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Refugio Timely Remarks
VOL, VIII.—No. 49
AND REFUGIO COUNTY NEWS
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1936
$2 a Yea?
South Texas
By Bill Elliott.
Problem for Study.
From all over this part of South
Texas corn is being moved to mar-
ket. Drouth conditions in other sec-
tions, making a greater market for
this .commodity than generally ex-
ists for South Texas growers, also
indicate a much better market for
the grain and feed crops which, now
are going into the ground in much of
this area. Prospects are good for a
splendid fall and winter harvest of
crops which will be in. demand.
Here is an opportunity to call to
the attention of the nation of the un-
equalled farming opportunities found
in South Texas. We need not deny
that we have extremes in weather,
hut freezes come just about often
enough enough to kill off the insects
and drouth is not to be feared. Na-
ture may take its toll of a crop now
and then, but our long growing sea-
son and diversified production give us
unusual opportunities. It is one of
our best talking points as a section.
The problem which we should study
more seriously is: How can we best
"talk” about it so that the nation will
know what we have down here ?
Ballot for' November Election
Closed Monday Night with
Races in Only One Precinct in
County.
To Washington.
The government recently asked
two South Texans to go to Washing-
ton to help work out plans for a
practical soil and water conservation
program, anS Lyndon B. Johnson and
L. P. Griffith were on their way there
over the last week-end. Johnson is
state director of the national youth
administration in Texas and Griffith,
who formerly lived in Corpus Christi,
COUNTY 0FFICIAL$:*‘~-5.,,,
HH1E HH0PSPOSES All philatelic mail posted at
Refugio on October 21 will bear
a specially designed cachet by
the Texas Centennial department
of information. Refugio is one of
the few communities recognized
by the state department with
such a distinction.
The special Centennial stamp
will bear a historical sigifieance,
and will be very valuable to the
owner, both as a memento and
as philatelic property in later
years.
It is hoped that a large num-
ber of local people will have the
Centennial cachet affixed to let-
ters posted on designated date,
particularly on out-of-state mail.
Stamp collectors and dealers
throughout the United States
have been notified of the special
cachet date at Refugio, and as a
result many will send philatelic
mail to the local postoffice for
mailing on that date.
Every person who has the
Centennial cachet affixed to a
letter to an out-of-state friend
or business associate will be en-
couraging attendance at Texas
Centennial celebrations. In addi-
tion to the three major Centen-
nial observances now in prog-
ress at Dallas, Fort Worth and
Austin, nearly 50 more celebra-
tions will be conducted during
the remainder of the year.
All was smiles around the county
court house Tuesday morning. The
occasion was the passing of the zero
hour for candidates filing for county
offices, with not a single one of the
present incumbents having opposi-
tion. This is the first time in many
years that all of the county officials
have heen spared the expense and
arduous labor connected with a cam-
paign for re-election.
For the last month or so there had
been rumors of races for certain
offices, but the ticket closed Monday
night with all county officials lined
up on a clear track, but with no op-
ponents. This condition is taken as
indication that those who handle Re-
fugio County business have given
such splendid satisfaction that there
was little chance of defeaing any of
them. The only thing now that could
affect any of the offices would be a
write-in campaign, which is almost
beyond the realm of probability.
Precinct No. 2, Woodsboro, fur-
nishes the only races in t^e county.
There Paul Neumann, \vho is running
for re-election, is opposed by J. F.
Tuttle of Woodsboro and Frank Hart-
mann of Bayside for the office of
county commissioner, and a real close
contest is anticipated. Mr. Hart-
mann is a late comer in the race,
having announced two weeks ago,
is state director of NYA projects.
It is possible that several thousand 'vhile “essrJ Neumann and Tuttle
Texas youths soon may be engaged 1
ia work to save thousands of acres
of Texas farm land as a result of the
conference which was called at the
president’s direction.
Johnson’s record during his year of
work as NYA director in Texas en-
titles him tq participation in such a
conference. And as leading engineers
of the world were to be in attendance
fighting it out all sum-
mer.
Ed Bi’em, well-known Woodsboro
business man, also sprung a surprise
when he appeared at the last minute
Monday night to register as a can-
didate for justice of the peace in the
Woodsboro precinct, opposing V, . L.
Gallia, who has held the place for
several years. Friends of both say
.. LWr. Aonm- to Sriifch
he was called in to the meeting f- So tl*Se who uke to Set worked
, up over local elections will have to
look to precinct No. 2 and Woods-
boro for their excitement.
