ustor o! ‘hr Aransas Carroll M HornbuiT. rides' son of good prol t .and It was Just derable experience and the pair will which the president had overlooked
lb .**' o' he CM Z rr Church <,ff‘c,at,d at C. A Hornburg. former Taft Baptist dayl^ ^ <«•> hp *Tn- become valuable cogs in the machine, in hu message to congress A rwmdy |
Commerce U £ t. Zr^l,X 1' " ^ ^ ^ •« •» ^ “ "* ^ ^ abould ^ •— oTered to T^2 *
zation* who mod.- -h'* -.,.n of -ah- B ' _ b”- accident near Amarillo Saturday Forward positions have been raus- this condition again next year. We
morning, November 28. (Hristmau -.T™.ln1 Woodson a good deal of worry. It may be able to relieve (he four and
The fata! accident occurred when ”:LL ... !s "'mast sure that Woodrow Crump- one-half billion deficit bv mcremalisa
PROJECTS CONTRACTED the vr in which Hornburg was riding *“ *1 n Bl HINTON CUB ton will get the call at one of the taxation, but what provision can be
crashed into a truck on the state Music lovers of Taft will be afford- posaions hut the other one remains a offered to avoid another and possibly
highway between Amar'Uo and Can- ,.f! ,,he opportunity io hear mm< rmllv t>UZ/,° Prw'sIey' Craarford O'1' * greater deficit. How about reducing
* ’.fin n n/l Ton*nti> tlvn-tm n»>. — mUIm/* --- __1 « _ • •
•ifr monrv I. «.<;* >»*ar
•A thr individual orsaniEations *oc*k
IflfiinV \ V BETTERMENT
>f thr».-g- n,\p:,, but dilP to ‘ho
i' fitmnc al . ondrion of these Highway betterment pr >jed.s o
*"»’ '>n> thb vrar r ha.1'been ut- $1,045,345 were contracted Mon-
tmr
ble for
tbf
bf* day bv tiie stare highwa\
ikcr. cart of ;n
a Hk»* v,
•ar
lh»» .'.mi• and
* iv pro
•* a* Ct
in.s(nia -
inlir c ernes ori i:
l become
r Jot a I charity t
0 be taV
this •‘don, with a
Tuesday and
commjfi-
s.miliar lettim; .set for
yon
was
accompanied by V. F >,oo<! presentations when the Shil.cn Ion' and Tnrnmy B-own are making congressional salaries and how about
Pain* and Miss Virgmia Wheatley at Music Club presents "The Holv Na- stroni! b,<l's bu‘ Hl Presen' Woodson asking congressmen to do thier own
• i... .. J __ __*____t___ * " Via. n hi rliioI/loA i.iain hie eh/ilon for nffl** _-_1- 2 __. _» «__... _ . _____ ‘ *
another huge let.itig
ume and 'hey were returning tlvity. • Christmas Cantata.
the CharrlK
( *
r/i"
tr d
is i: r \suj
hcJpfu! rnn
found on
tlifl
tod
mevo-
t.om ar»*
i MUdr
H mav.
ng the
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i giiss ;ps-~=m~=£~
‘ ' b Funeral service.- were held n the E , fJarrcm. A F Vclso . .. n<)on Woodson will probably plrk his departments, cut the salaries of heads
Allen Mortuarv In Kingsville. Tues- AU)]n of Taf. ..„c taking oar: 'ii tni- st“rtlne fivp from tbP ®howlng made of departments, and discontinue the
day. December Rev. /, H Clark prc«.,p. A„‘ .hrep ' ' ' b> 'he bovs in these scrimmages. franking privilege, and when a war -
of he Kir> : B.o'.ln. Church knw.„ ,or fhctr muslcai lalpnf, . The schedule has rot beer, arranged vessel becomes obsolete, out of style,p
way 128:
.-f S8683
H K McCollum. Ft Worth.
XMAS BOXES PLANNED BV
VCXILIAItV I OK VETERANS ■
j officiated and burial was made in the
talents and
many lovers of good music from here
for publication as yet but as soon as Instead of raking it out Into deep
I Chamberlain Cemetery, v nere Horn- „vt,, ‘ 11 ‘•s announced the Tribune will nu- water and sinking it, sell it to Henry
------ -...or. ...... .......... '■'c',pc'ed to go to Sin ton for the ,, It ,, ,, fa..t h(wev*r. F„-d ,v ,«■ c..,. Z. Jzr.
