The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 24, No. 47, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 23, 1933 Page: 1
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GLEAN SINGS
By Chas E Engletnan
Jono to correct our amateur wrong
ioers othor merchants hail hotter
follow suit
ft
Officers had
l < their suspicious
ijoon after tho roblyry was re
orted Friday morning hut could
ot produce the evidence until
londayt The affair Is a feather
n tho cap of Sheriff Mrs Moso
cys mon
In accordance with the policy
this paper tho names of those
yield in connection with the rob
rbory are withhold for it is a
lirst offenso for some of tho
J > oys This piove is largely out
pot sympathy of tho families di
ctl > concerned and not the boys
Politics Is inevitable it seems
f but it is hoped that upsets in
the local field will hold
not up
frfstato and federal aid on relief
projects
A recent ruling coming from
Austin gave the commissioners
xourt of the different counties
Ipower to select the boards to ban
j die relief programs
ur commissioners court met
jjSaturday and named the new com
nnittee leaving a t tho names ot
Dennis Zimmermann and Dr J
ffid Crawford members of the
first committee which has boon
working on the local program
jVlio is on tho committee should
not malvc a groat deal of dlffor
Jonce as loiig as tbe committee
functions and all money used on
Jitho projects wfn have to come
ffrom and through Laurence West
brpok for the city and county
coffers are low
MjVhat the people are interest
iM d in is constructive projects and
AJaKpayroll for the unemployed
jj polities or no politics tho people
want action
The banquet for the Coach I3ill
tpjulcrsons football boys given by
Kcwanis club is an admirable
gesture The business men have
< Rertainly been behind tbe team
his year furnishing money trans
portation and moral suiort
Whether tho team won or lost
Next year we should havo a
vlnning team Anderson will lose
Fnly a few players nnd lias plen
Rjj or material to boost inlo their
places
I Tbe boys go to Clarendon for
their last game Friday Claron
plon heat TklcLienn McLean tied
EAnuulllo nnd everybody knows
what Amarillo gridsters tiro this
fyear Hut if tho Hornets fight
ike they did at Floydada last
Eweek wo concede Clarendon noth
Rng
J C Lango ol Wonowoc Wis
Jiends In an account of whnl is
supposed to havo happened when
Ja government appraiser visited a
fJTarm in order to list all the property
and put a valuation on it
Thc appraiser had a little book
K > f instructions telling him how to
Ipstimute on all tho different class
few of animals and articles Final
Ijy ho saw something which fail
ed to register In anyi of tho class
es covered although ho thought
tho thing was a goat So ho sont
to Washington Tor special Instruc
tions lie wrote
Havo found animal with a for
lorn faco a long beard n skinny
body and a hart rump What U
its nnmo and what valuation shall
I set upon It7
A few hours later ho received
this roply from headquarters
Tho animal you describe Is a
farmor and has no vnluo Path
flndor
Ss
CHCOL DISTRICTS MAY
APPLY FOR C W A FUNDS
i7ftoprosontutIvo8 from nearly all
ithoaJBchool districts of tho county
motfin Tulia at tho Invitation of
i lB6 McCasland last Monday
ii l discuss wnj3 and means
otjffit funds from tho C W
AjJIforf projects of Improvement
jnfeach of tho school districts
Miaift of tho districts nro making
planj to npply for funds for aid
inStvarlous projects
Marriage Licenses
Marriage llconso wero granted
rocontly as follows as shown by
Lho clerks
rceords at tho county
lifficesl
Novojmbor 16 Mr J h Ooydston
Bell White
FfflfPll7 <
G
was broken into and goods estl
muted by Mr Huxrord as being
valued at about 100 dollars tho
cash register and some money were
taken
Entrance was gained by remov
ing a part of the skylight near
tho center of tho building Immediately
over and only a few feo t
from tho office in tho balcony or
tho building Articles of merchandise
of various sorts Including
boots ties coats and other articles
of clothng comprised tho
list stolon
Deputy F O Goon Constable
Dick Robb and Judge 1 II
ONeall were put to work on tho
