The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY MAY 25, 1928
Exercises
Public School
lCement exercises of the
Public School were held
torium of the school build-
iy evening, which was. the
exercises of the Seventh^
, which was as follows: Invoca-
Elvin Bost; 'Music, Patti
Morriss; Salutatory Sam
Henry; Song, Class; Address,
R. A. Taylor; Valedictory, Otis
srt; Presentation of Diplomas,
D. Peters; Benediction, Rev.
was replete with good
from beginning to end, and the
lienee showed their apprecia-
!i a marked manner for the high
i entertainment furnished by our
}.and girls, as also for the wonder-
address by Rev. Taylor,
he salutatory address delivered by
■ Sherrill Henry agd the valedi-
of Otis Cowsert were brim full
thoughts, masterly handled
young folks, while the other
on the progvam of the young
iced to be along
^training.
pupils received
with the Seventh
Ruth Wellborn, being
of the Eighth Grade.
were as
girls, Patti Beall
Brink, Sybil Smart,
Smith,?. Bill Garrett.
Grad& boys, Otis Cowsert,
Henry, Word Sherrill,
Ckmdt, Barton Dismukes.
girls, Mary Ralston,
Wellborn, Charlene
Race, Bessie Barrows
Elsieivey Honeycutt,
Willie Jo Billings,
Grade
boys, Jack Belentine,
Brown, Chester
C. L. Taylor,
Masters.
A. Taylor, in his address
class, and audience as well,
his theme “Persistence,” and
into in a manner
spell bound
he making
on page six)
Howard-Payne
Band Enjoyed
Howard-Payne’s “Blue Devil” Band
was in Rocksprings for a concert
last Thursday night, and played to a
very large and appreciative audience
at the High School Auditorium. This
band is on its annual tour of Texas,
and its object, natufally is to stimu-
late interest in Howard-Payne Col-
lege, which is located at Brownwcod.
The program was one of the best
ever rendered here by a concert band,
and its playing showed that' the dir-
ector Edward Doyle, had spent many
hours in rehearsing the band. The
program consisted of marches and
overtures well mingled which was en-
joyed. The program was spiced by a
comedy act by Julian Evans drummer
in the band, who specializes in comic
monologues, and other sketches. The
program was ended with a patriotic
college song.
This entertainment was under the
auspices of the Athletic Club of Rock-
springs, and this fund was swelled to
possibly $50 as its part of the pro-
ceeds, the Club guaranteeing the band
a certain amount for its appearance.
More thanks to Seth.
Uvalde Prepares
For Kg Meeting
Things are beginning to hum for
the June convention of the Texas An-
gora Goat Raisers’ Association at
Uvalde. Headquarters will be at the
Kincaid Hotel. The press committee
consisting of H. P. Hornby, editor of
the Uvalde-Leader News; A. R. Hun-
ter of the Camp Wood Messenger of
Light, and Arther F. Davis, is plan-
ning to send out invitations to the
press of the southwest and to the
leading news-gathering organizations,
because the annual show and sate are
of national importance.
Editor Honby has arranged for
space in his office, with tables and
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rer
“<• groom M.
‘ ; lovely affairs for which
is noted, was given at
Mrs. M. O. Grooms,
jn, when the popular
Ir. and Mrs.
- showered with
by their many
entered the living
played Men-
March, and was
the seat of honor by lit—
Janice Riggs and Mertie
Big Dance At
Marshall Ranch
One of the most enjoyable occas-
ions of the season was that of the
big dance Friday night at O. Q. Mar-
shall’s Headquarter Ranch, which
was staged in the large two-story con-
crete barn, and both flpors were
literally packed from about eight o’-
clock in the evening until early Sat-
urday morning.
It is estimated that about 400 peo-
ple attended this dance, and “Q” had
promised us a list of those attending
but up to the time of going to press he
has not made his appearance, and no
doubt he has come to the conclusion
that as everybody in the whole coun-
try was there, then why furnish a list
of his friends. Guess he is about
right, and we will say while we made
no count of the gathering, yet venture
at over four hundred were in at-
tendance.
Music for this occasion was fur-
nished by Oliver Kowert’s orchestra
of Fredericksburg, and those dancing
pronounced the music first-class, stat-
ing that they had never enjoyed dance
music of a higher type, and that the
musicians at all times showed a will-
ingness to respond to encores, even
through the strain early in the wee
hours of the morning wras trying.
