The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 89, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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CALDWELL. BURLESON COUNTY. TEXAS. Friday, October 4. 192 .
Burleson Co. Led ver. Vol. 44, No. 3 .
State College Male Quartette Comes Here
Editor's Column
The g*a people are going right
ahead with their operations. We
haven't seen the heads iince the city
granted the franchise, but we have
been in touch with their actions in-
directly. We were in Somerville Tues-
day and Mayor Catling said that Mr.
Stewart was in and out there all the
time. He said that he had establish-
ed an office in his city and that the
engineer had arrived to do the pre-
liminary surveying. Another party
saw Mr. Stewart Sunday in Brenham
and he told him that he had ordered
the pipe, and should commence active
work soon.
• • • •
The paving ordinances ran the last
time Today. The engineer was here
last night meeting with the council
to further the paving activity. The
tax rate will be set and the public
hearings will be set. This civic
activity is being pushed as rapidly
as pontile. The paving program nee-
ess i ta tes so much legal procedure
that it takes some time to complete
it. We just have to wait.
* • • •
The electric light people were back
this week confering with the council
with reference to the new rateB that
they offered, which were rejected last
week. They stated that they would
like for the council to approve them if
it would. The council gave them a
hearing Tuesday evening and went
over the rates again. Nothing defi-
nite was decided. The council aaked
for a detailed itemized statement
showing where their proposed reduc-
tions would come and how many users
would be affected under each classi-
* fication. This information was pre-
pared, and was handed the council
late yesterday afternoon for their in-
0 formation. The matter was to have
b#en gone over last night at a regu-
lar meeting and considered.
• • • •
The council is going to go over the
, light company's rates again to deter-
mine fully the real saving and bene-
fits. At the same time it is going
to consider the matter of installing
a municipal plant. There is a strong
under current for a municipally owned
plant and while the matter is up, the
council is going to see definitely what
can be done. If a plant can be feasi-
bly installed to save the citizens mo-
ney and the city too, then one will be
undertaken. The council has marked
time more or less this week to ascer-
' tain definitely just what the light
people will do. They plan to go into
the matter fully after this week.
Power Heads
Question News
Rate Statement
SOMERVILLE
HOST TO LOCAL
BUSINESS MEN
Several Attended From Here
Tuesday and Discussed Im
portant Matters
B. H. Schumacher, manager of the
local power company office here,
takes exception to the statement we
made last week about the reduced
rates that they desired to put into
effect here, which the council reject-
ed because it could not figure where
any benefits would accrue materially.
Mr. Schumacher's letter follows:
"in your last issue of the Caldwell
News you had a statement to the
effect that the reductions in the
lighting and power rates offered by
my company to Caldwell consumers
were insignificant. In all fairness to
me and my company I feel that you
should inform your readers that the
proposed reduction will effeit a sav-
ing of approximately $.r>,000.0() per
year to our consumers in this city.
This figure is based <>n meter
readings during August and Septem-
ber which are, ns you know, the
months of the lightest electrical con-
sumption, hence the saving over the
period of a year will be even greater.
It will no doubt be of interest to
the minimum consumers to know that
none of them will have his bill in-
creased, but nil will receive n de-
crease. Fifty-six and one-half per
Upon special invitation, eight or
ten of the local business men of this
city attended the regular weekly
luncheon of the Somerville business
men. They drove down in automobiles
about 11:30 and returned about 3:00
p. m. Quite a nice crowd was pres-
ent at the meeting. A bountiful din-
ner was served and a jam up good
social meeting was held. No set pro-
gram was rendered. The meeting
opened with two solos sung by one
of Somerville's lady artists. Mr. Gat-
ling, president of the Somerville
business league made a few intro-
ductory remarks and the members
and visitors began to partake of the
excellent meal that was served. Fol-
lowing lunch, good roads were dir
cussed, and it was brought out very
forcibly that both the Somerville and
Caldwell business men favored a
bond issue proposing to build the two
highways and a system of lateral
roads throughout the county .
The meeting was ultra-harmonious,
and the social contact was splendid.
The somerville business men greeted
the Caldwell visitors with smiles and
hearty handshakes and ail expressed
¡ their hearty co-operation in any kind
of a road program that is for the
greatest benefit to the county .
The Somerville citizens are seem-
ingly string for good roads as well
as the ones in this section of the
county, and they expressed a willing-
ness to assist in launching a cam-
paign for a county-wide issue.
iNo definite action was taken at
: the meeting. The two groups decid-
ed to study the situation here in the
county and assist in feeling out the
sentiment of the people and see if
something cannot be done.
Ten or twelve made brief talks and
, stressed the need of good roads to-
day in Burleson county. They said
the time has come that if Burleson
county does not build a system of
¡ good roads that the county, that
i business, that agriculture and every-
thing else is doomed. They referred
to the election that was carried in
Brazos county the past week five to
one. that will pive that county a sys-
tem of good roads right up to our
door. Other surrounding counties
were mentioned where good roads
prevail. They said that they sure
felt like that now it is up to Burleson
county to build.
The road question was mentioned
as one of the most vital matters of
today. The speakers said that if we
expect to hold the people that we have
and interest others to come here, to
invest, build and develop the county,
we have got to provide this modern
convenience.
The propriety of launching a cam-
paign at this time was touched upon.
One speaker said that the road bond
issue was like some other things,
that there was never a convenient
time. He said that if we want to go
forward, we must make the time
; convenient. He said that this fall is
¡ about as convenient a time as we
' will ever have. As to the payment
! of taxes, he said that the first pay-
I ment would not come until 1931.
| The good roads question is some-
j thing that interests a vast number
of people of the county. They
sincerely foresee the need and
conscientiously long for them, feel-
ing like that it is progressive, for-
ward and a beneficial stride. No set
system of roads was suggested.
Cotton Market
Closed Down
STATE COLLEGE QUARTETTE
SAND GOES TO
DALLAS FAIR
OCTOBER 12
To Enter State Fair Band Con-
test; Special Pullman
Chartered
Four artista who will render Sacred Concert Sunday evening at the First
Baptist Church of this city. The personnel :s: Ezell Murdoch, tenor;
Jimmie Green, lead; Joe Berry, baritone; and Kenyon Douglass, bass.
BIRDSONG TEST
WELL FOR OIL
TO GO DOWN
LARGE CROWD
HEARS NEW
LOCAL PASTOR
Derrick Completed and Machín- Installation Services at Lutheran
ery On Ground; Drilling Church Here Well Attend-
To Start Soon
The H. L. Griffin well on the 2500
acre block in the Birdsong community
is ready to begin drilling. The der-
rick has been completed and the
machinery is on the ground. A^.ual
drilling will commence within the
next few days, according to reliable
reports. A competant driller has
been employed. Mr. Joe Anderson,
the geologist who made the location
will be placed in full charge of the
drilling. Cores will be taken each
change of formation. By doing this
no oil will be passed the operators
state. Each core will be tested per-
sonally by Mr. Anderson as he will
be on the ground all the times. They
are expecting this structure to pay
off around 800 to 1100 feet, judging
from the geology of this particular
vicinity.
The H. L. Griffin No. 1 is located
one quarter mile north of the Bird-
song school house on the Otto
Brinkman tract of land and about
16 mile southwest of Caldwell.
The parties interested intend to
give this part of the county a fair
test, they state. They said that if
they do not get oil in the first well
I they intend to drill three wells on
this particular structure.
This is the first oil activity in that
| part of the county and the deepest
well ever drilled in the vicinity was
only 149 feet for water.
EARLCOLÉMAÑ
INJURED IN
FALL TUESDAY
Earl Coleman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Coleman, was brought in Tues-
day night suffering from injuries re-
ceived when he fell from a bridge
between here and Dime Box. He was
working on an H. & T. C. bridge
and fell and injured his back. He was
reported as getting along very nicely
yesterday.
