The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. [45], No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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grades of food if you select the right
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as ever, we will be
’ HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BEST
in good things to eat.
THE SANITARY GROCERY
H. & L. Hudson
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NEWS
Vitalize the saving habit. Buy War-
Savings Stamps.
J. J. Longmoor, of Rosebud, visited
his mother in Rockdale last week.
filled with vari-colored sweet peas,
fertis and flowers. Mrs. Vance held
club high score, and received a hand-
some box of stationary. For guest
pri^e Miss Irma Dunnington was
awarded a box of correspondence
cards. The following menu was
served: tunny, nut-salad, wafers, per-
fection salad, raisin sandwiches,
olives, Russian tea.
Sunshine Concert Co., opera house,
Thursday^ night, Jan. 31. Benefit of
Red Cross. Admission 25c and 35c.
George C. Butte, Professor of Law,
State University, was here Saturday
on business.
Mrs. 0. H. Palm anu children left
last Friday for their home in El Paso
after a holiday visit with her mother.
Mrs. R. H. Hicks.
Assistant Postmaster Claud Mc-
Gregor, of Cameron, was here Tues-
day to attend the funeral of Post-
master John A. Shapard.
Mrs. C. J. Shelander has returned
from Lovelady where she was called j
by the illness of her mother, whose j
condition is much improved.
Master Vaughn Paul Jr. celebrated
his fifth birthday last Saturday after-!
noon by giving a party to about thirty I
of hi§ little friends, the hours being!
3:00 to 5:30. The usual games of j
children of that age were played and j
a bountiful number of ice cream cones j
were consumed, together with fruit
punch galore. The lovely birthday i
cake with five candles was brought in!
at the proper time, and lots of fun
was had in blowing out the candles
and cutting the cake. Master Vaughn
was made very happy by the big pile
of birthday presents left by his little
friends.
CELEBRATE GOLDEN
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Loper celebrated
yesterday their golden wedding anni-
1 vorsary. The event was the occasion
i ot a dinner gi*cn tlivrr. by Mr. am.
Mrs. Fred H. Graves, they being par-
ents of Mrs. Graves. Out-of-town
1 guests were the youngest daughter.
Mrs. B. N. Stitt of Laredo, and Messrs
and Mesdames A B. Loper and W. L.
I Loper, of Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Loper are, with pos-
i sibly only one or two exceptions, the
oldest Rockdale married couple. They
located here in 1874. Mrs. Loper for
t 42 years up to a couple of years ago,
I conducted a fashionable millinery bus-
I iness. At the time of her retirement
her’s had the distinction of be-
ing the oldest business establishment
under one management in Rockdale.
Mr. and Mrs. Loper were married
in Montgomery county, Ala., in 1868,
and came to Texas in 1873, locating
first at Davilla. At that time Texas
was practically a wilderness, Morgan
City, La., being the west terminus of
the Southern Pacific railroad, and Mc-
Dade the west terminus of the Hous-
ton & Texas Central.
They have raised nine children, all
living and widely separated over the
United States. They are:
^Mrs. Gena Eads, New York.
A. B. Loper, Houston Heights.
Mrs. Robt. Loewenstein, New York.
C. H. Loper, Dallas
W. L. Loper, Houston.
E. H. Loper, Winslow, Ariz.
Mrs. Fred H. Graves, Rockdale.
.Mrs. Thos. Ogletree, Prairie Lea,
Texas.
*Mrs. B. N. • Stitt, Laredo, Texas.
There are sixteen grand children,
as follows
AUSTIN GOES DRY
ON THIRD ATTEMPT
Austin, Tex., Jan. 21. The Cnpi j
tal City of Texas was placed in the
dry column today, the prohibitionists;
uUnnimr the local option election held j
exclusively within the corporate limits 1
of Austin, by a majority of 102 votes.
The total vote oust was 4,076, of which (
2,080 were pro and 1 087 anti. It was
the third local option election within
thirteen months in which the voters
of Austin had participated.
Today’s total vote was 135 below
that cast in the lust local option elec-
tion on November 15, the result of
which is now being contested in the
District Court. In the November elec-
tion the antis had a majority of seven-
ty-six in the city of Austin and a total
majority of eighty-five in the county.