case early Monday morning by
Shorifr Mrs Mosoley and after
a few dayj search many articles
of clothing were found on th
premises of a home in tho oast
part of Tulia and tho register
was found in Tule creek cast of
town Tbe clothing was not seriously
damaged but the register
was practically ruined together
with the bookkeeping records
that were valuable to the store
Three or four local boys have
boon apprehended and cbargort
with tbe robbery and indications
point to othor local boys being
involved The boys were brought
before tho justice court nnd hound
for action of the grand jury which
is scheduled to meet next March
This Is tho third or fourth time
the Huxford store has been robbed
in the past several years
Red Cross Roll Call
Now In Progress
Swisher County Tied Cross
membership has been greatly enlarged
as a result of the wonderful
response to the call made by
county chairman Walker Jones
since tho opening of tbe drive on
November II
Mr Jones expressed much
pleasure at the reception given
bis workers in all sections of the
county and believes that when the
final day of the drive closes on
Thanksgiving Day our county
quota will bo more than met
Memberships have already swelled
the amount to 21000 and not
all tho people liave been seen by
the committees in charge Just
after tho close of tbe drive on
November 10 a list on members
and the amount subscribed will
be published in the Tulia Herald
See to It that your name is among
thoso who hellovo that this is a
worthy cause
Chairman Jones wishes to thank
all his coworhors for their untiring
assistance and mentions
besides those in Tulia Mr 1 W
Ervin of Kress who sont in 20
from the people in Ills community
J II Stevenson ot Happy who is
still working on his drive there
and Mrs Frank Cobb Tigo Park
who sent in their quota roni that
community Others will send in
their quotas hefore the clos1ng
date
The Red Cross does 21 wonderful
amount of good all over the United
States It has lielped tho needy
In this county dnring Vio past two
years far more than tho amount
wo have subscribed Only > 0o of
tho membership fee goes to Nr
lonal headquarters and the rest is
kept in the county for relief work
hero
o
Program To Be Pre
sented To P T A
Patrons of the school Interested
In tho ParentTeachers Association
nro cordially invited to attend
a special P T A program
Thursday aftornoon Nov 21 in
tho high school auditorium
Tho auditorium department will
give an operetta In two scones
tntltled Whats tho Matter With
Sally Tho beginners band will
entertain with n short concert
Parents come nnd bring friends
nnd visitors
o
TWO VIGO PARK STUDENTS
PASS READING TESTS
Stanley Cobb 13 nnd Grady
Carver 12 have passed tho state
requirements and have been granted
reading certificates this weok
by tho State Department of Education
Those boys are pupils of
the Vigo Park school and deserve
a lot of credit for gaining this
honor for it takes no little read
of Tulla nnd Miss Fayo Francy of lng and reporting to pass this
WPP
1 MrJArcho stalllngs Tulia nnd
Tulia
testThis
This should bo an incontlvo to
pupils of Vigo Park and other
schools to securo similar honors t
OURTH 11ME M TWO YEAR
O Huxford haa suno now bars j
Somolllllo UlrlnB lnst Tur8llxy
parotitic his skylight from lits
nBlt tho llxfor Dry Goots sUCj
Unless
jtloor space something is
PRESBYTERIAN PLAYERS
TO PRODUCE THE SHIP
This Is St John 0 Ervlns
bbt It la built around a truth
of life known to every father and
son This will bo tho first 3ncl i
play attempted by tho Players
Club and Is said to be stronger
than anything they have produc
oil yet Tho Ship was selected
by tbe Presbyterian Players as
their winter production The dato
will bo announced soon Tho cast
most of whom need no introduction
to Tulia audiences is as
follows
Grandmother Thurlow Ethyl
Mario Anschutz
John Thurlow her son a shipbuilder
Paul Stevens
Jack Thurlow his son Jack
Cantrell
Janet Thurlow wife ot John
Tanollo Hutchison
Hester Thurlow her daughter
Beatrice Cantrell
George Norwood Hesters Finn
co Hilly Hay Garrison
Captain Cornelius Jacks friend
Judson DeMott
Tho Maid Juno Ansohutz
The cast is now in the 3rd
