The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1929 Page: 1 of 8
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Madisonville—
Whwe the Bast
Begins
The Madisonville Meteor
Madison Land—
A Kingdom of
Contentment
— And Commonwealth —
THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR
MADISONVILLE, MADISON COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1929.
NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT
Houston Creamery Company Promises
To Erect Milk Station at Madisonville
Mr. Reed, representing the Lone
Star Creamery Company of Houston
was here last Friday to meet with
members of the Chamber of Com-
merce and other interested citizens
looking toward the establishment of a
modern creamery in our city. His
proposition to our citizens were sim-
ple and to the point and he assured
us that when he was gur^nteed as
much as 400 gallons of sweet milk
per day from Madison county his
company would begin the erection of
a suitable building and install the
necessary equipment for the plant.
. By Saturday night, County Agent
B. F. Vance and J. N. Raney with the
assistance of a few others, had pledg-
ed more than 250 gallons and the
work is still going on, with hardly 4
start toward the milk supply that can
be had in and around Madisonville.
The building will be a credit to our
city in itself. It will be of brick tile
ov other fire proof material and will
be fifty feet wide and possibly one
hundred feet long, not less than fifty
by fifty, and the equipment the com-
pany .contemplates putting into the
plant will cost from $5000.00 to $10,
000.00 making an investment of not
less than twelve to fifteen thousand
dollars for the plant.
. The representative of the company
says that if we can get the 400 gal-
lons of milk to start with that he is
not afraid of the results hereafter as
the buisness will grow every week
and there is a very great possibility
that in less than a year that the
payroll from this plant to the
dairy farmers will be $250.00 per
day and that is a very low estimate.
The Lone Star Creamery Company
does not want to sell stock or any-
thing else. They want the milk that
is going to waste in Madison county,
they have it sold already and the
price will be about double that which
tho farmers are getting now for the
cream they are selling. They have
a number of these plants over South
Texas and their experience is that
they have grown to such an extent
that many farmers have gone into the
dairy buisness exclusively and are
making money that surpasses a cot-
ton crop every year. The beauty of
it all is that drouths and floods, such
as we have had here the past year
will not effect the dairy farming and
tho farmer who thus divervsifies his
farming will be assured of a crop
every year and collect his money
every week in the year.
Tho only requirement of those who
sell milk to the company at present
will be to have their cows tested for
tubercolosis, which will cast fifty
cents per head. This^ought to be done
of course any way for the protection
oi your own health and that of your
family. Mr. Reed was here the first
of this week and stated that the re-
quired milk supply had been pledged
and that we could state that Madison-
ville would have the creamery as
soon as it could be built. He also
stated that this was the quickest
action he has ever gotten from any
town.
The cement production in Texas
for the month of September was
707,000 barrels against 544,000 bar-
rels for the same month in 1928.
Optician Notice
Doctor Joe A. Reeves will be at my store
Saturday, December 14
One Day Only
Eyes examined and Glasses fitted.
Examination Free
Remember the date—Saturday, Dec. 14th.
One Day Only
JOHN R. BURTIS
YOUR DRUGGIST SINCE 1886.
NEGRO CAUGHT IN DAILLAS
HAS MADISONVILLE AUTO
The following account of the cap-
ture of a negro at Dallas Saturday
is taken from the Dallas News and
gives a report of an automobile be-
longing Mr. Carl T. Harper of Madi-
sonville being in possession of the
negro. The car was stolen from Mr.
Harper at Huntsville some time dur-
ing last January.
Dallas Texas.—Following an excit-
ing automobile chase on Flora,Caruth
and other nearby North Dallas
streets during which several pistol
shots were fired, police Saturday af-
ternoon captured one wounded negro
and recovered a stolen automobile.
Two negroes, one of whom was said
to be an escaped convict, eluded th<
officers. The capture was made on
Ross Avenue.
The captured negro gave his name
as Sam Benton 33, of the 6000 block
of Vickory Boulevard. He was sent
to Parkland hospital. The bullet
struck him in one shoulder, but did
not injure him seriously, physicians
at the hospital said.
Plain Clothes Policemen P.O. Davis
and Herbert Taylor staged the chase
and the shooting, they reported, af-
ter trying to halt the trio to take in
custody the escaped convict. The car
belonged to Carl T. Harper of Madi-
sonville, Teas, and was stolen from
him at Huntsville on January 6th.
FORMER MADISON COUNTY
CITIZEN DIED IN MEXICO
News has benn recieved in Madi-
sonville of the death of Mrs. J. H.
