The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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First Io
County, School, Church
and Local News
^XTY-THIRD YEAR
Oil Activity
In Freestone Co.
Picking up
Coring F. E. Hill W.U:
Completing Titles
Stewards Mill-Street man
South Cayuga Field, Freestone Co.
0. A. Phillips, drilling contractor
„f Dallas, is moving his rig off the
Bass & Pickens, Harwell No. 1, oil
„.ell to the No. 2, location on Bass
£ Pickens 50 acre E. P. Harwell
lease, R. M. Williamson Survey.
Their No. 1 well came in for a good
producer, completed in the Boyer
section of the Woodbine series with
bottom of hole at 4016 feet.
J. L. Collins & Co. have ^et sur-
face casing on their No. 4 location
E. P. Harwell 203 acre lease.
Amerada Petroleum Corporation
have cleared location and are prepar-
ing to move in on their No. 7 loca-
tion, Hettie Berk 1049.6 acre lease
E. G. Rector Survey. This location is
Ihe County Paper Brings You Local, County, Church and School News Every Week
The Fairfield Recorder
Organizing Tax
Committees in
East Texas
LONGVIEW, Nov. 7._It’s news
when busy business men not in pol-
itics get busy with a practical pro-
gram to do something about taxes.
The Hopkins County Wide Tax
Committee of 15 business men and
farmers is the newest link in the
chain of county wide taxpayers
groups being forged by the East Tex-
as Chamber of Commerce throughout
its 70-county area.
Here is the eight point program
suggested by the East Texas Chamb-
er and adopted by the Hopkins Coun-
ty Wide Tax Committee in toto:
1. See that each taxing unit follows
the Texas Budget Law of 1931 in pre-
paring each year an annual budget.
2. Study the proposed budget.
Compare its proposed expenditures
with actual expenditures of compar-
able units.
3. Attend the public hearing on the
budget. Let citizens take advantage
of this opportunity to have a voice
THE COUNTY PAPER—Established 1876
FAIRFIELD, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS NOVEMBER 17, 1938
A Future Sea Queen Taking Form Small Farmer
Going Way of
Buffalo and Indian
The small farm operator of Texas
and Oklahoma is headed for the
same fate as the Indian and the
Buffalo, unless something happens
which will stop the process under
absorbed into larger ones, accord-
ing to Louis W. Lee, County Super-
visor of the Farm Security Adminis-
tration. Figures made public today
by the supervisor show that more
First In
East Central Texas
For 60 Years
A general view of the new 85,000-ton liner, Queen Elizabeth, which is
being rushed to completion at Clydebank, Scotland, preparatory for
christening by the British queen.
11.9 feet East of their West line and j •„ how their Ux do,Ur, shall be|
737 feet North of their South 1 ne , spent before the checks are written.
At a hearing held last week in
Austin, the Railroad Commission re-
fused to grant Carter-Gragg Oil Co.
a permit to drill their No. 3-A lo-
cation on their E. P. Harwell 80
acre lease, after hearing protests of
petroleum engineers of stanolind
Oil & Gas Co. and Amerada Petro-
leum Co., in which they stated that
there was not enough of this tract
in production to warrant the drilling
of three wells under the 20 acre
spacing rule in force in this field.
Evans Lake Area
The W. W. Steward, Jr., and J. L.
Collins & Co.’s No. 1, F. E. Hill
[wildcat well, is coring in the top of
Woodbine series at 5110 feet,
hey expect to pick up a sand sec-
io:. nothin the next 40«fcMNn ?c
Preventing
Diptheria In
Children
CONTRIBUTED
Has yAur child had the Diptheria
Toxoid? Your children have a right
tewards Mill-Streetman Block
A. J. Willis is completing titles
nd maps on his large wildcat block
issembled between Stewards Mill
nd Streetman and he thinks that he
ill have this block in shape to start
rilling in the near future. This well
ill be one of the most interesting
•ells to be drilled in this county be-
ause of the Geological and Goophy-
ical information that has been as-
sembled on this area.
4. Check u-' from time to time to
see if expenditures are being made
in accordance with the adopted
budget.
5. Suggest ideas for bettering ad-
ministrations that have proven sat-
isfactory elsewhere.
6. Serve as a shock absorber to
Commissioners’ Courts, City Coun- jto be strong, healthy and happy. One
cils, and School Boards in resisting
pressure of specials groups for ap-
propriations that may be unwise or
cannot be afforded.