The pros were also winners today
in an election held in St. Elmo Inde-
pendent School District, lying south
of, and adjacent to, Austin. The vote
was 50 to 30, a majority of 16 for
the prohibitionists. Two saloons, the
only ones in the county south of Aus-
tin, me put out of business by today’s
election in the St. Elmo district.
Approximately ninety saloons and
four clubs are to be closed as a result
of the election in Austin. Today’s
election eliminates all saloons in Tra-
vis county except in the small towns
of Pflugerville, Dessau and Cockle-
burr.
WHAT THE
RED CROSS
IS DOING
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WOMAN’S WORK. ^
Under the department of Woman’s Work
those articles so necessary for the recovery of l,l
the comfort of the convalescent. ne w°uj
Red Cross work shops through the country ara k J
turning out great quantities of the various tvnes I
*nP 8° b»dly needed i. ,h. fieid ireesing stadon, 3
tela abroad. These dressing are mad. with tht
hygienic surroundings and in their preparation H
time of hundreds of thousands of women in th °i J
throughout the country. There can bs no fear of an
hospital dressings and the need for them will bec^J
more imperative as the military operations are C0Z,J
renewed vigor in the spring. There is also an ureemHJ
many articles which come under the heading of hosnit.iJ
directions for the making of which are herewith apDenii
articles can be made in the home, or in the -J
articles can be made in the home, or in church
We must fight a war, intensified, i
Therefore, the United States must
have billions upon billions of Dollars.
That is why the Government needs ]
your dollars. Buy War-Savings j
Stamps.
Mrs. Lizzie Wallis is making a slow
but sure recovery from an illness
which has kept her abed for the past
eight weeks. The Reporter, in com-
mon with her host of friends, rejoice;;
with Mrs. Wallis in her recovery, and
we trust she will soon be able to mix
and mingle with her friends again.
Editor and Mrs. E. L. Ramsey, of
Thonjdale, came over in their car on
Tuesday to attend the funeral of John
A. Shapard. Mr. Ramsey was an old
and close friend of Mr. Shapard, who
taught him how to set type in the old
Messenger office a quarter of a cen-
tury ago. The office was then located
in the very building in which The Re-
porter is now published and Mr. Shap-
ard was then foreman of the mechan-
ical department.
Henry B Terrell, of Camp Bowie,
was here last week.
Lieut. Harley Perry was here from
Austin the first of the week.
Mrs. R. L. Long left Tuesday for a
visit with relatives in Bryan.
E. H. Coffield went to San Antonio
Sunday for a short visit with Bob
Hale. .
Mrs. R. E. Thweatt and children, of
Caldwell, are the guests of her par-
: ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Williams.
Little Miss Elizabeth Young of
Buckholts, is spending a few weeks
with her aunt, Mrs. M. Winterberg.
E. McClellan was here from Hous-
ton the week end. Mac was on his
way to the old home in Ohio to see
ARTISTIC DINNER PARTY j
Mr. and Mrs. Trent Newton enter-
tained iij most delightful fashion with
a six o’clock dinner Friday evening
at their pretty new home in Highland
Park.
In the expansive living, room the
A. L. Eads, New Y ork; j yule log still glowed in welcome to
C. H. Eads, now in the U. S. Navy; the incoming guests who were all in
Mrs. C. E. Barrow, Anahuac; Robert. (ijnner attire.
Ruth and Donald Loewenstein, Newj The home was set in glossy ferns,
York; Eugene T. and Dorothy Loper,' an(i crims0n decorations and shaded
Dallas; Louise Loper, Houston; Mig- lights emphasized the color scheme,
non and F. H. Graves Jr., • Rockdale; j jn the dining room the central
Shirley, Hope and Hermoine Loper, adornment to the perfectly appointed
Winslow, Ariz.; Iom Ogletree Jr., table was a basket of American Beau-
Prairie Lea; Nora R. Stitt, Laredo. jty roses, tied in maline bow of crim-
Great grandchildren are Dorothy SOn. The dinner was served in courses
Fulton and Lois Lucille Barrow of to the following friends: Dr. and Mrs.
Anahuac, and Virginia Childs of New h. T. Coulter, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Perry fee^llCamwhiui'^pifnera\86x20
inches or smaller
pleoas of cotton clf>
find most convenient.
Knitting.
The demand for knitted nrtielee con-
tinues unabated. The order of demand
now stands: Sweaters, socks, helmets.
wrisUft*. mufflers.
i for the Rod Cross pamphlet on
knkling. If you will follow Its directions
as to size of needle and thread and num-
ber of stitchea you will get correct and
serviceable garmente. When the yarn Is
thinner than that required by the Red
Cross standard a finer needle must be
used, with more stitches, or. for the
sweater, the thread rf>.«y be doubled.
Never have a knot in your yarn. Splice
the ends by ravelling for two Inches,
crossing In the palm of the hand and
rolling into a solid thread. Socks must
not have a rhlge under the heel, nor at
the end of the toe. Never finish a toe
by placing stitches on two needles and
easting off front noth needles together;
never do this under the heel.
Please make knitting a leisure time oc-
cupation; have it always with you; form
the habit of knitting as you talk or as
rou listen, as you wait or as you ride.
It is astonishing how the garment grows
from this odd-time activity.
Hospital Garments.
Every pattern company now carries the
standard Rod Cross patterns. If they
a.re not carried by your local dealer get
them through your Red Cross Supply
fcifkrvlr»r> 1950 Oil vp roat fc{f I^ula rTV**av
centers, J
York. | Sr., Mr. and Mrs. I). G. Lattimer, Mr.
Mr. Loper is a Confederate veteran, and Mrs. V. T. Paul. Mr. and Mrs.
' By Texas Coal Company, some mine
in behind Sher- timbers. Phone C. K Stribling at
having fought for the Lost Cause for ; Newton are ideal entertainers and in
four years. He enlisted in the Sixth j vitations to their home are always ac
Alabama Cavalry, General Forrest in eepted.
command, and was in the siege of;--
Vicksburg. His cbm pan y cut their WANTED
way out the day before the surrender
Mr. Loper was also
man when the famous march to the Commissary; phone 47. It
sea was made, campaigning during! -
his service under the stars and bars' CARD OF THANKS
in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and l \Ve desire through The Reporter to
Tennessee. j express our deep appreciation of the
Mr. and Mrs. Loper are still in the many kindnesses and favors shown us ---- --------------------- ^
prime of life. They have been happy during the last illness, death and buri- chapter Red Cross announces the en- try and Mrs. H. C. Meyer oj
and successful, and now find their1 al of our husband and father. We gagement of the Sunshine Concert died at his home in Kingsvr
chiefest joy in the happiness and sue- j cannot adequately express our thanks Company for one night only at the Tuesday evening, aged
cess of their children and grandchil- j for these kind offices, but we do wish Rockdale opera house. The date is years, of pneumonia.
Bsrvif'e, 1230 Olive street. St. Louis. They
give the dutails of putting the garment
together. Order cut garments or cut
your own by machinery. Do not waste
time by hand cutting.
Pajama* and bed shirts are in greatest
demand. Underdrawers and undershirts
come next, and just no wwe have a call
for bedspreads. They are made of col-
ored cotton t>r chintz and measure seven
ows a
;ontai
with finely snipped
th mixed half and half
with shredded cottoh and enclose all in
a pillow slip.
Here are directions for making hos-
pital garments:
Pajamas—Official American Red Cross
Pattern No. GO. Size large. Two sizes,
medium and large. For medium size.
yat'ds outing flannel, light or dark
RED CROSS BENEFIT
AT THE OPERA HOUSE
■trtni
Inch*
outing flannel," light*or
or dark color, * ini*1
trousers). Pewlng thread ,
or color to match. Sewin,
’vtilte or celor to mati
holes). Red Crogs *mbl«m '
pattern outline. All 5&|
turnings have heen nlwjT1
Hospital Bed Shirt—SUe'*
™claL Red Crow
30 Two sizes, medium
and three-quarters tv
blenched. ii inches wid
muslin accepted), it tak«
to out two shirts at one
rials: Five-eighths Inch ,
white 1H ynnl* ion?. s«W|ng|
«0, white. Red Cross emblej
the pattern outline. All »
and turnings have been enow
Bed Bocks, Bandaged Foot]
crating lagging—One uej
American Red Cross PattenT
socks and operating logging!
