Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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Coleman County Chronicle
A Coleman County Paper for Coleman County People
Iood Attendance at C. of C.
jquet Tonight Anticipated
BJIf J
it, Owners Delay
Purchase of 1939
License Plates
■r..,x ussessor-colicctor H. M.
(Aorty) Brown and his deputies
»»t expecting a rush next month
n Coleman county's several
sand car owners call at his.
jo to .secure 1939 licenses for
p automobile^ April 1 is dead-
'inei for securing new licenses
Tb date., only 41; car plates, seven
I'arrti truck licenses and one truck
(Ictm*1* have been secured
Championship Call Entered In County Show By Arthur Edwards
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P.C.A. Meeting
Is Well Attended
Despite Weather
The meeting of the stockholders
of the Coleman Production Cred-
it Association held Friday morn-
ing lit the Dixie theatre was well
attended despite inclement weath-
er. According to VV. K. Melton,
seorslary-treasurer there were ap-
proximately 250 members.and visi-
tors attending M. 1,. Guthrie of
flrookesmlth and \V. O Kemper
of Abilene were re-elected as di-
rectors,
In a meeting yesterday of the
board of directors the year's busi-
ness of the Association was gone
over and plans for the current
year's operations discussed. L Roy
Prescott, treasurer of the Produc-
tion Credit Corporation of Hous-
ton was present for the directors
meeting.
GRAIN' MARKET
(As reported today by Wilson
Grain Co ).
No. 1 hard wheat ........... 59c
No. 2 oats .............................. 25c
No. 2 barley ........................... 38c
No. 2 threshed mllo, 65c per owt.
No. 2 threshed hogarl, 60c per
100 lbs.
I T WORTH IJCADER TO BE
SPEAKER OK EVENING; OR-
IGIN A1/ PHOOHAM PROM-
ISED.
Good attendance Is expected to-
night when the annual chamber of
commerce meeting and biiriquct is
held In the (,'rltz building on Col-
lege Ave. at 7:30 o'clock, accord-',
ing to President Robert 1 Bowen
Speaker for the evening will lie
William Holden, vice-president
and general manager of the Fort
Worth O. of C. The rest of the pro-
gram will be turned over to the
civic and social clubs of the town,
each 'of which has arranged a unit.
Every number will be a surprise,
featuring considerable originality,
Mr. Rmven says, and banquet
guests will vote to decide the win-
ning number. Suggestions for a
new chamber of commerce slogan
will ulso be accepted. The public
in invited to attend.
New directors for the organiza-
tion, recently elected, are E C.
Edens, Charles R. Wilson, Theo
Griffis. J. P. McCord, Joe Stevens,
Robert Horne and Rob O’Hair.
Retained directors are Gerald
Swann, lloty Craig, W. A. Powell.
Simon Horne. Alex Clarke, J. Lee
Mayes, Carl Fleming. Robert I.
Bowen. Hubert Bell, R. A Finney,
G. E. Dalton, J. M. Gordon, A J.
Durham. H. if. Scott, Joe B Hed-
leston and T. A. Clarke.
Ice On Windshield
Blamed For Wreck
On Abilene Road
T>r Joe Davis of Munday and
several occupants of another car
were injured last Friday when
their* nutomobil s collided on the
Abilene highway several miles
north of Coleman All were hurt,
but none set-lo t 1;., it was reported.
j-4 e accident was attributed to
iclt had formed on the wittd-
obscuring hr vision ot both
Governor Meets With Poultry Group
Deputy Collector
To Assist in Filing
Income Tax Retnrns
J. A. MILLER, FROM SAN AN-
GELO OFFICE, TO BE AT
FIRST COLEMAN NATIONAL
BANK MARCH 8 AND ».
To assist citizen* with their in-
come tax problems, J. A. Miller,
deputy collector from San Angelo
internal revenue service office,
will spend two days, March 8 and
9, in Coleman.
Mr, Miller will be at the First
Coleman National bank both days
to render income tax assistance to
any who desire it. Tills will be the.
only visit he will make here, dur-
ing this filing period', which ends
March 15.
Single persons ure required to
file a return if their net Income Is
$1,000 or over or their gross in-
come Is $5,000 or more. Married
persons must flic a return If their
net Income is $2,000 or more or
the gross Income Is $5,000 or more.
In announcing Mr. Miller's visit.
