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HE ALTO
lise,
ckis
F. L. WEIMAR, EDITOR AND OWNER
XXXVII!
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 PER YEAR
VOLUME
THE ALTO HERALD. ALTO. TEXAS, JANUARY 27, 1939.
NO. 38.
AL!tt!eAdo
About
Something
Mass Meeting Caited To Discuss
New Schoot Buitding For A!to
And where is the man or womat.
who last summer woutd greet you
with the salutation, "Is it hot enough
for you?" or "My, oh my, don't you
wish it wouid rain?" Now that it has
rained and now that it is cotder, the
self same folks wiil put on the mask
of gloom, and hotter, "This awful
rain; looks tike it never will quit; I'm
freezing to death; it's going to ruin
everything." Folks certainty are
funny. No matter what kind of
Atto stands a mighty good chance
to get a schoot buitding and athtetic < GIVE WPA SURPLUS
I fietd, with a very smati out tay o! COTTON IN HANDS
I cash money. In fact the schoot board } OF GOVERNMENT
has been advised that for four or five j
thousand dottars in cash and the use Washington, D. C., Jan. 23.—
of the otd materiat in the present! United States Senator Tom Con-
buitding, a new schoot ptant can be j natty of Texas gave immediate atten-
buitt in Atto that shoutd the district I tion his arrivat in Washington for
have to foot the entire bitt woutd j the opening of Congress to a ptan fo<
amount to over $100,000. Summed,''eduction of the cotton surpius.
briefiy, it means for the materiat in
the present buitding, and four or five
^ , thousand dottars in cash, a $100,000
weather we get, there are sure to be, ^ be erected.
some poeple who just can t be m.;,, t.- .1 M,
?ES
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poeple who just
satisfied with the weattier.
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Everybody so pleased with the new
Baptist minister, the Rev. L. A.
Thigpen, and his interesting ser-
mons. "The sermons are not long,
and he says a lot in twenty minutes,"
remarked one of the Baptist mem-
bers.
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Monday morning a group of Atto
business men, sponsored by Mayor H.
M. Treadwell, left about four o'ctock
headed for Austin to demand some
action from the State Highway Com-
mission concerning the buitding of
——-highway 7 into Atto. When they left
Atto the weather was cotd and :
drixzting rain was fatting and the;
had a 300 mile trip ahead of then
] and did not get home until up in the
jCk% night Monday night. With that kind
of determination and "pushabitity"
there isn't any doubt but that things
will be done, in spite of some of the
"gripes" that are being made about
the town going backwards and every-
esidrnt'body leaving town. Highway 7 will
pgp. come into Alto some time, and when
it does, the credit should go where it
^belongs.
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Notices were mailed out this week
to subscribers who let their subscrip-
tions expire. We hope they wilt takh
iithe matter as seriously as we do anc.
I'get their paper renewed out. One o.
"The accumutation of the vast
cotton surptus on account of govern-
ment ioans is a constant toad that is
keeping down the price of cotton,'
This can be done. Now. the thing Senator Connatty asserted, adding,
that the schoot board of the Atto In- "This surptus must be reduced. The
dependent Schoof District wants to government now has on hand more
know is: do the people of the district; than eteven mittion bates of toan
want that kind of proposition? Would cotton and by August first wit! pot-
they be witting to back up the board sibty have two additional mitlion
with their support if the project wa? bates. "
Commission Passes
Buck On No. 7
To County Dads
LINWOOD CHILD DIES
MONDAY OF DIPHTHERIA
AT NACOGDOCHES
Funerat services were hotd Tues-
day afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Arrant, for J. D. Rice,
the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Mayor H. M. Treadwe!!, O. L. "f the Linwood community. Apptications for emergency crop
Smith, Paut Rounsavitte, Chas. Deck- '"terment taking ptace m Otd Pates- and feed toans for !939 wit] be rc-
er, J. F. Cosper. E. P. Patmer and L"*! t ^ a' A''o. Thursday afternoons
County Commissioner Ben Daitey, ^ had chatge of the religious scr. tjy ^ p. p Moncure Fietd Super-
were in Austin Monday to appear be- ''"T' arrangements were „t the Emergency Crop and
fore the State Highway Commission'*^' the direction of theRl Feed Loan Section of the Farm Credit
in the interest of highway 7. This Stnbhng Undertaking Company. Administration, starting January
road is surveyed to come into Atto . Rice, who was two years and 2gth.
