The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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Meteor
And Commonwealth —
Thirty-fifth Year
Madisonville, Madison County, Texas, Thursday, August 30, 1928.
Number Twenty-three
Confederate Veteran
Answers Last Call
At the home of his duaghter, Mrs.
Edith Evans, Mr. S. H. Lindsey, Sr.,
passed to his reward August 24 at
4 o'clock a. m. at the age of 88 years,
i But few men live to this ripe
| old age with a life ao full of active
service as that of the supject of this
1 sketch. He was a citizen of Madison
bounty from 1883 to 1898 and was
rone of the men of this section who
bore the marks of battle on his body,
by paving the way for modfn civili-
zation that those of us now •. ^oy in
this section of the state. He was a
man who stood for the enforcement
of the law and helped to transform
the state of Texas from the law of
might to the law of right, thus leav-
ing his posterity the example of t
true father and citizen.
He was a member of the commis-
sioners court of Madison county
when the Court House was built that
^ now stands on the public square of
l^our fair city. The passers by may
see his name engraved on the marble
corner stone along with the other
members of the court. This in itself
bespeaks for him the progressiveness
of the men of his day, who looked
forward to a greater Madisonville and
Madison county. ^
Mr. Lindsey rendered four years
of valient service as a confederate
soldier under the command of General
Robert E. Lee and was wounded at
the battle of Gettysberg, the most
outstanding battle of the entire strug-
gle between the states.
Mr. Lindsey was a member of the
Baptist church for many years. He
leaves to mourn his going children:
Mr. J. C. Lindsey of Elmo City,
|Oklahoma; J. t:. and S. H. Lindsey
of the Center community, in this
county; Mrs. Edith Evans of Elmo
City, Oklahoma; Mrs. Lena Shults of
Tiffin, Oklahoma; I. P. Lindsey of
Tiffin, Oklahoma; and Mrs. Minnie
Farris who lives in Sulpher, Okta
homa; all of whom are honorejj^iii
sens of their respective communities.
His body was laid to rest at Anti-
och, Oklahoma. Messrs. J. R. and
S. H. Lindsey of thli count/ reached
his bed side about twenty four hours
before his death.
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THANKS TO THE PEOPLE
OP MADISON COUNTY
New Road Plan
Fostered By E. T. C. C.
Mr. H. A. Turner and Mr. O. A.
Parten attended a meeting of the
I£ast Texas C. of C. at Brenham in
which the new Highway plan was
discussed at length by a number of
promenent speakers of the State, the
principal of which was Col. Clarence
, Owsley. -««
I The purpose of these meetings, and
several are planned, is to work out a
1 plan whereby the State can take over
the highway system entirely and re-
lieve the various counties of their
bonds and maintainances. The plan
is to increase the gasoline tax so as
to produce revenue enough to pay the
■ outstanding bonds as they come due
I and leave enough to take care of the
' road building program of the state,
it has been suggested that a four cent
tax on gasoline in Texas will do this
and leave a nice balance to go to the
public school funds as well.
j Should this be done it • will take
from Madison county tax payers
something like three fourths of their
bond obligations for roads and cut
' the road tax in this county from
$1.23 on the hundred to something
like thirty or trirty-five cents on the
| hundreds. We see no reason why the
plan is not workable, and why any
body would oppose any plan that
would reduce our tax rate and still
j not hamper our extensive road build-
ing program in Texas. We are sure
however thai there will be some flaws
found in the plan and if there issuch
and they can be pointed out to us we
are still open for concivtion and if
' there is no . nough merrit to warrant
. such a step we would not be infavor
oi it. But we see none at this time.
Mr. Turner and Mr. Parten both
seem to be of the opinion that the
plan to increase the gas tax as sug-
gested above is better than the Ster-
ling plan, which is to issue $350,000,-
000.00 bonds against the present gas
tax and build the . road and take care
of the outstanding bond issue of the
various counties of the state. There
seems to be no legitimate reason why
we should pay the extra interest on a
big bond issue when a little increase
in the gas ta* would give the High-
way: Department all the funds they
could spend each year.
Watson Released
On Bond In Leon Co.
The examining trial of Bob Watson
and son, Lucian Watson, charged
with murder in connection with the
killing of Will Kay at Centerville
last Thursday resulted in the two men
being remanded to jail without bond.
