The Cuero Daily Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 110, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1924 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 60.
ALL WERE MIDDLE AGED
CUERO C
toy Merrem and Commis
and
LADY MACCABEES, NOTIC El
the superinten-
they are bene-
CONTRACTORS WILL HAVE
MESSAGE TO PEOPLE OF CUERO
and
that
Gobblers to Plav
At' Yorktown Friday
WEATHER REPORT.
Tonight and Friday generally fair
Light to moderate easterly-wind.
OPERATED UPON TODAY.
Mrs. Albert Waldeck who has been
ill at her home here for the past three
weeks underwent an operation for ap-
pendicitis at -a .local hospital this
morning The Record learns. She is
reported to be resting as well as could
be expected
Cornelson’s Happy Seven furnished
the music for a darice given by the
younger members of the Mohawk Club
Wednesday night at which a large
crowd was present, many out of town
people driving over in automobiles to
attend.
The club was attractively decorated
with colored lights and balloons.
Cornelson’s will play for a dance at
Arneckevflle Saturday night. May 10.
BARBECUE SCHEDULED AT
CONCRETE FRIDAY NIGHT
Game Expected to be More
Interesting Than Former
Encounter Here.
WILL REPAIR
Provisions of Bill to Become
Effective March 4, 1925,
’ " is Decision.
CUERO, De WITT COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 8.1924
aid in securing a eras
He pointed oat the a
rfrssumy which was
several yean ago, an
ample which Falfurrt
making her rrMiaoij
City Election to be ■ Held
Raise Tax Rate 50 Cents
for Improvements.
Three citizens of DeWitt County, all
of whom are well known in Cuero,
died Wednesday, and funeral services
will be held today and Friday.
Louis Hohn and Adolph Blaschke
at Yorktown, and G. B. Collum at Ca-
beza are the men who have succumb-
which granted a
these companies
super*
Conference on Jan
Exclusion Agree
Tickets Selling
Fast to De Molev
Plav “Billetted
that have been noted here and there
are probably Jesse James, Captain
XMd and others of that class long
since gone, turning over in their
graves at once because they were here
at the wrong time.—Fort Worth Star
these thing* making the
ter than that of Falter
creamery and the raising <
Truck Gather Cn
An automobile truck
certain points in the ru
and collect the butter t
farmers, this elimlnattaj
Undermining The Constitution.
From the Hartford Courant (Rep.)
The case with which Congress shov-
es along proposals for changes in the
Constitution Is certainly dishearten-
ing. State rights are disappearing and
sentimental hobbies come along with
distressing frequency. The last is this
child labor amendment to the Consti-
tution, which the House passed by 297
to 89, which would empower Congress
to limit, regulate or prohibit the labor
of children under 18 years of age.
This is an infraction of state rights,
if the states have any of the sort, and
certainly is an assumption of domestic
rights that Cungreds has no business
to attempt. The idea of regulating the
labor of a child who is 17% years old
is absorb. These theorists in Congress
have no sense of the value of youthful
labor to a large family of struggling
people. Any sufch amggdment, follo#-
ed by legislation that it imfties, would
bring great distress to many families,
would throw many children into idle-
ness and would be one more break in
the ideal government that the Con-
stitution provided.:—Houston Dispatch.
The survey was^frdered g year ago
by the Legislature, the atan being to
3 just what Texas schools are do-
*M What they need to do to lift
I out ef t hirty-fif th place among
the states of the nation.
Without waiting until the Highway
Gpm mi inn is in a position to desig-
nate the road, the committees from
the towns along the King of Trails
from Kenedy to Yoakum have decid-
ed to organize bonding districts, and
go on with the work of calling a bond
election for the highway.
It is practically certain that when
the Commission is able to do so, the
road will be designated, and state aid
obtained for'it, since it joins - the
routes from East Texas to South and
West Texas.
The road to Kenedy and Yoakum is
one of the most important routes for
tourists which goes through Cuero.
From Cuero to Kenedy and Houston
the road is not in good condition, and
road bonds voted for the Improvement
would make travel over it much eas-
ier and cheaper. The Yoakum road is
in need of repair also, and with the
probability of getting the road desig*
noted as soon as the litigation in
which the Highway Department is in-
volved is over, It is well to work out
all the details for the bond election,
v - the bonds, and have something
to show the Commission when the des-
ignation is again requested.
O O O
Hundreds of cotton fanners now are
selling cream to pay the tost of mak-
ing the cotton crop2 These men don’t
have to worry about a store account
coming due tn the fall or a note pay-
able October 1. In fket, some of them
may not even need cotton money to
pug the taxes but can use that to pay
and
me.
