The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1937 Page: 1 of 8
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CALDWELL TEXAS,
>AY, JANUARY 14,1987
HEADUNES
"NBWS ON PARADE"
Poster for Boy Scouts9 Jamboree
Bint ImUUi
Large Portion
Of State of Tun
Texsns arc breathing hug1 sighs
of relief occasioned by the rilent
ing of Old Man Winter after a visit
to tilia átate which tied up many
linea of communication, isolated
vhok1 towns and made automobile
travel more than hazsrdnus.
Bridge* were covered with sand to
prevent accidenta, telephone and
telegraph lines were down and bus
and railroad traffic ran several
hours late. Crops, foitunately, were
not aeriously damaged in tlu> fer-
tile Lower Rio Grande Valley and
the Winter Garden districts.
Preparing
Por Occupation
Of Spaaiah Morocco
Prance has mapped plans for
the immediate occupation of the
Spanish Moroccan territory if the
Spanish insurgents do not remove
Gorman troops from that region,
according to word from Paris.
France'a experience* in the Riff
and other Moroccan sections makes
that nation afraid of possible up-
rising if other troops are occupied
there. It is expected that it will
take about 86 hours to move 100,000
French troops into the section if
a decision is made.
AatsaskHf Strikers
• Ml Settlement
Altar Conference*
The Internal struggle between
two hranchea of the various labor
anioaa has almost paralyzed the
motor Industry, especially insofar
aa it affects the General Motors
Corporation. The fight is not be-
tween employer and employe as
much aa it ia between the Commit-
tee for industrial Organisation and
the American Federation of Labor.
One unit'called the strike and an-
other ia trying to break it. The
one that is successful will ruin the
labor world, the leaders believe.
While the unions figh't out their
troubles thousands are out of work
and daalors throughout the country
ara waiting new ears to fill orders
which are pouring in at an unpre-
cedented rate.
Commualat Veteran
Reaches Mexico;
To Live 1a Capital
^ Leon Trotsky, one of tho prime
movers in the rebellion which made
¡> Ruaaia a communistic nation, has
arrived in Mcxicu City. He will
make his residence there since Nor-
way has refused him further re-
fuge as an exile from Russia. Trot
tky has promised to "l>e good" and
abide by Mexican governmental
regulations and the Mexican Gov-
ernment is making sure that he
will by providing heavy forces of
"guanta" at all times ami trans-
porting him in solid steel railway
cars and automobiles.
Army, Navy Hike
Plana Opposed
By Weatern Solons
Plans are already under way to
form a Weatern bloc to oppose
Preaident Roosevelt's proposal of a
9980,000,000 appropriation for mili-
tary uses. The westerners claim
that no other nation on earth is an
safe from attack as the United
States and call tho plan an baurd
one. The senators and congressmen
also claim the expenditure would
bo waated. There are two side* to
the queation that any reasoning
porton can see. It will be interest-
ing to watch the outcome of the
fight, the first major one planned
• against Rooseveltian policies.
Child Movie Stars
lapp^ by Professor
Who Raya They're Holla
Hubert C. Heffner, professor of
dramatic literature at Northwest-
ern University, has little respect
for boy and girl movie actors. He
declared recently that the children
were nothing more than animated
dolla and without individual talent.
Ha gave as the reaaon so ;nany
baby actors turn out to lie adult
failures in the dramatic field, the
fact that they lack native genius
without the nursing of their special
directors who school them in every
grimace and gesture. Despite all
this there is no question but that
their popularity is general, i
Of
In
McNutt b Decorated by French
Directora and
ed At
Bank atoekholdRfk and directors'
meetings in the two Caldwell banks
Tuesday wore rouMfte affairs with
no changes In ofHfeial staffs.
At the Caldwel National tha
following were nai
Directors, C. C. lfelms, M. Smith,
Pr.til G. Haines, I. G. Shanklin,'
Mrs. J osle Smith, R. J. Savage and!
