The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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A Big Majority
returns in from 251 coun-
©f 253 holding primaries Sat-
including more than 150
BB*?the Texas Eelection Bureau
651,000 votes have been
and that Dan Moody has a
over all his oppenents; May-
Connally will fight it out in
rid primary this month; Tom
d Barry Miller will be in the
rhik Marrs and Garner will
ie second contest,
lions are now that J. T. Robi-
Texas, friend, will be in the
shile Claude Hudspeth won
jlk. Coke R. Stevenson has a
> in this representative district
1 1909.
in our neighboring
Kimble D. Gibbs will be
Frank Patterson, for sher-
primary.
Shouldn’t a Jury
Room Be Provided
Tuesday night a jury in a criminal
case in the district court wished to re-
port at about eleven thirty o'clock,
the court was asleep, so the jury was
forced to wait until morning to report
its findings, and do you know that
these gentlemen “camped” in the court
room, on benches, tables and other
things, provided with a few quilts
furnished through the kindness of J.
L. Balentine, of the Balentinc Hotel.
Those who were unable to sleep under
these circumstances were forced to
sit up the entire night. Too bad.
It seems to us tkrt some means
should be provided whereby a jury
would be given the comforts their
situation demands, and that they
should be subjected to the hard-
ships of camping out on benches,
floors, tables and such like, while serv-
ing their country, their county and
neighbors as well. A jury rocan, with
all the comforts these gentlemen en-
joy at home should be provided, and
if this room is not equipped with beds,
then sufficient Cots, and bedding
should be provided as to relieve these
,»en of unnecessary hardships.
Or course, these men could take
Darwin 8, Love J the bits in their mouths, and report a
Miller 93, PatrweR 17. 1 ffctthrg before i,*ght on *acn case pro-
Rocksprings
AND EDWARDS COUNTY LEADER
ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY AUGUST 3, 1928.
Big Basket Picnic;
Barksdale, Aug. 7
Edwards County Will Honor Boy Scouts
In Camp Next Tuesday Afternoon.
Business Houses Here Will Close
County
Having Opposition.)
: Blanton 150, Con-
7, Mayfield 33,
: Hawkins 3, Moody 125,
Jones 74, Terrill 171
r: Harris 54, Hatcher 371
Instruction: Davis 24,
“ 13, Marrs 127.
sr: Britton 8,
?, Terrell 23.
r: J. Smith M, L.
MK&"' „
368,
a 219,
Smith 105, Thomas
i: Stevenson 240, Bak-
9.-
vided the attorneys have closed and
the charge delivered by the judge,
>ct they are snpfosed no go into every
phase of the case, weigh the evidence*
and after deEbemfe consideration*
render a verdict, and mot before.
And if these comforts are not pro-
vided, then we fed that m justice to
these good men, £fee attorneys aad
judge should receive the verdict 6f
the jury at whatever hour during the
night they anight want to report, so
that tjiey might Ike allowed to go
home and enjoy the comforts of their
own surround mgs.
After a while is will be rather hard
to get a /ary"'of oaf better citizens in
a criminal case, 3f we continue the
practice ctf looking after the comfort
of three men, as against the discom-
of twelve. •
224^98,
67/37, Mc-
165/18, Terrell
P? -
16th
from 31,
Haris 294,437,
Instruction'. Davis
James lft.445,
>ner: Britton 75,-
Robison
-wmg|£v ,
Here Wednesday
The merchants and bankers of
Rocksprings, (with the exception
of the, filling stations, who will
keep a man in front to supply gas
and oil) will close their places of
business promptly at one o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, August 7 th in
order that everyone might join in
the big basket picnic and barbecue
at Camp Fawcett, which will be
given at 6 o’clock p. m. on that
day.
The people of Rocksprings and Ed-
wards county are interested in the
boy; the young fellow now growing
into manhood—mother’s boy and dad’s
bey— wh® some day is to bake his
place azxwug men and be a pant of this
great nation of men, doing his bit
toward the advancement of the won-
derful a&als which the truly great es-
pouse. lai keeping with the love wc
have ier our boys, we acre anxious
that their training shall be advanced
to that point of excellence as to give
hioa euery advantage w£bin our pow-
er-
RcaiEzing that the wiry first step
toward the advancement of the boy is
to acquaint him with the wonderful
lessons that nature has provided, we
are as a unit behind file Boy Scout
XDowsnent, and are anxious that the
who
New Methodist
Church Opened
Opeing services at the new Metho-
dist church were held Sunday morn-
ing at 11 o’clock the sermon being
delivered by Rev. Standley Harvey of
Midland Texas, to a packed house.
In fact, many were turned away 'at
this service.
Rev. Harvey took as his text,
“God, -the Master Architect,” and
handled the subject matter in a man-
ner that elicited much favorable com-
ment from those who were so fortun-
ate as to hear this learned gentleman.
His comparisons were well taken,
and the speaker left no room for doubt
as to where he stood on the “modern”
Record
the evening, there will be a huge free
berbccue; something like 30 kids will
be slaughtered and barbecued in a
manner that this country is so famous . ...
pickles, bread and other good eats will | *heon? " , °,te” advan"d ” '
also be provided by the committees j da>’s of. h.gher education^ but stressed
in charge, and a general good time ‘he Poa,t al1 ‘hrouSh hls ^course
and homefolks’ gathering will be had.[that God was t ,e mas,er "chttect and
_ . _ | builder, and that man was moulded
Booster Committee:. J. W. Hutt, J
chairman, Mayor V. A. Brown, Judge
Claude Gilmer, O. W. Peters, Seth
Young, the pastors of the various
churches, to be augmented by a com-
mittee from the chamber of commerce.
Jim;
Entertainment Committee: Mrs. A.
B. Coalson, Mrs. Little Epperson and
others to be selected by Mrs. Coal-
district 38
10
4418.
Jefferson
415/72.
1 Appeals:
201,901.
i: Fourth <K«-
from 44, 24
Thomas 28,-
ITeaeher
who will be tea-
> High
in-
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who
t fea-
of commerce,
will be present and
at
A. B. Ewing, wife and son, were 19
from Del Rio last Wednesday, in
the interests of the Boy Scouts, bring-
ing with them a back load of Scouts
from Del Rio, who will be in camp at
Camp Fawcett at Barksdale. Mr.
Ewing, who is secretary of the Del
Rio Chamber of Commerce, is onp of
outstanding Chamber of Com-
merce secretaries in the state, and
any time a bet gets by Ewing,* you
can calculate that lie has been put
out of commission. . > :
Ewing went to San Angelo with
his mind made up to bring the next
convention of the Sheep & Goat
Raisers’ Association to Del Rio, and
bow well he succeeded was announced
iresn the body there that Del Rio will
be host next year to the sheep and
goat men
This was Mrs. Ewing’s first visit to
Rocksprings since the storm, and she
was fayorably impressed with Rock-
springs in general, and warm in her
praise of the character of the new
buildings being erected here. Like all
other visitors, these good people com-
plimented the excellent table set at
our local hotels.
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to us with the
recommendations, hav-
■p|(£«r the best piano tea-
le state, and finished under
R. Repass, Dean of Music
College, and gradu-
Hifl
m,
—. -
d Youni
night Ed Young
raid on a store in
a Mexican
of 40 bottles
> tab and a
Leonard Wheeler
Passes Away
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News reached Rocksprings Monday
night that Leonard Wheeler, promin-
ent young Edwards county ranch-
man of the Carta Valley community,
had died that day at the Woodman
Sanitorium at Colorado Springs from
the effects of tuberculosis.
Mr. Wheeler was the son-in-law of
John Rosenow, and numbered his
friends by the hundreds, not only in
Edwards county, but in several coun-
ties, where he has grown and spent
his young manhood, being engaged
in the ranching business since a young
boy., r r „ .
We understand the remains will ar-
rive in Uvalde the Jitter part of the
and ‘that the burial wil take place
Valley, the Mate to be an-
-v -
each year are provide^ with a place
thal in its every surrounding is ideal;
beiigr a part of" God’s xuost wonderful
Visions—beautiful hills and valleys,
numorous springs, ferns and wild flow-
ers jgrowing every where, majestic
tree** nature in its pnirty, untouched
by mm, a surrounding *ffiat shows the
|mrc1i>of the RULER of the Universe,
are the things that will 3>r!ng the boy
doses do better living, 'better thoughts,
better environments, nobler and loftier
deeds, and above all make him thank-
ful to Jus Maker for sutih a wonder-
world i« which to live, aud to serve.
