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VOLUME 21, NUMBER 22
$2.00 PER YEAR
SILSBEE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940
RETURN TROOP MOVEMENT
RAILROAD MAN FATALLY
STARTED BY SANTA FE
STABBED SATURDAY NIGHT
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The second annual reunion
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Governor W. Lee
O’Daniel Does Not
Endorse Brooks
Narcotics Stolen From
McMahon's Drug Store
Two New Members Join
Kiwanis Club Wednesday
Election Saturday To Be
Held at High School
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Miss Martha Bryan of White-
wright, Texas, Miss Mary Ann
Windham of Center, Texas, and
Miss Vera Dorothy Ray of Dallas
left this morning for their homes
after several days visit in Silsbee
with Miss Winifred Hopkins.
Don L. Hough, athletic coach
for Silsbee high school, and H. M.
Seaman, Jr., traveling auditor for
Kirby Lumber Corp., were accept-
ed into the membership of the Sils-
bee Kiwanis club at their luncheon
Wednesday and were welcomed
into the organization by E. M. Wil-
son, Jr.
Fred T. Davis, Dr. I. R. Fowler
and George Markley were appoint-
ed to represent the Silsbee club at
the International convention to be
held in Oklahoma City, Oct. 6, 7
and 8.
The meeting was in charge of I.
F. Daniel, president.
The American Legion Auxiliary,
with Mrs. G. C. Bracken in charge,
served the luncheon.
Edwin Nash left this week for
Nacogdoches for the graduating
exercises of Stephen F. Austin
college. Edwin will receive a B. S.
degree in physical education at the
exercises Friday night.
Mrs. R. L. Nash and her two
daughters of Beaumont, Mrs. H. J.
Hughes and Mrs. C. B. Wright, will
leave Silsbee Friday to attend the
exercises.
SILSBEE SLUGS
By DAVID READ
Mrs. Rex Worley, for many years
a leading music teacher in Silsbee
who has had a lot to do with teach-
ing the young people piano and
theory of - music, has announced
that registration of pupils for fall
classes will be held at her home
Monday, August 26, at 4 o’clock
in the afternoon.
Mrs. Worley’s classes are always
presented in a recital at the close
of each school year and awards
made to the outstanding pupils in
each division. Classes will begin on
Aug. 29 at Mrs. Worley’s home.
She is an authorized teacher of
progressive series.
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W. R. Cobb Widely Known
For Barbecue Skill
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Mrs. H. Moody and children Bob,
Jack and Pat left Monday for
Austin to visit relatives.
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A new roller skating rink opened
this week at the American Legion
hall at the fair grounds in Silsbee
and is under the management of
R. H. Harris of Port Arthur, who
formerly operated the Pleasure
Pier Skating Rink there. Mr. Har-
ris is bringing new equipment for
skaters and the large maple floor
in the hall offers patrons one of
the best rinks in the South.
The rink is open every afternoon
and night with the afternoon ses-
sion from 3:30 to 5 o’clock and the
night sessions from 7:30 to 9 and
9 to 10:30. Reservations for pri-
vate skating parties may be made
by contacting Mr. Harris at the
rink. The rink may be reserved
from 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and
10:30 p.m. until midnight any night.
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NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
HARDIN COUNTY
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CARD OF THANKS
I want to take this method of ex-
pressing my very sincere appre-
ciation to my friends for the many
cards, letters, flowers and other
remembrances while I was in the
hospital recently undergoing an
appendectomy. They all helped me
to a speedy recovery.
—R. A. YOKSH
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Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cain and
daughter, Evelyn, are visiting rela-
tives and friends in Livingston.
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Mrs. George Rainer and daugh-
ter, Sue, of Beaumont visited Mrs.
Johnny Smart and family Satur-
day.
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A burglar entered McMahon’s
drug store last Saturday night and
took the store’s supply of narcot-
ics. Officers have very few clues
as to who the theif may be. Prying
open a back window after he had
cut the screen, the intruder opened
the steel cabinets in which the nar-
cotics were locked and took sev-
eral dollars worth of morphine
tablets and powdered codine.
A bottle of opium which was
set out was left in the store. No-
thing else was missed by clerks
who discovered the robbery Sun-
day morning about 10 o’clock.
A fingerprint expert from Beau-
mont police department and local
officers are investigating.
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Aubrey Busby recently bought
the home of Bob Yawn, Sr., in
Woodrow and has moved into it.
