The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1913 Page: 1 of 10
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he Rockdale Reporter
AND MESSENGER
E.l.bll.h»d 1973
OLDEST. LARGEST AND BEST PAPER. IN MILAM COUNTY
Rockdale Reporter, Established 1891
ROCKDALE, MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1913
NO. 4
r mWIF-LD. President
L. 'HALE, Vice-President
h E. L0NGM00R, Cashier
C« R. ISAACS, Asst. Cashier
The First National Bank
:OP ROCKDALE:
Capttal, $75,000, Surplus & Profits, $20,000
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
rlTH ample capital and resources this old esta-
blished bank is prepared to care for the needs
L its customers, always having in view safety, for
the interests of those who entrust their funds to it.
Its equipment is unsurpassed by any bank in Milam
county, and its safety proven by more than 23 years
of fidelity.
DIRECTORS:
[j,F. Coffidd. R. L. Hale, Lon Hudson, C. H. Coffield, A. P. Perry, Jr
The Reporter Appeals for General
Clean-Up Day in Regal Rockdale
Rockdale stands in immediate
and pressing need of a general
cleanup. The town is in some
localities very dirty. There are
a number of alleys that are more
or less of a disgrace to our civic
pride. There are more or less
numerous properties that are not
in the sanitary condition which
approaching hot weather and fly-
time would demand. There is
but one remedy a general clean-
up of the entire town.
The Reporter notes with inter-
est that other towns in Texas
have been having “clean-up
days.” The mayor appoints a
certain day for the purpose and
the city supplies trash wagons to
haul away all trash collected that
day. The merchants, in some
instances, close their stores for
half the day, and every body gets
busy, regardless of station, race,
color or previous condition of
servitude. By this means the
town is effectively cleaned up in
one day-and nobody misses the
time so spent.
We commend this very plan to
Rockdale. Fly time is here. Al-
ready the pests are becoming
numerous. Let us, now, before
it is too late, unite in one com-
mon cause of destroying their
breeding places and making
Rockdale one of the really clean
towns of Texas. Delays are dan-
gerous. One case of typhoid
fever would pay in dollars and
cents for cleaning the town.
Let’s be safe rather than run
the risk of being sorry.
I. P. SESSIONS. Pro.
S. G. HODGE. Vice-President
W. L. BAIRD, CaaMar
r. H. GRAVES. Aee’t Caeklar
Rockdale State Bank
Approved Depository for Milam County Funds
TTVA.RMERS—You have no money or time to lose.
Therefore save time and money by keeping a bank ac-
count; it will save you much time in making settle-
ments and you will always have the best kind of a receipt for
any payment you make by check. At the same time you are
absolutely safe from loss, which is not the case when you are
carrying your money around in your pocket or have it secret-
ed at home. It costs nothing to have a bank account.
We cordially solicit your account, be it large or small.
One day an Irishman passing by a show window where some of Dickens' works
were on display, noticed the following sign:
“Dickens' works all this week for $4.00.'' Pat carefully read the sign and with
a look of contempt on his face exclaimed, “the mischief he doesl The dirty scab,
he ought to be hanged."
Keep your eye on our show windows. You wont find what Pat found, but you
will always find something new in Dry Goods. Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Notions
and Novelties. Buy from the MODERN and pay less.
The Modem Dry Goods Company
The Big Exclusive Dry Goods Store
|ockdale Organizes a Modern
Maccabee Lodge Last Monday
r modern Maccabee Lodge
Jth the largest charter member-
ip of any lodge of this order
organized in Rockdale Mon-
. night. Sir Knight M. A.
ankenship, of Mart, Texas,was
jre to assist in the organization.
The members who came in as
arter members were: R. W.
allis, Allen Janson, Wm. Su-
ft, Willis Brett, Leo Strelsky,
Regenbrecht, S. M. Floyd,
[•H- Turner, Louis Lewis, Will
TeaKs, Jno. N. Harriss, Henry
j Ashby, Thos. Brett, Ira Per-
il LB. Sanford, J. R. Robin-
P; D, Rountree, Herbert
fells Max Ferrari, Herman Tal-
i’. Walter Talley, Jim Curry,
|mrey Rodgers, Constant de
[aal,Leonard Cline, Percy Diehl,
j o warrs, Melvin McKinney,
|D. Smith. C. W. Woody. A. S.
,ias. I . nine, Chas. Hur-
!; Harley Stone, Basil Stone,
P ert Fannin, R, L. Harriss,
ft Copeland.
|llows0ffiCerS were as
Rast < omrnander. Geo. Janson;
pmrmind. r, Dr. R. W. Wallis;
l ] °n]man(ler,Harley Stone;
l i ard finance Keeper, Jas.