They immediately sued out a writ of
Habeas Corpus before District Judge
Carl T. Harper and the case was tried
at Anderson Tuesday of this week
and Bob Watscn was given bond to
the amount of $3,000.00 and young
Watson bond was placed at $5,000.00
Both men gave bond i?nd was re-
leased. Bob Willie Wat-son vvno was
charged with being implicated in the
murder was released at Centerville
an bond last week.
The killing happened Saturday
night, the 18th as Key was closing
his barber shop to go 1 ome wh«r>, it
is said that the Watson? drove up in
a car and Lucian Watson shop Kay
through the shoulder with a loa'd of
buck shot, the shot taking effect in
Key's body from the offects of which
he died Sunday morning. Several
witnessed the shiotin?.
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TO THE GOOD PEOPLE
OF MADISON COyNTY
I am under continued and lasting
gratitude to the people of Madison
County because of the splendid ma-
jority received at the polls Saturday.
I am very grateful for every thought-
ful consideration and shall strive to
serve you in a courteous, painstak-
ing manner that should be the charac-
teristics of any official.
Again thanking you for your
loyalty and pledging my best efforts
to merit it, I am
Yours for service,
S. F. HOKE
| CARD OF THANKS
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We wish to thank every one who
helped us in any way during the sad
trial of the loss of our beloved son,
Boyd, also for the beautiful floral
offerings. May God bless you and
shield you of such sorrow as ours.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Williams
Mrs. J. T. Burt is spent several days
at Centerville the past week visiting
her sister. She will move to Col-
lege Station in the next few days to
^ join Mr. Burtis who is engaged in
the drug business there.
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Rev. B. C. Anderson who has been
in a Marlin sanitarium for the bene-
fit of his health for the past two
weeks will return home this week.
He expects to fill his pulpit Sunday
morning and evening and will ap-
preciate a good attendance of his
members at these services.,
I want to thank you one and all
for your liberal vote and support in
i he recent primary. I wish it were
so I could meet each and every one
oi the good people face to face and
thank them but that is impossible.
I want to promise you all that I will
give the best service in my power
knowing that lam only a servant of
the people, I want and expect them
at any time I can be of any service to
them to command me. My office will
always be open to the public, and
any information I can render the
public I will gladly do so.
Thanking you again, I am your
servant to command,
T. H. WREN.
Elder C. L. Speir returned this
week from Trinity and San Jacinto
counties, where he has held two
successful meetings. He left with
his family the first of the week for
Oklahoma where they will viiit rel-
atives for some two weeks.
CONGRESSMAN TOM CONNALLY
of Marlin who defeated Senator
Earl B. Mayfield for U. S. Senate by
a majority of over fifty thousand
votes. Connally carried Madison
County, while Mayfield led in the
July primary.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Allen were here
from Bryan to spend the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allphin.
Mr. and Mrs. George Crank of
Dallas are here to visit Mr. and Mrs.
A. Wakefield at Midway and other
relatives.
Miss Louise Bullard, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Bullard is visiting
friends and relatives in Navasota this
week.
Mr. Robert Mitchell, Jr., spent a
few days with his brother, Mr. Willie
Mitchell of Dallas last week.
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Miss Joyce Lynch is spending the
week in Marquez.
Mrs. A. E. Slaughter and son,
Gene, have returned from a visit to
Corsicana,
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Miss Nuna Mm Anderson visited in
'Houston this week..
Alvis Knight of Centerville
visiting relatives here.
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A Tammany Pipe Dream
Mr. S. A. Fouche has accepted a
position with Turner's Drug Store as
in the prescription department. Mr.
Fouche is a registered druggist and
has a number of years of experience
^ and the Turner Drug Store will ap-
preciate a portion of this business
from the public.
o
Miss Elizabeth and Juliett Fouche
arrived in the city from Alvin this
week to join their father, Mr. S. A.
Fouche and will make their home in
Madisonville. We extend to these
good people a hearty welcome to our
city.
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TH' GAHG>S,
ALV.
Public School Opens
Here September 17
Preparations are being made now
for the opening of school on Septem-
ber 17. The building is being put
into as good condition as possible in
that it is being thoroughly cleaned
and disinfected to make ready for the
largest school group Madisonville has
ever known.
We have good reasons to believe
that the most efficient teachers that
can be obtained any where will be
found in our school.
It is true that our credits were
in serious danger but with the voting
of the bonds for better facilities,
and since work is to start soon on our
new high school plant they are. per-
fectly safe, and since we hold 23 1-3
units the students are given many
electives, for example the senior
has only one required subject and
three electives, the required subject
being English.