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Shaunessy Play-off
Will End Friday Night
There is keen competition each
night as the Shaunessy play-off
nears an end and each team is
putting up a real sporting fight to
gain a place in the championship
play-off which will follow the
first play-off. The games between
Britton-Cravens and Kountze have
been good with each team now the
winner of two games, and Friday
night’s contest to determine which
will play for the championship.
The games between Kirby and
Sinclair are equally as hot and
Kirby has won two of the three
games. If Kirby wins again tonight
that will eliminate Sinclair. How-
ever if Sinclair wins it will .neces-
sitate a game Monday night.
The championship games will
be played immediately following
the end of this play-off and will be
the best four out of seven games.
Admission to the play-off will
be five cents to everyone.
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Leading Music Teacher
To Open Classes Soon
Mrs. Clara Hargrove, widow of
the late Hardy Hargrove of Buna,
died in a Beaumont hospital this
morning (Thursday) at 5:15 o’-
clock. She was taken to the hospi-
tal Wednesday night for an opera-
tion but passed . way before the
operation was started. Mrs. Har-
grove was born in Newton county
in 1858 and spent her entire life
in East Texas. Mrs. Hargrove was
the mother of T. S. Hargrove of
Silsbee.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2:30 in the
Antioch cemetery near Buna. The
funeral will leave the Hargrove
home in Buna at 2 o’clock in the
afternoon, and Rev. Elder Ham-
mett, Primative Baptist minister,
assisted by Rev. Garland Reeves,
Methodist minister, will be in
charge.
She is survived by seven sons:
Herbert of Kountze, A. E., Gay and
J. C., all of Buna, Archie of Kir-
byville, Norman of Waco and T. S.
of Silsbee; two daughters, Mrs.
Joe Ramsey of Woodville and Miss
Mary Hargrove of Buna; 11 grand-
children and four great-grand-
children.
Pallbearers, all grandsons, will
be George Hardy Hargrove, Lamar
Hargrove, Burke Hargrove, How-
ard Hargrove, Weldon Hargrove
and Vernon Ramsey.
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New Skating Rink Opens
Al Silsbee Fair Grounds
the Watts and Taylor families will
be held Sunday, August 25, on the
corthouse square at what is known
as Old Hardin, three miles from
Kountze, according to Mrs. Gladys
Tucker.
Arrangements are being made
by Mrs. L. E. Downs of Beaumont,
secretary and treasurer of the
Watts and Taylor reunion asso-
ciation. Assisting Mrs. Downs are
Press Mitchell and Will Thibo-
deaux, of Old Hardin, Miss Ruby
Herrington of Kountze, Mrs. J. C.
Christopher of Houston.
All descendents of these two
families are expected to register
and an invitation is extended
through the press to all friends of
the two families.
Elmer Taylor of Goose Creek
and Mrs. Gladys Tucker of Silsbee
are arranging the program for the
all-day meeting. Old-time fiddling
by Hardin county residents will
feature the program.
Every family attending will
bring a basket lunch. The commit-
tee in charge will provide drinking
water and the reunion association
will furnish the coffee.
On July 30 I gave to the press a
statement that I would not en-
dorse any candidate for public
office in the run-off campaign to
be held August 24. In my opening
speech and throughout my cam-
paign, I made it clear that I was
not endorsing any individual as a
candidate for the legislature, but
I urged the voters to make inquiry
into the record of those who had
served in the legislature and of
new candidates offering themselves
as candidates for the house and
the senate and to reach their own
conclusions as to whether or not
the candidate could be depended
upon to vote for those things which
the voter wanted accomplished.
I want to take occasion now to
urge every voter in Texas to go to
the polls on August 24, and vote
for the candidate of his or her
choice. You may be certain that
every selfish interest in Texas is
active in seeking to place their
friends in the legislature. If the
great rank and file of the voters
stay at home Saturday, or they
fail to go to the polls and register
their vote, they will be forced to
pay the penalty for their inaction
during the next two years. I am
not asking you to vote for any par-
ticular individual, but I am urging
you to perform your duty as a cit-
izen of this state and go to the
polls and vote.
In this same election on Aug. 24,
you will be called upon to choose
a man to serve as chief justice of
your supreme court. It is tremen-
dously important that you elect as
Judge of that court a man of abil-
ity, a man of unquestioned hon-
esty and integrity, and a man who
has sufficient courage to write his
opinions so they will enforce the
laws of this state, opinions which
know no class, opinions which will
be uncolored by either political
expediency or class prejudice,
opinions which will deal exact
justice to*all, both the rich and the
poor. I therefore, urge that it is
important for you to have a part
next Saturday in naming the man
who will preside over the Su-
preme Court of this state and you
can have a part by going to the
polls and voting.