Following are the candidates for
county and precinct offices which will
appear on the November 3 ballot:
For County Judge—T. G. Jeter.
For Sheriff, Tax Assessor and Gol-
Ira Heal’d.
For County and District Clerk
W. McGuill. ’
For County Attomey-
For County Treasurer-
Huddleston.
For County Surveyor
Young.
For Commissioner, Precinct No.l—
Thomas J. Heard.
-For Justice of the Peace, Precinct
No. 1—Frank Low.
For Constable, Precinct No, 1—R.
P. Clarkson.
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 2
—Paul Neumann, J. F. Tuttle and
Frank Hartmann.
For Justice of the Peace, Woods-
boro—V. L. Gallia and M. E. Brem.
For Justice of the Peace, Bayside—
Wild Life Work.
Interest in wild life conservation is
strong when more than 500 persons
attend a meeting by an organization
such as the San Patricio County. Wild
Life Federation. It was estimated
that that number of persons were lector-
present at the San Patricio County
federation’s meeting at Mathis last
week.
There is need for conservation and
preservation of wild life, in South
Texas and throughout America. Only
recently J. A. Tetts, editor of the Live
Oak County Herald, told us his ex-
perience which shows how wild life
is disappearing in this part of the
country.
The Tetts family arrived in George
West 13 years ago, when Tetts as-
sumed charge of the George West
Enterprise, newspaper which since
has become the Herald. He writes
that on numerous occasions, making
trips from George West to Beeville,
he saw herds of eight to 10 deer
T.
W. L. Rea.
-Miss Emma
-Phillip G.
For County Commissioner, Precinct
No. 3—J. C. West.
Pre-
crossing the road. Wild turkeys
were plentiful, squirrel and quail | q T qt^r.v.Zr.Q
were in abundance and other wild1
life was to be seen in number. "Later
hunters from all over the country J
would come with the opening of the j k’or County Commissioner,
hunting season and kill carloads of \ c*a.ct No. 4 Clarke Adkins,
game. Deer, at times, were killed at | For Justice of the Peace, Austwell
ail seasons of the year. Today deer, j —W. W. Gohlke.
wild turkeys and other wild game and j For justice of the Peace, Tivoli—
"birds pi’actically have disappeared j a. Carroll.
from Live Oak County.” j _0_
There is a Live Oak County Wild
Life Federation which today is work-
ing to protect such wild life as is
left and to plan for the restocking of
the country with animals and birds.
Fire Prevention Week
Observed October 4-10
REFUGIO DEFEATS
ROCKPORT 39 0
Win First Game of Season and
Take Lead in District 39-B
Race—Play Cotton Pickers at
Robstown Tonight.
A. & I. College.
Texas, the largest natural gas pro-
ducing and natural gas consuming
state in the Union, has had, before
this, no course in natural gas engi-
neering offered in any educational in-
stitution within the state. The . fact
that such a course is being offered
this year for the first time at Texas
A. & I. College, Kingsville, is but an-
other reflection of the service which
Historical Association
Holds Meeting: Today
The Refugio County Historical and
Landmarks Association will meet
this afternoon (Friday, September
25) in the club room of the City Hall
at 4 o’clock. Miss Madie Mitchell,
president, urges that all members be
present. Others interested are also
invited/ to attend the meeting.
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Historical Events
September 20, 1776—Delaware
the college has rendered, and is ren- adopted state constitution.
dering, to the section it serves di-
rectly and to the entire state.
A. & I. College is far ahead, in
service given, of the district it serves
in united support extended to it. The
•college is a state-supported institu-
tion and will receive just that degree
of support that we, acting together,
demand for it. Which is another
problem that those interested in
South Texas might think about.
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REMARKS—$2.00 A YEAR.
September 21, 1784—First daily
newspaper in the United States, Phil-
adelphia.
September 22, 1792—First French
republic proclaimed.
September 23, 1800—William H.
NfcGuffey, educator, born.
September 24, 1869—Financial
“Black Friday” in New York.
September 25, 1690—First Ameri-
can newspaper published (weekly),
at Boston.
September 26, 1513—Balboa dis-
covered Pacific ocean.
October 4 to 10 will be observed as
Fire Prevention Week in Refugio.
The local fire department, the city
government and fire marshal will co-
operate in persuading citizens to
clean up their premises, removing all
trash and rubbage likely to create a
fire hazard.