“■And aside from this, we are an-
xious that the boy be provided with
every manner of wholesome pleasure,
tor we feel that in order thal he might
expand as he should his pleasure must
be a part of his education, as well as
training. So taking the boy’s case in
hand Mrs. Su S. Henry called a meet-
ing of a few of our citizens al Dis-
mukes Hall Monday afternoon, and
went into the boy scout movement,
and expressed herself in a few words
as desiring the people of Edwards
county to show its appreciation of the
boy and this wonderful trailing to
the extent that we shall, as a whole,
back Barksdale in its effort to have
Camp Fawcett on the Nueces made
the permanent camp for the Boy
Scouts in this area.
Mrs. Henry and other speakers
brought out the fact that this was
the most ideally located camp site to
be found anywhere in the state, con-
taining within a-radius of several miles
all that the scout could wish for; won-
derful water for drinking purposes;
miles and miles of pufe water to
swim in; many caves to explore; large
trees for shade, and above all an en-
vironment that will appeal to the boys
and to the parents of the boys who
attend the yearly outings. This spot
is so situated as to be far away from
any possible contaminating influence,
yet close enough to several cities as
to make it most desirable from several
points of view. So taking everything
in consideration the people of Ed-
wards county will join with good
people from Barksdale in making a
bid for the permanent establishment
of Camp Fawcett on the Nueces.
It was decided at this meeting that
a big backet dinner be spread 011 the
grounds Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 7th,
and every resident of Edwards county
is requested to attend, bring a bas-
ket of eats, and make this in reality
the largest gathering of citizens of
this county, ever assemble J at one
time. Let’s make is unanimous, and
spend one day in coming together as
a large, boy-loving citizenship. Will
• •
son.
Committee on Publicity anil Table
Service: Baptist ladies, Mesdames L.
A. Clark, J. A. Henry, A. C. Race.
Church of Christ: Mesdames Joe
Greer, Hullette Franks.
Methodist: Mesdames Jesse Gilmer,
Q.'B. Coalson, Little Epperson.
Presbyteram: Mesdames W. W.
Sherrill, John I. Henry, Robert Hut-
chins.
General Management—Meats cof-
fee, etc.: Walker Dismukes, Walker
Ckxrdt, Lee Johnson, M. Bard well,
W. T. Day, Raymond Earwood, O.
L. McNealy.
Sixteen Boy Scourts, in charge of
Sccaitsnaster Seth Yotn^g, left Tues-
days. tot Ovg Savaett pa the .linNW
at Barksdale, for the first period and
seven will leave Tuesday for the sec-
ond period.
Small streamer badges will be don-
ated "by the Rocksprings Record, bear-
ing this inscription: “Make Cantp I
Fawcett Permanent.” Anyone desir-
ing these stickers may secure them by
calKog at the Record office.
School Receives.
Another Credit
The board of trustee^ of Rock-
springs Public School has just receiv-
ed notice that our High School has
'been.given a credit of affiliation in
Biology by the State Department of
Education.
This gives our school seventeen and
one-half units of affiliation, being now
affiliated in the following subjects:
English, three units; History, three
and one-half' units; Mathematics, three
and one-half units; Science, four;
Bookkeeping, one; Civics, one-half.
¥ Rocksprings boasts of one of the,
best public schools in the state, and
it is becoming better as the years go
by, on accou t of tie fact that the
peop!«* of this sec' on- are interested in
higher education to the extent that
they will support their school to the
limit, realizing that the best is not
too good for their children.
, Nowhere will be found a school so
closely cemented to its patrons as is
Rocksprings Public School.
1 after His image, and that of His Son,
Jesus Christ, and riot after tad poles,
monkeys and such like.
Rev. Harvey spoke of his advance-
ment to the pulpit from the anvil and
forge in a small blacksmith shop, and
told in an amusing way several in-
cidents in -his life, always making a
point of «the fact that everything was
worth doing well, and that while he
was in the blacksmith business, it
was a source of a great deal of
pleasure after a hard day’s work to
know that his labors were not I?
vain, but the finished product was
such as to be of much satisfaction to
the workmen. So with this little church
here; that it was a trying time for
the workers interested in its building,
yet now that the handsome $1300
structure has been finished, those who
lave labored hard and long may now
take much delight in having finished
the job in a. manner that will reflect
credit to all.
Rev. Robert Hutchins of the Pres-
byterian church, gave way for this
scrrtwranrtf
Meeting at A
Best In F
One of the most successful
largely attended meetings of the i
and Goat Breeders’ Ass
Texas, came to a close
gelo last Thursday night,
officer, member and visitor ’
this meeting are
for the manner in which
entertained at San Angelo.
