Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. [41], No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1937 Page: 2 of 8
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SOUTH TEXAS
By BILL ELLIOTT
attitude. He hates
San Antonio.
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FOOD
PRICES
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Friday & Sat
and
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ments for the 27th annual something along that line.
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LIGHT CRUST FLOUR
12 lbs. 54c
SUPER SUDS
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ft
Sandwich SPREAD
/ Gebhard’s
CATSUP, Heinz,
14 oz.
CORN, Roxville
No. 2 Can. 3 Cans
BEANS, Green
Pound
CONCENTRATED
2 FOR
a sour
himself,
fair way
reality.
Honor to Merriman
Dean of all Texas newspaper-
TOMATOES, No. I
3 Cans
PEACHES, Golden
Peak. No. 2’/2 can
CABBAGE
Pound
40 FT.
ROLL
It «■ hr and tigh,
tap-tte-loop, bank, side, and
tad far awry bay and gM
Dionne
-if mod«:
i the
JR
PINEAPPLE, Rose
Dale, No. 1, 3 cans
ONIONS
Pound
Pound
Saturday Only
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10c
4c
9c
10c
This Marvelous High-Flying I
MONOPLANEz^pGLIDERT
WE SEE IT
H. D. MEISTER
Cute Rite
WAX PAPER
BACON
SALT JOWLS
Quaker
OATMEAL
wetiaeaaZnSm
25‘
18c
15c
15c
22c
18c
9C
25c
17'
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9C
19:
13c
Pure
HONEY
31c
CRYSTAL WHITE SOAP ft
The
miracle _of
this reason
interested in everythfi^fl
wonder babies do, everj
in their lives, every ded
for them by the Domi
Canada. No wonder 41
the staff of scientific el,
care for them chose <N
he would a
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QUAKER
Howboys and girls can get the
MONOPLANE GLIDER
Just cut out th* trademark* (the <
picture of th* Quaker Maa) from
2 large package, or from 4 small
packagea of Quaker Oat*. Brine
them to the office of tbit paper
and get your Monoplan* Glider.
If you prefer, trademark* may be
mailed direct to Th* Quaker Oata
Company, Box I— Chicago, Ill.
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PURCHASE YOUR QUAKER OATS FROM THE
FOLLOWING MERCHANTS:
DREYER
Otto Hartmann
HOCHHEIM
Braden’s Cash Store
J. P. Kelley R. & W.
HOPE
Munson’s Cash Store
PETERSVILLE
Peter’s Cash Grocery
PEARL CITY
Hagen’s Store
STRATTON
Morrow’s Grocery
SWEET HOME
Leo Hoffer Grocery
W. F. Kutac’s Cash Store
Pesek Brothers
I. E. Valenta Grocery
J. M. Valdnta
TERRYVILLE
William’s Cash Store
had a seven inch rain,
Grange five and a half,
mine nine while Round Top urally creates in him
—. attitude. He hates
of he hates his job and he hates
to his employer and of course,
ORANGES, Texas
Dozen
In other words, if
It Court bows to dictation,
will be unmolested; if it de
SALAD DRESSING
Bran Nu, Pint
’ N. B. C.
CRACKERS
r*f\( ELL
2 lb. box
PREMIUM
7‘/2 oz. Pkg.
an
conse
- Merriman was born in 1852 near
present, day Banquete. The family
moved 'to Corpus Christi at the'the Quins’ cereal, it;
close of the Civil War. He en- .nation-wide interest. 4
Why was oatineg]/
reported a twelve inch rain.
The heavy rains east
Schulenburg are reported
ciplined.
Many patriotic citizens
the United States l
dreamed they would live to
see the day when political
factions would openly ^eek
sway the opinions of
by
OVERHEARD a col-
ored man preach a
one sen-
morning,
ty Citizen at Columbus, and i suitable awards
president of the Association,1 those whose
Arthur Lefevre Jr., Asst, to,
the Pres., and editor of the I
Texaco Star, of Houston. |zV
“Pops” Mabry of Houston, j V
contact man for the Humble;*—
Oil Co., and E. A. Bosl, for-I
merly publisher of the Schul7 p. m.,
lenburg Sticker. The publish-j and business
MUSTARD, 26 oz. 4 0
Jar, Pure 10
instead of
held in Corpus Christi from
the 18th to the 20th of next
month, visited the Herald of-
fice and were guests in the
H. D. Meister home Friday
afternoon.
and 4-H Club groups from over
most of the South Texas area.
Wednesday, October 27, has been
designated as vocational agricul-
tural day. The following day,
Thursday, will be devoted to cit-
rus and the range and Friday I
will be 4-H Club day. The annual |
short course at A. & I. College1
has gained in interest and value I
each year and new high records I
will be set in attendance this year.