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
DANCE AT MOHAWK CLUB.
is no longer safe. A. Cleve*
q dry agent arrested a ipan
ns taking a bath.—Marion
COUNTY OFFICIALS ENJOY
FARM LADY'8 CAKE
7.—Imme-
plan to in-
“Don’t deceive yourself into think-
ing it adds dignity and exclusiveness
to buy away from home,” read the
headlines of a co-operative full page
advertisement appearing in last Sun-
day’s Record.”
As a result of this ad the contrac-
tors of Cuero will have a message to
the people of this city that will ap-
pear in a large display space in the
issue of Sunday, May 11. Record
readers are urged to watch tor the
announcement an dweight carefully
what the town builders have to say.
LeRoy Hamilton was
speaker and suggested
have an inter-city meet
Beeville, Kenedy, Yoaki
to wns in this vicinity, 1
the luncheon some ami
before Senate committees
Junto work in political
sees may yet result from
[ton investigation.
FOR
Why not
Day? Sent
Lovett, Tel.
Card Of Thanks.
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their .kindness during
I the illness and tenth of our baby.
While enjoying the Hochheim Prai-
rie school entertainment last Sunday,
George B. Heyer, termed by the
Nordheim View “boss of the court
house," took a chance on a very band-
some orange cake, made by Mrs.
Frank Till of that community, and
With his characteristic luck, won the
cake.
Tuesday afternoon after the county
convention and the T.' W. Davidson
speech, he invited a few of his friends
of the court house to eat the cake
and some fee cream with him, those
responding- being Stanley Kulawik.
Wm. Wagner, Chas. Schwab, Frank
Thieme, J> P. Bridges, Tom Cheat-
ham, T. J. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Kunetka, L. C. Neutaler and H JL
Stuermer of Nordheim, Mt. and Mrs.
Fritz Poetter, Mrs. Bmil Freund
Mrs. Thos. M. Stell.
The cake was much enjoyed
the county officials intimated
when they are making their rounds
they will make it a point to be close
to Frank Till’s home when meal time
comes, because they know of one
mighty good cook in that particular
neighborhood.
The Cuero High School Golden
Gobblers will meet the Yorktown
nine at Yorktown Friday afternoon,
according to arrangements made by
Coach Jordan. It will be the second
encounter of the two teams.
Yorktown was defeated on the lo-
cal field some time ago by the Gob-
blers by a score of 12-5 in a game
marked by errors and slow playing.
That was the first game Yorktown
had played during -the season, and
since then the men have been work-
ing out more consistently, and it is
thought that the Gobblers will have a
much harder time winning Friday’s
game than was experienced before.
Clark and Dietze will be the bat-
teries for the locals.
The game is called for 4 o’clock,
and several Cuero fans plan to drive
over to witness it.
WASHINGTON, May T.—-At the in-
stance of President Coolidge the
conferees on the Immigration bill
have reconsidered their decision on
the Japanese exclusion provisions
and will report a provision to make
the exclusion effective March 1,
1925, with the understanding that
meantime, • a formal abrogation of
the gentlemen’s agreement will be
negotiated. »
The provision for exclusion as nog
agreed on, is in the following lan-
guage.:
, This subdivision shall not take ef-
fect as to exclusion until March 1,
1925, before which time the presl-
lent is requested to negotiate with
the Japanese ^overnmanV -in rela-
tion to the abrogation of the present
agreement on this subject.
MOTHER’S DAY.
earnations for Mother’s
any where. Mrs. Tom
|T2. . (Advt)
to follow the
contracts on the ground that the
bonds for them had not been prop-
erly signed and that the contracts
had been approved by the governor
instead of by the textbook commis-
sion as required by law. Many
points touching constitutional ques-
tions were raised by the two cases |
and all were resolved in favor of the
contracts. • •
Louis Hohn, an old time citizen of
Yorktown, died of heart failure at the
home of his son, L. P. F. Hohn. Fun-
eral services will be held aj 4 o’clock
Friday, interment to be made in the
Yorktown cemetery. ‘ z
Deceased was one of the solid citi-
zens of the county, a staunch Mason,
member jof the DeWitt Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons or Cuero, and will
be buried by the Masonic lodge. A
large number of Masons from Cuero
will attend the funeral services.
Mr. Hohn was nearing 80 years of
age at the time of his death.