week of rehearsals
n
Local Poultry Plant
Aids Unemploved
The Griffith Produce plant was
one of the busiest places in Tulia
last week Tbe Thanksgiving market
only lasted a few days and
there was a rush to get tho turkeys
in boforo tbe markets closed
Friday evening
For the first tinv in several
years tbe turkeys wero dressed
in Tulia Mr Griffith leased the
services of the local Ice plant
and used tho vault to cool his
turkeys This will also be done
during the Christmas season which
is expected to open about December
5
cars to transport them
Local workers were paid 1750
In wages during last week for
dressing and packing these Thanks
giving turkeys Tills amount rep
resents the good to the community
that Mr Griffith lias done for
If tho turkeys were not dressed
hero this amount would liave been
earned by persons elsewhere
Mr Griffith is planning to operate
a plant to dross all sorts oS
poultry by next year Tie believes
that there are enough chickens
New Local Relief
Board Named By
Commissioners Courl
State committees tho County Com
missionors Court last Saturday
named board for
Stores Must Post
Their Schedule
Every retail storo must post
More than fiOOO turkeys and keep posted in a conspicuuoR
said today The notice should in
cludo store hours and tho basic
work week of Its employees
Noncompliance with this provision
is considered a violation of
Section 2 of tho Retail Code according
to Mr Fawcet Suggestion
has boon made that stores should
also post a copy of the wage and
hour provisions of the Code
The following form suggested
for use by the employers appeared
In the National Recovery Administration
Retail Pulletln No 1
This store is operating under
Group of the Retail Code
It Is open for business
and turkeys raised in the suri hours per week Tbe ijaxlmum
rounding territory to make a j periods of labor for Its employees
plant of this sort possible It nro hours per week
would bo of great benefit to Tulia j per day and six days per week
Tulia Swisher County Texas November 21 VXni
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
Whereas it lias lieen tin custom since our
early I orofathors settled 011 the New England
CyaM to set aside one day in the year to give
thanks to Alini lity God Tor the hles in s wo
have received and
Whereas the President of the United States
ind Congress has seen fit to continue this worth
ci tom by inakinj it a part of tbe law of
the Land and following tbe example of our
President in proclaiming a day to he universally
observed in this manner now I as mayor of
the City of Tulia with authority vested in me
by the citizen of lite city do proclaim Thursday
November 30 1 > 33 a holiday and call 011
all our loyal citizens to cease from their labors
and observe this Tlitinks iviug Day in the proper
nuinncr as requested by our President in his
annual proclamation
Signed R A Scott Mayor
City of Tulia Texa
o
Kiwanis To Banquet
Football Team
In npprollation or the sporlinan
I ship and conduct of the Hornet
in an of orl to comply with the
fotlall cmvh yWmy
law regarding the <
county setup
lk > rtal nnt ln mOBI1ltIon of
of tho new re lief board as pass
mnBO ho KwanR
ed by a recent act of the Legis
w V1
laturo and the I
by Ledoral and
msllt pU TueHtInv lt
715 oclock In tbe Methodist base j death
mont parlors and will take
A Word from tbe Iloyp Captain
were Jon CB
purchased by Mr Griffith nnd 1laoe a notice indicating the Tl0 sonBm of > xt
tljose wore all dressed here by Eroup under which It is operat TikIko 13 C McCasland
local
local
people and cooled in the > g David Fawcott Chairman of
ice plant and shipped to tho Tulia Nil A Compliance Hoard N > A
the Eastern markets Tho turkeys
when readji for shipping weighed
fir 00 pounds and it required three
Word from tho Coach Win
erson
Local Markets
Hides
Col Hens Vj Lbs
Col Hens under 1 Vi lbs
Leghorns
Stags
Springs
Eggs
Cream
Wheat
Maize
Kaffir
Oats
Barley
Cotton
Cotton Seed ton
o
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ic
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1c
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21c
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VBSS35
