The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 39
CALDWELL, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940
PRICE «1J0 A YEAR—5 CENTS A
Weekly Livestock
Auction Sales Get
Off To Good Start
If
Two Hundred und 54 Ani-
mals Sold Wednesday for
$1,212.00; First Sale At-
tracts Many Buyers
The first of a series of weekly
livestock auction sales was held at
the Burleson county fair grounds
Wednesday, with total receipts
amounting to $4,212.00. Two hun-
dred und 54 head of livestock (116
tattle, 18 horses and mules, 1 sheep
and 20 pigs) were sold hy the
( aldwell Livestock Auction Com-
pany, fo which Garwood Gerdes is
manager.
Special pens and hams have been
erected for the sale which will be
londucted here each Wednesday, be-
ginning at one o'clock. The present
pens will accommodate about 300
head of livestock, and more will be
erected if the demand is great
enough, it was said. Seats will bo
in place around the auctioneer's
ajpna next Wednesday, according to
Wrdes.
First of its kind in this county,
the auction method of selling live-
Mack has been successfully operat-
t <l in many states. This is especial-
ly true in Texas, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri and Arkansas where cat-
t!e buyers and cattle men meet in
large sales pavilions in nearly every
county seat town in the rural sec-
tions.
Buyers were present Wednesday
from Calvert, Groesbeck, Bren ham,
Houston, Athens, Henderson, Cam-
eron, Scaly, Bellville, Bryan,
Hearne, Giddings, Burton and Mar-
tin.
"Everyone was well pleased with
(Turn to No. 4, column 2, last page)
H. D. NOTES
Br ISABBI.LB FOL'I.DS
Hone Demonstration Agent
for Burleson County
Hotbeds for Home Gardens
Hotbeds are used for starting
plants that have a long growing
s ason and for growing fresh
veg tables on a *mall scale during
unfavorable seasons.
By seeding slow maturing plants,
such as tomatoes, in hotbeds while
the weather is .still cold, the veget-
ables will be ready for use earlier
and will have a longer growing
season before hot, dry weather be-
gins.
There arc several kinds of hot-
t>eds with the manure heated type
the most common. When plenty of
* wood is at hand for fuel, the flue-
heated type is sometimes used, and
the electrical hotbed is practical
when current is available.
A hotbed 8x6 feet is large enough
for the average home garden. This
s!xe will produce 76 plants to the
row vAien the larger plants, aa
tomatoes, peppers, and egg plant,
thinned out to one inch for
dfl^dening. With rows 3 inches
apart and 24 rows to the bed, about
1,800 plants may be raised to trans-
planting time in a bed of this size.
The hotbed should be located in
(Turn to No. 3, column 6, last page)
I Man Known Here
4 Afe "John Bundle"
| Hies Suddenly
That man who always wore a
blue overall suit and a black hat,
and who appeared on the streets
of Caldwell daily for years with a
large, neatly wrapped bundle under
his arm, and who tipped his hat to
every man and woman who passed
him but never engaged anyone in
conversation, is dead. He wan
tommonly referred to here aa
"John Bundle," but his name waa
Anton Muzikovsky. He died of a
heart attack Sunday afternoon at
the home of John Mikeska, one of
few men with whom he ever talked.
|r*;. Although he had lived here 23
years, very little ia known about
Anton. He came here from Czecho-
slovakia and shortly afterwards
be waa befriended by Joe Kristoff,
io "gave him hia keep for a little
ir.w "Anton didn't care fot
ney," Kristoff aaid, "and he
ly ever talked." He spoke no
lish.
"This man was a wandering
•keep who never joined any particu-
lar herd—he had few friends, no
ftfMales and no relatives," said Rev.
H. B. Beaeda, who conducted serv-
the Harvey-Schiller Funeral
Monday afternoon. Burial
the Masonic cemetery.
