Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1925 Page: 1 of 8
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A. Lindhai
Aug. 21
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TELEPHONE
For Good
JOB PRINTING
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE RAYMONDVILLE, LYFORD AMD SEBASTIAN TERRITORY
WILLACY COUNTY NEWS
INCOME PROPERTY
FOR SALE
INQUIRE NEWS OFFICE
VOLUME 8
NO. 2
A COMPLETE AUDIT OF COUNTY BOOKS
ORDERED BY COMMISSIONERS COURT
Chas. Turner, Well Known Valley Accountant,
Employed to Audit County’s Books—Court
House Parking Rules Adopted—County
Officers File Bonds—Proceedings
LYFORD BOYS
ARE VICTORS
NEW FIXTURES ! ENFORCEMENT OF ALL LAWS PLEA OF
AT T. P. CAFE JUDGE CUNNINGHAM TO GRAND JURORS
A complete audit of the dounty’sS
financial books will be made from the
time the county was organized about
four years ago up to the present time,
according to an agreement reached
between the County Commissioners
Court and Chas. R. Turner of Mc-
Allen.
The agreement calls for a complete
audit of all departments at the court
house from the inception of the coun-
ty to the first of the year, for a con-
sideration of $20.00 a day. The com-
plete audit not to exceed $1,000.
Another important step taken by
the Commissioners was the passing
of two orders directly affecting the
parking system around the court
house grounds. One of these orders
prohibits all county officials from
parking their cars inside the planted
palms. The other directs the sheriff
to keep all other traffic off the court
house lawns.
The following is the official pro-
cedure of the Court:
Willacy County Commissioners
Court met in regular session Mon-
day morning, January 12th, with
Judge W. H. Mead presiding, and the
following Commissioners present: T.
St. Clair Thompson, C. F. Thompson,
Peter Temple and S. S. Caldwell.
The official bonds of F. T. Dodd,
T. P .Dodd and S. S. Caldwell, F. H.
Duelberg and Jas. P. Cogdell were
presented to the Court and were or-
dered approved.
On motion duly carried it was or-
dered that a warrant of $100.00 be
issued to Armindice Succs for work
on ferry boat at Passo Real.
On motion duly carried County
Clerk was authorized to issue war-
rants monthly for all light bills when
properly filed and proven, said bills
to be due and payable on the tenth of
each month.
On motion duly carried all county
officials were ordered to keep their
cars and other vehicles off the court
house lawns and that a parking space
be reserved for all cars on the out-
side of the planted palm lines.
On motion duly carried the sheriff
was ordered to provide suitable ap-
proaches to the court house so that
cars may pass in and out of the four
corners of the court house square and
park outside of the planted palm
rows.
On motion duly carried it was or-
dered that any person or persons de-
siring the use of the county road
grader and crew must pay the county I
the sum of $35.00 per day in ad-
vance, the County to furnish every-
thing. The machine cannot be used
outside the County.
On motion duly carried the butch-
ers’ reports of Nicolas Cantu and
Sanitary Meat Market for the quar-
ter ending December 31st, 1924, were
approved.
Court recessed until 10:00 o’clock
Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 13th
On motion duly carried the County
LYFORD CHAMRER
MEETS TONIGHT
NEW GROCERY
LOCATES HERE
Barker, Wheeler and Hightower
Lease Building on West Side
And Will Open Soon
A new grocery store for Raymond-
ville will soon open its doors to the
buying public. W. T. Baker, R. F.
Wheeler and Mrs. J. N. Hightower
compose the three cornered partner-
ship to be known as the Raymond-
ville Grocery Co.
The Raymondville Grocery Compa-
ny has taken a lease on the store
room occupied by the Sabin Photo
Gallery in the Harding-Gill block and
is making active preparations to open
its grocery store within the coming
week.
They will carry, according to the
statement of the owners, the best
lines of staple and fancy groceries to
be had and will cater to the best
trade of the city.
Win Hotly Contested Game From
Harlingen 8 to 2 and From
Stuart Place, 12 to 10
In one of the hottest fought and
bitterly contested basket ball games
played by the Lyford boys High
School basket ball team this season
they were victorious over the Harlin-
gen boys’ team at Harlingen on last
Wednesday to the tune of 8 to 2.
The Lyford quintet, while coming
off victors of their opponents, did
not have a walk away as the Har-
lingen boys contested every inch of
the game in a spoi’tsmanlike manner
and demonstrated that they, too, had
material of a winning ball feam.
In the game with Lyford and
Stuart Place School at Lyford on last
Friday the Lyford boys again demon-
strated their splendid playing ability
and succeeded in taking the game
away from Stuart Place by the score
of 10 to 12.
This game was more spirited than
that at Harlingen a couple of days
before and drew out a large number
of town folks to witness their favor-
ite team put over a deserved win, al-
though hard pressed at several
stages of the game.
This makes the third straight win
the Lyford boys have chalked up in
the Interscolastic basket ball games
this season and looks as though they
are good for a championship cup this
year.
Willacy Teachers
In Monthly Meet
The Willacy County Teachers As-
sociation met at the Lyford High
School building last Saturday in their
regular monthly session.
In addition to taking up various
lines of discussion pertaining to their
work in the several schools of the
county, a considerable interest was
manifested by the association in gen-
eral on the Interscholastic League
Meet scheduled to be held at Lyford
on April 3rd, it being the concensus
of opinion to make this county in-
terscholastic meet the greatest suc-
cess possible. With this end in view
all schools of the county will lend
their co-operation.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in Sebastian when the
faculty of the Sebastian school prom-
ises to gives the visiting teachers a
genuine treat.
AT HOME
After waiting a little over three
months, during which time the editor
of the News has been living some-
what of a dual life, dividing his time
j between his newspaper work in Ray-
mondville and his family in McAllen,
he can now say that he is “at home.”
The better half and the young lady
daughter arrived in Raymondville
with the household goods Monday af-
ternoon and are now safely ens-
Grayson & Houston Design At-
tractive New Booths For
Their Customers
The T. P. (Tourist Palace) Cafe
has been undergoing a number of sub-
stantial changes the past several
days during which the genial pro-
prietors, Messrs. Grayson & Hous-
ton, have installed a series of booths
for their customers that adds greatly
to the interior of this establishment.
These booths are a home-made pro-
duct, being designed by the firm and
executed by W. A. Parks, contractor.
They give the T. P. Cafe a distinctly
novel appearance besides furnishing
an excellent place where their cus-
tomers may feel at ease while being
served.
Grand Jury for Willacy County Criminal Court
Empaneled Monday Morning With H. B.
Wilson Foreman—Jury Docket Called
For Monday Morning
LYFORD BAPTISTS
START CAMPAIGN
A SON ARRIVES
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Adkins, on
December 22nd, a son, James Barr
Adkins. Mrs. Adkins (nee Elsie
Barr) will be remembered as the
daughter of Jas. Barr of Indiana, who
owns and operates the Barr ranch,
west of Lyford. She, with her pa-
rents, have been spending the win-
ters on the ranch the past fifteen
years. Mr. and Mrs. Adkins have lo-
cated here in the Valley and expect
to make their home where they are
now building a comfortable dwelling
on the Adkins farm.
BUYS NEILSON FARM
C. E. Redlund this week closed a
deal for the purchase of the Pete
Neilson farm of 40 acres, located just
south of Lyford on the highway. It
is said this property brought a rec-
ord price for this section of Willacy
County, it being reported that Mr.
Redlund paid better than $250 per
acre for this tract of land.
Recipients of Generous Offer For
Site Now Propose to Erect
Comfortable Building
Through the generosity of Mrs.
Sylvander E. Piper of Leominster,
Mass., the members of the Baptist
congregation of Lyford are the happy
recipients of a choice builSing site in
the heart of Lyford. Mrs. Piper do-
nated to this church tv/o nice build-
ing lots, each 50x140 feet, giving this
denomination a building site 100 feet
wide by 140 feet deep.
This donation has started a build-
ing fever among the Baptists of Ly-
ford, who now propose to erect a
comfortable tabernacle on this site.
□ “No class of ci’ime perpetrated in
J Texas is bigger than the constitution
j and laws of this state,” declared
Judge A. W. in his charge to the
Grand Jury Monday morning upon
convening the January term of Wil-
lacy County Criminal District Court.
Continuing Judge Cunningham said
in part, “You, as citizens of this
great commonwealth, are entrusted
with the responsibilities of seeing
that not only a certain number of
laws on our statutes are enforced,
but are charged with the duty to see
that all laws are strictly enforced,
whether they strike in high or low
places. Especially do I invite your
attention to those laws that give pro-
tection to personal property, viola-
tions of the anti-gambling laws and
other infractions of the law that may
come to your notice. You are in-
structed to carefully investigate re-
ports of violations of the election
laws in order to preserve the purity
With this end in view an active 1 and sanctity of the ballot,
building campaign has been launched
by the Lyford Baptist congregation
and it is hoped that plans will be far
“Your especial attention is called
to the Dean liquor law and wherever
, . , . . you have proof of infractions of this
6 . . . law it is your duty to bring in a true
future to begin building on this site.
CLOSED DEAL
C. U. Reed, telegraph operator at
i Armstrong, spent part of last Satur-
consed in their new home on Eighth j ,,i.ay jtl Lyford, where he closed the
street, in the home formely owned
by C. R. Johnson.
Business Men Will Gather to Dis-
cuss Ways and Means of
Future Development
The Lyford Chamber of Commerce
will meet at the Lyford Hotel tonight
(Thursday) in their regular semi-
monthly session.
This organization was given con-
siderable impetus last month in the
reorganization work and the member-
ship is now working earnestly for a
better Lyford.
Their semi-monthly meetings are
full of pep and show that the busi-
ness men of that city are anxious to
take advantage of every opportunity
to put their city on the map.
BUYS NEAR SEBASTIAN
G. B. Rule, formerly of Oklahoma,
now has cast his lot permanently in
Willacy county, having closed a deal
for an improved 40-acre farm near
Sebastian. Mr. Rule expects to take
possession of his property the coming
week and begin laying plans for the
building of a home.
FROM McALLEN
Homer H. Hawker, connected with
the soil survey work now in progress
in Hidalgo county, was a visitor in
Raymondville Tuesday. Mr. Hawker
is anxious to see the citizens of Wil-
lacy County get interested in soil sur-
vey work and has promised his co-
operation in helping this county ob-
tain the necessary order to have this
work carried on.
Clerk was instructed to advertise for
bids for County Depository for the
coming two years. Said advertise-
ment to run for., three weeks. The
Court reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
Bond of Geo. Wallis as hide and
animal inspector was presented and
on motion duly carried was ordered
approved.
On motion duly carried it was or
dered that the Court employ Chas.
R. Turner to make a complete audit
of the books and accounts of all
county officials, beginning with the
organization of the county, at a price
of $20.00 per day, the amount not
to exceed $1,000 for the entire work.
All members of the Court voted
“aye.”
On motion duly carried, the follow-
ing accounts against the county were
approved and ordered paid and the
Clerk directed to issue warrants for
same in compliance with the stat-
utes : (
G. W. McDougold, Wood ...--------$24.00
Gulf Ref. Co.—Gas & Oil_.lL—.. 14.00
B. E. Earle—Tel. & Rent____________ 3.00
B. F. Watson—Mereh----------------- 5.65
Kemp Morgaq, Road Work..—... 48.00
C. F. Thompson—Inspec. Roads 5.00
O. W. Jones—Holding Inq.^_—... 5.00
E. W. Archer—Mse. for Ct. H. 38.20
T. St. C. Thompson,
Insp. Roads —----------—....... 10.00
Raymondville Water Co.—Wa. 5.00
C. E. Craig—Audit Union
Irrigation Bonds ------- 15.00
J. O. Reber—Audit U. I. Bds._ 15.00
C. B. Tomme—Audit U. I. Bds. 15.00
No further business appearing, the
Court was declared adjourned.
BEN S. DUFFIELD,
Clerk, Willacy County, Texas.
Wouldn’t Miss A Copy
Mrs. C. S. Henninger, formerly a
resident of the Raymondville section,
but now located at Hapnshire, 111,,
writes this office in response to the
letters recently forwarded to subs-
cribers that while she would like to
take advantage of the offer made yet
present arrangements prevent. In-
cidentally she took occasion to send
the following boquet:
:But must give you praise cm the
splendid paper you are publishing.
You are certainly giving Raymond-
ville and Willacy County an excellent
paper and one that should be of un-
told benefit to every land owner and
business man. I certainly do not
want to miss a copy of your valuably
paper.
deal pending some weeks ago by
which he secures ownership of 160
acres of fine land adjacent to this
city. Mr. Reed expects to move to
this place some time during the com-
ing spring and make extensive im-
provements, including putting the
most of this acreage in cotton and
building a home.
Car Registration
Exceeds Last Year
According to the statement of the
tax collector’s office, the ear regis-
tration for Willacy County thus far
exceeds the number of cars regis-
tered in this county the past year. Up
until the 13th of this month a total
of 266 passenger autos and 44 trucks
were issued 1925 license tags and
numbers. Deputy Collector Fitch ex-
pects this number to be greatly in-
creased before the final rush takes
place the end of this month.
Methodist Parsonage
Is Being Erected
Work on the new Methodist par-
sonage started this week when plans
were laid for the construction of a
modern, home to be built on the
church property just west of the new
church building in the western part
of the cify.
LYFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL
ENTERTAINS LOCAL SCHOOL
Vocational Talks
At High School
During the week Superintendent
Tumlinson of the Raymondville
Schools had several business men of
the city appear before the entire
student body and give vocational
talks. These talks were thoroughly
enjoyed by the student body and will
result in a great deal of good. Among
the speakers on the program this
week were Nat Wetzel, who gave a
splendid talk on farming and its
many interesting phases, and the
publisher of the News who spoke for
a few minutes on the benefit of
training for future life’s work and
the pitfalls arid pleasures
newspaper game.
Wednesday morning’s chapel ser-
vices at the Raymondville High
School was taken up with a pleasing
program furnished by several mem-
bers of the Lyford Grammar school.
The program was agreebly accepta-
ble to the entire student body as was
attested by the hearty demonstration
accorded the visitors at the close of
the program.
of the
MOVED TO LYFORD
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Price, who have
been living in the C. R. Johnson
house on Eighth Street, moved to
their new home, recently completed
in Lyford, last week. Mr. Pierce is
in the bee business and has a number
of apiaries in and around Lyford to
which he is giving his personal atten-
tion.
About 30 young people gathered
north of town Tuesday evening for a
weinie roast, the occasion honoring
Miss Eva Jenson’s an'd Hanley Sway-
ze’s birthdays, both coming on that
day. A large fire xvas built and the
young folks roasted weinies, told sto-
ries and sang, songs until a late
hour. Miss Eva and Hanley were
given each an appropriate gift for
the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Grayson chaperoned the young peo-
ple.
Concrete Crossings
Let to R. F. Prince
The City Commissioners this week
awarded the contract for the laying
of concrete crossings to R. F. Prince;
Crossings will be put down at the
street intersections between Bren-
ner’s store and the Burton garage;
between La Coma Mercantile Co.’s
store and the Bank building and be-
tween the Harding-Gill building and
the Bower corner.
Mr. Prince says he is expecting
car load of cement, two cars each of
gravel and sand to arrive this week
for this work.
B. Y. P. U. JANUARY 18
Subject: Bible Teachings About a
Church.
Leader, Harold Jones.
Part 1—The Bible, the Guide for
Baptists—Elizabeth Swayze.
Part 2—Personal Faith a Founda-
tion Principle—Mr. J. E. Powers.
Part 3—New Testament Teaching
and Example—Miss B. Higginson.
Prayer.
Part 3—Bible Teaching on Baptism
■Alfred Pennington.
Part 5—Membership a Voluntary
Matter—Mr. Smith.
Song No. 256.
Part 6—Two Types of Church Con-
trol—Mrs. Joe Turner.
Part 7—Church Control by the
Congregation—Ethel Beachum.
WEATHER REPORT
Date
Max.
Min.
Precip.
8
79
61
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9
80
65
’ll,—
10
78
55
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11
62
35
12
68
36
____
13
64
32
____
14
65
37
bill. There is no class of crime in
Texas bigger than the constitution
or laws of this state. It took sixty
years to teach respect and obedience
to the ownership of horses and cattle
in Texas, but under our present laws
and tendency to enforce them it will
not take near that length of time to
teach respect and obedience from all
the people to the Dean law nor other
laws that are now on our statute
books.”
The grand jury is composed of
Messrs. H. B. Wilson, Cleo Gilliland,
Archie Clark, Fred Parker, Lem
Woods, N. R. Klemmons, Cris John-
son, John Weidman, Frank Brown-
field, Narciso Cavazos, C. L. Pollock,
and Bernie Knox. H. B. Wilson was
named foreman.
Immediately after the charge to-
the grand jury the jurors were led
to their room in another part of the
building by the sheriff where they
began their work.
The only other business transacted
Monday was the hearing of argu-
ments on a writ of habaes corpus
relative to the possession of a five-
year old boy, son of Francisco Serna.
A divorce had been granted the par-
ents last August and the possession
of the child given the father. The
mother had sworn out a writ of ha-
beas corpus to get possession of the
child. The former judgment of court
was sustained. The child remained
with the father.
Several divorces cases were put
over until Wednesday morning.
On next Monday morning the crim-
inal docket will be called and the
cases set for hearing during the bal-
ance of the term.
Traveling Circus
Here Two Days
The Alderfer Shows, a traveling
circus and motion picture shows are
in Raymondville furnishing a differ-
ent line of entertainment than has
been seen here in some time.
The Alderfer shows arrived in the
city yesterday and pitched their
tents on the Coulter properties just
back of the bakery, where they show-
ed to a packed audience last night.
The same number of performances
will be given tonight with a free act
in front of the tents at 7:<M) o’clock.
WOMAN’S CLUB MEETS
The Woman’s Club met Tuesday
afternoon, Jan. 6th, in the club room
in the La Coma building. This be-
ing the first meeting of the year,
each member responded to roll call
with various New Year resolutions.
Mrs. Fawkes was leader and read
a very interesting paper on “Writing,
Language and Literature,” which was
very much appreciated by all.
Twenty-five members were present.
On the following Tuesday, Jan. 13,
the club held their regular weekly
meeting. The subject was “History
Twelfth Night and Old Observances
of It.” Short poems were read, and
general discussion was given by the
members, after which cake and grape
juice was served. Miss Winnie Re-
bel- received the bean and under the
rules of that time was elected bean
queen for the year.
A meeting will be held Tuesday
afternoon, Jan. 20th. The subject
will be “Customs, Dress, Artistic De-
velopment and Religion.” Rev. Boone
will be leader for this meeting, and
all members are requested to be pres-
ent and bring a friend.
RETURNED TO RAYMONDVILLE
E. C. Kieke, who has been spending
the past several weeks visiting in
San Antonio and elsewhere, returned
to Raymondville this week.
La Coma Company
Adding Fixtures
During the week the La Conia Mer-
cantile Company have had their force
busy making a number of substantial
changes in the interior of their store*
The antiquated open shelving for the
dry goods department are being re-
placed with modern glass display
cases which will enable this firm to
keep their sto#ks in 'excellent condi-
tion, as well as making them easier,
to display.
NOTICE OF BIDS FOR COUNTY
DEPOSITORY
Notice is hereby given that at the
first regular meeting of the Honor-
able County Commissioners Court of
Willacy County, same to be held on
the Second Monday in February,
February 9th, A. D. 1925, that bids
will be received for County Deposi-
tory of Willacy County funds for the
next two years. All bids to be depos-
ited with the County Clerk on or be-
fore the 9th day of February, A. D*
1925.
The Court reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Given under my hand and seal of'
office the 14th day of January, A_
D. 1925.
BEN S. DUFFIELD,
Clerk, Willacy County, Texas-,.
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