The Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1932 Page: 2 of 6
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TfX’RCOAV, OCTOBER 6, 1932
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Founds iMtjgone fout the eyesore remains —- FARMER TAKEN BY DEATH KEEPS HOME O^X^NER IN DOU
j but more conspicuous than YI77E ARE in receipt of a | .»
ever. Few are now livinir who. VV (
Yoakum Weakly.
Published every Thursday by the Banker* Printing
Company, Yoakum. Texas
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED HRES&
Her
all
fk* Antedated Trraa. of which the Herald ia a meuilosr, i. -\m.»iv*dy en
Jtlnd to tlte uae for renublicaliou of all uews dippautu* «-rv<Ut«-*l it or
afcorwiaa credited la this [taper aud alao the local uewa pul>li*b.<J herein.
0BNA B. MORGAN. Editor. Res. Phono *62 W...............Phone 99
MRS. WILMA HASS. Society Editor..........................Phone 99
Ik A. POTH. Advertising Manager............................Phone 99
EL D. MS23T2R, Maaajcr-Oisraar, P.aa. PbOM 574............Office 55
Marua za. lilt, m iiwkuui, ieus, as oecuuu «.«•» auaii.01
Under the Act of Congress of March I. 1979
IXAfcLY SIYbSCBIPTION........I Year In advance $C.09; 1 Month 60r
WEEKLY SUBSCRIPTION................1 Yew • Months 7&c
wywvs/vwtA^
By H. D. Meister
TfHE weather manipulator
run true to form last
night. As predicted he crowd-
ed the mercury down the line
till he got it to forty-eight
where it” stood at dawn this
ever. Few are now living who, W copy of the Republican j FUNERAL services con-
cven it another tree were Campaign Text Boox which I ducted Thursday
planted in the place where ig t out bv the nati0nal afternoon
the other once stood, would * ... .
live long enough to see iv i committee and we are now
grow up to the magnificence PrePared to furnish you any
and statliness of the one that1 |jin^ °* a^|)1 °?ay
was cut down in the prime of d.eslPe depres-
its life. But these are the j s,orl \avf, ia<*
tragedies of thoughtlessness; c°r*tend with for the past,
and inconsideration. ! three years. We have not had
i nrmrtrtnnitv tn «tnrly tho rwy>b
tjROM up in old Missouri i if .deteiI *but*Fare sura
th« <«d Ueadlme type so ia- te)| about the quality 0j the
nuliar thioughout the north -j x. leadershin The
“ b:“sH ?™r r t sdeSL ri eutlrh,& Ss
"^ compendium of information
™s n, W (h<V°ld.ought to bring prosperity
°f T? r;! around the corner behind
hoaever, we found out that whjch it has bepn lavin
Gerhard Petering, aged 63 years,
3 months and 15 days, died at his
home on Route 6 Wednesday after-
noon 1:40 o’clock. Mr. Petering
had been in ill health a number
of months.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday alter noon at the home
by Rev. P. Ilgen of the Holy ross
Lutheran Church- Interment was
made in the Oak Grove cemetery.
The deceased 1c survived by one
son. Gerhard Petering Jr., two
daughters, Miss Minnie and Lillie
Petering, all of Yoakum. Mr. Pet-
ering also leaves surviving three
brothers: Henry, Herman and
August Petering of Yoakum.
CASH
nurtured them along all sum-
mer, is beyond all under-
standing. The fire boys have
been doing their best to make
their home surroundings as
attractive as possible and
have been making remark- it was a campaign dodger ■ h\!L w
. able headway along this line j announcing the disposal of j ^ ‘ __
morning, and as a result'and,then to have some scoun-lthe whole ball of wax of the ' tttRNEST SMITH, editor of
there was considerable scram-;drel come along and put to j Republican party on Novem-jJC, the Greenville (Miss.)
ble for cover last night. How-J Paught then efforts is no a her 8th, next, and signed Democrat-Times, says: “No
ever, the sun is out bright i ^lln& to put off lighth. In (aand O. Party, as own-, business can exist without
this morning and will prob- , , . , ;x:V- , ie mil enumerates a i new customers. That busi-
ably modify the situation I then that ls not t it. nunuer of things that areiness can be stores, churches,
some by this afternoon. Any- ; only tragedy that has go with the part.v in the lodges, lawyers, doctors,
way it has put the straw happened in Yoakum recent-, sale and it winds up with bootleggers, or whatever vo-
hats out of commission. b'- so l°n<? a»° orders j the announcement that tne j cation that may be under-
were issued to a colored man; Doughnuts without holes ! taken
and he went into the back, will be served by the Farm, “Xew customers'
yard of a Davis Avenue home; Board for lunch.” ito the nronpr kinV mvita-l--------- “** *“ J'v‘
and laid hU axe to the root! - |t"on and old customers^ feel r"""' ,h‘* 3"°w“ ,ha‘
canery is aoroau m uie lanu. ■ of a fine specimen of pecan i OEVERAL nights ago, while: that they are more welcome .°f. ^a^lint wclt sold dur
Wednesday night he visited; tree and in a short time it;»3 coming into the city from i when the invitation is pix>p- n7., 1a ... n * . . ..
the lawn of the fire station lay prostrate on old mother the east we noted a peculiar, crly presented through the * ‘n l> “U l ' ° <n 1111 ea
and pulled up tivo fine speci- earth and w'hat nature had aWeet fragrance in the air as columns of the newspaper. Ka °n guC3 nc enormous 0,1 °
w; mens of Lombardy Poplar spent almost tne liletime oi' we approached Lavaca street; “We have one large^ mer-
- trees that were planted last a man nurturing and build-1011 eas^ Gonzales. We were!chant in this city who isn’t
spring by the fire laddies mg UP was destroyed by man ; unable to locate the source of j interested in advertising, ex-
and which had attained a m a few minutes. Its beauti-(this most pleasing aroma and i cent to keep his name before
height of some six or eight ful symetry is gone, its com-j we vvere still in the dark on , the public, when business is
feet, and carted them away forting shade is gone, >ts:the matter until Monday!good. But when business got
with him. What his object landscape effect is gone, >ts j forenoon when Mr. N. D. j dull! Oh Boy! He took plenty
............^.... ........
\VK1.1 jINOTOK, Texas, Oct. 5. i Vccausc of a mistake m ttM fij
(i3P)—“After all there ls no place survey.
like home—no matter where it is,” j At tho present. Scott thinks
affirms Jim Scott, local farmer, ! lives In Texas, but what is worse^
w;lio probably has had more trou- j fe does ^iot know whether he even
ble deciding: where he does live | owns his place or not, because
than any man in the United | jihn Wortham filed on the land
States. j through the Texas Land Commls-
Forty years ago Scott filed in | sidn after passage of the Small
the Oklahoma Indian territory near i BUi, and since the tand wn»
V-'kNCH more the insignifi-
cant perpetrator of low
down, dirty, conniving chi-
“The recent report of the Trcas
ury Department of the sum of the
federal gasoline tax for August
gives the first authentic basis for
calculating the movement of mo-
tor vehicles which has ever been
issued,” says the Texaco National
Road Reporter.
I “A total of $8,944,857 was re-
ponu cejve(] tax js one cent, per
the present location of Dodson-
vme cominuniiy. omee men, ne
has lived in three counties and
two states, other than the Indian
territory, but never has moved his
home from its original location—
and now lie may not have any
home at all through a legal tech-
nicality.
In l$92, Scott, with his father
and two brothers, filed In the In-
dian territory through the federal
government. Oklahoma was ad-
admitted to the union in 1907, with
(the 100th meridian as a dividing
line between Texas and Oklahoma.
Scott then became a resident of
Greer county, Oklahoma. In 1908,
Greer county was divided Into
Marmon and Jackson counties,
making him a resident of Marmon
county, Oklahoma. When the Small
in Texas and not Oklahoma, con-
. . t< i »
icims iiia-i a moil uiuuui me oil
Texas land through the State of
Oklahoma. The case now reBts on
the decision of the supreme court
of Texas.
Thirty-five years ago, Scott
erected a two-story seven-room
house on his place and was one
of the proudest home owners tn
the state of Oklahoma or Texas.
As on-- of the leading rosidents of
the community, his home always
was a gathering place for Sunday
afternoon singings in the pioneer
days. /-
“Home ls home, as the old say-
ing goes, and there is no place
like it,” Scott said, “whether It ls
Oklahoma or Texas, but It does
seem a little odd to live in so
many different places and then
was in destroying these pets fruits that cheered scores ol ' Arnold Sr. came along and j of space and is going to pay
|. of the fire boys who have children each fall, are gone-; told us about some night j income tax this year. He
I’ure Cane Granulated Bulk
SUGAR
1 0 Pounds........4 \ C
Friday Afternoon and
Saturday Specials
PiUsburys Verigood (98 LI). Sack $1.35)
FLOUR 2sLkh' 37c 4^69c
Campbells or Quaker Maid Pork And
BEANS . 4 JLT...
Del Monte Sliced or Halved
PEACHES
No. 2 Vz
Can
19c
12c
C hoice Evaporated
PEACHES
Choice Evaporated
APRICOTS
Choice Evaporated
APPLES
YOUR
CHOICE
2 Lbs. 15c
NOTICE
| blooming flowers that he had | found dollars in places that
i which were about the most, other merchants ‘never stop-
j fragrant thing that he has; ped to think’ existed.
I ever seen and he kindly in-
I vited us to come up some
| night and see for ourselves
as to whethei ke^ was not j First four couples on the floor
about light. We did not let j at the dance at Oaks Court Sun-j around five cents per mile. | kum with Miss Mary Toland.
one ni0ht go by for we were (lay will be. admitted free. ltpj “This tabulation results in some- ------
there with the fading of the!
day Monday night and sure
8,t) 14,857,ooo miles for the month.
Undoubtedly, a portion of the total
was sold for use in trucks, buses
and larger cars which do not get
that gallon mileage, but an equal
part was sold for use in the dight-
or, smaller cars which average a
great deal more and this should
balance the figure used.
“Quite likely two-fifths of the
mileage wag by car owners spend-
Land Bill was passed In 1929, it • find ou^ aP of a sudden Y°u
. . I never had any home at all. About
was proved that tho strip on which . , , , .. .
the only thing that would startle
he lived never was In Oklahoma - me now ls to wake up some morn-
at all and that he had been a jng and be told that I lived In
re.-4iflent of Cildress county, Texas, * the Gulf of Mexico.”
grand total of $196,786,854 for one ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL
month!
“Nearly every section of the
United States profited by this dis-
tribution of cash. If you feel that
your immediate locality did not
CLUB ORGANIZES
“For they are good customers,
ing their vacations visiting the ! They may expect a lot—but they
various sections of the United /pay CASH!”
States distant from their homes; i •-
and the minimum average expense, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Ixionex of
for two people—over and above j Dallas left Saturday for San An- j once a month,
the cost of gasoline and oil—is j tonio after a brief visit in Yoa-
in the choice of pink and blue as
the color, sweet pea as the flower,
and “Virtue alone enobles” as the
motto.
Club meetings are to be held
Gelatin Dessert — 7 Popular Flavors
SPARKLE 6 r£;
Rajah Salad
DRESSING
Pint
Jar.
Raiah Sandwich
SPREAD
Pint
Jar
lopa Brand Bartlett
PEARS
No. 2*/i
Can.......
25c
12c
15c
13c
Idaho PATOTOES, Good Cookers, 10 pounds..........16c
Spanish SWEET ONIONS, 2 pounds........................ 5c
Tokay or Seedless GRAPES, pound ........................ 6c
Rich Red Jonathan APPLES, dozen..........................12c
Fresh COCOANUTS, each.......................................... 6c
Fresh PEANUTS, pound.............................................. 5c
Fancy Bine Rose
RICE
■'V
Pounds.
High Grade (16 Lb. Pail $1.19)
SHORTENING
8 Lb.
Pail.....
13c
62c
, Dr. M. A. Rowan, Dentis-t. Phone
enough here we found the Shropshire Bldg.. YoatVUm Tex-
source of the sweet aroma j
that came to our nostrils j
more than a block away from!
there, it was several bushes; posted notice y
of Night Blooming Jessa-
mine. Mr. Arnold presented
us with a few sprigs of this
perfumer of the night air'™H communuy ls poslea aR‘
I The public is
I that, my farm in
I school community is posted
which sweetened our slumber icordinff to ,aw’ and no tre8spaas'
and gladdened the hearts of;ing wlH br allowed* A F- Dyor-
the home. | 155'3'w p
The striking peculiarity of ' ~~
this flower is that it blooms! ^ L0D^E
only at night and only while [ ' 78 °’ D' H> s'
it is in bloom does it give i
off its fragrance. Others have:. °n account of distnct meetlnff
reported that they caught in bhiner’ ‘Sunday’ there wU1 be
the fragrance of these flow-!no r°sular r,H;etinP of th0 Yoakum
3,577,942,800 tourist mites and the: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Polka and
huge sum of $178,897,140 spread j J. Polka spent Sunday at Seg’iio
olong the highways of the coun- j visiting relatives.
try in addition to the profits of ! —--mm--
the local filling stations and sec- ! Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ralford, Miss
tion distribution plants which j Inetlia Taylor and Elmer Allison
would be at least twice the total | motored to Columbus Saturday
hereby notified i ^Tiiount of the tax or, possibly, a night to attend a dance,
the Wenzel
ers more than two blocks
lodge. All members are invited
away. Possibly in times past|attend the Shincr meetinff at 2
the progenitor of this flower p‘ m' °ct' 9'
has, as the poet has said, I f^«xt regular meeting will be the
“wasted its sweetness on the!8ocond Sun(lay ,n Novomber at
desert air” but not so with j" p’ m‘
the flowers from these bush- wc
es, they have made glad the
hearts of many in the east-]statement of the
ern section of Yoakum by 0WNERSHIP- management,
ssr=r.
Owned & Operated by Beal-Pietsch & Boysen Co.
We Make Prices
FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Anna Darnberger, Pres.
their sweet fragrance.
CIRCULATION, ETC.
A CCORDING to the weath-
erman “Old Boreas” is
Required by the Act of Con-
gross of August 24, 1912
..... „ , Of Yoakum Weekly Herald, pub-
OT1 hlQ Tivar ra rvr v\o rrn 4-La .... . . „ ,
....... nsned weekly at Yoakum, Texas
season and northwest Texas for October i, 1932.
1C lMVtm lend if o -p14»nf ' —
axaou iiuot iui (State or Texas, )
the S63.S0T1. We had a little County of Lavaca )
norther some time ago but
that little more than drove
Before me, a N*otary Public In
and for the State and county afore
Carton H
10 Package* 1 >30
AD Popular jBfr&ndH
CIGARETTES
WhiU Lumdir Soap
LUNA soap 10 Bub 19c
8MB m BEFORE YOU SELL YOUR EGGS
away the excessive heat that said personally appeared H. D.
had prevailed but this one is | Meister who having been duly
apt to make you hunt for ■ sworn according to law, deposes
mol e covei tonight. Maybe | and says that he is the Owner of
those geese that went south j the Yoakum Weekly Herald and
early Monday night felt it in 1 that the following is. to the best
fcneil' bones that this was i Of his knowledge and belief, a true
coming and beat the weath-1 statement of the ownership, man-
erman to it. The first snow | agement etc., of the aforesaid pub-
was reported at Laramie,' lication for the date shown In the
Wyoming yesterday. ! above caption, required by the
_ T 1 j Act of August 24, 1&12, embodied
Vl/TELL, the big agxjny of In section 443, Postal I^aws and
’'Y -baseball marathon is over1 u«*i»iQ.Hnn«
and we hope to be able to
put in si full day attending to
business today. We did not
have any money up on the
result of the series so we
i had no occasion to lose any
[sleep over the result, never-
theless we were keenly in-
terested in the outcome of S ora owning or holding 1 percent
the contest. Although our' or more of total amount of bonds,
preference might have been ] mortgages, or other securities ars
slightly in favor of the Yoakum National Bank, Yoakum,
Yankees we were rather sad- j Texas.
ly disappointed at the show-] H. d. mehsteir.
ing made by the Cubs. They j Sworn to and subscribed before
seemed to be able to go when me this ®th day of October, 1932.
the going was good but when ('Seal) w. F. Adams,
it came to points where it Notary Public
tested the metal of every j <M>' commission expires June 1.
player it seemed they did not 1933 >
BANANAS
ORANGES
Jonathan
APPLES
Fancy
Bleached
Pound
252s
CELERY
3c
Dozen
163s, Doz.
Large Stalk
21c
19c
9c
POTATOES
Brown Beauties
10 POUNDS...
Bucket......19c
100 Lbs. $1.25
Good Cookers
13c
EXTRA CHOICE — NEW CROP
EVAPORATED APRICOTS
o Lbs.
L For
CATT
jcvli
FINE
25 Lb. Sack
OO _
£.0 c
Z.DC
¥\T% Tr».
MOTHERS ALUMINUM or CHINA
OATS 'SSU.......
25c
KELLOGG’S WHOLE WHEAT
BISCUITS 2 FX
19c
FHMlUKfcANSLl9c
CRUSTENE 2 a. 15c
Oval Cans
MILK
MUSTARD or TOMATO ___
SARDINES 3 Ni 25 c
CARNATION
TALL CAN 5c Small Can.
2lc
Regulations.
1. That the names and address
of the publisher, managing editor,
owner and business manager ls
H. D. Meister, Yoakum, Texas.
2. That the editor Is C. S. Mor-
gan, Yoakum, Texas.
3. That the known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security hold
SOAP 2”S5c
5c
Octagon
SOAP POWDER.
Pkgs.
for
BLUING, Little Boy Blue............2 for 15c
CLORQX, pint bottle............15c
COCOA 11 r
WALDORF TOILET PAPER 3 rolls 13c
American..........2 cans 19c
r
1
On September 30, the High
School pupils assembled for the
purpose of organizing their school
receive its share it. might be well I for ^|1P ncw scholastic term,
to make a careful examination of ^ Many suggestions for the nam-
local conditions to ascertain / 0f ^jie cjuu were submitted
whether some particular condition j but flnally agreed on “Peppy
exists which is displeasing to out j PalB« Next the color> flowCr, and
of town or out of state motorists. motto wcre voted upon, resulting
CLASSIFIED
FOR SAUK—Registered Jerseys, 30
head of heifers, some fine young
bulls and 20 head of cows at ,
low prices. Also some pigs
weighing 70 lbs. at $3.09. A. J.
Hamden, Yoakum, Texas, Phone
803-11. 28-2c
J/
N™™1 a&IS?
Every Sack 48 Pound O. B.......79c
Guaranteed 24 Pound n r
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