Lc -al Power Company
Rebuilding Its Lines
In Busisness Section
ed Sunday Evening
On Sunday evening one of the
largest gatherings in its history
crowded in and about the local
Lutheran church and participated in
the installation services of the new
pastor. Those who could not find
room within the small church kept
within hearing distance of the ser-
vices, sitting and standing on the
lawn about the church. The former
pastor, Rev. Luther M. Schliesser,
now located at Houston, formally in-
stalled as his successor Rev. W. A.
Adix, of La Porte City, Iowa. In a
short address before the installation
services, Rev. Schliesser greeted his
many friends and briefly addressed
the congregation in words appropriate
to the occasion. After the new pastor
had officially been installed, he
preached his introductory sermon.
The men's choir, under the leadership
of Mr. Pape, contributed to the ser-
vices by singing, 'No Night There"
and "I Will Lift Mine Eyes Unto the
Hills."
Rev. Adix says that for the time
being the regular order <>f services
will be resumed. Every Sunday eve-
ning at 7:30 there will be English
services. On the second and fourth
Sundays there will be German ser-
vices at 10:30 in the morning. Sun-
day School will meet as before at
9:¡50 A. M. every Sunday morning.
Band To Sponsor
Benefit Concert
Tonight Week
Proceeds To Go Towards Help-
ing Defray Expenses To
State Fair
(Continued on page eight)
The cotton market closed five points
down yesterday from the day before
anil good grade early picked staple
was bringing 19c on the streets. Oth
jer picked, grades and staples were
quoted around 18 1-2 cents.
The Gulf States Utilities Company
¡has a line crew here this week re-
building its service lines in the busi-
ness district. New, taller and larger
| poles nre being erected to handle the
'high power current thnt has recently
, been brought into the city on its high
line.
' Thirteen hundred families reat it
in the News.
A benefit concert will be given by
the Caldwell School Band Friday,
October 11, the day before they leave
for the Dalias State Fair, to help
pay their expenses in the state con-
test.
The trip will cost approximately
$400.00. Though the school board will
lend the band the money necessary
the band will repay the loan, iriving
concerts to raise the tequired sum.
Over 40 members of the band will
participate in the concert Friday.
October 11. A full evenings musical
program will be offered, featuring
the contest numbers to Ih played at
the Pallas State Fair. The price of
admission will be announced later.
Mr. and Mrs, A. T. Mann and baby
daughter. Mary Sue. are week end
visitors in Caldwell this week in the
home i>l Mrs. Mann's mother, Mrs. J.
H. Popek.
Saturday night week the Caldwell
Public School Band, under the direct-
ion of Mr. C. R. Hackney, will board
a special pullman to be chartered for
Dallas to attend the State Fair where
it will enter the band contest being
sponsored during this auspicious
state-wide occasion.
The members with their chaperons
will meet at the H. & T. C. railway
station and board the special pullman
that will carry them to Dallas. The
students will go to sleep and will wake
up in the city of the "Big State
Fair." The pullman will be the band's
headquarters in Dallas. When they
arrive, the boys and girls will de-
train, eat breakfast and give a brief
concert in the lobby of the Adolphus
hotel. The remainder of the day will
be spent in sightseeing. Monday
morning will be devoted to resting
and practicing music. Monday after-
noon the band will enter the con-
test at the Fair grounds. The select-
ions to be rendered in the contest
are: "The Golden Sceptre," overture,
by R. Schlepegrell, and the solo num-
ber, 'The Holy City," by Stephen
Adams. The band will return early
Tuesday morning.
The trip is to be financed by the
School Board, which will lend it the
money for transportation to and in
Dallas. The band is to re-imburse
the Board by giving concerts this
fall and next summer.
Mr. Hackney says he is very well
pleased with the manner in which the
students are practicing for the con-
test.
Flat Negro Placed
Under Bond For
SeUjng Liquor
Saturday afternoon, city marshal,
B. A. Broaddus made an accidental
arrest charging Dock Wyatt, a negro
resident of the Flat in the northern
portion of the city, with selling
booze in violation of the prohibition
laws of the state.
| Wyatt, so City Marshal Broaddus
stated was actually engaged in sell-
ing liquor to others when he happen-
ed up while trying to locate another
negro on a business matter for an-
other party.
