The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1936 Page: 1 of 4
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ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS.
MAY FIRST. 1936
NUMBER TW1
, office Thursday
AND ^
report reached the
morning, stat-
that several Urge accumulations
v, mohair had been sold Wednesday
—-- the state at from 60 to 61 cents
grown hair and 70 and, 71 cents
P|||' for kid hair.
A buyer announced in Dallas last
week that he had offered SSc for all
Texas accumuUtion of grown hair, and
65c for the entire accumulation of kid
hair. He stated that his offer was
turned down.
So this report appears to be well in
line with market trends at this time.
BIG TIME AT UVALDE
HONEY FESTIVAL
HOW ABOUT TIRES
ON YOUR AUTO?
DUKE AND GOAT
GET A “BIG HAND*
50,000 POUNDS MOHAIR SELLS
AT 55-05 CENTS POUND
One of the most outstanding pro-
grams of entertainment ever prepared
by a Southwest Texas town is being
pUnned by committees for the Uvalde
County Honey Festival on May 7 and
8th at Uvalde, and preparations are
being made to accommodate several
thousand visitors during the two-day
affair.
One of the features of the program
will be a rodeo, in which riders and rop-
ers from throughout this entire section
will participate. J. H. Mundine, of Uv-
alde, and Earl Sellers of Del Rio are
in charge of this event, and state that
no expense will be spared in making
the event one of the best ever held in
a town of this sise. An attractive pre-
mium list has been arranged for each
of the two days. Events will include
bronco riding, calf roping tie down,
saddte bronc riding, steer wrestling and
steer riding. There will be a break-
away calf roping if time permits. Ef-
forts are also being made to arrange
some of the State’s outstanding ropers.
A parade on the morning of the op-
ening day, headed by the Sul Ross
College Band will be greatest Uvalde
has ever seen. Joe Carper, who is in
charge of the decorated floats, an-
nounced this week that approximately
25 entries already had been made, and
others are coming in daily.
A polo game, golf tournament in
which teams from all surrounding
towns have been invited to partici-
pate, dances each evening at the Kin-
caid Hotel and other forms oi enter-
tainment features. Admission will be
charged only to the rodeo, polo game
and dances. All other events of the
two-day program are free.
The honey exhibits are to be in
many of the Uvalde business houses
and also a central exhibit in the Kin-
caid Hotel. This will enable every visi-
tor in Uvalde during those days to be
reminded that this is the center of the
production of the world’s finest hon-
ey-
The wool and mohair display
should be one of the most education-
al ever shown In Uvalde. The Asso-
ciated Wool Industries of New York
have offered their assistance and at-
tractive displays of the process wool
goes through after leaving the range
country. Similar articles of mohair in
the possession of Horner's will add
greatly' to the educational value of the
exhibit.
On the evening of the first day. a
gigantic pageant in which more than
500 school children and citizens will
participate, and which will depict the
growth of Texas through the various
episodes wjll be presented.
The climax to the evening’s program
will be the crowning of Miss Wilma
Festival. Her court will include nine
Russell as Queen Bee of the Honey
rincesses, named for the principal
flowering shrubs from; which bees ga-
ther honey.
The pageant will be presented in
Memorial. Park where a natural ampi
theatre makes an ideal location for the
event. A stage will be erected in the
bed of the Leona, and seats will be ar-
ranged along the banks of the stream,
beneath huge old oak trees
Public speaking, at which Hon. Ro-
bert Lee Bobbitt, associate justice of
the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals,
San Antonio, will be the principal
speaker, band concerts by the Sul Ross
Band and W. Lee O'Daniels and his
“Hillbilly Boys" also will be parts of
the opening day program.
A public wedding will be held im-
the contest did not g®11 mediately following the Beauty Par-
we had hoped ltj (je ln<j any couple who desires to get
to light much in-1
>ri and char-
and pictures.
Albert Fields, representing Tom
Ritchie of A. W. Hilliard & Son, put
new life in the mohair market in Men-
ard the first of the week, when he
purchased 50,000 pounds at 55 cents
for grown hair and 65 cen^p for kid
hair.
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CLIPPINGS SOLD
AT 18 CENTS POUND
The sale of 50,000 pounds of clip-
pings at 16 cents a pound in Del Rio
the first of the week to Tom Richey
and the gathering of wool buyers ar-
ound the 600,000 pounds of 8 months
wool and 100,000 pounds of 12 mon-
ths at Del Rio featured the curtain
raising acts of the 1936 spot wool mar-
ket.
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PENSION PAYMENT
TO START JULY 1
AUSTIN. Tex.—Orville Carpenter,
old-age assistance direction, said Tues-
day pension payments would start not
later than July 1. and earlier if pos-
sible.
He returned recently from Wash-
ington, where Federal officials ap-
proved formally, and warmly com-
mended the Texas pension law.
“A great amount of work must be
done before payments can start," he
said, “but everything possible, includ-
ing a night shift in some departments,
is being done so that early payments
can be had."
He emphasized that Federal money
Would be available when he requested
it, but could be paid only to needy
persons.
“The Federal Government will not
permit its funds to be paid on any ot-
her basis," he said, “and will not re
imburse States for payments made to
applicants not in need or for amounts
paid in excess of such needs."
Carpenter said the first eertification
of an applicant would be made in
hbout two weeks.
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EXPOSITION HISTORICAL
CONTEST IS EXTENDED
DALLAS Texas.—Because of num
erous requests from school officials
and others for more time in which to
prepare entries for the Texas Centcn
nial Exposition Historical Content, an
extension of the contests until May 5,
has been announced by members of
the Centennial Historical Exhibits
Committee. The contest was originally
scheduled to close April 21.
"We want everyone interested to
have an opportunity to enter,” declar-
ed Herbert Gambrell, director of His-
torical Exhibits for the Texas Centen-
nial Exposition. “We beKeve this ex-
tension of two weeks will give them
We suppose nearly every person
having a radio listens attentively when
announcements are made that some
person has met with a bad automobile
accident, presumably caused from
worn out casings, automobiles that
have not been properly serviced, and
many other reasons.
Yet We daresay, you have never
heard of- a tire manufacturer telling of
some bad new casings that are now
apparent on many cars being driven
over the country of the latest and new-
est designs
The average automobile made today
is equipped with every safety device
known and you are urged to take care
of the car and drive it at a reasonable
rate of speed so that accidents might
be prevented.
Many an unsuspecting car owner is
trusting to casings on cars that are
practically worthless. While some of
these casings look good on the surface
yet the carcass, the vital part of an
automobile casing, is rotten and of no
value whatsoever.
We had occasion only last week to
see two casings driven only around
2000 miles taken from a new car, and
the carcasses in these casings were alFi
to pieces, just a lot of rotten junk.
The man or woman riding on such
casings is taking a long chance and
whether you are a careful driver,
running around 40 miles an hour, or
making say 55 miles an hour, the
chances are that if the small rubber
coating should give way your car
would go into the ditch, probably
tearing up a good, well-built automo-
bile, and possibly taking a toll in loss
of life.
We read much of speed demons, road
hogs, etc., but we very seldom hear
of rotten casings causing any damage
—where the casings are supposed to
be new stock.
Then it would appear, that all ac-
cidents cannot be charged to reckless
driving and car trouble but much of
this might be prevented if casings were
checked by dealers, under severe tests,
before a car was turned to a customer.
This precaution might not only save
automobile owners on car expense, but
might save human lives.
When it is all said and done, auto-
mobile drivers trust more to casings
on their <ars than to any one part of
the car, and If these casings are not
strong, carcasses in good shape, then
there is very little between the driver
of a car and eternity.
Let’s make auto casings safe as well
as the car they are on.
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ELVIE MOORE
BUYS IN GROCERY
BARKSDALE SCHOOL
GOOD WILL BANQUET
The Record acknowledges receipt
of complimentary tickets to a "May
Day Good-Will Banquet,” to be giv-
en by the Senior Class, Barksdale
Public Schools to night (Friday, May
1st), in the auditorium of the school
building.
A large orchestra has been secured,
so we were informed, t<^ make music
for the occasion, and covers will be
prepared for 150 people around a spec-
ially built table in the auditorium.
Guests from several adjoining towns,
including Uvalde, Camp Wood and
Rocksprings have been invited, and a
large crowd is expected to attend this
event, given by the school children.
After-dinner speech-making will be
the order of the evening, intereptsed
with readings, papers, etc., prepared
by the Senior Class of Barksdale
School.
Professor Pearson assures all a most
pleasant evening.
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CARD
THANKS
DALLAS, Texas,—Billy The Kid,
yearling Angora goat mascot of the
Texas Centennial livestock show at
Dallas has become a sophisticate in the
three days since she left her canyon
home near Vance and began a parade
before Mayors, and other dignitaries in
Central Texas cities.
Tuesday morning a movie news reel
in Dallas shot three hundred feet of
film as she held out her right foot to
be manicured and then sniffed with
apparent pleasure the springtime per-
fume held before her nose by a pretty
blonde dancer.
The fast life, however, is proving
too much for Billy, and her weight
has fallen 15 pounds in two days. Duke
Tayior of Vance who led the goat on
her historic pilgrimage through the
man-made canyons of Texas cities,
talked over the radio at 12:30 o'clock
from Fort Work, the first goatman to
go on the air.
Culberson Deal of the Board of City
Devlopment at San Angelo, Gene Eb-
bersole, Milt Withers, Mark Campbell,
and W. L. Johnson have been direct-
ing the program in which the goat met
the world. News stories previously
said the goats' forbidding body odor
would keep them from the livestock
exhibit here. These stories later were
corrected. W. L. Stengel, director of
the livestock show, said Tuesday
night, the stories had cost him some
sleep.
Mr. Taylor passed through Rock-
springs Wednesday, and in conversa-
tion with the editor of the Record,
made mention of the wonderful treat-
ment accorded his party in both Fort
Worth and Dallas, and according to
Duke, he never in his whole life re-
ceived any warmer reception, nor was
he ever privileged to enjoy a genuine
hospitality as was accorded in both of
these cities to himself and party.
Mr. Taylor delivered a very pleas-
ing and comprehensive radio address
at Fort Worth Tuesday afternoon,
which we are sure was well-received
by the many thousands of listeners
over the nation. His remarks were con-
fined to the Angora goat industry, its
inception, and just what it means to
the nation, more particularly those sec-
tions raising numbers of goats, pro-
viding mohair for the better grades of
upholstery materials.
Certainly, no person is better prepar-
ed to handle matters surrounding the
mohair industry than is Mr. Taylor,
for he has made many years’ study
of Angora goats, being one of the
most prominent registered Angora
goat breeders in America, and as stat-
ed before, is president of the Texas
Angora Goat Raisers' Association, and
a Director in the American Angora
Goat Breeders' Association.
Mr. Taylor left Rocksprings Wed-
nesday for San Antonio, where Mrs.
Taylor is visiting, and will return to
the ranch with his wife the last of the
week. .
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T. C. HAMPTON AT
BIG HOME-COMING
T. C. Hampton, accompanied by his
daughter, Mrs. S. S. Shanklin and
granddaughter, Miss Myrtie Gene
Thompson, have returned from Foard
County, where they attended the 45th
anniversary jubilee at Crowell, April
27 and 28.
Mr. Hampton tells us that this was
the climax to all gatherings ever held
in that section of the country, and was
In fact a home-coming event for many
thousands of old Foard county resi-
dents and many others, when 11,000
people gathered to accept of the hos-
pitality of the people <5f Crowell, and
mingle with the large crowds of old
friends, witness a first-class rodeo, and
enjoy the bountiful meals prepared by
the people there for the vast throng
of visitors attending this annual ev-
ent.
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COUNTY CONI
CALLED BY
A. W. Owens, dealer in general
merchandise, on Main street adjoining
the First State Bank, announces the
sale of a half interest in his grocery
and gent’s furnishings to Elvie Moore,
who will assume full charge of both
the grocery and gent's furnishing busi-
ness Monday morning, May 4th.
The ladies' furnishings and dresses,
as well as millinery and ladies' dress
goods will continue in charge of Mrs.
A. W. Owens, and will be run in the
building now occupied by that de-
partment.
Mr. Owens will in a measure retire
from the business, and full charge will
be given Mr. Moore, who will have
charge of sales and buying. While Mr.
Owens will assist at the store, yet his
activities will in a great measure be cur-
tailed, and Mr. Moore will have full
charge.
Stock is being gone over today, and
stock-taking will in all probability be
completed before the week ends.
Messrs. Owens and Moore wish to
assure their friends and customers
that a full line of staple and fancy gro-
ceries, as well as clean stocks of gent's
furnishings will be displayed at their
store in the future at attractive prices
for the better grades of merchandise
contemplated to be carried in stock.
Mr. Moore will in the very near fut-
ure announce a clean-out sale of mer-
chandise, after which brand new
stocks will be carried in the furnish-
ings department, along with a complete
line of shoes, priced attractively for
quick sale.
Mr. Moore has been raised in Rock-
springs, and his friends are legion over
this section of the country, where he
is favorably known as a sound young
business man, having been it) the em-
ploy of J. N. Lockley for a number
of years.
We are glad, along with numbers of
friends of both Messrs. Owens and
Moore, to welcome this new firm m
the mercantile business in Rocksprings.
and are sure that the new firm will
continue along advanced lines, serv
ing admirably Hie people favoring
them with their patronage.
We are always glad to see our young
business men getting into institutions
of this sort, where they might continue
to build that which they have earn-
ed through honest effort.
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HONOR STUDENTS
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
J. A. Henry, county chai
mocratic party, calls attention
fact that a county convention
wards county democrats wilt be
the district court room, Rod
Texas, Tuesday. May 5th, at
clock, at which gathering delegates
the National Democratic convt
which meets May 26th, will be I
ed.
Chairman Henry asks the Record to
make this call for county meeting
made public, and is urging the inter-
ested democrats in each precinet' to
not only have delegates attend this
convention, but a general invitation is
extended to all democrats to come out
and meet in Rocksprings Tuesday af-
ternoon, May 5th.
Later on, says Mr. Henry, a meeting
will be called to select delegates to the
state convention.
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MISPREPRESENTING THE
ISSUE
I
The honor students of the Rock-
springs High School were announc-
ed Tuesday morning, after all grades
were averaged for members of the
senior class.
The valedictorian is Myrtle Sue
Banister, who has an average of 94.4
and the salutatorian is Steve Brown
who has an average of 88.7. Other
students in the race for honors were
Margie Tyler with an average of 88.4,
Sybil Rudasill with an average of 88.3
and Claude Winans with an average of
86.5.
The Senior class includes the follow-
ing members: Misses Sibyl Rudasill,
Elizabeth Taylor, Margie Tyler, Hel-
en Dean, Myrtle Sue Banister. Hope
Merritt, Pauline Northcutt, Claudine
Winans and Eunice Lockhart. Messrs.
Everett Epperson, Claude Winans,
Steve Brown, Clyde Winans, John
Knox, Alonzo Cowsert, Leo Perkins,
Norman Fred and Monte Earwood.
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MONTE EARWOOD
FIRST IN MEET
At the Regional meet, which was
held in San Marcos last Friday, April
24, Monte Earwood placed first in
shot-put and also first in discus.
His shot-put distance was 50 feet
and 6 inches, and his discus record
was 133 feet and five inches.
From San Marcos, Monte and
Coach N. S. Ward went to San An-
tonio to attend the San Jacinto meet
held there Saturday April 25. In this
meet Monte placed first in the shot-
put, the distance being 50 feet and
■71-2 inches. He also won first place
^ w«*' there in the discus, with 123 feet and
Monte and Coach Ward
they will
(Uvalde Leader-News)
Politics are warming up in Texas and
Governor James V. Allred, who is
serving his first term, is being made
the target for attacks by his oppon-
ents because the old age pension law
is not yet functioning.
Had these same opponents been in
the governor's chair the chances are
very certain they would have done
no better than Governor Allred has
done, and perhaps not nearly so well.
It is known to every informed citi-
zen that Governor Allred called the
legislature together as soon as the
vote on old age amendment and the
repeal of the State prohibition law-
was known.
What happened? The legislature
stayed in session some months. They
did not pass the old age pension law
until a few days before adjournment,
being November 19, 1935, when the
hill was approved. It did not go into
effect until ninety days after date,
February 19. 1936. The bill became ef-
fective under its provision July 1, 1936.
Its final approval also had to be made
by the Federal government to enable
Texas to secure Federal funds to
match the State funds.
Boards had to be created and an
administrator appointed to get out
proper forms and secure applications.
These in turn had to he examined and
approved. It was necessary for the
State administrator one of Texas'
leading business men, Orville S. Car-
penter, to go to Washington to get
the proper set-up. This was done. Con-
sidering that it has been but 60 days,
since the law became effective there
can he no just criticism of Governor
Allred for delay in the operation of
this law. The fact that the law itsetf
is not effective until July 1st, would
absolve the governor.
If delay exists it should be charged
to the legislature who wrangled thru
two special sessions called for the
purpose of enacting this law and fin-
ancing the payment of old age pen-
sions. They woefully failed in financing
this law as authorized by the voters.
The only provision made was for
three-fourths of the funds derived from
the sale of liquor permits to go for
old age pensions and one-fourth of
said funds for schools. These, so far,
are the only funds availiable.
Using Uvalde County as a basis
with its 300 applications for pensions
at $15 each front the State funds ,it
would require $4,500 per month, or
$54,000 per year to pay these 300 pen-
sions at $15 per month. The Federal
government would pay an additional
$15 making a total of $30.
If the same per centage of clai-
mants obtains over the State, $25,000,-
000 would be required to pay the State
pensions, and so far there is only about
two arid a half million dollars avail-
able from liquor taxes to be divided
among the pensioners and school
funds.
The governor cannot be blamed with
any failure to supply funds for he
called the
and gave them 4
veto the bill fMVIMh cMBng day* £g|
We aay again H I. very doubtful It
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married at that time may file then ap-
plication with Mrs. H. C. Carmichael,
chairman of the committee. All names
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express the gratitude
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PASTOR
1 the legislature for that purpose
rave them two chances. He did not
the bill passed in its doefng days,
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