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THE ALTO
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F. L. WEIMAR, EDITOR AND OWNER
VOLUME XXXIH
THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, APRIL 19, 1934.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR
NO. 49.
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Hart Re-Elected
Superintendent
Alto Schools
G. S. Hart, Superintendent of the
Alto Public Schools, was re-elected
jfor the 1934-35 term of school, by
the school board ' at a meeting held
Thursday night of last week.
iProf. Hart has been with the Alto
School system for the past three
years, and will begin his fourth term
next fall.
We feel sura that the school board
has expressed the opinion of the
people of the enti'ra school district in
placing Mr. Hart back in charge of
the Alto schools. Under his super-
vision in the past three years, the
schools have hsen placed in the fore-
front of educational systems of this
size, and they arc recognized by the
State Department of Education a:-,
beSng among the best in the state. ,
Mr. Hart has recognized his re-
sponsibilities and duties as Superin-
tendent and conducted them in such
a manner as to gain the confidence
of the students and the very highest
respect of the patrons of the school.!
He has surrounded himself with a
^faculty teach year that has proven'
both loyal and efficient, and the'
school board is to be congratulated!
upon retaining him as Superintendent!
CamMafe for ConyrcM
NAT PATTON
ALTO BOY MARRIED
AT CORR!GAN SUNDAY
ior another year.
CARL DURHAM TURNS
GLOOM CHASER
Cart Durham, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Holt Durham, is a boy scout, and
each scout is supposed to do one good
ideed a day. Carl did hits good deed
Tuesday afternoon, and in doing so,
lifted a heavy burden off of the
heart of Doris Wood. '
Miss Wood lost a twenty dollar
Ml Tuesday afternoon somewhlera
between the Alto School Building
and the business part of town. She
did not discover ii!t for some time,
but when she did—well you know
just about how she felt about it,
and she started home heavy hearted.
Then comes the boy scout along
the same route and picked up a
twenty-dollar bill in front of the
Robert Fisher residence. He imme.
diately hiked to his daddy's store
and displayed his find. A few min-
utes previous Doris had passed the
'store crying, and Mr. Durham, upon
inquiry found out the cause- of her
,)?rief. He liimmediately dispatched
Travis Brooks to her home and ad-
vised her that Cart had found her
lwenty--dollar bill. She cama to the
store and claimed her property—and
cried some more. Asked why she
.was crying now, she saidi because she
was happy. Can you beat it?
Misses Annettes Scales, Mar!; Tul-
lis, Beth and Lorraine Murphy, Mr3.
Claude Murphy, Charles Rayford and
Kirl?y Murphy, Mrs. R. 0. Ferguson
and J. R. Acrey went to Corrigan
Sunday to attend the wedding of
Miss Grace) Davis and Mr. Malcolm
Murphy of that city. Malcolm is the
son of Green Murphy of this city, and
is an Alto boy.
The young people were united in
marriage by Rev. S. E. Harry, pastor
of the Baptist church of Corrigan,
and will make their home in that
city where Malcolm is connected with
the Corrigan Motor Co., Ford dealers
of Corrigan.
The young people have the hearty
congratulations of their friends both
here and Corrigan, and best wishes
for a bright and happy future.
NEW RESTAURANT FOR ALTO
Mr. and Mrs. Punk Wigginton have
rented the Summer's building fot-
meriy occupied by Brittain's Drug
Store on the corner of San Antonio
street and Jim Hogg highway, and
are now preparing it for a first class
restaurant and cafe.
New counters are being built, and
the building is being completely
renovated on the inside. When com-
pleted, it will be one of the nicest
places of it's kind in East Texas. Mr.
and Mrs. Wigginton state that while
,they! are going to considerable ex-
pense in fixing up the new business,
they have faith enough in the future
of Alto to believe that it will be a
good investment.
For Sale
$1.00 PERMANENT WAVE
SPECIAL
Jersey male. From my best stock.
J. T. Black.
Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Metcalfe were
visitors in Galveston the first of this
week.
Mrs. Van Burkleo wiil advertise
the Glory-0 system of Permanent
Waving in Lufkin until May 6th.
Any style, fully guaranteed. In cluhp.
of four only $1.00 each, otherwise
$2.50, $3.00 and $5.00.
Location: Palace Theatre building.
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Straight Furrows
True DZrectSon
Tilling the soil is the fundamental step in planting successful
crops. Without careful attention to the preparation of the ground,
profitable results cannot accrue.
Good general business conditions are the ground-work for every-
one's finances. *
"BUY WISELY—SAVE SANELY"
That M the Preliminary Necetaity.
This bank because of its successful Financial Experience is in
a position to advise, aid and guide you in your plans for growth.
Let's co-operate.
The United States Government is a large stockholder in this bank,
and our deposits are insured by the Federal Insurance Deposit
Corporation, under the provisions of the Banking Act
of 1933, guaranteeing deposits.
The First Nationa! Bank
OF ALTO
MEMBCR
rEOCBAL PCSEPVE
SYSTEM
$50,000.00
Capita!
YOURS FOR FAHHFUL AND EFF!CtENI SERWCE"
Patton of Crockett
Out For Congress
From 7th District
Crockett, Texas, April 13. 1934.
To The People of the Seventh Con-
gressional District,
Greetings:
I beg to announce to you' my can-
didacy for the Democratic nomination
in the approaching July primary as
Representative in the Congress oi'
the United 'States from the Seventh
District. I shali make the race for
Congress on my record as a Dem-
ocrat anri my long public service first,
as a Member of the Lower House of
I the Texas Legislature; four years as
j County Judge of Houston County, it
Being my native county; and six
' years in the Texas Senate from the
j Fifth Senatorial District. It goes
[without saying, of course, that 1 am
in hearty sympathy with the pra-
I gressive policies of our great Presii
j dent Franklin D. Roosevelt. ]
} In due course, I shall issue a
statement giving my views in respect
to pertinent public questions; among
, which it will be my aim, and pur-
pose, to support agricultural legisla-'
tion to the end that the producer
may have adequate returns for his
labors; f shall favor, and follow, the
great American Legion in the support
of the Ex-Service men. their widows
and orphans; I will support the early,
payment of the Veterans' Bonus;
and I wiil, likewise, favor and sup-
port some form of Old Age Pension j
following the leadership of our
President along thi^ line.
Meantime, I shall be grateful for
the support of my friends and their
actiw,*, and helpful, interests in my
j candidacy.
' < NAT PATTON.
The Herald editor is glad to state
that we are well acquainted with Nat
Patton, having known him over a'
period of some twenty years.
Mr. Patton was born and raised in!
i our neighboring county of Houston,!
having been born over at Weches,:
just twelve miles west of Alto. He is'
one of twenty-one children, Ms
, father being Frank Patton, now de-
I ceased, and Nat had a hard time in
i making his own way in the world,
t Through his own efforts, and with
the help of Ms dad, he managed to
get a high schooi education and later'
attended the state normals and sue.
ceeded in making a school teacher
out of himself, and be it said to his:
credit, that he made a good one, and
ne\ier had any trouble getting a job
as school teacher in his home county.!
He later attended the State Univer-
sity and received his degree and prac-
ticed law in Houston county for sev-
eral years, being elected as County
Judge of that county, which office he
held for six years. He also represent, I
ed his home county in the lower
house of the Legislature for four!
years, and voluntarily retired from
that position to go higher, and was
elected as State Senator from his
home district, which he is now hold-
ing. <
Nat has been along the route that
is needed for a Congressman to know.
He has had the ncessary experience
that is required to make a good Con-
gressman, and the people of the 7th
District wilt make no mistake if they
send him to Congress to represent
them.
There is one thing; about Nat
Patton that even his enemies must
admire, and that is his loyalty to his
friends. His time its never his own,!
Ineither is his means, when they are
needed by his friends. Past ex-
perience will foretell the future, if
he is elected to Congress, he wiil
(represent the entire district. His
loyalty to his past duties demon-
stratd this fact. He is never too busy
to stand by his friends, and if he is
elected to the high office to which he
iaspires, everybody in the district wilt
know that every man, woman and
child in this district will be represent-
Jacksonviile Section
Hard Hit Tuesday
By Haii Damage
Advices from Jacksonville yester-
day morning, stated that the tomato
crop in that section had suffered
heavy damages from a hail storm
that hit in the city of Jacksonville
and immediate territory Tuesday
afternoon about five o'clock.
j The haii storm came out of the
[northwest, and cut a path about a
Mile wide and extended for several
miles long. According to reliable
reports, there was quite a few to.
niato patches that were completeiy
wSped out by the hail, and other
damages all the' way from 20 to 80
ptr cent. While this damage came!
jand many of the crops wiil b,e re- j
planted, it is going to throw that
part of MJe territory considerably
iata in sMpping.
Alto was having a heavy rain about
the same time the hale hit Jackson-
ville, and a high wind, but as far as[
,we have Heen able to learn, no hail
fell as far north as Rusk.
Faces Committee
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DR. FRANCIS COMING BACK
TO ALTO
WASHINGTON ... Dr. William
Wirt (above), Gary, Ind., 'educator
as he appeared before the special
House Committee to expiain his
"brain truster" charges and a con-
spiracy to turn the United States
, , over to communism.
Word has been received here that
Dr. C. C. Francis of Farmerville, La., JOINER AND FRENCH
will move to Aito in about thirty
days, and take up the practice of
Medicine here. He will make his
office headquarter at Brittains takten to the penitentiary at
CARRIED TO PEN
Merlin French
Drug Store.
Dr. Francis is no stranger to the
older residents of Alto, he having
practiced medicine here while the
Blount-Decker miil was in operation
!in this city.
ALTO GIRL TO GET
B. S. DEGREE IN JUNE
Miss Robertha Simmons Bolton,
daughter of Mrs. Bertha B. Bolton o*
Alto, will receive her bachelor of
science degree at the annual spring
commencement exercises bf Texas
State Coltege for Women (CIA)
which will be held June 4.
Miss Bolton, a prominent student
on the campus, is a member of tho
college choir and will take part in
the program presented by that or-
ganization in Houston April 20. She
is also a member of the Betsy Ross
Literary Society, Odeon Club, and St.
r<amabas College Club. She will re-
ceive her degree in public school
music.
Earl Joiner and
to the
Huntsville Tuesday to begin serving
sentences imposed here in the last
,week.
Joiner, one of 11 men who broke
away from the Angola, La., prison
farm last September, was sentenced
,to two years for auto theft and bur-
glary and French was convicted and
^given a like term for store burglar-
jies and the ro<bbery of a night watch,
man at Cushlng, Texas.
JACKSONVILLE BOY
ACCIDENTLY KILLED
BY HIS CHUM
Sheriff Catl Butter and Deputy
Sheriff Jack Eaves returned the
famous bandit Earl Joiner from the
[walls at Huntsville iast Friday, but
his presence here in , the jait was
known only to a very few as levery
precaution was taken by the sheriff
to keep any of Joiner's underworld
friends from learning of his where-
abouts, to forestall any effort to ef-
fect a delivery. Merlin French, bank
robber, survivai of the pair who made
an unsuccessful attempt to rob the
Alto bank, in which Ms companion
was killed, conducted his own def ense
jin court this week, and his address
to the jury, was a 'brief history of
Ms life, beginning with his being
placed in an orphanage at six months
T, . , ..... age and his first memory being,
Raymond James_ England. 18, son ,^n he was hungry that he stole
milk from other babies cribs. With-
out friends, relatives and any one to
Itgive a helping hand, he naturally
drifted to the underworld and when
of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. England of
this city, was killed almost instantiy
about 9 o'clock Friday night when
struck by a shot from a .22 rifle in
the' hands of Melvin Shirey. 17. son .L . u , ^ . " i
,,, - , ihe ftmshed htstalk, pleadtng fot
of Mr. and Mrs. B. I. Shrey. also of n. ^ w
... . *' mercy, there were many tear-filled
thts ctty. The tragedy, which was . ^ .
. .. . .. . i eyes tn the audtenoe and the jury;
descrtbed as accidental, occurred at't i , . , . .
[meted out the mtntmum sentence m
1 ove's Lookout Park, where a quartet
of youths had gone for supper and an
evening's outing.
According to their stories, the
ed in Congress, and not only a select
few. i
each case.
, iHis trip to the pen was for safety
[antf he will be held there until the
. i June term of district court in Chero-
youth who was ktlled, hts brother, n . - u n , ^ ' i
... . . . Ree county, where he wdi be trted on
Lhr.stUs and Melvm SMrey left ^ ,,, e bank ,.bb.ry.-Nacog-
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s opped by Mr?. I tzzte England Sj
ho ne, near the Love packing shed.
where they picked up the England
^oys' cousin, Bert England. Th? Western Wonder Cotton Seed 65c
-our went to the Lookout where they per bushel at my farm.
prepared supper and ate. ] 2t-pd. E. W. Cole.
Afterward they were playing wi'h —-
their guns, imitating movie actors
and scuffling. During a scuffle in-
FOR SALE
State School
Superintendent
Coming To Alto
tHon. L. A. Woods, State Superin-
tendent of Instruction, will pay Aito
a visit on the morning of Friday,
May 4.
He will be the principal speaker at
the Friday morning chapel hour on
the above date, the hour being 8:45,
It will be quite an honor for the
Alto school to have Mr. Woods with
them, and no doubt a large crowd
will be at the chapel for the address
that Mr. Woods will make.
As far as is known, this is the
yirst time that a State Superinten-
dent has ever visited the Alto school.
RECORD CROP OF TOMATOES
EXPECTED IN TRtNITY COUNTY
Trinity County has one of the
finest prospects for a bumper to-
mato crop it has had since the in-
dustry first began here four years
ago. Some 1500 acres are being
planted to tomatoes this year, in the
county and the Groveton trade ter-
ritory. The acreage last year was
little better than 800. Groveton
shipped 115 cars and the entire
county about 140 cars. This season
the figures are about 200 cars from
Groveton and other points in Trinity
County wili produce 275 to 300 cars.
The planters say they have the
best plants they ever had and they
are earlier this season. The crop
should be ready to begin moving
around May '20 to 25. The plants are
clustering and blooming rapidly.
ELEVEN TOOK EXAMINATION
FOR POSTMASTER
Eleven people took the examination
for the postmastership at Alto.
The 'examination was held at Rusk
Saturday morning of last week, and
the following sent papers in: W. M.
Thomas, C. A. Gipson, Mrs. J. H.
Cole, Joel Ray, Jim Erwin, Bob
Brack, Ernest Williams, J. W. Clan-
ton, Jimmy James, Clayton Ash and
J. F. Smith.
TYPEWRITER RIBBONS
We have typewriter ribbons for
all standard makes of typewriters at
the Herald office. 75c each.
Eat
SUNDAY DINNER
With U.
Baited Chicken
AND DRESSING
With At) the Trimming*
FRESH CAT FISH
Every Day
Green Lantern Cafe
Mr*. Jimmie Carleton, Prop.
ALTO Phone 131 TEXAS
NOTICE
For the benefit of my many friends
<and patrons, I take this opportunity
of announcing I shall be home the
first ofj June with my entire Nestle-
LeMur Beauty Pat lor equipment,
ready to fill appointments in Home
Studio.
My specialty is Permanent Wav-
ing, reconditioning, and revitalizing
hair that has been' harmfully treated.
Watch for further announcements.
Bemice Avery,
Georgetown, Texas.
volving Chr&tus England and Melvin
Shirey, tho latter gained possession
of the gun and turned with the gun
pointing at Raymond England. He
pulled the trigger and the fatal shot
was fired. He said he did not believe
the gun to be loaded.
The three other boys immediately
put the youth into the car and rushed
him to the Nan Travis Hospital/
Iwhere Dr. R. T. Travis examined and
pronounced hi!m dead. Death ap-
parently was instantaneous, Dr.
Travis said, the bullet striking the
boy's heart.—Jacksonville Progress.
HALF AND HALF COTTON SEED
Marshall Bynum spent Tuesday in
Lul'kin with relatives.
Have a few bushel of Half and
Half Cotton Seed at $1.00 per bushel,
i Tom Whitmore, '
Route 4, Alto, Texas.
Just Piain Honest Service
We appreciate your Garage and Parts Business, and Try to Give
you the Very Best of Service. Keep in Mind we have only first class
mechanics, and first class equipment.
We are in position to sell you the best in—
TIRES AND TUBES, BATTERIES, AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES
AND A COMPLETE LINE OF CHEVROLET PARTS.
COME IN AND SEE US. WE WILL BE GLAD TO SEE YOU.
Brooks & Pearman Garage
Phone 236 For Wrec!ter Service
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1934, newspaper, April 19, 1934; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214694/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.