The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1935 Page: 1 of 8
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l eads Texas Turkey Derby!
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$3,709.08 In Back
Taxes Paid Into
School Account
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Citizens Respond To Cali To'
Pay Delinquent Taxes
Due IjOcal School
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Since September 30, property own-1
ers in the De Leon Independent
School District have paid into the
treasury of the school a total of $3,-!
709.08, and additional payments are !
being made almost daily. The receipt:
of this money has placed the school |
district in a much more favorable [
position, debts of long- standing- hav- I
mg been liquidated. The teachers. 1
too. are being paid monthly thus fa.-J
which "has not been the case in for-)
mer recent years, vouchers having •
lieen held for months until money ac-
< umulated from the meagre tax col-
lections, or' from long delayed State )'
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j Don’t blame this big fellow for strutting!
a few thousand others like him who are competing
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two
car loads
bucks.
Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Harrell
Waco
Henson, three years
The
of
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M l HORIZED SOLICITORS
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dy by RKO, makers of Roberta and I
( OTIOX GINNINGS
re-
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TWO DE LEON
DEERSLAYERS
GET THE GAME
Association
program
♦ dy.
Sunday, Monday — The
On Silver Screen
r
the recent
cnurch, near
the residence section
Waco, has a )
and a splendid church building.
‘ ’ te. Fine arts.
other program features will
presented.
will
makers.
10-,
years.
The per cent of the total crop inov-
; on
the
presents ^')lrjstnias .market.
fhe Free Press announces the fol-
lowing persons who are “authorized’’
pa-
not
au-
Gen«,
Ixjve with I
and 1
) Central Texas
i killed an.I shipped six
to solicit subscriptions for this
per Subscription money should
be paid to others claiming to be
thorized representatives:
Mrs. 1 x-e Nabors
Lee Nabors
Mrs. .1, V. White
Mrs. J. V. White
S. W. Short
Mrs. W. C. Bedford
The Governor and his friends
opposed certain taxes; some mem
hers opposed substantial increasg-
in other taxes; thus we failed to
pass revenue measures to support
the “Old Age Pension.’’
All justified their positions by
their campaign promises.
Of what use are such promises
when they prevent obedience to
the mandate of the jieople ex-
pressed at the polls ?
Yotlrs,
R. A. LUKER.
a total of only 185 bales
Top Hat. Hooray Love is the biggest
•wife value in entertainment ever of-
fered.
. Saturday —
or First
funds,
The oldest'school tax accounts col-
lected have been for the year 1928,
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Thanksgiving service Wednesday i
| night. Union service to be held at 7
i o’clock in the Methodist church.
Preaching by the Rev. Mr. R. G. AI-
I exander. Special music. Everybody
7 Cars Turkeys Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving Service At M. E.
Market in De Leon Church Nov. 27
w-li, the latter of Gormn are
Schleicher^ county. 40
where 1
; rar. i nr ivvnu vvuvim ■ x -
ference at Brownwood assigned Rev |
Harrell to the pastorate of De
Methodist Circuit, and they are now
at home in the Circuit parsonage in |
this citv.
ginnings- usually re- j
* vear. fncle- ‘
has prevented harvest- ‘
p REA’
romance, j
„ adventure. I
See it. Also Time. Out, hilarious com-,
season’s I . . ...
biggest hit. MGM’S Broadway Melo-1 this being I
Jack Benny. Eleanor; i. , , ________ T> n •
bov! I Other organizations of the town ; tnent ^weatti
i will participat . (
1 and other program features will be; season
An jespeciaL. attraction said
Corbel! melody I--
Question Still Is
“Who’ll Pay The BiH?M
For Pension—Luker
. Saturday — Paramount ] x... ..........
The Last Outpost with Cary Grant.! goo(t profjts
-Claude Rains and Gertrude Michall.j" ----- - .
Not a Western but a fine action dra- Parent Teachers Give
ma sure to please, it has romance,. Snecial Program Fridas
‘ heart interest, exciting adventure. I »
hom= ] |
from Schleicher1" county. 40 miles
from Junction, where they hunted;
'wo days Dr. Self brought home an I
8-point buck which weighed 99 I
pounds after being drawn. Dr. Black
well had-better luck, killing two 6-
point
Birds Bought By
Central Texas And
Western Produce
be the Narry
Admission will be ten cents.
to everyone. A cordial invitation is;
extended to all to attend.
MISS C LYDE COAN
Hi JOINS SOLIC ITORS
FOR FREE PRESS
Miss Clyde Coan has joined the
Free Press family for the season and j
will write subscriptions for this pa-;
peg and its clubs She will be author-
ized to work anywhere she chooses
same rates this pa-
ss its rates for the
Friends of Miss Clyde
dy of 1936. Jack Benny.
Powell, Robert Taylor, Una
and -lune Knight. Boy!
Whijt a swell picture. It has
thing. Grab a load of this,
talk about it for days. Also
the swellest colored cartoons
phown. Dancing. On The Moon
Paramount News. Admission
and 20c.
Tuesday- '{'he creator of
Kong” startles the world again.
Rider Haggard’s astounding story
“She.” Roudolph Scott, Helen Mack
and Nigel Bruce. Also It Never
Rains, comedy.
W’ednesday and Thursday
Thanksgiving Special. Gene Stratton
Porter’s “Freckles” with Tom Brown,
Carol Stone and Virginia Weilder.J anj the
This picture especially chosen for i per publishing
the entire family., Virginia Weilderj season. Friends of Miss Clyde will
is rivaling Shirley Temple as a little ’ doubtless be glad to hand her their
actress. See,Freckles for fine enter- subscription ns she receives a liberal
tainment. Aho a good comedy. Bring, commission for her trouble on Free
the children. i Press subscriptions.
i v v .i: n l . pci i ci i 11 i un n . i vi j vmi ,
P’oduce Co. bought welcome. No church service at First
. , d I Methodist or First Baptist Church J
| turkeys from De Leon on the Thanks' Thursday.
giving market. The concern purchas-
ed 9.001) head of the festive
■ i nd nearly all graded No. 1.
No. 2’s
laborers were paid $1,200.00
! their part of the deal. Most
+1 turkeys were shipped to
I markets.
Western "Produce Bought
The Western Produce Co. purchas
ed about an even car of turkeys— ;
1474 to be exact, which number
J weighed 20.000 pounds, according to
I the management of he Western
Thurston Hall. A swell musical come- ' )wre_ Two ’Other buyers purchased
smaller amounts.
Buj?e'-s urge growers l<> feed their
turkeys grain for the period between
this time and the opening of the
To do so will
although some of the tax claims date
back for 19 rears for the school, and
some of the delinquent City tax
claim? are 24 years old
Records in the City Hall show ap- I
proximately $50,000.00 delinquent ci-,
tv taxes. The city' indebtedness was I
recently refunded and the tax rate
fixed at $1.50 on the $100 valuation,
ft was formerly about $2.50.
He may re-
] present the Texas Centennial Celebration on President
Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving table—that is, if he wins over
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M. E. HARRELL e<| 9,000 head of the festive birds-,' HEX'SON FAMILY
\ND FAMILY ARRIVE ! t nd nearly all graded No. 1. There MELL PLEASED
FROM PENELOPE, TEX\S|were remarkably few No. 2’s this AT WACO HOME
------- i . : season, the quality being the best in ------
... .. ..... .1 and I years. Word from Waco indicates that
children have arrived from Penelope, -rhe per cent of the tota] crop mov^ Rev c c Henson and family are
Texas, in Hill county, where he pas-1 ing on t]le Thanksgiving market is well pleased with their new home.
pastor of
, was I
assigned to the pastorate of St. I
John’s Methodist church in Waco h- '
Conference. St. John's!
Colgin Sanitarium in
of northwest'
membership of some 700 '
an<i a spienuid church building. !
tions of the plant. Pickers and other . change was a distinct promotion fori
i».>,a «i onn on for , Rev. Henson and he will have an op-1
the I portunity for outstanding service I
eastern there.
Another week of / finq . entertain-.
ment at the Liberty. \Each show n ]
1 hanksgiving special.