B. F. DJaniaUr. ■,
The directors elected the follow*
ing officers: C. <1 Nelms, presi-
dent; John J. Kraaek, vieo-praai
Howard Chandler Chriaty (left), noted artist and illustrator, pictured
aa he presented to Congressman Sol Bloom of New York, his poater of
the "Ideal Boy Scout." The poater will be placed in every post office
throughout the nation, as well aa In other public buildings, in connection
with the Boy Scouts' Jamboree of 1937, to which scouts will come from
all over the world.
CALDWELL POSTAL RECEIPTS
FOR YEAR 1936 SHOW INCREASE
Paving To Start
Soon On No. 21
Contractor Here Awaiting
Favorable Weather
Work on concreting the 11 mile
stretch between the BrazoH river
and Caldwell on Highway 21 will
start as soon as the weather per-
Money Orders Issued Here
Pass Eighty Thousand
Dollar Mark
Poatal receipts for the year 1936
was one of the best the Caldwell
postoffice has seen in history, re-
ports show.
At the same time the report re-
veals that money orders are in-
creasing in value during the same
period, indicating that the flow of
money out of Caldwell has gained
tn the last 12 months.
Cross receipts for the year
amounted to $13,842.51, an incrcsie
mits, it was announced today. ^
The II. B. Zachary Company, of 0f inore than 9 per cent over the
year 1936.
Total money orders issued dur-
ing the 12 months of 1930 totaled
10,780 for a total sum of $80,794.23,
as compared to 16,008 issued in
1ÍW5 amounting to $76,196.52.
Kocurek stated that no extra
help was employed during the past
rush season, and that he was very
rrateful to his employees for the
manner in which they handled the
heavy increase.
It was stated that the new Fed-
eral building will be ready for oc-
cupancy on about the 15th day of
March.
lirado, to whom the contract was
awarded, are now in Caldwell and
will Itegin their work at an early
date.
o
Registered Hog
Association To
Be Organized
On Saturday, January 12, at 1:30
P.M. all 4-H club boys and girls
owning registered hogs will as-
semble in the district court room
of the c> Jnty court house and or-
ganize the first registered hog as-
sociation in Burleson county. At
this time a president, vice presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer will
Ik> elected. It will be the duties of
this organization to formulate plans
for the sale of some 100 register-
ed pigs not owned by these mem-
bers. All club mcmliers with regist-
ered hogs are urged to attend, Mr.
Perkins stated.
Paper Carrier's
Car Is Destroyed
Defective wiring caused' a blaze
that practically destroyed the Ford
sedan belonging to Eldrige Bartay
last Friday afternoon.
Mr. I'artay, route carrier for the
Houston Press, was making his
daily trip to Caldwell with the
evening paper when a short in the
dome light wires of his car aK
fire to the enterior of his automo-
bile.
The blaze quickly spread and did
considerable damage before it was
extinguished. The misfortune oc-
curred between Soniervillc and
Lyons.
Redbank Continues
Search For Oil
•Capetown
Airplane Flight
Bada ia Italy
Efforts on tho part of H. L.
Brook, British Airman, to make an
aerial trip from London to Cane-
tow , Africa, .came to naught tha
oarljr part of this week when he
grehaded his piano at Bari, Italy,
and announced that bad weather
ahead would eauao hia abandonment
of tho trip.
Casings are being pulled, and
pipe will be perforated at a higher
level in a search for oil in the Na-
varro or other formations on the
Redbank deep test in Burleson
county, according to reliable re-
porta this week.
REPORTS READY FOR
COUNTY OFFICERS
According to W, H. Hundley,
county clerk, all annual reporta for
county and precinct officcra are
ready for dlatribution. Mr. Hund-
ley requests that the proper au-
thorities call for their reports at
their earliest convenience.
Chamber of Commerce
Committeemen Talk
Plans for This Year
At a meeting held in the Cold
well Chamber of Commerce office
last Monday night, the chairmen
of various C. of C. committees, re-
cently appointed by the board of
directora, outlined and discussed a
broad program which is to be car
ried out this year by them in an
effort to improve Caldwell and Bur-
vico-presidant;
ier, and E. H.
the following
dent; J. W. Rip
E. S. Dushek,
Pape, aaaiatant
At tho State
were elected:
Directors, H. H. Wombh, H. G.
Womblo, J. A. Graf, H. D. Cherry
and J. Earl Porter.
