The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 35, Ed. 1, Friday, April 28, 1933 Page: 3 of 4
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Dire Forecasts on
School Funds Idle
Says Comptroller
FORT WORTH Texas April
23.r-Thero is no accurate data
available on which Texas school
authorities can base their wide-
ly disseminated calculation that
the State per capita apportion-
ment will drop next .year as low
as $8 from the preseht figure
of $16 George H. Sheppard
Austih State Comptroller de-
clared. Saturday during a visit
to Fort Worth.
Owing to the impossibility of
estimating tax payments for the
remainder of the year and the
possible revenue raising mea
sures which the Legislature
may institute no one whether
State official or school official
" can make a reliable prediction
a to school finances during the
coming year- Mr. Sheppard made
clear.
He laid special emphasis on
the importance of school offici-
als parents and the citizenship
in general doing their share in
helping the State put a stop to
gasoline and cigarette tax eva-
sions. This alone if solved
would do much toward helping
schools out of their generally
feared financial predicament
the Comptroller believes.
"If the people of Texas can
be made to realize" he stressed
'that under present conditions
between $6000000 and $7000-
000 in gasoline and cigarette
taxes is being evaded then our
work would be made easier"
said Ke.
-v Last year schools benefited
to the" exfent of $7194000 from
the" State gasoline tax and in
addition received about $1600-
000 from the tax on cigarettes
he pointed out.
Large Share to Schools
One half of the cigarette tax
and one fourth of the gasoline
tax go to publia education in
" Texas.
It was estimated that Mr..
Sheppard's public plea here and
'elsewhere is a desire to thor-
oughly arouse public opinion
over the tax evasions prior to
a wholesale prosecution of viola-
tors which is scheduled to be-
gin shortly. Penalties put into
thflaw- reorardirn? these viola-
-k " tlons put sufficiently long teeth
.in the measure to get results
he believes.
With this .new weapon he
hopes to collect revenues suffi-
cient to overcome the $5750-
000 "deficit in the apportionment
fund.
Should the tax evasion be en-
tirely stamped out he is confi-
dent enough funds from these
two sources next year would be
at hand to offset the loss from
the State homestead tax exemp-
tion amendment.
Enforcement of the gross pro
duction tax on oil is expected
likewise jo boost the revenues
for school purposes.
Dire Predictions Unwarranted
School men who have broad-
cast dire (predictions concerning
future school finances have not
taken into adcountthe aDDronri-
Sfation made annually from the
Slm general revenue fund for school
purposes ne saia. une oi tnese
appropriations is for the pur-
chase of school textbooks and
it is possible he added that a
considerable sum will be left
over this year after books are
bought to apply upon the ap-
portionment fund.
The Legislature customarily
appropriates an additional
$2500000 for rural school aid
from the general revenue fund
to supplement the available
school fund he pointed out.
Afc.was .explained that the
rfastic9ppbrtionment fund
is derived from a State proper-
ty "fax of 85c on the $100 valua-
tion $1 from each poll tax from
gross receipts and occupation
taxes including thevgasoline and
cigarette taxes and from inter-
est on .permanent school funds.
It supplements the school dis-
"Strict tax in each community.
As a tinal ingredient to his
cheerful outlook for school fin-
ances in contrast to that paint-
ed by school men he pointed
out that jf tho present appor-
tionment deficit which school
vauthontles also have deducted
from the revenues for next year
are wiped out by a drastically
enforced gasoline and cigarette
tax collection to September 80
tho available school fund will be
able to start the next fiscal year
with a clean slate.
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Alary
Miss Kathryn. Millc;-
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Schwertner Home
Demonstration Club
Has Pattern School
Members of the Schwertner
Home Demonstration Club con
ducted a Foundation EatTern
School this week at the home of
Mrs. John Henry.
Miss lone Bartlett assisted
by Mrs. H. J. Zindler instructed
the class which made several
foundation patterns and
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dress. Mrs. Arthur Durant gave
a report on sanitary toilets.
50 sanitary tilets-in and around
Schwertner is the goal the Club
has set. A paper on how to ex-
terminate flies and mosquitoes
was read by Miss lone Bartlett.
