The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1930 Page: 4 of 8
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THE CALDWELL NEWS
ALDWELL NEWS
And The Burlaw County Ledfter
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BOBBITT ASKS
INVESTIGATION
OF CHARGE HADE
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 13.—Pro-
posing and urging the appointment
of a committee by the Texas Bar
Association to investigate a widely
distributed circular, Attorney Genera)
R. L. Bobbitt challenged his opponent.
James V. AUred, to jotn him in a re-
quest for the appointment of such
MOODY VOICES
HOPE TO BEAT
FERGUSONISM
Governor Says People Out To
See Victory of Good
Government
"The forces of good government j
will win this fight," Governor Dan
Moody said Sunday at Dallas as he
paused during his strenuous campaign
Helping To Build
Oklahoma capitalists are interested
in a glass factory project at Brown-
wood, using sand from Santa Anno
Mountain . . . Dallas public utilities
apant $1,400,000 the first quarter of
1030 on major improvements and $1,-
000,000 during the second quarter, ac-
fHhig to Public Utilities Supervisor
Everman , . . Kirbyville has a new
éárport y. . San Saba County turkeys
ate representing Texas at the World
Bf'iHry Show in London, according
S to the Nsws . . . Marshall is paving
~ five miles of streets, costing $236,000.
Three Big Jobs
Are Underway
At State Fair
More
Than 400 Men At Work
On Huge Building
Program
Spending a total of more than
$400,000 on new buildings and repairs
at the State Fair of Texas, the ex-
f°r position has more than 500 men at
work on the grounds now getting
things shipshape for the 44th annual
Nacogdoches voted $60,000
street paving . . . FloresviUe is in-
teresting local capital is a cheese fac-
tory . . . Lubbock's building permits state Fair of Texas, which opens on
for the first six months totaled $1 - October 11, it has been announced
200,000 . . . The $4,760,00f addition 1 here by T. E. Jackson, president of
to the Deepwater plant of the Hous- ¿he fair.
ton Lighting 4k Power Company will The biggest construction job under
bring the capacity of that plant to
160,000 kilowatts, largest in the en-
tire South . . . Texas Power & Light
has purchased the lighting system of
way now at the exposition is the
huge 60,000 seat stadium which is ex-
pected to be completed sometime dur-
ing September. This job is costing
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Blooming Grove . . . Taylor's new the State Pair of Texas a total of
$116,000 postoffice is completed . . . $300,000, and 400 men have been at
Livingston is laying twenty blocks of work rushing the job to completion,
paving . • • Laredo is to have a new The next job is the livestock and
$260,00* school building . . . Potter Hairy products building, which is now
family's new $400,000 court house is under construction at a cost of $60,-
to be a modern office structure. 000. The building, which will also
be completed in time for the coming
Sonora, Sutton county, and V n, State Pair, will house exhibits of
Van Zandt county, properly celebrated dainr and livestock supply, feed,
Í the arrival of their first railroad*- equipment and manufacturing com
i the Santa Fe at Sonora and the Texas panies.
A Pacific at Van, new oil town .' A s*
across
A- special building 600 feet in cir-
\ Withthe acquisition of the systems cumference, 130 feet across and 65
* WW 4.1 DitMAna «Mil hiirh. I<
1 at Hartley, Texline, Dumas and Strat- high, is now under way to house
' ford and the extensions of service to * mcj8 cyclorama of the "Battle
Texas °' Gettysburg," the famous picture
and Flomot, the West
Utilities Company now serves 118 which will be one of the attractions at
towns aadrcitias in forty-five West the State Fair. The building is costing
Texas counties . . . Southwestern Gas $30,000 to erect.
4 Electric has extended its service to 1** addition to the new buildings,
8altiUo and Pritchett . . . Scurry old structures on the ground are be-
i county it tired of exporting 76 per in* repainted, reroofed and touched
cent of its milk and creaffi and Snyder "P at an estimated cost of some
' business men are promising a cream- $10,000.
ary project . . . International Har-j °
' «ester's new $80,000 building
8weetwater is completed.
" PECAN GROWERS
FACE BIG LOSS
May Seek Law Lifting Ban On
Squirrel Hunting
COLEMAN, Texas, Aug. 21 (UP).
Work is under way on San Benito's
$800,000 worth of new school build-¡
Jugs . . . Hamlin accepted its new
,9126,000 high school . . . Plans arc
jraady for the $1,000,000 Jefferson
¡county court house . . . The 122-mile
sastisn from Amarillo to Bois City,
'Oklahoma, will be the first section of . . . , . ,
the Santa Fe's Amarillo-Los Amigas -Squirrels are stripping buds from
'line built Actual construction has trees •lon« th? Colorado river, creat-
atarted ... Oilton is the 178th town ,n« for Coleman county pecan grow-
in Sou J. «est Texas served by the ■ difficult *««tion.
Central Power A Light Company, get- < The open season on squirrels in
king its first service in April . . Gulf the cwntJ * clo8«d- a"d none 0 th«
States Utilities Company has Com- ™th P? n trees that are being
pleted a new line from its Néches are des,reus of violating the
plant to Dayton, and also a line from >w, but they fear wholesale de-
Hankamer to Anahuac, Chambers struct,on of valuab
committee and offering to resign from against Mrs. Ferguson's nomination
office if any of the accusations are for Governor and for the slection by
proven true. If proven untrue Mr. ¡Texas Democrats of Ross Sterling of
Bobbitt calls upon Mr. AUred to make Houston.
public retraction and apology to the "The people are rallying to the de-
people for having circulated false fense of their State against a return
charges. ¡of Fergusonism. The women are en-
In explaining this circular and the listing actively in the cause, and we
charges therein contained Mr. Bobbitt are preparing to lead militant parades
made the following statement: to the thousand and one voting places
Just before the first primary some places in Texas next Saturday. They
200,000 circulars, costing thousands will poll a unanimous vote against
of dollars to be printed and dis- j Fergusonism. Throughout Texas they
tributed, were circulated over Texas have been organizing the last week
through the mails and distributed at and will keep it up this week with
the places where I was speaking. In added vigor, because they know the
them the Honorable Pat M. Neff, result is in their hands.
chairman of the Railroad Commission, ¡ "I have spoken to 50,000 people
myself, and members of my depart- during the last week. I find every-
ment were charged with having per-j where an aroused citizenship, and I
mitted certain oil companies to appear , have seen in the countenances of the
in a case with the State, and many people a determination that th ay will
other charges were made, the design never let the reproach and ridicule
of which was to destroy the public that beset this fair State in 1925-2S
officials' names, simply because the return. The people see in this cam-
Railroad Commission in the exercise paign the real issue involved, and
of its descretion rendered an adverse the righteous indignation of the peo-
decision against this man. The com- pl<? is aroused against Fergusonism.
panies that appeared in thn' case did ; "Practically every place I have
so by virtue of an application made (been Í have had even larger audi-
to and the authority granted by the enees than met me at these placea in
couit. the campaign of 1926, and I have
When the contents of this circular found the enthusiasm and the ardor
were made known to the Honorable °f these citizens such that it ppells
George Calhoun, one of the most loved the defeat of Jim Ferguson and Fer-
and respected district judges on the' guaonism in Texas next Saturday
bench in Texas today, who has not worse than Fergusonism ever has
had opposition for the last twenty- be1*11 defeated before.
eight years, and before whom the case Helped By Heckler
was tried, he denounced the tactics i «in several places I have been
resorted to by those responsible for heckled by Ferguson men. It has
the circular and challenged the truth helped to arouse the people, and I
of the statements contained therein have rather enjoyed it. The type of
and stated that there was nothing of those who have been lifting
improper or unethical in the handling a cheer for Ferguson has been an ob-
of the case by the Attorney General's \eMon to the folks in the audience
department, and nothing but an effort Heckling from this type has stimu-
to present, as competent attorneys jaUK] an unconquerable determination
should, the position and contentions ¡n my audiences to defeat Ferguson..
of their client in defending a suit ( "The cause of law enforcement was
brought against the Railroad ..Com- 8et back ten years by Mrs. Ferguson's
¡mission and which the Attorney Gen- fjr8t term, and the law officers of
eral under the law had to defend. , the State have not yet been able to
I do not know that my oppdnént put Jaw enforcement bock upon the
is responsible for having this circular game plane as before she took office
distributed, but I do know that al- 'aIld ¡SSUed pardons by wholesale. This
though-he was not a party at interest type of support that the Fergusons
he appeared in the court room during are receiving constitutes a direct
the trial and knew, or should have chaJlange to the law-abiding people
known, as every lawyer in Texas )o£ Texas and makes it imperative that
knows, that the companies appearing the friends of good government go to
there had the authority and right to the polls in solid phalanx and combat
so appear, and knowing this he, has that force which stands for the break-
acquiesced in the circulation of these ¡ng down of law enforcement.
falsehoods, and'although the author, "Make Every Day Count"
of this circular resides in Tarrant „„ri . .
. ... lit! While the people know the mean-
county some of them were mailed out!, , t . , .. . ..
, ... . ing of Fergusonism, I wish that old
of Wichita county, the residence of • R ... .. .. . . .
M All rf "*,m wou^ withdraw the threat which
T' , " . , . , he hangs over the head of the news-
I have tried to conduct my cam-1 " , , ...
.. . . , papers to sue for damages, and let
paign in the same manner that I have , . ,
, . , . . . .t ■ t the papers print his record and my
tried to administer the affairs of 1 ' ... . .. '
... ... i t v ♦ . a 4 comments on it. I have told them they
this office, and I have not tried to, .. . . ... . . ...
.. .. , t . - • could print anything he says about
deceive the people nor take unfair* K. ; . „ , .
. . . . 'me, and that I waive all claims to
advantage of my opponent, but since i ' • „ . . . .
. . , ' .< '. , 'damages. He wants to keep as much
he has made mention of this circular \ • ... . . . , , ,
as possible of what I say out of the
by his
for damages.
SAVINGS
For the Week August 22nd to 29th
Underwoods Deviled Ham,
No. i-8 can, 3 for ....
Peanut Butter, Temple Garden,
3 1-2 ounce jars, 2 for .... .
Fancy Blue Rose Rice, 3 lbs.
Tuna Fish, all white meat, 1-4 size
Pen Jel, 1 package i „ f
Grape Juice, 1 pint) dil lor
Toasted Corn Flakes, 2 for
Peaches, Mammoth Halves
Maxwell House Coffee, 3 lb. can
10 bars Soap \
10-quart Bucket
Malted Miik, regular dollar size
—fit—
THORNTON'S
L 6. A. STORE.
24c
~14c
16c
18c
32c
21c
23c
$1.08
5lc
59c
National Guards
Retara After Two
Weeks In Camp
enclosed letter of commendation from
Major General Fverson, Chief of the
Militia Bureau, Washington, 1). C.
| 2, J, wish to extend to you, the
Officers and men of your company my
sincere congratulations for the hard
work necessary in accomplishing the
distinctive mark which you have at-
Company E, 143rd Infantry, Texas tained.,
National Guards, returned early Hun-, 3. I feci assured this will result in
day morning from Camp Palacios, spurring the members of your com-
pany to even greater effort to main-
tain your present enviable position.
. .WILLIAM t; TOLKKNCE,
Lt. Cal., 143rd Infantry, Commanding.
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where it had been in camp two week"
in training. The officer report a very
enpoyable and successful trip and
stay.
Wins Commendation
WAR DEPARTMENT
Office of the Chief of the Militia
Bureau
Washington, July 30, 1030.
To the Commanding Officer, Com
pany E, 143rd Infantry. Texa*
National Guard (through Ad
jutant General of Texas):
1. To win the National Trophy for
excellence in marksmantthip one ir a
signal honor, but to have achieved
this honor more than once ii worthy
Sun'? Heat Here Friday
) Ignited Pistol Caps
I Believe it or not, Friday wan a
twarm one, vouched by the fact that
the heat from the sun's rays bore
down to such un extent that a bunch
of pistol caps carried in a pocket of
a lad of this city became ignited, an
attested by the lad's mother
Gl«nn Schiller, the young son of
Mi and Mm. John Schiller of this
of the highest commendation. It is city, was sitting down in the sun Fri-
with much pleasure that I learn that «liiy at their home in the afternoon.
Company E, 143rd Infantry, Texas and all of a sudden felt an unusual
National Guard, has joined the very amount of heat and upon examination
restricted list of organizations to found that a bunch of pistol caps of
vtnich this honor has fallen. Your the toy design were afire in one of
accomplishment is a testimonial of the. his poekcts. The ignition could not
high standard of marksmanship train-,be accounted for other than from the
valuable pecan trees.
CM * . . . Enterprising citUen. of « «• ' P" "
Al l subscribed 15,000 a> . bonus to throughout th, ™ct.on w.ll mak<, nn
MOOT, «lectrtc service from the Delias «"ort ^ "•* l" Prot^t.nK
Power t Light Compen, pnrtly to de- ;«rrrel"1'h' Wl,
tray the cost of buildin a highlioi. }' " th?t'he? I,v' '?*'
* 'have been budded and strip the
sprouts from the limbs a rapidly as
in his speeches dnd Has tried to spread ¡
the statements contained therein, and pap< rH
since a special press agent was em-
ployed to write and circulate articles
in the various papers over the State
reflecting on Mr. Neff's character and
mine, exce|*pts of Which articles have |
appeared in snid circular, I propose
and insist that we call on the presi-
dent of the Texas Bar Association
to appoint a committee of three to
ing maintained in your company.
2. You have set a high Ktandard
for the other units of the Texas Nat
ional Guard. They cannot but feel
admiration for your work and will no
doubt look to your record ax one
worthy of emulation. The xuccessful
result of your training during the
past year will probably render your
future task more difficult, in view of
the excellent example it has crectod,
since you will no doubt be oppotied by
many determined mark-men from 4he
other units who will be Rtriving to
bring to their organizations a record
such as you have established. How-
ever, I feel assured this will roaoH
in spurring the members of Company
threat to bring suits j E to even greater effort to maintain
I do not criticise or j your present enviable position. Such
blame the press; the paper-* are will- keen competition as you have err at
heat from the sun's rays. Fortunate
ly the lad was not burned. The cap?
and fire was removed hurndly.
ing to give both sides, but they have
"omething else to do besides meet the
expense of suits filed by Ferguson.
"In this campaign, as ultimately in
i all of Ferguson's campaigns, he has
'been put on the defensive, and no
man can defend what Ferguson must
answer. His threat against news-
investigate thih statement, and if ... .. , ..
. ... ... ... papers is with the purpose of limiting
that committee is of the opinion that 11 . , íL. u
Texas Electric Service Company,
Fort Worth, has taken over seven
towns in Tarrant, Dallas and Johnson
county and is now serving them. The
towns are Arlington, Grand Prairie,
my assistant did anything wrong or
unethical in that case or failed to >
do his full duty, I will tender my '
resignation to the Governor, but if
they report otherwise, then I call up-
on my opponent to denounce as a lie
they grow. thi>; circular that he han waved be-
Many pecan orchards in the c ounty !fon. the people of Texas and to
have been top worked and budded re- Lpokgize to me and the people of
cently and an effort is being made Texas for attempting to impost- upon
to make the industry one of the im- ¡thf> credulity of the people of thin
portant ones in Coleman county. To state.
as much as he can the things he must
defend.
"There are five more day left in
the campaign. Let's make everyone
of them count for an added majority
against Ferguson and for a greater
victory for good government." The
Dallas News.
Handley, Dal worth, Arcadia Park,
Burleson and Everman. The company wj]l be necessary, pecan men '
KNOW TEXAS
say, to rid the bottoms of squirrels.
will spond $460,000 .¡1 rebuilding and
«xtending the distribution systems
arid other improvements . . . Blanco. "
News reports bringing in of a well Mrs. W. C. Carroll, Mrs. T. B,
that produces Icthyol, an oil valued at Parkhill and daughter. Sara Elizabeth
from $200 to $260 a barrel. It is sup- nd Jacqulin, «pent the past week in
paaad to be the oil from -h of pre- Houston and Beaumont.
liflfeorte times . . . Southern Pacific j o
|aa sigilad contract to build and oper
Qtc Mm (Mf * West Texas Railroad
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■Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Newcomb re I Texas cotton acreage for 1930 i:-
turned Monday from Houston where estmiated at 17,500,000. Corn with
they took their little daughter to a j4ih(j(¡,000 acres m in second place,
baby specialist. She is reported to wheat. 2,620,000 and oaU 1,MS,000
getting along nicely. ¡follow in the order given.
In-
j Mr. and Mrs. Hal Shannon and
family Of Richmond were week-end
projected from San Antonio to San KU(itts ot Dr> and Mrs. T. L. Good
Mrs. H. W. Bates and grandson,
Frank Eidman, left Thursday to visit
relatives in Bay City.
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On enlarging and im
Ma transmission system, Dal-
A Light has secured per-
$1,268,247, a major item
volt line completely
1 YrliM,
night.
| Texas has three electrically lighted
¡baseball parks for night games—
{Houston, Waco and San Antonio. In
Mrs. Austin of Mississippi came ii> l^e States .18 cities are play-
Mrs. Hays Bowers and son, James;
Robert, and Miss Mattie Williams
this week to visit her sister, Mr*. C.
S. Williams and family.
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Mrs. Lisaie Smith returned home
ing night baseball.
left Wednesday for a few days visit guná^y from m several months visit of R
in Houston. ]to her daughter in (Par , Bfckaway, I
Mr. J. W. Schiller was a Houston
visitor Saturday attending a meeting
C. A. radio dealers.
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ed by your work will have a most
beneficial effect upon marksmanship
training in Texas in general.
3. If the standards in other phhsex
of training of the company are equally
high, you can truly feel that your
organization in a splendid fine, and a
credit to th<- whole National Guard.
4. I wiHh to extend to the officers
and men of the company my sincere
congratulations and best wishes for
the continued high degree of ex
cellence in Company E, 143rd Infantry-
Texas National Guard.
Wm. G. EVEKSON, Major Genernl.
Chief, Militia Bureau
Adjutant General of Texas
Camp Palacios, Texas. Auir. 4, 1930
To ('oinmaridinK Officer, Company
E, 143rd Inf., Pala ii-h, Texan.
(Through the Commanding Offi-
cer, 14;ird Infantry).
1. It i.x most pleasing Ui the Adju
tant General to note tin. nice letter
!jf commendation.
2. May I request that this letter be
read to the officers of your organ-
ization on assembly formation.
ROBT. L. ROBERTSON,
Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS, 143rd Infantry
Camp Palacios, Texas,
August 12, 1930.
To C. O. Company "E,"
•Camp Palacios, Texas.
1. It is yeiy gratifying to i the
Regimental Command*" . to npte the
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