Politics In
County To
Start Soon
Numerous Races Are Ex-
pected To Be Well-Defined
Within Next Few Weeks,
Am Candidates Announce
With l'J40 underway, politics in
Bi>rle3on county and in Texas will
soon begin to attract attention, as
ilans for the next seven months be-
fore the first primary July 27 be-
gin taking shape. To date, no coun-
ty and district political announce-
ments have been made.
While political discussions in
Burleson county are still quiet,
numerous races are expected to be
well-defined within the next few
weeks, as the candidates becomc
known.
What the nature of the opposi-
tion, if any, to the present county
Dinners at $100 Each; Andy Was No Piker, Either!
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Faithful of the Democratic party met throughout the country Monday to honor the memory of An-
drew Jackson and—incidentally—pay a large price for a good dinner, the profit from which will go to
campaign coffers. Highest priced dinner waa at Washington, attended by such notables as President Roose-
velt, Vice President Garner and Postmaster General James Farley. Each meal here costs $100. Historians
point out that Jackson Day diners are not the first politicians to dine expensively. Above is illustrated the
bill tendered Jackson himself in 1825 when he entertained several friends. It totaled $86.25!
1939 Conservation
Payments Are Bell
Received By Farmers
(Turn to No. 2, rolumn 3, last page)
Poehl's Variety
Store Is Swept
By Fire Sunday
Caldwell Firemen Save Ad-
joining Buildings From
Early Morning Blaze
Fire early Sunday morning swept
one of the city's best known busi-
ness houses, Poehl's Variety Store
Damage was between $7,000 and
$7,600, it wa-s estimated. Smoke was
seen pouring out of the building
about 6:16 a.m.. and by 7 a.m.,
when firemen bad brought the blaze
under control, stock and fixtures
were charred ruins and the building,
owned by J. Karl Porter, was badly
damaged.
Insurance in the amount of $:i,000
was carried by both, Mr. I'oehl
and Mr. Porter.
Dense smoke coming out of the
building was first seen by a negro.
He turned in the alarm. The blaze
started under a counter about 16
feet from the front door and rapidly
spread to the ceiling.
Prompt and efficient work of the
recently organized Caldwell Fire
Department is credited with saving
adjoining buildings from damage
and possibly destruction. Because
of the heavy smoke, Fire Chief
Babe Dowell and his men were un-
able to see the blaze until most of
the ceiling was on fire. Five lines
of water were kept on the burning
building from the front, rear and
top nearly two hours before the fire
was brought fully under control.
Spectators who appeared on the
scene were loud in their praise for
the work done by the firemen, and
Mr. Porter expressed his apprecia-
tion by putting $26 into the fire-
men's treasury.
Starts Food Ration
William S. Morrison, British
minister of food supply, in-
augurated Monday the first ra-
tioning program to be instituted
in Great Britain during the cur-
rent war. Bacon and butter are
being rationed, each pernor, re-
ceiving four ounces of each per
week. Sugar consumption is also
being restricted to one pound per
person weekly.
P. 0. Receipts
Show Gain Here
Gross receipts for the year 1939
at the Caldwell Post Office exceeded
the 1938 receipts by a matter of
$664.61, Postmaster {¿rorge Kocu-
rek announced yesterday. Total re-
ceipts for 1939 were $13,397.84 as
against $12,833.23 for 1938.
Postmaster Kocurek is in-receipt
of a letter from Postmaster Gen-
eral James A. Farley in which the
statement is made that the re-
ceipts for the calendar year ex-
ceeded those for the previous year
by more than * wenty-five million
dollars, and that 1939 was the rec-
ord calendar year in the history of
the p< stal service.
County - Wide Drive Against Rats
Scheduled To Start January 25th
News To Sponsor
Relief Fund For
Finnish People
Caldwell and Burleson
County People Urged To
Contribute Freely
The Caldwell News will partici-
pate in the sponsorship of a na-
tionwide move to raise funds for
the relief of Finland, it was an-
nounced this morning, this news-
paper ioining with a large number
of newspapers throughout the
country in the movement.