Adolph Blaschke, 25 years old, died
in a Yorktown hospital Wednesday
morning. He formerly livetl .near Lin-
denau, but last year moved to Orange
Grove, where he was living when he
‘became ill and went to the Yorktown
hospital.
The remains were shipped to Sub-
lime for burial.
piaschke was a well known farmer,
and had lived in the Lindenau section
for several years.
As a result of measles, pneumonia
wgs the cause of the death, of G. B.
Collum of Cabeza, who passed away
yesterday. Funeral services will be
held today and -interment made at
^Rfesa. Mr. Collum a middle aged man,
well known to many in Cuero and had
many friends wherever he was known.
He was one of the most prominent
citizens of his community
The Record extends sympathy and
consilation to the bereaved families
and friends of the three deceased men.
THREE COUNTY
CITIZENS PASS
AWAY WEDNESD’Y
YOAKUM, Texas, May
diate investigation of a
crease city taxes to $2 on the 100 and
to build a municipal building to house
the city administrative officer, tn ? po-
lice station and the fire station. will
start by <ity Attorney Leslie Menem
and Commissioners E. C. Koerth and
F. A. Strunk, according to^nnounce-
ment made this morning.
The plan will bring about the ex-
penditure of approximately $250,000
for civic improvements in the next
few years was outlined at a meeting
of thee ity council last night by F. N.
Clifford, manager of the Yoakum
hamber of Commerce.
The Plan
The plan as outlined is as follows:
A city election will be held to raise
the tax rate 50 cents on the hundred
dollars making a total of $2.00 per
hundred. ♦
Immediately after the passage of a
tax Increase if that be the desire of
voters, a bond issue for $100,000 will
be submitted to the people, the money
to be used to build a municipal build-
ing. In addition to the police and fire
department quarters, an auditorium is
plaamd for the use of all of Yoakum.
ft was explained that a 20 cent tax
increase waffid take care of a $100,000
bond Issue -and that the remaining 30
bents would take care of street im-
provement and maintenance, enlarge
ment of the sewer system and other ex-
fund, and that sta
money from the fun
but for the benefit o
for service to the 1
fund was provided
Facts about educational conditions
la Texas, as determined by the Tex-
as School Survey, will be made public
ta August according to Director
George A. Works.
yield work is practically complete,
and the Endings are being tabulated
TOWN TALK
Bygmithy.
YOAKUM PLANS
FOR $250,000
CIVIC BUILDING
pointed as a committee to make an
Immediate investigation of the . plan
and action on ft is expected within a
month, x .
Billboards To Be Taxed.
The city tax assessor was last night
instructed to assess all billboards Tn
the city and levy taxes on them at
thei rassessed value,. Heretofore Mil
boards have been exempt from taxes.
The city attorney was also instrm t-
ed to draw up a new traffic ordinance
relative to the streets In the business
district, providing lor parallel park
Ing in place of th i present plan ' cF
parking at a 45 degree angle to the
Curb. f
1 P C. Mattison was gr i ited the con-
sent of the city council to make a sur-
vey of the residence district for the
parpose of installing a regular gar-
bage collection system to aid the
home owners In keeping their prem-
ises clean.
An audit of the city books was order-
The need for the locatio
ment of a swimming hole
whfch could be used by t
young people, as well as
ones, of the town, togethe
tion of a country club and
and a more liberal policy
the educational loan fun<
keynote of a talk made b
Burns to the Rotary Cli
today.
Berthold Schiwetz had c
program, and called on t
ate for talks in regard to
object, and what it could
this year. Subjects were
each Director.
Dr. Burns was the first o
and suggested that a swR
either Rotary Beach or se
cation, be secured for the
people of Cuero this snnu
equipped with diving Im
swings.
Golf Beneficial.
He also suggested that B
concentrate On a country <
course The older men o
would profit greatly from
dared. As a physician Jbe «
mend that his patients ti
walk, bat that ft wwld 1
them to do eo without fai
Uve and that golf gave di
test to the walk. A golf <M
be a good advertising feal
toWL Dr. Burns stated, ta
in Cuero’s favor to offer <•
WHO JAM 17
I am more powerful. than the com-
bined armies of the world.
I have destroyed more men than all
the wars of the nations.
I am more deadly than bullets.
I have wrecked more homes than the
mightiest of siege guns.
I steal, in the United States alone,
over $3,000,000,000 each year.
I spare no one, I find my victims
among the rich and the poor, alike,
the old and the young, the strong and
the weak. Widows and orphans know
me. . .