Mrs. Henry assisted by Miss
Nellie Turner served refresh-
ments' to 16 members including
a new member Mrs. D. W.
Boyd and to three visitors Mrs.
W. S. Grinstead Bobbie Dean
Zindler and Jack Durant.
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be on May 4 at the home
Mrs. Otto Gross with Miss Bon
me White as joint hostess.
The club is sponsoring a
health play under the direction
of Mrs. Leroy B'ai'ron and Miss
Dessie Fischer. The play will
be given Friday night April 28
at the school auditorium. A rep-
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a talk at
1 nSmi-aC wt a . i f arm Products from accumulat-
no admission charge for this : at marketing cpntcrq in thP
"STZf the PUb"C iS inVit" & 5 individuarwhe4ntheye
ed to attend. ' Urt AwanHfM
1800 Outside Cars
Cross Williamson
County Every Day
Williamson county's state
highways bring $648000 a year ' commodity prices instead . ot
in extra business to the county boards of trade stock and curb
in the form of tourist trade the markets owned and manipulated
Texas Good Roads Association'. by gamblers and for gamblers
has estimated from a survey of These are the predatory crea-
the state's last official traffic tures of our state and national
census.
This business the survey
points out' does not include
"natural" trade from local cars
or those of adjoining counties
which obviously would increase
with improved roads.
State- checkers from four
days' actual count found the
average daily traffic to be: 750
motor vehicles on Highway 95
102 and 2-B; 400 on Highway
29; 800 on Highway- 431300 on
Highway 2; and 400 on High-
way 74.
Motor traffic in Texas is di
vided the experts have found
in two almost equal classes.
Roughly half are local cars or
from adjoining counties. The
other half are from beyond the
state or from Texas points at
least two counties distant. The
latter aire genuine tourists.
"On this basis some 1800 out-
side cars cross Williamson coun-
ty each day" the Association's
survey said "scattering their
good American dollars among
the restaurants hotels tourist
camps hot dog stands garages
filling stations and stores along
the important highways.
"If they spend as little as $1
per vehicle within the borders
of the county then Williamson
county's trunk roads mean $54
000 in added business per month
or $648000 a year-exclusive of
the convenience and saving to
her own 44000 people who op-
erate spme 15000 cars' themsel-
ves." Woman Who Cooked
For Crew of First
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WASHINGTON Pa. Aprijl
22. Mrs. Susie Fithian 86 who
cooked meals for the crew that
drilled the first oil well in Amer-
ica died Friday.
She was "a girl in pigtails on
that hot Affgust afternoon in
1859 that the famous Drake
well "came in" near Titusville
Pa.
William A. Smith the driller
who bored the 69lA-foot hole
from which began a flow of
thick precious fluid that was to
found a new industry and oth-
ers of his crew boarded at her
father's home Mrs. Fithian
said
Since 1886 Mrs Fithian had
lived in Washington.
Miss Hazel Partlow left Mon
day for San Antonio w'xere she
-"-H ?!?C"d a month with Mr and
Mrs Marvin Moore rad Mr.
and Mrs. John Partlow
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Texas Farmers'
Association Convenes
The Texas Farmers' Holiday
Association convened in Waco
April 26th at 10 o'clock at the
Hilton hotel.
On March 28th at Austin a
temporary orgai?ation was ef-
fected with Judge Geo. W. Arm-
strong of Fort Worth Presi-
dent; L T Mayhugh of Plain-
view Vice-President; J. T. New-
som of Fort Worth Secretary;
and a board of nine Directors
with .Tlidtrc L. Conch of Amn
rillo Chairman of the Board.
The Farmers' Holiday Asso-
ciation is a National organisa-
tion and while less than one
yerir old is orgaized in thirty-six
states and has a membership of
a million or more.
The purpose of this organi-
zation is:
First; To bring about the
withholding of all farm products
from the market until cost of
production with a reasonable
profit shall be secured.
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Second; To bring about the
i stabilization of agriculture
through national and state leg-
islation that will save agricul-
ture from bankruptcy.
Third ; To stay the forclosure
of mortgage liens until this is
accomplished.
