The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 23, 1924 Page: 2 of 4
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THE COTULLA RECORD
MANLY & MANLY, Publishers.
Subscription $1.50 Per Annurn^
Published Every Saturday.
A BETTER WATER SYSTEM
Entered at the Postoftice at Cotulla,
Texas, as second class mail matter, under
the act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
DOWN BUT NOT OUT
The Record is “down” but not “out”
The fire which swept out half a block last
Sunday night put us out of commission tem-
porarily, but thanks to our friends, we will
not miss a single publication of the paper.
As soon as the news that our plant had
been destroyed, reached the outside, tele-
phone and telegraph messages came to us
offering assistance in every way possible,
and when out friends come in time of need
they are friends indeed, and it made us feel
very grateful. The first telephone message
offering aid was ftcm our good friends W.
L. DuBose & Sons, publishers of The Devine
News, who told us that their force was at
our command, and through the courtesy of
these publishers, the Record will be publish-
ed from The Devine News plant for the next
two to four weeks, by which time we expect
to have our new7 machinery installed on the
North side of the plaza.
We succeeded by the help of marry men
and boys, vvh se identity is not known to us,
in saving from tlie fire practically all of our
type, office fixtures, records, etc. Our prin-
cipal loss was two presses, together with all
type stands, composing tab!??, stock cases,
etc., but fortunately we had insurance that
will pretty well cover our loss. We feel
duly grateful to those who worked so hard
in removing the contents of our building’,
thus saving us considerable loss.
While the Record is crippled temporar-
ily we assure our friends and readers that it
wifi be for a short time only and we will be
back with a real printing plant- one that
La Sal e county and Cotu’la will be proud of,
and one that, will be cf value to the county.
Our new' Linotype will be installed along
with cur new presses, and the Record will
scon become a real newspaper. We expeqt
to have correspondents in every town in the
erimty and each week thoroughly cover the
county frcnr_a news standpoint. Our job
department will be much better equipped
than heretofore.
We appreciate the letters and telegrams
we have had from the outside to stand by
us, many of them coming from cur friends
who thought from newspaper reports that
we had suffered a severe loss, and wc a'so
thank the local people w'ho have offered us
assistance, words of encouragement and as-
surance of more business.
Rlrdrr hrte Ave want to take the occa-
sion to express cur appreciation for the wav
the people of La Salle county have supported
the Record in the hast. We think wre can
truthfully say that no country paper in
Texas has been given better support than
the people as a whole than the Record. Our
views peihaps may differ from manv of our
friends on Questions that continually come
up. but the class of citizenship that we have
are broadminded and recognize free thought
as a God-given privilege. Therefore, men
whom we differ with politically on many is-
sues,.at? oui fifi-mrU personally and give the
Record support, ami we especially appre-
ciate friends of this kind. Temporarily we
are “down” but not “out” bv a long shot
Net an issue of the Recoid will be missed.
\ bitr firht in on in Texas today. Jim
Ferguson, who has been trying to come back
pvp] cSrspn fie war, convicted of misappropria-
tion of funds and impeached as Governor,
is adopting new tactics. He is hiding i'y-
hin.d bis wife’s “kirts and is pleaching the
menace cf Ku Kluxism. honing to make the
pec pie forget his record and the interests
that are behind him. V close analysis of
the situation will reveal that it is pretty well
the old line up. Practically all of the old anti
prohibition crowd is lined, up behind the Fer-
'rusen candidacy. It looks t.r us that the
Ku Klux is made an “issue” because the old
antis had to have a new issue of some kind
and they thought the win against Ku K!ux-
ism was a popular wave to ride on.
It is generally believed that the race for
Governor today will be close. It may not.
It is haul to tel! just how 700.000 voters are
going to cast their ballot. The Ferguson
or: wd have been loud mouthed and claimed
everything from Red River to the Rio Graft-
dp and from El Paso to the Sabine. They
mav get it. Three io five and 2 to 1 are
being watered in some of the cities on Fergu
son. vet it will be remembered that feur
years ago Joe Bailey was elected by the daily
n"winners hefore the vote was polled.
There were plenty of bets 2 to 1 and some
as high as !> to 1. and yet when the battle of
ballots were ever. -Bailov was boples.sly snow'
e<l undei. It is a wise bird who can foretell
the outcome.
The old saying that it takes a few fires
to make a good town, is a pretty true saying,
ffilip fire In the business district of Cotulla,
Sundav uicht.. while falling heavilv on =ome
nrepertv owners at the present time will re-
sub m benefit eve" to those owners later on
and to t.h<? tOwm gerernlly. All of the build
Inns destroyed were of frame and iron oon-
etrertion Now nT wifi he placed with
"noi substantial brick buildings, buildings
that will look one hundred per cent better:
hufldihet that wifi materially reduce the firo
insurance lates! and buildings that will
With the best and purest water in Texas
Cotulla has outgrown her distribution sys-
tem. The fire Sunday night fully demon-
strated that we hate very little preteetiam,
although water played a prominent part in
checking the file where it was checked. If
we had had an adaquate water storage and
pressure the fire probably would never have
burned down moie than one building. It
is not the loss of the buildings Sunday night
however, that we must look at but the fu-
ture. If a strong wind had been blowing
Sunday night a great part of the residence
section would have burned. Cotulla has
other “fire tians” and unless these buildings
me torn cut th. v will burn out some of tlft se
nights, and if a wind is blowing the resi-
dence part of town will be menaced. Be-
foie this comes to pass Cotulla should pro-
vide herself with an adaquate wateiworks
svstem and a good fire fighting apparatus.
This will materially cut down insurance and
give protection to ; ur property. Since the
fi;e of Sunday a petition has been in circula-
tion asking the City Council have an engi-
neer to make a survey and arrive at an es-
timate of the c ost of a standard water distri-
bution plant. The Council will no doubt,
act on this petition as early as possible and
then the next step will be to vote on a bond
to provide funds. it will cost seme money
to do this. it. is true, hut it will be worth twice
what it will cost, no matter what that is.
Every citizen of Cotulla should faver this
proposition. It should be a bond issue that
would can v without a dissenting vote.
bHng the owners more revenue. As a wlrn’e , wjH make7 travelers turn South at Dilley, but
fht* tftwn witi benefit bv the tFfflte. a^&u!h [ if i^gftcfl for Dilley. which already is begiti-
the owners of the property may suffer a ( nincr to show siens of a boom in land and
temporary loss. town property values.—San Antonio Express
Ben Franklin Enjoyed
Good Thingt of Life
Benjamin Franklin was one of those
Wealthy, but Without
Power to Enjoy Life
"Now that you’ve got'me talking,’’
rare men who lived so happilM'and so Hui,i a retired business man of St.
abunihiiitl.v that the reader of his life! Louis, who Is going to Europe, “1
finds himself wishing he mifcht have
been a contemporary.
Me was regarded as one of the wife 1
est members of the First congress, yet j
he seldom spoke and he spent a great j
part of his time fast asleep in his1
chair.
lie dr.Mi'.: too hutch, he ate too |
much; instead of exercising, he;
played chess, lie suffered the piercing!
pains of mint. He confessed all his j
faults with iMlfditfnl humor and
frankness.
At sixteen lie wrote an article for!
Ids brother's new spaper, describing ]
the night life of ltoston. and at seventy j
might as well admit that I’m not hav-
ing as much fun out of being what
you'd enll comfortably fixed ttaunoktl*
ly as I looked forward to in my hard-
working days.
‘‘1 suppose a good many old fellows
would admit they are In the same tlx
if their pride would let them. 1
worked too hard, not hard enough to
kill me or wear me out, hut too hard
to form a taste for the best tilings that
money can buy.
"’file lesson . tuy experience lias
taught me is that keeping your ttltpul-
der to the wheel and pushing ainud,
looking neither to the right nor left.
he was still indulging in pleasant ro- ! aU(j So forth, is not a complete set of
Cctton pickers are scarcer this year, it
appears, than in. previous years and many
farmers ate unable to yet their crops har-
vested. Next year every step should be
taken to keep labor agents from carrying
rut our labor. Mexicans who were carted
t" the lower country have found no better
cotton than we have at home, and will not
be able to make any more, or not even as
much money, than they would have made
by staying at home and helping the home
farmer. If the weather stays clear , our
crop will probably be gathered, but at this
time cf the yeai a storm is liable to ruin a
year’s work in adav.
imtnoes with young und beautiful
French women, lie missed nothing.
As he added years to his age and
dollars to his income, lie violated many
of I’oor IPoliard's precepts.
His common eu.se led him to take
hot baths twice a week, when the gen-
eral custom was to batlic not oftener
than two or three times a year. He be-
lieved in fresh air. and even night air,
while the doctors were still using
leeches as a cure-all.
lie enjoyed life to tile utmost, lie
was the master of ids circumstances
from the age of sixteen, when he ran
away from home, to the ripe age ol
eighty-four, when lie passed on, with
all his affairs in order, lie left an es-
tate of a quarter million dollars for
his heirs,—William Feather Magazine.
Science Poor S 'cond
in Light Production
most efficient light iu
directions for making a success In life.
“The rules may get a hank account
for a fellow without unusual gifts,
but they overlook too many things that
count.
“I can’t get settled down to a book.
1 can't sit through a play with any
deep stuff in it, and I’ve even neglect-
ed to learn how to tnuke myself agree-
able in company, mixed or just tnen.
Yet I had all that stuff In me when I
was a kid—used to read a lot, In fact.
"Take my advice, and if you ever
get the moliey-tnaking bee, don’t let It
get you, for, unless you’re a world-
heater, no matter how well you make
out. you won’t he any too near the
head of the list."—Philadelphia bul-
letin.
Dutch Unfortunate in
Colonization Ventures
Will C. Edwards should be elected Lieu-
tenant Grvernoi over Barry Miller and we
believe that he wifi. Edwards is a good
dean man. He !s not a member of the Ku
Klux, Fa’in Labor Union or any °thei secret
political bloc. He is not tied to the ccat tail
of a man that should not be in the head of
Government. if you are against radicalism
in its verv worst form, veto against Barry
Miller. Lynch Davidson and Wifi C. Ed-
wards would have made fine officials. I.vnch
Davidson was forced out by radicals. Don’t
let Barry Miller force Will Edwards off the
boards.
What the
the world V
Some people might vote at once for
Upt "Iasi word” of science in art litem I
illumination, hut they would be wrong.
The most etiieier.t light known to us
w;ts known in tin* days of pine toryhes
und rush-lights, ft is Unit with which
nature has endowed tlie glow-worm
iind the firefly.
Science lias so fur /ailed to solve
ihe problem of tiie production of light
without bent—a problem which seems
to have given l»ame Nature no ilitli-
culty. In all artificial light production
an enormous amount of energy is lost
in the form of heat rays and chemical
rays.
Thus a four-watt carbon glow lamp
has it luminous efficiency of less than
a half per cent, and Hie most perfect
artificial ilhiminnnt has art efficiency
of only 4 per cent.
Science here compares badly with
nature, for the luminous efficiency of
the firefly is.no less than W.3 iter cent,
while the glow-worm’s light is 8t» tipies
more efficient than a tungsten lamp.
The summer continues to be hot. No
rain has fallen over this section all summer
and consenuently the ranges are drv and the
fields narched. Extremely hieh winds have
prevailed which has been a blessing: in a
way, fer with the hot sunshine iu the day-
time, without cool nights, the weather would
be unbearable. As it is the nights are re-
freshing and when one wakes from a good
night's rest he feels 'ike taking on the battles
of life for another day.
English Bird Sanctuary
On tiie outskirts of London, and
within half an hour's journey front tiie
city, is one of the most beautiful hits
cf woodbind in Kngland. Few Amer-
icans. or Londoners either, have ever
visited this place, or even know of its
existence It is a bird sanctuary, a
veritable Jur.il of song.
The celebration on tin* continent
commemorating the tercentenary of
tin' foundation of New York recalls the
fact that the great American city was
originally a Dutch settlement. It was
not until 1604 that it was captured by
the British, and the original name of
New Amsterdam was changed to New
York.
Fate, indeed, hits been unkind to the
Dutch as colonizers. Not only did they
lose their extensive settlements in
New York state and Pennsylvania, Hut
their colony at the Cape of flood Hope,
founded in 1651, also passed into Brit-
ish hands, says London Answers.
Other instances of lost colonies
could be given, especially if those
which changed hands during or after
the great war were included. But
how many people realize that at one
time Egypt was a French protectorate,
and that hefore tiie advent of Clive
the French power in India was greater
than the British? The earliest Euro-
pean settlements in India, indeed, were
Portuguese; hut the Portuguese were
driven out By the Dutch, und the lat-
ter—again Unfortunately—by the ferit-
lsli. >
which is cure-
Schools in Early Days
The first schools were started in the
early history of mankind. Schools
were first held out of doors and the
teaching wus conducted orally, similar
to the Hindu Brahman schools. Among
ihe Hebrews the laws were expounded
by oral teaching from the porches of
the temples. The amount of instrue-
full.v fenced and guarded by keepers > {| „n,at]y increased from the mere
Thi* cMton crop is turning out much bet
tei than it locked like it would a couple of
week? ago. Fanners who poisoned say
thev are getting much better results on the
fields noisoned than mi the fields not poison-
ed. One farmer told us this week that if he
had begun earlier on bis cotton be would
have made a bumper crop. As it is he is
.getting a good yield.
Many people were reminded Sunday
night that they had been negligent about
their fire insurance. When it is a long
time between fires this is always the case
and a scarcity of fires cause invarably some
one to lose heavily when the unexpected
happens. Insurance is cheap at any cost.
Vote for Will C. Edwards for Lieuten-
ant Governor. Edwards is an able man: a
clean man, not a member of any secret poli-
tical organization. He should be supported
n preference to Barry Miller who is a radi-
cal endeavoring to introduce North Dakota
ideas in Texas. He would do away with the
poll tax law, thereby depriving the school
children of much money. Vote for Will C.
Edwards.
An archeologist, recently returned from
Maya excavations in Central America, re-
ports the find of relics and inscriptions show
mg that the people of that ancient race in-
dulged in games of chance to the extent of
wagering their liberaties. This suggests
that humans are no less subject to gambling
folly today than they were in the long aga.
While the gamblers of today do not express-
ly wager their liberties on a throw of the dice
rr a turn of the cards, many of then do so in
•ofpect The gamester who. under his losses
finds-himself a slave to hardships and misfor
tune Is not uncommon. The name is legion
of thofee tvho have lest the means of happi-
ness and®the liberty tc make thn most of
their opportunities.—Washington Post.
night iinil day. and where every -kind
of British bird lives and nests un-
harmed. Tiie wood lies in the Brent
valley and was bought for London two
years ago and established as a perma-
nent memorial to (Jiihert White.-the
author of the “History of Shelborne,"
by the Shelborne society. The sane-
t nary, however, has been in existence
just 21 years, and In Its ID acres, in
tiie houghs of its many oak trees and
the coppices of hazel, owls, willow
warblers. 1 >1 not Its. goldfinches. night-
ingales, black caps and many other
birds may he seen.
Assyrian Horticulture
Many common plants and (lowers
are referred to in the ancient cunei-
form tablets dug up in the ruins of
Babylon and other Assyrian cities.
Fifty more, many of them drug plants,
have been identified quite recently
through a study of (lie relative fre-
quency in which the names occur,
their therapeutic use, and the compari-
son of flic word with tiie name of tiie
flower or plant in other Semitic lan-
guages. Among the new plants be-
lieved to have been Identified are tiie
rose, tiie daisy, mustard, nsafoetida.
sumach, lientp. chamomile, apricot,
cherry and mulberry.
oral teaching of the law until It in-
volved tetters and arithmetic. Among
the Spartans tiie education was almost,
entirely along new lines. Elementary
schools became common after the
Chrlslian era and in 64 A. D. they
wore made obligatory. In Athens
nearly all of tlie schools were private,
teaching music and literature, read-
ing, writing, arithmetic, geography and
drawing. In early Home the schools
taught reading and writing and some-
times arithmetic.
Meaning of “Dickens”
“Dickens” is an interject iolial ex-
pression signifying astonishment, Im-
patience and irritation. It is usually
used with words of interrogation such
as what, where, how and why. The
name has nothing to do with Cliartos ,
Dickens. It whs used by Shnkespetlre
over two centuries before Dickens was
born. In “Mbit- AVivbs of Windsor"
Mrs. J’agi-. says; "I cannot tell wlint
the dickens his name is my husband
had him of," “Dickens" is believed to)
he a euphemism for deuce or devil,
which have the same initial letter.—
Pathfinder Magazine.
