The Eldorado Success (Eldorado, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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Methodist Church To
(Jive Christmas Pagant
The Methodist church will
give a Christmas Pagant at the
Methodist church next Sunday
night which wil be worth your
while to see. No admission will
be charged. Mr. Robert Milligan
has charge of the Pagant and
will use something like 50 char-
acters. Next Sunday is the day
for the Waco Orphanage and all
members are expected to bring
something for the home at Wacc
if it is possible. All contributions
are to be free will but lets make
it worth something t othe little
folks in our institution. The
cause is very worthy and must
be looked after.
The public schools will close
on Friday afternoon, December
21 for the holidays. Work will
be resumed Wednesday, January
2, 1929.
GIN NOTICE
Next week we will gin two
days only, Wednesday and Fri-
day. Both gins will run on these
days.
Eldorado Gm DID you KN0W THIS?—I
. _ VT . The average Texan does not'
Fort Worth,-M.asJym Newsom ;ft.nk of the capita, „ evcr „c.
Freshman in exRS omans u jtLipying any place except the prc-
legs. will .peon tne Christmas! ^ at AuaU TPxas. ‘0n
hilodays in her home at Eldorado ^ cont th<, a| has bee„
She is a member of the school of
Buckner Orphans Home pro-
ram will be given at the First
Baptist church, Sunday, Decern-
Co-
er rss
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CHILDREN HURT SERIOUS-
LY IN MENARD BLAZE.
James Rodgers Near Death
From Flames, Sister Badly
Hurt.
her 23, at the eleven o’clock Ser- MENARD, Dec. 17—James P.o-
vice hour. Every one has an in- gers, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ar*
’ itation to come. thur Rodgers, was not expects*
1. Song ------- Congregation, to live tonight, after fire frof
Prayer Mrs. 1). C Hill an exploded coal oil can had by
’>. Special Music _ — Miss «*d )iis body seriously and part ^ ^
\ ivian Reagan and Estelle John- ly destroyed the home. > L
*’on* ! Eloise, James’ little sisrer,
4. Vocal duet Whitten and was also burned, but Mrs. Ko;lg-
Mund. ers’ efforts in extinguishing t} $
*>• Piano Solo —Mrs. B. A flames probadly saved botf»
Whitten instant death.-San Angelo/
d. Address—Present Day Needs er being perfect in the si*,
ol Buckner Orphans Home, Mrs. God?. What kind of a s„
L M. Hoover should we have on Christa
7. Collection !and what should we do?
3. Cornet Solo, _ Hollis Reagan ____
9. Special Music, _ Elnora -and
Lolete
10. Closing Prayer, Rev. J
Ratliff
I
HOY SCOUT MEETING.
1 '
LIONS LUNCHEON
the Korosophian Literary So-
ciety and the Thespian Club.
Miss Jym is expected home
today from the Womans College
at Ft. Worth. From best re-
KNOW TEXAS
Texas hr.s vauluble
of gypsum with man .. >
Quanah, Sweetwater, i ' >ter
Hamlin and Rolan,
plants using tins material
see new
DOLLAR EX-
Tliere are four customs *11
tricts in Texas, the Sabine 41
trict, the Galveston distri. , t
San Antonio district and t i
Paso district.
moved eleven times and has been
situated in eight different Texas
towns and cities.
The Declaration of Independe-
nce from Mexico was proclaimed
_ , , , . , at Washington, Texas,a little to-
port. Jym has been making (food wn situated on th(J Brazos River
to her .chool work but that is n wa3 on|y a few weeks after thc
tha way mos o our sc °° ,Kra' Declaration of Independence Cotton, wheat and
uatea do w en ey ms in our that the seat of government was are the three leading -x
high tchoo [moved to Harrisburg by Presi- Texas i nthe order na no I.
- dent David G. Burnet. j _
__.. mrjii \ As the war continued the cap-
Chandler Whitten j£i\6s a re* . , * . . . r Tgxus IT sts.t‘* c
.u * . . q _ i ital was moved from point to ! na 11 ol
port on the show in San Angelo . , . , ,, , c yiafv institutions the o
this week He savs "while in point to evade the aPProach of
inis weex. ne says, wnne in 4iie armv General SSaanta An which are the State .
the show he saw Earl Calhoun l,iearm> 01 general bbaanta An- .. .
sitting with his cap under his
eye., and wonder what the trou- “*T“ OuT pened in 1850.
bte was he watched Earl very “ue8c0 “Utr"ar, “ <jul‘
closely and found him to be cry- "tana- . ^ ‘h* ba,tla
tag over the picture and catching San Jacintd the treaty was held
the tears in his cap, then empty- a e asco;
ing them in the isle”. I ™et capltal ™as. transferred
We don’t know how true this ^ Columbia during October,
report is, so you will have to see ^ was here that the
Earl or Chan about it. rst permament government was
formed and the first laws ofthe
u
It
A ni
iieh
na
From Harrisburg it was the ®hnd and the ^tut
moved to Galveston thence to ^or the ^eaf at 1
ot
on
*
BEN HEXT BAGS TEN
POINT BLACK TAIL BUCK.
