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REPORTERMAN
nS TIIE STREET
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l^norteriuan calls.attention to the
Kona* P»«e this week. Not
fee's afraid it won’t be seen-
r 1 he feels sure every reader
rf will read that cartoon
P Attention is directed to
'flrSt tlU‘se it is the first published
wai'K of a Rockdale boy—
fe because
kLor'ie" Wildman—who ointri-j
L the cartoon as the impressions
rlfcartoonist upon the local street
k* . program. Mr. Wildman
Kces considerable ability in this
His art work seems as
Lvt as the best, and has ideas are
Fkwoins Reporterman learns that
E, work has attracted the attention
r. Texas daily newspaper which
Ui soon begin featuring Wildman’s
Eg comics, and perhaps syndicat-
E them. We are sure most of our
Users will get a smile out of this.
fflrst local oBiertog.
•rtorterman learns that a repre-
l^ve of a Houston building and
U association has been In Rock-
K recently selling stock in that
LnosiUon, and that, anywhere from
Eooo to $10,000 worth of local money
Ebmi invested therein. This is
fjbtless a good investment. Re-
erman
e contrary, and does not want to
t any reflections, either on that
pany or those who may have
Tested.
However, li occurs to the financier
this column tluvt local money
dtlnt! such an Investment might
t as well have been Invested In
-Male. The Rockdale Building
Loan Association, now several
•ars old has never failed to pay
annual dividend of less than
per cent. And it is being
-jnpered in its work of building
ikdale homes for Rockdale people
reason of the fact that Its funds
limited. Right now it has ap-
cations lor loans with which to
lid new homes far ahead of its
Uity to handle. The five or ten
ousand dollars sent to Houston
-uld have been of great benefit
Rockdale if it had been invested
the Rockdale Building & Loan
elation. It would have provid-
means whereby several new
mes could have been erected in
Male this year. And the invest-
would have been sure of at least
iht per rent on their money,
hlch is doubtless all or more than
jjf are guaranteed by the Houston
Tcern.
The Rockdale Building «S: Loan
elation is managed by some of
e best business heads in Rockdale,
officers and directors serve with-
"jt salaries or compensations of
j kind. It pays no commissions
stock salesmen or solicitors. All
* profits go Into dividends. All
money collected goes into new
ikdale homes. It constitutes one
this city's most worthy enter-
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
AND MESSENGER
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Rockdale Messenger Established 1873
THE OLDEST AND BEST
Rockdale Reporter Established 1893
VUL. 57
BOCKDALE. MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1929
NO. S
BIRDWELL NAMED
AS SECRETARY OF
CHAMBER COMMERCE
COMMITTEES NAMED—V I V I C
BODY 'RAPIDLY SHAPING
FOR ACTIVE WORK
W. H. Birftwell was elected secre-
tary of the Rockdale Chamber of
Commerce, and signified bis ac-
ceptance of Che post, at a meeting
of the officers and directors «1 the
body last Friday night.
President Weed also announced
his committee appoinments, as fol-
lows:
Finance, Membership and Enter-
ing no information to tainment—J. W. Garner. Ben Lme-
weustein, A. C. Balhourn.
Trade Extension and Civic Devel-
opment—O. F. Talley. Clyde Frank-
lin, Eddie Noack.
Agriculture and Livestock—W. E.
Gaither, E. H. Noack, Branch Lewis.
Publicity and Eriiicatonal—W. II.
Cooke, E. B. Phillips, M. N. Strieker.
Special State Highway—E. a.
Camp. H. C. Meyer.
Highways and Local Roads—N.
M. Bullock, W. E. Gaither. Eddie
Backhaus, Louis Gest, R. A. Hairs-
ton.
A special finance, assessment and
collection committee was also nam-
THIS M>*N HAS 0,66 N A CTOLT TO
ROCKDAL6 FOR SOMU TIME -Rlfr
never rn' test his business will
QE Mlfr*rv DOLL AFTpR — .
