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ACTIVITY INCREASES ROTAN FIELD
First Bale To Be
Auctioned Monday
W. L. Rasco and Sweetwater
had considerable trouble getting
together the first bale of the
1937 cotton crop.
Rasco, farmer living 10 miles
irth of the city in Fisher Coun-
.y, brought in a load of "hollies”
Thursday noon. None of the gins
was ready to operate, so Mr.
Rasco waited until Friday after-
noon before he could get^ his
"hollies” ginned.
As it turned out, his 1,620
pounds of “hollies” produced on-
ly 335 pounds of lint.
Saturday morning Mr. Rasco
went back home, picked 335
more pounds of "hollies" and
brought them back. Added to the
1,620 pounds already ginned, the
farmer finally got 108 pounds
of lint, an official hale.
Auction Monday Afternoon
The bale is to he auctioned at
2 o’clock Monday afternoon on
the courthouse lawn.
The cotton is of 15-16th inch
staple,, grown from “good, mix-
ed seed, mostly Mebane,” said
Mr. Rasco.
it was obtained from more
than 30 acres of a total of 66
acres on the Rasco farm.
The hale was ginned free by
Planters Gin Company.
Texas Electric’s
New Local Manager
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Sweetwater Reporter
VOLUME XXXX
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS. SUNDAY, AUGUST 8,1937
NUMBER 150
2 B reckenridgeTots Killed In Crash
LOWER COURT BILL APPROVED
MORROW NO.
BEST WELL
TO DATE
PRODUCTION VARIOUSLY
ESTIMATED, 3-9,000
BARRELS DAILY
A. S. I,egg, former manager
of the Texas Electric Service
branch at Eagle Pass, is new
manager of the office here,
succeeding the late lam .1.
Geer. (See story page (i.)
Settlement Nears
In Orient Crisis
NANKING—(UP)—The for- tinue diplomatic efforts, howev-
eign office announced Saturday
that the Chinese-Japanese dis-
pute "still is subject to settle-
ment by negotiation” if Japan
is so disposed.
The statement coincided with
the arrival of Japanese Ambas-
sador Kawagoe in Shanghai
from north China and followed
a Japanese naval demonstration
in Hangkow to show the cen-
tral China government the hope
lessness of the strategic Yangtze
River valley and the national
capital.
In Shanghai, Wawagoe receiv-
ed the Chinese overture coldly.
He said the situation is extreme-
ly grave and "fraught with dan-
gerous possibilities.”
N earing Catastrophe
"It is rapidly nearing a catas-
trophe.”
He added that he would eon-
ISO ABSENTEES
ASK VOT E
CARS COLLIDE
HEADON NEAR '
TERRELL
MOTHER AND 3 OTHER
CHILDREN ARE IN
HOSPITAL
TERRELL — (UP) — A 14-
year-old girl and a seven-months-
old baby were dead today and
It) others recovering from in-
juries after a two-car collision
late Friday near here.
The dead were Lillie Mize of
j Breckenridge, and her baby sis-
| ter, Juanita, daughters of Mrs.
i Noliie Mize.
Mrs. Mize had not been told
) of the death of her children as
| she is seriously injured.
The accident occurred when
the Mize automobile and one
driven by W. S. Cook of Mabank
crashed headon.
In a Tercell hospital were Mrs.
Mize’s three other children, Ka-
therine, 9; Helen, 8, and Geneva,
3, They were reported out of
danger. Bobby Dorman, 10, a cou-
CLAIMS TO BE MOTHER OF KIDNAPED- BABE
Reports reached Tientsin that
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek,
I Chinese commander, had form-
ed an air fleet and had enlist-
ed the services of 60 foreign
Kmhwouid‘ nriude a number i l>c('uPant .('ook’s
legiuu » nn ; was in a serious condition with
of Americans. I skull fracture.
Reports persisted despite an- ; ____0_
grv Japanese denials that a mys- ixpixf r, i riiT/VVI /A17'
terious Chinese war plane had DFDIlA I 10JN 01
been scouting Japanese posi-
tions in the Tientsin area.