Through the Chamber of Commerce
a number of very desirable places to
board has been secured, at reasoneble
rates. There are also a few places
that good energetic boys may work
for their board. Any one interested
in board should see Superintendent
Manire at once.
Keep your car new.
with MOBILOIL.
Lubricate it
Mrs. A. Viser and Mrs. C. W.
Crutchfield went to Houston Sunday.
Official County Democrat Primary Returns
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FOR U. S. SENATOR: | |
Tom Connally |183
Earl B. Mayfield ,1189
FOR LIEUTENANT GOV. |
Thos. B. Love |151
Barry Miller _|212
FOR STATE SUPT |
S. M: N. Marrs 1230
W. F. Garner |136
FOR LAND COM.: |
Otis Terrell.: • 1175
J. T. Robison |l88
FOR COUNTY JUDGE: |
J. M. Roberts 182
W. L. Robinson 226
FOR COUNTY TRES:
T. H. Wren 216
Ruth Park.*:. 127
FOR TAX COLLECTOR:
Mace Thompson 160
Jai A., Fannin 246
FOR COUNTY SUPT.:
Virgil Ford 219
S. F. Hoke - 189
FOR COM PRE. 3: ' •
O. L. Brown 130
R. B. Bullard |273
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102
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88
58
127
96
70
149
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115
135
59
94
89
133
73
117
89
67
140
90
118
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51
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240
307
310
106
229
274
240
318
410
143
276
284
262
298
286
274
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Grim Reaper Claims
Mrs. L. O- Thompson
A pall of gloom and sadness was
rapidly spread over our city Friday
morning when the news reached here
that Mrs. L. O. Thompson had died
at a sanitarium in Dallas at 5 o'clock
a. m. She had been in ill health for
several weeks but her condition was
not thought serious by her friends
and she was recently moved to the
home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs.
Austin at Rockwall and later it be-
came necessary that an operation
should be performed, from the effect
of which she died. She was before
marriage Miss Mary Lilean Austin,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Austin
of Rockwall, Texas. She was married
to Mr. L. O. Thompson of this city
April 6, 1926 and leaves besides her
husband, mother and father a baby
girl 18 months old and one brother,
Ressell Austin of St. Louis, Mo.
The body of the deceased was car-
ried to Rockwall and laid to rest in
the city cemetery of that place amid
the tears and sorrow of her childhood
friends.
Dr. and Mrs. Austin will keep 1;he
baby at present.
Mrs. Thompson was a faithful
member of the Methodist church and
a devoted wife and mother.
The entire city with a host of other
friends throughout the county deeply
sympathise with the young husband
and dear little baby girl, who has been
deprived of the tender care of mother.
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Local and Personal Notes
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Broadway and
Robbie spent Sunday in Normangee
It cost, no more to have Steele
compound your prescription.
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Miss Ruby Phillips leaves this week
for Comache, where she will teach in
the high school.
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Mr. G. E. Winborn and Mr. J. F.
Bradford are here from Houston to
visit Mrs. L. B. Winborn.
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Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Manire and
daughter of Denton, are spending a
few dfiys with Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Manire.
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Mr. and Mrs. Guy Manning of
Stfephensville, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John Venable.
Mr. Connie Winborn of Huntsville
spent last week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Winborn and family.
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Mr. John Rhodes has; accepted a
position with Herrir.g burner Hard-
ware Co. and he will be glad to have
his friends call on him there.
Steeles Pharmacy for fountain
Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Pole have a' fine
baby girl at their home born Tuesday
night.
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Try Steele's Pharmacy for Pre-
scription work.
Mrs. E. H.
Marcos.
Anderson is in San
Lewis Day is visiting relatives
here. ,
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Miss Lora Minnie Barrett 1
elected Home Econimics teacher
Huntsville high school.
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Ottie Barrett and John Lee Barrett
have returned from a trip to the,
Rio Grande valley.
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A. P. Reese of Henderson was a
business visitor in Madisonville last
week.
Mr. Cecil Winborn of Dallas ia
visiting in Madisonville.
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Miss Gene Thompson of Ft. Worth
who has been visiting relatives and
friends here has gone home.
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Miss Ethel Williams and Mrs. C.
D. Massey visited in Madisonville
Friday.
o
Miss Lois Williams was the guest
of friends and relatives here Sat-
urday.
Little Miss Ima Gene McJunkin re-
turned to her home in Dallas Sunday
after a three weeks visit with Mrs.
Robert Mitchell.
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Knight, J. A. The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1928, newspaper, August 30, 1928; Madisonville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192274/m1/1/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .