The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1933 Page: 1 of 8
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THECAL
The Wheels of In-
duatry Am Turning
Fait*
And The
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted Unreserve dly to the Development and Upbuilding of Burleson County.
The Caldwell News, VoL «, Na. M.
CALDWELL, BURLESON COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933.
BurleMon Co. Ledger, VoL 18, No* 22.
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LAWSON QUITS
POSITION WITH
COMMERCE BODY
Secretary of Chamber of
Commerce Resigns Ef-
fective Saturday
Wm. J. Lawson, for the past three
month* ecretary-manager of the Bur-
leson County Chamber of Commerce,
thin week tendered hi* r gnation,
effective Saturday, according to an-
nouncement today by C. A. Bain,
president of the body.
Mr. Lawson, who came here from
lit. Pleasant, worked unceasingly dur-
ing the cotton plow-up campaign, as
well ai in putting over tlic NRA move-
ment in this city. Through his ef-
forts Caldwell was one of the first
•mall cities in the South to sign the
blanket code, a majority of the busi-
ness houses securing their blue eegles
on August first.
Officials of the chamber of com-
merce expressed their sorrow at the
loss of Mr. Lswson's services, accept-
ing the resignation with regrets.
Mr. Lawson, it is understood, hss
accepted a position in Justin an<^ w'"
leave some time next week.
No steps will be taken immediate-
ly to name a successor to the present
secretary-manager, president Bain
stated today. Mr. Lawson, it was
said, was employed principally to an
Caldwell Men Speak
At Deanville NRA
Meeting: On Monday
A well attended NRA meeting, pre-
sided over by County Attorney W. J.
Alexander, was held at the O. D. H.
S. Hall, Deanville, Monday night.
Al Crystal, manager of Rosenwaser's
department store, as principal speak-
er, explained the objects and purpose
of the NRA movement to the farmers
and business men in attendance. G.
C. King, 'county ;^gent, urged the
Deanville residents to sign the con-
sumers' cards, while L. A. Andrepont,
publisher of The Caldwell News, ap-
pealed to the citixens for support of
Burleson county business houses,
members of the NRA.
Following the meeting all in at-
tendance signified their intention of
supporting the NRA movement.
CITY TEACHERS
ANNOUNCED FOR
COMING SESSION
Harrison Makes Public
Name of Members
School Faculty
AGED RESIDENT
IS CLAIMED BY
DEATHSONDAY
P. J. Wotipka Dies At
Ripe Age—Was Ac-
tive Many Years
Frank J. Wotipka, a pioneer settler
of this section of Texas and for many
years prominently identified with
Caldwell's commercial life, died at his
residence in this city Sunday morn-
ing at 8:30, following a serious ill-
ness of a week's duration.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Brethren church by Rev. F. H.
liorak, pastor, assisted by Rev. W.
O. Wright, pastor of the Baptist
church, Monday afternoon at four
o'clock, with a large attendance of
Burleson county citizens.
Fall Benrers were Hays Bowers,
J. J. Krenek, <\ C. Nelms, G. E.
Douglass, J. W. Gray and Pete Sef-
cik.
Mr. Wotipka was born in Czecho-
slovakia December 25, 1847, and ¡mi-
grated to Texas with his parents,
John and Anna Wotipka, in 1853. The
family settled in Austin county and
for many years lived a pioneer life,
farming. Here Mr. Wotipka spent his
early you'h and through the help of a
Everything is in readiness for the physician friend was able to secure
opening of the Caldwell high school what education he possessed,
on Tuesday, September 12th, accord- j In his early manhood Mr. Wotipka
ing to announcement by Festus H.,clerked in stores at Alberton and
sist in the plow-up and NRA cam- Harrison, city superintendent. ' Brenhant. At Brenham he finally
Promptly at 0 o'clock tlió school' bought the store he was employed in
bells will riM^I|njkAeMÍ^|títor^"on ,an<i WUH in business for himself many
county ililllfi'jfl MMpjji years. In 1882 he married Miss A ma-
pupils of the High staortfsr* expect- lie Marek, who survives him, besides
ed to be in attendance the first day. two sons and four daughters.
In announcing the personell of the After giving up his business in
faculty, Superintendent Harrison stat
paigns. He wm the first all-tin - paid
secretary the association has employ-
ed and no definite move is being con-
sidered at this time, it was said, to
«employ a paid manager, but if con-
ditions continue to improve it is ex-
the membership of the Cham
Brenham Mr. Wotipka moved to Schu-
of Commerce will devise means |od that a meeting of the teachers will
be held on Monday, the 11th. Those,
who make up the faculty are us fol-
lows:
Festus H. Harrison, supl. anil vivics;
S. H. Smyrc, high school principal,
chemistry and algebra; K. K. Darby,
coach and history; K. Hackney,
band und algebra und plane geometry;
Edward Balear, Czech and English;
Mrs. Clyde C. Wells, home economics;
Edith Welch. English; Rita Van
Cleave, Spanish and I.at in and libra
rian; Maude I.. Cuenod, commercial
and secretary-treasurer; Kelly Me
Adams, general scienr
for securing s successor to Mr. law-
son.
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History of County
To Make Up Edition
Of Paper Shortly
Former Head of l^outalana
Chamber of Commerce Em-
ployed for Special Work
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Negro Jailed For
Using Sawed Off
Shotgun He Made
Spectators at Dance Sprayed
With Shots Intended For
.Mexicans Saturday Night
and vocational
Complete and authentic history of agriculture; I.illie Dusek, department
Burleson county will be compiled by
The Caldwell News within the next
sixty days and will be prir'ed in a
specially attractive pictorial edition
of the paper. The exact date of public-
ation is not known but most probably
will be the latter part of October.
John W. Lewis, Jr., former manager
of tne Louisiana State Chamber of
Commerce, hss been employed by The
News for the purpose of preparing
this special issue of The News and
publishers of the psper solicit for him
the consideration of the public
Mr. Lewis is well known through
central and east Texas, besides his
home state of Louisisna, where he has
been indentified In community work
tor s number of yesrs. He is s thor-
oughly experienced journalist and civic
worker and no doubt will prove a
valuable asset to the community.
Old residents of the county, as well
as any one knowing of valuable his-
torical facts pertaining to Caldwell
or sny section of Burleson are invited
to inform the publishers of the paper.
]n due time it is expected that every-
thing of historical interest will la*
compiled for this edition, which prom-
isee to be one of the fined}, iver pub-
lished in this section of^Texas.
Temperance Markers
To Mm Sept. 12th
Methodist Church
By W. C. T. U. Reporter
The W. C. T. U. will meet on Tues-
day, September 12, 4:H0 p. m., in the
8. S. assembly room of the Methodist
church. All Interested are invited to
attend.
The W. C. T. U. is a union of busy
women. It is an organised embodi-
ment of individual longings, prayers,
hopes and labors.
It is a protest, against vicious laws
and barbarous customs uttered by the
organised volume of more than half
a million women in this country.
Will Newton's ability as a black-
smith on the Fountain farm in the
Brains bottom Saturday night lnnded
him in jail, according to Frank G.
Sefcik, constable for the New Tabor
and l ooks Point communities, who
with Wiley Carrington, Tunis Con-
f-table, arrested Newton following the
spraying with No. 0 shots of several
spectators at th" Woodson school
dance hall.
Newton, according to Constable
Sefcik, was walking along the high-
way, nea.- the (Joodson school at about
nine o'clock Saturday night, carrying
a home-made sawed-off shot gun.
Mexicans, in an old car, passed close
~T ~ h'm nn'l he was so infuriated that
f «lunifc <i. NN . (front, i ||. . i , ,
he proceeded to try his newly made
shot gun. IIfired one time, missing
t:ie car full of Mexicans. The shots
sprayed a crowd of people on the out-
side of the school building, one of
then striking Constable Carrington.
The two officers, who were specta-
tors at the dance, hurriedly went in
search of the mysterious shooters.
They soon came upon the negro, who
disclaimed any knowledge of the shoot-
ing. An investigation revealed the
gun in the weeds and then Newton
was taken to jail. Sunday morning
he admitted he had shot at the Mexi-
cans because they had caused him to
take to the ditch.
No one was injured, it was said,
and on Monday morning the negro
was relensed on bail.
Ni'wton was jailed once before, ac-
„ , .cording to his admission to the con-
former sheriff of Burleson county,' ... . . "
...... ...... ¡«,...i i.„ ,i... i i Ii'h "tallies, having been arrested in 11104
as a result of a negro brawl in the
Brazos bottom.
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Judge Grant Soon
To Resume Duties
On County Board
Condition Much Improved Aged
Official Plans to Itotnrn To
Work in Few Days
The condition
aged and widely known county judge,
has improved so much during the
past week that hope of hi resuming
his post of duty within a few days
is held out by his many friends.