The business session wae
the Ritz Theatre at 9 o’t
day morning by President T.
caid, and after prayer by
Hartsford, Mayor W.
delivered the address of
while responses were -
Capt. H. VV. Rieck of I
Gillis of Del Rio, and
Menard.
The treasurer, Roy
nora, reported that
had over $8,000 in its
eve of its thirteenth
tion. His report
in the industry
range conditions and
for wool than paid a
More than $80,600'
sheep and goats
for sale at the auction:
ers’ Association held:
with the sheep
ount includes also
sales made at the
show.
The legislature was
priate the sum of
tion of a memorial
building at A. &
A. Kincaid, the
to appoint three
with the college in
ig-
'A bill
horse racing in
can be secured in 1
than by program adi
public donations wasai
Rev. Hutchins assisting Revs. Tay-
lor the local pastor, and Harvey in the.
service. , "• '
Special music was furnished for the
occasion, and enjoyed by the congre-
! gatioa. - '
Grand Jury
Finds?
rvn
,tre
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Hot Check Artist
Visits Gimp Wood
J. R. Pettitt was up from Camp
Wood Monday, and placed an ad with
us, in an effort to dispose of an elec-
tric light plant, and also gave us two
iron men for the Record for a year.
Mr. Pettitt was telling us of a hot
check artist that was in his section
last week, and who got him for a
small amount, yet in the end it might
result in finding a son that was lost
in Mexico some 44 year ago. ’
In asking Mr. Pettitt how he spell-
ed his name, and after being told, the
man informed Mr. Pettitt that he
knew another party that spelled hir
name tlto same way, and who was in
Mexico, io Mr. Pettitt is now run-
ning down the clew left by the check
artist, in hopes that he might locate
the son who disappeared forty-four
years ago.
Attend the
Camp Fawcett,
The grand jury has (up to Thurs-
day morning) found seven true bills.
This body was in session the first two
days of this week, and recessed until
Thursday, when they again went in-
to session, to take up other matters
to come before them.
The indictments so far recorded are:
Jesus Castanuela, for carrying a
pistol.
Celso de Leon, for sale of intoxi-
cating liquor.
Belente Benevedo, assult to mur-
der.
Pedra Guinell, theft of cattle.
Paudia Tarres, for moving mortgag-
ed property out of the state.
Criminal Docket
In the case of The State of Texas
vs Pedra Guinell, -charged with steal-
ing a goat from the ranch of S. H.
Guthrie, the jury found the defend-
ant guilty, and his punishment asses-
ed at two years in the penitentiary.
In the case of Belente Benevedo,
charged with attempt to murder » Mr.
Dean on the Rosenow ranch near Car-
ta Valley, case continued.
In the case of Jesus Castanuela, for
carrying pistol, continued.
In the case of Celso de Leon, for
selling intoxicating liquors, found not
guilty.
Pandia Tarres, for moving mortg-
aged property out of the state, con-
tinued to next term of court.
The petit jury was discharged Wed-
nesday at noon.
Of the thirty civil cases on the doc-
ket for this term of court, 28 were
continued for some cause or other,
while two were dismissed for want of
prosecution.
We have a request from the publi-
shers of the Automobile Red Book,
asking for a listing of our town and
a correct log of the roads here. As
to the listing, we had to pass that part
of it up, yet it was our pleasure to
give them all the information we
could gather on the roads in this sec-
tion. You know, it would i’t do to list this
some
president of the
ers’ Association
Del Rio will get the
the next year’s
final results of the
at the Ritz 1
ing.
A meeting of the
of the organizat
roof garden of
beginning at 8 o’<
and lasting until«
dent T. A.
Fort Stockton
picked as the
next quarterly
ecutive board,
of a telegram
chamber of
structing J. L.
tative, to invite
Stockton. Mr.
vitatkm by adding that \
be tendered the
meet again in
ment which
of the
tention from
Members;
tee were g
(Continued ,
Del Rio
Hon. Julian La<
torney and owner of the
News at Del Rio, £§|
million and a half
months’ wool was sold
Monday and Tuesday
Mr. LaCrosse tells us
ducers Wool . and !§ilj|
702,000 pounds and
and Mohair Co., sold
The price was 373-8 ____
and 34 3-8 for the No. 2 1
The Yal
Co., did not sell,
cerns have sold
m
of then, for. „ the nigger
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Hutt, J. W. The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 3, 1928, newspaper, August 3, 1928; Rocksprings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1073738/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .