The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 20, Ed. 1, Friday, January 4, 1924 Page: 1 of 16
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B. F. GATES Editor and Owner.
UARTLETT TEXAS FRIDAY JANUARY 4 1924".
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)YER 200 ATTEND FIFTH
ANNUAL STAG PARTY.
BELL COUNTY
COTTON GINNINGS.
AU.hntiirh the roads were im-
i tinsflabfe and the weather in-
fcclement thereby preventing
fmany of the country adjacent
Ifrom'attettdiri'K Bartlctt'a Fifth
f Annual Stag Party held on
1 Now Year's nitrht. was not very
smuch short in number of attend
since than on previous occasions.
In everv particular it was a
Ipronounced success.
1h R. S. Sutton was toast-.
master and following the sum-
fpluous sprdad a menu that
would appeal to the most fas-
tidious he delivered the address.
pi velc6me which was thought-
Pf Welcome which wn thought-
ully in keeping with the occas
ion .
ITnn. Trim fionallv. Coneress-
prnan from the 14th district wasj
wfche principal speaker of the eve-.
aing. The subject cnosen oy
Vlr. Corifcllv was. 'The i'oi
itif l'an' and his address was one
sr . . .
hM the best we ever Heard and
Lqultg educational especially to
those who too oiten criticise tno
politician and place too low
estimate upon his mission in
'life. Giving Webster's dcfin-J
ticn of politics "the science
o government" and tnat ot a
! politician as "one versed in the
I science of government a states (
man" the speaker told of the
bgreat necessity of a true poli
tician one who exercised his'
Iconvicltons without pandering
ftn'nnv sriccial class: that the'
P - iLll an ftlAyiinn nr. n flft-'
pUlliaUlHU VD uiutiuu uo it ani-
vaTvt of the people was their
rnr&HPntafcivo. nn dwhon thev
V censured him they -were only
K casting reflections upon them
selves; he was their retiector.
The address was not without
a tincture of wit making it a
"flow of wit and wisdom." Mr.
.Conally was loyally app'auued
unci thfl reclniort of manv
b compliments upon his able ad-
! dress.
Dr. Sherwood of Temnlo was
introduced and responded in a
splendid talk of vast interest to
all and which was well received.
nv. T. H Burton responded
in a. most able manner and made
a beautiful talk upon the im
portance of men living close to
There worn 70270 bate3 of
cotton counting round bales as
half bales ginned in Bell coun-
ty from the crop of 1923 prior
to December 13 George Woh-
leb agent of the census bureau
announced Saturday.
This was compared with 40-
465 bales ginned on the same
date last year and showed an
increase of 264 bales between
Dec. 1 and Dec. 13 this year.
BURLESON FLOGGING
CASE TO BE TRIED.
I MILAM WILL
Christ; this would remedy the
many evils of the day
Hon. Dan Moody of Taylor
the able district attorney from
Williamson and Travis counties
and one of the best since the
days of that fearless prosecutor
Albert S. Burleson made an in-
teresting talk and was given
close attention for there was
something worth while in every
sentence he spoke.
Others responding were: Hon.
H. N. Graves D. W. Wilcox of
Georgetown and Judge Richard
Critz Taylor. It can truthfully
be stated that these gentlemen
who are regular attendants of
Bartlett's Stag Party each year
made the occasion doubly pleas-
ant for they furnished tho
"seasoning" of wit and good hu-
mor so essential to an occasion
of this kind. In fact the Stag
Party would spoil without it
hence each of the talks helped to
make the evening a more joy-
ous one. Como again you are
thrice welcome.
Other speakers responding
were Mayor Wilson Hon. Stant-
on Allen Hon. J. V. Morris Prof
V. I. Moore A Gersbach Dr. W
J. Harlan and D. II. (Dock) Dav-
is of Georgetown Each made
a splendid talk except Miv. Gers
bach who read a most touching
and sentimental poem by J.
Whitcombe Riley the title of
which he will give upon appli
cation. No phone requests re
cognized.
Following tho program tho
meeting was turned into a busi
ness session. Mr. J. E. Condra
was elected toastmaster for the
1925 Stag Party and Mr. A. E
Wacker was re-elected secrc'
tary. -autffGI
Georgetown Ti-x. Dec. 31.
Criminal District Court for
Williamson county will convene
at Georgetown Monday Janu-
ary 7 for a four week's term
Judge James R. Hamilton pre-
siding. Among tho stwral
cases of more than local inter-
est on docket for trial during
tho session- aro the Stuo vs.
Olin Gossott and against Dew-
ey Ball both under indictment
for assault with a prohibited
weapon in connection with the
flogging of W. R. Burlnson last
April 1 and for which Murray
Jackson was tried convicted
and given five yeai'S in tho pen
itentiary at the September
term of district court. Fori
lack of time the cases of ball
and Gossctt were continued.
Another case of interest in
connection with the Burleson
nssault will bo the examining
trial of Rev. A. A. Davis who
is charged with perjury in con-
nection with his testimony be-
fore the grand jury in the Bur
leson flogging investigation
which is set for hearing before
Justice C. R. Faubion at
Georgetown on January 8th.
FORMER BELL COUNTY
SHERIFF DIES.
KEEP ROADS.
WI. SCIIROEDER
DIES AT WACO.
ut
Houston Tex. Dec. 29. Capt
Lee L. Tankeraley superintend-
ent of tho Gatesville Training
School during the Sayers and
Lanham administrations and
well known ranchman of North-
west Texas died at 7 p. m. Fri-
day at the home of his brother-in-law
Frank Andrews. He
came to Houston December 15
on a business trip and took
pneumonia.
Captain Tankersley was bor'n
in Bell county 66 year. ago and
served as sheriff of the county
from 1894 to 1898. When Gov-
ernor Sayers went into office he
accepted an appointment as
head of the Gatesville school a
position which he held until
1907. For the last 12 years he
has been manager of a ranch
near Quanah. Funeral services
will be held at Quanah Sunday.
Cameron Tex. Jan. 1. HavJ
mg entered into a contract with1
tho state highway department
today the Milam county com-i
mis&ioncr's' court will maintain'
thd state highways of this coun
ty for tho first six months of
1924 at a budgeted expense of
$14485. In case of overflow or
other unlooked for calamity the
state will stand tho additional
expense.
Negotiations were opened to
this end some two weeks ago
when tho stale highway depart
ment found that it could not bo
in position to do the work and
wrote a letter to County Judge
Jeff T. Kemp asking the com-
missioners' court to take charge
of the upkeep of thcslnlchigh-
ways in Milam county for a per-
iod of four months. But as fin-
ally agreed upon the contract is
for six months' maintenance at
the end of which time the state
highway department expects to
maintain the highways with the
assistance of the county com
missioners.
There are 108 miles of state
highway in Milam county nnd
the contract is based on an est!
mate of $150 per mile of gravel
ed roads and $50 per mile of
earth roads.
The budget will be as follows:
Precinct No. 1 H. Reaves com-
missioner $42450; precinct No.
2. N. IT. Butts commissioner
$7512; precinct No 3 D. Hairs-
ton commissioner $4013 and
precinct No. 4 II. H. Moore com
missioncr $510.
J. E. DILLARD
PAINFUL INJURED.
Nows was received here by
relatives announcing tho death
of Wm Schrocder age 64 years
which occurred at his homo in
Waco Sunday Dec. 23. His re-
mains were interred in Park
Lawn Cemetery Waco.
Mr. Schrocder was a former
citizen of this place moving to
Waco in 1907. He was a good
man and citizen nnd had many
friends.
He is survived by his wife.
fivo daughters and three sons:
Mosdamcs J. E. Wood of Dallas
and C. E. Kingsbury of Hous
ton nnd Miss Hnttie Laura and
Minnie Schrocder of Waco; C.
W. and E. W. and William Schro
eder Jr. of Waco.
AUTO TAX PENALTY
IS DELAYED.
STATE WILt TAKE
COUNTYJIIGHWAY&
Mr. J. E. Dillard is confined
to his bed suffering from pain-
ful injuries received Tuesday
morning at the water works
station. He was struck on the
leg just below the thigh by a
pieco of pipe which blew off
when he started the engine. A
painful wound was inflicted and
had the pipe struck him on the
thigh he would have no doubt
been seriously Injured. Mr.
Dillard is resting well and it is
hoped he will soon recover.
Georgetown Tex. Jan. 2.
Tax collector S. V. Stone and
several deputies here worked
to the utmost- the last few days
preceding January 1 issuing
automobile seals. Up to 12
o'clock Monday night 4500 had
been registered with about one
thousand applications waiting
that came in the mails. Collect-
or Stone says there are about
2500 cars yet to be registered
and the office has extended the
time to February 1 before a
penalty will bo assessed.
Poll tax payments in Willinm
son county to date total 7489
which is somewhat in excess of
last year.
REV. J. T. MALONE DEAD.
. News was received by the Tri
bune yesterdny of the death of
Rev. J. T. Malone which occur-
red at his home" near Davilla
Thursday morning. Mr. Malone
was about 80 years of age and
an honored citizen. The funeral
will be held today (Friday) con
ducted by Rev. R. E. Roberts of
this city.
Belton Tex. Dec. 27. Th.
state highway department will
assume the responsibility for
maintenance and upkeep of ap-
proximately 79 miles of design
ated roads in Bell County bV u
ginning January 1 1924intem
pilance with a law passed'liy vthe
last legislature but in an agr-
ment reached today with A
commissioners court and tm
highway department the BH
county commissioners will co-
operate with the department un
til the latter effects a pormin-i
ent organization for the work.
In the agreement reached to-
day the county is to rent the
highway department one tert
ton Holt tractor and grader one
r'oad razer one Fordson tractor i
and equipment two Ford "truck?
and necessary teams for thfe
successful maintenance of tha
work on the designated road a
The state highway department
is to re-imburse Boll county; for
actual cost of labor mater!
supplies and repairs spent in the
maintenance of the designated t
ronds in addition to paying ren-
tal on the equipment used in the
work.
The agreement between the
highway department and the
county is to extend over a per-
iod of three months with' the
privilege of renewal of another "'
three months should the 'State"
department so desire. V
The work will be under ttu
direct supervision of Van Sme-
hers engineer of the highwigfli1
department and ho wiRvluiVi D
supervision over all the defjfr-; c '
nated highways in this CGWtttK"
Thc mileage includes 23 mllea
of road in Belton precinct; 36
miles in the Holland precinct
nnd 20 miles in the Tempte'pre
cinct. .
I liave the agency for Pierce
Oil Co. and handle their famous
Eupion Oil nnd other products.
Free delivery. J. C. Lee Phone
318.
MASS MEETING TONIGHT
Don't forget the mass met-
ing at the Methodist churchHo-
night. It's important that every
voter" be present. There will be
no badges pinned on you. Come
and express yourself on th
bond issue.
A New Year B R N G s Hew Opportunities
Guarantee Your Satisfaction
In 1 924 In Your Purchases By Trading With Us.
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Each day brings new opportunities; but at the
beginning of a new year we look around for
special opportunities. New trade relations are
established or old ones renewed; there is a
general winding up of affairs and a beginning
of new enterprises. If you traded with us in
1923 we thank you. If you did not trade
with us or only a little give us a trial or
come to see us oftener. We want you to
know that we appreciate your business wheth-
er large or small. Atecept our good wishes
for 1924.
The Big Stare
on The Corner.
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 20, Ed. 1, Friday, January 4, 1924, newspaper, January 4, 1924; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76014/m1/1/?q=big+bear+creek%2C+tarrant+county: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.