11 is one of the first of the ;
year’s events of wide interest in I
the district served by the college [
and particularly by its agricul-,
tural department.
jht U aaJKe honor’ ft
under way to put ovet eane.m the oj
I j\,r 72
of fi
GRAPEFRUIT. Nice Ic
Size, each r
W/E HAVE seen men walk
W around a block to avoid
• to whom
a just debt and
Agricultural Show which will he
staged by Kingsville and Kleberg
County interests.
The show will draw attention
particularly to the development
of Kleberg County farm and ranch
industries. The short course will
to attract interest of Future Fanner
will
was followed up by the i
<md norther that reached
early this morning and
carried on ahead of it
Other shower of slight
quence.
A OCORDING TO an article
by Frank R. Kent, cur
rent slackening of govern
[ mentborrowfng is a deceiving
to phenomenon. Instead of bor-
rowing directly from the
cAW AN ITEM the other
day to the effect that
“Only those who get joy out
of their work know what real
hapinesg is,” and the thought
brought reflections of some
of the things that we have
seen along life’s pathway. We
have seen people who never
seemed to get any pleasure
out of what they were doing.
It didn’t matter much what
have done some damage
highways.
on
October 26 with the opening
the annual short course at
Texas College of Arts and In-[engaged in the insurance business [
dustries which will be continued and later held a government pos-
th rough Friday, October 29. The
short course is planned in con-
junction with the Eleventh An-
SPECIALS FRIDAY & SAT.
(XMONOG, 12 lb. can . . 17c
MELLO WHEAT 14 oz pkg. 9c
MELLO WHEAT, 28 oz. pkg...17c
MARMALADE, Ann Page Orange
1 lb. Jar 15c
PRUNES. 3 lbs 14c
SALT. Sunny South, V/2 lb. box 3c
KOOL CIGARETTES, Carton,
10 Pkgs $1.70
SHINOLA PASTE, can 8c
BIXY POLISH, bottle 10c
act
YOAKUM
A. & P. Tea Co.
Ayer’s R. & W.
Bill’s Cash Grocery
48 lbs. $1.85—24 lbs. 98c
(High tirade Flour for Better Baking)
• This unusual offer is Dade tp
get every child to try Quaker Oats,
the same delicious cereal that De.
)■ Dafoe gives to the Dionne
| Quins every day. Because of
J its abundance of protective
E Vitamin B, Quaker Oats docs
I everyone, young and old, •
I world of good. Groceasfcsn
■ featuring Quaker Oats today.
tered the newspaper business when
was 18 years old,
2 as a type setter on
' day Corpus Christi
T_. 10*7 1 wenf (O
WE
▼▼ ored man
whole sermon in
tence, Saturday
when he was discussing, with
other colored men the situa
lion and conditions as they
exist at this time. This is
what he said, “When you
owes a debt you owes it un-
til it is paid, no matter how
old it is.” Would that we had
more people in this world
that looked upon their obli-
gations in that light. I
; would cost less to do busi-
ness. 1 .
ly everything we use cheaper
than we do. All of us would
have to work less and still
i would have more and most of
to | us would have a different
;ir
YAMS, Louisiana, 6 lbs. for 19c
ONIONS, Yellow. 3 lbs. for
LETTUCE, large heads
( ELERY, each
APPLES, Fancy, dozen...
SPINACH, No. 2 can
Natalia
helps to spread
Zi32or.te;.t, and
being an asset to for .
the world he becomes a lia- brought a whole lot of cheer
with them and passed it on
and their visit inspired us to
approach our tasks with a
better realization of the va-
lue of congenial and worth-
while co laborers.
inter joint !,! two other men
es'.&blishment of the
; Christi Culler first edition of
• which was published on January
20, 1883. His partners withdrew
; from the business w ithin a few
: years and for 29 years he was
i editor and publisher of a paper I
. which steadily stood in the fore-
[front of the struggle for the de- ing Quaker Oats.
i velopntent of a great new area of ---------
[ the state.
In 1911 the veteran
Kingsville; disposed of his interest in
the widow of Capt. Richard King. He t nes<la.V
z.ni.iur.i.l ,,i 11... ■ nun i-u !
. v« *«• a a x »« ■ ■ MUimi’.IO [
• And biter held a irovernment nos. Mesdames W. P.
ition but until a few years ago nie Zhjack, Buddie Landrum «n4
he continued his newspaper work , Fauline Nelson spent Wednesday
in San Antonio.
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Blue Rose
RICE
5 Lbs.........20c >
Sunnyfield ! >
FLOUR;;
12 lb. 24 lb. 48 lb '
45c 83- 1.63 [
Sour or Dill 1 ;
PICKLES
() Quart QRc ! I
U Jars .. .. 2UU
Iona Salad
DRESSING
Pint 4 R Qt. QR I
Jar ID Jar dU !