East Texas Woman
Died On Highwaj
WAS SEEKING MORE HEALTHFUL
CLIMATE ON PLAINS
Mrs Modoll I awson 22 a sufferer
of ttiborculosls whoso homo was
In San Augustine County Texas
died suddenly 011 tho highway
about twelve nillus east of Tulia
Sunday afternoon about 300
oclock according to hor brother
with whom she was traveling In
hopes that this higher climate
would benefit the young woinatis
health
Tho rather abrupt Increase In
tho altitude at they climbed tho
caprock oast of Sllvorton proved
too great a shock to her ami she
passed away before they could
reach Tulia She had boon sitting
up riding in tbe front seal with
tho rest of tbe family when she
complained Hint she could not
breatho Death came suddenly according
to thoso who wero with
horOn
On reaching Tulia officers wore
notified and Judgo Fryo conducted
I
it a an Inquest which resulted In a
a con
law f 10 nr T0S t
y and submitted the names to
lunclH > on Thn RUnBoy Undertaking Co
Lawrence Westbrook bead of this
ook lll > r l0lly l0 tllolr
11 w > 1 > > J < i i <
department of the state for
al ap host and Hill Anderson will occupy mont and prepared It for burial
r Fmnl ices wero conducted at
1R < lw na uHt ° 0or awl
This list is composed of the
following men J
D Vaughn
Tulia Henry Evans Union Hill KlVon
W T Tlugley Kress It A Scott
layor of Tulia and Win I
Miller mayor of Happy
the following program
that she enmo to her
by natural causes No
tbe I indications of violence of any
m to Rrnvo n UoH u rmory
Just after noon Monday by Itev
Toastmastor AV II Younger M S fovorldge assisted by Itev
Reception and Secognltlon of Z n Dally Itev A C Huff and
Guests G H Jordan ia few sympathizers
Special Music Relatives were unablo financially
Address of VVolcome M D I i to take her back to East Texas
Velio for burial so she wan taken care
Address on Thanksgiving Hev of here as a ward of tbe county
7 P Dally J o
Ms1c Congressman Jones
To Speak At Dimmitt
j Dlmmltt Nov 20 Congressman
Marvin lonos will make a
public address In Dimmitt on the
night of December 1st hi the high
school audlloriuin In his addresH
Mr Jones will deal with the
Administrators farm bills and
efforts to relieve distressed farmers
Itelng chairman of the House
Committee on Alrlenlfure he
Congressman from tbe lSth district
of Texas Is poilinps as well Informed
on tbe current toplcn per
talnlng to fanners as any man In
the country
Congressman Jones address here
will be one of he remaining few
that he will make prior to re
50c turning to Washington for the
900 to 02i regular session of Congress In
lfi00 Janiinry > He exports to sen and
visit with as mnnv of bis con
MIss Grace Stephenson teacher Kllitionlf anil friends that time as
in that it would furnish employ Those maximum hours do not In the Happy schools spent tho possible
ment to a large number of per apply to omployees specifically woek end with her parents Mr p meeting hero
sons during the year
tie s Got His New Skates
exempted by tho Retail Code and Mrs W W StopbeiiBon
Is lining
1 sponsored by the Democratic
Executive Committee of the County
I nf which E F llarman Is the
chairman Many people from
j neighboring towns Including Far
well Llttlefleld Mnlesho Hereford
Tulia and Plaluvlew have
expressed their Intenllloii of al
tending the spenklng
Original Play
TnoPiluy Nov 28 the senior
class of Kress High School will
present three one uct plnys Am
billon Hot Dumplings and
Crossed WIioh
Hot Dumplings is an original
the assistance of lie clans It is
different from tho average play
dont miss it
The admission will bo ten anil
fifteen cents You will shed twenty
flvo cents worth of tonrs and
will havo fifty cents worth of
laughter
Pioneer Silverton
Woman Dies There
Rov J II Holes wont to Sll
vorton last Tuesday to officiate
at the funeral of Mrs Mary
Holona Watson 81 pioneer set
Number 47
mum fmbs me mmm
WHEAT ALLOTMENT CONTRACTS
THREE YEAR PRODUCTION AVERAGE
OF 3019000 ACCEPTED
BY GOVERNMENT
Contracts for Wheat Allotmonts
totaling approximately 215000
acres of wheat in this County aro
being signed by growers this week
and will bo rushed to Washington
for payment In the later part