You will name a Railroad Com-
missioner next Saturday. The Rail-
road Commission in Texas has tre-
mendous power to regulate the
railroads, the buses and truck lines
as well as the production and dis-
tribution of oil and gas. The nat-
ural resources of Texas constitute
a tremendous portion of our pub-
lic wealth. They furnish a large
portion of the revenues to pay the
ordinary operating costs of govern-
ment as well as to maintain our
public schools. It is essential that
their primary interest be the wel-
fare of Texas and not the building
of a political machine. You have
a vital interest in voting for the
right person to serve on the Texas
Railroad Commission.
When I stated at the beginning
of my campaign and when I re-
peated the statement in the press
release on July 30, that I did not
expect to endorse any individual
for public office, I made the state-
ment because I believed taking
that position would best serve the
welfare of this state.
In conclusion may I urge that
every voter of Texas go to the
polls on August 24, and vote for
those candidates for public office
who in your judgment will best
serve the interest of this great
state.
On July 27, the great rank and
file of the common citizens of
Texas registered them will in no
unmistakable terms, but we have
not yet finished the job. Let us
be certain when the polls close on
August 24, that the professional
politicians and the various selfish
interests of Texas will be told in
no unmistakible terms that the
common people of Texas still rule;
let us complete the job of driving
the influence practicing lawyer
and the professional politician
from all places of authority in this
state.
Vote for the candidate of your
choice, but be sure you vote.
—GOV. W. LEE O’DANIEL
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Edwin Nash Will Gel
B. S. Degree This Week
Silsbee school building will be
the polling place in Silsbee for the
second Democratic primary elec-
tion to be held Saturday. L. D.
Self will be the election judge, and
O. H. Pitman will be his assistant
while a number of competent
workers have been secured to as-
sist.
The polls will open at 8 o’clock
in the morning, according to L. A.
Yankie, Democratic chairman of
Hardin county, and will close at 7
o’clock in the evening. Balloting
is not expected to be nearly so
heavy as in the first primary be-
cause there is only one local race
in this precinct, which is the con-
stable’s race between Roy E.
Brown and Ulys C. McDaniel.
Citizens have been urged to go
to the polls and vote, as one of
the most important offices in the
state is to be decided upon, the
railroad commission, between Olin
Culberson and Pierce Brooks. The
other state race is for chief justice
of the supreme court.
As there are very few candidates
and very few races, it is probable
that complete returns from the
Silsbee box will be available short-
ly after the polls close.
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Mrs. Clara Hargrove
Dies Today in Buna
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Bracken Family Plans
Big Reunion in October
A family reunion of the Bracken
family, honoring the memory of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bracken of
Honey Island, has been planned
for Oct. 6, and will be held near
the old home site in Honey Island.
Mr. Bracken, known throughout
the section as “Uncle Bud,” was
the earliest settler in that part of
Hardin county, as he came to
Texas around 1850.
Mr. and Mrs. Bracken have over
200 direct descendants and plans
for the reunion are being made
far enough in advance for all of
them and their families to be
able to attend. “Uncle Bud” was
famous as a bear hunter and bag-
ged many of the big ones in Big
Thicket in the early days. His
fame had spread so far that Pres.
Theodore Roosevelt once started
down to go hunting with him but
was called back to duty before he
had reached Honey Island.
Mr. Bracken died in 1933 when
he was 81 years of age. However,
he lived to see the fifth generation
in his family. The last Bracken
family reunion was held in 1928,
but they had been held every year
for many years previous to that
date. Grandchildren of Mr. Brack-
en began to discuss the reunions
recently and decided to revive the
custom which was discontinued 12
years ago. At the gathering this
year the decendants plan to elect
officers, organize and make the
reunions a permanent institution.
Seven of the nine children of
Mr. and Mrs. Bracken are still
living and all of them live in Har-
din county with six of the seven
still living within two miles of the
place where they were born.
There are 35 grandchildren, 41
great-grandchildren and about 20
great-great-grandchildren. All of
the Bracken tribe live in this sec-
tion of East Texas with many of
them making their home in Har-
din county around Honey Island
and Votaw and other places in
this section.
A basket lunch will be spread
at the reunion, and all relatives
and decendants have been invited
to attend the affair and bring hteir
friends.
Coach Hough Calls
First Football Workout
For September Second
Coach Don L. Hough’s Silsbee
high Tigers will probably have
seven returning lettermen and two
reserve lettermen around which to
build a team this season and a
crew of about 30 other inexper-
ienced recruits from which to pick
the remainder of a squad to meet
the other strong teams in this dis-
trict. Had the 18-year age limit
rule gone into effect the Tigers
could have counted on six other
key men to fill important positions,
but with the eight semester rule
back in effect, these letter men will
be ineligible.
Coach Don L. Hough and As-
sistant Coach Wilson McKewan
will hold their first meeting Sept.
2 at 7:30 in the morning when all
eligibles that expect to play foot-
ball will meet in Silsbee high
school gymnasium for instruction
and a light workout.
Lettermen who will be back
with the Tiger squad this year
are Leon Ashworth, Harold Lloyd,
Bruce Taylor, Billy Free, Glenn
Anderson, Eugene Brown, Conly
Bradshaw, Otis Ray Coleman and
Horace Stanley. Five of these are
backfield men and that will leave
the job of holding down the im-
portant positions on the line up to
inexperienced men.
Linesmen who would have been
eligible had the 18-year age limit
gone into effect but who are un-
able to play under the eight se-
mester set-up are Joe Doiron,
Keith Cook, Punk Thornal, Pete
Farmer, Elton Brookins and Pat
Nash. The loss of these experienc-
ed linemen will likely tell on the
Tigers this season.
Other boys, some of whom are
squadmen from last season, that
are expected to help carry the
colors for the Tigers are Myrtie
Skinner, Matthew Free, Albert
Key, Horace David, Floyd Arnold,
Aubrey Droddy, Sam Parker, Clif-
ton Caraway, George Donalson Jr.,
Leon Yawn, Earl Yawn, Sam Mc-
Innis, Nathan Cook, Pete Landolt,
Manuel Rodriquez, E. S. Brown,
Gordon Dickinson, Johnny Dinan,
James Inman, Allen Geisendorff,
Rudolph Lopez, Daniel McDonald,
Jimmy Payne, Billy Blythe, Pope
Chance, Victor Norvell, Albert
Plaunty, Kelsey Chance, William
Grady Hancock, Kirby Whitehead,
David Carnley and Jimmy Fills.
FIRST GAME WITH BUNA
SEPTEMBER 20
Opening the season this year
Coach Hough’s Tigers will clash
with the Buna Cougars on Septem-
ber 20 in Silsbee. All of the games
of the Tigers will be played at
night and seven of the 10 sched-
uled games will be played in Sils-
bee. All of the games on the
schedule have been definitely set
except the Woodville game, which
is still tentative.
The Tigers will play Liberty in
Liberty on Sept. 27, Kirbyville in
Silsbee Oct. 4, Port Neches in
Silsbee Oct. 11, Port Acres in
Port Acres Oct. 18, St. Anthony
in Silsbee Oct. 25, Vidor in Sils-
bee Nov. 1, Nederland in Silsbee
Nov. 8, Woodville in Woodville
Nov. 15, and French High in Sils-
bee Nov. 22.
(Ed. Note: Through an over-
sight, the card of thanks of
Mr. Payne which he left with
us, did not get in the paper
two weeks ago as it should
have.)
TO THE CITIZENS OF
PRECINCT ONE, HARDIN CO.:
I want the citizens to know that
I really appreciate the faith they
placed in me in re-electing me
their commissioner for another
term. Though I had no opposition
in the race I want you all to
know that I am grateful for the re-
election and will do everything in
my power to continue to execute
my job fairly, faithfully and im-
partially.
Sincerely yours,
FRANK S. PAYNE
Your Commissioner.
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Miss Snooky Morgan, who has
been visiting in Silsbee, Port Ar-
thur and Beaumont for the past
week, plans to return to Longview
Saturday.
John Mosley, 49-year-old Silsbee
painter, was arrested Saturday
night shortly after the fatal stab-
bing of Marion Henry Lilley, 40,
a pullman conductor from Boulder.
Colo., who was one. of about 100
extra men called to this section
to assist the Santa Fe with the
movement of troops.
The stabbing occurred just out-
side of Pope’s cafe about 11 o’clock
and the cause of the fight was un-
explained, though both men had
been drinking and this was be-
lieved to have been the chief
cause of the altercation. Lilley
and Mosley had been together
earlier in the evening and had
played dominoes together Satur-
day evening.
Persons who came up shortly af-
ter Lilley was stabbed summoned
Officers Grady Tarver and Skeet
Williford who put Lilley in their
car and took him to the office of
Dr. I. R. Fowler who administered
first aid and called an R. S. Far-
mer ambulence which took him to
Hotel Dieu in Beaumont where he
died at 4:45 Sunday morning.
The officers came back to town
from Dr. Fowlers office and arrest-
ed Mosley who was still on the
streets in Silsbee and evidently
did not know that Lilley was fatal-
ly injured. An ordinary pocket
knife was taken from Mosley’s
pocket and the knife was open in
his pocket when he was arrested.
Murder charges were filed
against Mosley Sunday afternoon
before Judge Lee H. Frazer and he
was placed in jail in Kountze.
Lilley suffered a deep gash about
five inches long just below his ribs
on the left side and probably died
from loss of blood due to internal
bleeding caused by the wound.
Lilleys body was shipped to
Colorado for interment early this
week.
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War Nurse Warns Thai
U. S. Should Prepare
Judge J. M. Combs of Beaumont
delivered a' patriotic address and
reminded citizens that no other
country offers the freedom and lib-
erty that is found in America at
the patriotic rally held in Tiger
Stadium last Friday night. The ral-
ly was sponsored by the American
Legion and supported by civic or-
ganizations and citizens.
“The best way to stay out of war
is to build a war machine that
Hitler or anyone else will respect,”
Judge Combs said and explained
that we in America must keep
freedom alive and do more than
wave flags.
Mrs. W. W. Turner, World War
nurse of Webster, Texas, drew
many a round of applause when
she said “Don’t let the fifth col-
umnists tell you what’s wrong with
this country—they are the only
things that are wrong with it, and
‘those buggers’ should be sent back
where they came from.” Mrs. Tur-
ner served in France during the
last great war and said that if Am-
erican boys go back to fight for
their country she will go with
them.
Other speakers were James Par-
ker of Kountze, who gave flag- et-
iquette, and District Attorney R.
M. Briggs who explained that pat-
riotism was the only purpose of
the meeting.
L. D. Self was master of cere-
monies, and songs were led by T.
T. Taylor.
W. R. Cobb, owner and co-
manager of Cobb’s barbecue stand
in Silsbee, has become well known
throughout this entire section of
East Texas for his particular skill
in the cooking of barbecue and the
delicious flavor of the meat and
sauce.
Recently he barbecued 350
pounds of meat for a Red & White
store employe picnic held near Or-
ange and then made the trip to
Orange to serve it. Persons at-
tending liked Mr. Cobb’s barbecue
so well that they cancelled a con-
tract with another firm and award-
ed to Mr. Cobb, who will barbecue
and serve the Houston district Red
& White employes with 350 pounds
of meat at a picnic to be held near
Lufkin Sunday.
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SILSBEE CLINIC NEWS
Hattie Louise Collins, daughter
of C. A. (Bud) Collins, underwent
a tonsillotomy at the clinic Wed-
nesday.
Bobbie Reid, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Reid of Fletcher, had his
tonsils removed at the clinic on
Thursday morning.
Sam Todd, who has been a pa-
tient at the clinic since he was
found ill last Friday, will be re-
moved to his home in San Benito
this afternoon in an ambulance.
His condition is improved.
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SOME FISH
W. E. (Sugar) Tarver reported
this week that he and Butler
caught 16 trout, all keepers, in
Village Creek Tuesday. He did
not have the fish to show at the
time he gave the information.
EVERY once in a while the Bee
office becomes the scene of a
pleasant, impromptu meeting
where weighty subjects are dis-
cussed with a freedom and aban-
don that would surprise the cas-
ual onlooker. Usually these meet-
ings are held on Saturday after-
noons when the weeks work is
over and there is time for neigh-
borly get-togethers.
Such a gathering was held last
Saturday afternoon, not only once,
but a sort of “fluid” meeting with
folks coming and going for an hour
or so. Among those in attendance
and entering into the discussion of
local, state and national affairs
were Mr. Choate who has a farm
near here. W. C. Davis, Joe Dun-
ivan, I. M. Thompson, C. T. Hare
and others. The conclusion reached
by most of us was that Roosevelt
would win the November election
in spite of the seeming popularity
for the moment of Wendell Will-
kie.
We discussed the farm problem
and how the AAA regulations af-
fected local farmers; the cotton
acreage allotment; and other cur-
rent questions.
* * *
AMONG other callers at the Bee
" office last Saturday were Judge
Alf Roark, Commissioner Frank
Payne, District Attorney R. M.
Briggs, H. M. Richter, J. U. Shine,
I. F. Daniel, E. M. Prewitt and
many others. The newspaper of-
fice is a good place to meet to dis-
cuss current questions, either bus-
iness, personal or political. We al-
ways enjoy such meetings.
***
AMONG the new subscribers to
• the Bee for the first time thie
week is Van Morgan, an interested
and useful citizen of this town and
a believer in civic progress. Mr.
Morgan is an official in the oil
field here, and he and his talented
wife own a lovely home not far
from the school campus. We are
very glad to add the Van Morgan
family to our thousands of regular
readers.
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AND we must remember that in
” spite of all we can do, summer
is almost gone and just a week
from next Tuesday school will
start. There is little time to get
ready, but Silsbee people may be
sure that our own school system
is always prepared. This should
prove a banner year for Silsbee
schools, a thing made possible by
he continued cooperation and help
of every citizen of the town.
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Frank Payne Thanks
Voters for Re-Election
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V. W. GRAVES, a former sub-
■ scriber who has been absent
from our circle of readers for a
time, returned to the fold this
week, and is again on the subscrip-
tion list. It makes us very happy
to have people like Mr. Graves and
his wife on our list, and to have
their good will and friendship.
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(ATURDAY is election day again,
and it is very important that
Silsbee and Hardin county people
go to the polls and express their
opinions in the best way possible—
with a ballot. There are two very
important state positions at stake,
and in this county a number of
precinct offices. Choose carefully
the man you would have to serve
you for the coming two years, and
help poll a large vote this Satur-
day.
Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the Commissioners’
Court of Hardin County will be
held on Friday, the 6th day of
September, 1940, at the commis-
sioners’ court room in the court-
house at Kountze, Texas, at 10 o’-
clock a. m. for a public hearing
on the proposed budget of Hardin
County for the year 1941.
Any taxpayer or citizen may ex-
amine the proposed budget by ap-
pearing at the office of the County
Clerk at any time to date set for
the public hearing.
Any taxpayer or citizen may ap-
pear at the public hearing on Sep-
tember the 6th and shall have the
right to participate in the hearing.
At the conclusion of the hearing,
the budget shall be acted upon by
the Commissioners’ Court. The
court shall have authority and
make such changes in the budget
as in their judgment the law wants
and the interest of the taxpayers
demands.
ALF ROARK,
County Judge,
Hardin County, Texas.
Again this week Silsbee is
crowded with railroad men, en-
gines and railway cars, s the re-
turn movement of the National
Guardsmen to their home assign-
ments begins today. Nearly 800
railway cars will be used in trans-
porting the troops and their equip-
ment,' according to C. F. Barnhill,
and over 100 extra firemen and
engineers have been called in to
work during the four-day rush.
Equipment has been a large item
and 29 extra engines besides the
15 regular ones in this division
have been brought to Silsbee to
help with the work. For several
weeks the engines have been over-
hauled and checked in Silsbee
and the 24-stall round-house has
been full and running over. Seven-
ty thousand paper cups, 100,000
paper towels were ordered to use
in the cars and 15 men have been
doing nothing but icing and water-
ing them.
Nineteen of the trains from Pit-
kin and Cravens, La., are schedul-
ed to pass through Silsbee today
(Thursday), 11 on Friday, nine
Saturday and five Sunday. Includ-
ed in the trains, which will be
from 11 to 44 cars in length, will
be 110 stock cars, 160 baggage cars,
50 tourist cars, 60 pullmans, 333
coaches and 43 box cars.
Santa Fe men throughout this
section have been working fever-
ishly for several weeks preparing
for the movement that brought the
National Guardsmen down, and
now for the return trip to their
home stations. Many railroad of-
ficials have been in Silsbee help-
ing with the preparations. J. E.
McQuillen, mechanical superin-
tendent of Galveston, J. H. Stroud,
gang foreman of Cleburne and R.
H. Leaton, assistant general boiler
inspector of Cleburne, as well as
several other officials are in Sils-
bee.
Tuesday afternoon and for sev-
eral days previous the roundhouse
and railway yards were crowded
with engines, but Wednesday af-
ternoon the picture was very dif-
ferent and the one engine being
checked and made ready for more
work looked like a lone wolf
where there had been a big pack
—all of the others had gone to
Louisiana to start moving troops.
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WATTS — TAYLOR
FAMILIES WILL
MEET AUGUST 25
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