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Pier- V >•:• d:.sc:s>ea for . -ndin.; the . bu-t's mother was burled several years pr(,sent.i'.lor. of the cantata,
enu sal Chris'm.-.s boxes to families of ago. j. ^ preSented Sunday evening.
the disabled Work) War veterans
At the time of Ills death Hornburg
December 20, at the Sinton Methodist
STATf IXAMINATIONS 1NI»
IN TAKBEKKV TRIAL TODAY
TJie ' if * completed e.\amina;lt>n<
:n the New on Yarberr.v trial at
Hu • .!]. .ate Wedrn -day !• is Yar-
II ALL BROS. THEATRE
AT SINTON IS CLOSED
'■ '‘o» S' 'he meeting ol the local j™* * In the Abernathy high oh!jr,.h Tt start promptly at 730
American Legion Auxiliary held at ! dfioo, Ke is a graduate of Texas
'it.' I or ion hay !rLv;t Friday evening ) A. and L, of the class of 1927.
I. had been requested that practical j Surviving Carroll M Hornburg are
games and equipment for rainy duj jbis father. C. A. Hornburg. his wife.
entertainment be sent these children h™ s0«'i- Carroll and x, <10-1*: two I: was announced this week that
tin.-: year, and 'he auxihary i* to carry bpot'hers' l- 9; ;‘nd f *■ °L La"i'io j the Hall Bros. Rialo Theatre located ,hr
out this plan Mrs W. L Thorington miiny -nend.s of the Hornburg , Inc
ben-, -end trial the first having appointed chairman of the com- f«“»y *» Taft were shocked to hear J
resulted m a hung jury at Sinton. ml!tee to look int0 the matter with I °f Ws unt‘mely paw> 'vs-
blirh it. Tt i» a settled fact, however, Ford as raw material for the con-
Woedson says, that the local team rtruetlmi of autonnoWks. tractors and:
will not take part in the tournament airplanes? Now it is possible the
at Alice Saturday. Democratic party may fall lieu- to. "3!
-----rv--- !his big deficit, together with a few &
elllion mnn- .dded next year, but if V.,)
15 It does, it will take some hustling iiW
■--- snd mighty rood ms. agement to ^ $
Due to 'he cold weather last Tues- the country out ot the deficit hole.
day and the muddy roads and ram. • * •
Y W. A play. "Mammy’s 'Li! There are forty or fifty men la 'IJ
of Wild Rose ’ was postponed one week. America
Y. W. A. PLAY POSTPONED
UNTIL TUESDAY DEC.
ai Sinton closed Monday night 1,1 wiki rcose was postponed one wees. America who control most of our *
this week, the last showing being on The play will be staged Tuesday wealth., and we’d suggest the admin- /
Mrs J. C. Carroll and Mrs. J N. 1
Stone members of a committee to get
appropriate materia! for
these boxes.
Various committee reports were
made. Mrs Kirtley. ir, charge of the
Hams, chairman of the poppy sale,
each made their reports to the mem-
ber*.
The next meeting of the auxiliary
will be held In January
The defense started iL> examinations
this morning and by noon .some 15
witnesses hud been examined. together
Many new witnesses have been :n-
trodured by lioth the state and the
defense rhat had r.ot appeared In the
previous -rial. It was announced that bene,it bntike party, and Mrs. Wll-
of the 2!) witnesses examined by the
defense today, twenty of them, had
not been examined in the first trial.
Judge T. M Cox refused a request1
of the defense for an instructed ver-
dict of not guilty after the .state's
testimony was completed.
J. S Shelton, operator of the Blue y
Willow Cafe in Aransas- Pass where |
Yarberr.v was alleged to have spent *
most of the night of the murder, |?
testified that Yarberry was not in his
cafe on the night of July 30. He had
previously told Sheriff Hunt that he £
was 'here but said that after thinking y
it over li» recalled that Yarberry had If.
beer, in the Saturday and Sunday £
preceding but was not there on the -j>
night of July 30. £
Yarberry is on trial n Beeviile on -j*
* charge of murden in connection
with the dea'h of Dorthy Symons. £
Aransas; Pass 18 year old choir singer
who was alleged to hav<- been rnur- If
dtji'ed Julv 3h, -J-
—.......->_________ :j:
THE NUECES BRIDGE ?
—
Fine progress has been made in .j.
building the new Nueces r;ver bridge y"
0:1 highway No. 12. at. IgiFruta Till* -|-
is a Urge structure being 5.200 feet X
long over all. but not including the £
approaches, and of standard width
Th.s is a big io' of bridge, and the j;
Price made by R W. Briggs, original -j*
con tractor, is '.about $175,000 The job X
ha* bt-.-n sub-let, and work is prog- £
rapidly, moxt of the piers and |
caissons of concrete being poured and X
i:
SPECIAL NOTICE
The S|>ecial $1.50 rate on the
Tribune has been extended to
the eno of the year, and while
quite a number have taken ad-
vantage of this rate, there are
still many in arrears who should
come in.