from the new bridge over the Neches! of age. in a Nacog- The loans wit! be made, as ir. th-
river near Fastritt, by the way Hospitat of diphtheria, Mon- ^]y to farmers whose cash re-
highway 21, it entering this highway!^after an itlness of twe quirements are small and who can
immediatety west of the city timits. the not obtain crcditfrom any other
The Atto delegation were totd that t , T Passion was source. The money toaned witt be
ptans for buitding the 13 mites of roadto the farmer's immediate
J. D. was the ihird son of Mr. and h^l^eronf* Tt ^
otder boys, Clai^d Morrts and Harold; ^ ^ ^ ^
Max, and a btiby brother. Rayford .Jf^ Y'l t'", ,
Earie. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Arrant are - ^ 'ndtv.dual, pro-
the maternal grand parents of J. D.*;'
and Mrs. Dave Rice is the paterna!)
grandmother, and the mother of
Mr. Ciaude Rice. *t. r ,
t ' ^ the Farm Credit Admmtstration.
iriends and relatives everywhere !t. <. .. , ^ .
M.- The loans will not be made to stan-
aard rehabilitation clients whose
Crop Loans Can
Be Secured By
Farmers New
fostered by the board?
Desiring this information, the board
Continuing, Senator Connalty said:
"I propose that the governdent turn
has catted for a mass meeting at the Commodity Credit Corp.
Alto school buitding for Friday the WPA three mittion
(tonight), to discuss the matter. The of this cotton with directions
meeting is not catted for any in- """ "i" 3""^ shall be manufacturea
dividuat group, but EVERY man,
into cotton mattresses and other cot-
woman and chitd is urgentty request- ' " ^'titles for home consumption
ed to be there. No contributions art ^ distributed to famities on re-
to be asked for; no guaranteed plan indigent persons who can
wilt be worked out, but the schoot " showing as to need for same.'
board wants to discuss the matte;
CENTRAL HIGH HOME
DEMONSTRATION CU B
with the people of the district; busi-
ness men. farmers, housewives, pro-
fesnionat men, everybody that tives
'n the district is wanted at the meet.
ing.
If you are interested in the sclioo),
if you are interested in th^town. and: ,, . , . ... ^ .
^ < t the business session. Miss Price gave
more particularly If you have chi]-'_ , .: J Hme
dren in schoot. you shoutd be there.
It's a fine chance to know your
schoot board, an t encourage them to
get the new buitding if they can, on;
the above ptan.
[ The Centra] High Home Demon-
j stration Ciub met Friday. January
I 20, at the church, with eight mem-
bers and the Agent present. After
from the river to Atto, were "90 per
cent comptete." Being asked just
what this meant, and what the re-
quirements were for the other 10 per
cent, the State Highway Commission
informed them that the ptans woutd
have already been compteted had
they had the necessary co-operation
from the Commissioners' Court of
Cherokee county, as the court had not
furnished the necessary right-of-way
deeds, and when this is done the work
coutd be started. The 13 mites of road
had ntready been estimated to cost i
$135,000.
Inquiring from County Judge
Chandter regarding the matter, the}
Heraid was informed Monday that [
the State Highway Commission had j
i never asked the court for anything !
regarding highway 7, and
woutd be gtad to co-operate
duction credit association, bank, or
other concern are not eligible for
crop and feed toans from the Emer-
gency Crop and Feed Loan Section
sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. Rice
in the loss of their little son, and
pray that God witt comfort and sus-
tain them in their sorrow.
SAN AUGUSTINE ADDED
TO FOOTBALL DISTRICT
San Annus'ine has been added to
Soit Conservation,
on the care of the
a tecture on
^ with emphasis
!yard.
Next meeting will be hetd at the
E- ^ ^ January 31. court would be glad to pass the
Each member is to carry a covered'
the court ^ ^'strict 22B, according to announce
i ment made here this week. The new
... ^ district as outtined leaves out
way possible when the Commission ^
said the word.
smatter towns
I gustine. The
two
)nd takes in San Au
new district wilt be
current needs are provided for by
the Farm Security Administration,
formerly known as the Resetttement
Administration.
As in the past, farmers who obtain
emergency crop and feed loans wit!
give as security a first tien on the
crop financed, or a first lien on the
livestock to be fed if the money
borrowed is to be used to produce or
purchase feed for livestock.
Where toans are made to tenants,
the tandtords, or others having an
Judge Chandter stated further that; imposed of Atto. Center. Carthage, +. ^ ^
—^ *— the Commis— T**1 c A ** ^ * interest in the ciop^ financed or the
Comm.s Timpson and San Augustine. Tatum, ^ ^ to
Jefferson goes into
iteep these do not amount to much, but ]
^dtei where there is a group, it amounts to The Mothers Nursery Ctub. met
sto,n. a great deat to a country editor, j with Mrs. Erma Mclntyre on Friday
erik;, Look oyer the paper this week. This afternoon, January 13. Mrs. Ima
owei issue proves no exception, but don't Wptters hetd the devotional services, ^
ruggisi y°" really think it is worth the price "A Shrine to Keep." "Retigicn and
_ . we are asking for it? ! Education," was discussed by Kirs, j
A-H ! Garrett Hotcomb. "The Appeat of
r Alto is destined to get a new schoot Hard Tasks," was presented by Mrs.
building, that seems almost certain. A. B. Power. "Working With Those
Don't dump the responsibitity off dish and spend the day. The agent'ff t ^ " "
on your neighbor, make it a point to ^itt be present. Program: "Sodding ^
be at the meeting yourself. iThe Lawn." Mrs. Fuqua wit] have!! f wetland was required for the
, , . . . "Msc highway, the court would immediate-
tawn prepared, which witt be sodded , t . , t
.... ' . . ]y gpt touch with the peoote own-
that day. atso some shrubs wi be . ^ ^ . ,
, , . ^ „ . ! ing the tand and try to make some
tiansptanted. The men fotks are in-
.. satisfactory plan to get the land for
vtted to attend this meeting. '
it was customary for
rioners' Court to pass a resolution
offering right-of-way for a new state
highway, but this had not been done; This is the first time that, footbatl
on highway 7. but he was sure that j hag been played in the last named
town, and for the first year will be
Beckviite and
another district.
MOTHERS NURSERY CLUB
Meeting adjourned.
I satisfactory plan to
the highway.
Reporter.
W.
S. BOWEN DIED
AT GALVESTON
THURSDAY MORNING
MARINE CORPS NOW
HAVE OFFICE IN DALLAS
a novelty to the county seat of San
Augustine county.
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER
waive their ctaims in favor of a tien
] to the Governor of the Farm Credit
Administration until the loan is re-
- paid.
Checks in payment of approved
loans will be maited from the Region-
al Emergency Crop and Feed Loan
Office at Dallas. Texas.
Miiitant Methodist
G. 3. Carter
The Rev. Jas. G. Mason was the
recipient of a pleasant surprise
Thursday, January 12, when he wentj
over to the home of his daughter.;
Mrs. A. P. Wittiams, and found atl of ; Mr. Roger W. Babson, the world's
his six children gathered there to'greatest statistician and business
wish him many happy returns of the prophet, said recently that in 1939
A few years ago the United States
! Marine Corps conducted its recruit-
W. S. (Wid) Bowen, for many
zzinci TV** say that so positivety because Who Teach Our Children," was abty y^.,^ ^ ,-esident of Atto and brother''"^ either the East or West
uses, everybody seems to be working to ^ handled by Mrs. Herman Jones. The „f ^ed Bowen of this city, died in Coast, but it is now seeking reptace-
or t! that one common point. Engineers I program was ctosed with a beautiful ,, sanitarium at Gatveston during the ments for its personnel far from any
symp ""d architects are being caited in to prayer by Mrs. Ima Walters. ^arty hours of yesterday morning
estimate the present plant and see j Following the program the hostess, j Funerat
^ <—; * . punerat arrangements
tried) ^hat can be salvaged from it on h j Mrs. Erma Mclntyre. assisted by Mrs., t^n made as the paper
t,r ? f Mclntyre. served delicious re-L,^ ^'understand the"funeral
"hot" to the different WrA offices in , freshments of cakes and hot choco- be hetd this afternoon and
had not
went to
Lufkin, Marshatt and San Antonio, late.