The directors elected the follow-
ing office : H. H. Womble, pres-
ident; J. A. Graf, vice-president;
H. D. Cherry, cashier, Frank St.
Wrba, aaaiatant cashier, and J. H.
Siptak, assistant cashier.
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Death
Farm Loan
Groun Holds
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Paul V. McNutt (left), retiring aa governor of Indiana, ia pictured re-
ceiving the decoration of a commander of the Legion of Honor from
If. Andre do Laboqlaye, French ambassador of the United States in
Washington recently. Mr. MCNutt is a former national commander of
.the American Lógica.
SEASON'S WORST FREEZE CAUSES
MANY INCONVENIENCES IN CITY
Employee
Falling Lhnb
On
The ice atom which gripped
Burleson county for three days
claimed a life bsstjsa doing a con-
siderable amount of other destruc-
tion. The dead is Manuel Quinones,
40, Mexican laborer on the W. M.
Hilliard farm at Mound Prairie.
Quinones was killed Monday as
he went about hiajaak of feeding
Ir was si
freesing cattle.
the Mexican was putting out feed
for the stock under a large tree
when one of the huge limba broke
under tho weight of lee and struck
the hired hand on the head. The
blow proved fatal several hours lat-
er.
Surviving are his wife and 14
children. Funeral services were an-
nounced for Wednesday.
o
Security Act
Is Explained
AUSTIN.—Thousanda of Texana
are seeming to learn for the first
time that there are two diatinct
taxing features of the Social Se-
curity Act now in effect, one an-
plying to the employment of eight
or more persons and the other to
one or more, according to Frank
Scofield, collector of internal rev-
enue for the First Texas district.
Since the eight-peraon title went
into effect first and that ia the
one in which the atate cooperates,
ARE YOU
Deducting one per cent from
each employee's pay as the one
per cant tax for old age pen-
sionfeand which must be paid to
the Mderal government?
Setting aside one per cent of
your total payroll as your part
of the old age pemaiona tax that
muat be paid to the federal gov-
ernment?
Setting aaide two per cent of
your total payroll, provided you
are paying wagea or aalaries to
not lesa than eight people, re-
gardleaa of the amount paid to
any of them, that muat be paid
sahf ftftWt-gwfeniwCTt aa un-
employment taxes?
Agent Reviews
Work of County
4-H Clubs In '36
leson county.
Each member present discussedfmany people have been under the
at length some particular phase of | impreaaion that was the only So-
work placed in the hands of his
committee and open discussions on
their work was held throughout the
meeting.
(The State Highway and Lateral
Roads committee made immediate
plans to further the road building
program in the county.
Much discussion was <r¡"en over
to plans for beautifyir., the "L's"
segmented by Highways 21 and dO
near Caldwell, and the Civic Im-
provement Committee promised' to
make this particular spot one of the
show places of the county.
County Agent Perkins, who has
done much toward the betterment
of rural conditiona in Burleson,
suggested that a county-wide fair
be held here in Caldwell next fall.
His suggestion will no doubt bo
carried out the directors intimin-
ated.
The citizens of the entire county
(Continued on last page)
Rural Writers
Are In Demand
The News ia anxious to appoint
correspondents in every community
in the Caldwell trade territory that
ia not being represented in this pa-
per at this time. If your communi-
ty doesn't have a correspondent,
and if you desire to write for this
paper, please call at The News of-
fice at your earliest convenience.
Especially do we want reporters
from Cook's Point, Snook, Dime
Box, and Lyons.
cial Security tax.
"There are two taxes," said Mr.
Scofield. "In a nutshell, here they
are: Under Title 9 employers of
eight or more persons pay a tax of
1 per cent for the year 1936, 2 per
cent for 1937 and 3 per cent there-
after, payable annually on or be-
fore January 31, reported on Form
940, and not to exceed 90 per cent
of the federal tax may he claimed
as a credit for contributions to the
state unemployment fund. The
proceeds of this levy is to finance
unemployment insurance. The ex-
ceptions and requirements of this
act are pretty well known by this
time. The tax is paid solely by the
employer with no deductions from
wagea.