Fourth ; To prevent deficiency
judgements at all times.
Fifth; To estabhsn an order-
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i preventing the surpluses
of
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tor upon the markets.
Sixth; To abolish all gambling
exchanges thereby protecting
the public from the loss of hun-
dreds of millions annually and
thereby guaranteeing that sup-
P'y and demand shall determine
commerce that rob. farmers and
others of this country who by
sweat and blood produce the I
wealth of the land.
Seventh.; There shall be a sep-
arate organization for each
county of the state. Such or-
ganization shall have the pow-
ers to elect their own officers
and shall have the further pow-
er to create a Council of de-
fense of five or more members
to prevent mortgage foreclos-
ures and with such others pow-
ers as the county organization
may in its discretion vest in
council.
Old Settlers
Hold Reunion
(From Williamson Co. Sun)
The executive committee of
the Old Settlers Association of
Wiliamson County held a meet-
ing in Georgetown Friday after-
noon and voted unanimously to
hold the reunion this summer
as scheduled during the week
of July 8-15 inclusive. F. .C.
Humphrey vice president now
with the State Comptroller's de-
partment at Austin was named
chairman of the program com-
mittee and W. E. Henna and
G. O. Noble of Round Rock were
placed in charge of the conces-
sions. The reunion will be held at
Harrell Park property of the
association at Round Rock and
the committee voted to make an
admission charge of 10c per car
for the purpose of defraying the
expense of parking and police
protection w. J. Fouse was
named chairman ot this depart-
ment. The current meeting will tbe
thirtieth annual gathering of
the organization.
The following were present:
F. C. Humphrey Austin vice
president presiding; Mrs. S. T.
Atkin secretary; J. M. May W.
F. bauer F. W. Carothers John
M. Sharpe Georgetown; W. E.
Henna J. M. Jester F. W. Aten
W J. Fouse Round Rock and
W. P. Farley Hutto.
Andy Knight spent the week-
end holidays in Belton with his
sister Mrs. Bob Bigham.
Miss Sara Lee Montgomery of
Holland spent Saturday and
Sunday with her father Mr J.
E. Montgomery.
Logan Mewhinney was here
for a week-end visit with Mrs.
R. E. Koepke and friends.
Schwertner Athletic
Club Has Many Bouts
Monday Evening
At the Schwertner Athletic
Club last Monday night the
feature bout "Pop" Douglas
versus J. A. Townsend in four
rounds resulted in a draw.
For next Monday night May
1 Jay Townsend versus Henry
Navosod in four rounds and B.
A. Turner versus Frank Scale
in three rounds have already
been matched. Other bouts are
expected to be matched shortly.
The bouts last Monday night
were: Bailey Marek versus D.
Grinstead with two rounds and
a draw; J. A. Townsend versus
"Pop" Douglas with 4 rounds
and a draw; Willie Kasparek
versus iiensley with 2 rounds
and Hensley winning on points;
virgu wnittiem versus Bennie
xomecek with 2 rounds and
Whitfield winning on points;
"Red Daugherty versus Floyd
Goode with 2 rounds and a
draw; Frank Bridges versus
Joe Vanderford with 1 round
and a darw; Billie demons ver-
sus B. Cox with 2 rounds and
yemons winning on points:
Chester Hairson versus "Red"
nensiey With 2 rounds and a
draw; Fank Seale versus
Charles Sides with 2 rounds
and Sides winning on. a foul;
Buck Street versus Eldon Jack-
Son with 2 rounds and a draw;
Carlton Welch versus B. W.
McGlothlin with 2 rounds and a
draw.
Neighboring Town
- Plans City
Improvements
(From Granger News)
At Wednesday's Luncheon
Club it was planned to build a
dam and lake with the aid of
R. F. C. funds and other con-
tributions provided arrange-
ments can be made with the au-
thorities to start the nrniw.f.
It will be located near the high-
YInZ 5e2BSftt ad H1? Dn t0 eart" entertainment
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cans
other rubbish that has long
ween an eyesore to tvavpWs
will be covered with water and
converted into a beauty spot
that will be a source of delight
to Granger people especially
fisherman and others who want
a lake of fresh water near
town. Water will be supplied
with water from Granger's ar-
tesian well that is now going to
waste. It is said that the cost
of this project will be small
with the aid of R. F. C. fnuds
and a committee has been ap-
pointed to make all necessary
arrangements.