When a public hearing is not being j The next meeting of the Club will! Cemetery
**** ""sought, the mait is being worked'be hetd with Mrs. Garrett Ilolcombi
over time. No bet is being over- ] and Mrs. Bob Hudson as co-hostesses
f Mg looked, and on top of att
tivity Coach Ted Moore is swinging day, February 10, at eleven in the
Mmi the coat-tails of the entire bunch morning. Each member is asked to
and is just as emphatic in his state- bring a covered dish and spend the
day. Any member or friend is in-
vited to meet with the club who
cares to attend.
interment witt be in
seaboard, Postmaster J. C. Erwin
said here today. Thus he indicated
that the Marine Corps is reaching out
to points remote from the sea to
gather its necessary quota of reptace-
the Atto City ments, a policy which is futly justi-
fied by the fact that about one-third
itfd M*!
the M
on the coat-tails of the entire bunch
and Is just as emphatic in his state-
ment that Alto is going to have a
football field this year. It now looks
like Alto is realty getting going. It
Co")J seems to be a safe bet that 1940 wi)l
of'h find a new school buitding and
dep.'f athletic field in Alto. Everybody
ig dlf push and pull, and white doing that
routi'' kick backward and stap the "can't
peti te done guy" in the face.
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Over in Nacogdoches county
of the Corps' entistments during the
, int. . .T i < - i ^ is with much pleasure that we recent fiscal year were obtained from
that ac- tn the home of Mrs. Holcomb, on Frt- <. n,t ^ ... .
! tepott the arrival of Mr. E. M inland states. For a while Chicago
Decker home again from the Nan was the only centrally located city
Travis Hospitat of Jacksonvitle, and where apptications for the Marine
iVitlf!
to k"'
nd ho';
uch 3E,
(Jamesville community) a young
daddy and his two chitdren, 7 and 2
Mrs. E]lis Moses was taken to the
Newburn Hospitat in Jacksonvitte
early Sunday morning for an ap-
pendectomy operation, which was
performed soon after her arrival.
Mrs. Moses stood the operation at]
right and is now improving every
day. Her many friends are pleased
to have these good reports and are
homecoming
years old,'! respectively, were buried j looking forward to her
last week. He poured mixed gasoline very soon.
'8 ' and kerosene in the fire place. The
oil in the can exploded in his hanr*
lg ]' and death took three out of a family
ditfuof five. This was an awful tragedy, there wilt be boarders in jail and
as it is drunk there wi]l be drunks,
md as long as there are drunks,
yet and should be a warning to others
to be careful when using an oil can.
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— The weather man has temporarily
" stopped the street work in Alto, and
ivhile it is inconvenient in some sec-
tions of the city right now, we wit!
be gtad to have the streets when it is
^,G all over and the "good otd summer
time" is here again.
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Several drunks were rounded up
Saturday night by local and county
qffictala in and adjacent to Alto.
Like all other parts of Texas, Alto Is
supposed to be dry, but as long as
there Is corn grown, there will be
corn whisky made, and as long as it
. is made it will be drunk, and as long
trust the stay has been of permanent Corps were considered, but an office
benefit. j }g now operating in Dallas.
'P!ta!e Pass The Pensions Pappy"
business woutd have an upward
trend, and that in 1940 there was a
possible boom in sight. But don't stop
there, however interesting it is.
Read on. He said in the very next
sentence that unless we have a re-
vival of spiritual life, we woutd face
fines to be paid. It is an endless pro-
cession, and as Mark Twain said
about the weather, everybody talks
about it, but nobody does anything!
about it.
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The tomato acreage in this section
will be cut about fifty per cent ac-
cording to remarks being made by
some of the tomato farmers in this
section. With the uncertain market-
ing conditions that have prevailed
in this section, and especially last
year, the tomato game is proving too
much of a gamble. That's Alto. Now
listen to Elkhart: According to the
Elkhart Record, plans are being made
there to double the acreage. Boys!
That's what you call real optimism.
Immediately upon arrival at Austin for the convening of the
Legistature, Representatives H. T. Brown of Cherokee County, and
J. T. Bradbury of Taylor County, prepared an emergency biil asking
for $500,000 to pay old age pensions, stating that unless it was made
an emergency measure, that the otd fotks of Texas woutd be cut to
practically nothing after March I. They are shown in the above
picture placing their ptan before Governor O'Daniel, but he doesn't
seem to be so happy about it, as he had previously stated that he did
not favor passing any appropriation bill unless ways had been pre-
pared to pay it. The bill has already been introduced and is now in
the hands of the pension committee as an emergency measure.
day, on his seventieth birth anniver-
sary.
Mrs. D. A. Atford of San Augus-
tine, the daughter of Mr. Mason,
cooked and decorated the handsome
birthday cake, and other members
of the family prepared the grand
dinner which was spread for the ^ the day of reckoning soon.
honoree, and the numerous relatives } Does that mean anything to you?
and friends who participated in the ' when great laymen who have their
charming hospitality. ears to the ground and are close to
Those enjoying the festivities of the things that make or unmake the
the birthday celebration were: Mr.! world as a peaceful, happy place in
and Mrs. T. D. Mason, Enid Okta.;; which to live speak, we should be
the Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Mason ot wilting to hear and heed. There is
Caivert, Texas; Mrs. D. A. Alford, [ no doubt but that a healthy, religious
San Augustine, Texas; Mrs. Moltie Hfg jg the only thing that will stay a
Wright, Isla, Texas; the Rev. and j catastrophe worse than this genera-
Mrs. K. A. Woods, Nacogdoches; [ tion has ever seen.
Mrs. Tom Atten and children. Mr. j Next Sunday *is caited loyalty hour
and Mrs. Herat Williams and baby, in our church. I am calling upon
of Redtawn. Others residing in Atto ! every Methodist to lay aside every-
were: Mrs. J. G. Mason, Mr. and thing and make ready to be present
Mrs. C. A. Bennett and chitdren, Mr.
and Mrs. John Mclntyre and chil-
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Phitlips
and baby, and Hampton Wittiams.
INSTRUMENTS FILED
at the worship hour. Of course you
think now it is impossible. But if
President Roosevelt should announce
he would be there, you woutd drop
everything and come. A greater than
Roosevett will be there—Christ your
King. He wilt be looking for you.
Deed—R. Cooper Greil to Atto Gin Wit! you disappoint Him?
& Crate Co. Smati tract S. of High-
way 21, in Atto.
Deed—Baxter Martin, et al. to
Detma Usry. I acre on Jose Pineda
E. 4 Lg. Grant.
Deed—Lula Williams Sheets, et at.
to Murphey Acrey. 2 acres in North
Alto.
Deed—J. R. Acrey, et al. to C. C.
Murphy. 25 and 10 cares on J. M.
Mora Grant, at Atto.
Timber Deed—J. M. Cooper, et ux..
by Tr. to Federat Land Bank, Hous-
ton. 108% acres on James Dilt Grant.
Timber Deed—Richard Land, et
ux., by Tr. to Federal Land Bank,
Houston. 37 acres on Tilman Walters
Survey.
Deed—Collier Bros., to G. C.
Scates. 63 acres on E. Hockett
League.
Deed—G. C. Scates to Collier
Bros. 63 acres on E. Hockett League.
Deed—G. C. Scates to R. H. Chil-
ders. 63 acres on John Engledow
League.
Mr. and Mrs. Harman Pegues o)
the Linwood community, have been
coming to Atto for several days to
take serum treatments from Dr. I.
H. McDaniet, as a precaution against
taking rabies. About two weeks ago
the Pegues family had the misfortune
to own a young calf that appeared
to have been bitten by a mad dog.
As both Mr. and Mrs. Pegues had
been handting the calf, they thought
it advisabte to take the treatment for
rabies. Dr. McDanie! stated that he
had administered seven treatments,
and stitl had to give seven more,
before the treatment will have been
completed, which will render the!«
immune from the danger of rabies.
W. M. Mangum, formerly president
of the Alto State Bank, but now re-
siding in Crockett, was in Alto
Tuesday, shaking hand with his old
friends, and attending to business
matters on the side.
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