La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1929 Page: 6 of 8
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LAGRANGE JOURNAL
APRIL 18, 1929
WINCHESTER SECTION
Devoted to Winchester and the Surrounding Farm Sections
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. and Mr». John Whit* of Gates-
ville, motored over to Wincheeter and
viaited at the home of hU sister, Mrs.
J. L. Hart.
Mrs. E. O. Flepping and son and
two daughters motored over to Hous-
ton the week-end of last week.
Mrs. R. H. Dung and family mo-
tored over to Austin Sunday for a
pleasure trip.
Miss Leila Mohler is visiting in
Cameron this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Herbrich and
son motored over to LaGrange last
week and bought some chicks.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Reinsch of Win-
chester, Mrs. Frank-Stasny of Hous-
ton, and Mrs. Max Reinsch motored
over to Austin Thursday to do some
shopping.
R. B. Alexander of Smithville was
a Business visitor in Winchester last
Wednesday.
Max Reinsch left Monday for
Smithville where he will work in a
blacksmith shop. He made a trade
with Mr. Alexander.
Mrs. Sam Redfleld and daughter of
Dallas visited at the home of Mrs.
W. H. Hart, the end of last week.
Alvin Symank and Henry Haynie
motored to Austin Thursday, on busi-
ness.
Alvin Symank and Henry Haynie
motored over to LaGrange Wednes-
day and bought some chicks.
Mrs. J. R. Goodwin of LaGrange is
visiting at the homes of Giles and
Smith at Winchester for a week.
Mrs. J. L. Hart and Miss Bess
Hart motored over to LaGranRe on
Thursday, to do some shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kaiser and son,
Mrs. P. Haschke and Miss Clara Kai-
ser, motored over to Austin Friday
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Mayer of LaGrange
were at Winchester Friday. Mr.
Mayer installed an ice box^at the W.
A. Giles store, for use in keeping
soda pop cold. The box works auto-
matically.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pampell and fam-
ily, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Kleiber
motored over to Hill Prairie and wit-
nessed the third game of baseball be-
tween Alum Creek and Hill Prairie.
The writer learns the score stood
27 to 4 in favor of Hill Prairie.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Karisch and
daughter, and Misses Maude and Bess
Hart and Walter Karisch spent Wed-
nesday in Schulenburg.
Mrs. W. H. Hart, Misses Maude and
Bess Hart, Mrs. Lula Redfleld, Lil-
lian Redfleld and Mrs. Albert Karisch
and children spent Sunday afternoon
in Smithville.
Mrs. J. C. Rabb and daughter Miss
Gladys of LaGrange, visited with rel-
atives at the Croft home, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kaiser and son,
Miss Clara Kaiser, and Mrs. Paul
Haschke motored to Austin last Fri-
day, where Mr. Kaiser attended a
banquet at the Driskill hotel, given
by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kaiser and son
and Mrs. Carl Reinsch were visitors
at the Albers hatchery at LaGrange,
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kilian and fam-
ily motored aver to Lincoln last Sun-
day and spent the day with their
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Smith and child-
ren, and Mrs. W. A. Giles, Mr. and
Mrs. B. S. Williams and daughter, of
Winchester, and Mrs. J. R. Goodwin
of LaGrange, motored over to Smith-
ville Thursday night and attended the
movies.
Robert Dunk of Winchester called
on this correspondent last week and
gave him |2.00 for a renewal to the
Journal. We thank him very much.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Tschatschula
of Dallas spent Monday night here
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Haschke.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kaiser and son,
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Haschke, spent
a few hours in Northrup, Sunday af-
ternoon.
Miss Isabel Menit of Paige visited
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst
Karisch, with Misses Irene and Hulda
Karisch, las>t week.
Ernst Karisch and his two daugh-
ters, Misses Hulda and Irene motored
to Smithville on business, Wednes-
day.
Mrs. W. H. Hart and daughters,
Misses Maude and Bess, and E. Zilss
motored over to LaGrange Friday on
a business mission.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Smith and child-
ren, Mrs. W. A. Giles, and Mr. and
Mrs. B. S. Williams and daughter mo-
tored over to Smithville Monday to
see the damage done by the cyclone.
Leon Reinsch of Houston supplied
his nephew, Nelson Reinsch, with
plenty of fishing tackle last week. If
he will stop the surplus rains now so
the river can get right, perhaps fish-
ing would be good.
FATTIES THEATRE lit to Flatonia Tuesday, and Winches- ANNUAL DECORATION DAY
The feature for Saturday night at
this popular playhouse, is one of the
greatest yet made by that emotional
Polish star, Pola Negri. Thousands
have viewed “The Love of an Ac-
tress” and pronounced it «ood.
The public is warned to watch for
the date next month of these three
great photoplays: “Mother Knows
Best,” “King of Kings” and “Abie’s
Irish Rose.” Charles (Buddy) Rog-
ers, who leaped to fame in that mas-
ter air epic, “Wings”, has the leading
role in “Abie’s Irish Rose", and in
this picture as Abie, he carries one
through a great love story in which
the two lovers are Jewish and Irish.
ter will lo3e one of its good families.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Kleiber will mqve
to Flatonia, Thursday.
CELEBRATED IN WINCHESTER
RAINFALL SAID TO BE
NINE INCHES
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Friends of Prof. A. 0. Naiser as-
sisted in the celebration of his birth-
day anniversary Monday night, and
enjoyed a very pleasant evening.
Cake and coffee were served as re-
freshments.
On Monday night and Saturday
night of last week, the Winchester
section was visited with what some
of the farmers claim to have been a
nine-inch total precipitation, and the
little rain of Sunday night was ac-
companied by much wind and some
hail. The hail, however, was slight,
and no great damage was done by it.
Pin Oak Creek was out of banks
and did some damage, and as the
ditch could not hold the water, it cut
across some fields and considerable
damage was done. The land in places
was badly washed, and some of it is
under water at this time. Several
acres which have no way to drain are
under water and the only way it can
get out is to dry up.
ATTENDED FUNERAL AT
NORTHRUP
Those who attended the funeral of
Mr. Tschatschula of Northrup from the"last meeting were read, by Mrs
The Cemetery Association met on
the second Thursday in April—the
IXth—annual decoration day. The
president Mrs. C. V. Jones, called the
meeting to order and the minutes of
here were: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kaiser j Frank A Smith, secretary, and ap-
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Haschke, | proved Ron wa8 called and mem-
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reinsch and son,
Herman Nitschke, Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Kasper, Mrs. E. 0. Kaiser, Alfred
Tschatschula, Oswald Tschatschula,
and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brabandt and
FRIENDS SURPRISE HERMAN
KILIANS
A large crowd gathered at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kil-
ians on Monday night to celebrate his
birthday anniversary with a surprise.
So to speak, Mr. Kilians’ guests “put ■ approved.
bers answered by paying dues, which
in all amounted to $48.00.
Five new members were enrolled:
Mrs. Georgie Reeves, Mrs. C. E.,Han-
cock, Miss M. H. Gates, IV^rs. L. Red-
field, and Mrs. H. J. Reinsch, and they
paid dues of $1.00 each, making a
total sum of $52.00 to be deposited
to the Winchester Cemetery Associa-
tion.
After this the treasurer, S. F.
Drake, read his report and it stood
it by him one time.” Coffee and cake
waa served, and all extended Mf. Kil-
ians appropriate best wishes, rjv-
Mrs. Frank Stasny of Houston is
visiting her parents here for a week.
MOVED TO FLATONIA
The Flatonia box factory is tear-
ing their derrick down and will move
An election of new officers was
proposed, and the following will serve
next year:
President, Mrs. C. S. Bohannon.
Vice-President, Miss M. H. Gates.
Secretary, Miss Leila Mohler.
Assistant-Secy., Mrs. H. J. Reinsch.
Treasurer, S. F. Drake.
Sexton, H. Staacke.
It was with deep regret that men-
tion was made of four deaths in our
. ,. ....... list during the past year: Mr. J. D.
after extending best wishes to the, SaunderS; Mrs. Martha E. Wilkes, a
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
A pleasant evening was spent Sun-
day when Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kilians
entertained friends in honor of the
birthday* Jtmniversafy of their son.
Refreshments were served and all left
young man for the return of many ^emb Mr AJex Rame9y>
more happy birthdays 1
NOTICE "
Just received a carload of im-
plements. The latest models in
cultivators on display.
JANSSEN BROS.
LaGrange, Texas
1 Mrs. D. P. Croft.
There being no other business, the
meeting adjourned to meet on the
second Thursday in April of 1930.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hart of Austin
motored over to Winchester last
Thursday on business matters.
TWO VETERAN EDITORS
PASS ON
Robert Enoch Yantis, 81, veteran
Texas newspaper editor and publish-
er, Mrs. S. A. Myatt, at Dallas, Sat-
urday night. Mr. Yantis resigned i
March 1 as statistician for the Texas
state department of agriculture after
-‘'seven years’ service. He founded the
Wills Point Chronicle and was editor
of that paper for. about twenty years.
In 1900 he acquired the Athens Re-
view hnd fot 'inbre OiX9i Seventeen
years Was editor “find pfiblUher there.
Mr. Yaiitis served two terms in the
Texas Legislature and at one time
was president of the Texas Press As-
sociation.