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congress should
some intelligent advice
> ap-
where pears that this might be an
Skinner’s Quality
MACARONI
3 Packages .... 20
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of the ideas before the oppo j
sition gets too strong.
qOME TIMELY comment i He i
O from the Industrial News i hi» u
Review of Portland, Ore. on •
the Supreme Court i
may be of interest to
readers. It says: t
“News dispatches of Octo-^
ber 4, commenting on the re-1
convening of the Supreme
tion meeting which is to be i honest man and the man who
lives up to his obligations.
npHE OLD fiddlers of this nual South Texas Life Stock and
A community are scheduled
to get together at the old
ihigh school auditorium on
----* Thursday night, October 28,
npHE COMMITTEE consist- and demonstrate their ability
A ed of Henry Hurr, pub- with the old fiddle. This will
lisher of the Colorado Coun- be a friendly contest
. __ji .... will go
efforts
please the audience most.
npHESE VETERAN editors ;
A the members of the Tex- '
[as Editorial Association, !
(probably have done more toi;
bring Texas to the attention <
of the world than any other 1
set, or group of men in the ;
state. It was these editors, ;
after their meeting in the .
[Big Bend country last year, | J
1 brought to the attention of j;
: the people of the state the | -
[propriety and the urge to J
.convert that wonderful sec- ’
(tion of the state into a Nat- <
ional Park and which is now I <
(coming into a fair way to J
become a reality.
----•-’—— ,
Z^ORPUS will accord these ’
. v-* empire builders a hearty j”
Welcome when they convene <;
I there next month and will Z
entertain them as befits J [
. these people who have de- ;'
l voted so many years to thej<i
well being and the advance- < [
mncKBnoB. ment ^ie human family i*
Fresh (’lean
POPPY SEED
2 Pounds 25
“(N MONDAY of next week
a two-state agricultural
meeting is scheduled to be
held in Dallas, starting at
p. m., at which farmers
men of the
er of the Herald is a member j state are to present their
of this committee And was to views as to what congress
accompany the committee on should do in the coming spe-
this trip but was out of the cial session in the matter of
city when the -committee farm legislation. From the
went through here Wednes- legislation that has been en-
day, so the committee pro 'acted in the past it is evi-
ceeded to Goliad and drafted dent that
I Postmaster J. L. Tally to have
I serve on the committee and from somebody and it
arrange- opportune time to formulate m<!n an<^ w*dely known and loved
’ South Texas figure, Eli T. Mer-
riman of Corpus Christi and
nigh South Texas, will be
. signally honored next month when
—~— the Texas Editorial Association | R. E. Brown Park Place
wondering "what —organization of the veterans in j City Grocery
the newspaper business—meets in ' D. E. Cobbs Grocery
Crescent Grocery
Mrs. O. Hatch Grocery
C. J. Heimlich Grocery
Long’s Grocery & Market
“M” System
Muenkers Grocery & Market
Piggly Wiggly No. 1
Piggly Wiggly No. 2
I Polis Fruit Stand
Riemenschneider Grocery
Spies Cash Grocery
Stock’s Grocery & Market
Svoboda’s Grocery
V. C. Schiller Cash Grocery
>;H. P. Witte & Sons
’i Witte & Wunderlich
1LS --- ,
Merriman, who is a charter,;
member of the organization (1
and who has considerably ;
passed the four score mark, ;
but is still active and an en- !
thusiastic booster for South ;
Texas and is still a regular;;
contributor to the Corpus! <
Christi Calleik I
4 POUND IQc >
Carton 1
6':[
^nzrHILE THE total precipi-
▼▼ tation for the past
week was only slightly over
five inches, sections north of
Us were visited by deluges.
Reports are to the effect |
that the Ammansville section [fellow who is afraid that he (spent $954,805,183.94; its re j yet that debt staled them in
u ...... La-! is doing more than he isjeeipts w®re $675,375,562.55; i the face every day. And then
(>ar i being paid for and that nat-(deficit, $279,429,G21.39. J too we have seen men who
What will become of John;owed another a just debt but
Brown’s hard earned sayings [ they were so brazen that no-
if such a policy is continued ! thing would humiliate them,
for long? What do you i But they are like the thief
think? jin the night, their conscience
* ; convicts them at every turn
npHE COMMITTEE on ar )of the road. And so the
A rangements l or the an . world goes and all such make
nual Texas Editorial Associa- living more expensive for the
uth Texas’ most anleat
in aud moat sound builder*,
is 86 years oh! todsy "but
from the Industrial News | bia intweat in new projects is as
- ~ • t as hie interest wa» 50
matter >ears ego •io' projects which since
OUT j kavq been accomplished. Without
[;exa^eratipn it may be said that
. Merriman, working largely thru
[the newspaper columns, hat ex-
erted & rremcndoui. influence on
Court, said: “As the "Court U>® development of Corpus Christi
meets, it is the growing con- and of South Texas. He was a
viction in Washington that i persistent and MSirthy fighter for
the attempt to enlarge the I lailroad-i, highways, deep water,
Court will be held in abey general civic improvement,
ance until the first juflg-' ’ *
rtients of the new term indi- ■ Native of Land
cate the trend of its constj- * «*»*■>•■—* «««■ »—
tutional interpretations.”
In other words, if the
it
Extra Fancy RIO
COFFEE
2 Pounds 29
'—■— .a-:
■yE WERErhappy to lm»e u.v -•*•* -
* this committee with us that there
a brief visit. They
As the time draws i
for the convening of the spe-
qr’HIS MEETING promises cial session of congress,
A to be one of the out- America is 1
standing gatherings of veter- a—
an Texas editors as it will!
be held in Corpus in honbr of
its oldest member, Eli T. > SCORES AND SCORES OF NEW LOW
EVERYDAY PRICES
POLAR WHITE
SHORTENING
PINTO BEANS
Prepared With Bran
MUSTARD ""-S 10'
8 0 WK COFFEEuJO
( P. & G. SOAP, 5 Giant Bars 19c.
Good Grade
SHORTENING
4 Pounds 43
I proceeded to Corpus
they completed all ;
' Er♦ 11 97
meeting of the Veteran Edi-1
tors of Texas. i
banks or the people through
the issuance of bonds, the
government has now adopted
a policy of spending the
funds supposedly placed in
trust with the government,
by the people, under the So-
cial Security act. In other
words, the money which is
taken out of John Brown’s
weekly pay check, and which
the government has promised
to set aside to care for him
in old age or when he is un-
employed, is promptly being;
dumped into the public trea I
sury for general expenses’
The public treasury has
and
grab-
knowledge that he had done' bag. Politicians seeking
fice gleefully ply the trea-'fellow men and much of man-
sury for money, and more [kind would be happier.
working the cereal for these' inr«Q
an early little onesf Bee use
publication, markable richness in Vitali
Galveston The importance
never where he worked tor a while on bas been proven by medical
Texas
* , corpus Christi and a few ; '*
OU!’ inter joined two other men in the ! Nature’s L
highest tribunal by prop;*, es'shlisln.icnt of the Coi-pus [ nervousness,
ganda, insinuations and
ual threats.”
A. & I. Show
Interest of many South Texans i
will be centered
newsman [ Mrs. W. D. Byrd, Mrs.
i the Horadam, Mrs. P. J. Patton
of I Caller to Mrs. Henrietta M. King I Mrs. Clara Williams spent
’ ■ in San Antonio. - •
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Carroll An-
|^OW THAT the drouth is
Av broken all of us ought
to feel better. Not only the
drouth is broken but the
apell of hot weather that has
been with us for several
months, is now a thing of the
put. That first norther of
any consequence of the sea
•on that arrived last week,
“.couple of days ihelMob wm.‘They“f»iled‘‘to
W warni weather and that realize that the other fel-
8ec low’s job looked better be-
u,s cause the other fellow took
rt[ delight in his work. He tried
!to do a good job and when simply become a vast
he was successful in that the I seemingly bottomless
knowledge that he had done bag. Politicians seek...„ - ,
a good job gave him pleasure j perpetuate themselves in of 'feeling toward many of our
which he figured as a part of fice gleefully ply the trea-[fellow men and much of man-
his recompense for his ef* (sury for money, and moie; kind would be happiei.
forts. ; money- money that is spent
------- on everything from out hous i
es to cash registers. For the, ▼ ▼ arounu a uj
'T’HEN OF COURSE, weal first 44 days of the current’meeting another
I A ways have w ith us the . fiscal year the government | they owed a jus
I^a 1 is doing more than he
constitutional, it will be dis- (
of! In 1874
ilie News, lone of the earliest of|orities and food editors of
newspapers. He returned to. ing publications. It
years , for healthy childhood. B
; best defense agi|j$st '7a*
, constipation,
]>oor appetite due to lack of
vitamin in the diet.
Further, oatmeal with milk isT>^
full of body-building materidfck^|HH
muscle-building protein, and ener~ \l|H|
gy-making carbohydrates. 80
Quins are building health by
r Oafs.
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Mrs. W. 1). Byrd, Mrs. F.
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Everyone Needs 3-Purpos« Vitamin B
for Keeping Fit*
• Science dbcoverz in Qnekee Oet» en. MMrin* ebe
dance of the precioua 3-purpoae Vitamin B that Bell
everyone, young end old, comber nervoueneee. con«rip
tion, poor appetite, due to lack of Vitamin B in the om
So order Quaker Oata by name at your grocer * today.
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Morgan, Cena S. Yoakum Weekly Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. [41], No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 21, 1937, newspaper, October 21, 1937; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1295372/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.