W. A. Thomas, collector of int'r-
nal revenue, said;
"Th'- new income lax law pre-
sents many complicated problems
which the layman, in attempting
to file his Income tax return for
1938, cannot solve. This office Is
anxious to be of help to ail tax-
payers who desire our assistance
In making Out their retunrs,
"For this reason, wo will send
. ports th* ' ■ • ' : 5.006 pound-, of . deputy coll.-dor' to y.->;r vt> t"
| This picture was made at Austin -
w hen Governor \V Le<- O'Danlcl, i .
seated, indorsed (he program ot J-jij AAntpnrpc
t he Texas Poultry Federation which j J °11 C11 WC*1 ,V,,t 3
is to better all phases of the poul
tty industry In Texas-
left to right are l t'ommer. Ham
ilton, a director in the fedtrution; i
Mayor Tom Miller.' Austin, direr- j
tor; H, H. Drumm. Lie aha in. Hi-1
rector. Rose M. Sherwood, chief of
poultry husbandry at the Texas!
Agricultural - Expert m< • ^Nscau.m,1
'third vice president; W \V Card ]
twenty-sec- w(,j| Lullng, second vice president;'
of the Coleman I>*mke, Btephcnvllle, execu-
C. H. Hufford , secretary-trcAiurer. and John
was re-eleoted to that position forl^ (.oI)lpr jr p,,rt Worth, prtsi-i
the 1939-40 term by the board .of J |fent
trustees meeting Thursday night :
Mr. Huffonl came to Coleman i
from Brownwood, where h<- served
ten years aa superintendent He-.
Hufford Heads
City Schools
For 23rd Year
COLEMAN SI PEU1NTENDENT,
RK-ELHtTTOD BY BOARD OI
Tltl'KTEKS THURSDAY NIGHT!
Now completing
ond year as head
city schools, dupt.
his
be poul- lx I I •
, miAssessed Liquor
»r 11 iirr»- i
Law Violators
MORE BOOTLEGGERS IN tX»tN-
TY JAIL THAN EVER BE-
FORE IN FI'S HISTORY
There are more bootleggers writ-
ing sentences in Coleman county
jail this week than ever before in
its history. County Attorney tV B.
tliilly) linker said today
Edwards Youth
v
Shows Champ Call
At Burkett Show
RESERVE PRIZE WON BY WIL-
LIAM CI'RTIS HENDERSON
Willi tt-IWVI) IrttV l<OT
AM MAI. ~ .
Showing a net lot calf weighing
825 pounds, Arthur Edwards; Ji.,
inn of Mr ml Mrs A 1 Edward-
tnok the grand championship prize
at the annual Burkett Future Far-
mer - and 4-H ‘ tub i alf show held
there last Th •Today’1 Tin- live-
stock show was described as one
of the b*-st ever held hi that com-
munity.
William Curtin Henderson, *<n
of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Henderson,
won the reserve championship with
a dry lot calf named "Spoil,'
weighing 930 pound-
There were 18 entries in the four
classes of fat steers Young Ed-
wards won first and fifth places In
the wet lot division, with Hender-
son winning second and third ond
R. C. Merry man winning fourth,
11. nd' rsun took first m the dry lot
division. Other entries included
Jamcsi Henderson. Hriotty Ilenihr-
son. Buron McAnuily, C V. Rob-
inson and Edwards
Lorraine Colson took first and
second place*, in the fat lamb class
with Wayne Harris winning third
and fourth. Others with good en-
tries were John l. Brink, James
Henderson and Ed Yards A I.
MASON CATTLE BREEDER
JUDGES KNTKIE.W IN AN-
N I A I. B O Y S' 1,*V I STOCK
SHOW "
With a wet lot calf whMh placed
first in the junior nvet lot division,
Arthur Edward*. Jr., w-so the
grand championship of the county
F.. V, A,-4-H club boys livestock
show which is being held today on
the H. 11 Jackson lot west of th*
New Moor* hotel. Elgin C. KcJcert,
Mason cattle bri-eder, Is judging
the entries
K e * e r v . championship was
awarded a calf entered by William
Curtis Henderson, with James lien- >
demon arid James McESrath win-
ning third and fourth places, re-
spectively in the championship
class.
Senior dry lot division winners .
were; James Henderson, first, Wil-
liam Curtis Henderson, second; Ar-
thur Edwards, third and fourth.
Junior dry lot James McElrath,
first, William- Curtis Henderson,
second and third, and James McE!-
rath, fourth
Junior wet lot Arthur EdwrjulB,
first; Lawton Brevard, second.