FED or OH HIS TJDIN6S-'
NO MORE WILL WE SB* HIS SWtAXY AN'
APPSARANCG HANO-tNfr OUr AT
a “ We Nty^ «l VINfr YOU
A FARPkt-LL Tip AN' A SO LONO- TO
f*OCKDALE.
(Continued on page six)
37 SCHOOLS ELIGIBLE
FOR MARCH CONTESTS
Great Interest Being Manifested In
Milam County Intcrscholustfe
Meet, Mareli 15-16
Orent Interest is being manifested
in the County Meet, to be held in
Cameron, Friday and Saturday.
March 15 and 16. according to a
communication reaching The Re-
porter from the office of County
Superintendent Mrs. Kathryn K.
Robbins, which says:
From present indications the Mil-
am County Meet of the University
Interscholastic League will bring to
Cameron many contestants and
spectators on March 15th and 16th,
the date set by the Executive Com-
mittee for the conduct of the meet.
Thirty-seven schools are eligible to
compete in the events of the meet,
vyjeLL i ainT *o>-
hoch to say
ONLY THAT WC
mope Rockdale will produce
S7iSS4rs
WOW («, HHW4 WAT N6eiJ
COMPLCTeo.
<s>a
"law’' WILLIAMS says
WHCN OUR TOWN <SETs ALL
dressed in coNcaere
MAY Be Mor?e Peopce will
COMe HCRe- —’THEN I
will sMnd ACdANce
MEetjNt, the sully.
BOY WHAT PINE STREET'S WE
^ tanT SPESD U,
S*YS OFFICER CLARK
* w with HIS silver star..
IReportermnn has Just one eritcism
offer, and that Is that the officers
d directors of the local concern
ve not. manifested a due appre-
tlon of the value of publicity in
ting more Rockdale people to in-
1 The columns of this paper
always open, and the editor is
ys ready to cooperate in telling
goggle-eyed world about Rock-
«’» institutions and advantages.
Rockdale R L. is welcome to
space and to the services of
editor In telling the world about
*t any time. Probably If more
ormation had been given through
"columns about It the past year
or all of that money that went
Houston might have been kept
home.
Dont be afraid of Imposing upon
ft mnffor r\f fUl*. a
* — wg»o ouiii, geutie-
We are at, your service with
Page position Just any old
IT '' n lii !■ *S ‘m th< S°'f| according to the schedule Just re-
,............. crtwdlwT. A. Fisher. Director
General. The following schools are
members of the League In Mllain
county:
Ada Henderson Ward (Cameron)
School, Irma Porter, Prin., Cameron.
Ad Hall School, D. A. Bounds,
Prin., Cameron.
Bethlehem School, M. F. Blansett,
Rockdale.
Branchvlllc School, Mrs. O. F
Robinett, Maysfield
Bryant Station School, Mrs. S. M.
Corley, Buckholts.
Buckholts High School, C. H.
Jennings, Prin., Buckholts. Box. 22.
Buckholts Grammar Grade School.
C. H. Jennings, Prin., Buckholts.
Cameron High School, L. Van
Perkins, Prin., Cameron.
Clarkson School, Robt. W. Ed-
wards,, Rosebud.
Corinth School Mrs. Isabelle
Lewis, Buckholts.
Daviiia Sciiooi, J. M. Bennett,
Davllla.
Duncan School, Bertha Breazeale,
Prin., Rockdale.
Friendship High School, F.vle Le
Grone, Buckholts.
Friendship Grnmmar School, Evle
Le Grone, Buckholts.
Gause School, R. C. Davis, Gnuse.
Gay Hill School, Mrs. Tvy Tidwell,
Rockdale,
Jones Prairie School, Roy C. Hens-
ley, Jones Prairie.
Marak School, Louis F. Hrncir,
Cameron.
Marlow School, Mrs. Nonnle Ren-
froe, Milano.
Maysfield School, Mrs, Lola Lln-
nm. Maysfield.
Milano School, Lloyd Patterson,
Milano.
Minerva School, Pearl Corley,
Minervn.
New Salem School, Lloyd F.
Green, Rockdale, Rt. 2.
North Elm School, W. L. Woods,
Prin., Buckholts.
Rockdale High School, W. B.
Erwin, Rockdale.
Snn Andres School, Lorrnn Mas-
sey, Rockdale.
San Gabriel Grammar School,
Luther M. Helper, Sail Gabriel.
San Gabriel High School, Luther
M. ITelzer. Snn Gabriel.
Sharp High School, C. R. Middle-
ton, Supt„ Buckholts, Rt. 1.
South Elm School, Eleanor Hatch-
ltt, Buckholts, Rt. 2.
Thorndale High School, Supt. H.
M. Roark Thorndale.
Tracy School, Mrs. I. L. Nunley,
Ms for Funds of
unty Rejected at
Meeting- of Court
™ Commissioner’s Court met
'm^r!0 rec(>*vc Mds for the
"ly Jf bosltorv for the next two
L • There were three bids re-
th.p a!1 wore unsatisfactory
.1)111 ftn<l upon motion were
' and the County Judge rii-
• » adwriiso ior bids to be
The k(5V th° Cn"rf on March 21.
F1* bid of the First National
as l.no pm- cent, the Citi-
er°n 8tft|!r>2nn' C°nt and thc
thn r 2 ,,('r cent- Th0
Jf® Per cent*' *S now reccJv*nR is
UninZ* auLhoriwd Jhdge Jeff
vfii5ire"n,,vertlae for bids °n
ed /' 1 beae bids are to be
Mar,l) Dlst.—Cameron
'to A O. Balhorn are
■ Toil ™*nt «t Itek-
no,™S7r', r'’,k!' “>dcrwn
tree rt tholr own vlne fthd
new v‘ y aro now building a
Hon. nnp ln H18hland Park
carbons and
“‘•chine roils °fnce: als0
tl
BUCKHOLTS BANK
ROBBERS CAUGHT
AND MONEY FOUND
TWO MEN ARRESTED IN TEM-
PLE CONFESS ANI) DIG UP
BURIED LOOT
Loot of between $1,000 and $1,-
100 in silver from the Buckholts
State bank was nccovered from two
burial places ln the Little River bot-
toms near Reed’s Lake last Thurs-
day afternoon, and two men were in
the Milam county Jail charged with
the burglary of the bank early Wed-
nesday.
The two men held are Leland
Holder, of Cameron, 22. and Carl H.
Altenburg, 27, of Houston.
Holder was arrested by Police
Officers Ham and Messer and
Deputy Sheriff O. W. Odom in Tem-
ple Wednesday morning on suspi-
cion. and Altenburg was arrested
Wednesday night by Constable Nick
Bailes and Deputy J. F. Vannoy.
They are said to have confessed
to the burglarly later and said that
they stole the torches used from
the Cameron Machine Shop, that
the burglarly required about three
and a naif hours and that they took
everything ln the outer vault ex-
cept the pcnn.cs.
They had stolen a car in Waco
and used It In the job, afterwards
wrecking it on the road near Sparks.
They split the money in two parts
nnd each buried his part. Yester-
dny afternoon they showed Deputy
Sheriffs Pope nnd Sens of Cameron,
and Deputy Sheriffs Miller and
Odom of Bell county, where the
money was buried.
Holder said that $47 of the money
he had was hidden under the hood
of an automobile ln an alley in
Temple and that he was trying to
recover it when the police officers
arrested him. He said that some-
one had beaten him to the money
nnd that he could not find it.
Altenburg was at the Katy depot
preparing to go to Waco when ar-
rested by the constables, and had
$47 in gold and silver hidden in his
clothing, it was found when he was
searched.—TemiJle Telegram.
Rockdale.
Two Mile School, Miss Bolivor
Carlysle, Gause.
Val Verde Grnmmar School, Vir-
gil Chaffin, Buckholts, Rt. 3.
Val Verde High School. Virgil
Chaffin, Buckholts, Rt. 3.
Yarrcllton High School, J. Fred
Hodges, Prin., Cameron, Rt. 3.
Yarrcllton Grade School, J. Fred
Hodges, Prin,, Cameron, Rt. 3.
Oet your adding machine rolls at
Reporter office and stop bothering
your banker. tf
Improvements are
Started Here by
Bell Telephone Co.
A force of six expert linemen
under the supervision of Construc-
tion Foreman P. S. Funderburk,
went to work in Rockdale Monday
morning on the scheduled improve-
ments for the local system of the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com-
pany.
These Improvements include the
removal of all overhead wires and
cables from the main business
streets, transferring same to under-
ground conduits and overhead alley
lines. This work will all be com-
pleted prior to the start of actual
paving on the business district. The
underground cable has already been
laid ln the business district, and
the alley lines are now being erected.
The telephone company’s program
also Includes much work In the out-
lying districts, and announcement
Is made that much additional^ cable
and wiring will be strung over the
city, and that all patrons who are
now being served on "party” lines
may soon have their own individual
lines and numbers If so desired.
No announcement is made con-
cerning the Installation of new
switchboard equipment and giving
to the city a new "central energy"
system. No douht, thesn improve-
ments will also be added If Rock-
dale agrees to a higher telephone
rate.
Rural Schools to
Be Inspected by
County Trustees
The County Board of Education
held its regular monthly meeting in
the office of the County Superin-
tendent, Monday morning, March
4th.
Regular routine business was dis-
posed of and matters affecting the
progress of the rural schools dis-
cussed. The members of the Board
decided to visit the schools of the
county in the near future. It will
be impossible for them to inspect
all of them but a survey of certain
portions of thc county must be made
this year in order that better plans
may be made for the next school
year.
Rev. H, W. Welse, pastor of the
Methodist church announces the
first, services to be held In the new
edifice on next Sunday with Sun-
day school at 10 a. m„ preaching
services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
It is understood that a special
musical program Is being prepared
and arranged for the initial occu-
pancy of the new church by the
congregation, however, the program
was not complete at the time of
our going to press with this issue.—
Thorndale Champion.
RURAL SC HOOL EXHIBIT PRO-
MISES TO BE ONE OF BEST
FEATURES
(By Mrs. Kathryn Robbins)
The Rural School Exhbit promises
to be one of the best features of
the Interscholastic League which is
to be held in Cameron on Friday
and Saturday, March 15 and 16. The
public is invited to sec what thc
children of the rural schools are
doing, and doors will be open to
everyone Friday afternoon and Sat-
urday. Only teachers whose schools
have entered this event and those
whom they have appointed to assist
them in arranging the exhibit will be
admitted Friday morning. The
judges will render their decisions
before visitors are admitted. Teach-
ers who find It convenient to do so,
will doubtless begin arranging their
display on Thursday afternoon,
March 14th, after three-thirty
o’clock. One-teacher schools will
compete with one-teacher schools,
two-teacher with two-teacher, etc.
Boys’ and girls’ club work, pos-
ters, booklets, writing, handicraft, in
fact, anything that ho? been made or
done by the school children, will be
exhibited.
The Three-R Contest Is open only
to one and two teacher schools and
pupils will be tested ln reading, writ-
ing, and arithmetic. Another in-
teresting feature to be enjoyed by
one and two-teacher schools will
be the rural pentathlon. Tills puts
students In the smaller schools in
competition with other schools of
the same size. This contest con-
sists of the following events: mi
100-yard dash; <b) running high
jump: (c) 12-pound shot put; (d»
standing hop, step and jump; (e)
running broad Jump,
Any school that paid the League
dues before January 15th, 1029, may
enter contestants at any time up to
the morning of the county meet.
Supt. Thomas A. Fisher of Camer-
on is director genera), and is plan-
ning to make this one of the best
meets in the history of the county.
Other officers of the League are as
follows: H. M, Roark, Thorndale,
Director of Debate; C. S, Miles,
Rockdale, Director of Declamation;
R. C. Davis. Gause, Director of
Spelling; Lloyd Patterson, Milano,
Director of Essny Writing; L. Van
Perkins, Cameron, Director of Ath-
letics; C. R. Middleton, Sharp, Dir-
ector of Arithmetic; Miss Mary
Puckett, Cameron. Director of Mu-
sic Memory; Mrs. Fred Hodges, Yar-
rellton Director of Choral Snglng;
Miss Glennie Stafford, Cameron,
Director of Art Appreciation; Mrs.
Kathryn Robbins, Cameron, Director
of Rural Schools.
PAVEMENT CONCRETE WORK TO
START MONDAY, IT IS INDICATED
E, F. Ousley Dies
Tuesday at Home
In Pearsall, Texas
E. F Ousley. formerly of Rockdale
but more recently of Pearsall, Texas,
died at his home in that city ut
5:00 o’clock Tuesday afternoon,
March 5, according to wires received
by friends here Wednesday. Burial
was made at West, Texas this
(Thursday) morning at 10:00 o'clock, i with all machinery scheduled to
Mr. Ousley had recently suffered ! be in Rockdale before the end of the
an attack of influenza, from which! werk, operators of the MeKlwrath
kidney complications ensued, and ! Construction Company will be ready
RICE AVENUE DUE TO
GET FIRST CONCRETE
OF PAVING PROGRAM
MACHINERY ON HAND AND
OPERATORS NOW READY TO
"MAKE PAVING WHOOPEE"
this was given as the cause of his
death.
As a former business man and city
alderman of Rockdale, Mr. Ousley
was well know in this city and has
a host of friends here. He disposed
Of his business interests in this city
last Fall and moved to Pearsall
where he engaged in the variety
store business, and it is understood
that just before his death he was
making plans for returnng to Rock-
dale.
Further notice of his death will
be made in a later Issue of The
Reporter.
RURAL SCHOOLS
ARE INTERESTED
IN COUNTY MEET
SENTER LAUNCHES
REFORM CAMPAIGN
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
DALLAS ATTORNEY DENOUNCES
WORK OF STATE LEGISLA-
TURE’S LAW LAXITY
Dallas, March 2. An extensive
and fiery denunciation of the work
of the state legislature and methods
of law enforcement in Texas was
made by E. G. Senter, local attor-
ney. ln his announcement today of
his candidacy for the democratic
nomination for governor.
The announcement was brought
about, be declared, by the failure of
'he present Texas legislature to give
attention to the universal demand
for court reforms, which he allege.';
extends over the past 25 years.
'The present body,” Senter de-
clared, "considered as a whole is not
qualified to run a hundred acre
farm, much less to make laws for
6000,000 people. The average citi-
zen can get nothing out of govern-
ment but protection for life and
property. In Texas he pays and
pays and gets no adequate returns.
Ten Reforms Proposed
"There will be no reforms," he
predicted, "of the courts, no Im-
provement or economy ln govern-
ment, no better administration of
the law, no reduction ln taxation,
until the people quit the habit ol
sending embryonic lawyers, barely
out of their teens, to the legislature."
Ten reforms were proposed by the
attorney ln his announcement: to
install common honesty, sense and
business rules as controlling forces
in the courts; to make it possible for
pvory citizen to represent himself In
courts on terms of equality with the
ablest lawyer: to make the only end
sought ln a trial the administration
of Justice: to give all litigants equal
rights of access to thc supreme
court; to take all "foolish" formal-
ities out of the records of appeal; to
abolish the fee system; to abolish
all "graft" and useless offices In
the court house; to require appellate
courts to dispose of all cases upon
their merits; to give effect, to the
constitutional requirement In favor
of a workable arbitration low, and
to take profit out of all crimes by
appropriating accumulations from
such practices to free school fund.
“Graft," he charges, "runs through
our governmental system. Our leg-
islatures are usually dominated by
fee grabbers and special interests.
Each successive legislature furnishes
a battle ground for lobbyists who
have axes to grind. The interests
of the public receive but scant con-
sideration from the law-makers.
Rebukes ‘Young Lawyers;
"If I shall be elected governor
I promise to hold the noses of the
members of the legislature to thn
grindstone from the time It opens
until I get out of office or until
they cut down taxes, restore the au-
thority of the law and make all
courts real temples of equity."
A scathing rebuke was issued on
"young lawyers” who make up the
legislature and on the Judgment of
the people who put them ln office
and tamely submit to their actions.
Senter charged that they "promoted
their supposed interests as lawyers,”
and that they had thereby contrib-
uted materially to degradation of
to start the first actual concrete
work on the Rockdale street paving
program Monday, March 11, accord-
ing to John Reinhart, superintend-
ent of construction. The first pour-
ing of concrete will begin on Rico
avenue.
The week Just passed has brought
much development ln the paving
program. Three units have now
been completely signed: Rice Ave-
nue from Belton street to Cam-
eron street: Milam street from San
Gabriel to Scarbrough: and Camer-
on street from Scarbrough through
the business district to the South-
ern Pnclfic depot. Preliminary
grading has been completed on both
Rice avenue and Milam streets and
grading teams are now at work on
Scarbrough, with Cameron probably
the next in line.
Work has been started on the
placing of forms on Rice avenue,
and Reinhart states that If every-
thing (including Old Man Weather)
runs according to schedule, opera-
tors will begin pouring concrete
Monday. Shipments of gravel, ce-
ment. and other supplies were start-
ed Wednesday, and all machinery
has been received with the except-
ion of the finishing machine, which
is due to arrive not later than Fri-
day.
The work will lie under the super-
vision of McElwrath operators and
skilled workmen, many of whom
are now in the city, includng F. J.
Allen, general foreman; W. D. Dyer,
who is here from the company’s pav-
ing Job at Brownsville and now en-
gaged in putting all the machinery
In shape; and P. R. Pervis and Sid
Jones, mixer, who have also been at
Brownsville. It, is understood that
the finish men nnd others will all
arrive before Monday.
The use of the finishing machine
ln Rockdale, according to Reinhart
will attract considerable attention
and create Interest among people
Interested ln paving in all sections of
the country, as this Is the first time
a machine of this type has been
used in the South, although it has
bren used successfully ln the North
for some time. This machine, It
is understood, Is "the last word”
and is recognized as the best by
those who might be termed as the
"connolssuers of paving."
According to present indications
paving will be done first on Rice
avenue, Mllani and probably Camer-
on streets, although no positive sch-
edule has been arranged as the
streets will be taken up in the order
in which the units are completely
signed up. Every effort will be put
forth to eliminate thc necessity or
“skips" in any of the units.
Other streets now partly signed
up are: Burleson street between
Milam and Bell; Main Street be-
tween Milam and Bell; Green street
between Milam and Belton; and
San Gabriel street between Milam
and Belton.
the professional as well as the laws
of the state.
"The masses of the people know
that nothing will ever be done until
the olago rohy of young lawyers
which now rules tills state shall be
over thrown," the attorney said.
"Theiroffenses against the public
welfare are written ln every chapter
of our recent history.
"T will have no campaign manager
and seek no contributions. If the
office is for sale I do not want it.
No honor attaches to it for which
I care except the opportunity for
the service T propose."
NEGRO ARRESTED
Buster Keeton (colored), age 20,
who was arrested' Tuesday night
charged with stealing a car belong-
ing to Edgar Mnnitry, Rockdale
negro, waived examining trial be-
fore Justice of the Peace L. II Hlll-
ycr here Wednesday morning and
was carried to Cameron to await •
action of the grand Jury.
It is ulleged that Keeton stole tho
car Tuesday night while Moultry
was attending church, and was
caught b" M'MtP’Y
went dead rt~.do.
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