The Cuero Record. (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1935 Page: 3 of 6
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THE CUERO RECORD, CUERO
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, OSS
What Does Cuero
Juries Easy on
Murderers, But
Forgers Have to Pay
HENR.Y C.
ROWLAND
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS
Need For Progress?
8 O’clock
Cuero needs good streets and these are now being ob-
tained by the use of Federal appropriations which are made
to provide work for the unemployed.
y? Cuero needs industries which will provide year around
payrolls to stabilize the seasonal agricutural revenues.
Cuero needs an irrigation development for the lands
adjacent to the Guadalupe so that special crop revenues may
be obtained In addition to the basic crop revenues.
Cuero needs advertising to acquaint people generally
with the advantages of this strategic territory.
Cuero needs the united cooperation of its business and
professional men for the advancement of the community,
k Cuero needs vocational and manual training for both its
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white and colored schools.
Does Cuero need a competitive electric plant and
system?
All of the other projects named are constructive pro-
jects for Cuero which will add to its prestige without detract-
ing from or harming existing investments.
. . What is there in Cuero’s position that could justify the
city’s entering into a competitive public service that is now
adequately and economically rendered?
Certainly there can be no recommendation for such a
course when considered from any moral angle or when busi-
ness eodes of ethics are considered.
We have no records today of American business or en-
SYNOPSIS
Jerome Crain, young naval archi-
tect, and a wealthy society girl,
named Linda, are guests aboard the
yacht owned by the millionaire,
Thomas Tucker, anchored at San
Cristobal. Jerome and Linda are
bored with one another and when
the other guests go ashore, the
young couple, each believing the
other had gone, stays on board.
One of the sailors contracts fever
and the yacht is quarantined. No
one is allowed to come aboard or
leave. But Jerome and Linda es-
cape in a skiff. Approaching an is-
land, the boat strikes a coral reef
and starts to sink. Jerome throws
the mo^or overboard and manages
to make shore.
CHAPTER IV
"This just about caps the whole
silly business," Linda said.
"Yes,” Jerome agreed. “You In-
sist on beating it rather. than be
quarantined with me aboard the
yacht, and now it looks like you’re
getting marooned with me on a
desert island."
“For how long?” f
“Until somebody passes this way
or I can patch the leak and go out
and haul up the engine."
"Will it run?"
“If not on bottom too long. Be-
sides we’ve got sail.”
"What about water?"
"The boat breaker’s -filled and
there’s a case of mineral."
“All the same it’s not so hot."
"It needn't be so bad if we can
live in peace.” He looked at^the
beach. “The tide’s nearly gone.
There isn’t much fall but enough
for me to get at her. I can stop the
hole somehow so sh^ought to float."
He had saved the anchor and line
enough to carry it above high water
mark.
Linda walked off down the beach
without answering. A gust of
anger swept over Jerome. H^ had
intended to explore the place with
her but now decided to get to work
on the boat. It was not hard to roll
on its beam ends in the water. He
drove one of the oars into the sand
with a block of coquina stone, made
fast the end of a halyard to it, then
hove the boat down by hauling the
halyard through the sheave let in-
to the mast head, rolling the splin-
tered strake clear of the water.
Two of the cedar planks were
smashed in raggedly for about three
MILD AND MELLOW
dress. You must have gone cuckoo.”
“I don’t know anything about
your dress. Do you think I’d choose
this tame-for lijttle pranks? Or any
othe/of that kind?”
“My dress is gone, and my’shoes
and stockings. 1 spread them out
to dry.”
She saw th^n that he was sur-
prised and startled.
“There must^be somebody on this
rotten island, Jerry."
“I saw two moving objects sneak-
ing into the bush, but they weren’t
men.”
VWell, what were they? What
sort of animal would run off with
my clothes?”
“Nothing I Gan think of. They’d
scarcely be monkeys off here/’
She looked frightened for the first
time since they’d started. To re-
assure her he said, “I patched the
beat and went out and retrieved the
engine. Let’s go back and shove
off.”
“Will she keep afloat?”
“Yes. Enough to reach the main-
land. We may have to bail. And
we’ve got to eat."
Linda sprang up. “That can
wait ’tiU we get going. This place
gives me the creeps. I’m not easily
scared. Scram!”
They started back. As they
crossed the strip of beach there
came frorft the jungle an eerie cry.
It was guttural and at the same
time shrill and it ended in a mock-
ing jabber. Linda gripped his arm.
“What was thalt?”
“Don’t know. Don’ticare foT it
either."
They hurried1 on. It became ap-
parent then that a creature of some
sort was moving parallel to them
hidden in the s^rub, for they could
hear a crackling and rustling at
intervals.
They came to a low rocky point
that jutted out and behind which
the crescent beacb where they had
landed curved away so as to be
hidden until they had rounded the
intervening ledge.
“Look,” Linda wailed.
Jerome had already seen the boat
about a quarter of a mile out from
the beachJ A breeze had sprung
up off the sea on the other side of
the island and the boat was by this
time in the zone of rippling water
drifting rapidly away. Even a
strong swimmer like either of them
could not hope to overtake it. *
Linda said chokingly, “Now we
are done in. Couldn’t yon have
made her fast? You lubber of a
Sunday picknickerl" *
“She was made* fast. . I carried
the anchor up the beach."
“Then you forgot to make the efed
of the line fast.?
“I didn't forget to make it fast
Somebody or something cast it bff."
“Why should anybody want to do
a thing like that? It doesn't maka
any sense." f •
He responded angrily, “Neither
does your straying off half a mile
down the shore fend making me
leave the boat to go after yon. Why
didn’t you come back when you
heard the engine?”
“I didn’t hear the engine. The
waves were splashing against the
rocks. Where’s all the stuff wa
threw out on the beach?"
“I slang it all back Into the
boat. . . ."
(To Be Continued)
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PINEAPPLE
MATINEE
Tea
Broken
Slices
CHOICE EVAPORATED
Apricots 2 li
and smooth for about a furlong,
when it was broken by outcropping
ledges of coral and coquina that ran
out at right angles to it. These re-
curring intercepted an extended
view of the shore. Higher up, the
sand was deep and fine to a fringe
of palms flanked by dense jungle
of which the trees were sometimes
large. Patches of vivid green indi-
cated the island to be well watered
with marshy spots.
Jerome’s anxiety and exaspera-
tion increased as he hurried along.
It was as if a child in his care had
run away to spite him because he
had reproved her, and run possibly
into unknown danger. He would
not have admitted that Linda was
dear to him, but he was conscious
of a mixed desire to clasp her in
his arms1 on finding her safe and
sound and then whip her soundly
for the fright that her willfulness
was causing him. Fond parents
have sometimes felt the same under
similar conditions.
He came to the coral ledge that
cu^ across the beach and clambered
over it, wishing that he hud waited
to put on his shoes. Beyond was a
sandy little cove and farther on a
broken formation of other strag-
gling ledges. Between them were
clear deep pools of aquamarine.
Jerome thought of barracuda and
octopoda and sharks and sting-rays.
Goose-creeps rippled down his
spine. He could not understand why
Linda should have wandered so far,
and one would have expected her
to return on hearipg the engine
firing.
Then his eye was caught by a
swiftly moving object that appeared
to scurry into the jungle behind a
low flattened ledge about two hun-
dred yards ahead of him. It looked
to be some sort of small animal but
Jerome could not be sure how much
of its bulk had been visible as it
projected above the rock rim. Then
farther down he had a glimpse of
another that disappeared in the
same baffling way.
These animals did not correspond
to any creature he could think of
that was apt to be on such an island.
They were not goats nor hogs. He
harried on,*curious to see what the
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terprise which has succeeded through the destruction of leg-
| itimate investments made in the interest of the public.
, Ten years ago the Central Power and Light Company
accepted the responsibility of rendering to the smaller towns
©titslde the metropolitan areas of South and Southwest Tex-
as, Aie same character of service that had been provided for
F our largest cities.
| To accomplish this task it was essentiai that prac-
tical all communities be served from the same central sys-
4 temand for that reason Central Power & Light Company will
Dot fell any of its properties. * ■
; The elimination of all local generating plants and the
snbdUtution of large efficient power plants and an intercon-
necting transmission system has provided a service that
coul^ never have been supplied by small plants.
* The result has been improved service, In quantities to
meet every need and at rates which have been repeatedly re-
duced until the average domestic rates today are approxi-
mately 50 per cent of those charged in 1$25.
j Municipal service through the use of small local plants
had ‘declined to less than 5 per cent of the nation’s require-
ments and there was a definite reason for this trend, namely,
| better service at lower rates and Texas affords a convincing
|r example of the national development.
■gp* Consideration today of a plan of service that has been
tomId waiting in the past would be a backward and not a
fonpLrd step.
i A system of essential public service which has been
prftcfcic&lly eliminated by its inherent disadvantages certain-
ly cannot be revived by artificial stimulation that in the past
If has been found impractical.
* Misconceived ideas as to the intended purposes of
tojp|oyment funds, or the grants of the tax payers money, do
not make destructive projects right, nor do they overcome the
handicaps which have eliminated them in the past.
National emergencies such as the nation < faces at
hWsent will find engineers who in their own interests purely,
wHl make recommendations which are neither just nor prac-
t tlcal and a soyciting campaign, such as has just been put on
’ South Texas, can be expected to find fertile soil in a few
cases at least.
Since it appears that these activities have created some
interest in Cuero, we can only look to the Cuero citizens for
ferpvlew of our past service and accomplishments and ask for
their thorough consideration of this important matter.
It is our duty to provide facts in answer to any mis-
leading statements that may have been made in an effort to
thrust municipal ownership problems on this community and
we shall promptly proceed with the presentation of those
t essential facts.
Most of Texas’ crime during these
two depression years centered
around the lust for money, accord-
ing to (he reported felony records.
Burglaries, theft, robberies. for-
geries and embezzlement account-
ed for 69% of all the felony trials.
Texans appeared to be a. fairly
truthful j lot, for in the period only
seven convictions for felony were
recorded
The most) popular crime waS
burglary, with 1,018 convictions.
Theft whs second with 672, and
robbery third, with 125.
, In the 3226 convictions reported
juries meted out prison terms ag-
gregating 12.054 years—and the
convictions included 1758 suspen-
ded sentences.
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feet of their length, and one of the
frames was broken. It would have
been a repair job of about an hour
in a shipyard. Even here Jerome
could have cut out the plank and
pieced it neatly enough with proper
material and tools. He wanted first
to retrieve the engine and as the
quickest way of doing so cut a big
square from the canvas cockpit
cover and hanled this snugly over
the ragged tear in the boats bilge,
securing it on either side in the
fashion of a “collision mat." This
snug corset proved enough to keep
the water out except for a little
seepage, as the skiff was carvel
built with a smooth outer skin.
Jerome worked rapidly, expect-
ing Linda to return at any mo-
ment. As she did not, he rowed off
and hauled up the engine, the ex-
haust of which he had plugged. The
boat proved tighter than ne could
have hoped and he decided that his
collision mat should be enough to
get them safely to the mainland.
He worked some few minutes at the
engine before getting it to run.
The noise of the exhaust ought
certainly to bring Linda hurrying
tracks might reveal, bat when he
came to the spot where he had seen
the first there were no tracks. Only
naked rock: The same was true of
the second.
He crossed a short strip of beach
and came to another ledge that
thrust out. The water on this lee
side of the island was smooth except
for a low wash. Jerome peered over
the top of the low ledge. A few
yards away he says Linda sitting
with her hands clasped under her
bent knees. She had taken off her
dress and had on only the sheer slip
under it. This was wet and clinging
to her.
He called, “Linda 1“
She answered angrily, “Bring
back my dress.”
“Dress? What are you talking
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back, he thought. Besides, she must about?
tailored appearance to the cushions
a heavy cord wa§ stitched around
the boxing. “The harmonizing light
cushions make the bedroom look
light and cool for summer time,”
Mrs. Jones commented.
+ On Texas Farms *
♦ By W. H. DARROW, 4
♦ Extension Service Editor ♦
4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦ ♦ ♦♦ 4
GEORGE WEST— Two trench
silos have just been filled with red-
top cane by Reeves Brown of Booth
community in Live Oak county.
Each of Mr. Brown’s silos will
hold 350 tons of feed. Mr. Brown
estimates his land will produce 10
tons of green feed per acre. Feeding
at the rate of 35 pounds a day per
head of livestock, one acre willpro-
duce enough feed to last one ani-
mal 571 day’s.
“I have used these same silos for
the past 12 years and found that
more feed value is obtained by using
silos, than by feeding dry feed,”
Brown stated.
WAITC
Bartee, farm-food supply demon-
strator of the Center Home Dem-
onstration club of Lamb county,
have survived and are growing.
Mrs. Bartee says that she took the
cuttings from a neighbor's vines
turned them up-side down in a hole
deep enough to cover them, covered
the cuttings with dirt and kept
them moist for several weeks.
The cuttings were then taken up,
turned over and set out with their j seasons. Even highly civilized
buds upright. pie such as Egyptians and Ro
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SAN AUGUSTINS— “I have four in some form oh another,
gallons of cucumbers in brine cur- Today many Of the medical men
ing now, and have started four study or should study the weather
gallons more,” said Mrs. A. N. for many reaschs. It is an unde-
Sowell, farm-food supply demon- niable fact that various forms of
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STEPHENVILLE—“Alfalfa won’t
grow here,” is a statement often
heard in Trath county, according to
Mark Buckingham, county agricul-
tural agent.
“Yet E. ,W. Bradley sowed four
acres to alfalfa late in April in 1934
and although drouth hit last sum-
mer, he harvested three cuttings
this year totaling more than seven
tons,” Buckingham said.
Another man in this county, O. O.
Gain, seeded 10 acres to alfalfa In
the spring of 1933. This year he has
harvested twenty-twro and one-half
tons from three cuttings and has a
growth at’present some 10 inches
high. He plans to thresh seed from
the next cutting,
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LIBERTY.— Better than a bale
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Andrew Bell of Liberty coynty
boasts of this year.
Also, his corn yield averages 50
bushels to an acre. Mr Bell at-
tributes his success to thorough
cultivation and use of commercial
fertilizer..
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WELLINGTON.— “There is a
use for everything .even rusty
nails,’’ said Mrs. John Jones, bed-
room demonstrator of North Wel-
lington Home Demonstration Club
in Collingsworth county.
She dyed some scrajxs of ratine in
the water where one-half gallon of
rusty nails had been boiled.
The light brown ratine was used
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of wicker chairs. In order to give a
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Howerton, J. C. The Cuero Record. (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1935, newspaper, September 6, 1935; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth999586/m1/3/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.