Ben Hext has returned h<
from Deleware Mountain
a big ten point buck in his b;
Mr. Hext so far seems to
Republic were enacted. The a!10 champion hunter ln»
_____________ , . tt x city,and he is enjoying his
Jess Ramey left Thursday for capital was removed to Houston ?st^'as sureSenough.
Harrison county where he left inMay, 1837 [Two years later;
•ome property several years ago. by an act of congress Austin ;
He wants to dispose of it and in- was made the capital of Texas, i The Eldorado High S
vest the money in Schleicher In 1842 due to fear of an attact planning on having a
County land. We trust he will on the government, the capital basketball team a* t!
have success, as we would like was removed to Houston. When football. They have
to see him locate here permanent President Houston was in office ial if they will only tn t
ly, if he-did come from Arkansas, the capital was again moved to terest in it. The I'm
i Washington the little town on will not enjoy the basl etb: l.
the Brazos banks. In 1845 the son as well as they di ( t
The ladies do not have as capital was once more moved to ball, but we are sure tn
much trouble now finding their Austin where it has remained like to see a winning t* a .
husbands as they did a few ever since. In keeping with the they probably will like th
months ago. Just call at the stormy career of the state which
recreation club and find hubby, has served under six flags, the j
___________ . capital has been tossed about fr-, Lewis Ballev was core
om place to place over the do- with a sprained shoul
We have heard hints and talks main. Saturday. He had just *
about the street lights for Eldo- .- from Sheffield wh
rado. Some are wondering if the BUCK BAILEY TO COACH been after a fox-: * '
people of Eldorado are “big e- WEST ALL-STARS’, one is likely to g< t
Xiough” to put this proposition _BucR Bailey, line coach at sprained if he fo
over and get the street lights. Washington State,will coach tl “potlicker” very oft* n. i
To those Interred in the S' rom S™ Sh" theTaste™ ience ‘s ,th!: bc,t te“?b<'r-
lighting of Eldorado s streets, all-star team in the East-West have had 8ome-
the contract with the West Tex- grid classic Dec. 29 at San Fran- _______
as Utilities Company has al- cisco.He will play three Texas
AV ANGELO
of the Texas InJe-
iuue Association
•n Angelo Inspected
. I uptodate indc-
uone plants in the
.he ru v,' plant of
j'olo Telephone Com-
was placed in oj.'er-
_)cember kil).
; ;>] roximately 5,-
i te!< ph ■ . i.i ^ ;in Angelo.
ie cut-ovcr was made in 4 min
s and forty seconds. The sy-
.11 is installed in a new build-
arid talic entire rchrbilita-
n of the plant cost the corn-
ay vl.,0 * 000. It is equipped
>00 pci is. Over
at into ihe inst..!.. tion of the
ornatic system. The equip-
1 ready In will care
stations, the ultimate
being as high ac 27,-
t> i j hones. About 5,700 sta
g served by thc
: A n0c!o company.
c ighteen positions
oil boar 1 and two of
i positions are for
The old board
ions, j Three girls
information desk
care of the many
rises made in sub-
ber’.s numbers.
u th lime since
l i J i i, president of the
' ten
ich t;
i AngeT corepa.vy commenced
'*a o tihe exchange, that
plan l.e< a rebuilt. He
A i do hO years ago
bt itncrs, the late
y Y. Rust, and a brother
in Del Rio, Texas, secured
■ pi i . ty with 78 telephones
$5,700.
o/iginal small plant
oomp... y ex ended until it
• ® * •, at Barn-
lb. j 1 be, I lack well,
t, i.
ante,
Ciurlsl
loratio,
cs, Ilol
j a . < hr» toval, E
M yueal, Mert-
rt 1 are, Rowtna,
ornn
City
anti Wall.
ready been signed and the e- men on team-
quipment has been ordered by
I
NOTICE
After January 1st, all w,
thia mmn«nv nrin K., Buy Christmas Presents from bill* that are not paid by the 1<;
th . comp.ny It will b. wme- Mr, Ship„ ,„rh m„n,h yJc n, „
thing like thirty or forty days Real flower toilet water, face be added. If not paid b t!
until the streeta wRl have the powxler .creams, and extracts. 20th, service will be diacontinuv
adv. O. W. khrmam.
Al\ i l, eke and (Taylor
ight ai rived at home Thurs-
iy rr :mag from A. St M. Col-
vi ,*• they have been try-
,g t * i( .rn something. The boys
some good work the Ar»t
1 tl;e oi l folks at home
itve o.i tilt ir IV and Q’s Uiis
week.
The regular Boy scout meet-
ing was held Friday night Dec.
14 at the W. O. W. llall.
I Only twenty boys out of twen-
ty regietered Scouts out of twen-
Last Wednesday, December ty seven were present
. . the Eldorado Lions Club met 'The meeting was opened with
at the Methodist church for the Scout Outh. Each patrol
.r luncheon, served by the had knot tieing contests to pick
ladies of that church. A very out the “Champ Knit.” After
* :ijoyed dinner was served. wards a test was held to pick out
After lunch business was tak- the troop “Champ Knit”. 'Then
cn UP amoll>r the mmbrs. First, we had tests against the differ-
vas that of th old business of ent patrols to select the patrol
J'o street lights in Eldorado, that needs the most training.
. he committee reported that the During the Christmas holiday
contract had ben signed and that there will be an overnight hike,
the West lexas Utilities Com- Roy you had better come down
puny had already ordered the to the meeting so you will koow
equipment t oinstall the light The troop meeting was dfa-
fixtures. This is a very much missed with taps.
needed step that lias been taken _____
up by the Lions Club and we
1 ;ink it will gratly benefit the 1 HRISTMAS AT PIPELLINE
town. j __ STATION.
A suggestion was made by Th„ p(l0pi0 out at the num_
urn amer, I* red O. Green, that bie Pipeline Station enjoyed a
\u> circulate a petition and re- community Christmas Tree last
incorporate the city. This sug- Monday night anh much merri-
gestion was sanctioned by all mont Wft8 in evidence. The oc-
i m >( is present and voted on, ccasi0n was a little early on ac-
< ijiug by a entire majority. court of some of the people go-
is is one of the best steps that j ^ elsewhere for the Christmas
id have been taken as the holidays. When the time came
i wn will nvr get anywhere un- f„r 0i^ Saint Nicolas to appear
s it is incorporated and have t]ie 0u fellow was right there
n organization that Will take with the goods having aometh-
"ie loiward steps. A com- jntr for an the good little boya
antte was appointed by Presi- and giria from the old folks to
< ampbell, these being; J. A. the tiny tots. Some of the gifts
Whitten, Ernest Hill, I*rank were given for entertainment as
1. radley and O. W. Evans. I his , weu as for rememberance.
committee is soon to start to y¥’t! jearn that most every bo-
work on this project and put it fell in love withthe dear old
L fore tin* ( ommissioners Court vjantn and he promised to return
7*o htat they may call an election t xt year for another happy oc-
as soon as possible. casion.
The light and water situation
which w’as a great barrier to
the city when it was incorporat- The Eldorado Success put out
cd before, is all settled and we its first eight page issue last
can see why that we cannot be week. We wish to thank the
incorporated and stand equal merchants of the town for their
w ith other towns of its size, cooperation in helping us put out
At the next meeting, January 0ur Christmas edition. We tried
2, 1929, each Lion will have as to make it as good as possible
his guest at the luncheon, a Boy so the readers would enjoy the
Scout tro mthis troop here. You reading as well as the advertis-
ing.* supposed to go to Judge Whit ing. A good paper depends a
ten’s office and select the one great deal o nthe town people as
that you wish to hav as wour well as the publishers. We can
budd yon that day. not put out a paper without ad-
Don’t fail to be there the vertising and you can’t get the
xt meeting as the club neds required sales for your goods
you. Ill club is just now begin- without advertising, so why not
ning to get somewhere. They get together and make a good
have already accomplished a few paper as well us a good business
>od things and can accomplish for you.
many more if the membership We^do not guarantee to sell
will only give its hearty cooiier- the goqjH for you but if you will
at ion. The Boy KcouUi will have only place the ad in The Success
charge of the next meeting, put- we will guarantee to get the buy-
ting on a program, which we are erB and if you are a salesman,
ure will be u very enjoyable one. then »6ll them the goods.
L. Kent was in the city Satur-
day from the stock farm looking
FOR SALE
l,u“ln,'"'‘ ‘nd buyin* ■up'
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Barber, L. T. The Eldorado Success (Eldorado, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1928, newspaper, December 21, 1928; Eldorado, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1123509/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .