The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Oldest Business Institution in Cass County—Established 1876
VOLUME 64
LINDEN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, August 15, 1940
CASS COUNTY GETS DRILLING CONTRACT
Location of Wei
ma
de Tuesday, August '
Farmers Sliding To
The location for the Oil Well, was ir
13th. on Clark & Boice Lumber Company land, beings the!! nuiPf Tfl
that community, in the Southwest | LOW01 OldlUS lU
ice
me that c
largest land owner in
corner ot lot No. 2 of the Clark & Bt
Benjamin Hawkins Survey in the Bea
9 miles Southwest of Linden.
Cass County looking forwasd to
opening a new oil field, all of which
has been an increase in leasing and
selling of royalties.. There seems
to be much excitement in around
Boar Creek Community at present
toward the progress and develop-
ment of this new oil field.
Mack Agress of Dallas assem-
bled this block several months ago
Mr. Mosqnito, of Longview, has
the drilling contract, and they
plan to start digging the slush pit
this week.
From The County
Agent Office
Jim Dunlap is the Soybean King
of Cass County this year.^ Plant-
ing Loredo soybeans he has a crop
all over a 10 acre field that is
shoulder high, undoubtedly the
best crop your county agent has
ever seen either in Cass County or
in Red River bottoms. His pas-
tures too are exceptionally good,
and he has already mowed them
twice this year. Lespedeza mea-
dows are started and he has spent
his own money to test out various
fertilizers on pastures and mea-
dows. I have tried various fertili-
zers and have found that where
you have a clover growing 200 to
400 pounds of 20% phosphate is
the best. The best summer clover
is Kobe lespedeza, tho Korean les-
pedeza is doing unusually well this
year" Mr. Dunlap said.
Now is the time to start making
a good pasture for next year. Mow
that pasture to control bitter weeds
as well as goat weeds and other
weeds. You cant have a good pas-
ture ever with weeds in it and a
mower is the most practical tool
for that work.
The best Lespedeza for pasture
(Kobe) ever seen in this county
may now be seen on Ira Speer's
farm, near Kildare on Bivins road.
Your county agent just came from
a visit to Mississippi in the heart
of the Lespedeza country and no
better lespedeza was ever seen. It
just shows that if a farmer wants
to have pastures, clover and hay,
he can do it in Cass County as well
as any where in the world. Lespe-
dezas are a summer crop and are
the same to a cows diet as fried
chicken is to yours, both being high
in protein.
Serecia is doing all that* we had
hoped for it. Our friend Connie
Latham has made many bales of
hay from bis older plantings. He
has put in 15 acres of new plant-
ings this year. It makes hay as
good as alfalfa and will grow on the
poorest hills and on bottom lands
equally as well. Your county
agent cautions you to plant 35
pounds to the acre in March or
April and use as a meadow.
Cotton yields can be doubled by
planting vetch and fertilizing them
with basic slag. Do you want to
put in a co-operative order for Vet-
ch and Basic slag? Now is the time
Southwest
Division 0f .he [je Assisted.
Creek community,
>tton yields had been
Farmers who are faced with slipp-
ing into the status of renters or
sharecroppers because they are try-
ing to carry a debt load too heavy
double in live years from using vet- —e «« «-*•? - -— « ^
ch and b sic slag in his county, for them may well be interested in
that one tiird of the farmers had attending a meeting announced to-
done that <|ven tho two-third of the day by Thomas A. Marshall, Cass
farmers ha|j not adopted the the Connty FSA supervisor.
' The county farm debt adjust-
ment committee will meet," Mr.
Marshall said, "to help those farm-
ers who anticipate losing their land
acre
this
new metlods. Bales to the
the standa d rule where
method ha 1 been used for several
years
Corn fol
owing this method, with livestock, or epuipment by fore-
out treatm snt exeept good work-
ing made ( 0 to 70 bushels an acre
on hills thit had been worked for
over 100 jy<iars. We are getting den, Texas,
older each uear and if we can find
easier and bletter ways to farm
many of o jr farmers will adopt
them.
Judge V.D. Glass is just joining
the beef cittle group, and has a
number of tine lookihg cows on his
have a
crop than
calves at st
whiterace {
cow has 40
place. Havje you heard of the new
breed of ca tie that sweat like a
horse? Th<yareabeef breed aDd
lar ;er percentage of calf
>ur whitefacc and the
lling time outweigh the
by 100 pounds. The
per cent bramah and
60 per cent shorthorn and is produo
ed on the King ranch of south Tex-
as. It is cjfcstined to be the leading
beef breed for the south as they
graze all <lay never hunting the
shade make more beef, have a
higher perlent calf crop (99%) and
are very gintle.
Cass Cojinty 4-H club boys are
going to hive their encampment a
at Daingejtield lake the last week
in August''
Mr. Miuldin of Bear Creek is
the only firmer we know of who
has the yfcllow Hastings Prolific
corn. THi|j corn has every quality
of the whi e Hastings prolific, but
has a yelli w grain that is not quite
so hard. He has an excellent crop
and those who want the corn can
get it cheaper than $10 a bushel
that
A Re
States I
Post O
Monday!
Thursdafe
to ExamSi
pay.
iting Party of the Uuited
•ine Corps will visit the
in Texarkana, Texas on
Tuesday, Wednesday,
August 19th to the 22nd
e men for enlistment in
the Marine Corps.
This Recruting Party to Texar-
kana, is being
have the opportunity.
and 30 years, Single, white, with
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no dependents and have completed ly used in addition to the radio
grammar school, then you are
eligible for enlistment with this
ID
20 speeches.
Both Patman and Waters
form-
Service.
ch and Basic slag? Now is the time See,the recruiting officer in Tex- uom ratman aua rjmot —-
too to get seeds for that clover plot arkatf on the above dates and let erly served aa District Attorney of
you have been planning on getting him eMai" the advantages the the 5th Judical Distnct, composed
started. Make your plans soon to j Manfc Corps has to offer you by of Bowie and Cass counties. ■
place an order. We will tell you ; enhstiik now! Don't wait, act
who will order them for you in the now I _
week or two. The money should be, l nOTICF
put up by the 15th of September, j .
On the trip to South Mississippi' - Tho<* who are mterested >n the
to talked one county agent whol
closure." The meeting will be held
on Friday August 16 at Farm Se
eurity Administration office, Lin
The farm debt adjustment com-
mittee is composed of some of the
fairest and most public-spirited
men in the county," the supervisor
said. "Its purpose is to help debt-
distressed farmers to stay on their
land and keep possession of their
livestock and machinery."
He stated that it is often more
advantageous for mortgage-holders
and other creditors to grant a little
leniency so that the Farm Security
Administration could help the
farmer to work out his difficulty.
The supervisor pointed out that
creditors in this way might realize
a major portion of a debt on which
otherwise they they would have a
big loss.
Members of the county debt ad-
justment committee are:
R. E. Florence, S. E. George and
Sam L Henderson.
First Congressional
District of Texas Vote
Candidates—Wright Patman,
Incumbent; Howard Smith, Re-
presentative in Texas State Legis-
lature; R. G. Waters, Casualty In-
surance Commissioner of Texas.
Congressman Patman carried all
eleven counties by a large majority.
Out of 282 voting boxes, he carried
263 cr all but 19, or 15 to 1. He
He received from 70^ 78% of the
votas in gve counties and 60% and
more in the other six counties. He
received 37,538 to Waters' 7,707,
Smith's 13,540, or a majority over
both opponets of 16,291.
Commissioner Waters did not
receive a majority in a single vot-
ing box out of 282 boxes in the
district.
Smith carried only nineteen vot-
ing boxes out of 282 voting boxes.
He only carried one box in his
home county (Hopkins) and it was
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conducted by the ~ x—.
Marine Corps in order that young not his home voting precinct,
men in that vicinity may be afford- change of 192 votes from Smith to
ed an opportunity to enlist in the
Marines before compulsory Mili-
tary Training goes into effect.
This will be the only trip to Tex-
arkana before Compulsory Train
Patman in boxes carried by Smith
would have caused the boxes to
have been carried by Patman.
Waters and Smith made an in-
tensive campaign over a period of
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ing. Enlist now while you still months extending in every part of
the district. They made between
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If you'are between the ages of 18 300 and 400 speeches; newspaper
and other forms of advertising free-
Patman campaigned one week
during the Democratic National
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ranch of the United States Convention and made fewer than
I Tho.
Old Foundry cemetery are asked
to help clean off same on August
1 22nd Bring tools and lunch.
Mr. and Mrs. Lack Middleton
and daughter, Jane, DeKalb, Mr.
and Mrs. Connie Weddington, of
Mineola, spent the week end in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sal-
mon.
Do Not Forget-We
Are Expecting You
Another milestone in the pro-
gress of the Linden National Farm
Loan Association will be passed
August 22; 1940, at Linden, when
the members get together for the
1940 anual meeting of the Associa-
tion, according to R. Y. Salmon,
Secretary-Treasurer.
In addition to important reports
election of directors, and other
business matters scheduled for the
meeting, Mr. Salmon said,there will
bean excellent program of enter-
tainment featured by an address by
R. D. Johnson, Vice President of
the Federal Land Bank of Houston
and free motion pictures showing
various phases of Home Demonstra
tion and 4-H Club work.
The pictures are to be shown by
the Federal Land Bank of Houston
and were made by A. C. Williams,
President of the bank. Included
on the program will be pictures
made in farm kitchens that have
been improved according to Exten-
sion Ser ."ice standards, others show
ing the results of other forms of
home improvement work, and pic-
tures of the 4-H Club boys and
girls who have awards in state-
wide competition.
While the films are being shown,
an explanatory farm talk will be
made by Derwood Varner, who
was Cadet Colonel and valedictor-
ian of the Class of 1940 at Texas A
and M college.
"You will want to hear the talks
and see the picture," Mr. Salmon
remarked.
District Water and
Sewer Meeting
Terminating a three weeks
school conducted by Mr. H. D. Mc
Afee, Dept. of Vocational Educa-
tion the East Texas Water and
sewer works Association held their
monthly meeting at the Jackson
Hotel.
The meeting opened with Mr. H.
J. Groeser, City Manager, Marshall
presiding. Following the address
of welcome by Judge Sam L. Hen-
derson, Mr. McAfee led a discus-
sion and review covering the com-
plete water works shortances.
Linden was represented by Judge
Henderson, Mayor B. F. Whit-
worth, Judge Kermit Wommack,
W. D. Berry, C. E. Williams, B. L.
Scott and W. C. Blalock.
The 39 guests present came from
the following towns: Marshall
Gladewater, Kilgore, Hughes
Springs, Atlanta, Texarkana, Long-
view and Greggton.
Car Wreck Near
Daingerfield
Emmett Carpenter and Bennett
Hill had a car wreck near Dainger-
field Saturday night, when the car
turned over several times. Both
are quite bruised up, but not ser-
iously hurt. The car was a com-
Elete wreck. The car belong to
lennett's father Mr. Will Hill.
Still Captured
Sheriff W. D. Allen, Deputy Bill
Knight, Constable George Bennett,
Federal officer, J. H. Haley and
State officer, Mr. Poplin captured
a 50 gal. oil drum in the Rambo
community Aug. 8. They arrest-
ed Sylvester Jordon, (col.) He
was turned over to the Federal
officer and placed in jail at Jeffer-
Wl.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Yandell,
spent Tuesday in Dallas.
Sunday Sept., 8,
Designated by FDR
As Day Of Prayer
AMERICANS WILL
PRAY FOR "JUST
PEACE."
HYDE PARK, N. Y. — Presi-
dent Roosevelt has set aside Sun-
day, September 8, as a day of pray-
er when Americans of every creed
and denominotion should ask God
'to grant to this land and to the
troubled world a righteous, endur-
ing peace."
"When every succeeding day
brings sad news of suffering and
disaster abroad." he said in a pro-
clamation, "we are especially con-
scious of the divine power." and
"it is seemly that we should" pray
for God's blessing "on our coun-
ty and for the 'establishment of a
just and permanent peace" among
all nations.
The proclamation, dated Wed-
nesday and made public Thursday
at the President's Hudson valley
estate, said in part;
"The American heritage of in-
dividual freedom and of govern-
ment deriving its power from the
consent of the governed has from
the time of the fathers of our repu-
lic been proudly transmitted to
each succeeding generation, and to
us of this generation has fallen the
task of preserving it and transmit-
ting it to the future. We are now
engaged in a mighty effort to for-
tify that heritage.
"I urge the people of the United
States, of all creeds and denomina-
tions, to pray on that day, in their
churches or at their homes, on the
high seas or wherever they may be,
beseeching the ruler of the universe
to bless our republic, to make us
reverently grateful for our herit-
age and firm in its defense, and
grant to this land and to the trou-
bled world a righteous, enduring
peace."
Cattle Theives Caught
Jim Stewart, who was living on
John J. Ellington farm, north of
Atlanta, made a written statement
to Sheriff Dale Allen, of helping to
take 4 cows off the Ellington farm
and selling them in Texarkana,
two of these cows was recovered.
His accomplices were Brode
Stewart and son Jr., they got an-
other cow at Cooper; also a trailer
at Clarksville, to transport these
cattle to market. They were ar-
rested at Clamogordo, New Mexico
Jim was placed in the Cass County
jail Saturday and Brode Stewart
and son Jr. are in -the Clarksville
jail.
Miss Rebecca Murray
Transferred To
Lamar County
Transfer of Miss Rebecca Mur-
ray to Lamar County Home Dem-
onstration Agent was announced
by Miss Kate Adele Hill, District
Agent, to the commissioners Court
on Monday, August 12th.
This promotion carries an in-
crease in salary and will beoome
effective September 1st. Successor
to Miss Murray will be announced
by Miss Hill as soon as possible.
Mrs. Mary Pleak, of Rosenburg,
spent a few days here last week in
the John Banger home. Her
brothers, Charlie and John Kesse-
ler and nephew, Billie Kesseler,
of Naples came down for the day
Sunday, and she returned home
with them.
NUMBER 35
Linden School
Opens Sept. 9th
The Linden Public Schools will
open Monday September 9.- The
teachers are C. E. Farmer, Super-
intendent; G. B. Wilson, Principal
of high school, James A. French
Principal of the grammar school,
Mrs. W. D. Berry, 1st grade; Mrs.
Wilma Fuller, 2nd grade; Miss
Florance Teague; 3rd grade; Mrs.
L. B. Culpeper, 4th grade; Miss
Pauline Wood 5th grade; Miss
Huleen Brabham 6th grade; Ja-
mes A. French 7th grade.
The teachers of the 5th, 6th and
7th grades will do departmental
work. Mrs. Christine Yandell will
teach music in these three grades.
Mrs. Yandell also teach eighth
grade English, and music im the
high school.
Morris Farrow will have aharge
of the Vocational Agriculture De-
partment, Mrs. G. 8. WSIson,
Speech, eighth and ninth i;rade
history; Mrs. Aldridge, Commer-
cial Arithmetic and Algebra; (Mrs. e
Finley, Home Economics; ]Miss
Mary Snipes, Typing, Shorthand,
and Bookkeeping. Earl Wray,
Piane Geometry and Algebra; jMrs.
Alice Bolding, English and Spanish;
G. B. Wilson, Science and Ameri-
can history; C. E. Farmer, Civics
and Economics.
The high school will be organiz-
ed beginning Monday, September
2. The following schedule wiljUn
observed:
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September 2. All pupils on«rrslinftav
bus route of O'Farrell, Harmo? ' ,"
Red Hill, Douglassville and W a
ren Springs. of Sales-
September 3. Center Hill a}'ng, and
New Colony. [merchan-
Heptember 4: Concord, Un<
Hill Bear Creek and Caves Sprin
September 5. Mt. Zion, Shi.'
and Lanier.
September 6: Almira, Laney ai>
Mill Creek.
September 7. Linden Indepe
dent School District.
Mrs. Milton O'Rear
Receives Degree '
Mrs. Milton O'Rear (nee "Dooc
Ford) will receive her degree t*
Aug. 19th. from East Texas Staf
Teachers College at Commercf
Texas. Mrs. O'Rear will receiv
her Bachelor of Science Degree
with a major in Home Economics.
She will also receive her Smith
Hughes Certificate, and it is believ-
ed she has set a record by complet-
ing her complete course of work in
2}4 years.
Parolled with her creditable
school work, she has taken an ac-
tive part in other activities on the
campus, being a member of the
East Texas Story League, Eta Ep-
silon Club and Women's Recrea-
tional Association.
She was chosen as a delegate to
represent her Home Economic Club
at the State Home Economic Con-
vention in San Antonio last year.
She was also selected as a member
of the Varsity Soccer and Basket-
ball Teams.
At the present time Mrs. O'Rear
is residing at the Home Manage-
ment House where Home Econom-
ic students receive practical train-
ing in managing all the varions
phases of home making.
A
Commissioners
Court Proceedings
Commissioners Court met in reg-
ular session Monday morning Aug.
13th.
The resignation of Miss Rebecca
Murray, County Home Demonstra-
tion Agent, of Cass Co. was accept-
ed and Miss Alta Mae Anderson, of
Hopkin County was appointed to
succeed to Miss Murray.
Deputy Sheriff, Virgil Haw kin's
resignation was accepted and Bill
Knight was appointed Chief Detnfr*
ty, and Q. T. Hardegree, of O'Far-
rell^ was appointed second deputy.
The court let the High Schools
have several sewing machines for
the Home Economic sewing rooms
until they are called for.
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1940, newspaper, August 15, 1940; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341267/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.