Friday — Ann Sothern and
Raymond in Hooray For
Biii Robinson, Pert Kelton
Word from
Rev. C. C. Henson and
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tired the Methodist church the past. i,ejng variously estimated. Some say • Rev. E,
year. The recent Central Tqxas Cor- fiftv pPr cent, some as high as 70 the De Leon Methodist church,
I per cent, of the birds have been sold.
I jeon j -ppe price was around 17 to 19 cents
I per pound. . Central Texas paid
• growers $24,000.00 for the birds sold.
The killing season lasted 10 days
and during this time 175 people
were employed in the various opera-
.1. N. Joiner brought the first dee-r
;T>ack"’to De Leon this season. Joiner,
a deer“liunter of thirty years exper-
ItTcg, ■ killed a 6-point buck in Mason '
county last Monday. Jim gets one al- '
‘ most every year.
Dr. .1 E. Self and Dr. Edw .Black -
Merkel
Oh
everv-
You'l'
one of
ever
ami
Friday evening, seven thirty p. m.
varied c°rion ginned t.i date, this being far i
Manaei: B. F Cox of Planters Gin ;
the City Hall. the. Parent Teachers , :epmt< a total of only 185 bales of |
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I ihoit of -'the
I ihe'annual’ general program of P. f ' cofded by this time of
Other organizations of the town | ment weather F -
school,! >ng- The estimate rrf GO bales for the
may prove correct, Mr.’ Cox
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New Pastor
Years As Agent
A
tie-
no-
pe.
the
Barton ha l-een County Agent
December
Mt
Be-.
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I’ARKS HAD
.1 V K
Whether incorporation
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Make His Annual
Visit Here Soon
Mil’s ('onnlv Singing
(invention Nov.
held
■urn
Rev. Roy G. Percival,
First
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< ntt<*n-l*< anul Money
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brought to us all. . /
FRANh T. DANIELL,
’ . Mayor.
has become desirable
Free
a year
Thanksgiving
Proclamation
the
to
been
detail
for
Murk “X”
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| Auditorium Ideal For Plays
Singings And Other
Public Meetings
Poll Shows 93 Per I $20,000 SCHOOL BUILDING TO BE
Cent Of Farmers CONSTRUCTED OF NATIVE ROCK
Favoring Barton 1
Only G3 Farmers Opposed *
To Barton After 15
YEARLY PRICE OF
I REE PRESS ( HVNGED
PERMANENTLY TO $1.00
n< N
ate
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i I Gymnasium And
Auditorium Will
Seat 1200 People
j 'if men and women everywhere!
Santa got in touch with the Free
Press editor early and in his mesM^re
| stated he would be exceedingly busy
on Christmas and asked that all mail
addressed to him in care of this pa-
1 There-
fori-, the Free Press will accept let-
i porato existence shall be dissolve,!
1 will be determined at an election on
Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Petitioned by 55 Desdemona resi-
dents, County Judge Clyde L. Ghr-
rett ordered the election.
Those favoring dissolution of the
incorporation anil vote “for dissolu-
tion” while others will vote “against
dissolution.”
O. A. Kountse, who has been nam-
ed presiding officer, will appoint two
judges. / - ,
publish all
December 15th.
girl is invited to
APPENDIX OPERAJIriN!
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this
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N... x'.::’’
mason for
’•n
Th<- poll, which is being
: citizens ini
the '
ex-
min-
-County
the
nur
under
want a
;m informal nieetiing vith
fiicials of the ('hutch Wednes-1
day fra-
the n-i-
perpetuating a custom as old | I
three f
worship hour, i.it !050 o'
minating with th-' Budget
on December -th Then follows
irons
l.'fe of Chris'..” On
prot^-d to be fai-
nt i
country. :
wish
against
it is
of
him
woi R.
has had attractive offers from
to time to go elsewhere, but
mtuned in Comanche
because he likes to live here.
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y i
to
the
his
the !
and j
He 1
time |
re
iiinty. be t-aid.
| make his
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1naan.xj.ch as the last Thursday i j your ’letter short. Sign your nan>-'
November has been set aside by | , carefully, and. most important of all,
| ' semi yoiii letters in early.
Desdemona Will
Ballot On Town’s
xp.ession of 'ouTgS 11 Existence Dec. 3rd.
