The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
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THE CUERO DAILY RECORD
- CUERO STAR and CUERO NEWS
We Have no Right to 8uccMd Unleaa We Can Render Service te Our Community
CUERO, DeWITT COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING JULY 27. 1928
SIX PAGES TODAY
sold be judged, not by their
tint! of akin, / »
The Uoda they serve, the vintages
tha they drink, *
Nor hy the way they fight, or love, or
sin.
But b r the Quality at Thought they
thii k. —Lawrence Hope.
On 1ie eve of another Demo-
cratic primary election, interest in
and ab >ut Cnero has cantered in
the $ev< ral local contests that have
been carried on for offices in the
county ind district. During all the
weeks that have past since the sev-
lpsigns opened there has
le or no excitement evinc-
ic outcome of these race©.
has given way before
minute stir that has come
as the candidates and their loyal
support :rs enter the last frenzied
moment i of the campaign, when
the possibility of victory or defeat
hangs in the balance. And for the
past two days or more these last
minute ittempts to further the
cause of the candidates have pro-
vided interesting topics of con-
versation for the voters.
♦ ♦ ♦
letters have been publish-
ed through the press; public en-
dorsements of favorite candidates
have been given and “dodgers
have bee a passed out over the
•county. Even the placid “stond-
pstraf’ nust haW4frtn stirred to
some ex* itement by the stirring
event* of these days. All in all
in Cnero promises
REV. kLEOD TO
PREACH UNION
SERVICESEpON
Service to Begin Promptly 'at
Right o’clock Sunday
Evening.
MUSIC FEATURES
m
M
re will be
ty is ee
Of the* ea ididates can- be
ful; and those who have
supported Uiem will ffcel the pangs
* of defeat as keenly as do those who
have aspired to the positions. This
k the biter fruit, however, of
which all who enter the field of po-
litical strife must partake at
some tim i; and must be accepted
With good grace just as the good
sportsman takes the low score in a
game or <»ntest. Where a liveli-
hood is a stake, it is to be regret-
ted that i lefeat sometimes works
(hardship--but after all rotation in
office is just and right where the
adnunistr ition of public affairs
is concerned.
♦ ♦ ♦
That there will be little indif-
illy in tomorrow’s vot-
ired for interest of all
is stirred as in no prev-
>n for a number of years
tlarity of the contestst-
ly bring a record
voters to the polls Sat-
re seems no need, then,
_ e people of Cuero again
lo cast thjeir ballots.
♦ ♦ ♦
While political strife was loom-
ing, there were many, in Cuero
who, ordinarily uninterested in
the coraba; of the “ring” listened
as Tunney defended his
Yankee Stadium on
[night. His victory again
proof that clean living
tad Mgh 4h inking are very worth-
should give food for
, many of our young
men and !>6ys. His victory in the
ring is a moral, as well as a phy-
sical vietoi jr, and raises the stand-
ard of this sport to a higher plane,
than was i ver considered possible.
Tontmv’s :hampionship in the
c reated interest and
respect among men and
> hitherto felt an ab-’
Ather than concern in
these
Cong negations Invited to Join
in Singing of
Hymns.
Rev. W. A. McLeod of the Presby-
terian church will deliver the sermon
at the fourth of the series of union
service that is being held during
the month of July in the City Park
by the Episcopal, Methodist, Presby-
terian and Baptist Churches. The
service will begin promptly at 8
o’clock olosing within the hour.
A feature of the open-air meetings
has been the good muBic provided by
a choir composed of the members of
the various choirs of the churches
represented. Mimeograph copies of
the hymns have been furnished the
congregation in order that those at-
tending the Service may share in iMp
feature of the service. On next Sun-
day evening a song from a hymn
writer of each of the denominations
participating will be included in the
program, in addition to which the
male quartette will sing “Savior
Breathe An Evening Blessing” erd
the choir will sing as an • offertory,
“Crossing the Bar.”
The following program has been
announced by the ministers in
charge of the meeting:
Opening song—Stand up. Stand up for
J66US.
Prayer—Rev. Black.
Song-rln the Cross of Christ I Glory.
Scripture' Reading—Rev. Jones.
Lover of my Soul.
8eng—Savior Breathe an
y *5 1
THE CHAMPION
YOAKUM BANKER
COMMITS SUICIDE
THURSDAY NTH
Kills Self With Pistol Thurs-
day night in Offices of
Rational Bank.
Political Pot Boi
Election Draws
Close County
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tion-*-ltov. ’fclark.
in avidly
title in thfe
Thursday
stands .as
At.
CUEROYOUTHS
ESCAPE INJURY
Two Automobiles Crash on
Victoria Road Thursday
Evening.
Seven Cuero youths, returning
from the dance in Victoria Thursday
evening, miraculously escaped serious
injury, when two cars of the party
crashed on the Victoria-Cuerd high-
way.
Miss Willie Calhoun suffered a
painfully wrenched back, and other
members of the party, numerous
bruises, when a Buick touring car
driven by Jack Edgar struck a bridge
on the sharp turn at the DeWitt coun-
fy-Victoria county line. Michael Byrne
and Miss Louise Moffitt, other mem-
bers of the party were uninjured.
Pete Howerton, J. F. MicCrabb and
Paul Weber were slightly bruised
when a Ford roadster driven by How-
erton, overturned after striking a
ditch on the sharp turn just this side
of Nursery. „
X-Ray pictures taken of Miss Cal-
houn’s injuries Friday morning failed
to show any serious complications.
Both cars were considerably dam-
aged.
GENE TUNNEY
Unknown Power In Tunney’*
Right Meant Much .In Hi*
Victory Over Ton^Jeeney
Gene Tunney’s 'powerful right hand
punch enabled’ him to retain the
championship in Thursday night's
bout With Tom Heeney. British chal
lenger, in the opinion of thousands
of fight fans. Never before in Tun-
ney's career as a fighter, has bs
eleventh, Tunney was decidedly the
favorite, and his body and head
punches began to tell on the chal-
lenger.
Although cut and bleeding from a
gash over his eye. and a smashed
nose, Heeney courageously came out
FINANCIAL TROUBLES
Financial Worries Believed
Have Been Cause of
Suicide.
E. A. Kutac, bookkeeper of the
Yoakum National Bank, died from a
self inflicted bullet wound shortly be-
fore midnight Thursday night, after
shooting himself through the head
with a .38 pistol, while in the bank of-
fices
Kutac was found by the vice-presi-
dent of the bank, following a call from
Kutac’s wife, who urged that he hur-
ry to the bank, saying that her hus-
band had called her over the tele-
phone and told her that she would
never again see him -alive.
The injured man was rushed to a
Yoakum hospital, but the bullet
wound, which w^s just between the
eyes, proved fatal, the man dying
about thirty-seven minutes after he
fired the fatal shot.
Financial trouble was given *as the
cause for the incident, a verdict of
suicide being rendered.
Kutac was a man of about thirty
years, and had been an employe of
the bank for the past twelve or four-
teen years.
He is survived by his wife and three
small children.
Funeral services were held In Yoa-
kum this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Twelve hours before the poll* open fc
Democratic Primaries considerable doubt exist®
come of the several contests which hav*Mltrise*i
trict and county offices. R is in these races thdt local
principally centers since it is generally eoncelded
Moody will be returned to the gubernatorial cjhair;
races for otherL
BAPTISTS WILL
BUILD CHURCH
Plans Approved For Erection
of First Unit of New
Church.
PRIVATE PHONES
IN MUTI HOTEL
* ■
Every. Room in Hotel to
Equipped With Nkrate
Telephone. N
Definite action relative to the sale;
of the Baptist property now in use,j
in preparation for t|ie erection of at
new $25,000 church on the former J- P* Boole
Nash property on Brodaway, will be
taken at a meeting of the Baptist
congregation Sunday 'morning.
Although definite construction of a
new church has not yet been announo-
ed, plans for the building have^been
apo^ved and a committee of church
members has beea authorized to sell
the present property pf the church on
Broadway.
Original plans called for a *40,000
church auditorium and educational
building, but at the present, time only
the auditorium, costing slightly less
than $25,000 will be considered. The
second unit will be added later accord-
ing to the plan© of tbte committee.
The former ?ftsh property on the
corner of ClirtdflT and Broadway, i© a
moat
Broadway
ion, apd to s»r-
property is bow oi
J
B*H
state
have aroused nfc great
of interest with the
of that for TJniJ
ator where sei
vided among fijve
with Tom G innally,
Mayfield and Tom
seeming to be
with DeWitt <
Local interest
for the district
Waldeck of Cuero
the position for
John M. Green of
litical observers
close race for thl
outcome very muc
T. A. Graves,
for county attornej
W. L. Patterson,
bent, is conceded
chance to win. T)
has carried on
and has won stre
the voter© of the
nouncad for the
Another race
be very close is
£rj contest for
Ore,
has© little
beginning, Mrs.
DEMOCRATS'
displayed the power in his rgiht of his corner in the eighth to stage a
RANGERS SEEK
PRISON KILLERS
Plan of Kansas Pair to Cross
Border in Texas Given in
Warning.
AUSTIN, July 27.—State Adjutant
General R. L. Robertson warned all
ranger captains by telegram Thurs-
day to be on the lookout for a 21-
year-old youth named Schell, and
one 24. named Bellfield, reported to'
have escaped from the Kansas state
reformatory, shot a girl and assault-
ed an officer, who later dfed, and fled
toward Mexico in a stolen automo-
bile.
The telegram said Schell is of dark
complexion, tatooed an the arms,
wrist and chest, weighs about 150
pounds. Bellfield was described as
of the same weight and 5 feet 6 ins.
tall.
A reward of $100 is offered for each
If taken alive, and $*00 each if killed
hand punch as was used agiinst the
courageous Britisher in the bout
last night.
The Tunney of Thursday night’s
bout was not the “back peddling,”r
cautious Tunney who trotted to a
victory over Jack Dempsey, but was
an aggressive fighter, who chose to
stand in the middle of the ring and
take the "best of the challenger’s
punches, while he pounded and
mauled his way to a technical knock-
out.
The first four rounds were de-
clared even, with both fighters reel-
ing at times from well landed olows.
Tunney was cautious to keen away
from the ropes, having learned a
lesson in his last fight with Dempsey.
From* the fourth round until the
furious rally, and at the same time
to turn in his last real fighting iu
the bout.
Punches to head kept Keeney reel-
ing in the tenth, and the bell saved
him fitm a knockout after Tunney
had drived him through the ropes.
Heeney came out of his corner in
the eleventh, reeling, whipped in
body, but not in spirit. After Tun-
ney, holding back, had landed sev-
eral easy blows, Heeney’s backers
threw in the Sponge, and the fight
was over.
Sport writers ovar the country are
now predicting that Jack Dempsey
will be Tunney’s next opponent, but
Dempsey will never again enter the
ring in a championship bout in our
opinion.
GUNMAN DRAWS
: LIFE SENTENCE
CRIPPLED SHIP
DANGER FADES
Arkansas Jurors Convict Ice Breaker Stands By to Aid
Texan in Slaying of Vessel Loaded With 1500
Peace Officer. . *
Passengers.
OSLO, Norway, July 27.—Having
ASHDOWN, Ark., July 2<. Charlie < slruck a rock in Bell Sound, Spitz-
Frazier, notorius gunman of Texas,
Louisiana and Arkansas, must serve
a life sentence for the murder of
Constable Sellman of Foreman, Ark.,
June 19.
The jury returned the verdict when
court convened Thursday, morning
after having been out only 10 hours.
bergen, the German motorshlp Monte
Cervantes with 1500 passengers
aboard, including two Americans,
was stated in wireless messages to
be in no immediate danger' Thurs
day. ,
Standing by was the Russiau ice1'
breaker Krassin, which rushed to the
Sellman was shot to death when: ajd Gf the Monte Cervantes Wednes-
he attempeted te interfere in the sale1 day when SOS calls were sent out
of liquor to negroes by a white man, [ by the German vessel. The Kras-
alleged to have been Frazier. Frazier j sjn was about to go to Norway for
must now stand: trial on a charge of; repairs to damages received in bat-
killing Hence GiPas, Texarkana po- tering her way through the ice floes
liceman. in July, 1926. Twelve, rescue seven survivors of the
guards were stationed about the Jail Italia disast-ar when the appeal for
here Wednesday night and will con-
tinue to guard* Frazier until he is
taken to the state prison.
The convicted man took the stand
in his dt fense Wednesday and ad-
aid was broadcast. <
The Monte Cervantes wks on a tour
of the Spitzbergen region when tue
vessel struck the rock. Water euter-
•3d two of its bulkheads. These were
mitted that he had escaped fi Dm the being pumped out Thursday.