The News will receive and ac-
knowledge contributions from its
readers and forward such contribu-
tions once each week to the Finish
Relief Headquarters for Texas,
which has been opened at the Bak
er Hotel, Dallas, by Capt. J. F.
Lucey, Texas independent oil oper
ator. Funds so secured from all
over the state will be forwarded
from the state headquarters to the
Finnish Relief Fund in New York.
Those desiring to contribute
through The News are requested to
address their contributions to Fin-
nish Relief Fund, care of The Cald-
well News, Caldwell, Texas. All
contributions will t>e acknowledged
through the columns of The News.
Ex-President Herbert Hoover,
who consented to organize the na-
tionwide Finnish Relief Fund, said:
"Owing to the emergency of the
matter, I have asked an unusual
service of the newspapers of the
country—that they should sponsor
the fund in their localities, that
they should accept and acknowledge
contributions through their col-
umns. I hope the people of each
locality will cooperate with and
aid their paper. In this time of our
sorrow and sympathy for the plight
of Finland, Americans should also
make sacrifice for them. I hope
those who can afford it will con-
tribute generously. Contributions,
no matter how small, are the evi-
dence of our sympathy."
Those persons in and around
Caldwell who desire to make con-
tributions personally rather than
by mail may leave them at the of-
fice of The Caldwell News.
Scenes At Hornet
Football Banquet
Bait To Kill Destructive
Pests To Be Furnished At
Cost, County Agent Says
The people of Burleson County
will be given an opportunity to
cooperate with their neighbors on
Thursday, January 26, in an effort
to rid farms and homes of one of
Attention
Candidates
Announcements for political
offices in The News will be
charged for at the rates pub-
lished below. All announcements
are cash in advance, without ex-
ception. A statement by the
candidate limited to 250 words
and published at the time of an-
nouncement will be published
free.
Announcement rates:
Constables . $5.00
Justices of the Peace $7.60
Commissioners ,_$10.00
County Offices $16.00
District Offices $25.00
mankind's most destructive pests,
the rat, County Agent Perkins said
today.
The county-widc war on rats
will be sponsored by the recently
organized Burleson County Land
Use Planning Board.
"Rats are highly migratory,
therefore success in ridding Burle-
son county of the pest depends en-
tirely upon the cooperation of every
(Turn to No. 7, column 3, last page)
Services Held Here
For William Lehde
Funeral services for William Leh-
de, 77, a former resident of Burle-
son county, were held from the
Phillips-Luckey Funeral Home Sun-
day, with burial in the Lutheran
cemetery east of Caldwell. Rev. H.
T. Flachmeier officiated.
Mr. Lehde, a resident of Malone,
died in a Waco hospital Friday,
January 6.
He is survived by two sons, one
daughter, one brother and two
sisters, none of whom live in this
county.
H. P. Cobb (upper left), pres-
ident of the Caldwell School
Board, is shown presenting Coach
E. E. "Ox" Darby with a watch
at the football banquet given at
the First Methodist Church last
Thursday night in honor of the
Caldwell Hornets, Region 8 cham-
pions. Morris Frank (lower left),
Houston Post sports writer, was
the principal speaker, and A. W.
Adams (right), superintendent
of Caldwell high school, waa
toastmaster.
to O. R. Clanton. 75 acres S. C.
Robertson League No. 1 at Rita;
$1100.
Martin Holubec to Tom and Lid-
die R. Urban. 81 acres, more or
less, near Porter's Chapel; $10 and
(Turn to No. 1, column 3, last page'
Clem H80SE IEWS
Marriages
Edward P. Due 1>1 e and Ruth
Louise Hamilton.
John Wade and Jealine McDon-
ald.
Probate Matters
Estate of Mrs. Ora Tolbert Har-
ris; Will admitted to Probate.
Estate of Mrs. Mary Watkins
Woodson; Will admitted to Pro-
bate.
Estate of G. W. Grant; applica-
tion of Gregg Easley, administra-
tor, to sell 109 acres NW of
Chriesman, and 100 acres on David-
son creek this side of Lyons; Fed-
eral Land Bank debt of $1287.60
against the 109 acres; and $824.62
against the 100 acres.