DREAMING HIS HOUSE
ON FIRE INSURANCE
MAN HURT IN 'RESCUE'
HEREFORD Tex. April 22.
Ed P. Smith of Hereford sells
fire insurance which probably
explains the nightmare he had.
Smith dreamed his house was
on fire. He got out of bed
jumped through a window into
the yard and was trying to
crawl back through the jagged
edges of the broken window
panes to "rescue" his wife. when
she awakened him.
At the hospital physicians
took forty stitches in Smith's
right leg and arm.
INJURED.
When his smoke house burned
ast week Tom Batla suffered a
oadly burned hand. A physi-
cian here dressed the wound
Worner Standerford of Prai
rie uen was bitten on the hand
by a hog last week. Sworn 1
stithces.-were taken by a local
physician.
Undertaking
Complete Stock
FIRST CLASS EQUIPMENT
Licensed Embalmer
Lady Attendant
For Quick Efficient Sympa-
thetic Service Call Us
Day or Night
I. O. Looney and
Hugo Friedrich
AT THE
Bartlett Hardware Co.
Day Phone S3
Night Phone
Nigbt Phone
Sales Tax to Assist
Schools Urged By
Teachers at Parley
BEAUMONT April 22.Im-
mediate passage by the legisla-
ture of a sales tax law was urg-
ed in a resolution adopted Sat-
urday at the concluding ses-
sion of the southeast division
of the Texas State Teachers As-
sociation here.
E. B. Stover of Orange chair-
man of the resolutions com-
mittee said he did not favor
the sales tax as a permanent
principle but declared it was
needed in the present "dire
emergency" to provide Rc.hn.il
fnuds.
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Alamo Theatre
PROGRAM
BARTLETT TEXAS
Friday Saturday
Apr 28-29
WILL ROGERS And
MARION NIXON
IN
"Too Busy To Work"
The difference between this and
Will Rogers' two previous pic-
tures is that he docs no politi-
cal wisecracking but confines
his work strictly to the Role of
Jubilo a tramp who' is searching
for the man who stole his wife.
Also Comedy
Sunday- Monday
Apr. 30-May 1
"Face In the Sky"
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uieniv in nnnn.n in hMh .
ana men. A simple little story
about the kind of folks all audi-
ences know.
Spencer Tracy Marion
Nixon Stuart Erwin
Sam Hardy.
Also Comedy
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ALL out of town work given prompt attention.
SALM'S
At Your Service
Miss g adys Nell Pierce of
Baylor University Waco W
here for the week-end with her
parents Mr.' and Mrs. F. JT.
Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. Tine Irvin if
visit with Mrs T. S. Schroclt.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Irvin ami
other relatives.
Will Lindemann ..was rusht
to Temple for an emergency on-
eraen Friday. He is report-
ed to be doing as well as can be
expected. i
Mrs. Sam Dillard returned:
home Saturday after having
spent a week in San Antonio
Notice To Water
Users
REMEMBER All water bills-
will be discounted 10 per cent
if paid on or before the 5th
of each month. This does
not apply to past duo
ac-
counts.
CITY COUNCIL
Gus T. Leatherman.
Secretary.
Wm. Cameron & Co.
Inc.
Building Materials of
All Kinds
Chickensjfarkeys
Give STAR PARASITE RE-
MOVERhn their drinking waS
ter and disinfect alf hesTslma"
roosts by spraying each
month. lit will destroy disease
causing germs and worms rid
fowls and the premises of all
lice mites fleas and blue-
bugs tone their system keep
them in good health and egg-
production and prevent loss
of baby-chicks. Begin its use
now. Germs and worpisal-
ways come with thepKatchimj
season. No trouble . to use
cost very small and jpur man-
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Fox, W. W. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 35, Ed. 1, Friday, April 28, 1933, newspaper, April 28, 1933; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76280/m1/3/: accessed May 3, 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.