Texas state penitentiary < at Hunts- A diver from the Krassin was low-
vllle on two occasions, but denied ered into the Arctic waters to ex-
that he participated in the slaying of amine the damage to the German
a prison guard. He also denied any vessel. It is probable that the Kras*
Through a contract which has just
been closed with the Southwestern
Bell Telephone Co., private ’phones
will be installed in every room of the
Muti Hotel, as a feature of the ex-
tensive remodeling program which is
now under way at the popular hos-
telry. Through * the installation of a
private exchange at the hotel and
the extension of the service to every
room, the hotel will be in a position
to offer the same convenience as in
the large city hotels.
Electric fans are to be installed In
the rooms as an additional aid in pro-
viding comfort for the guests. Instal-
lation of private baths throughout
the building will add further to its
modernization.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
interior renovation through which a
number of additional rooms will be
arranged on the second floor doing
away with the rotunda which has
been closed over. The lobby, which is
expected to be one of the hondsoinest
in any small-town hotel In South Text
as, is nearing completion as well ns
the attractive entrance where French
doors and massive pillars provide a
striking background for the beautiful
arcade which extends across the en-
tire front of the building
Not only will the present improve-
ments add greatly to the appearance
of the hotel, both within and without,
but the accommodations will be ma-
terially increased and the senica
rendered more efficient.
Knights of Pythias
Install Officers
FIGHT BOLT
Prominent State Leader* Join
Smith-Robinaon Forces
Today.
NEW YORK, July 27.—(MS)—1Th«
Democratic campaign managers to-
day answered the incipient bolt move
in the south with the announcement
that two former National Standard
bearers of previous years had enlist-
ed in the front ranks of the aggres-
sive Smith-Robinson forces.
James M. Cox of Ohio and John W.
Davis of West Virginia, told John yJ.
Raskob that they were subject to hie
call for any service within their pow-
er.
George L. Berry, president of the
International Printing Pressman and
one of the founders of the American
Legion will undertake 4k) organize s
National Labor Committee. Bolting of
■the former Senator Owen, Oklahoma,
and the resignation of Senator Sim-
mons of South Carolina, from* the Na-
tional Committee, is causing the party
chiefs to devote more time to the
southern situation.
&
Officers who are to serve for the
ensuing six months term were in-
stalled at the regular meeting of
Jewel Lodge. Knights of Pythias, on
Thursday night in the lodge rooms.
J. C. Howerton acted a« installing
officer and the following assumed
their respective positions:
Leslie Clark—Chancellor - Com-
mander.
J. J. Fischer—Vice Chancellor.
Arthur Burns—Prelate.
Robt. Boesewetter — Master i of
Work.
Leverett Boesewetter—Master at
Arms.
T. A. Graves—Inner Guard.
Leo Froelich—Outer Guard.
J. D. Young, retiring Chancellor
(Commander, succeeded to the rank
of Past Chancellor.
James Curray of San Antonia vis-
ited Cuero friends Thursday « after-
TRAFFIC MARKS
ARE INSTALLED
New Traffic “Buttons” Placed
at Intersections of Prin-
cipal Streets.!
New traffic buttons have been
placed at all of the principal street
intersections of Cnero by the city
council in an effort to put a check to
careless driving over the city and as
a prevention of accidents at these
corners. Purchase of the buttons
was ordered at a recent meeting of
the city council when the street com-
mittee was authorized to take nee
essary steps to regulate traffic witt-
ing the city.
The buttons which have the warn-
ing "Slow.” painted in prominent
black letters on a- white background
have been placed at the entrance of
all main-travelled streets and motor-
ists are expected to check the speed
of their cars before crossing at these
points. These buttons together with
the traffic frogs, will he tested oat
before more drastic steps are
ed to check reckless driving
ever, is
factor' it
material
of the race.
Close
litical situation
Poet ter will be s
for county tax
December, basing
December's
race for county
ter’s long and fi
sistant in the
ce. it was the
the late Charles Tl
Poetter succeed
ed previous to bis
not be
would lend his
It Is gtneraUy
Stevenson of
on H. S. Bonham
Bute Senator,
toria
Sctivei in
dacy and pcadict
victory over the
live.
Two precincts
opposing
bounty
that S. D. Hefner, t
bent will win easily
Small in Precinct l
thought that R. L.
turned to office
hS*/**-
RaS
OCUttUR .
legislator
>i in the in
Outlook of
m
SAN »FRANCISCO, \
“Theoutlook of thew4
for thegreatest era ol
pension in history.” j
optimistic note, Herb
day predicted the st«
world trade, with Amt
tho golddn flood of
The
himself as n
sponding to
celebration
play a big part
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The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1928, newspaper, July 27, 1928; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth999715/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.