Hot barbecue of chevon and real
coffee were served during the evening,
and everyone pronounced it of A-l
quality, and by the way they ate, we
are sure Mr. Marshall feels like it was
just that kind of supper that appealed
ito their palates. Not only was the
qualify firct-class, but \the quantity
was there also, for even after serving
this large gathering many were pre-
sented with packages of barbecued
chevon to take home to some friend
who could not attend.
This occasion was made more plea-
sant, no doubt, for the fact that the
host and hostess spared no pains to
show their guests a real good time,
in a truly western manner, for which
this particular section is famotrs, and
Page Carson Is
Cleaning Up City
Page Carson, in charge of the clean-
up campaign here, is on the job and
doing the work in a very thorough
manner. As was reported in last week’s
paper, Mr. Carson was placed in ab-
solute sharge of this work, and how
well he is succeeding needs only a
look about you, and more especially
around the court house square.
This is indeed a huge undertaking,
yet we feel that the city selected the
right man to do the job in a thorough
and systematic manner, for Page has
donned his hickory shirt, old trousers
and will be found from morning until
night toiling alongside those whom
he has employed to assist him in this
work, and that too without receiving
one cent remuneration, he being pub-
lic spirited to the extent that he will
give his time and money to a cause
that he realizes will do more for the
city beautiful, as well as the health
conditions, than anything that could
possibly be done at this time.
Miss Bourland
Building Houses
Miss Claudine Bourland is having
erected in the western portion of
Rocksprings, near the Alamo Lum-
ber Co., and just off the Sonora and
Del Rio roads, several tourist cot-
tages.
These cottages, we understand, will
be of modern design, containing
kitchen and sleeping quarters, and in
adition to this will be provided with
all modern sanitary conveniences, in-
cluding both tub and shower baths.
These cottages will be connected with
septics of modern construction, and
will, when finished, be among the
most attractive tourist cottages in this
section of the state.
This is indeed a merited venture on
the part of Miss Claudine and we
predict that these cottages, will be oc-
cupied from the time they are com-
pleted, and this is indeed an example
set to .others, for if we can take care
of the tourist then there is no reason
why we should not have many come
When this work has been complet- | among us and spend the summer in
ed, then we feel that each and every the coolest and healthiest place on
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by Mrs. Brown
vocU.ic^ by Mrs. C.
solo by Mrs. Grooms
by Mrs. Peters, was
of the program
gave the bride some
on how to deal with
led her to a well at
mg room. On pull-
Golda found neither wa-
the well, but many beau-
gifts, put there by her
all departed feeling that these excel-
typewriter,, to be used as headqoar-^, people — drawp doser ,hem
lets for press representatives. Act- than ev„ before.
Quite a number were present from
Junction, Kerrville, Sonora, Del Rio,
Barksdale, Carta Valley and other
points in this section.
Big Goat Shows
Are This Year
Edwards county ranchmen should
keep in mind the important shows in
Texas in June, July and August, and
make preparations to attend these big
events, for at these gatherings will
be prospects from every section, and
as Edwards county breeders top the
whole evountry in pme-bred goats,
sheep and cattle, we should make an
effort to not only “toot our horns,’
but make believers from all who come
from “Missouri.”
Uvalde, our next-door neighbor, is
inviting the world to be with her on
June 27, 28 and 29, when the Texas
rate. Uvalde has grown so* that it can Angora Goat Raisers’ Association
resident of Rocksprings will see the
need of such a compaign and will see
to it that all the premises in our city
are kept clean and in a sanitary con-
dition, so that we may not only elicit
favorable comment from the visitor,
but feel that us homcfolks will better
enjoy living in the city.
Page says he is receiving wonderful
cooperation from the residents and
property owners of Rocksprings,
which is making his task comparative-
ly easy, as everyone seems to see the
effect of the clean up, and are being
imbued with the spirit that prompted
this movement, to the end that he
feels sure that the entire corporate
limits of Rocksprings will undergo a
needed change in a very few days.
Up to date, Page says he has found
most everything in the accumulation
of trash with the exception of twenty-
dollar gold pieces.
earth, not saying anything of the
number of beauty spots within a
stones throw of our city.
Which Will
In This
Some time this fall,
date the membership
chamber of commerce, there w
staged on the court house squan
a very unique contest, which
fostered by Awo of our mo»t i
ent ranchmqn, Messrs. O. Q. Me
and R H. Ear wood:
From accounts,
the editor of the
a contest entered into
billie goats, and while
stakes posted iu the case,
test is entered :.:to by
tlemen, to bring into coi
breeds of goats, in an
mine which is really the
matter of weight and
hair.
Facts are as follows:
has purchased from C.
San Antonio five billies,
$500, and Mr. Earwood
from Fred T. Ea:
five billies, at a
billies are
are to be
themselves, and
be brought to
and shorn
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.
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ual sending of these invitations to the
press will be in charge of Arther F.
Davis.
Importance of the show last year,
-with prospects of large exhibit* fol-
lowing a good spring mohair sale,
point to one of the greatest Angora
goat and mohair expositions ever held
in the United States. Those Texas
men truly put life into such an event.
The Angora Goat Raisers’ Associa-
tion has secured nearly a thousand feet
of film, which will be featured dur-
ing the convention. Programs are be-
ing issued, and Uvalde invites goat
raisers and breeders from all states
to join tl^eir big celebration. Barbecu-
ed chevon will be one of the features.
Manager D. W. Price, Leslie Nimn
and Dr. W. W. Niper, the committee
on publicity, are arranging a fine list
of events, President F. O. Landrum
and secretary T. O. Smith urge the
attendance of growlers and their fami-
lies. Camping places will be provided;
program, consisting | hotel rates are fixed at a reasonable
punch and cake were ser-
guests. ;
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Deliveries
Are Very Heavy
4 —
700,000 pounds of wool have
been delivered to the ware-
the De! Rio Wool and Mo-
and new consignments
at the rate of about
Del Rio Wool and
r expects to have in
one million and a
when the buyers
ra June or to-
month. The
mill men is
will bring
accommodate, without question, five
thousand people for the 1928 show.
Get your family in the car and head
for Uvalde, June 27, 28, 29.—Angora
Journal.
Montell Stock
Trading Active
Stock trading has been very ac-
tive in the Montell section the past
week. Some of the deals reported are
as follows:
Mr. Caldwell of Hackberry • has
bought about 1,200 head of mutton
goats from Floyd Williams near La-
guna at $5 per head.
W. M. Bunton of Laguna has
bought 200 yearling ewes, including
twenty ewes with lambs by side,
from Mr. Stroud of Barksdale, at $9
in the wool.
H. B. Sawcross has bought 60 head
from the same party at $7 out of the
wool.
Winston Edwards bought three
hundred yearling and two-year-old
4bes from C. T. Stockley at $7 per
head.
Dick Perkins of Barksdale, has
purchased a 14-foot Aermotor from the
Alamo Lumber Co. It is said that a
of from $40 to $6Q can be had
chasing your wind mills in
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will meet in annual convention, show
and sale. So cut this out and pin it in
your ten gallon Stetson, and be on
hand.
On July 24, 25 and 26, the Texas
Sheep and Goat Raisers' Associaton
will have one of the most interesting
gatherings in its history at San An-
gelo, and the program as prepared by
Angelo is absolutely complete, and
you will be entertained in the old-
fashioned western style at this meet-
ing.
The Annual Round-Up at the Ex-
periment Staton of Texas A. & M.
College, located between Rocksprings
and Sonora, will be in August, and
on the 14th and 15th. Naturally you
will not miss this event, as at least a
portion of it will be staged in Edwards
county. This is always one of the
biggest events for ranchmen in Texas,
and we feel that this year they will
have a bigger show than ever before
so don’t forget the dates, and be on
hand.
We might suggest that you have
a thing or two to say about Rock-
springs and the ranching industry of
this section, the grade of stock we are
raising here and our excellent sur-
roundings, and it may be we might
get some of these wonderful gather-
ings coming our way.
Frank Hester is driving a new
Chevrolet cabrolet, which was pur-
chased from the Divide .Chevrolet Co.
Long Wool
Brings 44 Cents
Max Russell, Menard county ranch-
man, Tuesday contracted the long
wool that will be sheared from 6,000
sheep to Charlie Evans of Sonora, rep-
resentating S. Silberman & Sons of
Chicago. The clip is* expected to total
50.000 pounds.
Mr. Russell will receive 44c a pound
the same price to be paid by Eiseman
Brothers ’ of Boston for more" than
500.000 pounds contracted earlier in
the Menard territory by L. M. Mur-
phy. The contracts by Murphy were
the first in west Texas in over two
months an<j indicates a good demand.
Other buyers, however, report that
they are not in the market and will
Mvait until warehouse sales begin about
June 1.
It is estimated that 10,000.000
pounds of the estimated 32,000,000
pounds Texas will produce this spring
have been contracted. If the produc-
tion reaches this figure, it will be
about 2,000,000 pound heavier than
last spring when the crop set a new
record in poundage. Sheep probably
will shear less this season than last,
Decoration Day
May Thirtieth
Decoration Day, May 30, is no long-
er dedicated only to the memory of
the federal troops who died in the civil
war, but it is now dedicated to the
memory of all those wljo laid down
their lives for this land of ours since
George Washington raised the stand-
ard of Independence in 1776. Decora-
tion Day has wiped out every vestage
of the bitte-ness between North and
South, which still lingered before
the North and South joined hands in
1917 to liberate the world.
Decoration Day is not far off (May
30J' and the Record hdp« that every-
one of you will stand in Rocksprings’
cemetery during the services and thank
God that you did what you could to
help those in your own town who
have lost loved ones.
True, Rocksprngs observes April
12 as decoration day, yet we must not
forget that on May 30 we must come
to the graves of the departed and do
homage to those who have fallen in
battle, knowing that they lost their
lives in a cause that cemented us to-
gether as one grand nation of freedom
loving people.
.^de-
commission To
Aid Ranchmen
of
months from
sheared, and the
[weight and pounds of *
j during the period
months shearings.
We predict that this
the most interesting
ed in Rocksprings,
both sides, as
dustry will be
extent
ed from fo
casion, with
ship will be
of popularity on
they will ever bes
from now no
of the range”
many courtesies
after they have
lacks.
J Naturally
that the old
both
claim their billies \
fact is both can ♦ w
must lose, and it ___
of fine goats to be
to it that both
In the mean
commerce m
to put on a
feature for
that date.
Have Yoi
Eldorado.—If your sheep or cattle |an<j ^
The R. S.
ceived advice
“Save-a-Life”
are afflicted by some ailment that you
can not diagnose or if some known
malady strikes them in force call J.
A. Whitten, member of the Livestock
Sanitary Commission of this city and
he will have a veterinarian of the com-
mission call on you, and within twen-
ty»four hours if possible.
The commission has what is said
to be the finest corps of veterinarians
in the state and they are subject to
persuit to t
the beck and call of the ranchmen,
owing to dry weather, but the dirt j Judge Whitten insists that the ser-
in the fleeces will more than make up
proclamation,
been selected
bile inspection
ThisS*^
commences
will continue to j
Those who wis
ed will drive into
and have their
steering m<
amined free of
iod from May 19
icchanism
the difference, a buyer said.—San An-
gelo Standard.
Perkins Boomed
For C. of C. Head
Alpine.—The candidacy of Col.
John Perkins for the presidency of
the West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce was formally launched here by
the Brewster County Chamber of
Commerce in a luncheon club. His
candidacy has been endorsed by the
Jeff Davis County Chamber of Com-
merce and other organizations of this
section. In an address following the
announcement, Col. Perkins stated
that the major planks in his platform
would be the developement of agricul-
ture, livestock and the mining indus-
try of west Texas; the upbuilding of
all educational institutions now locat-
ed in west Texas; the conservation of
natural resources and the progressive
developement of same; with special at-
tention paid to the great reserve of
petroleum and natural gas.
vice of the commission be used. } ^ e 8overnor»
T. A. Haverick of Ozona recently state, county
wanted a veterinary and called Judge | „ cxas >re
Whitten. The veterinary was in con- I *or exPcrencc
ference with Mr. Haverick in San An
gelo within less ” than twenty-four
hours.
Judge Whitten asks all to notify
him if any charbon ontbreaks occur, as
this is the season of the year when
this disease breaks out.
Jolly Wives
Are Entertained
The Jolly Wives Bridge Club met
with Mrs. Milton Gilmer as hostess
last week, and after several interest-
ing games of bridge was played high
score was awarded Mrs. John D.
Phillips, and cut prize to Mrs. Floyd
McCollum.
Refreshments, consisting of cake and
cream were served to the following:
Mrs. Joe Woods, Bob Sherrill, Page
Carson, Floyd McCollum, John D.
Phillips, Thomas Taylor, Bill
Ann Taylor, Thompson, Worth
and the hostess.
defective
a considerable portion
involving motor
chargeable to
equipment, and
urally leave in their
fering and loss of
entirely aside from
and damage to
and have your car
sibly “Save-a-Lifc.” ^
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