The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 103, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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CALDWELL. BURLESON COUNTY, TEXA8. Friday. February 22. 1929
The Caldwell News, Vol. 2, No. CO
C. OF C. TO MAKE COUNTY-WIDE DAIRY SURVEY
Editor's Column
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The local talent play staged in the
high school auditorium last Friday
evening was a very creditable en-
tertainment. Every one "who attend-
end was well pleased with the way
the play was presented. !t "was in-
deed interesting to note the splendid
dramatic talent which our city affords.
There were some fifteen or twenty
characters and every one performed
his and her part capably.
Burleson County Farmers Active Throughout County
MIDE WONDERFUL
The only criticism that was offered
was. there 'was not enough people
sufficiently interested to make the
play the finan al succeas that it de-
served and was hoped for. The house
should have been filled to capacity.
It was probably one half or two-
thirds full. Citizens should consider
these benefit plays just a little more
serious and attend them, (jew"rally,
they are given for a good cause, and
if most every one will attend, tic
agencie sponsoring them will be
benefitted to the maximum extent.
* Then too, you encourage the young
people who participate help them
to develop their special talent, which
would ordinarily lio dormant and un-
known. Every community needs nil
the talent it can possibly afford. Lo-
cal plays affords a splendid oppor-
tunity to discover various talent
from time to time.
PAST FEW JAYS
Local Light And
lee Company To
Hold Open House
Plan To Entertain Public At A
Formal Opening of Its New
Uptown Office
UCAL BANK GETS
I
IT
GREATEST CROP DIVERSITY IN
HISTORY OF COUNTY NOW
BEING PLANNED
Next Friday evening the high
nchool plans to present an interest
ing play. Later the high school ban I
in scheduled to present a concert and
minstrel. Let's keep these special
events in mind and resolve to patron-
ize them, and show the participant*
anil sponsors our interest in their
educational welfare. The cent is but
little and the benefits are great when
•we come to realize them.
Another matter that we should give
some thought to is the county-wide
track meet that is to be held in ur
city the 16th. and 1 (Sth of next month.
At that time the school children of
the county and many <>f their par-
ents Will assemble here to take past
or witness the athletic contests for
county honors. Every business man
and every other citizen should plan
ahead to help make that day a plea-
sant one for each and «-very one of
them. The Chamber of Commerc •
has agretd to support the meet in a
financial way. It is up to each and
every citizen to support it morally
and socially. Caldwell citizens know
how to entertain. Lets make a good
job of it on the 16th, and 10th, of
March.
In the columns of the paper today
Johnnie Host, an experienced baker
of this city announces the opening of
a mAV bakery effective March 1st,
Johnnie was formerly with the ( aid-
well Bakery but recently decided to
go in business for himself. lie has
leased the Rankin building and is
equipping his shop there. 'I his w.ll
give our city two bakeries in the tu-
ture, the first time in the history of
the city. These are Worthy institu-
tions and modern necessities. The
present one bakes mighty good bread.
Mr. Rost will probably put out bread
of quality also. The people of Cald-
well will certainly be serving the
community to patronize these home
industries. The owners live here, buy
here and help in many ways.
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"We Would like to call the readers
attention to the increased number of
advertisements in this issue of the
News. There are several new adver-
tise . The Caldwell merchants are
bidding for the people's business and
are offering some real attractive
prices. Look each and every ad
over and if you are in the market for
any thing see them first before you
buy. The Caldwell merchants wants
your business, and Vne believe that
thdr stocks and their prices are as
good or better than can bo iound
elsewhere. , . , ,,
FERTILIZERS TO BE USED
¡Program Includes All Profitable
Branches of Agriculture, Feed
Food, Poultry and Dairy.
Ir. spite of the i xtreme amount of
sickness that prevailed throughout
the county during the beginning <>*'
the year, and the cold, wet, inckment
i weather during both months, the far-
' mors of Burleson County have been
extremely active every minute of th'
j time that they could work, and have
i made Woderful progress in all linos
< of farm work. While some are pro-
¡ bably behind, the vast majority of the
j most thrifty- inclined are well ad-
vanced with their work, and with the
good season now in the ground, the
agricultural outlook in the county at
this time is deemed unusually promis-
ing.
An extensive trip into different
sections of the county the latter pari
of last week and agin the first par:
of last week and again the first part
where unusually busy. It was com-
mon to see from two to five teams
in the fields. Many fields huve been
plowed and withmn one more week
with fav rabie weather conditions
many more will be completed. Coin
planting on a large scale will coin -
menee next week. Many are indicat-
ing that they Will strive to produce
their necessary feeds full gardens of
every thing to eat. On several farms
visited Monday bedding of sweet p<
tatoes was out of tlx principal ac-
tivities. Mr. Hush Whuley t/n on.
farm anil J. S. Whaley, his fnth«r n
another Wrre bedding some of the
prettiest potatoes we have seen in a
long time. The farmers are extreme
ly active with poultry. Mr. Frank
Prouhsky informed us that he wn«
going to produce another large flock
to use the coming fall and next year.
He believes in poultry and said that
if he could sell a portion of his farm
he would devote tlie most of his time
to poultry. With a floek of approxi-
mately :tr () hens, he sold $850.00
worth of i ggs last year. Me said that
his total expense against this pro-
duction was about half or $425.00.
Both Rush Whaley and J. S. Whalev
said that they were strong for pure-
bred poultry and that they would
maintain and increase their flocks
this year. Mr. J. S. Whaley has made
a Wonderful success with his. With
a small flock of 125 to 200 Ivns, he
sold $480.00 worth of eggs. Close
by is Lon and Jack Norvillo. Thcv
have beautiful flocks and are doing
exceptionally well with them. Mr.
Lon Norville and wife are selling in
the neighborhood of 90 dozen per
week. They have one of the largest
and best ilocks in the county. Out
on the Bryan highway we stopped at
Ed Duewall's. Ed is exceedingly in-
terested in divesified farming, lie
has just recently built him a nw homo
and is fixed up comfortably. He has
two barns of good corn, plenty of
meat and is engaging in all tlve bran-
ches of farming. He has a pretty
flock of chickens, four or five good
milk cows and is profiting.
All over the county the farmers are
striving to produce all the things
that attend to better conditions. Ic
in not occasionally but generally.
With the spirit and determination the
farmers ore manifesting this year
there will bo no qosotion as to the
B. H. Schumacher, local superin-
'endent of the Western Public Ser-
vice Company announced this week
that on mxt Tuesday the 26th, his
company will hold an open hous -
formally opening its new uptown of-
! ce and display room which it juat
recent'y leased and equipped.
The reception will be held from
5 p. m. to 10 ]). m., a: I the public
m g mral is invited. Extensive prc-
•arations are being made for the oc-
eaasion.
The company plans to feature
many of the latest designs and mo-
dels of electrical equipment for homes
! and offices and at the same tim*
get better acquainted with its pat-
rons and offer patrons an opportun-
ity to become better acquainted with
it.
Refreshments will be served
throughout the afternoon and eve-
ning. Citizens residing in the rural
districts are included in the invita-
tion. They are invited to come.
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Unable to Det. . When or From
Whom Received. Work of
Some Smooth Artist.
SCHOOL TO BEGIN
The annual School of Missions will
begin at the Methodist church Sunday
t ight, with the pastor. Rev. W. E.
lasslcr bringing the first message.
Monday evening at 7:15. Profess i
C. L. McDonal Will speak on "The
Keepers of the G< spel". Tuesday ev
1 int*. Rev. J. C. Thompson, of Colleir
Station will speak or. "The Evar.gi
,;*m for Revival." Wednesday eve-
ning. Miss Thatcher, of Bryan, it".
inrge of mission work in that cit..
wil! speak on "Personal Evangelism."
I'hutsday evening, Hon. R. S. Bow i-
will close the series of services l>>
speaking on the subject "Evangelism
in the Sunday School and Home."
\t the close of each service, a brief
sucia1 gathering with light refresh
i • • nt will be observed. All are wel-
comed. Rev. W. E. Hassler, pastor
of the church invites each and over
lie to come and enjoy the series • :
services and the good fellowship.
Ti day a week ago, Mr. H. H. Wora-
ble, President of the First State
Bank oi this city was exhibiting to
sev.3 uf hi friends a dollar bill
tha' 1 .s institution had become in
p<- , ■ - : n of which had been raised
from Si.00 to SI0.00 and passed on
it r< ntly. So far, the officers have
be; • : aM. to detect when or from
whoi they received the raised bill.
Tht cha:, s are they never will fov
the money was accepted and mixt-.i
with other money before the discov-
ery of fraud Was made. The bill re-
sembled a genuine $10.00 bill and it
would require unusual close inspec-
tion for even an expert to detect
the difference. The crook accom-
plished his purpose in this way: He
used two or four $10.00 bills and a
*1 .00 bill. He tore the denomination
ber off of the ends of the $10.00
and shrewdly pasted them on the
corners of the $1.00 bill making it
to read $10.00. The figures were ar-
ranged so carefully and the pieces
glued so smoothly that ordinary ob-
servation Would lead most any one
to believe the bill was a regular
SI0.00 bill and he would acccpt it.
The bill showed that it was a $1.00
bill for it carried the denomination
umount in the middle in lighter print-
ed figuréis.
The bil! probably has been in cir-
culation for some time and probably
has passed through many hands be-
fore reaching the bank. The glued
' Iges of the numbers pasted on aiv
beginning to come loose and noticable.
Crooks have been known to have
■ s.*d this method to defraud people,
; it this is the first instance in tlu
'• istory of the Caldwell banks where
■tie came into their possession. it
might be explained that a bill of any
kind that U as much as two thirds
whole is redeemable for full amount,
This being the case a crook can tear
me or two corners of a bill off and
si ill have a bill that will pass.
Lou Hatter Succeeds
H. E. Earthman With
Local Public Utility
Baptist Pastor
Preaching Series
Sunday Sermons
At the Baptist church of this city.
Rev. W. O. Wright, pastor, is deliver-
ing a series of Sunday evening ser
mons on the story of the Prodical
Son as given in the 15th chapter of
Luke. The past two Sunday eve
tiings have been given over to the
-tudy of the first two verses. Next)
Sunday evening he will discuss
"Traps of Sin". A very cordial in
vitation is extended to the pubic o
attend these services, especially the
young people.
Mr. Lou Hatter of Navasota has
•eently been assigned District Rep-
■ sentative of the Western Public
Service Company, h eal public utility,
o succeed H. B. Earthman who has
been district representative for n
period of several months. Mr. Earth-
man, who has made good here and
who made many friends, has been
transferred to Beaumont t<> take
another position.
Caldwell Lions To
Hold Meet Today
John M. Sebesta and daughtei
Miss Fannie have just returned from
a trip to Houston, La Porte and Free-
port.
outcome as far as they are concerned.
The only thing that will keep the
farmers from prospering this year
will be weather conditions. Manv
farmers are planning to use ferti-
lisers on a larger and more general
scale. The merchants are already
making many deliveries. The pros-
poet along this lino is favorable.
The Caldwell Lion Club meets to-
day at the Caldwell hotel, Member ;
are urged to be present. Lion Sav-
age is on the job and says he wants
to have a full attendance. Cade and
Cromartie are on the program com-
mittee and are striving to have some-
thing of interest. Be there prompt-
ly at 12.30.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SECRETARY RESIGNS
EFFECTIVE MARCH I
Local Talent Play
And Style Show
Draws Good Crowd
A Number of Citizens Braved The
Cold Evening to Witness
Local Performance.
DESIRES TO KNOW
NUMBER OF MI
The local talent play and style
show staged at the high school audi-
torium last Friday evening, directed
by Mrs. Jimmie Hill of Houston, a
visiting artist, and given under thu
auspicies of the Parent-Teachers As-
sociation of this city, drew a nice
size crowd and pleased the audience, j
The play Was entertaining through-
out. Each and every one who took i
part performed in a very creditable j
mannner. The Style Show given in I
connection with the play attracted j
considerable attention. The young
lady models exhibited the new spring I
styles viry gracefully. The dry goods
firms of J. F. Cobb Company, Henri-
ier Dry Goods Company and Sefcix
and Skrabanek furnished the cos-
tumes. R
The gross receipts for paid admis-
sions amounted to approximately
$95.00.
Mrs. Hill, director of the play and
style show proved her ability for
training and staging the entertain-
ment in an unusually thorough and
artistic manner.
While the Parent-Teachers realized a
very nice profit from the entertain-
ment, they Were somewhat disap-
pointed by not having a full house.
They figured that their work in the
school is worthy of merit, and that
the public should have supported
them a little better than it did. The
auditorium probably was two-thirds
tilled. Those who attended Were
highly complimentary with their com-
ments.
Local Stockman Ships
Two Cars of Hogs
WORK TO START IMMEDIATELY
IS TO BE PUSHED THRU
TO COMPLETION
FARMERS ASKEO ID ASSIST
Information Is To Be Used For Their
District Benefit to Help
Further the Industry.
This Week Otto Wendorf shipped
two cars of hogs and pigs to differ-
ent markets. One car of hogs went
to Bartlett and a car of pigs went
to Kansas C;ty. These are feeder
pigs to be sold tu corn farmers ot'
the middle west.
Mr. Wendorf states in an advertise-
ment elsewhere in this issue that he
is in the market for more and Would
like for thoe who have hogs to sell
to see him by Saturday.
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TOJOLD MEETING
The Blue Bonnet Union composed
of the Epworth Leagues of the Gal-
veston District Will be the guests
of the Caldwell Epworth League Sun-
day afternoon. Miss Renee Mooj-
ehel of Houston, president of the
Texas Conference and Miss Johnnie
13. Kicker of Kenney, president of
the Blue Bonnet Union will attend.
These meetings are held bi-month-
ly at different cities over the dstrict.
Parent-Teachers
Thanks Public
At a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce Mr. Herbert Childerss re-
signed aa Assistant Secretary effec-
tive March 1. He will go to Cold
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The Parent Teachens Association
wishes to extend its heartiest thanks
and appreciation to the Public, for
its liberal patronage to te home tal-
ent play, "The 1944 Flapper" which
was presented on last Friday eve-
ning. We also want to thank all
who took part in the play, or who
helped in any way to make it the
decided success that it was, and as-
sure you that the organization as a
whole appreciates your assistance.
CALDWELL P. T. A.
B. H. Schumacher, locai superin-
tendent of the Western Public Ser-
vice Company, attended a meeting
of company auperlntondenta held in
Navasota Tuesday.
Tuesday afternoon at a called meet-
ing of the Beard of Directors of the
Burleson County Chamber of Com-
merce it was unanimously dec:d:d to
make a general and through survey
of the county to ascertain at the ear-
liest possible moment the exact num-
ber of dairy cows there are on the
farms of the county to approximate
the extent the industry hats developed
and to determine the need*) of the
industry in the future.
Canvassing will be atarted at an
early date and every farmer in the
county is urged to co-operate. The
Work will be handled through the
schools in order to reach the peoplé
and complete the work fast. At-
tractive prizes will be offered the
school which secures the greaeat
number of reports. The grades will
be determined on the percentage basis
so that the small school Will stand on
an equal footing with the larger
schools.
The information cards are now be-
ing prepare and will be delivered to
the various schools as soon as possi-
ble. The Chamber of Commerce rea-
lizes that farm dairying is coming to
be one of the most profitable bran-
ches of Texas agriculture and it
wants to assist the farmers of Bur-
leson County in developing it to the
fullest extent in the county. The
questionaire cards Will include sever-
al questions bearing on important in-
formation that is much needed and
desired to intelligently appraise the
industry in the county and determine
what course should be persued in the
future.
The principal thought now is to
take stock of the dairy industry to
see how many cows are on the farnta,
the volume of cream and butter that
is being produced, htAv much is being
sold, and ascertain the number of
cows that might be needed ami
wanted. •*
As soon as the canvass is com-
pleted the information will be com-
piled, studied and used to the best
possible advantage to the county.
At the same time a poultry census
will be taken to get an exact line on
the progress the county is making
in that industry.
This is something new and out of
the ordinnary in this county, but is
a big step forward and if everyone
will co-operate in the move and not
hold back, there is a chance for much
possible good to be derived.
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Methodist Ladies
To Hold Their
Bazaar March 29
The ladies of the Methodist Church
announced this week that they will
hold their annual spring Easter i a-
zaar on Friday preceding Easter,
which will be March 29th. They de-
sire to inform the public Well in ad-
vance ao that it may give the event
thought
On that day they will sell fancy
work and novelties. They will also
serve a special dinner.
The purpose of the bazaar is to
raise funds to help carry on their
church activitiot.
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Cromartie, C. E. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 103, Ed. 1 Friday, February 22, 1929, newspaper, February 22, 1929; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174840/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.