The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 9, Ed. 1, Friday, October 3, 1924 Page: 1 of 16
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R. F. GATES Editor and Owner'
BARTLETT TEXAS FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 1924. .
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fofeS. D. C BURKES
DIES AT TEMPLE
At the home of her daughter
Mrs. P. H. Daugherty in Tem
ple Mrs. D. C. Burkes of Bel-
ton died last Saturday. She
was buried at Belton the fun-
j eral services being conducted
by Rev. Hooker pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at
Belton Dr. A. F. Cunningham
of Austin and Dr. B. D. D.
Greer pastor of First Prosby-
l. U terian church of Temple.
Mrs. Burkes who has been a
resident of Bell county for near-
ly 50 years was one of the most
beloved and best known women
of the county. She was tin
mother of Charles E. Burkes
former sergeant at arms in the
state legislature who lost his
life in rcsecuing a young woman
from drowning on July 15 1913.
She was born in Llano coun
ty February 24 1860 and was
" married to D. C. Burkes of Bel-
ton on Dec. 12 1878.
She is survived by her hus-
band. D. C. Burkes of Belton
and a son Dr. D. C. Burkes of r
Ft. Stcilacoom Wash. and lour
. daughters Mrs. P. II. Dougher-
ty and Mrs. R. H. Giles of Tem-
o pie Mrs. E. It. Lorenz of Keno-
sha Wis. and Mayme Burkes
of Belton. All were at her bed-
side during her last illness ex-
cept Dr. Burkes.
HOXIE RANCH FARMER
INJURED SUNDAY.!
CITY MARSHAL BURNS
" RECOVERS STOLEN CAR.
An exciting chase and a
bloddldss pistol duel and the
capture of a' 22-year-old negro
and a stolen car Saturday re-
sulted in Marsh'al Burns im-
pounding a car driven by a ne-
gro which ho was offering to
sell under suspicious circum-
stances. Marshal Burns took
the car and locked it up in his
private garage while he phoned
to the officers in surrounding
towns. This done he discover-
ed that the car and the negro
were both gone. The officers
had an exciting ch'ase but the
negro finally eluded them and
gained the Temple road. Po-
lice at Temple were called. Po-
lice stationed at the city limits
soon saw him' pass in a cloud
of dust as the hurried traveler
sought refuge in the city. A
chase over the city streets fol-
lowed by a foot race as he left
the car to its fate and later an
exchange of shots in" a cotton
patch wound up the little
drama. Lack of knowledgo of
the locality proved his undoing.
Taken to headquarters and seat-
ed on an electric seat he told a
comprehensive conclusive and
satisfying story. The car had
been stolon at Alice several days
ago.
MILAM COUNTY MIDWAY TO BE SOLD i BARTLETT HIGH SCHOOL
FARMER INDICTED. FOR PUBLIC PARK' RANKS THIRD IN STATE.
SCHWERTNER SCHOOL
OPENS MONDAY.
Cameron Tex. Sept. 20.
Abo Claxton farmer has boon
indicted by a grand jury in Mi-
lam county on three counts two!
for murder and one for assault !
to murder. '
Claxton is charged with the
killing of Otto Junck and J. M.
McAlpine on the lattcr's farm
near North Elm on July 23 fol-
lowing a dispute over the use of
water from a cistern on the Ju-
nck place rented by Jess Gunn
and wife the latter a daughter
of Abe Claxton.
Claxton was committed to jail
without bond in the murder cas-
es. The cases are set down for
trial on October 20 23 and 27.
mi.. i i.. i.fi. ..l.ll
j.iiu Hnum jury w(iii;ii uuuuu
its session here this week re-
turned no bills of indictment
against Mrs. George Laws and
her 14-year-old daughter Mar-
guerite Magee following the
killing of George Laws at Mi-
lano two weeks ago. Both
were held in connection with
the shooting.
The grand jury returned 39
bills of indictment 30 of which
arc of the grade of felony. The
district court began its sessions
for the fall term here this week.
FIRE DESTROYS HUTTO .
BARN AND CONTENTS.
Frank Volek a farmer of
HoxJo ranch received severe in-
juries Sunday afternoon about
three miles east of Taylor
where his auto turned over as
he approached a bridge when
his steering wheel broke and the
car rolled over twenty feet into
a ditch. His car was complete-
ly demolished but the other man
who was with him miraculously
escaped without an yinjuries.
Thanks to all those who re-
membered the Tribune the past
week.
The Schwcrtner school will
open Monday morning October i
Gth. The following teachers
were elected for the school
year with Profesor Mobley of.
Marble Falls as principal and
Miss Marie Mobley1 and Theo.
Williams of Granger as assist-
nnfq All nnrnnta nrn rnrmnst-
j :. ;..: vl-y:. Cn-ii i
eci to sunt muir uiuhuuu iu
school at once if possible.
ATTENTION FARMERS
We will give you 3000 pounds
i it- rfn 1.. . 1 -!.. O AAA
nulls ouu puuiius iiiuui itu uuu
pounds cotton seed. Lawrence
Brothers.
