Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 186, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 7, 1925 Page: 1 of 6
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Give us Better Roads
and Better Streets
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.4 Better Paper Every Day
A Better Yoakum Mean*
a Biffffer Yoakum
VOLUME XXIX
YOAKUM, TEXAS. AFTERNOON OF SATURDAY. NOV. 7. 192.">
:>C A COPY—NO. ms
Build Yoakum
A Column of Comment
Yoakum High Smothers Yorktown
With Three Touchdowns Friday
GOP Wild. GUIDE THKRv<* n.*r j
ns tin* horse, or hs the limit*, which have
no undei-stumling : whose mouth must lie
licit) In with hit nittl hritllc. 1 will i.isiiuci
tht>e ii n t] tcNcli thee in I lie way which thou j
Klmll go. Psalm II-: ft'-K
PKAlKR- Spirit of the living Coil. I
we need thy guidance, for the way in i
si range to us. Keep us from self will. I
Make us teachable ami then allow ua tin*!
way to walk.
There was a young lady named
Poppy
Who warbled, “I want to be
happy.”
The rhyme, we agree,
Isn’t all it might be,
13ut today we’re a bit short of
copy.
—Swiped.
Being a little shy on copy we
will comment, just a bit, this
morning on what we heard and
saw last night at the barbecue at j
Concrete. First thing that im-j
pressed us was the sight of aj
number of Yoakumites eating j
barbecue as tho they had been
fasting for a week and then asj
we thot of the road we came
New War?
YOAKUM PLAYS HEADS-UP
FOOTBALL DURING GAME
Big Crowd Attends Barbecue
At Good Roads Meeting At
Concrete School Friday, 6th
NOTHING BBT NEWS
Big Topics in Few Words
SPEAKERS EXPLAIN BOND
ISSUE TO TAXPAYERS
MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED
BY CONCRETE CITIZENS
The reformed Yoakum learn came
thru yesterday afternoon by defeating
the Yorktown eleven by an 1S-0 score
at Yorktown.
The Yoakum team set a terrific pace |
during the first half ,and their efforts i
accounted for three goals.
From the first whistle the Yoakum i
! men were in the game with their teeth i
! set for a hard game, and gave all they i --
j had with resulting victory. | Five or six hundred toiks gathered!
Junge, Yoakum's giant tackle was at the Concrete school last night, withj
called on frequently, and he delivered la good sprinkling of Yoakumites. to at |
at every opportunity. It was his j tend the barbecue and good road’s.
forty yard run that brought the ball | meeting held there last night.
I within Yorktown’s one yard line, ami j The school ground was packed w ith
| Graham punched it over for the first .automobiles soon after dark, and the
| counter. Attempts for extra points fail j lights were switched on from a port-i
! able Delco plant supplied by F. K. Pav !
Not Afraid!
Europe is in for considerable more
trouble between 1925-1928, according
to Abbe T. Moreux, director of the
Bourses Observatory in Germany,
I The sun spots indicate it, he de-
over, the bumps and humps and ] Clares. And he has studied them
jumps we endured, we too had rnore than 20 year8, 11 was he wh0
an inward craving for
craving tor some-
thing that might ‘‘stick to the
libs” and as we approached the
gate that lead to the place
whence came that savory odor of
well done barbecue and the
aroma of well brewed coffee, our
predicted the World War several
years before it started.
AUSTIN—Attorney General Dar*
Moody today announced lliat his office-
I
was working on petitions to be filed1
within the next two or three days ant-
ing cancellation of contracts held ba-
ttle Hoffman Construction Company
'and (he Sherman A Yoilmans con-
struction company of Houston.
Hot STON Another conference la--,
tween the representatives of ihe state
, live stock sanitary commission atuf
Geo. Hamman, president of the Hoirs-
I ton Clearing House Assn, has l**cri
| called for Saturday afternoon with »
1 view of handling the financing of tilt*
I foot and mouth disease.
YOAKUMITES ATTEND TEXAS
BAYLOR GAME TODAY
led.
i Graham scored the second touch jelka. A little army of men were busy
down after several slashing off tackle over the pits giving the mutton and
plays with Junge carrying the brunt, of' beef a final touch .others were busy
the attack. arranging the tables. The call was is-
Lauterbaeh scooped up the ball on a sued and the enclosure in which the
line play when Yorktown fumbled, and [tables were arranged, was soon filled,
ran forty yards for a touch down when jand many were forced to wait,
the Yoakum team formed an effective The meat had been done to a turn,
interference for him. i show ing that the men in charge had
Hillman intercepted three passes! taken great pains to select good meat.j ™ '
and made good gains on both of them, jand then saw that it was properly pro |^|[]Q£ GOLF CLUB
McMaster showed himself a veteran J pared.
"It e knowing how to handle them.’
says .1 O Wallace of Chehalis,
Wash Evidently ho knows Here
/on act him literally covered with
bees ltut he novel gets .slung
HOUSTON -Houston Friday mom-
I ing entered its ninth day of coutinu-
lous rainfall. All records for November
i rainfall were broken. Street ear s«r
j vice w as crippled, 750 telephone pol«*s.
j were out of order, dirt and grave*
! streets were impassable, to motor ear
travel out of Houston was entfrely-
! stopped, rivers were rising rapidly, arnf
all the trains wore late.
SELECTS TOURNEY SQUAD
----- field general, and picked Yorktown’s j A group of waiters hovered over the
Quite a delegation of Yoakumites 1 weak spot and hammered them with ! table with meat, bread, pickles amt!
hunger demanded at once to be'lett this morning to witness the foot- his strongest ball toters. 'coffee, and took great pain to see that i 'The Yoakum Golf Club has selected
appeased and forthwith we ball classic at the Memorial Stadium, Junge proved himself to be a player j every one was served. , four of its members to represent You-
of the University at.
LITTLETON. Ohio—A jury to try Dr
Harold Elmer Illazor on a charge at
murdering his 32-year-old daughter
Hazel ,the "child woman" was obtained
In district court yesterday afternoon
made to storm the gate, but the
gatekeeper raised his broad hand
and said ‘‘Not yet, just a minute
till that hungry bunch gets out
of here,” and as we saw Du roll
Miller \yith two sandwiches in
one hand and a cup of coffee in
the other, Manny Hertz with a
strong hand at each end of an ox
BEAUMONT—-The body of Clarvnce-
Bradley of Houston was found PridAy
Austin between j of considerable range, playing both of-' After the last person had partaken kum at the South Texas Golf Tourney I nM>,n*,,K **' J *10l< 1 ,lt Bpaumont. 1
_____ .......______, _______..... —' i.......... . . u.. ....... — i ....... ................... ,, (youth had been shot thru ftln* head
and a pistol lay by his side nolo-
Baylor University of Waco and Texas j Tensive and defensive foolball.
University of Austin.
J9f„the delicious barbecue and general to be held at Cuero November the 11.
A short resume of the game shows I handshaking ,and get acquainted
An elimination tourney has been
This game is attraetThg state wide j that Yoakum made 24 first downs, j prevailed over the grounds, and genial underway among the members of the j
attention, and mauy are taking advan-1 while Yorktown made 4, Yoakum made good fellowship was the watchword. Oak Ridge Golf Club .and fin* foui men !
I j |
tag** to see a good game, as the Texas-! 320 yards from scrimage plays, this j Dr. Blackwell then called the meet- considered to be about the h.*st in the I
A. A- M. game ig being played at Kyle j does not count recovered fumbles or in ifflg ‘fo order, atlrt introduced the chair club, and who could go to Cuero.
Field, college station .this year, and | tercepted passes or returns on punts j man of the meeting, M. C. Driscoll. The team selected consists of c. N.
\veather conditions largely determine ! or return from kick off, but actual After a brief explanatory talk he in- Lodge, C. C. Jopling, Bard Dohb and
rib and Ills face busy at the meat! Ihe possibility of seeing this game. ground gained from plays executed; , txoduced the following Yoakumites Johnnie Turbeville.
in the middle, and J. K. Elkins j Those who left this morning were Dr j while Yorktown gained 55 yards. who made talks on good roads, their The Oak Ridge Golf Club lias been
pawing' over a big dishpan full of j anti Mrs. E. H. Marek, Miss Nannie j The Yoakum goal line was not in benefits, and also gave detailed ex- organized only about live months, and
mutton, picking out choice mor-jRay Baker. Ivey Mcf’loed, Mr. and Mrs! danger a single time, and Graham, : planation of the proposed project from no doubt will In* the young, st team in
sels, we thot of the parable of i j. w. Boothe, Mrs. Rufus Littlefield, j Yoakum's new lind, did not get to dis- Yoakum to Westhoff via Concrete, J .J. the tourney.
the loaves and lishes and hoped j Willie Adams, Paul Gustwick, Bard \ play his toe ability. Ihe \ oakum team Olsen, Durell Miller, 1>. J. Shall, W. The following is a list of towns, and
there would at least be Some! r>odd, Stuart Rohre, I. F. Gaisert and played as a unit, with all playing in" t. Brow ning, Pliilip Welhausen.
was found in the room.
in iIh*
bones left for us to gnaw at, but j Mr and Mrs. L. B. McGuffin.
when we saw Driscoll. Seekamp,( ’•*
2S,'S2r,. £ IKbb m
into the barbecue pan at the j
same time, our hopes fell within,
us and we said unto ourselves i
per cent better football than they have
shown heretofore.
Bourke delivered everythin- lie was
called on, starring on his defensive
WATER SUPPLY PLENTIFUL
their team who will partiripn
The speeches made by iln* above tourney:
mentioned men bore net tin principal Several San Antonio Country Clubs
points of the project, ii is proposed Alamo Country Club, and municipal'
in the coming bond election Saturday, links players will attend tin* meet,
! CHICAGO— Campbell McCarthy, ne-
gro who v as to have been hanged this;
: morning was riot entirely filled wfthi
; happiness yesterday when he rerelv
i d word of an eleventh hour stay ol ex.
J edition until n**xt inbuilt white tits
case is taken to the supreme court..
DALLAS An attempt, to shoot .Km.
Kimbro, negro, was made by a woman
spectator In Hie couit room hen* yes-
terday alter the jury's verdict asKesns
ing him a five-year term in tho peni-
tentiary for slaying of J 1’ Robinson.
The
position, \llett and Melvins,
smothered every play that
around their way, while Junge
most of them golf playing business
Yoro Oil Company which has
“How long, oh Lord, how long|bccn 9hut <Uwn tor pas, day, ,hl'u' ,hro*1"8
will those fellows hang on.” Just|accounj ot> want of sufficient w’ater to
then good old Dr. Blackwell came
up, and in his soothing way,
said “Never mind son, keep a
stiff upper lip and buckle up your
belt another notch, we’ll get up
to the trough after a while” and
we did so ,and after a while,
when the gate was left open for
us to enter, Oh boy! We now
understand why those fellows
hung round so long, for every
bite of that barbecue was an in-
vitation for some more and we
run the drill is rejoicing today over
Hip furl of having secured unlimited
water supply and will no longer have
to lose time from that source. The
hole is now 1228 feet deep. They will
begin drilling again Monday morning.
the meeting. His report will be
found in another column of this
issue.
ends, November 21st. to issue bonds in the
came sum of $200,000 for improvement ol men who see an opportunity to meet
ami (fop roads in District Number Two, t|je prominent people of He* towns in
tin* DeWitt County, to be divided and ex-' Southwest Texas,
i Yorktown hacks for loss a number ol pended, of which amount $140,000 to
Mimes. be used in aid of constructing a Hard tion are as follows:
What has all the above got to! to a perfection.
hung on until we felt in duty|do with “Build Yoakum?” Just; Officials-Sassar, victoria, Refer.
bound to appologize for the stick- j this: Yoakum will have to keep! Ragan, Victoria, Umpire.
up on its toes, improve more!---
streets and sidewalks, paint THINGS GOING BAR FOR
houses and clean up front yards; tc*vo Aim a c v
and back yards if we want to! ftflAo ANli f, & w
toitive qualities of the Yoakum
crowd when it come to eating.
We don’t know who is respon-
sible for that barbecuing but we
want to warn Jake Levy right j keep up w ith people in the coun-
now that he sure will have to j try.
look to his laurels in that line for j
some fellow out there is some
According to the radio reports re-
- jeeived just aa we go to press Baylor onp jm;h of Rock Asphalt.
‘The Saintly Sinners and Hon-i has 3-0, scored a place kick from lb" C. T. Lambertson Of Concrete made
guy in that line. jest Christians” will again be in 1yard line, while T. c. c kicked a ihe announcement last night that a
After the big feed I)r. Black-1 Evidence in Yoakum. This time1 fle,d goal from the 33 year line. Halt meeting of all those wHo ate interest
well called the meeting to order
and after a few remarks called on
Mr. Driscoll to preside and Dris-
coll did pretty well, considering
how much he had eaten. But we
will leave the report of the busi-
ness end of the meeting to the
Herald staff reporter who was on
the ground*, filled up on barbe-
cue, facta and figures on the
bond issue and general dope on
NOBLESVILLE, In.). Dr Smiley.
i Indianapolis physician, a defense >*ir-
* ness when recalled by the staG- today
[for further cross examination in t.h«
(murder trial of D. O. Stephenson sta.c-
So far, loams named for the competi-l . . . ...
I ed that he hud treated Stephenson, Car
... , , ,.,K. , . . . , nervous disorder caused from uh tiol-
Byrd and O Neal, playing guards, Surfaced State Highway from the City j Florosvillo: A. C. Kitchen burg, J. T
held iike a wall on ^orktown's efforts limits of Yoakum by the way of Cod- Houston, II. McManiel, R. E. Erie.
to pierce the line, and plunged thru, crete section to the Guadalupe river, j Beeville: M. P. Adair, A. W. Shan-
and made holes for the Yoakum backs including the District’s part of a bridge non, C. Miller, B. W. Wilson.
on the offensive. across the river, a distance of approxi- j Luling: Raynyer, Padgett., Finch,
Hillman who plyaed guard and halt niately 12 miles upon which the State Bennett.
back was playing heads-up foot ball, Highway Department will match the! Gonzales: L. A. Konechy, B. Penrod,
snatching in two aerial attempts by sum with a like amount. The roads C. L. Boothe, K. L. Houlder.
Yorktown. Hre to be built according to the sped- Victoria: Donaldson, Henderson, O.
Stephans and Johnson when sub fications set. by the State Highway j P. Fowler, Vandenberge.
stituted carried their end of the game Department, and when the roads are) Kingsville: R. C. Eckhaidt, C. C.
constructed they will b<* maintained ( Weller, P. House, R. O. Moss.
by the department .without further ex- i Seguin: Ad Hrensedt. R. A. Weinerr.1 —______-
pense to the District. The specifica- j W. F. Lovett, W. M. Wheless. | Considerable excitement prevafled in
tions for the Highway as suggested by' Lock hart: Vernon Miller. E G. Field- Mhe alley which runs between the 8t
the state engineer is as follows: jer, Hubert McMillun, H. Hoffman. iReglsHotelandtheHernmnFuinitarf-
Rlght-or-way, 7<l feel, crown or road, 26 j Goliad: R. Mathis, M. L. Tally, R. Company wheii Iona Rodgers and Lulu
feet, and pavement, IS feet. The base, Hanley. J. Campbell, Dr. Chilton. Mae Dodson, both colored, exchanged!
is to be composed of eight inches of j Karnes City: Rick Ruck man. Joe j licks, with an automobile spring fea-
gravel .four Inches of limestone, and! Yeary, Rex Person, A. Grlnising* r. luring in the act as the weapou of
Kenedy: A. Schroeder, J. B Cannon, offense.
H. S, Colvin, Red Kolchak. ' Lula J tod son struck Iona Rodgers ever
Cuero: Dr. W. W. Seales, S S Eggle-j the head cutting a deep gash which
Hton, Newton Brown, and Graham; bled profusely. Then Iona Rodger*
ium.
BEAUMONT--Falling only about Ift
| feet, Louis Fehl, former football srtar
of a Beaumont High School, sustained!
a broken neck and died almost tnstrit-
ly. lie was repairing a light socket,
and fell from a ten foot scaffold.
FIGHT GAUSES*MUGH
EXCITEMENT ON LOTT ST.
they will act up at the Grand of the frame had b**en Played when the ,,,1 jn getting a rural high school
Theatre or Friday niffht, Nov. sports were received. (hat community should come to
13th for the benefit of Local
United Charities. The commit-
tee in charge will appreciate your
patronage as their funds are
rather low to cope with all the
needs that will probably come up
with the prospect* of an un-
usual I v hard winter.
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got the spring from Lula and hit Lull*
knocking her down, but did nut inflict
a wound.
'I tie above statement was iiihU** hjf
Chief of Police Morel I Th‘* two trft
A place kick from the 43 yard line Is Hochheim Prulrie Hall Thursday night
a thing that happens very seldom, but Nov. 12th. He stated that at this lime
It will spell defeat for the Texas Long a representative from the Htate Depart-
horns, JK-rf ,m,,t 0t B‘iuc,ll*on woulti h*‘ here and as they were wanted to explain what charged with affray at the city Ii aft
-—----♦ explain how to secure a rural high C’ueros Intention were going to b*- for An Ice pick covered with blood warn
Misses Marie and Bess Martin of school A good representation was re a road from Cuero to Concrete. found at the scene of the encounter
Bau Antonio arrived today to visit with quested. j After the speaking questions were , but neither of the contestants boit* anj
Hyl Hindi* and family over the week During the evening a call was made Icalled for ,and quite a number wen* j marks of having been stabbed with It.
end. tor Cuero own, but uo one answered,’asked and answered. ]Chief stated.
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Richter, T. H. Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 186, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 7, 1925, newspaper, November 7, 1925; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth758991/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.