ACT REPLACES
FDR'S COURT
PROPOSAL
VICE PRESIDENT BANGS
MEASURE THROUGH
UPPER HOUSE
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The senate Saturday approved a
bill for reorganization of lowei
court procedure as a substitute
for President Roosevelt’s origtna
supreme court program.
The shell of what had been
the most controversial measure
of the entire Roosevelt adminis-
I tration was whipped through
i the senate without a roll call.
| After brief arguments and
I minor amendments, Vice-Presi
dent John Garner suddenly bang
ROTAN—After a day of sus-
pense, during which time many
citizens of Rotan were begin-
ning to get a sickly feeling in
the region of the solar plexus,
pay was struck at the No. 1 Mor-
row at 4:10 p. m. Friday, when
the bit crashed into the pay zone
at a depth of 3544 feet.
Strong gas pressure floated the
tools in the well and when they
were withdrawn, the oil headed
over the rig to a height of eighty
feet Oil was sprayed over the
, surrounding cotton patch for a
I distance of more than a hundred
yards, much to the entertain-
ment of the large crowd on hand
to see the well brought in. Au-
tomobiles parked close to the
well were given a nice bath in
oil hut the owners took it as a
I matter of course After consider-
! able effort the well was put un-
j ier control.
The well, started with a ro-
| tary rig, was brought in with
J ■.•able tools. Production has been
variously estimated up to more
han 9,000 barrels, while more
! onservative observers say pro-
’uction will be nearer 4800 bar-
els with all agreeing "that it is
| \ mighty good well and the best
me yet in the Rotan area.”
Due In Monday
Originally scheduled to be
brought, in Monday, the crew had
encountered some difficulty in
cementing the well to shut off
water that had been giving some
trouble, letter it was decided to
postpone the bringing in of the
u
AM ERICA NS REPORTED
JOINING ( MINA’S ARMY
LOS . : GELES—(UP)—The
Japanese consul took cognizance
Saturday of reports that 10,000
Americans had volunteered in
the Chinese army to fight Ja-
pan.
He said he may discuss the
j matter with the U. S. district at-
; tornev to learn whether the
j American neutrality law was
I being violated.
Interest in the special elec-
tion on six amendments to, State, #||||| g>,
Constitution is comparatively | vnlLlJ*
slight, according to Marshall
Morgan, county clerk, who bases
Ills observation on the fact that
no applications on absentee bul
lots have been received in his
office.
Deadline ’for applying for
absentee voting privilege is Au-
gust 20, Morgan said, and Au-
gust 3 was the first date on
whicli applications could he filed.
Morgan said that generally, in
a special election, from 50 to
100 absentee ballots are cast. He
accounted it “very unusual" that
no applications as yet have
been made.
OVERRUN
BY AUTO
NEW SCHOOL
. SEPT. 1
I ed' h^s gavel* and declared the well until Wednesday when it
question was on passage of the. was expected that some officials
i bill When there were no objec-' o'f the Lewis Production Co.
lions he declared -he measure, would lie on hand from Tulsa
I to see the show.
(iocs Bark To House Ot. Wednesday there was still
I The measure offered as an further delay. Trouble persisted
amendment to a house bill goes : on through Thursday and into
back to that body for concur- j Friday and by that time, Rotan
rence. Senate foes of the presi- was beginning to wonder wheth-
dent’s program after forcing er or not fate was playing a trick
abandonment of the proposal for ,,n them. When the well finally
additional justices on the su- did come in, the whole commu-
preme court took precautions. nity gave one big sigh of relief
, against, any house move to re-1 and smiles began to blossom out
I vive the original bill. j up one street and down the
The controversy had split the: other.
_ _ _ _ | democratic party and thrown the j This weu js the second off-set
___ ~ . _ . -< « "*"'V "J I administration into reverse. ! t0 the Joe Robinson disc 'ery
rj"' Qopt *^q n3-P7 3 by The senate already has ap' wei1 andthe3rdi>toducermthe
Mrs. I.vdia Nelson Lavin. 21. and her common-law husband, John Regan, with '"‘”a"d' l'l,‘df_
year old Ronald Horst, ....... they admitted “kidnaping" from the home of Otto Ho.st
cage. Mrs. Lavin claims the child was taken from her ........... after its ___
Couple Get Permission
The senate already has ap- well and the 3rd producer in
| proved a resojuUon authorizing a j area The second being the Smith
No. 1 which was brought in last
RUVCU c.t icwtuutm
See LOWER COURT, page 5
.lean Crumley^ 3, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. Crumley of Ro-
tan was painfully injured about
3:30 p. m. Saturday when, in
attempting to cross the street,
site was struck by a passing au-
tomobile on W. Third street and
thrown to the pavement by the
impact.
A physician said that, the child
was painfully bruised but thut no
broken hones or internal injur-
ies were detected.
Seymour Bids For
Westex Press Meet
Promise was given Saturday
that Seymour will be a candidate
for the 1938 convention of the
West Texas Press association
when it meets here for a two-
day session beginning Friday,
August 13.
O. C. Harrison, Jr., managing
editor of the Baylor County
Banner at Seymour and J. Don-
nell Dickson, brother of Temple
Dickson of Sweetwater, and sec-
retary of the Seymour Chamber
of Commerce, at the Reporter of-
fice said their city would he in
the race for next year’s conven-
tion.
Seymour’s candidacy Is the
first openly indicated:
More than 150 newshawks,
publishers, editors, and advertis-
ing men are expected for the
convention with headquarters at
the Blue Bonnet Hotel.
Ranee, Tournament
Among scheduled events of'click, Abilene,
the meeting are a golf tourna-
ment, Friday, a dance Friday
night, a luncheon Friday noon
with t lie Sweetwater Club, a
barbecue Friday evening, break-
fast Saturday morning courtesy
the West Texas Chamber of
Commerce, and the business ses-
sion beginning at 9 a. m. Satur-
day.
Among scheduled speakers
are Mayor Luther Watson, T.
Paul Barron Midland; Barney
llubbs, Pecos; Douglas Meador,
Matador, Miss Jeanne Suits,
Lockney; R. J. Edwards, presi-
dent of the Texas Press Asso-
ciation, Denton; Milburn McCar-
ty of Eastland, president of the
WTCC; John Hendrix publicity
director of the WTCC! D. A.
Uanrteed of Stamford, manager
of the WTCC; R. Henderson
Shuffler, Odessa: Sam Braswell,
I Clarendon; and Wendell Bedl-
Dedication ceremonies for
Highland Rural High school, the
largest of its kind in West Tex-
as, are to be held Sept. 1, Mrs.
Virginia E. Stanfield, county
superintendent, announced Sat-
urday.
Completed recently at a cost
of $97,500 the school and t.each-
erage represent the finest school
investment of the county.
An all-day program is tenta-
tively arranged, including a bar-
becue dinner, speaking, inspec-
tion of the building and an aft-
ernoon ball game.
There are 16 classrooms in the
modern edific \ a combination
auditorium an^. gymnasium and
a home economics department,
completely modernized with
lockers, baths and sanitary fa-
cilities.
The structure is of white
brick and is one story high.
The school serves an area of
252 square miles comprising the
richest land of the county. There
are 325 scholastics and 11 teach-
ers.
Completion of the first year
for the consolidated school
brought eight and one-half un-
its of affiliation. Application for
complete affiliation is being
made this year.
The faculty is composed of
Dalton Hill, superintendent; L.
J. Starr, Laura Chambers, Mrs.
L. L. Prosser, Howard Butler,
Raymond Johnson, Clouding Mc-
Kinney, Christine Price, Thelma
Sliger, Himalya Swafford and
Mrs. Ala Hill.
To Visit Cii'j
CHICAGO—(UP)—Otto and
Martha Horst Saturday obtain-
ed written permission to adopt
the 31-months-old baby boy they
had kept in their home.
John and Lydia Regan, natur-
al parents of the child, known
as Donald Horst, gave their con-
sent in a conference in which
the two couples met in the of-
fice of the assistant attorney
general.
Mrs. Regan cried as she sign-
ed the consent papers.
“We think the Horsts will be
able to give him a better home
than we,” she said.
Mrs. Horst was beaming.
“I am so happy I feel numb
all over,” she said.
•DEATH BABY’
FINALLY DIES
PHILADELPHIA —(UP)—
Philadelphia's “death baby,”
Frances Mary Boccawsini, tak-
en alive from the dead body of
her mother in a Caesarean op- j
eration, died at 11:05 p. m. Sat-
urday.
Dr. John Corbit, surgeon at-
tending the baby said, "the baby j
died from natural causes, due to j
premature birth.”
When the baby was "born,” it j began breathing again.
stopped breathing for a few see- --
onds while being fed, but was EMILIE SATURDAY
saved again from death. Mucus REJOINS (Jl INS
which collected in the baby’s | CALLENDAR—iUPi
sore throat.
/Vv
F?-.
Galloway Calhoun, Tyler,
grand master of the Masonic
(iiaiul Lodge of Texas, is to
l>e one of the featured speakers
on the program here Aug. 12
at an inter-dlstriet Masonic
melding.
Dr. Allen Dafoe admitted he VAT’I
did not intend Emilie to rejoin HJ. A
her sisters until Monday hut
could not resist the pleadings of
the other four as they crowded i
around the glass door leading to I
the ward. j
Double Heart Rodeo ,
To Be Held At Ranch
It has been decided definitely
to hold the annual Double Heart
rodeo at the ranch, according to
Ollie Cox, manager. Whether to
hold the rodeo at the city park
had been under discussion for
the last three days.
Woman Flung From
Truck, Fatally Hurt
FORT WORTH—(UP) — Mrs.
M. L. Price, of Brownsboro, was
fatally injured here Saturday
when flung from the rear of a
delivery truck in a collision with
an automobile.
Sunday by the Tidewater Oil Co.
with a production estimated well
I over 3,000 barrels. The No. 1
! Morrow, is the first well to be
; drilled by the Lewis Production
Co. on a tract of 140 acres and
! is located in the center of the
| south half of section 172-2 H. & T.
C. survey, two and one-half miles
| northwest of Rotan.
Captain William Scales, two; Derrick Skidded To No. 1
second lieutenants and oO mem- The rotary rig used in the
bers of Company E, 142nd In-, drilling 0f the No. 1 Morrow has
fantry of the National Guard; )rieen sodded to the location of
stationed here, departed Satur-j^g j^0 2 Morrow and drilling
lay afternoon by train for the 1 was expected to be started late
annual summer camp at Pala- Saturday or sometime Sunday. It
cios. | iS rumored that the Lewis Pro-
Camp is to be held 16 days, | ductlon Co. plans to drill four-
teen wells in all on this tract or
one every ten acres. This infor-
CUARD
LEAVES FOR
CAMP
mation could not be verified,how-
ever. as it is the contention of
several operators in this area
See ACTIVITY Page 5
throat as the 4-pound infant was
being fed by an eye dropper cut
off the air from her lungs. The
WEATHER
| SWEETWATER—Fair today.
Maximum temperature Friday
! 106 degrees. Low Saturday morn-
' ing 78 degrees. Temperature at
................ .. . -Emilie 1 5 p. m. Saturday 102 degrees.
Dionne Saturday rejoined her I High last year 100 degrees with
four sisters after five days in
the isolation ward of the nurs-
mucus
was removed and she ery while she recovered from a
low of 71 degrees.
WEST AND EAST TEXAS—
Fair today.
WARDROBE OF COUNTY’S LEADING CLUB GIRL COSTS ONLY $53
and the company, Captain Scales
laid, is scheduled to return to
•eturn to Sweetwater Aug. 22.
The company paraded from the
>arracks on E. Ave. A to the
Santa Fe station Saturday af-j
.ernoon at 1:30. j _u_
A baggage car carries all j
■quipment necessary to put the; Y0ll
omrianv in the field, aceoid- , 9 .
ing to Scales. He said the com- » salesmen were put under
panv is scheduled to spend two and had ta tell the truth
days and a night maneuvering he whole ruth and nothin but
the field at Palacios. 1the tl-utk about their article, ltd
Second lieutenants are James 'a'e a ta argument in the
G. Barnett and Henry S. Dis>nd. but it sure would slow up
muke. Other members of the j business.