I loom up to such proportions that
I cast my shadow over every field of
labor, from the turning of the grind
•tone to the moving of every railroad
train.
I massacre thousands upon thous-
ands of wage earners In a year.
I lurk in unseen places and do most
«f my work silently.
You, are warned against me but you
heed not. I am rentless.
I am everywhere—in the-home, on
the street, in the factory, at railway
crosslfigs and on sea.
I bring sickness, degradation,
death and very few seek to avoid
I destroy, crush or maim. •
I give nothing, but I take all.
I am your worst enemy.
I am CARELESSNESS.
—Strathmorean.
close of the Concrete schools, will be
given Friday night at Concrete, and
just previous to the play a barbecue
supper will be served for the benefit
of the church there. I of the enter
The invitation to Cuero citizens to have charge
attend has been exnteded by the Con-
crete people, and a number of them
plan to be presnL
Austin,; Tex, May 7.—Contracts for
free textbooks with the American
Book Company and Charles Scrib-
ner & Sons were upheld today by the
Supreme Court,
madtamus to
against S. M. N. Marrs, state
intendent of public instruction.
The decision means that the school
superintendent must purchase tor
the use of public schools the books
which these companies contracted to
sell the state over a year ago.
The opinion written by Awyiitu:
Justice William Pierson, holds that
the superintendent of public instruc-
tion is a ministerial office In regard
to the textbook contracts and that he
has no right to cancel'the contracts
even though he believe* them not
to the best interests of the state. The
court holds t^i» the contracts are!
not void and that if they are voidable I
they should be declared so in action
brought by the attorney general. It J
is not a matter for
dent to say whether
ficial, the court said.
Mr. Marrs refused
lindenau DANCE POSTPONED
The dance at Lindenau announced
tor May IS, has been postponed until
Saturday. May 17. Music by Cuero
orchestra. (Advtjjitor to
j Nagel has been cheaa
the Cuero Rotary at th
Rotary convention nt
ada, in June, and quote
round trip tickets to th<
ing other Rotarians to
Do vie Ferber, winaer
girls declamation cont
County was a guest of 1
Jim Roas, and gave Im
Her delivery was spies
muteh applause from tl
W. m. Knowtaa was a
Koehler, and ojqa—ast,
of the occasion.
Frits Koehler, nermai
^KFred Kent, vice-president of the
Bankers Trust Company of New York,
ix aa address to the national Chamber
of Commerce convention, suggested
that a “stadied approach to the agri-
cultural problem in the one crop re-
igtoa” be made.
Mr. Kot did not state just where
that rsgfoa to, but there are parts ot
mr own state which are essentially
one prop sections. For years cotton
has bean the principal ’crop raiged In
most parts of Texas. A change Is grad-
ually coming about ad ehtn mrafeK
uiBy coming about and the farmers
are depending not so much on cotton
as they formerly did.
Ono crop regions are known to be
the poorest sections for agricultural
prosperity. The fact that Mr. Kent
made hto suggestion that a survey be
made of those regions shows the Im-
portance of the problem.
Rehearsals Show Ability of
Young Actors for Presen-
tation Friday Night.
Tickets to “Billeted,” three a'ct
comedy which is to be presented by
the DeMolay’s Friday night at the
Dreamland Theatre, are selling well,
according to L. L. Buttery, who has
charge of them. They can also be
bought from any of the members of
the Cuero chapter.
The play is a clever comedy, the
scene laid in London during the
World War. A young married woman,
separated from her husband lives in
a large house with a girt friend. Two
army officers are billeted in her
house, and the fun begins. The colon-
el falls in love with Betty, the young
wife, and later when the other officer
comes to the house the plot thickens.
In financial distress, Betty deter-
mines to secure her husband’s life in-
surance, and has a message sent to
herself saying that he is dead. Just
in time, Betty discovers that her hus-
band is in London and alive.
The play ends happily, with the col-
onel making love to Betty’s friend.
The leads, played by Abbotts Carter
nd Dorothy Cook, are well done.
Both characters are acted with ability
the feminine role being especially
good.
Claradel Webster and Stayton Cal-
houn are the most important mem-
bers of the supporting cast, and will
undoubtedly receive a good deal of
applause when the play is given be-
fore the Cuero audience. Joe Wallis as
the country vicar Is the most comic
character in the play, and does his
part well. Louise Boothe, Beulah Bell,
Wes Amsler and Beatrice Brown,
while their parts are not major ones, I
from a supporting cast which, is cap-1
ablet of doing much to make, the play j
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