The Kingsville Record (Kingsville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1915 Page: 1 of 8
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THE KINGSVILLE RECORD
J
eighth year
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, Friday June 11, 1915.
Number
final plans for
PICNIC ON JUNE 23
All aboard for the Kleberg County
picnic at Riviera Beach, Wednesday
June 23rd! Just as well make your
plans to go, for there will be nothing
doing in the whole county that entire
day. The stores, etc., of Kingsville
have all agreed to close and it is un-
derstood that the business houses at
other points in the county will also
be closed It is to be a general holiday
all over the county—the first real
holiday Kleberg county has ever had.
The different committees met last
night at Riviera and perfected final
plans for the day, and unless the
weather man decides to be contrary,
the day promises to be the biggest
event of its kind in the history of the
county.
Arrangements have already been
completed to have a special train leav
ing Kingsville at 8:00 o’clock in the
morning and return, leaving the
Beach at 8:00 o’clock in the evening.
There will be no change, the train
running right through to the Beach.
The Thco. F. Koch & Co., have plan-
ned to erect a large rustic pavillion
and three large tents, thus providing
plenty of shade for the pleasure
seekers. The committee closed the
contract with the Mexican band of
this city to furnish music during the
day and dancing on the pavillion will
be a feature of amusement. A tennis
game is also being arranged between
Kingsville and Riviera players; a base
ball game between the Kingsville
team and Riviera team. Besides this,
there will be foot races of all kinds,
boating, bathing, fishing, sailing, a
gun shoot and many other amuse-
ments. Everyone is not only invited
but urged to come and bring a big
basket filled with good things to eat.
The committee is planning to make a
big family affair and want every citi-
zen of Kleberg county to be there.
The commercial club will have a
special booth, where Secretary Jersig
and Farm Demonstrator Kloppenberg
will be stationed all day. They are
anxious for every one to call at the
booth and make themselves acquaint-
ed. They are anxious to meet you.
The general committee consists of
committees from the different com-
munities of the county and are as fol-
lows ;
Kingsville: W. F. Rahlden, music;
Mrs. M. E. Toner, Civic League; Mrs.
G. E. Sims, Mothers Club; Mrs. M.
E. Toner, Womans Club; R. R. Ru-
bottom, base ball; W. H. Beck, O. R.
Fritts, E. L. Hoffman, O. M. Wilson
and all members of the commercial
Ricardo: Club entertainment and
membership: C. T. Paterson, J. S.
Butler, A. M. White, Geo. G. Gocdike.
San Fernando: Hugo Hurrclbrink,
Henry Brodenhauser, Geo. Paulson.
PROGRAM BAND
CONCERT TONIGHT
1. Filmorcs Triumphal.—March, by
Siuiubaugn.
2. Happy Herbert, the Wooden
Legged Sailor.—By Holiday.
3. The Crystal.—March, two-step,
by Abbott.
4. Southern Breezes.—A tone pic-
ture, by Atherton.
5. Lakeside.—Rag, by Jolly.
6. Gloria.—March, by Losey.
INTERMISSION
7. Turkish Towel.—Rag, by Allen.
8. Troubadour. —Overture, by My-
ers.
9. American Patrol.—The Passing
Band, by Meacham.
10. Twilight Echoes.—Serenade, by
Miller.
NUECES COUNTY
OFFICIALS INDICTED
K. C. C.C HOLDS
SPLENDID MEETING
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday morning, 11, sermon by Bro.
W. C. Lewis. Brother Lewis is one of
our young preacher boys and we are
anxious for you to hear him. Also
let us pray for him.
8:15 p. m. There will be an old time,
get-to-gether, yet up-to-date prayer
tend these services with interest to
meeting conducted by Bro. Hotiea.
Subject: Faith, Heb. 11. Let us all at-
help and be helped.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
All regular services will be held at
the Christain church next Sunday.
Strangers and friends are invited to
worship with us.
C. B. KNIGHT, Pastor.
In last week’s paper the statement
was made that Lon Johnson would
open up a stock of notions in one of
the Lon Johnson store buildings at
an early date. Lon informs us that
this was a mistake—that he does not
intend to do anything like this any
time soon.
Riviera Beach : E. E. Regenthal, I.
L. Underbrink, E. A. Henny, B. S.
Krupp, E. D. Streb.
Riviera: A. A. Kimmell, L. A. Kau-
fer, Carl Henny, G. B. Forman, H. O.
Rundle, G. M. Sheppard.
Baffins Bay: H. Richey, Clyde Man-
ry, D. Strohmeyer.
The committee for Sims City has
not yet ben named.
The Corpus Christi Trade. Boosters
have announced that they will not
make any stops in Kleberg county so
as to not interfere with the festivi-
ties or plans for that day.
The committees all gathered at the
school house in Riviera last night and
their plans as outlined will be made
public at an early date.
Prominent speakers have been ob-
tained to deliver lectures during the
day.
ow to Carry Money
When you start out to the World’s Exposition or
on your vacation, be sure and carry “Travelers’
Checks” with you. 4
We have for sale Wells Fargo Co., Express and
Knauth, Nachod Kuhne Travelers’ checks; in de-
nominations of 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars. 4
Banks and Bankers everywhere cash them on
presentations; hotels take them in settlement of
bills, and railroads accept them in payment of tick-
ets and fares. ... ;.*-**" rfr
They are safe, Wcaiise tfVey are payable only upon
identification of tVie tofcr; however, in order to dd
a\vay wiA the difficulties ordinarily sur-
Vpur(ding jdenti’ficbtion, a method has been chosen,
winch malces l\ie checks self-identifying through
two of the holder’s signatures, of which one (hold-
er’s sifi^natoire} is affixed at the time of purchase, and
the ot!fc*r (counter’s signature) at the time of pay-
ment. In comparing the two signatures, the party
malcing the payment establishes the traveler s iden-
ky.
In the event of loss, the amount will he refunded
against a satisfactory bond of indemnity.
Robt. J. Kleberg & Co.
[unicorporated]
Kingsville :::: Texas
An investigation ot the general elec-
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tMjii item in nuLtes luuiuy in ijv uiiijli
3, 1914, that had been puderway for
several months by agents of the De-
partment of Justice, and that two
weeks ago was carried to the Federal
Grand Jury by District Attorney
John E. Green, under specific charge
of the court, yesterday morning came
to a climax when the jury, in sub-
mitting its final report returned a
blanket bill of indictment charging
forty-two residents of Nueces county
with “a conspiracy to corrupt an
election.”
Federal jurisdiction was gained by
the fact that in the November elect-
ion voters were called upon to elect
a congressman from the fifteenth dis-
trict and two congressmen for the
state at large.
The jury bad been investigating the
election since the morning of Wed-
nesday, May 26, and within that time
nearly 200 residents of Nueces coun-
ty were called before the probers.
The list of those indicted included
one district official, nine county and
precinct officials, and five employees
of the city government, the complete
list, together with their positions, fol-
lowing :
Judge W. B. Hopkins, judgs of the
28th judicial district for the past 12
years.
Judge Walter F. Timon, county
judge.
August Uehlinger, county clerk.
M B. Wright, sheriff.
Joe Bluntzcr, county assessor.
Ed. R. Oliver, county collector.
Lee Riggs, constable, justice pre-
cinct one.
John McMingle and O. B. Goode,
deputy constables.
Claud Fowler, chief of police, Cor-
pus Christi.
Russell Savage, city attorney.
Bill Priestley, I. M. Johnson, Lee
Petzel, city officers.
Dennis Kelley and his two sons,
Martin and James.
Thomas B. Southgate, U. S. Com-
missioner.
Tom B. Dunn, former city secretary.
Joe Acebo, proprietor St. Dennis
bar.
Henry Stevens, merchant.
W. H. Hull, president C. C. Transfer
Company.
Ed Castleberry, former constable
precinct one.
William J. Cody.
Amos Roark, ranchman of the Tulo-
sa community.
William B. Bluntzcr, ranchman of
the Bluntzcr section.
Joe Downey, salesman in local store
A. Laminger, merchant.
Mike Niland, former city officer.
Will Petzel, former city officer.
Robert L. Moore, principal negro
^school.
Joe Coleman, Van Branch, Frank
Lee and Ed Chapman, negro resi-
dents.
Angel Guiterrez, Juan Galvan, Re-
sal Galvan, Thomas Lozano, Geroni-
mo, Saiinas, Ansciu and Pcr-
firio Garza, Mexican residents.
The members of the jury that re-
turned the indictments were T. D.
Williams and L. V. Mallett of Cor-
pus Christi; Charles Lindholme, W.
S. Moss, J. C. Dunn and J. E. Heppen-
stall of Live Oak county; J. C. Bur,1*
rows and F. E. Mills of Beevilbe"; Tfcht
pie Henry and D. H. Daniel df Fttitur-
rias; H. M. Stamper* ). E. Cfculter and
J. F. Wilbertt 6f A«it) W. P. Gano,
and F. E. Cfotk** Of Willacy county;
Robert Berh^f, James Lathrup and
C. O. LdvfcTy of Rockport.
The first count charges that the de-
fendants conspired together and with
o\her persons to the grand jurors un-
known, to permit a willful fraud upon
a law of the United States, and fur-
ther to defraud the United States by
perverting and obstructing the due
administration of the said law.
