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IIPORTERMAN s t
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TS the Rockdale Public
wi-tendeyed and- accepted
and the goat 6t this c61-
rthe first time in eight or
has no official connection
/local school system- The
ion was required because of
of this scribe having been
fl place on the High
faculty, and in obedience to
school 4aWl Beporterman
to say that .regardless of
ijjess tasks members of a
board are sometimes called
“t0 assume, he has really enjoy-
«service. We have taken a
to the progress the school has
during the past ten- years,
that time the schoql plant
in thoroughly rebuilt—three
buildings replacing the
i old hat roostS of- jq decade
The campus has been~enlarg-
L new departments have been
^including the Home Ecdnom-
L_a work in which this scribe
[been particjularly interested,
[affiliation credits with State,
sity have been strengthened,
e school library improved to
[j where are' told that it is
st in the State for towns t}ijs
, School athletics have begn
iu and improved, and this
Pis absolutely convinced that
this feature of Rockdale’s
rttfemanfl>rg3ysMgh-heen-
__ to remain ia% school who
rise would have neglected their
on.
^rman.dbes not for a mb-
[claim th§ ci#tit for these im-
pents. 'They are Jthe result of
tive |nd co-operative effort
Board as a Whole, back-
'll the loyal school patrons
” payers, and we are
the men with whom
• served on the Board of
have, every one of them,
med with that, spirit of loy-
sacrifice so necessary to
functioning of any enter-
so essentially necesary to
of a public school. It
a plesaure to work with .
*' ahff*hTV;Ttfspiratibhr' fo “from
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
AND MESSENGER
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♦ TIIHOMB OF
: ROCKDALE LIGNITE
♦ AND CRUDE OIL
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Rockdale
Messenger KsfahiUh..^
VOL. 56
i THE OLDEST AND dtSi
ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1928
Rockdale Reporter Established li
NO.
PROSPECTS POINT TO
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
FOR TIGER GRIDDERS
-o-
THIRTY MEN REPORT TO FORM
“ONE OF FASTEST TEAMS
IN SEVERAL YEARS”
- With eight of last year’s letter-
men forming a nucleus for a squad
of thirty men out for football prac7
tice Monday afternoon, the opening
day of Rockdale high school, Coach
W. B. Erwin'reports prospects more
than good for a successful grid set?
son this year for the Rockdale High
Tigers. T‘he team, according to Er-
win, will be light, with an average
weight of around 145 pounds, but it
is expected to develop into one of
The fastest aggregations the Tigers
have had in several years.
The workout Monday afternoon
was the first of the -season at which
[t their unselfish sendee and
elligentiy directed effort,
been a minimum of un-
it situations, and a maximum
nony and co-operation, and
an is convinced that ev-
i cast by these men has fcjgen
Tand sincere expression of
Mlvidual’s convictions con-
the best interests of the
I as a whole. We commend
[ men to the patrons of the
I as being entirely- worthy of
st and entitled to -jfour
[ confidence and support, and
scribe. will no longer, sit
lem in their deliberations,: he
tenders them his assurance
fldence and esteem, and as-
jthem of the . continued inter-
Id co-operation of this news-
number have been reporting for
daily work ^during the past three
weeks- prp-season training period
eondueted by the ne w-eoachr. Erwin
has exptessed satisfaction in regard
to both the number ou ton the field
on the opening day .of school and
the class of material in view.
- The Tiger squad has received
thorough training in the science
and fundamentals of the-game along
with their work on the field, which
was started with . lighV workouts,
gradually '.increasing to intensive
training in preparation for the first
game of the season. According to
'Coach Erwin the first game will
probably be played in Rockdale,
Sept. 21, with the high school squad
SondeT^ille/’^Wever, The
[A Dry DEMOCRAT writing
the subject of drouths, the
[of The Cameron Enterprise
wet.” Editor Cobb stated
*fady passed this year cdmesTo Rockdale high schqol high-
ell m Mi.am county than jy recommended, and with a record
! the same period 0/1925. That
I be less than nb rain at’ all,
1 rain at all is about as ab-
[ss a drouth can be made,
the first ..eight months of
•La drop of rain fell in Kock-
He this year during the same
I we received something over
F>- The record in Cameron
be approximately the same.
1 w. E, GAITHER has re-
_ _ isiiiv iviayee. aim a.11 aic cmnuovu
—°brilllant
i Bbeing free from anV disease
hg free from an"y disease
gorms. Rockdale has the
ng water, in Texas, and
,-ry precautions are taken
city government to keep it
potable.
: HAD PLENTY of rain in
:.8harP community, In fact,
6 a little rather it hadn’t
’ * Week or two yet,” stat-
Davis Jr.
^acy _
&/past
1od
the<
country “went wet’’
week, following a
J dry., weather. which
UCal*y exhausted all farm
AViest Rain I ever saw
n Cameron Monday,” said
ire Tuesday,
were all
just
“Those
like running
a lew minutes, which
wink that streety.ishould
d without first building
To which this scribe
mac he’d take paved
ms- with or without storm
SEASON of the year
faker and swindler is
land,
i the
—, and farmers
ealing with strangers
TeiY careful. Elsewhere
The Reporter two
popular s\
contract and arrangements for this
game have not yet been completed.
The Tiger schedule, incomplete, in-
cludes games with Thrall on Sept.
28. Bartlett Oct. 5. and Cameron
Nov. 11, all of these games to take
place on the Rockdale Fair Park
grid. Negotiations tare now being
made for games with Thorrtdale, El-
gin, Taylor. Granger, and other
schools. jy”
The eight letter, rrjien back on the
squad this • year aipe -Newton /capt.V,
Richards, Horton, Murray, Smith,
Eighty-five Hens
Net This Farmer
v Handsome Profit
That poultry raising can be made
to pay In Milam county has been
successfully demonstrated by A. F.
McGregor' a render, who lives nfear
Liberty. Mr. McGregQr had eighty-
five Tancreed White Leghorn puB
lets that he raised from baby chicks
from which he received this: year
15,812 eggs, an average of 180 eggs
per hen." He paid $97.15 for feed,
and sold $263.55 worth of eggs, $21.05
chickens, and used $18.85 -worth, a-
total income of ,$303.45, or $206.30
profit. He also raised sixty,-eight
more pullets for aid to his flock next
year. Mr. McGregor averaged about
twenty-four cents per do^en for his
eggs all year, while the average prof-
it per hen was $2.42 1-2, valuing the
hens at $2.00 each, which is a com-
paratively high valuation. These
fowls brought in an income of al-
most 15 per cent on the investment.
aH.-.the.lprospects were reported for 1 Besides the poultry, Mr McGregor
duty. However, probably HafTthar 'HRKTais'ed'a^Tlfty acre-crop;-M-aeree-
MOODY WILL VOTE FOR SMITH; j t
REGULAR DEMOCRATS IN SADDLE
STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
1&27 Population.Census ............38,104
The figures of 1920 divide the pop-
ulation as follows: Native white, j}5
738; Foreign Birth, Norway, Sw<-
t_______ ___ _ _____________ _ den, Denmark, 11; Germany, Aua-
out a winning aggregation for Rock- iria,, 537; Czech, Russian, Polish,
Montague. Hillyer and Allen. Coach
lb-win states that With.-these men,
and wtih the abundance^ of new ma-
terial, he is confident of. turning
dale. It is expected that the team
will be “one of the fastest seen on
the Rockdale field in recent years”
—the. viewpoint of both,players and
coach.
Coach Erwin,, a graduate of Tex-
as A. & M. college, who received his
football training under D. X. Bible,
of - the-Texas-Aggies, -
ly recommended, and
of two county championship Clasp
B teams in the past two years. He
has taken up his , work of training
the Tigers with an air of familiarity
of the game and a knack for “handl-
ing” his men and coaching football
as It should be coached. Members
of the squad state that it appears
that Rockdale high school now has
the first real football coach since
the days of Bailey Hughes and
TMiiv-Magee, and all"are enthused
schemes are exposed. The “new tire”
fake Is not so new, at that. But
it Is being worked all over the
country. Old automobile* casings are
worked over to look like, new, wrap-
ped with paper wrappings to sim-
ulate new stock stuff, and sold as
new tires by peddlers with a “smooth
line.” , A little later on the poultry
arid turkey buyer fakes will show up
again j They forked in Milam coun-
ty last season,, it will be remem-
bered. Reporterman is sure / thgt
citizens oL,Milam county will make
no mistake in buying their necessi-
ties from Milam county dealers, to
whom they can look for an honest
deal. Roqkdalejtire dealers are quot-
ing prices on standard stock tires
just now so low that It would seem
of, feed, and bids to have a good
start for next year despite the fact
crops are rather short in that re-
gion.—Cameron Enterprise.-----------------—
1920 MILAM COUNTY’S
BIGGEST COTTON YEAR
Seventy-seven Thousand Bales That
Year—1926 Next Largest; 1925
Smallest Yield
A perusal of the Texas Almanac,
the most authoritative publication in
existence handling statistics of Tex-
as’ resources, issued annually by the
Dallas- News - publications, -yields
some -interesting figures on re-
sources! population, etc., -of -Milam
county. " j
The population figures, bouh as to
totals and scholastics, indicate thnt
the county enjoys a steady growth.
The book is chock full of valuable’
statistical information, and is >por -
sidered authentic throughout. Th e
following facts are gleaned from .t
concerning Milam county:
1320 -Population Census-
Dallas, Sept. 11.—Amid the wild-
est scenes that ever marked a dem-
ocratic meeting in Texas, delegates
refusing, to endorse the presidential
candidacy of Governor Smith bolt-
ed the state democratic convention
here today and organized a separate
convention of their own in the blaz-
ing sum on the steps of Fair Park
ditorium: .......... --------------------—'l
Fists Swung in Row
Many of the state’s most promi-
nent political leaders swung their
fists in a ^free-for-all fight that en-
sued when former Governor Oscar
Colquitt, avowed anti-Smithite,
sprang to his feet a few minutes af-
ter the convention opened and
shouted:
“Let all loyal democrats retire.”
Eyes were blackened and noses
bloodied as the insurgents, troop-
ing from' "tfiefc'fiair'RHild:Jeery-and-
shouts of “geti out, republicans,” at-
tempted to snatch standards from
delegates of loyal.tips, Uniformed
officers broki up a half dozen me-
lees before order finally was restor-
ed and the Hooverites repaired to
their meeting, place on the front
steps. The bolt was precipitated
when a motion was introduced de-
manding that only those delegates
loyal to Governor Smith be seated.
Committee Is Named
Meeting apart from the regular
democratic^group, ' the Hooverites
elected former state Senator Thom-
as B. Love temporary chairman,
named-'committees and listened to
several addresses before adjourning
the rump convention and leav-
ing .the future activities in the
hands of an executive committee
headed by Alvin S. Moody of
Houston.^
Among Those Present -
Among the prominent democrats
of the state who participated in the
fisticuffs on the convention floor
during the bolt were Judge Charles
A. Greenwood of Dallas, and his
454; Mexico. 2,226; Colored, 8,973
The population of Cameron is giy-
en as ibeirig 5,500, Rockdale 2,5(J>0
and Thorndale 1,200. ,
Milam county has 959 square
miles, which is populated by 39.1
people per square mile, according
to the 1927 census. Nohnal annukl
precipitation 3444- Inches- of- rain-
fall. Births, 1926, 545; deaths,'269.
Milam county scholastic population
taken in spring of 1927—Common
school districts, 7,273; Independent
school district, 2,666; total, 9,939.
Of the Independent districts, Cam
eron has 1141, Rockdale 575, Thorn
dale 363, Gause 233, Milano 196 and.
Sharp 158.
Milam Cotton Receipts 1916-1927
Bales
______
1917
Year
IDS
ARE SHORT $1,000,000
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Pat Neff Says Every Dollar Taken
By Clinton S. Carnes Is to
Be Made Good
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Dallas, Sept. 6.—Former Governor
Pat M. Neff of Texas, who with Dr.
George W. Truett, returned today
from1 Atlanta where they sat upon
the board which uncovered $1,000,-
opo Shortage in the accourtt of Clin-
toir S. Carnes, treasurer of the home
mission board of the Southern Bap-
tist convention, declared that the
executive 'board of the church was
determined to make good every dol-
lar taken by Carnes.
“Every member of the home'mis-
sion board is aghast at the turn of
events,” said Mr. Neff,_“but it was
an occurrence that could,have hap-
pened anywhere. Caflfties had earn-
ed such, confidence and his standing
was, so secure that nobody thought
to suspect him.” - 5 .
Mr. (Neff, said that the investiga-
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MILAM COUNTY +
COTTON REPORT +
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There were 15,410 bales of ♦
cotton, counting round aS +
half bales, ginned in Milafn f
county, from the crop of 1928, +
. prior to Sept. 1, 1928, as com- +
* ,p$.red with 16.522 bales gin- *
‘ ned to the same date list +
year./. ’ . *
GROVER H. ALBERT, ♦
Special Agent. +
orter two * *
s^tadUag + + + + + + * * + + + + + + * +
1919 .......................................... 46,328
1920 ..........-.................4 . 77,071
1921 ...................................v,".....— 22,157
1922 ...........:.............................. 44,198
1923 .............-..............59,784
1924 ............................-.................. 60,102
1925 ......................!.... 12,409
1926 ...................................v .. 69,546
1927 .......................................... ••• 53,997
The exceptionally small cotton
yield noted above for 1926 was due
to the worst drouth in the history
of the county. Absolutely no rain
fell that crop year from June 19,
1924, to Sept. 2, 1925—14 months
Of unrelieved drouth. ; ,>"■
The next smallest yield of, cotton
was In 1921, when praptically all the
bottom- land crops wei-e swept away
in the most disastrous floods the
county ever witnessed, and in wKich
many lives were also lest. In 1917
the boll -weevil caused the short
crop. With the exception of these
three years -it will be noted that
Milam county Is right up among the)
leading cotton producing counties
of th^ State. • '
Milam county has a total of 5,541
Individual farms with 3,965 tenants
and 1.558 owners, total acreage un-
der, cultivation 320,?0$ acres, with
valuation of land arfS buildings at
$29,738,878.
During i927 there were 16,218 njo-
tor vehicles registered In Milam
county.
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tp the chauffer of this column that
it is foolish to try to buy something
cheaper from any aotsrce,-
brother, Judge George Greenwood,
of Austin.
Charles explained that he entered
the fray when he saw someone hold-
ing his brother’s, head under his arm
and pounding him in the face.
Ohters who swung their fists in
the confusion were Senator Joseph
Weldon Bailey, former State Senator
V. A. Collins, H. Bascom Thomas,
Stephen Pinckney, W. J. Reid, Day-r
ton Moses and Pat O’Keefe.
Convention Organization ■
Acting on recommendations of the
permanent organization committee
the convention unanimously sanc-
tioned appointment of W. A. Tarver
of Corsicana as permanent chair-
man and approved also the follow*’
ing officers: Mfs. Lee J.'-Rountree,
Bryan, vice chairman; Margie Neal,
Carthage, secretary1; C. C. Renfro,
Dallas, and Ernest May, Fort Worth,
assTs'fahT'T'S6Cretarie»;—aftd ■ Ranger.
Captajn Tom Hickman, Fort Worth,
and John Davis and Pat O’Keeefe,
Dallas,' sergeants-at-arms. ■
Lauds Smith and Moody
Escorted to the speakers’ platform
while a band in the convention hail
struck up “The Sidewalks of New
York,” Tarver stepped before the
loud speake/’TNid launched into tri-
bute of “itwo of the outstanding per-
sonalities in the democratic party,
Dan Moody of Texas and the demo-
crafic._standard bearer. Smith.”
Congressman Tom Connally, nom-
inated United States senator, Gover-
nor Dan Moody, Lieutenant Gover-
nor Barry Miller and Attorney Gen-
eral Claude Pollard, who were nom-
inated trr succeed themselves, were
notified of the result of canvaS of
the election. ,,
Platform Adopted
“The platform was adopted by the
convention without a single dissent-
ing vote, but it took .eight hours of
wrangling "in sub-committee before
leaders could reach a satisfactory
statement of the party’s views on
prohibition.
Thorndale Club
Plans for Annual
Community Fair
Plans for the annual Thorndale
Conlmunity Fair.will be formulated
at the meeting of thC directors of
the Thorndale Commercial Club to
be held tonight, Thursday, Sept. 6.
Various committees will be appoint-
ed to begin activity in arranging for
the show which will no doubt sur-
pass the one held last year. Ar-
rangerfrents will be made to accomo-
date a bigger display of both live-
-stock and poultry, as well as home
products and handiwork.
Considerable time and work is re-
quired In making the preliminary
arrangements and , every . citizen
should respond to the aid of the
club directors and members j with
their, co-opeyation and help in mak-
ing thfc, fair this year bigger and
better -Comments from visitqrs at
the fair last year were that it was
the best all-around community fair
ever held In the county, and IhC’
poultry exhibits were even surpris-
ing to our citizens, there being an
exRY&Tf T6r"pTSC tlCHtly every - known-
poultry fofwl, and the exhibits were
splendid specimens of their respec-
tive Breeds.—Thorndale. Champion.
NEARLY ALL SCHOOL
POSITIONS FILLED
SCHOOL OPENS WITH
BIG ENROLLMENT
MONDAY MORNING
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r /
iVcaled
amazing story
how Carnes came to Atlanta almost
penniless and within a decade be*
cajne rich Without aroqsing the sus-
picion of his associates.
The Baptist board had explicit
faith in Carnes, Mr. Nejf said, and
it gave him full authority to trans-
act the business of his office as he
chose.
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Reporter ads get the grapes tf
MAN DROWNS IN LITTLE
RIVER NEAR CAMERON
Jesse Davis, 30, Goes to Death as
Team of Mules Steps Off
Into Deep Water
Cameron, Sept. 7.—Jesse Davis,,
about 30 years old, was drowned in
Little River, near here, this after-
noon when a team of mules' he was
driving stepped off into deep water.
He went down to his death with
the two mules in the stream while
Milam County Superintendent Re-
ports All Contracts Have Not
| Yet Been......Filed.....................
J Q
Cameron, Sept. 7—With a few ex-
ceptions the school positions of Mi-
lam county have been filled. As yet
all contracts have not-been filed
with the county superintendent.
Contracts on file ntfw are: ^Virgil
Chaflin, Katie Bales, Pearl Griffin,
at Val Verde; Mrs. Nannie L. Kirk,
Freda May Prinzing, James M. Ben-
nett, Iva Griffin, at Davlllp; Helen
Hauptfleisch, Pin Oak; Evie La
Grone, McKim Massey, Ruth Walk-
er, Friendship; Ethel Guthrie, Jew-
ell Campbell, Lilac; Bertha Brea-
zetele, Gussie McDonald, Duncan;
Virgie Guthrie, L. M. Heizer, San
Gabriel; Minnie Lee Massey, Union'
Ttidge; Mrs. Olyn Moseley, Mrs.' Viva
Camp, San Andres; Bernadine Pet-
ty and Lorena Massey, School 11;
Mrs. Clyde Conoley, Lyngle Gregory,
Conoley; Vashti Smith, Myrtle Of-
field, Nile; Mrs. Charles Murphy,
Mrs. Ivy Tidwell, Gay Hill; 'H. C.
Baker, Jewell Smitherman, Fair-
view; Mauverine Cash, Watson
Branch; F. M. Browder, Pleasant
Hill; Wilma Garrett, Oak Hill;
Lloyd F. Green, Mrs. Lloyd F. Grqe.n,
New Salem; Annie Holschier, Mrs.
Melvin McCoy, Sipe Springs; Doro-
thy Lee, J. D. Reese, M, F. Blan-
tefrmed wife stood"bh the barik settr Sandy Creek; 'Mrs;.C. C. Pofr
and looked on.
Mr. Dftvls was drowned about 2
p. m. half q mile above thej new
bridge. 'Abe ICoha*^ and Sam Hef-
ley, who w£re fishing nearby, wit-
nessed the .tragedy and said that
Mr. Davis' and his wife drove down
to the river in a wagon with a bar-’
rel to haul some water. She alight-
ed and stood on the bank when he
drove out into the stream. Appar-
ently one of the mules stepped intp
after it.—Seemingly
to walk out on the wagon tongue to
release the mules and went under
with them and was drowned.
rA crowd thronged the river bank
as news of the accident spread and
efforts to recover the body were
started: At 4:30 it was- dragged to
the bank by Guy POpe and Pres-
ton Laird, who were using a weight-
ed hook which cgught ih the man’s
clothing. Divers had been unable, to
f MOODY TO VOTE tfOR AL
SAYS HOPE FOR PROHIBITION LIES WITHIN DEftfo-
- CRATIC PARTY, NOT OUTSIDE OF IT
I ‘ n
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Dallas, Sept. 11.—Governor DanJMoojdy, addressing the
democratic convention placed himself on record tdnight as un-
equivocally in favor of the presidential candidacy of Governor
Smith and the democratic national and state tickets.
“I never intend to backstep on prohibition,” Moody said.
“I opposed the nomination of Smith before the national con-
vention but I accept the decision of the majority and feel it my -
duty to vote for Smith. The record of th$ democratic party
has been one* of service. The record of the republican party-
has been one of corruption in high places. Hope of enforce- '
ment of the prohibition Jw lies within the democratic party,
not outside of it. and I hold it my duty to support the nomi-
nees of that party.’’ *w
Regular democrats of Texas tonight "cordially endorsed”
the national party platforrii of Governor Alfred E. Smith in
their state platform and in the same document- called on all
officers of the government and all members of the party to
“rally for the destrufctloil of the traffic In alcoholic liquors.’’
ter, Sand Grove; Mrs. Grace Eiland.
Bushdale; Pearl Corley, Lucile Wil-
son, Doreen Orr, Minerva; Virginia
Butts, Hoyt.;Mrs. D. F. Robinson
and Thelma Hartley, Liberty; Ma-
rietta Boyd, Watt Switch; Kather-
ine Leath, Boliver Carlyle, Two
Mile; „ Elizabeth Adams, Six Mile;
Nora Duncum, Mrs. Vance Werner,
Curry; Ruby Good, Elm Ridge; Wil-
lie Modesette, Elaine Jalckson,
School No. 48; Laura Ret tig, D. A.
the deep water, dragging the other Bounds, Velma Turner, Vera Glover,
Davis tried' ~Ad Hall; Mr. and Mrs.
Jen.
"hlhgs. Buckholts^. Keith Judkins,
Corinth; Sue Ida iSntoth, Mrs. S. M.
Corley, Bryant Station; Qtilia Wil-
kerson, Mayselle Gibbs, Fox; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Hodges, Yarrelton;
Lloyd Woods, Gussfc Hubert, Mrs.
Sam Houston,&North Elm;' L., F.
Hrncir, Marak; Eleanor Hatchett,
South Elm; Thrace Easley, Bertha
Mikulencak, Ben Arnold: George R.
Angell, 'Mrs. Bob Brown, Walkers
’Creek; Cora May Link, Belmena-;
Mary Kelso, Mildred / Massengale.
Mrs. Lola Linam, Maysfield; Mrs. O.
F. Roblnett, . Pauline Green, Ruth
Nunnery, Branchville;; Miss Inez
Newman, Roy C, Hensley, Nell
Mayes, Jones Prairie; Mrs. C. E,
Pqrtor,-String Prairie; R. W: Ed-
wards) Helen Jennings, 1 Gusta B.
Vogel, Verna White, Tommie Lee
Rickards, Talbot Ridge; Mrs.,I. L.j
Nunnelly, Mrs. Clyde Harris, Tracy;
Isaac Suttle, Millie SloVacek, Bertha
L. Goodwin, Briary; Sallie Pearl
Henson, Caddo.
SEVEN NEW MEMBERS OF FAC-
ULTY, INCLUDING SUPERIN-
TENDENT AND PRINCIPAL
. —0— ' ^
- The Rockdale Public School .even-
ed Monday morning with an enroll-
ment equalling or exceeding any
first-day attendance record in the
history of . the schoql. The total
number of pupils enrolled the first
day was 414, divided as follows: High
school 160; Intermediate 142; Pri*
mary 112. This enrollment will be
materially Increased as new students
are expected fo enroll every day
during the first week. There are
109 transfer pupils listed, jn the
county .superintendent’s office, and
many of these di<J not get in the
first day. . "
Mr. C. S. Miles. A B A M / for
the past, four years head of the pub-,
lie school ^system at Memphis, Tex-
as,- • 4e~the~.,aew..ii uaerlntendent and
began his duties last Saturday with"
a faculty meeting—The — Boiurd ot-
Trustees feels that In Mr. Miles they
have secured one of the strongest
school- men in the State.
Mr. W. B. Erwin, of Dallas, Is the >
new principal, athletic coactr and in-
structor in mathematics. Mr. Er-
win is a graduate of Texas A. <te
M. college, and has had three year®
of successful school room and
coaching work. ’
The Board spent much time and
thought on the selection of the fac-
ulty members, Arict feels that this
y<?£r’s faculty is superior, as a whdle,
to any faculty this school has ever
had. T% numbers more degree teach-
ers than ever before, while most of-\
the members' are also experienced in
school room work*. Supt. Miles an-
nounces the following faculty as-
signments:
W. B. Erwin, Principal,. Mathe-
matics. . .
'Miss Mary. Noble, History.
Miss Irene. Knopp, Spanish.
Mrs. W. H. LyoliT English. . ' - ,
Miss Lula Mae Hutcherson, Ilome
Economics. •
Miss Marrpe Rhea Williams, Eng-
Ush. ----—---—:..............-—
Mrs. O. L. Brown, Mathematics,
Miss Nettie Turner, Science and
Geography. . \CL
Mrs. Annette Bradfield, Reading '
and Spelling. *■
Miss Louise Hale, Fourth Grade.
Mrs. F. A. Bethea, Third Grade.
Mrs. James Lannlng. Second
Grade. " , .
Miss Glayds Brannon, First Grade.
Five of the teachers, besides the
Superintendent and Principal, are
new members of the,faculty, and
were selected for their places be-
qatgae of their experience and gen-
eral-fitness.
Brief opening exercises were held
Monday morning, with E. B. Phillips,
President of the Board, presiding.
L. O. Byerly, pastor of the Christian
church, led in the singing of “Ameri-
ca,” Mrs. W. C. Marrs at the piano.
Invocation was offered by Cliff
Alexander, pastor of the Baptist
church, and the students and facul-
ty members”*were welcomed by Judge
Ed Gunn, vice president of the
School Board.
Supt. Miles then spoke a lew min:
utes, ouyining his plans for the *
.school term,, and leaving a m,ost fa- .
vorable impression upon his audi-
ence, which j included a large num-
ber • of parqfits and patrons of the
school. The” auditorium was crowd-
ed to its standing room capacity.
The work of organization began
immediately thereafter.
__Supt. Miles reported WednesdaV
morning th&t the school was being
rapidly organized' and class work be-
gun. He speaks highly concerning
his faculty, and is also duly impress-
ed with the student body, and de-
lighted with the splendid equipment r
with which he and the faculty will
carry on the school work.
find the bottom, the water was so
deep at this place.
i’he body was rushed to the hos-
pital in ftie Green ambulance but
after futile efforts at resuscitation, it
was pronounced lifeless.
Mr. Davis was working for R. L.
Batte and lived on the John Gam-
bell place east of town. Hie was
well known in Cameron, having
driven a service caf for Mr. Gam-
bell for a number of years here. He
survived by his wife and.a young
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fcatoy.
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Pit Neff Addresses
Canleron Lions Club
Cameron, Sept. 11.—At the Lions
club luncheon Tuesday at' noon. Dr.
James Watson was in charge of the
program rendered. The former gov-
ernor, Pat M. Neff of Waco, Judge
Graves of Georgetown and Judge E.
A. Camp of Rockdale made informal
talks at the luncheon. J. H. Thom-
as. of Gause, was al|o a visitor
bf -the club.
Governor Neff Is a life mAnber
of the Lions club and spoke favor-
ably of the local club.
A go.getter has been defined as a
fellow who walks nine blocks to
tfhere he parked his car.
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