Kingsville Record (Kingsville, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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f«in III* l«hnn vtrlded him no
large measure of tkh world's
■rood* hnt hi* mi>morv will He
-herished In the hearts and mind*
of those who were iirlvllwil In
know him Inn* after the nstnes nf
■ many master* nf flnanc" are fnr
ant Inn
Llilni In the light of (UhI'i Inn,
laboring to creale for the fIM
country of hi* adoption a hnllnr
citizenship and a hlahnr culture,
making a horn* that wa* a mod*!
of domestic happiness, i »arlng
manly son* and daughters typical
of the l»e*i In American woman-
hood. he enjoved. In a very redl
sense, a life of usefulness that
leached the allotted apace of /our
acorn year*. /
He waa a gentleman ol A hi- old
achool of the South with all of the
virtues typical of this claaii, cour-
teous, tolerant, charitable- a liv-
ing example of fthost great minds
and aoula lyhMi laid the 'ounda
tfona of. ohr Nation.
Tbwt he chose/ a profession that
permitted him ho pass on to pos-
terity his fine Philosophy of life
Is one of the greatest Jblesslngs
tnat ever conic fo the communities
In which ho llvqd.
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A reduction o( $26,000 In countv
taxes for the coming year is out-
lined by the Chunty Commission-
ers In the budget submitted yester-
day to the citizens In a public hear-
ing held at the court house. Re-
ductions touch every department of
county government, and cuts are
ns deep ns efficiency and the
provisions of the State laws will
allow. The citizens of the county
have the commissioners to thank
for making a definite step In the
right direction. It. Is deplorable
that the antiquated machinery of
county government, set up genera-
tions ago, does not permit the con-
solidation of a number of county
offices, thus effecting further sav-
ings to the long suffering taxpay-
ers. What Texas needs today is
legislators who can forget politics
long enougli to cut down the num-
ber of tax-daters that are hanging
on the pay-roll by reason of some
worn out provisions of the law.
—BB—
More tax relief is in sight. And
we will not be asked to give up
some important function of govern-
ment to get it.. The relief Is to
I\ome through the burden of high-
ay taxation being placed where it
liroperly belongs on the users of
tf>e highways.
—BB—
The voters of Texas should go
the polls on August 27 and regis-
a ringing endorsement of the
Rdwnlnlstratlon of ltoss Sterling,
engwned as It Is nt this time with
the\ greatest piece of tax relief
ever\ designed for the benefit of
the tVirmor and fhe home owner.
MusV Featured
at Lions Club
Music tons (he feature nf the
meeting of the Kingsville Idons
Club held tW»y noon at the Meth-
odist Churcfc,
Ouaflalupe tynldonado, arcompnn-
1st, gccoinpantrd by Hillary Arco
at the piano, p'i^yed the numbers,
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Death Claims Thomas M. Colston
Where (*ulf Slorm Took 40 Lives
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Senator Hopkins ti Address A.& I.
Graduates Next Friday Evening
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Forty dead, at least fifty injured, and property damage estimated at
around a million dollars were reported in the wake of a tropicsl storm
which swept Ir. on the area shown above from the Gulf of Mexico.
Heaviest toll was at West Columbia, where eight lost thelv lives.
Honors tile VV K Hopkins, mem
tier of the Texas State Senate
from Gonxales, will deliver Ihe ad
dress to ths class of thirty-eight
Texas A. A 1 Senior* who will
receive degrees at the hnnd of
President B. Seale In the Col-
lege Forum next Friday evening.
Henalor Hopkins Is an eloquent
and convincing speaker and a
staunch friend of public education,
and ntembera nf the class and fac-
ility express a high degree of grat-
ification on having him as the prin-
cipal speaker on this the third an
ntial summer convocation com-
mencement of the college
The program of Ihe commence
nient exercises, to which the pub-
lic Is Invited, Is as follows:
1. Processional March, "Tri-
umphal March from Alda." Vcrtll
College Orchestra
t The Invocation — Hev K L
Moulder
3 A group of songs, a. "Far
A way." I* Forge; b "llllla." L«
Forge: c. "Hongs of the open,” l*a
Forge Miss Joyce Cate.
4. Presentation of the commem-e-
ment speaker.
6 The commencement address
Honorable W. K. Hopkins.
II. Presentation of Candidates fnr
Degrees Mr. L. F. Connell, Asso-
ciate Doan
? Conferring Degrees Mr. K
W. Seale. President.
8. The Benediction -Rev. B A.
Osborne.
it. The Recessional—College Or-
chestra.
pick up Hat of grads from South
Texan
A Message to the Women of
Texas by a Texas Woman
COMMISSION HEARS BACCALAUREATE
PLEAS FOR COUNTY SERMON DELIVERED
AGENTS’ RETENTION BY CORPUS PASTOR
A crowded court room greeted
Die Kleberg County Commission
ers’ Court Tuesday morning when
that body met to hold a public
hearing on Ihe budget prepared for
the county in 1033. Most of thote
present were farmers and rural
housewives nnd the Interest of the
meeting centered around the ques-
tion of whether or not the services
of a home demonstration and a
county agent Hhould be retained
for the coining year.
In opening the meeting for dis-
cussion, Judge Ren F. Wilson cull-
ed attention to copies of Ihe bud-
get which had boon furnished to
those desiring them. He called at-
tention to tlm fact that every coun-
ty official from the county Judge
down had taken a reduction In sal-
ary based upon Hie reduction of
20 per cent recently made in real
estate tax values. He explained
thnt the minimum salary in moat
of tho cases Involved was fixed
by law. All these salaries and
numerous other expenses were
drawn from the general fund of the
county, it was pointed out. This
fiyid must he raised by a tax lim-
ited by law to 2K cents on tlie hun-
dred dollar valuation and has for
several years been Inadequate to
meet the demands being made on
It, Wilson said.
Many farmers and farm women
expressed their views on the val-
ue to the community of the two ex-
tension workers, the expressions
being preponderantly In favo” of
the retention of their services. At
ATTENTION
OOO OWNERS
Chief of Police J. H Scar-
borough tequeata the Record
to notify owners of dogs that
the City Ordinance requir-
ing vaccination against
rabies la to be strictly en
forced, and all dogs not
carrying license showing vac-
c*nallon will be killed after
Saturday. August 17.
A veterinary surgeon will
be on duty at the Fire Sta-
tion from 1:00 a. m until 12
noon and from 2:00 p. m. to
1:00 p. m. on Ratnrday, Aug-
ust 20. and on Satnrday.
August 27, to vaccinate all
doge brought to him. A
charge of one dollar to cover
both vaccination and the li-
cense will be made.
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NEGRO KILLER GETS
10-YEAR SENTENCE
After being out for twenty-four
hours, the Jury In the case of hd
l.awson, negro, charged will, tie
Rilling of Kd loiwson, also colored,
last Friday returned a verdict of
guilty and assessed Lawson’s pun-
ishment at ten years in the peui-
tentlary.
Lawson had been tried for this
i rime three tmes In Kleberg coin
ly. At the regular term of the
District Court last August a Jury
failed to arrive at a verdict and
was discharged by the court. A
spec la I session of the court was
called a few weeks later and the
negro was declared guilty by n
Jury which fixed Lawson's pun
tshment at 9* years In prison.
The case waa anpealed and sent
hack for retrial with the negro re-
ceiving a ten year sentence last
week. Lawaon waa represented by
C. t). John* of Corpus Chrstl and
Rev. A. H. Clark
The Baccalaureate Service of the
third annual commencement of
the Texas College of Arts and in-
dustries was held in the College
Forum, Sunday, August 14, at
eleven o’clock. The procession'll
march was played by the college
orchestra after which tho Doxol-
ogy was sung by the congregation.
The scripture was read by Rev.
A. H. Clark nnd prayer offered by
Dr. George Williams. Rev. K A.
Osborne sang, "The Man of 8or
row” in u very effective manner.
On account of tho storm thnt cm
off transportation between hero
and Houston, Bishop A. F,-nnk
Smith, who was to have preached
the sermon, was unable to reach
Kingsville. Fortunately President
Seale was able to secure on short
notice Dr. L. L. Kvons, pastor of
Ihe First Methodist Church of
Corpus Chrlstl, who delivered a
most acceptable nnd timely mes-
sage.
The speaker had for his text I
Timothy 4:12: "Let no man de-
spise thy youth; but he thou an
example In speech, conduct, love,
faith and purity.” He spoke In
part ns follows:
“The world Is madly in love
wiilr youth. This is the ope all ab-
sorbing topic for conversation nnd
for all papers and mngnzlnna.
Their captions may differ hut their
general subject Is the sume. The
Interest of the world Is centered
In youth. No one of mature years
would think of conilr mning thn
young people of our day. Rather
they would champion their cause
and stoutly defend them.
"It Is for tho youth that the el-
ders live nnd work, build nnd sac-
rifice. All our plnns, outlay of
energy and. expenditure of money
is for their benefit, that they may
live to the best advantage and
achieve thn most possible.
"One of the questions that have
engaged the mind of man through
the ages Is, How to Live a Long
Time. When a man la Just begin-
ning to understand life and meet
Its problems Intelligently he dies
of old age. I thought of a plan by
which this might be remedied. I
thought of putting old heads on
young shoulders but many diffi-
culties srose, so I decided that
Ood’a plan waa best. How to
live must he learned by experi-
ence. Beside* the Idealism of
youth will accomplish what old age
will hardly undertake,
"Many of the great accomplish-
ments of history have been by men
under thirty years of age. George
Washington ranked as major In
the army at nineteen and was
commanding a regiment against
the French at twenty-one. Alex
By Jane Y. McCallum
I have come from Central Tex-
; as—Austin—to make this contact
j with the women of North Texas,
I not as a State Official, but as wom-
an to woman, as mother to mother
and us a Texan to Texans proud
and Jealous of the honor and repu-
tation of my native state.
1 come to you because of the
conviction that If a woman armed
as I am with l’lrat-hnnit facia ob-
tained during 2!t years’ residence
in your state capital and Ifl years’
participation In public affairs, did
not during this terrible porlod of
misrepresentation and vinification
do all in her power to bring these
facts before other women, that
she would be just as much of a
coward nnd of a trultor to her stute
as an armed soldier would he were
ho to slink away at the approach
of an Invading army.
I would that this talk could he
constructive only, that It could lie
confined to two parts; first, an
euumerntlou of the niuny accom-
plishments and savings of Gover-
nor Sterling's administration nnd
of his plans for tho future of Tex-
us, such as the exemption of small
homesteads from state taxos, tak-
ing up country road boncla, aboli-
tion of the fee grubbing system
and othed economies. Second, I
would appeal lo your sense of fair
piny to give your governor n
chance, In the second term to
which all good Democrats are tra-
ditionally entitled, to carry out the
pollcU„ which he has not yet had
time to finish.
But It may ns well be said, be-
cause It Is the truth, that just so
long ns we allow u fight for' n
fourth term ns governor to bo
waged biennially and perennially
executives by a discredited politi-
cian, hacked by a scandal sheet
THOMAS MARSHALL COLSTON
and running on his wife's name
on the slimsy pretense that she
on each of our duly elected chief
should have a second term, an Indi-
vidual who can never hold a public
office of honor or trust In this
state—cannot even qualify as a
notary public—Just so long will It
be impossible for a gubernatorial
campaign to be waged on a high or
wholly intelligent plane or in u
dignified, statesmanlike manner.
With the pressing need for nil
citizens with a spark of humanity
In their souls to be pulling together
In an effort to alleviate the sorrow,
suffering nnd actual hunger In our
Stute, It seems unbelievable that
this man is permitted to tenr down
and deluy tills constructive effort
by Ills reckless misstatements so
destructive of confidence by which
lie aguln foists Ills candidacy for
what would amount to a fourth
term ns governor with Its attend-
ant turmoil nnd bitterness upon a
long suffering public.
In his seven determined efforts
since his Impcuchmcnt on ten
counts In 1017 to place himself In
power again in the Democratic
party which he lias consistently
bolted and abused In terms a
woman cannot repeat, he has caus-
ed strife and hatred, arrayed class
against • class, and cost un labor
and money beyond computation,
nnd all Wltnout success except in
one instance and that one victory
was due entirely to another Issue.
Then "Why do they run?" you
usk.
Obviously they find running for
office so remunerative that lliey
have adopted It us I heir vocation
In life. So despite the woe and
want we see on all nld «s, fhe
clurlon call of "Under Which
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District Attorney George Purl and »nder »!>• Dreat was king of Mare-
County Attorney C. H Reese rep ! —-~
resented the State. i (Continued on Page Bight)
Faculty Members Plan Varied
Vacations Between Semesters
■
Members of the faculty of the
Texas College of Arts and India-
trlea will complete tlielr work In
the auinmer aesslon this week and
have planned their vrcatlons to ex
lend to the registration period of
the fall semester which will be
September 20.
President B. W. Seale la plan-
ning to visit the Southern States
during hla vacation, going as far
north aa Missouri. He plans to
spend about two weeks reviewing
school conditions there. After his
return he Is to take a prominent
pari in ihe programs of ihe Browns
vide Institute, September 2. Also
he plans to appear on the program
of the Refnglo Institute September
1. *
This year Mrs. Jester and daugh
ter* are planning a trip to Mont-
errey, Mexico, with her father.
This la a historic spot and has a
direct connection with the growth
and development of Texas, Bid*
-.
dently It might he mentioned that
Monterrey Is the largest manufac-
turing city south of St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight N. Oarrl
son nnd son. Dwight Jr., are going
to visit his parents In Kustis. Flor-
ida. It. Is Mr. Garrison's conclus-
ion thnt a change of cllmato might
do him good. He says that he ex-
pects to return a "new man" aa a
result of visiting that great health
restoring state.
Mrs. Georgia Bergeron plans to
visit her parents In Mexla. Texas.
After a brief atay there she ex-
pects to do some research work
n the History of the Old South.
She plans to do this work In
Oeorgla and South Texaa.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. McCallum
aro going to rlnlt hla mother In
Auatln. Their visit there will he
very brief becaueo of Ihe necessity
of an early return to open the
football aeaaon here. Coarh Me-
Galium anticipates a very brilliant
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Death removed another pioneer
and distinguished citizen of Kings-
ville when T. M. Colston, prom-
inent since 1008 in the business,
social, civic, fraternal, ohurch, and
school affairs of the community,
passed away at his home after an
illness that kept him confined to
Ills tied but one week. Though
past his eighty-first yeur, Mr. Col-
ston continued active In his busi-
ness as an Insurance underwriter
and as secretary for the local mer-
chants' association until his ill-
ness.
Since coming to this city 24
years ago to lake charge of the
public school system, Mr. Colston
had hud a large part In the up-
building of ihe city. His first work
In the school here stamped him as
a man of rare ability In hlH chos
en profession. It was during his
administration of (he school af-
fairs that the Kingsville system ex
perienced its greatest growth and
that the difficult problems growing
out of the rapid settlement of the
Kingsville section were solved and
the foundation for the present
school system laid.
At the time Of Ills coming to
Kingsville, the city school was a
tiiree teacher plant with 120 pu-
pils. During the five years of Ills
tenure of office, the beautiful H.
M. King High School, a gift of
Mth, King, took the place of the
frame house that whs the city’s
first achool plant. Later, during
his administration, the Bast Ward,
the Mexican Ward and a negro
ward schools were built.
Retiring from school work in
1013, Mr. Colston accepted a clerk-
ship In the office of the County
Clerk of the newly organized Kle-
berg County He later established
an abstract and Insurance business, j
He Hold Hie abstract plant several
years ago, but with blr son, Rn-
lolgli, as a partner, continued (he
insurance business.
For several years Mr. Colston
served ns Justice of the I’oaco In
this city, bringing to the office an j
unusually high degree of Intelll-1
gence and a fine sense of Justice.
Ho retired voluntarily from the of-
fice two years ago.
As a < .lUrchman Mr. Colston whs
one of the lending laymen of the
community, being n warden of the
Kpiscopal Church nnd always ac
tlve In the spiritual welfare of the
community.
He was n member nf the Knights
of Fythins and of the Masonic fra-
ternity. A recent letter from the
Grand Secretary of the Mnsotilc
Igxige of Texas shows that Mr.
Colston was Initialed Into Indlanolu
Isidge No. 84 In 1876. nnd that a
continuous membership had exist-
ed through the lodges nl Victoria
and Cnero until his membership
was established In the Chamber
lain l<odge here In 1010.
On July 7, 1861. Thomas Mar-
shall Colston waa born In Alher-
marla County, Virginia, eight miles
from Charlottesville, about the
snmo distance from the University
of Virginia where he received his
education, and almost within sight
of the home of Thomas Jefferson
He came of a distinguished family
of Virginia. Hla great-grandfath-
er was a merchant and ship-owner
of the early days of the Rspnbllc
and his great-grandmother was a
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Mnrrt* a««l Asswlslss In I Mil
nn Drnnrlt Tfsri Nwtr
IlmnMe l*milwring ^>ll«
I?tv nn l.nmltnn
null» way nc«t week when drill
Ins will begin mi Ted Harris' Den
nett kn I. te be sunk on lei T,
Reel ton 38, of the Kleberg Town 4
Improvement f'umpeny* Rsbdtvts-
ton !>hrst T miles southeast of
Finestitie sod about 1,6ee tee|
north west of production on the
llnmhli Oil A Refining remnant's
leases. It was itnnonm ml bv Mr.
Harris ibis morning
The steel derrick which wa* used
When the Finnegan well wbs be-
ins drilled has been meted onto the
new well site and Ita erection will
he completed not later than Tlinrr.-
day morning. The drilling machin-
ery, hollers and other neee«*ary
equipment are being transported
lo the new location, and actual
drilling operations will he under
way In a few days, Harris said.
The latest oil teat In Kleberg
county wa* made possible by the
activities of T. A. Simons, Jr.,
Harris, and a group of associates
| who secured leases on a block of
! t,000 acres southeast of Klnga-
vKle nnd secured the finances nec-
essary to make a thorough lest.
Developments In thr new field will
tie WHtched with much tntorw«l uot
only on the part of local people
but by the oil Industry generally,
as the close proximity of the Hum-
ble production gives rise to the
hope thai the field may extend to
the northwest and yield greater
product ion in that direction than
was obtained by the Humble. The
Harris well will he the first drill-
ing to be attempted north of Santa
Gertrudls Creek, though the Hum-
ble approached that stream closely
on the south.
BEAUTY CONTEST
AT RIALTO THEATRE
The Beauty Contest at tho Rialto
Thursday and Friday, Ih to select
"Miss Kingsville" from tho ion
charming entrants that have been
sponsored by Hie local merchants.
There will be no matinees on
these two days and thn theatre
doors will mien at seven o’clock
each evening. In addition to the
Beauty Contest there ha* boon ar-
ranged a picture program that will
lie a delightful accompaniment for
ibis evening's entertainment. The
prizes that aro to be awarded for
the girls placing first, second and
third are going to make competi-
tion keen. As Ihe voting is to lie
done by popular applause, you'd
better pick your favorite and come
out and help her win. The first
prize in this contest, is an nll-nx-
peii.ie weak end excursion to Ihe
Nueces Hotel In Corpus Chrlstl for
(wo. Tills excellent prize includes
meals and lodging In olio of llui
finest hotels In the Kouth, as well
ns a dance, a fishing trip and many
other enjoyable features. The sec-
ond prize Is a beaut If ul silver lov-
lug cup, now on display In the
Theatre lobby. The third prize is h.
(Continued on Fa go Bight)
OLD HOME DESTROYED
BY FIRE SATURDAY
Fire of undetermined origin early
Saturday night almost completely
destroyed Ihe old residence build
Ing located al Fourth and Henriet-
ta The property belonged to the es-
tate of the late William Niemann
and was me of the first homes
erected In Kingsville. It was built
In 1004.
The house was occupied by Man-
uel Nlemnnn lint no one was at.
home at the time of the fire and
the alarm was turned In by nelgb
bora after the blase had gained
considerable headway.
A small part of the house turn
Isblngs were waved. No Insurance
was carried'on the building or con-
tents.
Vacationing in
Hill Country
Judge and Mrs. Ben F. Wilson,
their sons, Ben F. and Clyde,
daughter, Alice, and Mr and Mrs.
L. C. Nanny and son. Orvllln, left
this morning for the Hill Country
nf Texas where they will spend
a week camping and fishing.
They will visit the Frio Canyon
and camp near Leaky.
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