"Under Title 8, effective January
1, 1987, a tax is levied on both the
employer of one or moro individ-
úala and the employe. The rate is
1 per cent of the payroll duo as
an excise tax from the employer
and a 1 per cent income tax from
the employe, payable monthly and
reportable on Form SS-l. The tax
(Continued on last page)
CALDWELL BOY LBTTBR8
AT SAN MARC08 SCHOOL
Wood row Worth!ngton, former
Caldwell high school football play-
er, lettered on the Southwest Texaa
Teacher's College freshman team
last season according to reporta
from that institution. Reports were
that Worthington was outstanding
Ten standard clubs were organ-
ised at Hix, Deanville, San An-
da, Snook, Chriesman, Liberty,
Cook'a Point, Somerville, Lyons,
and Johnson School, with a mem-
bership of 338 boys and girls. Each
club elected their President, vice-
president, secretary, reporter and
local sponsor.
Meetings were held at their re-
spective school houses, once a
month. During these meetings
members were trained by Agent
Fferkina on how to terrace, cull
chickens, judge livestock, class cot-
ton, bud pecans, killing and curing
pork the A! & M. way, and five of
the clubs built and filled small
trench silos on the school ground.
These will be opened for inspection
of farmers on the closing day of
school.
Entertainments and Trips
The year was not all work tor
club boys and girls in Burleson
County. In addition to their local
parties, picnics and wiener roasts,
300 . members participated in n
county-wide rally, 200 entered a
county-wide judging contest and
225 were present for a summer en-
campment at the county lake. Free
trips were awarded to 113 winning
individuals during the year. Threa
boya represented Burleson County
at the Houston Fat Stock Judging
Contest Forty boys and girls spent
two days and nights looking over
the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show.
Ten boys represented the County
in cotton classing. Livestock and
poultry judging at the A. £ M.
Short Course. Forty-six boys and
girls apent three days and two
nights visiting the Texas Centen-
nial and 10 boys competed for Dis-
trict 11 honors in Cotton Classing.'
(Continued on last page)
Communication and Power
Service Interrupted; Loes
In Texaa Heavy
With a definite break Monday
in the three-day frigid blast, Cald
well and Texas began surveying
damage left by the wintry storm
with estimated reports indicating a
damage of more than $10,000,000
in the Lone Star State.
Where the danger of a fall on
alippery footing was the chief con-
cern of Caldwell for throe daya, the
menace became an overhead one
Monday when thawing ice fell from
trees, wires and eavea.
The freeze, which atruck here
Saturday, brought the temperature
down to 20 degrees, and instantly
all of out-of-doors was covered with
ice, a mist of rain having fallen
throughout the low temperature.
The ice storm was one of few ever
witnessed here but its beauty was
lost because of the inconvenience
caused citizens.
Broken communication lines, dis-
rupted power service, broken pipeB,
delayed train schedules, traffic ac-
cidents, and practically impassable
roads marred the city and county
throughout the reign of the winter
storm.
Patrons of the Gulf States Util-
ities Company were without light
and power for about 36 hours and
were forced to resort to lamps and
candles for light. Accumulation of
ice on the wires broke the power
lines of the company in the city and
between Caldwell and Somerville.
Wires of the City Municipal plant
were hampered in some parts of
the city but their customers were
without light for only a few min-
utes.
Telephone and telegraph service
was hampered by broken lines and
poles. All out-of-town communica-
tion was brought to a standstill,
and it was stated that it will be
sometime before this service can
be continued as was before the
storm.
The breaking of the cold wave in
Caldwell melted streets into a slush
and continued rains are causing
creeks to leave their banks.
Offleen Elected:
Group Over
Tha annual meeting of the Cald-
well National Farm Loea Asso-
ciation, which was held at the
Court House, Tucedajr, January 18,
was one of the beet meetings in «ha
history of the association, aecor
Ing to C. A. Bain, who was ro-eie(
ed Secretary Treasurer of the s
sociation for 1987.
W. M. Hilliard, J. Earl Porter,
W. Porter, J. G. Shanklin, and
. N. /Vavra, all of Caldwell, were
elected directors of tha association
for the ensuing year.
iA feature of the meetiag was a
radio address by A. C. Williams,
President of the Federal Land
Bank of Houston, who spoke to tha
members of the 866 national farm
loan associations in Texaa who
attending similar meetings in
and towns all over Teams at
same hour. This was made pi
ble through the cooperation of
major radio broadcasting statistic
which make up the Texaa Quality
Network.
At. Williams discussed soma of
the factors that make up good and
bad loans and urged that farmers
take care of their property. Ha
said that a well-kept farm whose
soil is protected from croc ion is
seldom, if over, foreclosed. He al-
so commented upon the important
part which the cooperativo farmer-
owned national farm loan associa-
tions play in the successful opera-
tion of tho Federal Farm Loan
System, and emphasised the fact
that the Farm Credit Administra-
tion units offered the many types
of credit needed by agriculture.
"Farmers generally should fam-
iliarise themselves with the types
of loans available through these
institutions, with the view of de-
veloping cooperative credit centers
where deserving borrowers may se-
cure both long and short term
credit according to their needs."
said Mr. Williams.
The Caldwell National Farm
Loan Association has helped more
than 260 farmers and stockmen of
Burleson, Milam and Washington
counties refinance their indebted-
ness on a sound basis. Since the
creation of the Farm Credit Ad-
ministration in May, 1988, this as-
sociation has made land bank and
Commissioner loans in its terri-
tory amounting to $240,260.
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Standard 4-H Clubs
To Be Formed Soon
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Landlords Asked
To List Rentals
Persons desiring to rent rooms
or apartments are urged to file
their names with George M. John-
ston, secretary of the Chaldwell
Chamber of Commerce.
Applications are being made to
Mr. Johnston almost daily for liv-
ing quarters by persons who must
locate here due to their work.
I^ave your name with Mr.
Johnston, and if possible, he will
rent your rooms without cost to
you.
Mule Killedlñ
Accident Here
Leasing Activities
High In Milam Co.
Oil and gas leases on thousands
of aeres of land in Milam county
were filed for record in the office
of the Milam county clerk at
Cameron last week, according to
tha Cameron Enterpriae.
A light truck driven by Ed Con-
nor, colored, and a mule powered
wagon manned by Pete Daniels, col-
ored, collided on Buck street in
front of the residence of Mrs. L.
W. Hvnslee late Saturday after-
noon with the following results:
Mule killed, wagon damaged, driv-
er of the wagon bruised and truck
damaged to the extent of about fif-
ty dollara.
Poor visability due to unfavor-
able weather conditions was given
aa the cauae of the miahap.
Fourteen standard 4-H Clubs
will be organised throughout Burle-
son County within the next 10. <j
according to County Agent
Perkins.
The proposed organization will
be formed at Snook, Somerville,
Lyons, Deanville, San Antonio, Li-
berty, Cook'a Point, Chriceman,
Hix, Second Creek, Birch, New Ta-
bor, Johnson School and Providence.
Every rural boy and girl
the ages of 10 and 20 year
ed to become members cf one of
these clubs. All applicants are aak-
ed to call at the County Agent'e
office and fill out their enrollment
cards. After becoming a member
of one of the clubs, each individual
is required to carry on an improv-
ed farm practice, keep records and
make annual reports to the Coun-
ty Agent's office.
With plena being made for a
county fair, trips and entertain-
ments, all eligible boys and girla
are urged to file their memberahip
cards at once. Mr. Perkins stated
that it was not necessary for a
member to belong to one of tho
above school clubs to win trips and
awards.
Farmers' Market
(Priesa subject to ehaago)
Cotton, strict middling 18c
Cotton seed, per ton $86.00
Meet, per ssck $2.06
Hulls, per ton $12.00
Hogs, per pound 6c-8c
Hide's, green 4c
Butter, per pound —die ia trade
Eggs, per dozen 20c
Turkeys, No. 1 12c
Turkeys, No. 2 7c
Turkeys, Toms 10c
Hens, per pound 3c-10e
Fryers, choice, per pound ..14c
Bakers, per pound I tie
Roosters, per pound .. 6c
Butter Fat, No. 1 ttc
Butter Fat, No. 2 26c
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