Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 185, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1931 Page: 1 of 4
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“Where there is
no vision, the peo-
ple perish*' . . .
Proverbs 2D: 18.
YOAKUM DAILY
\Ye Want ltetwer Rinu1»
In The Rural Sections
VOLUME XXXV
YOAKUM. TEXAS. AFTERNOON OF FRIDAY, NOV. ti, 1931
build yoakum power CO GRANTED ninth district LE6KIN
By H. D. Mels ter
EXTENSION ON THE
WATER FRANCHISE
B» RIND TO THE HiRRlRG—
BreUirtm. if a man bo overtaken
In a fault, ye which are spiritual,
restore such a one in the spirit
of meekness; considering; thyself, NEW ORDINANCE PROHIBITS
lest thou also be tempted.—Gal- 1 OPERATION ANY UTILITIES
atlans 6. 1. WITHOUT FRANCHISE
T{J iU suit against the pub-! A' ,h' r0*",*r mocllue 0[ "*«
•Alisher of the Herald the! cl,y commissioners at the city
TVxaS-Louisiafia Power C O. I hull Thursday night an ordinance
st#t£i that it is engflRed in j wus passed forbidding "the erec-
the business of manuft
lion, maintenance and operation
of a light, water, gus, and sewer
systems in the city without a
franchise”; and providing that
"pipes, poles, wires and equip-
the business of manufactur-
ing and selling of electric
power and current. We are
W6hdering how much of this
power and current that has
been distributed by them in Inent hIihII be removed from
streets after exportation of any
franchise" and the following pro
vision made, that "such pipes,
poles, wires or equipment not so
removed shall be considered a
public and private nuisance."
Another ordinance was passed
which provided t ha t (be fran-
chise for the operation of (lie
present water works system was
granted the Texas Umtslunu Pow-
er Co. for a period of six months.
The ordinance provided for the
"extending of the franchise of
tho Texas-Loulslana Power Co. for
the operation of the water works
for a period of six mouths from
expiration of the present franch-
ise, December 3, 1931, subject to
the conditions and limitations in
tho original franchise."
The commissioners explained
that the municipal water works
would not be ready for operation
by the lime the present franchise
expired and that tho extension
was necessary for the water
works to operate after Dec. 3.
the city of Yoakum during
the past two mont hs, h a s
been manufactured by them.
About the only wheels that
we have seen turn anywhere
about their plant here in that
time were those on a lawn
mower and they were not op-
erated by electric power but
by man power, chiefly that
of the chief engineer of the
plant.
'TpIIEN, too, they state we
charged them with the
wrongful discharge of wor-
thy, efficient and trusted em-
ployees. They may be neither
worthy n o r efficient a n d
they may not be worthy of
being trusted but we have
never had anyone else even
intimate anything to that ef-
fect.
N. W. TEXAS METHODIST
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
AT VERNON NOV. 12 -16
A writer in a current mag-
** azine says: “There are
farms—thousands of them—
idle, overgrown with weeds,
run down, deserted. There
are millions of acres of fer-
tile land in various pails of
the country. The money that
we are doling out for charity
should be used to send those
who cannot find jobs, to the
land, where they can earn
their own living.” This looks
all right in theory and with-
out doubt those who would
apply themselves could make
a living. But seventy-five per
cent of such would starve to
death even if the land were 01 ,,fi I,iral JOl8t
given to them. In the first- n>" '^nforenco w . be tn • fifth
place over fifty per cent of
them would know nothing of
farming and could not adjust
themselves to that trade and
the rest of them would not
if they could. Farming is a
, f
trade that requires study and
application as well as any
other trade and the fellow
that thinks that in order to
he a farmer all one has to
do is to be able to follow a
plow' and stick seed into the
ground has yet a great deal
to learn and when he talks
about these things he is
merely exposing his ignor-
ance.
EVERY CITIZEN is direct-
^ ly responsible for the
progress and development of
the community in which he
lives in proportion to his
means and ability. No man
has a right to shirk his
share of responsibility tow-
ard making the home city a
better place in which to live
and prosper. Some citizens
need to he reborn with an
unselfish devotion to the
home city. There are a whole
lot of men living in every
city whose knowledge of the
city is limited to the place
in which they work. Every
city needs more optimists.
Optimists are filled with a
desire to do, and with faith,
trust and confidence they
help to improve conditions.
Success comes to those cities
who are filled with optimis-
tic men with visions of bet-
ter things. Your city de-
serves boosting. If you are
not boosting, get busy.
TN ORDER to grow, the
home city must receive the
united support of every cit-
izen. Natural advantages
alone won’t build a city. Com-
munity enthusiasm alone
V won’t build a city. The bust-
CONVENTION AT SHINER
A convention of the Legion-
naires of the Ninth District will
be held at Shiner Sunday, accord-
ing to an announcement today,
and a large number of members
is expected to attend.
A special program has been ar-
range)! for the all day session and
i). 8. T. Meyer, district commit-
teeman, will be in charge. A num-
ber of Yoakum Leglorgfta.ires have
announced that they will attend.
Among those who will nddfess
*he meeting are Lieut.-Governor
Edgar Witt, Dept. Adjutant R. O.
Whittaker, L.,(’. Chapman, region
al manager U. 8. Veterans Hu-
reau.
VERNON, Texas, Nov. 5. (JP)
Preparations for the annual North
west Texas Methodist Conference
to ho convened here for five days
November 12, are rapidly nearing
completion under the direction of
the Host pastor, Dr. W. M. Pearce
tii.U't gathering ,i Vernon fo*
the Cerent late ..'in.., er and fall
convention season.
The annual appointment of pas-
tors will bo made during the
session but will not bo announced
until the closing day, November
10.
Church notables expected to at-
tend 'nclude lllshop If. A. 1 louts
of Houston, w’ho will preside; Dr.
King Vlvlon, Southwestern Uni-
versity president of Georgetown,
who will deliver the opening ser-
mon, Wednesday evening, Novem-
ber 11; and Dr. W. G. Cramm,
general board of missions secre-
tary of Nashville, Tenn. The
board of trustees of McMurry
College of Abilene will convene
during the conference.
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nutxiifi imNvto wTEiw. run
SUPPORT OF CHINA M WAR
WITH JAPAN IN MANCHURIA
MOSCOW, Nov. 6. (A*)- The
executive directorate Communicate
International, tho only party rec-
ognized In Russia closely connect-
ed with government and with
world wide affiliations, appealed
lo its members to support the
Chinese proletariat against the
Japanese occupation of Mnn-
churla. It snid that war against
China was "A step toward war
against Russia." Today Is the 14th
anniversary of the Russian revo-
lution. Tho party asserted that
leaders of capitalistic countries
were beginning wars Imping to
delay a laborers’ revolt.
SWIFT A CO. WILL
OPEN CHEESE UNIT
PLANT WILL BE IN OPERA
TION BY JANUARY 1932
According to an announcement
today by C. O. Howe, manager of
the local Swift Ai Co. office, a
modern cheese plant will be in-
stalled in Yoakum before Janu-
ary 1932.
Mr. Howe stated that Swift &
Co. was at tills time making final
arrangements for the installallMi
of such a plant on the property
now owned and that work was
expected to start within the next
two weeks, Sweet milk in the
surrounding territory will be used
exclusively according to Mr.
Howe ami the number of routes
v. 1*1 be doubled.
No announcement regarding tho
size of the plant or the number
ot people who will be employed
was made pending the cornple-
ti »n ol a survey of the post I ht 11
ties of ihis section.
GONZALES JUNIORS DEFEET
YOAKUM BULL PUPS 12-0
GAME PLAYED AT GONZALES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
The Yoakum Hull Pups, or tho
Junior team, played tho Gonzales
Juniors at Gonzales Thursday aft
ernoon for their second mooting
of this season and again lost
to Gonzales with the score of 12
to 0.
The Yoakum boys have been
under the coaching of 1>. Russell,
instructor in local high school,
and he lias built up a strong
team and in tho game Thursday
they showed plenty of improve-
ment but lost the game on the
breaks.
The first touchdown for Gon-
zules was made when a player
signaled for a fair cstch on a
Yoakum punt and after he caugh*
the bull he ran for u touchdown,
according to those who saw the
game. The second score was
made when Gonzales punted ac-
ross the goal line and the referee
claimed that a Yoakum boy had
touched the ball which wrh re-
covered by a Gonzales player.
On the Yoakum line Urobst
was declared the outstanding
player with M. May. Talley and
Davis also showing up exception-
ally well. In the backfleld Kerlick
was the most outstanding player.
This was due to his consistent
ground gaining ability and fast
work.
The lineup of the Yoakum Hull
I hips was ns follows: Ends, Tal-
ley and Liudlngor; tackles, Davis
Probst and Long; guards, Roush,
Guess; center M May and John-
son; quarter, McOuffin; lialfs.
Neal, Tucker, Trott. Schlaguter
and Hatch; full, Kerlick.
Speakers at Goodwill Congress
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We AtivuUUt A 3luic
Divt'iMj vcl l imning I'rcgruin
HAMfiN STORE IS ROBBED
OF $500 IN MERCHANDISE
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Man power in men
who dare to act and
think right i - need-
ed, rather than
Legiidation.
Gc A CO!1 Y—NO. 185
HARRY WURZBACM
DIES FOLLOWING AN
OPERATION ON SAT.
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John Humon, merchant of the
ilamou section five miles north
of Hochheim on the Gonzales
highway, has reported to officers !
that liis store at that place was REPUBLICANS LOSE ANOTHER
SEAT IN HOUSE. SUCCESS-
OR EXPECTED TO BE
DEMOCRAT
SAN ANTONIO, Nov ti (.T> —
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robbed early thi- week of about
0600 in merchandise.
I According to the report Mr.
iinmon had Just added u large
1 amount of slock to the store aud
.the robbery was discovered when 'Tarry M. Wurzbach, Seguin, Te»
he went to the store early in the tta ‘m>y Republican Congressman,
morning to open for business, died at a hospital here with com*
! Entrance was gained through tho plications following an appeiidiK
i front door b> breaking tin lock. (Operation. His death left the
I Mr. Hamon lives about a quar- House with 217 Democrats and
Iter *ii a mile from the store. No “I* Republicans and one farm
1 arrests bail hi on made according Luborile and three vacancies, and
?!1 ju a jU(e report increasing llkllhood of the eloo-
___*___ ^ . I tlon of John Garner as speaker.
| Congress convene) l)ei ember 7th.
i Thirty days notice is required
i for election so the seat probably
PRIRHFn RY lAP^ vi" s,m " “
vlVUuIlIjlU UI U All U considered likely that the succos-
------— sor will bo a Democrat since
CHINESE DISLODGED f ROM Wurzbach i.s Texas only Repub*
NONNI HIVFR BR'PGE titan usually elected will) consid-
ft] | - I erable Democratic votes aud the
SB, TOKYO, No\ ti (2U) Rengo | plea for support ot Garner have
a strong influence. His brother
W. A. Wurzbach and Ids law
m>'' CHINESE ARMY IS
in
Warring on war, these live international figures will he among the
speakers at the Goodwill Congress ot the World Alllunce tor Inter-
national Friendship to be held in Chicago, Nov tU, 11 aud 12. They
are (1) Dr. Fred li Smith, chairman of the executive committee of
the Friendship Alliance, (2) Huron Friedrich W. Von Urittwitz,
German umbassador to tlit* United Stutes, (3) Rov Canon T tiny
Rogers, rector of Birmingham, England, and chaplain to the king,
(4) Rev 8. Parkes Cadinun, radio minister und vice president of tlie
alliance, und (6) Mu).-Gen John F O’ltyau, cotnmauder of the 27th
'll vision of the A E F lu Franca.
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dispatches said the Japanese
crushed the Chinese army In a
three-day battle at the Nonnt
river bridge in north central Man
ehuria, dislodging the last group
today. The Chinese began a dis-
orderly retreat northward. ha
mused by bombing planes One
hundred thirty Japanese were
killed and the Chinese casualties
were much heavier, it was re-
ported Unit only three companies
of Japanese bore tho brunt of
Hie righting, outnumbered leu to
one. The total Japanese was about
900. The Chinese had cavalry and
artillery.
INTERESTING MEETING LARGE DELEGATION YOAKUM
HELD AT CHAPEL WED. FANS WILL ACCOMPANY THE LIBRARY Of RARE TEXAS
Chape) at Yoakum High School
began Wednesday morning with
llie sturenls singing lively songs
which echoed through the rafters
of the auditorium.
Mr. Winchester then Introduced
the speaker for the morning, Mr.
BULLDOGS TO VICTORIA
BULLDOGS HEADY FOR CON
TEST. ENTIRE HI SCHOOL
PEP SQUAD WILL BE
ON SIDELINES
BOOKS PURCHASED BY CIA
DENTON, Texas, Nov. 5. Four
hundred rare Texas books, which
were purchased earlier in the
year by Dr, I. H. Hubbard, pres-
--— j blent of Texas Slate College for
A large delegation of Yoakum l^mneii (i IA1 are now being eat
J () ‘N1r- n‘inu'u RllV0 11 football fans will go to Victoria ■ nlogm d prior to inunodluU place-
very interesting talk on the uses j ,onlKl|) „u> nl(lht bo- I m.-ni on the library shelves of
I tween the Yoakum Hulldogs and I*1'8 college The books were
i the Victoria Stlngarees. The High Purchased Irom the collection of
be on the 11 .............. ............
sidelines enmasse and between
60 and 76 ears of Yoakumltes are
expected to make the trip. The
game will be called at s o'clock
and should be the real classic of
partner \ J. Wlrtz, Democrats,
are mentioned as possibilities.
Ills brother is a Bexar County
judge. The congressman said last
spring that as much as ho ad-
mired Garner lie would refuse to
desert Ills party lo elet l him os
speaker.
AUSTIN, Nov »i (.'!') Attor-
ney General James V Mired, aft-
er a study of the laws, said thut
Wurzbnch’s successor could bo
elected promptly The governor
can issue an election call when-
ever he pleases but the vote must
come within 30 days of issuance
of tlie call. Previously there had
been some confusion over the in-
terpretation of this law.
of life insurance. Tho students
taking Economics gained many
helpful ideas from the discussion. I S(.||oo) HqUftTw
The pupils and the teachers en
Joyed the speech very much and
they invited Mr. Barnett to he
with them again.
An announcement was made
tlial Wednesday, November H. | ti,,.'district this year,
would he a holiday for tho
schools.
Tho Kelly Brothers liuve an-
nounced that I lie Bulldogs are
Plans are being perfected j r„R(,y for thp ron(oHt H|,hoUKi,
several are suffering from slight
injuries. The team lias been put
through a stiff workout schedule
STATE COMMITTEE HELPS
ORGANIZE RELIEF BODIES
AUSTIN, Nov. 6 ( Vl — Tho
state labor department has si at
i letters to all Texas county Judges
asking that each designate a
i county or regional chairman to
j coordinate and promote eff.nta
I for the relief of unemploy meat.
The letters were sent under In*
struct ions promulgated at the re-
cent statewide uio mpioyiuonl
conference Tin county reprost n-
i tat 1 vcm are lo report county actlv-
I ities to the state committee.
J.C. Ingram of Groveton,
The Texas Mmanacs, beginning
with the yeai ls67 when the first
almanac was printed in Texas,
and continuing down to the pres
cut time, represent from the point
of rareness and value one of the , . , , , . , , .
I lie labor department niso la
most outstanding features of the
entire collection.
whereby all members of the pep
squad will have ways to the big
night fool hall game al Victoria
Friday. The school lias asked that
no group go to Victoria without I t0j,p0c| 0ff Thursday afternoon tu,l°ns ,,ul gathered slin interfere with the local commit-
With the addition of these vol-
umes, the Texas collect ion in
tile CL\ binary is placed in u
favorable comparison with the
making a survey to determine aa
accurately as possible tin am 't
of unemployment In the Industrt-va
of tin state.
"There is no intention on the
part of tho governor’s conmiittoo
during (lie past week which wan old libraries and wealthier insti for th(J relief of unemployment to
a chaperone in each car.
-Reporter.
BURGLARY OF STORE AT
SUBLIME COMMUTED MON.
K AiLLhillB V1ULN, Nov. ti
with a light signal practice.
According to nil dope available
on the strength of the Yoakum
a^d Victoria teams, Yoakum has
an edge of at least one touch-
down and Yoakum fans arc confi
Bur collections in this state.
LATE NEWS FLASHES
tees iu their methods of meeting
the emergency," said the lott r.
"Their paramount concern is it it
the local committees are fori d
and working eoordloateiy v • h
Male ' recommendations of the state v «
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dent that the nuildogs will win of the Moss Hotel by Mrs. P. 1. confen-nce, which are in harm r
by af *h“t margin Victoria j Lo L. W. Cook, iormer min uioso m opeqaiion mro »•
. M w has bragged that Yoakum does , »y of Lulkin. for a consideration 1 out tho nation. Anything or pu y
,A< 111 1 ni‘ <»>' * H * not have a ciiance to win, but if ! of 09.7SU was announced here. a local aspect should bo hun <1
& White Store was broken UiU» th(t Bulldogs can keep full strength ---- ! according to the gliwas and J >
Monday night an burglaiized. Ju thp nn<.up an(j CMn R,q even | WASHINGTON, Nov. « (.V)— ! nier.t of eanh community orgut i*
totranoe was wade through the. break8 lhey will win by one ] Representative Snell of New tlon.
uei t ool, ^ 1 c 1 w,as *‘ut 1,1 ‘ j touchdown and maybe two. , York, one of the republican con j "If the necessary commutes
aud about »J0 or 94U worth of,--—---- tenders for the speakership non.l j already established and MncD.'i*
nation, said the republicans would ; ing they should automatically ' •>
|3 iu oisli was
LUBBOCK (/P)- W H. Rorg
era, who has been acting city
manager of Lubbock since Inst
April 16, lias been given a per
munont appointment. James L
Holt was named secretaiy treasur
er. Hu also had heeu acting In
ness interests must work out
a plan for civic and indus-
trial advancement. Every cit- j that capacity since lust April,
izen must jret behind that
plan. A combination of na-
tural advantages and com-
munity enthuaiaam behind
well-thought out plans will
get a city somewhere.
A fou 1*1*00}u apartment on wheels
has been developed in France. It
has the appearance of a bout, be
log provided with windows of tho
ahapq and size of port holes.
groceries aud
stolun.
Olilclals in Temple later not I
ilcl local officers (hut (lie) iiad
arrested two uegroes who were
cuughl with a lot of groceries
and were supposed lo have some
connection with tin- Sublime burg-
lary. Sheriff Gene llouchius mid
M A Strunk left for there Wed-
nesday and identified the darki".
as Gus aud Magnus Walker, for
merly of Sublime. Uesides goods
taken from the Woytek store,
they also were In possession of
other merchandise, showing that
they are likely duplicated Hi
more robberies
WORKMEN TO BEGIN NEW
LINE, CHILDRESS PAMPA
attempt to organize the house come adjuncts of the state organ-
despite (lie expected minority. . lzatlon.
Which party will be the stronger |--♦---— —
—■■■ —- i w ill not be determined until roll j l’AMPA (.T*)- -TIh: Wilcox I
CHILDRESS (iTM - Workmen call , aud Gas Company refinery i . r
will begin laying rails on iho j ----- ♦--- . this city lias resumed ope rat *
new Hue of the Fort Worth and TAILOR STARTS NEW
STYLE IN PANT9
TEXAS WEATHER FORECAST
FAST TEXAS Fair tonight
and Saturday.
WEST TEXAS Fait and warm-
er in the Panhandle tonight.
Denver between Childress ami
Dumps soon, construction com-
pany officials have announced.
The first rails will lie laid In
Childress County.
The grade lias lin-ii thrown up tiou," I A. Huynle, a tailor here,
almost to the Red River iu thin ' hit upon a novel scheme. Sample
county, and several crows ol the 1 books of clothing having acouin-
' after being shut ikw n sev
weeks.
— —— When activities wer* roaui
TUU8COTT, Texas, Nov. 6. (JP) company officials dented rei
Operating on the theory that ^ press reports that uUvns wen
"necessltj is the mother of lnven- close the plant pernmii»utl> or
workmen are busy iu Collings-
worth, Wheeler and Gray eoun-
ties. Contractors are Hying to
to complete as much of the bridge
us possible before cold weather.
uluted in tils shop, Huynle made
him a pair of trousers from the
pieces, of Yurlous texture and
color.
When he ventured forth in pub-
Haover officials have promised | lie with hl» new legallw, a friend
to have trains In operation over
the ltd-mile line before the fail
of 1932. The line will cost be
tween 94,000,000 and 06,000,000.
liked tho trousers no well that
Huynle U now making another
pair for the friend, *it*r taking that, reported for
hli order. , yqgr.
til business conditions itnpro
and staled that tin shutdown
for the purpose C making
pairs.
Extensive repair^ were m
Thirty-five uiiu were returne'
work when the plant reopeni
Soviet Russia’s cotton acre
in 1931-1932 iu euttaiated 0,1
92-1,000 acres, mor^ than do
the prev
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