The week before Fire Prevention
Week, Fire Marshall W. R. Lonian
states, a “home inspection” week by
Refugio school children will be con-
ducted, when inspection blanks will sonally accounted for three
be distributed to every individual
pupil with a few appropriate fire
prevention remarks. They are to be
returned during the week properly
completed and turned over to Fire
Marshal Loman,
Fire Prevention Week, is an annual
event in Refugio, as well as over the
entire state. It is sponsored by the
state fire insurance department.
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Death Joins Families
Separated for 36 Years
Through the death of E. J. Doug-
las of Lufkin, Texas, P. J. Douglas
of Refugio, v/ho operates the Frisco
Hotel, learned for the first time in 36
years of a brother he last saw in 1899
in the Indian Territory. The Refugio
man is one of three brothers who
left their native Mississippi in 1895
to settle in different places in Texas
and Oklahoma.
When E. J. left his brothers in the
Indian Territory in 1899 he went to
Navasota, Texas, and as none of the
rest of the family ever heard of him
again they supposed he had lost his
life in the 1900 storm which de-
stroyed Galveston and many other
towns on and near the gulf coast.
On reading of the death of E. J.
Douglas, Mrs. Jesse Douglas of Sad-
ler, Texas, widow of one of the broth-
ers, v/ho died in February, wrote to
Mrs. E. J. Douglas in Lufkin inquir-
ing as to the identity of her husband.
P. J. Douglas of Refugio, also read-
ing of the death in Lufkin, wrote to
his son, L. R. Douglas, in Grapeiand,
Texas, asking him to go to Lufkin
and investigate. L. R. made the trip
to Lufkin with a group of old family
photographs, and the reunion ensued,
resulting in three families hearing
from each other for the first time in
more than a third of a century.
Since that time the Refugio man
has had the following letter from the
widow of E. J. Douglas:
Lufkin, Texas, Sept. 20,. 1936.
Deai1 Mr. Douglas: I hardty know
how to write this letter. I am both
glad and sorry—glad that we have
located you all, but so sorry it did
not happen years ago, for I know
you three would have been so glad
had this happened long ago. Your
son, L. R., and family, visited u.s last
Sunday. We surely enjo3/ed their
visit. We v/ould be so glad to have
you visit us soon. I am sending you
a clipping from the Lufkin paper.
We are looking forward to a visit
from you.
MRS. A. M. DOUGLAS.
P. J. Douglas continued to live in
the Indian Territory, which is now
Oklahoma, until 1925, when he
moved to Bloomington. He came to
Refugio in 1927 and made his home
here since, except for two years in
Woodsboro.
Encouraged by a decisive 39-0 vic-
tory over the Rockport Pirates last
Friday night to put them out in
front in the District 39-B race,
Coach Smith’s Refugio High School
Bobcats journey to Robstown tonight
(Friday) to tangle with a strong Cot-
tonpicker eleven representing that
city. Robstown’s class A football
team is always recognized as one of
the strongest in this entire section,
and the local boys and fans fully
realize what they will be up against
tonight. The Cottonpickers last week
handed the powerful Donna team a
7-0 setback.
The Bobcats have been holding
daily practic sessions in preparation
for their second start of the season,
and the spirit of the team appears
unusually good, Coach Smith said.
The local squad has increased to 40
boys, and although most of them are
young and inexperienced, it is expect-
ed that they, will show marked im-
provement as the season progresses.
Although given little chance to win
over the class A Robstown outfit, the
Bobcats can be expected to give their
best and there is an outside chance
for a Refugio victory.
The Bobcats showed great possi-
bilities last week in swamping Rock-
port. Virgil Rymal, plunging full-
back, won the plaudits of the crowd
with his off-tackle smashes. He was
the leading scorer of the evening
with three touchdowns and two suc-
cessful tries for extra point for a
total of 20 points, making him at
present the leading scorer in the en-
tire district. J. C. Millican, fleet
quarterback, raced up and down the
field with reckless abandon, and per-
touch-
dpwns, or a total of 18 point's. Billie
Beardsley, > husky halfback, account-
ed for one point after touchdown on
a line plunge.
The local qoach expressed himself
as being weli pleased over the show-
ing of his boys over Rockport. He
used every boy he had in uniform
and several of the reserves showed to
better advantage than the regulars.
No serious injury to any of the boys
resulted from the game, and it is ex-
pected that the entire squad will be
in the best of condition for the Robs-
town game.
A large -crowd of local fans and
students is expected to accompany
the team to Robstown tonight. The
team will travel in private cars and
will leave Refugio about 5 p. m. The
game is* scheduled to begin at 8
p.. m.
The high school pep squad, with
their sponsor, Miss Beth Williams,
were planning to make the trip to-
night and form a strong rooting sec-
tion for their favorites. The pep
squad has been meeting daily this
week to practice yells and go
through their drills in preparation for
putting on a demonstration between
halves at the game in Robstown.
Although the game tonight is a
non-conference affair, it will afford
local fans an opportunity to see
what the Bobcats can be expected to
do when they meet some of their
stronger conferences foes. Last year
when these two teams met the Cot-
tonpiekers romped away to an easy
38--0 victory, but it is to be expected
that the score this time will not be
so one-sided.
Coach Smith made no comment as
to his probable starting line-up, but
indicated there would be some
changes over the eleven that started
in last week’s season opener.
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Daughters of Republic
Hear Interesting Talk
Members and guests of the James
Power Chapter of the Daughters of
the Republic of Texas, numbering ap-
proximately 45 adults and 15 high
school students, met on Wednesday
afternoon of this week in the club-
room of the City Hall and heard what
was reported as one of the most in-
teresting and educational -addresses
ever delivered here. The speaker was
Dr. Miller Harwood, noted authority
on Texas history, who spoke on “The
Significance of the Texas Centennial,”
Dr. Harwood also presented many
interesting facts on the history of
Refugio, which were especially well
received by his appreciative audience.
Following Dr. Harwood’s speech a
formal reception was held, after
which refreshments were served to
everyone present.
No Good Ever Came Out
of Kansas, Judge Says
County Attorney W. L. Rea,
the sage of Refugio County and
earnest advocate of President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and
the New Deal, in discussing the
national political situation Tues-
day, stated that nothing good
ever came to Texas from the
state of Kansas. On the con-
trary, he said, Texas had suf-
fered many plagues that origi-
nated in the Sunflower State, a
few of which he enumerated as
follows:
The Jayhawkers, who made no
end of trouble for Texas during
the Civil War.
The Third Party (Populist),
which for a time threatened the
solidarity of both old parties.
The Third Party Fly, which
came down from Kansas to in-
fest Texas cattle.
Numerous infestations of grass-
hoppers to eat up Texas crops.
The destructive army worm,
which, he says, originated in
Kansas, and descended on Texas
to play havoc with growing
things.
The curse of prohibition he
blames on Kansas, who gave to
Texas and the rest of the coun-
try Carrie Nation and her
hatchet.
But the greatest of all these
blights, the veteran official says,
is Landon, which Kansas is at-
tempting to saddle on the coun-
try.
But not if the judge can help
it.
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Bayside Plans Float
. in Centennial Parade
FIREMEN CLOSE
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Despite Weak Pitching Staff*
Team Makes Good Showing.
Vic Sralla Outstanding Player
Meyer Best Second Baseman.
Bayside will enter a float in the
Centennial parade to be held in Re-
fugio October 21, if plans started at
a meeting held at the Bayside Town
Hall Monday night are carried to
conclusion. The float will probably
depict some feature of the history of;"""; .j£"
the old port of Copano, which wajl achieved Jts successful season. Fn>IE
the scene of many stirring events l
during Texas’ formative p
The meeting was presTdi
Postmaster A. L. Cole and the prin-
By Joe F. Rodgers.
The Refugio Firemen ended one of
the most successful seasons of its
baseball history at Houston last
Tuesday night (September .8), losing
to the winners of the Houston Post
semi-pro tournament, the Barbers
Hill Gushers, 6 to 0.
Playing against the greatest array
of semi-pro teams in the world, . the
Firemen tied for third and fourth
places .in the tournament standing
winning three and losing two for a
percentage of .600. Halliburton’s of
Duncan, Oklahoma, winners of the
national semi-pro tournament, held in
Wichita, Kansas, tied with the Fire-
men and Grand Prize of Houston for
third and fourth places.
Vic Sralla, one of the most popular
players ever to don a Fireman uni-
form, won the batting championship
of the tournament with a batting av-
erage of .600. Vic was elected on
the all-star team as utility outfielder.
L. D. Meyer, popular second baseman
of the Firemen, was chosen at second
base on the all-star team. Consider-
ing the weak pitching staff, lack of
an experienced catcher and third
baseman, the Firemen did a good job
of finishing in the same position as
Halliburton and Grand Prize. The
only two teams to beat the Firemen
finished first and second, Barbers Hiil
and Thompson.