Marshal Broaddus stated that there
were about nine Mexicans at the
¡ negro's home patronizing him, re-
freshing and evidently laying in a
supply over the week-end. He said
that when he walked up three of the
Mexicans noticed him, planked down
their money and fled out the side
door. He said he approached Wyatt,
and said, "You are determined for
me to get you." Wyatt, he said, re-
plied, "Yes Sir!" Marshal Broaddus
said he told him to come on. The
two came on to town where Wyatt
was placed under $200.00 bond to ap-
pear for an examining trial.
Saturday morning the Sheriff's
department raided Berry Smith's
place of business in the Flat near-by
and picked up 130 bottles of beer and
a quart of whiskey. Berry was ar-
rested and placed under bond.
Parent-Teachers
To Meet Thursday
A regular meeting of the Parent-
Teachers Association will be held
Thursday afternoon, October 10, at.
3:00 p. m. The members are invited
to attend. An interesting program
is to be rendered, and a good meet-
ing is anticipated.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Cherry were
(.•idiliiigs fair visitors yesterday.
WILL APPEAR
AT BAPTIST
CHURCH SDN.
Splendid Program of Sacre 1
Music Offered; Four To
Sing at Evening Service
The Male Quartette of the State
College, San Marcos, Texas, will sing
a complete sacred concert in the Fir st
Baptist church here Sunday evening,
October 6. This quartette is said k.y
Dean Francis Wheeler of Centenary
College, Shreveport, to be the fine t
college organization in the who I o
South. Whether this be true or no ,
it is neve-the-less true that they havo
sung in over two hundred Texai
churches during the past three years.
They have made their fourth consecu-
tive appearance in Corpus Christi
and have four dates for this year.
It is stated that it is very seldom
that four such voices have been got-
ten together in a college organiza-
tion. It so happens that this particu-
lar crowd' is together because
Director H. Grady Harlan, head of
the music department of the college
has selected his voices from all over
the state and has arranged concert
tours that make it possible for the
boys to earn a part of their living
and school expense.
It is understood that a free will
offering will be taken for the boys
and Caldwell will certainly have their
name placed on the Honor Roll of th*
Quartette for doing its part of the
estimated overhead.
This Quartette never fails to sívjt
to an overflow crowd, it has benn
stated. Those sponsoring the concert
intimate that it might be wise for
all who desire seats, to come at
least fifteen minutes earlier than the
regular time announced for the ser-
vice. People oftentimes, it has been
stated, drive fifty to seventy-five
miles to hear them.
The programme has a purpose. It
is both interesting and inspiring, and
every one who hears them will be
made better it felt sure. The spon-
sors invite the citizens of the whole
city to turn out. They say that they
would like to see one thousand in at-
tendance.
Hornets Defeat
Somerville Hi
Here Friday
In a kinder one-sided walk over
game of football here last Friday,
the Caldwell Horntes defeated the
Somerville High school eleven by a
score of 69 to 0. The locals showed
good form as in the past and had no
trouble in walking away with the
game.
A very good crowd from both this
city and Somerville witnessed the
game.
Two Residences
Change Hands
In Deal Lately
This week Mr. H. P. Woodson and
Rev. A. S. Broaddus effected a deil
whereby they traded houses. Mr.
Woodson traded Rev. Broaddus the
home formerly occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Cade for Rev. Broaddus'
home next door. Possession was taken
immediately. Both homes are direct-
ly in front of the High School build-
ing and campus.
Local Citizen
Critical?,
Ill
Mr. D. C. Alford, one of t!.e i'y a
highly respected citizens and f< ¡ me *
business men is rope ted to I
cally il! at his home here. It I" >
daughters were called to his 1 . niu
a day or two ago.
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Cromartie, C. E. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 89, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1929, newspaper, October 4, 1929; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174869/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.