Land Matters
Mrs. Rosa Stefka and John E.
Stefka to John Brown and others;
2 acres near Wood row lake; $20.
Joe Lawrence and wife to Fred
Lawrence; 45 acres out of J. W.
Bell survey near Merle; ,$350 and
reserves 1-32 of the minerals.
Federal Land Bank <$T Houston
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1939 Rainfall Only
27.05 Inches Here
Rainfall in Caldwell for 1939
totaled only 27.05 inches, according
to the records of Frank Psencik.
Average yearly rainfall is approxi-
mately 34 inches.
March was the driest month of
the year when only .41 inch fell.
January was the wettest month of
1939 when 3.97 inches of rain were
recorded here.
Rainfall by months: January,
3.97; February, 3.10; March, .41;
April, 1.21; May, 2.60; June, 1.65;
July, 1.47; August, 1.20; Septem-
ber, 2.56; October, 3.54; November,
2.44; December, 3 inches.
Caldwell Bank
Deposits Show
Good Increase
Gain of $32.455.67 Over
Last Day of 1938 Shown In
Final 1939 Report of City's
Two Institutions
Caldwell bank deposits as of De-
cember 31, 1939, topped deposits
of the same date a year ago by
£32,455.67, according to figures re-
leased by the city's two institutions
in answer to a government call.
Deposits on the last day of 1939
amounted to $862,801.46. This com-
pares to $830,345.79 on deposit on
the last day of 1938.
The First State Bank had $380,-
859.96 on deposit on December 31,
1939, as compared to $350,774.65
the same day in 1938. On December
31, 1939, the Caldwell National
Bank reponed $481,941.50 on de-
posit, while deposits on December
31, 1938, amounted to $480,601.14.
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Hornet Lettermen
Are Announced At
Banquet Thursday
Nineteen Regulars and 9
Reserves To Get Sweaters;
Watch Given Darby
Adults and high school students
erowded into the basement of the
First Methodist Church last Thurs-
day night to pay homage to Cald-
well high school's 1939 football
team, champions of Region 8 and
picked by sports scribes as the
best Class A eleven ir all-South-
east Texas.
The occasion was the annual
football banquet at which lettermen
and reserve lettermen of last sea-
son were announced.
The 130 guests ate a turkey din-
ner prepared and served by the
Band Mothers Club. Superintendent
A. W. Adams presided after the
invocation by Rev. A. S. Broaddus.
Coach E. E. "Ox" Darby ex-
pressed his appreciation to the
players and everyone who con-
tributed to their success during the
past season and presented the fol-
lowing lettermen:
Tommy Philp, Darwin Kornegay,
Mervin Cross, Leroy Duewall,
Thomas Cross, Melvin Skrabanek,
J. L. Kristoff, Joe Parker, Lonnie
Hearne, Leon Shaw, Roy Sebesta,
Raymond Piwonka, Arthur Louis,
Ben Phegley, L. D. Hein, Johnny
Masar, Louis Chpranza, Clyde
Whaiey, and Marvin Massey, man-
ager.
Reserve lettermen: Bernard Or
sak, Joe Bums, Lanceer Wolz, Er-
vin Garbs, Willie Piwonka, Clyde
Dunaway, Marvin Oinzel, Thomas
Brannon and Edward Plasek.
Lettermen will receive coat
sweaters and reserve lettermen will
be awarded slip-over sweaters,
Darby said. The sweaters did not
arrive in time to be presented at
the banquet.
Principal speaker for the occa-
sion was Morris Frank, Houston
Post sports writer. Frank, who
probably delivers more football
banquet speeches than anyone else
in Texas, kept his listeners "rolling
in the aisles" with his original
"parlor jokes" which he applied to
a score or more persons in the audi-
ence.
Seriously speaking, the well-
known sports writer said the foot-
hall field is where life-long friends
are made, and that regardless of
how much money a boy might have,
Checks Totaling S5-330.7S
Arrive Wednesday; Pay-
ments To Amount To 9165 ?
