La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1930 Page: 5 of 8
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DECEMBER 18, 1930
LAGRANGE JOURNAL
PAGE FIVE
For The Holidays
Prevailing Weather Calls
For Stock Shelter
To All Points in Texas and Louisiana
Tickets at one and one-third fare will be on sale December I8th to
25th, inclusive, and December 30th to January 1st, inclusive, with
final limit of January 7th, 1931. Tickets at one and one-tenth fare
will be on sale December 24th, with limit of December 26th, and on
sale December 31st, with limit of January 2nd, 1931.
To Other Destinations
Mr. Farmer, have you provided shelter for your stock
for the Winter? Well-sheltered stock always pay their
owner. Let us make a few suggestions for your gain;
visit our yard and inspect the models displayed in our
show room, and learn how to provide shelter and feed bins
at a small outlay of cash. We have the lumber and other
material, and can show you the models for a stock barn,
farrowing house, poultry and dairy barn.
Very low round trip fares will also be in effect to destinations in
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and other states.
ASK YOUR TICKET AGENT
J. W. WHITE
Passenger Traffic Manager
DALLAS, TEXAS
Temple lumber Co.
1 “You MUST be pleased*
WM. JAROSZEWSKI, Mgr.
Phone No. 375 La Grange/ Texat
* LAGRANGE IN 18$5*
* NOVEMBER 5 *
New Firm
Messrs Rabb & Harwell have pur-
chased the interest of Messrs John H.
and Frank Carter, in the firm of Car-
ter & Harwell, lumber dealers at this
place. Both gentlemen composing the
new firm are well known and have
many friends who will bestow upon
them their patronage. They purpose
beeping a full and complete stock of
both rough and dressed lumber of
all kinds, also doors, sash blinds, and
shingles which they will handle by
the carload. Their facilities for car-
rying on the lumber business are un-
surpassed, and they expect by strict
attention to business and upright
dealing, to merit and receive a share
of public patronage.
• * m
There was a social party at the
school house on Mr. William Voel-
lcel’is place, in the Rutersville neigh-
borhood, Sunday night, and Sheriff
Rankin and Justice Baker went out to
it. During the evening some reckless
individual commenced firing off his
pistol with a view of disturbing the
party. The Sheriff on hearing the
shooting started out at once to ar-
rest the offender and was shot at once
or twice at close range, but fortu-
nately escaped. He returned the fire
as the party retreated, but in the
darkness was unable to see with what
effect. It has become very common
at these county parties for some one
to exhibit their innate, meanness in
this way and the Sheriff and his de-
puties purpose suppressing it.
• * *
The Journal learns from the Bas-
trop Advertiser that Judge Teich-
mueller was attacked with dengue, at
that place last week, and had to re-
tire from the bench. Hon. Dyer
Moore, county judge of Bastrop coun-
ty, was elected special judge. The Ad-
vertiser thought the judge would be
able to resume his duties in a few
days.
* * •
Mr. W. H. Thomas has accepted a
position with the well-known and re-
liable firm of White & Bradshaw,
where he will be pleased to have his
friends call and see him. Mr. Thomas
is a gentleman possessing consider-
able mercantile experience, and
Messrs W. & B'., are fortunate in hav-
ing secured his services.
\ « .
There was a small row at the Les-
ter House one night last week in
which Mr. William Moore was the
most conspicuous actor. He went be-
fore the mayor and plead guilty to
disturbing the peace and was fined.
He psrid his fine and sent an apology
to Mr. Rives, proprietor of the Les-
ter, for his misconduct and we be-
lieve all is serene once more.
* V *
Our genial friend Henry Scholz
called us into his place of business
the other day and treated i^ to a
glass of splendid tone of his own
manufacture from the Herbemont
grape. It is very refreshing to get a
pull at a bottle of the pure juice, and
dcn’t you forget it.
* * *
Dr. F. E. Young and family left
last Thursday for Brownwood, where
they will reside in the future. Hi#
mother, Mrs. T. A. Hess, accompan-
ied them and will also make that
place her home. Mr. Hess left several
days in advance.
* * *
From Mr. Jack Nave, the popular
telegraph operator and clerk at the
LaGrange depot, the Journal learns
that since the 1st of August, 1885,
there has been shipped from this
place 6,152 bales of cotton as follows:
White & Bradshaw ___________3524
John Schuhmacher _____________ 966
Carter & Hyde______________492
F. J. Glucksmann_____________310
Kyde, Killough & Co._______— 244
T. S. Brown________ 28
Henry Alexander______________ 1
H. F. Lange _1________________ 2
Sundry parties in country-_____579
Total___________ 6152
* • •
Ferdinand Ward, the notorious
Wall street swindler, wag tried and
convicted in New York City last week
and sentenced to ten years in the
penitentiary. IJe was a member of
the late firm of Grant and Ward,
whose failure occurred last year.
* • •
Mr. F. W. Chandler, a prominent
and well known lawyer of Austin,
died last week from injuries received
by falling from a railroad train. The
deceased was many years ago a citi-
zen of LaGrange, and was admiteed
to the Bar, as a practitioner of law,
while a resident of this place.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL STOCK-
HOLDERS’ MEETING!
Notice is hereby given: That the
annual meeting of the Stockholders
&f The First National Bank of La-
Grange, LaGrange, Texas, will be
held at the office of said Bank on the
13th day of January 1931, at 2 o’clock
H- M., for the election of Directors
snd the transaction of such other
business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting.
All stockholders are urged to be
present or represented by proxy.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF LAGRANGE.
By Wm. F. Hofmann, Cashier. 60-6t
Purina Chicken Feed, Laying
Mash and grains.—Ehlers Grain
Co. _32-tf.
THE TOWN DOCTOR
(The Doctor of Towns)
saya
A Suggestion For Unemployment
I have never aeen a town that
could not raise money for some sort
of a shindig, the supposed purpose of
which was to bring trade to the com-
munity. To raise the money it ap-
pears that it is usually necessary to
have much hip-hurrah, the element of
chance, or p show with fireworks.
Such, perhaps, makes it easier to
raise the money, but it is the very
element that often is the cause of
failure to gain the desired end—per-
manent increase of business.
I have seen towns that would not
get going on sound, workable plans
for consistently increasing communi-
ty business, even when it was impera-
tive to do so, just because it required
working together, plus plain common
sense, and “thinking" without “hol-
lering.”
But perhaps this condition that we
have brought on ourselves has
changed or will change that. If this
“depression” has caused organiza-
tions composed of business men, or
at least men in business, actually to
think and work as a body instead of
individually guessing, procrastinat-
ing, and passing the buck as regards
community affairs, then it is almost
worth the price.
There is no end of things to think
about and do right now, or at least
have done. We have just had an elec-
tion. At election time there is always
profit for the group of purveyers and
creators of the various forms of
printed lettered advertising: Some day
office seekers are going to be re-
quired to take down, after election,
the signs, stickers and placards they
have put up before election; but that
day has not yet arrived, and therein
lies something to do that will serve
the community will, to say nothing
of giving work to deserving unem-
ployed.
Paper, cloth, wooden, metal and
ether election signs are hideous
enough before election day, but after
that day they are worse. Torn, faded,
out-of-date signs of any kind stuck,
hung and plastered around a town
are bad for every kind of business.
They give a community a junky,
messed up, littered and unkempt ap-
pearance that repels, when all laws
of good business and common sense
demands that a community must look
inviting and attractive to hold the
trade it already has, and win new
customers.
Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone. Re-
production prohibited in whole or in
part. This editorial published by the
Journal in cooperation with the La-
Grange Lions Club.
DEATH CLAIMS NATIVE BORN
CITIZEN OF FAYETTE
Last Saturday morning, December
13, Hon. C. J. H. Meyer of Ellinger,
died at his home after an illness that
had lasted for a period of ten months.
Mr. Meyer was a native of Fayette
county, and had lived at Ellinger for
a period of fifty years, forty of which
be devoted to business, conducting a
business place in town and looking
after his farming and stock interest
rear to the town. He was always in-
terested in the progress of the coun-
ty and was very active in his younger
days, in all political campaigns, being
a stuanch democrat, and never vary-
ing.
Mr. Meyer was born on a farm at
Ross Prairie, November 5, 1854, and
21 years later was united in mar-
riage with Mis.s Elizabeth Ehlinger,
a sister to Judge John P. Ehlinger
of LaGrange. To this union there
was born seven children, one of
whom, Emma, preceded him. Mrs.
Meyer died May 16, 1929. The child-
ren living are:
Elo Meyer, stockman, Ellinger.
Mrs. F. J. (Adelia) Fritsch, La-
Grange.
Mrs. Joe (Lizzie) Fritsch, Ellinger.
Dr. Henry Meyer, Hondo.
Mrs. Walter (Hattie) Sarrazin,
Taylor.
Mrs. R. (Leera) Poteet, Mexico.
Brothers living are: Otto Meyer of
Houston, Chns. Meyer of Ellinger;
and one sister, Mrs. C. J. von Rosen-
berg of Austin.
Mr. Meyer, opportuned by his many
friends to enter politics for office,
was elected as county commissioner
for this beat and served four years;
in the spirited campaign for gover-
nor in the year 1892, when the demo-
cratic party of the state was divided,
and one ticket was lead by Geo. Clark
and the other by James Stephen
Hogg, Mr. Meyer espoused the cause
of Clark and was elected to represent
Fayette county in the State Legisla-
ture, serving one term. After com-
pleting that term he returned to his
home and continued in his chosen
work. He was a member of the pion-
eer family that settled near Ellinger
in the early days of Texas, and helped
to convert that part of the county
into a prosperous section. His faith
in the old county never wavered.
Sunday afternoon the body was
brought to LaGrange and was in-
terred in the new cemetery. LaGrange
Lodge No. 30, I.O.O.F., of which de-
ceased was a member, took charge
and conducted the beautiful cere-
mony of the Odd Fellows, and mem-
bers of LaGrange Lodge, Smithville
and Cuero, attended in a body. In at-
tendance also, was a large delegation
from Ellinger,. Fayetteville and vici-
nities, Schulenburg and other towfts.
ANOTHER IS CALLED
Mrs. Augusta Ernestine Winnes-
doerfer died at the old family home
near Round Top last Saturday morn-
ing, December 13, and on Sunday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock Rev. Carl Baer,
in the presence of many relatives and
friends, committed the body to the
grave, at the Townsend cemetery.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, seventeen years ago. De-
ceased had lived at her late home for
more than 61 years.
Mrs, Winnesdoerfer, nee Fuchs, was
born in Dueseldorf, Germany, Janu-
ary 15, 1846, and was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fuchs. As a child
of nine years she accompanied her
aunt, Mrs. Theo. Kroll, Sr., to Ameri-
ca, her parents having emigrated to
Texas two years preceding. Her early
years of life she spent in what was
formerly known as Biegel, where her
uncle, Theo. Kroll, Sr., was for many
years engaged in the mercantile
business, and was also postmaster.
April 22, 1862 she was married to
Harry Winnesdoerfer and to them
was born two daughters, one of these,
Amelia, aged 21 years, died, the other
daughter Julia, became the wife of
George Etzel, survives.
Besides her daughter, deceased is
mourned by one brother, Carl Fuchs
of Thorndale, one sister, Mrs. An-
na Hellmuth of Houston; eight grand-
children and nine great-grandchild-
ren.
Mrs. Winnesdoerfer was another of
those good women who was beloved
by all who knew her, ever kind to
and considerate of the wants of oth-
ers. May she sleep peacefully.
DESERVED LARGER AUDIENCE
ENTERTAINMENT GOOD
PROGRAM AT HIGH SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM DECEMBER 19
The Mothers’ Club will sponsor a
radio television broadcast program at
its radio station LHS in the High
School auditorium, Friday night, De-
cember 19th, at 7:30 o’clock. The pro-
gram offers various entertainments,
arranged by the orchestra Committee,
assisted by Paul Cohn, orchestra di-
rector. The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Subscribe for the Journal.
Last Friday night, Henry ,the ma-
gician, with the assistance of Mrs.
Henry and two stage men, gave an
interesting demonstration of his ab-
ility as a magician, cartoonist and
artist with both chalk and sand. His
feats of magic were very puzzling to
the audience and were impo&sible.to
understand. Yet he did each act with
ease, kept the audience in a good hu-
mor and held them spell-bound at
times. Impossible feats, apparently,
were 'done without any effort, seem-
ingly.
The entire entertainment is worthy
of favorable mention; the cartoon
work was good, and the sand paint-
ing, a rather interesting art, was
done with the hand of the master.
We regret that the auditorium of the
school was not crowded, Mr. Henry
deserved it to be.
The High School orchestra, under
the direction of Mr. Cohn, rendered
several selections; these young peo-
ple, boys and girls, give assurance
that for music, LaGrange is not suf-
fering. With a few more months of
instruction the members will be en-
vied by those who are not in the or-
chestra.
The entertainment was sponsored
by the High School and was, as stat-
ed, deserving of a larger audience.
We hope the school will secure an-
other program, soon.
Subscribe for the Journal.
American Legion
DANCES
LEGION HALL
Friday, Dec. 26 — Modern
Dance—Babe Schindler’s Or-
chestra.
Monday, Dec. 29—Old-Time
Dance—Sirocka’s Orchestra.
Wednesday, Dec. 31—Modern
Dance—Babe Schindler’s Or-
chestra.
Special Reduced Prices
ON 1931 MODEL
KELVINAT0R
WINTER BUDGET BUYING PLAN
. (November and December Only)
Minimum down payment 10 per cent of cash
selling price; no monthly payments until
March 1,1931; any number of months up to'
24 to pay balance. Minimum monthly in-
stallment of $10.00; no extra charge of any
kind—regular rates and monthly payments
as shown on rate chart will apply.
LA GRANGE KELVIAATOR CO.
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OLD EMPLOYES RE-ELECTED
At the regular meeting of the City
Council last Wednesday night, all
three of the former city employes
were re-elected, their bids being ac-
cepted by the Council. These em-
ployes are M. T. Morris in charge
of the fire station; James Knight,
night watchman; and Gerh. Oeltjen,
Jr., city scavenger.
Interest in the bidding for these
jobs may be better understood when
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Funeral Directors
LaGrange, Texas
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La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1930, newspaper, December 18, 1930; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth998552/m1/5/?q=meyer: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.