Bandaged foot socks singly,
lined. 1“, yards or SO inchese_
wel, light or dark stripes dike]
3o inches wide or 27 inches (ll
from 3<!-inch, one pair from f
eighth-inch twilled tape, nhitl
to watch, 84 inches long (two?
42 Indies long for one pair).
Bandaged Foot Sock-Sis
One-h&lf yard outing flannel,]
like lined pajamas, Inches oJ
wide; %-inch twilled tape, dn
inches lone. Operating legginp
pairs. 3 a* yards canton fluid
or unbleached, 27 inch** for]
%-lnch twilled tape, white,
long (two pieces. «ach 42 incheL
one pair). Sewing thr$d No.]
or to match Cut on the paijlf
AH *o:iK! ........ and nunlngl]
allowed.
Directions for other hosplti
will follow. MRS. E. F. 1
Director of Woman's Perk !
Division. A. R. C., 1617
change. St. Louis.
W. A. GENTRY DI
TUES. AT III
The finance committee of the local W. A. Gentry, father of I
I home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cooper have
returned to their home in Comstock
after a visit to the bride’s mother,
Mrs. Mary Winterberg. Mrs. Coop-
er, nee Miss Ema Winterberg, and
husband, have been on a delightful
honeymoon, having attended the Dal-
las Fair, enroute to Oklahoma. Mr.
Cooper is sheep inspector for the
government. On account of Mexican
troubles he is contemplating the dis-
posal of his ranch and moving to
Florida.
Mrs. C. R. Holt and sons, Connor
and James, of Chriesman, were here
for the Shapard funeral. Mrs. Holt
is a sister of Mrs. Shapard.
Sunshine Concert Co., opera house,
Thursday night, Jan. 31. Benefit of
Red Cross. Admission 25c and 35c.
Miss Lettie Turner left the first of
the week for Dallas to resume her
work. Miss Nettie Turner returned
last week to her school at Blessing,
Texas.
Mrs. Roy Campbell returned to her
home in Temple Friday following a
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Paul, Mrs. Paul accompanying
her as far as Cameron.
Mrs. William Poindexter was host-
ess to the Bridge Club Thursday af-
ternoon. The already attractive home
was enhanced by bright glowing fires,
and the placing of bowls and vases
Some People Live to Eat;
Others Eat to LIVE!
You will live longer if you eat
Buttermilk
Bread
•It’s Healthful’
Judge Gunn reports the marriage
of Mr. Joe Braun Jr. to Miss Tony
Seelke. Both are members of prom-
inent families in the Gay Hill com-
munity, and the marriage occurred
Saturday afternoon at the office of
j Judge Gunn. The Reporter extends
congratulations and best wishes.
Mrs. Frank J. Le Blanc, nee Mamie
Hale, of Bartlett, is the guest of her
grandmother, Mrs. J. H. Hale, and
other relatives. This is the initial vis-
it to Rockdale since Miss Mamie elud-
ed her friends to become Mrs. Le
Blanc, and her friends are busily en-
gaged in wishing for her all sorts of
happiness.
WOMAN’S PROGRESS CLUB
The constitution of the Woman's
Progress Club provides for the pay-
ment of dues at the baginning of each
year. All members of the Club who
have not paid their dues for the year
1918, will please haftd the amount to
the Club Treasurer, Mrs. B. Loewen-
stein Sr., before Feb. 1st. The Club
is becoming federated, and as only
paid up members are acepted, a list
of the paid up members is necessary.
FOR SALE OR TRADE
Two good houses and lots; one
south Rockdale; one N. west Rockdale.
Will sell on very easiest terms and
take pair mules or cows as part pay-
ment, balance any way to suit. Will
trade one or both for good small farm
and pay 'difference,
tf W. E. GAITHER.
dren. Those of our pioneer citizen-
ship who have shared the friendship
and benefits of their long and useful
residence here, as well as those other
friends and acquaintances of more re-
cent years, will unite with The Re-
porter in wishing for them many more
years of continued happiness and con-
tent.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Master Billy Coffield celebrated his
fifth birthday with a party at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Coffield, Friday afternoon.
All kinds of childish games were
played on the lawn until a late hour,
when the happy group were invited j only,
into the dining room to cut the birth-1
day cake. The table was l&id in white
lace cloth over pink, and the cake with I
its five lighted tapers was the central
adornmenf.
Master Billy ("lofftPld cut the dime,
Mignon Smith the ring, Helen Gorden
Perry the straw, MattieoBess Coffield
the bag of rice, Inez Sherar the thim-
ble and Beatrice Stolterfoht the but-
ton.
Icecream cones and cake were serv-
ed and blue tarlton bags filled with
candy, fruit and nuts were given as
favors. Master Billy was the recipi-
ent of many lovely remembrances of
the day.
Thursday night, Jan. 31st. The ad- The remains were receive
mission prices will be 25c and 50c. dale on the early morning 1
The Repcffter is informed that the (Thursday) morning, an
Sunshine Concert Company is a strict- ried to the home of Mayor HI
ly high class company of entertainers, er where funeral services)^
presenting a concert of the better ducted this afternoon at ^
DIXIE THEATER class. The company is secured, as we after which burial will takej
Tomorrow (Friday) will be Junior understand it, only by reason of the the I. O. 0. K
Red Cross benefit day at The Dixie.
There will he a good program, featur-
to assure one and all that we appre-
ciate them.
Respectfully,
MRS. JNO. A. SHAPARD
and Children.
ing Mary Anderson.
Saturday—Douglass Fairbanks. No
need to say more. See “Smiling
Doug,” the best moving picture actor
in the world.
Until further notice The Dixie will
be open on Fridays and Saturdays
MRS. PALMER DEAD
Mrs. Caroline Palmer, aged 87
years, was found dead in bed this
morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Joe Braun, in the Gay Hill com-
munity. She had retired about 9:00
o’clock last night in her usual health.
Death was due to extreme old age.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
(Friday) morning at about ten o’clock,
interment at the Gay Hill burying
ground.
fact that the management desired to Decedent was for many)
make a few small-town dates in ord- zen of Rockdale, mo'iiu to■■
er to break a long jump. as a decade or so
The patronage of the public is be- defers until next wee
spoken for this event. of a (suitable obituary,
_ more competent than tne
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GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER ; The war has had no effi
has been a household remedy all over (jUa]jty of our goods. Thf
the civilized w^rlH fnr more than half u„sf n,arL. leather goods to ]
a century for constipation, intestinal Qur repair work is also the l
trouble?, torpid liver and the general- t- Schubert,
ly depressed feeling that accompanies —
such disorders. It is a most valuable Whenever you Need a De
remedy for indigestion or nervous Take Groves* ^
dyspepsia and liver trouble, bringing The Old Standard GrovC j,
on headache, coming up of food, pal- chill Tonic is
pitation of heart, and many other Jn°mnic properticJ0f2
symptoms. A few doses of August an£j iron. It acts on the l
Flower will relieve you. It is a gentle out Malaria, Enrichrs
laxative. Sold by Perry & Quebe. 30 Builds up the
and 90 cent bottles. oi , 4lv:n or W|TI
__| See John, . or
Reporter ads get the grapes. tf want a bath, —■
MARRIED IN FT. WORTH
Mr. Burford Isaacs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Isaacs of this city, was
married in Fort Worth last Sunday
to Miss Lida May Rester. They will
continue to make their home in the
Panther City, where Mr. Isaacs is en-
gaged in the practice of law. Bur-
ford Isaacs is a Rockdale boy, born
and bred, and in extending to him our
hearty congratulations and good
wishes we feel sure we are joined by
the entire citizenship of this city.
miiimiiniiiniimtBir
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your house. ,nto4
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