000 At Final Check-Up
Burleson county farmers began
receiving 1939 agricultural con>
nervation payment checks Wednes-
day. The 5,500 AAA-program farm-
ers will receive a total of approxi-
mately $165,000 from Uncle Sam
when all checks are in. They re-
ceived $180,000 from the soil con-
servation program in 19J8, but no
payments were made until the sum-
mer oí 1939. Fifty-five 19?.9 checks,
ranging from $10.78 to $560.84, and
totaling $5,330.73, were received at
Xe AAA office here Wednesday.
"There is still a large number
of conservation application! in tlM
county office which has not bean
signed by producers," Tandy Ken-
nedy, AAA secretary, said today.
"These applications cannot be sent
in for payment until they ara
signed," he said, "so I urge every
producer who has not signed liia
application to come to my office
immediately and do so."
The 1939 soil conservation pay-
ment includes:
Cotton—1.8c u pound on the nor-
mal yield multiplied by the number
of acres allotted.
General—71c times the index
times the acreage.
Soil building—$1.50 a unit of
soil building practices not in excess
of soil-building allowance per farm.
"Any producer who has a farm
that has never been covered by a
work sheet and who wishes to put
this land under the conservation
program should come to my office
as soon as possible and request a
work sheet to be made," Kennedy
said.
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Former Resident
Is Buried Here
Services Held Saturday For
Mrs. Mary C. Barnett
Mrs. Mary C. Barnett, native of
Caldwell, died Thursday, January
4, in Brownwood, where she had
made her home for the past thirty-
five years. She was stricken with
a cerebral hemmorhage the preced-
ing day.
Born here May 7, 1866, the de-
ceased moved to Lyons when a
young woman. While teaching mu-
sic in Lyons, she married Harry C.
Barnett who survives her. She waa a
member of a pioneer family of thi*
>ction and was a sister of F. H.
Hitchcock of Caldwell. She was a
life-long, active member of the
Methodist church.
Funeral services were held at
Brownwood Friday, and the body
was brought to Caldwell for final
rites, arriving early Saturday
monting.
Services were held at the Harvey-
Schiller Funeral Home Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Rev.
Geo. C. Hardy, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, officiating. In-
terment was made in the Masonic
cemetery.
Besides her husband and brother,
she is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. W. V. Herndon of San An-
tonio; Miss Marguerite Barnett of
Tyler, and Mrs. Rush Barton of
Dallas.
(Turn to No. 6, column 2, last page)
Heavy Poll Tax Payments Are
Expected In County This Year
An exceptionally large ruimb r of
poll taxes is expected to be pa d at
Tax Assessor-Collector J. A. Fueh's
office this year, with votors able
to got their money's worth >n
county, state and national elec-
tions.
Poll taxes must be paid or ex-
emptions obtained before midnight,
January 31.
Exemptions will be issued to per-
sons who reached the age of 60
prior to January 1, 1939, and to
those who reached the age of 21
after January 1, 1939, or prior to
the particular election. Those he
coming 21 after January 31 but
before the particular election must
obtain the exemption before the
deadline is past.
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTICE
Rev. J. Kelley Simmons of Car-
rizo Springs will preach Sunday at
11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Farmers Market
(Prices subject ta chaage)
Cotton, strict middling —.$10.75
Cottonseed, a ton $27.00
Cottonseed Meal, a sack _ $1.96
Cottonseed Meal, a ton —$36.00
Hulls, per ton _..$10.00
Hogs, per pound 4c-4 4 c
Hides, per pound te
Eggs, per dosen ~_15c-16e
Butter, per lb. 40c in trade
Hens, per pound _6c-9c
Fryers, per pound 9c-lle
üakers, per pound 8c
Roosters
Turkeys, No. .1 hens
Turkeys, No. 2
Old Toms
Toms, No. 1 _
Ducks and Geese
Butterfat, No. 1
■ 5c
_ 9e
4e
to
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