Taylor Oct. 1. Max Keill of
llutto sustained a heavy loss
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
when his large barn containing
several hundred dollars of feed-
stuff was destroyed by fire. The
origin is unknown and the lira
was not discovered until the' en-
tire barn was in a blaze. Among
the contents going up in (lames
were one large fine work mule
5100 bales of hay 450 bushels of
corn .vul other feedstuff be-
sides 14 sets of harness.
Mr. Keil being out of town at
the time of the fire it was not
known whether the loss was
covered by insurance or not.
Reports that Midway Park
had been sold to the Ku Klux
Klan published in several Tex-
as newspapers recently under
a Temple date line were declar-
ed false and incorrect Saturday
by local real estate men connect-
ed with the. pending deal.
A deal involving the sale of
the Midway park grounds now
the property of the Southwest
em Traction company is pend-
ing but has not been closed
they said. The consideration
involved is $125000.
The park is to be sold to the
Midway Country Club it is
snid an incorporation of Tem-
ple and Bell county men who
proposoto beautify it as a pub-
lic park. A number of improve-
ments are contemplated though
none have been settled definite-
ly. The race track and grand-
stand will be retained and the
main pavilion building will be
improved with the intention of
leasing it to the klan ns a per-
mancnt meeting place. Other
buildings will be torn away and
the grounds will be improved to
make an attractive public park
with a caretaker vind (attract-
ions such as wading pools lor
ihe children and other features.
Temple Telegram.
A bulletin just received by
Sporintondent Moore from the
State University places Bnrtlott
in the front rank of Texa3 in
high schools on the showing
made by freshmen last year
from the different schools of
the state.
A scheme of grading was
worked out in which the aver-
age grade of all schools repre-
sented is 4.70. Bartlett's grade
is 7.43. Temple's 5.01 Button's
(5.89 Taylor's 4.73 Austin's
4.34 Houston's 3.50 and so on.
Only two schools in the state
ranked above Bartlett.
Credit for this showing is due
to Thos. Laughlin who was
Bartlett's sole representative in
the Freshman class. He rank-
ed as one of the best students
in the University.
JOE STEFKA DIED
AT TAYLOR FRIDAY.
Taylor" Sept. 30. Funeral
services for Joe Stefka who
died suddenly Friday at noon
were held at the family resi-
dence on Elliot street Sunday
afternoon Rev. Barton of Gran-
ger having charge of the ser-
vices and interment was made
in the ctiy cemetery.
Mr. Stefka was about 30
years of age a well known res-
ident of Taylor having resided
here several years. He ran a
fruit sUmd in the Wecheta cot-
ton yard.
Mr. Stefka is survived by his
wife and two small children his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Stefka of Inez Texas and sev-
eral other relatives.
MANEUVERS AT
AUSTIN FAIR.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
COTTON GINNINGS.
P. S. Ford cotton statiscian
foj Williamson county reports
44778 bales of cotton counting
round as hnlf bales ginned in
Williamson county from Ihe
crop of 1924 prior to Sept. 16.
ATTENTION FARMERS
Wo will give you 3000 pounds
hulls 500 pounds meal for 2000
pounds cotton seed. Lawrence
Brothers.
Big new .shipments of Hats
just received to sell at SI. 95.
Mrs. W. K. Williams.
Austin Sept. 30. Battery F
12th Field Artillery will prob-
ably bo securqd by the Texas
State Exposition for a four-day
engagement it was announced
yesterday by Major C. M. Craw-
ford. General Hines command-
ing general of the eighth corps
'area has been writte nin regard
to the matter and onl yhis per-
mission is needed to make the
presence of this regular army
unit at the Exposition a cer-
tainty. Maneuvers by the bat-
tery will be put on in front of
the grandstand according to
ihe plans made by Major Craw-
ford. Battery F has 120 .amimals
and is composed of 200 men and
officers. For the past three
months it has been on a tour of
duty at Fort Sill Okla. and will
reach Austin on the return to
Fort Sam Houston October 4th.
It carries a complete battery of
three-inch guns and is armed to
full war strength.
CITY ELECTION
NEXT MONDAY.
An election has been ordered
in Bartlett for next Monday
October 6 for the purpose of
electing a mayor vice E. M.
Wilson resigned. Mr. J. E
Condra is now serving as may-
or pro tern and while he is not
making any active campaign it
is generally conceded and agreed
that he will bo a most suitable
one to fill out the unexpired
term'. Let's make it unanimous.
DR. L1NDSEY BLAYNEY
NAMED HEAD OF C.I. A.
Denton Sept. 27. Dr. Llnd-
soy Blayney of Rice Institute
Houston was elected president
of Tcxns State College for
Women the College of Indus-
trial Arts to succeed the late
Dr. F. M. Bralloy at a meeting
of the board of regents hero
this afternoon.
Dr. Blayney is one of the
most noted educators in the
state. At present he- ishead-of
the department of Germanic
languages at Rice Institute.
Go to church Sunday.
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Cates, R. F. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 9, Ed. 1, Friday, October 3, 1924, newspaper, October 3, 1924; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76053/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.