That as a part of the conspiracy
they conspired to corrupt and de-
bauch a general election held in
Nueces county on November 3, 1914 at
which time there was to be elected a
congressman from the Fifteenth dis-
trict and two congressmen at large
from the State of Texas.
That they sought to obtain from the
governor of the State of Texas certi-
ficates of election for persons not
duly elected to the respective positi-
ons,, said persons names to the grand
jurors being known and by this
means to have said names entered on
the roll of the house of representa-
Wednesday night of this week, a
community meeting was held at ban
Fernando school house, Judge Ed R.
Kone, cx-commissioncr of agriculture
and Mis. Barrett from the Extension
Department, being present and mak-
ing the principal talks of the evening.
County Demonstrator Kloppenberg
was present at the meeting and also
made a very interesting talk.
Several automobiles, filled with
Kingsville people and visitors in the
city drove out to the school house,
where they were met by a representa
tive gathering of the farmers living in
that section.
The entertainment for the evening
was opened with selections by Mrs.
Flewellen and Prof. Carl Beck. Se-
cretary Jersig of the Commercial Club
introduced Judge Ed R. Kone, ex-
commisisoner of agriculture, who for
more than forty minutes entertained
and instructed his hearers with an
address on agriculture, dwelling par-
ticularly on seed and seed selection as
the fundamental principles ot suc-
cessful farming. His address was lis-
tened to with the deepest interest
by hte farmers present. He was fol-
lowed by County Demonstrator Klop-
penberg, who addressed the audience
on raising hogs. He dwelt ■ on.cwhat
upon the necessity of education as a
factor in successful farming, laying
particular stress upon the farmers
keeping books and knowing just
where and when they were losing
money on any crop. His plain, matter
of fact elucidation of his own system
of raising hogs wae given the closest
attention, and some of the business
men of Kingsville were so impressed
with the idea that they were heard to
remark that they believed they would
go into the hog business. It is hoped
that Mr. Kloppenberg will give the
readers of the Record the benefit of
his experience in raising hogs just as
he gave it to the farmers of the San
Fernando neighborhood.
tylrs. Barrett of the Extension De-
partment gave a very interesting talk
on Home Economics which was lik-
ened too with the greatest interest
by both men and ladies. Mrs. Barrett
lias made a life long study of this
subject and talks very interestingly.
Several musical selections, both
instrumental and vocal by Mrs. Flew-
ellen and Prof. Beck, relieved the
monotony of the speeches and added
much to the pleasure of the evening.
One part wheat bran, one part cot-
ton seed meal and four parts cotton
seed hulls make a fine cow feed. All
for sale at CITY FEED STORE.
tives as members elect and to obtain
therefrom the privileges and emolu-
ments of said office including the pay,
$7500 per year.
A part of the conspiracy it is charg-
ed that they accumulated a fund for
the purpose of corrupting the said
election by paying poll taxes, by brib-
ing voters, by paying people to bribe
voters, etc.
That they further conspired to vote
divers persons under the ages of 21
years and persons ttfil citizens Ind
persons Vho had not declared their
intentions to become dtixettS at least
six months before said election artd
to vote and *&use to be voted a large
number of pcVS'dhs who had been con*
victed of felonies and whb had not
had their civil rights restored.
Second count: They tdtispired to
threaten and intimidate and oppress
divers persons in the hindrance of
their free exercise of a right guaran-
teed by the constitution, to-wit: the
right ot vote for a representative in
congress of the United States, and
second> a right to liberty and free-
dom fhom arrest without due process
of law.
Then charged that as a part of this
they conspired to use the machinery
of the courts for presecutions not
warranted by law, and for threatening
and intimidating voters and that they
deprived citizens of their liberty with
out due process of law with a view of
preventing them from voting in said
election and because they had voted
in said election.
After the matter of arranging for
the bonds had been disposed of the
court took up the question of when
the trials would occur. The court fin-
ally suggested a special term of ConTt
to be held in Corpus Christi on Mon-
day, September 6, and the date was
agreed upon.
EQUALIZERS
SUBMIT REPORT
To the President and Members of the
School Hoard, Kingsville Independ-
ent School District, Kingsville:
Gentlemen :
The undersigned members of the
equalization board for the Kingsville
Independent School district, beg to
submit for your information and con-
sideration, the following report:—
I he board met and organized on
May 19th, 1915, and adjourned on that
date until Monday May 24th, after
notifying the 1 ax Assessor and col-
lector to have tax rolls ready for ins-
pection of the board on the latter
date.
The hoard went carefully over the
tax rolls together with the assessor
and collector, resulting in effecting a
substantial increase in valuations
over last year, as you will not from
comparisons.
The members of the board made a
trip on foot over the northwest por-
tion of town, including Chamberlain,
Tranquitas, Henrietta Heights, Flato
and Cooper additions, in order to note
the improvements made in said ad-
ditions and to arrive at an equitable
valuation of the property.
An earnest effort was made by the
board to secure the rendition of ven-
dor lien and promissory notes and
other negotiable paper; also cash in
banks deposited by individuals, all of
which under the law is taxable, but
appears NOT to have been rendered
or assessed heretofore by either the
school, city or county assessors.
The Secretary of this board wrote
the secretaries of the Equalization
boards at Corpus Christi, Victoria,
Brownsville, Houston, Austin and
San Antonio. Replies were received
from Houston and San Antonio and
the same are attached with this re-
port for your information.
The board consulted at various
times with attorneys C. H. Reese,
Claude Pollard, T. Wesley Hook and
C. L. Gordon, all of whom agree that
the securities referred to were sub-
ject to taxation, hut the hoard was
further advised from the same source
that it was not within the province of
equalization hoards to assess proper-
ty and that the tax assessor should
endeavor to secure the renditions.
This was done, hut without success
for the reason that some persons re-
fused to give the amount of such se-
curities held by them and upon the
assessor calling upon C. H. Flato, Jr.,
of the Kingsville Lumber Company,
he was informed by Mr. Flato that
Claude Pollard had advised him to the
effect that the assessing period hav-
ing expired; the afore-said securities
could not be assessed this year. Prior
to this, however, the board lost con-
siderable time in calling before them,
to be interrogated, many persons
known to possess notes and other
taxable securities. With few excep-
tions, all protested vigorously against
tendering this class of securities and
in view of Mr. Pollard’s advice to
Thp Kingsville Lumber Company, as
related above, the board felt it was
a waste of time to continue the in-
terrogations further and abandoned
its efforts lit that direction.
The board therefore recommends
that this assessor be instructed that
in future, all such securities be as-
sessed and that the holders of the
same be put under oath as prescribed
by law. This we find has hot been
done heretofore; parties rendering
their property usually being supplied
with blank forms of inventory, to fill
the same out at their leisure and re-
turn to the assessor by mail or other-
wise, thereby assuming no obligation
for incorrect rendition of their pro-
perty, except a moral one, which is
not binding in the eyes of the law, in
event of controversy over such ren-
ditions. The law further prescribes
a penally of $25 for each case where-
in a tax assessor fails to take the
written and formal affidavit shown on
the property inventory form. The
board finds the taxable valuation this
year within the school district to be
as follows:
Real estate, $3,095,612.
Personal, $419,160.
Total, $3,514,772.
We are informed this valuation
should result in an increase of about
$1250.00 over last year.
Respectfully submitted,
T. C. MOORE, Chairman,
J. J. DERMODY, Secretary,
HENDRY ALLISON.
RAILROAD NEWS
OFTHE WEEK
Engine No. 31, formerly the 472 was
mined out of the back shop inis week
I having received a general overhaul-
ing.
*****
Carl Akers, who has been in the pipe
shop for the past few months was
transferred to car department Mon-
day.
*****
R. E. Roe, Master Mechanic, was irv
Corpus Thursday on Mechanical De-
partment matters.
Clifford Schmidt has accepted posi-
tion in car department.
The vegetable loading in the Valley
will reach the 2600 mark today, as the
average daily loading at present is 20
cars.
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Win. Craig returned to work on rip-
track Wednesday after a few weeks
absence.
Henry Wililamson, store room fore-
man returned today from a trip on
flie roaH with supply ears.
*****
Supt. Nolan’s private car No. 301,
formerly the 1800, was turned out of
the shop Wednesday.
*****
( Henry Kundle started to work on
rip track Monday as car repairer.
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Mrs. E. J. Brooks leaves last of the
week for a few days trip to Houston.
*****
Mrs. H. A. Brisbin leaves within the
near future for an extended trip to*
St. Louis and Decatur, 111.
f Mrs. F. F. Ferrell and daughter will1
leave last of the week for a few days
trip to Houston.
Machinist L. W. Adams was in
Brownsville Monday looking after,
some repairs to engines at that point.
Engineer W. O. Deason was in Cor-
pus Christi first of week for a short
sojourn.
Mrs. A. L. Skipworth was called to-
Goliad Tuesday account serious ill-
ness of mother.
Herman Stahnke has accepted posi-
tion as car repairer at shops.
The rip track force has been busy
the past few days gettings cars ready
for the watermelon shipments.
$2,000,000 TO $100,000,000
The Ford Motor company announc-
es an increase in the authorized capi-
tal stock of the company from $2,000,-
000 to $100,000,000. The company de-
clared a stock dividend of $48,000,-
000, payable July 1. The stock divi-
dend increases the holdings of Henry
Ford by $27,840,000.
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