company to make the trip arc 1 had an uncle down home
ts follows: l who was the horse-trader. He
Members of Hit' Company was very honest, but he didn’t
Gerald Stevenson. 1st sergeant:1 see ho use of lettin’ his consci-
Herbert Cooper, Fletcher Davis, j ence ruin a sale for him. When
Chester Gordon, Raymond Mold-1 he bought a horse and found
>r, and J. B. Worley, sergeants; I out there was somethin’ wrong
B. Q. Evans, Chester Gibbs, Coy 1 with it he didn't bother about
Knight, Lonnie Scott. Alfred j tellin’ the next fella about these
Willoughby, corporals: Urvin Al- faults because he figgered maybe
Lou Vee Hawkins, Roscoe 4-H
Club wardrobe demonstrator,
who won first place in a county-
wide contest held recently in
Sweetwater, is to attend the an-
nual A. and M. short course,
complimentary of Hie Board of
City Development.
“A good workman is known
by his tools,” Lou Vee said
when outlining a story of her
year’s work.
When the Roscoe club was
organized, Lou Vee was elected
president, ns well as wardrobe
demonstrator. There were 18
members. A "good grooming'’
program was carried on during
the year by the dub.
Pointing out the importance
of details in the work she said
that a sewing box should be
of average size, equipped with
scissors of good quality, a well
fitted thimble, tape measure, 60
inches long made of sateen ma-
terial with metal ends and
numbers on both sides, needles,
size from 5 to It), emory bag,
thread numbers 60, 70 and 80,
measuring gauge of light weight
cardboard, pins, pincushion, 6-
inch rule, pencil and memoran-
dum pad. The cost is approxi-
mately 53 cents.
Mending Is Important
An inventory of clothes show-
ed that mending and discarding
was important
big Item
4 4 4
Planning her wardrobe for the
summer, Lou Lee bought ma-
terial for six dresses, one spring
suit of pink shantung, a Hem-
burg flowered dress, two flow-
ered powder-puff’ muslins, two
prints, a house coat, two bras-
sieres, six pairs of panties, white
shoes, black sandals, white lin-
en hat, light blue and white
purses.
Storage space was a necessary
problem and the demonstrator
made hat racks, a shelf for stor-
ing articles, and provided addi-
tional drawers in a dresser for
keeping her clothes in good con-
She added bright wall
4 4 4
proximately SI. There were 35
coat hangers added.
Wardrobe Costs $53.62
To maintain her wardrobe
since November, Lou Vee has
kept an account of materials and
accessories which amount to
about $53.62.
Site made all of her clothes and
several garments for the club.
Articles made to be entered in
the annual contest were: Print-
ed apron and headband, with red
cross stitch on the ruffle, the ma-
terial cost 15 cents a yard and
two yards were purchased; green
dotted dimity for less than $1; a
pink slip for 65 cents; a crash
dttion. ____
Pressing was a | paper to the closet and painted j towel for 8 cents; blue print
|doors and facing;; ivory for :ip I See WARDROBE Page 5
len, Robert Baxter, J. P. Burke.
Edward Davis, Doctor W. Evans, |
Albert Knight, Ellis Staton, Leo- j
nard Strihling. Lowei i Thorn- j
berg, Leonard Turner, and Riley i
Webster, first class privates. Al-
so:
Privates Claude Allen, Willis
Bennett, Chester Bird, Reeves
Black, J. B. Bunch. James Camp-
bell, James Crisp, Troy De-
ment, Doyle Daniel, Boh Davis,
James Davis, Ivan Grayson. Ray-
mond Gregory, Claude Hender-
son. Virgil Hendricks, J, P, How-
ell, Berle Lambert, Merle Lam-
bert. Bert Lee, William Moore,
Jessie D. McClure, Amos D.
Penton, Roy Shuttles, Joe Stin-
son, Robert Taggert, Leonard
Teston, Grant Tinsley, Enoch
Whittington, and Thomas
Woody.
■ the original
u owner didn't
want it gener-
ally known.
One day he
sold a horse to a
man and the
very next day
the man came
to him just rav-
in ’ The man
—- was drlvin’ that horse
home and all of a sudden, he
let out a loud screech and fell
over dead!" My uncle says,
"Well, now, to be perfectly hon-
est with you, I knew that horse
had some funny little ways, but
I declare he never done
said, "I
before!”
that
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