Judge Grant was ordered by bin
physician last week to take a complete
rest and for a few days no one, not
even his closes, personal and political
friends were permitid to see him.
In the last few days the judge has
improved sufficiently to be about his
home and to receive his friends. He
is very desirous to return to his office
in the courthouse, especially since the
county officials are anxious to wind
up the securing of right-of-ways for.
No. 3(1 and No. 21.
During his illness Judge Grant was
replaced on the county court bench I
by Ed. Ellis, deputy town mnrshal and |
Relief Work Stops
As Director Waits
For State Moneys
Director Baker Expects To Em-
ploy Jobless When Bond Funds
Are Available
All relief work stopped in Burleson
county on September 1st and will not
be resumed until some time after the
1st of October, according to J. H.
Baker, relief administrator.
Mr. Baker stated that relief was
being extended, however, to people
in absolute need and in distressed cir-
cumstances. Sufficient funds are
available from last month's surplus
to supply the immediate need of the
distressed, he said. Those receiving
aid to purchase food and who are able
bodied, can, if they wish to , return
work out their relief when the pro-
gram is resumed next month, the ad-
ministrator said.
The voting of the $20,,000,000 bond-
issue by the people of Texas last
month assures the continuation of a
constructive relief program through-
out the state, Mr. Baker stated. This
program, he said, is expected to un-
der way on the 1st of October.
BEER PERMITS
SOUGHTHERE
BY
Many Fixing XJp Places
To Engage In Beer
Trade
Fourteen applications for beer per-
mits were filed up to Wednesday noon
hy various firms and individuals of
B- leson county, according to County
Clerk W. H. Hundley.
Ihc applications came in from al-
most every section of Burleson coun-
ty. Several more are expected before
beer becomes officially recognized as
a legitimate article of sale, on Sep-
tember 16 th.
Applications have to be posted in
the courthouse for ten days before
permits are granted, according to
Clerk Hundley. The rush of applica-
tions this week is due to the fact
that Tuesday was the last day one
could file in order to obtain the per-
mit for September 15th.
If the applications are granted by
the county court, the county tax col-
lector will issue the permits, Mr.
HARRISON SAFE
FROM HORROWS
OF GULF STORM
City School Head Writes
Of Devestating- Valley
Hurricane
"For 26 hours it was with us, 12
hours of which it was fierce" Thus F.
H. Harrison, Caldwell school superin-
tendent tells of the devastating hurri-
cane that wrecked the golden Lower
Rio Grande valley Monday and Tues-
day.
The Caldwell educator was in San
Benito during the storm. In a letter
to the Caldwell News he tells some
of the horrors of the most severe hur-
ricane in the valley's history.
"Our house came through okey,"
Mr. Harrison writes, "but was drench-
ed throughout from the roof and the
sides. We do not know what the dam-
age here is but understand that con-
siderable property damage has been
caused and in Harligen, six miles
away, the report comes that many
were injured. The water is receding
somewhat."
Press dispatches Wednesday were to
the effect that multi-millions of dol-
lars damage was suffered by the val-
ley cities, Raymondville having only
three buildings intact, Harlingen vir-
tually wrecked, Brownsville almost de-
molished and McAllen greatly crip-
pled.
More than one hundred lives were
lost, according to first estimates, and
hundreds of Valley citizens were in-
jured.
The American Red Cross has dis-
patched relief workers to the strick-
en country and all possible aid is be-
ing rendered the thousands of home-
less, It is said.
Farmers Plan To
Attend Meet In
Dallas On 8th
Countv-Wide Rally of Cotton
Planters Saturday Backs Up
Reduction Plan
who was appointed by the local bar
association.
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Mrs. Hartgraves Goes
On Buying Journey
Mrs. J. R. rfartgraves, owner of the
Gift Shop, left Wednesday for Hous-
ton, where she will purchase her sup-
ply of Christmas goods, according to
announcement today.
The well known Caldwell business
woman expects to have the largest
stock of toys and Christmas goods in
many years, she said before departing
for the Texas metropolis.
Caldwell Bakery Now
Has Modern Electric
Bread Slice Machine
The Caldwcl Bakery, of which Joe
Steiner is proprietor, Wednesday In-
stalled a modern electric bread slicer
according to announcement today.
The slicer, Mr. Steiner said, is one
of the very latest and places his bak-
ery in a position to render more ef-
ficient service.
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Hare Tours Rural
Districts Urging
United NRÁ Co-op
County School Superintendent
Delivers Several NRA Talks
During the Week
No more an enthusiastic believer in
NRA can be found in Burleson coun-
ty than J. M. Hare, county superin-
tendent, according to those in charge
of the campaign to educate the con-
sumers in the advantages of the
president's industrial recovery pro-
gram.
Mr. Hare has !>een busy all the
past week touring the county ilnd
speaking to the farmers of Burleson
county, urging them to get behind the
president's program and to support
NRA member*.
The popular county school officinl
is given the credit of having obtained
more rural residents to sign the NRA
consumers' cards than any other in-
dividual in Burleson county.
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Special Negro Show
Planned By Theatre
For Saturday Night
A special negro show will be offer-
ed the colored residents of Burleson
county on Saturday night, September
0th, at 11:30 o'clock, according to an-
nouncement today by the management
of the Matsonian Theatre.
"The Black King," southland's first
all-taiking comedy drama of negro
life, with an all star cast of negro
actors, will be presented. It is a riot
of laughs and depicts the life of the
southern nogroes.
At a meeting of Burleson county
cotton farmers at the courthouse Sat-
urday afternoon it was decided to
send a strong delegation to the Dal-
las conference, which will be attended
by United States Secretary of Agri-
culture Wallace on September 8th.
The meeting here was presided by
C. A. Bain, president of the cotton co-
operative association. Acreage re-
duction for 1934 was discusesd and it
was the consensus of the farmers pres-
ent that Texas should back up the
secretary of agriculture to the full-
est measure in his effort to reduce
cotton production.
Not only will the delegates named
at the meeting attend the conference
recently called by Mr. Wallace, but
it is expected that a large number of
farmers from all sections of the coun-
ty will go to the important meeting.
All Unemployed To
Be Registered For
New State Program
Registration of the unemployed in
Burleson county will be made within
a few days, according to a notice that
J. H. Baker, county relief administra-
tor, receiver from Austin this week.
Mr. Baker was unable to state
whether he will be given charge of
this work or not. He said that a
special office will be engaged for that
purpose and a crew will be put to
work registering every ' unemployed
and able-bodied citizen of the county.
Those wfao register, Mr. Baker ex-
plained, will be given preference on
all public works in the county during
the operation of the relief administra-
tion.
As soon as full particulars are re-
ceived from the relief headquarters at
Austin the county unemployed will be
notified to come to Caldwell court-
house to register, Mr. Baker said.
OPERATION IS
FATAL TO OLD
TM CITIZEN
J. F. Cobb, Highly Re-
spected Merchant, 111
Only Two Days
The news of the death of J. F.
Cobb, 74 year of Caldwell merchant,
which occurred at a Temple hospital
at 5:10 a. m. Monday came as a dis-
tinct shock to the entire county citi-
zenry, especially since the highly re-
spected business man had been in
good health almost to the time of his
demise.
Mr. Cobb, one of Burleson's out-
standing citizens, became ill Saturday
afternoon and was rushed to a Tem-
ple hospital, where he was operated
upon for acute apendicitis at 11 o'clock
Saturday morning. His condition
grew worse until death came Monday
morning. At the time of his death the
beloved man was surrounded by his
I devoted family.
! Mr. Cobb, a native of Georgia, was
np A W CfflP PC ¡ for years one of the most influential
L/Ilil If OuUIlIjlJ and prosperous merchants of Cald-
well. Until the depression his store,
the J. F. Cobb Co., was one of the
largest in this section of Texas, draw-
ing business from surrounding coun-
ties.
A native of Georgia, Ml*. Cobb,
when a young man, moved to Caldwell
In 1890 he started a small
millinery which blossomed into a sub-
stantial business and three years later
established what became to be regard-
ed as Burleson's largest department
store.
The deceased was not only a pro-
COUNTY RALLY
SATURDAY TO
Judge Gillis of Cameron
Scheduled to Address
Citizens
A wounty-wide NRA roily will be
held at the courthouse Saturday night in 1881.
and so much enthusiasm has been
aroused over the industrial recovery
program that an Uitit|UiühL large at-
tendance Is expected, aecffUlng to an-
nouncement today by NRA General
W. M. Hilliard.
Judge Gillis, of Cameron, one of gressive merchant but was one of the
the most forceful and interesting nl°st dependable citizens of the com-
speakens in this section of the state, munity. He was widely known for
will be the principal orator. General his charitable deeds and for his un-
Hilliard assures those who attend the dying faith in his city and eoujnty.
rally that they will be treated to a Ewry progressive movement .during
genuine oration by the well known fifty-odd years of h¡3 residence
Milam county attorney. here received his wholehearted support.
The general himself will deliver an He was a great friend of the public
address on the work of the NRA in schools and contributed liberally not
the county and several prominent rural on'y to his own Baptist church but to
citizens are included in the program, all religious denominations.
Among those who will discuss vari-
ous phases of the NRA are J. H.
Baker, Somerville, county relief di-
rector, John Seibert, prominent Dean-
ville banker and community worker,
and John Sebesta, of Snook.
The Caldwell high school band will
furnish music for the occasion and
every loyal citizen of Burleson county
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Paper Praised For
Broad News Policy
By Methodist Chief
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Business Better
As Farmers Sell
New Cotton Crop
AH Stores in Caldwell Report
Unusually Good Business
Compared to Last Year
Cotton Picks Up
Few Lost Points
0( Tuesday Close
Staple Is 33 Points Lower Than
Week Aro—Corn and Wheat
Both Fall Off
Cotton Wednesday picked up 20
points of a 40 point loss at Tuesday's
closing, according to October quota-
tions, for a net loss of 33 points for
the week.
October cotton quoted on the New
York exchange at the close Wednes-
day was 0:16 as compared to 0:48 a
week previous.
Both wheat and corn fell of sub-
stantially during the week. September
wheat closed at 84 and seven-eighths
as compared to 86 and five-eighths
last Wednesday. Corn suffered an
even greater loss, September quota-
tions at the close being 47 and three-
quarters as compared to 60 cents last
week.
The drop in cotton found many Bur-
leson county farmers disposed to hold,
though hundreds of bales were dis-
posed of on the local market.
Caldwell merchants reported last
week as the greatest in a number of
years.
i Friday, the deadline for obtaining
j cotton goods free of the process tax,
•Rev. Hassler Compliments Cald- foun(l hundreds of buyers thronging
well News for Giving Prohibí- i"11 <l, v >-")ods stores.
tionists Publicity 0n Saturday the streets of the -city
I were packed with people from all sec-
Rev. W. E. Hassler, of the Caldwell tions of the county and surrounding
Methodist church, is one of the strong- j count iee, who m¡\'<e Caldwell their
est Soosura that the Caldwell News trade center. Every store in town en-
Jias. if his weekly church publication | joyed an unusually large business,
j.s taker as a ba-is. He has made sev- many firms reporting it the best day
•ral tl-.ittering comments from time since 1929.
:o time about th's newspaper, all o*i Tht steady increase of business dur-
vvhich have been highly appreciated inir the past thirty days has given
J>y the publishers. ¡Caldwell merchants confidence in the
i The latest "boost" appeared in future and all are looking forward to
Brother Hassler's "Methodist Church" the winter season as the greatest in
on September 3rd and was compli-; many years.
iientary of the paper's broad news As a result of the foresight of sev-
>policy on the prohibition issue, and eral progressive merchants Caldwell
.for the benefit of the News readers enjoys the distinction of having the
't - herewith reproduced:
"Had you noticed our local Cald-
Vtll News! It is taking on the form
<if a real live medium of news. Ter-
minally 1 appreciate the consideration
he Editor, Mr. Andrepont, has shown
ti the recent election for the Prohibi-
ion Side of the election. He is giv-
nit us 'all the news'. "
"lie publishers of the News are
Seeking to be as progressive in the
((innmunity as the alert Methodist
minister and it is their hope they can at the residence of Rev. A. S. Broad-
become as much of a credit to the idus, with the latter officiating,
community as the ever jovial Mr. I The bride is the daughter of Mr.
Hassler, who never fails to respond and Mrs. Wab.r Sell, of Harmony
to tho call of civic duty. ¡community, and enjoys a large circle
Even though the publishers of The of friends. The groom is well known
News and Mr. Hassler differed in their young man of this county The cou-
prohibition views both have been fair pie will make their home in the Har-
to each other and to the community mony community, where Mr. Haddox
they are seeking to unselfishly serve, ejects to farm next year.
greatest stock of seasonable mer-
chandise of any city its size in this
section of the state.
Rev. Broaddus Weds
Harmony Couple At
His Home Saturday
Wade Iladdox and Mrs. Mamie
Green, of the Harmony community,
were quietly married Saturday night
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Andrepont, L. A. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1933, newspaper, September 7, 1933; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth175067/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.