that night. night. December 15 at *he Auditorium istration draw on them for enough
At this time no statement had been The delay gave the cast another ;0 cover the deficit, and then with-
made as to how long the theatre week n which to prepare their parts oot making any radical change In
would remain closed. According to of- ailt) if ^ thought by time for the the law. those men are n a position
1 fleers of the company the show had staffing those who take the leading to rake in a few more billion In a
to be closed on account of the lack . i’artA wlil bp *b,e 40 fflw their W!*t 1 few short years, and this would be
of patronage. performance. a wonderful relief to the millions of 5f
Taft theatre goers who have been Those who have witnessed rehear- American* who are unable to meet 1
attending the shows at Sinton, no ■‘*■1* report the play is one that should the monthly payment* on radios,
doubt hope that a re-opening of the 'P^ase th" public, there being plenty automobiles, home brew utensil*, gro-
theatre in the near future will be !of drama, comedy, and good acting, j «™1 an occasional suit of
made. The Virginia backwoods drawl used 1 clothes, and local taxes. Of what um 3
_____________' b>' mo*t of the actors will make a 1 are these great fortunes to the world ?'
1 “ I hit with the audience Bruce Myers,1 when so many people are left strand- 3
Here Are Some of the 4-H Club National Clvampions for 1931
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11 especially adept at this mode of talk-awhile a few men control the sti-eatsu ;<
X! liig. The lazy shiftless Uncle Jae, j °f commercialism and gather jj» as ‘
{• j played by Lorenaa Johns, should take the game fish, pemiUtag only Sh«
X j wgU with the entire gathering—‘ Dat’s scavenger breeds to drift on down
X a fac, " where the unfortunate are waUtn* a|
XI Bob Sanders forsees an easy hying for the crumbs to drift tioeir waf,
•;*, as Lester Van, by marrying the Til Some day we may be permitted to |||
X Wild Rose (Pauline Pulllri) and liv-. witness a radical change. Some fta^r.^aj
j*: ing off a huge sum of money she is wc m«y elect men to congram xto . ‘^S8j
X to inherit. He almost (jets her, too, j Wf take the bull by the bonis and j|
X until—well that handsome Enmll Me-; enact a law which will prohibit A^laL
? Burnett, as Daniel French comes In accumulating wealth in a man- ..ai
iithen, as you shall see at the play ncr detrimental to his uefortonMb '-‘H
-f- Mammy Celie. alias Halite Mae neighbor.
.|:Kellet, tells fortunes—and they usu- ,
X ally are about right. Hester O'May, When the Declaration, of Indepen- f
J- Mrs. Richardson in person, sits and; dence was framed and a sentence pro- |
t Pines as Lefty Van and Peggy French, claimed therein that "all men were *1
Y, try to console her. Letty and Peggy, created equal.” it is plain to see the
? are none other than Jewel- Hensley j signers of that document did not pee-
$ anti Claire Hale. Ruth Spillcr, old ses much foresight, reach:,tig out to
-{• Mrs Courtvane for the night, wonders‘the present day, or else the sentence H
$ what she will do with all her money would have sounded different. One
j between caresses of her tittle grand- peragrapher dedans this sentenee
| child. Rose. should Rave read, ‘‘all men. are created
t Tickets are now on sale for the almost equal.” Men may be bona
¥ play and are selling at the low prices equal, but too many get oreftoalmmd
'before they get far in Ufa. Itom^T
sometimes wili cause a man, to Hn» "
his iMlance; liquor isometime* bust
MARY
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tot. arcording
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These Boys and Girls Wen
National 4-H Chararxonahiiks
at the International Li- estock
Exposition ir. Chicago.
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fVairie,
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of 35 and 25 cents.
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ckoxicttewiiif iwi— Oldham
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4- IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS
X FOR C. of C. MEET MONDAY do as, much, and too often a wt»a*a
-j- ------— may lead the niiin ton cloae to SM
X The regular meeting of the Cham-; bnnk of the precipice and onr be
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her of Commerce is to bf; held Mon- goss. Once njon a time a ysniag
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Charlie I
Mary I'to
a. n ihe M
10 is hr-
|.e lievt a< bif».
in -I outstanding leader-hip eor.l in 4-H Club work.
• v n trophy a- the “most outstanding” 4-H hoy.
id iso pets a Sir. Thomas Loot n trophy. She
on ii isv: yets the Moses trophy for spris, for rural
r '■‘•ft agricuitaral coliea'r scholsrshtn. awx.-d-
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day night, December 14 at the city lady here in America, a school teaefe-
X !,a13- er- married a youag man wtic co&M
-j- According to report* from officials not read and write. But tlsi* yomf
X several important discussion* are to lady could see and nnderateat
;> be taken up at this meeting and all worth, she taught him to read and
:- members an; asked to be present. User in life Andrew Jatdcson wmi3
f The meeting will be called to order elected riee-nreoidant and *"—
prerident at Ur^saln’i diwMi.
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