of Decomhor New Allotment figures
announced last weok by tho
United Slates Department of Agriculture
gave Swisher County an
Increase in the average for tho
three year and flvo yonr periods
as formerly reported by that organizationHoforo holng sent to Washington
all contracts will bo submitted
to tho Review Hoard at Amarillo
for a general Inspection and
approval A final approval on contracts
will greatly increaso tho
speed with which cohtracts nro
handled in Washington and subse
quently mean that the growors will
receive their chocks with less do
lay
Cheerful ln every respect as to
the final outcome or tho program
W C Dinwltldlo President of
the Hoard of Directors of tho Ab
Hoclntlon stated that as quickly
as growers signed tholr contracts
they would bo sont to Washington
All growers will sign tholr
contracts In the prcsenco of a
member of tho community committee
which helped them prcparo
the application President Dinwid
dle stated This lneniiH that only
such Individuals as nro advised
will sign tlioir contracts In Tulia
Each coinniitteo Is making Its own
announcements for tho signing nnd
growers will confer with thorn for
Instructions
A conBldorablo Incroaso in tho
Allotment payments has resulted
from the revised production aver
age recontly compiled Under figures
released In the sliniiier ill
total payment for tho county i
every wheat growers signed u
contract would amount to onljn a
little more than 2IO000 The now
figures which give tl 10 County an
allotmont of wheat of 1118311
bushels will bring the pavment
of approximately 250000 In December
and a subsequent payment
of soven cents a bushel In the
spring or slimmer which will moan
an additional 00000
The revised averages for the
county show a throe year average
plaining of 272000 nero8 producing
11010000 bushels The five
year production aveiago Is given
as 2iiiil00 bushels
In explanation of tho contract
offered growers Counjit Agent C
I Martin efered tho following
explanation of the figures stated
In the Contract 1
The figures stated on the front
page near the middle give Uio
Farm Allotment slated In Iliishelsi
This figure Is used to compute
the amount of the payment and
should be multiplied by the amount
per bushel of tho payment Tho
other figure Is the Jeast number
of acres which must be planted
to wheat and still comply with
tbe terms of the contract
Office forces for tho completion
cr the contracts and handling
thorn quickly have been Increased
to twelve clerks and they will
be employed vn lollg an needed
Mr Martin added
s
Local Lelief Men
Went To Austin
1 li Cruwford D Zlmnieruinr
Dr J IM Crawford mcin
tho Teller nrgaiilatloii ami
production by Mr Strickland with Wilson left the firm of the v
tlor of Briscoe and charter mem
hor to tho Sllvorton Presbyterian
Church and has boon a member
slnco Its establishment 11 years
j ago
J Those attending tho funoral
1 services say that there was the
largest crowd ever witnessed Jn
Sllvorton at a funeral servico
which shows with what high cb
teem Mrs Watson was held by
hor neighbors
for Austin to attend a statewide
meeting of 10lei organization men
to dlsciiRH ways and means of
securing additional fluids and to
Irjs t < > get lilnite projects alias
ed that will make possible thr
work given unemployed miy be of
lasting benefit to comniunltl 3
wbero the money is spent
They are eipjiied lj iiturn t
day
Tulia Minister Officiates
at Funeral
Of Turkey Man
Rev and Mrs 55 II Dally wero
In Turkey Tuesday where Itev
Dally officiated at the funoral of
M K Thrasher who was killed
last Sunday In an uutomobllo
accident In which one young man
had his nock broken and another
son of Dr Garner of Turkey bad
both hips broken nnd is now in
a Dallas Hospital
Mr Thrnshor had boon a prom
lnent citizen and gin man of Hall
County for twontyrfivo years
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Engleman & Engleman. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 24, No. 47, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 23, 1933, newspaper, November 23, 1933; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45671/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.