7. Act as an Advisory Committee
to officials bodies, if and when call-
ed upon.
8. Foster mutual respect and con- ] established. It is a simple skin test
fidence between taxpayers and pub- where a drop of harmless liquid is
lie officials. placed under the skin. If the child
The Hopkins County CommisSion-
ers’ Court is cooperating fully with
the County Wide Tax Committee.
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of the greatest dangers of childhood
is this preventable disease, Diptheria.
We have the diptheria Toxoid
which can be given in one injection
and after about six months a Schick
test may be given to make certain
that immunity or protection has been
SINGING AT DEW
SUNDAY NOV. 20
Sunday afternoon we are going to
turn hack the pages of time for 20
or 30 years and give our singing
over to the old boys of 20 or 30
years ago. They will have complete
cnotrol. They will make their own
program, and use whatever song
books they like. They are invited to
„as been protected entirely it disap-
pears, but if the child was not pro-
tected or immuned a red spot will
appear.
This protective measure may Ue
secured from your family physician
who is ever ready to help in such
measures in saving lives.
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Mrs. Ida McMillan
Buried at
Hillsboro Sunday
Mrs. Ida McMillan, aged 79, died
Friday at her home in Dallas. Burial
was at Hillsboro Sunday.
Mrs. McMillan was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Tate,
Sr., pioneer settlers of Freestone
County.
Near surviving relatives are: One
son, Tate McMillan; four daughters,
Mrs. L. S. Culwell, Mrs. L. O. Ward,
Miss Anna McMillan and Miss Lola
McMillan, all of Dallas; one brother,
Luther Tate near Fairfield.
Those attending the funeral from
Fairfield were Mrs. Ora Tate, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Tate and Mrs. Sam
Manahan.
David Terry
Dies From Pistol
Shot Wound
T. L. McAdams Under
$2000 Bond Charged
With the Shooting
David Terry died at an early hour
Monday morning in a Teague hospi-
tal from a pistol bullet wound re-
ceived about 7:30 the evening before,
at the home of his father-in-law, T.
Annual Red
Cross Roll Call
than eleven million acres were added L. McAdams, four miles north of
during the last five-years census Fairfield. Mr. McAdams was held
period to the group of farms in Tex- jn connection with the shooting, and
as which have more than five hun- leased on a $2000 bond,
died acres, and that there was sim- Burial was in the Fairfield ceme-
ilar increase in Oklahoma. The j tery Tuesday morning under the dir-
number of farms in excess of five (ection of Burleson Funeral Home,
hundred acres in Texas was inereas-1 following se, vices conducted by the
ed during that five-year period by * Rev. h. l. McKissack.
more than 4,000, the supervisor said, j The shooting is said to have been
pointing out that the eleven million cauged by family trouble.
acres added to this group of farms
is practically equal to the entire
acreage planted to cotton.
“This increase in the amount of
land worked in large farms has come
along with a most remarkable in-
crease in the number of tractors,”
the supervisor said. “There were 37,-
000 tractors in Texas in 1930, and
this number has increased to three
fold, according to a conservative es-
timate which places the number of
tractors in Texas this year at more
than 100,000.”
This movement for larger and
more efficiently operated farms has
helped to make Texas and Oklahoma
more and more dominant in the cot-
ton-growing industry. Farm Security
Administration figures show that in
Western Texas and Southwestern
Oklahoma the human labor and
Mr. McAdams is a well known far-
mer of this section and was a candi-
date for Commissioner of Precinct
No. 1 in the recent primary.
Mr. Terry was 59 years old, and
he was a native of this section. He
served as Constable of Precinct No.
1 and later served as Sheriff of this
county. For the last few years he has
been employed as a penitentiary
guard, and stationed at Eastham.
Farm.
Near surviving relatives are hia
wife and an infant son born Sunday
morning; a son, David Terry, Jr., rf
Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Burta
Butler and Mrs. Ruth Mayse, both
of Houston; a sister, Mrs. Howard
Gunter of Houston; three brothers,
C. C., Joel and Paul Terry, all of
this vicinity.
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horse or tractor labor cost the cotton « ^ .
grower eight and one-half cents for j J4 {^FIUCF u6lS
each pound of lint he produces. In _ , „ „ ,
Piedmont region of the Southeast, on ] l FCIIMllin I OF (jrOOQ
the other hand, these cost amount to I
better than 12 cents a pound, or fifty StOOlO LottOIl
per cent more than the western area. r
The price that the Southwest is <>• L- Gra^ ot Oakwood placed
paying for this increasing domina- 146 ba es of cjott°n in the Govern*
November 11 to November 24 is
the date for the' annual Red Cross
Roll Call. In Fairfield, Monday, Nov-
ember 21, has been set aside as the
j day for the special drive for mem-
DA Committee
0 Meet Nov. 21
01 ls W. LEE. Rural Sup.
The Freestone County FDA Com-
ittee will meet in Fairfield at 10
’clock on November 21, in the Farm
Security Administration office. Far-
ers who are having trouble in ad-
justing their indebtedness either on
jiattel mortgage or land notes are
rged to attend this meeting.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
WITH 22 RIFLE
Bill Crook, a white man living
near Fairfield, received a slight
wound Sunday when accidentally | thi's drive is being set up under the
arrange their quartets. They have 8hot. He was on Fuller Huckaby’s | direction of the local Roll Call Chair-
the promise of the Caney quartet of place east of town, and his rifle was
15 years ago, at that time one of] resting on the ground when he shook [ {ort’will be made ^ 8ee each person
the best in the country, and our|a vine on a tree hunting squirrels. jn Fairfield and its surrounding ter-IS”?
guess is that it will still be a top He drew the rifle, a 22, toward him, , jtory jn order that he may have an Ue
tion of the cotton market is the des-
truction of a large part of that body
of small farmers who at one time
constituted the greater part of its , .
farm population, the FSA supervisor f ^P1*
said. Many tenants who have tilled
ment Approved Warehouse at Fair-
field last week that commanded a
nice premium above the average
price of cotton. All of this cotton had
the land on the family farm basis
are being made landless, and being
forced by the machine into the towns,
. -> tt ii t » , or reduced to the position of day
man, the Rev. W. R. Hall, Jr. An ef- laborers. Large numbers who have
RESBYTERIAN SERVICES
T STEWARDS MILL
The regular third Sabbath morning
reaching service will be held at
tewards Mill Sunday morning. The
abbath school meets at ten o’clock.
The Presbyterian Churches at
tewards Mill and Fairfield are hap-
V to have in their midst again the
*v. J. Walter Simpson, their form-
r pastor.
0RINTH B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM
OR SUNDAY NIGHT
Subject: Christ Only.
Lesson Text: l Cor. 2:1-10—Ran-
olph White.
Bible Quiz—Dean Harrison.
Monday—Nelma Gene White.
Tuesday—Nora Dee Allen.
Wednesday—Louise Clary.
Thursday—Melba Kilgore,
hiday—Maudene Allen.
Saturday—Mrs. Ben Clary.
Sunday—Mrs. Myrta Kilgore.
part 1—N. H. Chaney.
Put 2—Wilbur June White.
Bait 3—Miss Vera McKinnon.
Part 4—Mrs. Claude Anderson.
P l t 5—Callie Dean White.
Pan 6—Mrs. Henry Harrison.
Playlet—By Girls.
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If 'NT DIES
The week-old infant of Mr. and
r> Sowers died last Saturday and
buried in the Driver cemetery.
notcher. Come out and enjoy an af
ternoon of real Gospel music.
This singing will be held at the
Corinth Baptist Church at Dew, be-
ginning promptly at 2 o’clock. W. B.
Coleman of Streetman will be in
charge.—Reporter.
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Livestock Sale
Pavilion Rebuilt
The Hill Commission Sales Co.
has rebuilt a substantial sales pavi-
lion to replace the one destroyed by
fire at the reunion ground.
Sales of livestock are being held
every week and much interest is
manifested.
when the gun was discharged. The | opportunjty to support
bullet ranged up his back grazing | ,vorki
his ribs. He was carried to Cotsicana 1 _0_
in Burleson’s ambulance. | IMUORTANT NOTICE
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this great
Scientists claim that the Pacific
ocean’s bottom has dropped 5 feet
in the last 5000 years.
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The United States has about 58
per cent of the world’s gold or $14,-
000,000,000.
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Green gold contains one per cent
of aluminum.
Few days pass without inquiries
for apartments or tenant houses in
Fairfield. It is important for those
having anything to rent to advertise
it in the Recorder’s want ad column.
It will insure renting your property
if the demand continues. Ad rate is
lc a word, minimum 25c, cash with
order, as we carry no charge items
for want ads.
or have sought refuge in distant
states where they are no better off.
The Farm Security Administra-
tion is the Government agency which
has been charged with responsibility
of finding a way to help these small
farmers who are being cut loose from
the land, or are otherwise in distress.
A comparatively few of them are be-
ing helped to buy family-size farms
of their own. A much larger number
are being helped to buy livestock and
equipment and to adopt improved
farming methods which will enable
them to operat more profitably and
to maintain their place upon the
land.
inch. 42 bales of it was one inch
staple, 45 bales 1 1-16' inch and 59
bales 1 1-8 inch.
Ninety-six bales of this cotton
brought 9.20 and better, 36 bales of
this bringing 10.20 and up. 12 of
these 30' bales brought 10.60 the se-
cond highest rating that can be giv-
en any cotton in the Government
loan. None of the cotton brought less
than 8.55 and the most of it that
brought than 9c was spotted and
off grade because of weather condi-
tions.
Two Minute Sermon
By THOMAS HASTWELL
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
W. R. HALL. Pastor
The regular services will be held in
the Presbyterian Church with the ex-
ception of the Sunday morning ser-
vice. The Pastor will preach at
Stewards Mill in the morning. The
Sabbath school will meet under the
direction of Mr. R. C. Lindley at ten
in the morning. The evening worship
service is at seven o’clock.
The Woman’s Auxiliary meets each
Monday afternoon at three o’clock.
This organization is for each woman
of the church. Bible study and a
study of the causes of the church
makes up the program for this group.
Each Wednesday evening the
church meets at 7:15 for Bible study
and Prayer meeting. The study for
the present is in the general epistles
of John
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Mrs. W. W. Harding and Mrs. Tom
Nesbitt of Oakwood, and Mrs. Willie
Smith of Palestine, visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Harding Sunday.
NAMES WANTED
REMEMBER THE SABBATH
DAY: One of the first laws given to
man was the law of Sabbath observ-
ance. The Sabbath observance law
was one of the most explicit and far
reaching of all of the early laws
given to govern the conduct of man.
Who is the most valuable
community ?
man or woman in your
The Oklahoma state safety com-
missioner has found that 32 persons
he licensed to drive automobiles are Ft not 'onfy aUempted to"'control the
receiving pensions as needy blind. action8 of th{j individua, a8 they per_
As a rule we are not in favor of it
but here is
should be
one case
a law, etc.
where there
If you can’t decide on one, then who are the two or
three most valuable?
When we say valuable, we mean of outstanding worth
and helpfulness to the whole of Freestone County as well
as to your local community.
From every community in Freestone County I should
like to receive names. Mail me a card or letter and let me
know whom you choose and why.
This information is to be used for public school edu-
cational purposes only. No one is going to be embarrassed
and no one’s opinion criticized.
Plaese assist us in this inquiry. Do it now.
Thank you,
P. D. BROWNE,
Superintendent Fairfield Public Schools.
Calvary Baptist
Church
JAMES MORGAN, Pastor
tained to himself, but also as they
pertained to his family, the stranger
j within (he gates, his slaves and his
livestock. No other law given was so
inclusive. The Sabbath observance
law was aimed at a very vital prin-
ciple of human living. It was aimed
at man’s physical welfare. It provid-
ed a respite from man's labor by
which he might rebuild his physical
being in the interest of better health,
You are cordially invited to attend keener enjoyment of life, and more
all of our services at the Calvary efficient living. It also provided an
Baptist Church Sunday. Sunday opportunity and a means for rebuild-
school will begin promptly at 10 ing man's spiritual life—a pause
o’clock, followed by the sermon. B. from the busy activity of the week
T. U. will meet at 6:30 in the even- when man might refresh mind and
ing and the pastor will speak again J renew his spirit. Both of these are
at 7:30. [essential to man's well being, his
The ladies will have , their weekly Physical, and his spiritual welfare,
meeting Monday afternoon at 3:30. j They strike at a deep and
Do not forget the mid-week prayer
service each Wednesday evening at
7 o’clock.
Christian people in this communi-
ty should pray for the advancement
of the cause of Christ in Fairfield.
It is our business to be concerned
about the Master’s work.
funda-
mental human need, and in the ob-
serving of the Sabbath man is richly
blessed, not God.
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Prosperity is not without many
fears and distastes; and adversity
I is not without comfort and hopes.
—Francis Bacon.
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1938, newspaper, November 17, 1938; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1119739/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.