About 50 calves were entered In
the fout divisions. Judging of
sheep am) other livestock was be-
gun after lunch today
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Weather No Bar
To Talpa Calf Show
BROYLES MUTTONS, BREVARD
CALI’ WIN.
Talpa: Feb. 18.—Inclement
weather today failed to dim Talpa
»er9.
celvlng his bachelor of art degree
from Howard Payne college.
Brownwood: He later took th*
Master of Arts degree from the
University of Colorado, Boulder
lie has studied In the I niv. r-ity of
Nevada, the University of Texas
and fho University of t\i:-ferula at
Los Angeles.
Mr. Hufford has taught ■' Texas
for 16 years, doing nwt-iandlng
work during bis stay in Coleman
He Is a member of the rttionnl
state and Mid-Texas fkiucolonal
association*. and is a charter
member of the latter organization
Four times he has served as presi-
dent of the Mid-Texas croup
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Low Fire Loss
Earns Maximum
Credit For City
KIRK DKPiUtTMI N I I'OMMUM)-
IU> BY HT\Tf: COMMISSION
yx>ii FsPPwrTfvi-: woith
Kigbt hav«* in
county court this on charges
of po«mi*HWloh and sal** ot liquor
and are serving runglng
from 3r» to 4*i daTh* jail ix
filled lo capacity at thiw time, with
serving: isontcnce^.
•„ JiiAKt week, in county court, the
county atUwney r**p«*rt«*U, Thco
Wc-a was convicted on a liquor
charge, fined $250 and a«»e**cd a
30-dav jail sentence West was
tn**d before a jury in County
John O Harris* roviii. |>ro**»cuteti
by County Attorney Baker and
found guilty.
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Wool Dealer Makes
Clippings Sale
George Rhone, local wool dealer.
As We Go
To Press . . .
Coleman, with a reputation of
ninny years' standing fm It; low
annual pro|»erty loss by fir.-, has
again been given th* maximum
credit rating of 25 per.- nt. eff.s
live March t, by till state uic a
sura nee department
In a letter to M.-yp> i„ t s -ii
borough, Marvin Hull fit. m u
unce commission* r. went
"After announcing that ymii litw
city will again receive tin* good H' *
i record credit of 23 tier .cent fm
i 1*89, t want to toke'this .pp .ten
! ntiy to commend y«ur ftr>* deport-
i ment to you for. the . ft*.* llv
, it has been doing In saving your l:.i. I. j.*;m on F< b 1.590,069
Give for Education
Meeting to be Held
By I.O.O F. Lodge
\Vu«hiii£ton‘9 btnhday may meat*
j Hal. and cherry trees tq rno«t
Am* 'h aim. !>u* to Coleman Odd
i j'\ |nus ne i ns* ;t bt»‘In cdtjea -
t»rk tioi*.
Edwards, vocational .agriculture j
teacher, wm* in chars* of the High School's F. F. A. project
gbnvv. ! •how, which was held in the »pa
1 dous Talpa Wool Warehouse under
the d lection of Grady Rlchardoon,
vocat'onal agriculture teacher.
County Agent Barton of Ballinger
ana Curtlk Beok of Talpa, were
Judget:
Banners Included Breeding ewe
lamb* J. T Thompson, flint and
second; Ria Gallaway, third;
breeding buck lambs, in order......
Thurman Bradley, Lowell Maxwell,
and Floyd Broyles; two tooth ewes
—James Thompson, all three
places; two tooth bucks—Lowell
Maxwell, first and second; James
Thom|>;on, third; fat muttons-
Floyd Broyles' alfalfa fed mutton*
•wept all three place*. Senior calv
<s»- Ernest French, Lowell Max
well a id J C. Fuller; Junior calves
Hal |*f*ck. Johnnie. -Broyles and
Evilly Kullet , grand champion
Lawton Brevard with 760 pound
wet lot calf, reserve champion
Ernest French with 845 pound dry
lot calf, and fat barroww—-Barney
Norris. Roy Fuller and Kenneth
Sttlck e.
Miss Henderson
Visiting High School
This Week
<
Accompanied by County Stipt I
Terrell Grave-*. Miss Kathryn Hen-
derson. district deputy* school »u-,
perlntendent. is in Coleman conn- (
ty this week visiting high schools t
ipptying for affiliation
Th.^two school officials visited
Tulpa and t'entennial on Monday,
Novice and RockWOOd on Tuesilay; ,
Mottdlie, Wednesday, and Burkett
and Buffalo ThnoAir.*
Lela Mauldin cTo
Represent Coleman
In DAR Contest
. lipping* to u Boston firm nt II)
cents
Mr Rhone has also 5 .intruded
about 1.900 fleeces at 20 cents to
|,o sheared by May 15.
.Miss Cbrystene Trowbridge vislt-
Iv i in Dallas last weekend.
assist your citizens with their In
come tax problems. The law does
not Impose this duty upon us, hut
vv.* feel obliged to assist wherever
we are m-eded The deputy's nd-
vii e and assistance . Is extended
purely as a courtesy and without
. ost tq your citizens."
Coleman home q.-moastratlon
clulis are sponsoring a radio pro-
gram on "Kitchen limnoVenient."
which will ho presented over sta-
tion KRBt' Abllen. Monday at,
11:36 a ill
j citizens both from fire lo- * "'■> o.l.l I'.-llows in 2.5.690 lodge* in
from higher Insurance costs failed State* and Canada at -
'Any time this department .an,,,mi special'meeting* ti> contribute
assist you with any of your tv.i>* to the order s'educational foundtt-
fightlng or fire prote. turn proh- '.ton Donations are entirely vnl-
lerti*. plrdM do not hesitate to:' uniaty hut oyer the years they
command us." lime y • insistent iy produced a large
i Vigilance of the pulbic lu elpn* , »um of money
j inatlng fire hazards and e*>6p»rit* * Tiic.-** fund* are rawerved for u*«
. tn* with the fire department is , and iluughters ot Chid Fet-| yEditor's .not** Ate regret h-lng
' l°WJr* largeUf responsible for Coleman * J particularly irf dbcMsetf mem- j forced "to. omit
L.-la Mauldin wilt represent cole-.
!iia.n high schisil iu. a candidate in'
a national contest sptmsored by th** j
Daughter* of the* American Revo-;
tutloii each ton I'andtdate* are
chosen from the .senior' , * la Ss oft
each high sch,ad c.U a basis of clt
izenshlji.
The winning girl In the* United]
Slat.- will attend the national D,
A 1! meeting in Washington In
April and w ill be presented * to Mrs.
Fi-Huktin.ii Roosevelt
o ...
\\ I REGIIET
Interscholastic League Calendar
t
For County Meet Is Announced
\CTIVTOES TO BE Hindi FROM
MARCH 1H UNTIL APRIL 2'J
IN 40 luEM AN, H)IRE<TGR
,;j,YNN MITCHELL STATIC.
A complete calendar of event*
for the annuul lnterscholastle
League county meet was released
tills week by Glenn Mitchell. Talpa
superintendent, who 1* director
general for this county
Dates for the meet have been
»et by the executive committee as
follows,
March 18. 9 a m : tennis. Col«-
m.ui courts, ward, high school
juniors and rural track, Hufford
field.
March 24. 8 45 a m.: Uterary
. vents. Coleman high school.
March *5. 9 a m.s <>*• A * B.
track and field event*, Hufford
March 35: »:*0 a. m.; Choral
ringing Mr* W. A. Wilhite, direc-
tor, ward and rural schools Cole-
man high school.
March 29, I p. m.: One-act play,
Miss Vera Ptiarl Oliver, director,
Coleman high school.
April 15, 9 a. m.t Flay ground
ball, all divisions, diamonds in
Coleman.
April 22, 9 a. m.: Flay ground
ball, teams not defeated, diamonds
n Coleman.
March 10 1m the final date for all
entries to he In the mall, and
name* of base ball players must
be In the mall not later than April
10. Drawings for playground ball
and tennis are to he' made by tit*
athletic director and director gen-
eral and schools will he notified as
to when and where they will play.
Literary Events* ——
Schedule for literary events,
which will be held at Coleman high
• (Continued on Page I)
HtaWv-' Cum miltectii i n
Ktngidicry And H H N'. l-mf, u'— j exeall.*nt fire record. Fir* Cbt.-f U
trlet field representative, will be R* |mtU)|, anJ m#mber» ot hi- d-
In t'ob-man Frill*iv K- ' - * to con-
fer with county and community
committeemen on th** 1639 fuim
program
county Agent c v itobinson will
attend a dairy meeting tn Abilene
Saturday
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A e Pratt and C I) ,Allen vis-
ited In the Runnel* county agent's
office in Ballinger Monday after-
noon
Dalton and
pgrtment belie vs
Old King Cold
Fruit buds, flow ir luds and
spring hats went into tempor-
ary’ retirement Monday and
Tuesday of this week When the
mercury dipped to the season s
low of I*. According to offi-
cial n erds of J. «7. 9L vens Co.
thl* same mark wo* evwrhed on
November 23 »nd sgeir. on No-
vember 27.
Fruit groweti wckomed 1149
’snap" since It will boll fruit
buds back and !iftimes the
cnance* for a g >vd ctop.
-
H. D. Women Win
Garden Conte t
Won as a prts< In a ot**ft_*p<>r..
sored by the Hastings Seed Co of
Atlanta. Ua, $10 worth of garden
needs will be distributed among the
county's home demonstration club*
at th* next home demonstration
council meeting March 4
Coleman county was one of five
counties winning the prize which
•M ottered to the horn* deruonetra-
Uon club women In the f rut five
counties planting frame gardens
since Dec. 1. 1919 Other counties
winning were McCulloch, Stephen*,
Bexar and Taylor.
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RKA READ* TAKE COllISR
President Charles W Pitt- S. R.
Hale, project superintendent, and
Carroll I And all of the Coleman
County Electric. Co-< pratlv^ tnc
tn Cleburne this week attest**
lag a project superintendent's
11>* t - wh-i desire htgh-i* education
The money is loaned to them ami
rep.ml. thus becoming it revolving
fund that !».-rva-ee In size * each
'* . >'•
Washington's birthday was se-
py the odd fNrUotw*' ks' tltete
-give for education" day because
the t’aibet of hi* Country con-
stantiy stressed education as a key-
stone America's national struc-
ture
Coleman Odd Fellow* and Ke-
bekahs, members of the auxiliary,
vnii hold their meeting March -2 at
7:10 p tn. at th* I. O. O. F. Hall
This meeting will be for L O. O F.
and Rebekah members and their
famine*
— t*
$l,*rh
Ple#$e
n u n» bf» r of Ii U* m k
of intithi*i wwk «iu<‘ tn mat*-
rl"w\ ci»mi,0|j iu hit» and briutinp:
ttimut a surplus on pubUoatlon dny.
\\ . will _ thr tnojmrirt inn
ot vontribtitorp tn tmmttnj! in cony
sih early an pfwwihl** .
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
MAKING SHEAFING
ARRANGEMENTS HERE
('has F. Carroll, Employment
Service representative announced
this week that eight shearing ma-
chines .together win thsii crews
have been, lister] a! hW office, and
contact* may be matle' there by
sheep and goat ranchmen who will
have either large or small flocks to
Mi' (.'.irroll *tacsj that, no
i h«rg< will he made for making the
i entarts and the office will be a
medium by which ranchmeji may.
make arrangements for shearing,
-marking and tagging.
Men can also be furnished tor
most any . kind of farm or ranch
work, Mr Carroll said, either la
1 skilled or unskilled labor.
Planters Enthusiastic Over
A
One-Variety Cotton Plans
n«- Oimnu-lc webs>it«-- ami
solicits the help of Its reader*
tn gathering all <l*o nmvs. and
ismtrlbiitlotv so' al«ay« appre-
riatod. HoWfvor, isiutiibniors
and osiMO (sirro*m>n<l<-ot* will
great l ,v help the «dlt**r b> tnrn-
tng in their news as rally tn tin*
: w's-k a* powdhle Thank*
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PICKING INSTEAD OF BOLLINt,
RFAXiMMENDED TO IMPROVE
GRADE OF STAPLE
v
Plans to establish Coleman coun-
ty as a one-variety cotton area are
being enthusiastically pushed by
farmers, A. C. Pratt, AAA adtnln-
t rative assistant report*.
Acala sped has been decided up-
itn and the Farmers Co-operative
gin has announced that It will han-
dle only cotton of this strain dur-
ing th- next ginning season In or-
der to avoid mixing seed.
By planting one variety only,
Coleman county can command a
premium on its cotton crop, Mr.
Pratt pointed out.
Requirements which cotton spin-
ners ll»t As Important to good cot-
’
ton were recently pointed out by
N. 8 Deari e, General' •PCJ-Otary of
International Fed. ration of Mas-
ter Cotton Mpinner*, with empha-
sis placed on uniformity of staple.
It I* not the longest fiber* whtah
decide value of cotton, but Cha
average length, hr Mid.
Also Important are uniformity of
cotton, which should be of one va-
riety and in uniform hale*, and
color of the staple, with while most
popular with •pinners. Grade of
staple cAn be improved In thl*
county by picking instead Of botl-
ing Mr Pratt said.
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Mr*. R, t> Kinney and
Kinney were visitor* In
Monday afternoon.
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