The writer, speaking in behalf cf
the management and directors of the
club wishes to thank the supporters
and knockers of the team for their
support this season. Without your
cipal speaker was City Secretary J.
C. Heard of Refugio, general chair-
man of the Centennial Celebration
Committee. Bayside people v/ho at-
tended the meeting were enthusiastic
over the venture, and it is believed
that Refugio County’s resort city will
have a commendable float in the
parade.
Other Refugio County towns and
communities have been invited to
have a part in the celebration.
3,000,000th Ford Truck
to Be in Refugio Today
A parade through the streets of
Refugio, with V. V. Bailey, manager
of Shelton-Bailey Motor Company,
and many other Refugio citizens
leading, will mark the arrival this
(Friday) morning at 9:45 o’clock of
the 3.000,000th truck built by the
Ford Motor Company, a V-8 1 1-2
ton panel unit, which is en route to
the Texas Centennial Exposition.
* The Ford V-8 truck, which marks
the building by Ford of more than
one-third of all trucks turned out by
the automobile industry in its his-
tory, will be on exhibition at the
show rooms of Shelton-Bailey Motor
Company following the parade.
The 3,000,000th Ford truck was
driven here in the course of a trip
which will include visits to many
cities in the eastern and southern
states before reaching the Texas
Centennial at Dallas, where it will
be placed on exhibition in the Ford
Exposition building.
The first Ford truck was built by
the company in 1917. It was a one-
ton model, powered with the famous
Model T engine. Since then 3,000,000
Ford trucks and commercial cars
rolled off the assembly lines—the
Model T and Model TT 1928, the
Model A until 1932, and the Ford V-8
since that time.
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School Heads to Hold
First Meeting Monday
Public school executives from
eight surrounding counties will meet
in Victoria on Monday night, Sep-
tember 28, for the first meeting of
the Karankawa School Executives
Club for the new school year. The
meeting will be sponsored by Victoria
Junior College.
Leaders from rural and city schools
of Refugio, Calhoun, Jackson, DeWitt,
Karnes, Bee, Goliad and Victoria
counties will be attendance. Super-
intendent Jack Deviney of Port La-
vaca, president of the organization,
will have charge of the • meeting.
Robert Marshall, assistant superin-
tendent of the Bellville schools, is
vice president.
your support and good-will you have
eatabli*b3d the ’ Refugio Firemen aud -
its gc fd citizens in yours and the
hearts of every citizen in Southwest
Texas.
Several times this season you and
several others have cursed, ridiculed
and condemned the manager, players
and directors of your club. It is true
at times they all probably de-
served your condemnation. Their
mistakes were many, not only on the
field, but off. Their mistakes were
multiplied ‘several times—-every mis-
take they made we saw. Shoqd we
try and correct it ? If we, did, we
would have the second guess on the
manager, and the players. Do you
think that is fair to yourself ?
The troubles of operating a semi-
pro ball club are many. First, the
finances; second, the players them-
selves, and third, the fans.
One does not realize just how much
money it takes to operate a semi-
pro ball club. Ball players must eat
and sleep as you and I. Baseballs
cost $15.60 per dozen and it takes
about two-thirds of a dozen per
game. Umpires are paid $5 per
game. The opposing team not only
gets a guarantee, but the preference
of 60-40 of the gate receipts. It takes
about six dozen bats per season at
$21 per dozen, lighting expense of
about $13 per game, upkeep of the
park; groundkeeper, towels, ball
chasers and other expenses.
Ball players are like any other
ordinary citizens. Their faults and
virtues the same as yours or mine.
A player during the ball season must
live a little different than the ordi-
nary citizen. He must do the follow-
ing things or he is not going to do
the club much good: Live a clean
life, train to get and keep in condi-
tion; play and think baseball, play
to win regardless of whether he
wants to win or lose, be polite to
every fan, whether he intends to stay
in this community or not.
The fan is the mainstay of a ball
club. They can either make a good
club or break one. Their support
throughout the season, whether at the
park or away from the park, is what
it takes to make a good club. With-
out this assistance no club in base-
ball can survive.
It is said all over the southwest
that Refugio boasts the best and
most loyal fans in the entire country.
Through my association with the club
and fans in the past few years, I
have come to know that this saying
is the fact.
Plans are being laid now to give
Refugio and vicinity one of the best
clubs in the entire country. It takes
time to build a club that will win in
the class of baseball that we, must
play. The Houston Post tournament
has become one of the best drawing
cards that 'Semi-pro baseball has pro-
duced.
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