J. B. Butler, aged 73, veteran news-
paper man, died Sunday in his home
at San Antonio. For many years he
was a member of the San Antonio
Express editorial department. He
was born September 24, 1866, in
Frederick County, Virginia, and re-
ceived his education at grade schools
and the University of Kentucky. He
was associated with newspapers in
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia,
Washington, St. Louis, New Orleans,
Dallas, Fort Wtorth, Houston and El
Paso, besides San Antonio.
NEGRO SLAIN IN LEDBETTER
SHOOTING
Matthew Craft, negro, was lodged
in jail here Sunday night by Sheriff
Will Loessin, following a fight in the
Ledbetter community in which Sam
Brothers, another negro, was shot
gnd killed with a shotgun.
It is understood that several ne-
groes were in Ledbetter, that because
Brothers backed his car into that of
a third negro, a fight started between
the two, and that Craft was brought
into the fracas. Grabbing a shotgun
and muttering “Don’t you cuss me”,
Craft emptied the contents of the gun
into Brothers’ side, killing him al-
most instantly. The shooting took
place shortly after eight o’clock.
Sheriff Loessin, who was attending
church in LaGrange, was called, and
with his son, Wilburn, immediately
went to the scene of the shooting,
finding the slain negro, and learning
that Craft had gone to his home
afoot, about seven miles farther on.
Sheriff Loessin beat the negro to his
home and was waiting when he came
up. Craft offered no resistance,
handing his gun over to the officers,
stating that he was ready to go, and
asking that they protect hip. He
was returned to LaGrange and landed
in jail, charged with the shooting.
Both negroes were from Lee coun-
ty, and Craft’s arrest was made in
Lee county. The primary cause of
the killing is given as a bad feeling
that had existed between the two
blacks for some time past.
MUNICIPAL BOOK OF HOUSTON
RECEIVED
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT
OAKHILL CEMETERY
AGAIN FACING ELECTRIC CHAIR
Huntsville, April 10.—The Walker
county grand jury Tuesday indicted
Bob Silver and three of his compan-
ions in the escape from a prison farm
near here Friday on a charge of rob-
bery with firearms.
Conviction on the charge carries
with it a maximum penalty of death,
and District Attorney A. T. McKin-
ney, Jr., said that he would ask that
Silver be sent to the electric chair.
The other men indicted were Rob-
ert Hill, life-termer; John Reid and
Marvin Azbell. I. W. Dean, District
Judge, said that the men would be
tried during the present, term of
court, probably next week.
The Journal acknowledges its in-
debtedness to former Mayor Oscar F.
Holcombe of Houston for the presen-
tation of a copy of the Municipal
Book for the City of Houston, re-
ceived the past week by this office.
Mayor Holcombe, after eight years of
service, released the reins of munich
pal government iu Houston on April
1, to his suceekSoV, Judge Walter ^
Montieth.
This book of approximately 150
ptfges, carries the photographs-of the
incoming and outgoing members of
the ’ Official family of Houston, the
achievements of the city’s various de-
partments, and is indeed interesting
as a reference book, and for other
purposes. * r ’
Bound in multi-colored cover of
beautiful design, with the name and
official seal of the City of Houston
embossed thereon in gold, apart from
its worth for that which it contains,
this book is a' thing of tart and a
beautiful *fjubMcationj with its many
i attractive pictures of the progress of
( Houston for eight years, showing sky-
scMpers, and other things of interest.
M|Jby scenes of the Houston ship
channel, known in all parts of the
world, are to be found, along with
those of the docks, loading racks, and
mammoth industries which line its
! shores. And after reading this book
and viewing these photographs, one
is brought to realize that Mayor Hol-
combe was not idle for those eight
years.
Mrs. C. A. Pearson, press corres-
pondent for the Oakhill Cepietery As-
sociation of Flatonia, has requested
the Journal to announce that there is
to be a Memorial Service at that
cemetery at 2:00 p. m. on Sunday, the
21st of April. Several of our readers
who formerly resided in Flatonia will
be interested in this announcement.
LAGRANGE HOSPITAL NEWS
Patients at the hospital this week
are the following:
Fred Luecke, Rutersville.
Gidion Dreyer, Cuero.
Mrs. Steve Martinek, Columbus.
Mrs. W. S. Robson and baby, City.
Mrs. R. B. Papacek and baby, Moul-
ton.
Otto Albers* Giddings.
Ernest Giilar, Moulton.
Edwin Niemeyer, LaGrange.
Mrs. Purdy Cox, Smithville.
Mr3. Ernest Schulze, Winchester.
Mrs. Ben Boehme, New Ulm.
Miss Margaret Flynn, Brownsville.
Mrs. E. J. Hilscher, Schulenburg.
Mrs. Ed. Heinsohn, LaGrange.
F. J. Fiedler, Flatonia.
Linda Kaase, Schulenburg.
John Kallr.s, Ellinger.
MODERN FRONT BEING
INSTALLED
FOR A REAL, JOLLY GOOD TIME
Attend the Firemen’s
BIG NOVELTY DANCE
“A Real Corker’
Improvement is being made to the
building occupied by the hardware
department of the firm of Reichert &
Kneip this week. Carpenters are en-
gaged in tearing out the entire front,
removing the large brick columns
| from the center and placing show
I windows. The change will give this
I progressive firm additional space for
j the display of their goods, and will
give them a modern plate glass front.
;The appearance of this building will
be much improved, and new windows,
; identical to those of the furniture de-
partment of this firm, will be an in-
'vitation to the shopper to look inside.
LEFT HAND INJURED BY NAIL
American Legion Hall
LaGrange, April 24
General Admission 50c
Tickets Purchased for Feby. 8th Dance Good on This Night
On Monday morning while Mrs.
Henry Foltermann was raising a
clothes line in her yard by the aid of
a board, in some manner the board
slipped and a rusty nail cut an ugly
gash just below the thumb in the
I palm of the left hand, making a very
'painful wound. However, after hav-
ing the cut dressed by a physician
1 Mrs. Foltermann is doing, nicely.
BORN TUESDAY
BABE SCHINDLER’S ORCHESTRA
Mr. ami Mrs. W. S. Robson are re-
joicing over the arrival of a fine boy,
born Tuesday morning. Our con-
gratulations are extended.
Dismissed:
Elizabeth Zapalac, Ellinger.
Mrs. Wm. Jaroszewski, City.
Leslie Hughes, LaGrange.
Wm. Henderson, Red Rock.
Fk. Ripper, Weimar.
Mrs. A. W. Juenger, City.
Leola Hausler, City.
Albert Rosenberg, City.
F. Mayfield, Smithville.
Elna Giese, West Point.
Leon Moore, LaGrange.
Max Zeptner, Industry.
ANOTHER GRANDDAUGHTER
A little daughter arrived at the
home of Mike Klein at Columbus,
Sunday. Grandpa Klein is rather
proud of his seven granddaughters.
DANCE
—At—
PARK HALL
Sunday, April 28
MUSIC BY
Babe Schindler’s
Orchestra .
Come, meet your friends and have
a good time.
PLENTY OF REFRESHMENTS!
J. C. TSCHIEDEL •
Death Claims Paid Promptly!
BENEFICIARIES THANK LOCAL COMPANY
This Was Insurance at Cost
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A LOCAL MUTUAL AID
TO AM’. TV NO
Above check was delivered BEFORE THE FUNERAL. Mr.
Carl Brogren, Rt. 2, Round Rock, was a member of Class No. 2 for
5 years and 4 days. Total cost for entire time only $76.60. Of.this
amounr-$56.0Tr\vas"'a SAVINGS for ’56 death calls he paid, leaving
a NET COST of only $20.60 for 5 years and 4 days. Face valpe of
policy $1,100.00. SAVINGS $56.00. Total paid $1,156.00. ^
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$1,142.00 was p.aid in immediate settlement for death claim of
Carl O. Widerstrom, 511 Congress Ave., Austin. Mr. Widerstrom
had been a member for 3 years and 4 months. Total cost for that
time was only $58.20. Under our “REFUND OF ASSESSMENTS”
feature $42.00 of the total cost was a SAVINGS for the 42 death
assessments he had paid, leaving a net cost of only $16.20 for 3
i protection. Face value of policy was $1,100.00.
SAVINGS was $42.00. |----------------
years and 4 months protection.
TOTAL PAID $1,142.00.
DEATH IN ‘‘OUR CHILDREN’S CLASS’
Face value of policy -in Children’s Class is $500.00.
THE DEATH CLAIM WAS ^AlD IMMEDIATELY.
The above check was paid to Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Lynch of Round
Rock for the death of their daughter Blanche. Cost for $500.00
policy in OUR CHILDREN’S CLASS has never exceeded $3.20 per
year, and has run as low as $2.00 per year. Why pay more money
children. Age limit in Children’s Class
for less nrotection on your enuaren. Age I
is 2 to 18. Family rates where parents and children join. We have
different classes for different ages from 2 to 60 years inclusive. The
Austin Mutual during its nine years of operation has become firmly
established and thousands of people are availing themselves of its
protection furnished at a tremendous aaving. Members are classi-
fied according to age. For additional information phone or write:
[ Austin Mutual Life Insurance Ass’n < *
F. W. WOOLSEY, Secretary-Treasurer.
JOHN R. KOENIG, JR., Agent
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