Almightv God for Hist i
Whether incorporation of Desdo-
a£ j.inena ..wjJLxfiiiLiQue_o£_the A0.^?.’L5°.!ri
the
call
th?
ac-
Barton, on Saturday night
■k, will have completed the distr:-
Cotton checks to :
farmers,
- immediate
; I'.ituro. ami for ilu- first th'ee month .
tot'd l’le cominji vear. In addition to '
1 the series of : erinons for the Sunday
this1 night services, the Pastor is planning;
special srxices for the motning |
' .’clock) cul-f
canvas-1 Sends Word For Kids To
Write Him In (tare Of
The Free Press
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Bethle-1 around the corner.
The Works Progress Administra-
tion, with headquarters at Waco, ap-
proved the application of De Leon
Independent School District for n
building which is much needed. The
J’uiMmg -tsill provide two needed
classrooms, one a science laboratory,
the other for Vocational Agriculture
probably, also an auditorium that
will seat 1200 people, the same space
..hen cleared of seats to be used as
a school gymnasium. A stage will be
provided in one. end of the building
where plays may1 be given, and where
overflow meetings of the community
may be had. The floor wiil be of
hardwood. Locker rooms will be
provided. The several purposes to be
served by the building make it a
most desirable and needed addition.
911,000.00 V. S. Grant
The government makes the school
district a gift of a little more than
$14,000.00 from W. P. A. funds. Th'-
amount the schcol district must
raipe to match this sum is $8,700.00
This amount must be raised by a
i bond issue. A. T. Thompson, d’s-
i trict senior examiner, division of pro-
I jeets & planning, has written Supt;
E. H. Boulter that the money will be
available from the government as
soon as certain fr.rms have
Theme of signed annd returned, which
m - has been complied w th. |
The School Board has canal
to be posted, calling an election
•te the nec<: sary bonds.
newly ap-
pointed Pastor of First Methodist
Church, announces scries of sermons
on the theme “What We Believe,”
ach Sunday night until February.
10.”, I) i
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I yi-arly price of the
I changed to $ 1.00
Ju k Sparks, local tailor, was car
ried to Gorman late Thursday for an
operation for the removal of his ap-'
pendix. The operation was suwessfU),
and ho is improving and it is expect-
ed he will be able to come home this
Sunday W. H. Du.lney, Jr., Dublin
young man, is here assizting Mrs.
Sparks in the tailor shop until Jack
shall have recovered sufficiently to
be back at IBs accuatomed plaee.
that
Dress
.instead ot
3()l >l ’iO a year, as heretofore The |
| i hange is made permanent a?
---— veinber 1-935. Subscribe)s
I !i<- Free Press is in receipt of a t ovr-sted to take notice.
)<-<juest from L. B. 1’orter, president!"
of the Mills County Singing Conven-! 1
tioii. that announcement of the coin-1 ;
inr convention be published. It is I j
annt.iiueed that the singing will be | i
:n the grammar school auditor-;
io Goldthwaite on Saturday
night. November 30, and .Sunday, De-
< emliT 1st.
A c'lrdiM”invitaiton is extended tc
all D-- Leon and Comanche county
singers, Mr, Porter said.
in
ou: great President as a
thanksgiving throughout
tioii,
as the history of our country, a;
worthy custom offering to- each ;
and every person an op
for mutual e
tit ide to
trjwhio-s, Therefore:
I. I'-mnk T IhtnieB, Mayor
the City of De Leon, in
State of Texas, 'do hereby
upon our citizens to observe
day fittingly, cease from your
customcd toil, assemble at place?
of worship and give expression of
r our gratitude for the bountiful
l njsasure of health and temporal
1 «J prosperity which the year 1935 has
'• liriiiicihi fn lie nil
I tl
i to
\t an infm r,;i| nieetiing vith ail;
tin- ofiicials of the Chui'h Wednes- 0 • /^j
prings 91 .and 1 ; 1 d <y nitrht. the Rev. Mr. Percival ou' OtlFr.H VJBUS Will
la t-nson Springs, 57 and 15; Comm,; lin’d plans bah tor the
5-'. an,' De I,eon 121 .and 5; Down
ing. 33 .and 1, Tot1,al <or, 997;
against, 63.
The exact per cent shown by
poll is 93.7 per cent for and 6.3
• ent against retaining the present
County Agent.
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in ( ornanche county the past 15
wars. His work has been uniformly
successful. He has ;
and impartial io the distribution
his efforts throughout the
He stated that he aid not
remain in the county
wishes of the people, but
belief that 75 to 85 per cent
people are favorable to
wise him to continue his
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\ po’.l if farmers has been taken ;
throughout the •ounty during the'
week m the various communities, I
the expi-ssion being more than 90 per I
cent in favor < f retaining County;
Agent ■). A. Barton. The poll follows!
the acti-n ef the Commissioners1
Court -if the ja-t week, wherein they
reqiiesteiT Mr. Barton to resign, giv-
ing as then reason for such action j
pressure brought on members of ,
the Court.” . . .
conducted by- prominent
each community, indicates that
“pressure” evidently was being
erted on the Court by a small
ority of th ■ citizens of the County.
The poll ha.« l>een taken at gath-
ering-:; held -n the various community
centers when- Mr. Barton has gone
to distribute cotton and peanut
checks. The polls were, conducted in
such a manner as would give every -
one oppi rtunitv for free and unin-
fluenced expression, the Free Press
is told. The following font- was us-
ed in taking the poll: “We the Co-
manche County Farmers who have
been participating tn the 1935 AAA
Program, are voting to see if
keep our present County Agent,
to ask for a new 1’ounty Agent.
PLa.se mark “X” under the “Yes” >
column if voting for our presen. '
icunty agent Mark “X" under the I
“No” column if vou want a new'
counnty agent.” ' Sermon topics on
The result in the various coinmuni- ! “M'hat \\ C BelieA'e
ties was: Comanche 172 for, 2 against • . . ■
retaining agent; Gustine, 66 and ■: \> imoimced
Proctor. 55 and 1: Stag--- Creek. 5.’
and ’: Sidney. 107 and 1 :Sipe Springs
2X and 9; Duster.. S2 and 12;-Beattie,
ami 2: (diver
Many Plans Laid
“■I For New Year By
Methodist Pastor
I'he annual visit of Santa Claus is
. , .” Only about
■ a month until the Old Saint will make
! his apjiearance for a one-night stand,
but What a Night! What a bag of
sunshine and Good Cheer ho brings?
What a wealth of happiness to little
folks--and gi'own-ups, too! Poor in
spirit indeed is the man or woman,
boy or girl, who dees not believe in
Santa Claus, either as a jolly person
who clatters over the roof in a sleigh,
I coming down the chimney to bestow
oco< . I ))()Unty j,( blockings of little
| tots, as a modern Santa who cleaves
I the sky in a 3-motor plane, or else
merely as a happy spirit of gladnesr;
and generosity permeating the hearts
ser
<-ach Sundav morning on “Th°
15’h :
"The Voice ir the Wilderness,” deal-
i ing wi’h .John the Baptist; on
??nd. “Let us go i v<n unto I
I hem"; the birth of Christ, and each j
Sundav thereafter the outstanding!
events of His life, to be climaxed
“The Ussuri ect’on Fact” on
I,aster Sunday. The Board of Stew
ai ds tn ganized and planned to con-
linue the '.inancial program initiated
j by the former Pastor. Bro. C. C.
j Henson. Also plans were made for
! an organized choir, ami for an inter-j
j e-iting mid week , worship service 1
each Wednesday night at 7
Sun lav night services are tn begin ar
7 -i clock also, with the A oung
; pie meeting at •’•:! o’clock
bution of zOOS ■ ,
Comanche county farmers, totaling!
Han $22.000 00 Peanut check;-|
distributed list week numbered
and totaled $55,l’!5.00.
the!
b»
j per lie kept until his arrival
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| ters addressed tn Santa Claus, in care
I of the Free ”rcss, and
.. 1 that arrive In’Tore
Every' little lx>y or
’ '; or her wants known to San-
ta in__thia-»anner. Keep in mind
that Santa is a busy person—make
WPA Approval Given De Leon School
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DE LEON, COMANCHE COl NTY, TEXAS
$1.00 A YEAR
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1935.
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