PPelann* (’Lr, i • r*i it
Lpf* \ fiajjiam, i nas. Hur-
- b\sician, 1). T. Rountree;
For Sale
Imu,auto House on place re-
twCRpled ^ Mr. Palm,
kiK -Y Lr°°d cooking stove.
|r JohnH-Diarsrain‘ APply t0
r J°hn Hicks or Mrs. R. H.
tf
Assistant Physician, R. W. Wi l-
lis; Master-at-Arms, Constant de
Waal; First Master of Guards,
Ray Robinson; Second Master of
Guards, Louis Brett; Sentinel,
Cleve Cline; Picket, Aubrey
Rodgers.
Committees appointed were:
Executive Committee -W. D.
Turner, J. T. Marrs and Harley
Stone '
Committee on By-Laws T. 1).
Rountree, Leo Strelsky and Percy
Diehl.
The Lodge will be called “Fern
Tent,” and will meet on Monday
nights in W. 0. W. Hall. \
After several good talks on
Fraternities and the advantages
of Fraternal Insurance, among
the speakers being R \\ Wallis.
J. T. Marrs, D. T. Rountree anti
M. A. Blankenship and James
Copeland, the meeting adjourned
until Monday night, April 7t.h.
The Special Dispensation which
has been in force during March
has been extended until the last
of April. The cost of joining re-
mains the same.
K. F. Kayser. Deputy.
\f!NE watch repairing]
watche s ilverwaf.:
CLOCKS j)DIAMO D5
JEWELRY CUT glass
I ENGRAVING
All Honest People
are supposed to retire not
later than twelve o’clock
midnight. If out after that
hour one is open to suspi-
cion and liable to arrest.
If your watch runs slow
have it cleaned, oiled and
repaired. It may save you
a lot of trouble and expense
B. L. DOUTHIT
G^SS*c
EXPERT WATCHMAKER
& JEWELER AT PERRY
& QUEBE’S DRUG STORE
Premium List for Rockdale Fair
Is Out---All Farmers Take Notice
Notice—You will find fresh
barbecue at Eugene Stewards
resturant also short orders.
Regular meals 35c. first 'lass
service. t
Hill Marshall returned Sunday
from a business trip to fort
Worth. ___
Chas. F. Johnson of Cameron,
was a business visitor to Rock-
dale Monday.
CLEANING, PRESSING AND REPAIRING
The City Pantitorium
FINE TAILORING
PHONE 50—WE CALL
Rastus and de Chicken
In this issue appears the prem-
ium list for the 1913 Rockdale
Fair. The Reporter trusts that
the agricultural display this year
will eclipse by far any of its pre-
decessors, regardless of how good
they may have been in past
years. We are anxious to see
the farmers take a greater inter-
est in this affair. It is THEIR
fair, not alone Rockdale’s, and
it is of more benefit to them than
it is to Rockdale or Rockdale
people. The present era of pros-
perity in Milam county is in no
small measure due to the success
of the Rockdale Fair, and Rock-
dale and Rockdale farmers are
to be thanked for making it pos-
sible.
Let every farmer resolve right
now to make it a duty to exhibit
at the 1913 Fair. Plant and
oAiif /!*»/»»»(• unUi f bo ♦ mfnn
tion. Grade and groom your
calves, pigs, colts and chickens
with a view to taking down a
premium this year. Talk for it,
work for it, boost for it, and be
very sure that any prosperity
that may be enjoyed by the fair
will return to you as bread cast
upon the waters, a thousandfold.
For that tired feeling, see A.
G. Allen’s Bife Minstrel Show;
they will appear here.
Hirt-Hazel.
are no comparison for
our grocery store, but
Wanted to Buy
A dozen setting hens, or will
furnish full blooded Ringlet
Barred Rock eggs on halves. See
me, W. E. Gaither,
Rockdale, Texas.
On last Saturday night at 9 p.
m. at the home of Mr. Andrew
Noark in this city, Mr. Emil E.
Hirt, and Miss Elza Hazel were
united in marriage, Judge Gunn
performing the ceremony. Mr.
Hirt is the youngest son of Joe
Hirt Sr., of Gay Hill community,
arid one of the' most prosperous
farmers of that neighborhood,
o n/l o if/aiiur rvw» »•> r\ f /rewv/I bnbilo
while the bride is also a resident
of that community, and is a
beautiful young lady, the daugh-
ter of Mr. John Hazel. We pre-
dict a bright future for this
young couple, and all their
friends unite in wishing them
tln> greatest happiness and pros-
perity in life.
we do want you to
know that we'really
Sell the Best
Groceries
sold in Rockdale and at prices often charged by
others for inferior goods.
The Sanitary Grocery
What Wqpien Want Nowadays
' 1,'r
"ViiONEY
is the “most for their money”
and that’s our motto -that’s
what you’ll get here—the big-
gest value in groceries of all
kinds, from the least expensive
to the most. Our qualities are
standard and choice, both in
package goods and bulk ; prices
as low as quality will permit.
H. & L. Hudson Telephone No. 32 7L* S3. 1ftCDtp & SOlt
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Cooke, John Esten. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1913, newspaper, April 3, 1913; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth742682/m1/1/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.