James at Tatum New Mexico. She
was a citizen of Madison County for
many years and has relatives and
friends hero who will regret very
much to hear of her death. She was
75 years old and leaves her husband
and several children all of whom are
well and favorably known in Madison
County. She died November 24th. Be-
sides her husband and children she
leaves one brother, Mr. R. J. Camp
at Huntsville. She was a cousin to
Mr. T. W. and J. A. Byers of this city.
liOLLIS COUPLE CELEBRATE
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
AGED LADY AT BEDIAS
PASSES TO HER REWARD
Mrs. C. R. Gurrant died at Bedias
the first of the week and was laid to
rest Monday afternoon beside her
husband who died there a few years
ago. She was more than seventy years
of age, according to the best infor-
mation we could get and was one of
tho pioneer citizens of North Grimes
County. Mrs. Gurrant was one of the
best women in all her section of the
country and a loving mother and wor-
thy companion of her husband who
was a minister for a number of years
in that section.
She leaves a number of children and
other relatives and friends to mourn
her death. No futher particulars could
be had by the Meteor. We join the
great throng of friends in extending
to the bereaved family our sympathy.
A "White Gifts for the King" ser-
vice will be held at the Methodist
Church Sunday night, December 22.
A pageant will be given picturing the
Adoration in the Bethleham story
and challenging the consecration of
Life to Christ through gifts of Self,
Service and Substance.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
B. C. ANDERSON.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ellis of the Hol-
lis community celebrated their
Golden Wedding anniversary Wed-
nesday of this week. They came to
Texns from Alabama some twenty
yer.rs ago and settled on the place
where they now live. They are
among the best citizens of our coun-
ty and hold the respect and esteem of
their community and all who know
them by acquaintance.
In talking to one of their fine boys
he remarked that "fifty years is' a
long time to live together," but we
are sure that the half century of
lifo's journey together has been one
oi' pleasure and happiness. Although
tho bitter comes with the sweet in
our lives, that of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
has been one mostly of happiness
and joy. They have reared a fine
family of five children, all of whom
arc honored and respected citizens in
their respective communities. They
are Mr, John Ellis and Mrs. ftla
Hines of Free Port; Mrs. Eliza Har-
ris of Rising Star; Miss Minnie Lee
El! is who lives with Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis, and Mr. George Ellis of Plant-
ersville. Mr. John Ellis has a re-
sponsible position with the Free Port
Salphur Company and George is with
th" State Bank at his home town.
Wo extend to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
our congratulations and wish for
them many more happy years of
life together.
Mr. Roy Ethridge of Nicolsville,
Alabama, arrived in the city Sunday
night and went back Monday, He
brought Mr. Price Walker and family
who will make their home here in the
future. They moved in a truck. Mr.
Ethridge is a cousin to our good
friend Mr. J. E. Ethridge and we were
frank to tell him that we had plenty
more room in Madisonville for more
folks like J. E. and his family and
any time he felt like moving to Mad-
ison county Texas he would find a
warm welcome.
J. Douglas Burtis Passes To Life Be-
yond After Pneumonia Attack at Waco
Madisonville Thertre Will Install The
Talkie System Within A Few Weeks
"Talkie" Movies are getting pop-
ular everywhere, in fact a good many
people prefer them to the "Silent"
Movies which have been with Us so
long, and for that reason Mr. A1
Stoddard, manager of the Rex The-
atre, has decided to install the new
kind of motion pictures. The one
great consideration in installing
tho "Talkies" is the cost of installing
the system. Many towns and many
theatres would like to have them, but
the cost of the "Talkie" installation
is so great that but few towns can
afford it.
Mr. Stoddard has been considering
this matter for a long time and has
made several trips to Dallas to at-
tend conventions of other theatre men
to talk the matter over with the film
exchanges, all preparatory to event-
ually installing the "Talkie" Movies
in Madisonville. It is only since Mr.
Stoddard's last trip to Dallas that he
has fully decided to install the new
system of pictures and one of the
traveling representatives of the firm
from whom the installation system
is being purchased, was in Madison-
ville last week and told Mr. Stoddard
that he believed they will get around
to the Rex Theatre just about Christ-
mas time, or between Christmas and
New Year and install the system.
Mr. Stoddard informs us that he
has purchased one of the finest sys-
tems that money can buy, and he says
the people of Madisonville and Madi-
I son county can rest assured that when
j they come to the Madisonville show
they will see and hear the best. He
; says the Rex Theatre will then be in
' a class with the "Talkie" Theatres at
j Greenville, Commerce, ITerrell and
j other larger towns of Texas.
Mr. Stoddard says he is not cer-
tain just exactly when the new sys-
tem will be completely installed, and
does not want to make a guess, as
he does not want to disappoint his
patrons by specifying any certain
date that the "Talkies" will be going,
but he believes everything will be
ready by the first of the year.
The Rex Theatre building will un-
dergo some new changes and remodel-
ing and the building will be made
echo-proof,or rather in correct parl-
ance it will be made acoustically cor-
rect for proper sound reproduction,
and along this manner will be the
installation of numerous felt drap-
| cries, banners and curtains to correct
| the sound in every portion of the
| building.
The secret of happiness is not in
doing what one likes, but in liking
what one has to do.—James M. Barrie
Watch This Space
Next week for some ac-
counts that will be offered
for sale at a bargain.
Ever-Heady Service Station
The sad news of the death of Mr.J.
Douglas Burtis reached Madisonville
Friday afternoon, and the regrets
were heard from all the citizenship
of our little city. He went to Ft.
Worth Saturday, November the 30th,
to witness the football game between
S. M. U. and T. C. U. and contracted
pneumonia and stopped at Waco on his
return home for treatment and died
at 2:10 Friday afternoon.
Mr. S. S. Burtis and Mrs. J. D.
Burtis went to him as soon as the
news reached Madisonville that he
was sick and they stayed until the
end came.
His body was brought to this city
for interment and the funeral services
were held at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs, John R. Burtis, Satur-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, with El-
der G. E. McCaleb of Clifton conduct-
ing the services.
The large attendance at the fun-
eral and the beautiful floral offerings,
spoke in no uncertain terms the high
esteem in which the family is held
in our city, not only in the city, but
l'rom a distance great throngs of
friends were here to pay their re-
spects and to speak the words that
might help to make the sorrow easier
to bear.
Mr. Burtis was 29 years, 3 months
and 12 days of age, a young man in
the prime of life. He leaves his young
wife, and little son, his father, mother
and four brothers and three sisters,
Messrs S. S. and Julian Burtis of this
city, Miss Lois Burtis also of Mad-
isonville, Mr. J. T. Burtis of Bryan,
Mr. McGary Burtis of LaRue, Mrs.
C. R. Cannedy of Bryan and Mrs. S.
V. Norwood of San Marcus.
The regrets of a great host of
friends were personally expressed to
the bereaved family and those who
did not have opportunity of person-
ally expressing th-eir sympathy will
join the Meteor in extending to them
our deepest sorrow in this sad hour.
The Day Undertaking Company
had charge of the funeral arrange-
ments. The active pall bearers were:
Curtis Scott (Waco), J. O. McCor-
quodale (Midway), Dallas Evans,
Walter Turner, Virgle Ford, Hays©
Hawkins, Webb Harper, Ashley Price
and J. O. Thompson.
Mr. Burtis was a young buisness
man of Madisonville, being associated
in the drug store of his father,
Mr. John R. Burtis, and was a young
man who had helped his goodly share
in the commercial life and activities
of his home town and community. His
departure from this life on earth is
indeed a sad transition that causes us
to feel his loss as a most deplorable
event in the history and passing
events of Madisonville and Madison
county. His going away has broken
the strongest of hearts, left so many
sad for all time, and the citizenship
bows in grief and sorrow to a man it
loved and called one of its sons. In
this sorrow that will linger for years
and years, we have the consolation
that death is but an open door to a
greater life and a greater career.
J. Douglas Burtis has left our city and
from our midst, but the love of all
Madisonville shall linger in memory
for the years to come of him—a man
from among us all.
en's and Boys'
We are closing out our stock of Men's and
Boys' Suits at rediculously Low Prices.
gj Every suit has been cut to the core.
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BOYS' SUITS
Bring the boys in and let us fit them in
good warm winter suits. We have about 35
suits left that we must sell regardless of price.
9
PREACHER AT JEWETT SAYS
BIBLE IS THE ONLY REMEDY
From Tho Jewett Messenger:
Not because he is "our preacher"
but because he preached the truth is
why we are calling attention to Dr.
Crockett's sermon Sunday night which
in our opinion was a masterpiece.
After calling attention to the deplora-
ble conditions confronting the coun-
ty today, he stated that through the
churches with right living and unfalt-
ering faith in God is the one and only
remedy. Can't you see where he is
correct, Reformatory laws have been
passed, governors and pdesidencs
have been elected, prohibition has
carried, klukluxism, all hawe failed,
becaust tho great book gives one
remedy—salvetion through faith in
Christ. Sin in the world, and there is
no devine law recorded where it can
be legislated out. As the good preacher
says, let the church get back to the
old faith and build and grow, and be
true and ernest followers of the low-
ly Nazerine and have unlimited faith
in God and conditions will change.
Leah, "I dropped my watch in the
river once, and it has been running
ever since.
Gwendolyn, "What? The same old
watch?
Leah, "No, the river."
The Texas center of population
moved from Limestone county in the
year 1880 to McLennan county in
1920, and probably will be in Coryell
county by the 1930 census report.
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