Somali Fond of Song
Musical instruments- even tiie tom-
tom. so dear to the hpnrt of most AN
riean natives—are unknown to the
Somali, who. none the less, take grej.it
pleasure In singiflg and dancing.
Their songs are not by any means cas-
ual chants, hut have special signifi-
cance, and are applicable to certain
occasions. For example, there is a
"Song of Thanksgiving for the finding
of water, after a long journey," and
songs for the lending and unloading
of caravans, but ntoft of their music
Is of a religious nature: and there is
a “Song of Burial,” sung when the
20-foot mound is raised above tiie re-
mains of a chief and fenced around
with a strong palisade of logs placed
transversely between stout posts. Of
all their dunces the Somali place the
war dance first.
C J. GATES
CONTRACTOR
Cotulla, Texas'.
It' you are interested in
building a home, let us
talk the matter over
you.
Build For
Permanency
C'ut out Ihe Paint Bills and
the Repair Man, also Re-
duce your Insurance Prem-
iums, with ideal
BRICK OR ROCK WALLS.
C. B. Jones
Decorator Expert
Well known Paper-Hanger
and Painter.
Estimates Furnished
Phenes 24. Cotulla, Texas.
HtmwtmmBOHmm
0. 0. D, Hospital!
tbhoes Made New.
Good Work ur.d Fair Prices
i Alex L. Cortez.
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Ata-j+l MW i 1Di»j-^ . JQ«J *gfcUtr3rc08L*r,
C*1 m i —
Or. W. H. Morrol
Office over
GADDIS PHARMACY
Phone 71.
Dr* J. N. Lightsey j
Office over
GADDIS PHARMACY.
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Office phone 71. Res. 38,
Cotulla, — Texas.
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I American
! Barber Shop
| Service up to date in every |
particular f
j Agent for San Antonio t
Steam Laundry
9 Basket shipped Wednesday.
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Dr. O. M. Durham
Tint*Winter Garden Highway from Dil-
ley to Eggle ^ass has an attractive sound
and it wffl bring the border within j’jst six
Tirurs of easy driving from Sau Antonio. Too
bad foi Laredo that LaSalle County roads
Make fer Happiness
All real and wholesome enjoyments i
possible to man have been juat ns pos |
sible to hint since first he was Hindi j
of the earth, as they are now: and,'
they are possible to him chiefly In!
peace. To watch the corn grow, and,
the blossoms set; to draw hard breath |
over plowshare or spade: to read, to
tiink. to Ip'e, M> IjVKft
are the tilings (hat make men happy
—.Tol n Buskin.
Gave the Game Away
Among the side shows there was a
collection of “freaks”—artnless won-
ders, living skeletons, fat women and
so forth, according to a story told by
Oharies B. Cochran. About the host
draw of the lot was the bearded lady.
One day the regular attendant who
collected the admission money was
temporarily absent, his place being
taken by a little girl. A gentleman
who hud beet} deeply interested in lids '
particular freak of nature remnrk'j:) j
casually to the child us he was passing
DENTIST
All Work Guaranteed Sat-
i sfactory. Calls made any I
time to residences.
Office over Gafrdis Pharmacy |
^ Office Phone 71. Res. 113e j
out; “I suppose, tny dear, that the lady
Inside is your mother?”
“Oh, no. sir!’’ the UUle girl replied,
momentarily inken off her guard by
the unexpected query. "She's tny dnd i" j
Rafael Carpenter i
Expert Tailor.
Clothes cleaned, pressed ai^d |
dyed. Hats blocked. Re- t
pairi/.g skillfully done. Ser*d L
mo your work.
Front 8treet. T£l. 61,
Sidewalk Conversation
“Boss. I don't know where my nexf
meal is coming front ”
men happy 1 „np 1iP1,ier“-T.o„isvilie 1 fJt * , v
iting at the home of Mr.
Mrs. J. E. Davis.
sticks long to one dealer."
Courier-Journal.
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The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 23, 1924, newspaper, August 23, 1924; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1162993/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.